So here is chapter three of this (hopefully enjoyable) Pokémon fanfiction…I need a better intro I know

So basically Orchid and Flametail are supposed to head over to Old man Whiscash's place for some answers. Emphasis on supposed to.

Hope you guys like it! Oh and sooooooo sorry for the really long delay in updates…..T_T

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. I do own this fanfiction that I hope you will read and enjoy.

Chapter 3: An onion….

We continued onto the path outside tiny woods, a beautiful lush green sight to behold. There were flowers all along the ground as we walked, the grass still had droplets of morning dew on its blades, the trees rustled in the soft breeze, and the smell of fresh foliage enveloped the entire area. I have seen such places in books but never in real life-

"Orchid! What are you doing?" Flametail called out to me all of a sudden and I stumbled into a tree trunk. I hadn't realized how close I was too it….for my eyes were closed while I smelled the fresh scents in the air.

"Oh…..you know…..sniffing a tree…." Flametail looked at me, a concerned expression on his face.

"Maybe it's just me but…I don't think that's even a grass type Pokémon thing to do…" he sighed and I could feel my face getting hot. The one friend I had and he probably thought I was being a complete weirdo. I didn't want to be a bother to Flametail, but it's hard to communicate with him.

"What are you staring at it now for?" his voice broke me out of my thoughts.

"Oh….it….the bark….." I paused to think of what to say. Flametail raised his eyebrows.

"What about the bark?" he walked over closer and put his hand on the tree trunk. The shade from the leaves created a shadow over his face, making him look even more dashingly handsome.

"Well? Are you going to answer my question?"

"O-oh! The bark here….its uh….very healthy. This whole forest actually. I've never seen nature like this before…truly astonishing."

He nodded his head slightly and continued to stare at the tree.

"Yeah…I guess I never noticed it before. Then again when I'm out here I don't really have time to just relax and enjoy the scenery. I've always got things to do." He slowly moved his hand from the bark and placed it on the back of his neck. He seemed a bit uncomfortable.

"Oh…I see. Well, if you ever get the chance to have a day off…maybe you could come out here to enjoy yourself. Even fire types can enjoy this landscape. I'm sure of it!"

Flametail turned towards me and smiled, one of his sharp teeth sticking out the corner of his mouth. He softly ran his fingers through my dark-green hair, pulling out the knots as he did so. It was a little embarrassing, but also comforting at the same time.

"I'll keep that in mind. But first, we need to figure out how you got here…how you came to this completely different world before we can assess my love for the trees."

He had a point; we still didn't know why or how I got here.

"Okay! Let's get going!"


The path continued straight for a very long stretch. Along the way we didn't encounter any Pokémon, which was very strange as the forest was a perfect place to build a home. Flametail didn't seem concerned about it though, so I kept the thought to myself. At the end of the path a large clearing opened up; there were no trees anymore, only a massive grassy field that stretched out in all directions.

"Man! Tiny woods may be small but the path to get out of there is huge!" Flametail shot small embers from his mouth and sighed, almost in a sense of triumph it seemed.

"Are we almost to our destination?"

Flametail turned towards me and nodded vigorously.

"Yeah! The base is just over this hill."

"The….base?" I wasn't sure what he was referring to.

"You know, the rescue team base! Where we discuss our next missions and-"he paused.

"Wait….I keep forgetting. Just disregard everything I just said. I'll simply show you what I mean."

"But what about going to meet Mr. Whiscash?"

"He can wait!...I mean if you're willing to wait….." just as he had done before, Flametail awkwardly placed his hand on the back of his neck.

"Sorry…that was insensitive. Visiting a rescue team base, when you don't even know what that is, is unfair to you especially with your…condition."

"No. I don't mind actually! You seem very passionate about it so that must mean this base is very important to you! Besides it was never your duty to help me in the first place. It's the least I could do Flametail!"

He grinned and grabbed my arm. Shocked, I stumbled forward a bit almost falling to the ground.

"Thank you thank you thank you! Onward to the base!"

Flametail dashed ahead, practically dragging me along with him, reaching the top of the hill very quickly. The slope wasn't too large so it was easy to climb, not that it would have stopped Flametail anyway.

"Look! Just up ahead!"

