Fire's flames: Sorry I couldn't get this up sooner.
Fleet: thanks. I'm glad you find it interesting.
Author's Notes: Okay. I'm a little surprised that I got fewer reviews for the second chapter than I did for the first chapter, but I guess that's just how life is. Though, I'm sorry for the delay of the posting of this chapter. I just had quite a bit of writer's block, and then I had some trouble with the disk drive that the disk this was on had to use, but at least it now up, right? Anyway, here's chapter 3! ^_^
Disclaimer: I just realized that I forgot to do the disclaimer. _ Anyway, I don't own anything that applies to Pokemon, the only things that are not owned by those who created Pokemon are the various pokemon that I have created for this fic and those do not appear in any paraphernalia of Pokemon. Anyway, the other characters that I've also created for this are also mine, and the other characters (i.e. Ash, May, Brock, etc.) also belong to whoever owns Pokemon.
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The bird knew that time was growing short. It was a shame that they never knew when the chosen one would arrive. At least the wanderer hasn't made a friend yet, the bird thought to herself. Still, there is a dark cloud hanging over this period, or at least the Mewtwo have told me. She sighed to herself. Although she could only rely on the Mew and Mewtwo to know the general future, she knew that the chosen one wouldn't arrive alone, because she herself would be affected drastically by the renewal of the seal that kept Gamma and Delta from continuing their destruction that almost destroyed the world.
*
Ash was hungry. They had just left Vermilion city five minutes ago and he was already hungry. Unfortunately, no one else was willing to stop to let him eat again. They were taking a very direct route to Pallet. Though there really wasn't a path that went straight there, they were making their own path. Ash just hoped that they didn't get lost again. He didn't know why, but he knew that he needed to get to the orange islands as quickly as he could. He didn't say anything about it, mainly because he couldn't explain it even to himself.
After they were walking for two hours, they stopped for a lunch break and rested a little. Shortly after they started to get moving again, they stopped because a very fierce looking Primeape was charging towards them. When they realized that it was heading straight towards them, they began to try to find a way to get out of the Primeape's reach. The first thing they did was run in different directions. Ash ran away from the Primeape, but only got five feet before the Primeape had decreased the distance from fifty feet to ten. Ash didn't even get a chance to turn around before the Primeape had begun hugging Ash fiercely. Ash was VERY surprised at this. Brock, May, and Misty walked back to Ash, just staring. Suddenly Ash realizes who this Primeape was.
"It's been a long time, huh?" Ash says, remembering that this was the Primeape that he had wanted to train with Anthony.
May doesn't seem to have fully comprehended that this isn't a Primeape to be afraid of.
"Where's Anthony?" Ash asked.
"Right here," Anthony replied, walking out from behind a tree. "I was working with Primeape to see how well he could anticipate where I would be when you came by."
Anthony takes them over to where he was staying, a small shack that served well enough to keep the weather out. There they had a small snack before they started to walk around again. This time with Anthony and Primeape.
"So, where are you heading?" Anthony asked, after they had been walking for a while.
"We're going to Pallet before going to the Orange Islands," Ash replied.
Anthony thought this over for a moment before responding, "I see you have another girlfriend with you."
"Huh?" Ash asked, confused.
"Never mind," Anthony quickly said, when he saw a beet red Misty, with a very angry expression, "it's not important."
Ash didn't really believe him, but he didn't really have anything else to say about it. But he was a bit confused about it. After a while, even that was forgotten as Anthony told them that he had to start getting back home. "Rebecca wanted me to return home as soon as I was finished with working with Primeape this time. And since you're here, then that means that I'm done with Primeape now," Anthony told them. They all waved good- bye to each other and then they continued on towards Pallet town.
*
Two days later they arrived back in Pallet in the late afternoon. Everyone is happy to see that they'll have a soft bed to sleep in tonight. When they arrive at Ash's house, his mother is just returning from her grocery shopping. Introductions are made and Ash tells his mother of his plans to go to the Orange Islands again.
"I was going to tell May about how they're starting up pokemon contests soon in Viridian city," Delia remarks, a little unhappy. "But, I don't think that it'll be starting until about a year."
May's face lit up when she heard the news. "We HAVE to stop by there, Ash!" May exclaimed. "I know I'll just win this time!"
"I don't know," Ash said uncertain. Normally he wouldn't have a problem, but he wasn't certain about if they could afford the detour. Why he felt that way, he couldn't explain, but that's how he felt.
