A/N: Apologies for the wait (which I shall be repeating for the other Acts because boy is it easier on me), but I finally present to you Act 8 of Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure. It had quite a few small additions and adjustments compared to the original Miiverse version, hence why the two week break was needed.
By the way, I love how I don't have to colour in a chapter cover artwork here on . It's so much easier to just focus on good old writing. Speaking of writing, let's begin with the chapter now; I have kept you all waiting long enough.
Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure Act 8!
The Story So Far
Nanka and Jolt continued their journey, visiting many new places and gaining many new companions.
Touring the abandoned Power Plant, Nanka made a new friend in Hover the Magnemite, who was soon Hover the Magneton. She also had a close and ticklish encounter with a mythical bird.
In fact, she had two encounters with mythical birds; Legendaries of immense power whose very existence is questioned from time-to-time. Nanka and Jolt could now assure people that they were real, having a frosty encounter with one on Seafoam Islands.
Arriving at Cinnabar Island, the Pallet Town duo explored the mysterious Pokémon Mansion, and soon made another new friend in the form of Barker the old and wise Growlithe.
Nanka even gained a long since extinct Pokémon as a companion when the Cinnabar Pokémon Lab revived Amber the Aerodactyl from a chunk of… well, amber.
Later on, with a fully evolved Beauty the Ninetails, Nanka and her team bested Gym Leader Blaine and obtained the Volcano badge.
"Now, hold still Barker…" Nanka instructed as her bushy browed Growlithe fidgeted and growled as the two halves of the TM box got close to him. "It's okay Barker, there's nothing to worry about."
After half a minute, Nanka pulled the technical machine away with a congratulatory smile, "There you go, Barker! You should know Fire Blast now."
Barker shook his head about, but upon feeling that he was okay after the weird new-fangled box had touched him, gave an appreciative nod towards Nanka.
Nanka and Jolt walked onto the wooden dock, each small step making a quiet creaking sound. The duo looked out to the expansive sea, relaxing to the sounds of the waves gently brushing up against the island.
"Just one more gym." Nanka said as she sat down with her first Pokémon, her travelling companion since Pallet Town. "But first… how about we go home and visit mum for a bit?"
"Pika, Kachu!" Jolt cheerfully shouted out, giving Nanka a thumbs up.
Shortly after that conversation, Nanka and Jolt were riding the waves atop Chu-Chu, swimming along back to Pallet Town. Shortly after beginning their trip back to Pallet Town they were challenged to a Pokémon battle.
"Hiiit!" The sparkling Stretchy shouted as he Rolling Kicked the bronze bodied Staryu away… and then fell into the sea.
"Hah! Your non-water types are like a sitting Psyduck for my starter!" The Swimmer shouted out as he sent out his Wartortle, a fluffy eared and fluffy tailed turtle, into the water.
'But… Psyducks are water types.' Nanka couldn't help but think as she proceeded to call out, "Look out, Stretchy!"
Prepared, Stretchy raised one of his long springy legs out of the water and kicked down the oncoming Wartortle.
A couple hours had passed since they had begun Surfing along Route 21, yet Nanka was constantly worrying over Chu-Chu the entire time. The previous Surfing trip had taken a toll on him, so when a small wooden island was spotted up ahead, Nanka instructed Chu-Chu to stop off there for a short break.
Jolt was thrilled about this as it seemed to be an avid fishing spot. He was soon fishing alongside a couple of chatty fisherman, merrily laughing as they went about their water based activity.
"Barker, go get them!" Nanka declared as she sent out her Growlithe onto the wooden platform.
Bushy-browed Barker started by stretching out, tried from a previous close fight with a Swimmer's Tentacool, then when he was ready he set his dark brown eyes upon his opponent.
A Magikarp; a splashing, flailing about… Magikarp.
Barker looked back to Nanka, who smiled back brightly at her fire dog, "You don't have to worry about water attacks this time Barker. Go burn those fishies!"
Gently knocking on the door, Nanka, Jolt and Chu-Chu waited until a broad shouldered woman with long green hair and matching green eyes opened the door.
"Poppet! Jolt!" Mrs Chandler greeted as she went up and hugged her daughter and her daughter's Pikachu, lifting them both off the ground.
"Mum!" The green haired and orange eyed girl cheered, wrapping her arms around her mother.
"An this must be Chu-Chu!" Mrs Chandler noted as she spotted the nearby Gyarados, putting Nanka and Jolt down in order to go over and lift up Chu-Chu with a hug.
