I enjoyed doing this chapter.

It took me a lot longer to finish this chapter.

I actually finished this chapter in December, but I lost the file for chapter 5.

So I had to re-write chapter 5. (I was pissed)

I was happy to re-write this chapter. I saw a lot of improvements.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon

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Chapter 5: Coastal Cave

3st person

Claire wakes up Scott. "Hey! Wake up!" Scott doesn't nudge. "No! I'm sleepy…." She decides to jump on Scott to wake him up. "Huh-gah!" He awakens while losing his breath surprised and angry. "Claire! What the heck!"

She apologizes. "I'm Sorry, but I don't want for you to be hungry." She then giggles. "Also Winston told me to wake you up."

Scott gets out of bed and gets dressed. Claire then after gets Scott's hand and escorts him to the breakfast room.

Scott stops Claire while walking along the way with her. "Claire wait! I need to tell you something…" She turns and gladly asks. "Yes. What is it?!" Scott hesitates and decides. "I- you know what. Forget it. It's nothing."

Claire demands. "Are you sure? If there's something you need to tell me. You can tell me."

Scott lies and remains as composed as he can be. "Yeah. It's not important. Let's just go have some breakfast" He knew that Claire can tell if he lies to her.

Claire smiles. "Alright! Let's go eat." Scott continues to walk with her. He was relieved, but still unsure if Claire was just pretending.

They reach the room and take their seats. Scott notices Chloe and pats her on the head. "Hey Chloe! It's good to see you. I was wondering if you were alright."

She nods and smiles. /I missed you daddy! I'm so happy to see you and mommy! \\ Claire is surprised and reddens. "Mo-me!"

Scott looks at Claire and wonders. "Are you okay? You seem surprised about something." Claire blushes and retorts. "No! I-I'm just fine. I was just thinking out loud by accident."

"Alright" Scott then goes back to eating. Claire was still embarrassed. She looks toward Chloe. Chloe smiles back and giggles. She then notices Will eating. Her eyes widen as he looks towards her. Will smirks and chuckles. Claire then looks toward Winston. Winston is giving a strange look towards her while he is drinking his coffee. He then looks away from her and towards his newspaper called Poké-Weekly. Claire decides to go back to eating. Winston mumbles to him. "She is being odd…."

Eventually they all finish eating their breakfast. Scott tells Winston. "Hey Winston I was wondering if you can do me favor." Winston replies "Ok. Sure, so what do you need?" He tells his request. "I am going to travel far. I don't know what dangers we will encounter, but I know that some Pokémon and people are dangerous. So I have decided to ask you. Can you take care of Chloe?"

Chloe and Will are shocked. With the exception of Claire and Winston who are quiet. Chloe starts to shed tears. Scott knew from her whimpers that she was saying. /No! I don't wanna stay here! I want to go with you and Claire! \\ Scott stayed silent.

Chloe starts to cry and whine. She looks toward Claire. /I don't wanna stay. I want to go with you! \\ Claire stays soundless. Chloe then looks toward Will. /Will you don't want for me to stay. Do you? \\ Will looks away from Chloe and starts to cry.

Winston answers. "Sure. I understand your situation, and I would gladly take care of Chloe" Scott smiles with comfort. "Thank you Winston." he adds. "Oh! And if can. Can you take care of Will?" Winston nods. "Sure. Why not."

Scott gazes toward Will. "But it's your choice. You can stay if want to, or you can come with us."

Chloe begs. /please stay. I don't want to be alone. Old man smells funny.\\

Scott asks Will. "Do you want to stay here?"

Will tells Claire and she translates. "Will says that he doesn't want to stay. He wants to go as far away as he can. He doesn't want to get captured."

Chloe yells to Will. /Fine! Be like that! You meanie! \\ Chloe then runs out of the room crying.

Claire calls to Chloe. "Chloe Wait! Come back!"

Winston speaks. "Leave her be. She will get over it. Eventually."

Scott sighs "Alright, then its settled. We leave in one hour."

Scott, Claire, and Will prepare for their long passage.

(1 hour later)

Winston speaks. "Good luck and be careful on your journey."

Scott replies. "We will." Claire notices that Chloe is not present. She begins to worry. "Hey Winston. Where's Chloe? Is she still upset about us leaving her here with you?"

Winston answers. "She went to asleep. She exhausted herself out and just knocked out."

Claire asks. "Should we awaken her up? I don't want leave her without saying goodbye."

Winston retorts. "It's best that you leave while she's asleep. If she sees you folks leave. She will most likely try to follow you."

Scott stares to Claire. "Don't worry. I'm sure that she will be fine."

Winston nods. "She will eventually get accustomed to living here with me. I sure of that."

Claire looks to Winston. "You promise she will be ok?"

