GT: *looking around* Okay...Censors ain't here. *sees the reader* Oh. Hey there. Sorry about the sneaky-sneaky stuff. But this chapter is one of the Banned Episodes. Well...temporarily Banned due to destruction of buildings and the flooding of a city...which will not earn us any points with any Texans at this time.
SZ: *pokes out of the TV*hopefully, yeah. Because….yeah just...damn. Ahem! Speaking of Pokemon...well, even if it's temporary, Misty and Brock are coming back to the anime.
GT: Yep. For two episodes of it and in their original outfits from the anime!
SZ: Eeyup. And they're packing Mega evolution too.
GT: I still find that hilarious in hindsight due to this other guy's story called Ashes of the Past having Brock and Misty with those Mega Evolutions.
SZ: *nods*And to add on the good news, we're finally getting Marshadow in October...albeit from codes given out at Gamestop, but still!
GT: Which is very sweet. Plus next month means the release of Gold and Silver for the Nintendo E-Shop! I gotta tell you, I am so pumped for them coming out! *scowls* Except for Whitney. Screw you and your cheap-ass Miltank, ya big crybaby.
SZ: Oh yeah...Seriously, too big of a difficulty spike early in the game, but...I think we've delayed this long enough.
GT: Very true. So let's…!
?: Moo!
GT: *slowly turns around to see a very angry Miltank* ...You belong to Whitney, don't you?
Miltank: *nods*
GT: ...RUN!
SZ: CRAP BASKETS!*runs away just as the screen went down*
Entry 016: Hiya! Makoto Nanaya reporting! Normally, Kajun does these, but…*shrugs* What can ya do? Plus, I think I'm the only one that had her brain rebooted from the bomb dropped. Okay! So let's see...well, it was a few days after the SS Anne incident and we arrived at this nice little beach. While Tsubaki and Kajun went out to get supplies, Misty and I managed to convince the others of spending the day at the beach! *grumbles* And I just had to forget the Golden Angel in the hotel room. Why couldn't that have been brought with Noellie's Bolverk? *shrugs* Oh well...can't win 'em all I guess.
Anyway, we were having a blast at the beach...until we realized we had accidently stolen a boat belonging to Moe, owner of a restaurant on the beach...well...failing restaurant due to the one next door pulling in more customers. Doesn't help that we crashed it into its dock by accident. To pay off the damages, he had us working for him...which is where Tsubaki and Kajun found us. I chose the safer method: HIDING FOR MY LIFE FROM THE LECTURES! Just so you know, it didn't work. Ahem. Anyways, to help bring in more customers, Ash brought out his Pokemon to help around Moe's Sea Shack...and it was working pretty well. Seriously, the place was packed to the brim with customers from what I saw while I was handing out flyers with Pikachu, Berry, Cherry, Booster, Eevee, and Squirtle!
Things were looking great too…*frowns* until some 'accidents' started to occur. In a matter of under an hour or so, we lost all our customers and the cash we earned. Koko found a strand of silk and Mai took a lick of it. *growls* Those damn Team Rocket bastards sabotaged us! And then we met the owner of that restaurant next door, Brutella...more like Bitchella. Seriously, she was extorting poor Moe for a crazy amount of money and if he didn't get it-plus interest for 'emotional damage' done to 'her' customers-by tomorrow, she was gonna take Moe's boat! In truth, we were all starting to feel like we were gonna lose until Ash managed to motivate us with a surprisingly big speech from him! Though, we still didn't have an idea how to get all that cash…
Well...until Professor Oak and Ash's mom showed up on a vacation! And holy cow! That was Ash's mom!? She looked like she was in her early twenties with that figure, not her...! *coughs* Sidetracked. Sorry. Anyways, Professor Oak showed us an article about a beauty and Pokemon costume contest with a big cash prize and a good way to attract customers! And the latter worked really well! Moe was so happy, he was almost able to make enough money to pay back that old crone Brutella. All we needed was to win the contest...which Team Rocket joined in...seriously, do they have to ruin every good thing for us?! As for James…Ho...How...wh-why…? Now I'm questioning if he's an okama, especially with the inflatable boobs. And pretty much after their turn, I finally got a chance to see Ash's Rival, Gary...after he rudely kicked off Team Rocket's Pokemon.
Seriously, what. a. prick. Guy's probably got an inferiority complex or something considering he's surrounded by older girls, even if they're apparently great Trainers that act more like cheerleaders. Oh ho! Speaking of which...he had the nerve. No no...the GALL to say he'll 'take' me and my friends off Ash's hands and make us his cheerleaders. I swear that if it wouldn't have made a loss of points or disqualification, I'd lay the spanking that brat deserves! Red better be a good guy like Ash says he is or else I'm going to believe that only Ash and Leaf are the only good guys from Pallet around their age group! Ahem! Sorry...got sidetracked again. Anyway, thanks to my suggestion, Mai, Tsubaki, and I entered as one entry...and we cleaned house. With my finding those coplay swimsuits and combining our costume themes together, we all but won!
And then...things went to hell in an instant. That Brutella bitch I mentioned earlier? Yeah, turns out she fed an ILLEGAL candy of sorts to a Magikarp that James got on the SS Anne and evolved it into Gyarados. ...Yeah…*shivers*...you know how animals will sometimes have their tails sticking straight up in abject fear? That relates to Beastkin, too, because even after everything was said and done, my tail refused to come down until it was nearly sunset! Seriously, that Gyarados...it. was. NIGHTMARE FUEL! Honestly, it looked more like it came out of a manga that'd probably be called The Electric Tale of Pikachu than anything else! Lucky for us, Karma hit Brutella like a bitch since the Gyarados destroyed everything on the beach in its rampage...except for Moe's place, his boat, and the contest area. *snickers* Her place got vaped by a Hyper Beam with all her cash. Serves her right!
*sweatdrops* And when we were starting to plan to escape Gyarados...Ash was the one who pointed out that since James still had that monster's PokeBall, he could just return it. ...Yeah...ahem! Anyways...after James called back his Gyarados, A.K.A Nightmare Fuel of the seas...Team Rocket wanted nothing to do with it. Honestly...I can't blame them. Especially since I heard Meowth say that it tried to eat them before its rampage started. After that, Officer Jenny arrived with another officer that wasn't a Jenny-and I think I saw Kajun start crying when she saw the other officer in joy-and arrested not only them, but also Brutella since Kajun recorded her confession with a pair of camera-binoculars that Professor Oak had on hand! Heh...that bitch ain't getting out for a LOOOOOONG time. Oh, and to top this perfect day-after we said our goodbyes to Moe as he sailed off to Alola-Ash's mom invited us to stay at the hotel suite she and Professor Oak were staying in! And then Professor Oak goes and drops a bomb Kajun was not expecting: he knew we weren't from this world! HOW?!
"It was actually a combination of things that let me figure it out," Oak explained as the five girls sat at a round couch before the professor, the others checking the rooms in the suite, "The first thing that brought my suspicions on was the fact that you mispronounced the original word for Pokemon. They were known as 'Majuu' or 'magical creatures,' yet Kajun called them 'Manjuu.'"
"Wait...Kajun messed up?" Makoto blinked as she and the others looked at Kajun in slight surprise.
"And while you were vague on where you said that you came from, I-in some concern for Ash, mind you-contacted a few colleagues that are in the more northern regions that still called Pokemon 'Majuu' once I learned the names of all five of you. Imagine to my surprise that not a single one of your names were on any birth or death certificates," Oak continued, "And lastly.- and I brushed this off slightly until I gained enough information-...one of my colleagues told me he detected a rift in Space/Time...one that wasn't caused by Palkia or Hoopa."
"?!" the five girls looked at him with wide eyes.
"So my theory is this; you five girls came from that rift. Am I correct?"
"...Y-yes, professor," Tsubaki nodded, "But...we didn't mean to come here to your world. We….how can I put this…?"
"We were sucked into a wormhole in our world," Makoto stated bluntly, "Seriously, I thought we were gonna die because we thought it was a trap set up to protect something valuable."
"...I see," Oak noted, holding his chin in thought as he began to ponder, "...I wonder...It may be a theory, but...considering what happened a few years ago…"
"Wh-what's wrong, professor?" Noel asked in concern.
"I'll have to contact a pair of colleagues of mine in the Orange Islands and Alola, but there could be a theory of what happened to you five and how you ended up in our world," Oak replied, "Tell me, during your stay here in this world, have any of you heard of the Aether Foundation?"
"Oh! La mentioned them at the SS Anne!" Noel recalled, Yuki and Nymph curled up on her lap, "She said that they're a foundation that works on protecting Pokemon in the Alola Region."
