Nyaah! Hi, everyone! Okay, get this: My dad lives in Florida, and from time to time he sends me stuff (that's how I got my DS.) I recently got another package from him containing two DS games. One of them is the New Super Mario bros. game (the one that's 2.5-D), and the other was… Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007! (I know, I'd been expecting Either Diamond or Pearl, too.)
On top of that, everyone in my school keeps coming to me asking for help on THEIR Diamond and Pearl games, 'cuz they know I'm a Pokémaniac, and they figure I already have one, if not both, games! whimper
Anyways, just so you guys know, my school year is almost over, which means that finals and the threat of a Summer job are probably going to keep me from updating after this chapter. Look on the bright side, though! Once the school year starts up again (at the end of friggin' AUGUST), I'll be back in action!
To Coco Gash Jirachi: Calm down! You'll find out soon enough!
To Angel…: Well, don't forget, it used to be my friend's. It was pretty cool of him to go and get its name changed for me before we traded. (You don't wanna know what Mewsica's name was before, trust me.)
To Kaiseress: Oh, jeez. Sorry! Actually, my fourth period class is changing classrooms, so that's where I was working on it. Suddenly the lunch bell rang, so I had to finish up really quick, and just kinda forgot… Anyways, in reference to your team, have you ever considered using Flygon? Before my first Emerald game crashed, I used one in the Battle Frontier, along with an Absol, and got over 100 wins in… pretty much everything… I dunno… I had all gold symbols.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon, or any pop culture references mentioned in the story.
Warnings: More Princeton-based mania.
Chapter 14
As it turned out, two boys—one in Ra Yellow, the other in Obelisk Blue— had gotten into a not-so-small argument about which was better— the Obelisk's Growlithe of the Ra's Flareon. Needless to say, the Pokémon battle that ensued started a considerably large mildfire. Combining Marina's Water Pulse, Mana's Water Sport, and Kat's Gust attacks, the nearly 20-meter fire was quickly snuffed out.
The five boys (well, three boys and two men; whatever) were now resting on the front steps of the Slifer dorm, watching their Pokémon playing.
"Man," Slade said, breaking the silence, "what a day…"
"Heh, you should've seen what happened at the Ra dorm a few days ago," Chazz laughed as he leaned back against the railing. "Hey, by the way, Jag, I know you named Slade's Houndour 'Damien', but what did you name your Ryhorn?"
"We couldn't think of any appropriate names," Jagger replied. Slade let out a small snort of laughter thinking about some of the inappropriate ones.
Chazz looked thoughtful for a moment as he watched the still-unnamed Ryhorn charge at Kat, who fluttered out of the way. The Ryhorn then slammed into the tree behind Kat, knocking it down, and it was like a lightbulb went on in Chazz's head.
"Senko!" he cried, causing the other four to jump in surprise. Slade and Jagger stared at Chazz for a full ten seconds before the suggested name sunk in and they both dissolved into laughter. Jaden and Syrus just looked confused, so Chazz explained.
"Jagger's first girlfriend was this insane blonde chick named Senko. She had a tendency to fly off the handle for no reason whatsoever, which is why it only lasted about a month. But that's why it's a perfect name for Ryhorn!"
"Alright, then, Senko it is!" Jagger said, still laughing.
"Hey, what's up with them?" Syrus asked. The others followed the blunette's gaze over to where the Pokémon were no longer playing. Bartleby, Damien and Senko were tensed up and growling, while Mana, Kat and Marina all whimpered and scurried back over to their human companions. Marion seemed to be feeding off of the first three's apparent rage.
"Uh-oh…" Chazz said.
"'Uh-oh'?" Slade repeated, "What's 'Uh-oh'?"
"Normally Marion sticks with me, since I'm practically the definition of 'angry white boy'," Chazz said as Marina whimpered again. He took off his left glove and scratched in between her antennae, and she calmed down a little.
"So, their anger is stronger than yours?" Jaden asked worriedly as flames began to erupt from the holes in Bartleby's back.
"Right now it is," came the reply as Chazz tried to figure out just what it was that had their Pokémon so worked up.
Just then, the ground began to rumble, the three teens relaxing and the two older Princeton brothers panicked. The ground split open, and none other than Aster and Diamond (the Onix), along with the newest addition to their team, a Gligar named Doom, burst out of the ground.
"Hey, guys!" he called as he ran over to them. Like Slade and Jagger, Aster had decided that wearing fine suits wasn't a good idea when training Pokémon, so he'd taken to wearing more durable clothing. He pushed his tunneling goggles up to his forehead. "There's something really happening underground. All the Pokémon down there are either really timid or unusually violent. Can you believe a bunch of Diglett attacked us all at once for no reason!?" he exclaimed.
"Violent?" Syrus murmured. "Aw, man. That can't be good, especially with Ground-types!"
Aster nodded solemnly. "Yeah. We've been as careful as we possibly can, but the wild Pokémon—especially the ones near the volcano—keep actively trying to collapse our tunnels! That's why we've decided to stay topside for a while," he finished. Diamond growled in agreement, resting her chin on Aster's shoulder.
"You think the volcano might have something to do with it?" Jaden wondered aloud. The others looked at him with surprised expressions. "What I mean is, maybe the Pokémon know something we don't"
"I think your friend may have something there," Jagger said. Slade and Chazz's jaws dropped. Jagger never agreed with other people! Not even them! "Oh, come on! They do say that animals can sense natural disasters before they happen!" There was a moment of silence as the others mulled this over in their minds.
"It looks like we're gonna have to figure out what's going on ourselves, then," Jaden said decisively. "It couldn't be a regular eruption if both our Pokémon and the wild ones are freaking out…"
"Didn't Dexter once say that there were really powerful legendary Pokémon?" Syrus asked. "If there's something like that living in the volcano, then I really don't think we should bother it…" Syrus said.
"Kiiip," Mana agreed, hiding in his blazer.
Okeydoke! That's all for this chapter! (And BTW, I'm not trying to be flaky about putting my Pokémon teams up, I just left my list at home. I'm typing this at my school… -')