From the view at the top of the hill, you could see a town off in the distance to the right, vast lands of wilderness of all different kinds to the left, and in the middle of it all, there was a small plot of dense shrubbery. It was specifically cut off from the rest of the land, so I assumed that must have been the location of the so called base.

Flametail had only taken a second to pause and observe the scene before he darted down the hill yet again.

"Flametail! Wait!" unfortunately I didn't realize that was the wrong time to call him; Flametail was running so fast down the hill that when he suddenly tried to stop and turn around, he tripped and lost his footing, tumbling down the rest of the way.


"FLAMETAIL!" thankfully I wasn't as far behind as I thought, and managed to make it down the rest of the hill to make sure he was okay. I found him lying in a charred bush at the very bottom of the slope. He had a few leaves in his hair and a few scratches, but not too injured.

"Flametail….I'm so sorry….I shouldn't have-"

He suddenly blew out a small puff of smoke in my face.

"Don't worry about it! Was my fault anyway for getting too excited, you know? However…" he slowly got up and dusted himself off as if nothing happened.

"We've reached our destination!"

"What?"

"We've reached the rescue team base! Its right behind those trees! C'mon!"

….and he dashed off yet again. The road to the base seemed oddly disheveled, as if the grass had never been cut before. The trees were also thicker and more rustic looking then the beauties we saw in the forest…

"Where exactly is the base again?" I wasn't very sure on exactly how these rescue bases worked, but I'm sure if you wanted business, that you wouldn't have your headquarters so far back in the shrubbery.

"We're almost there! Just push through this grass and-" he raised his hand and his claws sharpened out.

"Scratch attack!" he cut through the rest of the grass with ease. I followed quickly behind him and saw…something. It was large, circular, an off-white color and very….filthy.

"Is…this it?"

Flametail turned to face me, his eyes lighting up with excitement.

"Indeed it is! I know the front doesn't have a door, the grass is a little tall, and it needs a new paint job, but the fact that its here…and its ours is just phenomenal!"

"Ummm….."

It really wasn't a sight to behold…at all. However I couldn't bring myself to tell him how awful it looked. So I kept quiet. But I did wonder, who else he meant when he said ours. I had a feeling he wasn't referring to me.

"So…who else lives here? Is it just you?"

He puffed out a bit of smoke again.

"Oh, no one lives here…that's probably why we haven't gotten to remodeling it yet. I mean…fixing this place up is supposed to be Royal Blue's job, but hes so lazy and unreliable that I don't expect anything anytime soon."

"Royal Blue?"

"Hes my partner, a totodile. And my friend of many years…" he didn't seem to happy as he described Royal Blue. I wouldn't be too happy either looking at this base. As a matter of fact-

"Hey Flametail. Don't take this the wrong way but…..your rescue base looks a lot like-"

"An onion?"

"Yeah…an onion…"

"Yeah. That was our only choice of a model. Everything else is way too expensive and we don't have much to put in it anyway. I guess you could say we didn't really care what it looked like, we just wanted a base."

"But, don't people come here for business?"

"No. When you take a rescue job, you go into town and to the bulletin board next to the Pelipper Post office…but of course you don't know what that is either."

"you're right."

Flametail nodded and we stood in silence for a bit. I just couldn't help but stare at the base and feel a bit sad at the sight.

At that moment I knew what I should do.

"Hey Flametail…can I stay here for the night?"

He looked down towards me, question in his eyes.

"But, don't you wanna go see-"

"I'm just tired…so I'd like to rest for now…would that be okay?"

Flametail shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

"If that's what you really want, that's fine I guess. Just…stay out here a bit so I can clean up a space for you to sleep."

"Ok!"

He went inside and came out after a few minutes. He was a little dusty but still very adorable.

"Just…don't laugh…"

I couldn't help but chuckle.

"And then she laughs."

"I'm sorry, you look so funny!"

Flametail sighed, but a smile was on his face so I could tell he didn't mind. He handed me a sheet of paper and explained how to work the basic facilities of the base, and that he'd be back to check on me in the morning.

"Are you sure you'll be ok on your own? I mean…..I could….you know….stay here with….you."

His faced turned a deeper shade of orange for a second as he looked away from my gaze. Such odd social habits the creatures of this world had…

"I'll be fine. And thank you for all you've done."

I waved goodbye as he nodded and made his way out.

When he came back in the morning this base would be a new place!