The Saga of Team Supernova (rated PG 13)

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

you're welcome, and youre right about the whole "its difficult to describe dungeons" cause i felt the same in describing the towns and routes of hoenn in my own fic. the first time i wrote my fic, i pretty much had the towns and routes the exact same length or size as in the games, and thus my description was horrible. in my current writing of it, i have tried very hard and made even the shortest route (route 101) like two miles long, and described every inch of it. so, if you try and work on it, it shouldn't be too hard. just imagine walking through a cave, or climbing down a cliffside, and just think of everything you might see or feel. then put that down in writing. it works for me

oh, one more thing i forgot in my previous review: in chapter 3, they are all saying that they got an E ranked mission, but then in the mission description you said it was a D rank. just a little thing, but im OCD and little things bug me lol XD

just keep writing, work a bit on description, you're doing a great job so far.

Thanks for your support. I will try to take that advice into considering when editing the next chapter. However I've been told that I was a bit longwinded on description last time, so I tried to tone it down a bit. I still haven't found that perfect balance yet I guess. But thanks to people like you I can get closer and closer.

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Wow I can't believe I made that mistake. Fixed!

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

Chapter 5

The Missing Sibling! A Look at the Bigger Picture.

“Looks like Growlithe's sister isn't on this floor either,” Tristan said with a sigh. By now, Team Supernova had traveled nine floors into the Dungeon, Silent Chasm. So far, there was no sign of their objective. The air down here was damp and musty and the thick fog made it hard to see very far. Sometimes, they would almost miss the stairway leading to the next level. There was no wind to blow the stale air away and the chasm could have used the fresh breeze. There was a thin film of water on every bare wall and rock they could see as well as all over the floor giving everything a slight reflective sheen and making it slick and easy to slip on. The thing that accompanied them wherever they went was the constant sound of dripping water.

“Guess not,” Torchic agreed, slowly shaking her head.

“Alright!” Totodile exclaimed. Both Tristan and Torchic turned to see what had caused such a spark of excitement in their teammate. “Well, now that we know everywhere she isn’t, we also know exactly where she is right?”

“The kidnapper will also be there,” Tristan reminded.

“And we’ll be ready for it!” responded Totodile, confidently, “Isn’t that right, Torchic?”

“Well, I think so," she replied, "What with our failproof strategy, we shouldn’t be worried.”

“Yes, it sounds failproof when we talk about it, but how do we know it will actually work during a real battle,” Tristan said, not trying to be condescending rather realistic.

Totodile gave an optimistic grin as he said, “Well then, we’ll just have to see when we get there. Hey, there are the stairs now!” They were just about to exit another bare and empty room when Totodile had glanced back and noticed the faint image of another set of stairs. The team approached the last set of stairs, ready to descend to the final floor. “Almost missed that one.”

“Hey, what’s this?” Tristan asked, picking a peculiar rock that had been lying next to the stairs.

“Hm? Oh!” Totodile exclaimed, “you found a Gravlerock!”

“Gravlerock?”

“Yep,” answered Torchic. “Throw it at an enemy and it can do quite a bit of damage. You should hold onto that.”

“Why me?”

“Well,” explained Totodile, “You’re a Cubone. If there’s anyone to rely on throwing something, it should be you. You will get plenty of practice with that bone. Just be sure not to hit me again next time though, alright?”

“Heh,” Tristan chuckled, tossing the rock up and down before storing it away, “Sure, thanks.” The team descended the stairs and landed on to the final floor of the dungeon. This floor was particularly musty and damp, but other than that it looked as plain and bare as all the other floors. Most of the ground here, though, was already submerged under water; sometimes being meters deep, with only a few places to actually walk. It was obvious that this much rain was not natural in a place like this. “One more rainfall…” Tristan thought, “and this place will seriously flood.”

“I really hate this place,” Tristan heard Torchic utter under her breath, “Its too wet.”

“Hello!?” Totodile yelled out into the fog.

“Growlithe! Are you there!?” Torchic called. There was no answer.

“Hey guys,” Tristan whispered, pointing to the right where another small tunnel exited the room, “I hear something that way.”

Following Tristan’s lead, the team walked towards the source of the sound. It was made out to be crying, and whimpering. They continued to walk until they entered another room. Upon entering their eyes fell upon the silhouette of a small dog figure on the other end, lying on the ground with its head down.

“Hey! That’s her!” stated Totodile.

“Growlithe!” Torchic shouted. “Over here!”

Growlithe looked up from where she had been crying, seeing the three Pokemon approach. She was considerably smaller than her older brother, and had a small pink ribbon in her hair. Her fur was ruffled, like she had been treated roughly, and her eyes were red with tears. There was a frightened look spread across her face. “Wh… who are you?”

“We’re Team Supernova!” proclaimed Totodile confidently, “and we’re here to rescue you!”

“A… a rescue team? A rescue team has come… to save me?” she asked, somewhat flattered. “But… I’ve never heard of you guys before.”

“This our first mission…” murmured Totodile, slightly discouraged. How many times would he have to hear this from his clients.

“Oh, no! No, I’m sorry! P… please! It’s okay,” Growlithe replied quickly, trying to pacify Totodile, “I didn’t mean to offend you. I’m very grateful you came to rescue me."

”Anyway,” Tristan continued, “your brother sent us.”

“Brother…” she whispered to herself quietly, “Thank you, brother..."

“Where’s the Pokemon that captured you?” Torchic asked.

“I… I don’t know where it went…" she answered apologetically, “sorry.”

“That’s alright,” replied Totodile, his spirits beginning to return, “let's just get out of here before it comes back.”

The team was just about to turn to leave the room when a voice from behind them sounded, making everyone freeze. “Who are you? And where are you going with my prisoner?”

“Huh?" Torchic was first to turn to see the source of this new voice, “Don’t look now,” she cried, “But I think we have our kidnapper!!” The rest of the team turned back to see large a yellow and black hornet creature hovering between them ad the exit. It stared directly at them through its large red eyes and pointed one spear- like hand towards them. It had seemingly appeared out of nowhere from the musty atmosphere, but now that it was so close, the low buzzing sound of its wings could be heard clearly.

“What Pokemon is that?” Tristan whispered in Totodile’s ear.

“It’s name is Beedrill,” Totodile answered, “They’re known for being territorial, so we’d better watch out.”

“And what business does a rescue team have with me?” Beedrill interrogated coldly.

“You know exactly why we’re here!” Totodile responded angrily.

“No, I don’t." Beedrill calmly replied, “As far as I’m concerned, I did nothing wrong.”

“What are you talking about!?” Torchic exclaimed, “you kidnapped an innocent Growlithe!!”

“Hmmm…” the bug muttered as his eyes fell on Torchic, “another disgusting fire Pokemon. You have no idea how much I loath and resent fire Pokemon.”

“What did we do?” yelled Torchic, taken aback, “Are you saying we’re the ones doing something wrong!”

Beedrill gave a cold stare, pointing directly at her as he answered, “This world will end because of monsters like you.”

“And how did you come to that conclusion!?” Tristan challenged.

“Are you really that blind?” continued Beedrill.

“What’s there to be blind to!?” Totodile asked.

