(Originally posted on 7-16-4)
Pre-chapter Conversation
"So we're gonna film on location in Hawaii?" Izzy asked me.
"If Sam defeats the gym leaders, yeah." I said with a nod. Izzy punched the air.
"YES! At long last, I'll go to that wonderful little paradise! The land of pineapples!"
"Uhhh… Izzy…" I said, trying to calm him down.
"The land of volcanoes!"
"Izzy…" I tried again, starting to get mad.
"The land of hula dancers, luaus, beach parties—"
"IZZY!!!" I roared. The boy in question turned to me.
"What!?! Can't you see that I'm celebrating!?"
"There's just one problem." I said.
"What?"
"The Menehune." I replied as the light dimmed. Izzy raised an eyebrow at me.
"The Mene-who now?"
"The Menehune." I repeated. Izzy scratched his head.
"Are they pokémon?"
::WHAM!::
I put down my fist. "First of all, you know better than that. Second, don't think like Ash. Third, the Menehune are terrible, evil spirits that haunt the jungles of Hawaii."
"And this has to do with us, how?" Izzy asked, rubbing his head. I rolled my eyes and grabbed a flashlight. I turned it on under my face, giving me an eerie look.
"Because of the fact that we may go to Hawaii, we have to be prepared. Now then, as I said, the Menehune are evil spirits. They're hairy, ugly elf-like creatures that can do the most unimaginable things to you."
"Like…?" I scratched my head, trying to think of an answer.
'Damn! Maybe it wasn't a good idea to do this before I actually see the movie!' I thought.
"Let's see…" I said out loud. "The Menehune will lure you into the deepest part of the jungle. Once they have you in their clutches, they'll steal your soul and drag you to the deepest pits of—" I shifted my eyes. "—the place downstairs."
"You mean the pizzeria?" Izzy asked confusedly. I glared and grabbed my mallet.
"You know damn well what I meant." Izzy raised an eyebrow at me.
"Since when did you refer to Hell that way?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Anyway, your soul will be trapped for eternity. The Menehune are the strongest beings in the Rocket Power Dimension! They're fear personified!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Izzy laughed. "Well I'm power personified! All I gotta do is send out my most powerful pokémon and those Mene-whatevers are toast!" I shook my head.
"I'm afraid not. The Menehune are far more powerful than any pokémon. Even the legendary pokémon fear them. To go into the jungle and challenge them to a battle is suicide." This only caused Izzy to laugh harder while rolling on the floor.
"Give me a break! The legendary pokémon, afraid of those things!?! HAHAHAHA!!! Not a chance!" I turned away and started walking.
"Fine Izzy. Believe whatever you want." I turned to him with a glint in my eyes. "Just remember, the Menehune also like to leave the jungle to steal the souls of the most arrogant and hard-headed of people."
"Then I guess that means Otto better watch out. PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"You better watch your back too." I said before leaving.
"Yeah right. I got nothing to worry about." Izzy said as he got up. He then looked around. "Hey Boss! You forgot to turn on the lights! Ugh! I hate it when he does this…" He turned to the camera.
"Anyway, since the boss decided to get lazy, I guess I'll give the summary for the chapter. This chapter is sorta a parody of Pokémon's third episode, in which Ash captures his first two pokémon. How will Sam fare and will Team Rocket mess things up? See ya later." He waved at the camera before giving a laugh.
"Mene-hoopla. Yeah right!"
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Rocketmon Ch. 4: Sam Catches a Pokémon or Two
(A/N: ::"This format":: = A flashback)
The next day…
"The explosion at the pokémon center last night was caused by three members from Team Rocket." The radio said. "The pokémon there were transported to another center before the explosion. Until the center is rebuilt, a temporary one can be found at Ocean Shores Elementary." The radio was turned off.
"That plan stunk on ice!" Otto roared. He, Reggie, and Twister (in their normal clothes) were sitting on Otto's bed with the siblings' pokémon.
"Yeah! Who thought up that one!?" Twister asked.
"You did, you lame-o!" Otto and Reggie yelled.
"Oh yeah." Twister said with a sheepish grin.
"I can't believe the Squid! He totally betrayed us!" Otto yelled, rocking his koffing.
"Helloooooo! He didn't know it was us, remember!?" Reggie said, petting her ekans.
"Whatever. Just wait until I see him again."
"Hold it! You can't just whomp the Squid!" Twister yelled.
"Yeah! You'll blow our cover!" Reggie said. She then went back to last night and seeing Sam's sullen face when they debuted themselves as criminals.
::"Y-You don't remember me? But we were talking this morning."::
"Do you think we should've let him in on this?"
