Chapter 14
Ashinto, thanks for the idea for Bill's team. David, thanks for the LOL's. :smile:
~Cyber~
Chapter 14: Eevee Raves for Battle
Bill looked onto the five Team Rocket Grunts and their Pokémon and then looked back the Pokéball he held in his hand. Katsuro and Shane were a bit intimidated by their opponents but didn’t dare show any fear.
”Come on, if we can handle the Rainbow Thief and that evil Roserade we can hand these Team Rocket clowns,” said Katsuro.
“Yeah, Lairon use Flash Cannon!” Shane’s Lairon’s armor began glowing and it roared as it charged up power. Then it fired a stream of light at Muk. Muk took the hit but it didn’t even phase it. “What?” Shane became concerned that his attack didn’t do much to Muk. Suddenly Bill stepped forward with two Pokéballs, but Shane quickly noticed that he slipped one back onto his belt.
”Muk have high special defense and HP. Try using a physical attack like this: Farfetch’d use Aerial Ace,” shouted Bill as he threw his Pokéball. Then a Farfetch’d popped out and immediately flew out while holding the onion stalk in its beak. The glided down toward Muk at high speed, slipped the stalk out of its beak and into its wing, and finally smashed it into Muk’s body.
”Muk, get rid of the pest with Gunk Shot!” Muk followed the Grunt’s orders and then opened its huge mouth. Then a huge blob of purple goop shot out. The attack hit Farfetch’d like a stick of dynamite blast and it was blown away and sent crashing into an unoccupied city bus. The window above Farfetch’d cracked. After falling onto the ground Farfetch’d fainted.
”Hey, that was uncalled for,” said Katsuro. The Grunt who was controlling Muk just scoffed.
“Bill, will your Farfetch’d be OK,” asked Kuni. Her Vaporeon ran to Farfetch’d’s side as Bill gently lifted it off the ground and held it in his arms.
”Eventually,” Bill answered. After that he brought out a Pokéball and recalled it.
“Xatu, use Future Sight!” Xatu’s eyes glowed white as it held up its wings straight up. After holding its wings up for a few seconds an energy bolt flew up into the sky and Xatu returned to its normal pose with its wings closed and standing straight up.
“You boys aren’t putting up a better fight then this wimpy Gym Leader. Vileplume, Petal Dance!” Vileplume spun around; causing a tornado of pink petals to appear. Bill looked back at the Pokéball he held earlier. He thought about sending the Pokémon inside out but quickly decided to send out something else instead.
”Quick Exeggutor use Light Screen,” Bill’s quick thinking manage to buy the others some time as Exeggutor seemingly appeared out of nowhere and brought up a yellow barrier that weakened Petal Dance’s power.
”Now Vaporeon use Ice Beam again on Vileplume!” Vaporeon followed Kuni’s command and then formed a spark of blue energy at its mouth.
“Quick Houndoom use Sucker Punch!” Houndoom charged straight in towards Vaporeon. It slammed into Vaporeon from the side and then rammed it with its horns. Vaporeon lost its concentration and the blue spark for Ice Beam fell apart. Golbat then flew in and carried Vaporeon away from Light Screen’s protection and into Petal Dance’s tornado. Kuni gasped in horror as Vaporeon took the super effective hit.
“Ha ha ha, you city kids can’t stop Team Rocket! Surrender now and give us your Pokémon and we’ll let you go easily,” said one of the male grunts. Petal Dance then wore off and Vaporeon came crashing down to the ground.
”Va-va-vapor…” Vaporeon struggled to get back on all four limbs.
”Lairon use Rock Tomb on Houndoom!” Lairon stomped on the ground then four sheets of shot up from the ground around Houndoom. The rock formation then collapsed on Houndoom and nearly buried it in the rubble causing it to be slower.
“Exeggutor use Psychic!” Bill’s Exeggutor marched forward and then all the eyes on all six coconut heads began glowing purple. Muk then found itself levitating in mid air and then being slammed onto Houndoom. Up and down. Up and down. Exeggutor continuously slammed Muk into Houndoom with its Psychic powers.
