★Akita Residence★

When Neru gone up out of her dream, she found herself at the floor beside her bed, toasted: her skin smells burnt bread; her top, shorts and yellow hair were still smoking. Streaks of black and gray were all over her body, including some parts of her cheeks and legs.

She look very agitated by the time she sat down to see why her 'dream' became an epic failure, the ultimate epic failure of her dreaming career for almost a year of chasing Piko over and over.

"OH, FOR THE LOVE OF CELLPHONES, WHO THE HECK DARES TO INTERFERE WITH MY DREAM!!", She said with exaggeration.

She chenched her right fist and punched it at the floor without looking onto it; one of her eyes was twitching in anger.

'Eh?' Neru wandered, feeling something soft on the spot she had punched. 'It feels strange...'

When Neru turned her sight to see her fist where it landed, she was surprised: she saw Pikachu with a sad expression on its face and was about to cry.

Then Neru looked at her fist.

'You're doomed Neru.', the invisible narrator helplessly said. 'Oh wait, what the heck is Pikachu doing at Neru's room anyway?'

Neru does not know that her fist landed on Pikachu's tail and not on the hard wooden floor.

'Oh my....' Neru thought to herself, her eyes widened.

Then the next scene shocked her, literally.

Pikachu's cheeks released some electric charges. Then, it cried in pain and the whole room was filled with thunderbolts, some parts were escaping out in the window gaps followed by a large explosive sound like a nuke was dumped on her room.

The tremors was so intense, it was felt by her neighbor, when in that instance was sleeping at her couch, holding a very large bottle.

Neru's neighbor partly opened her eyes and placed down the bottle at the carpeted floor, interrupted by her rest. She sat down, rubbed her eyes and yawned partnered with arm stretches while looking out from the window.

"What the heck Neru is doin' right now!" the female said, complaining while fixing her messy long gray hair.

★★★

Downstairs, at the kitchen, she was having her breakfast and the worst hairdo of her life: black, smokey, curly afro hair that smells like barbeque. Her hair curled by itself after she was struck with thunderbolts.

She stubbornly stirred the cereal with milk she had at her bowl while looking blank at the kitchen cabinets above her sink.

"I'm almost have him- so so close. Damn it!" Neru said, then eating a spoonful of cereal. "Why oh why dear fate! Why won't you let me have Piko even in my dreams!"

Then she heard some noise coming from her backyard, she heard footsteps.

"Wha-what the heck was that?" Neru wandered, completely clueless, turning her sight left and right.

Then the place became quiet, Neru resumed in eating.

"Maybe its just a cat..." Neru mumbled.

'Or is it?', the invisible narrator added.

Suddenly, a loud battle cry was heard, her neighbor came running towards her from behind brandishing a hockey stick and the strong smell of liquor was lingering in the air.

"You're dead you barbecue-smelling-sorta afro thief!" Neru's neighbor bravely said, "You can't crash in to my friend's house- and have some cereal!"

As Neru heard her neighbor's voice from behind, she quickly looked back and saw her charging towards her.

"Haku... Haku... For craps' sake please don't beat me! Its me, Neru!."

Haku stopped from running drunk and stood blank in front of Neru.

"Neru..." Haku said, scratching the back of her head.

"Yeah?", Neru said, raising her right eyebrow.

Haku pointed the hockey stick at her fluffy hair.

"What the heck happened to you?" Haku asked, very baffled. "And when did you started to style like Bob Marley? Are you living' the afro life?"

Neru replied angrily, "What the- Look, I'm not going afro okay! I'm just recently electrocuted this morning!"

"Oh.." Haku mumbled, astounded. "Electrocuted by what?"

"By a Pokémon.."

Haku looked at Neru like she wanted a confirmation. "So, you're not going afro..."

"No!" Neru immediately answered.

"Well then, that's great." Haku said, walking away. "As long as you're not joining other groups, I and SeeU were always looking forward to see you at the hood! See 'ya later Neru!"

"Geez.."

She continued her meal after the confrontation and afterwards, she placed the bowl at the sink.

"Mmm... I'll mind the Pokémon later. I know Momo can help me 'bout that. I need to start first my day at the right direction..."

