"Trouble At Sea"
With the two teenagers asleep atop two large crates (their sleeping bags adding comfort), they quietly enjoyed the trip.
That was until Mauve shot up, jumped from crate to crate and found a bucket to throw up in.
"Ugh...I hate being sea sick."
She vomited once again after that.
"You probably should eat something starchy to reduce the amount of vomit. And drink lots of water. I hear it helps." Cobalt called out without getting up or opening his eyes.
"Will do..." Mauve said climbing back up to the crate, carrying the bucket up with her.
Mauve had been lucky enough to grab some extra food before the two left Tumblegrass the day before, but for some reason had forgotten to count her money, resulting in the two having to sneak on board the ship and into the cargo hold.
"What can I eat that won't make a reappearance?" Mauve asked.
Cobalt now had his eyes opened and looked over at Mauve,
"Eat those crackers that you grabbed before we left, those are pretty starchy."
"Okay."
Cobalt sat up,
"You know you really should have told me that you get sea sick."
"I didn't know I was until now. I've never been on a boat before."
She continued munching down on the crackers as Cobalt told her to, but he needed to get Mauve some type of medication to stop the vomiting, or else this trip was going to be WAY less than enjoyable. Not only that, but the smell would soon attract people to their location.
He got up and jumped down to the floor.
"What are you doing?" Mauve asked.
"I need to get you something to stop the vomiting. The smell is gonna draw people here. And I don't want you to keep getting sick."
"Okay *coughs* be careful."
"Don't worry, I got this. Just stay here and keep yourself hidden."
On deck, Cobalt and Chūsei wandered around until they could find the medical ward or a Doctor while trying to stay out of the rain storm that was occurring.
It wasn't until one of the workers noticed the two walking around that they were spotted,
"Hey kid!"
Cobalt turned to face one of the sailors.
"What're you doing out here? All guests need to stay in their rooms in this weather."
"I'm looking for medical. My...cousins...sisters friend is getting really bad seasickness. Do you know where it is?"
"Sure it's on the second floor. Take those stairs over there and it should be on the left."
"Thank you!"
Rushing to the stairs, he found the medical ward just as the sailor had said,
"Hello? Is there a Doctor or Nurse here?"
"Yes there is! Be with you in a moment!" a voice said from behind the medicine cabinet.
A tall man with thinning brown hair and large rounded glasses and wearing a Doctor's uniform came from the cabinet and to the front desk. Cobalt stepped forward,
"I need medication for seasickness. I don't have a prescription for anything, but it's pretty bad. Anything you have over-the-counter?"
"Oh yes, yes, yes," the Doctor said as he made his way back to the cabinet with a bottle of Cinnarizine/Stugeron.
"This should help."
"Thank you. Come on, Chūsei."
Before making their way back, Cobalt could have sworn he'd seen something slither under the boat. It didn't give him a good feeling, but he simply brushed it off. Not only that, but the Doctor looked like someone familiar to him.
Down in the cargo hold, he could see that Mauve was back on her phone, only the bucket was still beside her.
She looked down at Cobalt and Chūsei,
"I threw up again." she whimpered.
"I've got your meds. They said this should help."
Cobalt gave Mauve a bottle of water and two of the pills.
"Thank you."
"You should probably rest for a little bit."
"Okay."
She went back to sleep.
Cobalt had nothing better to do than the same, but rather he hopped onto the next tall crate farther away from Mauve's.
He dug into his bag and took out his old Running Shoe's box. There was something inside that he was going to take out until,
"CRASH!"
Something had knocked into the ship.
Mauve shot up almost immediately, though the sudden motion caused her to get sick again,
"*coughs* What was that-?"
"BANG!"
This hit actually caused the ship to jerk to a stop.
Cobalt got up and saw that the noise was coming from the center of the left wall. Something was attacking the ship.
"This so isn't helping my sea-*vomits and coughs*-sickness!"
"Come on! We have to leave!"
He returned Chūsei to his Pokéball and went to Mauve's crate to help her pack her things up as a small hole in the ship appeared with water beginning to pour in.
Making their way to the top deck, Cobalt and Mauve could both see people everywhere scrambling all around; panicked about what was going on.
Several sailors were making their way down to the cargo hold, only to be blasted back up the stairs by what appeared to be Surf. Which could only mean that it came from somewhere. And that somewhere had jumped up and made itself known to the public in the form of a large blue Pokémon.
Feraligatr.
