RGBY - Vol. 1 - Saffron City Summary - A Legendary Dragon is searching for something...
1.1 - Feraligatr's Ferocity
Edited - 8/2/2018
Thunder roared throughout the blackened clouds as rain poured hard onto the crackling flames. Many Pokemon hurried for shelter running across the damp flower fields away from the danger, past a lone gray figure with a peculiar purple tail standing high above on the rock. Mewtwo gripped his giant spoon tightly, angrily glaring at the draconian figure barely visible in the clouds as thunder clapped once more. He could see the draconian Pokémon angrily searching for something or someone at the Pokémon Village.
"What are you looking for?" Mewtwo gripped both of his hands onto the giant spoon, ready to attack from his location.
The massive dragon only ignored his aggressive stance, continuing his search, the dragon's piercing eyes scanning the humid area. Mewtwo jump into action only to stop a few seconds later. The dragon flew away in seconds heading east, each thunder clapping and screaming as he went farther and farther away.
"Pika?" Two Pikachu came forward, one striking a regular tail and the other a heart-shape tail. Three Pichu peeked behind the couple, staring slowly at the tall looming figure.
"I am… relieved no one got hurt." Mewtwo smiled upon the family of Pikachu. "I will get some humans from the nearby settlement to help repair what has been lost here. Blaine has told me much that the Gym Leader nearby can be trusted."
"Pika? Pikachu…" Pikachu showed a worried look on his face.
"I need to investigate this… not just for the safety of the Pokemon here but also for my friends… in Kanto." Mewtwo gazed to east
"Pichu!" A Pichu walked forward grinning, boxing in the air with his tiny paws.
"Hehe… yes. The bad guy won't get away with this." Mewtwo smiled. The powerful psychic looked towards east again, his smile vanished. "Of all places... why here? In the Pokemon Village?"
Cerulean City, a grand city full of marble bridges and wide river walkways full of it's citizens and adventurers enjoying the warm summer days. Gondolas full of couples, old and young. The mysterious Cerulean Cave on the outskirts remained relatively quiet from the past years. The popular bike shop and the medicinal shop downtown were full of customers. The Cerulean Gym coached new swimmers ready for new challengers. The famous wide-spanning golden bridge that lied in between the city and the outskirts of the country, crowds cheered on, shaking their fist at this popular spot to battle!
"Mamoswine! Giga impact!" A helmet-clad girl wearing a Kyogre vest and trunks called out to the pig-nose mammoth.
Mamoswine rutted its feet, head-charging his way down the golden bridge with great force as the large stubby green dinosaur carrying a giant flower on it's back stood in it's way! Each step the truck-size Pokemon it took shook the bridge. The people watching from the side of the bridge quickly leaned back to the bridges railings, some gripping tightly onto it with one particular observer going so far as to have his entire body cling to the bridge rails away from the rampaging mammoth! Venusaur's trainer on the other hand just tucked his red cap, smiling.
"Okay Saur! Jump and swing those tusks around with vine-whip!" Red shouted.
The pig-nosed Pokemon kept on charging, the vines pulling at it's tusks. Venusaur smiled, jumping up into the air with great ease. The audience around the golden bridge were astonished that such a Pokemon of great size and weight, one not too different from Mamoswine, could jump so high in the air.
"Saur!" Venusaur could feel the river breeze as he grabbed the charging Mamoswine's tusks with vine-whip!
"Mamo!" Mamoswine's feet took a halting stop, trying to shake off the vines pulling at its tusks but it was too late.
Mamoswine's legs no longer could feel the ground. The pig-nose Pokemon gritted his teeth, feeling that same river breeze. Venusaur whirled him in the air, swinging Mamoswine into the skies.
"Maaaamo.." Mamoswine's eyes started getting dizzy, his stubby legs shaking in the air.
"Now drive it home buddy!" Red clenched his hand into a fist smiling.
Venusaur slammed Mamoswine's head into the sturdy bridge's brick-floor sending dust into the air. Venusaur landed safely on all fours smiling.
"Ma…mo… swine..." Mamoswine's eyes spiraled unconsciously.
"Alright! You were awesome!" Red ran to Venusaur raising his hand happily.
"Saur!" Venusaur smiled raising his vines, hi-fiving Red's hand.
