Not long ago in a bright sunny day in Hoenn, Pokemon Trainers Red and May were successful of catching a small cat Pokemon known as Skitty, who has become a new member in May's Pokemon team. Red and May were currently walking through Route 104 after having a small celebration party for May obtaining her first gym badge from Roxanne.
Red's Pikachu was also present on Red's right shoulder, but was rather looking sad and worried than being his happy go self as he softly rubbed his mouse tail. The reason why was because May's new Skitty has thing for his yellow tail and loves to bite on it with her sharp cat claws when she sees it and chase him around for it. This made Pikachu worry for he might have deal with through his journey with Red and May and wasn't looking forward to it.
The two trainers were heading to a cottage near the sea of Route 104 to meet a old man name Mr. Briney, who Red manage to save his Pokemon and offer him some assistance if he needs it. Red's and May's next stop was a city called Dewford City where young May Sapphire is planning to obtain her next gym badge.
Not only that they were heading there just for the gym. They were also heading there when Red learned that Steven Stone was there as well thanks to the info given to him by Steven's father, Mr. Stone. Red needed to see Steven to learn more about some weird shiny orbs that Professor Oak gave him before his trip to Hoenn, hoping that Steven might have some answers that nobody has but him.
As the two trainers were walking with Red smiling smoothly at the beautiful blue sky above him with his arms behind his head in a relax posture, thinking of new ways to train May and her Pokemon, who he decided to take as his student when arriving Hoenn and help her become the champion of the region.
May couldn't but feel giddy that she caught a cute Skitty that has some battling skills to help her on her journey. She kept on looking at Skitty's Pokeball with a boosting smile for a few minutes before putting it back on her belt with her other Pokemon, Torchic and Ralts.
"I'm so happy I caught Skitty. I can't stop looking at her Pokeball." May spoke up.
Red chuckled at the young trainer beside him, "Well you should be. You saw the way she battle Torchic. A Pokemon like that is pretty something special." He said.
"Not to mention Skitty is just so adorable!" May squeal, "I think I'm gonna let her out just so I can hold and pet her cuteness."
Pikachu quickly perked his ears hearing May and quickly stopped her from releasing Skitty from her pokeball. Pikachu gave a frighten look and put his hands together and began to beg for May to not call out her Skitty as he panic.
"Pikachu pikachu pika pika pi! (Translation: Please May don't call out Skitty. My tail can't take much more pain!)" He begged.
Red scratched his head, "I think Pikachu doesn't want you to call out Skitty. You know since she'll chase Pikachu for his tail." He said, chuckling at his frighten mouse friend.
May looked at Pikachu and sigh, "Oh alright then, I won't call out Skitty." She said. "Don't worry Pikachu, I'm gonna train Skitty so well that she won't come after your tail."
"Pikachu pi pip chu chu! (Translation: As long as Skitty is in her ball and away from my tail. It's all good.)" Pikachu sighing in relief.
"I don't know May. From what I learn about Skitty from my pokedex. Skitty is a hard Pokemon to train because it's sassy attitude." Red warning May.
"I'm sure I can handle Skitty. I just have to train her until she's stable." May answered.
Red looked forward on the road and form a smile, "Hey I think I see Mr. Briney's cottage just up head. Come on, let's meet the old timer." He said, pointing ahead.
"Sweet! I hope he isn't one of those old people that like to tell tales of their young days too often." May smiled.
The two approach the front door of Mr. Briney and Red gave a soft knock before he and May did anything. There was a moment of silent before a voice from the other side of the door came up.
"Ah! Looks like I have visitors. Please do come right in." Said an elderly voice.
Red open the door as he and May walk through it to see Mr. Briney standing in the center of his cottage with his Pokemon pet Wingull, Peeko, running in circles around the old man.
Mr. Briney looked up away from his Wingull and gaze at Red and May with a warm smile. Peeko stopped running in circles as she flew up to Red and Pikachu, happy to see the trainer and Pokemon who saved her from the Team Aqua grunt a while back.
Red chuckled, "It's good seeing you too Peeko." He said, patting the bird's head.
"Pikachu!" The mouse greeted.
