Chapter One: Yet Another Rocket Battle!
"Prepare for trouble," said Mike.
"And make that double, double," agreed Nick.
"To protect the world from devastation," continued 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.
Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra yawned and began nodding off as Team Rocket said their ever so annoying motto. Team Rocket had appeared out of nowhere, as usual, and they of course wanted Ultra and Fire Orb.
"Alright," growled Mike. "Are you guys ready to battle, or not!"
Snoring was Team Rocket's only reply.
"Hey!" growled Nick. "Don't just sleep there, do something."
Still sleeping was the only reply.
Kelly moaned. "Alright then, let's hit them with our best!"
"Go Gaser, go Smogger!" said Mike.
"Go Snake Glare, go Rhyoran!" said Nick.
"Go Alakazam!" said Kelly. "Go, Ratorina!"
Out of the five Super Balls on one Poké Ball, Team Rocket's Pokémon prepared to attack.
Jay yawned. "Hey guys, they're getting ready to battle again."
Dee nodded. "Go Fire Orb, go Solar Orb."
"Butterfree, Whirlpool, I need you," murmured Agua sleepily.
"Ultra, Winger, go." Jay gave a giant yawn afterwards. "Go and get them."
The six Pokémon were launched out of the Super Balls, right in front of Team Rocket's Pokémon.
"Alakazam, psychic attack!" ordered Kelly. Suddenly, Alakazam whacked Kelly over the head with one of its spoons. "Ugh, Alakazam, return."
"Maybe I should handle this." Fire Kat walked over to take Kelly's Alakazam's place.
"Gaser, Smogger, you guys need a break from just using smokescreen attacks," said Mike. "Toxic attack."
"Alright Snake Glare dig underground. Rhyoran, use a take down to charge them down!" shouted Nick.
"Fire Kat flamethrower!" ordered Kelly. "Ratorina poison gas attack."
"Ultra, light screen! Winger, talon strike," ordered Jay.
Dee smirked. "Solar Orb solar beam. Fire Orb fire beam."
"Butterfree, whirlwind. Whirlpool psybeam," said Agua.
"Gaser!" wheezed Gaser. It poured toxic gases everywhere.
"Smogger-Smogger!" growled Smogger. It too poured gases all around the area.
"Free!" Luckily, Butterfree just used its whirlwind to blow the gases back towards Team Rocket.
"Whirl!" Whirlpool sent a psybeam at both Smogger and Gaser, and within seconds they both fainted.
"Fire Orb!" Fire Orb sent the beam of fire at Rhyoran, and the charging rock/poison Pokémon stopped dead in its tracks.
"Solar!" growled Solar Orb. Solar Orb launched itself backward into the air as Snake Glare shot out of the ground. Solar Orb shot the solar beam at Snake Glare as it tried to catch up to the solar Pokémon.
Ultra held out his two small hands and created a light screen. Both Fire Kat and Ratorina's attacks tried to break through the screen, but Ultra held it steady. But both attacks were slowly pushing the mouse Pokémon backwards. "Ra!"
From above, Winger swooped down and scratched both Fire Kat and Ratorina.
"Now Ultra, thunder!" ordered Jay.
"Ultra tra!" Ultra leaped into the air and gave all the Team Rocket members a deadly shocking.
"Fire Orb, hyper beam!" shouted Dee.
"Fire, fire, orb!" Fire Orb sent a hyper beam straight at Team Rocket and there was a giant explosion.
"Why does this always have to happen to the Rockets?" moaned Team Rocket. "We're blasting off again!"
Chapter Two: The Meet at the Center
"As usual, we won," said Jay. He held out Winger's Super Ball to recall it. "Winger return."
"Right, Solar Orb, return." Dee also recalled her Pokémon.
"Butterfree, Whirlpool, return," commanded Agua.
"Ra," moaned Ultra. He plopped down on the ground and sighed.
"Orb, orb." Fire Orb hung weakly next to Ultra.
Jay glanced at Dee. "I think it's time for Ultra and Fire Orb to have a nice long rest in a Pokémon Center, huh Dee?"
Dee nodded. "I'm sure they're pretty tired, I mean Ultra did recently battle Netic and his gym. And we haven't had a nice long rest since Cyber City. And we can make a detour before we reach Sparse Town and its gym."
Jay flipped open his Pokédex. "So 'dex, bring up a map from where we are to where Sparse Town is."
A small image of a map appeared on the screen of the Pokédex. Sparse Town was a ways away from where they were. There was only one city between Sparse and where they were, and a very large forest. The city was called Celadon City II.
"Good, Celadon City II isn't too far from here." Jay picked up Ultra. "Let's go little buddy."
* * * *
"This will only take about ten minutes," said the nurse. "Please make yourselves comfortable while me and my Pokémon heal your Pokémon."
Jay smiled. "We'll just wait here, we can check out Celadon City II later, okay guys?"
Jay, Dee, and Agua had finally reached Celadon City II and it's Pokémon Center. The City was huge, filled with millions of stores and almost an exact replica of the destroyed Celadon City.
