Hi everyone! This is J and L again, and he's this is chapter nine. We were able to finish this one early thanks to a friend, who asked not to be named.
For those of you who read the last chapter, we have some bad news, and if you ever watched the Pokémon TV show them you should recognize it from this line.
Here comes trouble, and make it double.
(Person's name POV) how the person who is talking sees things.
"Person talking"
[Telepathic speech]
'When a pokémon is talking in poké-speech'
{Anything written on paper, such as notes}
Disclaimer-neither L or I have any claim on pokémon. Our claim is only on the characters we make up for this story.
Chapter 9
From a Game to a Fight for Freedom
(Lilly's POV)
I was so excited. I was going to have my first battle with a human telling me what to do, and the battle was with my friends!
"How should we divide?" Asked Alex as we walked over to a large open part of the park we were in, "we could do two teams of three?"
"How about we let the pokémon choose how we do this," suggested Joey, "they know what's comfortable to them."
'How do you want to do this?' Asked Rain as we walked, 'boys vs girls?'
'That sounds good,' said Flare, 'but how do we do that? Do we go by our gender, or by our trainer's?'
'I would think we would do it by our own,' said Spark, 'its simpler.'
'Ok, so we go Rain, Spark, and myself vs Max, Flare, and Arthur,' I said as I walked over to stand by Rain and Spark.
'Agreed,' said Max as he walked over to join Flare and Arthur.
"It looks like they have chosen," said Joey, "so it's Ryan, Alex and myself against Emma, Steve and Mia. Standard rules apply."
"Remind me again, what are standard rules?" asked Emma as we went to our teams.
"Standard rules are as follows," said Joey, "the only way for a team to win is if all members of the opposing team are either, A, knocked out, B, unable to continue battling, or C, when the remaining members surrender the fight."
"Thanks for the clarification," said Emma, "let's begin!"
[What do you want me to do?] I asked Joey.
I don't know what moves you know, thought Joey so only I could hear him, can you quickly tell me them?
[Sure. I know Confusion, Teleport, Protect, and I can move things with my Psychic powers, but you and I both know that I am horrible at teleporting.]
Ok. Let's start with Confusion and work our way from there.
"Flare, use Flame Wheel!" called Steve to start the fight. Flare was suddenly surrounded in flames as he ran at us.
"Rain, stop his Flame Wheel with Bubbles!" countered Ryan, and then Rain launched a huge amount of bubbles at Flare, which sent him flying across the playing field, stunned but ok.
"Max, attack Rain with Magical Leaf!" Cried Emma as Rain's bubbles disappeared, and that lots of small purple and green leaves appeared and headed towards Rain.
"Lilly, use Protect to stop those leaves," called Joey from behind me.
[On it!] I cried as I raised a wall of Psychic energy in front of Rain, stopping the leaves before they could hit.
"Arthur, use Tackle on Lilly," said Mia, "then use Tackle again, but this time on Spark!"
'Sorry Lilly,' said Arthur as he ran at me using Tackle.
'Don't be,' I said as I used Confusion on him, causing him to miss me, and then I used my psychic powers to lift a rock and hit him in the head, and knocking him out.
"Arthur!" Cried Mia as she ran to check on him.
"Is he ok?" Asked Joey as the battle stoped.
"He's unconscious," answered Mia as she picked up the knocked out Eevee and carried him back, "so I guess that he's out of the battle."
"Under standard rules, yes," said Ryan, "but if he is only unconscious, then he will be fine."
"Are we going to go back to our battle," asked Steve, sounding impatient, "or are we all going to stand here looking at a knocked out Eevee?"
"You really don't care about other living creatures, do you?" Asked Joey, anger growing inside him.
"I just don't want to be standing here looking at a knocked out pokémon. Yes, it's sad they Arthur is unconscious, but at the end of the day, he will be fine."
[I really don't like the way you are talking about one of my friends,] I said, anger growing inside me as well.
"Well that's the thing," said Steve as he turned to look at me, "I really don't care about what you think. So be a good little girl, and shut up."
"Don't talk to her that way," said Joey as he clenched his fists, "unless you want to go another round with me."
