Um, what do I write here again? Oh yeah, obligatory intro and hook to persuade people to read my garbage.
Kidding. Hope you like it though! :D
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"Hello hello hello, everyone! Welcome, one and all, to 'Total Pokémon Elemental Island'!" exclaimed a loud voice, "I'll explain the gameshow later cause right now, we're waiting for our contestants who should be arriving any-" Spiritomb was talking to the shoreline as he saw some small boats come along.
"Ah, it seems like our contestants are coming along," continued Spiritomb, "40 young adults stranded on an island, forced to compete against each other in the hopes of achieving a grand prize. What could go wrong?"
"To be honest, I didn't expect so many Pokémon to sign up so quickly," Spiritomb said, "But hey, can you blame them? Why join any of those non-original TPIs out there, when you can join this all new, fresh, amazing, experience! Total Pokémon Elemental Island is not just any TPI-spinoff, it's practically it's own gameshow! But enough about the show, let's introduce the contestants!"
As he finished his sentence, a small boat landed near the shoreline, and four Pokémon got off the boat. A Squirtle, a Chingling, a Chimchar, and a Gible.
"What's up guys? Anything to say to the audience?" asked Spiritomb, "You only get one chance to become the fan favourite- uh, I mean, make a good impression."
"Alright! I'm so pumped! Let's do this!" Chimchar exclaimed, trying to high five Gible, who just stepped back, annoyed.
"Um, I guess I'm excited for the competition," answered Squirtle with a half-smile, "But what do you mean by audience?"
"Don't you know? This is getting recorded," answered Spiritomb smirking, "It'll be broadcasted on national TV! Or if I can't afford that, I'll just sell the videos to my friends."
"Seems cool." the Chingling replied, nonchalantly. The bell floated around, gathering in the island.
"Whatever, let's just get this thing over with." Gible grunted, cracking his knuckles.
"Well, you'll have to wait until all 40 contestants arrive," reasoned Spiritomb, "So you guys just wait near the shoreline for the rest of the contestants."
"Hmph." Gible glared at Spiritomb, but began exploring the shoreland.
"Speaking of which, here comes another boat." exclaimed Spritomb excitedly. A boat arrived at the shoreline, and four more Pokémon appeared. A Paras, an Eevee, a Sentret, and a Sandshrew.
"Hello." Paras said from behind Spiritomb, kind of spooking the ghost.
"Oh, hi." Spiritomb replied, trying to keep composure.
"These plants are very exotic," Paras complimented the island, "They'd be great in my salves and medications."
"Um... that's great." Spiritomb replied, not knowing what to say. Paras continued down the island, taking notes and nodding from time to time.
"Woah! Look at the island, Eevee! The trees, we never get anything like this in the old apartment!" Sentret exclaimed excitedly, caressing a palm leaf.
"Wow, you really like this island." Spiritomb said, taken back by the weird Sentret.
"Whatever, as long as he leaves me alone." Eevee glared at Sentret, as she brushed past the two and began exploring the island.
"I take it you know her?" asked Spiritomb.
"Yeah, she's my- Well, actually, it's kinda complicated," answered Sentret, sounding a lot more somber, "I thought a competition would do both of us some good. Guess she doesn't like it, does she?"
"No, she doesn't." replied Spiritomb flatly.
"Well, I should go check on her," mumbled Sentret, as he rushed off towards Eevee, and then adding, "She deserves better."
"Wow, this is all so new!" Sandshrew barged in, as he took in the fresh air and sniffed the sand.
"Uh... What are you doing?" asked Spritomb, arching an eyebrow.
"Oh, uh, hi there!" exclaimed Sandshrew, clearly unfamiliar with greetings, "Sorry, I was so amazed by this island. It truly is a fascination sight."
"I take it you don't go outside very often."
"Yeah, my mom was very over-protective, so I was usually locked up in my room." Sanshrew explained.
"Then how did she let you sign up for this competition?"
"I don't live with my mom anymore." muttered Sandshrew, looking down.
"Oh... um..." Spiritomb mumbled, trying to think of something to say, but he couldn't. He coughed and waited for Sandshrew to move on.
"Well, uh, it looks like our next batch of contestants are arriving!" Spiritomb turned back to the shoreline, trying to make the situation less awkward.
A boat arrived and four more Pokémon popped out. A Chikoreta, a Magnemite, a Honedge, and a Ralts.
"Wow, this island sure is big." the Chikoreta was in awe.
"Fear not, young lass, I shall protect you from any-" began Honedge in an English accent, before he saw Spiritomb.
"AHHHH! It's a foul demon! Run for your lives!" he screamed as he floated away in panic, tripped twice before running into a tree and knocking himself out.
"Well, it was bound to happen. We had to have a weird one." muttered Spiritomb, facepalming.
"A-are you sure this island is safe?" asked Magnemite nervously.
"It's as safe as I could make it," answered Spiritomb, "But it is a competition."
"I knew I shouldn't have come." Magnemite whispered to himself nervously.
"Hmm, I wonder where this island is located." Ralts mumbled to herself as she investigated the island.
"Oh, so you're interested in the island?" asked Spiritomb, grinning widely.
"Well, for now, I'm interested in it's location." answered Ralts simply.
"You'll have to figure that out yourself," Spiritomb snickered, "Consider it a mystery."
"Consider it solved." Ralts replied, taking his words as a challenge, and she began heading deeper into the island.
"Geez, how many more are there? I'm already tired, and we haven't even begun the challenges!" exclaimed Spiritomb, groaning. He was snapped awake by the approach of the next boatload of Pokémon. A Porygon, a Mudkip, a Litwick, and a Vulpix got off.
"Who do we have here?" asked Spiritomb, trying to sound enthusiastic but obviously not.
