RGBY - Vol. 2 - Mask of Ice Summary - A familiar foe is hunting them...

2.2 Tauros Surfs!


The Pokedex Holders found themselves at the front of the gate to Route 5 leading up to Cerulean City. Red turned to Blaine standing among them, waiting for them getting prepped and ready, the group gripping their hands onto their bag or satchel straps around their shoulders.

"Hey professor?" Red glanced at Hoopa floating in circles around Yellow.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa smiled as Yellow gently grabbed him.

"Your energetic." Yellow said.

Blaine turned to Red. "Yes? What is it Red?"

"Um… I thought you said earlier that you were going to transport him to Prof. Oak."

"I was but the PC system is shut down for some odd reason." Blaine answered. "I don't understand why but I don't think it's a coincidence. I have a suspicion someone doesn't want Hoopa transported."

"He's right." Green spoke. "I was going to switch out some Pokemon for some Pokemon at the Viridian Gym only to find the PC system shut down in the middle of the process. This is also the reason why were going to Cerulean City. To meet up with Bill on this issue, him being the administrator of the entire network for the Kanto and Johto region."

"That is strange. Hey wait a minute? Where's Silver?" Red realized.

Red looked around, he noticed Silver wasn't among the group.

Yellow spoke. "Your right? Where is he? I know we just got here but he's usually early."

"He's going to Vermillion City to meet the Gym Leader there." Blue explained. "Were coming altogether because well, that Palkia. Blaine doesn't think it was Yellow he was after. Blaine thinks it's Hoopa."

"Hoopa?" Red looked at Hoopa.

Everyone looked at Hoopa, the imp-Pokemon shaking in fear at all those eyes staring at him.

"Hoopa?" Hoopa gulped.

"Hoopa?" Yellow looked down at Hoopa in her arms.


The group found themselves traveling along the rolling hills of Route 5. Red looked behind, noticing Saffron City was slowly sinking in the horizon. He looked forward noticing they just past a local house on the top of a rocky hill. They had no time to check it out of course, the group walking towards Cerulean as Blaine explained what he thought was going on.

"Hoopa has the ability to transport any type of matter to any location at amazing speeds using it's rings." Blaine explained. "Palkia can similarly do this by warping entire continents, maybe planets at incredible speeds invisible to the eye that it looks like its teleporting. It was also why Palkia looked a bit shocked when Mewtwo was teleporting."

"If you said warping increases speed, couldn't Palkia just warp to see him?" Green said.

"That's not how it works. Just because you increase the speed doesn't mean your eyes can adjust to it so easily. Even Palkia apparently can't adjust his eyes to that speed, he has to actually know where to warp otherwise he might randomly pop in a location he isn't familiar with. Under that speed, everything must look like a blur so you need to know ahead of time where your warping."

"So… like teleporting? Isn't it?" Red sighed, confused at the difference between warping and teleporting.

"They… ugh…" Blaine sighed. "No. No. Palkia has the ability to warp entire locations. Teleporting is the breaking down and reassembling of matter to the atomic level moving to an entirely different location at a fast speed to the point it looks like it's warping. Warping is the movement of matter at an incredible speed beyond man's understanding. Even under that speed, Palkia who rules over space and dimensions has trouble seeing it but he can't stop it either since it's in an entirely different matter."

"But isn't locations technically matter? So Palkia is moving matter which means!" Red grinned. "That is technically teleporting!"

"Ugh. No. Technically teleporting might be listed as a form of warping but... nevermind!" Blaine took a deep breath. "Anyways. Like Palkia's time-counterpart and Celebi, Palkia and Hoopa both have similar abilities to warp matter with some noticeable differences."

"Like what differences?" Green asked.

"Palkia can warp matter to not just different dimensions but according to legend, Palkia can actually warp entire dimensions and even combine them together!"

"You mean like... merge different worlds, different physics, sciences, life as we know it together?" Green said. "That sounds chaotic."

