CHAPTER 4:
A-gate to the Relic Stone, and the First "Boss Battle"!
May, Brendan, and I made it to Agate Village, a lush city in Orre. We three gasped in awe when we saw how beautiful it was, with the natural waterfalls and streams, and the large trees, which were partial homes, and I don't mean for Pokemon!
...But nothing lasts too long...
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" came a yell. I ran ahead of my comrades, and I saw someone in an orange long-sleeve shirt, work boots, and blue overalls get tossed aside by a Cipher member! The Cipher guy ran into a cave leading to the Relic Stone Forest, so I bolted in after him, while Brendan and May helped the man. They had gotten the Anorith (Brendan) and Lileep (May) from yesterday, so they held their own against a wave of Cipher members that suddenly bum-rushed 'em!
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A sole Cipher member was at the Relic Stone when I got there (After trouncing some others in the cavern with my muscle and mind.) He was in black and white clothing, so I suspected he was the lowest rank, a Grunt.
"Ahem..." I said, startling him.
"YAH! What is it!" he cried, and then turned to see me.
"Oh, great. Not you, again, the guy who was lucky enough to sleep with Lovrina!"
I snorted, steam coming from my ears. "LUCKY! HA-HA-HA-HA! How is that lucky, you unimportant uberdufus!"
"Uber-what?"
"Never mind! I challenge you to a battle, dude! My Totodile against TWO of your Pokemon!" I shouted.
"I'm not sure if that's a wise decision, Pat." came a soft feminine voice. It was May, with Brendan beside her.
"Relax guys. How tough can a Cipher Grunt be? I choose you Totodile!" I threw out Totodile's Poke Ball, and my only and first Pokemon appeared.
...Like in Gateon, he ran over to me and clutched my legs, weeping loudly.
"Totodile..." I sighed, annoyed.
"Pat, I'll help you with this goofball! Let's go Anorith!" Brendan called, bringing out his Shadow Anorith.
"Nor-ith!" it shrieked. My visor came up, beeping: "NEW MOVES FOR LEVEL 7 ANORITH REVEALED! MOVES: SWORDS DANCE AND WATER GUN."
I looked at the visor, which soon disappeared. "Brenda, you can now order Anorith to use Swords Dance and Water Gun."
"Cool! Hey, wait... Grr... IT'S BRENDAN! NOT BRENDA!"
"Okay, whatever. Totodile, please battle. I won't be mad if you lose." I coaxed Totodile into battling. He got into a martial arts fighting position.
"Hmm... My Pokemon will destroy yours! Even though you're using two instead of the agreed ONE! I call forth the powers of the air!" The Grunt did a slow, Chi-gathering dance.
"Get on with it, bub..." I mumbled, causing him to fall over Anime style.
"Grr... I was building drama! Let's go, beasts of the sky! Swablu and Aerodactyl!"
A blue bird with white, cottony wings, blue head "ribbons", and a white beak appeared, next to a gray Pokemon with a big mouth and several serrated teeth, and claws on the edges of the wings.
"HAHAHA... was that out loud?" Brendan laughed.
"There's nothing to laugh at, Brendan. Aerodactyl is a Shadow Pokemon! Level: 8. Moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Mist." I said, reading what my green visor, which just popped up, read.
"How true." the Grunt mocked. "My creatures shall destroy you, for they are from me, Nixen!"
"Hey, wait! Didn't you battle May back in Gateon?" Brendan asked.
"Yes. I nearly defeated her, too!" Brendan and I turned red with anger.
"I see you both like her!" Nixen taunted.
"Well, I'm her boyfriend, duh!" Brendan replied.
"Yes, and for me, she is barely a friend. Who needs them? There's only one person a guy... Or girl... can trust when it comes down to the finest of details: him or herself!" I shouted, making B & M frown.
"Let's just battle!"
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two battle with no substitutions or time limits.
My Totodile and Brendan's Anorith vs. CG Nixen's Swablu and Aerodactyl
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Totodile, use Water Gun on Aerodactyl!"
