Hello again everyone! I am here with the next chapter! I've decided to do a chapter a day, until we all catch up to where I got to, and then see where it leads from there! I just realized we've only gone to ONE gymleader so far... in ten chapters... oh boy. Well, Here's the Second! I hope you enjoy! And I thank everyone for reading this! I know it's not the best work... But anyway, ENJOY!
Marina and Aaron: What she said.
You two again? First, chapter 2, then chapter 8, and now chapter 10? I would've never saw it coming! *Insert Sarcasm Here*
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Pokemon! Only the OCs!
Realization struck me like lightning, and I dove out of the way just in time. What did I avoid? A hyper Beam. From who? Well-
"HAHA! MISSED ME DEOXYS!" I laughed like a mad man and turned to him. He was staring at me with cold eyes, but then disappeared as RayRay sped in, and then back out. I shrugged and went to go get the marshmallows from my bag. I heard someone running behind me, so I turned around and saw Aaron, skidding to a stop. He looked at me, panicked.
"What happened?" He asked quickly, eyeing the hole in the ground.
"Nothing." I replied calmly, and turned back around to do what I was going to do previously. No response from him. I finally got the marshmallows, and turned around, only to bump into his chest.
"Ow." My voice was muffled. Out of nowhere, he scooped me up, and walked back calmly to the campfire.
"Hey! Put me down! Aaron! I mean it!" I yelled as I struggled against his hold. No dice, he was strong. I saw everyone burst out laughing when they saw us. Aaron then slung me over his shoulder, so I was now pounding on his back. I could hear him chuckling. He held me in place with one hand, and the other had the marshmallows I brought in the other. I think he tossed them to someone, and then he turned around, with me still on his shoulder, and started walking away.
"Hey, Aaron? Guys? HELP!" I yelled. They shook their heads no, laughing at the scene. I pounded in his back again, but that didn't really seem to affect him. I gave up, seeing that he won't let me down. I don't know where he's taking me, but I saw the light from the campfire get smaller, and smaller, until finally, there was only a speck of light coming from it. That is when he put me down. I had my arms crossed.
"Why did you bring me here?" I snapped. He was apathetic.
"What, something wrong?" I asked, kind of scared now. He nodded.
"What is it?" I asked gently.
"What happened?" He asked again. I sweat-dropped anime style.
"And you seriously brought me all the way out here just for that?" I was irritated. He nodded.
"I want the truth." He added. I sighed.
"Okay, well, I went to go get the marshmallows, and nearly got blasted by Deoxys. Nothing big, just normal stuff." He still seemed apathetic.
"You call that normal?" He asked, anger evident in his voice. I shrugged. I was wrong about the apathetic thing.
"Yes, you wanted the truth." I responded. "You know, I think you're over-reacting."
"I think your under-reacting!" He yelled, throwing his hands up in the air.
"No, you wanted the truth, this is normal! YOU should know that! Oh wait- you don't! Ya wanna know why? Because you ditched us!" I yelled, my voice getting louder and louder. His eyes widened. I turned away.
"You're still upset." He stated in realization.
"Upset? Sure, if that's what you want to call it." I spat.
"And my comment about not regretting any decisions I've made, made it worse." He stated again. I turned my head to glare at him.
"What do you think?" He looked down. I turned away from him again.
"Oh." That's all he can say? "Sorry." He added. I whipped back to him as I said, "Sorry? That's all you can think of?" but my rant was interrupted when he hugged me quickly. I blushed, but didn't move. I think we walked back after that, I can't remember. It was all a blur. I was suddenly placed back into my original seat.
"Are you guys done making out?" Misty teased. I turned to her.
"We were talking, that's all Misty." I commented quietly. She nodded.
"okay…" She trailed teasingly.