"Uh, excuse me, could you three move out of the way," said a girl. "Me and my friends need to heal our Pokémon."
Jay nodded. "Sorry, go right ahead." Jay, Dee, and Agua moved out of the way to let the other three trainers go by.
After the nurse took the other trio's Pokémon, they sat next to Jay and the others. So, Jay decided to introduce himself. "Hello, I'm Jay, a Pokémon trainer from Meager Village."
"I'm Agua from the Five Gyms," said Agua.
"I'm Dee, the leader of the Lost Forests' Gym," said Dee.
"Name's Crystal," said the girl. "An ice trainer from Congeal City."
Jay frowned. "You mean the city where you can get the Freeze Badge? Horrible flash back."
"I'm Bane," introduced one of Crystal's companions. "I'm from Fuchsia City."
"Name's Blaze," introduced the final companion. "I was trained by the great Blaine of the Seafoam Islands."
"We just came from the Transformation Gym, far north of here, and heading towards Cyber City," said Crystal.
Jay smiled. "I've already beaten the Cyber Gym. I have seven badges."
"Well I have nine badges," Crystal sneered. "Where are you heading?"
"Sparse Town," answered Agua.
"You mean you're going to be brave enough to challenge the Rare Gym?" asked Blaze. "Do any of you have any Pokémon could possible battle Articuno, Zapdos, Dragonite, and the other rare Pokémon?"
Jay frowned. "The Rare Gym?" Jay suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. How would he be able to beat the legendary and rare Pokémon?
"I could," replied Dee. "I'm collecting the legendary bird Super Pokémon. I already had an Artic, but it evolved into Articuno, I have Psybird, Feargost, and Auqias. They could surly beat Zapdos and Articuno!"
Bane glanced towards Jay. "But does Mr. I-Wanna-Be-A-Master over here have what it takes to challenge the gym leader, and compete for an Indigo League Badge?"
"What's the point of challenging it if I can't use it for the Pokémon League?" asked Jay.
Dee hit Jay on the head. "Think Barial. Remember when you challenge an Orange League gym on the Arachnid Island and you got the Arachnid Badge. Any badge will qualify in the Pokémon League, including an Indigo Badge."
"You know," said Blaze, "I bet our Pokémon need some practice before you challenge the gyms we're going to challenge. How about we each battle each other?"
Jay nodded. "I could take on any of you. I'll challenge Bane!"
"I can easily defeat you Blaze," growled Dee.
"And ice versus water Pokémon battle would be fun," said Agua. "You're an ice trainer right?"
"Yeah, and you're a water trainer, right?" asked Crystal.
"Right," said Agua. "How about we go first, huh?"
Chapter Three: Agua versus Crystal -
Crystal's Rayushi
"All right Agua we'll five Pokémon, okay?" asked Crystal.
"Deal," said Agua. "All water for me, and all ice for you, alright?"
"Right," agreed Crystal.
Agua and Crystal were beginning the first battle after they're Pokémon had healed. They were outside of Celadon City II, and we're getting ready to battle in a small lake.
"Let's go!" said Agua. "Waver, I want you!" Agua threw a Super Ball into the lake and out of the ball, and enormous wave Pokémon prepared for its opponent.
"And I choose my Rayushi!" Crystal threw a Super Ball onto a small piece of land not too far from Crystal's side of the lake.
"Hey! Rayushi's a grass type Pokémon!" shouted Agua. "That's not fair!"
"Yes, but Rayushi is also and ice type," reminded Blaze. "How could you forget that with the ice plant on her back. Go get that wave Rayushi!"
Crystal nodded. "You heard Blaze, Rayushi. Razor leaf now!"
"Waver, dive underwater," ordered Agua.
The enormous wave disappeared into the water, and the leaves just fell into the water.
"Enormous splash!" shouted Agua.
Waver shouted out of the water, creating a giant wave heading towards Rayushi.
"Rayushi, ice beam!" ordered Crystal.
Crystal's Rayushi froze the giant wave heading towards the Pokémon with the ice beam that came from the ice plant on its back.
"Now, solar beam!" shouted Crystal.
Rayushi stood on its front legs and sent a beam of solar energy at Waver. Waver sunk underwater.
"Aw, it's all right. Waver, return," ordered Agua. "Now it's time to fight ice with ice. I need you, Ice Orb!" She threw the Super Ball into the air and out of the ball Ice Orb appeared.
"Iccce," the Pokémon hissed.
"Hey!" shouted Crystal. "Ice Orb isn't a water Pokémon, it's an ice/ghost Pokémon! It's water versus ice, not ice versus ice!"
"Calm down," said Agua. "But Ice Orb has characteristics of its previous form, Water Orb. So really, it's considered part water Pokémon."
"Whatever," growled Crystal. "My Rayushi can easily beat up your stupid Ice Orb!"
"We'll see," said Agua.
"Razor leaf!" ordered Crystal.
Agua smirked. "Stop those leaves with an aurora beam!"
"Ray!" growled Rayushi. Rayushi shot leaves from its back and went spinning towards Agua's Ice Orb. But Ice Orb quickly sent a small blast of ice cold air at the leaves and they simply froze and fell into the lake.
