Outside in the backyard, Jack and Pikachu decided to go train with his father before going to fight against real fiends. There is real danger outside in Clock Town and in the Galleon Region. The Empire will have to give Jack some tips before going into a real battle. This is just training between Jack and his Pokémon against Lionel, Jack's father and his Pokémon.
"So, son." Lionel said, "You remember the rules of being a 'Pokémon Warrior'?"
Jack thinks about it, and remembers. "Oh yeah!" He said, "When you go alone, you must have 'three Pokémon'. However, if you have some party members like two or three, you must have one Pokémon with you in your battle."
"There you go." Said Lionel, and he pulled out his powerful sword. Jack and his Pikachu were surprised. "You remember this weapon of mine?"
"Ragnarok!" Both Jack and Pikachu said.
"Correct." Said Lionel. "Relax, I may attack you, but this is just training. No one dies in training." He pulled out his Pokémon cards and shouted, summoning, "Now! I summon, Leo! Hunter! And Hammer!" Three Pokémon look just like the beginner Pokémon he had. One Pokémon looks like a big green lion. The second is a Ram, powerful horns like a ramming. And lastly looks like a white wolf.
"Whoa." Said Jack, "This can't be good."
"Jack, now it's your turn." Said Lionel. "Show me your Pokémon!"
Jack nods, and covers his necklace with his right hand. "Give me strength!" He pulls out three Pokémon cards and shouted, "I summon, Pikachu! Bulbasaur! Growlithe!"
Pikachu came into the battle, but two new Pokémon appeared. One of Jack's Pokémon has a green bulb on its back, and red eyes. And the other Pokémon looks like a red fur Pokémon that looks like a puppy.
"Let's go!" Jack called.
"Don't worry, Jack." Said Lionel. "I'll start things easy. Why don't you start off first? Just come and attack me."
Jack had his Empire Sword and Shield out. He charges at his father, and then attacks. "Ha! Fra! Ya!" With just three slashes, he returns back into his spot. "That was new."
Jack felt something from his deck. Pikachu saw what's going on with his deck holder. "Jack, look!" Pikachu called, and Jack saw his deck holder.
"Huh?" Jack saw his deck holder, and opens it. It seems that the deck he had started to disappear like magic. Jack is surprised, "What just happen?"
"Okay," Said Lionel, "Now it's your Pokémon's turn." Jack wasn't paying attention, and looks at Pikachu. "Jack! It's your Pikachu's turn. You'll have to cautious about your Pokémon's own attacks when using it."
Jack finally got his father's attention, and begins. "Okay, here goes." He thinks and then commands his Pikachu, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" He points right at a snow wolf Pokémon. Pikachu charges up, and then tries to use "Thunderbolt".
…Nothing happened. Both Jack and Pikachu were surprised. "Hey! What happened?" Ask Pikachu, surprised. He tries again, "Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt!"
"I think you're only moves are just Thundershock and Growl." Said Lionel. "Want to try again?"
"Here we go!" Pikachu shouted, and then he uses Thundershock, charging up electricity, and then blasting it straight to Snowolfin. It looks like a super effective attack, but didn't do much damage. "Yikes! I forgot that your father is very intense to fight against!"
"Bulbasaur!" Jack commanded. Bulbasaur charges towards Snowolfin, and tackles hard. But it still didn't very much damage, and Snowolfin is super strong. "This can't be good." He said, stressed. He looks at his Growlithe, and commands, "Growlithe!"
His fire red puppy charges at the green lion Pokémon, and bites. It didn't do much like the lion must be immune.
"Ack! I think we're in trouble." Jack said, surprised.
"Now it's my turn." Said Lionel, prepared. "Here I go!" He charges towards Jack, and then attacks, "Ho! Ha! YA!" With powerful slashes, he delivered the final blow on Jack, and Jack became knocked out.
Jack fell on the ground, out cold. Jack is wiped out of the battle, and his Pokémon has fallen.
