Our heroes have Diancie joining them on their travels. They arrived in a port town to take them to the Ultimate Talent Star, but it seems they ran into a bit of a problem.
"What?! None of the boats are running?!" Orihime said. They were at the port and were hoping to catch a boat, but they spotted a sign that was telling them that they couldn't go anywhere by boat. "This is unfair. The only way to get to Sunline Island is by boat."
"How could a whole port be shut down?" Ichigo questioned. Rukia looked around and spotted someone passing by.
"Excuse me." Rukia said and got the man's attention.
"Yes?" The man said.
"Do you know why the boats aren't running?" Rukia asked.
"Yes. It's because of them." The man said as he pointed out in the water. They all looked and saw there was a ton of Gyarados out in the water.
"Look at all those Gyarados!" Chad said.
"Those Gyarados are in the way." The man said. "For whatever reason, they won't move out of the way. Gyarados can be vicious pokemon. Until they're out of the way, no boats can get in or out."
"That's weird. I wonder why those Gyarados are just hanging around there." Ichigo said. Something strange is certainly going on around here.
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I know we're gonna make it
We will find a way
Oh-oh
We've come so far
We fought so hard to get where we are
Oh-oh
We belong together
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(Ichigo's voice): Drain to Fame
Until they can figure out a way around those Gyarados, there's nothing they can really do. Ichigo and his friends set up some lunch with their pokemon and tried to figure out where to go from there.
"What do we do? I've got to get to Sunline Island in the next few days." Orihime said.
"We're gonna have to find another way around." Rukia said. "The townsfolk said they can't those Gyarados to move out of the way. When they try, the Gyarados lash out and attack."
"But can we really find anything that will get us there in time?" Chad said. It didn't seem like there was a way to do that. Orihime wasn't liking this at all, especially if it means she ends up missing the Ultimate Talent Star."
"Don't worry, Orihime. We'll find a way to get you there in time." Ichigo said. "We just need to use our heads. In the meantime, we should try to enjoy our lunch."
"Frillish!" Frillish when up to Ichigo and was asking for more food. "You want seconds?"
"Try this food, Frillish." Rukia said as she grabbed a bag of food. "I heard this food is great for water-types like yourself." Frillish liked the sound of that. What none of them saw was that something was watching them through the bushes. Frillish was about to take the food when something came out of the bushes and grabbed the food instead.
"What was that?!" Ichigo said. All of them looked and spotted that it was a Manectric that grabbed the food.
"A Manectric?" Rukia said.
"That's our food. You shouldn't take it." Ichigo said.
"Frillish!" Frillish was upset about the food being swiped. It tried to take the food back, but Manectric fought back.
"Manectric!" Manectric unleashed an electrical attack and blasted Frillish with it. Frillish was out in one hit.
"Hey! What's the big idea?!" Ichigo said. Manectric ran off with the food, but Ichigo wasn't going to let them escape easily. "Get back here!" He called, but a couple Poochyena tackled him in the back and ran off with Manectric.
"What was that about?" Orihime asked.
"I'm not really sure. That was weird." Rukia said. Frillish wasn't going to forgive them so easily to swipe the food. Frillish chased after them in anger.
"Frillish, get back here!" Ichigo called.
"Absol!" All of them chased after Frillish to stop it from doing something crazy. Manectric and the two Poochyena ran into town with the food they stole. The two Poochyena got a manhole cover opened and dived inside with Manectric jumping in. Frillish followed after them and dived in the manhole as well with Ichigo and Absol not far behind.
"Frillish, wait!" Ichigo called. He and Absol hurried after Frillish. The two of them went down, but his friends lost sight of them.
"Where'd they go?" Orihime said.
"They've got to be around here somewhere." Rukia said. None of them were aware that Ichigo and his pokemon went underground.
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Ichigo
Ichigo and Absol followed Frillish into the sewers. Frillish still tried to chase after Manectric and the Poochyena, but there was no sign of them anywhere. Frillish was getting really mad. He wanted to keep chasing after them, but Ichigo grabbed a hold of Frillish before he could really go anywhere.
"Frillish, knock it off. Stop acting like a kid having a temper tantrum." Ichigo said. "I understand you didn't like having your food swiped, but you didn't have to chase them down here."
"Frillish." Frillish was still acting a little sour about it. Ichigo just signed in annoyance and tried to let it go.
