Me: I hope ya liked the last chapter!
Team Rocket: We didn't!
Me: Shaddap! Or would ya like to get fried by my great author-like powers?
Team Rocket: O O ::Shuts up::
Me: That's better. Ahem. Here's chapter 9! It's a two parter.
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The Young Master's Quest Ch. 9: Get to know us better! Part 1
(A/N: Stupid title, I know, but I had nothing better)
After they were freed, Ash & co. stood up & shook Izzy's hand.
"Izzy. Is it true that you consider us friends?" Brock asked.
"Why, of course!" Izzy answered. "I wouldn't be traveling with you guys if I didn't. And as friends, I want us to make a vow." He took out 3 master balls from his back pack. Two were silver & one was gold.
"Take these as a token of our friendship." Izzy said as he gave Ash & Brock a silver master ball each. He gave Misty the gold one. Izzy then told them what the master balls are used for.
"Wow! You mean that we'll be able to capture even the legendary pokémon?" Ash asked.
"Yep." Izzy replied.
'If I didn't already capture them.' He thought.
"So what's this vow you were talking about?" Misty asked.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot. You guys must promise that no matter what, you do not release, trade, or otherwise give away the pokémon that you capture with the master ball." Izzy explained. "As long you avoid doing those things & train the pokémon to be a great fighter, we'll be friends forever."
"Well, that'll be kinda hard for Ash." Misty said.
"No way! I never released any of my pokémon!" Ash fought back.
"Butterfree, Primeape, Pidgeot, Lapras, Charizard, and Squirtle! Don't those names ring a bell!?" Misty yelled.
'I… I don't believe my ears. He released ALL of those pokémon!? Is he insane!?' Izzy thought with wide eyes.
"Hey! I released them for good reasons!" Ash argued.
"Well, let's hear it, then!" Misty said.
"Butterfree wanted to mate, I let that guy train Primeape, Pidgeot had to protect its less evolved friends, Lapras had to go back to its family, Charizard is training at the Charicific Valley, and Squirtle went back to the Squirtle Squad!" Ash explained.
"I sure hope that you go back & get some of your pokémon back, especially your charizard." Izzy said.
"Yeah, me too." Ash replied.
"Don't count on it though." Misty cut in.
"Well, at least I didn't get rid of my starmie & horsea!" Ash yelled.
"How dare you!?" Misty snapped.
"Do they fight like this ALL the time?" Izzy asked Brock.
"Yeah. You'll get used to it." Brock said.
"It'll be over soon, right? I mean, how long can they stay mad at each other?" Izzy asked.
A few hours later…
"Did not!" Ash yelled.
"Did too!" Misty yelled back.
"This has to end! Sadie, use your screech attack." Izzy said.
"Meeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooow!!!" Sadie screamed, which stopped the fight… and busted everybody's eardrums.
After everyone recovered, they noticed that it was almost sunset.
"We'll have to set up camp." Brock said.
"Misty, you go get the firewood." Ash said.
"Go get your own firewood!" Misty snapped.
"You go!" Ash yelled.
"No, you go!" Misty yelled back.
"Wait! I'll go get the wood." Izzy interrupted. It was apparent that he knew another fight was about to occur.
"Ok!" Ash & Misty said at the same time.
"Come on Sadie. Let's go." Izzy said as he started walking to the trees.
"Meowth!" Sadie yelled as she followed.
"Sadie. Use your Slash attack on those branches." Izzy ordered as he sat on a log.
"Meow!" Sadie yelled as she jumped up & proceeded to cut down some branches.
"Now that I'm away from them, I can call Mom." Izzy said as he pressed the button for the phone. He then dialed the number for the castle.
At the castle…
"I'm worried." Said Queen Maureen as she was pacing around on the balcony of their bedroom.
"Don't worry. Israel's fine." The king said.
"How would you know? He's never been on a journey before!" The queen yelled.
"What are you talking about!? He went on a journey two years ago!" King Israel argued.
