And here is Chapter 9, the previous chapter was handled very poorly and I apologize for that, how do you want gym battles to be handled? One battle per chapter? Let me know how you feel? As for THIS chapter, I'd say this is the first REAL filler chapter, consider it the calm before the storm! Anyway, read it, review it, and let me know how you feel about it!
The 5 trainers had left Pewter City, Yuki was heading to Cerulean City which was past Mt. Moon, but to head to Mt. Moon, they had to go through half of Route 3. Route 3 itself was a bit rough in its terrain, over the years it became a bit dangerous to travel through as rock slides became more common. There was a Pokemon Center at the base of Mt. Moon which was safe from the rock slides.
"So Yuki, are you ready for your first Contest?" Renée asked
"Oh, I don't know, maybe I could use some more training. What if I fail?!" Yuki stammered
"You'll do fine! Im sure of it!" Diego reassured
Just then, seemingly out of nowhere, a shadow swooped down at the group. It looked like a bird...
"What kind of Pokemon was that?!" Jack questioned, trying to scan it with his Pokedex, however the shadow was too fast and was already gone...
"We should keep moving before it comes back! Whatever it is its definitely mean!" Julia warned. They soon heard a bird call out and the 5 of them looked on in horror as an entire flock of Spearow.
"Ruuuuuuuuunnn!" Jack screamed
The 5 of them ran as fast as they could, eventually they came across a small pink fluffy ball, it turned around to face the group, it had two large blue eyes and a tuft of fur on the top of its head. Once the pokemon noticed the Spearow flying towards the group it jumped over them.
"No, stop its too dangerous!" Julia called out, trying to stop the pokemon from fighting a fight it seemingly could not win. The group stopped and tried to help the pokemon from getting hurt, but the Spearow were closing in fast, they were all astounded when the pokemon began to sing!
"Jigglypuff jigglyyyy pufff..." it sang, almost immediately, the flock fell to the ground, they had all fallen asleep
The pokemon, Jigglypuff as it was called turned to face the group and smiled
"That was amazing!" Renée said, Diego and Jack were struck dumb with what just occured
"Eeeeeeek!" Julia squealed, she ran up to the Jigglypuff with bliss "Its so cute! And it put all those Spearow to sleep all at once!" Jigglypuff was very happy with Julia's words and began to play with her
"Oh, I see you've found my Jigglypuff!" A voice said, the 5 trainers turned to face the voice, it was a young woman, she wore a brown blouse, with a pink bow and navy blue skirt, she had black hair that reached her shoulders, the Jigglypuff stopped playing with Julia and ran up to the woman who lifted up the Jigglypuff. Julia and Yuki seemed upset that they couldnt catch the Jigglypuff since it had a trainer
"Oh, this pokemon belongs to you?" Yuki asked
"Yes, that's correct, I saw what happened earlier. My name is Bella, please come into my cottage and rest up!" The woman, Bella suggested, the group followed her inside.
"So Ms. Bella , your Jigglypuff must be strong to be able to put an entire flock of Spearow to sleep!" Jack stated
"Yes, my Jigglypuff is stronger than the normal Jigglypuff that are usually found here. This one also has a much more potent singing voice!" Bella replied, she seemed happier with Jigglypuff's singing ability than its battling strength "And please just call me Bella!"
"Well Bella, if you dont mind me asking. Why are you living in a secluded area like this?" Renée asked
"Oh I... just needed space away from the big city!" Answered Bella, she seemed very unsure of herself with her answer, Yuki noticed this, but decided not to say anything, not wanting to put any pressure on Bella "But more importantly, I assume you're all going to Cerulean City through Mt. Moon?"
"Yup! Yuki has her first Pokemon Contest there!" Julia replied cheerily, she then went to play with Bella's Jigglypuff
"Oh! You're participating in a Contest? I have something that just might help you! I'll be right back!" Bella announced. Bella went to the upper floor of her cottage and entered one of the rooms, the inside was adorned with many photographs and items that seemed very royal and colorful, one of which appeared to be Bella wearing a large dress and she was adorned with jewelry, the photo does appear to have a name below it, but it is obscured due to the lack of light in the room.. Bella went into the closet and began searching for something, she found a pink box with a ribbon on it and left the room.
Meanwhile, Julia was playing with Jigglypuff, Renée and Yuki were discussing the Pokemon Contest, and Jack and Diego were talking about the next gym battle, Jack seemed uneasy knowing the Spearow outside seemed to openly attack humans. Even though Spearow are territorial, they would never lash out unprovoked. Unbeknownst to them, the flock of Spearow had awoken and a few of them were looking into Bella's cottage, looking at the group inside, they seemed to be plotting an attack on the cottage
"I'm back!" Bella called out, she walked up to Yuki and gave her the pink box she had. "Here, have this, it contains all the supplies you'll need for Contests! Even accessories like bows and glitter!" Bella said
"Wow, I dont know what to say! Thank you Bella!" Yuki replied "Were you a contest star?"
"No, sadly I had no chance to become a coordinator, although I loved pokemon, they're delights, and they are always so delighted to hear the songs me and Jigglypuff sing!" Bella sighed "Please come with me." The group followed her to her backyard garden. Bella began singing a sublime tune and her Jigglypuff followed suit. In about 5 seconds a group of wild pokemon came to the garden, they were all enchanted by the song, they all looked happy and at peace! The trainers were amazed at what they were seeing
The looks of joy on everyone's faces changed to fear and shock as the flock of Spearow from earlier, it was led by the first Spearow the group encountered which looked a bit larger than all of the others.
"Oh my!" Bella cried out, she had never seen anything like this. The Spearow attacked everything, the wild pokemon, Bella's Jigglypuff, the trainers, and even Bella herself!
