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Pokémon: Zeta Advance
Chapter 7:You get a Mega! You get a Mega! Everybody gets a Mega! Pt. 1
We were all sitting around the campfire making s'mores a couple hours later. The Confuse Ray that had hit Carburn and Chase had worn off. Espurr was learning how to play tag from Eevee, Furret, Dunsparce, and Yanma. Charizard was cooking hotdogs over his tail flame. Suddenly, he, Eevee, Furret, Espurr and I all paused and looked towards the forest. We all heard the buzzing noise again. And it was getting closer.
"Get down!" I shouted just before a large shape shot towards us from the forest's direction. Everyone hit the dirt-er, sand, and the shape slammed into Chase's bag, hit the ground, and tumbled to a stop with something in its hands.
"My bag! What did it take?!" Chase cried. I shined a flashlight at the shape, revealing it to be blue and insect-like with a single giant horn. A Heracross. It was eating out of a jar of honey.
"It's a Heracross!" I laughed. "Looks like he was hungry!" Carburn pulled out his Pokédex.
"Heracross, the Single Horn Pokémon. They gather in forests seeking the sweet sap of trees. It is completely clad in a steel-hard shell. It is proud of its horn, which it uses to throw its foes."
"But what's it doing here?" Burns asked. I pulled out my own Pokédex, and looked at his level. Heracross: Lvl-20.
"His level's way out of the area's normal range. What're you doing all the way out here, Heracross?" Heracross looked up at me from his honey, and blinked a couple of times.
He clicked and trilled happily, telling me he got lost in a storm about a week ago.
"He said he got lost on a windy day, and chose to stay in the forest."
"This is awesome!" Chase said excitedly. "I've always wanted a Heracross, but they're really rare where I'm from!" He pulled out two Pokéballs, and tossed one to let out Nincada. "Hey, Heracross! When you're done eating, I want to battle with you, and try to catch you! Okay?" Heracross chirped his agreement, and went back to the honey.
Heracross and Nincada stood faced each other, standing about thirty feet apart. Heracross still had the honey jar in his hand, even though he had licked it clean. "Nincada, Scratch!" Nincada launched itself at Heracross. Heracross sidestepped to the left and avoided damage. Then, he brought his arm around, and thrust it into Nincada's side.
"Clearly, he knows Arm Thrust," I commented. "I wonder what else he's got..."
"Nincada, use Harden, then Dig!" Nincada clenched all of its muscles, raising its Defense, then burrowed under ground. Heracross didn't know what to do to defend. Nincada shot up and struck him from behind. I saw something in the air shining. Probably a rock. Wait... It couldn't be... "Pokéball, go!" Chase threw a Pokéball at Heracross, and the large Pokémon was sucked inside. The Pokéball shook once... Twice... Three times... Click!
"Hey! Yo caught 'em! Good job, Bug Boy!" Burns congratulated him.
"Yeah! For a new Pokémon, Nincada was really in sync with you!"
"Fur-ret!"
"Myyah!"
"Eevee! Vee?" Eevee saw I wasn't paying attention. Then I realized what the shining object falling back to earth was.
A Mega Stone! "Eevee! Double Grapple, now!" Eevee understood, and grabbed my left forearm with his legs and tail, using Double Team to create an Eevee chain, which I used to catch the Stone. "Got it!" The Eevee at the end of the chain passed it up, then disappeared. This happened until I was holding it, and Eevee returned to my shoulder.
"What is it?"
"Yan?"
"It's a Mega Stone. Heracronite, to be specific."
"What does that mean?" I tossed it to Chase.
"It'll make Heracross Mega Evolve."
"So I should..."
"Give it to Heracross as a hold item." I motioned towards Charizard, specifically to the item hanging from his neck. His Mega Stone. Charizard ate another hotdog, enjoying the flavor.
"Whoa! Cool! I wonder what Dunsparce's Mega form looks like?"
"Sparce!"
"Uh, Burns? Dunsparce don't Mega Evolve."
"Vee."
"Damn!"
The others went to their tents while Charizard, Eevee, and I sat outside. The two of them were stargazing while I started drawing in the sand. Let's see if I still know how to do this...
'Finally pullin' out some magic, huh?'
You know there's no such thing as magic! It's aura manipulation! I felt a pair of feminine arms wrap around my neck and a pair of lips kiss my neck softly.
"What're you up to now?" Rain asked, resting her chin on my shoulder.