"Oh yeah. I forgot!" The queen said. King Israel sweatdropped.
"Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Phone call! Phone call!" The phone rang.
"It's Izzy!" Queen Maureen yelled as she ran to the phone. It rang one more time before she picked it up & Prince Israel appeared on the screen.
"Hi Mom! Hi Dad!" He said.
"Hi Izzy! How's my baby doing?" The queen asked.
"Err… I'm fine. And you?" Prince Israel said while sweatdropping.
"Oh, I'm fine. Did you do anything exciting?" Queen Maureen asked.
"Nah. I just flew around." Israel replied.
"Oh. And that's it for your day?" The Queen asked.
"Yeah. What did you do?" Israel III asked.
"Oh, I just relaxed today." Maureen replied.
"Cool. Well, I gotta go. Bye." The prince said.
"Bye Izzy-wizzy. I love you." The queen said in a cute voice.
"I love you too." Israel said & the screen went black.
"You treat him like a little kid." King Israel said.
"Mind your own business." Queen Maureen retorted.
Back in the forest…
"Man! I hate it when she does that!" Izzy yelled in disgust.
"Meow." Sadie said. Izzy looked & right next to the meowth stood a stack of firewood.
"Good job Sadie. Let's go back to the group." He said.
"Meowth." Sadie nodded & she jumped on Izzy's shoulders. He carried the firewood back to the campsite.
When Izzy & Sadie got back, they saw that everybody was setting up camp. Misty got the water, Ash got the marshmallows (For roasting. What else?), and Brock was pitching the tents.
"Hey guys! I got the firewood." Izzy said.
"That's great. Put some in that circle of rocks." Brock said.
"Ok." Izzy said. He went to the circle in the center of the campsite & put in about ten pieces of wood. He put the remaining pieces next to a tree.
"Hey Izzy! If you have a tent, I'll pitch it for you." Brock offered.
"Thanks. I'll get it for you." Izzy said & he fished into his backpack & pulled out a box. "Here it is." He handed Brock the box.
"Ok. I'll be done in a sec." Brock said as he went to a corner of the circle to set up the tent.
There were already three tents by the circle. At the north end of the circle was a red tent, which belonged to Ash. At the south end was a blue tent, which was Misty's. Brock's tent was on the west end. It was orange. On the east end, Brock was setting up Izzy's tent, which was purple.
"Well, it's all done." Brock said.
"Now we have a complete circle." Ash said.
"It sure is colorful." Misty said.
"Thanks again for putting up my tent." Izzy said.
"No problem." Brock replied.
"The only thing left to do is light the fire." Misty said.
"I'll do it with Cyndaquil." Ash said.
"No, I'll use Vulpix." Brock said.
"Allow me." Izzy intervened.
"You have a pokémon that can do it?" Misty asked.
"Yeah. Go! Golden Master Ball!" Izzy said & his charizard came out of its ball.
"Wow! He's got a charizard." Ash said.
"But it looks…different." Brock noticed & he was right.
Izzy's charizard looked much more different than the average charizard. It's a bit bigger than any other charizard & it has these stripes that make it look like a raptor from the Jurassic Park movies.
"Guys, this is my charizard. Charizard. Say 'hi.'" Izzy said. Charizard roared a hello that can be easily confused with the sound a T-rex makes when it's hungry. The group, except for Izzy, shook. "Now Charizard, I know you probably don't like this, but I gotta use your tail flame to light a fire." Charizard nodded.
"Good boy." Izzy said & he took a stick from the circle of rocks and walked over to Charizard. He put the tip of the stick to Charizard's flame & it sprang to life. Izzy then put the stick in the circle & the fire started to spread. "I'm proud of ya." Izzy pat Charizard's head. He then called Charizard back to it's master ball.
"That was amazing!" Brock said. "I bet that if Ash tried that on his charizard, he'd get burned to a crisp!" Ash sweatdropped.
"So where did you train it?" Misty asked.
"Well, like Ash, I left mine at the Charicific Valley." Izzy explained. "I made sure to come back every month to check up on him."
