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Hooray! Clap and shout and scream for joy! It's amazing! It's spectacular! It's…..CHAPTER 10!

Chapter 10-Morning Assignment

In front of their domed houses in the forest, Tem, Lara, and Jones were talking over their present situation, while Pikachu was inside, getting some rest.

"Here's what we know," Tem said. "Two days here, and we have no clue as to why we're here, or why we became Pokemon!"

"Mitsumi might know something," Lara said.

"Whaddaya mean?" Jones asked.

"She seems to know more than she lets on," Lara said.

"Lara's right," Tem agreed. "Mitsumi's not telling us everything she knows. All she says is that, we may have been brought here to save the world!"

The sun was setting. Lara looked up at the orange sky. "Maybe….maybe we really were sent here to save this world. Mitsumi mentioned this….enemy….wanting a world of darkness. And, from what Pikachu says, Mitsumi's team's dealt with this guy more than once."

"Yeah," Jones said. "What's all that got to do with us though?"

"I'm not sure," Lara said. "But, I'm sure that soon, we may meet this enemy."

"We should stay on our guard then," Tem said. He looked to the setting sun. "We don't have much information on this guy yet. Until we do, we should do like Mitsumi said and be careful."

"Your suspicion about her," Lara said, thinking that he may have been right earlier. "Do you really believe it?"

"I don't know," Tem said. "Only…I get this odd feeling from her. It's like….I don't know. She just doesn't seem like a normal Pokemon to me. She seems different. When I stand by Pikachu, I know he's a regular Pokemon. When I stand by Mitsumi, there's a different, out of place sort of feeling."

"I think you're just weird!" Jones said. "I mean, come on! She looks like a normal Pokemon to me!"

"Jones!" Tem said. "We look like normal Pokemon to the other Pokemon here too! Only we know that we're not! Well, Mitsumi and her team know, and Pikachu knows. That's about it!"

"HEY!" Lara said. "How did Mitsumi's team find out about us being human anyway? And, why would she believe us, when no other Pokemon would?"

"That is odd…," Jones said. He turned, and walked back for his dome. "I'm kinda tired. We can try to figure this out tomorrow." With that, he went inside.

"He doesn't seem too worried about this," Lara said.

"Well," Tem said, looking toward the dome on water. "He just can't believe any of this is actually happening."

"I suppose it is getting late," Lara said, seeing the twinkle of a faint star in the now purple sky. "Maybe we should get some sleep. We're supposed to go back to Pokemon Square in the morning to get another mission."

"You know," Tem said. "I know I said I wanted adventure, but this? It's….odd. Not exactly what I was thinking, you know?"

"Yeah," Lara said, before entering her dome. "It is kind of bizarre."

It is bizarre. Tem thought as he entered his dome. We wanted a little excitement in our lives, and we become Pokemon? It doesn't make any sense. And, what's going on here doesn't exactly make sense either. Maybe we can find out more about this tomorrow.

The next morning, Pikachu jumped out of bed as soon as he felt the sun's first ray of light hit his face. Quickly, he ran out the door to arouse his team. They were a Rescue Team. If they wanted to be the best, they had to start work early. Tem, Lara, and Jones crawled lazily out of their beds and outside.

"Pikachu," Tem said. "You gotta quit waking us up so early!"

"COME ON!" Pikachu said, seeming overexcited this morning for some reason. "If we wanna be number one, we have to get an early start on things! Now come on! We gotta go to Pokemon Square and pick up our next assignment from Lucario!"

"Whatever," Jones groaned, deciding he would never be used to getting up so early. It was barely dawn.

"Getting up this early isn't all that bad!" Pikachu insisted. "After all, the earlier we start, the more missions we can complete!"

"Just two of'em had me wore out yesterday!" Jones said. "Can't we take a break today?!"

"Nope!" Pikachu said. "It's our job to do rescue missions! Lucario said to pick one up this morning!

Now, let's go!" They walked on in silence. Jones kept looking behind every second or two, convinced they had someone after them.