"Unlike last time," said Steve as he pulled a knife out of his pocket, "I came prepared for a fight."
"Well, if you want some, bring it."
'Are they really going to fight?' Asked Rain as we watch the two trainers look at each other.
'I don't know,' Answered Spark, 'but I have orders from my trainer. In the event that the two of them go to blows, I am to hit the both of them with a Shockwave to stop the fight.'
'You wouldn't, would you,' I asked, shocked that Spark might attack Joey, 'we aren't supposed to attack a human unless absolutely necessary.'
'It would only stun them temporally.'
[Joey, you need to stop this before a fight happens,] I said into Joey's head, worried for his safety, [if a fight happens, Alex has told Spark to hit you and Steve with a Shockwave.]
Thanks for the info, said Joey in his head.
"So what's it going to be, Joey?" Asked Steve, "are you a chicken or not?"
"Quick question Steve," said Joey, "how would you like to be temporally paralysed by a Shockwave sent out by your sister's pokémon?"
"What?" Said Steve, caught off guard by the question, "what are you talking about?"
"Lilly just told me. In the event of the two of us fighting, Spark has been told to hit us with the move Shockwave, so that both of us can't fight each other."
"Did you do that?" Asked Steve as he looked at his sister, who was shocked that her plan was out in the open.
"Yes, I did," said Alex as she shook her head, "I knew you might start a fight, so I came up with a emergency plan."
'Why did you tell on me?' Asked Spark as the humans talked.
'I have to protect Joey," I answered, 'even if I have to tell on one of my friends.'
'Wait, I'm confused,' said Rain as she looked at me oddly, 'why did you say that you have to protect Joey, and not that you have to protect you trainer?'
'Joey is not my trainer,' I said, and as I said that I heard a explosion, and turning around I could see one of the walls from the school had collapsed, and there were people coming from it.
(Joey's POV)
I turned around as soon as I heard the explosion, and then I saw that the wall that we have come through had been blown out, and there were people coming out of it. About twenty people, and I knew that we would be in deep trouble, because I recognized the symbols on there chest. A large red R, the symbol of team Rocket.
"Who are they?" Asked Emma as the people walked over.
"Team Rocket," I said looking at the rest of the group, "and if they are here, then this is bad."
"What do we do?" Asked Mia, a worried look on her face. She must know about team Rocket, "even if each person only has one pokémon, we won't survive."
"I have something for that," I said pulling out the blue emergency orb I had, "I was told to break this in the event of an emergency."
"Hello there young trainers!" Called the lead person as the group of Rockets came towards us, "how are you this fine day?"
"We're fine," answered Ryan, "we were just about to leave."
"Oh, I'm afraid that we can't allow that," said another Rocket as the group spread out and cut us off from all the exits, "you have some very nice pokémon. So I'm just going to have to ask you to hand them over, and then you can leave."
"These pokémon aren't yours," I said as I gripped the orb and my knife, "so I'm afraid we can't do that."
"Then it will get very uncomfortable for you," said the first Rocket that had spoken as he pulled a red and white ball from his waist, "and your pokémon."
"How did they get poké-balls?" Muttered Mia, "those aren't supposed to exists."
[I might have the answer for that,] said Lilly, [team Rocket is from my world, and so are poké-balls. If they came through the portal like us, then they can have any tech from there.]
"What is your answer!" Called the lead Rocket.
"I will deal with this," I said as I turned towards the Rockets, "just be ready to either run or fight."
"Got it," said Emma.
"So, what is your answer?" Called the lead Rocket again.
"Before I tell you that, do you know what this is?" I asked as I held up the blue orb in my left hand. As soon as I did, some of the Rockets started acting nervous, they knew what it was.
"Of course we know what that is. How did you come across one?"
"I have boss skills," I said as I tossed the orb up into the air and caught it again, "so either you let us leave, with our pokémon, or I will break this orb."
"How about this," said another Rocket off to my right, which threw a poké-ball and out popped a Froslass, but with some type of metal clamp around it's neck, "you give us your pokémon, and I don't turn you into a popsicle."
