***Pitfall Plan***
~~By: Kat of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek~~
Eevy slammed open the door to the Pokemon Center, again pushing past Ash and Gary who were about to shout at her, but didn't. They saw the tear strains on her face and decided not to bother her. She ran straight through the Center, past Medira, Misty and the others who all looked at each other vacantly. Medira was the only one who dared to stand up and follow Eevy and found her bawling in the grass behind the Center.
"What happened?" Medira asked quietly as she sat down next to Eevy, "Did he say something?"
"I don't know," Eevy choked, "I really don't know. I was just standing there and then I just took off. Like I couldn't stand to see him anymore. I think I'm going nuts or something."
"I don't think you're nuts. You're the sanest person I know, including myself."
Eevy just shook her head and pulled the pin from her shirt, "There's something screwy with this. I can feel it. I can feel there's something wrong here."
"It looks normal enough. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. Trust me," Eevy flung the pin away, tossing it across the yard with a little shuffling noise as it hit the grass.
"Why'd you do that?!" Medira looked at her frantically.
"I don't want it anymore. There's nothing to it."
"If you don't want it, I'll take it. I think it's pretty," she stood up and hooked the pin to her shirt, "A dragon wing and an angel wing. I get it now!"
"What? What's so special about a stupid pair of mix-matched wings?"
"Duh!" Medira shouted, sitting back down, "His name if Dragon, right?"
"So?"
"And yours is Evangelina and it means angel. Doy! The Dragon wing and angel wing! Get it?"
Eevy blinked a few times, processing that in her head. She was so upset, her sense of perception dropped and she had a tough time getting that all mapped out in her mind before it finally clicked.
"Yeah, I get it. Or at least my head thinks I do. But I still don't want it."
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Lance kicked the wall, "Stupid pin!" he shouted bitterly as the signal broke, though he didn't know why.
"Ah, calm down," Will waved his hand at him.
"Bull…" he stopped himself there, not to curse like he knew he would, "…crud."
"Have either of you two seen Jason? He's been missing since you two left," Luri looked around, "He's starting to pick up Lance's habits I think."
"Don't even joke about that," Will joked, "The last thing we need is another one of him. But no, I haven't seen him."
"Oh, you're so funny William!" Lance gave him an evil eye, "No, I haven't either."
"Don't call me that!" Will blared, "I hate that name!"
"William, William, William!" Lance took off out the door before poking his head back in, "William!"
"Get back here!" Will took off after him, "I'll get you for that, Ryujin!"
"Hey! Don't use that name in my presence, William Logos!"
"Ryujin! Ryujin!" Will could be heard shouting as he ran, "Lance Ryujin!"
"I wonder where he went to…" Luri mused as she ignored them, "He never takes off without telling someone…"
Will leaned in the door, "Hey! Lurianna Sedna!"
Luri jumped up, "What did you just call me?! I hate my name! I'll get you for that!"
Now Lance was avoiding yet chancing Will and Will was avoiding yet chancing Lance. Luri was after Will and Will was keeping his distance from Luri. What a messed up set of people…
*^~^**^~^*
Jason kicked a rock out of his way, "Stupid stone…" he mumbled.
"Master Jason?" Entei walked to his side, "What's troubling you? You're acting like Master Lance."
A quick shiver ran down Jason's spine, "Don't even say that. It's nothing really anyway."
"You're lying, Mr. Peruwa," Entei leaned into him.
"Hey, don't use my last name," Jason snapped.
"Why not? Peruwa was the Hittite god of the horse. To have the last name of a god, whether real or unreal, should be an honor."
"Stop talking."
"Sorry…Now, what's wrong?" Entei jumped in front of him and sat down, staring at him.
Jason cocked an eyebrow at him, "You know what I'm thinking of. And don't try to convince me otherwise."
"True. True. Very true."
"So why don't you tell me?"
"I don't think so. What's she like?" Entei smirked and narrowed one eye.
"Don't pry on me, Beast. I don't feel like talking."
"Would you rather I stomp your foot into the ground so you can't leave? Now, sit down."
Jason rolled his eyes, "Gee, you're real compassionate," he turned around and sat down, "What do you want me to say?"
"Who, why and more."
"Well, don't we just want all the answers?"
"Come on, out with it. Who is she?"
"Just a girl."
"Which girl?"
"You already know!" he conked Entei in the head.
"No, I didn't listen that far into your head. Who? Why?"
He mumbled something through his hand before Entei smacked his hand away, "Medira."
"Ah! Good boy, good boy!"
Jason fell backwards, "Thanks a lot."
"No problem."
Jason scowled to his side as the Beast lay down, "You're just so funny."
"I think so," Entei smirked, "Tell me more."
"You're like an annoying little gnat that just doesn't fly away! Go away!"
"No. Tell me more or I'll dice you into quarters," Entei bared his claws at Jason's face.
"You wouldn't!"
"Would you like to find out?"
"No! That's OK!" he sat up and leaned away, "I can talk without help."
"I thought as much."
Between the Beasts and Elite, Jason and Entei had the most, well, playful of the relationships. They joked a lot, and held a certain connection for pestering people. Lance and Raikou held the most confident of the connections, talking more than fighting, and Luri and Suicune came last with a strictly business friendship, as in you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Will didn't really have anyone, except occasional dreams of Lugia and Mew. They couldn't really be called bonds however, as he never actually met either of them.
"Well? Spit it out, boy!" Entei pushed Jason's side.
"Stop! You're getting my shirt all cruddy!"
"Loosen up and live a little! Medira isn't one to sit at home primping all day like you."
"I do not!"
"You do to! You wore a pure white sweater to a costume party. Am I the only one who sees just a little problem in that?"
"Shut up! If you keep that up I won't talk to you."
"My lips are sealed. Now speak."
"What am I? A Growlithe?"
"Just stop stalling!"
"Pushy, aren't we?"
Entei scuffed up a pile of dirt, "Talk now or I'll do it!"
"Don't you dare go throwing dirt at me!"
"Are you going to talk?" he flicked a little fizz of dirt off the top of the pile.
"Fine! Just don't do it! And don't you go telling Lance and Will or even Luri. I'd never hear the end of it."
"I won't say a thing," Entei would have crossed his fingers behind his back, had he had any.
Entei laughed as he noticed Jason drifting off into some kind of hypnosis/dreamland state. He flailed his paw in front of Jason's face, but he was dreaming about something, or rather someone, else.
"Entei…What am I going to do? I'm in almost the same situation as Lance and there's nothing either of us can do."
"You could always follow her, like Lance does."
"I don't think so. That's like spying only worse! You could get in serious trouble for that. Like jail time and fines and stuff. There's a way to impress someone. Getting arrested for following them."
