Chapter One: Another Challenge
Jay peered around up ahead. "Nothing seems to be ahead of us, guys." He looked at Agua, Dee, Fire Orb, and Ultra. "Any ideas?"
They all shook their heads.
"You know Jay, you should really ask your 'dex this question," suggested Dee.
Jay smiled. "That's right, my Pokédex!" He grabbed it from out of his pocket. "Alright Pokédex, where are we on Arachnid Island and where should we go?"
A small map appeared on the screen, and a blinking light saying, "You R Here" appeared. "The closest spot is Spider Grove, a small area where trainers fight and catch wild Pokémon. It is not too far away, and after that the Woolie Zone or Arachnid City would be the best place to go."
Jay smiled brightly. "Alright guys, on to Spider Grove!" He started running to the grove.
"Orb!" shouted Fire Orb angrily.
"Ultra!" agreed Ultra.
"Yeah, wait up Jay!" cried Agua and Dee rushing after him.
As Jay happily ran to grove, someone darted in front of him.
"Wha!" he cried as he slowly came to a stop. He glared at the guy. "Hey, watch where you walking kid."
The guy chuckled. "I am no kid. I am John of Scarlet City, a great Pokémon trainer from my home town, and I wish to challenge you."
Jay smiled. "Challenge me, well alright then."
* * * *
In the Spider Grove, Jay stood at one end of a clearing while John stood at the other.
"Six Super Balls or Poké Balls," shouted John.
Jay smiled. "This should be quick, since my Pokémon are all still super-charged from the Evolution Cavern."
Off on the sidelines, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra contentfully watched. Dee said, "Jay's right, he should easily bet this 'John' trainer."
"Venusaur, go!" John threw a Super Ball and out of it revealed the rather large plant Pokémon.
"A Venusaur will be no match for, Venustoise, go!" Jay threw the Super Ball up into the air and out of it came his mighty plant/water Pokémon.
John glared. "A Super Pokémon trainer. I hate you all; this battle shall be in the name of all normal Pokémon. What people did to Pokémon to turn them into Super Pokémon is cruel and wrong, and now you shall pay the price. Venusaur, razor leaf!"
Jay smirked. "You're one weird kid. Venustoise, wash of its leaves with water cannon, now!"
Razor-sharp leafs shot from Venusaur's plant and right at Venustoise. For some strange reason, Venustoise ignored Jay's command and did a head-on skull bash attack, knocking past the leaves and at Venusaur.
"Venustoise!" shouted Jay. "Listen to me! I said use your water cannon attack!"
Venustoise stopped its skull bash attack and turned around and shot the water cannon at Jay.
"Wha!" cried Jay. "Venustoise is out of control, just like Flamed. Ugh, Venustoise, return." He held out the Super Ball, and Venustoise shot into its Super Ball.
"Venusaur, return!" said John. "This match should be easy if you don't have any control over your Pokémon. Tentacruel, attack!" He threw a Super Ball and a large Tentacruel appeared from out of it.
"I'll fight that Tentacruel with Tentablast, it'll listen to me like before," said Jay. He threw the Super Ball. "Tentablast, I choose you!"
Appearing on the field, the two similar jellyfish Pokémon stood face to face.
"Freeze whip!" commanded Jay.
"Acid," hissed John.
But to Jay's surprise, Tentablast did a body slam instead, unfortunately being smothered in Tentacruel's poisonous acid.
"Tentablast," growled Jay. "Tentablast, freeze whip, not body slam!"
"Tentacruel, constrict!" ordered John.
Tentablast glared back at Jay, not realizing that Tentacruel was preparing to wrap its tentacles around Tentablast. And when it did-
"No!" cried Jay. Tentacruel had the squeeze on Tentablast.
Chapter Two: Revealing of a Problem
"Withdraw attack, Tentablast, it's the only way out!" cried Jay.
"Blast!" Tentablast quickly shot acid at Jay.
"Wha!" He leaped out of the way. "Tentablast return!" He held out Tentablast's Super Ball and in the deadly Pokémon entered. He thought for a moment. "Electric Orb will always listen to me, so attack!" He threw Electric Orb's Super Ball and out it appeared.
