Shinimegami: Yay! One more week before Christmas vacation!
Ash: That doesn't mean you're gonna stop writing fics for a while, does it?
Shinimegami: Well, sure, I might take a little break, but I'll still keep writing them.
Everyone: ^_______________________________^
Shinimegami: Okay, now, on with chapter #5!
Lugia: Master does not own Pokémon.
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"Where should we head to now, Ash?" asked Brock as they walked along the dirt road.
"Mahogany Town," answered Ash. "I need to get a Glacier Badge from the gym leader there."
The trio kept walking, and then suddenly heard a motor-like sound that seemed to get louder every second.
"Hey, what's that?" asked Misty. Togepi suddenly began chirping excitedly in her arms and reached up to something in the air. The gang looked up and saw...
"Hey guys, that looks like Ho-oh!" exclaimed Ash. He pointed up to the large flying Pokémon above them.
"I dunno, Ash," said Brock. "I don't think that Ho-oh would make a sound like that." They heard a small creak with every flap of the bird's wings. Suddenly, they noticed the large cage under Ho-oh that contained Lugia.
"Lugia!" cried Ash, Brock, and Misty in unison. The silver bird opened its eyes and looked down at the three.
"I don't get it," said Misty. "Lugia looks so weak. How come it can't just free itself with its psychic powers?"
"Hey, Lugia!" Ash called up to the legendary bird. Lugia didn't have time to respond, because "Ho-oh" stopped and hovered in the air and turned to face Ash, Brock, and Misty.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To-"
"LOOK OUT!"
A loud thundering of hoof beats filled the air and Laura and her Rapidash came bolting out of the brush.
"RUNAWAY RAPIDASH!" cried Brock as he and his friends did their best to dodge the charging fire horse. Rapidash whinnied as it saw the three Pokémon trainers in its path, and its hooves dug into the ground as it tried to stop in time. Pichu held on to Laura's shoulder for dear life as the horse came to a halt.
"Sorry, are you guys okay?" asked Laura as she got off her Pokémon.
"Never better," said Ash, getting up off the ground.
"Master!" cried Lugia from the cage.
"Lugia!" Laura cried from the ground. Pichu and Rapidash also cried up to their fellow Pokémon. "Team Rocket, give me back Lugia right now!"
"You really think we'll just give it to you?" asked Jesse from the Ho-oh robot. "You didn't even let us finish our motto!"
"That's right!" said James. "And you didn't even let us get to the best part!"
"Look, I don't care about your stupid motto, I just want Lugia back!" shouted Laura.
"Well, tough!" said Meowth. "You'll only get it back if ya beat us in a Pokémon-" He was cut off abruptly when Jesse and James suddenly clamped their hands over his mouth.
"Meowth, don't challenge that girl to a Pokémon battle!" said Jesse.
"Why in da heck not?!" asked Meowth.
"Remember the last time we battled her?" asked James. "She creamed us!"
"Yah, but we got dis Ho-oh robot now!" said Meowth. "We can just fight with it instead of your Pokémon."
"Oh yeah, that's right!" said Jesse and James in unison. "We can easily beat those twerps with this!"
"Honestly, you humans..." sighed Meowth. He pressed a few buttons and switched the robot into its attack mode. (A/N. Kinda like in Duel Monsters, huh? ^-^)
"Charge up the Sacred Fire attack, Meowth!" said Jesse. A faint red appeared in the back of "Ho-oh's" beak.
"Come on, you guys, we have to find a way to free Lugia!" said Ash.
"Yeah, but how?" asked Misty.
"We have to try and melt the bars of Lugia's cage," Laura said suddenly. "We have to use our fire-types."
"Right!" said Ash, taking out two Pokéballs. "Cyndaquil! Charizard!" Both fire Pokémon appeared in a flash of white light.
"Go, Vulpix!" said Brock, sending out his fire-type. Laura still had her Rapidash at her side.
"Use Flamethrower!" cried Laura, Ash, and Brock at the same time. Hot fire erupted from all four of the Pokémons' mouths. Lugia managed to shield itself as the flames made contact with the bars of the cage.
"Our Pokémon just aren't causing enough damage to the cage!" said Brock. "We need more firepower!" As if on cue, a giant electric bolt came out of nowhere and struck the Ho-oh robot.
"What was that?" exclaimed Jesse as the robot jolted on contact.
"I dunno!" cried Meowth as he tried to cease control of the robot while in the air. Suddenly, two jets of fire shot at the cage that contained Lugia.
"What's going on?" asked Ash.
"I think I know!" said Laura. "Rapidash, use Fire Spin on the cage bars again!" More fire shot out at the cage.
"Cyndaquil, Charizard, use Flamethrower!" cried Ash.
"You too, Vulpix!" said Brock. Six jets of fire were shot at the cage. The iron bars slowly began to melt under the heat.
"Meowth, hurry up and get the Sacred Fire attack ready!" cried Jesse.
"I can't!" said Meowth, struggling with the controls. "Dat electric bolt disabled da attack!"
"So that means we're done for!" panicked James. The fire-types ceased fire and the bars of one side of the cage were melted away.
