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Pokemon - The Tokko Adventures

Episode4 - A Brand New Friend

It was already way past dark, and Yui and Morty were still wandering around outside. They were a good distance from where they'd started, but still pretty far from Dream Town. And both of them were starting to tire out. Yui was slouching as she walked, and Morty was struggling to keep his eyes open. Suddenly, Yui almost fell over backward; Morty quickly stopped her with his arm. She blinked her eyes open, and shook her head.

"I don't think I can keep going," she said. "I'm way too tired out."

"I hear ya," Morty said. "Should we stop somewhere for the night?"

"Sure," she said. "But there's really nowhere to stop… just road. Are you sure that's safe?"

"It's not," Morty said. "But if you can't keep going, there's no other alternative…"

"I'll try to keep going," Yui said. But ten steps later, she was fading out again. Morty caught her in the middle of a fall, and carried her to the side of the road.

"You sleep," he said. "I'll keep watch, okay?"

"Are you sure?" she asked softly. He could tell she was falling asleep.

"Yes, completely sure. Go to sleep," he said, letting her rest her head in his lap. She was asleep almost instantly… and Morty found himself falling asleep too. Slowly, he laid his head back onto the soft grass and closed his eyes….

The next morning, Yui awoke to find Morty sound asleep. She looked at her watch… it was almost 10:00 in the morning. "Eep! Morty, wake up!" she cried, tapping his shoulder. He was completely still. "Get up!" Yui said, pulling back on his headband and snapping it back to his forehead. With a loud clap, he shot up, blinking rapidly.

"What happened?" he asked, quickly and tiredly.

"It's 10:00," she said. "We gotta keep going."

"Ah… Okay," he said, rubbing his eyes. As they were getting up to leave, they saw something in the distance lighting up the road…

They looked up to see the headlights of some kind of vehicle moving closer… closer… it was some kind of bus. It drew nearer and, to their surprise, stopped right in front of them.

"Getting on?" asked the driver, opening the doors.

"Uh…" Yui looked up; sure enough, they were standing right underneath a bus stop sign. "Where does this bus go?"

"Express route to Dream Town. If you're a Pokemon trainer, it's free," said the driver.

Yui smiled, and flashed her PokeDex. "I'm a trainer," she said.

"Do gym leaders count?" Morty asked, bringing out an ID card. The driver nodded, and Morty stepped on after Yui. But as he was going to find a seat, he stopped short… the bus was totally crowded over. There probably wasn't a single seat left on the bus, but Yui had managed to find one. She was sitting next to some guy dressed in black, and she was smiling stupidly at Morty.

"Ha," she said. "No seat for Morty."

He smiled back at her. "Whatever," he said, standing at the front of the bus. "I don't mind standing."

As the bus sped across the pavement, Morty kept his eyes on the scenery outside. This area of Tokko was really beautiful… all kinds of plant life lined the edges of the road, and many little wild Pokemon were resting in the forested area. It was nice…

"Hey," said the guy sitting next to Yui. He smiled strangely at her, and swung his arm over to rest on the back of the double seat.

"Hello," she said nervously. This guy wasn't around her age at all… he had to be at least 19 or 20 years old. And his appearance didn't help either… was coated in nothing but black. Even his hair, which hung loosely over his eyes, was deep black.

The guy smiled. "So, who's the guy over there? Your boyfriend?" he asked.

"No," Yui replied. She edged away a little, but he kept moving on to her.

"Well, that's good," he said, "I was worried that this pretty face was already taken."

"Um…" Yui stared to get up, but he held his arm on her shoulders. She let out an uneasy whimper, and Morty scowled.

"Hey! Get off of her!" he yelled, stepping up as close as he could.

The guy smiled sadistically. "Aww, why?" he said. "She even said you're not her boyfriend."

"That gives you no right to jump on her like that!" Morty shouted. "Now leave her alone!"

"Make me," the guy scoffed. Yui pushed him away from herself and stood up.

"We want off," she said, storming to the front of the bus. The driver stopped promptly and let Yui get off, followed by a very steamed Morty.

"That was too creepy," Yui said, brushing off her shoulders.

"No kidding," Morty replied. "So I suppose we're walking the rest of the way to Dream Town."