"I can match any of your Super Pokémon against their original forms," said John. "Tentacruel, return! Electrode, go!" He threw a ball and out of it came a Poké Ball-like Pokémon.
"Electric Orb, thunder bolt," ordered Jay.
"Elect!" Electric Orb automatically shocked Electrode, but to Jay's surprise Electrode wasn't badly hurt.
"Body slam it then," said Jay.
Electric Orb seemed to be ahead of Jay and it did a full on body slam onto Electrode.
John smirked. "This should be quick, and deadly, explosion Electrode."
Jay smiled. "Thunder shield yourself now!"
Electric Orb, instead of using its thunder shield, used explosion too. The two exploded causing a loud bang.
Jay was now on his knees, crying, "None of my Pokémon will listen to me!"
Ultra walked up Jay and patted him on the back.
"Return," both Jay and John said.
"Well, a little Ultra." John smirked. "Pikachu, I choose you!"
Jay gave a little grin. "My Ultra can defeat almost any enemy, even a Pikachu. You want to fight Ultra?"
Ultra nodded.
"Pikachu, confuse Ultra with you agility attack," commanded John.
"Ultra, teleport to keep and eye on Pikachu," said Jay.
Pikachu ran as fast as it could, but Ultra seemed to be quicker as it teleported away from where Pikachu was running.
"How about that, your Ultra listens to you," sneered John. "Pikachu, lets shock this little mouse, thunder attack!"
Ultra smiled, as did Jay.
"Psytoss!" cried Jay.
Pikachu produced the thunder attack and sent it flying at Ultra. Reacting quickly, Ultra's eyes turned a bluish color and the electricity slowed down and reversed directions and head back to Pikachu.
"Huh?" cried John.
"And add onto the shock with shocker, now!" ordered Jay.
"Tra!" Ultra charged up the thunder attack with his shocker attack and when it hit Pikachu it sent him flying back at John.
Chapter Three: Deadly Side-Effects
John nodded. "It seems your Ultra is very strong, you should evolve it into Ultimate soon, it is around the same level as Pikachu and it'll evolve into Raichu soon too. As for your other Pokémon, just get more badges."
Jay glared at John and its Pikachu. "My Pokémon have almost always listened to me. Just now they are ignoring me."
Agua shouted from the sidelines, "Except for Flamed, can't forget him Jay! He never listened to you."
"I'm trying to make a point Agua and you are not help," growled Jay. "Anyway, I believe I must be too good of a trainer and must have powered them up too much. But that doesn't matter, I still have other Pokémon! Ha, ha, ha."
Dee, with Fire Orb hovered next to her, walked over to Jay. "I believe I know that problem. You remember the Evolution Cavern, right?"
Jay nodded silently.
"Well, you unleashed Electric Orb, Venustoise, Tuffy, Tentablast, and Fighter they started glowing, like Team Rocket's Pokémon. They were leveling up," explained Dee. "And when you gave them that rare candy before facing Auqias and Auqtrias they leveled up again. I believe it was then they had too much experience and got out of control. The only reason Ultra still listens to you, and why Winger, Morpher, Psyghost, and Spida will too, is that they weren't out in the really powerful part of the cavern, with the exception of Ultra who will always listen to you."
John smirked. "Well looks like you have some work cut out for you Jay. I'm heading into town where I can find a shop that sells evolution stones." He walked off. "See you later."
Jay sighed. "Great, now I can only use five Pokémon too battle, Ultra, Winger, Psyghost, Morpher, and Spida, but the five of them don't have the strength of my other five Pokémon." He took of his backpack and fished around the pack searching for his Pokédex.
Dee peered over at Jay and smirked. "You know, Jay, your backpack isn't the safest place to keep those Pokémon eggs."
Jay sighed. "I don't know where else to put them. Ultra can't hold them."
"Wha!" cried Agua. "She means us three carrying them!"
"Oh, I never thought of that." Jay handed Agua one of the eggs and Dee another, while he took out his Pokédex and his egg. He fiddled with it and transferred Electric Orb, Venustoise, Tuffy, Tentablast, and Fighter to Professor Oak Jr. and received Psyghost and Spida. "This is just great, better head into the forest to catch some new Pokémon guys." He darted to back to the Web Forests.
