Pokémon Adventure!

Part 1

By: Pikamew Triggara

Prologue





Luke was sleeping peacefully. The day? Dec. 18, his birthday. The time? 7:55. At 8:00, Prof. Oak would give out Pokémon. Luke was the luckiest kid on the island, he lived one door over from the Prof. His alarm rang, and he slowly got up. He sleepwalked out of bed, dressed, and walked downstairs.

"Luke? I prepared that Zip stuff for you." Luke's mother called. He walked down, and grabbed a spoon, lifting the super-sugared cereal. As soon as he swallowed, his eyes shot open, and he ran out the door.

"Two minutes, *pant*, I'm so close." Luke muttered. He was wearing his trademark blue shirt, black jean outfit. He was kinda short, four feet, ten and one half inches. He had black hair, and hazel eyes.

He finally got up the five hundred yard, uphill path. To his dismay, there were already three people up there. But, when he saw his two best friends there, he brightened. "Hey, guys!" he yelled. They turned toward him. The other person, who he had not been able to identify, also turned. Luke gasped in horror, because it was.....

"LAURA!" he yelled.

"Yes! It is I, Laura Walker, that will become the Pokémon League Champion! And my little brother, L-" she cried. But she was interrupted by Luke tackling her.

"Don't you dare tell everyone that you are my sister. Got it?" he hissed.

"Ye-es." she gasped, for Luke was inadvertently choking her. He got up, and she jumped.

"LUKE'S MY BROTHER!!!!!!" she crowed. His best friends, Jason and Eric, gasped.

"Your BROTHER?!??!?!?" Eric and Jason yelled at the same time.

"Why'd you-" Luke started to say, lunging at Laura. Just then, Prof. Oak came out.

"Calm down, you two. Come on in, we'll get you're Pokémon." Oak said. Luke, Eric, Jason, and Laura came in, and sat down. "I have with me a Vulpix, Pikachu, Dratini, and Marril." Oak said. "Luke, what do you want?" he asked.

Luke walked up, and examined the Pokéballs. There was a button in front of the ball with the flame, which was Vulpix. He pressed it, and a picture of Vulpix appeared.

"I choose....VULPIX!" he shouted, grabbing the ball. He went back to his seat.

"Jason?" Oak asked. Jason paced around the three balls left, and grabbed a ball with the lightning bolts painted on them. Jason walked back, concealing his choice of Pokémon.

"Laura?" Prof. Oak asked. Laura immediately shot to the Dratini.

"Well, Eric, I guess that leaves you with the Marril." Prof. Oak said. Eric reluctantly took the ball with the teardrop. "We have a tournament, in case you want to fight." Everyone rushed out towards the arena.

Luke knew that he had a disadvantage against Eric and Laura, but he couldn't beat his best friend! Eric didn't have any problem with beating everyone to a pulp, however.

"Go, Marril!" he shouted, releasing a strange Pokémon. It was round, with Mickey Mouse style ears, and a tail with a blue ball on the end. Except for it's white stomach, it was all blue.

"Go, Pikachu!" called Jason, letting his electric rat loose.

"Attack, Vulpix!" screamed Luke, giving the six-tailed wonder a window of opportunity.

"Dratini, attack!" said Laura quietly, with a nasty gleam in her eye.

"Marril, Pray for Rain attack!" Eric called. Marril, with a bit of difficulty, placed it's hands together. Clouds formed above it, and Marril glowed bright blue.

"Pikachu, use Thunder Wave on Dratini!" called Jason. Pikachu's cheeks started sparking, and Dratini was suddenly assaulted by yellow waves of energy. It fell over, paralyzed.

"Vulpix, Ember on that Dratini!" shouted Luke. Vulpix took in a deep breath, and released it, along with a small ball of fire. Dratini was hit, badly.

"Marril, use Tsunami Wave!" commanded Eric. Marril glowed blue, and the storm clouds gave him an added boost. Dratini suddenly found itself in a twirling vortex of water. It fell, trapped in a bubble. It slowly suffocated.

"Aaagh! Dratini, return!" Laura screeched, recalling Dratini.

"Okay, Marril, BubbleBeam!" Eric cried. Marril inhaled deeply, and absorbed rain from the Prayer. Then, gigantic soapy bubbles appeared over Vulpix and Pikachu. They dropped, making Vulpix faint instantly. Pikachu, however, jumped and Thundershocked Marril. Marril fell over, obviously defeated.

"Laura, our fourth place winner, gets a Pokéball. Luke, in third place, gets a Great Ball. Eric, the second best, gets a Squirtle and an Ultra Ball. Jason, our FIRST PLACE winner, gets a Super Ball and a Seel!" Oak called out. Laura came up, grabbed her Pokéball, and walked out, sulking. Luke took his Great Ball, and leaned against the wall. Eric took his Pokéball and Ultra Ball, and joined Luke. Jason accepted his Super Ball and Seel with pride. He walked over to Eric and Luke, and all three walked out.

Chapter 1

Luke

"Congratulations, Jason!" I said. Jason laughed.

"Hey, Jason! Why don't you and Luke fight?" Eric suggested.

"Great idea! One-on-one, one Pokémon apiece. Got it?" I said. Jason nodded.

"Seel, attack!"

"Go, Vulpix!" I shouted. (We had gone to the Pokémon Center.)

"Ice Beam!" Jason barked.

"Geez, you're smart. Fire is STRONG on Ice! Flamethrower!" I commanded. Vulpix opened it's mouth, and released a stream of flame, at the same time that Seel fired a white beam. They hit, and canceled.

"Ember, quickly now!" I commanded. Vulpix, obviously thinking I meant Quick Attack, fired it's hind legs and smashed Seel in the face. It fell, completely K.O.'d.

"Great job, Vulpix!" I cried.

"Aaaagh! Help!" Eric yelled. Jason and I turned, and saw Eric dangling off the edge of a pit. Two voices rang out of the shadows behind it.

"Prepare for trouble!" a female shouted.

"And make that double!" shouted a male voice. Smoke blasted, and two forms became visible.

"To protect the world from devastation!" the female cried, becoming visible. She was 5'5", and had red hair curled on the side.

"To unite all people within our nation!" the male shouted. When the smoke cleared, Jason and I saw he had purple hair.

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"Meeowth, dat's right!" said a cat Pokémon. "Hand over da Pokémon, or else!" it continued.

"No way!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Eric yelled. He was dangling off the edge of that pit. He looked down, and gulped. He couldn't see the bottom. He used his limited psychic powers to lift Marril's Pokéball.

"Marril, go!" he yelled, flinging Marril's ball with his mind. It opened, and a flash of red light solidified into Marril. "Bubble and Ice Beam, now!" Eric shouted. Marril inhaled, and release several bubbles and a beam of white light. Jessie was successfully frozen, and James was having trouble breathing, being trapped in a bubble.

"Marril, flash flood!" Eric called. The bubble James was in starting getting full. Of water.

"Aaagh! Koffing, attack!" James yelled. Unfortunately, Koffing materialized in the bubble. It immediately started expelling poison gas.

"Koffing-*gasp*-return!" James choked. He slowly recovered, but then the water filled the bubble completely. He started turning blue.

"Marril, Psyshock!" Eric demanded. Marril gathered purple-black energy, and fired it straight at James. The bubble popped, and James was electrified and confused. Jessie was caught by the backlog of the shock, (the black energy that spread out from James), and both of them were paralyzed. Jessie and James lifted off the ground, and shot off into the distance. Meowth was hiding in the brush. He ran out, and slashed Eric's hand.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH!" Eric screamed as he fell.

Ch. 2

Eric

"AAAAAAAAAAAGH!" I shouted. The pain of Meowth scratching my hand was nothing compared to the fright of falling. I suddenly landed with a sickening thump. My left leg was caught under me when I fell, and I suspected it was broken. I couldn't see a thing, and I didn't have strong enough psychic powers to float-yet. I needed time to practice.

Hours pass.....

I was getting better at lifting myself. I was getting pretty high up, but still not high enough. I had seen light only once, and that gave me the determination I needed. I concentrated, and started glowing blue. The soft light gave me strength, and I floated upwards. I kept at it, and suddenly saw the light. It had only been two minutes! Last time, it took me at least ten!

"Hello?!" I shouted. The echo was horrendous, but it was made up with the answering voice I heard.

"Eric..ric..ic?" it called. I answered.

"Yes!"

"Where are you...ou?" the voice called.

"Smart question. Down here, dodo!" I retorted.

"Sorry...orry....ry,"

"Do you have a rope?" I asked.

"Yes...es," it replied.

"WELL USE IT, DIMWITS!" I screamed.