"Good. The reason I ask is because a few years back…" Oak paused as a serious expression grew on his face, "They've dealt with the same problem involving a rift in space/time, created by some...thing known as an Ultra Beast."
"Ultra Beast?" Mai repeated.
"There's not much that is known about it. They said that the matter was settled and provided some data for the scientific community on energy that they managed to obtain on the creature and the rift that is being researched by my two colleagues in the Orange Islands and the Alola Region. They've dubbed this rift an 'Ultra Wormhole.'"
"...Then…" Kajun spoke up, holding her chin in thought, "If it is creating these rifts, could it be possible that this 'Ultra Beast' exists out of both time and space?"
"It could very well be," Oak nodded, scratching his chin in thought, "Though aside from what the International Pokemon Police have labeled those who might pass through these Ultra Wormholes, I have almost little to no information except for what I've shared."
"What do they call us?" Mai asked.
"Fallers," Oak replied.
"F-fallers?" Noel repeated.
"Yes. Though some also call them FALL," Oak replied, "I'm not sure why that is important to them, though, but my colleagues may know more on that."
"I see," Tsubaki noted.
"I do apologize I can't give you anymore information right now," Oak apologized, "But I will try to help you five if I can. In the meantime, I have an associate that can provide you girls with fake identities to help keep your story in check."
"Thank you, professor. We appreciate that," Tsubaki nodded.
Oak nodded before smiling a little, "Though I am happy that you all seem to have managed to get used to this world so quickly." he motioned to the girls' Pokemon that had come out of their balls/Makoto's tail, "You've even managed to befriend quite a few Pokemon."
"What can we say? They grew on us," Makoto smiled as Berry and Cherry munched on a pair of acorns, "...Ah ha! I knew you two were hiding some from me!"
Oak chuckled a bit, "It seems fitting you have two squirrel Pokemon, Makoto."
"Oh don't tell me you figured out my ears and tail are real, too," Makoto groaned.
"I may be old, but I've been around enough Pokemon with large tails and pointed ears to tell when they're real or fake on anyone," Oak replied, 'That and spending time with Bill and a few colleagues that enjoy dressing up as Pokemon…'
"It's always the smart ones…" Makoto deadpanned, looking between Kajun and Oak.
"Kajun, hello!" Misty called as she repeatedly snapped her fingers in front of the purplette's face.
"Hmm?" Kajun blinked, losing her train of thought as she looked at the orangette, "Yes, Misty?"
"Is everything okay? You've been spacing out a lot since we separated from Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum," Misty noted.
"Oh. Apologies. Just...been deep in thought is all," Kajun assured.
"...You sure it's not from all those movies we watched last night?" Misty asked, the girls having a bit of a movie marathon last night before heading to bed.
"No no. I really am fine, Misty," Kajun answered.
"If you're sure," Misty frowned.
"Aw...I wish that ship could take us off this island," Ash noted nearby, watching a boat go by.
"We really should've double-checked which way we were going in those lifeboats," Tsubaki admitted.
'I say that it was Ash's ability to get us lost,' Makoto thought, "How long until the next ferry?"
"Three hours if I recall," Brock answered.
"Three hours?" Mai repeated before sighing, "I knew we should've talked Ash and Makoto out of that double battle with those guys."
"Hey! They were the ones that started it by calling our Pokemon weak rats!" Makoto argued.
"Chipa-pa!" Berry added, her pink doll dress replaced with a blue one while she held up the tattered pink one that had been damaged by the battle.
"Yeah!" Ash added as he and Makoto high-fived each other.
"Honestly, you two…" Tsubaki sighed.
"Hor...sea~"
"Hmm?" Misty blinked, looking out into the water to see something floating, "Oh! It's a Horsea!"
"A what now?" Makoto asked as they looked out to the sea.
Poking out of the water was a tiny Pokemon a bit bigger than Berry and Cherry. It was primarily blue and resembled a seahorse with a single dorsal fin and a tightly-curved tail. It had three spikes on the sides of its head, large red eyes, and a tube-like mouth with a cream-colored rigid belly.
"Cute~" Noel cooed as Ash pulled out Dexter.
=Horsea, the Dragon Pokemon. It eats small Bug-types and moss off of rocks. If the ocean current turns fast, this Pokémon anchors itself by wrapping its tail around rocks or coral to prevent being washed away. If Horsea senses danger, it will reflexively spray a dense black ink from its mouth and try to escape. This Pokémon swims by cleverly flapping the fin on its back= Dexter informed.
"...Does...does it have a black eye?" Mai asked.
"You're right. I think it's been injured," Brock agreed.
"Hor...sea...hor...sea…" Horsea let out as they began to notice it was bruised, battered, and its right eye was swelling shut from a black eye.
"Poor thing…" Noel whispered in worry.
"...We need to tend to its wounds," Tsubaki spoke up, "Misty, see if you can bring it closer to shore."
"Got…" Misty began before Horsea began to spray out some ink into the water, "?"
"What's it doing?" Mai asked.
"It looks like it's drawing something," Makoto replied.
"...It looks like…" Kajun paused, taking a good look at what Horsea was 'drawing' with the ink before pulling her Pokemon Notebook out, "...I think it's trying to draw a picture of Tentacool and Tentacruel."
"But why's it drawing those?" Makoto pondered.
"Maybe it's telling us who did that," Brock guessed.
"Possibly...but why wo-" Tsubaki began before the sound of an explosion went off, "?! Wh-what was…?"
"Ahh! One of the ships exploded!" Brock exclaimed, seeing one of the ships out in the water burning as the people on it began to dive into the water.
"Get the Water-Types out to that boat!" Misty shouted, sending out Staryu, Starmie, and her Goldeen.
"Good idea," Mai nodded as she sent out Aqua, who shot off after the three.
"Brock, Makoto, Tsubaki, Kajun, go find a boat," Misty continued as Squirtle and Umi joined the rescue effort.
"On it!" Makoto saluted as she, Brock, and Kajun ran off to find one.
One of the men out as sea groaned, holding onto a piece of wood to stay afloat before he was suddenly lifted up by Staryu, startling him a bit. Another was floated out of the water by Starmie's Psychic as Squirtle, Umi, and Goldeen carried a fatter crewmember towards Aqua as she was using Ice Punch to make a frozen platform for the sailors.
"Hey! Bring them all over here!" Makoto called out as Brock piloted a boat out into the water, the others already on board while Kajun held a medkit.
Within minutes, the Pokemon and their Trainers managed to get the sailors onto the boat. Kajun and Tsubaki looked over them and cringed a bit, seeing inflamed red patches on parts of their bodies in the shape of coiling ropes.
"I...it's terrible….terrible…" one of the men whimpered, his body almost completely stiff.
"...I think he's paralyzed," Tsubaki noted as she knelt down next to him, "If you can, please tell us. What happened out there?"
"Th...the boss...I've gotta tell...the boss...what happened…"
"...The boss?" the group repeated.
"I'm the boss!"
'AHH! Not her again!' everyone thought as they looked at a well-dressed Brutella surrounded by handsome young men in just blue speedos.
"Name's Nastina, and I understand ya helped save the men on my ship. Thank you very much!" the old woman laughed as the young men posed around her, waving paper fans around her.
"...Um, D-does the name 'Brutella' ring any bells?" Noel asked cautiously.
"SO YOU'RE THE ONES WHO GOT MY SISTER LOCKED UP!" Nastina snapped before grinning a bit, "But considering you saved my men, I'll let it slide. As a bonus, I'll give ya a preview of my new resort."
'Is everyone in this woman's family unpleasant?' Tsubaki thought with a slight frown, "Excuse me, but what resort?"
"Out there," Nastina replied as she pointed out at a window looking out at the sea, where a structure was being made on the water, "It's not finished, but it's gonna be spectacular. The world's biggest luxury resort, Nastina's Paradise. It'll be the hotel to end all hotels!"
"The hotel to end all hotels?" Makoto repeated.
"It'll have hundreds of luxury suits surrounded by the world's most beautiful coral reef," Nastina informed before scowling, "But only if those Tentacool would stop interfering with construction!"
"The Tentacool?" Misty repeated.
"They keep paralyzing my workers!" Nastina continued, "Because of those rotten jellyfish, all the tourist have been staying away from here! Honestly...I don't even know why such despicable creatures even exist!"
"Despicable!?" Misty exclaimed.
"They're disgusting! You can't even eat them and they're hurting my profits!" Nastina snapped before stamping down with her diamond-studded cane, "I was hoping you all could help me take care of that problem. Tell me, do you kids have any experience exterminating Pokemon?"
"Excuse you?" Tsubaki frowned at that.
