Chapter
10- Aquamarine’s Challenge
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“(HMPH…)
HAAAA!” G.I. Jolt slammed a brick wall with his large fists. The wall cracked
and pieces of it fell to the ground
“No bad
G.I. but let me show you how to do this…” Cleft stepped up and slammed a spot
on the wall with his spiked gloves. In no time at all, the wall crumbled
“You’re
making me look bad…” G.I. Jolt growled
“Well
you should be happy. After all, with FIENDS like us, who needs enemies?!”
POW!
“OW!”
Cleft exclaimed when Bonsai punched him on the back of the head, “What was that
for?!”
“You
deserved it, for saying such a stupid joke!” said Bonsai
“You’re
saying my jokes are stupid? Well, my FISTS have something to say to you, as
does my middle finger!” Cleft argued back
BAM!
“UGH!”
Bonsai and Cleft were both knocked out, when G.I. Jolt grabbed their heads and
slammed them into each other.
“That’s
better… thanks Jolt” AntiArctic sighed, “If those two
didn’t stop arguing soon, I swear, I would’ve killed them just to shut them up”
“Who
wouldn’t? They’re like this whenever Sky’s not around…” G.I. Jolt shrugged,
“Speaking of Sky Render, tell me again, how come he’s not letting us just go
all out and BEAT that Ketchum kid up?!” G.I. Jolt complained
“It’s
just a precaution… You know Aquamarine, he always fights his battles alone
because he tends to lose control and smash up everything, including us if we
get involved.” Twin Dreamer looked down on them from in the air, “Oh well, what
HE doesn’t know won’t hurt us. HAAAAA…” Closed his eyes and stretched his hands
out, towards the north end of the
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“Team
Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!” Jessie yelled as she jumped from the
tree branch
“Surrender
now or prepare to fight!” James shouted as he jumped down
“Meowth! That’s RIGHT!” Meowth
finished the motto and jumped.
“HAA!”
Ash threw the rings he swiped from the 00 elites. Each one of them clamped and
locked their legs together…
CRASH!
Jessie,
James and Meowth screamed as they hit the ground head
first. “Oh yeah!” Ash cheered at the success of his ‘ring toss’, “Not only am I
the master of pokémon, but I am also the Lord of the R…” He stopped when
Jessie, James and Meowth got up and threw off the
rings. “Never mind…”
“YOU
TWERP! YOU ARE GONNA PAY…” They all yelled
WHOOSH!
The
Twin Dream beams flew inches above Ash’s head. His hat was blown off by the
rush of air, but the beam flew right at Team Rocket.
KABOOM!!!
“YEAAAARGH!”
Team Rocket yelled as they flew through the air
“WHAT
ON EARTH WAS THAT?!” Jessie yelled
“I
DUNNO!” Meowth yelled, “ALL I KNOWS IS THAT…”
“TEAM
ROCKET’S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAAIN! (
“Well…
that was unexpected” Ash sweatdropped
(
“DAMMIT!”
Twin Dreamer yelled, “I missed!”
“Ha!
You really got to work on your aim TD!” G.I. Jolt smirked
“SHUT
UP! DON’T CALL ME THAT! TWIN DREAM!” Twin Dream fired his attack at Jolt, a
different version of it, instead of a beam, it was a mind-burning wave…
“YAAAAAAH!”
G.I. Jolt yelled, his head felt like a truck hit it, like it was about to
explode, and then his mind went blank and he fell…
“Huh?”
Bonsai, Cleft and AntiArctic looked up, just in time
to see the gigantic figure of G.I. Jolt falling in their direction…
“AAAAAAH!!!”
CRASH!!!
“(Sigh…)
Of all the teams I could’ve joined… why did it have to be with this band of
idiots?” Goth sighed as he sat on the top of the roof and watched them
(Location-
Teal Ville streets)
Misty
walked on the sidewalk, Togepi in her arms. After
that last incident with Doppelganger, Ash hadn’t let her out of his sight, with
a few exceptions. Ash was hiding behind a telephone pole; make that, halfway up
the pole. There were a few people staring at him. Although he kept out of
Misty’s sight, total stealth wasn’t one of his specialties.
“No,
there is no reason in particular I’m following her, Pikachu” said Ash
“Pika?” Pikachu said curiously, standing on Ash’s shoulder.
“For the
last time Pikachu, I am NOT stalking Misty!” Ash said angrily
“Kachu? Pi Pika!”
“I’m
not hiding!”
“Pi
Pikachu!”
“I’m up
here because it’s fun to climb telephone poles!”
