The Platinum Adventure
Disclaimer: Check the first chapter for disclaimers. This is fan fiction, not youtube.
Kenshin: Well it seems only a few people like the idea of a girl whose name sounds like cereal falling in love with a boy whose name means light. And here we thought people would enjoy the thought. Oh well…
Ester: His name means light?
Kenshin: Ester, get out of here! You're just going to pass out again.
Ester: No way Ken-chan. We are a couple!
Kenshin: Oh, why did Ten-san give me a sickly woman for a lover? I mean, I love Ester to death, but she could be a little bit more intelligent.
Ester: Intelligent? I'm an accomplished author, and princess of the diamond kingdom!
Kenshin: You mean the one Haou blew up?
Ester: KYAAHHH!!!! Ester lunges at Kenshin.
Kenshin: AH!! Start the fic!!
Journal Entry 2: Rotom and Those Weirdos Ripping Off Team Rocket
Lucas stares up at the possessed TV set in front of him, fear welling up inside of him. It fires a bolt of electricity at him, shocking Lucas to the core. Screaming in pain, he collapses on his back when it ends, coughing and gasping for air. With each breath he releases smoke.
'Now I know how that Ash guy feels…' He realizes in his mind. The black haired boy grasps a ball along his waist as he desperately tries to get up. "I choose…Blitz."
Lucas tosses his ball, releasing Luxio from its capsule. The electric Pokemon sparks with electricity as it growls, releasing its intimidate ability to lower the Pokemon's attack power. Lucas could only bring himself to one knee, glaring at the TV Pokemon.
The TV releases another Thunder shock attack, but this time Lucas was prepared. "Blitz use Charge!"
His Pokemon let's loose an aura of electromagnetic energy and takes the electric attack head on. The TV Pokemon presses on with its attack, increasing its voltage. But Luxio kept on charging. Finally the TV stops, and the Pokemon is brimming with energy.
"Now, counter with Spark!" The spark Pokemon rushes at the television set, tackling it while enveloped with electricity. The attack does little against it since Luxio only served to recharge it.
Now brimming with lightning Luxio is forced to back away, even knocking Lucas back to protect him from a lightning strike. "Oh, why did I think that would work?"
The TV Pokemon makes another squeal noise. Lucas returns Luxio to its ball. "Let's see…the Pokemon is using electric attacks so it must be one, but I have no Earth pokemon…wait, electricity will short circuit and blow up when exposed to water!"
Lucas rises back up and throws another Poke ball, Geyser the Buizel leaping out. "Geyser, use Water Gun!"
The water Pokemon fires a blast of h2o at the television, soaking it considerably. The TV sparks and releases lots of electricity, the face on the screen distorting and scrambling about in pain. Lucas returns Geyser to its capsule and runs away, just as the television blows up.
As the smoke clears up Lucas looks back to see that the TV is totally ruined, and a bulbous little sprite covered in water is on the ground slightly surging with electricity. "So it was a Pokemon! Go Poke Ball!!"
Without checking, Lucas throws a Net Ball, a Poke ball made for catching water and bug types, at the defeated Pokemon, as it reduces it to red light and absorbs it inside. The ball lands in its spot, the circular button beeping red every two seconds while shaking. After a full minute it stops finally. Lucas crawls over to the Poke ball, still feeling the effects of the shock he got before, and picks it up. As he does the ball flashes once more and surges with electricity. "What the?"
The ball then opens up to reveal the Pokemon inside floating before Lucas' face. "How can this thing escape a Poke ball?"
Taking out his PokeDex he scans the Pokemon, which is revealed to be Rotom. It's plasma Pokemon typed Electric and Ghost, explaining the Thunder shock it used against him. Under its text it says, 'Its electric like body can enter some kinds of machines, and control them in order to make mischief.'
"Never heard of a Ghost/Electric type before. Oh well." Lucas then looks down at the Galactic guy on the ground, just as Rotom leaves through the walls. Lucas takes away his Pokeballs and lifts him on his shoulders. He carries the unconscious villain outside the building, now certain he has solved the mystery of the Old Chateau.
