Chapters 15 and 16 - By: AED922@aol.com - Pokemon - http://maxpages.com/togepi8/Chapter

Chapter 15: The Sweet Smell of Sucess

When I woke up, my thoughts were on that guy at the daycare center and that girl that was a hermit or something. I wanted to get it away from my mind, because it was too creepy. I decided to look around in the city.
I looked at a few shops, not really wanting anything. But then I smelled something that loured me into the store just the way my shoes did. I opened the door to the shop, and three girls crowded around me, giving me free samples.
"Wow! That perfume is awesome! I must have some!!!" I said. "What is the price?"
The girl pointed to the sign. I almost fainted. It was only fifty dollars!!
"We are having a major sale. If you would die for perfume, we give you 70% off!" the girl said.
"Great!" I said, buying my new perfume. Then, I smelled something even more excellent. The smell led me over to a small table. The smell was better than all of the rest!
"Oh! How much does this one cost?" I asked.
"I'm sorry," the saleswoman said. "That one is not for sale. It is a prize for any girl who beats the gym leader here."
Now, that's what I call motivation! I thought.
"Then how do I enter to beat her?" I asked.
"Wow, you really like that perfume, don't you?"
"It's my motivation!" I said smiling.
"Well, there is a signup sheet in the gym. The gym is a big building that lookslike a big flower," she said, drawing a little map. After she was done, I sprayed my new perfume on myself. I walked outside, trying to follow the map.
Since I didn't want to lose any chance of getting that perfume, I decided to try to do a little training, because I hadn't trained them for a long time. I went into a patch of grass. I looked around for anything I could battle. Then, I saw the cutest little thing trotting by! It was a little red fox with little curls on its head! I pointed my pokedex at it. "Vulpix- the fox pokemon. It is type fire and it is said that its tail seems to multiply from birth." I shut the flap. It was sooooo cute! I was gonna
catch it!
"Go! Horsea!" I yelled, throwing the pokeball. Vulpix looked at me and accepted the battle.
"Horsea! Bubble Beam! Don't K.O. it though!" I yelled.
Horsea shot out bubbles. Vulpix did not look as playful as Eevee, and did not try to play with the bubbles. Instead, its eyes widened and it watched in horror as the bubbles hit it! When the bubbles cleared, I saw Vulpix lying on the ground!
"Oh no! i hurt it!" I gasped in fear. "Well, at least I can catch it then."
I grabbed something in my bag and threw it. Then I realized what I had done. The item I had thrown had not sucked Vulpix into it, but it absourbed the item in!
I had thrown the Fire Stone!
Vulpix's reddness faded. Its tail started getting longer and it multiplied!
Soon, the cute little fox kit turned into a beautiful full grown fox!
I pointed my pokedex thing at it.
"Ninetales-the evolved form of Vulpix-" I shut the flap. I heard it still murmering under the flap, so I stuffed it into my backpack. The Ninetales still looked weak, so I decided to throw the pokeball, this time I was careful that I had thrown the right item.
The ball wiggled and and wiggled, and then the red light on the button faded.
"Yeah! Let me check out its attacks!" i said, pulling the pokedex back out of my bag.
"Ninetales Attacks- Ember, Fire Spin, Quick Attack and Sand Attack." Yeah! I thought. I caught a really cute and pretty pokemon! I skipped the rest of the way to the gym.
When I got to the doors of the gym, I knocked on the doors. A girl with blue hair opened the door.
"What do you..... hey, is that perfume I smell?" the girl said. "Come right in!"
I stepped inside. "I hear that we get a wonderful perfume if we beat this trainer," I said, smelling the perfume on her, too.
"Yes, because not as much people are wearing perfume as they used to. We figure if some people beat us and get free samples, they'll buy more perfume!
And if there arn't as much battles, girls will come to battle to get the perfume! Its a two way thing!"
"Wow, that's a good idea!" I said. The girl led me into a room.
"Yeah, and now we have a new policy. If someone doesn't like perfume, they cannot battle here! So you have to like perfume to get into the Pokemon League!"
That was pretty smart, but who can't like perfume?!
"Here, Erika will be here is a second. Just wait here and you can see our selection!" the girl said, leaving the room. I looked around. the whole place looked like a giant garden house! There were flowers and trees and everything! Then I saw the perfume. As I was walking over to it, I heard a voice.
"Hello? I heard that someone wants to battle me," a girl stepped out. She was wearing a green dress and dark blue hair. "I am Erika. I suppose you have heard about the prize," she said, holding up the perfume.
"Oh! Yes! That is why I am here! I love perfume!" I exclaimed.
