Me: Finally! Chapter 8! :3
Mr.001 - Thank you~ :3
Leadasdragon - WHERE IS MITSUNARI?! I NEED HIM FOR THE CHAPTER! And yeah, you are the only one voting. :/
Mitsunari: *Has duct tape around his mouth and is stuck in a closet* MMPH! MMM!
Everyone else: ?
Mitsunari: *writes on a piece of paper and holds it up*
Paper: HELP ME!
Me: Oh...OKAY! :3
Aiko: Gemstone Gal doesn't own pokemon.
Akio: Read, review and enjoy! XD
Chapter 8 - Sick with No Cure?!
Aiko was rushed to a nurse for a quick checkup.
"She'll be fine, but only if you can find the cure by tomorrow night. You need to find several Rawst berries, Oran berries, Pecha berries, and some Enigma berries." The nurse said.
"Enigma berries? But those are so rare!" Oichi said.
"Exactly. But there should be a hidden bush of it, like there is in every Kingdom. Rawst berries, Oran berries, and Pecha berries should be fairly easy to find." The nurse said. "The Enigma berries will take a long to find, so I suggest you get the other berries first so you can spend as much time as you can looking for them."
"Alright. Let's split up so we can find it quickly, but we'll start tomorrow morning since it's getting a bit late." Akio said, looking at the dark sky.
"Before you go, I must tell you that if you don't get the cure by the end of tomorrow, her power will enclose her in that element, in this case it's ice, and she will be in a coma until she gets better, which may take a very long time!" The nurse said.
"Then we better look now." Akio said. Everyone nodded. "Split up. And make your pokemon send an attack in the sky, once if you find several Oran berries, twice if you find Pecha berries, three times if you find Rawst berries, and four if you find Enigma berries." Akio ran off, his three pokemon following. Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori went another way, while Oichi, Hanbei and Kanbei went a third way.
Akio, Kuro, Razor and Lemon looked around the back of the Castle. Lemon was flying overhead, seeing if she could spot anything, but there was no luck. Akio had already found several Oran Berries, and Kuro had sent a shadow ball into the air. Akio used the ninja lessons both he and Aiko had received as seven-year-olds. He jumped from tree to tree, skimming the terrain as he did. He stopped when he saw thunderbolts from the sky.
'Must be Hanbei and his Pichu.' He thought. He counted how many there were. Two. So no need to find Pecha berries anymore.
Oichi waited as Hanbei ordered his Pichu to use ThunderShock twice. Once they were done, they kept looking. She was playing with a wild Charmander, which seemed to have a sensitive sense of smell.
"Ugh...where are they?" Hanbei mumbled.
"Rawst berries might've been easier to find in Ignis, but we can't go there at this hour." Kanbei said, seeing the moon was getting higher into the sky. "It's almost midnight." Oichi saw a Rawst berry on the ground.
'That won't do us any good...but maybe...just maybe...Charmander can lead us to where it came from." Oichi thought.
"Hey Charmander, could you do me a favor and lead us to where that Rawst berry came from?" Oichi asked softly. The Charmander nodded and ran off. Oichi followed, Kanbei and Hanbei did, too.
When the Charmander stopped, they had found a Rawst berry bush.
"Thanks Charmander!" Oichi said. Cue the golden light. Yup, Oichi and Charmander were now partners. "Well, now that we're partners, Charmander, use...uh...Fire Spin into the sky three times!" Charmander nodded and shot spiraling flames into the sky three times, signaling that the Rawst berries had been found.
Mitsunari, Kiyomasa and Masanori watched as fire light the sky.
"Probably Litwick. Anyways, we have to find the last berry left. The Enigma berries." Mitsunari said.
"That's going to take so long though!" Masanori complained.
"If we don't find it, Aiko will be caged in ice and in a coma until she gets better. And we probably won't have an army as good." Kiyomasa reasoned.