Chapter Four: What to Catch Now?
Agua, Dee, Ultra, and Fire Orb puffed in and puffed out air as they awaited Jay's apology for rushing ahead.
"Fire . . . orb," moaned Fire Orb.
Dee glared at Jay, "My words exactly! Why did you rush ahead Jay. Do you even remember catching a Pokémon, Jay? The last one you caught was Ultimate and you ended up releasing him. I wonder sometimes if you can even capture Pokémon Jay."
Agua laughed until tears began coming from her eyes. "Finally . . . someone understands . . . ha hah ha . . . how I feel . . . about Jay!"
Jay frowned and turned red. "So what if Pokémon have come to me, I don't see you guys catching any Pokémon!"
Dee cleared her throat. "Auqtrias," she reminded him.
Agua shrugged. "Why do I need to catch any more Pokémon? I have five powerful Pokémon, and you can only use six Pokémon in the League Games, so I don't really need any more. You, on the other hand, like capturing all the Pokémon you can, so it's you who needs them."
Jay sighed. "Fine, but at least I can easily capture any Pokémon, unlike Dee, who had to get a whole group of people to help her capture Auqtrias-"
"Shut up!" hissed Dee. "You know that if we didn't Auqtrias and Auqias would flood the island, so just shut up!"
Jay said, "I'm just saying, it seems you guys don't even know how to capture a Pokémon anymore!"
Dee turned a dark red. She grabbed a Super Ball. "Birdy, go!" The ball hurled through the air and out of it was Dee's Birdy. "I'll prove to you I can still capture a Pokémon! Birdy, find a Poké-Target!"
"Bird!" Birdy shot up into the sky and slowly looked around. When it found its target it shot down into the air.
"Let's follow it!" Dee rushed towards where Birdy had dived down.
Jay and Agua quickly followed after her.
There, in a field, Birdy was attack a poor, helplessly Weedle.
Jay started cracking up. "Your new Pokémon's a Weedle? Hah, ha, heh!"
Pow! Dee punched Jay right in the stomach and he fell, painfully, to the ground. She looked back at Birdy. " Just because something's very small doesn't mean it's weak. Alright Birdy, stop that Weedle with a gust attack!"
Birdy flapped its wings creating a deadly gust and sent it right at the Weedle. But to Dee's surprise, it evaded the attack.
"What!" exclaimed Dee.
Jay began laughing again.
"You shouldn't be laughing Jay, Dee's has a rare opportunity to capture a Weedle that knows an agility attack," explained Dee.
Jay shrugged.
"Birdy, flamethrower now!" ordered Dee.
"Dee!" Birdy shot flame from its mouth spreading it across the grass causing a deadly fire.
Agua sighed. "This is where I come in." She grabbed a Super Ball and hurled it into the air. "We need you, Whirlpool!" The giant blob Pokémon appeared. "Put out the fire with your water cannon!"
"Whirl!" Whirlpool shot a blast of water and put out the fire on the grass. The pour little Weedle was burnt to a crisp.
Dee nodded and gave a little smirk as she grabbed a Poké Ball from her pocket. "Poké Ball, go!" It hurled through the air until it hit Weedle. As the ball closed, and rapidly shook then stopped. "Yeah! Weedle's mine!" She turned to Jay. "See if you can top that Barial!" Within a couple of seconds the Poké Ball teleported away because Dee didn't have anymore space in her Pokémon group.
Jay rolled his eyes.
Chapter Five: A Pokémon for Agua
"So Agua, what about you little miss, 'I only need five Pokémon'?" growled Jay.
Agua shrugged. "You want me to catch a Pokémon too? Why?"
Dee tried to whisper something that Jay couldn't hear, but he could easily hear her say, "He's forgotten how to catch them so he needs some examples."
Jay turned red. "I do not!"
Dee rolled her eyes.
Agua smiled. "Whirlpool and I can easily handle this little mess. I'll just capture that Caterpie over there!" She pointed up at a tree. "Whirlpool, bubblebeam!"
A small slit opened from Whirlpool's body and bubbles shot from it. The all popped on the little Caterpie and it fell to the ground, but it immediately it shot up.
Agua smirked. "This Caterpie's got spunk! Whirlpool, water cannon!"
