Latias: well, here it is…the sequel to Gathering Thoughts!
Tod: THE REVENGE OF BRENDAN!!! MWHAHAHAHA!
Several Others: QUIET!!!
Latias: ;; …what's that about?
Dark Latias: who knows and who cares with that nutcase of an Espeon?
Magi: we don't own Pokémon
Torch: and no way it would have come about if it was our idea, so it's a good thing
Latias: someone asked about ages…so I guess I'll include them
May – 12
Wally – 12
Tony – 12
Drew – 13 (we don't know his age in the anime, and he has a big fan following…it's allowing for time, knowing that he's roughly about May's age)
Kohanna – 13
Brendan – 14
Latias: as for the Pokémon, you'll just have to find out
Florence: …for when…it is after May leaves Ash…Once More With Reeling/ The End of A Journey, Yet the Beginning of a Journey(?)…but wasn't kind of obvious? If you read notes, age, and believe they age…but then…I myself don't understand expressions…
Dark Latias: like when Light said 'I am so dead' you wondered how she was still alive?
Hikari: also, like how in different books of the same kind (ex. Harry Potter) will include brief descriptions of things in past books, we have included descriptions of the characters again because while it's the sequel, it's not another chapter of the same story
Zu Ru: I don't think anyone really cares for that
Ara Sa: I think it's just in case they feel like skipping what they've already read before…I'm guilty of that, several of us are
Plusy: whatever, they'll do as they wish…now let the laughs begin!
Zuzu Ru: don't cha mean 'now let the fic begin'?
Flashback 1: With May
May sighed as she sat down by a lake in a forest somewhere outside of Rosina City. She was glad to have finally gotten out of there after all the commotion. After meeting her cousin and old friends May hadn't gotten a moment's rest, so she was glad for the piece and quiet. She let out her Pokémon; Chaka, Solora, Sunny and Fern and looked at her reflection and down at her new cloths for a moment. Because of all the commotion going on, it hadn't completely sunk in that May had given names to her Pokémon and had gotten some new clothes. She smiled, a bit embarrassed, remembering the events that lead up to getting them.
---Flashback---
May had just gotten back to the Pokémon Center from after going after Drew. Her cousin and childhood friends had been waiting by the door, and when they saw May three of the four rushed to her. At the last second May stepped to the side, having just remembered a similar experience from when they were younger, and they fell face first to the floor.
"Uh, are you guys alright?" She asked them, a little concerned. While inside May knew that she'd rather not have been tackled and given an Ursaring hug (1).
"You guys…why do you have to act like such idiots?" asked the boy who hadn't rushed over, obviously rather embarrassed. He had spiky olive green hair and green eyes. He was wearing green pants and a white shirt.
"Wally, you're just as excited to see her as the rest of us! Don't deny it!" pouted one of the boys that had fallen as the group got up. This boy wore green robe-like clothes with red markings down the front and on the ends of his sleeves with a red pokeball symbol around his shirt collar, and platform shoes. He had green eyes and yellow crescent moon shaped hair.
"Yeah, Tony (2), but I'm not crazy enough to try to kill her with that excitement."
"Whether May-chan remembers much or very little of us, Sapphire always keeps her reflexes!" that last boy said with a slightly crazed grin. He was wearing white hat (that one could mistake for his hair) that was attached to a black headband with a red pokéball symbol on it that was similar to the one on May's bandana. He had red eyes and his clothing was mostly black with red in his vest and shoes, and yellow in his gloves and at the bottom of his vest.
"Brendan," May groaned, "Can't you guys cut it out with the nicknames…not that you'll likely listen to me this time…you have never listened when it comes to that, even when we were little kids…" she sighed, then shot a glare at Brendan, "And you always use the fact that you're my cousin as an excuse. It's no excuse, especially after others start mimicking you," shooting glances at Tony and the girl who was the last member of the group, "The excuse is null and void with them."
The girl May glanced at before approached her with a smile. She had teal blue eyes and wavy blond hair that went slightly past her shoulders. She wore two different earrings, the left one was a little Chatot and the right one was a little Spinda. She was wearing a light blue and white shirt and skirt, which was normal enough, but it was offset by her blue and red socks (the left was red, and the right was blue), yellow shoes, and the red armband with a white pokéball symbol that she was also wearing. She was holding a sketchbook under her left arm.
