~Author's Note~
I was up until midnight typing this, and I still didn't finish! So I did it this morning. I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Chapter Six
'Arthur. Wake up. We're in Dewford now. Come on. Wake up!' When he didn't, she mind-shouted, 'Wake up!'
He bolted into a sitting position. "Ah! What? What's going on? Is there a kraken?" He looked around in a post-awakened confusion.
'Kraken? What..? We made it to Dewford. Time to go.'
"Oh. Ok." They went up to the deck, Arceus in her pokeball. "Thanks, Gilbert. We'll be back later."
"Right! The awesome me will wait here for you with the awesome Gilbird!" Arthur left the ship.
"Alright, first let's find Kiku." He went around town asking about Kiku. As far as he could tell, Kiku was in a cave researching stones. Arthur entered the cave. He saw a lone hiker in the first chamber.
"Oh! Are you here to explore? Here, take this HM." He said.
"Thanks. What does it do?" Arthur asked.
"It contains Flash. It will let you see in dark places. But you have to get the Dewford gym badge first."
"Ok, I'll go do that." Arthur left the cave.
'Don't you have a flashlight?' Arceus asked.
"Yeah, but I didn't want to be rude. Besides, I may as well get the badge while I'm here." A fisherman came up to him.
"Hey, do you want a fishing rod?" He asked.
"Uh, sure?" Arthur answered.
"Here." He handed Arthur a fishing rod. A crappy fishing rod, but a fishing rod nonetheless.
"Thanks?" The fisherman walked away. Arthur asked to no one, "What just happened?"
'I don't know. Well, you have a fishing rod now. You might as well use it.'
"Yeah, let's do this." He cast out the line, and when he felt a bite, he reeled it in.
It was a Magikarp.
He had Mudkip weaken it a sufficient amount, and he threw a pokeball at it. It was caught.
It registered in the Pokedex. The information read, Magikarp is a pathetic excuse for a pokemon that is only capable of flopping and splashing.
Arthur's jaw dropped. "Oh my god! Someone actually said this? Poor Magikarp!"
Magikarp was level 12 when Arthur caught him. Luckily, he knew Tackle, not just Splash, so he wasn't completely useless.
Arthur headed straight for the gym after healing up his small team.
It was pitch-dark in the gym. As he battled his way through the gym, the lights came on slowly.
Soon, he finally reached the gym leader. He was engaged in a conversation, but he couldn't see with whom.
"Come on, Mattie! I want you to come with me to the cave!"
"No! If you're a gym leader, you can go to the cave yourself!" Arthur only saw the other speaker when he actually spoke. It was obvious that these two people were related.
"But there might be ghost pokemon in there!"
"Then get someone else to go with you!"
It was then that Arthur decided to walk up to them. "Hello. I am Arthur Kirkland. Is one of you the gym leader?"
The louder of the two answered, "I am! Dude, what's up with your voice? It sounds totally weird!" Apparently this was highly amusing to him, because he started cracking up.
"Al! That was rude!" The quieter one scolded.
"Are you implying that there is something wrong with my voice?" Arthur asked angrily.
"It sounds totally British!" He laughed even harder.
Arthur started to get very angry. "Did it ever occur to you that I might be British?"
'Arthur, calm yourself. He irks me too, but we have to wait.'
"I have an idea." Arthur said. "Why don't you introduce yourselves?"
"Good idea. I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I'm Matthew Williams. I'm not the gym leader, I'm his brother."
"I'm Alfred F. Jones! I'm the hero!"
Matthew, in an attempt at getting some peace said, "I know! Al, why don't you take Arthur with you to the cave?"
"What?"
"That's a great idea! Let's go!" Alfred pulled Arthur all the way to the cave.
"That was quite unnecessary!" Arthur rolled his shoulder. "And wow you're strong!"
"Fighting type gym leader." Alfred said, as though it was the simplest thing in the world. "Let's see how far we can go!" Alfred decided.
Arthur figured that there was no arguing with him, and he should just go along with it.
Once they had gotten mostly through the tunnel, Alfred was looking close to tears, convinced that every little sound was a ghost type pokemon.
Arthur was trying to keep calm and be a 'hero.'
When they reached an area where they could jump down and leave through the way they came in, Alfred ran like the wind back to the gym.
Arthur on the other hand, went into the area nearby. In there, he found a person who fit the description that President Wang gave of Kiku.
"Excuse me, are you Kiku Honda?" Arthur asked.
