SBS Time!
Kain Everguard: Didn't Giovanni die after rescuing Silver in the Pokemon Adventures manga?
Game2002: Giovanni did not die after rescuing Silver; instead, he was taken to one of Silver's secret hideout by Silver's Ursaring. We only know that Giovanni has acquired an illness and may someday die, but there is no proof that he really died afterwards. Furthermore, the closing notes at the end of the previous chapter clearly stated that even though the character portrayals are based off their manga counterparts, the plot is closer to the games, so things that happened in the manga may not have happened in this story. Therefore, Giovanni is not ill in this story, but Silver is still his son as Heart Gold and Soul Silver confirmed it.
Chapter 25
Raid on the City, Knock Out, Evil Tusks
The girls were all invited by Red to his rented bungalow. Red sat on a chair as he explained to them the concept of the Pokemon world while the girls were seated all over the place listening to him.
"To put it simple," Red explained, "Pokemon are captured to be treated as pets. They can help people with everyday tasks and also fight for them. As you know from earlier, Pokemon battles are a very popular pastime in this world."
"But isn't it a bit cruel to pit Pokemon together just to watch them fight with each other?" Sanae asked while raising an arm.
"Actually, the Pokemon themselves actually enjoy the battles. Of course, there are rules on how Pokemon should fight so that fatalities wouldn't happen. Plus, most Pokemon usually have strong enough bodies to resist attacks thrown at them, so they should survive most attacks with no problem, as long as the attack isn't too powerful or if the Pokemon are well trained enough. Injured Pokemon can be taken to Pokemon Centers, or hospitals for Pokemon, to be treated."
"Wow… A world where strange animals called Pokemon are a huge part of everyday life…" Aya said as she jotted down everything that she heard onto her notebook. Most of them anyway...
"Are there several kinds of Pokeyman in this world?" Cirno asked.
"It's Pokemon, not Pokeyman… But yeah, there are a lot of species," Red replied. "If I remember correctly, there are currently 493 known species discovered in the world…"
"Wow! That's a lot!" Nitori exclaimed.
"Though it's a bit too little compared to the number of real life animal species from our world…" Sanae commented.
"But they say that new Pokemon are being discovered in other regions as well," Red continued. "I remember Professor Oak talking about a newly discovered pair of Pokemon called Zorua and Zoroark before I left Kanto to come here for a vacation, thus boosting the number to 495."
"Thanks for giving us a lesson about your world. We really appreciate it!" Reimu thanked Red. "If you don't mind, we would like to hear more about the Smash Brothers Tournament from you."
"Oh, so you want to hear more about that?" Red asked her. "Okay, I don't mind sharing with you about my experience at the tournament! Now I'm once again reminded of the name change that they gave me…"
"You said that they called you Pokemon Trainer, right?" Remilia asked.
"Right… That's only because the registrar at that time thought he was reading my favorite color when he saw my name. Because he thought I didn't put down my name, he registered me under my occupation instead, and thus I ended up with Pokemon Trainer as my name during the tournament… I wanted him to change it to my real name, but he didn't want to go through the trouble of reentering the data, so I got stuck with that name instead…"
"Poor guy-ze…" Marisa commented.
"Oh, by the way… Did I tell you that I'm a very original participant in the tournament?"
"I don't think you have told us that one yet," Sanae replied.
"You see, all the other characters fight by themselves using their strengths, skills, and weapons, but I don't actually participate in the fighting myself. Instead, I rely on the help of three of my Pokemon to fight. Actually, only one of them belongs to me while the other two belongs to my friends." Red took out three of his Pokeballs that were strapped around his waist and then placed them on the table for the girls to look at.
The girls went over to the Pokeballs and looked through the see-through tops of the spheres and inside each of those spheres were a Venusaur, a Charizard, and a Blastoise. "They weren't this small when they came out," Nitori said. "But I guess this explains how they are able to fit inside these balls…"
"Yeah, Pokeballs are made to capture these Pokemon," Red explained to her. "Don't worry; they are very comfortable inside as you can see that they are smiling at you!" He pointed to the Venusaur and said, "This is my own Pokemon, Saur!" And then he pointed to the Charizard and the Blastoise and continued saying, "The Charizard and the Blastoise, named Turtley, belong to my friends Green and Blue respectively."