"Lugia!" cried Laura. Lugia tried its best and stood up. Spreading open its wings, it flew out of its prison. It flapped its wings and floated above the Ho-oh robot.
"Now, Lugia," said Laura. "If you can, use Aeroblast on that robot!" Lugia raised it's head, and launched the most powerful Aeroblast it could. The attack hit the Ho-oh robot head-on, causing it to explode.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" cried Jesse, James, and Meowth as they were hurled off into the sky.
"Woooooooobbbbaaaaaaaaaa!!" cried Jesse's Wobbuffet, appearing out of it's Pokéball just as they disappeared into the clouds.
"We did it!" cried Ash, triumphantly. Lugia landed down in front of Laura, and she hugged the legendary bird's neck tightly. Ash and Brock called back their fire Pokémon.
"There's just one thing that puzzles me," said Misty. "Where did that electric bolt and that fire come from?" Laura looked up.
"I think I know," she said. Suddenly, they heard footsteps in the brush, and a girl stepped out. She had wavy brown hair and brown eyes. A Meowth trotted at her side.
"Kelly!" said Laura. "I just knew it was you who helped us."
"Yep," said Kelly. "I couldn't just let your favorite Pokémon get captured like that."
"Oh, you guys, this is my younger sister," Laura told Ash, Brock, and Misty. "Kelly, this is Ash, Brock, and Misty."
"Nice to meet you guys," said Kelly with a wave.
"Meow meowth!" said her Meowth happily. Suddenly, Lugia hissed in pain.
"Master!" Lugia cried. It eyes closed it pain.
"Lugia!" cried Laura. She knelt down next to Lugia's head. "It must have used up the last of its strength using that Aeroblast attack."
"I saw a Pokémon Center not far from here," said Kelly, pointed off in a direction. "We'll have to hurry." Laura quickly called Lugia back into the Masterball. She also called back her Rapidash to the Fastball.
"This way!" said Kelly, and ran off, Laura and the other behind her.
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Shinimegami: Was that good? I sure hope it was.
Lugia: Don't worry so much.
Jesse: Man, we were so close to capturing you.
Lugia: Yah, well you didn't. ^.^
James: You just wait! We'll get you one day!
Lugia: *evil grin* Wanna bet?
Jesse, James, and Meowth: Ehehehehehehehehehe. *turn and run for their lives*
Lugia: *flies after them*
Shinimegami: Hey, by the way, I'm having a tiny bit of trouble thinking of what should happen next in the story. So, why don't you readers give me some ideas! I'd love to hear them in your reviews! Arigato! ^.^
Everyone: Ja Ne! ^_____^
Ash: That doesn't mean you're gonna stop writing fics for a while, does it?
Shinimegami: Well, sure, I might take a little break, but I'll still keep writing them.
Everyone: ^_______________________________^
Shinimegami: Okay, now, on with chapter #5!
Lugia: Master does not own Pokémon.
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"Where should we head to now, Ash?" asked Brock as they walked along the dirt road.
"Mahogany Town," answered Ash. "I need to get a Glacier Badge from the gym leader there."
The trio kept walking, and then suddenly heard a motor-like sound that seemed to get louder every second.
"Hey, what's that?" asked Misty. Togepi suddenly began chirping excitedly in her arms and reached up to something in the air. The gang looked up and saw...
"Hey guys, that looks like Ho-oh!" exclaimed Ash. He pointed up to the large flying Pokémon above them.
"I dunno, Ash," said Brock. "I don't think that Ho-oh would make a sound like that." They heard a small creak with every flap of the bird's wings. Suddenly, they noticed the large cage under Ho-oh that contained Lugia.
"Lugia!" cried Ash, Brock, and Misty in unison. The silver bird opened its eyes and looked down at the three.
"I don't get it," said Misty. "Lugia looks so weak. How come it can't just free itself with its psychic powers?"
"Hey, Lugia!" Ash called up to the legendary bird. Lugia didn't have time to respond, because "Ho-oh" stopped and hovered in the air and turned to face Ash, Brock, and Misty.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To-"
"LOOK OUT!"
A loud thundering of hoof beats filled the air and Laura and her Rapidash came bolting out of the brush.
"RUNAWAY RAPIDASH!" cried Brock as he and his friends did their best to dodge the charging fire horse. Rapidash whinnied as it saw the three Pokémon trainers in its path, and its hooves dug into the ground as it tried to stop in time. Pichu held on to Laura's shoulder for dear life as the horse came to a halt.
"Sorry, are you guys okay?" asked Laura as she got off her Pokémon.
"Never better," said Ash, getting up off the ground.
"Master!" cried Lugia from the cage.
"Lugia!" Laura cried from the ground. Pichu and Rapidash also cried up to their fellow Pokémon. "Team Rocket, give me back Lugia right now!"
"You really think we'll just give it to you?" asked Jesse from the Ho-oh robot. "You didn't even let us finish our motto!"
"That's right!" said James. "And you didn't even let us get to the best part!"
"Look, I don't care about your stupid motto, I just want Lugia back!" shouted Laura.