Entei rolled over in laughter, "You-You-You never-never know!"
"What is so incredibly funny?"
"You! You're hilarious!"
"Excuse me?"
"You can't even look straight when you're thinking about her and you just laid down in mud!"
"What?!" Jason jumped up and stretched is shirt around, "Ah! Oh man! My shirt!"
Entei rolled on the ground, laughing like a hyena as Jason rung out his shirt, "That's just too good! That's rich!"
"Yes, just so funny," Jason stood there staring at him, "Actually. It is kind of funny…I suppose…"
"Now," Entei cleared his throat, "What were you saying?"
Jason shook his head at the back of his shirt, "Stupid mud…I was talking about Medira," this time he leaned on a tree, "Entei…I don't know what to say."
"What do you mean?"
"Every other time I eyed a girl, it was simply because she was there. This is different. A lot different."
"Meaning…?"
"This is the first time I ever actually liked the girl I was after. She loves Rapidash almost as much as I do. But I think…I think I love her more."
Entei looked over at him with a strange face, "Really? But you've always said nothing could ever come between you and your Pokemon, especially not Sapphire."
"I don't know Entei. I truly don't. She's just so beautiful."
"I know. I've seen her. And I also chose her."
Jason swerved to look at his friend evilly, "What do you mean 'chose her'?"
"Just that. Raikou chose Eevy, Suicune chose Will, and I chose Medira."
"You really did know! You little rat!"
*^~^**^~^*
"You're sure you're all right now? You were kind of beat up last night," Medira asked Eevy as they reached the entrance to RedWood City off of Route 55.
"I'm sure," Eevy answered as she kept glancing at the pin on Medira's shirt.
She wanted that pin back! She really, really did! Medira knew that, she was just testing her to see how long it would be before Eevy asked for it. Eevy wasn't going to ask, she didn't like doing that. She hated giving people something then demanding it back.
"Too bad Ash and Gary stayed behind," Yuu-Yuu said slightly depressed, "It was funny to watch them fight."
"That's real nice Yuu-Yuu," Sooney shook her head, "But true."
"I wanted to talk to Misty some more about her Water- types," Mizu said sadly, "She was really into them."
"I for one am glad Brock didn't come," Medira huffed, "He was getting annoying."
"Hey, look there," Jessie whispered, "It's the bimbo brigade the twerps were with."
"I bet the whole bunch of 'em are headed for this city here," Meowth pointed to the entrance to the city, "It's some place called RedWood City. It's supposed to be real nice, but real small."
"Do they have any good restaurants? I'm starving," James asked the Pokemon holding the Gertan Rin guidebook.
"Would you be quiet?" Jessie smacked them both, "And get digging! Right here on the beach. Those kids are sure to come here."
"Why do we always get stuck doing the digging?" Meowth whined, "Why don't you help?"
At Jessie's scowl, the duo began digging. Their usual pitfall plan was put in motion yet again, right in the center of the beach. The trio finished up and wandered off for the time being.
*^~^**^~^*
Medira, Eevy and the others handed over their Poke'Balls to Nurse Joy. Medira shook her head and turned around.
"I think these Nurse Joys are clones or something. They're all mirrors of one original Joy," she said, looking at Eevy.
"Could be. You never can tell sometimes," Mizu laughed.
"You have a very odd way of thinking, you know that?" Eevy asked, again eyeing the pin.
"Thank you," Medira sat down and crossed her legs on the chair across from her, "So. There's no Gym here. What are we going to do?"
"Well," Eevy looked off to her side, "The next city is Magnolia Town. Then comes Sunflower City and then Willow Town. After that…" she drifted away.
"After that what?" Yuu-Yuu asked.
"After that, there comes the Moss Bogs."
"Moss Bogs?" Medira swallowed, "What in the world is that?"
"Miles and miles of swampy moss stretching from Willow Town, straight into Hokubu and partially into Javelin's route of 79."
"Sounds gross," Sooney said.
"Yes, it's quite 'gross' as you call it," someone said from behind them.
"And you would be?" Mizu looked at him, "Wait! Judging by the clothes you must be friends with Dragon and Phantom. Am I right?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, you are quite right."
"Then you can get out of my sight," Eevy hissed and turned away.
"Man," Jason thought to himself, "She's really steamed."
"You alive in there?" Medira asked, peering into his face.
He jumped back, "Yes. I'm fine."
"Spit out a name already!" Yuu-Yuu shouted impatiently.
"A name, a name, a name…" Jason pulled frantically through his head, "Think faster!" he was getting nervous, "Come on! Think of something!"
"His name's JP," Dragon pushed up behind him, "JP."
"Well, it's somewhat normal," Medira sat chewing a piece of gum.
"What do you want?" Eevy spat at Dragon.
"Just passing through."
"Bull!" Eevy jumped up, "That's a lie!"
"How would you know?" Dragon hissed back.
"Because I do!"
The two of them were growling back and forth, face to face. JP shook his head and sat down sighing heavily.
"They could be there for hours," he said, slouching down.
"Watch your mouth!" Dragon snapped.
Eevy didn't hold back that time. She swung forward and slapped him right across the face. The girls felt their jaws slam to the floor at that, as Eevy never slapped. She only punched.
"No one tells me what to do! Especially not you!"
He stood there for a second, holding the side of his face, "Thank you," he stood up and stared at her long and hard.
"You're very welcome! You deserved that! Morty was right, I should stay away from you. You and your friends can keep your distance," she turned and nastily marched out, pushing everyone out of her way.
Dragon pushed a tooth with his thumb, noticing it was loose from that tremendous front-hand slap across his face, "D-" he caught himself, "Darn."
"I think Eevy's right," Mizu stood up, "You should stop following us. Don't expect a simple smack next time."
"They're right, this has got to stop," Sooney added.
Dragon slammed his fist on the counter, cracking it in every which direction, "It can't and it won't."
"Excuse me?" Medira shouted as she stood up, "What was that I just heard? A refusal?"
"It most certainly was."
"You have no right to do such a thing!" Medira hissed.
"You listen to me," he balled his fists and growled, "I have more right than anyone in the known universe to refuse to listen to you. You should be the ones getting into all the trouble."
"Hey! Don't you get nasty with her, Dragon!" JP suddenly burst.
Medira turned and cocked an eyebrow at him, "Huh?"
Dragon turned a headed for the door, "Tell her good bye," he said, slamming the door behind him.
"Sorry about that. He's just up tight," JP watched him walk down the side walk.
Medira just stood staring at him, "If you say so," she then remembered Eevy, "Oh geez! I forgot about Eevy!"
