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Pokemon - The Tokko Adventures

Chapter 5 - Flaming Confusion

Teal was awake first that morning; it had been an uncomfortable night, but at least she was still alive… She got up and, glancing quickly at her two friends sleeping contently together… sure, they looked cute, but she still felt a little jealous. Teal sighed, and got up to look around.

The group had stopped in a small clearing close to Dream Town, a nice spot with everything imaginable in sight. From where she stood, Teal could see a small brook and a field of tall grass that was probably crawling with Pokemon, not to mention the surrounding forest. Sighing again, she knelt down at the brook and splashed some of the ice-cold water on her face.

"This isn't fair…" she thought to herself, staring at her own reflection in the water. "I know I shouldn't be pining over someone else's guy, but… He's everything I've ever dreamed of in a guy!"

"Good morning, Teal!" Yui said, coming up behind her. The blue-haired girl jumped about a mile into the air, and nearly fell face-first into the water.

"Don't do that!" she said, shaking her head. "Mornin', Yui."

Yui sat down cross-legged beside her new friend, running her hands through the water. "Did you have a good sleep?"

"Yeah," Teal said, "I guess so."

"Hm… I had a nice dream," said Yui, looking down into the clear water. "Well… are you ready to go? We can go wake Morty up and get going to Dream Town…"

"Okay," Teal said. "You and Morty make the cutest couple ever."

Yui looked shocked. "Couple?" she questioned, tilting her head. "Morty and I aren't a couple."

"Oh! You seem like it, though!" Teal cried. "You seem so close…"

"Morty's just a big sweetheart," Yui explained. "He's very affectionate. And we've both liked each other a lot since the first time we met. We aren't a couple… yet." She smiled semi-evilly.

Teal's eyes lit up. "They aren't together…" she thought. "I may have a chance with him!!"

"You say that so confidently," Teal said. "But what happens if some pretty girl in Dream Town steals him from you?"

"I doubt that's gonna happen," Yui said, looking down at Morty. "Isn't he… just the most beautiful example of a male you've ever seen? He's perfect…"

"Yeah," Teal sighed. "Perfect."

After waking Morty up and getting tickled half to death, Yui packed up her stuff and announced that she was ready to go. Teal, who had been sitting by the water all morning, quickly got up and followed; Morty stumbled behind, walking slowly and frequently rubbing his eyes. Yui noticed this, and lagged back to talk to him.

"Are you okay?" she asked, holding him up with her arm.

"Fine," he said, yawning. "I just didn't have a very good rest last night… I was having uneasy dreams."

Yui's eyes widened. "Really?" she asked, "what kind of dreams? Are you okay?"

Morty sighed. "It's nothing, really," he replied, looking up to the sky. "It's just…"

"Just what?" asked Teal, walking at Morty's other side.

"…Nothing," he said. "It's not important."

"If you're sure," Yui said, taking his arm and leaning on his shoulder as they walked. Teal slouched at this, almost glaring at Yui.

"You're such a hopeless flirt, did you know that?" she thought. "Yui… You say you and Morty aren't together, but you just love to make everyone think you are…"

"So, Teal, what kinds of competitions are they going to hold in Dream Town?" Morty asked, breaking her line of thought.

"I'm not exactly sure," she said. "They have all kinds of different contests every year. The only one I'm sure they'll hold is the Pokemon battle tournament, and that's what I'm going to enter."

"Yay!!" Yui said. "A tournament might help me warm up for the gym. Sounds like fun!"

"I'll battle you," Teal said with a smile. "And I'll win."

"We'll see about that," she said, the two girls running forward. Morty was left behind, running to follow them and watching both girls. He knew everything that they thought; and he just hoped nothing would come between them… because of him.

And they were almost there… one bit of forest to pass through, and the group would be right on the outskirts of Dream Town. Yui and Teal were ecstatic and hyper, and Morty was just hanging back, totally lost in thought. What brought him back to consciousness was a girl's voice screaming loudly, right in front of him… Actually, two girl's voices…

"KAWAII!!!!" Teal and Yui yelled at the exact same time. They went on to blabber about some… thing that was there, and how it was "so cute" and how they were going to capture it; "What are you guys talking about?" Morty asked.

