***Senseless Sands***
~~By: Kat of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek~~
Eevy was thankful for the sunlight today; nice and bright, not dull and boring. Maybe it would take her mind off Taylor. She hated even being reminded of him. The other thing bothering her was the fact that she felt so mad at someone, but she had no clue who she was mad at or why she was so angry with them. She was so angry she felt like beating something, hard. Medira was eyeing her cautiously, still worried about all those cuts and bruises. Ash, Misty and Brock trailed along behind, using Eevy as a way not to get lost. They were glad she was around, they had a tendency to lose their way quite often and Eevy knew Nanka like the back of her hand. It was Hokubu that was going to cause problems with its hidden trails and pitfalls. At least today they were on a nice open, airy route and not a stuffy route through a forest. Mizu was overly excited as they were headed for water, her true element. She loved to swim, but today she was going to have her work cut out for her...
"Oh, wow!" Misty stopped and looked out over the ocean, admiring the scenery.
"That's so pretty!" even Ash was in awe of it.
"Let's go!" Mizu bolted down the boardwalk.
Eevy followed with Sooney and Yuu-Yuu right behind. Medira trotted along, not too enthusiastically, releasing her Blastoise as she walked. Eevy let down her hair and fluffed it a bit, triggering a huge smile across Brock's face until Medira slapped him back again and Misty pulled him away. Eevy uncovered her bathing suit in its odd Eevee tail color and followed Mizu, releasing Novo and his brothers from their Poke Balls. Mizu's bright blue bathing suit showed her passion for Water- types perfectly. Medira showed off her black and purple bathing suit as she walked along behind Blastoise, or more precisely Wavemaker, toward the water. Mizu sent out all of her Pokemon; Azumarill, Kingler, Seel, Cloyster and Psyduck. The Psyduck triggered a laugh from Ash until he saw it get into its own personal battle with a wild Pidgeotto. Psyduck's Confusion chanced the bird Pokemon away easily and he snickered as he returned to Mizu's side. Zovo and Sovo were enjoying the sun while Lovo and Yovo sat in the shade. Novo was playing beach ball in the water with Medira, soaking her every time. Vovo was perched on Eevy's shoulder and got his own mini ice cream. Yuu-Yuu sent out Pichu and walked off in search of beach and water dwelling Pokemon. Sooney sent out Bayleef and Weepinbell saying that since her Gloom and Venonat were nocturnal she'd wait till later for them. Ash sent out Croconaw and Pikachu grabbed his sunglasses, showing the V for victory before running to the water. Misty had a blast with her Staryu, Poliwhirl, Togepi, Seaking and even Psyduck. Brock set out on a girl search, leaving everyone behind.
"This is too nice," Eevy said as she sat down, "All too nice."
Medira stopped playing with Novo and climbed on top of Wavemaker's shell. The huge turtle type floated there for a bit with his master sprawled out on his back before he started swimming around with her still sitting there.
"Watch where you splash," Medira shouted as she slipped off, "You could hurt somebody."
Mizu ran off to the diving rock. The diving rock was a huge cliff overhanging the water. It was covered with leaves and bushes and trees, but that didn't stop her. She climbed right up and did a perfect Olympic dive off. Eevy followed and did a spinning dive, spiraling into the water. Both surfaced next to Medira. Sooney swam out and stopped beside them. Each gave the other three a wide smirk. Misty then joined them with Yuu-Yuu by her side. Each one of them gave their own personal smirk of pleasure.
"What say we have a bit of fun?" Mizu asked with a grin.
"Why not race out to FlyCatcher and back?" Sooney snickered.
"The swim sure would be nice with all this sun," Yuu-Yuu mused.
"A little friendly competition wouldn't kill us either," Eevy laughed.
"Why not? It sounds like a blast to me," Medira said with a sly smirk.
"May the best girl win, hmm?" Misty asked, eyes blazing.
"What about us?" Ash shouted.
"Sorry, girl's division only," Medira laughed at him as the group swam to shore.
"No fair," he whined.
The girls lined up with Mizu on the end, followed by Eevy to her left, Medira, Sooney, Misty then Yuu-Yuu. Each stretched a little bit, but Eevy and Mizu focused mainly on their arms.
"Power swimmers, are we?" Medira asked, noticing them.
"You better believe it. No weenie little dog paddling for me," Mizu said half snottishly.