"It's an aura circle," I explained. "Some people can use them for different reasons." I finished the detailed, circular form, brought my palms together, and touched them to my artwork. A burst of green light burst from the circle as sand shifted, unearthing a giant ruby, along with an equally large sapphire.
"Incredible..." Rain whispered. "How is that even possible?"
"Okay. Religious rant time!"
"Yippee..."
"Shush." I started drawing in the sand again. "In the beginning, a supreme being existed before all else. God, Allah, Vishnu, Brahman, whatever you want to call Him. He created a world. This one. He filled it with creatures with incredible powers; the original Pokémon, Mew.
"He then decided that the world must be governed by a being with the power to create. He chose a group of Mew to help this being learn of the world as it changed. They are some of the ancestors of the Mew that live today. He created an egg. From it was born Arceus.
"Arceus, needing help to rule this world, created its first creature. This being would be Arceus' darker counterpart, being a spirit of vengeance, death, and darkness. This being was Giratina. Though Giratina wasn't an evil being in any sense, it was violent. It sought to punish all who had done wrong. And since no creature was without sin, Arceus banished it to the Distortion World.
"Knowing it needed new helpers, Arceus created two eggs. One bore Palkia, the dragon of space. The other, Dialga, the dragon of time. The two of them created a homeland, what we call the Sinnoh region today. Though the Mew had inadvertently created new species, and the world was beautiful, the supreme being knew that chaos would envelop the world if they all gained advanced intelligence. So, He created mankind.
"Arceus saw this great gift from the supreme one, and bore three more eggs. From them were born Mespirit, Azelf, and Uxie. When Mespirit first took flight, emotions were born, granting humans the ability to feel love, happiness, sorrow, anger, rage, and compassion. When Azelf first took flight, willpower was born, granting humans free will, courage, determination, and, in some, the ability to manipulate aura. When Uxie first took flight, knowledge was born, granting humans intelligence, wisdom, and ingenuity, and, to those who could manipulate aura, knowledge of how to use their powers.
"After the creation of those eggs, Arceus used the last of his power to organize these aura-bending humans as Aura Guardians, and increase the power of twenty of them. He then went into a deep slumber, awaiting the day he would be needed again.
"Incredible, huh-?" Rain had fallen asleep during my speech. I sighed deeply. "I guess not everyone's interested in history lessons, huh, bud-?" Eevee was sprawled on the ground, snoring. "Oh, not you, too!"
The next morning, I changed my clothes. Steven wanted to meet up in Dewford Cave, and he needed something more durable than his favorite hoodie to get through it. I put on a durable, army green jacket, which I kept open, and a dark earth brown t-shirt underneath. I also put on a pair of carpenter style jeans, with a double layer of denim on each leg from my upper thigh to my ankle. I kept my black-and-white running shoes, since they had already proven durable.
I gave my old set of clothes and my Master uniform to the Dragonite that had brought my new set. "Thanks," I told him, "Tell Mom I said 'hi,' okay, Dragonite?"
He grunted in confirmation. I smiled at his response. Always a joker... He took off in a burst of speed. I let Sharpedo out to do a little soft training while waiting for the others to wake up.
"Alright, Sharpedo. Ice Fang," I said. Sharpedo's teeth glowed ice blue, and he chomped down in the water, on nothing in particular. As he did, the water around his mouth froze. I smiled, knowing how much potential he had. I suddenly had an idea, and my smile turned wicked. I stepped to the side, so Sharpedo was now facing the campsite, and covered my ears.
"Screech!" I ordered. Sharpedo realized what I was thinking, and smiled as well, complying with my command, letting loose a terrible screech that was so loud and powerful, the sound waves distorted the air around them.
Soon, several screams synchronized with Sharpedo's Screech, and my three human companions, as well as Eevee, Dunsparce, Furret, and Espurr ran out of their tents, still in their sleepwear. Yanma peeked his head out of his tent, looking for the source of the noise. He saw Sharpedo using Screech, and, his curiosity satisfied, went back in and fell asleep again.
When Sharpedo was done with Screech, I smiled and giggled like the little shit I am. "Good morniiiiiiiiiing, Vietnam!" I laughed. Rain was in a long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of flannel pajama pants, while Chase wore his usual tank-top, sans camo jacket, and a pair of gym shorts, and Burns was damn near buck-ass nude, with only the stereotypical "comic-relief" heart-print boxers. "Clyden, hide your shame, man!"
