"Pokémon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow: The First Legend"
Chapter 21 – Numero Uno – Articuno, the Bird of Blizzards:
Mysterious Reader: Articuno's appearing? ^.^
Beast Out Ghost: Yup! Giovanni's plan, remember? But never mind that, right now, to the chapter!
Red, Green, Blue and Yellow rested for the night. As for Giovanni, he disappeared, but that wasn't where to focus. Red couldn't sleep very well. Green and Blue were sleeping in Green's house. Blue seemed pretty happy to be sleeping next to Green-
HAHAHAHAHAAAA…! Just kidding! Well, not that Blue didn't try. With the help of Daisy (who is trying to make her brother get a girlfriend). And the help of Professor Oak (being the only grandson, it's his obligation to help him out). But Green managed to object to every statement. But she got the privilege of sleeping in his room, in a sleeping bag. She still seemed pretty happy.
Yellow was in a similar state. Red offered her the opportunity to sleep in his room in a sleeping bag.
Of course, both boys had a pretty surprising surprise (that came out wrong) next morning.
Green was being woken up, by the rays of light that came through his window. But he felt a heavy weight over his body. Like if his covers had turned from light and comfy to surprisingly comfy and heavy, about 46 kilos / 101 pounds-
*DOKA, DOSU, PAN!*
I mean, about 44 kilos / 97 pounds. Green opened his eyes slowly, recovering the sense of touch after the very long sleep. His sense of smell returned as well, and there was a familiar scent surrounding him. He opened his eyes, and just a bit of the image was enough to make him wide-eyed, blushing to the point of his whole face turning red. Blue was literally on him, her head next to his, her face pointing towards him. She had placed her right hand intertwined with his left hand. Her hair was spread along their necks and Green's chest. Blue quickly woke up as well, with her smile as cute as ever. She saw Green's blush and giggled.
"Morning."
Green's mind finally clicked and he turned, sitting up, pushing Blue away (slowly, of course), making her fall off the bed. She fell on her bottom, a bit surprised.
"Itai…" she murmured in pain, rubbing the hurt area, a comical tear at the corner of her right eye, the left one being closed. Green stood up and mved to his desk, putting on his bag.
"We'll be late."
That was weird. Blue was expecting some sort of yell or scold. So did Green. But the weird part was that he was indifferent.
As for Red… He got a cake for breakfast. What type of cake? Honey flavored. And who was it made by? By Yellow. She cried when she saw that the cake didn't seem good at all. Red ate it anyways, since it wasn't burned or anything, and actually liked it a lot. This gave Yellow the emotion to smile widely. Red's mother, who helped in the cake, smiled as well, but more due to the pride she felt for Yellow. But more on that later.
The four pre-teens move out of the two houses and went to the entrance of the Lab belonging to Professor Oak, where Blaine, Brock, Misty and Erika waited. By seeing Brock, Red smiled and ran up to him.
"Brock! Long time no see."
"I can say the same." Brock and Red fist bumped. Misty and Erika smiled at Red.
"Good morning, Red." They both spoke in unison, hands behind their back. It was an odd choice of outfits for their part: Erika had her classic Kimono, and Misty had her signature blue bikini and was wearing flipflops, not to mention a towel over her shoulders.
"Misty! Erika! Hi!" Red spoke, happy to see his Gym leader friends. Yellow was a bit confuse. She pulled Red's shirt, hiding behind him, a bit afraid.
"Who are they?"
"They're my friends. They're three of the four Gym Leaders I defeated before meeting up with you." Red turned to the three Gym Leaders. "Guys, this is my old friend Yellow." He presented, making Yellow blush in nervousness.
"Pleased to meet you." She spoke lowly, bowing. Red chuckled a bit.
"I'm Brock."
"I'm Misty."
"And I'm Erika."
They all greeted her, making her feel a bit more comfortable between them. Blue also greeted them, not having met them before, since she never really did a Gym Battle.
"How've you been, Red?" Erika asked, trying to start a conversation. Misty half glared at her, no one noticing.
"I've been fine. Caught some Pokémons and obtained all Gym Badges."
"Really?!" Misty asked, barging into the conversation. Erika and Red were a bit surprised. "No wonder, seeing how strong you are."
Red blushed and smiled in a bit of embarrassment and nervousness. "R-Really? Thanks, Misty." Erika emitted an aura of anger that only Misty detected. Misty held onto Red's arm, making the aura a bit stronger, making Misty grin playfully. Red was puzzled.
"Either way," Blaine interrupted. "We have to separate into three groups."
