Hello, readers. You might have noticed the change in the title of the story. "Pokémon Red Story" has become "Pokémon Red Series" because I was reading over the first chapter and noticed I had made a mistake in titling the story. Now that that's cleared up, I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the second chapter. Oh yeah, and I don't own the rights to Pokémon. Also, in case you were wondering, I never did catch 'em all.
Pokémon Red Series
Chapter 2: The Pika-Decoy
It was a few days after Jigglypuff mentioned her idea of a date to Pikachu. Fortunately for Pikachu, Jigglypuff never followed through on it. He reasoned that she probably forgot.
Pikachu was minding his own business when he suddenly got the feeling that he was being watched. His ears perked up as he heard a slight rustling noise behind him. He froze in fear thinking of what could be behind him. Pikachu expected the worst.
"Hi, Pikachu!" Jigglypuff squealed with glee as she popped out from behind Pikachu.
"Aaaaah!" Pikachu screamed as he turned around.
Yes, Pikachu expected the worst, and the worst was here.
"Jigglypuff, don't sneak up on me like that!" said Pikachu while trying to keep his cool.
"Can we go on our date, now?" asked Jigglypuff.
A large sweat drop formed on Pikachu's head.
"Uh…" he said, "How about we take a rain check on that."
"Can I at least have a kissy-wissy?" asked Jigglypuff.
Pikachu's mind was racing. He thought of as many possibilities as he could to escape (which weren't many), and decided on the one that would work the best.
"So, can I have a kissy?" Jigglypuff asked again.
Pikachu stammered, "Um, um, um, Quick Attack!"
Pikachu turned into a yellow blur as he shot past Jigglypuff. His Quick Attack missed Jigglypuff, but Pikachu had no intention of hitting her in the first place. Jigglypuff tried to follow Pikachu's path with her eyes, but Pikachu was long gone.
"He's so shy, but he's so cute," Jigglypuff said of the Pokémon she loved, "I know he just can't wait to kiss me!"
Pikachu ran until he arrived at the clubhouse. He wasn't sure whether Jigglypuff was following him or not, but he didn't want to take any chances. He frantically knocked on the clubhouse door.
"Who's there?" asked Squirtle behind the door.
"LET ME IN!" screamed Pikachu.
"Not until I know who you are," said Squirtle calmly.
"I'M PIKACHU!" screamed the mouse Pokémon in a panicked voice.
"What's the password?" Squirtle asked nonchalantly.
"APPLE PIE!" Pikachu screamed again, "NOW LET ME IN, DANG IT!"
Squirtle opened the clubhouse door. Pikachu ran in nearly as fast as a bolt of lightning and hid inside the trunk in the corner of the clubhouse.
"Jigglypuff's after me again," Pikachu panted, "and she wants to kiss me!"
"Do you want another disguise?" asked Squirtle.
"No, thanks" said Pikachu as his pointed ears lowered, "It didn't work last time. Besides, I was suffocating in that sombrero."
"Well, I'm out of ideas, then," said Squirtle.
Just then, the two Pokémon heard someone scratch at the door. Squirtle reassumed his roll as a bouncer.
"Who's there?"
"Bulbasaur."
"And Eevee."
"What's the password?"
"Apple Pie," answered Bulbasaur.
"You can come in, now," said Squirtle as he opened the door.
"I'm glad you guys came," said Pikachu as he crawled out of the trunk, "I could use some help."
"He's got Jigglypuff problems, again," Squirtle said while rolling his brown eyes.
"Did you try a disguise?" asked Bulbasaur.
"Yes," said Pikachu, "and the results weren't exactly stellar."
"But Jigglypuff did fall for it at first," Eevee thought out loud, "So, if Jigglypuff didn't know Pikachu was pretending to be someone else, then she won't know if someone else was pretending to be Pikachu."
"Oh, no," Bulbasaur said while shaking his head, "I'm not putting on yellow bunny ears only to be smothered with Jiggly-kisses."
"Coward!" Squirtle shouted at Bulbasaur, "If you aren't going to do it, then I'll do it."
"Just in case that plan doesn't work, we'll need a backup plan," said Pikachu.
Bulbasaur grinned, "That I can do."
Jigglypuff was playing in the grass by some bushes when she heard a rustling noise.
"That's funny," she said to herself, "I can't stop thinking that someone is looking at me."
She peeked through the bushes and found Squirtle wearing a Pikachu costume, complete with red paint on his cheeks.
"PIKABABY!" Jigglypuff squealed in delight, "I knew that you would come back for our date."
Jigglypuff wrapped her stubby arms as best as she could around Squirtle. She kissed one of his painted cheeks. Squirtle smiled broadly. With just one kiss, Squirtle had fallen in love with the balloon Pokémon.
"Ahhhhh," he sighed.
Neither Pokémon noticed Meowth walking by, but Meowth noticed them. Getting a crafty idea, Meowth smiled broadly. While Jigglypuff continued to snuggle Squirtle, Meowth snuck up behind them and snagged Squirtle's Pikachu hood and ran off.
Both Jigglypuff and Squirtle were oblivious to the fact that Squirtle's hood was missing, but Bulbasaur saw it as he monitored the two from a nearby tree. Bulbasaur pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Bulbasaur to base. Can you hear me? Over."
