Okay, I think for the first time since I started this profile that I actually have received some criticism: one of you reviewers (I won't mention you're name, but you know who you are) is curious why I have been posting old files and not recent ones.
Although it pains me to admit this, I have been victim to a serious case of writers block for almost a year, and although I start plenty of new ideas and familiarize myself with their premise, I can't, for the life of me, actually finish them as quickly as I start them. It's a fault of mine that, sadly, also affects this particular series. Because of this, I will try my absolute hardest to finish the still-in-the-writing-stage PMD3 (which is actually fairly recent, and therefore better written) as soon as possible. I make no promises, but I will do what I can (I'm still in school, after all.) If, for whatever reason, I'm unable to get around to finishing PMD3 as quickly as I want, I still have the next SSB waiting to be published.
But, you know, nobody's perfect. There's actually a chance you may not hear much of me at all when this story is finished. Again though; I will try to finish it quickly.
Disclaimer: All Pokémon featured in this fic belong to Satoshi Taijiri and Game Freak. The main character is still my OC.
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I woke up in a tent a few hours later. I was surrounded by strange Pokemon I didn't recognize. I was confused at the time, but it seemed that the one that looked like an egg seemed to be worried about me the most. I couldn't remember anything before I ended up here, which meant I most likely had amnesia. These Pokemon were probably friends that I couldn't remember. (You are probably the most aware amnesiac in history. Even when you remember nothing, you know you remember something.)
"Where am I?" I asked, hoping to get some answers.
"Pikachu, don't you remember? You passed out when we were fighting those Ditto." the Egg-like Pokemon said, but I couldn't recall anything she was saying. And who was this Pikachu guy she was talking about? (Okay, he went from knowing something to forgetting his own name. I know he's an amnesiac, but that's a little stupid.)
"I'm sorry, but do I know you guys?" I asked.
"He doesn't remember us, Togepi." said a blue Crocodile-like Pokemon. There was something familiar about him and the one he called Togepi.
"It must be a case of amnesia." a green Frog-like Pokémon. This one I didn't recognize at all. But there was something strange about the way he acted.
"But Pikachu would remember me, whether he wanted to or not." the one called Togepi said, and there was indeed something about her I remember, but not much.
"Togepi, just give it up." a tall, rather slim, brown Pokemon said to Togepi. (Would any of you expect Sudowoodo to be so unfaithful to Pikachu? (Granted, he's only known them for less than a day, but even still.))
"Maybe, if we explain what happened, he'll remember." said a gigantic Beetle-like Pokemon.
"Pikachu, I don't know if you remember us, but we hope this jogs your memory." I heard Togepi whisper.
"After Pink Ditto Pikachu knocked you out, we noticed Politoed had woken up and saw our fight. He attacked Pink Ditto Pikachu with an intense Water Gun that sent her flying, and then he attacked Purple Ditto Croconaw with a Hydro Pump, knocking him out instantly." the Beetle-Pokémon said, rather quickly. (OH COME ON! Hydro Pump wouldn't be very effective on a Croconaw, critical-hit or not.)
"I'm sorry, but I don't even remember my own name, let alone all of you guys." I explained.
"Not good." a blue-and-yellow porcupine sighed.
"Now how is he going to remember us?" a green, rather leafy Pokemon asked, but then we heard a rather evil, yet somewhat nerdy laugh. (Guess who?)
"I'm back! And I've got friends." a short, Cat-like Pokemon said as he approached the tent.
"Not this guy again?" Togepi complained.
"Um, who is this guy again?" I asked.
"Yeah, we're kind of at a bit of a loss." the leafy Pokemon asked.
"This is Meowth. You know, the guy that Dusknoir wanted us to find so he could help us help Dusknoir find Noctowl, Tyranitar, and Ursaring?" Togepi explained.
The one called Meowth wasn't alone, though. It seemed that he was accompanied by two other Pokemon; he called his sidekicks Victreebell and Lickitung. (Sorry, still no over-the-top motto for you guys...uh, I mean I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE POKEMON ARE BASED OFF OF AT ALL!)
"What happened to Koffing and Arbok?" Togepi asked. I decided not to ask who these Pokemon named Koffing and Arbok were, and just go with it.
"After you beat Mewtwo and brought Koffing and Arbok back to life, we decided to go our separate ways. Not long after, I came here to Johto and met up with Victreebell and Lickitung. Then some guy named Noctowl wanted us to help him and his buddies find six Legendary Pokemon." Meowth explained.
"Six?" the Crocodile-like Pokemon sounded confused. "I thought they were only after Celebi?" (Never mind; turns out this chapter is semi-important after all.)
"Their true ambitions will be revealed later, but for now, they just want me to kill all of you." (How kind and completely not violent at all of you, Meowth.)