"It should be all right, Ash. Viridian city is closer to the nearest port that would take us to the Orange Islands, so it shouldn't be too much of a detour," Brock replied.
"Besides, we can see the new gym that they've built in Viridian city," Misty tells Ash.
"I still don't know," Ash said, uncertain. "But I guess it wouldn't hurt too much."
"Yeah!" May cried, happily. "I doubt that many around here have done much about trying to be a Pokemon Co-ordinator!"
"But that doesn't mean that many haven't had time to prepare," Misty replies. "My sisters have even began to talk about opening a pokemon contest hall in their gym. They said that it would increase their income, but I think that there's something more to them wanting to do that."
"Your sisters are opening a contest hall!?" May exclaims. "We HAVE to see that!"
"But -" Ash starts.
"They haven't started anything," Misty interrupts. "They've just started talking about it. Construction will probably will take some time, so we won't really be able to see much there. At least not yet." Misty pauses before adding in a quiet voice, almost as if a side note, "If ever."
"Well, at least we should be able to see something in Viridian city," May says excitedly.
Ash figures that there wasn't anything else for him to do as May and Misty were talking about stuff that he didn't really care about right now. Ash starts to help his mother with putting away the groceries that she got, for lack of a better thing to do. Ash sighed. Why they suddenly forgot the voice on the wind he had no idea, but he knew that he didn't want to explain it to his mother. She might try to keep him from going, out of fear of losing him permanently. Ash understood why his mother would do that, but at times it could be quite suffocating to have that much worry placed on him. Ash figured that he would get into danger, but that was life. There was no sense in staying in a completely safe environment for all of his life, because there would be no way that he could grow, unless he had points where he learned why he should be grateful for the safe environments. Ash smiled to himself as he remembered all the times when he wished that he hadn't started on his journey. They were few and far between, but they were there. Ash sighed. He didn't know why, but he had suddenly started to think about May and Misty. More complications than he really needed. But at least they don't have any idea about that, Ash thought to himself. Or at least I hope that they don't. Ash shook his head, as the last of the groceries were put away. He just didn't want to think too much about it, mainly because he wasn't certain about how he would explain it if someone asked about what he was thinking of. Ash walked up to his room to just get some time to think alone. Ash was so deep in thought that he didn't realize that Pikachu was following him up the stairs.
It wasn't until Ash had accidentally closed the door on Pikachu's tail that he realized that he had company. But it didn't just come with a cry of pain. It also included an electric shock that Ash really could have done without.
"Sorry, Pikachu," Ash apoligized. "I didn't realize that you were there."
"Pika!" Pikachu snapped.
Ash sighed. He probably did deserve Pikachu's anger. He should have realized that Pikachu was there. Ash really needed to focus on what he had to do. First he would find out why he felt such a need to go to the Orange Islands and why that voice on the wind specifically asked for him. And not just his name, but the Chosen One. It had been quite a while since he had heard that term before. It was by Lugia, when they were at the Orange Islands, and were taken to Shamouti Island when Ash first learned about the legend of the Chosen One. Why this all had come up again, Ash didn't know why, but he knew that he would have to find out if he really wanted to be at peace, even though he couldn't tell exactly how he knew. I just wish that I knew what was coming, Ash thought to himself, laying on his bed. In moments Ash was sleeping soundly, not even realizing that he was tired. Pikachu then curled up next to Ash.
*
Downstairs, the discussion about the Pokemon contests were still going on.
"Well, I think that I'll have my Torchic in my next contest. She's doing quite well," May said, happily.
"What about your Beautifly? Mist asked.
"I used her last time. I want to see how my Torchic does first," May told Misty.
"Well, do you think that there'll be a Contest hall in Pewter city?" Brock asked.
"I wouldn't count on it Brock." Misty said. "And don't even think about it being possible. I don't want to deal with you when you get in those states, Brock"
May was still surprised at how upset Misty seemed to get when Brock went girl crazy. "Misty, I would have thought that you only had feelings for Ash, but it also seems that you have feelings for Brock."
"May, first off," Misty snapped, "I do not have feelings for Ash and especially not for Brock."
Brock's face lit up at what they said. "Actually, I can see how she thinks that way, Misty," Brock said.
"If you want to keep on talking about that, then I'll have to take drastic measures," Misty warned.
"But-" Brock started, and was interrupted by Misty smashing one of her mallets on his head.
"I never asked you," Misty told Brock coldly.
