Chapter Eight

The Dawn of a New Day

I rolled over, looking at the clock. I almost couldn't believe it, it was noon! I raised up, looking at my hands making sure that I was alive and not… I don't know, dead? This was the first time in six months that I had slept, really slept. I couldn't believe it. I lay back down, taking it in. For the first time in so long I slept for… lets see, I got in at 4, told the babysitter to leave, took one of those pills… and now its noon? That was 8 hours that I slept. I stood up, stumbling and tripping over Arcanine who was asleep beside me.

"Arrgg." He whined, rolling over on the floor.

"Oh, yaaahhhh!" I yawned. "Sorry boy, I guess my legs haven't woke up yet." I looked to the bed seeing Pichu asleep on the pillow beside where I was. I pet Arcanine on the head. "I'll be right back boy, okay?"

"Arf!" He said, before he lay back down to go back to sleep.

I crept out of the door, closing it slowly behind me, only to see my mother on the other side.

"Have a good sleep?" She asked, handing me a pokeball.

"What's this?" I asked, looking at it.

"Don't play me for an idiot!" She said, slamming her foot on the ground. "You down darn well that is Articuno's Poke Ball!"

"What?" I asked, jumping back. "I gave it to you, I told you to run test on it."

"Are you that stupid?!" She insisted. "If any one ever knew I had that I would be killed over it. It's your dumb pokemon, not mine!"

"Well, then, how is the laboratory suppose to study it if you don't take it there?" I asked holding the ball in my hand.

"You figure it out."

I thought about this for a moment. I really didn't want to track all the way back down there, it was almost a two hour trip. "How about this." I said. "Is there any way that you can automatically transfer that pokemon to the lab everysingle time I put it in the PC?"

"I guess it could be done." She said, thinking about this. "But we will need Oaks okay on it, and access to his data base. That is, unless he rigs it up himself."

"I'll go talk it over with him." I said, grabbing my jacket out of the floor with my book bag full of stuff. "I need to go up there anyway."

I walked downstairs, opening the splintery door that I busted a few days ago, and stepping into the street. I pulled out the capsule for my bike, throwing it on the pavement. When the smoke subsisted I lifted the hood, hopped inside and started the engine. Mom was standing in the doorway watching me. "Hey mom!" I called out, over the loud bike. "Thanks for the help yesterday." She did nothing but roll her eyes, and walk back inside.

I shrugged it off, speeding down the road to Professor Oaks house. Luckily it wasn't that far away, five minutes if that, so I was there rather quickly.

* * *

Putting my bike away I made my way up to the door, rang the bell, and waited.

"Come in." The intercom said as the doors opened up. "I'm in my study, take a left and…"

"Yeah I know where you are." I said

"Kyle?" He asked. "Is that you?"

"In the flesh," I said, walking up behind him, making him jump.

"Ahh!" He screamed, falling out of his seat. "Don't you know better than to do that people? I could have a heart attack, I'm not young like you!"

I started laughing. "Well, just remember I'm not the one that said it."

He grumbled, setting his chair back up. "Now hurry with your business, I am a very busy man."

"Yes Professor." I pulled up a seat beside him. "First off I need you to fix my PC system back to the way it was. Remember? You changed it so none of my pokemon would be sent to my PC to protect Articuno."

"Oh yes." He said, turning to his computer and punching in some keys. "Okay, fixed."

"Fixed?!" I yelled, reaching for my bookbag to check all my pokeballs, but, they were still there. "Wait," I said. "If that's fixed, then why are all my pokeballs still in my bag?"

"You will have to deposited them in your PC yourself, but if you catch any more they will automatically be sent there."

"Oh," I said, setting back down. "My second line of business is that my mother is too afraid to handle Articuno, afraid she would get jumped or something."

"That's understandable." Oak said. "So what do you want me to do about it?"

"Well, is there any way that you can have that pokemon send directly to moms lab every time I enter it into the PC, like a direct deposit there instead of here, but me still be able to retrieve it if needed?"

Oak scratched his chin. "So, instead of it being sent to the system, it is sent to the lab, correct?"

