Start: 5/27/12
A/N: Now that we have all that exposition out of the way, time for more!
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon. *insert funny quip here*
Cassie
Azalea town was not too special of a place. It was fairly small, only a few houses, a Gym, and the usual Pokemon center. We walked in the east gate passing some sort of a well along the way.
Riley turned to us, "Welcome to my hometown, guys!"
"Seems like a nice little town." Nathan responded. I nodded in agreement.
Riley led us to one of the houses, obviously his own, pulled out a key from the side pocket of his pack and opened the front door. "Hey, Mom! I'm home!" He yelled as we entered. Immediately, hurried footsteps could be heard from upstairs. It was a quaint little two story house; very domestic looking.
A woman in her mid thirties descended the nearby stairs, "Riley, I didn't expect you home so soon," she said excitedly as she hugged him, "And you've made some new friends too." We all stood there awkwardly for a moment. "Well, introduce them," she said. I noticed that she was being somewhat impatient with Riley.
"I'm Nathan. Me and Riley met on the bus to Violet City." Nathan introduced himself, "And this is Cassandra, but you can call her Cassie," he continued. "We met her passing through Cherrygrove City,"
"I'm Mrs. Gooberson, Riley's mother. Before you ask, yes, we have a strange last name, a product of my terrible marriage with Riley's father." She shook her head in slight dismay. "But anyway, it's nice to meet both of you."
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Gooberson," I replied.
Riley spoke up, "Hey, Mom. I'm gonna show them around town in a bit, but first we need to discuss something upstairs. Could you make sure that you don't let anyone know that I'm home? I don't want people to make a big deal out of it."
Mrs. Gooberson looked a little disappointed, but agreed. Nathan and I followed Riley up the stairs. There was only one door at the top, obviously Riley's room. I wondered where his mother's room was, but before I could ask, we entered the room.
It was a fairly normal guy's room, with a bed, a TV, and a white Wii in the corner.
Nathan leaned against the wall and asked, "So what should we do now? Do you two think we're safe here?"
"I don't think anywhere is safe for us for long." Riley replied, sitting down on his bed. I stayed standing.
Feeling annoyed, I asked, "Why did we come here again?"
"I thought you two might want to meet my mom, and we need a safe place to hide out for a while," Riley replied. "In retrospect, letting anyone, even my mom, know where we are is dangerous."
"I think that we shouldn't stay around here much longer. Jet has probably calmed down by now and..."
"Speaking of Jet," Nathan interjected "Why would Namba send someone as ineffective as Jet is to come after us? I mean, it's obvious that he can't actually capture us if he's insane..."
"I don't know but I imagine Namba's got something better up his sleeve." I responded.
Riley stood up. "Anyway, do you two want a tour around town? I don't feel good about staying still for too long."
"Are you sure we should expose ourselves like that? Won't that make it easier for the Rockets to find us?"
"Yes, but it will also keep us safer as well. I know everyone in this town, so if anyone suspicious is about, we will know right off the bat. Then we get to have a good old fashioned smackdown." Riley walked to the door, "Are your two coming?"
"Sounds like fun!" I replied. We walked back down the stairs and out the door. It was about 3 pm or so, and the town was looking as quaint and innocent as ever.
As we set off, I thought for a moment about how the Rocket would probably come before long. I hoped that we would be able to leave before they could harm the town. Coming out of my thoughts, I jogged to catch up with the guys, who were headed for a well to the east.
Nathan
Riley treated us to quite the tour of the tiny town. We saw a guy who turned berries into Pokeballs, a well full of slow thinking Slowpokes(I think one realized we had been there when we passed by an hour later), and of course the Gym. Riley and Bugsy (the Gym Leader) were old childhood friends, so we met the guy. He agreed to triple battle us the next day. We didn't see anyone sketchy the whole time, but then again, we weren't really looking.
About 7 pm we returned to the Gooberson home, and found that Mrs. Gooberson had made dinner for us, which we devoured and then headed to bed. Riley was nice enough to give Cassie the bed, while we took the floor.
A/N: Not a very long chapter, but i felt that since i reached a stopping point and its been four months... yeah. I really suck at writing continuously, as I'm sure you noticed. I got remotivated, so expect a bit faster updating from now on. (Probably every two months now :P jk, i'll shoot for by the end of October for Chp. 13, probably sooner though.)