"I guess," Yui said. "No big deal. We're not tired anymore, so we should get pretty far, no problem."

"Even though we're a long way off," he said. "Oh well. A couple more days and we'll get there." "Let's take the forest route," Yui suggested. "I want to capture some more Pokemon for the gym."

"'Kay," Morty agreed. The duo stepped over the bushed lining the road, and entered a shady woodland area. There were a lot of wild Pokemon, but upon seeing the two trainers, many of them scurried away.

"It's so nice and pretty in here!" Yui said, picking a small pink flower and stringing it through her hair. "I love being outside in a new place for once. Sure, the fields around the plateau are beautiful and all, but it's so much more exciting being away from home."

"I know. It's nice to be away from Ecruteak for a change," said Morty. "It's just a city… there's not really any nice places like this. Except for the National Park south of town, but I never really get to go there."

"I say we hang out here for a bit," Yui suggested. "To take our minds off of that bus ride."

"Sure," Morty said. "We've got nothing to lose."

For the rest of the day, Yui and Morty spent a lot of time running around, exploring the forest. They found a lot of cute wild Pokemon, including a family of Chikoritas with three little babies! But most of the Pokemon were just common Pidgey and Rattata. Not much to see there.

They had also gotten formidably closer to Dream Town without even knowing it… after finding a small landmark in the middle of the forest, Yui checked it out on the map, and realized that they were only a short distance away from their next city. A day's travels, give or take a few hours, would get them there.

"Yaaaay!!!" Yui shouted excitedly. "We're almost in Dream Town! We're almost in Dream Town!" she sang while doing a little dance. Morty watched her, laughing, and clapped when she finished.

"So, shall we keep going then?" he asked. Yui nodded happily, and they started walking in the direction of Dream Town. Yui skipped along the path, smiling brightly; but her smile was soon shattered…

She stopped, trying not to make a sound. Morty stopped behind her.

"What is it?" he asked. She put one finger in front of her mouth and shushed him, then said silently, "Listen."

He listened hard, trying to hear what she was. "A Pokemon?" he asked.

"Ssh!" she whispered again. This time, he opened his ears and looked around… and then he heard it. A female voice in the distance, screaming for help.

"This way," he said, tiptoeing slowly toward the source. He and Yui peeked over a bunch of bushes to see a girl with neon blue hair… and the guy dressed in black from the bus. He had hold of her wrist, and she was screaming frantically.

"Do you ever give up?" Morty yelled, running out of the bushes. "Leave her alone!"

"Oh, you again," the guy said. "You got me kicked off of that bus, you know."

"Not like I care," Morty said. "Now release her. Or I'll have to take action."

The guy grasped the blue-haired girl's wrist hard and threw her to the ground. She slid and stayed in place, afraid to move. Morty growled again, preparing himself to fight.

"You think you're intimidating?" the guy in black asked with a laugh.

"I'd back off right now," Morty warned.

"Ooh, I'm so scared," he said. Morty squinted his eyes in anger and ran forward, his fist connecting with the right side of the guy's head. He staggered backward, holding his face, and shook his head in anger. "You'll regret that," were his last words before he took off. Morty sighed heavily, and went to help the girl up.

"Are you okay?" he asked, putting his arm forward. She took his hand and stood up with his help.

"I'm fine," she said. "Thank you."

"No problem," he replied as Yui stepped up to the two of them. "My name is Morty. And this is Yui."

"Hi. I'm Teal," said the girl. "It's nice to meet both of you."

"Yeah," Yui said. "You sure you're okay? What happened?"

"It was scary," Teal said. "I was walking on my way to Dream Town, and suddenly that guy just jumped me! I'd never been more scared… It's lucky you were there, Morty."

"Wait," Yui said quickly. "You're on your way to Dream Town? Are you a trainer?"

"I am, but I'm not collecting badges," Teal replied. "There's a convention going on there in about three days, and I want to be there to enter some of the contests. I go every year."

"We're on our way there too," Morty said. "Yui's collecting badges."

"That's cool," Teal said.

"Hey, I was thinking," Yui said. "Maybe we should stay together. At least until we get to Dream Town. Morty could protect both of us from that scary guy."

