Chapter 20- Hunters and Kaisers
~The team has faced many hardships over
the time we have been together. Through the countless dangers we have faced, we
have somehow held together, but now we face a crisis we have never faced
before, Ash’s disappearance. He was the main reason we travelled on this
journey, because we all knew that following him would bring us closer to our
dreams. To follow Ash in this journey is both the hardest and most wonderful
task there is. As we risk our lives, gamble our futures and live day by day
with death at our sides, there are no boundaries and we follow
our hearts. When he left us, everything shattered. Next to go were Gary and
Pikachu. There’s no telling how much longer the team will stay together, but
all I know is that I am the next to go. All these years I have followed he on
his journey, my purpose was uncertain until the moment I said that Ash will
never be alone, because he has… me. His journey is full of hardships that he
cannot accomplish by himself, and though I ignored my purpose at times, I have
never forgotten it. The time has come where I stop lying to myself. I cannot
ignore my fate. My journey is beginning, and though Ash hides, my purpose is
still clear. I must find him, at any cost.
-Misty
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“So have you seen him?” asked Misty, holding up a
picture of Ash
“Hmm… nope! Sorry!” said the woman she was
questioning.
Misty sighed as she walked off. That was the
eighteenth person she asked. Surely somebody around here would’ve seen him, but
no. Misty continued walking. Two days ago, after she had gotten the note that
said Rainbow Reef, she left the group without a word. She being the water
expert of the group, she had definitely heard about this place, and that is why
she was asking for information. Sapphire bay is gigantic, and it’s only
rumoured that the Rainbow Reef actually exists, so she was gathering info
rather then going out and getting lost. She sighed and continued searching. Ash
was somewhere in this place, and she was going to find him, no matter what.
“Ash…” she spoke quietly, “I know how mad you are at me… that is why you hide,
because you don’t want to see me… but please… just once… even if it is for a
moment, I want to see you again… because I want to tell you how I really feel…
and how sorry I am…” she continued to walk, searching for him…
***
(
“Misty! MISTY!” Amaebi was calling
“What’s wrong?” asked Tracey as he stepped into
the scene
“I can’t find Misty!” said Amaebi
“That’s it?” asked Tracey, “Ah, I wouldn’t worry
about it.”
“You would be worried if you knew how long she’s
been gone for!” said Amaebi
“Oh really? And how long is that?” asked Tracey
“Two days” said Amaebi
“Whoa!” Tracey exclaimed, surprised, “She acts so
distant from us, so I couldn’t even tell if she was gone or not. Oh well.
She’ll probably turn up any time now”
“And what if she doesn’t?” Amaebi exclaimed, “What
if she was looking for a cliff to jump off? I’m her friend, and I know she’s
really troubled about Ash!”
“We all are. So?” Tracey crossed his arms. Seeing
the look on Amaebi’s face, he spoke up, “Don’t look at me as if I were being
heartless! Listen, I know Misty, and I know she’s not stupid enough to try
something like that.” He sighed, “I know how hard it is to accept Ash’s death,
but life goes on, and we can’t let ourselves be…”
“But Misty is so sure that Ash is alive, and I
can’t help but believe her!” said Amaebi
Tracey sighed, “I can’t blame you. After all, you
spend more time with her than I do. She was so devastated by his death that her
mind even made her believe he’s alive, and you being such close friends, it’s
no surprise it rubbed off on you”
“So that’s what you think it is? Insanity?” asked
Amaebi in an offended tone
“I never said that!” Tracey retorted, “What I’m
saying is…”
BAM!
“OW!” Tracey exclaimed when Brock appeared out of
nowhere and whacked him
“How dare you!” said Brock. “I believe what she
says!”
Tracey groaned “You only say that because you
wanna get on her good side!”
“That’s not true! Well… okay, so it is true, but
that’s beside the point! I don’t care if Ebi says Ash is dead, and that two
hundred of the time he’s right, Ash is still the best friend I ever knew, and I
won’t insult his memory by giving up so quickly! Come on Amaebi!” Brock reached
and held Amaebi’s hand, “Let’s find Ash together!”
