Hi everyone this is chapter six and well i thought Ethan needed some action. I don't know where the idea for this chapter, i think it came from staring at my M&M calender all morning. Don't ask me why that inspired me because i once heard that inspiration comes from the most random places. They have stopped at a town that's on the way to Cerulean City a couple of days after they left Pewter City. They needed some random fun time. Thanks for the reviews please keep them up.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon
Chapter 6: Festival Fun
Sitting on a ledge enjoying a big chocolate chip cookie was a brown haired girl and her three pokemon. On the ground sat her friend's beetle like pokemon and his alligator like pokemon. She looked around at the eager townspeople, they were excited about their town's festival. Her thoughts then drifted over to her black haired friend who had mysteriously disappeared.
"Hey you two where did Ethan, Aipom, and Charmander go?" she asked the two pokemon at her feet. They looked at her and shrugged. "Don't know huh? Well lets go look for them before they get themselves in trouble."
They got up and searched the festival grounds for their missing friend. She was continuously chasing her chubby green pokemon down and apologizing to the food venders. She knew that munchlax was the big eater pokemon but she was surprised that her munchlax was pretty restrained. She sighed and remembered that it had to do with Brock, before they had left Pewter City they had stopped by Brock's breeding center and he gave them his book on recipes for different kind of pokemon food. She was happy for it because she found a recipe for Munchlax. Right now the hungry pokemon was pointing to the cookie stand.
"Oh you want another cookie." she said and then turned to the other pokemon. "Do you guys want another one?" they nodded their heads and she went up to the line. "I would like five chocolate chip cookies."
The boy handed her the cookies with a big smile on his face. Lyra politely thanked him and went to distribute the cookies to her companions. Her eyes found her friend standing in a line. She and the five pokemon went up to him.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Well I'm getting myself registered for this afternoon's main event. The winner of the event gets the chance to meet the Elite Four." he said happily.
"Ethan you're signing up to be in a battle tournament just so you can meet people you've already met?" Lyra asked with a laugh.
"I guess but really I just want to see how I do in battle." he said making it to the front of the line. His face fell instantly. "I don't have six pokemon this is a rip off!" he stormed away angrily.
"Ethan where are you going?" Lyra asked as she and the pokemon chased after him.
"To get six pokemon." he said. "This is an opportunity I don't want to miss. Okay so I said that the winner got to meet Elite Four members. The thing is that well I don't know why but the Sinnoh, Hoenn, and Johto Elite Four all gather in this town. They're all here today and that's what the festival is about. Alright so I have Croconaw, Aipom, and Heracross all up for battle which means I only need three more. I think I'll ask the professor for Jolteon, Larvitar, and Hitmontop."
They went to the pokemon center. Ethan got on the phone with Professor Elm and asked for the pokemon he wanted. He ran back to the registration table while Lyra was eating. He came back and practically dragged the brown haired girl to the arena. Once inside they ran into the members of the Johto Elite Four.
"Well if it isn't Pip Squeak and Skinny Punk." the fighting master said pulling the two friends into a tight embrace.
"Nice to see you two Bruno." they managed to say. "We kind of need to breathe."
"Oh right sorry. So Pip Squeak will you be entering the competition?" he asked and when Lyra shook her head their faces fell. "Why not?"
"I don't have six pokemon." she said simply. "Ethan is entering."
"Well good for you." Bruno said slapping Ethan so hard in the back that he fell forward. "You guys should see what Red Head is doing to the Indigo Plateau arenas."
"Bruno they'll see when the project is finished and when they head over there for the Grand Festival and the Indigo League." Koga said to the big man. He turned to the two confused youths. "Lance has started a new project."
"Is he here with you guys? Why are you guys here anyway?" Ethan asked.
"Oh he's here all of the champions are here. Every once in a while the members of the Elite Four of each region gather in this town to plan how the Indigo, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Leagues will go. You see every year's league set up is different from the last and as the top trainers from each of the regions we sit down and decided how it gets to happen." Karen said.
"So you guys are part of the League Planning Committee." Ethan concluded and the four elites nodded. "So can you guys give us any hints on the Indigo League set up for this year?"
"If we did that then Lance would surely attack us with every attack his pokemon know." Will laughed.
"So it's that important to him." Lyra said.
"Will the competitors please report to the competitor's lounge." a nerdy voice said over the intercom. "The first round of battling will be starting soon."
"Well good luck Skinny." Bruno said to Ethan knocking him down again.
"Thanks." he said.
"So Ethan how is this set up?" Lyra asked as they walked to the competitor's lounge.
"Okay so it's one on one for the first round each battle has to have a different pokemon. Double battles for the second round. The final round is a full battle." he said cheerfully. "You're out when you've been defeated and everything is random. I think that you'll get it more when you watch."
Ethan was up first against some boy named Henry. Lyra sat in the front row with Chimchar on her head and Munchlax next to her. Henry was selected to go first, he sent out Magmar and Ethan went with Croconaw. Magmar started off by using flamethrower which Ethan countered with hydro pump. Magmar went in with fire punch and Croconaw with aqua tail.