”Xatu, finish Houndoom with your Air Cutter attack!” Xatu flew up and began flapping its wings. As it flapped its wings blades of wind rained down towards Houndoom. However Arbok slithered in the way to protect Houndoom. It intercepted the attack.
”Good job Arbok. Now let Xatu have it. Crunch!” Arbok stood up on the end of its tail, bounced up into the air, closed in on Xatu, and then sunk its teeth onto Xatu’s chest. Xatu cried out in pain, its wings flailing around and its eyes shut tight. Arbok brought Xatu back down, causing Xatu to be crushed into the paved road with Arbok’s weight underneath it.
”Your turn Golbat! Air Slash!” Golbat created a sphere of luminous wind in front of it. With just one stroke of its right wing the luminous sphere shot down towards Exeggutor like an arrow. The luminous arrow hit the barrier formed by Light Screen first, forcing it to be reduced to half its size and power, but it still struck its target and Exeggutor was knocked off its feet.
”Shoot, what do we do now,” asked Shane. Only he and Lairon were still at full strength. Katsuro and Bill were forced to recall all their injured Pokémon. Kuni fed her Vaporeon a Sitrus Berry to help it recover.
“Vaporeon, sweetheart, use Surf.” Kuni’s Vaporeon then howled and summoned a huge wave that came out of a sewer manhole. Surprisingly to the Grunts the wave grew to a tidal wave and Vaporeon was riding on top of it. Vaporeon howled one more time as the waved crashed on all other Pokémon. For a moment water spray blinded everyone from seeing the results. As soon as all the water disappeared Shane looked on and saw that Lairon was soaked and had taken too much damage from Surf’s side effect.
“Oh no, Lairon!” He immediately ran to Lairon’s side. “Sorry Lairon. I forgot to have you use Protect.” Lairon was breathing heavily. At first Shane felt guilty about forgetting to cover for his Pokémon’s weakness but then he got an idea. “Lairon, retaliate with Metal Burst!”
”Lair? Lair! Roooooooooooon…” roared Lairon as it gathered all of its energy in its mouth and then a bright light formed within its jaw.
“Let ‘em have it!” Lairon fired a beam that hit Team Rocket’s Houndoom! Houndoom barked out a cry of shock. It was still buried under Lairon’s Rock Tomb. The Metal Burst hit it and delivered enough damage to cause Houndoom to faint. Lairon was still breathing hard after the attack. One of the Rocket Grunts recalled the fallen Houndoom.
”Alright, one down four to go. Now Sneasel it’s your turn,” shouted Katsuro as he threw antother Pokéball. Sneasel did a few summersaults in mid air after emerging from its Pokéball and then landed on its two feet. “Show Team Rocket what we’re made of! Icy Wind!”
”Vaporeon, assist Sneasel by lending it power with Helping Hand!” Vaporeon’s body glowed for a moment and then it transferred some of its energy through a small white beam. Then Sneasel glowed with Vaporeon’s power. It inhaled and then blew out what seemed like a blizzard. Ice crystals formed on all four opposing Pokémon. Golbat was forced to land on the ground due to having too much ice form on its wings.
“You pests. Vileplume Sludge Bomb attack,” yelled the female Grunt. However Vileplume was confused from Petal Dance’s recoil. Instead it hurt itself in confusion by launching one Sludge Bomb into the air and having it land on itself.
”You’re pathetic. Arbok use Thunder Fang on Vaporeon!” Team Rocket’s Arbok slithered at incredible speed over to Vaporeon. Vaporeon looked up and saw the frightening pattern on Arbok’s belly. Vaporeon shuddered in fear as Arbok looked down with sparks of electricity coming from its fangs. The menacing cobra Pokémon then lunged forward and sunk its fangs into Vaporeon. Electricty surged Vaporeon’s body as Vaporeon cried in pain. After a few seconds of being zapped by Thunder Fang it was all over and Vaporeon fainted. It looked to Kuni that it was a critical hit.