WHACK!
“AGH!!!!” Brock let go of Amaebi’s hand as he fell
face flat to the ground.
“Sorry, about that, but Ebi made me promise to
hit you every time you make direct physical contact with his sister” Said
Tracey, tossing the mallet he used to the side, “But I have to say, you are
right. Ash has done many things for us without asking for anything in return! I
won’t give up on him either! I’ll also join you in your search!”
“It’s truly noble that you don’t give up on our
deceased friend. Really” someone was clapping. Everyone turned around and saw
Ebi, “You’re all correct, it would be a shame to give up hope, because that was
what he always stood for.” Ebi looked into the sky, “Though I haven’t known him
as long as you guys have, and that I have said this many times, Ash is the most
remarkable person I have ever met. Able to bring hope even in the darkest
situations, he stood up for the just until the end. Even beyond the grave, he
continues to inspire hope…” Ebi spoke
“Ebi! When did you get here?” Tracey and Brock
exclaimed
“Ebi! Where did you come from? When did you
get here?” Ebi repeated in a mock tone, “Geez, is that all everyone cares
about? A simple ‘hi’ would be so much more polite” he sighed, “Sorry I was out
so long. Just digging up some info”
“Really? What did you find out?” asked Tracey
“Well I found out Aquamarine passed by here not
long ago. Not only that, but he fought two guys with capes and swords and
ranting endlessly about heathens this and sacrifice that. Aquamarine supposedly
vaporized the one in white. Now tell me, who do we know wear coloured capes,
carry swords, and never shut up?”
“Ah! I know!” Brock exclaimed, “The Kaisers!”
“That’s right” said Ebi, “White Kaiser has been
destroyed by Aquamarine, and Green Kaiser ran off, his tail between his legs.
I’ll give Aquamarine credit, just this once” he said. “You know the case of all
those kidnappings? It was a Kaiser operation, directed by KN-04, the guy known
as ‘The Blue Kaiser’. Blue Kaiser’s the one with the Kaiser Beast that
threatened to destroy the city, and he’s the one who… who killed Ash…”
Everyone looked at the ground, depressed about
hearing of Ash’s death again. Brock spoke up, “So Ash’s murderer is Blue
Kaiser!? That bastard… I’ll get him for that!”
“Cool it no-eyes” said Ebi, “Ash’s already been
avenged. Goth came and did him in”
“Whoa…” everyone stared at Ebi, “How did you get
all that info?”
“Not important. Anyways, while I know most of the
story, I can’t help but feel I missed something important” Ebi shrugged,
“Oh well. But I’ve got some darker news. You all know the Kaisers take in
sacrifices within their temples?”
“Yeah, we know about that… but if a Super Fiend
was fighting there , chances are the
whole thing must’ve been destroyed. I guess that means it’s all over, right?”
“Wrong” said Ebi, “The temple’s destroyed, but
they’re still doing it”
“HUH?”
everyone gasped, “What?! How come!? There’s no reason!”
“That’s the point” said Ebi, “They are doing it
for no reason. The mysterious deaths haven’t stopped, and even worse now is
that they’re not bothering to take away the bodies, but leave them lying out in
the open. They’re doing this all, for the sake of spreading terror among the
people of this city, and they are doing a very good job.”
“AH…” everyone gasped.
“See how few people there are walking outside?”
Ebi looked around. There was a fair number of people walking around, but much
less than usual for a huge city like this. “The Kaisers have a strangehold on
this city, and the authorities have no more power. The Cult rules it through
fear. I really want to look for Misty and Gary, but we’d better focus on the
task right in front of us. Freeing this place from the cult!”
“Right” Brock, Tracey and Amaebi agreed
“Let’s get into the pokémon centre” said Ebi,
“Come.”