"Porygon, computer expert extraordinaire!" Porygon exclaimed, bowing his head to Spiritomb.
"Oh, so you're not the stereotypical robot," replied Spiritomb, "Shame, you guy are usually the ones that cause the most chaos."
"Ha ha," Porgyon rolled his eyes, "You know, just because I might be something, that doesn't mean it has to be my personality."
"Whatever you say." Spiritomb smirked, as Porygon floated angrily towards the island.
"Woah dude, this island looks radical!" Mudkip exclaimed in a surfer voice, "The waves look amazing."
"Yeah, you can surf but after the challenges here, you might change your mind." Spiritomb smirked. Mudkip shrugged and ran to find a surfboard-worthy piece of wood.
"Dear diary, today I..," began the Litwick before shaking his head, "No, that doesn't sound right... on this day I-"
"What are you writing there?" asked the Vulpix, her face very close to Litwick's.
"um... j-just my diary," answered Litwick before regaining his composure, "You know, sometimes the best inspiration can come from daily experiences."
"I get my inspiration from video games," answered Vulpix, staring dead into Litwick's eyes, "By the way, is there an arcade on this island?"
"Did you seriously just ask that question?" asked Spiritomb, facepalming.
"Whatever." Vulpix answered, as she found a good rock to sit on and pulled out a custom Gameboy Advanced.
"Wait, where did that come from?" asked Spiritomb, clearly puzzled, "Um.. anyways, the next boat is coming!"
The boat landed and out came four Pokémon. A Fennekin, a Snivy, a Beldum, and a Frillish.
"Hmph, this looks nothing like the island in the advertisement," said Snivy, glaring at Spiritomb, "How surprising."
"Amazing what you can do with photoshop and a couple of filters." answered Spiritomb smirking.
"This place is beautiful!" exclaimed Fennekin in a royal British accent, smiling dreamily at the island, "So unlike the castle I- um, I mean, the city I lived in."
"Yes, islands and cities do look slightly different." Snivy replied sarcastically in an English accent. He evidently was tired of the conversation and began walking towards the island, followed by the happy Fennekin.
"Hello! I'm Frillish!" bubbled the Frillish cheerfully.
"Wow, you are happy." answered Spiritomb, unable to think of a witty comeback. She was just too... well, happy.
"So, um, Frillish," Spiritomb finally said, 'What do you think of the island?"
"Hello! I'm Frillish!"
"Uhhhhh..." Spiritomb made a confused face.
"Wow, this island is filled with plants." Frillish looked around at all the flowers and trees."
"Yeah, you wanna just scoot over there, with the rest of the contestants?" asked Spiritomb, practically pushing Frillish towards the others.
'My name's Frillish, by the way!" Frillish hollered as Spiritomb covered his ears and walked back to the shoreline. He continued walking until he bumped into a floating metal object.
"Oh, Beldum, you're still here." Spiritomb said, just noticing him. Beldum simply looked into Spiritomb's eyes which weireded him out.
"Um, you gonna say something? If not, can you go with the rest of the competitors?" asked Spiritomb, trying to get Beldum to stop looking at him. Finally, Beldum sighed, almost as if annoyed.
"Hmph." he grunted, and moved slowly towards the group.
"Sheesh," Spiritomb huffed, brushing himself off, "Um, anyways, onto our next boat! Geez, how many competitors do we have?"
Nevertheless, Spiritomb made his way towards the approaching boat to greet four more Pokémon. An Espurr, a Pumpkaboo, a Zubat, and a Solosis came out of the boat.
"So, how are you all doing?" asked Spiritomb, quite forced. The Espurr stared into what seemed like Spiritomb's souul while the Solosis was too consumed into a book he was levitating. Nobody answered until Zubat piped up.
"I'm pretty excited for the competition." Zubat smiled, but he was facing the opposite direction.
"Al-alright, I guess." Pumpkaboo squeaked. Spiritomb waited for the rest to respond but no one did.
"Huh, guess this one was the quiet group, huh?" asked Spiritomb, trying to make a joke. No one even giggled. The Solosis finally looked up from his book, a science textbook.
"I am doing fine this morning," answered Solosis sophisticatedly, "May I be excused so I can finish my book?"
"Um, I guess?" replied Spiritomb, not quite sure what to say. Solosis took that as a yes and floated away, reading his book. Zubat took this as a sign of leaving and he began flying away too... not before crashing into two trees on the way. Pumpkaboo shyly scooted away as well.
"So what about you?" asked Spiritomb, focusing on Espurr. She continued staring at him with her beady eyes, and with a slight smile on her face. Her whole complexion looked... off.
"Yeah, you're kinda creeping me out so can you move over there?" asked Spiritomb, motioning towards the island. she began walking but continued making eye contact as long as she could.
"Weird." Spiritomb said, shaking. He looked back towards the ocean and saw the next boat arrive. Out of the boat came a Murkrow, a Purrloin, a Starly, and a Slowpoke.
"Hello." said Slowpoke in a lazy, nonchalant tone.
"Hi." replied Spiritomb. No one said anything else for a few seconds.
"My my, isn't this an awkward situation." Purrloin smirked.
"The only reason we're not saying anything is because we're trying to hide our weaknesses." answered Starly.
"Interesting." noted Murkrow in a British accent. The three looked at each other, trying to get a hold of the situation.
"Whatever, I'm just gonna go." Starly answered, quickly flying away from the group.
"Well, I guess we know who the weak one here is." Purrloin smirked.
"Um, hello? I exist, you know?" Spiritomb barged into the two's conversation.
"Terribly sorry, I shoud get going. I've already overstayed my welcome." Murkrow tipped his hat towards them and soared off.
"I should go too." Purrloin purred as she walked off towards the others.
"No, I didn't mean for you to go!" exclaimed Spiritomb, annoyed, "Am I missing something here?"
