"Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal: The Shining Adventure"
Chapter 14 – The Raging Red Beast:
Any good fan of Shiny Pokémons knows what's about to happen. Let's dive in…
Ruby was half-scared. Gold wasn't moving at all, and Raikou, who seemed eager for a fight, was very near them.
"What should I do...!?" Ruby asked himself, until he glanced at Gold's belt, which showed his Poké Balls. Ruby didn't think twice and quickly snatched two of them. "Go!" He spoke, throwing the two random Balls he took. They opened, letting out Sudowoodo and Hitmonlee. Sudowoodo was quickly introduced to Hitmonlee, but when they both saw their Trainer in that state, they made battle stances, showing they were ready for a battle.
"Raikou!" Raikou opened his mouth and formed a yellow orb. Then, he released an electric beam at Sudowoodo and Hitmonlee.
"Hitmonlee, Vacuum Wave!"
"Hit!" Hitmonlee decided to obey Ruby and attacked. Hitmonlee's legs began to glow light blue, causing light blue wind to appear and surround him. Hitmonlee then jumped into the air and spin-kicked, firing the wind from around his body and the glow of his legs in the form of a shockwave, hitting the beam and canceling it out.
"Eh?" Gold snapped out of the trance, and saw Ruby, along with his two Pokémons. Wanting to see how good Ruby was as a Trainer, he watched carefully.
"Sudowoodo, Wood Hammer!" Ruby commanded, and Sudowoodo raised his left arm. He jumped forward when the green orbs of his branch-arm began to glow, and he slammed it against Raikou, pushing it away.
"Rai!" Raikou barked, as a golden orb began to form in front of his opened mouth. He then fired it, at Sudowoodo and Hitmonlee.
"Hitmonlee, send back that Aura Sphere with Rolling Kick!"
"Lee!" Hitmonlee bent his leg and placed it sideways as he quickly spun and kicked the energy orb back at Raikou, hitting it.
"Sudowoodo, Mimic! Hitmonlee, Blaze Kick on Sudowoodo's copied Aura Sphere!"
Sudowoodo's forehead branch began to glow white and a golden orb of energy formed in front of his mouth. He hurled it at Hitmonlee, who already had caught his right foot on fire. Hitmonlee kicked the sphere, making it become red and surrounded by flames. But Raikou fled before the sphere could hit him, and he was nowhere to be seen.
"Way to go, man!" Gold slapped Ruby's back, catching him by surprise.
"G-Gold!" Ruby was both relieved by seeing his friend like this and annoyed for having been slapped in the back.
"Dude, that combo was amazing! You're a natural Trainer." Gold said, leaving Ruby surprised, but happy.
"Th-Thanks... Thanks." He repeated, more determinate and cheerful. Hitmonlee and Sudowoodo approached Ruby and were both withdrawn after a thank you. Ruby gave Gold back the Poké Balls and decided to speak. "So? Let's go. Mahogany Town isn't that far away."
They continued their way to the next Town. Of course, Ruby's mom called 10 times, worried about her son. It was only natural. After all, one thing is to go to the neighbor City, another one is to go a little bit more far away. But, they eventually reached Mahogany Town.
It was a very small town, having only 4 buildings, including the closed Gym for the meantime and the Poké Center. Gold went there and cured his Pokémons, mainly Hitmonlee and Sudowoodo, who battled Raikou. When the two boys exited the Poké Center, they did find someone familiar, with two not so familiar Pokémons.
"Crys?" Gold asked, calling the girl in front of them. She turned, surprised to find someone that knew her name. She then smiled seeing that it was Gold and Ruby.
"Gold! Ruby!" she spoke cheerfully, as she approached them, followed by two Pokémons.
"Blissey!"
"Hitmonchan!"
Apparently, Crystal's Chansey and Tyrogue evolved. Gold had heard about Hitmonchan, just like he had heard about Hitmonlee before, but not Blissey. He used his Pokédex so he could get some information.