***
(
“WHAT?!” the holographic image of the Kaiser
Tyrant exclaimed
“Yes, it is true. KN-05 was murdered” Green
Kaiser was on one knee, bowing before his leader which he spoke to through the
holographic device. “We were not ambushed, we were challenged directly. We
fought our fullest, and we were bested”
“This is impossible!” The Kaiser Tyrant growled,
“First KN-04 Blue Kaiser, and now KN-05 White Kaiser. Our enemies are not
simply on par with our knights… but capable of utterly destroying them?! Just
what is going on?!”
“Our enemies know of our customs, and they have
Chosen Ones among their numbers… the one that attacked us fought with strength
on par with Red Kaiser” said Green Kaiser, “KN-04 and 05 have been killed in
action and as a humiliation I was spared. Though I am still alive, I have been
tainted with defeat, and…”
“Enough” said the Kaiser Tyrant, “Stand up Green
Kaiser. A slave is the one that kneels, but not a warrior. True, we have faced
losses, but you are not weak. Two of your brother knights have perished… it is
a great loss, but do not falter. You, and KN-02 Red Kaiser are the remaining
beacons of hope for the Cult… the fact that you are alive here and now show
that our god indeed smiles upon you. Do not waste this blessing. Go and redeem
yourself! Not by grovelling, but in the flames of battle! Go now… find the
Chosen One’s comrades! Don’t just kill just them, but the entire city!
Slaughter them all!” Green Kaiser bowed once more, and the holographic image of
the Tyrant disappeared.
Green Kaiser walked though the ancient temple,
‘Fortanis’,
As Green Kaiser entered his chambers, he
immediately bowed and paid his respects in his private chapel. As he opened his
eyes, he drew his broadsword, gripping the handle tight as he looked at the
blade. The once proud gleaming blade that tasted the blood of countless
adversaries had large cracks running through it. Green Kaiser watched as the
cracked blade shattered, and the pieces fell to the ground. He sighed, but his
sadness was soon changed to anger. “RAAAH!” he shouted, throwing the broken
sword on the ground, cracking the floor beneath him…! The humiliation of defeat
and and the loss of two ancient comrades, White Kaiser and Blue Kaiser… “My brother
knights…!” he spoke, trembling with fury, “I swear by my name, KN-03 Green
Kaiser, Lord of Temple Fortanis… you shall be avenged!”
Green Kaiser immediately began to adorn himself
with armour, which he would wear into battle… his old sword and shield had been
destroyed, and he would don new weapons. As soon as he finished, he immediately
burst through the doors of his chambers and stepped into the hall.
“L-lord Green Kaiser…!” A higher ranked cultist
exclaimed, bowing his head, startled by his presence
“Mobilize the forces immediately, and prepare
every Kaiser Beast available!” Green Kaiser shouted, “I want my army
immediately!”
“Yes your lordship…” the cultist bowed
“As soon as they are mobilized, we move to
Green Kaiser wasn’t the only one making
preparations. Hundreds of miles away, in the fortress of the Kaiser Tyrant… the
ancient ruler of the cult walked through the dark citadels, accompanied by a
retinue “Summon my transport!” he shouted.
The forces in Fortanis had mobilized as Green
Kaiser commanded and they began their march towards
***
(Location- Rainbow Reef)
Hidden somewhere within the Sapphire Bay resided
the beautiful Rainbow Reef, home to Aquamarine, as well as some of the rarest
water pokémon in the world. Below the surface of the water were corals that
came in the seven colours of the rainbow. Aside from looking nice, these corals
had special properties, yet because the location is unknown and the supply is
so rare, only one who has lived here long enough would know anything about
them, someone like Aquamarine. This being Aquamarine’s home, it would be easy
to tell why he is so strong. Though this place is beautiful, the terrain with
all the heavy waterfalls, jagged cliffs and many whirlpools made it
treacherous. Merely surviving this place was an arduous task, one that required
a lot of determination and patience…
“This is so STUPID!” Ash shouted over the noise
of the several hundred litres of freezing water endlessly pouring onto him
every second.
“Never mind that” said Aquamarine who was sitting
nearby and watching. “Focus!”
