\Curse of a Murkrow
Chapter 3
Jenrya282: Hello! I'm back from the past! (Actually, I was just on writer's block and I came back from Writer's block world…) Anyways, it's been a while since I wrote this story so…I hope you readers enjoy this chapter!
Recap of Last Chapter
"Oh wow, it's a Pikachu!" I squealed.
"Well, how about catching it? If you like it so much, then catch it." Taito said.
"Okay, get ready Pikachu because in a few minutes, you will be mine!"
End of Recap
"Go Eevee, use Tackle." Mizu cried and pointed at Pikachu.
Eevee charged at Pikachu and jumped. Before Eevee could hit Pikachu, it moved away from Eevee and Eevee banged his head on a nearby tree.
"Ouch, you okay Eevee?" Mizu asked him.
"Yeah, I'm okay, just a bump." Eevee replied and ran towards Pikachu again.
"Eevee, sand-attack!" Mizu commanded.
Eevee used his tail and it hit the ground. Sand blew everywhere and Pikachu covered its eyes to block out the sand.
"Okay Eevee, now use Tackle!" Mizu said and Eevee charged towards Pikachu again, this time, it was a direct hit. Pikachu fell back and hit the floor, it got up and charged at Eevee with amazing speed.
"Mizu, look out, that's a quick attack." Taito cried.
"Alright Eevee, now use your tackle." Mizu said.
"What! Are you crazy?" Taito yelled at Mizu.
"Don't worry; I know what I'm doing." Mizu replied and Taito turned to watch the battle. Both Pokemon charged at each other then their head banged to each other. Both fell back and Eevee got back up.
"Alright," Mizu said and took out an enlarged Pokeball. "Go Pokeball."
The Pokeball hit Pikachu on the body and a red light came and hit Pikachu. Pikachu went in the Pokeball in the red flash and the Pokeball shook. When it stopped, Mizu picked it up and cheered.
"Oh yeah, I got a Pikachu!"
"Great job Mizu that was a great battle." Taito said.
"Yeah, now let's finish going through this forest." Mizu replied and followed Espeon, who was waiting for them.
While they were walking, Mizu yawned every few minutes and Taito was annoyed.
"Do you mind not yawning so much?" Taito asked her.
"Hmm, sorry. How about we take a break?" Mizu asked him. Both Eevee and Espeon nodded with Mizu, agreeing to her plan.
"Sure, let's rest near that lake." Taito pointed at a lake near them and Mizu smiled.
"Okay, let's go." Mizu cried and ran towards the lake. Espeon, Eevee and Taito sweat dropped and followed Mizu. When they got to the lake, Taito took off his backpack and took a seat.
"Hey, let's go swimming." Taito suggested.
"Okay, I'm going to go change now, don't peek." Mizu said and went behind some trees.
"I better go change too, Eevee, do you mind watching our backpacks?" Taito asked Mizu's Eevee.
"Sure, I'm tired anyways." Eevee replied and placed his head on Mizu's backpack. Taito went behind some other trees across from Mizu's and changed to his trunks. When he got out, he saw Mizu in her two-piece swimsuit. It was blue with bubbles as the designs.
"Oh yeah, almost forgot." Taito thought and went to his backpack and took out his Pokeball. "Go Eevee."
His Eevee came out and yawned. "Hey there Eevee." Taito said and rubbed under its neck. Eevee smiled and lay back down. "Okay, you can sleep." Taito ran to the lake and jumped in. "Come on Mizu, are you coming?"
"Yeah, in a sec." She replied and went to her backpack and took out a pokeball.
"Come on out Pikachu!" she cried and threw the pokeball in the sky. The pokeball opened and Pikachu shook his head and yawned.
"What's with everybody? They're yawning none stop." Taito thought. Pikachu opened his eyes and saw Mizu. He happily jumped in her arms and rubbed his cheek on hers.
"Aww, how cute." Mizu said and placed Pikachu on the ground. "I'm going to go swim now, come in whenever you want to." Pikachu nodded and went to sleep on her backpack with Yuki.
Mizu looked at her Eevee and asked. "Come on Yuki, you coming?" Everybody looked up at her and looked around.
"Yuki? Who's Yuki?" Eevee asked her.
"You silly, I decided to give you a nickname so we won't get you mixed up with Taito's Eevee." Mizu replied.
"So now I'm called Yuki, alright and no, I'm tired." Yuki replied and looked away.
"Fine, party-pooper." Mizu said and puffed her cheeks. She turned to Taito and smiled. "Okay, I'm coming in now."
She jumped and was ready to dive in the water until she remembered.
"Oh shoot, since this whole adventure happened, I totally forgot about my mermaid tail and I just jumped." She thought and looked down. She was above the water and nowhere to escape the water. "Just great, now Taito will have to know my secrets."
She landed in the water and she felt her legs being stuck together. Her head popped out of the water and she tried her best to hide the fins.
"The water's great." She said to him, trying to hide the fact that her tail is here. "I can't believe our luck with this lake here."
"Yeah, we sure are lucky. Hey, let's go underwater and look at some of the pokemons." He said to her. She gulped and looked away.
"Um…how about we don't." she replied.
"Why not?" Taito asked.
"Let's not go into conclusions now." She replied, still looking away with a beat red face.
"Alright, then I'll go down." He said and dived down. She gasped and started to panic.
"What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?" thought.
"Mizu, what's wrong?" Yuki asked her.
"Um…nothing, nothing at all." She replied. She didn't want the others to know about the fins so quickly.