"Oh yeah. LET'S GO FIND SOME ENIGMA BERRIES!" Masanori shouted. Mitsunari facepalmed while Kiyomasa sweatdropped. Mitsunari scanned the area for anything unusual. His Scizor looked around as well. Masanori walked around a bit...until he fell.
"AH!" He screamed. Everyone(who was there)'s head turned to the spot where Masanori was standing...or used to be. Mitsunari looked where Masanori fell. There was a hole. He looked inside, and saw that there was a ladder that lead down. He cautiously went down, his Scizor flying down with him, and Kiyomasa followed after. When they reached the bottom, Mitsunari saw Masanori with his Skorupi on the ground with swirls in their eyes. He rolled his eyes but stopped when he saw what was in front of them.
"Scizor, fly up and use Hyper Beam at the sky four times! We found the Enigma berries!" Mitsunari ordered, his voice full of excitement. "And hurry! I need them to get here, now!" Scizor did as told, flying up.
Akio was looking around when he saw four Hyper beams in the sky.
"They found the Enigma berries! Let's go! Lemon, you know where!" Akio said, as Kuro and Razor each went to one of his shoulders and Lemon grabbed onto Aiko's wrists. For a young pokemon, she was very strong. Lemon flew as fast as she could to where the Hyper beams came from.
Oichi, Hanbei and Kanbei's eyes all widened when they saw the four hyper beams.
"Let's go!" Hanbei said, running toward the place it came from.
"Ah! Wait up!" Oichi said, running with her Jigglypuff and Charmander behind her.
"Geez, they run so fast. And to think Hanbei is older than me." Kanbei sighed. His Litwick gave him a weird look. He shrugged. "He is."
After about two hours of flying, Lemon let go of Akio as they were reaching ground. He landed softly on his feet, and let his partners get off of his shoulders before attempting to climb down the hole. Keyword: Attempt. Yup, right as he was about to go down, he bumped into someone. Her name starts with an O. I wonder who it is. Oh right! It's Oichi!
"Oww..." Akio said, rubbing his forehead. He opened his eyes to see Oichi on the ground. "Ah! Sorry about that!"
"It's okay, anyways, we should go down, right?" Oichi asked. Akio nodded.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Hanbei said, grinning. They all quickly climbed down.
"Good, you made it. We found the Enigma berries, finally." Mitsunari said. Everyone grabbed a berry, due to only being able to carry one so they can climb out, and gave another one to their pokemon and climbed out.
After about an hour of running, they eventually reached the nurse and Aiko. Ice was below Aiko and there was some starting to make a dome. She was sleeping with sweat dripping down her face, which was very red. They handed the berries to the nurse, and she began to make the cure.
"It'll take several hours to make the cure, so I suggest you get some rest." Several hours, however, might be too late. It was already around noon. Whether they made it in time or not was all up to how fast the nurse could make it. Akio decided to not rest and stay awake, watching his twin.
After four hours, Mitsunari woke up and saw that Akio still wasn't sleeping, but talking with Oichi.
"You need to get some sleep! What would Aiko say if she found out that you weren't resting because she was sick?" Oichi asked.
"I guess I will." Akio said.
"I'll watch her instead, and if something happens, I'll wake you up." Oichi said. Akio nodded and closed his eyes, falling asleep instantly.
"You go to sleep, too. I'll watch Aiko." Mitsunari said. Oichi looked at him in surprise.
"Are you sure?" Oichi asked. Mitsunari nodded. "Okay then. Wake either me or Akio up if something happens."
Another four hours passed. The cure was finally ready, and Aiko was almost fully surrounded in ice. The nurse gave her the medicine. All that needed to happen now was the ice to melt or disappear, then Aiko would get better.
Me: Yeah, another cliffhanger. *Dodges bullet* TOO SLO- *Gets hit in the face by a frying pan* Owwww
Aiko: -.-'
QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER: Pie. Comments? XD
FUN FACT: In Kanbei's episode, Hanbei states that he is older than Kanbei.
Akio: Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!