"Are you going to do that every time we have to go somewhere?" Pikachu asked him. "Other Pokemon may think it's kind of odd."

"But!" Jones insisted. "I get this feeling that someone's behind us!" Pikachu looked behind. He didn't see anyone.

"No one's there!" Pikachu said, and then they continued on into Pokemon Square.

"HELLO!" Wigglytuff G. shouted at them as they entered town. "Buy a friend area today! Don't wait! Today's the day!" She was holding up several different papers and waving them around in the air as she danced in a circle. "YAY! FRIENDLY FRIENDS!"

"We don't need any friend areas Wigglytuff," Pikachu said. He was about to call her Wigglytuff G, but didn't know how she'd react if he actually called her that. She probably wouldn't care.

"Oh…," Wigglytuff G. said, seeming sad for only a moment. Then, she saw two other Pokemon walking her way and turned to them. "Buy a friend area! Don't wait! YAY FRIENDS!" The two Pokemon sped up as they came near her and passed her quickly. It didn't matter, because she was now in her own world, singing as she danced in circles.

Pikachu led his team to the waterfall they had gone behind the day before to get their mission from.

"Do I have to go under that thing again?!!," Lara asked, backing away as she saw how hard the water was crashing down. "I DON'T LIKE IT!" Pikachu sighed, walked over to her, and dragged her by the arm under the waterfall. It was ridiculous yesterday that they had to threaten her just to get her to go under the fall. Today, Pikachu really wanted to get started on another rescue mission, and didn't want to waste time with Lara's hysterics.

"You're mean…," Lara muttered, pulling her arm away.

"Come on now!" Pikachu said. "We gotta start our work!" He ran into the cave, with the others following. When he reached the colorful dome at the other side of the cave, he suddenly stopped and put an ear to the door. When they saw he didn't go in, Tem, Lara, and Jones ran up to him.

"What's wrong?" Tem asked.

"I think someone else besides Lucario's in there. I can her him having a conversation with someone." Tem put an ear to the door, but didn't hear a thing. Lara and Jones tried afterward, but they too couldn't hear a conversation going on.

"We can't hear anything!," Jones said. "You must be goin' nuts or something."

"Like you?" Tem asked him. "You think someone's always following us, when no one's around!"

"Well, at least I don't hear imaginary conversations!" Jones countered.

"Oh nooo….," Tem said sarcastically. "You only see imaginary people following you."

"HEY!" Lara said, interrupting their argument. "Pikachu probably has stronger hearing than we do! Haven't either of you nitwits ever wondered why Pikachu's ears are like that?! No offense Pikachu, but still, his hearing's probably a lot sharper because of that."

"Oh," Tem and Jones said. "Sorry Pikachu."

"Look," Pikachu said. "I don't know if we should go in or not. What if Lucario's in a private meeting? Then again, we're a rescue team, and we have to get our mission!" He opened the door and then he and his team walked inside. In front of Lucario's desk, were Mitsumi and Piplup! Lucario stood in front of them, and beside him was Alakazam.

"Are you serious?!," Lucario asked. "The Rookies?"

"Yes," Mitsumi said. "You do know about them, don't you?"

"Well, yes, but…."

"That's why they need to help with this."

"But Mitsumi!" Lucario said. "They only started out yesterday! How can you expect them to…."

"They helped us take down Froslass," Piplup mentioned.

"WHAT?!!," Lucario asked in shock. "Why didn't someone report that to me?!!"

"The rookies were tired afterward," Mitsumi explained.

"STILL!" Lucario said. "Their first mission was supposed to be delivering your team the Grass Coronet! If they'd gotten a mission elsewhere, it should have been reported!"

"Okay then," Mitsumi said. "I reported it. There. Now can't you let them in on this assignment?"

"Mitsumi…..," Lucario said. "You know who we're dealing with. And you know how he feels about you and Piplup. If we get Team Adventure into this, their lives will be in danger!"