"Forget back stroking. I want power in my relays," Eevy said in a very competitive tone.
Each of them readied into their position. Eevy looked more like she was going to punch someone than she was going to dive in. Mizu stepped back a step and steadied herself.
"Ready!" Brock shouted.
"On your marks!" Ash added.
"Go!" they shouted together.
Sooney, Medira and Yuu-Yuu ran a few steps and dove in before they realized Eevy and Mizu had dived right in without running. They had just jumped from the bank into swimable water. The announcer focused the camera on the group, gabbing away about what was happening. Mizu and Eevy kicked powerfully at the surface, swinging their arms at a mile a minute to keep themselves propelled. Eevy had about a foot's worth of a lead on Mizu, but she was coming up fast. Sooney, Medira, Misty and Yuu-Yuu swam their hearts out, pushing themselves to catch up. Eevy brought her head up and took one huge gulp of air before diving under. Mizu followed, but neither could stay down. A whirlpool, whipping around beneath the surface forced them back up. They returned to the surface, again paddling like mad.
"I'm not letting her beat me," Mizu thought.
"There's no way I'll let her pass," Eevy mused silently.
The group raced towards FlyCatcher Isle, a Pokemon sanctuary island about a hundred meters from the shore of Gertan Rin. A somewhat small island protected by law. Visitors were aloud without Pokemon catching rights. Eevy reached the bank and slammed her foot into the sand, leaving her mark to show that she had been there then turned and whipped back to the water, passing Medira, Sooney, Misty and Yuu-Yuu. Mizu was right beside her and the two of them leapt into the water for a second time. Eevy dove right in with Mizu splashing down beside her. Eevy pushed herself harder this time. Mizu noticed a sudden burst of speed as Eevy sped up, powering even faster. She started falling behind and picked up her own pace. Out of no where, something pulled her under. She gagged for air, but couldn't swim back up again. Eevy turned her head to check on how close Mizu was and watched her go under.
"Going to try that trick again huh?" she asked herself, "Here I come!"
Eevy also went under, but Mizu was gone. She stopped and looked around, losing her lead as Medira passed her with Sooney, Misty and Yuu-Yuu right beside her. Eevy didn't care; she wanted to find Mizu. She looked left and right, above her and below her, but the Water trainer was gone. She surfaced and saw Sooney and the others on the beach congratulating Medira.
"What happened? Eevy was a mile ahead of us," Medira asked, "So was Mizu."
"There's Eevy out there," Yuu-Yuu pointed, "Hey Eevy!"
Eevy noticed Yuu-Yuu waving at her, but she knew she and the others didn't know Mizu was gone. Novo's ears twitched a bit before he zipped to the water in his own Vaporeon Power Swim. He roared out to Eevy and floated carefully beside her.
"Novo, did Mizu get to shore?" Eevy stared her Pokemon dead in the eye.
"Vapor, vapor," Novo said sadly.
"Get back on land and get anyone with a Water- type. We need to find her."
*^~^**^~^*
Mizu awoke with a groan, spitting water out of her mouth, "Where in the world am I?"
She looked around in the dim light. She had surfaced in some sort of cave. That was when she knew what had happened.
"I must have gotten pulled into that whirlpool. That means I'm in the Ice Caves on FlyCatcher Isle, but it's not cold here at all," she mused to herself, "I wonder what I do now. This is like the cave with the eel from Mario 64. I sure hope there aren't any giant eels in here," she quivered a bit, realizing it was a little chilly, "I don't have my Pokemon!"
*^~^**^~^*
"Shurdi?" Eevy asked as the three trainers from Tulip Town Gym approached, "What are you doing here?"
"We heard your friend was lost," Ran said, "We thought we could help."
"That's very nice, but you don't have to-"
"We insist," Iskur bolted to her side.
"Yes, we do," Shurdi followed.
"Knock it off," Ran smacked them and drug them off, "Brothers are so annoying."
"Eevy!" Kayla shouted, "What happened?"
"Kayla! Hello Kingdra! Mizu's lost! No one can find her!"
"Where did you see her last?"
"We were out above the-the whirlpool! That's it! The whirlpool must have drug her under! Yuu-Yuu! Sooney! Everybody come here!"
"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" Misty asked frantically.
"I know what happened. There's a whirlpool out there and Mizu went under just as we were passing it. It must have taken her under! Let out your strongest Water Pokemon and follow me."
