Here's another chapter, guys! A minor character will be returning, by the way! Someone you'd never expect to return!
TheLightningPunisher: Sorry, no.
Nomercy745: Thankfully, no.
Numbershooter: Nope.
Electrifry: Every time Petal smiles, a kitty dies…
Umbreon of Dawn: Maybe…
Sonikah: Yes they are.
Guest: Yeah, but it's starting to die down.
Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Chapter 67
"Whoa, we're moving so fast!" Petal said, surprised. Petal and I were on the boat to Boyleland, Petal out of her ranger uniform and in a red sundress, the wind blowing her twintails behind her back.
"I feel bad that we left Rio, though…" Petal said, frowning.
"Ah, she'll be fine." Kurou said, smiling. The three of us were standing on the deck, approaching the volcanoes that made up Boyleland. "Nyu and Mary will take good care of her."
The boat stopped, and the three of us stepped out onto the red stone ground.
"So, any ideas where the Red Gem could be?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Well, we pretty much searched ALL of the volcano…" I said, frowning. "So we should go find another place…"
"You mean another way in?" Petal asked, confused. "Well, I guess that shouldn't be hard…"
"I'll go and see if we can get in through the top!" Kurou said, flapping her wings, flying up into the air. She headed towards the volcano, but then began coughing. She fell out of the sky and landed on me. I helped Kurou up, and looked up at the smoke pouring out of the volcano.
"That was stupid, Kurou. Don't do that again." I said, frowning.
"Roger!" Kurou said, saluting me.
"Alright, let's go find another way in, we'll never get in through the top with all that smoke." Petal said, frowning.
"Excuse me, you two are rangers, yes?" An old man said, walking up to us.
"Yeah." I said, nodding.
"And you're trying to get into the volcano?" The old man asked.
"Yeah, why?" Petal asked.
"I'm the village chief." The village chief said, frowning. "The prize of our village is in this volcano. However, since you're moemon rangers, I guess I can let you inside."
The chief walked over to the volcano's entrance, and then walked around the volcano on a ledge of rock, and arrived at a large red iron door built into the wall. The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a large, rusted key and inserted it into the lock, the door swinging open with a creak.
The three of us walked into the volcano, this side being almost identical to the other side. However, here, there was a lot more magma. In fact, it was impossible to make it to the other side of the room because a river of magma divided the two halves of the room.
"Hello there." A moemon said, smiling. A Torkoal. She wore a black dress with orange sleeves, and orange hair down to her shoulders. She had lazy, red eyes, and a tired smile.
"A Torkoal!" I said, surprised. "Can you help us across the lava?"
"Not interested…" Torkoal said, yawning.
"Alright." I said, shrugging, releasing the capture styler, looping around Torkoal a few times, capturing her.
Moemon: Torkoal
Type: Fire
Poke Assist: Fire
Field Move: Magma Flow x-
Info: Torkoal are very lazy moemon. They have very strong skin that's so tough, it can endure the heat and burning of magma. They are also rather strong, and capable of pulling large rocks. They enjoy swimming through magma, so are hard to capture.
"Can you help us now?" I asked.
"Sure." Torkoal said, shrugging. She stepped into the magma, and dipped down until she was in to her waist.
"Alright." Torkoal said, pulling a large chunk of rock out of the floor, and gestured for them to get off of the ground and step onto the plate.
"…I don't think this is a good idea." Petal said, frowning.
"Yeah, well, good luck." Kurou said, flapping her wings, hovering in the air. Petal was unsure of stepping onto the floating rock, so I stepped on first. I actually managed to maintain my balance, the rock didn't even shake.
"Alright, fine, there's no way I'm letting you be more manly than me." Petal said, frowning. She stepped onto the rock beside me, and the Torkoal swam us to the other side. The two of us stepped off, Kurou landing beside us.
"So, where now?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Well, in there, I guess." I said, pointing at the cave in the wall. The three of us walked inside the next cave, which was a large cavern with light shining down from a hole in the ceiling.
"Great, I guess we need to capture a Drifblim…" I said, frowning. "Where are we going to find one of those?"
"…Hello…" A shy voice said. The three of us turned to see a Drifblim standing there, looking up at us.
"Oh, hey…" I said, surprised. "You're a Drifblim, right?"
"Yep." Drifblim said, nodding. "You guys remember me?"
"Oh, you're that Drifloon, right?" Kurou said, a light bulb going off over her head. "The one we met last time we were here?"
"Yep!" Drifblim said, nodding. "It's me! Drifloon!"
"Alright, could you help us?" I asked. "We could kind of use your help getting up to the next level."
"Oh, of course!" Drifblim said, smiling. She grabbed onto me, and hovered up to the next level with her umbrella. She dropped me off at the next level, and then went back down to Petal. When she brought Petal up to me, Kurou followed with her wings.
"Alright, so where are you guys going next?" Drifblim asked.
"We're trying to find a red gem." Petal explained. "It's like a big red crystal. Do you know where we could find it?"
"Actually, yeah, I think I do know." Drifblim said, thinking. "Those guys with the funny black suits were looking for it."
"What?" I asked, shocked.
"This is bad…" Petal said, frowning. "So, Team Dim Sun has already heard of the other gems, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess…" I said, frowning. "Still we need to discover it before they do… All I need to know is where it is…"
"I have an idea…" Drifblim said, raising her hand.
"Where?" Petal asked.
"Um, well, it's just that this is like a straight path there, so it couldn't be that hard to find, that's all…" Drifblim said, shrugging.
"Good enough." Petal said, shrugging.
Yes, Petal. Yes it is.