Authors: Lani & Wind
Rating: PG-13(yes, still the same…)
Category: Humor with mushy romance
Disclaimer: Who thinks Nintendo would even want to own Lani nor Wind?! Everyone else, though, they do own. Oh, but we own the smoker guy with gitar. Yaiy! All his fanmail can be addressed to us.
Wind's note: BTW, Lani has her own author's profile now, go and check it out.!
Authors' note: Do we have something to say? Not as far as I know… Ok. Maybe we should tell about our text format? Or maybe, just maybe, we should keep our mounths shut and let people read on. That is, if there are people reading this thing… Sure there are! Look how many reviews we got from the last part and… Whaaa?!? Just 44 hits and 1 review? No one loves us*starts crying* Now, now, it's ok. You really should work on that self esteem, you know? Yeah…*still sniffing* *smile* Here, have a brownie. *takes it* Thanks*eats it* Hey, this is really good! Yes, isn't it? Why don't you go and play with those nice butterfrees… *happily* Sure! *runs off* Now people, you can finally get on with the story…
Falling in (a hole)
Part 5: "Is James really a man?"
Wind and Brock arrived at the "gym". They went inside and met the man who smoked those "wonderful" cigarettes.
The man: Are you pokémon trainers?*blows smoke into their faces*
Wind:*coughs and waves her hand in front of her face* Uh yeah..
The man: Would you like a cigarette?
Brock: No.
The man looks at Wind expectantly.
Wind: No thanks. I don't smoke.
The man: Suit yourself.*shrugs*
Wind:*coughing* Has there been a boy, about ten years old and a girl, about eleven years old in here recently?
The man: Follow me..*starts walking towards a brightly colored door*
Wind looks at Brock, who just stares straight ahead. She sighs and follows the man. Brock decides to follow as well. They enter a long narrow hallway with many many doors.
The man: You can find what you're looking for if you can solve these riddles. When you solve one, you get the next one. When you have solved all, then you will find whatever you need.. but you cannot leave before you have..
Wind:*whispers uncertainly to Brock* Should we actually do this?
Brock: I'm going to.
Wind:*sighs* Well, what's the riddle?
The man: What has a face but no eyes, mouth or nose?
Wind looks stumped. Brock is mystefied.
The man: When you know the answer to this one, type it in here and it will give your next set of directions.*points to a machine* Happy riddle solving.. Peace.
The man leaves them in the dimly lit hallway. Wind tries the door they came from.
Wind:*defeatedly* the door's locked. We have to solve these riddles, otherwise we'll never get out!
Brock grunts. He sits down and starts to think..
Lani is lying on the hotel bed. Mondo and Meowth are sitting by the bed watching TV. Jessie and James have gone out to get some food for them.
Lani opens one eye.
Mondo:*rushes to Lani's side* You're waking up!
Lani: Where am I? Why can't I remember anything?
Mondo looks nervously at Meowth.
Mondo: Well..you felt dizzy at the gym.
Lani: Gym? What gym? Who are you?*looks quizzically at Mondo*
Mondo: Uh-oh.
Meowth: Right. Your name is Lani. You are in a hotel room.
Mondo: You don't remember me?
Lani: No..should I?
Mondo: Well..you should. I'm Mondo..
Lani: My brother? My boyfriend? My cousin?
Mondo:*looks quickly at Meowth who shrugs, as if to say "do what you want, but you take the responsibilty then"* I'm your boyfriend. You have to remember me!
Lani: Oh..*trying to remember* Do I have a best friend?
Meowth: Yes, Jessie.
Jessie and James come in with big bags full of food.
Meowth: And there she comes!
Lani: The one with the blue hair?
Mondo: No, the pink hair.
Lani: Oh..
Jessie: *pulls Meowth aside and sharply whispers* What is going on?
Meowth: Amnesia. You're her best friend. Mondo is her boyfriend.
Jessie: Why does she have amnesia? And why am I HER best friend?!
Meowth: Shh! Keep it down! The smoke must've affected her memory. Dis way, we can capture Wind's pokémons and Lani won't be nagging us!
Jessie: Smart..*grins evilly*
Meowth: I know..
Wind:*sitting down* I hate riddles.
There's a short silence.
Wind: Hello? I'm trying to make a converstation here…
Brock: That's nice.