She went at her silver seven-feet, seven inch tall fridge and held the knob at the lower half.

Expecting that she will have a peace of mind, she opened the fridge and found more to her headaches. She facepalmed.

'... And what am I seeing right now is not an example of a right direction, its the other way around.' Neru thought, surprised.

She glared. ".... SON OF A COW, what the heck are you doing at my fridge!"

Neru found his 'stalker' named Len, hiding inside the fridge and smiling to her, holding a bouquet of fresh broccoli.

Len replied, "Good morning Miss Neru! I am waiting you here at the fridge since last night."

"What the-!"

"I always wanted to be the very first person you see in the morning, and today it became a reality!" Len explained very creepily, "Ahh.."

'Shudders!' the narrator reacted.

Neru's right eyebrow twitched. 'You're so so dead...'

He raised the broccoli and continued, "Flowers for you!"

"Get. Off. my fridge or I'll call the repo guy!" Neru commanded, Len just smiling, somewhat in trance.

After several seconds, Neru realized Len don't want to budge. "Oh..."

Neru ignored Len's broccoli and just grabbed a bottle of strawberry milk, slamming the door shut to Len's face.

"Ow- my nose!" Len groaned from the fridge.

"I'm calling her right now!"

"No, no, not that person!" Len said, terrified.

She picked her phone and dialled. "Too late amigó, you're going with my fridge at the shop- for the hundredth time!"

Len screamed in terror while shaking the fridge, trying to escape. Neru talked to the repo guy.

"Uh.. Hello Tei!" Neru greeted, Len shrieked.

"Yes, this is the Repo Depot where you're dreams may became a nightmare!" Tei greeted happily over the line, "How can I help you?"

'More shudders!' the narrator said.

"Tei, its me Neru.."

"Is he there again!" Tei vividly said, putting down her butcher knife."Let. Me. Guess. Len is stucked at the death fridge!"

"Yeah."

'Yeah.' the narrator repeated, sighed.

Tei giggled."Perfect!"

"You know Tei.."

"What?"

"I'm just surprised that your weird fridge would work. I mean, a fridge with a cozy elegant seat inside plus a small television? Geez, first time I saw it, I knew something's not right!"

Tei grabbed her blood-stained bag and put in her knife and tools. "Yeah, I know some people would think twice the moment they will see those. It turns out that Len isn't belong to those thinking majority. Anyway, its pretty tempting to sit on it, yet too dangerous."

Neru heard the clinking sound of tools. "Tei, please come here early. I need to go somewhere else after this. Please take care of Len and return my fridge."

"Oh, the HUMANITY!" Len screamed, shaking the fridge.

'You're toast, Len...' the narrator said, 'You are toast!'

Neru dropped the line and looked at the fridge.

"Len.."

He stopped shaking the fridge. "Yes, my sweetheart?"

'Whut the whut?' the narrator reacted, 'Way too fast..'

"I have a good and bad news for 'ya!"

"Really!" Len said.

"The bad news is: Tei said she will arrive here in five minutes."

"No-." Len echoed.

"And the good news is.."

".....you will save me my sweetheart!" Len guessed.

'This is not gonna be pretty...' the narrator said.

"Guess what! The good news is: Tei said that the fridge is voice activated and I can't help you up."

Neru walked up the stairs and left Len screaming for his dear life.

★★★

After she cleaned herself and put on some new clothes, Neru headed to Teto's place.

Approaching the bakery, she saw her friend talking to someone whose holding a weird looking ball.

Neru waived her hand, Teto looked. "Teto- chan!"

'That sounds so weird.' the invisible narrator said.

"Neru!"

When she gone close, the girl asked her.

"Have you seen a yellow Pokémon that has zigzag black tail? I am..."

Neru immediately strangled the girl's neck and shook her, looking infuriated at her with Natsu-like eyes.

"Your pet is the reason why my freaking dream date with Piko is RUINED! Your freaking pet just took away my one shot of having him- WE ALMOST KISSED!"

The girl dropped the ball she was holding and released a Pokémon. It was Psyduck.

Teto broke the fight. "Neru...Neru... Stop.."

Still with reddened eyes like a person that doesn't sleep for days, Neru let loose of the girl and made some super exaggerated gasps. The girl choked and catches her breath.

