//------------------------------// // Arrival // Story: Thugs and Brushes // by WezzaHD //------------------------------// Slash opened her eyes but closed them when she realised that she was directly under the sun. “Ugh…” What happened?” She groaned. “Where am I?” She looked around and saw that she was in a forest. She tried to get up but stumbled when she found out that she was on a hill. Slash was confused; one moment she was in her Pokeball but now she was on a huge hill in the middle of nowhere. She turned to her left and saw something down the hill in the distance that looked familiar. She walked towards it curiously making her way past a few trees and saw Guardian lying on the ground. He appeared to still be unconscious, so she would have to wait for him to get up. Upon closer inspection, the idiot appeared to be leaning on something green, and spiky. At first it looked like some kind or plant, but then she could see that it was a Cacturne. “I guess I should probably pull the guy out.” She thought. She grabbed one of his arms and began to pull. He didn’t budge at first, but over time he started to move. He kept until he was almost out. "Okay, just one last pull and…” She put all her strength into that last tug, and he was successfully out. She had pulled hard enough to get him in the air for about a second before he landed directly on top of her. “Hey!” Slash yelled. “Get off of me you dumb cactus, and wake up.” She was pretty sure that she had a better chance of waking up the Cacturne than waking up Guardian… and she was right. “Wh- wha?” He was just as dazed as she was when she first woke up and was her angry face was the first thing he saw. “I said get off of me!” "Ah! Angry face!" he yelled and pushed himself up. In his hurry he snagged her fur on his spikes, and jabbed her with them repeatedly. Finally he was able to get his spikes off of her, but he was left with his stumpy cactus hands pressing down onto a sensitive part of her chest. She was seething, her temperature was so boiling one might’ve mistook her for a fire- type. Over to one side they both heard someone make a low whistle. They both looked to see another Zangoose, also female and looking very familiar to Slash leaning on a tree. She wiggled her eyebrows at the two of them. "Shouldn't you two lovebirds find somewhere more private to do that." Slash glared at the other Zangoose for a moment before taking a deep breath. “We’re not ‘lovebirds’. I just met this guy, now tell me who you are and where we are before I rip you to shreds.” She added a growl at the end of her sentence. "You would have to get out from under your boyfriend first." she teased. “Are you deaf as well as dimwitted? I said he isn’t my boyfriend! Now do you know where we are or not?” "Well you still haven't gotten out from under him so I think you're a liar. Oh or maybe you prefer girls. Can I join in?" said the other Zangoose as she licked her lips. The Cacturne stood up, and started to examine itself. He brought his green spiky arms up to look at them. His yellow eyes widened as he realized that he was NOT wearing a costume, and walked off to have a mild freak out by running around and waving his arms. Somehow his hips swayed back and forth in a sashay despite running full speed. “I don’t know what kind of weirdo you are, but do you know what this place is or not!?” "Sorry slut but I haven't got a clue where we are." That was the final straw. “Guardian can wait.” She growled. “Fury Cutter!” She pounced at the other Zangoose with the bug- type attack. Her claws glowed yellow as she jumped towards her target. The other Zangoose suddenly transformed into a trampoline, and in her surprise at this Slash did not attack with her powered up claws and bounced off of the elastic. Slash was sent backwards and would have crashed into the Cacturne if he hadn't suddenly ducked his head down to examine his lower body. As she landed Slash rolled with her momentum and came back up on her feet. The trampoline then transformed into a small pink blob, a Ditto. “Figures.” She grunted. “Fine then, Quick Attack!” She shot forwards at blinding speeds but instead of hitting the Ditto, she jumped up and electricity began to form around her. “Thunderbolt!” She shocked the Ditto with her electric attack, before shooting back down to finish the quick attack, but the transforming Pokemon recovered from the special attack and turned into an anvil so when Slash landed the blow, she hurt her claws. “Argh, you’ll pay for that!” A mouth opened on the side of the anvil, and a long tongue reached out to lick her face. It the made a rude noise and transformed into a rubber ball, and started bouncing around the area at random. After a few bounces the ball was coming directly at Slash. She got ready to slash at the weak form that the Ditto had taken. The rubber ball flashed with a bit of energy and transformed into an iron cannon ball covered in spikes. Slash didn’t pull back until it was too late and her claws suffered damage once again. “I’M GOING TO MURDER YOU!! SWORD’S DANCE!” She boosted her attack before letting out another Thunderbolt. "Whoever did this to me is the most despicable person in the universe!" the Cacturne yelled to the sky. The battling pokemon got his attention, and he became suspicious of them. The spikes on his arms glowed with a green