Chapter Four
"I did it! I did it! I did it!" Kachi panted under her breath, as she ran to the Poke Center, "I DID IT!"
She went quickly to the PC, looking for a Pokemon that knew fly. As she withdrew a Fearow, she felt a tap on her shoulder. "Kachi? Is your Smoochum ok?"
She turned to face, or look up at, rather, Roku. "Yes, she's fine," said Kachi. She snatched up the Poke ball containing the Fearow and began walking towards the door.
"Well I'm glad of that," said Roku, cutting her off. She pushed passed him. He stood in front of the exit.
"What do you want?" she asked. "Money? You know I can't pay you back right now."
"I don't want money," he said. "I need to get to Johto, and you cant just fly. You must have a way, otherwise you wouldn't be in such a hurry."
"I've got tickets on the SS Aqua."
"Tickets? As in, plural? But there's only one of you..."
"You're not getting the other one!" she said. He looked at her with large puppy dog eyes.
"How can you say no to me?"
"Like this." She pushed him through the door, and he went flying. "No, Roku."
She let her Fearow out of the pokeball, and climbed on its back. "Fly!" she commanded. The Fearow obediently took to the air. Roku was soon soaring next to Kachi, on his own flying Pokemon.
"Please oh please oh please?" he asked. "What are you scared of, that we might actually become friends?"
She didn't answer, because that was exactly what she was afraid of. She didn't need another friend. A friend would be a distraction right now, and besides, she couldn't trust any one, not until she beat Team Rocket.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I just can't."
Roku sighed sadly.
"And any way," said Kachi, "You still need to get the badge back there, and I don't."
"On the contrary," he said, flashing the earth badge from one of his pockets.
"How did you get that?" Kachi was amazed.
"Late last night, I couldn't sleep, I was feeling awful. I decided to check out the gym, and someone invited me in. It took me a couple tries, but I got the badge."
"But if you got it before me, why did he give me the tickets?" she whispered.
"He gave you ticked on the most luxurious cruise liner in the world? Gave?! How unfair is that..."
Could it be that he gave her the tickets because she was indeed the best trainer, and more deserving? Or did he hope that she would give one ticket to Roku, and she would gain a friend, an ally?
"Oh all right, Roku, you can come," she said with a sigh, and a smile, as she handed him the ticket. He stared at the ticket in awe for a moment.
"Whoo hoo!" he shouted into the wind. "I'm going to Johto!"
Kachi smiled...perhaps it would be nice not to be all alone for a while...
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"Roku! We're going to miss it! The boat's going to leave!" Kachi yelled at Roku. "and its all your fault! You just had to have your chili cheese fries, didn't you?!" He shoved a goopy mass of chili cheese fries in her direction as they ran.
"I told you I'd share," he said with his mouth full.
"Oh thanks!" exclaimed Kachi, shoving a gob in her mouth. "But that doesn't change the fact that we are LATE!"
They rounded the corner, and there was the boat. "All aboard!" someone shouted.
"No!" yelled Kachi (she had quite a voice) "NOT all aboard."
They reached the dock just in time to see the boat sail away across the smooth waters.
"I guess we'll have to catch it next time - " began Roku.
"Not on my watch!" exclaimed Kachi. "Blastoise, go! Surf!" Kachi was on the large shell of Blastoise in a matter of seconds.
"That's one nifty trick!" said Roku, hopping on as well.
"Did I say you could get on Blastoise?" said Kachi. "He has a little bit of a temper - " Just as she said this, Blastoise began surfing full speed. Kachi and Roku hung on to Blastoise and each other for dear life. Moments later, they reached the boat. They managed to find spots on the side to climb up on, and in moments were on the ship.
"Stowaways!" shouted a sailor who had spotted them climbing on.
"Wait!" said Kachi, trying to explain. "That's just not true - "
Before they had time to explain, the two were roughly taken to the place where stowaways were kept, near the bottom of the ship, where it was dark, damp, and rank.
"This is all your fault!" said Kachi. "Chilli cheese fries! They weren't even that good!"
"Oh be quiet. The captain will be down eventually and we'll show him the tickets."
By the time the captain got around to viewing the two "stowaways" Kachi was cold and damp and asleep. Roku was trying to keep her from rolling and rocking with the ship - there was a lot of stuff in that chamber, (apparently it was used for something other than stowaways) and he didn't want Kachi to hit her head on something. Then she'd be even crazier than she was now!
"Who do you two think you are, stowing away on this ship?!"
"Captain, if you'll let me explain, I've got the tickets - "
"I know only one way to settle this! A Pokemon battle!"
"A Pokemon battle? Sir, that seems like a little bit of an over reaction!"