The groundless Chu-Chu had many questions.
Within a few minutes the quaint Chandler home was bustling with Pokémon, Nanka having released her whole team inside, although Chu-Chu had to settle for looking in from the open window due to his enormous size. The kettle whistled steam, coming to a boil as Nanka introduced her Pokémon to her mother.
"Now I've met you three"- Mrs Chandler said as she petted Jolt, Melody and Venom on the head-"I've heard about you two"-she continued to say as she pointed to Stretchy and Chu-Chu-"But this cute Growlithe here is a new one."
"Well, I only caught Barker recently soooo…" Nanka started to explain, though her voice started to trail off as she noticed said fire type staring intensely at the nearby coat rack.
"Row!" Barker roared out, spooking the coat rack so much that it jumped… much like all of Nanka's other Pokémon when they saw the wooden coat rack jump.
Mrs Chandler couldn't help but whistle, "Well, well; aren't you a clever dog. Not many folks notice my Sudowoodo about the place."
As Nanka's Pokémon started to question how they had failed to notice the Sudowoodo in the room each time they had been here, Nanka and her mother enjoyed freshly brewed green and black tea respectively, chatting about their times apart.
"The Clefairy Doll was a lovely gift, Poppet, even if Helioptile here thought there was a new Pokémon in the house for several days." Mrs Chandler said between sips, grinning as her daughter laughed at the comments. "Did you like your presents?"
"Oh yes; I was running out of room in my own journal." Nanka recalled her note-taking gift with a wide smile, "Though I'm a little confused as to why you gave me a holly leaf as well."
"Eh?" Mrs Chanlder replied, raising one green eyebrow after the other. "Holly?"
Nanka nodded, "Yeah; the holly leaf you said I should stand under with G-Man."
"O-oh; that was just a little, um… extra thing. I thought it looked nice." Mrs Chandler mumbled as she took a sip of her tea. 'Holly!? It was supposed to be mistletoe!'
Collecting herself and putting aside her mistake, Nanka's mother continued to say, "S-speaking of G-Man, how is he doing? Did you get to spend the holidays together?"
"Nope; I didn't see G-Man at all in Fuchsia City." Nanka answered, innocent to her mother's disappointment. "I didn't see him again until Saffron City… and haven't seen him since then."
"Saffron City!? You were there during the Rocket incident as well!?" Nanka's mum shouted out, leading over the table with a mixture of surprise and excitement… with a hint of concern.
"O-oh, uh, yeah… I guess I forgot to mention that in our last phone call." Nanka mumbled out, shifting uncomfortably in her seat as she started to ready herself a bunch of lies. "Don't worry; I didn't… encounter many Rockets."
A smirk arose on Mrs Chandler face, knowing full well her daughter was fibbing, "That's nice to hear, though from what I read in the newspapers it sounds like G-Man encountered plenty."
The nervous teen nodded, trying to think of what next to say, "Yes, he did, um, talk to reporters-"
"Good thing that Swimsuit Vigilante turned up to give them a good thumping." Mrs Chandler pointed out, causing Nanka to grow tense. "I told you it what's those criminals needed; she's done us all a great service. To think that G-Man has been the only lucky kid so far to meet her."
"Yeah, lucky him!" Nanka said bitterly, turning away from her mother with a blushing pout as she remembered G-Man's newspaper description of the Swimsuit Vigilante. "He certainly had a lot to say about her!"
"O-oh…" Mrs Chandler stuttered out, taken aback by her daughter's sudden sharp tone of voice, 'Oh no. I hope she and G-Man didn't get into another argument… hold on; he certainly had a lot to say?'
"L-lucky indeed; G-Man suuuure gave a good description of that Vigilante. I hear the models and drawings of her look splendid." Mrs Chandler said coyly, studying her daughter's response.
Watching the polite and typically sincere girl heat up, grit her teeth and pout was an unusual sight to behold, even more so as Nanka grumbled out, "He certainly did; enough to describe her hair, her skin, her breasts…"
'Oh my gosh… she's jealous!' Mrs Chandler concluded; a fair judgement given she did not know of the Swimsuit Vigilante's true identity. 'My daughter's jealous over G-Man fawning over the Swimsuit Vigilante! That's adorable!'
The taller athletic woman rushed over to her daughter's side, placing her hands firmly on her daughter's shoulders, "Don't worry, Poppet! I know."