"So why are they with you now-ze?" Marisa asked.
"I traded my Aerodactyl to Green for his Charizard while trading my Poliwrath to Blue for her Blastoise. These three Pokemon originally hanged out with each other until the each of took one of them. When I invited to enter the tournament, Green and Blue thought it would be a good idea for these three to be fighting alongside each other since they are good friends since the beginning. Because I wanted them to be with each other when I come to this place for a vacation, I traded my same two Pokemon for them again from Green and Blue."
Nitori noticed the water cannons that were sticking out form the both sides of Blastoise's shell and commented, "Nice cannons! Hey, maybe I can create something like this too!"
Red then took out his remaining three Pokeballs. "And these are my other three Pokemon in case you want to look at them as well!" Inside each of those Pokeballs were a Pikachu, a Lapras, and a Snorlax. "This is Pika, Lapras, and Snorlax! The Lapras the newest addition to my team, and I haven't thought of a name for him yet, so I'll just be calling him by his species name in the meantime until I can think up of one."
"This mouse-like Pokemon is so cute!" Sanae commented when she saw Pika waving at her.
"Oh, it should also be noted that Turtley and Saur had to be temporarily devolved while they were still in the tournament."
"Devolved?" Alice asked curiously.
"You see," Red started to explain, "Pokemon will evolve when they reach a certain level, meaning to say that they change forms to become more powerful due to having enough experiences and skills in fighting. Some Pokemon evolve using other special methods though, such as using evolutionary stones, trading, and several more. Not all Pokemon evolve, but the majority of them do. Anyway, Master Hand said that it is way too cheap to have three fully evolved Pokemon representing me. As a result, he invented a kind of machine that is used for devolving Pokemon, and so he used it to devolve Saur back to his previous form, Ivysaur, while Turtley devolved back to his earliest form, Squirtle. They had to stay in those forms for the rest of the tournament, and then Master Hand changed them back to normal again using the same machine."
"But wouldn't they both evolve again during the midst of the tournament due to the fighting?" Aya asked.
"Actually, the laws of reality and physics had been altered for the tournament so that even incredibly lethal attacks are unable to make flesh wounds or kill anyone. Several other things were altered as well, such as Saur and Turtley being unable to evolve during the midst of the fights as well as also being able to double jump. Anyway, the rule of the tournament is to knock your opponents off the stage. The participants also have damage ratios to determine how far they will fly when hit. The higher the damage ratio is, the farther they will fly and the harder it is for them to come back to the stage."
"What happens if someone does not make it back to the stage?" Cirno asked.
"They fall to their doom below, but they show up again on a platform that descends out of nowhere above the stage in order to continue fighting. One would keep on fighting until they run out of stocks or when time is up. Stock means how many times the fighter can be knocked out of the stage before he or she is disqualified from the current match. Beating up each isn't the only form of competition there is. There are also several other method of competing such as collecting coins, beating up strange metallic beings called Alloys, breaking targets, and hitting a sandbag as far as you can."
"Wow… The tournament sounds very interesting…" Youmu commented in awe.
"It sure is!" Red told her. "I only jointed the tournament when it got held for the third time. Whenever there was no fighting, we would treat Smash World as a vacation resort where you can find the ultimate relaxation! There are all sorts of fun for everyone and people who seek knowledge can also visit the World Library to learn even the most obscure information!"
"Wow! It sounds really relaxing and fun!" Nitori commented. "I really want to go there now!"
"It sure is, and I'm sure all of you will enjoy that place! Everything about the tournament is plain spectacular!"
"Now I really feel like giving that place a visit!" Aya said. "It sounds really spectacular all right! I can't wait until we obtain all the Light Essences so that we can pay that place a visit!"
"Oh yeah, about the World Light… So you said that it is broken?"
"Yeah, and so we ended up in a place called Mushroom Kingdom," Reimu said while nodding her head.
