Subject: [PW!]Return of the Man... key Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 16:17:56 -0800 From: LordLocke <locke@napanet.net> Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 80,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon *Mahogany Town Pokecenter* "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it double!" "To drive the World toward annihilation!" "To provide for the people of our nation!" "Boba!" "Fett!" "Hold it!" Both Rockets stopped, and turned on the interrupting party. It was a decently-built young man, probably around 18, with white hair. His clothes were a bit odd for the area, particularly the insignia vest, but a lot of travelers passed through the Pokecenter. "Could you please hold it until AFTER the motto?" Fett, short and stocky, glared up at the stranger. "Yeah! It took us three MONTHS to come up with a decent variant of the motto!" The taller Boba had quickly darted her hand down to her belt, hand wrapping around one of her Pokeballs, but she didn't draw one quite yet. "Boba Tripe..." the stranger turned to the other Rocket. "... and Fett Kowalski. You two have been making quite the name for yourselves in the past few months. Petty larceny, Grand Theft: Pokemon, Assault with a Poison-type, blackmailing... the list goes on. I'm afraid I don't got much of a choice but to take you in." "ACK! He's a JENNY!" With that, Boba began to pull a Pokeball out of her belt, when suddenly, the stranger grabbed both by their shoulders and lifted. "No, not a Jenny. Just a concerned citizen. And we're taking this OUTSIDE!" The stranger chucked both of them at the automated doors, which slid open just in time to let the two Rockets go flying outside, followed a moment later by the vigilante. As the two Rockets rose, the man stayed a few steps back, fists raised in a fighting stance. As the two Rockets rose to their feet, they took note of some definite... oddities about their opponent. "Fangs?" "A tail?" *Saffron City, Fighting Dojo* "SENSEI!" "WAIT!" Two fifteen-year old boys, looking identical except the color of their hair, suddenly ran up to their departing teacher. "Please, take us with you!" "If you leave too, no one will be left to teach us?" Their sensei, a blue-haired woman of about nineteen, turned around and after a moment, smiled gently at them. "Tip, Tup, I'm sorry, but the others just aren't coming back like I hoped. Don't worry, Solon can instruct you while I'm gone looking for the others." The green-haired twin, Tip, spoke first. "Solon? That's assuming that he'll ever be sober enough to teach." The red-haired twin, Tup, turned to look at his brother. "Whatcha mean 'when he's sober.' When he's sober, we could take him one-handed. It's when he's DRUNK that he's the master he is." "But do you want to learn Drunken Boxing, brother? Emphasis on the DRUNKEN?" "Er... not particularly. Not since the last lesson." "Ah, it wasn't so bad. Although that happy dance you did was great. I still watch that tape from time to time..." "You RECORDED THAT?" "Er... oops..." "DIE!" Tup lept onto Tip, grabbing his throat. "TIP, TUP!" Tup stopped and stood at attention, Tip doing so a moment later when he caught his breath. Sensei sighed. "When Mas... Karate Joe left, the morale of the Dojo broke. However, none of the members who left actually quit the dojo. Since I still have their names on the register, I'm going to see if perhaps I find them and see if I can get them to return." "But Sensei..." "But Teacher..." "No buts, you two. I shouldn't even BE teaching right now- I never got the chance to pass my teaching exam before everyone who COULD test me left. If I find any of them, if I can't convince them to return, I'll at least ask for the chance to test for the right to teach." "Well..." Tip began rubbing the back of his head in thought. "I guess it'd be better to have a teacher who's actually certified..." Tup found the floor rather interesting at this point. "Don't worry. If I can find anyone on the register who's at the level to teach, I'll send them this way. Now, I'm off!" With that, Sensei picked up her pack and stepped through the Dojo doors. Tip turned to Tup. "Who you think she's gonna look for first?" Tup nodded. "Knowing Sensei, she's already got her first target in mind." Tip sighed. "I know. Think she'll actually stick to her task when the finds him." "I dunno." Tup shrugged in answer. "But if she can bring him back, perhaps that might bring back a few of the others. After all, everything remained normal, to some degree, before he left." "Yeah. But will he WANT to come back?" "Dunno." Tup shrugged again. "He loves the Dojo more then most of the others, but after both Master and his father both left, guess he felt betrayed." "I suppose. I wonder what ol' Gads has been up to. It's been quite a while." Tip looked out the doors where Sensei has exited. Tup shrugged a third time. "I'm sure that's what Sensei wants to know, too. It's