Where are we?" Joe asked. Misty gave him a very annoyed look.
"Yeah I've figured it out since the last time you asked me which was oh twenty seconds ago"
"Why don't you carry a map, would that be the mature responcible"
"ENOUGH! You'll scare away the water Pokemon" Misty yelled at him.
Joe turned around and looked at Misty quizically
"The water Pokemon?" he asked, doubtfully.
"Yeah that's what I said and they'll be scared off so zip it" she barked at him.
"It would be nice to get somewhat of a better excuse than that. I mean is that the only excuse that was worthwhile for me!" Joe grumbled, following Misty. She spun around and fixed with him with one of if looks that could kill looks.
Joe snapped his mouth shut and thought it better to keep it closed. Misty nodded and gave him a 'keep it up' smile.
They both turned around when they heard splashing from the river beside them. A small Magikarp was frantically splashing and was wearing himself out. Misty ran over.
"Hey slow down there, you tire yourself out too much" she said trying to get a grip of the insane Pokemon.
"I think he's trying to get us to go that way," Joe said pointing in the direction that the Magikarp was frantically splashing towards.
"Maybe he's like a dolphin" he continued. Misty gave him a skeptical look but said nothing.
"That is exactly what dolphins do," Joe cried at her.
"Why don't you believe me? What would I gain from lying in fact I think that"
"DOPLHINS DON'T EXIST IN THIS WORLD. THEY'RE LEGENDARY CREATURES SO I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT DOLPHINS!"
"There's no dolphins here? Wow you guys don't know what your missing" Joe remarked as they walked along.
"Are you kidding me, why would we need more water creatures who can do something special. Any creature can jump but have you ever seen a dolphin use a hyper beam"
"Yes once" Joe chuckled.
Misty looked at him doubtfully.
"Ok never" he confessed
"Thought so, c'mon the town must be this way"
Misty pulled out a Pokeball and tossed it at the Magikarp. It was easily captured.
"Now we can bring it to a Pokemon centre" she explained.
"So now can we go?"
"For such a chicken, you're sure impatient"
"Awhhh look at him " Mimi coooed.
Ash and Tai sighed. They were leading, Matt and Tk and Tracey were behind them and the three girls and Digimon brought up the rear. The girls had stopped AGAIN to giggle about Togepi.
"How did you guys get anywhere?" Tai asked.
"Well the only girl we have is Misty and she's his trainer so she's not all giggley all the time and when she does there always to guys around and we can pretty much push her forward in front of us"
"Of course that results in pain for us but it gets her back to normal. Just don't get her started on water Pokemon" Tracey added.
"Even we haven't figured out how a defence against that" Ash added.
Togepi giggled and looked around suddenly aware that among the females were fussing over him, his Mommy wasn't there. In fact he hadn't seen his Mommy in a while. What good were all these people if none of them were his Mommy?
His eyes started watering as he looked around frantically.
Everyone watched as the small baby egg scurried around quite upset. He gave Ash pleading eyes.
"Oh boy" Ash muttered.
"What's going on?" Izzy asked.
"Um well I think that Togepi may be noticing the absence of someone kinda important"
"His Mom" everyone said as one when they all picked up instantly on what Tracey was getting at.
"So now what happens?" Matt asked.
"Have you any cotton wool, cause I would recommend using them as ear plugs about.now" Ash said, just as Togepi began his ear splitting wail.
Everyone's hands flew up to their ears instantly, trying to block out the sound.
"How do we stop him?" Tk yelled.
"Find his Mom" Kari yelled back.
"But that's out problem in the first place" Mimi roared,
"So we just get the next town quickly, eventually the kid's gonna fall asleep or be quiet or something"
"Did leaving Tk along when he was a baby and crying work?" Sora asked, yelling. Matt went quiet for a second.
"I don't know I was bout five when he was two"
"Yeah babies don't just stop crying after twenty minutes," she yelled.
"Ok guys the next town is over this way" Tracey yelled, pointing in a westerly direction.
