The Mystery Of Granite Cave Part 2
After everyone had get out from Granite Cave, they say goodbye to Sableye and waved to him. Sableye also did the same and then he went back to inside of the cave. Takeru and the others have noticed that Masaru and his other friend still around there which are they still waiting for their return.
"Let's tell them what we had investigate." said Beat as he suggest.
Naoto nods in agreement. "I agreed with Daisuke-kun. They must be really worried if this cave have a monster."
Then they approaching Masaru and the others. Masaru greeted them with waving toward them as he has saw them coming.
"So, how was it? Does it really have a monster inside there?" Masaru asked curiously.
"No." Naoto spoke up. "It was just a Pokemon."
"Pokemon?"
"Yes. The crystal eyes being that have creepy smile, it was a Pokemon. His name is Sableye, which is the Granite Cave was his home."
"So, it was Sableye. But, why does he want to scare people?"
"He has a reason why he do that. He told us that he want to protect the people who went inside there from the Shadows."
"Shadows?" Masaru tilt his head as he heard Shadows for the first time.
"I apologize if you didn't get it, but Shadows is a dangerous monster, that's why Sableye trying his best to scare the people in order to protect to didn't get attacked by the Shadows."
"Then, the cave.. there's no Shadows anymore, right?"
Naoto nods. "Yeah. Granite Cave is safe now. So, you and your friend can mining again."
"Thanks for helping us, Shirogane-kun."
"It's a no problem."
"Well then, I guess we're gonna go to dug some more of the fossil and the evolution stone. Take care." Masaru and his friend going back to work again.
Naoto nods to him and they decided to go back to Pokemon Center to heal their Pokemon first. Once their Pokemon got healed, they take a break in Pokemon Center.
"Finally, we can take a break now." said Beat as he stretching his arms.
"You seems really tired, huh? Daisuke-kun?" Chie asked.
"Well.. a little. Sometime I had take a nap around this time sense there's nothing to do."
"Then you guys could go to take a rest awhile if you really tired, sense these days we had fought a lot of the Shadows, I guess we need a time to refresh our memory." said Takeru as he suggest to the other to take a rest if they were really tired.
"Sounds a good idea to me." said Eri as she agreeing Takeru suggestion. "But, why don't we go to get some food to eat before we take a rest? I was really hungry."
"Eri's right." Shiki spoke up. "We didn't have breakfast yet."
"Then, let's go to a restaurant to eat!" Chie felt so excited when it comes about food. "Follow me! I know the best restaurant in Dewford Town!"
The others nods and following her. The restaurant they were heading to isn't too far, which it was located next to the Pokemon Center. Chie has ordered the food for all of them and as they were waiting for the food, they decided to talking about the stone that they have got from Sableye.
"Okay, now we have got the stone. How do we use it to make our Pokemon evolve?" Beat asked.
"It's easy. Just let your Pokemon hold it and within a seconds they will evolve." Takeru said.
"Really?! Just that?!"
Takeru nods.
"Alrighty! I will try with my Growlithe!"
Beat send out his Growlithe but he has forgot which stone can be used to evolve his Growlithe.
"Uh.. What stone that I can use to evolve my Growlithe again?"
"It's Fire Stone." said Takeru as he hands over the Fire Stone to Beat.
Beat took it and let his Growlithe hold it. Within in seconds, Beat's Growlithe has evolved into Arcanine. The other were amazed seeing that's how to evolve the Pokemon with evolution stone.
"Wow~! So, that's how it worked! So simple!" Beat said with happily. "Finally my Growlithe has evolved into Arcanine!"
Arcanine also growled happily and wagging it's tail.
"He looks strong." said Shiki as she was amazed to Beat's Arcanine.
"Yeah, and cool!" Eri added.
"And fluffy!" Chie added as well.
She then approached Beat's Arcanine to pet him. Arcanine really enjoyed it and wagging it's tail.
"Aw, so fluffy and cute~" Chie smiled and keep petting him.
"You really like a dog, huh? Chie-senpai?" Beat asked.
Chie nods. "Yeah. Dog is cute and very friendly. That's why I really love it"
"Does that mean you also have Arcanine as well?" Neku asked.
"Of course! Do you want to see it?"
