Pokémon Adventure

by MikauKaiousei

Well...it's my first successful fic. I have it sectioned in parts because that's how I wrote it. Sorry. It revolves around Eric, Cory, Luke, Jason, and Raimey as they travel around Kanto on their Pokémon journey. Not terribly original.

3. Part Three

Pokémon Adventure!

Part 3

By: Pikamew Triggara ( k_pikamew@hotmail.com )

Ch. 25

Luke

I was in a heated Pokémon match with Meri. Her Nidoran (female) was doing incredibly well against my Vulpix.

"Ember!"

"Agility!"

She had taught the stupid thing about a dozen different moves that were not on either Nidoran's repertoire.

"Horn Hazard!" Meri, the dratted turncoat, commanded. The Nidoran fired a horn at Vulpix, missing (for the first time ever).

"Vulpix, use that secret move I taught you!" I called, desperate. Vulpix trilled, and shot a black beam out of her mouth. It hit Nidoran (again, for the first time ever).

"Nidooo..."

"Now, Vulpix! Quick Attack!" I said, feeling hopeful again.

Vulpix fired her hind legs, and became a red blur, flipping and kicking Nidoran in the face.

"Flamethrower!" I laughed. Nidoran couldn't shake off the effects of Vulpix's Confuse Ray!

A stream of fire hit Nidoran, knocking it out.

"Argh!" Meri growled. By now, all the people had left. Kabuterimon and Wizardmon were taking a break.

"Nidoran, return! Goooo, Poliwag!" Meri shouted, throwing a Pokémon.

"Uh-oh. Vulpix, return! Go-hey, do you mind if I break the rules?"

"Of course not! I'm with Team Rocket!" Meri retorted.

"Great. Pinsir, Pidgey, Mega Drain and Gust!" I yelled. My stag beetle and bird Pokémon materialized and blasted Poliwag.

"Pol..."

"Ack! You'll be a Pokémon Master. Poliwag, return! Attack, um, drat! I'm outta Pokémon." Meri growled.

"Electro Shocker!" Kabuterimon suddenly shouted. His electricity seemed brighter than it had been.

"Thunder Gate!" Wizardmon countered, just as powerful.

Then, a white beam shot through the rocky wall.

Angemon flew through the hole, followed by Jason on a Pidgeotto, Eric with a pink aura around him, and Lillymon carrying Agumon.

"Agumon, digivolve!" I shouted, holding up my Digivice.

"Agumon, digivolve tooo..."

"Greymon!"

Then, my Crest glowed. My Digivice fired a white beam that hit it. The orange sun symbol shot out and enlarged. It spun around, and exploded over Greymon.

"Greymon, digivolve tooo..." he roared. His arm was surrounded with a white glow that turned into a metal claw. The bone helmet turned steely. White columns appeared on his back, then shot off. In their place were metal wings.

"Metalgreymon!" he shouted, his voice less feral and more aged.

Wizardmon looked a bit less confident, facing two Ultimate stages and two Champions.

"Meri? I suggest we leave now!" he said, his voice a bit wobbly.

"Good idea." Meri agreed, throwing a blue object at us. Smoke billowed, showing nothing but acrid green clouds.

When the smoke cleared, they were gone.

I was tackled by (okay, it's getting old. Sorry.) three wild animals I took to be my friends.

"Koromon!"

"Tentomon!"

"Palmon!"

"Patamon!"

I looked up, and saw, instead of Agumon, a small pink blob with long ears.

Eric decided I must have had enough people on top of me, so he floated himself, Jason, and Cory up and over to the hole.

"Urgh." I muttered, getting up.

"Uh, can we get outside now?" Eric asked, looking green.

"Eric, are you sick?" I asked.

"No, I gain energy from the sun, making my skin green. I can't function outside of light well. This underground environment has little light, so I have but about fifteen minutes before I start wilting." he explained.

"Wilting?"

"Unconsciousness spasms. Random power surges. Bad thing." Eric said, grinning slightly.

"Ah. Right, well, let's go!"

We clambered out the hole, and eventually got to the room where I had first gained consciousness. I looked to where I had gotten my Crest, where I saw a tunnel!

"Eric! Let's go through that tunnel!" I said.

"Uh, do you know where it leads?" he asked.

"No." I admitted.

"Well, let's take a direct way out. Do you know of any?"

"Nope. Never been to Cinnabar." I replied.

"Raimey has. He would know. Hmm, let me contact him."

He glowed a slight pink, and closed his eyes.

"He says that north is the fastest way from the Volcano Shrine." Eric told us after about a minute.

"The north is that way." I said, pointing at a rock wall.

"Wow." Eric smirked, pointing. One massive pink explosion, and boom. Instant tunnel.

"Right. Let's go." Cory grinned.

The tunnel was maybe two inches thick. Then, we met sunlight. Eric immediately brightened. Literally. He just started glowing a green color.

"I love good sunlight." he sighed.

"Eric, you've absorbed sunlight for about two hours. Maybe less." Jason pointed out sardonically.

"While we're where, why don't we challenge the Gym Leader?" Eric asked.

"Sure." I replied.

"Luke, that Drowzee won't be as useful on Cinnabar's Gym as it was at Pewter. We might want to go to Cerulean." Cory pointed out.