"And maybe….," Alakazam spoke up for the first time since Team Adventure had entered the room. "That's exactly why they should be allowed to do this."

"WHAT?!," Lucario asked in surprise. "You think that they should go on a mission so dangerous already?!!"

"The mission's not all that dangerous yet. You need not worry as much as you do my friend."

"See?" Mitsumi asked. " It's not that dangerous. Just retrieving six special items. That's all."

"Well…," Lucario said, still trying to find a way to keep the new team from going on this mission. " This counts as an exploration mission, not a rescue mission! The only way the rookies can go with you, is if you have special permission from the Exploration Guild Master."

"Way ahead of you on that!," Piplup said, pulling a paper out of their bag and handing it to Lucario. He then read it out loud.

"I grant special permission for Team Adventure to go with Team Quest! YAY! Friendly friends! Tell them good luck! YOOM TAAAAH!!! P.S., do you have any Perfect Apples? I need some more! Thank you! Friend! Friend!"

"See!," Mitsumi said. "Now they can come!"

"It is Wigglytuff's handwriting," Lucario said. "I could hardly read it."

"You have to let them go now," Alakazam said. " First though, why don't we fill them in on this, since they've been standing behind Mitsumi's team for a while now?" Lucario looked behind Mitsumi and Piplup to see Team Adventure standing there. He hadn't noticed them at all. He didn't even know they had come in.

"Alright," Lucario sighed. "I guess we have no choice but to let them go."

" Go where?," Pikachu asked. "On a mission?"

"Sort of," Mitsumi said. " We need to gather the world's seven treasures in order to keep this world safe. Piplup and I already have one treasure, which is the Grass Coronet that you delivered yesterday."

"We know where the treasures are," Piplup said. " So it shouldn't be hard to collect them."

"That's right," Mitsumi said. " However, one of the Treasures is under the ocean." Mitsumi could see Lara shudder at the thought of that much water. " So, we've sent another highly trained Exploration Team to retrieve it. The item we've sent them after is the Aqua Monica. Besides that one, the rest of them will be up to us to retrieve."

"Team Adventure," Lucario said. " I didn't want your team to accompany Mitsumi's because of how dangerous this mission could possibly be. However, Mitsumi has received special permission for you to go from the Exploration guild. So, this will now count as your next official mission. I wish you luck."

"As do I," Alakazam said.

"Alright then!" Pikachu said enthusiastically. " LET'S DO THIS!"

" Calm down," Mitsumi said. " We're not leaving yet. Piplup and I have to wait at the guild for the other team to report back in. You're welcome to come with us if you want to."

"Um….," Pikachu said, that odd feeling of nervousness coming over him again. " S…sure! B-but Mitsumi! I….I…don't think that….we're worthy of being seen with someone as famous as you!"

Mitsumi laughed. " Oh come on! I'm not exactly famous you know! I mean, come on! I wasn't even the first one to save the world! My team was second to….."

"Team Go-Getters!," Pikachu said. " I know. But….you saved the world twice!"

Mitsumi laughed again. " Well, I can't argue with you there. But you don't have to be all nervous around us just because you think we're famous. Piplup and I don't even think about when we saved the world anymore. It happened a while back."

"Yup!" Piplup agreed. " Not something we think about anymore. So, are you gonna come with us and wait at the guild, or not?"

"S-sure!" Pikachu managed to say, still a bit nervous. " Let's go team!" Mitsumi and Piplup led the way out of the building and back into the cave behind the waterfall. When they had gone, Lucario turned to Alakazam.

"Did we really do the right thing?"

"Lucario my old friend, you worry too much. I think they'll be fine."

"But…..what about the Guardians?"

"I'm sure that if they decide to strike, Team Adventure can handle it. After all, they'll have Team Quest with them, won't they?"

"I suppose," Lucario said. "I still don't like this though."

"As I've said, I believe they'll be fine."

And that's all for chapter 10! HOORAY! It was longer than the past three chapters! YAHOO! It's something to celebrate! (Well, for me it is.)