A/N: One chapter away from the "movie" chapter! Getting tired of me talking about it yet? You'll see why I'm so happy in February. I want to put it up on the first but I don't know if that is possible with my schedule. I suggest listening to music when you read it. In the text movie I had music playing, but I wont suggest anything. I especially wont put lyrics to songs in it. I'm sorry, but that kind of thing bothers me. I've read a lot of fics and some good ones are ruined for me when authors do that. As for this chapter... I had a lot of fun writing the first part. I was trying to be funny. Someone who read it said it wasn't funny but it was sad and cruel. I don't know what you guys think, but I hope you think it's less cruel and more humorous.
Chapter 29 New start
Gabby was in a good mood. She and Ty were traveling again. And through a nice field of flowers. Not only that, but her migraine went away. Yep, all was good. Except one thing was on her mind. (...When I woke up earlier, I almost forgot this dream I had. Or was it a dream? Hmm.... I know the first part was real. But I don't know about the rest.)
She looked behind her to see Ty following along as usual. He would be able to answer that. Not thinking about how awkward it would be to do, she decided to go for it. Gabby stopped and faced Ty.
(Gabby actually stopping for once? This can't be good.) Ty thought.
"Ty, can you be completely honest with me?" Gabby asked.
"Uh, sure. What is it?"
"I don't know if this was a dream or not. So I need you to tell me."
"That doesn't sound hard. Go ahead and tell me." Ty said.
"Okay, but it sounds weird. Well, you had Loudred use supersonic on me to make me get confused and pass out right?" Ty nodded and wondered where she was going with this. "Well.... nah. It was a dream. Never mind."
"No go ahead. I want to hear." Later, Ty would regret saying that.
"All right.... So in my dream, I fell and you caught me. You said all kinds of things like you were sorry. And then you said you wanted to make sure you lived long enough to say that you loved me. Then everything went black and I don't remember the rest. The next thing that happened was waking up earlier. But that love stuff was all a dream. So It shouldn't have even been on my mind." Gabby said.
Ty stood completely shocked. (She heard me say that?! No no no no no no...)
"Ty? What's wrong with you?" Gabby asked.
"Well... I... It wasn't a dream." (I wish this was.) "I did say that...."
"You... love me?"
"Yeah..."
It was quiet for a while. Then Gabby burst out laughing. Ty stood there perplexed. This wasn't the reaction he thought he'd get.
Gabby looked like she was going to die from all that laughing. "I can't believe... hahahahaha... that you're actually.... hahahaha.... in LOVE with me... hahahaha... How... hahaha... how long? ...hahahaha!"
Ty sighed at how humorous this was to her. "Since before I became your camera man."
Gabby didn't think it was possible to laugh any harder. But that comment made her. "Hahahaha! Ty! That was years ago! Hahahahaha! I can't believe I didn't know that all this time... hahahahaha.... either I'm dense or.... nope I'm just dense! Hahahahaha!"
Several minutes later...
"Okay, I think I got all that out of my system. Sorry if I offended you." Gabby said.
"Its okay." (It's just my feelings.) "I really shouldn't have said anything..."
"No! I asked you to be honest and you were. It's just funny that I didn't notice the entire time. And I didn't even think of you even liking me. Or the idea of you as a possible interest." Gabby said.
"Gee... Thanks Gabby. That makes me feel great."
"Aw... don't be mad just because I never thought of you as more than a friend. I'll tell you something though. If any of my past cameramen said they liked me, I would have to have them fired. After all, we shouldn't have a relationship if we work together."
"I know that." Ty said.
"But..."
(But? She said but?) Ty thought.
"I've known you for a long time. And you are such a good cameraman, I wouldn't want to let you go anyway. Since you're a nice guy, I'll give you this... One, If we happen to not be traveling at the time, Two, We're not editing or shooting a show, Three, Not training Loudred and Magneton, Four, And overall just happen to not be doing something. Which is very rare. Then we can go out and have one date if you want." Gabby offered.
"....Really?!" Ty asked like a little kid wanting a new game.
"Sure. Now we've wasted enough time. We have to keep moving." Gabby turned back around and started walking through the field again.
Ty was very happy... despite her laughing. She didn't reject him! AND he got to keep his job and stay with her. (We're always doing something so a date is gonna be hard to make happen. But I'll hopefully get one with Gabby within two months.)
That time frame was spacious, but for their busy schedule... a reality.
