Big Orange
By: Dragoness
Ash groaned. He was surprised he was alive. He was covered in a blue, watery gel. He pushed himself up and looked around.
"Pika!" Pikachu said in relief.
"Pikachu?" Ash glanced around. All of his Pokémon were still there. They were all worse for wear though.
"Pikapi!!" Pikachu shouted, pointing straight up.
Ash craned his neck upwards.
"RRRAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
Not again…
Struggling, he climbed to his feet.
"Guys. We need to try one more time. If we don't beat this Gyarados, who knows what it will do next? It might try to attack the town."
"Bulba," Bulbasaur nodded.
Kingler opened and closed its giant pincer. "Kingking. Kingler."
Ash tried to translate what it had said.
"Big Blue…just wants to battle?"
"Kingler." Kingler did its best to nod without a neck.
Ash grinned crookedly. "Then…we'll give it a battle it'll never forget! Muk! Use your Sludge attack! Kingler! Hyper Beam! Pikachu! Try using a Thunderbolt! Squirtle! Hydro Pump! And Bulbasaur, power up your Solarbeam!"
"M-UUKKKKK!!!"
"King-king!!!"
"Pi…ka…CHHUUUUU!!!!!!"
"SQUIRTLE!!!!!"
Bulbasaur stood to the side, quietly gathering solar energy in its bulb.
"Buulllb……"
Big Blue absorbed their attacks with its tail. Pikachu's and Kingler's attacks were the ones that hurt it the most.
"DOO…SS…" It used its Leer attack, frightening Ash's Pokémon badly. Bulbasaur had closed its eyes though.
Ash looked at it. "Ready, Bulbasaur?"
Bulbasaur looked up and nodded. "Bulba."
"Fire!!"
"BULBA……SAAAUUUURRRRR!!!!!!!"
From the glowing bulb on its back, a giant blast of energy zoomed upwards and shot through Big Blue's coils, grazing its rock-hard scales and leaving singe marks.
That made Big Blue mad.
"GYAA!!" It glared at the tiny offender. "GGGGYYAAAARRRRRAAAADDOOOOOSSSSSSS!!!!!!!"
"Bulba?" Bulbasaur asked nervously.
"Uh…Do you think we hurt it enough?" asked Ash.
"King…" Kingler said no.
"Pika!!"
"Attack it guys!! Bulbasaur! Go ahead and use Razor Leaf! Pikachu! Thunder! Everyone else, the same thing as last time!!"
"Bulbasauuurrr!"
"Pika! Pii…kaa……CHHUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!"
"KINGLERRR!!!"
"Muk!"
"Squirtttlllee!"
Big Blue tackled them, ignoring their attacks, then it rose up again and spat out a giant Hydro Pump.
"Look out!!"
They ran out of Big Blue's crater but still got horribly soaked, not to mention weakened. They ran along the rows of seats until they reached the door. Brock wasn't there anymore.
"Maybe…we should give up," panted Ash.
"Pika!" Pikachu said angrily.
"It's too powerful! Our attacks are barely hurting it!"
"Pikapi!!"
"Muk! Muk muk!" Muk agreed.
"Kingking!"
"Squirtle."
"Bulba…saur."
"……All right. You win…but you'd better win against Big Blue, too!"
"Piika!!"
They all turned to face Big Blue. It glared back at them.
"All right, Big Blue!" shouted Ash, "I'm going to capture you! Just like a real Pokémon Master! You got that!? Get ready!!"
"PIKAPIKACHU!!" Pikachu added.
Ash grinned. "Company!! ATTACK!!!"
The two sides charged into battle. Big Blue instantly washed them down with another Hydro Pump, but they somehow recovered and attacked again.
"PIIIKKKAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Pikachu used its Thunderbolt attack, and this time it was close enough to have a critical effect.
"Squirtle!!"
Squirtle was doing an all-out boxer style, pummeling Big Blue's scale with its Mega Punch attack.
Kingler tried using its ViceGrip attack, but its claws weren't large enough. It decided to settle for Crabhammer.
Muk was Body Slamming all over the place, and with a few Sludge attacks thrown in here and there, it wasn't doing to badly.
Neither was Big Blue. Its Tackle attack was devastating. Its special attacks were even worse.
Bulbasaur's Vine Whip was constantly batting down at its head, and Big Blue was getting sick of that really fast. It roared, then flew upwards to prepare for its Dragon Rage.
"Pi? Pika!" Pikachu cried.
"Bulbasaur!"