"Ice Orb, agility slam attack!" shouted Agua.
"Rayushi, grab that Ice Orb and toss it away!" ordered Crystal.
Rayushi's vines shot out from its plant and tried to grab Ice Orb, but the speedy ice ball was moving too quickly. Before Rayushi knew it, Ice Orb had slammed into its forehead.
"Body slam into the plant!" ordered Agua.
Ice Orb hovered above Rayushi's ice plant, preparing to crush it.
"Move Rayushi!" cried Crystal. But Rayushi was too stunned from the slam attack to move.
Ice Orb slammed down onto the ice plant. The impact cracked part of the plant, and Rayushi fainted from the KO move.
Chapter Four: Agua versus Crystal –
A Pokémon's Return
"Alright then, Rayushi return." Crystal recalled her lizard Pokémon from the small island. "If you want to see a real Ice Orb in action, then watch mine! Go, Ice Orb!"
Before Agua's eyes, a larger Ice Orb appeared from one of Crystal's Super Balls.
"Ice Orb, slam!" shouted Agua.
"Ice Orb, body slam!" ordered Crystal.
Agua's Ice Orb went full speed at Crystal's Ice Orb, but the bigger Ice Orb slammed into Agua's Pokémon and sent it spinning backwards.
"Slam!" shouted Crystal.
Crystal's Ice Orb slammed into Agua's Ice Orb, and then the Pokémon simply moaned then fainted. It was too pooped to continue.
"Ice Orb, return now," commanded Agua. She moaned. My two strongest water Pokémon are been beaten. What Pokémon could I use against that Ice Orb of Crystal's?
Then, a thought popped up in Agua's mind. Gyarados. Most Pokémon that didn't obey only fought difficult challenges. This was a challenge.
"My next Pokémon will blow your Ice Orb out of the water!" growled Agua. She selected Gyarados' Poké Ball and threw it into the lake. "I need you, Gyarados!"
"No, Agua, not Gyarados!" cried Jay and Dee.
Out of Agua's Poké Ball swam out a long, large, serpent, water/dragon, Pokémon.
"Agua, you remember what happened at your sister's gym!" growled Jay. "That Gyarados almost chomped down on Ivytortle!"
"It's out of control Agua," warned Dee. "Even you can't control it! You'll lose the match!"
Agua snorted. "If Gyarados here thinks it can't defeat a little Ice Orb, then it's pathetic." Agua turned towards the lake. "Do it Gyarados, bite attack!"
"Use your ice beam to freeze it now!" commanded Crystal.
Before Ice Orb could even move, Gyarados dived down at Ice Orb and bit the ice-type Pokémon.
"I!" screeched Ice Orb. It ran around the lake in deadly pain.
"Tackle!" ordered Agua.
Gyarados spun around and slammed into Ice Orb with its tail.
Agua frowned. "I guess . . . it doesn't listen to me. I might as well just let it battle on its own. It's all on you Gyarados."
"Ice Orb, return," ordered Crystal. Crystal smirked. "Even the strongest Pokémon most fall! For this next battle, I choose you Lapras!" Crystal threw a Poké Ball into the water and out of the water popped out a large transport water/ice Pokémon.
Agua smirked. "My Gyarados could easily handle this! Dragon rage, now!"
Gyarados opened its mouth and began to charge up energy. It shot a deadly hyper beam down towards Lapras, but it dived underwater to evade the shot.
"Though, a hyper beam would have been good," murmured Agua. "If my Gyarados could aim a bit better."
"Lapras, that Gyarados is a flying water/dragon Pokémon," explained Crystal. "A strong ice attack can take down a flying and a dragon, so this shouldn't be too hard! Aurora beam!"
Lapras stuck its head up from the water and sprayed a cool mist of ice cold air towards Gyarados, but it didn't slow down the large dragon.
"Hmmm," murmured Crystal. "This could be intersting? Will I win, or will she?"
Chapter Five: Ice versus Water- Final Round
"Do it Gyarados, dragon rage attack!" commanded Agua.
Gyarados stood erect, spun around creating a giant whirlpool, and sent the whirlpool towards Lapras.
"Mist!" ordered Crystal.
"Ras!" shouted Lapras. It sprayed mist all over the lake, trying to momentarily blind Gyarados and its dragon rage move.
"Ra!" growled Gyarados in a low deep voice. The whirlpool ignored the mist, and went straight for Lapras. Lapras went spinning up into the air, and body slammed down into the water.
"Ras," growled Lapras.
Agua smirked. "That little Lapras is tough! But Lapras is not tough enough against my Gyarados. Do it, hydro pumps, now!"
"Again, mist!" ordered Crystal.
Lapras sprayed more mist around the area just as Gyarados performed its attack. Gyarados opened its mouth, collected energy, and shot a hyper beam towards Lapras.
"No!" cried Agua.
"Yes!" shouted Crystal.
Gyarados' hyper beam easily missed Lapras in the mist. And Gyarados had to recharge before it could do anything.
