Gently, Jared tucks the ball into his pocket as if it were a delicate treasure.

A few passers give him weird looks when he had shouted, but today he doesn't care, his mood can't be reduced by shame today!

Dropping his improvised walking stick, Jared sits himself down under a shady palm tree.

Pulling out his phone, Jared turns to Kai, who had followed his example, "Ah Kai, I don't suppose you know where to get tickets off this island."

With a nod, Kai motions for Jared to hand over the phone, which he does. Fiddling with the phone for a short time it's soon handed back.

A travel website called Alola Express can be seen on the phone's screen.

Scrolling through it, Jared begins to frown, (This is weird... it says that there are ferries that take you directly to the Orange Islands, Sevii Islands, Hoenn, Kanto, and even Johto... Could this mean that Alola is right in the middle?)

Opening up a new internet tab, Jared then types *world map* into the search engine, but nothing shows up.

Turning to Kai, Jared gesticulates towards the phone, "Hey Kai, think you can bring up a world map with this thing?"

Kai accepts the phone but shakes his head after a few minutes with a frown, "I can't find anything like that."

Jared receives the phone before opening the Alola Express website again.

After a few minutes of dicking around, Jared sighs inwardly at his discovery.

A hundred and eighty credits per person... and that's for the lowest class ticket! And the only ship leaving today is to Kanto... (Guess there's not much choice here is there...)

Tapping his knee for a moment, Jared noted that it would be setting sail in only four hours, " I suppose that's fine... at least it's all included..."

Once the tickets were bought, a virtual receipt was immediately downloaded, and stored in the phone's app.

When opened it displayed the room number, purchase date, and a GPS coordinate.

Pressing the coordinate brought up the GPS, and Jared found the boat marked on the map, but the location was further than he hoped.

With this new information, he turned back to Kai, "We got four hours and it'll take at least an hour and a half to walk there with my ankle like this, do you remember the way back to the house?"

Seeing Kai nod, Jared continues, "Alright, take everything and put it in the bag, I need to make a few calls, think you can meet me back here in an hour?"

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Jared spent some time calling the police station, but Brian was somewhat reluctant and unconvinced, "I understand that you somehow found a Gastly, and you even tied for third in the trainer competition, but you are rushing into this too fast! You've been here for just over a month, and you have amnesia, I'm strongly advising you to rethink traveling in your condition."

Jared was unmoved, however, and declined to meet. Hanging up, Jared taps his chin in thought, (Sorry Brian, I really don't have time, and I can't risk you using the Natu on me, in an attempt to figure out why I'm leaving.)

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Time passes, and with only forty-five minutes remaining, Kai and Jared found themselves standing before a large double-decker ship.

This ship was by far the largest one Jared had seen thus far. The dock containing the ship was smaller than the one from the inlet, but it was much higher up.

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.

No other boats were around except for the one, so Jared assumed this dock was specially made for one purpose, namely large transport ships.

Jared could see a long and wide metal plank with railings laid on the boat's right side.

It could be seen that this was to allow entry into the boat.

A few men in matching blue and white outfits stood before the entryway in silence.

After flashing his virtual receipt, Jared and Kai were given entry, and with clanking steps, they climbed up the moveable metal gangplank.

From the boat's exterior, Jared assumed the metallic monstrosity could hold five hundred passengers, but the inside was more cramped than he expected.

Walking down the narrow walkways, many rooms could be seen on either side of the hall.

Jared and Kai found their room number labeled on the ticket, and inside it was an uncomfortably compact tiny windowless room.

The only furniture contained inside was two bunk beds and a fishy smell to boot.

Shaking his head, Jared laments, (I suppose this is what the cheapest ticket gets me!)

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After a half-hour, the captain's voice came in over the intercom, and letting the passengers know the journey would be taking twenty days.

They would be settings sail in twenty minutes!

Hearing this, Jared felt surprised, (Interesting, either the world is larger than I thought or the boat is really slow.)

Suddenly a loud guttural roar shook the cabin, making Jared and Kai flinch. A moment later the captain's reassuring voice came back on telling the passengers not to panic, and that the sound was only the two Gyarados getting ready to pull the vessel.

"Gyarados?", With intrigue, Jared decided to leave the room to investigate.

A few other passengers had the same idea, and at least twenty men and women could be seen looking over the railing at the bow of the ship.

Jared couldn't help his curiosity, and he did the same, but when he looked down into the murky depths, the only thing to be found were some bubbles and foam floating up.

(Are they under the ship?) Jared mused.

The intercom chimed in just then, "Passengers please return to your rooms."

As if in Q, some attendants dressed in blue and white came on deck and began urging the passengers to their quarters.

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Ten minutes later the sound of chains and creaking wood could be heard, and sitting on the bottom bunk next to Kai, Jared begins to feel the very ground beneath his feet quake.

Kai's teeth chatter with nervousness, so Jared distracts him, "Ever been on a boat before Kai?"

"Once, but not one like this..."

With a reassuring smile, Jared pats Kai on the shoulder, "There's nothing to worry about, the boat shaking is normal"

(Probably...)

After a few minutes, the shaking stops.

The intercom then comes on, but it's not the captain this time, "Feel free to move around now. Breakfast and dinner will be brought to your quarters, and for additional purchases, you can find a concession in the main area.

Pulling out his only pokeball, Jared taps it thoughtfully, (I wonder how Gastlys doing in his ball...)

Coming to a decision, Jared lightly presses the front of the pokeball, before gently tossing it onto the top bunk.

With a flash of dark red light, a confused Gastly appears.

Kai watches with wide eyes, and he instinctively recoils in fear from the fanged ghost.

Orienting himself around, Gastly connects his thoughts to Jared, "Where am I? You just put me in your slave ball a moment ago, how am I in this small room?"

Jared reacts with surprise, "Ah? It's been more than four hours though... we are on a boat headed to Kanto"

Jared pauses to think, "Ah, Gastly, could it be the ball puts you into a kind of stasis?"

"You tell me human, your race made this slave device."

"What's it like in there?"

"I don't know human, but I hate it!"

"Thought so..." Jared sighed.

Mustering some courage, Kai then asks, " Um... I've hadn't seen your pokemon talk, how does this work?"

Jared thinks for a moment, "He speaks directly into my mind, don't worry about it."

Kai seems a bit convinced, "Ah... ok"

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The oceans were calm, which made the journey smooth, albeit boring, and there was no signal, so Jared couldn't call anyone.

During the journey, Jared had told Kai that Gastly eats emotions, and gave him a little backstory on how they met, including his masochistic memorization method.

The two chatted with a few passengers to pass the time, but his poorly dressed attire somewhat deterred them, so they mostly kept to themselves.

Kai seemed to love the ocean, so during the day, he would just watch the endless ocean from the deck.

As expected Gastly had refused to go back in the ball, and he demanded Jared to give him negative energy, so while Kai was out on the deck, Jared would often stay back and torture himself to feed Gastlys hunger and growth using the needles that Gastly stole.

On the eighteenth day, a large Island with a massive volcano could be seen with the naked eye.

The captain's voice had announced they will be stopping briefly at Cinnabar Island, before moving onto Pallet town, then ending the journey at Fuchsia city.

Much to Jared's disappointment, he did not get a chance to see the gyarados that supposedly existed, not even up until now.

However, Jared still heard their roars during feeding time. Unfortunately, the passengers were confined to their rooms during those instances, however.

Jared pondered where he wished to stop, but in his mind, he knew. If he was coming to Kanto, then there was really only one place he wanted to begin his journey.