Me: (is playing Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess)
Crow: Nutcase?
Me: (continues playing)
Crow: Nutcase...
Me: (still playing)
Crow: (is fed up with being ignored. Shouts directly in Nutcase's ear) NUTCASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: (screams) Damnit, what is your problem!?
Crow: (points towards the readers)
Me: Oh, it's time for that already? Why didn't you tell me sooner!?
Crow: (Storms off mumbling explitives)
Me: Hi everyone. Crow, Zane, and I are the only ones here today. Servo and Mallow caught a cold, which is understandible since it's currently allergy season. Zane's gone at the moment to pick up stuff for Servo and Mallow, but he should be back soon.
Zane: I'm back! Hope I didn't miss anything.
Me: Your in this fanfic as one of the main protagonists, you don't really need to watch if you don't want to.
Zane: True, but I still like watching anyway.
Crow: I'll give Mallow and Servo their stuff. Go ahead without me, I'll watch the recording.
Me: Ok, this chapter is one of my longest ones. The team finally get to Pewter City where they meet Brock's parents. Brock picks up his oldest known pokemon, Onix, Geodude, and Crobat to aid in this journey, thus bringing his pokemon count to six alongside Marshtomp, Ludicolo, and Forretress. Also, another Team Rocket battle pops up, and another familiar face from the anime decides to join the team. Enjoy!
Chapter 17: ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!?
The current time was 11:30 AM in the Viridian Forest. The team was getting ready to leave for Pewter City to visit Brock's family. Aside from that, Clay and the other Mushroom Kingdom people in the group were practicing their pokemon's battle tecniques. Clay and B.K. were working on a special move combo which involved combining the moves Slash and Pay Day to make a move similar to Clay and Luigi's Super Jump Punch attack.
Tom Servo let Clay borrow his Beedrill for B.K.'s training, and B.K. was almost done getting his training completed when Clay said, "Ok, try to add more speed to the flow of your arm when you jump towards Beedrill. Strike now!" B.K. and Clay were practicing for the past two hours, and suprisingly this move combination was coming along quickly. It turnes out B.K. was a natural born fighter, and thanks to Meowth's translation, he explained that B.K.'s family has been well known by the pokemon community for their battling ability. In fact, some of the more prominent members of his family even were chosen by trainers to be their starter pokemon, and the trainers in question usually went on to become quite famous as a result.
As for Clay's Poochyena, Chicky, he went under some extensive training with Ash and Pikachu to learn how to use Iron Tail. May was helping Vivian and her Skitty learn a few tricks since May herself has a Skitty, thus making her well versed in the pink kitten's capabilities. Eventually, everyone was ready to leave for Pewter City, so Clay turned most of the team back into their human disguises, then they called back their pokemon and got ready to leave the forest.
About two or three hours later, they arrived in Pewter City, which was suprisingly small for a town with an official Kanto League gym. But despite this, it was still pretty busy considering the gym and the Pewter Museum of Science. The first place on their to-do list was visit Brock's family, and to pick up the rest of Brock's pokemon. When they arrived at Brock's house, Brock's mother and father were very happy to see Brock.
Brock's mother, Lola, charged Brock and wrapped him up in a bone crushing hug, then said, "Oh, Brock honey, we were so worried! We all saw the news report a few days ago, and saw you behind the scenes and feared you were hurt!" Brock then said, "Ma, I... I need...air!!!!!"
Lola released Brock, who then collapsed on the ground trying to regain his breath. Brock's father, Flint, then said, "Are you ok son? And who are your friends? I recognize Ash here, but who are all the others?" That's when Ash said, "Sir, I think we should go inside. We'll explain everything."
A few hours later after explaining everything that had happened, Lola said, "OH NO, MONSTERS FROM ANOTHER PLANET ARE ASSIMILATING INNOCENT POKEMON INTO THEIR CORRUPT ORDER!!!!!!!!!" Brock then said flatly, "You've been watching Star Trek again, haven't you?" Flint, having ignored Lola's outburst, and his eldest son's wisecrack, said, "I see... This is indeed a problem. Team Rocket was dangerous enough on their own, but with these monsters on their side, they could be unstoppable..."
