Raiden's Rather Strange Adventure Chapter 1: Prologue
Yes, this is a Jojo reference
Some decades ago….
It was a typical day in the Temple of Arceus. Overseeing the Pokemon, holding grudges against other legendaries, and in Arceus's case, doing paperwork because you can't be God without some sort of catch. However, the world was about to change that day when a trio started rummaging around Arceus's office, looking for something very important to them. This trio was the Regi Trio, comprised of Regirock, Registeel, and Regice, robotic golems created by their master, Regigigas. They were looking for a powerful artifact known as the Rebirth Arrow, an arrow that can grant anyone it stabs extraordinary powers. They needed it so they can revive Regigigas, who was so powerful Arceus himself needed to seal him away.
The office was surprisingly large, giving the trio plenty of space to search. Filing cabinets lined the left and right walls, with Arceus's desk being in the back. Framed pictures of every legendary (minus Regigigas and the Regi Trio) lined the walls, with Heatran's laying on the floor in a heap of shattered glass.
"Have you found it yet?" said Registeel, who was scrounging Arceus's filing cabinets.
"Negative." said Regirock, who was going through the desk.
"The odds of the Arrow being here are slim to none Registeel." said Regice with disdain in his voice.
"I' of that, but no stone shall go unturned!" beeped Registeel angrily.
"Whatever." sighed Regice while rolling his "eyes"
"I believe I have found our target!" called Regirock.
"What?! Show it to me now!" demanded Registeel, disbelief clear in his voice.
Regirock holds out what appears to be a golden arrow, with weird carvings on the arrowhead.
Registeel sighed in disappointment. "Nope. It's just a Stand Arrow. Although let's keep it and see if it works."
"I doubt it's gonna work." remarked Regice, but Registeel decided to ignore it for now and kept searching.
However, things weren't meant to last. The office door bursts open and the trio is greeted by a VERY angry Arceus.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING IN MY OFFICE?!" he thundered. He then notices the Stand Arrow in Regirock's grasp and quickly pieced things together. "I SPARED YOU LOT WHEN I SEALED REGIGIGAS AWAY, AND WHAT DO YOU DO? SEARCH FOR A WAY TO REVIVE HIM BEHIND MY BACK! I OUGHTA HAVE YOU PUBLICLY EXECUTED!".
Thinking fast, Regirock held out both of his hands as his "eyes" started flashing rapidly. "Sandstorm!" he called. Suddenly, Arceus was blinded by a bunch of sand.
"RAAAAAAAAAGH! WHY YOU LITTLE-!" Arceus screamed.
Seeing their chance, Regirock turned towards Regice and Registeel. "Scram!" he said before bolting out the office, the clanks of his feet moving down the hallway
The others followed suit and left the office right when Arceus gathered himself together. He was SEETHING at this point, and made a mad dash towards them.
The trio were fleeing for their lives, running down corridors, and bursting out the doors of the palace. Meanwhile Arceus was charging at them like a VERY pissed-off train. Suddenly, Regice notices a cave.
"Guys!" he beeped. "If we can hide in that cave, maybe we can shake Arceus off our tail!".
"Great idea!" whirred Registeel.
The trio ducked into the cave and waited patiently, hoping everything would blow over. The cave was unremarkable, ugly gray with bits of moss covering the floor and walls. It was also grossly damp. It was safe to assume they regretted their decision to hide in here.
"Ugh, I hope Arceus gives up soon. I don't wanna stay in this gross cave for much longer." clicked Regirock in annoyance.
"That could be arranged." said an angry voice.
The trio whirled around towards the cave entrance in shock. Arceus was standing there, glaring at the trio with anger. They cowered in fear before Arceus, expecting a slow, painful death.
"I know I said I'll publicly execute you, but I think an eternity of being sealed in this cave would be much better suited for the three of you!" Arceus thundered before blasting the trio with a sealing spell, turning them into brass statues.
However, he quickly realized something was missing. "Where's the Stand Arrow?! How did they hide it from me?!" Arceus said in anger and disbelief. After searching the cave, he eventually gave up and returned to his Temple, unknown that it was hidden behind the trio the whole time
Some decades later….
No matter how good of a spellcaster you are, every spell has its limits. Arceus's seal on the trio finally broke, and they were freed from their brass prisons. The three immediately collapsed on the ground.
"Oh dear lord my head hurts." groaned Registeel, who was clutching his head in agony
"I thought I stopped thinking after a while." clicked Regice, who was still face down on the floor.
"How long have we been imprisoned?" questioned Regirock, who managed to stand up and look around. Long story short, nothing changed about the shitty cave, except for an odd abundance of moss.
"I'm willing to wager a few decades at the least." replied Regice, who managed to stand up as well.
"Regirock, please tell me you hid the Arrow before Arceus worked his magic on us." whirred Registeel, who was the last one to stand up, albeit shakily.
"Luckily I did, it's right behind us." said Regirock, who turned around and grabbed the Arrow.
"What." deadpanned Regice and Registeel.
"Yep. With this, Regigigas will be revived and Arceus will pay for what he's done!" beeped Regirock triumphantly.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Let's hop to it!" declared Registeel, raising a fist to the air.
"YEAH!" shouted Regirock and Regice.
Weeks of looking for a cave later….
The trio were in a huge, expansive desert, with nothing as far as the eye could see, except for a rather ominous-looking cave entrance right in front of them. They started talking amongst themselves.
"This is it." said Registeel.
"The Aegis Cave." said Regirock.
"The end of the world is at hand!" cackled Regice.
"Let's get a move on!" commanded Registeel.
The trio entered the cave, activating their ability to make their "eyes" glow in the dark, enabling night vision. The cave was a rather handsome purple, with Braille inscriptions decorating the walls. They only told of Arceus's various achievements and his sealing of Regigigas.
The trio started to explore for several hours, and after a mishap involving a cliff and some sludge, the trio finally found what they were looking for. A huge statue of a titan sitting on a grand throne. They approached the statue, and Regirock stabbed the statue's knee with the Stand Arrow. Nothing happened.
"What?!" whirred Registeel. "Why isn't it working?!" Registeel was flailing his arms around in panic, while beeping and clicking sporadically.
"Is it just me or is the statue glowing?" said Regice while pointing at the statue.
Registeel and Regirock quickly turned around and faced the statue to find that Regice was right. The statue was glowing a faint yellow, before slowly disappearing. The trio were speechless before Registeel finally spoke up.
"I get it. The Stand Arrow didn't have enough power to revive Regigigas. Looks like we needed the Rebirth Arrow after all." he said.
"Well great idea Einstein! How are we supposed to find it now?!" whirred Regice in annoyance, his eyes turning to a deep orange.
"Simple, really" Registeel walked over to Regirock and took the Arrow from his hands. "We make ourselves powerful enough to thwart anyone who dares to step in our way. And if they somehow one-up us, we create ourselves a mini-army." he said.
Regice cackled. "Oh I like the way you think."
"I like where this is going" beeped Regirock, his "eyes" glinting in malice.
To be continued…
Authors note: I wasn't huge on my original idea so I thought having Jojo elements would spice things up.