"Ugh.... My poise is so ruined at that!" Neru exclaimed.

"Wait, did you say: my pet?" the girl said.

"Yeah, that freaking yellow Pokémon!" Neru said, "I punched its tail."

★★★

"Oh, I apologize if Pikachu caused your precious dream to end like that. By the way, my name is Misty, glad to meet you!"

"I'm not. Errr.." Neru said, "And that dream wasn't supposed to end, yo ne?"

Teto looked at her with flaming eyes. "Neru... Manners!"

She bowed down. "I'm sorry Teto-chan..." She said, embarrassed.

"Good!" Teto said, grabbing a bread from the oven. "Here have some French bread!"

★★★

Meanwhile, at the Tei's Repo Depot, Tei used a trencher to cut open the fridge since Tei had forgotten the password to unlock the door safely.

Since Tei believed only the hardcore way exists, she dumped away all her necessary tools and used the Earth trencher instead.

She placed the fridge flat at its back, being the door facing up. She powered up her trencher and approached the salvage area, placing the sharp blades at the center of the fridge.

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Tei frantically laughed and made a very enthusiastic look at the fridge. Then, she fired up the engine, making the trencher roll its blades spinning and ready to slash.

The frightening roars of the machine made Len panicked more inside his confinement; he was shouting 'Hadouken!' over and over but all he was doing at the sides of the reinforced trap was bare dents.

"Len, do you feel the heat!" Tei shouted, letting the blades penetrate the outer shell of the fridge.

Len screamed in total terror.

"I'll take that as a yes! Here Len, let me show you how I really feel!"

Tei revved the blades and eaten its way partially, chewing away foam and metal chunks from the body of the home appliance.

Inside, Len was trying not to be caught by the blades. His sweat was almost all over his face while looking face to face at the hungry metal plates, pushing himself against the walls of the fridge, avoiding to be cut in half.

★★★

Back at the bakery, the three girls were seated, having Misty telling to Teto and Neru what happened last night when Pikachu gone missing.

"All we know, Pikachu was at the Pokémon Center with Jigglypuff. We left those two because Brock was chasing a blonde girl down this road."

Teto nodded like she was very intrigued, Neru looked at her, confused.

"Whats about that nodding stuff you have there?"

"Do you know what this means?" Teto said, looking seriously at Neru.

Neru looked away. "Nope."

"This is another case for me to solve.." Teto said, instantly dressed like a detective holding a magnifying glass.

Neru looked back to Teto. "Teto.. Oh freaking great, now my last normal friend just got lost."

Teto shoved a coat, a pair of leather gloves, a jar filled with black powder and a mini notepad to Neru. "Its Sherlock Time!"

Buried deep in the stuff shoved by Teto, Neru reacted. "What the heck is wrong with you-"

Teto lit up a French bread cigar. "You know madame Neru, stop complaining and just do you job. Our client here doesn't pay us to whine; she needs our expertise."

Misty looked at the two like she was puzzled on what was happening in front of her.

"You guys are officially weird. Truly weird." Misty said.

"Geez, I'm the one who has problems; not her and that Pokémon still lurking at my room!" Neru said, suddenly dressed like a detective also paired with a fedora. "And why am I suddenly dressed like this!"

★★★

Outside, the weirdness and questioning continued. Neru was standing beside detective Teto.

"Miss Misty, when you lost Pikachu last night, where are you?" Teto asked, her hands were on her coat's pocket.

"I'm at this same road, looking for Brock."

"Are you alone that time?"

"Yeah."

"At what time did the incident happen?"

"It was around ten.. When I got Brock from somebody's backyard, talking to a girl."

"And at that particular moment when you got your friend, what happened next?"

"We returned to the center and saw all of the people in were laid flat on the floor."

"Err, of course you can only lay flat on the floor!" Neru said. "Have you ever saw a person laid flat on the wall?"

"Shut your mouth madame Neru!" detective Teto commanded, Neru crossed her arms, "I'm interrogating our client!"

"Geez." Neru muttered.

Teto looked at Misty. "Please continue.."

"I thought there was some massacre happen but later I found out that all of them were asleep." Misty said.

