A/N: I'm back! After a long break, I'm writing again for the two or three of you! (That's being hopeful.) Can anyone spot the trend in the chapter titles? Tell me if you can.
By now I've actually gotten Mystery Dungeon and beat it- aside from the Moltres and Articuno battles, it wasn't too hard- so I have the basic idea of how this game works.
Also if anyone wants a Pokemon with PokeRus, leave your name and Friend Code in your review and I'll send over a PokeRus Pokemon once I get a router. Depending on what you're offering I may give you something common like a Growlithe or Vulpix, or instead something rarer like Articuno or Zapdos. I have Slowpokes, too. Nickname em all Osaka... :P
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT THESE YUMMY REVIEWS I GOT.
Chapter Three: Unaware
"Is that so?" asked Sakaki, walking along with Chiyo, who was dragging an unconscious Osaka.
Chiyo nodded. "And we rescue people and its really fun! ...Even though most of the time the people we're supposed to be rescuing get killed." she added hesitantly.
Sakaki flinched. She wasn't sure if she wanted to "rescue" anybody now.
At Pokemon Square, there was a lot of conversation going around. "I didn't drown, dammit!" they heard a nearby Lombre claim. There was a Snubble just standing around, just looking at people. Shops were everywhere, so while Sakaki left them to go shopping, Chiyo began looking for where they may find some more rescue jobs. Osaka just slept.
She was dreaming in the paws of the little Pichu. Dreaming about the Pokemon who was carrying her...
"No!" shouted Osaka, in human form. "No, no!"
She was on her knees, in front of Chiyo, also in human form, and crying.
"Yeeeeeeeeeees..." said a voice emanating from inside the prodigy.
"I'll never let you do it!" shouted Osaka, back on her feet. "I'll never let you control her!"
"But it is too laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate..." laughed the pigtails. "She is ours noooooooooooooooooooooow..."
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" shouted Osaka, shaking her fists, horrified.
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees..." repeated the pigtails.
"O-Osaka-san..."
Osaka's eyes opened. Chiyo was staring at her, concerned. "Osaka-san, is everything alright?"
Osaka had to check, grabbing Chiyo's right ear and jiggling it around. The left ear remained motionless. "Curse you," she whispered. "You've followed her into this world, too!"
"What was that?" asked Chiyo.
Osaka was just about to shout out, in front of all these impressionable Pokemon, that she was being controlled by Pichu ears which were really the same evil pigtails she waged war against for the last few years in disguise, when Sakaki came back with the groceries. Osaka then proceeded to rifle through the bag, every now and again taking something out, inspecting it, and placing it in a pile next to her.
"Osaka-san, what are you doing?" asked Chiyo after Osaka had removed about a third of the bag and was now looking for a pot or an oven of some kind.
"Making Homemade Sata Andagi," she responded, sounding as if this was perfectly normal.
Chiyo stared in wide-eyed wonder. "Osaka, we're going to need those-"
"To make Sata Andagi," finished Osaka. "That's what I just said."
Chiyo and Sakaki thought it was pointless trying to argue, thus watched Osaka make her doughnuts, which were made, to Sakaki's delight and displeasure, in kitty shapes. Displeasure due to the fact that they were horribly deformed kitties, looking not unlike Osaka's panda drawing. Anyway, these kitty-cookies, or perhaps blob-cookies or maybe just blobs were sitting out to cool. A Chikorita came wandering along and noticed the blobs sitting there.
She stared, confused, at what Osaka was making. After a few minutes she judged that it was indeed edible, or at least, was supposed to be, and considered turning them in to the police for possession of explosives, before she remembered they had no police. Cautiously, she walked up to Osaka, poked one of the blobs, and seemed relieved that it didn't engulf the whole of Pokemon Square in a giant mushroom cloud on contact. The Pokemon seemed to consider the insane idea of eating one, but shook her head no vigorously at the thought. Hesitantly, she very slowly nibbled on the end of one of them.
"Hey!" shouted Osaka, snatching the food away. "You're stealing, aren't you?"
The Chikorita backed off very swiftly. "W-what?! N-no, no, I wasn't!"
"Yes you were, you, you, you BAD PERSON!" roared Osaka.
Chiyo pushed her out of the way. "S-she's just, uh..." Sakaki had to restrain Osaka to keep her from mauling the other Pokemon while Chiyo tried to come up with the proper phrase.
The Chikorita still appeared to be a bit frightened. "What was that?" she asked.
"That was Osaka," said Chiyo. "She's a bit... unusual, but she's... well, she has... some good qualities?"
"Yeah..." responded the Chikorita. "I know someone like that. I'm Saria. And you are...?"
"I'm Chiyo, and this behind me is Sakaki," said Chiyo. She pointed at Osaka. "That's Osaka, there."
"Osaka?" asked Saria. She tried to hide a tiny smile.
"What?" asked Osaka.
"Well..." said Saria. "It's a funny name!"
Chiyo and Sakaki sweatdropped. "I don't get it," said Osaka.
"Anyway," said Chiyo. "We're looking for where we can find some jobs... see, we're a new rescue team-"
"Hey!" shouted Saria. "I have a rescue team!"
"Really?" asked Chiyo. "How many members does yours have?"
"Two!" bragged Saria. "Top that!" She counted the three in front of them and shouted, "Hey! You broke our record!"
