The Rock Master

[Get out of here, Shadow]

Lucas wrote everything down. "Perfect. This should do us well. But we've got a long ways ahead of us, and I'd like to get to Curlean before sundown. Now are you ready, Blue?" he said.

"Right. That I am. But..." She looked at a small silver watch on her wrist. "Mount. Moon is pretty big. We could easily get lost there. Plus...It's dark..." She shuddered. "What say we borrow some torches from the PokeCentre?" She suggested.

Lucas chuckled. Then he looked over at his Magby. "Genesis, get out of that stupid chair." he said and Genesis ran to him. "See..." said Lucas, picking up his Pokemon and holding him out. "Genesis is a Fire type. Oh, and don't forget about Comet and his tail. They're both Fire types. They could light the way."

"You're right about that. Just an emergency supply if both of them faint or something. That cave is full of Geodude..." Blue said, hurrying back with a couple of torches. She pocketed them and rummaged through her pockets. "I have 1 Max Revive, 1 Potion and an Ether and some berries. That's about it. And I heard Mount. Moon is crawling with Rocket activity."

(yeah sorry, no offense fella. :3)

"Oh, I can take care of any Pokemon that cross our path. And if there's Geodude in there, I'm sure your Wartortle can handle them. Wait a Minute! What about that Zorua and the Zoroark?." said Lucas.

"Good Lord! I forgot about them!" Blue cried as she raced back. She skidded to a halt outside the PokeCentre, ran inside as the door opened, slipped on the polished floor and promptly fell. "Ow...that hurt..." She got slowly and went over to talk to Nurse Joy. She walked over to the sleeping Zorua and picking it up, set it on the sofa. "Nurse Joy says they will heal Zoroark to full health and then release it into the wilderness. The Zorua seems to be related to Zoroark but everytime it goes close, Zoroark shoves it away, as if refusing to recognise it..." She said sadly.

Emerald thought for a Second. "You mean Zoroark doesn't wanna be with Zorua?" he said.

"Zoroark has had a bad shock, probably. And due to that shock she either refuses to recognise Zorua to recover from the shock or the shock has erased all her memory about Zorua..." Blue replied, looking ready to cry.

"Zorua isn't gonna last long if it's own Zoroark won't recognze it." said Emerald looking at the Zorua. Then, he had a thought.

"Blue, maybe we should take Zorua with us. We can't just leave it here waiting for Zoroark to recover. I know about Zoroarks, they take some time to recover. If we take Zorua with us, it might give it the correct survival skills. We could help it learn. If...it wants to come along, that is" said Emerald.

Blue started shining like the sun itself. She ran over to Zorua and prodded it. It snored on. Nurse Joy passed by with a bundle of towels. Oh. He won't wake "Wha- what do you mean?! He isn't-" No, he isn't dead. He's been given some sleeping medicine to help him recover faster. Why not have a bath before you go? You two look filthy. Brock always leaves a ton of dust around in his gym... Nurse Joy tutted and shook her head.

"Fine. A bath does sound logical. But I still think we should go with my idea later. Genesis, Let's go." said Lucas.

After the Bath, Lucas went back out into the sitting room, dressed. He saw the Zorua was still on the couch asleep, and sat next to it, caressing it. As he reached for his Jacket and headband, he unwrapped a lollipop and start sucking it. He quickly noticed Blue wasn't out here. Genesis sat next to him, and Lucas said to him "Well, she's not out ready. Let's wait for her". Genesis nodded.

Blue appeared wearing a nightsuit way too baggy for her. "Nurse Joy took my clothes for cleaning!" She grumbled. Just then Nurse Joy appeared and dropped perfectly clean clothes her hands. "Ooh! She did clean them nicely!" She exclaimed as she disappeared in a room and appeared fully dressed.

"Let's go!" She exclaimed happily, grabbing the limp Zorua. She hurried out of the door and stopped in front of the cave entrance, looking back for Lucas.

Lucas and Genesis ran right out after Blue. "Hey, don't run out like that. If that was for laughing at you in those baggy pajamas, it was an honest Mistake. Hey, I see you actually got Zorua. Nurse Joy let you take it? Well one of us may need to keep it in a Pokeball. Which one of us should catch it." he said.

"Nah, don't catch it!" Blue said in alarm. "I plan to release it right after I'm sure it can survive on it's own!" She looked up at the towering mountain. "Let's go!" She stepped inside and was immediately enveloped by inky darkness.

"God, It's dark in here. Like night. Oh well, at least we have light." said Lucas looking at Comet and Genesis lighting the way. "Ha! Looks like we've, 'Enlightened', them."

Shut up or I'll charge you by the minute. Genesis said to him.

Lucas looked at his Pokenav, then back at Blue. "Hey, is your Pokenav working? Mine is, but is Yours? Just makin' sure." he said.

Blue looked at her PokeNav, then gave it a tap. It's screen became staticy but it worked, all the same. "Not too well..." She replied. She looked up and suddenly froze. The roof of Mount. Moon was covered with Zubat! A single sound or a slight change in the atmosphere could wake the whole swarm of them.

Lucas looked up as well. "ohhh, Crap..." he said. Then he whispered over to Blue. "Blue, I want you to hide behind those Rocks. Those Zubat will pounce at any minute." Then he, Genesis, and Comet got in a position. "We'll take care of them. Comet, you use scratch on whatever comes your way. Genesis, you know what to do. And me, oh you bet I know what I'm doing."

Then he looked back at Blue. "Don't worry Blue. Whatever danger comes our way, I'll protect you." he said.

Blue seemed frozen. She didn't budge but spoke with a quaver in her voice. "Make it go away...MAKE IT GO AWAY!!" She screamed, arousing all the Zubat. They screeched in unison and flew straight at the duo. Blue's eyes were glazed.

Lucas jumped right infront of Blue, and grinned to his Pokemon. "Showtime..." he said.

If Blue was to look up from being scared, she would be amazed. Of Course Comet was Scratching every Zubat in site, while Genesis used every move he knew against whatever Zubat crossed him, and Lucas...was also fighting. Lucas started punching and karate chopping every Zubat that flew at him, like he was some karate fighter.

Wartortle appeared from it's pokeball and started practically flooding the place, spraying each Zubat he saw. Blue still looked down, glazed over eyes.

Then, while in midst of battle, Comet and Genesis jump out of the way. Lucas did something special: He stood on one hand, and twirled his legs like a blender so fast you could hardly see what was going on. Any Zubat that flew to him got speed-kicked and knocked to the ground.

The twirling knocked out every single Zubat, but it disturbed the master of them all, Crobat!


Level 19

Lucas unwrapped another Lollipop, took out the stick of the last one, and gave it to Genesis who disintagrated it. He sucked on the new one, and said "Genesis, weaken it with Smog." And his Magby complied.

The Crobat blew it right back at Magby, flapping all four of it's large wings. Wartortle jumped in and sprayed Crobat thoroughly. Crobat shook itself as it sped towards Wartortle, using Bite. Wartortle retorted with it's own Bite. The two clashed and both of them were sent flying back. Crobat was shaken as no one had ever challenged his leadership openly. It shuddered once and tried to escape.