A young man wearing a large trench coat and a hat casting a shadow over his face sat on the bench near the Pokemon center. He was looking down and the over all impression of this man was that he was a suspicious individual. He looked over at the gate and looked curiously at a pair who had just entered the town. Standing up, he brushed himself off and approached the pair very cautiously. He kept a very low profile and the pair didn't notice him at all.
Everything suddenly went quiet and everyone stopped. Togepi cried himself to sleep. The group let out a sigh of relief and continued heading through the forest.
"What was that you were saying? Babies don't fall asleep after twenty minutes? Well he did so that would make me right and you wrong, wouldn't it?" Matt asked, teasingly.
"It does make a change, in fact I'm too stunned to speak. I find myself filled with such a respect for you words can't express it" Sora answered, sarcasm dripping from her voice
"So where are we going anyway?" Matt asked.
"Well I think if we go this way" Tracey began.
"The stars are in line, follow them" Ash said, in a voice that wasn't his own. Everyone turned around and faced him with puzzled expressions.
"Say what?" Tai asked
Ash's eyes were glazed over and he spoke in an eerie voice completely different to his on upbeat voice
"Ash, what are you talking about?" Tracey asked, worried.
"Maybe he has a concussion" Kari suggested.
"No it means something, something we're not getting but it's there" Sora replied.
Ash yawned and stretched his arms above his head.
"I am exhausted. I was fine two seconds ago," he said, in his normal tone.
"Noooo, you were telling us that the time is now and to follow the stars" Matt pointed.
"I don't even know my starsign, I don't think I let them lead me. Besides there's nothing mystical about stars"
"But you were just saying, you don't remember do you?" Izzy asked.
"Clearly not, now are we trying to find a town or just questioning me?"
Everyone continued, but they were quiet. They stopped when they saw something that was reason for rejoice. A lively bustling town at the foot of the mountain.
"That's the town"
"Where we're supposed to be?"
"Of course"
"Misty are you ok?" Joe asked.
Misty held out her hands to steady herself.
"Yeah, totally I just got a dizzy spell" she replied casually.
"Excuse me, I thought the young lady was in trouble" a voice stated from behind them making them both jump.
The man in the trenchcoat was standing behind them.
"No, it's ok Mister. I just felt a bit dizzy and my friend"
"My Dad's a doctor"
"Yeah was helping me. Its nothing" Misty explained, giving him a sweet smile. That usually assured anyone of anything she was saying. And sometimes that was necessary, Ash and Tracey had both gotten out of some binds by getting Misty to smile innocently or just smile a certain way.
"It's you isn't it?" the man asked.
"Yay a town now I can have a bubblebath and go shopping and get a manicure and change clothes and get a haircut" Mimi giggled as she listed the tasks on her fingers.
"At least she's got her priorities straight" Tai remarked sarcastically.
"It scares me to think that those are literally her priorities" Sora added.
"You can take the girl out of the mall but you can't take the mall out of the girl" Matt remarked.
You can fit a whole shopping mall inside someone? Cool!" Tk asked,
"It's an expression, Tk" Kari explained
"Where's the next p.c?" Izzy asked, interrupting the confusing and quite frankly weird conversation.
"There should be one at the next Pokemon centre, which is where we'll probably meet the others" Tracey replied.
"So lets get going"
"And then maybe I could get a massage, I've had a lot of stress"
"Mimi? How do you plan to afford any of this? Our money is useless here?"
"Well I um..Shoot!"
"Doesn't that really depend on who your definition of who 'you' is?" Misty asked, looking at the man cloaked in mystery.
"Hmmm, feisty isn't she?" the man asked Joe.
"I'd call it spunk myself, well actually I myself would call it something completely else" Joe answered.
"Hey!"
"Its you!" the man yelled and flung his arms around her.
Misty shook her head and stepped back, in shock.
"No way, it couldn't be," she said, looking at him in amazement.
"Who? What? Where? How?" Joe cried, completely bemused
"Hey, look. Joe and Misty" Tk cried.
The group had just arrived at the entrance to town and saw a tall boy, a red headed girl and an unknown mysterious person with them. Then to everyone's surprise Misty let out a delighted scream and trapped the man in a tight embrace.