"Of course I'll pay you all handsomely in return!" Nastina grinned, "All the luxury food you can eat for a year, 1,000,000 Pokedollars, and lifetime passes to my resort! All you kids need to do is exterminate the Tentacool for me, and it's all yours! Heck, I'll even throw in a bonus if you exterminate any other Water Pokemon in the area for me! The more space for my resort, the better!"
"THAT'S INHUMAN!" Misty snapped, her yell forcing Nastina back as her servants caught her.
"What's your problem?! All you need to do is exterminate th..." Nastina began.
"NO WAY!" Misty replied as she stomped out.
"If they're delaying you, then there's a reason for it," Tsubaki frowned as Luca popped out of his ball to give a cold glare at Nastina before following after Misty with Tsubaki.
"H-hey! Wait up!" Ash called out as he and the others followed after them.
"...Grr. Kids these days. So disrespectful…" Nastina growled a bit.
"Honestly, the nerve of that woman!" Misty growled as she walked ahead of the group with Tsubaki and Luca walking beside her.
"I agree…" Tsubaki frowned, "How can she consider killing off so many Pokemon just because of a delay? And what did she expect when she began to build on a coral reef? That the Pokemon that live there wouldn't fight back?"
"Riolu-ri," Luca nodded.
"Wow. I've never seen Misty and Tsubaki this upset," Ash noted, 'Not even that school got Tsubaki this mad…'
"Wouldn't you if you were asked to kill off some Pokemon?" Makoto asked, a frown on her face as well, "And...know what? I'll say it, she's worse than her sister!"
"No arguments from me," Brock agreed.
"Same," Mai added with Kajun nodding in agreement.
"I hope she gets what's coming to her," Noel said coldly.
'Even Noel is mad,' Ash thought with wide eyes as Pikachu decided hiding in Ash's backpack was a better idea than being around a Noel that speaks coldly, "Uh...wh-why don't we check on Horsea and see if she's feeling better?" he asked, hoping to change the conversation.
"...Good idea," Tsubaki nodded, calming down a bit, "Hopefully the Super potion we gave her worked."
"I'm really worried for the Tentacool with her plans," Misty noted, "They're just so cute, I can't stand to let her hurt them."
"Cute?" Ash repeated as he pulled out Dexter.
=Tentacool, the Jellyfish Pokemon= Dexter informed as the screen showed a Pokemon resembling a light-blue box jellyfish with two large tentacles and red orbs on the sides of the top of its body =Tentacool's body is largely composed of water. If it is removed from the sea, it dries up like parchment. If this Pokémon happens to become dehydrated, put it back into the sea. If you get bitten or stabbed by its toxic tentacles, rush to the hospital=
"..." Makoto looked over Ash's shoulder to look at the picture, "..." she whispered, "That's supposed to be 'cute?'"
"Uh...to each his or her own...I guess," Ash sweatdropped a bit.
"Tentacool are so soft when you hug them and the gem on their heads are known as the Ruby of the Sea," Misty swooned.
"I think we've lost Misty," Brock sweatdropped.
"Every time there's a Water-type involved, Misty's personality does a complete overhaul," Mai chuckled awkwardly, a drop of sweat going down the back of her head.
"Well I don't see what's the problem," Misty huffed a bit before smiling softly, "Water Pokemon are so beautiful and have so much depth. Like Horsea...ahh, she was a talented artist."
"It was interesting that she was able to make ink drawings of Tentacool so well on the surface of the water," Kajun admitted, her Pokemon Notebook out once more as she was writing in it, "Even more the fact that it seemed to simply dissolve after a bit instead of remaining on the surface like typical oil or sludge does."
"...Okay I'll admit, it…" Makoto began before her ears twitched a bit, the sound of a bell going off, "Eh?"
=Attention citizens and remaining tourist of Porta Vista! Listen up!= the voice of a certain nasty old woman spoke from some speakers.
"What's she doing now?" Tsubaki questioned.
=Effective immediately, I'm recruiting all Pokemon Trainers in the area to exterminate the Tentacool permanently to stop them from terrorizing my...er, our town!=
"Nice save," Ash deadpanned.
=I'll reward 1,000,000 Pokedollars to anyone who exterminates them for me! And as a nice bonus, I'll throw in lifetime passes for my resort if you terminate any other Water Pokemon in the area for me! Isn't Nastina generous?!=
"WHAT?!" Misty shouted in outrage.
"It seems she'll do anything to destroy them," Brock scowled.
=Now that I've said my piece, get down to the harbor so we can begin operation 'Water Pokemon Begone!'=
"Oh please. As if anyone would…" Misty began before Makoto picked her up and walked into an ally, "Huh? What's going on?"
"That," Makoto replied as the others entered the ally just before a large crowd charged by where they had been, seemingly not paying attention to anything but the harbor ahead.
"...I guess what they say is true. Money is the root of all evil," Misty deadpanned with a sweatdrop.
"Oi! Back back! Seriously, what is wrong with you people?!" a familiar voice snapped within the crowd.
"Huh?" Ash blinked twice as the group poked out of the ally to see who shouted, "Hey. isn't that Ken?"
"...I think it is," Makoto noted, squinting her eyes a bit, "And I think I see Takuma and La too."
"Back back!" Ken shouted, but the crowd didn't seem to budge an inch, "...Uh, La? Takuma? Some help please?"
"I haven't the faintest on how to do that without bodily harm." Takuma replied using his own tall build to keep them back.
"I do," La replied as she tossed out a Pokeball, "Luxy, Scary Face mixed with Charge and Roar please."
The ball bounced once before transforming. In its place was a Pokemon that resembled a fully grown lion with black and blue fur with red and yellow eyes and a four-pointed 'star' on the end of its tail. The lion-like Pokemon let out a loud roar as it gave off a fearsome glare, sparks erupting off its body and making the crowd back away to avoid electrocution.
"Thank you," Ken nodded before glaring at the crowd, "Seriously, what is wrong with you people?! You all want to exterminate some Pokemon just for money and life times passes?!"
"What nonsense is running through your minds?! You are the ones invading into their homes! Did you think you'd be able to do any of this without repercussions!?" Takuma shouted, "If you can't learn to live with them...then why are any of you able to call yourselves Trainers?"
"We have a name for those who act like you people in Alola: Holoholona. Beasts," La spat as Luxy snarled at the crowd, "Since all you can do is lash out at provocation, such as at the Tentacool for money."
"If you want to harm them, you'll have to go through us, they've done nothing wrong. We're not just gonna sit back and let you harm these innocent Pokemon just for living their lives!" Takuma snarled.
"Look at them go," Brock noted.
"Glad there's some people with common sense," Tsubaki smiled a bit.
"Yeah. A-" Makoto began before her eyes widened, "?!"
"...Anyone else hear that?" Ken blinked as he heard something approach.
"I think so. Let me ch-A TANK?!" Takuma exclaimed as the crowd parted, letting a fairly large tank roll through, "WHAT THE HECK!?"
"Luxray!" Luxy growled as she moved between La and the tank, glaring at it while sparking.
"Luxy, hold on," La gulped, "That is a tank." Luxy growled at her, "I know we have 'tanks' of our own, but that is one that has live ammo!"
=Alright!= Nastina's voice began as the top of the tank opened up, revealing the nasty woman as she was garbed in military gear, =Which one of you wants that 1,000,000 Pokedollar reward?!=
"...I take it back. She's ten times worse than her sister," Makoto's eye twitched.
"...Grr…" Tsubaki growled as she began to walk through the crowd, Luca following her.
"Tsubaki?" Ash blinked as he and the others began to follow her.
=Come on! Don't be shy!= Nastina called out to the crowd =Heck, I'll throw in an all you can eat gourmet buffet if you take this j-=
"YOU!"
=Hmm?= Nastina raised a brow as she looked ahead, seeing Tsubaki glaring right at her =Oh not one of you disrespectful brats! What are you doing here?!= a grin grew on her face =Did you change your mind about the reward?=
"You can take that 'reward' and put it to better use than senselessly killing Pokemon trying to protect their homes!" Tsubaki argued.
=Protect?! Those little beasts are attacking humans!= Nastina argued.
"Because you are building on coral reefs!" Tsubaki argued, "Pokemon live in coral reefs and your construction is more than likely damaging the reefs and forcing the Pokemon that live there to defend themselves from an unprovoked attack on their home!"
=Well those little beasts should've thought of moving before I began construction!=
"This woman is seriously starting to anger me…" Ken frowned.
"THE ONLY BEAST I SEE HERE IS YOU!" Tsubaki snapped at Nastina.
=WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU!=
"Riolu!" Luca growled as he move between Tsubaki and the tank, glaring it down.
