After beating the Dewford town gym and its leader, Brawly, Narrisa and her team are now on their way to Slateport to deliver the devon goods. As they travel through the waves on their boat the sun was about to set with clear blue sky turning orange.
"Do you think we can make it to Slateport before nightfall?" Narrisa asked Breiny as he controls their vessel.
"Well if you're asking to land at the port then no" Breiny answers while keeping his eyes on the sea. "But we can make it just before night hits if I drop you by the beach. Is that alright with you?" Breiny now asking.
"Hmm Yeah, seems good to me" Narrisa said as she thinks it over.
"Okay then lassie..." Breiny trailed off as he adjusts his cap. "Hang on to tight for it's going to be a bumpy ride" Breiny added as he pulls a lever down making the engine roar louder. The boat now moving faster was easily cutting through the waves as it moves through the surface.
As time went on with the boat zipping through the open sea, the Slateport beach was now in site with small pockets of land in between them. Breiny slowing the boat down was was able to steer his way past the land pockets and land safely by the shore as the sun was half way below the sea surface.
"Ahoy lassie, we've hit Slateport's beach" Breiny says as he puts the boat on a complete stop.
Narrisa looking around soon saw how vastly different the beach here was compared to Petalburgs. The beach was almost twice the size of Petalburgs with multiple beach umbrellas and chairs laid across the sand along with many people and Pokémon spread across the beach. Beyond the beach lies a small town with a market place to their and a few buildings near the sea side by their left.
"Wow the beach here sure is crowded" Narrisa says as she gets off the boat with Velouria following soon after.
"Aye lassie" Breiny says as he peers over the boats side. "So you're off to deliver them goods now right?" Breiny asks as he looks down towards them.
"Yeah" Narrisa says with a nod as she turns to face him. "But I'm not exactly sure where to bring these though" Narrisa says she gestures to her bag where the good were.
"May I see them?" Breiny said with a curious look.
"Okay sure" Narrisa says as she brings out a lang case from her bag and handing them to Breiny. Breiny opening the case saw a variety of parts which he recognise the use for.
"Aye these are ship parts" Breiny explained. "You should deliver these to the ship yard just north of here" Breiny says as he closes the case and hands them back to Narrisa.
"Okay" Narrisa says as she places the case back in her bag. "What about you though? Are you just going to stay here?"
"Nah I'm going straight to the port, It's illegal to leave boats out here for too long" Breiny says as he starts the engine. "Anyways be seeing you sometime soon" Breiny says before leaving Narrisa and Velouria on the beach.
"C'mon Velouria let's head on over to the shipyard" Narrisa says as she walks straight towards Slateport.
As Narrisa approaches Slateport the small shops and stalls that were spread across the market place were closing up with others already closed. As they walk further in to the small town they soon saw a grey building with small row boats placed along the sides with some sail boats floating in the water next to it.
"Is this the place?" Velouria asks as she looks around the place.
"I guess so since this is the only building here with boats completely surrounding the place" Narrisa says as she stares at one of the row boats nearest to them. "Well then let's head on in" Narrisa says as she heads towards the entrance.
"Well if you say so" Velouria responded as she follows Narrisa's lead.
As the two get close to the building they immediately saw a man locking up the doors to the place before pocketing the key. Narrisa seeing this soon walked up towards the man and asked him if this was the place they were looking for.
"Umm excuse me sir" Narrisa says trying to grab the mans attention.
"Oh good afternoon miss, what can I help you with?" the man says as he faces towards Narrisa.
"Yeah I was wandering if this place was the shipyard?" Narrisa asked.
"Why yes it is but the shipyard is closed for the day" the man explains.
"Oh..." Narrisa trails off as she looks down. "But can I at least leave these parts with you? I was tasked to deliver them here" Narrisa says as she brought out the case with the ship parts in them.
"May I see them?" The man ask which Narrisa obliges. "Oh these are the Devon parts" the man said in shock as he opens the case. "You should give these parts to Capt. Stern, he is currently in the Museum just a short walk from here" the man says as he gives the case back.
"Oh okay" Narrisa responded as she places the case back in her bag. "Well, I'll be going no so thanks" Narrisa said as she heads off towards the museum.
"Your welcome" the man said in response before Narrisa got far.