Mr. Briney walked up to Red and May, "Red, my lad. It's good seeing you again." The old man said, extending his hand.
"Same here, Mr. Briney." Red shook the man's hand.
Mr. Briney then looked at May, curious to know who was the short young girl that Red brought with him in the cottage. He gave her soft and a meaty laugh, thinking he knows who the young girl is..
"Oh it seems you brought your young sister with you. Nice to meet you, I'm Mr. Briney. I owe your brother Red my gratitude." He said, shaking May's hand.
May let out smile and sweat drop from Mr. Briney being called Red's young sister. Even Red couldn't help but laugh at Mr. Briney's comment.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Briney. I'm May Sapphire. I hate to tell you this, but I'm not Red's sister or even related at all." May laughed.
"You're not?" Mr. Briney was confused.
Red stepped forward, "Yeah, May here is actually a friend. I'm actually her mentor and I'm teaching her how to become a great Pokemon trainer."
"Oh forgive little old me." Mr. Briney laughed as he rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed by his mistake.
"What makes you think I'm Red's little sister?" May said, curious.
Mr. Briney looked carefully at Red and May, "I just thought the two of you were siblings due to how the two of you almost have the same color scheme and look. You know since you both have brown hair, red and black clothing, red head gear, and a yellow backpack." He finished.
When Mr. Briney was done examining both the trainer's look and appearance. Red and May began to look at each other's outfit to see the similarities. They were pretty shock to see how they both have the same thing going on and just smiled.
"You know he's kinda right. We do look like we could be brother and sister." May chuckled.
"I guess you're right. It really never cross my mind how we look until now." Red shrugged his shoulders.
"Well with that out of the way. What can I do for you today? I sense you need something if you came to my cottage after all." Mr. Briney said with a smile.
Red then remember his reason being here, "Oh yeah! We need to hitch a ride to Dewford City. Mr. Stone from Rustboro City said you help us with that." Red said.
"Yeah, we need a ride there so I can get my next gym badge and Red to meet up with Steven Stone." May cut in.
Mr. Briney put his hands on his hips, "Say no more. I'll be more than happy to give you two a ride to Dewford City. I just happen to plan to go there myself in a few hours." he said.
"Well great, but how are you gonna get us there?" May asked.
Mr. Briney let out a cocky smirk as he put his hand his on his chin for having the answers. "Come follow me outside my cottage. I'll show you something." Mr. Briney said as his pet Wingull flew to his right shoulder.
May began following Mr. Briney outside of his cottage, but stopped when she notice Red was deep in his thoughts about something.
"Hey Red! You coming or what?" May shouted.
"Pikachu pi pi." Pikachu said, tapping Red's shoulder.
Red snapped out of his daze and looked at May, "Oh yeah right. I'm coming." he said as he walked beside May.
The Pallet Town trainer gave gaze at May before looking forward in front of him, "May as my sister huh? That's interesting?" Red thought to himself as he and May exited out the cottage.
As the two trainers exited out the house, they spotted Mr. Briney at the end of the pier beside his house, looking at something with a pride smile. Red and May walked towards where Mr. briney was at and saw large white boat behind Mr. Briney's house as it was tied town with a anchor.
"Woah." Both Red and May said, amazed by the size of the boat.
Mr. Briney stood beside Red and May, "Amazing isn't she?" he said, proudly.
"That's one heck of a boat, Mr. Briney." Red said.
"It's totally awesome!" May said, excited.
"Thanks young lads. Feast your eyes on the fastest boat in the Hoenn region, perhaps even the entire world if I do say so myself." Mr. Briney with a boosting smile. "I had this old girl since I was in my early twenties. I kept her in shape ever since. Hop aboard you two! Dewford City is just right around the corner when riding my boat."
Red, Pikachu, and May nodded their heads as they jump aboard Mr. Briney's boat. The old man soon follow them behind and walked towards the steering wheel of the boat to start the engine.
Red, Pikachu, and May stare from afar as they watch the old man pressing on some glowing buttons to raise up the anchor.