"So, it's getting late guys. Let's hit the deck, huh?" Joy informed. We nodded and put the fire out. I saw Gucci's and Barry's sleeping bags were a little too close, but they didn't notice. I smiled, thinking about how they were going to end up tomorrow morning. Kaleb and Cheryl moved their sleeping bags closer to each other, probably to talk all night until they fall asleep. I heard soft snores coming from the group, and sat up. No way I'm going to sleep tonight. REVENGE TIME! I grabbed a marker from my bag and tip toed to Gucci and Barry. I drew a moustache on Gucci, with a couple of swirly marks, and made Barry's eyebrows connect, with a couple of stars. The same thing with Misty, Joy, Kaleb, and Cheryl. Last, but not least, Aaron. I drew on his face gently, knowing he was a light sleeper. When I was just about down with my masterpiece, he grabbed my hand unconsciously. I fought down the squeak that was bubbling in my throat. He then pulled my hand down, and enveloped me in a hug. This time I let out a quiet squeak. I tried getting out of his grip, gently, but he just wouldn't let go. I finally got out of his grip, but he started to stir. With my last resort, I threw the marker across the site and went a ways away from him. He looked up, but then fell back down, passed out. I smiled evilly, and went back to my sleeping bag. I laid down and started to feel my eyelids pull themselves down. I did have a nightmare, but it was weak. Basically I scraped my knee up pretty bad. But then-
THE NEXT MORNING. AARON'S POV
I woke up to the sound of screaming. I shot up instantly to see Gucci's, Barry's, Misty's, Joy's, Kaleb's, and Cheryl's faces covered in marker drawings. They looked at me and laughed. I grabbed a mirror that Gucci had in her hand and saw what was on my face. It was littered with snowflakes, smiley faces, starts, swirls, and a 'Got'cha!' I turned to see a certain someone was still sleeping, with no marker on her face. We all stormed over to her, but she didn't move or anything. We stared at her, deciding our revenge.
"I saw we should dump her in a river!" Gucci exclaimed. We nodded and I went out pick her up, but then she stirred, a calm look on her face. I hesitated.
"Guys, I don't think we should wake her up." I admitted. They looked at me curiously.
"Why?" They asked together.
"Because, if you look at her, she looks like she's getting good sleep." I explained, watching a smile form on her face. Plus, she's cute when she does that…I did not just think that. NOPE.
"Actually, never mind." I decided and scooped her up. She snuggled into her new heat source, which would be me. I could feel the blush on my face. I heard Misty and Joy coo again. We all walked to a nearby river, after the camp site was collected of course. On our way, she groaned a couple of times. We arrived at the river.
"Alright, throw her in!" Gucci cheered. I stopped and looked down at Marina, then looked back up to the river. She suddenly shot up.
"Gah!" She yelled, eyes wide and fearful. She saw us and her expression calmed. But then she laughed, hard. "And that's probably why I did it!" She laughed.
"What are you talking about?" Misty asked.
"You're faces!" She replied, still laughing. We all fumed, and just as I was about to throw her in, she stopped laughing and looked up, with a serious face. Not at me, but at something above me. We then heard helicopters. I looked up to see a team rocket helicopter flying over us, with a very familiar figure inside it.
"Giovanni." I found myself snarling. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see it was Misty. She shook her head no, but Marina had other ideas.
"Hey Ray?" She yelled. RayRay was somehow there in about two seconds, you know, ignoring the fact that he said he was 'away' on strict 'business'.
"Let's go pay a visit to an old…acquaintance." She snarled, jumping out of my arms quickly.
"Marina, don't!" Misty yelled attempting to stop her. RayRay looked up to see it was team rocket, but didn't move.
"What's wrong?" Marina asked. He shook his head, much like Misty did. "Fine, I'll do it myself." She grumbled and started to walk in the direction the helicopter was going. I lunged out and caught her before she continued.
"I don't think so! If I can't get him, neither can you!" I scolded. She huffed, but then smiled, looking back out our faces.
"Alright, I'll manage!" She laughed cheerfully. I thought I heard her mutter "But I won't forget it." Under her breath. RayRay quickly flew away again, claiming he had some more unfinished 'business', and Marina started to laugh again. We fumed again and Gucci pushed her in.
