Chapter XLIV- New Bark Town's Festival of Fire!
That afternoon we really didn't do much but walk around the hotel and explore.
Erika and Noki got some lunch and me and Jarod ran into the woman who was planning
our wedding. She still had to fix up the reception room, but she said everything else was
ready and asked if the invitations had been sent out. 'My mom sent them out the day I
found a wedding drees' I told her and she was very excited. Jarod really didn't want to go
to the fire festival, so I didn't make him. He said he would rather stay at the hotel and
relax for a while. I could tell he was still pretty nervous. He said not to worry though, he
would find something to do. This night, the festival started at 7:00 and ended at 11:00.
Me and Erika wore the gauntlet part of our armor that we had been given because it could
produce a light screen strong enough to stop a hyper beam attack. (Just in case a fire fight
broke out of control.) We walked into town after the sun went down, wearing our
kimonos. I had taken a shower and not bothered to dry my hair, just brush it our, and it
flipped up. Erika put her hair up in two large low buns and decorated them with those hair
chop stick things, that had gems at the end of it. Noki had brushed out her hair really well
(until it shinned!) and just let it fall down straight. It almost touched the ground it was so
long! We walked into the festival and me and Erika we suddenly and unexpectedly
ambushed by younger pokemon trainers that wanted our autographs and training tips. It
was apparent that we were not going to be able to go unnoticed. A lady in the booth we
were next to handed us a pen, and we signed all the childrens pictures of us; which were
mostly pictures from the newspaper, printed from websites, or actual photographs, taken
by their parents.
"Seems like you ladies are popular." An old lady walked up to us after all the children ran
back to their parents to tell them we were here.
"Well, when you're a pokemon master, it's hard not to get noticed!" Erika said in delight.
"Pokemon masters? Is that right? All three of you?" She asked.
"No. This is Marcy Blaze and Erika Crimson, from Cinnabar Island; I'm Noki! Just a
friend thanks." Hinokoai said.
"Well then....I bet you have some very powerful pokemon with you. Hopefully Fire type."
"Yes mam." I said.
"Well...how would you like it if I offered you a job for this festival?"
"What would we do?" Erika asked.
"Well...tonight, we can have you signing autographs, tommorrow night since it's shorter,
a seminar on training fire type pokemon?, and the rest of the week you can battle other
trainers who have fire type pokemon. What'dya say?"
"How mcu would we get out of it?" I asked.
"I'll slpit the earnings half and half. Then you can split that between the both of you."
"How about we get 75% to split among the two of us, and you get the rest?"
"Well then, I guess it's settled. My booth is over here." She siad and we walked over to a
small one with a large rectangular table that had a crystal ball on it.
"Are you a foutune teller?" I asked curiously.
"Used to be. I used to be the best in Jhoto...but now a days I'v just been off. I suppose it's
because I'm getting older. Age never did help anyone...." She said as she put the crystal
ball under the table and put the two chairs she had to it. "Now, you wait here a moment.
I'm going to go and find some pens. My name is Lexa by the way."
"I'm going to go have some fun guys! I'll see you later^_^" Hinokoai said, and she was
off. Lexa returned and handed them to us giving us both an extra. She yelled loudly and
attracted a crowd, mostly of younger kids and their parents, having us sign tons of photos.
By the time it was 11:00, time to close up, there was still quite a bit of a line. But
the lady shewed them away quickly and said to come back tommorrow for our speeches
about fire pokemon. We walked back to the hotel after we found Hinokoai eating some
food she had gotten before the food stand closed. We walked into our room quietly and
found Jarod asleep in bed. We one at a time changed in the walkin closet we had. Erika
found a soft spot on the rug infront of the fire place to sleep with a few pillows from the
couch and her sleeping bag. And Noki slept on the couch with my sleeping bag unzipped
for covers. (They unzipped all the way to form a square sheet.) Before I changed, I went
over to Jarod who was sleeping and watched him open his eye a little. I could tell he was
still asleep though. I changed in the closet and took the twin bed next to his.
