Last time on Tony's Journey...
Tony and Bianca's fight with Team Plasma came to a halt when the Plasma grunts held Bianca's friend Munna hostage and threatened her if Tony and Bianca tried anything. Meanwhile, Skyla Fuuro, former Gym Leader of Mistralton City, was surrounded by another group of Plasma grunts, who wanted to take her down for her "crimes against Pokemon", and was just about to be beaten when she was saved by the now reformed Chili and Pansear, who are now ready to kick some Plasma butt!
What will happen next? Find out now!
The road to the Dream Yard was silent out of shock and also awkwardness. Sheer awkwardness.
Chili, wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of red boxers (without the little hearts, thankfully. Seriously, who wears underwear like that?), glared at his former Team Plasma allies. He tossed his uniform at the grunts, and it landed in front of the lead female with dark hair. "Consider that my resignation, toots," Chili said to the Plasma, cracking his knuckles as he did. "Now back off from Skyla, or else!"
The grunt sneered as she glared down at the uniform, then at Chili. "B-big talk for a guy wearing nothing but his underwear!" she snarled, her face turning red. "Y-you're nothing but a traitor!"
"I know," Chili said, "I betrayed my brothers and my friends when I joined you losers - and I betrayed Pansear, too."
"Sear!" Pansear agreed, smoke still fuming from his mouth.
"Now," Chili said, a cocky grin to match Skyla's cross his face, "I suggest you beat it, punks!"
"Or what?!" a Plasma snarled.
"You really think you can take two Gym Leaders on with only one Pokemon with ya?" Skyla asked, flipping back a strand of magenta hair.
The Plasmas looked at each other, than to their one remaining Pokemon: The Palpitoad, a large, tadpole-like creature covered in huge warts, looked from side to side, realizing that he was outnumbered. "Palll..." the Water/Ground- type croaked nervously.
"Y-you think you scare us?!" the second female snarled. "W-we can take you on!"
Chili smirked. "Okay, then, bring it on! Pansear, use Incinerate!"
Skyla smirked as well. "Woobat!: she shouted, as her companion fluttered off of the ground. "Use Gust!"
"P-Palpitoad!" the male Plasma stammered. "Use-!"
Before he could get the words out, both attacks struck to the Palpitoad. While neither one was very effective against a Pokemon of his type, they did sting. That just about did it for Palpitoad. With a panicked croak, he leaped over the heads of the Plasmas and Skyla and swiftly leaped away in a hasty retreat.
"Palpitoad!" the male Plasma shouted, angrily. "Get back here and fight!"
Skyla laughed. "Looks like we won! As if there was any doubt!"
"Owned!" Chili taunted.
The Plasmas turned bright red with rage and humiliation. They swiftly returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs, and made a hasty retreat after the cowardly Palpitoad. "T-this isn't over!" the male grunt shouted.
"Yeah!" the female grunt agreed. "You'll pay for what you've done to Pokemon! The day is coming where Pokemon will be free from humans like you!"
"We're shakin'!" Chili replied, sarcastically. "Get a move on! If I see ya in Striaton again, you'll be dealing with not just me, but my brothers, too!"
The Plasmas made a a hasty retreat, spitting and swearing as they fled from the two Gym Leaders. Pansear and Woobat let out a cheer as their foes ran from the battle. They had won.
"Great job, Pansear!" Chili said, giving his Pokemon a thumbs-up.
"Seeear!" Pansear cheered, happily.
Chili looked over to Skyla, who was making her way towards him. "You didn't do half bad yourself..." he admitted. It was sort of a lie, though. Skyla would have probably lost if he had shown up.
Skyla punched Chili in the arm. "Oww!" Chili exclaimed, rubbing his arm. "The heck was that for?!"
"That," Skyla said, "was for that boneheaded move you made when you joined up with those losers!"
Chili rubbed his arm. "I came back, didn't I?!"
"Yeah... In your underwear..."
Chili blinked, looked down, and his face turned redder than his hair. "Son of a..." he murmured.
Skyla laughed. "Oh, fine, I'll forgive you," she said, still giggling.
