Chapter III: Beach Party!
(A/N: Just a short notice, when the Pokemon speak, I'm just going to have what they say, and then the direct translation of it so I don't have to put "Pi Pikachu (trans: yada yada). But just a Pi Pikachu (yada yada). Until then, please enjoy Chapter 3)!
Norman and Brendan returned to the beginning of the gym, and in no time sooner, May and Wally returned to the gym as well.
"Hey look you guys," the guy named Wally said while giving Norman the Slakoth back. "I caught a Ralts, and it was all thanks to you, May and Norman," he said while pulling out Pokemon with a light green head, a single red horn coming out of it's head, no eyes, and was pale all over its body. Brendan pulled out it's Pokedex, and pointed it to the little Ralts.
"Ralts, the Feeling Pokemon." The Pokedex started. Ralts senses the emotions of people using the horn on its head. This Pokemon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition."
"And I caught a new Pokemon too," May said cheerfully while pulling out her new Pokemon. It was pink on its back, but white on it's stomach, along with a pink point on top of its head, one yellow point before its nose, two on it's backside, yellow eyes, and many legs. Brendan pointed his Pokedex to the Pokemon in front of May.
"Wurmple, the Worm Pokemon." The Pokedex started again. "Using the spikes on it's rear end, Wurmple peels the bark off of tree's and feeds on the sap that oozes out. This Pokemon's feet are tipped with suction pads that allow it to cling to glass without slipping." The Pokedex finished.
"Aren't our new Pokemon gorgeous?" May asked Wally while they both held both of their hands together like most girls do, and gave the anime smile.
"Yeah they are," Wally said while they started to laugh. Norman and Brendan did the famous anime sweat drop.
"Dad," Brendan whispered to his father. "I think that Wally guy is gay."
"Don't say that," his dad whispered back at him. "He's more like a sissy." He finished.
"Yeah, I'll go with that," Brendan said out loud. When May and Wally finished laughing, a man walked in.
"Well, I guess I'll talk to you guys later," Wally said while going to the man.
"Bye Wally," May said to him. "I'll see you later!" Wally and the man left the door, and from what Brendan heard, they were off to Verdanturf Town.
"Well Brendan," May said. "Should we head over to the Pokemon Center? We need to find a place to sleep."
"My dad said that we can sleep here," Brendan said. "But if you want to pay a fee of 200P to sleep there hey, be my guess…"
"So Norman," May said quickly. "Where do I sleep?"
"We don't have to worry about sleeping yet," Norman said. "Right now we need to worry about dinner." He said with a smile. Ironically after those words, Brendan and May's stomach's grumbled loudly.
"Your right," Brendan and May said in unison. So, one of Norman's chef's, Edward, cooked them up a dinner of pork chops, mixed vegetables (corn, peas, and carrots), beef stew, and flavored onigiri (rice balls). For dessert, there was a big bowl of vanilla pudding, and a nice chocolate cake. They decided to let their Pokemon come out to eat as well. They had a dish of Ed's famous Pokemon food, a few berries, and Pokemon stew. And all of this was prepared in 45 minutes. Brendan took these Pokedex entries of his father's Pokemon (Vigoroth, the Wild Monkey Pokemon. The evolved form of Slakoth, Vigoroth is always itching and agitating to go on a while rampage. It simply can't tolerate to sit still for even a minute. This Pokemon's stress level increases if it can't be moving constantly.
And the other one: Slaking, the Lazy Pokemon. The evolved form of Vigoroth, Slaking spends all day lying down and lolling about. It eats grass growing within it's reach. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this Pokemon reluctantly moves to another spot). Afterwards, it was dinner time. Brendan filled his plate up with a serving of all of the food, and got the beef stew and pudding in a little bowl. Norman did the same, and May just got two rice balls, some beef stew, and mixed veggies (no pork or dessert). While they were all eating (Brendan was wolfing down his food), May and Norman had a conversation on May's goal.
"So Brendan tells me that you want to compete in the Pokemon Contests in Lilycove City," Norman said to May while the noise of Brendan eating, excuse me, wolfing down his food was in the background.
"Yes," May said. "I heard that there used to be at least 4 Contest Halls, but they replaced three of them for some, Battle Tent or something." May said in slight disappointment.
