Pokémon Adventure!
Pikamew Triggara
Ch. 37
Cory
The big day. I was up first.
"Trainers, throw your Pokéballs!"
"Chinchou!"
"Jolteon!"
Chinchou was a jellyfish-like Pokémon, and had two antennae with yellow orbs on the end sticking out of its head.
"Chinchou, Pray for Rain!" Amy commanded.
"Jolteon, Thunder!"
Chinchou wasn't too badly harmed, but it was paralyzed.
"Jolteon, Sand Attack and Double Team!" I called. Jolteon lowered Chinchou's Accuracy severely, and raised its own Evade by a large percentage.
"Chinchou, Flash!" Amy commanded. Chinchou's Flash went off...right into the crowd.
"AAAH!" they shouted.
"No flash photography!" I told Amy.
"Oooh! Chinchou, Endure!"
"Endure? That won't help. Jolteon, Thunder Crash!"
"JOLTEON!"
Chinchou was bombarded by an electromagnetic field, and almost fainted.
"Quick Attack!" This time, it did faint..
"Chinchou, return. Poliwhirl, attack!"
"Jolteon, another Thunder, if you would." I said lazily. Poliwhirl tried using Reflect, but that was just dumb.
"Poliwhirl, return. Starmie, go!"
"Starmie, hmm? Well, then. Jolteon, Crunch!"
Jolteon whizzed forward, and bit Starmie with teeth that had enlarged several times. Starmie was, undeniably, crunched.
"Starmie, return. You win." Amy conceded. I recalled Jolteon after congratulating it, and left.
"Next up: Luke Walkar and Lita Thund!" the announcer cried. Luke walked into the arena, and I joined my friends in the stands.
"Call your Pokémon!"
"Pikachu!"
"Clefairy!"
"Pikachu, Thunder Crash!"
"Clefairy, Light Screen and Barrier!"
Pikachu's Thunder Crash was held at bay by Clefairy's hastily raised Light Screen. Clefairy took a little time to strengthen it and raise a silvery Barrier behind it.
"Drat...Pikachu, Thunderclap Zap!"
"Clefairy, Teleport and Metronome!"
Clefairy winked out, and reappeared behind Pikachu. It waggled its fingers, and created a twister that blasted Pikachu high into the air.
"Twister: a Dragon type skill. This attack is very rare, and only one Dratini has ever been recorded using it."
Pikachu lost most of its health against the powerful Dragon move, and Clefairy finished it with a strong Double Slap.
"Oh, Pikachu! Return! Goooo...Magnemite!"
"Mag."
Clefairy squared off against Magnemite.
"Clefairy, Metronome!"
"Magnemite, Electromagnetic Cannon!"
Clefairy and Magnemite, surprisingly, produced the same attack. Magnemite's, however, missed its mark by a LONG shot. Clefairy hit Magnemite dead on, and paralyzed it. Lita recalled it, as well.
"Fine, if you REALLY want to lose, take THIS!" she cried, throwing a ball.
A bright flash burst, blinding us all. What was left was...
"Mareep!"
A pink sheep.
"Mareep: a Woolly Pokémon. Its fur is perfect for storing electrical energy, and its rubbery skin protects it from electrocution. Electric type."
"Mereep, Thunder Wave!"
"CLE!" Clefairy was having a tough time defending against the electric rings that were dead set on paralyzing it. It had a slowly thinning Light Screen and a Barrier against the relentless energy.
"Clefairy, Water Gun!"
Clefairy blasted a stream of water through the rings, and the water gained a charge. It hit Mereep on the nose, paralyzing it.
The Waves stopped.
"Body Slam!" Luke called. Clefairy jumped, used tiny wings to fly higher, and dropped, faster, and faster...a-n-d f-a-s-t-e-r...and...fa...ste...r...until...
BOOOM!
Mereep was in a crater under an unconscious Clefairy.
"Clefairy, return!"
"Mereep, come back here!"
"And the winner by a meteor, Luke Walkar!"
He came up to the stands. "I think I'll call that Meteor Slam from now on."
We all agreed.
We watched for a while, studying battle styles, and finally, it was Eric's turn.
"Eric Wyott against Raye Hinora!"
Eric walked down to the ring, a black haired girl with a red skirt already there.
He readied a Pokéball, and she copied him.
"Throw your balls!"
"Ninetales!"
"Gyarados!"
"Nine...TALES!"
"ROAR!"
Ninetales's rather intimidating roar was cut off by Gyarados's awful blast of auditory energy.
(Sound.)
"Surf!" Eric called. Ninetales was wiped out by the rushing wave. (Pun intended)
"Ninetales, return. Flareon, Flamethrower!"
"Gyarados, Mega Flare!" Eric commanded. Gyarados reared up to its full, rather impressive height, and made a small comet of energy in its mouth. The ensuing blast completely defeated Flareon, but took a LOT out of Gyarados.
"Gy..."
Eric recalled it, after it slumped down.
"Charizard!"
"Staryu!"
They faced off.
"Staryu, Thunder Wave and Electric Rain!"
Staryu quickly and efficiently paralyzed and took out Charizard with a bombardment of rings and rain. Rei recalled it, sullen.
"The winner: Eric!"
They left the field, and the announcer called out the next two contestants.
We didn't have a match for awhile, but eventually, the announcer cried out: "Mina Derebiz and Raimey Bond, please step to the field!"
Raimey smiled at the beautiful blonde Mina, who smiled back. She then threw a Pokéball with such force that it nearly knocked Raimey over!
