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Chapter 28: Home Sweet Home
"I can't believe it," Angelina smiled a week later as she sat down on the pallet she and Jeremy had made, viewing her open badge box. "All eight Johto Badges.…"
"You better," Jeremy winked; he was making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as fast as he could.
Angelina laughed and put up the box in her bag, then pulled out her Poke-Gear. With a press of a button, the gadget clicked on and she pressed the button for map, displaying Johto's regions. "We're so close to my house," she announced.
"Cool," Jeremy smiled, "I can't wait to meet your mom in real life." He sat down a plate with four sandwiches; they took two and started to eat.
"So…." Angelina chowed down on her first sandwich, "What's the conference like? Have you ever been in it?" she gulped down the food.
"Once after my first Pokemon journey," Jeremy replied as he finished his first sandwich. "I know you have to pass the qualifying matches before entering the quarter finals. And the trainers are super tough!"
"Then I should train!" Angelina clinched her right fist. "My Pokemon need to become strong! I can't rely on just one Pokemon!"
"You never have relied on just one Pokemon.…" Jeremy informed.
"Oh yeah," Angelina smiled in response.
After finishing eat and packing up their mess, Angelina and Jeremy continued on their way through the dirt road, to the left a crystal blue stream, to the right was forest.
"Hey, I think we're near Viridian City." Angelina said, recognizing the surroundings. "Let's go!" she ran down the dirt road with Jeremy following right behind.
Almost nine months ago, Angelina was just a normal girl with dreams of becoming a Pokemon Master. She had played in these very streets, fantasizing about getting a Pokemon one day and travelling all over the world. It was like a dream world as she led Jeremy through a spiraling black iron gate and walked up the long driveway towards a huge three-story mansion. She would be almost unrecognisable to her mother; eight badges, dirt-scuffed clothes, six Pokeballs and Togetic on her shoulder. She was also accompanied by a traveling companion.
"Mom!" a very energetic Angelina ran ahead and embraced a purple-haired woman, who opened the polish cherrywood door. "Wow, you're getting big, what happened?"
"Well honey, I'm going to have your baby sister in a few weeks," Clarissa said, placing a hand on her belly in happiness. "Your father took me to one of his social gatherings back in March and a few days later, I went to the doctor to take some tests and found out the next day I was pregnant."
"Oh wow, that's great news!" Angelina exclaimed. "I'm going to be a big sister!"
Clarissa smiled. "I'm so glad you're happy. Did you manage to get all of your Johto Badges? Were my presents useful?"
"Yeah, real useful," Angelina said, "And I have all the badges."
"There you are," Jeremy said as he ran up to her.
"Mom, this is Jeremy Cretonne," Angelina introduced, "Jeremy, this is my mother, Clarissa."
"Nice to meet you in person," Clarissa smiled, "Thank you for looking out for my daughter."
"No problem," Jeremy winked, "-Uh.…"
"Call me Clarissa," Mrs. Murakami answered Jeremy's silent question. "Won't you come in and get some lunch? You can show me all your Pokemon and tell me about what's going on, and then you can go see the Professor."
"Okay," Angelina and Jeremy replied. They walked insided, and Jeremy looked around at the amazing foyer. The floors were made of marbles and the walls were painted in gold paint. A large chandelier hung from the ceiling, a red carpet was rolled down the spiraling staircase with a gold banister. Large paintings of the Murakami family were hung on the walls while expensive vases sat on polish dark marble stands stood below them.
They sat down in the parlor as one of the maids brought Angelina, Jeremy, and Clarissa some tea and sandwiches.
"So how's your Pokemon?" Clarissa asked her daughter, after sipping some tea from her cup. "Your Togetic's so cute, by the way," she stroked the middle head-spike of the creature now perched on her shoulder.
"Excellent!" Angelina replied excitedly, "They're so gonna help me win the Johto League Silver Conference!"
Clarissa smiled gently, "I'm sure the whole town would just love to come watch your battles."
"I'd also like to get in some training and I have to go see Professor Oak too." Angelina stood up and pushed in her seat, about to leave, but she stopped upon seeing someone in the doorway. "M-M-Marcus?"
Everyone turned and saw a young boy of fifteen years with messy black hair, fair peach skin, and dark blue eyes. He was Angelina's favorite cousin, and the Swarovski's oldest son. Although he had been off on his own Pokemon journies and made a surname for himself, he would always remain in contact with the family through letters and video phone. He wore black baggy jeans that covered his shoes, a red short sleeved unbuttoned jacket over a black short sleeved shirt, a silver belt containing six Pokeballs, and a black backpack slung over his back.
"Hey Angel, what's up?" the boy smirked. "Heard you're finally ready to compete in the Silver Conference."
Angelina smiled. "You bet, came to see me before I head up that way?"
"Even better," Marcus grinned. "I'm coming up with you, and my girlfriend is joining me."
"Oh?" Angelina was confused, yet surprised. "Your girlfriend?"
"Yeah, I forgot to mention that in the last letter," Marcus said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. He turned slightly, and yelled out. "April, get in here!"