Winston reassures Claire. "I promise. Just because you are not going to say goodbye, it doesn't mean you won't say hello again. I'm sure that someday she will grow up to be an elegant Meowstic."

Claire smiles. "Thank you Winston. You have my gratitude."

Scott says his farewell. "Goodbye Winston"

Scott, Claire, and Will begin leave. Winston suddenly calls them back. "Ah! Scott wait!"

Scott walks back. "Yeah. What is it?"

Winston hands Scott a drawing. "You're going to need this. It's a map of Oda." You're going to need to go south." He points to the bottom of the map. "This is the only route you can take. The Rocky Pass to the west has been blocked by a landslide."

Scott looks at the map and notices. "I don't see a route to the south. All I see is a dot."

Winston huffs. "That dot is a lesser cave you idiot! The cave is called Coastal Cave. It's a cave that leads to the Coastal region of the land."

Scott asks. "Ok. So after we go through Coastal Cave. Where should we go from there?"

Winston answers. "You should head west, but before you keep going on. I recommend that you rest at this town. It has nice hotels." He points to a cheaply drawn town. It happens to be near Coastal Cave. "The town is called…" Winston pauses. "Heh… Damn! I forgot the name of it!" Scott smirks. "It's ok. I think I can figure out the rest as we go." He pats Winston on the back. "Well. Cya!"

Winston watches Scott leave. He whispers to himself in an unhappy tone. "I hope he has the strength to keep himself and the ones he loves safe. I was unsuccessful to keep mine safe…."

(Walking)

Scott and his Pokémon walked west. They went out of the woods and reached the mountain side. Scott sees the landslide from afar. "Wow. I myself wonder what could have done that kind of landslide. It must have been very powerful or very clumsy." They continue to walk south and eventually reach Coastal Cave.

(Coastal Cave) 1st person.

I was astonished to be inside a cavern. It felt like just like my old home. "So This is Coastal Cave. It sure feels nostalgic." I look towards Claire. She is looking around the cave. I realized that this is her first time to be inside a cave as well, so I ask her. "How does it feel to be inside a cave?" She looks back to me and says. "It's strange" She then gives me a smile, "but I like it!"

I look towards Will and ask his outlook on the cave. He yelps to me. I didn't understand what he meant, but I could tell that he was nervous to be inside a cave.

I supported him "Hey Will. Don't worry. Claire and I are here with you. I will protect you from anything that tries to hurt you" Will brushes his head on my leg. He then jumps and gives me a smile. /I may be scared, but at least I'm safe with you! \\

After we finished looking around the entrance of the cave. We started to go deeper within the cavern. It started to get dark.

I hear a sudden screech and see a shadow going towards me. "What!" A Zubat suddenly slaps me with a Wing Attack. "Ah! Crap!" The attack blows me to the ground. I hear Claire call my name as I am in the ground. "Scott!" I was stunned, but I picked myself back up. The Zubat was mad because I was in its territory. I prepare to have a battle with it. "Alright Claire. Are you ready to battle?"

She then looks at me surprised. "What! You want for me to fight?!"

I look at Claire with and tell her in obvious tone. "Well. You are a Pokémon. So. Yeah. I want you to fight Zubat."

Claire shakes her head. "No. I don't want to fight. I don't know how to battle."

I was astonished and think to myself. "You what!? (But you're a fighting type Pokémon!)" The Zubat suddenly uses Supersonic on me. It made me confused, literally. I start to lose my sense of balance and I fall on my back from the confusion. I hear a loud screech. I could tell that the Zubat was going to bite me. I flinch and hear Claire shriek in pain. She was now in front of me getting bitten on the arm by the Zubat. She protected me from the attack.

Will then approaches Zubat from behind. Will scratches Zubat. The surprised Zubat lets go of Claire and flies away toward the entrance of the cave.

I get up and snap out of my confusion. I smile to Will. "Nice job for startling the Zubat. Then I notice that Claire is injured. She's holding her arm. She looks like she's discomfort.

"Are you ok?" She blushes and hides her arms. "No! I'm alright." I could tell that she was lying. I try to persuade her. "Alright. Now show me."

She acts like doesn't understand. "What! Show you what?"

I put my hand out. "I know you're hurt. Now show me your wound!" She shows me her arm. She's bleeding a little and has a cut from the bite. "Let me see what I've got in my bag to heal you." I look in my bag. I don't have any potions. I have a small bandage and one Oran Berry. I give it to her. "Here this will help you feel a little bit better." I start wrap up the small bandage around the wound. As I wrap the bandage Claire starts to ask for forgiveness. "Scott I'm sorry that I didn't fight that Zubat. I just scared of fighting."

I deny her apology. "No. its ok, but you can't just expect to not fight."

