Konichiwa, Folks! Kamencj here coming at you with another Chapter of Pokeriders OOO and Build. Now last chapter was supposed to feature a segment where it was explained why Delia had the nickname of Yellow when she was younger, unfortunately my writers block on that specific chapter got so bad I just wanted to be over and done with the thing that I forgot. I will do it this chapter. This will also be the last chapter for a while where it is specifically focused on the Pokémon aspect of this story. Next chapter, the Riders are back! Also so far, it seems that the box Legandaries of the gen 9 games are going to be joining soon. Once I start on the Bulbasaur chapter, I will take one more look at the pole before seeing if I should or shouldn't add them in. But for now, enough yapping! Let's get the fight between Ritchie and Daisy and Ash and Misty underway! HENSHIN!
POKERIDERS OOO AND BUILD: THE TEST OF THE WATERS!
To say that things were getting a bit stressful with Cerulean would be a bit of a misrepresentation. Ash and Ritchie had seen the sign that had said, "If you're here for a Gym Battle, please wait until after the show where we MAY decide to hold one." Not only was that a direct violation of the Gym Leader code, but they (they, being a certain blue haired moron and pink haired monkey) had scribbled out the one who SHOULD have been the gym leader that was on the sign.
Instead of saying "Daisy and/or Misty Waterflower" it instead read "Daisy the beautiful mermaid of the ocean. Not some red-haired runt who shouldn't even be mentioned."
Not only was that rude, but most of the Trainers here …
Were family people.
And a family that is divided like this isn't going to last long.
So, to say that they didn't have high hopes for two of the supposed 4 Gym Leaders was an understatement. Currently, they were watching an underwater performance. Ash had a bit of a bored look on his face, clearly watching the two boneheads right now. Misty was watching Daisy, clearly able to tell that, despite the smile on her face, had once again been roped into this performance when she was trying to do the duty that the three of them or rather FOUR of them should have been doing.
Currently Everyone was watching 3 individuals do a water ballet. One was wearing a red swimsuit with a skirt and white flats and blonde hair leap out of the water in a spin. Another had blue hair and a green version of the water dress did various movements with her legs while she was upside down.
The one with the yellow swimsuit and pink hair? She was acting like she was rock climbing.
While underwater where that wouldn't really work unless you had some comical weight on you.
The underwater ballets were not a bad idea on paper, because while the Pokémon League sends money to help pay for the gym, some livelihood of the Gym Leaders and their families, it wasn't usually enough to live off. So, making the underwater ballets for some extra cash on the side wasn't a bad idea. The problem came from the fact that the money the League sends you is to be used for the PURPOSE that is written on the check when it arrives.
It was so the League would know that someone wasn't trying to use the money of being a Gym Leader as just a way of making money. A Gym Leader is supposed to test the bond of Trainer and Pokémon alongside seeing if they were skilled enough to beat them.
Being the son of a Champion had its benefits from what Ash and Ritchie saw.
Gary knew that too, but that was because his own father seemed to not get it through his thick skull since he kept applying for an Elite Four spot then a Gym Spot when he lost to Jack.
Miette and Serena were taking notes on the movements that the sisters were making, since if they either had to perform underwater, battle underwater, or do a contest underwater, it was best to learn from the best. Though Miette was also taking a chance to scoot closer to Gary, who kept trying to scoot away since she was getting rather close.
Misty had her hand on one of Brock's ears, but he didn't react. Misty wasn't exactly tugging on it; she was just holding it. Once Brock had retrieved the item from Pewter City, they quickly learned an annoying quirk about what it used.
Ash and co had just arrived at a Pokémon Center in Pewter City. They had just grabbed their Pokémon back when Brock did something strange. He suddenly ran up to Nurse Joy and grabbed her hand.
"OH NURSE JOY! THE ARROW OF CUPID HAS LIT THE FLAMES IN MY HEART AND I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS FINALLY GIVEN ME A REASON TO BE EXAMINED BY YOU!"
To say this freaked Nurse Joy out would be an understatement. Something Misty clearly saw.
"All right Brock!" She immediately pulled on his right ear to get him off her. "You better explain why you did this and – "
When she pulled back, however, Brock's head moved forward and in Misty's fingers was a strange tiny book. It was pink and very clearly a romance book, but the book had a cover that said, "The adventures of Prince Charming" on it. Then it flew out of her fingers and began to flap open and closed.
"WHAT IS THY DEAL, WENCH!? DOST THOU NOT SEE THAT I, PRINCE CHARMING, AM TRYING TO WOO THE LOVELY NURSE OF POKEMON? AREN'T I, THE MOST PERFECT HUMAN BEING ON THIS PLANET, ALLOWED TO WOO AS MANY LADIES AS I WANT? IF THOU SHALT NOT LET ME BE WITH HER, THE YOUNG BLOND ONE SHALL BE MY NEXT ATTEMPT!"
The book immediately got grabbed and Ash did not have a soft face.
"You try and pull that on Serena, and I will bend every single one of your pages!"
"HA! A BORISH OAF SUCH AS THYSELF COULD NEVER HOPE TO WOO SUCH FINE A MAIDEN! THINE MIND MUST BE MADE OF GLUE SINCE SHE NEVER ACTUALLY EVEN REMEMBERS THY NAME!"
"His name is Ash Ketchum, you dumb book!" Serena shouted.
"AND WHY WOULD SUCH A DAMSEL LIKE YOU TAKE HIM OVER ME, THE PRINCE OF CHARMINGS!" The book clearly would have continued to brag and brag.
If Geodude didn't suddenly appear and begin crushing, it. Brock had gotten back with the group, alongside Officer Jenny. And even though his eyes were in a perpetual scowl, it was clear that he was not happy.
"I have told you once before, I have told you a thousand times before, DO NOT TAKE OVER MY BODY WHENEVER A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS NEARBY! IT IS NOT LIKE IN YOUR STUPID STORIES WHERE YOU CAN JUST GET WHATEVER YOU WANT! I hope you got all that Officer Jenny. This thing just tried to make a move on a minor."
Jenny looked weirded out but still pulled out a notebook. "Indeed, though no clue how exactly we can get this to stick. I can't exactly arrest a book."
"Even then, if I get too far away from it, the thing somehow teleports itself directly into my bag again. So, I was hoping you could get word out to your family and Nurse Joy's family. I think they will be that Book's main targets." Officer Jenny nodded at that, then turned to Misty.
"You seemed to be able to pull that thing out of him. How long do you think you can stay with him?" Misty looked at the book and then decided.
"I'm actually traveling the Region with him, so I should be able to keep that book in line, but please give me a walkie or something in case it does another violation like what it implied with Serena."
"HA! A PATHETIC WENCH SUCH AS THYSELF COULD NEVER HOPE TO KEEP ME INLINE! FOR WE MEN KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORLD THAN THOU DOST! I WOULD STAKE MINE REPUTATION ON THOU NOT EVEN -!" It got cut off when she found the spot on the object and made sure to put it in where the flaps of the book were not able to move so no sound could come out of it.
