What is J's plan? What does she want to do with Entei? Who is she helping?
Chapter 9: Rosa is Pink, Violets are Blue
Setting: Viridian City Pokémon Center
Ash was pacing back and forth in front of Nurse Joy's desk waiting for her to return with the news on Pikachu's health. After a few more minutes went by Nurse Joy appeared "Nurse Joy how are my Pokémon doing?" "They're going to be fine. Quilava and Pikachu need to rest." She replied with a smile. "What on earth were you doing to get your Pokémon in such bad condition?" Ash stayed quiet wondering if he should tell her about Entei "Team Rocket tried to steal Pikachu and Quilava fought off their Seviper and Carnivine. Then when Quilava tried to finish the battle their balloon exploded with Pikachu near it." He wasn't lying to Nurse Joy just not telling the full truth. "Ok? Just next time rescue Pikachu before blasting off Team Rocket." "Will do." Ash replied as she left the counter.
As Ash stood there for a while his stomach made an enormous growl "I guess I'm getting hungry." He said in a laughing tone while gripping his stomach. Ash grabbed his backpack and headed off to the cafeteria that was in the center. As Ash walked in he didn't notice a pair of bright pink eyes watching him. The young figure then followed Ash into the cafeteria keeping a small distance before approaching him. Ash sat at a table by himself devouring all the hamburgers he could eat as quickly as he can until a young girl close to his age sat in front of him. He was frozen in awkwardness wondering what she was doing sitting with him. He swallowed the remaining food in his mouth and stayed quiet as she did the same, but with a small smile.
The girl was wearing white long jeans, sneakers, a small white jacket with a pink long sleeve shirt underneath. She had short pink hair and she also had bright pink eyes "Um? Can I help you?" Ash asked. She giggled "You're the kid from the forest." "What are you talking about?" Ash was very confused on who she was "The one who tried to save Entei." Ash jumped out of his skin when she said that. "Ssh don't mention Entei and who are you?" Ash whispered "Why not?" She asked "There's always a mob of trainers when they hear about legendary Pokémon near." Now she was confused. "Who are you?" "Are you not going after those two trainers?" She tried to change the conversation. "No?" She gave him a weird look "Why not?" She said in a serious tone "I don't know." He replied a bit nervous from her quick change of moods. "Well you should at least tell Officer Jenny Ash." Ash began to choke on some food he was trying to eat "How do you know my." Ash glances and finds out that she is gone.
"Do you know who the two hunters might've been?" Officer Jenny asked through the video chat "Well now that I think about it they said their names were Clair and Anna." Ash replied. "Ok we will be on the lookout for people with your description and see if they pop up on our database." Ash nodded. Jenny saluted Ash before hanging up the call then Nurse Joy called for Ash "Yes Nurse Joy." "I just wanted to tell you your Pokémon recovered quickly." She smiled handing him a tray with Quilava's pokeball and Pikachu fully healed. Pikachu quickly jumped onto Ash's shoulder "Do you feel better Pikachu?" Pikachu gave a smile and a nod in response. "That's great." Ash grabbed Quilava's pokeball "Have a nice day." Nurse Joy smiled "Same to you Nurse Joy." Ash replied waving bye.
"Took you long enough." Ash was stopped in his tracks as the young girl from before leaped down from the tree near the Pokémon Center with a Riolu. "It's you!" he yelled as he slipped and fell along with Pikachu "Are you ok?" She helped Ash up as Riolu assisted Pikachu. "What's the big idea falling in front of us like that? Someone could have got hurt." The girl gave a shrug "You should just toughen up more." "I'm tough!" Ash said with anger. "What were you doing in a tree anyways?" "Waiting for you." Ash gave a dumb look. "Why?" "Because you're going to Cerulean City and so am I, so I thought we could go together." she replied. "Wait how did you know that?" She stayed quiet. "Let's start walking and I'll explain on the way." Ash began to follow her throwing out all his questions for her "Who are you?" She stopped walking for a second then she did a curtsy "My name is Rosa and this is my partner Riolu." Riolu mimicked Rosa and also did a curtsy. "Oh well you already know I'm Ash and this is my partner Pikachu." Pikachu gave a piece sign.