“Pika, Pika!” Pikachu pointed
downwards
“No,
why would I be worried?” Ash looked down, “WAAAA! Where’d she go?” He slid down
the pole, “WAAAA! SPLINTERS!” He waved his hands frantically.
(Somewhere
else in the Teal Ville Streets)
Misty
walked down the streets, minding her own business, when she stopped. Ahead of
her, there was a guy walking in her direction. He didn’t see her, but before he
did, Misty ran into an alley. The guy had sleek blue hair, a dark blue T-shirt
with a black vest and a silver chain around his neck. He also had a metal
object slung across his back. The guy was about as old as her, but and a little
shorter than Brock. He wore black biking gloves, same design as Ash’s but these
one had studs on the back of the hand. The guy walked right past her, and Misty
sighed in relief.
“(Good,
he didn’t see me)” She sighed, “How did he know where to find me? Oh well, that
doesn’t matter, just as long as he doesn’t see me! UGH… this is gonna give Ash
some trouble…”
“Give
me what kind of trouble?” asked Ash, appearing right behind her
“WA!”
Misty jumped, “ASH! Don’t do that!” She punched Ash over the head
“Ow” He sweatdropped “What kind of trouble?”
“Well
Ash… it’s like this…”
(A few
minutes later)
“WAWAWA-WHA-WHAA-WHAAAAT?!”
Ash exclaimed, “BOYFRIEND?!?!”
“I already
told you! He may have a crush on me, but he is NOT my boyfriend!” Misty said
angrily “That guy is SO annoying! The more I hate him, the more he loves me!
The main reason I left Cerulean city was to get away from that idiot.
Unfortunately he’s not just a regular idiot, he’s a persistent idiot… ARE YOU
EVEN LISTENING?!”
Ash’s
eye was twitching “Boyfriend… she has a boyfriend… she has a boyfriend…”
“Will
you SNAP OUT OF IT!” Misty slammed him with a mallet. “I just told you, I
really HATE that guy! He thinks he could impress me by being a strong trainer.
That didn’t impress me. I have never liked him, and never will!” Misty pulled
up her backpack and reached inside, “Now where is it… AHA! Here it is!” Misty
tossed aside the dinky little wooden mallet, and pulled out a GIGANTIC
Sledgehammer, “I’ve been saving this one since the start of my journey in case
that moron ever shows up again! This hammer can bust up diamonds as if they
were made of glass! Now if that loser starts stalking me again… I can just bash
his head…”
“So,
you’re saying you never kissed or anything?” Ash asked nervously.
BAM!
“You
haven’t even been listening!” Misty shouted after she bashed Ash’s head with
diamond-busting hammer, “There’s no way I’m gonna waste MY first kiss on HIM! To
me, the first kiss is just as valuable as my virginity…” Misty stopped and
checked to see if Ash was finally listening, to her relief, yes. “Anyways,
after I slapped him with that first restraining order, I quickly left
Ash
sighed in relief and stepped out of the alley, following her. What they didn’t
know was that Aquamarine, who was also second strongest out of the Super
Fiends… was standing up on the rooftops, watching them right now.
“I
didn’t hear WHAT they said. But that guy… acting so… FAMILIAR around her… just
WHO does he think he is?! Wait a second…” Aquamarine looked through a pair of
binoculars; he could see Ash’s face clearly. “That’s Ash Ketchum!” He spoke,
looking through the binoculars, “Defeated Team Rocket on many occasions, and
the mighty elite agents 001, 003 and 004. Then he defeated Doppelganger and
insulted the Missingno and the Super Fiends, and if
what I heard is true…” He pulled down the binoculars, “HE’S the guy
traveling with Misty?!” He held picked up a photocopy of a certain picture (the
one Pikachu took in Ch. 5, with Ash and Misty leaning towards each other, their
faces only an inch apart and they look like they’re about to…)
“UN-FOR-GIVABLE!” He ripped the picture in half. “ASH KETCHUM! You’ve done some
damage, but THIS CROSSES THE LINE! You may have beaten Doppelganger, but I’m
stronger in EVERY WAY! ASH KETCHUM! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!” He crushed the
binoculars to pieces. As he dropped the pieces, he sighed, “Ugh… I have GOT to
stop doing that. This is how I lost my cell phone, my pokédex,
my gameboy, and this is why I have to get up to
change channels…”
(Location-
Teal Ville streets)
“All
right, now just where is that dead-man Ash hiding?” Aquamarine asked himself,
looking left and right for the one who matched the picture, “Hmm… let’s see. If
I were an ugly kid with a horizontal Harry Potter scar on each cheek and stupid
enough to try and steal away MY girlfriend, Misty, where would I be?”