Raimey threw his Ball as well, and the two Pokémon that appeared were...
"Kadabra!"
"Pikaboo!" (Author's Note: G/S has come out, so I have to use the American names now. Also, Kereihana/Sweetbloom will be referred to as Bellosom.)
"Pikaboo, Shadow Ball!"
"Kadabra, fight back with Confusion!" Mina commanded.
Kadabra warred valiantly with the devastating Ghost bomb, but didn't succeed. The attack wiped it out.
"Kadabra, return. Girafarig, you're up!"
A strange, cow-like creature materialized.
"Girafarig: the Psychic Cow. It is a master of the Baton Pass attack, and utilizes several status changing moves to bring out an invincible Pokémon."
"Baton Touch: a Normal (AN: I think) technique that allows a Pokémon to switch, BUT keeps all augmentation moves intact. Barrier, Light Screen, Double Team and Baton Pass is the standard Girafarig moveset."
"Girafarig, Barrier, Double Team, and Light Screen!" Mina commanded.
"Pikaboo, quickly, Psyche Up!" Raimey commanded. Girafarig set up a silvery and a golden protecting field, and split into several different images. Pikaboo did the exact same thing.
"Oh, no! The biggest weakness of a Baton Passer is a Psyche Upper!" the announcer cried.
"Psyche Up: a Psychic (AN: again, I think) technique that copies all Status augmentation moves."
"Girafarig, Swift!"
"Pikaboo, same!"
What Mina failed to realize was that Pikaboo was part Ghost type, whereas Girafarig was not.
"Ooh, and a surprisingly powerful Swift attack takes out Girafarig! Does Mina have another Psychic contender?"
"Oh, yeah! Goooo...Pokémon!"
A gigantic flash of light completely filled my vision, revealing...
"What? Mina is using an Abra?"
"Pikaboo, Shadow Ball!" Raimey called. Abra Teleported with an instant to spare. Charmander repeated this process, eventually tiring. It fainted out of exhaustion.
"And Mina Deribez wins the Match!" the announcer cried.
Then, a yellow light engulfed him.
"Yes, I do!" he cried. The light solidified onto my chest, forming a complete Tag and Crest combination.
"WAHOO!!!" he shouted exuberantly.
Every sound in the stadium ceased, all eyes on him. He sweatdropped.
"Uhh...hi?"
He dashed to his seat.
After his match, a girl with long pigtailed hair named Serena Lity nailed me with Normal types.
Three matches later, the final battle was due to start. The announcer stated the terms of battle.
"This will be unusual. Six matches will be held at once, in the same arena. Only one person will win. All Pokémon out. The contestants are...Mina Deribez! Amy Delmar! Serena Lity! Luke Walkar! Jason Mann! Eric Wyott!"
I grinned. Three of us had made it. Then, the judges showed the grand prize. I gasped in wonder.
"The prize is an unusual Pokémon Egg. This strange Egg appears to be of a Fire type nature. It has red and orange flames decorating it, and a sharp spike protrudes above a strange symbol."
When they showed the symbol on the giant screen, I gasped, recognizing Luke's Courage Crest.
"Luke! You have to win!" I yelled. I guess he heard me, because he flashed a victory sign.
"Trainers, take your positions!"
Everyone assembled. Luke had a red square, Eric had green, Jason had purple. Serena had white. Mina had red, and Amy had blue.
"Trainers, throw...now!"
A giant flash created a horde of monsters that started to rumble.
"Staryu, Teleport!"
"Chinchou, Thunder Wave!"
"Persian, Bubble Beam!"
"Girafarig, Love Me Chain!"
After that, we couldn't hear or see anything, except for the occasional lightning bolt that would shoot through the cloud of dust. Eventually, Mina stalked off, defeated.
After that, Eric teleported next to me, in a huff.
Couple of minutes later, Jason made his way up to us.
Serena left, pigtails waving behind her.
Amy followed seconds later.
Only Luke and Mina were left. They glared at each other. Luke's Vulpix and her Hypno were battling with Confuse Rays, and Vulpix would occasionally Quick Attack and Flamethrower Hypno's stomach. This gradual whittling eventually succeeded, and Vulpix went to help Clefairy, who was battling with Pinsir and Pidgey against Charizard. Pidgey used Swift Dance, distracting Charizard long enough for Pinsir to Paralyze it with Body Slam. Vulpix Confused it, and Pidgey finished it with a Swift.
"And the winner: Luke Walkar!" the announcer cried. The crowd roared while Raye sullenly recalled her Pokémon. "Will Luke please come up to the judges table." the announcer yelled over the roar. Luke made his way up, and I suddenly noticed a change of appearance. He used to be rather short, but now he was as tall as Eric was. His hair had also partially changed. While it used to be short and black, now it was spiky and brownish. When I looked at us, we had all changed. Eric's hair was normally blond, but was turning reddish. Raimey's was spiky now, and Jason's hair was short, brown, and frizzy.
"Hey, Eric. Do I look different?" I asked him.
"Hmmm...well...your teeth have shrunk, and you're getting taller. Weird. Your hair is lightening and spiking up, too. Strange..."
Luke came up just then.
"Look!" he said, holding up the egg. Then, it glowed with orange light. An orange beam shot to his Digivice, turning it from a twelve sided polygon to a rounded thing with blue edges. A beam from that hit his Crest, transforming it into a small laptop. The egg stopped glowing.
"What was that?" he said, openly shocked. Jason quickly scanned the egg.
