Chapter 2

The Beach Cave

Kaizer catches up with us as we enter the cave. As we look around, we see miniature waterfalls and small pools od crystal clear water. intricate stalagmites that almost look like spiraled staircases to no where rise from the cave floor.

"See?" I say to Kaizer. "This place isn't so bad, now is it?"

"It's beautiful..." Kaizer says. "The entire cave looks like it's shining."

"What do you think, Cameran?" I say turning to my old friend. When I look at him, he has fallen asleep in a pool of water. "Just... Just Fail."

"Hey.. Azura, right?" Kaizer says. I nod. "So are you from around here?"

"No." I say. "At least, I don't think so..."

"You mean you don't know?"

"I can't exactly remember much."

"We can talk more about this later!" Kaizer says, turning around. "We've got company!"

I turn around just in time to get tackled by a shellos. I jump back onto my feet and jump up. "TACKLE ATTACK!" I yell as is send myself flying at the shelos. Our Heads slam into one another. "... GYAAAAGH! WHAT WAS I THINKING!" I yell, with my hands on top of my head, the pain almost unbearable. "W-well, at least I managed to Knock out the Shelos..." I say, looking at the unconscious Pokemon. I look up and see a Slowpoke charging at me. (How's that for an Oxymoron?) "Woahwoahwoahwoahwoah!" I flinch and Electricity is shot from my cheeks, electrocuting the Slowpoke. "What the?"

"You must have leveled up!" Kaizer says.

"Leveled up...?" I ask

"When ever a Pokemon wins a battle, It gains experience. Sometimes it will level up and learn a new move.

"Oh." I look over to see Cameran walking towards us.

"What did I miss?" He says sleepily.

After a few minutes, we find ourselves at the end of the cave.

"Everyone ready?" I ask as we got to the entrance to the final part of the cave

"Yeah." Cameran says.

"Y-yeah." Kaizer replies, shivering a little.

We all enter the room together.

"ALRIGHT YOU TWO!" I yell to the Pikachu and Elekid who were waiting in the room. "GIVE KAIZER BACK HIS PERSONAL TRASURE!"

"Treasure?" THe Pikachu says. "So this does have some Ne wa to it..."

(Ne wa [Japanese] Value)

"Oops." I say. "Sorry, Kaizer"

"Just give it back!" Cameran says. "And we wont have to hurt you!"

"You! Hurt us?" The elekid remarks. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"Tell you what." The Pikachu says. "BEat us in battle, and we'll give you back your presious Takara." (Takara: Treasure)

"Alright then!" I say. "PREPARE TO LOSE!"

I start running towards the Pikachu. "Let's see how you like my Tackle attack!"

"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" the Pikachu says, using Double team.

Crud! Which one is it! I stop and look around at all the afterimages created by the Pikachu

"TOO SLOW!" She yells, slamming into me from behind. I land flat on my back, the wind knocked out of me. "Now to Finish you o-" Cameran Knocks her aside.

"IMMA FIRIN' MAH LAZOR!" He yells, using Water Gun this time. The Pikachu is sent crashing into a stone in the wall that seemed to be made of solidified lightning. "That probably isn't good..." Cameran says as the Pikachu begins to glow.

"Looks like Volt's Finally evolving!" We hear Elekid say. Her body begins to turn red-orange, her ears curved, and her tail increased in length.

"Round two." Volt says after her transformation is complete.

"I'll hold her off!" Cameran says to me. "Go help Kaizer!"

"Right!" I say, leaving the Totodile to fend off the Newly-evolved Raichu.

Kaizer was being cornered by Elekid.

"The end Has come!" Elekid shouts.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" I shout, Pulling Elekid back and kicking him into a wall. He tries to get back up but seems unable to move.

"That must be your static ability." Kaizer explains. "I'll take it from here. VINE WHIP!" Several vines shoot out of the ground and smack into Elekid, sending him flying across the room into Volt. The two crash through the ceiling shouting "IT LOOKS LIKE TEAM AMP IS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" (Sparkle)

As I watch them fly, I here Kaizer start to chuckle. I start to as well, and before long, we're all on the ground laughing. After we all calm down, I speak up. "So, what was that Item they were after?"

Kaizer Immediately jumps up to his feet. "Oh no! Please tell me they didn't have it with them when they took off!"

Cameran gets up and walks over to the stone that caused Volt to evolve. "Amazing... It's a Giant Thunderstone..."

"How do you know what a Thunderstone is?" I ask.

"That's what it's called! I had no Idea!" Cameran says frantically. He looks down and sees a small stone-like object. "This looks like it has some sort of inscription." He says, picking it up. Kaizer runs over and snatches it out of his hand.

(This is the only time I'll put a particular song in. It just fits here so well www. youtube .com/watch?v=he-YaFwBbrQ)

"That's my personal treasure!" He uses the string attatched to it to hang it around his neck. "This is my relic fragment." He explains. "My dream is to someday find out what this fragment belongs to. This is why I want to form an Exploration team."

"A what?" Cameran and I ask

"An exploration Team is a group of pokemon who explore stragne places, finding treasure and helping Pokemon in need." The Celebi says, his eyes shining with pride. "But..." He looks down. "I've never been brave enough to make one..."

"Well then, We'll all go together!" I say.

"Really!" Kaizer asks.

"Sure." Cameran says.

"I step over to Kaizer's side. "After all, What are friends for?"

Kaizer's eyes begin to water. "Right."

To be Continued...

(Hope you guys like it! I think that song adds a bit of Pep to the story. Please review!)

Ashura the Hedgehog 1995