"Finish it off, blizzard!" ordered Crystal.
"Ras!" screeched Lapras. It opened its mouth and sprayed tons of ice, mist, and snow at Gyarados.
The blizzard move froze Gyarados, and it fell sideways onto the lake, floating there.
Agua frowned. "Return, Gyarados." She looked up towards Crystal. "Well, looks like you won this match."
"I know!" Crystal jumped on Lapras' back, and the two celebrated.
Agua sighed. "It could've been worse . . . I guess." She glanced down at Gyarados' Poké Ball. "I guess."
* * * *
"Alright," said Dee. "You wanna fight Blaze, I'm all there for it!"
Blaze stood across from Dee on a sandy, rocky, gravely arena so none of Blaze's Pokémon would ignite the grass.
Fire Orb hovered next to Dee, ready to cheer his temporary trainer on.
"By the look of that Fire Orb, I'm guessing you're a fire type trainer like me," growled Blaze. "Now, am I right."
" . . . No, actually, I'm a flying type Pokémon trainer," answered Dee. "This is my special Fire Orb that I keep out of its Super Ball."
Blaze rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Let's get this match goin, so I can beat you flying type Pokémon."
"Right . . ." Dee rolled her eyes. "This should be an intersting battle."
Chapter Six: Dee versus Blaze
"We'll battle with three Pokémon each, alright?" said Blaze. Blaze held up two Poké Balls and one Super Ball.
Dee nodded and held up a Poké Ball and two Super Balls. "I'll start off by using one of my prized Pokémon," said Dee. "I choose you, Fearow!" Dee threw her Poké Ball into the air and Fearow flew out.
"Go, Fire Star!" Blaze threw his Super Ball and out of the ball leaped a fire-feline.
Dee smirked. "An evolved Fire Kat, this should be easy."
Blaze shook his head. "Fire Star is one of my strongest and toughest Pokémon. Let the match begin!"
"Fearow, drill peck now!" ordered Dee.
"Flamethrower!" commanded Blaze.
Fearow flew up high into the air, and dived down, spinning, beak first. But Fire Star shot s deadly streak of fire at Fearow and the bird Pokémon flapped away.
"Razor wind," ordered Dee.
Fearow flapped its wings, and sent a razor-sharp gust towards Fire Star.
"Roar!" ordered Blaze.
"STAR!" Fire Star roared the sharp-gust away from it.
"Hmm," noted Jay from the sidelines with Ultra and Agua next to him. "This Fire Star seems to be stronger than Team Rocket's Fire Kat will ever be."
"Very true," agreed Agua.
"Wing attack!" ordered Dee.
Blaze smirked. "Fire blast attack!"
"Star!" Fire Star shot a star-shaped blast of fire at Fearow and sent it blasting off backwards.
Dee looked down sadly at the ground. "So . . . I haven't battled for awhile. Fearow, return now."
"Hey Dee, why don't you just use your water-bird!" suggested Jay from the sidelines.
"My water bird?" repeated Dee. "Oh! Of course!" Dee threw a Super Ball into the air and out flew one of her newer Pokémon. "Go, Auqtrias!"
"Huh!" gasped Blaze. "You have the Auqtrias."
"Yup! The legendary water-bird Super Pokémon," answered Dee. "Hydro pumps, now!"
"Au!" growled Auqtrias. He shot a large blast of water at Fire Star and the feline Pokémon was slammed against the wall.
"Ugh, Fire Star, return." Blaze returned his fiery cat Pokémon. "So you think your Pokémon are all that, huh? I choose you, Arcanine!" Blaze threw the Pokémon onto the ground, and out of the ball popped out the giant firedog Pokémon. It was much bigger than the little Auqtrias.
Chapter Seven: The Battle Continues –
Auqtrias All the Way
"Do it Arcanine, agility-take down attack!" ordered Blaze.
"Water cannon!" shouted Dee.
"Ar!" growled Arcanine. He went at fool speed towards Auqtrias, while the flying/water Pokémon dodged the water attacks. Arcanine leaped at Auqtrias and slammed into the legendary Pokémon.
"Huh!" cried Dee. "Auqtrias, bubblebeam attack!"
"Pop those bubbles, flamethrower attack," growled Blaze.
"Auq!" screeched Auqtrias. The bird Pokémon sent several bubbles towards Arcanine to try to injure the fiery Pokémon.
"Ar!" growled Arcanine. Arcanine sent a large stream of fire at Auqtrias' bubbles and popped the bubbles.
"Fine then, Auqtrias, ultra gust attack," ordered Dee.
"Ha" laughed Blaze. "I can easily beat that. Arcanine, roar attack!"
Auqtrias circled around and created a giant tornado and sent it towards Arcanine, but Arcanine tried howling the giant tornado back towards Auqtrias.
"You have to stop it Auqtrias!" shouted Dee. "Jay, hand me your Pokédex!"
Jay tossed Dee his Pokédex. "What for?"
"All right 'dex, what's Auqtrias' strongest and ultimate attacks?" asked Dee.