"Yes but Palkia is nothing like say... Groudon or Kyogre who's terrifying lust for battle puts everyone in danger. Palkia is a being who focuses on it's duty to bring stability to the space-time continuum."

"The space-time what?" Red said.

"Palkia is essentially a good guy." Green explained. "Palkia's relationship with Dialga is nothing like Groundon and Kyogre. There's no rivalry rather the two join forces to bring stability. But why did it attacked Hoopa?"

"I'm getting to that!" Blaine said. "Anyways, Hoopa also has the ability to warp matter to other locations but unlike Palkia, he can't warp through dimensions nor can he just do it anytime he wants, relying on his rings as a sort of tool. That's what I thought struck me odd. His rings."

"The scratch marks on Hoopa's rings right?" Blue said.

"Yes." Blaine said. "The rings are damaged and the claw marks closely resemble that of dragon claws, not just any dragon claws, but the size and shape of it looks like Palkia's doing!"

"Wait!" Yellow looked puzzled, knowing where this was going. "Your... your not saying Palkia sees Hoopa as a threat!"

"Hoopa?" Hoopa gulped.

"Yes. That's the only reason I can think of why Palkia attacked you while holding Hoopa. There's no other reason I can think of." Blaine said. "Hoopa's inability to warp is most likely because of Palkia! According to Mewtwo… he actually saw Hoopa at the Pokemon Village!"

"What?" Red and Yellow looked puzzled.

Red and Yellow could remember Mewtwo giving Hoopa an odd look the first time they met near the Pokemon Tower. Did he already knew?

"Yes." Blaine said. "I can think of any other reason. Palkia struck the village there because Hoopa warped there. He continued to chase it down to Kanto, going so far as to destroy it's rings and cutting off all of Saffron's exits by warping it in an entirely different dimension! Even if those rings were fixed, Hoopa would have a hard time warping in a dimension he has no knowledge of."

"Palkia is going through that much just to destroy Hoopa?" Yellow gulped.

"Hoo... pa..." Hoopa buried his face in Yellow's arms, covering it's eyes.

"Yes… that possibility is likely…" Blained looked at Hoopa, looking nervous and scared of this revelation. "It's possible… Hoopa is somehow a threat to Palkia, the source of his wrath, and it must have something to do with the fact that they both can warp. Hoopa must be seen as a threat to the space-time continuum somehow. There is no other way to explain it unless Palkia was acting against his own will."

"Acting against his own will?" Yellow said. She jumped at the idea. "Wait a minute! That could be more likely than you think!"

"How so?" Blaine said.

"Palkia's eyes. I sensed anger but also sadness!" Yellow said. "What if... what if he's under someone's control!"

"Unlikely." Blaine explained. "Some of you may recall the incident at Mt. Coronet in the Sinnoh Region. A man named Cyrus tried controlling them apparently through a long process of creating a tool called the red chains. Even then, the red chains proved difficult in controlling both Palkia and Dialga at the same time. It would take a lot of time, effort and money to control such a being and even then they are hard to find. I understand you care about the Pokemon around you Yellow but we must face the likely possibility that Palkia sees Hoopa as some sort of threat to the space-time continuum."

"Oh... I see..." Yellow glanced her eyes to the ground. She hanged her head high up, a question on her mind. "But... your not going to well..." She gulped at the idea.

"Take care of Hoopa myself?" Blaine eyed the Hoopa peeking it's eyes above her arms. "No worries. I have no plans too. Just because the evidence I mentioned points to that logical possibility does not mean we should jump to conclusions nor should we think that taking a Pokemon's life is the only alternative. For all we know, you could be right Yellow. Palkia by some small chance is under someone's control. Or maybe there's a possibility I never considered right now."

"Oh... thank you." Yellow said, but she didn't smiled. She only looked at Hoopa hiding it's face in Yellow's arms, afraid of Blaine.

"Hoopa…" Hoopa hid behind Yellow scared of the old man.

