Getting very close to the Tag Battle arc. I'm looking forward to it, a lot of people are going to be entered in it, familiar and unfamiliar. That means new Oc's. There's a new Oc in this chapter as well. Also, if you don't want me to respond to your review at the end of the chapter, just tell me. On another note, when there is a scene transition, I usually write o 0 o, but if it's messed up, please tell me so that I may fix it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon in any way… unfortunately. However, I and others own the Oc's in this story.
Chapter 27
Alicia woke up from a terrible night's sleep at the Pokémon Center in Lavender Town. She kept having nightmares about how much torture that poor Cubone must have been going through. She looked at the clock next to the door. Only 5:45? she thought. It was still dark outside, but the sun was beginning to rise. Quickly and quietly, she slipped on her jacket, brushed her teeth very quickly for about twenty seconds, then slipped out of the room.
Lavender Town was a small, quiet town, and not much was known about it, other than the fact that it had Pokémon Tower there, but that was about it. If something went on in the town, the people knew about it. As Alicia walked through town, she noticed many people's front doors having handmade signs with a large red 'R' crossed out on a poster.
Alicia walked down the path, past a sign that said 'Route 12, Silence Bridge ahead'. When she got far enough so she would know nobody would hear her, she released her Charmeleon and Butterfree. "Char?" Brazen said to her. "Alright guys, we have to train so that when we see Team Rocket again, we just don't sit on the sidelines like last time. We need to get revenge for that Cubone!" Both Brazen and Butterfree nodded. "Okay, Brazen, you use Dragon Rage at the water! And Butterfree, you use Psybeam!" Butterfree shot a rainbow colored beam out of its eyes and Brazen shot a flaming ball of fire out of its mouth at the water.
Suddenly, a huge blue serpent Pokémon with a scary face came out of the water and looked down at Alicia and her Pokémon with anger. "Oh my god!" she whispered in fear, taking out her Pokédex. "Gyarados. This Pokemon has a vicious temperament, so use extreme caution. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel."
"Whoa, whoa Gyarados!" a familiar voice said. On top of Gyarados's back was a boy with black hair matted down by the water. A blue shark tooth necklace hung down across his shirtless chest.
"Loki?" Alicia called. Loki looked down at Alicia and smiled.
"Alicia, were you the one who hit my Gyarados?" he asked.
"It was an accident, I was just practicing attacks. What are you doing here?" Loki jumped off Gyarados and turned around.
"It was an accident, Gyarados. You can go swim around if you want, just don't get lost." he said. The Pokémon nodded, then dove into the water. "I was just taking a early morning swim with my Gyarados."
"No kidding, early morning, it's only six o'clock!" Alicia exclaimed. "Isn't the water freezing?" Loki shrugged.
"Not really, I do this all the time." he replied. "It gives Gyarados a chance to get out of its Poké Ball. And anyways, it is early, what are you doing up?"
"Couldn't sleep, so I decided to train my Pokémon for the next time we meet Team Rocket, right guys?" Alicia asked. Both Pokémon jumped and fluttered up and down.
"Training, huh?" Loki said, putting on his shirt that was hidden in the bushes. "I'll battle you if you want."
"You sure?" Alicia asked. Loki nodded.
"Yeah, I don't have anything else to do this early in the morning." he replied. "Two Pokémon each?" Alicia nodded and moved back to make room.
"Butterfree, I choose you!" Alicia said, and the Butterfly Pokémon nodded and flew in front of its Trainer. Brazen walked over and stood next to Alicia.
"I choose Gyarados!" Loki called. As if it was waiting to be called upon, Loki's Gyarados surfaced from the water next to the battlefield and let out a loud roar.
"Don't let it intimidate you, Butterfree." Alicia said, slightly nervous herself.
"I'll start things off if you don't mind." Loki said. "Gyarados, start with Bite attack!" Gyarados looked at Butterfree and raised its head to Bite Butterfree.
