So . . .
No one wants May to have a southern accent . . . well I didn't either. Dumb sugar high.
Oh well . . . here's your chapter . . . well, technically it's mine, but I'm lettin' u read it . . . so yeah . . . uh . . . enjoy?
Quote: "I don't care if you don't care 'cause I care that I care and if you don't care about what I care about then you can go an' care about somethin' else." LIKE YOUR CAT THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOOT!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!
Charles: YOU TAKE PLEASURE OUT OF OUR ARGUEMENTS?! WHAT KIND OF SICK, TWISTED MIND DO YOU POSSESS?! nah jk. lol. Cool, thanx...i guess...
ANS: It does? ::ponders:: Ok then...it does...
Sakura Phoenix: wut's a squall?
Silver Wolf66: 'lia told me you're coming back soon. Cool. There wuz something' I wuz gonna ask ya but I don't remember lol. J
Okay check it out. I've combined ch 8 and 9. Cool huh? It is? Okay . . . if you say so. You guys are weird then.
Disclaimer: YES! ::looks down a path and sees hundreds of lawyers stampeding towards me:: Wait for it . . . ::A big crash is heard and a huge cloud of dirt forms. The path clears and a big hole is seen with the hundreds of lawyers twitching at the bottom of it::
[What are you doing?]
Taking out the trash.
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Ch 8: May and Brendan's First Battle
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There was only one thing on Brendan's mind. Just one, nothing else. Not even that rare Pokémon that scampered right past them. One thought occupied his mind at the moment. OH DEAR GAWD, THE PAIN!! He couldn't remember being in this much pain since . . . since, the last time. When he broke up with Nicole. Now that hurt. But compared to now, Nicole's kick was laughable. Unfortunately our dear Brendan wasn't in any mood to laugh.
However there was something that almost compensated for this troublesome time. Despite the throbbing in his . . . erm . . . schlong, and the nausea washing over him like tidal waves, he noticed something that he had never seen before in May. She was panicking, for him. Romantic isn't it? NOT!!
"Oh dear Gawd Brendan are you ok? Please tell me you're ok. Please!" May shook him for good measure and only stopped when he started whining.
"Brendan you're gonna be ok! Answer me, you're gonna be ok, right? Of course you are! I didn't hit you that hard right?" She was panicking?
She was so lost in her drabble and panicked state that she hadn't noticed Brendan groan and slowly, painfully, but surely, sit up. Shifting his weight to one hand, he tapped her gently on the shoulder, which took a lot of energy considering the ordeal he just went through. When she finally snapped back to reality a look of relief overcame her face, and she jumped onto him, hugging . . . no wait, squeezing Brendan until he started to turn blue.
"May. Can't. Breathe," he managed to say. She quickly let go and gave him about 2 seconds before jumping on him again.
"Brendan Birch don't you ever scare me like that again! You looked like you were gonna die or somethin'!"
"Well," he gasped, "I didn't," another quick intake of air, "exactly want to have to know what my balls taste like."
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry! I promise I won't ever do that again! But don't you ever scare me like that again! Got it?!" Brendan was too weak to reply, so instead he nodded. May sighed, full of relief. Still on her knees, she watched Brendan closely to make sure he was ok. Slowly, painfully, but surely he got up and slowly, painfully, but surely walked around a bit. Once he gave her a thumbs-up she sighed, grabbed her bag, got up and put Brendan's arm around her. They walked the rest of the way to Rustboro this way. One thought kept echoing through Brendan's head. She was panicking?
::SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP::
"WHAT?!" Brendan shrieked as he shot up off the ground with a jolt. Wait a second . . .
"You're okay!" May squealed as she jumped onto him and hugged him, causing him to fall back onto the ground. Brendan froze from the sudden embrace.
"Dude, seriously are you okay?" May asked as she got off him and sat down next to him, looking at him with big, curious eyes.
"Uhh . . . yeah . . . why?"
"'Cause, after you dropped me—which I haven't forgiven you for, by the way—I tried to tackle you but then ended up on my face. Then I see a dust cloud heading for Rustboro. When I finally catch up there you are, sprawled across the ground and a snot-bubble coming out of your nose."
"Oh."
"And you were out for a long time too. At least two hours. Finally I just got tired of waiting so I took up some of Cyndaquil's advice and slapped you awake. But I did get some training in with Torchic and Staryu!" Brendan did the -.- face. "So were you dreaming? You were weren't you? What was the dream about? Huh, huh?" she asked as innocently as possible, throwing in puppy-eyes for more effect. Brendan eyed her strangely and gave a small, almost unnoticeable shudder.
"I'd rather not talk about it."
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Rustboro City was a lot further than May and Brendan, especially Brendan, had hoped. After all, he had been sprinting for quite awhile in his fear then collapsed then had woken up with dead legs. But they had finally entered the city after walking for about 2 hours. But for some reason it was still clear as day . . . mainly cause it was daytime.