"Yes."

"Alright." He said, punching away at some keys again. "All done."

"What do you mean all done? Is it really that easy?!"

He laughed. "No it's actually very complex, but your mom already faxed me all the numbers and passwords I would need to redirect your PC system. At the time I didn't know what it was for, but now I do." He stretched, looking at me. "So is that all?"

"Umm, yeah, sure." I said. So mom faxed that old geezer my account number, password and everything? Note to self, change password, FREQUENTLY.

I stood up, walking myself to the door. "Thanks for everything Oak." As I let the door slam. I pulled out my bike, starting it up and pulling off. In my side mirror I saw Oak standing on his porch waving to me, holding what looked like a pokeball. I knew it wasn't one of mine, because I just checked them when I pulled out my bike, so I didn't worry about it.

* * *

On my way back home I stopped at the local store in Viridian. I picked up about 20 steaks, a ten gallons of honey, a ton of top grade fish food, a ten pound bag of bird seed, some hamburgers, a few heads of lettuce, and some item holders to hold them all. I wasn't for sure what Kabuto ate, but surely he would eat something. I am still surprised that my 5million I was setting on was still that, and I haven't even put a dent in it yet. The only major thing I bought was that bike, but still I thought it would be gone by now.

I walked out of the store, packing the item holders in my book bag. I hope that this dinner goes well, I really want it too.

* * *

When I got home Arcanine was outside playing with Sean and Alisa was there playing with Pichu. I pulled up, leaving my bike there and walking around to the back yard to greet them. "Hey you guys!" I said as they all ran up to me.

"Hey Kyle!" Sean said, holding onto Arcanines leg. "Thanks for letting me play with Arcanine!"

"Oh, any time bud." I said, rubbing him on the head. "Hey, how would you like it if I let you see all of my pokemon?"

I saw his face light up when I said it. "Would you really?" He asked.

"Sure I would!" I said, as I leaned over to Arcanine, whispering, "don't let him near Scyther."

"Arf," He nodded.

"Allright then," I said, reaching into my book bag and throwing them all out. They all took to the kids quite well, except for Gyaradose and Scyther, who stayed next to the pond in the back yard. "And!" I spoke up to all the pokemon. "As promised, I am going to fix you the best meal you ever had!"

They all cheered and played as I lowered down to Sean and Alisa, pulling them close. "Now listen you two, stay away from the green pokemon over there." I said, pointing to Scyther. "He is really mean, he almost hurt me the other day."

"Whoa," Sean said, looking Scyther. "Okay, I'll stay away from him."

"Can I pay with Pichu?" Alisa asked, holding Pichu in her arms.

"Of course you can," I said rubbing her head, only to mess up her hair. "Now what do you two want to eat, steak or hamburger?"

"Hamburger!" They both screamed as I went to fire up the grill.

* * *

Sean and Alias kept to their word all day, they left Scyther alone, well, up till it was time to eat. I had three stakes, and Sean, Alisa and Pichu had a hamburger each. Gyarados munched on that big bag of fish food I got, while Primape and Ratacate devoured those heads of lettuce. Pidgeot was content eating her bird feed. Arcanine, Dragonight and Umbreon finished the rest of the steaks and hamburgers that no one else ate, while Beedrill and Scyther sucked down all that honey. At first Scyther didn't want to have anything to do with it, but after a few minutes I could tell he was getting hungry, so I brought some to him. He didn't say anything to me; he just cut the top off of the jug and slurped away.

That night, after all the pokemon were asleep, I recalled them, stuffing them away in my book bag. I drove to the Pokecenter, putting Beedrill, Umbreon, Pideot, Primpae, Kabuto and Articuno in the PC system. I walked out, heading to Pallet town.

* * *

It was dark, about midnight when I threw out Gyarados into the water outside of Pallet town. This was my first step into a new journey, a journey that would be rushed beyond compare of anything ever imagined. Six months to complete a league. Six months starting now.

I put my foot on the back of Gyarados, as we sailed into the starry night sky that reflected on the waves of the water.