Another long wait...
I partially blame writer's block and I also have been busy in a project that I'm doing in school so I haven't had time to write, but let's talk about what's important. Chapter 21 is finally here. Hope you enjoy. By the way did you guys check out Pokémon: The Origins? Best 1 hour 30 minutes of my life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
Chapter 21: Rain rain go away.
The monotonous pitter-patter of the bleak rain was not giving any signs of slowing down. The dark night sky was shrouded with black clouds. Thunder and lightning rumbled from time to time.
"Why does the weather have to be like this?" Dawn muttered staring out the window from inside the Dewford town Pokémon center.
"It's strange isn't it? It's very rare that it rains in this part of Hoenn." Brendan said waking up to her from behind. "It seems to make the atmosphere more gloomy, doesn't it? As if things weren't bitter already. It's like Arceus likes to play these pranks on us." He joked, but Dawn's facial expressions didn't change.
"And it's working." Dawn voice trailed off. "I hope Luxray is alright." She sighed.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright." Brendan consoled her. "I just had a talk with the nurse, she says that he'll make a full recovery, but she's going to keep him overnight just in case."
"I need to see how he's doing." She abruptly exclaimed.
"No! not now, Dawn." Brendan grabbed her by the forearm.
"Why not? Let me go." She started to free herself from his grasp.
"Look, it's getting late. Today has been a long day, I think it's better that we get some rest and we'll check on Luxray first thing in the morning." He said to her. Dawn stopped struggling.
"But why not now? What are you hiding from me?" Dawn said worriedly. Brendan let out a long sigh.
"Fine!" He exclaimed. "If you really want to know, I'll tell you." He said with a serious expression. Dawn heart skipped a beat when he said that.
"What's wrong?" She stammered.
"It's.." He paused. ".. past visiting hours." he said and a smiled cracked up on his face. Dawn stared at him with awe for a few seconds.
"Idiot!" she exclaimed pushing him slightly. "You scared me half to death, what is wrong with you?"
"I'm sorry." He said laughing out loud. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know you would take it so seriously."
"What do you mean? My Pokemon's life is on the line and you- agrrh!- Never mind! I'm going to my room." She said marching off.
"Hey Dawn, wait up." Brendan said running after her.
Meanwhile, at the outskirts of Petalburg. May and Lucas walked along of the beach. The weather was much calmer here, though the dense clouds above them showed that the rain could come pouring down at any moment.
"Do you think it will rain?" May asked looking up to the sky.
"I'm not sure." Lucas replied plainly.
"What's got you so down?" May partially snorted.
"Oh nothing." Lucas said in the same tone. "I just think we should meet up the with guys."
"At this time?" May asked. "Come on, there is nothing to worry about, they can take care of themselves. We'll go over to Dewford Town first thing in the morning."
"Okay." Lucas' voice trailed off. "But, I just have this weird feeling like something bad is going to happen."
"You sure got that right, punk!" A masculine voice interrupted them. They turned around to see that Tabitha and Courtney standing behind them with Pokeballs clenched tightly in their hands. Their clothes were ripped as if birds pecked on them. Their hair was a mess and they had dark circles underneath their eyes, showing they had not slept in a while.
"Okay?" Lucas muttered. "I was not expecting to see that."
"Save your breath, it's because of you we are in this mess in the first place." Tabitha yelled.
"Because of us?" Lucas said with a smile. "I'm proud to put you in your rightful place." He said with a bow.
"How dare you insult us, you little brat." Courtney yelled angrily.
"You guys deserved all the misfortunes you get, especially after you what you did to the Pokémon Center." May yelled at them.
"It was an accident." Tabitha clarified.
"Does it really make a difference? You guys threatened to kill us!" Lucas exclaimed.
"And that is exactly what we are going to do. Go Torkoal!" Tabitha exclaimed throwing his Pokeball. Torkoal emerged from the Pokeball, but it seemed confused and it was having difficulty in balancing it self.
"Are you sure you want to battle with that?" Lucas teased.
"Shut up! Torkoal, use Overheat!" Tabitha ordered. Torkoal shook its head and started to focus and began to form a ball of fire in its mouth. May stepped back and Lucas stepped in front of her to protect her from any harm. Suddenly the ball of fire in Torkoal's mouth faded and it collapsed to the ground. Lucas and May began to laugh hysterically.
"What the hell? You can't do anything right." Courtney began to yell at Tabitha. Tabitha grunted.
"Torkoal return." Tabitha called back Torkoal. "Okay, now let's do this." He said pulling our another Pokeball. "Go, Mightyena!" Tabitha called out a wolf looking Pokémon with black fur. It looked vicious, drool dripped from its mouth, it appeared as if it had not eaten for days. It let out a howl once it came out.
