A/N: If anyone is reading this on this site, then I'm happy to say, welcome back to NPMA! Here we have the start of the 4th Act, after a brief week break. I didn't get as much done in that break as I wanted to, but I'm at least on schedule and am feeling rather relaxed about everything.
Thank you for reading through seven chapters so far! Without further waiting, let's begin with the 8th chapter!
Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure Act 4!
The Story So Far
Pokémon trainer Nanka and her Pikachu, Jolt, continued their journey across the Kanto region. They travelled to Vermilion City, encountering a Jigglypuff along the way. Adoring the Pokémon, Nanka wasted no time in catching her and naming the Jigglypuff, Melody.
The duo also went on to explore Diglett's Cave, where they bumped into a patrolling Diglett. Needing a guide and after a struggle, Nanka caught the Diglett and named him Popper.
Thanks to a ticket gifted to her from Bill, Nanka was able to experience her first time aboard a luxury cruise ship, meeting once again with her childhood friend and self-proclaimed rival, G-Man. She then went on to take on Lt. Surge, besting the Electric Type leader thanks to Arid the newly evolved Sandslash.
With a large Pokémon blocking the main route on continuing their journey, Nanka started making plans to head through Rock Tunnel. After a detour involving seeing her mum again, obtaining the HM for Flash, receiving a chunk of amber, and witnessing Venom evolve into a Nidoqueen; Nanka and Jolt were finally ready to adventure through the tunnel.
"Di-Digggletttt!" 'Dusty' declared upon release, and though Nanka couldn't see her Pokémon, she could certainly tell that she had not sent out her Butterfree.
"Sorry, Popper!" Nanka apologised as she rummaged about for Dusty's Pokéball, unable to tell whose was whose.
It should have been obvious, but Nanka was now thinking that she should have had Dusty out and at the ready before entering Rock Tunnel. It also just had to be the case that Dusty's Pokéball was the last one Nanka found, sending out Dusty to the audience of her entire team. The whole group got to watch as Dusty emitted a blinding flash of light that lit up the tunnel.
As noted, Dusty had emitted a blinding light, so it took a while for Nanka to be able open her eyes up and see the difference flash had made. When she could though it was quite clear why the place was called Rock Tunnel.
"Wow!" Nanka said in awe, her voice bouncing along the lengthy, rugged tunnel. "Great job, Dusty."
Jolt patted Dusty on her back, as the Butterfree hid her blushing face with her wings.
Ever since Dusty had lit up the tunnel, Nanka felt something was… off. As she, Jolt and Dusty strolled along, she felt as if the pink ribbon tied onto her green braided hair was somehow heavier.
The young girl stopped walking, as she gently pulled her braided hair in front of her, inspecting her Zubat shaped ribbon closely.
"Zuuubaaat!"
"Gyaaahhh!" Nanka screamed, terrified as her now blue ribbon spoke to her.
Nanka was quite certain she would never experience something stranger than this; having her Pokémon fight her own hair ribbon. Well, rather a Zubat that had pretended to be her hair ribbon, which simply raised the question of how the Zubat managed to remove her ribbon and replace it with itself without her noticing.
Nanka decided she would have to ask the Zubat itself, as after a supersonic battle between Butterfree and Zubat, Nanka caught the poisonous flyer.
"You're pretty strong already, Ribbon." Nanka said to her newest travelling companion.
When the Pokéball she used to capture the sneaky Zubat vanished, Nanka briefly panicked. It took her a moment to realise that she had six Pokémon with her, and with trainers only allowed to have six Pokémon with them at a time, her Zubat's ball was teleported away to her PC. She had never seen it happen in person though, so it was a relief when she rushed back to the Pokécentre to confirm her Zubat was alright.
"I bet you know your way around Rock Tunnel, so it would be a good idea to bring you along, Ribbon." Nanka decided, the sharp fanged Zubat nodding in response. "But who else should I bring?"
"Jiiiglllyyyy!" Melody cheered, jumping up to Nanka excitedly.