"That would be Mario's world, right? I wonder how he is now."
"He's doing fine from what we've seen."
"That's good to hear! And about the Light Essences that you've talked about… I'm sorry, but I don't know anything called a Light Essence, so I'm afraid I can't help you on this matter…"
"It's all right. I wasn't expecting much help from you to begin with, but thanks for the information on Smash World anyway, even though it won't be of use to us until we get to that place ourselves."
"Okay… I'll take that as a compliment…" After that, Red looked out the window and saw that the sun was starting to set. "Night is approaching, it seems..." he said, and then he turned to girls. "Why don't you girls stay here for the night? If you want to, I can rent you bungalows!"
"Is that all right?" Sanae asked. "Wouldn't it be too expensive having to pay for our bungalows?"
"Nah, that's all right," he said. "I don't mind helping you girls out a bit! Since there are eleven of you here, I think it's best that I rent two bungalows in order to fit you all somehow. Okay, I'll go rent them for you now!" As Red got up and headed out of bungalow to go rent more bungalows for the girls, he said to himself in his mind, "Should I also tell them about that incident? Nah, it's best that I leave out the bad parts now that they have become excited about Smash World. They're better off not knowing about that incident until... Who knows?"
That night, the girls stayed at the bungalows Red rented for them. Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Remilia, and Meiling stayed in one bungalow while Sanae, Cirno, Nitori, Aya, Youmu, and Reisen stayed in the second bungalow which was situated across the other one.
The next morning, Red walked up to one of the bungalows that he rented for the girls and saw Meiling, dressed in a bathing robe, sitting on a chair placed on the right side of the door. "Good morning, Mei… Ling…" Red greeted her. "Did I get your name right?"
"Good morning! Yep, that's my name, Hong Meiling!" she said cheerfully.
"Why are you sitting out here?"
"I'm a gatekeeper, so keeping watch of doors and not letting people inside is my job."
"Okay… So, are you girls ready to go to Veilstone City for a tour?"
"Please wait until our clothes have dried first, okay? They're still wet from the washing we gave them yesterday, and currently we only have these bathing robes to wear."
"Okay, take your time! I'll be taking a stroll around here, so give me a call if you're ready!" Red said before taking his leave.
Inside the bungalow, Alice was sitting next to the window. When she looked through the window, she saw little kids playing happily with their Pokemon as well as some people giving orders for their Pokemon to perform. She let out a sigh and then looked at Shanghai, who was placed on her lap.
Marisa walked up to Alice and patted her on the shoulder saying, "Hey, what's up-ze? You seem to be in a bad mood judging from the sigh earlier. Mind telling me what happened-ez?"
"Nothing," Alice replied. "Remember what I said yesterday about being able to relate myself to people with Pokemon?"
"Yeah," Marisa said with a nod. "What about it-ze?"
Alice stroke Shanghai's hair and said, "I find it very similar to the way I command my dolls to perform tasks, but there seems to be something missing."
"What is it-ze?"
"You know that my dream is to create automated dolls that can move on their own and have their own free will, right? Even until now, I still cannot create a single doll like that."
"But you still seem happy having several dolls on your side and helping you with various stuffs! Albeit you're the one controlling them-ze…"
"I know, and I always pretend that they are moving by themselves…" Alice looked at Shanghai's face and hoped that the doll would respond in some way. For once, she refrained from taking control of the doll to see what would happen, but Shanghai remained motionless like a lifeless doll that she is.
"Hey, the clothes are dry now," Reimu said as she came over to them in her usual shrine maiden attire. "You can put them on now."
After getting dressed and then having breakfast, the girls went over to Red who was having a Pokemon battle with a skinny Pokemon trainer. The battle had just ended when they came up to him, and so he called back his Pokemon and then waved good-bye to the skinny trainer before taking his leave with the girls.
As they were leaving, the skinny trainer walked up to his tired-looking Politoed that was sitting on the ground and then patted him on the head. "Don't worry, Wart!" he said to his frog Pokemon. "You've tried your best, so I'm still proud of you! Come, let us go and have some relaxation! You deserve a well-earned rest!"