"Blissey, the Happiness Pokémon, and the evolved form of Chansey. This kindhearted Pokémon nurses sick Pokémon back to health. It senses feelings of sadness. The eggs it lays are filled with happiness. Eating even one bite will bring a smile to anyone."
"I'm actually tempted." Ruby spoke after hearing what the Pokédex said, lowering himself so he could be at the same height as Blissey.
"Yeah, but don't ask for scrambled eggs." Crystal warned, making ruby wonder what would happen, but he remained silent. "It's good to see you two again."
"Same goes for you. But hey, where's emo kid?" Gold asked, referring Silver.
"Silver? Oh, he stayed behind for a while, training Magnemite and Larvitar so they would evolve." Crystal explained. "I decided to come here so I could go to the Lake of Rage."
"Lake of Rage?" Gold and Ruby were unaware of what Crystal was talking about.
"Hm!" Crystal nodded. "It's north from here. There's a famous Red Gyarados that appeared recently." Her eyes began to shine in excitement. "It's such a rare sight, I must go see it!"
Gold and Ruby sweatdropped. Even Ruby, who had met Crystal recently in Cianwood City, knew she seemed to be collected.
"Can we join in? I would like to see a Red Gyarados as well." Gold admitted, putting his pool cue over his shoulders and behind his neck.
"Sure! Let's get going!" Crystal seemed really happy. This made Gold smile for some reason. Ruby noticed it, but decided to remain silent.
They went north, and entered the lake of Rage. There were some people there, all wanting to see the famous Red Gyarados. But they were all too afraid to actually approach it via Surfing a Pokémon. But that wouldn't stop Crystal and the boys.
"Go, Rhydon!"
"Mantine, let's swim!"
Crystal and Gold threw their Safari Ball and Blue Lure Ball which opened, letting out Rhydon and Mantine respectively. Crystal jumped onto Rhydon's back and Gold and Ruby leaped onto Mantine's back. The two Pokémons swam through the Lake, searching for the Pokémon.
"Can't wait to see it!" Crystal remarked. But then, a strong splash sound was heard, and a huge being rose up from the water, roaring loudly.
"ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRR!" The Red Gyarados glared at Crystal, Gold, Ruby, Rhydon and Mantine sweatdropped.
"Ok, we can go now." Crystal spoke, fearing the red Pokémon. Gyarados raised his tail and slammed it against the water, creating a Twister of water, washing up Rhydon and Mantine against a nearby island, sending the three kids along with them.
"Whaaaa!" the three kids landed face first, and the two Pokémons landed nearby them, thankfully not smashing them.
"Ok, that's it!" Gold stood up, angry, as Mantine jumped into the water. "Electabuzz, Togetic, go!" Gold sent in the Angelic Pokémon and the Electric Pokémon, the later standing by his side.
"Misdreavous, Marill, Natu!" Misdreavous floated around Crystal and Marill and Rhydon jumped into the water as well. Natu flew up and landed on Rhydon's head.
"ROOOOOAAAAR!" Red Gyarados's fangs began to glow light blue and he lowered his jaw down towards Rhydon and Mantine, ready to bite them with Ice Fang. They quickly dodged by swimming away, but the fangs created an ice platform.
"Natu, Night Shade!" Natu's eyes glowed red and she fired two black beams outlined in dark red from them at Gyarados, damaging him.
Gyarados twisted his body around, freeing himself from the beam and then pointed his mouth at the Pokémons and released a stream of red-orange flames at the opponents.
"Electabuzz, Thunderbolt!"
"Erecaru!" Electabuzz barked, as he released a thunderbolt from his body, which collided against the Flamethrower, creating an explosion.
"Togetic, Shadow Ball! Mantine, Air Slash! Electabuzz, Thunderbolt!"
"Misdreavous, Shadow Ball! Natu, Night Shade! Rhydon, Rock Blast! Marill, Rollout!"