"Hey it's, there's way too many names to list off" Misty remarked, looking over at the group who had just arrived in town
"The gang is here" Joe filled in.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" the man, asked.
"This is Joe, he's one of the friends we've all met"
"Misty, Joe" voices yelled out.
Misty placed a hand on her hip and gave them a cocky smile.
"So you guys finally made it?"
"Hey we would have been here quicker if we didn't have problems with Togepi crying all the time"
"Why didn't you just sing him his lullaby, that always works?"
Togepi hopped out of Pikachus grasp and trotted towards Misty as quickly as he could. Misty looked down at Togepi with both hands on her hips and an angry expression.
"Young man, didn't I tell you to be on your best behavior for these guys today"
"Excuse me, I'm still here" the man said impatiently.
"Yeah what's the deal with you?" Tai asked.
Misty whispered something to Ash, who turned to look at her skeptically.
"Tch yeah right" he said sarcastically.
Misty placed her hand on her hip again.
"Totally" she protested.
"He's back with Professor Ivy remember?"
"That name" the man cried and scrunched up in a small ball on the ground.
"Brock?" Ash asked.
"What the?" everyone else asked.
"So this is a Pokemon center?" Izzy asked.
"Why did he turn blue?" Matt asked.
"Who is this guy?" Tai asked.
"He's Brock, he used to travel around with us but then after awhile he decided to stay with Professor Ivy"
"Don't mention that name" Brock groaned as he collapsed on the ground in his ball position.
"Oww Brock you're on my foot" Misty cried, trying to pull her foot out from under him.
"That name" he groaned.
"My foot" Misty complained. She was now using her hands to try and pull her foot out. Matt grabbed onto her waist and tried to help pulled her foot out. Tai Sora and Joe joined in.
"I don't think we even introduced ourselves" Mimi began, politely.
"Oh I'm sorry," Brock said, springing up.
"Whoa" Misty cried as she went flying back.
Brock turned around and saw Misty, Tai, Matt, Sora and Joe in a people pile behind them.
"What are you guys doing down there?" he asked.
The five members of the 'people pile' sweatdropped and began to untangle themselves.
"I know I was hard to replace but it really takes nine other people to replace me?"
"Hey don't let your ego get so big it could eclipse the sun or even Ash's ego. It's a long story" Misty replied.
A man in black business suit, sauntered past, a small blue mobile phone clung to his ear. He wore a stylish pair of armani sunglasses and seemed out of place in the town of young trainers and people in casual clothes. He stopped and peered over his shades at the group.
"Step forward" he commanded to Mimi. She did as she was told. The others watched with curiousity.
"Hmmm, nice figure, pretty face, impressive hair. An actor?" he asked.
Mimi beamed at the man and shook her head.
"Singer" she replied.
"Sing a few bars"
Mimi sang the first two bars of a Trisha Yearwood song. He interrupted her abruptly.
"Not a singer, a model is what I would recommend"
Mimi made face at him.
"You strike me as a singer" he continued, pointing at Sora.
"No way" she protested
"I see, excellent I can take you both under my wing. Make you into a model, you'll be the next Claudia Schiffer and I can make you into a singer. Spunky yet sweet will be your image.
"Who is this guy" Tai growled to Misty who stood next to Tai. She folded her arms across her chest and tilted her head.
"Never met him " she answered.
"You" he cried pointing at Misty.
"Oh oh" she whispered.
"Your in trouble" Tai taunted.
"Thanks for the support"
"I know you," the man said.
"No you don't" Misty argued.
"Yes I do"
"No you don't"
"Yes I do"
"No you don't"
"ENOUGH! I know that figure, that posture, those legs and butt"
"Hey!"
"The attitude, the face, those eyes, the gestures, the energy of a true performer crackling around you"
"I am not a performer"
"She's got the blood of performers flowing through her veins. The blood of beautiful elegant talented beauties" Brock said, nearly drooling.
"Your from Cerulean gym aren't you, the sensational sisters of Cerulean, aren't you? I tried to get to get them to join my talent agency but they refused. I wonder if you're anything like your sisters. I'll tell you what; I have a talent search going on. All my best acts are with me and we're trying to find new talent. We're staying at the hotel just down the street, if you decide to see if you have a talent worthy of millions of fans to see drop by. That includes the model and singer over there. You girls have what it takes"
After delivering this monologue, the man whipped out his mobile phone that had just started to ring. He began talking fluently in showbiz talk; he winked at them and walked off again.
