A/N: This chapter progressed pretty well. It would have been done even sooner had it not been for E3 or my hayfever. In any case, here is the... 12th chapter, Act 5 of NPMA! I'm uploading it on Saturday just to see if this will garner more attention that way. By the way, thank you for the comment Dragon's Blaze. Now where was I... oh yes, on with the chapter we go!
Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure Act 5!
The Story So Far!
With the HM Flash in their possession, Nanka and Jolt continued their journey across the Kanto region. As Nanka traversed through Rock Tunnel, watched Jolt fish at Silent Bridge, shopped in Celadon City and investigated Pokémon Tower; they gained many new traveling companions.
Ribbon the stealthy and serious Golbat, Chu-Chu the knightly Gyarados, Ion the fashionable Eevee, and Licker the scheming Haunter all now accompany Nanka and Jolt on their adventure.
Whilst in Celadon City, the duo stumbled upon a Team Rocket Hideout and even encountered the organisation's boss; Giovanni. After the frightful encounter and few days spent taking on the Celadon Gym, Nanka parted for Pokémon Tower.
Having been told to go there by Giovanni to 'grasp what she was meddling with', Nanka rescued channelers from evil spirits, as well as a Pokémon caretaker known as Mr Fuji.
As a damp fog smothered Lavender Town, the kettle finished boiling, a faint puff of steam rising up and whirling around Mr Fuji's house. As Mr Fuji got up to prepare tea, Nanka sat patiently, waiting to hear the tale of Team Rocket and the Mother Marowak.
Jolt was not one to sit patiently and so instead spent him time playing tag with the Cubones and other sheltered Pokémon, residents of the Lavender Volunteer Pokémon House.
"Now then, Nanka…" Mr Fuji started to say as he placed the freshly brewed teas at the table, attempting a polite smile but struggling to maintain a happy expression, "…I should tell you all that happened before it gets any later."
Nanka nodded, eyes locked on Mr Fuji's saddened expression, at odds with the cheery sounds of her Pikachu getting the other Pokémon to play.
"It all started a few weeks ago, when a gang of Rocket thugs barged into Pokémon Tower." Mr Fuji recalled with a look of disdain. "They knocked aside the tower's Channelers, busted up graves and hunted down Pokémon ruthlessly."
"They disturbed the ghosts to cause trouble for the Channelers, keep them out of their way…" Mr Fuji stopped to take a sip of his tea, his hands and the tea cup he held shaking in anger, "Their main aim was to capture Cubones, to sell their skulls for profit!"
As Nanka listened intently, Mr Fuji gave her a sad but proud smile. "Of course, Mother Marowak wasn't going to allow that. She fought to protect her kids!"
"So the Rockets killed her."
Nanka went pale, unwanted imagery coming to her mind, as well as the memories of those horrific and tragic feelings she had felt after defeating the vengeful spirit of Mother Marowak.
"She was so strong, so loving… that not even death could stop her from trying to protect her children." Mr Fuji stopped, a small smile of pride surfacing on his face as he stared down at his tea. "She continued to fight as a ghost… continued to fight when the responsible rockets were no more… continuously fighting."
Nanka's mind drifted back to Giovanni's words, about grasping what she was meddling with. She now knew; it terrified her.
"I went to the tower to calm Mother Marowak down, to help her soul pass on to the afterlife…" Mr Fuji said teary eyed, but with a grateful smile. "…But it seems I did not need to. With your battle, you are able to give her peace Nanka. I cannot thank you enough."
Nanka did not know what to say; she felt uncomfortable trying to speak. She was scared, horrified and sad about what she heard, but pleased that had been able to help, pleased that there was ray of happiness within the tragic tale.
Mr Fuji understood this, content to enjoy their tea in silence, only the sounds of lively Pokémon about the room. After tea and games, as Nanka and Jolt were about to leave, Mr Fuji handed them a gift; a token of heartfelt gratitude.
With stars high above, a weary Jolt and a sorrowful Nanka made their way through the damp fog and back to the Pokémon centre.