Mizu, Sooney and Yuu-Yuu heard the bell ring for their Pokemon and went to get them, leaving Jason behind, "Man," he thought, "Are we screwing things up."
*^~^**^~^*
"Eevy?" Medira ran out the door Eevy had gone through, "Eevy?"
"What?" Eevy hissed as much as she could manage.
"Do you have a thing about crying all alone in the grass?"
"I suppose you could say that."
"Why?"
"When I was little, there was this park down our street. Whenever I got upset, I'd go there. Usually Morty would eventually come and find me, or sometimes Gengar or Kayla. We'd just kind of sit and talk until I calmed down."
"Oh. That sounds kind of nice," in a very sad attempt to cheer her friend up, Medira started a conversation, "So what's your hometown like?"
"It's nice. Pretty small, but nice. There's a couple of restaurants and the Pokemon Center. The Rose Town Joy, if you will. Then of course there's the Gym. Taylor's Gym."
"You don't need to go into it if you don't want. I can do just fine with what I already know about him. Trust me."
"It's alright. He trains Steel- type Pokemon. That's where I got all these cuts from. His stupid Skarmory 'got loose' as he called it. What a load of bull. He let it out so he could supposedly 'save me from it'. What a liar. That was only the first time he pulled that kind of stunt. After that it was the, 'Oh, you don't feel so good? I'll help' line and then the 'I'll help you with everything you do' stunt."
"He sounds remotely nice," Medira gagged.
"Boy, you can tell you never met him."
"How?"
"Every chance he gets he's with another girl. He never did it to me because he knew I'd kill him, but I knew so many who he did. That was the week I broke up with him. And the week he went after my brother. The same week I went back begging him to leave Morty alone. The next week, I left again and he went after my cousin. I hesitated for a few days that time, but ultimately, I went back again. Finally my brother and cousin got so fed up with him they took him on together. They finally got through to him, but not after he got me one last time with that grubby mouth of his. Yech!"
"Sorry, Eevy. I didn't know. You want to take a walk or something to take your mind of that thing they call a person?"
Eevy finally laughed a little, "I suppose."
*^~^**^~^*
"Gross," Jason said as he and Lance listened through the pin now on Medira's shirt, which they still didn't know had changed carriers.
"Gross? That's all you can say is gross? I'll kill him! I'll find him and twist him into a pretzel!" Lance bellowed.
"I don't think you should. She's mad at you. Really mad."
"Yes, I know. I've got to get to a dentist tomorrow."
"That's what you get for yelling at her."
"Hey, shut up!"
*^~^**^~^*
Medira and Eevy paused as a Krabby side stepped his way down to the water. Eevy had been going on and on about her brother. Medira didn't mind as long as it kept Eevy from breaking down again. Medira kicked a stone and continued listening intently.
"Somebody's comin'," Meowth whispered, "I bet we'll get Pikachu today."
"I bet you'd better shut up before they hear us!" Jessie pushed Meowth down and watched and waited for the voices to turn to shouts.
"There they go!" James shouted, "Let's go see!"
"Oh…ouch," Medira grumbled, sprawled out under Eevy.
"Now I know how Morty feels…" Eevy groaned, trying desperately to stand up.
"Who's the little infection that did this?" Medira shouted up.
"I should say prepare for trouble."
"And I should add a make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Meowth! We've got the wrong ones!"
"What?!" Jessie leaned over the side to see two very annoyed Pokemon trainers staring up at them.
"You three mess-ups had better let us out!" Medira called up.
"This really stinks!" James whined, "We were so close to getting Pikachu!"
"We can take these ones' instead," Meowth laughed, "I bet they've got a good selection!"
"Actually…" Eevy felt around her belt, "We don't have any."
"What?!" Team Rocket choked down to them.
Eevy and Medira shrugged, "Sorry, all out," they said together.
"I don't believe it!" Jessie shouted, "We go through all that trouble and-!" she stopped short, "Hey! I've got an even better idea!"
"Oh great," Meowth moaned, "What now?"
"These two were in the bimbo brigade! The twerp and the rest of his trio would give anything for them. Maybe even Pikachu."
"You leave Ash and them alone!" Eevy shouted, "They aren't to blame for you three stooges messing up!"
"What did you call us?" Jessie snorted.
"We have a name you know!" James shouted.
"I think it's time for a little sea-side trapping!" Meowth said as he slapped down a button on another one of his infamous control boxes.
"Hey! I'm no canary!" Medira stomped as she noticed a metal cage had been buried around them, "This isn't fair!"
"Who ever said Team Rocket plays fair?" Jessie asked slyly.
"Eevy!"
"Oh great! What do you want?" Eevy snapped at the oncoming Dragon and JP, "Doesn't it look like we're a little busy here?"
Dragon rolled his eyes, "That's not what I'm here for! I choose Dratini!"
"I would choose something, but, their weird colors would give me away," JP mumbled.
"JP! Quit talking to yourself and do something!" Medira screamed down from the cage.
Jason's back straightened, "Uh…um…My Pokemon are at the Center too," he stopped and thought, "I hope she buys that. I really do."
"Great!" Eevy shouted, "So now we're depending on him. That's comforting."
"Dratini! Go! Use your Twister to shut them down!"
Dratini straightened into a post and started spinning, stirring up sand and water. The funnel cloud billowed toward the Meowth balloon, sending Eevy and Medira into a frenzy to hide their eyes. Eevy could have sworn she felt something over her shoulders as the wind whipped past, but went she looked back, there was nothing there but sand covering her back. The Twister wasn't tall enough to hit the balloon and only sheered away a bit of the rope holding the cage. Eevy and Medira stood straight.
"What kind of good did that do?!" Medira snorted, sand covering her face and some sliding off.
Eevy shook herself off, "Thanks, idiot! Now why not try actually attacking!"
Lance felt like breaking down at that, "Dratini! Use your Dragon Rage!"
"No! Geez no!" Medira shouted, "Anything but Dragon Rage!"
"Wait!" JP shouted, "It's evolving!"
Dratini more than doubled in length. His head and ears reshaping as a blue orb formed at his throat. Eevy wanted to pull out her Poke'Dex, but she didn't have it. The Dragonair in front of them cried out and looked back at his master with a look of redemption in his eyes.
"Go, Dragonair! Spread your wings and Fly!" Dragon pointed straight up to the balloon.
Dragonair's ear-like wings flew out from the sides of his head. In a quick cry, he lifted into the air, his long slender tail flailing along behind him.
"Now Dragonair! Use Wrap attack!"
The Dragon spiraled around the Meowth balloon's head. There was no chance for Jessie or James to send out their Pokemon. They wouldn't have stood a chance anyway. After so much spinning, the pressure forming between Dragonair and the balloon finally was enough to burst the Meowth shaped blimp.