"Butterfree, use Stun Spore!" Alicia commanded. Butterfree dodged the Bite attack and flew above Gyarados, spraying the orange powder from its wings.
"Gyarados, dive underwater and wash it off!" Loki said. Gyarados slipped underwater, looking like it was in pain. Then it came back up seconds later and looked just fine.
"Shoot." Alicia said to herself.
"Gyarados, use Aqua Tail attack!" Loki said. Gyarados's tail came up from out of the water and a spiral of water surrounded it. It turned around and slammed Butterfree with its tail. Butterfree fell to the ground.
"Butterfree, can you get up?" Butterfree got up and flew into the air. "Awesome. Butterfree, use Psybeam!" Butterfree faced Gyarados and fired a purple colored beam from its eyes at Gyarados. The beam hit Gyarados right below the neck, making it flinch back.
"Gyarados, Dragon Rage now!" Loki called. Gyarados opened its mouth and a fireball was created in it. It then shot the fireball at Butterfree.
"Butterfree, use Confusion!" Alicia said. Butterfree's eyes started to glow light blue and the Dragon Rage floated in mid-air. "Great, send it back!" A burst of invisible air shot from Butterfree, sending the attack at Gyarados.
"You think you can use my own attack against me? Gyarados, use Twister!" Loki said. Gyarados lifted its tail out of the water and started spinning it around. A tornado came out and broke apart the Dragon Rage, and breaking Confusion. The tornado kept going and hit Butterfree. Butterfree fell to the ground and fainted.
"Good job, Butterfree. Time for a rest." Alicia said, recalling it into its Poké Ball. "'Kay, Brazen, your turn!" Brazen walked forward, marching like a tough guy.
"Gyarados, go take a swim, I'll have Houndour take the next one." Loki said. Gyarados nodded and sank into the water. Loki took out a Poké Ball. "Go Houndour!" The black dog Pokémon came out of Loki's Poké Ball and growled at Charmeleon. "Houndour, Ember!"
"Ember right back Brazen!" Both Pokémon opened their mouths and fired bolts of fire at each other, the two attacks canceling each other out.
"Houndour, Bite attack!"
"Charmeleon, Fire Fang!" Houndour ran at Charmeleon and Charmeleon's mouth became ablaze with fire and it ran at Houndour. Both Pokémon slammed into each other and bounced back.
"Leer Houndour!" Loki commanded.
"Brazen, Smokescreen!" Houndour's eyes started to glow red, and Brazen released a thick black smoke from its mouth.
"Blast it with Shadow Ball!" Houndour opened its mouth and a black ball formed in front of it. It released the ball at the smoke and missed Charmeleon.
"Hurry, Brazen, Dragon Rage!" Suddenly, a fireball shot out of the smoke and hit Houndour. Houndour rolled on the ground, but quickly got up. The smoke cleared and Brazen was gone, with nothing but a hole in the ground. "Brazen, hit it!" Brazen shot out of the ground from underneath Houndour. The Dark Pokémon went flying through the air and hit the ground unconscious. "Yay, great job Brazen!" Loki recalled his Houndour.
"It's too bad you don't have a third Pokémon. Then we could have a tie breaker." he said, smiling. They both heard clapping and looked off the to side to see Volkner there.
"Great battle." he said.
"Volkner, you're up? How did you find me?" Alicia asked.
"I just followed the booms and the smoke." he said, pointing up in the air and they saw smoke from the Fire-type attacks and Smokescreen rising up. "Are you ready to go?"
"I need my backpack." Alicia said. Volkner tossed it to her. "Okay, then I am."
"Where will you be heading?" Loki asked.
"We're going to Vermillion City to take place in the Tag Battle there." Alicia said.
"That's going to be on TV." Loki said. "I'll root for you two." Both Alicia and Volkner nodded. "See you later!" he called as they walked down the bridge path.