"P-pardon! You do!?" Nanka exclaimed, almost falling off her seat if it wasn't for her mother's firm grip. 'H-how did she know that the Swimsuit Vigilante isn't real? That I'm technically the Vigilante!?'
'I know you're jealous of the Vigilante and want G-Man to compliment you in the same way.' Mrs Chandler continued to assume incorrectly. "With my help, the next time he sees you, I'm sure he'll regret all those comments."
With many a misunderstanding made between them, the day eventually wore on until it reached night. In turn, they soon went to bed, human and Pokémon alike.
The next morning, Nanka awoke to the sound of familiar electronic tunes coming from her SNES, waking up to the blurry sight of Jolt and Melody happily playing on the Nintendo console. She smiled as she started to hear the voices of her Pokémon, playful banter and frustrated yelps coming from them as they played a game of Mario Kart.
'I never could beat G-Man at it,' Nanka mused as she slipped out of bed, a yawn preventing her from greeting her Pokémon, 'though I always thrashed him at Panel De Pon, so I guess it evens out.'
Still in her nightgown and accompanied by both Jolt and Melody, Nanka made her way down stairs, "Good moorrrr-ning Mum."
Mrs Chandler turned to her daughter, then looked down to her wristwatch, then back to her daughter, "Only 8:30! Poppet, what's the occasion?"
"I-I don't sleep in all the time." Nanka grumbled briefly, before adding. "Though… there is actually an occasion. I've got a treat for you, Mum."
"I wonder where she'll be taking me…" Mrs Chandler hummed to herself, garbed in a plain sleeveless dress and standing outside her house alongside Jolt.
Her daughter soon came running back, holding a Pokéball up high as she sent out a rarely seen Aerodactyl. The ancient Pokémon roared as an introduction, staring proudly at the nearest person… and was surprised to see a human confidently staring back.
"Ooooh; you got yourself an Aerodactyl." The un-intimidated women said, walking up to and petting Amber with absolute confidence. "You look to be a mighty flier; guess you'll be our travel ticket on this little vacation."
Nanka had finally run up to beside her winged Pokémon, nodding in confirmation, whilst Amber remained uncertain as to the woman's fearlessness at approaching a powerful Pokémon like herself.
"I made a lot of friends in Cerulean City." Nanka explained as she climbed aboard Amber. "And there's a lovely spot on the hills, perfect for a picnic."
"Ooohhh; I haven't been to Cerulean in years." Mrs Chandler said with a grin as she leapt onto the back of the Aerodactyl. "Getting back to Pallet Town on foot was always too annoying."
Nanka beamed, "Lucky I have Amber then, isn't it Mum?"
"Whooo! That was amazing, Poppet!" Mrs Chandler cheered as she touched down on Cerulean City soil. "Amber here will have to go even faster on the way; sure you were just holding back, eh gal?"
Amber grinned at this question, whilst Nanka remained atop her fossil flyer, keeping a tight hold as she stuttered out, "P-please n-no…"
Nanka thought Amber flew fast and reckless before, but with her Mum's encouragement, it turns out Amber had been flying pretty slow and smoothly… for her at least. Even Jolt hopped off of Amber with shaky feet.
"Hmmm, I wonder where we should take Mum first." Nanka pondered aloud to Jolt, as her mother chattered away with Amber. "We could visit Melanie and Mr and Mrs Phthalo and Misty… or we could have a picnic on the hilltops. It is a nice day."
"Hey, Poppet?" Mrs Chandler called, with Nanka turning around to see her mother's green eyes sparkling like emeralds; an adventurous passion shining forth from them as she pointed over to a cave across the river. "Let's go explore that cave over there!"
"Only league champions can enter the Cerulean Cave… argh, that's such a let-down." Mrs Chandler ranted with a downhearted sigh, walking away from the cave entrance and the guard standing outside of it.
After a little bit of exploring, Nanka and her mum found a way to get to the cave entrance they had spotted, surfing down Route 24's river to reach it. Once their though they found out that the man standing outside of it wasn't just a Cerulean citizen going about his day, but an employed guard whose job was to bar non-champions from entering.
"Don't worry, Mum." Nanka reassured with a bright smile. "There's plenty more we can do around here."
"Or…" Mrs Chandler began to say with a growing grin, leaning down to whisper to her daughter, "…we can knock the guard out and sneak in."
"Mum!" Nanka exclaimed, as Licker popped out of her Pokéball to give an approving thumbs up.