Rosa gave a giggle and they continued walking "Next question. How'd you know my name and where I was going?" "It's because I'm psychic." She smiled. "Really?" "No, Yes, Sort of I can understand the thoughts of my Pokémon and certain people." "How'd you get it?" He asked. "I guess I was born with it." Ash looked back and saw Rosa's Riolu "Why is your Riolu pink?" Rosa grabbed her Riolu and began to carry it. "I'm not sure why it's a different color." "Well my Noctowl is different from other Noctowls in color and size." He mentioned. "Are you done with your questions now Ash?" He nodded "Ok. Let's hurry so we can at least get through Viridian Forest." Before Ash could reply she took off
Setting: Hallways
Clair was walking back to her room after her time with Red when "Clair!" Clair looks back and sees Anna walking out of her room with an angry look. "Where have you been Clair. You were gone for three hours. Did you go see Jennifer?" Clair shook her head no. "Then where've you been?" Clair leaned against the wall trying to get comfortable because she knew she'd be there for a while. "I was with Red with the whole time." Anna's eyes widen "Really!" Clair nodded "Come on you're going to tell me everything." Anna started to push Clair into her room so they could talk all about what she and Red did.
Setting: Anna's room
Anna sat down on her bed while Clair pulled up a chair and sat next to her "So tell me what you guys did." "We just did normal stuff we talked, laughed; he fed me this amazing lunch." Anna gave a bored look. "Is there anything you guys did that was fun?" "That was fun. I got to know Red more." "So when you left the jet you went to see Red?" Anna asked. Clair gave a nod in response "He said we could hangout just the two of us after the mission was over." Anna gave an upset "When you left I had to go talk to J by myself and you know she sends a cold chill down my spine." Anna complained. Clair stayed quiet "You owe me and I know exactly how you're going to repay me, by telling me everything word for word what you did at Red's." Clair let out a deep sigh "Fine."
Setting: Red's room three hours ago
"Here have a soda." Red handed her a small can as they sat together on his bed "Where did you get the soda?" Clair wondered. "I kind of took it from the lounge." Clair laughed before taking a drink "What do you want to do?" Red asked her. Clair had no idea what she wanted to do she just wanted to spend time with him "Um…how did you get your scars?" She said quietly. "You saw those." Red was silent "If you don't want to talk about it I'll understand." Red glanced at her and smiled. "It's not that. I'm just trying to remember how I got a scar from being a hero, but the ones I can remember are the ones from me being stupid." The thing with Red was that most of his scars are from sacrifices he took to protect his Pokémon and the people around him.
"There was this one time when I was ten I thought it was a good idea to snowboard to town on an old tree bark that was the same size as me. Long story short when I tried to ramp off the edge of the mountain the bark didn't want to support my weight in mid-air causing me to fall and break my leg. Flygon had to take me to Nurse Joy." Red let out a small laugh to his idiotic stunt. Clair sat there constantly smiling enjoying the funny stories Red was sharing with her telling Clair some of his adventures on Mt. Silver. In the middle of one Red's stories he noticed a burnt mark on her neck "Hey Clair what's wrong with your neck?" He asked. Clair not knowing that there was a mark was confused "What do you mean?" "Hold on a sec." Red headed into his bathroom.
When Red returned he held up a hand mirror showing Clair the burnt scar "Oh that mark. You see there was a little mishap on the mission." Red kept a serious look. "Clair what happened? Who did this to you?" Red asked taking the hand mirror "We were battling a trainer and his Quilava used its Flame Wheel on Delcatty sending it towards me and a second later there was a burn effect while Delcatty was still with me." Red went back into the bathroom bringing back a medical kit. "Clair you have to be more careful." Red places a wet cloth on her neck "It seems you have first degree burn." Red then uses a bandage to hold a small cloth in place. "Hopefully that will help." Clair was slightly blushing about how Red treated her with much care. "Thanks Red I didn't know you were a doctor?" "No, but I had to learn a few things while on my travels. I can only do certain wounds not huge casualties." He replied while placing the kit under his bed. Clair smiled and they continued telling stories while enjoying their refreshments.