"I'm afraid that leaves me out," Brock said, "All my Pokemon are weak to Water. I'll have to stay behind."
"Let's go," Eevy summoned Novo, "Hold your breath and let's move!"
The Tulip Town trainers stayed behind to watch the surface. Eevy on Novo led the way with Medira on Wavemaker right behind. Kayla was behind her with Kingdra. Then came Misty with Poliwhirl and Yuu-Yuu with her newly acquired Goldeen. Sooney was behind them with her Quilfish and Ash was lagging back with Croconaw. Pikachu wasn't able to come, though everyone wished he had been. Eevy reached the whirlpool first and after sending bubbles flying from her mouthpiece, directed Novo to swim into it. She held tightly to Novo's scaly body and pressed her face against him as she was whipped down and sucked into a pitch black tunnel.
"She's crazy!" Sooney bubbled.
"No! She's got the right idea!" Medira directed Wavemaker downward and grabbed tightly to his neck as she too was pulled into the tunnel.
Kayla wasted no time in mounting Kingdra and also going in. Misty hesitated a bit, but after Ash agreed to go with her, she too dove in. Ash clung to Croconaw and Misty to Poliwhirl as the two of them were absorbed into the powerful spinning of the whirlpool. Sooney and Yuu-Yuu gave each other a quick nod and also followed down into the tunnel.
*^~^**^~^*
Eevy was getting thrown around like a rag doll. She and Novo were being slammed around, up and down, left and right inside the tunnel, all the while in water. They were suddenly thrown from the water, up onto a little bank of land. They were in some kind of cave with echoes of they shouted whirling everywhere. Medira and Wavemaker were suddenly tossed up behind them and the others followed like croutons in a salad.
"That was a blast!" Ash said as he fell against the wall.
"If you say so," Misty groaned as she stood up, her Poliwhirl balancing her.
"The only way to go is through the tunnel. We can't get back through that whirlpool, it'll just push us back," Medira mused, annoyed, "She'd better be in here after what we just went through!"
"Don't worry. She's in here," Eevy said as she brushed the sand off her, "It's cold in here and all we're in are bathing suits. We'd better hurry and find her before we all catch pneumonia."
*^~^**^~^*
"It's times like these I wish I had a Fire- type," Mizu said to herself before sneezing, "I don't even know what time it is, let alone where I am. I wish Kingler were here with his Crabhammer so I could just pound my way out of here."
Mizu was getting upset, she had been going in what she thought was circles for nearly and hour, or so she thought. She had no watch, no Pokemon and nothing but her bathing suit. She was breathing fog because of the cold and she was starting to feel tired.
"I can't fall asleep or even pause for a break," she said to no one, "I've got to get out of this st-st-stupid cave."
She sneezed a bit and continued walking. It felt like with each step, the temperature dropped a little more. She was getting sick and more and more tired every minute. As she rounded the corner, the cry and shadow of a Pokemon caused her to bellow out as loud as she could, her voice ripping through the tunnels of the ice caves like wind through trees. That high-pitched screech of the Pokemon was nearly as deafening as her scream. Medira was the first to hear it and stopped cold.
"What in the world is that?" Medira asked, puffing fog from her breath.
"Sounded like someone screaming..." Ash quivered.
"I hope it wasn't Mizu. Well, I do but I don't," Eevy said, "If it was, she's in here, but if it was, she's in trouble."
"What a twisted way of thinking," Misty backed up and walked behind her Poliwhirl.
"Sneasel! Snease!" a Sneasel appeared from around the corner hissing angrily.
"Hello!" Yuu-Yuu stepped back, "Calm down there buddy!"
"Sneasel snease sneasel!"
"I'll take him! Go, Wavemaker!" the hulking Blastoise tromped forward.
"Blastoise, blast," Sneasel wasn't the least bit intimidated.
"Go, Wavemaker! Skull Bash now!"
Wavemaker pelted the Sneasel in the head, sending him flying back into the wall. He retaliated with Fury Swipes, knocking Wavemaker off balance for a moment before he stood and pumped a continuos stream of water in Sneasel's face. The Sneasel shielded himself with his claws, but it didn't work. He was pushed over and tumbled back.
"Ultra Ball! Go!" Medira threw her strongest Poke Ball again, slapping Sneasel dead on.