"Get ready, we're about to head out into the open sea of Hoenn." Mr. Briney said, as he press on the blow horn of the boat. "Get ready yourself Peeko."
"Wingull!" Chanted the bird Pokemon.
With the blow horn blowing out loud, Mr. Briney's boat took off away from the cottage, making small tidal waves.
As the boat was speeding through the waters of Hoenn. Red, May, and Pikachu went to the side of the boat to see if anything would pop out of the ocean.
They caught a few glimpse of Pokemon that were new to them like Luvdisc, Wailmer, and Carvanha. They were a few other Pokemon that Red could recognize like Goldeens, Tentacools, and Magikarps all swimming or jumping into the air from the ocean.
There were some Pokémon trainers that they spotted that were training or battling with their water Pokemon. May wanted to battle a few trainers but she knew it wasn't the right time to do so not while the boat the was running.
They both felt breeze of the salt winds softly hit their face and looked at the bright and sunny Sun shining upon them. They both felt excited about their adventure as they sail through the ocean. Red's Pikachu jumped off his shoulder and went to play around with Mr. Briney's Wingull.
May looked at the ocean above her and Red as she watch the boat's speed going through the water, amazed that they were going at such a high speed.
"At this rate, we'll be at Dewford City and get my gym badge before sunset." May said.
"I wonder what type of Pokemon does the gym leader of Dewford City use?" Wonder Red.
"Well whatever he or she uses. I'll be there to beat them." May pumped her fist.
Red looked at the ocean, "Man I never seen so much water in one region." He said.
"Well from what my dad told me is that Hoenn is known to have a large body of water. So much water that a angry reviewer gave the Hoenn region a 7.8 out of 10 because of it." May said, recalling a old article she once read in a magazine.
"A 7.8!? That's stupid. All because this place has too much water? I bet that reviewer didn't know what they were talking about." Red said.
"That's what I said when I read the review. I wonder if that person got fired or something." May said. "Only good thing to come out of it that it became a funny meme and the person who made the review is banned from Hoenn for life."
Both Red and May looked back at the ocean after their little talk. He looked at the blue ocean deeply with his brown eyes reflecting them, having a missing feeling about someone he knows back at Kanto as he sees an image of that person in the water's reflection. Red let out a small sad sigh that May herself caught attention of.
"Is something wrong Red?" May said, a little worried about her mentor.
"I'm just thinking of someone from Kanto who would love to be surrounded in water like this." Red said.
"Who? Is it one of your old water Pokemon?" May asked.
Red let a small laughter, "No not a Pokémon, but a person." he said.
"Who then?" May said.
"A gym leader name Misty. I'm sure you heard of her. She loves to be in the water such as this. That's why she called the tomboyish mermaid you know." Red said, smiling at the thought of the orange hair girl back home.
"Oh yeah I heard of Misty. The gym leader of Cerulean City and one of the best water type trainers in the world." May said, looking back at the ocean. "You're definitely right, this is something she'll love about Hoenn."
May then realize something, "How come you were thinking of Misty just now?" She said, giving suspicious eyes.
A small blush appeared on Red's face, "Well because me and Misty are really close. I just think of Misty when I see anything that involves large body of water such like this ocean." He tried to defend himself and tried to his blushing face.
A saucy smirk appeared on May's face, "If I didn't know any better. I think you and Misty have something going on and -"
Before May could finish her sentence, something really hard hit Mr. Briney's boat that caused both Red and May fall back to the ground. They moan in pain as they slowly got up to their feet to see what caused the ruckus.
"What was that just now?" May asked.
Red looked to see his Pikachu running towards with a worry face.
"Pika pika pika pi!" Pikachu checking on his trainer.
Red patted Pikachu's head, "I'm fine, buddy. No need to worry about me." He said with a bright smile.
"Wingull!" Shouted the bird Pokemon as she flew inside the ship.
"Oh no, we should check on Mr. Briney to see if he's alright." Red said, as he and May began running.
"I hope he's okay. He's our ride after all." May concern for the old man.
The two quickly made it Mr. Briney, only find him with a worry face as he was rapidly pressing buttons on the control of the ship and trying his best to calm down while at it. Wingull gave a worry look, but Mr. Briney tried to calm down his Pokemon by patting it softly.