probably why she's looking for her brother down first." A voice, heavily-slurred, echoed out from within the Dojo. "You two r'dy fer yer lesson fer da day?" "Um..." "Er..." Tip and Tup looked at each other, nodded, then ran out the doors. "SENSEI GAVE US A ERRAND TO DO, SOLON!" "WE'LL BE BACK LATER!" *Back in Mahogany Town* "GO GRIMER!" "GRAVELLER, TAKE DOWN THAT MAN!" Gads grinned. Things had been slow for a while. Roughing up some Rockets would not only let him do some public service, but be a goodly bit of fun in the process. "Key man man!" Gads turned to see his Mankey, Monk-chan, come charging out of the Pokecenter. "Hey, Monk-chan, don't worry. You can have some fun too... but how about we give the others a bit of a workout too! Come on, GNAWER!" Gads tossed a Pokeball out in front of himself, releasing a rather-large Raticate. "HEY!" Boba looked more then a little pissed. He wasn't even taking them seriously. "Grimer, SLUDGE!" For a moment, Gads said nothing as the little pile of goo lobbed the toxic projectile at his Pokemon. As the glob hurtled through space, both Gads and the Raticate remained patient. Until one golden moment. "Gnawer, NOW! Quick Attack!" Just as the gooey mess touched the ground where the Raticate WAS, Gnawer slammed his body into the Grimer that threw the projectile. It went hurtling into the wall of a building, where it make a sickening *SPLAT* sound as it connected. "That rat is fast." Boba silently commented to herself as she recalled her Grimer. Fett took a step forward. "That won't work this time! Graveller, Roll Out!" "Gnawer, return!" The rat Pokemon was recalled just before Graveller steam-rolled it. "Go, Vinal!" The vine Pokemon appeared right behind Graveller, taking a quick survey of the action as the rocky Graveller wheeled around. "Vinal, use Vine Whip to dig some... ah hell, it's been done. Just Giga Drain it, Vinal!" The Tangela shot out two vines, which pierced into sides of the Rock Pokemon's hide, and began draining health. As Graveller neared Vinal, it's spin slowed down as it's life was drained, until it rolled to a complete stop right in front of Vinal. "Now, SLAM it!" "Tan-GEL-A!" The Vine Pokemon lunged forward with all of it's bulk, slamming into Graveller. While it wouldn't have done much in better conditions, the drained Graveller simply fell over, out like a light. Fett recalled the Graveller. "Damn. Looks like it's time for a double team." Boba nodded in agreement. "Time for our ultimate trouble team. GO, TAROUS!" "MAKE IT COUNT, MILTANK!" The two cow Pokemon materialized opposite Vinal, both opening with a charge. "TAROUS, BODY SLAM!" "MILTANK, BODY SLAM!" Both quickly ran around to either side of Vinal, and slammed together on either side. Vinal, smashed between the two, woozily popped out, falling over after a brief stagger. "Crud. Vinal, return. Monk-chan, you take care of that Miltank, I'll deal with the Tarous!" "Key man man!" Monk-chan quickly nodded, then lunged forward with a Low Kick, sweeping the Miltank's hind legs out from under her. "Tarous, Take him DOWN!" Lowering his head, the Tarous began to charge forward at full speed towards Gads, who took up a grappling stance as the bull plowed into him. "He he, scratch one 'concerned citizen'... what?" Boba stopped mid-comment. After a moment, Tarous' charge slowed, then stopped. Holding onto the horns was a straining Gads, his feet dug well into the ground as he finally knocked the Tarous off his feet and onto the ground. "Grrr... Vital... THROW!" Gads' swung the horns of the Tarous around him, hurling the bull Pokemon into the Pokemon Center's wall. "KEY! KEY! KEY!" Meenwhile, Monk-chan was happily finishing up the Miltank, cross-chopping it across the face a few time to make sure it was down. "Gah, that's not good!" Fett recalled his Miltank. "Time to make for the hills." Boba turned around and started running, recalling Tarous over her shoulder. Gads pulled a Pokeball from his pocket and chucked it ahead of the pair. "Oh no you don't. Stop 'em, A-BOMB!" The Electrode materialized right in the escape route of Boba and Fett. "'TRODE!" "ACK! It's a Electrode!" Both Boba and Fett turned around and started to run the way they came. *THWACK!* *WHAM!* *thud* *thud* Gads lowered his fist as the Rocket pair's bodies hit the ground. "Good job A-Bomb. Now, retu-" "ELEC... TRODE!" Electrode first shone white, then darkened to black... "No, A-Bomb, stop, they're DOWN!" Gads made warding gestures in front of him as the bomb ball hit critical mass. *BOOM!