“Haven’t you seen the unnatural amount of rain that has fallen in recent months!?” Beedrill shouted, aggravated with Team Supernova’s ignorance, “Weather patterns around the world are changing and are growing steadily worse with each passing day. I know this because I feel the climate changing in my antennae. The earth’s temperature is rising rapidly. Torrential rain and floods hit the coast, as well; droughts and famines devastate the continent inland. Just look around you! This very cave, my home is not meant to deal with this kind of weather. And if this lasts, it won’t be long before it collapses entirely! That is why I am doing nothing wrong!! Because I’m trying to stop it the best way I know how!!!”

“HOW!?” screamed Torchic, “By picking on fire Pokemon!?”

“If it was that simple, it would have started ages ago!” Tristan burst out in exasperation, “But it didn’t! So how could you say it’s their fault!?”

“SILENCE!!!” Beedrill’s voice boomed, echoing throughout the cave as he lost his patience, “I will not tolerate your ignorance anymore!!"

“NO!” Totodile shouted defiantly, “You can’t silence us! And we’ll be taking Growlithe back with us, too!”

“I won’t allow it!!" Beedrill snarled, trembling with rage, “And now that you’ve angered me, I won’t allow anyone to leave!! You will all die here!!”

Totodile quickly huddled his team together to whisper, “Okay. It’s a bug Pokemon. That means that you, Torchic, can really do some damage with your peck and flame-thrower!”

“I’m on it!”

He turned to Tristan to tell him his part of the plan, “Tristan. It's our job to back her up and assist in making her move as powerful as possible! That way, we’re also not getting in Torchic’s way."

“I know, I was there when we talked about this,” Tristan reminded him. It had not been long since they discussed this strategy.

“Just get going!” Totodile barked back.

“Alright! Alright!”

“This is it team!” Totodile shouted as the team parted. Tristan positioned himself to Beedrill’s left, Tododile to his right and Torchic directly in front of him. Growlithe watched on from a safe distance. “We’re not screwing this one up! LET’S GO!!!”

Tristan and Totodile were the first to charge, confusing Beedrill at first as he tried to decide whom would attack first. Torchic took advantage of his state of panic, and began to charge with the attack of her own. Tristan came up right next to Beedrill, using Tail Whip, a move he had just recently discovered that could lower his opponent’s defense. Totodile came up on the other side using Leer, making Beedrill even more susceptible to taking damage. Finally, Torchic charged from the front leaping into the air and diving for Beedrill as she cried “PECK!!!” The bug Pokemon turned just in time to see the attack coming.

“AGILITY!!!” The Beedrill called, and easily evaded the attack, causing Torchic of soar right past him. She landed hard on the slippery ground, causing her to slide before coming to a wet stop. Both Tristan and Totodile immediately rushed to Torchic’s side, making sure she wasn’t hurt. Taking advantage of this window of opportunity, Beedrill continued with his attack, pointing towards them with his spear-like pincers and shouting, “PIN MISSLE!!!” With Torchic back on her feet, the three members of Team Supernova looked back, only to be rained upon by a barrage of dagger sized pins, this time causing all three of them to fall to the damp ground. “How sad,” Beedrill chuckled.

“Oh no!!” Growlithe cried as she watched on helplessly, the team had landed not far from where she was. "This can't be happening!"

“No! Not yet!!” Tristan growled being the first to rise to his feet. This was nothing compared to his battle with Spearow. He’d have to work much harder this time around. The team was scratched, bruised and there were a few shallow cuts. But they were far from being defeated.

“Yeah… we’re just getting started!” defied Torchic valiantly.

“Time for plan B!” proclaimed Totodile, “Tristan! This time, Torchic and I will have your back! You go in for the attack!”

“Got it!”

This time, Torchic and Totodile were the first to charge. Totodile rushed in from the right catching Beedrill off guard with a fierce and intimidating Scary Face, slowing the bug significantly. Torchic came from the left arriving at a patch of mud. She kicked up the mud directly towards Beedrill’s eyes with surprising accuracy. Her intent was to do Sand Attack, which instead resulted in something similar to Mud Slap. Blinded, the bug writhed in pain.

“Can’t miss now!” Tristan thought as he came in for the attack, “He’s much weaker, I shouldn’t have any trouble this time.”

His vision restored, Beedrill hurriedly glanced around the bare room to see where his opponents had gone. “The blue one… the red one… where’s the othe-” During that instant he glanced down to see Tristan leaping up headfirst beneath him. The next moment they had collided, Tristan’s skull hitting his body with such force that it caused him to arc through the air, hitting the ground with a thud.

“That was great, Tristan!” Totodile congratulated with a thumbs up, “Keep it up!”

“It was nothing,” Tristan replied modestly, “Anyone could’ve done it.”

“Back to the battle now!” Torchic cried, bringing them back to their senses. The enemy was rising again to his feet.

“That’s it,” The hornet growled, becoming airborne once more, trying to repress his rage, “NOW YOU’VE DONE IT!!! I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ALL SPEND YOUR LAST MOMENTS SUFFERING THE HORROR OF PAIN AND AGONY!!!”

“Time to finish this!” Totodile cried, “Regroup! We’re going to do that SPECIAL move!!”

The team exchanged familiar looks; Trochic and Tristan nodded co-operatively.

The three assembled in a triangular formation in the center of the room. Tristan in the rear, Torchic and Totodile in the front, to the left and right. Tristan drew his bone and whipped it through the air towards their enemy with Bonemerang. It passed between his two comrades who were preparing attacks of their own. Totodile and Torchic were the next to attack, using Water Gun and Flame-thrower with all the effort they could muster. Tristan, Totodile and Torchic all called out in unison as the attacks merged to become one, “BLAZING-VAPOUR-BONE!!!!!”

Thrust forward with the additional power, the soaking, blazing projectile shot towards Beedrill. Seeing it approach was truly a sight to behold, but one that Beedrill would have never wanted to see. The attack held true to its target, until it was mere feet away from their opponent. Just before the attack hit, Beedrill shifted to the side, allowing the bone to soar right by. “HA!” he laughed triumphantly, “You missed!!! Looks like your secret attack failed you!!!”

“Oh, no!!” cried Growlithe, covering her eyes with her paws, “I can’t watch! We’re done for!!”

“My turn, now!” he claimed, “I knew this move would come in handy one day!! VACUUM CU–!!“ Beedrill was cut off in mid attack when he was struck by something from behind. Bonemerang had returned, with even greater force than before. In a burst of flames and vapour, Beedrill was sent spinning directly towards the ground, thanks to the downward spin Tristan had given it. He tumbled and rolled all the way to the chasm wall at the other end of the room where the force of the impact was so strong, it knocked him out cold.

Silence followed. All eyes were on the unconscious Beedrill. Totodile’s trembling voice was the first to break the silence. “We… we… we won. WE WON!! TEAM SUPERNOVA’S FIRST MISSION IS A SUCCESS!!!”

“We showed that Beedrill what we’re made of!” exclaimed Torchic, leaping up and down with excitement. “He’ll be sorry he ever faced us!”

“You guys were so amazing!!” Growlithe cheered running up to them. “I never doubted you for a second!”