"Awww, you are always so loving." Nanka said, as the Jigglypuff rubbed cheeks with Nanka. "Of course I'll bring you along, Melody."
Jolt rolled his eyes as his trainer continued to gush over the 'cute' Jigglypuff.
"Now that makes it you, Jolt, Dusty and Ribbon coming along." Nanka addressed her Jigglypuff, now holding the pink puffball in her arms. "Hmmm, I think Venom and Devourer would help a lot in Rock Tunnel; help fend off all those Rock types."
"Ribbon, enough! Please come back!" Nanka called out as her Pokéball shot forth a beam of light towards the injured Zubat, withdrawing the Pokémon.
Ribbon's first trainer battle had not been going well. The Zubat's supersonic attacks proved inaccurate, whilst the Poké Maniac's Cubone was clearly more experienced.
"I'm sorry, Ribbon. We'll prepare ourselves better next time." Nanka mumbled to Ribbon's Pokéball, as the Poké Maniac danced away with his Cubone.
Nanka promised Ribbon that they'd prepare themselves better next time and so for the rest of the day, after recovering, they did just that. Ribbon was a decently strong Zubat already, really only lacking in terms of good moves, though thankfully it did not take long for the blue bat to learn a new one.
"Confuse Ray is really helping out." Nanka noted as Ribbon took down another Magnemite. "Do you think that's enough preparation, Ribbon?"
Ribbon nodded… and then proceeded to glow.
"Already!? That's really quick!" Nanka exclaimed as she witnessed her yesterday caught Zubat begin to grow and glow.
Ribbon more than doubled in size, four sharp fangs glistening from a large open mouth as Ribbon the Zubat evolved into Ribbon the Golbat.
As the light died down, Ribbon looked to its trainer and gave a second confirming nod to her previous question.
Nanka skipped over and wrapped her arms around the Bat Pokémon as she jovially joked, "You sure won't be pretending to be my hair ribbon anymore."
"Jolt, Ribbon and I have finished training" Nanka called out to her Pikachu as she walked over to him, sounds of clanging sounding from her bag as twelve potions jumbled about in it. "Ribbon even evolved."
Jolt was doing some light stretches at the time, but perked up at his trainer's comments, and spun around to see the fruits of the new team member's training. The Pikachu raised an eye when he saw no one beside his trainer.
"Goooo…" A hissing voice whispered in his ear, causing Jolt to jump back, fists ready.
Nanka giggled, "I see Ribbon's new size isn't stopping her from being sneaky, not one bit."
With a well-rested team of Pokémon, Nanka returned to travelling through Rock Tunnel, with Dusty lighting up the cave and Ribbon guiding them along. It did not take long for Nanka to stumble across a trainer; keen to battle.
It seemed a perfect opportunity to test out Ribbon's training and new form, until the button-shirted man sent out his Slowpoke. A tense battle with a clear disadvantage ensued, strong blasts of Confusion striking Ribbon, with the Golbat only holding on thanks to the life recovering properties of Leech Life. Eventually thanks to a well-aimed Leech Life striking a critical point against the psychic type, Ribbon proved victorious.
"That was a tough battle, but you did great out there, Ribbon!" Nanka congratulated her Golbat after the close battle. "It's wonderful that we won despite the type disadvantage."
"You're doing great, Melody!" Nanka cheered as her Jigglypuff pounded the Oddish away.
"Oddy, no!" The Jr. Trainer gasped as she withdrew her fainted Pokémon. "C'mon out, Bulby!"
Nanka was caught by surprise when a bright green bulb Pokémon, a Bulbasaur, was sent out, "Wow! Bulbasaurs are pretty rare."
"Yeah! My Bulby here is my starter." The smaller girl boasted with a grin.
"A Charmander!" Nanka couldn't help but blurt out as she bumped into a trainer with the fire starter.
"Yeah… he's my costume player partner." The Poké Maniac said with a small and proud smirk, posing along with the Charmander.
"Pardon me, but what's a costume player?" Nanka inquired.
