This is a much FASTER update. HUZZAH!!!! Oh... and um... Happy Fourth of July. There. :)
"They don't just come to us!"
Kaiba stared at Joey incredulously. "Of course I know that! But we don't have any idea where the next one is!"
"Why don't you just do that weird thingy spacing out and tell us where the next one is! You did it for Arceus!" Joey protested. Kaiba rolled his eyes.
"I don't know what that was," the brunette pointed out. "I lost a full minute of my life as the information was transmitted to me, or something. What!?" Yugi was staring at Kaiba intently, and it was driving the taller male crazy!
"You don't think…" Yugi started, but he was cut off as there was a loud crash from the kitchen, and a frazzled Roland rushed into the room. All bodies tensed, and all heads turned to stare.
"M-m-m-m-m-mister Kaiba!!!!!!!!!" Roland stuttered, gripping onto the back of the nearest couch. "Th-th-th-there's a-a-a-a-a…"
"SPIT IT OUT!" Kaiba roared, at his wits' end.
"The refrigerator is attacking us, sir!" Roland blurted.
Silence followed…
…for about five seconds.
Joey started sniggering, but he was interrupted when the refrigerator hopped in. It was orange with a pink electric aura, weird eyes, and a spike on top. It cackled at them, opened the doors, and sent a blizzard out at them. The occupants dove for cover.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Bakura shouted, his yami taking control.
"Apparently, that's my refrigerator," Kaiba said coolly. He had jumped over the chair he was sitting on, and he looked to his sides. At one side, crouching behind the love seat were Mokuba and Serenity. On the other, behind the couch, was Joey.
Joey looked over at the CEO, grinning widely. "You have a weird taste in fridges."
"That's not what it normally looks like," snapped Kaiba.
"It must be another pokémon," Yami said from somewhere. "Mokuba, Serenity, you're the experts, do you know what it is?"
"It's one of the newer ones," Mokuba said, "I can't remember what it's called, or what it does."
The fridge cackled again and hopped somewhere else in the room. Someone shrieked in surprise and dodged out of the way of the Blizzard. It sounded like Téa. Kaiba peeked over the chair and saw the strange fridge frown. It hopped back into the kitchen, and an orange toaster oven with a red plasma aura and a spike on its head flew back out. It cackled, proving it to be the same pokémon, and sent off a wave of heat.
Mai made the first move. "Go, Midnight, use Night Slash!" Her Absol popped out and leaped at the bizarre toaster oven. Its claw was shrouded with a purplish-black shadow, and it slashed the machine. It was smashed back, and a Pokémon was knocked out of it. It was orange and oddly shaped, with a blue aura of plasma. It frowned and chattered angrily a little bit.
Tristan stood up and pointed his Pokédex at it. It spoke loudly. "Number 479, Rotom. The Plasma Pokémon. Electric and Ghost type. Its body is composed of plasma. It's electric-like body can enter some kinds of machines and take control in order to make mischief."
"Of course something like that would hang out here," Mokuba said, thumping his head against the couch. "That's just great!"
"Catch it!" Kaiba yelled suddenly.
"With what!?" Bakura bellowed back.
"Check your pockets, idiot," the brunette snapped back. Slightly confused, Bakura slipped a hand inside one of his pockets and pulled out a familiar golf ball-sized ball. It was an empty Pokéball.
"Where'd this come from!?" he said in surprise.
"Ask someone who cares," Kaiba said. He took out one of his own Pokéballs and released the Charmander inside. "Use Ember!" The red lizard hopped on top of the chair and blew small flames at Rotom. The Plasma Pokémon swerved to avoid it and fled down an adjoining hall. Not wanting any of his technology to be destroyed, Kaiba started to race after it, but quickly scooped up Charmander when the poor little dude tried to run too and fell down.
"Houndour, I choose you!" Joey announced, releasing a medium-sized black dog. He grinned widely and giggled. "I always wanted to say that!" He chased after the CEO, and the rest of the rooms occupants (except for Roland, he had fainted) followed, Mai at the lead with Midnight the Absol.
As they ran, Mokuba rattled off details they needed to know. "Since it's electric and ghost type, if you have a pokémon that is Dark, Ground, or Ghost type, now's a great time to summon them!"
They nodded, and followed Mokuba's suit as he released his Drifloon and tugged it along. Yugi took out his Sableye, Bakura summoned Kneph the Gastly, and Tristan found himself having to carry his Geodude.
Kaiba was up front, and Joey had caught up. They stopped at the end of the hallway when Rotom stopped, too… right next to what looked like a red light switch. It put on a large smile, cackled, and disappeared into the wall. The switch sparked and slowly flicked from the up position to the down. The floor opened up, and Joey and Kaiba dropped into a pitch black pit, landing awkwardly. The floor closed back up above them, making the only light source Charmander's tail.
"Erm. Kaiba? Can I ask you a question?"
"What?"
"Why the hell do you have trap doors in your house?"
Mai skidded to a stop. Yami and Bakura almost crashed into her. She had just seen Joey! Where did he go?