When Taito went down, he saw some Clamperls and some Magikarps. He smiled and watched them swim freely and guessed he should go back up. He began to swim upward and saw mermaid fins.
"What? There are no mermaid here…mermaid are suppose to be extinct." Taito thought and swam closer to the fins. He examined the fins closer and saw that they were real. "But how?"
He looked up and saw Mizu's two-piece swimsuit above the fins and his eyes widened. "But…no way." His head popped out of the water and looked at Mizu. Mizu turned around looked at Taito with watery eyes and he understood why. She tried to swim away but Taito caught her hand and prevented her from swimming any further.
"Look, I'm not mad or upset, but just tell me one thing, how come you have mermaid tail?" Taito said. Mizu swam to Taito and hugged him.
"I'm sorry Taito, I wanted to tell you but I was too scared that you will abandon me and think I'm weird." Mizu said through her tears. Taito patted her back, wanting her to stop crying.
"You idiot, why would I leave you? If you just told me, I will understand." Taito said. "Anyways, you aren't weird, just special. How did you get the tails?"
Mizu took Taito's hands and pulled him towards the shore. "I want Yuki, Espeon and Pikachu to hear this too." Mizu said to him. When they reached the shore, both of them stayed in the water while Yuki, Espeon, Pikachu and Eevee were on the shore, listening to her explanation. She explained what happened in the beginning, saving the breeding center from the goons, looking at the gray Murkrow, finding out about the tails and now going to find the Wishing Bell to break the curse. Taito understood everything and accepted the truth.
"So now you're going out to look for the Wishing Bell. Well, you're not the only one who saw a gray Murkrow." Taito said.
Mizu looked at him confused. "You mean I'm not the only one who saw an unusual Murkrow?"
"Nope, in legends, they say a mermaid was the first one to see a gray Murkrow. All of a sudden, her Pokemon started to have unusual abilities, water Pokemon can withstand electric attacks, able to use nearly all the attacks known in the Pokemon world, and some other ones. One day, some people of the village she visits knew about it and stoned her to death. They considered this a curse even though it's a good thing for the trainer. She's the very first one who saw one, that was about 4,000 years ago, another time was 2,000 years ago, this trainer saw a gray Murkrow and the same thing happened, her Pokemon having unusual powers but the only thing changed was her being a mermaid in water. But before she was stoned to death, Mew came down from heaven and gave her an orb, curing her from the curse. From this day on, people called it the Wishing Bell, making it a very unique item in Pokemon history." Taito explained.
Mizu understood and asked:
"But if I asked for the Wishing Bell, wouldn't they try to stone me?"
"Nah, if you need a cure, I think they will lend it to you, I think it's in the Hybrid Castle in Legend Town. The orb is in the possession of Queen Lileena" Taito said.
"How do you know all this?" Mizu asked him.
"From school, duh." Was his only reply.
She stuck her tongue at him. He laughed and went out of the water.
"Come on, I think it's time to set up camp, it's quite late now."
"Okay, but help me up." Mizu said and Taito took her hand.
"But wouldn't you trip when you stand?"
"Nah, just help me up."
Taito helped her out of the water and her mermaid fins turned back to normal.
"I see, and I was thinking how you will walk with fins." Taito said.
"Let's go change and we'll have dinner." Mizu said and got her clothes and went to go change. Taito also took his clothing and went to change. When they were done, Mizu started the fire for the warmth and for cooking. Taito started cooking dinner and Mizu was amazed at his cooking.
"How did you learn to cook so well?" Mizu asked him.
"At home, I always have to learn how to cook, my mother made sure I learn how to cook before I left for my journey." Taito replied.
"I see, your mother must be very worried about you traveling." Mizu said looking at the fire.
"Don't all mother worry when their 'baby' goes out on their own?" Taito asked, putting an emphasis on 'baby'.
Mizu chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I guess my mother would be worried about me."
Yuki went to Mizu and went on her lap and fell asleep. Pikachu jumped on her shoulders and also fell asleep. Espeon was sitting under a tree, enjoying the wind. Taito's Eevee went beside Taito and rested on the log he was sitting on.
"So, what are you gonna do about this?" Taito asked. "I mean, about your fins, you really can't do much about them right now."
Mizu put her bowl on the floor and looked at the fire. "You know, maybe it's destiny that I have these fins."
"But people called it a curse." Taito replied.
"Yeah, I know. As long as no one sees them, I'm fine." Mizu said. "Besides, I don't think they will stone me now a day."
"You be surprised, it's been a while since anybody saw a Grey Murkrow." Taito said and placed his bowl on the floor. "You know, it's nice that I met you. If I didn't, then I would be going on this journey by myself."
"Yeah, I'm glad I met you to. Anyways, do you plan on getting the gym badges?" Mizu asked him.
"I don't really want to, I just want to become a breeder but I want to collect badges too, you know, just for fun." Taito said.
"Maybe you can do both." Mizu suggested.
"I'm thinking of that but I'm worried it might be too much. So, what do you plan to do?"
"Just travel maybe collect badges along the way."
"Do you plan on going to the finals?"
"Naw, just for fun, just like you. I just want to meet new people and have fun. I don't really care about this whole Plateau tournament thing."
"Don't forget, we do have to go to the Hybrid castle for the Wishing Bell."
"Don't worry, I won't forget that."
Both of them chatted for a while until the sun set, they took out their sleeping bags and slept, getting ready for their next exciting adventure.
Jenrya282: Heh, it's been a while now, hoped you enjoyed it but I'm starting loosing interest in Pokemon now so the update might take longer, I'll update when I have the will power to write so see ya all in a couple of months.