Erika grabbed onto Red's free arm, puzzling him even more. "I'll go with Red." She claimed dibs, nuff said. Misty glared at Erika, and she glared back, they then started to pull Red into their respective direction. Meanwhile, Blaine, Brock and Yellow sweatdropped. Green frowned and Blue grinned.
"If you let me." Blue spoke, making Erika and Misty stop (and managing to stop them from ripping Red into two halves). "Misty, Erika, Brock and I will form one group. Red, Yellow and Blaine will be another one. As for Green, he'll be part of the group with the remaining three Gym Leaders."
"But-!" Erika and Misty were about to complain, but Blue was faster.
"No buts. We have to act fast, for the sake of Kanto." Blue pointed out, making Erika and Misty sweatdrop. They sighed, but agreed.
"Blue, Brock, Misty, Erika, you four will go to the Seafoam Islands, where Articuno rests. You can surf south from here and when you reach Cinnabar Island, turn right. You'll probably find them with ease." Blaine requested. Blue noded and she turned to Misty and Erika. She intertwined her arms with one of Erika's and one of Misty's (Blue was facing one direction and Erika and Misty were facing the other). She then dragged Erika and Misty, making them sweatdrop. Brock sweatdropped as well, but for different motives.
"B-Bye, guys! Good luck with Articuno!" Red wished, also a bit confused to why Blue did that.
"I should be going." Green spoke, opening his Poké Ball, letting out Charizard.
"Lt. Surge, Koga and Sabrina are already waiting at the Power Plant, where Zapdos resides. It's north to Lavender Town."
"Ok. Thanks." Green said, climbing onto Charizard's back. Charizard then flew away, towards the mentioned area.
Back to Blue and the others, they reached the stream which connected Pallet Town to the Ocean.
"Go, Blastoise!"
"Starmie, let's rock!"
Blue and Misty let out their water Pokémons, for travelling purposes.
"Blastoise can carry three of us and Starmie can carry one." Erika deduced.
"Then Blue, Erika and I will go on Blastoise and Misty will use Starmie, since it's her Pokémon." Brock suggested, walking towards Blastoise, who had already entered the water. But Blue had something to clear up.
"You know, Brock, you should go on Starmie. The Travel is very long, and I doubt you really want to listen to all the girl talk."
"Umm… I don't really mind-!"
Blue pushed him towards Starmie. Then, she grabbed onto Erika's and Misty's wrists and pulled them towards Blastoise. Brock hopped onto Starmie and the girls kneed on Blastoise's back.
"Let's go, Blastoise."
"Blas!" Blastoise growled, as she and Starmie started swimming towards their destination.
Blue then turned to Misty and Erika, holding her hat. "Ok, you two, don't you know how to be subtle at all?"
"What do you expect, we're 12." Misty pointed out.
"Well, you must be talking about Misty. I at least didn't make such a reckless move."
"And who started pulling Red, uh?" Misty and Erika glared at each other.
"Ok, you both have a crush on Red, aren't I right?" Blue guessed, catching Misty and Erika a bit by surprise. Misty scratched her cheek and Erika played with her fingers, both blushing and sweatdropping. Blue chuckled from the sight. "I suppose that's a yes."
"Look, his strong and he kind of saved me from slamming my face against the floor." Misty explained, feeling that she should give some sort of explanation.
"He worries about his Pokémons and he's very cute." Erika did more or less the same thing.
"Look, you two don't have to give me an explanation. I mean, I get it, I can see why you two would fall for Red, but you have to leave it to him to choose."
Misty and Erika remained silent, until Misty decided to speak. "I was kinda selfish."
"Me too." Erika admitted, trying to apologize to Misty. "Friends?"
Misty chuckled and smiled. "Friends."
"Plus, you have competition."
"WHO?!" The two girls asked in unison, raging a bit. Blue sweatdropped, afraid from the two Gym Leaders. Blastoise even shook a bit, due to the surprise. Brock swears he could hear something, but he wasn't certain.
"Y-Yellow."
"That pipsqueak?" Misty asked, confused. How was Yellow competition?
"Misty, don't call her names." Erika scolded, making Misty regret what she said.
"Yellow and Red are old friends, meaning that she has the upper hand. Plus, I've seen those two and they act just like a couple in the first weeks, and it's kinda cute. I see something between those two. I'm not saying for you two to give up, I'm just saying you two are at disadvantage."
Misty and Erika looked at Blue with dumbfounded looks. "Isn't that the same?" Misty asked, making Blue sweatdrop.
"Hehe… Tabun, tabun…" Blue scratched the back of her head, sweatdropping.
After a while, they quickly arrived at the Seafoam Islands. Brock and the girls got off the water Pokémons and withdrew them into their Poké Balls.