"Dragonair! Use Slam! Break the rope!"
With a fast spring like coiling, the Dragonair lunged forward, snapping the rope of the cage.
"Dragonite! Go! Catch the cage!"
Out went the Ultra Ball and the Dragonite. The Dragonair whipped to his side, coiling into a spiral again. The cage dropped down into Dragonite's awaiting arms and on top of Dragonair's awaiting spring twisted tail. There was a huge slam and a billow of sand as Eevy and Medira were thrown side to side, both knocked cold. Jason and Lance flew to the cage's side.
"You two were great! Treats when we get home. Return!" Lance recalled his Pokemon.
"I think they're dead," Jason looked towards Eevy and Medira both laid out like table clothes.
"They're not dead, moron!" Lance pushed him out of the way.
Slamming his right foot on the cage and taking the bar in both hands, Lance kicked and pulled with all his might.
"Don't be stupid," Jason said, "You can't get it open."
Lance when toppling backwards. He didn't get it open, but did manage to snap one of the bars off. The cage was so beaten it was a wonder it took him as much as it did.
"You were saying?" Lance asked, waiting for him to apologize.
"You didn't get it open."
Lance shook his head and pushed Jason up the sandy hill and through the opening, "I can't fit. You get them."
"Gee thanks," he laughed.
He didn't get within two feet of them before he heard groaning, "Man," Eevy sat up, "I think I got run over by a bus."
"Almost," JP put out his hand, "Let me help."
"Thank you, I think," she rubbed her head where she had slammed into the side of the cage.
She stumbled a bit as she reached the door, as her boots weren't great for walking across anything like this. She slipped up and stopped at the door while JP tried to revive Medira. She stood stone still, eyeing Dragon nastily. Dragon buried his left wrist to hide the pin. She noticed him fidgeting around and then saw the five-foot drop. Not too far to fall, but she'd break her legs in these shoes.
"Can I get some help here?" she asked, swallowing down at the fall.
"From me?" Dragon asked, pointing to himself, "After what you did to me? Forget it. Go ahead and fall all over yourself."
"I'm sorry. I really am. Please?"
The broken tones in her voice broke his heart, "Alright fine. Just don't go slapping me again."
He swung around and noticed she was starting to slip. He held out one hand and put the other on his hip.
"Don't be an idiot! Help me!" she shouted as she tipped and went flying down.
He spun and caught her waist just before she slipped past him. She just noticed how huge he was. She was about two feet from the ground, held only a little above his head. She blinked at a down/across angle at him.
"Ouch," Medira grouched as she sat up, "What happened?"
"Team Rocket's usual pitfall plan," JP said, eyeing her intently.
"What are you staring at?" she asked, leaning away.
"Nothing," he said frantically and looked away.
"Oh," she nodded and smiled to herself, "He is sort of cute…But how would I know? He's got that hood on…"
"You can, uh, put me down now," Eevy stammered.
"Sorry," Dragon made his best apology at that point as he carefully put her down.
She slipped a little bit from her heel sinking into the sand. Dragon reached out and caught her shoulders, standing her straight.
"Thank you," she smiled up at him.
"No problem," he merely smirked.
"Woah! Woah! Woah!" Medira shouted as she slipped to the door and fly down and out.
"Are you alright?" JP leaned out the door and simply jumped down, "You OK?"
"Fine, thank you," she said in an odd tone as she lay flat out on the sand, "Just disabled for the moment."
Eevy pushed away from Dragon, "I'm still mad at you."
"And I'm not too thrilled with you either! You didn't help at all!" Medira growled at JP.
"Wait a second," Dragon begged, "Where's the pin I gave you?"
"I gave it to Medira."
"Why? I thought that…I…It was…"
"She wanted me to polish it," Medira pushed in, "And I forgot to give it back," she pulled off the pin and stuffed it into Eevy's hands and whispered, "Go with me here. This guy really likes you."
"Yeah," Eevy smirked and nodded, "Just keeping it in good condition. May come in handy someday."
"You have no idea," JP mumbled before getting Medira in his face.
"Why did you lie about having your Poke'Balls? They're on your belt," Medira scowled at him.
"Uh…Well…I forgot?"
She leaned in and got in his face, "Can you forget this?" she asked, kissing him on the cheek.
His back shot up straight and he though he had a stroke, judging by how he felt, "Not any time soon."
"Good," she waved and walked away with him laid out flat on the sand, "See you later!" she laughed and headed for the Pokemon Center.
Eevy watched her go and then returned to staring away from Dragon, "Don't get any ideas."
"I won't. But why did you really give up the pin?"
"I don't know. I was just so furious with you that I couldn't stand looking at it, let alone wearing it."
"I'll get the love bug scooped up here and be out of your way in a minute," he trudged over to JP and sat him up, though he had no luck waking him.
Eevy bit her nails, "What do I do now?" she mused frantically, "I don't want him to go!"
"I'll be leaving now," he said from behind her.
She turned to see JP flat out on Dragonite's back, "Do you have to go?"
"Huh?" he stopped and looked at her, "You're asking me to stay?"
"Kind of…" her face reddened, "I just mean…I don't know what I do mean…"
He laughed and stood up off Dragonite, "We all have that problem sometimes," he stepped closer, "Especially me. Not knowing what I can and can't say really has its problems," he stopped about a foot from her, "But one thing I know I can't do is travel with you."
"Not even for a week?"
"Not even for a day."
"Just why is that?" she asked, looking down and away.
He shook his head with a little laugh, "You know by now I can't say," he pulled her face around and up, "Don't you?"
"Yeah," she kicked some sand away, "And I'll find out why eventually, right?"
"Right."
She would have kissed him, had he not walked away and back to his Dragonite. He waved slightly and took off, flying out of sight, but not out of mind.
"One of these days…" she vowed silently, "I'm going to get that cloak off you and see that face."
^*^In The Next Chronicle:^*^
Bony Battles
~*~Notes~*~
La de da. I need mental help! Anyway. The story's getting weirder, isn't it? Now we've got Will with Luri, Jason attempting for Medira and Dragon attempting for Eevy! Medira's gone the farthest in the 'attempting' department. I wonder if I can consider them a couple now…hmm…Eevy and Dragon sure aren't. Not yet. I'm going to play more with that *evil grin* I love stringing it out like this. Makes my life so much more fun to play with things and morph them to be just as spiraled as my mind. Nanka's Gyms have ended until Eevy returns to Rose Town to earn the dreaded Platinum Badge from Taylor. She doesn't have too easy of a time at it either. I won't give away any more! Bye now!