(Meanwhile)
“♪Rolling around at the speed of sound, got places to go, gotta follow
my rainbow… Can’t stick around, have to KEEP moving on, just what lies ahead,
only ONE way to FIND out! Must keep on moving ahead, no time for guessing, follow
my plan instead! Trusting in what you can’t see, take my lead, I’LL SET YOU
FREE! Follow me, set me free, trust me and we will escape from the city, I’ll
make it through, follow me…♫” Ash
sung as he sped down the road, listening to a CD. He turned it off for a second and switched the
headphone feature to the transceiver phone, “Hey Ebi!” Ash called him through
the transceiver headphone, “How do you turn up to the super speed?”
“(CRRR…)
Why do you want it?” Ebi asked
“I got
several reasons (along with this song putting me in the mood to go faster) I’ve
completely mastered flying this thing and the rings stuff, and now I want to
try to master super speed” Ash answered “I tried to do the foothold twisting
thing, but the clips wouldn’t budge this time!”
“I
changed it because it’s dangerous! And activating it with the footholds is
risky and it could be turned on by accident! Why do you want to learn it?”
“Two
reasons!” He said, “One, if I’ve mastered Super Speed, then I’ve PERFECTED
regular! Two, Misty hasn’t seen this thing, and I want to have completely
master this thing by the time she does! I wanna look
cool doing this!”
“(CRRR…)
In short, you wanna impress her right?” Said Ebi
“NO!”
Ash yelled, “And don’t change the subject! How do I use it?”
“Fine…”
Ebi sighed, “I’ve changed the commands! You don’t twist the holds or anything!
Now it’s voice activated! All you have to do is say…” He spelled out the words,
“I’d say the real word, but it’d turn up the speed right now and you’d crash!
Say it a second time to slow down! Hey Ash! Think it’s safe to do it here?
Don’t you want to do it in the forest? You’ve practiced regular flying there!”
“No
way! Too many trees, too many obstacles! I crashed into too many earlier on!
I’ll give it a shot when I get used to straight line flying!” Said Ash “Okay!
Here goes…” Ash took a deep breath “Maximum… uh… afterburner” The boosters
flared up and the entire scenery went all blurry. Ash was flying at a
tremendous speed “WAAAAA!” Although this time, it wasn’t AS bad as the first,
but in all the confusion, obstacles are hard to notice…
Aquamarine
turned around and saw Ash. (Ash is a fair distance away, and approaching at a
high speed) “ASH KETCHUM! I AM GOING TO KILL…”
BAM!!!
“WAK!”
Aquamarine fell to the ground when the board flying at the speed of sound hit
him on the forehead, “GWUH…”
Ash
yelled the words out a second time and the board slowed down to its normal
speed. Ash sighed in relief. He could tell he’s no longer going the speed if
sound because he could hear again.
“(BZZT!)
ASH! I heard a metal clanking somewhere along the way! Did you hit something?”
Ebi asked through the transceiver as Ash zoomed on the QuickSilver
“I dunno!” Ash shrugged as he landed “The only thing on my
mind were the bugs flying into my mouth! PWAH!” He spat out all the insects and
picked up the board. As he was walking, he noticed Aquamarine lying on the
sidewalk, with a large bump on his forehead. “Hey! Are you okay?”
“GWUH…”
Aquamarine didn’t notice Ash
“Meh…” Ash shrugged and walked off, putting the headphones
back on, “♪…Danger is
lurking around every turn, trust your feelings, got to LIVE AND LEARN…♫”
An hour
later, Aquamarine got up and rubbed his head, “Agh… ow… GRRR… After I KILL Ash Ketchum, I’m gonna hunt down
whoever hit me back there!”
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“All
right guys! Use the combo attacks! HYDROTHUNDER” Ash yelled. Totodile fired the jet of water and Pikachu electrified it.
The electrical water was too much and Dragonite fell
to the ground. “What’s the matter? Too much for ya?”
Ash smiled
“GRRRR!”
the punk growled
Another
punk, dressed sort of like a Pirate stepped forwards, “You may have beaten me
once, but you’re not gonna win again! Everybody, GO!” He threw all his
pokéballs, releasing Donphan, Machamp,
Venomoth, Golem and Pinsir
came out.
“All
right!” Ash clapped his hands together, “You were never THAT strong a trainer,
and I remember that battle we had (in pokémon the first movie) a long time
ago!”
