-Chapter 6-

-VS. Lapras!-

"Muchu!" it cried happily. Orange and Lemon stared at the strange creature in Lemon's arms. It was a pastel yellow and magenta, with huge lips.

"It's a… Smoochum!" cried Lemon happily, "Oh, you're so cute! I could just love you and squeeze you and hug you for ever and ever and ever!" She squeezed the Smoochum in an extreme embrace. "Cutie! You are such a sweetheart, little princess! Oh yes you are! Can I keep her? Pleeease?" begged Lemon.

"Muchu!" said the Smoochum again, cheerfully voicing her approval. Orange removed his Elekid, Buzzgo, from his belt. He looked at him through the transparent top of his Pokéball.

"What do you say, buddy? Can Lemon keep this Smoochum? It hatched from one of the eggs you were protecting," asked Orange. Buzzgo looked up Lemon up and down, then back at Orange, and nodded sternly.

"Yay yay yay!" cried Lemon. She held the Smoochum up to her face. "I get to keep you little missy!" she said, "I'll call you… Jynxton!" she finished.

"Oh, right…" she said, looking around, "We're still kind of trapped on a boat, awaiting our recapture, aren't we…" She reminded herself, sadly. They were hiding behind the cabin of the ship, surrounded by crystal blue water as far as they could see. And worse, they didn't even know how they got there. "Oh, and I also forgot about the part where you got an entire army and a crazed bat to chase us down. Thanks for shouting it was blind, I wasn't entirely sure, you idiot. Thanks for that a lot," she snapped, bitterly. Orange was taken aback. "Therefore, I'm holding you fully accountable for getting us of this weird boat." She sat down on the deck and placed Jynxton the Smoochum in front of her. Orange sighed, but decided there was no point in arguing with such a stubborn girl. He took out his backpack. Inside he had only some potions some extra Pokéballs, and…

"Wah! Pokédex! Two of them!" shouted Orange. Sure enough, lying in the very corner of his dark backpack lay two orange Pokédex.

Lemon looked into space and cocked her head. "I think the plural form is Pokédi. Wait, what!?" She leapt to her feet. Jynxton tumbled off her lap and landed in a sprawl on the deck. Lemon picked her up and held her to her chest. "You found two Pokédi? No, I guess Pokédex is right. We'll go with that."

"A, shut up with the Pokédi," said Orange, laughing, "And B, yes, there are two orange Pokédex in my backpack. I guess they took them off Professor Oak. Wasn't there a third, though?" he wondered.

"Maybe one of them nicked it? Pokédex are really, really useful." She looked into the depths of his backpack and dug one out. She opened it up and it began to beep and flash. "USER REGISTERED" it stated. It flashed in Lemons face, and her dazed picture appeared on the screen. "Wait, I wasn't ready!" She pushed some buttons, then fixed her hair, and smiled. It snapped another picture, this one much more flattering. She entered more information. "I guess this is mine, then." Orange stared at her. "For now, anyway," she said.

Orange nodded. "I guess you're right." He withdrew the other one, and went through the same process, though with much less worrying about his user picture. Lemon pointed the Pokédex at Smoochum, pushed a button, then another, and two moves, Petal Dance and Ice Punch, were displayed.

"Lemon, we need to be looking for a way to get off this ship," said Orange. He sighed, closed his eyes, and massaged his temples. "Neither of us has a Pokémon big enough to carry us both across the water," he said. "I'm pretty sure hijacking the boat is out of the question," he continued. He heard a squeal, and wrinkled his nose. "Lemon, shut up." He said. He heard another, this time louder. He opened his eyes. "Lemon, I said sh-" he stopped. It wasn't Lemon squealing. There, several yards away from the ship, was a lone Lapras, swimming at the same pace. It was looking straight at Orange. It squealed again. "Wow, a Lapras!" said Orange. He reached into his pocket to check the Lapras on his Pokédex, but Lemon had a faster draw. Its entry said things about it ferrying people on its back, being hunted to endangerment, and being able to read people's minds.

"Reading minds, that sounds cool!" exclaimed Lemon. She shut her eyes and scrunched up her face. The Lapras turned and swam towards the ship. Lemon opened one eye. "Ooh, it worked!" she said, excited. "I thought really hard about wanting it to come towards us, and it did!"

"Good for you. I'm going to catch it," said Orange simply. He dug in his backpack and pulled out a Pokéball.

"Orange, didn't you read her entry?" asked Lemon, angrily, "It's nearly been hunted to extinction."

"I think its going to be happier this way than if those pirates found her, and us, and took us all," he responded, "But let me just check. He closed his eyes and concentrated on a question. 'May I catch you?' he thought. He opened his eyes. The Lapras was right at the side of the boat now. It nodded, but then splashed Orange with some water. "See Lemon?" asked Orange, "It says I can catch it. But I think that splash means… It wants a battle. So Let's go!"