Ash gritted his teeth and stared upwards at the huge monstrosity.
One more hit and we've lost…
He surveyed his "troops".
Which one has the best attack?……Or…what if I used a combination of attacks…?
"Pikachu! Kingler! Squirtle! Get close to each other! Kingler! You'll go first! Use your Hyper Beam. After that starts moving, Squirtle, I want you to use your Water Gun attack! Pikachu! Right after that, use your Thunderbolt! You're going to combine all of your attacks into one huge one! Got it!? GO! NOW!!!!"
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Big Blue roared. It was already glowing blue.
"KINGKINGLER!!"
Kingler held up its giant claw and a bright orange beam shot out from it. Squirtle took its cue, and blasted out its Water Gun.
"Pi ka CHUUUU!!!!"
Pikachu's Thunderbolt spiraled around Squirtle's Water Gun, combining both attacks with Kingler's Hyper Beam. The newly invented attack rushed straight into Big Blue. Big Blue roared in pain as shocks racked its body. It screamed as its body twitched wildly in the air, and with one last battle cry, it fell into the swimming pool that the Teal Town citizens had been using to host their tournament. It was tiny compared to Big Blue, and its head and tail lay on the wet ground next to the pool.
"Pika!!"
The Pokémon stared in shock. They hadn't thought that Ash's plan would actually work.
Ash only hesitated for a split second. He ran to the railing, hopped over it, and made his way to Big Blue's giant head. He slowed down as he got closer. Its eyes were staring at him with an unfriendly glare in them.
"Gyaaaarrrrrr…" it said.
Ash stopped.
"Uh……"
Pikachu and the other Pokémon ran to his side. Pikachu hopped forward.
"Pikachu?" it asked.
Big Blue glared at it. "Rrrraaa…"
Kingler sidestepped around Ash and moved forward.
"King king. King kingler," it said.
"Rrraadooosssss!" Big Blue growled, "Radoosssss!!"
"Kingler…Kinglerking."
Ash watched the conversation, not understanding a word. He looked at Pikachu. "What are they saying?"
"Pika? Pikachu."
Ash groaned. Pikachu was supposed to know those things. He stepped back in surprise as Big Blue raised its head from the ground. It looked Ash in the eyes.
"Gyarradosss…" it hissed. Then it turned and headed back to the sea.
Ash was just stunned. Then he remembered something.
"Hey, wait!! I still have to capture you!!"
Big Blue paused. It looked back at Ash. "Radoss," it nodded. Then it kept going.
"Huh?"
"Pikapika!!" Pikachu said.
"Oh, so now you understand it?"
"Chu…"
"Okay okay. Let's follow it."
Ash recalled Bulbasaur, Muk, Squirtle and Kingler. Then he and Pikachu ran after Big Blue.
Big Blue was waiting for them at the edge of its lake. As they caught up to it, it looked down, there was no longer any anger in its eyes, but they still kept that fearsome look of all Gyarados.
"Dosss…"
It dove into the water. Its long body seemed to take forever to fit in.
"That must be a pretty deep lake for that huge Gyarados to fit in," Ash commented.
"Pika pika," Pikachu agreed.
After the last of Big Blue's tail slipped underwater, its head surfaced in the middle of the lake.
"ARRRRAAADOOSSSS!" it called. It dove under again.
"…What is it doing?" Ash asked.
"Pikachu," Pikachu shrugged.
The waves near the shore got larger, and Ash and Pikachu jumped way back when Big Blue's head appeared right next to them.
"Uh…Hi," Ash said meekly.
Big Blue ignored him. It looked down at the ground and dropped something out of its mouth. Then it turned and dove back into the water. As Ash and Pikachu watched, they could make out its long, blue form swimming towards the ocean.
After getting over the initial feeling of awe, Ash felt cheated.
"Hey! That's not fair! I beat it! I should've been able to capture it!!"
Pikachu gazed up at him. Poor kid. Then Pikachu looked to see what Big Blue had dropped on the shore. It perked up immediately.
"Pika!! Pikapikachu!!"
"Huh?"
Ash looked down to see what the commotion was about.
Flopping around on the beach was a very, very large Magikarp. Well, compared to most Magikarp at least. This one was bigger than a Seel.
Ash blinked.
"Uh…"
"Karp! Magi! Magi! Karp!"
"Piika!" Pikachu giggled.
Ash sighed and tossed a Pokéball at the Magikarp, and it was caught with no struggling at all.
Ash walked over and picked it up. "…Welcome to the group, Big Orange."