Lucas and Genesis continue their Kanto Adventure; The Mewtwo excavation, with their new friends: Blue and her Wartortle. They head for the Pewter city, but first they cut through Viridian City and prepare to enter the Viridian Forest. What awaits them in the dark woods? Find out, Today!
The Emerald Pack:
-Lucas Ordo: Magby (Genesis), Charmander (Comet)
-Blue: Wartortle
Chapter 3
Lucas and Blue's New Adventure! Rescue the Lost Zorua!
Now that Lucas "Emerald" Ordo had recruited the girl Blue and her Wartortle for the Mewtwo excavation, the two were on their way to Pewter City via the Viridian Forest. But first, they made a quikcstop in Viridian City. As they readied themselves, Emerald went up to the view of the Forest from the edge of the Town. "So, that's the Viridian Forest, eh? Kinda like the Pinwheel forest. 'Ever been in there, Blue?" he said. "Nope. But I've heard there are adorable bugs in there!" She replied happily. Wartortle was busy trying to paw the bag of poffins hanging on Blue's belt. "Let's go!" She chirped happily. "Yes. We've got no time to lose. To the Forest!" and he marched right into the Viridian Forest with Genesis, Blue, and Wartortle fallowing behind.
As they went in, Emerald looked around the place. He could hear Pokemon all around. "Well, I certainly can see why people come here. The Atmosphere is amazing!" he said, Sarcastically. Then, Genesis went to a tree, and pointed up. "Yes Genesis, it's a Tree branch. Good eyes." said Lucas. It's a berry, you Moron! Up there!, Genesis said to him. Lucas looked up. "What is that?" he said. It certainly looked like a berry, star shaped yellow berry with a glistening red center. Suddenly it jumped down, waving an appendage. Yes, appendage. It was no berry, but a Staryu. Lucas jumped in shocked at sight of it. "Yaaahh! What's that?!" he said. Then he got out his Pokedex and looked it up. The Pokedex beeped:
Staryu: Star shape pokemon.
STARYU's center section has an organ called the core that shines bright red. If you go to a beach toward the end of summer, the glowing cores of these POKeMON look like the stars in the sky. At night, the middle of its body slowly flickers with the same rhythm as a human heartbeat. If its body is torn, it can grow back if the red core remains.
"Wait, if that's a Water Pokemon, then why is it up a Tree?" said Lucas. Genesis just lay there, flopping helplessly. It finally struggled onto its 'feet' and clung to a tree branch for support. "Well let's see if we can get it down" said Lucas. Lucas then jumped up the tree, grabbed the Staryu, jumped back down, and set it back onto the ground. The Staryu wobbled unsteadily and fell back. It wriggled it's legs helplessly, which looked pretty funny. "Hey Blue, come here. There's a Weird Staryu over here. I think there's something wrong with it." Lucas called out. Blue, who was looking at a Weedle wiggling, hurried over. "Wha- Oh my god!" She cried. She hurried over and picked up the Staryu. It's legs were incredibly rubbery, which they shouldn't be. It immediately evaporated in a poof and it showed a small black fox. It was a Zorua in disguise! "A Zorua...It doesn't belong in the forest...I wonder where it came from.." Blue pondered. Wartortle was more interested somewhere else. "War! Tort!" It cried, waving wildly at a bush.
Lucas and Blue hurried over, carrying the unconcious Zorua. There was a Zoroark lying behind the bush, unconcious. "Is that a...Zoroark...?" asked Lucas. "Yes. I do believe that is..." said Blue. "I wonder what happened here?" said Lucas. "Something happened to the Zoroark and Zorua changed form to protect itself..." Blue decided. "I just wanna know what a Zoroark and Zorua are doing in Kanto. They're usually native to Unova; my home. It makes no sense. But if it's that weak, we need to get them out of this Forest and to a Pokecenter." said Lucas. "And Pewter City's just over that way. You carry Zorua. I'll take care of Zoroark." "Okay!" said Blue, holding Zorua. Lucas and Genesis picked up and Carried Zoroark, then started running towards Pewter City. "Well what are you waiting for Blue? Come on!" said Lucas. "Coming!" Blue said.
