Chapter Seven: Let's Party!

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We give you... Chapter Seven: Let's Party!

Pikachirate's Point Of View

It was morning and the Crew was sitting at the breakfast table. I was talking to Chansey. She spoke a sentence I didn't want to hear. "You are too stressed, Captain. Maybe you should go rest in your room." She saw my objection, and continued with a soft, demanding voice. "Blastoise could take over the command for a while?" she suggested.

At that exact moment Blastoise came in. "What are you talking about?" he asked. Chansey answered before I could.

"I think the Captain needs to relax a little." She was nodding her head a bit.

"I know what we should do," Blastoise began. "We can throw a party!" He said it as if it was the best idea of the Century. "Then we can celebrate the Princess's kidnapping, because she… she… she is the sunshine of our lifes!" he finished, glad to have found a reason for the party.

I glared at Blastoise for saying such nonsense, but Chansey clapped her hands together in joy. "That is a great idea! I wonder why we've never done that before!" she said. Probably believing that Blastoise's idea was the best idea of the Century.

I answered with my first thought. "We never threw a party, we won't now and never will. By the way, we've never kidnapped a Princess before, so we couldn't have thrown a party at all."

Their faces fell at my – truthful – comment, but their eyes lit seconds later.

"We're going to vote! Even the Princess can vote, but you can't," Chansey said. But I'm the Captain! And this is my ship, and my rules, so I am the only one that can vote.

Chansey ignored my circle of thoughts, and started to speak. "Attention, please." All eyes were on her. "We are going to vote for a party. Those in favour, raise your hand." All hands raised, even Ditto's hand.

"I got Veto-right! I'm against it!" She couldn't ignore me, I'm the Captain!

She answered me. "I'm sorry, Captain, but as your nurse, I have to say that you're in no condition to vote. The party is your medicine." I couldn't go against it. Why did I let her stay at the ship again?

Everyone was working on the party. I wasn't, so I went to my room.

I opened the door… and WOOSH.

There were, like, thousand balloons. Where did they come from?

I heard someone grinning. It was Mew - of course – who else would get balloons on a ship on short notice?

I saw that Mew was jumping from balloon to balloon… I felt a current running through the air, and there was something yellow…

The Pichu Princess was buried under the balloons. I had to save her, otherwise Blastoise would throw a 'Party' with the Theme 'Death by Balloons'.

Mew was waving with a sharp sword – inches from my face – and pointed towards the Princess. She had planned this all along.

I took the sword, and hit some balloons with it. The Princess was panting heavily, and looked at me with eyes that said 'Thank you'.

I knew what I had to do, so I sighed. "Pichu, I owe you an apology. I just didn't get enough sleep last week, so I was… a bit cranky."

I started slashing some more balloons. Just because I can. "Do not hurt the balloons. They got nice colours," The Princess said. I stopped. She continued. "Where are those balloons for, anyway?"

I grunted. "We're throwing a party, to celebrate your kidnapping." She looked surprised.

"Whose idea was it? That is not a reason to throw a party," she questioned.

"It doesn't matter whose idea it is." I said. I didn't want to betray Blastoise nor Chansey. She was still panting. "Let's get you some fresh air." We went up to the deck.

That was when shock came.

"What have you done to my ship!" I jelled. There was a fire at the centre of the deck. Don't they know that's dangerous? And there were several, fluffy, pink things covering the railing of the ship. It looked ridiculous.

The young Squirtles heard my reaction. "But that are the stuff all parties have," Amy said.

William finished the sentence. "Why can't we have the party-stuff?" Party-stuff? Really, no one knew what it was?

"How would you know, you've never been to a party." I snapped back. I was surprised by William's reaction. But I was focused enough to see the problems on my ship. "Now, put out that fire."

"But, Captain..."Amy started. I interrupted her.

"Put out that damn fire!" the Squirtles started putting the fire out, listening to my every word.

I sighed, and pinched my… nose bridge – I don't have one – and closed my eyes.

Pichu began to speak. "Why are Amy and William using Bubble Beam on a Ditto…?" She was puzzled. I didn't even realize that Ditto was the fire, but who would?

I sighed. Why was my Crew crazy? She continued speaking. "Did the Ditto transform into me?" Her eyes widened by the realisation. She was quick.

I answered the unasked question. "Ditto likes to transform into things, Pokémon… He is the back-up. If we need an item or someone to infiltrate, or a second nurse, Ditto transforms in it." She looked at me with interest. I was giving some valuable information away about this ship and its Crew. I had to be more careful with my words.