"You know I owe it to myself to see if I have any potential as a model, I might just moesy on over there for two minutes and"
"Na ah, you're sticking with us, Mimi. Somehow I think being one of the only kids in the world who can save it, is more important then finding out if you'd make a good model"
"I'm going to have to go with Sora on this one, unless we ever have to battle photographermon, we won't be needing any modelling expertee's" Tai added.
"Ahh Tai, always the gallant gentlemen, ready to defend his maiden at any time" Matt teased.
Tai and Sora both blushed.
"How cute" Mimi squealled.
"I was just backing up a friend" Tai snapped. Joe sauntered over to him wearing a smirk.
"And how many more times will you two 'back each other up'" he asked,
"It is entertaining. You guys always back each other up and few times that you don't, your mad at each other or just mocking each other" Izzy added.
Tk and Kari looked at each other, confused.
"What are they on about?" Tk asked.
"Something to do with Tai and Sora, when you get older you stop making sense."
"It won't happen to us," Tk said confidently.
"How come?"
"Because I won't let it happen and if it does HAVE to happen, I'm going to make sure it's with somebody who get all mushy and gross"
"Would I get gross about it?"
"Nope, your ok for a girl"
"So what does that mean"
"I guess it means that if I HAVE to fall in love with someone I guess it would be you" Tk replied and gave Kari a cute innocent smile.
"Promise?" she asked.
"Yup, forever and a day"
"I don't think it works that way" Kari remarked but he was gone. She smiled and rubbed her arm.
{If he's right, growing up won't be so bad. I sure hope he remembers what he said just there forever, I will}
"Wait up" Kari yelled running after Tk.
"You know what they say about teasing each other. You always hurt the ones you love"
"So your name is Brock" Tai yelled out suddenly, grabbing any oppurtunity available to get away from the conversation.
Ash, Brock, Tracey, Misty and Pikachu were sitting on a patch of grass, talking among themselves quietly and they looked like they were discussing something of vital importance. Brock looked over and stood up.
Ash Misty and Tracey continued talking away about something, which seemed serious and they talked in almost whispers.
"Yeah, nice to meet cha. They were telling me about you guys. It sounds very exciting"
"Excuse me but when do we get to go to a p.c my laptop is beginning to run low" Izzy asked impatiently.
"C'mon lets go" Brock began.
They group walked into a pokemon centre.
"Do either of your young ladies have older sisters by any chance?" Brock asked Mimi and Sora.
They both shook their heads.
"Damn" he murmered walking away.
Ash and Misty stood frozen to the spot.
"This is not good" Ash stated.
"No kidding"
"Whats the prob.. oh" Tai asked. The center wasn't particulry filled up, there was a largeish number of people and they were crowding around the p.c.
There was something wrong with the p.c and they were trying to fix it. The small room with the p.c was very crowded.
The groups Digivice's started to glow and beep.
"Whatever is wrong with that pc has something to with the Digital world" Izzy stated.
"And how do you explain that? Yeah only I can fix this pc because my friends and I live in a Digital world and this is a problem connecting to our world?" Ash snapped.
"He's right," Matt admitted.
"We need a distraction, but what could be that distracting without giving us away?" Sora asked.
"Someone screaming" Mimi suggested.
"Yeah people can't scream that long, people would stop caring bout the screaming after ten minutes and we'd all get thrown out."
"Sometimes Mimi you say the most ridiculous things" Joe complained.
"Actually I think that could be one of the smartest things anyone has said today with a little adjusting of course" Misty remarked thoughtfully.
Everyone looked at her quizically. She was deep in thought. She looked up from here train of thoughts with a determined smile.
"Ok you guys try and get hold of the p.c and just do that you can, I'll be back A.S.A.P."
With that she raced out of the Pokemon center leaving the others stunned.
To be continued
I am so sorry about the delay nut I had my junior cert, which was the most important exam of my life.