The next morning, having had a sleepless night mulling over the serious events that had conspired in Pokémon Tower, Nanka settled on her next destination.
"It's been a while since I've been able to enjoy riding my bicycle." Nanka commented as she got onto her green bike, with Jolt quickly hopping into its orange basket.
Nanka had been humming a tune, cycling down the straight path towards Cycling Road, when something caught her eye. There was a turn in the path, presently blocked by a fallen tree.
Curiosity piqued, Nanka got off her bike and sent out her Dugtrio, "Popper, could you cut down this tree please?"
Popper turned to Nanka with a stern glare, the three heads whispering to one another, before deciding to agree and cut down the tree with their hidden move.
Past the fallen tree, through a secret side entrance of the gateway building and hidden away by tall fences, a quaint building stood. Undisturbed, flowers bloomed vibrantly, their sweet scents and sights creating a harmonious atmosphere.
Nanka was speechless at the beauty of the secluded area, so in awe of her surroundings, that she walked through the field and opened the door to the quaint house on auto-pilot.
"Feeeaaarrr!"
"Eeek!" Nanka shrieked as a large brown bird with a big scarred red crown lunged at her from the house, causing to fall down.
"Fearow! Please stop!" A stuttering voice called out from inside the building.
The Fearow obeyed this request at once, quieting down but retaining his intimidating stare on Nanka and Jolt, the latter happily staring back with aggression.
A young lady, with long sky-blue hair, stepped into view, "O-oh, y-you found my… my secret hideout."
After some apologies and introductions, the tall and slender lady, Anemone, let Nanka into her home. The two began a small but polite conversation, Anemone being a particularly non-talkative and quiet person, whilst Jolt and Anemone's Fearow stared each other down.
"J-just to double checkkkk… you promise not to t-tell anyone I'm here… please." Anemone practically pleaded, twiddling her fingers nervously.
"Y-yes. I promise you, Anemone, I won't speak a word of this place." Nanka quickly agreed, smiling as she looked to the open window and the gorgeous flowery view outside. "I certainly wouldn't want to ruin the secret part of your secret hideout."
"Here's the question then; which of you should I teach HMO2 Fl-hold on!" Nanka yelled out abruptly, startling her two Pokémon hovering before her.
Nanka looked to her two flying type Pokémon she had with her, then down to the Hidden Machine in her hands, a gift from Anemone.
"Ribbon, Chu-Chu…" Nanka looked back up to her Golbat and Gyarados, "…can neither of you learn Fly?"
Ribbon and Chu-Chu avoided eye contact with their trainer.
"B-but… you're both flying right now…"
"Another one!" Nanka reacted with surprise at seeing a familiar gigantic Pokémon blocking the path to Cycling Road.
Much like with Silent Bridge, a large and peacefully slumbering Pokémon was blocking the way, it's tubby belly rising up and down with each of it's content snores. Jolt tried to shove the Pokémon aside, even sending a few sparks it's way, but the Pokémon refused wake up or even budge.
Watching the dark turquoise Pokémon snooze, an idea struck Nanka, and so she proceeded to take out from her bag the gift that Mr Fuji had given her. "Mr Fuji said this Poké Flute can wake sleeping Pokémon. If I can wake the Pokémon, I can then ask it to move aside."
"Maybe this is why we only ever learned to play flutes at school." Nanka thought aloud as she placed the yellow flute to her mouth.
It had been a while since she had last played the flute, so she only stuck to playing the tune she was most familiar with, one she would often hum. For a means to awaken Pokémon, it was a very soothing tune, making Nanka and Jolt both feel relaxed.
"S-snor…" The Snorlax grumbled.
"Snor…Lax?" The Snorlax continued to grumble as she slowly sat up.
"Oh thank goodness; you're awake!" Nanka exclaimed with joy at seeing the obstructive giant awaken. "Excuse me… Snorlax, was it? If you don't mind, could you please move away so we can get past?"
