Here we are with the fifth episode!
Blaze- Don't you mean chapter?
Oh yeah. That's right. It's just that I make the seem like episodes, so…
Sparky- Whatever. Enjoy!
Chapter 5: Enter Petalburg Forest! Trouble at the Pokémon Farm!
Lloyd and the others were walking on the path to Rustboro. "So what type of gym is in Rustboro?" he asked.
"The Gym Leader specializes in Rock Pokémon. It's not too hard," said Kristen as she released Crystal from her PokéBall and walked into the Petalburg woods.
"Rock types, eh? I'm in luck-- Rock types are weak against Water types." Tsura glanced at Isaac's PokéBall, and then entered the Petalburg Woods. She started to take a step forward, but stopped abruptly. "Something wrong?" Miles asked, his ears perking up. "It's nothing... I just felt a draft." She shook her head, shrugging it off, and then continued down the path.
"Rock Pokémon? I don't have any Pokémon that can beat Rock types!" shouted Lloyd. "I need to catch some more Pokémon!" said Lloyd. He then looked at his PokéNav. "Hey!" He started running into the woods. "Everyone follow me!"
Kristen, Crystal, and Aura, meanwhile, ran ahead of everyone else. As they ran on, a lot of Shroomish began chasing them. "Crystal, Icy Wind! Aura, use Flamethrower!" said Kristen as Crystal froze one half of them and Aura burned the other half. The half Aura attacked fainted. "And time to finish them off," said Crystal as she used Extreme Speed on the remaining ones. They all fainted. "Good job!" said Kristen as Crystal and Aura walked back to her. Crystal and Aura seemed pleased.
"Anyone want to know where we're going?" Lloyd asked. "Please enlighten us with the answer," said Sparky.
A large gust of wind blew past. "There it is again!" Tsura shouted. She turned around just in time to see a Pidgey launching a Gust attack at them. Miles hastily leapt in front of the attack and was propelled backwards, but used his tail to brake and landed on the ground, unharmed. "Imp, use Ember!" Imp nodded, and then opened his mouth. He then exhaled a trail of embers, which hit the Pidgey, knocking it backwards.
"Great-- Now use Quick Attack!" The Pidgey shook its head, recovering from the shock. Imp darted forward and began running in circles around it. After several seconds of this, he headbutted it, and stunned it. Tsura then tossed a PokéBall at it. It shook three times, then sealed. "I think I'll call this one... Dagger," Tsura muttered, picking up the ball. She then turned back to Lloyd. "So where are we going?"
"We're going to my dad's Pokémon farm! He has all sorts of Pokémon there!" replied Lloyd. "I get it! We're going there so you can catch a Pokémon to take on the Rustboro Leader!" said Sparky. "Yup! That's the plan!"
"Sounds neat," said Crystal. Kristen took out her Pokéball and recalled Crystal.
Just then, Lloyd turned around and saw a boy running up behind them. It didn't take long for him to figure out whom it was. "Hey that's Andrew!" shouted Lloyd.
"Hey guys! I was looking for you since you left me in Oldale Town. I knew you were headed to Rustboro, so I decided to head through Petalburg Woods," said Andrew.
"Sorry we left you. We were ready to go," said Lloyd. "There it is! Up ahead!" he shouted. He ran towards the farm when he noticed his dad. "Dad! It's me!!!" he yelled.
Evelon and the group ran after him.
"Hi Dad. I started my journey a couple of days ago," said Lloyd. "That's great! So how's your mom?" his dad asked. "She's fine. Oh yeah. These are my friends. This is Evelon, Kristen, Tsura, and Andrew." "Nice to meet you all," he said.
Kristen waved. "Hello there. Nice to meet you," said Kristen.
Evelon waved and Draco growled.
"Hi. Nice to meet you," said Tsura.
"You too. I'm just wondering, do you have Pokémon from Kanto and Johto?" asked Andrew.
"Yeah, I do. In fact, come see for yourself!" Dad replied. When they walked behind the house, everyone gasped. There was Pokémon everywhere! "But I'm having a small problem with a wild Chikorita. It's not getting along with anyone!" "A Chikorita? That's a Grass type! I'll find it and catch it!" said Lloyd.
As Lloyd walked to the where the Pokémon were, he saw the Chikorita his dad was talking about. It was a lighter green than other Chikorita and the leaf on its head was darker. He slowly approached towards it. "Hello, little Chikorita. I'm Lloyd. I hear you're a trouble-maker." "Yeah, so?" it replied. "Hey wait. You're a girl Chikorita!" 'Nice reasoning, Sherlock! See ya!' She darted into the forest. "Aw, nuts." Just then, Lloyd's dad walked up to him. "What other Pokémon do you have?" he asked. "Well, I caught a Torchic and a Pidgey-colored Taillow. Why?" Lloyd answered. "I see. Come with me." While walking to the barn, Lloyd's dad asked if anyone was challenging the Rustboro Leader.