"Poochyena, come give us a hand!" Jack called out, sending out his Poochyena, the others sent out their pokemon as well.
"Ember, use Quick Attack!" Yuki commanded, her Vulpix (Ember) dashed into one of the Spearow at a fast speed
"Spheal, use Powder Snow!" Julia ordered, the attack hit several Spearow and did some heavy damage
Eventually the once peaceful garden turned into an all out war zone, even the wild pokemon fought back against the Spearow. Jigglypuff was facing off against Several Spearow at once, it tried to lull them to sleep using Sing but was continuously attacked before it could, before one Spearow could finish Jigglypuff off, Julia appeared and saved Jigglypuff with the help of her Spheal. Julia went to help Jigglypuff and return it to Bella, who couldn't bear to see so much chaos, she ran inside crying. Julia followed her inside, leaving the battle.
Inside Bella's house Julia found Bella at a table, she was still crying
"Bella are you alright?! Did you get hurt!?' Julia asked frantically
"Oh, Julia, I'm fine, I just cannot bear to see such innocent creatures harm each other like this!" Bella cries, she then notices Jigglypuff wounded in Julia's arms "Oh my, Jigglypuff are you alright?!"
Jigglypuff replied happily, even though it was hurt, Jigglypuff was glad that Bella was ok
"I wish I could sing a song to heal your wounds Jigglypuff..." Bella said
"Wait, maybe a song could stop this fight!" Julia suggested "I dont know if it'll work, but we can try!"
A smile crept up in Bella's face, the 3 of them returned to the yard, the fight was still going on and it looked like neither side was giving in, there were flames, bolts of electricity, vine whips, and gusts of wind everywhere!
"Are you ready Jigglypuff?" Bella asked, Jigglypuff nodded its head in approval, knowing what needed to be done. Just then, Jigglypuff and Bella began to sing, their combined voices sounded absolutely divine, the wild pokemon and the flock of Spearow ceased the fighting and went over to Bella and Jigglypuff they were all entranced by the singing, once they had finished, it seemed like the battle had ended and everything was peaceful again. However the leader of the flock was still battling Jack and his Poochyena, this Spearow still looked angry and willing to fight.
Jack was about to tell Poochyena to use Bite, but Poochyena charged without any given order. It tackled Spearow and began attacking it furiously creating a small cloud of dust that obscured the two pokemon for a few moments, once they had finished Spearow seemed disoriented
"What attack was that?" Jack asked, he was confused as an attack like that seemed very strange
"It's called Play Rough, I'm amazed Poochyena can learn it, after all it is a Fairy-Type move after all and Dark-Types like Poochyena are weak to Fairy-Types!" Bella answered
Spearow regained focus, but quickly collapsed due to exhaustion, seeing the opportunity, Jack grabbed an empty Pokeball
"I hope this works!" Jack said, throwing the pokeball, after a few moments, the Spearow was captured! Bella applauded Jack's capture
"That was very impressive Jack, and thank you everyone for helping to stop the fight." Bella proclaimed, they all viewed the damage done to Bella's backyard. Surprisingly, not much was damaged, a few fence boards broke but they could be repaired.
"Im grateful that only minor damage was caused!" Bella continued
"Don't worry, we'll help patch things up!" Diego said, the others quickly agreed and helped Bella fix the yard
A few hours later, Bella's home was repaired, Bella had the group stay over for a meal before they left. Just as they were about to leave however, Jigglypuff started following Julia around everywhere, it looked at Julia with intrigue
"Sorry Jigglypuff, I can't play with you anymore! I have to leave now!" Julia said sadly, Jigglypuff was a bit upset by this, Bella however, quickly caught on to what Jigglypuff was asking for...
"Julia, it looks like Jigglypuff wants to travel with you!" Bella explained, Julia looked shocked
"But Jigglypuff is your pokemon!" Julia replied
"It's no trouble, Jigglypuff looks much happier being with you, here take her pokeball!" Bella said, she gave Julia Jigglypuff's pokeball
"Thank you Bella, that's so nice of you!" Julia thanked Bella for the gift "But won't you be lonely without Jigglypuff being here?"
"I will miss Jigglypuff, but I won't be lonely, I have plenty of pokemon friends here, both old and new (she is referring to the pokemon that appeared from her song, and the Spearow)" Bella explains, she then looks at Jigglypuff "Go on Jigglypuff, go and show the world the beautiful voice you have deep inside you!" Jigglypuff hugged Bella, the group decided to take a photo with Bella, as they said their goodbyes
"If you hurry you can reach the Pokemon Center by Mt. Moon by sunset!" Bella said
"Thank you Bella, it was a great pleasure meeting you!" Jack said, and the group pressed forward and waved goodbye
Bella went back into her home into the room where she found the Contest Box, which is revealed to be a room full of royal memorabilia, she placed the photo of her and the main group on a dresser and smiled at it, she looked at the other photo of her in the regal dress, when she looked at it she looked conflicted and lost in thought
Bella went to her backyard and began tending to her garden, she noticed the sun getting blocked out by something, it was a zeppelin heading towards Mt. Moon. She didnt know why but it immediately gave her a bad feeling...
Meanwhile, inside the zeppelin...
"Empress we are approaching Mt. Moon in T-minus 5 minutes!" One of the figures said
"Excellent! Our plan can finally come into fruition!" The female figure said The female figure's mask began glowing red where the left eye should be "And continue inspecting the four trainers, it seems 2 of them are nearing our target as we speak!"
"Yes Empress!" The grunt replied...
And that does it for Chapter 9! Did you like Bella? I want to include her as a minor character. And what do you think of Julia and Jack's new team members? Next chapter, the antagonists are finally revealed, youve all been waiting for this!