One shake...Two shakes...Three shakes...Locked. Blastoise shouted happily and Eevy just kind of smirked.
"I caught you, my lovely little Sneasel," Medira laughed fake-ly evilly as she picked up her Poke Ball, "Now I have two Pokemon with me. My handsome Wavemaker and my speedy Night Frost."
"Lucky you," Yuu-Yuu said indignantly, "I want a Pokemon."
Eevy heard the scream again, just before Novo ran off around the corner, "Novo! Get back here!"
The group ran after her as Medira frowned about not having a belt or chain for her Poke Ball. She had carried that one in hopes of finding Sneasel, and now that she had one, she had to trudge it around. Eevy let out a high pitched cry before Mizu grabbed her and slapped her hand over her mouth.
"Shh!" Mizu scolded her, "Be quiet!"
"Are you nuts? That thing, whatever it is, is huge!" Eevy whimpered.
"Look over there," Mizu turned and pointed her towards the source of the shadow.
"Is that what I think it is?" Yuu-Yuu asked with a cock of her head.
"It's Articuno," Sooney was having a hard time breathing.
It most certainly was Articuno, stretching its wings wide in the center of the cavern, calling out to his shadow as if it were another bird after his territory. Every time he cried out, it echoed along the walls of the cave, sending chills down the spines of those whose ears it reached. A high, shrill, angered cry; he certainly wasn't happy with his shadow. It flapped its wings continuously, picking up ice and snow with every gust. Everyone forgot they were cold while they watched it. Medira's jaw hit the floor as she rounded the corner still carrying her Sneasel.
"I thought Luri caught Articuno," Mizu said.
"She did, but she released it. She said it wasn't right to trap a legend," Eevy whispered.
"It must have come here to this cold cave when she let it go," Misty said quietly.
"Do you think it knows we're here?" Ash asked wearily.
"It knows. It can see us. If you watch its eyes, it keeps glancing at us," Medira said as she crouched down.
Articuno turned and looked directly at them, "Artic!" it cried angrily, launching an Ice Beam.
"Whoa! Run!" Eevy pushed Yuu-Yuu and Sooney to the side and jumped away while Ash, Misty and Medira hopped in the opposite direction.
Mizu wasn't quick enough and didn't move. The Ice Beam flew towards her, but was stopped by a beam of fire.
"Bird of Ice! Why do you attack them?" Entei roared.
Articuno did not answer; he simply flew up through an opening in the roof and disappeared in a spark of blue. Mizu stood up with her mouth hanging open. Entei closed his eyes and looked as if he was listening to something.
"Mistress Luri?" he questioned as he opened his eyes and saw Mizu, "No. Not Mistress Luri. Another."
Mizu stepped away, "What do you mean?"
"You have the same energy as Mistress Lurianna. Articuno was afraid of your energy, believing you to be Luri herself; the person who captured him. He was merely ensuring that he was not captured again. Take care of yourself, keep the spirit alive," Entei turned and dissolved through the wall, leaving an archway of a door for the trainers to exit.
*^~^**^~^*
"You're alright!" Brock shouted as he saw his friends whipping across the surface of the water with their Pokemon.
"Yes, we're fine," Eevy reached shore as was greeted with Shurdi and Iskur.
"Leave her alone, you two," Ran pulled them off again.
Eevy laughed a bit at that and Brock continued interrogating everyone, "So...What happened?"
"It's a very, very long story," Medira said as she tossed her new Sneasel into the air, "Let's eat first. We'll tell you all about it."
*^~^**^~^*
Eevy leaned hard to her left and right to push Iskur and Shurdi down away from her. Medira again swatted Brock away and Ran was forced to move away from him too.
"Where are we headed next?" Medira asked as she stomped down on Brock's foot.
"Lilac and the Violet Badge," Eevy said as she looked to the South route, staring directly towards Lilac City.
^*^In The Next Chronicle:^*^
Poke Pillaging
~*~Notes~*~
Articuno/Freezer all the way! He's my favorite Legendary Bird, and I just thought it would be interesting to have him in here. Really freaky one, I know, but still not as bad as Slippery Suicune is it? Don't mind me. Anyway, the next chapter is going to be really odd, but it's going to be kind of funny to see Daemeon, *yeck* Eevy and Medira working together. That's really weird. That, I think, would be weirder than Slippery Suicune. *swings a punch and decks Daemeon* Hehe...I don't like him, can you tell?