"Don't worry Hoopa." Yellow smiled. "He's a friend and he's very strong! He's going to protect you!"

"Hoo?" Hoopa peeked at Blaine.

"No worries." Blained looked at Hoopa, his large glasses reflecting Hoopa's worried face. "I'm not going to hurt you but we need to be prepared the next time Palkia returns!"

"I know what you mean." Red said. "Our… Pokemon. All of them. They were defeated and even Mewtwo took some serious damage. Palkia kept chasing around Yellow because she carried Hoopa. If Mewtwo had lost… I don't know how I'd forgive myself if Yellow or Green or Blue got caught in that mess."

"Red…" Yellow spoke.

"If someone also disrupted the PC network, it makes sense someone doesn't want Hoopa transported." Blue said. "People would pay a lot of money for the power to warp anything and anywhere."

Hey Blaine." Green said.

"Yes?" Blaine turned around.

"If Hoopa can't warp anything to other dimensions like Palkia can, then how is it he's a threat?"

"It's possible that his own warping is affecting our own dimension instead. Other than that, I really can't think of anything else."

"But that's what I think is strange." Green said. "There's a kid name Emerald who befriended a pink Hoopa. That Hoopa repeatedly warps all the time to any location, warping giant legendary Pokemon with ease. No Palkia has appeared to stop that Hoopa. Doesn't that seem odd?"

"Perhaps some unknown small variable under the radar." Blaine said.

"Hmm... "Green thought about it. He could remember Looker's words about another form. He spoke. "Well. Do you know anything about Hoopa having another form?"

"Another form?" His friends around him spoke.

"Yeah. The international police came to me talking about Hoopa possibly having another form, called Unbound."

"Unbound?" Blaine found it questionable. "Like it's original form?"

"Hoo... pa?" Hoopa looked nervous.

"So, judging by that response. You haven't heard of it either?" Green said.

"No. I can't say I have. This is the first time I've ever heard of Hoopa having another form." Blaine said. "Did the Interpol say anything else?"

"Just that will keep in contact and it was okay to release this information to you guys... well except you Blaine but I think it's alright since your on this investigation as well."

"I see." Blaine said.

"What about Mewtwo?" Blue spoke. "Has he… had time to calm down? I remember the last time the time I visited the Kalos region. Mewtwo barely recognized me when he was furious for Team Flare's attack."

"I know… Mewtwo does indeed have… anger issues." Blaine looked at the Pokeball. He could see Mewtwo glaring at him through the red glass. "I'm giving him time to rest and calm down for now."

"Are you feeling alright Professor?" Yellow said.

"Me?"

"Yeah… You and Mewtwo are connected telekinetically because you fused cells from your arms to complete Mewtwo right?" Yellow said. "Since then you gained a lot of pain over time. Ho-Oh healed it but… it came back somehow. Are you alright?"

"I appreciate your concern dear but I am as strong as I was years ago as a youngster on my Pokemon journey." Blaine smiled, giving them a thumbs up. "Now let's go youngsters! Up to it now!"

"Um… were already here." Red pointed at a sign.

"Huh?" Blaine looked up, the sign saying "Welcome to Cerulean City". Blaine coughed a bit. "Um… yes. Were here. Of course I knew that! Route 5 isn't exactly a long route you know."

"Okay. Let's go see Bill!" Red said.


"Wow. This place hasn't changed a lot." Red and his friends looked around.

"Hoo-paaa." Hoopa dropped his jaw, amazed at the place.

The little imp could see buildings standing tall in white, brown and blue brick colors. Red could see the gondola's and even a motor boat traveling past under a white bridge across the waters of the many river walkways laid in Cerulean City. The group continued moving along the streets, passing by many groups of people wearing tank-tops and shorts.

"Move please!" A shirtless man hurried through a group of people.

Red and Yellow noticed the man wearing swimming trunks and goggles holding some kind of floating boat and he noticed them back.

He stopped, "Wait! Red!? Yellow?! It's been so long!"

"You know those two?" Blaine pointed to Red and Yellow.