She smiled. "Thank you for putting your trust in me. I am no longer feeling as a hostage, even if I am, so, thank you." I made her smile. That was an accomplishment.

Our moment was ruined by party attributes. All the balloons were now on the deck, and many, many more party items.

"Let the party begin!" Chansey said in a loud voice. Everyone was cheering – it was their first party – and was jumping. They looked around soon, because there was no music.

"Where is the music?" William began.

"There's no party without music," Amy finished. Everyone stared at Ditto, who was chit-chatting with Mew. They could talk with their hands, tails… and weird body-movements.

Ditto understood soon enough, and transformed in an instrument. I was shocked. It was my instrument – hidden, deep in the closet, but still hidden – and I suspected a certain Mew to have shown it to Ditto.

The guitar came my way – it was hopping and saying 'Ditto! Ditto, Ditto!' – and stopped right in front of me. The Princess observed the instrument. She said her question out loud.

"Do you use your electricity for the sound?" She was quick to catch on to that. Not many knew that from first sight.

I grabbed Ditto and nodded. "That's right. Are you familiar with the technique?" I started to play, and the Crew started to jump up and down. They were even asking each other for a dance.

"I have read about it in some books, but I did not know it was possible," she said in an admiring tone. Ditto was humming along with the music, giving it a nice background sound.

Chansey was dancing with Happiny, Esmeralda, and Chatot. I saw Blastoise dancing with Blastoise on the other side of the deck, and Amy and William were running around them. Sneasel, who steered the ship, was dancing with Buneary. They all seemed… relaxed. I guess I didn't give them enough time off…

Oh, and Mew was flying in front of us, all the while communicating with Ditto. It was not easy to play on a guitar who wanted to hop away. But I still played flawless.

Pichu and I sat for a while, maybe an hour, or even longer. I was playing the music, and she was listening intently, while watching the sun set.

Buneary tapped my shoulder. "Do you mind if I play one song? That way, you can have a dance on the deck," she said. I was glad it wasn't my guitar. I wouldn't have given it to someone else otherwise.

"Can you play it, then? I mean, you can't use electricity for the sound…" She waved my excuses away.

"You know, just like I know, that it works fine without the electricity. The sound will be a bit softer, but the song is supposed to be soft." She winked. I gave her Ditto, and saw that Buneary put something on the strings, making them shorter.

I couldn't let the Princess sit all party long, so I asked her for a dance. "Pichu, do you want to dance with me?" Her green eyes looked at me, and I saw her blush for a second. She stood up – still wearing her white dress from when she was kidnapped – and took my hand.

Buneary started to play. I could hear Amy, Happiny and Chansey sing, with a voice telling all the emotions in the song. I remembered that the song was called 'Sweet Goodbyes' from Krezip.

We were dancing around the deck slowly – I didn't really know how to dance – but I managed to make a round on the deck. Probably because Pichu knew how to dance, and made sure I didn't make big mistakes…

Pichu began talking to me, so I paid attention. "Thank you for the dance. I really enjoyed it." She was staring at her feet, uncertain to meet my eyes. "It was also my first dance with someone, so I will remember it." Her first dance? But she danced like she never did anything else!

"Your first dance?" I raised an eyebrow – or some skin in my case – and stared at her.

She met my eyes while answering. "Yes, I only knew the theory about the dances from books, but I never performed one." She got all the information from books. I got all my information through experience.

Buneary gave Ditto back. I thanked her for giving me a dance, and played again. Pichu and I talked for a few minutes. Our conversation ended when she said: "I am sorry, but I need to go to bed. Goodnight and sleep tight."

She left, and I was glad that Chansey and Blastoise threw the party against my will.

Gengar

I was a young, little Gastly, and had to infiltrate in other countries. It was easy, and my experience grew. I became a Haunter because of it.

My superiors gave me more and more work. I had to steal, too. It was easy, since my evasiveness was one of the best.

A year went by. I got a reputation, although no one knew what I was. My nickname was 'The Invisible Thief'.

After a while, I got a mission assignment. To steal a life. I didn't protest. I went, but when I stared in the eyes of the little Eevee, I couldn't do it.

A failure meant fired.

So I started taking jobs as a mercenary. I travelled all over the country and sometimes over sea. Until one day I met a Buneary who hired me as a trainer for three months.

I worked hard on the ship, and the three months were over in no time. I really liked the ship and all the people on it, so I decided to stay.

He was the one who could not take an innocent life
After being the thief, he was in no need for mischief anymore
Now he is free, free from the sin

Never would he go back to that life again

Now he would try to make Kami forgive his mistakes

By doing the right thing
By helping ending the war

And never hurt anyone ever again

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