Okay, here's chapter 5, don't got the time to explain things….
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Chapter 5
A few hours after lunch and a few more minutes of chat, Avegaille, Nicole May and Phil were now outside of Phil's house with Andrea by the door, saying her good-byes to her son and her visitors. Avegaille finally got herself a Pokénav, which was included on of her mother's forgot-to-give list. Phil was a bit puzzled by the device that her mom gave to him. His mother didn't even bother to give the name of the device. For now, Phil hid the device in his pack until he can figure out what it was called. Other than the device given by his mom, Phil also got himself a Pokémon. It had a green-like cap with a red rounded shaped horn sticking out.
"So, Phil, what name are you going to give to your Ralts?" Avegaille asked as she peered at him and smiled.
"Hmm, not sure, but Randy seems like a cool name to him," Phil told to Avegaille. His Ralts, now Randy, is clinging on Phil's shoulder and gave out a cry of joy.
"Um, does anyone know where are we suppose to go after this?" Nicole interrupted as Phil and Avegaille both turned their heads to her.
"Hmm, what was that town again? Little…" Avegaille paused for a while as she tried to think of a word that would fit the sentence that she cut off. Everyone else were staring and waiting for her answer. "Wait, was it Littleroot Town?"
Linole cried out happily as he crawled off Avegaille's arm and went up to her head. He stayed up there for a while and gazed upon the city's buildings and sidewalks.
"I think that was a yes," Phil remarked after he heard Linole's cry. "Come on, maybe we can get there earlier if we start moving now."
As Phil walked off, Avegaille and Nicole May shrugged together as both of them quickly ran after Phil to catch up to him. Now that Phil is traveling with them, Avegaille and Nicole knew that they have to avoid arguing to each other as much as possible. Both of them kept quiet as Phil lead the way until all of them finally got of Petalburg City. Sandra, who is currently on Nicole's arms, was starting to get a bit tired being in her trainer's arms. Sandra struggled her way out of Nicole's grip as she climbed on Nicole's shoulder. Avegaille noticed a signboard which welcome and thanked all visitors of Petalburg as they got out of the city's vicinity. All of them are now walking on the roadside of Route 102 as the surroundings got even warmer due to the sun's heat. Avegaille was getting a bit impatient as they continued to walk even further.
"I wish something exciting would happen…" Avegaille groaned out as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Pfft, like anything happens here…" Nicole remarked sarcastically.
Avegaille just ignored Nicole's remark as all of them continued to move on. While all of them were walking, Avegaille quickly lost her balance as she fell on the ground. Linole rolled off Avegaille's head as he continued rolling on the ground until he bumped into a tree. Nicole and Phil quickly approached Avegaille and helped her stood up.
"You all right?" Phil asked as he looked at Avegaille worriedly.
"Yeah, but something round just tripped me…" Avegaille replied out with a groan. She scratched her head as she looked down the ground and saw three Pokéballs scattered around. "What are those balls doing down there?"
Nicole and Phil both turned their heads to the balls lying on the ground. Linole got up from his unconsciousness as he quickly ran to the balls lying on the ground and quickly sniffed it out.
"Hmm? Maybe they fell off somewhat from a trainer's bag…" Nicole said to everyone as she picked up one of the Pokéballs and held it in her hands.
"Guyuh!" Linole exclaimed out excitedly as he started to jump up and down in front of Avegaille.
"Huh?" Avegaille looked down at Linole as she picked him up and carried him in her hands. "What were you saying?"
"-Those balls, they belong to a person you and Nicole May once saved,-" Linole told Avegaille excitedly. Then, he started to sniff around some more. "-He must be still around here! I just know it!-"
Linole jumped off Avegaille's arms as Avegaille quickly approached Nicole, who was still examining the Pokéball that she picked up on the ground. Nicole quickly tossed the ball in the air as a white light came out and a blue mudfish like Pokémon came out as it landed on the ground. Nicole looked at the Pokémon perplexedly as the Pokémon gave the same look to her. Sandra was wondering why her trainer is having a staring contest with a Mudkip. Avegaille picked up the Pokémon as she carried it in her arms.
"What's your name?" Avegaille asked the Pokémon with delight.
"Mudkip," the Pokémon replied out with a smile. "Mudkip, Mudkip!"
"Don't you belong to anyone?" Avegaille asked out again.
"Mudkip?" the Mudkip asked as it gave a vacant look at Avegaille.