"Yeah I've figured it out since the last time you asked me which was oh twenty seconds ago"
"Why don't you carry a map, would that be the mature responcible"
"ENOUGH! You'll scare away the water Pokemon" Misty yelled at him.
Joe turned around and looked at Misty quizically
"The water Pokemon?" he asked, doubtfully.
"Yeah that's what I said and they'll be scared off so zip it" she barked at him.
"It would be nice to get somewhat of a better excuse than that. I mean is that the only excuse that was worthwhile for me!" Joe grumbled, following Misty. She spun around and fixed with him with one of if looks that could kill looks.
Joe snapped his mouth shut and thought it better to keep it closed. Misty nodded and gave him a 'keep it up' smile.
They both turned around when they heard splashing from the river beside them. A small Magikarp was frantically splashing and was wearing himself out. Misty ran over.
"Hey slow down there, you tire yourself out too much" she said trying to get a grip of the insane Pokemon.
"I think he's trying to get us to go that way," Joe said pointing in the direction that the Magikarp was frantically splashing towards.
"Maybe he's like a dolphin" he continued. Misty gave him a skeptical look but said nothing.
"That is exactly what dolphins do," Joe cried at her.
"Why don't you believe me? What would I gain from lying in fact I think that"
"DOPLHINS DON'T EXIST IN THIS WORLD. THEY'RE LEGENDARY CREATURES SO I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT DOLPHINS!"
"There's no dolphins here? Wow you guys don't know what your missing" Joe remarked as they walked along.
"Are you kidding me, why would we need more water creatures who can do something special. Any creature can jump but have you ever seen a dolphin use a hyper beam"
"Yes once" Joe chuckled.
Misty looked at him doubtfully.
"Ok never" he confessed
"Thought so, c'mon the town must be this way"
Misty pulled out a Pokeball and tossed it at the Magikarp. It was easily captured.
"Now we can bring it to a Pokemon centre" she explained.
"So now can we go?"
"For such a chicken, you're sure impatient"
"Awhhh look at him " Mimi coooed.
Ash and Tai sighed. They were leading, Matt and Tk and Tracey were behind them and the three girls and Digimon brought up the rear. The girls had stopped AGAIN to giggle about Togepi.
"How did you guys get anywhere?" Tai asked.
"Well the only girl we have is Misty and she's his trainer so she's not all giggley all the time and when she does there always to guys around and we can pretty much push her forward in front of us"
"Of course that results in pain for us but it gets her back to normal. Just don't get her started on water Pokemon" Tracey added.
"Even we haven't figured out how a defence against that" Ash added.
Togepi giggled and looked around suddenly aware that among the females were fussing over him, his Mommy wasn't there. In fact he hadn't seen his Mommy in a while. What good were all these people if none of them were his Mommy?
His eyes started watering as he looked around frantically.
Everyone watched as the small baby egg scurried around quite upset. He gave Ash pleading eyes.
"Oh boy" Ash muttered.
"What's going on?" Izzy asked.
"Um well I think that Togepi may be noticing the absence of someone kinda important"
"His Mom" everyone said as one when they all picked up instantly on what Tracey was getting at.
"So now what happens?" Matt asked.
"Have you any cotton wool, cause I would recommend using them as ear plugs about.now" Ash said, just as Togepi began his ear splitting wail.
Everyone's hands flew up to their ears instantly, trying to block out the sound.
"How do we stop him?" Tk yelled.
"Find his Mom" Kari yelled back.
"But that's out problem in the first place" Mimi roared,
"So we just get the next town quickly, eventually the kid's gonna fall asleep or be quiet or something"
"Did leaving Tk along when he was a baby and crying work?" Sora asked, yelling. Matt went quiet for a second.
"I don't know I was bout five when he was two"
"Yeah babies don't just stop crying after twenty minutes," she yelled.
"Ok guys the next town is over this way" Tracey yelled, pointing in a westerly direction.
A young man wearing a large trench coat and a hat casting a shadow over his face sat on the bench near the Pokemon center. He was looking down and the over all impression of this man was that he was a suspicious individual. He looked over at the gate and looked curiously at a pair who had just entered the town. Standing up, he brushed himself off and approached the pair very cautiously. He kept a very low profile and the pair didn't notice him at all.