"Come on. Let's just get out of here." Ichigo said.
"Absol." Absol agreed with Ichigo and Frillish reluctantly went along with it. Ichigo was about to turn around and head back, but there was a problem.
"Uh... Do either of you know which way the exit was?" Ichigo questioned, but neither of them knew which way to go. "Great. We're lost. Nice going, Frillish."
"Frill..." Now Frillish was feeling bad about the whole thing.
"We'll just try and find some way out. Come on, you two." Ichigo said as he just started walking with Absol and Frillish following. Ichigo walked around for a while, but he had no idea where he was going. The sewers were like a maze and there didn't appear to be a way out. "How hard can it be to find a ladder that leads to the outside?" Ichigo wasn't sure where to go or what to do. That was until he heard some sort of splashing sound. "You heard that too?"
"Absol..."
"Frillish." The three of them went to see what that splashing sound was. They looked around a corner and spotted the pokemon they were after. They saw Manectric with the Poochyena was feeding something in the water. A closer look showed that it was Magikarp.
"Magikarp! Magikarp!"
"I get it now. Those three stole the food to give to that Magikarp." Ichigo said. "Rukia did say that food is great for water-types." Ichigo and his pokemon came out of hiding. When they did, Magikarp spotted them and looked ready for a fight. "It's okay. We're not here for a battle or anything." Absol and Frillish spoke to the pokemon and got them to settle down, but Manectric kept its guard up. "I take it you're like the leader of the group, Manectric."
"Manectric..."
"You're just trying to help this Magikarp. I get that." Ichigo said. "I do wonder what a Magikarp is doing down here in the first place." It did appear rather strange that a Magikarp was down in the sewers.
"Karp... Magikarp." Magikarp seemed rather upset. Ichigo thought it over and figured something out.
"Wait. Magikarp evolve into Gyarados." Ichigo said. "This must have something to do with the ones out in the bay. Did you get separated from your friends?" Magikarp's sad reaction proved that Ichigo was right. "Well, we need to find our own way out. Maybe there's a way we can help each other. Manectric, you must know the way out."
"Manectric." Manectric lead the way with everyone else following. Ichigo and his pokemon stayed close until they came to a large area in the sewers. Ichigo was amazed that there were so many and various pokemon in the place.
"Wow... Look at all the pokemon. You all live down here?" Ichigo said as he thought it was impressive. "So many pokemon here and they appear to be helping each other." It was truly something amazing seeing so many help each other. Ichigo looked towards Manectric and was rather amazed. Manectric was acting like the leader and took responsibility for all of them. "I think I see why you were a little hostile towards us, Manectric. You took it upon yourself to protect and take care of all these pokemon."
"Manectric.."
"Frill!" Frillish was rather impressed with Manectric as well. Frillish tried sharing it's admiration towards Manectric, but Manectric just gave Frillish the cold shoulder. Frillish was a little offended.
"Frillish, don't start something." Ichigo said. "We need to focus on getting Magikarp out of here." Frillish wanted to battle, but knew Ichigo was right. "Lead the way, Manectric. Let's get Magikarp back to it's friends."
"Manec..." Manectric continued to lead the way with the rest of them following. Manectric showed them the way and they soon found themselves at a small waterfall.
"From up there? You fell from up there, Magikarp?" Ichigo said. Magikarp confirmed that it did. "I'm guessing you don't have a way to get Magikarp back up there and it's too high for Magikarp to jump." Ichigo tried thinking of someway to get Magikarp up there.
"Frill!" Frillish went ahead with a plan. Frillish dived in the water and got a hold of Magikarp. Magikarp flailed around, but Frillish tried getting Magikarp back up there.
"Careful, Frillish!" Ichigo called, but Frillish kept trying to get Magikarp back up there. Frillish tried to hold on, but Magikarp ended up slipping out of Frillish's grip and was falling. It would have gone bad, but Absol acted quickly by using Razor Wind and blew Magikarp all the way to the top. "Not bad." Might not have been pretty, but at least it worked.
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Further Down
Ichigo and the other pokemon were able to get up the waterfall and continued on. Manectric showed them the way until they could see sunlight at the end of the tunnel.
"We made it! It won't be long now!" Ichigo said as all of them were pretty happy they made it to the end.