Goombario, who was now back in his normal Goomba form now that he wasn't out in public, said, "Not a problem! We've been in worse situations, so we can deal with this hyped up mafia no problem! I don't care if they got help from the Dentes Rhohos, we'll still cream 'em!" Brock then said, "Speaking of which, we came by to also pick up Onix, Geodude, and Crobat so they can further strengthen our team."
Lola then said, "Oh sure dear. Your brother, Forrest is at the gym training with them." Brock then said, "Ah, thanks mom. I'll be back in a minute guys!" Brock then left the house to see the eldest of his younger siblings at the gym. When he arrived, he saw Forrest along with his three first pokemon, Onix, Geodude, and Crobat doing some battle drills. The moment Brock entered the gym, Crobat's sensitive ears picked up the familiar sound of his trainer's footsteps and flew in Brock's direction, shortly followed by Geodude and Onix.
Forrest then said to his older brother, "Brock! It's great to see you again!" Brock then said, "Yeah, it's been a while, bro. You wouldn't have seen the-" Before he could finish, Forrest said, "The news? Yeah I did. When mom and dad told me you were at Oak's lab when Team Rocket attacked, they told me and the rest of our family what had happened. I knew that you'd likely check in to show you were ok. I also knew that with Team Rocket being more dangerous than ever now, I decided to train your pokemon more and more in case you needed to take them with you when you leave."
Brock smiled, and said, "Well, I'm glad to see that you've been taking care of them since I left them in your care. I gotta say, you did an excellent job. I've never seen Onix's skin look this healthy in a while. Geodude's muscles also seem bigger as well. And Crobat, his wings seem to have grown quite a bit, and he seems faster than ever." Forrest then said, "Yeah, I read some of your old books to learn how to properly care for them."
Brock then said, "I'd hate to take them away from you-" Forrest then said, "They were your pokemon first, Brock. It's only fair that you take them to help you." Brock then said, "Thanks for being understanding, Forrest. When I get back, I promise to get you a pokemon of your own. What is it that you'd like?"
Forrest then said, "A Tyrannitar would be awesome! Or maybe a Rhydon!" Brock cringed at the sound of the word 'Tyrannitar' seeing as the one they saw recently was mutated, and could have killed everyone in the group easily if not for Jessie's Wobbuffet. Brock then said, "Sure, Forrest. I'll get you one of the two." Brock then left the gym with his three pokemon.
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At that moment, Clay, Kooper, and Goombario were checking out the Pewter Museum. Of course, Kooper and Goombario were in their human disguises so they wont cause people to panic at their odd apperance if they find out they aren't pokemon. After paying the meager price of five dollars, they went to check out the nearby paleontology exhibit.
Kooper being an aspiring archeologist also had intrest in paleontology, and the pokemon fossils here were too good to pass up on. Both Clay and Goombario were interested as well, so they got to learn a lot more of these awesome creatures' past. They saw the fossils of numerous pokemon, from the pterasaur pokemon, Aerodactyl, to the horse shoe crab pokemon Kabuto and Kabutops.
They even saw recently discovered fossils being cleaned in the room where fossils were seperated from the rocks where they were found. One of these new fossil pokemon was similar to a Protoceratops, and was given the name Sheildon. There was a high metalic content in the bones, especially in the neck frill, suggesting it was a steel type pokemon. The name Sheildon was derived from it's sheild-like neck frill.
The three friends then checked out the space exhibit upstairs, and learned about the nearby mountain known as Mount. Moon as well as the special meteorite that gave the legendary mountain it's name, simply called the Moon Stone. Clay said, "Ash told me about the Moon Stones. They're apparently the rarest of the different evolution stones used to evolve certain pokemon. He also told me Skitty evolves by this method. I think we should take a trip to Mount. Moon next so we can find a couple of these stones so we can use them when we get the right pokemon. Plus, I know Vivian would want to evolve her Skitty when it get's stronger."