"Onix!" Brock let out his main Pokémon, who roared loudly. "Could you dig us a shortcut?"
"O!" Onix nodded and somersaulted, burying his body into the ground. Some seconds after Onix returned. "Onix!"
"Good job." Brock spoke, withdrawing Onix for the mean time.
"Slide time!" Blue cheered, jumping onto the hole. She fell on her bottom and slid through the hole like it was some sort of playground slide. Misty liked the idea and threw herself as well, landing on her torso and sliding down. Brock and Erika sweatdropped.
"Oi, oi…" Erika spoke.
"Watashi ga shitte iru... (I know…)" Brock replied. They sighed, but decided to flow the two girls.
The tunnel was made out of a special clay only encountered at the Seafoam Islands. A clay that was soft enough to use as a slide without any sort of consequences, yet firm and durable enough to maintain the structure. It was light blue, also.
Blue and Misty reached the end of the ride, and just some seconds after arrived Erika and Brock, who as soon as they reached, they heard the girls saying…
"AGAIN!"
They sweatdropped, but managed to convince them to continue their mission's objective.
They walked around aimlessly, the only thing to guide them back to the tunnel Onix made was Erika's Tangela technique of dropping seeds behind that would grow into short plants. When they noticed that some of the areas were only recheable through water, Misty requested her Poliwag (a Pokémon she obtained by trading her Staryu with a little girl that loved stars) to explore, alongside her Golduck (which she caught during a quest she was assigned for, since she is a Gym Leader and sometimes has to accept those kind of missions). She kept Staryu in case they were attacked. Blue also requested her Butterfree to explore throughout the air and Brock used his Graveler (which evolved from Geodude) for underground exploration.
They continued walking, trying to figure out how to reach Articuno, until sooner or later, with the help of Blue's Blastoise and some random walking, they… didn't find Articuno. But Poliwag panicking kinda gave the gist.
They followed Poliwag, until they reached Articuno, the beautiful Pokémon that made them stun from such a sight. Until Poliwag called the trainers and Blastoise attention to the three ice sculptures: Butterfree, Graveler, and Golduck.
"Butterfree, no!" Blue said, picking up her Love Ball from her belt. "Flareon, defrost them!"
"Fla!" Flareon came out of the Love Ball and released a stream of fire and melted the ice surrounding the Pokémons, setting them free.
"Aaaarrr!" Articuno, sounding like a pirate, chirped, spreading its wings. Blue analyzed Articuno with her Pokédex.
"Articuno, the Freeze Pokémon. A legendary bird Pokémon. It can create blizzards by freezing moisture in the air. The magnificent seemingly translucent wings of this legendary bird Pokémon are said to be made of ice. It is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains."
"Wait, like the Grim Reaper?!" Erika asked, a bit scared.
"Don't worry. We're in an island, not in mountains." Brock's comment made the girls sweatdrop and turn to him. "What?"
"Articuno!" Articuno began to fly, glaring at the Trainers and Pokémons.
"Articuno must think we're its enemies." Erika deduced.
"Arti!" Articuno flapped its wings twice and dove down towards them at top speed, looking like a blur.
"Graveler, Defense Curl!"
Graveler jumped and curled up, outlined in yellow, hitting Articuno's beak, making the bird back off and roost.
"Articuno!" Articuno formed a light blue orb in front of its beak and released multiple lightning light blue beams from it.
"Hydro Pump!" Blue commanded, her Blastoise pointing her cannons at the beams. Blastoise released two powerful jets of water at the beams.
"Golduck, Poliwag, Water Gun!"
Golduck and Poliwag each released a spiral of water from their mouth. The water hit the beams, forming a giant block of ice.
"Go, Onix!" Brock sent in his main Pokémon for protection. "It's no use. We have to counterattack as well!" Brock spoke, seeing that Articuno wouldn't stop attacking them. "Graveler, throw the block up! Onix, DragonBreath!"
Graveler picked the big block of ice and threw it up into the air. Onix then released a beam of air from his mouth, hitting the block of ice, shattering the block into multiple smaller pieces, which flew at Articuno like an avalanche. Articuno used its wings as a shield, protecting it from the chunks of ice.
"Tangela, Ancient Power!"
"Onix, DragonBreath!"
Tangela's body glowed white and he created a see-through afterimage of himself. The afterimage then spun quickly and created a silver ball with a green core in front of Tangela's body. Tangela then fired the ball up at Onix. Onix then released a light beam of air at the orb, redirecting it towards Articuno. Erika and Brock named their tactic. "Fāsutodoragonsutōn! (First-Dragon Stone!)" the orb became surrounded by two air veils and it travelled towards Articuno.