“Alright, then. Let’s return Growlithe back to her brother, then.” spoke Tristan, bringing the team back to the mission, “We don’t want to be around when Beedrill wakes up again.” Torchic and Totodile put serious faces on again and agreed; though the excitement of all three of them still managed to shine through. This moment, Tristan realized he had made the right decision in joining Team Supernova. For this moment, the feeling of accomplishment, the feeling of overcoming a difficult task was what it was all about. “I’m definitely gonna get used to this,” he thought happily, gazing fondly at his two new friends.

And so, with their first mission successfully completed, Team Supernova left the damp and stale Silent Chasm behind with Growlithe in tow, and arrived at Pokemon Square that evening. There, her brother was waiting for her. Their return to the village wasn’t spectacular. No welcome back, no celebration. But the team knew that as they kept rescuing, one day it just might happen. One day, they would be acknowledged as a great and inspiring rescue team. What they didn’t realize was that one day; they would become one of the greatest rescue teams in the entire world.

“Thank you so much for saving my little sister,” Growlithe said gratefully. The Pokemon Square was peaceful that evening. Every so often a rescue team would walk by chatting amongst themselves, or a store owner in the village would close shop. The setting sun dyed the entire sky a brilliant orange. “Please, I know it's not much, but take this.” He came up to Tristan, and handed over one hundred poke. The team knew that in doing so, he was making a great sacrifice, “It's all I can pay you. I hope it’s enough.”

“Please,” Totodile replied, feeling a pang of guilt, “you don’t have to pay that much. We can take fifty poke. Isn’t that right, Torchic?”

“Yeah,” Torchic agreed, “You pay however much you want. Please don’t break your back for it, though."

“Wait, big brother. I also have this,” offered the little sister, coming up beside her brother and showing it to him.

“But... that’s your favourite scarf… Mother gave that to you.”

“I know that, but they saved my life. It would mean nothing if I had died back there.”

“… very well.” Said the older brother, coming to his conclusion, “Please accept fifty poke, and this scarf as payment, and thank you so much. I never should have doubted you, we owe you so much.”

“We’re just glad you guys are back together, it was nothing, really,” Tristan answered.

The siblings soon departed to return to their home, where they would be together again. As Tristan watched them leave, he heard Totodile's voice in his ear from behind. “Modest.”

“SO WHAT!?”

“Hehe, you're so modest it’s funny!” laughed Totodile.

“Really," commented Torchic, laughing along with Totodile, "another response could have been 'you're welcome’. You don’t need to recycle the same line over and over again.”

“Grrrr… That’s just the way I am!”

“We know, we know,” Totodile giggled, finally calming down, “and we wouldn’t have you any other way…”

To be continued…

[Blademaster_Jale]

nice work, your chapters do not lack in length or plot, but the description is still a bit weak.

this time you described the dungeon well, but something else that could be described are attacks. example:
you wrote:

This time, Torchic and Totodile were the first to charge. Totodile rushed in from the right with Scary Face, startling the bug Pokemon enough to slow him significantly. Torchic came from the left using Sand Attack aimed directly towards Beedrill’s eyes. Blinded, the bug writhed in pain.

you simply told the names of the attacks. what does scary face look like? what does sand attack look like? be sure to write it like this:

This time, Torchic and Totodile were the first to charge. Totodile rushed in from the right, giving Beedrill a surprisingly feasome look and startling the bug Pokemon enough to slow him significantly. Torchic came from the left, kicking sand from seemingly nowhere aimed directly towards Beedrill’s eyes. Blinded, the bug writhed in pain.

but other than that, you are doing a splendid job. i only caught one spelling mistake (the setting sun dyed the sky) and your plot and characters are very good.

[Koridojo_Blaziken]

You too! Banging your head on the wall won't help. Its not good for you either. May a suggest the above method instead.

O. Okay, thanks...sorry, my hyperactivity antics tend to make a lot of trouble...I really need to learn to calm down and stop doing that. Sorry! ^^;


(so...you don't hate me for that? o-o;; )

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

nice work, your chapters do not lack in length or plot, but the description is still a bit weak.

this time you described the dungeon well, but something else that could be described are attacks. example:
you wrote:

This time, Torchic and Totodile were the first to charge. Totodile rushed in from the right with Scary Face, startling the bug Pokemon enough to slow him significantly. Torchic came from the left using Sand Attack aimed directly towards Beedrill’s eyes. Blinded, the bug writhed in pain.

you simply told the names of the attacks. what does scary face look like? what does sand attack look like? be sure to write it like this:

This time, Torchic and Totodile were the first to charge. Totodile rushed in from the right, giving Beedrill a surprisingly feasome look and startling the bug Pokemon enough to slow him significantly. Torchic came from the left, kicking sand from seemingly nowhere aimed directly towards Beedrill’s eyes. Blinded, the bug writhed in pain.

but other than that, you are doing a splendid job. i only caught one spelling mistake (the setting sun dyed the sky) and your plot and characters are very good.

Thanks. I had a nagging feeling that that paragraph should have been worded differently. You pointing it out was enough to make me decide to go over it again, so thanks. I didn't copy directly form your example, I feel that if I did that I really wouldn't learn anything.

Thanks again!

O. Okay, thanks...sorry, my hyperactivity antics tend to make a lot of trouble...I really need to learn to calm down and stop doing that. Sorry! ^^;


(so...you don't hate me for that? o-o;; )

Looking back at that post, I did come across a little harsh. When I wrote I meant to say the "banging head" thing in a joking way. Unfortunately I guess it didn't come across the way I wanted. I probably should have put "lol" at the end of it or something.

Anyway, what I'm ultimately saying is that I don't hate you, and that I was never really mad at you. Just remember to make a spoiler warning next time you think you know something that others don't, k? (Just explore all the options for posting and you should be able to find it)

[Koridojo_Blaziken]

Looking back at that post, I did come across a little harsh. When I wrote I meant to say the "banging head" thing in a joking way. Unfortunately I guess it didn't come across the way I wanted. I probably should have put "lol" at the end of it or something.

Anyway, what I'm ultimately saying is that I don't hate you, and that I was never really mad at you. Just remember to make a spoiler warning next time you think you know something that others don't, k? (Just explore all the options for posting and you should be able to find it)

Kay....thanks! =)

Nice Chappie! Vair nice....=3 (definitely way better than I could hope to do in any of my fanfics. >_<)

The above is vair true. I'm currently facing really bad writer's block. While the fanfics "Destinies Merged" and "PMD: Dawn Guardians" are flooding with progress and emotion, the creek entitled "First Fanfiction" (no formal title) is running dry...

Absol: Gee, crappy metaphor much?
Me: Shaddup. T_T

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

Chapter 6

Special delivery! Making an Impression!

“Hm?… This dream again…” For the second time Tristan found himself in vacant and empty space, filled only by a green haze. It always felt calm and peaceful here, but it also greatly confused Tristan. “…Why do I keep having these dreams… ?” A faint and dim feminine voice was emanating from somewhere but, despite his best efforts, Tristan couldn’t find its source. “That voice again…" he thought straining his ears, “Wait! I think I hear what it’s saying!”

Drifting into his ears, the mysterious and extremely faint voice said “… find him…”

“Find him? Find who?”