"Now stay quiet like a good book, and I won't let the lady cop drive a stake through you!" Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief, also thankful that Molly was nowhere near them to see that whole debacle.
"Quick question Misty." She turned to where Brock was. "How beautiful would you rate your sisters as?" Misty saw his point and pinched her index finger and thumb together, with Brock nodding.
She had felt the stupid book about to try take control and do something, but slightly applying pressure on the ear was letting it know to back off.
Molly just enjoyed the show. Oh, not the underwater ballet, though that was fantastic. She just enjoyed the last few minutes of blue braindead and pink snickerdoodle being happy for wasting money.
Pikachu, the Eevee, and Teddiursa just took a nap. Sparky sometimes had one eye open to see if it was done, before he dozed off immediately afterwards.
Finally, the show came to an end. Violet seemed to be trying to convince Daisy of something, but Daisy glared at her and, something that concerned Misty, not only bumped Lily out of the way with her shoulder, but she outright shoved Violet. They had clearly done something.
Worst part?
Violet and Lily just smirked and laughed.
"Ok. Ritchie, you will fight her, but let's see if we can't coax out anything from those two before the reveals will ya?" Ritchie nodded and everyone began to get into positions.
On the other side of the pool where the ballet took place, two people were watching the conversation between the girls. One of whom had a camera that was recording.
"Please tell me you got all that."
"Oh absolutely. If I knew those two had been doing this crap, I would have come here in a heartbeat."
Misty was hiding in a way that her sisters wouldn't see her while Ash, Serena, Ritchie, Gary and Miette went to find them. They were looking at a Fish tank when they began to hear arguing.
Looking to their left, they saw the blonde-haired girl from before, now in a dark blue shirt with a pink ribbon around her neck neatly tied in a bow, a cream skirt, a pink jacket and blue ballet flats. The other two had also changed out of the swimsuits. The blue haired one now had a red strapless chest dress with a bit of her undershirt puffing at the top with a yellow jacket and almost the same colored of cream flats as Delia, but slightly lighter. The pink-haired one now had a green T shirt with an orange v neck, blue skirt with pockets and white socks with brown loafers. And it was clear whatever the blond one said, they weren't happy with.
"C'mon, Daisy! At least think it over! We would never have to worry about the ballets ever again if you just gave up being a Gym Leader!"
"Like, yeah! Lily has a point! Father would never notice! And by paying for it ourselves, we can keep getting free money from the Pokémon League!" The moment she heard that, Daisy whirled around.
"SOMETIMES I WONDER IF YOU TWO SUBMERGE YOURSELVES TO THE POINT WHERE THE LACK OF OXYGEN IS SCREWING WITH YOUR THINKING! THE MOMENT THE LEAGUE FINDS THAT OUT, WE LOSE NOT ONLY OUR HOME, BUT ALL THE POKEMON WE TAKE CARE OF HERE! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE LEAGUE CAN ARREST US FOR MISUSING MONEY! AND IF I'M GETTING FRAMED FOR THAT, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE YOU TWO ARE COMING WITH ME!"
The two just looked at each other, smirking, and laughed it off. It was then that Ash and Ritchie made themselves known.
"Good day. I'm – "but he was rudely cut off from the blue hair.
"Sorry. We're not in the mood to give autographs right now." Daisy glared at them.
"I apologize for my sisters behave – "but she too was cut off by Lily, who seemed to be trying to coral her somewhere else.
"If you want, we can pencil you in for tomorrow. If you're here for a badge, then give our Pokémon some time to heal up after that performance." But everyone heard what she said under her breath.
"What an absolute annoyance. Why does everyone want a stupid gym badge instead of our lovely performances?" Ash, Ritchie, Serena and Molly just looked at each other.
"We saw the ballet. You didn't USE any Pokémon in it. Heck, I see how the Pokémon here GLARING at you are right now."
Lily and Violet looked right at the tanks …
And saw that indeed, the Water Pokémon did NOT look happy with them.
"If you don't let her, accept our challenge, then we will have no choice but to go to Officer Jenny and get in contact with the PL. A Gym Leader can only deny a challenge if they have a good reason. Just because it's an annoyance does NOT mean you get to deny us."
The two brainless ones looked at him in annoyance, then just shook their heads and left.
"We'll get the battlefield ready for you. Then once the fights are done, you will get out. GOT IT!?" the last part they shouted, but they missed the smirks that they had on their faces.
Daisy just sighed and looked dejected.
"Sorry. It's been like that ever since our little sister left to get stronger as a Water Type Gym Leader. I like doing ballets, but I don't want to do them all the time. I like testing trainers. Yet those two keep pulling me aside." The group looked at her with pity.
"We know about them swindling the money. We also know they are already breaking the rules. Don't worry about challenging me. We have a surprise for those two." Daisy looked at them confusingly, until they motioned to a dark part of the room, and she smirked when she saw what was happening.
They then arrived at a massive pool That was clearly meant to serve as a Battlefield. There were rocks in it serving as platforms for Pokémon who couldn't swim.
Daisy walked over to a side of the pool that seemed to have towels on it. She then grabbed some and handed them to everyone.
"It's going to be very wet soon. So, keep these handy."
Everyone nodded.
"Now how many badges do you two have?" Ash and Ritchie held up one finger each.
"OK then. League rules say that for that amount, it will be a 2v2. Is that alright with you?" Ritchie nodded.
"OK then. Give me a moment to choose the Pokémon I will fight you with."
With that she turned around and then Ash noticed a button on the floor that Daisy hit with her right foot, making a little click sound come from underneath her blue ballet flat. The towel stand then moved several towels out of the way to show the tray that a Gym Leader can put their registered Pokeballs in. Her left foot then hit another button which then brought up what they saw was a list of the six Pokémon.
"OK now, which ones should I go for?" She then hit two pictures that they couldn't tell what they were, and two Pokeballs lit up. She grabbed the left middle one and the far right one. Then she stepped off the button for the list, then moved her right shoe off the button that held the tray as it flipped back into the stand.
"Have you decided which to go with?"
"I decided before I entered the Gym. So don't worry." Daisy nodded and motioned towards a platform just before the water. Ritchie then made his way over there.
When Daisy got to her platform, she then stopped, and slowly lifted her right foot onto it. She pushed several times before pushing herself up and then moving her left foot slowly onto it, repeating the same thing before setting her foot on it, she then slowly made her way to the center.
"Is everything alright?" Daisy looked back over at him with a slight embarrassed chuckle.
"This platform tends to get the brunt of splashes. And since my shoes are ballet flats, they don't get as much grip. So, I tend to be very cautious when I step on this thing." Ritchie nodded in understanding, though he noticed how she looked over at her sisters when she said that.
"Quagsire! I choose you!" With that, the Pokeball opened to reveal a blue creature with a large round body and a tail to match. Its eyes were small compared to most people and Pokémon and had a purple and black Phin on its back that went down to its tail. It always looked awake but looked like it could go to sleep, and no one could tell which it was.
