Chapter 46:  Leviathan Rising (Part A) by Michael Keens/ Exodus  

Emily, Abby and I were still in Ocean Town, and somewhat into the next day.  
I’d woke up early to eat breakfast without feeling self-conscious of doing it 
in front of two girls.  
Living, travelling and doing virtually everything with them was rewarding at 
times, but mostly a little awkward, so it was nice to do things on my own once 
in a while without the feeling of being judged by the more perfectionist 
gender.  
I would probably have gotten some training done while the girls slept in, but 
we had places to be.  
I returned my breakfast tray to the front of the Pokémon Centre and emptied the 
remnants into a bin before considerately placing it in the kitchen.  
Then I retrieved my Pokéballs from Nurse Joy and prepared to wake the others.  
I placed each one on my belt by using the small magnetic clips on each one that 
doubled as hinges, and then turned to walk away... and knocked heads with a 
woman wearing a thick yellow raincoat.  
“Ow...” I groaned, as did the girl in kind.  
I picked myself up and then offered my hand, which she accepted and helped 
herself up.  
I noticed that she’d dropped many credits in coins rather than notes and so 
hastily got down again to pick them up.  
“Hey don’t!” she exclaimed, before sighing as I placed several of them in the 
strange small chest I’d caused to fall and open.  
“Don’t what?” I asked.  
“Never mind, its just I need every note.”  
“Don’t get down, I’ve nearly got them all, it was my fault, I should have been 
more alert.”  
“An apologetic and considerate guy.  Who new?” she muttered to herself, before 
adding “Pokémon Trainer, huh?”  
“Yeah, sure.” I muttered, still picking up money but aiming a quick look at my 
belt to check that none of my Pokéballs fell.  
“I’m on my way to Cinnabar Island for my final Gym Badge.” I decided to 
mention, so as not to let an awkward silence occur.  
“Cinnabar...  Need help getting there?” she offered.  
“Nah, I’ve got it covered.” I answered.  
“Just checking.”  
“And we’re done.  Strange way of carrying around money, at least thieves 
probably look upon stealing something so heavy as a liability.” I joked.  
She giggled at my comment as she picked up the heavy chest, and quite well for 
a lady, “Well, thanks anyway, maybe we’ll meet again.”  
With that she hurried over to Nurse Joy and engaged in a conversation, so I 
shrugged my shoulders and returned to my room, conscious that neither of us got 
the others’ name and so we probably wouldn’t ever see each other again.  

Soon, Emily, Abby and I were heading out into Ocean Town towards the docks, but 
the weather wasn’t as great as it was yesterday.  
The reason why the lady had been wearing such a protective and thick raincoat, 
was because it pouring down with rain, and it was fairly windy.  
The girls and I made a stop at the general store and invested in umbrellas, but 
it was hard simply keeping hold of them.  
If only we’d just sorted out a boat yesterday, we’d be out of here and perhaps 
away from the lousy weather.  
“So that woman was formerly a Rocket, but she quit?” checked Emily, referring 
to the woman in violet clothes from yesterday.  
“That’s what I just said, and I think she’s true to her words, she’s just seems 
a little detached from people, or at least doesn’t really want to be around 
them.” I replied.  
“Hmmmm.” pondered Emily.  
Abby was strangely silent, it would have been fine some time ago but nowadays 
she spoke just as much as most people.  
“What’s on your mind?” I asked.  
“Its nothing...  Just thinking about what little I know of my past...” she 
replied.  
“You and Armour seemed real cosy last night, something changed between you 
two.” I stated.  
“Yes, we came to an understanding, it turns out that I’m almost as crazy about 
my Pokémon as they are about me.”  
Abby had been seen to by Nurse Joy last night, and as long as she took it easy 
today, her ankle would be fine to walk on come tomorrow, she’d been given a 
crutch to help in the meantime, but we’d have to give it back to the Cinnabar 
Island Pokémon Centre.  

We stepped down several steps and walked into the docks, where there were many 
boats docked in.  
We spent several minutes, well, hours actually, walking past each boat and 
calling on its captain.  
Most belonged to tourists, most others were too expensive for the small 
distance I wanted to go.  