"This Egg appears to be dormant. It is a DigiEgg, and appears to match the Egg used centuries ago by the Digi Destined Davis." The Pokédex showed a teenage boy with brown hair and goggles, who looked remarkably like Tai, Luke's ancestor. Odd.
"The key to activating the DigiEgg of Courage is, when in danger, hold it up and say: Digi Armor Energize." Dextro droned.
(Authors Note: Regarding the new Digi Destined in Team Rocket, I can't match up to all the TV shows Digi Destined, because I haven't seen them all. So, although Betamon (who was misnamed Garumon) and Terriermon will show up, they will be the only ones that match with the show, and Betamon will continue to digivolve into Elecmon. Sorry for any confusion.)
"Well, looks like someone won!" a voice from above cried. I winced, recognizing that voice.
"Haha! You will feel the wrath of Team Rocket!"
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that triple!"
"We will win, without creating a time ripple!"
"To protect the world from the likes of you!"
"To be masters, and kick out the League too!"
"Better than those bumbling baboons!"
"To proclaim the evil of lies and hate!"
"To take over the world, that'd be just great!"
"We never ask, we just bate!"
"Jewel!"
"Jacque!"
"Jezelle!"
"Electrode!"
"Blastoise!"
"Vileplume!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of sound!"
"Surrender now, or prepare never to be found!"
"To climb the ladder of power, in leaps and bounds!"
Jason was turning red. I didn't feel sorry for Team Rocket.
"Tentomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon, digivolve tooo..."
"Megakabuterimon!"
Team Rocket was suddenly faced with a giant, maroon bug with an extremely angry kid.
"THAT'S IT!!! YOU'VE RUINED MY DAY FOR THE LAST TIME!!! DIGIMON, DIGIVOLVE!!!"
"Agumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Greymon! Greymon, digivolve tooo..."
"Metalgreymon!"
"Gabumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Garurumon! Garurumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Weregarurumon!"
"Palmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Togemon! Togemon, digivolve tooo..."
"Lillymon!"
"Patamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angemon!"
The four Ultimates and one Champion glared down at Team Bimbo.
"Finish them!"
"Ah, no. Koffing, Smog attack." a mysterious voice whispered. All of the Digimon dedigivolved, and we fell to the ground. All of our Digivices, except Luke's, were psychically lifted and carried to the young girl, who was revealed to have long red hair in a ponytail. (AN: This is Team Rocket's Little Sister, or the girl on Rocket Sneak Attack, in the TCG.)
"I am the daughter of Team Rocket's big boss, whom I think you know. I am," She posed dramatically. "Vanessa Price! My Koffing and I are unbeatable!"
"Well, think again! Agumon, let's go!" Luke cried. Agumon got up.
"Luke, try that new Digivolve!" he whispered. Luke nodded.
"Digi Armor Energize!"
A bright flash blinded us all. In the midst of it, I saw Agumon. The DigiEgg of Courage fell into his hands.
"Agumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..." Rings of fire flew up around him, and he was covered with flames. An oval shaped object sprouted three claws, and revealed the same pattern as the Egg. Then, a head appeared. It had a short, armored shell that had a spike in it, and the skin was blue.
"Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage." He posed, columns of fire sprouting around him.
He had Egg Armor on his hands, feet, head, and chest, and what wasn't covered was blue. His mouth had short, sharp teeth. Jason scanned it.
"Flamedramon: the Fire Egg Dragon. He Armor Digivolved with the Egg of Courage. His Fire Rocket attack will incinerate foes, and the Fire Shield just raises his defenses more."
"Oh, so you want to play, eh? Take this! Terriermon, go!"
A little Digimon hopped out. It had long ears, and green stripes. (AN: Willis's Digimon from the Movie.)
"Terriermon, digivolve tooo..."
"Lopmon!"
Lop mon was basically just an upgrade of Terriermon. He had the same ears, but also had a bandana, war paint, pants, bullet rounds, and twin machine guns.
"So, you want to play?" Flamedramon taunted.
"Yep! Bunny Uzi!" Lopmon cried, jumping up and pelting Flamedramon with pellets.
"Fire Shield!" Flamedramon shouted, creating an aura of fire that burnt up all the pellets.
"Fire Rocket!" he yelled, gathering energy into his right claws. He thrust his fist out, and three fireballs smashed Lopmon, and he dedigivolved into Terriermon.
"Argh! Curse you!" she shouted. "But I'm not through yet!" She vanished, along with the other Team Rocket members. Our Digivices returned to their normal resting places.
"Let's go, before the Neo Sailor Scouts decide to show up."
"I don't think so!" a female voice cried. Neo Sailor Moon jumped down. "In the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"
"What did we do this time, huh?" Jason exploded. Eric placed his hands together, and a blue gem appeared.
"Blue Star Power!"
He transformed into the Blue Paladin, and faced off against Sailor Moon.
"Well, you have one guardian. Do you have two?" Neo Sailor Mercury asked.
"Or three?" Neo Sailor Venus inquired.
"Possibly even four?" Neo Sailor Mars queried.
"Or even five?" Neo Sailor Jupiter mocked.
"THAT'S IT!" Jason yelled. Yellow light surrounded him.
"Yellow Star Power!"
He was transformed into the Yellow Paladin, and a bulky apparatus appeared on his arm. He leveled it at the Scouts.
"Leave or be blasted." he said softly. Eric pointed his Staff at them as well.
"Uhh..."
"You have three seconds. Two. One."
"Blue Paladin Tidal Crash!"
"Yellow Paladin Lightning Beam!"
The Scouts fled.
