The Legend of Yellow
By: hydro-serpent58
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Chapter 15: Grappling Iz My Latest Hobby
Yellow P.O.V.
I climbed the stairs and I came to a plateau. What I saw made me gasp. There on the far high side on the cliff was a pathway continuing on. I was about to call out Kitty when-
"Yellow, why don't you try out that new grappling hook?" Mist asked. I blinked and put my sword and shield away. Taking out the rope I looked around.
"What do I do?" Mist thought for a moment.
"I know! Try latching it unto those!" The pixie pointed to a branch hanging out on the side. It looked pretty strong though. I blinked.
"Wouldn't it be better if I just used Kitty?"
"Yellow, Kitty is tired just like you, just spare her the work and try it out!" I sighed but nodded.
I swung the hook around in a spiral to the side a few times before aiming and letting the hook fly. It spun around the branch and latched on. I couldn't believe my luck. I yanked on it to make sure it was secure before swinging across.
"Woo-hoo!" I couldn't help but cry. Now I understood why Sapphire always had smiled swinging on vines. I grinned. This was fun! Soon I came to other broken plank boards but there was always a random branch somewhere to latch unto. Thank you Crystal, you're a life saver I thought as I swung unto another cliff. The wind blew my hair as I smiled. Even though it was smoking hot inside, outside was pretty nice. I was way up in the clouds. After swinging across 6 cliff sides I finally came to another door. I smiled as I went inside. As I came inside I gasped. Once again I was on I rope bridge, but I was WAY high up. I could see the top of the cavern only a couple of hundreds of feet from up here. I quickly came across the bridge. Of course, a monster was guarding it but I decided to have a little fun. Using the hook as a lasso, I caught him and 1 try. He looked at me confused as I pulled on the rope and hauled him over the side into the burning lava below. Suddenly a second one popped out of no where. As he tried to attack Mist created a tree and he ended up running into it. (Yeah, imagine that a tree suddenly appeared in front of you while running. There's a 90% chance you'd run into it xD) I smiled pulling out my sword and stabbing it in the back. In a few moments it puffed into smoke.
I looked around. What the? Why is this a dead end... "Yellow! Down there!" Mist pointed. I looked down to see a narrow granite pathway below me. I blinked. How do I get down there? Mist thought for a second before smiling.
"Jump." She said simply.
I stared at her. "Are...you sure?"
She nodded grinning. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it." And with that she flew down out of my sight.
I sighed and counted. "1..." Am I really gonna do this? "2..." Well why not, I've done crazier things "3!" Okay, here I go! And I jumped off. As I fell I started panicking. What if I fall into the lava? I thought frantically. Of course, Mist wasn't gonna let that happen. As I fell 4 feet before I hit the ground/lava I fell unto something soft. I looked down and realized I had fallen into a large cherry blossom human size. I had fallen into the cup of the flower giving me a soft landing. I realized the plant had been planted unto the granite pathway. So I had jumped correctly I sighed in relief. Mist flew next to me.
"Well, what do you think?" She asked giving me a toothy grin. I smiled back weakly. "Arigato..." I slipped off the flower and followed the path through another door.
As I came through I looked around. It looked like there was no where to go. Frowning, I looked down to see an entrance at the bottom of the cliff. I blinked.
"How do I get down there?"
"Try Kitty." Mist suggested.
I nodded and called out the Butterfly Pokémon. "Bree!" She cried.
I smiled. "Can you help me out again girl?"
"Bree!"
She replied latching unto my shoulders. She flew me down and threw the caves. Finally I came to a high ledge with a ladder. Deciding on forgetting the ladder, I told Kitty to just fly me right up. I landed on a ledge and looked around. My eyes widened. I was back in area 1, except I was at the highest point! I could see everything down there, even the entrance where I had come from looked to tiny from up here. Suddenly the lava shot up a few feet from me a bit higher though. I blinked returning the Pokémon.
"The lava can shoot up this high?" I said in disbelief. Mist was also shocked.
"I've never seen anything like it."
With that I turned and tried to go through the door but it wouldn't move.
"Huh?"
"Great, what now?" Mist groaned. I frowned.
"In times like these, do it the Crystal way." With that I kicked the door. There was a creeeck and it opened. I smirked while Mist's jaw dropped.
"I-i s-suppose t-that's one way to do it." She stuttered. With that we went through.
I looked around, I was again on a ledge but there was a big gap in the floor between me and the other side of the room. I looked around and spotted a branch growing way high up. I blinked.
"Branches grow in here?" Mist also looked confused but shook her head.
"Rather than question it, you should be thankful."
"Uh, right."
Taking out my grappling hook again I swung across. Soon I came to hanging boards on top of the lava.
"I suppose the Larks used these when they were tired of flying." Mist said.
I nodded and jumped across them getting to the next area. Soon I came to a large empty area. I frowned looking around the area suspiously. Suddenly a snake lunged at me. Caught off guard I barely managed to doge. I then heard squeaks. I whipped around to see bats, only they were on fire!
"Fire Bats!" Mist said in alarm.
I looked at the snake and realized it was a Magma Brislang. "Brislang-san? Is that you?" He looked at me suspiciously. "Don't act familiar with me, I don't know you." The snake spat. I flinched while Mist glared. "Shut it snake." Mist snapped. She turned to me. "This is a different Brislang, not the one you met before." The snake who had been watching us frowned. "Who are you? Why are you here?" I was about to answer when Mist held up her hand. "I don't trust him." She said quietly only loud enough for me to hear. The pixie looked on. "I am a pixie, she is a human. What does it look like?" She replied coolly avoiding the question.