"It's okay Buddy!" the girl said, pronouncing each syllable of 'Buddy' almost separately, "We shall try to get that into our thick little heads!" She hit herself on the head but before she could do it twice, May stopped her.
"Kohanna!" May shouted, waving her hands, "You don't have to hit yourself on the head! I just don't quite understand why you guys call me…oh, never mind…I don't feel like having a headache right now…"
While May had been saying that, Kohanna had been studying her intently.
"May?" Kohanna asked, "You've been wearing those clothes for a long time, haven't you? They're dirty and there' are rips…"
May looked at her clothes, "Oh, yes, I have…I was planning on changing into something else…but I haven't really found any travel worthy clothes that I like…That and I keep forgetting…" She trailed off slightly embarrassed about forgetting.
Kohanna dashed up to May and grasped her hands, "I could make you some clothes if you want. Since you only got to Johto not too long ago you probably don't know that I'm a fashion designer and that Brenny here sometimes helps me with making the clothes! Please let me!" Kohanna looked a May with pleading eyes.
"Uh ,sure…" May said nervously, 'So that's what those girls meant by Brendan being Kohanna's assistant.', then she realized something and asked, "Wait how did know that I only just got here?"
"Yeah, how?" Tony asked. Brendan was also curious as to how Kohanna was able to find something about his dear cousin before he was able to. Wally sighed at their reactions.
"You two never pay attention to magazines even when Kohanna or I read articles that might interest the rest of the group, do you?" Wally asked them.
Brendan looked at him with wide eyes, "You mean you guys read something important…Oh! Bad me! Bad me!"
"Brenny, it's okay, calm down," Kohanna said, "I know you're not that much into magazine articles. Well anyways, I have read several articles but the most recent one from two months ago was the best one, I think. Top eight in the Hoenn Grand Festival, Top four in the Kanto Grand Festival, highlights of some of May's best performances, opinions and speculation of other trainers and the article writers…Oh, I just remembered that I skipped around a bit an haven't read it all because I was in a hurry…but wow! I guess you've gotten over a big chunk of The Accident…but from the way you were calling your Pokémon during the Kanto Grand Festival (I also watched that), not completely…Does it still hurt you inside?" Kohanna asked looking quite sad and concerned.
The Accident. The event that had tuned their whole lives around, but mostly May's. May knew that with her cousin old friends around, they couldn't help but bring it up eventually. After that May had forgotten everything. She shivered, May didn't like thinking about what little she could remember. They noticed her discomfort and Brendan was the quickest to respond.
"Come on Koko, let's get started!" he said pushing Kohanna to a nearby seat.
There was an awkward silence for a moment. Nobody knew exactly what to do or say. Kohanna looked up from her sketch.
"I can talk and design clothes at the same time. Come on! Let's catch up on what we've all been doing!"
With that the silence was easily broken. Everyone was eager to find out what the others had been doing. It turned out that Brendan and Kohanna encountered Tony and Wally on their way to make a delivery, and they hadn't had a chance to talk. But it didn't seem that important before May showed up because they see each other often.
Wally was the first to speak. Right off May noticed that he had gotten stronger. When they were younger, Wally had been very weak and couldn't even say short sentences without taking several deep breaths. He talked about convincing his family to let him be a trainer, his journey, times with the others, and a few other things. Wally showed them some photographs he had taken, for it was his dream to become a professional photographer. Not surprisingly, he looked up the famous photographer Todd (Snap).
Then it was Tony's turn to talk. He also talked of things about his journey and times with the others. Though what he mostly talked about were the various pranks he pulled on others, and how he was finally able to get a job as a comedian. Tony even showed them some of his newest routine. At several intervals the others had to cover his mouth (or use some other form of shutting him up), having heard some of it before and knowing some of it was rather vulgar (and being around him for several years made it to where they knew when he was going to say such things).
Then it was Brendan turn. He took turns with Kohanna because they traveled together. Many of their experiences were told in two slightly different views, because they have different ways of thinking about things. Brendan mentioned that he was getting along in his Pokémon research. It had always his dream to be a Pokémon Professor, like Prof. Birch, whom he's distantly related. Kohanna talked about the fashion business she started with Brendan's help. They talked about how they had probably changed the least of the five, having most of the same habits as before, including Brendan's habit of forgetting things and going crazy after eating chocolate. May wasn't at all surprised that Brendan still had problems with chocolate. If almost all of his other quirks were still there it would be strange for him not to.