"Good idea," Teal laughed. "I was feeling kind of reluctant to keep going on my own…"

"Okay," Morty finished. "Well, if we keep going, we can find someplace to rest for the night and get there by tomorrow… sound good?"

"Great!" Teal agreed. "Let's go!"

"Yui, you listening?" Morty asked.

No, she wasn't… She had her back turned, and she was staring at something through the trees. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Is that guy back?" Teal asked shakily. Yui shook her head, and continued staring.

"Don't you see that?" she asked. "It looks like… that pretty Pokemon I saw…"

She took off running, darting through the trees aimlessly. "Yui, wait!" Morty called, dashing after her and almost forgetting about Teal. By the time he remembered her and turned around, though, she was gone…

"Teal? Morty called, looking in every direction. "Teal? Yui?"

"I'm here, Morty…" said a dreamy-sounding voice. Morty spun around to see Yui walking slowly up to him… she was almost floating off the ground with every step she took. But Morty hardly noticed… he felt almost mesmerized. Yui kept getting closer to him… and closer, until she was almost right up against him.

"Morty…" Her voice rang out in an unreal echo. Morty closed his eyes as she closed hers, she leaned forward dramatically…

And a cold mist broke around Morty's shoulders. He opened his eyes to see nothing but forest… no Yui in sight. "What the… Yui?"

"Hey! Morty! Where'd you go?" Teal called out. Morty had taken off after Yui, and she'd tried to follow, but he was a little too quick. Now Teal was lost too…

"You guys?" She kept trying to keep her voice to a low whisper; she was still scared of the mysterious guy. "Yui? Morty?"

"And this year's big winner is Teal Moonspell!" said a sudden voice. It echoed over, as if someone were speaking in a microphone from far away… Teal turned around to see a stage appear out of nowhere, with a really good-looking guy standing up on it…

"Are you coming up to accept your prize?" he asked, his voice rippling through the air. Teal blushed, and started walking toward the stage…

Then she blinked, and just like that everything disappeared. The stage was replaced by a small hill, the man a thin tree; she blinked a few more times, but her surrounding didn't change.

"Um… What just happened? Hello?"

Yui stopped short, scanning the skies for her pretty Pokemon. It had disappeared as fast as it had come, and she was alone now. "Oh pretty Pokemon…"

"Over here," said a mystical voice. Yui spun around to see… nothing. "Or am I over here?" She kept turning her head, following the strange voice until she got dizzy. Finally, she looked to see that beautiful Pokemon disappear into the sky…

"Hey! Wait!" she called, reaching her arm out. "What are you?"

Yui looked up then, and noticed that Morty and Teal were nowhere in sight… "Hey! Morty! Teal! They didn't follow me…."

"How can I find them now?" Teal thought aloud to herself. She sat under a leafy tree, looking around… there was no sign of her new friends, and no way of contacting them at all. She sat there thinking for the longest time… and finally came up with an idea.

"Hopefully they see this," she said, taking out a PokeBall. "Jolteon, go!"

"Jo-olt!" said the Pokemon, looking happily up at Teal.

"Jolteon, release a thunderbolt as high as you can into the air," she said, pointing upward. The electric cat looked up and, carefully aiming through the trees, shot a bolt of lightning high up into the air…

Morty and Yui noticed the lightning bolt at almost the same time. Of course, out of curiosity, they ran toward where it was coming from; they both reached Jolteon and Teal at almost the same time.

"Hey, guys," Teal said, recalling Jolteon.

"Teal!" Yui exclaimed. "That was brilliant!"

"It was nothing," she said. "I just didn't want us all to be separated."

"Well, thank you Teal," Morty said. She blushed, and looked up.

"It's dark already," she said. "Should we just set up camp here?"

"Sure," said Yui, sitting down on the ground. "I'm tired… I was looking for that pretty Pokemon that I saw."

"That's nice," Morty said, sitting down next to her. He put his arms around her shoulders, and pulled her down so she was resting on his lap. The two fell asleep almost instantly, and Teal fell back on a soft patch of grass near them.

"I should have known a great guy like Morty would have a girlfriend," she thought to herself, resting her head on her backpack. She fell asleep, looking up at the stars and thinking about how Morty had saved her life… It had definitely been love at first sight.