Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 17
Wacing in the Winter Wonderland
Today, we find our heroes dressed in winter clothing while marching through the
cold, snowy, ice trap known as the Tartar Plains. Even Pikachu and Sandy had
on cute little winter outfits.
"I sure would like to hold one of those Slugmas Prof. Bonsai showed us right
now", moaned Ash.
"I hate to admit it, so do I!" whined Misty.
"Tracey, how far is it to the next gym?" asked Cameron while trying to wipe his
glasses clear of snow countless times.
"According to my map", said Tracey. "It should be about a day's walk, or
trudge." Then the map shattered like a sheet of ice once Tracey put his thumb
on it.
"We'll probably end up like that poor map if we don't keep moving!" whined
Misty. "And I don't wanna lose my fingers! I just had my nails done!"
"Growlithe", pleaded Reiko. "Like the fiery Moltres that warms freezing
travelers just by flying over them. Can you please warm me up with a little
fire?" She asked as she held up a tiny staff.
"Growl!" said Growlithe with a sinister smile. He let out a huge flamethrower
attack lighting up the staff but burning Reiko in the process. Then Growlithe
started snickering like those dogs on Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
Reiko quickly ducked her flaming head into a snow bank causing it to melt away.
"Are you okay Reiko?" asked Cameron as he lifted her back up.
"I'll be fine Came-chan", scowled Reiko as she looked at the smiling Growlithe
and then at the flaming staff everyone was gathered around keeping warm.
"That was pretty mean what you did to Reiko, Growlithe", scolded Cameron. "What
would Officer Jenny think if she saw you being sadistic to the person you're
supposed to guard?"
"Growl!" smiled Growlithe remembering how Jenny suggested that he could do
anything he wanted to Reiko just to get even with her for all the times she
escaped their arrests in the past.
"Now this is more like it", sighed Misty as she rubbed her mittened hands
together enjoying the heat.
"Warmth! Glorious warmth!" sang Ash in a totally off-key voice.
"Please stop singing Ashy", sighed Misty. "Your tongue might freeze!"
"I thought that only happens if you stick your tongue to an ice cube", said Ash.
"I'll arrange it for you if don't stop singing!" said Misty with fiery eyes.
"Okay, I'll be good", said Ash humbly.
"Hey, look who's coming?" said Cameron as something approached our heroes.
It was a cute little red penguin holding a huge sack. "Deli!" it quacked.
"Why it's a Delibird", smiled Tracey as he tried to sketch the bird, but his
sketch pad shattered the minute he put his pencil to it.
"Delibird?" asked Cameron as he aimed his Dex at the new Pokemon.
"DELIBIRD: the delivery Pokemon" replied Dextra. "Delibird carries food all day
long. There are legends of lost people who were saved by the food Delibird
gave them."
"Oh, darn it!" groaned Tracey as he saw the frozen, shattered bits of paper on
the snow. "And I wanted to sketch it."
"Not me", said Ash. "I want to catch it!" Just as he was about to reach into
his pocket to take out an empty Pokeball. Delibird started reaching into its
sack, pulled out a tiny bag, and gave it to Ash.
"What's this?" asked Ash as he watched the Delibird hand out tiny bags to all
the others including Pikachu, Sandy, and Growlithe.
"Maybe this is the food Delibird likes to give people", said Cameron. "Just
like Dextra said."
"Shrew!" smiled Sandy eagerly tearing apart the bag slowly wanting to get at
whatever grub was inside.
"Arigato, little bird", smiled Reiko as she bowed to the smiling bird while
everyone else bowed to it too. But, when they all opened their bags, BOOM!
Out came some tiny explosions. And when the smoke cleared, we find our heroes'
faces covered with black soot. The Delibird started laughing and then skipped
off.
"What just happened?!" gasped Ash while coughing out soot.
"That bird just made birdbrains out of us!" shouted Misty.
Pikachu, Sandy, and Growlithe who were also covered with soot made angry cries
and launched their thunderbolt, swift, and flamethrower attacks at Delibird.
But the bird just started to fly off into the horizon at full speed escaping
the attacks.