"Do your best, Poppet!" Mrs Chandler cheered as she sat down on the grass beside Licker; the Haunter getting along very well with the adventurous mother.
"We will, Mum!" Nanka replied as her Sandslash danced around with joy, despite the occasional Slash attack from the opposing Parasect.
Walking along the bumpy field by the forbidden Cerulean Cave, Nanka bumped into a Lass gathering mushrooms. Of course this led to a Pokémon battle against the Lasses' army of Paras and Parasect, rather than a discussion on mushrooms.
The battle was going smoothly, but Nanka had to admit, it felt really odd having her mother watching and cheering for her.
After a failed attempt at cave exploration, Nanka decided to treat her mum to something she had wanted to do previously herself; having a picnic on the lovely hilltops of Route 24. The weather was perfect for it and Devourer, whom Nanka had met on this very route for the first time, cooked up a plethora of tasty snacks for such an occasion.
During this delightful picnic, someone called out to them, "E-excuse me, could I please speak to you for a minute?"
Mrs Chandler looked to the caller, a rugged blue haired boy, perhaps only four or even only three years older than her daughter, who then asked, "Are all of these Pokémon yours?"
Her Poppet nodded, replying, "Yep; they are my travelling companions."
As her daughter and the teen began chatting, Mrs Chandler began to gush internally, 'Oh my… my daughter's quite popular. It looks like you've got some competition G-Man.'
Running up the stairs in princely purple clothes, G-Man emerged onto the castle balcony, seeing before him a handsome blue headed man kissing the hand of his fiery eyed beloved, "Lay your lips off my love, you roughed-up rapscallion."
"Does he of foolish lips dare to call this pale-skinned beauty his love?" The flirting teen of poor but proper clothes said, rising to his feet and drawing out his sword. "Your chances are of the past; now begone with thee."
As the two boys drew swords, clashing fiercely in a fight of love, their princess gowned Nanka cried out to them, "Oh please, stay thy swords! Do not let your love of me be the spiller of blood!"
As Mrs Chandler continued to daydream about the sort of romantic scenes she would read about in her treasured romance novels, Nanka continued to chat to the blue haired teen.
He introduced himself as Damian; a trainer who believed himself to be afflicted by a curse. He refused to explain it, only stating that he had lost(?) many Pokémon and didn't want the same fate to befall his Charmander.
As such, he wanted to give the Charmander away to a trainer who would take good care of her, a trainer such as Nanka.
The gifted Charmander was sleeping soundly, so whilst she did decide on naming the fire lizard Razor, she also opted to place the newly acquired Razor the Charmander into the PC for now. For the rest of the day her focus was on having a good time in Cerulean with her mum.
After finishing up their picnic the group took a stroll down Route 25, where Jolt and Mrs Chandler ended up having a fishing competition. They took pictures of outside of Bill's seaside cottage, though the Pokémanic PC inventor himself happened to be away that day. Once back in town, Nanka was excited to introduce her mum to some of the friends she had made in the city; going on to see Mr and Mrs Phthalo, Misty and Melanie once again.
Stars twinkled amongst the clear winter sky as Amber flew down, landing down fast and with enough weight to crack the pavement.
"Thanks for the day out, Poppet." Mrs Chandler said with a soft, quiet tone as leapt off the Aerodactyl. "That was very sweet of you. It's been a long time since I got to enjoy a bit journeying myself."
"I-I, uh… h-happy…" Nanka stuttered out, clinging to Amber tightly, with Jolt in turn clinging to her.
Amber had flown at max speed; to the delight of the thrill-loving woman, less so her cautious daughter.
"Hau, Hau, Hau!" Was the ghostly sound of laughter that awoke Nanka, a laugh that for once wasn't from her dreams of being in a haunted castle surrounded by adorable ghost Pokémon.
Nanka got up grumbling, her vision a blur from drowsiness and the lack of sunlight leaking into, as she continued to hear laughter and chatting from downstairs, "Ahahahaha, yeah, the look on their faces were priceless."
"Mum… Licker?" Nanka asked herself, believing it was the two she was hearing jabbering away below her, their voices loud with merriment. 'I guess… Licker is still getting along well with Mummy. That's nice… and strange.'
"Chhhh." Jolt grumbled, rubbing his sleep eyes as he awoke from the other end of Nanka's bed. "Pika Pi, Kachu."
"Jolt? You were still asleep?" Nanka groggily asked, turning to look at her still drawn curtains, shielding whatever little rays of sunshine there were outside. "I'm up way too early if you're just waking up."