"Oh don't worry about it," Norman said while a pork chop bone flew over his head. "I know that you'll do great in the contest." He said while dodging another bone. "I'm sure they'll have a lot of frequent contests in the Lilycove City," he said while dodging a random bowl that Brendan accidentally slapped. "Brendan," his father said. "Eat like a normal person."
"But dad," Brendan started, while he had some rice and veggies in his mouth. "I'm not normal, remember, the hair?" he said while swallowing what was in his mouth, and gobbled some more.
"Wow Brendan," May said while drinking some of her drink. "You sure can eat," she said in slight disgust. All of a sudden, there was a loud cry outside, and Muddy came flying over to the screen window, and slid down, leaving slight sludge marks on it. and now, let's see how this odd occurrence happened real quickly. (Note: the Pokemon scene is taking place while Brendan, Norman, and May are talking to one another).
"SSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK (a yawn)," a gigantic gorilla like Pokemon said from outside and just finished its food. It was Norman's Slaking, who lied on its back and headed to sleep. Other than that, Wurmple and Slaking fell asleep (Wurmple slept on Slaking stomach), Vigoroth and Mudkip were discussing and sharing battle techniques, and Torchic and Seedot were discussing what they think's going to happen between May and Brendan.
(The following discussions are the Pokemon talking, all translated into English, so the human beings reading this story can understand what they're talking about).
"Hmm…that was a pretty good strategy," Vigoroth said while moving back and forth. "But maybe if your trainer had you tackle the tree and have the seeds fall off, they wouldn't have had a head on collision from your offensive attack, therefore, he could have caught the Seedot, without them being mad at you all." Vigoroth finished.
"That's what I said." Mudkip lied. Moving over, we see Seedot and Torchic discussing what will happen to Brendan and May.
"Personally, I think that they'll make it as a couple," Torchic said. "Whenever Brendan's head stops being so big. You saw how he wasn't thinking when he faced you and your family today, right?" it finished.
"Totally," Seedot said. "But I'm not to sure on them going out though, they seem like they're really good friends. And if they do manage to get together, well, lets hope that I evolve by then." Seedot said.
"Just to let you know," Torchic said. "I heard that Brendan's thinking up of a nickname for you." It finished.
"Really," Seedot said excitedly. "Oh goody, I wonder what kind of nickname he gives me! Maybe Seedy, or or or, oh I can't think of one, but hopefully he can," Seedot said quickly. Now we go back to Mudkip and Vigoroth with the battling techniques.
"How about we have an all physical attack battle," Vigoroth asked.
"Sure, why not," Muddy said. They got into battle poses, and Muddy made the first move. He went full a full fledged tackle, but Vigoroth dodged, and used it's Fury Swipes attack. It hit Muddy once, but he was alright. Then Muddy attacked with Tackle again, and got a hit. But Vigoroth flew over and hit Slaking and Wurmple, the sleeping ones. Slaking yelled a cry, and started using Fury Swipes everywhere. Everyone else was able to dodge the attack, except Muddy, who went flying over to the window, smacked it really hard, but wasn't able to break it, and slide down slowly, along with little pauses during the sliding.
"Thanks for that," Wurmple said while Slaking lied back down and it got back on it's stomach.
"Yeah, sure." Slaking said. "I haven't done a good attack like that…" he yawned. "…for a while." He said while the gorilla and the worm slept again.
Back to normal
Norman and Brendan stood up, and ran outside to see what happened. Brendan grabbed Muddy, and everyone saw Slaking get on it's back, and Wurmple on it's stomach, and all the other Pokemon were hiding behind Vigoroth, who was in the fetal position himself. It seemed that all the Pokemon finished their dishes, and it also looked like a pig sty.
"I think it would be smart if we returned the other Pokemon," May suggested.
"Yeah, good thinking," Norman and Brendan said in unison while taking out their Pokeballs, and returning their respective Pokemon…
Brendan couldn't sleep that night. He looked up at the ceiling from the bed he was on, and couldn't get his mind off of that guy he despised (A/N: no he isn't gay). He never even got his name and yet their heated rivals. It was really weird, but Brendan had to keep his mind off of it somehow. He then turned to his side. Then he thought of the Hoenn League.