I then saw two other rockets throw there poké-balls, and out popped a Dugtrio and a Blaziken, only unlike the Froslass, they didn't have neck clamps.
"Very well then. I guess I have no choice, but to break this," I said as I threw the orb on to the ground, which shatter into thousands of pieces and set off a bright flash of light, blinding me temporary.
When my sight came back, I looked around and found that no one was moving. The Rockets across from me were still, the leaves that had been moving in the trees were still, even the wind was still. It was almost like all the world had stopped, say for me.
"Please identify yourself," said a odd mechanical voice.
"Who's there!" I called as I spun around, looking for where the voice had come from, "show yourself!"
As soon as I said that, a odd orange light appeared in front of me, like a neon orange sign.
"I am the emergency orb entity," said a voice from the orb, "please Identify yourself."
"My name is Joey," I said, "I was given this orb for in the event of an emergency."
"Please identify your emergency," said the orb in the same flat, dull voice, "then request a solution that will work with your emergency."
"Myself and five others have been given a pokémon each, and we are under attack by at least twenty members of team Rocket," I replied, "we are not prepared for such a contingency, and are requesting backup."
"What backup are you requesting?" Asked the light, "but do take into account that your request must be reasonable, or you will not receive backup."
Ok, I could have any backup, provided that it was reasonable. I needed someone fast to get here as soon as possible, but I couldn't go over powered, like try to summon someone like Arceus. Then I remembered one of the few pokémon movies I had watched.
"I am requesting the assistance of the siblings Latios and Latias, since they are the fastest of all pokémon," I said, "and I am requesting the assistance of any pokémon that knows a healing move."
"You ask for much."
"I don't want the pokémon left in our care to become slaves, or worse."
"Very well, Joey," said the orb as it started to flash, "your request has been accepted. However, you must wait for the backup to arrive."
"So we will still have to fight," I said as the ball of light started to disappear.
"You must fight to prove yourselves," answered the light right as it vanished.
Ok, I thought, if we will still have to fight, then we fight.
"You broke the orb!" Called the lead Rocket as soon as time started and the light was gone, "now you're in trouble!"
"No, you are the ones in trouble," I said as I looked at the rest of the group, "we will have to fight for a little while, but then backup will arrive."
[How did you call backup?] Asked Lilly.
"I had a emergency orb," I said as I turned back to the Rockets and brandished my knife, "and I decided to use it."
"How do we deal with this?" Asked Mia, "we wouldn't last long against them."
"Time to go against the script," I said, knowing that no one understood what I meant.
"Froslass, freeze the group!" Called a Rocket.
"Move!" Called Emma as the Froslass fired an Ice Beam and we scattered.
As soon as the Ice Beam missed me, I ran at the Blaziken. At first, it was confused that a human was running at it with only a knife, but it soon got over its confusion and lit both it's hands on fire and started swinging in a move I knew as Fire Punch.
I dodged the punches, and out of the corner of my eye I could see Rain and Lilly running after me while the rest of the group, say for Alex who was rocking herself back and forth, she must be having a panic attack, and Arthur who was knocked out, was attacking Froslass and Dugtrio. I then got close to the Blaziken and started swinging my knife and my fists.
[Joey, duck!]
Hearing Lilly's voice, I rolled out of the way as a column of water and blue energy fly past me and hit the Blaziken in the face, extinguishing the fire around its head. I then ran and jumped onto the thing's back and started sticking it in the head with my knife and fists.
"Blaziken, use Over Heat!" Cried a Rocket.
I was then hit with a huge heat wave, like someone had taken me and hung me on a spit over a volcano, and I was sent flying off. I landed with a crunch, and I could hear something in my left arm crack. I got up and tried to move it, and from the pain I felt, I must have chipped my collar bone.
I looked around and could see that the battle wasn't going well. Rain, Spark and Max were out, and from the look of it, Mia, Steve and Ryan were too hurt to fight, leaving only myself, Lilly, Flare, and Emma. However, a good sign was the fact that we had knocked out the Dugtrio.
"Admit it," called a Rocket as I charged the Froslass while everyone else fought the Blaziken, "you can't win!"