"I'm not carrying Agumon again." Palmon wheezed, obviously tired.

"Well, no one will have to carry Agumon, because Metalgreymon can fly!" Luke cried.

"Good point."

"I really don't want to go just yet." Eric said. "I'd rather get Gyarados to like me."

"Well, how about Metalgreymon carries us, and you stay until Gyarados will carry you?" Jason asked.

"Okay. I'll probably be back in about ten days." he grinned.

"Right." I said. "We'll see each other again, so what's the point of goodbyes?"

"There's not." Eric answered, grabbing my wrist. I raised my eyebrows, until I felt something probing at my mind. I let Eric in, and he created a link.

"That way you'll always know where I am." he grinned.

I nodded, and held up my Digivice. Agumon started glowing, and grew into Greymon.

Greymon grew to twenty feet tall, and gained a helmet, claw, and wings. Cory, Jason and I clambered on. Patamon flew beside us.

Metalgreymon took off, with Patamon flying beside us.

Fifteen minutes later, Pallet was in sight. Metalgreymon landed at the lab. He dedigivolved to Koromon.

"YAAAH!" Oak screamed, tearing out of the lab. "WHAT IS THAT THING?" he screeched.

"This is Koromon." I said, pointing. "Tentomon and Patamon are over there." I added, gesturing to each in turn.

"Mon? Digimon?" Oak inquired, calmer yet perplexed.

"Yes." Tentomon put in.

Oak fainted dead away.

"Yah! Tentomon, could you carry Oak?" Jason asked.

"No." Tentomon replied flatly.

"Well, we'll have to carry him then." I surmised.

Cory, Jason and I hoisted Oak onto our shoulders, and, with Tentomon and Patamon keeping him from falling, carried him to the Pokémon choosing area.

We set him on a bench. I got a glass of water and dumped it on him, which woke him up.

"Ack!" he muttered. "I have a group coming in fifteen minutes, and no Pokémon!" Oak told us. "Would you be so kind as to catch a few?"

"Certainly!" I said. "How many?"

"Oh, just four."

"Right! Come on, guys!" I exclaimed.

"Wait! Eric, what happened to your teeth?" Oak asked.

"I'm not Eric. I'm Cory. Eric and I just look exactly alike, aside from tooth size and hair color." Cory told him.

"Ah. Sorry."

We left the lab in search of wild Pokémon, when Jason discovered a terrible crisis.

"We have no Pokéballs!" he gasped.

Cory immediately turned and dashed up towards the lab. Five minutes later, he came back with fifteen Pokéballs.

"Five for each of us. Well, really four because we have to catch the starters." Cory explained.

"Isn't Squirtle Lake right over the cliff?" I asked.

"That's right! And Charmander Field is under the cliff!" Cory exulted.

"Bulbasaur Valley is across Squirtle Lake." Jason pointed out.

"So, Jason'll go after the Charmander, as he has a Water type. I'll get Bulbasaur because I have a Fire and a Water to cross the lake. Luke will just have to get lucky with his Pinsir's Mega Drain." Cory summarized.

We split up, me throwing bait in the lake, Cory Surfing across on Vaporeon, and Jason crawling through a tunnel.

A second later, a Staryu and a Squirtle came out.

"Pinsir, Mega Drain! Pidgey, Whirlwind if they try to escape!" I ordered, my Pokéballs flying. White energy formed into Pinsir and Pidgey, who automatically followed orders.

The Squirtle was immobilized, and Staryu got caught in a water spout.

"Pokéballs, go!" I shouted, throwing two. Squirtle didn't even fight, but simply surrendered. The Staryu managed to Water Gun away the ball.

"Pinsir, Slash!" I commanded. Pinsir clicked its mandibles, and brought a claw down on Staryu. At the last second, however, Staryu turned gold, blocking half of the damage.

"Harden, a defensive attack. Used either to completely block blows, but lose health as it continues on, or to half damage." my Pokédex said.

"Go, Pokéball!" I shouted again. This time, Staryu saw distracted by another Slash from Pinsir. It was vacuumed up by the ball, but struggled weakly this time.

Two seconds later, Staryu was caught. I picked up the ball, and thought. Staryu was Eric's favorite, or Starmie. But he already had three Water types. Hmmm. I would give that some thought. Suddenly, I heard the sounds of battle.

"Flareon, Ember!" Cory yelled.

"Bulba!" I looked across the lake. The Bulbasaur Cory was fighting shot leaves at Flareon, somehow KO'd Flareon.

"Oh, no! Flareon, return! Vaporeon, Ice Beam!"

"Bulba!" The Bulbasaur whipped out vines, and swung Vaporeon around, knocking it out.

"Vaporeon, return! Jolteon, Pin Missle!"

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur did the vine thing again, knocking out Jolteon.

"Geodude, Dig!"

"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur paused a second, a barely visible light beam coming out of the bulb. Before Geodude could Dig underground, Bulbasaur fired a gold beam that completely destroyed Geodude.

"Geodude, you better come back! Eevee, Swift!"

Eevee managed to hit Bulbasaur with energy stars, but Bulbasaur immediately countered with an actual front leg kick. I pulled out Dexter.

"Solar Bulbasaur: an unusual Bulbasaur, born during a lunar eclipse. Extremely powerful, and only weak against Psychic type attacks."