Narrisa and Velouria now walking towards the Slateport museum soon saw a bunch of team aqua grunts lined up in front of the entrance. Narrisa seeing them decided to hide behind a closed stall that was nearby followed soon after by Velouria.
"Why is team aqua here?" Velouria said in a hush tone to Narrisa.
"I don't know but whatever they're planning we'll be sure to stop them" Narrisa said with a confident grin.
As the two wait behind the stall, the line of grunts soon started moving forward slowly entering the museum. Narrisa taking her chance soon ran towards the entrance with Velouria right behind her. The two now just outside the museums entrance waited their for a second before Narrisa went in and open the doors.
Inside the museum the place was displayed with various tanks showcasing natural water phenomena and different pieces of sea exploration equipment. Narrisa looking around the place saw dozens of grunts looking at the displays along with chatting with one another. Narrisa taking a deep breath slowly walked towards the stair case which was just across from her making sure not to cause any sort of alarm. As she slowly makes her way to the staircase she soon makes it and quickly made her way up stairs.
"Phew that was a tense situation" Narrisa says as she presses her back on the wall behind her. "Now lets find this Capt. Stern person since he wasn't downstairs when I was looking around" Narrisa says as she straightens herself up.
As Narrisa looks around in the second floor more display cases where spread across the room along with a giant T.V. placed in the center with chairs in front of it. Looking around even more Narrisa saw a lone man wearing what seems to be a navy blue coat with a green shirt under it looking at a display case with a cruise ship on it. Narrisa approaching the man soon asked him of who he was.
"Excuse me sir but are you Capt. Stern?" Narrisa asked the man.
"Why yes, yes I am. And who might you be?" Capt. Stern said as he reaches out his right hand.
"My Name is Narrisa sir" Narrisa says as she shakes his hand. "I was tasked to deliver these parts to you sir" Narrisa says as she lets go in order to take out the case. Just as Narrisa brought out the case a bunch of team aqua grunts soon started coming in from down stairs stopping her.
"Hold it right their girlie" one of the grunts said to Narrisa. "Hand'em parts over or else" he threatened.
"Yeah right like I you guys scare me" Narrisa says defiantly as she stands in front of S8tern.
"You asked for it, go Zubat" the grunt said before letting his Zubat out. The Zubat out of its ball made a screeching noise before just flying around in front of them. Narrisa grabbing for her pokeball soon was stopped by Velouria.
"Why don't you let me fight this one" Velouria said as she jumps right in front of her.
"You sure about that?" Narrisa asked with a worried tone
"I've been stuck just cheering the others on while they battled I think its my turn to tale the stage" Velouria reasoned as she stands ready in front of the Zubat.
"If you're sure about this then lets go" Narrisa says as she lets Velouria battle.
"You're joking right? You're letting an inexperienced Pokémon fight against us? Oh this would be fun" the grunt taunted. "Zubat end this quick with leech life" the grunt commanded. The Zubat taking its command soon rushed towards Velouria with its fangs glowing a yellow-green color.
"Velouria use Tackle" Narrisa commanded and soon Velouria leaped towards the Zubat pinning it down on the ground. "Now use bite" Narrisa added as the Zubat was pinned down.
Velouria biting down on the Zubats neck with her fangs glowing a shade of black completely snapping its throat. The Zubat struggling at first soon laid limp under Velouria's body as she lets go of the Zubats neck with blood dripping from her mouth. Velouria licking up the blood from her lips soon let out a toothy grin before glaring at the grunts.
"Damn killing sure does taste good" Velouria says as she savors the taste of blood even more. "Now come at me with another one" Velouria taunted
"Grr you asked for it, go Poochyena" the grunt says as he sends out his own poochyena. The other Poochyena now out of its ball laid his head and chest low with its teeth showing snarling at Velouria. The Poochyena not hesitating soon charged towards Velouria with its own fangs showing.
Velouria seeing the Poochyena's useless attempt to attack just side stepped just before the attack hits and used her own tackle sending it skidding to one of the displays. The enemy Poochyena hitting it hard caused the water filled display case to fall on top of it causing glass shards to scatter everywhere and soaking up the floor with water. Velouria not wasting any time soon run up to the downed Poochyena pinning it down on the ground as well. The Poochyena feeling the glass shards sink into its back started snapping at Velouria trying to set itself free.