Ch. 38
Luke
After the Scouts ran away, Flamedramon came up to me. He glowed, and an orange beam shot from him to my mini laptop and he shrank back to Agumon. The DigiEgg of Courage had disappeared.
"Where did that egg go?" I wondered. The mini laptop opened, and I grabbed it. The Egg was in there, as an image. I shrugged. Then, a program opened.
"This is the D-Terminal A. This mini laptop is capable of Cross-Bound connection, E-Mail, Cell Phone, and also links with the D3, the new Digivices (picture of my blue D3) to make certain Digimon Armor Digivolve. Your Digimon is Agumon. It will Armor Digivolve into Flamedramon. The next two DigiEggs are located in the Temple of Time, here. (Map of Kanto, icon flashing north of Lavender.) You must find and collect the DigiEggs of Friendship and Sincerity. End of Program."
We decided we needed to go to the Temple of Time, whatever that meant. I collected some prize money, as well.
We headed towards the Blanco Airport. This one didn't use Fearow, it had real airplanes. I had enough money to buy five tickets, and we brought the Digimon as 'carry-on' luggage.
Two hours later, we landed in Lavender. We disembarked, and headed north.
After trekking for half an hour, Cory spotted the temple rising out of the mountainous terrain. We dashed towards it...
...to discover THOUSANDS of stairs. I sighed, and we began climbing.
Half an hour later, we reached the top. I was relieved, until I thought about going down.
Eric and Cory walked forward. The DigiEggs of Friendship and Sincerity were sitting on pedestals.
The Friendship Egg looked like a black shoe, with a yellow, jagged spike. It was oblong, not egg-shaped at all, and had what looked like stitching between the black top and white bottom. The blue Crest of Friendship was right there under the spike.
Sincerity was a little bit more boring. It was a four pointed gold star platform with a seed-like object on top. The Crest of Sincerity was on the front.
They walked forward, and lifted the Eggs. Blue and green columns of light shone where the Eggs had been, and faded. The Eggs formed the D3s and D-Terminals as they did with mine.
We decided not to go back to Lavender on foot, and Eric teleported us.
"Don't get too used to that kind of travel." he told us when we landed.
"Don't worry, we won't." I snapped back.
"Hey!" Raimey piped up. "What does the Crest of Hope entail?"
"Hmmm..." Jason looked it up.
"The Crest of Hope allows the bearer to read minds, and see the future in dreams. It allows Angel Digimon to digivolve to the Ultimate forms."
"Read minds, hmm..." Raimey grinned. Eric frowned.
"Oh, darn. Mental barriers, humph." Raimey muttered. Eric then touched Jason, Cory and my foreheads.
BLOCK.
That's what it felt like. When I tried to use the link in my mind Eric had created, a sensation of, well, blocking kept me back.
"Don't try to break them, Raimey." Eric warned him. He nodded, and we headed for the Gym.
"Oh, wait. I already have this Badge. See ya!" Raimey said cheerfully. I nodded.
We entered, and Eric was immediately called up.
He went in. We heard the sounds of fighting, and a wave rushing through, and eventually he came back, with a gray badge, smiling happily.
Cory was next, then Jason. They both came back with Badges.
I entered.
"So, you want this Badge?" an old man whispered.
"Uhhh...duh?"
"Well, take it."
I called out Clefairy, and he sent out a Gastly.
"Flying and Spirit techniques are strong on Ghost, as well as other Ghost moves."
"Clefairy, Love Me Chain!" I called. Clefairy wrapped up Gastly, and swung it, finally smashing it on the ground. It got up woozily.
"Now, Metronome!" I commanded. Clefairy waved, and produced a Fire attack that involved a stream of flame swirling around Clefairy and blasting forward to KO Gastly.
"Flame Wheel: a 60 Power Fire attack that will unfreeze the user if it is frozen.
"One more, Trillix."
A weird phantom emerged. (AN: Muuma) Clefairy attacked it with Love Me Chain, and then used Metronome again, making a circle in front of it that fired a yellow beam and knocked it out.
"Aero Blast: a 100 Power Flying type attack that often Critical Hits, like Slash. It is Lugia's special skill.
"Well, you've won. I suppose you can have this." he sighed. The gray badge flew through the air, and Clefairy used Love Me Chain to catch it.
"Good Clefairy. Return."
I caught the badge Clefairy tossed to me, and we left the Gym.
"Hey, anyone want to explore Pokémon Tower?" Eric asked.
"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon cried, spraying Eric.
"What? What?" he exclaimed, dripping wet.
"We do NOT explore haunted towers." Gabumon stated coldly.
"Why?"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Okay! Okay!"
We met up with Raimey, right when the first bolt struck.
"Thunderstorm! Get to the Center!" I cried. We hurried through the awful rain and screaming wind, and barely missed getting struck by lightning.
"That was close." I muttered.
We stayed the night at the Center, and the storm hadn't let up in the morning. It was so bad, we couldn't even leave, because we'd have to swim.
The third day, the flash flood warning came into effect.
"FINALLY!!" Jason screamed. He began yelling at the TV, and almost body slammed it before Eric and Raimey could restrain him.
After that, the water was so high we couldn't even open the Center's doors.
"Okay, if the storm doesn't stop within an hour, we will have to evacuate. Anyone without a Water Pokémon is allowed to use a life preserver." Nurse Joy told us.
Of course, the storm didn't stop.