There was a nervous silence as a young girl around Marcus' age walked into the parlor. "Hi," she waved. She was pretty, about the same height as Marcus, with curly mid-back length ginger-brown hair and bright green eyes. She wore a dark blue tank top and a black knee-length skirt, black platforms, and silver hoop earrings. Six Pokeballs adourned her sparkly belt around her petite waist, and held a red carrying bag.
"This is my girlfriend, April Jettison." Marcus said, then pointed everyone out to her. "That's my Aunt Clarissa and her daughter, Angelina."
"Nice to meet you," April smiled.
"Like wise," Clarissa nodded in approval toward Marcus. "Why don't you two stay here and relax? I'm sure you're tired from all that traveling in the Hoenn Region."
Smiles went around the room, until Angelina broke the silence, "So can we go to Professor Oak's?"
"Yeah, I'm ready." Jeremy said, he turned to Marcus and April. "Coming with us?"
"Nah, you go on ahead," Marcus waved, but then he stopped and took a second glance at Jeremy. "Hey, aren't you that powerful trainer that placed second in the Kanto League last year?"
"Yeah I was," Jeremy nodded. "I think I saw you around there."
Marcus held out his hand. "The names' Marcus Trainum, it's an honor to meet you, and you've already met my girlfriend."
Jeremy nodded toward April as he shook hands with Marcus. "Yeah actually, April and I are cousins, but its nice to meet you as well. The names' Jeremy Cretonne."
"A'hem," Angelina interrupted. "Can we go?"
"Oh, sorry." Jeremy blushed. "I'm coming."
Angelina and Jeremy left the house and made their way to Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pallet Town; they decided to fly there on Jeremy's Dragonite. Togetic squealed happily as they left; the sheer emotion of the reunion of mother and child had been like a wonderful feast for him, and he felt more powerful than ever as he circled Angelina on his tiny wings. Dragonite roared upon their arrival, landing on the other side of a bridge where they saw a giant pink building with a bigger windmill behind it up on top of a hill. Jeremy thanked his Pokemon and recalled it for a long rest, then they climbed up the stone steps as they stood in front of the door after Angelina rung the doorbell.
An old man with gray hair wearing a lab coat greeted the two trainers. "Good to see you, Angelina. Hello Jeremy. And how's Charmeleon?"
"Pretty good, Professor!" Angelina said, walking inside the house. "It'll be a long while until he evolves into a Charizard."
"That's great!" Professor Oak smiled, "Your Butterfree and Delibird are doing just fine. Wanna come see them? They're in the back."
"Sure," Angelina replied.
There was a long hallway with lots of doorways and a set of stairs going up. Angelina and Jeremy walked through the main laboratory and into the backyard where a huge field, about five acres, was fenced around it to keep the tamed Pokemon in. The field area had dozens and hundreds of different Pokemon ranging from Ponyta to Magnemite.
"Flutura! Ice-Wing!" Angelina called out as a pink Butterfree flew toward her and squeaked with joy. A red penguin-like Pokemon ran as fast as it could across the grass, also making it's way to Angelina who picked it up and hugged it.
"Are you going to train them?" Jeremy asked.
"I don't see why not," Angelina responded, "I know my Butterfree is strong with her Psychic and Bug Attacks, but I haven't used my Delibird yet. So who will I take out?"
"Free!" Flutura flew off of Angelina's head and over to a small dish on the ground in front of Ice-Wing. They began eating some Pokemon food.
"They're hungry," Oak announced, then he noticed the Togetic perched on Angelina's shoulder. "Oh my, did your Togepi evolve?"
"Yeah, back in the Ice Path." Angelina said, her Togetic squeaked happily. "I'm surprised you remember the Pokemon from the egg that Mr. Pokemon gave me."
They walked back inside the laboratory where Professor Oak looked over Togetic and Angelina's other Pokemon in the Pokemon examination room. They noticed dozens of machines and computers inside, buzzing and whirring as if they had a life of their own. There were also notebooks and textbooks everywhere, many written by the Professor himself.
"Your Pokemon are in good shape, but I'd recommend a more structured training session. Perhaps setting aside an hour or so each day. Togetic, whom I gather that you don't use for battles, is in very good condition indeed. You must be treating it very kindly for it to become so happy and healthy," Professor Oak said, as Togetic landed on Angelina's shoulder.
Angelina beamed proudly. "Me and Bachiko have always been great friends. Thanks for the check-up, I'll try and figure out some sort of training session like you said," she said, and the professor smiled.
Later that evening, Angelina and Jeremy were back at the house eating italian style pizza and breadsticks for dinner. They were sitting at the table with Clarissa, Marcus, and April.
"Well, we didn't get any training done today, but I think we will tomorrow," Jeremy informed Angelina as he took a sip from his water bottle.
"Okay with me," Angelina replied as she chowed down on some pizza and smiled, tomato sauce on her top lips, everyone laughed.
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina and Jeremy return to the outskirts of Viridian City to visit Angelina's mother. They also travel to Pallet Town to visit Professor Oak.
*Angelina's mother is pregnant
*The nickname for Butterfree means "butterfly" in Albanian.
*The nickname for Delibird means Ice for its type, and Wing because it can fly.
*Angelina's cousin Marcus Trainum returns from Hoenn with his girlfriend April.
*Jeremy and April are cousins.
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