"Hmm, maybe this will be somewhat interesting after all." whispered Slowpoke.
"You say something?"
"Huh?" answered Slopoke dumbly.
"Of course not." sighed Spiritomb, as Slowpoke crawled away. These contestants certainly were... different. As he was thinking, the next boat arrived and out came four more Pokémon. A Mienfoo, a Shuppet, a Smeargle, and a Kecleon appeared from the boat.
"You! Are you an enemy?" asked Mienfoo, as she did a somersault ending with her fist a few inches away from Spiritomb.
"What? No, I'm the host!" exclaimed Spiritomb, more scared than angry.
"Oh," answered Minefoo, before bowing down, "My sincerest apologies. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"As long as you don't take my head off, I think we'll be fine."
'Hmm... no, you're not my master either." frowned Shuppet as he gazed into Spiritomb's eyes. He took one final look at him before floating off towards the island.
"Wha- Hey! I didn't even introduce you!" complained Spiritomb.
"Wow, this island sure is beautiful," admired Smeargle, as he began sketching the island in a sketchbook he was carrying, "I'll definitely water colour this later!"
"Oh come on!" exclaimed Spiritomb annoyed, "That's, what? Five compliments for the island, but none for me? Simply impossible."
"Well, uh... purple certainly suits you." replied Smeargle nervously.
"Thanks, that was very nice." Spiritomb rolled his eyes.
"Um, where did the Kecleon go?" asked Mienfoo, looking around. She suddenly felt something behind her and leaped out of the way. Suddenly, Kecleon seemed to appear out of nowhere in front of her, out of breath.
"Oop, sorry, here I am." answered Kecleon, reappearing in front of her, "I can turn invisible, so I was trying to spook you, but I guess that didn't work out too well."
"Woah, so you can camouflage yourself at will?" asked Minefoo, clearly impressed.
"Yeah, it's kinda cool, I guess, and you get used to people freaking out cause you appear in front of them." Kecleon joked.
"Ha ha, alright, you guys have had enough screen time," grumbled Spiritomb, "Head towards the rest of the contestants and wait until everyone's here."
"Speaking of which, here comes another boat now!" exclaimed Spiritomb, grinning at the upcoming boat, while pushing the previous Pokémon out of view.
The boat was knocked up against the shoreline and four Pokémon tumbled out. A Geodude, a Joltik, an Azurill, and a Combee.
"Owee! That really hurt!" exclaimed Azurill, rolling around. It wasn't before tears swelled up in her eyes and she began crying.
"Heh, guess you could say it hurt a boatload." chuckled Combee.
"What? That didn't hurt at all!" Geodude, pounding his fists together.
"Man, that boatride! What a thrill!" Joltik exclaimed, visibly dizzy but still had a smile on his face.
"Guess we had to get another weird group sometime." Spiritomb smirked. At least these four were more talkative than the last. He then noticed the annoying wailing from Azurill.
"Come on, it didn't hurt that much, did it?" asked Spiritomb, replied with another cry, "Really should've set an age restriction."
"Hey, um, don't cry?" asked Joltik, "I'm not really good at this."
"How about an oran berry?" asked Combee, pulling out a berry from seemingly thin air. Surprisingly, Azurill stopped crying and happily took the berry and began eating it.
"Wow, that worked better than I thought." said Combee, smiling.
"Where did you get the berry from?" asked Spiritomb, puzzled.
"Magic." Combee grinned widely.
"Of course." Spiritomb rolled his eyes as he leaded the four to the rest of the group.
"Let's see, that's nine boats, right?" Spiritomb said, thinking aloud, "That means there should be-"
As if on cue, a boat came out from the corner of his eyes and headed towards the island.
"Ah, this should be the final boat!" exclaimed Spiritomb happily, "Thank Arceus!"
The final boat arrived and dropped off four Pokémon. A Deino, a Ferroseed, a Houndour, and a Mareep.
"Say that one more time and I'll rip you in half!" growled the Houndour.
"Try me," Ferroseed glared at Houndour, "All you'll be biting down on are my spikes."
"Please, guys, don't fight!" exclaimed Mareep, getting in between the two.
"You heard the lady," Ferroseed didn't take his eyes off the hound, "We'll settle this later."
"Agreed." barked Houndour and the two went opposite ways.
"That's not what I meant." Mareep squeaked, worriedly.
"I'm not even gonna ask." Spiritomb backed away from the conversation.
"Amazing how fast you can start a fight." muttered Deino smirking, as he sneaked away.
"Well, I guess that's all of them," Spiritomb said to himself, "I don't know what I was expecting from a cast, but I was definitely hoping for a group more... normal. Anyways, let's go explain the rules!"
Spiritomb: "By the way, located in various places around the island are tiny booths like this one. In here, you can talk about anything you want, competition related or not, any confessionals are welcome, especially dark secrets!"
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"So explain why you were talking to yourself in that outpost." Snivy said.
"Don't worry about that, I'll edit it later," Spiritomb smirked, "Anyways, onto the rules!"
"I thought this was the typical TPI gameshow." answered Porygon.
"Yes and no. Many of the things in this gameshow will be the same as those in a regular TPI except one thing, elements."
"That explains the name of the show." Snivy rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, that's gonna make you a fan favourite," Spiritomb glared at him, "Anyways, the reason this gameshow is called Total Pokémon Elemental Island is because it will be based around the Pokémon elements."
"You mean the Pokémon types." Solosis said.
"Element sounds better. Besides, who would want to join 'Total Pokémon Type Island'?" asked Spiritomb rhetorically.
"Fair enough." answered Solosis.
"Moving on, like I said, most of this will follow regular TPI rules. There will be challenges and eliminations and last Pokémon standing gets the prize, blah blah blah."
