Chapter 7: The Fighting-types versus the Poison-types (part 2)
Meanwhile, Lucario and his force of three thousand other fighting-type soldiers started heading out to where Hawlucha and his troops were. "Hopefully we can make it in time before Hawlucha is defeated." Lucario said to himself as he entered Viridian Forest.
"Don´t worry, my lord. I´m sure that Hawlucha´s going to be fine." another general and son of Lucario, Riolu, said, having seen Hawlucha in battle before.
"Well, let´s hope." Lucario replied. "I just hope that the messenger we sent to the Johto region has informed Pikachu and Snivy about this whole situation." he then said, hoping that, despite outnumbering the poison-types, reinforcements from the grass-type and electric-type armies will be sent. But what he did not know was that the coalition was on its way. Not to help, but to fight for unification of the Kanto-Johto region. That was, until they saw a ship getting ready to take off. "you think they may be sending a fighting-type unit to try to subdue the Johto region?" Snivy asked Pikachu.
"I´m not sure... We should take extreme caution." Pikachu replied. Meanwhile, on the bay where the ship was, a fighting-type messenger was preparing to embark when he suddenly saw the electric-and-grass-type coalition´s ships coming in. "It´s... it´s the armies of Snivy and Pikachu. Hopefully, they can help us." he said to himself as the ships landed close to the bay. "Thank Arceus you arrived. We have ourselves a little problem." he then said to the coalition.
"Look... aren´t we a problem enough to your army?" Snivy asked.
"Well, yeah... that, and there´s something else." the messenger then said.
"Huh? What is it?" Emolga then asked.
"An army of poison-type Pokemon have laid siege to the Kanto region and are trying to take it over." the messenger explained. "General Hawlucha is already holding up the enemy forces near Pewter City, and Lucario´s going to meet up with him. However, our lord believes that the poison-type army might have some reinforcements by the time that the liason occurs."
"Wow. These poison-types must be a formidable opponent."Bulbasaur said as he looked at the other generals.
"What should we do?" Bayleef then asked Snivy.
"Well..." Snivy started as he then stared at the messenger. "How many of our forces do you need?" he asked him.
"We only need about a few of you. Grass-types and electric-types." the messenger responded.
"Okay. I´ll go." Emolga then said. Everyone around her was shocked to hear how quickly she had made her decision. "Emolga, are you sure?" Elekid asked.
"Of course. There´s a saying that goes something like this. ´Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.´ If we help the fighting-types out, we could establish peace with them for a little while." Emolga responded.
"That´s actually a good point. Not to say that the peace will last forever, but yeah. We could obtain temporary peace." Bulbasaur said as he considered joining as well. "Okay. Count me in as well." he then said.
"Well, if you two are going, then..." Snivy started, but then Pikachu said, "Yes, Snivy. You should go with them as well." Snivy was shocked to hear this from Pikachu. "Wow. You really think I should go as well?" he asked.
"Sure. You have the leadership capabilities to make it happen." Pikachu replied.
"Okay then." Snivy then said as he then turned to the messenger. "Alright. I, along with generals Bulbasaur and Emolga, are at your temporary service." he said.
"That´s great news! Come quick, now! We don´t have much time to waste." the messenger then said as he rushed back towards where Lucario was. As the generals headed out, Pikachu quickly said, "Look after Emolga for me, Snivy."
"Okay, Pikachu. I´ll make sure nothing happens to Emolga." Snivy responded, knowing how much Pikachu loves Emolga. He then headed out with Bulbasaur and Emolga, along with five hundred troops. Meanwhile, Hawlucha´s army and Arbok´s army were fighting it out. By this time, Hawlucha´s army´s numbers were cut down to fifty. Arbok´s army, on the other hand, only suffered one hundred casualties. Seeing that Lucario would soon arrive, Hawlucha gave everything he got into attack Arbok head on. Arbok, though, matched up to Hawlucha´s strength and easily avoided his attacks. He then took to the offensive and used Poison Fang on Hawlucha, biting directly into his left hand. Hawlucha cried out in pain as he tried to free his hand. Arbok, however, held Hawlucha´s hand as though it had been caught in a bear trap. He didn´t let go. He then used Wrap to prevent Hawlucha from escaping his grasp. "Ugh... How is this happening?" Hawlucha said as he struggled to break free from Arbok´s bonds. Arbok grinned, seeing the helpless Pokemon trying to escape. "In just a few minutes, you´re going to die. Any last words you want to say to me, your killer?" he then said to Hawlucha.
"Ugh... You may kill me, but you will never match up to Lucario´s strength." Hawlucha started. "He´ll make quick...work out of...you." he continued as he was starting to feel dizzy from the poison inside of his bloodstream caused by Arbok. Arbok laughed menacingly and let go of Hawlucha, watching him pass out. Shortly afterwards, Lucario and the others arrived with their coalition to witness the outcome of what had happened to the smaller army.