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~~By: Kat of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek~~
Eevy was thankful for the sunlight today; nice and bright, not dull and boring. Maybe it would take her mind off Taylor. She hated even being reminded of him. The other thing bothering her was the fact that she felt so mad at someone, but she had no clue who she was mad at or why she was so angry with them. She was so angry she felt like beating something, hard. Medira was eyeing her cautiously, still worried about all those cuts and bruises. Ash, Misty and Brock trailed along behind, using Eevy as a way not to get lost. They were glad she was around, they had a tendency to lose their way quite often and Eevy knew Nanka like the back of her hand. It was Hokubu that was going to cause problems with its hidden trails and pitfalls. At least today they were on a nice open, airy route and not a stuffy route through a forest. Mizu was overly excited as they were headed for water, her true element. She loved to swim, but today she was going to have her work cut out for her...
"Oh, wow!" Misty stopped and looked out over the ocean, admiring the scenery.
"That's so pretty!" even Ash was in awe of it.
"Let's go!" Mizu bolted down the boardwalk.
Eevy followed with Sooney and Yuu-Yuu right behind. Medira trotted along, not too enthusiastically, releasing her Blastoise as she walked. Eevy let down her hair and fluffed it a bit, triggering a huge smile across Brock's face until Medira slapped him back again and Misty pulled him away. Eevy uncovered her bathing suit in its odd Eevee tail color and followed Mizu, releasing Novo and his brothers from their Poke Balls. Mizu's bright blue bathing suit showed her passion for Water- types perfectly. Medira showed off her black and purple bathing suit as she walked along behind Blastoise, or more precisely Wavemaker, toward the water. Mizu sent out all of her Pokemon; Azumarill, Kingler, Seel, Cloyster and Psyduck. The Psyduck triggered a laugh from Ash until he saw it get into its own personal battle with a wild Pidgeotto. Psyduck's Confusion chanced the bird Pokemon away easily and he snickered as he returned to Mizu's side. Zovo and Sovo were enjoying the sun while Lovo and Yovo sat in the shade. Novo was playing beach ball in the water with Medira, soaking her every time. Vovo was perched on Eevy's shoulder and got his own mini ice cream. Yuu-Yuu sent out Pichu and walked off in search of beach and water dwelling Pokemon. Sooney sent out Bayleef and Weepinbell saying that since her Gloom and Venonat were nocturnal she'd wait till later for them. Ash sent out Croconaw and Pikachu grabbed his sunglasses, showing the V for victory before running to the water. Misty had a blast with her Staryu, Poliwhirl, Togepi, Seaking and even Psyduck. Brock set out on a girl search, leaving everyone behind.
"This is too nice," Eevy said as she sat down, "All too nice."
Medira stopped playing with Novo and climbed on top of Wavemaker's shell. The huge turtle type floated there for a bit with his master sprawled out on his back before he started swimming around with her still sitting there.
"Watch where you splash," Medira shouted as she slipped off, "You could hurt somebody."
Mizu ran off to the diving rock. The diving rock was a huge cliff overhanging the water. It was covered with leaves and bushes and trees, but that didn't stop her. She climbed right up and did a perfect Olympic dive off. Eevy followed and did a spinning dive, spiraling into the water. Both surfaced next to Medira. Sooney swam out and stopped beside them. Each gave the other three a wide smirk. Misty then joined them with Yuu-Yuu by her side. Each one of them gave their own personal smirk of pleasure.
"What say we have a bit of fun?" Mizu asked with a grin.
"Why not race out to FlyCatcher and back?" Sooney snickered.
"The swim sure would be nice with all this sun," Yuu-Yuu mused.
"A little friendly competition wouldn't kill us either," Eevy laughed.
"Why not? It sounds like a blast to me," Medira said with a sly smirk.
"May the best girl win, hmm?" Misty asked, eyes blazing.
"What about us?" Ash shouted.
"Sorry, girl's division only," Medira laughed at him as the group swam to shore.
"No fair," he whined.
The girls lined up with Mizu on the end, followed by Eevy to her left, Medira, Sooney, Misty then Yuu-Yuu. Each stretched a little bit, but Eevy and Mizu focused mainly on their arms.
"Power swimmers, are we?" Medira asked, noticing them.
