(A/N: Okay, I know in the games Uxie's cave is practically in the middle of Lake Acuity, but to make things a bit easier, I'm going to have it as an entrance right near the front of the lake. Just so we have that cleared up. And yes, the tunnel part is based off the anime. Oh yeah, and another thing. I saw that the new trailer for Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep was released, and I'm so PISSED that I won't be able to get it because it's for PSP and I have a DS. Oh well, hopefully I'll get to play it sometime. And the theme for it is epic as well.)
Chapter 8: Lake Acuity
The tunnel that went straight through the mountainside was a long one, with lights on the ceiling to help guide the way. It was the only way travelers could get in and out of Snowpoint City.
"So, you're actually thinking that Uxie will just show up?" Kyle asked as they made their way through the tunnel.
"Uxie will recognize us," Matt said confidently. "Besides, it was I that helped save them after all."
"When Kari had been captured by Team Galactic, we snuck right into their main headquarters," Jack explained. "Luckily the police arrived in time."
"Yeah, I rather not want to relive all that," Kari said with a shudder. It was a moment in her life she may never forget.
"Wow, I knew you guys were strong and all," Kyle said. "But after hearing that, you guys are just absolutely crazy!"
"Crazy is what we strive for," Matt said with a grin. "Right Raiden?"
"Rai," Raiden said.
They then felt a gust of cold air as they were getting close to the end. "That's never a good sign," Jack said.
(A/N: Alright, time for another song. It's a good thing I kept a hold of this song because I probably wouldn't be able to find anything better. Anyway, the name of the song is "Fichina" from Star Fox Command. And by the way, I hope by now you understand why I tend to use Star Fox music. I mean, my pen name is FoxMcCloud7921 after all, which should hopefully kind of give you an idea why. And I swear to God, if there isn't a Star Fox for the Wii, I'm seriously going all the way to Japan and kill one of the CEO's. That's how much I love Star Fox...)
Once they finally got to the end, they quickly saw how different it was on the other side. It was currently snowing and the weather was so bad it was almost impossible to see past a two-feet distance. "Aw, how are we supposed to find the damn lake if we can't even see?" Kari asked.
"Lucario! I need your assistance!" Matt said, calling out his Pokemon. "You think you can use your aura to help pinpoint where Lake Acuity is?"
Lucario nodded and then closed his eyes. Using his aura, he was able to see far out ahead in front of him. He then turned around, eyes still closed and motioned them to follow him. *"Alright, good work Lucario," Matt said. "Lead the way."
The weather wasn't easing at all, but they managed to get through the ever increasing large blanket of snow that was on the ground. "How long you think it's been snowing around here?" Jack asked.
"By the look of it, at least a couple of days straight," Kyle said. "This is bad. The climate must be causing the weather to act up as well, and since the snow can't get past the mountains, it could keep snowing until the entire city is submerged in snow."
"Then we had better hurry," Kari said.
After some time, the group came to what appeared to be an open area. Lucario then turned around again and this time had his eyes opened, meaning they were there. Getting a closer look, they saw that it was indeed Lake Acuity, except for one minor detail.
"The whole lake appears to be frozen," Jack said.
"Yeah, which means we have to be extremely careful," Matt said. He then called Lucario, seeing as four bodies was already a lot of weight for the ice.
"Look, I see an opening over there," Kari said, pointing. Indeed, there was an opening on the left, right next to where the lake was.
"And that is where Uxie is," Matt said. They started to head forward but then stopped. "Um, Kyle?" Matt asked, turning back. "Something wrong?"
Kyle then hesitated. "Um, listen... I'm not sure if going in there is the best idea."
"Why's that?" Jack asked.
"Oh come on," Kyle said. "You know what Uxie is capable of doing. If it opens it's eyes, it will wipe your entire memory clean! And personally, I'd like to keep my memory intact."
"Is that so?" Kari asked. "Or are you just scared of the ice?"
"Ugh, I mean it!" Kyle cried out. "Look, it's probably best if I keep guard out here. Besides, we don't know if anyone could be following us."
"He has a point," Matt said. "Alright, we'll go inside and you watch for anything suspicious out here. Just be careful."
"Hey, I got this covered," Kyle said with a thumbs up.
"Personally, I still think it's the ice," Kari said as they cautiously walked onto the ice and then finally getting into the cave.
The cave was, as expected, dark, but they were able to notice that the cave path ran straight on. "You sure that Uxie won't feel threatened by our presence?" Jack asked.
"Trust me, Uxie will remember me, and it'll know any friend of mine is a friend of it's," Matt said.
Soon, they got to an open area where there was still puddles of water on the ground. "It's a dead end here," Kari said.
"Dead end you say?" a voice suddenly said from nowhere. "Maybe for you but certainly not for me."
They froze once they heard that voice speak. "Was that who I think it is?" Jack said.
"Of course it is!" the voice said again. There was then a flash of light and Uxie appeared. "Well, well, well," it said. "It's been a long time, if you call less than a month a long time, that is."
"I think you know why we're here," Matt said.