Taking forever . . . Where's the dumb Center? May groaned in her mind. She looked at Brendan, who walking with his arm still draped over her shoulder. She smiled. He had been able to walk on his own for at least an hour now, but had forgotten he still had his arm around May. That didn't really matter to her though. She wouldn't admit it to him, but she kind of enjoyed being next to a boy and held without her mother screaming, "PERVERT" and throwing objects at the poor boy and thus losing a possible boyfriend.
With a tired sigh she rested her head on Brendan's shoulder. The sudden touch didn't make him freeze again; instead he twisted his head to May and was about to release his hold of May, but decided against it when she yawned. So instead he continued walking with her leaning on him for the rest of the walk.
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"FINALLY! We're here!" May shouted with glee. Brendan looked at her funny.
"Oh . . . we were looking for the Pokémon Center?" It was May's turn to look at Brendan funny.
"Of course . . ."
"Oh . . . Why didn't you say so? I would have told you we'd passed it five times and saved us an hour's worth of walking!" May's jaw slacked.
"YOU #######!"
::THWACK:: went the mallet. Grumbling and trying to keep her curses at PG, May yanked a drenched and unconscious Brendan out of the fountain he'd landed in and dragged him into the Pokémon Center.
When they entered the building the cold air was the first thing that met them. May thoroughly enjoyed it, but Brendan was none too happy.
"Why'd I have to land in a friggin' fountain?" he mumbled to himself. As he thought to himself he realized maybe he shouldn't have told her that they had walked past the Pokémon Center multiple times. Then again, it was her fault too. The dumb building was the only thing in the city with a red roof, which oddly enough all Pokémon Centers had.
While Brendan slumped into one of the many couches of the PC, May went up to the desk to reserve a room for the two of them. On the way back to where Brendan was, he saw her lost in thought.
"Whatcha thinking?" he asked.
"Do you really think it's possible for there to be over twenty-four Nurse Joy's that look exactly alike?"
"My friend, that is one of life's great mysteries that will never be answered in our time. In fact, that is Number 2 on my Mystery List."
"And the first?"
"Why people can't seem to run without these awesome lil' doohickeys." He brought his feet up and observed his shoes with a little too much excitement. May rolled her eyes and grabbed Brendan's arm.
"Whatever, B-chan. Let's just go to our room. And don't get any thoughts."
Brendan whistled innocently.
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The sun's rays beamed gently on May's face the next morning as she opened her eyes. Luckily Brendan was still sleeping, drenched, and freezing, but he hadn't woken up at all; so he didn't know he was very wet and freezing due to a bag of melted ice placed there an hour after he'd fallen asleep last night. Oh yeah, and he was nowhere near her. She smiled and closed her eyes; he was going to be very pissed when he woke up. Well that's what he deserved for making her fall on her face.
She must have dosed off, because she woke with a jolt when Brendan started yelling.
"OH GAWD IT'S FREEZIN'!!" Brendan turned towards May when he saw her wake up. He pointed a finger at her accusingly. "WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP OR SOMETHING?!" May smiled.
"But ya looked so peaceful, it woulda been wrong to wake you up."
"SO INSTEAD OF WAKIN' ME UP YOU'D RATHER SEE ME FREEZE TA DEATH?!"
"That's right B-chan. Wow you're quick. You should get a cookie."
"This isn't funny May. I coulda caught pneumonia or somethin'," he said, still glaring at her.
"Don't worry, I took that into consideration when I put that bag of ice on ya."
"Ugh, this is pointless." May stuck out her tongue. Brendan pulled out an extra pair of clothes, the same as his normal travel clothes, except blue where the red was, and he switched to his black shoes. Oh, and don't forget his clean underwear!
He also woke up Cyndaquil. It protested, but woke up. It yawned and flared its back, where Brendan just so happened to put his face.
"What was that for?!" Cyndaquil looked at him all evil-like.
"Cynda!"
"I am not fat!" This got May's attention, along with all the other Pokémon, who actually understood what Cyndaquil had said. They stared at Brendan. Brendan stared right back at them. "What? I'm not!"
"Cynda! Cyndaquil!" All the Pokémon started rolling on the floor, unable to control their laughter. May put a hand over her mouth and started giggling, not because she understood Cyndaquil, but mainly because hearing everyone else laughing, it must have been funny. Which it was. Too bad you'll never know what Cyndaquil said.
"WILL YOU GUYS JUST SHUT UP?!" Everyone eventually stopped laughing. Eventually meaning about 10 minutes. Dang, Cyndaquil must have said something REALLY funny . . .
After everyone was finished laughing, Brendan asked Cyndaquil to do him a favor. While he took a shower, he wanted Cyndaquil to continuously flare its back so Brendan's clothes would dry quicker. Cyndaquil nodded, and Brendan went to the bathroom to take a shower. But . . . Cyndaquil gave his trademark evil grin and started to roast the clothes. He was promptly stopped by a gush of water from Staryu. He shook his body dry and glowered at Staryu, but dried Brendan's clothes with a steady flame for his health.
The Pokémon started talking and May went through her provisions until Brendan came out of the bathroom. After everything was done the Pokémon were recalled and the trainers headed off, intent on finding the local gym for their first badges.
