Chapter six: Into the Digital-world!
Matt poked at his food with a fork. He didn't feel like eating. Actually, he felt sick, like he was gonna barf any second now. He had been feeling sick ever since that surprise May gave him that morning. He remembered waking up and then shocked out of his skull when May ran straight up to him and kissed him on the lips.
"…ugh…" Matt wiped his hand over his lips.
"Are you okay, Matt?" Brock frowned at the younger boy.
Matt shrugged. "I'm fine."
"You've got something for Misty, right?"
Matt looked from side to side to make sure no-one could hear him. "Yeah."
Brock rubbed his chin. "I think you need to make it more romantic. I doubt Misty falls for all that 'cool' stuff."
Matt was angry. "Yeah well, Mimi doesn't care for all that romantic poetry stuff. She prefers cool people."
Brock and Matt were just about to launch into a huge argument when who should interrupt but…Misty! Ta-daa!
"Will you guys shut up? I can't hear myself think!" she said.
At that moment, T.K ran up to Misty, blushing. He held up a bouquet of weeds.
"Oh?"
"Here ya go, Misty! Cuz I really like you!"
"Ohhh. That's so sweet!"
"Ohhh. That's so cute…" May added.
Matt stared, dumbstruck. Ash stared. For a moment there was silence. Then Ash burst into a fit of laughter. "A-Hahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaaaa! Haw haw Hahahahaha!"
Misty gave them all funny looks and went off. Everyone followed until it was just Matt, Pikachu and Ash left. Ash was still laughing uncontrollably. "Eh-hehehehehehehe!"
Pikachu looked at him questioningly. "Pi?" What's wrong with you?
Ash slapped Matt on the back, still laughing, "Oh gosh, I can't believe how desperate you are…hahahaha…."
Matt glared at Ash with his icy blue eyes. Ash shut up.
"Well, it's not like Misty likes you anyway, who are you to talk?" He challenged.
Ash narrowed his eyes. "I bet she does too like me better than you!"
"Heh!" Matt laughed forcibly.
"Um, guys?" Joe walked up to them uncertainly. "I really hate to interrupt but I think we've got a problem…"
"WHAT?"
Joe pointed.
Ash gaped. "Wow! It's like a giant hole sucking everything close to it inside!"
He was right. In midair floated a giant hole sucking everything close to it inside. The sucking power was amazing; you could hear the sucking louder than a hundred vacuum cleaners turned on maximum.
The others were crowded around the hole. Matt slouched against the trunk of a tree, being cool. "So? It's just a hole, randomos. Haven't you seen a hole before?"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A RANDOMO?" Misty yelled.
Ash smirked at Matt and stuck out his tongue.
Max poked his finger close to the vortex-hole thing. Izzy started to get scared. "Max, if you're smart, I wouldn't do that…" he said, biting his lip nervously.
Max turned around to poke his tongue at Izzy but lost his footing and was drawn closer to the hole.
The suction was astounding. Max tried not to be drawn inside but he could feel his feet slipping. "ARGH!" Max was drawn into the hole. On instinct, Izzy reached out and grabbed Max's hand, as much as he hated him.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT, YOU IDIOT? NOW WE'RE BOTH GONNA GET SUCKED IN!" Max shouted.
"SHUT UP! I WAS JUST TRYIN' TO HELP!" Izzy yelled back.
Max and Izzy pulled and pulled but it wasn't possible for them to escape the force. Max and Izzy were being sucked into the vortex!
"HEEELPPPP!" Izzy moaned and was sucked away.
May decided to jump into the hole to follow her stupid brother, "WAIT UP, MAX! I'M COMING!" she cried. They all disappeared down the hole.
"IZZY!" Mimi cried. She jumped into the hole.
"NOOOOO!" Joe cried. He leapt forward in a heroic save…but he was so clumsy that he missed the hole altogether, and landed under a tree nearby.
"MIMI! I WILL SAVE YOU!" Brock shouted. He jumped into the hole and tried to hang on to the edge of the hole.
