In case you are all wondering how on earth I can post this many chapters up, I have already created the majority of this story. That means that I'll be able to post my story far faster than normal at first! Here's the next chapter!
Chapter 7 All Washed Up!
When Magmar and Tyler woke up, Heather was gone. Tyler called back his Jolteon and Pinsir, and then he and Magmar started on their way to Cerulean City again.
Team Rocket had fallen asleep in their Tankacruel, snoring loudly. Magmar and Tyler walked out of the cave and saw the Tankacruel to their side.
"WOW!! A Tentacruel!" Tyler shouted. He reached for one of his empty Pokéballs.
"That's a tank, Tyler," Magmar pointed out.
"A Miltank?" Tyler asked, confused. "I thought they were pink...,"
"No! A tank! Like the ones they use in the army, dolt!" Magmar cried.
"Ariados!? Aren't they bugs?"
"No, that's not a bug! It's a tank! A car with a gun!"
"Charmeleon!? They look redder in the books...,"
"That is not a Charmeleon!!" Magmar was getting really frustrated. "That is a powerful weapon!"
"Porygon and Aipom? Good, I need some normal Pokémon!"
"It's not normal! It's a steel car!!"
"Steelix!? Man, that's great! Steelixes are awesome!"
"NO NO NO!! That is NOT a Pokémon!! It's a gun on a car!"
"Gengar? Wow! I want a Ghost Pokémon!"
"IT'S A TANK!!"
"They're called what?"
"TANKS!!!"
"You're welcome!" With that, Tyler walked down the pathway again. Magmar just stood where he was for a few seconds.
"If I knew Frustration, I could beat any Pokémon right now!" He muttered and ran after Tyler.
* * *
"Ah! Cerulean City! I love this place!" Tyler cried and sighed happily.
"You've been here?" Magmar asked curiously.
"Yeah! My mom brought me here once a year to see the annual Water Festival!"
" Water Festival'?" Magmar repeated.
"It's a performance they have at the Cerulean City Gym!"
"Oh. And speaking of the gym, don't you think we should go there to battle the Gym Leader?"
"Battle the...oh yeah! Forgot about that!" Tyler started sprinting forward.
"Wait, Tyler!" Magmar called. "We don't know where to go!"
But Tyler didn't hear him. He was already racing all over the city.
"Oh good grief. I'll go find out myself!" Magmar started off to the Pokémon Center.
* * *
Kris and David were still sleeping in their Tankacruel. Meowth, Houndour and Sandshrew weren't though.
"Whacha got?" Meowth asked Houndour.
Houndour smiled wickedly and put his cards down. He had an ace, king, queen, jack and a 10.
"ACK!! Not another flush!" Meowth whined as he put down his two nines, two fours and a king.
Sandshrew threw her cards down angrily and sulked. She had a two, a four, an eight, a queen and a six that were all four suits.
"You're not very good at this game, are you Sandshrew?" Meowth asked. Sandshrew shook her head sadly. Houndour chuckled happily as he pulled the money over to him.
"Aw man! Do you know how long it took me to find all that money in the mountains?!" Meowth yelled at Houndour.
Sandshrew sighed unhappily and asked, "Sandshrew sand sand shrew?"
"Yeah, you can turn on the radio Sandshrew," Meowth told her.
Sandshrew jumped on one of the chairs that was in front of the control pad. She pressed a button that had Radio' printed over it.
"Good morning, people!" a news reporter exclaimed. It was so loud that David and Kris instantly woke up.
"I don't wanna go to school today!" Kris shouted instinctively as she shot up.
"The Cerulean City Annual Water Festival is today, so try to get tickets if you can!" the announcer continued. "The Water Festival will take place after a few battles with the forth and newest Gym Leader! Hope to see you there! And now a word from our sponsor!"
"Turn it off!" David shouted instinctively. Sandshrew hit the Radio button again, turning off the radio. "Thanks, Sandshrew. Now...oh-NO! The kid probably went by us while we were asleep!" David gasped.
"Well, let's follow him!" Meowth cried.
"In a tank?!" David snapped.
"Oh, right. That would be kind of stupid," Meowth admitted.
"How about we go see the Water Festival?" Kris chirped.
"NO!" Meowth shouted.
Kris's eyes began to water. "But...I...wanna...see it! WAAAAAAAH!!" she began bawling very loudly.
"Oh, stop it!" Meowth yelled at her but she didn't stop.