"Don't worry little ones", said Reiko with a mean look. "I'll take care of that
upstart fowl for no one humiliates the ninja and flies off victorious!" And she
launched one of her throwing stars hoping it would strike that bird.
"Won't that sharp thing kill that Delibird?" asked Cameron.
"Fear not Came-chan", said Reiko. "The ninjas of my clan are specialty trained
never to kill a Pokemon. The way I threw my star, it should only strike that
bird's tail preventing it from escaping. Then I shall get my revenge in my own
special style. HA HA HA HA!"
"It's a good thing that she's no longer a Rocket", thought Cameron as he and
the others watched Reiko twiddling her fingers while looking sinister eyed.
She then spotted something coming their way.
"That must be that Delibird, coming back to beg for forgiveness", said Reiko
proudly.
"I don't think so", said Tracey.
"What?!" growled Reiko.
"It looks like a person on a sled", said Tracey. "And it seems to be coming our
way." Tracey was right. It looked like four pigs pulling a silver sled and
steering the sled was a middle-aged Eskimo wearing a brown parka.
"Whoah Swinubs!" said the Eskimo as he cracked a whip causing the pigs to
immediately slow down and then stop. Then he got off his sled and approached
our heroes.
"Hello travelers", smiled the Eskimo as he reached into his hood and pulled out
Reiko's star. "Do any of you happen to be the owner of this pointy thing? It
suddenly zipped right into my hood by surprise." And he pulled down his hood
to show everyone his black hair that had a vertical bald line.
"Oh, that is mine", said Reiko blushing. "Please forgive me for ruining your
hair", she said while bowing shamefully. "I will punish myself a thousand times
for your humiliation. Even when I am dead, I will continue to punish myself in
Heaven!"
"Please don't worry about it", smiled the Eskimo. "I was thinking about trying
a new hairstyle today anyway. And if people don't like it, I'll just keep it
under my hood. That's what all my people in my village do. You hardly ever
see a hoodless Eskimo there. Oh wait, where are my manners? Hello, my name is
Kyler." And he extended his red-mittened hand to everyone while they shook it
and introduced themselves.
"I take it you've just met our resident prankster, Delibird", said Kyler as he
studied our heroes' soot-covered faces.
"AUUUGH! I FORGOT!" cried Misty. "I'm in front of company!" And she took out
a powder puff and started making herself nice and clean again.
"You'll have to forgive it", said Kyler. "Event though most Delibirds live to
help hungry travelers. That particular one just likes playing practical jokes
on everyone. The people in my village all know never to open that Delibird's
presents."
"Oh great!" sighed Ash. "A Pokemon version of Jokey Smurf!"
"These are really cute pigs you have here", said Cameron as he patted the furry
striped pigs while one of them gave Cameron a kiss on the cheek with its snout.
"Those are my Swinubs", said Kyler proudly. "The can take me anywhere I want to
go in the Tartar Plains."
"Swinubs, huh?" smiled Cameron as he aimed his Dex at one of them.
"SWINUB: the pig Pokemon", replied Dextra. "If it smells something enticing, it
dashes off to find the source of the aroma."
"That is correct", smiled Kyler. "Not only can the Swinub pull sleds through
thick snow banks, it can also sniff out acres of food to feed my village."
"Does this village of yours happen to have a Pokemon gym?" asked Tracey.
"Why, yes it does", smiled Kyler. "I happen to be the owner of it."
"Does that make you...?" asked Ash.
"Correct", smiled Kyler. "I am the official Tartar Plains gym leader. My theme
is snow. I only use Pokemon that can survive in icy, cold tundras! Can your
Pokemon handle competing in my winter wonderland?"
"You bet they can", said Cameron with determination. "How about it Sandy?"
"Shrew!" said Sandy as he flipped his cute little scarf back.
"Very well then", smiled Kyler as he took out a walky-talky and spoke into it.
"Kista, it looks like I found another challenger. You know what to do." And
before anyone could say frostbite, a huge helicopter suddenly appeared blowing
away the blizzard and landing right in front of our heroes. Out stepped a
beautiful Eskimo woman dressed in pilot's clothing and dragging out a sled just
like Kyler's.