"Mr. Briney! Are you alright?!" Red asked as he and May ran towards the old man.
"I'm alright young lads. A old man like me has been through much more worse events in the sea." Mr. Briney kept his smile.
"What did we hit just now?!" May said.
Mr. Briney gave a serious face, "It's not what we hit, it's what hit us." He said, going back to the controls of the ship.
"Something hit us? Like what?" Red said.
Before Mr. Briney could give Red a answer. The boat was hit once again, making everybody fall back to ground with a thud as the boat kept on rattling repeatedly. Everybody got up to their feet as they held on something to keep them on their feet from falling again.
"It seems whatever is attacking us is hitting behind the boat." Red said, taking off with May and Mr. Briney following him.
As they ran towards the back of the boat in haste. They spotted a huge black smoke streaming out into the blue sky. They found engine of the boat to be badly damage as it was having short circuit, unable to function well.
"Oh no! Something damage the engine!" Mr. Briney cried out.
"What could have done this?" May said, a little scared.
"I think we're about to find out." Red said, pointing at the open sea.
May and Mr. Briney saw the direction where Red was pointing at and saw a dark figure in the ocean. The dark figure then began to move rapidly to the boat for another attack. As everybody watched the dark figure heads towards the boat, it slowly rose up a bit of it's body to reveal a tall dorsal fin with two notches cut into it, revealing to be some type of Pokemon.
As the dark figure was approaching the boat, it jumped out of the ocean water and into the air to reveal to be a torpedo-shaped shark Pokémon covered with tiny, sharp denticles. It has a large mouth filled with triangular, sharp teeth. Its eyes are a deep red color and glow in the dark. It has two gill slits situated directly behind each eye. It is mostly dark blue with a white underbelly. There is a yellow star-shaped marking on its snout, and another star marking on its rear. Its two pectoral fins are arranged so that they resemble the fins on the back of a torpedo.
Shark like Pokemon was close to attacking Red and the gang as it was coming at them in the air. Everybody was stunned to do anything except for Red quickly took action with his Pikachu.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt! Now!" Red commanded.
Pikachu gave a determine look and leaped off Red's shoulder gave a mighty Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt hit the airborne water Pokemon causing it yell in pain and knock it back down in the ocean. After the attack, Pikachu manage to land back safely on Red's shoulder.
"That was a Sharpedo that tried to attack us just now." Mr. Briney said.
"A Sharpedo?" Both Red and May, surprised.
Red and May took out their pokedex and looked the info about the shark Pokemon that tried to attack them just them.
"So it was a Sharpedo that attacking us." May said, "It's also the one that damage the boat engine."
"But why?" Red scratched his head.
Mr. Briney gave answer to Red, "Sharpedo are notorious around the sea of Hoenn. They are known as the Bully of the Sea or Gangs of the Sea. They are really aggressive Pokemon that attack both humans and Pokemon that they aren't too fond of."
"Pika pikachu pi pi! (Translation: They sound like a bunch of jerks.)" Pikachu said
"That would explain why they are attacking us, but why now? Did we stumble upon their turf or something?" Red asked.
"It's seems we been caught in the middle of their "Shardpedo Week"." Mr, Briney said.
"Sharpedo Week?" May said, curious to know more.
"It's something that the Sharpedos around the Hoenn region do once a month. The Sharpedos randomly chose a spot in the sea where they do battle and let out their aggressive nature." Mr. Briney explain, "Unfortunately for us, we just enter their battle area uninvitedly."
All of them began to look around and saw more Dorsal fins poping out from the ocean one by one. Soon the boat itself was surrounded by an army of aggressive Sharpedo. All ready to attack when the time was ready.
May swallowed her saliva in fear, "That's a lot of Sharpedos." She said, frightened.
Red looked over Mr. Briney, "What can we do now? Is there any option?" he asked.
"There is one. We have to battle them. They'll leave us alone once they know how tough their opponents are." The old man said.
Red shot a cocky smile and cracked his knuckles, "A battle huh? We'll give them battle alright." He said, grabbing two his pokeball and looked at his partner Pikachu.