The Snorlax looked down at Nanka, focusing her beady eyes on the flute in Nanka's grasp.
"Snorlax! Snooorrrlaaaxxx!" The irritably awake Snorlax bellowed in a grumpy rage, clambering to her feet and fuming with anger.
"Oh dear." Nanka uttered under her breath as she took a step back from the raging Snorlax, who was grumpily swinging her arms about in the air. "This… wasn't quite what I was expecting."
The Snorlax maintained her focus on Nanka and the flute, snarling out, "Snooorrr…"
'Oh no, the Snorlax is going to start attack any second now.' Nanka rightfully worried, as Jolt stepped in front of her, pawing at the ground and ready to lunge. 'I could catch it; that would certainly stop Snorlax from attacking, or I could have Jolt fight the Snorlax until it tuckers out again. Ohhh; what to do, what to do?'
As the Snorlax grumbled and mumbled with anger, Nanka put away her Poké Flute and swapped it for a Great Ball.
"Jolt! We need to calm the Snorlax down, so let's catch it." Nanka announced, with Jolt nodding in agreement.
Jolt leapt up to the Snorlax's face, firing a thunder wave at point blank range. The Snorlax grunted at she headbutted Jolt, launching the Pokémon into Nanka, causing the duo to roll back down the pathway.
"S-Snorlax are strong." Nanka acknowledged as stars spun around her head.
Nanka and Jolt would have remained on the ground, dazed, if not for the Snorlax stomping towards them. Each heavy step caused the ground to shake, bumping the dazed duo into the air as she approached.
"Um, uhhh, go…" Nanka mumbled as she sorted through her Pokéballs in a panic, trying to find the right one in time, "Go, Licker!"
"What… what is it doing?" Nanka uttered as she watched the hurt and angered Snorlax plop down onto the ground and fall asleep.
She then witnessed as each of her Haunter's night shade inflicted injuries vanished from the Snorlax, seemingly with each blissful snore of the dozing Pokémon.
"Haunter, Haunt!" Licker yelled in aggravation, making inappropriate hand signs with her glowing claws as she saw all her hard work be undone.
Surprisingly, Nanka was not annoyed by this unexpected healing technique. In fact, she had a plan.
If the captured Snorlax was any indication, then Nanka's plan had been a success.
If the seven broken Great Balls and her fainted Pikachu and Eevee were any indication, then the plan was not quite so successful.
As the Snorlax rested away her injuries, Nanka had Ion kick up some sand attacks to temporarily blind said resting Snorlax. Then Jolt could come out and paralyse the Snorlax with no worries of being fainted by a second headbutt.
As Ion and Jolt soon discovered though, this Snorlax apparently had a sixth sense.
"Don't worry, Ion. We'll head to the Pokécentre right away." Nanka reassured her fainted Eevee, returning him to his Pokéball, before walking on over and picking up her squashed Pikachu. "You as well Jolt. Those headbutts must have really hurt."
"Piii…" Jolt weakly squeaked, raising a shaky paw in triumph.
Looking over to the Great Ball containing the Snorlax, watching it disappear to her PC, a thought came to Nanka, 'Oh yeah, I need to name her.'
Beginning to make her way back to the Pokécentre, Nanka went over possible names in her head, 'She was certainly grumpy… that could work. I've heard Snorlax's eat and sleep a lot, so maybe something along those lines… Slothful! I think I'll call her Slothful.'
"I can't believe her." Nanka complained with a pout as she and a fully healed Jolt left the Pokécentre. "I've never known anyone who hates waking up that much."
After the tiring battle, Nanka went to the Pokécentre to heal her Pokémon and check up on her newest travelling companion; Slothful the Snorlax. Slothful was yet again asleep, adamantly refusing to get up or budge from her napping position.
Jolt just looked up to his 'grumpy-in-the-morning' trainer and smirked knowingly.
With evening fast approaching, Nanka did not feel like attempting the trip down Cycling Road that day. Instead she spent the remainder of the day on a stroll. This inevitably led to encounters with wild Pokémon, but Chu-Chu was happy to maintain the peaceful event for his princess.
