Part 10

Good-bye

 

It continues inside of Mt. Moon as our heroines and hero faces off against the trio of Team Rocket.

"Fearow introduce that Pichu to Drill Peck," Nya yells as the huge bird type pokemon lands infront of Norman and his Pichu. His beck than began to twirl like a drill as he walks closer and closer to his target.

"Pichu," Norman whisper," do you know quick attack?"

"Pi!" Pichu answers as he begins to back away from the huge bird as the whirling beck draws near and near to him.

"Good!" Norman smiles down at the pokemon as it backs up to the point that it's sitting on his foot. "Then I need you to use quick attack when I say the word, OK!"

"Chu," Pichu answers as the Fearow now towers over both of them.

"The Word," Norman shouts as Pichu races from underneath him just in time as Norman dives out of the way of the bird's huge beak as it shatters the ground where he once stood. Then in a quick flick of motion Pichu bounces off of one of the huge rocks littering the cave floor and hits Fearow in the back driving his beck deeper into the ground.

This single scene was everyone's cue to battle as Black Dratini and Venasaur both began to charge up for their next attack, while Charizard charges at Onix in Rage as Onix Bide its time.

"Black Dratini, now!" Reshon yells as Venasaur slowly began to open his mouth. Reshon was hoping that with such little light in this cave that Venasaur's Solarbeam would be weak, but she still didn't want to risk the chance of it knocking Black Dratini out.

"Draaaat," Black Dratini screams as she releases her Hyper Beam. One of her most devastating moves.

"Venasaur do it now!" EJ yells as he watches the huge amount of energy draw near.

"SAUR," Venasaur bellow in answer to EJ yells releasing a huge beam of pure energy that collides with Black Dratini's hyperbeam destroying both beams and sending trainers and pokemon into the walls at the opposite ends of the cave. Reshon and Ej both slid to the ground with their pokemon beside them. Both had fainted from the blast.

"Ergh, Black Dratini," Reshon moves slowly to her fallen companion as she tries to pull herself together. She then reaches underneath her dress and pulls out her golden pokeball from her pokebelt and recalls her pokemon as Ej does the same. Slowly the boy manages to get to his feet as he wipes a small stream of blood from his busted lip.

"You're not too bad," He smirks," but the true test of a good trainer is how much pain they're willing to go through to protect their pokemon."

Reshon than staggers to her feet," I'm a good trainer."

"Prove it," Ej chuckles underneath his breath as he pulls out another pokeball and hurl it at the ground. " I choose you!"

"Not if I can help it," Reshon cries as she grabs another pokeball and also throws it toward the ground where it splits to unleash her next pokemon." "I choose you," she smirks.

Meanwhile…

"Stop it," Ayana cries, as her Charizard was being squeeze by Onix's wrap attack. "Charcoal, return!" She then pulls out her pokeball and recall it as the pokemon turned into a reddish light and disappeared from Onix's grasps.

"Coward!" Michelle yells as her Onix stares at it empty coils in confusion.

"Oh, I'm not done with you yet!" Ayena glares as she hurls a pokeball at Onix. The pokeball opens up just inches from Onix to reveal a cute and adorable little bulbasaur.

"Bulba," it smiles as it hits Onix with a barrage of both Razor Leaf and Vine Whip, knocking Onix out cold.

"Why you little runt," Michelle yells as she recalls Onix. "Why don't you try this on for size." She then hurls her pokeball into the air releasing Aerodactyl. "Now lets get it on, Aero!"

"Aeroooo!" Aerodactyl screams in agreement.

"Don't underestimate, Cutter!" Ayena growls at Michelle as the second round began.

A few feet away Norman's and Nya's battle continued as a now screaming mad Fearow with a electrifying Pichu on its back spun and dove in the air in an attempt to get it off.

"Pichu, try to get closer to its head," Norman yells up at his pokemon as it slowly began to climb its way closer and closer to his head.

"Fearow, you'll got to get that little rat off of you!" Nya yells as it finally reaches his head. "Try to scrape it off."

Fearow then turns its attention from the small mouse clinging to his head and fly upward toward the ceiling in an attempt to scrape it off.

"Its now are never," Norman yells up to his pokemon," Pichu sweet kiss." Pichu then smiles at the bird and place a big wet kiss on his cheek just as Fearow manages to reach the top of the cave.