“Lairon, get back at Arbok with Metal Claw!” Lairon’s claws extended as it charged toward Arbok, but then Muk came forward, the lower portion of its body expanded as it tilted its head back, then Muk executed a Mud Bomb attack by hurling a blob of mud from within its body. Lairon became wide eyed as the Mud Bomb closed in on it and then crushed it. “Lairon, no!” The Mud Bomb knocked out Lairon. Now it was just Katsuro and Sneasel against four other Pokémon.
“Lairon return. Go Vibrava!” Shane quickly switched his Pokémon. Then Katsuro noticed Bill looking down at a single Pokéball.
“Hey Bill, more help would be appreaciated,” Katsuro called out to him. Bill shook his head.
”I’m not sure if it would be a great idea to use this particular Pokémon,” Bill retorted.
“Like you said before, we’re outnumbered,” insisted Katsuro. Bill shut his eyes for a moment but then nodded slowly.
“OK, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Bill threw the Pokéball. Meanwhile Team Rocket’s Arbok slithered around Sneasel, coiling around it and leaving it nowhere to run.
”Sneasel, use Faint Attack!” Sneasel glowed with a dark aura around it and then it punched Arbok in the jaw. Arbok looked down with an angry glare at Sneasel. Sneasel looked back up and saw Arbok hiss at it, exposing the fork-like tongue and sharp fangs. Sneasel squealed in fear. Katsuro and Shane then looked towards Bill to see what Pokémon he released. Turns out there was an Eevee standing near him.
“An Eevee huh? Well have it do something Bill,” said Katsuro.
“Eevee, use Take Down.” The cute Eevee then quickly charged at Arbok. Eevee growled as it slammed its head into Arbok’s belly. This pushed Arbok a few feet back and uncoiled it a bit, but it was enough for Sneasel to jump away and escape. Then Eevee landed on Arbok’s head.
“VEEEEEEEEEEEEE,” it roared as its left eye began twitching.
“Ha ha, its kinda cute the way it acts tough,” complimented Shane.
”It’s not acting,” said Bill in a concerned tone of voice. Shane and Katsuro wondered what Bill meant but they soon found out. Suddenly Eevee started foaming at the mouth and it began growling rather viciously.
”What the heck’s up with Eevee,” exclaimed Katsuro.
“Ew, that fur ball is disgusting. Vileplume tranquilize it with your Stun Spore,” said the female Grunt. Even though Vileplume was still confused it managed to produce a dense cloud of Stun Spore aimed at Eevee, but one thing the female Grunt forgot was that Eevee was sitting on Arbok’s head.
“Hey Bill, you and Eevee should look alive,” warned Katsuro. Eevee heard Katsuro and saw the Stun Spore coming. It jump off Arbok, leaving a trail of foam and saliva behind it, and ran off towards its trainer. Arbok then breathed in the Stun Spore and seemed to choke for a few moments. It became paralyzed instead. Once Eevee was standing still it began growling and more foam appeared around its mouth.
“You still want some action huh Eevee? OK, use Bite!” Bill’s Eevee charged back into the battle field. More drops of foam formed a trail behind it.
“That little runt had done enough. Get ready Muk.” Team Rocket’s Muk got ready to attack it, but suddenly Eevee jumped up and slid down Muk’s back. All the Grunts became confused as to who Eevee targeting. Eevee jumped and used Bite. Everyone gasped as Eevee clamped down on the arm of a Team Rocket grunt.
“Ah! Get it off! Get it off! I don’t want to catch what this Pokémon has,” panicked the Grunt with Eevee hanging onto his upper arm. Eevee’s left eye was still twitching and more foam began leaking out of its mouth. Katsuro began laughing very hard. He was enjoying the show Eevee was putting on. Shane also chuckled but Kuni and Bill shook their heads in disapproval.
“Golbat, get that Eevee,” commanded one of the other Grunts.
