GUARDIANS OF POKEMON

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Pokemon or any of its characters. Any original characters are mine, however.

Seventeen legendary guardians

possessing powers far beyond comprehension

will soon arise and protect the world from a deadly force...

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"Aaaaaaahhh!" yelled Ash and the others as Dash led them to a falling waterfall in Tohjo Falls Cave. "How are we going to escape this?!" asked Misty as Ash sighed, "We don't." They all fell down the waterfall which divided into separate river currents. At the mouth of one of the rivers, Jupei woke up after being knocked unconscious. He flew around, "Guys? Where are you?" Surrounding Jupei were numerous waterfalls all leading to what seemed like the center where he stood. "This cave is bigger than I thought. Ash! Where are y..." Suddenly, someone had grabbed him as he yelled, "Let gmmmph!"

#10: THE FALL AND RISE OF TOHJO

Pikachu found Ash on different river and woke him up, "Pika!" He electrocuted Ash as he stood up and asked, "What?! What?! Oh, hey Pikachu. Where are the others?" Pikachu could not answer. The two walked around the olarge cave as Ash saw several waterfalls, "That's right! We fell off the waterfall! We must have been knocked unconscious and sepearated from the others." Pikachu looked sad and cried, "Pika." "Or worse! They might have died!" Pikachu shook its head and yelled, "Pika!" Ash then got an idea, "My Seeker!" He took out his device as static came from it. "Guess it's not waterproof."

Meanwhile, at yet another sector of the cave, Misty woke up floating in the water. "Eh. Hey! Water Power! Mermaid Transform!" She transformed into a mermaid and swam through the river current. "Where's Ash? And all the other unimportant characters to a lesser extent." She bumped into Dash's legs which were in the water. Dash looked down and asked, "Who's unimportant?" Misty gulped and said, "Oh, it's just you Dash."

"Jenny, Joy, Jenny, Joy..." Brock dreamt at another river as he woke up and yelled, "Ivy!" He then looked around and pondered, "Where am I?" He found Tracey sleeping right next to him and gasped, "No! I couldn't! I wouldn't! It would have been a first for me, but no!" Tracey stood right behind him and asked, "What are you mumbling about, Brock?" Brock gasped and backed away, "Nothing Tracey! Mind your own business." Tracey sweatdropped, "Right. Hey, look at all these waterfalls. Who knew Tohjo Falls was full of them?"

Dash stared at Misty as a mermaid as Misty yelled at him, "What are you staring at?! Look, we better look for the others. I'll swim around. You dig a hole." Dash blanked out for a minute then said, "Yeah, okay. Ground Power! Dig Drill!" He dug a tunnel through a rock barrier. Meanwhile, Misty noticed a splash in the water and asked, "Huh? Ash?" She followed the splashes.

Ash ran to the top of a waterfall and sighed, "No, it's a dead end." Suddenly, something had climbed the waterfall as Misty realized she couldn't climb the waterfall. The thing then knocked Ash down into the waterfall as Ash shouted, "Not again!" Misty saw Ash falling and gasped, "Ash!" She rescued him from the water and brought him to land. As she was about to give Ash CPR, he woke up and gasped, "Misty?!" Misty yelled and swam back. "What happened, Ash?" "Something attacked me at the top of the waterfall." Misty gasped, "It must have been the same thing that attacked me." Meanwhile, someone had been watching them from a distance. She pushed the thing back down the waterfall as Ash gasped, "It's coming back down!"

Brock and Tracey continued walking around aimlessly. "We'll never find them!" Brock said as Dash came up from beneath him. Brock held his crotch and gasped, "Ooh!" Tracey cheered, "It's Dash! We're saved!" He looked at Brock on the floor and sighed, "Well, at least most of us..." Dash then said, "Follow my tunnel. It leads to the base of the waterfall."

"Psychic Power! Psychic Blast!" yelled Ash as he tried to hit the splashing nuisance. His attack missed as Misty chased it in the water. She caught up with it and grabbed it. Recognizing its face, she gasped, "A Seaking!" Seaking used Waterfall and traversed the waterfall. Misty attempted to keep hold of its slimy body. However, the pressure of the waterfall attempted to bring her down. Ash cheered her on, "Keep your grip!"

"I can't hold on to it any longer!" yelled Misty as the waterfall continued pouring on her!" Meanwhile, Dash found a dead end in his tunnel. Brock and Tracey sighed, "What's the hold up?" Dash replied, "I can't dig this way anymore." Brock sighed, "Well, it's getting cramped in here, so just dig anywhere." Dash aimed upwards and yelled, "Dig Drill!" He was at the top of the waterfall and had made a giant hole trapping all the water in the hole which pushed them backwards.

Misty gasped as the waterfall stopped falling. Seaking, no longer able to climb the waterfall, fell into the empty river. Seaking, attempted to splash away, failed in its efforts as an angry Misty looked down upon it. "Water Ball!" yelled Misty as the ball captured Seaking. Dash, Brock, and Tracey ended up at the base of the waterfall at the end of their tunnel. Dash asked, "So what did we miss? Anything important?"

Ash and the others walked along Tohjo Falls once again reunited. Upon reaching the waterfall leading to light, Tracey asked, "How do you suppose we climb this waterfall?" Misty sent out Seaking and grabbed onto it. Grab onto me." Brock thought about it, "Hmmm..." Misty sighed, "Except you Brock. You grab my tail." "But it's slimy," sighed Brock.

Following Misty, everyone made it up safely to the top of the waterfall leading to the exit. Ash asked, "Aren't we forgetting something?" Everyone gasped, "Jupei!"

Suddenly, Jupei was thrown to the ground. "Where were you, Jupei? And how did you get up there?" asked Ash as he looked up and saw a girl with large ears standing on the top of a cliff. He asked, "Who are you?!" "Meow?" purred the girl. Misty then gasped, "She meowed. Is she one of those catgirls I've heard about so much? I thought they were only myths." She then whispered, "I'm just here to help. You left this poor guy alone, so I rescued him." She pointed to Jupei as Ash asked, "But what are you doing here?" The catgirl ran away before answering.

Brock sighed, "That was the perfect chance to get with a real girl..." Misty roared at him, "What?! Well, it's not like it was your species anyway!" Jupei thought about the girl's appearance, "Hmmm... What was up with her?"

Eventually, Ash and the others reached the exit of Tohjo Falls and found a beautiful meadow. Misty yawned, "Finally! We're out of that scary cave!" Ash breathed in some fresh air and cheered, "We're in Johto!"

TO BE CONTINUED

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Preview of Next Episode:

Dash: An Donphan with some anger management is attacking us!

Brock: With Rollout!

Dash: Will you stop finishing my sentences?

Brock: Hey, it's not my fault you're not explaining the next episode clearly enough!

Ash: Will you just tell everyone what the next episode is about?

Dash: Guardians of Pokemon #11: Roller Baiting.

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Author's Notes: It's nice to see some reviews popping up. I appreciate it.

Now for some unanswered questions. Another hint for the May's brother conspiracy. I didn't mean that it had nothing completely to do with the show. It's just that it was never addressed anywhere else besides the games and especially the manga. If you still don't get it, then just think about how small Pallet Town is anyway, and some ideas should pop up.

Until next time!