An hour later, Eric called out all five of his Water Pokémon, explaining the situation. They all agreed, and we each grabbed one. Jason and I grabbed Gyarados, Raimey got Staryu, Eric took Marril, Cory hitched a ride on Blastoise. The Digimon all assumed the In Training forms and clung in various places. Nurse Joy had a life preserver, and so did most everyone else. Joy led us to the back, and opened some giant doors.
Water rushed in, and our Pokémon rushed up, racing the flood. This was the riskiest part. If we were caught under the edge of the door, we would be cut in half.
But, we underestimated the almighty Gyarados, and the almost as impressive Blastoise. Staryu and Marril were just as good. We emerged and were carried up to the mountains that surrounded Lavender.
As irony would have it, the storm stopped. Right then. One second heavy rain, next sunshine.
"This is suspicious." Eric murmured.
"Of course!" Jewel cried.
"NOT YOU!!!!!!!!" Jason screamed.
"Yes, me! I will spare the motto this time, for you seem to be in a bit of a predicament."
"That's it! Let's GET HER!"
Jacques looked up. "I am highly affronted by that remark."
"Digi Armor Energize!" Eric, Cory and I shouted.
"Agumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage."
Gabumon appeared, and the DigiEgg of Friendship dropped into his paws. "Gabumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
Rings of lightning shot up around Gabumon. He was swept over with a wave of blueish lightning and transformed into a large, dog-like creature with black armor and yellow spikes framing his head. "Raidramon: The Storm of Friendship." Blue lightning surrounded him.
Palmon replaced Raidramon, and the DigiEgg of Sincerity fell into her hand/vines. "Palmon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
A green spark hid her, and green leaves shot up, filling my field of vision with energy-leaves. A cloaked ninja type Digimon with throwing stars attached to long, extendable 'arms' made of spiral vines. "Shurimon: The Samurai of Sincerity." The energy leaves from before circled her.
"Raidramon: the Blue Lightning Dragon Digimon. His attacks are Blue Thunder and Thunder Blast, and both will paralyze foes with fear.
"Shurimon: the Plantlike Samurai Digimon. His Two Stars attack creates a giant buzz saw, and if that doesn't work, Shooting Stars will spear enemies." Dextro echoed.
"Well, Vileplume, attack!"
"Electrode, go!"
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that triple!"
"We will win, without creating a time ripple!"
"To protect the world from the likes of you!"
"To be masters, and kick out the League too!"
"Better than those bumbling baboons!"
"To proclaim the evil of lies and hate!"
"To take over the world, that 'd be just great!"
"We never ask, we just bate!"
"Jacques!"
"Jewel!"
"Jezelle!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of sound!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to never be found!"
"To climb the ladder of power, in leaps and bounds!"
"Electrode!"
"Blastoise!"
"Vileplume!"
"I thought you were going to spare us!" someone yelled.
"Yeah!"
About twenty different Pokémon joined the battle against Team Rocket's fairly well trained Pokémon.
"Electrode, Thunderclap Zap!"
"Vileplume, Oak Evolution!"
"Blastoise, Shining Illusion!"
Electrode's oval lightning electrocuted all but the Digimon and a Sandslash, which managed to avoid the leaves and flowers but was struck by an extremely powerful beam of water that left it in a puddle of mud.
"Fire Rocket!"
"Blue Thunder!"
"Two Stars!"
Flamedramon's triple fireball attack knocked out Vileplume, and Raidramon produced a life-sized blue lightning bolt that decimated Blastoise. Shurimon's Two Stars attack created a large, purple buzz saw that nearly KO'd Electrode. She finished him off by extending her arms and spearing it.
"Pokémon, return! Team Rocket will be back!" Jezelle threatened. She threw a smoke bomb, and they vanished, leaving a strange apparatus behind.
Eric guided Marril over to it, and jumped onto land. Everyone followed suit.
"Hmmm...I guess this is what caused the 'storm'. It's a holographic projector and a heavy duty hydro cannon. I wonder where they got the water...oh no! The river!"
Eric teleported all of us to the river that wound its way around Lavender Town. It was almost dry, and there were Pokémon flopping on the banks, dying.
Eric teleported away, and he must have turned the hydro cannon around, because all of the water shot back into the river, showering us, but giving life to the Pokémon.
"Well, that's that." Flamedramon said, clapping his claws together. He dedigivolved, and a red beam came from him into the D-Terminal, signifying the Egg had re-digitized. Shurimon did the same, only the beam was green, and Raidramon's was blue. Then, the D-Terminal's program activated, and Cory's went first.
"This is the D-Terminal B. This mini laptop is capable of Cross-Bound connection, E-Mail, Cell Phone, and also links with the D3, the new Digivices (picture of his red D3) to make certain Digimon Armor Digivolve. Your Digimon is Gabumon. It will Armor Digivolve into Raidramon. The next DigiEgg is located in the Temple of Life, here. (Map of Kanto, icon flashing north of Saffron.) You must find and collect the DigiEgg of Knowledge. End of Program."
"This is the D-Terminal E. This mini laptop is capable of Cross-Bound connection, E-Mail, Cell Phone, and also links with the D3, the new Digivices (picture of Eric's orange D3) to make certain Digimon Armor Digivolve. Your Digimon is Palmon. It will Armor Digivolve into Shurimon. The next two DigiEgg is located in the Temple of Reason, here. (Map of Kanto, icon flashing north of Celadon.) You must find and collect the DigiEgg of Hope. End of Program."
"Well, this means we should split into two teams. Cory, you and Jason go for the DigiEgg near Saffron, and Raimey, Luke and I'll go for the DigiEgg next to Celadon. We'll meet up in the guardhouse at Route 7 on Monday. If you aren't there, we'll come back Tuesday, and so forth. Whoever gets there first waits in Celadon." Eric told us.