"Well, a costume player dresses up as a Pokémon for fun. I dress up as a Charmander, to match my partner here." The Poké Maniac explained enthusiastically, pulling out a small wallet of photos, presenting them to Nanka.
"Oh, I see." Nanka commented, gazing at each of the photo's as the Poké Maniac looked her up and down, then directed his gaze to a frowning Jolt.
"You knnnooowww…" The Poké Maniac said with a grin, brushing aside his face-covering fringe, "…Matching Pikachu and Pikachu costume players are pretty rare right now. Put on some Pikachu ears and a tail and you would make quite the cute pair."
Nanka started to picture herself with ears and tails to match Jolt, and having to agree with the veteran costume player that the imagined image did look cute.
"Chu Chu!" Jolt cried out upon seeing his trainer's curious expression, a seeming plea for her not to join the 'dark side', proceeding to grab his trainer's hand and drag her away from temptation.
"My techniques will leave you crying!" The Hiker declared as Nanka's Dusty flew towards the Hiker's sombre Geodude. "Geodude! Use Self-destruct!"
"W-what!?" Nanka cried out as the Geodude promptly blew up, the explosive force causing Dusty to crash down to the ground.
"Dusty! Dusty!" Nanka cried out as she ran over to her downed Butterfree.
"Told you it'd make you cry." The Hiker bragged as he returned his only and now fainted Pokémon… before being zapped by Jolt.
"Don't worry, Dusty. We'll head back right away." The distressed trainer reassured her fainted Pokémon, returning Dusty to her Pokéball. "I think… I hope I have an escape rope."
Nanka dug into her bag and withdrew a long coil of durable looking rope. As she unwound the coil, the rope falling by her feet, she wondered how this handy trainer item was to help get her out of the tunnel.
Jolt wandered back over to his trainer, content with the amount of shocking he gave the Hiker, finding the confusing scene of his trainer playing with rope.
"Perfect timing, Jolt! Could you come and grab hold of this rope?" Nanka asked.
"Kachu, ka?" Jolt mumbled a question as he did as he was and grabbed hold of one end of the rope.
With a firm hold on the rope herself, Nanka proceeded to swing the rope overhead, throwing it forth like a lasso. The rope end shot forth… and continued to shoot forth as it defied gravity; zipping off into the darkness.
"So that's how it"-Nanka begun to muse, only to be stopped as she was suddenly pulled along by the rope at incredible speeds. "Eeeekkk!"
"Piiikkkaaa!" Jolt cheered with delight as he and his screaming trainer were pulled through the immense darkness of Rock Tunnel by the rope, zipping around several corners like a rocket.
Daylight blinded them as the rope made its way out the Rock Tunnel and catapulted them to the outside. A dizzied Nanka crash landed along with a thrilled Jolt, as the used escape rope fizzled away.
After a day of rest from the Self-Destruct incident, Nanka and her travelling companions returned to the perilous Rock Tunnel, eager to finally venture through the long and winding path.
"Dusty, please tell us when you need to take a break, okay." Nanka told her glowing Butterfree, looking up to the Pokémon gently hovering above her head and lighting up the tunnel.
"F-free." Dusty looked down and replied with a slight nod, before returning her sights to the path forwards, "Butter! Butterfree!"
Nanka was puzzled as to why Dusty was suddenly yelling out in alarm, still looking up to her purple bug type as she walked on, at least until the ground beneath her begun to shake. Quickly stumbling backwards and looking to where she had stepped, Nanka spotted what Dusty had spotted; a long row of grey rocks partially buried in the ground.
The row of grey rocks didn't remain submerged in the earth for long, as they soon rose up as a towering yet familiar rock snake.
"An Onix!" Nanka yelped, just as the Onix roared out at Nanka and her Pokémon.
"Pika!" Jolt shouted as he stepped forth, ready to fight the rock type… until he remembered that his opponent was also a ground type and so lowered his head, moaning, "Piiikkkaaa…"
'Dusty's busy lighting up the tunnel, so…' Nanka realised as her Butterfree attempted to multi-task with both flash and sleep powder, though it made both inaccurate. "Go, Devourer! Please vine whip that Onix away!"
