Chapter Eight
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Pokemon, except the ones I made up (you'll know which ones). So, read and enjoy! Don't forget to review!!!
"Misty, wake up. We're almost to Banto!" Ash's voice called into Misty's ear. She slowly opened her eyes, and sat up in her bed.
"What time is it?" Misty asked while she yawned at the same time. She looked over at the clock close to her bed, and read the numbers out loud. "9-h-1-1? What in the world does that mean?"
"Misty, you're holding the clock upside down. It says 11:46. Now get out of bed, because we have to pack all of our things." Ash said as he closed the door behind him and walked to his cabin.
"Okay, okay... oh, man, even Yuri isn't awake yet!" Misty said as she stood up out of her bed and stretched. She walked over to Yuri's bed, shook her awake, and walked outside of her room.
"Good morning, Misty! How did you sleep?" Brock asked as he walked past Misty.
"Fine. It took me a while to get to sleep, though." Misty replied.
"What was wrong? Were you not tired or something?" Brock asked.
"No, I was just up late, thinking about things..." Misty said. The door opened behind her, and out came Yuri with messy light blue hair. She was wearing a pink short t-shirt with light blue short shorts. She yawned and stretched.
"Morning, Yuri! Ready to go to Banto?" Brock greeted.
"Can I shower first, please?" Yuri asked as she walked back into the room and closed the door behind her.
"What's with her?" Brock asked in confusion.
"I have no idea. Oh, well! Let's go get some breakfast!" Misty said as she took Brock by the arm and dragged him to the dining room.
'Ladies and gentlemen... oh, I'm sorry... Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri, we are now at the port in Strawberry City in Banto! You may leave anytime!' the captain's voice called over the P.A. system.
"Finally! Let's get going, already!" Ash said as he put on his Official Pokemon League cap. He grabbed his backpack, and began to walk off the ship. Misty grabbed her red bag, and followed him. Brock put his big teal bag on his back, and followed. Yuri made sure she had all 6 of her PokeBalls, and followed everybody in last.
"Well, where to first?" Ash asked as Yuri walked up to the group. They all looked around, and saw a slightly-busy little town.
"Let's find a Pokemon Center. We may need to find out some information about Banto, and who better to ask than Nurse Joy!" Brock said as he led the group down a busy street full of shops.
After a few minutes of getting lost, Ash decided to ask somebody where the Pokemon Center was.
"Excuse me, sir, can you help us? You see, we're from Kanto, and we've never been here before, and we don't know where the Pokemon Center is. Can you point us in the direction of the Pokemon Center?" Ash asked.
"Kanto? I've never heard of that. Anyway, the Pokemon Center is just over there." the man said as he pointed over the near-by mountains.
"You mean over the mountains?" Ash asked.
"Yes! Aren't you just a smart little boy?" the man said with an attitude as he patted Ash's head as a sort of threat.
"Smarter than you'll ever be, jerk!" Ash said as he grabbed the man's hand and shoved it off of his hair. He got an angry look on his face.
"You want to start something, kid?" the man threatened.
"Okay, break it up, you two!" a familiar voice said. Brock, Misty, Yuri, Ash and the man looked to see who it was. It was Officer Jenny, only with a pink uniform on instead of a blue one. She also had darker skin.
"Wow… Officer Jenny sure does look different." Yuri noticed.
"And a lot better than the other Jennies, too. Wow, I already love Banto!" Brock said as he ran over to Officer Jenny.
"Young man, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you down to the police station. Come with me." Officer Jenny commanded to Ash.
"But, it wasn't my fault! It was all this guy's fault! I was just asking him how me and my friends get to the Pokemon Center!" Ash tried to explain.
"You mean this man right here?" Officer Jenny asked as she pointed to the man that threatened Ash. "That's impossible. This man is the chief of police in Strawberry City."
"But, its true, Officer Jenny! We saw the whole thing." Misty argued.
"Might I say… that you're lookin… so gorsh darn purdy today, Jenny…" the man said as he slurred his words all around. Ash noticed a bottle in the man's right hand.
"Chief, what are you talking about?" Jenny asked.
"Uh, ma'am, I think that's the reason…" Ash said as he tugged on Jenny's sleeve and pointed to the man's right hand.
"Chief, what is the meaning of this?" Jenny shouted, catching the attention of the people around them in the busy street.
"Meaninin of what….Jenny?" the man's words slurred again.
"Have you been drinking, chief?" Jenny asked in confusion. "I'm afraid I'm just going to have to arrest you, chief."
"Arost me? What did I didn't do?" the man asked as drool came out of his mouth. Jenny put the handcuffs around the chief's wrists, and led him to her motorcycle.
"Young man, you come with me." Jenny commanded to Ash again. "And bring your friends, too."