Setting: Anna's Room
"That's it." "That's all that happened?" Clair nodded "Well did he ask about the mission?" Clair thought for a while. "Now that you mention it; He didn't bring it up not once." "Did you take Delcatty to Jennifer yet?" Anna asked. "Yes. I dropped her off then I went to Red's room right after." Anna was quiet thinking of what else she could ask. "Well I'm going to take a nap that mission sure did make me tired." Clair said stretching. "Bye Anna." Anna smiled and waved as Clair left her room.
Setting: Clair's Room
Clair went to her bathroom to wash up then when she came she glanced at her trash can with the burnt clothes from the battle in it. Clair changed into her pjs even though it was only four she didn't plan on leaving her room. Clair felt a great deal of pain in her left side from the fire, even though Red saw a mark on her neck it actually goes all the way down to her hip and half way down her arm. No one will be able to notice burns since all the clothing is long sleeve anyways. Clair lay on her bed all alone since her Delcatty is still with Jennifer along with Anna's Ninetails. Clair wonders if she should go see Jennifer about her wounds, but she decided to tell her tomorrow.
Setting: Viridian Forest
Ash who was having second thoughts on his new traveling partner walked in silence "So Ash how many badges have you won?" Rosa asked. Ash looks up "Oh um I have won the badges of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh." "That's impressive." She smiled. "Hey Ash did you know there's a tournament for trainers who won badges from at least three regions." Ash's eyes widen. "Really! Where is it being held?" Ash said getting excited "I heard it's being held in Sinnoh." Pikachu and Ash looked at each other with excitement. "So Rosa how did you find out about this tournament?" Rosa pulled an envelope out of her backpack "I got an invitation." Ash was wide eyed.
"I didn't know you went for the Pokémon league too!" Rosa rolled her eyes "Ash there's more than one tournament. I'm going in as a coordinator." She stated while placing the letter back in her bag. "You're a coordinator? So you compete in contests." Rosa nodded "Yeah I've competed in Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh." "Have you competed in the Grand Festival?" Ash asked. "To be honest with you Ash I've actually won the Grand Festival twice." Ash was impressed with her accomplishments "That's cool. What Grand Festivals did you win?" Rosa wasn't used to playing twenty questions, but it passed the time. "I've won Johto and Hoenn." "What about Sinnoh?" Ash kept questioning trying to know as much as he can about his new companion. Pikachu was resting on Ash's shoulder while Riolu was walking next to Rosa enjoying the sights. "I made it to the semi-final round. Which is the battle rounds and Riolu was unable to battle." Riolu looked down in sadness. Rosa lifted Riolu then began to rub its stomach and toss it in the air trying to make it smile.
"Where are you from Ash?" Rosa asked while cradling Riolu like if it were a baby "I'm from Pallet Town. How about you Rosa?" "I live at a small town at the edge of Mt. Silver." She said placing Riolu down. "So Ash how many Pokemon do you have? Do you have lots?" Ash smiled "I have lots of Pokémon from different regions all at Professor Oak's lab." "Soon Riolu." Rosa said glancing at Riolu. "What?" Ash was confused "Riolu was just wondering how much longer to Pewter City." Ash stayed quiet. "Rosa do you think you can teach me how to talk to Pikachu?" Rosa stopped walking and looked at Ash a bit curious. Rosa walked to Ash and placed her hand on his shoulder "Ash. You and Pikachu have an amazing bond it may not seem like it, but you two can already understand each other clearly." Rosa smiled and petted Pikahu softly. Ash blushed "Yeah I guess so."Ash and Pikachu smiled at each other then continued walking.
"So Ash what's your goal?" "What is my goal? My goal is to be a Pokémon master and learn all I can about them." Rosa gave a giggle. Ash was confused "What's so funny?" Rosa looked Ash "It's nothing you just remind me of an old friend." Ash was going to ask who she was talking about until they found themselves out Viridian Forest and on a hill towering over Pewter City. "Were finally here." Pikachu cheered "Yeah and before nightfall too." "Let's hurry to a Pokémon Center so we can rest for tonight." Rosa, Ash, Pikachu, and Riolu began to race their way down the hill straight towards the Pewter City Pokémon Center.