MARINA'S POV
I was pushed in, again, but by Gucci this time. I decided to stay under, scare them a bit. I could hear my name being called from above the water. Suddenly, someone jumped in. My eyes widened as I saw Aaron look around underwater frantically, and then glare when he spotted me, perfectly fine. I yelped, but some air escaped from my mouth, and swam away, as he chased me. Wow, is he really chasing me underwater? Well, I couldn't swim away fast enough, because he caught up to me in no time. Note to self, Aaron is a lot faster underwater. He grabbed me, and then pulled me up to the surface. We both gasped for air.
"She's perfectly fine." He grumbled, getting out of the water. I climbed out as well, shivering. It was cold. All the marker from Aaron's face washed off, to my disappointment. Note to self #2, get a permanent marker. I looked to the others to see they were washing their faces off. Then they glared at me.
"Sorry, I was bored. Not like I was going to sleep." I muttered.
"But you did." Gucci corrected, still glaring. I'm pretty sure I looked confused.
"What are you talking about? OH…" I gasped, remembering the nightmare. At first I scraped my knee in the woods, but then- BOOM. It completely changed into an event I don't want to even think about. "O-oh yeah…-T-t-thanks." I stuttered out.
"You okay?" Barry asked. "Ten seconds to-" I cut him off.
"Yes. Perfectly fine." I replied quickly. He shrugged and we walked on. Aaron and I were still wet, deciding we can wait for it to dry while we walk instead of waiting fifteen minutes for a fire Pokémon to dry us. About five minutes later Kaleb exclaimed-
"Oh yeah! I caught a Murkrow!"
"Oh, you decide to tell us this now?" I asked sarcastically, teasing. He nodded.
"Yup."
"Wow, thanks Kaleb. But when did you-WOAH!" I yelled as I was suddenly slung over someone's shoulder, again. "HEY? What's this for?"
"This is for making me go into the water while you were perfectly fine and- never mind." He suddenly cut himself off.
"No, now I want to know!" I exclaimed curiously. He, if he won't put me down, he's going to have to deal with my questions.
"No." He replied sternly. I growled, but thankfully, Misty came to my rescue.
"Yeah, I wanna know too!" She exclaimed. The others agreed. Aaron mumbled something.
"What was that?" Misty asked teasingly.
"She….me…." That's all I heard.
"SPIT IT OUT!" I yelled, not too patient with this.
"YOU MADE ME WORRY!" He yelled back, irritated. He regained his composure and continued walking. Remember, I'm still slung over his shoulder, so…this was a funny situation for most people. I am not one of them.
*About an hour later*
The group separated, you know, after Aaron finally put me down. Kaleb and Cheryl were up front, then it was Gucci and Barry, probably flirting, then Misty was telling Joy another story about her and ash, which I found totally cute, and Aaron and I were at the end, trailing behind. I couldn't get that dream out of my head. First, it was okay, and then something terrible happened.
"You okay? You've been awfully quiet…." Aaron trailed, not turning to me. I nodded.
"I'm fine." I sighed. I closed my eyes, trying to think straight, but not succeeding. I was scooped up, and slung over his shoulder, again. I didn't even bother protesting.
"You know, I'm going to do this every time you lie like that."
"Lie is such a strong word for that. How about- PUT ME DOWN!"
"Sorry, not until you tell me what's wrong."
"I don't want to talk about it!"
"Well that's too bad, you aren't getting down."
"YOU COCKY SON OF A GUN!"
"Temper, temper."
"When I get down you are-"
"Dead? I don't think so. You see, if I can hold you up like this, without you getting down, how are you going to kill me?"
"I never said I was going to kill you…JUST STRANGLE YOU! PUT ME DOWN!"
"Oh, my bad…No."
"Ugh why do I even-" I stopped. An evil smile spread over my face. "Why did you start travelling with Gucci?"
"What?"
"Oh, you heard me? Was there a specific reason for that…like I dunno-"
"No."
"Oh, now I know there's one! Okay, was it because you liked her?"
"Ew, gross, no."
"Aww, come on admit it!"
"I do not like her. You on the other hand…"
"What about me?"
"Why do you hate her so much?"
"I don't hate her…"
"Is it because you're jealous?"