"So it's going to be a tournament this year huh," Brendan thought to himself. "Well, I'm gonna win the tournament, and become a Pokemon Master," he said while smiling. "But those Elite Four guys," he thought while his smile turned into a look of curiosity. "What kind of Pokemon do they wield, how powerful are they, who won the title last year," Brendan thought to himself.
"And what about back in Goldenrod?" he thought while images of his cousin, Whitney went into his head. "I wonder if I'll ever see cousin Whitney again," he finished while turning to sleep…
The next morning, Brendan woke up at around 6:45 a.m. and did the usual wake up, brushed teeth, washed face, brush hair (even though it took him like 45 minutes to find the damn bathroom), and put on his clothes. He made sure that everything he needed was in his bag, and all of his money was set with him, he was going to need the cash for some stuff to buy at from the Pokemart in town.
"Lets see," Brendan said. "I already have about 4 Pokeballs left, I will need some potions, probably a Super Potion or two," he said while making a mental note of it. "Oh, I'll also need to call mom on my new Pokegear…but I don't have the number to home," Brendan said while doing the anime frown. "Hey, maybe dad knows it." he said while smiling again. Brendan packed all of his stuff, and headed to (where he remembered to be) the kitchen. There, Norman was eating a nice breakfast, and the chef was just finishing his food.
"I'll leave the father and son alone, I will," the chef said while leaving.
"Morning dad," Brendan said while walking in and getting a plate and some food.
"Hello son," Norman said while (after he and Brendan looked to see if anyone was watching) gave Brendan a hug. Brendan and his father are real tough guys, and they don't like it when people see them. If it's his mom, it's okay. Brendan's known this fact since he was a little kid, and understood without question. "So how are you?"
"I'm good, just haven't seen May around here," Brendan said. "You think she's lost?"
"Naw," Norman said. "If she is, then I'm sure Ed would help her. Then he leaned in and whispered to his son. (A/N: I have nothing against girls, but I do have something against them taking too damn long in the shower. You know what I mean my sisters name that will remain confidential. But I love girls overall.)
"She's probably taking hours to wash her hair just right," he whispered. Brendan laughed out loud, and then whispered something back at his dad.
"She's probably making sure her hair is perfect. Not a milli-inch to short or to long, or she'll stay locked up in the room she slept in for months." Brendan said. Brendan and Norman laughed loudly for a few seconds, until May walked in.
"Here's the kitchen." She said happily. May was fully dressed, and fully packed it looked like. "I needed to find you guys, and thanks to your laughter, I found y'all," May said. "So what was so funny?" she asked in curiosity. Thinking quickly, Brendan thought up of a joke.
"Hey May," he asked. "Why was 6 afraid of 7?" he asked.
"Um…I forgot why," May said.
"Because 7 ate 9," he said while elbowing his father. Then, both of the guys burst into false laughter.
"Whatever," May said while grabbing a plate and some food. While they kept laughing, Brendan kicked his father to stop. They all ate breakfast together, and then Brendan and May were off.
"Brendan," Norman said while walking them to the door. "If you want to take the Hoenn League Challenge, you need to sign up for it in the Pokemon Center here." He said. "And when you do, the first gym leader of yours is in Rustboro City. The Gym Leader's name is Roxanne." He said.
"Thanks dad," Brendan said. "Anything else we need to know before May and I head out?"
"Yes there is," Norman said. "If the gym leaders in here know who you are, don't worry; it's because they know that you're my son." He finished.
"That's vital," Brendan said. "Because if you didn't tell me that, I'd think that they were stalking me or something." Brendan said. "Oh, and mom says to hurry up and come home to see the new house. And may you tell us the phone number to our new house?" Brendan asked almost forgetting. Brendan received his house's number, and swapped numbers with May ("Looks like you got you some PokeGear as well," she said).
"Tell your mother I'll come home as soon as Christmas," "They all said their final good-byes, and then they headed over to the Pokemon Center (they found it in 5 minutes this time). When they walked in, they saw the kid once again; having his Treecko out and they were playing patty cake together. Brendan decided to strike while the enemy was weak.
"You know," Brendan said while walking over to them. "Pokemon are supposed to be trained to battle, not to play patty cake," Brendan said while smirking. The boy blushed in embarrassment, returned Treekco into its Pokeball, and stood up.