"Magmar grab hold of Croconaw and use strength to throw him in the air!" Henry yelled he smiled triumphantly when he saw the smiled Ethan wore his faded.
"Alright buddy spin and use hydro pump full power!" Ethan said. Croconaw used Magmar's attack to it's advantage. The spiraling water hit Magmar straight in the face rendering it unable to battle. "We did it!"
Soon enough Ethan moved on to the double battles. Lyra watched from the sidelines, her and her two pokemon cheered loudly. She was amazed at how much Munchlax was inspired by Ethan's battling. He watched intently as Jolteon and Croconaw worked together perfectly even though they're types don't work well together. With a combination oh hydro pump and thunderbolt they won the match and headed off to the finals. There was an intermission and Lyra headed to go find Ethan.
"Hey Ethan you were great out there!" She squealed when she found him. "You had Munchlax on the edge of his seat the whole time. Right Munchy?"
"Munch." the pokemon said in agreement.
"It's not over just yet. The guy we're up against in the finals is really tough." Ethan sighed.
"It's okay you made it all this way and had fun doing it. You got to battle which is what you wanted and you got to show everybody here how well your pokemon were raised." she said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Remember it's not whether you win or lose it's how you play the game."
"Where have I heard that before?" he asked with a smile.
"I think you said that the day I challenged the Elite Four. Though I didn't really listen to you." she said.
"Our intermission is now over will the finalist please report to the battlefield." the same nerdy voice from before said.
"Knock them dead Ethan." she said.
"Will do." he said.
Ethan had to go first, he sent out Hitmontop and his opponent Jeremy sent out Kadabra. The psychic type managed to knock Hitmontop out. Ethan's next pokemon was Aipom. Ethan managed to combine his attacks in a way that knocked out the opponent. With one hyper beam from Gayrados, Aipom was out of the battle. Jolteon's thunder took care of Gayrados. Steelix ended Jolteon's turn quickly. A hydro pump and an aqua tail knocked out the iron snake. Raichu was sent out and Ethan recalled Croconaw and sent out Larvitar. Larvitar and Raichu managed to knock each other out. Heracross took out the Poliwrath. Heracross was beaten by Blaziken.
"Ethan's last pokemon is Croconaw while Jeremy's last pokemon is Blaziken. Based on pokemon type Ethan has the advantage." the nerdy voice said.
"Blaze kick."
"Aqua tail."
The attacks collided, they were equally matched despite the fact that Blaziken was fully evolved and Croconaw wasn't. Blaziken used it's speed to get close and then hit with sky uppercut. Croconaw was sent flying but managed to head back down with a spiraling hydro pump. Blaziken used fire spin the attacks collided and covered the arena with steam. Croconaw managed to hit Blaziken with metal claw. Blaziken used sky uppercut once more and followed it with a strong solar beam. When Croconaw hit the ground it had spirals in it's eyes.
"You worked hard Croconaw, you deserve a long rest." Ethan said to his pokemon's pokeball quietly. The winner walked over to him and extended out his hand, Ethan took it. "You were great out there."
"So were you. I haven't had a battle that exciting in a while now. You did a good job raising your pokemon. I hope to see you at the Indigo League." Jeremy said.
"Oh I'm not entering the Indigo League. That isn't my path, I want to be a pokemon professor." Ethan said with a smile. He then pointed to the girl in the white hat waving at him from the stands. "She's the one who'll be entering."
"Oh." Jeremy said staring at Lyra with wide eyes.
A little while later…
"So you're planning on entering the Grand Festival too?" the blue haired boy asked the girl with pigtails.
"That's the plan." she sighed absentmindedly twirling her fork in her noodles.
"Why?"
"Someone told me to try new things that it was the only way I could grow as a trainer and eventually defeat him. So that's what I'm doing." she said not looking at them but out the window. She saw the fighting elite heading their way. He waved and she waved back. "Bruno is coming."
"Pip Squeak, Skinny Punk, and Kid Who Beat Skinny Punk!" the fighting master boomed causing everybody in the pokemon center to jump. He pulled a chair up to their table. "So are you ready to meet the members of the Kanto/Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Elite Four of plus their respective champion? Skinny Punk you and Pip Squeak can come too."
"Thanks Bruno." Ethan said happily.
"Yeah thanks but I don't want to go." Lyra said.
"Aw come on Lyra don't be a party pooper." Ethan said.
"I would love to go but watching you battle has Munchy wanting to train. I've never really trained with him so I want to get started because our next contest and gym battle are in Cerulean City." she said. Ethan sighed, Bruno nodded, and Jeremy looked amazed.
"Go then." Ethan said and she picked up her hat and backpack and headed out of the pokemon center her three pokemon following her. "That's Lyra for you."
"Wait how do you guys know Bruno?" Jeremy asked. He looked from Bruno to the spot where Lyra had been just moments ago. "Lyra…Lyra…I knew that name sounded familiar. She's the girl who won the Silver Conference last year. Which means she would have gotten the chance to challenge the Elite Four."