"Small world I guess." Blue added.

"Hey!" Red smiled. "I recognize you! Your… um…"

"I've seen him too!" Yellow smiled. "Your name is uh…"

"Hoopa?" Hoopa curiously looked at the swimmer.

"I never actually introduced myself." The swimmer spoke.

"Oh thank you!" Red felt a sense of relief, the awkward tension disappearing.

"Really?" Yellow said. "But we've met a few times before. I could've sworn I knew your name."

"My name is Jack!" Jack smiled. "The swimmer with the Slowpoke and encountered that Snorlax during your journey's! Remember Red and Yellow?"

"Yeah! I remember. You participated in that bike race!" Red smiled.

"And you offered that Slowpoke to me for that surfing contest!" Yellow smiled.

"You do remember!" Jack smiled. "So! What's with that Pokemon?"

"Hoopa?" Hoopa floated.

Yellow spoke. "Well it's..."

"Oh never mind that." Jack interrupted. "I'm guessing you guys are here for the big water chariot contest!"

"Water chariot contest?" They all spoke at the exact time.

"Not here for that? Oh… I get it Red! Hehehe." Jack wore a large grin.

"Um… you do?" Red looked confused.

Jack smirked, nudging his elbow to his chest repeatedly. "You're here for Misty eh? I knew you always had a thing for her!"

"Huh!?" Yellow jumped.

"Wait… what!?" Red's face turned red. "I mean… she's a great and talented girl and all… but were just friends! That's it!"

"Haha… sure… friends." Jack said.

"So uh… what's this about a water chariot contest?" Blue interrupted, bearing a smile. "Is there a prize?"

"Of course! This year they're giving out a gem shaped like a diamond and as blue as the sea itself!"

"A diamond eh?" Blue giggled.

"That greedy woman…" Red and Green sighed.

"Where do I sign up!" Blue smiled.

"HEY! We have no time for contests!" Blaine shouted.

The four jumped at the sound of Blaine's raised voice.

"In case you forgot! That dragon is still on the loose!"

"Okay! Okay! Sheesh!" Blue responded.

"Hey… are you guys traveling to the other side of Cerulean right?" Jack said.

"Yes?" Blaine said.

"Well the contest is a race all the way over there." Jack pointed to a massive wide stairway leading down to a gigantic river way as blue and clear as the sky itself. There were people already getting ready with their water-types at the end of those stairs. "To all the way at the end of Cerulean City which leads up to Mt. Moon and the Golden Bridge."

"Well…" Blaine said.

"C'mon! It sounds fun!" Red smiled.

"Why not." Green added.

"Fine." Blaine sighed. "I'll escort Hoopa as we'll watch."

"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked at Blaine with suspicion.

"Yes!" Blue smiled eagerly, her hand clenched into a fist. "Let's go!"

"Whoa! Whoa!" Jack blocked their way to the stairway. "You can't just go to the starting line looking like that!"

"Um… what?" Blue looked at her blue top and her red skirt. "What's wrong with what I wear!"

"It's Cerulean City! You're practically expected to wear some summer clothing in the winter!"

"Don't really want my jeans to get wet right now." Red looked down.

"Me neither." Green added.

Blue placed a finger on her chin. "I could always get some new clothes."

"You got a lot of new clothes back in Celadon and Saffron!" Green thought with annoyed look on his face. "How many clothes does that woman need!"

"New… clothes?" Yellow looked clueless.

She looked startled by all the eyes staring at her.

"Huh… that's right." Red looked at her. "You've been wearing that same outfit for a long time haven't you?"

"It wouldn't be a bad idea to change up your clothing." Green looked at her.

"Do you just own multiple types of the same clothing? This is a great time for you to try out some new clothes!" Blue smiled.

"Um… really?" Yellow smiled nervously. "I don't think I need any… Whoa!"

Blue grabbed Yellow by the arm.

"Let's go!" Blue lead the way.