"Well, tough!" said Meowth. "You'll only get it back if ya beat us in a Pokémon-" He was cut off abruptly when Jesse and James suddenly clamped their hands over his mouth.
"Meowth, don't challenge that girl to a Pokémon battle!" said Jesse.
"Why in da heck not?!" asked Meowth.
"Remember the last time we battled her?" asked James. "She creamed us!"
"Yah, but we got dis Ho-oh robot now!" said Meowth. "We can just fight with it instead of your Pokémon."
"Oh yeah, that's right!" said Jesse and James in unison. "We can easily beat those twerps with this!"
"Honestly, you humans..." sighed Meowth. He pressed a few buttons and switched the robot into its attack mode. (A/N. Kinda like in Duel Monsters, huh? ^-^)
"Charge up the Sacred Fire attack, Meowth!" said Jesse. A faint red appeared in the back of "Ho-oh's" beak.
"Come on, you guys, we have to find a way to free Lugia!" said Ash.
"Yeah, but how?" asked Misty.
"We have to try and melt the bars of Lugia's cage," Laura said suddenly. "We have to use our fire-types."
"Right!" said Ash, taking out two Pokéballs. "Cyndaquil! Charizard!" Both fire Pokémon appeared in a flash of white light.
"Go, Vulpix!" said Brock, sending out his fire-type. Laura still had her Rapidash at her side.
"Use Flamethrower!" cried Laura, Ash, and Brock at the same time. Hot fire erupted from all four of the Pokémons' mouths. Lugia managed to shield itself as the flames made contact with the bars of the cage.
"Our Pokémon just aren't causing enough damage to the cage!" said Brock. "We need more firepower!" As if on cue, a giant electric bolt came out of nowhere and struck the Ho-oh robot.
"What was that?" exclaimed Jesse as the robot jolted on contact.
"I dunno!" cried Meowth as he tried to cease control of the robot while in the air. Suddenly, two jets of fire shot at the cage that contained Lugia.
"What's going on?" asked Ash.
"I think I know!" said Laura. "Rapidash, use Fire Spin on the cage bars again!" More fire shot out at the cage.
"Cyndaquil, Charizard, use Flamethrower!" cried Ash.
"You too, Vulpix!" said Brock. Six jets of fire were shot at the cage. The iron bars slowly began to melt under the heat.
"Meowth, hurry up and get the Sacred Fire attack ready!" cried Jesse.
"I can't!" said Meowth, struggling with the controls. "Dat electric bolt disabled da attack!"
"So that means we're done for!" panicked James. The fire-types ceased fire and the bars of one side of the cage were melted away.
"Lugia!" cried Laura. Lugia tried its best and stood up. Spreading open its wings, it flew out of its prison. It flapped its wings and floated above the Ho-oh robot.
"Now, Lugia," said Laura. "If you can, use Aeroblast on that robot!" Lugia raised it's head, and launched the most powerful Aeroblast it could. The attack hit the Ho-oh robot head-on, causing it to explode.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" cried Jesse, James, and Meowth as they were hurled off into the sky.
"Woooooooobbbbaaaaaaaaaa!!" cried Jesse's Wobbuffet, appearing out of it's Pokéball just as they disappeared into the clouds.
"We did it!" cried Ash, triumphantly. Lugia landed down in front of Laura, and she hugged the legendary bird's neck tightly. Ash and Brock called back their fire Pokémon.
"There's just one thing that puzzles me," said Misty. "Where did that electric bolt and that fire come from?" Laura looked up.
"I think I know," she said. Suddenly, they heard footsteps in the brush, and a girl stepped out. She had wavy brown hair and brown eyes. A Meowth trotted at her side.
"Kelly!" said Laura. "I just knew it was you who helped us."
"Yep," said Kelly. "I couldn't just let your favorite Pokémon get captured like that."
"Oh, you guys, this is my younger sister," Laura told Ash, Brock, and Misty. "Kelly, this is Ash, Brock, and Misty."
"Nice to meet you guys," said Kelly with a wave.
"Meow meowth!" said her Meowth happily. Suddenly, Lugia hissed in pain.
"Master!" Lugia cried. It eyes closed it pain.
"Lugia!" cried Laura. She knelt down next to Lugia's head. "It must have used up the last of its strength using that Aeroblast attack."
"I saw a Pokémon Center not far from here," said Kelly, pointed off in a direction. "We'll have to hurry." Laura quickly called Lugia back into the Masterball. She also called back her Rapidash to the Fastball.
"This way!" said Kelly, and ran off, Laura and the other behind her.
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Shinimegami: Was that good? I sure hope it was.
Lugia: Don't worry so much.
Jesse: Man, we were so close to capturing you.
Lugia: Yah, well you didn't. ^.^
James: You just wait! We'll get you one day!
Lugia: *evil grin* Wanna bet?
Jesse, James, and Meowth: Ehehehehehehehehehe. *turn and run for their lives*
Lugia: *flies after them*
Shinimegami: Hey, by the way, I'm having a tiny bit of trouble thinking of what should happen next in the story. So, why don't you readers give me some ideas! I'd love to hear them in your reviews! Arigato! ^.^
Everyone: Ja Ne! ^_____^