"Pikachu, are you ready to take on a army of Sharpedos?" Red asked.
"Pikachu pi pi pika! (Translation: I was born ready!)" Pikachu said, sparking his red dotted cheeks with the same cocky smile like his trainer.
"Red! While you and your team are battling the Sharpedos. Me and my Pokemon are gonna protect the boat from the Sharpedo attacks so that we don't sink to the bottom of the ocean." May said as Red nodded at her.
"I'm try my best to get the engine running again, so don't worry about me." Mr. Briney said.
Once everybody knew what to do, Red unleashed both his Charizard into the air and send out his Blastoise into the sea. Both Pokemon, looking ready get some action get done. Red commanded his Pikachu to ride on Charizard's back to assist him by attacking in the air.
When Pikachu was one Charizard's back, the fire dragon flew into the air and stare down at his enemies that wanted to hurt his trainer. Red's Blastoise was giving a scary look and was not showing a sign of fear on his face. Blastoise let out his water cannons from his shell, ready to use them in battle.
May let out both her Torchic and Skitty, wondering what's going on. May didn't send out her Ralts because her "Confusion" attack won't have any effect against Sharpedo, which were half dark type. May explained the situation to her two Pokemon, who happily nodded and were take on her commands to defend the ship.
When everyone ready with their Pokemon out. The Sharpedos used their Aqua Jet move to speed their way towards the boat. Charizard swooped down as Red told the dragon to unleash a powerful "Dragon Pulse" attack on the Sharpedo. Charizard open his mouth and released a powerful blue beam out of his mouth, hitting a few Sharpedos that were coming.
A few other Sharpedo tried to tackle Charizard with their "Aqua Jets" by jumping into the sky. Charizard quickly twist and turn his body to avoid the attacks with his fast speed. Luckily Pikachu was there to back up Charizard and jumped off the dragon's back to send out a "Thunderbolt" to the sneaky attackers. Charizard quickly caught Pikachu on his back and gave him a thumbs for the backup.
Over at the other side of the boat, Red's Blastoise was punching every single Sharpedo he swam across with his "Power-Up Punch" move, gaining more strength as he used it. A Sharpedo took him by surprise as one of them took a bite of his feet from below the sea.
Soon follow by bunch of other Sharpedos who gang up on him tried to bite his arms and face. Blastoise let out a mighty roar and quickly pulled himself into his large shell and did a "Rapid Spin" to shake off the Sharpedos away from him.
Blastoise didn't stop with his Rapid Spin for he he kept on spinning to create a "Whirlpool" to trap a good chunk of the Sharpedo and send them flying away in a spinning vortex. Blastoise gave himself a cocky nod, proud to know moves thanks to his trainer Red that taught him. Blastoise's happy mood was cut short when he spotted behind more Sharpedo coming his ways to take him down.
The large water Pokemon just cracked his necks and fist, for he was ready to get some more action in his blood. Blastoise's fist began to glow, ready use more his "Power-Up Punch" attack and grew a bold smile, ready to have the time of his life.
On the boat, while Red was giving out his commands to his Pokemon against the Sharpedos. May and her Pokemon were protecting the boat from the a few Sharpedos that manage to slip by Red's Pokemon as they battle against the other Sharpedos.
May commanded her Torchic to use her "Peck" attack to knock back the Sharpedo into the ocean and commanded her Skitty to use "Double Slap" and "Take Down". As both Torchic and Skitty defended the ship, they felt their bodies getting a bit hurt due to Sharpedo's ability "Rough Skin" that made damage to Torchic and Skitty when they touch the Sharpedos physically.
May manage to minor the pain as she would spray some quick potion to heal her Pokemon from the pain. The Sharpedos were trying to attack from all over the ship causing May and her Pokemon to run all over the ship to defend it.
The battle royal between the team went on for a quite a while. Until suddenly all of the Sharpedos stopped attacking all at once and went back down into the ocean. Everybody regroup once all the Sharpedo were gone from their sight. Pikachu jumped off Charizard's back and landed back on Red's shoulder as the Pallet Town trainer called back his Charizard..