"ME? Why would I be jealous of her?"
"Maybe because she starting to have a relationship with Barry."
"And? WOULD YOU PUT ME DOWN? THE BLOOD IS RUSHING TO MY HEAD!"
"Fine." He dropped me and started walking away.
"Ow, that hurt." I muttered.
"Whatever." He called back, without looking back, and kept walking forward.
"Jerk." I muttered again. He stopped and spun around.
"Brat." He spat at me. I narrowed my eyes.
"Arrogant!"
"LIAR!" He yelled at me.
"Shut up! Nobody likes you." Was my oh-so-smart comeback.
"I beg to differ, MISTY?"
"Yes Aaron?" I heard far in front of us.
"You like me as a friend right?"
"Yes Aaron!" She yelled back, still far ahead of us. He smiled smugly at me.
"Oh shut it! Where are we anyway?" I asked, looking around but getting up.
"We are still in Eterna Forest, at the end I'm sure." Aaron replied as we started walking with the group again, but trailing behind like before.
"Wow."
"Yeah, I know. We had to come back and look for this Pokémon I wanted to catch."
"Come back? As in you've been to Eterna City?"
"Yes, and I beat the gym leader, before you ask."
"Ah. So…" I started awkwardly. There was one question I wanted to ask, but, I don't think I'd like the answer…
"So?" He asked, looking at me from the corner of his eye. I sighed and averted my gaze to the ground. "Something's on your mind, what is it?" He asked curiously.
"I…uh….well…" I tried to ask, but never got the question right.
"Spit it out woman!" He exclaimed after a couple of moments filled with me rambling, or trying to ramble. I took a deep breath.
"Where are you going after this? After getting out of the forest I mean." I corrected myself quickly. After not getting a response from him, I sighed and picked up the pace to join the others, who were currently stopped at a giant gate. I stopped next to them and blinked a couple of times.
"What's that?" I asked confused. Never in my life had I seen a forest with a gate at the end of it.
"The exit." Barry and Gucci replied in sync. I nodded slowly, before following the others through the gate. The dark, gloomy area that I was used to by now was replaced with a blinding light.
"MY EYES!" Kaleb, Cheryl, and I yelled as we shielded them from the new source of light.
"Stop acting childish you three! Especially you Marina! You're thirteen!" Joy scolded. I took my arm off of my eyes and stuck my tongue out at her playfully. "You need to start acting your age!"
"I do! You're the one that doesn't!" I replied playfully again.
"I DO!" Joy yelled, fed up. I put a finger on my chin and looked at the grass, thoughts speeding through my head.
"Oh yeah…" I smiled sheepishly as I was done thinking. Joy just shook her head and started to follow the others. The first thing we did was get to the Pokémon center. We rested for about an hour as our Pokémon rested, and surprisingly, we all made our way to the gym. As we walked in, a hyper active gym leader greeted us. She wore green and black, and had short, light brown hair that matched her eyes.
"Hello! My name is Gardenia! Oh, Hello again Aaron, Barry, Cheryl and Gucci! I see you've brought some new friends with you!" She greeted cheerfully.
"Hello again Gardenia. I'd like you to meet my brother, Kaleb." Aaron introduced. Gardenia smiled down at Kaleb as they shook hands.
"Nice too meet you Kaleb!"
"Nice to meet you too Gardenia…" Kaleb answered shyly. She ruffled his hair a little, and then turned to Aaron again, waiting for more introductions.
"These are Kaleb's friends Misty and Joy." He introduced, as they each shook her hand.
"And that's-" Aaron was interrupted by a shout from outside.
Gee, I wonder who that could be?
*Insert Sarcasm in the last line* Join me tomorrow for the next chapter! (Which actually leads to a gym battle!) Things will be pondered (I've always wanted to use that in a sentence!) in the next chapter, and it'll get confusing soon. Oh yeah, I'm talkiung about mass halucination! Just kidding, but you never know... Anyway, I think I lied about putting out the next one tommorrow, so...You might join me in a few minutes! See ya!
~Kioku7