Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Pokemon! (for the second time this week)

Hey guys! Like I promise I've posted up the next chapter (DOUBLE UPDATE!!) Heh, I've tried to put some funny stuff in here so LAUGH.

This is a pretty important chapter so make sure to read this. I introduced Brendan's and May's character more in this chapter and something else happens (I won't tell you yet because it will spoil the story).

Chapter 8:

"May that is the 30th bowl you've eaten," Hiromi said, looking uneasy at May. May ignored Hiromi's comment and continued eating. Crystal was literally shocked at how much May could eat but still be skinny. Crystal felt kind of sick in the stomach as she watched the empty bowls increasing on the table. Her Misdreveous was next to her, trying to get Crystal to play with her. Max continued to eat curry as if May's eating habits were completely normal.

"Yeah May, if you continue eating like that, you'll end up fatter than Muchlax," Max said as he swallowed another spoonful of curry. May stopped eating just long enough to hit Max in the head.

"OW!" Max immediately rubbed his head, wishing his sister wasn't so violent on the "fat" subject.

"Don't worry, I made plenty of food," Mina said from the kitchen. Everybody was in the small crowded dining room. Kai, Mina, and Ship were eating while standing up, while everybody else was crowded around the small table. Brendan, always eating no more than he should, was the first one to finish, and he was outside training his Pokemon and watching the other Pokemon who are still playing. Crystal sighed with disappointment. She had read the email just before dinner and wanted to tell everyone what the email said, but now that Brendan left before anybody else finished eating, she can't tell everybody at the same time. It looks like I'll have to break the news to him later.

"Guys, I have something I need to tell you."

...

"Alright Milotic! Don't go easy on me," Brendan said. Milotic nodded quickly before she sent out a Blizzard at Brendan. Brendan immediately dodged the freezing attack, and then he immediately switched directions to dodge Milotic's Water Pulse. Her attacks are getting harder to dodge. Brendan tried to evade Milotic's Hydro Pump, but he still got wet. Suddenly Milotic snaked up from behind him and used Iron Tail. Brendan couldn't dodge it, so he grabbed Milotic's tail and tried to push it back. Unfortunately, the attack was too powerful, and Brendan fell to the ground, receiving the impact of Iron Tail. Milotic immediately drew back her tail, looking terrified. She quickly used Aqua Ring on Brendan's wounds, and the damages soon disappeared. Brendan got up after Milotic finished healing him and sighed. It was embarrassing that he couldn't even win a single match against his Pokemon.

"Thanks Milotic. You're getting stronger than before, but your attack power is still a little bit on the weak side. Speed and accuracy is fine, but we still need to work on long range distance," Brendan listed off from his head. Milotic nodded in agreement, happy that her trainer was alright.

Swampert was observing the battle with carefulness, hoping to pick up some tips in fighting. Larion and Umbreon were sleeping under the tree next to the trailer. Mighteyana was playing catch with the Frisbees that Kirlia was controlling with his Psychic attack. Blaziken and Wani-Wani were sparing, only using fighting moves to knock down the other opponent. Both of them were eyeing Milotic, hoping she would notice them. Squirlte was watching the battle practice while sitting next to Muchlax, who was still fast asleep. Evee, the most energetic of the group, was trying to bug her "cousin", Umbreon. Evee used Dig and Tackle on Umbreon, hoping he would wake up and play with her. Umbreon ignored these attacks, but after an hour or so of being annoyed, he ended up using a powerful Confuse Ray on Evee. For the rest of the night, Evee staggered around with swirls in her eyes.

The trailer door opened and the sound of footsteps could be heard. Because he had his back against the trailer, Brendan didn't notice anything until Milotic gave him a look. He turned around and saw Crystal, looking kind of sad while hugging Hiromi and May. Something weird was going on. Why does Crystal have her backpack on while nobody else does? Crystal gave a high five towards Max, and bowed down to Mina, Kai, and Ship for their hospitality. Crystal then returned Wani-Wani and Misdreaveous back into their Pokeballs. Crystal wiped a tear from her eyes and noticed Brendan coming up from behind her.

