AN: This is it! Irdiageesh faces his first gym leader! *Crosses fingers, hoping I do a good job*
Irdiageesh followed Ash to where the Gym Leader was waiting. It was an expansive room with a glass ceiling, many plants and even a small river. At the other side of the room stood a woman with blonde hair and a primitive camera in her hands.
"You're my challenger?" She hollered.
"I am." Irdiageesh responded.
"Care to take off your hood and show your face?"
Irdiageesh sneered, pulled off his hood and whipped out his lightsaber. "Gym leader!" He exclaimed. "Get ready for an epic duel! I will defeat you in combat and obtain a symbol of great power from you!"
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" The woman said.
Irdiageesh let out a battle cry and leapt toward the woman. The woman let out her own cry, one of absolute terror and ran around the gym, trying to escape Irdiageesh's wrath.
"Don't just stand there, help me!" Viola barked at the children who idly watched.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Irdiageesh!" Ash ordered.
"Pi-pikaCHUUUUU!" The tiny mouse yelled, launching its most ferocious attack at the Sith. The attack successfully hit, causing Irdiageesh to collapse. Everyone ran over to the alien to see if he was alright.
"You okay, boss?" Fiemmea asked, pulling Irdiageesh to his feet.
"I was fine," Irdiageesh hissed. "Until that blasted creature shot me with lightning!"
"You were trying to hurt her!" Serena said.
"That's what you do in battle- hurt your enemies!"
"But you don't have to kill them!" Mako defended.
"I wasn't going to kill her. I had the situation under control."
Mako looked at the gym leader. "I'm so sorry!" she said. "This may sound hard to believe, but we're from outer space, and Irdiageesh here is part of a group of warriors whose first instinct is to fight and kill and-"
The gym leader raised her hand. "I know all about you three extraterrestrials. Well, everything that Officer Jenny knows and was able to tell me." She walked over to Irdiageesh and pulled out a small device, just like the one he had received from Jenny.
"We battle with these." She said. "Throw it, and I'll tell you what to do after that." She quickly ran to the other side of the gym, where she had been before. "My name is Viola by the way!"
"Viola!" Irdaigeesh said. "I will defeat you in an honorable, non-lethal battle and obtain a symbol of great power from you!"
"Bring it on!" Viola said. She whipped out the round device and threw it towards Irdiageesh. "Go, Surskit!" She yelled.
Irdiageesh braced himself for the impact of the device, wondering what it would do, Would it explode? Was it a homing beacon for dangerous fauna? His questions were answered when the device disappeared in a beam of white light. The white light materialized into a small, blue creature that had two eyes, four legs and a yellow spike on its head.
"Surskit!" It yelled.
"So, you battle with Pokemon too?" Irdiageesh said. "I thought it was something children did for sport."
"Oh, no." Viola said. "There's an entire league, and countless businesses dedicated to the art of battling. Now, show me Surskit's opponent!"
Irdiageesh fiddled through his robe, looking for the device he had received from Jenny last night. When he found it, he threw it in a similar manner to how Viola had done. The ball vanished just like before, but instead of "Surskit", a different Pokemon appeared. It was a small feline with black fur, a small tail, and an orange mohawk on its head.
"Litleo!" It said, almost like a mewl.
"Litleo!" Irdiageesh said. "Attack!"
The tiny feline sprang into action, rushing at Surskit.
"Surskit, dodge and use Bubblebeam!" Viola ordered.
"Skit!" It said, easily dodging Litleo's attack. While it was in the air, it fired a barrage of bubbles at Litleo.
"LEO!" Litelo cried out in pain.
"Litleo! Attack again!" Irdiageesh ordered.
Obeying Irdiageesh's orders, Litleo once again leapt into action.
"Dodge again and use Bubblebeam!" Viola ordered.
Surksit jumped into the air again and fired another barrage of bubbles. Litleo was struck by the attack, then fell to the floor, large black swirls where its eyes should have been.
"Litleo, get up!" Irdiageesh snapped. When Litleo stayed exactly like it was, Irdiageesh yelled, "Litleo!"