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"I'm going to miss Loki, but at least I'll get to see Christopher and Leaf in Vermillion." Alicia said. They were walking along Silence Bridge, a place where many fisherman go to fish for Water Pokémon. Every once and a while, a Magikarp or Qwilfish would jump up out of the water.
"We'll make it to Vermillion by the end of the day." Volkner said, looking at his Pokétch. "We still have to cross Route 11 to get there. We're almost at the turning point."
"Wait, Volkner, who is that?" Alicia asked. In front of them was a person standing at the corner of Route 12 and 11. He was just standing there, staring at something. As they got closer, Volkner saw what it was. It was a huge sleeping bear Pokémon that blocked the trail to Route 11. The boy looked to be about 15, and he had messy brown hair. He wore a black sweatshirt with a gray hood and jeans. The boy noticed the two approaching.
"I hope you guys weren't planning on going through this way." the boy said. Volkner looked at him.
"Actually, we were." he replied.
"Too bad, seeing how this Snorlax is blocking our way." he said. "I came here from Fuchsia City yesterday and I was going home when I saw this."
"It wasn't here yesterday?" Alicia asked.
"No, it was sleeping in the grass on Route 11, so I didn't think of it much." the boy said. "It must have got up, and fell asleep here."
"This must have been the thing that was blocking Christopher's path when he tried to get here before." Alicia said. "But how do we move it?"
"I've tried waking it up by shaking it awake, but it's fast asleep." the boy said. "I'm thinking about battling it awake. By the way, my name's Nick Penumbra."
"I'm Alicia, and this is Volkner." Alicia said.
"We wouldn't have to battle it." Volkner said. "Alicia, your Butterfree could lift it up with Confusion and move it out of the way."
"Oh, yeah, it's worth a try." Alicia said. "Butterfree, lift the Snorlax with Confusion attack." Butterfree came out of the Poké Ball and its eyes started to glow light blue. The sleeping Snorlax became outlined in blue, and then one of its feet raised into the air, but was quickly put down and Butterfree fell to the ground, huffing and puffing. "It's too heavy for Butterfree."
"I'll help." Nick said, taking out a Poké Ball. "Go, Umbreon!" Out of Nick's Poké Ball came a black fox-like Pokémon. "Umbre!" it said. "Umbreon, use Psychic attack to lift Snorlax out of the way."
"Butterfree, use Confusion and try again." Alicia said. Both Pokémon's eyes started to glow blue and the Snorlax raised an inch off the ground, then fell back as the Pokémon fell to the ground, tired. "There's no way that we're going to lift that thing."
"Umbreon, use Quick Attack!" Nick called. Umbreon got up and ran at Snorlax, hitting it, then bouncing off its fat body. "Uh, this is nuts. Why of all days does it have to be today. It will take to long to go all the way around if I want to sign up for the Tag Battle." Alicia looked at Nick.
"That why we're coming here, too." she said. "Do you have any ideas on how we can move this Snorlax, Volkner? What if we crawl over it?"
"If we crawl over it, there could be a chance it would roll over on top of us." he replied.
"And being crushed by over 1,000 pounds of Pokémon is probably not fun." Nick said. "Okay Umbreon, let's try Dark Pulse!" Umbreon opened its mouth and an orb of dark circles appeared in front of it. The orb then fired a beam of dark circles at Snorlax. It hit Snorlax, and moved it over an inch. The Snorlax itched its side and continued snoring. He looked at Volkner. "Are you going to help, or what?"
"No need to snap, kid." he said. "I'm trying to think of a logical way of getting around it."
"You're no help. Umbreon, try Dark Pulse again, that seemed to work last time." Umbreon opened its mouth and fired a beam of dark circles again at Snorlax. The beam exploded on Snorlax, creating a cloud of smoke.
"Did it work?" Alicia asked. Suddenly, out of the smoke, a very, very large shadow overlooked them. The smoke cleared and a very angry looking Snorlax stood in front of them. It looked down at them with anger. "I think you made it mad, Nick."
