Here's chapter 13. Like I said at the very end of chapter 12, you're gonna really love this chapter if you're a fan of Crystal Raikou Special. Aside from that, I also attempt to show a courageous side in Hiro (I'm trying to make up for it, since as I said, Hiro didn't do too perfectly with his characters). As usual, read, enjoy, review.
Hiro is seen walking with Ibui and sees something in the distance. He runs forwards, and upon closer inspection, he sees an Airmudo, Haganeil, and Betobeton standing around what appears to be a giant crane that's binding down a Bakufuun and a Spear with its claw, a claw that seems to be sending electricity throughout the Bakufuun and Spear's bodies. In front of the crane stand 2 men. One man has long light blue hair, and he has Rocket Dan's red R emblem on his shirt. The other man sports the R emblem on an open vest. He has short yellow hair, is very muscular, and is clutching up someone by the throat.
Hiro recognizes this person and shouts in horror "Kenta!" And then the chapter's title comes up.
chapter 13: RESCUE KENTA
"You bastard! You're going to regret letting Raikou get away from us!" the muscular man growls. Kenta chokes a little.
"Buson," the other man addresses the large one, stating the large one's name, "Revenge is all well and good, but don't you think we should interrogate this kid?"
"Why would we need to do that, Bashou?" Buson says to the other, stating the other's name as well.
"We fled as soon as the Crystal System was damaged. He must've seen which direction Raikou ran in afterwards," Bashou explains.
"No..... I won't.... I won't tell you.... where Raikou went...." Kenta says in a strangled tone.
"Liar!" Buson shouts as he brings forth his other hand, turned into a fist, and punches Kenta, who goes flying backwards.
"If you're not going to tell us, then we'll just have to continue torturing your friends here," Bashou says as he turns up a dial on a remote control. The voltage coming from the crane claw seems to be going up higher as Bakufuun and Spear shout in pain. Kenta looks on completely powerless to do anything.
"Stop it!!" comes a voice from the distance. Everyone looks over and sees Hiro and Ibui running over to there.
"huh... that's...." Kenta is trying to recognize him.
"Hmph... he looks to be a weakling. Airmudo, Steel Wing!" Bashou commands as the Airmudo begins to flap up, make its wings glow, and then swoop down between Hiro and Ibui. They both dodge by jumping sideways.
"Hiro!" Kenta finally recognizes him from Enju City. He stumbles up to his feet and shouts "Hiro, run away!"
Hiro just gets up and continues running forward with Ibui next to him, completely disobeying what Kenta just said.
"Listen Hiro, I remember you! You just started your quest a couple months ago. These guys are too strong for you, turn back! Dammit, run away now!"
"No, Kenta! I'm not running away!" Hiro shouts back as he releases his Booby, Mokoko, and Tattsuu to run alongside him (Tattsuu hops, and she's pretty quick doing so).
"Go, Haganeil, Betobe...."
"Stop!" Bashou interrupts Buson. "This guy looks so weak, I could handle him all by myself," he says with a smirk.
Buson groans as Bashou commands his Airmudo. "Air Cutter!" he shouts as Airmudo swipes its wings to release buzzsaw-like gusts of wind.
"Duck!" Hiro shouts as he and all his Pokemon drop to the ground to avoid the gusts.
"Booby, Tattsuu, use Enmaku!" Both Booby and Tattsuu breathe out a cloud of gas that clouds up Airmudo's line of vision.
"Where'd they go?" Bashou tries to find them.
"Kaminari, Mokoko!" we hear Hiro shout as a huge bolt of electricity comes out of the cloud and hits Airmudo. Airmudo feels pain for a second, but just brushes it off.
"Hiro, they're too strong for you! Run away!" Kenta continues shouting.
"Shutup, Kenta!" we hear Hiro shout as Kenta just stands there unable to do a thing.
"Kenta, you're my friend. I'm not going to let Rocket Dan hurt another one of my friends," Hiro says as he thinks of Stelias laying on the hospital bed.
