Hello, hello! I'm back! Thanks to my new reviewer: RunningWithWolves11. I am just fine with a not constructive review (:D), but I try to avoid them, because I get a big head and my stories start to suck. Nobody wants a sucky story. Thanks to all my fantabulous loyal reviewers! You get an internet and a cookie. ^-^ DesecratedPharoah, I don't know how they're going to get out of Rock Tunnel. I myself couldn't get out of it for a week! Don't laugh! And define-originality, really? I didn't know Cleffa was another of your favorites! Wow, I'm a stealin' and I don't know it!
WARNING! All characters that don't belong in the anime are MINE! But Pokemon isn't! WARNING!
The whole group bust out of the tunnel and into the light, blinded by the sudden change in scenery. They seemed to get blinded and awful lot, Jenny noted. The Mareep had finally slowed down, and they had been catching up, even though she could feel Darian about to collapse underneath her. Char took the opportunity to leap over their heads, something Jenny wished she could do, and land on the stationary Mareep's back, right behind Drew.
The Mareep let out another scream, but was unable to move. Apparently, it was Char that the poor thing was afraid of. Jenny could see why. He wasn't all cute and cuddly anymore, and he was pretty scary. She was kind of thankful for the Mareep's fear though, because it had led them out of that wretched, scary tunnel.
"Can you let me off your back now?" Jenny asked, irritated. She had asked several times during the chase, but apparently Darian hadn't heard. She tried yelling her predicament to the trainers they passed, but most of them were either laughing to hear, couldn't hear, or had been knocked out by a Discharge. She really wanted off, because Darian's back was uncomfortable.
"Not yet," Darian gasped, and his answer left Jenny wondering what he was trying to prove until he continued with, "You might try and get that Cleffa out again."
"Are you for real?" Jenny asked angrily, "That Cleffa was forever ago and you're still worried about it? What the heck? Can't you see I've matured? I'm past that stage of 'I want now', can't you just-"
"Oh look," Darian deadpanned, "A Jigglypuff."
"WHERE? Oh…. That's different!" She said, but she grumbled and gave up.
They all walked up to the group, and Darian returned Char. Once the Mareep saw that he was no longer chasing her, she relaxed. A little. Drew hopped off of her, and Jenny returned him, deciding to bond later. They all examined the Mareep, who was cowering slightly.
"Hel-" Darian started to say cheerfully, but it was broken off by another scream. The Mareep ran again, and this time, there was no Drew to steer it in the right direction. Sarah and Darian sighed, while Jenny smiled, knowing that Darian would regret not letting her off his back. They started running again, exhausted. After running for an hour past all variations of green trees, shrubberies, and small ridges, they started to see the buildings that signaled the beginnings of Cerulean City. All of them were panting hard, except for Jenny, but the chase continued.
The Mareep led them right into the city proper, which earned them many weird looks, especially at Jenny and Darian. Jenny would wave at them cheerfully as they ran by. Some would return the wave, and others would look at her, wondering whether or not they should call the cops.
Sarah, thankfully, had the sense to divert off the chase and drop off the suspicious burlap bag at the police station. "I'll see you at the Pokemon center!" she called.
First they would have to find the Pokemon center. The Mareep was leading them on what seemed like a wild goose chase through out the city. In fact, they recognized some people they had passed from earlier. Those people recognized them too, and some started whipping out cell phone cameras. Jenny flushed with embarrassment.
"Hurry up and catch it!" She hissed to Darian.
"Easier said than done! You're on my back!"
"And whose fault is that?" she liked this argument. It was going her way for once.
"Well, whatever! Unless you have a solution to this, be quiet!"
"I may have said this several times while we were chasing the Mareep, but don't you have its Premier ball?"
"No! Try another idea!"
"Oh, that's right! I have it!" She held out the pokeball as they passed what looked like the same building for the fourth time.
"What the heck Jenny? Why didn't you tell us this before!" Darian shouted angrily.