"Here....ere...re." they called. I now recognized Jason's voice. A rope lowered, and I grabbed it. They pulled, and I boosted myself with psychic strength. I shot upwards, and flew over Jason and Luke, and landed in Professor Oak's private pool. I floundered around, and lost air as I screamed in pain because of my leg.

"Squirtblob, go!" I blurbled. The tinyturtle emerged, and pushed me up. I broke the surface, and gasped. I climbed out, dried my clothes, and healed my leg with my obviously improved psychic powers. I stalked over to where Jason and Luke stood.

"YOU IDIOTS! WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THAT STUPID ROPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed. They cringed, backing away from my anger. I released a Confusion attack, and they both fell over when the blue wave of Psychic power hit them. I helped them up, and we went back to the Pokémon Center to heal our Pokémon.

Ch. 3

Jason

When Eric fell in that hole, we panicked. Professor Oak had a rope, and we lowered it down. Eric was obviously unconscious, because he didn't grab it.

Hours passed...

We heard Eric's voice, and responded. When he told us to use the rope, we lowered it, and he must have boosted it, because he flew out of the hole, and landed in Oak's private pool. He stalked over, and dried his clothes. He yelled at us, and fired a wave of blue Psychic power. We were knocked over, confused. He used Recover on us, and we slowly got up. He healed his Pokémon, and we (finally) started our Pokémon journey.

"Gee. There haven't been any Pokémon except Rattata this whole way." Luke complained. He had been electrocuting Rattata with Pikachu for a while.

"That could be because we're on Rt. 1, the place where Rattata are born." Eric sarcastically told him.

"Hey, look! A Pidgey!" I exclaimed. I threw out my Seel, and commanded it to use Ice Beam. The Pidgey fell, frozen.

"Go, Pokéball!" I called. The Pidgey was automatically captured, because it was frozen. "YES!" I shouted, exultant.

"Great." Luke said dryly. He had only caught a Pidgey. Then, he saw something, and ran off towards it.

"Stop that!" he cried. I finally saw what he was looking at. A weird, dog-like thing was using a Water Gun on a strange, lizardlike thing.

I aimed my Pokédex at them. "No Pokémon detected," it beeped.

"Blue Blaster!" the dog thing shouted. That shocked me, because normally, Pokémon can't talk. The Water Gun hit the lizard again.

"P...Pepper Breath!" the lizard yelled. A fireball struck the stream of water, and they canceled.

"Hey, quit that!" Luke said. "Are you okay?" he asked the dog. It nodded, muttering.

"Stupid Agumon.." it muttered. It got up, and walked off. Suddenly, electricity struck me in the back. I turned, and saw a flying red bug with spikes on it's shell.

"Super Shocker!" it called, firing the brown electricity at me again. I was struck again, and fell over.

"What are you?" I asked. It hovered over to me, and landed.

"Tentomon," it said. "No, not it, he." it continued. I thought he must be telepathic.

"Hi," I said. "I'm Jason."

We talked awhile, and soon became friends. I tried to catch it once, but the ball went right through it.

"I'm a Digimon. We can't be caught by Pokéballs." he stated.

Ch. 4

Eric

When Luke ran over to the two things, and Jason started talking to a weird, buglike thing, I snorted, and continued on to Viridian. Soon enough, though, I was grabbed by what felt like ten vines. I looked down, and saw that it was ten vines. They released me, and I turned. A small, green, humanoid thing was standing there. It had a red flower on it's round head, green eyes, (solid green!) and claws instead of fingers.

"What are you doing?" it asked.

"I'm just walking. My name is Eric. Who're you?" I asked.

"I'm Palmon." it replied. "I'm a Digimon like the Gabumon and the Tentomon over there. Don't try to catch me," it said when I reached for a Pokéball. "I can't be caught, being a Digimon. I'm also a she." Palmon continued. We talked, got acquainted.

"Eric!" a voice said behind me. I jumped about three feet in the air, and spun when I landed, preparing a psychic wave.

"Chill! It's just us!" Luke said, holding up his hands. I slowly released the psychic energy.

"Well, you certainly scared me. Hey, what's this?" I asked, seeing a white protrusion coming out of the ground. I started rubbing at the dirt around it, and finally got a small, white, square thing with protrusions on either side. "What's this?" I asked no one in particular.

"Gasp! That's a Digivice!" Palmon exclaimed. Suddenly, the Digivice started vibrating, and split into three.

"Here." I said, giving a Digivice to Luke and Jason. We began walking to Viridian again.

"What's that bug thing following you, Jason?" Luke asked.

"He's a Tentomon."

"Mines an Agumon."

"I've got a Palmon."

"Look! Viridian!" Jason shouted. We dashed off towards it.

"Finally!" I gasped as we ran. "It's been at least five hours!"

When we reached the Pokémon Center, we turned in our Pokémon and rested in the lobby's chairs, needing some peace and quiet. That was interrupted by two annoying voices. They were strangely familiar.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make that double!" Oh, great. It's Team Bimbo.

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite the world within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"Meeee-owth! Dat's right!"

"Let's take this outside." I said. Them, being the idiots they are, agreed.

As soon as we got outside, they called out their Pokémon.

"Koffing, Poison Gas attack!" James stated, releasing his purple blob of poisonous gas. It expelled a large cloud of greenish-brown poison gas, which headed straight at us!

"Ekans, Acid!" Jessie cried, calling out her purple poison snake. It reared up, and spat a large blob of sizzling gunk at us!

My vision went black, all of a sudden, and Luke's Digimon, Agumon, appeared on a glowing, star shaped platform.

"Agumon, digivolve tooo..." he called, throwing off red sparks as it spun. There was a flash of white light, and a giant dinosaur with brown, hardened skin on his upper head appeared.

"Greymon!" he yelled. Then, Tentomon, which was Jason's, appeared on another glowing, star-shaped platform.

"Tentomon, digivolve tooooo..." he cried, throwing off green sparks. The sparks gathered around him, and made him glow a bright green color. The light grew, and shaped itself into a gigantic bug with four wings. The green faded, and gave way to blue.

"Kabuterimon!" he roared, and a volcano of green sparks erupted behind him. Then, my Digimon, Palmon, replaced it.

"Palmon, digivolve tooo..." she shouted, and purple sparks flew out of the flower on her head. Flash time...

"Togemon!" she stated. Palmon had transformed into a giant cactus with red boxing gloves, and a shock of yellow hair. Purple sparks blasted out of a sunburst behind her.

"Nova Blast!" shouted Greymon, firing a large fireball at Koffing. It, however, skillfully dodged, and the fireball hit the cloud. The cloud instantly burst into flame. Now, this wouldn't normally be much of a problem, except for the fact that we were cornered by it!

"Now, don't panic. We've got Water Pokémon, so we should be-" I started to say. Then, Luke interrupted me.

"WE'RE GONNA DIE! AHHHHHH!" he shouted.

"Luke, be calm. Marril, Pray for Rain! Squirtle, Pray for Rain! Then, Bubble Beam!" I commanded. Marril and Squirtle both summoned the rain clouds, absorbed some rain, and fired super-powerful soap bubbles. They evaporated before reaching the cloud, though.

"Seel, Surf!" Jason barked. His seal appeared, and blasted a large column of water at the cloud. It evaporated, too. Then, my vision blacked out.

The dog that was fighting Luke's Agumon earlier appeared. "Gabumon, digivolve tooo..." he roared. Blue sparks emerged from his horn, and collided, making a blue flash. Then...

"Garurumon!" howled the wolf that emerged from the blue sparks. My vision cleared, and I saw the cloud was closer than ever.

"Howling Blaster!" roared the Garurumon. A blue-white beam struck the fire cloud, and dissipated it.

"Thank goodness for large miracles." Luke said, obviously recovered. Suddenly, the Garurumon glowed yellow, and shrank back into a Gabumon.

"Great, Gabumon!" a voice said. I looked up, and, to my shock, saw a face exactly like mine! Except for the teeth. They were very beaverish."Hi, I'm Cory. What's your name?" he asked.

"Eric. Did you know that you are blocking my psychic powers, which could be fatal?" I replied.

"Uhh, no." he answered. Then, I was knocked over. Not powerfully, but strong enough to knock my wind out.

"Cory! Get as far away from me as you can!" I whispered. He nodded, and ran over to Jason and Luke. As soon as my psychic powers were unblocked, I blasted Team Rocket, who had hit me, with Confusion. They fell over, and a Pokéball rolled out of their bag. It opened, and a lot of red energy spilled out. It formed into a Snorlax!