"Pool!" Whirlpool shot blasts of water at the little Caterpie soaking it, but amazingly it wasn't too effected.
"That's odd, Whirlpool's attack aren't very effective," murmured Agua.
"Caterpie's a bug Pokémon, Whirlpool's a water Pokémon," explained Jay. "Bugs' aren't weakened by water."
Agua sighed and thought about what to do next. "Whirlpool, tackle attack."
Whirlpool went full speed at the Caterpie, but surprisingly the Caterpie bent back and then hit the Whirlpool with the end of its body.
"It knows counter attack!" exclaimed Agua. "I want that Caterpie! Whirlpool, psybeam now!"
Psywaves shot from Whirlpool's eyes and they intercepted the Caterpie. The small bug just crawled off unaffected.
"Bugs are strong against psychic attacks," explained Jay.
Agua glared angrily at the Caterpie. "Whirlpool return!" She held out Whirlpool's Super Ball and it popped back into it. She grabbed another Super Ball from her pocket. "Let's see if the little Caterpie can handle this! Ice Orb, I want you!" She threw the ball and out of it was Ice Orb.
"Iccce," it hissed.
"Ice Orb, aurora beam!" ordered Agua.
An ice beam shot from Ice Orb as it the Caterpie it slowly froze up.
Agua smiled. "Poké Ball, go!" She threw it at the frozen Caterpie and in it went. The Poké Ball shuttered from a moment, then stopped. She gave as the peace sign. "Caterpie's mine Barial, who will you 'try' to capture?"
****WHO'S THAT POKéMON: GDEUBG?****
Chapter Six: Spida versus Bugged
****IT'S BUGGED! "Bug De Bugged!!"****
"We'll see, but since bug Pokémon rule this forest I'll make it a fair fight, unlike you guys." Jay smirked happily.
Ultra nodded and stepped forward preparing for battle.
"Spida, I choose you!" Jay threw the Super Ball and out of it the arachnid Pokémon appeared.
"Tra!" cried Ultra and it slowly backed up, feeling unwanted.
"Fire!" laughed Fire Orb.
Ultra glared up at Fire Orb and gave it a terribly shocking to make it stop laughing, and his planned succeeded because Fire Orb fell to the ground, still feeling the electricity flowing through him.
"Go Spida, find us a target!" Jay pointed forward and Spida rushed forward further into the woods. Jay rushed after the Spida.
Dee smirked. "Let's see Jay 'try' to catch a Pokémon."
Agua smiled. "Yeah!" The two ran after Jay, with Ultra and Fire Orb not too far behind them.
When he finally caught Spida, Jay smiled at Spida's target. It was a strange mix between Caterpie and Weedle. He held up his Pokédex to see what it was.
"Bugged," answered the Pokédex, "a hairy bug Super Pokémon. This bug Pokémon is said to be common around many forests. The only problem is that many trainers may confuse it for its altered forms, Caterpie and Weedle. Evolves into Buggy."
Jay shrugged. "This should be easy for a Pokémon Trainer like me to capture." He grabbed a Super Ball and threw it at the Bugged. "Super Ball, go!"
It hit the Bugged and went into the ball. It shook around for a moment, but when it was about to stop the Bugged was released from the ball and the Super Ball hurled back to Jay.
Dee and Agua began cracking up.
Jay's eyes became enflamed with fire as he shouted to Spida, "Spida take that thing down! Tackle attack!"
Spida darted towards the Bugged, but it dodged the attack surprisingly.
"Spida, poison sting!" Jay ordered.
Spida leaped into the air, the horn on its head aiming straight at Bugged, but amazingly the Bugged used the same attack and the cracked Spida's horn.
"Spida!" cried Jay. He leaped for Spida as he fell to the ground, but Spida shook its head saying it was okay. "Alright then Spida, let's show the Bugged who's boss. Spida, triple punch now!"
"Spi!" Spida leaped towards Bugged and with three of its four arms on the side of its body, it punched the poor Bugged.
Jay took a deep breath. "Here we go again. Super Ball, go!" He threw the Super Ball again, and it hit the injured Bugged. It rolled again, but again it shot from out of the Super Ball.