"Go, Buzzgo!" Orange yelled. He tossed his Pokéball into the air and the baby Elekid popped out.

"Bibi!" he yelled. He grinned mischievously and tightened his fists. The Lapras blasted a harsh Icy Wind attack at Buzzgo, making him wince and cringe.

"Hang on Buzzgo!" yelled Orange, through gritted teeth. The attack ended, and Elekid shook off some remaining snow. "Karate Chop!" commanded Orange. Buzzgo leapt into the air, and slammed his fist down on the top of Lapras' skull. It squealed in pain. Buzzgo landed on the guardrail and smirked. Lapras began opened her mouth again, and Elekid tensed up for impact. But instead of a blast of ice, Lapras began to sing. The song was eerie and haunting, yet beautiful. Orange found himself pausing to listen to the strange melody. Buzzgo swayed, and his eyes began to droop. He closed his eyes and fell off the guardrail into the ocean. "Buzzgo!" shouted Orange. He rushed to the rail. He looked down into the water. Lemon quickly rushed to his side.

"Is he okay!?" she asked, "Where is he?" Lapras squealed with delight at its victory. Orange stomped his foot.

Suddenly, Lapras was launched into the air. Elekid burst from underwater, his fists sparking in an uppercut to Lapras' underside. Orange pulled out a Pokéball and tossed it at the Lapras. Lapras shrunk, and was sucked into the ball. The ball spun in the water as the Lapras struggled inside, until finally, it stopped. "Yeah! I caught her!" shouted Orange.

"Orange, that was amazing!" gawked Lemon. "How did you…?" she began.

"When I stomped my foot," said Orange simply, "That was my command for his Thunderpunch attack," said Orange. He aimed a Pokéball at Buzzgo, who was floating merrily in the water, and returned him to it. Then he tossed the Pokéball for his other Pokémon, Slowgo, into the water, next to his new Lapras. Slowgo the Slowpoke popped out, and after a bit, cried happily. "Slowgo, toss me the Lapras' Pokéball," Orange said. The Slowgo nodded, then began to sink underwater. The top of the Kings Rock on his head submerged. Slowgo launched himself forward and bopped the Lapras' Pokéball with the top of his head, sending it soaring gently into Orange's hands. He returned Slowgo to his Pokéball as well.

"It came from over here!" Orange heard. "Hurry up, they'll escape!" the person said again.

"Orange, they found us!" whispered Lemon. She grabbed his wrist, fear in her eyes.

"Rasgo, Go!" yelled Orange. He tossed the Pokéball with his new Lapras, now nicknamed Rasgo, into the air. The Lapras landed in the water with a splash. Orange climbed the rail, then swung over. He hopped onto Rasgo, and sat down on the spiked purple shell on her back. She craned her neck around, and nuzzled her new trainer's shoulder. "Lemon, come on!" he whispered franticly. She hesitated. "Lemon, they're going to catch you!" he whispered, "Just jump! I won't let you fall!" She closed her eyes, and climbed over the rail.

"They're escaping!" yelled someone. Lemon spun around. Three members of the crew of pirates burst from the hatch door, clad in white uniforms with red skulls on them, and spotted Lemon. She looked at Orange, closed her eyes, and jumped. She landed softly on Rasgo, Orange assuring her safe landing.

"Rasgo, Surf! Fast!" he shouted. The Lapras dashed across the sea at top speed.

"Get back here, kid!" One yelled, standing at the rail. Lemon looked back at them and stuck out her tongue. She and Orange laughed as they sailed further and further away from the ship. Suddenly, it swerved.

"Wah! It's coming after us!" yelled Lemon. Rasgo could swim fast, but she didn't have a motor. The boat quickly caught up to them, its sleek black paintjob sparkling in the sunlight. "Orange, do something!" Lemon yelled.

"Rasgo, Shadow Ball!" Orange shouted. Rasgo took in a huge gulp of air, then released a burst of dark energy. The ball soared across the sea, parting waves as it went then smashed head on into the Pirate's black ship. It blasted a hole into the hull, and the ship exploded. Lemon and Orange watched in awe, as they were ferried away from the band of pirates, and toward the quickly approaching Tangelo Island.

The boy with the neon eyes clambered onto a bit of debris. He looked around, to make sure no other members of the Blood Dragons were near, then removed Professor Oak's third Pokédex and Buzzgo's second egg from his pocket. Suddenly, a piece of the eggshell fell off of the top of the egg. Other cracks branched from the hole at the top, until finally, the pieces fell away, revealing a Magby.

"Bubu!" it exclaimed. It looked around at the ocean, then up at its new trainer's face.

He gave an unconvincing smile. "Shh." He said. The Magby nodded.

The boy opened the orange Pokédex. "USER REGISTERED" it said, like before. It flashed a picture of the boy's face, and then he entered his information, beginning with his name. Lime.

-Chapter 7-

-VS. Mr. Mime!-