“GRR…” Ash closed his eyes. He and Aquamarine
were in a deep cave full of many crystal formations, springs and waterfalls.
The water in the springs and falls ranged from very hot to very cold and in
power, between a light trickle to a raging torrent. Right now Ash was sitting
beneath one of the medium strength ones, which was already strong enough to
crush a regular human, and the water was very cold. He was supposed to meditate
or something, but it hard to breathe or think, and this was very, VERY
irritating. “I’ve been at this for hours! Just what is this supposed to do?!”
“Dunno, I just see people do that in anime”
Aquamarine shrugged
“WHAT?! YOU’VE HAD ME SITTING UNDER THIS FREEZING
WATER FOR THREE HOURS FOR NOTHING?! WHY YOU- WAAA!!!” Ash got up but slipped…
THUD!
“OW!”
“I’m just kidding! Can’t you take a joke?”
Aquamarine laughed, but saw Ash wasn’t laughing. Aquamarine sighed, “While you
may be a beginner at this sort of thing, your body is very strong and you can
tolerate being crushed and frozen very well. I was just testing you to see if
you’d survive my training, but you are still a novice. It was more the boredom
than the cold that made this so hard. You follow me?”
“No”
“Oh well” Aquamarine shrugged and handed him a
towel, “Let’s step outside”
The two of them walked outside, covering their
eyes a bit. After spending so much time in a dark cave, it was too bright for
them out here. “So what is it now?”
“You remember in the past, you would beat me? The
reason wasn’t simply because you grew strong, but I became weak. I let rage
overcome me and I abandoned my judgement… attacking without any thought, all
just so I could inflict pain, while forgetting my goals. You, you have a
similar problem, but you’re not being driven by rage, but by hatred.”
“So?” Ash crossed his arms
“I came here in order to calm my soul and let go
of all the rage I held within me, and that’s why I brought you here. But
another difference is that I wanted to lose my rage and was willing to do all
sorts of tough things, while you… you really don’t want to be here. You don’t
pay attention and you don’t focus” said Aquamarine
“That’s right” said Ash, “I didn’t become a
fighter so I could sit in waterfalls or learn yoga! I train one way, through
fierce battles and lots of action!”
“Action eh?” Aquamarine smiled. He had an idea,
“Let’s see, you want to get rid of your anger, AND you want action?”
“Yeah” Ash said, “But I doubt someone like you
could do anything to help!”
“We’ll see about that” Aquamarine smirked
“Huh?” Ash stared at Aquamarine “What are you
doing?” Aquamarine closed his eyes
“You want action?” The sky was growing dark as
tremendous energy was gathering. Aquamarine’s eyes opened wide, “BLACK
SQUALL!!!!!”
FWOOSH!
“WAAAAA!!!!!” Ash was sent flying miles into the
air, and landing several kilometres away with a loud SPLASH!
“You get action!” Aquamarine called as he watched
Ash in the distance.
“AGH! WAGH!” Ash was splashing and struggling to
get out of the water. When Aquamarine sent him flying, he didn’t just land in
the water, he landed in a whirlpool. He had a hell of a time trying to get out.
“GRR… AQUAMARINE!” Ash screamed as he escaped. In the distance, there were the
cliffs, and Aquamarine was sitting on top of it watching him. “WHAT WAS THAT
FOR?! AH! WAAAAAA!!”
Aquamarine laughed as he saw Ash get pulled back
into the whirlpool. Suddenly Aquamarine’s head jerked up when he sensed a
familiar presence “Sky”
“Aquamarine” Sky Render nodded, “What is Ash
doing?”
“Taking a little swim” answered Aquamarine,
staring at the scenery, “Along with being blessed with much natural beauty, the
Rainbow Reef is also chock full of hazards. If a non-water expert like Ash is
swimming here, he’ll forget about all this troubles, and he’ll realize things
can be a LOT worse.”
“But do you think this will actually work?” asked
Sky Render, “I mean, you’re sure this is not just going to make him madder than
he already is?”
