"I got another one!" exclaimed the young boy as there was a rough tug on his fishing rod.
"That's what you last time and that was a rotten boot" the other boy sighed.
"This one feels like a big one" the first boy said through gritted teeth "It better a Barboach and not another blasted Magikarp".
The other boy burst into laughter at his best friends attempt at swearing, "Is that the best attempt at a… HOLY CRAP!" he yelled as the tiny boat lurched dangerously to the side, "what was that?"
"See! I told you, now stop crying like a girl and help me get this one on the boat" yelled the boy.
"Are you Insane?! This things gonna kill us if we bring it on board, Red!" The other boy yelled back getting soaked by a rogue wave, "CRAP THE WATERS FREEZING".
"STOP WHINING AND HELP, DIEGO!" Red screamed as the boat lurched again throwing him to the bottom of the boat "SHIT".
"Screw this!" screamed Diego as he grabbed hold of the flailing rod "let's get this bastard". Both boys wrapped themselves around the rod and began fighting against the strain on the other end of the line. "You work the reel, I'll pull the rod" Diego said straining against the pressure on the hook.
"Well it certainly isn't a Magikarp" Red said jokingly, almost losing his grip on the reel. "Well no shit, genius, it's probably a Sharpedo or a Crawdaunt!" Diego said before yelping as the rod ripped at his hands "what are we gonna do with it, we have no Pokémon to battle it with or any pokéballs to capture it."
"All goods we'll get Wattson to take it out" Red smiled through clenched teeth.
Diego gave a sly smile, "sounds like a plan, ready…1…2…3…hea…HOLY STARYU", all a sudden the rod when slack causing both boys to fall back into the hull of the boat with a load 'THUD'.
"Ahhhh, what happened?" Red groaned slowly coming back to reality, holding his head as bump slow took hold. "Looks like our prize catch got loose" Diego simply stated as he heaved himself off the hull, "looks like we won't be getting any incredibly over powered water Pokémon today"
"I would not say that" something grumbled from behind the boys. Both boys cautiously turned around to reveal a water drenched Gyarados. The water dribbled off each scale causing water to rain down on the area surrounding the huge blue beast.
"Holy shit that thing is gigantic" Red exclaimed. Even Diego had to admit that this Gyarados was bigger than the others that he'd seen and all they could see was the top half of the titan.
"I would prefer if you didn't use such foul language especially for such a young creature" the Gyarados rumbled.
Red nudged Diego "What did it say?" "It told you to stop swearing, dick biscuit" Diego whispered back.
"That includes you too" it growled at Diego, slapping its tail against the water, obviously getting angry about being ignored, "why did you wake me from my slumber?"
"Ahhhh you swallowed our hook so we tried to pull you up, we thought you were a Magikarp" Diego replied. "What did it say?" Red asked Diego, "it asked why we woke it up" Diego replied, starting to get angry about the fact that only he could understand the Gyarados. "Tell it we didn't mean to" Red whispered, "I did" Diego growled.
"You can understand me? No human can do that" the Gyarados asked confused. "Ah I'm not human" Diego replied scratching the back of his head, "I'm the guardian" Diego's voice strengthened as he said this raising his chin to look the monster in the eye. He'd always been proud of this fact that made him like no other thing on the planet. Suddenly the Gyarados' eyes filled with rage and anger, "WHAT!" it roared, "I HAVE ONLY BEEN BESTED IN BATTLE ONCE AND THAT WAS BY A GUARDIAN!" "What did you say?!" Red said turning on his friend.
"No time to argue, start rowing as fast as you can, NOW!" Diego yelled as the Gyarados began throwing itself into a rage fuelled rampage causing waves to begin violently rocking the boat. "Shitshitshitshitshit" Red said as he grabbed hold of the oars and tried furiously to paddle away. Diego had given up on trying to calm the beast down and began focusing on getting the little outboard motor onto the back of the boat and getting it started, "Eureka!" Diego shouted as the motor buzzed to life "pull in the oars 'cos we're outta here" Diego shouted to Red. "NO YOU DON'T" the Gyarados screamed as the boys buzzed away as fast as the motor would let them, firing off a Dragon Rage at where the boys had been once causing a tower of water to explode upwards. "HOLY CRAP THAT THINGS REALLY PISSED OFF WITH YOU" Red shouted over the impact of another Dragon Rage. "Thanks for that, captain obvious! WATTSON!" Diego shouted for the man sun bathing on the shore of the waterway. "WATTSON! WATTSON!" Red shouted trying to wake the middle aged man.
"Wha…what, ah boys it's good to see both of you ok… what Is That THING?!" Wattson shouted to the boys, who were still about 150m from shore, as he caught sight of the monster following the boys. "IT'S A GYARADOS! CAN YOU GET RID OF IT BEFORE IT KILLS US?!" Red shouted to Wattson.
"Ah sure, Let's Do This Manectric" Wattson said as there was a burst of light and a roar revealing a fully grown Manectric, "Okay Manectric let's try a Thunder, trying to hit the Gyarados by the way". As the boys got within 100m of the shore there was a sudden earsplitting 'crack' as a charge of thunder hit the Gyarados behind them, "Whoa that looked bad-ass" exclaimed Red, "too bad you didn't see it". "This really isn't time to be joking about, get ready we're about to" 'CRACK' "Whoa, how is that thing still coming?!" Diego yelled as he turned and saw a electrified Gyarados still following them towards the shore "Hit it again Wattson!". As Wattson saw the blue titan still following the boys, "okay than hit it again Manectric, Full Power!", "Oh we're screwed" whispered Red. "Stop Panicking and Get Ready to Jump out and Run for Cover" Diego yelled at Red as they got within 50m of the shore line. As the shore seemed reachable Diego fully opened up the throttle, "Here we go" he whispered to himself as the boat started running over rocks and sand. Then a crack that seemed to shake the earth itself was heard as Wattson's Manectric discharged the super powered Thunder striking the Gyarados directly on the crown of its head. There was an earsplitting cry as the beastly Gyarados fell to the water, unconscious. As the boys hit the shore at full speed, they were flung out of the boat and onto the sand, where they lay for a couple of minutes recovering from the recent events. When they decided that they should probably move Diego was the first to stand up, "From now on we're only fishing in lakes near home not bloody waterway routes, okay" he said with a groan. Red agreed with a grunt as Wattson approached them "well it seems you two had a good afternoons fishing" he said before breaking into a loud, booming laughter "come on then you two let's get you back Littleroot before your mothers start calling" as both boys groan at the perspective of more travelling Wattson burst into another round of hysterics.
Thanks for reading.
I just got some things to clear up; first off thanks to Kiki's Writing Service for the review, it really helped,
the story is set in the manga universe with a few changes to fit the story with my characters.
Hope you all keep reading