"Quaaaagggsire." It said in a voice that sounded almost, for a lack of a better term, CHILLED to what was happening in the world.
Ritchie looked at it but didn't laugh. Daisy had earned the rank of Gym Leader alongside Misty (and supposedly her sisters, but that was debatable). She had sent him out for a reason.
"OK Zippo! HERE COMES THE HIGHLIGHT!" Zippo appeared on one of the rocks, more than eager to get the battle started.
Then they heard laughter from the ABSOLUTLEY IDIOTIC DUO who seemed to not know how bad they were looking.
"I guess they want this over just as much as we do! We might get this done before teatime, Violet!"
"Indeed, Lily! They shouldn't have asked us for a battle if they were that much of beginners!"
They laughed until they ducked a Flamethrower and Ice Beam attack.
"Maybe you should learn to keep those traps of yours SHUT!" Daisy bellowed.
"Anyway, Quagsire! Use Muddy Water!" Quagsire then suddenly made the platform he was standing on extremely muddy and shot off toward Zippo.
"Zippo! Jump to another rock and use Dragon Rage!" Zippo leaped to a rock that was out of range of the attack and twisted as he did, releasing the purple orb right at Quagsire.
"Use Ice Beam!" Quagsire whirled around and fired it, colliding with the rage ball, and a mini explosion happened. But now the field was covered in mist, meaning Zippo was the equivalent of a sitting duck.
Ritchie scanned the battlefield and saw hints of a wave.
"Zippo! Wait for the right moment and then use Metal Claw!" Zippo crouched down and held his claw out, waiting for the right moment.
Quagsire suddenly appeared in front of him, riding atop a Muddy Water, aimed straight for Zippo! Zippo leapt into the air and struck Quagsire right across the face, knocking it off.
"QUAAGSIIRRREEE!" The poor Pokémon cried as it was sent across the field, splashing down right in front of Daisy, showering her with water. Ritchie, however, noticed small electrical currents around Daisy's feet starting to arc up.
He gulped. He really hoped those two morons hadn't gone THAT far with her.
"Quagsire! Can you still battle?" Despite the splashdown, Quagsire resurfaced, and was still ready to battle.
"OK, then. USE EARTHQUAKE!" Quagsire jumped onto one of the rocks and began stomping its feet in a rhythm. Causing the whole arena to shake. With water splashing out of the tank.
"LIKE! HEY! WATCH WHERE YOUR SPLASHING, DAISY!" Lily complained as she tried covering her head to stop the water from reaching her hair.
"LIKE, YEAH! THESE SHOES OF MINE WEREN'T CHEAP YA KNOW!" Violet agreed with her as she tried to go higher up to not get wet.
"Why use Earthquake? Wouldn't Muddy Water be better?" Molly asked as Ash watched Daisy, who was smirking.
"Muddy Water would be better, but as you saw, Quagsire had to surf atop the wave crest. That left him as a sitting duck. Besides, I don't think Quagsire just happens to know Earthquake." Everyone looked at Quagsire and realized what the end goal was.
"Now angle it towards Zippo!" Quagsire then leaned forward, and a massive wave of water was hurtling towards Zippo.
"Zippo! JUMP!" Zippo looked around, hoping for high enough rocks to jump over the oncoming tidal wave, but the ones that were had been swallowed up by the wave already. It looked like Zippo was going to get doused bad, as he breathed in and faced the ground.
The wave crashed down, and Zippo was nowhere to be found.
"ZIPPO!?" Ritchie looked around desperately, hoping his friend hadn't been forced into the water. Daisy was concerned as well.
"Quagsire! Can you see if Zippo is underwater?" Quagsire put its head underwater, then pulled it back up and shook its head.
"But if he's not under the water, where did he go?" They soon learned as a purple orb suddenly collided with Quagsire and splashed more water onto Daisy and her platform. Ritchie then noticed that the electricity around her feet this time looked more intense.
'Need to end these battles as fast as I can.' "OK Zippo! Strike with Metal Claw and then Dragon Rage!" Daisy heard that but had a face that said that she was happy for a good fight.
"Quagsire! Use Rain Dance!" Quagsire then did a dance that looked akin to a slightly halfhearted Hula dance. Then clouds began to form above.
Zippo then slashed its stomach and sent a rage ball right into its face. When it splashed down again, and Ritchie seeing more intense electricity around Daisy's feet again, Quagsire did not move after it floated to the top.
"QUAGSIRE IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! ZIPPO TAKES THE FIRST ROUND!" Gary called, as he chose to act as referee for this battle.
Then everyone saw Daisy look like she was grimacing, and Ritchie saw her feet getting absolutely attacked by electricity. Once it started to die down a bit, it looked like Daisy's legs were trembling, and she was not looking up. She stood for a little bit as she then looked up, and clearly had a forced smile on her face.
"Well done, Ritchie. But now it's time for a challenge. Seel! Battle Pose!" Her new Pokémon looked like a white seal pup, with beady eyes and its tongue sticking out. It looked even more dopey than Quagsire did, but Ritchie and Zippo immediately grimaced a bit.
Given the fact that Seel evolves into Dewgong, where they gain the Ice Type. And Seel learns the best Ice Type moves early on.
"Use Aqua Ring!" A sphere then enveloped Seel as it then just …
Started applauding.
"Zippo! Use Dragon Rage again and again! Try and hit it as often as you can!" Zippo acquiesced. It didn't like doing the same move over and over, but not only was Seel not weak to most of his attacks, but Seel ALSO had the whole arena to work with, he didn't.
Plus, there was the problem of Aqua Ring. It healed damage over time, but in rainy situations, it would heal more health and more often with the rain from Rain Dance constantly hitting it and powering up.
3 Dragon Rages connected, before it was clear this was a done and dusted deal.
"Use Dive!" With that, Seel dove into the water, where Zippo had no clue where it was.
"Zippo! Ready a Metal Claw! Attack the moment Seel comes out of the Water!" Zippo turned his claw metal again and closed his eyes. Listening to the waves, that would be the key.
He then heard the waves behind him starting to get more intense. He heard the beginnings of him rising, so he turned around …
And got nailed in the face by an Aqua Tail, though he did give a glancing blow to the side of Seel. With that, Zippo was knocked into the water, where Ritchie held up his arm and signaled, he was forfeiting Zippo. Seel dove back underwater and brought Zippo back up.
"RITCHIE HAS FORFEITED ZIPPO! SEEL TAKES THE ROUND!" Again, worried for Daisy, Ritchie looked and saw the electricity near her feet die down, seemingly getting weaker.
That was a slightly good sign.
"Alright Happy! Let's take to the skies!" With that, a Butterfree appeared, ready for a battle. Seel just had the same look and applauded the butterfly.
"Use Bug Buzz!" Butterfree then charged straight for Seel, but one look from Daisy and it dived underwater. Happy stopped and floated there, until he looked over to his trainer and got a nod from him.