"BROCK, YOU GREAT IDIOT!" Misty yelled. "NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET SUCKED AWAY TOO!"
Brock grabbed on of Misty's hands and hung on. "WHAT THE HECK?" Misty yelled.
Brock's other hand was slipping and he couldn't hold on any longer. "ASH! GRAB MISTY'S HAND!" He shouted to Ash.
Ash ran forward to grab Misty's hand but Matt blocked him.
"HEY, GET OUTTA THE WAY!" Ash cried. Matt and Ash were fighting to grab Misty's hand but they were too late, Misty was dragged into the vortex while yelling, "YOU GUYS ARE SO STUPID!"
"LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" Ash yelled.
"ME? YOU'RE THE STUPID ONE!"
"I'LL SAVE YOU, MISTY!"
"NO, I WILL!"
Ash and Matt fought each other, trying to get into the hole first. While they were fighting, T.K, Patamon and Palmon slipped away unnoticed. Joe gulped in some air, held his nose and jumped into the hole without Matt or Ash noticing.
"LOOK, MISTY HAS KNOWN ME FOR LONGER THAT SHE'S KNOWN YOU!" Ash yelled.
"YEAH, BUT I'M THE COOL ONE!" Matt yelled back. They wrestled each other towards the hole, which was closing slowly.
"Pika pi Kachu pi Pika!" Just get in the hole already!
Ash looked at the closing hole, pushed Matt away and jumped in.
"Hey! Wait up!" Matt took a running leap and fell into the vortex.
Pikachu noticed that all the other digimon had disappeared down the hole so he jumped in the hole. "Pika piiiii!" I'm too young to die!
The vortex-hole thingy closed up.
"Uhhh…" Misty opened her eyes slowly. "Eeeek!" She shrieked and jumped back. Ash was lying on top of her, unconscious. Ash didn't move.
"Ash?" She ventured closer to her friend carefully, as if he might bite.
"Ash? Ash!" She shook him gently to rouse him, but he didn't wake up. Misty bit her lip till it bled. She looked around her and was alarmed. Everyone was lying all over the place.
"Pika pika piii!" Where are we?
"Oh, you're here, Pikachu." Misty gave Pikachu a forced smile.
She looked at all of their unconscious friends and shuddered. "Why am I the only one alive?" she wondered.
She looked back down at Ash. Misty frowned, thinking to herself: Why am I so worried about Ash? I mean, everyone else is unconscious but I care about Ash more than anyone else…I don't believe it…um...does this mean…I like him?
Misty knelt down in front of Ash. "Ahhh, why am I doing this?" she muttered.
"Pika pika Pikachu pi pi kachuuu!" What are you doing to Ash?
Misty felt so confused as she bent over Ash. "…Ah what the heck!" she cried annoyed and kissed Ash.
Gary told Sora and Tai everything he knew about Team Rocket. "I even know where their hide-out is. Well, I think I do. And I also think I know where their boss hides."
Sora and Tai nodded. They could trust this guy, right? Maybe he's Ash's rival but that doesn't mean he's evil or something.
Biyomon spoke up, "Where do ya think Team Rocket would most likely keep stolen pokemon?"
"I don't know. In their headquarters, maybe." Gary shrugged.
"Well, Team Rocket's stolen my digimon and I want it back!" Tai said.
Gary snapped his fingers and winked, "Well, you've found the right guy then. I know the perfect way to rescue your digimon!"
Sora and Tai stared. "Whaaa?"
"We could raid the Rocket Warehouse and take all their pokemon back!" Gary cried.
Sora and Tai stared. "Erm…I really doubt that…we're supposed to be the good guys!" Tai said.
"Or we could just sneak into the hide-out and defeat all of the Team Rocket people and demand your digimon back…"
Sora said, "I don't think I could defeat them with Biyomon…"
"Or we could just give up and sit here moping," finished Gary, "Which option sounds better?"
Tai frowned. "You haven't given us many choices. What would you do in the situation?"