“… You must… … …with him…”

“I can’t understand what you’re trying to tell me! What are you saying!?” The voice drifted away again, until Tristan could no longer understand it. “Hey!” he exclaimed, “Wait! Who am I supposed to find!?” Tristan awoke suddenly to the bright sun shining in his eyes. “Man! What’s with these dreams?” he thought while stumbling off of the straw bed and onto the stone floor. “If only it were a little louder, I’m sure I would’ve heard it.” He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the wooden table, then grabbed their toolbox as he left the team base; it was starting to become a routine of his.

Outside it was a warm and humid, perhaps a little too warm and humid for so early in the morning. The sky was a brilliant blue, with clouds that had the texture of cotton, a sign that more rain might be on the way. It had been two days since their mission to Silent Chasm. Torchic had convinced Totodile that it would be in their best interest to take a couple days to rest and manage supplies. Today they would be off again on another mission. Tristan couldn’t help but feel a little excited himself, remembering how well the last mission turned out. He walked to the end of the stone path, and was about to take the dirt road to the village when he noticed the flap to their mailbox was up. “Mail?” he thought as he opened the mailbox, pulling out the single letter inside. It was a piece a beige parchment that had been folded twice and closed with a Pelliper shaped seal. To his surprise, it was a mission. Tristan opened and read the letter, “I, like, need you to help me, like, find Tyrogue. Client: Meditite, Objective: Escort me to Tyrogue, Place: Uproar Forest Basement Floor 10, Difficulty: C.” He stopped reading there and folded the paper up again, tucking it under his arm. “Totodile will definitely want to see this. This is a big step in his goal of being a part of a well known rescue team.”

The moment after he thought this, he noticed Totodile and Torchic coming into view along the path, heading his way. “Hey, Tristan!” Totodile yelled over with a large wave, “How’s it going?”

“Not too bad,” replied Tristan instinctively. He waited a moment for them until they were both standing in front of him, ready to depart for the village. “Oh yeah, we got mail.”

“Mail? What kind of mail!?” asked Torchic excitedly.

“A mission.”

Tristan curiously turned to see Totodile's face, wondering how he’d react. It was a sight to behold. His eyes were wide and sparkling with delight. His mouth was hanging wide open in the largest smile he’d ever seen, enough so that every tooth was visible. His hands were clasped tightly together over his heart. “A… a mission?” he asked with a trembling voice, “S… s… someone requested us especially… for a mission?”

“Looks that way,” Tristan answered, handing the paper over to him.

“Wow!" he exclaimed, holding it as if it were a priceless antique, “This is a really big step in our dream of being a well known rescue team!”

“I thought you’d say something like that,” Tristan replied with a grin.

“Well then. This is unexpected. But no time to waste!” Torchic stated, “Lets go get ready for our second mission. We should stop by at the village to get supplies.”

“Sure thing,” Tristan replied.

“Oh yeah!” started Totodile excitedly as they left the team base. The path to the village wandered amongst the trees of a small forest. Occasionally, other paths joined it; as well they would pass by bases of other rescue teams. Some of the bases were similar to their own, simple while still serving their purpose. Others were massive and designed to impress any Pokemon walking by. “I heard that team ACT got back from their mission last night. Maybe we can catch them before they leave!”

“Now that’s a rescue team to look up to,” said Torchic.

“So what’s so special about team ACT anyway,” Tristan asked accidentally, “and who’s in it?”

“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?” blasted Tododile and Torchic simultaneously.

Tristan sighed, “keeping in mind that this is my fourth day in this world please…”

“Ahem,” Totodile cleared his throat and began to lecture, “Team ACT: A for Alakazam, C for Charizard, and T for Tyranitar. These are the three Pokemon that make this team one of the strongest, toughest, and smartest teams in the world today.”

“Besides Team Blue that is,” Torchic added with a wink.

“If that weren’t enough,” continued Totodile, “Alakazam is said to have an IQ of 5000. Charizard has a flame-thrower so powerful it can melt mountains. And Tyranitar’s armour is so tough that it can withstand almost anything. They’re gold rank, and definitely deserve that title after overcoming the many challenges and obstacles that they have.” Totodile took a moment to catch his breath, “So, now do you understand?”

“Yeah, thanks for the lesson,” replied Tristan sarcastically.

“I hope you paid attention,” he advised, “There will be a pop quiz on this tomorrow.”

“It’s not a pop quiz if you tell him!” Torchic whispered aside to him annoyed.

“Oh! Right… just forget all about what I said then.”

Moments later, they exited the forest, the view of the village spreading out before them. After crossing the small wooden bridge they set off for their first order of business, which was to buy items at the Kecleon Shop.

“Thank you for shopping! It was a pleasure doing business with you!” Kecleon sang, storing his money away. Kecleon was a chameleon-like creature, standing on two legs. He was mostly coloured green with the exception of the yellow jagged crests on the top of his head, as well as yellow rings circling his small black eyes. He also had a red-coloured zigzag band around his waist and a long curled up tail. Totodile quickly grabbed their purchased items from the table; four Oran Berries, three Pecha Berries, and some more Gravelerock and handed them to Tristan to put in the toolbox. The shop was a small booth enclosed by low brick walls. Behind it was a small yard, and adjoining it was a dome shaped house, which was obviously where Kecleon slept. The shop was simple and was no more than it needed to be. “Please,” Kecleon continued, “Come by any time you need supplies Team… um… team…”

“Team Supernova…” Totodile answered sadly. Just like that, Totodile’s excitement for the next mission had seemingly vanished.

“Yeah, that’s it, come back any time you need to Team Supernova,” Kecleon corrected himself. He said to himself as the team began to walk away “I’ll definitely remember that name next time.”

“I would have made the same mistake brother,” his brother, and co-owner of the store sympathized next to him. This other Pokemon, instead of being green like his sibling, was purple, with green crests instead.

“Brother!” the green Kecleon exclaimed.

“Oh, brother!” the purple one cried back.

Team Supernova now made their way to the Pokemon Square. Again the square was quite empty from all the teams out on missions. Totodile was dragging his feet along as they walked, his head hanging low. “Don’t worry, Totodile. One day everyone will know our names!” Torchic tried to say supportively. “Isn’t that right, Tristan?”

“Hm?" Tristan asked, “Oh. Yeah, sure.”

“Way to make Totodile feel better,” Torchic replied, irritated.

“Hey,” Tristan commented, looking ahead as they came to the square, “that’s team ACT, right? They might be coming this way.”

Totodile sprung back to life, looking around frantically as he exclaimed, “WHAT!? They… they… they’re coming!?” He turned to Tristan and Torchic, “Guys! We really need to make a good impression on them! We want to prove to them that we have the potential to become a great rescue team! Plus, they’ll be a really strong ally.”

“Alright, alright,” answered Tristan, though he felt this was being blown out of proportion.

“Please try to be a little more serious,” Torchic asked.

“Yeah, yeah, of course I will!”

Meanwhile, not too far behind Team Supernova, another rescue team was returning from a mission of their own, also making their way to the Pokemon Square. “Man, that was almost too easy!” Machop boasted confidently. Team Supreme was now crossing the bridge to enter the village.

“Ooh ooh, ah ah! Too bad we got a skimpy reward, though,” Aipom complained, reaching into their toolbox to look at the gummi again. He didn’t even like that flavour.

