Chapter 6: The First Exploration
Mikey woke up to a loud voice. "YOU WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" Mikey felt his ears pop. Jason woke up with a start. "Jeez, what was that for?" He asked. "I'M &*&^%$# WAKING YOU UP! GET OUT THERE!" The Loudred from earlier stormed outside. "Wonder what his beef is," Mikey wondered.
Mikey checked out his new ribbon. "Man, looks sweet." "My light blue looks better." "That's cause it suits you more than me. I'm green." "You sick?" Jason chuckled a bit. "Nah, I know you're not." he said.
They walked out the door in time to hear the last of the morning cheers: "RUN AWAY AND PAY!" Then everybody cheered. Wigglytuff stepped up to a stage. "Hey everybody!" he yelled. "We have a new Exploration Team in our guild! Please welcome Mikey and Jason of Team Beat!" There was a lot of clapping. "Oh my gosh! You guys made a team! That's so awesome!" Sunny beamed. "Golly, I wish I was in a team like you guys, yup yup, I do!" said a Bidoof. "The name's Doofy, yup yup! Don't wear it out!" He shook hands with the two. "Oh shoot! I almost forgot! I'm supposed to cover for Derrick, yup yup! I'll see you later, yup yup!" Doofy ran off. "Hey hey! How's it going, champs-to-be?" asked a Corphish. "We're doing fine, thanks," said Jason with a smile. "Name's Corre! Like a core, hey hey!" Corre scuttled out of the way to make room for a Dugtrio and Diglett. "Hi! I'm Derrick," said the Diglett. "I'm Denny." "I'm Davey." "I'm Davis." The Dugtrio said their names respectively. "Hello," said Jason. "Hi," said Mikey.
Finally, Wigglytuff walked up to them. "So, I'm sure you two need help with the missions, yes?" Jason started to say something but Mikey interrupted him, "Yes!" "Okay! We'll set you up with an easy mission!" Wigglytuff exclaimed. Pitch came flying to Wigglytuff. "Did you need me, Guildmaster?" he asked. "Yes, indeed! Can you help these two find an easy mission?" "Sure, Guildmaster." Pitch flew up the stairs with Mikey and Jason close behind. "Okay, so let's see... Rank C... Rank D... Aha! Rank E! Here, you two!" Pitch handed them a piece of paper with some words on it. "Help! I've lost my last Oran Berry and I'm feeling faint... Please! Somebody, rescue me!" "So, you two, to rescue someone, you hold your Rescue Badge over them. A light will shine on you, and you'll be transported back to the Guild. Understand?" "Yeah!" Mikey replied. Jason rolled his eyes a little. "So, you'll head to the Drenched Bluff. Head outside the guild and you'll find the marketplace to your right. If you head to the left, you'll be able to go to places like Drenched Bluff and other Mystery Dungeons." Pitch waited. "Well, don't just stand there! Get going!" Mikey and Jason sped up the ladder.
They headed outside, and went down the dirt path and took a right first. There was a bustling marketplace with lots of shops. There was a Duskull and a Shuppet running a bank, two Kecleon selling goods, an Electivire and Emolga chatting with a Togedemaru couple, A Kangaskhan storing some goods for an Aipom, and a Marowak on the other side doing the same thing for a Cubone. "Jee, this place expanded," Jason said. "Ok, I guess I could see that happening," said Mikey back. Jason walked up to the Kecleon Shop. One of the Kecleon was purple while the other was just the same old Kecleon color. "Uh, excuse me, but what do you sell here?" Jason asked.
"We sell TMs and orbs, necessary for adventure!" exclaimed the purple Kecleon. "Without your food and Seeds, there's no way to venture!" chimed in the green Kecleon. "We're the Kecleon Brothers, here to help with your expedition! Helpful things for any adventurer or tactician! Salesman with you all the way through! We're the Kecleon Brothers, woo-hoo!" "With enough PokeDollars, you can buy anything you want," said the green Kecleon. "From an Escape Orb to the TM for Taunt," said the purple Kecleon, finishing the rhyme. "Today in stock we have Reviver Seeds, Apples, Big Apples, Oran Berries..." "Escape Orbs, TMs for Vaccum Wave, TMs for Taunt..." "Gravelerocks, Geo Pebbles, Black Gummis, Blue Gummis..." "Hurl Orbs, Mug Orbs, and an Adorable Chest!" "Man, now I wish I had enough money to buy all of that," said Jason. "Thank you anyways!" "No problem, we Kecleon Brothers are always ready to serve! We give you the help that you deserve!"