"Tentacruel, go!" A vicious looking tentacruel burst forth. "HYDRO PUMP!" the battle seasoned Pokemon blasted Roku (not Roku's Pokemon, Roku) into oblivion. "Now the girl!" hissed the captain. "the girl" had just woken up, and had figured out that something funny was going on.
"Muchuru, go! Psybeam!" This wouldn't even phase the Tentacruel under normal circumstances, but these weren't normal circumstances. There was something about the bond Kachi had with her Pokemon - Muchuru especially. Tentacruel stumbled around dizzily, trying to regain composure as the captain shouted at him. "Finish him off Muchuru! Blizzard!" An icy blizzard chilled the already hurting Tentacruel. "ANOTHER TIME!" screamed Kachi as the captain decided to go after her, rather than letting his Pokemon do the work, as he had with Roku. The blizzard knocked the captain back and his Pokemon completely out. As he was knocked back, his uniform was blasted away to reveal the infamous Rocket Uniform. Kachi's eye's grew dark. Her voice was a low growl. "Run."
The captain looked mystified.
"You had better run!" The captain looked half amused, half scared. Unsure, to be certain. "MUCHURU!" screamed Kachi. Leftover slow flakes danced around her as she shouted, "BLIZZARD! FREEZE THIS ROCKET SCUM!" A blizzard ensued, a blizzard of such magnitude no Pokemon trainer had ever seen. It seemed as though that blizzard could have frozen an ocean, canceled school in five counties for a week, and made the plow men millionaires. But Muchuru was so excited at what she had made, she forgot to actually attack, and in the madness and chaos of the blizzard, the rocket snuck out, leaving his Pokemon for whatever fate awaited him there - he didn't really care. Their Pokemon are not something rockets prize highly.
The snow cleared, and Roku slowly stood. "That was amazing..." he breathed. "I have never in all my years seen an attack like that." His eyes were wide as he looked at Kachi. "What was that?"
"Blizzard."
"That was no normal blizzard..."
Kachi shrugged. "It doesn't matter how good it was! He got away!" She grabbed Muchuru and dashed up to the top level of the boat, but the rocket was already flying away.
"Wanna go after him?" said Roku. After pausing to think for a moment, Kachi shook her head.
"I can't, I've got bigger fish to fry."
"Not if you want to make sushi!" said Roku with a goofy grin. Kachi looked like she was going to take offence for a moment, but then she laughed.
"I wish all I had to make was sushi..."
"I did it! I did it! I did it!" Kachi panted under her breath, as she ran to the Poke Center, "I DID IT!"
She went quickly to the PC, looking for a Pokemon that knew fly. As she withdrew a Fearow, she felt a tap on her shoulder. "Kachi? Is your Smoochum ok?"
She turned to face, or look up at, rather, Roku. "Yes, she's fine," said Kachi. She snatched up the Poke ball containing the Fearow and began walking towards the door.
"Well I'm glad of that," said Roku, cutting her off. She pushed passed him. He stood in front of the exit.
"What do you want?" she asked. "Money? You know I can't pay you back right now."
"I don't want money," he said. "I need to get to Johto, and you cant just fly. You must have a way, otherwise you wouldn't be in such a hurry."
"I've got tickets on the SS Aqua."
"Tickets? As in, plural? But there's only one of you..."
"You're not getting the other one!" she said. He looked at her with large puppy dog eyes.
"How can you say no to me?"
"Like this." She pushed him through the door, and he went flying. "No, Roku."
She let her Fearow out of the pokeball, and climbed on its back. "Fly!" she commanded. The Fearow obediently took to the air. Roku was soon soaring next to Kachi, on his own flying Pokemon.
"Please oh please oh please?" he asked. "What are you scared of, that we might actually become friends?"
She didn't answer, because that was exactly what she was afraid of. She didn't need another friend. A friend would be a distraction right now, and besides, she couldn't trust any one, not until she beat Team Rocket.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I just can't."
Roku sighed sadly.
"And any way," said Kachi, "You still need to get the badge back there, and I don't."
"On the contrary," he said, flashing the earth badge from one of his pockets.
"How did you get that?" Kachi was amazed.
"Late last night, I couldn't sleep, I was feeling awful. I decided to check out the gym, and someone invited me in. It took me a couple tries, but I got the badge."
"But if you got it before me, why did he give me the tickets?" she whispered.
"He gave you ticked on the most luxurious cruise liner in the world? Gave?! How unfair is that..."
Could it be that he gave her the tickets because she was indeed the best trainer, and more deserving? Or did he hope that she would give one ticket to Roku, and she would gain a friend, an ally?
"Oh all right, Roku, you can come," she said with a sigh, and a smile, as she handed him the ticket. He stared at the ticket in awe for a moment.
"Whoo hoo!" he shouted into the wind. "I'm going to Johto!"