"Hey, maybe we should go to the Water Festival!" David suggested.
"I thought we were going to get the badge from the kid, not take the Gym Leader's Pokémon!" Meowth shouted over Kris's excessive wailing.
"Maybe. But that guy just said that the Gym Leader was going to battle some trainers before the Water Festival. And if I'm right, that kid'll go against the Gym Leader...," David hinted to Meowth.
Meowth got the hint. "YEAH! And this tank needs water for the cannons and they have a pool for refilling!"
Kris did not get the hint. "Are...we...going...or...not?" she sobbed.
"We're going!" David announced as he jumped into the driver seat.
"Yippee!" Kris cheered happily as they drove to Cerulean City.
* * *
"...And that's how you get to the gym!" Nurse Joy chirped when she finished giving directions to Magmar.
"Thanks, Nurse Joy," Magmar walked towards the door.
"Enjoy the Water Festival!" she called to him.
"We will! Thanks again!"
* * *
Tyler lay on the cement, panting and gasping for air. He had been running non-stop for quite a while and now he was exhausted. He had looked everywhere but he was unable to find the gym! Where could it be?
Magmar walked by him. "Gym's right there, Tyler," he said as pointed towards the Gym, which was about 15 feet away from them.
"Oh, okay!" Tyler jumped up and walked alongside Magmar.
They went to the entrance of the gym. A blond teenage girl was behind a table.
"Hi, do you, like, wanna buy tickets for the big show?" she asked in a heavy Valley Girl style.
"No, we wanna battle the Gym Leader!" Tyler informed her.
The blond girl looked him over. "Hmm, okay. But ya know, if ya beat Neptune, you get to watch the show for, like, free?"
"Are we, like, allowed to go in without a, like, ticket?" Magmar copied her Valley Girl accent.
"Yeah, go ahead. We were out of tickets anyway, I'm going, like, in. You and those five people are, like, the only people who dare to battle Neptune!" the blond teenager muttered as she got up and left.
"What-ever!" Magmar replied.
* * *
The stadium's stands were completely full with people. The blond girl, whose name was Daisy, told them to stand at the end of the pool and wait for the show to start.
Tyler and Magmar weren't very surprised to see Colin and the other rivals when they walked over to the end of the pool.
"Well well well! If it isn't Tyler and his talking Magmar!" Colin laughed.
"Well well well! If it isn't the illegal driver and his friends!" Magmar shot back.
"Drop that already!" Colin growled at him.
"No, I don't think I will!" Magmar chirped, then scanned the crowd for familiar faces.
"What Pokémon do you have to battle the Gym Leader?" Ashley asked Tyler.
"Magmar, Pinsir and Jolteon!" Tyler bragged. "What about you?"
"Magmar!?" Brian laughed. "You brought your Magmar for a battle against Neptune?!"
"Yeah, why is that so funny?" Tyler asked.
"Neptune uses water Pokémon!" Ann laughed.
"I'll still win!" Tyler pouted. He then looked at Magmar. "See anyone special?"
"Well, Meghan and her friends, Lorelei and Lance of the Elite Four, Ash and Misty, Brock and Tracey and your mom but either than that, nobody special!" Magmar informed him.
"Meghan!? She's here?" Tyler asked, getting excited.
"Yeah, right there. She's sitting with her friends, along with Lorelei, Lance, Ash and Misty. Your mom is in front of them," Magmar pointed to the stands to where everyone important was sitting.
"Yeah! We get to show all those great people how good we are!" Tyler squealed in joy.
"Yeah, we will!" Magmar laughed happily, then realized that he wasn't going to battle since the opponents would be water Pokémon. "Oh, darn! I don't get to battle! Phooey!" He looked back at the important people of the crowd.
Meghan, her friends and Tyler's mom all looked very anxious for the show to start. Lorelei and Lance were sitting next to each other, holding hands. Ash and Misty were also holding hands, with Pikachu on Ash's lap. "They must all be on dates!" Magmar commented to himself.
Suddenly, the lights went out and a spotlight shone on Daisy, who was up on the high diving board, holding a microphone. "Good to see all of you people here today!" she announced. "This performance has been promised to be the greatest show ever! That's why we have some special trainers here today!"
A spotlight shone over where Lance, Lorelei, Ash and Misty were. The crowd cheered wildly, and the famous trainers waved their free hands.
"Yes, we hope you all enjoy the show!" Daisy continued. "But first, we will see some trainers battle our newest Gym Leader! Ladies and gentlemen, heeeeere's Neptune!"