"Yes. Did you need something?" Kiku asked.
"I was asked by President Wang of the Devon Corporation to deliver this letter to you. Here you do." Arthur handed Kiku the letter.
"Thank you. I think I am done researching now. I will take my leave. Good bye." Kiku left then.
"I guess I should leave too." Arthur said to no one in particular. He started to walk out, and tripped. "Bloody hell!"
'Are you okay, Arthur?' Arceus asked, trying to hide her laughter.
"I'm fine. Are you laughing at me?"
'No.' She lied.
Arthur sighed. He looked at what he tripped over. It was a rectangular tablet that was a pinkish color. "Arceus, I think I found one of your plates!"
She came out of her pokeball. 'Really?' She said excitedly. 'Yes! This is the Mind Plate. It holds psychic powers.'
"Do you want to hold it?"
'Kinda.'
"Here you go." Arthur handed her the Mind Plate and put the Splash Plate back in his bag. Arceus's eyes turned to their original green, and her crosswheel, hooves, pokeball, and a small patch of fur on her head turned pink.
"Let's go back to the gym and see if we can battle Alfred now."
'You got it.' Arceus went back into her pokeball. Arthur jumped down the ledge and left the cave.
The trainers in the gym felt like battling Arthur again, so he took this opportunity to train Magikarp and Mudkip. He managed to get them both to level 18.
He saw Alfred and Matthew conversing again.
"There were ghosts everywhere, Mattie! I swear!"
"Wow, Al. How did you survive?" Matthew asked sarcastically.
"Are you kidding? I'm the hero!"
"Hey, Alfred. I came here the first time as a challenger. Can we please get on with the battle?" Arthur said impatiently.
"Oh, so that's why you came here! Yeah, we can totally battle."
"Thank you!" Arthur pulled out Mudkip's pokeball.
"I'm just going to leave now." Matthew said.
"Makuhita! I choose you!" Alfred yelled.
"Go! Mudkip!"
"Makuhita! Use Bide!" Alfred yelled.
"Mudkip! Use Mud-Slap!" As Makuhita stored energy, he was hit by the mud, harming him and lowering his accuracy. Mudkip did this twice before Makuhita attacked.
It missed.
Mostly. It just brushed Mudkip, but enough to cause a bit of damage.
The whole thing happened again, except Mudkip used Water Gun, causing a more damage, making Makuhita faint before he was able to attack.
"Go! Machop!" Alfred released his second pokemon.
"Mudkip! Use Water Gun!" The attack did not do as well with this opponent.
"Machop! Karate Chop!" This attack did a little bit less than Mudkip's Water Gun.
They were both fighting with the last of their strength, but Machop got his attack in first. Mudkip was defeated.
Mudkip was recalled to his pokeball, and Arthur sent out his Magikarp.
"Magikarp, use Tackle!" This attack finished Machop.
Alfred took out a glowing blue pokeball. "Go! Lucario!"
"Magikarp! Use Tackle!"
The attack did next to nothing, but Lucario's counterattack KO'd Magikarp.
"Lucario! Force Palm!"
Arthur recalled Magikarp. "Go! Arceus!"
"Hahahahaha!" Alfred laughed. "It's pink!"
'Are you commenting on my color? Fool! You will pay dearly for insulting me!'
"Arceus! Calm down!" Arthur said.
'No! Tell me to use Judgement! Now!"
"Arceus! Use Judgement!" Arceus's eyes glowed, brighter than before, as did her crosswheel. Orbs of pink light appeared, and clashed, injuring Lucario. So much so, that he was KO'd instantly.
Arceus was about to attack Alfred too, but Arthur said, "That's enough Arceus. We won. Please, be satisfied."
'I'll stop. For you. If he crosses me again, I will not hold back.'
"Hey, Alfred. I'd suggest not insulting Arceus again. If you do, I think she'll attack you. She won't stop next time."
"I'll keep that in mind. Here's your badge." Alfred said, still shaken from almost being attacked.
Arthur took the Knuckle Badge from Alfred. "Thank you. I'll be off. Come on Arceus."
Arceus returned to her pokeball, and they returned to Gilbert's boat. "Please take us to Slateport."
"Yes! We shall awesomely set sail!"
Arthur fell asleep in the same bunk as the previous night. Arceus and Mudkip decided to stand guard in case they were attacked by something called a 'kraken.'
~Author's Note~
Twelve pages in my notebook, and six on word! This is the longest chapter you have gotten so far! Be happy! Review please!