"That... wasn't very informative." replied Squirtle, confused.
"Don't worry, you'll get it soon," Spiritomb smirked, "Anyways, I'll explain some oter things later as we get to them, but for now, let's get on with the first challenge!"
Snivy: "Hmph, so much for a tropic paradise. It seems like I've been tricked into one of those insane gameshows with the crazy host... Of course."
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Spiritomb teleported them to the middle of the island, where there was a big clearing. In this clearing were one big cabin, three slightly smaller cabins and a spinning wheel in the middle of the clearing.
"Here is where you'll be spending most of the competition," explained Spiritomb, "The big cabin will be where you guys eat and the other three cabins will be where you sleep based on your teams."
"Teams?" asked Porygon.
"Yes, and these teams will be determined by the first challenge." concluded Spiritomb, grinning.
"What about that big wheel in the middle?" asked Chimchar.
"That will be what determines our first challenge," continued Spiritomb smirking, "This will be the first big twist in TPEI. Each challenge will be based on a specific element, which will be determined by this wheel."
"How is that fair?" asked Snivy, incredulous, "The Pokémon typings here are definitely uneven."
"Tough luck." was all Spiritomb answered.
"So can we get on with the challenge already?" asked Vulpix, impatient.
"Well, we need someone to spin the wheel."
"Oh oh! Can I do it?" asked Azurill, springing up in joy.
"Hey look Eevee! There's someone you can play with!" laughed Sentret. Eevee was definitely not impressed and moved away from Sentret.
"Oh come on! That was just a joke!" exclaimed Sentret, running after her.
Azurill, after some help from Spiritomb, got the wheel turning. It spun round and round until it landed on one section: Water.
"Water, huh?" Spiritomb asked with a twinkle in his eye, "This should be interesting."
"I d-don't like the sound of that." Magnemite muttered nervously.
Magnemite: "I've always hated the water. E-ever dropped a magnet in the water? It doesn't float.
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"The first challenge will be a simple water gun fight." Spiritomb announced, smirking, "With one little twist."
"We're in the middle of the ocean!" exclaimed Litwick scared. The rest of the fire-types were shaking as well. Spiritomb had teleported them to a gigantic wooden platform in a body of water and gave them each water guns. On this wooden platform were many places to hide for cover, making the whole platform practically a maze. The wooden platform was big enough to give each of them some arm space, but they were still bunched pretty close together.
"Relax, we're just in a lake somewhere in the island." answered Spiritomb smirking.
"That's reassuring." Snivy rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, everyone! I will protect you all from this watery nightmare!" exclaimed Honedge, using himself to slash at the water, "Take that! And that!"
"Is he doing this for humour?" asked Houndour, clearly not amused.
"Hopefully, this guy's hilarious!" Combee was laughing.
"Even if he was, your stupid dog brain wouldn't be able to understand it." Ferroseed snickered.
"And your plant brain can?" growled Houndour angrily.
"Ahem!" Spiritomb coughed, getting their attention, "That wasn't the twist. The twist is in your water guns. One shot from those suckers and you can blast someone all the way to the other side of the island."
"Hey, now you don't have to worry about falling into water!" Geodude exclaimed reassuringly, patting Litwick on the back. Litwick just sighed and facepalmed.
"Anyways, the drawback is that you only get three shots with each gun, so make them count. Your goal will be to shoot everyone else off the board. Last three remaining will be the team captains. Good luck and get shooting!"
With that, Spiritomb teleported himself out of sight.
"So, uh, how are we supposed to fire these?" asked Squirtle, turning the water gun around.
"You pull the trigger." answered Eevee, aiming the gun at Sentret and firing. A giant surge of water exploded out of the gun and sent Sentret flying into the sky.
"Huh, guess it works." Eevee looked at her gun, eyebrows arched.
Eevee: "That felt good."
Sentret: "Well, at least she noticed me."
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"Woah woah woah! Did you just shoot him?" asked Sandshrew nervously.
"That's the point." Vulpix replied, pointing her at him. He went flying off as well.
"Uh, hey dudes? Why don't we just talk about- Gah!" exclaimed Mudkip, as Joltik sped past him on his gun.
"Wooooooooo!" screamed Joltik, riding his gun like a horse, as he launched himself into the sky.
"Whew, that was- Ahh!" Mudkip yelped, noticing Vulpix's gun pointed at him. He rolled away just in time for the shot to miss.
"Tsk, nice dodge." complimented Vulpix flatly.
"Um, thanks?" replied Mudkip, unsure. He turned around, only to be shot in the back of the head.
"Never turn your eyes away from the enemy." said Minefoo seriously.
"Wait, you're joining this too?" asked Smeargle. He was sketching out a picture of the water gun when it got torn from his hands by a water jet.
"Hey!" he exclaimed angrily. Gible was looking at him, smirking, and aimed his shot at his head. Smeargle fumed as he saw his gun lying on the ground. He picked it up just as Gible fired and dodged the shot.
"Take this!" Smeargle yelled, firing blindly. When he opened his eyes, he realized Gible was still there... but Pumpkaboo, Mareep, and Frillish weren't.
"Oops." he muttered, as a shot from Gible's gun took him out.
Smeargle: "Well, at least my sketchbook's not we- Oh..."
Gible: "Ha ha! Too easy."
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"Ha ha! Have a nice drip!" Combee laughed at his own joke, as he soaked Honedge into the water. He turned around and saw Beldum floating in the middle of the platform. He aimed his gun at him.
"Hey! Water you waiting for?" asked Combee, chuckling, about to take aim when he was shot from behind. Beldum had levitated his gun to be behind Combee.
Combee: "Hmm, these water jokes are pretty hard to make... I'm gonna have to pond-er about it! Ha!"
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"Nice shot." said a voice from behind Beldum. He turned around to see Deino looking at him.
