The PokeParty

Chapter Two: Pikachu! Chaos Ahead!

Pikachu.

"Don't worry, I have an automatic PokeBall somewhere in here.the one called Randel searched his pockets. I stared, wondering what an automatic PokeBall was. He pulled out what looked like a PokeBall; only it had metal wires on it.

"Pika!" I leaped on all fours and narrowed my eyes at him. He wasn't going to get me to go into one of those! No one was! I sent preshocks out my cheeks as a warning to him. "Chuuuu." I growled.

"Go!" the tall man threw the odd ball at me, but I dodged it! Yes! Wait.no! It was right on my tail! I shot left, I dodged right, I flew up, I ducked down, I made sharp turns, I turned on my agility boost, I.ahhhh!

Dark.scary.wait! Hey! Had I shrunk? There were circular windows! And.it wasn't dark or scary at all! In fact, it was pretty bright. Lots of light shown from the windows. I could feel someone lifting me up.but I felt so safe in this ball! I was being set down.through the windows I could see other PokeBalls being set down with me on a tiny conveyor belt.it was moving!

Suddenly, everything became dark.wait! Weird circular lights from the ceiling of the ball lit up so there was some light inside. As soon as it became dark, it was light again! The lights above shut off and there was lots of brightness around me. I peeked out the window. "Pika?" Where were we? Outside I could see green grass, and tall trees, and lots of Pokemon!

Huh? All of my friends were getting out of their PokeBalls with ease! How? I looked around. There were no buttons or switches. After about a minute, Cyndaquil came up to me.

"Pikachu, come on out!" Cyndaquil said cheerfully. "This is great! The other Pokemon are nearby, too!"

"How do I get out?" I called loudly.

Totodile danced up next to Cyndaquil. "Pikachu's never been inside a PokeBall, remember? Pikachu, all ya gotta do is go crazy! Run around, stomp the walls, shoot some electricity-"

"Just basically cause chaos inside your ball, Pikachu," Bayleef cleared up. "Well.okay!" I called out to them, running around inside the ball. I ran so fast, I was going up the circular walls and even the ceiling! I shocked everything I could until I could feel the ball moving left and right. Then suddenly.Pop!

"Whoa!" I laughed as I came out of the ball, and then saw Togepi outside of his ball. "How did Togepi get out? He's never been inside a ball, either!"

"Teleported," Phanpy answered gleefully.

"Hey, guys!" Onix roared excitedly, slithering up behind us. "Geodude and I sense a huge cave nearby! There must be tons of Pokemon in there! You coming? It'll be nice and dark and damp."

We all got giant sweat drops on our heads. "No, that's okay, Onix!" Bayleef politely declined. "We're just fine out here, right guys?"

"I'll go with you, Onix," Larvitar stepped forward and got onto Onix's tail as Onix lifted him up to his head.

"Me too!" Phanpy followed.

"Wait!" I stopped them. "Aren't Phanpy and Larvitar a little too young to go into a cave with all those rock Pokemon? They could get hurt! Onix, I've seen what a Rock Slide from a Pokemon looks like. Those boulders could easily crush any small Pokemon! I think they should stay with us where it's safe."

Onix laughed. "Don't be so protective, Pikachu! At the end of every cave it gets very small, and there's where the baby Pokemon always hang out! Come on you two, time to make some new friends!"

"Wait for us!" Crobat fluttered along with Forretress right behind him. "We want to make some new friends, too!"

"Can you believe those guys?" Bayleef sneered. "Rock Boys are all alike.they think they're so tough! And, well, I guess they are.but still! They-"

"Come on, let's go have some fun! I see a lake nearby!" Totodile jumped around and danced like crazy, running off and forcing the rest of us to following after him. Cyndaquil was rather cautious though, since he's a Fire type.

Once we reached the lake, it was really a very pretty sight. The water was glittering off the reflection of the sun. Immediately Totodile, Goldeen, Staryu, Corsola, and Politoed jumped in. Togepi and Psyduck stood together by the edge of the lake, and Cyndaquil and I joined them.

"I'm getting bored," Cyndaquil said almost immediately. "How about we move along and make some new friends? I-er-."

"We know," I stopped him. "It's natural for Fire Pokemon to hate Water Pokemon. I remember when Charmander was with us. He was the best! But then he turned into Charmeleon and, well.he was pretty mean after that. And then there was Charizard-"

"I 'member Char-zard!" Togepi interrupted annoying. "Char char char char char zard!"

"Charizard," I corrected. "With an "I! Anyway.After a while, Charizard learned to trust Ash a lot better, but then Charizard went to Charizard Valley to live with all the other Charizard. We've seen him twice since!"