Everything suddenly went quiet and everyone stopped. Togepi cried himself to sleep. The group let out a sigh of relief and continued heading through the forest.
"What was that you were saying? Babies don't fall asleep after twenty minutes? Well he did so that would make me right and you wrong, wouldn't it?" Matt asked, teasingly.
"It does make a change, in fact I'm too stunned to speak. I find myself filled with such a respect for you words can't express it" Sora answered, sarcasm dripping from her voice
"So where are we going anyway?" Matt asked.
"Well I think if we go this way" Tracey began.
"The stars are in line, follow them" Ash said, in a voice that wasn't his own. Everyone turned around and faced him with puzzled expressions.
"Say what?" Tai asked
Ash's eyes were glazed over and he spoke in an eerie voice completely different to his on upbeat voice
"Ash, what are you talking about?" Tracey asked, worried.
"Maybe he has a concussion" Kari suggested.
"No it means something, something we're not getting but it's there" Sora replied.
Ash yawned and stretched his arms above his head.
"I am exhausted. I was fine two seconds ago," he said, in his normal tone.
"Noooo, you were telling us that the time is now and to follow the stars" Matt pointed.
"I don't even know my starsign, I don't think I let them lead me. Besides there's nothing mystical about stars"
"But you were just saying, you don't remember do you?" Izzy asked.
"Clearly not, now are we trying to find a town or just questioning me?"
Everyone continued, but they were quiet. They stopped when they saw something that was reason for rejoice. A lively bustling town at the foot of the mountain.
"That's the town"
"Where we're supposed to be?"
"Of course"
"Misty are you ok?" Joe asked.
Misty held out her hands to steady herself.
"Yeah, totally I just got a dizzy spell" she replied casually.
"Excuse me, I thought the young lady was in trouble" a voice stated from behind them making them both jump.
The man in the trenchcoat was standing behind them.
"No, it's ok Mister. I just felt a bit dizzy and my friend"
"My Dad's a doctor"
"Yeah was helping me. Its nothing" Misty explained, giving him a sweet smile. That usually assured anyone of anything she was saying. And sometimes that was necessary, Ash and Tracey had both gotten out of some binds by getting Misty to smile innocently or just smile a certain way.
"It's you isn't it?" the man asked.
"Yay a town now I can have a bubblebath and go shopping and get a manicure and change clothes and get a haircut" Mimi giggled as she listed the tasks on her fingers.
"At least she's got her priorities straight" Tai remarked sarcastically.
"It scares me to think that those are literally her priorities" Sora added.
"You can take the girl out of the mall but you can't take the mall out of the girl" Matt remarked.
You can fit a whole shopping mall inside someone? Cool!" Tk asked,
"It's an expression, Tk" Kari explained
"Where's the next p.c?" Izzy asked, interrupting the confusing and quite frankly weird conversation.
"There should be one at the next Pokemon centre, which is where we'll probably meet the others" Tracey replied.
"So lets get going"
"And then maybe I could get a massage, I've had a lot of stress"
"Mimi? How do you plan to afford any of this? Our money is useless here?"
"Well I um..Shoot!"
"Doesn't that really depend on who your definition of who 'you' is?" Misty asked, looking at the man cloaked in mystery.
"Hmmm, feisty isn't she?" the man asked Joe.
"I'd call it spunk myself, well actually I myself would call it something completely else" Joe answered.
"Hey!"
"Its you!" the man yelled and flung his arms around her.
Misty shook her head and stepped back, in shock.
"No way, it couldn't be," she said, looking at him in amazement.
"Who? What? Where? How?" Joe cried, completely bemused
"Hey, look. Joe and Misty" Tk cried.
The group had just arrived at the entrance to town and saw a tall boy, a red headed girl and an unknown mysterious person with them. Then to everyone's surprise Misty let out a delighted scream and trapped the man in a tight embrace.
"Hey it's, there's way too many names to list off" Misty remarked, looking over at the group who had just arrived in town
"The gang is here" Joe filled in.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" the man, asked.