They continued to talk until May asked, "What all happened that made Ash the Chosen One? You already told me about the legend of it and how Ash is the Chosen One, but what actually made Ash the Chosen One?"
Misty thought about this for a moment before replying, "I don't really know. I guess that it was destiny for him to be the Chosen One, but I guess that I never really thought about it. Sorry."
"It's okay. I was just wondering. Because if we knew, then we might know what that voice on the wind was," May commented.
"Would anyone like some snacks?" Delia asked, walking into the living room, where they were all talking, carrying a tray of various snacks.
"Sure!" Brock, Misty, and May chorus.
"Um, where's Ash?" Delia asked, setting the tray down.
"I don't know. I thought that he was helping you," Misty replied.
"He was, but only until the groceries were put away. I thought that he came back in here, but I guess he didn't," Delia said.
"He might be in his room," Brock suggested. "We've all been worn out walking today, so he might have gone to his room for a nap."
"You're right. He probably is there," Delia said, walking out of the room.
"What problem do you think is happening that the 'Chosen One' is called?" May asked, picking up some of the snacks and starting to eat them.
"I don't know. But I don't think we should tell Delia about it," Misty said, ignoring the snacks.
"Why?"
"Because she may really get worried and I don't want her to be worried when she doesn't have to be," Misty answered.
Eventually they all started to drift up to the guest rooms and take their own naps. Even when they were woken up for a brief dinner, they didn't have any trouble getting back to sleep.
*
In the morning, they started to head out for Viridian city. Delia wanted to give them some supplies for their trip, which meant that they had to wait until late morning before they could start on the trek to Viridian city. When they got there the next day, May was excited to see that there was an almost completed Contest hall, and got yelled at by the construction workers a few times. Ash noticed that the new gym pretty much looked like the old one, except that there were a lot of differences. For one, there weren't any guards wearing ancient looking armor. And for another, there was a picture of the gym leader. Though, it wasn't anyone that Ash knew. When they were finished looking around, they started to head over to Mire city, the port city Brock had commented would take them to the Orange Islands. However, what they encountered on their way to the city, as they were walking by the coast was not something that they actually expected.
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Author's notes: So, how was that? I hope that you're looking forward to the next chapter. I should have it up shortly. Though, I again apologize for the delay of the updation of this chapter. Anyway, please review even if you have to flame.
Fleet: thanks. I'm glad you find it interesting.
Author's Notes: Okay. I'm a little surprised that I got fewer reviews for the second chapter than I did for the first chapter, but I guess that's just how life is. Though, I'm sorry for the delay of the posting of this chapter. I just had quite a bit of writer's block, and then I had some trouble with the disk drive that the disk this was on had to use, but at least it now up, right? Anyway, here's chapter 3! ^_^
Disclaimer: I just realized that I forgot to do the disclaimer. _ Anyway, I don't own anything that applies to Pokemon, the only things that are not owned by those who created Pokemon are the various pokemon that I have created for this fic and those do not appear in any paraphernalia of Pokemon. Anyway, the other characters that I've also created for this are also mine, and the other characters (i.e. Ash, May, Brock, etc.) also belong to whoever owns Pokemon.
*
The bird knew that time was growing short. It was a shame that they never knew when the chosen one would arrive. At least the wanderer hasn't made a friend yet, the bird thought to herself. Still, there is a dark cloud hanging over this period, or at least the Mewtwo have told me. She sighed to herself. Although she could only rely on the Mew and Mewtwo to know the general future, she knew that the chosen one wouldn't arrive alone, because she herself would be affected drastically by the renewal of the seal that kept Gamma and Delta from continuing their destruction that almost destroyed the world.
*
Ash was hungry. They had just left Vermilion city five minutes ago and he was already hungry. Unfortunately, no one else was willing to stop to let him eat again. They were taking a very direct route to Pallet. Though there really wasn't a path that went straight there, they were making their own path. Ash just hoped that they didn't get lost again. He didn't know why, but he knew that he needed to get to the orange islands as quickly as he could. He didn't say anything about it, mainly because he couldn't explain it even to himself.
After they were walking for two hours, they stopped for a lunch break and rested a little. Shortly after they started to get moving again, they stopped because a very fierce looking Primeape was charging towards them. When they realized that it was heading straight towards them, they began to try to find a way to get out of the Primeape's reach. The first thing they did was run in different directions. Ash ran away from the Primeape, but only got five feet before the Primeape had decreased the distance from fifty feet to ten. Ash didn't even get a chance to turn around before the Primeape had begun hugging Ash fiercely. Ash was VERY surprised at this. Brock, May, and Misty walked back to Ash, just staring. Suddenly Ash realizes who this Primeape was.
