The Exile Special Edition | By : Yarid Category: Pokemon > General Views: 11351 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter Three
Brock hadn't
returned in the morning, either, but a note was lying on a stump
nearby.
“Ash,” it began, “Please don't worry. I
found Misty and the two of us are headed back to New Bark Town. Go
get your next badge and then meet us there. Don't follow us now;
Misty's upset about something and I'm not too happy with you, Ash,
either, so give us time to cool down. Don't be mad at Jessie, because
it's not her fault, I think. Good luck on your next battle. Misty
says to keep her bag of stuff and give it back to her in New Bark
Town. Signed, Brock.”
In a rare display of common sense,
Ash looked around the stump for footprints, but didn't find any.
Looking into the trees to either side, he sighed. “Brock must
have used Crobat to send his message.” He glanced around again.
“Which means that we have almost no chance at all to find those
two before they get to New Bark Town. Besides, they said not to
follow them.” He flopped to the ground. “Pikachu,”
he moaned, “Why can't those two act normally?”
“Pika?”
“You're
no help.”
Jessie rolled her
sleeping bag before starting on Ash's. “Well,” she said
as she finished Ash's sleeping bag, “At least they told you
where they were headed.”
“Yeah,” admitted Ash,
“But I bet it was Brock's idea, not Misty's.” Jessie
entertained a brief notion of Brock comforting an embittered Misty,
but shrugged the idea off.
“Well,” she said, slinging
the pack over her shoulder, “We'd best get started if you're to
get that badge and get back to your friends, twerp.”
“I
suppose.” Pikachu gathered the half-emptied bottle of ketchup
from last night and slung it over his shoulder with a paw. Ash picked
his bag up half-heartedly before turning to Jessie. “Any idea
where we are?”
“Well,” she said, hesitantly, “I
got a good look at the map, but I'm no good at directions.”
“You're
probably better than I am,” said Ash, depressed.
Amazingly,
despite the fact that Jessie is about as directionally challenged as
Ash (which is to say, just a little better than Ryoga from Ranma
1/2), they managed to find their way to the next town and the next
gym.
“So,” Jessie said. “What's the plan? Do we
sneak in and steal the pokémon?” Ash sighed.
“No,
Jessie. We walk in, and I challenge the gym leader. But first,”
he said, eying the crowd that had followed them to the gym, “I
think we'd probably better get you some new clothes.”
“What's
wrong with what I'm wearing?” Jessie asked, annoyed.
“Oh,
nothing,” Ash said, sarcastically. “It's just the fact
that Team Rocket is not exactly a non-profit charity.”
“Oh.”
They
emerged three hours later from the only store in Blackthorn city,
Jessie clad in a loose yet sexy pair denim jeans and white PokéBall
tee-shirt. Ash was carrying five or six bags on each arm, while
Pikachu was dragging another behind him.
“It's nice of you
to pay for all of this,” Jessie commented gaily.
“Like
we had a choice,” muttered Ash to himself.
They deposited
the items in the Pokémon Center, where Joy also healed Pikachu
and Ash's other pokémon. Jessie watched the process with
amazement.
“What?” Ash said, once outside. “Haven't
you ever seen a Pokémon Center before?”
“Not so
I could stop and watch,” Jessie retorted. They both fell
silent, reminded of Jessie's past.
“Don't you need to get to
the gym?” Jessie asked, finally.
“Oh! That's right! I
gotta get there before it closes!” yelled Ash. He bolted down
the street, closely followed by Jessie and Pikachu.
“Welcome
to Blackthorn Gym. Please go on through; Claire will be waiting,”
the secretary said, ushering them through the doors to the gym.
“The
match is Ash Ketchum from the town of Pallet against Claire,
Blackthorn City Gym Leader! Each trainer will use three pokémon.”
a voice from the PA speakers called.
“I won't go easy on
you, just because you're a kid,” Claire said,
haughtily.
“That's just how I like it!” replied
Ash.
“Alright then!”
“Let the match begin!”
the PA voice said.
“Let's go, Gyrados!” shouted
Claire, throwing a PokéBall.
The enormous dragon-serpent roared a challenge as it surfaced in the
pool.
“Go for it, Pikachu!” Ash yelled, dodging out of
the electric rodent's way.
“Surf!” the older gym
leader called, but Pikachu dodged out of the way of Gyrados's attack,
using its superior speed to avoid the worst of the
waves.
“Thunderbolt,” Ash called confidently.
“If
this is what he has to go through for those badges,” Jessie
said to herself, “It's no wonder that the twerps never have
trouble beating us.” She watched as Pikachu dodged several more
attacks, before a Thunder wiped the dragon out.
“No big
deal,” Claire responded, recalling the stunned dragon. “Go,
Dragonite.”
The rest of the battle goes much as expected, if
you know Ash. If you don't, let me sum it up for you.
Ash beats
Dragonite with a lucky Swift attack.
Claire sends out
Dragonair.
Pikachu lands an almost knock-out blow.
Ash gets
over-confidant.
Dragonair uses Hyper-Beam.
Pikachu is knocked
out.
Ash summons Cyndaquil and wins the match.
As said before,
mostly predictable. Ash marches triumphantly out of the gym, bearing
his prized badge aloft.
“I win again!” he cried to
the jubilant (albeit weary) shouts of Pikachu and Cyndaquil. Jessie
trailed behind a few steps, thinking furiously. A swelling feeling
rose in her chest (not from the tiny blouse that the original artist
gave her... remember, she got different clothes), one which she
quickly identified as pride, although it was not a feeling with which
she was familiar with. It wasn't even pride in herself, no, but pride
in her young friend's success. It was then that she realized that Ash
had disappeared. Coincidentally (read: corny plot device), it was
also then that the large Furret slunk out of the bushes, growling
threateningly. It launched itself suddenly at her and Jessie did
something that she hadn't done in weeks.
She screamed in terror.
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