"I'd like you all to meet my darling wife, Kista", said Kyler proudly as he
wrapped an arm around his wife.
"Pleased to meet you all", smiled Kista as she bowed to our heroes while they
bowed back to her.
"That's a really neat looking sled", said Cameron as he studied the sled that
was painted a nice crystal blue.
"I'm glad you like it", smiled Kyler, "Because that's the sled you'll be
racing on."
"A race?" asked Cameron.
"That's correct", smiled Kyler. "If you want to win a badge from me, you'll
have to beat me in a sled race back to my village. My Swinubs will be pulling
my sled and you can choose four Pokemon to pull yours."
"But I don't know the way to your village", said Cameron.
"Just follow those northern lights over there", said Kyler pointing to the
direction that had beautiful colored lights flashing in the sky. "That's where
my village will be."
"They're beautiful!" sighed Misty.
"I agree", said Cameron amazed. "But how come we haven't noticed them until
now?"
"I think it was because there was too much snow blowing around", said Tracey.
"And the blades from the helicopter blew it all away making the sky clear once
again."
"Like the windshield wiper that clears your view", said Reiko. "I am truly
enjoying this marvelous spectacle! Thank you Kista-san for clearing it for us."
"My pleasure", said Kista blushing.
"Wait a minute", said Ash as he was busy studying Cameron's sled to hardly
notice the lights. "I don't think this sled is big enough to carry all of us
back to your village."
"That's because Cameron will be the only one riding on it", said Kyler. "He and
I will be racing while Kista will be flying the rest of you back to our village."
"Even though I will not be by your side in this race, Came-chan", said Reiko.
"I will be waiting for your victorious return."
"Thank you Moonray", said Cameron. That was his new nickname for her for Reiko
loved the moonlight and her black hair shone beautifully in it.
"It's time for you to pick your four pullers", said Kyler as he gave his
Swinubs some Pokemon food to keep up their strength. Cameron released all of
his Pokemon to see which were the best sled pullers.
"Shrew!" smiled Sandy as he put on one of the harnesses ready to race.
"Slow!" said Slowking as he put a harness on also ready to show that this
Slowking was not as slow as his name.
"Bri!" said the cute little Elekid as he put on the third harness while
shooting out tiny sparks of energy making the snow a little prettier.
"Wow, you guys sure look energetic today", smiled Cameron. Then turned to his
other 3 Pokemon. "So which one of you wants to be my fourth puller?"
"VILE!" cried VP for it was shivering in pain for everyone knows flowers cannot
survive in the snow.
"Sorry VP", said Cameron as he pulled his frost covered Vileplume back into its
warm Pokeball. "How about you Batty?"
"CROBAT!" whined Crobat as icicles started forming on her wings causing her to
plop down onto the snow.
"Sorry to you too", said Cameron as he put Batty back into her ball as well.
"I've forgotten that grass and flying Pokemon can't battle ice Pokemon, or in
icy places as well. I guess it's up to you Sudo. Uh, Sudo?"
"WOODO!" cried Sudowoodo as the huge rock tree started sinking into the snow
with only his branches showing.
"OH NO!" cried Cameron. "Sudo's too heavy to play in the snow! Sorry Sudo!"
And he quickly pulled Sudo back into his ball. "I guess it's over", sighed
Cameron. "I need four pullers and only three of them can work in the snow."
"I know", smiled Reiko. "You can use Growlithe!"
"Growl?" sneered Growlithe while looking annoyed at Reiko.
"Yes", smiled Reiko. "Like the Dragonite that can survive harsh weather with a
powerful dragonrage attack. You can do the same with your fire powers."
"But Reiko", said Cameron. "Jenny said Growlithe was supposed to be guarding
you. Sure it was a pain when he keeps backing you away when we want to spend
some time together, but you can't expect him to neglect his duties. Police
Growlithes are very dedicated Pokemon."
"I know", said Tracey as he released his Scizor right next to Reiko. "My Scizor
can keep an eye on Reiko while you help Cameron win the race."