Meanwhile...
"Hi boss. We're here in the Hoenn region," said Kacey.
"Good. Have you caught any Pokémon yet?"
"Not exactly, sir," said Skylor.
"WHAT?! You two are worse than Jessie and James! That is, until they became the head of the Hoenn branch… But don't worry. I'm sending a Pokémon to help you two."
"Really? Who?" Kacey asked.
"An Meowth." Suddenly a Meowth appeared in front of them. They both sweat-dropped.
"Isn't that the same Meowth that works with Jessie and James?" asked Skylor.
"No, it isn't. Now, next time, don't fail me!"
"Yes, sir."
Tsura's mind began to wander as she followed behind Lloyd. Her gaze traveled to the trees surrounding them. For a second, she could have sworn she saw the mysterious winged Ninetails staring back at her; once she blinked, it disappeared. Startled, she stopped.
"Something wrong?" Miles asked concernedly, glancing up at her. "I just saw that Ninetails again... The one with the Pidgeot wings..." she said in response. With a heavy sigh, Imp shook his head and continued towards the barn. Tsura and Miles exchanged glances, and then followed him.
"Well since you're the only one who came, Tsura, I'm going to let you two teach your Pokémon how to use Iron Tail. As you already know, there are two ways for a Pokémon to learn an attack: experience and learning from scratch, but only if it can learn the attack. Now call out any Pokémon you have that has a tail," Lloyd's dad said. "Well, Sparky is the only Pokémon I have with a tail right now," stated Lloyd. "Looks like I'm going to learn a new attack," said Sparky, jumping off Lloyd's shoulder.
Imp hesitated for a moment, and then pushed Miles forward. "Hey! What are you--?" "'You have a tail that's twice your body length-- I think you ought to learn it," Imp replied, stepping backward. "...I'm not sure if I should feel excited or insulted."
Lloyd and Sparky both laughed at the scene. "So are you two ready?" his dad asked Sparky and Miles. "I am. Are you?" asked Sparky.
"Ready," Miles said determinedly, nodding. He then leapt into the air and landed on his feet. He had been standing up on his tail the moment before.
"Great," said Lloyd's dad. He then released a Marill. "Now this is what an Iron Tail looks like. Marill, Iron Tail!" The Marill's tail glowed; it slammed its tail down at a nearby boulder. "So that's an Iron Tail!" said Lloyd. "Okay, now I'll throw these pebbles at their tails. They have to stiffen their tails in order to use the attack." He started throwing the pebbles at Sparky and Miles. Sparky swatted the pebbles away, but his tail didn't stiffen.
Miles' tail instantly became bushier. He began clumsily swatting the pebbles in all directions-- one of them hit Imp's head, stunning him for a second. "Well, at least he's making some progress..." Tsura muttered, raising an eyebrow.
Sparky swatted away some more pebbles when Lloyd noticed his tail glowing. "Hey, your tail's glowing, Sparky!" he shouted. Sparky hesitantly turned around to see. "Whaddya know? It is!" said Sparky. "Did he learn it yet, Dad?" "No, not yet." Lloyd looked over towards the barn to see the Chikorita from before snatching away an apple from a baby Aipom. "Hey that's not nice!" he said walking over towards them. "What? I'm about to slice this in two so we can share it," said the Chikorita. "Oh. Okay then." Lloyd headed back towards Sparky and the others. "Sucker…" the little Chikorita said.
Kristen and Aura walked over to see what was going on. "Hi again.... I had to go off into the woods to train for a bit," said Kristen. "What's going on?"
"Oh nothing," replied Lloyd, "just teaching the Pokémon some new attacks..." He then noticed behind her, over the treetops, a Pokémon that looked like a Mew but it was blue and had wings like an Articuno. "What's that behind you?" he asked.
Miles quickly turned around, causing another pebble to hit Imp again. Unaware of what he had just done, he began staring up at the treetops. "Hmm? Where? I don't see anything..."
"Over there." When he pointed to where he saw the mysterious Pokémon, there was nothing there. 'I know I saw something over there,' he thought. "Hello…can we get back to what we were doing?!" asked Sparky. "Okay, okay. Geez…" His dad threw more pebbles at their tails. "Hi-yah!" shouted Sparky. At that moment, his tail lit up again.
"Sparky, your tail lit up again!" shouted Lloyd. "I guess I'm ready to try the attack now…" stated Sparky. "Yes, it's time. But what about Miles?" his dad asked.
They looked at Miles who was having trouble trying to stiffen his tail. "You know, this isn't easy," he said. Tsura threw another pebble at Miles, but when he swatted it away, his tail started glowing. "It's about time," he stated.