"Avegaille, stop playing with the Pokémon," Nicole muttered out as a tick popped out of her head. "We have to find its owner…"
Avegaille and the Mudkip both sweat-dropped as they both looked at Nicole giving an exasperated look. Phil picked up the two remaining balls on the ground and carried it in his hands. He quickly approached the girls trainers and stood in front of them. Then, Linole came back from his search, all tried out.
"Guyuh!" Linole exclaimed out exhaustedly to everyone as he laid his body on the ground.
"Miyah…" Sandra cried out with a sigh as she looked at Linole worriedly.
"Mudkip?" the Mudkip asked as it jumped off Avegaille's hands and approached Linole.
Avegaille lowered her body as she started to pet Linole while the Mudkip observed the two of them carefully. As Linole got a little better, Avegaille carried him in her arms and placed him in her head. Nicole May looked vacantly at the Mudkip again as the Mudkip did the same as it stared at her. Sandra was getting a bit tired of having concerns with the Mudkip, so she just ignored her trainer and just continued to cling on to Nicole's shoulder.
"Come on, maybe we can get to Oldale Town and find the person who owns these Pokémon," Phil said to everyone as he walk off, knowing that everyone will follow him.
Avegaille shrugged as she picked up the Mudkip on the ground and carried it in her arms. Nicole May quickly followed Phil, leaving Avegaille a bit behind. Avegaille on the other hand, started to run to catch up to everyone. A few hours later, the sun was about to set as Avegaille noticed a signboard with the inscriptions "Oldale Town" in it. Phil and Nicole May quickly ran to the town's vicinity, leaving Avegaille behind once again.
"I am so getting sick of this…" Avegaille muttered out to herself as she looked down at the Mudkip that was riding in her arms. "Come on then, let's see if your owner is in that town right now."
"Mudkip?" the Mudkip gave out a vacant look as Avegaille started to walk until they managed to reach the streets of Oldale Town.
Avegaille noticed the building with a red rooftop, also known as a Pokémon Center, and quickly ran towards it. As she reached the Pokémon Center, she quickly went through the sliding door opening in front of her. She saw that Nicole May and Phil were talking to Nurse Joy at the counter.
"Okay, I'll call Officer Jenny as soon as possible," Nurse Joy told them as she turned away and approached the phone attached to the wall.
"What's going on?" Avegaille asked with confusion as she went near Nicole and Phil. She noticed the other two Pokéballs that Phil picked up earlier on top of the counter.
"Mudkip!" the Mudkip quickly jumped off Avegaille arms as it landed on the counter and sat down besides the other two Pokéballs.
"We told Nurse Joy about the lost Pokéballs and she's going to call up Officer Jenny to see if anyone is missing their Pokémon," Phil replied out as he inserted his hands into the pockets of his pants. "I'm surely that the balls dropped out of a bag of a trainer by accident."
Nicole took out a Pokéball from her pocket which she used before to release the Mudkip. She aimed the ball at the Mudkip to return it to its ball. As a red light came out to aim the Mudkip, the Pokémon quickly jumped off the counter and into Avegaille's arms. Avegaille quickly caught the Pokémon in her arms, but the force of the Mudkip jumping towards her made Avegaille lose her balance. As Avegaille was about to fall from her balance, Linole quickly jumped off Avegaille's head and landed on the counter while Avegaille ended up on the floor with the Mudkip standing on her chest. Swirls started to appear on Avegaille's eyes as Phil looked down at her. Sandra, on the other hand, finally jumped off Nicole's shoulders and into the counter with Linole and the Mudkip.
"Is it me or is that Mudkip almost like Avegaille?" Nicole muttered to herself as she sweat-dropped.
"Hey, you all right?" Phil asked as he grabbed Avegaille's hands and pulled her up to help her sit up. "If that keeps happening, you might get amnesia."
"Actually, I think I already have it…" Avegaille replied out with a doubt. "Or so I think anyways…"
Nicole shook her head slowing, trying to calm herself from Avegaille's statement. She took a good look at the Mudkip once again. The Mudkip enjoyed being with Avegaille while Avegaille carried it in her hands. Avegaille stood up as she placed the Mudkip on the counter, next to Linole. Then, Avegaille took the Pokéball Nicole was holding and showed it in front of the Mudkip.
"Come on Mudkip, this is where you live," Avegaille told the Mudkip as she pointed on the Pokéball that she was holding. "And besides, I think your owner wants you to stay in it for a while. So, will you come back to your ball?"
Sandra and Linole chucked to themselves finding that Avegaille was a bit too funny while the Mudkip gave out a little confused look. Then, the Mudkip finally realized that he had to stay on its ball until its trainer comes back to claim him.