Teto held her chin and thinks. "Its way complicated than I thought. There is a much deeper mystery hidden beyond these events we had at hand. We need to collect more evidence!"

"What mystery!" Neru said, "I only need to find out how on Earth did her freaking yellow pet found its way in ruining my dream date!"

Teto slapped Neru with a French bread. "Show proper manner in front of our client madame Neru!"

★★★

Neru joined the two in reaching her house; they had started looking for clues. The first area they went was her room.

When Neru opened the door, she found the yellow creature tied on her lampshade, unconscious.

Misty rushed in. "Pikachu!"

While Misty unties Pikachu, Teto made a squinted look at Neru. "Neru, I think that someone was here a while ago. Check for prints! Maybe we could catch up with the suspect!"

"Geez, great!" Neru sarcastically said, "Now someone went into my room and God knows what it done here! Ugh!"

Neru dropped her head and looked around to check whether something went missing. Misty brought Pikachu at the doorstep; Teto examined it.

"Is this your pet, Miss Misty?"

"Yes, this is my pet. I am worried that Pikachu suffered on the hands of that suspect." Misty worriedly said.

Teto meticulously looked every angle of the victim and found a clue.

'The victim has multiple rope burns around its body; probably because it was tied up very tight at the lampshade. It seems to me that it suffered no other than that.' Teto thought, then she found something sticking at one of its hand. 'Hmmm... A sticker."

Neru looked at the shelves of discs right of her room, adjacent to the doorway. "Ugh, my movie collection is so messed up! Looks like that thief want me to have more freaking headaches!"

'Oh yeah....' Teto trailed. "Good job madame Neru, you have found a vital clue to this mystery!"

Teto kneeled down and picked up the sticker, placing it in a transparent sealable bag. Then, she stood up and looked at Misty.

"Do not worry Miss Misty, we are not far from the suspect. Better get your pet at the center first; me and madame Neru will chase down the suspect." Teto said confidently, Misty nodded and gone out.

"For now, this little piece of pink sticker is our lead. We need to find more!" Teto said while looking at the evidence, removing her hat and stroking down her cowlick.

"No sh**, Sherlock!" Neru said.

"Do you kiss your mother with that dirty mouth of yours!" Teto said, "Have some professionalism madame!"

"Ugh...." she exclaimed.

Teto grabbed Neru's arm and dragged her out. "We need to press on. Let's go!"

"Hello! I'm the one who has problems here; not her!" Neru said.

★★★

Neru and Teto went to video rental shop and before they went in, Neru received a call.

"Hello?"

"Hey, its me Tei!"

"Is my fridge okay?"

"Yeah, I removed Len inside and it'll be delivered at the end of the day." Tei said, sharpening a katana.

"Tei, are you sharpening something there?" Neru wandered, "I'm hearing some metal grinding right there."

"Uhmm.. Yeah...." Tei said, looking at the blade.

Neru's tone became doubtful. "You are not gonna use that to Len, do you?"

"Ha! Don't worry Neru, at my custody, Len will be fine. There is nothing to worry about."

Len screamed over the line while chained at the roof of a car. "Help me my sweetheart! Aahhh! She's gonna chop me off!

"Tei-"

Tei smiled uneasily. "Uh.. Don't worry I won't chop her off. Bye bye."

Tei immediately dropped the line.

'Rest in peace Len.' the invisible narrator said.

Neru kept her phone then she looked Teto when in that moment was consuming some melon bread and strawberry juice.

"Teto-"

Teto looked at Neru sharply. "Excuse me madame Neru, I am Sherlock; not Teto!"

Neru's right brow flinched. "You're totally broke."

★★★(End of part One)★★★

• Will "Sherlock" and madame Neru find the suspect before it strikes back?

• What happened to the poor 'ol Len at Tei's Repo Depot? Will Tei turn Len into Sushi?

• What will Misty learn from Pikachu when she asked it? Is it another clue or another dead end?

• And why the heck Teto transformed into a detective anyway? Is this supposed to focus on Neru's ruined date?

All of that and more will be answered on the next episode of BPM:

"Beat 03★ Star Studded Banana"

This is the invisible narrator saying:
Ciao, ciao! And have a good day!