"Pathetic" was all Velouria said before biting down on the Poochyena as her entire jaw and fangs were sparking with electricity causing surges of electrical waves flowing through the Poochyena's body as she bit down. The Poochyena feeling the rush of electricity in its body was yelling out in pain before remaining still with its tail and head flat on the ground as its heart stops. Velouria seeing the Poochyena dead under her bit down hard on the Poochyena's neck before tossing it back to the grunts.
"Is that the best you got?" Velouria taunted even more as her fangs start sparking.
"Damn out of Pokémon" the grunt says as he took a step back.
"Sniveling whelp, I'll show you how its done" said the female grunt that was with him. "If you can't take a trainers Pokémon on a fair fight then let's cheat a little" the female grunt said before tossing three Pokéballs onto air. The three pokeballs popping open let out two Poochyenas and 1 Zubat. "Now lets see if your Poochyena can handle this" the female grunt said with a smirk.
The Poochyenas on the floor growling and circling Velouria while the Zubat just flies around above them, this situation proves to much for Velouria to handle. Narrisa seeing how bad the situation got, decided to reach out for her pokeballs and call out another one of her Pokémon. Narrisa with a pokeball in hand soon called out Marshal to the field. "Go Marshal!" Narrisa exclaimed as she sent out Marshal to help Velouria out in battle.
"Woah aint this a bad situation" Marshal said as he sees the three Pokémon surrounding them. As he looks around the room to track the enemies movements he soon noticed Velouria was fighting beside him. "Wow and I thought this situation couldn't get any harder" Marshal said sarcastically but still keeping his eyes on the Pokémon.
"Well we'll see who will be protecting who" Velouria said with a smug look on her face. "Now are we just going to stand around here and wait to get ripped apart or are we going to fight?" Velouria said with a smirk.
"Oh you know what's the answer to that" Marshal responded as he launches a ball of mud at on of the Poochyenas causing it to get knocked down. The other two seeing this soon charged in at both of them without any hesitation.
"I'll handle the Zubat while you take on the other two" Velouria quickly said as she leaps for the Zubat with her fangs sparking with electricity. Velouria catching the Zubat mid air soon bit down on it as they land on the ground and sending electrical shocks at it.
"Oh wouldn't have it any other way" Marshal responded as he tackles the on coming Poochyena knocking it back. Marshal taking his opportunity soon used another Mudshot at the Poochyena completely covering and crushing it in Mud. Marshal thinking it was over was surprised when the other Poochyena he used Mudshot on suddenly bit down on his right arm.
"AHHH DAMMIT GET OFF ME!" Marshal yelled as he swung his arm around sending the Poochyena crashing to another display case completely shattering it. The Poochyena dazed at the impact with glass shards embedded in its body was blasted with a Water gun instantly finishing it off. The female grunt seeing the turn of events just stood their jaw dropped as her team was easily taken care off.
"Damn the boss is going to kill us for this" said one of the grunts in the group.
"Dammit it just had to be this hard" another one complained.
"The what are you guys just standing their for? Send out your Pokémon and deal with her" said the female grunt from before. The rest of the grunts standing their all hesitating with their pokeballs in their hands when a loud voice came from downstairs.
"What's taking so long up their you whelps!" said a man with a deep loud voice as he walks up into the floor. The man walking into the room showed to be very muscular while wearing a dark blue skin tight suit completely outlining his muscles with fins attached to the waist and wearing a gold chain around his neck with a small anchor dangling at the end. As he got close the mans chin was covered in a neatly trimmed beard ending with a point with his hair hidden inside a dark blue bandana.
"Is this girl here causing the hold up?" the man said with his same deep and angry sounding voice from before. The grunts not saying a word while the man just crosses his arms and shook his head in disappointment. "I'll see to you whelps later but for now..." the man trails off as he approaches Narrisa. Velouria and Marshal reacting to this soon stood in front of him stopping him in his tracks. The man seeing this just stopped and stood their instead. "Now why is a girl like you interfering with team aqua's affairs? You don't look like a team magma member" the man said with a stern look in his face.
"My name is Narrisa and I'm here to stop you from taking these goods" Narrisa says as she takes a step back.
"Well whatever your goal is I'm going to let you of the hook for now and let you go with a warning" the man says as he drops his arms. "C'mon you whelps it's time to head out" the man commanded as he turns away from Narrisa.
"Wait you're just going to leave just like that?" Narrisa said surprised to see they are all leaving.
