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The chapter begins.....  NOW!!!
~Masaaki~
Akane and I were in the Cyllage City Pokemon Centre, eating our favourite food, Mac 'n' Cheese. We both had had two bowls. There was a big bowl in front of us on the table, from which we could add more. After we finished our third bowl, we noticed that in the big bowl, there was only Mac 'n' Cheese for one person left. We both looked up at each other....
"It's mine!" I shouted.
"No it's mine!" She snatched the bowl from me.
"Mine!"
"It's MINE!"
"No, it's mine!" Isamu shouted, riding on his Zebstrika into the room. He grabbed the bowl from the table. Before leaving, he looked behind him and shouted to us, "See ya! You can pay the bill!"
"Hey.... Akane...." I muttered.
"What?" She asked.
"I never got to see your Pokemon.... Can I?" I asked.
"My strong Pokemon are all from Johto, where we used to live, and the not that strong but still strong Pokemon are from Kalos. Strong or not, I still love them all equally!" She smiled. She let out seven Pokemon.
The first one was a green Pokemon that stood on four legs and had a huge pink flower on its neck. The second was a brown bird Pokemon. The third was a round, light blue Pokemon with a small tail and two little ears on its head, two tiny arms and legs. The fourth was a purple Pokemon that stood on four legs. It had a tail which separated into two tails at the end. It had a Red Gem on its head and two ears which were blue from the inside. The fifth was a silver bird that looked like it was made of metal. The sixth and seventh were two Pokemon I recognised as Espurr and Helioptile.
"Cool!" I gave Akane a high-five.
"Th-Thanks." She blushed.
"But I don't really know any of them but Helioptile and Espurr. And I just recognised Espeon." I said.
"Oh! Sorry! I thought you'd know since you lived in Johto. This is Meganium." She pointed at the green one, "This blue one here is Marill." "Noctowl." She pointed at the brown bird. "And Skarmory." She pointed at the silver bird.
"Oh." I took out my PokéDex to register them.
First I pointed it at Meganium, then Noctowl, then Marill, then Espeon, then Skarmory, then Espurr and then Helioptile.
"Why don't we have a battle?" Akane suggested.
"Sure! But not in the city." I took Akane outside the Pokemon Centre.
"One on One, Right?" Akane Asked.
"Yeah." I replied.
We walked to Route 10, enjoying the slight breeze that was blowing.
"Espurr!" Akane shouted.
"Froakie!" I let Froakie out of its Pokeball.
"Froooa!" Froakie said.
"Meow!" Meowstic said.
"Confusion!" Akane called out.
"Water Gun!" I shouted.
Espurr's eyes glowed blue and so did Froakie. She raised her arms to make Froakie go high up in the air. Her eyes returned to their normal colour, and Froakie fell on the ground. Froakie used Water Gun on Espurr, who easily dodged.
"Your Espurr's good!" I smile.
"Th-Thanks." She blushed.
"Psyshock!" She shouted.
"Dodge!" I shouted and stopped for a second, "Water Sprinkler."
Froakie created a ball of water in its hands, which slowly got bigger and bigger. When it was big enough that Espurr could not dodge it, he launched the orb at Espurr, which separated into many tiny little pieces. They hit Espurr and it fell on the ground.
"No! Espurr! You can do this! You can get up!" Akane encouraged her Meowstic.
It slowly got up, barely standing straight.
"Water Gun!" I called out.
"Try to dodge!" Akane shouted.
Espurr was not able to dodge the Water Gun, and fell on the ground, unconscious.
"Looks like you win." Akane sighed.
"LOOK! FROAKIE!" I shouted loudly, jumping up and down and pointing at Froakie, making people stare at me.
Froakie was engulfed in a bright blue light. When the light was gone, a completely different Pokemon was there.
"Frogadier!" It said.
"You evolved! I'm so proud of you, Froak-Frogadier!" I hugged Frogadier.
"Frogadier!" It exclaimed and I let go.
"Hey, guys!" Akira waved, running toward us.
"Yo." I said.
"Hey!" Akane waved back.
Akira finally got to us, panting.
"Akane... When I figured out you were captured... I was really worried. Thank Arceus you're alive!" He hugged her.
"I missed you too....? I was only gone for a few hours.... And you did spend time with me after....." Akane said, breaking from the hug.
Isamu soon came too.
"Hey guys! I wanna show you something." Akira and I said at the same time.
"You first." I said.
"Okay. Whatever. Anyway, look!" Akira said, taking three PokeBalls out of his bag.
He let the three Pokemon out. I thought he caught three more while we didn't see each other, but that wasn't it. There was someone missing. There was Chikorita, Emolga and Staravia. That's right! His Umbreon!
"Notice anything?" Akira asked.
"Your Umbreon's not here." I replied.
"Yep!" He exclaimed.
"Where is it?" I asked.
"Well, there was this thingy.... I don't know how to explain.... For little kids who wanted Pokemon, but couldn't get any... So you could give away some of your Pokemon away to them. I found this little kid crying, who said his parents died, and he never had any siblings... Or friends... He kept crying a lot. He looked like he was like... Eight years old? So I took him to Nurse Joy. She said he said he wanted a friend, so I gave him my Umbreon, which he really seemed to like. So yeah... That's why........." Akira explained, "Masaaki, your turn."
"Akane Already Knows... But Here!" I let out Frogadier.
"Your Froakie Evolved?" Isamu and Akira asked.
"YES, DUMBHEADS." I said loudly, making more people stare at me this time, "STARE AT ME ALL YOU WANT, PEOPLE. IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL AWESOMER THAN I AM. AND DO NOT CORRECT MY WRONG VOCABULARY."
"I think he's a bit crazy..." Akira whispered to Akane and Isamu, walking to me.