"But..... it's pointless...." Kenta slowly says.
Right as Kenta says that, we see a blue beam come out of the cloud and hit one of Airmudo's wings, encasing it in ice.
"What the hell?" says Bashou.
"Kenta, those are the words of a failure. I'm not a failure, I'm a trainer. Trainers are strategists. Strategists try to find a way out of any situation. I'm sure I can find a way out of this," Hiro says as the smoke clears away, revealing that Lapras was released also.
"Damn you, brat. Airmudo, you don't need your wings, run over there and use Midare Zuki!" he says as Airmudo runs over to them. However, Booby and Mokoko grab Airmudo's legs and trip it as it's running, causing it to fall over.
"Dammit! Buson, I need your help!" Bashou shouts.
"Finally. Haganeil, Ana wo Hole! Betobeton, Hedoro Kougeki!" Buson commands. Betobeton spits out some purple sludge that hits Booby and sticks it to the ground. Haganeil spins it body and drills into the earth. We see its body coming upwards like a hill rising and this 'hill' hits Mokoko and knocks it down to the ground.
"Tattsuu! Hydro Pump!" Hiro shouts as Tattsuu breathes in real hard and releases a huge surge of water that hits the Haganeil hill, but as with Airmudo being hit with electricity, it didn't do much.
"Ibui, Taiatari!" Ibui rushes at the Betobeton, jumps at it, but ends up bouncing back due to the soft body. Ibui gets up off the ground, ready to attempt another attack until he looks up at Bashou holding the remote control. He jumps up, bites Bashou's hand, makes him drop the control, and Ibui runs off holding it in his mouth.
"OW! You bastard! Buson, the brat's Ibui ran off with the remote!"
"I got it! Haganeil, stop that Ibui!" The hill begins to rise and reveal Haganeil's head. Ibui continues running at it, not threatened a bit as it jumps on top of its head and run along its serpentine body, jumping off the tail and finally running to Hiro.
"Huh? Is that what opperates their machine?" Hiro says looking at the thing in Ibui's mouth.
"Thanks alot, Ibui," Hiro takes the remote, looks at it, and notices the voltage dial, which he turns all the way down. The crane stops sending electricity throughout Bakufuun and Spear.
"Da... dammit," Buson curses looking backwards as Bakufuun recovers its strength a bit and lifts up the crane hand, freeing both him and Spear.
"Hi... Hiro did it? Unbelievable?" Kenta says astonished.
Kenta now notices his Pokemon are back in action and commands to them "Bakufuun, Kaen Housha! Spear, Midare Zuki!"
Bakufuun breathes in and releases a bunch of flames which seriously damage both Haganeil and Airmudo. Spear repeatedly pummels Betobeton with its lance-like arms, digging deep enough into the soft, rubbery skin to cause damage to it.
"Kii..... Airmudo, get the remote back, now!" Bashou shouts over to Airmudo. It gets away from the flames being shot out by Bakufuun and glides over to Hiro. Hiro runs away, but Airmudo pursues him.
"Bakufuun, Kaen Guruma!" Bakufuun stops breathing fire and begins encasing its entire body in flames. It dashes over and rams into Airmudo, who's knocked to the ground fainted.
Bashou recalls his Airmudo. "Buson, we don't stand a chance! We should flee while we can!"
Buson groans as he recalls his Haganeil and Betobeton, which was still being hit by Spear. They both run over to a jet that was nearby and take off as quickly as possible.
Hiro and Kenta recall all their Pokemon, except Ibui of course. "That was pretty impressive of you, Hiro," Kenta comments.
"Thanks," Hiro gleefully replied. "Kenta, what happened between you and those Rocket Dan members?" Hiro asks.
"Some time after I saw you in Enju City, I encountered them. They tried to kidnap the legendary Pokemon, Raikou."
"Raikou?" Hiro repeats, remembering watching it awaken from stone back in the tower basement.
