Chapter 3
The Guild
"C'mon, Guys!" Kaizer called out from the top of the Cliff. "You're taking forever!"
"Not all of us have wings!" Cameran shouted back.
"Well that's no excuse!" I called down to him. "I'm way farther than you are!" All that retort got me was a blast of water from behind, sending me falling down the steps. Or rather, it would have if Kaizer hadn't been there to catch me. "Heh. Thanks, Man."
"No problem."
A few minutes later, we had all assembled at the top of the cliff in front of a giant tent that looked like a Wigglytuff.
"So, you two used to be humans?" Kaizer asked.
"Yeah," I said, "But that's all I can remember."
"Well, if anyone can figure this out, it's Wigglytuff."
'I sure hope so…' I said to myself.
"Well." Kaizer said. "Here we go…"
He stepped on the Grate in front of the Wiggly-tent.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" A voice shouted out from under the grate.
"IS IT THAT CELEBI AGAIN!" Another, Ear-piercing voice boomed out from a point underneath the ground. I flinched as the glass-shattering Sound Waves hit my eardrums like Animal, the Muppet hits his drums.
"Yes! But this time he has friends!"
"WELL THEN, STRANGERS, STEP ON THE GRATE OR YOU! SHALL! NOT! PASS!"
"Ow! You don't have to scream. It hurts my ears." Cameran and I exchanged a quick glance before I step on the grate.
"The Footprint is-" Before he finished, Cameran and I switched places. "Um I think it's-" We switched places again. "PROBABLY-" We switched places yet again. "STOP!" At that point, I put my left foot on the Grate and he put on his right foot. Kaizer fell over laughing.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" The Ridiculously Loud voice Shouted. "ONE AT A TIME!"
"MY EARS!" I said pulling my ears down to try to block out the Ear-splitting noise. Half-stepped, half-fell off the grate, allowing Cameran to place his other foot on it.
"The footprint is Totodile's!" Voice number one said.
"NOW THE OTHER!" The Eighty-Decibel Voice number two said.
The loudness of his voice made me cringe, but I still managed to get myself to stand on the grate.
"The foot Print is… Hm… that's odd…"
"WHAT IS IT!" number two shouted
"Well, the foot print resembles that of a Pikachu, but his foot has pads…"
"DISREGARD IT!" The second voice shouts, once again shattering my eardrums. "YOU THREE MAY ENTER!"
"Well, this is further than I've eve gotten…" Kaizer said.
"Seriously?" Cameran said. "That's kinda path-" I cut Cameran off with a large blast of Electricity.
"You didn't have to do that. I know it's pathetic, Azura." Kaizer said.
"Let's not worry about the past" I said. "Look at me, I can't even remember it."
"Hopefully Wigglytuff can change that." Kaizer said.
"Are you going to stand around talking, or are we going inside?" Cameran said.
"Are you going to put out that fire on your tail, or are you just going to burn?" I respond
"Fire, what… FIRE!" Cameran shot a blast of water at his tail. Before turning away from us to face the entrance of the tent…
Revealing that his whole back was on fire.
"Um… Cameran…" I said. I'd have tapped him on the shoulder, but it was kinda on fire.
"GYAAAAAAAAH!"
When we finally got Cameran's back extinguished, we went down into the main part of the Guild. The room was full of all different kinds of Pokémon going about their business.
"Whoa… It's even more amazing than I had imagined…" Kaizer said in awe.
On either side of the room there were billboards with several pieces of paper tacked on to them. I guessed that they were all job requests that other Pokémon had sent in to the guild.
A Pichu and a charmeleon were looking at the board on the right side. "Hey, Sean, Check out the reward on this one!" The pichu said to the Charmeleon, Sean.
"Yeah, but that one's too easy, Noah." Sean said. "We need more of a challenge!"
On the other side, a Male Raichu and a female Pikachu were looking at the other job board. "Wow, this one lost a Mystic water, Cassie." The Raichu said.
