Title: A Pikachu Called Green
Genre: Friendship/Adventure
Summary: When Green looked nothing like himself…
Disclaimer: Pokemon and all its characters belong to Game Freaks and Nintendo
Crimson:I should say a lot of thanks...-that come outta nowhere '0'- and, erhm...petty much what you asked gets answered in this chapter except for Mew part since it still a raw idea. Thank you and hope you enjoy this as much as I write it!
I know I shouldn't rant in public…but I can't heeeelp…*whimper*
SCREW school!
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11th Poke: New Team Member: Meet
Have you ever heard of an electric barrier?
For example, that type of cage that usually is set as the barrier protecting tiger in the zoo so it can't attack the visitor?
It comes on many sizes and shapes. It can be shaped like your usual metal bars. The only thing that differs it from other bars is the fact that connected to it is high voltages cables. Touching it means thousands volts surge inside your body in just a matter of seconds. It also can be shaped like poles after poles with thin cords connecting each pole. The electricity runs within the cords. Touching it gives you more or less the same result as you do with bars.
But have you ever seen one in pokemon battles?
I understand completely now why this crazy lieutenant is inside that silly barrier, wearing gloves and boots inside a comfy gym. He has electric field installed in here. The stupid barrier is back crackling with electricity as the floor where Red stood rose. Surprised, Red was about to jump down the platform, but quickly jumped back, balancing himself on it as he held himself from falling.
The floor below gave out sparks. It buzzed as I rubbed it with my feet. I don't feel anything. Weird how I can feel pain from Raichu's electric attack, but not by raw electricity like this floor gave me. In fact, it seeps inside my body and perks my body.
As a Pikachu, I should be quite happy. Let me repeat QUITE happy since this field upped my electric power. But there's just one significant problem. The fact that my enemy is now way stronger than it usually does. Significant problem indeed…
"I've this special field installed the first time I was granted the gym leader's status" Surge's voice bellowed as he himself walked on the floor harmlessly, "…this field…gives power to my electric type pokemon, amazing stuff, huh?" he cackled a laugh.
I frowned bitterly at his laugh. This field is another no-fair field like that gym leader in Cerulean…
"I never use this field before, but since you have piqued my interest, I let you see it! Think of it as a treat!" his Raichu smirked, sparkles flew around its body, "…this field has an amazing ability to adapt…the more it gets electric power, the more it will electrocuted our pokemon…" my jaws fell when he said that. Does he mean, in the end, even us, electric type could be harmed as well on this field? Red voiced out my inner protest, "Can it hurt electric type?" he asked. Lt Surge chuckled deeply, "That depends on how much they can take. The stronger the pokemon, the more strong volt they can take…"
Which means…I'm screwed…literally screwed…
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"Have we launched our attack, yet?"
"The four commanders have all joined in the front line…the news have risen about our assault plan…we're just waiting for the order…"
"We have Saffron surrounded?"
"Yes…yes…I do believe so…"
"Good…"
"Your call…sir?"
"…After I get my son…we'll go straight for our plan…"
"Sir… you're taking a child on this mission? Wouldn't it be…dangerous?"
"I want him to observe…through his own eyes…through those merciless orbs…He will see what he has to do in the future as my successor…"
"But-"
"No buts, now…there's plenty of time for reason…now is the time to…attack…"
"….Yes…yes sir…"
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It hurts…it hurts more than doing me favor. The consecutive zapping from the electricity hurts me more than helping my power. Counting on how many attacks both Raichu and me have released, I'm going to bet that this field has contained more than I could take. Searing pain burns into my feet and butts –blame Pikachu's short feet- while my tails stiffened up from accepting the constant electric wave. I gritted my teeth, my pride holding my throat from screaming in agony. Red was tensed to the point that he was gripping at the edge of the platform. His knuckles turned white from the gripping. Red eyes fixed on my pitiful self. Every single second, I kinda afraid that he'll jump into the field just to snatch me away from the torture. Completely ignoring the fact that he'll die the instance his feet touched this thunderous floor.