"Zor!" said Scizor as it wrapped its steel arms around Reiko's waist showing
that it wouldn't let the crafty ninja out of its sight. Cameron silently was a
little envious of Scizor for he wanted his arms to be around Reiko.
"Growl?" said Growlithe still not really sure about this.
"Please Growlithe-san", pleaded Reiko. "Do this for your mistress's boy."
"Growl!" sneered Growlithe as it reluctantly crawled into the fourth harness of
Cameron's sled.
"Arigato Growlithe-san", said Reiko trying to bow while still in Scizor's grasp.
"Thank you Growlithe", said Cameron as he got on the sled. "And I won't tell
Officer Jenny that you've neglected your duty."
"Growlithe, Growl!" sighed Growlithe which meant. "Whatever happened to my hard
charcoal heart?"
"Shall we begin the race now?" asked Kyler as he got on his sled and picked up
the reins.
"You bet!" said Cameron as he picked up his reins as well. "How about you guys?"
"Shrew!" "Slow!" "Bri!" "Growl!" they all replied.
"Ready, set, GO!" shouted Kista as she shot a starter's pistol signaling the
start of the race. Kyler took an early lead while Cameron and his four Pokemon
started off as well trying to catch up.
"Be victorious like a strong Victreebel my Came-chan", whispered Reiko as she
and the other's stepped into Kista's helicopter while they watched the two
sleds race off towards the northern lights.
* * * * * *
Cameron was trying his best to keep up with Kyler while Sandy, Slowie, Elekid,
and Growlithe were running their little legs off in the thick snow. But Kyler
had the advantage since his Swinubs were made for the snow and since he had an
encouraging whip.
"Come on guys", said Cameron. "Let's show this guy we can win without the use
of a cruel whip!"
"Shrew!" "Slow!" "Bri!" "Growl!" they all cried as they picked up their speed a
little. Suddenly, a huge blizzard started to surround Cameron and his Pokemon
completely blinding them.
"AHH!" cried Cameron as he took off his glasses and started rubbing his eyes,
but all he could see was a blank sheet of white. But he could hear Growlithe
letting out a loud, "GROWL." Suddenly, Cameron could see again for Growlithe
had used its flamethrower to melt away the blinding blizzard.
"Thank you Growlithe", said Cameron. "Growl!" said Growlithe who was now happy
to be on his team.
"Uh oh!" gasped Cameron for when running through the blizzard, he realized
that the northern lights were right behind him which meant they were heading
the wrong way. "Quick guys!" cried Cameron. "Turn around!" But when they did,
all four Pokemon got tangled in the reins making them look like a huge ball of
yarn. "Why do I have this sudden urge to knit?" sighed Cameron while looking at
his REAL Pokeball.
* * * * * *
Further ahead in the Tartar Plains, we find Team Rocket sitting in the snow.
Jessie was happily making some stuff out of snow while Meowth was watching
James rub two snowballs together. "What's that gonna accomplish?" asked Meowth
while icicles were forming on his whiskers.
"I've always heard that if you rub two snowballs together, you can start a
fire", said James as he continued rubbing the balls.
"That's supposed to be two rocks together!" shouted Meowth as he put James in a
headlock and started giving him noogies.
"What are you doing?!" whined James.
"Maybe I can start a fire if I rub the rocks in your head!" shouted Meowth as
he kept rubbing. But then stopped when he eyed Jessie.
"Snow, snow, I love it so!" sang Jessie as she was continuing making weird
shapes out of the snow.
"What's with her?" wondered Meowth.
"Don't you remember?" said James. "Jessie loves the snow. When she was a
little girl, her mother always made her snow dishes since they were too poor to
buy any real food."
"Oh yeah", said Meowth. "I wonder what our little snowflake is making?"
"We'll be dining pizzeria style tonight boys", smiled Jessie as she plopped
down an ice tray filled with foods made out of snow. "I made snow pizza with
snow pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and black olives."
"Don't you mean white olives?" asked James.
"Just use your imagination!" scowled Jessie but then smiled again. "Along with
a snow salad with snow vinegar on the side. Snow crazy bread and for desert,
snow hot fudge sundaes."