"Listen kid," he said while glaring at Brendan. "I don't even know your name, and you don't know mine. How about we just give each other our names, turn around, and leave it at that…"
"What are you a sissy or something? Brendan asked with that smirk still on his face. Then Brendan mocked what the guy just said in a mocking voice. "How about we just give each other our names, turn around, and leave it at that? God, your weak, no wonder you play patty cake with your Pokemon." Brendan said while turning and walking away. May went up to Brendan while he still had the smug look.
"Uh, Brendan," May said. "I think you should take that comment back. That was pretty harsh back there…"
"No," Brendan said. "He doesn't know how to train Pokemon if he plays Patty Cake with them."
"Maybe he was being more friendly to him by playing patty cake…" May said, but was cut off by Brendan.
"We'll finish this conversation later." Brendan said while they got to the front desk. "Nurse Joy?" he asked. "But I thought you were down in Oldale Town…"
"Oldale Town," she said with a puzzled look on her face…"
"You told me that you were um…you know," Brendan said.
"I was what," she asked.
"That um…time for girls." Brendan said. Nurse Joy gasped, and slapped Brendan right across the face.
"You are nothing but a stupid pervert," she said. A huge red slap mark developed on Brendan's face.
"But that's what you told me," Brendan said getting pissed off.
"The Nurse Joy in Oldale Town is my third cousin," Nurse Joy said angrily. Then she got a paper towel, and wet it. "Here," she said while whipping his cheek off. "It may not be much, but it should help. Anyway," she said while getting back to her cheery self. "What may I help you two with," she asked.
"Um," Brendan said while pulling out Seedot and Mudkip's ball. "These two Pokemon need to be healed, and I was wondering where can sign up for the Pokemon League."
"Over there," Nurse Joy said while taking Brendan's and May's Pokeballs to heal them. Brendan looked at where a Nurse Joy pointed to, and saw a big sign in big red letters: HOENN LEAGUE SIGN-UP SHEETS.
"Makes you feel pretty stupid huh," May asked. Brendan just shook the question off, and headed on over to the sign up sheets. He signed his name (Brendan Maple), but then saw a name just before his. Seth Anderson. Which struck a thought in his mind, was that the guy who Brendan hates? Brendan shook off another question (a shocker) and went back to May and Nurse Joy.
"No, the sign-ups for the contests are in the Lilycove City Contests Hall," Nurse Joy said while Brendan returned. He decided to take advantage of May and the question he knew that she'd ask.
"Makes you feel pretty stupid huh," Brendan asked. May's face turned red, and held a fist up at Brendan.
"Don't make me pull a Nurse Joy on you," she said.
"Um…she slapped me, not punched me." Brendan said while enjoying the anger on her face. Nurse Joy gave the two trainers their Pokeballs back.
"Your Pokemon are in full health," she said while breaking up the argument.
"Thanks," they both said in unison. Before heading out, Nurse Joy stopped the two.
"Before you go," she said. "I warn you that the next obstacle after Route 104 South is the Petalburg Woods. Please be careful." She said.
"Don't worry Nurse Joy," May started. "I'll make sure Brendan here doesn't get raped by a bunch of bugs," she finished with a grin.
"Hey," Brendan yelled while they both turned to leave the center. This little argument went around for a while, until they got to a building with a blue roof. "Anyway," Brendan said. "I need to go by some stuff here in the mart, wanna come with," he asked dully.
"No, I'll just wait out here," May said. Brendan headed on into the shop, and May leaned on the building in waiting. All of a sudden, the guy Brendan hated came around the corner, and grinned at May.
"Hey there," he said
"You're that guy that Brendan hates. Get away from me," May answered.
"But I propose an offer for you," he said while putting one of his hands right by May's face, doing that trap thing that guys do to girls.
"Come with me on my Pokemon Journey, and I'll promise you a guy who will make all of your fantasies come true. Because I'm gonna be yo love machine," He said. (A/N: Yes ladies and gentlemen, this guy has NO game whatsoever)
"Look, you have no game whatsoever (A/N: like I just said), and besides, do you have any sleeping gear just in case we have to stay in a tunnel or the forest, all I see is some little tote bag your holding." May said while pointing to the tiny bag that he had in his hands. "Do you have any food, could you protect me if I needed you to? Are you a soldier?