The snake smirked licking its lips. "I see. Any reason why your here?" The Fire Bats flew around the Brislang chatting to one another. They seemed to be hiding something...then I saw. I wrinkled my nose. "You're guarding a key aren't you?" I cut in suddenly. At this the Fire Bats abruptly stopped and stared at me while the Brisland raised an eyebrow.
"Why would you think that?"
"That."
I said flatly pointing behind them. They turned they're heads to see a large key perfectly camouflaged into the wall, somehow the blond had been able to see it. Mist's eyes narrowed. "It's an important key isn't it? That's why it's so beautifully hidden." By then the snake had narrowed it's eyes. "You...you don't work for the boss do you?" I blinked. "Boss?" Mist scowled. "We don't work for anyone but Mizuchie-sama!"
There was deadly silence after that. The snake curled it's lips. "Well then, I'll just have to annihilate you. ATTACK!" On cue the bats flew at me.
"Ah! I cried. Suddenly Mist used her magic and cherry blossom petals flew into the air. he bats screeched changing course and aiming at the petals instead. The sweet smelling fragrance drew them in.
"Yellow now!" Mist cried. I nodded. "AIYHH!" I cried using my sword finishing them off. The snake looked at me amused.
"Oh well, I guess it's my turn." He lazily said. He slithered over as I gripped my sword hard. He paused and pulled himself up so he was about 5 feet higher and was towering over me. He hissed and all of a sudden acid came out of his mouth. I rolled out of the way barely missing my boots. I scrambled to get up and backed away. He looked at me amused. "You're not running away now are you?" I bit my lip. Dang it! If Crystal was here she could just use her whip and defeat this thing without getting too close! This time he opened his mouth as he sprang at me. I moved out of the way just in tie as his mouth ended up bitting the ground. Dust flew at the impact. He carefully pulled away and turned to look at me. He calmly slithered over before opening it's mouth again and shooting acid. Once again I dodged. I was getting used to the pattern. He'd use Acid Breath and Bite Attack. Soon I knew what was gonna happen so every time he used Bite Attack and missed I'd use the grappling hook to bonk him on the head until he lifted his head up the stare at me. After a while he seemed to realize this too and switched the pattern. He used Acid Breath and I retreated behind him. Instead of turning around to use Bite Attack, instead he used Poison Tail.
"YELLOW!"
Mist gasped. My eyes widened as I quickly pulled out my shield. It was a good thing I did, the tail struck me hard knocking me to the ground. The snake turned it's head and used Acid Breath but my shield protected me. I have to think of something quick otherwise my shield will melt I thought desperately. Seeing the situation, Mist prepared her plants. Seeing that acid wouldn't work, the Brislang tried a Bite Attack but then Mist made thick, thorny, vines grow and encased Yellow in a safe haven. The snake ended up ramming into the plant and winced as 4 thorns went into his skin. He growled and used Poison Tail beating it against the plant, at the same time he opened his mouth using Acid Breath trying to weaken plant. Mist fed as much magic as she could into the plant, but she knew she couldn't do this forever. Yellow, please hurry up and come up with something fast! Mist thought desperately.
I need a plan but what? I contemplated the situation. I couldn't defeat it alone...I'd have to use my Pokémon. I smiled. And I knew just which one to choose.
The pixie couldn't hold it anymore, she dropped her arms and collapsed in exhaustion. At that moment the snake broke through the plant. The snake smirked and prepared a Bite Attack for the final blow. Through the tattered plant he lunged at the girl. Just before he made contact he was blasted away by a powerful jet stream of water. He sputtered and gingerly got up and looked at his opponent. The blond now stood next to a hermit crab-like creature.
"STACH!" The Spiral Pokémon growled angrily. I smiled. Omny had just used Water Gun.
The snake's eyes narrowed before using Acid Breath.
"Withdraw!" I called. Omny retreated into her shell giving her minimal damage.
"Brine!" Still safely inside her shell, Omny releases strong streams of water out of her shell, the force propels her through the air and slams into Brislang.
The snake hisses in pain from the contact with the water and the force of the tackle. The snake turned it's tail managing to use Poison Tail sending the Pokémon skidding away. Luckily, she was still inside her shell.
"Blizzard!" Omny comes out of her shell and from her star-shaped mouth fires a huge snow storm at he snake. The Brislang cries out at the sudden change in climate. He finds his self being frozen thanks to the snow and hail. I smiled. It was time to finish this.
"Hydro Pump!" The Spiral Pokémon let loose a huge wave from it's mouth straight at its defenseless opponent.
"AAHHH!" The Brislang screamed.
When the attack was finished the Brislang puffed into smoke. I sighed and bent down. "Arigato Omny!" I said hugging the little Spiral Pokémon. "Stach!" She replied happily. Mist slowly flew over to me and handed me the key. "I think it's the boss' key." The pixie said out of breath. My look of triumphant quickly turned into concern. "Oh I'm so sorry Mist! I made you use your magic too long, are you alright?" I cried picking up the weak pixie. She smiled weakly. "Don't worry, a little Gostone Milk will do the trick." She replied. She looked woozy. I smiled and put her in the bottle. "Rest in her for a little while." I whispered as I carefully put the bottle back into my pack. I then turned around. It was time to back track and find the boss.
I smiled as I swung through the air. I would never get tired of the grappling hook. Finally I got to the boss' door. I put the rope away and got out my sword. Of course as luck would happen, the next room was the core of the volcano. No doubt it was gonna be extremely hot in there. Me and Mist had some Gostone Milk, Horret Berries, and a red potion before we came here. We were both good as new, so she was now out of her bottle. "Ready Yellow?" The pixie asked. I gulped. "Ready as I'll ever be. And with that I opened the door and went through...
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~hydro-serpent58