"No!" Nya yells as Fearow becomes confuse. "I won't let you win!" "Go Seastar, I choose you." The pokeball opens to reveal a trembling Vaporeon," and you better not fail me," she sneers at it as it prepares to battle.

It was at that moment that her identity click in Norman's brain as he remembers the girl who took the poor vaperon from Reshon and him.

"YOU," he screams as he releases his dark blue butterfree, Flutter. "Sleep powder." Flutter quickly flew over the pokemon and began to spread his sleep powder putting Seastar to sleep ending the battle before it even began as Nya still with the pokeball in her hand looks on stun.

"Now steal that pokeball," Norman commends Flutter as Nya slow to realize what was happening loses the pokeball to the butterfree. Who redeposit the ball in Norman's outstretched hand. "Seastar return." Norman smiles as the sleeping Vapereon returns to the ball in his hand.

"You'll pay for that," Nya foams.

"Make me!" Norman simply replies.

Elsewhere above them Aero with a slightly out of it Cutter smashes the pokemon into the ground. Here it twitches twice and lays still.

"I Hate You!" Ayena screams as she recalls it and sends out another pokemon, Seadra. Who with extreme precision hits Aerodactyl with bubblebeam ending its fight instantly.

"I not thrilled with you either," Michelle sneers as she recalls Aero and sends out Nidorina. "Let's show her what we got, Mercy."

"Mercy, what kind of a name is that," Ayana laughs.

"That what your pokemon will be screaming when she gets done with it," Michelle smiles as her Nidorina rams Seadra with body slam smashing it into the ground, where in a desperate attempt Seadra shoots out a stream of water knocking Mercy high into the air. She then lands at Michelle's feet and quickly picks herself up and prepares for the next command.

Meanwhile to the left of them, Blitz, Reshon's eevee, and Flare, Ej's charmader, battle each other with amazing speed as they manage to avoid the others attack. But how long can it lasts? As Reshon notices that with each narrow escape from Charmander's flamethrower her Eevee begins to get more and more exhausted.

"Flare," Ej yells at his pokemon," Flame-thrower."

"Blitz, quick attack." Reshon yells as the command comes too late and her Eevee is hit with a powerful blast of fire that knocks it back into her as the items in her backpack spills as she collides with ground. "Err, Blitz are you Ok?" Reshon asks as she looks down at her lap to see a bright light where her Eevee had once been.

"EeeeeeeveJolt," he shouts as the light grew worse and then all of a sudden disappears to reveal Reshon's new pokemon, Jolteon.

"Huh, you evolved?" Reshon squeaks as she recognize a box just a few feet away with only three stones in it: the fire stone, leaf stone, and the water stone. "So they're not just pretty trinkets after all," she smiles as she gathers up the box and her other items, while Jolteon looks himself over. Ej meanwhile just looks on with a smirk of satisfaction on his face. As far as he was concern that Eevee no matter what form it takes was no match for his Flame.

"Are you ready to continue," Ej laughs as Flare blows its flame into the air demonstrating its power.

Reshon puts the last of her things away as she stands up and smile," Lets do it, uh." She then quickly reaches into her backpack and pulls out her pokedex and points it at Blitz. "Jolteon, the electric evolution of Eevee, this pokemon is very fast, but because of its short temper is very hard to raise." Pokedex announces," It is strong against water and flying types."

"Well, you don't have a advantage in type, but hopefully you can still use your bubblebeam," Reshon smiles as her newly evolved Jolteon opens its mouth and fires a barrage of bubbles as the charmander whom never saw it coming continues to show off.

"Char!" Flame screams as the bubble hits him knock him out in a single blow.

"Not fair," Ej recalls his pokemon," I'll get you for that!"

"Good Luck," Reshon smirks as Blitz began to charge up crackling and popping the air around him.

It was then that all the battles ended as Nya's Fearow in confusion hits the roof of the cave hard, knocking Pichu off of his face, and causing a cave in as the rocks fell down toward our heroines and hero.

"Recall your pokemon quickly," Michelle yells as she recalls her Nidorina as she rams into Seadra again. Ayana quickly follows her example and recalls her pokemon just as a huge boulder replaces the area where it once laid.

Meanwhile Norman sent Flutter after his Pichu as Nya recalled her Fearow as she dodges a huge boulder that had fallen from the ceiling.

"Piii," Pichu screams as he falls like a rock to the ground only to have Flutter at the last second grab his tail as the pokemon attempts to avoid being hit by the thousands of rocks that are fallen from the ceiling.