Lionel went to check to see if Jack is all right, but alas, he bested out of Jack way to far, using a powerful sword he has never use for a very long time. He seems to be a little upset for knocking his son out stone cold. He instead returns Jack's Pokémon back into their Poké balls (but not Pikachu, because Pikachu prefers to stay out all times), and carries both Jack and his Pikachu back into the house.
Back inside the house, Jack and Pikachu are resting in bed, recovering their strength ever since they lost their battle against Jack's father. It was a bit to hard for Jack to fight someone that's very intense for his level.
Jack woke up slowly, and looks around. "…Ow." He said, "I have forgotten how strong father has become. He sure learns how to defeat powerful opponents." He gets out of bed, looking around. "I have never seen father this powerful, using that weapon I liked so much."
"Jack." Said a voice, and when Jack looks at his Pikachu, Pikachu started to stretch his body, getting up. "Was your dad always like that?"
"Only for fighting against real villains." Jack replied. He looks around, and gets his stuff back. "Come on, Pikachu. If we need to save this region and from eternal darkness, we need to get stronger."
"I think we need to find good areas to get stronger." Said Pikachu, and then both Jack and Pikachu left the room to go find Lionel. Out of the room, down through the stairs, and found Lionel in the living room with Paloo.
"Do you always have to go hard on your own children?" Paloo shouted, anger is on her side, "Pulling out your own Ragnarok out, using your powerful Pokémon, and not giving them a chance to eat? You were lucky your children didn't run away!"
"Honey, please." Said Lionel, trying to convince her, "I'm only doing it go have our kids become strong just like us."
"Well, you should have gone easy on him! I'd wish you would stop this madness!"
Lionel sighs. "Look, just give them a few days to go outside and train until they're strong."
"Don't ever do that again, dear!" She left back to the kitchen, doing her business. Jack and Pikachu approach to Lionel, and Lionel saw Jack and Pikachu.
"You heard, didn't you?" Ask Lionel. "I'm sorry for being rough on your and your Pokémon. "Please, forgive your dear old dad."
"Hey, accidents happen, right?" Ask Jack, convinced. "That's how fathers suppose to do, train their sons to become strong."
"Just give us a perfect job, and we'll get strong just like what you said." Said Pikachu.
"Well, thank you." Said Lionel. "I think there is one place to get strong. You do remember where you got a deck of cards, right?" Jack nod. "Mr. Maroo needs someone over there to go look at the place. Why don't you go check it out, Jack?"
"Will do." Jack replied. He opened the door, and left with his Pikachu. Through town, there was supposed to be a 'Card Shop' a kind of place that could sell cards and dueling cards to anyone. "I wonder." He thought, "My deck holder started to glow out of nowhere when I attacked my father. But now, when I check my deck, my cards started to vanish into thin air. What's going on?"
"Jack! Look!" Pikachu shouted, pointing up ahead. Both Jack and Pikachu saw five turtles fleeing out of the shop. On the sign, it said, 'Turtles Rules, Humans Drools." There were graffiti all over Clock Town. "What's going on?"
Both Jack and Pikachu spied on the five turtles; they have blue skin, orange shell, and wearing sunglasses. The owner of the shop was wearing an apron, long brown pants, white shirt, short hair, mustache, and looks almost old.
"Get out!" The owner shouted, holding a broom like some kind of weapon. "Get out of my shop! Never come back again, you stupid turtles!" The blue turtles chuckled with laughter, leaving Clock Town and going east from the shop.
"What the?" Said Pikachu, surprised. "What are they?"
"Squirtles." Jack replied. "They sure love to cause trouble around here, having no owner around." Both Jack and Pikachu head to the owner, and said, "Sir?"
The owner was surprised, and swings his broom like a bat, panicking "I said, 'no entering my shop!'" Both Jack and Pikachu were surprised, backing away from him.
"Maroo!" Jack called. "It's us, Jack and Pikachu!" The owner stopped swinging, and stares at both Jack and Pikachu, confused.
"Huh? You two weren't with the 'Squirtle Squad'?" Ask Maroo, the owner.
"? The 'Squirtle Squad'?" Ask Pikachu, confused.
"Those blue turtles?" Ask Jack, and he replied, "But we're not with them."