"I like your style, so I might go easy on you," she said, placing the perfume on the floor of the grassy gym. "I call a two-on-two pokemon match! May the battling begin!" "Go! Weepinbell!" she yelled A upside down flower popped out. it looked really dumb.
"Weepinbell! Poison powder!" yelled Erika. Ninetales was sprayed with the poisoning powder. Ninetales looked like it was in pain. It had a hint of green in its face!
"Ninetales! Ember!" I yelled. She spit swirling fire. It looked like it really hurt the mutated weed. I couldn't stand her looking that bad.
"Ninetales! Return!" I yelled,
dragging her to my side. She looked at me, like she needed help desprately!
"Oh no! You are badly poisoned! I can't do anything! Just hold on!" I held her close.
I grabbed a pokeball and threw it. "Wigglytuff! Go!"
"Wigglytuf! Sing your melody!" I yelled. The room filled with sweet singing.
I felt a tinge of sleepyness. Weepinbell seemed absolutly normal. Then, Wigglytuff's voice slowly got lower. Weepinbell's eyes drooped, then popped open again. Yes! I thought. It is actually effecting it a little! That perfume was as good as mine!
Weepinbell gave in and fell asleep. Wigglytuff stopped singing and smiled. I patted Ninetales, trying to make her feel a little better. As I looked at her, I saw that she had fallen asleep! She was still a little green, but she looked adorable!
Then, Weepinbell's eyes snapped open! It woke up!
"Good job, Weepinbell! Now, Razorleaf!" Erika called.
Wigglytuff was hit with tons of little leafs, looking knife sharp.
Wigglytuff, looking all scratched up, was hurt by a lot.
"Wigglytuff! Mega Punch!" I yelled. I wanted it to sing again, but I knew it would not work against this mutated flower.
Wigglytuff hit Weepinbell, but not hurting it as much as I had hoped it would. Weepinbell wasn't very easy to beat.
"Wigglytuff! Try to Mega Punch it again!" I called, realizing its fatigued look. All that singing probably took the wind out of it!
Wigglytuff hit it, but with a tatch more power. Weepinbell looked more hurt. I might beat it! I thought.
"Weepinbell! Don't give up that easily! Razor Leaf!" Erika called.
Oh no! I thought. That'll take Wigglytuff out for sure!
I watched in horror as I saw the blazing leaves spin towards my Wigglytuff! And then I watched in suprise as Wigglytuff jumped out of the way and into safty. But then again, nowhere is safe when it comes to pokemon. Or fun.
"Wigglytuff! Just try to Pound it! It might take the Weepinbell out!" I yelled.
It all seemed like it was in slow motion. I watched my Wigglytuff's fist pass through the air, and collide with the mutated flower that I would never want to have, and looks totally not cool.
"Oh no! Weepinbell! Return!" Erika said. "Okay, I was going easy on you the other times. This time you will not be victorious!" She grinned. "Go! Vileplume!"
A pretty flower popped out. I wanted it so badly! It was too cool! "Vileplume! Petal Dance!" called Erika.
"Hurry, Wigglytuff! Sing it to sleep before it can attack!" I yelled.
It was beautiful. Wigglytuff sang her melodious song, while Vileplume danced wonderful steps. But, at the same time, it was shooting razor-sharp leaves at my pokemon! Wigglytuff managed to dodge, still singing. But it only missed by an inch! If Wigglytuff wasn't as agile as it was, it would have been taken out immediatly.
This went on for a while, making Wigglytuffs voice crack a little. Vileplume was tiring, especially because of Wigglytuff's singing. Then, Vileplume fell down, tripping over her own feet! At the same time, Wigglytuff started wheezing! The sight wasn't so beautiful anymore!
"Vileplume! Get up!" Erika yelled. "Reazor Leaf!"
"Nooooo!" I yelled. I must have that perfume!
"Wigglytuff! As soon as you catch your breath, Mega Punch!" I called.
Wigglytuff punched the Vileplume, making it even more injured.
"Wait! Stop!" Erika called. "That Vileplume is my life! I cannot let this Vileplume injure itslelf." I looked at her, giving her a understanding look.
She sounded like she was about to cry. "When it was a Gloom, it saved my life when I was a little girl. I didn't even like pokemon at the time. But
the way Gloom saved me-" a tear ran down her face. "inspired me to become a master at grass pokemon."
I was speechless. The only thing that I thought about was my new perfume. "Well," she said, wiping the tear away. "I better give you the prize and the badge." She reached into her pocket and pulled out yet, another tiny little shiney thingie. She picked the perfume up slowly.
"Now, I have to tell you something about this perfume," Erika said. "It will attract any boy to you. You must be careful with it. If you put too much on, who knows what will happen!"
"Yeah, yeah, thanx," I said, taking the perfume and spraying it onto my wrist. It smelled, I smelled, sensational!
"Thank you so much!" I yelled.
"Remember! It may not be as good as you think it is!" she called back.