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"Well," May said, gazing up at the building, "Here we are."
"Yeah," replied Brendan, also gazing up at the building, "Our first gym battle." They stared at the gym for a few more minutes.
"Well," May said, "it might do us good to actually enter the gym." Brendan chuckled and opened the door.
::whack::
"What was that for?!" Brendan shouted, bringing his hand to his head again.
"Where're your manners?"
"Whatever, just go."
The second they walked in they could tell that this gym leader loved rock Pokémon. The whole gym was a rock field! And have you ever heard of a water trainer who uses a rock field? I think NOT!
The trainers continued in their seemingly never-ending search for the gym leader. It was just rock after rock after rock af--ok I think you get the picture.
"Man where the hell's the gym leader?!" Brendan shouted.
"Why don't you look behind you," a voice reverberated throughout the gym. It scared them, but just a bit. Aw hell, they scared crapless okay? Good thing they went to the bathroom before they came, or there'd be something squishy stuck in their undergarments. ((INSTANT CUSHION! IF YER GONNA FALL THEN TAKE A CRAPPER! YOUR BUTT'LL FEEL FINE! A LITTLE BROWN, BUT OTHERWISE FINE!)) [I didn't really need that thought . . . ]
They slowly turned their bodies around, expecting something evil and . . . so not what they saw before them!
"A schoolgirl?" Brendan asked in disbelief. "A schoolgirl?!"
"Listen bucko, I can have you thrown out of this gym before you can even say albino!"
"WHY DOES EVERYONE TEASE ME ABOUT MY HAIR?!" he shouted. May looked at him.
"I don't," she said. Brendan looked at her. "But thanks for bringin' it up Roxanne!" she addressed the schoolgirl. Brendan looked puzzled.
"How do you know her name's Roxanne?"
"'Cause it was on the sign outside, Gramps."
"GRAMPS?! WHO'RE YOU CALLIN' GRAMPS?!"
"I'M CALLIN' YOU GRAMPS YA MORON! HOW MANY OTHER BRENDAN'S DO I KNOW?!" Brendan flinched. Curse that gym leader. Oh yes, he was definitely gonna wipe the floor with her face.
"I dunno," he said, his voice becoming squeaky all the sudden. "How many?" he dared to ask. May pondered this for a few seconds.
"Actually, you're the second Brendan I know," she said with a shrug. A sweat drop formed on the back of Brendan's head.
"Excuse me! But unless you want to battle me I suggest you leave! I don't have time for this!"
May and Brendan jumped at the sound of her voice. They quickly and quietly mumbled an apology. Roxanne sighed.
"Who wishes to battle me first?" May stepped forward. "Very well then. Bobby!" A young boy stepped forward.
"It shall be a 2 on 2 match! The challenger may substitute her Pokémon, but the gym leader cannot!" He raised his flags over his head, and dropped them, saying, "Let the match begin!"
"I'll start things off with Geodude!" Geodude emerged from its ball, Pokémon and trainer waiting to see what May would choose.
"You're up Staryu!" she shouted as she threw Staryu's ball. The star Pokémon emerged. This should be a cinch, May thought to herself.
"Geodude use Magnitude!" Geodude raised its arms, and smashed them against the ground, creating a mini-quake.
"Staryu! Use Rapid Spin to get in the air!" Staryu jumped and started spinning at an unimaginable speed. As soon as the Magnitude died down May yelled, "Staryu stop Rapid Spin and use a full-power Watergun!" Staryu stopped suddenly, and a second later let loose its strongest blast of water, knocking Geodude out immediately due to its double weakness.
"Geodude return!" Geodude reverted back to a red light and returned to its ball. Roxanne clipped it back on her belt and unclipped her other Pokéball.
"I choose Onix as my second Pokémon!" The rock-snake came from its Pokéball.
"Big whoop," May said to herself. "Staryu, use a wide-range Bubblebeam!" From the top point came millions of bubbles, striking Onix everywhere. It fainted after only that one attack. Roxanne sighed and returned her fainted Pokémon. Whoa . . . guess that training did pay off.
"YAY! I WON MY FIRST GYM BATTLE!" May screamed as she squeezed the life out of Staryu.
"Congratulations," Roxanne said. She then turned her attention to Brendan. "But I believe you want to battle me now?"
Brendan nodded. But how can I win with only Cyndaquil and Bagon?
"Hey! Can I have my badge now?"
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Random, stupid fact: In the original, May actually did kick B-chan's balls. Then she went to the store and kicked another guy's balls cuz he was being bad . . . Didn't sound too good so I just basically revised the whole chapter.
Yes, that was a rant. Get used to it, jk.
Yeah, I said May and Brendan's first gym battle huh? But that seemed like a good place to end.
I know that battle seemed a little rushed but . . . Whatever.
So . . . I have this whole battle sequence goin' on in my head . . . kinda jumbled tho . . . Again, whatever.
Well that's all folks! BUH-BYE!
[::waves hanky:: Bye bye!]
And you call me a freak . . .
[HA! Tell that to my SISTER!]
COREY YOU'RE A FREAK!