"Mudkip…" the Mudkip murmured out with a bit of disappointment. It then gave a weak smile as a red light came out of the ball and transported the Mudkip inside the ball.
"See? That's how you convince a Pokémon to go back to its ball," Avegaille told to Nicole arrogantly as she placed the Pokéball besides the other two Pokéballs on the counter.
Nicole gave out an exasperated look as she turned away from Avegaille. Then, after nurse Joy had finished talking on the phone, she turned back to everyone. They way she looked at everyone indicated that she found out something good.
"Okay then, everyone, it seems that Officer Jenny told me that a professor from Littleroot Town is missing three Pokémon after his outing to observe wild Pokémon. The Pokéballs somehow dropped from his bag while he was running away from the wild Pokémon he was observing, as what Officer Jenny told me," Nurse Joy told to everyone.
"Well, maybe we can return the Pokéballs the professor dropped on our way to Littleroot Town," Phil suggested as he smiled at Nurse Joy.
"-Hehehe, now I remember…-" Linole muttered with a chuckle as he looked at Sandra.
"-Huh? Remember what?-" Sandra asked as she gave out a perplexed look.
"-I remember now the professor Avegaille and Nicole once saved when the two of them were assigned to pick up the professor at the entrance of Rustboro to lead him to Pokémon Academy,-" Linole explained as he chuckled. "-The professor was clinging on a tree while my other Zigzagoon friends and even some Poochyenas were surrounding below the tree with a furious look. Avegaille asked me to drive off the wild Pokémon away with some of my moves.-"
"-What a weird professor…-" Sandra remarked. "-What did he do to make those Pokémon furious anyways?-"
"-I kinda forgot to ask the wild Pokémon since I was too busy driving them off, so I never knew…-" Linole replied glumly. "-But anyways, I was wondering why the scent was so familiar…-"
"-Heh, you seem to act more of a dog than a raccoon,-" Sandra remarked as she prowled.
Avegaille noticed Linole and Sandra talking together as she approached the two Pokémon. She smiled at them and wanted to join their conversation. Linole and Sandra sweat-dropped as they both laughed nervously.
"Uh, so what are you guys talking about?" Avegaille asked out to the two of them.
"-Um, nothing much, but I do recommend booking some rooms for the night,-" Linole told to Avegaille as he gave a weak smile.
"Oh, okay then…" Avegaille said slowly as she walked away from the two Pokémon and approached Nurse Joy. She peered at Nurse's Joy's face, which surprised Nurse Joy herself.
"Oh my, is there something that you want?" Nurse Joy asked as she turned to Avegaille and gave her a smile.
"Yeah, um, are there any rooms left to sleep in for the night?" Avegaille asked calmly.
"Oh, yeah, that... I forgot to tell," Nurse Joy muttered out as she was starting to get a bit nervous. "You see, there's only one room left but it has three beds. Is that all right with the three of you?"
"Um, yeah, sure, whatever…" Nicole murmured out as she sweat-dropped while staring at Phil.
"Okay then, we'll take it," Phil exclaimed out as Nurse Joy handed over to him a key with a tag on it. Written on the tag was the number of the room that they were all going to sleep in for the night.
"You never slept in a room with a guy before, haven't you?" Avegaille asked as she went in front of Nicole and gave her a smirk.
"Not funny…" Nicole May grumbled out as she looked at Avegaille exasperatedly. "it's just your cousin. How hard can it be?"
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That night at the Pokémon Center, the three trainers entered the room that they have booked earlier. The room was a bit dark until Nicole May found the light switches and flipped them to turn the light on. Avegaille saw three beds, in which one of them was a double deck type. Avegaille quickly ran to the solo bed on the right side and sat down on it.
"I get this bed for the night!" Avegaille exclaimed out with giddiness as she laid her back on the bed. Linole quickly got off Avegaille's head and curled himself on the pillow besides Avegaille.
"Okay then, cousin, I want to be on top part of the other bed," Phil declared as he approached the beds on the left side. He carried Randy, who was on his shoulder, in his hands and placed him above the top bed. "Looks like Nicole's going to get the bottom bed!"
Nicole sighed as she walked towards the bed on the left side and sat down on it. She stared at the window as Sandra jumped off her shoulders and landed on a trunk in front of the window pane.
"I'm going to bed, good night everyone," Avegaille told to them as she sat up on the bed and yawned. She lifted her legs up and laid her body on the bed as she turned herself to the side and rested her head on the pillow. Linole stood up for a while as he positioned himself besides Avegaille's chest.
"It's no wonder why Avegaille is so full of energy," Phil remarked as he looked at Nicole. "She sleeps so early!" He gave out a little chuckle as he climbed up the ladder of the bed and sat on the top bed.