The next day went pretty much the same way Lexa said it would. We went to the
festival that night and gave tips to kids about how to raise fire pokemon and even had a
few questions about our wings. We explained what happened but most of the parents
thought it was just a farie tale. The children loved it though and insisted on seeing them.
We explained that we couldn't put them out because of our kimonos, and they relaxed.
The rest of the week we battled trainers who were trying to level up their fire type
pokemon. I borrowed Orion from Hinokoai and the trainers loved it. Some of them were
saying that it was stronger than Entei, and they were probobly right. At least in this time
anyway.
"Go Orion!" I yelled and threw out his pokeball.
"Go Typhlosion!" the young girl who was battling me yelled.
"Orion, Fury Cutter!"
"Typhlosion Flame Wheel!" She yelled and as Orion jumped at it, it formed a wall of fire
in a circle around it and charged at Orion. Orion dodged it easily and hit with Fury Cutter
three times in a row.
"Typhlosion Quick Attack!" The girl yelled and he dissapeared, hitting Orion ocasionally
with very little effect.
"Orion, Sacred Fire!" I yelled and the fire on his feet flared up, engulfing him, then he
body slamed Typhlosion, finishing off what little HP it had left. The girl had been
defeated.
"I lost..." She said as she called back her pokemon.
"Aww. Don't worry about it. Everyone's gotta start somewhere. That was a great battle!
Especially against some one who has trained longer than you have. Don't worry. With
your skill, you may become a pokemon master some day." I said and she lighted up.
"Really?" She asked wipping her eyes.
"Sure! (but if you want a tip: Typhlosion have an extreamly high Special Attack. If you teach it more fire moves, it'll become very
powerful^_^)" I whispered and she ran off to train yelling, "Thank you^_^!!"
We got home from the festival that night and as I walked into the door of our
room, the phone in my pack rang.
"Hello?.......Hi mom!.......ok........great!!.....yup^_^......he's very excitied.....sure
did!.......bye!" I said and put it back, letting Raichu out of his pokeball. He hadn't been out
since last night, so I figured he was a little bored. I got out of my kimono finally after
Erika and Noki were both asleep. I got in my pajamams and sat down in the chair next to
the fire place and thought about the wedding day. It was officially 2 days away now since
it was midnight. I curled up in the big chair and fell asleep.
I was out in beautiful fields, with ancient pokemon surrounding me. They
frolicked about in and out of the fields tall wavy grass.
"Marushi." Someone said. I turned around to see who that person was talking to, but there
was no one. Again, "Here." It said. It was a voice I had heard before. I turned around to
look infront of me again, and there, a beautiful girl was laying in the grass. "That was
your name." She said. I asked,
"Haunter?" I realized it was the ghost from my previous life. "You never told me what
your name was.
"It's not important." She said calmly. "....all that matters is that you're happy...." She
paused and sat up. She was crying again.
"I thought you said you wouldn't....'bother'....me again? Though, you don't bother me at
all." I said trying to relive her.
"....You're right. And I'm sorry, but I had to see you again. I was getting lonely in that
pokeball all by myself." She said and looked up at the clouds.
"You saw me at the pokemon leauge, remember?" I asked and sat down next to her in the
grass.
"Yes....but....I also had something else to say...that I can't in the real world."
"Like what?" I asked.
"....congradulations...." She said as tears ran down her face again.
"I get it. You thought that if you found me in this life that we might be.....like before." I
asked.
"I hoped so. But, it seems that people change. Ghosts are eternal. While my body is a
pokemon, I have a place to stay....but when she dies......" She paused, "I'll become a lost
soul...doomed to wander the Earth alone...for the rest of time."
"...no...it's not fair..." I said in half astonishment half sentiment.
"Oh...Marushi...Marcy...don't worry about me. No matter where I am, I'll always
remember I have you as a friend, and I...won't really be alone."
"Isn't there something I can do?" I asked.