She doesn't understand. "What do mean?" I explain. "I mean that sometimes fighting is your only choice. You can't just expect to protect yourself by not defending yourself." I finish applying the bandage. "Look. I don't want for you to get hurt when I am not around. I want start training you how to fight. Is that ok?"

She smiles and nods. "Ok, I understand."

I then tell her. "But now is not a good time to train you" I turn to Will. "So you're going to do the fighting for now. Is that ok?" Will nods.

We continue to stroll through the cave. Suddenly a rock rolls in front of me. The rock is actually a Geodude. The Geodude clenches its knuckle with a stern look. It's ready to fight. I point toward Geodude and say. "Alright! Go Will!"

(Battle) 1st and 3rd Person

Will moves in front of me. He has a position of being ready for combat.

I give Will orders. "Will use Scratch!" Will scratches Geodude. It's not effective…

Geodude tackles Will. Will is bashed back.

I see that Will is hardly hurt. "Alright. Will use Pursuit!" Will does little damage.

Geodude takes a shield position. Geodude uses Defense Curl. "Will use Scratch again!" Will scratches Geodude. It's not effective… In fact, Geodude looks undamaged. I was beginning to get worried about the outcome of the battle. "Will use Leer!" Geodude's defense is lowered, or it's back to normal.

Geodude uses Rollout. I call to Will. "Will avoid it!" Will manages to dodge the attack. Geodude Rolls back towards Will. Will is hit to the side. /Gah! \\

Will looks badly bruised. Claire points out to me. "At this rate, Will is going to faint." I didn't answer back to her. She was dead-on right.

Geodude is rolling toward Will. I call to Will. "Will!" He looks to hurt. He may not be able to avoid the attack. I give a hasty order. "Will brace yourself and use Counter!" Geodude hits Will hard, but Will is still standing. Will counters and knocks out Geodude.

(End of battle) 1st Person

Will turns to me and gives me a smile. /Did I do good? \\

I smile back to him. Will suddenly drops over. Claire and I run to Will and pick him up.

Claire asks me. "Is Will Going to be ok?" She starts to cry. "Is Will going to die."

I reassure her. "No don't worry! Will is going to be alright. He just has some small cuts and bruises."

She stops crying. I wipe the tears from her eyes. "Don't worry" She smiles back.

I look back at Will. He is still hurt severely. "Let's just get out of this cave and get to the town nearby."

We start to run. Eventually we see the exit. The land is tropical. "Wow! It's sandy out here!" Claire adds. "Yeah. It's really peaceful." She then calls to me and points to something. "Hey Scott! Look!" I see the town. "Alright let's go!"

We run until we reach the entrance of the town. We enter the town. As we walk people give Claire strange looks, especially me. I know they were looking at her because she was a shiny Pokémon. I tell her. "Just ignore them and keep walking."

We continue to walk through town. Some Kids walk up to Claire. "Oh look! She so Yellow!" I grab Claire by the palm. We walk away from the kids. I hear them gossip. "What a meanie."

I eventually found a hotel. We walk in. There's a man sitting at the reception desk. We approach him. He greets himself. "Oh hello! My name be Tom, and welcome to the Sun Side Hotel! How may I help you?"

I greet myself and tell him. "Hello my name is Scott and I would like to rent a room."

Tom smiles. "Why Sure Mr. Scott. Would that be a two bedroom for you and your Pokémon?"

I answer back. "Um. One bedroom is fine."

Tom's grin goes away. "Alright, but your Pokémon can not sleep in the bed with you. Is that okay?" I ask back. "What! Pokémon can nap in the same bed with their trainers. Why not?"

Tom apologizes. "Eh trainers? I'm sorry, but it is law. The government has put a guiding principle on Pokémon-human relationships. It is forbidden. So we don't want for you to be accused of being a…..Ah…..pervert…for…..Pokémon." Tom then takes out a little bed. "But your Pokémon can sleep in here. Is that ok sir?"

I did hesitate, but only for half an instant. "Yes. That is fine." I give him the some of the money I got from Winston. He hands me a key.

I walk with Claire towards the room. I mention to her. "He didn't even question if Will was hurt or something, but I am glad he didn't actually do something."

We reach the room. Claire instantaneously put the bed down on the ground. I look at her and say. "I don't care what anyone says. You can sleep in the bed with me if you want to." She blushes and nods. "Ok"

I put Will on the small bed. "He can sleep in the bed as well, although I think he should rest on his own so he can heal up."

We decided to rest for the day. I tell Claire. "Goodnight." I feel her moving towards me. I like having a lot of space in bed, but I didn't mind.

(The Next Day) 3rd person.

