A/N: Here's next chapter…
Badges: 2
Location: Route 25, Cerulean Cape, Route 5
Pokémon On Hand…
Eiji: Eevee, Rattata
Masumi: Bulbasaur, Spearow
Sakura: Squirtle, Butterfree, Oddish
Souta: Nidoran (male), Abra
Natsuki: Pikachu, Gastly
Satoru: Charmander, Beedrill, Magikarp, Bellsprout
Chapter 14: Prophecy
All Satoru kept thinking about was the two badges he had in his badge case: the Boulder Badge in Pewter City and the Cascade Badge in Cerulean City. With only six badges, he can qualify for the Pokémon League… and hopefully, find their way home from this place.
However, the questions were as follows:
First, where are they heading next?
Second, why are they back on Route 24?
Third, why is Souta leading the way? But, then again the question has already been answered: he had the map.
Heading past the Nugget Bridge, the Boukenger were continuing their journey through the Kanto League. However, they have no idea where they are headed to. Souta had the map out already as they were all sitting on Route 25. Nestled in the bushes, they were looking at Souta as he spread out the map of Northern Kanto.
"So, we went to Pewter already and we just left Cerulean. The road we are taking now is heading toward the Cerulean Cape," he said.
"Cerulean Cape?" asked Satoru.
Natsuki nodded, "Yes, Cerulean Cape. It's where Bill lives."
"Bill? The Pokémaniac?" asked Masumi, sarcastically.
"YES!" said Souta and Natsuki. Masumi finally quieted down. Souta started coughing, "After we talk with him at Cerulean Cape, we can take the ferry back to Cerulean City and head south."
"South?" asked Satoru.
"Yep, Route 5 to be exact," said Souta, "It heads into Saffron City. But, the rumors about the place is causing visitors to not enter the city."
"So," said Natsuki, "There's an underground entrance."
Pointing at the brown house on Route 5, Souta watched as she dragged her finger to the brown house below Saffron, expanding the map to Southern Kanto.
"This will jump us on Route 6, which will lead to Vermillion City and the next gym battle," said Natsuki, "Besides, while Satoru has his battle, we could all sit and watch the boats."
"Who is the next gym leader, anyway?" asked Satoru.
"His name is Lt. Surge. That's all I'm saying," said Natsuki.
"Lt. Surge?" asked Souta, "Oh boy. Something tells me they will be capturing someone from an army sentai."
"True," said Satoru.
Masumi nodded as he grabbed his knapsack tightly, "Let's go visit this Bill guy."
"Sweet," said the others as they were heading toward the Cerulean Cape.
Negative Syndicate…
Makino-sensei, Urara and Kenta were still tied up in the cage as Ryuwon and Gaja stood next to each other, looking at the map.
"It seems Boukenger are advancing on Route 24," said Gaja.
Ryuwon looked at him, "I wonder…"
Kenta looked at Urara, "Is it possible Satoru beat you?"
Urara turned to Kenta, "If he did, then that's a good thing, isn't it?"
Makino nodded, "Guys, if that's true, then that means Satoru is advancing toward the next city."
Suddenly, there was a loud roar. Everyone turned to see Ryuwon pound the table with a loud cracking sound. He was beside himself as he turned toward Gaja, "He has two badges. Do you know what this means?"
Gaja nodded, "They are moving toward the next city. I'm surprised though. They are heading into uncharted territory."
"Uncharted territory?" asked Ryuwon, "Route 24 and 25 lead to Cerulean Cape. You have been reading the strategy guide of Pocket Monsters: Ultimate, right?"
"What do you mean?" asked Gaja.
"They are going to visit Bill, the Pokémaniac!" yelled Ryuwon.
"Sir, we have caught another person who would look fit for this," said Gaja.
"Right," said Ryuwon, "Where did you go?"
"1995: Ohranger era. He would be a great gym leader to throw them off," said Gaja, smiling.
Meanwhile, in the cage, Kenta and Urara turned around toward Makino. Makino rolled his eyes.
"Not another sentai warrior," mumbled Makino.
"If they are trying to have a massive war, they are doing a great job," said Kenta.
"Well," said Urara, "That's a good point. My question is who are they going to bring?"
Makino nodded, "And without your MagiPhone, we can't escape."
Urara nodded, "Yeah."
Back in the Game…
The rangers were walking through the harsh thickets of Route 25. After battling trainers, and getting experience points, the trainers have finally reached the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was bright blue with black designs that appeared all around it. As the doors slowly opened toward them, the Boukenger decide to go through.
