Chapter 29
Now that we were safe inside a hotel room, we all started to talk. Chiyo was the first to speak.
"Thank you for taking care of my daughter."
I smiled. "No problem, but how did you two escape?"
Chiyo and Kokoa both smiled secretively. "That's our little secret."
Akako rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Anyway...uh...Mrs. Tsukino-"
Chiyo smiled. "Just call me Chiyo."
Akako nodded. "Ok...Chiyo. You look like you're starving. We could order room service..."
Before she could answer, her stomach growled and she blushed. "Yes. That'd be great."
Akako ran off to order food while the rest of us crowded in. Takuya oured some coffee, offering some to Chiyo. She gladly took it, Takuya and her sipping contently.
I looked over at Chiyo. "Why were you being held captive like that by Akuma?"
Chiyo hissed, clenching her coffee mug tightly. "That man is just insane. He's obsessive and didn't want me to leave him, so he kidnapped me. Akuma needs to be taken out and I think you kids are just the people to do it."
Akako was now heading back over, interested in our conversation. Ever since the day Kira...died, Akako has had a massive hatred for Team Millennium. If he had the chance to, I know he'd put Akuma in his place.
Chiyo pulled out a small bag. "I'd been protecting these inventions from Akuma since he'd snapped. I want you to take them."
Out of the bag, she pulled out four, diamond-shaped, glowing crystals. Each of them was a different color.
Chiyo handed me a pink one, Takuya got a grey one, Akako got a gold one, and Kokoa was handed a white one.
"What are these?" asked Takuya. Even Kokoa looked confused.
"They're my special crystals," Chiyo began to explain. "It'll warn you when you come into contact with a powerful Pokémon. I hid them from Akuma to save the legendaries."
Suddenly, the crystal began sinking into my hand. The same was happening to everyone else. I was about to panic, but Chiyo calmed us down.
"Relax. Just let it sink in. You can call it out when you need to use it and this way, Millennium won't obtain them too easily."
When they finally sank in, there was a knock on the door. Takuya got up to answer it. A man wheeled in a food cart.
"Room service! That'll be $70.65."
I widened my eyes at Akako. "How much food did you order?!"
Akako shrugged. "Relax. I've got the money. I've won plenty of trainer battles."
Akako pulled out his wallet and gave the money to the room service guy. The man thanked him, then left us alone with the large cart of food. My mouth began to water.
Kokoa pulled something off of a food case. It was a container with a note on top. "What's this?"
It was a note. She read it for us all to hear.
Dear Ichigo and friends,
Thank you for trying to help us out. In return for all you've done, we wanted to give you each a gift. There should be four pokeballs in a case. Choose which Pokémon each of you would like. Also, I wanted to let you know there should be a contest going on in Gilder and there's a gym as well. And if I could ask one last favor of you, could you check up on a girl named Angel in Gilder hospital? Thank you.
-Tsubaki
Kokoa opened the container and removed said pokeballs. She threw them all up in the air, calling out the Pokémon they contained.
A Servine, Hoppip, Gabite, and Marill were revealed. I smiled. They all looked so cool and cute and one of them would be mine to keep.
Kokoa immediately grabbed Servine. "I claim this one!"
Takuya shrugged and walked up to Gabite. "I'll take this one then."
There were only two choices left. Marill or Hoppip. I felt a bit sorry for Akako. Both of these seemed like girly Pokémon.
I turned to Akako. "Um...do you want either of them?"
He sighed. "I guess it doesn't matter. A Pokémon is still a Pokémon. I'll find a way to use whatever Pokémon I get. You can choose."
I considered it for a while, then picked up Marill. "I'd like this one! I'll call you...Cuddles."
Akako picked up the small Hoppip. Hoppip smiled cutely and hugged him. He laughed a bit awkwardly. "Maybe you aren't that bad after all."
"Hoppip!" it responded happily.
Kokoa laughed. "Wow. Didn't think a living being could like Aka-baka."
Akako rolled his eyes. I looked back at Chiyo, noticing she'd finished her meal. She stood up and stretched.
"Well kids, I should get going. I'm going to tell what I know to the police."
Kokoa looked sad. "Wait! I want to talk with you more."
Chiyo smiled weakly. "I do too, but I need to inform the police about Millennium. We can't let Akuma do as he pleases."
Kokoa nodded in understanding. "Bye mom..."
Chiyo tried to smile. "See ya later, kiddo. Take care of those crystals and be careful."
And with that, we were left alone with our thoughts. I sighed and headed out onto the balcony. Akako followed me out, leaning on the edge.
I decided to ask him. "Akako...who is it that you lost?"
Mwahaha. I'll leaving you hanging since I'm evil like that. Please vote on my poll so I can see which characters you'd like me to have show up more. Thank you and good-bye for now!
-IchigoHatake