"Great." Said Maroo, upset. "Now what am I going to do now? My shop is ruined, Clock Town turned into 'Graffiti City', and what's worse, they've stolen everything in my shop! What am I going to do now?"
"Well, you could hire us to take care of those Squirtle Squad." Pikachu suggested.
"What? Just you two?" Ask Maroo, and he said, sarcastically "Sure, I'll hire. In fact, why don't you go and take care of those pests?"
"Alright." Jack replied, and both Jack and Pikachu move to the east gate. Maroo was surprised.
"Hey! Wait!" Maroo shouted, and both Jack and Pikachu stopped dead in their tracks. "I was being sarcastic. Are you crazy enough to go out there?"
"Crazy enough to whip some turtle tail!" Jack replied, looking at Maroo.
"I didn't mean it that way!" Said Maroo, telling Jack and Pikachu, "It's too dangerous with just you 'Broad Sword' and 'Wooden Shield'."
"So what do you want us to do?" Ask Jack.
"Come with me into my shop." Said Maroo, taking Jack and Pikachu, explaining. "I heard from your father that one of your cards disappeared, right?" He opened the door. "Come right in, and I'll explain everything." Jack, Pikachu, and Maroo enter the shop; around the shop looks like big disaster. The Squirtle Squad must have come into the shop, and wrecking havoc the whole place.
"What happened to the place?" Ask Jack, looking around the whole shop. "This place is a mess."
"Blame the Squirtle Squad." Maroo replied. "I can't stand those mischievous and misbehaved Squirtles ruining my shop! I can't stand it! Not only they stolen the goods, but they must have stolen my precious cards I was about to sell to everyone."
"That's horrible!" Said Jack. Both Jack and Pikachu were surprised. "We can't let this happen?"
"However," Maroo explained, "That Deck Holder you're wearing is actually called, the 'Deck Fighter'. When you are in gage to a battle, and attack, your cards start to disappear. But they disappear like forever gone. The wearer must make sure that their cards don't run out. If you need your cards back into your Deck Fighter, charge up your power by going in 'Defense Mode', defend yourself, or pass a turn, and your cards will return back into your Deck Fighter.
"Just remember that since you have a limit of 'Sixty Cards', it's all down right puny. But don't worry; because I could give you some of the cards I kept when the Squirtle Squad took the best ones. I am capable of holding these cards before you came to the shop." He pulls out a treasure chest, and gives Jack some cards. "Here are some Phoenix Downs, and some Potions. Remember, Jack; Phoenix Downs are your friends."
"Thank you, Maroo." Said Jack, taking the cards. "I'll make sure these cards are well protected."
"Head straight 'East' from Clock Town, and you'll come to 'Blue Route'." Maroo continued explaining, "There will be fiends blocking your path. But I must tell you, if you and your Pokémon keep defeating more fiends, you and your Pokémon will be strong. However, your limit for your Pokémon of obeying you is up to twenty. So make sure you have some kind of 'badge', got it?"
"Right." Jack replied.
"You can count on us." Said Pikachu. And so, Jack and his Pokémon decided to head out of the shop, and go straight to Blue Route. When they came to the Eastern Gate, the gate opens, and both Jack and Pikachu set off to their new adventure.
Outside of Clock Town, they're at the fields of the Galleon Region. Around the whole place, there are fiends all over the fields, waiting to take down wondering travelers, and their Pokémon. Jack and his Pokémon will have to be prepared, because there is a slim chance, encountering fiends from out of nowhere.
"Well, Maroo did say that we should go east." Said Jack. "I just hope we don't get lost."
"Maybe we could just go east, and see how it turns out." Said Pikachu, getting on Jack's right shoulder.
"Alright, let's go." Said Jack. Jack walks through the fiends through Blue Route, along on his right shoulder is his Pikachu.
"Do you think we'll encounter some fiends?" Ask Pikachu. Thanks to Pikachu's words, there are four Goblins to the battle. "I have to say that."