"Wee." Nanka's plump plant emerged from its Pokéball with a nod, quickly whipping the Onix until it backed off, retreating further into the tunnel.
"Thank you, Devourer! That was fantastic!" Nanka praised her victorious grass type, who silently accepted the thanks.
"Fre, Butterfreeeee." Dusty flew down and joined in with thanking Devourer, who smiled broadly at the thanks, trying to cover his overjoyed expression with his leaves.
The last time Nanka had set up a tent in a cave, she was constantly terrified of Rocket members lurking about the place. This time she was too exhausted to be scared of anything.
The Rock Tunnel seemed to never end. Her potions and food were running out, Devourer was so tired he couldn't even fire off his attacks, and both Jolt and Melody were too injured to be doing any more battles. Not that the injuries stopped Jolt from trying too.
Nanka grinned weakly as she emerged from the seemingly endless Rock Tunnel, greeted by a tranquil night sky, with not even a speck of a star shining.
"T-the cave… was brighter." Nanka mused good-humouredly, looking to the Pokéballs containing her shattered Pokémon.
Nanka looked to her fainted Pikachu held in her arms and sighed. Rock Tunnel had proven nightmarish, even with Dusty lighting the way. Danger lurked around every corner thanks to an abundance of tough Pokémon and eager trainers.
"Jolt! Melody!" Nanka cried out with delight as she hugged her recently healed Pokémon.
Upon arriving in Lavender Town, Nanka dragged her weary body straight to the Pokécentre, eager to heal her fainted Pokémon. Waking up the next day, after fighting off her usual desire to go back to sleep, she sprung out of bed and went to check on her team as soon as she could.
"Are you all okay now?" Nanka asked, Jolt slipping out of his trainer's embrace to give a thumbs up.
After the tough trek through Rock Tunnel, Nanka wanted nothing more than to relax for a bit. She decided to take a stroll around Lavender Town; do a bit of slow paced and worry-free sightseeing.
Unfortunately, the heavy atmosphere made that difficult. Townspeople walked with lowered heads, grumbling about Team Rocket with fear and disgust, mentioning something about Cubones with particular sadness.
Nanka and Jolt were walking on over to Pokémon Tower, when to Nanka's surprise, a pale young girl skipped up to them and asked, "Do you believe in ghosts?"
"Yes!" Nanka exclaimed immediately, much to the girl's surprise.
Realising her own overly excited response, Nanka collected herself and repeated her answer in a calmer, more dignified manner, "I mean, yes… I do."
"Really? So there are believers…" The young girl mused with a playful smirk, giggling as she skipped away.
Nanka and Jolt slowly entered the Pokémon Tower; a seven story cemetery built for Pokémon. As Nanka marvelled at the dutifully attended lavender walls of the lobby, Jolt couldn't help but turn his attention to the ceiling, listening in on the eerie sounds from above.
"Jolt, are you okay?" Nanka asked her unusually shivered Pikachu.
"P-Pika!" Jolt retorted, pumping a still trembling fist into the air.
Nanka continued to marvel at her surroundings as she made her way up the large stepped stone staircase leading to the first cemetery floor. Jolt followed, still shaking and cautiously looking too and fro.
The first floor of the tower seemed serene, filled with more recent graves, well-kept and with fresh flowers beside many of them. A lingering scent of spring freshness and fittingly lavender incenses wafted through the air, urging calmness and self-reflection along with the quaint whistling of wind from an open window.
"Hey Nanka!" Someone called out to the trainer, but received no response. "…Hey! Nanka… Don't just ignore me!"
Nanka thought she could her someone calling her name, and so turned around, coming face-to-face with G-Man.
"Eeek!" Nanka screamed, leaping back from her friend's gentle grey-eyed gaze. "D-don't surprise me like that!"
"Not exactly hard when you've got your head in the clouds." G-Man retorted, crossing his purple sleeved arms. "What brings you here anyway?"
