I suck so bad:( but on the bright side, I managed to get this up now, right? Here it is, Chapter 5.

Chapter 5: The Anti-Waterworks

"An old friend?"

"Yeah, one that I knew a long time ago. I think I might see him again on my journey."

"Who is it?"

"You wouldn't know him. It was a few years ago. Here you go." He handed him the water bottle.

Anthony didn't buy it, but figured it was something that he couldn't or wouldn't talk about.

When they got back to the fire, Diana and Shawn were creating conversation. Squirtle tripped, and they both laughed.

Justin smiled. It was good to see everyone getting along for once. Normally, the day is filled with arguments and a change of pace never hurt anyone.

But that, of course, would change, because life hates Justin sometimes.

The next day, as they walked down the forest path, they suddenly heard people yelling behind them.

"Stop right there, kiddies!"

They turned around to see what had to be the stupidest looking people they'd ever seen. They wore outfits that made them look ridiculous. The outfit consisted of a white overcoat that stretched just below their waist, with the male wearing a black t-shirt and the female wearing a smaller black shirt that reached just above their stomachs. They also wore grey pants and shoes. On the side of their overcoats, there was a logo that appeared to be a large Typhoon.

Justin decided he'd speak first. "Can we help you? In case you're gonna ask, we don't know where the nearest Anime Convention is, so if you'd kindly move, we'll be on our way."

They ignored him and continued. "We of team Hurricane would like it if you'd cooperate and kindly hand over your Pokemon. Your Donation to the cause will be a small part of a huge plan. Come now, give them up before we have to force you to."

Justin and Shawn were instantly filled with anger. They had just asked them to give up their team members, their friends. They were NOT gonna let that happen.

"As if!" They yelled in unison as Justin released Blitz and Shawn released Squirtle. The Team Hurricane members pulled out their Pokeballs as well, and a Zubat and Grimer appeared in front of them.

"Toxic!" They yelled. Zubat and Grimer launched balls of toxic sludge at Blitz and Squirtle. They both dodged the attacks.

"Flare Blitz!" Blitz crashed into Zubat full force, and it fell unconscious.

"Water Spout!" Squirtle released a massive blast of water at Grimer, who was immediately overwhelmed.

"Nice one!" Justin yelled as they high fived each other. The two grunts returned their Pokemon and ran.

"Ancient power!" Blitz launched a sphere of energy in front of the grunts, preventing them from escaping as a wall of earth constructed itself from the ground.

The grunts were clearly afraid as Justin walked up to them. Justin's voice boomed, even from the short distance. "You'd better tell me why you're here, because I won't restrain Blitz for long."

Both grunts were silent.

Next Shawn came up to them. "In case you didn't notice, he wasn't asking. Now you tell us why you're here, or someone's gonna get hurt, big time!"

The girl spoke. "We were here to capture Pokemon for our boss. He needs them for a... special mission."

"Where's your base?" Diana asked. "I think we'd like to meet this boss of yours."

The male grunt spoke up. "We're based in Epsil Town. Happy? Are you gonna let us go now?" Justin looked at Blitz and nodded. Blitz moved his arm down, and the stone replaced itself in the ground.

"What are you doing? These guys need to learn not to threaten someone's Pokemon the hard way!" Justin just shook his head at that.

"Doing that won't undo or help anything. Now," He turned to the grunts, "Leave! And if you've got any brain cells, you won't come back." The grunts scurried off into the darkness.

They decided to keep moving through the forest. None of them wanted to run into any more Team Hurricane members. Justin and Diana just remained silent the entire time, but Shawn and Anthony were having a lively conversation.

Anthony turned to Justin. "Come on, you two, lighten up! What happened happened, so just get over it." They both perked up at that.

"Thanks," Justin said, "I needed that."

"No problem. Hey, look! We're almost at Glazeburn City!"

Justin looked down the path to see a town gate ahead. He grinned and started running. "Catch me if you can!" All three of them started chasing after Justin, who smiled.

It really is a good life.

Justin woke up nice and early, deciding to make sure he was ready to get outside. He took a shower and brushed his teeth, then got on his outfit and released Blitz. "Hey buddy. How you doing?" Blitz yawned and tried to go to sleep. Justin laughed and poked his friend, who opened one eye lazily as if to say "What is it now?"

"Ready for a fun day at the beach?" This got a reaction from Blitz, who looked up at Justin with an expression of awe and happiness.

"Yeah, we're going to the beach. I'm gonna relax today. We all will. You in or what?" Blitz, of course, was in.

"Cool. Well, they'll be here in about... now." He heard knocking on his door. I think I might be spending too much time with these people.

Possibly.

Justin just chuckled to himself. He opened the door to find Squirtle in front of his face. He was then squirted with what he figured was an extremely underpowered Water Gun, and he just looked at Shawn with an expression that said "Really?" He looked behind Shawn to see Diana barely holding back her laughter, and Anthony cracking up.

"Getting wet already, Justin?"