They quickly reached the PokeCentre and got them both healed. Zoroark was wheeled away in a large stretcher in the Intensive Care Unit. Zorua looked sorrowfully at the Zoroark, then padded to a corner and curling up, went to sleep. Lucas and Blue looked at it in sympathy. "Well looks like that takes care of that. So now eilwhat?" said Lucas. "I guess we could go challenge the gym. I heard Brock takes double challenges. He sends out two pokemon together and the two challengers sent out one pokemon each..." Blue said, looking across at the Zorua. "Well, I guess there's noting else to do, really. Alright, I'll do it." sighed Lucas. Blue nodded, and the group headed for the door. "We'll be back to check on the Zorua later." She informed Nurse Joy as she left the PokeCentre, heading for the gym. "Okay." the Nurse replied.
"You know, I honestly thought about challenging Clay back in my hometown of Driftveil City, but he looked way too strong. But this Brock fellow sounds easy." said Emerald on the way. The two trainers and their Pokemon entered the gym. When they entered the large battle court of the gym, Brock was at the other end, polishing up Geodude so that it shined like a diamond. Blue walked right up to him but he didn't notice. She tapped him and he jumped. "Oh. Welcome trainers- No...You puny trainer! How dare you-...No...eh...I'm not one for words so just get to it!" He said, carelessly tossing two Geodude on the field. Blue nodded at Wartortle who jumped into the arena. All eyes now turned to Emerald. Lucas laughed nervously. "Double battle, eh?" he said. He realized it is, so he brought out a Pokemon he intended on using sometime: His Charmander. Lucas said "Alright Comet, you're out!", and let out Comet the Charmander. "Char
Char!" it wailed excitedly. "Yes I know you're happy. Now...start the battle, please." "Eh...have the first move..." Brock said, waving a hand at them.
Wartortle knocked out a Geodude with a Water Gun. The other Geodude gulped. "What the-, how the devil did you do that so quickly? Oh whatever. Comet, give that floating rock the awsome power of your...Scratch.", said Lucas. Comet went right up and used scratch on the Geodude. Geodude managed to scrape in a Defense Curl just before Charmander hit it. It Used Rock Throw, slamming itself to the ground and tossing the broken rocks at the fire type. It hit Comet, and Lucas said "Scratch, again.", to which Comet did. The scratch sent Geodude skidding back. It crashed into a rock and was buried into the rubble. Brock sighed and recalled Geodude. Then he sent out his last pokemon, Onix. Wartortle used Water Gun again, whittling down Onix's hp to half. "Wow, that was fast. Alright, Good Job Comet, return." said Lucas as he recalled his Charmander. "Genesis, get in there". The Magby stepped forward. Emerald snapped his fingers and Genesis went in for a Dynamic Punch, to which Onix was hit head on and fainted. "Too bad. Here. The Boulder Badges and your TMs" Brock said, sighing and handing over the mentioned things. He bowed, and disappeared out of the court, leaving Lucas and Blue alone. "Well that worked a little too well...hey, did we both get badges, or did he only give us one?" asked Lucas. Blue flashed her badge. "Look. He gave us two..." She proudly pinned it onto Wartortle's shell. "Well, where to now?" She asked. "Well first of all; I'm Hungry. I say we go to the Pokemon center and get something to eat." said Lucas, sticking his badge inside his pocket.