Neku and Beat nodded. Shiki and Eri also asked Chie to show her Arcanine to them as well. Then Chie took her Arcanine's Pokeball from her pocket and send it out. Neku, Beat, Shiki, Eri and Takeru were amazed when they have saw Chie's Arcanine. It looks similiar to Beat's Arcanine, but there's something that have make them amazed. The color of it is different from Beat's Arcanine. All of her body and furs are golden-colored, while Beat's Arcanine body is red and his furs is white. Naoto was impressed seeing his Senpai also can get a rare Pokemon as well.
"Amazing~" Beat approaching Chie's Arcanine to look closer. "She looks similiar to mine, but how come her color is different?" He tilt his head as he was thinking.
"It's because she was rare." Chie replied with happily.
"So, Arcanine was rare?" Beat turned to her.
Chie nods. "Yeah, Arcanine was rare. But that doesn't what I mean. What I mean is the golden Arcanine, which it was extremely rare."
"Hm..." Beat started to get a little confused. "What is the difference of my Arcanine and yours golden Arcanine?"
"Your Arcanine is easy to get if you evolved it from Growlithe with Fire Stone, while mine is you should have a golden Growlithe to get golden Arcanine."
"In other word.." Naoto spoke up. "Chie-senpai's Arcanine can be called as Shiny Arcanine."
"Shiny?" Neku asked.
"Oh yeah, I ever heard that there's a Pokemon with unusual color." Takeru said. "I recall they say it was Shiny Pokemon. So this is how the Shiny looks like? Pretty cool~"
"Is Shiny Pokemon stronger than non-shiny Pokemon?" Neku asked.
"Hm... I still haven't seen a Shiny Pokemon battle yet, so I don't know. We can know it from Chie-senpai's Arcanine when she used it to fight the Shadows someday." Naoto said.
"Well then. I'll use her when we're gonna fight the Shadows." said Chie as she promised to the other.
The others nodded. Now it's the time where Eri will try to evolve her Eevee with Thunderstone. Within a seconds, her Eevee has evolved into Jolteon when she was holding Thunderstone. Then Shiki also try to evolve her Skitty with Moon Stone. Just like the others, within a seconds her Skitty has evolved into Delcatty.
"It seems our group have become more stronger now." Naoto confirmed.
"Oh yeah! If the Shadows getting stronger than we should too!" Beat replied.
Naoto was smiled seeing Beat in high spirit today. Chie then looked at Takeru who was holding an evolution stone that she never seen before. There's also another 3 stone that she never seen as well.
"Hey, what are the name of those stones?" asked Chie as she pointing toward the oval-shaped stone, a dark purple-colored stone, a white-colored stone and a blue-sky colored stone that was in Takeru's hand.
Neku and the others looked at the stone, but they didn't know the name of those stones sense they only know a Fire, Water, Leaf, Thunder, Sun and Moon Stones.
"This is a Dawn Stone." said Takeru as he tell them what's the name of the other stone. "And the other 3 stone over there are Dusk Stone, Shiny Stone and Oval Stone."
"Is there any Pokemon that can evolve with those stone? Beside Roselia with Shiny Stone?"
Takeru nods. "Definitely. There must be some."
"I recall that Kirlia is also one of the Pokemon that can evolve with Dawn Stone." Naoto said.
"Really?! What will it be after it has evolved?" Beat asked curiously.
"It will evolved into Gallade, but the Kirlia should be male if you want it can evolved into Gallade."
"Well, Takeru's Kirlia is male so-" Eri looked at Takeru which Takeru has responded to her with gave her a confused look. "Can you show us how is Gallade looks like?"
"Hell yeah! I wanna see it too! From his name, I bet he looks awesome!" Beat added.
Takeru shook his head. "Sorry, I didn't mean that I don't want to show you, but I haven't decided to make him evolving yet."
Eri and Beat gave a heavy sigh and felt a little disappointed. Naoto was know the reason why he didn't want to evolve his Kirlia yet. He then try to explained to them about the reason why Takeru didn't want to evolve his Kirlia. After that, the food that they have ordered has come then they decided to have their breakfast. They decided to train their Pokemon again after breakfast and so they went to the beach to train their Pokemon. After have been training for all day, they decided to return to the Pokemon Center and heal their Pokemon.
"Alrighty! With have training for a day today, I felt my Pokemon already become more stronger than before. Thanks for your help, Chie-san!" Beat grin widely to her.
"It's no problem." Chie smiled to him.
"Hey, how about if I call you as Chie-sensei?"
"Chie-sensei? Well.. I'm not ready to be sensei, yet. So.. just call me like you did before." Chie rubbed the back of her head.
"Hm.. well, how about if we think about something?" Takeru asked.
