Well people. Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 10: There's hope

Dark gray clouds loomed overhead in the sky. Raindrops of different sizes, from pebbles to golf balls, were coming down fast and splashing on the ground making puddles. The sky was getting darker with each minute and it didn't look like it was going let up.

BANG!

A bolt of lighting streaked across the sky in a diagonal pattern. Then another one and another. The pattern continued.

The trainers were asleep at the time when this happened and this was a pretty bad wake up call for them. "Grr. Great it's raining." Max complained as they went for shelter under a tree. Ash looked around. "I hope May is okay. She said she was going to get some food. Where is she?" The others called for her. It was starting to rain really hard now. They called louder. Nothing.

Max sat down with a worried look on his face. "I'm really worried about her. What if something happened to her." He paused for a moment. "Or worse what if she's just fine." Max's worried face turned into a pout.

Ash looked down at Max. "Why would that be worse?" Max looked up at him "Because she's probably found food and is eating it right now…" All of the sudden Max became quiet and his eyes became the size of saucers. He seemed to be looking at the tree. A pokemon voice spoke behind Ash. It sounded familiar.

Ash turned around and was tackled by a yellow fur ball. Ash hugged it.

"Pikachu! I can't believe it! We've found you!" Ash exclaimed.

Ash sat up and Pikachu jumped on Max's shoulder.

"Hey Pikachu! How did you get here?" Max asked.

Brock looked at the hole. "He must've used this hole as a shelter. That was a very smart thing to do." Brock turned to Pikachu. "Did you see any sign of Torchic, Pikchu?"

Pikachu shook his head and then remembered the orange fur that he found in the hole. Pikachu looked at his paw. The fur was still there. Pikachu held it up for them to see.

"What's that Pikachu?" Ash asked.

Brock took the fur from Pikachu and inspected it closely. "It looks like some sort of fur from a pokemon." Brock looked at it more closely. "Interesting. It looks like Torchic's fur." Pikachu nodded in agreement.

"Do you think you could sniff Torchic out with this bit of fur?" Max asked.

It was raining badly now and whatever scent Torchic made would be washed away by the rain. "I think we should at least wait until the lighting stops. It would be much safer."Brock explained. The others nodded while Pikachu looked up at the sky. He was happy that he was reunited with his trainer, but Pikachu was really worried about Torchic. He hoped it was doing ok.

Ok so it's a small chapter, but it is very important. I am coming to a conclusion now finally. Now all they have to do is find Torchic and May. So long! bubblebell74