Yay! I'm so glad everyone liked the last chapter! All the reviews made me so happy XD! Okay Okay! I know you're all anxious for the chapter, so here it is! Chapter 3!!! This will be LONG chapter, 17 pages! So enjoy!
I DO NOT OWN POKEMON OR ITS CHARACTERS
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"Alright! So, the contest is in um… two months!?" Dawn exclaimed in shock as she flipped through her issue of Coordinator's Monthly
It was a typical afternoon for the Poke gang. All of them were circled around a small camp fire, with a pot of stew hanging over it. There was a forest nearby but ahead of them was a huge cliff that leads to a valley below. One false step off the cliff and you'd be tumbling down to the valley, so far below you couldn't even make out the bottom from the top.
"Chill out Dawn, isn't that good news? That gives you two whole months to practice." Ash said as he finished his second bowl of soup. Pikachu and the other pokemon were in their own little circle close by, sharing a large bowl of poke food.
"Your right! That gives me two whole months to toughen up and perfect my appeal!" Dawn rejoiced, pumping her fists in the air.
"I'll win for sure!"
"That's looking at things in a positive light." Brock commented as he stirred his stew, occasionally adding a few more ingredients to the brew. Dawn giggled happily to herself and began sipping her stew.
"And this time, I'm going to blow Zoey and Kenny off their feet!" Dawn declared, "They won't know what hit them! There's nothing to worry about!"
"I'm sure…" Ash stated, slyly taking another bite out of his meal.
"What does that mean?!" Dawn shouted as she pulled her hands on her hips, her brow furrowed.
"Nothing! No offense Dawn, but Kenny, especially Zoey, they're pretty tough!" Ash quickly recovered, waving his hands in the air in a 'calm-down' gesture.
"Hmph! Well, Then I'll be tougher!" Dawn shouted with pride, sitting back down on her log she used as a chair.
The whole group laughed and another casual conversation began. Most of it was about where to head next, which route to follow, the same old for those who travel through the Sinnoh Region.
"Now use slash!" A familiar voice commanded. Out in the distance was no other than a particular ruthless trainer and Ash's rival, Paul, training his Weaville.
"Hey, Paul!" Ash shouted, hoping to get his attention.
"What do you want?!" He snapped, in his usually monotone, returning his pokemon without even acknowledging it in the process.
"I thought maybe we could have a-" Ash began
"–A Battle!" Dawn completed Ash's sentence, enlarging one of her poke balls as she did so.
"Oh? The girl wants to battle?" Paul smirked, suddenly becoming interested.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT MY NAME IS DAWN! YOU LITTLE-" Dawn, once again, exploded. Brock was quick to react, however, by shoving his hand over Dawn's mouth before she could say anymore.
"Wait. What?" Ash asked confused, completely thrown off by Dawn's outburst.
"Is that okay with you Ash? You said I needed practice." Dawn stated.
"Um, sure I guess. Who knows? It might be fun seeing Paul lose to a girl!" Ash laughed, Paul glared angrily at him.
"Whatever." Paul said, enlarging one of his poke balls.
Dawn smiled in glee, she had won.
"But let me tell you Dawn," Paul smirked, putting extra emphasize on her name. "I highly doubt this battle is going to even last a minute."
"I know it won't!" Dawn smirked, sticking out her tongue in the process.
"Then let's do this and get this over with." Paul stated, obviously annoyed that he has to partake in a worthless battle that would benefit him in no way what so ever.
"My Pleasure." Dawn teased. Just once, she would like to shut that guy up. Just once, she wanted to show him that any pokemon could be strong. Just once, JUST ONCE, she wanted to show him…that she wasn't just so…worthless…
-----Meanwhile-----
In the deep density of the forest, a huge green orb materialized, causing all of the forest pokemon to stare in awe. The orb shimmered away and in its placed stood The Rampager II. All of the small pokemon scurried away as the huge machine rampaged through the forest.
"We did it, Celebi is ours. All the years of waiting finally paid off!" Damar said as he looked onward towards his crew.
"Team Galactic will be pleased, I ensure you the reward will benefit." The mysterious praised, her features still encased in shadows.
"It better!" Damar cringed as he dug his nails into the armrests of his chair, his bandana almost concealing his eyes.
"Did that girl make the trip?" The woman asked.
Damar pushed a button that appeared on his armrest, causing a small screen to surface. The screen was a black and white surveillance that showcased the tube that was on the exterior of the vicious machine. It showed a small girl banging hard against the glass frantically, tears whelming up in her eyes. Celebi was tugging on the sleeve of her dress, trying to calm her down and hopefully, not hurt herself.
"She'll only be a nuisance to our plans." The woman warned.