Suddenly, a white beam shot in from behind and struck Wart in his back.
"They say Veilstone City is one of the biggest cities in Sinnoh," Red said to the girls as he led them out of Hotel Grand Lake. Along the way, they came across the same staff member that the girls met yesterday and Red handed over the keys of the rented bungalows to him before continuing on their way. "Thank you for staying!" the staff member said happily. "I hope you will come again!"
"That city has a very big department store that sells all sorts of things as well as several other tourist attractions!" Red continued explaining to the girls.
"Attractions? Ayaya! Then I'm going to get my camera busy once again!" Aya said with enthusiasm.
Cirno then caught up with the others from behind. "Where did you go just now?" Reisen asked her.
"I saw something interesting," the ice fairy replied cheerfully. "So I went to have a bit of fun with it!"
Suddenly, they all heard a loud screaming. "WART!!!! WART!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART!!!!"
"Um… I think we should get out of here fast…" Reimu suggested nervously, and then she gave Cirno a glare. The ice fairy only responded with a big smile on her face.
Red and the girls went down the path the girls previously took to come to Hotel Grand Lake, and as a result, they came across Lake Valor once again and saw some workers at the lake doing cleanup job. "What are they going to about this lake?" Sanae asked.
"From the looks of it," Red said, "it looks like they're going to fill it with water again."
"Is this even possible?" Nitori asked.
"I'm not sure… I read the news once that Team Galactic destroyed this lake in the past, but in the end, the lake was restored to its original form. I'm sure those workers and rangers have their own method of doing so. Anyway, let's go to Veilstone City!"
And so they continued on their way.
After about twenty minutes of walking, the group eventually arrived at Veilstone City, where they were immediately greeted with the sights of towering buildings and large rocks with houses built on top of them.
"Wow! Look at this place-ze!" Marisa said as she looked at the tallest building—the Veilstone Department Store.
"I have a limited amount of money," Red said. "So I'm afraid that I can't buy everything you want for you girls."
"That's all right," Reimu said. "We're not planning on buying anything anyway."
"But can you please buy me some water?" Nitori asked Red
"That should be all right. Are you thirsty?" Red said to her.
Nitori shook her head however. "Not really; I just want to save them for something else."
"When you think of Pokemon," Pearl said. "There are rumors that some Pokemon come from outer space!"
"Yeah," Dia said with a nod. "From what I know, the Clefairy, Solrock, and Lunatone species are rumored to have come from outer space. The Psyduck species may have come from outer space as well!"
"Why's that?"
"Because they tend to stand in one place spacing out!"
"Haha! That's funny!" Pearl laughed as he patted Dia against his back so hard that it looks like he's beating him up. "Your jokes are improving every time! And you're starting to spout lesser and lesser food jokes as well!"
Pearl then turned to Platinum and asked her, "Missy, what do you think of our double act just now? Missy? Hello?"
Platinum wasn't listening to their double act however. She was more interested in looking at the large chunk of rock that at the bottom of a medium-sized crater. There was not one crater, but three of them, and one of the craters was larger than the rest and had two rocks at the bottom of it instead of one.
"Meteorites from outer space…" Platinum said with interest. "Scientists claim that these meteorites give off an unknown kind of energy that doesn't seem to have any sort of special affect, but the scientists are still trying to look into it and hope that someday this strange energy will be of help to mankind. Very interesting indeed… All right, let's go somewhere else. I'm done with viewing these meteorites."
"Missy, maybe you should pay a little bit more attention to our double act next time…" Pearl said to Platinum, but she seemed to ignore what he said.
As the trio began to leave, they spotted Red and Aya heading in their direction. Aya immediately waved at them saying, "Ayaya! It's those kids that we've met yesterday at the drained lake!"
"Hey, it's that girl from yesterday!" Pearl said. "I didn't expect to meet her here!"
The trio went up to Red and Aya and Platinum said to the tengu girl, "Well, we meet again."
"Ayaya! It's quite a surprise to see you here!" Aya said to her. "How's everything?"
"Everything's fine!" Pearl said cheerfully. "And where are your friends?"