“Positive” said Aquamarine
“GOD-#$%^&*-HELL!! WHAT THE #*&%$ IS
WRONG WITH YOU?!” Ash shouted
“Ah don’t mind the swearing. Sooner or later
he’ll run out of breath and stop… or drown. Meh” Aquamarine shrugged,
“Psychology man, it works”
“AQUAMARINE YOU !@#^$% BASTARD! WHEN I GET MY HANDS
ON YOU, I’M GONNA ^?$@!# % TEAR OFF YOUR (!@#$?# AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR @#$%!!!
YOU’RE A DEAD MAN AQUAMARINE!!! YOU ARE SO (!@#$?#-ING DEAD!!!”
Sky Render sweatdropped.
***
(
“You see, I found a way of identifying Kaisers.
You know how they go for bionics and stuff? Most of them are low-classed
without improvements, but they all carry a chip embedded in the back of their
skull that acts as an invisible badge to show they’re Kaisers and indicate
their ranks. They all have sensors designed to detect them”
“So how does this help us if we can’t see them?”
asked Tracey
“I’ll get to that soon enough. Catch!” Ebi picked
something up and tossed it to Tracey
“Whoa!” Tracey caught it, “What is this?”
“It’s called Ebi-Armour” answered Ebi as he took
off his shirt and put one of them on. “These are high-resistant armours even
better than the mesh and very light. I was intending to make them so they’re
sown into our clothing like the normal mesh, but I didn’t get enough time, so
you’ll have to wear it underneath for now. Sorry for the inconvenience.” He
apologized, “Excuse me for a second, I gotta go get something!” he said as he
pulled his regular shirt back on and walked out of the room.
“He doesn’t have to apologize for anything” said
Tracey, it on. As he wore it, he hopped around a bit, “Whoa, these sure are
light! I wonder how resistant they are…”
“GRRRR!” Brock growled, trying to rip his apart.
“Gah!” he gave up and put it down, “If I can’t rip it, it has to be hard. Seeing
how strong I am!”
“Are you really that strong?” asked Tracey, “I’ve
never seen you fight”
“And I never saw you fighting either, that’s
what’s so convenient. We’re stronger than before, and since no one’s seen us
fight all out, no-one knows what we can do!” Brock laughed as he put his
Ebi-Armour on, “Gotta hand it to Ebi! Tough as diamonds, light as air! Seeing
how I’m not fast, I can finally stop worrying about dodging! The items he makes
are not only really cool, but they let us concentrate on our strengths instead
of our weaknesses! I’m actually starting to like the guy!”
“Of course” said Amaebi as she walked in after
putting her Ebi-Armour on “Ebi always makes sure his equipment work at maximum
efficiency!”
“Thanks!” Ebi stepped into the room, “By the way,
take these!” he held up differently coloured three cell phones. The first one
had stone colours granite and marble. The second had jungle colours, green and
blue. The last one was pink with white clouds
“Hey, nice cell phones!”
“And they’re yours” said Ebi as he handed the
granite-coloured one to Brock, the jungle coloured to Tracey, and the white and
pink one to Amaebi. “These phones are waterproof, can be used anywhere in the
world, can watch and record live TV, and download music (and I highly doubt any
of you got any moral issues with that bit)”
“Whoa… thank you!”
“Don’t thank me yet. Turn them on!” said Ebi, and
everyone did as they were told, “Important! Press MENU!” Several options came
up. “Now press the MAP option!”
“Whoa!” they all looked at the screens. It looked
just like the mini map on the EbiDex! It showed a perfect map of the city, and
lots of blue dots everywhere. The blue dots were apparently the people, and the
group were four green dots.
“You can scroll in all four directions or zoom in
and out with those arrows there. Now exit by pressing END, then try MENU and
the second option, DETECT!” said Ebi. When they did this, a compass rose
appeared on the screen, “Okay, that’s the compass rose for detecting Kaisers.
It will automatically start searching and beep whenever a Kaiser is detected.