We sat down on a bench, I didn’t know about the girls, but my feet felt sore 
from all the walking and standing around, and we didn’t seem close to finding a 
suitable ship, or even checking all the boats.  
I sighed, “Guess I can kiss my dreams of participating in the League goodbye.”  
“Tetsubo, don’t think that way, I know you’ll make it in time.”  
“Thanks-” I said, turning to who I thought had said that, and then looked a 
little surprised since it was Abby, when I expected it to be Emily.  
“I didn’t really mean what I said, even if it costs me my trainers’ leave, I’ll 
find a Gym that’ll give me a Gym Battle.” I announced.  
Just then I heard the wailings of a woman in distress, and immediately picked 
myself out of the seat and dashed towards a boat not too far away.  
“I’ll get you the money, I promise!”  
“Dad’s tired of your promises, if you can’t finish paying your instalments, 
then he’ll just have to sell to someone a little more able to run a business.”  
“I am, but tourists just seem to pass me by.”  
“What’s going on here?” I asked.  
The female voice I’d heard wasn’t quite a woman’s, but the young lady I’d met 
in the Pokémon Centre.  
She and a man were inside a boat’s cabin, but the windows were open and their 
voices were loud enough for many people to hear.  
Both she and the male turned to look at us, the woman gave me an inquisitive 
stare while the male looked annoyed at me.  
A little more clear than before, I could see more of her features even from 
outside the boat.  
She looked around twenty, she had brown spiky hair which hung over her face and 
down the back to her shoulders due to a tight red bandana, she wore a blue and 
white striped shirt, jeans cut at the knees and orange boots.  
The male that was harassing her had black spiky hair with a small goatee beard, 
a small eye patch across his left eye, and a smart dark green and yellow suit 
that looked like it was from the days of pirates.  
“Why are you-” asked the girl.  
“This doesn’t concern you kid, get lost.” interrupted the man.  
“Why I oughta-”  
I was interrupted by my two female companions grabbing an arm and dragging me 
back a little.  
“Tetsubo, not all disputes are ones you need to solve.” said Abby.  
“Yeah, you try too hard to make everything right, just sit this one out.” added 
Emily.  
“Can’t you just borrow from your parents, they’re loaded.” continued the man.  
“No.  I promised them and myself to prove I could make it on my own, its been 
hard but its also been fulfilling to me, you can’t take it from me.” pleaded 
the lady.  
“I don’t particularly want to either, you’re the only person my age worth 
competing against, I’d try to convince Dad to give you a little longer if you 
could just satisfy my needs for a great Water Pokémon Battle, but you haven’t 
been able to do that in a whole year.” explained the man.  
“Right now then, my Pokémon are ready for a fight.” she challenged.  
“I battled them yesterday, they can’t have got experienced enough to beat me in 
such a short time.” sighed the male.  
“Well what if I found someone else to battle you? Would you agree to that?” she 
requested.  
“I doubt it, you can’t just find a wandering trainer with the talent to best 
me, let alone one that will even help you.” frowned the man.  
“Oh yeah? Hey kid, yeah you.” she ordered, and I slowly and nervously stepped 
forward.  
“You’re up for a Pokémon Battle, right?”  
“Um, I suppose.” I answered nervously.  
“Then its settled, you and Black will battle in the water.” she announced.  
“Now hold on, that’s different, have you noticed the weather? I don’t have many 
Pokémon that can deal with those sort of conditions!” I protested.  
“We do.” said the girls, drawing a Pokéball.  
“I guess we’re in.” I sighed.  
“Hmmmm, three trainers with a Water Pokémon each, I guess my thirst might be 
quenched today.  But if they lose, or if they just don’t impress me, then the 
boat is mine.” stated the male.  
“They won’t lose, will you Kid?” questioned the woman confidently.  
I gasped, “I didn’t realise we were battling for that sort of thing!”  
“Oh I’m sure you’ll do fine, you don’t look like much, but you made it clear 
that you’re the sort to help people out without expecting anything in return, 
so you must be good with Pokémon.” assumed the lady.  
“Thanks, I think, but you should have explained things, how am I supposed to 
battle at my best if I know what you have to lose?” I questioned.  
“I’m sure you won’t fail Kid, trust me when I say you don’t want to get on my 
bad side.” she smiled.  
“The name is Tetsubo, and I’ll try not to.” I sighed.  
“Well then.” said the male, standing out on the port, but with two attendants 
with umbrellas sheltering him from the rain, “Let’s begin.”  

