To Protect Those Ones Close
Episode 18: Part 2

"Really? You'll give us a ride there?" Aria asked in disbelief.

"Of course! Who would turn down a few young people like you?" Mr. Briney said with a slight chuckle.

"Thank you Mr. Briney." May and Aria said at the same time.

"We have to get the others and tell them the good news." Aria said as they stood up. "We'll be back in a couple of minutes!"

The began to leave as Peeko waved its wing to them. "What a couple of nice lassies." Mr. Briney said.

In the distance, a man could be seen as a smirk spreads on his lips.

"Wow, you're not kidding around?" Ash asked. "You really found us a ride?"

"They even say with the newest fairies it takes a half of a day to get there." Brock pointed out.

"And it's an old retired guy, I bet his boat is old too..." Max commented.

"Oh stop worrying guys." May said with a big smile. "Remember what we said about Mr. Briney. He traveled the seven sails in his quaking ship, and stayed awake the whole time."

"Seven sails!?" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

"Awake?"

"And wait until you meet sweet little Peeko." May said as she stared down at the jar of pokemon food in her hands.

"Don't worry guys, believe us." Aria said.

When they got to his house, Aria knocked on the door. The door bursts opens, startled everyone in surprise.

"Mr. Briney? We brought our friends and we're ready to-"

"FORGET IT!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, cutting Aria off as he was scaring everyone once more. "I made no such deal with you!"

"But...you did just a few minutes ago." May said getting a bit scared.

"I don't know you and I don't know any deal and that's all I have to say so good day!" He slams the door shut.

"But, please Mr. Briney." May frowns, not recalling him being like this.

"What's with that guy?" Max questioned.

"That sure doesn't sound like the same guy you were telling us about." Ash pointed out.

"But... He promised..." Aria stared at the door for a moment. "It just doesn't make any sense. Why would he say something like that?"

It doesn't make any sense...

Aria frowns.

He wasn't like that when we first met him, how come he's acting like this? We were only gone for a few minutes... There is something is definitely going on around here, just what though...?

Mr. Briney closed the curtain as he watched the trainers leave.

"A note worthy performance." A voice said.

Mr. Briney turns around, growling. "Because there's no reason for putting those in any danger." He spat.

"Danger? Whatever do you mean?" The voice mocked.

"Come on, you're from Team Aqua!" Mr. Briney pointed out.

The voice laughs. "Well well well, guilt as charged." He said.

"I've heard plenty of stories from my sailing comrades, about a gang of troublemakers called Team Aqua!"

"All of this name calling is starting to hurt my feelings." The grunt said as if he was hurt from his insult. "You see, we're much more than just troublemakers. Now how about that boat of yours?"

"Forget about it!" Mr. Briney refused.

"Really? Then I guess you don't care about what happens to your little friend here." The grunt looks down at the pokemon trapped in a small cage.

"Wing...wingull..." Peeko cried in fright as he was shaking in fear.

"Why you-!"

"Crawdaunt go!"

The pokemon stood in front of the cage as Peeko's fears grew by the second.

Mr. Briney's emotions changed from anger, to worry.

"Peeko! Alright! Please, stop it!" He begged.

"I'll stop when you bring out your boat old man."

Mr. Briney grips his teeth together, glaring daggers at the Team Aqua grunt as he had no choice but to listen to his orders. He didn't want to turn away Aria, May, and the others. But, with the current situation he is in now, he had no choice but to do so, just to protect them. Even if that means hurting their feelings in the end, he just wanted to protect them, and Peeko.

Ooh, conflict! Sorry if this chapter is a little short, I wanted to get this published right away before I work on my other stories. So as most of you guys know, I will be writing out the movies for this series. And our first one is coming up soon! I won't say what it is unless you all know (Which probably do) and I'm working on it at the moment. I realized how long it is going to work on it, so that's why I decided to start on it now while we're doing these last few chapters.

Before we get any further on that, you must be wondering why I am working on it now, well I have already decided what pokemon Aria should catch next, and it won't be for another few episodes, but it shouldn't take too long to get to. When I work on the movie, it will be a full chapter, no cliffhangers for it, I'm just going to make it one chapter and I know for most of you this might take a few days to read, but... it's a movie after all. I might as well start working on Adventure in Unova now, I'm actually starting to enjoy writing that one, just because that's my favorite region through out pokemon. But I'll surely go back to working on Adventure in Kanto soon. I'm actually about to publish that chapter soon, so keep your eyes out for it!

Phew! That took a while! Anyways, I'll catch you guys in the next chapter! Keep your eyes open for the other chapters in Adventure in Kanto and Adventure in Unova! Bye-bye!