'It's a shame that neither Chu-Chu nor Ribbon could learn fly.' Nanka mused as she watched her Gyarados scare off several two headed birds. 'But I'm sure Dusty can. I will just have to teach her fly instead.'
"You also can't learn fly!" Nanka exclaimed in disbelief as Dusty joined Ribbon and Chu-Chu in hanging their heads in shame.
"But…" Nanka began to say as idyllic dreams of soaring through the sky on the back of a Pokémon, the breeze brushing against her face and her braid flowing from the wind all came to mind, "…you could still carry me into the sky a little bit… right?"
Dusty, Ribbon and Chu-Chu avoided eye contact with their trainer.
"C'mon Dusty! C'mon Ribbon! I believe in you!" Nanka shouted out the words of encouragement as she clung onto her two flier's small feet.
Nanka knew her flying types were strong; Ribbon had particularly powerful wings and they had shown they were capable of soaring through the skies with grace. Just because they couldn't learn the move Fly surely didn't mean they couldn't take Nanka up into the air… right?
Well try as they might, with both her Butterfree and Golbat attempting take-off with Nanka in tow, they could only manage to get their light trainer a short distance off the ground. Barely higher than Jolt's small stature, the two flying type Pokémon attempted to carry their Pokémon up into the sky, but felt weighted down by some invisible force. It was as if the very laws of the world itself were preventing them for traversing the skies with their trainer accompanying.
Pushing aside her morning disappointment and shattered dreams, Nanka retrieved her folding bicycle from her bag and made her way to Cycling Road. On the way she noticed signs advertising the road, it's gentle slope and lovely sea view; as well as overhearing folks praising it.
"It looks like Cycling Road will be a nice, peaceful time, huh Jolt." Nanka said with an upbeat smile.
"Chuuu…" Jolt moaned, preparing himself for the boredom ahead.
When suddenly; biker gangs!
Nanka had entered the Cycling Road atop her beloved green bicycle, humming her favourite relaxing tune, when the sound of roaring engines startled her.
A Biker, sporting a leather jacket and a strongly gelled Mohawk drove up to Nanka and sneered, "What do you want, missy? Y'know… this is our turf, eh!"
Nanka felt like crying. Jolt felt like cheering.
"So you'se beat my 'Rimer, so wat!" The Biker taunted as pulled out a chain with a Pokéball attached to it. "I've ot anot'er! An so do my mates! You ain't 'avin' a relaxin' ride 'ere princess."
Nanka…
Finally…
Snapped.
"Enough!" Nanka bellowed, dark clouds forming overhead. "I've had enough! I'm tired of all the danger, I'm tired of all the criminals; I just want to relax and enjoy my bike ride!"
Nanka learned dragon rage… I mean, Chu-Chu learned dragon rage at this point.
'Deep breaths… deep breaths…' Nanka repeated in her head, attempting to calm herself. 'I think… I may have been a little stressed lately.'
Jolt looked to the panting Nanka with concern; her outburst both worrying and scaring him. Thankfully, her rage appeared to be subsiding, after having Chu-Chu blitz the Biker's team with raging energy dragons.
Another Biker then drove towards them, "Nice bike! Hand it over!"
Nanka's rage roared back to life.
Slothful was awoken by a terrible noise. She grumbled to herself, concluding that it must be that new little trainer of hers, wanting her to get up and do stuff. She tried to ignore it, but the music's lullaby kept going on and on, grating against her small ears.
Irritated, Slothful turned around to roar in protest, but instantly froze.
The little trainer of hers glared back at her with eyes that shone like raging wildfire, her green hair flaring up in the air as if it were alive.
The little trainer said no words, breathing too heavily to utter anything coherent. All she did was point… and Slothful fearfully obeyed.
"Okay, okay… I'm calm now." Nanka reassured herself as she finished tying her hair back into a braid. "Jolt, let's go back to enjoying our bike ride."