light, and extended into long lethal looking needles. Before he could think of actually doing something he heard a noise from behind him. A look over his shoulder let him see the Golurk rise to his feet. “Where am I? What is this place? Who are-” He stopped when he saw Slash fighting the Ditto. “Slash!” Guardian immediately stood up. “Are you doing battle? Without me?” "Yay! More fun!" the Ditto cheered. In a flash the transformation pokemon transformed into a copy of the Golurk. "Now I can get serious. ...well mostly." “Slash, why did you not tell me that you were doing battle?” “BECAUSE YOU WERE ASLEEP!” “I see…” Guardian nodded at the fact. “So may I now join?” “Yes! Yes you can!” Slash yelled. “Hooray!” Guardian cheered. “Ice Punch!” “Yeah let’s do this!” They both went at each other with the same ice- type attack. They collided with each other. “Fire Punch!” Guardian used his other hand to hit the Ditto in the chest. "Ice Punch! Because I may be crazy but I'm not stupid enough to fight a Ground type with fire." the Ditto yelled and hit the Golurk in the face just as the Fire Punch connected with his own. “Earthquake!” "Earthquake!" the Ditto yelled and slammed his Golurk fists into the ground parallel to Guardian. Trees fell down and the ground roared at both of the attacks. The Cacturne was unlucky enough to get smacked on the butt by a big slab of earth, and was launched into the air only to land behind the Ditto Golurk. Slash on the other hand instantly jumped on Guardian’s shoulder to avoid most of the damage. “You are truly a worthy adversary.” Guardian complimented his opponent. "Might I know your name warrior?" "I'm Joker." the Ditto answered in a mock version of Guardian's knightly voice. "Mercenary boss of the Royal Flush guild." “I commend you Joker.” “Don’t compliment him!” Slash told him. "Dynamic Punch him or something!" "But he has my Ghost typing. He should be immune to Fighting attacks." "He's a Ditto, maybe it doesn't transfer over." Slash suggested. "Very well. Dynamic Punch!" Guardian yelled and attacked with the powerful punch. Joker chose to transform again into Slash, and leap up over the massive fist. As a Zangoose he ran up the arm and Tackled the other Normal type from her perch on Guardian's shoulder. The Cacturne turned and saw the very big fist coming right at him. He couldn't dodge in time and took the Dynamic Punch right in his...well the fist was the same size as his body, so he took the Dynamic Punch right in his everything. He had been flying for several minutes now trying to get his bearings and figure out where he was. After a while he took a break on a surprisingly sturdy cloud. Looking down on the world below he could see a battle between a Zangoose and what must have been a Ditto. Nearby were a Cacturne and an unconscious Golurk. Then the Golurk woke up and joined in to help the Zangoose. He did not care about it being a one on two battle as that was not an uncommon occurrence. But the moment the Golurk accidentally hit the Cacturne with a powerful attack, and ignored the now injured innocent bystander he decided to step in before the battle got truly out of hand. Slash successfully landed a strong attack on the Ditto and sent him crashing into a tree where he lost control of his form and returned to his normal blob like state. Guardian followed up by jumping into the air and using another Dynamic Punch attack. But the blow never hit its target as a Dragonite landed in between them and stopped the larger pokemon's attack with a simple open palm. Guardian remained suspended in the air, supported only by the Dragonite. The Dragon pokemon pushed, and sent the Golurk backwards through the air. "That is enough!" the Dragon told them all. "Out of my way or get your ass kicked!" Slash growled at him. "I have the multiscale ability so even an Ice type move won't do much damage at first, so unless you and your friend want to battle me when I use my strength I suggest that this end here." "But didn't you just use Strength?" Joker asked. "No that was just me." the Dragon said. "Strong you are, but that one," Guardian pointed at the Ditto. "Offended my friend and we are doing battle with him whether you like it or not. Now stand aside and let us return to our honorable combat." The Dragonite did not budge, and pointed a claw at the Cacturne who was only now starting to move again. "And how many times are you going to endanger an innocent bystander." he asked them all. "That Cacturne did nothing wrong, but he took your Dynamic Punch full force. You injured a spectator, and then ignored him." “T’was not our fault that he got in our way.” Guardian was still insistent to continue the battle. “You probably won’t get through to him.” Slash gestured to the Golurk. "Then I'll tell you." the Dragonite gave her a hard look. "Unless you want your friend to get hurt this ends now." “Look, scales.” She poked him in the stomach. “We’re just looking for our trainer, and the blob over there wasn’t being very helpful.” She pointed at the Ditto. “Now it’d be great if you left. I’m sure there’s a lost ship for you to save around here somewhere.” The Dragonite’s glare hardened even more. “You don't scare me, you used up your multiscale ability against Guardian's Dynamic Punch. I can even see you're making an effort to resist the confusion brought on by Guardian's