G-Man did not give her a chance to respond before adding, "Hold on! Let me guess…"
"…You're still a maniac for this kind of thing." G-Man stated with a smirk.
Nanka turned away from G-Man, "I-I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Oh, I'm just talking about your obsession with Halloween, witchcraft, ghost stories…" G-Man teased as he walked around to face Nanka's gradually blushing face, "…visiting cemeteries."
Nanka looked away again to avoid eye-contact, stammering back, "I-I just l-like to see the um, graves being… w-well attended to."
"Suuurrreee…" G-Man replied, smugly leaning towards his facing-away rival, "…And you don't still own a pair of Ghastly socks."
"O-o-of course not!" Nanka lied, snapping back to face her surprisingly close friend.
He wasn't close for long though, as Jolt suddenly sprung up and shoved G-Man away, the boy retorting, "Hey! Watch it!"
"Piiikkkaaa! Kaaa!" Jolt shouted out, standing between his trainer and the battle crazy boy, eagerly hopping up and down on the spot.
"Heh, I think I know what you want thunder-cheeks." G-Man addressed Jolt with a resuming grin, before looking up to a still flustered Nanka. "Well if you're done seeing how well-treated these graves are, how about we have a battle?"
"Here!?" Nanka exclaimed, as Jolt nodded enthusiastically. "Doesn't that seem a little… disrespectful?"
G-Man leaned back and shrugged, "The Chanellers up top seemed fine with fighting with here; even desperate to fight, so I'd say its okay. Let's go pal!"
The battle begun with two large creatures of the air taking flight; the large blue Golbat that was Ribbon and the long beaked Fearow of G-Man's.
"Oh, congratulations on evolving your Fear-Look out Ribbon!" Nanka had to interrupt herself as G-Man's Fearow flew in to peck at Ribbon, the Golbat retaliating with a swift confuse ray.
"Heh, my Fearow is still as hot-tempered as ever." G-Man boasted… only for his bravado to drop as his Fearow hit himself. "An… I see you got yourself a Golbat. Zubat's are annoying enough to deal with, let alone a Golbat."
With an upper hand thanks to Ribbon's confuse ray, Nanka's strong Golbat managed to overpower G-Man's Fearow and proceeded to make short work of the following Shellder. The battle was going well in Nanka's favour, much to G-Man's irritation, and somewhat to Jolt's as Ribbon hogged all the fun of battling.
"Grrrr, Vulpix, go!" G-Man growled, sending out a red fox Pokémon.
"A Vulpix! Where did you catch a Vulpix?" Nanka squealed upon seeing the fire type gracefully posing before her.
"Honestly… I was lucky." G-Man admitted, before chipping in, "Or perhaps this was destiny for me to catch such a rare Pokémon. They used to be common on Route 8, but other trainers have been saying that my Vulpix here was the first one they spotted on that Route in a long time."
As Popper rose out of the floor and delivered the knock-out blow to G-Man's Eevee, the defeated trainer scowled, "Y-you stinker! I took it easy on you too!"
Nanka frowned and shot back, "N-no, you didn't!"
"Y-yeah, we did!" G-Man argued as he picked up his Eevee, cradling the normal type.
"No! You didn't!"
"Yes! We did!"
"No! Yooouuu-," Nanka couldn't help but start laughing at their childish argument they were having, with G-Man soon joining in.
In the midst of the cemetery, usually cold and sombre, the two laughing friends brought about a warmth. As their Pokémon relaxed, Jolt feeling more at ease in spite of what he sensed above, the two Pokémon trainers chatted about their adventures.
"…so my Ratticate is still resting in the PC." G-Man finished recalling his trip through Rock Tunnel. "&*%^$£& Geodudes and their Self-Destructs!"
"Please don't remind me." Nanka sighed, before reprimanding her friend. "Though please mind your language."
After a half-hearted apology from a snickering G-Man, the spiky haired boy pulled a great ball out, tossing it gently up and down, "So how's your Pokédex coming along pal? I just caught a Cubone from upstairs before bumping into you."