"no. It was the fate I decided. Don't feel guilty." She said and looked down at the grass,
playing with it. She pulled up a few peices, then plucked a small flower, pulling off it's
petals. She put the petals in the same had as the grass and threw it up into the air; but it
wasn't flower petals and grass any longer; it had turned into a pendant. It was small and in
the shape of a midevil phoenix. "Take this." She said as she caught it. "You gave it to me
a long time ago, and i want you to have it back, to remember me by." She took my hand
and opened it, put the pendant in it, and closed it. "You said that it was a pokemon you
saw when you were gone out at sea. You carved this for me and put gold and Ambrite all
over it." She said and layed back down. "I hope that you have a good life with Jarod...I
want you to know, that I'm happy, even if I can't be with you."
"Please, tell me your name." I asked and clenched the pendant tight. She just shook her
head and said again,
"It's not important....ever." She said and got back up. She took her hand and touched my
face, then got up and began to walk away.
"wait...WAIT!!" I yelled and got up as well. I looked around franticly running through the
fields, of endless green. "You have to still be here! You're creating this illusion!!" I yelled
loudly. No answer. Then, suddenly, from everywhere around me, I could feel her
pressance, I continued to look both scarred and sad.
"I'm not doing it...You are remembering something." It's true, I did feel like I was about to
remember something...something so important, how could I ever forget it...
"LEXA!!!" I yelled out loud.
"You remember my name^_^...to late. Don't worry. We'll meet again someday, in the real
world." She said and her voice floated off into the distance.
"Lexa wait!!??" I yelled to myself. "I'm sorry I can't help you!!"
"Marcy...I told you...there's nothing to be sorry about. I'm....happy." She said and was
compleatly gone. I would never see her smiling, crying face again. Her soft small blue
eyes that shimmered all the time like saphires. Or, her green hair that whisped gently in
the wind.
"Lexa?" I said to myself waking up. I tried to look at my watch, but my eyes were to
teary. I wiped them and moved my left arm closer to the fire, when I realized, I had
something in my hand. I opened it up, and there was the pendant. I turned it over and it
said, 'To my only, Lexa'. It realy was rather beautiful. it was a deep red color with a plate
of gold on top on the front of it. "Lexa..." I murmured and fell back asleep in the chair.
That afternoon we really didn't do much but walk around the hotel and explore.
Erika and Noki got some lunch and me and Jarod ran into the woman who was planning
our wedding. She still had to fix up the reception room, but she said everything else was
ready and asked if the invitations had been sent out. 'My mom sent them out the day I
found a wedding drees' I told her and she was very excited. Jarod really didn't want to go
to the fire festival, so I didn't make him. He said he would rather stay at the hotel and
relax for a while. I could tell he was still pretty nervous. He said not to worry though, he
would find something to do. This night, the festival started at 7:00 and ended at 11:00.
Me and Erika wore the gauntlet part of our armor that we had been given because it could
produce a light screen strong enough to stop a hyper beam attack. (Just in case a fire fight
broke out of control.) We walked into town after the sun went down, wearing our
kimonos. I had taken a shower and not bothered to dry my hair, just brush it our, and it
flipped up. Erika put her hair up in two large low buns and decorated them with those hair
chop stick things, that had gems at the end of it. Noki had brushed out her hair really well
(until it shinned!) and just let it fall down straight. It almost touched the ground it was so
long! We walked into the festival and me and Erika we suddenly and unexpectedly
ambushed by younger pokemon trainers that wanted our autographs and training tips. It
was apparent that we were not going to be able to go unnoticed. A lady in the booth we
were next to handed us a pen, and we signed all the childrens pictures of us; which were
mostly pictures from the newspaper, printed from websites, or actual photographs, taken
by their parents.
"Seems like you ladies are popular." An old lady walked up to us after all the children ran
back to their parents to tell them we were here.
"Well, when you're a pokemon master, it's hard not to get noticed!" Erika said in delight.
"Pokemon masters? Is that right? All three of you?" She asked.
"No. This is Marcy Blaze and Erika Crimson, from Cinnabar Island; I'm Noki! Just a
friend thanks." Hinokoai said.
"Well then....I bet you have some very powerful pokemon with you. Hopefully Fire type."
"Yes mam." I said.