"We can try!" I retorted as I threw my knife, only to hit the metal clamp that was around the Froslass's neck, cracking it.
"Joey, where's that backup?" Emma called as we fought, "we wouldn't last much longer!"
"We just have to hold out!" I cried as I hit the Froslass over the head with my fist, knocking it to the ground, "we don't have a choice!"
As I said that, the Froslass got up from the ground, but it didn't have it's neck clap on any more. It looked at me, and for a moment, it looked like it smiled for a moment. Then it turned and fired a Ice Beam, freezing Blaziken in its place.
"Traitor!" Cried the lead Rocket as he threw another poké-ball, "go Dusknoir!"
A dark flash happened, and then a large shadow with arms appeared above me and Froslass. It swung its arms, and we were sent flying across the park.
[Joey!] Lilly cried as I flew across the ground, and then I hit the ground, and my shoulder screened at me, along with the rest of my body, also wanting attention.
[Are you ok?] Asked Lilly as I felt a small hand run across my face.
"I'm fine," I said, even thou I was hurting a lot, and I had a large cut running down my leg and one across my forehead. I got up to find that we were the only ones who weren't knocked out or in too much pain to move.
"You are a strong trainer," said the lead Rocket as the Dusknoir floated next to him, "now give us the pokémon, and we will let you live."
"They aren't yours," I say as I brandish my knife in my hand, which I somehow still had, "so if you want them, you will have to kill me."
"That can be arranged," says the Rocket leader, "go, Dusknoir!"
I then see the Dusknoir appear in front of me and fire a beam of black energy, hitting me in the chest and sending me flying back, while I hear Lilly cry as she is also sent flying.
I land hard, and I head a crack as a rib breaks from the impact. I want to lay here, since I am in a lot of pain from my wounds, but if I stay here, Lilly will be enslaved.
"Is that the best you've got?" I groan as I slowly get to my feet, to the shock of everyone, "because if so, you really are weak."
"You dare insult team Rocket!" Cried the Rocket leader, "no one gets away with that! Dusknoir, finish him!"
I then see the Dusknoir start to float towards me, taking his time since he knows that I am almost beat. I look to my left, and see Lilly struggling with a Rocket who is trying to put a metal clamp on her neck, like the one they had on Froslass. Even if I was about to die, I wasn't going to let Lilly get enslaved. I grip my knife in a curve throwing position, and then I throw it at the Rocket, hitting him in the shoulder and causing him to let go of Lilly.
"Run!" I call as the Dusknoir rushes at me and hits me in the gut with his fist, causing me to fall to my knees.
Right as I fall, I hear the sound of whistling, and then a large, deep purple beam hits the Dusknoir, and when the beam is gone, the Dusknoir is knocked out.
"What the," started a Rocket as Lilly ran towards me.
"Didn't I tell you that I had called for backup," I said, smiling as I look up at the sky, "well, I did."
I then see two blurs, one blue and the other red, firing more beams everywhere.
And as I start to loss consciousness while I look up, I hear the Rocket's screams as they run away, and the sound of a voice far away, telling me to hold on.
(Lilly's POV)
The two figures that had scared the Rockets away descended from the sky, and as soon as I saw them, I knew that we were now safe. Backup was here.
'Hello small one,' said the blue one, who sounded male, as he floated above the ground, 'are you the one who called for us?'
'No. Joey did,' I answered as I pointed towards Joey, who was still on his knees, even thou he's was unconscious from the pain, 'he is in a lot of pain.'
'We will handle that,' said the slightly smaller red one, who sounded female, as she flew over to him.
'Its been a while since the two of us have been called,' said the blue one, 'tell me, how is it you are the only one not knocked out?'
'I'm just lucky, I guess,' I say as I walk over to the Froslass that Joey had freed from the Rockets, 'is there a way I can help?'
'Yes there is. Can you move them all to one spot?'
'Sure,' I replied as I lift the Froslass with my Psychic powers and turn around, only to find that the blue floating pokémon had changed to a human in blue clothes and blue hair, 'how did you do that?'
'I have the ability, after all, I am Latios.'
