From: Zephyr <zephyr@1stconnect.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] The Big P Pokemon Race! Interlude: Mankey's New Ability Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 5:00 PM <lordlocke@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7qksne$o15$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > > "Don't worry, it ain't serious. Just a small annoyance. Where's the > > signup sheet. John signed up, then looked around. There was quite a > crew > > this time. Trainers riding on Slowbros, Jolteons (ouch), Tauros, a > baby > > Kanhaskahn was learning the ropes and one guy was doing his best to > make > > his Mankey ride a Tangela instead of beat it up. John sweatdropped. > > "Race entries get wierder and wierder...Tara! Stop that!" The Dodrio > was > > literally running circles around the Slowbro and its trainer, who > looked > > around John's age. John apologized for Tara's behaivour, then saddeled > > up and started practicing. > > > Meanwhile, a short distance away... > > Gads was rapidly loosing his legendary cheerfulness in place of the > increasingly-common dispair, which always came out where Monk-chan and > Vinal were involved. Ten minuites and two potions later, Monk-chan had > only seemed to master the art of making Vinal mad. So the Tangela would > Wrap it, since it was at point blank. Once the Mankey broke free, it'd > Fury Swipe in retaliation. Not to mention the fact that while they WERE > cooperating, Dario, on top of his Dudrio, decided to have some fun > before the race at his expence, and was running around the pair, > feint-pecking the duo, causing them to faulter. And naturally, they > would each blame the accident on the other. > > Gads began to bang his head into a nearby rock. "Why won't they work > together? I've tried EVERYHTING, and they still won't work as a team! > I'd better at least calm Monk-chan down so it doesn't kill Vinal during > the race. MONK-CHAN! COME HERE!" > > The Mankey halted in the middle of another set of Fury Swipes, much to > Vinal's releif, and went over it's trainer. > > "Monk-chan, I know that you want Tangela to go faster, but > Fury-Swiping it isn't the answer." > > "MANKEY MAN!" > > "I know it needs to speed up, but it's getting better an Constricting > the ground and obsticles in front of it, then pulling itself up. Why > don't you try helping it rather then attacking?" > > "MANKEY... mank." > > "Would you rather ride Dow? He's slower then Vinal, and I doubt HE'LL > tolerate your behavior." > > "Man Man." > > "Good. Now, let's see some teamwork." > > "MANK!" > > Monk-chan got back on top of Vinal, putting noticible effort into > avoiding the now-reflex action of smashing the Tangela into the ground. > > "Now, let's try the Constrict-pull again!" > > While running at top speed, Vinal whipped out four of it's vines, then > sank them into the ground, then pulled forward. It's speed was nearly > doubled, but Monk-chan still didn't seem happy. > > "Good job Vinal! That'll keep you up with the Jolteon and Tarous. > I'm not sure about the Dudrios or Rapidash, however. They're really > fast. Maybe I didn't think this all the way through..." > > "You got that right!" Dario approached Gads, still mounted on his > Dudrio. "How a clown like you ever got into the Pokemon races is beyond > me. Heck, even the Slowbro's gonna beat your distaterful duo." > > That was the last straw. Gads whilrled around on the Dudrio breeder, > doing an damn-good imitation of Mankey's Leer attack. "You're one to > talk! I've heard that you've entered this race ever since you were > elegable, and you've never gotten better than SECOND! One would think > that you'd have given up by now..." > > Monk-chan, overhearing the words spouted by the cocky Dudrio breeder, > then decided to try something it had never quite gotten right. It > latched it hands into the Tangela's mass of vines, then moved it's arms > in an upward-motion, and held on tight. The result was that Monk-chan > and Vinal were catapaulted about one-hundrend meters in an arc, covering > the distance in a matter of seconds. The feuding trainers both looked > stunned. > > "What the..." > > "... WAY TO GO YOU MONK-CHAN!!" > > Gads ran over to the Mankey, who was in middle of celebration. Both > started up a standard Gads victory dance, much to the amusement and > emberrasment of the onlooking trainers. > > "YEAH! You finally learned Seismic Toss. I knew if you kept working > at it you'd get it down! And you even learned it time of the race to > use it on..." Gads then realized exactly HOW the Mankey learned the > attack, and the dancing stopped. "... why did you use it on Vinal..." > > "Mank mank, mankey man, key key man!" > > "I don't care if it DID cover distance." Gads them turned his > attention to the Tangela. "Are you ok Vinal?" > > "Tangel la la. La la la!" > > "You're... ok with it? You're not even hurt? Are you alright with > Monk-chan using this tatic in the race?" > > "La Tangela! LA LA LA!" > > "You wanna beat Dario that badly, huh? Well, ok. But only as a last > resort, if you've falling too far behind, ok? I wanna beat Dario too, > but I'd rather keep you guys healthy. I don't want to win the race and > lose my Pokemon." > > "Mank ank key!" "La tan la!" > > "Maybe it isn't so hopeless for us after all... it's good to see you > two are finally working with each-other." > > The Mankey and the Tangela looked each other in the eye, smiling > at each other(well, as much as a Tangela could). They're going to do > all they could to win this one, even if it ment working as a team. > Dario wouldn't get away with his comments to their trainer, either. > > "The race is going to start soon. We'd better get to the starting > area." > > Gads, Monk-chan, and Tangela approached the starting line, now ready > to start the race. > > The shadowy figure nodded in approval. Maybe there was hope yet. It > was time to report in... after the race. > Mean while at the local Fuschia Pokemon Center.... "I'm so bored", said Julia who wanted something to do so she wouldn't have to think about her father or anything else. A loud crash was heard as the clerk from the Laramie Ranch office came through the door and tripped over the rug before landed at Julia's feet. "Are you okay?" asked Julia as she helped the clerk up. "Yes I am Julia, thank you for asking", said the Clerk as he handed Julia an application. "An application for the race? I thought it was delayed because of stolen pokemon", asked Julia as the clerk explained that the pokemon were found and returned. "In that case count me and Tidal in", said Julia in as she filled out the form and handed it to the clerk. "Thank you, I saw how disappointed you were when you found the out the race was delayed so once the pokemon were found I went looking for you", said the clerk as he shook Julia's hand and started to the exit. "Thank you", said Julia as she called Tidal out. "Looks like we're going to the race after all. But I think you would be faster as a starmie but I need you to decide. Do you want to evolve?" asked Julia as her staryu extended its limb in agreement. "You won't regret it Tidal", said Julia as she touched staryu's crystal with the water stone. The hidden powers of aquatic evolution were released as a blue energy circled and covered the staryu. There was a bright flash as the newly evolved Starmie appeared as it stretched its limbs out. "Alright know to get to the ranch", said Julia as she and Tidal made their way to the ranch and the race. -- "Z Man No Miko... still haven't lost that, have you? You are a male priestess of yourself.." - Wonkycyber talking about Zman's posting name Dima126: Im a sexual experiment gone wrong. Im not either. Dima126: You see, instead of my parents getting the XX or XY chromosone, my parents got the XXX chromasone. Dima126: Therefore, I was born. A pile of twisted whatchamacallits. Dima126: I have NO sex organs. Not both, but NONE.