Wind:*sigh* You're mad at me, aren't you?*looks at Brock*
No response. Wind sighs again and goes back thinking about the riddle. She's getting headache out of this.
Brock: You didn't have to come.
Wind: Huh?
Brock: If you hate riddles so much, you didn't have to come. I could have found Misty& Ash while you could have been doing whatever you want.
Wind: Yeah, like I could let you get into troubles all by yourself.
Brock looks at her, but turns his head away quickly.
Team Rocket is sitting around a small table, eating the food Jessie and James brought.
Lani: So, let me see if I got everything straight. You*looks at Mondo* are my boyfriend, You*turns to look at Jessie* are my best friend. We've known each other since childhood. Meowth is a talking pokémon, part of my working team. We're all in an organistation called Team Rocket, whatever that is… And*looking at James* you're a MAN?
Meowth: Yeah, you got everything more or less right.
Lani: Do I have pokemons?
Everyone else sweatdrop and look at each others. Damn, this could blow up the whole thing. They had no idea, what pokémon she had.
Mondo:*suddenly remembers something* Yes, you have a Poliwhirl.
Lani: Mind if I check it out?*gets her pokéball*
Mondo:*offented* You don't trust your own boyfriend?
Lani: I'm sorry, but I don't remember any of you. As far as I know, you could be lying to me about everything.
Mondo:*tooks Lani's hand* I understand. You'll see if I told you the truth, and if I did, you promise to trust us, ok?
Lani:*looking in his eyes* I promise.
She throws her pokeball. Jessie, James&Meowth hold their breath. A poliwhirl pops out, they all let out a sigh of relief. Lani calls it back.
Lani: Where well, I believe you. Now what are we supposed to do?
Pikachu, Misty&Ash were standing outside the gym once again. Ash was grinning widely.
Ash: Hah, there you see! We should have came here right away.
Misty glared at him. They had looked everywhere around the hotel, but nothing. So they had no choise but to return here. Although Misty was seriously starting to wonder, if she should have left Ash back at the hotel and tell him to wait there. She probably should have. Misty looked at Ash, who was still grinning. Yes, she definitely should have.
Pikachu: ^What are we waiting for?^
He runs up the stairs and into the gym.
Ash: Yo, Pikachu, wait up, buddy!
He runs after. Misty has no choise but to follow them.
Brock gets up and walks to the machine.
Wind: You have the answer?*jumps up as well*
Brock: I think so.
He typed something.
Brock: We'll find out soon enough.
Wind:*little worried* What happens if it's not right?
Brock just shugs. They wait. It took just few seconds, but to them it felt a lot longer time. Finally few lights got brighter and a door opened.
Wind:*jumping up and down* Yesh! It was right!*hugs Brock* C'mon, let's move on! I wanna get out from here.
They walked through the door and ended up in a small room. The floor was covered with sand, the walls and the roof were painted to look like sky. On the left wall, was some writing.
Wind:What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?
Brock: The next riddle.
Wind:*starts smiling* I know know this one! This is so easy*laughs happily* I remenber reading about this in history class and…*notices Brock looking weirdly at her* What?
Brock: Uh, nothing.
Wind: *muttering*… so sue me, I like reading history books…
Mondo was feeling sorta guilty, for many reasons. Telling Lani he was her boyfriend, to start with. That wasn't so bad thing, it wouldn't cause her any real harm, more likely to him, once she got her memory back. Oh boy, she would kill him. Well, he should just make this worth it. The thing Mondo was more worried about was their plan. Jessie had told Lani that they would take few pokémons from a annoying snobbish girl, their common enemy. Jessie had been very convinsing, when she explained to Lani how she should just go and ask the girl to show her pokémons and when she did, how rest of them would crap those creatures. How that would be perfect way to payback. Mondo sighed. Lani hadn't liked the idea stealing Wind's pokémons, he was sure she wouldn't be pleased to hear they lured her into doing it, when she wasn't herself. But Jessie and James seemed very pleased with the plan, both of them trying to take credit for it.
Wind and Brock move onto the next riddle. They enter a room with spots in it. Lots of spots. Different sized spots, different colored ones. There are so many spots that it's overwhelming.
Wind: Ugh. Just looking at these spots are making me dizzy!