"Maybe your Super Ball's too old," suggested Dee. "Come back and capture it later Jay."
He shook his head. "Enough is enough! Spida, try the tackle again!"
Spida jumped in the air and prepared to tackle, but the Bugged did the same kind of counter attack as the Caterpie had down early, except this time Spida was slammed into the tree.
"That's it! Spida, agility!" ordered Jay.
Spida dashed around the Bugged, and as the Bugged tried to keep up, it shot its string shot at Spida, but missed every time. Eventually, the Bugged became very confused.
"Now, poison sting!" ordered Jay.
Spida hit Bugged with its poisonous horn and Bugged flinched as it became poisoned.
Jay smiled. "Super Ball, go!" He threw the same ball as before, and it landed on the Bugged. It shook around but still the Bugged was released. "That's it, you better work this one last time!" He threw it again and it shook violently. And finally it stopped and the Bugged was captured.
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" shouted Jay as he leaped for joy. He grabbed Ultra's little arms and began dancing around. "We caught a Bugged! We caught a Bugged!"
Chapter Seven: Super Ball 2
Jay smiled and patted Spida on the head; "Good job Spida, you sure did a good job weakening it Spida, you sure did-"
"Jay, Spida did weaken the Pokémon but you got it out of luck," Agua disagreed. "Sometimes Pokémon give up and just let themselves get caught. When you threw it all the other times it popped up."
"Yeah," Dee agreed. "The Pokémon probably wasn't made to be captured with a Super Ball, the original one anyway."
Jay shook his head. "I'll show you!" He held out Spida's Super Ball. "Return!" He glanced down towards Ultra. "Find the nearest Pokémon, okay buddy?"
Ultra's cheeks began to spark as he smiled. "Tra!" He leaped into the air and gave a glance around, as he was airborne. There, not too far away, it saw a Golomoth.
When it landed, it quickly darted off.
Jay, Dee, Agua, and Fire Orb rushed after it.
Jay smiled proudly when Ultra found the Golomoth. "Good job Ultra, now let's attack it. Ultra, thunderbolt!"
Ultra's shot electricity from his cheeks to shock the Golomoth. Electricity badly shocked it, getting the moth's attention. It quickly attacked with a tackle sending Ultra flying back.
"Ultra, disable!" shouted Jay.
Ultra's suddenly flashed a dark red, and as did Golomoth. He began paralyze, unable to move a single body part.
"Now confuse it with psybeam." Jay smiled happily. "A piece of cake, if you ask me girls, huh?"
"We'll see," the two said in unison.
"Tra ra tra," chanted Ultra as psywaves shot from its eyes and hit Golomoth, slowly confusing it.
"Now, thunderwave!" shouted Jay.
"Tra!" Ultra's electricity surrounded the Golomoth paralyzing it and making it fall to the ground.
"Now, slam attack," Jay ordered.
"Ul-tra!" Ultra slammed its left side of its body up against Golomoth sending it up into the air.
"Shocker attack!" said Jay proudly.
It began to charge up for its most powerful attack, and when it did it shocked Golomoth so much it gave a blood-shaking screech.
"Alright, Super Ball!" He threw the Super Ball at the Golomoth, but as the moth entered the Super Ball, it suddenly broke opened.
"Huh!" Jay gasped.
The Golomoth slowly flew away from the stunned Jay.
"What went wrong?" Jay fell to his knees and sighed.
"It's like we said, the Super Ball is too old," explained Dee. "In order to catch some Pokémon and Super Pokémon, you need to but stronger Pokémon Balls. For Pokémon, you'd start buying Great Balls around now, and for an upgrade on Super Balls, you'd get the Super Ball 2."
"Is that why I couldn't get the Golomoth?" asked Jay.
"Yup," answered Agua. "Poké and Super Balls come in three forms. For Poké Balls they're Poké Balls, Great Balls, and Ultra Balls; For Super Balls they're Super Balls, Super Balls 2, and Super Balls 2. Finally at the top of both sections is the Master Ball, a ball that can capture any Pokémon."
Jay nodded and murmured, "Hmmm, lets go into town and go get some!"
"Okay," said Dee and Agua.
"Tra!" agreed Ultra as he dashed off.