"Oh! A Riolu," La gasped.
"Fitting given the current situation," Ken noted.
"Yeah. a Pokemon representing Justice going against a despicable old crone with her injustice," Takuma added.
"You tell that hag off, Tsubaki!" the three turned to see Makoto and the others standing near them, "Yo."
"...we'd say hi back, but we're dealing with more important manners right now," Ken stated.
"Fair enough."
=Seriously, if you aren't gonna help me get rid of the Tentacool and all those other Water beasts, I'll have Officer Jenny arrest you brats for getting in my way!= Nastina shouted.
"Wouldn't that be stupid considering you are building over their homes, which is considered a crime as damaging an ecosystem is a massive environmental crime, also for endangering a species, which is just as terrible of a crime?" Takuma pointed out, "If anything, you'd be admitting guilt which would send you to prison even sooner...so you're free to try."
=Pfft! Please...with the money I have, I-" Nastina began before a rose was struck into the barrel of the tank, said rose attached to a suction cup =Huh?=
"We'll take the job."
"..."
"Stress ball?" Mai offered a stress ball shaped like a Pokeball with its colors inverted...which only lasted two squeezes before popping in Kajun's hand.
"Gh?!" Ken flinched up at that a bit, "Okay...that is some serious anger."
"And a waste of a ball…" Takuma muttered, "Wait...those voices sound like some screams I remember…"
"Three...two...one…" Makoto counted down before a certain trio landed in the middle of the crowd.
"To protect the world from devastation!" Jessie declared.
"To uni-" James began before Tsubaki and Kajun shot a glare at the trio, their eyes red with anger, "Gh?!"
"That is some disturbingly unhealthy anger…" Takuma muttered at seeing that.
"Let's just say that those guys are a constant in our travels," Ash sweatdropped.
=...Well, I didn't know what they were gonna say, but I like their spunk!= Nastina grinned.
"Wh-why th-" Jessie began as team Rocket turned around...only to freak out upon seeing Nastina, "AHH! YOU AGAIN?!"
"It's dat scary Brutella woman!" Meowth freaked before the three ducked a shot from the tank.
=DON'T COMPARE ME TO MY SISTER!= Nastina snapped.
"That thing was loaded?!" Ken and Mai gawked.
"With how determined she is to kill the Tentacool, I'm not surprised," Kajun frowned.
=But moving on. You three said you'll take the job?= Nastina asked the trio.
"Y-yes, ma'am," James gulped.
=Perfect! You get rid of not just the Tentacool, but also the Water Pokemon in the area, then the 1,000,000 Pokedollars and bonus is yours!= Nastina stated as her servants waved fans around her =Isn't Nastina generous?!=
"..." La shuddered, "Speedos…"
"No. Thank. You…" Ken shuddered.
"Just keep da dough ready fer us," Meowth smirked before they took their boat off for the construction site.
"...How much you guys wanna bet they'll fail miserably?" Makoto whispered to the others.
"No contest," Ash replied.
"Very much so," Kajun nodded.
"I'm gonna guess they'll end up making things worse," Ken spoke, earning looks from the others, "...What? You guys try telling me they don't look like the type to make things go from bad to worse."
"...Well he's not wrong," Takuma shrugged, "They don't look all that competent."
"...They're disrespecting the ocean…" Misty whispered, looking out into the water.
"Misty…" Noel whispered in worry before she quickly noticed something, "..E-eh?"
"What's wrong, Noel?" Brock asked.
"Th...the water…" Noel spoke, pointing a finger to the ocean, a part of it looking darker compared to the rest while faint red lights were seen in it, "There's something in there."
"Luxy?" La asked.
Luxy gave a nod before looking out at the water. Her eyes widened after a few moments and began to growl at La, repeatedly hitting the ground with a paw.
"There are that many Tentacool?!" La asked.
"Huh?" the others looked at her.
"Luxy says there's roughly two hundred Tentacool in there," La explained.
"Two hundred?!" Makoto gawked.
"...Wait...maybe…" Kajun whispered, pulling out a calculator as she looked out into the water, "No...that can't be right. There…?!"
"...Kajun?" Mai blinked as the group looked at the purplette.
"Th...there's more than ten thousand in there…" Kajun whispered with wide eyes.
"Ten thousand?!" Ash gawked.
"Luxy?" La looked at the Luxray, who whistled, "I really should have paid better attention when you were being taught how to count."
"Ahh!" Team Rocket's scream filled the air, followed by an explosion as the boat exploded, causing Team Rocket to go flying into the water while a lone barrel landed right on top of a Tentacool.
"...Called i-" Makoto began before a flash went off from inside the barrel, "Eh?"
The barrel shattered as the Tentacool inside of it began to grow...and grow...and grow even further. The two gems on the sides of its head grew even larger as its body became more dome-like in shape as a black sphere partly emerged from the underside while two blue beak-like appendages emerged from beneath the sphere. For a brief moment, over eighty tentacles split from the two before settling on fourteen in total, one of which shooting out and catching Team Rocket in mid-flight. The glow settled and revealed the Pokemon had grown to the size of a skyscraper.
"?! G…..g…..G…..Giant...Tentacruel…." Ken whispered, a look of fear on his face as he shook.
"Holy…!" Takuma gawked.
"We are in so much trouble," La paled as Ash pulled out Dexter.
=Tentacruel, the Jellyfish Pokemon, and the evolved form of Tentacool. Tentacruel has tentacles that can be freely elongated and shortened at will. It ensnares prey with its tentacles and weakens the prey by dosing it with a harsh toxin. It can catch up to 80 prey at the same time= Dexter informed.
"That's impossible!" Brock gawked, "Even at its greatest height, a Tentacruel shouldn't be more than seven feet tall!"
"The heck was in the barrel?! Juiced Rare Candy?!" Makoto exclaimed.
"Cruel…" the Tentacruel growled out, wrapping its tentacles around the construction site before tearing it apart.
"HOW DARE THAT THING CRUSH MY HOTEL!" Nastina snapped as her speedo-clad men pulled out bazookas, "COMMENCE FIRE!" she ordered as she and her servants began to fire round after round of missiles at the giant Tentacruel...only for them to bounce harmlessly off it.
"...Did she honestly expect for that to work?" Ken asked with a sweatdrop.
"I guess she never learned that Tentacruel are like Tentacool in that they're ninety-nine percent water," Kajun noted.
"They also have fairly good defensive capabilities as well." Takuma added.
"YOU LEAVE MY HOTEL ALONE!" Nastina snapped loudly...only to notice hoards of Tentacool crawling onto dry land, quite a few crawling on top of her tank and servants, "Ahh!"
"Don't let their tentacles touch you!" Tsubaki warned, 'If they're like the jellyfish in our world...then their tentacles are cnidocytes that will inject their poison on contact!'
"I think the tentacles are the least of our worries right now..." Mai paled a bit.
"Mm? Wh-" La began before she noticed Tentacruel charging, creating a large tidal wave in the process, "...That...That's a very big Surf attack."
"...Yeah. I think it's best to get as many people to safety right now," Ken spoke.
"Come on, people! Move move move!" Takuma shouted as the crowd began to run.
"But, Tentacruel…!" Misty began.
"Now is not the time!" Makoto shouted as she scooped up Misty and began to book it for higher ground.
=Hey! Where do you think you're going?! Come back, you cowards!= Nastina shouted to the fleeing crowd before she noticed the now tsunami-sized tidal wave coming straight at the city, "..." she quickly ducked into her tank and closed the lid before water crashed into the city.
The immense size and force behind the tidal wave broke apart the smaller buildings while causing the foundation of others to begin collapsing. Atop one of the taller buildings near the shore, another wave struck it and left behind Jessie and James, hugging onto it for their lives.
"Oh thank badness we survived," Jessie sighed a bit in relief.
"We're high and dry. That's all th-" James began before he and Jessie looked down….to see how incredibly high up they were, "EEEEE!"
Tentacruel let out a roar as it swung a piece of the wrecked hotel into the distance, where it slammed into the ferris wheel of a nearby amusement park. The weight and impact of the part caused the supports of the wheel to buckle and break, causing it to crash into the roller coaster behind it. A chain reaction soon followed as the entire amusement park was soon demolished by its very rides collapsing upon one another. Nastina's eye twitched as she saw the destruction with a pair of binoculars.
"...I just got that insured!" the nasty old woman snapped before pulling out a machine gun and began firing into the air, "THAT'S THE LAST STRAW, TENTACRUEL! I'M COMING AFTER Y-" she yelped as she and her servants were swept away by the crashing waters.