"Ichigo! Where are you?!"
"Where could he have gone?" Ichigo could hear his friends calling for him. He looked up and spotted a manhole. It sounded like they were just above them.
"Guys! Is that you?! I'm down here!" Ichigo called. Diancie was the one that heard them. Diancie got the attention of the others and was telling them what was down there. Once they got the manhole open, they all headed down. While they were glad to see him again, Ichigo explained everything that happened.
"I get it. This Magikarp must have something to do with the Gyarados out in the bay." Rukia said.
"Everything will be okay because the exit is just ahead." Orihime said. It seemed like there was light at the end of the tunnel, but Manectric noticed something was wrong. Manectric barked at them. "What's wrong?"
"Manectric looks concerned about something." Rukia said.
"Is there something we need to know about?" Ichigo said. Frillish looked around and soon spotted something with him freaking out. They all looked and Rukia was the first to spot something.
"There's something in the water!" Rukia said.
"Toad!" They all saw something come out of the water and it turned out it was a Seismitoad.
"A Seismitoad?" Ichigo said.
"Toad!" Seismitoad attacked them with mud, but they all moved out of the way from the attack.
"You were trying to warn us that we're in Seismitoad's territory." Ichigo said as he could see what Manectric was trying to tell them. Seismitoad didn't look happy they were here and it didn't like them being there as it attacked them. "No choice. Absol, Night Slash! Frillish, Poison Sting!" Both pokemon attacked Seismitoad at the same time. Seismitoad got hit hard by both attacks and was knocked out. They all took the opportunity to run out of there and finally made it outside. "Fresh air and sun!"
"And look! The bay is just past that bridge!" Rukia said. "Magikarp should be in the clear."
"Karp! Karp!" Magikarp was happy to be reunited with its friends soon. It was going to move past the bridge, but rotten timing kicked in as it began to glow. All of them were shocked as they saw Magikarp evolve into a fellow Gyarados.
"It evolved?! Now of all times?!" Ichigo said. They're faced with another problem.
"It can't go around the bridge." Chad said.
"I think that's a draw bridge. We need to get to the control room." Rukia said. All of them hurried to the control room. Chad got the door open with all of them looking at the controls.
"Can you move it?!" Ichigo said.
"No. I think we need a key or something." Rukia said. Ichigo might have an idea. He opened up the control panel and had Manectric came over.
"Manectric, use your electricity in here. Maybe you can generate power to get the bridge up." Ichigo said. Manectric did what Ichigo said. Manectric unleashed some electricity and was getting power to course through the machine and got the bridge to start moving.
"It's working!" Orihime said. It was starting to look good, but then Gyarados called out with another problem.
"Not again! Seismitoad!" Ichigo shouted as he saw Seismitoad coming back for another round. "Frillish, stop Seimistoad!"
"Frill!" Frillish hurried and tried stopping Seismitoad with Water Pulse, but Seismitoad avoided it and jumped in the air.
"Toad!" It attacked Frillish and knocked him in the water.
"Come on, Manectric! We need more power!" Rukia said. Manectric tried putting in more power, but it was going to be close. Frillish was knocked out for a moment, but he had to do something to help his friends. That strong desire awakened a power inside Frillish. Frillish emerged out of the water with a dark power emitting from its eyes.
"Frillish!" Frillish unleashed the power and it sent Seismitoad back into the sewer. That bought the time Gyarados needed to slip through the bridge and headed for the bay.
"Gyarados made it!" Orihime said.
"That last attack Frillish did was impressive. What was that?" Ichigo questioned.
"I think that was Hex. It's an attack that deals more damage when the opponent suffers from a status condition." Rukia said.
"Either way, Gyarados is on it's way back." Orihime said. They all saw Gyarados make it back to its friends. They were all together again and were clearing out of the way. Ichigo and his friends were all happy to see them back together again.
"Manectric, thanks for the help." Ichigo said.
"Manectric."
By working together, our heroes have brought a lost pokemon back to its friends. Now, Ichigo and his friends can head to Sunline Island. The Ultimate Talent Star awaits them and there is more excitement to come.
To Be Continued...
Pokemon Question: Okay, trainers. The answer to the last question was...Mantine. Mantine is capable of swimming in the sea and flying 300ft in the air. Here's the next question. What pokemon mimics every movement you make?
