It was a nice quiet night. Jigglypuffs were
singly softly, a quiet
little Caterpie could be heard chirping once in a while.
Only one thing
could disturb the serenity.
"RAICHU!"
"Bullocks! There's now way you could do such a thing,
especially against
me!"
"Rai chu chu rai raichu! RAICHU!"
"You're on! Loser buys the pizza!"
Samuraichu and White Blade started fencing white Blizzard rested
under
the sky. Draconi was almost asleep himself.
"Persian?" <Hey, Dragonite?>
<What?>
<You seem to know that Clefairy. Is he always tht
competitive?>
<Only with those he considers equals. He fights with
those to better
both parties.>
<Did he train you?>
<Yeah. Good trainer too.>
<How hard did he train you?>
<Pretty hard. He's patient though and very caring.
Why?>
<Well, he pffered to assist me in becoming stronger.>
<I'd take him up on it. Heck, even that little Abra were
found months
back quickly grew up.>
<Months ago?>
Draconi told her of how White Blade (omitting the fact that he
used to be
human) once found a little Abra who was rather hyperactive and
raised him
quickly and some of the adventures they had.
<Interesting.>
"YOU SNEAKY LITTLE... Hah!"
"Raichu CHA!!"
White Blade and Samuraichu were still deuling after a couple
hours.
Fianlly, White Blade almost had the upper hand. He went low
and flipped
Samuraichu over his back. His sword came down, but
Samuraichu quickly
bolted from underneath, grabbed a foot with his tail, and tripped
up the
Clefairy. The halberd came down... right in front of White
Blade's nose.
"Damn. Never seen you use your tail before. You
win. I'll buy."
Continued By: Cat-Gonk
"Chu rairai!" Samuraichu performed a
little victory dance.
"The only place to get an unlabeled TM would be
Cerulean," said Orion,
who had been thinking to himself. "You'd have to steal one
from
Misty."
He'd remained quiet for the entire episode, himself and Keri
watching
the three gym battles silently from the grandstand. It would have
been
a crippling blow to lose to Brock.
(Pokespeech translated from here)
"We're can't go through Mount Moon," said Samuraichu.
"If we did, and
Blizzard eats a Jigglypuff, your bet's worth nothing."
Continued By: M.W.F.
"Bet Schmet. I said I'd help her find
one anyway. Besides, we don't
need to go through Mount Moon to find one anyway.
Jigglypuffs don't
live in there."
From Cat-Gonk's Previous Post
"Your Dragonite, Draconi," Blizzard
raised a paw at the large mass of
Dragonite beside her "could he fly us to Cerulean? He seems
to obese
to be able to fly at all."
From M.W.F.'s Prvious Post
The 10 foot Dragonite stood up. "What
was that you scrawny little hairball?!?" An aura
surrounded, on filled with the urge to battle. White Blade
intervened. "Draconi, calm down. She wasn't
insulting you, she was merely saying you looked to big to
fly. As to answer you, Blizzard, first, Dragonites can't
fly unless they are specially trained from birth. Draconi
here wasn't. Second, don't say things that sound
insulting. Third, I just remembered. I may have a TM
of my own, some of the older ones that aren't registered to
trainers."
Keri asked, "What do you mean not registered?"
White Blade continued, "It used to be TMs were
unregistered. They had no need for it. A few years
ago, though, a trainer in Cerulean had his house broken in
to. He specialized in Diglett training and created TM 28,
Dig. After that, it was made law to have TMs registered so
only the registered trainer could use it on his pokemon."
Orion thought for a second. "So, if Blizzard learns
what she wants though the old style TM, she'll still be a wild
pokemon."
"Technically yes. That's if I have it. I usually
keep strage cleared out. But recently, I stockpiled some
TMs. I may have a Bubblebeam TM."
Continued by Cat-Gonk
"Didn't we need to go to Cerulean to meet
Darwin and Nurip?" said
Samuraichu in a strangely human voice. "And when are we
going to think
of a name for this litte group? "The Pack" or
"Gleaming Blades" sounds
fine to RAI?"