Nanka giggled, "Not as well as you, that's for sure. I certainly don't have a Vulpix or a Cubone."
G-Man's regular smug smirk appeared, "Looks like I'm the master of Pokémon catching."
Nanka smirked like a Meowth as she asked with a tone of mischief "Does that make me the master of Pokémon battling then?"
G-Man recoiled, "A-as I said, me and my Pokémon took it easy on you."
"Suuure." Nanka teased, with the thought of payback from earlier dancing about in her mind. "You held back all five times."
"W-well… the sixth one is the one that will count." G-Man snapped back, fire burning in his ash tinted eyes.
The conversation continued long afterwards, until G-Man declared he had other stuff to accomplish and had to get going. The two friends waved goodbye, broad smiles on both their faces.
Much to Jolt's dismay, once the battle boy had left, his trainer eagerly made her way to the second floor of the ominous tower. Jolt followed the curious girl reluctantly, heading towards the direction of the eerie voices that made the hairs of his body stand up on end.
The next floor was noticeably different; barely any working lights led to a dim room, and a chilling fog bathed the area. Shadows danced along the walls and the quiet sound of crying rang through the still air.
Jolt's brave demeanour was non-existent as he watched as the shadows left the walls, the muffled sobs becoming louder and clearer.
"Piiikaaa!" Jolt screamed as an unidentifiable but certainly ghostly figure materialised before them.
"Get… out!" The ghost cried with a raspy, pained voice at odds with its broadly grinning expression. "Get-," The ghost didn't get the chance to finish as the girl before it screamed… with joy?
"Oh my gosh! A ghost! A real ghost!" Nanka squealed excitedly.
Jolt was too scared to move. The wavering being before him terrified him. His trainer though, she was dancing around the ghost, spouting a volley of questions.
"Get-"
"What's your name?"
"Out-"
"Are you a human ghost or a Pokémon ghost?"
"Ge-"
"How did you become a ghost? Is that rude to ask?"
"G-get ou-"
"Can I touch you? Can I?"
"Get out!" The ghost hollered, Jolt rushing over to drag his trainer away.
"Jolt!? What are you doing? Let go!" Nanka shouted as she pulled herself out of her Pikachu's surprisingly strong grasp. "The ghosts are that way!"
Nanka turned to her Pikachu, surprised to see the yellow mouse looking pale, uneasy and trembling. "Jolt… a-are you feeling okay?"
"P-P-Piii." Jolt stammered out, peeking around his trainer, spotting the ghost staring right at him. "Kaaaa!"
Nanka jumped at her Pikachu's terrified scream, the usually brave and reckless fighter of team frozen on the spot and unable to move.
'I really want to see more of the ghosts, but…' Nanka thought to herself as she looked down to her breathless Pikachu, '…Jolt really doesn't seem to like those adorable spirits all too much.'
"Hey, Jolt," Nanka addressed her Pikachu, kneeling down to stroke his shivering head, "how about we call it a day?"
Jolt's face lit up, "Pikachu, Kachu!"
"Then let's get…" Nanka begun to say; only to notice Jolt had already bolted out of the tower, "…going."
The next day was surprisingly sunny for early December, the slight Winter chill offset by the warm light. On this day of pleasant weather, Nanka took her Pokémon to spend some time at Silence Bridge, hoping Jolt would enjoy it more than he did the trip to Pokémon Tower.
The electric type immediately dove into the water with glee.
"Jolt, are you sure you're not a Pikablu?" Nanka asked with a giggle.
Jolt was having the time of his life; running about, playing in the water and fighting numerous trainers. It was a day filled with all his favourite things and lacking his least favourite things, such as ghosts.
"Pikachu!" Jolt shouted joyfully, sparks buzzing from his cheeks.
"Jolt, please be careful with your shocks." Nanka said, worrying over her Pikachu's excited sparks.
"Pika!" Jolt shouted back in agreement… as a newly learned Thunderbolt soared from his cheeks, just barely missing Nanka.