"Pika." Jolt said with a nod, then placed a paw to his chin, wondering whether he should stay or go back to bed, "Chuuu, Pik, Pik, Pik…"
Jolt only stopped wondering when the familiar sound of a sweet snore tickled his ears, looking over to see that Nanka was far quicker in making her decision; already sound asleep once more.
Nanka had plans to take on the Viridian Gym, but before she could decide who to train up for it, she thought she should get to know her latest companion better.
"C'mon out and say hi to everyone, Razor!" Nanka cheerfully declared as she sent out her Charmander.
"Char"-Razor begun to proclaim, but tripped the moment she was sent out… then she burst into tears.
"Awww, it's okay Razor; there, there." Nanka said as she went over to hug her tearful-eyed Charmander.
Razor was… sensitive per say. She seemed perfectly happy at times, running about with her razor sharp claws held high in the air, but the she would fall down and come running back to Nanka all teary-eyed.
It was to Nanka's surprise that amidst all of the crying and cuddling up to her that Razor ended up evolving. Nanka now had herself a larger, stronger and redder Charmeleon… to comfort as she cried in her arms.
"Who to use, who to use…" Nanka continued to ponder as she sat down with her cuddling Charmeleon, plopping down onto the grass besides her dozing Rhyhorn. "Popper and Ion maybe-", Nanka stopped when she felt someone tugging on her skirt.
"What's the matter, Melody?" Nanka asked her puffy cheeked Jigglypuff, who was pointing repeatedly towards the lap-seated Razor. "Hmmm, are you saying you want to evolve like Razor?"
Melody paused, taking her pointing fin-like arm and placing it to her lip in thought, amusingly much like her trainer would do from time-to-time. Melody actually wanted to cuddle up on her cute trainer's soft lap, rather than evolve, but now that sweet Nanka mentioned it…
Melody was a Wigglytuff; bigger, stronger… pinker. A large dragon Pokémon flew at her, but her with amazing moon powers gained through evolution, she blasted the three headed dragon into dust.
"My soft huggable love; that amazing victory had my heart soaring." Melody's green haired heart's desire said, running up to her and wrapping her arms around her.
Melody was ecstastic as her soft and loving trainer pushed up her against her body, "Wiglll-",
Melody froze. She had begun to squeal with delight, but instead of her soothing, melodic voice, what came out of her mouth was a deep baritone.
The evolved normal type stepped away from her trainer, only to stumble and fall down onto her back. Melody then struggled to get up, her once perfect balance ruined by her increased weight, and just one look to her dance happy feet made her feel sad.
Overcome with sadness and shock, Melody looked upwards to comfort. She found no comfort though. For whereas before she would behold the spectacle of a squishy pale-peach pillow, wrapped in soft orange fabric and shadowed by a red curtain, now all she saw was the searing sun. Her short size offered her a look into paradise whenever near her trainer; now she was too big.
"Melody, Melllodyyy," Nanka called out to her deeply thinking Jigglpuff, a Moon Stone in hand, readied in case her pink puffball Pokémon said yes, "So do you want to evolve?"
"Puuuu!" Melody cried out, shaking her body left and right.
"That's alright, Melody." Nanka said, smiling as her Jigglypuff breathed a sigh of relief. "You don't need to evolve, much like Keraton"-Nanka started to say as she turned around to her Rhyhorn, only to scream-"When did you evolve!?"
Where Keraton had once been napping was now a taller and bipedal Rhyhorn with a drill-like horn; a Rhydon. Keraton the Rhydon opened his mouth to explain… only for coins to begin spilling from his mouth.
The next morning Nanka once again woke up in her familiar bedroom and in her comfortable bed, rather than within a sterile but hospitable Pokécentre room and on said room's floor as she was pushed out of bed. With the final gym being in Viridian and with Amber capable of flying her everywhere, Nanka found herself staying at home the past few days. It was nice, though since she started her journey, she found her bedroom to be more crowded than she remembered; certainly a lot more Pokémon about.
"Popper, Amber, Stretchy, Ion and Jolt of course…" Nanka mumbled as she urged herself out of bed, no longer being pushed out of it by an over-eager Jolt, as he was now joining her mum in the morning jog. "Yeah, that team will work for the Viridan Gym."
'Popper's training is going well.' Nanka thought to herself as her Dugtrio fought off Ratticates, Doduos and Fearows in quick succession. 'It might be nice to train up all my Pokémon for a bit whilst I-"Eeek!" Nanka ended up shrieking as she was thrown off her feet by a sudden Earthquake.
