Chapter XXIII- Burning Desire
Well, about four weeks passed between then and now, and there was nothing
especially eventful to tell you the truth. I taught Raichu how to use Thunderstorm and
Hydro Pump, and we had another lunch with Ash and Misty. I told them all about Jarod,
and how he was supposed to be coming back at the end of the summer. I missed him so
bad. I had no idea why. It's just like me and Erika when we don't see each other often. It's
like, there's a part of our lives missing. That's why we promised always to stay together,
or in touch no matter what. I always pretended we had a phsycic bond, even when we
were little, now I belive it's true, that it really does exsist.
Well, we went home that afternoon, and we had to bring Vaporeon to the
pokemon center again, because she was having her Eevee's. They were the cuttest little
pokemon I had ever seen. They really were tiny though. There were, two of the darker
colored ones and the other two were normal shade. We left the baby Eevee's at the
pokemon center with nurse Joy for a few days, until they were big enough to go into
pokeballs, because they really were too tiny. Me and Erika shared the Eevee's, I took one
dark colored one and one normal one, as well as Erika. We decided that we had enough
vacation time and now that she could use Vaporeon in battle, we would go and check out
how Blaine was doing. We walked to Blaines gym, and went to open the doors, but he
opened them before us.
"Girls! How is everything? How are your pokemon? Erika I trust your Charmander has
evolved into Charizard?"
"Oh yes, a while ago!" Erika said and let him out of his pokeball.
"Ah! He's spactaculare! And Marcy! What about yours?"
"Well, actually, mine evolved into a Charmeleon, but I haven't been using her since I got
White Blaze, my Ninetails."
"Well, it all depends on a trainers style! No harm done. So I'm sure you didn't come here
just to say 'hello' though?"
"You're very right as always Blaine. We challange you to a match!"
"I've been waiting for this day! To find out just how good you really are!" He yelled and
swung the doors wide open, as he flipped two switches to turn on the enormous lights.
"All right, who's going first? He yelled as he ran to his side of the ring.
"I am!" I yelled, and sent out White Blaze, "Go pokeball!"
"It'll be a one on one match! All right, go, Rapidash!" He yelled and threw out her
pokeball.
"White Blaze, use your Confuse ray!" She opened her mouth and let out a high pitched
tone that even hurt my ears.
"Rapidash, Agility!" Suddenly Rappidash dissapeared and reappeared in a different place.
"Keep going White Blaze!" And the sound eventually got to Rapidash. "Now, use Double
Team!" White Blaze split itself into several images and surrounded Rapidash.
"Rapidash Horn Drill!" But instead of using Horn Drill, she used a Flamethrower, which
only caused her to lose her bearing.
"Now White Blaze, Bite her!" I yelled and White Blaze reassembled herself, then jumped
up into the air and bit Rapidashs' flank.
"Rapidash, stomp!" Rapidash threw White Blaze off of her into the ground, and siomped
on her hard.
"White Blaze! Rapidash isn't confused anymore...That's it! White Blaze! Roar!" White
Blazed slipped out from underneath Rapidash and roared. It shook the gym and scared
Rapidash into being paralyzed. "Now! Fire Spin!" I yelled and she let out a huge flame of
fire that engulfed Rapidash, k. o.ing it. "Nice job! White Blaze, return."
"Rapidash return! That was great Marcy! Come get your badge." He said and I walked up
to him and he placed it in my hand. "That was very good." I walked back to Erika and
gave her a big hug.
"Good Luck!" I said and put the badge with my others in my backpack.
"Come on Blaine! Show me what your made of!" Erika yelled out and threw out the
Masterball in her bow.
"Wait, isn't that???" I realized that Erika was using Charizard for this one.
"Go Growlithe!" Blaine yelled and threw the pokeball to the middle of the ring.
"Charizard, Fly and Slash!" She yelled and Charizard flew up high.