"Don't you mean cold fudge sun.." asked James, but then looked at Jessie's
smiling face while fire appeared in her eyes. "Okay, I'll use my imagination",
said James nervously not wanting to make this snow chef boiling hot.
"Bon appetit my fellow Rockets", smiled Jessie as she took out a pizza cutter
made of ice and cut the pizza into cold frosty slices. "The best part about
snow pizza is that there's no cholesterol!" smiled Jessie as she took a bite
out her slice.
"At least this pizza won't burn the roof of your mouth", said James looking at
the slice funny then managing to eat it.
"Yeah, it'll just stick to it!" whined Meowth for the slice did get stuck to
the roof of his mouth. He pulled and pulled until he finally managed to rip it
off along with part of his skin. "Meowth!" sighed Meowth as he saw the gumlines
on his slice. "At least it now looks like a red colored pizza", sighed Meowth.
Just then, they heard some laughing that sounded like "Deli, deli!" "What are
you laughing at?" growled Meowth as he was about to extend his claws to
Jessie's and James's faces.
"It wasn't us Meowth", said James. "It was that bird over there!"
"Huh?" asked Meowth as he turned around and found the same Delibird we saw
today laughing at our villains. "You think that's funny, eh?" scowled Meowth.
"Let's see how funny you think it is being plucked, gutted, and served golden
brown!" Just as he was about to slice up the calm Delibird, Jessie stomped him
into the snow.
"Wait a minute Meowth", snickered Jessie. "That there's a Delibird. I hear
they carry all sorts of food they like to give to hungry travelers."
"Yes, that's right", smiled James. "Hi little Delibird. Can you please spare
some little tidbits for a trio that's down on their luck?"
"Deli!" smiled Delibird as it reached into its sack and gave each of the Rockets
a tiny bag.
"Hey, maybe you ain't such a bad bird after all", smiled Meowth as he and his
human teammates looked hungrily at the bags. But when they opened them, BOOM!
They found themselves covered in soot while the Delibird just laughed and
skipped away.
"That Delibird is more like a Devilish bird", moaned James.
"Now I really am gonna have that bird for dinner!" shouted Meowth.
"Save some its meat for me you selfish cat!" shouted Jessie as she released her
Bython. "Bython, poison sting now!"
"BYYYY!" hissed Bython as it fired its poison needles at the Delibird, but hit
the snow for the bird was now flying off at high speed.
"It would turn into fast food!" sighed James.
"Not for long", laughed Jessie. "Bython, faint attack!" Bython slowly
disappeared and reappeared right in front of the surprised Delibird. Bython
seized the poor bird in its coils while Jessie ran up to the scene and put
Delibird into one of those glass jars they usually trap Pikachu into.
"Deli! Debird!" cried the bird banging on the glass demanding to be set free.
"Where's your sense of humor now bird?" laughed Jessie.
"Did it suddenly fly south for the winter?" laughed James.
"Nothing like Delibird under glass, huh guys?" laughed Meowth as he sharpened
his claws and was about to dice up Delibird.
"You let that poor bird go!" called out a voice. The Rockets turned around and
found Kyler on his sled along with his Swinubs. "Sure he may be a mischief
maker, but he is a living Pokemon and deserves to be set free."
"And just what are you gonna do about it?" demanded Jessie. "Lock us all up in
an igloo jail?!"
"Actually, I had something smaller in mind", smiled Kyler. "Swinubs, use
powdered snow on them!"
"SWINE!" cried all the Swinubs as they blew snow at the Rockets causing them
to shiver. "It's nipping at my nose!" whined James.
"Big deal!" cried Jessie. "It's chomping up my lovely cheeks!"
"It's giving me the total cold shoulder!" whined Meowth. "Not to mention the
rest of me!" And Meowth stopped talking for he became frozen solid.
"Now will you let that Delibird go?" asked Kyler as he made a signal for his
Swinubs to stop blowing snow.
"How about your little piggies join your birdie friend instead?" cackled Jessie
as she released her Snubbull. The little pink dog started to bite Meowth's
tail, but it was too frozen to gnaw on. "SNUB!" cried Snubbull as she rubbed
her pink cheeks in pain.