Those arrows will point you in the Kaiser’s direction, and blipping faster the
closer you get. Do you understand?”
“Yes!” Everyone replied
“Now back to the main menu, and the third option,
MARK.” This time the image of a crosshair aimer came onto the screen. “This
one’s also important, and explain this more when we get outside, because our
mission is a search and destroy… and violence might not be an option”
“Violence? But I’m not a fighter” said Amaebi
“That’s why I made yours extra special” Ebi
smiled “You see that button that looks like a skull? Point it at Brock and
press it”
“Okay…” she said doing what she was told…
FWOOSH!
“AAAAH!” Brock screamed, diving out of the way
when a massive, fiery beam shot from the cell phone and hit the wall! There was
a huge gaping hole there
“Not bad. You only missed him by an inch” Ebi
smiled
“YOU BASTARD!” Brock roared, as Tracey held him back,
“You just tried to kill me!”
“And almost succeeded too.” Ebi sighed, “You
should practice some more sis, shoot at him a couple more times until you get
the hang of it…”
“I get it Ebi!” Amaebi closed the phone… not
wanting to get involved in her brother’s feud with Brock, “But thanks for
giving me a weapon. It feels great to finally not to be defenceless anymore!
But what about them?” she pointed at Tracey and Brock
“We’re fine with our weapons” said Brock flexed
his muscles, “Along with my pokémon, I can protect myself and those around me
with my matchless strength!” he reached over and grabbed a phonebook “GRRAAAH!”
RRRIIIP!
“AH!” Everyone gasped when Brock tore the
phonebook in half!
“And with this frying pan of justice that I have
concealed within my pants, I shall smite evil, bludgeon the bad, bash the
Kaisers and be back in time to cook supper!” he pulled out his frying pan and
struck a goofy pose. “OH YEAH!”
“…” Everyone sweatdropped and stared at Brock who
still held his idiotic pose. But despite being silly, he was strong, REALLY
strong.
“As for me…” Tracey turned around. A poster of a
pokéball hung on that wall. “HA!” he threw a pen like a throwing knife and
struck the poster right in the centre. Some small flies were buzzing around,
and Tracey pulled out more pens threw them, nailing each one. He took a stance
and held eight pens, one between each finger. “A quick eye and deadly
precision. I can take care of myself, AND those Kaisers”
“Whoa…” Ebi and Amaebi stared at Brock and
Tracey. They were amazing! “Well, I got my EbiDex, which has got weapons,
transceiver phone and a Kaiser Detector, and I’ve got this” he held up his
laser sniper rifle. “But for now, let’s go outside, I’ve got something to show
you”
“What is
it?” asked Brock as they followed Ebi outside. “AH!” he yelped when someone
walked into him, and Brock fell over. “OW!” his head hit the ground
Brock groaned and got up, the guy who bumped into
him growled, “Watch where you’re going you blind idiot!” he slapped Brock as he
walked off
“What did he call me?!” Brock growled. “Who does
he think he is?! Bumping into me, insulting me and then hitting me! I am so
gonna kick his…”
Ebi spoke up, “Now activate the detectors!” Everyone
watched their screens. The arrow on the compass rose was flashing like crazy.
“It’s picking up on something!”
Everyone turned around, and Brock growled. The
arrow was pointing at someone all right, the guy who bumped into Brock! “He’s a Kaiser!” Brock growled and rolled up
his sleeves, “I’ll show him!” he was ready to pound his lights out…
“Hey, wait!” Ebi stopped him as the guy walked
off
Brock growled, “Why did you stop me?! I was gonna
teach him a lesson!”
“Don’t start picking fights before I finish the
tutorial!” said Ebi
“Then what do we do?” asked Tracey
“Take out the cell phones, MENU and MARK” he
said. “Aim it at the guy!”
“Okay” Said Tracey. The crosshairs picture came
up, and he aimed his phone at the Kaiser Cultist. There was one beep, but
nothing else. “It didn’t do anything!”
“Oh really?” asked Ebi, “Now look at the map!”