Totodile closed it mouth, and then opened it, causing a blast of water to hit Aerodactyl. The hit was super effective against the Rock/Flying Element.
"Nice, Pat! Anorith, use Swords Dance and then Shadow Blitz on Swablu!"
Anorith clanged its claws together, faint swords appearing around it, slashing each other. Anorith's Attack was sharply raised, pardon the pun. It then became illuminated in a dark violet aura, and charged at Swablu. Just like all Shadow attacks, Blitz was super effective, and, being a move reliant on Attack, clearly knocked Swablu out.
"Grr..." Nixen growled. He pointed out Swablu's Poke Ball, and it fired a red laser. Swablu became red energy, and went into the laser, which then retreated into the spherical body's confinements.
"Aerodactyl, use Shadow Mist!"
Aerodactyl formed a shadowy ball in its large gray jaws, which spread out on our side of the field as a big mass of fog, hindering what Brendan and I could see, as well as May and our Pokemon, plus lowering Totodile and Anorith's Accuracy! Of course, Totodile was scared...
"Now, Shadow Blitz!" came Nixen's shout. I saw a faint shadow through the evil fog, and then Aerodactyl when it tackled Totodile, causing a lot of damage!
"Totodile..." I gasped. "Grr..." I growled, clearly showing pure rage. Brendan must've been frightened, because he steeped back a bit. Maybe it was because...
My whole eyes turned a dark emerald color! No pupil, no iris, no nothing!
"What the..." Brendan said softly.
"Totodile, use Blizzard attack on the fog!"
My "eye thing" seemed to spread to my Pokemon, for his eyes turned dark green too! Totodile, though still a weak level, released the fury of icebergs and snow! (Hmm? Why'd I italicize that...?)
The fury Blizzard made the fog dissipate, and Aerodactyl was revealed!
"Urgh..." I groaned as a fell to my knees, holding my head.
"Pat!" May cried, and ran over to me. "Are you okay!"
I opened my eyes. They were normal now, and I got back up.
"Yeah, I'm alright."
"Aerodactyl, Shadow Blitz!" Nixen yelled. Aerodactyl flew at Totodile to deliver another Shadow Blitz. But Totodile dodged, and our foe came at May and me!
"AAAHHH!" May screamed. "It's over for us!"
"Grr... Not if I can help it!" I pushed May away, and dodged Aerodactyl. He flew back to Nixen.
"Oh, thanks Pat!" May sighed, hugging me.
"HEY!" Brendan called.
"Get off me. Now. Please!" I cried, and May let go. "Now, Totodile, use Scratch!"
Totodile jumped at Aerodactyl and scratched its face, causing it to shriek.
A swooshing sound was heard as a Poke Ball zipped at Aerodactyl, illuminated red. It sucked up the fifth fossil Pokemon in red light, and twitched three times, and then quit. I caught our fifth Shadow Pokemon!
"I'll take Aerodactyl, guys." I said as I stuck the Poke Ball on my belt.
"That's fine. We have four Shadows total. You need at least one." Brendan replied, speaking of May a bit.
"Great!" I recalled Totodile, and attached its Poke Ball to my belt. But suddenly, when we were about to leave, a familiar face dropped down from a tree: NAPS!
"I found ya!" he shouted, causing us to turn around and see him.
"Not you again!" Brendan said in a moaning voice.
"Yeah, we beat ya before, Naps! Scram!" May added.
"I agree with my weaker friends." I said calmly.
"You won't this time! I have a much stronger Pokemon Team! I challenge May and... Pat!" Naps pointed at the above.
"Well, since you chose me, this will go quite fast." I mumbled cockily.
"No, since you chose me, it'll be fast!" May corrected, eyes turning happy Anime style.
"Whatever." Naps muttered, sounding like Chase Young from Xiaolin Showdown, a sweat drop on his brow. He held out two Poke Balls, and threw them, calling out:
"Let's gooooo! Gastly and Shroomish!"