After a
very short fight all the guys and their pokémon were beaten
“I
wouldn’t be so harsh on your guys, but you should’ve thought of THAT before
joining the Missingno gang you jerks!” Ash called out
at them.
“GRRRR…
RETURN!” Pirate called back his pokémon
“So
it’s true, this kid really DID beat Doppelganger!” the punks gasped, “This is
bad! We’re no match for him! RUN AWAY!” they all ran
“Oh
yeah! Gotta love pokémon team battles! That way I can use combination attacks!
Great work guys!” He called all his pokémon into pokéballs, “Okay! That’s
victory number 48! My pokémon must have at least levelled up at least twenty
levels each! By now, I could take on anyone! Team Rocket, Missingno,
Super Fiend, BRING EM ON! Who wants to battle me next?!” He called out, and
sweatdropped. Everyone in the area ran away, both good the bad. “Lousy
deadbeats! Am I just too strong for you?!” He sighed, “No one wants to battle…
STUPID JERKS!” He looked and in the distance he could still see the group of Missingno henchmen running. He picked up a solid Pester
Ball and hurled it as hard as he could…
SMACK!
“GWAH!”
One of them fell over, face-flat to the ground. The ball opened up and released
its foul smelling gas, causing all the punks to cough and yell. The gas cleared,
and they turned their heads and looked at him.
“Come
on! If that doesn’t get them to fight me, then I don’t know what will!” Ash
said anxiously. He sweatdropped as they continued to run, “Okay… then I don’t
know what will. No one wants to battle, and I’m on a roll…” He sighed. He
suddenly snapped back to attention, his instincts were warning him… “DANGER!”
He raised the QuickSilver and spun around just in
time. The harpoon flying at him ricocheted off his shield and flew into a
statue, decapitating it.
Ash
looked at the harpoon. The rope attached to it pulled it out of the rubble, and
Ash looked to where it was headed. There was a sound of metal clanking as it
withdrew into a metal gun. Aquamarine (he had a large band-aid on his forehead)
held the gun, growling and then slung it across his back, “Damn, I almost got
him”
“WHAT
TH’HELL’S YOUR PROBLEM?!” Ash yelled at him, his heart still beating a mile a
minute and his hands were shaking.
“Feh… after all the stuff you did, you ask me what’s MY problem?”
Aquamarine laughed to himself, “Talk about the irony. And they call US fiends…”
SMACK!
“GAK!”
Aquamarine fell over when Ash threw the statue head at him.
“Now
we’re even! And before I start clobbering you, you’d better tell me who YOU
ARE!” Ash yelled at Aquamarine
“Grrr…” Aquamarine growled as he pulled the harpoon gun off
his back and aimed it at Ash, and pulled the trigger.
“HMM!”
Ash stepped to the side and caught the harpoon in his hand. Letting it fall to
the ground, he shouted, “That harpoon trick is real lame! Even Doppelganger’s
smoke and mirror is more impressive than that!” Ash and Pikachu stepped
forwards
Aquamarine
withdrew the harpoon back into the gun “Funny you should mention that weakling,
Doppelganger. Because I happen to be MUCH stronger than daddy’s boy…” He
crossed his arms, and pulled out a pokéball, “Kraken, GO!” He released his
pokémon. It was a Tentacruel. A HUGE Tentacruel
“WA!
Since when do Tentacruel get that big?” Ash gasped,
looking at the fifteen-foot tall pokémon
“Back
in Puerto Vista a few years back, I saw some Team Rocket clowns dump some
chemicals on a Tentacool and made it evolve into a
massive Tentacruel. I did the same thing, but used
less of the stuff and watered down the chemicals, and that’s how I got Kraken!”
“Whatever!
Size doesn’t matter with high levels! You can beat him Pikachu!”
“PIKAAA!”
Pikachu shocked Kraken
Kraken
wasn’t hurt, but angry “TENTA!” Kraken whipped down with his Tentacle. The
concrete ground cracked, and Pikachu barely dodged.
“
As
Pikachu and Kraken continued to fight…
“I’M
only gonna ask you once…” Aquamarine said coldly, “WHO do you think you are!”
“Well…
I’m Ash Ketchum. 14 years old, I come from
“Shut
up!” He yelled, “I am Aquamarine!
“Aquamarine?
Yeesh… talk about your girly names…” Ash stared at
him, “Were your parents expecting a girl, or were just that cruel?”
“HEY!
SHUT UP!” Aquamarine yelled, “I was asking who you think you are, being so…
FAMILIAR around Misty!”
“I
don’t know what you’re talking about…” Ash stared at him, “Wait a minute!