Ch. 5

Cory

When Eric told me to run, I ran. As soon as he was out of my influence, he shot a blue psychic wave at the two weirdos who hit him. Their Pokéball opened, and released a Snorlax!

I clutched the strange, white computer-looking thing that Gabumon called a Digivice. It glowed, and so did Gabumon. He dissolved into hundreds of blue sparks, and reformed into the large, white, blue-striped wolf known as Garurumon.

"Howling Blaster!" he yelled, firing a blue-white ice-water beam at the giant, fat, catlike thing. Would you believe it bounced off? The lizard, insect, and strange plant Digimon woke up at this. The two kids, Jason and Luke, gripped Digivices I hadn't noticed. They glowed, making the lizard dissolve into a hundred red sparks, which, like Garurumon, reformed into a giant dinosaur. The insect dissipated into green sparks, and reformed into a giant, blue, bug monster with four wings and three jaws with razor sharp teeth. The plant didn't digivolve, so I guessed it belonged to Eric.

Then, a flash of light! Eric had thrown up his hand, which was clutching a Digivice. It glowed, and several beams of light shot out and hit the Snorlax, knocking it back. Way back. Then, the plant glowed purple, and split into several hundred sparks and solidified into a giant cactus with boxing gloves and short, yellow hair.

"Yes! Go Togemon!" Eric cried. I guessed the cactus was Togemon. I decided to help them. Snorlax was really defensively strong. So, I decided to fight with high attack Pokémon, like...

"Go, Flareon!" I cried, releasing the fire eeveelution. "Hyper Beam!" I shouted. Flareon charged up internal energy, which showed up as red sparkles around it's body. The energy then transformed into a red-brown beam which smashed Snorlax, doing lots of damage. Of course, Flareon was really tired out, so I let it recharge.

"Geodude, Rock Throw!" I commanded, calling out my armed, floating boulder, which used it's Pokémon power to rip chunks out of the ground and threw them. Snorlax was hit, and knocked back even further. Then, the Digimon attacked.

"Nova Blast!" the dino yelled.

"Needle Spray!" screamed Togemon.

"Electro Shocker!" roared the bug.

"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon barked. All the attacks bounced off the Snorlax. When it flickered, I realized.

"It's got a Light Screen!" I yelled. "Use either really strong special attacks, or physical attacks!" I continued.

"Jolteon, Vaporeon, go! Join with Flareon for Triple Hyper Beam!" I commanded. My other two eeveelutions emerged, and all three charged up energy, red for Flareon, yellow for Jolteon, and blue for Vaporeon. All three fired at once, and a multicolored beam of pure energy smashed the Snorlax, completely K.O.ing it.

"Yeah! Go, Cory!" Eric yelled.

"That's not our last Pokémon!" Jessie growled.

"Yeah! We raided the whole entire Pokémon Center!" James continued.

SMACK! "You aren't supposed to TELL them what we do!" Jessie screamed. She pulled out a fan, and SMACK! By now, James had a brown mark on his face. "No matter," she said, turning to us. "I'll just use THIS!" she cried, throwing up a Pokéball. Out came, none other than a....Pidgeot!

"Electrical, Ice, and Rock attacks are best!" Eric yelled. "Fire will work, but forget Grass! Togemon, is your attack Grass or physical?" he asked his Digimon.

"Both." she replied.

"Well, don't use those gloves. Flying types are strong on Fighting." Eric instructed her.

"Right. Digimon, attack!" Togemon cried. I ran over to my Pokémon.

"Geodude, Rock Slide! Flareon, Flamethrower! Vaporeon, Aurora Beam! Jolteon, Thunderbolt!" I commanded. Geodude summoned its rocky power, and the ground around it crumpled. It floated up in the air, and smacked the Pidgeot head on. Vaporeon shot a blue-white beam, similar to Garurumon's Howling Blaster, out of its mouth. Jolteon absorbed negative ions from the atmosphere, and converted them into ppositive, creating a magnetic charge that struck Pidgeot, doing heavy damage. Flareon just fired a column of Fire element energy at the Pidgeot.

"Nova Blast!" shouted Greymon, firing a large fireball. It didn't affect Pidgeot at all.

"Howling Blaster!" cried Garurumon. The blue-white beam struck the Pidgeot, doing some damage.

"Electro Shocker!" yelled Kabuterimon, blasting a purple-blue ball of electricity at Pidgeot. The electricity was absorbed by the feathers, and shunted around, doing little damage.

"Needle Spray!" called Togemon, firing off hundreds of needles. They bounced off Pidgeot's feathers. I then saw all the energy that was fired at Pidgeot gather in front of its beak. The blue-white-red-purple energy shot out, straight at Eric!

"No!" I shouted.

Ch. 6

Luke

"No!" Cory and I shouted, when the Pidgeot fired the stored energy at Eric. He gathered psychic energy to block it, but I didn't think it would work.

"Jolteon, Vaporeon, Flareon, go over there and use Reflect!" Cory ordered. His three eeveelutions ran over to Eric, forming a large, yellow-green shield. The, um, attack hit the shield, and immediately the eeveelutions started straining to hold up the Reflect.

"Vulpix, Flamethrower! Pidgey, Quick Attack!" I barked, releasing my sixtail, which fired a stream of fire at the large bird. My Pidgey formed from red energy, and became a brownish blur, which struck the Pidgeot. I knew I couldn't defeat it, I was only trying to distract it, giving Eric more time to charge up a psychic blast.

"Vulpix, Flamethrower! Seel, Surf!" Jason commanded. His Seel coated the large bird with water, vastly decreasing the fire's effect.

"Pidgey, Gust!" I roared. Pidgey stopped slamming Pidgeot at high speed, and flapped its wings, creating a small tornado. The Pidgeot was knocked off course, and the beam moved over and hit a clump of trees. They were quickly destroyed, luckily, so there wasn't another fire. The Pidgeot fainted after that.

"Grrr..Pidgeot, return!" Jessie growled. The Pidgeot deformed into red energy, and was absorbed by the Pokéball.

"Our last Pokémon will defeat you!" James cried, throwing a Pokéball. Red energy formed into a four-armed powerhouse.

"What is that?" Cory asked me. He, Jason and I were hiding in the woods near the Center. He pointed his Pokédex at it.

"Machamp-a powerhouse Pokémon. Throws powerful punches that can knock the recipient clear over the horizon." it intoned. I grinned.

"Why are you grinning?" Cory asked.

"Eric's a psychic! He won't have a problem! We have to distract the Machamp, though, if it gets too bad." I answered.

Eric launched the Psychic attack that he had charged when the Pidgeot had fired the beam at him. The Machamp stumbled, but used Focus Energy. It glowed blue and got up, not recovered, but not confuse either. While the Machamp did this, Eric charged. The Machamp was too fast for a Psychic, so Eric used PSY Beam. The Machamp fell over, dazed. Eric took this time to call out Marril. It used Pray for Rain and Bubble Beam, using Machamp's low Special rating against it. Eric then charged a Devastation Wave, the second most powerful Psychic attack. When the Machamp finally got up, Eric released the energy. The Machamp stood stock still, and the air around it wavered. It then fell over, in a dead faint.

"Yeah! Go, Eric! Go, Eric!" I cried. He staggered over, then fell unconscious.

Ch. 7

Jason

When Eric keeled over, we figured Garurumon should carry Eric to the Pokémon Center for treatment.

"Oh, my! He needs help! Is he a psychic?" Nurse Joy asked, her pink hair bobbing frantically.

"Yes." Luke replied.

"Good. We can use the Pokémon Recovery Unit. Here, can that insect carry him in here?" she asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"Good. Whose is it?" she asked us.

"Mine. He's mine. Tentomon, carry Eric behind Nurse Joy." I told him. He nodded, and lifted Eric, wings buzzing overtime.

"I don't think I can carry him long..." Tentomon gasped. Nurse Joy wasn't fazed, probably because of Team Rocket's talking Meowth.

"Put him in this." she said, pointing toward a large, glass box. "It's used for large Pokémon like Snorlax, Machamp, Onix, and Gyarados." she continued, when I looked strangely at her for having a box that big. Tentomon, despite the overburden, set Eric down gently. He then set down, temporarily out of commission.

"Your friend will be recovered in about fifteen minutes. I suggest you let your strange, buglike thing recov-"

"I'm recovered! Let's go!" Tentomon shouted. We left, and went to the Center's training courts.

"One on one, one Digimon, two Pokémon. Agreed?" Luke asked.

"Yep. Poké vs. Poké, Digi vs. Digi. Go, Seel!" I shouted, knowing that I would win.

"Pidgey, use Fly attack!" Luke commanded. While Pidgey was flitting up in the rafters, Seel couldn't attack him. So I decided to have a little fun.