"You fucking ASSHOLE!" Rain suddenly burst out. She marched over to me and started slapping my arm with each word she said. "What. Kind. Of. Person. Does. That. To. His. Friends?!" I couldn't help but giggle.
"That would be anyone with the last name 'Steinkreuz,' sweetie!"
We packed up, and headed up to Mr. Briney's place again. "Ye need a ride ta Dewford, ye say?" He asked, excited to go back to sea. "I'd be more n'happy ta help ye, kids! We set sail as soon as we can!"
It wasn't long before we were at sea. Rain had made a serious change to her wardrobe, as I had. She was wearing black jeans and a blue hoodie, like her first one, but lighter, with a small, bronze symbol over the left side of her chest. N-Not that I was looking at her chest, or anything. 'Yes, you were.'
Shut the fuck up. Anyway, I recognized the symbol. Most people did, because it was famous a few years ago. But I knew it better than most people. It was the symbol for the Atki Town Battlers' Club. A club of skilled trainers from my home town in the Agroama region. A club that formed a competitive battling team that was almost undefeatable. A club my dad helped to start. A club that drifted apart about seven or eight years ago.
"Alright, there, lad?" Mr. Briney asked. "Yer lookin' a bit uneasy. Ye want me te slow 'er up?"
"Huh? N-No, Mr. Briney, I was just thinking," I replied.
He laughed heartily. "Aye, Lad! Ain't much else te do at sea, I s'pose!" I smiled and nodded.
He might be a bit stranger than most, I thought. But he's definitely a wise old man. "Hey, Chase, Burns, when we get there, you guys wanna-" I looked over at them to see Carburn pulling out a fishing rod, and Chase using his breakfast to chum the water. "Uh, Burns? What're you doing?"
"I'm gonna catch myself a Slowbro!" He announced proudly. Rain and I started laughing wildly. "What's so funny?"
"Neither Slowpoke, nor Slowbro, exist in the wild in Hoenn!" Rain said, still laughing. "Even if they did, they're freshwater Pokémon!"
Burns turned red in embarrassment. "You guys suck..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Burns," I said swinging my arm around his shoulders, calming down. "Dewford Cave has tons of cool Pokémon! I'm sure you'll find one you like!" He smiled that same cocky smile he usually wore.
"You guys suck, but you make up for yourselves. To Dewford!"
"Yeah!"
"Vee!"
"Yeah!"
"Furr!"
"Sparce!"
"Yan!"
"Aye!"
"Gull!"
"SOMBODY GET ME OFF OF THIS THING! HURK-!"
We soon arrived in Dewford Town, and quickly got our seasick friend something to ease his stomach. Once he was well enough to walk, Carburn and he went to the Poké Center. Rain and I stuck back with Mr. Briney, talking to him about our travels.
"Ah, so yer from the Sinnoh region, Lass?" He asked Rain.
"Actually, I'm from a small subregion not far from the Agroama region. I originally went to Sinnoh to train under Candice, but she didn't have a spot open," Rain said.
I sighed reminiscently. "I miss Agroama..."
"You've been?"
"I'm from." She gasped excitedly.
"What town?!"
"... Atki Town." She let a small fangirlish squeal past her lips. "You a fan of the club?"
"Y-Yes... Have you met them..?"
"Think about my name for a second. Particularly my last name. 'Steinkreuz.' My dad helped found the club." Mr. Briney chuckled.
"This story's gettin' a little main-hero-centric, idn't it?"
To be continued...
Okay, this took sooooooo much longer than it should have. Sorry, y'all! I'm in college, so I won't be uploading very much. Hopefully, I can get chapter 8 up by Thanksgiving. Now read this part very carefully; The Agroama region is a region I made up, and is in no way canon in the Nintendo universe. So if Reggie or Masuda show up, run like Hell. Any and all towns, cities, and such that are mentioned in the Agroama region are just as made up. Here's a handy little guide.
Agroama (Ag·row·muh/Ag·row·mah): a region in the Northwestern hemisphere on the same continent as Unova and Orre. Based off of the American Midwest, mainly Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri. Best known for its expansive number of native Pokémon.
Atki Town (At·kee Town): A small town near the center of the Agroama region, often referred to as the 'starter town.' Made semi-famous by the Atki Town Battlers' Club founded by Jim "Jeepers" Steinkreuz, John Graye, Judd Kayler, Dave Herm, Ron Zeddle, and Bob Flosse. Hometown of George and Catie Steinkreuz.