Togetic and Misdreavous both formed an orb of dark energy with purple sparks each and were fired towards Gyarados. Electabuzz and Natu repeated their previous attacks, as Mantine formed a circle of clear spinning energy formed between her antennae and then fired it at the rampaging Pokémon. Rhydon's horn began to glow bright orange and then fired multiple silver energy waves, as Marill jumped and curled up, spinning rapidly. All the attacks landed on Gyarados, including Marill's slam against his body, which made her jump back. After the cloud of smoke dissipated, Gyarados was shown mostly unaffected by the attacks, though had a few bruises. Never the less, he managed to create another Twister, washing away the Pokémons against the little island, the water even swallowing it. Ruby got a hold of Crystal's Marill, so he managed to stay on the surface.
"Wh-Where're Gold and Crystal?!" Ruby asked worriedly, not able to see where his friends were. Marill looked worried as well, not able to find her Trainer.
Where were they? Well, they were washed into a small nearby cave. It was tight, and Crystal was actually on Gold, and his back was against the floor and the farthest wall, making him half sit half laid down. Crystal and Gold blushed a bit, seeing their, well, situation.
"Wh-What happened?" Crystal asked loudly, a bit dizzy from all the spinning. "Gold, are you ok?!" Crystal asked, knowing that Gold probably had hurt his back. Gold then noticed that Red Gyarados was near the cave, by seeing his body near the entrance of the cave.
"Shhh!" Gold warned, worried that Gyarados would attack the cave and destroy it, them along with it.
Crystal was confused, but then looked behind and saw Gyarados, and understood what could happen if they talked. She looked back at Gold and they both remained silent, inside the little cave. They were blushing, for some odd reason, and Gold even put his arms around her, for another unknown reason. He was shut until halfway through and he smiled, making her snap out of it and look away with a strong look, like if she was saying that he was mistaken of what he thought that she did, revealing her tsundere-like side. They crossed eyes once again and they both gazed at each other. Then, both of them shut their eyes slowly and began to approach each other's lips slowly, but were interrupted. They opened their eyes again and saw Gyarados fighting Rhydon, Electabuzz and the others under Ruby's guidance.
"Electabuzz, Thunder Punch!"
"Gyara!" Gyarados opened his mouth and a light purple orb surrounded in black and purple circles appeared inside it. He then fired a beam of black and purple circles from the orb inside his mouth at Electabuzz and the others, pushing Ruby and the Pokémons against the little island again.
"Anikis!"
"Ruby!"
Crystal and Gold came out of the little cave and called worriedly the others. Gyarados looked at them with a glare, and growled. Crystal and Gold were scared, but then two Pokémons used Water Gun and Night shade, pushing him away. Gyarados, Gold and Crystal all looked towards the origin of the attacks and saw Natu flying, holding Marill with her paws by Marill's ears.
"Natu!"
"Marill!"
The two Pokémons wanted to protect their Trainer, and their wish made them start to glow light blue. Eveyrone looked at them as they started changing body shape. Natu had the most drastic though.
"Azumarill!"
"Xatu."
Crystal opened her Pokédex and analyzed her evolved Pokémons.
"Xatu, the Mystic Pokémon. They say that it stays still and quiet because it is seeing both the past and future at the same time. Once it begins to meditate at sunrise, the entire day will pass before it will move again. In South America, it is said that its right eye sees the future and its left eye views the past.
Azumarill, the Aqua Rabbit Pokémon. Its long ears are superb sensors. It can distinguish the movements of living things on riverbeds. The bubble-like pattern on its stomach helps it camouflage itself when it's in the water. It can spend all day in water, since it can inhale and store a large volume of air. When it plays in water, it rolls up its elongated ears to prevent their insides from getting wet."
"Xatu." Katu's eyes flashed green and a green orb of energy appeared in front of her and was fired against Gyarados, pushing him further away. Then, he flew and threw Azumarill towards Gyarados.
"Azumarill!" Azumarill curled up and rolled at high speed, slamming against Gyarados's head, damaging him.
"WROOOOOOOOOOAAR!" Gyarados roar showed that he was far angrier than before. He formed an orange orb in his mouth, ready to fire a Hyper Beam, but then something got into his way.
"Stone Edge!"