You’re the guy that Misty hates!” Ash then smirked and took a fighting stance,
“Looks like I’ll be adding another good deed to my list… when I eliminate
Misty’s idiot stalker!”
“WHAT’D
YOU CALL ME?!” Aquamarine shouted, “THAT DOES IT! ASH KETCHUM! I’M GOING TO
KILL YOU!” he pulled out his trident, “DEEP SKEWER!”
“WA!”
Ash exclaimed as the attack almost hit him, but fortunately he tripped over,
and missed it, “GRRR! HA!” Ash shouted, kicking his leg up…
THUNK!
“AGH…!”
Aquamarine’s eyes opened wide, when Ash kicked him in the groin… “URK!” He
exclaimed when Ash jumped into the air and stomped on his head, slamming his
face into the concrete so hard, the ground cracked
“FIRST
YOU STALK MISTY, AND NOW YOU COME HERE TRYING TO KILL ME?! YOU RETARD! I’LL
SHOW YOU!” Ash shouted as he kept kicking Aquamarine
“Pikachu!”
Pikachu sweatdropped and continued to jump and dodge. Kraken SURE could hit
hard with those tentacles, and that would REALLY hurt if he was whipped with
one.
“TENTA-CRUUUUEL!”
Kraken caught Pikachu in one of the tentacles, and sensed victory
“PIKAAA!!”
Before Kraken could crush Pikachu, Pikachu unleashed a strong thunder wave,
paralyzing Kraken. Because of the paralysis, Kraken couldn’t move, and that
gave Pikachu the opening he needed, “PI-KA-CHUUUUUU” With all the electricity
in his body, Pikachu hit Kraken with the strongest thunder attack. Kraken got
hurt and collapsed…
“Oh
yeah! In your face, you retard!” Ash stood triumphantly on top of Aquamarine’s
body, with one foot on the fiend’s head. Aquamarine wasn’t moving, and it
didn’t look like he was breathing for that matter… (like anyone cares). Ash
kicked Aquamarine one last time, and walked off. “Come on Pikachu, let’s leave
the retard here!” Ash stopped, and turned around. “Oh, and I’ll take this too!”
He bent over, reached into Aquamarine’s pockets, took his wallet and walked
off.
(Two
hours later)
“So
you’re saying he beat you?” Sky Render spoke to Aquamarine over the phone.
“Yeah…
ugh…” Aquamarine rubbed the back of the head
“Listen
Aquamarine…” Said Sky Render, “You’re a genius of battle. The earth trembles
beneath your strength, and you defeat pokémon masters in a single breath. So
tell me this. Just HOW did you lose to some unarmed kid!?”
“He
wasn’t unarmed! He had a flying skateboard!” Aquamarine complained
“Uh-huh…
a flying skateboard”
“I’m
telling the truth here!” Said Aquamarine
“Sure
you are. Hold on for a second…” Sky Render put down the phone…
“Hmmm…”
Aquamarine stood quietly, listening. On the other side, he could hear Sky
Render, saying ‘Hey guys! Get a load of this! Aquamarine says he lost because
the kid has a flying skateboard!’ followed by the unmistakable sound of mocking
laugher coming from the rest of the fiends, “GRRR!” Aquamarine slammed the
phone shut. “Damn you Ash Ketchum! First you steal Misty, now you humiliate me in
the eyes of my team! GOD DAMMIT!” He slammed the wall with his fist, and the
wall began to crumble, “GRRR!” Aquamarine growled, (a tear in his eye,
clutching his now broken hand) “I swear… ASH KETCHUM! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!!”
(Location-
Teal Ville Streets)
“ACHOO!”
Ash sneezed as he walked down the streets. “Ugh… what was that all about?” he
asked, wiping his nose…
SMACK!
“WA!”
Ash fell face flat to the ground
“That
is payback for what you did back there!” Aquamarine yelled, standing on Ash’s
head.
“WHY
YOU!” Ash reached up and grabbed both of Aquamarine’s ankles, tripping him. Ash
got up and swung Aquamarine around by his legs and tossed him into the wall.
“You again?! You wanna fight?!” Ash charged at
Aquamarine
WHAM!
“Not
now you idiot!” Aquamarine shouted as he uppercutted
Ash, sending him flying “I’m only here to give you this!” Aquamarine, and
tossed a letter to him.
“What’s
this?” Ash looked at it, “A challenge note?”
“A
challenge note! What does it look like?!” Aquamarine yelled, running off
“Fine
then!” Ash opened the letter. Sure enough, it was a challenge note.
