Author's note: Ending theme added! The opening themes will be in Japanese while the ending themes will be in English.
Opening theme: Ready Steady Go!
READY STEADY CAN'T HOLD ME BACK
READY STEADY GIVE ME GOOD LUCK
READY STEADY NEVER LOOK BACK
LET'S GET STARTED READY STEADY GO
Fukitonde yuku fuukei korogaru you ni mae e
Kurushimagire de mo hyouteki wa mou minogasanai
Ate ni naranai chizu yaite shimaeba ii sa
Uzumoreta shinjitsu kono te no hira de tsukamitorou
Muchuu de -hayaku- kakenukete kita
Urusai kurai ni harisakesou na kodou no takanari
Hibiite -yonde- iru kimi no koe
Koko de tachidomaru you na jikan wa nai sa
READY STEADY GO
PLEASE TRUST ME
Chapter 9: The Pokemaniac
"Finally! Sunlight!" Gabriella exclaimed as the gang took their first step into sunlight after a trying journey through Mount Moon. They would've rather scaled the mountain than face a whole lot of wild Pokemon.
"So, I think you and Sharpay are gonna hit the Cerulean Gym and thrash the Gym Leader?" Ryan asked.
"Nah! I think we should visit Bill the Pokemaniac living at Cerulean Cape first… He may be able to provide us with some tips…" Sharpay replied.
"Or a rare Pokemon!" Gabriella licked her lips greedily.
"Gabby, you're scaring us…" Troy said.
"Race ya!" Sharpay shouted and bolted.
"Not so fast!" Gabriella sped off after Sharpay.
Taylor looked beaten, again. "Well, there they go again…" she sighed.
When they reached Sea Cottage, Gabriella and Sharpay threw the door open without even bothering to knock.
"You're in my way! Get out!" Gabriella scowled at Sharpay, as both of them were trying to squeeze through the door.
"No! You sod off!" Sharpay shouted.
Eventually, the two of them managed to squeeze through the door. Just then, a Clefairy hopped in front of them.
"Great! Pokemon Trainers!" Gabriella and Sharpay heard a voice which seemed to be coming from he Clefairy.
"Erm… Did that Clefairy just talk?" Gabriella asked shaking.
"Actually, I'm not…" the Clefairy opened its mouth and started… talking!
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!" Sharpay gave her famous soprano screech and fainted.
"What the hell?!" Gabriella shouted.
"Hey, you just swore!" the Clefairy spoke… again!
"A Pokemon… TALKING?!" Gabriella shouted and collapsed right next to Sharpay.
Outside the cottage, the gang were just arriving when they heard shouting and screaming coming from inside the cottage.
"That was… Sharpay!" Ryan exclaimed.
"And Gabriella!" Troy said.
They barged in and saw the two fallen girls in front of the Clefairy.
"This Clefairy must've knocked them out!" Taylor said, grabbing a Pokeball.
"Wait! Wait!" the Clefairy said.
"Holy shit! A talking Pokemon!" Taylor exclaimed. "All the more reason to catch it! Professor Oak would go nuts over this thing!"
"I'm not a Pokemon at all!" the Clefairy sighed. "But at least you were conscious to hear my story, unlike these two here…"
And so the gang sat down with the Clefairy. "My name is Bill. I invented the Pokemon storage system. I am also the famous Pokemaniac."
Ryan's eyes split wide open. "Woah! A Pokemon actually invented a digital storage!"
Taylor smacked the back of his head. "Don't be stupid, Ryan, who's ever heard of a Pokemon inventing crazy gizmos? There must be some kind of explanation for this, no matter how weird the reason may be…"
Bill took his cup and sipped tea from it. "Yeah, I was getting to it. I was fiddling with a new function for the PC storage system. Then the system went nuts while I was trying to deposit a Clefairy and then I fell into one of the cylinders over there." Bill pointed to two cylinders.
Suddenly, Gabriella and Sharpay woke up.
"Hey, you're awake!" Troy said.
Gabriella and Sharpay sat up and saw Bill. "Eek! Talking Clefairy! Help!" the both of them screamed simultaneously.
Taylor explained the whole story to them. "So if you hadn't fainted, you would've known something by now…"
"So I need your help. When I get into that cylinder over there, all you have to do is press the red button, followed by the blue one, got it?" Bill asked.
"Sure! No problem!" Gabriella replied.
Bill stepped into one of the containers. Then, Gabriella went over to his PC and pressed the buttons as instructed. After that was done, a young man stepped out of the right cylinder.
"Whew! Thanks for helping me out! So who're you gals?" Bill asked.
"We're the Pokedex owners that Professor Oak has sent on quests." The girls replied, flashing their Pokedexes.
"Hmm… I see! Oh yes! By the way, the professor sent these over, telling me to give these to you when you guys visit. They're tickets to a private party that he's holding aboard the S.S. Aquila two days later." Bill handed the girls six boat tickets.
"Thanks!" Gabriella said.
"It was the least I could do to thank you for helping me out there!" Bill laughed modestly.
"Well, now we gotta go back to Cerulean and beat the Gym Leader up! At least I am, but I dunno about this loser here!" Sharpay said, pointing to Gabriella.
"Who're you calling a loser, Ice Bitch?" Gabriella retorted.
"Ohoho! As if I hadn't seen rivalry between Pokedex holders… Well, on top of luck that I'll be wishing you, I'll tell you something! The Gym Leader, Misty, is a Water Pokemon trainer!" Bill leaned in to whisper. "And… I've heard that she's got a crush on the Pokemon League Champion!"
"Ah well, not so interested in the whole crush part, but thanks for the advice!" Gabriella waved as the gang departed. "Take care!"
"Race you again, Slowbro!" Sharpay shouted and sprinted off.
"Hey, no fair!" Gabriella shouted, trailing behind Sharpay.
Ending themeHeadstrong – Ashley Tisdale
I want to know you,
I want to show you
I got the stuff now,
Didn't you get enough?
Step to the rhythm,
Make the decisions
These are the days when,
Livin, Lovin' feel alive!
Gonna feel alive tonight, We are
We our steppin' into the light, We are
Leave our troubles tonight, We are
Stand up, Get up these are
Headstrong crazy days
When your mind's made up
And the music plays
Headstrong can you feel the beat?
Meltdown can you feel the heat?
Meltdown, It's not a crush
In a hot hot room, We're in a rush
Headstrong can you feel the beat?
Meltdown can you feel the heat?