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'Lucas…' Cheryl's thoughts constantly focus on the boy who went inside. After hearing a scream a few minutes ago she got so worried about him it pains her heart. 'I have to go in and help him.'
Just as she was about to overcome her fear she sees Lucas coming out the building with the bad guy over his shoulders. Her heart calms down and beats regularly once she sees that he's okay. But it starts up once again when he comes closer to her and Cheryl could see burn marks on his clothes.
"Lucas! What happened?" Cheryl asks the partially injured boy. Lucas drops the Galactic guy on the ground.
Forcing a smile he answers with, "I'm fine. Just got a little electrocuted."
"That's not something you smile about." Cheryl says, now glad that at least he's not in life-threatening pain. "But you're safe, and that's most important."
"Ah!" The Galactic man coughs, waking up finally.
Lucas and Cheryl were too busy staring at one another to notice him. He reaches for one of his PokeBalls, but gasps when he sees that there's nothing there. With no alternative in sight the Galactic grunt runs away to Eterna City, finally grasping attention from Lucas and Cheryl.
"He's getting away! Let's get him!" Lucas shouts, as him and Cheryl bolt after the grunt.
The two friends chase the grunt into the city, which stops before a rather large and showy building before running inside. Lucas and Cheryl stop before the building, totally out of breath. "He..went…inside.."
"Cheryl! Lucas!" The two of them turn to their right to spot Gardenia running towards them.
"Gardenia! It's about time!" Cheryl complains, now that her sister has finally arrived. "That guy went in that building!"
"So this must be their HQs. Now that my Pokemon are healed fully we can raid these bastards." Gardenia says, bailing up her fists.
"Yeah!" Lucas and Cheryl cheer at once.
The three trainers enter the building, appearing to the sight of multiple grunts both male and female. Just before they could do anything one of them approaches Lucas. "Hey Lucas, it's me!"
The member takes off his hair, which is a wig, to reveal him having black hair. Lucas mutters, "Looker?"
"Yup! I'm under disguise investigating this place, but I've been unable to get anything out of them besides that they steal other people's Pokemon. One of the Pokemon stolen belongs to the owner of the Cycle Shop." He explains, placing the wig back on his head.
"Well we're here to bust these guys up. Who's in charge here?" Lucas asks him, gaining the two sister's attention.
Looker cups his chin and replies, "I believe it's someone named Jupiter. You'll have to go to the top though."
Just as the three were about to make up a plan, Looker grabs Lucas once more. "But you'll have to look out; there are two staircases and only one should be able to reach her. But luckily the grunts here are pretty stupid so it should be easy to tell."
"Thanks, that should be helpful. Now here's the plan," Gardenia, Lucas and Cheryl huddle together to make their plan. "If these guys really are idiots then they'll no doubt bail if the leader is defeated. Lucas, I need you to cause a panic and gather everyone's attention. Me and Cheryl will head up to the top and take out this Jupiter person."
"What?" – Cheryl
"Okay, I can do that!" Lucas states proudly.
"But what if they outnumber you? Lucas, you and your Pokemon aren't perfect! You must have limits." Cheryl nags, showing a face of sadness.
"Lucas will be fine. After all this is the guy who defeated me." After hearing her words Cheryl still doesn't seem convinced, but she still had to trust them. After all, she's the only one without a major role in the plan.
Leaving the group Lucas goes in the center of the room, and sends out Monferno. Using an ember shot on the counter lady he gathers the attention of everyone in the room. Lucas is soon swarmed.
"Okay, now for the leader!" Gardenia grabs Cheryl and runs to the first set of stairs.
Cheryl pulls her back. "Wait, hold up! There are two sets. We have to find out which one is the real set."
Gardenia looks at the wall where the stairs are plastered on, and sees a motivation sign. "I think we found a clue."
And so the two sisters run up the stairs, their determination to stop Team Galactic as sure as water is wet. Cheryl looks down at Lucas with a worried expression. Gardenia pulls her along. She then tells her, "Don't worry. He'll be okay."
"Un." Cheryl and Gardenia continue their trek up to the top.