"A Feraligatr?!" Mauve said.
Cobalt was frantically flipping through the pages in his book to come up with something helpful,
"Feraligatr: The Big Jaw Pokémon. A Water-type and the final evolutionary stage of the Totodile family. Much like its previous forms, Totodile and Croconaw, Feraligatr has powerful jaws it uses to catch prey. It then shakes its head violently to tear its prey apart. Despite being an adapt swimmer, it has a hard time trying to support its own weight on land. It'll get down on all fours, and through the use of its strong hind legs make it faster."
"So what do we do?!" Mauve asked.
"It's a Water-type, so it should be weak to Grass and Electric-types!"
"I got it! Dedenne, and Buddy!"
Out of their yellow-pink and green-dark purple Pokéballs.
"Use Thunder Shock and Absorb!"
The attack only seemed to get Feraligatr's attention. One short Water Gun and they were disabled.
"Oh no! What do we do now?!"
"Use Thunderbolt! A voice said.
A large bolt of lightning shot between Cobalt and Mauve, whose hair was nearly singed. Feraligatr went flying back to the wall.
Mauve got up slowly,
"What was that?"
From behind the two stepped a Luxray and its owner. The Luxray looked different than most. It must have been shiny. If Cobalt's memory served correct, the entry would go something like,
"Luxray: The Gleam Eyes Pokémon. An Electric-type and the final evolution of Shinx. It's vision has no rival. Once its eyes start glowing a bright gold color, it can literally see through anything, which comes in handy when hunting or keeping track of its young Shinx cubs."
Its Trainer was tall with a mess of black hair so shaggy that it nearly concealed his hazel eyes, which had hints of yellow or brown in them; it was hard to tell from Cobalt's position. He wore a black leather jacket over a crimson T-shirt, dark jeans, and a pair of the same brand of Running Shoes worn by Cobalt and Mauve, where instead his were black and red.
"Be ready, Luxray..." he turned to the Pokémon on his left, "Wow, I really need to get around to nicknaming you."
Feraligatr slowly got up; it wasn't defeated just yet.
"You have two choices Feraligatr: either you leave this ship or I will have no choice but to defeat you. And I don't think that a battle is necessary."
Feraligatr simply lowered its head and charged.
"Luxray, Thunder Fang!"
Luxray's teeth began to buzz and glow a bright yellow with static until it sunk its teeth into Feraligatr's skin.
Feraligatr staggered back, but was still standing.
"This is no ordinary Feraligatr. It's too high leveled to be a wild Pokémon." the stranger said.
"That and there aren't even any Feraligatrs in the wild; they're endangered." Cobalt added.
"Right-wait look at that!"
Upon further observation, the "wild" Feraligatr appeared to have a black earpiece in it.
"So it DOES have a Trainer!" Mauve said.
"They're communicating with Feraligatr from a distance through that earpiece." Cobalt said.
"Then we'll fry it! Luxray, give Thunderbolt another go!"
Feraligatr took the hit, and fell. The earpiece had fried and was buzzing and crackling. The Pokémon removed it from its ear, ran to the side of the boat, and jumped back into the ocean.
The stranger scratched Luxray in the back of its ears,
"Good job Luxray. Come to think of it, I think I'll name you...Plasmane."
He looked over at Cobalt and Mauve who were still in awe.
"D'you like my little demonstration?" the stranger grinned.
"That was awesome!" Mauve said.
"Yeah, you must be a pretty talented Mr..." Cobalt started.
"Smith. Zander Smith."
"I'm Mauve and this is Cobalt."
"Nice to meet you two. And thanks for the compliments. Not saying that those Pokémon of yours didn't help me out either."
Mauve looked slightly embarrassed.
Zander walked to one of the sailors,
"Did you secure the leak?"
"Yeah and just in time too! Thank Arceus those other two down there were able to close it!"
"Good, good."
Zander went to the side and looked ahead,
"And it's a good thing too."
He turned back to Cobalt and Mauve,
"Come over here."
They did as he said and looked to where he pointed up ahead.
Kage.
"We've made it to our destination, and in about three...two...one..."
The storm had suddenly come to a halt. The clouds dispersed revealing a bright quarter moon sitting in a sky full of stars.
"Excuse me!" an angry voice spoke up.
The three turned around to see one of the ship's manager of guests (a man with black hair wearing a white uniform), who didn't look happy,
"Those two are not on the list of passengers! As soon as we reach Kage, I want them kicked off of this ship!"