Goombario then said, "That sounds like a good idea. We can also challenge more trainers along the way as the path between Cerulean and Pewter is used constantly by other pokemon trainers." Kooper then said, "Come on guys, we'd better go. Brock's probobly got his pokemon, and they're probobly waiting for us right now." The friends went back downstairs, and were almost out the door when they heard a voice yell, "Ok, nobody move!!!!!"
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The rest of the team were waiting patiently for Clay, but they were getting a bit restless. Luigi said, "Mama-Mia, how long does it take to look at a bunch of bones!?" Crow then said, "It's probobly nothing. Perhaps a trainer challenged one of them to a battle or something." Yoshi seemed a bit agitated about something, and he was also growling. That piqued Zane's curiosity, so he asked, "What's with Yoshi?" Luigi then said, "He only acts this way when there's trouble..."
Yoshi then said, "There's trouble! Look out window!" The group looked out of a nearby window of Brock's home, and saw a suspicious black helicoptor near the museum. Jessie then said, "That's a Team Rocket helicoptor!" Luigi then said, "Oh no! Mario, Peach, and not even mama'll ever forgive me if Clay get's himself in over his head!" Luigi ran out to the museum, with Zane tagging alongside as well as Vivian. The three were moving too fast to be noticed clearly by the people of Pewter, which was lucky for them as Zane and Vivian didn't have their disguises on.
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Back in the museum, Clay, Kooper, and Goombario saw that Team Rocket had infiltrated the musem. Kooper said, "What are they doing here!?" Goombario then said, "I don't know, but whatever they got planned they wont get away with it! Let's go Shroomish! Distract them with Bullet Seed!" When Shroomish popped out, it fired glowing yellow seeds at the Rockets, who were then drawn away from the people they were holding up.
One of the Rockets recognized Clay from the team's blacklist, and said, "Well well well, if it isn't the runt who ratted out our former base!" Clay then said, "You dick heads had it coming. Now get lost before Shroomish here decides to douse you in Stun Spore. And don't think about taking anything either!" Shroomish growled at the Rockets, but since they saw small pokemon as powerless, they didn't back down.
The opposing Rocket said, "So you want to battle? Fine. Go Metang and Lairon!" The two pokemon that came out were a floating head with two arms attatched to it's sides called a Metang, and a reptile-like pokemon with steel and rock plates for skin known as a Lairon. Clay then said, "Kooper, Goombario, go get help. I'll handle this clown! B.K., Chicky, you're up!" Clay's Poochyena and shiny Meowth appeared on the field. Kooper and Goombario ran off to get the others.
Metang tried to lash at Chicky with a Metal Claw, but Chicky used Double Team to dodge, then struck Metang with a powerful Shadow Ball. Lairon tried to use Take Down on B.K., but B.K. jumped over the charging attack, causing the pokemon to crash into the wall.
Lairon charged again, but B.K. caught the metal menace off gaurd with a Water Pulse attack, which not only delivered heavy damage, but also ended up confusing Lairon. B.K. then tricked the now confused Lairon to attack, but B.K. lept out of the way. Due to the confusion Lairon was suffering from, it didn't see B.K. dodge, and began attacking Metang, who nearly wiped Chicky out with a Meteor Mash attack. Eventually, the two opposing pokemon were worn out by their fighting, that B.K. took them down with a Fury Swipes attack.
Clay then said, "Wow, Team Rocket has some terrible trainers! You guys think simply having you pokemon battle is the only way to make them strong, but in reality you only end up making them weaker than they should be seeing as you idiots work your pokemon too hard, and don't bother to care for them properly. A simple Fury Swipes shouldn't have taken these guys down, even with the training B.K. here had just this morning. But you guys practically ruined two strong pokemon with your abuse, which was what lead to your loss. Now leave this town, and don't come back!"