“Not so fast. Vibrava use Dragon Breath!” Shane’s Vibrava flew after Golbat. Eevee noticed that something was flying towards it. It let go of the Grunt and then used its hind legs and tail to bounce off him. Golbat then became shocked when it saw Eevee coming at it, vicious growling and foam to go with it. Eevee landed a Bite attack on Golbat’s left leg. Vibrava then followed up by blowing a stream of orange flames onto Golbat. This caused Golbat to faint. Vibrava then picked up Eevee and carried back to their trainers’ side.
“I don’t believe it. We’re losing,” complained one of the Grunts.
”Should we fall back and rejoin the troops at the Radio Tower. We’ve already stopped this town’s Gym leader,” suggested the Grunt who was bit by Eevee. He was rubbing his arm.
“No, Team Rocket aims to control all Pokémon and fall to no one,” shouted the female Grunt. “Those brats, their Pokémon, and that… thing,” she said as she pointed to Eevee. Eevee was now chewing on a piece of garbage it found on the street while snarling. “… are all going to pay and I’ll make sure of it. No Pokémon can stop Team Rocket!” Just then they all heard a terrifying roar mixed with the sound of crashing thunder. Katsuro and Shane instantly recognized that cry and smiled.
The next thing anyone knew huge thunderbolts rained down and zapped the life out of Muk, Arbok, and Vileplume. The bright and flashing bolts were a bit much so Shane, Katsuro, Bill, and Kuni had to cover their eyes. Sneasel and Vibrava looked on in astonishment. Once the lightning stopped Shane and Katsuro looked up and saw the silhouette of a beastly four legged Pokémon run off from the rooftop of an apartment complex near them.
“Katsuro you don’t think…” Shane didn’t even finish the sentence. Katsuro nodded.
”I think Raikou was thanking us for helping it earlier. Looks like Raikou and the two of us are even now,” said Katsuro as they looked onto the defeated Grunts and their fainted Pokémon. Kuni and Bill were utterly shocked. Kuni was very impressed that Raikou had come to their aid.
”Wow, I knew the legend was true but to see it for myself. Katsuro, you really maybe the one Ho-oh is waiting for,” said Kuni. Katsuro scratched the back of his head.
”Yeah, I hope so. A trainer like me could get used to seeing Legendary Pokémon on a regular basis.” The five Grunts started moaning and all got up and were immediately worried about the loss.
“It’s time Team Rocket blasted off,” said the female Grunt. They all recalled their Pokémon and began running off to the Radio Tower. Eevee suddenly got excited and began chasing after the grunts. It ran fast enough to catch up with the female Grunt and then jumped up and tried to bite her.
”Eevee no,” said Bill as he ran after it. Kuni, Katsuro, and Shane all followed. Eevee jumped again with foam sliding off its face. It missed the female Grunt. One of the males grabbed Eevee by the tail, paused for a moment, and then dropped kicked Eevee back to Bill.
”Keep your rabid Eevee. Team Rocket has no need for such psychotic Pokémon,” said the male Grunt and then joined his colleagues in retreated. Bill looked down at Eevee who had seemed to calm down. Then while still holding Eevee in his arms he turned to Katsuro.
”Katsuro, thanks for your help with Team Rocket,” said Bill.
“It was nothing. Although I think Raikou is really the one who stopped it,” said Katsuro.
”No Katsuro, you and Shane fought very gallantly. You both deserve a lot of credit in helping me and Vaporeon and Whitney,” complimented Kuni.
“Now Katsuro I was wondering, could you please take this Eevee with you on your journey. My way of saying thanks,” said Bill as he held out Eevee towards Katsuro.
”Wait, you want me to what?” Katsuro looked to Eevee. All the foam from Eevee’s mouth subsided but its left eye was still twitching. Shane snickered at the thought of Katsuro keeping a rabid Eevee on his party. Katsuro then tried to greet Eevee by petting it on the head. Slowly he extended his hand towards its head. Then as soon as Katsuro’s hand came in close enough Eevee bit it.
”Oooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!”