"It holds my Pokeballs and stuff, no I don't, but we can buy some, yes, and I don't like and don't want to go in the military," he answered.
"Look, what's your name?" May asked.
"Seth Anderson," he answered.
"Okay Seth," she asked. "I take back what I said earlier. Instead, get the HELL away from me," May finished.
"Oh come on," he said while getting a begging face. All of a sudden, the door opened, and Brendan came out, eyeing May, Seth, and the position they were in.
"Wow May," Brendan said. "Were you actually making out or were about to make out with this sissy…"
"I am not a sissy," Seth yelled while getting his arm off the building.
"No," May said. "This guy has absolutely no game, no girl wants a guy who says that he's gonna be their "love machine." "May said while doing the finger quotation mark. "That is so 1990's." she finished. Brendan was laughing now.
"Dude, you are weak," Brendan said as he and May turned and walked away, out from Petalburg City…
It was about 10 minutes till they officially left the city (it left their sight). Brendan and May had to take a short walk to get what (the map on their Pokegear said) Route 104 South. And that Route 104 North was just above Petalburg Forest. When they got to this route, Brendan battled two more trainers, a youngster who had a Tailow and a Seedot (like Brendan's, only Brendan's was more experienced) and a Rich Boy who went by the name of Winston.
"Go Zigzagoon," the Rich Boy said (this is in the middle of the battle). "Use your Sand Attack once more," he said. Zigzagoon grabbed some dirt from the ground, and threw it at Brendan's Mudkip.
"Muddy, dodge and use you're Water Gun," Brendan commanded. Mudkip dodged some dirt that came for him, and blasted a Water Gun at the Zigzagoon, knocking him out. "Yeah, we won," Brendan said.
"Mudkip (alright)!" Mudkip said.
"Wait Winston," Brendan said while taking out his Pokedex and pointed it at the knocked out Zigzagoon.
"Zigzagoon, the Tiny Raccoon Pokemon. Zigzagoon restlessly wanders everywhere at all times. This Pokemon does so because it is very curios. It gets interested in anything that it happens to see." Brendan's Pokedex finished.
"Zigzagoon, return," Winston said while returning the raccoon Pokemon. He dug into his pocket, pulled out a roll of cash, and handed Brendan what looked like 1400P. "Here's the reward money," he said while Brendan took the money and placed it all in his wallet. "It looks like I still have to train harder to defeat a trainer as good as you," he said while turning to walk away. "Oh and one more thing." He said. "Just down that hill is a nice beach, maybe y'all can go relax," he finished.
"A beach," May said with those sparkles going in her eyes. "Oh, I want to go to the beach."
"Good thing I decided to pack my trunks," Brendan said with a smile. "I can use a little relaxation. Come on May, lets go," he finished. So they both went down this hill that Winston told them about, and saw the beach. Ironically, there was a porta-potty that was pretty wide so they could change in it. The two trainers released their Pokemon, and had let them go play on beach. Mudkip and Seedot ran for the water (Mudkip to swim, Seedot to collect water to drink), and Torchic and Wurmple stayed to make a nice sand castle Brendan went took off all of his clothes, covered "down there" with his bag, and put his swim trunks on, all in a matter of seconds. His trunks consisted of black and dark red on them. He kept the headband on, and jumped in the water with Muddy. May went to go to the porta-potty to change, but the sign on it read a warning on it.
TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SWIM: IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A PISS, OR HAVE A SPECIAL PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "MUD BUTT," PLEASE COME USE THIS DAMN MINI-TOILET, AND NOT THE WATER. USING THE RESTROOM IN THE WATER IS TRIFLING, AND UNCALLED FOR. SO PLEASE, GET OFF OF YOUR ASS, OR TOWEL, OR OUT OF THE WATER, AND COME USE THE TOILET IF YOU GOTTA GO. NOT THE WATER PLEASE. THANK YOU.
May read the warning in curiosity on who in the hell wrote it. But then she just shook off the question, and came in.