The two trainers went back over to the Pokemon center for lunch. For the first time since he set out for Kanto, Lucas' green headband was off his head, and in his pocket. As they ate, he decided to make conversation. "So Blue tell me, being a new trainer and all, what is your dream?" he asked. Blue stopped mid-way through her sandwich. She put it down slowly, eyes downcast. "I...don't have one..." She admitted. "Oh come on, everyone does. Everyone wants to go out and do something. Something they've been wanting to do for a long time, and something that they'll one day reach for it." said Lucas. He took his headband from his Pocket and looked at it. "It's always been my dream to start an Explorer Party. Just like Trask. I've always wanted to find Mewtwo, the legendary Pokemon. I saw him once, and I've proclaimed that I would meet him in person." Genesis, sitting in a high chair, nodded. "So you see Blue, there's always something you wanna reach for. You just gotta find it." said Lucas. "Well, I originally wanted to become the Champion, but I've seen how lonely it is up there. So, that was dropped..." Blue said, still goggling at her sandwich. "Lonely? What do you mean by lonely?" asked Lucas. Wartortle jumped up onto the table, interested. "What I mean is...have you
wondered how many people set off for their journey each year and how many reach the Champion? A few, let's say. The Champions have no trainers to battle. Just they and their pokemon, whiling away their time..." Blue said. "Man, that must Suck." Lucas said as he sipped his soda. "Well, who's currently the Champion?". "I don't know..." Blue said, finishing off her sandwich and brushing off crumbs off her skirt. Wartortle jumped to her shoulder.
"So, Is it Misty next?" She said. "I don't have anything to do, as I said, so might as well accompany you across your journey". "Misty? Who's Misty?" asked Lucas. "I don't know alot about Kanto. Remember, I'm from Unova." "Oh. Right. Well, Misty's the second gym leader in Cerulean City, who specializes in water types." Blue informed, looking at her Pokedex. "And we have to go through Mount. Moon to get there...". Lucas banged his head on the Table. "Oh, damn water types. Why does it always have to be something strong against fire types? Ahh, I'll need more Pokemon. But first, these gym leaders sound interesting. Hold on." said Emerald as he got up and walked over to Nurse Joy. "Excuse me, but do you have a print-out page or something with Gym leader information?". "As a matter of fact, I do..." She replied to the question. She handed him a printed list of Gym leader Information:
Pewter Gym-Leader: Brock, Badge: Boulder, Type: Rock.
Cerulean Gym-Leader: Misty, Badge: Cascade, Type: Water.
Vermillion Gym-Leader: Lt. Surge, Badge: Thunder, Type: Electric.
Celadon Gym-Leader: Erika, Badge: Rainbow, Type: Grass
Saffron Gym-Leader: Sabrina, Badge: Marsh, Type: Phsycic
Fuschia Gym-Leader: Koga, Badge: Soul, Type: Poison
Viridian Gym-Leader: Unknown, Badge: Earth, Type: Normal
"Perfect. This should do us well. But we've got a long ways ahead of us, and I'd like to get to Curlean before sundown. Now are you ready, Blue?" he said. "Right. That I am. But..." She said, looking at a small silver watch on her wrist. "Mount. Moon is pretty big. We could easily get lost there. Plus...It's dark..." She shuddered. "What say we borrow some torches from the PokeCentre?", She suggested. Lucas chuckled. Then he looked over at his Magby. "Genesis, get out of that stupid chair." he said and Genesis ran to him. "See..." said Lucas, picking up his Pokemon and holding him out. "Genesis is a Fire type. Oh, and don't forget about Comet and his tail. They're both Fire types. They could light the way.", he said. "You're right about that. Just an emergency supply if both of them faint or something. That cave is full of Geodude..." Blue said, hurrying back with a couple of torches. She pocketed them and rummaged through her pockets. "I have 1 Max Revive, 1 Potion and an Ether and some berries. That's about it. And I heard Mount. Moon is crawling with Rocket activity.", she said. She started to walk for the door. "Oh, I can take care of any Pokemon that cross our path. And if there's Geodude in there, I'm sure your Wartortle can handle them-Wait a Minute! What about that Zorua and the Zoroark?." said Lucas. "Good Lord! I forgot about them!" Blue cried as she raced back. She skidded to a halt outside the PokeCentre, ran inside as the door opened, slipped on the polished floor and promptly fell. "Ow...that hurt..." She got slowly and went over to talk to Nurse Joy. Lucas and Genesis sat on a couch.
