By TeaFlower
Notes: Pokemon does not belong to me. All related characters have the same deal. The Pokemon Mastah is MINE! Anyway, Ackers belongs to me. So do Rhybaby, "Rai", the glitchy Raichu, Fearful the cowardly Fearow, Vinesgalor, "Vines", the neglected Venasaur, that Gengar I forgot the nickname of and SAILOR the Dewgong who needs a better name that I can't change because someone won't let me. FFVIII does not belong to me.
Episode Three: The First Battle
When we left our odd, odd main character, he was being abducted by a Pokeball. He does not like Pokeballs…
"Let me go!" Ackers screamed. "Put me down! HELP!"
Okay, I will translate this WHOLE story.
"Good luck, dude!" Rhybaby called. How about we call Rhybaby 'Rai'? Okay? Okay.
"You'll do fine!" Gengar said, waving. "She knows your name! Prove to her you're worthy!"
"Who's she?" Ackers managed to say before being taken away by the Pokeball.
"He's got no chance." Gengar said.
"I bet 5000 yen he'll come back fainted." Rai replied.
"No way."
Vinesgalor walked up, slightly twitching. "Whatcha guys talkin' bout?"
"New guy." Rai replied. "I bet 5000, no, 10000 yen AND a cookie he'll come back fainted."
"You're on, Rai." Vines said. Rai and Gengar looked at him quizzically. "He's got great potential. You didn't see or feel what he did to me." He shook.
"You're on, Vines. Better fish up that cookie, though." Rai said, his cheeks sparking.
---IN THE REAL WORLD…---
Our young Pokemon Mastah threw the Masterball in front of Bruno's Hitmonchan. She said, "Go, Ackers!"
Bruno raised an eyebrow. "Ackers…? Is that the new name of your Gengar?"
She shook her head, making the hair underneath her hat move with her. "New Pokemon."
"Ah."
The Masterball opened and the white silhouette of Ackers the Mewtwo appeared. Eventually, his color was restored and he blinked.
Bruno and his Hitmonchan freaked out. "What is that thing!" Bruno cried. His Hitmonchan jumped back and took up a fighting stance. Ackers just giggled.
Our Pokemon Mastah looked at them and started to laugh. This caught Ackers' attention and he turned, nervously. Before him stood the girl who threw a rock at his temple. Before him stood the girl who took away his freedom. Before him stood the girl who… he respected? Why did he respect her? She took EVERYTHING in his life away! And now, here he was, watching her laugh, and feeling like she was better than him! It was FREAKY!
The Mastah stopped laughing (finally) and looked at Ackers. He saw fear flash in her eyes briefly, then pride, then pure determination. She waved at him and said, "Hiya!"
Before Ackers could react, however, Bruno had told his Hitmonchan to Fire Punch the psychic cat into oblivion. The Mastah, who's name will be Terra, said, "Ackers, use Psychic!" Ackers blinked and then understood the meaning of her order. His eyes glowed purple as he harnessed the psychic energy that was abundant in his veins. The Hitmonchan grabbed its head and writhed in pain until it passed out. Ackers smiled. Terra grinned victoriously. Bruno growled. She had gotten a serious psychic in here!
"Go, Hitmonlee!" He threw his Pokeball and it opened, revealing the brown kicking machine that was Hitmonlee. Ackers looked at it. I think I'm noticing a pattern here… he thought. "Hitmonlee! Flying Jump Kick!" The Pokemon backed up, then came flying at Ackers with its right foot first.
"EEP!" Ackers screamed. He ducked and the Hitmonlee's eyes widened. It flew into the wall and crashed.
It took all the self-control Ackers had to keep him from laughing his butt off.
Before the Hitmonlee recovered, Terra yelled another order; "Ackers, use Psychic again!" So he did. The Hitmonlee started running in circles. It then fainted, its eyes swirls.
Kitari giggled. She then held up the Master Ball and said, "Ackers, return!" A beam of red light hit Ackers' back and drew him back into the Pokeball Universe.
---INSIDE THE POKEBALL UNIVERSE…---
Ackers landed gently on the black floor and looked around. He saw Rai and Vinesgalor staring into each other's eyes and Gengar spinning around like a ballerina. Ackers just blinked.
"Uh…" he started.
Rai and Vines jumped noticeably and Gengar screamed like a little girl. Ackers grinned, happy he had scared them so much. Rai twitched. And five seconds later he twitched again. WHY did he twitch? All will be explained in the sub-plot. There's a sub-plot? No, not really. But there are stories within stories, pasts of minor characters to be explained, etc., etc..