"In here," Reshon yells as her Jolteon runs into a small hole in the wall. Reshon then quickly follows with Norman and Flutter behind him.

Ayana smiles at Michelle as the two girls stare at each as their whole world crashes around them.

"Next time," Ayana grins," we will finish this."

"And I will be the winner," Michelle smirks as she turns and then runs toward the small cave.

"Ayana" Her partners yells together as Ej's Sandshrew digs a huge tunnel with the help of Nya's Dugtrio," in here."

The entire cave then collapses as the last member of each group makes it to safety.

"Now what, Michelle?" Norman ask her as their only way out becomes block with huge boulders.

"Now we're in trouble this place is too small and Onix is too big to fit in here," Michelle started," and none of my other pokemon can dig us out."

"Just Great," Norman mumbles as he recalls Flutter and sets his Pichu back in the straps on his back. "Let's take the big tunnel!"

"Don't blame this on me," Michelle growls as Norman mocks her.

"Guys," Reshon tries to butt in.

"Oh yeah, well who should we blame for this?" Norman asks Michelle.

"GUYS!" Reshon screams finally getting their attention," I can get us out of here with the combine effort of both my Arbok and my Larvitar."

The two friends look at her in shock. Then after the short pause begins to yell at her for not telling them sooner.

It was later that night when they finally manage to dig their way out. They could've been out sooner, but Larvitar wouldn't obey. So they constantly had to bribe and threaten the small pokemon until they had finally reach the surface. Once there the two pokemon collapses and was quickly recalled, while Michelle, Norman, and Reshon drag themselves through the huge hole to discover that they were nolonger in Mt. Moon. But that left one question on each of the children's mind. Where are they?

Well, after all that crawling that answer would just have to wait until morning as Reshon pulled out two sleeping bags from her backpack and Michelle pulled out her one. The trio plus one pokemon then went to sleep.

Little did our trio know that this was going to be their last adventure together because in the morning they would find themselves back in Cerulean City. The place where this journey started and Reshon's hometown.

"Yeah," Reshon yells as she awakes early with the raising of the sun to see a beautiful city in the distance, " I'm home!"

"Huh?" Michelle moans as she slowly awakes and begins to scold Reshon for waking everyone up so early.

Pichu chimes in crying as he is awaken by Michelle's angry screams.

"Goodmorning," Norman mumbles as he scoops Pichu off of the ground beside him and begins to rock the pokemon slowly to make it stop crying.

"We're back in Cerulean, Norman," Reshon reaches down and begins to shake Norman causing Pichu to thundershock all three of them in an effort to make her stop.

"Ha, Ha," a voice laughs at them ending their antics and causing Norman still a little dizzy from the shock to stand up as Pichu goes from being in his arms to the top of his head.

"Who there?" Norman asks in a protective sort of way.

"Relax, Norman," the voice begins as a young woman relieve herself. She stood about 5"9 with dark black hair and she was a wear a dark blue lab coat.

"Professor Aqualine," Norman shouts in surprise and begins to bow in her presence as her Wooper came into view.

"Now he a gentleman," Michelle teases as Norman shoots her a deadly glare.

"So Norman, how is Marril?" she smiled as Norman quickly released the pokemon so she could see it.

Professor Aqualine then bend down beside the pokemon and begin to inspect her. "I see that her level hasn't really change since last time," Professor Aqualine signs in disappointment. "Now your Butterfree," she commands as Norman quickly obeys by releasing them. "Nice coloring and they are had gone up a few levels, but no really changes." "Oh that remind me!" She than stands straight up as Norman quickly recalled his the three pokemon.

"I have your egg," Professor Aqualine then reaches into her backpack and pulls out a single spotted egg and gives it to him. "Now show me any new pokemon you managed to catch."

"Boy, isn't she rude!" Michelle commented as Norman released Venonat, Vaporeon, and Pichu jumps to the ground beside them.

"Good very good," Professor Aqualine smiles," I see that your Vaporeon is a dark Vaporeon or in other words one that had been mistreated." "Did you save it from someone or do this YOURSELF?" She asks kind of point a finger at Norman as if he had done this.

"No way, Norman would never do such a thing," Reshon snaps at her in Norman's defense," he saved her from a Team Rocket member."

"Team Rocket?" Professor Aqualine questions her as for the first time since she had started she recognizes the other people standing beside Norman as he recalls his pokemon. "Tell me more about them, girl."