Seel then burst out of the water, and got to the height of Happy, ready to unleash what looked like a Ice move when Happy suddenly sprayed a bunch of spores right in its face as it flew higher to avoid the attack.
It soon became clear as to what spore attack it was when Seel closed its eyes as it fell back to the pool.
"Use Bug Buzz again!" This time, Happy began rubbing his wings together and then crashed into Seel, though the Aqua Ring still healed him, and the rain was starting to wash off the Sleep Powder.
"Use Air slash!" With that, Happy whipped his wings around, and then charged towards Seel, connecting in the stomach area.
"Seel! Use Icy Wind!" With that call, Seel's eyes opened, and it began spinning as it fell, causing the rain to change into snowflakes. Happy found himself starting to freeze over, his wings having a hard time moving, before he began to plummet down to the ground.
"Hey Daisy!" Daisy looked over at Ritchie, who looked very confident, despite what was happening. Then she noticed that Happy's eyes were in a focused glare, and it looked like if it had the facial features, it would be having the same confident look on its face.
"Here comes the HIGHLIGHT!" With that, he spun around and snapped his fingers.
"Use Psybeam!" Happy angled himself to face where Seel was going to land and fired beams from its eyes. Seel had just gotten itself righted when the Psybeam connected.
Daisy thought Seel had tanked it until it floated belly up and had swirl eyes.
Then Ritchie saw a horrible sight.
Instead of the electricity just going in through her feet, it seemed someone had cranked up the electricity to the max on Daisy as she was screaming in pain. When it finally stopped, she fell to her knees, clearly trying to just breathe. Everyone looked up to the other sisters, who just looked annoyed.
"Well, clearly he would have won, so you should have just given him the badge!" Lily yelled, though everyone noticed that her right hand was under her left armpit, trying to hide something.
"Like, seriously! Why does everyone ask us for battle? We are beauties, not brainless battlers!" Violet yelled as Daisy glared up at them.
Then she saw Lily come down with two badges.
"Lily, Ash hasn't had his battle yet. He needs to earn it!" Lily huffed and gave Ritchie his badge.
"Well, if you were in any shape to continue, I would agree, but for some reason you suddenly had a heart attack. You need to go to the hospital and that takes priority!" Ash, Ritchie, and their friends growled.
This was not them showing concern for their sister!
They had deliberately zapped their sister so that, even if she was allowed to continue, she would be in no such shape physically!
"WELL THANKFULLY, THE CO GYM LEADER HAS RETURNED!" With that, Lily and Violet looked up shocked while Daisy had a proud look as they saw Misty standing on one of the stands and then leapt down onto the battle platform.
"What are YOU doing here, runt!" Lily yelled as she looked like she was about to storm over there and force her off, though Ash noticed her moving her thumb over a button she tried to hide in her hand.
"Yeah, Daisy was doing just fine! She was about to give two worthy trainers badges!" Violet said as she tried to force Ash to take one, only to end up getting thrown over his shoulder into the water.
Lily looked surprised, but then Serena spun around her and took the button that was in her hand.
"Yeah, try this again, and you will probably be living on the streets. Now, let them figure things out."
Violet had just gotten out of the water, ready to try and grab Misty, but then a strong hand twisted her arm behind her back.
"I would suggest you stand down, you're in enough trouble as it is." Violet and Lily looked over to see …
Jack Ketchum. Champion of the Kanto Region.
They immediately lost the will to fight, knowing that if he saw everything, things were going to go bad for them.
Misty helped Daisy up, while making sure she was not contacting the ground in any way. Daisy then leaned her head towards Misty's.
"Electrifiers. Built into the platform. They took the rubber soles off my flats to make sure I wouldn't be able to resist." Misty smirked.
"Good thing that my friend took the remote. Even so, I made sure to bring rubber soled sneakers, given their track record." After getting Daisy to Miette, who then took her out of the building for medical attention, Ash took up his spot on the platform.
"Hope you forgive me Ash, but I'm not going to go easy on you!" Ash smirked.
"That's what I want! Anubis, I CHOOSE YOU!" With that, he threw a dark blue and black Pokeball, revealing his Riolu, who currently had the yellow shiny coloring.
"Good! Staryu, I call upon you!" The familiar star shaped Pokémon appeared on a rock opposite of Anubis.
"Use Aura Sphere!" Anubis shot the orb off, but Staryu didn't move and let it connect. Ash growled, clearly Misty and Staryu had learned a thing or two. There was going to be no dodging with Aura Sphere.
"Use Recover!" Upon that order, Staryu glowed gold and the damage from the Aura Sphere was healed.
"Riolu! Use Quick Attack and jump around the rocks!" Riolu complied and began to leap to random rocks.
"Staryu! Use Thunderbolt!" Ash's eyes widened in terror at that.
The water conducted the attack, and Riolu was hit badly. Then it grimaced as it showed signs of Paralysis.
"Anubis! Use Vacuum Wave!" Riolu tried to send the attack at Staryu but froze when electricity coursed through its body.
"Use Surf, then follow it with Psychic!" A massive wave of water appeared and hit Anubis, while he then had a pink outline on his body and was sent skyward.
Ash quickly thought of how to save Anubis when he had an idea.
"Anubis! Focus your Aura onto the pads of your feet! Make yourself as Buoyant as you can!" Anubis flipped over and did as Ash said.
"Use Thunderbolt when they touch the water!" When a splash occurred, Staryu sent it outward …
Only to have Anubis Surf past him and redirect it at him.
"What the – WHAT HAPPENED!" Ash smirked as Anubis seemed to be standing on the water with blue pads under his feet.
"Anubis basically used Aura to make himself more buoyant. Using the angle to speed up and not directly crash into the water, he was able to have the bolt follow him. Use Aura Sphere!" Anubis did so, but it was clear now that Staryu was not going to retaliate.
When the ball connected, Staryu was flung into the wall of the Gym. Misty then noticed its center gem start blinking, meaning Staryu had been knocked out.
"STARYU IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! ANUBIS WINS!" Gary bellowed as Anubis was now on a rock, panting heavily.
Ash pulled out his Pokeball, but Anubis shook his head. Ash looked at him and understood.
"Alright, Anubis. Let's try and damage whoever's next as much as we can." Misty then smirked.
"I promised you a challenge, Ash, and by Arceus, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT! MISTY CALLS GYRADOS!" With that, Gyrados roared as it splashed down into the water. Anubis and Ash did not falter, well at least until electricity crackled around Anubis' body.
"Use Vacuum Wave!" Anubis tried, but sadly the paralysis stopped him dead in his tracks, leaving him open for a Hydro Pump, he righted himself before he splashed down.
"Use Aura Sphere!" He sent the ball out, but because of this, he was wide open to the Hyper Beam that Misty ordered.
This time when he splashed down, he was just floating in the water.