I
challenge you! Meet me tomorrow in the GreenForest
Clearing ,near the lake. Bring whatever pokémon or weapons you need, and come
alone, but it won’t matter anyways because I am going to kill you, and your
friends should you decide to bring them along (this does not include Misty).
PS:
This message will self destruct
“Huh?”
Ash stared at the last part
BOOOM!
“WAAA!”
Ash shouted when letter bomb exploded. “Waaaaaa…” he
lay on the ground, “Ouch… I guess he wasn’t happy about me taking his money. I
should’ve done that when I OFFICIALLY beat him. Waaaaaa…”
(Location-
Ebi’s Place)
“Yow!
OW! OWWWW!” Ash yelled
“Quit whining!”
Misty tied a bandage on his arm, a little too tightly. He was struggling so
much that Bayleef had to restrain him with the vines.
“I’m trying to help you! And this is also practice for me when I become a
doctor in the future!”
“Well
doctors usually practice on cadavers!” Ash spoke through clenched teeth
“If you
don’t stop whining, I WILL be practicing on a cadaver” Misty said
threateningly, shutting Ash up. Misty reached the end of the bandage on Ash’s
arm, and in order to tighten it, she put her foot on Ash’s arm, grabbed the
bandage with both hands, and gave it a GOOOOOD yank. (OO) Ash’s eyes opened
wide from that last bit. He didn’t make a sound, but inside, he was screaming.
“There!
All better!” Misty clapped her hands and slapped Ash on the back reassuringly.
“I guess by NOW you’ll learn to not train your pokémon using pester balls!”
As soon
as she left, Ash fell to the floor on his back (××). The torturing session was
over. “Even Melanie was a great healer, but she didn’t make the cut because she
wasn’t a Nurse Joy.” Said Ash, “Now in Misty’s case, next time I’m injured,
I’ll try and strangle myself to death. That’ll be much gentler…” Ash groaned
Ebi
walked into the room and looked at him. “Um, Ash…” he sweatdropped, “Next time
you’re mortally injured, you come to ME and medical help.” He held up a large
tomato, “This is a Maximum Tomato! The VERY same they use in Kirby games, as
well as the Smash Bros. Tournaments! Because I was an employee in there, I…”
“Ebi?
Shut up and give me the tomato.”
(A few
minutes later)
“GRRR!”
Ash ripped the bandages off his arm and sighed in relief of getting those
things off. If he left them on any longer, he would have gotten gangrene. “Ah,”
he wiggled his fingers, allowing the circulation to pass through. He was still
sore, but any cuts, bruises or burns have been healed. “Man, those Maximum
Tomatoes sure come in handy! Hey Ebi, do you think I could put some in the
Quick…”
“No!”
Ebi snapped at him. “Just because I help you a bit doesn’t mean I’ll give you
everything for free! Those things are really rare, and if you want them, it’s
gonna cost ya…”
“Never
mind!” Ash interrupted him. Pikachu closed his eyes and sighed. As Misty opened
the door and walked out, Ash got up and followed her. “Hmmm… should I tell her
about Aquamarine? When I opened that letter bomb, for a split second, I saw a
letter that said to come ALONE. Should I go by myself?” Ash remembered what
Misty told him about going out and doing stupid things, a few chapters back
when they were in
Ash
rubbed the back of his head “Well, I may have a few bruises, but I’m fine!
During the past few years, I’ve been zapped, scorched, half-drowned, whipped,
frozen, fallen over a cliff, and bashed up big time, each on more than one
occasion! I’m alive, and unharmed! What more could you want?”
Misty
slapped him in the face, and glared at him, her face was red and burning with
anger, and there was a small tear in the corner of her eye, “You can start by
not being so stupid!” With that, she stormed out of the room, slamming the door
behind her.
“Ouch!”
Ash thought to himself, “No, she doesn’t NEED to know. And I think she’d be
MUCH happier not knowing about this. The same thing as me having enough money
to get her a FERRARI instead of some ratty old bike…” He thought to himself. He
didn’t know HOW strong Aquamarine is, but he’d have to prepare for this match…
(
The
night has passed quicker than Ash would’ve wanted. After that bombing he got from
Aquamarine, he just didn’t feel AS confident about beating up Aquamarine. It
was around 6:00 in the morning, and Misty, Brock and Ebi were asleep and
wouldn’t know he was missing. Although the QuickSilver
was a pretty good weapon for fighting, it wouldn’t be that strong against a
spear. While Misty was asleep, Ash left her mallet, but took the bigger badder sledgehammer. She wouldn’t notice, because she’s
always using the mallet anyways…
“Are
you ready Pikachu? You and Bayleef are our main
fighters in this match,” Ash asked Pikachu
“Pika!” Pikachu answered
“Good…”
Ash said. Suddenly, he sensed something… DANGER!