Daisy stepped back and another girl stepped onto the diving board. She waved vigorously to the crowd as they cheered. She had long blue hair, purple eyes and she was wearing an aqua bathing suit.
"Wow! She's pretty!" Tyler gushed.
"Yeah, I guess she is. I wonder what water Pokémon she uses...," Magmar wondered out loud.
Daisy handed the microphone to Neptune. "Thank you, Daisy!" Neptune said to her friend, then turned to the crowd. "Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a Gym Leader! I'm so glad that my dream came true! ...Although, I didn't expect so many people to watch me in my first battle!"
The audience laughed politely, then she continued. "Let's see my first opponents!"
A bright spotlight shone over Tyler, Magmar and Tyler's rivals. The audience cheered loudly. While Tyler's rivals posed, Tyler waved towards Meghan and his mom. At first, Magmar thought he was being embarrassing but then said, "Aah, you only live once," and waved towards them too.
Meghan, her friends and Tyler's mom noticed Tyler and Magmar, and happily waved back.
"Who will challenge me first?" Neptune asked the challengers. She then tossed the microphone to Daisy and jumped off the diving board. She landed in the water, then pulled herself onto the circular floating platform where the Gym Leader stood.
"I will!" Sean shouted, pushing Tyler out the way. Magmar caught Tyler before he hit the ground.
"Okaaay," Neptune said, taken aback by Sean's rudeness. "How would you like to battle?"
"1 on 1!" Sean shouted as he jumped onto the trainer's floating platform.
"All right then!" Neptune cried. She pulled out a blue Pokéball. "Go, STARLIGHT!!"
A Starmie appeared onto the floating platform in front of her.
"Hah! Easy enough!" Sean pulled out one of his Pokéballs. "I choose you, RAICHU!!"
A mean-looking Raichu appeared on the floating platform in front of Tyler. It had it's fists up and sparks were shooting from it's cheeks. "Raiiiiiii...," it growled.
"Raichu, Thunderbolt!" Sean ordered.
"RAIIIIIIICHUUUUU!!" Raichu's cry echoed around the stadium as it shot it's powerful electricity at the Starmie. The Starmie created a strange barrier in front of it that absorbed the electricity.
"Hey, what was that?" Tyler asked Magmar.
"I don't know! It couldn't have been Light Screen...," Magmar tapped his chin.
"Uh...use your Thunder! We can zap that water Pokémon!" Sean ordered.
"RAIIIII!!" Electricity flew into the air and came crashing down at Starmie with amazing speed. But the Thunder was also absorbed by the strange barrier.
"Gee, that must be a great Starmie!" Magmar exclaimed.
Neptune hadn't said anything since she had let Starmie out. She stood there, watching her Starmie absorb all of the attacks.
"Okay, use your Zap Cannon! We'll hit it for sure!" Sean ordered.
"RAICHUUUUU!" Raichu shot out a powerful orb of electricity. The orb struck Starmie's barrier, yet it too was absorbed. The barrier seemed to be containing the electricity inside of it, as it crackled with electricity.
"RAICHU!!" Raichu stomped his foot in frustration and fell down on the platform. He started pounding the platform with his fists and feet. It wailed, "RAI! RAI! RAI!" as it threw its childish fit.
"Aw, come on Raichu!" Sean whined. "It's not that bad!"
"You know, they say a Pokémon reflects it's owner personality!" Magmar said to Tyler.
Neptune raised her eyebrow as she watched the Raichu throw a fit. "Starlight," she said quietly, "Mirror Coat."
Raichu looked up when Neptune gave the order. Starmie's barrier turned into a crackling orb of power and shot towards Sean's Raichu.
"RAAAAAIIIIIIII-" Raichu screamed as the orb approached him at breathtaking speed.
WHAM!! The orb smacked into Raichu, carrying the electric mouse with it. They both smashed into the wall, causing the wall to crack and crumble where Raichu and the orb hit it.
"Raichu!" Sean cried in horror. When the dust cleared, Raichu was lying there, unconscious.
After Sean called back his fainted Pokémon, he threw a fit himself. He pounded and kicked the ground while wailing, "NOOOOO! THEY CHEATED! NO FAAAAAAAIR!!"
"Yep, Pokémon reflect their owner's personality!" Magmar concluded.
Neptune sighed. She wished that her first battle could've been against a better and more mature trainer. "Who wishes to be next?"
