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From: Toadly1998
The chirping of birds signalled the morning's arrival. Yet, hidden within the song, an unhappy note met Louis' ears. He sat up in his sleeping bag, rubbed his eyes, unsure if what he was hearing was a dream-remnant or real.
"Huh? What's that noise?" he muttered.
"Good, you're up," said Taki.
Louis shifted his head to his left and saw Taki and Totodile already awake.
"Do you hear that?" asked Totodile.
"Wh-...what is it?" questioned Louis, still tired.
"I'm not sure," answered Taki.
"Let's pack up camp. We're heading that way," she continued, staring at the direction of the noise.
Within minutes, the trio trotted towards the source of the crying. A rustling in the bushes alerted Totodile, who stopped and pointed ahead.
"To-to-dile," it said.
"Totodile said 'It's coming from over there'," added Louis.
All three proceeded with caution, taking small steps towards the rustling bush. Taki gently reached over and pulled back the branches to show a small, yellow Pokémon sobbing. Taki could tell that this Pokémon was none other than...
"...a Pichu," she said.
"Pichu Pi...chu," sobbed the Pichu, mournfully.
Totodile gazed at the Pichu with a mixture of sympathy and concern.
"Toto Toto," it said.
"She says it may have been abandoned," translated Louis.
Taki lowered herself to the ground, placing a knee on the forest floor and held out an open hand. Still unsure, the sudden movement startled the little Pokémon. It turned on the spot and dashed to another bush, concealing itself from the trio.
"It's awfully scared," offered Taki.
"Seems quite shy as well," replied Louis as he knelt down beside Taki.
They began to think of how to get the Pichu to come out of the bushes without scaring it again.
" ...I've got an idea," said Louis.
He slowly edged closer to the bush containing the scared Pokémon.
"Um...my name is Louis," introduced Louis.
At that moment, the Pichu slowly re-emerged from the bushes, peeking an eye through the foliage. Louis turned to Taki and signalled her to tell the Pichu her name.
"And...my name is Taki," she said.
Hearing the compassion in Taki's voice, the Pichu took a guarded step forward from its hiding spot.
"Uh...h-hi," it stammered.
Louis' eyes shifted sympathetically.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"...are you hurt?"
"No, I'm... lost," responded Pichu.
"Lost?" blurted Louis.
"Lost?!" said Taki, beginning to pick up on the situation.
Pichu's eyes widened and its mouth dropped open in amazement.
"I've...I've never spoken to a human before," it said.
"How can you do that?"
"That's not important right now," replied Louis.
"Do you remember where you were last?" he continued.
"I was here," explained Pichu. "But then, I got separated from my brother, Raichu. All because of those ghost Pokémon!"
Louis grew curious at the little Pokémon's story. He whispered in Taki's ear the situation Pichu had just explained. Then, Louis looked back to Pichu.
"Was it...a Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar?" he inquired.
"Y-...yes," answered Pichu.
"And that Gengar is the worst!" it added.
As soon as Pichu confirmed his suspicions, Louis' facial expression changed into a look filled with annoyance.
"Oh, come on!" he groaned.
"How long ago did this happen?" asked Totodile.
"Last night, over there somewhere," replied Pichu, pointing.
"But I was so scared, I just ran."
An idea on how to solve these two issues simultaneously formed in Louis' mind.
"So, if we find those three Pokémon, we'll most likely find your brother," he said.
Soon after, the group began to search the forest for the Raichu and the three ghost Pokémon. An hour passed and with no sign of any of the mentioned Pokémon, Totodile turned to Pichu.
"Are you sure it was here?" it asked.
Immediately after saying that, the group overheard a commotion from a glade just beyond their location.
"What's that?" questioned Taki.
Louis paid close attention to the racket. With stealth, all four crept upon the noise. Peering around a nearby tree, Louis made out four figures. One was a Raichu sitting with it's back to a tall oak surrounded by three taunting spirits.
Pichu tugged at Louis' socks.