"TOLD YA!" Vines screamed. He danced around Rai and chanted, "I told ya, I told ya!" over and over again. Eventually, Rai got PISSED and screamed, "SHUT UP, I HEARD YOU ALREADY!" Vines whimpered and backed off.
Rai sighed and said, "So, what's your name?" Ackers knitted his brow in confusion. "You know, what did she call you when she gave you an order?" Ackers remembered.
"Ackers. I'm Ackers. I don't know why I'm Ackers. I'm just Ackers." He shrugged, dismissing the topic. "What have you guys been up to?"
Gengar shrugged. He walked over to Vines and patted his shoulder. "Nothing much. To tell you the truth, we bet on whether you would come back conscious. Well, Rai and Vines did. Rai bet 10000 yen and a cookie that you would come back fainted. Vines bet against it, though. Apparently Vines won."
Vines' eyes opened wide with realization. ((we're just gonna call him Vines, okay?)) "That's right!" He rounded on Rai, who was instinctually scared. "You owe me my 10000 yen and my cookie! Preferably oatmeal!"
Ackers had a confused look on his face. "One; what's yen?"
Rai, Vines, and Gengar blinked. Then, Rai asked, "Have you been living in a cave for the last million years?"
Ackers shrugged. "I don't know how long a year is." The three fell on their backs, in true anime style.
"Yen is a form of currency. People, and Pokemon, trade stuff for yen."
"Two; what's a cookie?"
"Only the most nummiest thing in the world besides a good dream!" Gengar cried.
"Want one?" Vines asked. Ackers nodded, slowly, because he had never tasted a cookie, never mind 'a good dream', before. He didn't even know dreams could BE food! But if it was better than raw Pidgey and some grass, he'd have a new favorite meal. ((what? They HAD to have eaten something!))
Rai grabbed a cookie and his wallet. He pulled out a lot of pieces of paper and handed them to Vines. He threw the cookie into Vines' mouth. He grabbed another one and held it up to Ackers. "Here you go!" Ackers telepathically lifted the cookie and looked at it. He took a bite of it and liked it. After the cookie he smiled.
"Yay, cookie!" he said. But then the Pokeball returned and took Ackers away.
"I'm not betting anything!" Rai said, simply. He then backed away, to go get some more cookies. If you are wondering, cookies are my friends.
---ELSEWHERE---
Whoosh! WHOOSH! Like my imitation of water lapping onto land? If not, too bad.
Anyway, the random, pointless guy stood in the tall grass, waiting for an unsuspecting trainer to come by. He had heard the rumors; the fabled 151st Pokemon, Mew, was on the very bridge to his right; Nugget Bridge. It was actually route 24, but the bridge had been nicknamed Nugget Bridge because of a contest held here often. If you could beat the five trainers of the Bridge, you'd get, get this, a Nugget! But the rumor was that Mew lived somewhere on this bridge. Somewhere, but where?
The guy always thought it was under the bridge. Or maybe it was using its awesome Mew-ee powers to turn invisible and was right in front of his face! Or… or…
The guy shook his head. "I'm going nuts. Mew doesn't exist. Oak's just a quack. It must be the Abras and the Oddishes. Damn them!" And then he went back to waiting. Little did he know he was just brought back to fictional thought by the subject of rumor itself. That's right. Mew was right in front of him. He just didn't know it. It giggled silently and waited for the trainer who would execute the pattern properly.
That will ALL come in later.
---ELSEWHERE!---
Bruno was angry. The kid was gonna best him AGAIN! Damn it! He thought angrily.
Terra was spinning a Pokeball on her finger as Bruno sent out his last Pokemon; Machamp. She then sent out Ackers. The Machamp said, and I quote: "EEP!"
Bruno said, "I won't let your psychic kitty beat me! Machamp! Submission!"
Terra replied, "We'll see, Bruno. We'll see. Ackers! Confusion!"
But Ackers wouldn't comply. He was thinking about Bruno's words. Her… kitty? One; I don't think I'm a kitty. Maybe I'm a lion, though. ((random FFVIII.)) But… I am no one's slave! I AM MY OWN PERSON! As Ackers was thinking these things, the Machamp had put him in a submission hold. Which pissed him off. He lifted the Pokemon effortlessly with his mind and slammed it onto the ground. He then made it run into a wall over and over. Then he made it punch and kick itself. Soon, the giant Pokemon had fainted. Terra smiled. Ackers was about to release his rage on the subject of it, but then she held up the Pokeball and said, "Ackers, return!" He had no choice but to return. So he did. Without a fight, though.
Bruno handed her some money and a pass. She beamed and skipped into the next room, host to the ghost lady herself; Agatha.
But we will get to her… later.
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