"Oh," said Chiyo.
"Anyway, jobs?" asked Saria. "Well, there's been a bit of a concern lately. See, there's a Diglett, he's been kidnapped by Skarmory, so someone called Kagura-"
"Kagura!" shouted Chiyo ecstaticly. "I-I mean, please continue."
Saria eyed her oddly, but continued. "So, anyway, Kagura went to rescue him, but she hasn't come back, and we're all getting kind of worried..."
"So we need to go help her," finished Chiyo.
"Help her?" asked Saria, confused. "I was just going to sit here complaining about it some more."
"Let's... go help her anyway?" suggested Chiyo. "What do you think, Sakaki?" Sakaki gave a little nod. "Osaka-san, should we- OSAKA!"
Osaka was attacking anyone who came within ten feet of her "Sata Andagi". "WHY ARE THERE SO MANY THIEVES HERE?!" she shouted.
"Osaka-san, no!" shouted Chiyo, pulling her away.
"What, are just gonna let them steal my pride and joy?" demanded Osaka. "Lemme at em! I'LL GET YOU, ROOKWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!"
"Who?" asked Saria.
"Nevermind."
Chiyo spoke up. "Osaka, we're going on a rescue mission, so-"
"Who's getting eaten this time?" she asked.
"Eaten?" asked Saria. "What a coincidence! Because me and Aki were going to rescue some mother's Caterpie, and-"
"Okay, okay, let's get going!" Chiyo interrupted hastily, not wanting their new friend to know about their screw-up.
"So they're keeping her here? In Mt. Steel?" asked Chiyo, staring at the mountain face.
"Well, actually, she's in Steel Mountain," said Saria jokingly, until she noticed Osaka walking away. "H-hey, were are you going? Aren't we gonna rescue Kagura?"
"Yeah," said Osaka.
"So why are you leaving?"
"I'm looking for Steel Mountain," she said in a perfectly calm tone of voice.
"Osaka, THIS is Steel Mountain," pointed out Saria.
"Noooooooo, that's Mt. Steel," she said. "Steel Mountain is probably somewhere over there." She pointed at a much bigger mountain.
"Osaka," said Chiyo, stunned. "That's Mt. Thunder."
"No, that's Steel Mountain. And even if you were right, it'd be Thunder Mountain and not Mt. Thunder," she said.
Sakaki wasn't paying them any attention. She was distracted by a Skitty walking along in front of her. So... cute... She reached down to pet it-
-And got her paw crunched down on from invisible fangs. She was determined, though! She would triumph! Sakaki made to pet it with another paw, hoping she wouldn't lose her balance. Unfortunately, she was so concentrated on keeping her balance she barely concentrated on actually petting the Skitty, thus accidently crushing it. It let out one final "Skiiiiiiiiiit" before going limp.
She backed off, returning to Chiyo and the others immediatly.
After determining that they were indeed in Mt. Steel and not Steel Mountain, the group began their long hike to rescue Kagura from the evil Skarmory. It took about an hour to get to the higher area of the mountain, at which point they took a break.
"That... was a really long climb..." said Saria, exhausted.
"It was..." agreed Chiyo. "Sakaki got groceries, though, so we should have plenty to eat." She reached into the basket the food was in and pulled out some Apples.
"It was all they had," said Sakaki apologeticly.
"It's fine, it's fine," said Chiyo brightly. "Oh, Sakaki, I got you something..."
She handed the Luxray a seed. "I found it earlier," she said. "What was it called, again? Hmmm..." Meanwhile, Sakaki tried to make Chiyo take it back, but it was useless, Chiyo wasn't going to take it back, she'd got it just for her. But Sakaki didn't want it so...
"And it was this big, and-"
"Osaka?"
Sakaki handed Osaka the seed and left. The Slowpoke gave it back. "You take it," she said. "I've got food." She held up some Sata Andagi for Sakaki to see.
"No, I-" but Osaka shoved the seed into Sakaki's mouth, knowing she was at risk of getting bitten. One could've written a poem with all the irony around here.
Suddenly everything went weird looking. What was what? Osaka and Chiyo and Saria, they all looked like little green stuffed toys. And this food... what was it anyhow? It was like... weird... it looked like candy, but it wasn't. The floor... it looked... puffy, like a cloud. Was this what people called getting high?
Sakaki felt as if she was in Osaka's mind. This... this was weird! It was... so strange... not being able to see things clearly. Should she get glasses when they went back. She didn't know.
"Oh, that's right! It's called an Allure Seed!" shouted one of the stuffed dolls Sakaki believed to be Chiyo. "You shouldn't eat that, it'll make you see odd things for the next few hours."
Great. So Sakaki had to put up with being drugged for the next few hours? Wasn't that splendid.
A/N: That... that was a long chapter. But hey! I introduced a new character! The Skarmory fight is next up, alright? We'll get to see Kagura soon. After Kagura, who do you want to see next? Along with the other OC I have planned, I'll introduce another character in the chapter after next. Who do you wanna see? Along with Tomo and Yomi, I'll be introducing Matsuda and Wada as well, which is exactly why I wanted you to read AzuMinor Tales. Written by EvilDux. Anyway, what's your choice? Matsuda and Wada or Tomo and Yomi? Either way, they'll get in there somehow, so don't worry if your favorite pair isn't chosen.