"ANUBIS IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! GYRADOS TAKES THE ROUND!" With that announcement from Gary, Ash returned Anubis to his Pokeball. Thanking it, he looked at Gyrados. He wasn't sure which one to go with right now. Sure, he COULD use Pikachu, but Gyarados is Water/Flying.
Pikachu's weakest Thundershock could knock it out. Granted, Pikachu did get a boost when he got struck by lightning, but still, he would just need to use his electric type moves.
Ash preferred earning his badges.
Then he looked down at the deep blue ball on his belt and smiled.
"Froakie! I choose you!" His faithful Water type landed on one of the rocks, ready for a battle with a giant snake.
"Use Dragon Dance, Gyrados!" The giant Pokémon began to spin and pirouette around, getting faster as it began to do the dance over and over. Ash knew that it was also getting stronger.
"Use Quick Attack! And keep using it!" Froakie ran across the water and stuck Gyarados in the jaw before rebounding off a rock and flying at its back.
"Use Ice Fang!" Gyrados then swung around, and a very rare thing for Gyarados in general, closed its mouth on Froakie as ice began to form around it.
"Use Water Pulse!" Froakie obeyed and shot a ball of water right in one of its eyes, making it lose grip on Froakie. Once he hit the water, Froakie immediately began to swim for a rock. Once he leapt out, however, Gyarados was right in front of him.
"Use Hydro Pump!" Gyarados then fired the water beam straight into Froakie, who was knocked back into the water.
"Use Quick Attack! Try to combine it with your swimming!" Froakie tried, but Gyrados began to make a current with its tail to basically make a makeshift whirlpool attack. Froakie was in the direct center of it, then began to swim in the direction the water was swirling.
He then glowed white as he began to run on it, turning his body to where he was climbing up and out of the whirlpool. Once he reached the top, he leapt out of the air and released a Water Pulse that hit Gyrados right in the head. Ash then noticed that it hit the area where Anubis had thrown the Aura Sphere.
"Froakie! Launch yourself towards Gyarados, and use Pound on the area that Anubis hit with his Aura Sphere!" Froakie quickly used Quick Attack and aimed for a rock that was angled like a ramp. With his speed he took off for Gyarados' head, but his fist glowed black when he punched the area.
Especially when Gyarados was sent hurtling to the bottom of the battlefield and created a massive wave.
"Wow, Ash doesn't do anything by half does he Ri – "But Serena cut herself off when she saw Ritchie and Gary huddled under the stands.
"We wouldn't stand there if we were you three!" Serena, Miette and Molly looked at Gary confused then turned to continue watching the fight.
When a giant plum of water splashed down directly on top of them.
"That was fun!" Molly cheerfully cried as Serena then glared in Ash's direction, while Miette then glared at Gary.
"Hey, I did warn you." Miette just growled at him before returning to watch the fight.
"What was that?" Ash couldn't help but ask as he pulled out his Pokedex.
"SMACK DOWN. WHEN THIS MOVE IS USED, THE TARGET IF FLYING OR USING A MOVE TO FLY OFF THE GROUND, WILL BE SENT BACK HURTLING TO THE GROUND, NEGATING ITS ADVANTAGE."
Well, that was handy.
Thinking that Gyarados was still able to battle, they waited. Then they saw his body rise …
And it was still.
Gary quickly ran over (and avoided the tackle Miette tried to get him with) and checked over Gyarados and nodded.
"GYARADOS IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! ASH TAKES THE VICTORY!" Ash looked over to Misty, who nodded and returned Gyarados.
She was about to walk over when Violet and Lily blocked her way.
"OK, runt. You got the fight, now since WE are the official Gym Leaders now, WE will give the badges!" Misty looked extremely angered at that comment. Before she could give her retort, Jack immediately got in between them.
"YOU TWO LISTEN UP! The four of you are gym leaders! Even if she leaves, she is still a gym leader and therefore VERIFIED to give badges! You right now are getting in the way!" Violet and Lily looked nervous for 2 seconds before arrogantly laughing.
"Well, you are going to have to take it up with the League Officials! Oh wait, you didn't bring any." Lily said.
"Yeah, like, next time show up with some muscle!" Violet chuckled out, not noticing both Misty and Jack having smirks on their faces.
"How would you think MAYUMI would react if she knew about this?" Jack asked as Misty smirked.
"Yeah, what do you think MOM would do if she found out." Lily and Violet looked annoyed.
"Don't know, DON'T CARE RUNT! Mom is not going to find out anything!" Lily and Violet said together, starting to laugh.
"VIOLET! LILY!" A very angry feminine voice called out as Lily and Violet froze.
They knew that voice anywhere.
Nervously turning around, they saw a woman that, if they didn't know their own family, would think that it was an older Misty glaring at them. But they knew better.
"H-h-h-hi, mom." Lily nervously replied. Violet was about to say something as well when Mayumi GRABBED them by their necks and lifted them up to her face.
"I go away for a year, taking notes of ANY new Water Pokémon, and what do I come home to find? You two dragging Daisy on water ballets when the Gym needs repairs, you two are SWINDELING POKEMON LEAGUE MONEY, and worst of all? TRYING TO MAKE YOUR YOUNGEST SISTER BE FORGOTTEN! AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PUT ELECTRIFIERS IN THE BATTLE PLATFORM AND USE IT ON DAISY TO HURRY HER UP AND RISK THE SAFETY OF THE WATER POKEMON!" As she said in that last part, a Blastoise appeared out of nowhere and pulled up on the platform Daisy and Misty had used. There was a lot of dangerous sparking as the electrifiers were ripped out, and the Blastoise began ripping out wires and plugs.
"Bu-bu-but MOM! How else were we supposed to pay for our beautiful ballets?" Hearing that, Mayumi got angrier and slammed them into a wall, not losing her grip on them.
"I already have ENOUGH evidence to send you to jail and lose your Gym license! Me and Jack were IN the audience of today's ballet! Those were meant to generate some extra money on the side, NOT become the main attraction! As such, THIS will be your punishment." She bellowed as she got her face even closer to theirs.
"Not only will these water ballets not happen for how long I've been GONE, but you two will be the main JANITORS! You will be cleaning up the tanks, fixing the filter systems, YOU WILL BE DOING THE DIRTY WORK! No water ballets unless Misty is in town so that you remember that SHE is part of our family! You will also have your Gym License suspended until you can prove that we can trust you with this!" Lily and Violet's eyes widened in terror, were about to try and argue until she shook them.
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?" she outright bellowed, giving no room for argument. They nodded weakly before they were dropped to the ground. Nodding to her youngest daughter, Misty walked over to Ash.
"You fought extremely hard and well for this badge, Ash. You deserve it." Ash smiled and then took the badge.
"That's why you're my rival Ash!" Gary called out. Playfully smacking Ash on the back. They were about to get off until they saw Miette and Serena walk towards them.
With a very disturbingly sweet smile.
"So, you think you're ready to take on ANYTHING, Ash?" Serena asked in a disturbingly sweet voice.