Jolt peeked past Nanka at the carnage behind her, the Bikers with their burning motorcyles smashed on top of them and Cue Balls with their bleeding heads buried into the earth, and nodded for his own safety.
Nanka rode her bike up to Cycling Road slope, still reassuring herself, "Yep, we're going to have a nice relaxing-Eeeekkkk!" Nanka screamed as a snickering Licker pushed her from behind, sending the bicycle riding girl hurtling down the slope.
"Awww, their so pretty." Nanka commented as she watched the fiery maned ponies running past her.
Jolt looked away from the speedy Ponyta and to Nanka with an expression of shock, only to remember that this was normal for her. After seeing her going gaga over terrifying ghosts and witnessing her pulverise a man with his own motorbike, Jolt had forgotten that his trainer was very… girly.
"I wish Slothful hadn't eaten all my Great Balls." Nanka sighed, sad to see the adorable herd of Ponyta speedily sprint off into the distance.
"W-where did it go!?" Nanka exclaimed as she looked around for the Muk she had been facing.
"Ma Muk used minimize, 'ou ain't got a chance of hitting him now." The Biker proclaimed proudly.
As Nanka frantically searched for the shrunken sludge monster, Licker stared at a small gooey speck on the ground. She studied it, keenly observing as it hit itself in confusion.
Licker cackled in glee, readying a sharp nailed finger to crush the speck.
Swimming in the sea aimlessly, nothing to do or strive for; Chu-Chu remember his life being dull. Could it be that his life did not truly begin until he was recruited in the knightly services by Captain Jolt, swearing allegiance to Princess Nanka?
Truly, in the service of his kind-hearted Princess, that was when his life began to have meaning and purpose. Truly, he was proud to have served loyally as a knight.
These were Chu-Chu's thoughts as he took the bomb head on; the enemy Voltorb self-destructing.
"Wheee!" Nanka couldn't help but squeal with delight as she raced down the slope and hopped over the ledge that waited at the end. "We… got down… Cycling Road."
"Piiikaaa!" Jolt cheered, punching the air.
"Now… just a little further…" Nanka uttered between breaths, sweat dripping from her body, "…gosh, that was a long road.
Off the road now, Nanka slipped off her bicycle, lying by the seaside for a brief break.
Nanka enjoyed her time relaxing on the ground, the sea's gentle flows tickling her ears, but grew increasingly uncomfortable in her sweat soaked clothes. Picking herself off the ground, she used her slightly recovered energy to walk over to the nearby gateway building. Nanka sat upon a nearby seat and let out her travelling companions, with an exhausted Ribbon and Ion quickly joining her on the seats.
Jolt busied himself by looking through the nearby binoculars; excitedly spotting Pallet Town and the sea. Licker meanwhile busied herself with snickering, generating crackling electricity with her claws and scheming how she could best use the Thunderbolt move that the foolish girl had taught her.
Feeling herself beginning to lose her grip on the land of dreams, Nanka protested, "Jooolllttt, give me a little longer."
Nanka snuggled up in Pokécentre bed, anticipating her Pikachu's usual morning attempts to get her up… which never came.
Nanka sat up, confused, noticing the time of the wall mounted clock as 11AM, "J-Jolt… are you okay?"
Nanka was further confused as she noticed that Jolt wasn't in the room, but with the sound of many footsteps, her Pikachu soon came charging into the room, "Piiikkkaaa, Kachu!"
Jolt leapt onto the bed of the puzzled girl, who only found herself more bewildered as many of her Pokémon also came through the doorway to greet her.
Nanka was confused; really confused.
The raring-to-go Jolt had let her sleep in, Devourer had made her breakfast; Ion braided her hair… somehow with his paws. Nanka tried to ask them what was going on, but her Pokémon went about treating her with no response to her questions.
"Okay, thank you for all for the breakfast and such, but could you"-Nanka had started to say, only to yelp as Venom grabbed her nightgown and pulled it off her body-"Eeek! Venom!"