"How do you know what gender a pokémon is?" Ash asked.
"With my pokédex, of course." Izzy said.
"Did you get it from Prof. Oak?" Ash asked.
"I got my first one from Prof. Oak. This model was made for me." Izzy replied & he took out his pokédex.
"It looks like mine." Ash said & he too took out his pokédex to compare.
"Except it's gold." Brock pointed out.
'Oops! I completely forgot! My pokédex is gold & my master balls are gold & silver too! They'll find me out for sure!' Izzy thought.
"Are you rich or something?" Misty asked. That knocked Izzy out of his train of thought.
"Me? I wish!" he replied. "My pokédex & master balls are fake gold & silver." He chuckled nervously.
"Why would you have your stuff gold & silver plated?" Ash asked.
"I just want to make people think I'm rich. It's just the way I am. And it looks like it worked." Izzy replied.
'Yes! My lie worked!' He thought.
"He sure sounds conceited." Misty whispered to Brock.
"I know. And I think that stuff is real gold & silver." Brock replied as he took a close look at his master ball. They all suddenly heard a grumbling sound.
"Maybe it's a hungry snorlax. Or a pack of ursaring." Izzy said as he was arming himself with a master ball.
"No. It's my stomach." Ash said. Izzy looked & saw that he was holding his stomach. He then fell over.
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Everybody was sitting by the fire. Brock was cooking soup. Pikachu was sitting next to Ash. Togepi fell asleep, so Misty was just holding an egg. Sadie was sleeping on Izzy's lap while he was writing in his journal.
"There. Done for today." He said as he closed the book.
"Hey. What's that?" Ash asked.
"This is my journal." Izzy replied.
"May I see it?"
"No way!" Izzy answered.
"Come on. Just a little peak?" Ash persisted.
"No!"
"Ash! Don't you know anything!?" Misty yelled. "You're not supposed to read other people's journals!"
"But Misty, I read your journal & you didn't say anything." Ash argued. Misty blushed.
"You WHAT!?" She lunged at Ash & started beating him up. Brock & Izzy simply laughed at the sight.
Later…
"Dinner's ready!" Brock yelled. After hearing those words, Misty stopped beating up Ash & walked to the fire.
"Oh, I'm starving." She said.
"Me too…" Ash said as he crawled over to the fire. He was bruised all over & both of his eyes were black.
"What is this stuff?" Izzy asked as he looked at the contents of the pot.
"This is my special soup." Brock replied & he handed Izzy a bowl. "Try it."
"Ok. Here goes nothing." Izzy said. He dipped his spoon in the bowl, took it out, looked at the spoon, and put it in his mouth. He chewed it & swallowed.
"Well how was it?" Brock asked. Izzy took a while to answer, but the words came to him & he started to float on cloud nine.
"That was the best thing I ever tasted!" He yelled happily & he sipped the bowl. "Such a delicate harmony of flavors. You must give me the recipe so my coo—I mean my mom can make it." Izzy said.
"I'm glad you like it. Here's the recipe." Brock said & he handed Izzy a piece of paper. Izzy then stuffed it in his backpack.
After they ate, Ash got up.
"Well, I'm turning in. Good night." He said as he picked up the sleeping Pikachu.
"Good night." Everyone said.
"Guess I'm going to bed too." Izzy said & he grabbed Sadie & went to his tent. "Good night."
"See ya in the morning." Misty said. She looked at Izzy's tent suspiciously.
"Something wrong?" Brock asked.
"No. It's nothing. Good night." Misty replied & she picked up Togepi.
"Good night." Brock replied. He poured water over the fire & stumbled to his tent.
To be continued…
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A/N:
Me: Well, that's that for part 1 of chapter 9. Hope ya like it so far.
Team Rocket: We don't! We weren't even in it!
Me: That's it! ::A lightning bolt strikes Team Rocket::
Team Rocket: Ouch… X X
Me: Yosh! =D
Note: I like Team Rocket. It's just that they're great comedy relief!