Beginning the journey down on Route 4, the group runs into another traveling trainer.
"Hello," the thick redhead greets them cockily, "My journey's just begun, but I'm ready to have a battle! Name's Stephan by the way!"
"I accept your challenge Stevan," Ash replied immediately.
Danny chuckles to himself as the Stephan corrects him and summons a Zebra- like Pokemon.
Blitzle, the Electrified Pokémon. Blitzle catches electricity and stores it in its mane, which glows when the electricity is discharged.
The Blitzle jumps up cheerfully, kicking its legs in the air. It reminds Danny of how Grant always charges out of his Pokeball, happy as always to see everyone.
"I just realized I haven't fed them all," Danny muttered aloud, then turned to Cilan, "While Ash battles this guy, I'm going to feed my Pokemon."
"Want my expertise?" Cilan asked gleefully, and Danny grinned.
"Yes."
"I wonder who'll he'll use against that Blitzle," Danny said, "Maybe Pikachu?"
"He should be careful, as Blitzle knows many types of moves," Cilan said.
"Oshawott!" Oshawott popped out of his Pokeball and began to declare that it was his turn to battle!
"Ah, and now here comes the cockiness," Danny said as Stephan asked him why a Water Type, "Why is almost every Trainer so damn cocky?"
"Most Trainers believe their Pokemon are the best," Cilan said, "And that they can never lose."
"Well, I know there's always someone better than me," Danny said as their battle begun, "Sabrina always kicks my butt in battle."
Cilan summoned his kitchen from God-knows-where and began to help Danny prepare a meal for everyone because suddenly he was hungry too and Ash and his Pokemon wi-
A glint in the air swished itself over Danny's head. He felt it go through his hair, and Danny flinched.
"What was that?!" He called over to the battlers.
"OSHA!" Oshawott took off after what had been thrown.
"Oshawott, come back!" Ash ran after the Pokemon.
"Hey, Ash wait!" Danny called, but he had already disappeared.
"Gosh dang it," Danny tossed up the Pokeball with a feather on it.
"AWWW" Jack cawed, spreading his wings as if to show them off.
"Jack, can you follow Ash? I'm afraid to lose him again."
The Archeops nodded and took a running start into the air before taking off after him.
"Aye, where'd he go?" Stephan asked the two, watching Jack fly away.
"It was Oshawott's Scalchop," Cilan informed him, "I believe that your Blitzle knocked it away."
"So?"
"Oshawott's Scalchop is almost a part of his body, and feels pretty vulnerable without it."
"So what about our battle?"
"Give us a day to at least find it if you want a fair match," Danny said.
"Why don't I battle you then? You're a Pokemon Train-"
YES LET US BATTLE Scarlet popped out of her Pokeball before Stephan could finish, I AM REALLY, REALLY HUNGRY.
"Scarlet, I'm not sure how much of a good idea that is," Danny said to his eager Lampet.
"Deer?" Grant popped out of his own Pokeball, "Deerling!" And he proceeded to take a big bite of grass.
"Snorunt, no!" Dawn joined the fray, shaking in anticipation.
"GAH, what am I going to do with you guys?" Danny asked.
Feed us?
"Deeerrrling?" Grant nodded through another mouthful of grass.
"I'm working on it," Danny's voice hinged on annoyance, "Be patient."
"Ah come on? You afraid?" Stephan taunted.
"Afraid that I'll accidentally kill your Pokemon? Yeah, I am," Danny said, "Scarlet's really hungry right now, and I'm slightly uncomfortable with battling you while my SOUL EATING LAMPET is hungry. You know, because she consumes the souls of her enemies and all that."
"We can handle it!" Stephan's chest puffed up.
"Did you miss the part where I describe that SHE WILL NOT HESITATE TO MUNCH ON YOUR POKEMON'S IMMORTAL SOUL DURING BATTLE?!"
"Just use your other Pokemon then! I don't see what the big deal is."
Danny sighed. This guy just couldn't take a hint. He glanced at Dawn. No, she'd get creamed. That only left one…
"Grant, while we wait for Jack to grab Ash and for Cilan to finish lunch, let's battle."
Grant looked up at Danny before walking to the battlefield. He looked at the Trainers and swallowed his grass.
"Deer?"
"That's the spirit!" Stephan said as he ran back to his spot on the field, "Go Blitzle!"
"I choose you, Grant," Danny said, voice half-bored and wishing that Ash would come back soon.
Jack soared through the air, eyes searching for Ash. From above he spotted a familiar yellow rodent and a red cap. Jack tucked in his wings for a dive, tackling Ash to the ground.
"AWWW!" he screeched into the air, raising his wings in victory, "AWWW!"
"You could've just flown up beside us," Ash groaned, pushing Jack off, "Jeesh Jack, did you gain weight?"
"Archeops," Jack folded his wings and raised his chin, "Arch, archeops."
"Pika pikachu," Pikachu said.
"Don't worry Pikachu, I didn't forget about Oshawott!" Ash reassured his friend, "Hey Jack, do you think you could help us find Oshawott?"
Jack flapped his wings and took a running start, "AWW!"
Jack flew into the air, and Pikachu and Ash ran after him.
"ARCHEOPS!" He cried, tucking his wings in again.
"OSHA!" a screech was heard.
Jack appeared again up in the air, carrying a squirming Oshawott in his claws. Jack swooped down near Ash and dropped the screaming Pokemon on his back.
"Osha oshawott OSHA!" Oshawott jumped back up and scolded the First Bird Pokemon. Jack just cawed.
"Did you find your scalchop?" Ash asked.
Oshawott sighed and shook his head.
"Awww?" Jack asked.
"Pika pikachu," Pikachu picked up a rock and pretended to be Oshawott using the shell.