'Your Lord Latios!' I said, shocked that Joey had been able to call legendary pokémon as our backup, 'It's an honor to meet you!'
'And it's a honor to meet another pokémon that came through from our world,' said Latios as he picked up Arthur and Max in his arms and started walking over to the red pokémon, who had turned into small girl who was in red clothes and had red hair, 'and before you ask, yes, that is my younger sister Latias.'
'Your Lady Latias!' I said as I moved Froslass over to where Lady Latias had laid Joey down and was using some type of energy move on him, 'wow.'
'Yes I am,' said the red haired girl as she turned towards me, 'how did this boy get these wounds?'
'Joey fought beside us as we tried to fight off the Rockets,' I said as I saw what she was talking about. There were three long scratches down his back, another down his right leg, and a fifth scratch across his face, right above is eyes, 'and all he had was his knife.'
'Well I don't know if this boy is either extremely brave, of extremely foolish,' said Lady Latias as she pulled up his shirt to show that the entire bottom of his torso has pitch black, even thou Joey wasn't that dark in skin color, 'but one thing is for sure. He can take a punch from a Dusknoir.'
'Will he be alright?' I asked, concerned about Joey's safety.
'He'll be fine,' replied Lady Latias as she started to heal the large black spot, 'but you should help the rest of your friends.'
'Ok.'
Soon Lord Latios and I had moved all of the knocked out humans and pokémon over to Latias, who was soon started healing the others, and I went to stand by Joey. Lady Latias had stoped working on Joey because it would be faster to work on the others, and then Joey. I didn't like that, but it wasn't my place to argue with a legendary.
After a few minutes, Arthur woke up, but he only wanted to stay by his trainer, Mia, till she woke up as well. After she did thou, Lord Latios spoke with them briefly, and then they left for home.
By the time Lady Latias had gotten back to Joey, all the other trainers had left, and it was starting to get near midday.
'Why did the other trainers leave the Froslass,' Asked Lord Latios as he watch the Froslass play around in the park, 'isn't it one of theirs, or is it Joey's?'
'It's neither,' I said as I watch the Froslass come over, 'Joey freed it while fighting with the Rockets, and when she attacked them, the Rockets knocked her out.'
'Thank you for freeing me,' said the Froslass once she had come over, 'I am very grateful to you and your trainer.'
'No, thank you for freezing that Blaziken during the fight,' I said shaking my head, 'I don't think we could have stayed up so long if not for you.'
'I'm Icicle,' said the Froslass as she put out her hand, 'what's your name?'
'Lilly,' I said shaking Icicle's hand, 'and this is Lord Latios.'
'Wow. Your a pokémon?' Said Icicle as she turned to Latios, 'you look human.'
'I can change,' replied Lord Latios as he changed in a flash of light back into a pokémon, 'it's a good skill.'
Right then, I heard a low moan come from Joey, and turning around, I could see his eyes open up.
"I feel like I've been hit by a truck," moaned Joey as he looked up at the sky.
[Your Ok!] I cried as I hugged Joey, or tried to since my arms were small, [I'm so happy!]
"Lilly, I know that you are happy to see me, and I am too," said Joey weakly, "but right now I hurt a lot so will you please let go of me."
[Sorry,] I said as I let go and Joey slowly sat up, [I was just so happy that you woke up.]
"I know that," said Joey as he looked around and saw who else was there, "I take it Latios and Latias made it?"
"Yes we did," said Lord Latios, who was in human form again and was now speaking a human tongue like Joey, as he and his sister walked over, "and it was a good thing for you that we did."
"You took the worst beating," said Lady Latias, "broken bones, multiple lacerations, and one very large hit from a Dusknoir."
"Sometimes you have to go against the script," said Joey, smiling a little.
[You said something like that before the fight,] I said confused about the comment, [What does that mean?]
"In all the things I know about pokémon, no human has ever fought alongside a pokémon in a battle with just a knife," replied Joey, "that was the script, and we went against it."
"You took a great risk," said Latios, "but somehow you made it through."
"Even thou at the end of the fight I had to bring you back from the brink of death," said Lady Latias.