"Sweet Xerneas….so much destruction…" Ken whispered with wide eyes, the group and crowd standing in a tall building as they watched the Tentacool and Tentacruel destroy the city.
"So this is what that Horsea was trying to warn us about," Brock frowned.
"I don't understand...why would they do a thing like this?" Misty asked, a sad and hurt tone in her voice, "Now everyone will turn against them."
"It's not their fault, Misty," Tsubaki spoke, a frown on her face, "It's all because of that horrid woman."
"I'm sure they must have felt threatened as their habitat was in danger. So...as far as they see it, it's come down to either they survive or we do." Takuma explained, "The construction alone must have irritated them, and I'm sure they understood the things she was shouting."
"She must have been building on their homes, destroying them with what she was making," La noted before she noticed something, "Tentacruel...it's holding something in one of its tentacles."
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked at that as she pulled out a set of binoculars and looked out, "...It's Meowth! Wow...talk about a Tentacruel twist of fate for him."
*WHAP! WHAP! WHAPPITY-WHAP-WHAP!*
"This is not the time for puns," Tsubaki's eye twitched as Makoto was laid flat on her front, multiple steaming bumps decorating her noggin from the steel folding fan in the redhead's hands.
"We are Tentacool and Tentacruel," Meowth spoke up, his eye blank and his voice distorted while a Tentacool laid on his head, "Hear us now! Humans have destroyed our ocean home and now we will have our revenge!"
"...I...Is that Meowth talking like a human?" La asked, 'Is it a Totem Pokemon?'
"Yeah. Meowth's being used like a puppet!" Brock replied.
"In the name of our lord, Kyogre, we will begin to destroy your world and homes as you have tried to destroy ours!" 'Meowth' declared as the Tentacool continued to destroy the buildings that weren't flooded, "The Age of the Ocean begins now!"
"Kyogre?" Noel repeated.
"One of the Legendary Pokemon," Kajun replied, flipping through her Pokemon Notebook and showed Noel a picture of a whale-like creature that was primarily blue and white with red detailing, "It's a member of the Weather Trio and is said to have created to ocean itself."
"Th-the ocean itself?" Noel repeated with wide eyes, "Th-"
"Uh, guys?" Mai and Ken spoke up, catching the others' attention, "Giant tentacle coming our way!"
"It got here that fast?!" La gasped before Brock tackled her and Misty out of the way just before a giant tentacle smashed the glass before them.
"Why you...Pikachu! U-" Ash began before Pikachu bolted right into Makoto's tail, "...nevermind."
"At this rate, it's gonna destroy the entire island…" Takuma spoke with a slight frown.
"There has to be something we c-" Ken began.
"Horsea~!"
"Hmm?" Ken blinked as he looked down, seeing a Horsea floating in the water down below as it looked up at Tentacruel, "...Please tell me that Horsea is trying to reason with the giant murderous Tentacruel."
"It is," La nodded.
"It is too late, Horsea. No matter what you say, we cannot turn away," Meowth translated, "We must teach the humans the pain of having their homes destroyed."
"Horsea…" Horsea shook its head.
"A spineless attitude like yours will only allow the humans to be more cruel and insincere in the future!"
"Hors!" Horsea snapped.
"Oh no!" La gasped.
"So you say we're the spineless ones?! For that you must be punished, traitor!" 'Meowth' snapped as Tentacruel prepared to slam one of its tentacles down on the small seahorse.
"Horsea?!" Horsea freaked, barely jumping out of the way.
However, the splash from the tentacle's impact still managed to send Horsea spiraling off high into the air. It was about to smash into a building before something caught it. Horsea opened its eyes to see what caught it. Cradling it in four tassel-like arms was a large purple Pokemon resembling the balloon of a hot air balloon. The top of its head sported a white 'cloud' of sorts while its face consisted of a yellow 'X' and two red dots for eyes.
"Drifblim…" the Pokemon gently spoke as it floated Horsea over to La and Misty, gently giving it to the orangette.
"Nice catch, Gale," La sighed in relief.
"Horsea…" Misty whispered, holding the shaking seahorse in her arms carefully, "I'm so sorry. You got beaten up for trying to protect us humans...I'm so sorry…"
"Pika-pika-pika!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped on Ash's head, a determined look in his eyes.
"Chipa/Emol!" Berry and Cherry added in, joining Pikachu at Ash's shoulders.
"...I think it's safe to say that they wanna give tall, blue, and ugly a lesson," Makoto noted before grinning, "Not that I blame them. I think it's time we send these jellyfish packin'!"
"An all out assault sounds good to me," Mai agreed as Terra and Aqua came out of their balls.
"A few of us will stay to defend the building," Tsubaki stated, Luca already out as he stood ready, "The rest of you force Tentacool and Tentacruel back into the ocean."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Ken nodded as he held out three PokeBalls, "Kage, Tsubasa, Tsurugi, let's go!"
"Grenin/Noi~!" Kage and Tsubasa declared as they formed, the latter unfolding his wings.
"Scizor!" a bipedal, insectoid Pokemon with a red exoskeleton and large red pincers called out.
"Luxy, Keibi, Veler!" La called.
Luxy emerged first, giving a snarl as electricity crackled off her. Beside her, a large cream and very light-brown, wolf-like Pokemon with a ring of stone spikes emerging from its collar formed. At her other side, a Golem with a bushy black beard and strange black metal with gold spikes on the insides on its back formed. The wolf-like Pokemon turned and tackled La before licking her face.
"Ah! K-Keibi, th-that's not the time!" La laughed.
"No way am I missing out on the action," Takuma smirked, "Jin, Sameharu, Kenzaki!" he shouted tossing three balls.
The Blaziken landed on the ground before catching Sameharu the Sharpedo before helping him into the water. The third pokemon was bipedal humanoid Pokemon that had a thin black body with two crescent blades extending from its torso and red upper legs with metallic cloven feet. It had white metallic arms resembling gauntlets with blades along the sides while its shoulders jutted out like shoulder pads. Its head resembled a helmet colored in red and black with a golden axe blade extending from the top of its head, it's face was yellow with black outlines.
"Sharp!" the new Pokemon cried as the blades on its arms extended with a 'shing' sound.
"Needles, Cherry, Berry! Get ready for a rumble!" Makoto called as she sent out Needles.
'With all that water, Onix and Geodude won't be much help,' Brock thought before sending out Zubat, "Zubat, do you best and confuse any Tentacool you encounter."
"Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Eevee, Pidgeotto, go!" Ash called out.
"Staryu, Starmie, Goldeen!"
"Drif…" Gale picked up Luxy, Keibi, Eevee, and Bulbasaur as Starmie and Squirtle performed their costume while Pikachu flew off on Pidgeotto towards the attacking jellyfish Pokemon.
"Tsubasa, you and Tsurugi take the air. Kage, you help out down below," Ken ordered.
"Nin," Kage nodded as he hopped down into the water while Tsubasa took off into the air, Tsurugi riding on his back.
The Tentacool stopped their assault on the city, noticing the incoming Pokemon before they began to fire lasers at them from their center gems.
"(Gale, Static Cannon!)" Luxy ordered.
"(Of course, hon)," Gale replied.
"(Wait, wait, wait!)" Keibi, Eevee, and Bulbasaur began before Gale spun around like a top before letting go of Luxy, who erupted into a Discharge that overpowered the laser shots before she delivered a pair of electric-coated fangs into a Tentacool, electrocuting it.
A group of Tentacool attempted to fire at the safe house, only for a large wall of ice to completely block the path of their lasers.
"(You shall not harm them,)" Kage whispered, standing on top of the water as he glared at the Tentacool, "(Return to the ocean from whence you came.)"
The Tentacool attempted to charge at the ninja-frog before something blurred into them, sending them flying in multiple directions.
The Tentacool began sinking under the water making them turn in confusion. Suddenly one of them was dragged down under the water as well. The poor Tentacool stared into the eyes of Sameharu. His jaw curled into a cheeky...but intimidating grin as the Tentacool began to panic, realizing what Pokemon this was. Sameharu's jaw opened as it's fangs all were coated in ice making them bigger before chomping on the Tentacool before spitting it out now covered in a block of ice.
"(Ha!)" Berry shouted, slamming her iron-coated tail into a Tentacool as it was sent flying, "(Come on, ya stupid jellyfish! I can take you all on!)"
"(Inferior squirrel. We will…)" a Tentacool began before Cherry landed on its head.
"(Hi!)" Cherry grinned...before using Discharge on it and the group with it, "(Night!)"
"(Ugh...I hate it when you do that, Gale…)" Keibi groaned as the three carried Pokemon stumbled around upon Gale dropping them.