Jack prepared himself, and summons two more Pokémon out. "Poké Ball, Go!" Pikachu is in the battle, and now a Pokémon with green skin and a bulb on its back appeared with another Pokémon that looks like a small red puppy like.
These Goblins really have blue suits, and holding no weapons.
"Let's get 'hem, Jack!" Said Pikachu.
"Growlithe! Go!" Jack commanded. His red puppy charges right at the first Goblin, and Bites it on the body. The first Goblin falls, and Growlithe returns back to its spot.
"Alright, my turn." Said Jack, and he charges at the second Goblin. He attacks, "Ha! Fra! Ya!" Slash! Slash! Slash! The second Goblin is killed. "Alright! Pikachu!"
Pikachu charges up its static, and then releases Thundershock at the final Goblin. Lighting strikes at the final Goblin, and no are no fiends around. Jack and his Pokémon won the battle.
"Sweet!" Said Pikachu, cheering. "Our first battle, and we won it!"
Jack picked up some money and said, "But we're still a long way to go to become stronger. They earn only Twenty Gils. Now they continue through blue route, and come across up ahead, more fiends. Three more Goblins appeared again. Jack let Pikachu out again, and summon two Pokémon again, "I summon!" Growlithe came out, but now a yellow duck that has a horrible headache appeared.
"No use turning back." Said Pikachu. "Always a saying; keep fighting no matter what."
"Growlithe, go!" Jack commanded. Growlithe charges at the middle Goblin, and bites him on the body. The Goblin yelled loudly, and fall to the ground like a dead rock. "See ya!" Jack shouted, charging at the second Goblin, attacking. "Hu! Ha! YAA!" Slash! Slash! Slash! "Pikachu!" The second Goblin goes down.
"I got it!" Pikachu shouted, charging up his energy. Pikachu charged up its electricity, and shocks the last Goblin. The final Goblin is electrocuted, and burnt down to a crisp. They won again, but it was unfortunate that the yellow duck didn't get its chance to fight. It seems Jack becoming strong.
Jack picked up fifteen Gils from the ground, return his Pokémon, and continue through Blue Route.
"Fiends, fiends, fiends!" Pikachu shouted, angry. "What's up with those blasted things?"
"Pikachu." Said a voice, and it was Jack's Empire Side. "Did you forget why there are fiends around the fields?"
"Oh yeah." Said Pikachu, remembering. He's better. "I forgot that the evil guy still has the Empire Sword."
"We shouldn't be staying very long all willy-nilly." Said Empire Jack, "We have to hurry and retrieve the sword back, and fast."
"But I thought this might be handy if we could help Maroo for his shop." Said Jack, "Where could have the sword be gone off to?"
"To tell you the truth, I don't know." Empire Jack replied. "But I'm sensing weird energy in this area."
"Where?" Ask Pikachu.
The Empire point north, and there was a fortress. "I think there some kind of weird power coming from over there."
"Is that?" Ask Pikachu, surprised.
"That looks like the Squirtle Squad's Hideout." Said Jack.
"Well, let's hurry." Said Empire Jack. "Who knows what's inside of the fortress?" Jack and Pikachu head off to the fortress, hoping to get their chance to take out the Squirtle Squad.
The fortress looks very big, and large. But it's not like the big size of Clock Town. Jack and Pikachu stares at the fortress, believed that the Squirtle Squad might be inside the fortress. Empire Jack catches up with Jack, and giving Jack a warning.
"Jack, before we go on," He said, explaining, "This is a dangerous place to come to. The only thing you'll need is survival. I was hoping if you could navigate your way through the fortress, but this is pretty dangerous to enter."
"Hey, we can handle it." Said Pikachu, "It's like fighting against a bunch of puny turtles."
"Turtles that know water attacks." Said Empire Jack.
"We handle dangers before, and we could do it again." Said Jack, "You just leave the dungeon to us."
"Alright." Said Empire Jack, "But for now, I'll have to let you do this on your own." Both Jack and Pikachu were surprised.
"What?" Ask Jack, surprised. "Where are you going?"