"You better believe it. No weenie little dog paddling for me," Mizu said half snottishly.
"Forget back stroking. I want power in my relays," Eevy said in a very competitive tone.
Each of them readied into their position. Eevy looked more like she was going to punch someone than she was going to dive in. Mizu stepped back a step and steadied herself.
"Ready!" Brock shouted.
"On your marks!" Ash added.
"Go!" they shouted together.
Sooney, Medira and Yuu-Yuu ran a few steps and dove in before they realized Eevy and Mizu had dived right in without running. They had just jumped from the bank into swimable water. The announcer focused the camera on the group, gabbing away about what was happening. Mizu and Eevy kicked powerfully at the surface, swinging their arms at a mile a minute to keep themselves propelled. Eevy had about a foot's worth of a lead on Mizu, but she was coming up fast. Sooney, Medira, Misty and Yuu-Yuu swam their hearts out, pushing themselves to catch up. Eevy brought her head up and took one huge gulp of air before diving under. Mizu followed, but neither could stay down. A whirlpool, whipping around beneath the surface forced them back up. They returned to the surface, again paddling like mad.
"I'm not letting her beat me," Mizu thought.
"There's no way I'll let her pass," Eevy mused silently.
The group raced towards FlyCatcher Isle, a Pokemon sanctuary island about a hundred meters from the shore of Gertan Rin. A somewhat small island protected by law. Visitors were aloud without Pokemon catching rights. Eevy reached the bank and slammed her foot into the sand, leaving her mark to show that she had been there then turned and whipped back to the water, passing Medira, Sooney, Misty and Yuu-Yuu. Mizu was right beside her and the two of them leapt into the water for a second time. Eevy dove right in with Mizu splashing down beside her. Eevy pushed herself harder this time. Mizu noticed a sudden burst of speed as Eevy sped up, powering even faster. She started falling behind and picked up her own pace. Out of no where, something pulled her under. She gagged for air, but couldn't swim back up again. Eevy turned her head to check on how close Mizu was and watched her go under.
"Going to try that trick again huh?" she asked herself, "Here I come!"
Eevy also went under, but Mizu was gone. She stopped and looked around, losing her lead as Medira passed her with Sooney, Misty and Yuu-Yuu right beside her. Eevy didn't care; she wanted to find Mizu. She looked left and right, above her and below her, but the Water trainer was gone. She surfaced and saw Sooney and the others on the beach congratulating Medira.
"What happened? Eevy was a mile ahead of us," Medira asked, "So was Mizu."
"There's Eevy out there," Yuu-Yuu pointed, "Hey Eevy!"
Eevy noticed Yuu-Yuu waving at her, but she knew she and the others didn't know Mizu was gone. Novo's ears twitched a bit before he zipped to the water in his own Vaporeon Power Swim. He roared out to Eevy and floated carefully beside her.
"Novo, did Mizu get to shore?" Eevy stared her Pokemon dead in the eye.
"Vapor, vapor," Novo said sadly.
"Get back on land and get anyone with a Water- type. We need to find her."
*^~^**^~^*
Mizu awoke with a groan, spitting water out of her mouth, "Where in the world am I?"
She looked around in the dim light. She had surfaced in some sort of cave. That was when she knew what had happened.
"I must have gotten pulled into that whirlpool. That means I'm in the Ice Caves on FlyCatcher Isle, but it's not cold here at all," she mused to herself, "I wonder what I do now. This is like the cave with the eel from Mario 64. I sure hope there aren't any giant eels in here," she quivered a bit, realizing it was a little chilly, "I don't have my Pokemon!"
*^~^**^~^*
"Shurdi?" Eevy asked as the three trainers from Tulip Town Gym approached, "What are you doing here?"
"We heard your friend was lost," Ran said, "We thought we could help."
"That's very nice, but you don't have to-"
"We insist," Iskur bolted to her side.
"Yes, we do," Shurdi followed.
"Knock it off," Ran smacked them and drug them off, "Brothers are so annoying."
"Eevy!" Kayla shouted, "What happened?"
"Kayla! Hello Kingdra! Mizu's lost! No one can find her!"
"Where did you see her last?"
"We were out above the-the whirlpool! That's it! The whirlpool must have drug her under! Yuu-Yuu! Sooney! Everybody come here!"
"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" Misty asked frantically.