Down at the police station, as Jenny steered the chief of police inside a prison cell, all the officers looked at her as if she was playing a prank. Jenny just ignored their looks, and walked back to Ash and his friends.
"Thank you very much, young man. What is your name?" Jenny asked as she sat down at her desk.
"My name is Ash. These are my friends Misty, Brock and Yuri." Ash introduced everybody.
"Nice to meet you, Ash. And I must say, without your help today, we never would've caught the chief. There have been news reports that somebody has been causing a lot of trouble lately. Plus, the chief hadn't been in the office in a long time." Jenny explained.
"Oh, well you're very welcome!" Ash said. "Hey, Jenny? Are you related to the Jennies in Kanto and Johto?"
"I've never heard of Kanto or Johto. Are they close by?" Jenny asked.
"You mean you've never heard of Kanto OR Johto?" everybody asked at the same time.
"No, sorry. Well, thank you again! Have a great day!" Jenny said as she took a stack of papers on her desk and started to read and sign them.
"Well, let's start up those mountains to the Pokemon Center, I guess." Ash said as everybody walked out of the police station.
"The Pokemon Center over the mountains? That's totally and completely wrong!" a girl's voice said as she over-heard their conversation.
"You mean it's not over the mountains? Well, can you help us and tell us where it is?" Yuri asked as they walked up to the girl.
"Yeah, the Pokemon Center is just straight along the path. When you come to your first right, turn. It's at the end of that path." the girl instructed. "But since I have to go there myself, I guess I'll lead the way!"
"Thanks! I'm Ash, and these are my friends Misty, Brock and Yuri." Ash said as he shook the girl's hand.
"And I'm Jessica. Nice to meet you!" Jessica introduced. "So I take it you're a Pokemon trainer?"
"Yeah, we all are. Maybe later we could have a battle." Ash suggested.
"Sure, I don't see why not. I just got done beating the gym leader here. Her name is Kristan. She's got mixed-types of Pokemon, but most of them are Baby Pokemon." Jessica explained.
"You mean there's a gym here? Wow, I didn't expect one until we reached the second city, at least." Ash said. "Well, after we get done at the Pokemon Center, I want to fight her."
"Okay, sure!" Jessica said. Ash noticed Jessica was wearing a lot of bandanas. There was one on her head, one on her forehead, one wrapped around each of her arms, and one wrapped around her pants on her right ankle.
"You like bandanas or something?" Ash asked as they continued walking down the path to the Pokemon Center.
"Yeah. I'm an apprentice for somebody who makes bandanas. These are all the ones I've made so far. I especially like this one." Jessica said as she pointed to the one on her ankle.
"Cool! That sounds like fun." Misty chirped in. Ash had forgotten that Misty, Brock and Yuri had been following them.
"Yeah, it's a blast! I'll take you guys there later." Jessica invited.
"Great!" Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri said at the same time.
When they reached the Pokemon Center, the front doors slid open. They saw a nurse in a green uniform standing behind the front desk.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to the Pokemon Center in Strawberry City! How can I help you?" Nurse Joy greeted.
"Nurse Joy looks different, too." Yuri noticed again.
"Could you heal our Pokemon?" Ash asked as he took all 6 of his PokeBalls off his belt and placed them on the counter. He then set his Pikachu next to them.
"Sure thing! If anybody else needs their Pokemon healed, just put them into these trays." Joy said as she laid out 4 more trays. Misty decided to heal her Pokemon, so she put all of her PokeBalls into the holders. Brock, Yuri and Jessica did the same.
"Just one moment." Joy said as she took all the trays and walked into another room. Ash decided to call Professor Oak on one of the phones there.
"Maybe I should get a new guide book for Banto, also." Brock said as he took one of the guide books from a holder which had many more. Next to it was a sign that read 'Banto Guide Books! Just $2.00'
"Wow, two dollars is a lot for a guide book." Misty said aloud.
"Okay, you're Pokemon are healed! Joy said as she came back to the waiting room with all 5 trays of PokeBalls. Ash hung up the phone and walked back to the group. "Thank you for choosing the Pokemon Center of Strawberry City! Have a great day!" Joy said as she bowed from behind the front desk.
"Excuse me, Nurse Joy? I'd like to buy one of these guide books, if I may." Brock said as he held up the blue covered guide book.
"Okay, that'll be $2.00, please." Joy said as she took the two dollars from Brock's hand. She put it in a little box. "Blissey, here's some more money to go to the bank!"
Two Blissey came out of the room where Nurse Joy just was, and took the box.
"Have a great day!" Nurse Joy bowed again as everybody left.
~~Next chapter: Ash, Misty, Brock, Yuri and their new friend Jessica go to the Pokemon Gym in Strawberry City to challenge Kristan, the gym leader. How will everything go? Will Ash manage to get his first Banto badge? Stay tuned to find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Pokemon, except the ones I made up (you'll know which ones). So, read and enjoy! Don't forget to review!!!
