POKEMON AQUA

Episode 6: A Brother and a Tag-Team Battle

Previously on Pokemon Aqua…

While traveling in Milos Forest, Aqua, Mahogany, and Olive meet Damon, a so-called dark trainer. After driving him off, the trainers are met by Electra and her Addun, and exit Milos Forest.

Route 8 was amazing! There were Pokemon teeming everywhere, the grass was a luscious green, and there were apple trees all around.

"This place is beautiful!" said Olive.

"My family owns Route 8 and the land around it, so were very rich," said Electra. "The apples trees were planted by my mother."

They neared a huge house guarded by a gate. A girl bowed her head to them as they passed through.

"That's my sister, Favion," Electra said.

"Hey, Electra," Mahogany called. "Would you mind if I explored the route? I'm hoping I might catch a Pokemon."

"Of course!"

"Hey, Mahogany, I'm coming with you!" Aqua said, trailing behind.

While there, Mahogany attempted to catch a Beautifly, but failed. There later had a picnic from the fruits there were able to find on the route.

They were halfway back to Electra's house when they spotted Augie and another boy. This boy had matted brown hair, deep blue eyes, and a shirt depicting a Pikachu eating an apple. Weirdly, he was the exact opposite of Augie. He was even smiling!

"Hey, Augie!" Aqua said, running up to him. Augie looked surprised. "Well, didn't think I'd ever see you again!" Aqua said to him.

The other boy looked confused. Then he seemed to get whatever he was confused about.

"Ohhh," he said. "So you must be Aqua. I'm Augie's brother, Reese. You know, Augie's told me a lot about you. Like how rude you are, how pathetic you are, oh, and how much you suck at battling." Augie was nodding his head the entire time.

"I'll have you know that I beat him at a battle and that everything else is lies!" Aqua shouted.

"Alright, let's calm down," Mahogany said.

"Oh I'm very calm can't you tell!?" Aqua continued shouting.

When Aqua was done with his tantrum, Reese continued with his talking.

"I always wanted to test my skills against you, Aqua, but since we have four of us here, let's have a tag=team battle!"

Aqua had seen tag-team battles on TV before, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to be in one.

"We accept your challenge!" Mahogany said without Aqua's consent.

"Augie?" said Reese.

"Hm."

"Are you up to the challenge?"

"Yeah, sure, haven't got anything else to do," he answered.

"I'll say the rules," said Reese. "First, each trainer may only use one Pokemon. Second, when your Pokemon faints, you are out of the battle. Third, whichever side's Pokemon are both unable to battle first loses."

The four got into their positions.

They all sent out their Pokemon at the same time. Aqua had sent out Sheldeeze, Mahogany had out Torgon, Augie with his Strawicle, and Reese had a Pikachu before him.

"Battle, begin!" Mahogany said.

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Sheldeeze!" Reese said.

"And Strawicle, Tackle his Torgon!"

Torgon dodged out of the way and took the Thunderbolt to protect Sheldeeze.

"Sheldeeze, Ice Ball!" said Aqua.

Sheldeeze began charging up its Ice Ball attack when Pikachu came in with a Quick Attack, destroying it.

"Okay, Strawicle, use Icicle Punch on Torgon!"

Aqua tried to get Sheldeeze to stop it with an Icy Wind Attack, but it was too late. Torgon was down for the count.

"Errgh," Mahogany growled. "Torgon, return." Torgon was brought back into the Pokeball and Mahogany stepped away from the battle. "Guess it's just you now, Aqua."

How am I going to win against both Augie and Reese? Aqua asked himself.

"Sheldeeze, Take Down on Pikachu!"

"Pikachu, intercept with Iron Tail!"

Aqua could tell it did more damage to Sheldeeze than Pikachu. The Take Down recoil did nothing to even it out.

"I didn't know your Pikachu knew Iron Tail," Augie said to Reese.

"Well, you've gone for a month, so I've been training.

"Sheldeeze, use Water gun on Strawicle!" Aqua said.

"Huh?" Reese and Augie said at the same time. Aqua had caught them of guard, but since Strawicle was a Normal-Ice Type, the attack did virtually nothing.

""Hey, Augie," Reese said. "What do you say I end this?"

"Go ahead."

"Pikachu, use Electro Ball!"

Pikachu jumped into the air, tail raised, ball of electricity charging.

"Sheldeeze jump and use Tackle!" Aqua said.

Sheldeeze jumped into the air and pummeled into Pikachu, changing its course right as it released Electro Ball. The attack went spiraling towards Strawicle!

"No, Strawicle!" Augie cried.

As the attack hit the ground, dust flew around, blocking the outcome from view. When the dust cleared, they saw that Strawicle had fainted.

