Sunday, November 7, 2021

Rise of Rainbow Rocket Chapter 5

Joe has just got out of Glittering Cave and caught five Pokémon: Machop, Solrock, Lunatone, Kangaskhan, and Rhyhorn. He pulled out the list from a few days ago and looked at it. On the list, there was a section that said ‘Ideal Team’- Talonflame, Gogoat, Crawdaunt, Dedenne, Medicham, and Aggron.

“Let’s see.” Joe said to himself. “I’ve got Fletchinder, Skiddo, Crawdaunt, and Meditite. Dedenne can be caught in Route 11, and Aron can be caught in Terminus Cave. However, Aron in Kalos have very low encounter rates, so we’ll have to go to Hoenn to catch Aron and raise it to be an Aggron. First thing’s first, though, we have to go to Route 10 to catch some Pokémon, and then Geosenge Town to rest for the night.” Joe sent out Skiddo to ride on the rocks that surrounded the cave.

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Later that night, Giovanni and Archie arrived at Sootopolis City with the help of Archie’s Sharpedo. However, the entrance to the Cave of Origin was sealed off.

“The entrance is sealed off.” Said Giovanni. “We’ll have to go in through the top.” The villains then walked over to the very top of the cave’s entrance and sent out Dugtrio.

“Dugtrio!” Said Giovanni. “Use Dig!” Dugtrio dug a hole into the ground, creating an alternate entrance into the Cave of Origin. Giovanni and Archie went inside and found Kyogre sleeping underneath. Dugtrio’s digging, however, woke up Kyogre, and it was ready to fight.

“I’ll handle this, Giovanni!” Said Archie. “Go, Ludicolo!” Ludicolo was sent out. Kyogre used Body Slam on the Carefree Pokémon, doing a good amount of damage.

“Ludicolo!” Said Archie. “Use Giga Drain!” Ludicolo planted a seed on Kyogre that drained nutrients out of the Sea Basin Pokémon and restored  Ludicolo’s health. Kyogre tried using Body Slam, but Ludicolo dodged it.

“Ludicolo!” Said Archie. “Use Energy Ball!” Ludicolo drew power from nature and fired it at Kyogre. The Water-Type Legendary was starting to feel weak.

“Now’s your chance!” Said Giovanni. “Throw one of the Dive Balls we stole!” Archie threw a Dive Ball at Kyogre, and after a few seconds of wobbling, the Ball clicked.

“Great!” Said Giovanni. “I’m just concerned that we might have caused too much attention.” The entrance broke apart to reveal more cops.

“Halt!” Said a cop. “You two are under arrest for stealing the Azure Flute and knocking out Kyogre!”

“Do you have to fight these cops, too, boss?” Archie asked Giovanni.

“No.” He said. “Dugtrio, use Dig again to get us out of here!” Dugtrio dug through the ground and helped the villains escape. The hole Dugtrio made caused the cave to fill up with water, and the cops started fleeing. Luckily, Giovanni and Archie were protected by Archie’s Lanturn, which had the Ability Water Absorb.

“Next stop, Terra Cave!” Giovanni announced, and they escaped out of the flooding tunnels to reach dry land.

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It was the next morning, and Joe slept in a house in Petalberg City, Hoenn, where he caught an Aron, Sableye, and Seedot. He was awoken by someone bursting into the house.

“Go inside the Pokémon Center!” He said. “The Azure Flute and Kyogre have been stolen!” Joe woke up, had his shower, got dressed, and hurried over to the Pokémon Center to hear the news. Everyone inside the Center was watching PNN, where news reporter Gabby was on the screen.

“This is a PNN special report!” She said. “Last night, the Water-Type Legendary Kyogre had been stolen by two men who look a lot like Team Rocket leader Giovanni and Team Aqua leader Archie. There have also been reports of the Azure Flute stolen by the same duo. The Azure Flute, as you all know, is a rare artifact that is said to summon the creator of the entire Pokémon Universe, Arceus. With these powerful Pokémon, these criminals will be unstoppable. So far, veteran trainers Red and Blue have volunteered to help stop these crooks and rescue the Legendaries! We’re counting on you, Red and Blue! This is Gabby, signing off.”

“This is horrible!” Said a citizen. “How will we survive?”

“Don’t worry!” Said another citizen. “Red and Blue will save the day!”

“I can sense something bad happening.” Joe said out loud, getting out his Pokémon list. “If Giovanni and Maxie are teaming up, the others might not be too behind. Ghetsis basically gave up after being foiled twice and became the new Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, Johto, and Cyrus got arrested for life for capturing Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie and threatening to destroy time and space itself. Speaking of Johto, what day is it?”

“Uh, Friday?” Answered a citizen.

“Great!” Said Joe. “Starting with Lapras, I’ll catch Pokémon needed to take down Giovanni, Archie, and if they’re showing up, Maxie and Lysandre! It’s said that one Lapras will appear in the Union Cave on Friday to feed on Krabby and Goldeen. Whether it’s true or not, no one really knows, but I’ll try.” After having breakfast, Joe got out Talonflame, who evolved from Fletchinder yesterday, and flew to Johto to find Lapras.

Author's Notes: What I said about Ghetsis becoming the Gym Leader of Mahogany Town isn't true, but I'd imagine something like that to happen because the real Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, Pryce, who uses Ice-Type Pokémon, is getting a little old for battles. Heck, in the Pokémon Adventures manga, he's even too old to walk!

Gabby is a news reporter players can fight in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, as well as the remakes Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. She and her cameraman Ty travel Hoenn to find tough Trainers, and they fight using a Magmemite and a Whismur, both of which eventually evolve into their final forms.

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Pokémon with the Ability Water Absorb are immune to Water-Type attacks: If they get hit by one, it will heal the Pokémon, instead.

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