“JAVELIN
RAIN!” Aquamarine yelled
“WA!”
Ash dove out of the way of the javelins
“So
you’ve FINNALY arrived!” Aquamarine stepped out of the trees and smirked
WHACK!
“OW!”
Aquamarine fell on his back when Ash bashed his head with the sledgehammer
“Again
with the spears! Will you QUIT trying to hit me with these things?!” Ash
yelled, and then pulled up the QuickSilver and
blocked when Aquamarine shot that harpoon from the gun.
“NO!”
Aquamarine pressed a button on the gun that reeled in the harpoon, “This is a
serious match!”
“Whaddaya mean?” Ash crossed his arms
“This
isn’t just ANY match you know!” Aquamarine yelled, “This is not about me, it’s
about MISTY!”
“What
does this has to do with her?” Ash yelled
“EVERYTHING!”
Aquamarine yelled and dashed towards Ash with his trident.
“WAAA!”
Ash jumped out of the way. Aquamarine missed and got his trident stuck in a tree.
Ash growled, grabbed onto Aquamarine’s hair and smacked his face into the
trunk. “Hey! What is this? I thought this was supposed to be a pokémon battle!”
“GRRR!
Well you obviously were expecting something other than a pokémon match, seeing
how you brought that sledgehammer along! What’s the matter? Too scared to fight
in a Rupture match? HAAAAAA…” Aquamarine growled
“Rupture
what?” Ash wondered, but Aquamarine broke his train of thoughts
“TIDAL
SPEAR! HAA!” Aquamarine yanked the trident out of the tree trunk and slashed.
Even though it didn’t hit Ash directly, it left a blue trail of energy, and the
shockwave it sent through the air was enough to send him flying and hitting the
ground with a loud thud.
“OWW!”
Ash got up. Pikachu stood on all fours and his cheeks were sparking.
“You
act that way around Misty, it’s unforgivable! She deserves better than you!
HARPOON STRIKE!” Aquamarine yelled and fired the harpoon from the gun, Ash
tilted his head to the side, missing it
“Deserves
better? What are you talking about!?” Ash yelled, attaching the QuickSilver to his right arm in the weapon/shield mode and
holding the sledgehammer with both hands, “Deserves someone with a big mouth,
full of hot air and such lousy aim? Yeah right!”
“This
isn’t gonna be a measly pokémon battle who decides who’s better with pokémon!”
Aquamarine yelled and pulled out the trident, “This battle is far more
important! This one will determine WHICH one of us is worthy of Misty’s
feelings!”
“Will
you quit it with the babbling long enough to give me a STRAIGHT explanation!?”
Ash shouted
“We’re
both similar, we’re both powerful trainers, we’re both strong fighters, and we
both want Misty!” Aquamarine tightened his grip on the trident, “Now this is a
test of skills, strength, and who’s worthier of her hand!”
“WHAT?!”
Ash’s face went red, with both embarrassment and rage, “Oh shut up and let’s
battle! Pikachu, attack!” Ash told Pikachu, “Whatever this jerk is talking
about, I want to beat some sense into him!”
“ASH
KETCHUM! If you’re truly worthy of her, then you’d be able to beat me!”
Aquamarine yelled, “Prepare to lose! Ogopogo, I
CHOOSE YOU!”
“GROOOOOOAAAAR!”
A powerful Gyarados appeared and swung its gigantic
tail.
“WAAAA!”
“PIKAAA!”
Ash and
Pikachu jumped out of the way. The tail missed them, but smashed several trees
to pieces.
“Stupid
jerk! You’re only supposed to try to injure my pokémon!” Ash yelled
“PIKA!”
Right when he heard Ash say that, Pikachu attacked Ash with lightning
“WAAA!
That’s not what I meant Pikachu… LOOK OUT!” Ash grabbed Pikachu by the tail and
pulled him out of the way of the Hydro Pump. “Whoa, sorry about the rough
treatment”
“Pika…” Pikachu sighed as he hung upside-down. As
uncomfortable as this was, it was better than being hit by a blast of water as
strong as a cannon
“I
think I’ll use a different pokémon! Bayleef! Use
Razor Leaf!” Ash released Bayleef
“BAYYYY
BAAAAAAY!” Bayleef fired several razor sharp leaves
at Gyarados, but they just bounced right off.