"No way. He didn't have a pokémon when we formed this team." Otto replied.
"Besides, he didn't have a uniform either." Twister added.
"We could've gotten one for him." Reggie offered.
"Anyway, he lost his chance when he made that pikachu shock us." Otto growled. Reggie sighed.
"Whatever. I'm getting some breakfast." She left the room, followed by Ekans. The other three followed.
With Sam…
Sammy was sleeping in bed with his pikachu curled up in a ball. Soon, he moaned and got up. He reached over the nightstand and grabbed his glasses. He put them on, took one look at the pokémon, and groaned.
"I thought this was all a dream."
"Pika…" Pikachu yawned. It walked over to its trainer. The mouse took one look at Sammy and started licking his cheek.
"Hey! That tickles!" Sam laughed. He laughed for a few minutes before last night's events played in his mind. He stopped and got a sullen look on him.
'Did they really forget me?' He thought as he looked at the Rocket household.
::"Enough of this, whatever your name is! We're here for this center's pokémon!":: The memory of Otto yelled.
'But that can't be. We talked yesterday morning, although they were all too busy.' He remembered the excuses his friends made when he tried to talk to them. 'And Lars. What was his deal?'
::"Well, you know the old saying: 'Ya snooze, ya lose!' I got one and you don't.":: The memory of Lars teased.
'It was like we were rivals or something. I always thought he was Otto's rival.' Sam turned away from the window.
'Whatever's going on here, I'll find out.' He turned on his computer. 'Maybe I can get everybody back to normal. As soon as I figure out how.' He got his computer to connect to the internet.
'In the meantime, I might as well learn how to battle.' After the computer finished the connecting procedure, Sam noticed that he received an e-mail. Curious, he clicked on his mailbox. The sender's address and the subject of the e-mail were displayed.
From: Dimensional Trainer999®yahoo .com
Date: Friday, July 16, 2004
To: Super Squid®msn .com
Subject: Read if you want to know what's going on
'Finally! This might provide my answer!' Sam clicked open the e-mail and read.
Sam Dullard,
Your dimension has been merged with the dimension where pokémon roam. If you wish to know more, enter the Pacific League. I will be waiting for you.
Signed,
Anonymous
"My dimension was combined with the one where pokémon came from?" Sam asked. He blinked and reread the message at least a dozen times. He made pained sounds.
"Pika!" Pikachu said worriedly as it jumped on the computer desk. Sam stopped making the sounds.
"I'm fine." He said. Pikachu sighed with relief. "I wonder if he'll tell me anything more." Sam replied to the e-mail with the questions he still had, which were a TON! When he tried to send it though, the address had come up as unknown. He sighed.
"Well that helped a lot." He opened up a search engine. "I guess now I got a reason to participate in this Pacific League." He proceeded to search for as much information as he could find on pokémon battles.
A few hours later…
"I can't believe how strong that pikachu was." Twister said. He and the two Rockets were in the living room.
"Yeah. It was Sammy's first pokémon, but it totally destroyed us." Reggie agreed.
"It must be extremely rare."
"If we can get that rat, we'll be unstoppable! Team Rocket will rule the world!" Otto added, laughing insanely. Twister and Reggie sweatdropped.
"Man, you got the evil villain thing down." Twister said.
"Thanks! I've had practice!" Otto replied with a grin.
"Anyway, how do you expect to nab it?" Reggie asked.
"Beats me. We'll have to come up with a plan."
"Right… In the meantime, we'll have to keep up appearances so that nobody will suspect us."
"Look at him." Twister growled, looking out the front door's window. "So smug with that little pikachu of his." Otto and Reggie joined him at the window. Sam was on his skateboard, skating around the cul-de-sac while Pikachu chased him playfully.
"¬.¬ Yeah. Real smug." Reggie said sarcastically.
"Just you wait, Sam. When Koffing's through with that rat, you won't have anything to laugh about." Otto hissed, clutching Koffing's poké ball and moving his hand towards the knob. Unfortunately, Reggie and Twister saw what he was doing.
"Hold it!" They yelled, lunging at Otto. They grabbed him just as he was about to open the door.
"Let me go!" He yelled as he was pulled back.
"Are you crazy!? If you go out there with your pokémon, we're dead!" Twister replied.
"As far as Sam and anybody else know, we don't have pokémon!" Reggie added. "Let's just go out in our skate gear and hang out with him. God knowing after last night, he needs to chill."
"I guess you're right." Otto said, calming down. "He's still our friend, after all." He looked out the window again. He turned back to Twister and Reggie with a scowl.