B.K. and Chicky nodded in response to Clay's words as they knew Clay spoke the truth on this matter. But the rocket goon said, "Did you honsestly expect those were the only pokemon I had? My boss told me he figured you and your friends may try to interfere, so he gave me some insurence in case you did! Absol, go!" The Rocket grunt sent out a lean panther-like pokemon with a scyth-like horn sticking out from it's forehead. While although Clay never seen one before, he knew this pokemon's look had to have been all wrong as it had the same mutated look as the Charizard and Tyrannitar back at Oak's lab!
Clay said to himself, "Another DR Pokemon... Damn, Ash and Brock were the only two with those Snag Machines!" I hope Kooper and Goombario get here with the others soon, otherwise I'm in serious trouble..."
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After Goombario and Kooper gave the others the news, everyone rushed to the museum. They caught up with Luigi, Vivian, and Zane outside the museum, who were looking in through the window. Luigi said, "About time you kids got here! Those thugs sent in one of those DR pokemon you told me and Crow about!"
The others looked inside and saw the DR Absol. Brock then said, "I'll go in and help Clay. As the former Pewter Gym leader, it's my responsibility to not only run the gym and give badges to those who defeated me in battle, but to also protect my home from creeps like Team Rocket!" Brock fitted the Snag machine on his arm, called out his Geodude, and rushed inside.
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Clay was staring the Rocket grunt down in a traditional Western face off. Both sides were anticipating the other's first move. B.K. had his claws ready for action, while Chicky was poised to pounce when givin the command. The grunt then said, "What's the matter? Cold feet?" Clay smirked, then said, "No, I was only thinking about what kind of moron would do something like mutating a pokemon into something like this."
The grunt was about to call out an order, but that's when they both heard Brock yell, "Geodude, use Double Edge!!!!" Clay then saw a small boulder with arms charge forward with so much speed, it looked like a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere. It hammered the DR Absol with crushing force, causing it to collapse under the pain as it awaited it's altered DNA to heal itself.
Clay then said, "A timely assist, paisano." Brock then said, "Thanks, but we're not done yet! Ok Geodude, try to pin Absol Down! Let it go when I tell ya!" Geodude restrained the Absol, and thanks to it's strong arms it kept Absol from trying to break free. Brock then tossed a Snag Ball to swipe the Absol. The grunt tried to block the ball, but Chicky charged in with a Tackle attack, which was strong enough to knock the wind out of the grunt.
The Snag Ball then successfully captured the Absol, and was then teleported to Oak's lab for it's containment. The grunt and his collegues ran off, but not without managing to swipe a few fossils. They didn't get every piece of every fossil, as they only were able to get one or two pieces from each specimen. Brock then said, "Well we got another DR pokemon, and we prevented the Rockets from stealing too much."
Clay then said, "But what would they want with those fossils?" Goombario came in, and said, "Well, from what we've learned about Team Rocket, their scentists have no code of ethics. As a result they do every unethical experiment in the book. Now try to guess what one of those things may be since they took those fossils."
Clay caught on to what Goombario was implying, and said, "Well, I'm guessing they're gonna try to bring those fossils back to life then, huh? I doubt the reason for the theft is for a prehistoric theme park either." Zane then said, "And imagine what may happen if those said pokemon were to become DR pokemon!"
Clay then said, "I'd rather not... Anyway, you guys better get back into your disguises before the cops, media, and public come here to see what the deal is. Otherwise there's gonna be trouble." Clay quickly cast the spell before any one other than themselves got the chance to see their true forms. When Officer Jenny walked in, she saw the group and said, "Can I speak to you all alone for a minute?"