"Auqtrias knows air beam and hydro pumps," answered the Pokédex. "Auqtrias still needs to learn atom force."
Jay smiled. "Atom force, Serebii used that, remember?"
Agua nodded. "Yup."
Bane and Crystal turned towards Jay and Agua. "You guys had encounter with a Serebii? How, how!"
Dee rolled her eyes. "Back to the match." She looked back towards Auqtrias. "Use your air beam attack!"
Auqtrias opened its mouth, breathing in air molecules and then shot a giant white beam of air straight towards Arcanine. The beam smashed into Arcanine and knocked out the poor dog Pokémon.
"Grrr," growled Blaze. "Return, Arcanine." Blaze smirked. "My next Pokémon should do the trick!" Blaze threw a Poké Ball onto the ground. "Go Magmar!"
"Mag," growled Magmar.
"Hydro pumps!" ordered Dee.
Auqtrias shot a blast of water straight at Magmar and it quickly fainted.
Blaze frowned. "That was . . . quick. Magmar, return now!" He recalled Magmar. He nodded. "It was a good battle Dee. You're a very good trainer. I mean, who wouldn't be if they had the legendary Super Pokémon birds on their side, eh?"
Dee glared a Blaze. "Return, Auqtrias." She glanced at Jay. "You're up next Barial. It's 1 to 1, this is the tie-breaker."
Jay gulped. "What do you mean 'tie-breaker'?"
"Well our group won one battle and their group won one battle," explained Dee. "Your battle against Bane should be the tie-breaker."
Jay frowned. "When did this become a competition? I would have battled first if I had known that!"
Bane smirked. "He's just afraid cause he knows he'll lose."
Jay glared at Bane. "Ha! My Pokémon can beat your Pokémon any day! I'm ready when you are!"
Chapter Eight: Twice as Fast
Jay and Bane had moved over towards a grassy grove the battle.
"You remind me of someone Jay," said Bane. "An electric type trainer that we were traveling with for awhile. Except he only had two Pokémon, and he was ten times better than you were."
"Two Pokémon," repeated Jay. "Ultram! You were traveling with Ultram and his Pikachu?"
Bane nodded. "Yeah, you know him?"
Jay smirked. "We were the ones that convinced him to try to retrain his Ultimate to learn some psychic attacks, to make his Pokémon stronger. If it weren't for us, he would still be running the Current City Gym."
Bane smirked. "Hey Jay, let's make this battle a bit more intersting," decided Bane.
"How would we do that?" asked Jay.
"Simple," replied Bane. "A tag-team match! Two Pokémon out at once."
Jay nodded. "I may not be an electric type trainer, but I'll use my two electric Pokémon." He selected a Super Ball from his belt. "I choose you, Electric Orb!" Jay threw a Super Ball into the air and out of the ball popped out a floating orb. He glanced down at Ultra. "And I choose you, Ultra."
"Ra tra." Ultra stepped forward next to Electric Orb. "Ra," he growled, sparking his cheeks.
"Good," murmured Bane. He quickly withdrew two Super Balls. "For my Pokémon, I'll be using Snake Glare and Ratoking!" Bane threw the two Super Balls onto the ground and a giant rock-rat Pokémon and a snake Pokémon exited from the balls.
Jay laughed. "I've beaten a Snake Glare tons of times more often than I can remember!" He glanced at the Ratoking and held out his Pokédex. "What is that?"
"Ratoking," answered the Pokédex. "A drill-rat Super Pokémon. The horn on the tip of its head has extended and is the longest horn of any Pokémon, even the might Nidoking and Rhydon. It's highly poisonous and rare."
"So as you can see, Ratoking's no match for your Pokémon, and with Snake Glare's dig attack, you're Pokémon will be KO," growled Bane. "Let's go!"
"Ultra, use your agility attack to confuse Ratoking and Snake Glare!" ordered Jay. "Electric Orb, swift attack on Ratoking!"
"Use your glare attack on Ultra, Snake Glare," commanded Bane. "Ratoking, use your take down on the paralyzed Ultra."
Dee frowned. "Bane's using his Pokémon to stop Ultra. But why Ultra first? I mean, I see why Electric Orb's using swift on Ratoking, to stop the stronger Pokémon first, but Electric Orb's probably stronger than Ultra."
Blaze smirked. "Well I know."
Crystal nodded. "As do I."
Agua scratched her head. "I also feel left out in these kinda things, nothing to say. Oh, I know. Go get 'em Jay!"
Ultra darted around in circles around both of Bane's Pokémon, but amazingly Snake Glare wasn't getting confused. The snake had its eyes on Ultra, a dead lock. Suddenly, it used its glare attack and paralyzed Ultra on the spot.
"Never mind the swift attack, help Ultra!" ordered Jay. "Use your agility to get to Ultra and then use your thunders shield to protect them!"
Electric Orb went full speed, past the stampeding Ratoking, and right in front of Ultra. Electric Orb set up a thunder shield to protect Ultra.
Jay laughed. "Ha! Try and beat that!"
But Bane wasn't even listening, just watching his Ratoking go running towards Jay's Pokémon. Ratoking continuing running and ran right through the shield and smashed into Electric Orb.