On the contrary….Raichu seems to enjoy the shower of power. The bigger mouse pokemon showed no sign of pain from receiving this outburst. It's like…he still has stronger power stored inside him. This is bad… I can't let myself be beaten…not now, not by this guy…
Shakily, I clenched my paws, readying yet another attack. Of course, so far the only attack I released is electric based. It's not fair I guess, but life rolls this way… Every single attempt of tackling the bigger mouse ended up in me, crashing into an invisible barrier just mere inches from reaching it. Tails twitching, another lightning bolt zapped the Raichu, earning a crack from the field as it increases its voltage. This time, the burning pain manages to make me cried in pain. I screamed a hopeless "Pika pika!" hopping around the field, unable to stay in one place for too long before the pain becomes unbearable. Raichu snickered, shooting balls of electrics at me who frantically –and with enormous amount of luck- evaded. The pain grew. It's like trying to walk on burning fire itself. Is this a pikachu's limit?
"…I…I…gi…"
As my ears caught this voice of Red, I swiftly turned around, swiveled to face Red. Is he going to? No no…not this time…I won't let him…I jumped to the air toward Red, crashing against his chest. He toppled over, yelping in shock. I stared down at him. My feet maybe burnt –or so I thought- but there's no way I let Red give up…moreover…not because of me… He stared back at me, eyes blinking gloomily at me. I replied him with a convincing stare. I am not going to give up…and Red quickly caught on. He let out a soft chuckle. Giving me a gentle pat in the head he smiled, "…Okay…I am not going to give up if you're like that…" he pushed me aside from his chest. Slowly, he rose to his feet, fixing his cap, "…Let's continue…"
The field gave threatening crackles as I stood back on it, holding my feet from hopping about. "Hey, Green!" I propped my head up to see Red holding his pokedex, a thoughtful look passed across his face. From the corner of my eyes, I can see Lt Surge –who's now up in his own platform…guess those rubber boots have their own limit- raised an eyebrow, curious. "Did you know that both Pikachu and Raichu use their tails as a lightning rod?"
Just as he finished that sentences, an idea popped out inside my head…
Turning to face Raichu, I sneered at him…
You're going down…
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She pushed herself up again. There's no way she let herself be captured again. Forcing her tired legs, she let out a pitiful whimper. Taking time to look back every now and then, she sighed. She succeeded on making distance between her and her pursuers. That's a good thing for once. The sea breeze blew softly against her soft furs, gently alluring her to slow down her pace. Shaking such naïve thought, she trudged on, walking by the dock. It's nearly night and her tired limbs scream for her to rest them.
She needs to find a safe place to sleep…
Dragging her tired legs, she stumbled across the dock, toward the largest building near the sea. Looking around, making sure she's alone now without the baddies around, she rested her head against the wall, feeling the breeze once again petting her face gently. As her eyes grew heavy, she let herself gets her much needed rest.
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Lt Surge can't believe it…
Well, perhaps he could…but it's just not…he didn't account this at all!
How in the world can that kid order his Pikachu to do that? How? No, he…didn't exactly order the Pikachu… So, how do the Pikachu do precisely what the kid implicitly told? 'pikachu and raichu both use tails as lightning rod', yada yada… how in the name of arceus can the Pikachu conjure a plan without its trainer shouting orders?
Firstly, he expected the Pikachu would be down before Raichu get to its own limit. He's foreseen the effect on the Pikachu already. He's gonna win when the power is too much for the Pikachu to take on. But! The Pikachu did not give up, instead, it came up with a plan that could match human actions.
Secondly, he never heard the kid shouting any kind of order for the Pikachu to do. Not even once. It's like he's letting the Pikachu to think thorough about the battle and decide its own course of action. Freely letting it fight on its own consideration. That is no possible feat for beginners since pokemon originally is clueless about thing such as type advantage or attacking other pokemon effectively. You have to have complete trust on your own pokemon to do just that. Even he, a gym leader, can only let his Raichu do things on its own when it comes to a fight he knows he will win no matter what.
Thirdly, and the last one is that he lost. As the rampaging attack of thunder zapped his raichu, along with the field. And as he saw that the Pikachu had somersaulted itself toward the safe place of its trainer platform just in time as the lightning struck his raichu, he realized that he has lost. Even Raichu can't withstand accumulated attack at once.
Yep…the Pikachu has somehow taunted his raichu on using thunder in which his partner furiously complied. The move thunder has a time delay before it struck its actual aim. But in one catch such as 'tails as lightning rod', Raichu should have never used 'thunder'. That's why he ordered his pokemon to use electric ball only.
But the taunt has triggered the thunder move from Raichu because it is its stronger move. And sadly, struck him instead of the Pikachu. Since lightning always strikes the taller one and the stronger the lightning rod power is the more chance it will be stricken by the thunder. Simple general knowledge. For human. Not pokemon.