Brock: No kidding.
Wind: Okay, let's go find the next riddle from this room. Let's see. Oh, it's over there!*points to the wall farthest from them*
Brock and Wind almost run to it.
Wind:*reading from the wall* To solve this, you have to touch your brain and tone in your portable.. 46 5338, 8436 46 3463 843 53935..Huh?! What is this?
Brock: You got me. But if we think a bit, we'll figure it out.
Wind: Right..these spots are giving me a headache. I wish I could have my cell phone with me. Then I could call someone whose good at riddles..
Brock: Wait a minute! What did you just say?!
Wind: I said I have a headache.
Brock: No, no. After that.
Wind:*looks completely mystefied*I said I wanted to call someone good at riddles.
Brock: That's it!
Wind: What's it?
Brock: You're a genius! *hugs Wind*
Wind: Uh..thanks, I think..
Ash, Misty and Pikachu enter the gym, again. The same man appears smoking what must be his tenth cigarette that day. Chain smoking. Not healthy.
Ash: Excuse me, sir?
The man:*turns around to face them* Ah you came back. To live as free spirits. Welcome welcome. Come in and have a cigarette.
Ash: Really? Can I actually have one?
Misty: NO! We discussed this already. You can't have a cigarette!
Ash: Aww Misty, I really want one.
The man: Let the young man decide for himself. He is a free spirit, afterall. So are you.
Ash: Well, I want to try a cigarette. Are they the normal kind you buy from a store?
The man: Oh no. They're special. But have one.*offers Ash a cigarette*
Ash takes one. The man lights it for him.
Misty: Ash! NO! You're too young to smoke! Especially those types of cigarettes. *takes the cigarette from Ash and stomps on it*
Ash: Aww, c'mon Misty! I wanted to try that!
Misty: No.
The man: I see. You do not like smoking. Well, do you like brownies then? I have a special recipe for them. Would you like to try some?
Ash: Sure! I can try that right Misty? I mean, they're not cigarettes. I can try some brownies.
Misty: Yes, those you can try. I'll try some myself actually.
The man:*nods happily* I'll just go quickly get the tray. You can make yourselves comfortable over there.*points to a room with a open door*
Ash, Misty and Pikachu walk in. Ash sits on a blue beanbag chair. Misty and Pikachu share a purple one.
Pikachu: ^Do they have apples?^
Ash: Probably.
Misty: With a special recipe prepared most likely. Everything here has been made with a special recipe.
Pikachu: ^Well, I want some of those special apples.^
Ash: I can ask for you..
The man: *comes in*Here you go. Brownies made with a special recipe. And some special apples for you.*sets a plate of apple slices infront of Pikachu*
Ash: Thanks.
Misty:*takes a bite*Oh, these are delicious! Pikachu, you like your apples?
Pikachu nods happily.
The man leaves the room, closes the door, and locks it very quietly so that Ash and Misty don't hear it.
Lani and Mondo are alone in the hotel room. Jessie, James and Meowth had gone out to figure out the details of their plan. Lani is lying on her stomach watching TV on the bed. Mondo can't seem to sit still.
Lani: Mondo? I did call you Mondo then? Or did I have a special name for you? Anyway, can you please sit still. That's becoming very annoying.
Mondo:*thinking to himself* Well, at least pacing still bothers her.*to Lani* Noo, you didn't have a name for me.
Lani: Oh, okay. Come here and watch TV with me. *pats the side of the bed next to her*
Mondo sits, very uptight.
Lani: Are you always this uptight? I mean, relax. You look so tense.*turns herself onto her side so she can look at Mondo*
Mondo:*trying to relax, lies next to Lani* So..Lani, you can't remember anything?
Lani: No..I don't. But one question. Is James really a man? I mean, really...he, well..he..
Mondo: I know what you mean. And yes, he is a man. Well, a male. Not a man quite yet. He's still got some growing up to do..
Lani: Oh..one more question.
Mondo: Shoot.
Lani: Have we..you know..yet?
Mondo: Oh, no! No, we haven't..
Lani:*looks relieved* Oh good..*flips back onto her stomach and turns her gaze back to the TV*
Mondo sighs. He starts to watch TV as well.
The rest of Team Rocket was doing a happy victory dance outside the hotel.