"I'm gonna kill him." He growled. His teammates rolled their eyes.
Outside…
"Come on, Pikachu! I know you're faster than that!" Sam yelled jokingly at the mouse, who was trying to catch up to him.
"Pika!" Pikachu started going faster. Sam accelerated as well, not letting his pokémon catch up. The chase continued until…
"Woah!" Sam yelled as he ran over a rock.
::CRASH!::
He did a lovely face plant on the pavement in front of the Rocket house. But instead of getting up, he stayed down.
"Chu?" Pikachu asked worriedly as it walked up to Sam. "Pika…" It started to rock Sam. The pokémon didn't notice, but Sam had a smirk on his face.
"Bust!" He yelled as he jumped up, scaring the poor mouse to death.
"Pika!" It yelled with fury as Sam started laughing. Pikachu couldn't stay mad at its trainer. It laughed right alongside Sammy. The two laughed for a few minutes before they heard the slam of a door. Sam & Pikachu looked up and immediately stopped laughing. At the doorway stood Otto, Reggie, and Twister, dressed in their skating gear.
What followed was a good five minutes of both groups looking at each other. It was silent as Pikachu & Sam looked at the trio with a somewhat frightened expression and Otto, Reggie, and Twister looked at the duo with a cold glare. Otto was the first to speak.
"So Sam, I see you got your first pokémon." Sam got up and picked up Pikachu. He held the pokémon defensively.
"Yeah. Meet Pikachu." He replied bluntly. He tried to keep from lashing out at his friends. "Did you guys find your costumes?"
"Uhhh…yeah." Twister replied.
Silence.
"Oh Sammy! I heard about last night!" Reggie yelled as she ran up to Sam. She hugged him tightly. The blond's face started turning blue. She broke the hug after a few minutes. Pikachu was gasping for air as was Sam. When he got his breath back, he looked at Reggie suspiciously.
"How did you hear about what happened?"
"Aside from hearing the huge explosion and the bo—I mean—Raymundo telling us about it, we heard about it on the news." Otto said.
"Yeah, Squid. You whomped that Team Rocket good!" Twister said, giving Sam a thumbs-up. Reggie & Otto immediately glared at him. "What?!"
"Uhhh… Thanks." Sam said.
More silence.
"So… Wanna go to Mad Town with us?" Otto asked.
"Huddle!" Sam yelled. He turned away from the others. "Alright, Pikachu. We're gonna hang out with them."
"Pika!" Pikachu hissed.
"I know, I know. Just pretend you don't know they're the bad guys. Keep your guard up though." Sam whispered.
"Chu." The pokémon nodded.
"Today please!" Twister yelled impatiently. Sam and Pikachu broke the huddle.
"Ok. We're in." Sam said.
"'We?'" Reggie asked.
"Why Pikachu & me, of course." Sam gave the trio a smirk.
"Huddle!" Otto yelled. The trio got in a huddle and had their backs turned away from Sam. "Well, team? Do we take our pokémon as well?"
"Who knows what would happen if you guys don't." Twister said. "He might sic his pikachu on us."
"Dude! He has no idea that it was us who tried to steal all the pokémon!" Otto hissed. "What about you, Reggie?"
"He does seem kinda suspicious of us… Alright. Let's take them, but don't use them, no matter what!" Reggie replied, glaring at her brother. They broke the huddle and turned to Sam.
"We just need to get our boards." Otto said nervously as he and Reggie went back into the house, leaving Twister alone with Sam (Twister already had his board).
"So…" Twister said, shifting uneasily.
"Uhhh…film anything good lately?" Sam asked.
"Nothing much. Just Otto busting some grinds." Twister replied. Sam had enough.
"Why'd you—"
"We're back!" Reggie said cheerfully as she closed the door to the house.
"Let's go!" Otto yelled, jumping on his board and skating ahead of everybody. Sam cautiously waited for Twister & Reggie to go before following. Pikachu clung to his shirt the whole way.
Later…
Everybody is at the non-gym side of Mad Town, skating away. Unbeknownst to Sam, the trio was plotting different ways to grab his pikachu. Otto was thinking of simply getting Koffing and Ekans to pummel the mouse into submission. Reggie was thinking about digging a hole and trapping Sam while they grab Pikachu. Twister was the only one thinking about actually skating.
However, unknown to the trio, Sam was trying to figure out how to expose them. Pikachu, on the other hand, was thinking only about one thing besides hanging for dear life: ketchup. The group was about to start another lap around the bowls when suddenly, a high wind blew Otto, Reggie, and Twister into the air!
"Ahhhh! It looks like—" Twister started.