"AW!" Jack flew off before coming back a moment later, "Archeops!" He dropped the Scalchop on the ground, a smug smile on his face.
"Osha!" Oshawott took it and gave the shell a hug.
"Wow, Jack!" Ash looked up at him, beaming, "You have good eyes!"
Jack responded by tackling him with a hug, "AWW Archeops!"
Ash giggled nervously, "Let's just get back to the group, OK?" Ash gently pushed off Jack, "Why don't you lead us back?"
"Arch!" Jack beamed and began to run, "Archeops!" He took off into the air, gently gliding in the air, waiting to lead the way.
"Grant use Camouflage!" Danny called, realizing the terrain.
Grant's body became transparent for a moment before reappearing.
Grant became the Ground Type!
"Blitzle use Shock Wave!" Stephen yelled.
Blitzle closed it's eye in concentration as it sent out electric waves of energy. They bounced off of Grant.
It had no effect!
"Cilan please don't explain what just happened," Danny said as he could almost feel the man open his mouth for the explanation, "I'm sure he'll figure it out."
"Alright," Cilan shrugged.
"And Grant, use Leech Seed!" Danny said.
The flower on Grant's head shot out disgustingly brown seeds that landed on Blitzle. The seeds sprouted vines that wrap themselves around Blitzle, sucking out the life energy and giving it to Grant.
"Blit!" Blitzle tried shaking off the vines, but they were glued stuck.
"Use Flame Charge!" Stephan's voice had a note of panic in it as Blitzle surrounded itself in a fiery energy.
"Quick Grant, use Feint Attack!"
In the blink of an eye, Grant appeared behind Blitzle and delivered a decisive kick with his hind legs, sending Blitzle sprawling. Blitzle shook itself and charged again, knocking Grant back into a fiery inferno! Grant shook himself and stood proud, waiting for orders.
"Blitzle," Blitzle shook as Leech Seed sucked the energy out of him. Grant glowed green for a moment as Blitzle's stolen energy healed him.
"One more hit Grant!" Danny said, "Double Kick!"
"Oh no, we won't be going down so easily," Stephan cried, "Use Stomp!"
Both Pokemon charged at each other, their battle cried echoing across the field. Grant leaped into the air and kicked down Blitzle, one two, one two. Blitzle hastily got back up, adrenaline pumping as he knocked Grant to the ground. Rearing up on his hind legs he stomped on Grant, causing Danny to wince.
Grant got back up and both stared into each other's eyes, rasped, their breaths heavy. The vines of Leech Seed glowed, and Blitzle collapsed, unable to battle.
Stephan took out a Pokeball and recalled Blitzle, "I never expected that" he confessed as he crossed the field to give Danny his prize money, "I thought we had you at the first go with Flame Charge."
"Grant changed himself into a Ground Type," Danny replied, accepting the money, "Ground resists Fire last I checked."
"I suppose I have a lot to learn then," Stephan smirked, "But I'll see you next time. Tell your friend our match is canceled, and I consider him running out on me a forfeit."
"Will do," Danny said as Stephan turned around and walked away."
"AWWWW," a familiar screech descended from the heavens as Jack tackled Danny to the ground.
"Hey Jack," Danny laughed as his Archeops rubbed his head against his cheek, "You find Ash?"
"Aww!" Jack cawed out in victory, standing on Danny's chest on pointing to the left, "Archeops, arch!"
Danny turned his head and saw Ash, Pikachu, and Oshawott running towards him.
"Danny!" Ash greeted, "We found the Scalchop!"
"OSHA OSHAWOTT!" Oshawott screamed proudly, holding up his scalchop proudly.
Jack hopped off of Danny. Danny stood up on shaky knees, "Well, congrats! But uh, Stephan left. He said you forfeited that match by running out on him."
"Ahh, really?" Ash's grin slid off, but then he stood up, "Then how about you and I battle?"
"How about after lunch?" Cilan called from the makeshift kitchen, "Before Scarlet eats all the food?"
Yes yes, I will eat all the meat this is good stuff, Scarlet munched happily, watching them, This is good food Dawn do you like it?
"Snooo!" Dawn cooed happily.
And so our heroes end the afternoon in another fabulous feast! What wonderful adventures await! We'll just have to wait until next time!
"Next time," Danny mutters at the last second, ruining my moment, "Hopefully next time won't be another month."
Danny I have no control over these things let's just end this on a good note OK?
Danny gives me a thumbs up and I roll out the credits.
*nervous laughter* It's been a while, hasn't it? You deserve an explanation.
I had writer's block. And school stuff. I did my best on this one, alright? I cut a lot of the original out-sue me. I was just having so much FREAKING trouble with this one. Because of that Cottenee in Love - Valentine's Day special- shall be cut, since it's almost been a month since then. Sorry.
Anyway, yeah, narrator and Danny talking's haven't happened in a while, as one of you pointed out. Sometimes I feel it's funny for them to have a nice chit-chat, but sometimes I feel as if it wouldn't fit the mood of the chapter. I dunno the mood of this chapter, and as you can tell I didn't put as much effort into it as usual. And yet I say I did my best.
Writer's block is just SO FREAKING HARD TO OVERCOME. I wanna skip to Elsa since I have that chapter ready to go, but I need squishy filler. Character development is needed on Dawn, Grant, and Jack. Gotta get them properly trained, need to toss in some fun stuff. I'll probably have Ash catch Raggnorolla between chapters, skip episodes 40-42 because I really want Meowth and his sarcasm ^~^
Other than that, yeah, sorry about that. I'll try getting back onto the regular schedule. Happy Easter and all that jazz.
And as usual, please leave a review! I will (hopefully) see you next week!