"I'll take these guys." I said, which surprised everyone, except for Meowth and his sidekicks (of course, at the time they didn't know I was an amnesiac). (Sure, he remembers in the narrative. I wonder if this is technically a spoiler?)
"Well, I guess this should be interesting." said Meowth.
In truth, I kind of struggled to remember the moves I could use, and just started with the basic: Thunderbolt. (Can't go wrong with 90 Base Power and STAB, right?)
I fired the Thunderbolt directly at Lickitung. The attack hit him with incredible damage. Lickitung then tried sticking his abnormally large tongue at me and used Lick.
"Now that is one messed up move." the one called Politoed said out loud.
"Agreed." said Togepi.
"I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth." said the Beetle-Pokemon.
I couldn't move because the freakiness from Lickitung's Lick, but while I was paralyzed, I thought of a strategy to beat him: I could grab his huge tongue and fling him directly toward Meowth and Victreebell.
Lickitung tried using Lick again, just like I anticipated, but this time, like I planned, I grabbed his tongue (which freaked everyone out, especially Togepi), and sent him flying at his teammates, while also knocking him out. (Okay, try to imagine tiny little Pikachu picking up big ol' Lickitung by the tongue, swinging him in a circle several times, and having the strength to toss him fifty feet over a grass plain. Yeah, awesome right?)
"Beating Lickitung doesn't prove much, but if you can beat Victreebell, then maybe I'll be impressed." said Meowth.
The one called Victreebell stepped (or hopped, in his case) forward. I expected him to be more of a challenge than his friend, Lickitung, and much to my disliking, he was.
Victreebell took control of the whole fight for a short while by grabbing me with Vine Whip and tossing me all over the place. This annoyed me, so I released another Thunderbolt, this one more powerful than the one I used on Lickitung. This one, though, didn't do as much damage to Victreebell as it did to Lickitung.
"My power is at least three times larger than Lickitung's, and I'm only using a very small portion of my powers on you." said Victreebell. (Do you mean to tell us that you have a power level of I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT!)
"Yeah, that's good to know." I said sarcastically.
"DON'T GET SARCASTIC WITH US! WE ARE THE TOUGHEST MERCINARIES IN JOHTO!" Meowth shouted.
"Look, I just want to wrap this up quickly so I can try and figure everything out, so I think I'm just going to finish this now." I said as I charged up a Volt Tackle.
That's when it happened. My memory came back to me, piece by piece. First, I remembered my adventure at which I defeated Mewtwo (particularly the times Togepi and I kissed). (Which were literally twice.) Then, I remembered the mission I was on right now, including my most recent fight with Pink Ditto and Purple Ditto, at which I lost my memory.
"I remember now." I muttered to myself.
"I think he just got his memory back!" I heard Togepi shout. (Thanks for stating the obvious, Togepi!)
"How exactly can you tell?" Cyndaquil asked. (Interesting question, Cyndaquil.)
"When you've known Pikachu as long as I have, you can tell these things right off the bat." (YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS! That's nowhere near long enough to learn absolutely everything about a person's habits, interests, or potential cases of amnesia, and whether or not they get over it.)
My Volt Tackle was ready to be fired, so I charged directly at Victreebell, Lickitung, and Meowth. The impact sent them flying, which seems to be happening to a lot of the bad guys around here. (No. Freaking. Kidding.)
"That takes care of them." I said out loud.
"Pikachu, you did it!" I heard Togepi shout.
"Yep, I beat Meowth and his gang and got my memory back." I said to my friends.
"Everything?" she asked me.
"Okay, I still don't remember everything about my human life, but everything else, I indeed remember." I admitted. (Hey, that wasn't included in the semi-montage of thigs you remembered. It should have; it would've made for a good sub-plot. *Hint-hint*)
"So your leader used to be a human boy?" I heard a somewhat familiar voice. At that moment, I knew that he was the Head Politoed at the Pollytoed Village.
"Yes, and coincidentally, it all happened right before I could begin my Pokémon journey." I told Politoed.
"Well, I don't know if I can trust you or not." he said to the others.
"Hey, if it wasn't for me, every Pokémon in the world would've been killed by Mewtwo." I told him.
"So you're the famous Pikachu," I heard a familiar voice say. "Well, I must admit, I expected the savior of the Pokémon World to be a little taller."
I turned around to see the three evil thugs we've been tracking down this entire journey: Noctowl, Tyranitar, and Ursaring.
"But that's normal, we don't have a whole lot of Pikachu in Johto." said Tyranitar.
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Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! They're HERE! Now you guys know what to expect next chapter.
Hehe, my cliffhangers get more and more evil as time goes on, it seems.
Remember to review, and I'll see you guys later.