"Pika, Pika, Pikachuuu!" Jolt chanted as he buzzed with excitement… and dangerous thunderbolts.
After a close call with Jolt's stray thunderbolt, having passed just by her head, a frazzled Nanka stuttered out, "J-Jolt, I think we should c-calm down a little. Don't you-"
"Piii, Kaaachuuu!" Jolt agreed as his electricity continue to flow from him.
'Perhaps learning Thunderbolt has given him a little too much electricity.' Nanka thought to herself, standing nervously still, worried about Jolt's numerous uncontrolled sparks. 'I need to get him to calm down, but how?'
After a bit of thinking, Nanka started to suggest, "H-hey, Jolt! H-how about we do something, like…"
Nanka looked to the calm river surrounding them, a stark contrast to Jolt's excited, electric state, "…like fishing!"
Jolt titled his head as his trainer rummaged through her bag, soon pulling out the old rod gifted to him in Vermillion City, "Piiii…?"
Nanka soon had her Pikachu sitting down, watching her demonstrate fishing, albeit poorly.
After getting tangled up with the fishing line, losing the lure, and getting the fishing hook caught on her hat, her bag, and her skirt; Nanka finally cast the lure.
"A-an that's… how you fish." Nanka said breathlessly, as she reeled in the lure after much frustration. "Now… you try Jolt."
"Chu!" Jolt agreed as he snatched the fishing rod and cast the lure to a bubbling spot on the river.
Nanka had admittedly never tried fishing herself, only having sat down with her father and watched him fish a couple times, but witnessing her Pokémon immediately reel in a catch was still quite vexing.
"G-good for you, Jolt!" Nanka praised, in spite of her slight envy.
"Pikachu!" Jolt proclaimed proudly as he held up the fished up Pokémon equal in size to himself.
Said fished up Pokémon was not nearly as happy about the predicament and aggressively splashed away from Jolt.
So then, you might be wondering how Nanka ended up with a Magikarp named Chu-Chu. The catching part was simple, as when the Magikarp attacked, Jolt quickly paralysed it. One Pokéball tossed and it was caught.
As for the name, well... Jolt insisted he name the Magikarp. He was the one to fish it up after all. Given a Pikachu's limited vocabulary though, a couple 'chus' became the Magikarp's name.
As her Pokémon rested up in the centre, Nanka gazed down at her town map; thinking of her next destination.
"That large Pokémon is still blocking Route 12..." Nanka thought aloud as her finger glided over the map, "...An Jolt doesn't want to go back to Pokémon Tower with me."
Going over her lack of options, Nanka concluded that she might as well travel down Route 8, and head to the next town.
A/N: This chapter initially took longer than expected, yet one day I sat down to work on it and the rewriting just... flowed as it were. I did most of the rewriting within a single day, yet over three or four days, barely got anything done with it. Funny how that works.
Anyway, Rock Tunnel was an absolute pain to go through. I was having such a frustrating time with going through it that I didn't actually write many scenes for Rock Tunnel. I've added a few for the Director's Cut here, but there weren't many post the Self-Destruct scene.
Lavender Town and Pokémon Tower was always something I looked forward to writing in NPMA. Nanka in this fanfic is based off the OC (also named Nanka) I use for the Grin Brothers channel and across various websites as my avatar. Part of her established character was her love of ghosts, the supernatural, witchcraft and basically anything associated with Halloween. So it was a ton of fun translating that to the Pokémon universe with Nanka having a fondness of ghost types, Jolt having a fear of them, and G-Man teasing them about it. I also like this because I was able to have a scene with G-Man again; a more lighthearted one between the two after the S.S. Anne meeting. I do love seeing Nanka and G-Man interact in this series, so I added a little bit more to it with this director's cut.
This chapter also introduces Chu-Chu, who was a fan-favourite in the original version (despite the lack of people reading this fanfic on here, it was fairly popular on the original site I uploaded it too). I hope you'll enjoy Chu-Chu's moments later on as well, and the rest of NPMA as well. Until next week though, thank you for reading and cheerio!