"Scyther, Agility, Double Team, and Iron Rock Crusher!" Cory shouted.

His Scyther pulled off an amazing combo of attacks. It first zipped over 1,000 miles an hour around Bulbasaur, then split into six different images. They all then slammed their claws against the ground. Dexter beeped.

"Iron Rock Crusher, a Rock/Normal type attack. Only bladed Pokémon (Scyther and Kabutops) can use it. A well trained Golem might be able to pull off a weaker version of this attack, Strength."

The claws hit the ground, creating cracks that converged under Bulbasaur. It fell, but suddenly flew up, smashed by a rock.

"Scyther, Twineedle!" Cory yelled. Scyther shot needles at Bulbasaur, which was immediately swallowed by a Pokéball.

The ball rocked awhile, but eventually dimmed.

"Phew! I didn't think I could manage that." Cory muttered.

Ch. 26

Gabumon

When Angemon used his Digibeam attack to destroy the explosion, I went flying. I collided with a short form, although I couldn't tell if it was Luke or Raimey.

We flew a long way, finally landing in a pale purple town. Actually, it was lavender.

Raimey glowed a light green, and woke up. "Where are we?"

"This is a lavender town, so I guess it's Lavender Town." I replied.

"Well, duh. Only a blind person couldn't figure that out." he retorted.

"I'm guessing you're cranky." I said sarcastically.

"Well, duh. Only a deaf and blind person couldn't figure that out." he repeated, extremely sarcastic.

"You need to calm down." I sighed.

"Well, if you had crashed into the ground, been paralyzed, and had to use Recover twice to be able to sit up, would you be cranky?" he asked.

"Recover?" I queried blankly.

"Ack!" he exclaimed, getting up. We walked to the Pokémon Center, (Not hard to find, it was the only building that wasn't light purple. It was dark grey.)

"Raimey, what Pokémon do you have, besides that Drowzee?" I asked.

"I have Bulbasaur, Charmander, Wartortle, Beedrill, Magnemite, and Drowzee. They each have at least one useful attack. Cut, Flash, Surf, Strength, and I have a Fearow at Professor Rose's Lab that knows Fly."

"So why don't we just Fly to Cerulean?" I inquired.

"Absolutely no reason. We probably will, but why miss a chance to catch a Ghost Pokémon?" Raimey answered. I hate questions answered with questions. Ugh.

"Plus we can get a badge! If we get all the necessary badges, we can get at least a middle bracket in the Pokémon League Tournament!" he continued.

"Hey! Shorty!" a brunette called.

Raimey looked up. "Did you say what I thought you said?"

"What, call you Shorty, Shorty?"

"Yes." Raimey growled, reaching for a Pokéball.'

"Oh, you want to battle me, do you?" she asked, grinning.

"Oh, yes." Raimey answered, seemingly cool and collected.

"Well, prepare for-" she started to say, when Raimey interrupted her.

"You aren't a member of Team Rocket, are you?" he asked.

"Of course! Prepare for trouble and make that triple!"

"To ignite the world with molestation!" a new voice said, a second brunette appearing.

"To burn the world, that's every nation!" a third brunette said.

"Scorch the world, burn the truth!"

"Flame a bird-"

"Bulbasaur, Charmander, Wartortle, Beedrill, Magnemite, and Drowzee, attack!" Raimey cut in. His six Pokémon materialized, growling/making intimidating faces/poses.

"Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf! Charmander, Flamethrower! Wartortle, Ice Beam and Surf! Beedrill, Twineedle! Magnemite, Thunderbolt! Drowzee, PSY Beam!" he barked, issuing orders rapid fire.

"Bulbasaur!"

"Char!"

"Wartor!"

"Bzzzzz..."

"Mag-ne-mite!"

"Drowzeee!"

The heptuple (is that a real word?) attack struck Team Rocket in the middle of their motto, blowing them into a wall.

"Digimon, attack!" the head brunette growled.

Three Digivices glowed, and three sets of digivolving sparks set up around us. I tried to tap into the digivolving energy, and succeeded.

"Oystermon, digivolve tooo..." a shell-like Digimon called. Pink sparks surrounded it, flying outwards at the last second.

"Shellon!" shouted the resulting giant shell Digimon.

"Garumon, digivolve tooo..." yelled a froggish Digimon. Green sparks poured out of its eyes, covering it.

"Elecmon!" he yelled, a red/purple rabbit.

"Clownmon, digivolve tooo..." a clownish (duh) Digimon said, with orange sparks covering it.

"Pipermon!" a flutey Digimon finished. I then joined the fight.

"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..."

"Garurumon!"

We faced off, three against one.

"Ocean Spray!" Shallon said, lowering its head, and pointing the seaweedy hair towards me. Water raged in a torrent around me.

"Howling Blaster!" I countered, freezing the water.

"Super Thunder Strike!" Elecmon raged, jumping very high. His Vulpix-like tail glowed yellow, firing a thunder beam at the ice around me. This helped me, as I wasn't hurt, and it freed me from the self created ice.

"Horrible Music!" Pipermon sang, creating waves of unbearable noise. All the Digimon, except him, fell in pain, trying in vain to cover their abused ears.