When everyone did that, along with the four green dots, the hundreds of moving
blue ones, there was a moving bright red one that stood out from them. “We’ve
tagged this one, and no matter how much he runs he can’t hide. Look! He’s
heading into an alley!”
“An alley eh?” Brock smirked, “There’s no
witnesses there… I’ll be right back!”
“Uh… what exactly is he going to do?” asked
Amaebi as Brock ran into the dark alley
“SO WHO’S THE BLIND IDIOT NOW?!” Brock’s voice
was shouting
SMACK! BAM! POW! SMASH!!!!
Everyone sweatdropped as Brock stepped out of the
alley, clapping his hands and looking quite pleased with himself, “Much better.
You’d be surprised how slamming a guy with a dumpster is good for what ails
you. Now Ebi, you were saying?”
“Uh…” Ebi sweatdropped, “Okay… remind me NEVER to
make Brock mad again” Ebi rubbed his head, “Well, basically we’re going on a Kaiser
hunt, and we need to remember the three T’s. Track, tag, and terminate. Always
tag before attacking, so even if he runs off, we won’t lose him because he
appears on our maps. I’ll be sitting on top of the roof with THIS ready, to
pinch off any of them that is causing trouble or running away” he pointed at
the roof of a building, “Track, tag, and terminate”
“All right…” Everyone sighed. This was going to
be a big task, and a dangerous one as well. They would be facing many Kaiser
Cultists, and this was something new to them, seeking their enemies among
crowds of people.
“First Ash, then
“We’re not very strong, and we’re far from being
the best, but we will never give up.” said Brock. At the same time, they all
stood in a circle and held their hands out.
“We’re fighting a force beyond anything this
world has ever seen.” Said Amaebi, “We
are hopelessly outnumbered and insignificant, but we’ll fight to the bitter
end”
“The Kaisers are strong, far stronger than we’ll
ever be, but we will continue to defend the innocent. We will never give up,
because we’re a team. Not just a team… but like a family” said Ebi, “When we
work together, nothing can stop us! We’ll find this evil wherever it’s hiding,
and stop it! We are… the DIRE HUNTERS!”
***
(Location- Rainbow Reef)
Ash struggled and made it out of the whirlpool.
He had to get out of this place! Just ahead was a rock sticking out of the water!
Ash swam as hard as he could, and grabbed onto the rock, sighing in relief, he
could rest for now…
Sky Render sat down on a rock while Aquamarine
stood at the ledge, watching the battle. Sky Render saw Aquamarine smirk,
“What’s so funny?”
“You see, I know all the safe spots and places
you should and shouldn’t be, and that rock isn’t one of them.” Aquamarine
looked at his watch “The annual Tentacool migration takes place in three… two…
one…”
“OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OUUUUCH!!!!!” Ash was screaming.
Hundreds of Tentacools swam by him, brushing against him and stinging him
intentionally or unintentionally, it made no difference it was painful, and Ash
had no choice but to let go
Sky Render and Aquamarine burst out laughing.
Sure, this was cruel, but they couldn’t help it! Aquamarine calmed down and
spoke up again “He shouldn’t let go of that rock. It’s the only thing that’s
keeping him from being pulled back into the…”
“WAAAA!!!!” Ash was pulled to the whirlpool again
Sky Render fought not to laugh long enough to ask
Aquamarine “So can you tell me what the purpose of this training is?”
“Well I’m trying to get him to get rid of his
anger and hate, starting with the anger part. Rainbow Reef may be a nice place,
but you’d have a better chance surviving the inside of a volcano.” said
Aquamarine “I’m just getting Ash to blow off steam, showing him that things can
be way worse. Eventually he’ll stop getting mad. Eventually…” Aquamarine then
pointed, “Watch closely, this is the best part”
“AAAAARGH!!! OW! OW! OW!!!” Ash was screaming.
Now that he’s escaped the whirlpool, a large school of the piranha fish pokémon
Carvanha were biting him all over. “GET AWAY! AGH! AAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!!”