"And are you going to try and surpass him, Gary?" Gary slowly nodded, as Ash sent out Anubis and Froakie, both still weak from the fight, but he didn't want them to get caught in what he expected the crossfire to be.
"Yeah, I'm ready for anything." Serena then smirked.
"Good. THEN HOW ABOUT THIS!?" With that, both Serena and Miette shoved Ash and Gary into the water. They emerged and spat out the water like they were a fountain.
"And that was for?" They both asked as they glared at the girls.
"Getting our dresses wet! And not giving us enough warning!" With that, they stuck their tongues at them, only to realize they were gone from view.
"Of course, you two realize, this means WAR!" two voices came from underneath them, then felt one of their legs get pulled and they were heading straight for the water. All they could do was give a yelp before splashing down and trying to get to the surface. When they did, they saw the smirking faces of Ash and Gary, before they were dunked back under the water.
"I have the feeling this could go on for a while." Anubis said as they saw the two boys and girls try to overpower each other and get them to cry uncle.
"Yeah, I'd much rather fight Gyarados again then deal with them." Anubis glared right at Froakie.
"And what exactly do you mean by that?" Froakie then smirked at him.
"C'mon, ya blue mutt! You only got one hit on him. I, on the other hand, hit him with several Water Pulses and Quick attacks! Then Smacked him down for the win!" Anubis didn't look impressed.
"Yeah, only because MY Aura Sphere gave you a weak spot on the head! Without it, you wouldn't have been able to hurt him as much as you could, FROGGER BOY!" With that, a brawl began between the two.
With that, everyone just shook their heads.
Once they had calmed down, Ash, Serena, Miette, and Gary then got out of the Gym.
"So, Gary, heading to Vermillion City next?" Gary nodded his head.
"Be careful. I know they say he's reformed but given how LT. Surge used to be a part of the OLD Team Rocket, he might not be as gentle as the other Leaders." Ash grimaced at that, knowing 3 Gym Leaders of Kanto used to be Lieutenants of Team Rocket.
"I'll watch my back, Gary." He then noticed that Miette got closer to Gary.
"So, Miette. Are you going to head to the next town with Gary?" Miette then looked thoughtful, then latched onto Gary's left arm.
"I'm going wherever he's going next. And I'm still going to be competing in the Battle Chateaus! So don't slouch, Serena!" Serena smiled and nodded.
Then they heard a pained growl and looked forward.
Right in front of them, was a purple little mammal like Pokémon on four legs. It almost looked like a rodent with a spike on its forehead. Underneath that spike …
Was a symbol of the Pokémon itself.
Ash and Serena rushed over to it, with Gary and Miette bringing up the rear. The tiny Pokémon looked up fearfully, until Serena then called out to it in its mind.
"Are you ok!? Did something attack you!?" The Pokémon looked up, shocked at this human female who talked to it directly in its mind. Gary then pulled out his Pokedex.
"NIDORAN FEMALE. THE POISON PIN POKEMON. ITS POISON PIN IS QUITE POWERFUL FOR ITS SIZE, BUT ITS HORN IS MUCH SMALLER THAN A MALE'S."
"I came from the Safari zone. A monster had attacked us there, I don't know if it's still there as I leapt into the river in there. I just came out." Serena was saddened.
"Was there anyone you were close to in there?" The Nidoran looked saddened.
"Yes. A shiny boyfriend. He too has a symbol." Ash then looked worried.
"Male Nidoran are not known to be nice. They tend to be very attack happy if their perceived mate is in danger. Let's hope that he doesn't evolve into a Nidoking." Serena nodded her head. Then she decided to ask the little Nidoran a question.
"Would you like to come with me?" Nidoran looked at her saddened.
"My boyfriend was the fighter; I was always more into dancing as it were with my moves. A lot of the other Nidoran, both male and female, mocked me for not following the path of strength. My boyfriend never once got angry at me and even defended me. He even took on his own Nidoking father to protect me." Serena then smiled.
"I'm more into performing. I use moves too, but I put more emphasis on making something beautiful than just trying to overpower the other. I'm what's known as a Pokémon Performer/Coordinator." Nidoran seemed to mull it over, then smiled at Serena.
"Then yes. I will join you!" Serena then pulled out a Pokeball, and Nidoran let herself get captured.
With that, they caught up with everyone else, Miette and Gary said their goodbyes, they then headed down the road, eager for the next adventure.
It was nighttime at Cerulean City. In the Gym, Violet was pushing a mop broom, pushing the water that came up and didn't get into a drain back into the water. She then saw Lily, back in her swim outfit, dress and flats, rise for air, looking like something had squirted ink in her face.
"How bad is it?" Violet asked, as Lily grimaced. While listening to her, Violet never heard the tiles beneath her ballet clad feet sound strange.
"Turns out, Tentacruel ink doesn't just flush out like we thought. It acts like a glue and indeed needs to be removed by hand." Violet just sighed.
Alongside their mother taking back the Cerulean Gym, she was giving Daisy a couple weeks off to get back into shape and recover from all the electrical shocks she had taken from them. She also made Violet and Lily take up the chores they had dumped onto Daisy. They would stop when they pay back the League for the money they had taken without permission.
"I just wish Mom had agreed to helping us one night before she dumped everything on us." She was about to get back to work.
"Well, if you had paid attention to mom before she left, you wouldn't be having this much trouble and you wouldn't have incurred her wrath!" Both looked behind them to see Daisy, with a triumphant smirk on her face.
"What? You here to gloat about how you did take us down with you?" Daisy then cockily turned her head to Lily, who was still in the water.
"No. I'm here to gloat that what I said was true back at the end of the ballet. Misty would easily beat the two of you and was worthy of being called a gym Leader. We three got most of our mother's beauty, I got some of Dad's Battle prowess, and she got the most of being a Trainer." Violet and Lily sighed at that, then Violet noticed that the blue ballet flats Daisy had now were different and then had a feeling.
'You got new rubber shoes, didn't you?" Daisy then smirked at her and showed that these ones had a sole on them and were quite stretchy.
"Given how when you removed the sole of the old ones, YES. These ones are entirely made of rubber. No more zapping me, and this rubber is extremely hard to rip apart. They also fit me perfectly to where, unless you know exactly how to remove them, they aren't coming off easily! "Now if you don't mind," With that, Daisy spun on her heel and headed for the exit door.
"I have a much-needed vacation to get started. Starting with getting away from you two!" Daisy said angrily while the other two sighed.
No one heard the tiles underneath Daisy sound funny.
Until a trapdoor suddenly opened underneath her feet.
"WHOA!" She cried, alerting the other 2.
Who didn't see where she had gone and knew that something had happened as the exit ding did not sound.
"Daisy!? DAISY!?" Violet called out as she abandoned the wet broom, in fear for her sister as she ran to the door, Lily getting onto the ladder to swim out of the pool she had been working on.
Then a trapdoor opened underneath Violet.