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~~By: Kat of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek~~
Eevy slammed open the door to the Pokemon Center, again pushing past Ash and Gary who were about to shout at her, but didn't. They saw the tear strains on her face and decided not to bother her. She ran straight through the Center, past Medira, Misty and the others who all looked at each other vacantly. Medira was the only one who dared to stand up and follow Eevy and found her bawling in the grass behind the Center.
"What happened?" Medira asked quietly as she sat down next to Eevy, "Did he say something?"
"I don't know," Eevy choked, "I really don't know. I was just standing there and then I just took off. Like I couldn't stand to see him anymore. I think I'm going nuts or something."
"I don't think you're nuts. You're the sanest person I know, including myself."
Eevy just shook her head and pulled the pin from her shirt, "There's something screwy with this. I can feel it. I can feel there's something wrong here."
"It looks normal enough. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. Trust me," Eevy flung the pin away, tossing it across the yard with a little shuffling noise as it hit the grass.
"Why'd you do that?!" Medira looked at her frantically.
"I don't want it anymore. There's nothing to it."
"If you don't want it, I'll take it. I think it's pretty," she stood up and hooked the pin to her shirt, "A dragon wing and an angel wing. I get it now!"
"What? What's so special about a stupid pair of mix-matched wings?"
"Duh!" Medira shouted, sitting back down, "His name if Dragon, right?"
"So?"
"And yours is Evangelina and it means angel. Doy! The Dragon wing and angel wing! Get it?"
Eevy blinked a few times, processing that in her head. She was so upset, her sense of perception dropped and she had a tough time getting that all mapped out in her mind before it finally clicked.
"Yeah, I get it. Or at least my head thinks I do. But I still don't want it."
*^~^**^~^*
Lance kicked the wall, "Stupid pin!" he shouted bitterly as the signal broke, though he didn't know why.
"Ah, calm down," Will waved his hand at him.
"Bull…" he stopped himself there, not to curse like he knew he would, "…crud."
"Have either of you two seen Jason? He's been missing since you two left," Luri looked around, "He's starting to pick up Lance's habits I think."
"Don't even joke about that," Will joked, "The last thing we need is another one of him. But no, I haven't seen him."
"Oh, you're so funny William!" Lance gave him an evil eye, "No, I haven't either."
"Don't call me that!" Will blared, "I hate that name!"
"William, William, William!" Lance took off out the door before poking his head back in, "William!"
"Get back here!" Will took off after him, "I'll get you for that, Ryujin!"
"Hey! Don't use that name in my presence, William Logos!"
"Ryujin! Ryujin!" Will could be heard shouting as he ran, "Lance Ryujin!"
"I wonder where he went to…" Luri mused as she ignored them, "He never takes off without telling someone…"
Will leaned in the door, "Hey! Lurianna Sedna!"
Luri jumped up, "What did you just call me?! I hate my name! I'll get you for that!"
Now Lance was avoiding yet chancing Will and Will was avoiding yet chancing Lance. Luri was after Will and Will was keeping his distance from Luri. What a messed up set of people…
*^~^**^~^*
Jason kicked a rock out of his way, "Stupid stone…" he mumbled.
"Master Jason?" Entei walked to his side, "What's troubling you? You're acting like Master Lance."
A quick shiver ran down Jason's spine, "Don't even say that. It's nothing really anyway."
"You're lying, Mr. Peruwa," Entei leaned into him.
"Hey, don't use my last name," Jason snapped.
"Why not? Peruwa was the Hittite god of the horse. To have the last name of a god, whether real or unreal, should be an honor."
"Stop talking."
"Sorry…Now, what's wrong?" Entei jumped in front of him and sat down, staring at him.
Jason cocked an eyebrow at him, "You know what I'm thinking of. And don't try to convince me otherwise."
"True. True. Very true."
"So why don't you tell me?"
"I don't think so. What's she like?" Entei smirked and narrowed one eye.
"Don't pry on me, Beast. I don't feel like talking."
"Would you rather I stomp your foot into the ground so you can't leave? Now, sit down."
Jason rolled his eyes, "Gee, you're real compassionate," he turned around and sat down, "What do you want me to say?"
"Who, why and more."
"Well, don't we just want all the answers?"
"Come on, out with it. Who is she?"
"Just a girl."
"Which girl?"
"You already know!" he conked Entei in the head.
"No, I didn't listen that far into your head. Who? Why?"
He mumbled something through his hand before Entei smacked his hand away, "Medira."
"Ah! Good boy, good boy!"
Jason fell backwards, "Thanks a lot."
"No problem."
Jason scowled to his side as the Beast lay down, "You're just so funny."
"I think so," Entei smirked, "Tell me more."
"You're like an annoying little gnat that just doesn't fly away! Go away!"
"No. Tell me more or I'll dice you into quarters," Entei bared his claws at Jason's face.
"You wouldn't!"
"Would you like to find out?"
"No! That's OK!" he sat up and leaned away, "I can talk without help."
"I thought as much."
Between the Beasts and Elite, Jason and Entei had the most, well, playful of the relationships. They joked a lot, and held a certain connection for pestering people. Lance and Raikou held the most confident of the connections, talking more than fighting, and Luri and Suicune came last with a strictly business friendship, as in you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Will didn't really have anyone, except occasional dreams of Lugia and Mew. They couldn't really be called bonds however, as he never actually met either of them.
"Well? Spit it out, boy!" Entei pushed Jason's side.
"Stop! You're getting my shirt all cruddy!"
"Loosen up and live a little! Medira isn't one to sit at home primping all day like you."
"I do not!"
"You do to! You wore a pure white sweater to a costume party. Am I the only one who sees just a little problem in that?"
"Shut up! If you keep that up I won't talk to you."
"My lips are sealed. Now speak."
"What am I? A Growlithe?"
"Just stop stalling!"
"Pushy, aren't we?"
Entei scuffed up a pile of dirt, "Talk now or I'll do it!"
"Don't you dare go throwing dirt at me!"
"Are you going to talk?" he flicked a little fizz of dirt off the top of the pile.
"Fine! Just don't do it! And don't you go telling Lance and Will or even Luri. I'd never hear the end of it."
"I won't say a thing," Entei would have crossed his fingers behind his back, had he had any.
Entei laughed as he noticed Jason drifting off into some kind of hypnosis/dreamland state. He flailed his paw in front of Jason's face, but he was dreaming about something, or rather someone, else.
"Entei…What am I going to do? I'm in almost the same situation as Lance and there's nothing either of us can do."
"You could always follow her, like Lance does."
"I don't think so. That's like spying only worse! You could get in serious trouble for that. Like jail time and fines and stuff. There's a way to impress someone. Getting arrested for following them."