Everyone laughed. "So I'm guessing that you two are ready to learn Iron Tail now?" Lloyd's dad asked. "Sure are!" Sparky and Miles both said.
"Okay then," he replied. They walked over to a rocky area. "I want you to practice using Iron Tail on these rocks. I'll time you to see how long it takes you to perfect the attack. Okay, begin…NOW!" Lloyd's dad started the timer. Sparky ran towards the boulders with their tail glowing. He jumped in the air, ready to destroy the boulder, but his tail wasn't stiff anymore.
"Aw, nuts. I thought I had it!" said Sparky. He looked over at Miles who was running towards a boulder with his tail glowing. He jumped high in the air and brought it down forcefully, destroying the boulder.
"Hey! I did it!" he exclaimed. "Good job, Miles!" said Tsura. 'I can't believe this…' thought Sparky.
"You perfected it in under a minute, Miles! That's the fastest a Pokémon ever learned an attack!" Lloyd said.
"WHY CAN'T I DO IT?!" shouted Sparky. "Maybe you're forcing yourself to learn it. I just went with the flow," replied Miles. "Okay then…" said Sparky. Sparky started running towards the boulder again with his tail glowing. 'Go with the flow, go with the flow…' he thought. He jumped up in the air and slammed down into the boulder, destroying it.
"YES!!! I did it!" shouted Sparky. "Are you sure? We need to test if you did," Lloyd's dad replied. "What are you talking about? I did it! You saw me!" said Sparky. "That's true, but maybe you need to practice some more." Sparky growled at this but finally agreed.
Meanwhile…
Evelon and Andrew were in the front of the house. "I can't believe we have to sit up here doing nothing!" exclaimed Andrew.
"Yeah, but I don't mind," said Evelon.
"You do but I don't," grumbled Andrew. Just then, a giant Meowth robot appeared from the forest. "What's going on here?" Andrew asked. Just then, Team Rocket appeared from out of the Mecha-Meowth.
"Prepare for trouble!" said Kacey.
"But make it double!" said Skylor.
"To infect the world with devastation!"
"To ignite the people with frustration!"
"Snatching Pokémon from under your nose!"
"And being evil like the thorns on a rose!"
"Kacey!"
"Skylor!"
"Team Rocket is blasting off at the speed of light!"
"So surrender now or you're in for a fight!"
"That's right!" said Meowth.
"Team Rocket! Should've know it was you!" shouted Evelon. Draco just growled fiercely.
"You know these jokers?" asked Andrew.
"Yeah! They tried to steal our Pokémon back in Petalburg City! And now they stole a Meowth!"
"Yeah, and now we'll gonna steal the Pokémon on this farm here! And I work for Team Rocket!" shouted Meowth. Meowth went back inside the Mecha-Meowth and shot metal clamps towards Evelon and Andrew, trapping them.
"Let us go!" shouted Andrew. Just then, Lloyd and the others ran up to see what the commotion was.
"Team Rocket! What do you want?" Lloyd asked.
"We want those Pokémon!" said Skylor. He then activated a vacuum and sucked up all the Pokémon. "This is great! And we don't have to lift a finger!" he laughed.
"I don't think so! Sparky, Thundershock!" shouted Lloyd. Sparky jumped in the air and fired a Thundershock at the Mecha-Meowth, but the attack just bounced off.
"HA! We covered the Mecha-Meowth with a special anti-electrical coating! We don't want to get shocked like last time!" laughed Kacey. "Unfortunately, we have to go! Bye-bye!" The Mecha-Meowth turned around just enough to let everyone see that the Pokémon was in a containment bin, and then it walked off.
"I'm going after that thing! Kristen, you stay here and help Evelon and Andrew. Tsura, you come with me!" said Lloyd. Right before he walked off, his father grabbed him by the arm. "What is it, Dad?"
"I'm coming with you. This is too dangerous for you two to handle," he replied. Lloyd nodded. "C'mon, we can use the pickup truck!" his dad shouted. Lloyd and Tsura jumped in the back of the truck and they pursued Team Rocket.
Team Rocket, meanwhile, stopped to celebrate the victory. "A toast to our success!" said Kacey. As the trio drunk their Pecha Berry juice, Skylor thought he heard a vehicle.
"What's wrong?" asked Meowth.
"Nothing…"
Just then, Lloyd, Tsura, and his dad appeared. "Give us back those Pokémon!" shouted Lloyd.
"How did you find us?" asked Kacey.
"The giant robot is hard to miss…" Tsura said sarcastically.
"Whatever! You can't have them back without a battle!" said Meowth. With that, Kacey and Skylor released Flame and Petal.
"Okay then! Go Sparky!" said Lloyd as Sparky hopped on to the battlefield.
"Go Miles!" said Tsura, as he jumped off her shoulder to battle. Just at that moment, the Chikorita appeared from out of the forest.