Everyone looked at him and gave a confused look.
"What is it Takeru-kun?" Chie asked.
"Have you guys ever thought that during our battle we didn't have a strategy. I mean all we did is only focus to the offense not to defense during our battle with Shadow."
"Come to think of it, it just like what Takeru has said." Naoto spoke up. "We should think a strategy from now on, sense the Shadow are began become a little strong it would be best if some of us focus on the offense and the other left focus on the defense."
"Hey, that's a perfect plan!" Beat agreed. "But, which some of us that have a defense skill?" He tilt his head.
"My Meditite and Mienfoo can do it." Chie said. "Leave me on the defense side! I'll make sure that I can protect you all."
"Same for me." Takeru said. "Sense my Kirlia can use Barrier, I will help Chie-san on the defense side."
"Then that's mean, the offense side are me, Eri, Beat, Neku and Naoto-kun?" Shiki asked.
Takeru nods. "For this time around, our strategy will be like this. If we get another people that have joined with us, let's think for a new one."
Everyone nods.
Just at the time they had finished with talking about their strategy, there's a news from television in Pokemon Center. Everyone gathered and try to listen what's that news about.
"Good evening, viewers~ Today we have a mysterious news that we brought from Granite Cave. We have asked the miner over there and they had said they have saw something suspicious inside the cave. Here is the picture we had got when we were interviewing the miner."
The announcer show the picture they have got from the interviewers, and in that picture Takeru and the others have saw a big machine that looked like a body of tank. They wondered how come inside that cave have a body of tank, sense there's no tank that can be used to mining. But the thing that have make them surprised is when they have heard the announcer has mentioned that tonight will be another mysterious fullmoon night. With that the news end, and the other peoples who also watching that news have go to their room to take a rest, while Takeru and the others still in the lobby until Moogle have approached them.
"You guys still didn't go to sleep yet, kupo?"
"No. We've got something to do tonight." Takeru replied.
"Something? Like what? Kupo?" Moogle tilt his head.
"Have your brother told you about Fullmoon Shadows that only appeared in the fullmoon night?"
"Yeah, he does. He told me that night was really scary. All of the.. Shadows is it? Is attacking the town. My brother was trying his best to protect his Pokemon Center sense there's a lot of the kids went there for safety."
Takeru nods. "Yeah, that's right."
"So, are you gonna went to Granite Cave to search that mysterious body of tank?"
"Definitely." Naoto spoke up. "Something had tell me, that thing will create a chaos in Dewford City. That's why, we should get rid of it as soon as possible."
Takeru and the others nodded.
"So, Moggle. Can you lend us a hand?" Takeru asked.
"Sure! Kupo! I'll do my best to protect the peoples, kupo!"
"Well then, let's wait until it was midnight."
When it's already midnight, Takeru and the others immediately went to the Granite Cave. At Granite Cave entrance, they have met the Sableye the one that have helped them before. He telling them that he was looking for a help. Takeru and the others already know that there must be a Fullmoon Shadow inside. Naoto then looked up at the sky and has noticed there's a giant fullmoon. Without wasting anymore time, they decided to went inside and immediately go to the suspicious chamber where the Fullmoon Shadow is waiting for them. Takeru ask Sableye to waiting for them at the outside in order to protect him. Sableye nods and left. As they have come to that room, they have noticed a mysterious hooded person again which they have mistaken it was Fortune-masked guy, but it wasn't. It was another person with different mask.
"Welcome. I have been waiting for you all." the yellow-masked guy welcoming them with pleasure.
"Stop acting nicely! We already know that you're gonna destroy this cave and then you will attack Dewford Town, right?!" Chie asked.
"And beside that, you must be the friend of that Fortune-masked guy, right?" Naoto also questioning him.
The yellow masked guy just giggled.
"You're right. I'm one of his friend. It seems you know about him very well."
Takeru has caught an interesting word from that mysterious hooded person. 'One of?' He thought in his mind.
"Well then, please entertain me in this game. Show me how strong you were already." The yellow-masked guy throw a card to celling and a giant body of tank has showed up.
The mysterious hooded person waved them and leave them with the Fullmoon Shadow. Takeru and the others immediately send out their Pokemon to fight the Fullmoon Shadows. Sense they still didn't know what's this Shadows weakness is, they try to attack it with random types. Neku has thought it must be the Rock type so he told to his Taillow to use Steel Wing. The Shadow trying to make the shower of rocks with tackling the wall causing the rock from the celling fall down. Takeru's Kirlia quickly use Psychic to control the rocks and throwing it back to the Shadows, but the damage from the rocks and Taillow's Steel Wing gave are weak, the Shadows is resist to it.