"You've proven that these whelps are no match for you and I have no time to deal with kids so just take my advice and don't mess with us anymore, got it?" the man says before heading for the staircase. "Oh and by the way the names Archie" he said before going down.
Narrisa seeing them all head down stairs decided to peak through the window only to see them leave Slateport entirely. Narrisa now seeing them gone let out a deep breath before walking back to Capt. Stern waiting by a display case.
"I'm sorry if the place got ruined" Narrisa said with a sheepish smile while scratching the back of her head.
"Oh its okay you did it to protect me and whatever it is you are trying to deliver" Capt. Stern said reassuringly. "Anyways may I see them parts you were going to deliver to me?" Capt. Stern asked.
"Sure" Narrisa says as she brings out the case and hands it to Capt. Stern
"Thank you" he responded before opening the case. Upon looking inside he suddenly made a big smile before closing the case and shaking Narrisa's hands. "Thank you once again Narrisa for these parts you delivered would be enough to finally get my undersea expedition started" he said with enthusiasm.
"Umm okay" Narrisa said in response as she gives a slight nod.
"I know as a reward for your efforts you may have this mysterious gem I found while doing test expeditions by the beach front" Capt. Stern said as he searches around in his pocket to reveal a shiny dark blue pearl looking object in his hand. "I was supposed to give it to Mr. Stone when I found it but a girl like you deserve a decent reward"
"Oh umm thanks" Narrisa says as she holds on to the stone. Marshal seeing this from behind Narrisa felt some weird connection from it so he decided to approach them.
"Hey Narrisa can I see that thing for a second" Marshal said intrigued with the object. Narrisa nodding in response soon placed it in Marshals hand.
"Wow" was all Marshal said as he stares at the stone in his hand. As he stares at the stone it soon started glowing with a light blue light and Marshal was soon enveloped in its light. Marshal feeling the stones power felt as if he had activated his torrent ability but instead of being a steady aura it was flowing upwards.
"Marshal?" was all Narrisa could say as she was confused as to what was happening. After a few seconds have passed with Marshal glowing in blue light it soon stopped and the stone went back to normal.
"Whoa what happened?" Marshal says as he looks around himself.
"I don't know but whatever it is we need to show this stone to Steven or Mr. Stone they might know" Narrisa says as she grabs the stone from Marshals hand and places it in her bag.
"Yeah" Marshal said as he nods in agreement.
"Well anyways we better get going for its getting dark out and we haven't settled up camp yet" Narrisa says as she peers out through the window to see the sun now gone with the night sky taking over. "So good luck with your expedition" Narrisa says as she heads towards the staircase. "C'mon guys lets go" Narrisa gestured for Velouria and Marshal.
"Good luck on your journey as well" Capt. Stern said before Narrisa had left.
Narrisa now outside of the museum with Velouria and Marshal, decided to head on towards the towns exit leading to a foresty path in order to set up camp. As she walks on by passing the Pokémon mart and center a familiar voice soon stopped for her from behind. Narrisa turning to see who it came from saw Brendan coming from the Pokémon center running after her.
"Hey Narrisa glad to see you hear" the boy said with a smile.
"Yeah sure is" Narrisa responded as she smiles back.
"So where are you headed off to now that its nighttime?" Brendan asked as he looks at Narrisa curiously.
"Well I was just going to find a place big enough to set up camp, why?" Narrisa responded as she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Really? Camping? I know a much better place to spend the night at come on follow me" Brendan suggested as he gestures for her to follow. Narrisa not being able to get a say in this just followed him. As they walk through the street and eventually making it back to the beach Brendan soon led her to a rustic looking building at the edge of Slateport with lights flashing and faint laughter to be heard.
"Umm Brendan what place is this?" Narrisa asked as they got closer.
"Oh its a place where me and my dad would often stay whenever we visit Slateport" Brendan explained as they reached the door. "Well we're here" Brendan said before opening the door. As he opens the door the laughter they heard as they neared the place soon got louder as people where chatting and drinking with each other as they sat by their tables while some where seated by the bar. While Narrisa was looking around the place a bit unsure of their location she soon noticed Brendan was walking in so she followed him.
"Brendan again I ask what exactly is this place?" Narrisa asked once more as she looks around the place.
"Well this used to be just a beach side inn to stay in but it only became a semi tavern just recently ever since they expanded other wise its still as same as before" Brendan explained once more.