Nanka looked to Popper, her big-headed Dugtrio bellowing with triumph as he unleashed his newly learned Earthquake technique.
"My hat!" Nanka screamed as the Fearow swooped down and plucked her white headwear off of her, swiftly flying up out of Nanka's reach.
As Jolt prepared to zap the thieving bird out of the sky, Stretchy started to squat. His springy legs squished down, then shot back up, propelling the fighting type high into the air to reach the in-air Fearow and deliver a knock-out delivering kick.
"Thank you, Stretchy!" Nanka called out as Stretchy landed flawlessly with Nanka's hat in hand. "That was a really impressive Jump Kick."
"Pi." Jolt agreed, also holding out both his spread out paws to give Stretchy a ten-out-of-ten for the landing as well.
It was their second day of training for the Viridian Gym yet rather than be hard at work exercising, Nanka and Stretchy were instead sat down on the grassy fields with a TM resting on the trainer's lap.
Stretchy looked to his nails, checking their present quality and sheen, as Nanka hummed with thought, "Sooo… which kick move should we replace?"
Nanka was posing this very question because she quickly realised that her stylish fighting type lacked much variety. With a move-set composed of kicks, kicks, and one normal type punch; Stretchy was easy to read and useless against ghost types.
"I guess, ummmm, Hi-Jump Kick is too risky; let's replace that." Nanka decided, holding up the TM and presenting it to Stretchy. "We'll replace it with this here Metronome. It sounds like a fun move for you to have."
In need of a break between training and once again utilising the blessing of her Fly knowing Amber, Nanka and her Pokémon made their way back home to enjoy a spot of lunch. Going out into the front garden, the mother and daughter along with their many Pokémon partook in a nice simple lunch during the sunny day… simple due to Mrs Chandler's dislike of cooking.
"Good morning Mrs Chandler; good morning… Nanka?" An angelic voice called out, with both Mrs Chandler and Nanka turning to see their next door neighbour waving to them. "Oh Nanka, you should have told me you were back in Pallet Town. It's so nice to see you again."
"Daisy!" Nanka returned the call, waving excitedly to her best friend's sister, who was starting to walk on over to them. "It's been so long, how have… you…"
Nanka's words drifted off as she stared at her approaching friend, a strange thought bubbling in her head, causing her to look Daisy Oak up and down, 'Why does Daisy remind me of the Swimsuit Vigilante figure?'
As Daisy sat down and began chatting with both her and her mother, Nanka couldn't concentrate on the conversation at all; distracted by that odd familiarity. Looking over her beautiful friend's lush long locks of brown hair, her smooth light-pink skin, her refined and elegant face; Nanka couldn't figure out why she had that odd, stray thought.
"Is something the matter, Nanka?" Daisy asked, gently rubbing her hand against Nanka's and finally catching the thinking teenager's attention.
"O-oh, it's um, nothing…" Nanka said, throwing that odd thought out her mind. "How have you been Daisy?"
Daisy smiled brightly as she replied, "Perfectly fine, Nanka… maaaybeee a little bored. You and my brother are off on exciting adventures whilst I'm simply waiting around for the next Pokémon beauty contest to be announced."
"Speaking of G-Man, where has the boy gotten off to?" Mrs Chandler asked with an excited look on her face. "I'm sure it would be nice for him and my Poppet here to have a reunion in town."
Daisy started to laugh nervously, knowing full well what Mrs Chandler was like, easily noticing the match-making plans the mother was conducting for her headstrong younger brother and the oblivious Nanka, "W-well, he said he'll pop around after beating the Viridian Gym. I think he's finishing up his training."
"Pika!" Jolt suddenly shouted out, hopping on the small garden table and almost spilling the teas atop it. "Kachu! Pi, pi, piiika. Ch-chuu, Pikachu."
"You don't like G-Man being ahead of us, do you Jolt?" Nanka asked, receiving a firm nod from her Pikachu. "Don't worry; we will get right back to training after I finish this tea."
Jolt punched the sky in approval, running off the table and towards the other team members to tell them to get ready.
"Your Pikachu kind of reminds me of my brother." Daisy noted with a chuckle, causing Nanka to laugh with her. "They're both so… hasty."
True to her word, Nanka got back to training for the gym right after tea. Jolt was already fully prepared for the battle, but he would usually stick around and watch Nanka train his other teammates. It was Ion the Vaporeon's turn for training though, so instead Jolt ran off to play on his own.