"Magnemite, Sonic Boom! Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf!" Raimey shouted. Shellmon took the brunt of the blow, dedigivolving to Oystermon.

"Sprayer!" he squeaked, his voice much higher than Shellmon's. A stream of water hit Magnemite.

"Magnemite, Thunderbolt!" Raimey growled. Magnemite fired streams of electricity, which converged on Elecmon.

"Yahh!" Elecmon screamed, changing back to Garumon.

"Howling Moon!" I shouted. The day darkened, and the moon appeared closer to the earth than it should be. A blue beam shot out and slammed into Pipermon, who immediately changed to Clownmon.

"Digimon, retreat! Growlithe, attack!" the head brunette commanded.

"Oddish, go!"

"Shellder, I choose you!"

"Um, would it hurt to tell us your names?" Raimey asked innocently.

"Libby!" the head shouted.

"Tanya!" the short haired one declared.

"Jenny!" the long hair shouted.

"Team Rocket, blast off with a burning flame!"

"We hunt for money, beauty and fame!"

"Well, in that case. Magnemite, Drowzee, Charmander, FLASH!" Raimey cried.

Magnemite, Drowzee and Charmander let out a blinding light. I closed my eyes, until it faded.

"EEEEEEK!" Libby shouted. I opened my eyes, took careful aim, and...

"Howling Blaster!" I yelled. All three Pokémon were knocked out, and-

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIN!"

"Well, I guess that's that." Raimey stated.

"Garurumon...Gabumon." I said, dedigivolving.

"Hey, let's go train in the Tower!" Raimey said loudly.

"Whatever." I muttered, tired.

Two minutes later, I was ready to change my mind.

"We're going in THERE?" I asked.

"Well, duh. You see any more towers?" Raimey asked sarcastically.

"Well, no. It's just scary looking."

"If THIS is scary, you'll love the Pokémon." he grinned.

"What kind of Pokémon?"

"Ghost." Raimey replied, smiling evilly. I splashed him with a Blue Blaster.

"Hey!"

"You deserved it." I smirked.

"Whatever." Raimey muttered.

We walked in, and immediately were blown back out.

"Owww..." I groaned.

"Well, I didn't know Gastly could summon winds like that." Raimey said. "Magnemite, use !" he commanded.

"Magn!" Magnemite shrilled, shooting a beam of electricity at the doors. They flew open, and the Gastly inside was hit right between the eyes. Well, it got hit.

"Now, Thunder Wave!" Raimey shouted. Magnemite's magnets glowed yellow, and rings of electricity paralyzed Gastly.

"Pokéball, go!" Raimey yelled, holding a Pokéball at arms length. He spun once, and threw the ball in the air. Gastly was absorbed into the ball, and didn't even struggle.

"Woo-hoo! I caught a Gastly!" he exulted.

I sensed something behind me, and whirled. A glimpse of purple was all I saw, though.

"Haw-haw!" the Pokémon laughed, revealing itself.

"Haw-haw-haw!" it guffawed, looking at Raimey. I turned, and saw Raimey being hypnotized by Gastly, who had escaped somehow. Teleport, I imagine.

Gastly was making him stand on his head and fall over.

"Haw haw-your trainer is an idiot!" the Haunter said, suddenly breaking into English.

"You speak Human?" I asked.

"No, you just understand me now, Digimon." Haunter sneered.

"You have something against Digimon, Pocket Monster?" I sneered back.

"Why, you!" Gastly yelled behind me, dropping Raimey, who was hovering in the air. A green bolt flew at me.

"Blue Blaster!" I said, reflecting the Mega Drain.

"Ahh!" Gastly cried.

"Nightshade!" Haunter and Gastly both cried. Twin purple waves flew at me.

Uh-oh.

I tried to tap into Raimey's Digivice, but that wasn't happening.

Double uh-oh.

"Drowzee, Hypnosis!" Raimey ordered, having woken.

Yellow waves surrounded me, and I felt slightly drowsy. Gastly and Haunter were totally zonked, however.

"Go, Pokéballs!" Raimey cried. Neither Gastly or Haunter was caught without a struggle, but Gastly didn't struggle much. Haunter escaped.

"Blue Blaster!" I called, soaking Haunter.

"Gengengen!" a sinister voice called, teleporting us to a playroom.

Raimey was incensed.

"What are you doing?" he screamed, filling the room with his psychically amplified voice

"Genga...I want to play...gen..."

"He wants to play!" I cried.

"Gen...right...ga..."

I couldn't seem to clearly understand its voice, but I got the gist of the message.

"Well, let's play!" Raimey shrieked, blasting the room with a psychic wave, leaving me reeling.

"Don't get me..." I muttered.

"Gen...ha ha...arr..." Gengar laughed. "Funny...ga..."

Raimey used Recover on me, then teleported. He warped around the room so fast I couldn't see him. Gengar seemed to find this funny.

"You...ga...fasssst..." his voice hissed. "But...gar...not right kind of fun..."

A ghost that resembled a Pikachu faded into the room.

"Pikaboo!" it shrilled. Raimey stopped his incessant teleporting to scan it.

"Pikaboo-the Electric Ghost. Each type-including the newly discovered Steel and Evil types-has their own Ghost. Pikaboo is the Ghost-Electric."