Chili sighed. "Gee, that... that means so much to me..."
"Anyways," Skyla said, changing subject, "we've got another problem to deal with! Those losers said that they were going to help some other Plasmas in the Dream Yard!"
Chili looked up. "A Munna..." he said, quietly. It was all coming together in his head.
"A what?"
"His Lordshi... Eh, that Ghetsis jerk, said that they needed a Munna for some kinda experiment or somethin' like that," Chili explained. "I'll bet they're up to somethin'."
Skyla gave a cocky grin. "Well, they're gonna regret it!" she declared. "Time for me to whip some butt!"
"Time for you to whip some butt?" Chili asked, folding his arms.
"Seeear?" Pansear asked, confused.
"Oh, shut up," Skyla murmured. "Come on, let's go and see what they're up to!" she shouted.
"Can't I put on some clothes first?"
"No, we don't have time! Let's go!"
"Awwwww..."
The air in the center of the Dream Yard was deathly silent.
Tony and Karrablast glared at the Plasmas, who glared right back. The woman's boot was still planted firmly on Munna's head. Bianca looked on, green eyes wide and sweat dripping down her brow as she wondered if she could do something.
"Well?" the female Plasma asked, raising an eyebrow.
Karrablast gritted his teeth and backed off. "Karra..." he snarled, angrily.
"That's right..." the male Plasma said. "You, too, kid..."
Tony scowled as he slowly backed off. "Alright, alright... Let her go."
"Why would we do that?" the female grunt asked. "We still need a hostage - and we still need Dream Mist, too!" She pressed down on Munna with her foot. The creature gave a moan as she released a small plume of Dream Mist, which swiftly vanished in the air.
"L-leave her alone!" Bianca said; she had had enough of these two bullying her friend, and she was going to put an end to it, one way or another.
"Oh for the love of..." the female Plasma muttered. This girl was starting to get on her nerves. "Would you take care of her?!" she asked the male grunt.
The male grunt nodded, cracking his knuckles. "With pleasure." He started towards Bianca.
"Bianca!" Tony shouted. "Get out of there!"
Bianca shook her head. "I'm not leaving until Munny is safe!" she declared.
Tony found himself staring, as did Karrablast. That guy looked about four years older than Bianca, and he didn't seem to have any qualms about hitting a younger girl.
With a roar, the male grunt suddenly charged. Tony cried out as he swung his fist at Bianca.
Bianca, however, wasn't going to take that. She side-stepped and grabbed the man's outstretched arm with her smaller hands. Turning around, her back against the surprised Plasma, she put all the force of his charge into her own attack, easily flipping the man over her back. He landed on his back in a pile of tall grass, and didn't move again.
Tony nearly fell over. "Wha...?!"
"What the...?!" the female Plasma stuttered.
"KYAH!" Bianca shouted, leaping into the air and planting her foot right in the woman's face. The Plasma fell off of Munna, spitting out a mouthful of blood and a broken tooth as she hit the ground. Bianca swiftly scooped up her Munny and leaped away, landing next to the stunned Tony and Karrablast, along with the asleep Lucky and the petrified, but also quite surprised Sunny, staring at Bianca with huge eyes.
"What... How... Wait a minute!" Tony finally said. "How did you do that?!"
"Oh, Munny!" Bianca said, cuddling her Pokemon. "I'm so glad you're safe!"
"Muuuu!" Munny said, relieved.
"Bianca, seriously, what the heck!?"
"Oh," Bianca said, "my Dad made me take karate lessons when I was little. I'm a black-belt."
"Oh," Tony said. "Is that all? Why didn't you do that in the first place!?" he demanded.
"Dad said I was only supposed to do it when someone on the street grabbed me from behind!" Bianca explained. "But this was an emergency, so I decided to break the rule - just this once!"
Karrablast sighed. Why couldn't I have been captured by her...?
The female Plasma picked herself off of the ground, wiping blood from her bruised face. "You... You little...!" she slurred, her voice distorted by her newly fat lip. She glared at Tony and Bianca, who both steadied themselves for another battle. All of them were unaware of the violet mist that was floating into the clearing.
