Chapter LII- Legends
It was a perfectly normal request. Shirushi had gotten some weird readings for us
and wanted to see if Noki's would be just as interesting. But what could she mean by
weird vibes? Could she somehow tell that Noki didn't really belong in this time? If she
figured it out using the tarot cards...what would she do? Would she even do anything?
Noki sat, her arms still folded in that funny way, looking away from us now.
"Well...I mean if she doesn't want too...." I tried to point out, but Shirushi handed her the
cards.
"I really shouldn't..." She said but Shirushi dropped them into her lap.
"Humor me." She said in a serious tone that almost could have been interperted as hostile
had we not known her. Noki reluctantly shuffled the cards and was about to put them into
a pile when Shirushi stopped her. "No..." She said and then continued. "I'm going to do a
different reading on you...a past life one." Noki looked somewhat bothered by this, but
complied with what she was told. "I want you to take four cards and put them here, here,
here and here faced down," She pointed it out on the cloth, "in whatever order you feel is
right." Noki put the cards down where she was told, and Shirushi took one of them into
her hands, still not looking at it. "Now...take all of the cards off the cloth please, in
whatever order you like." Shirushi watched carefully as she did this and her eyes widened
slightly. "Hm...ok. Well...here you go." She said and put the card face up to reveal a very
strange looking pokemon. It looked almost like a mew, but without the tail, and a small
yellow japanese costume with a big hat and notes hanging from it. Her eyes widened even
more so and she picked up the card. "This is a legendary pokemon...it's name is Jirachi...A
legend states that it will make true any wish that is written on notes attached to it's head
when it awakens...but it has never awakened as far as anyone knows..." She looked up at
Noki with even more interest now. "It...appears you made a wish on Jirachi in your past
life...and it was somehow granted in this one..." Noki turned compleatly red from cheek to
cheek and jumped up, running down the stairs as fast as she could.
"NOKI!!" I shouted and we all got up to chase after her.
"Wait!" Shirushi shouted. "If one wish was granted...then so were all the other wishes
written there...maybe...maybe Jirachi did awaken once..."
"....and if he did?" I said wanting to run after Noki more then ever. Shirushi just shook her
head 'no' and cleaned up her cards. We ran out yelling, "Thank you!!" and ran as fast as
we could down the stairs. When we got outside everyone was staring at us and Erika let
out Ryu to frighten some of them off. I just made sure Raichu was still behind me, then we
ran off to the pokemon center. We ran in the doors and saw Noki with her stuff.
"What the hell is going on??" I demanded and she turned to look at us. She was crying. I
felt a little bad about yelling at her now, but I still wanted to know what this was all about.
"....I...I'm sorry....I've done somthing bad...." She said and let out Sylebi. "I have to go
back to the future for a little while...please...continue on what you were going to do...I'll
be back later..." She said and in a sudden flash she was gone.
"N------No---ki....?" I said and fell to my knees. They hit the cold floor of the pokemon
center hard, and I could feel the pain rush through my theighs...but it wasn't nearly as bad
as the pain in my heart...she left..she's gone...where did she go...? why?...is she coming
back...? How soon is later? I could see Jarod's tear filled eyes reflecting on the shiney
floor of the pokemon center and he kneeled down with me, hugging me.
"I'm sure she'll be back soon angel..." He said with a certain tone of voice that made me
feel a little better. "Come on....let's....go see Falkner..." He said and picked me up gently
being careful of my arm. Raichu still continued to stare at the spot however where Noki
had been and make small little whimpering noises. Erika abruptly picked him up for me
and we walked out as a few poeple stared at us. I wanted to yell at them...I wanted to tell
them to stop staring...what is wrong with me?...I'm not normally like this...Is it because
she left? We continued to walk to the gym, now I was walking normally with Jarod
holding my right hand, and Erika walking with Raichu in her arms and Ryu behind her on
my left. Why did she run away...did she somehow inadvertently alter the
future?...Maybe...maybe she left to make sure nothing had changed...yea...that's it. She
left to make sure everything was still ok...We approached the large slidding glass gym
doors and Jarod opened it so that both of us could walk through...it was a huge open
room with a marked floor and Falkner sitting at a desk just behind where the markings
ended. Erika put Raichu down next to me, and he abruptly pat my leg with one paw,
trying to make me feel better.
"I'm....guessing you want me to go first...?" She said turning around.
"Um...if you want to. I'm fine really." I said, but she didn't look at all satisfied with my
answer. She stepped forward and announced loudly to Falkner,
"I am Erika Crimson of Cinnabar Island! I have come here to challenge Falkner, the leader
of this gym!"
