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Let me just say that I am taking this fic in a more serious direction and I am thankful for your constructive criticism.
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CHAPTER 4
"Hey guys did we leave food out last night?" Gold asked. They were still walking down route 29 together.
"We don't have any food, remember?" replied Crystal. She looked sour as always.
"You're never gonna forgive me about me about taking you along are you?" Gold was starting to get angry with her. All she ever did was complain. As long as they were traveling together, the least she could do was enjoy it.
Hiro sensed the tension between the two and tried to change the subject.
"Why do want to know Gold?"
"Because there was a Phanpy in our campsite this morning and-"
"Where is it now!" Crystal shrieked. She was actually looking excited for once.
"I take it you like Phanpys, huh?"
"How could I not, they're so cute!"
"Sorry to disappoint you but I already caught it." The smile faded off Crystal's mouth and turned back into her sour scowl again. The group quieted down again. They had reached the outskirts of Cherrygrove city a day earlier then expected.
"Dang! How'd we get here so fast?" Gold cried. "I thought it took two days to get here."
"Whatever, lets just go in-"Crystal stopped dead in her tracks. She just stood in front with her mouth wide open. Gold looked in front of her to what was so amazing, but didn't see anything jaw-dropping fascinating. He stretched his hand to touch her shoulder.
"Hey, why'd you- DAAAH!" Purple lightning shot from Crystal's body and into Gold's arm. He fell to his knees and felt the red liquid release from his arm. Hiro turned Crystal around to face him; at least what he thought was Crystal. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head; leaving only the white parts and some veins. She smiled; a sinister smile that only, a Gengar could pull off...
"Gold! Crystal's possessed by a-"
"Gengar. Shadow ball." A blonde haired woman stepped from behind a tree. Gold took one look at her and automatically denounced her a she-devil. The red eyes, the black dress, how couldn't she be. Crystal formed a dark glob in her right fist and shot it at Hiro's middle section. The force of the attack sent him flying into a nearby tree; instantly knocking him out.
Gengar pulled itself out of Crystal's body and next to the woman. She pat it on the forehead for a job well done. Gold rushed to Crystal's side and helped her stand up again.
"EWW! You got blood on me!" she said disgustedly.
"Focus Crystal." Gold pointed to the unconscious Hiro and then to the unnamed assailant.
"Are we in a battle or something?"
"You are now." A familiar red- headed kid stepped from out of the shadows. Silver took a pokeball from his belt and threw it to the ground. In a flash of white light; a purple dinosaur-like pokemon appeared. Spikes ran down its entire back and tail. It roared and sent shock waves through the ground.
"I believe you have something that belongs to Silver," said the woman.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Gold exclaimed. He barely knew the kid; how could he have taken something from him?
"I was talking about that Phanpy of yours." She gave him a smirk and felt shivers down his spine.
"How did you know about Trunks?"
"Its useless Karen, he already named it," Silver replied. "I don't care anyway. But I say we fight them anyway." Nidoking stomped the ground.
Gold looked at him bewildered. "Why would you want to fight with us? We didn't do anyth-"
"Horn attack!" Nidoking charged at the two. Gold pushed Crystal out of the way and ran to the side. Nidoking kept on charging and was heading straight for Hiro.
Crystal threw a pokeball in front of Nidoking. A Chansey threw itself in front of the monster. Chanseys weren't built for that kind of impact and so it collapsed next to Hiro. Gold was fed up with this and tossed out his pokemon. Trunks came out and flapped its ears enthusiastically.
"Use tackle!" The mini elephant rushed toward the Nidoking. Unfortunately for Trunks, Nidoking swat it into a nearby tree with its tail. The enigma known as Karen sadistically.
"You were right, Silver! That thing wasn't worth our time."
Gold ignored her and called back his Phanpy. He then threw a second pokeball; which contained his Pyro. Pyro slumped down to the ground; it was still worn out from last night's battle against the Houndooms.
"Pyro get up and use smokescreen!" Pyro was to weak to get up. Nidoking smacked the ground; sending Pyro back into Gold's arms. "Damn..." His first battle had ended badly.
Karen's eyes almost popped out of her head when she saw Pyro.
"Silver, that's the pokemon that interfered with our plan last night." She took three pokeballs off her belt and sent them at Gold and Crystal. In moments; Gold, Crystal, Pyro, Chansey, and Hiro were cornered. They were surrounded by Gengar, Nidoking, two Houndooms and an Umbreon.
"Not good..." Crystal said. She was stepping backwards into her Chansey. She was almost in tears. She looked at Gold who was staring at the dark pokemon nonchalantly. "Gold move back, those things are gonna kill you!"
"Relax, I know what to do," he said. At least, he hoped he knew what to do. He didn't want to scare Crystal even more. He stared into Umbreon's bright red eyes' which matched his master's. Karen was laughing at them devilishly and Silver was only mildly interested at their expense. The five pokemon stepped toward the group.
"It's all over," Crystal thought. The tears came and she crouched beside her Chansey; waiting for death.
"We who are about to die say TELEPORT!"
Abra appeared behind Gold and engulfed the group in blue light. He clapped his hands and teleported the group. Karen stopped laughing when she saw all five of her pokemon collide into the tree in front of them.
Meanwhile...
A familiar green cloud dropped all six of the travelers out of the air. Gold sat down on the grass and clutched his arm. It stopped bleeding but it still hurt badly. Crystal came over to him and did something Gold didn't expect. She hugged him around the neck (a little to tightly).
"Thank you Golden Boy, Thank you!" she kissed his cheek. "I thought we were goners, how can I ever repay you?"
"BY LETTING ME BREATH!" Gold gasped for breath as she let go of him. "Why'd you call me Golden Boy?"
Crystal blushed and said, "It's your new nickname Golden Boy, don't you like it?"
"I do," Gold blushed too. He couldn't believe that they hated each other yesterday; it felt like they were friends forever.
"Guuuuuh... wha... what the fk happened to me?" Hiro asked. He was examining the hole in his shirt caused Gengar/Crystal's shadow ball attack.
The group made camp again after telling Hiro the whole story. Crystal had fallen asleep next to Chansey and Chikorita while Gold and Hiro were sitting across from each other with a tree stump in between them.
"We need to find out where Abra teleported us. Let me borrow your map, Hiro."
"No." He looked angry for some reason.
"What are you talking about, don't you want to know where we-"
"Are you just going to pretend that we weren't attacked or are you gonna do something about it?" He glared at his friend disbelievingly.
"Quit playing games and besides Crystal and I were attacked, you were lying face-down in a pile of dirt! Now give me the stupid map!" Gold was losing patience. He almost died that day and didn't want to relive it.
"What's the point of me giving you the map, huh? We could get attacked by a stronger and more ruthless opponent like Silver and wind up with both ourselves and our pokemon dead, lying face-down in the dirt then what do we do!" Gold never really thought of it that way. But then again not a lot of people were going to kill him.
"Hiro no one's gonna kill us out here, you're just being paranoid. And if someone actually tries to hurt us we'll be stronger next time."
"We have to get revenge on those two and if we don't leave now we'll never get as strong as them!" Hiro yelled.
"I don't care about revenge; I just wanna get to the next town."
"Well I do care about getting stronger with or without you!"
Hiro picked up the little things he had and left without another word. Gold felt the rage go through his entire body. He didn't know why he was angry; their fight barely made any sense.
"I hope you get eaten by an Ursaring!"