"I did! You were just to busy playing the 'I know what I'm doing and Jenny doesn't so I'm not going to listen to what she says' bit to actually hear the words I was saying!"
"I'm sorry! Please, catch it!"
"Apology not accepted yet, wait until it's not vital for your back for you to apologize."
"Okay, okay! Just please catch it!"
"I'll catch it when we pass the Pokemon center. This thing'll lead us there eventually."
Darian sighed, but continued running. They passed several buildings that Darian was sure he had seen earlier, and many people were laughing and photographing them, but at long last, the Pokemon center was in sight.
"There's the Pokemon center!" he cried, and Jenny reached around and returned the Mareep. Darian's momentum kept him running for a little bit, but he managed to stop. The people around them, who apparently had heard about the chase or something, clapped. He smiled weakly, and walked into the Pokemon center.
There were mixed reactions when they got into the center. Some of the trainers from Mt. Moon had managed to get here before them and were very angry about their clothes, and other trainers they had never seen before recognized them and were laughing. Some trainers didn't appear to recognize them at all, thankfully, but they were still laughing at the sight of Jenny tied to Darian's back with her feet dangling.
The Nurse Joy behind the counter immediately rushed up to them, looking them all over, and busied herself with untying the ropes.
"Oh my gosh, are you guys all right?" she asked desperately, "It's been a slow news day, so your chase was being covered! I saw it, and you both must be exhausted!"
Jenny hopped down, trying to get used to walking again, an straightening her clothes. Darian just nodded, rubbing his back. Neither of them protested when Nurse Joy grabbed them by their bandaged arms and dragged them to the back. She sat them down on some stretchers, and Jenny wondered if each Pokemon center was identical as well.
"Now that I get a closer look at you," Nurse Joy said, busily rewrapping their bandages and adding a few new ones, "I realize that you two must be the ones my family was talking about! Oh, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed as she stepped back, her hands on her face.
"For what?" Jenny asked, tiredly.
"I'm so sorry for hoping that something exciting would happen for me to tell! Oh my gosh, look what it did to you! Oh, please forgive me!" The Nurse Joy was tearing up, and Jenny wondered what sort of mad-house they were in now.
"Really, no problem Nurse Joy," Jenny said through a yawn. "We're just tired, and now you have a story. Could we get a bed possibly?"
Nurse Joy blinked away her tears. "Why of course! It's only five though so I don't see why you would want- Oh, right…. Okay follow me please!"
The two hopped off the stretchers, and trudged after Nurse Joy. She led them to a room that looked like the one at Mt. Moon, but had bunk beds, and a few decorations. She walked off after another quick apology, and Jenny looked at Darian. Darian fully prepared himself for a Jenny angry explosion, but she simply said, "Dibs on top."
Darian laughed weakly, and went over to the bottom bunk. He flopped down on it, and before he had time to apologize to Jenny, he was asleep. Jenny felt tempted to laugh at Darian's snoring, but she was too tired, so she climbed up the ladder, flopped down on her own bed, and fell asleep almost as quickly.
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When Jenny woke up the next day, Sarah was in the top bunk on the other side of the room, sleeping. She looked below her and saw that Darian was still in his bunk sleeping as well. She hopped up quietly, looking for a clock. She found it outside of her room and the wall opposite, and was shocked awake.
"It's two o' clock in the afternoon?" She lamented, and ran back inside. "Guys! Wake up! It's two o' clock in the afternoon!"
"I don't care, Jenny." Sarah mumbled, rolling over and glaring at her. Somehow, after all this time, she still managed to make Jenny angry.
"Well, I guess I'll just go get a gym badge without you guys!" she said, grabbing her backpack and turning to walk off. This woke both Sarah and Darian up, and they scrambled to get everything in order. Jenny just walked out and into the center's lobby, grabbing a brush from her backpack and putting on her hoodie as she went. She still got a few looks from the trainers as she walked onward, but she was starting to get good at ignoring them. She only hoped that she wouldn't need to get used to it anymore. She didn't like making a commotion.