"Huh!" cried Jay. "Electric Orb!"
Electric Orb went flying back and slammed into a tree.
"Jay!" shouted Agua from the sidelines. "Jay! Ratoking's a normal/poison/rock Pokémon! It's not affected by any electric attacks!"
"Now, Snake Glare, dive underground," ordered Bane. "Ratoking, focus energy now! You'll need it for you next attack!"
Jay frowned. "Come on Electric Orb, get up and use your night shade now."
But Electric Orb was down and out; there wasn't anything Jay could do about. Meanwhile, Snake Glare quickly dived underground while Ratoking began to glow and gather up energy.
"Now, Snake Glare, dig!" shouted bane. "Ratoking, horn drill! Aim for Ultra!"
Snake Glare popped out from the ground and smashed into Jay's Ultra. While airborne, Ratoking drilled his horn into Ultra.
"No!" cried Jay. He looked down at the ground. "It's all right Ultra, Electric Orb. Electric Orb, return now!" He quickly recalled Electric Orb and rushed over to pick up Ultra.
Chapter Nine: A Good Idea
The one thing that Jay, Dee, Agua, Bane, Blaze, Crystal, Fire Orb, and Ultra didn't know was that they were all being watched, by Team Rocket.
"Hey, weren't we already blasted off?" wondered Fire Kat.
"Jay didn't blast us off far enough, so we had to come back in this episode," explained Kelly.
"Aw," the other two members of Team Rocket said.
"I can't believe Jay's Ultra lost to a stupid Ratoking and a Snake Glare," said Fire Kat. "Have been after the wrong trainers this whole time?"
Nick lurched at Fire Kat. "What exactly is wrong with a Snake Glare, Fire Kat?"
"Nothing, there's just something wrong with yours," said Fire Kat.
Nick glared at Fire Kat. He grabbed the cat by the neck and rattled it. "Why you fiery little feline!"
Mike and Kelly both sighed.
"Hey, I have an idea," said Mike. "If we get Bane, Blaze, and Crystal to join Team Rocket, Teria will be very pleased with us! They may even be able to capture Ultra and Fire Orb for us!"
"And once we have Ultra and that Fire Orb"- Kelly glanced at Fire Kat –"we can have a new Pokémon that follows us around."
"Or maybe"- Mike glanced at Nick –"a better member to the group."
Nick and Fire Kat stopped fighting and glanced up at the other two members of Team Rocket. In unison they said, "Huh?"
"Nothing," Kelly and Mike replied.
Kelly smiled evilly. "And while we're getting our new members, Nick over here will use the new moves that he saw Bane using." Kelly glanced towards Nick. "With your Rhyoran and Snake Glare, capturing Jay's Ultra and Dee's Fire Orb should be easy."
Nick nodded. "It'll be a breeze."
* * * *
As Jay, carrying Ultra in his arms, Dee, Agua, and Fire Orb headed back towards Celadon City II to heal Ultra, Dee made an important note, "You know Jay, even though you aren't mad at Ultra because he lost, well, Agua and I are kind of mad at you."
"Why?" asked Jay.
"Well, you should have used one of Ultra's psychic attacks," explained Agua. "Psychic attacks are strong against poison attacks, you should remember that next time."
Jay looked down sheepishly at the ground. "Yeah, okay."
"Well, well," a familiar voice sneered. "Looks like the trio's ever so sad, but no ready for trouble, so I'm give you some."
"Team Rocket," growled Jay.
"Actually, it's not a team, it's just Rocket." Nick, alone, leaped down in front of the group. "And I'm here for Ultra and your Fire Orb."
"Go away Nick," growled Jay. Jay continued by and pushed Nick aside.
Nick glared. "Not so fast! You aren't getting away without a battle!" Nick selected two Super Balls. "Snake Glare, Rhyoran!" His two Pokémon popped out of their balls.
"Fine, we need you, Whirlpool!" Agua threw a Super Ball onto the ground and out of the ball popped out her deadly water-sack Pokémon.
"I'll use Fearow!" growled Dee.
Jay nodded. "This is not the right time Nick. But if you want a fight, you'll get one! I choose you, Stung!"
Nick shook his head. "Three on me, that's not fair. It's should just be me against these two." He pointed to Dee and Jay. "And if I win, you'll be to weak to protect your Pokémon!"
* * * *
Bane, Blaze, and Crystal continued their journey towards Cyber City, where they hoped to challenge Netic, the gym leader of the city.
"So, you three are the mighty trainers I've been hearing about," said a voice.
"I bet you'll be the best of the best," agreed a second voice.
"As often as they're wrong, these two are probably right," said a third voice.
Two trainers, and a Fire Kat, stepped out from the shadows.
"We have a deal for ya," said the Fire Kat.
Chapter Ten: Battle for Ultra
"Rhyoran, stab the Stung, horn attack," ordered Nick. "Snake Glare, use your pin missile attack on Fearow!"
"Use your fury attack," ordered Jay.
"Fearow, talon strike," ordered Dee.