Gabby tried to keep herself from laughing. (Heheheh... so funny. But who knows. Now that I know, I might see him as more than a friend one of these days.)
Meanwhile in Sootopolis... May had just had her pokemon healed at the Pokemon center. She walked outside and had Arcanine return to his pokeball. Then she released Flygon. "Hey Flygon. I want you to take me a few places. But first, I want to teach you a new move."
She took out the TM containing the move Earthquake. The TM glowed and it's power went into him. Flygon forgot Faint Attack to learn Earthquake. After that, The TM broke. Unlike HM moves, TM moves can only be used once. Then they break. So trainers are usually cautious when using TM's. Flygon was happy with his new attack. It was now his strongest one.
"Okay, now that we're done with that, lets go to Mt. Pyre." May said.
Flygon flew up high and got ready. He and May practiced this yesterday morning in Lilycove when they were training before all the drama with Kyorge and Team Aqua. He flew down towards May, and just like they practiced, May jumped at the last second and landed on his back. And they were off. That little technique wasn't necessary-
(But it is a lot of fun.) May thought.
A few people in Sootopolis saw her leaving and waved. May waved back before Flygon sped off. May wanted to go to Mt. Pyre to return the Blue Orb... and apologize for forgetting to get the Red Orb.
(I just HAD to get distracted by the storm.) May thought.
It didn't take long before they came up to Mt. Pyre. They looked down and were shocked at what they saw. Team Aqua was there!
(Are they harassing that old couple again?!) Flygon landed and let May off before he walked towards Archie. Flygon and May were about to confront him when-
"Hold on."
"Maxie? What are you doing here? And what is Team Aqua doing here?" May asked him.
That's when she noticed the rest of Team Magma was here too. Both teams were watching Archie talking to the couple.
Maxie tried to calm May. "Just watch. Everything's okay. And in case anything goes sour, I have my pokemon here." Next to him was a big Camerupt.
Archie suddenly walked down and looked at May. That's strange... he looked... Apologetic? "You... So you stopped Kyorge... I shouldn't be surprised... I understand now that humans cannot freely control the balance between the land and the sea... So I have come to return the Red Orb..."
The old woman and husband walked over.
"That's right. That man, he returned the Red Orb." The old woman said.
"Yep, I was skeptical that the man that stole it actually gave it back. But I'm glad." The old man said.
Maxie turned to the Team Aqua leader. "Archie? Are you ready?"
" ...Yes. This will end it. Shelly, Matt." Archie called.
The once proud Admins looked solemn as they walked forward. Flygon and May weren't sure what they were doing. So they just watched in silence.
"Tabitha." Maxie's Admin stepped forward as well.
All Admins held documents of the locations of Kyorge and Groudon. And the information of the powers of the orbs. As well as a few maps. All those papers were handed to Maxie.
Maxie tied them together and tossed them up in the air. "Eruption."
The two mini volcanos on Camerupt's back shot out fire and lava. The attack hit the documents with a big fiery blast. They were instantly destroyed. All that was left were the ashes. The Team Magma members took off their hoods and the Team Aqua members removed their bandanas.
"As of now Team Aqua and Magma no longer exist." Archie said.
"Everyone, I'm sorry about everything. If it weren't for me, none of this would of happened." Maxie apologized.
Tabitha quickly said, "Sir, it was all of our decisions. The blame belongs to everyone."
"Please don't call me sir. I'm not the leader anymore." Maxie said.
"Um. Sure... Maxie." (It feels weird to call him that.) Tabitha thought.
"Boss?" Shelly started to ask Archie.
"I'm not the Boss anymore either." Archie said.
"Well, what do we do now?" Shelly asked.
"Go back to your lives since before you formed your teams." The old man said.
"And never forget what you have learned." The old woman added.
The people that used to form Team Aqua and Magma started to leave.
(So it's all over?) May thought.
"Thank you for everything. I will never forget you, May." Maxie quickly walked away with his Camerupt.
Archie came over to May and had a hard time looking at her. "May..."
(Nice hearing my name from him. Instead of "insolent child".) May thought.
"... I apologize."
(-just froze over.) May thought in complete shock.
"I will never cause such trouble again. I doubt that we will cross paths again... Farewell..." Archie walked down Mt. Pyre.
"Wow. Wasn't expecting that." Flygon nodded in agreement. May turned to the old couple and took out the Blue Orb. "Here's the Blue Orb."
