Kates' P.O.V
I walked on the deck of the boat we were on before leaning on the railing. I had no idea how long this would take; we've been going for three days so far. I'm worried about Keith; he looks like he wants to hit someone every time Manaphy says something to him.
Drew, he's been spending time around May, thanks to Rythmi who always had them together. Solidad and Harley have been taking turns steering the ship. As for me, well I've been avoiding everyone the past few days, I don't really know why. What I do know is that I've been avoiding Manaphy so it won't hurt when I have to let her go.
I sighed as the sea breeze blew through my hair, it was relaxing. I smiled when I saw Goldeen and Horsea jumping out of the sea, while other pokemon followed behind.
My eyes narrowed when I looked out to sea, a large black thing was following us. I glared when I figured out it was Phantom's submarine. I ran a hand through my hair; I had left it down for today. Phantom would follow us, but if it came down to it, we'd stop him from getting the Sea Crown.
Honestly, I don't even think that's what he wants, he's working with Max and Kai, so I really don't know what he wants any more. I know all of them want me, I don't care why, but I won't let them have me.
"You ok?" I turned at the sound of May's voice, she smile brightly at me, Drew stood by her side as she did so.
"I'm good, how about you two?" I asked as I turned my attention back to the black submarine.
"We're good," Drew answered for May.
"We know Phantom's following us, he has been since we left Pueltown. Hastings says he's after Manaphy, that's why Keith's been looking so pissed lately," May stated as she glared at the black part that was following us.
"You'd think he'd use a less obvious colour," Drew muttered as he looked at the sub, for some reason, everyone seemed tired or really distant.
"I DO NOT!" May, Drew and I began running to the captains thing once we heard that. When we got there we saw Keith with a red face, Manaphy laughing slightly before coming over to me, while Solidad couldn't stop laughing and Harley had a sly smirk on his face.
"Oh now Sugar, we all know you do," he said, Keith's face got even redder, I couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment or anger.
"What happened?" Ryth asked as she ran in, "I heard Keith screaming," she stated as she looked at Keith, a sly smirk came onto her face. Ok, I swear I'm missing something here. Manaphy looked up at me with a smile before speaking, in human language at that.
"Daddy…loves…mommy," she said slowly, I looked at the pokemon in my arms before I caught onto what she meant, my face turned red as I did so.
"I DO NOT!" Keith yelled as he glared at Lullaby and started walking out the door. I blinked a couple of times before looking at everyone.
"What just happened?" May asked as she looked at the door, equally as confused as I was. Drew shook his head while everyone else, except from me and May, began laughing. I looked at May before shrugging and walking out the cabin.
"Well, that was interesting ne Lullaby?" I asked as I looked at the blue pokemon, who nodded her head.
"Love you," she said as she snuggled into my chest. I sighed slightly, I hadn't spent much time around Lullaby, but I knew it would hurt me to let her go, as much as it would hurt Keith, even if he wouldn't admit it.
I walked below deck to our rooms to see Keith throwing multiple things around the room; he was muttering something to himself about how he hated Rythmi and the others for what they did.
"Keith?" I asked as I ducked from a flying lamp, which smashed into the wall. He glared at me before answering.
"What?" he snapped at me, my eyes narrowed when I felt Lullaby stiffen in my arms.
"Don't you snap at me mister, you're cleaning all this up and you're scaring Lullaby," I answered in a calm voice it made Keith calm down, either because he was scared, or because my calm vibe got to him, ok, who am I kidding? I'm so not calm.
I walked passed Keith as he picked everything up from the room before sitting on my bed. Lullaby moved from my arms to sit on the bed as she did so. I took my phone, which I had forgotten I'd brought before playing a song on it.
'Once upon a time a few mistakes ago
I grabbed my sketch pad as I began drawing as the song continued. I found myself absentmindly singing along with it.
I was in your sights, you got me alone
You found me, you found me, you found me
I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that
And when I fell hard you took a step back
Without me, without me, without me
And he's long gone when he's next to me
And I realize the blame is on me
'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
No apologies, he'll never see you cry
Pretend he doesn't know that he's the reason why
You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning
Now I heard you moved on from whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt is all I'll ever be
And now I see; now I see; now I see
He was long gone when he met me
And I realize the joke is on me, hey!
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
And the saddest fear comes creeping in
That you never loved me or her, or anyone, or anything, yeah
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Trouble, trouble, trouble'
Once the song ended I had finished the picture, or the outline of the picture, so far it had very little detail. It was of both Keith and myself with Lullaby in between us.
I smiled as I showed Lullaby, who smiled happily at me while Keith looked over my shoulder at it.
"Not bad," he said as he tapped his chin in thought before looking around, "Do you get the feeling we're being watched?" he asked as he looked around before looking out the window at the sea.
"Wouldn't surprise me with Phantom following us," I answered as I set my sketch pad away. I stood to my feet just as Rythmi ran through the door.
"We have a huge problem, Phantom's on board," she stated as panic shone in her eyes. I grabbed my poke balls from my bag before rushing up the steps, Keith followed behind us with Glaceon and Buizel, I have no idea where those two were.
May and the others were already one step ahead of us with their pokemon out. Blazekin was May's, Roserade was Drew's, Pidgeot was Solidad's and Cacturne was Harley's, it still gave me the creeps.
Buizel ran forwards with Glaceon behind him, Keith, Rythmi and I walked to stand with the others.
