System In Pokemon World! - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Mount Moon Problem!

I grinned as we finally arrived at the end of the route and stood in front of Mt. Moon. It was taller than I remembered it was. I frowned and said “Don’t tell me we have to climb this… Oh well, time to climb.” Misty shouted “Don’t get ahead of yourself!”

I looked at her and asked “So what do we do?” She answered with a smile “We go through the mountain. There is a passage between this route and the next one. Of course, we must brave the dangers that the mountain holds such as random pokemon attacks but it isn’t frequent. Plus you have me!”

I tilted my head and said “How does that help me?” She looked proud as she said “I’m a water pokemon trainer! I practically specialize in getting through the mountain.” I nodded and said “Makes sense but what about those things?” I pointed at the Clefairy that was rushing into the mountain.

I said “Those are not rock or ground pokemon.” She shouted annoyed “Enough questions already! Are you coming or not!?” I said “I’m coming!” We began heading inside the mountain. I frowned and said “I can’t see anything.” Misty shook her head and said “You should have brought a flashlight.”

I said “You di-” I was cut off as suddenly she was holding a flashlight with a smirk saying “What were you going to say?” I thought for an instant and said “You did prepare well for this journey and I was right!” She laughed and said “That is what I expected.”

Walking further into the cave we began hearing battling sounds. Misty frowned as she said “It appears there is a pokemon fight up ahead. We need to go through this tunnel in order to get to the other side. We don’t have a choice. We need to check what is going on.”

I nodded and said “I’m ready. Butterfree is ready also, right buddy?” Butterfree nodded saying “Freee~!” I smiled as we walked towards the source of the sound. Soon we encountered the fight or rather a blockade. There were dozens of pokemon inside the tunnel.

I frowned and said “We should leave…” Misty said unwillingly pointing her flashlight towards the group “We can’t. This is the only tunnel leading to the other side.” Suddenly all the pokemon looked towards us stopping their fight.

Their eyes shone angrily as we interrupted their battle for whatever reasons. Grabbing her hand I shouted “Run!” We began running with Butterfree helping out in the back. There were primarily two groups fighting. One was Sandshrew with a Sandslash as the leader and the Clefairy with a Clefable as the leader.

The Sandshrew send attacks such as Rock Throw, Sand Attack and even Swift! The Clefairy used Metronome sending blasts of different energies towards us. I was practically jumping and zigzagging with Misty in my arms carrying in Princess Carry style since she wasn’t fast enough.

Butterfree could only fly just as fast as me running while using any attack it could to block as much as possible. After running for 10 minutes we got out of the cave as a large explosion happened from behind. I turned around breathing heavily and shouting “Jerks! You didn’t have to do that!”

Misty said “Put me down already! I can walk by myself!” I looked down at her and noticed her blushing face. I smiled and said “Sorry about that.” I laughed awkwardly and let her down. She stomped her feet angrily and said “Don’t do that again.” I shrugged and said “I will think about it.”

She glared at me angrily and said “You!” I laughed and said “Alright calm down. We need to worry about those pokemon that are blocking our way.” Internally I thought she was kind of cute when angry. Looking around I found and rock and sat down. Misty followed suit.

I shook my head and said “This is troublesome. We need to retrieve your bike which we accidently abandoned when we escaped.” Misty realizing her bike was lost shouted angrily “Wait what!? We need to get it back right now!”

I waved my hand said “Calm down. It was my fault you came back so if I need to I will get you a new one which is better than the one you had.” She looked at me seriously and said “You will?” I nodded and said “Yeah, how much did your old bike cost?” She answered “39,999 poke dollars.” I felt like someone just kick me in the balls but I still said “I will get you a better one if it was destroyed.”

Smiling she jumped on me hugging me shouting “Thank you! You’re the best!” I who was sitting on a tall rock suddenly fell down hitting my head since she pulled me into her embrace and I just slipped down the rest of the way.

Seeing this she laughed and said “Nice fall.” I sighed and said “It is only funny when it happens to someone else.” Misty continues to laugh hearing what I said. Getting up I sat back up on the rock and said “First thing first. We need to find out why the pokemon are suddenly so agitated and fighting each other. What could the problem between Clefairy and Sandshrew have to cause a battle between both races?”

Suddenly a voice sounded “I can help you out with that.” Turning around we saw a man with a poorly shaven beard and glasses. I asked “Who are you?” He introduced himself “My name is Seymour. Just a few days ago I was observing the Clefairy until recently when they began fighting with the Sandshrew.”

Misty asked “Why are they fighting? Can’t they just be friends or coexist?” Seymour sighed and said “It isn’t that simple. At first the Clefairy worked with the Sandshrew to collect all the pieces of the meteorite that crashed here long ago. To the Clefairy the meteorite is sacred and the pieces which are called moon stones are just as sacred. One day the child of the Sandslash took a liking to a certain Moon Stone piece which was taken away by a Clefairy. From that day on the began fighting.”

I frowned and said “That is a real big problem. The Clefairy won’t hand over the Moon Stone to anyone and may even fight to the death for it right?” Seymour sighed and said “You are indeed right. This is truly a hopeless situation. You both should just go around the mountain.”

My face paled as I shouted “Are you insane!? How long do you think that will take!? A week at least and several weeks if we get lost! I don’t have time for that!” Seymour was frightened by my reaction while Misty asked “Oh? Is there something important you need to do?”

I nodded quickly and said “Yeah! I need to beat the Cerulean City Gym then continue to the other 6! I don’t have time! I also need to sign up for the league! It should be only around 8 or so months away and if I miss it then I will have to wait 3 years to try again!”

Misty was surprised as she asked “Wait, you plan on fighting the Cerulean Gym?” I nodded and said “I plan and will fight it.” Misty smiled and said “Then you will need a lot of luck to win.” I shook my head and said “Forget that! I need to train hard! This is a perfect chance! I will teach this pokemon who is the ruler around here! I just need to think of a way to beat them all and have them become friends with one another…”

Somewhere near Mount Moon…

“Argh, I hate that Fearow! Why did it suddenly attack us!?” James complained about his miserable luck while Jessie shouted “Shut it! I’m the one who suffered the most from this! That Fearow actually ruined my hair! I swear I will take my revenge on it someday!”

Meowth sighed and said “At least you weren’t nearly eaten! That Fearow had a hungry look in its eye!” Team Rocket looked down and noticed Mount Moon. Meowth smiled as it said “Hey guys! I just remembered something about this particular mountain! It is said that there are certain stones inside it that are worth a fortune! If we find them and take them we will be set for life!”

James and Jessie eyes shone greedily as James said “Meowth you have such good memory! We need to go down and begin taking those stones before anyone else!” Jessie grinned as she said “With that kind of fortune I can start my own Salon and have my hair done every day!”

Meowth sighed as it said with d.e.s.i.r.e “And I could be waited on all my life!”

Together they shouted “Let’s go mine some Moon Stones!”

Cliff-Kun: I’m alive! Wahaha! What will our young Zane think of!? What will Team Rocket do!? Find out next time in System in Pokemon World!