Tony recovered his wits. "You want more?" he asked. "Don't make Bianca kick you again!"
"Yeah!" Bianca shouted, striking an absolutely ridiculous looking karate pose.
The female Plasma backed away. "Y-you idiot!" she shouted at her fallen ally. "Get up!"
"I... Can't..."
"Why not?!"
"Because... She... Threw... Me... Onto... A... Rock... Owww..."
The Plasma threw her arms in the air. "I don't believe this!" she shouted. "I cannot believe this!"
"Insolent fools!"
The grunts both yelped in terror. Tony and Bianca gasped and Karrablast growled. Sunny hid behind Tony again, and Lucky snoozed soundly in her trainer's arms. Standing behind the female grunt, in the tall grass, was Arch-Sage Ghetsis, arms folded behind his back and an enraged expression on his normally calm face.
"Y-your Lordship!" the female grunt said, kneeling on the ground. "Kneel, you idiot!" she snarled at the fallen Plasma on the ground.
"I... I... Can't..."
Ghetsis appeared in front of the female grunt in a flash, surprising her so much that she stumbled back, terrified. He didn't seem to walk at all - it looked like he had teleported there. "We are Team Plasma!" he snarled, glowering at his terrified underlings. "Our mission and birthright is to take Pokemon from foolish, cruel trainers! You have failed me!" In a flash, he was behind the grunts. "You shall pay for what you have failed to accomplish..." he growled in a low voice.
The female grunt swallowed. "S-s-s-sir!" she said. "W-w-we're sorry!"
"Y-yeah!" the male grunt added, pushing himself off the ground. "J-j-just give us another chance!"
"Return to base!" Ghetsis ordered angrily. "I'll deal with you there..."
"Sir!" they said, saluting, before running - or rather, stumbling off due to their injuries.
Tony stared at Ghetsis, who turned his view to them. "Alright, what's going on here?!" he demanded. "Why did you scare off your own guys?!"
"Karra!" Karrablast shouted, charging at Ghetsis. Before Tony could say a word, he leaped at Ghetsis, ready to tear him in two. However, when he hit the man, he passed right through him as if he were made of smoke. Karrablast fell to the ground with a grunt. He pushed himself up, staring at "Ghetsis" with a surprised expression. "Karra?"
"Ghetsis" gave a long, sleepy yawn as his body faded into smokey, violet mist. When the fog cleared, a sleepy looking Pokemon was floating there. It had a long, purple and lavender body, curled up like a crescent, with violet mist rising from a spout on its head. "Musha..."
"Muuu!" Munna said, delighted. She floated over to the other Pokemon happily. "Muu!"
"It's a Musharna!" Tony said, overcoming his surprise.
"Musharna," the Pokedex said, "the Dowsing Pokemon. A Pure Psychic type, and the evolved form of Munna. Like its pre-evolution, Munna, Musharna is distantly related to the Drowzee line of Pokemon, and survives on a diet of dreams. This Pokemon breathes Dream Mist, which is much more potent than Munna's, and can create entire illusions. This Pokemon is constantly asleep, but can detect what is happening through telepathy. This specimen is female, roughly nine years old, and knows the moves Psybeam, Dream Eater, Hypnosis and Lucky Chant. Its special ability is Forewarn."
"Now it all makes sense," Tony said, smiling to himself. "Musharna must have read the Plasmas' minds and used their memories of Ghetsis to create an illusion to scare 'em off!" he exclaimed, impressed.
"Wow!" Bianca grinned and folded her hands. "She must be Munny's Mom, so she wanted to protect her from those Plasmas!" she exclaimed, as Munna and the Musharna began to nuzzle one another happily.
Tony nodded. "Looks like everything worked out in the end," he said, gratefully. "Good thing you knew karate, eh?"
"Yeah!" Bianca said, blushing. "Oh, don't tell my dad... He hates it..."
"When you get into trouble like this?" Tony finished for her, chuckling. "Don't worry, I know how you feel. Don't tell my auntie, either. She'd kill me."