attack. We're looking for our trainer. So before you say anything, I’d look behind you.” "Bring it on bitches." Joker laughed as he turned into a copy of the Dragonite. "Come at me brah! Dragon Rage!" He opened his mouth but nothing came out aside from a small puff of smoke. "Okay uh... Outrage!" Once again, nothing happened."Hyper Beam?" "Yeah I don't know any of those moves." The Dragonite deadpanned at Joker. "...the hell kind of Dragon are you?" Joker asked accusingly. "I am beginning to think that Joker is not the worthy adversary I thought he was." Guardian commented as he stared plainly at the display in front of him. "Back off dragon- type, he's ours!" Slash growled. "My my, aren't you the naughty one?" Joker laughed. "I will end you!" "Not on my watch, you won't." The Dragonite flew in front of the two. It had seemed like another fight was about to before... "Guardian?" A voice asked. "Slash?" It asked again. Soon, a Malamar rose up from the trees with a confused expression on his face that most did not see often. "Light!" Slash said, surprised. "Have you seen Ryan? Do you have any idea where we are?" "Random creature with tentacles? I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going." Joker said. He then had an idea. "Let's have some fun!" They all looked at him as he transformed into a Leavanny, but without the leaves. Guardian and the Dragonite both looked away with red faces. Slash facepawed, and started to question the actual sanity of Joker. “I swear, the only thing that separates you from Guardian is how perverted you are.”  She said. “I despise it when you’re right.” Light shook his head. “Please, I could be just as smart as you.” “You take that back!” Light demanded in an offended tone. He then felt something poke at one of his tentacles. It was Joker as the Leavanny. "How sensitive are these anyway?" He pulled on one with his insectoid arms. Light stood frozen for a moment before snatching his arm back and hiding behind Slash. “All is forgiven, now destroy that abomination!” “I’d hit you if I didn’t want to kill this Ditto first.” "Finally! I thought I was gonna have to break the wall and slap our authors to get us back on track. Uh..I mean, LET’S DO THIS!” Joker laughed before turning into a Hitmonchan and doing some practice jabs. Everyone just stared at him. "One moment please." the Dragonite said. He stepped towards Joker who transformed back into a Dragonite. "I may not know your moves but I'm just as strong as you." Joker taunted him with a 'bring it' flick of his claws. The Dragonite stood there for a moment before taking a deep breath, and exhaling. The most unexpected thing happened. Ice shot out of the Dragon's mouth! His Icy Wind hit Joker head on, and with his current double weakness to Ice it was very effective. In less than a minute he was frozen inside of a block of ice. The Dragonite picked up the frozen nut job, and using his Strength threw him up into the air. There was a whooshing sound as the Dragonite copy ascended far enough to almost breach the atmosphere. And back down he came. The real Dragonite caught the still frozen copy and set him down.  "So are we done here?" he asked the others. "Because if not, that happens to you." “Nonsense!” Guardian proclaimed. “A Pikachu has done better than you!” "I won't be catching the next one I throw." “Oh for the love of…” Slash sighed before turning to the Golurk. “Guardian, there are more pressing matters than battling some Dragonite. Ryan is gone.” “Master is missing?!” His priorities quickly changed. “I am sorry young Dragonite, but we must duel another day.” “At least that should keep him distracted.” "Holy shit look at this treasure!" Joker yelled. They all looked at him, he had apparently changed into a Sableye and escaped the ice. He held a green gemstone about the size of his head. "Our precioussss." he rubbed the gem like it was a pet. "Did you just dig that out of the ground?" Light asked. "You can't have my precious!" Joker screamed at the Malamar. He dug into the ground again and pulled out a Bug pokemon. The Nincada was then launched at Light after he turned into a cannon. It landed straight on his face. Light blacked out. “Now look what you’ve done.” Slash sighed, walking over to the Malamar. “At least I get to do this.” She let out a Thunderbolt and shocked Light causing him to wake up. “You have got to get over this fear of yours sometime. I don’t even know how we got you near Venom.” “My business is my business alone, Slash.” He brushed himself off. “And must I inform you that the reason my fear of those abominable pokemon remains is not from lack of trying, mind you.” “Bullshit.” She folded her arms. “Typist…” The Nincada muttered. "Jerk." Joker said. He was still a Sableye and was sitting on the gem. "I may be an ass but I don't hate on someone just because of their species." “You are in no position to judge me. Now return to living out your putrid Leavanny fantasies elsewhere.” A mad glint appeared in Joker's eyes that had nothing to do with his current form. He walked over to the Nincada and whispered in her ear. When he finished the Bug looked at Light with her head tilted to one side. "You know he is kind of cute I guess. I'll teach him to like Bugs!" “... What did you tell that insect?” He floated back slightly. "That you were just shy around Bug pokemon