"Orb!" said Fire Orb, following Ultra.
Chapter Eight: Problem at the Pokémon Center
The Butterfree flew down and picked up the Super Ball and two Poké Balls containing Bugged, Caterpie, and Weedle.
"We'll take good care of your bug Pokémon here," said the nurse as she walked off into the back.
Jay darted out of the Pokémon Center.
Dee sighed. "That boy needs to learn how to wait."
"Uh huh," agreed Agua, as they headed out of the Pokémon Center and to the PokéMart.
There, Jay was already in front asking, "I'd like to buy three Super Balls 2 and three Great Balls please!"
Dee and Agua stepped up to the counter, "Make that nine Super Balls 2 and nine Great Balls please."
Jay glanced back. "Oh, what took you two so long!"
"Tra!" cried Ultra and he flipped out.
"Orb-Orb," agreed Fire Orb with a sigh.
"Here you go," said the man at the counter handing Jay the eighteen balls, which were grabbed by Dee and Agua, then told Jay the payment amount. He quickly paid the man the proper amount of yen and the three walked out of the store.
"Ultra tra ra?" asked Ultra.
Jay shrugged. "I dunno where we should go next. I mean, Bugged, Weedle, and Caterpie probably aren't fully healed yet."
Agua pointed to the small river by the Pokémon Center. "We can see if we can catch any fish Pokémon, you know Jay, for you collection."
"Okay," said Jay.
The trio of trainers and the duo of Pokémon began to head towards to water, when Ultra suddenly noticed a flash of light in the Pokémon Center. He tugged on Jay's pant leg and pointed towards the center.
"Huh?" wondered Jay. He looked ahead towards the Pokémon Center. "Someone's attacking!"
They all dashed into the Pokémon Center, and standing there on the counter where three trainers and a Fire Kat standing on the table.
"Its Team Rocket!" cried Jay.
"Ah, the trio of losers are here," growled Mike.
"But they're too late now," sneered Nick.
"We have all the Pokémon from the center," Kelly snickered.
"I beat we even have some of yours too," finished Fire Kat. "So it's motto time!"
"Prepare for trouble," said Mike.
"Make it double, double," said Nick.
"To protect the world from devastation," said Kelly.
"To bind all bad guys within our nation," said Fire Kat.
"To announce the evils of truth and love," said Mike.
"To extend our reach to the stars above," said Nick.
"Mike."
"Nick."
"And Kelly."
"Fiiiiiire Kat, that's right!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light," said Kelly.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight," began Fire Kat.
"All of us!" said Team Rocket.
"And now, all these Pokémon are ours for the taking," said Mike.
"And trust me, we'll be taking a lot," growled Nick.
"All right boys, do your stuff," said Kelly.
Mike and Nick held Poké Balls and threw them into the air. "We've randomly selected two Pokémon to destroy you little brats! Poké Balls, go!"
Chapter Nine: Team Rocket's Escape
The two Poké Balls hurled through the air and out of them appeared-
"Wee!" growled Dee's Weedle.
"Pie!" growled Agua's Caterpie.
"Bugs!" cried Mike and Nick. "What pathetic Pokémon." They looked into the crowd of angry trainers. "Who are the trainers of these bugs, because they can have them back!"
"Hey!" shouted Agua and Dee. "Hey, those are yours."
"Looks like those little girls are losing their touch." Mike and Nick recalled the Pokémon and tossed them to the girls.
Kelly smiled brightly. She grabbed a Super Ball from the stack. "Now I'll show you how to truly battle. Super Ball, go!" She threw it into the air and out of it came-
"Bug!" growled Jay's Bugged.
Kelly frowned and sighed then suddenly yelled into the crowd, "What kind of trainers are you anyways!"
Jay raised his hand and shouted, "That Bugged would be mine. Would you toss it back over here please."
Kelly glared, recalled Bugged, and tossed Jay Bugged's Super Ball.
"It's time to bring matter into our own paws," said Fire Kat. "Use your own Pokémon Rockets!"
"Smogger, Gaser." Mike hurled the two Super Balls into the air.
"Rhyoran, Snake Glare." Nick threw the two balls containing his Pokémon.
"Ratoran, Alakazam." Kelly threw the Super and Poké Ball into the crowd.