"Growlithe, Agility!" Blaine yelled, and it began to dissapear and reappear. Charizard
tried to follow it, but it couldn't.
"Charizard, fly down in a circle!" Charizard quickly flew down and around, hitting
Growlithe twice.
"Growlithe, bite!" Growlithe jumped onto Charizard and bit it's neck.
"Charizard Seisemic Toss! Charizard!" Erika yelled but soon realized that Charizard had
become confused by Growlithes' Agility.
"Growlithe! Take Down!" Growlithe jumped off and backed up as it prepared to body
slam Charizard with all it's might.
"Charizard!!Listen to me! Use your tail! Tail Whip!" Charizard turned, and just before
Growlithe hit Charizard, he used his tail to smack him into the ground. Not quite what
Erika had planned by the look on her face, but it still did some major damage. "Now,
wing attack!" Charizard flew up high and began to flap it's wings hard. It created gusts of
wind so that Growlithe couldn't hold on the the ground, "now, Knight move!"
"What?!" Me and Blaine both said at the same time. Charizard flew past Growlithe and
landed behind it, hitting it with an awsome back hand(or should I say claw).
"What...What was that??" Blaine yelled and called Growlithe back.
"That was a move that Marcy's Boyfriend taught him while he was playing chess."
"He is NOT my boyfriend!!!" Not yet at least...^_^ I yelled and blushed.
"Where is he from?" Blaine asked as he walked up to Erika.
"He's from Jhoto." She said and he handed her her badge. She then turned around and
called Charizard back. "Charizard, return!"
"That was truely amazing!" I yelled and hugged her tight.
"Thanks!"
"Well girls, I'm proud of you. You're even better than I thought you were. I guess I don't
need to wish you luck on your journey..." He said as we began to walk out.
"It'd be nice!" I said and laughed. "Thanks again! Bye!" We both yelled.
"Good luck girls! And goodbye!"
After that, we went back to my house to discover that my mom had staged yet
another party. Not as big this time though, just for me, Erika, and our pokemon. It was a
fun party though. Charizard accidetally melted some of the cake with his flame, and
White Blaze got it all over her fur. It just wasn't the same though without Jarod. No one
telling jokes, and no one to dance with. After the party was over, that is, when all the
pokemon and us were full of ice cream cake, I went upstairs and called Jarod.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Hi Jarod."
"What's up? You feeling ok?"
"No."
"What's wrong? Does your head still hurt?"
"No...I just...really miss you. I...don't know what's wrong with me. I've felt so empty since
you left."
"You....know...to tell you the truth...I've felt the same way." There was a long pause on
both our sides.
"........Really?"
"I wanted to see you, I....wanted to hear your voice."
"Why...didn't you just call?"
"I...I didn't want to bother you. I thought maybe you would think it was a waste of
airspace....?"
"No of course not. When I talk to you.....it comforts me."
"What about Erika?"
"I care about her of course!!!....but....this is a different feeling I have... for you. The
feelings I have for Erika...are different."
"Marc....I never knew you cared so much..."
"I think about you....everyday....When are you going to come home.........to me?"
"I got Erika's pokemon....if you want...I can take the next cruise back. Then, we can spend
the rest of the summer together....and still go to the ball...."
"You don't have to come back....if you're not ready yet. Just take your time. It's only...one
more month."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah.^_^ Thanks for cheering me up. Bye!"
"Bye......'Angel'." I hung up the phone a moment later and realized he called me his
'Angel'. It was a cute nickname that I thought fit me.
"Angel....." I said to myself as Erika walked in.
"Who's that?" She said refearing to 'Angel' as she sat down on my bed.
"Me...." I said slowly. She was really confused. "He called me his angel..." I said as my
eyes began to water. "I miss him sooooo much..." I said and clingged to Erika.
"It's ok." She hugged me back. "He is coming back after all and it's only five weeks."
"You're right...but until I stop crying...can I just sit here with you...like this?" ToT
"Of course."