When Brendan and Kohanna had mentioned the chocolate problems, Wally groaned and Tony started laughing. They explained that a few days ago Brendan had somehow gotten a hold of quite a bit of chocolate and he had run all over the town shouting random incomprehensible phrases. They had chased him all over town trying to get him to calm down. When they had finally caught up to him, he started singing in the same manner as his shouts. The next thing they knew Tony was hanging upside down from a flag pole, and Brendan was sitting on a board at the top. He had giggled like a maniac then shouted,
"Behold! The evil one below has given me the food of lunacy! That is why I sit up high before you now, as lunacrate as I am! AHAHAHAHA!" he had somehow spun around without falling as he was laughing, "Evil little detrimental boy! Doo ka do ki doda bird!"
Kohanna barely finished saying this before she started laughing hysterically. Everyone else started laughing, too. Even Wally had to admit it was funny, even though he was the one under the most stress at the time. Like many of the other times Brendan had gone crazy over chocolate, no matter how often he does such actions or how bad it was at the time, whenever someone brought it back up, almost everyone found it funny.
"That aside," said Kohanna, calming down, though still giggling a bit, "What about you May?"
May described her adventures starting with the day she was sent to get her first Pokémon. She talked about her travels with Ash and the others and thinking back on things was surprised at how quickly she came around to liking Pokémon again. She also talked about her rivals. Which she soon regretted when she was done, especially the part about calling Drew 'Mr. Rose'.
"That Barley Cacturne Poo is an insult to all Cacturne in the world! When I find him he'll regret that he was ever even born!" Brendan shouted angrily, then he calmed down with a sly look on his face, "Hmm…But it seems you have a knight in shining armor to protect you, Mr. Rose, the Roselia Boy."
"W-what?! No, it's not like that!" May blushed and protested.
"Ahahaha! Just joking, Sapph," he said unconvincingly with a grin, "You can handle yourself, you don't need a –"
"I'm done!" Kohanna exclaimed, interrupting Brendan, for which May was very grateful.
She showed them drawings of May, Brendan, Wally, and herself in different outfits. In May's picture May was wearing a green bandana like the red one she was wearing. She wore a red sleeveless shirt that went down to where her current white skirt (?) ended with a white zipper going down the middle, white half pokéball pockets (at least it looked like they were half and pockets, the tops were covered with the strap of her bag, which was the same, but green). Her gloves and shoes were of a slightly different style and her socks and shorts were only slightly different. (3)
In Brendan's picture he was wearing a hat like the one he was currently wearing, but instead of black and red, it was green and white. His vest was mostly the same but with short sleeves, his gloves were red instead of yellow, and like May's bag his was also green. He wore dark grey kakis with darker stripes on each side, and closer fitting dark grey pants going to his shoes.
In Wally's picture his clothes were mostly the same. He now wore a green vest with two small blue circles down the front over his white shirt. He also had matching green armbands with blue circles on each arm.
And in Kohanna's picture she was mostly the same as well. Her blue and white shirt and skirt and her socks were mostly the same, but with a green border at the bottom of her skirt and shirt sleeves and at the top of her socks. She was wearing a green armband with a white pokeball symbol on each arm, a blue wristband on her left wrist, and a red one on her right. She was wearing green shoes.
"Wow, Kohanna," complimented May, "These are really good…But what's with the green theme?"
Before Kohanna could answer however, Tony interrupted.
"Why don't I get a new outfit?!" he complained.
Kohanna gave him an irritated look, "Because I just made you one three months ago."
He looked embarrassed, "Oh, right…phooey," looking very disappointed.
Kohanna then smiled and grabbed Brendan, "Come on Brendan! Let's get to work!" And she and Brendan quickly disappeared from sight as she drug him to their room in the Pokémon Center.
'She forgot to answer my question…typical Kohanna…not that it really matters all that much,' May thought as she stared after them.
"Well, I'm off!" Tony said, "I have a comedy act to act out tonight and I need time to practice before it starts. I'm sorely tempted to hang out with you guys…but I was told if I was late again this week I'd have to find another job…" he looked like he was about to cry, then he brightened up, "But I'll be sure to call!" Waving, he left.