Entei rolled over in laughter, "You-You-You never-never know!"
"What is so incredibly funny?"
"You! You're hilarious!"
"Excuse me?"
"You can't even look straight when you're thinking about her and you just laid down in mud!"
"What?!" Jason jumped up and stretched is shirt around, "Ah! Oh man! My shirt!"
Entei rolled on the ground, laughing like a hyena as Jason rung out his shirt, "That's just too good! That's rich!"
"Yes, just so funny," Jason stood there staring at him, "Actually. It is kind of funny…I suppose…"
"Now," Entei cleared his throat, "What were you saying?"
Jason shook his head at the back of his shirt, "Stupid mud…I was talking about Medira," this time he leaned on a tree, "Entei…I don't know what to say."
"What do you mean?"
"Every other time I eyed a girl, it was simply because she was there. This is different. A lot different."
"Meaning…?"
"This is the first time I ever actually liked the girl I was after. She loves Rapidash almost as much as I do. But I think…I think I love her more."
Entei looked over at him with a strange face, "Really? But you've always said nothing could ever come between you and your Pokemon, especially not Sapphire."
"I don't know Entei. I truly don't. She's just so beautiful."
"I know. I've seen her. And I also chose her."
Jason swerved to look at his friend evilly, "What do you mean 'chose her'?"
"Just that. Raikou chose Eevy, Suicune chose Will, and I chose Medira."
"You really did know! You little rat!"
*^~^**^~^*
"You're sure you're all right now? You were kind of beat up last night," Medira asked Eevy as they reached the entrance to RedWood City off of Route 55.
"I'm sure," Eevy answered as she kept glancing at the pin on Medira's shirt.
She wanted that pin back! She really, really did! Medira knew that, she was just testing her to see how long it would be before Eevy asked for it. Eevy wasn't going to ask, she didn't like doing that. She hated giving people something then demanding it back.
"Too bad Ash and Gary stayed behind," Yuu-Yuu said slightly depressed, "It was funny to watch them fight."
"That's real nice Yuu-Yuu," Sooney shook her head, "But true."
"I wanted to talk to Misty some more about her Water- types," Mizu said sadly, "She was really into them."
"I for one am glad Brock didn't come," Medira huffed, "He was getting annoying."
"Hey, look there," Jessie whispered, "It's the bimbo brigade the twerps were with."
"I bet the whole bunch of 'em are headed for this city here," Meowth pointed to the entrance to the city, "It's some place called RedWood City. It's supposed to be real nice, but real small."
"Do they have any good restaurants? I'm starving," James asked the Pokemon holding the Gertan Rin guidebook.
"Would you be quiet?" Jessie smacked them both, "And get digging! Right here on the beach. Those kids are sure to come here."
"Why do we always get stuck doing the digging?" Meowth whined, "Why don't you help?"
At Jessie's scowl, the duo began digging. Their usual pitfall plan was put in motion yet again, right in the center of the beach. The trio finished up and wandered off for the time being.
*^~^**^~^*
Medira, Eevy and the others handed over their Poke'Balls to Nurse Joy. Medira shook her head and turned around.
"I think these Nurse Joys are clones or something. They're all mirrors of one original Joy," she said, looking at Eevy.
"Could be. You never can tell sometimes," Mizu laughed.
"You have a very odd way of thinking, you know that?" Eevy asked, again eyeing the pin.
"Thank you," Medira sat down and crossed her legs on the chair across from her, "So. There's no Gym here. What are we going to do?"
"Well," Eevy looked off to her side, "The next city is Magnolia Town. Then comes Sunflower City and then Willow Town. After that…" she drifted away.
"After that what?" Yuu-Yuu asked.
"After that, there comes the Moss Bogs."
"Moss Bogs?" Medira swallowed, "What in the world is that?"
"Miles and miles of swampy moss stretching from Willow Town, straight into Hokubu and partially into Javelin's route of 79."
"Sounds gross," Sooney said.
"Yes, it's quite 'gross' as you call it," someone said from behind them.
"And you would be?" Mizu looked at him, "Wait! Judging by the clothes you must be friends with Dragon and Phantom. Am I right?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, you are quite right."
"Then you can get out of my sight," Eevy hissed and turned away.
"Man," Jason thought to himself, "She's really steamed."
"You alive in there?" Medira asked, peering into his face.
He jumped back, "Yes. I'm fine."
"Spit out a name already!" Yuu-Yuu shouted impatiently.
"A name, a name, a name…" Jason pulled frantically through his head, "Think faster!" he was getting nervous, "Come on! Think of something!"
"His name's JP," Dragon pushed up behind him, "JP."
"Well, it's somewhat normal," Medira sat chewing a piece of gum.
"What do you want?" Eevy spat at Dragon.
"Just passing through."
"Bull!" Eevy jumped up, "That's a lie!"
"How would you know?" Dragon hissed back.
"Because I do!"
The two of them were growling back and forth, face to face. JP shook his head and sat down sighing heavily.
"They could be there for hours," he said, slouching down.
"Watch your mouth!" Dragon snapped.
Eevy didn't hold back that time. She swung forward and slapped him right across the face. The girls felt their jaws slam to the floor at that, as Eevy never slapped. She only punched.
"No one tells me what to do! Especially not you!"
He stood there for a second, holding the side of his face, "Thank you," he stood up and stared at her long and hard.
"You're very welcome! You deserved that! Morty was right, I should stay away from you. You and your friends can keep your distance," she turned and nastily marched out, pushing everyone out of her way.
Dragon pushed a tooth with his thumb, noticing it was loose from that tremendous front-hand slap across his face, "D-" he caught himself, "Darn."
"I think Eevy's right," Mizu stood up, "You should stop following us. Don't expect a simple smack next time."
"They're right, this has got to stop," Sooney added.
Dragon slammed his fist on the counter, cracking it in every which direction, "It can't and it won't."
"Excuse me?" Medira shouted as she stood up, "What was that I just heard? A refusal?"
"It most certainly was."
"You have no right to do such a thing!" Medira hissed.
"You listen to me," he balled his fists and growled, "I have more right than anyone in the known universe to refuse to listen to you. You should be the ones getting into all the trouble."
"Hey! Don't you get nasty with her, Dragon!" JP suddenly burst.
Medira turned and cocked an eyebrow at him, "Huh?"
Dragon turned a headed for the door, "Tell her good bye," he said, slamming the door behind him.
"Sorry about that. He's just up tight," JP watched him walk down the side walk.
Medira just stood staring at him, "If you say so," she then remembered Eevy, "Oh geez! I forgot about Eevy!"