Jessie: This must be my greatest plan ever!
Meowth: It was my plan! And it is great!
James:*singing* We're gonna capture Pikachu, we're gonna... *get smacked to head*Ow!
Jessie: No we're not! Haven't you listened at all?
James: We're not? Than why is this so great? I mean, I don't mind doing victory dance, but I'd kinda like to know why I'm doing it.
Meowth: Dis is great, 'cause Lani doesn't remember being friends with Wind so she has no prob stealing from her!
James: Oh, ok. Cool.
Jessie: And more importantly, I'm the leader of this group again! Something good out beeing her best friend...
Brock: We'll just have to change the numbers into letters!
Wind: You mean like, a= 1, b=2...?
Brock: No. Like in the cell phone. 2 means a,b or c and so on.
Wind: How do we know which letter it is?
Brock: Hmmm... I think we'll have to go guessing. Let's see, first 4. That can be either g, h or i. Next 6, m, n or o.
Wind: It could be "in". Or "go".
Brock: We'll probably figure out which once we know the next word.
Wind: Oh, I wish I had some paper and... Wait a sec*rumbles through her backbag and pulls out some paper and a pen* and actually... *goes through her stuffs little more* some aspirin! Bye, bye headache!
Brock: How much stuff do you have in that thing?
Wind: Some clean clothes, paper and pens for drawing, medication, you know, just in case, shampoo, soap, toothbrush...
Brock: Got the point! Let's just solve this riddle.
They spend about fifteen minutes putting the letters in order. Then they look at each other.
Wind:*puzzled* What jewel?
Brock:*shugs* Think we should try from our left side.
They do as they're told.
Brock: Any idea what exactly we should do?
Wind: Nope. And my eyes hurt... stupid spots...*tooks off her glasses* That helped. Now I just can't see anything...
Brock: Has anyone ever told you you've amazing eyes?
Wind:*blush* Thanks.
Mondo and Lani are still watching TV, when Jessie, James&Meowth enter the room once again.
Meowth: Dat does it. Next time we get a room, no cable TV.
Lani:*turns to look at them* Huh? You're ready? Are we gonna start soon?
Mondo: Why are you so eger to start...?
Lani: I'm hoping that doing something I've done before, will help me get my memory back. *notices everyone staring* I have done things like this, haven't I?
Jessie:*smiling* Why, of course. We do it together all the time. *whispers to Meowth* You don't think it'll trigger her memory, do you?
Meowth: I hope not...
Lani:*looking at Mondo* You don't look too thrilled. What's the matter? Wouldn't you like me to remember, remember... us?
Mondo: I would like nothing better.
Lani: Great. Let's get started!
Misty: Wow, this brownies are really, really good...*giggles* Aren't they Ashy-boy?
Ash: Yeah, they're almost as sweet as you...
Misty: Oh Ash *giggles again*...
Pikachu:^What wrong with you two?^
Ash: You saw that couple at the main hall, Misty?
Misty: Sure did.
Ash: Would you like to try what they were doing?
Misty: Though you'd never ask!*jumps up, but loses her balance and falls over*
Ash: You didn't hurt yourself, did you?*rushes up to help her, but falls to the floor as well*
Misty: Oh, I'm fun... I mean fine... I'm feeling great.
Ash: Yeah, me too! Little dizzy but...
Pikachu:^Uh oh, this can't be good...^
Wind and Brock spend about an hour trying to understand what it meant about a jewel.
Wind: Maybe the jewel isn't even in this room.
Brock: It might be that the number solving was just a part of this riddle. The real riddle might be the jewel thingy.
Wind: I think you might be onto something.
Brock: But what? What am I onto? I know it's a good idea, but it still doesn't make much sense..
Wind: No kidding..*sigh*
Lani: So, what do I do next?
Jessie: We-ell, first we have to find the annoying girl. Her name is Wind.
Lani: Wind? Isn't that an element?
James:*whispering to Mondo* Element? What's she talking about?
Mondo:*whispering* Never mind.
Jessie: Anyway, Wind usually hangs around a guy named Brock. And a small boy named Ash and a girl named Misty. Don't say anything about the names. But all of them are very annoying.
Lani: Right. Weird named people are annoying. Where do we find them?
Jessie: Y'see that's the problem. We haven't had much time to look for them since we were all so worried about how you were holding up..