"Aero!" the loud bark was followed by multiple gray pointed stones slamming against Gyarados, making him stop the attack and look up into the sky. Gold and the others did the same, and the Trainers were all amazed to see the young man with carmine spiky hair and brown eyes, wearing a strange looking uniform, standing on an Aerodactyl that possessed a cross-shaped scar underneath his right eye.
"L-L-Lance?!" Gold, Crystal and Ruby all recognized the current Champion of the Indigo Plateau.
"Aerodactyl, Dragon Rage!"
"Dactyl!" Aerodactyl released a dark blue and black flame from his mouth, which took the shape of a dragon. Then, the flame flew against Gyarados, heavily damaging the red Pokémon.
"Now." Lance took out an Ultra Ball from his pocket. "Since I returned my gyarados to my cousin last year, I've been searching for a Gyarados fit to join my team." he grinned, while looking down at Gyarados. "And you fit perfectly!" Lance threw the Ultra Ball, which hit Gyarados, making it open and absorb him into it. The ball shook and Aerodactyl flew down, catching it with his jaw. The ball clicked, saying that the Red Gyarados now belonged into Lance's team.
After some reuniting and withdrawing their Pokémons, the three kids got a chance to speak with Lance.
"What are you doing here, Mr. Lance?" Crystal asked, trying to be polite the best she could. Gold and Ruby simply couldn't stop looking at Lance in amazement. For years straight, Lance had maintained the tittle of Champion of the Indigo Plateau in his possession. An amazing feat.
"I noticed how this lake is full of Gyarados but nothing else. No Magikarps are seen."
"And? Couldn't the Magikarps simply evolve?" Gold wondered, feeling a bit confused.
"Yes, but it is highly unlikely that it'll happen overnight. Yesterday, there were many Magikarps, but today, just Gyarados." He looked at the Ultra Ball that he used to catch Red Gyarados. "The Magikarps are being forced to evolve."
"How come?" Ruby asked.
"For starters, the main evidence is the Red Gyarados I just caught. If Magikarps are forced to evolve, they don't have time to change their scale color, and so they maintain themselves red as a Gyarados. It is simply cruel."
Crystal sweatdropped. "Ummm, sir, didn't you just catch a prematurely evolved Gyarados?"
"True, but this one seems to be the elder one of the school, not to mention that if no one captured him, he would've hurt you. Not to mention, as I stated before, I had to return my Gyarados to my cousin last year, and I've been searching for a replacement on my team. This one served just fine. Fitting perfectly into my Team. But that is not the issue. Why did you all come here?"
"To see the red Gyarados, of course!" Crystal spoke, proud of her decision. Lance chuckled, seeing how passionate she was.
"What are your names?"
"I'm Gold."
"I'm Crystal."
"And I'm Ruby."
Lance looked at Gold, somehow sensing something. A familiar feeling. Something he hadn't felt in quite some time.
"Well, as you all apparently know, I'm Lance. I heard some rumors about this place, so I came to investigate. I saw how you three were handling the Red Gyarados before, and I must say I'm impressed, despite the fact that I had to catch him. Will you help me investigating this case?"
"Of course!" the three answered, proud of themselves. After all, they were going to help the Champion!
"Excellent! It seems that the Lake's Magikarps are being forced to evolve by some mysterious radio broadcast coming from Mahogany. Let's go!"
Pokémons of the Day:
Azumarill - Azumarill has highly developed hearing that allows it to hear distances, even when it is underwater. By keeping still and listening closely, it can tell what is in even wild, fast-moving rivers. Azumarill can make balloons out of air. It makes these air balloons if it spots a drowning Pokémon.
Xatu - Xatu tends to stand still all day. One theory explains that Xatu can see into the future with its right eye and the past with its left, and it does not move due to fears of its visions of the future coming true. The anime has shown that it can communicate its by moving its wings in a semaphore fashion.
Lance is here? Ruby is a natural Trainer? Magikarps are being forced to evolve? This all seems really exciting! I hope you continue reading. ^^ Well, see you next time. Oh, and please, don't forget to write a review if you don't mind, and also…
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