"Thank you very much." The old man said.
She handed the Blue Orb back to them.
The old woman smiled. "Yes... The two orbs should remain here. It is how it should be for the good of all Hoenn..."
"It's good to have them back. Thank you. But what happened to Kyorge?" The old man asked.
"I captured him."
"Ah.... I see. Well as long as Kyorge remains with you this should never happen again. He's in good hands." (It would have been horrible if that man captured him instead.) "Which reminds me... shouldn't we have called the police? That man was right here after all." The old man said.
"Well it's too late now. He's gone." His wife said.
"Oh well... As long as he learned from his mistakes I suppose it's okay." The old man said.
Since everything was okay, May felt it was time to leave. "Well we have to leave now. I have a few errands to run."
"Is that so? Well thank you for everything. We will never forget what you've done." The old woman said.
After bidding the old couple farewell, May hopped onto Flygon and they started flying again. "Next I want you to take me to Slateport. I want to talk to Capt. Stern."
Flygon changed direction and flew towards Slateport. Once they arrived... Flygon landed by the harbor building and let May off.
May sighed. (When he sees me he'll probably think I have good news.) "Well, lets get this over with."
May and Flygon walked inside and Capt. Stern looked very happy. "May! It's good to see you. Say, what happened with Team Aqua?"
"I found them. And now they have disbanded. But I couldn't get your submarine back." May said sadly.
"Well that's okay. As long as Team Aqua wont bother anyone again. I understand that it's nearly impossible for Submarine Explorer 1 to be retrieved. But I can let that go. Besides, there is the matter at the Shipyard that needs more attention than my submarine." Capt. Stern said.
That was news to her. " ...What is it?"
Capt. Stern was a little surprised for a moment, before remembering that she wasn't there when it happened. "Oh, yes. You haven't heard that Mr. Briney came to our shipyard the other day. He decided to help out. It won't be long now before we finish making the ferry!" He was very excited.
"That's good for Mr. Briney." May said.
Capt. Stern nodded. "Yep, and you should see him before you leave."
"I think I will. Thanks for telling me." May and Flygon soon left after that. A visit with Mr. Briney would be nice. Well, for May. Since Flygon had no idea who he was.
On their way, a woman stopped them. "Oh! What a lovely Flygon you have! Do you have any other pokemon that look like they work hard? I give out special ribbons for pokemon that really go for it."
(I guess some ribbons would be nice.) "I have four others that I've trained hard."
"Oh! Please let me see!" The young woman said.
May released Miltank, Arcanine, Lapras and Grumpig.
The woman really looked happy. "Wow. All five of them really went for it. So they will all get an Effort ribbon." She gave May five ribbons for her pokemon. And all five pokemon were happy they got one. "These ribbons are proof of their hard work. Some trainers show these off when others doubt their pokemon."
"Thank you for these." (They look pretty nice.) May thought.
"You're very welcome. I love giving these out to hard working pokemon. And for the record, I don't get the chance to pass them out very often. So your pokemon truly deserve them." She looked at her watch and realized she was late. "Whoops. I have to go meet my father in the market to help sell our products. Keep taking good care of your pokemon!" She ran off towards the market and left May and her pokemon.
(What an interesting woman. Oh well.) May recalled all pokemon but Arcanine and Flygon and went into the shipyard.
Dock was there, and he was happy to see May. "Hi! Nice to see you again! What brings you to our shipyard, May?"
"I heard that Mr. Briney was here. So I wanted to see him." May said.
"Ah, yes. Mr. Briney's joined us to lend us his help. Thanks to the veteran sailor, the ferry is steadily coming together. He's over there working on a few things with the engineers."
May walked over to where he pointed and before she could spot Briney, he spotted her. "Ah, May! It's been too long! Glad to see that you weren't hurt in the storm."
"It's good to see you too. I thought you were going to go back home near Petalburg. But I heard that you're working here."
"Aye, since I met you, this old seadog's been feeling frisky! So I decided to help Dock make a ferry. Aye, after all, a ferry would be able to carry a lot of people." Mr. Briney said.
(He didn't use to say "aye" this much.) May thought.
Their conversation continued while Flygon and Arcanine looked around a little. It was very busy. Arcanine sat down just as an engineer was walking by with a big heavy box.
The engineer stepped on his tail and Arcanine jumped up from the pain. Which in turn, tripped the man. The engineer tried to keep his balance, but teetered over towards a pile of construction beams.