"It's been a long time, huh?" Ash says, remembering that this was the Primeape that he had wanted to train with Anthony.
May doesn't seem to have fully comprehended that this isn't a Primeape to be afraid of.
"Where's Anthony?" Ash asked.
"Right here," Anthony replied, walking out from behind a tree. "I was working with Primeape to see how well he could anticipate where I would be when you came by."
Anthony takes them over to where he was staying, a small shack that served well enough to keep the weather out. There they had a small snack before they started to walk around again. This time with Anthony and Primeape.
"So, where are you heading?" Anthony asked, after they had been walking for a while.
"We're going to Pallet before going to the Orange Islands," Ash replied.
Anthony thought this over for a moment before responding, "I see you have another girlfriend with you."
"Huh?" Ash asked, confused.
"Never mind," Anthony quickly said, when he saw a beet red Misty, with a very angry expression, "it's not important."
Ash didn't really believe him, but he didn't really have anything else to say about it. But he was a bit confused about it. After a while, even that was forgotten as Anthony told them that he had to start getting back home. "Rebecca wanted me to return home as soon as I was finished with working with Primeape this time. And since you're here, then that means that I'm done with Primeape now," Anthony told them. They all waved good- bye to each other and then they continued on towards Pallet town.
*
Two days later they arrived back in Pallet in the late afternoon. Everyone is happy to see that they'll have a soft bed to sleep in tonight. When they arrive at Ash's house, his mother is just returning from her grocery shopping. Introductions are made and Ash tells his mother of his plans to go to the Orange Islands again.
"I was going to tell May about how they're starting up pokemon contests soon in Viridian city," Delia remarks, a little unhappy. "But, I don't think that it'll be starting until about a year."
May's face lit up when she heard the news. "We HAVE to stop by there, Ash!" May exclaimed. "I know I'll just win this time!"
"I don't know," Ash said uncertain. Normally he wouldn't have a problem, but he wasn't certain about if they could afford the detour. Why he felt that way, he couldn't explain, but that's how he felt.
"It should be all right, Ash. Viridian city is closer to the nearest port that would take us to the Orange Islands, so it shouldn't be too much of a detour," Brock replied.
"Besides, we can see the new gym that they've built in Viridian city," Misty tells Ash.
"I still don't know," Ash said, uncertain. "But I guess it wouldn't hurt too much."
"Yeah!" May cried, happily. "I doubt that many around here have done much about trying to be a Pokemon Co-ordinator!"
"But that doesn't mean that many haven't had time to prepare," Misty replies. "My sisters have even began to talk about opening a pokemon contest hall in their gym. They said that it would increase their income, but I think that there's something more to them wanting to do that."
"Your sisters are opening a contest hall!?" May exclaims. "We HAVE to see that!"
"But -" Ash starts.
"They haven't started anything," Misty interrupts. "They've just started talking about it. Construction will probably will take some time, so we won't really be able to see much there. At least not yet." Misty pauses before adding in a quiet voice, almost as if a side note, "If ever."
"Well, at least we should be able to see something in Viridian city," May says excitedly.
Ash figures that there wasn't anything else for him to do as May and Misty were talking about stuff that he didn't really care about right now. Ash starts to help his mother with putting away the groceries that she got, for lack of a better thing to do. Ash sighed. Why they suddenly forgot the voice on the wind he had no idea, but he knew that he didn't want to explain it to his mother. She might try to keep him from going, out of fear of losing him permanently. Ash understood why his mother would do that, but at times it could be quite suffocating to have that much worry placed on him. Ash figured that he would get into danger, but that was life. There was no sense in staying in a completely safe environment for all of his life, because there would be no way that he could grow, unless he had points where he learned why he should be grateful for the safe environments. Ash smiled to himself as he remembered all the times when he wished that he hadn't started on his journey. They were few and far between, but they were there. Ash sighed. He didn't know why, but he had suddenly started to think about May and Misty. More complications than he really needed. But at least they don't have any idea about that, Ash thought to himself. Or at least I hope that they don't. Ash shook his head, as the last of the groceries were put away. He just didn't want to think too much about it, mainly because he wasn't certain about how he would explain it if someone asked about what he was thinking of. Ash walked up to his room to just get some time to think alone. Ash was so deep in thought that he didn't realize that Pikachu was following him up the stairs.