Damar gravely nodded. "Dispose of her immediately." He commanded one of his grunts who nodded as well. The grunt pushed a blue button, and the woman looked on at the screen, eyeing the girl. It was best this way…It truly was.
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"UGH! No! Mommy, Daddy! Help!" Sakura cried, banging even harder on the glass. Her small hands were bruised and her pink dress was more than ever covered in dirt, her face stained with tears.
"Bei…" Celebi comforted as it put its arm on her shoulder.
Sakura recalled and sat down, tears whelming up until she was in a full-blown crying fit.
"Lebi!" Celebi gasped at Sakura's tears. She was sitting there, her eyes closed, crying in complete hysterics. Nothing would comfort her; her father was gone, her mother was gone, her mother was crying.
'SAKURA!!!!'
Her mother's words still rang in her head, causing more hot tears to escape through her cerulean eyes and roll of her cheeks. She had done this to them. If she had just stayed with her family, if she had just listened to them, she would still be in her mother's arms…she would still see her father's smirk, she would still be with her loving family. She still would be happy.
Celebi tried it's best to comfort the small five year old. It pulled its face to make silly faces, popping out of no where, playing peak-a-boo, and trying to do ANYTHING to make her feel better. Sakura, however, kept crying. All she wanted was her mother and father to be here. To tell her everything was going to be all right, to hear the soft melodic voice of her mother sing her lullaby…
"Our lullaby…" Sakura realized, her tears temporarily stopping. She traced her neck until she found the locket her parents had given her. She picked up the golden locket and opened it, causing the melody to play. More tears than ever raced down her eyes. Her cheeks turned red and tears blurred her vision, causing her locket to be just a golden blur in her hands.
"Mommy…Daddy…I'm sorry…" Sakura wept. Celebi looked longingly at her, feeling terrible for what has done to her, her family…
PLOP!
"W-What's going on?!" Sakura screamed. The tube, like a bubble, separated into two.
"Lebi!" Celebi cried as the bubble Sakura was in moved away from the Rampager II and the one it was in stayed in its place.
"Lebi! No!!" Sakura shouted as she extended her hand out, hoping to grasp it. Celebi did the same, but Sakura floated further away, causing them to miss.
Celebi's bubble morphed back into the original tube-like capsule and Celebi fell back with a thud.
"NO!" Sakura cried as her bubble drifted away from The Rampager II. Celebi pounded against the tube, hopeless. Sakura began to pound on her bubble hard with her hands. Suddenly, her bubble popped and Sakura fell hard on the muddy ground.
"Lebi!" She called after Celebi, stretching out her hand.
"Bii!" It shouted, the machine pulling it away. Celebi kept shouted out for Sakura but its voice soon dimmed as The Rampager II pulled deeper into the forest.
"LEBI!" Sakura called one last time, her voice echoing throughout the entire forest.
"…Why…" Sakura cried, clenching her locket hard in her small grasp.
The pokemon who were hiding from the evil machine appeared from behind the bushes and trees, overlooking remorsefully at Sakura.
"…I'm sorry…Mommy…Daddy…I'm sorry!" She sniffed, her silent tears falling to the ground. Her long lavender hair was now messy, her cerulean eyes were red with tears, and her dress was now completely filthy.
"I'm…sorry…"
Sakura held her locket tight to her heart and envisioned her father and mother smiling at her, extending their arms out to her…
Sakura closed her eyes, letting the tears flow. This was all she had left now…All she wanted now was to just go home…
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"Was it taken care of?" The woman asked sternly.
"Yes, she won't be any more trouble." Damar smirked proudly.
"Excellent." The woman said, glancing over at the surveillance where a lonely Celebi laid, crying. She looked back towards where the grunts operated the controls and the head window of the machine.
The woman kept her eyes head on, supervising the team's work. One could say that a small glint of sadness reflected in her eyes…
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"This will be a one on one battle!" Brock declared as he stood in the middle of a large field near the camp site. Ash sat, excited, on the sidelines with pikachu on his shoulder. Paul stood on one end of the field, completely bored out of his mind. Dawn on the other side, however, was pumped and determined to win.
"Here we go! Piplup! Spotlight!" Dawn exclaimed as she tossed a poke ball in the air.
I've been looking for a driver who's qualified
"Ursaring, Prepare for Battle!" Paul shouted as he threw one of his poke balls in the air.
So if you think that you're the one step into my ride
Both pokemon came out in a blazing white light. Ursaring came out, ready to fight. Piplup came out happily, jumping around like no tomorrow.
I'm a fine-tuned supersonic speed machine
With a sunroof top and a gangster lean
"That's your pokemon?" Paul smirked, commenting how Ursaring easily overpowered a mere Piplup.