"Yes, the recent events that have been taking place," Uxie said, pacing around, or floating, around them. "Don't worry, we're aware of what is taking place. It appears that Giratina is in a great state of rage."
"But why?" Kari asked.
"Long ago, Giratina lost something very important," Uxie explained. "It was it's main possession and it was seen as very valuable to it. Once it was lost, Giratina searched and searched, but after many years of not finding it, it became more and more impatient until it became so angry that it destroyed many villages in search of that lost item. And because of this, Giratina was feared as a god, known to bring terror and destruction."
"This item," Matt said. He then reached into his pocket and took out the Griseous Orb. "Is this what Giratina has been looking for?"
If Uxie had it's eyes opened, they would've widened in surprise, although in doing so could have damaging effects on a human or Pokemon mind. "How... how did you find that?" it asked.
"It was at the museum in Solaceon Town," Jack explained. "Seems like Team Galactic was trying to steal it."
"Team Galactic," Uxie said. It then smiled. "So, they're up to their old tactics again? Why am I not surprised?" If Matt didn't know better, he could've sworn he heard sarcasm in the Pokemon's voice. "Then it appears that's Team Galactic's new objective: find and capture Giratina."
"Then we'll have to find a way to get to the Reverse World," Matt said.
"It's not as simple as you think," Uxie said. "For you to have any chance of going there, I would have to meet with Azelf and Mesprit up at Spear Pillar."
"Ugh, not again," Kari complained.
"Then, can you tell the others to meet us there?" Jack asked.
"However, there's a problem. Two actually," Uxie said. "One, for some odd reason, I cannot get in touch with the others through telepathy. Two, with the threat of Team Galactic still in existence, it is too dangerous for any of us to travel outside, unless necessary. That is where you three come in. If you can convince Azelf and Mesprit to meet me at Spear Pillar, then we may be able to get you to the Reverse World."
"Well, so much for making it easy," Matt muttered.
Uxie just laughed at the comment. "But it makes the adventure even more fun, doesn't it?" it said. There was a reason why Uxie was considered the most intelligent. More like a smart-mouth. "Anyway, please do hurry. At this rate, Snowpoint City will end up as a frozen wasteland," it said before disappearing.
"Well, that was interesting," Jack said. "Surprised it didn't just open it's eyes to be mean as such."
They then went back out towards the lake, where it was still snowing. However, they heard a large noise and saw where Kyle, who had Jolteon and Umbreon out. They went over to him. "Kyle, what's going on?" Matt asked.
"Trouble," Kyle replied, looking up at the sky. They then saw the source of the loud noise. There was a helicopter that was quickly descending to about where they were standing. Once it landed, several figures jumped out of it and quickly surrounded it. Once they saw the four trainers, they then went towards them and they were surrounded before they could even do anything.
"Great," Matt said, recognizing the symbol "G" on their uniforms. "Glad to see we didn't end up missing the party.
Then, there came two more figures out of the helicopter and the group realized they must've been some of the newly assigned commanders. However, they would've never guessed who exactly they were.
"Well, well, well. Would you look at this?" the one commander said, who was female. "Looks like we have some old classmates, Kevin."
"Indeed we do," Kevin said, who was the other commander.
"Kevin!?" Matt said, surprised.
"Melissa!?" Kari said, surprised as well.
"Wait, you know these two?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, they went to school with us," Matt said, glaring at them. Kevin was always the one who decided to constantly hit on Kari before she and Matt ended up dating. Melissa, on the other hand, had always been enemies with Kari, even the first day they met each other.
"Hey Matt, long time no see," Kevin said. "Haven't seen you since that last battle we had after school."
"Yeah, I remember that well," Matt said with a bit of a grin. "I believe Raiden mopped the floor with your Golduck."
"Rai..." Raiden growled.
"Hey! Don't make fun of my Golduck!" Kevin said angrily. "He's gotten a lot stronger since the last time you've seen him, so show some respect."
"So Kari, I've seen you've gotten back into training Pokemon," Melissa said. "And here I thought your looks tended to be important."
"You bitch!" Kari said angrily. "You always thought you were better than me, since the first day we met. But I'm afraid I'll have to prove you wrong there!"
"Pachi ri!" RiRi said, gritting her teeth.
"You're right, and I say that because it's true," Melissa said. "It'll just be like old times, won't it?"
"Alright, what do you guys want?" Matt demanded.
"We're here on official business," Kevin said. "Team Galactic business, I should say."
"You're here for Uxie, aren't you?" Kari asked.
"Maybe, it's really none of your business," Melissa said.
"But maybe if you two just run along, then maybe we'll pretend this never happened," Kevin said.
"Yeah right, like we're really gonna do that," Matt said. He then looked to Kari. "What do you say, Kari? Maybe it's time we teach these bozos a lesson?"
"Oh yes," Kari said. "The usual approach?"
"I think so," Matt said. "Raiden."
"RiRi," Kari said.
"Time for battle!" they said together. Both Raiden and RiRi left their trainers' shoulders and stood by for battle.