Rhyoran charged at Stung, who was trying to hit Rhyoran with its two large stingers. Rhyoran continued charged and stabbed the bug Pokémon.
Fearow dived down talon first, but Snake Glare managed to hit Fearow right in one of his talons, so the bird Pokémon could only hit Snake Glare with one talon.
"Return!" said both trainers in unison.
"I choose you, Psyghost!" ordered Jay.
Dee thought for a moment. "You have, 'I choose you' and Agua has 'I need/want you' but what do I have to say? I know! I'll use- nah. Oh, I know. My Pokémon will be you, Articuno!" Dee threw a Poké Ball up high into the air and out of the ball popped out the giant bird Pokémon.
Nick frowned. "Uh oh," said Nick as the giant shadow of Articuno loomed over him and his Pokémon.
"Hypnosis," ordered Jay.
{You said it boss,} agreed Psyghost. "Psy . . . ghost . . . psy . . . ghost." Psyghost sent hypnosis waves out at Nick's Pokémon and put them to sleep.
"Use your arctic freeze attack," said Dee.
"Ar!" growled Articuno. The ice Pokémon opened her mouth and sent a blast of icy cold air at the two Pokémon and froze over the two Pokémon.
"Psyghost, psytoss attack!" ordered Jay.
Nick frowned. "You're too late! By now, the others should have Bane, Blaze and Crystal deciding to join Team Rocket!"
Psyghost tossed Nick and his Pokémon far off away.
"Well, I'm blasting off again!" shouted Nick as he flew backwards.
* * * *
"What do you mean, we should join Team Rocket?" growled Crystal. "The group of Pokémon thieves! You think we'd be good as thieves!"
"Well, not only thieves," explained Kelly. "You're the best of the best trainers, you should join an organization that can truly do the world some good. And, imagine the money and Pokémon you'll get."
"No, I'm out," growled Blaze.
"Me too," agreed Bane. "No way I'd join a bunch of low-lives like you."
"That'll just lead to major trouble," agreed Crystal.
"Trouble?" repeated Mike.
"Make that double," said Kelly.
"Not again!" Fire Kat jumped up in the air and gave Mike and Kelly a slash right across the face.
"Maybe a Pokémon match will convince you," growled Kelly.
"Three on three," said Mike. He glanced around for Nick. "Or two on three."
"Hey, what about me!" Fire Kat jumped up and down for attention.
"Three on three," said Mike.
Crystal shook her head. "One on One. A battle of the females."
Chapter Eleven: Yet Another Rocket Battle,
Again
"Me against her!" cried Kelly. "Not me, no!"
Crystal smirked. "So, Team Rocket's just a bunch of chickens, eh? I'm not really surprised."
"I may be a lot of things," growled Kelly-
"Weak, powerless, average, not that smart," began Mike.
She glared at Mike. "That wasn't an invitation to speak. I may be a lot of things, but I'm not chicken!" She selected a Poké Ball. "Go, Alakazam!" She threw the ball onto the ground and out of it popped her giant psychic Pokémon.
Crystal frowned. "Fine, I'll just use my Ice Orb! Ice Orb go!" She threw the Super Ball onto the ground and the icy Orb Pokémon hovered out.
"Slam!" ordered Crystal.
"Do it Alakazam, seismic toss!" ordered Kelly.
Ice Orb came at Alakazam at full speed, but the psychic Pokémon grabbed Ice Orb in the air and tossed the orb in the air then down into the ground.
"Ice Orb!" cried Crystal.
Kelly smirked. "Enough said?"
"No," growled Crystal. "Do it Ice Orb, hyper beam attack!"
Kelly laughed evilly. "Use your reflect attack Alakazam."
Instead of using reflect, Alakazam also used a hyper beam attack. The two hyper beams hit and the impact sent both Pokémon flying backwards.
"No Alakazam, use your thunderwave," growled Kelly.
"Ice Orb, blizzard attack now," commanded Crystal.
But instead of paralyzing the Pokémon, Alakazam took this moment to revive itself, and used recover. Meanwhile, a slit opened up on Ice Orb and the Ice Orb Pokémon sent a blast of icy cool air at Alakazam and the psychic Pokémon was badly hurt.
Crystal shook her head. "Seems Team Rocket's Pokémon don't even listen to their trainers."
"Nope, actually it's just her Pokémon," said Fire Kat.
"Frost bite!" ordered Crystal.
"No!" cried Kelly. "Alakazam, reflect!"
This time, Alakazam listened and set up reflective light screens around it, as Ice Orb circled the Pokémon, spreading snow around it. But, surprisingly, the light screens froze over and fell to the ground. Ice Orb continued to circle around Alakazam and froze the psychic Pokémon.
"Finish it off!" ordered Crystal.
Ice Orb hovered above Alakazam and slammed down onto it. A large crack in the ice meant that Alakazam had been KO.
Kelly looked sadly at the ground. "Return, Alakazam."
"That was a good choice Crystal," said Agua's voice.
Crystal turned around to see Jay, carrying Ultra, Dee, Agua, and Fire Orb. They looked very pleased.