"That's a pretty rare item. I can't imagine how he must be feeling." The Pikachu, Cassie, said
"Hello there!" a voice behind us said. We turned around to see a Chatot looking at us.
"Hi," Kaizer said. "And who are-"
"My name is Chatot Ask me anything about this guild and I will have the answer." The chatot said. "Now I must ask you to get off my lawn before I lay upon you the beating of a lifetime."
"B-but sir, we're here to form an Exploration Team!" Kaizer said.
"Well, then. That changes everything. I would like to retract my previous threat. Please, follow me!" Chatot led us to the second floor down. The only thing that really stood out was a large window on the right side of the wall with a door next to it. Towards the back wall there was a table with a Chimecho standing behind it, setting something up, though from the looks of it, what ever she was setting up would take a while.
Kaizer ran over to the Window on the right side. "Whoa! Two floors under and we can still see outside!"
"Of course." Chatot said. "The Guild is built into the side of a cliff" At that moment, we heard a loud voice coming from inside the room and then a suspiciously familiar looking Raichu and Elekid came flying out of the room.
"There's no defying her!" the Elekid said.
"Yeah!" The Raichu responded. "If we try to fight her, we'll be flattened!"
The two of them got up and ran out of the room without noticing us.
"Was that Volt?..." Kaizer said.
"I think so… What was she doing here?"
"Never mind those two ne'er do wells." Chatot said, leading us into the room. "Guildmaster? Guildmaster Wigglytuff?"
"Well, Hiya!" Wigglytuff said, turning to face us. "Always good to see new faces! And who might you three be?"
"Well, this is Azura," he said, pointing to me, "That's Cameran, and I'm Azura."
"And you're here to form an exploration team?" She asked us
"Yes, Ma'am." Kaizer said
"Not really," I said at the same time.
"WHAAAAT!" Just about everyone in the room said at the same time.
"I really just came to get some answers." I told her.
I explained to her about my loss of memory and how all I remember about my past is being human before.
"Well, that sure is strange.." She said after a few moments of thinking. "I've never heard of such a case."
"Oh…" I said, my spirits dropping.
"Now don't get down on yourself." Kaizer said. "I'm sure everything will become clear in time."
"But until then, what will be the name of your Exploration Team?" Wigglytuff asked us.
"Name? Oops… I never thought of one.' He turned to me. "What do you think our name should be?"
I think for a few moments. "How about… The Time Squad!"
"Time squad? Yeah! That's a great name!"
"I love it!" Wigglytuff says.
"Uh oh!" Chatot says, bracing himself.
"What's going on?" I ask expecting to get attacked.
"Registering! Registering! ALL REGISTERED!" She said.
"LOOK OUT!" We heard from down the hall. It sounded like the loud voice from earlier.
"YOOM TAAAAAAAH!" She yelled using Hyper Voice to raise her voice even more, sending all of us but Kaizer flying backwards.
"Whoa! Wigglytuff's Hyper Voice!" Kaizer said in awe. "I never thought I'd hear it in Person!"
"You are now an Exploration Team!" Wigglytuff said, tossing us each a small, Pokéball-shaped object with wings. "These are your Explorer badges. You are now Official Members of my Guild!"
"I-I don't believe it!" Kaizer said.
Out of the corner of my Eye, I saw Cameran wearing a ninja uniform.
"BELIEVE IT!" He said.
"I-I'm finally a member of the Guild!" Kaizer looked at me, his eyes filled with Pride and joy. "Thank you"
"We're a team now." I said
"And we gotta stick together" Cameran said, now short one Ninja Uniform.
"Yeah." Kaizer said.
We all raise our badges into the Air.
"TEAM TIME SQUAD!"
To Be Continued…
Hi Guys! Sorry for the Long wait. I had the Chapter written, but just never got around to typing it until November 23. Hope you like it! Please give me your feedback! –Ashura the Hedgehog