“That looks painful!” Sky Render laughed, feeling
slightly sorry for Ash, but amused
“Yeah, I know.” Said Aquamarine, “Still, I’d be
more worried about the…”
“GYAAA!!!” Ash screamed when a bunch of hungry
Sharpedoes chased him.
For the next few hours, Sky Render and Aquamarine
were laughing their heads off. Sky Render sighed, “Well… that was fun, but
Ash’s reached the shore. The fun’s over, and I’d better get going” he turned
around and left
Down at the beach, Ash was panting as he finally
stepped back onto land. He looked at his right arm and saw it was completely
engulfed by a Sharpedo “DOWN! LET GO!” he shouted as he punched it again and
again, but it didn’t let go. “I SAID GET OFF!” he picked up a rock and bashed
it. The Sharpedo finally let go and fell into the water. He tossed the rock aside
looked all over him. Many Carvanha hanging off his body by their teeth, “This
ain’t no free ride! OFF!” he slapped off the piranha pokémon that were biting
him. He looked back and saw there was one more hanging onto his butt by its
teeth, “I SAID BEAT IT!” he slapped it off, and sighed. “Whew…” he was a bit
relieved that the worst has passed, but he was extremely pissed. “GRR… that
Aquamarine! This is his fault! He knocked me down there, laughing at me! He’s
not getting away with that! I’m gonna…”
SPLASH!!!
“WAAAA!!!” he screamed as a huge wave came and
pulled him back into the water, back to the waiting whirlpool, Carvanhas and
Sharpedoes, “AH! AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!”
***
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“Looks like the mission was a success” said
Amaebi. They were gathered in an abandoned warehouse so as not to draw any
attention, what with the ton of cultists. After beating them, they captured
them and tied them up.
“How many do we have? Fifteen… twenty…” Tracey
was counting them
“More coming!” Brock said as he walked in,
dragging some more captured cultists.
“Forty eight!” Tracey finished counting, “Pretty
good if I do say so myself!”
“But guys? What do we do with them?” asked Amaebi
“Uh…” Tracey wondered. “I haven’t thought of
that!”
“Loot them?” Brock suggested… helping himself to
a number of their wallets…
“By the way, where’s Ebi?” asked Tracey
“He’s out on the rooftops… though he seemed to
have left his sanity behind” Amaebi sighed, “I really worry about him whenever
he picks up that gun…”
(Meanwhile)
ZAP!
“O YEA! I ROXOR U! TOTAL PWNAGE N00B! LOL!” Ebi
shot the next Kaiser Cultist from the roof of a building. He aimed his EbiDex
down at him, “Ebi Snare!” he said. From the EbiDex, some sort of cables shot
down and ensnared the downed Cultist, and those cables pulled the cultist all
the way up. Ebi smiled and ran to another corner of the building with his rifle
when another Kaiser was detected. He shot it with his laser rifle and pulled it
up with the Ebi Snare. There were a large number of captured Kaisers bound with
cables. The cultists he fired on were either the ones that were in isolated
spots, or causing trouble. He knew that people would panic if there was a
sniper shooting down at people, so he was careful with his targets. He looked
and saw another one, and picked up his rifle. He shot the cultist with stunner
shots and then pulled him up with the snare. “15 cultists! WOOT!” he said
triumphantly.
SCREECH! CRASH!
There was the sound of tires screeching, and cars
crashing. Ebi looked in the distance and saw a bunch of guys standing there,
and his detector was beeping, indicating those were Kaisers. Ebi sighed “Those
guys, they never stop causing trouble!” he said as he tagged them and then held
up his laser rifle. “Well I’ll put a stop to… HUH?!” Ebi gasped as he looked
through the scope. Ebi panicked. He quickly hung up his rifle and ran as fast
as he could, leaving his captives behind.
“GUYS!” Ebi shouted as he burst into the
warehouse
“What is it?” asked Brock
“Trouble! (Wheeze) BIG! Big Beast… (Pant) Kaiser trouble…!” Ebi was gasping for air