Mizu, Sooney and Yuu-Yuu heard the bell ring for their Pokemon and went to get them, leaving Jason behind, "Man," he thought, "Are we screwing things up."
*^~^**^~^*
"Eevy?" Medira ran out the door Eevy had gone through, "Eevy?"
"What?" Eevy hissed as much as she could manage.
"Do you have a thing about crying all alone in the grass?"
"I suppose you could say that."
"Why?"
"When I was little, there was this park down our street. Whenever I got upset, I'd go there. Usually Morty would eventually come and find me, or sometimes Gengar or Kayla. We'd just kind of sit and talk until I calmed down."
"Oh. That sounds kind of nice," in a very sad attempt to cheer her friend up, Medira started a conversation, "So what's your hometown like?"
"It's nice. Pretty small, but nice. There's a couple of restaurants and the Pokemon Center. The Rose Town Joy, if you will. Then of course there's the Gym. Taylor's Gym."
"You don't need to go into it if you don't want. I can do just fine with what I already know about him. Trust me."
"It's alright. He trains Steel- type Pokemon. That's where I got all these cuts from. His stupid Skarmory 'got loose' as he called it. What a load of bull. He let it out so he could supposedly 'save me from it'. What a liar. That was only the first time he pulled that kind of stunt. After that it was the, 'Oh, you don't feel so good? I'll help' line and then the 'I'll help you with everything you do' stunt."
"He sounds remotely nice," Medira gagged.
"Boy, you can tell you never met him."
"How?"
"Every chance he gets he's with another girl. He never did it to me because he knew I'd kill him, but I knew so many who he did. That was the week I broke up with him. And the week he went after my brother. The same week I went back begging him to leave Morty alone. The next week, I left again and he went after my cousin. I hesitated for a few days that time, but ultimately, I went back again. Finally my brother and cousin got so fed up with him they took him on together. They finally got through to him, but not after he got me one last time with that grubby mouth of his. Yech!"
"Sorry, Eevy. I didn't know. You want to take a walk or something to take your mind of that thing they call a person?"
Eevy finally laughed a little, "I suppose."
*^~^**^~^*
"Gross," Jason said as he and Lance listened through the pin now on Medira's shirt, which they still didn't know had changed carriers.
"Gross? That's all you can say is gross? I'll kill him! I'll find him and twist him into a pretzel!" Lance bellowed.
"I don't think you should. She's mad at you. Really mad."
"Yes, I know. I've got to get to a dentist tomorrow."
"That's what you get for yelling at her."
"Hey, shut up!"
*^~^**^~^*
Medira and Eevy paused as a Krabby side stepped his way down to the water. Eevy had been going on and on about her brother. Medira didn't mind as long as it kept Eevy from breaking down again. Medira kicked a stone and continued listening intently.
"Somebody's comin'," Meowth whispered, "I bet we'll get Pikachu today."
"I bet you'd better shut up before they hear us!" Jessie pushed Meowth down and watched and waited for the voices to turn to shouts.
"There they go!" James shouted, "Let's go see!"
"Oh…ouch," Medira grumbled, sprawled out under Eevy.
"Now I know how Morty feels…" Eevy groaned, trying desperately to stand up.
"Who's the little infection that did this?" Medira shouted up.
"I should say prepare for trouble."
"And I should add a make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Meowth! We've got the wrong ones!"
"What?!" Jessie leaned over the side to see two very annoyed Pokemon trainers staring up at them.
"You three mess-ups had better let us out!" Medira called up.
"This really stinks!" James whined, "We were so close to getting Pikachu!"
"We can take these ones' instead," Meowth laughed, "I bet they've got a good selection!"
"Actually…" Eevy felt around her belt, "We don't have any."
"What?!" Team Rocket choked down to them.
Eevy and Medira shrugged, "Sorry, all out," they said together.
"I don't believe it!" Jessie shouted, "We go through all that trouble and-!" she stopped short, "Hey! I've got an even better idea!"
"Oh great," Meowth moaned, "What now?"
"These two were in the bimbo brigade! The twerp and the rest of his trio would give anything for them. Maybe even Pikachu."
"You leave Ash and them alone!" Eevy shouted, "They aren't to blame for you three stooges messing up!"
"What did you call us?" Jessie snorted.
"We have a name you know!" James shouted.
"I think it's time for a little sea-side trapping!" Meowth said as he slapped down a button on another one of his infamous control boxes.
"Hey! I'm no canary!" Medira stomped as she noticed a metal cage had been buried around them, "This isn't fair!"
"Who ever said Team Rocket plays fair?" Jessie asked slyly.
"Eevy!"
"Oh great! What do you want?" Eevy snapped at the oncoming Dragon and JP, "Doesn't it look like we're a little busy here?"
Dragon rolled his eyes, "That's not what I'm here for! I choose Dratini!"
"I would choose something, but, their weird colors would give me away," JP mumbled.
"JP! Quit talking to yourself and do something!" Medira screamed down from the cage.
Jason's back straightened, "Uh…um…My Pokemon are at the Center too," he stopped and thought, "I hope she buys that. I really do."
"Great!" Eevy shouted, "So now we're depending on him. That's comforting."
"Dratini! Go! Use your Twister to shut them down!"
Dratini straightened into a post and started spinning, stirring up sand and water. The funnel cloud billowed toward the Meowth balloon, sending Eevy and Medira into a frenzy to hide their eyes. Eevy could have sworn she felt something over her shoulders as the wind whipped past, but went she looked back, there was nothing there but sand covering her back. The Twister wasn't tall enough to hit the balloon and only sheered away a bit of the rope holding the cage. Eevy and Medira stood straight.
"What kind of good did that do?!" Medira snorted, sand covering her face and some sliding off.
Eevy shook herself off, "Thanks, idiot! Now why not try actually attacking!"
Lance felt like breaking down at that, "Dratini! Use your Dragon Rage!"
"No! Geez no!" Medira shouted, "Anything but Dragon Rage!"
"Wait!" JP shouted, "It's evolving!"
Dratini more than doubled in length. His head and ears reshaping as a blue orb formed at his throat. Eevy wanted to pull out her Poke'Dex, but she didn't have it. The Dragonair in front of them cried out and looked back at his master with a look of redemption in his eyes.
"Go, Dragonair! Spread your wings and Fly!" Dragon pointed straight up to the balloon.
Dragonair's ear-like wings flew out from the sides of his head. In a quick cry, he lifted into the air, his long slender tail flailing along behind him.
"Now Dragonair! Use Wrap attack!"
The Dragon spiraled around the Meowth balloon's head. There was no chance for Jessie or James to send out their Pokemon. They wouldn't have stood a chance anyway. After so much spinning, the pressure forming between Dragonair and the balloon finally was enough to burst the Meowth shaped blimp.