Lani: Aww, that's so nice of you guys..
Mondo: We wouldn't leave your side until you woke up. Well, they*gestures to Jessie and James* did to get us some food, but that's a minor detail..
Lani: You're too good to me*hugs Mondo, then hugs Jessie, then hugs James and then Meowth*
Jessie: Right. Now we have to head to the gym.
Lani: Okay.
Team Rocket starts walking to the gym.
Misty and Ash were lying in a heap on the floor giggling their heads off when the man came in to check up on them.
Misty:*dreamy voice* Oh hi..I'd like a banana split.
Ash:*giggling* The special recipe kind..
Misty: Oh, yes please!*seems to have a few screws lose in her head, eventhough we know it's just the
"special" brownies they had that caused this..*
The man: You may have some more brownies if you will come with me to another room.
Misty: Anything for a banana split with crumbled brownies on top!
Ash: Mmmmmm...
The man:*smiling* Just follow me.
Misty gets up, trips and falls down. She gets up again, helps Ash up and together they try to walk behind the man. They make it somehow, with a whole lot of swaying. Pikachu follows them trying to avoid not being squashed if they happen to fall down..
The man leads them to a green room. Everything in there is green. There is a mirror on one of the walls. And a door next to it. Misty, giggling like a lunatic, walks over to the green bean bag they have. She plops down on it.
Ash: Hey-y-y! I want to sit on it too!
Misty: Well, come then!
Ash: I will!*walks towards Misty*
Just as Ash is close enough, he trips and falls in head first into Misty's lap.
Brock: If we assume, that we're not supposed to really find a jewel.
Wind: Ok. It does make some sence, since these were supposed to be riddles, not dares.
Brock: But does it lead us to anything?
Wind: Do we take only the number part, or the whole thing.
Brock: We'll the first line was more or less to help to figure out those numbers…
Wind: So, just: Go left and find a jewel? That's not reasonable!
Brock: you think we're missing something here?
(Well, the author is so, probably you are as well…)
Wind: Aaaaargh! I give up! I don't care about these goddamned riddles…*sits to the floor*
Brock: Hey! You just give up?! You're gonna be stuck here for good! You're not getting anywhere with that kinda attidute.
Wind:*hugging her legs, muttering* I know. I don't care. Why should I? No one does…
Brock: Lots of people do, care for each other, that is. Don't you care for Ash&Misty? They can be in troubles you know…
Wind: That's very unfair*gets up*. Fine, let's try one more time.
One could say Brock was right. Ash and Misty weren't doing that great. Well, depends, who you ask from. From their own point of view, they'd never been better. From Pikachu's view, they were seriously disturbed. They are sharing the beanbag, which mean they're in each other's arms. Although, the situation would be more or less same without the beanbag. They're whishpering to each other's ears and giggling like schoolgirls.
Pikachu:^Um, Ash? Ash?!^
Ash: Not no Pikachu.
Pikachu:^Shouldn't we be heading for the next town and badge? Or at least be looking for Wind and Brock^
Misty: Brock and Wind? Who are they?
Ash:*shakes his head* I have no idea. But if you wanna know, I'll find out, just for you…
Misty: Oh, you don't have to Ash. I don't care, as long as you're with me…
Ash: I'll always be with you Mist…
Pikachu:^Puh-leez! That's just too much syrap for one day^
Ash: Relax, Pikachu! Have another apple. Taste those brownies. Have fun!
Misty: Are you relaxed Ashy?
Ash: Sure, why do you ask?
Misty: I just thought that maybe I should help you to relax…
Ash: I think, I'm actually pretty tensed…
Pikachu:^Hey, have some consern for me too! Oh, I gotta get out from here…^
Team Rocket was walking towards the gym.
Lani: Jessie? We've been friends for a long time, right?
Jessie: Sure we have! Why?
Lani: What do we usually do together?
Jessie: Well… I love shopping, so we do that. Sometimes go to movies. Watch TV. And talk, we tell everything to each other*gives Lani a smile*
Lani: Ok. So you don't mind answering to one more question? I know pretty much how things are, but… How's James connected to any of us?
Jessie: He's my best fr…
Meowth:*cutting in* Da best boyfriend she has ever had.
