"Gather everyone up, we have very important news to share from the boss." Said an executive, otherwise known as Lee.
Behind him stood the boss, face still hidden in the shadows. No one called him by his real name; no one dared to, not like anyone knew what it was, except for Lee. But then again, no one dared to.
At once grunts from all stations reported to the central lab, the name of the place the boss always stayed. Always.
"We have finally made the greatest creation ever. From the Ancient Stone, we have created the Emerald Orb!" Said the boss, holding up green orb, much like the red and blue orbs, just green.
All the grunts cheered, all except for one, the one in the back, in a green hood just to cover up some of his flaming red hair.
"Now, your executive, Lee, here, has made the job easy had we have found a matching pair with this orb. Lee, please show us."
Lee pushed a button and the room became dark, except for the light projected by a projector. There was a picture of a ten-year old girl with pinkish red hair and chocolate eyes appeared on screen. The man in the back's eyes widened. He had seen her before.
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"Hey Lance! Long time no see!" Said Ash Ketchum.
"Hi Lance!" Said Misty.
"Nice to see you too." Said Lance.
A little girl stood next to her father sucking her thumb.
"Choco, that's Lance." Said Misty.
The little girl took out her thumb and answered,
"Hello."
------------End Flashback-------
"This is the girl." He said.
"Hey, that's the girl the beat me!" Shouted a grunt, hard to tell in the dark.
"And you have the courage to admit that." Snapped Lee.
Again it was quiet and Lee continued with his 'perfect' plan, while the red-haired man in the back took in all the info.
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"Do you always go this fast?" Asked Sean.
As you may have guessed (or not) they two were surfing on Crystal's back, both having quite a share of fun into getting the other wet.
"Yup!"
Another splash, now both the kids were wet, but neither minded, it was a fun trip the whole day, but they still had a little bit of the way before reaching Celadon. The night was the last both thought they would be camping out. Then they would get to rest in an actual hotel, and as if the past couple days hadn't been eventful enough.
A shadow peeked at the two sleeping peacefully. Both had changed out of their wet clothes and were in fresh new ones. The wind rustled the bush the shadow had used for hiding and Ichigo's ears twitched at the sound while the shadow cursed mentally, but the Pokemon wasn't awake to his great relief.
Not that he wanted to do this, but there was really no choice. After what they did to his…no, he would forget about that, just focus on the job at hand. He squirmed out of the bushes that he was hiding in and walked cautiously towards the sleeping girl. Suddenly a shadow fell onto the ground and he looked up to see a form of a Dragonite up in the air, along with a rider.
Once again, he cursed under his breath and quickly scampered though the bushes and the dragon rider smirked. The new grunts brought in had been useless. Now, all he had to do was sneak back in, and the rest would be taken care of easily.
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Morning came as they two slowly woke up. Choco was starting to get used to the schedule of waking up early, but barely. They let out their Pokemon for a stretch before taking the road path this time. No need to change clothes again.
The two were in front, chattering away about Hoenn, in which Sean was still talking about his neighbor, the Pokemon, etc. Dusty started to wonder if he would ever stop. The Pokemon had taken the rear, Thunder was keeping an eye out for Dusty in case of anything, even though Dusty had told him to stop and that he hated being the youngest in the group. He wanted to evolve, but if he did, he would stay in his pokeball because of his size.
He decided to take the odds and evolve. At least it would get him some respect in the team. Now, not even Choco was confident enough to let him battle on his own, even after the gym battle he had won all by himself. The stupid thunder runt didn't even battle a gym leader yet. Well, maybe one, but it didn't win it by itself.
"We're finally here!" The shout of his master snapped him out of his thoughts.
He scanned the two in front of him. The purple birdy Pokemon didn't know what he was talking about when he said that the two were in love. For Ho-oh sake, he had even made her cry! He never really like that other human anyway.
Respect your elders. The sentence never made any sense to Dusty, though the other Pokemon understood it pretty well, except for Ichigo. She was the only Pokemon that he actually called by a name. She was also one of the youngest and had almost always stood up for him.
"Come on Dusty, aren't you excited?" Asked Choco bending down to his eye level.
Looking around, he had finally realized that they had arrived in the PokeCenter. Returning to his pokeball, he waited in line to be healed.
"Hey, don't you think that Dusty isn't in the best of moods today?" Asked Choco, frowning slightly.
"Isn't he always like that?" Asked Sean.
Choco shrugged; maybe it would be better later on. She would make sure to get her Pokemon a gift when they were healed.
"We better hurry up, I know my Pokemon don't like to stay in pokeballs for too long." She said and practically bounced out the door.
Sean followed. He wasn't quite into shopping but he knew Choco wasn't either. Maybe he wouldn't have to wait around for her to come out of a clothes store, like his sister. He was right, sort of. Choco didn't wander into clothes stores, but she sure spent time looking for some Pokemon accessories. She ended up buying a gift for each of her Pokemon.
Finally, the duo finished their shopping and arrived at the PokeCenter to pick up their Pokemon. Suddenly, an explosion blew the rooftop. Smoke blocked their vision for a couple seconds and when it subsided, there were two people standing in the middle of the Center with blue shirts and pants labeled with a 'W'. Most people had already fled but since the two were in the back, an exit was pretty far.
"There she is." Pointed one of them towards Choco.
"I have eyes, I can see that." Retorted the other.
A rush of air passed as Sean and Choco looked up. Again, there was the Team Wind airplane. Instinctively, Sean stood protectively in front of Choco, but one of the people on the ground released a smoke bomb, again, blocking the two's vision.
When the smoke was rushed away, an unconscious Choco lay in one of the member's arms. Thunder growled by his master's side. The ladder dropped for the airplane had reached where the two were standing. The one holding Choco started to mount the ladder when Thunder released a massive Thunderbolt. Instead, the man kept climbing and a fainted Taillow fell to the ground.
"Cowards, you use Pokemon as your shields." Said Sean.
The one still on the ground shrugged,
"Well, it works."
Without another wasted second, he, too, hopped onto the ladder as he returned the fallen Pokemon and let out a Swellow, who used Whirlwind. A gigantic wind hit Sean and Thunder, slamming the two against a wall, making both trainer and Pokemon faint.