Setting: The front of the ship
"I see. So have you caught the others yet J?" "I just sent one of my elites to go after another one spotted in the nearby town then we will track the last one." J was speaking to one of her clients through a video chat using her holographic screen. "Well let's hope your so called elites succeed on bring the last two or you won't get your money." Hunter J gave a slight smirk "Don't worry you'll get your Pokémon. Just make sure you have my money ready for me." J replied to the shady man. "But of course I have it right here." The man pulled out a briefcase containing many stacks of cash. J gave a grin, but it soon disappeared when the case was shut "You'll only get it when you complete the set." J nodded and the call between them ended. It went quiet as J continued her usual business, but someone was watching her entire conversation "I know you're planning something, but what?" The figure ran off before anyone notices.
Setting: Pewter City Pokémon Center
Ash and Rosa arrived at the Pokémon Center exhausted from all the running down the hill then through town along with their Pokémon. "Geez Ash you sure can run long distances." Rosa stated trying to catch her breath. Riolu was lying on the floor passed out from exhaustion while Pikachu leaned against the wall trying to regain some strength in its legs. When everyone caught their breath they headed to Nurse Joy who was occupied with a young man. "Nurse Joy you are sure the prettiest of all the Joys. You and I were destined for each other. Please do the honor of going out to dinner with me." Nurse Joy gave a sweat drop "Um...I have to work." She replied as the man held her hand. Ash smiled "Hey Brock!" Ash yelled running and waving towards the front desk. Brock turned to Ash "Hey Ash how's Prof. Oak and all your Pokémon?" He asked as the two gave each other a high five. "Great. I'm glad to see you haven't changed a bit." Brock noticed Rosa "Hello there I'm Brock." He extended his hand as a gesture. Rosa paused for a moment then gladly shook it "My name's Rosa and this is Riolu." Riolu sat down at a chair reading a cafeteria menu ignoring the conversation. "That Riolu of yours is sure unique in color." "I guess she's also has a unique attitude as well." Rosa smiled embarrassingly.
"Brock here lives in Pewter and he's also the city's gym leader." Ash added "That's neat." "Well yeah, but my true goal is to be a Pokémon doctor." Nurse Joy walked by. "Hello there Mr. Ketchum, but are you have a phone call." "I wonder who it could be." Ash began to think. "You're in a lot of trouble mister for not calling me sooner!" Ash's mother yelled through the video phone. "I'm sorry mom, but you see I just got here." Brock and Rosa walked next to Ash "He's telling the truth Mrs. Ketchum." Brock stated. "Oh hello Brock it's been awhile. How have you and your family been?" "They're doing great." "That's good." She smiled. "Ash dear who's that?" She asked glancing at Rosa "Oh hello there Ma'am. My name is Rosa. I met your son in Viridian City." Rosa introduced herself. "Well it's nice to meet you." She replied before bringing her attention back to Ash.
"Well mister I expect you to be safe and to come home after you're done traveling." Ash nodded "Ok Brock and Rosa I'm counting on you to make sure Ash doesn't get into any trouble ok." "Will do." They both replied as she hung up the video chat. As soon as Ash hung up the phone the ground began to shake "What's going on? Is this some kind of earthquake?" Ash yelled. Moments later it finally settled down "Is everyone alright?" Nurse Joy asked rushing towards the group "Yeah were ok." Rosa replied. "Let's go see what's going on outside Ash." Brock and Ash soon took off outside "Let's go Riolu." Riolu just sat at the table alone. "Riolu!" Riolu gave a snicker "What is with you? Ever since you know what happened you've been acting weird." Riolu gave a Rosa a cold stare.