Lani:*eyes very wide* You two are dating?
Meowth: *before Jessie can disagree* Yes dey are. In fact, you're da one who got 'em together.
Lani: I am?
Jessie:*forces a smile to her face* Yes, you are and I'm forever grateful to you.*gives an evil glare to Meowth*,*to Lani* Now, why don't you go to talk with Mondo?
Lani: I guess that would be a good thing, to get to know my boyfriend* laughs little*
After she's gone futher, so that she can't hear, Jessie turns to Meowth, eyes flaming with anger.
Jessie: What was that?!?
Meowth: Hey, I just stopped you from screwing up da whole plan!
Jessie: Oh, I'm sure that was just it…
James:*walking to them* What are you arguing about?
Meowth: Nothing. Jessie just doesn't like da fact dat you're her boyfriend from now on.
James:*face lights up* I am?
Jessie: That's what Meowth*glares at the cat* told Lani.
James: But… but…*getting wobbly eyes* you don't like the idea dating me?
Meowth: No, she hates it! *gets hit by Jessie's mallet* Ow!
James:*hurt* You don't want to be my girlfriend!
Jessie: I didn't say that!
James:*happy* Then you wanna be my girlfriend!
Jessie: No!
James starts sobbing, Jessie can't decide should she hit him or try to comfort him. She does the first one.
Jessie: Now, don't act like an idiot James! I don't want have an imbesil as a boyfriend.
James: Ok…*hopeful* You think you could stop hitting me, while we're dating?
Jessie just glares at him.
Wind and Brock search the whole spotty room that they're trapped in. Wind presses her hands against a spot on the wall and suddely the whole wall starts to move, taking Wind with it.
Wind: Brock!!
Brock: I'm coming!!*races to be able to go where-ever Wind is going to with the wall*
They clutch each other(their version of the fearhug), and watch with wide eyes what's going to happen next. The wall stop moving and now they're in complete darkness.
Wind: Brock?!*nervously*
Brock:*gulp* Yeah?
Wind: *voice wavering *You don't happen to have a flashlight with you?
Brock: Uh..no..
Wind: Okay..now what?
Brock: We'll be fine..I hope..
Wind: Just don't let go, I don't want to get lost alone..
Brock:*squeezing Wind harder* I won't..
Meanwhile, on the other side of the building, Misty and Ash are up to their own fun not knowing that Wind and Brock are trapped in some dark musty room..
Ash: Ooh, that feels good..
Misty: I'd do anything for my sweetie pie..*continues on massaging Ash's shoulders*
(what in the world did you think this was? I mean they're not even teenagers yet!)
Ash: Oh, oh, right there!
Misty: Here?
Ash: Uh-huh. That feels soo good.
Misty:*walks to the front of Ash* Did you really like it? Do you think I could become a professional masseuse?
Ash: Oh yeah. Now it's my turn to return the favor.
Misty: Alright. I'll just sit on your lap then..
Ash: Oh please do..
Pikachu:^Oh please, not again!^
Almost arriving at their destination, Lani is trying to find out more anout her and Mondo's past..
Lani: So, how long have we been dating?
Mondo: Well.. do you mean the first we went out on a date, or when we decided to go steady?
Lani: Both.
Mondo: Oh..uh..okay..well..*looks at Meowth giving him an expression that says HELP!*..We went out on our first date about a year ago. We went to the movies.
Lani: Were we already then helping Jessie and James?
Mondo: No.
Lani: Oh, okay. So we met them after we got together?
Mondo: uh, yeah..
Lani: Great! Now I know some more of our past.
Meowth:*whispering to Mondo* That went well..
Mondo:*whispering to Meowth* You'd better tell those two what I just told her so that our stories don't get mixed up.
Meowth nods and goes to talk with Jessie and James.
Mondo:*turns back to Lani* So..*he decides to be brave and takes ahold of Lani's hand* What were we talking about?*shoots a quick look at Lani*
Lani:*looks at first surprised by Mondo's action then is smiling like there is no tomorrow* Oh..nothing special. We can just walk in silence if that's what you want.
Mondo smiles back.
To Be Continue…
More special brownies coming to your way! Who will be the next victem?? Also, pokéshippers, what did you think?*grin*. Anywayz, stay stunned for part 6! Yes, and we still like reviews…