"They went on a tour around the place by themselves."
Dia looked at Red and said, "Who is this guy?"
"Hello, I'm Red!" Red greeted him. "I'm the one who took Aya and her friends here for a tour!"
"Are you friends?" Pearl asked.
"Well, yeah… We've only got to know each other yesterday, and seeing how they are unfamiliar with this world… Um, I mean region… Anyway, since they are unfamiliar with this world, I've decided to take on a tour around this place."
"Red… I'm sure I know that name… Are you from Kanto?" Platinum asked Red.
Red nodded and said, "Yep, I'm from Kanto."
"Then you wouldn't happen to be the champion of Kanto's Pokemon League, right?"
Red nodded again. "Yep, that's me!"
Hearing this, Pearl became surprised and said in an excited voice, "Wow! You're Red, the champion of Kanto's Pokemon League! Whoa, I've never expected to run into a famous person like you! Please, shake my hand and give me an autograph!" He whipped out a miniature notebook and a pen from his bag and then handed it to Red.
"Okay, here's my signature, Red!" Red said as he put down his signature onto a page of the notebook. When he handed the notebook and the pen back to Pearl, he shook hands with him.
"Yes! I've shaken hands with a well known Pokemon trainer!" Pearl exclaimed happily.
Aya then went over to one of the craters and looked at the meteorite that is down there. "Oooh, what's this rock? Who cares? I'm going to take a picture of it!" She brought up her camera to take a picture of the meteorite, only to realize that the camera is out of film. She took out the film to look at it. "Ayaya, out of film…"
Red came over to her and asked her, "What's wrong?"
Aya showed him the film and asked him, "It's out of film. Do you know where they sell film like these around here?"
Red looked at the film for a few seconds and then told her, "I don't think they sell these kinds of things anywhere anymore…"
A question mark appeared over Aya's head. "Why's that?"
"Cameras that use film are out-of-date. Digital cameras have pretty much replaced them all."
"Digital camera... Sounds familiar… Is it the kind of camera that doesn't produce photos?"
"Yep, that's the kind. Instead, you will have to upload your pictures onto the computer and then print them out. That's how photos are published nowadays."
"Doesn't sound very useful… I prefer the good 'ol fashioned cameras; they're much more useful!"
"Wow! Look at those cute rabbit ears accessory!" a young woman exclaimed upon seeing Reisen's rabbit ears.
"Um…" The lunar rabbit was lost at words as the woman moved from place to place around her to look at those rabbit ears from all angles, and even touched them. "Would you mind…? I don't feel very comfortable like this…"
"Where did you buy them?" the woman asked her. "I really wanna buy these for my cute little Pachirisu so that he will become even cuter!" Just then, Cirno came passing by and when the woman saw her, she rushed behind the ice fairy to look at her icicle-like wings. "Wow! These wing accessories are just as awesome! They look like they're made of ice and even feel cold to touch! You really must tell me where you've bought them!"
"What's with this woman?" Cirno asked.
Reisen looked around nervously as she wasn't sure what to reply to the woman. She then laid her eyes upon Veilstone Department Store which is nearby and said to her, "Over there!"
"Veilstone Department Store? I didn't know they sell these over there! Thanks a lot!" the woman said before rushing towards the department store. "With those, my Pokemon are bound to win the Pokemon Super Contest for sure!"
After the woman entered the department store, Reisen sighed with relief. "Phew... This is what I am afraid of the most…"
"But at least you made her go away," Cirno said to her. "Cheer up!"
Suddenly, something shot down from the air and crashed onto the pavement really hard, so hard that a cloud of dust was kicked up into the air and everyone turned to look at it. When the cloud of dust cleared, Mesprit was seen standing back up from a miniature crater that the legendary Pokemon created after striking the pavement really hard.
"What is that thing?!"
"Is that a Pokemon?!"
"I have never seen any Pokemon like that before!"
Reisen and Cirno immediately recognized Mesprit however. "It's the Pokeymon that was attacked by bad guys from yesterday!" Cirno pointed out.
"What is it doing here?!" Reisen said in surprise.