"Looks like they have enough." Red said, smiling at his yellow partner.
"Aw yeah! We won!" May celebrated with her Pokemon.
"Or maybe they're sending in the big guns." Mr. Briney said.
Red looked at where Mr. Briney was looking and saw huge dark shadow figure that was big and round. The gang watched carefully as the huge dark shadow then started to come at them in a fast speed.
The dark figure slowly rose up the depth of the ocean to reveal another Sharpedo, but only this time the Sharpedo was slightly more larger and vicious looking than the ones Red's and May's Pokémon fought off.
Judging by the size, everybody took a guess that the large Sharpedo was the main honcho of the Sharpedo gang and gave the most aggressive shout than the rest of the Sharpedo.
May was scared by the size of the Sharpedo leader "We're gonna need a bigger boat." She said.
Red looked at Mr. Briney, "Is the boat ready to move?" He asked the old man.
"I'm afraid not. We can't even move. I still need some time to get the engine fix." The old man inform Red.
"Guess we just have to beat this Sharpedo, so get a move on." Red said, cracking his knuckles.
"Red you gotta make sure that Sharpedo doesn't get single bit from this ship. One bite from a Sharpedo with a size like that will sink the boat." Mr. Briney.
"Don't worry, me and my Pokémon will take care of this." Red gave a bold.
"I hope you do Red because I don't want to be sleeping with the fish Pokémon." May said.
Red quickly ran to the other side of the boat meet with his Blastoise, "Blastoise! Fully take on that Sharpedo with your 'Skull Bash'!"
Blastoise nodded and began to swim in the direction of the large Sharpedo. The two Pokémon collided and cause a huge splash of water that manage get Red, Pikachu, May, and Mr. Briney on the boat.
May's hair was all soggy as well as her clothes. She stomp her foot on the ground, angry that she was soaking wet from the two Pokemons' attack.
"Aw man, my clothes are all wet." May said, as she try to squeeze out the water from her wet brown hair with her hands.
Red rolled his eyes and looked back at the two water Pokemon going head to head, making huge splashes of water around on the ocean.
The Pallet Town Trainer was surprise to see how well the Sharpedo was putting on a fight against his Blastoise. He watched as Blastoise would use his "Headbutt" attack and watch the two Pokemon throw out their water attacks.
"Wow, that Sharpedo is giving Blastoise a bit of run of his money." Red said. "Looks like he could use some help."
As Blastoise and Sharpedo were basing their pressing their heads against each other, not letting one of them get the upper hand. The Sharpedo let out a sneaky smirk and shout out a really loud and strong "Screech" straight to Blastoise's face. This took Blastoise by surprise as his ears really began to hurt for he never had a "Screech" attack hit him so near his ears.
"That sneaky Sharpedo!" May growled, angry by the shark Pokemon's cheap move.
"Blastoise! Get a hold of yourself! Don't let that Screech attack get the best of you!" Red shouted.
Blastoise began to wail and scream as he his ears began to hear a loud ringing sound as he tried to get himself back together to battle Sharpedo. Sharpedo laughed at Blastoise and began to make his way to Mr. Briney's boat, ready to a huge bite of the boat.
"What do we do!? He's coming this way and fast! " May panic.
"Pikachu!" Red looked down at his mouse friend.
"Pika?" The mouse said, looking up to his trainer.
"It's gonna be a while for Blastoise to get his hearing back. Get ready to use one strong Thunder." Red said.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu chanted as he nodded and gave a determine look.
Pikachu stood on the ledge of the boat and prepare himself as he watch the Sharpedo come at them. Pikachu began to spark his red dot cheeks as Red put a hand in the air as they both watch the Sharpedo.
"At my mark. Get ready!" Red said, still holding his hand in the air.
The Sharpedo jumped out of the ocean with his "Aqua Jet" in the air and began to get near the boat. At sight of the Sharpedo, Red threw down his hand and commanded his yellow friend.
"Pikachu! Thunder!" Red shouted.