"ME!!" Tyler shouted, jumping forward. Magmar pulled up his fists in a fighting pose.
"All right. What is your name?"
"My name's Tyler and this is Magmar!" Tyler introduced him and his Pokémon.
"Good. Now what kind of battle would you like?" she asked politely.
Tyler was silent for a few moments. "Just a minute!" he requested, then knelt down in front of Magmar. "What are we going to do?"
"You can't use Jolteon; Starlight will wipe you out just like Raichu!" Magmar advised.
"How about Pinsir?" Tyler asked.
"...No, water would probably get rid of his adrenalin rush caused by coffee!"
"Well then, you'll have to go!" Tyler concluded.
"...ME!?" Magmar squealed. "Against a water Pokémon?!"
"Someday you might need to battle water Pokémon!" Tyler pointed out. "You've got to start somewhere!"
Magmar nodded. "Right! I'll go!"
Magmar jumped from platform to platform until he reached the Pokémon's platform. Tyler jumped onto the trainer's platform. "I'd like 1 on 1 too!"
"Okay!" Neptune agreed. She called back her Starmie.
Somebody from the audience shouted, "Hey, loser! Get a real Pokémon!"
"Quiet!" Neptune snapped. She then pulled another blue Pokéball from her belt. "This Magmar must be powerful if it dares to go against my water Pokémon. I'm going to have to use my best Pokémon in order to defeat it!" she announced as she pulled her arm back. "GO...SERPENT!!"
The Pokéball opened and a huge Pokémon appeared in the water. It was huge, it was vicious, it was a...
"GYARADOS!!" Tyler screamed in fear.
"Oh-no!" Magmar whined and covered his face.
"My Gyarados is my best Pokémon. I hope your Magmar is good too!" Neptune informed Tyler.
Magmar looked up at Gyarados. "Uh...hi, Mr. Gyarados! Uh...heh-heh! How the weather down here?"
"ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!" Neptune's Gyarados let out a deafening roar towards Magmar, who felt like a strong wind was hitting him.
Magmar gagged over Gyarados's putrid, fishy breath. ".....Oh! Uh...heh-heh, sunny, huh? Yyyyeah. Oh God, I'm gonna die...,"
"Serpent! Use your Surf attack!" Neptune ordered.
Gyarados took it's tail and smashed the water with it, sending a big wave towards it.
"Magmar! Uh...," Tyler stammered as he tried to think of a move.
The wave was getting dangerously close to Magmar. "Now would be a very good time, Tyler!!" Magmar screamed.
"Uh......Hi Jump Kick!" Tyler ordered.
"What do you think I am, a Hitmonlee!?" Magmar cried back.
"Jump over the wave!" Tyler shouted in a panic.
"Oh, I hope I live through this!" Magmar whined. He bent his knees and jumped as high as he could. He leapt over the wave and landed on the platform that Starmie used. The wave crashed on the platform he had been one a few moments ago.
"Serpent, Hydro Pump!" Neptune ordered.
Gyarados reeled back, then shot her head forward and gallons of water gushed all over Magmar.
"AAAAAUGH!! I don't need a bath!!" Magmar wailed.
"Now, Iron Tail!" Neptune ordered.
Gyarados pulled her tail back and swatted Magmar like a golf club hits a golf ball. As Magmar soared through the air, Tyler swore he could hear him shout, "FORE!!"
Magmar crashed head first into the wall behind Tyler, then fell down to the ground with a loud THUD'.
"MAGMAR!!" Tyler jumped off the platform and onto the ground. He ran over to his beloved fire Pokémon. "Magmar?"
Magmar didn't answer. He had fainted but that wasn't what frightened Tyler. What frightened Tyler was that Magmar was barely breathing.
"OH-NO!! MAGMAR!!" Tyler cried. He quickly called out Pinsir and shouted, "Quick, Pinsir! Help me carry Magmar to the Pokémon Center! He's barely breathing!!"
Pinsir had one cup of coffee in each hand but when he heard Tyler, he flung them over his shoulder, picked up Magmar and lifted him on his back. Magmar was like a wet rag.
"AAAAAUGH!!" Tyler and Pinsir turned to see Colin and Sean cry out as Pinsir's cups of coffee splashed them.
"Forget it, Pinsir! Let's hurry!" Tyler shouted.
Tyler and Pinsir raced towards the door and out of the gym. Tyler hoped that they could make it on time...
TO BE CONTINUED...