Out of the six appeared Team Rocket's six Pokémon.
"Smogger, Gaser, created a smoke screen," ordered Mike.
"Smogger-Smogger!" Smogger spread gases around the room, blinding the trainers.
"Gaser-Gaser," Gaser wheezed. For double protection, Gaser coated Smogger's lair of smoke.
"Snake Glare, glare attack. Rhyoran, make a path for us with your take down move," said Kelly.
"GLARE!" Snake Glare paralyzed the crowd, including Jay and the others.
"Rhy!" Rhyoran jumped from the table and smashed its way through the crowd.
The Team Rocket quickly darted out of the room, grabbing Ultra and Fire Orb on the way out.
"No!" cried Jay. "I can't move." He still held Bugged's Super Ball in his hand. "Alright Bugged, you're my only hope." He dropped the ball, revealing Bugged.
"Right," said Dee and Agua in unison. They dropped the Poké Balls containing Caterpie and Weedle.
"We need you to stop Team Rocket for us," said Jay. "You're our only hope. Arg." Jay fell to the ground as the toxic smoke entered his system.
The trio of bugs quickly darted out of the room and after Team Rocket, who were heading for the Gyarados-Sub.
There, not too far away, Wurm, on of Jay, Dee, and Agua's Pokémon friends, was surfing towards the Gyarados-Sub.
"Rat! Rat!" shouted Ratoran, as Team Rocket entered the sub.
Kelly laughed evilly. "I see those little bugs. Ratoran, do as you please with them."
Ratoran leaped into the air preparing to attack.
"But three against one isn't fair, for our side," said Mike.
Kelly snorted. "Please, my Ratoran female can easily dispose of three pitiful bugs Pokémon. Ratoran, tackle attack."
Chapter Ten: The Strength of the Weak
Weedle and Bugged quickly darted out of the way with their agility attack, while Caterpie stayed put to use a counter attack.
Ratoran slammed into Caterpie before it could try to use the counter move.
Weedle saw this moment as an opportunity to strike, so it used its poison sting attack on Ratoran. But as Weedle's stinger hit Ratoran, the poison had no effect.
"Haha," laughed Kelly. "Do you really think a poison sting attack will stop a poison Pokémon. Ratoran, tail whip, now!"
"Ran!" Ratoran spun around, whipping its tail at Weedle and Caterpie, sending them flying.
Bugged leaped into the air using a deadly tackle.
"Ratoran, horn attack," ordered Kelly. "This should be easier than I thought."
Ratoran jumped into the air and slammed into Bugged using its deadly horn.
Bugged fell to the ground over by Caterpie and Weedle. The trio all moaned and groaned as the pain surged through them.
"Defeat them all at once Ratoran," said Kelly. "Body slam. Heh, they're too weak to be powerful, that's for sure."
As Ratoran jumped into the air to slam down onto the little bugs, Weedle remembered something Dee had said. "Just because something's very small doesn't mean it's weak."
"Weed!" shouted Weedle.
Caterpie and Bugged quickly darted away while Weedle stayed. Ratoran slammed onto Weedle, the only thing was it slammed right onto Weedle's horn.
"Rat!" cried Ratoran. "Rato! Rato! Oran! Oran! Ratoran!" It rushed around in pain, screaming and crying.
Caterpie quickly slowed down Ratoran as it spat its string shot at the rat. Cocoon-like webbing covered Ratoran, covering it like a statue.
Kelly's eyes widened. "Alakazam, go!"
In the sub Kelly's Alakazam, laughed and ignored Kelly and began to sleep.
Kelly frowned. "Alakazam still isn't listening to my orders. Alakazam, return."
"Wurm!" Wurm had finally made it to aid the trio of bugs. The slammed into the Gyarados-Sub tipping it over and spilling out Mike, Nick, Fire Kat, and their Pokémon.
"Water!" shouted Fire Kat.
"Huh? Look out!" screamed Kelly as the sub began to tip over.
Mike and Nick floated out of the sub and shouted, "Pokémon, go!"
Rhyoran, Snake Glare, Gaser, and Smogger quickly jumped out of the sub and prepared to attack.
"Tackle!" shouted Mike and Nick.