The two girls run up the stairs as fast as they can, following the motivation signs placed nearby the set of stairs. After going up two more flights they reach the top, which has a ceiling colored to resemble space. Walking beside the walls the two sisters meet a middle-aged man on the ground in pain.
"Are you alright?" Gardenia asks him running to his side. Cheryl follows behind, and sees a woman with bright lavender hair in a separate room. She seems to have a darker version of the Galactic clothes proving that she's one of them.
"Amazing; even the town's gym leader has decided to come for us." She says, turning around to face the two newcomers. "I assume you're here to rescue the Pokemon?"
Gardenia stands up and faces the woman. "You got that right. I don't know why you guys need to steal Pokemon, but no good deed can come from something like that!"
"Is that so? You may think that you can stop me because of your status, but the sad truth is you won't be saving anyone!" Jupiter shouts with as much spite as possible. She takes out a Poke ball and tosses it, releasing Zubat.
Gardenia takes out a Pokeball and sets out Turtwig. "Let's test that theory out!"
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"Aqua Jet!!" Buizel slams into a Zubat and a Stunky, knocking them both out. The defeated member returns his Pokemon back, conceding his loss. Buizel falls down after fighting, tired from having to do this constantly.
"Dammit. I can't keep this up." Lucas returns Buizel, soon realizing he is surrounded by the grunts of Team Galactic. They each jump him, pinning the boy down to the ground.
"Yeah, now you can't do anything!" – one grunt
"Take his Pokemon before he releases one!" – another one
Just before they could rob Lucas of his teammates an explosion bombs on the side of the building. The grunts and Lucas look up from where they are and see a red microwave with a hot glowing tint floating towards them.
"What the hell is that?" One of the grunts curses at the strange object.
The microwave releases a blast of heat at them effectively scaring them off of Lucas. Our male protagonist rises up from the floor to see his rescuer; looking closely at it he could tell it looked just like Rotom.
"Rotom? What is Rotom doing here? And what's with that form?" Lucas whispers to himself.
Rotom lands in front of Lucas, who stares at the Pokemon still in shock. The trainer gets up on his feet and looks down at the plasma Pokemon. He pulls out his Pokedex and scans Rotom, revealing a new entry with this form. "Wow. So it really can merge with other appliances, just like that Pokeball. But why are you here?"
Rotom makes a few more squealing sounds, trying its best to speak to Lucas. Of course he could only make out that it wants to thank him for something. "Well, thanks for saving me. I don't know what I would do…anyway, I need you to come with me."
The plasma Pokemon makes a confused squeal, then exits the microwave to float in front of Lucas. "My guys are too tired to continue. I need your help in case we run into trouble up ahead."
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"Skuntank, cover the room with Smoke Screen." Jupiter commands, jumping into a corner. Her skunk shaped Pokemon lifts its left back leg and releases a black fog from its butt, blinding Gardenia and Roserade from tracking their opponent.
In the few minutes Lucas has been battling those grunts Gardenia has been engaged in a tough battle with the third of the four Galactic Commanders. Due to her opponent having Poison Pokemon and her being a Grass type user she had a hard time beating even the Zubat, and is struggling with Skuntank, the evolved form of Stunky.
"Roserade, try to use Magical Leaf!" She commands, hoping her attack would instantly seek out the skunk. The leaves do reach it, but being part Poison it hardly hurt. The Skuntank then disappears within the fog, quickly appearing before the Grass Pokemon.
"Night Slash!" On Jupiter's words, Skuntank hacks and slashes at Roserade, knocking it out of the battle. The smokescreen clears away, revealing the winner to Gardenia and Jupiter.
In the sidelines Cheryl watches in horror. If Gardenia couldn't take her out then there's no way her Chansey would stand a chance. Jupiter and Skuntank approach Gardenia, who returns Roserade to safety.
"Well, well, it seems you're not as strong as you let on. Now, hand over your Pokemon to me now, or you might lose an eye." She orders the gym leader, who at this point couldn't do anything to stop her.
Cheryl runs up in front of Gardenia, taking out her lone Pokeball. "Cheryl, what are you doing?"