"Team Rocket has a bad name," said Jay. "In general and in Pokémon training."
"Oh yeah!" growled Mike. "Gaser go! Use your toxic attack to stop these Pokémon."
"I don't think so!" said Jay.
Bane and Blaze stepped up. "Let us handle this!"
"Go, Golomoth!" Bane threw a Super Ball into the air and out of it popped the mix between Golbat and Venomoth. "Whirlwind attack."
"I choose you, Charizard!" Blaze threw a Poké Ball releasing his fiery dragon Pokémon. "Flamethrower!"
"Gas!" wheezed Gaser. It produced poison gases and sent them towards the trainers.
Luckily, Golomoth's speedy wings sent the gases back towards Team Rocket. And with the power of Charizard, it ignited the gases and sent Team Rocket blasting off.
"We're off again!" cried Mike and Kelly.
"In fact, for a second time this episode," noted Fire Kat.
* * * *
Thud!
Mike, Kelly, Gaser, and Fire Kat landed in a small pit far away. In the pit, they found Nick.
"Blasted off huh?" asked Nick.
"Again," said Mike and Kelly.
Chapter Twelve: Rematch
It had been a day since Bane, Blaze, and Crystal had beaten up Team Rocket's Pokémon. Jay, Crystal, and the others decided to sleep over at the Pokémon Center, so this gave Jay the opportunity for a rematch.
Bane was happy to beat Jay's Pokémon again.
"How many battles are we gonna have in this episode?" wondered Agua. She glanced up in the sky. "How many mysterious voice of the author?"
Suddenly, the clouds parted and a deep and booming voice said, "One."
"Alright Jay, two on two again," declared Bane.
"Of course, and I have the perfect Pokémon for you," said Jay.
Bane smirked. "Just to even things out, since I know you'll use my Zunat and Ratoking." Bane threw two Super Balls and out of them stepped up a flying Ratoking and Zunat.
Jay rolled his eyes. "Psyghost, Ultra, I choose you two!" Jay threw a ball and out of it hovered out the ghost Pokémon that decided to come with Jay. Ultra walked forward next to Psyghost.
{Again? Haven't you already used me Jay?} Psyghost asked.
"Yup, but hey, two's a the trick . . . or is it two's a charm, or two's the best." Jay thought for a moment. "Eh, I dunno." He glanced at Zunat. "What's that 'dex?"
"Zunat," answered the Pokédex. "A bat gnat Super Pokémon. It uses its small wings to use deadly aerial attacks, and then dive down and suck the blood of passing Pokémon. This talent is good because it is blind. Evolves into Golomoth."
"Let's go!" shouted Bane.
"Right." Jay nodded. "Ultra, use your confusion attack on Ratoking. Psyghost, nightshade!"
"Zunat, bite attack," ordered Bane. "Hyper fang attack Ratoking. Aim for Ultra."
Ultra used its psychic powers to confuse Ratoking and stopped it before it could attack Ultra, but Zunat bit Ultra's tail hard. Reacting to this, Ultra used a thundershock on Zunat almost knocking out the small Pokémon. But Psyghost's nightshade attack was enough to knock out Zunat.
"Return Zunat," ordered Bane. "Ratoking, take out that Ultra with your horn drill attack!"
"Teleport," ordered Jay. "Stop it in its tracks Psyghost, disable."
Ratoking's horn began to spin and the giant Pokémon dived at Ultra, but quickly and swiftly teleported out of the way. Ratoking's several attempts just tired out the Pokémon. Then, Psyghost made Ratoking freeze and was risen in the air by the disable attack.
"Ultra shocker, Ultra! Aim for the horn!" ordered Jay. "Use your psyblast attack, Psyghost!"
Ultra leaped into the air, charged up for the deadly electric attack, and sent a blast of electricity at Ratoking's horn and electrocuted the Pokémon. Psyghost's psyblast sent Ratoking flying back and knocked down two trees.
Bane frowned. "Ratoking, return!"
* * * *
"Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra, it's been a great challenge for you," said Crystal. "But Bane, Blaze, and I must get ready to depart onto Cyber City. If I we all could join together, but we must go our separate ways."
Jay sighed. "It's a shame really, huh Ultra?"
"Ra, ra," agreed Ultra.
Bane smirked. "So we each won and lost one time Barial, maybe we'll have a tie-breaker battle someday."
Jay smiled. "Someday."
"And of course, a challenge against the great water trainer should be fun," said Crystal. She smiled at Agua.
"A rematch wouldn't be too bad," said Blaze, glancing at Dee.
"Well, we should get going to Cyber City," said Crystal. "I hope your journey to Sparse Town is successful."
"Me too," murmured Jay under his breath. He quickly said louder, "Hope you have to skills to beat Netic!"
Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra departed towards Sparse Town.
Continuing their journey towards Sparse Town, Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra run into an all new group of deadly Pokémon thieves. Or at least the group's name is all new, with six familiar people. But with their strength and Pokémon combined, will this group be able to capture Fire Orb and Ultra? Find out in Group Rocket.