A/N: Yes! This chapter kinda reminds me of the episode where Togepi was born...you'll see... GOSH THIS TOOK ME A WHILE TO WRITE!! PLEASE PEOPLE... REVIEW!! *tear tear* Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon... although I DO have a CD player with a remote ^_^

Chapter6-Trusting in champions

"Feeeeearow!" Shouted the bird pokemon, as it landed in front of the pokemon center in Cherrygrove City. "Thanks Fearow" was Jono's reply, and he recalled fearow into its pokeball, then did the same to torchic and totodile, as he ran into the pokemon center, still clutching pikachu in his hands. "Nurse Joy! Nurse Joy!" He called, rushing to the front desk, and ringing the attention bell furiously. "We need maajor help! This Pikachu and its egg are sick!"

Nurse Joy ran forward quickly yawning, "How can an egg be sick?" she asked tiredly. She examined the pikachu, then gasped, "This pokemon is badly hurt! How could you let your poor sick pikachu battle to this condition, Jono?!"

"It's not mine!" he replied angrily, "Barako found it in the woods! Please heal him and the rest?" He pulled from his belt the three pokeballs and placed the pikachu in front of her. Barako stepped forward and looked at Magenta and Chik-Chik, "she's just gonna help you okay?" she spoke softly to her friends, then placed the pokemon on the same desk. Joy nodded then took the six pokemon to the back room, and Jono along with Barako went to the pokemon center cafeteria and helped themselves to some food.

"How did you do that?" Barako attemped to ask again.

"Do what?" Jono looked up from eating ravenously.

"You just picked up that pikachu.. it was like he trusted you. I tried and he almost shocked me twice.. but you just seemed like..." She trailed off and Jono didn't bother to ask what she meant, he was too busy eating. The two sat in silence for a while when Jono finally spoke up.

"Listen Bara.. I'm sorry I was so rude.. I'd.. be really honored if you'd continue going on this journey with me.. um.. please?" He frowned while speaking, looking truely apologetic. Bara merely nodded and smiled slightly, then turned back to her food and continued eating slowly. Jono, happy that he'd finally gotten a positive response from her, continued talking, "So.. you think we should challenge Gym leaders together?" Barako looked up at him. "Um.. wouldn't that be cheating?" Jono shook his head, "No.. they send out two pokemon and we use Totodile and Magenta... that way they can get used to working together.. although I don't think they'll need it.. did you see that double headbutt they did? that was awesome!" Barako shrugged, then nodded. "We could try..." she replied and the rest of their meal was spent in silence.

A few moments later, Nurse Joy stepped back into the room and called to them, they came over, and saw that the pikachu's health was restored. "Piiikaaa!" The pikachu cried happily, then turned to converse with Totodile, Magenta and the others. Nurse Joy stepped forward to talk to Jono and Barako. "Jono, is that pikachu your starting pokemon?" Jono shook his head, and Joy looked at him oddly, "have you had it for a while? It seems to trust you a great deal." Jono shook his head again, and shrugged, "I've got no idea why, I just had to rescue him." Joy smiled and nodded, "Must be that Pokemon can see the true potential in trainers.. that pikachu must've seen the champion inside you, Jono" Jono smiled widely and turned to look at the pikachu, who smiled at him and gave a little, "Pika cha!" then turned back to talk to the rest of the pokemon. Meanwhile, Barako had turned and began to talk to Nurse Joy about the egg, which was about to hatch. Everyone gathered around the egg and watched it as it began to shake, slowly at first, then quickly. Jono smiled and got in front of it, but Barako pushed him out of the way, and the egg cracked, slightly at first, then burst open, the pokemon inside gave a high pitched, "pichu!" as it saw Barako, then rushed from the pieces of the egg, and jumped onto her, giving her the biggest hug a Pichu newly-born could muster. Nurse Joy laughed. "Wow Barako, it seems that the Pichu has imprinted you as its mother, I s'pose you've got yourself a Pichu now!" Everyone smiled and laughed, and Barako walked quickly to the phone to call Professor Elm.

"Professor Elm?"

"Barako! how are you? everything okay? have you gotten to Violet City yet? how was the first Gym battle?"

"Calm down Professor! we're only in Cherrygrove! I just wanted to show you the Pichu that I got! see? it think I'm its mother!" She smiled brightly.

"That's very fantastic Barako! That....is.. is that a fearow? Whose Fearow is that?"

"Oh.. Jono captured it.. why?"

"JONO! Um.. Barako may I speak to Jono please?"

Jono stepped into the screen, "Yes Professor?"

"Jono.. this is a large favor, but could I maybe borrow that fearow for a while? I'm doing very important research on flying pokemon.. so could I?"

"Oh..." Jono looked over to the fearow, who seemed to nod its head, "I s'pose so professor... but..."he stepped closer and whispered, "could.. you release it when you're done? I think this fearow is more of a free bird.."

Elm Nodded and Jono returned fearow to its pokeball, then sent it to the professor. "Thank you Jono"

"Good bye Professor! We'll call you when we've beaten Falkner!" Jono and Barako said, oddly at the same time, then glared at eachother. Elm laughed and hang up the phone.

----------------------------------------------- *sigh* see? toldja so! but noooooo... you didn't believe me.. oh well.. next up: Chapter 7- Onwards to Violet City!.. REVIEW PLEASE!!... now accepting trainers...!^_^!