Pikachu surrounded himself in a yellow lighting aura and shot out a strong jolt of "Thunder" directly hitting Sharpedo in the air. However, Pikachu's "Thunder" attack didn't defeat the large Sharpedo quickly. While Pikachu's Thunder was hurting Sharpedo, the shark pokemon was still holding strong as his Aqua Jet was trying to break through Pikachu's Thunder like a beam struggle.
Pikachu was trying his best to push back the Sharpedo with his Thunder, but Sharpedo showed itself as a tough Pokemon by slighting pushing himself through with his Aqua Jet. Red was impressed by the Sharpedo's determination to win that he couldn't help smile and feel excited at the same time while May. Mr. Briney, and Peeko were frighten by the large water Pokemon.
"That Sharpedo won't just give up doesn't he?" May said, covering her eyes from Pikachu's bright "Thunder" attack.
"Red's Pikachu "Thunder" move may be weakening Sharpedo, but it looks like it's not giving up without a fight. It doesn't want to lose his pride as a Sharpedo." Mr. Briney said, also cover his eyes from the bright light of Pikachu's Thunder.
May gaze over at Red, who was smiling and had his arms folded as he watch the battle between his Pikachu and the dangerous Sharpedo go at it. May was surprised how calm and relax Red looked, not showing a sign of fear or worry.
"Red! You gotta do something! Sharpedo is slightly breaking through Pikachu's Thunder and is close to sink us to the ocean!" May yelled.
Red didn't looked or responded at May, as he kept on smiling at the Pokemon battle. The Sharpedo was now inches close to the boat as Pikachu was doing his best to push back the Sharpedo.
"Looks like there's one thing left for me do." Red thought to himself as he reached down to his belt as Sharpedo was near to hitting him and Pikachu upclose.
"RED!" May yelled.
May ran towards Red to help him avoid the Sharpedo attack, but stopped when a bright white light blinded her vision as well as Mr. Briney. Mr. Briney's boat was soon cover the bright light that lasted for a seconds before making visible again.
Once the bright light stopped, May looked over to where Red and Pikachu were at and found them safe and sound as well as the boat. May saw Pikachu panting before falling to his back to regain his energy. Red was having his back turn against May as he held something in his hand. Most importantly, May was surprise to see that the Sharpedo has suddenly vanished from her sight.
The young female trainer ran towards for demanded answers from him, "Red? What happen? Where did that Sharpedo go?" She asked.
Red form a soft smile and slowly turned around to face May. When Red faced May, the young trainer was shocked to see a pokeball in Red's hand, shaking violently. May immediately got the picture on what happen and what Red did.
"You caught the Sharpedo!?" May yelled and pressed her cheeks with her hands.
"Nice thinking my boy!" Mr. Briney said, impressed by Red's idea.
"Sure did, but he isn't mine yet. He's still putting up a fight as you can see." Red responded, looking down at the rattle pokeball.
Everybody watched as the pokeball kept on shaking on Red's hand. Red looked carefully as he began to give a serious look at the pokeball. May and Mr. Briney were little scared for if the Sharpedo breaks out of the pokeball it will have the opportunity to sink the boat. It was intense as they watch the pokeball shake for what seem like forever.
After a few seconds has pass, the pokeball stopped shaking and let out a loud "clicking" sound, indicating that Sharpedo is officially caught is now Red's Pokemon to keep. Red let out a big open smile and raised his pokeball in the air.
"Yeah! I caught a Sharpedo! My first Hoenn Pokemon!" Red said, proudly.
"Pikachu!" the mouse joined in.
"He did it!" Mr. Briney cheered.
"We aren't sleeping the fish Pokemon after all!" May said, in relief.
Red looked behind him to see a group of Sharpedos, who were all shock to see that their leader was beaten and capture by a Pokemon trainer. Red stood in pride as he began to spin Sharpedo's pokeball like a basketball with a taunting smile to the regular Sharpedos.
"Boo!" Red shouted to the Sharpedos.
All of the Sharpedo got scared by Red and began to swim away from Red as much as possible. Red let a chortled as he faced back to May and Mr. Briney.
"So what made you want to catch that Sharpedo?" Mr. Briney question the trainer.