"Don't say it!" Otto and Reggie yelled. They were propelled towards the cul-de-sac.
"What was that!?" Sam asked. Due to his weight, he was only thrown off his board. Pikachu landed on the ground behind him. "Are you alright?"
"Pi…" Pikachu groaned as it stood. "Pika!" It pointed at the sky. Sam looked up and saw the source of the huge gust: a pidgeotto. It looked really angry for some reason. The other skaters in the park fled from the bird.
"Hey. Where'd the guys go?" Sam asked. Pikachu shrugged. Sam looked up at the bird again. "Yo! Why'd you throw my friends into the air like that!?" Pidgeotto faced Sam with a "Who, me?" look. Sam growled.
"Go get it, Pikachu!" Pikachu ran up the side of the bowl and got on even ground. Pidgeotto dived towards the mouse at a quick speed.
"Oh crap. What attacks can Pikachu use?" Sam asked himself, trying to remember the research he did earlier. He snapped his fingers. "That's it! Pikachu! Use Quick Attack!"
"Pika!" Pikachu yelled as it dashed forward. Just as Pidgeotto was about a few feet away, Pikachu jumped up and crashed into it. The bird took some damage, but was still able to fly. It floated back up and spread its wings, getting ready to launch a devastating Whirlwind attack.
"Use Thunder Shock!" Sammy yelled. Pikachu landed and started to charge energy.
"PiiiiikaaaaaCHUUUUUU!!!!!" It roared as it shot the charged electricity at Pidgeotto. The attack made contact before Pidgeotto can even react. The bird squawked in pain as the attack charbroiled it. Pidgeotto fell and landed on the ground. Its body was smoking. Sam took a poké ball out of his pocket.
"And now… Poké ball! Go!" He tossed the ball. The ball tapped Pidgeotto and its body glowed red. The poké ball opened and the bird was sucked inside. The ball closed and landed on the concrete. It rocked a few times before stopping with a ding. Sam grinned as he picked up the ball.
"I caught it?" His grin widened. "I caught it! I caught my first pokémon!" He jumped for joy.
"Pikachu!" The pokémon yelled with a grin as well. It then fell and panted.
"I guess I better take you to the center." Sam pocketed Pidgeotto's poké ball and picked up Pikachu. He picked up his board and walked to the school.
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Sam just walked out of the temporary pokémon center, which was in the nurse's office. His pokémon were healed and he was going to look for his friends. He got on his board and skated out of the school. Just as Sam turned the corner, he tripped over a vine, causing him to crash.
"Ugh! Today's not a good day to skate." He groaned.
"Pika." Pikachu agreed. The two stood up and looked back. The owner of the vine stepped out from behind a bush. It was a bellsprout.
"Bellsprout." It said cheerfully.
"It's cute!" Sam said, walking up to it.
"Pika!" Pikachu yelled with urgency.
"Cootchy, cootchy coo." Sam rubbed his finger under bellsprout's head.
"Roar!" Bellsprout suddenly grew sharp teeth and tried to bite Sam's finger off! Sam quickly pulled back.
(Izzy: o.O;;;; What?! Bellsprouts don't have teeth!
Me: XD They do in this fic!)
"It tried to bite my finger off! Get it, Pikachu!" Sam yelled. Pikachu shot a Thunder Shock attack at Bellsprout, but it didn't work. "Huh?" Sam then noticed that Bellsprout was rooted in the ground.
"It must've channeled the energy into the earth since dirt doesn't conduct electricity." Sam smirked. "That's smart. Come back, Pikachu!" Pikachu ran back to Sam as he brought out Pidgeotto's ball.
"Go! Pidgeotto!" He tossed it and the ball opened, sending the bird into the air.
"Now, what attacks can I use?" Sam asked, getting into a thinking pose. Pikachu ran up to him and took his pokédex out. "There we go! Thanks." He took the computer and opened it. He pointed it at Pidgeotto and pressed a few buttons. The pokémon's stats and known attacks were displayed.
"Ok. Pidgeotto! Use Wing Attack!" Sam ordered. Pidgeotto squawked and dove towards Bellsprout, who launched some leaves. Pidgeotto went around them and struck Bellsprout. The flying type went back into the air.
"What was it Bellsprout used?" Sam asked as he pointed the pokédex at the weed.
"Razor Leaf." The machine beeped. "A grass pokémon attack. The pokémon tosses very sharp leaves at its opponent. It is highly accurate." Bellsprout then tossed some yellow powder at Pidgeotto.
"Now what's that?"
"Stun Spore. This attack can leave a pokémon immobilized for quite some time."