Red stepped out of the clothing store sporting black shorts and a red and white shirt saying "96". "Well what do you think guys?"

"It's alright." Green stepped out wearing sunglasses, sporting a black buttoned shirt and green shorts.

"I think I look terrific!" Blue stepped out sporting large sunglasses and a sky-blue top. She wore a long white fabric wrapped around her waist like a skirt sporting red tropical flowers. "What about you Yellow?"

"Um… I think… it's alright." Yellow stepped out, nervously holding hands held together.

Red, Green and Blue smiled at her white tank top sporting a yellow sunflower and black swimming trunks.

"You look amazing!" Blue said.

"Um… thanks?" Yellow smiled a bit. "What about you guys?"

"It seems to fit you. Right Red?" Green said.

"Hmm…" Red placed his fingers on his chin, thinking.

"Red?" Yellow spoke, wondering what he had in mind.

"Aw! I know what's missing!" Red slammed his fist into his right hand, spotting a pink flower from a grove of flowers near the window. He ran to the grove, picking a pink flower. "Here!"

"Huh?" Yellow glanced elsewhere as Red placed the pink flower in Yellow's hair.

"Aw… she looks pretty with that flower." Blue giggled.

"Yeah." Red smiled confidently. "That and she looks more like ChuChu!"

"Whut?" Blue and Yellow paused.

"Makes sense." Green nodded in agreement.

"Pikachu is yellow like that shirt's sunflower and your hair!" Red smiled confidently. "I thought she'd look more like ChuChu if she wore a pink flower like the one ChuChu has on her hand!"

"Oh… that's… brilliant." Blue facepalmed her head at Red's oblivious nature. She glanced to Yellow. "Hmm?"

"That's pretty smart Red." Yellow smiled. "I do kind of look like my Pikachu now hehe."

"Yeah. You kind of do look like ChuChu." Green said. "Makes you wonder if Pokemon are the ones who choose the partners because they look like them instead of the trainers who chooses the partners."

"Hmm?" Yellow wondered what he meant by that.

"Something my gramps suggested." Green explained. "He claims that Pokemon may choose humans that resemble them, from faces to their clothing choices."

"Huh… I never thought about that." Red said. "But… I don't think I look like any of my Pokemon."

Blue shuddered at the thought of a Pokemon's face looking like a human's. "Me neither. That's kind of creepy thinking about it."

"I think it's kind of cool." Yellow smiled.

"You guys ready?" Jack ran to them. "Contest is going to start! Now!"


Jack got his water chariot ready on the water as a long dragon-like seacreature waited patiently in the water.

"Were going to win this Gyarados!" Jack gaves a thumbs up.

"GYAAAAAAARGH!" Gyarados nodded as he roared.

Jack and Gyarados looked at the competition, he could see plenty of water-types, odd and beautiful looking creatures. He noticed a manta-like creature near a brown-haired girl in a pink top and blue shorts. In another corner, he saw a Poliwrath and his bodybuilder in a speedo flexing their muscles together. In one other corner, he could see a tiny blue alligator jumping and dancing in the air near a ten-year old boy in a blue top and green shorts. Jack and his Gyarados looked to his friends.

"Uh… " Jack and his Gyarados looked puzzled at his friends choices for the big surfing race.

The fellow contestants next to Jack also looked puzzled at their choices for the surfing race.

"Rhy!" Rhypherior banged his chest.

"Nido!" Nidoqueen smiled.

"Snooorr…" Snorlax yawned.

"Chu!" Yellow's Pikachu looked eager as ever.

"Can… can they actually surf? Don't you have any water Pokemon!" Jack said.

"Sure!" Red smiled.

"But why them over the water Pokemon?"

"Why not!" Red crossed his arms over his head letting out a smile.

"I… guess?" Jack sighed. He spotted another odd participant near the end. "What?"

"Moooooo" A Tauros wearing sunglasses stood in-between a skull-like jellyfish and a a golden star-like Pokemon staring at him in confusion. Tauros's trainer, a sunglasses girl sporting a red T-shirt and blue jeans smiled as she kicked her water chariot into the river.