Kachi smiled...perhaps it would be nice not to be all alone for a while...
~~~~
"Roku! We're going to miss it! The boat's going to leave!" Kachi yelled at Roku. "and its all your fault! You just had to have your chili cheese fries, didn't you?!" He shoved a goopy mass of chili cheese fries in her direction as they ran.
"I told you I'd share," he said with his mouth full.
"Oh thanks!" exclaimed Kachi, shoving a gob in her mouth. "But that doesn't change the fact that we are LATE!"
They rounded the corner, and there was the boat. "All aboard!" someone shouted.
"No!" yelled Kachi (she had quite a voice) "NOT all aboard."
They reached the dock just in time to see the boat sail away across the smooth waters.
"I guess we'll have to catch it next time - " began Roku.
"Not on my watch!" exclaimed Kachi. "Blastoise, go! Surf!" Kachi was on the large shell of Blastoise in a matter of seconds.
"That's one nifty trick!" said Roku, hopping on as well.
"Did I say you could get on Blastoise?" said Kachi. "He has a little bit of a temper - " Just as she said this, Blastoise began surfing full speed. Kachi and Roku hung on to Blastoise and each other for dear life. Moments later, they reached the boat. They managed to find spots on the side to climb up on, and in moments were on the ship.
"Stowaways!" shouted a sailor who had spotted them climbing on.
"Wait!" said Kachi, trying to explain. "That's just not true - "
Before they had time to explain, the two were roughly taken to the place where stowaways were kept, near the bottom of the ship, where it was dark, damp, and rank.
"This is all your fault!" said Kachi. "Chilli cheese fries! They weren't even that good!"
"Oh be quiet. The captain will be down eventually and we'll show him the tickets."
By the time the captain got around to viewing the two "stowaways" Kachi was cold and damp and asleep. Roku was trying to keep her from rolling and rocking with the ship - there was a lot of stuff in that chamber, (apparently it was used for something other than stowaways) and he didn't want Kachi to hit her head on something. Then she'd be even crazier than she was now!
"Who do you two think you are, stowing away on this ship?!"
"Captain, if you'll let me explain, I've got the tickets - "
"I know only one way to settle this! A Pokemon battle!"
"A Pokemon battle? Sir, that seems like a little bit of an over reaction!"
"Tentacruel, go!" A vicious looking tentacruel burst forth. "HYDRO PUMP!" the battle seasoned Pokemon blasted Roku (not Roku's Pokemon, Roku) into oblivion. "Now the girl!" hissed the captain. "the girl" had just woken up, and had figured out that something funny was going on.
"Muchuru, go! Psybeam!" This wouldn't even phase the Tentacruel under normal circumstances, but these weren't normal circumstances. There was something about the bond Kachi had with her Pokemon - Muchuru especially. Tentacruel stumbled around dizzily, trying to regain composure as the captain shouted at him. "Finish him off Muchuru! Blizzard!" An icy blizzard chilled the already hurting Tentacruel. "ANOTHER TIME!" screamed Kachi as the captain decided to go after her, rather than letting his Pokemon do the work, as he had with Roku. The blizzard knocked the captain back and his Pokemon completely out. As he was knocked back, his uniform was blasted away to reveal the infamous Rocket Uniform. Kachi's eye's grew dark. Her voice was a low growl. "Run."
The captain looked mystified.
"You had better run!" The captain looked half amused, half scared. Unsure, to be certain. "MUCHURU!" screamed Kachi. Leftover slow flakes danced around her as she shouted, "BLIZZARD! FREEZE THIS ROCKET SCUM!" A blizzard ensued, a blizzard of such magnitude no Pokemon trainer had ever seen. It seemed as though that blizzard could have frozen an ocean, canceled school in five counties for a week, and made the plow men millionaires. But Muchuru was so excited at what she had made, she forgot to actually attack, and in the madness and chaos of the blizzard, the rocket snuck out, leaving his Pokemon for whatever fate awaited him there - he didn't really care. Their Pokemon are not something rockets prize highly.
The snow cleared, and Roku slowly stood. "That was amazing..." he breathed. "I have never in all my years seen an attack like that." His eyes were wide as he looked at Kachi. "What was that?"
"Blizzard."
"That was no normal blizzard..."
Kachi shrugged. "It doesn't matter how good it was! He got away!" She grabbed Muchuru and dashed up to the top level of the boat, but the rocket was already flying away.
"Wanna go after him?" said Roku. After pausing to think for a moment, Kachi shook her head.
"I can't, I've got bigger fish to fry."
"Not if you want to make sushi!" said Roku with a goofy grin. Kachi looked like she was going to take offence for a moment, but then she laughed.
"I wish all I had to make was sushi..."