"Really?" Psyduck pondered. "I don't remember."

"Oh Psyduck!" I sighed. "You were there back when he was Charmander!"

"I was?" Psyduck was more confused ever.

"Wait!" Cyndaquil shouted. "Was Charizard that great fire-breathing dragon from when we had to get into that mansion of ice crystals?"

"Yes yes yes yes!" Togepi cried out before I could respond. "Dat was him! Dat was him! He's da bestest, huh?"

"Yeah." I lowered my ears. "Anyway, we saw him one time before that when we had to save the world from an evil guy that was catching the legendary birds! Charizard led us through the snow-"

"Charizard's my hero!" interrupted Cyndaquil dreamily. "He sounds so cool! I wanna be just like him when I evolve. Maybe I'll even become water resistant!"

"I doubt it." I folded my chubby arms. "The only three Pokemon I've seen that could get through water that were weak against it was a Sandshrew, a Marowak, and that Rhyhorn.

"Char-zard da best!" Togepi ran around. "Betta den da rest!"

"Cut it out, Togepi!" I made a grab for him, but he slipped away.

"What are we talking about again?" Psyduck asked.

"We're talking about how hot Charizard was!" Cyndaquil stood on his hind legs and waved his front legs in Psyduck's face, sticking his trunk to Psyduck's beak. "He's on fire!"

Psyduck fainted.

"Oh come on, am I really that great?" came a boomingly loud voice behind us. We turned slowly around to see none other than.Charizard! "Long time no see, you guys! Pikachu, how've you been? Taking care of that eggish thing okay?"

"Er.with difficulty, Charizard!" I laughed nervously with a sweat drop as Togepi ran around me like crazy. "I didn't think we'd find you here!"

"Yeah, I'm here with the family," Charizard laughed, referring to the rest of the Charizard gang. "Ah, I remember you, Cynda."

"Cyndaquil!" Cyndaquil finished for him.

"Yes, Cyndaquil." Charizard gave him a devilish grin. "Ash seems to have replaced me well, I supposed."

"Aw, don't consider me a replacement, Charizard, Sir!" Cyndaquil blushed. "You're so much better than me! I mean, you're fully evolved!"

"Yes, indeed," Charizard agreed. "By the way, are any of Ash's new starters evolved?"

"Oh, they aren't new!" I jumped in. "There are actually three newer starters, we saw a poster of them by some Professor's Lab nearby! A green frog with a leaf for a tail, a waterish squirrel-type thing, and a little baby firebird! They look really cool, but I'd hate to see Ash replace Cyndaquil and Totodile and Bayleef like that."

"Oh, so that push Chikorita's the only one to evolve?" Charizard laughed. "Ah, and who do we have here?" Charizard poked at Psyduck's belly until he woke up. Psyduck stood up with an effort and stared.

"You!" Psyduck's eyes widened. "I remember you!"

"Surprising," Charizard commented rather rudely. "Anyway, would you like to come visit my family and the others? Others meaning, of course, Ash's old Pokemon. Bulbasaur, Muk, Snorlax.they're all there."

"Great, let's go!" I jumped up immediately. "That reminds me, where's Bayleef?"

"Over there," Cyndaquil pointed with his trunk to the other side of the lake were Bayleef was drinking the beautiful water.

"Bayleef!" I called out to her. "C'mon, we're gonna go see Ash's other Pokemon! There's some you haven't met yet!"

"Wow!" Bayleef jumped up. "Friends, finally! I'm coming!" She tromped over to us and started at Charizard, as if remembering him from when she was a stubborn little Chikorita. Boy do I remember those days.

"Attach your vines to my legs, Bayleef," Charizard suggested. "Pikachu and Togepi and ride on you, and Psyduck and Cyndaquil can ride on my back. I'd take all four, but I'm afraid little Togepi would fall off.and I know Pikachu wouldn't like that at all!"

"You read us like a library shelf!" Cyndaquil smiled, acting like an honored fan of the Charizard Fan Club. He and Psyduck walked up Charizard's tail as Togepi and I hopped onto Bayleef's back. Bayleef wrapped her vines around Charizard's feet and up he soared!

Up and up we went, flying above trees and tall Pokemon. Bayleef's eyes were shut tight. "Scared?" I taunted.

"Who, me?" Bayleef turned to face me. "No way! Hey.isn't that Heracross and Noctowl up ahead? And there's Bulbasaur!"