"Nice to meet you," said Satoru, "Wherever you are."
The Boukenger were looking around at the interior of the lighthouse. However, as they turned around, they noticed a big Clefairy walking down the stairs.
"A WILD CLEFAIRY?" asked Sakura.
"No, I'm Bill. I'm just stuck in this outfit. Can you help me?" asked Bill.
"What can we do?" asked Natsuki.
"Simple," said Bill, "Press the button behind my back. Apparently, I forgot that Clefairy's hands are too small to reach."
Natsuki nodded as she went around the back. Pressing a white button, the lights began to flash back and forth as the suit began to glow bright pink. The costume began to digitize off of Bill as he was revealed to be once again someone they knew. He wore a blue t-shirt with brown pants and black shoes. However, he had brown hair and black eyes. He was smiling as he looked at them.
"Apparently, Professor Oak and I have been in contact," said Bill, "It seems that he looked like someone you knew?"
"Yeah," said Satoru, "And two gym leaders…"
"Gym Leaders?" asked Bill.
"Yeah, we see that each gym leader we have met so far is a Super Sentai counterpart that we know about," said Sakura.
"Super Sentai: from what Oak told me is a squad of rangers that are defending the world from various empires and so far, there are a lot of them," said Bill.
"Yep," said Satoru, "Anyway, I have a question to ask of you. We all do."
"Yes?" asked Bill.
"When we left Pallet Town, Oak told us about a prophecy and an ancient artifact in this region. Do you know what he is talking about?" asked Satoru.
"Yes," said Bill.
Bill led the others toward his lab. The lab looked smaller than Oak's lab. As he took out a white map, he placed the whole region map in front of them. Souta gasped as he looked at the huge map that was there.
"This is the whole Kanto Region," said Bill, "And what you guys need are the Three Shamouti Spheres."
"Shamouti Spheres?" asked Satoru.
"The Shamouti Spheres are the essences of the three Legendary Pokémon: Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres," said Bill.
Masumi sighed, "That's going to be difficult."
Bill nodded, "Yep. If the Negative are a threat, they probably will be out to find this as well and start looking."
Sakura turned around toward the team, "Then, that means we shouldn't wait around. We should continue."
"Agreed," said Satoru, "Boukenger, move out."
No sooner they went to leave, Bill stopped them for one second. He had six S.S. Tickets in his hand. Giving one of them a ticket, he turned to Satoru, "While you're in Vermillion City, there's a trainer party at the S.S. Anne. You could learn from some Pokémon they have."
"Sweet," said Satoru, "Thanks."
Meanwhile…
It was the year 1995. The Ohranger just finished battling another machine beast. Baranoia was definitely not at its rest. For one ranger, he was going to be captured. It was none other than Shouhei Yotsukaichi, OhGreen. He was off duty and decided to wear just a black t-shirt with blue jeans. Outside, he was running across the street, enjoying the beautiful sun in Tokyo. However, things were interrupted. He looked up as he saw a green beam shoot down from the sky. Shouhei yelled as he was captured in that energy beam. He yelled as he felt something prick his arm, feeling the pain. However, he was lifted in the air, into the sky.
And he dropped… into the cage.
"Ow," said Shouhei, "That was a bumpy ride."
He then turned around to see Makino, Kenta, and Urara with him. Shouhei turned around, "Who are YOU?"
"Kenta, Black Mask," said Kenta.
"Urara, MagiBlue," said Urara.
"Makino, I work with the Boukenger," said Makino.
Shouhei looked at them. They seemed trustworthy to him, "Shouhei, OhGreen. Anyway, why am I captured?"
"Let's just say… they took your DNA and now you are playing someone in the game," said Kenta.
"What?" asked Shouhei, "What game?"
"Pocket Monsters: Ultimate," said Makino, "The Boukenger has been sucked into the video game. And they need to go over the obstacles to beat them."
Shouhei sighed as he looked at the screen. He never expected to see the world of Pokémon to be real as the screen turned on. He never even heard of Pokémon since it didn't come out yet in his era. He watched, looking at the powerful sentai team walking down Route 5. They saw the Boukengers once again, enter the city of Cerulean, heading southbound…
Back in the Game…
While the sun was setting west with the beautiful pink hue surrounding the celestial object, Satoru sighed as they waved goodbye to Cerulean City and started heading off toward Vermillion City. The rangers were walking through south down a massive hill. There was a sign that said:
ROUTE 5: CERULEAN CITY-SAFFRON CITY
VERMILLION CITY SHORTCUT USE UNDERGROUND ENTRANCE
Satoru sighed as he looked at the sun. The sun was starting to set again as he began to stop walking.