Arcanine dashed forward and grabbed the man by his shirt to stop him. They breathed a sigh of relief... until the engineer's hands slipped and he dropped the big box. The piled of beams shook and were going to fall and crush him!
Flygon ran over and put his claws against the pile to steady it. Arcanine joined in and leaned his body against it to help. And their teamwork paid off as the pile was steaded.
The engineer sighed in relief. (Wow. We really need to take care of that. It's a safety hazzard.)
The engineer, Arcanine and Flygon looked over towards May and Briney. And were surprised they hadn't noticed and were still talking.
Mr. Briney continued. "But, you know, that Dock is really something special. With his knack for technology and my experience, I'm sure that we can build one great ship, aye!"
The engineer shook his head and started picking up the things that fell out of the big box. He was a little surprised when Flygon started doing the same. "Uh... thanks."
They put the rest of the things back and the man planned on taking the box again. But Flygon took it before he had the chance. Getting the hint, the engineer led him to where he wanted to put the box.
Arcanine thought Flygon was very kind. It was times like this that he was proud that Flygon was his friend. Once Flygon finished taking the box to where the man wanted it, he and Arcanine went back over to May. Who was finishing up her conversation with Briney.
"-Peeko is currently upstairs helping out as much as she can. Oh? Your Growlithe evolved into a nice Arcanine. And he looks much stronger than before. Hm... I believe I was supposed to take care of something before you showed up. Some sort of hazzard. ...I can't remember. But I should get back to work." Briney said.
"All right, we should get going too anyway." May said.
"It was nice seeing you again, May. Thank you for inspiring me to get back into this business. Aye, Building a ship is a lot of fun. And brings back some fond memories."
"You don't have to thank me. You were the one who took me to Dewford and Slateport."
"Even so, I'm grateful."
They said their goodbyes and May left the shipyard. (Okay, now I want to see Lovely and call Mom. ...I guess I should call Mom first.) May took out her phone and dialed home.
In Littleroot town... Ruby was looking for Wynaut. He was taking hide and seek to a whole new level. Even the help of Castform and Zigzagoon didn't make it easier.
"Zagoon? Zagoon?" Zigzagoon searched.
"Wynaut? Seriously, come out. We give up." The phone started to ring. So she picked it up. "Hello?" (Whoever this is better have a good reason. I'm too busy for nonsense.)
"Hey Mom."
"Oh! May! How are you?! There was a big storm! Did you make it out okay?" May's mother asked.
"...No... I died."
"Haha. Very funny. But really, were you caught up in it?"
"Yeah... but I sort of stopped it."
May's mom looked under a chair. "Stopped it? What does that mean?"
"Well, in a nutshell, an ancient legendary pokemon was woken up after hundreds of years of sleep and went wild. And he made the thunderstorm using his ability. So my pokemon and I went to stop him with some kind of orb. But that didn't work. So to make sure this wouldn't happen again I captured him." May explained.
"Wow. Well, that's the life of an upcoming trainer. You never know what could happen." Ruby said.
"That's all you have to say? I could have died and you seem like you don't care." May said.
Ruby checked all the cabinets. "I care. I'm just a little distracted. Anyway, you're fine. So I don't have anything to worry about. Oh, Dad came over yesterday. He was very concerned. I was worried about you too. But after we found out the storm suddenly stopped, we knew everything would be okay. Hey, are you getting along with this ancient legendary troublesome pokemon?"
"Not really." May honestly said.
"Well it's to be expected since he did almost kill everyone. But I'm sure he'll come around eventually." She even looked inside the toilet.
"Oh yeah, Trapinch evolved twice. He's now a Flygon. And I've flown around on him."
"That sounds like fun." (Much more fun than hide and seek.) Ruby thought.
"But the most recent thing that happened is that I got the last badge." May said.
"You what?!"
"Yep, I can qualify for the pokemon league challenge now."
"That's wonderful!" She knocked over a basket of clothes as she raised her hands in happiness. ....And Wynaut tumbled out of there. Ruby smiled and continued talking. (Found you!) "So you're coming home as well!"
That comment confused May. "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, just that Brendan arrived here this morning. His mother was ecstatic. Anyway, I'm so proud of you and-"
"Wait. Since he's there, can you do me a favor?"
"Sure. No problem."
"I'm coming home tomorrow. But I can send Wailmer to you now. Can you return Wailmer to Brendan for me?" May asked her mother.