"HELP!" Lily looked where she had last seen Violet, but she was nowhere to be seen!
"VIOLET!? DAISY!? ANYONE!?" No response, Lily began to walk around the area they had been in, but nothing! The floor was regular, no strange sounds. NOTHING.
"Ok, whoever took my sisters, show yourself and face me like a – "Lily began, when she felt the ground feel funny beneath her. She looked down …
And saw a trapdoor open beneath her feet.
"How did a trapdoor get – "She began before realizing a crucial detail.
She was standing right above the open trapdoor.
And conveniently, that's when gravity decided to work.
The inside was modeled like one of those old tube slides one could find in a fast-food playground. She was sliding feet first when she looked to her right and saw it was like a window.
She then saw her sisters going down similar slides screaming their heads off like her. The tubes then combined into a big one, her on the far-left side, Daisy in the middle, and Violet on the far-right side.
Then, they saw light at the end of the tunnel. They reached it …
Only to find themselves ABOVE the pool that Violet and Lily were working on earlier. And quickly looking up confirmed that they had somehow come out of the ROOF. Which was odd …
When one considers that there is nothing there but the metal of the roof!
They all fell into the water with a great SPLASH occurring. They then surfaced as fast as they could.
Thankfully, the water had cushioned them enough to where they could just do 3 strokes up to reach the surface.
"OK, what the hell just happened!?" Daisy asked as she was the first to get out of the water.
"Not our doing! We know there is nothing below here! No tanks, no basement, NOTHING!" Violet said as she began to ring out her dress.
"Even then, how would we not only make that elaborate slide system, but how could we have come out the roof without it coming out of the building!?" Lily said as their mother came running.
"Girls! Are you alright!?" She asked, concerned about her daughters, even if she was angry with 2 of them.
"We're ok as far as we're aware, but did you see anything?" Mayumi looked worried.
"I was in the security room when I saw Daisy go down the first trapdoor, then Violet, then Lily. It took me 4 minutes to get here, and it took 1 more minute before you three came out of the roof!" The girls looked at each other, then back at Mayumi.
"Should we notify anyone about this?" Mayumi nodded.
"Indeed. I think Jack mentioned someone who could do this. It sounds like what Serena had fought back in Viridian City. A Smash with the reality bending powers of a Haunter, but he used it to send girls to his own torture room, never like this." The girls looked scared and then went with their mother to get the footage.
AT ANOTHER TOWN ALTOGETHER …
It had worked.
His new powers had worked pretty darn well!
When he had gotten out of jail, he was told his powers had evolved from a Haunter to a Gengar. He then decided to get a house.
Get a house … as in, send the lovely high heeled lady that LIVED in said house down a trapdoor and onto one of the Alolan Islands. He did make sure it was near civilization, but enough to where she wouldn't just be able to either hop a boat or take a plane back to town.
Now he could just open a secret viewing portal and cast a trapdoor wherever he wanted, even being able to send them somewhere else rather than just his personal dimension!
He was laughing hard at the three Waterflower girls he had sent down and then back out their own damn roof!
When he got a call that just looking at who it was would be enough to not only stop the laughing, but make you fear for your life.
"GRASON! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN CERULEAN!? I TOLD YOU TO GO TO PALLET TOWN, NOT FOLLOW KETCHUM ON HIS JOURNEY!" Grason quickly calmed his nerves.
"I am in Pallet Town, my lord. My powers have evolved, so I wanted to experiment with them. Don't worry, I've got a good vantage point to keep an eye on the target you specifically asked me for." Even though King OOO had a helmet on, one could tell he was glaring at Grason.
"While that is good you are experimenting with the powers, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP FOCUSED ON YOUR ASSIGNED TASK! I don't want any harm to come to her, or someone to be able to rescue her when I go to reclaim what's mine!" Grason looked at his lord, slightly intimidated, but keeping his cool. BARELY.
"Yes sire. However, I do believe I can have a trapdoor send her straight to you if able. Would you like that just in case?" King OOO seemed to think about that.
"If you're able to send her DIRECTLY into my private quarters, then yes. However, I must NOW ask that you keep your trapdoor obsession to a minimum when testing and mastering it. Like I said, if any harm comes to her, I will come after you PERSONALLY. Understood?" Grason gulped and nodded.
With that, King OOO turned his viewing portal off, as Grason quickly made a small portal into his target's house.
"Got to admit, you picked quite the lovely lady, sire. Rest assured; I will keep my duty up. But please hurry, I don' know how long I can keep myself from dropping her down a trapdoor just for fun!"
IN PALLET TOWN …
It was nighttime in Pallet Town, and Delia was finishing up the dishes. She and Fire had done dinner and the 9-year-old boy was sent to bed. Delia had the TV on which now had a commercial for the league.
"Ah how the time flies, doesn't it?" She asked no one in particular. She then looked over at a photo.
It had her husband, herself, Red, his girlfriend Green, her mother Daffodil, Ash, Serena, Giovanni, Arianna, Silver, Grace and the Oaks. She then looked at 2 specific people.
One was a girl who had what looked like a rancher's outfit on. It consisted of a straw hat, a blazer with long sleeves, jeans, and brown rancher boots. She was hugging the shoulders of both Ash and Serena, with a smile, while holding baby Fire.
To her right, was a girl who had a similar appearance, except she had no hat, and her boots had heels on them.
Both had one thing in common besides clothes. They both had very light blonde hair. The one with the hat had her hair done in a ponytail, though one would have to look under the hat to see it. The other one had two ponytails, flowing freely since she didn't have a hat.
A tear came to Delia's eyes, as she remembered her past.
"MOVE IT, ELECTRIC!" A young girl called out while they ran through Viridian Forest. Her sister had taken a hit to the back of her leg, having a hard time moving.
"I CAN'T! LEAVE ME, YELLOW! SAVE YOURSELF!" Yellow looked at her sister, not wanting to abandon her. She then began to cry and run away …
Only to feel something stab into her leg and then slice into her upper arm, making her lose control of both.
"You really thought you could escape us?" A voice said as Yellow looked up. Right in front of her, was Madame Rocket.
"You really should know your place, tool. Someone like you would have a happier existence being used like this." Yellow then defiantly glared at her.
"NO! MY POWERS WERE MEANT TO BE USED TO HEAL AND PROTECT POKEMON! NOT TURN THEM INTO SLAVES!" Madame Rocket then lost her smile and picked her up by the neck.
"You listen and listen GOOD. You are nothing more than a tool. You don't think, you don't feel, YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXISTENCE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS SAY SO! NOW STOP THIS REBELLION AND COME BACK TO YOUR TOOLBOX!" Yellow looked over to see her sister get cuffed up, the goons not even CARING if she screamed in pain. She then looked back at Madame Rocket and spat in her face.
"So be it. We have your sister; the project will continue." With that, she slammed Yellow into the ground, then stopped one of her heels into her head, intent of it puncturing her skull. Yellow looked at her sister, who like her, was about to cry, their one attempt at freedom taken. Yellow closed her eyes, ready to accept her fate. She just prayed it would be swift.