"The name is Reshon, and I will be glad to tell you about them if you're willing to go with us to Pokemon Center." Reshon smiles," most of my pokemon are really exhausted and could use the rest."

"Fine let's talk, Reshon," Professor Aqualine smiles she recalls her Wooper and then they head toward town after picking up and putting away their sleep bags.

Later as Michelle, Norman, and Professor Aqualine left the Pokemon Center (Reshon was still waiting for her pokemon, since Black Dratini seems to need more time to heal than most pokemon). "Hmm, that not good." Aqualine signs," I've been hearing about such bandits from Professor Oak, but I really didn't believe him." "I mean the Professor is getting old and since his decision to move his Lab to Pallet Town a lot of people have begun to think that he losing it."

"Including you," Michelle butted in as they headed toward the outskirts of town. Professor Aqualine had been in Cerulean for a week trying to discover some new secrets about the water pokemon in this area. Now she was going on to the next town to compare the notes she had taken here so the two trainers went to see her off.

"Norman, Michelle," Professor Aqualine suddenly stop them. "I know you like to the idea of traveling together, but," she begin," sometimes it better to go it alone." "Reshon right at the moment is way behind you guys in experience, and so far she hasn't been able to get any because of you two." "This in the long run can be very damaging to her as a trainer and as a person." She pauses as the two children look at her with a stun expression on their faces. "You two do know where this going don't you?"

"Yes," they reply together.

"Good," Professor Aqualine grins and then walks away.

Norman then looks at Michelle," so what are we going to do?"

"What else can we do, but let her finish her journey alone," Michelle smiles as she turns and walks slowly back toward town.

"This isn't going to be pretty," Norman signs as Pichu snores loudly in his straps. "Not pretty at all."

The trio spent the rest of that day together at Reshon's house as they tried to decide what to tell her in the morning as Reshon prepares to take on the Cerulean gym leader and Michelle and Norman prepares to say goodbye.

"Wake up, Reshon." Reshonda smiles as she shakes her older sister.

"Go away just a few more minutes." Reshon groans.

"Norman and Michelle want to talk to you," Reshonda wails as she shakes her again.

"Ok, Ok," Reshon grumbles as she slowly got out of bed and went down stairs.

"Goodmorning Reshon," Michelle began. "We have something to tell you."

"We're going on without you," Norman continued for her.

"Good, Good, Good," Reshon yawns as she walks past them into to the bathroom.

"Five, four, three, two, one," Michelle begins to count down after she went into the bathroom.

"What!" Reshon screams as she rushes out of the bathroom.

"I already have the gym badge here, and it would just be a waste of time for us to stay any longer." Norman began," plus I have already forfill my promise to you and I got you to Professor Oak's so now I'm going to continue my own journey."

"Same here, except for that promise thing," Michelle smiles.

"So you're going to leave me, huh," Reshon smiles then rushes up to Norman and hugs him and then turns around and hugs Michelle. "I understand, you two wants to continue your journey." "Thanks for everything." Reshon then stands away from them, and if you every need any help," she continues," you can count on me."

"I'm glad you're taken it so well," Norman signs," I thought you was going to be mad. Michelle then nudges him with her elbow," Oh yeah, we got a gift for you."

Michelle then reaches into her backpack and hands her the spotted egg that Professor Aqualine had given Norman the other day.

"Now, its your." Norman smiles," it Flutter and Breeze's baby." "They would like you raise it."

"Thank you," Reshon hugs the egg to her," I'll take good care of it.

"Well, Norman are you ready," Michelle smiles.

"Yeah, goodbye Reshon," Norman shakes Reshon's hand and then the two children left as Reshon's parents slowly walk down the stair behind Reshon who was waving at them.

Once outside the house, Norman turns to Michelle and asks," Do you think we did the right thing?"

"Yeah, it time for her to face the world alone, and prove to herself and others that she got what it takes to become a pokemon master." Michelle signs.

That day was a milestone in Reshon's life as she loses her two best friends and learns an important lesson "that one must sometimes let go in order to grow".

The End

 

(Author Note) I want to thank everyone who voted for me even if I didn't win. That was my first nomination, so thanks again. Dratini! Oh, yeah thanks. This is just the end of the Next Step, but not the end of the series. The next part is coming out soon and its call the Girl of Legend so until then bye-for-now.