"I wouldn't be in the situation in the first place. I'm too smart and I take good care of my pokemon, unlike you…" Gary smirked.
Tai felt hopeless. Sora put an arm around her friend. She gave Gary a look that could kill, "Gary, you shouldn't be so up yourself; Tai takes better care of his digimon than you take care of your pokemon!"
Mimi woke up and rubbed her eyes. She was so busy fussing over her hair and nails that she didn't notice she was back in the Digital World.
"Huh?" Mimi spotted Misty kissing Ash. "Um, Misty? What are you doing?"
"Eeeiaaaahhhh!" Misty jumped away from Ash.
"You weren't kissing him, were you?"
"No! No way! I was…I was…giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!"
"Get real…" Mimi yawned. "He didn't drown."
Misty blushed and looked at her feet.
"Pika pika pi kachu piiii?" Where are we anyway?
Mimi finally had a look around. "Oh gosh, Wow! We're back in the Digital world!"
Misty pulled a face. "This is the Digital World? It looks like the middle of nowhere."
"Yeah, this is the Digital World." Mimi nodded.
"Ugh…Misty…Misty…" Ash moaned.
Misty looked at Ash warily.
Ash propped himself up and blinked rapidly. "Did I just imagine that you kissed me?"
Misty turned red and cried, "You were awake the whole time?"
Mimi shrugged and said, "Well, actually-"
"SHUT UP ABOUT IT!" Misty screamed.
Mimi continued, "Well, actually that's not important right now. The problem is that we're in the Digital World. The digidestined should be here in the first place but you and your friends are stuck in here too. Now we have to figure out a way to get you guys back to your world and find Tai and Sora to get back in our world."
"Actually, I'm surprised you actually said all that serious stuff without mentioning your hair and nails," said a voice from behind them. Izzy and Tentomon had woken up and were listening to the conversation.
Mimi visualized just how awful she must've looked. "Eeeek! I need a mirror! A mirror!" she freaked out.
Izzy turned to Ash, "And to answer your question earlier, Misty really did kiss you. It was reality."
Ash blushed.
Misty blushed and screamed at Izzy, "YOU STUPID… I'M GONNA KILL YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU!" Misty chased Izzy and Tentomon around and around.
All the screaming seemed to arouse Brock and most of the digimon. Gabumon, Gomamon and Brock groaned and sat up. "Where are we?" were the first things out of Brock's mouth.
"YAAAYYY! WE'RE BACK IN THE DIGITAL WORLD!" Gomamon cried. He and Gabumon did a dance of happiness on top of the unconscious Matt.
May had woken up. She heard Gomamon saying that they were in the Digital World and passed out. Again.
Matt had been sleeping soundly until Gabumon and Gomamon started dancing on his stomach. He sat up and picked up the Digimon off his stomach. "Are we really back?" he asked himself.
"Yeah, we're back." Joe answered him. Everyone except May was awake, thanks to Misty's screaming.
"Where's T.K?" Matt worried. "And Palmon? And Patamon?"
Mimi opened her eyes wide, "Does this mean that they were left behind? They didn't jump in the hole with us?"
Misty looked extremely worried, "What are we gonna do? Sora, Tai, Biyomon, T.K, Palmon and Patamon are in our world and we're in your world."
Max felt kind of stupid. "I shouldn't have poked my finger into that hole." He said, mortified.
"I told you!" Izzy said.
Ash and Pikachu silenced them. "Listen, do you guys know a way for us to get back to the Pokemon World? And can we find a way to contact Sora and everyone in our world?"
Everybody was quiet. They hadn't thought about that.
Finally, Joe spoke up. "We have to talk to Gennai."
Chapter six end
Author note: Emichii:
I was just re-reading my first chapter, and I guess I have to agree with everyone else, the later chapters are a lot better. That means I've gotten better too! Yay!
Neominitails, the bit about Misty kissing Ash is for you, since you suggested Misty and Ash have their own "moment" as well.
Yeah, and that's about it for now. Wait patiently till I update next!