"(Well, sugah, we had a lot of Tentacool heading our way. Static Cannon was the best idea at the time)," Gale replied before turning and firing a strong blast of lightning from her 'hands' and electrocuted a sneak-attacking Tentacool, "(And that was mighty rude of you.)"
"(You have everything under control here?)" Tsurugi asked Tsubasa, looking down at the ground as Kenzaki fended off a few Tentacool.
"(Don't worry. I'm Tsubasa and…)" the Noivern began before screeching out, unleashing large soundwaves, "(AND I'M FINE!)"
"(Hmph.)" Kenzaki spoke, just letting all the attacks bounce off his body with no effect, his right arm blade then extended before glowing purple with energy as he slashed and cut a path in the water, sending Tentacool's flying into the air, "(None shall make it one step past me.)"
"(And neither me,)" Kenzaki looked over his shoulder to see Tsurugi land behind him, the two standing back to back, "(Just try and keep up,)" he advised before one of his claws glowed silver, using it to deflect a Tentacool's laser.
"(Hmph, fine then. I accept the challenge.)" Kenzaki said as his blades extended as he began swinging his arm rapidly deflecting blasts back at their senders.
"(Attack the traitorous Pokemon!)" the Tentacool called out as they kept on with their assault, only for a row of them to be sent flying by Needles.
"(We're not traitors!)" Needles shouted as her stingers glowed purple along with the 'flame' ring patterns on her body before releasing a rain of Poison Sting from all her stingers.
Kenzaki caught one of the Tentacool that had been scattered by the attacks to see its 'face' was sickly with purple splotches forming on it, "(It is a Poison-type...and yet it's been poisoned. You have Corrosion.)"
"(You got it! You're looking at the only Beedrill in the world that know the greatest Poison-type Ability!)" Needles boasted before a Vine Whip slapped a Tentacool with a rock trying to smack her down.
"(Focus on the fight!)" Bulbasaur barked as he proceeded to use a barrage of razor sharp leaves on a group of Tentacool that were beating each other up, Zubat using Supersonic above them.
"(Release us, traitor!)" a Tentacool shouted as Staryu and Starmie carried a few out into the ocean.
"(Gladly)" Starmie replied as she proceeded to use Psychic to catapult them back to the reefs.
"(Nice aim, sis!)" Staryu commented.
"(Attack the tr-YOW!)" a Tentacool yelped when Goldeen poked her horn against it.
"(Hey, water-for-brains!)" a school of Tentacool looked up to see Keibi high in the air from a jump, "(Accelrock into Bulldoze!)"
"(Ai-yai-yai...She's overdoing it again)," Luxy sighed as a group of buildings collapsed from a strong tremor mixed in with a school of Tentacool screaming bloody murder, "(I knew her learning Bulldoze was a bad idea)"
"(You are just mad zat she can break buildings so easy)" Veler snorted as Squirtle fired a Water Gun at a Tentacool that landed between the stones on his back, "(FIRE IN ZE HOLE!)"
He aimed the caught Tentacool at a charging school before the caught one was engulfed in electricity. A loud 'bang' went off as Veler's improvised Rail Gun shot the Tentacool into the school, electrocuting them all.
"(Yes! Veler strongest there is!)" Veler cackled with a flex, "(Precision Alolan genetics!)"
"(So cool!~!)" Eevee awed a bit.
"(I can top that)" Pikachu noted as he ran over to Veler.
"(Oh? You can? Vell, let's see vhat you can do, leetle Pikachu)," Veler smirked.
"(Sure thing)," Pikachu smirked before another school came at them, "(ZAP CANNON!)"
"(Vhat?!)" Veler gawked as the concentrated stream shot out and mowed down the school, "(Hmm…)" he laughed and patted Pikachu's back, "(Now ZAT is precision Kanto genetics, ja! Veler is impressed!)"
"(Hwata!)" Jin shouted as he kicked away a few Tentacool, he then jumped into the air before he stomped on one Tentacool, and made many blink as they watched the Blaziken walk across the water by stepping over all the Tentacool, "(Flamethrower!)" he roared, unleashing a stream of fire from his beak and into the water, causing it to become steam the burst of temperature preassue sent several Tentacool into the air, steamed from the heat and beaten by a move they have a type advantage over.
"(Now that's an interesting version of Scald I've ever seen)," Squirtle noted between shots of Water Gun.
"(Awe later. Fight now)" Aqua stated before punching a Tentacool away with Ice Punch, letting Luca come in with a Blaze Kick.
"(Whoo! Here's a Rollout for ya!)" Terra cheered as he shot at a school of them in ball form, sending them flying about, "(STRIKE!)" another school jumped him only for him to throw them away with a roar, "(You guys can't compare to lifting Geodudes and the others I travel with for training!)"
"(Someone's enjoying themselves…)" Pidgeotto noted with a slight sweatdrop...while sending twenty Tentacool spinning away in a Gust.
"(I still believe there's something wrong with that Sandshrew)" Koko noted as she and Hikari let out blasts of Psychic to scatter the schools of Tentacool.
"(Maybe he has developed a 'jock' complex...)" Hikari guessed.
"(Sandslash, wait for me! I am gonna see you again and show you how strong I've gotten!)" Terra cheered before using Rollout again.
"(...or he could've gotten a case of 'Rival syndrome'...)" Hikari sweatdropped.
"Look at them go!" Brock grinned.
"Come on, guys! Send them back to the sea!" Makoto cheered on.
"Your Pokemon are really awesome, Ken, Takuma, La," Ash noted.
"Thanks. I do my best to take good care of my Pokemon. I mean, I've had them since my first year as a trainer," Ken nodded.
"My team and I practice every day, we are ready for everything and anything." Takume replied, "I've been with them for years now, I can't go anywhere without them by my side."
"After nine years of being with them, I see them all as a part of my family," La replied, "We trust one another deeply through both good times…" her smile loosened as she moved a hand over her heart, "...and the bad times." her smile returned, "And ohana, family, will always give you power to overcome anything."
"...family…" Makoto whispered, her ears drooping a bit at the word.
"...U-um, wh-where's Misty?" Noel spoke as she looked around with Yuki and Nymph in her arms.
"You are all Pokemon! Why are you battling to save the destructive humans?!" Tentacruel demanded through Meowth.
"(Because you're trying to harm them!)" Luca argued, "(Y-)"
"SILENCE, TRAITORS!" Tentacruel roared as his tentacles smacked away a few of the Pokemon there, "If you dare take the humans' side, you are our sworn enemies, and traitors to Pokemon everywhere!"
"(Why wouldn't we take their side?! You are attacking innocents! Ones that were never involved with what was happening to your home!)" Keibi argued, "(Only that old biddy and the weird younger male humans that seem to want to embrace their natural selves were trying to kill you!)"
"And yet they personify what humans truly are! They take our homes away, pollute our oceans, and attack us without mercy!" Tentacruel argued.
"(Just because of what that hag did doesn't mean humans are all evil!)" Tsubasa argued.
"(The acts of one group does not justify this senseless assault!)" Luca called, "(Attacking these people just because of one group of them MAKES YOU NO BETTER THAN THEY ARE!)"
"What?! Grr...How dare you! In the name of Lord Kyogre, all Pokemon here that are not native to the seas are traitors, and will be eliminated!" Tentacruel roared as he attempted to smash one of his tentacles on Luca.
"(Ha!)" Tsurugi called out as he and Kenzaki shot forward, using their Steel Type attacks to barely block the incoming tentacle, the two struggling to hold it back.
"(His emotions have gotten the better of him…)" Kage spoke, helping Bulbasaur and Terra out of the water, "(If nothing is done, he will be enveloped by a whirlpool of endless rage.)"
"(I can shtill take him…)" Terra slurred, water falling out his mouth like a waterfall while one eye was replaced with a swirl.
"(I zink not, tiny Sandshrew comrade…)" Veler muttered.
"(Uh oh! He's attacking again!)" Berry shouted as Tentacruel raised another of his tentacles up, about to smash it into them before…
"Tentacruel, please stop!"
Tentacruel stopped in his assault when he heard the voice, prompting him to look at a sole building to see Misty standing on top of it, a look of worry and sadness on her face.
"Misty?!" Ash and the others gawked.
"The heck is she doing?!" Ken exclaimed.
"She must be trying to pacify Tentacruel and the Tentacool," La noted.
"What a brave girl." Takuma spoke, impressed rather than worried.
"Please...take your Tentacool back to the ocean!" Misty begged Tentacruel, "Please listen to me, Tentacruel. This...this is enough! We humans have understand that we've hurt you! I promise you, we won't destroy your homes anymore! We..." tears began to form in her eyes, "We're sorry...just please...stop."
"Misty…" Noel whispered.