"That's such a cool move, Ion!" Nanka enthused as Ion's purple liquefied body returned to its glossy physical form.
Ion frowned at Nanka; he did not like this repulsive Acid Armour move one bit.
"We're almost all set to take on the Viridian Gym Lead…" Nanka stopped her happy rambling, trailing off in thought and then suddenly yelling out. "Oh no! We forgot about the gym trainers! We need to defeat them all first!"
"You're in luck, kiddo." The elderly resident said. "The Gym Leader returned a couple weeks ago; kinda strange to see those rusty old gym doors open."
Nanka chuckled, "That's great to hear sir, but I think I've a feeeew trainers to defeat before I get to the leader."
"Best of luck." The elderly man said with a toothy grin and a wave.
"Thank you, sir!" Nanka called back as she entered the gym, followed by an eager Jolt, along with a large winged serpentine creature.
After a dizzying but exhilarating step on the boost panel, Nanka found herself face-to-face with a self-proclaimed Karate King.
'I thought this was supposed to be a ground type gym.' Nanka couldn't help but think as Arid skipped into battle, having already been out of his Pokéball so he could enjoy the thrills of stepping on the boost panels as well.
"Sla, Sla, Slaaassshhh!" Arid cheered before Slashing his Machoke foe.
"Here, Tauro, Tauro, Tauro!" Nanka chanted as Ribbon stood and held out her wing, flapping it gently.
"Tauroooo!" The Tauros shouted out, angrily charging at the Golbat.
At the last moment, Ribbon flew out of the way, the Tamer's Tauros knocking itself out as it crashed into the wall.
As Nanka and Ribbon celebrated the easy win, the Tamer snapped, "Arggghh! We were just careless! Stop smiling!"
"Show them the power of Karate, Machoke!" The Blackbelt roared as his Machoke materialised for battle.
Nanka and Jolt smiled at one another, with Nanka then facing the Blackbelt and throwing out a Pokéball, "Please do your best, Razor!"
Out from the ball, an orange dragon-like Pokémon emerged. Spreading its big wings, the smooth scaled fire type roared, declaring that Razor the fully evolved Charizard would do just that.
"Aww man; I lost!" The Cooltrainer admitted with a sad tone, but a growing smile. "Still, it's nice to be battling again. I'm so glad our leader's back."
As Nanka petted Ferry on the head, her curiosity was piqued, "Excuse me, but why did the Gym Leader leave? I live in the town over and I've never even seen him before."
"I don't know." The Cooltrainer mused. "Something about a business venture"
"Dugtriooo!" The Cooltrainer screamed out as his own brown head-body Dugtrio fainted. "I... guess you win."
"Hooray, Keraton!" Nanka cheered, her Rhydon grinning. "Now we just need to clean up after ourselves."
Nanka and Keraton looked around the room, gold coins scattered everywhere. Keraton's Pay Day attack, a TM move that Keraton somehow ended up obtaining when rummaging through Nanka's bag for snacks, had launched coins all over the place, some even falling into cracks or currently embedded into the walls.
Viridian Gym; gym of the earth and home to ground type trainers... or at least it was supposed to be.
"Jolt, try use Thunder!" Nanka suggested as Jolt nipped underneath the attacking Machoke.
"Piii..." Jolt began, still ducked underneath the muscular humanoid as lightning shot down towards him, "Kaaachuuu!"
With a roaring Thunder from Jolt, the non-ground type was rendered unconscious.
"That's all of them, Jolt!" Nanka confirmed as she looked around the gym, seeing no more trainers left in the challenge. "We'll have a day of rest first, but it's the Gym Leader next."
"Pika, Pika!" Jolt said with a nod as he and Nanka headed for the exit.
"I do wonder..." Nanka mused as they left the gym. "...what this mystery Gym Leader is like? Ohhh, I do so look forward to finding out."
Nanka would regret finding out.
'Why did I agree to this?' Nanka asked herself, as a small crowd of children watched her intently.
Having just defeated each of the Viridian Gym trainers, Nanka and Jolt were on their way home when they bumped into someone the Pallet Town girl was very familiar with; her former school teacher. A quick conversation ensued, one subject after another leading to said teacher asking Nanka if, as a qualified Pokémon trainer, she could do a presentation for the class.
Nanka reluctantly agreed; which is how she found herself on Route 4, with numerous eyes watching her every move and plenty of ears listening to her every word.