"You guys worry about getting the Pokémon! I'll handle these guys," she said. Lloyd and Tsura agreed and ran for the Mecha-Meowth.
"Oh no you don't! Flame!" shouted Skylor. Flame was about to attack them until Chikorita tackled him. "What the--?" he said.
"Petal, use Vine Whip on that Chikorita!" shouted Kacey. Petal shot the Vine Whip at Chikorita, but she easily dodged it.
"Let me show you what a real Vine Whip looks like!" she said as she shot a Vine Whip at Petal, slamming her into a tree.
"Flame, use Flamethrower!" Flame fired the stream of fire towards Chikorita. Suddenly, a Bubblebeam appeared from nowhere, blocking the Flamethrower. "Where the hell that came from?"
They looked over at Lloyd's dad to see his Marill firing the Bubblebeam. "Now use Bubblebeam on that Houndour!" he shouted. Marill aimed the Bubblebeam at Flame. The attack made contact, causing Flame to faint.
Lloyd and Tsura, meanwhile, were at the containment bin. "Don't worry, we'll get you out. Imp, Ember!" said Tsura. Imp fired the Ember attack at the glass for a while. "It looks like it's weakening!"
"Great," said Lloyd, "now, Sparky and Miles, use Iron Tail to break that glass!" Sparky and Miles ran up to the glass and broke it using Iron Tail. "Guess we did perfect it, huh?" asked Sparky. Lloyd just nodded.
Petal fell down defeated, thanks to Chikorita's Tackle attack. "Looks like we win!" said Lloyd's dad.
"Yeah, but you're still not getting the Pokémon!" shouted Skylor, recalling his beaten Houndour.
"I wouldn't think so!" said Lloyd, with the Pokémon standing behind him. "But how did you do it?!" shouted Meowth. "We melted the glass, that's how!" he replied.
Team Rocket ran inside the Mecha-Meowth and laughed. "You can't shock us!" they taunted. "That's what you think! Sparky, Thundershock!" shouted Lloyd.
"Shockproof, remember?" laughed Kacey. "I know! Tsura, now!" shouted Lloyd. Tsura released Isaac from his PokéBall and told him use Water Gun on the Mecha-Meowth.
"No matter how hard you try, you can't hurt--what?!" said Skylor. Suddenly, sparks flew from the control panel. "What's happening?!"
"Water conducts electricity, remember?" said Tsura. "Aw, nuts!" said Meowth. Just then, the Mecha-Meowth exploded.
"Aw man! Looks like Team Rocket is blasting of AGAIIIIINNNNN!!!" they screamed as they disappeared over the horizon. "Yay! We did it!" shouted Sparky.
"Yup!" said Lloyd. His dad patted his shoulder. "Nice job, son. I'm proud of you." "Thanks, Pop."
Later…
Lloyd and the others were getting ready to leave. "I hope you do great at the Rustboro Gym," his father said.
"Yeah, even though I don't have a Pokémon that can beat the Gym Leader's Pokémon," Lloyd replied.
"That's not true," said the Chikorita. "What do you mean?" asked Lloyd. "I liked the way you handled yourself earlier. So give me your best shot!" she replied. "REALLY?!" Chikorita happily nodded.
"YES!!!" Lloyd shouted. He began to think, 'Okay, I don't wanna use Wings and Sparky has a disadvantage to her, so…' "Go, Blaze!" he shouted, releasing his Torchic. Lloyd put on his PokéMeter glasses and turned them on.
Chikorita
Level 10
Energy: 68 HP
Attacks:
Tackle
Razor Leaf
Vine Whip
Growl
"Okay then. Blaze, use Ember!" shouted Lloyd. Blaze exhausted the tiny embers and fired them at Chikorita. Chikorita dodged the Ember attack and tackled Blaze. "Blaze, use Scratch!" Blaze landed on his feet and scratched Chikorita in her face, causing her to stumble back. "Quick, use Ember!" Blaze shot the Ember attack at Chikorita, causing her to become dazed.
"Okay then. Pokéball, go!!!" shouted Lloyd, as he threw a PokéBall at Chikorita. The PokéBall sucked in Chikorita, shook three times, and then sealed. "ALL RIGHT!!! I CAUGHT A CHIKORITA!!!" he shouted. "What are you naming her?" asked Sparky. "Hmm… How about… Leafy?" Sparky nodded in agreement.
"Good job, Lloyd!" smiled Evelon. "Thanks," he smiled back. Now that Lloyd has gained a new Pokémon and a new friend, the question remains: Are our heroes ready to take on the Rustboro Gym Leader? Time will tell!
To be continued…
Sparky- Just wait until you read the next chapter! It's gonna be a doozy! There's gonna be an awesome battle between---!
SPARKY!!! Don't give off the next chapter!!!
Sparky- Oh yeah. Right.
Until then… C-ya l8ter!