Hola readers, this chapter took me two days to write and it isn't as long as the others. well i woke up this morning to watch pokemon well i was already awake. Anyway so this chapter takes place weeks after the events of the last. They made it to Vermillion City and Lyra managed to beat Lt. Surge. Ethan is wearing the outfit from the last chapter due to his clothes having been ripped as he skidded across the ground in chapter nine. enjoy this chapter.
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Chapter 11: Johto Again
He didn't know what made him so late maybe it was that he had overslept or maybe it was the battle he had decided to have with some girl on his way there. Yeah it was definitely the latter of the two. He bid her goodbye when he saw the spiraling flamethrower coming from the harbor. As he ran through the streets of Vermillion City he couldn't help but think that he had screwed up. Suddenly the harbor appeared and his fears came true the boat was already departing with Lyra on it. Letting the adrenaline that was coursing through his body guide him he ran to the last dock. He saw Lyra's eyes widen in surprise as she saw him running, he gave her a sly smile and prepared to jump.
"We're going to make it buddy." he said to the purple monkey. To him it looked like he would be able to grab Lyra's hands but he missed. "We're not going to make it! Aipom it's splash time!" he said. Aipom jumped off of his head and landed on the rail of the boat. "No fair if I go down you're supposed to go down with me you little chea-" he started but never finished as someone had caught him by his navy blue shirt. "Huh? I AM STILL ALIVE!"
The brown haired boy and his yellow and black pokemon pulled him on to the boat. Ethan heaved a heavy sigh of relief when he was set down. Ignoring the other two people next to him he turned to the purple monkey and glared at him. Lyra sighed and turned to the brown haired boy.
"Thank you, I'm Lyra and the dumb one is Ethan." she said.
"Nice to meet you I'm Gary." he said. "This is my friend Electivire."
"Hum Gary." Ethan mused and then like a ton of bricks it hit him hard. "I know who you are! You're Gary! Lyra it's Gary! Oh my gosh you're Gary! Do you know who you are?"
"Yes I believe I know who I am. I did just tell that my name is Gary." he said calmly. He turned to Lyra and gave her a worried look. "Is there something wrong with him?"
"Yes he is completely insane." she said in a disappointed tone. Aipom and Chimchar shook their heads. "Ethan did you hit your head before you got here?"
"I may have tripped but that's not the point. The point is that he's Gary!" he said taking off his backpack and rummaging through it. "Hold on a second I've got it in here somewhere. I bought it this morning before I got here. Wait a second…here it is. What no this is last month's issue! Crap I think I left it at the pokemon center!"
"Next time don't oversleep and don't be late." Lyra said.
"But Lyra my back still hurts." he whined with puppy dog eyes. "My latest issue of Researcher's Digest."
"Magazines five dollars. Does anyone want a magazine."
"No thanks. I lost my magazine." Ethan said sadly. Then the words sank in as the man went inside of the boat. "Wait!" he yelled running after the man.
"He's kind of a useless idiot." Gary said.
"You have no idea." Lyra said with a deep sigh, Aipom nodded. Ethan came back with a magazine in his hands. He shoved it in Lyra's face. "Whoa Gary that's you on the cover with Professor Rowan."
"Well so it is. Huh that's not one of my better pictures." Gary said examining the picture. "You see I'm Gary Oak and I study pokemon evolution with Professor Rowan. Though the professor can sometimes be a handful I can't say that it isn't fun working with him. So Ethan you must want to be a pokemon professor."
"Yes I do." Ethan said proudly. "So Gary what are you doing here?"
"Oh I'm on my way back to Sinnoh. I was visiting my grandpa for a while and lost track of time, if I don't get back soon the professor will have my head." he said with a smile. "Where are you guys headed?"
"Oh we're going to Johto. Ethan's mom told him that she doesn't want to send his jacket by mail she wants to see him. So we're going to meet her in Goldenrod City and then we're heading up to the Lake of Rage where they are holding Johto's first ever Wallace Cup. Though first we're planning on spending time in Olivine City." Lyra said then her she drifted off. "Gary have you competed in any pokemon leagues?"
"Yes the Indigo League and the Silver Conference. Why do you ask Lyra?"
"Well I want to know what is the best way for me to go about training my team." she said looking down at Chimchar.
"Well my suggestion would be to capture different kinds of pokemon and train not a specific team but all of the pokemon you have. That way when it comes to the battles you'll be able to use all of your pokemon and it'll kind of give you the element of surprise." he said. He scratched the back of his head. "I don't think that makes sense but do you get the idea?"
"Yeah." she said.
A little while later…
Lyra and Ethan stood on the dock waving goodbye to their new friend. They promised to come and find him if they were ever in the Sinnoh region. They turned around to see a girl with long brown hair walking off of a boat, she was wearing a white sundress with matching white sandals. They smiled at each other and went up to her.
"Hi, Jasmine." they said together.
"Well if it isn't Ethan and Lyra. How are you guys?" she asked.
"Good we're traveling around the Kanto region at the moment. Though we had to come here to get Ethan's new jacket. How are you?"
"I'm good. I just got back from Sinnoh and well I couldn't be happier I made so many new friends over there. Two of them came here with me but I think that they're still on the boat." she said turning around to watch the passengers that were coming out. "So how many Kanto badges do you have?"
"I have three gym badges and two contest ribbons." Lyra answered. An explosion from the boat caught their attention. "Was that a flare blitz and a volt tackle?"