Jack didn't know how to process this. "Hmm?" He turned to one of the TV screens posted everywhere along the track.

"Hello! Hello everyone! I'm your host Cody! AAAAND I'm here with the famous Mantine Surfer Boss all the way from Heahea City of ALOOOOLAAAA!" Cody, sporting a black suit and a red tie, shouted as spit struck the TV screen.

"Hi there! I'm your expert on all that needs to know about surfing!" The Mantine Surfer Boss smiled.

"It appears we have some very unusual contestants today but it won't let them stop from surfing Cerulean's diamond-esque waters! Let's get this surfing race on the rooooad!"

"Baaaahck! On your marks! On your marks!" A parrot with the head shaped like a musical note flapped his wings near the contestants. "Get Ready! Get Ready!"

All the surfers quickly got on their small float boats shaped like chariots, holding on to the leashes looped around their Pokemon's mouths or body. The Pokemon stood on the edge of the stair way down deep in the water ready to race.

"On your set! Baaahck! On your set!"

Red gritted his teeth. Green tightened his grip. Blue grinned as Yellow clenched her other hand into a fist.

"Go! Go! Go!" The Chatot shouted.

Suddenly the surfers were off! Snorlax made quick laps swimming amazingly fast across the river, shifting his arms back and forth! Rhypherior and Nidoqueen rided across the riverway on their feet alone leaving a splash of water behind! Meanwhile ChuChu hopped onto the riverway forming a surfboard from her body!

"Chu!" ChuChu grinned, river surfing throughout the massive river route ahead of much of the participants as she held Yellow's rope in her mouth. She glanced back, shocked for a second. "Chu?"

"What?" Yellow looked puzzled.

Rhypherior and Nidoqueen were catching up, surfing along the river on their feet alone as Snorlax swam, arm by arm, across the river.

"Wow! Amazing Mantine Surfer Boss Guy!" Cody yelled. "How can you explain this strange phenomenon!? Two ground-types surfing on the river with their feet alone! It's like their walking on water!"

"Clearly they are all well trained." The Mantine Surfer Boss stroked through his white beard. "You see Cody. They clearly have some kind of ability to allow them to stay immune to the river! Yes! That's it! They also have gills that allow them to breath under water!"

"Amazing! But what about Nidoking! Nidoqueen's counterpart!"

"Um… Nidoking too! Yes!" The Mantine Surfer Boss said.

"What's this!?" Cody shouted through the microphone.

"Mooooo…" The sunglasses-wearing Tauros stood still, not moving a muscle, as he surfed past Rhypherior and Nidoqueen on his four feet alone with his tail spinning like a motorboat, his sunglasses-wearing trainer following her Tauros behind on a water chariot.

"See ya!" The sunglasses girl smiled.

Green's eyes widened in confusion. "That's not how I imagined Tauros using surf."

"Wow Mantine Surfer Boss Guy! That Tauros is as relaxed as a sleepy Miltank! How is he doing that with his tail! It's like a motorboat!" Cody spitted on the microphone.

"Look Cody! Where I'm from, Akala Island, there's a farm of Tauros near Heahea City that breed wild Tauros from the ocean." Mantine Surfer Boss explained.

"From the ocean! Do explain!"

"It is an extremely common sight to see wild Tauros surfing with their tails spinning on the oceans of Akala island, Cody. That's practically where all trainers in Alola catch their wild Tauros."

"From the ocean!?" Cody shouted.

"From the ocean. Practically where they live Cody!" Mantine Surfer Boss crossed his arms with a confident smile.

"Aw man! C'mon Snorlax!" Red stood on his water chariot, seeing the Snorlax sleeping and floating in the river way. "If you win this! I'll use that diamond to sell it for lots of food!"

"Snor?" Snorlax woke up.