"Misty, wake up. We're almost to Banto!" Ash's voice called into Misty's ear. She slowly opened her eyes, and sat up in her bed.
"What time is it?" Misty asked while she yawned at the same time. She looked over at the clock close to her bed, and read the numbers out loud. "9-h-1-1? What in the world does that mean?"
"Misty, you're holding the clock upside down. It says 11:46. Now get out of bed, because we have to pack all of our things." Ash said as he closed the door behind him and walked to his cabin.
"Okay, okay... oh, man, even Yuri isn't awake yet!" Misty said as she stood up out of her bed and stretched. She walked over to Yuri's bed, shook her awake, and walked outside of her room.
"Good morning, Misty! How did you sleep?" Brock asked as he walked past Misty.
"Fine. It took me a while to get to sleep, though." Misty replied.
"What was wrong? Were you not tired or something?" Brock asked.
"No, I was just up late, thinking about things..." Misty said. The door opened behind her, and out came Yuri with messy light blue hair. She was wearing a pink short t-shirt with light blue short shorts. She yawned and stretched.
"Morning, Yuri! Ready to go to Banto?" Brock greeted.
"Can I shower first, please?" Yuri asked as she walked back into the room and closed the door behind her.
"What's with her?" Brock asked in confusion.
"I have no idea. Oh, well! Let's go get some breakfast!" Misty said as she took Brock by the arm and dragged him to the dining room.
'Ladies and gentlemen... oh, I'm sorry... Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri, we are now at the port in Strawberry City in Banto! You may leave anytime!' the captain's voice called over the P.A. system.
"Finally! Let's get going, already!" Ash said as he put on his Official Pokemon League cap. He grabbed his backpack, and began to walk off the ship. Misty grabbed her red bag, and followed him. Brock put his big teal bag on his back, and followed. Yuri made sure she had all 6 of her PokeBalls, and followed everybody in last.
"Well, where to first?" Ash asked as Yuri walked up to the group. They all looked around, and saw a slightly-busy little town.
"Let's find a Pokemon Center. We may need to find out some information about Banto, and who better to ask than Nurse Joy!" Brock said as he led the group down a busy street full of shops.
After a few minutes of getting lost, Ash decided to ask somebody where the Pokemon Center was.
"Excuse me, sir, can you help us? You see, we're from Kanto, and we've never been here before, and we don't know where the Pokemon Center is. Can you point us in the direction of the Pokemon Center?" Ash asked.
"Kanto? I've never heard of that. Anyway, the Pokemon Center is just over there." the man said as he pointed over the near-by mountains.
"You mean over the mountains?" Ash asked.
"Yes! Aren't you just a smart little boy?" the man said with an attitude as he patted Ash's head as a sort of threat.
"Smarter than you'll ever be, jerk!" Ash said as he grabbed the man's hand and shoved it off of his hair. He got an angry look on his face.
"You want to start something, kid?" the man threatened.
"Okay, break it up, you two!" a familiar voice said. Brock, Misty, Yuri, Ash and the man looked to see who it was. It was Officer Jenny, only with a pink uniform on instead of a blue one. She also had darker skin.
"Wow… Officer Jenny sure does look different." Yuri noticed.
"And a lot better than the other Jennies, too. Wow, I already love Banto!" Brock said as he ran over to Officer Jenny.
"Young man, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you down to the police station. Come with me." Officer Jenny commanded to Ash.
"But, it wasn't my fault! It was all this guy's fault! I was just asking him how me and my friends get to the Pokemon Center!" Ash tried to explain.
"You mean this man right here?" Officer Jenny asked as she pointed to the man that threatened Ash. "That's impossible. This man is the chief of police in Strawberry City."
"But, its true, Officer Jenny! We saw the whole thing." Misty argued.
"Might I say… that you're lookin… so gorsh darn purdy today, Jenny…" the man said as he slurred his words all around. Ash noticed a bottle in the man's right hand.
"Chief, what are you talking about?" Jenny asked.
"Uh, ma'am, I think that's the reason…" Ash said as he tugged on Jenny's sleeve and pointed to the man's right hand.
"Chief, what is the meaning of this?" Jenny shouted, catching the attention of the people around them in the busy street.
"Meaninin of what….Jenny?" the man's words slurred again.
"Have you been drinking, chief?" Jenny asked in confusion. "I'm afraid I'm just going to have to arrest you, chief."
"Arost me? What did I didn't do?" the man asked as drool came out of his mouth. Jenny put the handcuffs around the chief's wrists, and led him to her motorcycle.
"Young man, you come with me." Jenny commanded to Ash again. "And bring your friends, too."