“I know, I would have thought a C-ranked mission would pay better than this,” agreed Machop. His eyes wandered ahead towards the square, until they met a very interesting sight. “Hey guys, look what we’ve got here.”

“Ooh ooh, ah ah! It’s Team Supernova.”

A wide grin spread across Machop's face, “Its not just Team Supernova. Team ACT’s there too! Hmmmmm… Hehehehehe, I just got a brilliant idea!”

“You’re up to no good, aren’t you?” Misdreavus asked, hovering down to head level to look him in the face. “Ooh, I was right! You are up to no good! Sometimes you can be so evil! Let me in on it, too! What do you want us to do?”

“Hehehe, just follow my lead!”

Team ACT had just left the Felicity Bank, and was now about to depart for their next mission. Like everyone else, they were concerned with the number of missions that had sprung up in the recent months. “I’m still surprised that not a single team we’ve met knows what’s causing this mayhem.” commented Charizard. He was a large orange Pokemon with blue wings and a long neck. Portruding from the back of his head were two horns, and there was a flame that lit the tip of his tail. “I mean, you would have thought someone could figure out what’s going on by now.”

“I agree,” Tyranitar replied. This Pokemon was slightly larger than Charizard and was green instead, with skin that looked as tough as stone. He had two rows of spikes running down his back, as well as on the end of his tail. He had triangular-shaped holes on his legs, shoulders and back, and a layer of blue skin beneath that stretched across his chest. “This brings back memories of the falling star incident. Nobody knows a thing, it’s starting to worry me.”

“All we can do as of now is carry on with the rescuing,” Alakazam explained, trying to calm his two teammates. Alakazam was the smallest and slimmest member of the team, though, despite this he was also the leader. He had a primarily gold body, with brown on his upper body, knees, and forearms. He had a long mustache and was accompanied by two silver spoons that hovered beside him as he levitated along in meditation. “The answer will never show itself if we try to look for it. Only when we need it most will it reveal itself.”

“We must be pretty close to needing the answer now…” Charizard commented.

A young voice called from ahead. “Hey! Team ACT! Team ACT!”

“Hm?” muttered Alakazam as he opened his eyes. Before them were three Pokemon, all much smaller than they were. There was a Totodile and a Torchic, who both seemed to be very excited, and a Cubone who didn’t even look that interested.

“Wow!” Totodile exclaimed, “It’s so great to finally meet a true rescue team!” He was trying hard to suppress all the excitement which was building inside him, “You’re like heroes to me! I mean us!”

“Yeah!” joined Torchic; “You’re what inspired us to become a rescue team in the first place!”

Tristan was confused, “But I thought Team Blue-”

“AH!” Totodile interrupted, whipping around to Tristan. The next second Tristan realized that Totodile had pulled him aside, holding his mouth shut. “Reputation, Tristan!” he whispered angrily, “Reputation!” Tristan rolled his eyes, but nodded in response. Totodile let go and they both turned back to Team ACT.

Tyranitar was the first to speak. “Hmmm… I don’t believe I’ve seen your faces before. Ah, you must be a new rescue team, then?”

“You bet!” Totodile exclaimed, “We’re Team Super–“

“Well, well, well!” came a voice from behind. Totodile froze completely as he recognized the voice. “If it isn’t the team that stole our mission from us, team Super-nothing!” Team Supreme came up from behind, and up beside Team Supernova. Machop continued, “Of course, we got the reward we deserved in the end, but still.”

Charizard shook his head disapprovingly, “Tsk, tsk, tsk… stealing a mission from another rescue team.”

“Rescue teams are supposed to work together to save as many people as they can,” lectured Alakazam, seeming disappointed himself, “not to try to steal from one another.”

Totodile was speechless. He couldn’t believe that he had been just told off by one of the rescue teams he respected and admired most. He stumbled over his words as he tried to explain, “No! B… b… b… but wait!”

Angered, Tristan came to Totodile’s defense, turning to Team Supreme and shouting, “Hey! We didn’t steal your mission! You’re the ones who stole our reward!”

Misdreavus frowned, with tears welling in her eyes “But… we shared a little bit of the reward with you, didn’t we? And we forgave you as long as you wouldn’t cause us anymore trouble.”

“You disappoint me… Team… Super-nothing was it?” Tyranitar scolded, unimpressed with what he was hearing, “You were wrong in the first place for stealing their mission. They forgave you, and even gave you a little of their reward. Now you’re still yelling at them and trying to make them look bad?”

“No! That’s not it!” cried Torchic desperately. She turned, pointing accusingly at Team Supreme, “You! Stop making lies about us! And our name is team is Team Supernova!”

“Ooh ooh, ah ah! It’s sad.” Aipom said wiping a tear, “we only wanted to be friends with you guys.”

“Its okay,” Charizard said kindly to comfort Team Supreme. “There’s no need to waste your time with those guys. They aren’t worth it.”

“Guys, we’ve got to go,” Tyranitar mentioned. “That Nidoqueen could be in danger, even as we speak.”

“Yes,” agreed Alakazam as they began to walk again, “we’ve waited here too long.” He brushed passed Tristan, taking a few steps. He then paused suddenly, “Hm!?”

“What is it?” asked Charizard.

“I… I thought… for a second… is Team Blue back from their mission?”

“No, not yet,” answered Tyranitar, confused by this question.

“That’s odd. I thought for sure that I sensed his presence…” Alakazam thought aloud. He shook his head and waved it off, “Leave it, it’s nothing.”

Team ACT passed between the two minor teams which parted for them as they set off for their mission. Charizard’s laugh could be heard trailing off into the distance. “Seriously Alakazam, sometimes you jump at the slightest things. You probably sensed a tree falling in the forest, and nobody but you knew it!”

Totodile still stood frozen in shock. What had just happened? He didn’t want to even think about it.

Machop laughed triumphantly, “Ha hahaha! That was way too easy!”

“YOU!!!” Totodile shouted angrily.

“How could you!?” cried Torchic.

Machop grinned broadly and turned to face them, “Oh, I’m sorry. Did I interfere with something?”

“You know full well what you did!!!” Tristan hollered

“First you steal Tristan’s reward!” Torchic accused, “And now you make look like thieves in front of Team ACT!! How miserable do we have to be until you’re satisfied!?”

“Ooh ooh, ah ah! Did we do that!?” asked Aipom innocently, putting his hands behind his back and rocking on his feet while gazing up.

“You’ll be sorry for this!!” Tristan threatened.

“If I ever see you guys again, you’ll literally be cooked meat!” Torchic added fiercely.

“Just… leave it you guys,” Totodile spoke with surprising calmness.

“But Totodile…” Torchic and Tristan began.

“We… we’re above this,” he said, lifting his head, “We’re not going to sink to their level by trying to get revenge. That’s not what our team stands for.”

“Meh,” Machop said with a shrug, “say watcha want. Team ACT favours us now, and soon enough, so will Team Blue!” He turned to his team. “Let’s move, team! We need to get our next mission from the bulletin. Hopefully it won’t be an E-rated mission like the baby teams do!”

“Heh,” snickered Totodile, “you mean you haven’t been requested for a mission yet?”