Raimey ran the Type Chart.

"Ghost Electric types are weak against Rock and Water."

"Wartortle, Water Gun!" Raimey commanded. Pikaboo was sprayed intensely.

"Ha ha...gen...water..."

"I doubt you could do better!" Raimey yelled after I translated.

"Gen...hahaha..." Gengar wheezed.

Seconds later, torrents of water filled the room.

"Wartortle, Ice Beam!" Raimey shouted.

"Wartor!"

"Raimey, if we're in water, and you freeze it, what happens?" I shouted.

Too late.

We were all stuck in ice, except for me. I had swum to the top of the cascade, just in time to free all but my leg, which was stuck in the ice completely.

"Blue Blaster!" I called, blasting the ice with superheated water. My leg was then up out of the ice high enough for me to yank it out.

I turned, and looked in the ice. Raimey had stretched his arm out, and his fingertips were almost to the surface.

I knew my secret attack, Horn Bolt, could free him, but I only had one chance to free him, otherwise I could electrocute him or leave him to asphyxiation.

I would have to aim precisely. I pointed my horn directly at him, and let loose.

"Horn Bolt!" I shouted. A yellow ball of energy formed on my horn, and sent out four streamers of electricity.

They hit around Raimey, shattering the ice. He fell, curling up, shivering.

"Raimey, are you okay?" I asked.

"I'm...coooollllld-d-d-d-d." he stuttered.

"That's okay. It's normal. Just relax." I said encouragingly. I sprayed him lightly with my Blue Blaster attack, and the alarming blue in his cheeks faded a little.

"War...tor...Tle...re...t-t-t-t-turrrrn..." Raimey said quietly, lifting a Pokéball with supreme effort. The red beam shot outward, but reflected off the ice.

"Return..." Again, the beam reflected off the ice.

"Blue Blaster!" I said, melting the ice about two feet towards Wartortle, who was stuck in a frozen wave.

"Charmander, go...Ember attack..." Raimey sighed, still very cold. I turned my heat therapy toward him again.

"Char!" Charmander cheered, shooting a fireball at the ice, completely melting it.

"War!" Wartortle smiled. It then fainted.

"Return." Raimey commanded. Both Charmander and Wartortle were recalled.

"You win...genengar...Pikaboo..."

"What?" Raimey gasped, looking up. My heated water had greatly increased his temperature.

"Pikaboo...gar ga...yours...prize..."

"Pokémon aren't meant to be prizes!" Raimey growled, after my translation.

"Boo!" Pikaboo said, teleporting up to the top of the ice.

"Yours...gaga..." Gengar laughed.

"Well, all right." Raimey sighed, defeated. He threw a Pokéball at Pikaboo, who surrendered without a struggle.

We were returned to the lobby of Pokémon Tower. Out the door, as quick as we could. I never wanted to ever go in there again.

"Well, now its time to get the Phantom Badge." Raimey sighed.

"MORE Ghosts?" I screeched.

"Yeah, but these don't want to play, I think."

"Well, as long as you're sure." I reluctantly agreed.

We went to the Center, and Raimey healed Wartortle. Then we went to the Gym.

"Well, well, well!" the purple haired woman in the arena said.

"Well, well, well what?" Raimey asked.

"Well, you want a Phantom Badge, do you not?" she asked.

"Yes. First, what is your name?"

"You can't tell? Good! That means the disguise is working." the woman cackled, then suddenly ripped off a purple wig. What was left was an old man.

"Jim Fuji, at your service. We will fight now."

"Yes."

"Use as many Pokémon as you wish." Fuji explained.

"Agreed." Raimey sighed.

"Muuma, go!" Fuji called, releasing a strange, purple and pink haired phantom.

"Muuma: a freak Pokémon. Created by three Gastly mixing together, Muuma uses Evil and Ghost type attacks. Pure Ghost type." Raimey's Pokédex explained.

"What is strong on Ghost?" Raimey wondered.

"Flying and other Ghosts." Dexter intoned. Raimey smiled, and pressed a button on his 'Dex. A Pokéball materialized.

"Go, Fearow!" he cried, doing his spin. A large bird emerged from the red energy.

"Crawww!"

"Fearow, Drill Peck!" Raimey commanded.

"Muuma, Shadow Bomb!" Jim Fuji ordered.

Fearow spun around quickly, and started resembling a drill bit. Its beak drilled into Muuma's hair.

"Muuu!" Muuma shrilled. It then threw a grey ball at Fearow. The ball exploded, and turned Fearow black. Half a second later, Fearow returned to normal, a bit faint looking.

"Fearow, use the Razor Feather!" Raimey cried.

"FEAR!" Fearow cried, spreading its wings. Feathers shot from the outstretched wings, cutting into Muuma.

"Muuma, return! Go, Gengar!" Fuji said loudly.

Now I got a look at the spirit that had caused so much trouble. Red, tricky eyes, purple skin. It scared me.

"Fearow, Drill Peck!"

"Gengar, Psychic!"

Gengar, unfortunately, was faster, and Fearow fainted.

"Fearow return! Go, Pikaboo!"

"Gengar, Mega Drain!" Fuji barked.