Jack looked at the surfing Rhypherior, Nidoqueen, Pikachu and… that Tauros wearing the sunglasses from before. "Hehe! Red's behind! If I can just get past those four. Come on Gyarados!"

"Gyraaaaah!" Gyarados roared.

Suddenly something huge swam past them leaving a trail of splashing water!

"What!" Jack took off his goggles in surprise.

"Let's do this Snorlax!" Red smiled, gripping onto his leash looped around Snorlax's body.

Snorlax moved his arms rapidly in circles, water spurring out from behind, swimming past Jack's Gyarados!

"OOOOOH MYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOD!" Cody shouted in the microphone. "This could be comeback of the century folks! A Snorlax swimming to the finish line! Your thoughts Mantine Sufer Boss Guy!"

"Snorlax are very hungry creatures across the islands of Alola Cody."

"And…"

"That's it. I got nothing." Mantine Surfer Boss smiled confidently crossing his arms.

"Amazing Mantine Surfer Boss Guy! Your wisdom knows no bounds!" Cody shouted.

"Chu!" ChuChu surfed past Rhypherior and Nidoqueen reaching to Tauros's speed.

"Moooo…" The Sunglasses-wearing Tauros mooed as water spurred behind his tail.

"Come on! Almost there!" Yellow could see the finish line marked in red across one wall to another.

"Snor!" A determined cry shouted from behind.

"What!?" Yellow looked behind.

"Snorlax!" Snorlax swam past the surfing Rhyperior and Nidoqueen.

"Hi guys!" Red smirked.

"Red!?" Blue and Green looked a little dumbfounded.


"Wow. Red's Snorlax is a capable swimmer." Blaine spoke from the river walkway, seeing Nidoqueen and Rhypherior surfing from behind.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa nodded in amazement at the surfers.

"Oddish!" An Oddish hopped right next to Hoopa.

Hoopa looked curiously at the jumpy creature.

"Hoopa!" Hoopa smiled.

"Oddish!" Oddish smiled.

As the two floated and jumped in the air happily at this new friendship, a shadow moved passed through them from a nearby alleyway.

"Hoopa? Oddish?" Hoopa and Oddish stopped smiling, feeling a chill in the air.

"Something wrong Hoopa?" Blaine spoke. He turned his down to see a Oddish next to Hoopa. "I see you made a friend Hoopa."

"Hoopa!" Hoopa's smile returned.


"Amazing! Mantine Surfer Boss Guy!" Cody spoke. "That Pikachu is somehow able to materialize a surfboard through substitute! The girl that looks like her Pikachu could be the winner!"

"Sorry Cody! But you got your facts wrong. It's a common misconception that Pikachu can use substitute to materialize surfboards." Mantine Surfer Boss smiled.

"Really!? Enlighten us with your ever endless wisdom Mantine Surfer Boss guy!"

"You see! Pikachu are able to create any form of object, like a plushie for the basics, temporarily by cloning and molding a part of themselves from their body at the cost of their health Cody! Through this substitute process they can create surfboards." Mantine Surfer Boss explained.

"So just like substituting a surfboard."

"Exactly like substituting a surfboard Cody." Mantine Surfer Boss smiled confidently.

"Incredible Mantine Sufer Boss Guy! You heard it from him folks not me! Pikachu can use substitute to create surfboards!" He shouted in the microphone. "Now we continue watching! Who will win this year's race! The Tauros with the cool sunglasses! That Pikachu and her trainer with the matching pink flowers! Or that Snorlax showing more determination than those two combined! WHO! WILL! WIN THIS!"

"Almost there!" Red grinned, he could see the finish line right past

"Come back here you thug!" A familiar voice shouted alongside the river walkway.

"Huh? Snor?" Red and Snorlax looked up.

Snorlax's slanted eyes, along with Red's own eyes, were wide opene, seeing a man garbed in a black uniform.

"Team Rocket?" Red thought, recognized the back of the uniform.

He couldn't see the bright red R at the front, but recognize that hat and white gloves anywhere!