"Uh-oh! Pidgeotto! Use Whirlwind!" Sam cried. Pidgeotto flapped its wings and the powder was blown back in Bellsprout's face, causing it to cough and stagger around. Sam saw the opportunity and fished an empty poké ball from his pocket.
"You're mine! Poké ball! Go!" He tossed the ball. Bellsprout was too preoccupied to notice the approaching sphere. It got smacked and, like Pidgeotto, was sucked into the ball. It shook a couple of times before it dinged. Sam picked it up and smiled.
"Two pokémon in one day. Not bad." He pocketed the poké ball and held up Pidgeotto's. "Return! Pidgeotto!" A red beam shot out of the ball and hit Pidgeotto, sending it back to the ball. Pikachu jumped on Sam's shoulder as he went back to the school for a return visit to the center.
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Post-chapter Conversation
Izzy stumbled around in the dark studio, trying to find a way out.
"Crap! Where's that light switch!?" He yelled. He then tripped. "Argh! Wait until I find the boss…" He picked himself up.
"Izzy…" A mysterious voice echoed. The brunet looked up and around in shock.
"W-who's there?"
"Izzy…" Another voice echoed. It sounded much younger than the first one. Izzy started shivering in fright.
"Ok Boss! This isn't funny anymore! Turn on those lights!"
"Izzy…" The first voice said, it sounded closer.
"O.O;;; Uhhh… I better go find my way outta here…" He started walking. A few seconds passed before he heard two other pairs of feet walking.
"Ok! Who's there!?!" He yelled as he stopped and turned around. He saw no one.
"Izzy…" The second voice said. Izzy gulped before walking again.
"Ok Izzy, chill out. It's only your imagination playing tricks on you…" He said to himself. "You know there's no such thing as those spirits." He stopped and put on a thinking pose.
"Hmmmm… What was it the boss said about those Mene-things?" He tried to remember our earlier conversation.
::Flashback::
I turned away from Izzy and started walking.
"Fine Izzy. Believe whatever you want." I turned to him with a glint in my eyes. "Just remember, the Menehune also like to leave the jungle to steal the souls of the most arrogant and hard-headed of people."
::End Flashback::
"D-does that mean they're after me for what I said?" He asked in a frightened tone. He blinked and stood tall while putting on a look of determination. "Hah! Well, whatever the reason, they're not getting my soul! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" He then felt something poking his shoulder. He stopped laughing as his face turned blue.
"Y-yes…?" He turned slowly and found two hairy guys. One was much shorter than the other, who was huge. They both looked like elves. They both had glowing red eyes.
"Izzy…" The bigger elf said.
"O.O;;;;;;; Y-y-y-you're the, the, the—" Izzy stumbled over his words as he backed away.
"We have come for your soul…" The smaller elf said.
"It's the Mene-hoppy!" Izzy screamed. He shook his head. "No, the Mene-heiny!" He shook his head. "No, the Mene-hooky luau!" He shook his head one last time. "No, the MENEHUNE!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" He ran away at warp speed. When he was out of sight, the lights turned back on as I ran up to the elves.
"Yes! I knew that would get him!" I chuckled before turning to the camera. "Anyway, Sam has captured his first two pokémon! With his force strengthened, can he defeat the four gym leaders of Ocean Shores? Find out next time!" I turned to the elves.
"And thanks a lot, Tito and Keoni. I couldn't have done that prank without you!" I laughed again. Just then, someone poked my shoulders. I turned around to find Tito and Keoni in rather sloppy-looking Menehune costumes. You could easily tell it's them.
"What are you talking about, bruddah?" The bigger brunet asked.
"Yeah. We didn't do anything." Keoni said.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! Of course you did! You scared Izzy good!" I replied.
"No we didn't, brah." Keoni said. "We were busy getting into these costumes." I only kept laughing.
"Quit fooling around! You guys just dressed up like the Menehune and gave Izzy the fright of his life!"
"We already told you, cuz, we didn't scare him." Tito said. I stopped laughing and raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, how'd you guys get behind me so fast anyway? Unless…" My face turned blue as I turned towards the more authentic-looking Menehune.
"O.O;;;;;;;;;; Uhhhhhhhh…" Tito and Keoni said as they backed up. The elves gave us a terrifying glare.
"Boo."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MENEHUNE!!!" Tito, Keoni, and I screamed as we ran. The Menehune turned towards the camera.
"And don't forget to tune in to our big television debut, Island of the Menehune, tonight at eight o'clock eastern!" The bigger one said.
"Or else… ROOOOOOAAAARRRR!!!" The smaller one roared before eating the camera.