Well, I'm sorry this came so late in the day. Distractions made it difficult for me to get on.
Anyways, here's the next chapter, Return to A Familiar Place Part 1.
Summary: The group leave Team Rocket's hideout and find themselves in a familiar place. They cause a little trouble at the Pokemon Center, and find out why May never used her pokemon.
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Chapter 33
After Max returns to the group, tells them about what had just happened, a little celebration, and saying goodbye to Butterfree and Pidgeot, promising to meet them again, Ash and Co. soon find a door that leads down a hallway. "I hope this leads us out of here!" Misty said, wanting to forever leave the Team Rocket Hideout.
"I know what you mean, Misty. I've had enough of this place myself!" Ash said to her.
They then arrive at another door and open it. They find themselves outside. When their eyes finally adjust, they see that they had arrived in a vast city. There were tall skyscrapers, several small houses, and a police station and then they saw two medical centers. One of them was for humans, but the other one held a very strange resemblance to one that Ash, Misty and Brock recognized.
The building was dome shaped. Parts of it were red, while the rest of it was nothing more than glass, giving it a light blue look. It was believed to be one of the biggest Pokemon Centers in the world. Ash, Misty and Brock definitely recognized the Pokemon Center, but they had to be sure. They quickly looked around, and then they looked up at the top of Team Rocket's hideout. It had big green letters on it that said, "Viridian City Gym." Ash and Co stood there in shock.
"Guys, we're in Viridian City!" Ash said.
"You mean, Team Rocket's Hideout leads to Viridian City?" Max asked.
"Looks like Giovonni was also the leader of the Viridian City Gym." Brock said.
"That's how he avoided it all." Misty said. Everyone else looked at her curiously. "If you are a Gym Leader, by law, you can choose the media to interview you constantly or not at all. Giovonni knew all of the rules. So it was very easy for him to keep other people from finding out that he was the leader of Team Rocket."
Everyone else then understood. It was no wonder that the police could never find out about the whereabouts of Team Rocket's leader. Everyone knew only one identity about him, not the one he hid from everyone.
Ash then broke the silence. "Let's head to the Pokemon Center! Pikachu needs to be healed, and all of our pokemon could use the treatment." He said. Everyone else agreed.
"Which reminds me, May." Max began. "How come none of your pokemon were with you?"
May just had a sad look on her face.
"May, what's wrong?" Misty asked.
May started to cry. "He – he sold them!" She said. "Giovonni sold them!"
Everyone else had his or her mouth wide open from shock.
"He what?" Max asked, not believing what he just heard.
"Giovonni sold them! He sold them! Beautifly, Delcatty, Blaziken, Snorlax, Venusaur, he sold every single one of them! I don't even know a bit about who he sold them to!"
May cried even more sorrowfully as she put her head in her hands. The memory of what happened to her pokemon was too much for her to handle. Max walked up to her.
"I'm sorry, May!" Max said, trying to comfort his crying sister.
May then hugged him as she continued to cry. Max was shocked by the hug, but returned it nonetheless.
"It'll be okay, May! Everything will be all right!" Max said, as he continued to comfort his sister.
"Don't worry May, we'll help you find your pokemon!" Ash said with determination.
"You… you will?" May asked him.
"That's right, May! We'll help you!" Misty agreed with Ash.
"We're your friends May, and we'll help you find them no matter what!" Ash said.
"Thanks guys!" May said.
"Let's head to the Pokemon Center and drop off our pokemon, and then we'll head to the Police Station." Brock said, explaining what they should do.
Everyone else agreed and they headed to the Pokemon Center.
They all soon arrived there, and once they did, Brock ran up to the reception desk and started flirting with a very familiar nurse. She appeared to be about thirty years, maybe a bit older, and had pink hair that was tied in a looped ponytail.
Brock from out of nowhere handed her a bouquet of flowers that also came from out of nowhere.
"Oh Nurse Joy! I need you to forever heal my aching heart!" Brock flirted.
Right at that point, Misty and Max both grabbed Brock by his ears, and pulled him away from the sweat dropping nurse.
"Keep it up, Brock!" Misty said.
"Yeah, keep it up and it won't be the only thing aching!" Max said.
