Hey, I'm back with the next two chapters. Sorry if it's been awhile since the last I updated, I was on a marching band trip in Virginia and I'm playing catch-up with my school work. Though I have a little free time to update. Don't own Pokemon or plagiarize if ideas are similar. Enjoy!

Chapter 21: Venturin' Through Mt. Mortar

While Angelina and Jeremy make their way slowly to Mahogany Town within a weeks' worth of walking, they take a break to make lunch in a grassy field with scattered trees. However, Angelina continues to train, this time with Sparkette (Pichu).

'Of all the Pokemon she has, why train Pichu?' Jeremy thought, he was sitting on the pallet and preparing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. 'Hmm, Pichu is only a baby, Angelina was checking her Pokedex earlier on Pichu. The only way baby Pokemon evolve is from the love for their trainers. I get it now.'

"Awesome, Sparkette!" Angelina smiled.

"Pichu!" the small Pokemon smiled and ran to her master, Angelina picked her up and hugged her, "Chu chu!" Pichu squeaked and got too excited, shocking herself and Angelina.

"Ouch.…" Angelina replied, she then looked at Pichu and laughed. "That was shocking," she laughed with Pichu. The two joined Jeremy and ate sandwiches on the pallet, they drank some fresh water from Mount Silver.

"Your Pichu looks happy," Jeremy observed, "I think it'll evolve soon.…"

"Really?" Angelina asked, "That would be cool," she looked at Pichu, "Do you feel like evolving?"

"Pichu!" the mouse nodded her head. "Chu chu chu!" she got excited again and shocked herself with Angelina, Jeremy roared in laughter.

"How far are we from Mahogany?" Angelina asked, after she and Pichu recovered from the static attack.

"Not far," Jeremy pulled out the map from his bag, "Probably about a day's trip, we should be there by tomorrow."

"Really?" Angelina was surprised, "I can't believe it was that fast, seems it took longer to get to Olivine."

"Because we stopped so many times," Jeremy responded.

"Who is the leader of Mahogany Town?" Angelina asked.

"His name is Pryce," Jeremy answered, "And from what I heard, his temper is cold as ice from an incident that happened a long time ago, but he uses the ice type Pokemon and he's a tough leader."

"I'll just use Charcoal," Angelina pointed out, "Fire types have a huge advantage on ice types, he'll be burnt to a crisp!"

"Remember," Jeremy started, "Type advantage has no advantage on a higher and more skilled Pokemon, his ice types have been around for some time. All of your team are farely new, even the evolved ones, don't get too over confidant."

"I won't," Angelina assured Jeremy. "This will be my seventh badge, then I'll only need one more! I can't wait!"

"The competition is gonna be much more harder then the leaders," Jeremy replied, "Everyone in the league challenge has beat the leaders."

"I know," Angelina responded. "My cousin, Marcus Trainum defeated the Orange League with his Blaziken, and he also competed in Johto and Kanto's Leagues in the previous years too. I haven't heard anything of him this year, but he's a tough trainer and really smart. I'd hate to battle him."

"All the leagues, huh?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, except Hoenn I think," Angelina smiled, "He's the one that taught me friendship is the best attack in battles."

"Oh," Jeremy laughed some, "I thought you used it for an excuse to good luck. Well, we should get going," he began to picked up everything.

"I'm ready," Angelina stood up with Pichu on her right shoulder, "Let's go." The duo continues their journey on the dirt road to Mahogany Town as the sun starts to set in the background.

"I was sure your Pichu would have evolved," Jeremy said to Angelina.

"Maybe later," Angelina smiled, "But for now I'm happy with Pichu." She took hold of her baby Pokemon in her arms. "Isn't that right, sweetie?"

"Pi-chu!" the Pokemon squeaked happily, making the 'V' with her fingers, "Chu!" she became surprised as it began to glow white.

Angelina stopped walking and gasp, still holding Pokemon. "No way, now? It's.…"

"Evolving.…" Jeremy finished.

"Pikachu!" the evolved Pokemon smiled as the white light disappeared, revealing a bigger form of Pichu. It was all yellow with longer ears with black tips, a v-shaped dent at the end of its lightning bolt tail, and red cheek sacs.

"Oh wow, I got…. A Pikachu!" Angelina excitedly took out her Pokedex and pointed it at the Pokemon in her arms.

"Pikachu, the mouse Pokemon." Dexter replied. "Pikachu has electricity-storing pouches on its cheeks. These appear to become electrically charged during the night while they sleep. It occasionally discharges electricity when it is dozy after waking up."

"This is great, I now have a Pikachu!" Angelina exclaimed, holding up her Pokemon. "You evolved just for me, thank you!"

"Pika-Pika-chu!" Pikachu squeaked, rubbing her face against Angelina's cheek happily.

"Aww, love you too, Sparkette!" Angelina giggled.

"Congratulations, Angelina." Jeremy smiled. "We better get going if we wanna make it to Mahogany by tomorrow."

"Right," Angelina nods, taking out a Pokeball and returning her Pikachu.

As Angelina and Jeremy were about weeks' travel from Mahogany Town, a man had stopped them.

"Hey kids," the man said. "Kids, do I have a deal for you! I have this swell fishing rod that you can use to catch Pokémon with and it's only 300 credits!"

"300 credits! You're out of your mind! I'm not gonna pay 300 credits for a fishing rod," Angelina replied.

"Well…. I might let you trade for it…. what valuable items do you have with you?" the man asked.

"Don't even bother," Jeremy refused. "Our items are more valuable than that 300 credit fishing rod that I could get from my grandfather for free! Come Angelina, we still have a lot of traveling before we hit Mahogany Town." He took Angelina by the hand and they continued down the dirt road, leaving the man standing by himself while holding his fishing rod.

As they passed Mt. Mortar, they suddenly heard some rustling in the trees nearby and a loud howl. As they were about to go into a small enclosure with some Apricorn trees, the legendary Pokemon Suicune rushed towards them, pushing the two trainers back and quickly glancing at them before running in the direction of Mahogany Town.

As Angelina and Jeremy stood up and looked where Suicune had run, Eusine appeared and walked past them, saying, "Suicune… How brave it is! How refreshing it is! How beautiful it is! And how quickly it moves!"

"Uhm, hey Eusine?"

Eusine turned to the young trainers and said, "It seems you two are always around wherever Suicune appears. I wonder if Suicune is drawn to either one of you… Well, it's okay. My desire to search for Suicune reveals many facts, and certainly holds many surprises as well! If you'll excuse me, I must be off. I may still have time to catch up to Suicune if I hurry. May we meet again!" And with that, he hurried in the direction Suicune had run off in. This also left Angelina and Jeremy to continue in the same direction.

§To Be Continued§

*Angelina trains her Pichu along the way to Mahogany Town.
*Angelina and Jeremy see Suicune run by, also encountering Eusine again.
*The Mahogany Town gym leader is Pryce, an ice-type user.
*Angelina's Pichu evolves into Pikachu.

You like these chapters? Suggestions and comments welcomed! Chapters 22 and 23 are on the way! Thanks!