"Seel, Surf! Fill the room!" I shouted. Seel looked at me strangely, but obeyed. It dumped hundreds of gallons of water into the training court. The trainer's boxes had some kind of shield, because I didn't even get a little damp.

"Now, swim to the top and Ice Beam!" I roared. Seel nodded, and swam to the surface. With the water so high, Pidgey's Fly was useless. Seel fired a white beam at Pidgey, freezing it. Luke recalled it, which looked strange. He pointed his Pokéball at Pidgey, and fired the red energy return beam, which slowed when it hit the water, so it was really slow. When it struck Pidgey, it slowly converted itself to red energy, and was slowly towed to the Pokéball.

Luke then called out Vulpix. It instantly fainted. I then had to return Seel, because Luke only had Agumon. The water then drained out of the room.

"Agumon, get out there!"

"Attack, Tentomon!"

Now, this would be tough. Seel had an advantage over Pidgey and Vulpix, but Tentomon was weak against Agumon. It was theoretically possible for him to defeat Agumon, but not likely. I decided to try, anyway.

"Super Shocker!" Tentomon cried, letting fly with the brown electricity.

"Pepper Breath!" called Agumon, spitting a small fire ball. Both attacks connected, and the Digimon were knocked back. Tentomon glowed a green color, while Agumon glowed red. They both got up.

"Chain Lightning!" Tentomon stated, firing a strand of brown electricity, which wove around Agumon like a fiery snake. It floated up, and squared. Two streaks struck Agumon. Then four. Then sixteen. Then it stopped. Agumon looked slightly worse for the wear. But, it had a new attack, to.

"Pepper Spray!" he barked, spitting three fire balls that hit Tentomon's wings. He screamed and fell, buzzing his wings frantically. Then, right before he hit the ground, a small, brownish electric bolt shot out of his wings, and hit a light. The light exploded, and Tentomon was hit with showers of electric sparks. He then glowed a green again, and floated up again.

"Chain Lightning!" he shouted again, his voice strangely echoed, which happened whenever one of our Digimon used an attack. The sixteen bolts of electricity struck Agumon again, knocking him out.

"Yeah! Tentomon, you beat him! He had an elemental advantage over you, too!" I exulted, hugging Tentomon. (Which was not easy. Bugs are not huggable.)

"Don't crush me!" he cried frantically. I let him go.

"Hey, Tentomon! How do you heal a K.O.'d Digimon?" Luke asked.

"Feed him. Food makes us instantly recover." Tentomon replied. Luke ran off to get some edible stuff.

"Hey, Jason! Let's check on Eric." Tentomon suggested. I agreed, since it had been about a quarter of an hour.

When we got there, though, it was a disaster. Eric was still unconscious, and the healing machine had blown.

"How strong a psychic is he?" Joy asked us, visibly flustered.

"Um, uh, he can use Psychic and Devastation Wave." I told her. She visibly blanched.

"Well, let's move him to the special psychic healer." Joy suggested. Tentomon grabbed his shirt, I got his head, and Joy got his feet. We carried him, feet-first, to another glass box and set him in. Joy activated the machine, which glowed a golden yellow. A metal tentacle touched Eric's elbow, and he glowed the same color. We left, and met Cory.

"Hi, Jason, Tentomon." he said. Tentomon flew over to the window, and set down on the sill.

"How's Eric?" Cory asked. I walked over to the chairs, and sat.

"His psychic powers overloaded the healing unit, so we had to move him to a special, reinforced healer. He's recovering, I think." I explained. Then, the syringe light went out, and Eric walked out.

"Hi! Where's Palmon?" he asked.

"Um, I think she's out at the Tree Shrine. It's left of the Pokémart." Cory told him. He nodded, and left.

Ch. 8

Luke

I was so embarrassed! A Tentomon beat my Agumon! Tentomon are Bugs! Agumon is a Fire lizard! I ran to the Trainer Buffet, and got a roll. I went back to Agumon, and opened his jaws, careful of the teeth. When I dropped the roll into his mouth, he glowed red and got up.

"Did I...win?" he asked, a little woozy.

"Uh, no. Sorry. Tentomon got hit with some sparks, and hit you with another Chain Lightning." I explained. Agumon got up, and we walked to the lobby. I saw Eric walking toward the Pokémart, so I decided to follow him.

He walked right by the Pokémart, giving me the inspiration I needed.

"He's going to the Tree Shrine! Let's go after him." I told Agumon. He nodded, so we took off.

"Hey, Eric!" I shouted. He turned, and waved.

"Hi, Luke!"

"Glad to see you awake. Headed to the Tree Shrine?" I asked.

"Yeah. Cory thought Palmon was there." he acknowledged.

Suddenly, we heard the sounds of battle. We glanced at each other, and took off running.

When we got to the emerald shrine, we saw Palmon fighting off Jessie and James, but luckily not Koffing or Ekans.

"Poison Ivy!" Palmon yelled, swinging her poisonous, spiked vines at Jessie. She was struggling, trying to get out without getting scratched. It wouldn't work. I knew. Eric got his Digivice off his belt, and pointed it at Palmon. She, and her vines, turned purple and dissolved into lots of sparks. Jessie looked relieved, but when she saw Togemon, she paled.

"Needle Spray!" Togemon cried. Jessie shrieked, and ran into the woods. James followed. Togemon then shrank back to Palmon.

"Thanks, Eric. I was a goner without that Digivice." she panted. "Hey, what's that on your chest?" she asked. Eric looked down.

"Oh, that's just an old necklace my grandmother gave me. Sometimes, when I visited this shrine, it glows green, but I figured it was just the light reflecting off the emeralds." Eric explained. The necklace was a normal chain, but there was a strange charm on it. It was shaped like an elongated hexagon, with short horizontal and oblique edges, but long vertical edges. There was an empty space in the middle, which was covered by glass.

"Hey, I've got one of those!" I exclaimed. I fished it out of my shirt, and showed them. Eric's then glowed a bright green.

"That, my friend, is no reflection. It's doing it on its own!" I said. Suddenly, the whole temple glowed a bright, retina-burning green. Agumon and I winced, but Palmon seemed to drink in the light. A slab of grey stone appeared in front of Eric. A teardrop in a teardrop in a teardrop shape was engraved upon it. It glowed green as well, and shrank small enough to fit in Eric's charm. It slid behind the glass, and the whole shrine dimmed. Thankfully.

"Hey! Why don't I get one?" I whined. Eric grinned.

"Because I'm special and you're not." he said, in a mocking, singsong kind of way. I grimaced.

"Some kids get all the luck." I muttered.

"Serves you right." Eric teased.

"For what?" I demanded, outraged.

"Um, uh, well, it just does!" Eric followed lamely.

"Why, you! Get over here!" I roared, lunging. Eric ducked under my arms, and dashed out of the shrine.

"Come back here!" I yelled.

"Come get me, Slowpoke!" he retorted playfully. This made me madder.

"Why, you, you, fool!" I screamed, running after him. Palmon and Agumon kept up behind us.

Unluckily for Eric, he was no marathon runner. At best, he was a sprinter. I, on the other hand, was a track star in my (short, and still continuing) youth. I caught him when he slowed, and tackled him. We went down, laughing.

"All right, get off me." Eric said, through uncontrollable giggles. I obliged him, laughing myself. Our happy mood didn't last long, however.

Suddenly, out of the blue, came a spider web. I rolled over, and it missed me. Eric, on the other hand, was caught up in it.

"Taran! Tulus!" laughed a giant, metallic, green and purple spider. I got out my Pokédex, and scanned it.

"Tarantulus-a Beast Bot Pokémon. Able to shift into a robot form. Has retractable wheels, it's only method of transportation, other that swinging on its elastic cyber-net. Similar to Porygon, because it is capable of controlling computers just by interfacing. Its main attacks are Leech Life and Terrorize." Dexter intoned. I scrabbled backwards. The Tarantulus wasn't interested in me, however. It was fixated on Eric.

"Pepper Breath!" came Agumon's voice. The fire ball struck the Tarantulus, and knocked it on its back. It growled, and cried out.

"Tarantulus, Taran!" it yelled. It glowed, and changed to a robot with four legs attached to each arm, two yellow pads with eight claws on its face, and green eyes all over it.

"Poison Ivy!" Palmon cried, wrapping it up. It easily broke free, and leaned back. Each leg attached to an arm flashed, firing energy bullets at the Digimon. They fell over, seriously injured.

The Tarantulus approached Eric once again. His Digivice glowed, and Palmon turned purple, digivolving to Togemon. Agumon digivolved to Greymon, also.

"Needle Spray!"

"Nova Blast!"