"Gardenia, run! I'll stall her!" She says to her sister, sending out Chansey.
"But, you won't stand a chance against her. She'll rip you and Chansey to pieces!" The gym leader yells back, not wanting her little sis to suffer for her weakness.
"I have to do this. I don't want to be a burden to you anymore. I want to be able to fight for something I believe in! You and Lucas taught me that." The green haired woman shouts, her determination shining brighter than the sun.
"Cheryl…" – Gardenia.
"Pathetic." Jupiter interjects, as her Skuntank crawls closer to the two girls. "It doesn't matter how much you want to beat me. Weak people will always be weak, and the same can be said for your Pokemon."
"I'll show you who is weak!" Cheryl yells, as Chansey joins her with a shout.
"I finally made it!" A voice shouts out, grasping everyone's attention. The bike shop owner, Gardenia, Jupiter and finally Cheryl look to the stairway entrance to see Lucas coming up with Rotom to his left.
"Lucas!" Cheryl calls out, happy to see that he's okay. She didn't even notice the boy's new companion as he walked closer to her.
Jupiter and Gardenia sure did. "What's that little thing? I've never seen a Pokemon like that before…"
"Oh this here is Rotom. This little guy lived in the Old Chateau where I went after that galactic guy. Apparently he must have been behind all the rumors." Lucas states, crossing his arms over his chest.
"So that mischievous little demon was the one that damaged that grunt that came in all out of breath and without a Pokemon. I thought he was just making excuses." Jupiter mutters to herself. She then stares at Lucas. "Now that I think about it, you are the spitting image of the description Mars gave me of the boy who crushed her back at the Wind works."
"Mars? Oh yeah, the red head with the Purugly." Lucas recaps about the time he fought against that woman back before he met Cheryl. "So what, are you going to fight for revenge?"
"I don't care for a weakling like her. But this is rather interesting; if I can defeat you then you're bound to stay out of Master's way." Jupiter then holds out her right hand, and Skuntank leaps after him.
"Rotom, use Thundershock!" He shouts, as his ghost Pokemon defends him with an electric bolt attack to Skuntank. It falls down in pain, apparently paralyzed by the thunder element.
"I-impossible!" Jupiter could only watch in amazement as her strongest Pokemon has been paralyzed by a recent addition to some kid's Pokemon team. Surely this is a joke played on her by the gods. She wasn't going to admit defeat so easily. "Skuntank, get up dammit! Do not let yourself lose to some snot nosed bastard!"
"Snot nosed what?" Those words got under Lucas' skin and pissed him off completely. Who wouldn't when some chick you don't know calls you a bastard?
Skuntank rises up to its feet and glares evilly at the floating ghost Pokemon. Being part dark it would have at least some sort of advantage, but due to the past fight it has been in victory won't be easy. Still, that won't stop it.
"Skuntank, take it down with Night Slash!" Skuntank takes off like a jet, ready to claw the plasma ghost to death.
The strike is successful on the enemy's part and Rotom falls to the floor in pain. Lucas runs to its side. "Rotom, are you okay?"
It makes a squealing noise, confirming its status. The Pokemon then floats back up and faces the skunk. Lucas begins to think, 'Rotom may have Thundershock, but he's still a ghost type. He can't take another Night Slash…what can cover that weakness for two strikes?'
Looking around the room, Lucas tries to look for an appliance that it can merge with. All he sees is a fan above, which may work. "Rotom, merge with that fan!!"
Following his guidance Rotom enters the fan, and detaches it from the ceiling. It then merges with it and the two become one. All but Lucas gasps in shock at the Pokemon's fancy ability.
"Now, use Air Slash!" Spinning its blades extremely fast the Fan Rotom releases a strong wind that blows Skuntank away. Multiple cuts appear on its body.
"Damn you…Use Night Slash!" But Jupiter's orders fall on death ears; Skuntank was suffering from being paralyzed.
"Finish it off with Thunder shock!" Rotom fires a bolt of lightning from its body and strikes Skuntank. This time it did not get back up.
"Shit…" Jupiter returns Skuntank to its ball, spouting tons of blasphemy.