Sarah and Darian scrambled out after her, and together they left the Pokemon center. It was only after they got out that Jenny realized her shoes were still in the room, but the Gym was only about a fifteen minute walk from the Pokemon center, so she could deal. Many people recognized the group from the news, and stopped to talk to them, so in reality the walk took more like an hour, but that was okay.
"Dear Mew," Jenny mumbled, "I pray that you never let us be the talk of the town ever again."
When they finally reached the gym, many people were filing out of it. After talking to a few of them, Jenny gathered that the gym trainers had been putting on a water show under Misty's direction, and that they had just missed it. For the group's purpose however, this was great. Misty could battle them now!
They walked inside, and stadium that made up the gym was still quite crowded. They couldn't even find Misty in the crowd, so they made their way to the bleachers and sat there, waiting for people to leave. While they waited, they determined that Jenny would battle Misty first, then Sarah, then Darian. That would, like last time, give Darian a chance to think up a strategy.
When maybe twenty people were left, Jenny spotted Misty. She jumped up and walked down, much to Sarah's and Darian's protests. She walked straight up to the red-headed gym leader, with the intent of introducing herself, but the gym leader already recognized her.
"Oh, you're one of the trainers from the Mareep chase yesterday," Misty said, putting her hands on her knees and bending over to look at Jenny eye-to-eye. "You and your friend were just too funny! How long did it take him to realize you had the thing's pokeball? Hours?"
"Err… yes." Jenny said. "Literally, hours. But, Ms. Misty-"
"Please, just call me Misty. I'm only twenty-two, and you're making me feel like an old woman!"
"Oh, okay. Misty, I wanted to actually challenge you for a gym badge."
Misty blinked, standing up and looking at one of the people still surrounding her. "Rachel, do we have time for a gym battle?"
The girl she addressed was obviously her assistant or something, because the girl pulled out an appointment book. "You're free for the rest of the day, Misty. You can do whatever you want!"
"That's great!" Jenny said happily, "because my friends are trainers too. If you could possibly-"
"Battle them too?" Misty said, looking up at Sarah and Darian, who were waving sheepishly from the bleachers. "I don't see why not. However, it'd have to be a two-on-two battle if I'm to have enough Pokemon to fight all of you without going to the Pokemon center in between battles."
"That's good too!" Jenny said, clapping her hands together decisively. "Thank you so much!"
"No worries," Misty said. "I haven't battled in awhile, so this should be fun. Who's up first?"
"I am!" Jenny said excitedly.
"Well, come on." Misty said, walking to one side of the giant pool. "You're there, and I'm over here." She pointed at a diving board on one end of the pool, while she climbed the diving board on her side.
Jenny looked hesitantly at their playing field. The pool was almost empty, except for a few platforms that floated on the water. This was going to be harder than she thought. But then again, not all gym leaders were as easy to beat as Brock had been.
"This battle will be a two-on-two between the challenger, and the gym leader Misty!" A man called from his platform below. "Only the challenger may use substitutes! The battle is over when both Pokemon on either team is fainted! Battle begin!"
"Go, Horsea!" Misty shouted. A little blue Pokemon that looked rather like a sea horse popped out with a cheerful chirp, landing gracefully in the water.
"Go, Saur!" Saur landed, thankfully, on one of the platforms, but she was unsteady, and nearly fell into the water. Jenny started praying immediately, hoping upon hope that Saur could manage this.
"Your move!" Misty called confidently.
Oh ma gawd, I did it again! Another cliffhanger? Oh, I'm sorry! Ah well, you only have to wait a day. Tomorrow, they all battle Misty! Hooray Hooray!
Anyways, if you review, I'll leave you something in my will! Oh wait… no, never mind! Just… review! Tell me how you think the battles will go, and I'll tell you if you're right. :D