The Needle Spray just bounced off Tarantulus. I recalled when it shifted form. It must have used Harden. The Nova Blast, however, knocked it over. Eric was terrified now.

Suddenly, his necklace, or at least the charm, glowed an astonishing green. His Digivice started vibrating heavily, and turned green also. Togemon glowed a bright green, and dissipated into several thousand green sparks. They collided, making a bright green flash. My sight blacked out, to be replace by a vision.

Eric's Digivice appeared, turned green, and fired a white beam out of its screen. The beam struck the charm on his necklace, floating in midair, and the teardrop shape burst out of it. The shape revolved several times, and glowed a bright green color, before exploding. A white spiral shot downwards, and hit Togemon. Togemon was spinning.

"Togemon, digivolve tooo..." she called, glowing a bright green. She shrank, and took on a human form. A green, forest dress (think female Peter Pan) appeared on the human shaped energy, and the energy changed to a girl with solid black eyes. A bud replaced her pink hair, but it was still pink. Green, leave-like wings grew on her back. A rod with a bud appeared in her hand. She spun around, and froze, shouting "Lillymon!"

My vision returned. Lillymon was much smaller than Togemon. About my size, but a bit taller. About five feet tall. She flew up in the air, and her bud bloomed, revealing a small pipe.

"Flower Cannon!" she yelled, firing a strangely shaped green energy burst. It looked like a mushroom. The energy struck Tarantulus, knocking him clean over, helpless. Then, Garurumon and Kabuterimon burst out of the trees, carrying Jason and Cory.

"Howling Blaster!"

"Electro Shocker!"

Tarantulus was almost knocked out at this. Jason aimed his Super Ball, the one he won at the tournament, at the spider bot. It fired a grey beam, changed Tarantulus into grey energy, and absorbing it. The Super Ball, second only to Master Ball, was pretty much foolproof. The Tarantulus struggled a bit, but was quickly captured. Jason whooped in joy.

"WHOO-HOO!" Did I say whooped? I meant SCREAMED in VERY loud bursts of ENERGY and EXCITEMENT, not to mention some JOY. I went over to Eric, and saw the blue webbing melting already. Soon, he was free. He looked at Lillymon. She glowed green, and shrank back into Palmon, totally drained.

"Thanks, Palmon." he said, picking her up. "Well? What are we waiting for?" he asked.

Ch. 9

Agumon

When we got to the Pokémon Center, I could tell Eric was tired. He didn't show it, because he was carrying Palmon and dropping her wouldn't be good.

I had been around Pokémon long enough to understand them. So, when I heard those two idiots, Jessie and James, planning with their Pokémon, I knew something was coming.

"Pidgeot, do you think you could carry Snorlax?" Jessie asked.

"If you give me an Iron." Pidgeot replied softly. Jessie must have given it one, because I then heard, "Definitely."

"Good. You drop Snorlax onto the Center. While panic and chaos reign, we'll come in and steal all the Pokéballs."

I had heard enough. I ran ahead, since listening to Team Bimbo had slowed me a bit.

"Luke! Luke!" I called. He turned his head.

"What?"

"I just heard the bimbos talking. They're gonna drop Snorlax on the Center, and steal all the Pokémon." I told him.

"This is bad. But, I've got a plan. Here's what we do. We'll tell the nurse to transfer the Pokémon to Pewter, and get a lot of empty Pokéballs on the shelves." Luke told me.

"Hey! I've got an idea. Why don't we have fake Pokéballs?" I suggested. Luke nodded enthusiastically.

"That's a great idea! Let's tell the others." he said.

When we got to the Center, the whole plan was explained to Cory, Jason, and Eric. We walked up to the desk, and told Joy.

"Okay, I'll start immediately." Joy said.

"How will we know when to clear out?" Tentomon asked.

"You'll be patrolling the skies, watching for a Pidgeot carrying a Snorlax. Should be easy." Jason told him. He nodded.

"I'll be flying!" he told us, buzzing out the door.

Later, he buzzed in. "Here it comes! Prepare yourself." he said, in his best Star Wars voice.

We all ran outside, including Palmon, who had recovered.

"Okay Digimon, prepare to digivolve!" Gabumon said. When the Pidgeot swooped out of the clouds, our humans gripped their Digivices. "Now!"

I concentrated all my energy, holding the image of Greymon in my mind. I shouted the activating phrase: "Agumon, digivolve tooo..." I called, releasing my energy. I felt the familiar, fizzy feeling of digivolution. The swelling, the hardening of skin, and finally, the deactivating phrase: "Greymon!"

Gabumon, Tentomon, and Palmon underwent the same changes.

"Garurumon!"

"Kabuterimon!"

"Togemon!"

Suddenly, a spot on Eric's neck glowed a startling green. I realized he was activating his Crest of Sincerity. I also realized he didn't know it was a Crest of Sincerity. Togemon glowed bright green. I, being a Digimon, saw what really happened, not what the humans saw.

Eric's Digivice shook, and fired a green beam at Togemon. His Crest did the same thing. Togemon shrank, and transformed into Lillymon. No sudden sprouting, no glowing, just Togemon, then Lillymon.

I felt the surge of battle. My Greymon instincts suddenly took over, and I used my main attack.

"Nova Blast!" I shouted, firing a large fire ball. It wasn't part of the plan, but it worked. The Snorlax dropped right in front of us.

"Howling Blaster!"

"Electro Shocker!"

"Flower Cannon!"

The Snorlax yawned, and all the attacks were reflected right back at us! The Howling Blaster hit me, the Electro Shocker hit Garurumon, and the Flower Cannon hit Kabuterimon. I got really mad, and used my second attack.

"Supernova!" I cried, firing another fire ball. But, this time I hit it with my tail, curled into a ball, and was covered by fire. When I hit the Snorlax, I bounced back, but the fire didn't. It flamed around the fat thing, and badly burned it.

"Howling Moon!" Garurumon shouted. Suddenly, it got dark. The moon was covering the sun. A blue beam shout out of it, and struck Snorlax. The fat left arm was frozen, the rest really cold.

"Electro Shatter!" Kabuterimon yelled, spinning and shooting thin white electric bolts. Each struck the kitty, paralyzing it.

"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon shrieked, firing a mushroom shaped cloud of green energy, which hit the Snorlax's head.

"That's it! The head, not the stomach!" Luke cried. I took his advice, and used Supernova again, hitting the face. That K.O.'d it.

Suddenly, my energy gave out. I undigivolved back to Agumon. Same for Garurumon and Kabuterimon. But Lillymon did something I never would have expected. She shrank back into a Tanemon!

Ch. 10

Eric

"What is that?" I asked. Agumon came over.

"That is a Tanemon. The In-Training version of Palmon. Just feed her, and if you're in minor danger, she'll digivolve to Palmon." he told me.

We went into the Pokémon Center, and visited the Trainer Buffet. All the Digimon ate, and regained their strength. Tanemon, a little green thing with a stem that sprouted two leaves, four legs, and black, almond shaped eyes. Not on the stalk, on the face. When she ate, she glowed and grew heavier.

"Gee, Palmon, you weigh a lot!" I groaned, setting her down.

"That's a nice thing to say to a lady!" she retorted.

"Oh, I was only kidding. Lighten up." I told her. We were finally ready to exit Viridian City, and to enter Viridian Forest.

"Palmon, do you have a dual type?" I asked.

"If you mean am I Grass/Poison, no. I'm just Grass." she replied.

"Well, that means we need to watch out for Beedrill. Luke's Vulpix, Pidgey, and Agumon, along with Jason's Seel and Pidgey, should be able to handle it. I just needed to know whether you could or not." I informed her. She nodded.

"Right. If I digivolve, I become Grass/Fighting. That should be able to handle any Beedrill." she said.

Nothing much happened. I caught a Caterpie, Jason caught a Weedle, Luke got a Pinsir, Cory a Scyther. It was just our luck that, right when we could see the exit, we got attacked by a swarm of Beedrill. We were too far away from the exit to run, so we fought.

"Marril, Squirtle, Pray for Rain and Bubble Beam!" I commanded.

"Seel, Ice Beam! Pidgey, Fly!" Jason cried.

"Vulpix, Ember! Pidgey, Gust!" Luke barked. My Digivice went off. So did Cory's and Luke's. Agumon appeared on the star platform.

"Agumon, digivolve tooo..." he said. The red sparks flew.

"Greymon!"

"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..." he stated. Blue sparks this time.

"Garurumon!"

"Palmon, digivolve tooo..." she shouted. Purple sparks, and...

"Togemon!"

I wondered why Jason didn't want Tentomon to digivolve. Then, I saw why.