"Hm...Erika Crimson...I've heard that name before...ah yes. You're the pokemon master
from Kento...this should be an interesting battle..." Falkner stood up and pressed a button
on his watch which moved his desk farther away from the field as he walked toward it.
"Now...I have a question for you Master Crimson...do you plan on using your pokegod?"
She looked at me, though I don't really know why. She looked back at Falkner and stated,
"Well...if I told you that wouldn't that be giving you the advantage?" She questioned him
back.
"Against any pokegod I think an advantage is needed to be fair."
"Well you can forget it." She retorted. "So...will you still fight knowing or not knowing id
I'll use Ryu?"
"Of course. What else is a gym good for?" He said and grabbed a pokeball from his belt.
Me, Jarod and Raichu both took a seat on a bench that was near the wall and made
ourselves comfortable. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't keep my mind from
thinking about Noki. I watched as Falkner yelled,
"Two on two! Let the battle BEGIN!!" then throw out a moonball. Erika threw out an
Ultra ball. I knew who it was right away.
"Go Cupeon!! MIST!" Erika shouted and a thick mist covered the lowere area of the
stadium, so much that it was difficult for me to see Erika who was just several yards away.
"Go Pidgeotto! Fly!" Falkners Pidgeot flew high up and he shouted, "GUST!" Which
began to blow away the mist, but not before Erika had a chance to whip out a suprise
attack.
"Cloud Bash Cupeon!" She shouted and all of a sudden Cupeon jumped off it's little cloud
and they both went different directions, then converged on Pidgeotto, body slamming it
basically from both sides. It abruptly fell to the ground, and Cupeon chased after it.
"Pidgeot! Agility!" He shouted and it suddenly vanished as Cupeon was about to bash it
again. Then something hit Cupeon that threw it somewhat off guard.
"Cupeon, MELT!" Erika shouted and Cupeon dissapeared as well. For a while, there were
the ocasional hits in the air, and suddenly, out of no where Pidgeotto came falling out of
the sky, visable again, and landed flat unconscious. Cupeon materialized afterward in a
ready stance infront of Erika who was now jumping up and down with joy.
"Hmph...that was my weakest pokemon anyway. Get ready for something a little tougher
this time!" He said as he threw out a great ball, "Go Spearow!!"
"Cupeon RAKE!" Erika shouted and Cupeon quickly jumped off it's cloud, running over
to Spearow clawing it relentlessly.
"Spearow, Mirror Move!" Falkner shouted, and the tables suddenly turned. Spearow was
raking Cupeon with it's claws.
"Quick Cupeon, ehile it's close! STEAM BREATH!!" She shouted and Cupeon created ha
huge burst of hot steam from it's mouth that burned Spearow, and knocked off it's last
remaining bit of strength. "YEA! Nice job Cupeon!!" She shouted and he jumped into her
arms, hit little cloud floating, waiting to be used again.
"Spearow return." Falkner said and called his Spearow back. "I wish there was some way
that I could use stronger pokemon against stronger opponents, but the rules are rules..."
He pulled something out of his shrine like costume and tossed it to Erika; she caught it in
her hands and opened them up. "That's a Zephyr badge. That proves you beat me...though
that should be no suprise to your fans. Are you here to challenge me too?" He turned to
me and asked. I shook my head yes, with all this going on, I had actually forgotten about
Noki for a while.
"Yes. I am." I walked up as Erika called Cupeon back into his pokeball and she walked
over to the bench now, sitting down with Jarod. "I am Marcy Silph of Cinnabar Island!
And I am here to challenge you Falkner!" I said and thrust my right arm forward, "GO
Raichu!!"
"Great..." Falkner exagerated and got out another pokeball. "Go Taillow!" He said and
threw out a normal pokeball. "Double Team!" He shouted and it ran quickly around
Raichu, hitting him.
"Raichu, Blizzard!" I said and he created an ice storm that froze Taillow.
"Taillow return!" he called it back and sent out another, "Go Doduo!" he said and threw
out a Fast Ball.
"Raichu Thunderbolt!" I said as he shouted,
"Agility!" His Doduo dissapeared and hit Raichu every so often, as sparks flew around the
room.
"Raichu Thunderstorm!" I shouted and he created hundreds of bolts of lighting that finally
converged on Doduo, knocking it flat out.
"Doudo return!" He said and walked over to us this time.
"I really wish that some day we can fight a fair match. I'd love to go head on with that
Raichu of yours." he said and handed me my badge.
"Thanks. I'd like to see what else you've got up your sleeve too." I said, and after saying
goodbyes, we were now heading back to the pokemon center. It was about 3:00 by now,
and I was really hungry. I really wasn't worried about Noki too much for some reason
anymore. I knew she would come back...she'd never break a promise.