Machop turned. “What do you mean?”

“Looks like you didn’t if you’re heading to the bulletin board,” Totodile said, waving their mission in the air, “But we were sent a mission in the mail. Imagine, someone requesting us for a mission instead of you.”

“WHAT!?” Machop exclaimed in with utter shock, “How did you get mailed a mission!?”

Torchic gave a smug look, and said, “I guess we’re just a little more popular than you.”

“But!!… Grrrrr….” Aggrevated, he turned to his team. “DIDN’T I SAY WE WERE LEAVING!? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!? MOVE IT!!”

“Okay, okay, we’re going,” Misdreavus said, offended that Machop had turned his anger on them.

Finally, Machop stormed off, followed closely by Misdreavus and Aipom. “Ooh ooh, ah ah! Watch who you yell at, Machop!!”

Team Supernova quickly finished their business in the village, stopping by at Kangaskhan storage to retrieve and drop off items. As well they stopped by to drop off their extra Poke at the Felicity Bank. For the second time, the village disappeared into the distance behind them as they headed for their second mission. Still aggrevated by the encounter with Team Supreme, Totodile stomped ahead of the rest of the group, “Those guys, Team Supreme, really bug me!”

“They sure do!” agreed Torchic, trying to keep up.

“We’ll show them,” reassured Tristan, “they’ll get what’s theirs!”

Torchic took a deep breath and sighed, “So… let’s see the mission, Tristan.”

Tristan reached into the toolbox and handed the envelope over to her. “Here you go.”

“Let’s see… Client: Meditite, Objective: Escort me to Tyrogue. An escort mission this time, I’ve heard bad things about these if the client is an idiot. Place: Uproar Forest Basement Floor 10, Difficulty: C, Reward: … 500 POKE!?”

“Are you kidding me!?” exclaimed Totodile.

“Oh… I forgot to check the reward,” Tristan mentioned.

“Figures,” Torchic answered, “That’s just like you.”

To be continued…

[Koridojo_Blaziken]

[QUOTE]"Those guys, Team Supreme, really bug me!"[QUOTE/]

Yep. Little buggers.

Anyways.

Nice chappie! ^^ for the.....seventh time? XD (Man, that line's getting old. T_T)


(OOC:
Dai: <_> You know, I'm still clueless about who this "Team Blue is...."
Absol: ...yeah. That's generally why people keep reading. So they can find out stuff like that.
Dai: I knew that.
Absol: .....whatever happened to the good ol' days, when you got all riled up whenever I made a snide comment?
Dai: You know, I think I like it better when you and Blaziken fight. T_T)

[~*lopunny_diva*~]

Wow. o-o I just read this whole thing in ...*looks at my projection clock* two minutes. It's pretty good so far. Nice job. =) I noticed that you have a little iiiiiiiity bitty problem with comma placement. For example:

Instead of:
He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the wooden table, then grabbed their toolbox as he left the team base, it was starting to become a routine of his.

You might want to do:
He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the wooden table, then grabbed their toolbox as he left the team base; it was starting to become a routine of his.

Like I was saying, I spotted quite a few tiny grammatical errors, but the fanfic's still awesome. If it helps, I'm available for grammatical advice. I may be a newbie here, but I'm still pretty good when it comes to that stuff. So my teacher says. =3


(OOC: Lol, Koridojo_Blaziken, I'm getting used to running into you everywhere I go. )

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

Wow. o-o I just read this whole thing in ...*looks at my projection clock* two minutes. It's pretty good so far. Nice job. =) I noticed that you have a little iiiiiiiity bitty problem with comma placement. For example:

Instead of:
He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the wooden table, then grabbed their toolbox as he left the team base, it was starting to become a routine of his.

You might want to do:
He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the wooden table, then grabbed their toolbox as he left the team base; it was starting to become a routine of his.

Like I was saying, I spotted quite a few tiny grammatical errors, but the fanfic's still awesome. If it helps, I'm available for grammatical advice. I may be a newbie here, but I'm still pretty good when it comes to that stuff. So my teacher says. =3

Thanks. I'm glad you like the story so far.

Even though it may be a little tiny mistake, I still appreciate you letting me know. Perhaps you could let me know if there any other such mistakes that you've noticed via PM?

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

Chapter 7


Seeing the Destruction. A Likeable Client!

“Um… Tristan?” Totodile spoke for the third time in a row. It was still morning, but as they approached Uproar Forest, it sure didn’t feel like it, “Are you absolutely sure we’re going the right way?”

Tristan gave an irritated look, “Look, Totodile!” he snapped, pulling the map out of the toolbox once again. “The map says we’re headed towards Uproar Forest, okay!? Don’t ask me if this is the right place, I’ve never been here before!”

Team Supernova, with their client Meditite were now making their way into Uproar Forest… or what used to be Uproar Forest. By seeing the faces of his teammates, Tristan could tell that something was terribly wrong. He scanned the area again and thought to himself, “I wonder what this place used to be like?” The landscape was barren. The grass that used to cover the forest floor was now dead. The soil was hard and had begun to crack from the sheer dryness in the region. Dead leaves and dust blew lifelessly in the wind. With very little shade, it was near impossible to escape the heat of the sun, which radiated from a cloudless sky. It was going to be a rough day if this was how the morning felt.

“But that’s impossible!” cried Torchic in disbelief. “This place was a thriving forest. Mushrooms grew all over the place and there was standing water wherever you looked!”

“A THRIVING FOREST!?” Tristan repeated incredulously, “NOT THIS WASTELAND!?”

Totodile gave a troubled look as he thought aloud, “What could have happened here?”

Tristan thought a moment, then replied, “Remember what Beedrill said? He said that the world temperature was on the rise. That it would cause drastic changes in the weather. That must be what’s happening here.”

“Now that you mention it…” Torchic said, thinking back, “I do remember Beedrill saying something like that. At first I thought he was nuts! But it makes sense now.”

Totodile gave a sigh, “I really hate hot and dry weather… Anyway, Meditite. What happened to Tyrogue that caused him to get lost?”

Meditite had been silent up until now. Overall, she was roughly the same height as Totodile, though she did appear taller then everyone there since she was hovering slightly above the ground with her legs crossed. She was mostly blue with the exception of her small white feet, wristbands that were at the end of her arms, what appeared to be a small article of clothing that she wore like shorts and her uniquely shaped head. It looked as if she was wearing a helmet that swirled to point at the top. On either side were her ears, which looked like small swirls. As well, she had small red marks on her cheeks, just under her large eyes. For a Meditite, she seemed quite fragile. She replied with a sassy look on her face, “Tyrogue is, like, my boyfriend’s bratty little step-brother. My boyfriend, like, is on a rescue team, so he, like, asked me to watch out for him for, like, when he was gone. The brat, like, took off on me and, like, got hopelessly lost.”

“… I see…” Tristan answered.

“My boyfriend will kill me if he finds out I, like, lost him,” she finished, “or worse, he might, like, dump me!”

“Ah… right. Well… anyway…” Totodile began, as he changed the topic. “Are you really paying 500 Poke?”

“500 Poke is like, nothing, why, is it, like, not enough?”

“No, no! It’s plenty, it’s plenty!” Totodile dismissed waving his hands. “And where did you hear about us?”