"Chain Lightning!" he cried. Brown electricity hit the lead Beedrill. It split, and struck two Beedrill behind it. Those split, and four more electric bolts struck four more Beedrill. Then, sixteen. As the sixteen hit, they bounced off, converged, and dissipated. Tentomon did this again, knocking out thirty-two Beedrill!

"Nova Blast!"

"Howling Blaster!"

"Needle Spray!"

That took care of the rest of the Beedrill. We reached the exit, and saw civilization once more. We hurried on towards the Pokémon Center, Luke riding Greymon, Cory and Jason riding Garurumon, Tentomon flying, and Togemon carrying me, since I couldn't exactly ride her. Once we got to the Center, they undigivolved.

We turned in our injured Pokémon, and relaxed, letting Luke feed the Digimon.

"It's getting dark. You need to go up to the dorms and sleep." Nurse Joy, circa Pewter City, told us. We obliged her, going to the back of the Center. We found several beds, and fell into them, exhausted.

When we woke up the next morning, I stretched and rolled out of bed. Thump!

"Oh....Ow." I groaned, getting up. "I need food."

"Same here!" Luke and Jason agreed.

"Uh, yeah." That was Cory.

"Well? What are we waiting for?" I asked. "Let's go!"

After we had fed ("Like wild animals!" Joy had said) we walked out of the Center, ready to tackle Brock.

"Okay, my plan is that we go beat Brock now, and-" I started to say, when I was interrupted.

"Brock's not the Gym Leader anymore. When Ash Ketchum came around, he left. Now, he's the Pokémon League's Rock Master." Cory told me. I nodded.

"Okay, we go beat whoever is the Gym Leader, WAIT!" I screeched, stopping. "Luke, how are you going to beat the Gym Leader! They always use Rocks!"

"I have a plan." Luke said, rather suspiciously.

"Well, you can go first, then. Do you want to borrow Squirtle?" I asked.

"Oh, no. Like I said, I've got a plan." Luke assured me.

"If you say so..." I muttered. Then, we were at the Gym. I looked up. Stone Grey.

"Now I know why Pewter is the Stone Grey City. Let's go." Jason said.

When we got in, the receptionist took our names. Luke was the first. There was a room that the trainers could sit in, and watch the battle.

"Well, who could this be?" asked an aged, cracked voice.

"I am Luke Walker, here to alleviate a Boulder Badge from you!" Luke cried.

"Fine. I am Gran Ite, but you can call me Gran. One Pokémon apiece. Ready, go!" Gran called, throwing her Pokéball. There was a red flash, and an Onix formed!

"Groooooooaaaar!" it cried. Luke, Jason, Cory and I pointed our Pokédexes at it.

"Onix-the Rock Snake Pokémon. When it is either fifteen years old, or at level 40, it's rock-like scales harden and turn black."

"Well, prepare to lose! Go, Pokémon!" Luke shouted, throwing a Pokéball. It opened, and, to my shock, a Drowzee came out!

"Drowzee, Hypnosis!" Luke commanded.

"Onix, Harden!" Gran Ite barked. Drowzee released yellow hypnosis waves, which put Onix to sleep.

"Confusion!" Luke continued. Drowzee pointed its trunk at the sleeping Onix. A bolt of yellow energy hit Onix, doing heavy damage.

"Now, Dream Eater!" Luke said. Drowzee walked over to Onix, and placed a hand on one of its segments. Drowzee and the Onix glowed bright purple, and Onix fainted, whereas Drowzee grew a little bigger.

"Well, I suppose you win. Here, your Boulder Badge." Gran told him, holding out a gray, pewter, diamond shaped badge. Luke took it. When he reached the waiting room, he whooped.

"YAHOO!"

I was next. I walked into the arena. This time, Gran Ite didn't come out, but a man with spiky hair and a beard did.

"I am Flint. I will accept your challenge. Two on two, two apiece. Got it?" he asked. I nodded confirmation. "Then, Geodude and Paras, go!" he commanded. I winced. I could handle the Geodude, easy as pie. But the Paras would be hard. Paras don't learn any Grass attacks, other than Stun Spore and Spore, so I decided to use Marril and Squirtle.

"Marril, Squirtle, Pray for Rain!" I commanded. They summoned the floating rain clouds.

"What a pathetic attack! Paras, Insect Cutter! Geodude, Harden!" Flint laughed. Paras fired a purple energy bolt at Squirtle, who raised a Withdraw circle around itself, and Geodude glowed white, getting harder.

"Bubble Beam, Squirtle, on Geodude! Marril, Ice Beam on Paras!" I roared. Squirtle blew giant bubbles, that floated over to Geodude and popped, making it faint instantly. Marril fired a white beam that froze Paras.

"Squirtle, Double Edge!" I barked. Squirtle popped into its shell, and smacked Paras twice. The ice shattered, and Paras rolled over, unconscious.

"Yeah! I won!" I exulted. Flint gave me my Boulder Badge, and I walked out, joyously celebrating in my mind. Unfortunately, when a psychic does that, it really happens. So, when confetti started raining down, I got calm.

Next up was Cory. I figured it would be easy, with his Vaporeon. But, his opponent wasn't Gran Ite or Flint. It was a little boy.

"I'm L. S. Challenge: Cory Logan, for a Boulder Badge. One on one, one Pokémon. Got it?" L. S. said, almost as if he could read Cory's mind. Which, I knew from personal experience, was impossible, except for a person like Sabrina, the League's Psychic Master, or Hayley Price*, the leader of the Saffron City Gym. Cory nodded.

"Go, Vaporeon!" he shouted.

"Good. You would probably win, if I used my Graveler. But, I'm going to use this! Go, Stoneon!" he cried, releasing a strange, gray, doglike thing. It had a square tail, and two black eyes. The paws were square, as well.

"Bubble Beam!"

"Stone Barrage!"

Vaporeon fired twenty large bubbles, just as Stoneon jumped up, and spat nineteen rocks. Each bubble popped, except for one, which struck Stoneon, and knocked him down.

"Now, Hydro Pump!" Cory commanded. Vaporeon blasted a pressurized stream of water at Stoneon, knocking it out.

"Here is your Boulder Badge. Wear it with pride." L. S. told Cory. "If you ask the receptionist, she will give you a necklace that will hold your badges."

Cory walked to the front, and came back to the waiting room with four. He gave each of us one. Then, Jason walked out, into the arena.

Flint, L.S., and Gran Ite stood in front of him.

"Which of us will you fight?" Flint asked.

"Granny." Jason replied. Gran Ite steamed, and threw out a Pokéball.

"Beat this. As many Pokémon as you have." she sneered, as the red energy solidified into a Golem.

"Goooolem." it moaned. We all scanned it with Pokédexes.

"Golem-the Megaton Pokémon. Uses its regenerating scales to protect itself, and creates earthquakes to attack." the computers droned.

"Seel, Surf!" Jason commanded. The column of water sprayed Golem, doing little damage.

"Hydro Pump then!" Jason roared. Seel blasted fountains of water from under Golem. Little more damage.

"Blizzard!" Jason screamed, desperate. Snowflakes fell on the large rock. This made Golem faint.

"Hmph. Here, a Boulder Badge." Gran Ite mumbled. Jason took it, and snapped it into the diamond shaped depression in the badge holder around his neck. When he came back, we all left the Stone Grey Gym.

"Where did you get that Drowzee?" I asked Luke.

"It's my dad's. He gave it to me, I just forgot to tell you." Luke answered. We went to the Pokémon Center, and healed our Pokémon. On to Mt. Moon and the Lunar Gym!

Ch. 11

Gabumon

After the Pokémon were healed, Cory and the others walked north. Us Digimon followed.

Soon, I saw a large mountain. A building, similar to the one where Cory battled the Rock Pokémon of Power, only smaller, appeared on the horizon. When we reached it, we entered. Again, we went to a waiting room. This time, Cory went to the arena first. Strangely enough, the arena was shaped like a mountain cabin.

"You will battle Seymour the Great. The others, your friends, they'll have to wait!" the Leader, Seymour, said.

"Yeah, sure. What are the terms?" Cory asked.

"I get one Pokémon, and you get however many you want. Still, I'll win, and I will most certainly flaunt!" Seymour replied, again in rhyme.

"Grrr..." Cory growled.

"Go, Clefable!" Seymour said, thankfully not in rhyme. "I'm sure you're able!" I had thought too soon.

"Hah! This'll be easy. Attack, Geodude! Rock Throw!" he commanded. His floating rock materialized, grinned, and shouted.

"GeeeoooooDUUUUUDE!" it called, flipping itself into Clefable. It did heavy damage.