"Return!" Both trainers beamed their Pokeballs onto their Pokemon.
The pig-nosed mammoth and the plant-shaped dinosaur disappeared instantaneously in a flash of red light. The young girl smiled at Mamoswine's Pokeball. "Good job, buddy."
The two trainers threw their next Pokeballs starting the next round!
"Go! Pika!" Red grinned.
"Go! Seaking!" The trainer grinned back.
Two Pokeballs opened a flash of light! A brightly orange fish with white fins bearing a horn on his head jumped over the golden bridge's rails and the audience there, into the river without a second thought! The electric mouse quickly jumped onto and ran alongside the bridge-railings trying to find the fish hiding in the water.
"Seaking!" Seaking's head popped out.
"Hydro pump!" The trainer called out.
Seaking unleashed a mouthful of gushing pressurized water at Pikachu!
"Pika!" Pikachu's eyes widened.
Pikachu pranced back, narrowly dodging the surprise attack! Seaking splashed out of the river and into the air above the bridge railings with a mouthful of water leaking from it's shut-tight fish lips! Pikachu's eyes widened again in surprise! Hydro Pump!
"Wow!" A girl sporting hair as red and pretty as coral stretched to her shoulders, eyes sparkled in amazement at the Seaking's powerful hydro pump unleashed!
The man next to her sporting spiky brown hair reaching near to his neck looked startled. "Get out of the way you guys!"
Pikachu jumped over the attack again, hydro pump sent flying to the watching audience instead! The audience quickly moved out of the way, Brock quickly pushed Misty just standing there in amazement, her eyes still sparkling at the incoming attack. The hydro pump struck the bridge-railing, dust forming as a result!
Brock felt a sense of relief that the attack missed the two of them. He smiled at Red's latest battle. "That's quite a powerful hydro pump!"
"Yeah!" Misty smiled. "She knows how to use Seaking quite well? I wonder…" Misty looked at the Seaking just seconds before it fell back.
"Thunderbolt!" Red ordered.
Pikachu quickly jumped back to the railing, eyeing the Seaking with a determined expression before the fish could touch the water. The Pikachu took a stance charging up, retaliating with thunderbolt! Striking the Seaking's tail fin? Seaking looked fine, unharmed, as if thunderbolt missed.
"Pika?" Pikachu could've sworn he struck the Seaking.
"Wait for it..." Red smiled.
"Hehe..." The female trainer smiled.
Seaking's head popped out full of gushing water! Seaking wasn't going to attack this time as Pikachu was full of electrifying energy!
"Now! Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu unleashed another thunderbolt, striking the Seaking but Red and Pikachu gasped.
Seaking gleefully smiled as water was leaking bit by bit from his fish lips, electricity having no effect on him!? The Seaking gleefully muttered "Seaking."
"What!?" Red noticed the Seaking glowing red. "It got a boost from thunderbolt!?"
"So that's why she chose Seaking!" Misty smiled. "It's ability is lightning rod!"
"Never seen a Seaking immune to electricity. Must be rare." Brock looked on.
"Pika?!" Pikachu hesitated, he couldn't believe what was happening!
"Hydro Pump!" The trainer called out.
Seaking fired a mouthful of pressurized water, slamming the Pikachu into the air. Red gasped, hurrying to the center of the bridge as Pikachu fell.
"I'm here Pika!" Red caught the twirled eyed Pikachu. He smiled at the electric mouse. "You did great! Return!"
"Pi… ka…" Pikachu's eyes dizzied from that powerful blow as he was beamed back to his ball.
Red looked back at the trainer sporting a helmet, vest and shorts that resembles Hoenn's Legendary Pokemon Kyogre. She was dancing happily as her Seaking splashed and jumped happily in the river back and forth along with her.
"Okay! Return!" The trainer smiled at Seaking, beaming her Pokeball over the bridge railings.
"Seaking!" Seaking smiled back.
Both trainers smiled at each other, their eyes locked to each other as they were ready to use their next Pokemon!
"I choose you! Poliwrath!" Red shouted.
"Go! Feraligatr!" The trainer shouted.
"Poli!" Poliwrath, the boxing blue frog crossed his arms gazing at his opponent. Poliwrath flexed his biceps to the crowd, sizing up his muscles to his opponent Feraligatr.