I walked into the Pokemon Center, not wanting to wait to tell Lisa about my new perfume. Then, as I walked into the center, every boy looked at me and smiled.
That's when I knew I was really gonna like that perfume.

Chapter 16: A really wierd day

A Goodbye and a Hello

I couldn't wait to have Lisa take a whiff at my new perfume! She would probably beg me for a spray to get Chris! I kept gigling at the thought. I couldn't imagine Chris and Lisa together. Lisa, her face bright red evey time
he came near her. And Chris... I couldn't really imagine Chris like that. Well, enough with the imagining. Let me tell you what happened that day...
I had just finished talking to my dad. He had even planned a vacation from training! He said that I could go back home for a week or two! I didn't hesitate a second to say yes! But my dad had another question to ask me...
"Jess, well, since you've been gone, it's been very lonely around here..." Yes! I thought. He's gonna ask me to stop training and make me go home! "And your mother needs help at home.." here it comes! I thought. "So, would you mind sending one of your pokemon to help out around here for a month?" My heart sank.
"What's in it for me?" I said stubbornly.
"Now, young lady, you don't be smart with me.." I could have sworn I heard my mom say in the backround, "Blaine! If you talk to her like that, she'll say no! Bribe her!" I giggled in my mind. It's so funny when she does that! "Alright, can you send pictures of all your pokemon here? It will only take a minute. Just go to the photo booth near the pokemon transporter, and then email it to me."
"Alright, I guess so." I said. "I'll call you back after I do it. But I'm not sending Eevee! I will send you a picture, though."
I hung up and walked over to the transporter, the boy's eyes following me. I smiled. What could possibly be wrong with this perfume?!
I saw the little camera. I put in five dollars and then opened the pokeball which contained Jolteon. After the picture, I put in 25 more dollars in, so I wouldn't have to put in money every time. I took Bulbasaur out of it's pokeball. I thought about something, and then put out my other Bulbasaur with it. Hey! What's wrong with two of the same in a picture? After that picture was taken, I took out Wigglytuff. She posed, and I laughed. She was just the cutest little thing!
Then I put out Ninetales. She posed too, all of her tails gracefully infront of her. She was so beautiful!
Then I put in Eevee. She looked around to see if Jolteon was around. When she realized it was a picture, she pretended that she was chasing a butterfly! She looked adorable!
When I saw the pictures, I decided to email them to my computer too! I sent the pictures and then called my parents back.
"Honey," My dad said. "I see you have quite a varity of pokemon types. I don't mean to be mean, but I want you to keep it mostly to fire pokemon."
"I'll try," I said.
"Well, your mother originally wanted Eevee to come, but I told her you were against it. So, she decided to get Wigglytufff."
"Wigglytuff?" I frowned. A whole month without Wigglytuff? But she was one of my best!
"Of course, I will send you more money if you do, and I will send you one of my fire pokemon," he said. "I am sending you the pictures right now. Call me back with which one you want. But keep it short. The phone bill is getting pretty big."
"Blaine! Don't do that! We want to talk to Jess, no matter how big the phone bill is! We won't see her for a long time!" I heard my mother cry. I giggled again.
"Alright, call me back in a second," my father said. I hung up the phone and logged on to my screen name. I a second, I received mail. I opened the pictures. The first one loaded. It looked like a weird duck. It was ugly! I didn't want that one! Wait, but under the picture was a note...
Honey, this pokemon was my first and best pokemon. You cannot have it now, because you are not expereinced enough. But this is a family pokemon, and you will evenually receive it.
Thank God I didn't have to take that one now! I thought. I loaded the next picture.
It was a beautiful horse, with a firey mane. I remember this one! I thought. Dad used to let me ride it when I was littler! I always wanted to have it. But yet again, my dad wrote something under the picture...
I know you want this one, but I'm afraid you are not experienced enough for this one too. Sorry.
Then I opened the next email. My dad wrote something..
This pokemon will be perfect for you. I'm sure you'll like it because it is, well, "cute."
I scrolled down and looked at the picture. It was cute! It was a big dog that looked kinda like a tiger. I wanted that one! I emailed dad back, telling him I wanted that one. He emailed me back, telling me it was great that I wanted it. It's name was Arcanine. He told me that he was sending the pokemon, and that I should send it over then too. But first I wanted to do something...