"Everyone, string shot," said a familiar voice. Jay, Dee, and Agua, with tons of trainer behind them, stood tall, cured from being paralyzed.
Bugged, Weedle, and Caterpie shot their string shot at four of Team Rocket's Pokémon, wrapping them all up.
"What!" cried Mike and Nick.
Jay suddenly gasped. "Ultra and Fire Orb! They're still in the sub, trapped underwater! We have to do something, quick!"
"Wurm!" Wurm used a deadly quick attack and slammed through the Gyarados-Sub, and brought Ultra and Fire Orb out of it, along with the bag of balls.
"There's still me to finish the job, and I know your little bugs are weak against me!" Fire Kat stood tall in front of the trio of bugs.
"Fire Orb, flamethrower!" shouted Dee.
"Orb!" Fire Orb used its flamethrower attack to overpower Fire Kat with its flames.
"Now, Ultra, thunderbolt," said Jay.
"Tra!" Ultra shocked the annoying cat, paralyzing it in the process.
Fire Kat moaned and groaned but managed to say, "I'm not finished yet."
"Bugged, tackle attack," said Jay.
"Bug!" Bugged jumped at Fire Kat's head and slammed into it. The poor kitty fell to the ground.
"Now I'm beaten," moaned Fire Kat.
Kelly moaned, "We were beaten my tiny bugs. This is insulting. Quickly Rockets, we have to be blasting off again."
Mike, Nick, and Kelly quickly grabbed their Pokémon and darted out of the town.
Chapter Eleven: A Successful Conclusion
"Yeah!" Jay, Dee, and Agua rushed towards their little bug Pokémon and gave them a hug. "You guys did great!"
Ultra and Fire Orb walked up to the trio of bugs. Fire Orb gave a congratulating screech while Ultra gave them a peace sign for a good job.
"I can't believe they actually beat Team Rocket," said Agua proudly. She patted Caterpie on the head.
"Good job Weedle," said Dee. "You're number one!"
Jay nodded. "Uh huh. Bugged, it was all you!"
"Wee!" said Weedle.
"Pie!" cried Caterpie.
"Bug!" agreed Bugged.
They all suddenly shot their heads upwards and shot their string shot into the air.
Jay, Dee, and Agua all jumped back. The trio of bugs began to be coated with their string shot until they were encased in a cocoon-shell.
"They've evolved into Kakuna, Metapod, and Buggy," exclaimed Dee.
They all gave each other a high-five. "Yeah!"
The nurse of the Pokémon Center walked over to the trio and said, "Thank you for saving the Pokémon of the Pokémon Center. I don't now what I'd do if Team Rocket had stolen the Pokémon. I would like to reward you with some money"-
"Finally, some cash!" cried Jay. "Yippee!"
"No thanks," said Dee. "The reward of helping you is enough."
"What!" cried Jay. "But we're broke."
"It'd be like stealing, and we'd be no better than Team Rocket," said Agua.
"But please, let me at least give you something," said the nurse. She thought for a moment. "I know. If you are collecting new Pokémon, the Buggy and Metapod, then head to the Woolie Zone. There are some rare Pokémon there."
Jay smiled. "Yeah! On to the Woolie Zone."
"Wurm!" screeched Wurm, near the smashed Gyarados-Sub.
Jay turned to the dragon Pokémon. "What's wrong Wurm?"
"Wurm-Wurm, wurm!" said the dragon.
Jay smiled brighter than before. "You want to come with us Wurm?"
"Wurm!" agreed Wurm.
Jay held up a Super Ball 2. "Alright Wurm, let's join on up!" He tossed the ball at Wurm and it disappeared into it.
"Pokémon, return," said Jay, Dee, and Agua to the three cocoon Pokémon and they shot into their balls. Ultra and Fire Orb darted back to their trainers.
And so Jay, Dee, Agua, Ultra, and Fire Orb continued their journey on the Arachnid Island.
Jay, Dee, Agua, Ultra, and Fire Orb have entered a new area on the Arachnid Island. It is called the Woolie Zone, home to the rare doll Pokémon. But there are some special rules here, that Team Rocket will use to capture Ultra and Fire Orb. Check it out in The Woolie Zone. Coming next month!
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