"Look, Morty!!!" Yui cried, pointing forward. He looked… in front of them was possibly one of the cutest Pokemon Morty had ever seen… it was a small red kitten, with a tail of flames, and the brightest blue eyes that stared up at him in the cutest possible way.

"Aww," he said, a word totally out of place for him. "That is cute!!"

"Oh… It is so mine!" Teal exclaimed, bringing out a PokeBall.

"No way, I'm catching this little cutie!!" Yui declared. "I choose Eevee!"

"Teddiursa!" Teal called, releasing the Honey Bear Pokemon from its ball. Yui's eyes lit up; "That's almost as cute as this little thing!!"

"Why don't you check your PokeDex to see what it is, Yui?" Morty asked. "I don't think I've ever seen this Pokemon."

"Heh… Neither have I," Teal said. "I just want it…"

Yui brought out the small computer, and pointed the light at the kitten. It lit up, and the Pokemon's picture appeared on the screen.

"Keyflame. The Fire Kitten Pokemon; a newly discovered species. The mortal enemy of the Growlithe/Houndour chain, this energetic Fire-type Pokemon is a great starter for new trainers," droned the Dex in a monotone voice.

"Ah… I so have to catch this thing!" Yui said. "Eevee, go! Use your Tackle attack on that Keyflame!"

"Buii!" it shouted, running forward at the flaming Pokemon. It spun on its heel, catching Eevee across the face with its flaming tail, and took off running in the opposite direction.

"Oh… No!" Teal cried as Yui tended to her Eevee. "Teddiursa, let's go! We can't let it get away!!!"

Her Pokemon let out a battle cry as it ran at its trainer's side. Yui, Eevee and Morty followed close behind, until the little Pokemon led them into a small clearing in the middle of the forest.

"Oh, come on, little Keyflame, we have to get going now!" Teal shouted. "Keyflame?"

Suddenly, it darted behind her, making her spin quickly and almost lose her footing. Another shot in front of her feet, and a third to her side; in all the confusion she fell over, looking around.

"So there's more than one of them," she said. "Not smart to lead us to your breeding grounds, little Pokemon…"

"That's really strange," Yui said. "It's definitely not like a Pokemon to lead strangers into its family's home like that. I wonder what's wrong."

"Hmm…" Teal sighed, still keeping her eyes out for one of those Keyflame. Suddenly, two of them jumped out right in front of her! Another two, to her left… and three to the right of the group.

"Damn…. I think we're outnumbered," Morty sighed.

"Ya think?" Teal said sarcastically. "But come on, we can take `em. Let's go, Teddiursa."

"Eevee, let's go!" Yui commanded. "Now," she began…

"Both of you…" Teal continued.

"Attack at once!" they finished together. The two Pokemon charged their targets, but for some reason, all of them were able to avoid being hit. Together, the kittens fired consecutive flamethrower attacks at Eevee and Teddiursa, driving them backward.

"Come on, you guys, it's useless," Morty said. "Let's keep going toward Dream Town. These Keyflame obviously don't want to be captured."

"Well…" Teal began to protest, but one of the flamethrowers shot by her head. "Yep. Let's go!"

They took off running the other way, human and Pokemon alike. And just as they were getting far enough away from the Keyflame to be safe, Yui stopped short.

"I am… so stupid," she said.

"What? Why?" Morty asked.

"I… dropped my backpack," she said, pointing. "Back there."

Teal clapped sarcastically, and laughed; Yui laughed too. "Beautiful, Yui," Teal said.

"I know," she sighed, sitting down. "If we go back and get it, those Keyflame will toast us. But if we don't go back… all my stuff is in that backpack."

"We are going back," Morty said. "For sure. We just need to figure out how to get past the Keyflame back there."

"Yeah…" Teal said, her energy seemingly gone all of a sudden. She was staring forward, almost like she was staring at something that wasn't there…

"Teal!" Morty said, shaking her shoulders. She blinked back into reality and stared at him.

"What the…" she groaned. "That was weird… weren't we just in Dream Town?"

"No, we've been here the whole time," Yui said.

Morty looked up. "I sense something here," he said. "Something's making you see some illusions, Teal…"

As he said those words, a purple fog lightly covered the area. In front of where Teal had been standing, a purple cloud configured into the shape of a strange Pokemon…

"Gas-gas-gas!" it laughed, its eyes shut. It almost fell out of the sky it its fit of laughter.