"Lucas won!" Cheryl cheers, throwing a punch in the air. Chansey copies her action.
"Amazing. He's even better than I thought." Gardenia states her words with a smile.
The storeowner was just as astound.
"I guess I have no choice…you win. I'll return all the Pokemon stolen." Jupiter then tosses a case of Pokeballs inside, which must have all the Pokemon they took.
"Huh. Guess you're a person of your word. Thank you." Lucas says to her, picking up the case just as Rotom leaves the fan. It falls to the ground.
"It doesn't matter; we don't need them anyway. Our leader is studying the myths of ancient Pokemon, so common weak rats like your Pokemon won't change anything." Jupiter then takes out a tiny ball and tosses it to the ground, releasing a blinding flash of light. Everyone is taken off guard and blinded by the light. "This is your last warning to back out; the next time we meet you won't be so lucky!"
The light dies out, and Jupiter is gone. Gardenia tightly clenches her fists. "Damn. She's gone. I was going to turn that woman in."
"Well in the end we got back the Pokemon, and that's what's important." Lucas says, turning to his two friends while smiling. "Let's start returning them."
"Yeah!" – sisters
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"Alright everyone, come on in! Choose which Pokemon belongs to you and sign the release." Gardenia shouts, standing before the flower clock where all the Pokeballs that were in the case are, and the one Lucas took from that Galactic grunt. The rest of the Pokemon on him were released. A group of people there are picking up balls and checking to see if it belongs to them.
Outside the gym Cheryl and Lucas are inside the Pokemon Center, waiting for Lucas' Pokemon to be healed. Sitting at a table Lucas and Cheryl look at one another. "So, I guess it's time we leave now huh?"
"Yup. With Team Galactic gone we can continue onward to Hearthome City and the next gym." Lucas says to reply to her question. "We'll be leaving soon so we should tell Gardenia."
"Yeah. I hope this won't be hard." Cheryl mutters to herself. Due to being close to Lucas though he could hear her.
"Of course it'll be hard. After all you're the only flesh and blood she has. The bonds between you two will be hard to break." Lucas states, though he doesn't realize that it won't help her out at all.
"Yeah. You're right, but it's my life." Cheryl soon gains determination. "If she can choose to become a gym leader then I can travel the world with a sweet boy I met."
"…" He wasn't even going to say anything about her words. "Let's get going then. If she loves you then she'll understand that your happiness is at stake!"
"Lucas-hey, wait!" Lucas grabs her left arm and pulls her as he dashes to the Gym. On their way out the door they stop before the bike shop owner.
"Oh, it's you!" Lucas recognizes him, though he knows nothing about his job.
"Hey there. I just wanted to thank you for what you did." He says to them gratefully. "If it wasn't for you I would never have gotten Clefairy back. Although I find it weird that they just suddenly took her, claiming Clefairy came from space."
"Well it's no big deal." Lucas replies, scratching the side of his head and grinning sheepishly. "You don't have to thank me."
"The hell I don't! I want to show just how thankful I am; come to my store!" Lucas is grabbed by his free hand and pulled toward the Bike shop, following Cheryl who is still held by him. She did not even get a chance to question them.
As they head to the shop, they go past a blond in a black dress. "Huh? Was that that boy?"
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"Welcome to Eterna's Bicycle Road Rage Shop!" The old guy proudly shouts, standing in front of his store.
Lucas and Cheryl stare up at the sign, which causes them to sweat drop. Cheryl comments, "I can't believe you own such a weird named store."
Lucas then asks, "So wait, you're going to give me a bike?"
"Of course! Just looking at your shoes is more than enough information for me that you travel by foot." He says to Lucas, opening up his store. Lucas and Cheryl walk in, and see a multitude of bikes and accessories inside. "Besides that you're also battling gym leaders right?"
"Is it that obvious?" Lucas asks with a little bit of shame.
"Well if you're heading for Hearthome then you'll need to go down Cycling Road. But you won't be able to without a bicycle." He says to him, to which the male trainer's jaw drops in shock.
'Talk about luck!' Lucas thinks quickly.