"Clefable, use Metronome! Do it quick, so I can go home!" Seymour, in his really annoying rhyme, stated. Clefable waved its fingers back and forth, singing.

"Clefaaable, clefaaable, clefaaable," It was really annoying. It stopped, and glowed white. Suddenly, a Thunderbolt shot out of its outstretched finger. Absolutely no effect.

"Hah-HAH! Geodude is part ground! That, my dear Gym Leader, gives it absolute protection against Electric type attacks! Now, Geodude! Use Rock Slide!" Cory laughed. Geodude laughed as well, and chairs all around the room flew in a spiral, ending right over Clefable. They dropped.

BANG! Clefable was out.

"You win, here's your prize. Now, never be seen by my eyes!" Seymour yelled, giving Cory a badge shaped like the moon, with craters and everything.

"I'm next." Eric said, getting up.

"Do your stuff, Wigglytuff!" Seymour rhymed. "One for me, up to four for you, what your friend did, no one else will do!" he continued. Eric grated his teeth. I could tell that Eric was ready to use some psychic attack on Seymour.

"Caterpie, String Shot!" he commanded. His worm appeared, and nodded, spraying gooey silk onto Wigglytuff. "Now, rapid fire Tackle!" Eric called. Caterpie tackled Wigglytuff from many angles, and delivered the finishing blow from above.

"Wigglytuff return! Here's your badge, please crash and burn!" Seymour growled, obviously getting very mad.

Next up was Luke.

"Paras, Cut attack! For the win, hack hack hack!" Seymour commanded. His Paras was no match for Luke's Weedle, which used one Poison Sting, making Paras faint.

"Here's your badge, you'd better run, before I decide, to have some fun!" Seymour grated. Luke followed Seymour's advice, dashing back. Jason, who was last, gingerly walked into the room.

"Zubat, Leech Life his Pokémon! Toss it out on the lawn!" Seymour screamed. Jason chose Pikachu.

"Thunder wave!" he stated. Pikachu charged up, and released four yellow waves, which paralyzed Zubat. Without being able to fly, Zubat was helpless.

"Quick Attack, then Swift!" Jason told Pikachu. Pikachu obliged him, slamming Zubat quickly, then firing lots of sharp energy stars. Zubat was K.O.'d.

"I win!" Jason whooped, taking his badge. After one look from Seymour, he slowly backed away, then bolted for the door.

When we were all outside, the humans snapped their badges into their cases. I then heard running water!

"Hey, guys! I hear water!" I shouted. They followed.

"Wow! Look at that!" Eric exclaimed.

"If I digivolve to Garurumon, I could carry three of you humans, and one Digimon. Garurumon can swim. Tentomon could digivolve to Kabuterimon and carry the rest of you." I suggested.

"You do that, Gabumon." Cory said, gripping his Digivice. I focused my energy, imagined Garurumon, and felt the fizzy feeling. Activation in five....four....three....two...one...NOW!

"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..." I yelled, releasing my energy. Blue stars erupted in my vision. Deactivation in two...one...NOW!

"Garurumon!" I shouted. Tentomon then activated his digivolution.

"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."

"Kabuterimon!"

"Okay, Cory, me, Luke, and Palmon on Garurumon. Jason and Agumon on Kabuterimon. Hold on, Palmon, could you digivolve to Lillymon?" Eric asked.

"Sure!" Palmon replied.

"All right, go!" Eric shouted. A beam shout out from his suddenly green Digivice into his glowing Crest of Sincerity. A green-white beam shot out from the Crest, and hit Palmon.

"Palmon, warp digivolve tooo..." she said, firing a green beam that formed Togemon.

"Togemon..." she stated, firing another green beam that formed Lillymon.

"Lillymon!" she shouted.

"Could I ride you?" Eric asked. Lillymon nodded.

"Don't damage my wings." she cautioned him. He nodded, and carefully climbed onto her. Cory, and Luke climbed onto me, and Jason, along with Agumon, boarded Kabuterimon.

I swam, Kabuterimon and Lillymon flew. Problem: Both of their wingsets buzz. They don't flap. They buzz. So, with Lillymon and Kabuterimon buzzing, it was a little hard to concentrate. Luckily, most Gabumon and Garurumon are raised in the water, so I didn't need to concentrate much.

Ch. 12

Luke

After an hour of swimming (which also meant an hour of that incessant BUZZING!!!), we reached a large lake.

"I know this place!" I exclaimed suddenly. "This is Aquamarine City! The Laser Blue Underwater Palace! Home of more water Pokémon than Cerulean City! Home of the Aquamarine Power Gym!" I continued. Eric looked up, shocked.

"And how, pray tell, are we to get down there?" asked Jason sarcastically.

"Well, duh. There's a ferry!" I shouted.

We swam/flew to the shore, where an old man was standing in front of a old shack, with a sign that read: Ferry to Aquamarine City. Cost: Two hundred dollars a person. Which wasn't too bad.

"Hello. We'd like to use the ferry. Eight people, here's sixteen hundred Dollars." I told the man.

"Those creatures don't count. So, the cost is only eight hundred, not sixteen hundred." the man said, dragging out a decrepit old log raft.

"You'll ride the to the middle of the lake, pulled by my Goldeens." the man informed us, pointing towards seven tired looking Goldeen in a harness.

"Uh, never mind." I muttered, taking back our money.

"So, how are we going to get across?" Eric asked me.

"Same way we got in. Garurumon and Kabuterimon."

"Don't forget Lillymon!" Palmon scolded me.

"Right. Lillymon. Sorry." I amended.

"Well, let's go!" Eric shouted, gripping his Digivice.

"Oh, did I forget to mention that your necklace is actually the Crest of Sincerity?" Gabumon inquired. Eric, about to activate his Digivice, gaped.

"Gabumon!" Palmon screamed frustratedly, slapping Gabumon. "Shut UP!"

"Right. Sorry." Gabumon winced. Eric activated his Digivice again. So did Jason and Cory.

Gabumon dissolved into fifty blue sparks. They started spinning in a circle, and slowly built into Garurumon, from the head back.

Tentomon glowed green, and disintegrated, creating several hundred green sparks that started hovering. They converged into a bright green ball, and flashed bright green. When the flash cleared, Kabuterimon was hovering there.

Hundreds of purple sparks emerged from Palmon's flower. They gathered on her, and grew, still glowing bright purple, into Togemon. Then, Eric's Crest kicked in. My vision blacked.

Eric's Digivice appeared, and glowed green. A white beam shot out of the screen and struck his Crest. The teardrop in a teardrop in a teardrop shape burst out of the Crest. It flew up, and rotated about fifty times, finally glowing bright green, and bursting. A white spiral shot downwards and hit Togemon.

"Togemon, digivolve tooo..." she cried, before turning into a flower. The flower bloomed, and out flew Lillymon.

"Lillymon!" she shouted.

"Okay, let's go!" Eric called enthusiastically. Lillymon, instead of letting Eric climb on her, grabbed his arms.

"Easier this way." she said when Eric looked at her questioningly.

"All aboard the doggie express!" Cory cried. Garurumon glared at him. "Er, Wolfe express."

"Ah, can't have everything." Garurumon muttered. Agumon and I climbed onto him. Jason grabbed Kabuterimon's leg, and clambered up onto his back.

"And, take off!" Kabuterimon yelled. He buzzed his wings, along with Lillymon, and took off.

"I hate that buzzing!" Garurumon grunted. He swam towards the middle of the lake anyway. When we reached the middle, a glass pipe rose. Kabuterimon and Lillymon dropped (not literally) their passengers off in it. Agumon and I walked over Garurumon's nose, and walked in with Jason and Eric. Lillymon buzzed in, and de-digivolved to Palmon. Kabuterimon de-digivolved to Tentomon, and hovered in. Garurumon changed to Gabumon, and we hauled him in. When this was all accomplished, I pressed the submerge button. The glass door closed, and we dived.

"Wow!" Eric cried, pressing up against the glass. I suddenly remembered he hadn't lived in Pallet all his life. He had moved there when he was twelve. He had lived in Aquamarine, that's where I had met him, on vacation. We had become friends, and when he had moved to Pallet, I had been ecstatic. Now, I realized I had never seen his parents, nor gone to his house. He had always come to mine, or to a park. I decided to ask him later.

"Luke! Come over here, you've got to see this!" Eric exclaimed. I walked over, and saw a beautiful palace, with gold and sapphire walls. Seaking and Seadra swam around it, giving the impression that it was an aquarium item, not an actual city people lived in.

Suddenly, a giant water snake appeared. Pokédex scan:

"Gyarados: an Atrocious Pokémon. Uses its Dragon Rage attack to wipe out docks, crash ships, and sometimes even destroy cities." Not very reassuring.