It was a perfectly normal request. Shirushi had gotten some weird readings for us
and wanted to see if Noki's would be just as interesting. But what could she mean by
weird vibes? Could she somehow tell that Noki didn't really belong in this time? If she
figured it out using the tarot cards...what would she do? Would she even do anything?
Noki sat, her arms still folded in that funny way, looking away from us now.
"Well...I mean if she doesn't want too...." I tried to point out, but Shirushi handed her the
cards.
"I really shouldn't..." She said but Shirushi dropped them into her lap.
"Humor me." She said in a serious tone that almost could have been interperted as hostile
had we not known her. Noki reluctantly shuffled the cards and was about to put them into
a pile when Shirushi stopped her. "No..." She said and then continued. "I'm going to do a
different reading on you...a past life one." Noki looked somewhat bothered by this, but
complied with what she was told. "I want you to take four cards and put them here, here,
here and here faced down," She pointed it out on the cloth, "in whatever order you feel is
right." Noki put the cards down where she was told, and Shirushi took one of them into
her hands, still not looking at it. "Now...take all of the cards off the cloth please, in
whatever order you like." Shirushi watched carefully as she did this and her eyes widened
slightly. "Hm...ok. Well...here you go." She said and put the card face up to reveal a very
strange looking pokemon. It looked almost like a mew, but without the tail, and a small
yellow japanese costume with a big hat and notes hanging from it. Her eyes widened even
more so and she picked up the card. "This is a legendary pokemon...it's name is Jirachi...A
legend states that it will make true any wish that is written on notes attached to it's head
when it awakens...but it has never awakened as far as anyone knows..." She looked up at
Noki with even more interest now. "It...appears you made a wish on Jirachi in your past
life...and it was somehow granted in this one..." Noki turned compleatly red from cheek to
cheek and jumped up, running down the stairs as fast as she could.
"NOKI!!" I shouted and we all got up to chase after her.
"Wait!" Shirushi shouted. "If one wish was granted...then so were all the other wishes
written there...maybe...maybe Jirachi did awaken once..."
"....and if he did?" I said wanting to run after Noki more then ever. Shirushi just shook her
head 'no' and cleaned up her cards. We ran out yelling, "Thank you!!" and ran as fast as
we could down the stairs. When we got outside everyone was staring at us and Erika let
out Ryu to frighten some of them off. I just made sure Raichu was still behind me, then we
ran off to the pokemon center. We ran in the doors and saw Noki with her stuff.
"What the hell is going on??" I demanded and she turned to look at us. She was crying. I
felt a little bad about yelling at her now, but I still wanted to know what this was all about.
"....I...I'm sorry....I've done somthing bad...." She said and let out Sylebi. "I have to go
back to the future for a little while...please...continue on what you were going to do...I'll
be back later..." She said and in a sudden flash she was gone.
"N------No---ki....?" I said and fell to my knees. They hit the cold floor of the pokemon
center hard, and I could feel the pain rush through my theighs...but it wasn't nearly as bad
as the pain in my heart...she left..she's gone...where did she go...? why?...is she coming
back...? How soon is later? I could see Jarod's tear filled eyes reflecting on the shiney
floor of the pokemon center and he kneeled down with me, hugging me.
"I'm sure she'll be back soon angel..." He said with a certain tone of voice that made me
feel a little better. "Come on....let's....go see Falkner..." He said and picked me up gently
being careful of my arm. Raichu still continued to stare at the spot however where Noki
had been and make small little whimpering noises. Erika abruptly picked him up for me
and we walked out as a few poeple stared at us. I wanted to yell at them...I wanted to tell
them to stop staring...what is wrong with me?...I'm not normally like this...Is it because
she left? We continued to walk to the gym, now I was walking normally with Jarod
holding my right hand, and Erika walking with Raichu in her arms and Ryu behind her on
my left. Why did she run away...did she somehow inadvertently alter the
future?...Maybe...maybe she left to make sure nothing had changed...yea...that's it. She
left to make sure everything was still ok...We approached the large slidding glass gym
doors and Jarod opened it so that both of us could walk through...it was a huge open
room with a marked floor and Falkner sitting at a desk just behind where the markings
ended. Erika put Raichu down next to me, and he abruptly pat my leg with one paw,
trying to make me feel better.
"I'm....guessing you want me to go first...?" She said turning around.
"Um...if you want to. I'm fine really." I said, but she didn't look at all satisfied with my
answer. She stepped forward and announced loudly to Falkner,
"I am Erika Crimson of Cinnabar Island! I have come here to challenge Falkner, the leader
of this gym!"