It wasn't until Ash had accidentally closed the door on Pikachu's tail that he realized that he had company. But it didn't just come with a cry of pain. It also included an electric shock that Ash really could have done without.
"Sorry, Pikachu," Ash apoligized. "I didn't realize that you were there."
"Pika!" Pikachu snapped.
Ash sighed. He probably did deserve Pikachu's anger. He should have realized that Pikachu was there. Ash really needed to focus on what he had to do. First he would find out why he felt such a need to go to the Orange Islands and why that voice on the wind specifically asked for him. And not just his name, but the Chosen One. It had been quite a while since he had heard that term before. It was by Lugia, when they were at the Orange Islands, and were taken to Shamouti Island when Ash first learned about the legend of the Chosen One. Why this all had come up again, Ash didn't know why, but he knew that he would have to find out if he really wanted to be at peace, even though he couldn't tell exactly how he knew. I just wish that I knew what was coming, Ash thought to himself, laying on his bed. In moments Ash was sleeping soundly, not even realizing that he was tired. Pikachu then curled up next to Ash.
*
Downstairs, the discussion about the Pokemon contests were still going on.
"Well, I think that I'll have my Torchic in my next contest. She's doing quite well," May said, happily.
"What about your Beautifly? Mist asked.
"I used her last time. I want to see how my Torchic does first," May told Misty.
"Well, do you think that there'll be a Contest hall in Pewter city?" Brock asked.
"I wouldn't count on it Brock." Misty said. "And don't even think about it being possible. I don't want to deal with you when you get in those states, Brock"
May was still surprised at how upset Misty seemed to get when Brock went girl crazy. "Misty, I would have thought that you only had feelings for Ash, but it also seems that you have feelings for Brock."
"May, first off," Misty snapped, "I do not have feelings for Ash and especially not for Brock."
Brock's face lit up at what they said. "Actually, I can see how she thinks that way, Misty," Brock said.
"If you want to keep on talking about that, then I'll have to take drastic measures," Misty warned.
"But-" Brock started, and was interrupted by Misty smashing one of her mallets on his head.
"I never asked you," Misty told Brock coldly.
They continued to talk until May asked, "What all happened that made Ash the Chosen One? You already told me about the legend of it and how Ash is the Chosen One, but what actually made Ash the Chosen One?"
Misty thought about this for a moment before replying, "I don't really know. I guess that it was destiny for him to be the Chosen One, but I guess that I never really thought about it. Sorry."
"It's okay. I was just wondering. Because if we knew, then we might know what that voice on the wind was," May commented.
"Would anyone like some snacks?" Delia asked, walking into the living room, where they were all talking, carrying a tray of various snacks.
"Sure!" Brock, Misty, and May chorus.
"Um, where's Ash?" Delia asked, setting the tray down.
"I don't know. I thought that he was helping you," Misty replied.
"He was, but only until the groceries were put away. I thought that he came back in here, but I guess he didn't," Delia said.
"He might be in his room," Brock suggested. "We've all been worn out walking today, so he might have gone to his room for a nap."
"You're right. He probably is there," Delia said, walking out of the room.
"What problem do you think is happening that the 'Chosen One' is called?" May asked, picking up some of the snacks and starting to eat them.
"I don't know. But I don't think we should tell Delia about it," Misty said, ignoring the snacks.
"Why?"
"Because she may really get worried and I don't want her to be worried when she doesn't have to be," Misty answered.
Eventually they all started to drift up to the guest rooms and take their own naps. Even when they were woken up for a brief dinner, they didn't have any trouble getting back to sleep.
*
In the morning, they started to head out for Viridian city. Delia wanted to give them some supplies for their trip, which meant that they had to wait until late morning before they could start on the trek to Viridian city. When they got there the next day, May was excited to see that there was an almost completed Contest hall, and got yelled at by the construction workers a few times. Ash noticed that the new gym pretty much looked like the old one, except that there were a lot of differences. For one, there weren't any guards wearing ancient looking armor. And for another, there was a picture of the gym leader. Though, it wasn't anyone that Ash knew. When they were finished looking around, they started to head over to Mire city, the port city Brock had commented would take them to the Orange Islands. However, what they encountered on their way to the city, as they were walking by the coast was not something that they actually expected.
*
Author's notes: So, how was that? I hope that you're looking forward to the next chapter. I should have it up shortly. Though, I again apologize for the delay of the updation of this chapter. Anyway, please review even if you have to flame.