"Pikaboo, Teleport and Parascare!" Raimey laughed. Pikaboo warped out of the way of a green energy blast, which disappeared, and "BOO!" ed. Gengar was surrounded by yellow 'boos'. Literally. The word 'boo' was spinning around, shocking Gengar occasionally.

"Now, Thunderboo!" Raimey ordered.

"PikaBOO!" Pikaboo screeched, sending black lightning at Gengar. After that, it fainted.

"Gengar, return!" Fuji sighed. "You have done well. Here is the Phantom Badge." he continued.

"Thank you." Raimey replied, taking the lavender badge. I caught a glimpse of it, and it was a Gastly look-a-like.

We exited, and Raimey suddenly glowed blue. He stayed this way for a while, then stopped.

"The others are all in Cinnabar." he told me. He cocked his head again, and his eyes had a blue sheen. "Eric is staying, but the others are going back to Cerulean."

"Good. Let's go."

"And how, pray tell, are we to do that?"

"You can teleport us, or we'll fly."

"Ha! I can't teleport myself, and Fearow is too small to carry both of us."

"Can't Drowzee or Magnemite Teleport?"

"How? They don't learn it."

"Well, then we'll have to walk. Cerulean is on the other side of Saffron, right?"

"Right."

Ch. 27

Palmon

When Eric decided to stay, I was overjoyed. I had NO intention of flying all that way AGAIN. Uh-uh.

"Gyarados, go!" Eric, who had gone to the shore, cried. Gyarados emerged, and started to swim off.

"I don't think so! Palmon, reign him in!" Eric said.

"Poison Ivy!" I shouted. My vines wrapped around Gyarados, and stunned him. He was slowly tugged in.

"Gyarados, will you please Tackle that rock?" Eric asked politely.

Gyarados roared.

"Uh-oh." I said.

Too true. A second later, that rock was Hyper Beamed to bits.

"Okay, Gyarados, use Tackle."

Another Hyper Beam.

"Tackle."

Hyper Beam.

"Tackle."

This went on for quite some time, until Eric finally got mad.

"WILL YOU OR WILL YOU NOT USE TACKLE?!?!?!" he yelled, psychically amplifying his voice so that I fell over and Gyarados roared (again) in pain.

He replied, "No, puny trainer, I won't obey you. You have no right to command me. I have every right to swim off." I understood this because I am a Digimon. I guess Eric understood it because he's psychic.

"Gyarados, will you please listen to me? I'm not commanding you, I'm requesting. If you would like, I'll let you stay out of your Pokéball."

"Hmmm." Gyarados said, in its booming voice. "I will accept that offer, on one condition."

"What?" Eric queried.

"The rest of your Pokémon stay out of their Pokéballs too."

"Certainly!" Eric agreed, calling out Wartortle, Marril, and Caterpie. "Would you like to stay out of Pokéballs?"

The agreement was unanimous. "YES!" they all cried.

"Well, it's off to Pallet!"

Eric, Caterpie and I climbed on Gyarados, while Marril and Wartortle swam behind.

Eric glowed slightly pink. I supposed that meant he was using his link to Luke.

"Luke has a Staryu, and he wants me to have it. Should I accept it?" Eric asked me.

"I suppose. Starmie is your favorite Pokémon, is it not?"

"Yeah, but I have three water types."

"Water types rule." Gyarados boomed.

"Yes, yes, whatever." I shrugged. Big mistake.

"Dragon Rage!" Gyarados yelled. Eric and I were trapped in a tornado.

"Palmon, now!" Eric cried, holding out his Digivice.

"Palmon, digivolve tooo..."

"Togemon! Togemon, digivolve tooo..."

"Lillymon!"

My fragile wings beat hard enough to resist the wind. Eric was glowing, using his psychic powers to float.

"AAAAH!" Marril screamed, flying through the air.

"HEEELP!" Wartortle exclaimed.

"EEEEEEE!" Caterpie screeched.

"Caterpie, String Shot!" Eric commanded desperately. It was our only hope, to tie up Gyarados.

Caterpie tried, but Gyarados just burst through the silk like it was air.

"Roar!" he yelled.

"Marril, Whirlpool attack!" Eric gasped.

"RIGHT!" Marril shouted. The water under the waterspout spun faster, but in reverse, and the waterspout spun slower. It eventually subsided, and Eric and I landed on Gyarados, Eric carrying Caterpie.

"Craw!" it shrilled, firing String Shot into the air. The silk built up on its skin, and turned it into a Metapod.

"Cool! Soon I'll have a Butterfree!" Eric whooped.

"Tanemon." I sighed, dedigivolving.

"Eric, maybe we should turn around." Wartortle suggested after about five minutes.

"Why?" Eric asked.

"Well, there's a Blastoise coming at us, and he doesn't look happy." Wartortle answered.

Eric floated upwards, and gasped, plummeting towards earth, er...Gyarados.

"OW!"

"Shut up!" Eric hissed, laying low. "Dive!"

Gyarados went under, and I, not being a Divermon, (Note: Fish Digimon with gills and motors, live in water) floated at the top.

"HEEEEEELP!" I shrilled, attracting a giant turtle's attention. It turned.

"Blast." it hissed, in a guttural voice.

A stream of bubbles tickled my underside. A pink beam shot out from underwater, and flipped Blastoise.