I opened Wigglytuff's pokeball. I hugged it. She looked at me like she was confused.
"Wiggly?" She said.
"Oh, Wigglytuff," I said, trying not to cry. "I-I have to send you somewhere for a month."
"Wiggly!" She said, shaking her head and then hugged me.
"I'm sorry, but you have to. They won't be mean to you at all! They are my parents!" I said "Wiggly?" she asked. I really thought she was one of my only pokemon that
could really understand me.
"And they only want you to help out around the house. And its only temporary. And my mom is so much like me, you won't believe it!" I said. "Wiggly! Wigglytuff?" I didn't really know what she said, but her expression told me that it would be alright.
"Oh, Wigglytuff! I love you!" I exclaimed. I hugged her tightly.
"And I will be visiting soon, so I can see you then," I said. She nodded and hopped into her pokeball. I hugged the pokeball, missing her already.
"Okay, here we go," I said, putting the pokeball into place. I pressed the send button.
Just as my Wigglytuff's pokeball disapeared, another one took its place.
I picked it up. I didn't really feel like calling my dad right then. I opened my new pokeball.
My new dog pokemon popped out. It looked at me, expressionless. I decided to make friends with it.
"Alright, Arcanine," I whispered. "You are gonna stay with me for the next few weeks. I hope you can understand that. I will take the best care of you that I can."
"Ar," it said understandingly.
"Now, I want us to be friends. Are you okay with going on another pokemon journey?" (the other one being my dad's)
To my realif, in nodded. Then, it started scratching its neck. I took out a brush and started brushing. I decided to make that brush his brush. He slowly lowered his leg, his eyes closed with contempt. I brushed him for a few more minutes and then I went to find Lisa.
I ran into Chris. He looked at me and smiled.
"Hey Jess, what's up?" he said.
"Oh, Chris! Have you seen Lisa? " I asked him.
"Yeah, but what's your hurry? I'm hungry, so do you want to get something to eat?" he asked. Oh, I thought. He must have smelled the perfume! Lisa is gonna die!
"Okay, Lisa might be there too," I said.
We walked over to a new restruant. I told him about having to send Wigglytuff away, and taking care of Arcanine. He didn't really seem like he was listening like he usually does.
When we got there, I saw tons of people, but no sign of Lisa. Where is she? I wondered. Maybe she went shopping. There is a great selection here. We sat down at a booth.
"Hey Jess, I've been wondering if you," Chris said, avoiding my eyes. Uh oh, I hope he isn't asking me out! I thought. Lisa would kill me if I went out with him!
Before he could finish, I pretended I saw Lisa. "Oh, hold on! I think I saw Lisa! I'll be right back!" I said. I jumped up and went into the Girl's Room. Then, to my suprise, I did see Lisa. But, she was crying!
Oh no! I thought. Maybe she saw me with Chris!
"Lisa! What's the matter?" I asked her.
"Oh, Jess!" she said, wiping away her tears. "This has been a horrible day!"
Oh no, I thought.
"First, my mom called and said that my Grandma is really sick! Then, I tied my battle at Erika's gym."
"What's so bad about tying?" I asked.
"Well, Erika said when she ties with someone, they have to choose between the prize and the badge. And since I wanted to be a water master, I took the badge. And then I smelled the perfume in your room that you won, and I loved it! Oh, Jess, I want some so badly!"
So! I thought. She didn't suspect anything!
"And, I'm really sorry Jess, but, I put a little on. I couldn't resist!" she said.
"Oh, that's alright! I was going to give you a spray anyway!" I said.
"Oh, and also, my Magikarp is acting really strange. I think it is dying or something!" she said, another tear running down her face.
"Hey, it's okay. Do you want me to take a look at it?" I asked her.
"Yeah, but not right now. We are in a bathroom, remember?" she giggled.
"Okay, Chris is waiting at a booth. Let's go!" I pulled her out of the Lady's room and to our booth.
"Hey, Jess," Chris said. "Um, I never finished what I was saying. Can I talk to you in private?"
"Okay," I mumbled.
He took me into a corner.
"Okay, well, I was wondering if you..." he paused. "Could ask Lisa if she likes me."
I was not expecting to hear that.
"Oh, don't tell her this, but I think she might like you," I said. Oh, I thought. That's a load of my back!
"Can you tell her this? I think she is really pretty," he blushed.
"Okay," I said smiling. "I'll tell her later. Now let's go get some lunch.
I'm starving!"

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