"SHUT UP!" Akira shouted at me.
"I wasn't even gonna shout more." I stuck my tongue out at Akira.
"Whatever..." Akira muttered.
"Anyway.... I wanna go challenge the gym leader of Cyllage. Akane, wanna come with me?" I asked.
"Sure!" She walked to me.
"Isamu?" I asked him.
"Sure. What about Akira?" Isamu asked, running to me.
"Who? I don't know who you're talking about." I said.
"Akira! You're coming too." Isamu shouted to Akira, who ran to us.
"Listen, Masaaki. You can't be angry at me forever. I'm sure if I even say something nice to you once, you'll be nice again." Akira said, hugging me that moment.
"Fine. Just...*gasp* leave me....*gasp*... can't breathe." I gasped for air.
"OKAY." Akira shouted and let me go.
"I have information on most of Kalos on my PokéDex. This gym leader in Cyllage City... His name is Grant, and he's famous for his bicycle challenges or whatever they are... He has a rock type gym, so it'll be easy for me. And he has an Amaura and a Tyrunt." I read the information on my PokéDex.
"Cool. So you're gonna battle him right as we get to Cyllage City?" Akira asked.
"Probably not. After healing, eating and resting for a while. Then I'll battle him." I told Akira.
I hadn't noticed how much time had passed, but we were still not in Cyllage City. It and been.... Half an hour. Cyllage City slowly came into sight. I grabbed Akane's hands and nodded at her. I was sure she got the message because she then grabbed Akira's hands, and told him to hold Isamu's hands, which is what he did. I ran as fast as I could, and then it took us like, one minute to get there. As we entered the city, we let go of each other's hands. We were all panting heavily.
"That was fun..." I laughed a bit.
We all were tired from walking, so we got on our bicycles and rode them to get to the Pokemon Centre. I gave Nurse Joy my Pokemon and so did Akane.
"Your Pokemon will take 30 minutes to heal, but since they're both of your Pokemon, it'll take an hour." Nurse Joy said, smiling like always.
"Okay." Akane said.
"We should eat." Akira suggested.
"Yeah. Let's go." I said.
We walked to the restaurant in the Pokemon Centre. We ordered Fish(I KNOW. FISH. THERE IS NO FISH IN POKEMON. THERE IS ONLY FISH POKEMON. WELL THERE IS FISH IN THIS) and Chips but since Isamu was allergic to Potatoes, he got Ramen. Akane was talking the entire time our food wasn't here. Akira and Isamu were ignoring us and talking on their own. I was sitting doing nothing, so I had to listen to Akane. Our food was taking too long to come so I got up to ask how long is left. On my way, I saw someone carrying a tray with the number 24 on it, our table number. I dashed back to our table, and surprisingly, I got there right as the orders came. I sat down on my seat and slowly began eating. I looked at Akira, who had almost finished food. Isamu was on his second bowl of Ramen. Akane was also eating slowly, which was a good thing.
"DONE!!!" Akira shouted.
"Akira, lower your voice." I said.
"Whatever." He muttered.
"Better!" I smiled. He rolled his eyes.
"I'm done too." Isamu said.
"So am I." I said.
"I am too!" Akane smiled.
"That's great! So we're all done? Let's go to the Cyllage City Gym!" I exclaimed.
"But you said you'd rest after eating..." Akira said.
"I'm not in the mood to rest." I said.
"Then let's go...?" Akane tilted her head in confusion.
"Yeah." I dashed out of the Pokemon Centre.
Isamu, Akira and Akane followed.
"The gym's there," Isamu pointed kinda to the right, "It'll be a long walk."
We started walking forward. There was only one time we had to climb stairs. For the rest of them, they were slopes we had to walk up. Isamu was right, it was a long walk. We were not even halfway there and we were already panting. Well, all of us but me and Isamu.
"Are*pant*Aren't you*pant*tired?" Akane panted.
"Yeah,*pant* Aren't you?" Akira panted.
"Nope." Isamu and I looked at each other and said.
"You can ride Magikarp if you want." Isamu said.
"Wha...?" Akane asked confused.
"Zebstrika." I answered.
"Oh yeah. His nicknames..." Akane sighed.
Isamu sent out "Magikarp" and Akane and Akira got on. Isamu smiled at me then took out another PokeBall. He sent out the Pokemon inside and Alakazam was there.
"Alakazam!" Alakazam said right as Isamu let it out.
"Alakazam! You know what to do!" Isamu exclaimed.
Alakazam glowed pink, and the light surrounded us too. As soon as the light disappeared, we appeared in front of the gym. Akane and Akira soon came too.
"*pant* idiots...." Akira muttered.
"Let's go." I walked into the gym with Isamu, Akira and Akane behind me. The gym leader, Grant, was standing there.
"Isamu! It's so good to see you again!" He exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, forgot to tell, I know him. We're kinda friends..." Isamu said before walking to Grant.
They started talking to each other. Then, Isamu whispered something to Grant.
"Mmhm. Mmhm. Got it." He smiled.
"So you are Masaaki, and you're the one who wants to battle me?" He asked, pointing at me.
"Yep! That's me!" I exclaimed.
"Then let's go! Since you're a friend of Isamu, you don't have to battle trainers, and you come straight to battle me!" Grant exclaimed.
"I'll teleport us there." Isamu said.
Alakazam glowed pink again and this time, we were standing on a rock battlefield.
"So let's battle." I said.
"May the battle begin!" The referee exclaimed.
"Amaura!" Grant let out his first Pokemon.
"Frogadier, let's go!" I let out Frogadier.
"Amaura, Ice Beam!" Grant commanded.
"Frogadier, Water Pulse!" I called out.