Feraligatr's eyes electrified for a quick-second. "GRAAARRRRR!" The giant gator Pokemon roared across the air as electricity sparked from it's body! Red and Poliwrath quickly shielded themselves as wind was blown away by Feraligatr's electrifying presence.
"Whoa…" Red looked amazed at Feraligatr's yellow glow. He smiled pointing to the Feraligatr. "Alright Poliwrath! Thunder punch!"
"Poli!" Poliwrath dashed across the bridge with both of his clenched fists held forward like a boxer!
"Feraligatr! Thunderfang!" She ordered, blinking her eye to Feraligatr.
Feraligatr nodded to her. "GRAAAARRR!" The crocodile roared again glowing red twice! Feraligatr used his powerful hind legs to dash across the bridge showing it's amazing agility.
The two determined Pokemon looked at each other face to face both about to unleash their respective attacks up close. Feraligatr's sharp electrifying fangs snapped towards the Poliwrath but the boxer-like Pokemon side-stepped to the right escaping his huge jaws only for Poliwrath's eyes to widen.
"Gatr!" Feraligatr eyed at Poliwrath from the left as his clenched fist thunder punched Poliwrath right into the gut!
"Poli!?" Poliwrath eye's widened as his feet were sent flying off the ground.
Feraligatr's jaws quickly grabbed the flying Poliwrath by the left arm, slammed the boxing frog into the ground with electrifying force! The audience stood back gasped as Poliwrath laid there embedded into the stone-bridge with dizzy eyes.
"Woops? Hehehe… I guess Feraligatr overdid it…" The female trainer saw Poliwrath stuck there in the bridge.
"That's alright. I'll just return him and take him to the center!" Red aimed his Pokeball to the Poliwrath. "Return!"
"Poli?" The dizzy Poliwrath heard another crack. "POLI!"
"AAAH!" A couple screamed, standing on one edge of the gondola.
"Poli…" Poliwrath laid there in the gondola covered in bricks and dust, tired, seeing three Red's at once over the grown hole.
"Sorry!" Red shouted at the couple.
Red was there with Misty, Brock and the female trainer from before at the golden bridge's entrance gate pointing towards the city as the sun hit the horizon.
"That Feraligatr was amazing! I didn't know it could learn electric attacks?" Red smiled.
"Oh that? No. Regular Feraligatr's can't do that." The female trainer smiled. "He's a special type of Feraligatr when I caught him as a Totodile during my travels to the Holon region! Names Marina by the way! I'm from Sinnoh!"
"And I am…"
"I already know who you are." Marina smiled. "Your Red, the former Pokemon Champion!"
"Yup. That's… former Pokemon Champion?" Red looked clueless.
Red noticed Brock, wearing his usual orange shirt and baggy green jeans, stepping forward.
"Red. You haven't visited any of the Pokemon Association meetings lately nor have you challenged any of the challengers of the other yearly leagues. You've been replaced by Lance of the Elite Four."
"Wait a minute… that... Lance?" Red remembered the face of the red haired dragon tamer who caused havoc to Kanto all those years ago. "He sure has gotten more peaceful hasn't he…"
Red noticed Misty stepping forward also, sporting her usual sky-blue swimmer's jacket and white shorts. Unlike Brock, Red noticed her hair as grown a bit more noticeable as well.
"He's changed and matured a lot and maybe you should too." Misty crossed her arms. "On a side note… I'm surprised you lost…"
"He only lost because he was holding back." Marina replied.
"Uh... What?"
"Hahaha… yeah." Red chuckled. "You caught me red-handed!"
"Yeah." Marine spoke. "I've heard Red knows how Mega Evolution works but the only item I've notice are those power items on Venusaur that lowers your speed."
"You… were holding back?" Brock looked to Red.
"Yeah… to be honest…" Red sighed. "Many of the battle requests I've been getting are kind of boring ever since I became champion so I thought maybe if I held back somewhat I could get some fun out of it."
"Pika…" Pikachu worriedly looked at Red from his Pokeball through the red glass.
"Well! If your always looking for a challenge!" Marina smiled. "Maybe you should come to Sinnoh some time and take me more seriously next time! I heard a big battle festivity held at Poketopia is happening there sometime next year! A mysterious magician runs the whole show and is almost as strong as any Pokemon Champion from what I've heard!"