* *Mahogany Town Police Station* A charred, singed Gads dropped Boba and Fett before the reception desk. "I'm turning these two in." The Jenny leaned over the counter to get a look at the two criminals. "I recognize those two. They've been causing trouble around here for a while." "Yeah. I've seen their record." Gads fished through his pockets for a small card, and handed it to the officer. "Oh, you're a bounty hunter." Jenny entered the number on Gads' Bounty Hunter license. "Let me just add this capture to your file, and then I'll go get your reward money." With that, the officer walked back into the station. Gads leaned back against the desk, looking over at where Monk-chan was scouring the various wanted posters. "See anything good, Monk-chan?" "My, my. The mighty Trisan lets his MANKEY pick the criminals he goes after. Always knew he was the brains of you two. It's surprising you ever catch a bounty at all." Gads turned to the voice, and sighed at what he saw. "What do YOU want?" The woman whom Gads turned to face was dressed completely in black- black trenchcoat, black boots, black leggings, black gloves... even black hair. The only object not black was the mask she wore over her eyes and nose- it was green with a yellow rim and small black "fangs" jutting below the bottom. By her side, her per Ariados was giving Monk-chan the evil eye. The Mankey began to fume at the presence of the woman and her Pokemon. "Haven't you bothered me enough, Lady Ariados?" "I'm hurt. How am I supposed to keep on friendly terms with my competition if I can't even stop and say hi." Despite the friendly words, the woman's smile had heavy overtones of coldness, loathing, and malice. "Friendly? If I recall, last time we crossed paths, you had that nasty spider of yours poison Monk-chan so you could claim the bounty I had just captured while I had to take M-C to the center for healing." Gads turned his head back to the door, but his eyes never left the woman. "It's not my fault that mangy furball you call a sidekick got hit by Spike's Toxic. It WAS intended for the criminal..." Lady Ariados' voice dripped of false innocence. Nearby, Monk-chan did all he could to not assault the lady in black. Spike, by the female hunter's side hissed in warning when the Mankey tensed up. "The criminal was already incapacitated BY Monk-chan. You just wanted to claim the bounty for yourself, and we both know it." Gads said flatly. "Well, what's in the past is in the past. All that matters is the here and now. I saw the pair you brought in. Not too shabby, for a second-rate hack, although it looks like they nearly got you, from the look of things." Lady Ariados walked over to Gads and fingered his singed clothing. "It'd be a shame, really, if someone who's SUPPOSED to be a up-and-coming challenger to my bounty-hunting throne was captured by a pair of Rocket grunts." "Oh, and I'm so sure that you're here bringing in the big ones this time, ne? I'm sure if you were here actually collecting a bounty, you'd have been rubbing it in by now." Gads smirked at the comment. For a moment, Lady Ariados' smile wavered, but then it came back, if colder then before. Gads could almost swear that he got a chill at the point where Lady Ariados' finger was poking his chest. "I'm not interested in any small-fry Rocket fodder. I'm after big sport. Like that guy." Lady Ariados gestured to a poster of a man with long hair in a business suit and trenchcoat, holding a sword. "A reward on a guy like that could let me practically retire." "Yeah, yeah." Gads rolled his eyes and pretended to disregard Lady Ariados, while still looking at her out of the corner of his eye.. "It's the same damn song you always sing when you haven't collected a bounty in a while and I have. It was amusing the first few times, but it's just grating on the ears these days." "Hmmph." That comment completely washed away and friendly pretense Lady Ariados had tried to maintain. She backed away from Gads and began to move towards the door. "Like a hack like you would know what class and talent really are. I've got a reputation as the world's greatest bounty hunter to maintain, and the fact that some two-bit freak is questioning my ability is outrightly laughable. If you don't mind, I'll be taking my leave now." "Don't mind me, lady. Next time I want to be alone, I'll call you." Gads replied as the hunter made her way to the door. "Ice queen..." "I heard that, Mankey-boy. You might want to cut back on the ice cracks, 'less I freeze off your tail." With that, Lady Ariados left the police station, Spike following closely behind. The spider Pokemon gave one final hiss at Monk-chan, who went to swipe at it in return as it exited. "Don't worry about them, Monk-chan, they're gone. Hopefully, we won't run into them for a while, though knowing our luck..." "Man..." The officer finally returned with a stack of money. "All right. Here's your reward." Gads eyes widened. "Wow. I didn't think those two clowns were worth that much." "They'd just gone up in value after a attempted attack on the Mahogany Gym. Their bounty had doubled, in fact." Gads turned to Monk-chan, scooping up the money. "Looks like we eat well tonight, M-C." "KEY!" Visions of banana split sundaes began dancing in the Mankey's head as the pair exited the station. TBC? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----