As quick as her clothes had been removed, her Nidoqueen threw onto her a dress; a white sleeveless dress with a large fuchsia bow around the waist.
"T-this is… very pretty." Nanka commented, admiring the feminine attire as she did a little twirl. "B-but hold on, I'm thankful but would you please stop and"-Nanka once again was interrupted by her own yelp, as Chu-Chu grabbed her and placed her onto his lengthy Gyarados back, whisking her out of the Pokécentre.
Her protests ignored, Nanka soon found herself dropped off at Fuchsia City's zoo; each of her Pokémon joining her in altering groups of six.
No Battling trainers, just watching slow-moving Slowpokes, rarely seen Chanseys and Pokéball imitating Voltorbs at a zoo.
"An Omanyte! I thought they were all extinct." Nanka exclaimed as she marvelled at the ancient spiral Pokémon.
Nanka was still confused. She had no idea why her Pokémon were treating her, taking her around the Pokémon Paradise Zoo at a leisurely pace. She had no idea why Jolt had organised this, or that he even could be so organised; her Pikachu running back and forth to the PC to swap around her active team, allowing each of her Pokémon a turn out.
She was confused, but she honestly did not mind the strange events. She was having fun.
There was no danger. There were no criminals. Nanka spent her entire day carefree, relaxing as she enjoyed a pleasant zoo trip.
"Thank you, Jolt." Nanka addressed her starting companion. "This was a wonderful day."
Atop the fencing separating people from the Lapras' pool of water, Jolt looked too and fro, making sure the others weren't looking. Confident he'd be unnoticed; Jolt returned the compliment with a rare sign of affection, nuzzling up to Nanka.
The next day, Nanka decided to continue what her Pokémon treated her to, by continuing to relax after the excitement and danger that occurred as of late. To that end, having already visited the zoo, Nanka decided to explore the rest of the city. As she wandered around the passionately pink Fuchsia City, she ended up bumping into an elderly man. Apologies led to conversation, the elderly man with a thick country accent revealing himself to be the Grandfather of Bill, inventor of the Pokémon Storage System.
Although Nanka did talk to the chatty elder about her encounter with his grandson, she left out the 'turned into a Clefairy' and 'accidental peak up her skirt' parts of their encounter.
"Slowpoke is very knowledgeable about Pokémon." Nanka thought she overheard a Safari Ranger say, from a table closer to hers in the café she and Jolt stopped off at.
"True, but I can't understand a word he says. I think Slowpoke's got a speech problem." Nanka definitely overheard in the conversation between Safari Rangers.
'There… there's a talking Slowpoke! Is that normal?' Nanka pondered, believing it to be a possibility after meeting the talking Rocket Meowth, and unaware that Slowpoke was the nickname of the Safari Warden.
Following the sounds and scents of a nearby beach, for their next destination, Nanka was heading south with a swimsuit, towel and sun cream at the ready; when the sound of a crash caused her and Jolt to stop.
Looking over to the sound of the commotion, the trainer and Pokémon wandered over to two houses, curious as to what was going on. The sounds of a objects hitting the floor was heard from both, though after the loud sound of numerous objects, the right house went quiet. The left house on the other hand repeated the quieter sounds, as if an item was being picked and tossed aside, one after the other.
"I wonder if we should go see what the matter is?" Nanka pondered aloud, her eyes on the left-hand house, whereas Jolt's curiosity was focused on the house to the right.
Curiosity driving her, Nanka entered the house on the left, taking Jolt with her.
Her curiosity increased as she entered the undoubtedly strange house. The walls were lined with Pokémon photos, as well as shelves full with fossils. This wasn't too strange, hallmarks of someone studious of Pokémon or perhaps an archaeologist, but the large boulders surrounding a box certainly was odd.
Also in the room was a greying mustachioed man in safari ranger gear, slumped by a desk, huffing and puffing.
Surrounded by the thrown out contents of his desk, the man spotted Nanka with his wide spectacled eyes, calling out to her, "Hif fuff hefifoo!"
