Pokémon and Pirates

Chapter 3

Lt. Surge ordered his Pokémon, Raichu, to attack Luffy's Aipom with a volt tackle.

"Move Aipom!" Luffy yelled as the foe Raichu sped towards his Pokémon. Electricity crackled around Surge's Raichu as it tried to attack Aipom. Luckily enough, Aipom rolled to the side and avoided the shocking attack.

"Darn." Lt. Surge spat under his breath.

"Good job, Aipom. Now use sand-attack!" Luffy commanded his Pokémon. Aipom used its tail to fling sand into Raichu's eyes.

"Are you trying to reduce my Pokémon 's accuracy?" Lt. Surge asked. "I'll show you how well that will work. Raichu, use double team." Raichu suddenly appeared in three places at once. Luffy and Aipom were puzzled and didn't know how to battle three Pokémon at once

"The Pokémon is moving so fast that it appears there is three of it, when actually there is only one." Robin said from the sidelines to inform Luffy.

"Wow, thanks Robin." Luffy said while looking back and noticing his whole crew was watching him. "Did all of you win?"

"Yes. It was surprisingly easy." Zoro replied.

"Just beat this guy quick so we can get our badge and leave." Sanji said to Luffy.

"Sounds good." Luffy said. "Aipom, let's see if this move will hit; use fury swipes!" Aipom then focused its attention to the Raichu to its left and used its tail to scratch at the Pokémon. The move connected, and it was revealed to be where the true Raichu was. The move hit once, twice, and three times.

"Lucky guess." Surge said. "But now you'll never touch me! Use double team again, Raichu." The Raichu then multiplied into five separate Raichu.

"Ok Aipom, I know what to do! Use swift!" Luffy ordered to his purple Pokémon. Aipom then whipped its tail in the air and created sharp stars that flew towards all of the Raichu. The stars hit Surge's Raichu and knocked it to the ground.

"How did you know swift never missed?" Surge asked his rubbery opponent.

"I didn't!" Luffy said while laughing.

"Fine, Raichu use thunderbolt!" Surge ordered in anger. The electric, mouse Pokémon formed a lightning bolt out of its red cheeks and shot it towards Luffy's Aipom. But because of the sand in its eyes, the thunderbolt missed Aipom.

"Use swift on it!" Luffy ordered to his Pokémon. Aipom fired stars at Raichu and hit the Pokémon. Raichu fell to the ground.

"Get up, Raichu!" Surge yelled to his weakened Pokémon. But the Raichu was too tired to get up, so it slipped into unconsciousness.

"I think I win, Surge." Luffy said as his unharmed Pokémon ran up to him.

"Return," Surge said as a flash of light sucked Raichu back into its PokéBall. "I guess you did win, Luffy." Luffy returned his Aipom into its PokéBall. "You deserve this badge, here you go." Surge handed Luffy an eight-pointed gold star with an orange octagon in the center badge. "This is the Thunder Badge, it allows your Pokémon to use the move fly outside of battle."

"Thanks, Surge." Luffy said to the defeated gym leader. Luffy took the badge and started to look at it.

"Give me that thing!" Nami said as she snatched the badge from Luffy's hand.

"My badge…!" Luffy called before he was cut off.

"Our badge and I'll hold it so you won't lose it!" Nami interrupted.

"Good idea Nami, my sweet!" Sanji said while swooning over the navigator.

"Where's the next gym, mister?" Chopper asked Lt. Surge.

"A talking Pokémon?" Surge asked in shock.

"This raccoon is our doctor, he's not a Pokémon." Franky explained.

"Right… The next closest gym is in Cerulean City." Surge answered.

"To Cerulean City!" Luffy shouted.

"More like a Pokémon center." Usopp protested.

"Usopp is right; my Tangela needs to be healed." Robin replied.

"Same with my Cubone." Brook added.

"And my Electrivire and Ampharos!" Eneru said.

"NOBODY ASKED YOU!" The Straw Hat pirates, the Pokémon trainers, and Lt. Surge all said.

"You lost, and didn't even teach your Pokémon any different moves. I'm kicking you out of my gym, Eneru." Surge said.

"But…" Eneru started.

"Leave!" Surge proclaimed. Eneru zapped out the door in a flash of lightning.

"To the Pokémon center?" Zoro calmly asked.

"To the Pokémon center!" Nami answered.

"Then to Cerulean City!" Luffy announced as he threw his fists into the air. The pirates ran out of the gym towards the Vermillion City Pokémon center, and into another adventure.