“WHAT?!”
Ash looked at Ogopogo. It seemed like a normal Gyarados, then he noticed something. Along his long body,
he was wearing some sort of silver armour, and a spiked helm was covering his
head. “You’re giving pokémon weapons and armour! That’s cheating!”
“I said
this was more than a measly pokémon battle! This is a full fledged ‘RUPTURE
BATTLE’, and absolutely anything goes! Super Fiends just don’t get paid enough,
and buying that armour put a HUGE dent in my account”
“You’re
a super fiend?!” Ash tightened his grip on the heavy hammer, “So the Missingno guys have finally sent in another one!”
“Lots
of super fiends may work for the Missingno gang, but
I’m not one of them!”
“Wa?”
“You see…”
Aquamarine explained, “The super fiends are like a brotherhood, but we have
lives of our own! Lots of us were trained fighters and worked as mercenaries,
but I never worked as one, and I don’t plan to work for that band of weaklings!
But I am not fighting you as a super fiend, I am fighting as Misty’s lover!
Even if you were to beat me to a bloody pulp (yeah, I’d like to see you try
that) I will not let you win!” Aquamarine returned to the battle, “Ogopogo, DRAGON RAGE!”
“ROOOAAR!”
Ogopogo roared and fired a blast of fiery energy at Bayleef. Bayleef got hurt and
collapsed…
“DAMN!
With that armour, the Gyarados is tough!” Ash said to
himself, “Hmm… Maybe… Even though metal armour bay defend against grass type
attacks, it gives an extra weakness!” Ash pointed towards Ogopogo,
“Pikachu! I know the more power you put into the thunder, the less accurate it
is, even with a move that inaccurate, the metal will surely attract lightning!
THUNDER!” Ash yelled
“PI-KA-CHUUUU!”
“Ogopogo! Defend yourself from the lightning!” Aquamarine
yelled
“ROOAAAR!”
Ogopogo yelled and straightened up. The lightning hit
him, but it didn’t have ANY effect whatsoever.
“WHAT?!”
Ash yelled
“I saw
you do that HydroThunder attack, and with Ogopogo’s Water and Flying traits, a critical hit from an
electrical attack would do TWELVE times the damage! This special armour absorbs
any types of electrical attacks harmlessly!” Aquamarine laughed “And that’s not
all! Now that the armour’s electrically charged, if you so much as touch Ogopogo, you’ll suffer the electrical energy of your own
thunder attack! All right Ogopogo, use CRUNCH!”
Ash
growled. He couldn’t put any scratches on this armoured Gyarados!
“Whatever! I had a backup plan anyways!” Ash laughed, “I saw this in a game
where if you hit a berserk guys, they’ll attack anyone near to them, friend or
foe!” Ash yelled
“What
are you talking about?”
“THIS!”
Ash threw a TON of pester balls at Ogopogo. The
purple gas was released, and the armoured Gyarados
roared in fury. Ogopogo was thrashing about!
“GROAAAR!” Ogopogo turned to Aquamarine and in his
berserk rage he attacked
“WHOA!
YOW!” Aquamarine jumped high into the air as Ogopogo
lunged forward and attempted to bite him, “OGOPOGO, RETURN!” Aquamarine called Ogopogo into a pokéball, dropped to his knees and sighed.
Growling, he turned to Ash, “HARPOON STRIKE!” he fired the harpoon from his
gun.
“WA!”
Ash held up his right arm quickly.
“YEAH!”
Aquamarine pulled out the trident and charged towards Ash
“Do nothing
Pikachu!” Ash told Pikachu, “I wanna fight this freak
myself!” Ash started running towards Pikachu, “As much as I hate fistfights,
the only thing I enjoy more than a pokémon battle is to beat the living HELL
out of a jerk like him!” The QuickSilver was attached
to his right arm, and he was whirling the sledgehammer over his head with both
hands. Even though he had some pretty good weapons, the outcome of this match
determined on how hard either of them would fight. This wasn’t gonna be easy…
Aquamarine
leapt into the air and dove down with the trident towards Ash, “PREPARE
YOURSELF! ASH KETCHUM! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!”
“COME
ON!” Ash yelled. He stood ready as Aquamarine sped towards him…
It’s
Ash Vs. Aquamarine! Aquamarine is hoping to defeat Ash, and be the only one for
Misty and win her heart! Will Ash just LET him win? No way, but Aquamarine is
ready to kill, and would Ash stand a chance against this powerful fighter? Find
out next time on PUA! Email me at mikazuchi@hotmail.com anytime!
► TO BE CONTINUED