Well, about four weeks passed between then and now, and there was nothing
especially eventful to tell you the truth. I taught Raichu how to use Thunderstorm and
Hydro Pump, and we had another lunch with Ash and Misty. I told them all about Jarod,
and how he was supposed to be coming back at the end of the summer. I missed him so
bad. I had no idea why. It's just like me and Erika when we don't see each other often. It's
like, there's a part of our lives missing. That's why we promised always to stay together,
or in touch no matter what. I always pretended we had a phsycic bond, even when we
were little, now I belive it's true, that it really does exsist.
Well, we went home that afternoon, and we had to bring Vaporeon to the
pokemon center again, because she was having her Eevee's. They were the cuttest little
pokemon I had ever seen. They really were tiny though. There were, two of the darker
colored ones and the other two were normal shade. We left the baby Eevee's at the
pokemon center with nurse Joy for a few days, until they were big enough to go into
pokeballs, because they really were too tiny. Me and Erika shared the Eevee's, I took one
dark colored one and one normal one, as well as Erika. We decided that we had enough
vacation time and now that she could use Vaporeon in battle, we would go and check out
how Blaine was doing. We walked to Blaines gym, and went to open the doors, but he
opened them before us.
"Girls! How is everything? How are your pokemon? Erika I trust your Charmander has
evolved into Charizard?"
"Oh yes, a while ago!" Erika said and let him out of his pokeball.
"Ah! He's spactaculare! And Marcy! What about yours?"
"Well, actually, mine evolved into a Charmeleon, but I haven't been using her since I got
White Blaze, my Ninetails."
"Well, it all depends on a trainers style! No harm done. So I'm sure you didn't come here
just to say 'hello' though?"
"You're very right as always Blaine. We challange you to a match!"
"I've been waiting for this day! To find out just how good you really are!" He yelled and
swung the doors wide open, as he flipped two switches to turn on the enormous lights.
"All right, who's going first? He yelled as he ran to his side of the ring.
"I am!" I yelled, and sent out White Blaze, "Go pokeball!"
"It'll be a one on one match! All right, go, Rapidash!" He yelled and threw out her
pokeball.
"White Blaze, use your Confuse ray!" She opened her mouth and let out a high pitched
tone that even hurt my ears.
"Rapidash, Agility!" Suddenly Rappidash dissapeared and reappeared in a different place.
"Keep going White Blaze!" And the sound eventually got to Rapidash. "Now, use Double
Team!" White Blaze split itself into several images and surrounded Rapidash.
"Rapidash Horn Drill!" But instead of using Horn Drill, she used a Flamethrower, which
only caused her to lose her bearing.
"Now White Blaze, Bite her!" I yelled and White Blaze reassembled herself, then jumped
up into the air and bit Rapidashs' flank.
"Rapidash, stomp!" Rapidash threw White Blaze off of her into the ground, and siomped
on her hard.
"White Blaze! Rapidash isn't confused anymore...That's it! White Blaze! Roar!" White
Blazed slipped out from underneath Rapidash and roared. It shook the gym and scared
Rapidash into being paralyzed. "Now! Fire Spin!" I yelled and she let out a huge flame of
fire that engulfed Rapidash, k. o.ing it. "Nice job! White Blaze, return."
"Rapidash return! That was great Marcy! Come get your badge." He said and I walked up
to him and he placed it in my hand. "That was very good." I walked back to Erika and
gave her a big hug.
"Good Luck!" I said and put the badge with my others in my backpack.
"Come on Blaine! Show me what your made of!" Erika yelled out and threw out the
Masterball in her bow.
"Wait, isn't that???" I realized that Erika was using Charizard for this one.
"Go Growlithe!" Blaine yelled and threw the pokeball to the middle of the ring.
"Charizard, Fly and Slash!" She yelled and Charizard flew up high.