"I told those two not to engage in battle." Jasmine half-yelled, half-sighed. "You want to meet the two idiots I call friends." they nodded and followed her onto the boat. They followed her all the way to the top level of the boat. She pointed to the blond and the red haired men. "Those two are my idiots. The blond one is Volkner and the red headed afro man is Flint."
"Hey we're not idiots." Volkner snapped. He saw the stern look on Jasmine's face and smiled shyly. "Please the only idiot here is Flint."
"I am not an idiot." Flint said.
"Whatever you say Mr. Elite." Volkner said with a grin that could be classified as evil.
"Guys what are you doing battling?" Jasmine sighed.
"Uh these two crew members wanted to battle Shining Shock Star Volkner and Flint of the Elite Four." Volkner said simply. "I have to say that it was an entertaining battle. I haven't fought alongside my best friend in years."
"Yeah so Jazz who are these two?" Flint said waving goodbye to the crew members that were hovering over their fainted pokemon.
"Yeah they don't look like trainers from the Sinnoh region." Volkner added draping his hand over Jasmine's shoulder as they exited the boat.
"Oh Volkner and Flint this is Lyra and Ethan. Both of them are from here in the Johto region and both of them have participated in the Silver Conference. Ethan made it to top four two years ago and Lyra won last year." Jasmine said.
"Oh so that means that you must have challenged the Elite Four." Flint said to Lyra. She nodded and he turned to his infernape. "Whoa you hear that buddy this girl challenged the Elite Four. With hope she might someday come and challenge us."
"I lost when it came to the champion." Lyra said drowning herself in the memory. "I went through the four Elites and soon found myself face to face with the dragon master…Lance. His team of dragon pokemon destroyed my team of pokemon. He then told me things that left me a little depressed and suggested that I do some self discovery before I challenged him again."
"Wow that's rough." Volkner sighed. He turned to his friend. "How do challengers look after they come head to head with Cynthia?"
"They come out looking like all of the life was sucked out of them. They are left with no emotions, just an empty shell. I never see repeat challengers. Sometimes challengers don't make it to her, they're usually stopped by yours truly." he said pointing at himself.
"I think this guy's a little off his rocker." Ethan said.
"You hit the mark kid, Flint is insane." the blond said.
"Guys no fighting, grandfather will not approve." Jasmine said.
"I think a lot more happened in Sinnoh between those two then just friendship." Ethan said. Jasmine stopped causing Volkner to stop. She turned to face Ethan who smiled at the sight of her beat red face. "I'm right!"
"Wow a first. Now don't tease people who can easily make you bleed." Lyra said. Jasmine's face slowly returned to normal and she began to laugh. "Uh Ethan I think we should head over to the pokemon center and call your mom."
"Yeah my bleeding back is why we are here in the first place." Ethan said catching the attention of the three clueless people. "A septile was hyper beamed, landed on top of me, we skidded across the ground, and came to a nice stop after we hit a building."
"That must have hurt." Jasmine said warmly.
"It did, I was bleeding for days and I occasionally still bleed." he said like it was no big deal. "Well Lyra's right we need to call my mom and tell her that we'll be heading to Goldenrod soon. She'll be disappointed that right after our meeting we'll be heading up to the Lake of Rage but she'll understand."
"What's happening up there?" Jasmine asked and the other two quirked an eyebrow.
"The Johto region's first ever Wallace Cup. I plan on entering because it's the first one here in Johto and well I want to represent the region." Lyra said remembering all the things Clair overheard Marc say about the Johto region.
"Well do you think you can come and have dinner with us first?" Jasmine asked. The two friends nodded and followed them to the gym. "Lyra I have a request to ask of you. It's not an easy choice but I want to hand Rusty down to you. See you're one of the strongest challengers I have ever had and with you as Rusty's trainer I know it will get stronger."
"Uh Jazz are you sure about this?" Volkner asked.
"I love Rusty and that's why I want him to go with Lyra. He can't get stronger with me because I am bound to the gym. Since Lyra travels around there are so many trainers that are stronger then me and by battling them Rusty will get stronger." she said with certainty and sadness in her voice. Volkner gave her a reassuring squeeze and a look that told her it was going to be fine.
"Yes Jasmine I will train Rusty." Lyra said.
"You already have six pokemon Ly." Ethan said.
"Oh it's alright just send him to the professor and switch him out sometimes. I want him to be with a strong trainer who will love him as much as I do and I know that it's you Lyra." Jasmine said.
"I promise I won't let you down." Lyra said.
The five of them entered the gym and were greeted by a nice mouth watering smell.
A little while later…
"Ethan is Lyra okay?" his mom asked as she looked at the brown haired girl who was slumped in a chair. "She looks like she's been squeezed so hard that her soul came out."
"Oh something like that. She got a hug from her new pokemon and well he's a little enthusiastic when it comes to giving hugs." Ethan said. He and Aipom laughed as they remembered Rusty hugging Lyra. "So we'll be in Goldenrod in about three days, I'll call you if anything comes up."
"Okay son see you then." she said. "Bye Lyra."
"Bye Mrs. Ethan's Mom." Lyra squeaked causing Ethan, Aipom, and Chimchar to start laughing. "Not funny you guys. I'll let Rusty hug you guys next."
To be continued...
So recap... they've gone to Johto so Ethan can get his new/normal clothes and so Lyra can compete in the Wallace Cup. Lyra got Rusty from Jasmine. What will happen on their way there i know or at least i will and soon you'll find out.
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