After finding a secret place to talk, Jenny asked, "Ok, my sister and cousin told me about you guys, so tell me what happened in there." Clay then said, "Well, me and two of my friends were enjoying a pleasent visit to the museum when those Rocket goons attacked. I was able to distract them from what they were doing by battling them. That's when their squadron's leader sent out one of those mutated pokemon which they called DR pokemon. The pokemon in question was something called an Absol, and it was sent to Oak's lab for containment alongside the Tyrannitar and Charizard we snagged from the Rockets. Brock was the one who captured the Absol with help of this living chunk of rock he called a Geodude."
Jenny then said, "Did they get away with anything?" Goombario then said, "They got away with some fossil fragments which I guess they might be planning to use in re-creating the prehistoric pokemon they once belonged to. I figured because of how evil these guys are, that they'd even do something like this just so they can get what they want. They'll probobly even make those fossil pokemon into more DR pokemon as well."
Jenny then said, "Well, I'm glad you kids kept them from doing any serious damage to the museum. Aside from the gym, the museum's Pewter City's main attraction. Anyway, I gotta go. I'll tell the rest of my family here in Kanto to seek you kids out if they need you. I'll even tell my relatives in Johto and Hoeen in case you find yourselves out there." She walked off to get back to her usual duties.
After Jenny left, Meriee said, "So, where to now?" Max then said, "How about a trip to Mt. Moon? we can find some Moon Stones for evolving Vivian's Skitty as well as May's Skitty." Ash then said, "Ok, let's get going then! We can also use this walk to improve our battle skills against whatever trainer we run into along the way."
The team left for Mt. Moon, and stopped by the Pokemon Center outside the cave leading inside the mountain to heal their pokemon. When they entered, they heard a voice say, "Ash!? I've been waiting for you!" Everyone turned towards the direction of the voice, and they saw a young woman with redish-orange hair done up in a single pigtail wearing a yellow shirt and some rather short overalls. She also held a blue mouse pokemon with a jagged, black colored tail with a large blue ball at the end of it. It was called an Azuril.
Ash, Brock, May, Max, Jessie, James, and Meowth recognized the girl with the Azuril immedeately. Ash then said, "Misty? What are you doing here?" His question was answered with a smack to the back of his head, and the girl known as Misty yelled, "What am I doing here!? I think the question should be what in the hell are you getting yourself into this time!? I saw the news report saying that professor Oak's lab was attacked by Team Rocket! I was on my way to Pallet to see if you and the others were ok when your mom called me and said that you were off to get rid of Team Rocket once and for all! Now, what were you thi-"
Ash interupted her by saying, "Wait, you were worried about me? That's something new from you, Misty!" Misty had a slight blush as she said, "Wha!? Don't change the subject, Ash Ketchum! Now that I see you're ok, I can now beat some common sense into you!" At that moment, Nurse Joy said, "That's enough! You should know better than to argue like this inside a Pokemon Center! My patients are resting, and need their rest so please be quiet. If you want to argue, do it outside!"
After heading outside, the screaming match between Ash and Misty raged on. Meriee then said, "Could someone please tell us what's going on here?" Brock then said, "Ash and Misty have been friends for a long time. They met when Ash first became a trainer while he was chased by that flock of Spearow that almost killed Pikachu."
Zane then said, "You call THAT friendship!? Seems more like a dysfunctional marriage to me." Max began laughing when he heard that, same with Meowth, Clay, and Goombario. Brock then said, "Well, they've never really shown it to each other, but it's apparent despite this current flare of emotions that they do care about each other. Perhaps even to the point where one may consider it more than simple friendship."
Clay then said, "Well whatever it is, can someone get those two to stop screaming!? I'm starting to get a headache!!!!" Luigi then said, "Yeah, me too! I feel like a million Thwomps decided to use my head as a target!" Servo took Clay's magic wand, and decided to turn himself back into a robot to scare the two enough so they stop bickering. He then hovered towards them quickly, and flew up in Misty's face scaring her half to death as he laughed like a madman. Misty retaliated by pulling a hammer out of nowhere and slammed Servo into a nearby boulder, where he then fell apart. Servo then said, "Uh, guys? Can you give me a hand here? And a neck as well as a body?"
