A/N: Yeah, I finally decided to update. I'm going through my Angelic Layer craze right now, and I'm thinking about writing something for that. Anyways, this chapter will mainly be about the stories of the travelers. But this next part is mainly up to you: Jack/Ann or Cliff/Ann or Isaac/Ann? And then Lydia/Cliff or Lydia/Gray? That part is up to you...or you can do this! Blankety, blankety, BLANK. Chapter 8: To Sootopolis and Back

The Inn was crowded that night. "Crap." Ann muttered under her breath. [Sigh...I hate swearing...] "There's so many people...Dad's gonna have me do so much work!" Shadow, Holly, and Shang stayed away from the crowd. Eventually, Holly and Shang went to go talk, but Shadow...uhh...stayed...in...the...shadows? [I suck] But finally, around 12 [it's Friday], she, too, went to go talk. Rick (drunk as heck as usual) turned to the newcomers. "So...where did you come from?" the entire Inn was silent as everyone turned to look at the travelers.

Holly said casually, "Hoenn." The villagers glanced at each other. In a secluded little town like this in the middle of nowhere, you don't really know where that is. However, the other 'newcomers', Cliff, and Gray were interested. "What city?" asked Gray. "Sootopolis."

"You beat Wallace, right?"

"It was easy. JOLTEON and FLAREON did most of the work, though."

"FLAREON? Why FLAREON?"

"The ice types."

"Forgot about those. So anyways, tell us about your journey!"

"Well, I started in Little Root Town..." "...and then I moved into Sootopolis. What about you, Shang?"

Shang said nothing for a second. "...saw someone. Followed them here." He said mysteriously. [Whee a sub-story!]

Rick turned drunkly to Karen.[She's not normally there on Fridays, but all the villagers are here today.] "Wahh bou' yooz, Sha'o?" (What about you, Shadow?) Karen glared at him. "You, Rick, are simply impossible. Shadow's over THERE, you idiot!" She turned away, muttering something like, "...stupid...mumble mumble idiotic...[censored]..."

Rick passed out on the floor. No one noticed.

Shadow said simply, "I came from New Bark Town, and became the POKEMON CHAMPION. After hearing about these rare POKEMON, I decided to chase them. So far I have the Red GYARADOS, the Golden SCYTHER, and a bunch of others. I'm trying for the Black DRAGONAIR now...the most powerful mythical creature there is!"

"Even though I'm chasing them now, I guess the ones that are the most loyal to me are the ones I always carry. There...is a 'title' for people like me...myth chasers, and wind casters...but mostly, psycho-maniacs. I'm trying to change that...to prove that there actually are legends that exist." And with that she –seemed- to melt into the shadows. She was just...gone.

"Ow! Muk, stoppit! Ack!" A crashing sound came from outside. Ann opened the door and a strange purple blob carrying a 17-year-old lookin' guy inside. "MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKK!!!!!" [Tee-hee...having fun with holding down keys! Hehe...=3]

The guy somehow got unstuck from the blob. No one could tell what color his clothes were since they were stained purple from the blob. "A MUK..." Gray muttered. "This is interesting..."

"Haa...sorry about that!" said the person. "Hi, I'm Harley and I come from Goldenrod City! This is my MUK!" He grinned (Impishly, too! =) ) "Can I have a room for the night?"

"Uhh...sure!" Doug said (Not very surely at all) "Erm...Ann, could you please show our...guest...to his room? That will be 300G, please."

"No prob-Hey, MUK! Quit stealing my money, will ya?" MUK glared at his trainer before thrusting several gold coins into Harley's hand. They, like Harley, were stained purple.

"Eh...tonight's stay will be free, Harley!" Doug said, trying to sound cheery.

"Hey, thanks! Tomorrow will be 300G, then?"

"Uh...yea."

"Hah-"he tripped and fell into MUK. Gray could see how his clothes got stained purple. [If you don't like your story/description, review and I'll replace this chapter with something else!]

Next day

"Did you know?" Rick asked Isaac and Shang. "Know what?" asked Isaac. "Tomorrow is Spring Thanksgiving! Guys give cookies to the girls and they pay you back at Winter Thanksgiving!" Shang and Isaac both stared at him.

"Cookies?"

"Yeah! You have to bake them yourself—Jack has a kitchen and an oven!"

"That's Lydia's job." Commented Isaac.

"And I don't have a kitchen to use." Said Shang.

"Plus, I don't know how to cook human food." Added Isaac. "POKEMON food, sure!"

"Well I don't think they would like POKEMON food cookies." Said Rick. "This year, I'm making my special corn egg cookies! I'm sure Karen would love them!"

'Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...' thought Isaac and Shang.

To Be Continued

A/N: Yes, there will be some romance in this eventually. That' why I asked earlier. If no one wants that, then say so! Next chapter: The Spring Thanksgiving Saga: Disaster in the Kitchen. Also, I'm kind of exploring with this fic. There might be a war later, Mineral Town against Big Rock Village: the POKEMON BATTLES. I don't know, there has to be –some- action with the POKEMON. But if it's as long as I plan to make it (16 chapters or more) then the war will start kicking in, oh, say, around chapter 13. But if you don't want that either, please tell me.

Until next time, I love Oujirou to death! Squee I wuv you Oujirou!!! LOL buh Oujirou is such a cutie! hearts float in the sky Ha ha. Until next time [for real this time] Sayanora! Domo arigato gozaimas for reading this!