"Okay then" Narrisa responded as she still feels a bit uneasy.
"I'm not so sure about this place" Marshal whispered to Velouria as they follow Brendan and Narrisa.
"Oh lighten up. This place looks harmless enough" Velouria said trying to reassure Marshal but once she said it a bottle soon fell off one of the tables and broke right next to her. "Eeek!" Velouria shrieked as she jumps back.
"Harmless huh?" Marshal said with his eye brow raised.
As Narrisa and Brendan got near to the bar, the barkeep that was serving food and drinks to everyone soon noticed Brendan and greeted him. "Why its Brendan? Fancy seeing you here again" the barkeep says to Brendan as he serves another drink.
"Wait here I'll go handle this" Brendan says as he leaves Narrisa alone and gets close to the counter. "Hi yeah its been a while" Brendan greeted back
"Oh I see your father isn't the one with you tonight" he says as he motions towards Narrisa.
"Oh her? She's a new friend of mine. She just started her adventure and I brought her here since she was planning on camping out for tonight" Brendan explained to the barkeep.
"Oh I see" the barkeep said with a nod. "I'm guessing you're looking for two rooms for tonight right?" he guessed as he wipes a glass with towel.
"Yup that right" Brendan said with a grin.
"I'm sorry but their is only one room left available since we're booked for tonight soooo..." the barkeep trailed of as he points towards Narrisa
"Oh it's okay we can share a room" Brendan quickly said not wanting for her to go out alone for the night.
"Perfect!" the barkeep said enthusiastically as he places the glass on the counter. "Here is your room key and your room is just at the end of the hall" the barkeep explained as he grabs a key from the key ring under the table and hands it to Brendan. "You know where the stairs is right?" the barkeep said with his eyebrow raised.
"Yeah I know" Brendan said as he pockets the key. "Well we'll be headed up to our room now" Brendan says as he leaves the barkeep and went straight to Narrisa. Narrisa just standing their in between two tables with different groups of people soon approached Brendan as he gets near.
"So how'd it go?" Narrisa asked as she got close to Brendan.
"Well it didn't go as well as I expected but hey at least I got us a room hehe" Brendan explained with a sheepish smile while scratching the back of his head.
"Just one room?" Narrisa said with her eyebrow raised at him while crossing her arms.
"Oh no no no I didn't plan for this to happen okay" Brendan tried to defend himself as he raises both hands in front of him. "And besides their is usually two beds for both of us since me and my dad usually share one room" Brendan said trying to clear himself.
"Okay then. I trust you on this" Narrisa says as she lowers both her arms.
"Okay good, follow me then" Brendan said as he walks towards the bar. Narrisa following him was soon lead behind the bar and up a staircase where a series of doors were. "Come on our room is at the end of the hall" Brendan says as he leads her to the end of the hall. As they got to their door Brendan quickly unlocked it and opened the door only to be surprised to what was inside. Inside the room wasn't two beds as he had explained but instead one big bed enough for two people was placed in the center of the room.
"Two beds huh?" Marshal said with a smirk as he looks inside the room. Narrisa just standing out door just let out a sigh before going inside the room with her arms crossed and sitting on the bed with her hands on the bed. Brendan and Marshal shocked to see this just followed her in the room with Velouria walking in after them.
"Listen I didn't plan for this to happen I swear" Brandon trying to defend himself once more.
"I know, you don't have to keep explaining yourself to me once more" Narrisa said dismissing him. "And plus this place feels much more comfortable to sleep in for tonight since it was awfully cold out" Narrisa says as she swipes her hands over the bed sheets.
"Okay also as an apology you may take the entire bed for yourself. I would just sleep on the chair right their" Brendan said as he points towards a small round wooden table with a wooden chair right next to it.
"Oh no you take the bed since you are the one handling to pay for this place so t the very least have the bed" Narrisa reasoned as she stands up from the bed. "I can just lay my sleeping bag on the floor and sleep their"
Narrisa added.
"No you take the bed since I did it for you to relax" Brendan argued back.
"Oh just share the bed it's big enough for both of you" Velouria interrupted as she jumps on the chair and curls up on it. "I'll be sleeping on this chair for tonight" Velouria announced.
"Fine" Narrisa says as she looks away from Brendan and onto the wall to her right. As she turned to look away she soon noticed a door behind. "Hey what's behind that door back their" Narrisa pointed out.