Blue walked over to the sleeping Zorua and picking it up, set it on the sofa next to Lucas. "Nurse Joy says they will heal Zoroark to full health and then release it into the wilderness. The Zorua seems to be related to Zoroark, but everytime it goes close, Zoroark shoves it away, as if refusing to recognize it..." She said sadly. Emerald thought for a Second. "You mean Zoroark doesn't wanna be with Zorua?" he said. "Zoroark has had a bad shock, probably. And due to that shock she either refuses to recognise Zorua to recover from the shock or the shock has erased all her memory about Zorua..." Blue replied, looking ready to cry. "Zorua isn't gonna last long if it's own Zoroark won't recognze it." said Emerald looking at the Zorua. Then, he had a thought. "Blue, maybe we should take Zorua with us. We can't just leave it here waiting for Zoroark to recover. I know about Zoroarks, they take some time to recover. If we take Zorua with us, it might give it the correct survival skills. We could help it learn. If...it wants to come along, that is" said Emerald. Blue started shining like the sun itself. She ran over to Zorua and prodded it. It snored on. Nurse Joy passed by with a bundle of towels. "Oh. He won't wake", she said. "Wha- what do you mean?! He isn't-", began Blue. "No, he isn't dead." said Nurse Joy. "He's been given some sleeping medicine to help him recover faster." she turned her attention to the dusted clothes the trainers had on. "Why not have a bath before you go? You two look filthy. Brock always leaves a ton of dust around in his gym..." Nurse Joy tutted, and shook her head. "Fine. A bath does sound logical. But I still think we should go with my idea later. Genesis, Let's go." said Lucas.
After the Bath, Lucas went back out into the sitting room, dressed. He saw the Zorua was still on the couch asleep, and sat next to it, caressing it. As he reached for his Jacket and headband, he unwrapped a lollipop and start sucking it. Blue appeared wearing a nightsuit way too baggy for her. Emerald and Genesis started snickering. "Blue...wha-?" said Lucas, trying to hide the laughter. "Nurse Joy took my clothes for cleaning!" Blue grumbled. Lucas and Genesis really had a hard time concealing themselves. Just then, Nurse Joy appeared and dropped perfectly clean clothes her hands. "Here you go!" she said. "Ooh! She did clean them nicely!", Blue exclaimed as she disappeared into a room. A few minutes later, she appeared fully dressed. "Let's go!" She exclaimed happily, grabbing the limp Zorua. She hurried out of the door and stopped in front of the cave entrance. She realized they forgot Lucas and Genesis, and they looke back for Them. They wre so busy laughing, that they noticed she was gone. "Hey wait-...where'd she..." said Lucas. "Gaahh! I hate it when people do that!"
Lucas and Genesis caught up with Blue, Zorua, and Wartortle infront of the Cave Entrance. "Hey, don't run out like that. If that was for laughing at you in those baggy pajamas, it was an honest Mistake." said Lucas. "Oops. My bad. Sorry! Honest mistake!" Blue giggled. "Well, about Zorua." said Lucas. "One of us may need to keep it in a Pokeball. Which one of us should catch it?" he asked. "Nah, don't catch it!" Blue said in alarm. "I plan to release it right after I'm sure it can survive on it's own!". "You mean, WE." said Lucas. "Yeah. Sorry." said Blue. They both looked up at the towering moutain. "Let's go." said Blue. "Right behind you." said Emerald.
With another one joining the pack: a Pokemon, Emerald and Blue start their journey inside mount moon. Here, they will learn things they haven't known, next time on Pokemon Emerald Quest!
To Be Continued...
::REVIEW::
-Adventure Set: Viridian Forest, Pewter City
-Comrad Joined: Zorua [Pokemon]
-Badges Recieved: Boulder Badges
-Current Location: Mount Moon.