Cheryl smacks the side of her head. "Oh that's right! I forgot you need a bike."
"Well here you go; your very own bicycle!" The store-owner hands Lucas a blue two-seated bike from the back. Lucas smiles as he looks at the bike.
"Wow thanks. I won't forget this! It even has two seats so Cheryl can ride it with me!" Lucas comments, wiping the seats. "Now I can continue my journey!"
"We really appreciate this sir!" Cheryl thanks the man as well.
The two friends exit the shop, leaving behind a grateful shop owner. Lucas looks over his new bike. "Wow. It has two gears, one for casual riding and another built for speed, a disassemble feature so it can fit in my bag, and best off it was free! I guess doing the right thing does have its good sides."
"Yeah. Now the only thing in our way is Gardenia accepting me leave." Cheryl says, as they walk over to the gym.
There they see Gardenia walking out with a little girl holding a Pokeball. After she leaves Gardenia looks around, spotting her sister and Lucas walking up to her. "Ah, so you got a gift from the store owner eh?"
"Yup! How nice of him!" Lucas says with a smile.
"Yeah, uh Gardenia…" Cheryl begins, sounding kind of nervous all of a sudden. "Well, Lucas is just about ready to head out of Eterna for Hearthome. And uh, I was just thinking-"
"If you want to go with Lucas then you don't need my permission." The Gym Leader interjects, causing Cheryl to gasp. "What you do with your life is none of my business, unless it involves me then it is."
"Really?" Cheryl asks one last time for confirmation.
Gardenia nods yes, and then receives a hug from the green haired girl. Lucas smiles at the love shared between them. "Well I'm glad. It'll be nice to have Cheryl around."
Gardenia releases Cheryl and approaches Lucas, staring down in his eyes. "Now Lucas, I leave my sister in your hands. Take good care of her." She says then plants a kiss on his left cheek.
Lucas blushes madly at the contact of another woman's lips on his. Cheryl gasps in horror as her face becomes saddened and shocked. Gardenia then rubs his head and walks back inside. "Good luck against Fantina and the others!"
"Wow…she feels nice…" Lucas comments on the kiss he received, the first he's ever gotten from another girl who wasn't his mom. Cheryl grits her teeth in anger; she knows Gardenia only did that to piss her off. Mad at her sister she grabs Lucas and drags him and his bike towards Cycling Road.
On their way there they come across another obstacle; the blond woman in the black dress from earlier this morning stands before them. "Hi there Lucas. I'm so glad I caught up with you."
"Huh? Cynthia?" Lucas remembers her from this morning when Paul took them to see the legendary statue. Cheryl also knows her, and automatically transfers her spite from Gardenia to her. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to give you something. It should help you complete your Pokedex." Cynthia then hands Lucas an egg.
After he takes it Lucas looks it over. "A Pokemon egg? What's in it?"
"You'll see." Cynthia says with a wink, and then walks off. "Good luck on your journey."
"Wait, what's it for!" Lucas asks her in a shout. But she was already gone. "What was that about?"
"Well aren't you popular with girls?" Cheryl says in a mock voice and scowl. Lucas holds the egg before her. "Huh?"
"Here, I want you to take care of It." – Lucas
"Are? Why me?" Cheryl asks flabbergasted. This could be a rare Pokemon. Why would he give her it?
"Well you told me you took great care of your Chansey when it was Happiny, so this should be a piece of cake for you." Lucas says, as she takes the egg and hugs it.
"Wow. Thank you Lucas." She says to him, blushing slightly at the thought of how he complimented her and gave her a gift. 'I'll take good care of it, for you…'
"Well let's get going! We aren't going to reach Hearthome by stalling, and it'll be night soon." Lucas says, getting up on his bike. Cheryl hops on as well, and holds onto him close from behind. "Now hold on tight, and enjoy the ride!"
Together they pedal onward to Cycling Road, entering the gateway. Inside they see two people guarding the paved road, and a man dressed as a scientist. That same guy sees Lucas and shouts, "Hey, Lucas! Over here!"
"Huh? Do I know you?" Of course Lucas doesn't even remember who the man is.