(So, Brendan loaned May a pokemon. Interesting.) "Okay sure." Ruby said.
"Thanks Mom. I'll send him over as soon as I have access to a computer. Oh, I have to go, Mom. I'm planning on having a special victory dinner with my pokemon."
"All right. Then I'll see you tomorrow. Bye May."
"Bye Mom." They both hung up and May thought about how much time she had to see Lovely. (I probably can see her and get things for a nice dinner pretty fast.) "Arcanine, I need you to return again."
In Verdanturf... Lovely was outside with her Pikachu. They had just come back from watching a pokemon contest. Lovely smiled to her Pikachu when she thought of something.
"Say, I think you would do great in a cute contest."
Pikachu shook her head at the thought.
"No? How about Beauty?"
Another shake.
"Tough?"
Pikachu really didn't like that one either.
"The only things left are smart and cool."
Pikachu nodded at that.
"Are you agreeing with cool or smart?"
A Flygon suddenly landed next to them. That startled them until May hopped off.
"May? Wow." Lovely said in awe.
"Sorry if I scared you. But I wanted to know my pokemons feelings." May said.
"Sure. Bring them all out." Lovely said.
May released Arcanine, Lapras, Miltank, Grumpig, and even Kyorge. Who glared at May.
Lovely and her Pikachu stepped back, a little scared of Kyorge. "And... what is that pokemon's name...?"
"Kyorge." May answered.
Lovely started. "Um... This is a little hard for me to say... Kyorge simply detests you. Doesn't that make you uncomfortable? I know it bothers me. He isn't at any crossroads, his opinion is clear. And it'll take a lot to change his mind."
"I had a feeling he didn't like me." (But I never thought he detested me. Yeesh.) Kyorge narrowed his eyes at her. May decided to recall him since this wasn't helping.
"Let's move on to your other pokemon. Oh, they all feel exactly the same. They adore you. They can't possibly love you any more. I even feel happy seeing them." Lovely happily said.
Now that made May happy. Arcanine, Lapras, Miltank, Flygon and Grumpig really loved her. They all had a strong friendship.
(When I received Growlithe, Miltank and Lapras... I had no idea that we would become such good friends. Raising them from when they were only level 5. And look at them now. They are almost level 60! Trapinch and Spoink, catching them was a treat. They proved to be way stronger than I thought they would be. And I developed a strong bond with them too. Thanks to all of them, I'm close to my goal. I WILL be champion one day. And be my own person.)
"I'm glad to hear that. I feel the same about them." May said.
"How wonderful. Your relationship with your pokemon has improved greatly since I last saw you. So it makes me think that you will one day have Kyorge's trust." Lovely said.
(I can only hope.) "Hey, can I use your computer to transport a pokemon to my house? I want to return a Wailmer to my friend."
"Certainly." Lovely agreed.
May recalled all but Arcanine and Flygon again. Before going in her house, May transferred Wailmer to her mom, who would hopefully give him to Brendan. Then after a nice talk with Lovely, May got a few things and made a great victory dinner for her pokemon.
At night... they all sat around a campfire. Miltank sat next to Grumpig, Arcanine sat next to Flygon and May, Lapras was near Kyorge in the water. But Kyorge ignored them all. That didn't mess up the happy mood though.
"Great work in getting the Rain Badge. This food is for you." May told her pokemon.
After that, they all dug in. It was a nice end to a nice day. Everyone had gotten over hurdles in life. And even though they cleared those, there were other things left undone. Nope, this wasn't the end. Quite the contrary. May looked over at Flygon, who seemed to be relaying something to the other pokemon.
(By the looks on their faces, I'd say he's telling them about how Team Aqua disbanded. My trouble with them is over. But there is a lot left to do.) May thought.
The meal May "prepared" was only fast food. But they all enjoyed it that night. And they looked forward to going back to Littleroot tomorrow.
Preview: MOVIE CHAPTER. May goes back to Littleroot. But something bad happens. A lot of drama. Special movie chapter. May's journey the movie: Chapter 30 Facing the past.
A/N: Is this a late update? I can't tell. My sense of time has been off lately. I would have updated the day before but I wanted to make sure I checked for mistakes again. The movie chapter is next. Look for it around... oh lets say Groundhog day. If it's not up by then it will probably be the day after.
Disclaimer: Oh yeah... I don't own Pokemon.