Down at the police station, as Jenny steered the chief of police inside a prison cell, all the officers looked at her as if she was playing a prank. Jenny just ignored their looks, and walked back to Ash and his friends.
"Thank you very much, young man. What is your name?" Jenny asked as she sat down at her desk.
"My name is Ash. These are my friends Misty, Brock and Yuri." Ash introduced everybody.
"Nice to meet you, Ash. And I must say, without your help today, we never would've caught the chief. There have been news reports that somebody has been causing a lot of trouble lately. Plus, the chief hadn't been in the office in a long time." Jenny explained.
"Oh, well you're very welcome!" Ash said. "Hey, Jenny? Are you related to the Jennies in Kanto and Johto?"
"I've never heard of Kanto or Johto. Are they close by?" Jenny asked.
"You mean you've never heard of Kanto OR Johto?" everybody asked at the same time.
"No, sorry. Well, thank you again! Have a great day!" Jenny said as she took a stack of papers on her desk and started to read and sign them.
"Well, let's start up those mountains to the Pokemon Center, I guess." Ash said as everybody walked out of the police station.
"The Pokemon Center over the mountains? That's totally and completely wrong!" a girl's voice said as she over-heard their conversation.
"You mean it's not over the mountains? Well, can you help us and tell us where it is?" Yuri asked as they walked up to the girl.
"Yeah, the Pokemon Center is just straight along the path. When you come to your first right, turn. It's at the end of that path." the girl instructed. "But since I have to go there myself, I guess I'll lead the way!"
"Thanks! I'm Ash, and these are my friends Misty, Brock and Yuri." Ash said as he shook the girl's hand.
"And I'm Jessica. Nice to meet you!" Jessica introduced. "So I take it you're a Pokemon trainer?"
"Yeah, we all are. Maybe later we could have a battle." Ash suggested.
"Sure, I don't see why not. I just got done beating the gym leader here. Her name is Kristan. She's got mixed-types of Pokemon, but most of them are Baby Pokemon." Jessica explained.
"You mean there's a gym here? Wow, I didn't expect one until we reached the second city, at least." Ash said. "Well, after we get done at the Pokemon Center, I want to fight her."
"Okay, sure!" Jessica said. Ash noticed Jessica was wearing a lot of bandanas. There was one on her head, one on her forehead, one wrapped around each of her arms, and one wrapped around her pants on her right ankle.
"You like bandanas or something?" Ash asked as they continued walking down the path to the Pokemon Center.
"Yeah. I'm an apprentice for somebody who makes bandanas. These are all the ones I've made so far. I especially like this one." Jessica said as she pointed to the one on her ankle.
"Cool! That sounds like fun." Misty chirped in. Ash had forgotten that Misty, Brock and Yuri had been following them.
"Yeah, it's a blast! I'll take you guys there later." Jessica invited.
"Great!" Ash, Misty, Brock and Yuri said at the same time.
When they reached the Pokemon Center, the front doors slid open. They saw a nurse in a green uniform standing behind the front desk.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to the Pokemon Center in Strawberry City! How can I help you?" Nurse Joy greeted.
"Nurse Joy looks different, too." Yuri noticed again.
"Could you heal our Pokemon?" Ash asked as he took all 6 of his PokeBalls off his belt and placed them on the counter. He then set his Pikachu next to them.
"Sure thing! If anybody else needs their Pokemon healed, just put them into these trays." Joy said as she laid out 4 more trays. Misty decided to heal her Pokemon, so she put all of her PokeBalls into the holders. Brock, Yuri and Jessica did the same.
"Just one moment." Joy said as she took all the trays and walked into another room. Ash decided to call Professor Oak on one of the phones there.
"Maybe I should get a new guide book for Banto, also." Brock said as he took one of the guide books from a holder which had many more. Next to it was a sign that read 'Banto Guide Books! Just $2.00'
"Wow, two dollars is a lot for a guide book." Misty said aloud.
"Okay, you're Pokemon are healed! Joy said as she came back to the waiting room with all 5 trays of PokeBalls. Ash hung up the phone and walked back to the group. "Thank you for choosing the Pokemon Center of Strawberry City! Have a great day!" Joy said as she bowed from behind the front desk.
"Excuse me, Nurse Joy? I'd like to buy one of these guide books, if I may." Brock said as he held up the blue covered guide book.
"Okay, that'll be $2.00, please." Joy said as she took the two dollars from Brock's hand. She put it in a little box. "Blissey, here's some more money to go to the bank!"
Two Blissey came out of the room where Nurse Joy just was, and took the box.
"Have a great day!" Nurse Joy bowed again as everybody left.
~~Next chapter: Ash, Misty, Brock, Yuri and their new friend Jessica go to the Pokemon Gym in Strawberry City to challenge Kristan, the gym leader. How will everything go? Will Ash manage to get his first Banto badge? Stay tuned to find out!