"You gonna shoot me?" asked Beldum in a gruff voice.
"Nah, ran out of shots," replied Deino, his empty water gun clicking, "Just wanted to ask you for yours."
"You ran out?" asked Beldum flatly.
"Yeah, I took out Squirtle, Solosis, and Espurr. Might as well get as much out of this as I can, right?"
Suddenly, a shot reputed from beside them. Beldum was lucky enough to dodge out of the way but Deino wasn't and the water slammed him in the face. Instead of flying off however, his head smacked into the wooden platform.
"Heads up." a voice warned from behind them. Beldum turned around to see a gun pointed at his head. Gible was holding that gun, smirking.
"Any last words?" Gible grunted, getting ready to pull the trigger.
"Heads up." replied Beldum simply. Gible was too focused on him to realize that Beldum had levitated his gun behind Gible. Beldum pulled the trigger and Gible was launched straight into the air. He was launched so far, he landed in a faraway mountain with a satisfying thump.
"Ha ha! That was amazing!" Deino laughed at Gible's pain, "Man, I hope he broke a bone or something!"
"Why would you say that?" asked Beldum, in his monotonous tone.
"Why? Cause it's funny." Deino replied, smirking. Beldum looked at him for a few more seconds before starting to float away. Deino quickly followed behind.
"Why are you following me?" asked Beldum.
"Duh, so when you get shot, I can take your gun." stated Deino simply.
"And what if I shoot you?" Beldum levitated his gun at Deino's head.
"Then that'd be pretty funny as well," Deino answered, still smirking, "But sadly, I know you won't."
"And why is that?"
"Because you only shoot those who are gonna attack you."
Beldum stared at Deino again, trying to read his face.
"Hmph." Beldum grunted, turned away, and began floating away again.
Deino: "Pain to others, pain to myself, it doesn't matter. As long as it's painful to someone, I'm happy!"
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"Come at me, you pussy!" screamed Honedge, as he threw his gun at Ferroseed. it had been a long time since both of them had ran out of shots, and now they were going to brawl it out.
"You asked for it." Ferroseed seethed, as he sprung out one of his spiky vines. He launched it at Houndour, who dodged it and returned it with a flamethrower. This continued on and on, both sides never giving up.
"Hmm, it seems like they're evenly matched." Ralts noted, watching from afar.
"Wait, so you mean they could be fighting forever?" asked Azurill.
"Yes, which is surprising," thought Ralts, "Houndour should be four times more powerful because he is a fire type, which is super-effective against Ferroseed since he is both grass and steel."
All of a sudden, Ferroseed and Houndour charged at each other, causing both to be knocked back and fall off the platform.
"Huh, seems like it ended in a tie." noted Ralts.
"Woah, you talk really fast." Azurill said cutely.
"I need to talk fast to keep up with my train of thought." answered Ralts, couldn't helping but smile.
"I like trains!" exclaimed Azurill happily. Suddenly, a bolt of water came up from behind her and sent her speeding off the platform. Ralts spun around to see Deino laughing his head off, holding a gun. Beldum was beside him with a stony expression.
"Did you just shoot a child?" asked Ralts angrily.
"Yeah! Ha! You should've seen the look on her face when she went flying!" Deino was laughing maniacally. Ralts couldn't contain herself and used her psychic abilities. slowly but surely, Deino was lifted into the air.
"Oh hey, are you doing this?" asked Deino, still giggling. When he was high enough in the air, Ralts flung her arm from one side to the other. This was mimicked with Deino, as he soared through the sky and ended up in the water.
"Huh, guess I could've used my moves." mumbled Beldum. Ralts was considering flinging Beldum into the drink as well, but calmed herself down. She knew she shouldn't have done that. Even if what Deino did was terrible, if she wanted to be a proper detective, she'd have to keep her cool. Ralts took a step off the platform into the water.
Ralts: "I was lucky this time. Next time, it might cost someone's life."
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"Wow, you guys sure take each other quick! I'll quickly announce who's still in. Purrloin, Chimchar, Magnemite, Shuppet, Vulpix, Zubat, Mienfoo, Starly, Murkrow, Purrloin, and Fennekin! You are the last ten remaining! Remember, only three of you can become team captains. Good luck and happy spraying!"
"Did he really just say that?" asked Starly, rolling his eyes, "And where is he talking from? Whatever, it doesn't matter anyways."
He looked around him. So far, so good. No sign of Murkrow or Purrloin. If he or the other Pokémon could take them out, then he might have a good chance of winning.
"But when did I ever care about winning?" whispered Starly rhetorically, "No, I just want to beat those two."
"Whatcha whisperin' about?" asked a smooth voice from behind him. Starly turned around to see Purrloin smirking at him.
"How did you?' he asked, speechless.
"I could smell you from a mile away," Purrloin explained, "And now, you'll be flying a mile away."
Just as she said that, she blasted a shot of water from her water gun. Starly tried dodging it but it was too late, and he was sent flying across the platform and into the water.
"Now for that pesky Murkrow." she purred, looking around to see if anyone was there.
Starly: "Purrloin may be able to sneak up behind me, but I have info over everyone. Now all I need to do is exploit it."
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Chimchar had never been so happy in his life. Who knew, all the playfighting and roughhousing he did as a kid would actually be put to use here. Unfortunately, he hadn't gotten the chance to shoot anyone, but he kept an eye out for others.
Suddenly, a figure moved out from the corner of his eye. Chimchar noticed it and quickly dove for some nearby cover. He looked over, but saw no one.
"Huh, looks like I'm not the only one who's been training." he whispered, smirking. He rolled out of cover and put his gun ahead of him, ready to pull the trigger. However, no one was there.
"Hmm, no, you're not my master either." mumbled a voice form behind him. He turned around to see a floating Shuppet.