Zander turned back to the other two,
"Allow me."
He spun back on his heel to face the manager,
"They were with me. I must have forgotten to write their names. Or maybe you forgot to check, and if you so much as call them out that way again you won't have eyes to read your lists with." He said as if he were speaking in a normal sentence.
This seemed to get past him. He checked the list again, flipping through the pages frantically,
"I'm so sorry, I must have overlooked it."
"Yes, you must have. Now go and leave us. We're just about here anyway. You probably have other things you should be getting to."
Cobalt turned to Mauve,
"This guy is awesome!"
"Well, sorry for the inconvenience. That'll be all."
The manager scurried away.
"And now, Cobalt and Mauve, we are even." Zander smirked.
"Are you sure? There was the Feraligatr, and now the manager, and all we did was just distract-" Cobalt started.
"Dude, just take it."
Walking down the platform stairs, Zander was still with Cobalt and Mauve,
"So Mauve, you're on your way to defeat the Gym Leaders and compete in the League Tournament?"
"Yep! I've only got my first Badge, but I'm getting there!"
"And I'm sure you will. If you keep at training your Pokémon, I'm certain you'll move all the way up to the Elite Four. *laughs* and maybe even take on the Champion!"
He looked outward toward the dock,
"Well, I better take off. I'm going to see if I can find any clues as to where that Feraligatr's Trainer may be. Cobalt, I want you to keep by Mauve's side, and continue to document her journey. It may be useful to future Trainers for generations to come! Keep up the good work! And Mauve, I don't want you to give up on your dream! Remember to stay strong!"
He released another shiny Pokémon.
It was large and black with red wings and a cream colored under belly. Charizard. Shiny Charizard.
Zander hopped on,
"Sayōnara."
And with that he was gone.
Just like the first night of the journey, Cobalt and Mauve were both staying at the local Pokémon Center. Cobalt was at the desk filling in the entry,
"DAY FIVE: March 31st, 2014 10:04 P.M.
Through the sea, seasickness, and an agressive Feraligatr, we have managed to make our way to the island of Kage. On the ship we were aided by Zander Smith, a strong Pokémon Trainer and his Luxray, Plasmane to defeat said Feraligatr, which came from below the ship and attacked. The Pokémon was revealed to have an earpiece which explains why it was able to take commands and also revealed that it had a Trainer. Why anyone would want to sabotage a luxary cruise ship I have no idea, but Zander has gone to look for the Trainer responsible. Who is Zander, though? In the midst of the sudden attacks between the Feraligatr and the old man who was bent on battling me, I'm beginning to think that there's something else going on here. And I intend to find out just what."
After a long flight on Charizard, Zander had landed on a smaller island far off from Kage. He returned his Charizard (Shadowflame), and walked into thick forest until he reached a small clearing through which a ray of moonlight shone. There was something else there. And Zander was looking straight at it,
"I found a new Trainer today. She seems pretty confident about her journey. Think she'll manage to see me in the arena?"
They made a still face before shifting,
"Yeah that's what I thought too. That boy she's with though, Cobalt. I see a lot of potential in him. I can feel it."
They gave him another look, making a small growling noise,
"You're right, why should I be worried Ithilagar? I've only been Champion for a few weeks. I should be enjoying it and saying bring it on."
NAME: [Zander Smith]
GENDER: [Male]
AGE: [21]
BIRTHDAY: [Jan. 4/ Capricorn]
BIRTHPLACE: [unknown]
BLOOD: [B+]
HEIGHT: [6'03"]
WEIGHT: [180 lbs.]
HAIR: [Black, shaggy]
EYES: [Hazel with hints of yellow and brown]
TITLE: [Champion of the Tayiō no Shima]
BADGES: [N/A]
KEY ITEMS: [N/A]
POKéMON:
(A/N: (*) indicates shiny Pokémon.)
*Plasmane / Luxray: Gleam Eyes Pokémon
Level: [59]
Type: [Electric]
OT: [Zander]
Gender: [Male]
Ability: [Intimidate]
Nature: [Brave]
Height: [4'9.8"]
Weight: [95.3 lbs.]
Moves:[Thunderbolt]
*Shadowflame / Charizard: Flame Pokémon
Level: [62]
Type: [Fire / Flying]
OT: [Zander]
Gender: [Male]
Ability: [Blaze]
Nature: [Hardy]
Height: [6'03"]
Weight: [203.2 lbs.]
Moves: [Fly]
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