"I can handle it." he said. "Umbreon, Faint Attack!" Umbreon ran at Snorlax, then disappeared. Then, it reappeared on the other side of Snorlax and tackled it, but bounced off its thick belly. Snorlax looked down at Umbreon then fell forward on it, crushing it under its belly. When Snorlax got up, Umbreon was fainted. "Umbreon!"
"My turn now!" Alicia said. "Butterfree, use Psybeam!" Butterfree's eyes started to glow purple, and it shot a purple beam from its eyes at Snorlax. The beam hit it, but it seemed to have no effect. The Snorlax opened its mouth and fired an orange beam at Butterfree. The beam did massive damage and Butterfree fell to the ground. "Oh, no!"
"Okay, enough of this. Luxray, come out!" Volkner cried, throwing his Luxray's Poké Ball. "Lux!" it cried. "Charge Beam now!" Luxray's fur became covered with electric sparks and it shot a blast of electricity at Snorlax. The blast electrocuted it, and it seemed to be damaged by it.
"I'll finish it, go Metang!" Nick yelled, throwing a Poké Ball. A shiny blue Pokémon that floated in the air came out of the ball. "Metung!" it said. "Okay, hit it with a Meteor Mash!" Metang's fist started to glow white and it punched Snorlax in the face. As it made contact, meteor-like particles flew off its fist and landed on Snorlax, causing other damage. Nick reached into his pocket and pulled out a gray Poké Ball with blue orbs on it. "I needed a third Pokémon to be in the Tag Battle anyway, this is perfect. Go Heavy Ball!" He threw the Heavy Ball at the Snorlax as it was falling to the ground. The ball sucked it in and landed on the ground. It shook three times, then pinged as silver sparkles came off it, indicating the capture was complete.
"Well, that solves that problem." Volkner said, recalling his Luxray. "Would you mind showing us the way to Vermillion City?"
"I don't mind." Nick said, recalling his Metang and picking up his newly caught Snorlax.
"Were you kidding when you said that you need three Pokémon to enter the Tag Battle?" Alicia asked as they started walking. Nick shook his head. "Aw, man. I need one more."
"It's fine, you still have 3 more days." Nick said. "And there are plenty of Pokémon around Vermillion." Alicia sighed.
"I hope I make it in time."
Finally, they are in Vermillion City! I'm not sure about next chapter, but don't expect any new chapters tomorrow since it's Thanksgiving. I'll be at my aunt's house, and she doesn't have internet, so yeah. The Oc's in this story were Serpent's Ballet's Oc Alicia, Rikkamaru's Oc Loki, and the debut of Eon Penumbra's Oc Nick. Nick will be in later chapters, but I think this is the last chapter Loki will be in. I'm not sure though since he's popular. Now to thank the reviewers:
Rikkamaru:
I'm glad you liked how I made him. Since he was so involved with Pokémon, I'd figured you'd like that he could talk with the Ghost Pokémon. He can only talk with the Gastly and Haunter though. I'm also glad you like the sprite I made of him. You're welcome to use it if you want. I might add him in later chapters because of his popularity, but anyways, thanks for reading/reviewing.
Serpent's Ballet:
Thorad was just promoted to Admin, so Agena is stronger than him, but he likes to battle more. But notice the little hatred he has against Agena… it's a little foreshadowing with what will happen in later chapters.
XoMeLoDyox:
JapanDreamer09's story with Jimmy and Marina is awesome. I haven't had the time to read her other stories, but I will eventually. Like I've said before, this may be the last time we see Loki, so it's a small chance that Misdreavus will evolve into Mismagius, unfortunately. And you weren't babbling like a crazy idiot, say as much as you'd like, there's up to 10,000 characters in a review.
Okay everyone, thanks for reading/reviewing! Also, Happy Thanksgiving to those in America. For the others… happy… Thursday.