“You guys were, like, the only available team that I’ve heard of on, like, such short notice. I, like, heard two Pokemon talking about a Team Supernova in the Pelliper Post Office, so I like, asked for you when I, like, couldn’t find anyone else. It’s, like, so unstylish to post on the bulletin board.”

“Oh…” Totodile said, put down. “So you chose us not because you wanted us, but because you didn’t have a choice.”

“Yeah, that’s, like, pretty much it.”

“It’s okay, Totodile, come on, it’s okay,” Torchic tried to reassure him, “We have to start somewhere, don’t we? Hey Tristan, help me with Totodile. Tristan? Not you, too! Now what’s the matter!?”

Tristan was a little separated from the rest of the group, cringing from something. He answered feebly, “No… more… likes…” It was obvious that he hadn’t taken a liking to Meditite’s speech.

As Team Supernova progressed deeper into the once-been forest, the conditions grew steadily worse. Hours later they were about five stages into the dungeon. Here it had become so dry, that the soil was beginning to turn to dust. All the surrounding trees were dead, none of them bearing a single leaf. It was an eerie sight to see a once thriving forest, with all the life wrung out of it. Heat could be seen rising from the ground, as the blazing sun beat down upon the team.

“Guys…” Totodile commented weakly. “I don’t feel so cool. This hot and dry weather is getting to me.” He looked exhausted; every step he took was beginning to take more and more of an effort.

Torchic looked at him with concern. “I wish there was something I could do to help,” she said. She motioned to Tristan to give her the toolbox for a while. After receiving it she reached in for an item. “For now, eat some of these berries we bought. They at least have some moisture to keep you hydrated.” She passed a few Oran berries to Totodile who received them gratefully. “You should also avoid using water gun, you would waste valuable water.”

“Thanks, Torchic.”

“Hey, we all have to look out for each other, right?”

Totodile gave a small grin, “Yeah, of course.”

Tristan, who had also been trying hard to bear the heat, had been silent, keeping it to himself. He figured since he didn’t have it nearly as bad as Totodile, that he shouldn’t place an extra burden on the team. A subtle movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. Something had darted from behind one tree trunk to another. “EVERYONE, STOP!!!” he shouted loudly and suddenly. Doing this would at least cause them to stop to see why he yelled.

Totodile looked up startled from Tristan’s sudden shout. “What’s up, Tristan?” he asked, “Is something wrong?”

Quietly, he whispered to everyone, “Don’t move a muscle.”

Everyone froze. Tristan scanned between the trees, trying to find the cause of the suspicious movement. All he could see, though, were the bare trees and dusty ground. A breeze came through, blowing dust into his eyes, making him squint. Breaking the silence, Meditite was the first to speak. “OK, its, like, totally obvious that there is, like, nothing here. So can we, like, get a move on so we can like find Tyrogue? I don’t, like, want to spend, like, all night here.” With that, Meditite continued on.

“GOTCHA!!!!!” yelled Tristan spinning to face Meditite. He grabbed for one of his Gravlerock and whipped it directly towards her.

“EEEEEEK!!!” she cried, dropping to the ground, trying to cover her head with her hands fractions of a second before the projectile shot past her. Even then it was close enough for her to feel the displaced air from it. A moment later she stood up, trying to recover from the shock of being attacked by her own employee. “The nerve!” she thought. She screamed in a high-pitched voice, “LIKE, WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM!!! WHY DID YOU, LIKE, ATTACK ME, YOUR CLIENT!?”

Tristan turned away and continued to walk down the path, tossing what remained of his rock a couple times. “I did it to protect our client,” he answered calmly.

“Err… what?” she asked, confused as she turned around. “EEEEEEK!!! W… w… when did that get there!?”

Behind her was a wild Venonat, lying unconscious on the ground. It had a round body covered in purple fur, with a pair of clodhopper feet and stubby forepaws. It also had a pincer-like mouth, red compound eyes and long white antenna. “Wow,” commented Totodile, amazed, “You knocked it out in one hit!”

“Yeah, well,” shrugged Tristan, “It was nothing. You probably could’ve done it.”

Meditite scowled at Tristan, her hands on her hips. She was the only one who was upset. “You could have, like, told me there was a Pokemon behind me!” she complained. “I mean, what would have happened if I, like, hadn’t ducked!?”

“Sorry,” Tristan apologized waving it off. He wasn’t actually sorry though; in fact he was a little satisfied. All those likes were getting annoying and he just had to do something to shut her up, “There wasn’t enough time to tell you. And I knew you would have ducked in time.”

Meditite shuddered. With that accuracy and force, had it hit her frail body, that would have been it for her. She crossed her arms and bitterly turned her head away.

The team was about to depart when they heard a feeble voice from behind. “… water…” The team turned to see that the Venonat was back on its feet. It was in rough shape, even without the Gravlerock from Tristan. “…water…”

“What’s that?” Totodile asked, “You want water?”

“… water…”

“I’m really sorry,” Torchic apologized, “But we don’t have any water either.” She turned to the rest of her team, “Who was the idiot who didn’t pack water!?”

“We’ve never needed it before!” Totodile replied defensively, “How was I supposed to–”

“Water!?”

“No,” answered Torchic, more sternly this time, “We don’t have any!”

“WATER!!!” The wild Venonat clearly didn’t seem to get the message. Instead it began staggering towards the team and their client.

Tristan looked back at the approaching Venonat. “Hey guys,” he said nervously, “I think there’s something really wrong with that Venonat… It’s not acting right.”

“What do you mean!?” Totodile asked becoming worried.

Before Tristan could respond, the wild Venonat shouted at the top of its lungs, “WATER!!!!!” It charged towards Tristan, diving headlong with a tackle attack. Tristan sidestepped mere seconds before it would’ve hit, causing the Venonat to soar past him, to make a rough landing to the dusty ground.

“We have no water!” Totodile called, trying to make the Venonat understand.

“It’s no use,” Tristan told him, “Your words aren’t reaching it! I doubt it even knows what its doing!”

“It’s the weather…” Torchic said, looking at the surrounding landscape, “The lack of water is driving the Pokemon to insanity! How are we supposed to help them!?”

“We can’t help them now,” Totodile answered, “All we can do now is try to find out what’s happening, and try to fix the entire problem. No doubt there are similar things happening in other places.”

“WATER!!!!! WATER!!!!!”

“Like, what are you waiting for!?” Meditite shrieked, as the Venonat fixed its gaze on her, “Just, like, finish it off! Hurry!!”

Heeding her client’s orders, Torchic went at a running speed toward the out-of-control creature, diving in with a powerful and super-effective peck attack. The Venonat was again knocked back, this time sending it tumbling and rolling along the ground until it came to a stop near the edge of the clearing, unconscious.

“Let’s move out before it wakes again,” mentioned Tristan, and with that, the team departed hastily from the clearing.