All the group turned amazed. Samuraichu himself seemed startled.
"Chu?"
From M.W.F.'s Previous Post
Blizzard purred with delight.
"Excellent. I won't have to deal with that other
leader."
White Blade laughed. "Heh, especially since her
specialty is water. Now, I suggest we all get some
sleep. We have quite a journey through Mount Moon the next
couple days."
Draconi nearly jumped at the mention of days. "What do
you mean days?!? I always took us a few hours!"
"I know. But that route usually has a lot of human
trainers. And I don't know if you noticed or not, but
training season is still in full swing. We don't need
trainers harassing us." In truth, the route he took
when he was human was commonly used by Team Rocket as a
shortcut. It was rarely used since it was usually
worthwhile for Rocket member to ambush the regular trail.
"Also, I need to see if I can find a Moon Stone. I
need... Um, Blizzard, if you look behind you, you'll find
what you're looking for." Blizzard turned
around. In the grass was the cute little curl that told of
a Jigglypuff.
Continued by: Bandraptor
As Blizzard turned to look, the Jigglypuff's ears
pricked up, alert.
"Jiggly?"
"Persian..." Blizzard whispered, dropping low to the
ground, and stalking
towards the balloon-like Pokémon. "You seem a bit
disoriented... purr... Could
it be, that you are lost in these woods, away from your
home?"
"Jiggly puff puff..." It nodded, sadly.
"Siannn.... Not to worry, though. I'll help you find your
way home." Blizzard
licked her lips. The Jigglypuff stared deep into her dark blue
eyes, as if in a
trance. Suddenly, the Persian was dangerously close...
"PUFF!" Jigglypuff cried, inflating itself to twice its
normal size.
"Jigglypuff puff!!!!"
"Persian?"
"PUFFFFF!!!!" Jigglypff raised an open palm, and
brought it down across
Blizzards face. Then again. And again. And again, and again, and
again.
"PUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFPUFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!"
Continued by M.W.F.
White Blade chuckled to himself. He just
realized that this Jigglypuff
was a trained one that had been released into the wild. He
decided not
to mention this outloud though.
From Bandraptor's Previous Post
Blizzard fell over backwards, as the Jigglypuff
snorted, and hopped off into
the underbrush.
"Hmm..." White Blade mused, staring after the
Jigglypuff, "That didn't go
especially well, now did it? Say, Blizzard, what do you plan on
doing with the
Jigglypuff, once you capture it?"
Blizzard was busily brushing down her fur, trying her best to
appear
nonchalant.
"Purr..." she mumbled, "I suppose I'll chase it
around, until it pops...."
"Lofty goals..." The Clefairy sighed.
Blizzard eyed her companion carefully. "Speaking of goals...
what's this about
you wanting a Moon Stone?"
From M.W.F.'s Previous Post
"Well... I know most pokemon are
sometimes against forced evolution, but
it's my choice. I want to find one. It'll increase my
own strength.
But I don't know what'll happen to me. A lot of pokemon
change when they
evolve. Not just appearance and what not, but sometimes
mentality. When
Chamanders evolve, they tend to go from their cute, obidient way
to
somewhat unruly. And when THEY evolve into Charizards, they
can get even
worse. It takes a firm hand and a lot of patience to keep
them obeying
you."
Continued by Cat-Gonk
Samuraichu, being an evolved Pokemon, felt somewhat miffed.
From M.W.F.'s Previous Post
-----
The group started along a sind winding path that lead towards the
northern slopes of Mount Moon. "This path is extremely
long, but it has
a few caves that we can camp in for a night. There's also a
pokemon
center at the half way point. They built it in case someone
takes the
long route."
Orion shivered. "It's cold here..."
"It's is. The Seafoam Caves is one of the common homes
for the legendary
Articuno. Up here, this is another. Some people who
happen to take this
have said they've seen it. Heck, I've seen it once before
here." If
fact, he had almost captured it before...