"What do you want?" Keith asked as Buizel got ready to fight, there were more Beedrills surrounding us all than I would have liked.
"We want the Manaphy," Phantom answered with a cruel laugh, so he was after the Sea Crown again.
"You didn't get the Sea Crown last time from Jackie, what makes you think you can get it from us?" I asked with a sly smirk, maybe I was being a little bit cocky, but this guy needed putting in his place.
"Well, aren't you a little cocky, eh beautiful?" Kai asked as he stepped out from behind Phantom with Max, Keith glared at both of them, and I swear I heard him growl.
"Yeah, I know I'm beautiful, but I have to ask, what the hell happened to you?" I asked as I pointed to Kai, who didn't show any emotion, he just glared at me while I smiled innocently.
"Give us the Manaphy and we won't hurt any of you," Max spoke up as he looked at all of us.
"Yeah, somehow, I highly doubt that," Solidad said as she looked at Pidgeot, "Use gust," she ordered, the pokemon did so as it began flapping its wings, creating a large gust attack. The Beedrill moved out of the way before it could hit them though, I saw Phantom smirk as they did so.
"GLACEON YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!" I shouted over to gust that was still raging. I heard the Beedrill begin to use a pin-missal attack. Glaceon gritted her teeth as she tried to stay balanced, but she couldn't, Pidgeot's gust was too powerful.
"PIDGEOT STOP!" Solidad yelled as the pokemon fell to the ground, we looked around only to see all the Beedrill with glowing hands, drills? What were they? Either way, it wasn't good, they had attacked Pidgeot by surprise without orders.
"GET THEM!" Phantom yelled as they went for Blazekin, Roserade, Cacturne, Buizel and Glaceon. Buizel and Glaceon dodged the attacks as May; Drew and Harley recalled their pokemon to the poke balls.
"Now what?" Keith asked as he glared at the three people in front of us. A small cry brought me from my thoughts as I looked up; Manaphy had been taken by one of the Beedrill.
"LULLABY!" Keith and I yelled.
"Alright, that's it," I gritted my teeth as I brought out a pokeball, "Togekiss let's go," I ordered as I jumped onto the pokemon's back.
"KATE!" Rythmi and Keith called after me, but May and Solidad held them back.
"Just trust her," May ordered as I began flying through the air at a fast pace.
"Alright, Togekiss, time to use Aura Sphere," I ordered. The end of Togekiss's wings began glowing blue as she placed them together before letting the Aura Sphere go on the Beedrill that had Lullaby. I smirked in victory as the Beedrill began falling down, but Lullaby was also unconscious.
My eyes widened as she began falling into the ocean. I watched as Keith jumped in to get her, somehow I think this is becoming a regular thing.
Everyone, including Phantom and the others ran to the edge as they looked for him. Togekiss and I hovered over the spot where he had jumped. I pulled out my second pokeball.
"Sharpedo, find Keith and Lullaby," I ordered as Sharpedo jumped into the ocean, I bit my lip as I began watching the ocean with anxious eyes.
Sharpedo came back up a few minutes later; we flew down to meet him before he began speaking.
"Keith's fine, both him and the Manaphy, I think you called her Lullaby, have an Aqualung in. they're going to stay underwater until Phantom and the others go," he explained; great, now I had to use my amazing actress skills.
I returned Sharpedo to its pokeball before landing on deck with everyone else. I turned to Phantom, Kai and Max.
"You'll pay for this," I hissed as the Beedrill began attacking again. Glaceon used an ice beam making a shield of ice above us.
"CHARIZARD OVERHEAT!" I yelled as I threw Charizard's pokeball at Phantom and the others. The dragon type was released from its ball as it used a powerful overheat, sending Phantom, Kai and Max running back to their submarine, shouting about how it wasn't the end before going back underwater.
Everyone looked at me as I walked to the edge of the boat. I put my Aqualung in before jumping into the water. I found Keith and Lullaby pressed against the side of the boat; I gave them a thumbs up as we swam back to surface.
Solidad threw us a rope as they pulled me and Keith back up onto the deck. I large smile grew on Keith's face.
"So, who sent them packing?" he asked as he looked at the glaring Charizard before jumping to his feet, "Where'd you come from?" he asked as he backed away slowly, he began panicking slightly.
"Charizard thank you, I'll give you a big treat when we get home, but for now return," I ordered as I returned the large dragon to its pokeball. Togekiss flew around in the air before I hugged her, "Same goes for you Togekiss, return," I ordered as the flying type returned to its pokeball.
Keith looked at me before looking at everyone else.
"So, aside from being attacked by Phantom, I'd say we've had a pretty normal day," May smiled as we all began walking into the captain's cabin thingy. Keith and I looked at each other, while Lullaby flew around our heads.
"Well, this is pretty much a normal day for us," Keith and I stated at the same time before glaring at each other. May, Solidad and Rythmi all awed while Drew and Harley smirked.
"You two would make a cute couple," they all said, Keith and I looked at each other again before cringing slightly.
"WE WOULD NOT!" we yelled in unison.
"STOP THAT!" we did it again.
"KEITH!"
"KATE!" and again.
I glared at him before walking passed everyone. Now that happened, it really does feel like a normal day.
Massive apologises for the late update, I've had writers block for this story, so I'm afraid the next chapter will be the last one with their trip with May, Solidad, Harley, Drew and Lullaby, of course it won't be the last we see of them. So please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible REVIEW!
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