"Good luck, miss Nanka!" The class of sixteen kids chanted, alongside Jolt, who had not had a moment's peace since the kids saw him.
'It's okay, it's okay, it's okay...' Nanka repeated in her head, fighting off her dislike of being the centre of attention. 'So far, so good. I mean, it helps that they've been focused on Jolt most the day but… all I have to do is show them some Pokémon battling; easy-peasy.'
"S-Stretchy... let's try out your new move." Nanka said to her Hitmonlee, who gave a sparkling thumbs-up in response.
Stretchy had been loving all of the attention he'd been receiving, so he was more than happy to be part of the battle demonstration as he raised his hand and begun to waggle a lone finger.
"Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, Hiiii!" Stretchy's chanted as he waggled his now shining finger, proceeding to then clench his fist, and launch a rapid assault of punches at the Rattata.
"Oooh!" The children gasped in awe as Stretchy hailed down a fast, frosty Comet Punch against the Rattata.
"Leeee!" Stretchy declared as he finished the attack, standing tall and proud after his dazzling move.
"S-Stretchy." Nanka called out, pointing over to the Rattata, "You, um... missed... every punch."
"Y-you see kids, um, sometimes mistakes will happen for trainers and their Pokémon. You've just got to ummm…" Nanka started to say to the children, before turning back around to Stretchy, who was hastily performing Metronome, "…try, try, and try again. N-never give up!"
As Stretchy pointed his glowing fingers at the Rattata, a whistling sound could be heard and the gentle breeze flowing through Route 2 grew stronger. The wind whirled wildly, a blast of air rushing between Nanka's legs and becoming a powerful Gust as it went on past Stretchy and collided with the Rattata.
"T-there we go; always keep trying." Nanka said as she turned around to the children, surprised to see them oddly silent.
Nanka had been hoping for excited cheers, worried about mocking laughter; stunned silence wasn't what she was expecting. If there was one thing to reassure her though, it was the sparkles within some of the kid's eyes, happy grins and faint blushes amongst the eight-to-ten-year-olds led Nanka to believe they were looking at her in awe.
'Awww; it's… wonderful that they were so impressed by a simple Gust attack.' Nanka thought as she smiled back at the happy children… unaware that the reason the Gust had left them silently blushing was due to Nanka's still fluttering up skirt and the orange knickers on full display.
A/N: It has been a long wait for chapter 22 of NPMA but I hope it was an enjoyable read for all of you!
As mentioned previously, I ended up doing quite a few adjustments to this chapter, the reason being due to expansion and added scenes earlier on in this director's cut. Originally, this chapter was the first proper dive into the character of Mrs Chandler and her interactions with Nanka, but in the case of this Director's Cut, I have sprinkled such moments throughout the rest of the story. As such, I needed to come up with some new scenes such as having them talk about the Swimsuit Vigilante, tea with Daisy, and more. I was originally nervous about trying to portray the daughter-mother relationship, but I feel I did a pretty good job here; Mrs Chandler is certainly an enjoyable character to write for. I really ought to come up with a first name for her though; she's from Kalos, so perhaps something French.
Other key points; of course there is new addition Razor and her original trainer, Damian. The whole 'take Mrs Chandler out on a trip' sequence was done as a questions for my readers back in the original Miiverse version, giving them a chance to lead Nanka to obtain at least one of the starter Pokémon (they had excellently managed to lead Nanka away from all three before). In the end, with a picnic on the hills, that became Razor the Charmander. With so many Pokémon in Nanka's team, trying to come up with a character for Razor was extremely difficult, at least one that stood out. As for Damian, his character here was once again inspired by the Electric Tale of Pikachu, a manga series that forms a lot of my groundwork for NPMA. It's also never outright stated but the curse Damian mentions is a reference to Nuzlockes.
The last thing I would like to comment on is the ending scene, which I feel may end the chapter too abruptly. Originally I would mark the end of the chapter with a question, though in later chapters such as this one, I would also include some bonus content after the chapter had ended. I'm unsure if the bonus content of Nanka with the children makes for a smoother ending or not. What I do know is that I wanted to include a scene where Nanka tries out Metronome, so when Stretchy performed Gust... well that kind of wrote itself at that point.
As said, I hope you enjoyed this latest chapter of Nanka's Pokémon Miiverse Adventure. Thankfully you won't have to wait nearly as long for the next chapter; it's pretty much completed already and will be popping up next weekend. Thank you for reading!