"Poketopia? That actually sounds... really fun!" Red smiled.
"You can bring your friends along too!"
"That sounds fun! Maybe I'll meet you there as well!"
"Oh… I think you will…" Marina gleefully smiled as she left the bridge, giggling a bit.
"Hmm… I wonder what she meant by that…" Brock looked on as the sun began to set.
"I don't know but I have to say her water Pokemon were amazing!" Misty smiled in glee. "Especially that Seaking with lightning rod! Maybe I should go to the Holon Region and capture myself an electrifying Feraligatr!"
"Hey! Guys!" A familiar voice called out.
The three looked where that voice came from, seeing a curly brown-haired young man wearing his usual business casual clothes. It was Bill running through the golden bridge from Route 25.
"Whoa? What happened here? A battle?" Bill saw a giant gaping hole in the bridge, walking past it leaning on the side railings.
"Yup! She had a Feraligatr that can use electric attacks!" Red smiled as Bill finally reached them.
"A Feraligatr that can use electric attacks? Sounds like something from the Holon region with all it's weird magnetic storms." Bill said.
"That… how did you know?"
"I know lots about Pokemon origins. I'm not only the guy who helps maintain PC storage functionality across not only the Kanto and Johto region but also a Pokemon Researcher who needs to know about connectivity to other regions full of other Pokemon. Especially near the Sevii Isles where Celio is working with the Orre and Hoenn regions. Anyways Red, are you ready to go to Saffron City?"
"Sure. What about you guys? You should come too!" Red smiled at his two friends, Brock and Misty.
"No thanks." Brock pulled out a Pokeball. "I'm assisting my dad at Pewter City's museum soon. I need to go to Mt. Moon and search for anymore fossils with Steelix."
Red looked up-close through the Pokeball's red glass. He could see Steelix staring and smiling at him. "That's cool! You finally evolved to a Steelix? I remember Pikachu battled you as an Onix! Hey? What about you Misty?"
"Sorry. I have plans too! I also have to coach some trainers and their Pokemon to swim with synchronization at the gym." Misty smiled nervously.
"Oh... um... okay!" Red smiled. "Well you all of you have your plans and I have mine. Good luck."
"Good luck with Saffron City!" Misty smiled.
"Yeah. Good luck!" Brock smiled.
"Good luck with those fossils and swimming guys!" Red waved goodbye smiling back at the Gym Leaders.
The pair continued walking across the mountainous route of Route 9 as the skies grew more orange. Red's eyes focused on the dirt ground. It looked like something was on his mind, all his Pokemon in his Pokeballs looked through the red glass with a bit of concern.
"Along this route leads to the Rock Tunnel and the Power Plant." Bill spoke stretching his arms. "I need to check on the Power Plant and I know you said you need to visit Lavender Town first Red before... Red?" Bill noticed Red's blank expression facing to the ground. "Is something wrong?"
"Hmm? Nothing." Red raised his head up. "It's just that I've noticed lately I've been seeing less and less of my friends everyday…"
"We're not the kids and teenagers like we used to be. We may still be young but this is just one of those times where we get more and more busier than usual."
"I guess so… speaking of busy… how's Daisy?" Red grinned at Bill.
"Um… what? What do you mean?" Bill flushed a bit looking the other way.
"Just asking. Does Green know your dating his sister for a long while?"
"What!?… of course he knows…"
Red looked at him with unconvincing eyes.
"Please don't tell…"
"I won't. I won't." Red smiled.
"Oh thank…"
"But you have to someday!" Red pointed his finger to Bill's face. Bill backed up a bit. "He's going to find out sooner or later. Better you tell him as soon as you meet him."
"I will tell him! He just has this strange look on his face every time he's asking me about Daisy but… I guess it wouldn't be right for him to be clueless all these years." Bill said. "Maybe next time I meet him, I'll tell him I'm dating Daisy Oak!"
"Hmm…" Green looked behind. There was nothing at the wooden door. He just kept staring…
"Is something wrong?" The purple-haired girl garbed in a ninja uniform wondered what exactly he was staring at? "I sense nothing Green… is something wrong?"
"It's nothing Janine, I thought I sensed... a disturbance." Green said.
"Like trouble?"
"Something like that."