"Blastoise!" it growled, diving. I looked underwater.

Eric was in a strange, aquatic dance with the Blastoise, firing pink beams as the Blastoise shot pressure waves from his cannons.

"Look out!" I cried, as Blastoise, with incredible speed (and the use of Double Team) shot behind Eric and shot a Pressure Pump (Underwater Hydro Pump) attack.

"Blublub!" Eric shouted. I couldn't understand, but Marril apparently could, because it used Psyshock, paralyzing Blastoise. Eric fired a pink beam, weakening the Blastoise. He pulled out a Pokéball, but remembered that he already had a Wartortle. He put the Pokéball up and grabbed a Paralyze Heal off his belt. He applied it to the Blastoise, who withdrew his pumps as quickly as possible. It butted Eric's arm with its head, then swam off.

Eric swam to the top, and saw Metapod floating.

"Metapod, return!" Eric commanded. Metapod-or the red energy that was Metapod seconds ago-entered the Pokéball.

Gyarados surfaced under us, and lifted us into the air.

"I believe I mentioned that all Pokémon were to remain outside of their Pokéballs." Gyarados growled.

"Two things: a) Metapod was helplessly floating away on the waves, and I couldn't reach him, and b) Metapod has no way of gripping you. I don't think he would like being held for three days." Eric retorted.

"Well, I suppose that qualifies." Gyarados sniffed.

Half an hour (and dozens of waves and Goldeen) later, Eric's Pokédex beeped. He got it out of its pouch on his shirt and opened it. An antennae extended out of it, and Prof. Oak appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Eric. Jason, Cory, and Luke were just here, and Luke informed me of your situation. How are you?" he asked.

"I'm fine, just a little bored." Eric sighed.

"Well, I have to tell you something. You know that when Ash Ketchum was traveling the Eastern Continent, machines called 'TM's existed?" Oak inquired.

"Yes, but they were discontinued due to damage to Pokémon. Why?"

"A better system was created inside Gym Badges, Orange Badges, and the Western Continent Badges. Similar to the 'HM's, they could be used over and over. I'm sending a chart illustrating the different moves incorporated into the Badges."

"Right. I've..." Eric paused, waiting for the chart to load. "Got it."

"Good. Oh, before I forget," Oak added, "Luke left a Staryu for you. Do you want it?"

"Definitely." Eric nodded. A Pokéball materialized on the Pokédex screen. Eric enlarged it. "Thanks, Professor Oak." he said, cutting off the connection. He closed the Pokédex, and stowed it away. "Staryu, go!" he cried, throwing the ball. An orange starfish emerged.

"Heya!" it vocalized. Eric grinned.

"Hey, Eric!" I said.

"What?" he asked.

"You have the Boulder, Power, and Lunar Badge, right?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"So, why don't you see what moves they teach?"

"That's a good idea." Eric said, opening the Pokédex. The Badge chart appeared on the screen. I was on Eric's shoulder (I'm a Tanemon, remember?) watching.

"We have to get ALL those Badges?" I shrilled.

"No, just the ones in the blue section." he replied. I looked.

"TWENTY-ONE?!" I exclaimed.

"We'll live." Eric growled. He highlighted the Boulder, Power, and Lunar Badges.

"These Badges teach the Stone Barrage, Dynamic Punch, and Moonlight techniques." Dexter intoned.

"Okay. Dexter, can Gyarados, Metapod, Wartortle, Staryu, or Marril learn Stone Barrage?" Eric asked.

"No."

"Explosive Punch?"

"Marril and Wartortle."

"Moonlight?"

"Staryu."

"Great! Wartortle, Staryu, Marril, come here." Eric called. They swam over.

"Hop up." he said. They obeyed.

"Now, here's the Power Badge." Eric mumbled, pulling out the brown Badge. He touched it to Marril and Wartortle, and they glowed the same brown color. He snapped the Badge back in his necklace, and pulled out the white Lunar Badge. He placed it on Staryu's core, and Staryu glowed white. He snapped the Badge back in place.

"Dexter, what does Dynamic Punch do?" Eric queried, opening his Pokédex.

"It confuses the target, does damage, but is slow and easy to dodge."

"Moonlight?"

"A recovery move that affects more than just the user. It completely heals the target and dispels all status ailments like Sleep and Poison. Even Leech Seed is countered."

"And Stone Barrage?"

"The Rock type equivalent of Bubble Beam. Blastoise is the only pure Water type that can learn both."

"Why can't Wartortle?"

"Just like Hyper Beam (taught via the Hyper Badge in Orange League), only final stage Pokémon can learn it."

Several seconds later...

"WAIT! I have the Evolution Badge!" Eric exclaimed. "Dexter, what move does the Evolution Badge teach?"

"Stabilizer."

"And what does that do?" Eric asked excitedly.

"It increases a Pokémon's energy, allowing it to evolve for a short amount of time." Dexter said.

"Even final forms?"

"The final forms will partially evolve, but never show a true form. Stats will significantly increase, however."

"Okay, what can learn it?"

"Everything except Metapod, Kakuna, Magikarp, and Ditto."

"Well, then. Wartortle, Marril, Staryu, come here." Eric shouted. Wartortle was riding on a wave, and jumped, startled, crashing on a protruding rock.

