Chapter 4- A Random Fight

"I don't know how you managed to defeat my sleepbending, but don't think that I'm out of options yet."

"This would be a short chapter if you were."

Sparks fly as the two stare each other down. Cassandra decides to skip the fight, and heads to the Pokemart.

"Face my burnbending!" Flames erupt from the man's hands.

"... So, firebending?"

The man hesitates. "What? No, it's… different… I think. Whatever, can you stop it?"

"Man, fire is hard to deal with. If only I could do… this!" Missingno whips out a bottle of bubbles and removes the wand.

Missingno used Bubblebeam!

...But, it failed!

His face turns red as he struggles to blow a bubble. After many failed attempts, he throws it aside and spits on the fire.

"I'M MELTING!" The fire screams out as it shrinks. Once it disappears, Missingno gives two thumbs up.

"Waterbending!"

"Ha, burnbending is one of my weaker attacks. Tremble in fear of the terror that is poisonbending!" A black gas forms around the man, floating forward.

Missingno pulls out a leaf blower. He begins speaking in monotone. "Oh no. Whatever shall I-" He turns it on, blasting the cloud away and distorting the man's face with the wind.

Missingno turns it off. "If only I had AIRBENDING!"

"I see that you have many complex techniques based on the ancient arts."

Cassandra looks at him quizzingly. "Are you sure about that?" She had finished stocking up at the Pokemart, and came back to check on the fight.

"But… does the cold bother you anyways?" The ground ices over at his feet. The ice crawls along the ground, freezing everything in its path. The now burned and poisoned Pidgey finally wakes up only to be frozen.

"Freezebending, huh? Let me show you what real firebending looks like!" Missingno lifts up two flamethrowers and lets loose. After a few minutes of maniacal laughter, Cassandra points something out to him.

"You do know that the ice is the other way, right?"

Missingno turns around to look at the man. He walks to the massive fire he created, picks it up, and throws it at the ice.

The man jumps through the flames, landing heroically. "You can't defeat a master statusbender! Especially after I pull out my secret weapon!"

"A gun?"

The man looks at him confused. "What? No, logically speaking, next would be…"

"Chocolatebending?"

Cassandra shakes her head. "Asking Missingno to be logical is not the best idea."

"Well, there is no way you can stop my paralysisbending. With this technique, I have defeated armies, massacred nations, conquered planets! ALL WILL DIE!" Jolts of electricity run up and down his arm as he laughs uncontrollably.

"You should really check your left."

The man stops and looks to the side, where a second Missingno is winding up a punch. With a loud 'pow', he sends the man flying.

The new Missingno just says one word in a calm, deep voice. "Fistbending."

"WHAT THE HECK?!" Cassandra looks back and forth between the two Missingnos, beyond confused.

"Yes! I finally got her to react!" The old Missingno raises his hands above his head, a ridiculous grin on his face.

"So did I!" The new Missingno runs up and gives him a high five, which sends him flying into the distance.

"And then there was one." Cassandra gives up again. "The glitch is gone, right?"

"Probably."

"Cool, time to move on to the next city."

"Wait! There's something I'm missing here." He rubs his chin. "What could it be?" He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a building. He slams it down on the splinters of the old Pokemon Academy, and it gleams with a new coat of wax.

"I swear, there was something I was going to do. I can't put my finger on it, but…" He uses one finger to lean against the building, while continuing to rub his chin.

Cassandra shakes her head again, but this time there is a small smile. "Come on."

Missingno hums as they leave. At the city limits, Missingno stops and views a spot of grass that is illuminated by the scarlet light of the setting sun. The wind rustles the trees of the nearby grove and tickles. He stoops down and lightly brushes the grass. In a soft voice, he whispers "Thank you, Old Man. Goodbye."

"You coming, Missingno?" Cassandra waits for him, hands on hips.

"You bet!" With this, he officially leaves behind his old life and heads out for a new adventure.

Full of randomness.