-----
"Use your Fire Spin!" RK's Hot Head definitely
had it's work cut out for
it. The Articuno's power had already knocked out most of
his pokemon.
He had 2 left, and was was almost finished.
The tornado of flames missed the Ice Bird, who released the full
fury of
the Blizzard upon RK and Hot Head. It hurt, but it also
helped the
Charizard to get VERY mad. It unleashed a giant fire storm
at the
Articuno. RK could hear the bird almost roaring in
pain. He pulled out
an Ultra Ball and threw it into the Fire Spin. He saw the
ball drop and
shake... only to be ripped apart! The Articuno flew
off. He looked back
to his Charizard, who looked weak. He summoned him back and
tossed out a
pokeball. "Beakman! Get us to a center!
Fast!" A Fearow burst out,
grabbed RK by the shoulders, and flew off towards Pewter City.
RK looked at his Pokepedia and flipped through it.
"Hmm... Well, it
matches what few reports there are about it. Tht was
definitely the
legendary Articuno. And I was THAT close!"
-----
RK snapped out of his flashback. One second had passed in
reality
though, so noone noticed. "Anyway, if it gets
extremely cold, that means
he's around."
Blizzard just smirked. "Hmph. Some bird isn't
about to get us."
White Blade shook his head. "You don't
understand. Articuno is
extremely strong. Very few people have ever gotten away
alive. Of
course, those people usually try to capture it."
Samuraichu laughed! "HAH!! But we're
pokemon! And noone can just take
down the Pokemon Pack like that!"
"Pokemon Pack?"
"Well... we're a pack of Pokemon, aren't we?"
White Blade chuckled. Seems he was part of a gang.
From Cat-Gonk's Previous Post
MEEH. MEEH MEEH MEEH. MEEEEEEEEEEEH.
A strange word sounded through Samuraichu's mind, before he felt
that
he was in full control of his actions. He moved his hand infront
of
his face just to be sure
"That name does not fit," siad Blizzard, "there is
a Human in our
little party." Orion backed away slightly, though he
couldn't fully
understand her language Blizzard wasn't looking too happy now
that the
Jigglypuff had escaped.
Continued by M.W.F.
"Orion? Feh, there's always an oddball
in big groups." Orion was a bit
taken aback. "Oh don't take it personally. If
anything, you can help us
out when needed. After all, It's always easier for a human
to order at
Brock's. I mean, I may speak English, but they'll look at
me funny."
Continued by Pipian
"It is a good thing I somehow have knowledge of Pokéspeak though."
Continued by Bandraptor
"That's right." Blizzard
swished her tail. "Of course, this human is useful,
only as a tool. Purrr...it's only natural, that a group of
Pokémon would keep a
*human* as their slave."
She let out a long yawn, and settled down in a comfy
looking pile of leaves.
If Blizzard had ment these words in irony, she didn't let on; and
if Orion gave
any reaction, Blizzard did not notice.
From Cat-Gonk's Previous Post
"What was that about an Alakazam?"
asked Samuraichu. "He had badges,
or something like that."
From M.W.F.'s Previous Post
"Alakazam? Mindbender? He was
... an old friend of mine. He tried to
be a pokemon trainer, but from what I understand, he let loose
his
pokemon and disappeared. I remember someone saying he'd
head towards
Mount Moon.
From Cat-Gonk's Previous Post
<insert RK flashback here>
"And don't worry about any bird," boasted Samuraichu,
"I'll flatten
it! Birds are weak to electricity!"
Keri the Eevee looked up at him. "But won't they be immune?
If you
don't touch the ground, an electric shock can't harm you as it
will
have no-where to earth itself." The former human's knowledge
of
science was a bit too much for Samuraichu, who took to screaming
"I
WILL MUNT IT!" in Raichu and waving his arms wildly to
convey the size
of the munt.
From Bandraptor's Previous Post
"Bwah. I don't see why everyone's
after that iced over old Peacock, anyway."
Blizzard rolled her eyes. "He's nothin' but
baggage..."