"I know what happened. There's a whirlpool out there and Mizu went under just as we were passing it. It must have taken her under! Let out your strongest Water Pokemon and follow me."
"I'm afraid that leaves me out," Brock said, "All my Pokemon are weak to Water. I'll have to stay behind."
"Let's go," Eevy summoned Novo, "Hold your breath and let's move!"
The Tulip Town trainers stayed behind to watch the surface. Eevy on Novo led the way with Medira on Wavemaker right behind. Kayla was behind her with Kingdra. Then came Misty with Poliwhirl and Yuu-Yuu with her newly acquired Goldeen. Sooney was behind them with her Quilfish and Ash was lagging back with Croconaw. Pikachu wasn't able to come, though everyone wished he had been. Eevy reached the whirlpool first and after sending bubbles flying from her mouthpiece, directed Novo to swim into it. She held tightly to Novo's scaly body and pressed her face against him as she was whipped down and sucked into a pitch black tunnel.
"She's crazy!" Sooney bubbled.
"No! She's got the right idea!" Medira directed Wavemaker downward and grabbed tightly to his neck as she too was pulled into the tunnel.
Kayla wasted no time in mounting Kingdra and also going in. Misty hesitated a bit, but after Ash agreed to go with her, she too dove in. Ash clung to Croconaw and Misty to Poliwhirl as the two of them were absorbed into the powerful spinning of the whirlpool. Sooney and Yuu-Yuu gave each other a quick nod and also followed down into the tunnel.
*^~^**^~^*
Eevy was getting thrown around like a rag doll. She and Novo were being slammed around, up and down, left and right inside the tunnel, all the while in water. They were suddenly thrown from the water, up onto a little bank of land. They were in some kind of cave with echoes of they shouted whirling everywhere. Medira and Wavemaker were suddenly tossed up behind them and the others followed like croutons in a salad.
"That was a blast!" Ash said as he fell against the wall.
"If you say so," Misty groaned as she stood up, her Poliwhirl balancing her.
"The only way to go is through the tunnel. We can't get back through that whirlpool, it'll just push us back," Medira mused, annoyed, "She'd better be in here after what we just went through!"
"Don't worry. She's in here," Eevy said as she brushed the sand off her, "It's cold in here and all we're in are bathing suits. We'd better hurry and find her before we all catch pneumonia."
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"It's times like these I wish I had a Fire- type," Mizu said to herself before sneezing, "I don't even know what time it is, let alone where I am. I wish Kingler were here with his Crabhammer so I could just pound my way out of here."
Mizu was getting upset, she had been going in what she thought was circles for nearly and hour, or so she thought. She had no watch, no Pokemon and nothing but her bathing suit. She was breathing fog because of the cold and she was starting to feel tired.
"I can't fall asleep or even pause for a break," she said to no one, "I've got to get out of this st-st-stupid cave."
She sneezed a bit and continued walking. It felt like with each step, the temperature dropped a little more. She was getting sick and more and more tired every minute. As she rounded the corner, the cry and shadow of a Pokemon caused her to bellow out as loud as she could, her voice ripping through the tunnels of the ice caves like wind through trees. That high-pitched screech of the Pokemon was nearly as deafening as her scream. Medira was the first to hear it and stopped cold.
"What in the world is that?" Medira asked, puffing fog from her breath.
"Sounded like someone screaming..." Ash quivered.
"I hope it wasn't Mizu. Well, I do but I don't," Eevy said, "If it was, she's in here, but if it was, she's in trouble."
"What a twisted way of thinking," Misty backed up and walked behind her Poliwhirl.
"Sneasel! Snease!" a Sneasel appeared from around the corner hissing angrily.
"Hello!" Yuu-Yuu stepped back, "Calm down there buddy!"
"Sneasel snease sneasel!"
"I'll take him! Go, Wavemaker!" the hulking Blastoise tromped forward.
"Blastoise, blast," Sneasel wasn't the least bit intimidated.
"Go, Wavemaker! Skull Bash now!"
Wavemaker pelted the Sneasel in the head, sending him flying back into the wall. He retaliated with Fury Swipes, knocking Wavemaker off balance for a moment before he stood and pumped a continuos stream of water in Sneasel's face. The Sneasel shielded himself with his claws, but it didn't work. He was pushed over and tumbled back.
"Ultra Ball! Go!" Medira threw her strongest Poke Ball again, slapping Sneasel dead on.