because of your double weakness to them, and that you just need to get 'close' to one to change your opinion." Joker smiled a wide Sableye smile. "Have fun with that!" “Both of you shall keep away from me!” He quickly rose into the air to get away. "Wait for me!" The Nincada jumped and just barely managed to hug onto his legs, with Slash completely ignoring the scene. “So… none of you know where we are?” Joker held up one hand and opened his mouth to speak. He stood like that for several moments. Finally he slumped. "Not a clue...which is unusual since I usually know stuff like that just because of reasons. I have no idea what planet we are on." “...Fascinating. How about you…” She dismissed what Joker said as another one of his ramblings and turned to the Dragonite, but trailed off when she realised that she didn’t know his name, if he had one. "Christopher." he offered the answer to her obvious question. "And I haven't seen a single recognizable landmark. And as unlikely as it sounds I think we actually are on a different planet. I flew around the Earth just the other week and I don't see any resemblance to it on this world." "... Wait I was right? I was just being random! We're seriously on another planet?!" Joker exclaimed. “Stop overreacting.” She scoffed. “We are NOT on a different planet. You must’ve missed a spot or something.” She began shifting uncomfortably as she remembered the voice she had heard in her Pokeball. “By the way, have you seen Ryan? He’s our trainer and-” “And we must find him before it is too late!” Guardian burst out saying. “Master is missing and we must locate him!” "Um, excuse me." the Cacturne got their attention and pointed at Light. The Malamar had hypnotized the Nincada and was levitating a large rock over her. "He won't seriously squish her will he?" “What is the issue?” The Nincada asked monotonously. “I want to be squished.” “You see? She doesn’t mind. She even added a rhyme to show how much she wants to be ‘squished’ by this rock.” Light smiled. "If you don't put the rock down and unhypnotize her I'll let Joker have his way with you." Christopher said completely seriously. Joker transformed into a very large spider, not a pokemon just a giant spider. “... Very well.” He sighed. The lights on his chest lit up in various different patterns, causing his hypnosis to cease. He also dropped the rock… on Christopher’s head. “My concentration slipped.” He shrugged. Christopher rubbed his head. "I guess it did." "Why were you levitating a rock?" the Nincada asked. Christopher grinned. "It was about to fall on you and he stopped it." "Oh my gosh really?" she looked at Light and her eyes turned into pink hearts. She jumped at him with her forelegs wide for a hug, but Light dashed back quickly before throwing the Nincada into some distant trees. “Guardian, please destroy him.” “Only if it is all in good fun.” Guardian ran forward but stopped before he took the first step into running. “But we must find Master first.” This caused Light and Slash to stare at the Golurk, surprised that he was not only right about something but also being quite sensible all of a sudden. “... Yes, quite.” Light cleared his throat. As they were speaking, Joker suddenly transformed into a Koffing and used Smokescreen. "Imma let you finish but I gotta go! Later bitches! Sorry for the cursing, my regular author usually doesn't go for that!” Smoke filled the area completely, causing all of the Pokemon to cough vigorously. Once the black smoke cleared, they looked around to see that he was gone, but Christopher caught a glimpse of the pink blob running away and flew after him. The Cacturne looked back and forth between the two groups. Then he began walking backwards away from the larger group with a nervous smile. “Not that it hasn't been fun, which it hasn't, but I'm gonna go with the guys who DIDN'T flatten me into the ground. Bye~” and with that he sashayed away as fast as he could. “Psychopaths!” "So.. I guess we should look for Ryan now?" Slash questioned. "Yes, I suppose we sho-" Light stopped mid- sentence. Slash was about to ask what was wrong before he turned around to a bush behind them, where he levitated an unknown Pokemon out of the bush, and it was unknown in every sense of the word. It vaguely resembled a Fearow, but it had four legs. Gilda was just one of the Griffins who was curious when they heard the noises in he forest. The whole of Griffinstone could hear them and they were incredibly loud. Of course with nothing better to do and no one buying her Griffin Scones she decided to go check it out. It also meant she got to get out of that town of hers for a little bit. Now she was in the forest on the hill ready to check whatever was causing the noises out. She was also seeing some really weird animals on that walk that she had never seen before. There were some birds flying around with shiny skin that looked like metal, some small really hairy monkeys that all had angry looks on their faces. The weirdest thing though was the two- headed kiwis. Those definitely took the cake for the lone griffin. At least until she saw the huge stone Goliath and the small dragon fighting. She hid behind some trees so they wouldn't notice her, but she didn't hear grunts or roars, but words she hadn't heard before, and they kept saying those words over and over again.