Continued by M.W.F
White Blade smirked and pulled out a dark blue
feather from his back
pack. He put it near Blizzard's face, causing her whiskers
to quickly
become frosted. "That's why. I picked up this
feaher a couple months
ago, and it still retains it icy properties. And...
From M.W.F.'s Last Post (Before the one above)
"Heh, no need for munting. (whatever that
is) Keri, electricity does not
need a ground, it needs a circuit. A start and a
finish. It rips right
through anything in that path. Electric Pokemon have minor
psychic
abilities enough to arc an electric currect around and back into
themselves, completing the circuit. The reason it's
effective against
Flying pokemon is they have nothing to redirect the
current. With Water
pokemon, the electrically charge spreads very quickly, not giving
it
anytime to resist. Ground pokemon, though, redirect the
current
completely into the earth which absorbs it. Grass Pokemon
do this also,
just not a seffectively. Dragon pokemon...
huh?" By this time,
everyone had fallen asleep. Including Draconi.
ESPECIALLY Draconi.
White Blade knew the perfect way to awaken everyone. He
tip-toed over to
Samuraichu...
carefully picked up his tail...
and...
...
bit.
They say in Pewter City, the skies flashed violently that day as
what
appeared to be a sudden lightning storm ripped the sky
apart. They
thought if anyone had been at ground zero, they would all have
more
likely been charred if not dead. They were almost
right. The only one
who was fine was the source, and he had a sore tail.
"Raichu..."
<Baka...>
A blackened White Blade coughed, a little smoke escaping from his
mouth.
"Sometimes, I forget <cough> how sensative a Raichu's
tail is."
From Pipian's Previous Post
Keri having woken up, half
charred, said, "I knew that! I was a
scientist you know! It just came out wrong!"
Somewhere in a dimension far, far away, a
writer looks at the name of
Cat-Gonk in disgust.
"She's a scientist! She's not that
dumb!" says the writer.
Back in the dimension before mentioned, Orion
spoke up.
"I've been thinking, Blizzard..."
"Yes?"
"If White Blade doesn't have the old
style TM, I might have a way of
getting one..." said Orion, hinting at his links to the
Pokémon League.
From Bandraptor's Previous Post
"Purrr...I don't suppose you have any
GROUND-type TMs, do you?" Blizzard shot
Samuraichu a withering glance. "Oh, my poor fur...at this
rate, I'll go bald by
my twentieth birthday..."
Continued by Cat-Gonk
Samuraichu lightly prodded Blizzard's fur,
sending an electric charge
through her causing her fur to stand on end.
"Chu?" He turned his head to the air, and attempted to
whistle.
From Bandraptor's Previous Post
Keri seemed ready to comment on the
process of electrolysis, and all the
reasons it didn't work, but stopped herself.
"At any rate," the Persian continued,
"there's no reason that *any* of you
should trouble youselves, by giving me your TM. This is my
battle, and if I
have to defeat this Hazey girl, in order to get my Bubble Beam
TM, then so be
it."
From M.W.F's Last Post (Not the First one, the second one)
White Blade shook his head. "First, I
promised to help you. Second,
Because you're not a trainer or a trained pokemon, she can use
whatever
pokemon she wants, like Brock did. Third, you think that
Onix that toyed
with you was bad? Wait until you get a load of her Gyarados
or the
Tentacruel. Beleive me, honey. They are not overgrown
sushi."
From Cat-Gonk's Previous Post
"Still no match for an ELECTRIC type now, are they?"
From M.W.F's Last Post
Blizzard flicked her tail. "We shall
see."
White Blade looked up at the sky. "We better start
moving. It looks
like snow tonight. Again. The first cave we want to
get too had
firewood stocked there by park maintenance year round. It
also leads
into some of the lower parts of Mount Moon. Let's do
it!"
From Cat-Gonk's Last post
The entrance to the cave looked dark and
foreboding, but the promise
of Articuno boosted Samuraichu's courage. He stepped into the
dimly-lit caverns, the rest of the Pokemon Pack beside him.