Burning Slowly

"Blaine." I said as I burst open the doors to his room, a trained Slowsis the Slowpoke right near me. "I answered every one of those questions… I beat everyone of those trainers…" I started to crouch and shudder. "Now…Are you ready…."

"Hank? Are you okay?" Lyra asked as she reached out to see if I was okay.

"Azurill?" Her Azurill asked the same thing I think.

"..To Feel The Burn?!" I shouted as I blazed upright along with Slowsis. Lyra quickly pulled her arm back.

"Yep." She said to her Azurill. "He's okay."

"Rill."

"Child." Blaine said. "I will give you one warning." Geez. It's just one different warning after another recently. "I built this town along with my colleague. Together, we were able to create the strongest pokemon of all time! So do you still want to battle?"

"Hank…this might not be the best idea for Slowsis…" Lyra called from the sidelines of the empty gym.

"Well, Slowsis has a trick up her sleeve, right Slowsis?" I asked.

She nodded and started to glow in a harsh white light.

"Is she?" Blaine asked astonished.

"Yep." I said reaching for her tail and holding it up to show a Shellder on it right before it also turned white. "We went for a little fishing trip while training for you!" I said as the white light disappeared.

"Slow…bro." Slowsis said as she marveled at her new form.

"And she's still derpy." Lyra said getting the same little drop that all anime characters get when they have a sarcastic "Well that helped." moment.

"Azu." Her Azurill said in the same manner.

"Enough of this nonsense!" Blaine snapped, eager to get things started.

"You came here for a battle correct?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then I hope you've got Burn Heal."

"Burn Heal? Who the hell do you think I am? I only carry freaking Full Heal!"

"Growlithe go!"

*Slowsis used Surf* KO

"Ponyta Go!"

*Slowsis used Surf* KO

"Grrr. Go Arcanine!"

"Holy Crap!" Lyra screamed. I could tell she realized the insane level spike between Blaine's level 40 Ponyta and his Level 47 Arcanine. "Hank, get Slowsis out of there!"

*Slowsis: Lv. 37*

"Return!" I called back my Slowbro

"Great Blue get out there!"

"Hah! That Gyarados won't do any good in the sun!" Blaine said as his Arcanine used Sunny Day. This guy was an idiot. Would he ever attack me?

"Rain Dance!" I countered and it started to rain. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Lyra, sitting with her hair ruined, with one of those looks that someone would get on their face as if to sarcastically say. "Of course this happens."

"Now, use Thunder!"

*The Rest of Blaine's gym: Now ruined*

"Hey!" Lyra and I heard a voice say as we exited the gym. A man approached us. "Did you just beat Blaine."

"Why yes." I said.

"Did he just say he beat Blaine?"

"Somebody battled Blaine?"

"Blaine's opened the Gym up?"

"Who beat Blaine?"

Suddenly the entire population of Cinnibar Island was crowded around us.

"What pokemon did you use?"

"Did Blaine say anything about future challengers?"

"Oh, who are you?"

"Did you challenge Blaine too?"

"Are you two siblings?"

"Oh? Are you together?"

"Hank!" I heard a vaguely familiar voice yell.

"Hank! Lyra!" Wait a minute…I recognize that voice!

*Flashback*

"You're a very special trainer, he said then he whispered in my ear. "Very special."

*Back to the present*

"Oh Arceus, I hear Bill!" I told Lyra. "We have to get out of here!"

"Wait!" People from the crowd kept getting in our way.

"What's so wrong with Bill?" Lyra asked. "I see him all the time when I'm with my grandparents in Goldenrod City. He's a nice guy and really likes pokemon, you and him would probably get along great!"

"Aren't you Hank Coro?" The crowd started to ask more questions.

"Is it true you're related to Cynthia?"

"How's your father doing after his Hoenn journey?"

"So if you're Hank, where's your Fearow?"

"Okay, that's it!" Lyra said. "Everyone, SHUT UP!" And just like that, everyone shut up.

"Yes he's Hank Coro. Yes, he's related to Cynthia, and yes, we are together." I swear I nearly fainted at that last part but the sheer enjoyment of watching Lyra tell everyone off is probably what kept me upright. "But when you start asking questions like 'where are your pokemon?' and 'How is your father doing' and most importantly 'did you just challenge Blaine?' No! I just can't stand it. And neither can he!"

"Yeah!"

"Quiet Hank! I'm on a roll." She said. "But I appreciate the support in me supporting you."

"Okay."

"His pokemon are clearly inside their poke balls, because if you haven't noticed yet, it's a freaking typhoon out here!" (Oh. I forgot to tell you guys…Sorry.) "His dad is clearly fine, seeing as how he wouldn't have time to go on an adventure if his dad wasn't fine!"

"Oh." Some people in the crowd were starting to realize their mistakes.

"But most importantly!" Lyra finished up as I saw Bill push his way to the front of the crowd. "Is the challenging Blaine question! Of course he challenged Blaine! Why else would he freaking be coming out of Blaine's Gym?"

"Hank! Lyra! There you two are!" Bill said running up to us. "I've been looking all over for you two!"

The crowd started to clear away. "Huh." Lyra asked, confused. "I'd understand why someone would want Hank, but, why me too?"

"Well, I was orginially going to find you, Lyra." Bill informed her. "But I do need as many hands as I can get."

"Why?" I aksed, feeling a little at ease that the crowd was gone now.

"Well Hank, do you remember when I gave you the SS Ticket?"

*Flashback*

"What the hell did he put in your pants?"

*Present*

"I couldn't forget if I tried." I replied.

"Well, I immediately regretted not going to the party so I thought, why not create one of my own?"

"And why do you need us?"

"Well, I was going to have my friend Celio help me set up but a breakdown with his computer happened and he needs my help to fix it. Can I count on you two to prepare Treasure Beach for me?"

"Heck yes!" I said jumping up. "A beach party is just what I need to recharge my batteries after a week like this one!"

"Of course I'll help!" Lyra said jumping up too. "I've always wanted to see Treasure Beach!"

"Great!" Bill said. "Hop in my brand new boat and we'll be at One Island in no time!"

Lyra and I exchanged wicked grins as we both got in the boat and headed to One Island, which was far south of Kanto's shore. I was all set and raring for some carefree activity. Bad idea.

So yeah, no real 'finding the key' gibberish in this story. Also, I feel like I can give you a spoiler about the next book. But before that, I should mention that this book is getting extremely close to completion. "I can almost taste it." *Licks a lollipop shaped like a completed fan fiction* (From Spongebob in case you were wondering. The good half of Spongebob.) Anyway, onto some sort of spoilers:

Names of next book Pokemon: Lucius, Bo, Pi, Edward, Flint. (No more for you guys.)

So there you go. Yeah, not as easy to guess as something like Horn, or Comet is it? Anyways, until next time, I'm going to work on the next chapter immediately. See ya!