"They would've suceeded, but me and a couple of my old friends managed to stop them. Afterwards, I headed south to Kogane City. Turns out that there was a gym there I overlooked. On my way out, they found me again. They wanted revenge, they were pissed off since I caused Raikou to get away from them. I tried battling with my Pokemon, but surprised me when they dropped that electric crane on both of them."
"Hey, Kenta, don't you have more than two Pokemon?"
"No. I figured instead of raising many Pokemon, I'd raise just use my starter and get it to a very high level. The Spear took a liking to me back when it was a wild Beedle, so I decided to let it come along and raise it as well. I never expected quantity would matter that much, but those guys....."
"...they took out both your Pokemon at once," Hiro finishes his sentence.
"Yeah."
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Kenta."
"Where're you headed to, Hiro?"
"Back home. Now that I've gotten stronger, I'm going to have a rematch with the gym leader, Matsuba."
"Can I come along?" Kenta asks.
"Huh?"
"I figured that since we're both on a trainer's journey, we could travel together as a group."
"A group? Sounds nice. Alright, Kenta, you're free to tag along with me."
"Yatta! Thanks alot!"
"Just promise me not to fight any of my battles for me. Your Pokemon may be strong, but I can handle myself."
"Don't worry, I'll leave you alone whenever you have a battle," Kenta says grinning with his eyes closed.
"Oh, Hiro," Kenta says, "Before you go to Enju City, you should stop at this bug-catching competition along the way."
"Bug-catching competition?"
"Yeah. It occurs at the Shizen Kouen every so often. I just missed it when I reached there, but maybe I can have better luck this time around."
"Shizen Kouen?" Hiro looks at his Pokegear. "It's not that far from here."
"If we can get there soon, we might be just in time for a competition."
"Right. Let's go, Kenta."
"OK."
END OF CHAPTER
POKEMON NAME CHART
-Haganeil=Steelix
-Betobeton=Muk
-Bakufuun=Typhlosion
-Spear=Beedrill
-Midare Zuki=Fury Attack
-Ana wo Hole=Dig
-Hedoro Kougeki=Sludge
-Kaen Guruma=Flame Wheel
-Beedle=Weedle
-Shizen Kouen=Natural Park
Hiro is seen walking with Ibui and sees something in the distance. He runs forwards, and upon closer inspection, he sees an Airmudo, Haganeil, and Betobeton standing around what appears to be a giant crane that's binding down a Bakufuun and a Spear with its claw, a claw that seems to be sending electricity throughout the Bakufuun and Spear's bodies. In front of the crane stand 2 men. One man has long light blue hair, and he has Rocket Dan's red R emblem on his shirt. The other man sports the R emblem on an open vest. He has short yellow hair, is very muscular, and is clutching up someone by the throat.
Hiro recognizes this person and shouts in horror "Kenta!" And then the chapter's title comes up.
chapter 13: RESCUE KENTA
"You bastard! You're going to regret letting Raikou get away from us!" the muscular man growls. Kenta chokes a little.
"Buson," the other man addresses the large one, stating the large one's name, "Revenge is all well and good, but don't you think we should interrogate this kid?"
"Why would we need to do that, Bashou?" Buson says to the other, stating the other's name as well.
"We fled as soon as the Crystal System was damaged. He must've seen which direction Raikou ran in afterwards," Bashou explains.
"No..... I won't.... I won't tell you.... where Raikou went...." Kenta says in a strangled tone.
"Liar!" Buson shouts as he brings forth his other hand, turned into a fist, and punches Kenta, who goes flying backwards.
"If you're not going to tell us, then we'll just have to continue torturing your friends here," Bashou says as he turns up a dial on a remote control. The voltage coming from the crane claw seems to be going up higher as Bakufuun and Spear shout in pain. Kenta looks on completely powerless to do anything.
"Stop it!!" comes a voice from the distance. Everyone looks over and sees Hiro and Ibui running over to there.
"huh... that's...." Kenta is trying to recognize him.