Suddenly, several people dressed in black uniforms and hats showed up, and each of them has a capital letter 'R' imprinted on their shirts, and up in the air above them were several Zubat, Golbat, Koffing, and Weezing.
However, there were three people who stood out very much among the group. Both of them are dressed in white, but one of them was a man with bluish-green hair while the other one was a woman with red hair. The third person that stood out from the rest of the group was none other than Mars herself.
"Well, it looks like the legendary Pokemon isn't so legendary anymore!" said the man—Archer.
"After all, it has been on the run from us for quite a while already, so it has to have lost its strength," said the woman—Arianna.
Archer turned to look at Mars and said to her, "Looks like we'll have to thanks you for this, but now it is Team Rocket's turn to show you how things should be done!"
"Hmph! I don't see how you're any better than us!" Mars said to him, sounding unimpressed.
"Oh, is that what you think? Maybe you will have a change of opinion after seeing us catch Mesprit." Archer then stretched forth his hand and said to the Team Rocket grunts, "Everyone, attack that Mesprit until it is too weak to move!"
"Yes sir!" the Team Rocket grunts said simultaneously, and then the stretched forth their hands to make their Pokemon charge at Mesprit.
A Golbat dived at Mesprit and swung her right wing like a blade at the legendary Pokemon, but Mesprit quickly shot up into the air to avoid getting hit. The moment Mesprit stopped moving, a Weezing appeared in front of it and coughed out black sludge from his mouth. Mesprit quickly held up its arms to the front to create a greenish-blue barrier that protected it from the sludge.
When the spherical barrier disappeared, a swarm of Zubat showed up from all sides and cried loudly to release supersonic sound waves that made Mesprit's head hurt. While the legendary Pokemon was unable to concentrate due to its head hurting, the Weezing tackled it in the body really hard and then the same Golbat from earlier struck it in the back with her wing. The Mesprit spun through the air and then crashed onto the ground roughly.
"What are those people doing?!" one of the bystanders asked.
"They're ganging up together on that poor Pokemon!" said another.
"That's not how you catch a Pokemon!" said yet another bystander.
"I know who they are!" another random bystander shouted. "They're Team Rocket! I recognize that insignia on their shirts! They're a well known evil organization in Kanto and Johto! What are they doing here?!"
"Well, it looks like our fame reaches even to Sinnoh!" Archer said with delight. "Just look at the shocked expressions on their faces!"
"It sure does make me feel proud!" Ariana said. "But we have no time to talk about fame. Now that Mesprit is down, we should be capturing it before it attempts to escape again." She turned to look at Mesprit to see the Pokemon trying to get back up. "Still not down yet? This should put you in your place!" She took out a Pokeball and then threw it to send out a Vileplume. "Vileplume, use Sleep Powder to put Mesprit to sleep!"
The flower Pokemon nodded and then started to release green spores from the opening on the center of the flower on her head, but before she could unleash those spores, energy bullets flew into her face and caused her to flinch.
"Hey! Who did that to my Vilelpume?!" Ariana asked angrily after seeing her Pokemon getting hit. She turned to look at the attacker and saw that it was Reisen. "Hey you, little girl, how dare you attack my Pokemon?!"
"I won't let you capture that Pokemon!" Reisen said to her. "That Pokemon tried to escape its captors yesterday and succeeded, so I will not allow villains like you to try to capture it again!
"Yeah! I will not allow anyone to capture that Pokayman!" Cirno said. "Wait a minute… Is it Pokeymon or Pokayman? I know for sure that it isn't pronounced Pokeyman."
"I do not know who you are or what you did just now," Archer said to the two girls. "But you better not get in our way of completing our mission or else you will face consequences!"
Reisen pointed her finger at him and said, "You cannot intimidate me with that verbal threat of yours!"
"A brave little girl we have here, don't we?"
"I know those two girls! I remember seeing them at Hotel Grand Lake yesterday!" Mars pointed out.
"It doesn't matter who they are," Archer said as he reached for one of his Pokeballs. "Anyone who gets in the way of Team Rocket shall face consequences! If you are not threatened by verbal threats, then let me threaten you with physical threats instead!"