"What is it chief?" asked Sakura.
"It took us all day to get all the way over here," said Satoru, "I say we camp out for the night."
Sakura smiled. The others also agreed. Masumi smiled as he took out his Poké Ball, "Bulbasaur, I choose you!"
The Poké Ball opened up, releasing Bulbasaur. Masumi stretched out his hand, "Bulbasaur, use your Vine Whip and cut the trees for firewood."
Bulbasaur's vines were so sharp, that four trees came down. The whips came down so fast, that they were diced into pieces. Everyone grabbed wood walked toward the camp site, which was right at the bottom of the hill. The wood was placed in pyramid formation.
"Charmander, I choose you!" said Satoru, opening the Poké Ball. Charmander was released.
"Ember on the firewood!" said Satoru.
Charmander released a flame attack at the firewood, creating a fire. Eiji chuckled as he grabbed a silver pan and placed it over the wood. He took out a couple of materials.
"You're cooking?" asked Masumi.
"Yes," said Eiji, "Why?"
Masumi shook his head, "I never knew you cooked."
Eiji sighed, "Well, it's time you know. The last time we camped out, we had berries and other stuff. I couldn't take it. So, I went to Pewter City while Satoru was battling Kenta and I bought some pewter appliances."
"Good thinking," said Satoru.
"And it's almost done," said Eiji, "Now, to put the ingredients in."
He poured some noodles, wasabi sauce and some other awesome food items to make a great dinner for them. His Eevee walked up toward the top of his shoulder. Eiji smiled as he pet the creature, "Give me some time, Eevee."
"Eevee," it said, getting down from his trainer's body. Meanwhile, Souta and the others let their Pokémon for exercise and fun. However, while that was happening, Satoru was looking at his badge case: the Boulder Badge and the Cascade Badge.
"I wonder who's next?" asked Satoru to himself.
"Well," said Natsuki, overhearing Satoru, "I could help you on that one."
Masumi turned around, "This is why we never let Natsuki-chan play video games."
"Oh, shut up Masumi," said Natsuki, staring at him coldly. She turned toward Satoru and cleared her throat, "The gym in Vermillion City is run by an army gym leader, who is tougher than Misty and Brock. You beat him, you get a Thunder Badge."
"Which means he has…," said Satoru, "Electric types?"
"Yep," said Natsuki.
Sakura turned around, listening in, "Does that mean that he won't need to have a rematch?"
"Well, Electric types are weak against ground and rock attacks. Unfortunately, Satoru doesn't carry one. However, he can still win without them," said Natsuki.
"What do you mean?" asked Satoru.
Natsuki smiled, "You have a Bellsprout, Charmander, and Beedrill… they will be perfect for the next battle."
"What about Magikarp?" asked Satoru.
Natsuki rolled her eyes, "Well, first… I wouldn't use it. It's worthless and second it's a water type."
Satoru nodded, "I shouldn't have even bought it."
"It might be weak now," said Natsuki, "Just wait until it evolves."
BoukenRed looked up at his comrade with curiosity, "Evolves?"
"Yep," said Natsuki, "Once Magikarp evolves, you will have a strong fighter in your party and you wouldn't want to release it. But, as of right now, Magikarp needs some experience."
"The only thing it does when I release it is Splash!" said Satoru.
"It knows two other attacks," said Natsuki, "Tackle and Flail."
Satoru nodded. He looked over Eiji's new dinner. As he went to pour it into six bowls, he started serving them. Meanwhile, Souta and Sakura prepared the Pokémon food for everybody else, even Magikarp's fish bowl.
"Dinner is served," said Eiji.
"Great," said Masumi, "Bulbasaur, Spearow, dinner!"
Everyone rushed over for their food. So far, there were no complaints. Everyone was having a great time. After all, they have been traveling for the past three weeks. It was a fun trip so far, regardless of how much they miss home.
After eating, the rangers laid out their sleeping bags. It was time to call it a night. Tomorrow at sunrise, they march on to Vermillion City: The Port of Exquisite Sunsets.
Next Chapter:
The rangers arrive in Vermillion City and they are doing an awesome job to get ahead of the game. However, upon arriving at the S.S. Anne, they never expected one person to be on the trip. Who?
Chapter 15: The Battle Aboard the S.S. Anne
A/N: Review please? Thank you... I really want some feedback. :)