"Hmph... he looks to be a weakling. Airmudo, Steel Wing!" Bashou commands as the Airmudo begins to flap up, make its wings glow, and then swoop down between Hiro and Ibui. They both dodge by jumping sideways.
"Hiro!" Kenta finally recognizes him from Enju City. He stumbles up to his feet and shouts "Hiro, run away!"
Hiro just gets up and continues running forward with Ibui next to him, completely disobeying what Kenta just said.
"Listen Hiro, I remember you! You just started your quest a couple months ago. These guys are too strong for you, turn back! Dammit, run away now!"
"No, Kenta! I'm not running away!" Hiro shouts back as he releases his Booby, Mokoko, and Tattsuu to run alongside him (Tattsuu hops, and she's pretty quick doing so).
"Go, Haganeil, Betobe...."
"Stop!" Bashou interrupts Buson. "This guy looks so weak, I could handle him all by myself," he says with a smirk.
Buson groans as Bashou commands his Airmudo. "Air Cutter!" he shouts as Airmudo swipes its wings to release buzzsaw-like gusts of wind.
"Duck!" Hiro shouts as he and all his Pokemon drop to the ground to avoid the gusts.
"Booby, Tattsuu, use Enmaku!" Both Booby and Tattsuu breathe out a cloud of gas that clouds up Airmudo's line of vision.
"Where'd they go?" Bashou tries to find them.
"Kaminari, Mokoko!" we hear Hiro shout as a huge bolt of electricity comes out of the cloud and hits Airmudo. Airmudo feels pain for a second, but just brushes it off.
"Hiro, they're too strong for you! Run away!" Kenta continues shouting.
"Shutup, Kenta!" we hear Hiro shout as Kenta just stands there unable to do a thing.
"Kenta, you're my friend. I'm not going to let Rocket Dan hurt another one of my friends," Hiro says as he thinks of Stelias laying on the hospital bed.
"But..... it's pointless...." Kenta slowly says.
Right as Kenta says that, we see a blue beam come out of the cloud and hit one of Airmudo's wings, encasing it in ice.
"What the hell?" says Bashou.
"Kenta, those are the words of a failure. I'm not a failure, I'm a trainer. Trainers are strategists. Strategists try to find a way out of any situation. I'm sure I can find a way out of this," Hiro says as the smoke clears away, revealing that Lapras was released also.
"Damn you, brat. Airmudo, you don't need your wings, run over there and use Midare Zuki!" he says as Airmudo runs over to them. However, Booby and Mokoko grab Airmudo's legs and trip it as it's running, causing it to fall over.
"Dammit! Buson, I need your help!" Bashou shouts.
"Finally. Haganeil, Ana wo Hole! Betobeton, Hedoro Kougeki!" Buson commands. Betobeton spits out some purple sludge that hits Booby and sticks it to the ground. Haganeil spins it body and drills into the earth. We see its body coming upwards like a hill rising and this 'hill' hits Mokoko and knocks it down to the ground.
"Tattsuu! Hydro Pump!" Hiro shouts as Tattsuu breathes in real hard and releases a huge surge of water that hits the Haganeil hill, but as with Airmudo being hit with electricity, it didn't do much.
"Ibui, Taiatari!" Ibui rushes at the Betobeton, jumps at it, but ends up bouncing back due to the soft body. Ibui gets up off the ground, ready to attempt another attack until he looks up at Bashou holding the remote control. He jumps up, bites Bashou's hand, makes him drop the control, and Ibui runs off holding it in his mouth.
"OW! You bastard! Buson, the brat's Ibui ran off with the remote!"
"I got it! Haganeil, stop that Ibui!" The hill begins to rise and reveal Haganeil's head. Ibui continues running at it, not threatened a bit as it jumps on top of its head and run along its serpentine body, jumping off the tail and finally running to Hiro.
"Huh? Is that what opperates their machine?" Hiro says looking at the thing in Ibui's mouth.
"Thanks alot, Ibui," Hiro takes the remote, looks at it, and notices the voltage dial, which he turns all the way down. The crane stops sending electricity throughout Bakufuun and Spear.