"Ahhhh!" Chimchar screamed, firing randomly at Shuppet. Shuppet skillfully dodged the shots and pulled out his gun. With one swift click, a surge of water smacked chimchar in the face and then in the water.
"Impressive, you're not half bad." complimented a voice from behind Shuppet. He spun around to see Murkrow smirking and slowly clapping. He pointed his gun at the bird.
"You're not my master either," said Shuppet, then adding, "Die."
He took the shot but Murkrow predicted it and flew away. Shuppet tried shooting again, but he was out. Murkrow used his wings to prick Shuppet in certain pressure points. Shuppet was completely paralyzed and sunk to the platform. Murkrow smiled at him before knocking him into the water.
"That was a nice try but you'll have to get a lot better to beat me," said Murkrow, talking to no one in particular, "Ah, a fight really takes the enrgy out of you, no matter how small. I should retire now, wouldn't want to get hurt after all."
Murkrow strolled to the side of the platform and took a step off, cooling himsef off in the fresh liquid.
Starly: "Hmm, it's unlike Murkrow to refuse a chance to become the leader of something, even as minor as team captain... He must have a plan."
000
"Now only five remain!" announced Spiritomb, "Magnemite, Zubat, Vulpix, Purrloin, and Mienfoo! Three of you will become captains and the other two will become... wet. Yeah, okay, really gotta revise my scripts."
"W-wow, I made it into the final five." mumbled Magnemite, as he cautiously peaked around the corner of a wall. Given the fact that he had no hands, he couldn't even use his gun, which made the event even more impossible. But here he was, cowering in a corner.
"M-maybe the others shot each other?" asked Magnemite hopefully, "No, but I don't wanna be c-captain, so that's no g-good either."
Magnemite continued floating around the platform, hoping he wouldn't run into any- Vulpix appeared right before him.
"Hello." she said flatly, aiming her gun at him.
"Ahhhh!" he screamed, doing a quick 180 and speeding down the other direction. Vulpix continued pointing her gun at him, however she didn't shoot. It took a few minutes for Magnemite to calm down.
"W-wait, are y-you not going to shoot me?" asked Magnemite, flinching, thinking she would shoot him.
"You should really check if your opponent has ammo before running away." Vulpix commented, clicking her gun to no avail. Magnemite stared at her, breathing hard before responding.
"C-couldn't you have told me?" asked Magnemite, trying to sound angry, but was still quite frightened.
"Duck." answered Vulpix flatly.
"W-what? What is that s-supposed to-" started Magnemite, before a burst of water knocked him over the head and into the water. Purrloin stood behind him, purring and smirking at Vulpix.
"Should've ducked. Guess it's game over for you." Vulpix noted, looking at Magnemite fizzling in the water.
Magnemite: "I r-really -bzt- hate this game..."
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"Well, if it isn't the gamer girl." taunted Purrloin.
"Nice to see you too." Vulpix replied cooly and with no emotion.
"You don't show much emotion," said Purrloin, and then adding, "Or much of anything, for that matter."
"I don't need to." and with that, Vulpix dove behind some cover, just as Purrloin shot her gun. Purrloin tried shooting it again, but she had used her three bullets already. Angrily, she smacked the gun on the ground.
"If that's how you want to play." Purrloin growled, taking out her claws. She tried scenting Vulpix out, but suddenly, Vulpix burst out of the corner of a wall and tackled Purrloin. The both of them started rolling on the ground, neither willing to give up.
"Stop chasing me!" screamed a voice, interrupting the both of them. They saw Zubat flapping around, bumping into the walls, as Mienfoo appeared behind him and chased him.
"This is simply for the challenge. I mean no distaste between us." Minefoo stated calmly, barely missing a high jump kick. Zubat cried out again, trying to fly away from the impact. The two continued like this, and Vulpix and Purrloin just watched. Finally, Vulpix realized her opportunity and dove into Purrloin again, making them tumble, and both fall into the water.
"Ahh! Help, she's gonna kill me!" Zubat screamed, as he was held down by Mienfoo.
"Please forgive me for doing this." Mienfoo apologized, as she rasied her fist above the air.
"Woah, woah! Slow down! Looks like we have our final three!" exclaimed Spiritomb excitedly.
"Wha? What?" asked Zubat, exasperated. Mienfoo got off him and immediately bowed down to him.
"It was a pleasure fighting you." Mienfoo said happily.
"You... too..." Zubat droned on, as he fell on the platform and fainted.
"Zubat, Mienfoo, and..." Spiritomb paused, before realizing that there were only two people on the platform. He looked into the water and saw Purrloin and Vulpix trying to swim in the water.
"Aaaaand?" asked Purrloin, spitting out a line of water. Vulpix was still struggling to get afloat, and had to use the platform for support.
"Aaaaand... I couldn't tell, so let's watch the video playback!"
Purrloin: "He's lucky he's the host, or else I'd rip him to shreds!"
Spiritomb: "Jokes on her, ghosts can't be ripped to shreds!"
Purrloin: "You know what I mean!"
Spiritomb: "Ahhhh!"
000
"So, from video evidence," Spiritomb finally announced, "The third and final team captain... is... Purrloin!"
Spiritomb had teleported all the Pokémon to dry land, where he announced the news. There was a minor round of applause from the crowd of Pokémon, a glance from Starly and a smirk from Murkrow. Purrloin took it all in stride.
Purrlion: "And that was just the first victory. If everything else goes to plan, I'll have all the Pokémon wrapped around my paws."
Spiritomb: "Ahem, Vulpix? Isn't there something you want to say after almost becoming captain?"
Vulpix: *Plays on GBA*
Spiritomb: "Sigh..."
000
"Alright, now that the challenge is over and the captains are picked, let's do the teams!" announced Spiritomb.
