POKEMON AQUA
Episode 5: Dark Trainer in Milos Forest
Previously on Pokemon Aqua…
Aqua's Gym Battle continues as both he and Yukuro, the Gym Leader, are down to their last Pokemon. Who will be the victor of this epic battle? And where will Aqua go after Arlos City? There are 4 roads after all!
There were two Pokemon on the field. On Aqua's side, Cubby, on Yukuro's side, Gurto. Aqua had already equipped Cubby with the black stone Mahogany had given him.
"Cubby, are you ready to do this?" asked Aqua. Aqua already knew the answer. It wasn't like Cubby would say no.
"CUB!" it said, in agreement.
"Then let's start out with Take Down!" Cubby came charging at Gurto but Gurto took to the air.
"Gurto, use Air Slash!" said Yukuro. Gurto brought down a wing and a slash of air came down on Cubby.
"Cubby! Use Tail Slap and go as hard as you can!" said Aqua. The slash came down and Cubby's Tail Slap missed. Cubby was knocked to the ground.
"Gurto, end this with Drill Peck!" said the Gym Leader. As Gurto was coming down, Cubby used Fairy Wind by instinct. Gurto was knocked away by it.
Cubby began to glow.
"Cubby is evolving!" said Ash from the stands.
As the glow disappeared, Aqua saw a new Pokemon that looked like a cross between Umbrion and Cubby.
"Cubby evolved into Umbrio!" Yukuro exclaimed.
"Ah, yes!" said Aqua.
"Gurto, use Whirlwind!" Yukuro said. A whirl of wind started up.
"Umbrio, ride the wind!" said Aqua. It was an amazing sight to see. The wind was so strong that Umbrio was able to run on top of it without falling.
"Now use Bite!" said Aqua. Umbrio jumped off the wind and bit Gurto on the tail feather.
"NO! Shake it off Gurto!" Gurto wasn't able to.
"Now Umbrio, jump and use Fairy Wind!" Umbrio used the momentum of the shake to jump up and unleash a Fairy Wind Attack.
"Did Aqua win?" Olive asked.
The dust cleared. Gurto had fainted. The people in the stands got up and started clapping. Aqua noticed that there was a considerably larger amount of people than he started out with.
After the battle, Yukuro came over to him.
"Here," he said. "You deserved this." Yukuro tossed him a badge.
"Looks like I just got the Air Badge!" Aqua said, holding his award in the air.
Aqua was on the video phone with his mother.
"Mom, I'm heading for Thundos City, now, which means I'll have to go through Milos Forest. Wish me luck," he said.
"But, honey, maybe you could come home, first."
"But, I just started my journey. Plus, I have this feeling that it just might be my destiny."
"Well, maybe destiny can wait."
"Like I said, mom, it's my destiny.
The next day, he prepared to leave when he heard a knock on the hotel room door. He opened the door and Mahogany and Olive stood there.
"Oh, hey guys," Aqua said. "Come to say good-bye?"
"Well, actually…" said Olive. She nudged Mahogany.
"No you say it!" Mahogany whispered to her.
"Come on, be a man!" she whispered back.
"No, you be a woman!"
"Uh, guys," said Aqua.
"We want to come with you on your journey," they said at the same time.
"Well, then come on!" said Aqua.
And they headed out towards Milos Forest.
Now, Aqua regretted not going home. They were now stranded in the middle of the forest. Luckily, Olive was good in the woods considering she had grown up in the Muros Forest.
But, unluckily, Aqua and Mahogany were not.
Night was falling, so they decided to set up camp. They all sent out their Pokemon. Aqua's Pokemon were Sheldeeze, Umbrio, and Tapolt. Mahogany's were Torgon, Wormake, and Growlithe. And lastly, Olive's Pokemon were Leper, Hawkling, and Oddish.
Aqua fell asleep in about 15 minutes.
Aqua woke up before all the others. Giving out a yawn, he looked around. He saw something.
It had some kind of machine attached to its back. It was yellow, and had sagging skin. Aqua knew this Pokemon. It was a Scraggy. It was standing on a rock…peeing?
Aqua took a step closer to it, intending to catch it.
It turned around and…said? "Mind your own business, will 'ya!"