"...If this happens again, we will not stop," Tentacruel spoke through Meowth, "Remember this day well, humans."
With that, Tentacruel casually-for it-tossed Meowth, sending him crashing into the destroyed Ferris Wheel and shattered it.
"...Well, that was a bit much…" Mai sweatdropped a bit.
"At least the Tentacool and Tentacruel are starting to leave," Kajun noted, seeing the jellyfish-like Pokemon swimming back into the ocean.
"Though they won't be forgotten here anytime soon," La noted, looking at the wreckage that had once been a bustling port town with sadness.
"I'd say so…" Ken agreed, "This...this was a real eye opener here today."
"Indeed," Takuma nodded before he noticed something moving in the rubble down below, "Hmm?"
"Grr….YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY THAT EASY?!" Nastina roared as she shot out of the rubble, pulling out a bazooka, "Take this!"
"?!" Luca's eyes widened as he saw the bazooka aimed at its intended target; Tentacruel, 'No! If that hits…' his thoughts flashed to Tentacruel continuing its attack with no mercy, 'I can't let it happen!'
"...Makoto, toss me," Tsubaki ordered.
"Eh?! Ar-" Makoto began.
"I said…" Tsubaki paused as she snapped her head at the squirrel girls, her eyes glowing red, "Toss. Me."
"...Okay."
Luca shifted and began to run at Nastina, jumping along the rubble to get to her on her piece of rubble. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as Nastina began to pull the trigger, the nasty old woman dead set on destroying Tentacruel. Just before she could fully finish in pulling the trigger, something crashed into her from behind, causing her to completely miss Tentacruel as the rocket flew into the air while she herself fell into the water.
"Bah!" Nastina gasped out as she came to the surface of the water, "Who did that?! I'll see you court martialed f-"
"You…" Nastina looked over to see Tsubaki scowling at her, "Do you realize what you could've done?!"
"Yeah! I would've destroyed that beast for destroying not just my hotel and park, but my city!" Nastina snapped, "But no! You got in my way, you horrid disrespectful brat!"
"You would have caused it to resume its attack and caused...!" Tsubaki argued before tensing as Nastina pulled out a pair of SMGs on her, "?!"
"If you and your brat friends keep getting in my way, then I'll just have to exterminate you and your filthy beast!" Nastina growled, "Starting with you and the tomboy!"
"LU-O-RI!" Luca gasped before he began to make his jumps to her faster, 'Not her!'
"Now die!" Nastina snapped as she pulled the triggers...only for nothing to happen, "WHAT?!" she tried again, only for the same thing to happen, "Fire, damn you!"
"Sorry to say, your cheap guns won't work in water." Takuma spoke, riding on Tsubasa's back with Ken as the former jumped off, "The magazine chamber for the bullets isn't sealed, so all the bullets are wet, so the gunpowder won't spark."
"What?!" Nastina gasped before a blue sphere slammed into her, sending into crashing into a wall.
"What? What was…" Tsubaki began before turning to the direction the sphere came from to see Luca panting, a paw held out on a platform of rubble twelve meters away, "L...Luca?"
"That...that was Aura Sphere," Ken spoke with wide eyes.
"Aura Sphere?" Tsubaki repeated.
"A very powerful energy attack." Takuma explained, "However…it can only be used by Luca's evolution: the Lucario. For it to be used now...is a very amazing feat."
Manny grumbled nearby as he dug into the water where Nastina had gone through a wall. He pulled his arm out, revealing Nastina held by her pigtails. La stood beside him, tapping the ground with a foot.
"Let...me down...you filthy...animal.." Nastina demanded, forcing herself to stay conscious.
"Oh, I think not," La replied, a cold look in her eyes, "Your actions not only endangered an important ecosystem for many Water-type Pokemon with your construction on a coral reef, but it was your bribe that resulted in a giant Tentacruel and the destruction of an entire city."
"Not to mention you pulled live weapons out on people. Granted you failed miserably and pathetically, but that is still a dangerous crime worthy of massive fines and a prison sentence." Takuma added.
"Boo...freakin...hoo...What are you going to do? Call...the cops?"
"Nope," La replied before whispering to Nastina into her ear, causing the woman's eyes to widen and look at her in shock.
"N-No way...B-But that'd mean…"
"Yes," La replied before pulling out a bulky red Pokedex with a screen that displayed an intricate emblem with a Pokeball in the center of the emblem once she showed the screen only to Nastina, "Albeit, I'm now registered as a former, I still have the authority granted by the title."
"..." Nastina began to pale, her skin becoming a pale ghost-white as she tried to run, "No! Nononononononnononono!"
"(She's aware I'm still holding her in the air, right?)" Manny asked, lifting his sunglasses up with his free paw, as La put the bulky Pokedex back into her bag.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!" Takuma replied in a cold deadpan tone, "You're not getting away with anything. The fact you, at any point, believed you could...is just sad."
"Agreed," Ken added, Tsubasa growling beside him as Ken moved next to La and Takuma, "All the karma you've built up in your life has come back to bite you, ya nasty old hag...HARD."
"Please! I'll do anything! Just don't do it! I...I'll even make you my business partners! Heck, I'll give you the rights to my sister's restaurant! Not like she can use it now anyways!" Nastina tried to bargain.
"No...nothing you say or do will work for you anymore," Tsubaki spoke, Gale floating her over while holding a exhausted Luca in her arms as she shot Nastina a nasty scowl, "Justice has finally caught up to you."
"Baahh…." Nastina whined before finally fainting.
Manny sniffed her before holding her as far as he could away from her, a disgusted expression on his face, "(Why does this always happen when they pass out while I got them?)"
"(Ew…)" Tsubasa gagged a bit, holding a wing over his mouth.
"Tsubaki, that was reckless, stupid, and completely insane," Makoto noted as the group were sailing away on a boat in the late afternoon, "...I loved it so much!"
"Just don't expect that from me anytime soon…" Tsubaki sighed a bit, "But...if I hadn't thought of it, Tentacruel would have continue its assault on the city."
"I wonder what La showed Nastina that made her freak out like that," Mai pondered.
"No idea, but I'm glad she's going to get what's coming to her," Makoto grinned.
"Indeed. The less we see of her and that horrid sister of hers, the better," Kajun added.
"Congrats on Luca learning Aura Sphere, Tsubaki," Brock noted.
"...Excuse me?" Kajun whispered, a glint in her eyes.
*KLANG!*
"S-sorry, Kajun…" Noel apologized, holding a frying pan as Kajun laid unconscious on the floor.
=Aura Sphere, a Fighting-Type Move. The user lets loose a blast of aura power from deep within its body at the target. This attack never misses= Dexter informed, his screen showing a sphere of blue energy on the screen =This attack is considered a Signature Move for the Pokemon Lucario, yet Pokemon such as the Mienfoo line, Clawitzer, and Togekiss have been reported to be shown to use the move as well which researchers believe were taught to them by Lucario or through training in Aura manipulation=
"Aura manipulation?" Makoto repeated.
"I've heard about that," Brock spoke before holding his chin a bit, "I don't know much, but I do recall it was first discovered by a group known as Aura Guardians."
"That sounds pretty interesting," Makoto grinned before looking out at the small bits of wreckage that had been the hotel, "So what do you think will happen to those Tentacool and the Big Boss of theirs?"
"Most likely, warning signs will have to be set up around the area, warning about going near there, while the people will have to relocate," Brock replied.
"Considering what happened with them and…" Mai paused as she shuddered, "That nightmare fuel Gyarados from before….yeah. I'd say relocation sounds like a good idea."
"Y-you feeling alright, Misty?" Noel asked the orange-haired tomboy.
"I am. I'm just glad the Tentacool and Tentacruel are safe. Plus…" Misty paused as she pulled out a Net Ball, "I have a new friend in Horsea."
"What?!" Ash gawked, "When did you catch Horsea?!"
"After she woke up and was fully healed, Horsea wanted to come with me," Misty answered before smiling softly, "I...I think my heart reached out to her when I was begging Tentacruel to stop."
"No good deed goes without reward it seems," Tsubaki noted, "At least, for today." she looked down at Luca, "Right, Luca?"
"Lu," Luca nodded, 'I can't believe I managed to use Aura Sphere...but...if I hadn't...I wouldn't have saved her in time...I...I need to learn how to fully use it. I...I need to master Aura. For Justice...for my friends…' he looked at Tsubaki as she had begun to talk to Makoto, 'For her.'
"Are you kidding me?!" Karai exclaimed as she rewound the recording and paused at the giant Tentacruel destroying a building and then turned to the Trio, "A giant Tentacruel. A fucking giant Tentacruel of doom and destruction. …" she looked at Aoiro, "Why do they always get to find the fun stuff?"