The search for Tyrogue continued as the team went deeper and deeper into the dried out forest. Though, the farther into the center of the forest they went, the drier and dustier the forest became. It was early afternoon and what seemed to be about eight stages into the forest. The bare parched branches of the trees seemed to be trying to reach to the sky as if hoping for the slightest drop of rain, but the merciless sky would give no such luxury. All the ground was dust now, and with no grass to hold it down it was picked up easily by the wind, making travel difficult. The forest was literally turning into a desert. The trees, though there were no leaves, were spaced so close together that made it difficult to see very far. It was beginning to be hard to walk on the heated ground. The only one among the team members who was unaffected by all this was Torchic, who was thanking her lucky stars for being a fire Pokemon.

“Can’t… you guys… like… find Tyrogue a little, like… faster?” complained Meditite, wobbling as she levitated along. “I mean… I, like, don’t think I’m, like… getting my, like… 500 poke worth…”

“We’re… we’re… we’re trying as hard as we… can,” gasped Totodile, who was suffering the most. Being a water Pokemon, he was having the hardest time of all. The heat, the dry air and the dust were all weighing heavily down on him.

“Don’t… waste your energy Totodile,” Tristan said, “just focus on walking… and eating the berries we gave you.”

“H… hey…” Meditite mentioned, pointing out between the trees, “like… look over there… I, like… think I see… water… I’m going.”

Torchic looked to where Meditite pointed. “It’s just a mirage,” she said, disappointed, “just keep going.” After that they didn’t hear any more from Meditite, and they continued to walk until they reached the next clearing. Again, the clearing turned out to be the same as all the others. Dusty, dry and hot, the team felt they would go insane if they stayed much longer. What the team wouldn’t give for a little shade. If Tristan could, he would’ve hollered out in frustration.

“Is everyone alright?” asked Torchic turning around.

“I’m… fine,” Totodile managed to speak, even though he wasn’t fine at all.

“Same… here,” joined Tristan.

A silence followed.

“Torchic?” Totodile asked, confused, “what’s wrong?”

On Torchic’s face, was an expression that troubled Tristan. It was as if she didn’t want to believe what she was seeing, yet was seeing exactly what she didn’t to want believe. Panic stricken, she managed to speak, “Our… our… our client… our client… she’s… SHE’S MISSING!!!!!”

“WHAT!?” shouted Totodile and Tristan together, turning around frantically to where Meditite should have been.

“She was with us a minute ago!” cried Tristan.

“Where could she have gone,” joined Totodile “What’re we gonna do now!?”

“Uh…” answered Torchic with a very grim look on her face, “that’s not all we have to worry about…”

The empty clearing was empty no longer. Surrounding them, were teams and teams of Seedot and Nuzleaf. Seedot were Pokemon that resembled acorns with small feet. The Nuzleafs had brown skin and looked more human-like, with what resembled armour covering their waists and thighs. They wore masks that covered around their eyes and their pointy noses. Protruding from the tops of their circular heads were leaves, which in this weather were wilted and dry like all the other leaves. They all stared at the Team through bloodshot eyes. Their feeble, yet desperate voices chanted the same thing, “…water…” “water!” “…water,” “WATER!” “…water!” “WAAAATEEEER!!!!!”

“I… I’ve heard… of this kind of situation before…” Totodile struggled to say.

“Yeah… what is it,” asked Tristan, almost not wanting to know the answer.

Torchic answered, “They call it… a monster house!”

To be continued…

[Blademaster_Jale]

sorry i didnt reply before; school has been hell, i have to admit.

anyways, the past two chapters were very well done. your description was very good, and the plot is becoming more and more interesting. i like your description of their first monster house, and the cliffhanger. so... keep up the good work! *thumbs up*

[Koridojo_Blaziken]

"...No....more........likes...." >_< It was obvious that he hadn't taken a liking to Meditite's speech.

(AAAAAAH!!! ANOTHER LIKE!!! @_@)
And yet another famous quote! Still remember it from Nsider.....

Great job on the chappie, as always. Nice description of the monster house. Awesome cliff-hanger.


If it helps, I can try and spread the word about this fanfic. ....or not, depending on your views. o-o


Koridojo, over an' out.

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

sorry i didnt reply before; school has been hell, i have to admit.

anyways, the past two chapters were very well done. your description was very good, and the plot is becoming more and more interesting. i like your description of their first monster house, and the cliffhanger. so... keep up the good work! *thumbs up*

(AAAAAAH!!! ANOTHER LIKE!!! @_@)
And yet another famous quote! Still remember it from Nsider.....

Great job on the chappie, as always. Nice description of the monster house. Awesome cliff-hanger.

If it helps, I can try and spread the word about this fanfic. ....or not, depending on your views. o-o

Koridojo, over an' out.

Thanks. Its good to see that you guys are enjoying the story. I sure will try my best at keeping up the good work.

As for "spreading the word", it's your call. If you feel that you want to, then sure. I'm comfortable with how I am right now, but I wouldn't mind having a few more readers.

[Koridojo_Blaziken]

Alrighty, then. I'll try and put a link or something to this in my sig....>_> If I can figure out how to work all the controls for the "link in siggie" stuff first. T_T

[Slipomatic]

interesting fan-fic... description is much better.
i look forward to reading more if i didn't get distracted often by other things... :P

[Smart Alex]

Woooowwwwwwww, this is awesome!

Type on! I MUST HAVE MOOOOORE!!! @_@.....or else. Something like this could happen:

Me and my Jolteon (Kaz) : *go crazy without something to read*
Rega (my Beautifly) : 0_o *slowly hands a book*

[Slipomatic]

lol as if you had to worry about having nothing to read :P
i would go crazy if someone decides to quit writing without telling why

[FocusPresenceEndurance]

Thank you everyone for your replies. Its good to know that people are enjoying this.

Type on! I MUST HAVE MOOOOORE!!! @_@.....or else. Something like this could happen:

Me and my Jolteon (Kaz) : *go crazy without something to read*
Rega (my Beautifly) : 0_o *slowly hands a book*

Unfortunately I won't have a new chapter any time soon. And I apologize for missing last week in posting a chapter. However, you will soon see the reason for that soon enough. Believe it or not I haven't been spending the past weak slacking off. I have indeed been writing.

[Lucarioman777]

Hey, I'm here. Nobody requested me, but I'm here all the same. Says something about your fic, doesn't it? I just had to find out about this fic that will probably surpass mine in views... with 4-5 less pages.

I like this story. The plot is good, in my opinion, description is getting better, length is good, and the characters are enjoyable. For more in-depth look:

Plot: 3.5/5 Reason: You still are building up the plot, but with the disasters having an extreme effect on the places, the plot is being progressed effectively.

Description: 2.5/5 Reason: Your earlier chapters are bogging you down, but then again, whose aren't? I know mine sure are. Description is improving.

Length: 3/5 Reason: Your chapters are getting longer and better as you go. Just keep on going like that, and you'll nail length.

Characters: 4.5/5 Reason: They are Awesome. I can easily tell who they are personality-wise. Tristan is a loner and someone who wants to not be a burden and to help others. Well portrayed, has his strengths and weaknesses apparent.

Torchic is (as Tristan put it) terrible to Totodile. Can come off bossy and whiny, and is the brains of the group. Makes Totodile put his energy "to good use".

Totodile is hyper. How can that much energy be stored in such a small body? Anyway, he's the impulsive one of the group, what with charging head-first into action. He's the team leader all the same, though. How'd that happen?

Well, you have a good story here. I'll check it often.