"I guess I am. You couldn't have waited, could you?"

"Nope," Shawn said.

Justin recalled Blitz, then just walked past Shawn with an annoyed face on. After leaving the Pokemon Center, Justin ran to the beach and immediately released his friends. He really hoped today was gonna be fine. Everything seems to go wrong for him around water.

He shuddered as he recalled the memory.

It was on a boating trip for school. The Professor had taken the entire class on his private observation boat. The only one that apparently couldn't tell it was for observation was a friend of theirs named Jess. He and his friends were way ahead of the curve in classes and thus were the only ones who got Pokemon. He wondered how she was doing. He and Shawn hadn't been particularly close with anyone in the class, since they tended to be shy in groups of many people. Anthony and Diana were really their only friends from school, and they formed what was basically a nerd club. Still, he remembered that she had been nice to him over many other people.

Curious as he was, Justin had been looking through a pair of binoculars towards the water farthest from him. He had spotted a large, serpent like creature swimming towards them with an angry mouth open, and he knew it was a Gyarados. Justin enjoyed messing with people sometimes, but this wasn't the time for games. He ran right up to the Professor.

"Professor Redwood! There's a big problem coming right our way! Just look!" He said as he handed him the binoculars.

"Justin, he was telling us about how he fought a gigantic Dragonite here! Way to ruin an epic story!" Justin just pointed out in the direction of the Gyarados. It had gotten here faster than he thought. The kid who yelled at him, Randy, he remembered, just said, "Oh."

"Everyone get under the deck!" Justin said as he opened a door leading below deck. The students flocked below deck and Justin closed the door, then ran to the Professor.

"Can I help you with anything?" Redwood nodded and said, "Get everyone below deck."

"I already did that."

"Well then no. Get down!"

He was glad he did get down as he narrowly avoided the serpent's Hyper Beam. He was smart, but happened to be possibly the smallest kid in the class and right now was thankful for it. He wasn't hit head on, but the Hyper Beam's heat still hurt. Luckily, he wasn't burned.

As he was getting up, the boat rocked back and forth over and over again. He eventually lost his balance, and he ended up falling into the water. He remembered seeing Gyarados and another creature swimming towards him before blacking out. When he woke up, he was sitting in a hospital bed with a small tube feeding him some sort of liquid. As he regained consciousness, instinct kicked in and he immediately started coughing, trying to get the water out. After a few minutes of waiting once he realized he wasn't still drowning, he heard a doctor telling someone outside the door something. After adjusting his attention, he made out, "I don't know how long he'll be asleep for. He might not wake up at all." He heard what sounded like someone crying, and he decided now was the time to be obnoxious about his swift recovery.

"Hey Doc, can I get some food in here? I'm starving!" The Doctor opened the door and stared at Justin in shock as his smile grew. His mother immediately engulfed him in a hug that threatened to cut off his oxygen supply yet again.

He wanted answers. "How..?"

"Did you get here?" He nodded, so she continued. "After you fell in the water, the Professor had his Kingdra dive down to get you."

He understood now. "How long have I been asleep?"

"About a week. You really gave us a scare. I was so worried."

"Did anyone else get hurt?"

"Luckily, no. But I'm just happy my little boy's alright." She crushed him again.

"Well I won't be all right for long if you keep crushing my lungs." After she let him go, he realized something. "Oh No!"

"What?"

"I missed a full week of school!"

The Doctor chimed in. "Well you're going to miss more. We need to keep you here for three more days to make sure you don't have any lingering injuries. Even if it's falling in the water, falling twenty feet from a ship is gonna hurt. Then, you can go home."

"No."

His mother was surprised at what he just said. He had always been a good boy. He never talked back to adults and always listened to what he was told. So she was more than a little bit shocked when he outright said "No" to the doctor.

"What? What do you mean, No?"

"I mean no. Normally I'd listen, but I don't want to miss any more school then I already have. Besides, this place is boring. No one to talk to, no video games, my food is a liquid coming from a tube, and I pretty much have to stay in a bed for three days. Sorry, but I'm gonna pass." He began carefully removing the tubes from his body.

"Hey, stop that! You don't know what you're doing!" Justin just ignored him and continued. After all the tubes were out (The Doctor couldn't try to stop him because that could damage the tubes and possibly Justin's body.), Justin got up, stretched out his arms and legs, and walked around the room a bit.

"See? I'm absolutely fine. Now, can I please go home? I really need some food."

The Doctor sighed. "Well, I don't think telling you no is gonna work too well. Very well, he can be released today."

That night, his mom ordered him pizza from his favorite pizzeria in town. When he got to school, everyone had been shocked to see him. Apparently, they'd seen him go to the hospital, which really annoyed him because people asked him about nothing but it. He just wanted to forget about it and move on.

Justin decided to take his mind back to the present as he heard what sounded like a strange call, one he'd never heard. No one else seemed to be able to hear it, so he assumed it was just his imagination.

Boy, was he wrong.

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