"My brother!" it said.
A devilish fire of mischievous energy ignited in Louis. He knelt down to the small Pokémon with a mischievous grin.
"I've got a plan," he said.
He whispered in Pichu's ear. It giggled at the plan.
"What are you two planning?" inquired Taki.
Louis turned his head to Taki, still grinning. This worried Taki more than the ghosts.
"You'll see," replied Louis.
The boy took off his backpack and the Pichu hopped in. He then looked to Taki and Totodile.
"Stay low and quiet," said Louis.
Taki and Totodile nodded. Crawling, Louis approached the ghostly trio. Beyond the spirits, the Raichu spotted the advancing Louis, to which the boy placed a single finger on his lips in a hushing gesture. The Pichu stirred in the boy's backpack.
Advancing stealthily like an Ekans in the grass, Louis suddenly placed his feet and sprung to full stance in front of the spirits.
"SURPRISE!" he shouted.
The Gastly and Haunter shot a foot in the air, while Gengar tripped and fell on its purple backside.
"GHOST KID!" shrieked Gastly.
"HE'S BACK!" squeaked Haunter.
"That's right!" responded Louis.
Pichu peered out of the backpack and met Raichu's gaze. A smile gently formed on Raichu as it started to chuckle.
Louis outstretched his left arm, pointing to the three ghost Pokémon. They looked on in fear, not understanding what was about to happen.
"Eat Thunderbolt!" bellowed Louis.
At that moment, Pichu, still inside the backpack, generated a tremendous amount of electricity. A crackle of lightning emerged from the backpack, and arced through the air, loudly, as it collided with the troublemakers. The force delivered was enough to shock the ghostly trio unconscious. A visage of pain met Louis' face as he realised that he was being electrocuted too. His muscles tensed to maximum capacity and fell face-first into the dry forest floor, leg twitching.
"Probably should've thought that through," groaned Louis.
Raichu's chuckle turned into full-blown laughter as Pichu emerged from the backpack.
"Nice one, bro," complimented Raichu.
Taki and Totodile approached the fallen boy, concerned that he may not get up. Totodile clamped its sharp teeth down on Louis' arm, the pain jolted the boy up from the ground.
"OW!" yelled Louis as he leapt to his feet.
The Totodile bit down harder.
"Hey, I'm awake!" growled Louis. "Stop biting me!"
"Make me!" chewed Totodile, mouth full of arm.
Instinctively, Louis reached for Totodile's new head bow and threw it away. Instantly, Totodile released its bite on Louis' arm and dashed to the head accessory. Louis rubbed his arm.
"That actually hurt," groaned Louis.
"It worked, didn't it?" questioned Taki.
This was met with a scowl from Louis.
The two turned to see the Pichu and Raichu embracing. After the hug, Raichu approached Louis and Taki.
"Hey, thanks for finding my little bro," thanked Raichu.
"Heh, don't mention it," replied Louis, scratching the back of his head.
"It's got a heck of a shock," he continued, his leg still twitching.
"Pi-chu" responded Pichu.
Then, the Gengar started groaning, alerting the group. Louis looked to Pichu and Raichu.
"You two better get going. These three will wake up soon."
Raichu looked at the three Ghost Pokémon, and started to grin.
"Actually, you three should get going," it said.
"Huh?" responded Louis.
"I'm not done with these three yet," added Raichu.
Louis dusted himself off and the group prepared to leave.
"Thanks again for everything," said Raichu.
"No problem," replied Louis, intrigued.
Soon, the trio of Louis, Taki, and Totodile reached the edge of the forest. Taki was the first to notice that the hairs on her arms were standing up. She looked at Louis and saw that his hair stood on end, too.
"Do you feel tha-"
An enormous electrical discharge crackled through the forest behind them, accompanied by a loud thunderclap. Flocks of bird Pokémon scattered from the trees nearby.
"Wh-...what just happened?" asked Totodile.
"I don't think we want to know," replied Louis.
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