So if you feel me let me know, know, know
"Yeah! And it's going to win!" Dawn shouted across the field.
Come on now what you waiting for, for, for
My engine's ready to explode, explode, explode
Paul simply smirked. Dawn furrowed her brows in annoyance.
So start me up and watch me go, go, go, go
"Then I guess I'm the first move." He said, caring less. "Ursaring, use Hyperbeam!"
"Dodge and use bubble beam!" Dawn shouted.
Got you where you wanna go if you know what i mean
Got a ride that smoother than a limousine
Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights?
If you can baby boy then we can go all night
Piplup dodged the fiery blow and attacked. Ursaring, still recharging from the attack, took it.
"Yes!" Dawn cried.
"Not quite." Paul smirked as Ursaring recovered and rampaged towards the small blue pokemon.
"Now, body slam!"
"Urrrr---riing!" Ursaring cried as it tackled the pokemon, causing it to fall back in pain.
"Piplup! No!" Dawn yelled, "Quick! Blind the field with bubbles!"
Cos I'm 0 to 60 in three point five
Baby you got the keys-
Now shut up and drive
(drive, drive, drive)
Shut up and drive
(drive, drive, drive)
"Lup?" Piplup tilted its head in confusion but obeyed its trainer's orders. Piplup jumped up in the air and twirled around, causing bubbles to blind the field.
"W-What's going on?" Ash asked.
"Hmm, that's very clever for Dawn. She's using the distraction to sneak up behind Paul and catch him by surprise." Brock explained for Ash.
"Oh, I see." He agreed as he focused his attention back to the field.
"Pika…" Pikachu agreed along with its trainer.
I got class like a 57 Cadillac
Got all the drive but a whole lot of boom in the back
You look like you can handle whats under my hood
You keep saying that you will boy I wish you would
Paul grinded his teeth. He couldn't see Ursaring or the field. This was bad. This was very bad.
"Keep using Hyperbeam!" Paul shouted, determined to not let Dawn win. He was completely careless for his pokemon's condition; all he wanted was to win. Badly.
So if you feel me let me know, know, know
Come on now what you waiting for, for, for
My engine's ready to explode, explode, explode
So start me up and watch me go, go, go, go
"Keep surrounding the field!" Dawn shouted as she praised Piplup for its work.
BAM
BAM
BAM
Ursaring kept using Hyperbeam mindlessly, hoping to hit the small pokemon. The brown pokemon did not even stop to recharge.
Got you where you wanna go if you know what i mean
Got a ride that smoother than a limousine
Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights?
If you can baby boy then we can go all night
"Now Piplup, Clear the air!"
The bubbles then popped in the field, revealing Piplup standing faithfully by Dawn's side. Ursaring, however, put half the field in holes, especially around itself. It panted and was bruised from all the hyperbeams.
"I see…Dawn used it as a diversion to dig up the field." Brock mentioned from the sidelines.
Paul stood there, shocked. He had fallen for her trap, her stupid little trap!
"That's it!" He shouted, "Hit Piplup straight on!"
Cos I'm 0 to 60 in three point five
Baby you got the keys-
Now shut up and drive
(drive, drive, drive)
Shut up and drive
(drive, drive, drive)
"Just stand still!" Dawn simply said, Ash and Brock stood there with their jaws open. She was really going to take the attack?! That would be an instant KO!
Ursaring charged up another Hyperbeam and blew it at Piplup.
"3..." Dawn began, Piplup patiently waited.
"2…" Piplup dropped some sweat, and Paul smirked.
"1…Now Piplup! Use Bind!"
"Pippp-Lup!"
"WHAT?!" Paul yelled as the beam hit Piplup, the blue pokemon glowed and sent back the attack at full power. It hit Ursaring full on and flew it into a hole.
Cos you play the game, got what I got (Get it Get it)
Don't Stop It's a sure shot
Aint no ferrari huh boy I'm sorry
I ain't even worried
So step inside and ride
(ride, ride, ride, ride, ride...)
So if you feel me let me know, know, know
Come on now what you waiting for, for, for
My engine's ready to explode, explode, explode
So start me up and watch me go, go, go, go
Dawn winked at Paul and Paul looked at her, he was mad, extremely mad.
Got you where you wanna go if you know what i mean
Got a ride that smoother than a limosine
Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights?
If you can baby boy then we can go all night
Cos I'm 0 to 60 in three point five
Baby you got the keys-
Dawn glanced over and saw Paul standing there, furious. As she looked at him, only one thing stood in her mind:
"God, He's so cute when he's mad…"
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Sakura slowly walked through the forest, whimpering with each step she took. She was cold, hurt, and afraid. Tears still were falling from her eyes but not as hard this time.