We agreed, and split up, Eric making a link with Jason.
Ch. 39, part A
Tentomon
I flew with the two boys and Gabumon. We were making good progress, hiking through grasslands. I could still see Eric and the others, if I flew high, but once we cleared the rock barrier between the Lavender/Saffron road and the mountains, which housed the Temple of
Life, I wouldn't be able to.
We hiked, and hiked, with Jason's Pikachu occasionally electrocuting the random Pidgey, or Cory's Vaporeon Aurora Beaming that Oddish. I even took out a few.
Eventually, we made it to the mountains. The D3 went off, and we discovered that they could track other Digivices, AND they sensed DigiEggs!
"Wow! Multitasking goes to a new level!" Jason commented. Luke leveled an insolent glare at him.
We hiked for another hour, and eventually, thanks to my scouting, we found the Temple of Life. Fortunately, it didn't have thousands of stairs.
However, it DID have one, giant, yellowish guardian.
"I am Rockmon!" it yelled. Jason quickly got out his Pokédex, and scanned it.
"Rockmon: the Granite Digimon. This Digimon is almost completely invulnerable, and has two devastating techniques: Hammer Fist and Avalanche."
"We should fight this thing with the Armor evolution, Gabumon!" Cory cried.
"Digi Armor Energize!"
Gabumon again emitted the bright blue flash, and the DigiEgg of Friendship revolved in the air above him.
"Gabumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..." Blue lightning rings shot up around him, and he was temporarily hidden by blue electricity. When it lifted, he was completely transformed.
"Raidramon: The Storm of Friendship."
Rockmon didn't seem to like this. "Hammer Fist!" he shouted. His arm became a blur that nearly flattened Raidramon, who jumped out of the way.
"Thunder Blast!" he cried, and zapped Rockmon with blueish lightning from the two spikes at the back of his head.
Jason and I ran around Rockmon while he was otherwise engaged, and took off towards the Temple of Life.
We made it in, but it was fairly dark. Jason called out Pikachu.
"Flash, Pikachu!"
"FLASH!" it cried, filling the room with light. (Remember: Digimon understand Pokémon) Jason carried it, and we made our way towards the center pedestal.
The DigiEgg of Knowledge was yellow, with the Crest in purple. It had a small spike coming out of a hole on the top, and that was about it. Jason grasped it.
"Digi Armor Energize!"
I felt full of energy, and responded to the command. I merged my power with that of the DigiEggs, and transformed.
"Tentomon, Armor Digivolve tooo..." (AN: I know this seems strange, but it has to be fair.)
Rings of rock flew around me, and I was changed into a statue. Drills came out of the rock, revealing my new form.
"Digmon: The Drill of Power!" (AN: That's really what Digmon says. Don't take it out on me.)
I was a yellow mole-like creature. I had small wings on my back, and my 'fingers' consisted of drills. Three on each hand, and one in my face. Jason now had a D3 and a D-Terminal. My voice sounded vaguely...cowboyish. Jason scanned me.
"Digmon: the Power Drill Digimon. His attacks are Gold Rush and Rock Cracking. He isn't very graceful or fast, but has immense digging power."
We headed outside, where Raidramon was losing against Rockmon.
"Hey, Rocky!" I shouted. He turned.
"What?!" he shouted.
"Take this! Gold Rush!" I retorted. I crossed my arms, and my drills began to spin. All seven of them. Then, I unfolded my arms and the drills shot at Rockmon, who was hit dead on.
"Aaah!" he shouted. He fell in pain, but soon got up.
"You have earned the DigiEgg of Knowledge. Know now that your team is not complete. Three more Digi Destined of Time are to gain the powers of Love, Reliability and Light. It is so."
"Who has the Crests of Love, Reliability, and Light?" Jason wondered out loud.
"The ones who have bonded with the Digimon of legend: Biyomon, Gomamon, and Gatomon.
I knew someone who matched that description. "Team Bimbo actually has agents on OUR side?" I asked incredulously.
"I know naught of who the Destined Ones are, but they exist, and the Temple of Zeal holds their DigiEggs. Guard the Eggs from the Destruction Crests."
"Destruction Crest? Didn't you say something about Time, too?"
"Ask me not. The runes in the temple are all you need to know. Goodbye." And he changed into multicolored sparkles that flew away.
"Well, let's go into the Temple to find what he was talking about." I suggested. "But first, let's dedigivolve."
"Yes." Raidramon agreed. We changed back, blue and purple beams returning to the D-Terminals. Jason's activated.
""This is the D-Terminal D. This mini laptop is capable of Cross-Bound connection, E-Mail, Cell Phone, and also links with the D3, the new Digivices (picture of his gold D3) to make certain Digimon Armor Digivolve. Your Digimon is Tentomon. It will Armor Digivolve into Digmon. The last three DigiEggs are located in the Temple of Zeal, here. (Map of Kanto, icon flashing in Cerulean.) You must find and collect the DigiEggs of Love, Light, and Reliability. End of Program."
Jason closed his D-Terminal, and we headed inside, Pikachu once again lighting up the room.
"Hey, see those torches? Pikachu, Thundershock those torches, okay?" Jason told the mouse.
Pikachu obeyed, relieving the strain of continuing a Flash attack Jason then recalled it, and scanned the marks on the right wall with Dextro.
"These are of an ancient language not in my databanks." Dextro commented.