Beat and Chie's Arcanines use Flamethrower to attack it from distance. Seeing the attack were coming, the Shadows went inside to the ground and use surprise attack which is similiar to Dig moves. From that, Naoto has noticed that Shadow arcana is Chariot which is it was weak with Water, Grass and Ice. But even they already know it's weakness they still need to think of the way to defeat it sense it's started like to hide in the ground and do the surprise attack. Neku and Beat told to their Mudkip and Treecko to use Dig moves to chase the Shadows, but they easily got knocked out cause the Chariot too strong for their level. Takeru told to his Kirlia to use Heal Pulse to heal them.
"What should we do now? This Shadow is too hard to defeat.." Beat asked.
"How about if we freeze the ground and then strike it with Water and Grass types moves?" Eri asked as she give the suggestion.
"Let's try it." Neku said as he agreed.
Then Naoto's Surskit, Takeru's Kirlia and Shiki's Delcatty use Ice Beam to froze the ground around the Shadows to prevent it to digging the ground again. The ground is perfectly frozed and now the Shadows can't moved around. Sense it can't dig the ground anymore, The Chariot use Mazionga to attack them. At the perfect timing, Chie's Meditite and Takeru's Kirlia use Barrier to protect all of them. The Chariot then use Myriad Arrows to attack them from above, but get blocked by Chie's Mienfoo Wide Guard. Seeing them have perfectly prepared, The Chariot use a skill that have make Naoto surprised. It was Megido skill.
"R-Run! Everyone!" Naoto suggest.
"Huh? Why did you asked us to run suddenly? We gotta defeat it." Beat said.
"I know.. But it was gonna use Megido.."
"Megido?" asked Takeru as he looked at Naoto. "What's that?"
"A skill that can't be blocked by anything and.. a dangerous one.."
"What!? Then.." Beat looked at the Shadows who already launch the Megido to them all.
Everyone has got a fatal damage from it. The ice field is broken because of it so The Chariot can move around again and it seems to like attack them with Megido. So, it's charged it's power in order to defeat them at one hit. Takeru quickly tell to his Kirlia to heal himself and the other with his Heal Pulse. Takeru has noticed The Chariot is gathering power and asked Naoto for the plan. Naoto suggest to attack it before it perfectly charged it's power to launch another Megido. So then, Takeru's Kirlia, Shiki's Delcatty and Chie's Meditite use Dazzling Gleam to attack The Chariot as well to reduce it's evasion. The Chariot then launch the unperfectly charged Megido in order to protect itself. It cause a huge explosion after Dazzling Gleam and Megido had hit each other.
Sense they succeed causing The Chariot didn't charged it's power perfectly, it's time for them to finish it quickly. Shiki's Roserade use Petal Blizzard and Neku's Leafeon use Magical Leaf. The Chariot then use Myriad Arrows in order to fight Petal Blizzard and Magical Leaf. Naoto's Surskit and Takeru's Kirlia use Ice Beam to froze the field but The Chariot already went to inside of the ground. Then, Mudkip and Treecko suddenly glowing and have evolved to Marshtomp and Grovyle, which are Neku and Beat told to their newly evolved Pokemon to use dig to counter The Chariot from the ground. Both Pokemon strength succesfully can kicked out The Chariot from the ground.
As the final blow, they defeat the Shadow with Pokemon moves which are the combination of Petal Blizzard, Leaf Storm, Magical Leaf, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump and BubbleBeam. They took The Chariot Card after defeat it and the mysterious hooded person is showed up again.
"Well, well.." He approached them with gave them applause. "It seems my friend was right. You're all strong and can entertain me." He giggled.
"What is your next plan?" Takeru asked.
"Oh~ That's a secret. I can't tell you. Doesn't it'll be more interesting if you find out?"
Takeru just remain silent. After that, The Chariot-masked guy left. They headed to the exit and tell Sableye that his home is safe now. Sableye wasn't sure and had decided that he will live in Pokemon Center. So they headed to the Pokemon Center to take a rest. The next morning, Takeru and the others parted with Sableye and promised to each other that they will meet again. They also parted with Masaru and his friend as well. After that, they asked Mr. Britney to take them to the next city which is they need to cross the sea again with a boat in order to get to Slateport City.