"And I am grateful for that," said Joey as he turned to look at Icicle, "I'm going to take a rough guess, but I'm guessing that you were enslaved by team Rocket."
'Yes I was,' said Icicle as she extended her hand, 'and I am in your debt for you freeing me.'
"I have no idea what you just said," said Joey as he shook Icicle's hand, "but I'm guessing it had something to do with yes."
[Icicle said that she said that she was enslaved, and that she is in your debt,] I translated.
"Icicle, a fitting name for the lady of cold," said Joey as he let go of Icicle's hand, "but you are not in my debt. You could have run, but you chose to fight along side us."
'You are a very fascinating trainer,' said Icicle, as I translated what she said, 'I will remember you.'
"I'm not a trainer. I'm a person who teaches pokémon in their care about this world," said Joey as he slowly stood up.
"A interesting philosophy on life," said Latios as he passed Joey his knife, "Icicle is right, you are fascinating."
"I think and look at things differently than others," said Joey as he took his knife, and was about to hook it onto his waist when something caught his attention, "what's that?"
I turned towards where he was looking, and saw a red and white ball, about the size of a small rock, laying near the wall that the Rockets had come from, [I don't know.]
Joey slowly walked over to the object, while the rest of us watched. Once he picked it up, he returned, a look of worry on his face, [What is it?] I asked
"I think it's a Poké-ball," said Joey as he pressed a small button on the front which made the thing large enough to fit into his hand, "but why would team Rocket leave a unused Poké-ball?"
"Maybe they dropped it while they were running?" suggested Lady Latias, "they were running really fast to get away."
[What are you going to do with it?] I asked, worried that Joey might decide to put me in the Poké-ball.
"I think I'll hold onto it," answered Joey as he pressed the button and put the now small Poké-ball in his pocket, "I may never use it, but it is a new piece of technology, and I like technology."
"Now that you are well enough to move about, we must depart," said Lord Latios as he and his sister changed forms again.
"But if you ever need help, use this," said Lady Latias as she put down another emergency orb, only this one was red instead of blue like the one Joey had broken, "I've get the feeling that you are going to need this."
"And what does that mean?" Asked Joey as he picked me up and put me on his shoulder, "are you saying that I am going to go out and just start a fight?"
"No. You are a person who stands for those who need help," Latias replayed, "and that is a good thing."
'What about me?' Asked Icicle, 'where do I go?'
"You do have a good point," said Lord Latios, turning to the Froslass, "you need a home, now that you are free."
[She could stay with us,] I suggested.
"I'm ok with that," said Joey, apparently fine about Lady Latias's comment, "my parents, well. You may need to keep a cool head with them."
"Well, if that's all settled, we'll be off," said Latios, smiling a little at Joey's joke, "have a safe trip home."
"The same with you," said Joey as the two siblings took flight.
'Bye!' I called, hopping they could hear me, 'thanks for the help!'
(Normal POV)
'That was a very interesting human,' said Latios as he and his sister flew home.
'Yes he was,' agreed Latias, 'I now understand why Celebi thinks he may be the chosen one.'
'We should tell Lord Arceus about our meeting him,' suggested Latios, 'He may be interested in Joey's look on life.'
'I think you just did,' Latias said as the siblings got back home and found the Lord of all pokémon there, 'hello Lord Arceus.'
'Hello there young Latias, young Latios,' said Arceus, 'so, you met Joey?'
'Yes, we did,' replied Latias.
'He called us using the emergency orb he got from Celebi,' added Latios.
'I know all that, but now I need to know what you think of the boy,' said Arceus, 'do you think he may be the one?'
'He may be, yes,' answered Latias.
'I've never seen such determination before,' added Latios, 'he fought alongside the pokémon in his care, and almost died for her. If this boy isn't the chosen one, then whoever is has to be a whole lot better.'
Well that just happened. Turns out Joey can not only take a beating, but can summon some legendary backup. I wonder how his parents will react to him bring home Icicle, however if their reaction is similar to how they reacted to Lilly, then it will be bad.
On a side note, thanks to our unnamed friend, L and I should be able to get a chapter out for you guys about every three days. So stay tuned for chapters.