"Well, how are we supposed to..." Jason started, trailing off. His Crest began to glow, and a column of purple light encased him. The light disappeared after a minute had gone by, and Jason peered at the runes again.
"The Crest of Knowledge should allow me to translate these...okay, they say:"
"'The Crest of Time governs the forces of Light and Goodness.' There are also pictures of the Crests: Courage, an orange sun. Friendship, a blue circle with a wavy line going up and down through it ( (
), like that) with hooks on either side, Love, a red heart, Knowledge, what appears to be a purple pair of glasses, with on large lens, Sincerity, a green teardrop with two circles inside, Reliability, a gray, glowing cross. Hope, what looks like a yellow first place ribbon, only with a sun instead of a bow on top, and Light, a pink flower. The Crest of Time itself is a brown orb with arcs around it." (AN: Think Kindness. In fact, this Crest IS Kindness, but no Wormmon. And it's brown.)
He then traversed the Temple to the opposite wall.
"The Crest of Destruction Governs the forces of Darkness and Evil.', with the Crest of Cowardice, a blue moon, Cruelty, an orange circle with a line horizontally through it, Hate, a green harp, or a half heart. Ignorance, a yellow hourglass, Deceit, a red arrow pointing up, Fallibility, a white trident, Despair, a purple spiral, and Darkness, a simple black square. The Crest of Destruction is a pair of diamonds, one on top of another, colored gray.
"The back wall reads: 'Only when the eight Digi Destined of Time and Destruction create their separate teams will Digimon regain their rightful place in the world. Before this can happen, the great evil will be released, and the forces of Good will have to subdue it and the Digi Destined of Destruction.'"
"Wow, that seems tough. Eight or nine Digimon PLUS the ultimate evil? Versus our eight or nine period? Tough." Cory sighed.
"Well, that's life." Gabumon pointed out.
"WHAT KIND OF STATEMENT IS THAT?! 'That's life'? How many people have to go around fighting 'the ultimate evil'? Plus eight or nine Digimon? Huh? I'd like to know that!" I shouted.
"Uh...um..." Gabumon stuttered.
"Let's just get to the Temple of Zeal, shall we? But first, I'm gonna let Eric and them
know, okay?" Jason said. He then closed his eyes, and glowed faintly green, before opening
them. "Let's go!"
Ch. 39, part B
Palmon
We marched across plains, and made it to Saffron with no difficulties. Eric wanted to visit the Gym, but we didn't have time just then.
We mad our way through the sprawling city of golden commerce, almost completely unstopped. Of course, the inevitable...
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make that triple!"
"We will win, without creating a time ripple!"
"To protect the world from the likes of you!"
"To be masters, and kick out the League too!"
"Better than those bumbling baboons!"
"To proclaim the evil of lies and hate!"
"To take over the world, that 'd be just great!"
"We never ask, we just bate!"
"Jacques!"
"Jewel!"
"Jezelle!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of sound!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to never be found!"
"To climb the ladder of power, in leaps and bounds!"
"Electrode!"
"Blastoise!"
"Vileplume!"
"ARGH! If only Jason were here..." Eric muttered.
"Biyomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Birdramon! Birdramon, digivolve tooo..."
"Garudamon!"
"Gomamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon, digivolve tooo..."
"Zudomon!"
"Salamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Gatomon! Gatomon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angewomon!"
"Ummm...dilemma. Do we both Armor Digivolve, or digivolve the regular way and try to win with Ultimates and a Champion?" Luke asked.
"I say two digivolve and one Armor Digivolve." Raimey suggested.
"Right. Palmon and Patamon will regular digivolve, and Agumon Armors. Okay?"
"Right. Let's go!"
"Palmon, digivolve tooo..."
"Togemon! Togemon, digivolve tooo..."
"Lillymon!"
"Patamon, digivolve tooo..."
"Angemon!"
"Digi Armor Energize!"
"Agumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage."
"Oh, so you have a new, fancy way to digivolve, eh?" Jacques sneered. "Well, Ultimates are more than a match for you!"
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon roared, flying high. She curled up, and was briefly hid by a blaze. The fiery mass flew upwards and took on a bird-like shape. It dove towards Lillymon.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried, firing a white beam that smashed through the firebird like butter. (AN: By now you should have realized that, since Patamon digivolves so infrequently in the show, Angemon is as powerful as an Ultimate and MagnaAngemon is as powerful as a Mega. Just clearing things up a little.)
"Cherry Blossom Blizzard!" I shouted. I created the flurry of rose pink petals, and blinded the enemy Digimon temporarily, before locking out their attacking capabilities.
"Cheaters!" Jezelle hissed. Garudamon flew up, and curled again.
"Wing Cannon!"
"NOOO!" Jewel shouted. Garudamon made two more of those blazes, one on each wing, and blasted them, making two Wing Blades.
Only problem was that they turned green and smashed Zudomon and Garudamon.
Garudamon dedigivolved and fell to the ground as a little pink ball with tentacles and a flower. The flower caught air, letting her hover briefly, so as to not smash into the ground, or Jewel's arms.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon yelled, slamming his giant hammer into the ground. An arrow of energy shot out and hit Angewomon.
"Nooo!" I shouted. "My spell is broken!"
"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon called, jumping up high and smashing Zudomon. He dedigivolved to a little brown thing with orange hair. Jacques caught him.
Now it was Angewomon against Flamedramon, Angemon, and I.
"Heaven's Charm!" she shouted. She moved her left arm out, and swung it left, creating a bar of energy. Then, she took her right arm and lifted it, making a cross. The cross of energy shot out and nailed me. I fell, turning to Tanemon. Eric caught me.