As Clay and Luigi were repairing Servo, the rest of the gang were explaining to Misty about the recent events as well as why they were challenging Team Rocket. Misty then said, "Team Rocket has supposedly teamed up with monsters from another world!?!" Zane then said, "You'd better believe it! The monsters in question apparently are able to turn other creatures into one of their own, and that's what happened to that Tyrannitar, Charizard, and Absol!"
Under normal circumstances, she'd never believe tany of the stuff that she had just heard. However, during her past travels with Ash, she had seen many unsual things, and has even been inside a pokemon's mind as a result of a literal head-on collision with an Unown some time ago. She then saw that aside from the obvious evidance before her with these odd creatures from the Mushroom Kingdom, that everything she had heard was true.
Misty then said, "Ash, I'm sorry about the way I acted..." Servo then said while his left arm was being fitted onto his torso, "I think you owe me an apology lady! Do you have any idea how much being smashed apart can hurt a robot like myself!?" Misty then yelled, "Then you should have gotten our attention in a different way, Gumball Brain!" Luigi then said, "Enough of the yelling! Please!"
At that moment, a ringtone went off at full volume, scaring the crap out of everyone. Kooper then said, "Damn it Clay, do you HAVE to have that machine's volume up THAT high!?" Clay took out his DS communicator, and turned down the volume. Luigi gave the DS communicator to Clay since he was more experianced at using E. Gadd's communication devices than he was.
Clay said through the small microphone on the DS, "Hello? Who's this?" E. Gadd appeared on the screen, and said, "Ah Clay, good to see you again. How are things going as of late?" Clay then said, "Well, we ran into some trouble the other day, but aside from that nothing much has happened." E. Gadd then said, "Ah, that's good to hear. I called to let you know about the special TV function I programmed into that DS so you can tune into the television programs of that world you're currently in. I'm sure that the news shows can provide some useful info for you kids. Anyway, gotta go! I got dinner ready, and I'm very hungry. Later kids! Oh, Mario, Princess Peach, and everyone else here all say hello, and to be careful out there!"
After the professor's image vanished, Clay checked the TV stations E. Gadd mentioned. Clay was pleasently suprised to see that this world had it's own version of Loony Toons that used anthromorphic pokemon rather than the typical anthro animals seen back in his world. He watched as a pokemon called a Buneary, whom was obviously this world's version of Bugs Bunny, was being hunted by an idiotic Pokemon Hunter who would pass as Elmer Fudd. There was also an egotistical Golduck who talked just like Daffy, and who also fell for the Duck Season /Rabbit Season trick.
While Clay, Max, Vivian, and Pikachu were enjoying the cartoons, no one noticed Zane wander off to do another round of exploring. He hoped he wouldn't have another experiance like he did back at the Isle O' Hags when he did his solo exploration this time.
The team decided to camp out again outside of the Pokemon Center, as the weather was clear thus making an excellent night for a campout. Aside from that, it was already 8:30 PM at the moment, and it was almost completely dark. Not only that, it would have taken almost all night to go through the cave if they went through now, so they decided to wait until tomarrow before they left. This also gave Clay another oppritunity for another date with Vivian since he heard back in Pewter City that Mt. Moon was a popular dating spot.
To be continued...
Me: And there's chapter 17!
Zane: Pokemon themed Looney Toons!? There's a new one.
Me: Yeah, that was inspired by a web comic I saw where famed cartoon hunter, Wily E. Cyote once again tried to catch the Road Runner. He tried to rope the speed demon bird cowboy style via lasso, but he some how roped a Dodrio instead, which then used it's Fury Attack on him.
Crow: What the heck is a Buneary!?
Me: It's one of the new DP Pokemon. Buneary is obviously a rabbit pokemon. In the new season of the anime, the new female co-star in the series catches one, which then develops a crush on Ash's Pikachu. Anyway, R&R!