"What just happened?" Téa asked, running up. "Where'd they go?"
They heard cackling and watched as Rotom materialized out of a red light switched and flew past them.
"Not so fast!" Yami cried. "Sableye, now!" His purple ghost swooped from out of the ceiling and tackled Rotom, hitting it with a Shadow Sneak. The Plasma Pokémon spun wildly and crashed into the ground, fainting. Bakura, realizing his cue, whipped out the empty Pokéball and quickly caught the rogue pokémon. Yami breathed a sigh of relief. "That could have been much worse."
"Do you guys hear something?" Serenity asked. Everyone stopped and listened. It sounded like snarling and fighting from underneath the floor.
"Houndour, stop it!"
"Well, Mutt, it appears our monsters don't like each other."
"Figures."
"Mm-hmm."
Tristan bent down and listened to the carpet. "It sounds like Houndour and Charmander are fighting," he announced.
"Does that mean that Seto and Joey are underneath the floor?" Mokuba asked.
"Probably," Tristan replied.
"Um… Mokuba?" Téa tentatively asked. "Does… your house have trap doors?" Mokuba gave her an utterly confused look. She shrugged. "It's an idea."
"We might, I'm not sure," Mokuba admitted. "But how do we open it, then?"
"Hey, hey, Moneybags, how long have we been down here anyway?"
"I don't know. Five minutes, maybe? I can't see my watch."
"Don't you think we should call for help, Rich Boy?"
"Shut up, Mutt, you don't know how my house works."
"Okay, Mr. Grumpy, I don't own a house with freaking trap doors."
"I told you to shut up! God, you're like a cheese grater in my ear."
Tristan was still pressing his ear to the ground. "I think I can hear people murmuring down there!"
"Kneph, go see who it is," Bakura ordered. The Gastly did a strange nod by rotating its head up and down and melted through the floor. It reappeared a few seconds later. "Is it Kaiba and Joey?" It did its strange nod again.
"But how do we get to them!?" Serenity cried.
"It's almost as amusing to watch our Pokémon fight as it is to watch Gladiator!"
"Wheeler, have I ever told you… you are an idiot."
"There's gotta be a button somewhere that opens the trap door," Mokuba said.
"Like this?" Malik pointed to the red switch.
"Button, Malik, I said button."
"Um… Kaiba… do you see what I see?"
"You mean Charmander evolving?"
"Um… Yes."
"CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh crap."
Malik ignored Mokuba's statement and flipped the switch anyway. The floor dropped open in front of them in time for a jet of fire to shoot out and scorch the ceiling.
"CHARMEEEEEELEON!!!!!" hissed something.
"GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE ALREADY!!!" Joey's voice floated up.
"CHARMELEON, STOP!" Kaiba's voice added, followed by another jet of flame.
Mokuba sweatdropped and released his Tangela. Serenity summoned her Bulbasaur, and the two pokémon used Vine Whip to assist the two males in clambering out of the pit. Joey had his Houndour in his arms, which was whimpering as if it was scared. Kaiba was holding a struggling crimson lizard, which was shooting fire everywhere. So this was Charmeleon.
"What's going on, Seto!?" Mokuba cried.
Kaiba didn't have time to answer. He threw the rampaging Pokémon to the other side of the hall and ducked a Flamethrower. "No time, just HELP! This thing is crazy!"
Charmeleon roared again and charged at his owner. Suddenly, however, Geodude forcefully rolled into him, knocking him backwards.
"Nice Rollout!" Tristan said. "Now use Rock Throw!" For the lack of rocks, Geodude dug into the floor and chucked woodwork and carpet at the fire lizard.
"DON'T DESTROY MY HOUSE!" Kaiba screeched.
"Go, Shellder!" Serenity ordered, summoning her Pokémon. "Use Water Gun!"
"Mudkip," Téa said, releasing the blue Mud Fish Pokémon, "use Water Gun too!"
The combined Water attacks hit Charmeleon dead-on and he fainted. Kaiba took a well-deserved deep breath and returned his KO-ed Pokémon to its proper Pokéball. "Phew. Glad that's over."
"What was that about?" Joey panted.
"I don't know!" Kaiba replied loudly. "It evolved, and it just attacked me!"
"It's tellin' you something, dude," Tristan joked, prodding the CEO with a finger.
Kaiba glared at the other brunette. "Touch me and you die," he snarled. Tristan withdrew real quick.
"I know Tristan was joking, but maybe he's right," Yami said. "When have you ever treated your creatures with kindness?"
Kaiba crossed his arms and harrumphed. "Why should I care for these things? They're going to disappear from my life in a few days anyway."
Yami sighed, defeated. "You know, Kaiba, you can learn a lot of things from creatures that don't speak your language. You just have to hear what they're telling you."
"And what the hell is that supposed to mean!?"
"Figure it out. Wisdom comes at a price, you prick."
How'd you like dem apples, eh?
When they said "Oh crap," both of them were saying it. In unison. :D
Well... They caught Rotom. I know he's not an ACTUAL Legendary, but in this story, he's counted as one.