"This is Joe, he's one of the friends we've all met"
"Misty, Joe" voices yelled out.
Misty placed a hand on her hip and gave them a cocky smile.
"So you guys finally made it?"
"Hey we would have been here quicker if we didn't have problems with Togepi crying all the time"
"Why didn't you just sing him his lullaby, that always works?"
Togepi hopped out of Pikachus grasp and trotted towards Misty as quickly as he could. Misty looked down at Togepi with both hands on her hips and an angry expression.
"Young man, didn't I tell you to be on your best behavior for these guys today"
"Excuse me, I'm still here" the man said impatiently.
"Yeah what's the deal with you?" Tai asked.
Misty whispered something to Ash, who turned to look at her skeptically.
"Tch yeah right" he said sarcastically.
Misty placed her hand on her hip again.
"Totally" she protested.
"He's back with Professor Ivy remember?"
"That name" the man cried and scrunched up in a small ball on the ground.
"Brock?" Ash asked.
"What the?" everyone else asked.
"So this is a Pokemon center?" Izzy asked.
"Why did he turn blue?" Matt asked.
"Who is this guy?" Tai asked.
"He's Brock, he used to travel around with us but then after awhile he decided to stay with Professor Ivy"
"Don't mention that name" Brock groaned as he collapsed on the ground in his ball position.
"Oww Brock you're on my foot" Misty cried, trying to pull her foot out from under him.
"That name" he groaned.
"My foot" Misty complained. She was now using her hands to try and pull her foot out. Matt grabbed onto her waist and tried to help pulled her foot out. Tai Sora and Joe joined in.
"I don't think we even introduced ourselves" Mimi began, politely.
"Oh I'm sorry," Brock said, springing up.
"Whoa" Misty cried as she went flying back.
Brock turned around and saw Misty, Tai, Matt, Sora and Joe in a people pile behind them.
"What are you guys doing down there?" he asked.
The five members of the 'people pile' sweatdropped and began to untangle themselves.
"I know I was hard to replace but it really takes nine other people to replace me?"
"Hey don't let your ego get so big it could eclipse the sun or even Ash's ego. It's a long story" Misty replied.
A man in black business suit, sauntered past, a small blue mobile phone clung to his ear. He wore a stylish pair of armani sunglasses and seemed out of place in the town of young trainers and people in casual clothes. He stopped and peered over his shades at the group.
"Step forward" he commanded to Mimi. She did as she was told. The others watched with curiousity.
"Hmmm, nice figure, pretty face, impressive hair. An actor?" he asked.
Mimi beamed at the man and shook her head.
"Singer" she replied.
"Sing a few bars"
Mimi sang the first two bars of a Trisha Yearwood song. He interrupted her abruptly.
"Not a singer, a model is what I would recommend"
Mimi made face at him.
"You strike me as a singer" he continued, pointing at Sora.
"No way" she protested
"I see, excellent I can take you both under my wing. Make you into a model, you'll be the next Claudia Schiffer and I can make you into a singer. Spunky yet sweet will be your image.
"Who is this guy" Tai growled to Misty who stood next to Tai. She folded her arms across her chest and tilted her head.
"Never met him " she answered.
"You" he cried pointing at Misty.
"Oh oh" she whispered.
"Your in trouble" Tai taunted.
"Thanks for the support"
"I know you," the man said.
"No you don't" Misty argued.
"Yes I do"
"No you don't"
"Yes I do"
"No you don't"
"ENOUGH! I know that figure, that posture, those legs and butt"
"Hey!"
"The attitude, the face, those eyes, the gestures, the energy of a true performer crackling around you"
"I am not a performer"
"She's got the blood of performers flowing through her veins. The blood of beautiful elegant talented beauties" Brock said, nearly drooling.
"Your from Cerulean gym aren't you, the sensational sisters of Cerulean, aren't you? I tried to get to get them to join my talent agency but they refused. I wonder if you're anything like your sisters. I'll tell you what; I have a talent search going on. All my best acts are with me and we're trying to find new talent. We're staying at the hotel just down the street, if you decide to see if you have a talent worthy of millions of fans to see drop by. That includes the model and singer over there. You girls have what it takes"
After delivering this monologue, the man whipped out his mobile phone that had just started to ring. He began talking fluently in showbiz talk; he winked at them and walked off again.