"I have some other things to handle." Said Empire Jack, "Just go inside, and see if you could find something about a weird Mystic energy inside the fortress. I'll return when you return with this weird Mystic. But don't worry, because I have fayth in the both of you. May the force be with you, always." And he vanished into thin air.
"Great." Said Pikachu, upset, "He gets to go off, and we have to do it on our own."
"Looks like we're on our own." Said Jack. "Are you up for another challenge?" He looks at his Pikachu.
"Let's go, Jack!" Said Pikachu, looking at Jack. "I want to give these pesky turtles shell-shocked." Both Jack and Pikachu walked over the moat by walking on the bridge, and opened the double doors.
They're inside the fortress. Everything is very gray like a castle, but this is "Turtle Fortress", a kind of place where the Squirtle Squad likes to hang out, like some kind of hideout without getting by any guards or police.
"What a place." Said Pikachu, looking around. "Are you sure the Squirtle Squad are here?"
"No doubt." Said Jack, listening. "I can hear them." Jack walks left through to another room. Pikachu followed Jack closely. There was light coming from Jack's right. He whispered, "Let's go."
"But I'm scared as much as you do." Pikachu whispered, frighten. "What if those things hose us down with water? Or drown us?"
"Just wait right here. I'll be right back." Jack whispered, getting on the wall. Just away from the light, and into the shadows, Jack crept closer and closer to have a look at the light. When he took a peek, the lights are from those torches, and there standing is five Squirtle Squad members. "I knew it." Jack whispered.
"Jack, what do you see?" Pikachu whispered. Jack was moving his hand, and Pikachu walked close to the wall, and close to Jack. Jack and Pikachu have a look at the Squirtle Squad, watching their moves to see what they're doing.
"I won't be able to understand their language." Jack whispered.
"Just let me do all the talking." Pikachu whispered.
With Pikachu as a translator (pretty much like understanding what the Squirtle Squad are saying), the blue turtles start talking about something. Each of the Squirtle Squad starts speaking in their names, and Pikachu will communicate from Pokémon Tongue to English Tongue.
"So, we already storm Clock Town," Pikachu whispered, understanding the Squirtle Squad, "But why did we steal that old man's cards for?"
"What do you expect from an old guy? He won't stop us this fast. What do you think he'll do, try and call to cops on us? Come on, humans are stupid and ugly people. They're morons."
"Morons, huh?" Jack whispered, shaking his fast. "I'll give you morons, from my fist!" Pikachu looks at Jack, but Jack was too embarrassed and whispered at Pikachu, "Sorry. Anger management. Continue."
Pikachu continues to translate the words, "But what about the 'badge' you were holding."
"You mean this?" The leader of the Squirtle Squad pulled out some kind of badge that looks like a water symbol. Both Jack and Pikachu were surprised. The Squirtle Squad heard Jack and Pikachu's voices, and turned around. Lucky enough, both Jack and Pikachu were hiding in the shadows, unseen. The Squirtle Squad continues to chat, and Pikachu continues to translate.
"Just making sure no one steals this 'Mystical Badge'." Pikachu translated, whispering. "For now, by tomorrow, we'll storm at the castle, and turn the tides to flood the whole region."
"And then what?"
"…I never got to that. Everyone, take a breather." Now all five Squirtle Squads opened the double door, and enter inside.
Jack and Pikachu crept out of the shadows, seeing if the Squirtle Squad has left inside. Now this is a new tale about a boy seeking the stuff he ever needed, and it seems that Jack and Pikachu heard the Squirtle Squad, using the "Mystical Badge."
"So that's their plan." Said Pikachu, "Using the badge to flood the world with water."
"I think you're right." Said Jack, "We've got to retrieve the badge before the Squirtle Squad flood the entire world."
"Then let's go!"
Both Jack and Pikachu opened the double door, and enter the next room. It seems that Jack and Pikachu have a long way to way to go in order to bring the calm back to the Galleon Region ounce again. They have heard about the Squirtle Squad using the badge for evil, trying to dominate the world with a weird Mystical Badge, and they have to hurry before it's too late. They still have some time left before the Squirtle Squad could use the badge.