Aqua stumbled back. "Y-y-you talk!?" he stammered.
"No, I'm creating an optical illusion with my mind," it said, sarcastically. "Yeah, I'm talking!"
"But how are you doing it?" Aqua asked.
The Scraggy turned back around. "This thing on my back does it," Scraggy answered. "Some weirdoes in blue suits put it on me. Some kind of experiment, I guess. Now, would you mind looking the other way?"
Weird, thought Aqua. Why would people do that?
Aqua suddenly realized. Blue suits! Team Blip!
Aqua was just about to head back to camp when Olive seemingly appeared out of nowhere!
"Ah!" he yelped. "God, Olive, don't do that! You scared the living poffins out of me!"
"Sorry, it's just that Mahogany went looking for you," she said.
"Why?" said Aqua. "I've only been got about ten minutes."
"Well, Mahogany's a worrywart…" her voice trailed on.
You know this after only a day of travelling with him? Aqua thought to himself.
"Hey, get your dirty hands off me!"
"That's Scraggy's voice!" Aqua said, running after him.
"Wait that was a Pokemon talking?" Olive asked, right before coming right after him.
"Hey, wait for me guys," Mahogany said as he caught up with them.
They reached a clearing where a strange-looking, black haired kid was standing with Scraggy in his hands.
"Ah, help!" Scraggy called.
Aqua saw that the kid kept trying to catch the Scraggy with a Pokeball, but the beam kept missing.
"Oh, what the HECK!" he yelled. "Why won't you go into the Pokeball!?"
"Just leave me alone!" Scraggy said.
"How is it talking?" Mahogany asked aloud.
"Team Blip must be experimenting with Pokemon speech," Aqua answered. "The machine on its back helps it speak to humans."
Olive stepped forward until she was almost nose-to-nose with the other kid.
"Who are you?" Olive demanded.
"Damon!" he said, trying to be intimidating. He backed away. "I'm a Dark Trainer."
"Dark Trainer?" Aqua and Mahogany both said aloud.
"Listen, I don't like the sound of 'Dark Trainer', but you'd better get of here and leave Pokemon alone!"
"Whatever," he said, putting Scraggy down. "It wasn't working anyway." He walked away. "I'll get you next time!" And with that, he was gone.
Aqua saw, out of the corner of his eye, Scraggy running into the forest.
Shame, thought Aqua. I was going to ask it some questions about Team Blip.
"We should probably get out of this forest, now," said Mahogany.
Aqua and the others continued on towards Thundos City when a Pokemon came running towards them.
"ADDUUUUN!" it yipped excitedly. Aqua staggered back. The Pokemon kind of reminded him of a Plusle, only a lot bigger.
A girl with blond hair and shockingly yellow eyes kind running towards them. She picked up the Pokemon.
"I'm sorry," she said. "It must've gotten excited. We don't normally see people come through the forest."
"Well, some of us aren't that normal," Aqua said to Mahogany, nudging him with his elbow.
"Oh, shut up." Mahogany said. "Anyways, what is that Pokemon? I've never seen it before."
"Oh, this is Addun," she replied.
Aqua brought out Walter, his Pokedex.
"ADDUN, THE CHEERING POKEMON, AND THE EVOLVED FORM OF PLUSLE. ADDUN GAINS THE ELEMENT OF FIRE TO HELP WITH THE HEATING UP OF BATTERIES."
"While you're at it," the girl said. "You might as well look up Subtractle as well."
Walter immediately responded.
"SUBTRACTLE, THE CHEERING POKEMON, AND THE EVOLVED FORM OF MINUN. SUBTRACTLE, LIKE ADDUN, GAINED A NEW TYPE UPON EVOLVING. ITS NEW WATER ELEMENT HELPS COOLING DOWN ADDUNS OVERHEAT."
"So they go together," said Aqua. "Like twins!"
"So, uh, could you tell us how—"Mahogany started to say, but Olive stepped on his foot before he could finish.
"Be nice!" she whispered to him. "What's your name?"
"Oh, me, I'm Electra," she answered.
"Electra!" someone called.
"Coming, mom!" Electra answered back. Electra glanced at Aqua and the others. "And with visitors!" she added.
And with that, Electra led them out of Milos Forest.
To Be Continued…