Mikey suddenly remembered why they were outside the guild in the first place. "Hey Jason, we were supposed to go to Drenched Bluff!" "Huh? Oh, yeah! I nearly forgot!" Jason made like a Ninjask and high-tailed it out of the marketplace, with Mikey close behind. "Jeez, you tend to forget things." "Sorry, I just wanted to see how much different this place is than in the Mystery Dungeon games," Jason said. They were at the crossroads, and Mikey noticed that there were Machoke building some sort of, well, building. "Hey Jason, what's that place?" he asked Jason. "Huh?" Jason asked Mikey. "Oh, that. I think it's the Spinda Cafe." "Right you are, kiddo," said one of the Machoke. "Our job is to clear away this stone to make room for stairs. After that, we take out the stone at the bottom of the stairs so that we have a good space for chairs and tables. We're in this for is a lot, basically." "Woah," Mikey said. "Cool, huh?" said the Machoke. "Run along now." Mikey and Jason headed towards a dirt path which had a building on the left.
They kept walking until Mikey asked Jason, "Are you sure we're heading the right way?" "Yeah, I'm pretty sure." They walked for a bit more, until they reached an opening in a cave. There was a rock to the left of it that looked like a Kangaskhan. "Well... I guess we'd better get going," said Mikey. They walked inside the cave and were immediately met with a pair of Lileep. The Lileep, however, appeared frightened, and ran away quickly. "Well," said Jason. "That's new." They walked around a bit, exploring the cavern. Suddenly, an Anorith leapt out at them. "I got this," said Jason, stepping towards the Anorith. The Anorith rushed towards him, but Jason stepped out of the way. Mikey jumped over it and ran a bit away from it, while Jason started a brisk dash towards the Anorith. It had gotten its claws stuck in the wall and was struggling to get them out. Jason took a slash at the Anorith with Leaf Blade, and made contact. The Anorith cried out in pain. Jason hit it again with a Pound this time, finishing off the Anorith. It fell to the ground and fainted. Then it got up. "Man, you guys are good," it said. The Anorith had a male tone that was a bit higher-pitched. "Do you mind if I join your team?" Mikey called Jason over. "What does he want?" Mikey asked. "He wants to join our team." "Sure, why not?" said Mikey. Jason went back to the Anorith. "You're in," he said. "Yeah!" The Anorith was ecstatic. Mikey noticed that the Anorith had white claws. "What's your name?" Jason asked. "My name's Axe," said the Anorith. "Well, welcome to the crew, Axe!" Jason said. Then, Jason looked left and right. Then, he noticed some stairs. "Follow me," he said. He went up the stairs, Mikey and Axe behind him.
Jason went up the stairs and found a Nidoran Male. "Oh thank goodness! I've been waiting so long for somebody to find me!" said the Nidoran. "Were you lost?" Asked Jason as Mikey and Axe came up the stairs. "Yeah," said the Nidoran. "Are you a Rescue Team?" "Yes," "Well, I'll be!" Jason took his badge, and said, "Hey, you two!" Jason and Axe turned towards him. "Yeah?" Jason asked. "You take your badges and put them up in the sky," Jason told them, and they did. After they did, they were enveloped in a golden light and disappeared. Jason held up his badge and the same golden light shone on him and the Nidoran. They disappeared soon after.
They reappeared by the start of a road, which Jason quickly recognized was by the Chimecho Assembly. Axe and Mikey were waiting. "Did we do it?" Mikey asked. "Sure di-" Suddenly, a black wave flew through the air. "WOAH," Jason said. "What's that?" The Nidoran stared in fear. "Oh god... It's happening again..." "What is?" Jason asked. Mikey snapped his fingers(Do Pikachu have fingers?). "That's it!" He turned to Jason. "It's like those waves from Palkia and Dialga in Diamond and Pearl!" "You mean..." "Yeah." said Mikey. "One of them's here." And thus Mikey and Jason rushed off.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: *scrolling through Fanfiction* let's see when did I last up- *sees it's been 2 months* oh...
Sorry everyone I've been thinking of new ideas for the story but they come so much later on in the story so yeah I can't really put them in and I guess you could say I had writer's block. Tell me if you want to see the thought process that goes through my head when I'm thinking 'bout this stuff in the reviews or I'll put the link there if I am not too lazy