In the end, as he called his fainted Raichu back, deactivated his field and let the challenger walked toward him, he laughed. He laughed until his stomach shook. Tears welled from the corner of his eyes from the laughter, but he doesn't stop laughing. Wiping his tears, the lieutenant tapped the challenger shoulder, tousling his hair, making his cap fell. "You know, kid? I've never seen anything like that before!" he said, "…nice one kid…way to spark my spirit up!". The challenger smiled nervously and his cheeks tinged slightly. Letting yet another husky laugh, he pulled back to give the challenger the badge. The proof that the buffed gym leader has lost against the challenger.
That time, he swore he saw the Pikachu on the other shoulder snickered.
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It's just been minutes since the last gym challenge and I can still feel the adrenaline rushing inside my vein. I'm way too excited than I ever experienced since I am a kid. Amazing how winning against someone stronger than you could make you feel that you have conquered the world. I think I might burst into various kinds of giggling now however stupid that sound. Even a nudge of something joyous would make me leap in glee.
"Green…do you know what is that?"
I tilted my head toward Red, the gleefulness from my face faded as quick as it comes. I may have the duty to protect Red, to help him during his journey, but I still can't help but feel a bit…secretive around him. Maybe it's the duty or the embarrassment of Red finding out that I enjoy his company though that he doesn't even know that it's me… "Pika?" I replied as casual as I could with this current situation. He pointed at the gym's side by the sea and my sight caught what seems to be a brown fur-ball.
I hopped to the ground, looking at Red mentally asking for permission for me to go check it out myself. After getting a nod from him I walked closer, eyes fixed on the fur-ball. My first thought is to poke it with a stick. But, I can't find any stick around here and so came the next thought of poking it with my paws. Softly, I poked the ball of furs. It screeched, flinched back against the wall while short breaths can be heard from it. My eyes trailed toward the fur to its…eyes? Brown, scared eyes gazed back at mine, narrowing. He…hello? I tried greeting as polite as I could. It shivered, but arrogance shadowed its former look, W…what? What do you think you're doing…f…f-filthy mouse! The voice sounded raspy, but has hints of smugness on it. I held both my paws up, You're just there…I thought you were ball…of…furs?
It flushed, eyebrows twitching, Ball of- H…How dare you! Its mouth quivered obviously from anger. Hissing, it wagged its tail, teeth gritting, You filthy…civilians! It stormed toward me, pinning me to the ground. The surprise attack caught me off guard that I didn't have the time to react. He-hey, wait! I felt soft furs against my chest. I finally saw the face, its actual face. Brown eyes, small nose, soft, bushy furs around its chest. And the realization sank in.
You…you're an eevee?
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"No sign of green around here, too…"
Blue crossed her arms, sighing deeply to herself. Taking her time to deliberate with herself, Blue groaned loudly. Wailing at her feet is the Squirtle she 's gotten from the professor. A scaredy one too. She loves how cute it is, running around her feet, hugging it when it was afraid of something. Every time she uses it in battle, she has to pat it on the head first, calming the turtle pokemon down before it actually does anything. While it's cute on her eyes, it's annoying sometimes. Like when she's on gym battle…
Shaking her head from such thoughts, she scooped the whimpering pokemon to her arms. Squirtle eyes are blue like the sky. They're amazing to look at when they are not in 'frightened' mode. So pure like the sparkling ocean.
She wants to stay with the turtle pokemon forever if she could. But is that means that finding Green will end their time together? Cause there'll be no reason for her to keep on going on her journey anymore.
She knows she shouldn't think about this and focus on enjoying her adventure as much as she can while trying to find any clue about Green's disappearance. She had battled few gym leaders and asked them whether they've seen a brunette boy AKA Green. None of them have given her satisfying answers. Either they've never seen him or never heard of his name. So she moved on, toward her next destination, searching every nook and cranny for the slightest sign of Green's whereabouts. Still,
Her heart aches when she somehow wants Green not to be found at all…
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Random days Updates…and could get more random…my homeroom teacher scold me for getting terrible grades and so on…but…I should finish this…nnnnmmmmmpphhh….what should I do? I'll try to regularly update, okay! Maybe a chapter or two then I'd have regular schedule for updating. Wait for it, key? Thanks a bunch for reading!