Episode 38:
Aquapikas

Sara woke up first that morning. Icy was still fast asleep. She poked him a few times but was unsuccessful in waking him. Stronger methods would have to be used. “Pika pika Kapi!” she shouted as she thundershocked Icy.

“AGHHHH!!!!” Icy screamed, jumping high into the air. Sara laughed the entire duration of Icy’s flight. (SMASH!) Icy hit the ground and moaned softly to himself. His fur was totally messed up from Sara’s thundershock. When he finally stood up, Sara took one quick glance and burst into laughter again. Icy looked at his reflection in one of his pokéballs and almost fainted. Sara was now rolling on the forest floor, laughing hysterically.

“Pihehehe... You should have seen how far you jumped when I shocked you!” she said teasingly. She went over to him and attempted to fix his fur by licking it back into place. Icy, although mentally awake, almost fell flat on his face from Sara pushing against him. Finally, he returned to his senses and turned around meeting Sara right in the face. “PIKA!” was all she needed to say to make the unbalanced Icy fall back. She caught him and pulled him back close to her and kissed him on the forehead. Then she scampered off into the foliage to gather some fruits for breakfast. A typical morning, Icy thought to himself.

Icy walked slowly back to their clearing. Sara was the only thing on his mind since he met her. He had begun to forget about ever becoming human again. He never had something as great as this in that life. He set up a nice place to eat before Sara returned.

Sara was just finished gathering their breakfast. She picked out the shiniest two apples she could find and headed back. She was pleasantly surprised to see Icy had already set everything up for them. The two pikachus sat down and enjoyed their meal.

“Sara. Before I ran into you, I was headed for the Seafoam Islands. Do you have any interest in seeing them?” Icy asked.

Sara blinked curiously. “Seafoam Islands? What’s that? I’ve only lived here in the forest. Is it far from here?”

“It’s a good day’s trip from here I think.”

“Why do you want to go there? Is there something special there?”

“I think they have a Pokémon Resort Spa there. I was going to let my pokémon have a little vacation. Maybe you and me could get in there too.”

“That sounds nice. When do we leave?”

“Whenever you’re ready Sara.”

“OK, let’s go now. Umm... How are we going to get there? I can’t swim well.”

“That’s ok... My Porygon, Cyber, will swim us to the islands. Cyber can transform into a boat for us.”

“Wow. Do all por... por... poragens do that?”

“No, I programmed Cyber to be able to change into different vehicles. He’s a great pokémon.”

“That’s neat. You said you had other pokémon right? Can I meet them too?”

“Sure Sara.” Icy opened his bag and dumped out a pile of small, unexpanded pokéballs. “Everyone, come out!” All of the pokéballs opened up releasing all of Icy’s pokémon. “Here they are!” he said as he stood next to his friends. Sara was amazed. She had never seen so many different types of pokémon before. Icy introduced her to each one, even Static. She said hello to each of them.

Hocus walked over to Icy. “Master, I’m sensing very high levels of activity in your body, are you felling ok?”

“Yes Hocus. I’m fine. It’s nothing to worry about.”

“Your thoughts seem to all involve that new pikachu you showed us. I don’t think that’s good for when you need your concentration.”

“Hocus... I’m fine... She’s just... well... I...” For some odd reason, Icy was having difficulty telling Abra about his feelings for Sara.

“You’re in love with her right. It’s not hard to see. I think you two make a cute pair.”

“Thanks Hocus... I think...” Sara was now looking at all the caterpie Icy had.

“Why do you have so many of these kind? They are kinda cute...” Some of the caterpie were crawling over and around her. The others quickly crawled towards Icy.

“Those are caterpie. I think they are one of the cutest pokémon in the world. With the exception of you...” Sara blushed. The caterpie had successfully overtaken Icy and pinned him to the ground. “So... ouww... Sara ... mphh .. phhea,” a caterpie almost crawled into Icy’s mouth, “... shall we go?” He got up, knocking all the caterpie off of him.

“All right, let’s go to the pokémon resort!” she cheered. Icy returned his pokémon and he and Sara held hands as they walked down to the beach.

They were only a few yards from the shore when Sara heard some voices. “Icy... I think there are trainers on the beach. What are we going to do?” she asked nervously.

“No problem. I’ll battle them!”

“Huh. What do you mean, you’ll battle them? What if they try to capture you?” Sara wasn’t thrilled with Icy’s plan but she couldn’t come see any alternative.

Icy ran down to the beach and found two trainers talking to each other and showing off their pokémon. “Hello. Would either of you care for a match?” The trainers looked at the talking pikachu.

“No match, but I will take you. Pokéball, GO!” He carefully aimed the ball directly at Icy. Icy just stood there waiting patiently for the ball to get just in front of him. Sara peeked over a hill only to see Icy disappear. She wanted to cry but knew that would give her away.

Icy reappeared on top of the trainer’s head. “All I wanted was a pokémon battle! Now I’m gonna get one! CHUUUUU!!!!” Icy fried the trainer who threw the ball at him. He and his friend ran off. Icy sensed Sara’s presence nearby and teleported to her.

“I thought, I thought...” she panted, unable to speak.

“It’s ok. I won’t scare ya like that anymore. C’mon. Let’s hit the waves!” Icy called out Cyber and had him transform into a boat for two. “Get on Sara. Cyber’s a great pokéboat, very safe.” She got in, then Icy followed and they set sail for the Seafoam Islands.

Sara had never been so far out from the mainland and was beginning to get scared. She kept a tight grip to Icy almost breaking his paw. Icy tried to comfort her and make her calm down. “Maybe you should go down below Sara. It’s less scary down there.”

“No, I’m fine as long as I’m with you.”

“Well then, maybe you could loosen your grip just a tad.”

“Huh... Oh... Sorry...” She released Icy’s now numb paw from hers. “There you go.”

They had been sailing towards Seafoam for almost half a day now. Icy checked Cyber’s GPS link. “It looks like we should be arriving at Seafoam Islands in just a few hours.” Sara was relieved. Now she knew why she hadn’t learned to swim, she didn’t like water.

“Are we almost there yet Icy? I’m starting to get tired.”

“It should be within view in just a few minutes.” The first of the islands came within sight. Many more islands followed it. Then, they saw the main island of the Seafoam Islands. “Cyber, head for the port on the big island there.” Cyber set his course toward the main island.

Sara looked out at the chain of islands. She was very excited having never seen islands before. Cyber landed at the Seafoam Port and Icy and Sara stepping onto the dock.

“Cyber, return!” Some sailors were eyeing the new arrivals. Icy and Sara made their way to the resort. “According to that map back there, we just follow this road.” They continued up the road. After about five minutes, they could finally see the entrance to the Pokémon Resort Spa. They ran up to the main gate.

The attendant watched as the pikachu couple approached the gate. He went back to filling out paperwork. Icy went up to the gate and asked the man for admittance into the resort. The man looked down at the pikachu talking to him. “Did you just talk?” he asked.

“Yes. My name is Icy, ring a bell?”

“Hmm... Uhh... Oh, yes... I remember! You’re that kid Bill did that crazy experiment on... You want to stay in our resort huh?”

“Yes. I’d like to come in too if that’s ok. I am a pikachu... Here are the rest of my pokémon who are coming with me. And this is Sara. We’re friends...”

The man nodded. “Fine. That will be 10000 PB. Do you have any money?”

Icy handed him the money from his bag. The man opened the gate and gave Icy the key to his suite. “Thank you! C’mon Sara!” Laughing, Icy and Sara ran into the resort. Their summer vacation had finally begun.