"Got it!" Bianca promised, laughing.
"Vrrr! Vrrr!" Sunny chirped. She crawled in front of Tony, waving her forelegs to and fro. "Vrrr!"
"What is it, Sunny?" Tony asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sunny gestured to the Munna and Musharna, and then to the Mist Collector. "Vrrr!"
"Oh, right!" Tony exclaimed. "Fennel's research!" He returned Lucky to her Pokeball to free his hands, and then ran over to the two Psychic-types, switching on the Mist Collector. The Munna and Musharna looked at Tony curiously as he sucked up the Dream Mist that was emanating from them. "Hey, sorry!" Tony said. "This should only take a second."
"Musha," Musharna said, indifferently, before returning her attention to Munna. "Musha?"
"Muuuu!" Munna said. She floated over to Bianca and plopped down on the blonde's head. "Muuu!"
Musharna made a sighing sound, still completely nonplussed to Tony's vacuuming. "Musha..." she said with a nod.
"Muu!" Munny cheered, hopping off of Bianca's head and into her arms.
Musharna slowly floated off, Tony following her with the Mist Collector still running. Finally, the Musharna turned around and gave him a glare. "Musha..."
Tony chuckled sheepishly. "S-sorry," he said, switching the collector off. "I think I have enough."
Musharna nodded, gave one last glance to Munna and the confused Bianca, and then floated off into the tall grass, vanishing in a cloud of mist.
"Well," Tony said, shouldering the hose of the collector. "Looks like Fennel is gonna get her Dream Mist after all!"
Bianca looked down at Munna, who was cuddling the girl happily. "But why didn't Munny go with her mom?" she asked.
"I think 'Munny' wants to stay with you," Tony said, matter-of-factly.
Bianca's eyes went wide. "S-she does?!" she said, excitement filling her voice. "You do?" she asked Munny, looking at her straight in the eye.
"Muuu!" Munny said with a nod of her round body.
"Awesome!" Bianca cheered. "We're gonna have so much fun, Munny! Just you wait!"
Tony looked over to the side of the field. Karrablast had picked himself off of the ground and was dusting himself off. Tony walked past the estatic Bianca and Munny, looking down on his newest Pokemon. "Hey, Karrablast," he greeted.
"Karra..." Karrablast murmured. He had a little more respect for Tony now that he knew he was against Team Plasma and not with them, but he still would much rather find Gwen again.
"You did great out there!" Tony said, giving Karrablast a thumbs up. "I would've been creamed if you didn't help me!"
Karrablast tried not to feel flattered. "K-Karra..."
Tony grinned, an idea popping into his head. "I've got it!" he said, snapping his fingers. "I've got the perfect name for you!"
"Karra?"
"Lancelot!" Tony said. "You know, like the knight?"
"Karra?" Like a knight? Hmm... Well, he seems to pick a good nickname, if anything...
"Perfect!" Tony said. "It's perfect for you!" He pulled out the newly dubbed Lancelot's Pokeball and returned him to it. "Let's head back to town," he told Bianca. "We need to go to the Pokemon Center."
"Yeah, we do!" Bianca agreed. "Poor Munny is still hurt!"
Tony pulled out Sunny's Pokeball. "Time to go, Sunny... Sunny?" He looked around. "Sunny, where'd you go?" he asked.
He heard a giggle from inside the Mist Collector.
Tony sighed. "Sunny..."
Author's Note:
Well, another chapter's done and done! Hope you liked it! Be sure to review!
Also, be sure to check out Three Musketeers, a Pokemon fanfic by Random Visitor Girl! It is awesome, and it's accepting OCs for a limited time! Tony's already in it, too!
Tony's Party:
1: Lucky, female Butterfree
Ability: Compound Eyes
Move Set: Silver Wind, Confusion, Sleep Powder and Dream Eater.
2: Sunny, female Larvesta
Ability: Flame Body
Move Set: Ember, String Shot, and Morning Sun
3: Lancelot, Male Karrablast
Ability: Swarm
Move Set: Fury Cutter, Peck, Endure, and Fury Swipes