Out of two Poke Balls came, on the left, a Ghost/Poison Element, which was a floating black circle with big eyes and a large mouth, with gas floating behind it, like a huge tail. "Ga-a-a-astly..." it moaned spookily.
On the right was a Grass Element, a mustard yellow mushroom body with green spots and an angry face. A green bottom was under it, with two small feet. "Shroom-oom-ish!" it grunted.
"Who's up next with moi, guys?" I asked.
"I'll go." May replied, and walked up to me, holding out a Poke Ball.
"Come on out," she called, "Lileep!"
Lileep appeared on the field. "Lileep!" it cried out.
"I better give Totodile a rest. Of course, if I used it, it would be..." I paused, and then shouted to Naps in a more serious and even more mature voice, "Toto annihilation." This caused a few laughed from May and Brendan.
"So, let's do this! Aerodactyl!"
Aerodactyl came out of the Poke Ball, and gave a great shriek:
"AEROOODACTYL!"
My visor pooped up for the fifth time. It read:
"Gastly. Level 10. Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Hold. SHADOW POKEMON!" M & B heard.
"...Time to duel." I said monotonously.
"?" May said, meaning it was inaudible to anyone, except Brendan, who read her lips... Her beautiful, sweet, tempting, kissable... Please disregard my last statement.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no time limit or substitutions. How so totally not different.
My Aerodactyl and May's Lileep vs. CP Naps' Gastly and Shroomish
BATTLE COMMENCE!
My visor suddenly zipped out from my shoulder again.
"NEW MOVE FOR: SHADOW LILEEP. MOVE NAME: RECOVER."
"May, Lileep now knows Recover."
"Great! Lileep, Shadow Blitz!"
Lileep surrounded itself in a shadowy aura, and tackled into Shroomish. As usual, the attack was super effective.
"Ha! I could so do better than that!" Naps shouted, reminding me of Lovrina...
"Shroomish, use Mega Drain on Aerodactyl!"
A green ball of energy formed in front of Shroomish and my Aerodactyl. Energy streamed from Aerodactyl's to Shroomish. The Grass attack caused minor damage to the Rock/ Flying Type.
"And now, Gastly, use Shadow Blitz!"
Gastly became surrounded like Lileep previously was, and charged at Lileep. The Shadow move against a Shadow Pokemon barely did a thing.
"...I thought you could do better, Naps." I taunted. "...Y'know, how about this, Naps. If you give us Gastly, we'll let you be safe from me. If you do not... I'll make you take a nap." This caused a growl to arise from the aforementioned CP, and laughs to come from us.
"Great one, Pat! You're a riot!" Brendan cried, clutching his stomach.
I stopped laughing suddenly. "It's not funny..." We then began roaring with laughter!
"SHUT UP!" Naps yelled. He ordered Shroomish to Tackle us, but it couldn't hear.
"Okay, okay... Let's get serious, people. Aerodactyl, finish off Shroomish with... Huh?"
Instead of my visor poppin' up so I could see, we all could see Aerodactyl in a red glow...
"It's entered Mega Mode!" Naps cried out.
"Mega Mode?" I repeated. "Is that like Reverse and Hyper Mode?"
"Uh, yes."
"Hmm... AERODACTYL!" I Called, snapping him out of his hostile mode, also lowering his "Shadow Meter", which meant he was closer to purification standards. My visor popped up again, and read Aerodactyl had learned the move Toxic.
Since Call used up a move, May took over.
"Lileep, use Shadow Blitz on Shroomish again!"
Lileep once again rammed Shroomish in a purple aura, causing the mushroom to faint from two super effective hits. From Naps' hand shot a red beam, and it sucked Shroomish back into its Ball as red energy.
"One down, one to go." I mumbled.
"Gastly, Shadow Blitz again!"
Gastly delivered a hardly effective Shadow Blitz to Aerodactyl again.
"Aerodactyl! Shadow Blitz back!"
Aerodactyl used Shadow Blitz, proving the battle was a Shadow Blitz blitzkrieg!