"Wait, so we don't pick the teams?" asked Zubat.
"No, you'll just be the captain of the team." replied Spiritomb.
"What? Shouldn't we get to pick the teams since we're team captains?" asked Purrloin, before noticing her mistake and coughing awkwardly.
"No, I already made the teams, but don't worry," Spiritomb smirked, "Team captains will get a secret benefit."
The three captains looked at each other, trying to figure out what he meant, but none of them had a clue.
"Anyways, on with the teams," Spiritomb teleported in a list, "Zubat's team: Zubat, Squirtle, Gible, Eevee, Sentret, Magnemite, Porygon, Vulpix, Beldum, Espurr, Murkrow, Chikoreta, and Smeargle."
"Hey, you know what? That sounds like a pretty good team." Zubat cheerfully flapped his wings. His group members gathered round him, and waved at each other, some more friendly than others.
"Hey, Eevee!" Sentret waved at her through the crowd, "We're on the same team!"
"Just kill me now." Eevee facepalmed.
"Hmph, this team is useless." Gible grumbled under his breath.
"Ah, now here's where the real game begins." Murkrow whispered, a twinkle in his eye.
"Alright, next is Mienfoo's team!" exclaimed Spiritomb, "And the members are Mienfoo, Chingling, Paras, Sandshrew, Fennekin, Ralts, Litwick, Snivy, Pumpkaboo, Starly, Kecleon, Azurill, and Combee!"
"I am very proud to be calling you comrades," Mienfoo bowed to all of them, "I hope that we can win this competition together!"
"Yaaaay!" Azurill shouted, smiling at team.
"Well, isn't this lovely." Snivy said sarcastically.
"Oh hey, you're the stuck up, British guy, right?" asked Chingling nonchalantly.
"This is going to be a long day." Snivy glared at the floating Pokémon.
"Don't you mean 'bee'?" asked Combee, smirking. Snivy just groaned and put his head in his hands.
"Wow, I've never been on a team before!" Sandshrew met his fellow teammates enthusiastically, shaking all of their hands.
"Really?" asked Fennekin, "Haven't you ever been on a sports team or the like."
"No, my mom usually makes me stay home all day, but not today!" Sandshrew exclaimed triumphantly. Fennekin just gave a sweet smile in response.
Fennekin: "I can relate with Sandshrew. When I was in the royal palace, I never got to- Wait... Please don't tell me that was recorded!"
000
"Hmm, this is an interesting team." Ralts noted in her mind.
"And finally, Purrloin's team,' Spiritomb announced, "Which is made of Purrloin, Chimchar, Honedge, Mudkip, Mareep, Frillish, Solosis, Slowpoke, Geodude, Joltik, Deino, Ferroseed, and Houndour!"
"What? I'm on the same team with Ferroseed?" asked Hondour in disbelief.
"And I'm with Houndour?" seethed Ferroseed. The two looked ready to get into another fight.
"Hey, why don't we just all calm down?" asked Mareep sweetly. The two glared at her before they went opposite ways.
"Hmph, of course I get the worst ones." Purrloin growled under her breath.
"Wait, which team am I on again?" asked Frillish absentmindedly.
"Dude, are you asleep?" asked Mudkip. He nudged Slowpoke's tail.
"Huh?" asked Slowpoke dumbly, "I'm hungry."
"The vegetation here seems edible." Solosis answered, studying a tree's fruits.
"Want me to punch it?" asked Geodude, cracking his knuckles.
"Please don't," Spiritomb stopped him, "Now, as you may notice, there's something about the teams."
"Hmm, there are three teams of thirteen," calculated Porygon, "But 40 Pokémon came. That means one of us isn't in a team."
"But who is it?" asked Mudkip. Everyone started looking at each other, trying to find the missing Pokémon.
"Wait," Porygon thought aloud, "Shuppet's not here."
"You got it." Spiritomb smirked. Just as he said that, Shuppet appeared out of a nearby tree, glaring at Spiritomb.
"I will not leave without finding my master." Shuppet growled. All of a sudden, Shuppet rushed towards Spiritomb, charging a Shadow Ball. However, Spiritomb saw him coming and teleported a few inches away to avoid being hit. After Shuppet missed him, Spiritomb's eyes began to glow and Shuppet disappeared.
"Um, what happened to him?" asked Kecleon.
"I teleported him." Spiritomb answered nonchalantly.
"But where did he go?"
"Somewhere." Spiritomb said, not very reassuringly. He noticed the Pokémon were looking a bit scared, so he quickly corrected his mistake.
"I mean, I teleported him somewhere for eliminated contestants," explained Spiritomb, "But I have to keep the place a secret."
"But why him?" asked Chikoreta.
"It was by random chance," Spiritomb replied, "Plus, he seemed crazy, so that was a factor."
The Pokémon stood in silence, thinking about what just happened.
Squirtle: "Well that was, unexpected. I feel bad for him, even though he might possibly be insane."
Ralts: "I wonder if that's how we're all going to be eliminated... And where do the eliminated contestants go? More mysteries and not many answers..."
000
"Alright, now that that's done, we-" began Spiritomb, before Zubat interrupted him.
"Wait, what about the team names?" asked Zubat.
"What, you're not happy with 'Zubat's team'?" asked Spiritomb sarcastically.
"Can we pick our own team names?" begged Zubat.
"Yes, I'd like that as well." Mienfoo clasped her hands together.
"Fine, fine," Spiritomb rolled his eyes, "I'll give you five minutes to think of a team name. Once you say it, there's no changing it!"
The team huddled together trying to think of a team name.
"Alright guys," Zubat said excitedly, "Our team name should be something cool-"
"Zubat's team will now be known as 'Something Cool'." Spiritomb announced. Zubat's face drained of colour, as the rest of his team sighed or face palmed, and the other Pokémon tried suppressing their laughter.