"Of course I know why we're going to Cerulean City and who knows Riolu may be traveling with them won't be as bad as you think." Riolu hopped down and headed towards the door leaving Rosa alone. "She can be a real handful sometimes." Rosa then followed everyone outside. When Rosa was outside it was pouring rain then she notices everyone talking to Officer Jenny and she races over to them. "Please Jenny let us help you." Brock pleaded "It's not safe. Now go back inside." Jenny then rode her bike down the street vanishing in the rain. Ash looks up at Brock "We still going to look?" "Of course." Brock replied as they began to run off in the rain along with Pikachu and Riolu. "Boys are so persistent." Rosa tries to keep up with them, but the rain is so dense and the winds are so strong she can hardly see five feet in front of her.
There was another huge explosion right behind in old technology store "Back there." Ash says running down an alley. The rest of them follow and when they got to the back of the building they saw dark figure returning what seemed to be a Pokémon back into its pokeball. "Hey you! What do you think you're doing?" With nowhere to run the figure pushed Ash and Brock out of the way then pushed Rosa to the ground to make a path. "Riolu we can't let him escape! Aura Sphere!" Rosa shouted "But Riolu can't learn Aura Sphere." Brock yelled. Riolu took a deep breath then focused its entire aura into its palms and a small sphere began to form. When the Aura Sphere was ready it opened its eyes and fired it straight towards the criminal. Ash and Brock were stunned to see Riolu succeed in using Aura Sphere since they thought only Lucario, Riolus evolved form can learn it.
The trainer fell to the ground when the Aura Sphere hit him in the leg "Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu charged up for the attack. While Pikachu was charging the storm was acting strange then when Pikachu fired its Thunderbolt the lightning in the storm came down giving Pikachu's Thunderbolt an extra boost. They could hear the scream of pain and they rushed towards the shadowy figure. When the caught up to the figure they couldn't see the face, but from what they could tell it was a man. "Let's take him to Officer Jenny." Rosa and Ash nodded then Brock with the help of Ash carried the man to the police station while he was unconscious.
Setting: Pewter City Police Station
"Do you have any idea what he was doing?" Jenny asked "I'm sorry Jenny, but when we got back there he took off until we were able to stop him." Brock replied. "Wait Brock. Remember he was returning a Pokémon so he was more likely having a battle." Ash stated. "Who would have a battle in these conditions?" Rosa questioned "Can you try reading his mind?" Ash asked. Rosa shook her head no "Sorry, but I can only read a handful of peoples mind." "You can read minds?" Jenny asked. Rosa gave a nod to Jenny "It's just a gift I have." "So what do we do? Just leave him in the cell until he wakes up and tells us what he was doing?" Ash asked. "Well we can't question him until he does wake up." The group sat down for several minutes in silence the only thing making noise was the keypad for the computer because Jenny was typing out a police report.
The silence also was broken with a small laughter coming from the cell "He's awake!" They all rushed to the cell. The young man just stood in front of them stretching then he went to the faucet and washed his face acting as if he was all alone. "Hey!" The young man turned the faucet off and looked at Ash who was shouting at him. "I didn't do it!" He yelled making them jump back a bit "Haha. That's funny." Jenny gave a cold stare "Don't get so mad Officer Jenny I was just keeping the tradition of everyone who comes in here. The first thing most of those idiots say is I didn't do it." He pulled out a small stool and sat in front of the group. "What were you doing behind that building?" Brock asked "Planting a self-detonating bomb that will send this city sky high." The group's eyes widen. "That's insane!" Jenny yelled rushing to the radio to call the rest of the police. Ash and Brock tried to make him say where it was at while Rosa stood there with Riolu. "Guys!" Everyone stopped what they were doing "What's wrong Rosa?" Ash asked "He's just tricking you." The man let out another laugh.
Jenny rushed over to him in anger "What were you doing! Who are you?" Jenny was furious and didn't like to be tricked when it came to her job. "That's none of your business." "Why don't you tell us who you are then?" Brock said calmly. "The name's Brent and if you must know I'm an A class Pokémon hunter." Brent replied with a devious smile.
With Brent in jail how will the team and J react when they find out? What Pokémon was Brent after? Will the team save Brent or will they leave him there as punishment?