"Oh that's the bathroom. All rooms here have one" Brendan explained to Narrisa.
"Oh okay" Narrisa says as she sits back down on the bed. As Narrisa sat their thinking for a second, she soon realized that she hasn't taken a bath yet ever since she left for her journey. Narrisa realizing this just got up once more and went towards the bathrooms door after dropping her bag at the foot of the bed. "I'll be taking a bath for a while, haven't taken one since leaving" she said before opening the door and entering.
"Umm sure thing" Brendan responded before Narrisa entered the bathroom. Brendan seeing Narrisa now inside the bathroom with the water running, he decided to lay down on the right side of the bed for it was the farthest from the bathroom door. Brendan just laying their with his arms crossed at the back of his head and right leg crossed over the other just waited their thinking about certain things and before he realizes it he soon fell asleep.
As time went on with the minutes passing by, Brendan was just laying their on the bed with his eyes closed was soon awoken when a door was heard opening. Brendan hearing this raised his body up in a sitting position only to sea the bathroom door open with some steam coming out from under it. Walking out the door was Narrisa as her body was covered by her towel that was still dripping a bit with her long hair slumped over her right shoulder while carrying her dirty clothes. Brendan looking closely soon noticed that the towel wasn't long enough to cover her entire body resulting in it being wrapped around her a bit lower with part of her chest and cleavage showing. Brendan seeing this can't help but just stare at her as she walks up to the bed and sits their.
"Umm is their something wrong?" Narrisa asked as Brendan was just staring blankly at her. Narrisa staring back at Brendan soon noticed what he was staring at and quickly slapped him across the face before turning around and covering herself. "Hmph pervert" was all Narrisa said with a pout.
Brendan feeling the slap on his face soon snapped out of it before quickly apologizing to Narrisa. "Oh umm sorry I was just um uhh" was all Brendan could say as he was getting all flustered and couldn't think of anything sensible.
"Just go in the bathroom and take a bath" said Narrisa as she points towards the bathroom door.
"Yeah I'll uhh go do that" Brendan quickly said as he runs inside the bathroom door closing it.
"Tsk men" Narrisa says as she rolls her eyes to the sides. Narrisa now seeing Marshal just beside her was also staring blankly at her. "And you're no better, return" Narrisa says as she grabs for Marshal's pokeball in the bag and calling him back in.
Meanwhile inside the bathroom, Brendan pressed his back onto the door as he slides down to a sitting position. Brendan now sitting down on the bathroom floor just covered his face in between his legs with his arms over it as he thinks to himself. "Dammit why did it have to turn this way" Brendan thought to himself s he looks down. After thinking deeply for a second he soon noticed some weird fabric was peaking out from under him so he raised his bottom a bit and reached under him. As he grabbed the fabric that he was sitting on, he raised it to see what it was only to quickly drop it on the floor once more.
"What the fuck!" Brendan exclaimed under to himself as he stares at the fabric next to him. On the floor beside him was Narrisa's pink underwear as it lay flat on the ground. "Did she drop this or something on the way out?" Brendan thought to himself as he stares at it longer. As he stares at it longer he can't help but run his finger through the fabric and laces and even eventually picking it up and holding it in his hands. Brendan once again holding on to the garment in his hand was just silently staring at it before getting back into his senses and throwing it away from him.
"Dammit Brendan get a hold of yourself" he said to himself as he got up from the floor. "Maybe a long hot shower would clear my mind off of things" Brendan said to himself as he strips out of his clothes and got under the shower head as he turns it on. After a good half our or so of taking a shower, Brendan soon had enough and grabbed a towel to rub himself dry. Brendan making sure he was completely dry soon wrapped the towel around his waist and made sure to pick up all of his clothes on the way out.
"Whew that was a good shower" he said before opening the door and getting out. As he got out of the bathroom he soon saw Narrisa had already fallen asleep on her side of the bed while wearing only a bath robe with the belt tightly knotted and the towel just hanging on the edge of the bed. "Man she sure does look cute while asleep" Brendan silently remarked as he grabs hold of his bag and brought out a freshly new pair of clothes. As Brendan finished putting on a clean pair of clothes on, he soon laid down next to Narrisa and raised the sheets over both of them. "Well at least this night wasn't a total loss" he said silently to himself before going to sleep as well.