"Bingo! This kid's smarter then he looks right Skinny?" Bruno said getting up. "Let's go time to meet the elite.
With Lyra…
"Alright Munchy according to the pokedex you can use focus punch, tackle, shadow ball, and thunderbolt." Lyra told her green pokemon who nodded. "Okay Munchy use tackle, Meganium hold your ground." the tackle hit Meganium hard enough to make it move. "Good now Meganium use razor leaf and Munchy knock them all down with thunderbolt." the thunderbolt hit knocked down all of the leaves. "That's good you two. Alright now that we've tested power a bit let's move on to a quick battle. Chimchar it's your turn."
The monkey switched positions with Meganium happily. He bounced up and down throwing punches into the air. Chimchar started with flame wheel, Munchlax dodged it nicely. Chimchar next used flamethrower which was an equal match to Munchlax's shadow ball. Following that Chimchar used aerial ace which Munchlax countered with focus punch sending Chimchar flying.
"Alright that's enough for right now." Lyra said sitting down on the ground to evaluate what she had just seen. Munchy you have some serious power and you move fast too. The three of us are a team right now so if we keep training then we'll be able to win at the Cerulean gym and contest."
"Munch!"
"Chim!"
"Meg!"
"Don't get overconfident."
"Why do I see you everywhere I go?" she asked the red head in front of her. "You're not stalking me are you?"
"Need I remind you that you came here." he said calmly.
"That's true but you didn't have to come out here. How did you know that I was here in this spot?" she asked standing up and raising her eyebrows at him. He looked at her pokemon and pointed to them. "What do you mean by that?"
"Don't get me wrong the elites are very fascinating people but today I didn't feel like taking part of the festivities. I was merely staring out the window and I saw a thunderbolt come from this direction." he shrugged. Lyra's eyes widened and then closed as she burst into a fit of giggles that had the dragon trainer and her pokemon confused. "What!"
"You were bored. Bruno let you become bored." she laughed.
"Yeah it was boring. So I decided to indulge myself in something a little less boring. I got to say that Munchlax is one strong pokemon." he said and said pokemon smiled widely.
"You hear that Munchy the champion thinks you're strong." Lyra said happily and her newest pokemon came and tackled her to the ground. "Uh Munchy I love you too but can you get off of me you're a little heavy." Lance was laughing at her and she really didn't understand why he found this situation amusing. "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm a little jealous." he blurted. He scrambled to find a way to fix his blunder before she got up and saw the look on his face. "That pokemon is your newest and it really likes you while my newest pokemon is not adapting to me." he said with a sigh of relief. Munchlax got off of her and she stood up. "I know how about we have a battle. My new pokemon against your Munchlax or Munchy as you call him."
"No!" she nearly screamed. He took a step back and looked at her puzzled. "I won't battle you not until the time is right. I'm sorry but I just can't." she turned away from him and decided to change the subject. "Why aren't you wearing your normal outfit? Did Silver's comments about costumes finally get to you? You do know that they were meant for Clair?"
"Oh um well I kind of like feeling like a normal person." he said.
"You are a normal person." she said turning back around to face him. He smiled at her and she smiled back. "Hey if you don't want to go back with the others there's still a festival going on, you can come with us. Munchy wants a big cookie again."
He nodded and followed them back to the festival grounds. She made him try the cookies that Munchlax loved so much, he ate half and gave the rest to the cookie loving pokemon. She watched as he tried some games and laughed when he failed. He enjoyed watching her and her pokemon laugh together even if it was at him, it meant that she was learning something. She managed to win him a stuffed Dragonite which he had her carry around.
"Oh beautiful." she said as the dark sky filled with fireworks. At first there were multi-colored non-pokemon ones and then they turned into pokemon fireworks. "Oh look a pikachu, there's pichu, and raichu."
"Yeah those over there are charmander, squirtle, bulbasaur, butterfree, and beautifly." he said looking up at the sky. He looked down and noticed that her munchlax was asleep at Meganium's feet and Chimchar was lying on Meganium's back watching the show. "Thanks." he sighed.
"For what?" she asked squeezing the stuffed dragon as their eyes met.
"For curing me of the illness known as boredom." he said and she smiled.
"Anytime." she said before looking backup at the sky. It was the perfect way to hide her blush. She looked down when the show was over. She returned Munchlax to it's pokeball. "Well I think I should head back to the pokemon center. We still have a long way to go."
She handed him the stuffed toy she had won and walked in the direction of the pokemon center building. She stopped when she was far enough away so that he couldn't hear anything she was saying. "I can't battle you not only because the time isn't right but because I'm terrified of you."
She turned around and went on her way. He may have not heard what she was saying but he did see the sad look in her eyes and it surprised him how much he wished she hadn't looked at him like that.
To be continued...
Well i really do hope you liked it because well i did. Review and i'll see you next chapter for another one of my ending blah blah