"Now we are talking!" Lucas exclaimed. "Go Infernape." Lucas let out his flame Pokémon from its Pokeball.
"Not so fast kid." Courtney intervened. "Go Golbat!" Courtney released a blue bat Pokémon with a gaping mouth.
"If it's a double battle you want. Then it's a double battle you'll get." May said pulling out her Pokeball. "Go Blaziken!" May released the Blaze Pokémon onto the field. It's wrists lit up with fire as it held its hands up.
"Whoa! Even you have a fire and fighting type!" Lucas said astonished.
"Guess they are too common." May said with a giggle.
"Enough talk. Golbat use Aircutter." Courtney ordered.
"Dodge it." Lucas and May yelled in unison. Both their Pokémon jumped in opposite directions from each other and avoided the attack.
"Now Infernape, follow it up with a Heat Wave." Lucas ordered. Infernape let out a hot wave of fire which was successful in hitting both of the opponents Pokémon. "Hell yeah." Lucas celebrated.
"Blaziken, use Sky Uppercut on Mightyena." May commanded.
"Oh no you don't." Tabitha muttered. "Mightyena, use faint attack." Mightyena disappeared into thin air as Blaziken charged in but Blaziken stopped in its track when he lost track of Mightyena and began to look around waiting for him to reappear.
"Where did he go?" May mumbled.
"Got you now." Tabitha muttered. "Mightyena, now!" Just then Mightyena reappeared a few feet above Blaziken, charging at him as he fell from above.
"Blaziken above you!" May exclaimed. Blaziken looked up to see Mightyena hurling towards him. "Now Blaziken, here is our chance, finish him off, use Sky Uppercut."
"What? No!" Tabitha yelled in dismay.
Blaziken jumped up and hit Mightyena straight in the jaw with its fist.
"Whoa, amazing, May!" Lucas acknowledged. "It's a critical hit." Mightyena fell to the ground not moving a Muscle.
"Mightyena return." Tabitha called back Mightyena.
"Look's like it's two on one now." May said.
"Golbat return." Courtney returned her Golbat.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing? you can't run away from a trainer battle." Lucas called out to them.
"We'll get you some other time!" They said in unison and ran off.
"Why you- Come back!" May yelled out to them.
"Leave them, they proved they are not much of a threat." Lucas said to May.
"Yeah." Her voiced trailed off. Just then the thick clouds began to part, allowing the moonlight to pass through. Silence followed. Suddenly May jumped up. "Oh, I almost forgot."
"What happened?" Lucas jumped as well. May began to dig through her fanny pack, looking for something.
"You must be wondering why I called you out here, right?" She said to him.
"Umm, sort off." Lucas said confused, not sure where May was going with this.
"Okay -where is it?- Oh, got it!" She pulled out a blue device. "Tada!" She held it up.
"Uhh, what is this?" He said confused.
"What does it look like?" She said.
"A gadget of some sort." Lucas said rubbing the back of his head.
"Yes, it's a PokeNav. It's the latest model; Match call, touch screen, voice recognition and much more. I got it when you were still being questioned in the Police station." She said cheerfully.
"That's nice, I hope you have a great time using it." Lucas said to her.
"But-" She paused. "-I got this for you. This is why I called you out here." Lucas' eyes widened.
"For me?" Lucas said astounded.
"Yeah silly, I already have one that works perfectly fine so I don't really need one at the moment."She giggled. "Here." She said handing it to him.
"Wow, thanks, this is really-" he held the device up to admire it. "-sweet of you." He managed to say.
"Aww thanks." She giggled.
"You really didn't need to get this for me." He said clipping the device to his belt. "It must have costed a lot."
"It doesn't matter. I really like you so I felt getting this for you." May said swiftly. Lucas chuckled awkwardly and followed it up with a cough.
"You like me?" Lucas asked slightly flushed. May suddenly realized what she said and blushed as well. She tried to cover up what she said.
"Yeah, you're a nice and sweet guy and I like you for that-" She said stepping back and avoiding eye contact with him. "Race you back to the gym." She said abruptly and ran off.
"What? Hey! Get back here. Where are you going?" Lucas said running behind her. "No fair, you got a head start." He complained.
Author Notes:
1. May and Lucas, they still don't have an official shipping name. I'm going to call them with my made up shipping name(SnowSapphireShipping) till they get one.
2. Shorter chapter then usual, but don't worry chapter 22 is on its way and will be up soon.
3. A super long wait, I am so sorry to keep you waiting.
4. Next chapter will be of Brendan's back story on how he obtained Deoxys, a fan favorite character will also make an appearance in the next chapter.
5. Review and follow and let me know what you think about this chapter. Chapter 22 is on its way.