"Physical threats or verbal threats, we're not going to be intimidated by any of those!" said a new voice. Everyone turned to the source of the voice and saw Reimu and her friends standing there. Red, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum were standing there as well.
"Team Rocket! I'd never though that you people would show up here of all places!" Red said. "It looks like you have teamed up with Team Galactic, am I right?"
"Well, if it isn't the champion of Kanto's Pokemon League!" Archer said. "You're also well known among Team Rocket for being the first person ever to defeat our boss in Pokemon battles and even made him disband Team Rocket temporarily!"
Red reached for one of his Pokeballs and said, "I'm going to bring down you villains here once and for all!"
"Oh yeah? What if it ends up being us who brings you down once and for all? We're going to strike you down in order to avenge for our boss! Go, Houndoom!" Archer threw out his Pokeball to send out his Houndoom.
Red was going to throw out one of his Pokeballs but Reimu stepped in front of him. "I'll deal with this," she said.
"Are you sure?" Red said to her. "But can you…?"
"Don't worry; I don't need any Pokemon to win this fight."
"Did I hear that right?" Archer said. "You said you're planning to bring me down without the usage of Pokemon? You must be kidding me!"
Reimu held up her gohei and said, "You better not underestimate me, or else you will be the one crying in the end."
"You sure talk big, don't you? Well, do not blame me if my Houndoom leaves behind painful bite marks on your body! Show her your power, Houndoom!" Archer said to his Pokemon. The dark Pokemon barked loudly before running towards Reimu, and then he pounced at her with his mouth wide open, ready to bite her.
"Watch out!" Pearl shouted at Reimu.
"Ascension Kick!" Reimu shouted as she performed a back flip and landed a kick into the Houndoom's chin, knocking the dark Pokemon back into the air, much to everyone's surprise.
The Houndoom wasn't without skill however; he managed to flip himself back upright in midair and then landed on all four feet. "Well, that was pretty impressive!" Archer said. "It looks like you're a pretty athletic girl!"
"And that is why I said you shouldn't underestimate me," Reimu said to him.
"In that case, how about you try to take down a large number of Pokemon at once?" Archer then raised his right arm into the air and the Zubat, Golbat, Koffing, and Weezing all showed up to charge at the girls.
"Incoming!" Nitori shouted.
The girls got into fighting stance to get ready to repel the incoming Pokemon, but Alice walked in front of everyone with a card held in her hand. "I'll take care of this," she said. She swiped her card across the air and made several armed dolls appear in the air.
Under her command, which consisted of arm and finger movements, the dolls charged at the incoming Pokemon to attack them. The dolls w were armed with rifles fired laser beams while the ones armed with melee weapons charged into the Pokemon to attack them from close range.
With experienced doll-controlling skills, Alice managed to amaze everyone as her dolls knocked down the Pokemon one by one. Some of the dolls were still taken out and destroyed by the Pokemon, but Alice's army of dolls was the one prevailing in the end.
"Amazing…" Red said in awe.
"Wow! I have never seen this kind of technique!" Pearl said with excitement.
"It sure is amazing all right!" Dia said with a mouthful of cracker.
"Amazing and artistic, I would say," Platinum commented.
As the dolls continued to fight the Pokemon, a new voice was suddenly heard. "What is all this about?" the voice said.
Everyone from Team Rocket and Mars turned around and looks of shock appeared on their faces when they saw that it was their respective leaders—Giovanni and Cyrus—standing behind them. "Boss!" Archer and Arianna gasped, and then they fell onto one knee to pay respect to Giovanni. The Team Rocket grunts also did the same while Mars bowed down in presence of Cyrus.
"I thought I told you to capture Mesprit," Cyrus said in serious tone. "Instead, I see you fighting some unnecessary people. You better give me a good explanation for why this is happening."
TO BE CONTINUED
Archer and Ariana are the English names for Apollo and Athena respectively, the last two Team Rocket Executives fought in Goldenrod Radio Tower when Team Rocket took over it.
Next chapter: The Road to Distortion