A Poke Ball appeared in my hand again, and became illuminated. I threw it at Gastly, and the ghastly Pokemon was sucked up. After a few shakes, I knew I caught it. I picked up the latest Snag Ball in my hand, and claimed it for myself. 'Twas only fair.
After May and I recalled our Pokemon, I called to Naps:
"Naps, you fought a good battle, but in the end... Your stupidity did you in. BE GONE!" Naps was scared by me, and jumped away. He left a strange, shiny silver notebook with a title of The Ultimate Ultimate Shadow Pokemon. I skimmed through it, seeing words like "pillar", "green", and "swift". Parts of it must've met an acidic liquid, for six of the ten pages were blackened and ripped.
"That doesn't help at all!" I yelled, throwing the book. It hit the gray Relic Stone in the center of a stony circle, cracking the cover of the book.
I noticed May and Brendan were already near the cave we came through, so I began to follow, allowing them to continue. I stopped, and picked up the book. I stuffed it in my supplies bag, and then ran to catch up to B & M.
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After buying a few Potions, a small amount of Great Balls, (We could only get five.) a Cologne Case from some mysterious old man with a long gray beard, a purple robe with a green inside with blue designs along the "skirt"-like bottom, a blue belt with a yellow bone thing in the middle, and brown shoes, and different Scents; 10 Joys, 8 Excites, and 5 Vivids. (I bought 'em and May thought they were for her, causing her to hug me yet again, and for her to use HALF OF THEM ON HER!) Since it was late, Brendan booked a one-night stay at the Agate Village Pokemon Center. The Hoennshipping couple went back to Gateon for a few hours, saying they would catch a romantic movie... I left it at that. But who knows what the Krabby Club has to offer...
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I was alone... Again... The first time I had been alone since I came to the Pokemon World... Except for my Pokemon. I decided to, instead of sit around in my room and wait for B & M, go have some time alone with my Pokemon in the Relic Forest. After leaving a note for Brendan and May, I walked out of the Pokemon Center and down a slope into the Relic Cavern, reaching the Relic Stone's site. I sent out my Pokemon, introducing them to Gastly. ...Totodile was rather apprehensive.
I then opened my Cologne Case, a cube-shaped chest with a red top and white bottom, like a Poke Ball, and pulled out different colored spray bottles. Ones with JOY on them were blue and small, ones with EXCITE on the side were green and medium-sized, and the few with VIVID on them were red and large. I took three Joy Scents and sprayed Gastly twice and Aerodactyl once. The Scents massaged Shadow Pokemon and regular Pokemon, and also got Shadows nearer to being purified!
I next sprayed an Excite on Gastly, and my visor popped up. Aside from Shadow Blitz and S. Hold, it had just learned the move Psywave!
I sprayed a second Excite on Aerodactyl, who screeched happily.
Last, I used the last two Vivid Scents, one on Aerodactyl and one on Gastly. Aerodactyl learned its fourth move from Purification: Whirlwind! Gastly and especially Aerodactyl were very close to being Purified!
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A few hours later, outside the Pokemon Center
May and Brendan had come back from Gateon Port a bit earlier than I expected. I was about to ask them what the movie they saw was when a thought struck my mind.
"Guys, when you were in Gateon, did you have a 'romantic' time on top of the lighthouse?" I asked.
"Yeah!" May replied, grinning in a silly way.
"Hmm... Well, did either of you happen to see an island out to the west?"
"Mmm... Nope, don't think so."
"Although, May and I did see a strange bunch a' clouds over a little piece of land. It looked like a volcano." Brendan said.
"AHA!" I cried out. "I mean, uh... Okay."
May shrugged, as did Brendan.
"Well, it's late. We should get some sleep."
We headed into our room. There were two sets of bunk beds, made out of mahogany wood. Of course, May and Brendan were in one, B on top. I was in the other one, on the left. Soon, the sound of three peoples' snoring could be heard from outside the door...
PM: Another long Chappie... But only one day's time used! I'M A GENIUS! But you knew that, again.