"Karai…" Aoiro sighed a bit before looking back at the footage, "Still...the fact that you three caused this to happen is interesting."
"W-well to be fair, we were also doing it for some money that Nastina woman was giving out," Jessie explained with a nervous chuckle.
"...How much money are we talkin'?" Karai asked.
"One million Pokedollars."
"...So a week's allowance," Karai frowned.
"Still, I am impressed that you were able to obtain the codes to her accounts," Aoiro noted as she held up a small black notebook, "We were able to withdraw all her funds before the officials were able to freeze her accounts and placed it in the normal locations to prevent their tracking."
'Thank goodness that second wave Jessie and I were hit with sent us into her personal office,' James thought as Karai laughed.
"What kind of moron writes her shit down?!" Karai laughed, "She was just askin' to be robbed blind! I mean she was like 'Hey! I'm super rich, but also dumb and a super bitch! Come rob me blind while I go ruin myself by saying stupid shit!'"
"Eh heh heh….g-good one, Lady Karai…" Meowth laughed nervously.
"Ahem!" Aoiro cleared her throat, "Anyways, you three need to stand ready for your next assignment."
"O-of course ma'am!" Jessie nodded as she, James, and Meowth shot up, "Where do you want us to go? Celadon, Saffron, Lavender?"
"Celadon? Pfft! Nah...like I wanna be near that place with dat shitty perfume," Karai scoffed, "Besides, Bitch and Cassidy got that place covered."
"Don't you meant 'Butch and Cassidy', Karai?" Aoiro asked.
"Whatevs," Karai snorted, "Like I said, Botch and Cassidy got Celadon handled." she looked at the trio, "As for Saffron, me and Aoiro got that handled, especially with that Gym Leader there….which I will take care of personally~"
"...A-and Lavender?" James asked, the trio slowly inching away from Karai as she purred a bit.
"Well~" she grinned, "You're gonna get this one guy who frequents a certain place there."
"Eh? Who?"
"Mr. Fuji," Aoiro replied, "Team Rocket believes that he holds something that could be a danger to the organization. Your task is to capture him and find out what he has. Once you do, retrieve it and return to base. Understood?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Team Rocket saluted.
"Good. Now…" Karai began with a grin.
"Not the punt!" Team Rocket instantly begged.
"...Have you been kicking our troops again, Karai?" Aoiro frowned.
"Just Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest mostly," Karai answered, "Or would you rather I sic Rampage on them~?"
"GH?!" Team Rocket froze up in fear at that.
"I would prefer if you'd stop doing that entirely," Aoiro sighed, shaking her head before looking at the three, "You're dismissed. Head for Lavender Town immediately."
"Yes, ma'am!" the trio ran off.
"...and now that they're gone…" Karai paused as she pulled out her pic of Makoto, "Time to get back to oogling this cutie here~"
"Hold," Aoiro took the picture, "Did you make sure that our Troops in Saffron have their Pokemon this time?"
"..."
"...Karai…"
"...Uh…"
*BONK*
"OW! Son of a bitch!"
"I'll be keeping this until you make sure they're properly equipped. We don't want another SS Anne Incident again," Aoiro frowned.
"Mmm...fine…" Karai muttered as she walked off, "Freakin' bitch."
"What was that?" an unsettling glint appeared in Aoiro's eye.
"Nothing!" Karai yelped as she ran off.
"I thought so…"
"Kajun's Pokemon Corner!"
The curtains rose once more, revealing Kajun standing by her desk with Koko and Hikari on the desk.
"Greetings audience, and welcome once more," Kajun greeted, "For those new here, I am Kajun Faycott, and with me are my assistants Koko the Espeon and Hikari the Ralts."
"Esp…"
"Ralts…"
"As always, we end our chapter with a review on a Pokemon from today's chapter," Kajun informed, "In this case, it is the line known as Tentacool and Tentacruel."
"Ralts…" Hikari changed the screen to show a Tentacool and a Tentacruel.
"These two Pokemon are classified as the Jellyfish Pokemon," Kajun informed, "They are actually pure carnivorous Pokemon, often eating smaller Water-types such as Krabby and Qwuilfish."
"Espeon," Koko changed the screen to show a zoomed-in image of a tentacle for Tentacool and Tentacruel.
"Like the real-life Jellyfish, Tentacool and Tentacruel's tentacles are covered in thousands of cells called cnidoblasts, which house nematocysts containing stinging threads. When they encounters another object, pressure inside the nematocyst causes the threads to uncoil. The stinging cells spring out at the unwitting victim like tiny darts, firing venom into it. The venom is a neurotoxin designed to paralyze their prey," Kajun spoke as the screen changed to show a zoomed-in image of Tentacruel, "However, Tentracruel are akin to the real life Jellyfish known as Irukandji, a native Jellyfish of Australia, in that their entire bodies are covered in cnidoblasts. While Tentacool's toxin often causes red rash marks to form on one's body and cause a temporary paralysis, Tentacruel toxin is far more deadly."
Koko and Hikari gulped at that.
"The sting of a Tentacruel is so painful and causes such severe symptoms that scientists have given them a name: Tentacruel Syndrome. Symptoms include high blood pressure, vomiting, headaches, extreme cramping and pain, and a burning sensation. Tentacruel Syndrome can last up to two weeks, and there is, a this moment in time, no antidote for humans while a Full Heal or Full Restore can cure Pokemon. Doctors have found that magnesium infusions can bring some relief, but the syndrome can be fatal."
"Ralts…" Hikari shuddered at that.
Koko rolled her eyes before using Psychic to fold an origami crane before Hikari.
"Exactly, Koko. While they are rather fearsome, you and Hikari are Psychic-type Pokemon, meaning you have an advantage over Poison-types like Tentacruel and Tentacool," Kajun spoke, "...Speaking of which…" the screen changed to show Tentacool and Tentacruel using various moves, "Both Tentacool and Tentacruel are able to learn various Water and Poison Type Moves, such as Surf and Sludge Wave respectively. They can even use other types of moves, such as Aurora Beam and Dazzling Gleam. In battle, they mostly focus on Special Attack moves while using moves such as Wrap or Wring Out, and are able to take on Special Attack Moves thanks to their high Special Defense."
At that point, Hikari was breathing into a paper bag given to her by Koko.
"There is a reason, after all, that Tentacruel are known as the Gangsters of the Sea," Kajun continued, "Well, I do believe that's all the time we have today. Tune in next time where we will be covering a lineage that is famous and infamous in the Generation 1 games due to certain factors. I hope you all have a…"
*BOOM!*
Koko blinked twice. All she could hear was a loud ringing. Looking around, she saw Hikari passed out and covered in the remains of her paper bag while Kajun was flat on the ground, twitching with bits of paper bag on her as well. She tilted her head as a Chansey ran on stage with Nurse Joy while the curtains fell.
GT: Well, that was an insane chapter. Nasty old hags, giant jellyfish acting like a Godzilla mixed with a Tsunami, and…*shudders*...Men in speedos with said nasty old hag.
SZ: *shudders* tell me about it. And next time...we'll be dealing with a certain Ghost.
GT: I completely forgot about THAT Ghost.
SZ: Yeah...same here, especially when it came a certain 'fusion' he created.
GT: ...Now that I remember. It was so cool and spawned the PokeFusion craze on the internet.
SZ: True...albeit it was a bit creepy at first when it was first shown, but still. Should be interesting to see how the girls of Team Remix Heart reacts.
GT: More than likely based on the Gag Ending of Carl's from Continuum Shift? Makoto grabbing someone while hiding behind them.
SZ: Most likely. Anyways...I think we're done here for today. But before we end it...GT? Anything you'd like to say?
GT: Just that they read and review.
SZ: Ahh...okay. Ja ne minna, and for those in Florida...please stay safe.
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu [Starter], Butterfree(At Professor Oak's ranch), Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Krabby(At Prof. Oak's ranch), Eevee
Misty: Goldeen, Staryu, Horsea, Starmie [Starter]
Brock: Geodude, Onix [Starter], Zubat
Makoto Nanaya: Berry(Pachirisu) [Starter], Needles(Beedrill), Cherry(Emolga), Booster(Eevee)
Noel Vermillion: Yuki(Alolan Vulpix) [Starter], Nymph(Eevee), Umi(Feebas)
Tsubaki Yayoi: Luka(Riolu) [Starter], Astrea(Eevee)
Mai Natsume: Terra(Sandshrew) [Starter], Aqua(Buizel), Celsius(Eevee)
Kajun Faycott: Hikari(Ralts) [Starter], Koko(Espeon)