"Call? How in the world is he supposed to call me?" May asked.
"Seeing as the PokéNav that was on your bag is missing," answered Wally, "Brendan probably swiped it to download the Match Call on it, if your PokéNav doesn't have it, put our numbers in it, and get your number."
May looked slightly annoyed at this, "So he's finally figured out how to use something like a phone…" 'I knew I shouldn't have let Mom and Dad convince me to get that…'
Noticing May's look he added, "Don't worry, it's only for about ten minutes at a time, and then he forgets for about two hours. And ever since he and Kohanna have gotten together Brendan's been busy and more forgetful of the phone, among other things."
"That's good…well, uh…well, I guess I'm gonna go train, would you like to come with me Wally?" May said.
"Don't you think you should be taking it easy for today?," Wally asked, "I mean, doesn't your back still hurt a bit? Besides it's rather late." Motioning out the window.
It was true, the sun was setting behind the trees. The four of them had been talking for a long time. Then suddenly Brendan and Kohanna came rushing back. May looked at them surprised.
"Did you guys forget something? It's way too soon for you to be done with the clothes."
"We always take a few minute break after we get everything that we're going to be using for whatever we're making together," Brendan said matter-a-factly.
"While we're on our break," Kohanna said, "Why don't we meet each other's Pokémon?"
"Sure!" May nodded in agreement and got out her pokéballs, "Come on out everyone!"
With a flash their Pokémon came out of their pokéballs. The Pokémon May chose to come with her to the Johto Region were her Blaziken, Eevee, Beautifly, and Squirtle. Brendan's Pokémon were a Swampert, an Aggron, a Shiftry, a Milotic, a Growlithe, and a Mightyena. Kohanna's Pokémon were a Spinda, a Chatot, a Smeargle, and a Dragonair. Wally's Pokémon were a Gardevoir, a Roselia, an Altaria, and a Blissey. When the Swampert, Milotic, Gardevoir, and Chatot saw May, they quickly rushed to her. The Chatot landed on her shoulder, the Milotic wrapped itself around her, the Swampert was content with nudging her hand, and the Gardevoir was content standing nearby. May's Pokémon weren't quite sure what to think of it.
"Looks like Zuzu, Mimi, Ruru, and Chatty still remember you after all this time. Isn't that sweet?" Brendan said, laughing a bit, "Allow me to introduce everyone to you, Maymay and May's Pokémon," he said, taking a small bow, "I am Brendan, May-sama's cousin. The Swampert who is trying capture much attention, he is Zuzu. The Milotic doing the same, she is known as Mimi. The Aggron, she is Ara. The Shiftry, he is Seeden. The Mightyena, she is Nana. And the Growlithe, he is Brenton."
"I'm Kohanna; I grew up with May-sama when we were younger! The Chatot, you already know her as Chatty. The Spinda, she is Kohan. The Smeargle, he is Marky. And the Dragonair, she is Tina."
"I'm Wally; I also grew up with May. The Gardevoir by May, she is Ruru. The Altaria, she is Blu. The Roselia, she is Rosea. And the Blissey, she is Blissa. It's nice to meet all of you."
After they greeted the trainers, all of the Pokémon, including Zuzu, Mimi, Ruru, and Chatty, all gathered together as to better get to know each other. The trainers smiled as they watched their Pokémon chattering.
"I'm glad I got to meet all of your Pokémon," said May, "But was it necessary to call me 'May-sama'?"
Instead of answering Kohanna said something else.
"May, why don't you give your Pokémon names as well? It's helps with identifying Pokémon that are the same species wise, individuality…and…" she said, trailing off a bit and seeming sad, "We promised…but you probably don't remember that…with the accident and all."
May look insecure for a moment and then smiled.
"You're right, I don't remember, but I feel that you're telling the truth about that promise…I'll see what they think of having names. It might be a little hard at first, but I think we might just get the hang of it."
Having overheard the conversation, May's Pokémon rushed up with eager and hopeful looks on their faces. For a moment May was confused while the others smiled.
"Looks like they rather like the idea," said Wally.
"Okay," May said with a small smile, "But I have no idea about names."
At that, her Eevee came up and jumped at her bag.
"Eevee!"
"Huh? You want something out of this?"