Sure enough, Charizard started flying downward until we landed harshly on the ground. Cyndaquil and Psyduck came rolling off, and Bayleef nearly got squished! Togepi was about to fall off, but I grabbed him and plunged to the ground on my back, nearly breaking my spine.

"Ow."I rubbed my back, letting go of Togepi. "Hey, Bulbasaur!"

"Pikachu!" Bulbasaur and the others ran over. "I'd like to say what's up and catch up on all the old times, but right now we're smack in the middle of a huge crisis that could effect all of us including Ash!"

"Ah!" I pulled back my ears and sniffed the air. "What's wrong?"

"Well, you know the 27 Tauros Ash caught a while back at the Safari Zone that long time ago? With you and me and Charmander and Squirtle and Pidgeotto."

"Yeah, what about them?" I asked curiously as Togepi ran in front of me, and Bayleef and Charizard stood behind me.

"Well, they're tame now, thanks to the hyper-control pills those lab assistants gave them.but there was some after effect and now they're.well.take a look!"

"It's insane, I tell you!" Noctowl added, flying over to where a huge pasture lay. It must have been where all the hick Pokemon hung out. Noctowl left a trail of glitter wherever he went.

"Take a look!" Heracross spoke in his annoyingly goofy voice, pointing up ahead with one of his oddly shaped arms.

Up ahead, on the left pasture were some carefully grazing Miltank. On the right pasture were all of Ash's Tauros. There was a small dirt road that separated the two pastures. Ash's Tauros were beating on the fence that blocked them from the road! They were going crazy. It looked like if they weren't stopped soon, they'd break the fence! It was starting to shake as the Tauros head butted it at full speed.

"I doubt they'll break through," Charizard said reassuringly. "Wait a moment.I detect something! One of those Tauros knows Fire Blast!"

"What!?" Muk gasped. "That's like me knowing an electric attack, Charizard! Your senses must be weakening, you are getting old, you know."

"Oh be quiet, Muk, it's very possible!" Charizard roared. "I've been detecting thousands of hidden Technical Machines since we got here, and those are what give certain Pokemon the ability to learn attacks they can't normally learn on their own! Tauros must have accidentally picked it up."

"Oh no-" Kingler's eyes widened like basketballs. "Look!" he pointed with one of his big meaty claws.

All the Tauros were standing back but one, who had his mouth opened wide. A large orange flickering light from inside his mouth was blinking crazily, and suddenly-

WOOSH! Loads of fire came out of his mouth, burning down the rickety old fence. This cleared a nice path for them, and all the Tauros stampeded out of there! But something was wrong.

"Why isn't there a fence for the Miltank's side!?" Noctowl shrieked. "They're going to attack those poor Miltank, we have to stop them right- ....oh!"

All of our faces became blank.

"Should we.stop them?" ask Bayleef, look more disturbed than the rest of us. "I don't think we could if we tried." Charizard replied. "Hey, that reminds me! Come on, my family's just behind these trees over here."

"Oh yeah, you guys have to see them! They're adorable!" Kingler smiled and raced us through the short amount of trees. I had no idea what would be so adorable about Charizard's friends, until I saw them.

"Charmander!"

"Char char char!"

"Char charmander!"

"Mander, char? Char!"

"They're.adorable." I complimented.

Tons of Tiny little Charmander crowded around Bayleef's feet and flooded the rest of us.

"Ahhh!" Psyduck fainted.

"How many are there?" Muk asked as a few sunk into his body.

"Er." I could see a large sweat drop behind Charizard's head. "Two- thousand, eight-hundred and ninety-seven."

All of our eyes widened and we fainted. Except for Psyduck, who had already fainted. "Charizard, that's-"

"A normal amount for me," Charizard finished. "I wonder where Charla-"

"Charizard!" a familiar female Charizard called out to him, hovering over the trees. "Three of them have gone missing! Two of the girls were last seen with a purple Butterfree, and our favorite.our darling." she burst into tears.

"The triplets!?" Charizard roared, scaring most of the other babies. "Where are they!?"

"They all were last see in a huge cave.being teased by a Steelix!" Charla could barely finish.

"OH MY-" Charizard immediately flew up next to Charla. "PIKACHU, YOU AND THE OTHERS STAY HERE AND BABY-SIT OUR CHARMANDER! WE HAVE TO GO!"

"Wait! I-"

"PIKACHU, JUST DON'T LET ANY OUT OF YOUR SIGHT!" And with that, Charizard and Charla flew off.

"Wow.two-thousand, eight-hundred and ninety-seven." Bayleef couldn't believe her eyes.

"Two-thousand, eight-hundred and ninety-two," Psyduck corrected.