"Growlithe, Agility!" Blaine yelled, and it began to dissapear and reappear. Charizard
tried to follow it, but it couldn't.
"Charizard, fly down in a circle!" Charizard quickly flew down and around, hitting
Growlithe twice.
"Growlithe, bite!" Growlithe jumped onto Charizard and bit it's neck.
"Charizard Seisemic Toss! Charizard!" Erika yelled but soon realized that Charizard had
become confused by Growlithes' Agility.
"Growlithe! Take Down!" Growlithe jumped off and backed up as it prepared to body
slam Charizard with all it's might.
"Charizard!!Listen to me! Use your tail! Tail Whip!" Charizard turned, and just before
Growlithe hit Charizard, he used his tail to smack him into the ground. Not quite what
Erika had planned by the look on her face, but it still did some major damage. "Now,
wing attack!" Charizard flew up high and began to flap it's wings hard. It created gusts of
wind so that Growlithe couldn't hold on the the ground, "now, Knight move!"
"What?!" Me and Blaine both said at the same time. Charizard flew past Growlithe and
landed behind it, hitting it with an awsome back hand(or should I say claw).
"What...What was that??" Blaine yelled and called Growlithe back.
"That was a move that Marcy's Boyfriend taught him while he was playing chess."
"He is NOT my boyfriend!!!" Not yet at least...^_^ I yelled and blushed.
"Where is he from?" Blaine asked as he walked up to Erika.
"He's from Jhoto." She said and he handed her her badge. She then turned around and
called Charizard back. "Charizard, return!"
"That was truely amazing!" I yelled and hugged her tight.
"Thanks!"
"Well girls, I'm proud of you. You're even better than I thought you were. I guess I don't
need to wish you luck on your journey..." He said as we began to walk out.
"It'd be nice!" I said and laughed. "Thanks again! Bye!" We both yelled.
"Good luck girls! And goodbye!"
After that, we went back to my house to discover that my mom had staged yet
another party. Not as big this time though, just for me, Erika, and our pokemon. It was a
fun party though. Charizard accidetally melted some of the cake with his flame, and
White Blaze got it all over her fur. It just wasn't the same though without Jarod. No one
telling jokes, and no one to dance with. After the party was over, that is, when all the
pokemon and us were full of ice cream cake, I went upstairs and called Jarod.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Hi Jarod."
"What's up? You feeling ok?"
"No."
"What's wrong? Does your head still hurt?"
"No...I just...really miss you. I...don't know what's wrong with me. I've felt so empty since
you left."
"You....know...to tell you the truth...I've felt the same way." There was a long pause on
both our sides.
"........Really?"
"I wanted to see you, I....wanted to hear your voice."
"Why...didn't you just call?"
"I...I didn't want to bother you. I thought maybe you would think it was a waste of
airspace....?"
"No of course not. When I talk to you.....it comforts me."
"What about Erika?"
"I care about her of course!!!....but....this is a different feeling I have... for you. The
feelings I have for Erika...are different."
"Marc....I never knew you cared so much..."
"I think about you....everyday....When are you going to come home.........to me?"
"I got Erika's pokemon....if you want...I can take the next cruise back. Then, we can spend
the rest of the summer together....and still go to the ball...."
"You don't have to come back....if you're not ready yet. Just take your time. It's only...one
more month."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah.^_^ Thanks for cheering me up. Bye!"
"Bye......'Angel'." I hung up the phone a moment later and realized he called me his
'Angel'. It was a cute nickname that I thought fit me.
"Angel....." I said to myself as Erika walked in.
"Who's that?" She said refearing to 'Angel' as she sat down on my bed.
"Me...." I said slowly. She was really confused. "He called me his angel..." I said as my
eyes began to water. "I miss him sooooo much..." I said and clingged to Erika.
"It's ok." She hugged me back. "He is coming back after all and it's only five weeks."
"You're right...but until I stop crying...can I just sit here with you...like this?" ToT
"Of course."