"Angel Staff!" Angemon cried, spinning his staff and throwing it like a boomerang. It bonked Angewomon's forehead, knocking her out of the battle and into Salamon form.
"So, you won this battle. Next time, we'll get you!" Jacques yelled. Jewel pulled out a smoke bomb, threw it, and they disappeared.
"Well, let's get to Celadon before Libby, Tanya and Jenny try to get us." Luke told us. Flamedramon and Angemon dedigivolved. Eric paused momentarily, closing his eyes.
"Good news: Jason found his DigiEgg, and the Armor Digivolution of Tentomon is a mole called Digmon. Bad news: We just defeated the people who are supposed to get the DigiEggs of Love, Reliability and Light."
"Let's get the Hope Egg first, okay?" Raimey added. Eric nodded.
"That's top priority. But, I'm gonna fly us."
He called out Staryu, and Raimey called Drowzee. With their combined telekinesis, we flew west all the way to the mountains north of Celadon.
"That...was...exhausting..." Eric panted. Staryu and Drowzee agreed. Eric and Raimey recalled their respective Pokémon, and Eric rested a bit before we headed north.
We found a small shrine, the Mountain Shrine, colored stone gray. Eric rested some more, and we hiked further, at a faster speed.
Eventually we reached the Temple of Reason. Raimey climbed the stairs, but we had a little interference. In the form of a giant humanoid flaming Digimon.
"I am Meramon!" it screamed.
"I know who Meramon is!" I said. "Meramon is a red hot Digimon! He'll roast you with Fireball or give you severe burns with Third Degree! Be careful!"
"Are any of you up to Armor Digivolving?" Eric asked worriedly.
"Armor? We could regular digivolve and take that thing out!" Patamon said sneeringly.
"I could!" Agumon said. I agreed.
"Digi Armor Energize!" Eric and Luke called.
"Agumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage."
"Palmon Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Shurimon: The Samurai of Sincerity."
"Haha! Two little Digimon against me!" Meramon laughed. "Fireball!" He threw a blazing orb like a baseball. Flamedramon redirected it.
"Ahaha!" Meramon just absorbed it!"
"Shooting Star!" I yelled, flying high and firing throwing stars that directly hit Meramon's eyes. Raimey and Patamon took the opportunity to run around Meramon and into the temple.
Minutes later, a bright yellow flash blinded all of us. A voice yelled, "Digi Armor Energize!"
"Patamon, Armor Digivolve tooo..." Patamon shouted, flying out of the temple. He blazed with light, and rings of white energy flew up around him, like a cage. He was then hidden by a prism of light.
Two wings came out of the prism. Then, I saw him close up. He had a metallic horse head, and then he flew into full view, a large metallic horse with wings and a small triangle on his forehead.
"Pegasusmon: Flying Hope!" Stars flew out of the air behind him, with blazing trails.
"Star Shower!" he yelled, flapping his wings once. Yellow stars shot out and knocked down Meramon.
"Pegasusmon: the Flying Horse Digimon. He has three attacks, unusual. Star Shower is his standard attack, Wind Mane fires dozens of needles, and Equas Beam is a powerful smash hit."
"You are the One! Pegasusmon! I am only the guardian of the Temple of Reason, and beg forgiveness! Rockmon will have explained your purpose, so go now! Do not lose the three DigiEggs!" He dissolved into rainbow sparkles after that speech.
We landed in front of the boys. "How should we get to Cerulean?" I asked.
"I'll teleport us. We don't have much choice. Let's go!" Eric said. He summoned his
remaining power and whisked us to Cerulean.
Ch. 39, part C
Jason
We had ridden Kabuterimon all the way to Cerulean. Eric and the rest met us there.
"Have we found the temple?" I asked. Eric pointed behind me.
"Yes."
I turned, and gasped. Right smack dab in the middle of Cerulean, somewhere near Azure Street, a giant temple had risen.
And people were trying to get in!
"There should be a guardian, but it won't last long. Let's digivolve and wait for Jewel, Jezelle and Jacques!" Palmon suggested. Eric dashed to an abandoned fruit stand, and grabbed some.
"Here, eat this. We'll need full strength." he said, distributing the fruit. All the Digimon ate, and Eric got the rest, because he had exhausted his psychic abilities.
"Agumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage."
"Gabumon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Raidramon: The Storm of Friendship."
"Tentomon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Digmon: The Drill of Power."
"Palmon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Shurimon: The Samurai of Sincerity."
"Patamon, Armor Digivolve tooo..."
"Pegasusmon: Flying Hope."
Raimey got on Pegasusmon, and Eric merged his power with Butterfrell to create a psychic platform. We flew to the top of the temple.
Eric collapsed when we landed. The Digimon immediately jumped to the battle, Raimey dropping to the platform.
"We have to use our Pokémon, too. Team Rocket is swarming up the stairs. Armor Digimon won't help long." he told us. Eric wearily got up.
"Marril, Blastoise, Staryu, Gyarados, Butterfrell, go!"
"Jason has a Pikachu, Weedle, Seel, and Pidgeotto!"
"Pinsir, Vulpix, Pidgey, Clefairy, attack!"
"Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Eevee, Geodude, Scyther, assume battle position!"
"Wartortle, Charmander, Bulbasaur, Pikaboo, Magnemite, Drowzee!"
"Blue Star Power!"
"Yellow Star Power!"
"STOP TEAM ROCKET!" we all yelled simultaneously, jumping down to the battle.