"Hahaha!" Marril guffawed, swimming towards Gyarados backwards. He, in turn, smashed into Gyarados.

"OW!" Gyarados yelled for the second time.

Marril and Wartortle both jumped up to us.

"Where's Staryu?" Eric asked, confused.

Staryu landed on his head.

"It hurt itself in its confusion!" Marril shouted. All three Water types rolled on the ground...er...Gyarados, laughing.

"Stop that!" Eric barked, but started laughing as well.

After a few minutes (and several repeats so I could understand) they climbed out of their hysterics. Eric touched the orange Evolution Badge to each of the Pokémon. They glowed the same color, and (except for Gyarados) jumped into the water to play some more.

Several uneventful hours later, we came upon an island. We beached, and Eric started building a fire while Gyarados sunned on a large rock high above us.

We were just setting up camp with a tent Prof. Oak sent us via Pokédex item transportation when a pink puffball appeared.

Eric pulled out Dexter. "Jigglypuff: the Song and Dance Pokémon. It likes to lull strangers into a deep sleep, then mark all over their faces with a black marker hidden in its microphone." Dexter intoned.

"Well, hello, Jigglypuff!" Marril shouted, trying to be friendly.

"Jig?"

"It said, who are you?" Gyarados informed us.

"I'm Marril, that's Wartortle-" Marril explained.

"Hi." Wartortle greeted.

"Gyarados is sunning up there." Marril said, jabbing his thumb upwards. "And this is Eric and Tanemon."

"Pleased to make your acquaintance." Eric and I said simultaneously.

"Jig!"

"I'm Jigglypuff." Wartortle translated.

"We guessed that." Eric whispered. Jigglypuff obviously heard, because it swelled, anger in its eyes.

It suddenly deflated. It opened its mouth, and sang a lovely song. I think I remember it...yawn...

"Jigg-aa-lee-ee-pufff-jiig-aa-lee-ee-ee-puuuff. Jiig-a-lee-ee-puuuff-jiig-aa-lee-ee-ee-puuuf."

How...nice...snore...

Half an hour later, we all bolted upright.

"AAAAAH!" we all screamed upon seeing each others faces.

We dashed to the ocean, frantically scrubbing, trying to get the black marks off of us. Even Gyarados wasn't left un-markered.

"Dexter, where are we?" Eric queried his Pokécomputer. Dexter beeped.

"Current location: Blastoise Island."

Eric gulped. "B-b-blastoise?" he stuttered.

"Yes." Dexter said, in its computerized voice.

"Is there a Gym here?"

"Yes."

"Well, we'll live without the Badge for now." Eric wheezed, his breath obviously caught in his lungs when all that fear hit him.

"Eric, why are you so afraid of Blastoise?" I asked.

"Well, when we were in Aquamarine City, Raimey gave me my memories, remember?"

"Yes..." I said slowly.

"Well, one of them had a Blastoise." he sighed, his eyes glazing over. We could all tell he was about to tell one of his deepest, darkest secrets.

"It happened when I was five..."

Memory-

Eric

I was running through the streets, playing tag with Raimey. We were having a grand time, but suddenly a police officer turned up.

"You kids, come here." the officer said. It wasn't really a request, it was a command. We obeyed, trembling now.

"Are you psychic?"

We, being typical sanctimonious five-year-olds, told the truth.

"Yes."

"Come with me. You're under arrest." the officer barked.

Real Life-

Tanemon

"That officer arrested two FIVE YEAR OLDS?" I gasped, shocked.

"Yep. But that wasn't the worst part. See, psychic powers were illegal in Aquamarine, so Raimey and I tried to stop them. But psychic power isn't exactly 100% controllable. Every so often we'd levitate something, or blast someone that made us mad. Let me get on with the story..."

Memory-

Eric

We came with the officer, wondering where we were going.

The officer came to the edge of Aquamarine, where the savage, uncontrollable Pokémon like Blastoise and Gyarados were kept. He gave us wetsuits and air tanks, then threw us into the water.

We started swimming away immediately, but a Magikarp is faster than two five year olds in water. A Blastoise caught me, and nearly bit my arm off. A Gyarados snapped at Raimey, but wasn't really interested, otherwise Raimey would have been serpent food.

Real Life-

Tanemon

Eric rolled up his sleeve, and showed us a deep scar. "I used Recover to heal it, but the scar just wouldn't go away. Advanced Aquamarine doctors could have gotten rid of it, but they hated psychics just as much as the rest of the city did."

"Even doctors wouldn't help an injured child?" I screeched, completely gob-smacked. (A Scottish word meaning shell-shocked, stunned, extremely surprised.)

Gyarados floated down from his rock and looked at Eric. "Was this Raimey short, with blond hair?" he asked.

"Yes, why?"

Gyarados gulped. "I was that Gyarados."

"Well, I don't blame you. We disturbed you, and you didn't even touch Raimey. You didn't do anything." Eric stated.

"Well, let me apologize to Raimey." he requested. Eric sighed.

"Well, all right. As soon as I set up the link, you can think to him." he agreed. Touching Gyarados's side, he glowed pink. After a second, he let go. Gyarados retained the glow, but it eventually died.

Next time-

-A reunion!

-The Cascade Badge!

-Team Rocket Strikes Back!