The first Pokéball opened, and its energy form hit the water, and a Seaking 
appeared as it leapt up high and splashed back down.  
“Stand aside Tetsubo.” smiled Emily as she pushed past me and released her 
Shellder, which simply plopped into the water but surfaced shortly afterwards.  
“That’s all you’ve got to offer?” laughed Black, “This certainly won’t do.”  
“Use your Tackle attack, Shelly!”  
“Horn attack.”  
“Shell!!!”  
“Seaking!”  
Both Pokémon bashed against each other, and rebounded back to where they 
started, a fairly even start.  
“Heh, maybe the little clam Will be worth my while, Seaking, use your Fury 
Attack!”  
“Sea...  Sea...  Sea...” grunted the fish as it swiftly leapt over and under 
the water’s surface, its horn aimed forward.  
Emily’s Shellder although didn’t look it was a quick swimmer, and swiftly moved 
to the side each time the Seaking leapt at it, but it didn’t last, and the 
Seaking caught onto this and changed its angle.  
“Withdraw!” called Emily, and the hard shell closed up as the Seaking rammed 
its horn against it several times.  
The Seaking eventually stopped and plunged into the water to form a new 
strategy, while Shelly courageously opened its shell to check for danger.  
“Now! Horn Drill!” shouted Black, and the Seaking burst out of the water and 
came down on the Shellder, horn spinning quickly.  
“Clamp it!” shouted Emily, and the hard edged shell closed around the horn and 
stopped it from pushing forward to Shelly’s soft inside.  
But it wasn’t perfectly planned, the horn stopped for a moment, and then 
continued spinning, with Shelly attached to it.  
It wasn’t long before the Shellder became immensely dizzy, and would soon let 
go.  
“Ice Beam!” called Emily, and an explosion of ice shot out of the shell and 
propelled Shelly away, while freezing the horn solid, plus most of the 
Seaking.  
The horn soon managed to spin away and broke the majority of the ice, but a 
solid ring remained around the Seaking but didn’t encase its tail or fins, so 
it wouldn’t hinder its performance too much.  
“Agility.” said Black, and the fish became faster than before, as if it wasn’t 
speedy enough already...  
“Shelly watch out!”  
Too late, the Seaking rammed its horn into Shelly in the form of a Peck attack, 
and Shelly fell back hurt.  
“Supersonic!” shouted Black confidently, and the Seaking let out a shrill sound 
that made everyone uncomfortable, except for the Shellder, whom was supposed to 
be the target.  
The Seaking was hit from below and rose into the air, the Shellder under it but 
backwards, and using Water Gun to propel itself.  
“That little Shellder sure is creative.” I noted.  
“Waterfall!” shouted Black, and the Seaking unleashed so much water, the result 
looked like a waterfall crashing down on Shelly which forced it underwater.  
We waited patiently to view if the match was over, and Shelly bobbed along the 
water’s surface not moving.  
“Hmmmph, I guess I win that round.” smirked Black, before Shelly turned over 
and blasted the Seaking with an Aurora Beam, a cold glowing light-like attack.  
“You little cheat.  Seaking, use Tail Whip!” shouted Black.  
“Sea-KING!” it shouted, leaping over and swatting the Shellder hard and making 
it bounce along the surface.  
“And Peck again!”  
“Sheeell-Der!!!...” squealed Shelly, still not backing out of the battle.  
“That’s very brave Shelly, but unless we do something dramatic, that Seaking 
has the edge as long as its got water around it...  That’s it!”  
“Let’s make sure it doesn’t get up again.  Seaking, Horn Drill!”  
“Seeea!!!” it roared, leaping out of the water to land on Shelly horn first.  
“Ice Beam!” Emily shouted, and Shelly backed away while freezing the surface of 
the water, creating a large ice platform, the Seaking prepared to aim low to 
shatter the ice, but something caused it to land awkwardly, the ice ring still 
formed around it.  
It had become caught in the ice, and the Seaking couldn’t rotate enough to 
bring its horn down to free itself, good strategy, seeing as the Seaking would 
have otherwise bounced off the platform.  
“Now! Tackle! And Ice Beam!”  
Shelly rammed its opponent hard, and followed up by freezing the Seaking 
totally, forcing Black to recall it.  
“Very good, but you won’t win this fight!”  
“Tenta-Cruel!” said Black’s next Pokémon.  
“We can do this, no need to use the other’s Pokémon.  Ice Beam!”  
“Hah, you’re gonna need all the help you can get, dive, and use Technique 4!”  
The Tentacruel was gone before the beam froze the area’s water, and Shelly 
suddenly went flying, hard fast Bubblebeam projectiles forcing it up, the 