The night passes and the morning sun raising, Brendan was the first one of the two of them to wake up. Brendan trying to open up his eyes just let out a yawn before rubbing both of them with his left hand. Brendan now fully awake tried to get up but couldn't since something was pressing down on his right arm. Looking to his right he soon saw Narrisa pinning his right arm down along with her head resting on his shoulder and her right arm was his chest. Brendan not wanting to wake her up so he decided to rest his head back and tried to get in some more sleep.
"What time does Narrisa usually wake up?" Brendan thought to himself as he tried to get in more shut eye. After a while of waiting Brendan soon felt Narrisa was pressing against him further and later felt something soft was squeezing against his arm and side. Brendan realizing what it was couldn't help but look down and take a quick peek. "God damn..." he thought to himself wide eyed as he got more than just a peek. Looking down he saw that the right part of Narrisa's robe was sliding off of her shoulder revealing most of the right portion of her upper body. Brendan franticly panicking in his mind just intently turned to his left side pulling away from her which to his surprise didn't wake her.
"Keep it together Brendan" he said silently to himself as he got up into a sitting position all red and sweating. Brendan looking back saw that Narrisa had turned to face the other side which he let out a breath of relief to he got up and quickly entering the bathroom. After spending a good amount of time in freshening up in the bathroom he soon got out to see Narrisa was already awake sitting on the side of the bed.
"Good morning Narrisa, did you sleep well last night?" Brendan greeted with a smile.
"*yawn* oh huh yeah I did" Narrisa responded a bit groggily while stretching both her arms up. "Sleeping on a really nice bed sure is relaxing after a stressful day" Narrisa added as she rubs both her eyes with both hands.
"I know how you feel" Brendan said as he approaches Narrisa. "I mean working all day in the field researching about anything new about the regional Pokémon sure is stressful work" Brendan explained as he sat next to her with a toothy smile.
"Well not really what I was going for but sure" Narrisa says as she got up. "Well I'm going to wash up now and change out of this robe its starting to feel uncomfortable on me" Narrisa added as she grabs her bag on the floor and proceeded into the bathroom. As a couple of minutes pass by with Brendan just waiting for Narrisa to finish she soon got out now fully clothed while holding onto to something in her hand.
"What do you have their?" Brendan asked even though he knew what it was
"Oh nothing important just something I left inside the bathroom that's all" Narrisa says as she feels a bit embarrassed before quickly pocketing it.
"Well if you say so, anyways come on its time for us to go" Brenan said as he heads towards the front door.
"Oh okay let me just wake Velouria up" Narrisa said as she walks towards Velouria still sound asleep. "Wakey wakey sleepy head" Narrisa whispered gently to Velouria while scratching the top of her head.
Velouria feeling the sensation in her head soon slowly opened her eyes and raised her head up while giving out a soft yawn. "What time is it?" Velouria groggily asked with her right eye closed.
"It's time for us to go Velouria" Narrisa answered back with the same whispery voice while this time scratching the back of her neck.
"Oh okay" Velouria responded. After letting out another yawn she soon got up and jumped down from her chair.
"Well if that's everything you need to do then let's go" Brendan said as he opens the door and walked out with Narrisa and Velouria following after. As the three of the got downstairs and back into the bar, the barkeep soon greeted them.
"Good morning you two. I see you both slept well" the barkeep greeted as he cleans the counter.
"Yeah we sure did and here is the key back" Brendan said as he places the room key on the counter. "Well we'll be going now and oh place it on dads tab like usual okay" Brendan says before leaving with Narrisa and Velouria.
"Thanks for stopping by" the barkeep said to them before they managed to get out.
Outside and into the open sand even though it was still early a lot of people were already setting up umbrellas and chairs around the place and some where already in the water taking a dip with their Pokémon. The three of them walking back to the streets of Slateport soon found their way to the market place where a lot of stalls are filled up and people are roaming around buying stuff. While walking past the various stalls with people tenders calling for people to buy from then Narrisa soon saw a particular stall that has only jar with blue candy in it with the words rare candy written on the sign.
"Brendan what are rare candies?" Narrisa asked as she stops him from walking.
"Well Rare candies are well candies meant for Pokémon which once consumed makes them feel stronger and could even help them learn new moves" Brendan explained to Narrisa. "But they are super expensive since one costs like nearly 5000 pokédollars which is insane. I could buy like a lot of potions and pokeballs with that money" Brendan added.