One shake...Two shakes...Three shakes...Locked. Blastoise shouted happily and Eevy just kind of smirked.
"I caught you, my lovely little Sneasel," Medira laughed fake-ly evilly as she picked up her Poke Ball, "Now I have two Pokemon with me. My handsome Wavemaker and my speedy Night Frost."
"Lucky you," Yuu-Yuu said indignantly, "I want a Pokemon."
Eevy heard the scream again, just before Novo ran off around the corner, "Novo! Get back here!"
The group ran after her as Medira frowned about not having a belt or chain for her Poke Ball. She had carried that one in hopes of finding Sneasel, and now that she had one, she had to trudge it around. Eevy let out a high pitched cry before Mizu grabbed her and slapped her hand over her mouth.
"Shh!" Mizu scolded her, "Be quiet!"
"Are you nuts? That thing, whatever it is, is huge!" Eevy whimpered.
"Look over there," Mizu turned and pointed her towards the source of the shadow.
"Is that what I think it is?" Yuu-Yuu asked with a cock of her head.
"It's Articuno," Sooney was having a hard time breathing.
It most certainly was Articuno, stretching its wings wide in the center of the cavern, calling out to his shadow as if it were another bird after his territory. Every time he cried out, it echoed along the walls of the cave, sending chills down the spines of those whose ears it reached. A high, shrill, angered cry; he certainly wasn't happy with his shadow. It flapped its wings continuously, picking up ice and snow with every gust. Everyone forgot they were cold while they watched it. Medira's jaw hit the floor as she rounded the corner still carrying her Sneasel.
"I thought Luri caught Articuno," Mizu said.
"She did, but she released it. She said it wasn't right to trap a legend," Eevy whispered.
"It must have come here to this cold cave when she let it go," Misty said quietly.
"Do you think it knows we're here?" Ash asked wearily.
"It knows. It can see us. If you watch its eyes, it keeps glancing at us," Medira said as she crouched down.
Articuno turned and looked directly at them, "Artic!" it cried angrily, launching an Ice Beam.
"Whoa! Run!" Eevy pushed Yuu-Yuu and Sooney to the side and jumped away while Ash, Misty and Medira hopped in the opposite direction.
Mizu wasn't quick enough and didn't move. The Ice Beam flew towards her, but was stopped by a beam of fire.
"Bird of Ice! Why do you attack them?" Entei roared.
Articuno did not answer; he simply flew up through an opening in the roof and disappeared in a spark of blue. Mizu stood up with her mouth hanging open. Entei closed his eyes and looked as if he was listening to something.
"Mistress Luri?" he questioned as he opened his eyes and saw Mizu, "No. Not Mistress Luri. Another."
Mizu stepped away, "What do you mean?"
"You have the same energy as Mistress Lurianna. Articuno was afraid of your energy, believing you to be Luri herself; the person who captured him. He was merely ensuring that he was not captured again. Take care of yourself, keep the spirit alive," Entei turned and dissolved through the wall, leaving an archway of a door for the trainers to exit.
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"You're alright!" Brock shouted as he saw his friends whipping across the surface of the water with their Pokemon.
"Yes, we're fine," Eevy reached shore as was greeted with Shurdi and Iskur.
"Leave her alone, you two," Ran pulled them off again.
Eevy laughed a bit at that and Brock continued interrogating everyone, "So...What happened?"
"It's a very, very long story," Medira said as she tossed her new Sneasel into the air, "Let's eat first. We'll tell you all about it."
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Eevy leaned hard to her left and right to push Iskur and Shurdi down away from her. Medira again swatted Brock away and Ran was forced to move away from him too.
"Where are we headed next?" Medira asked as she stomped down on Brock's foot.
"Lilac and the Violet Badge," Eevy said as she looked to the South route, staring directly towards Lilac City.
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Poke Pillaging
~*~Notes~*~
Articuno/Freezer all the way! He's my favorite Legendary Bird, and I just thought it would be interesting to have him in here. Really freaky one, I know, but still not as bad as Slippery Suicune is it? Don't mind me. Anyway, the next chapter is going to be really odd, but it's going to be kind of funny to see Daemeon, *yeck* Eevy and Medira working together. That's really weird. That, I think, would be weirder than Slippery Suicune. *swings a punch and decks Daemeon* Hehe...I don't like him, can you tell?
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