"Da... dammit," Buson curses looking backwards as Bakufuun recovers its strength a bit and lifts up the crane hand, freeing both him and Spear.
"Hi... Hiro did it? Unbelievable?" Kenta says astonished.
Kenta now notices his Pokemon are back in action and commands to them "Bakufuun, Kaen Housha! Spear, Midare Zuki!"
Bakufuun breathes in and releases a bunch of flames which seriously damage both Haganeil and Airmudo. Spear repeatedly pummels Betobeton with its lance-like arms, digging deep enough into the soft, rubbery skin to cause damage to it.
"Kii..... Airmudo, get the remote back, now!" Bashou shouts over to Airmudo. It gets away from the flames being shot out by Bakufuun and glides over to Hiro. Hiro runs away, but Airmudo pursues him.
"Bakufuun, Kaen Guruma!" Bakufuun stops breathing fire and begins encasing its entire body in flames. It dashes over and rams into Airmudo, who's knocked to the ground fainted.
Bashou recalls his Airmudo. "Buson, we don't stand a chance! We should flee while we can!"
Buson groans as he recalls his Haganeil and Betobeton, which was still being hit by Spear. They both run over to a jet that was nearby and take off as quickly as possible.
Hiro and Kenta recall all their Pokemon, except Ibui of course. "That was pretty impressive of you, Hiro," Kenta comments.
"Thanks," Hiro gleefully replied. "Kenta, what happened between you and those Rocket Dan members?" Hiro asks.
"Some time after I saw you in Enju City, I encountered them. They tried to kidnap the legendary Pokemon, Raikou."
"Raikou?" Hiro repeats, remembering watching it awaken from stone back in the tower basement.
"They would've suceeded, but me and a couple of my old friends managed to stop them. Afterwards, I headed south to Kogane City. Turns out that there was a gym there I overlooked. On my way out, they found me again. They wanted revenge, they were pissed off since I caused Raikou to get away from them. I tried battling with my Pokemon, but surprised me when they dropped that electric crane on both of them."
"Hey, Kenta, don't you have more than two Pokemon?"
"No. I figured instead of raising many Pokemon, I'd raise just use my starter and get it to a very high level. The Spear took a liking to me back when it was a wild Beedle, so I decided to let it come along and raise it as well. I never expected quantity would matter that much, but those guys....."
"...they took out both your Pokemon at once," Hiro finishes his sentence.
"Yeah."
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Kenta."
"Where're you headed to, Hiro?"
"Back home. Now that I've gotten stronger, I'm going to have a rematch with the gym leader, Matsuba."
"Can I come along?" Kenta asks.
"Huh?"
"I figured that since we're both on a trainer's journey, we could travel together as a group."
"A group? Sounds nice. Alright, Kenta, you're free to tag along with me."
"Yatta! Thanks alot!"
"Just promise me not to fight any of my battles for me. Your Pokemon may be strong, but I can handle myself."
"Don't worry, I'll leave you alone whenever you have a battle," Kenta says grinning with his eyes closed.
"Oh, Hiro," Kenta says, "Before you go to Enju City, you should stop at this bug-catching competition along the way."
"Bug-catching competition?"
"Yeah. It occurs at the Shizen Kouen every so often. I just missed it when I reached there, but maybe I can have better luck this time around."
"Shizen Kouen?" Hiro looks at his Pokegear. "It's not that far from here."
"If we can get there soon, we might be just in time for a competition."
"Right. Let's go, Kenta."
"OK."
END OF CHAPTER
POKEMON NAME CHART
-Haganeil=Steelix
-Betobeton=Muk
-Bakufuun=Typhlosion
-Spear=Beedrill
-Midare Zuki=Fury Attack
-Ana wo Hole=Dig
-Hedoro Kougeki=Sludge
-Kaen Guruma=Flame Wheel
-Beedle=Weedle
-Shizen Kouen=Natural Park