"Oh" was all Narrisa said when Brendan explained how much they cost. Narrisa looking at her wallet saw that she just has enough to buy just one piece but didn't decide to since she will be left with almost nothing. Brendan seeing this soon raised an eye brow for an idea just popped up in his head.
"You want to buy one do you?" Brendan asked with a grin.
"Yeah but it's way to expensive for me" Narrisa said as she puts her wallet back in her pocket feeling a bit depressed.
"Well I could give you one since I have some with me" Brendan says as he fishes around in his bag and brought out a few pieces. "But" he added before instantly clutching down on them
"But what?" Narrisa said with a skeptical look on her face.
"You have to do something for me in return" Brendan said with a smirk. "Something that I wouldn't forget and to remember you by" Brendan added as he places his right hand on his chest and points towards her dramatically.
"Really? Anything that you wouldn't forget?" Narrisa said with her eye brow raised. "Okay" she said nonchalantly as she gets close to him.
"Yes something bold, something personal, something-" Brendan was quickly interrupted when Narrisa suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck. "Ummm ahhh" Brendan blurted out as he feels a bit tense.
"You want something you wouldn't forget right?" Narrisa says as she leans in a bit closer. Brendan just nodding in response as he takes a big gulp. "Well close your eyes" Narrisa whispered a bit seductively to which Brendan did. "Get ready here it comes" she whispered a bit more. Brendan feeling tense and nervous in his situation was closing his eyes real hard when suddenly his feet was swept of the ground and he fell flat on the ground and dropping the candies in his hand.
"Hey what was that for?" Brendan said a bit irritated as he sat back up and rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey you said something that you would never forget" Narrisa said with a smirk as she extends her hand to Brendan. "And plus it was either that or have Velouria bite you in the butt" she jokingly added. Brendan looking pass Narrisa saw Velouria right behind her with her fangs sparking.
"Well I should have seen this coming" Brendan said before taking Narrisa's hand to get up and patting himself down. "Well a deals a deal" Brendan said a bit disappointed as he picks up the rare candies on the ground and hands one to Narrisa.
"Thank you" Narrisa says as she takes it from his hand. "So I just have to feed it to one of my Pokémon right?" Narrisa asked as she stares at it in the palm of her hand.
"Yeah basically" Brendan replied with a nod.
"Okay" Narrisa says as she thinks about who to give it to. After thinking it over for a couple of seconds she soon came to a decision. "You know what I think I might just hold on to it for now" Narrisa says as she places it in her pocket. "I might use it when the situation calls for it" she explained.
"Well whatever I'm still a bit pissed off that you tricked me their. You even got my hopes up" Brendan said as he crosses both his arms.
"Really now" Narrisa replied with a grin.
"Well lets just forget about it and continue on" Brendan said as he faces away from Narrisa on towards the town exit. "Come on let's go" Brendan said as he takes a few steps forward but was instantly stopped when Narrisa grabbed hold on to his arm. "What the-" was all he could say before Narrisa gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Their treat it as my apology for tripping you over" Narrisa said as she pulls away and got in front of him. "Now c'mon I'm headed for Mauville city. You can escort me if you want" Narrisa added before leaving him followed by Velouria right behind her. Brendan just standing their still surprised at this just stared at her as she walks away.
"He-hey wait up" Brendan said as he snaps out of it and ran to catch up with her.
The three of them now near the towns exit are now on their way to Mauville city where Narrisa's third gym badge awaits. Would the road ahead be easy for Narrisa now that Brendan is accompanying her? Would Brendan feel the same towards her after the events that took place? All of which they would soon find the answer to as they journey on ahead. End of chapter 10.
Deaths: Vivian the Beautifly
Emilia the Wingull
Authors note: hey author here I'm just going to quickly explain for the reasoning of this chapter. Well firstly this chapter is just mostly filler since well the events that takes place in Slateport in the games really isn't all that interesting to begin with. Secondly I wanted to make the journey to Mauville its own chapter since I have many plans and ideas for it and that putting it here would make the chapter to long to finish and I wanted to get this chapter out as early as possible. And lastly I wanted to expand more on Brendan other than just being the typical rival so having him as a temporary companion would help out in that regard. Well that's all so until next chapter see ya.