"Hey, what's going on?" Brendan asked looking curiously at Crystal's bag.

"Professor Oak called; he told me that he has a new job for me, so he wants me to go back to Johto," Crystal replied, pausing for a moment so Brendan can absorb this news.

"I'm really sorry, but he told me it's an emergency. I need to go now." Brendan nodded silently at Crystal, looking gloomy at this news. Max couldn't blame Brendan feeling so down. Hiromi looked like she was trying to hold back the tears that were swelling up in her eyes. May bit her lips, feeling relief and sad at the same time.

"Hey, no problem!" Brendan said, smiling suddenly, "We'll see each other again soon. I promise that!" Crystal smiled at his words.

"Yeah, you never break a promise. That's just your nature," Crystal said, holding out her hands. Brendan took it and they both shook. Then, as if he couldn't help himself, Brendan gave Crystal a quick hug before he let her go. Max widened his eyes with surprise as Crystal's face turned pink. Max heard a soft thump of the trailer's door closing behind him and noticed that May was nowhere to be seen.

"See you later Crystal! I'm so glad that you decided to join our circus even if it was just a while!" Hiromi said, hugging Crystal again. Crystal gave a warm smiled and took out one of her Pokeballs. Flash! An Arcanine appeared, lying down so Crystal could jump on his back.

"I'll see you guys soon!" Crystal said after she got on her Pokemon. Her eyes suddenly noticed that May wasn't here.

I wonder where she is. I want to tell her to take good care of Brendan for me, Crystal wondered. Arcanine gave a howl before he stood up on his four legs. Crystal shook her head. Maybe May doesn't need to, knowing Brendan; he would be the one taking care of May. After meeting Brendan for the first time and listening to Brendan talk about May back then, Crystal knew that Brendan, although he hasn't really realized it yet, cared for May more than just a friend.

"Arcanine! Use Extreme Speed!" Arcanine's leg turned glowing white and before anybody knew, Crystal and her Pokemon were gone into the distance, leaving a trail of dust and tears behind them.

Author's Notes

NOOOOOOO! (did I write this right grammaguy?) Crystal's gone T.T Oh well, you guys are probably happy now because it's Hoennshipping from here on out.

NOOOOOOO! (did I write this right too grammaguy?) May's Evee evolves into a Glaceon! So much for my UmbreonXEspeon thought...

Heh, anyways I will like to thank my reviewers now.

shadow of the hell

Thank you for reviewing so fast! I checked my email around twelve in the morning and noticed that you gave a review! That defintely cheered me up after staying up at twelve in the morning. And you gave me four stars (Yes!) (four stars out of five right?)! Thank you very much for the rating. You are a really fast reviewer and for that I thank you.

grammaguy (me: making sure you were knocked out cold before selling your gun and buying manga books with the money LOL)

1) I am not a liar (really!)! I just told warned you not to ride on so many rollercoasters before eating Mexican food. Do not use illogical fallacy on me! (lol; me throwing big words at you... Scary huh?)

2) Thanks for the grammer lesson! (you giving me grammer lessons... scary...)

3) About the dream... umm... not telling you yet! (You'll find out in later chapters about the dream, and I won't revel the whole thing until about 20 chapters later... heh heh).

4) You'll never have your revenge on me! (well, you could, but you don't know who I am... lol jk)

Anyways thank you for reviewing (I was joking in all of the four topics except topic 2 so don't take any offense). I'll see you later!

Jarkes

You're a cool guy! Thanks for the compliment! Now I'll write 10 more chapters tonight (lol). Yeah I didn't throw up, but it was still a hectic trip. (sorry for misleading you) Again thank you for reviewing!

Thank you all for reviewing and I'll see you next week (unless you're also reading my other story then I'll see you tomorrow... hopefully.)

-JapanDreamer