"Well...how would you like it if I offered you a job for this festival?"
"What would we do?" Erika asked.
"Well...tonight, we can have you signing autographs, tommorrow night since it's shorter,
a seminar on training fire type pokemon?, and the rest of the week you can battle other
trainers who have fire type pokemon. What'dya say?"
"How mcu would we get out of it?" I asked.
"I'll slpit the earnings half and half. Then you can split that between the both of you."
"How about we get 75% to split among the two of us, and you get the rest?"
"Well then, I guess it's settled. My booth is over here." She siad and we walked over to a
small one with a large rectangular table that had a crystal ball on it.
"Are you a foutune teller?" I asked curiously.
"Used to be. I used to be the best in Jhoto...but now a days I'v just been off. I suppose it's
because I'm getting older. Age never did help anyone...." She said as she put the crystal
ball under the table and put the two chairs she had to it. "Now, you wait here a moment.
I'm going to go and find some pens. My name is Lexa by the way."
"I'm going to go have some fun guys! I'll see you later^_^" Hinokoai said, and she was
off. Lexa returned and handed them to us giving us both an extra. She yelled loudly and
attracted a crowd, mostly of younger kids and their parents, having us sign tons of photos.
By the time it was 11:00, time to close up, there was still quite a bit of a line. But
the lady shewed them away quickly and said to come back tommorrow for our speeches
about fire pokemon. We walked back to the hotel after we found Hinokoai eating some
food she had gotten before the food stand closed. We walked into our room quietly and
found Jarod asleep in bed. We one at a time changed in the walkin closet we had. Erika
found a soft spot on the rug infront of the fire place to sleep with a few pillows from the
couch and her sleeping bag. And Noki slept on the couch with my sleeping bag unzipped
for covers. (They unzipped all the way to form a square sheet.) Before I changed, I went
over to Jarod who was sleeping and watched him open his eye a little. I could tell he was
still asleep though. I changed in the closet and took the twin bed next to his.
The next day went pretty much the same way Lexa said it would. We went to the
festival that night and gave tips to kids about how to raise fire pokemon and even had a
few questions about our wings. We explained what happened but most of the parents
thought it was just a farie tale. The children loved it though and insisted on seeing them.
We explained that we couldn't put them out because of our kimonos, and they relaxed.
The rest of the week we battled trainers who were trying to level up their fire type
pokemon. I borrowed Orion from Hinokoai and the trainers loved it. Some of them were
saying that it was stronger than Entei, and they were probobly right. At least in this time
anyway.
"Go Orion!" I yelled and threw out his pokeball.
"Go Typhlosion!" the young girl who was battling me yelled.
"Orion, Fury Cutter!"
"Typhlosion Flame Wheel!" She yelled and as Orion jumped at it, it formed a wall of fire
in a circle around it and charged at Orion. Orion dodged it easily and hit with Fury Cutter
three times in a row.
"Typhlosion Quick Attack!" The girl yelled and he dissapeared, hitting Orion ocasionally
with very little effect.
"Orion, Sacred Fire!" I yelled and the fire on his feet flared up, engulfing him, then he
body slamed Typhlosion, finishing off what little HP it had left. The girl had been
defeated.
"I lost..." She said as she called back her pokemon.
"Aww. Don't worry about it. Everyone's gotta start somewhere. That was a great battle!
Especially against some one who has trained longer than you have. Don't worry. With
your skill, you may become a pokemon master some day." I said and she lighted up.
"Really?" She asked wipping her eyes.
"Sure! (but if you want a tip: Typhlosion have an extreamly high Special Attack. If you teach it more fire moves, it'll become very
powerful^_^)" I whispered and she ran off to train yelling, "Thank you^_^!!"
We got home from the festival that night and as I walked into the door of our
room, the phone in my pack rang.
"Hello?.......Hi mom!.......ok........great!!.....yup^_^......he's very excitied.....sure
did!.......bye!" I said and put it back, letting Raichu out of his pokeball. He hadn't been out
since last night, so I figured he was a little bored. I got out of my kimono finally after
Erika and Noki were both asleep. I got in my pajamams and sat down in the chair next to
the fire place and thought about the wedding day. It was officially 2 days away now since
it was midnight. I curled up in the big chair and fell asleep.