"Dragonair! Use Slam! Break the rope!"
With a fast spring like coiling, the Dragonair lunged forward, snapping the rope of the cage.
"Dragonite! Go! Catch the cage!"
Out went the Ultra Ball and the Dragonite. The Dragonair whipped to his side, coiling into a spiral again. The cage dropped down into Dragonite's awaiting arms and on top of Dragonair's awaiting spring twisted tail. There was a huge slam and a billow of sand as Eevy and Medira were thrown side to side, both knocked cold. Jason and Lance flew to the cage's side.
"You two were great! Treats when we get home. Return!" Lance recalled his Pokemon.
"I think they're dead," Jason looked towards Eevy and Medira both laid out like table clothes.
"They're not dead, moron!" Lance pushed him out of the way.
Slamming his right foot on the cage and taking the bar in both hands, Lance kicked and pulled with all his might.
"Don't be stupid," Jason said, "You can't get it open."
Lance when toppling backwards. He didn't get it open, but did manage to snap one of the bars off. The cage was so beaten it was a wonder it took him as much as it did.
"You were saying?" Lance asked, waiting for him to apologize.
"You didn't get it open."
Lance shook his head and pushed Jason up the sandy hill and through the opening, "I can't fit. You get them."
"Gee thanks," he laughed.
He didn't get within two feet of them before he heard groaning, "Man," Eevy sat up, "I think I got run over by a bus."
"Almost," JP put out his hand, "Let me help."
"Thank you, I think," she rubbed her head where she had slammed into the side of the cage.
She stumbled a bit as she reached the door, as her boots weren't great for walking across anything like this. She slipped up and stopped at the door while JP tried to revive Medira. She stood stone still, eyeing Dragon nastily. Dragon buried his left wrist to hide the pin. She noticed him fidgeting around and then saw the five-foot drop. Not too far to fall, but she'd break her legs in these shoes.
"Can I get some help here?" she asked, swallowing down at the fall.
"From me?" Dragon asked, pointing to himself, "After what you did to me? Forget it. Go ahead and fall all over yourself."
"I'm sorry. I really am. Please?"
The broken tones in her voice broke his heart, "Alright fine. Just don't go slapping me again."
He swung around and noticed she was starting to slip. He held out one hand and put the other on his hip.
"Don't be an idiot! Help me!" she shouted as she tipped and went flying down.
He spun and caught her waist just before she slipped past him. She just noticed how huge he was. She was about two feet from the ground, held only a little above his head. She blinked at a down/across angle at him.
"Ouch," Medira grouched as she sat up, "What happened?"
"Team Rocket's usual pitfall plan," JP said, eyeing her intently.
"What are you staring at?" she asked, leaning away.
"Nothing," he said frantically and looked away.
"Oh," she nodded and smiled to herself, "He is sort of cute…But how would I know? He's got that hood on…"
"You can, uh, put me down now," Eevy stammered.
"Sorry," Dragon made his best apology at that point as he carefully put her down.
She slipped a little bit from her heel sinking into the sand. Dragon reached out and caught her shoulders, standing her straight.
"Thank you," she smiled up at him.
"No problem," he merely smirked.
"Woah! Woah! Woah!" Medira shouted as she slipped to the door and fly down and out.
"Are you alright?" JP leaned out the door and simply jumped down, "You OK?"
"Fine, thank you," she said in an odd tone as she lay flat out on the sand, "Just disabled for the moment."
Eevy pushed away from Dragon, "I'm still mad at you."
"And I'm not too thrilled with you either! You didn't help at all!" Medira growled at JP.
"Wait a second," Dragon begged, "Where's the pin I gave you?"
"I gave it to Medira."
"Why? I thought that…I…It was…"
"She wanted me to polish it," Medira pushed in, "And I forgot to give it back," she pulled off the pin and stuffed it into Eevy's hands and whispered, "Go with me here. This guy really likes you."
"Yeah," Eevy smirked and nodded, "Just keeping it in good condition. May come in handy someday."
"You have no idea," JP mumbled before getting Medira in his face.
"Why did you lie about having your Poke'Balls? They're on your belt," Medira scowled at him.
"Uh…Well…I forgot?"
She leaned in and got in his face, "Can you forget this?" she asked, kissing him on the cheek.
His back shot up straight and he though he had a stroke, judging by how he felt, "Not any time soon."
"Good," she waved and walked away with him laid out flat on the sand, "See you later!" she laughed and headed for the Pokemon Center.
Eevy watched her go and then returned to staring away from Dragon, "Don't get any ideas."
"I won't. But why did you really give up the pin?"
"I don't know. I was just so furious with you that I couldn't stand looking at it, let alone wearing it."
"I'll get the love bug scooped up here and be out of your way in a minute," he trudged over to JP and sat him up, though he had no luck waking him.
Eevy bit her nails, "What do I do now?" she mused frantically, "I don't want him to go!"
"I'll be leaving now," he said from behind her.
She turned to see JP flat out on Dragonite's back, "Do you have to go?"
"Huh?" he stopped and looked at her, "You're asking me to stay?"
"Kind of…" her face reddened, "I just mean…I don't know what I do mean…"
He laughed and stood up off Dragonite, "We all have that problem sometimes," he stepped closer, "Especially me. Not knowing what I can and can't say really has its problems," he stopped about a foot from her, "But one thing I know I can't do is travel with you."
"Not even for a week?"
"Not even for a day."
"Just why is that?" she asked, looking down and away.
He shook his head with a little laugh, "You know by now I can't say," he pulled her face around and up, "Don't you?"
"Yeah," she kicked some sand away, "And I'll find out why eventually, right?"
"Right."
She would have kissed him, had he not walked away and back to his Dragonite. He waved slightly and took off, flying out of sight, but not out of mind.
"One of these days…" she vowed silently, "I'm going to get that cloak off you and see that face."
^*^In The Next Chronicle:^*^
Bony Battles
~*~Notes~*~
La de da. I need mental help! Anyway. The story's getting weirder, isn't it? Now we've got Will with Luri, Jason attempting for Medira and Dragon attempting for Eevy! Medira's gone the farthest in the 'attempting' department. I wonder if I can consider them a couple now…hmm…Eevy and Dragon sure aren't. Not yet. I'm going to play more with that *evil grin* I love stringing it out like this. Makes my life so much more fun to play with things and morph them to be just as spiraled as my mind. Nanka's Gyms have ended until Eevy returns to Rose Town to earn the dreaded Platinum Badge from Taylor. She doesn't have too easy of a time at it either. I won't give away any more! Bye now!
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