Both Misty and Max threw Brock aside at the same time.
"I see you learned very well, Max!" Misty said, rather impressed.
"Hey! I graduated from 'The Misty School of Pulling Brock by the Ear' in just two lessons!" Max said happily.
Misty giggled when she heard that. "I'd like to think of it more as 'The Misty School of pulling Brock away when he impresses women the wrong way.' Now, ready for your second and final lesson?"
"Oh, there's another lesson?"
"Yep, just one more."
"Okay!" Misty then whispers in Max's ear. "Are you sure I'll get the chance?" Max asked with an evil smirk.
"I have a feeling you will." She said with an evil smirk of her own.
At this point, Ash is talking to Nurse Joy. "Nurse Joy, we all need our pokemon healed. Would you?" He asked.
Nurse Joy always got this question and smiled at him. "Of course! I'd be happy to!" She said.
Ash then handed over all of his pokeballs, and then he put his backpack onto the table. "And this one too." Ash unzipped his backpack to reveal an unconscious Pikachu.
"I'll make sure all of your pokemon get better." She said as she took Pikachu and all of his other pokemon.
Brock and Misty, keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't flirt with Nurse Joy again, gave all of their pokemon filled pokeballs to Nurse Joy.
Now, it was Max's turn. He then gave her his pokemon one by one. Finally, he stopped at his last pokeball. "Oh, and this one has suffered both physically and emotionally Nurse Joy. I hope you can help him." He said.
"Well, in order for me to do that, I must have the pokemon out of its pokeball during the entire time." Nurse Joy informed him.
"Just promise you won't freak out."
Nurse Joy smiled at him. "Now why would I…" She cut herself off when she heard the familiar sound of the pokeball opening.
In a flash of white light, a pokemon that was star-shaped appeared. He had hair that was yellow and was fashioned that it gave him a star shaped look. Two ponytails came down his sides that reached to his shoulders. There were also two more ponytails that extended from the back, which was twice the length of his body. Finally, his skin was a shade of dark white. Jirachi looked at the nurse and just said, "Hello!"
Right at that moment, Nurse Joy ran at nearly the speed of sound right out of the Pokemon Center.
"What was that all about?" Jirachi asked.
Suddenly, a bunch of newspaper, TV and magazine reporters came in and started asking Max and Jirachi a million questions a second.
"How'd you get Jirachi?" One reporter asked.
"Where did you get Jirachi?" Another reporter asked.
"Do you realize that you might be causing a disaster by having that legendary pokemon?" Another one asked.
The reporters kept asking question after question.
"Is it true that Jirachi can speak telepathically?"
Finally, Jirachi whispered to Max, "I'll handle these guys!"
"Are you sure?" Max whispered back.
"Yes! Just get going!"
"Okay, I'll see ya later."
Max then makes his way through the reporters, leaving Jirachi to answer all the questions.
"Now, if you all calm down, I'll answer all your questions." Jirachi told them.
All of the reporters calmed down and started asking him questions one at a time now. At this point, Max had gotten out of the crowd of reporters. After that, Ash and Co all headed to the police station to see what they could do in finding May's pokemon.
After a couple of hours, they finally arrive at the police station. As soon as they enter the doors, Brock sees a police officer that instantly gives him heart eyes. He then rushes up to the blue haired lady.
"Oh Officer Jenny! I need you to solve the case of my aching heart!" He said in a flirting tone.
Next thing he notices, he is struck on the head, courtesy of Max using Misty's mallet. Max then dragged Brock away from Officer Jenny. After that, he throws Brock to the side and looks at Misty.
"You were right! I did get the chance!" He said with a smile.
"I had a feeling you would." Misty said.
"Sorry about that, he tends to do that whenever he sees a pretty girl." Ash said.
"That's okay! So, why are you five here?" Officer Jenny asked.
"My pokemon were stolen and sold." May told her.
End Chapter 33
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Hehe! Evil cliffhanger! Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging long. I'll post the next one tomorrow.
Next chapter: Return to A Familiar Place Part 2.
Summary: May finds out who has her pokemon. Jirachi is able to get rid of the news reporters. And Ash has a surprise for Misty, that will forever change their lives if accepted.
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