I was out in beautiful fields, with ancient pokemon surrounding me. They
frolicked about in and out of the fields tall wavy grass.
"Marushi." Someone said. I turned around to see who that person was talking to, but there
was no one. Again, "Here." It said. It was a voice I had heard before. I turned around to
look infront of me again, and there, a beautiful girl was laying in the grass. "That was
your name." She said. I asked,
"Haunter?" I realized it was the ghost from my previous life. "You never told me what
your name was.
"It's not important." She said calmly. "....all that matters is that you're happy...." She
paused and sat up. She was crying again.
"I thought you said you wouldn't....'bother'....me again? Though, you don't bother me at
all." I said trying to relive her.
"....You're right. And I'm sorry, but I had to see you again. I was getting lonely in that
pokeball all by myself." She said and looked up at the clouds.
"You saw me at the pokemon leauge, remember?" I asked and sat down next to her in the
grass.
"Yes....but....I also had something else to say...that I can't in the real world."
"Like what?" I asked.
"....congradulations...." She said as tears ran down her face again.
"I get it. You thought that if you found me in this life that we might be.....like before." I
asked.
"I hoped so. But, it seems that people change. Ghosts are eternal. While my body is a
pokemon, I have a place to stay....but when she dies......" She paused, "I'll become a lost
soul...doomed to wander the Earth alone...for the rest of time."
"...no...it's not fair..." I said in half astonishment half sentiment.
"Oh...Marushi...Marcy...don't worry about me. No matter where I am, I'll always
remember I have you as a friend, and I...won't really be alone."
"Isn't there something I can do?" I asked.
"no. It was the fate I decided. Don't feel guilty." She said and looked down at the grass,
playing with it. She pulled up a few peices, then plucked a small flower, pulling off it's
petals. She put the petals in the same had as the grass and threw it up into the air; but it
wasn't flower petals and grass any longer; it had turned into a pendant. It was small and in
the shape of a midevil phoenix. "Take this." She said as she caught it. "You gave it to me
a long time ago, and i want you to have it back, to remember me by." She took my hand
and opened it, put the pendant in it, and closed it. "You said that it was a pokemon you
saw when you were gone out at sea. You carved this for me and put gold and Ambrite all
over it." She said and layed back down. "I hope that you have a good life with Jarod...I
want you to know, that I'm happy, even if I can't be with you."
"Please, tell me your name." I asked and clenched the pendant tight. She just shook her
head and said again,
"It's not important....ever." She said and got back up. She took her hand and touched my
face, then got up and began to walk away.
"wait...WAIT!!" I yelled and got up as well. I looked around franticly running through the
fields, of endless green. "You have to still be here! You're creating this illusion!!" I yelled
loudly. No answer. Then, suddenly, from everywhere around me, I could feel her
pressance, I continued to look both scarred and sad.
"I'm not doing it...You are remembering something." It's true, I did feel like I was about to
remember something...something so important, how could I ever forget it...
"LEXA!!!" I yelled out loud.
"You remember my name^_^...to late. Don't worry. We'll meet again someday, in the real
world." She said and her voice floated off into the distance.
"Lexa wait!!??" I yelled to myself. "I'm sorry I can't help you!!"
"Marcy...I told you...there's nothing to be sorry about. I'm....happy." She said and was
compleatly gone. I would never see her smiling, crying face again. Her soft small blue
eyes that shimmered all the time like saphires. Or, her green hair that whisped gently in
the wind.
"Lexa?" I said to myself waking up. I tried to look at my watch, but my eyes were to
teary. I wiped them and moved my left arm closer to the fire, when I realized, I had
something in my hand. I opened it up, and there was the pendant. I turned it over and it
said, 'To my only, Lexa'. It realy was rather beautiful. it was a deep red color with a plate
of gold on top on the front of it. "Lexa..." I murmured and fell back asleep in the chair.