"Yeah, I can see that…" Nicole muttered to herself as she stood up from the bed she was sitting on. "I'll turn off the light then."
Nicole May walked up to the light switches as Phil got himself all ready for bed. Randy went besides him as Phil was already sleeping. Nicole May noticed a desk with a desk lamp on it. She quickly approached to it and turned it on. Afterwards, she went back to the light switches and flipped them all, turning all the lights of the room off. The only light left was the one coming from the desk. Sandra made a soft cry as she jumped off the trunk and picked up the notebook popping out of her trainer's bag on the floor with her mouth. Sandra walked up to Nicole and laid the notebook in her mouth of the floor. Nicole gave out a smile as she crouched down to pick up the notebook and pet Sandra.
"Come on then Sandra, time for bed," Nicole May told to her softly as she picked up the Pokémon with her hands and carried Sandra in her arms. Then, she stood up and placed Sandra on the bed.
"-Okay, good night then,-" Sandra said softly as she closed her eyes, curled her body on the bed and started purring.
Nicole May made her way towards the desk as she sat down on the chair and placed her notebook on top of the desk. She opened the notebook as she took out a pen from her pocket. She flipped through the pages of the notebook until she saw an empty space on where she could write on.
"I always wonder what would it be like if Avegaille was never Phil's cousin at all… would she be interest in Phil the same way as I am?" Nicole thought to herself as she started to write on her notebook. "Once I get my starter Pokémon, maybe I can travel to Kanto by myself… I don't know what I'll do there, but at least it would be a way to get away from Avegaille once and for all."
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The next day, Nurse Joy opened the door of the room the three trainers slept in last night as she went inside. She saw that the other two beds were already neatly arranged. One of the beds had Sandra sleeping on it. Then, Nurse Joy turned to the desk and saw Nicole May's head resting on the desk with her arms around. Nurse Joy quickly went towards the desk and gave Nicole a little shake.
"Hey, wake up, your other friends are already waiting for you downstairs…" Nurse Joy said softly as she continued to shake Nicole's back.
"Huh?" Nicole lifted her head up as she sat up straight on her seat and yawned. She turned around and saw Nurse Joy right in front of her. Nicole could barely open up her eyes as she stood up and picked up the notebook on the desk.
"Your friends are waiting for you downstairs," Nurse Joy told Nicole as she gave a smile. "I'll leave you here so that you can fix up your things before you leave the room."
"Okay then," Nicole murmured out as Nurse Joy went out of the room. Nicole turned around to the bed as she saw Sandra lifting up her head. Sandra yawned as she stretched her body and stood up. Sandra then looked at Nicole and smiled.
"Miyah!" Sandra cried out cheerfully.
"Morning Sandra," Nicole said in return as she yawned. She walked towards her bag lying on the ground and crouched down to place her notebook inside. She closed it as she strapped it onto her shoulders and stood up. Then, she picked up Sandra from the bed and carried her in her arms. Afterwards, she quickly ran towards through the door and went out of the room.
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"Geez, what is taking her so long?" Avegaille asked out impatiently as she walked back and forth. She stopped walking for a while as she stared at the wall clock above the sofa Phil was sitting in.
Avegaille and Phil were already at the lobby waiting for Nicole so that they can move on to Littleroot Town. Phil was sitting in calmly in the sofa with Randy besides him while Avegaille couldn't keep herself still and just stood up with Linole on her head. All of them already had their breakfast and all they need now is for Nicole to show up before they can leave.
"Just wait for her, you know she likes to stay up late," Phil said calmly as he folded his arms across his chest.
Then, Nicole ran down the stairs and ran towards Avegaille and Phil, who were both talking to each other. Nicole breathed heavily as she placed her hand onto her chest. Sandra on the other hand, was clinging on to Nicole's shoulder, all dizzy from the running.
"Okay, I'm here, are we going now?" Nicole asked out to everyone.
"Yeah, about five minutes ago, if you haven't overslept again," Avegaille replied sarcastically.
Phil gave out a shrug as he picked up Randy and placed him onto his shoulder. He stood up as he approached the two trainers. Nicole and Avegaille looked at Phil, who in return, wondered why the girls were staring at him.
"Shouldn't we be going?" Phil asked, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, I suppose…" Nicole muttered as she gave out a shrug. She felt a bit woozy from all the running that she did a while ago. "Just as soon as I get something to drink."
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End of Chapter 5
Um, so what do you think of this chapter? Did anything improve or something went a bit a little too far? Reviews and comments would be appreciated… ;;;