"…Maybe if I keep walking around, I'll run into the Park. Then I can go home and find mommy and daddy!" Sakura spoke to herself quietly. That little bit of hope was the only thing keeping her from complete hysterics.
"Gaa…"A voice from behind her echoed. The very sound sent chills down her spine.
"Huh?!" Sakura cried as she spun around, only to find no one behind her. There were also no footprints imprinted into the ground either besides hers. Nervously, she turned around and kept walking. A cold air breathed against her neck, causing her to walk faster. The air was soon followed by deep breathing, Sakura started to run.
"Leave me alone!" She cried, obviously scared. She turned around to see again no one. Sakura whimpered to herself and turned around, only to be licked right up her face. Her muscles froze and her face twitched. She looked to see a Ghastly right in front of her face!
"AHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed, pushing ahead of the ghost pokemon and began desperately to run to a light facing out of the forest.
"GHASSSTLLLY." The pokemon hissed as it followed the poor girl with delight. Sakura hated ghost pokemon, she HATED them. She always had and always will. She kept running, her heart pacing.
"GAAAA!" It cried, breathing cold air down her neck.
"NO!!" Sakura cried as she shoved past the last few remaining trees, running into the sunlight. The pokemon recalled towards the sun and floated away but Sakura was not aware. She kept running with her eyes shut from fright, and kept screaming, hopefully to scare the pokemon away.
She was completely unaware that she was running straight towards the cliff.
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Ursaring stood on a small plot on land completely surround by a huge ring of holes. It was trapped, plus it didn't help it was completely weak from all the attacks it put on Piplup. To make matters worse, Dawn had filled all the holes with water to prevent it from escaping.
Paul stood there, annoyed. Ash has never beaten him yet, but he was going to let his little companion beat him?!
"Piplup!-" Dawn began, excited that she was going to finally beat Paul.
"Mommy! Daddy! Help me!" A cry cut her off. Instantly, Dawn's body froze. Something came over her and she glanced over at the cliffs where the voice came from. A small girl was running straight towards the cliffs and she wasn't stopping! At this rate, she would fall!
"-Return!" Dawn commanded as she returned her blue pokemon, right in the middle of battle.
"What the hell-"Paul began but was cut off by Dawn running right past him.
"Dawn?!" Ash and Brock called out in unison.
"Pika?!" Pikachu cried out.
"T-The girl! I have to help her!" She cried as she ran to the cliffs. She didn't care anymore. When she heard the cry, everything else didn't seem so important anymore. All she wanted to was to help her, to save her. She couldn't help it, she felt like she had to.
Sakura continued to cry until she lost her footing, her eyes widen and her tears instantly stopped. The heel of her foot slid and she found herself falling backwards towards the valley below, off the cliff.
"Gotcha!" Dawn yelled as she grasped Sakura's small hand just in time. Dawn slumped forward as she held the girl by the hand. Sakura dangled off the cliff, the only thing keeping her up was Dawn's hand.
"D-Don't l-let go!" Sakura whimpered as she held on for dear life.
"Don't worry! I won't!" Dawn panted, still exhausted from the run. Unfortunately for Dawn, her arms were too weak to hold herself up and Sakura suddenly became very heavy. Her body tumbled forward as well but was caught by something around her waist.
"Stupid girl!" Paul shouted as he restrained his arms around her waist, keeping both Sakura and Dawn from falling. When he saw Dawn running, at first he was going to walk away and say the battle never happened, but when he saw the girl in trouble something came over him as well. Somehow, emotions he buried deep inside him resurfaced and he too ran to help her. For a split second, the young girl was all he could care for.
In a normal situation, Dawn would be bright crimson by now, having Paul hold her like this. But now all she cared for was keeping the girl safe, and that's all the matters. She held on tight to Sakura's grip. Sakura kept whimpering, crying out every time Dawn's grip would loosen.
"Guys!" Ash and Brock yelled after, running up to the trio. The ground underneath Paul suddenly crumbled, causing him to fall forward as well.
"Dawn! Paul!" They both shouted.
"Pika Pii!"
Dawn lost her grip and fell forward, causing Paul to as well. Ash and Brock ran up to them in fear, but they were too late.
They could only watch Sakura, Dawn, and Paul fall hopelessly down the deep and dark valley below…
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Omg, that's like the LONGEST chapter I've written, ever! Woah, Cliff-hanger! I really liked this chapter because it's when Sakura meets Dawn and Paul! Okay well, she didn't technically meet them yet but you get the idea. I apologize if the battle was a little suckish but I thought it was okay, at least when I read it. Shut up and Drive by Rihanna seemed to fit good with the scenario and I love that song! So that's why I picked it. Please review and see you next time!