"What? Two electric-types?" Melissa said. "This will be too easy. Glaceon, I need you now!"
"Golduck, time for some payback!" Kevin said, calling out his Pokemon. There were two flashes of light and both Pokemon appeared.
Kyle then noticed Jolteon was staring at something. Then he noticed what it was. "Hey!" he said, getting Jolteon's attention. "Don't get any ideas, Romeo."
(A/N: Okay, now it's time for a battling song. Now, I'll admit, I never really was a big fan of Sonic, but lately I've kind of been starting to get into it, I don't know. Anyway, the song I have here is called "Eggman Boss" from Sonic Unleashed.)
*"You've already meddled with Team Galactic, but not this time," Kevin said. "Golduck, use Hydro Pump!" Golduck then shot a large amount of water right at Raiden.
"Glaceon, use Ice Fang!" Melissa said. Glaceon's fangs then started to glow as she charged at RiRi.
"Dodge and use Quick Attack!" Matt said. Raiden then dodged the attack and charged at Golduck with quick speed. "Now use Focus Blast!" Raiden then jumped into the air right above and using one of his paws summoned a large orb of energy and shot it right at Golduck, who got knocked away by it.
"When the hell did you teach him that!?" Kevin asked.
"I told you, I've been training," Matt said.
Meanwhile, with Glaceon charging, Kari then said, "RiRi, use Iron Tail!" RiRi's tail then began to glow and using her tail slammed Glaceon's face to the ground.
"How dare you do that to Glaceon!?" Melissa practically screamed.
"What's the matter, Melissa?" Kari said, taunting her. "Not as weak as you thought I was, am I?"
"They're not taking us seriously," Kevin said. "Fine then. Golduck, use Shadow Claw!" Golduck then attacked with great speed and before Raiden could react, he was quickly taken down.
"Glaceon, use Ice Shard!" Melissa said. Glaceon then shot a volley of ice right at RiRi, hitting her and causing her damage.
"Oh no! RiRi!" Kari cried out.
"Come on, Raiden," Matt said. Both Pokemon got up and stared down their foes. This wasn't going to be an easy battle. Matt then had an idea. He then looked to Kari and she looked back to him, giving him a wink. "Raiden, use Iron Tail!" Raiden then ran forward and jumped right into the air.
"Yeah, like that's gonna work," Kevin said.
"RiRi, Sweet Kiss," Kari said.
"What!?" Kevin cried out. But it was too late. RiRi used the attack and Golduck all of a sudden became captivated, which gave Raiden an opportunity. He then landed the attack, sending Golduck back and this time he was knocked out. "No! Not again!" Kevin cried out. He then sank to his knees in defeat while calling back Golduck.
"Alright Kari, the field's all yours," Matt said, leaving Kari and RiRi to do all the rest.
"Thanks, I'm looking forward to this," Kari said with a bit of a smirk.
"You think you can beat me Kari?" Melissa said. "Think again. Glaceon, use Blizzard!" Glaceon then unleashed a large force of cold air right at RiRi.
"RiRi, use Quick Attack!" Kari said. RiRi then charged straight at Glaceon, dodging the attack.
"Double Team!" Melissa said. Glaceon then made copies of itself and surrounded RiRi. "Now try to attack!"
"I was hoping you would do that," Kari said. "Now RiRi, use Discharge!" RiRi then shot out a large voltage of electricity which spawned outwards, hitting each Glaceon, including the real one. Glaceon then collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"Huh!? But how!?" Melissa said, putting her hands to her face.
"Simple," Kari explained. "I tweaked with RiRi's move and now instead of just focusing on one target, she can hit multiple targets at once."
Melissa then let out a grunt of frustration as she called back Glaceon. "It doesn't matter, we don't even need Uxie! Come on, we're heading back to base!" Then her, and a moping Kevin, as well as the other grunts headed back to the chopper, which soon took off.
"Well, we sure showed them, didn't we?" Matt said to Kari, giving her a high five.
"We sure did," Kari said. She then let out a sigh of sadness. "But I can't believe it though. Now people from our school are joining Team Galactic. How do we know there aren't more with them now?"
"We don't," Matt said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "But even so, we'll make sure to stop them from whatever they're planning."
"Yeah, you got that right," Jack said. "Not like we haven't done it before."
"Very true," Kari said, laughing. "So, are we to meet Looker now at Lake Valor?"
"Yeah," Matt said. "And we better hurry and tell him what we found."
"You know," Kyle said as they started to leave. "It's too bad that girl Melissa had to leave."
"Why's that?" Kari asked, trying to keep the bitterness out of her voice.
"Because I think Jolteon was really into her Glaceon..." Jolteon just gave him a glare.
(A/N: And that will end Chapter 8. And what do you know, another Eeveelution (sp?). As you can see, now Matt and his friends will have to travel to each lake in Sinnoh in order to get the lake guardians' help. Anyway, not sure what else to say so I hope you enjoyed the chapter and remember, if it's not broken, don't fix it! And yes I'm looking at you Facebook!)
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