As Augie was returning it to its Pokeball, Aqua saw a weird looking Pokemon stroll by. It reminded Aqua of a Pichu, yet nothing like it. He decided to look it up with Walter.

"PICKID, THE BABY FUSED POKEMON. WHILE SCIENTISTS WERE WORKING ON THE DISCOVERY OF POKEMON FUSION, A NEW STRAND OF POKEMON EVOLUTION CHAIN WAS CREATED. THIS CHAIN WAS MADE BY FUSING ELECTABUZZ WITH PIKACHU. THE CHAIN CONSISTS OF PICKID, PIKABUZZ, AND RAIVIRE."

"Whoah," said Aqua. "I didn't know that they could make Pokemon from other Pokemon."

"They even tried to clone Pichu while they were at it," said Reese. "Just search 'Pichu clone' in your Pokedex."

So Aqua searched it up and a Pokemon entry appeared.

"ROCHIKA, THE CLONE POKEMON. ROCHIKA IS A FAILED EXPERIMENT WHILE TRYING TO CLONE PICHU. SIMILAR ENTRIES ARE THE MEW-DITTO THEORY. CLICK HERE FOR MEW-DITTO THEORY."

Aqua was about to continue his Pokedex trek when he saw that Pickid was walking away.

"I'll look at that later," he said to himself. "But for now, follow that Pickid!"

So Aqua, Mahogany, Augie, and Reese took chase. They followed Pickid into Thundos City. Aqua remembered passing a fountain and what looked to be a Pokemon Gym. They reached a high building with a crooked gutter coming from the side. Pickid found a way to get up the gutter and onto the top of the building. It seemed to be teasing them.

"Well, how are we going to get up there?" Aqua asked.

"Maybe my Porygon could go," Augie suggested.

So they tried that, but Porygon wasn't able to hover that high.

Aqua decided to head towards the Gym.

"See you guys!" he called back.

Aqua wandered, not being able to remember which way the Gym was located. He kept walking until he spotted it.

Upon entering, he saw a screen. The words on it said: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO GAIN ACCESS

Below that it said: VOICE CONTROLLED

The questions began to appear.

NAME

"Aqua," he answered.

FULL

"Oh," Aqua realized it wanted his full name. "Aqua Daisuke Saitou."

BADGES

"Do you want to know how many I have or which ones I have?"

NUMBER

"One."

TIME

What kind of question is that?

Aqua looked at his Pokedex. "Uhh, 2:34?"

TIME ON JOURNEY

"Oh, umm, about a month." When did they start doing this?

Before the next question could come, Aqua heard a scream.

Aqua ran out of the Gym.

"HOOOONNNCH" Aqua heard a flapping of wings and recognized the sound of Honchcrows flying away.

Then, he heard someone say: "I've got you now, kid!" He ran into an alleyway where he thought he heard the commotion.

"Stop!" Aqua then heard. Aqua recognized that voice. Then, a flash of light.

Aqua now saw a man in a business suit, blue jacket, and sunglasses fall to the ground.

A familiar kid was standing with a familiar Pokemon next to him. "What happened here?" Aqua asked.

"I'm not sure," Reese replied. "But we should get out of here." They ran out with Pickid following close behind.

When they were a ways away from that alley, they resumed talking.

"So, this guy was saying something about a sword and then, not ten seconds later, he was on the ground, having been electrocuted." Reese explained.

"It must've been your Pikachu protecting you."

"No, Pikachu was left at the Pokemon Day Care," Reese continued. "It was Pickid here who saved me."

"Wait, hold up!" Aqua said. "You abandoned your Pikachu!?"

"No, no, of course not," Reese defended. "I left it there with a friends Pikachu so I could get a Pichu egg."

"Huh?"

"Oh, you can get an egg by leaving two Pokemon of the opposite gender at the Pokemon Day Care."

"I'd love to do that!" Aqua said.

"Wait, I forgot to say that they have to be from the same egg group."

"What's an egg group?" Aqua asked. Aqua felt that this conversation was dragging on.

"It's hard to explain, but I can check your Pokemon's egg group."

So Aqua sent out his Pokemon and Reese's Pokedex, Bolt, checked their egg groups.

"SHELDEEZE: A WATER/ICE TYPE. EGG GROUP: WATER 1/WATER 3. UMBRIO: A DARK/MAGIC TYPE. EGG GROUP: FIELD/MAGIC. TAPOLT: AN ELECRIC TYPE. EGG GROUP: THUNDER."

"Thanks, Bolt," Reese said. "Oh, it's getting late, I should head back to my apartment." And he ran off.

"See you!" Aqua said.

To Be Continued…