"It's gonna wipe out Aquamarine! We have to stop it!" Eric cried. He created a psychic bubble around his head, and made himself transparent.

"Wait! I'm coming too!" Cory yelled. Eric sighed, but gave Cory an air bubble.

"Wait for us!" Jason and I stated. Eric gritted his teeth, yet still gave us air bubbles. The Digimon decided to stay in the booth, being unable to fight underwater.

Eric made us all transparent, and we walked through the glass. As soon as we touched the water, we turned solid again. We swam towards the Gyarados.

"Pikachu, Thundershock!" Jason cried. Our bubbles protected us from electrocution. The Gyarados, however, had no protection. It was super-shocked. Two reasons: a) Gyarados are naturally x. weak against electricity, and b) it was underwater. Jason recalled his Pikachu quickly.

"Marril, Body Slam! Squirtle, Double Edge!" Eric commanded, releasing his water Pokémon, who could breathe underwater. Jason had the same idea, releasing Seel.

"Headbutt, Seel!" he commanded. Cory called out Vaporeon, and told it to use Aurora Beam. This had a strange effect: as the beam traveled through the water, it gained ice spikes. When the beam finally reached Gyarados, it slammed it, froze it, and stabbed it with ice spikes.

"GAAAAR!" it yelled, starting to swim in a circle.

"Oh, no! Devastation WAAAAVVVVEEE!" Eric cried, concentrating all his psychic powers into a spiral that struck the Gyarados, and knocked it enough off course that the Dragon Rage was diverted. Eric pulled out a Pokéball, and activated the underwater catch mode. A red beam shot out, absorbed the Gyarados, and pulled it in, wobbling, until it was caught.

Eric must have gotten impatient, because we were suddenly in the lobby of Aquamarine City, safe and dry.

Tentomon buzzed in. "Oh, there you are! I was getting worried that you were dead!" he said excitedly.

"I'll teleport the Digimon here." Eric said, screwing up his remaining energy. The Digimon appeared in a white flash.

"Oh, there you are, Luke!" Agumon cried, hugging his knees.

"Eric! Oh, I'm so glad you're safe." Palmon exclaimed, hugging him, too.

"Cory!" Gabumon cried, content with non verbal communication.

"Jason, I'm glad you're safe." Tentomon said, hugging Jason's neck. We walked into the grand glory of Aquamarine City with our escorts.

"Wow!" Tentomon called, flying up as far as he could. "This place is great!"

"Yeah!" Palmon echoed. Suddenly, a loud bird cry echoed from the 'sky'.

"Oh, no! That's a Birdramon!" Agumon exclaimed. "This is bad!" he continued. Then, a loud, angry roar echoed around the city.

"And that's an Ikkakumon!" Gabumon shouted. A ferocious meow sounded near us.

"A Gatomon!" Palmon cried, startled.

"Okay, three evil Digimon. Tentomon, you and Agumon battle the Ikkakumon. Palmon, you and I battle the Gatomon. Gabumon, you, Jason, Cory, and Luke take on the Birdramon." Eric barked. "Let's move move move!" he continued.

Ch. 13

Tentomon

Agumon and I started toward the Ikkakumon, then stopped.

"Wait! Ikkakumon is a Champion! We're just Rookies! We need to digivolve!" I cried. Luke and Jason nodded, and activated their Digivices.

Concentrate energy...Imagine Kabuterimon...Activate digivolution...NOW!

"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..." I yelled, activating the digivolution. I felt my wings splitting, growing. My shell melted. My face split into compound eyes and my mouth split into three jaws, tipped with razor sharp, venomous teeth. I sprouted a horn on my head, and the digivolution was complete.

"Kabuterimon!" I called, just as Agumon finished digivolving into Greymon.

"Greymon!"

"Okay, let's go!" I shouted. I took off, Greymon running right under me. We soon reached the Ikkakumon.

He looked like a walrus, except for the horn on his head. When he saw me, he growled.

"Harpoon Torpe-ow!" he started to say, when Greymon slammed into him.

"Nova Blast!" Greymon yelled, firing his trademark fire ball. I followed suit.

"Electro Shocker!" I cried, collecting energy from my wings and firing it at the walrus. He flew back, stunned.

"Supernova!" Greymon called, firing a Nova Blast, then swirling it around himself, and struck Ikkakumon, which superheated him.

"Electro Shatter!" I shouted, spinning and shooting small, white lightening bolts, K.O.ing Ikkakumon.

"You should go help Gabumon and the humans fight Birdramon. I'll go fight Gatomon. Okay?" Greymon asked me.

"Definitely!" I roared, flying to where the Birdramon flew, firing down bolts of fire, and Flying element energy. The Meteor Wing attack.

"Electro Shocker!" I cried, firing blue-purple electricity at the giant fire-bird. She turned, screaming.

"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon shouted. The blue beam did heavy damage to Birdramon.

"Hey, look!" Cory exclaimed. His necklace, not the Badge necklace, but a different one, was glowing bright blue. He took it out of his shirt. A Tag!

Suddenly, a large, blue crystal flashed bright blue, startling me. It was one of the several dozen crystals that lined the city. Each crystal flashed blue. In the center of the city, a large tile shone a bright blue, floated up, and hovered over to our location. It dimmed, showing the engravement. A circle with a oblique line through it, the 'no' sign, but with two hooks on either side, pointing up on one side, and down on the other. It shrank, and snapped into Cory's Tag. He now owned the Crest of Friendship.

"Cory! Activate your Crest!" I shouted. He looked up at me, clueless. "Focus on your friendship with Garurumon and Gabumon!" I told him. He nodded, and lowered his eyebrows. His Crest glowed blue again. Garurumon looked up, shocked, when he began to digivolve.

I don't know what the humans saw, but I saw Garurumon glow bright blue. He then stood on his hind legs, sporting leather straps and brass knuckles, with knee and elbow pads. I recognized the resulting Digimon as Weregarurumon. Cory looked on in shock.

"What are you now?" he asked.

"Weregarurumon!" I called down. Cory nodded. I got back to fighting the Birdramon.

"Electro Shocker!" I yelled. The electricity struck Birdramon again, causing her to scream in pain.

"Meteor Wing!" she countered. I started worrying. The bolts of fire might miss, but it was unlikely. Meteor Wing was almost heat seeking. I started buzzing, trying to escape.

"Feral Claw!" Weregarurumon shouted, jumping up and slashing two fire bolts. They were reflected, striking Birdramon. He did this twice more, saving my life.

"Thanks, Weregarurumon!" I said. He nodded.

"No problem! Wolf Claw!" he screamed, jumping an amazing fifty feet into Birdramon's midsection. He brought his claws together, creating blazing walls of fire, which struck Birdramon. She shrieked, and dived at me.

"Flame Wing!" she cried, flinging her wings at me. Large fire balls flew, and would have hit me, if Weregarurumon hadn't intervened.

"Feral Claw!" he shouted, using his incredible speed and agility to reflect fire balls large than he was back at Birdramon. She fell, defeated.

Weregarurumon landed gently. I landed next to him. He was surprisingly small, for an Ultimate. He glowed yellow, then shrank back into Gabumon. I undigivolved into Tentomon.

"Great job, Gabumon, Tentomon!" Jason exclaimed. I hovered over to him.

"AAAARGH!!!!" a voice cried. There was a bright white flash, and suddenly, we were with Eric.

"Oh, good. You made it. Look!" he said. I obeyed.

Lillymon was flying around, trying to avoid the small, white cat that was slashing at her.

"Lightning Claw!" she yelled, swinging a claw at Lillymon. Lillymon barely dodged. She flew way up, preparing her attack. Her flower rod appeared in her hand.

"Flower Cannon!" she cried, firing a green energy burst. It struck Gatomon, knocking her back. Gatomon got up easily. That's where Gabumon and I came in.

"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..."

"Garurumon!"

"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."

"Kabuterimon!" I yelled. Cory activated his Crest.

"Garurumon, digivolve tooo..."

"Weregarurumon!"

"Electro Shocker!"

"Wolf Claw!"

"Flower Cannon!"

"Nova Blast!" Greymon yelled, joining the fray. He was so slow, he must have just reached the battle. Either that, or Eric made us travel through time. But, of course, that was impossible.

The quadruple attack struck Gatomon, knocking her way back.

*Hayley Price is copyrighted to the writer of Yet Another Pokémon Story Starting In Pallet Town, or Y.A.P.S. for short.

Next update:

Luke and Jason's Crests!

The Power Badge!

One more Digimon!

Actually competent Team Rocket members!