"Is unable to battle." A person that Irdiageesh had not even noticed said. "Choose your next Pokemon."
"Um… I have no more Pokemon." Irdiageesh said. "At first, I didn't even realize that this was a Pokemon battle."
The person raised a flag. "Viola is the winner!"
Viola pulled out her spherical device. "Great job, Surskit." She said as a red beam of light pulled Surskit into the device. The gym leader then began walking over to Irdiageesh.
"Here," She said, taking the device that held Litleo. She pushed a button on the bottom that created the same beam of light that brought Surskit into its ball, and Litleo entered the sphere. Viola handed the device back to Irdiageesh and began walking away. "Follow me." She said. Viola lead them back to the Pokemon Center and handed her device to Nurse Joy.
"So… you're a Jedi…" James said,
"And you can control an energy field known as 'The Force'?" Jessie continued.
Eos nodded.
"Are any of us Force sensitive?" James asked.
The alien stared at the three ground-bounds. (I do not think so.)
"That's too bad." Jessie said. "Imagine how easy it would be to take Pikachu if we could control such power!"
(What is a Pikachu?)
"Pikachu's a Pokemon, just like me." Meowth explained. "Well, not just like me, but I'm a Pokemon, and so is Pikachu."
(And why do you follow these humans?)
"I follow them because we're like a family. We help each other out."
(So noble of you.) Eos smiled. (Why do you need this Pikachu?)
Jessie answered, "We're Team Rocket, the most powerful group in the world!"
Eos raised an eyebrow. (Team Rocket? Do you have any rockets, something that could enter space?)
James looked at his partners. "I think the boss said something about a rocket he was constructing. Why do you need a rocket?"
(I'm from another planet, remember? I need a way to get home.")
James thought for a moment. "Maybe if you help us get Pikachu for our boss, he would let you ride in the rocket."
(You never answered my question. Tell me why you need this Pikachu.)
Meowth said, "This Pikachu is very special, very powerful. If we could take it from the twerp, we could easily take over the world!"
(You're crooks!) Eos realized.
"And you don't have a spaceship to get you home." Jessie taunted. "Help us out, and we will persuade the boss to let you on that rocket."
Eos thought about the offer. (Do I really want to be associated with criminals? I might have to. Revan had to cooperate with two swoop gangs to rescue Bastila, deceive the Exchange to get the Ebon Hawk, and join the Sith Academy to find a Star Map. I might have to work with these crooks to get back to the Republic.) The young Jedi looked at the trio and said (We have a deal. But I must warn you- double-cross me and I will not hesitate to defeat you.)
"Give your Pokeball to Nurse Joy, and she'll fix Litleo in almost no time." Viola instructed. Irdiageesh did as he was instructed and moments later, the device was back in his hands.
"Amazing." he said, staring at the device. "This is a billion times faster than being in a full tank of kolto."
"Litleo's injuries didn't look anywhere close to life-threatening." Mako pointed out. "That must be why."
"Kolto is one of the most powerful healing substances in the known galaxy." Irdiageesh explained. "It can only be found naturally on an ocean planet called Manaan. But this is simply amazing. I'm shocked you haven't developed faster than light travel yet."
"I didn't think it was possible outside of the realm of Science Fiction." Clemont said. "But apparently I was wrong! I must start learning, experimenting and engineering so I can construct my own device that could take us to the stars!"
Irdiageesh took the small sphere out of his belt and stared at it in his hand. "What did I do wrong?" He questioned. "I am a Dark Lord of the Sith! I shouldn't be weak!"
"You're not weak." Ash assured him. "Litleo can't be very old to have so little battle experience. And you didn't even know Pokemon existed until late last night. You're both just new to this and with our help, we can help you two become very strong!"
Irdiageesh's eyes widened with hope. "And get symbols of power?"
Ash laughed. "And get symbols of power."
AN: That's it for this chapter I guess. I'm not sure where exactly I want to take this story, so I'm writing it tiny bit by tiny bit.
Anywho, read, review, you know the drill.