Scott hears a knock at the door. He immediately grab Claire from the bed and puts her in the small bed on the ground with Will. Claire was Surprised and grumpy. "What-Scott! You-jerk." Scott hears a voice. "Housekeeping!" An old lady opens the door. She can see that Scott is in his underwear. His hair is messy. The old lady can see that Claire is angry at Scott. Claire looks drowsy and groggy. The blanket on the bed was still wrapped around Claire.

"Yep. Always them boys." The old lady knew what was going on. Scott tells the old lady. "Um...No we don't need housekeeping, but thank you anyway" The old lady walks towards Claire and takes the blanket from her. Claire doesn't speak. The old lady puts the blanket on the bed. She begins to walk out of the room. "I wouldn't want for you young lovers to get in trouble. Hehe."

Scott apologizes to Claire. "Sorry I did that. I didn't want to get in trouble."

Claire retorts. "Whatever…"

(1 Hour later) 1st person

Scott dresses up and Claire gets clean. Will was still resting. "He is still hurt, isn't he?" asked Claire. Scott answers. "Yeah" he then decides. "We should go buy some potions" Claire agrees. "Alright" Scott puts Will on the bed and kisses his forehead. "We will be back, buddy."

Scott and Claire walk to the nearby Pokémart. They buy several items. When they leave the market a mysterious stranger approaches Scott. "Hello young man. I would like to ask you something."

Scott wonders who the stranger is. "Sure, what is it?"

The stranger asks. "Well I was wondering if I can buy your Shiny riolu. How much is she?"

Claire is frightened, while Scott is surprised. "What!" He rejects the offer. "Sorry, but she is not for sale."

The stranger gives an offer. "I will pay you 56610.01 yen for her"

Scott doesn't hesitate. "Sorry, but the offer is still no."

The stranger gives another offer. "I will pay you 566100.11 yen for her"

Scott still denies the offer. "Look man. She is not for sale and I will never trade her for anything in my life." The stranger tries to persuade Claire. "Come on sweetie. Convince your trainer. I promise you a good home and a good mate." Claire very terrified of the stranger. She hides behind Scott. Scott frowns. "Mate?" The stranger responds. "Yes. I have a Houndour, and he is very lonely."

Claire holds on to Scott. She was scared if he was going to change his opinion. Scott denies and is now infuriated. "Look I said no deal. I don't care if you have all the yen in the world. She is not for sale. I feel sorry for your Houndour, but this riolu is very important to me. My decision will never change." Claire is very touched by Scott's words.

The stranger backs up. "Alright." he then gives an ill-omened threat as he walks away. "But mark my words. I will have you….."

They get back to the hotel and the room. Claire speaks to Scott. "Scott I-" he interrupts her. "It's okay. I would never trade you or sell you." He reddens. "I. care about you." She hugs him. "I love your too"

Scott then checks on while. "Hey, you awake." Will awakens. He gives Scott a tired smirk. "I am going to patch you up." Scott says as he heals Will.

Will rubs his head on Scott. /thank you! Scott! \\

Scott now asks Claire and Will. "So now that will is feeling better. What should we do now? Where do you guys want to go?" Claire decides. "Well today was a day for me. I was wondering if we can relax here in the room."

Scott accepts. "Sure that's fine" She then looks towards Will. "Is it ok if we relax here?" Will nods. /Sure. I still need to heal anyway.\\

Scott, Will, and Claire relax in the room for the rest of the day.

(Later that night) 1st and 3rd person

I go to the bathroom to get ready for bed. I hear Claire ask Will something. "Hey Will. Can you do me a favor?"

I hear Will. I don't understand him, but I knew he was saying. "Yes, what is it Claire?"

She asks a question. "Can you sleep on the small bed? I know it sounds unusual, but I want to sleep with Scott alone." Scott blushes and hears nothing. "(What the heck! Does Claire really like me that much?)

Scott gets out of the bathroom. He gets in bed. "So are you guys getting in bed?"

Scott notices Will on the small bed. "Will what are you doing in the little bed? (I guess he said yes.)"

Claire speaks. "Will say's that he wants to rest on his own."

I understood. "Alright then. I'm going to bed."

Claire joins Scott in bed. She kisses him the check and wishes him. "Goodnight Scott"

I say. "Goodnight Claire. Goodnight Will"

Scott and friends rest.

Scott hears a sound. He opens his eyes. He is knocked of the bed. I hear Claire scream for an instant! I hear Will scream in pain for a second. I open my eyes and see the stranger. I turn to be horrified. Will was being attacked inhumanely by a Houndour. My eyes shut for another second. I open them again. I see that the stranger has Claire in his arms. She's struggling and I can't understand her. He knocks her out. I start to shed tears and shut my eyes once again. My eyes open again. I feel pain, for the stranger stabs me at the side. I smell blood. My eyes shut. I hear the stranger remark something faintly. "alrigh…oy…le…o…t… he .san….wn.

Scott passes out.

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