Tentacruel rose above the surface and sprayed a disgusting green liquid all 
over the Shellder, causing smoke to fill the air.  
“Aw no, it used Acid, that stuff can weaken practically any defense.” I 
stated.  
“Use Water Gun!” panicked Emily, but me and Abby both could see that two 
straight battles were too much for her Shellder.  
“Wrap, and Constrict!” shouted Black, and one swift tentacle whacked against 
the Shellder and wrapped around it, before crushing Shelly until it was 
recalled.  
“I guess I’m out.” sighed Emily.  
“Don’t get down Emily, I can handle this, Go Twinkill!” I shouted confidently.  
“Star!”  
“Heh, use Supersonic!”  
The Tentacruel repeated the horrid shrieking sound as Twinkill independently 
used a Psychic attack, but its aim was off due to the screeching sound waves 
and we were lucky to just miss a passing boat with the powerful blast.  
“Now Surf!”  
The Tentacruel disappeared, but reappeared on top of a tidal wave, enhanced by 
the Tentacruel’s power, it loomed high above Twinkill but it shrunk into its 
Minimize technique and disappeared as the Tentacruel crashed down.  
“Thunderbolt!” I shouted, and Twinkill immediately complied, and shocked the 
Tentacruel, but it in turn was able to fire its own attack, and Twinkill was 
covered in a thick purple sludge.  
It dived underwater to remove it, but as it surfaced it was blasted by a Hydro 
Pump attack, and fell back weakly.  
“How?” I questioned, “You should have been able to stand up to that.” before 
noticing a faint purple mist around Twinkill that made it curl up a little.  
“Toxic.” I figured, as the Tentacruel launched another Hydro Pump.  
“Use your Thunderbolt!” I shouted, and Twinkill used the water jet as a link 
between it and the Tentacruel, and shocked its way up to its opponent and left 
it temporarily dazed.  
“Better use Recover while you can, Twinkill.”  
“Poison Sting!” shouted Black, and his Pokémon complied, firing out several 
thin needles even while being hurt by electricity.  
Twinkill was hit, and although it couldn’t be poisoned anymore than it already 
was, it served as a distraction to cancel the healing.  
“Tackle that bully!” I retorted, and Twinkill slammed into it hard but had to 
back away.  
“Screech!” called Black, and a worse wailing sound pierced through the area.  
Twinkill shook occasionally, trying to fend off the sound, and then came out 
with one more Psychic attack that hit the Tentacruel dead on, and caused it to 
collapse and float upside down.  
“Darn it.” cursed Black, “I Will pull this back, Go Seadra!”  
“Dra!”  
“Twinkill, please, another Thunderbolt!”  
I wasn’t sure if Black was satisfied enough, Twinkill surely couldn’t hold off 
the poison, and I knew that the only Pokémon Abby had wouldn’t cut it.  
Twinkill fired several shots around the Seadra and they all converged on it and 
blasted it into the air.  
“Now Recover.”  
Twinkill tried hard, concentrating to heal but at the same time fending off the 
poison, I could only hope that last attack had stunned the Seadra long enough 
not to interfere, a wish made in vain.  
A crackling beam of ice was fired from the Seadra’s current position and 
trapped Twinkill in a ring, two of its star points were frozen so it couldn’t 
spin its way out, it was stuck.  
The Seadra was finally able to drop back into the stormy waters and approach 
Twinkill at its own pace, its eyes glowed so it could produce a scary look.  
I couldn’t be sure if Twinkill was reacting or not, it had a lot on its mind.  
“Now blow it away with Hydro Pump!”  
“Draaa!!!”  
“Star!” shouted Twinkill, using a last minute Psychic attack which hit the 
Seadra hard and deflected its aim, but still, doing so had let the poison 
spread and knock Twinkill out while the Seadra landed with just a little 
strength left in it.  
“Return Twinkill...  I guess its up to you Abby, although I’m not too confident 
in your only Water Pokémon.” I sighed unhappily.  
“Heh.  Then you’ll be surprised, Go Leviathan...” she whispered.  
The Pokéball was thrown into the water, and then rose up, shooting out a large 
white light as it returned to Abby’s hand, to Black it must have looked like a 
tall Pokémon, until that light shot down and formed into the average Magikarp.  
Black held a head to his face to keep himself from laughing out loud, “That’s 
it?” he questioned, “You’ve got to be joking!”  
As he burst into laughter, I sighed, “Unless it evolves, I guess this battle’s 
screwed up, I guess we won’t be saving that boat after all...”  

End of Chapter 46A  

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