"SQUIRTLE! USE BUBBLE!" Suddenly, the pressure on her head was relieved as she looked up and saw Madame Rocket get flung back.
"CHARMANDER! USE EMBER ON THEIR FACES!" Another voice, deeper than the one from before, called out as the goons around Electric suddenly dropped her, as they covered their faces from sheer pain of having hot embers thrown into their faces.
When they looked up, they saw two boys come towards them with several police officers and Jenny behind them. The Rockets looked alarmed and tried to at least grab Electric.
That is, until a Persian appeared and clawed their faces out. He even knocked some out and threw them to the officers. Madame Rocket had just gotten back to the area and growled.
"So, you did choose to abandon me, Giovanni? You chose to abandon your MOTHER!?" Giovannie glared at the woman.
"You lost the right to call yourself that when you not only threw me out to the streets, but sent not only men to kill me, BUT ALSO CLONED ME WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF REPLACING ME!" Madame didn't look remorseful.
"It was to toughen you up for when you replaced me! If you had, you would have killed that clone!" Giovanni growled and held out his arm towards her. Charmander understood and shot Embers at her. She leaped back, and then took what troops she could and ran for it.
"Are you two alright?' The other boy asked Yellow and Electric as he bent down to pick Yellow up. However, she tried to shuffle away.
"Don't touch me! All you men want is to hurt me!" She cried, which caught the boy off guard.
"Please! Do what you want with me, but let Yellow go free!" Electric cried, as she tried to skirt away from Giovanni.
"Sorry, but I won't. You look like they experimented on you, and I'm not going to let my monsther have her way!" Electric looked confused at Giovanni.
"Monsther? Did you just make up that word?" Giovanni laughed, not at her, but in embarrassment.
"Monster Mother. I like making silly words up." Red then glared at Giovanni.
"Look! Can it for now, Giovanni! These two girls need help! Once we help them get better and can help them find their parents, THEN you can start doing this!" Giovanni rolled his eyes, then gently picked Electric up bridal style.
"You're lighter than you should be. Did they feed you anything?" Electric looked saddened.
"We were only given the essentials to live, saying we should be grateful that we were allowed to even exist. And most of the boys our age there, well they … they …." With that, Electric began to cry. Those boys had done something so horrible that she rather not be reminded of it.
"Sorry, my name's Jack. Until we can find your parents, you'll have to stay with us." Yellow looked at Jack, then let him pick her up.
THREE WEEKS LATER …
The four had just taken down the Rocket Hideout in Celedon City. Yellow and Electric had become comfortable around the 2 boys, who both had their Pokémon evolve to their second stage evolution.
"Hopefully, THIS computer can give us answers." Giovanni said, as he typed in his clone's Login info. Apparently, Madame Rocket hadn't been too bright when making THIS clone, as the login would be THE same as Giovanni's.
And low and behold, the login worked.
"Bingo. Now, I doubt they would keep your old name as the file. So let me look up Yellow, or Viridian. Given how there seemed to be something special about that place." It didn't ake long before a folder came up.
"Project Yellow." Giovanni said as he clicked it open.
What came up was body scans of Yellow, as well as data.
"Subject: Yellow. Real name: Delia. Subject is confirmed to be the last known Viridian Child. A child with the powers to heal and revive Pokémon, but also power up moves. The Legendary 10,000-volt Thunderbolt was reportedly accomplished after forcing the test subject to endure over 5 hours of stress to try and break free. However, doing so drained subject." Giovanni read off, which made Yellow horrified. Then, everyone was shocked.
"Yellow! Your hair! It's brown now!" Yellow looked in a reflective surface. Where her light blonde hair should have been, brown hair now showed, and she felt memories return, her parents, how her natural hair color was this, that it only became blonde when she was using her powers.
"Does it say anything about me?" Giovanni then typed Electric into the machine. It then pulled up more files and shifted them to the right, almost like they were comparing notes.
"Subject: Electric. Real name: Arianna. Sister to Yellow, subject is our first successful attempt at replicating the powers of Yellow artificially. However, subject is not as strong as natural. Will continue to experiment with her, even if this involves her death." The computer then brought up a man and woman, with X's crossed over them.
"Subject names: Unimportant. Father and mother of subjects Yellow and Electric. During kidnapping, they foolishly tried to prevent Team Rocket's glory. They have paid for it with their deaths. Have rewritten subject Yellow and Subject Electric to have no memories of them." With that, Yellow and Electric, now knowing their true names and the fate of their parents, cried.
They cried as their lives had been taken from them. Their family, their identities and their livelihoods. Tema Rocket viewed them as nothing more than tools.
Not knowing what else to do, Jack and Giovanni let the girls cry on their chests. Just letting all the pain out.
Delia brought herself out of her memories. She remembered how after that, Jack never left her side, how he began to have a crush on her, and asked her to marry after he became the champion. How she now had a family again because of him. She could never imagine going back to that life again.
"Yellow. I'm sorry I failed you as a mother. If I could find someway to revive you with my powers, I would." She said as she began to lightly cry in memory of her daughter.
For you see, Ash was not the first member of the family to become a Kamen Rider.
That honor belonged to Red, Green, Blue and Yellow when their inner demons helped them. In a squad that they collectively named after themselves.
Revice.
She then decided to go to bed. Hopefully some sleep would help her out. She then made for the stairs.
She never heard the tiles beneath her flats sound funny.
Nor did she know she was being watched by someone she would rather forget existed.
WELL FOLKS. THERE YA HAVE IT! DELIA WAS CALLED YELLOW SINCE SHE HAD THE POWERS OF VIRIDIAN FOREST! USING THEM CAUSED HER HAIR TO GO BLONDE AND WHEN SHE WAS TREATED AS A TOOL FOR TEAM ROCKET, HER POWERS AND ARIANNA'S POWERS WERE ON OVERDRIVE! BUT YEAH, THIS CHAPTER TOOK LONGER THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT WITH SCHOOL AND WORK, PLUS ANNOYINGLY, LIVING IN COLORADO WHERE IT GETS VERY DRY AND HAS BAD AIR WITH ALLERGIES REALLY TAKES THE ENERGY OUT OF YOU! SO NOW THAT THIS IS DONE, I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON FINISHING UP THE NEXT CHAPTER OF DRAGON RANGERS TIME FORCE, THEN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF REVAMPED TIMELINE! HOPEFULLY WITH THIS PATTERN, PLUS BEING DONE DURING WHAT I FEEL IS THE SLOGGIEST PART OF KANTO, I SHOULD HAVE THESE PARTICULAR CHAPTERS DONE QUICKER! BUT UNTIL THEN FOLKS REMEMBER …
THE SABER IN YOUR HAAANNNNND IS A PEN TO WRITE IT DOOOOWWWNNN! WORDS TO SAVE THIS WOOOOOOOORRRRLLLLLDDDD!