"Pardon?" Nanka replied as she walked closer to the man.
"Ha lof ha feef..." The man continued to try and explain, but seeing Nanka's confused expression, chose to pick up a piece of paper and write on it.
"You've lost your teeth?" Nanka read, as the man gave her a toothless grin.
Nanka promised the toothless man that she would look for his teeth, which he believed he may have lost in the Safari Zone. She would look for them first thing... tomorrow!
Nanka had other plans for the day, letting her green hair loose and changing into her one-piece swimsuit, the excited girl headed down south to the Fuchsia City's beaches. Nanka was pleased to see her Pokémon so happy to be sent out; particularly Melody. The Jigglypuff looked back to her, gazing at her up and down with green heart shaped eyes and an overjoyed grin.
After plenty of time in the sun, a surprisingly warm one for a December day, Nanka and her Pokémon went to the Summer Beach House for a break.
In the midst of snacking away, a blue haired moustached man walked up to them, or more specifically, Jolt.
"Whoooaaa!" The man exclaimed, placing a hand on Jolt's shoulder. "You... you know how to Surf!"
"You can Surf!?" Nanka asked Jolt, turning to her Pikachu in shock.
Jolt looked back to Nanka and shrugged.
"Nah man, you can!" The blue haired surfer stated, pointing to Jolt. "I can feel it that you feel it! Just like my Pikachu, you can feel... Surfadom!"
Nanka and Jolt couldn't hide their sceptical expressions, though the latter's changed to excitement when the Surfer gave him a surfboard.
"Every day, Jolt strays further away from being an electric type." Nanka noted as she watched Jolt swim out into the sea on a surfboard.
Nanka's travelling companions all nodded in agreement.
"Shrew! Sandshrew!" Arid cheered, with Dusty waving a little flag, as Jolt approached his first wave.
Licker and Melody looked on in anticipation; betting on how long until a wave hurls Jolt off his board.
Soaked from head-to-toe from a few failed attempts, Jolt remained undeterred, waiting eagerly for the next wave. A large one soon rose up, much like the grin on Jolt's face.
Jolt rode the wave, reaching the peak of it, surfing off into the air. Jolt held onto the board as he performed a cool flip.
As his trainer and friends cheered from the beach, Jolt thought to himself, 'Surfdom is rad!'
Jolt gazed upon the sea, it glistened a radical red from the setting sun, much like his newly owned surfboard. Jolt sighed with disappointment, sad to say goodbye to the awesome day. The sigh was then followed up by a content smile, as Jolt continued to look out to his beloved sea.
Meanwhile, watching her Pikachu, Nanka started to worry that Jolt was going to abandon her to become a surfer.
A/N: I hope all enjoyed the start of Act 5 of Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure. Next time, Nanka will be taking on Koga... yep; already.
So for this act, I remember using the start of it as time to focus on the whole Mother Marowak situation. I didn't have the post space left at the end Act 4 Continued Even Further, and as I had never previously had Nanka talk to many people in Lavender Town, having Mr Fuji relay the backstory was the best way to convey it. Of course, if Nanka had caught a Cubone, things would have had to play out quite a bit differently.
Speaking of catches, the previously caught Haunter and the in-this-chapter captured Snorlax were interesting characters to consider. I realised that, despite being a team, not everyone would get along or be the nicest. I had already started exploring this with having Popper become big headed and overbearing upon evolution, but with Licker and Slothful, I got to explore that idea immediately. Licker is genuinely evil... and a lot of fun to write for, whereas Slothful is a bit of a self-centred jerk. That doesn't mean they don't have their moments of getting along with others; I even set up here how Licker does get along with Melody, but the fact that these newest members don't click immediately with the group made me really have to think how I wrote their scenes.
The only other thing I'd say is... keep an eye out for when Anemone is mentioned again in this story. I hope you all enjoyed this latest chapter of the director's cut version of NPMA and I hope you'll forward to the next chapter.