May kneeled down and opened her bag. As soon as she did this Eevee ran up and started digging through it. Soon Eevee found what it had been looking for. It was a little picture book that May would sometimes read to them. Eevee turned to a page with a big sun on it and pawed at the picture and some words below it.
"Sun…Sun…Sunny?"
"Eevee eev!"
Sunny jumped up and down with joy that May understood what name it wanted.
"So she is now known as Sunny," said Brendan, "That's very fitting. She does seem to have a sunny personality."
"Huh?" May looked confused, "How do you know if a Pokémon is male or female?"
"Do you have the latest upgrade of the Pokédex?" Brendan inquired.
"Yeah," May responded, getting out her pink Pokédex.
"If you press these and that there…see?!"
"I get it now…but you didn't have a Pokédex out…" May mentioned.
"I have studied Pokémon enough to tell at a glance," Brendan replied, "I can give you some pointers later, if you want."
"That'd be great! Huh, Blaziken, you next? Do you have anything in mind?"
"Blaze…"
Blaziken shook its head and May checked her Pokédex. Her Blaziken was female and there were many other things on the Pokédex about Blaziken as well.
"Hmm……How about Chaka?"
"Blaziken!"
Chaka also looked very happy with her name. It soon followed suit with May's other Pokémon. May found her Beautifly was a female and Squirtle was a male. Squirtle was named Fern and Beautifly was named Solora. Brendan convinced May to call in and name her other Pokémon as well. She called Prof. Oak first, he wasn't there but after a little trouble with Brendan she was about to talk to Bulbasaur and her name ended up being Ivy. May called home for Skitty and Munchlax. Her parents weren't home, but a helper (forgot his name…) answered and after some more trouble from Brendan May called Skitty Vinca (female) and her Munchlax Munchy (male).
"Now that that's taken care of," Brendan said with a grin, "It is now time for Koko and I to continue on the articles of wearing. Goodnight!" And he and Kohanna went back to their room. May yawned and said to Wally,
"Well, it's getting late now; I guess I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, May."
---End (incredibly long) Flashback (in a sense) ---
That next morning Brendan and Kohanna gave everyone their new clothes and a message from Tony saying that he had to go because of his job. The four of them spent the next few days together, having a great time, and some not so great times. May didn't see Drew at all during this time, with she found weird, considering she knew he was in town. Brendan and Kohanna had to leave to take care of another order for Kohanna's clothes and Brendan wanted to continue his research. Wally had to go as well; his parents had called and wanted him to come home for his cousin's birthday. So May was alone the day before the contest, but she needed the rest anyways. She competed and won the contest, but she didn't see Drew anywhere…
May watched as her Pokémon played, with a worried expression on her face.
'I hope nothing happened to him…"
RING RING RIIIING!
May was startled by her PokéNav ringing.
"Hello?"
"May!?" came Kohanna's voice loudly.
"Yes, Kohanna, what is it?"
"I just remembered something very important! You know Drew friend? I saw him the other day! I gave him the clothes I designed when we had met and he told me something! He told me some family thing came up and he couldn't be in the contest…saying something like you're the type to get worried or something like that…Sorry! I'm in a hurry! Bye!"
May looked at the PokéNav with a blank look for a second, then she smiled.
'So he's alright! I shouldn't have been worried, this is Drew after all. I hope no one in his family is hurt…'
"Come on Everybody! Let's go to the next town!"
May withdrew her Pokémon and continued to the next town…
To Be Continued…
(1) Bear hug (since it's Pokémon…but they're not likely to say that expression out loud 'they' meaning Brendan, Kohanna, Tony, and Wally, you'll find out later)
(2) Emerald from the Pokémon Adventures manga doesn't have an anime/game name…
(3) Basically her Emerald outfit, same for Brendan and Wally (Wally's is only in the manga)
Latias: sorry for the wait……and even more sorry for the longer wait to come…
Pochama-Do: the computer she uses to write her fics belongs to the school and she doesn't have much access to writing things outside the school laptop. It's being turned in sometime today
Shock Lion: sorry for the incontinence
Drew-kun (no, I'm not the Drew mentioned in the story): and if it seems rushed…
Latias: don't know what I'm going to do in several the upcoming chapters…but the next one will be in Drew's POV…
Dark Latias: and with Brendan's personality, we're not being inconsistent, it's just how he is
Florence: …hope to see you again…
From around 3/16/07 to 5/11/07