"At least it doesn't stink in here," May said while starting to change…
"Hey Muddy," Brendan said while pulling out struggling to get a fish. "Come help me get this fish from out of the water so it can be dinner," Brendan said. So for the next few minutes, Brendan and his Pokemon Muddy were stupid enough to try to catch the fish Brendan saw. Brendan dived for it, and it ended up swimming away before Brendan landed in the water with a loud SLAP! He belly flopped into the beach water, it hurt like hell, and the worst part was, the fish was long gone into the ocean. Brendan stood up, and saw that his entire stomach was very pink.
"Oh come on," Brendan yelled while Mudkip was laughing. All of a sudden, the sound of a familiar voice came from behind them.
"Hello guys," May said while she walked out. She was wearing a two piece swim suit, that was red and had two white Pokeball symbols at the chests. Her small, sexy stomach was also visible, as she set up a rental umbrella, a chair to sit on, and put two white towels beside Brendan's bag. "You're towel's by your bag Brendan," she said. Seedot stopped sucking ocean water, Torchic and Wurmple thought she looked beautiful, Mudkip smiled at her, and Brendan made sure that that his all of his body below his belly button was under water, and it wasn't because of his pink stomach (A/N: for all stupid people, think real hard on what most guys attempt to hide when they see a hot girl in a bikini). May noticed this, and grinned because she thought of a nice plan.
"Brendan," she asked. "May you come on over and rub suntan lotion on my back," she asked him seductively. Brendan started to shake, but then noted an important factor.
"Hey," he said. "You didn't even rub any on your body," he said with a suspicious tone.
"Um…" May said. She thought that her plan was ruined, until she thought of a backup plan. "I did in the bathroom," she said. "Why are you making sure that your waist and everything below it is underwater," she asked while grinning.
"Um…" Brendan said while his face turned as pink as his stomach. "Because I can," he said.
"Okay then, stand up," May said.
"Why do I have to listen to you," Brendan said as something on his body started to decrease.
"I just want to see something." May said while she started to rub suntan lotion on herself.
"Hey," he said. "I thought that you put suntan lotion on in the bathroom," Brendan said suspiciously again.
"I lied, duh," she said. "Anyway, stand up," she said. Brendan stood up, and looked as normal…
They had their fun on the beach until about 8:30 p.m, which it was starting to get darker. May and Brendan decided to sleep on the hill, just in front of the beach. Brendan bought a fold out tent that was black and red, and was pretty wide. It was the shape of a house though, not a normal tent. Brendan also bought crust less PP&J sandwiches, along with cans of chicken and veggie soup. Along with a big bag of food for the Pokemon.
"Now we don't have any bowls for you guys," Brendan said while showing all four of their Pokemon the bag. "But I bought paper plates for you guys." He said while pouring each of them a paper plate of Pokemon food.
"Torchic, chic (this is pretty ghetto)" Torchic said.
"Seed, Seedot (naw, more like cheap)," Seedot answered Torchic.
"Mudkip Mud (hey, at least it's food)," Mudkip said.
"Wurmp, Wurmple, Wurmp (yeah, what Muddy said, I guess)," Wurmple said.
"Oh, your welcome you guys," Brendan said while putting the bag up and starting to eat the food with May (and totally clueless on what they said, but he assumed that they thanked him).
"So you bought all of this at the Pokemart," May asked him.
"Yeah," Brendan answered. "So what were you and that guy talking about while I was inside?"
"Well, he asked if I leave you, and decide to go with him. I actually considered it, until the love machine part. That threw him off so much," she said.
"Did you get his name?" Brendan asked.
"Yeah, it's Seth Anderson, or something like that," May said while biting into her sandwich. The rest of their dinner was silent, just the sound of food being eaten. Then, Brendan cleaned up all of the food remains, throwing away cans, wrappers, and paper plates. Brendan and May returned the Pokemon, put on their PJ's (May changed in the tent, Brendan behind a tree), and they had to sleep in the same tent), took out a sheet so they don't sleep on grass, a nice wool blanket as well, pillows (Brendan bought 1 from home, he bought May the other one), and they both headed off to sleep…
Well, Chappie 3 folks. I'm sorry that it was so long, but I'm trying to put it all the detail and stuff, plus making sure that I make plenty of stuff for you to read while I type the next Chapter. Please R&R,that would be most appreciated J Next Chapter: The Horrors of Petalburg Forest aren't Scary!