"Hey, a Gastly!" Morty said. "What're you doing out here?"

Yui's Eevee sniffed the air in response. It started talking in some weird Eevee talk, and Yui listened hard, trying to interpret.

"I think it's saying… she knows this Gastly from somewhere," she repeated. "And… so should we?" Eevee nodded her head and glared at Gastly.

Then the Gastly spoke, and it was Morty's turn to translate; being the Ghost Master of Ecruteak City, he could tell exactly what it was saying. "It says, `Of course I know you, Eevee. I scared you and your friend out of that dance theatre… I was also the one playing tricks on you yesterday in the woods.' So…"

"My pretty Pokemon," Yui sighed.

"That cute guy on the stage…" Teal said dreamily.

"That… thing, that I saw," Morty stammered, blushing and looking away from Yui. "That was all an illusion created by you, Gastly?"

It nodded a yes. Then, it spoke again. "It says… it can help us get your bag back, Yui. It knows what the Keyflame is up to… and it has a plan," Morty interpreted.

"Oh… That's great!" Yui said. "Thank you, Gastly!!"

It nodded, flying toward the Keyflame's domain with the rest of the group on its tail. They got back there in no time at all… Yui's backpack was lying in the middle of a clearing, and all of the Keyflame were out of sight. Yui ran up and grabbed her backpack, looking around cautiously.

"Good, they're gone," she said, "now we can just get out of here…"

All of a sudden, one of the little kittens jumped out in front of her. Another appeared behind her, and two more to each side. Yui screamed, and tried to jump for Morty, but a flame cut her off, sending her flying backward.

"What do I do? What do I do?" she screamed frantically. "Eevee! Help!"

"Vee!" it said, charging forward. As it was about to tackle one of the Keyflame down, Gastly zipped in front of it, stopping it in its tracks.

"Gastly, what are you doing?" Morty asked. It turned around, glaring at the Keyflame while a red light poured out of its eyes, making the rest of the forest go dark. Slowly, one by one, the Keyflame disappeared… just faded away into the redness. Eventually, only one remained…

"Oh! I feel like an idiot now," Teal said. "The stupid thing was using Double Team…"

"Quick, get it, Teal!" Morty said as the Gastly retreated.

"Right!" She stepped forward, with Teddiursa at her side. "Go, now! Use your Take Down, Teddiursa!"

"Flame!!!" the kitten screeched, releasing a Flamethrower at the bear. It jumped up, flipping over the flames, and rammed head-first into Keyflame.

"PokeBall, go!" Teal said, throwing forward an empty PokeBall. The kitten was hit and sucked inside, and the ball shook for a few seconds before coming to a complete stop. Teddiursa picked it up and brought it carefully to its trainer. "Yes!" Teal said. "Good work, Teddiursa! Return!"

"Go, you!" Yui said as Teal attached both of the PokeBalls to her belt. "So… I guess you got the only real Keyflame… I wanted one."

"It's all right," Morty said, helping her to her feet. "Come on... we're so close to Dream Town! Shouldn't we keep going?"

"Yeah," Yui agreed. Teal nodded, and kept going along the path. She was feeling extremely proud of herself, having caught the Pokemon that she'd wanted. But she still felt empty, and depressed…

`What is wrong with me?' she thought as she walked, Yui and Morty following close behind. `Ever since Morty saved my life, I've felt so alone… Maybe it's because I know I stand no chance with him.' She looked back at her two friends; they were now walking arm-in-arm, smiling and laughing. Yui waved to Teal, and she waved back, turning back to the front. Those two would be paired up in no time… and Teal would be left in the dirt again.

Yui laughed, clinging to Morty's arm. "That was almost fun," she said. "We got beaten so badly by a Double-Teamed Pokemon… Ha! We're silly."

"Yeah," Morty said, smiling. "Wonder where that Gastly went?"

"Dunno," Yui said, looking back. Eevee trotted along at her side, but the other Pokemon was nowhere to be found. "Guess he left."

"Guess so," Morty repeated, holding Yui's hand. "Let's catch up to Teal."

"Right," she said as they ran forward. They skipped to her side, and the three of them walked together to Dream Town….