Red smiled at Sharpedo's pokeball, "The way it was battling Blastoise and handling Pikachu's Thunder impress me. I saw how much determination that the Sharpedo had that made me want to catch it. Plus, if I didn't catch it at the last second. We all would have been Sharpedo food by now." Red let out a small chuckle.
Everybody then looked at Red's pokeball containing Sharpedo as it began to glow in Red's hand quickly disappear from their sight, leaving an empty space in Red's hand where the pokeball was once at.
"Red, where did Sharpedo's pokeball go? Why did it just vanished like that?" May said, curious.
Red chuckled, "That's because I already have a team of six Pokemon with me. A Pokemon trainer is allow to hold only six Pokemon with them. When a trainer has a full party of six with them, any Pokemon that the trainer captures after that get transported to their box." he answer.
"Oh! So Sharpedo is in your PC box." May said, getting the idea.
"That's right. I'll show when we get to the next Pokemon Center to show you where Sharpedo went to." Red nodded his head.
"Well now that our Sharpedo problem is over with. What do we do about the boat? We can't move!" May said, "We are stuck in the middle of the ocean!"
"No need to worry, luckily I know a small island nearby here that we can stay for a bit for me to fix the boat's engine." Mr. Briney said.
"Nice, if we can't move the boat. Maybe Blastoise could help us move the boat." Red said, looking back at the ocean to find his water Pokemon. "Yo Blastoise! You there!"
Red's Blastoise slowly rose up from the ocean as he was rubbing his ears, still hearing some small ringing after being by Sharpedo's Screech attack. Blastoise gave a thumbs to Red, signing that he was okay and was ready to help his trainer with anything.
"Good to see your well Blastoise, you think you could push the boat to a nearby island?" Red asked.
Blastoise gave a cocky smile, cracked his hands, and nodded to his trainer that his request was a piece of cake. Blastoise swam behind the boat and began to push with his hands with great strength and headed in the direction to where the nearby island was at.
Moments Later
When the gang finally reach the small island Mr. Briney was talking about, they made small camp near a beach by the shore. The island was not inhabited by people for Red and May mostly saw wild Pokemon roaming around and figure that there was no humans but themselves and Mr. briney on the island.
The sun was setting in the horizon of the sea, Red, May, and Mr. Briney were eating some meals that Mr. Briney made from the food supplies from his boat. Red's Blastoise was laying on the sandy floor relaxing his body after having a huge meal given to him by Red for his help and he deserve it after today.
Red's Pikachu was too relaxing as well on top of Blastoise's shell as he and Blastoise relax together under the sunlight. Red chuckled at the sight of his two Pokemon relaxing and chilling together before going back to eat his meal and looked over at Mr. Briney.
"So Mr. Briney, how long will it take to get the boat running?" Red asked.
"I'm gonna start fixing the boat first thing tomorrow morning. It will be done in a few hours. Those Sharpedos really did a number on it." Mr. Briney said, giving some food to his pet Peeko.
"Sweet." May said, before taking a bit of her meal.
"In the meantime, let's just relax for ourselves and enjoy our stay on this island." Mr. Briney said, smiling.
Red and May nodded their heads as they went back to eating. Red was in deep thought about the Sharpedo he caught not too long ago. Thinking about Sharpedo was making him wonder what other Hoenn Pokemon will he catch in the future. The more he thought about it, the more excited he was.
As Red was eating his meal, May quickly scooted close to her mentor Red with a saucy smirk on her face that she had before the Sharpedo attack happen. Red looked at May, wondering why the young trainer had that look on her face.
"What?" Red said, with his mouth full of food, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You never answer me about what's going on between you and Misty. Are you two together? Do you love her?" May said, smirking.
Red just sighed, blushed, and looked away from May to avoid her question. May giggled at this as Red rolled his eyes that May remember about his relationship with Misty and wished that he never told May about it.
Unaware from the gang, a pair of gecko like eyes were watching them from afar in a bush. The gecko like creature was mostly looking over at Red and his two Pokemon as they all relax with curious eyes. The gecko creature nodded his head and then quickly vanished from the bush and ran deep into the jungle by jumping tree to tree.
To be continued…..