"Articuno!" Articuno created a glowing light blue ball of ice in front of its beak and fired it at the upcoming orb, exploding on contact. Then, multiple spikes of ice originated from the shard flew towards Tangela and the others.
"Poliwag, Mud Shot!2
"Po-LI!" Poliwag took a deep breath and released multiple light blue glowing orbs from her mouth at the icicle-like projectiles. In contact, they exploded into mud, stopping the icicles.
"Go, Vileplume!" Erika sent in her main Pokémon to the field. "Petal Dance!"
"Vile!" Vileplume stretched the opening on her flower at Articuno and released pink petals in a spiraling fashion at it, hitting Articuno multiple times.
"Starmie!" Misty decided to join in as well. "Saikikku Yajirushi! (Psychic Arrow!)"
"Star!" Starmie started hovering by spinning on the same place horizontally. Then, its core began to glow pinkish-purple and fired three thick masses of light blue, blue and purple energy, which expanded after traveling a bit through the air. The masses were spinning in the same fashion as Starmie, and their shape changed, seeming like they had some sort of point. The three of them then fused into one large attack resembling an arrow. The attacks successfully hit Articuno, making it step back.
"Articuno!" Articuno chirped, spreading its wings, making the petals surrounding its body disappear. Articuno began to flap its wings, creating a strong air current and releasing bright blue powder from them as well. Articuno used its so famous Blizzard attack.
"Graveler!"
"Golduck!"
Graveler and Golduck glared at Articuno, and saw that everyone was in a pinch. In a reckless move, Graveler curled up and rolled at top speed with great power. Golduck jumped, becoming surrounded by water, and traveling like and jet. They both hit each of Articuno's wings, stopping the Blizzard, but the attack landed on them full power. They fainted, and Brock and Misty withdrew them.
"Blastoise, Skull Bash! Flareon, Flame Sharge!"
Blastoise became surrounded by a silver aura, and she jumped at Articuno, head first. Flareon dashed out as well, becoming surrounded in red-orange flames.
"Confusion, Butterfree!"
Before Articuno tried to escape, it became outlined in light blue, the same color Butterfree's eye were glowing, making Articuno unable to move. Blastoise and Flareon collided against the Legendary Pokémon, creating a minor explosion and finally tiring it down.
Blue quickly ran up to Articuno. Articuno glared at her, but she gave him a box with a strange green syrup. "You'll feel better if you drink this." Articuno refused. "I'm sorry if your Pokémons startled you, but we also had to defend ourselves and tire you down so you would listen, Mr. Smarty Bird." Blue scolded, still offering the syrup. Articuno reflected about its actions and thought that maybe Articuno shouldn't have attacked them out of nowhere. Articuno drank the syrup and its injuries healed. Articuno stood again and spread its wings, chirping with might. Blue and the others smiled, seeing that Articuno was ok.
"Not so fast." Blue and the Gym Leaders turned around, seeing an adult with strange purple hair, black eyes, and wearing a Team Rocket uniform. Though, the uniform wasn't the same as the ones the Grunts wore, but it was similar to the one Proton wore. "I'll be taking the Legendary Pokémon."
"Oh no you won't!" Misty replied, as she and Starmie stood by to protect Articuno. Erika, Blue and Brock did the same.
"You actually think you have a choice?" he laughed. "If I, Petrel, say that I'm taking the Legendary Bird, I'm taking the Legendary Bird and no one will stop me." Petrel took six Poké Balls out of his belt and threw them upwards, making them open. Each Poké Ball had a Koffing within them. "Smokescreen!"
All the Koffings released a thick dark green smoke from the holes covering their bodies, making the whole area dark for anyone's sight. Due to the smoke, Blue and the Gym Leaders started coughing, not able to stop. After a while, the smoke cleared up, showing that Articuno and Petrel were both gone. Blue became wide eyed and a bit furious, due to the fact that she couldn't due what she was assigned to do.
But it wasn't a matter that you could simply whimper about. Blue and the others decided to leave the cave and return to Pallet Town, feeling that they should go tell what happened.
Pokémon of the Day:
Articuno - When Articuno flaps its wings, it can chill the moisture in the air around it, making snow fall.
Mysterious Reader: Noooo! Articuno! ;_;
Beast Out Ghost: Seems like Articuno was kidnapped.
MR: I hate Team Rocket!
BOG: Everybody does.
Blue: Author…!
BOG: Y-Yes, Blue?
Blue: Since when do I weight over 100 pounds?!
MR: Well, I have to go save him. To the other readers, if you want Articuno to be saved, please review and or ask for more if you want to continue reading this fanfic! And don't forget…
Bye, remember, BEAST OUT!