"Never!" The Rocket grunt shouted.

"Snor… Lax!?" Snorlax turned around, seeing a building in front of him.

"Huh?" Red sweated nervously. He started panicking as he got closer! "Turn! Turn!"

Snorlax bumped his head into the building, shockwaves coursed through his head. Snorlax laid there as he shift up, smiling awkwardly with his tongue out. "Snooorr…"

Yellow glanced behind, hearing that hit. "Red!" She spoke seeing Red climbing on Snorlax's belly.

"Come on! Wake up!" Red slapped Snorlax's goofy smile over and over again. He sighed, seeing Yellow's surfing Pikachu matching Tauros's speed, almost to the finish line! He could see Yellow looking back at him with worry. He stood up from Snorlax's belly, shouting. "Yellow! Take the victory!"

"Huh?... Okay!" Yellow couldn't help but smile. "C'mon ChuChu!"

"Chu!" ChuChu nodded, gritting her teeth bearing fierce flaming eyes.

"Mooooooo…" Tauros spinned his tail faster.

"Oh! They're getting closer and closer to the finish line folks! WHO WILL WIN! WHO! I AM FALLING!" Cody shouted as his feet slipped to the floor.

Pikachu and Tauros surfed past the finish line, leaving behind the red line broken and floating in the waters.

"Oh! They passed at the same time! Let's look at the camera's folks!" Cody shouted.

The TV screen switched to a camera zooming in as the Pokemon broke past the finish line. As the audience watched the screen, they gasped in surprise as Pikachu's paw reached the finish line before Tauro's snout could!

"We have a winner!" Cody shouted. "Amarillo del Bosque Verde! Yellow of Viridian Forest!"

"Whew. I won." Yellow stood on her water chariot.

"Chu!" ChuChu jumped into her arms.

Yellow grabbed her as ChuChu snuggled in her arms leaving behind a surfboard dematerializing in the sea.

"Congratulations!" The sunglasses girl next to her smiled.

"Moooo!" Tauros swam to ChuChu in Yellow's arms.

"Thanks!" Yellow said. "You did great too! I didn't even know Tauros could surf!"

The TV screen beamed, "Our winner Yellow shall receive a blue Z-crystal as her prize!"

"A… Z-crystal?" Yellow spoke.

"Wow! Lucky!" The Sunglasses Girl smiled.

"Moooo!" Tauros licked the ChuChu.

"Chu!" ChuChu felt ticklish, giggling at Tauros's licking.

"Hehe..." Yellow smiled at the two but then she saw Red and Green running fast, almost in a hurry, gritting their teeth in determination. It looks like they were after something. She shouted, "Hey! Where are you going!"

Red kept running, "Take your prize Yellow! We got this!"

"Got what? Where's Blue!" Yellow said.

"No worries. She's gone to a different route!" Green remarked.

"What are they running after?" Yellow said.

"Yellow! Please come to the nearby stage to receive your prize!" Speakers shouted across the river-way.


Yellow looked at the blue-crystal in the palm of her hand, the Waterium Z crystal.

"Wow... it really is as blue as an ocean..." Yellow loved it's color.

"YELLOW!" Cody shouted.

"AAH! CHUU!" Yellow and ChuChu jumped at Cody's shouting.

"Any words sparking passion and flame in your eyes to the people of Cerulean!" Cody clenched his hand in a fist.

"Well..." Yellow said. "Water Chariot Racing is very fun!"

"You heard her folks! Water Chariot Racing is very fun!" Cody shouted in the microphone.

It was so loud that everyone watching it close to the speakers covered their ears, except one particular old man who was deaf, lending his ear to the speakers quite closely.

"Anyway!" Cody turned back.

Cody pushed forth his microphone only to realize Yellow was no longer there.

"Where did she go!?" Cody looked around.

Cody could see Yellow running in a hurry, waving good bye. "I'm sorry! But I really have to go!"

"Chu!" ChuChu ran, shouting out to Cody as well.