"Hm...Erika Crimson...I've heard that name before...ah yes. You're the pokemon master
from Kento...this should be an interesting battle..." Falkner stood up and pressed a button
on his watch which moved his desk farther away from the field as he walked toward it.
"Now...I have a question for you Master Crimson...do you plan on using your pokegod?"
She looked at me, though I don't really know why. She looked back at Falkner and stated,
"Well...if I told you that wouldn't that be giving you the advantage?" She questioned him
back.
"Against any pokegod I think an advantage is needed to be fair."
"Well you can forget it." She retorted. "So...will you still fight knowing or not knowing id
I'll use Ryu?"
"Of course. What else is a gym good for?" He said and grabbed a pokeball from his belt.
Me, Jarod and Raichu both took a seat on a bench that was near the wall and made
ourselves comfortable. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't keep my mind from
thinking about Noki. I watched as Falkner yelled,
"Two on two! Let the battle BEGIN!!" then throw out a moonball. Erika threw out an
Ultra ball. I knew who it was right away.
"Go Cupeon!! MIST!" Erika shouted and a thick mist covered the lowere area of the
stadium, so much that it was difficult for me to see Erika who was just several yards away.
"Go Pidgeotto! Fly!" Falkners Pidgeot flew high up and he shouted, "GUST!" Which
began to blow away the mist, but not before Erika had a chance to whip out a suprise
attack.
"Cloud Bash Cupeon!" She shouted and all of a sudden Cupeon jumped off it's little cloud
and they both went different directions, then converged on Pidgeotto, body slamming it
basically from both sides. It abruptly fell to the ground, and Cupeon chased after it.
"Pidgeot! Agility!" He shouted and it suddenly vanished as Cupeon was about to bash it
again. Then something hit Cupeon that threw it somewhat off guard.
"Cupeon, MELT!" Erika shouted and Cupeon dissapeared as well. For a while, there were
the ocasional hits in the air, and suddenly, out of no where Pidgeotto came falling out of
the sky, visable again, and landed flat unconscious. Cupeon materialized afterward in a
ready stance infront of Erika who was now jumping up and down with joy.
"Hmph...that was my weakest pokemon anyway. Get ready for something a little tougher
this time!" He said as he threw out a great ball, "Go Spearow!!"
"Cupeon RAKE!" Erika shouted and Cupeon quickly jumped off it's cloud, running over
to Spearow clawing it relentlessly.
"Spearow, Mirror Move!" Falkner shouted, and the tables suddenly turned. Spearow was
raking Cupeon with it's claws.
"Quick Cupeon, ehile it's close! STEAM BREATH!!" She shouted and Cupeon created ha
huge burst of hot steam from it's mouth that burned Spearow, and knocked off it's last
remaining bit of strength. "YEA! Nice job Cupeon!!" She shouted and he jumped into her
arms, hit little cloud floating, waiting to be used again.
"Spearow return." Falkner said and called his Spearow back. "I wish there was some way
that I could use stronger pokemon against stronger opponents, but the rules are rules..."
He pulled something out of his shrine like costume and tossed it to Erika; she caught it in
her hands and opened them up. "That's a Zephyr badge. That proves you beat me...though
that should be no suprise to your fans. Are you here to challenge me too?" He turned to
me and asked. I shook my head yes, with all this going on, I had actually forgotten about
Noki for a while.
"Yes. I am." I walked up as Erika called Cupeon back into his pokeball and she walked
over to the bench now, sitting down with Jarod. "I am Marcy Silph of Cinnabar Island!
And I am here to challenge you Falkner!" I said and thrust my right arm forward, "GO
Raichu!!"
"Great..." Falkner exagerated and got out another pokeball. "Go Taillow!" He said and
threw out a normal pokeball. "Double Team!" He shouted and it ran quickly around
Raichu, hitting him.
"Raichu, Blizzard!" I said and he created an ice storm that froze Taillow.
"Taillow return!" he called it back and sent out another, "Go Doduo!" he said and threw
out a Fast Ball.
"Raichu Thunderbolt!" I said as he shouted,
"Agility!" His Doduo dissapeared and hit Raichu every so often, as sparks flew around the
room.
"Raichu Thunderstorm!" I shouted and he created hundreds of bolts of lighting that finally
converged on Doduo, knocking it flat out.
"Doudo return!" He said and walked over to us this time.
"I really wish that some day we can fight a fair match. I'd love to go head on with that
Raichu of yours." he said and handed me my badge.
"Thanks. I'd like to see what else you've got up your sleeve too." I said, and after saying
goodbyes, we were now heading back to the pokemon center. It was about 3:00 by now,
and I was really hungry. I really wasn't worried about Noki too much for some reason
anymore. I knew she would come back...she'd never break a promise.