"Nice going, captain." Gible shoved Zubat hard. Zubat just sighed in frustration.
Zubat: "I always screw up, always! And this time, it wasn't even cause I was blind! When they realize I'm such a weak competitor, they'll definitely vote me off..."
000
Minefoo's team whispered for a while, until they all nodded and Mienfoo rose up.
"We'd like to be known as 'Team Undefeatable'!" she exclaimed.
"Well, it's kinda unoriginal, but I guess it's better than nothing." Spiritomb shrugged.
"Maybe that should have been our team name." Gible sneered.
"Hey, come on now, it wasn't Zubat's fault," Chikoreta defended, "He didn't know."
"He should have." Gible mumbled to himself. Finally, after a bit Purrloin also came up from her team.
"Our team will be known as 'The Darkclaw Brotherhood'!" she exclaimed, followed by a hurrah from her teammates. Starly almost doubled over and Murkrow simply gave his signature smirk.
"Ooh, it sounds dark and mysterious. I like it," Spiritomb smirked, "Definitely the best of the three."
"Why thank you." Purrloin smiled warmly. The rest of the Pokémon also seemed to be okay with the name.
Starly: "Oh no, she can't use that name. Not here, and definitely not with Murkrow around. Why is she uncovering our secrets?"
Murkrow: "Oh Purrloin, there's the spark I wanted to see."
Purrloin: "It's time for a revolution. I'm going to make a new Darkclaw Brotherhood."
000
"Oh yeah, one more thing," Spiritomb teleported them to a camp area, "Here is where you'll be living!"
The Pokémon turned their heads and were faced with three cabins. They were equal in proportions, about as big as two houses, and there were windows on each side, and two doors in the front of the cabin. Although they seemed a little rough, the cabins actually looked pretty nice and spacious.
"What's that thing?" asked Chimchar, pointing to a big sign in front of the cabins. The others looked as well.
"It could be a map," suggested Solosis, "But it's not very descriptive."
"Yes, that is a map of the entire island." Spiritomb explained.
"Wait, but it's just a big circle!" exclaimed Squirtle, confused. Indeed, as the Pokémon looked at the map, they noticed it was strangely, empty. It was a big white sheet with a circle in the middle, divided into 18 sections, each a different colour.
"That big circle is the entire island," replied Spiritomb nonchalantly, "Each section represents a different Pokémon type." The others looked very confused.
"What? But I thought we arrived by the shore-" began Chimchar, before being cut off by Spiritomb.
"Yes, the shoreline of the Normal section," continued Spiritomb, "Which is also the section where most of the camp is located."
"Let me guess, we were in the Water section for the challenge?" asked Solosis.
"Yup, each challenge will be in a different section!" exclaimed Spiritomb, impressed of himself.
"Can we move on to the cabins?" asked Snivy, "My legs are tired."
"I'm not tired at all." Spiritomb smirked.
"That's because you don't have legs." Snivy replied, annoyed.
"Alright, if you insist," Spiritomb rolled his eyes, "Let's talk about the cabins."
"First thing you ought to know, there are three cabins, one for each team." Spiritomb said.
"Are the boys' rooms with the girls?" asked Purrloin immediately.
"Yes." answered Spiritomb simply, causing some groans from the girls and a few snickers from the boys.
"Ooh, you think we're gonna do the naughty?" asked Gible smirking, earning a few glares from the girls.
"Well, yeah," shrugged Spiritomb, "It's bound to happen, so I might as well not bother trying to keep you guys away from each other."
"And how would you know this?" asked Snivy, arching a brow.
"Do you know how quickly things go south?" asked Spiritomb smirking. Snivy just gave him an eye roll.
"Anyways," Spiritomb tried getting back on topic, "Why don't we take a look of inside the cabins?"
He motioned towards the cabin to the left, and he ushered all of them into the cabin. The insides looked like a normal cabin, wood walls, a fireplace and everything. On the sides, there were thirteen doors, one for each Pokémon. These doors led to each Pokémon's individual rooms. In each room was a bed and a little drawer next to each bed with a lock, that they could use to store personal things. Overall, it seemed very nice.
"Hey, this actually looks pretty good!" Chimchar exclaimed, looking around the room.
"Whoopee!" Joltik exclaimed, bouncing on one of the beds.
"Surprising you could afford this." Snivy scoffed.
"Ha ha, I actually rented this island off of the previous owner," explained Spiritomb, "Did a little home improvement and voila!"
"Wait, so people actually lived here before?" asked Sandshrew, curious.
"Supposedly. then something big happened that caused everyone moved out," Spiritomb replied, "But trust, whatever happened won't happen again."
"Anyways, enough talking, I need a break," Spiritomb said, noticing the fading sun, "Go back to your cabins and prepare for the next day."
"Wait, so we can do whatever we want now?" asked Mudkip, looking at the growing waves.
"You should sleep, but I guess it's free time now." Spiritomb shrugged.
Some of the Pokémon began exploring the island. The rest of the Pokémon in Zubat's team went into their rooms, and the other Pokémon filed out and began heading to their own cabins. Spiritomb looked over all of this with pride.
"Ahhh, this is definitely the life." Spiritomb said, proud that he was able to do this thing, 'Now, to prepare for the next day."
000
Phew, finally done. Lots of introductions and exposition but might as well do it all in the first chapter, than shove it in with the rest. I tried fitting at least some character development in there, but unfortunately, not everyone got a lot of screen time. Also, Shuppet got the boot. I know, totally unexpected, but I do have plans for him so don't worry.
I'll try to release these every other week, so check in to see if I've posted any new chapters.
Also, please tell me what you think about it, what you liked, or what you didn't like, doesn't matter, any review is good! :D
Thank you for reading!
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