"It's me, I'm Professor Rowan's assistant and Dawn's father." He says to them, and brings Lucas to lifting his eyebrows in shock.
"Oh yeah! How's Dawn doing?" He asks him while smiling, remembering the sweet girl he met at the start of his journey.
"Oh she's fine. But more importantly, I'm here to check your progress." At that note Lucas hands him his pokedex, allowing the scientist to check it over.
"Wow. So far you've seen 45 Pokemon. That's good progress!" He then hands it back to him, as Lucas takes it and straps it back to his leg. The man then notices Cheryl riding with him. "Who's your friend?"
"Oh this is Cheryl. She's a friend of mine who joined me on my journey." Lucas explains, to which Cheryl rises up from the bike and bows down to him.
"It's nice to meet you sir." – Cheryl
"Such a polite little girl." Dawn's father makes such a comment about the girl.
"Yeah, hey come here." Lucas gets up off his bike and pulls the man to a corner away from Cheryl. "I have a favor to ask you."
"Huh? A favor?"
"Cheryl here only has one Pokemon with her. Is there any chance you can ask Professor Rowan for a Pokemon to give her?" Lucas asks him, though his request would probably fail.
From where Cheryl is she could probably hear them, but that would be rude. 'Could they be talking about me? I hope it's good things.'
"Well, I'll see what I can do. Dawn might come see you in a while." He says to her, once again out of Cheryl's ear-range. "Anyway, good luck on your journey."
"Thanks!" Lucas then hops back on his bike, as Cheryl joins him.
"So what did you two talk about?" She asks him, to which Lucas replies with a smile made just for her.
"You see tomorrow." He says to her. The two then pedal out the gateway, and head down Cycling Road.
Riding down the bike made road the two friends head down to a crevice just over Oreburgh City, and use a sand dune to take a shortcut down there. Since by the time they reached Oreburgh it was nighttime they enter the Pokemon Center and get a room.
Lucas now stands before a pc, holding two Pokeballs in his hand. He places them on the transporter so he can allow it to digitize away. Cheryl walks up behind him and asks, "Whacha doing?"
"Sending two Pokemon to Rowan. He'll be pleasantly surprised to see what I sent him." Lucas says with a smile. He then walks over to his room, where Cheryl follows him.
Lying down on opposite beds the two trainers turn off the lights and prepare for sleep. Cheryl snuggles up with her egg while Lucas watches her sleep. "Cheryl?"
"Hmm?" Cheryl replies while half awake.
"Why did you choose me? If you really wanted to travel the world you could have done it yourself. Why did you want to venture Sinnoh with me?" Lucas asks her, his head lying on a pillow.
"Because…" Cheryl pauses as she tries to think up a way to say this to him. "…I felt it would be safer if I went with someone else. And out of everyone I've seen challenge sis, you're the sweetest, like chocolate strawberries." She says to him, partially blushing as she speaks.
"Really…well, thanks for telling me. Goodnight." And with that, Lucas goes to sleep.
"Goodnight." Cheryl follows him soon after.
The two of them slept peacefully.
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Two Pokeballs appear in a PC transporter, which is inside of the workroom of Professor Rowan. The great scientist looks down at the two balls. "Well well, it seems Lucas decided to send some new ones."
Rowan takes the first one, which is a regular Pokeball, and opens it up. It is revealed to be Bidoof. "Okay, a standard Bidoof. Not bad. Next!"
Rowan opens the next Pokeball, which is a Net Ball, and opens it up. Lightning surges out from the ball, and takes the form of Rotom. Being a one of a kind Pokemon the Professor got surprised. "What is this?"
Rotom then enters a nearby appliance, which is a television set, and all hell breaks loose. Rowan would deal with Lucas tomorrow.
Kenshin: And that ends chapter 2. In the next chapter Lucas and Cheryl go inside Wayward Cave and find Mira, two new Pokemon are caught and Dawn meets our main couple.
Ester: Well then let's end this chapter and move onto the next. Oh yeah, what are you feeling like eating tonight?
Kenshin: Are you kidding me? Lasagna!
Ester: Beef or chicken?
Kenshin: You choose.