"You know I owe it to myself to see if I have any potential as a model, I might just moesy on over there for two minutes and"
"Na ah, you're sticking with us, Mimi. Somehow I think being one of the only kids in the world who can save it, is more important then finding out if you'd make a good model"
"I'm going to have to go with Sora on this one, unless we ever have to battle photographermon, we won't be needing any modelling expertee's" Tai added.
"Ahh Tai, always the gallant gentlemen, ready to defend his maiden at any time" Matt teased.
Tai and Sora both blushed.
"How cute" Mimi squealled.
"I was just backing up a friend" Tai snapped. Joe sauntered over to him wearing a smirk.
"And how many more times will you two 'back each other up'" he asked,
"It is entertaining. You guys always back each other up and few times that you don't, your mad at each other or just mocking each other" Izzy added.
Tk and Kari looked at each other, confused.
"What are they on about?" Tk asked.
"Something to do with Tai and Sora, when you get older you stop making sense."
"It won't happen to us," Tk said confidently.
"How come?"
"Because I won't let it happen and if it does HAVE to happen, I'm going to make sure it's with somebody who get all mushy and gross"
"Would I get gross about it?"
"Nope, your ok for a girl"
"So what does that mean"
"I guess it means that if I HAVE to fall in love with someone I guess it would be you" Tk replied and gave Kari a cute innocent smile.
"Promise?" she asked.
"Yup, forever and a day"
"I don't think it works that way" Kari remarked but he was gone. She smiled and rubbed her arm.
{If he's right, growing up won't be so bad. I sure hope he remembers what he said just there forever, I will}
"Wait up" Kari yelled running after Tk.
"You know what they say about teasing each other. You always hurt the ones you love"
"So your name is Brock" Tai yelled out suddenly, grabbing any oppurtunity available to get away from the conversation.
Ash, Brock, Tracey, Misty and Pikachu were sitting on a patch of grass, talking among themselves quietly and they looked like they were discussing something of vital importance. Brock looked over and stood up.
Ash Misty and Tracey continued talking away about something, which seemed serious and they talked in almost whispers.
"Yeah, nice to meet cha. They were telling me about you guys. It sounds very exciting"
"Excuse me but when do we get to go to a p.c my laptop is beginning to run low" Izzy asked impatiently.
"C'mon lets go" Brock began.
They group walked into a pokemon centre.
"Do either of your young ladies have older sisters by any chance?" Brock asked Mimi and Sora.
They both shook their heads.
"Damn" he murmered walking away.
Ash and Misty stood frozen to the spot.
"This is not good" Ash stated.
"No kidding"
"Whats the prob.. oh" Tai asked. The center wasn't particulry filled up, there was a largeish number of people and they were crowding around the p.c.
There was something wrong with the p.c and they were trying to fix it. The small room with the p.c was very crowded.
The groups Digivice's started to glow and beep.
"Whatever is wrong with that pc has something to with the Digital world" Izzy stated.
"And how do you explain that? Yeah only I can fix this pc because my friends and I live in a Digital world and this is a problem connecting to our world?" Ash snapped.
"He's right," Matt admitted.
"We need a distraction, but what could be that distracting without giving us away?" Sora asked.
"Someone screaming" Mimi suggested.
"Yeah people can't scream that long, people would stop caring bout the screaming after ten minutes and we'd all get thrown out."
"Sometimes Mimi you say the most ridiculous things" Joe complained.
"Actually I think that could be one of the smartest things anyone has said today with a little adjusting of course" Misty remarked thoughtfully.
Everyone looked at her quizically. She was deep in thought. She looked up from here train of thoughts with a determined smile.
"Ok you guys try and get hold of the p.c and just do that you can, I'll be back A.S.A.P."
With that she raced out of the Pokemon center leaving the others stunned.
To be continued
I am so sorry about the delay nut I had my junior cert, which was the most important exam of my life.