Pikachu and Eevee were at the top of the tree. Upon hearing Bulbasaur's message, Pikachu picked up a walkie-talkie of his own.
"We read you loud and clear. Over."
"This is an emergency!" Bulbasaur stated, "Commence Plan B! Over."
"Plan B commencing. Out," replied Pikachu.
Bulbasaur yanked the infatuated Squirtle away with his vines. Pikachu and Eevee threw a sand-filled, Pikachu-shaped dummy out of the tree to replace Squirtle.
"Base to Bulbasaur: operation Pikadummy underway," said Eevee, "Stay on guard. Out."
Jigglypuff didn't even notice that one fake Pikachu was replaced with another.
"Come romp in the grass with me, Pikachu," said Jigglypuff to the dummy.
Jigglypuff grabbed the dummy's arm and dragged it through the grass. She looked at the dummy and noticed that it wasn't romping. It was just limp.
"Piakchu, you look tired," said Jigglypuff, "Maybe we should rest for a while. Let's talk and get to know each other a little better."
The dummy said nothing.
"Pikachu," said Jigglypuff, "What are your dreams?"
The dummy flopped over. It started to spill sand.
Bulbasaur saw that the dummy was deflating and pulled out his walkie-talkie again.
"We have another emergency! Commence Plan C. Over."
"Operation Pikarobot underway," responded Eevee, "Out."
While Jigglypuff wasn't looking, Bulbasaur grabbed what was left of the dummy. Pikachu took out a remote control and moved the joystick. By doing so, he made a Pikachu-like robot roll up to Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff looked the robot over. She didn't seem to care that it was made of metal, had wheels on its feet, and antennae for ears.
"You look much better, now," she said, "Shall we dnace, Pikachu?"
"Pik-a-chu! Pik-a-chu!" the robot said flatly.
Jigglypuff twirled the robot around.
"Oh Pikachu," giggled Jigglypuff, "You're such a graceful dancer."
The robot's antennae ears twitched. It started to pick up radio waves.
"Reporting heavy showers and thunderstorms," it said channeling a weather report. Then there was static and it said, "Live concert! Tickets are on sale now!"
"Pikachu, are you feeling OK?" asked Jigglypuff.
The robot started playing a sappy boy band song.
"Pikachu," said Jigglypuff, "You have a beautiful voice."
The robot stopped playing the boy band song. There was more static and it started playing a death metal song.
"Maybe you're not such a good singer," said Jigglypuff in disappointment.
There was even more static and the robot said in a woman's voice, "Hey girls, lipstick is on sale now!"
"Ooooh, lipstick," Jigglypuff squealed.
"The news is next," said the robot.
"What about my lipstick?" asked Jigglypuff.
"OVERLOAD! OVERLAOD!" the robot said loudly as its ears started to smoke.
BOOM!
The robot exploded. Smoke was everywhere. Jigglypuff could not see that the robot was gone.
"I don't see you, Pikachu," said Jigglypuff with a hint of worry, "Where are you? Say something!"
Back at the tree, Bulbasaur saw the smoke. Again, he pulled out his walkie-talkie.
"Things have gone from bad to worse," Bulbasaur panicked, "Commence Plan D now! Over!"
"But we don't have a Plan D! Over!" said Pikachu equally worried.
"Oh, great," said Bulbasaur, "Over."
"I have an idea," Eevee said into the walkie-talkie, "I have this Pikachu pull-string doll, and I can go and get it-"
"Ahhrrg!" Pikachu exclaimed, "Somebody's marketing off of me!"
"Well, hurry up and get it," said Bulbasaur, "We don't have much time before the smoke clears. Out."
The smoke finally cleared up to reveal a doll that looked exactly like Pikachu. The only difference was that the doll had a pull-string. A rope was attached to the doll's pull-string so that Pikachu could pull it from afar to make the doll talk.
"There you are, Pikachu!" Jigglypuff said when she spotted the doll.
"Hello, baby!" said the doll.
Jigglypuff picked up the doll and said, "Oh, Pikachu! Promise me you'll never run away again!"
"Whatever," said the doll.
"You're not acting like yourself," said Jigglypuff full of concern, "Are you OK? Is something wrong?"
"I know you are, but what am I?" said the doll.
"I think I should take you to a doctor or something," said Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff ran off with the doll to find a doctor. She took off so quickly that Pikachu didn't have time to let go of the rope before he was pulled out of the tree. Pikachu landed with a crash on the ground.
"Ow!" he cried.
"Pikachu?" Jigglypuff said as she turned around.
"Wazuuuup!" said the doll.
Jigglypuff looked at the doll, then at Pikachu, and then at the doll again.
"If you're there, then what's this?" asked Jigglypuff
"It's a doll," said Pikachu as he stood up.
"A doll? For me?" asked Jigglypuff, "Pikachu, you're so sweet. Thank you. It's so cute!"
She pulled the doll's pull string.
"I love you more than ketchup," said the doll.
"Now I have do get Eevee a new doll," Pikachu said to himself.
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed my first chapter, even though no one reviewed my first chapter. Please tell me what you think! Just don't flame me. Bulbasaur doesn't like flames. He's sensitive to fire, you know. The more responses I get, the quicker I'll update. It's that simple. So please review!