"Forget that Meowthcicle", said Jessie as she faced Snubbull in front of the
Swinubs. "How would you like to play with those nice juicy hams instead? Use
your charm power!"
"Snub!" smiled Snubbull as she started winking and blowing her little hearts at
the Swinubs. "Swine!" said all the Swinubs as they crawled out of their reins
and ran over to the charming dog while cuddling next to her while kissing her
with their snouts. "Snub!" sighed Snubbull for she really didn't like the feel
of pig snouts on her body.
"What's wrong with you guys?" demanded Kyler. "Why have you sided with these
villains?!"
"Thank the pink magic of my Snubbull", cackled Jessie. "Now your Swinubs will
only obey her and her mistress which is me. Swinubs, powder snow him now!"
"SWINE!" cried all the lovestruck Swinubs as they blew large amounts of snow at
Kyler causing him to totally freeze up. "NOOOO!" cried Kyler as they trapped
him into a block of ice.
"What a lucky day we've had!" cackled Jessie. "First we get some nutritious
poultry, then some delicious pork, and now a frozen Eskimo pie!"
"But how will we cook them without a fire?" asked James. "Not to mention
thawing out Meowth?"
"This is how my dear James", smiled Jessie as he scrounged through Kyler's
sled and found a box of matches.
"Ooooh! Matches made in heaven!" giggled James. "Or are they from the other
place?"
* * * * * *
Cameron had managed to get his sled team untangled and they were back in the
race. "Kyler's probably made it back to his village already", he sighed as his
four Pokemon were pulling his sled down a hill.
"Shrew!" cried Sandy as he started sniffing something. He spoke to Growlithe
about it and he could sniff it too. It was trouble, and make it double. They
motioned for Elekid and Slowie to follow them and they all turned the sled
around in another direction.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" asked Cameron while holding onto the reins.
"Just because we may not have a chance of winning doesn't mean we should just
turn around and give up!"
"Shrew!" cried Sandy as he and the other's stopped and pointed to a distressing
sight. It was Team Rocket. They had Kyler frozen in a block of ice, his
Swinubs locked in a cramped cage, and that smart-alec Delibird tied to a
roasting spit while Meowth was cranking it over an open fire.
"So that's why you all turned this way!" said Cameron.
"Shrew!" said Sandy wanting to tear up some Team Rocket.
"There ain't nothing better than a good spit job", said Meowth as he continued
turning the spit while watching the poor Delibird sweating like crazy.
"Let's see", said James studying the caged Swinubs. "This little piggy we'll
sell to a market. This little piggy we're taking home. This little piggy we'll
serve with roast beef. This little piggy will be left with none. None life
spans that is. And this little piggy went wee wee wee all over my boot!" He
cried as he looked at his urine covered boot.
"Well these little piggies are about to become bacon strips!" shouted Jessie as
she took out some knives and slowly approached the frightened Swinubs.
"You leave those poor pigs alone!" shouted Cameron as he and his sled team
approached the surprised Rockets.
"Well if it ain't Fusterman and his Pokemon flunkies", laughed Meowth. "Care
to join us for a drumstick?"
"That bird is not for eating!" shouted Cameron. "And neither are those Swinubs!
Now either you let Kyler and his Pokemon go or you're all in for trouble!"
"Did you say trouble?" said Jessie and James while twitching and then reciting
their motto.
"When will I learn never to say the T word to those three?!" sighed Cameron.
"Enough with that", said Jessie. "What happened to the rest of your team of
twerps?"
"Don't tell me they've abandoned you here in the snow just for being a burden
to them?" laughed James.
"My friends are really precious to me!" shouted Cameron. "And there's a reason
why they're not here right now. But at least I still have four of them here!"
"Well we got four friends right here as well", said Jessie. "Go Bython and
Snubbull!"
"Go Girafarig and Hakking!" said James. But when they released all their
Pokemon. Yep, Girafarig's tail bit James's head while Snubbull bit Meowth's
tail as usual.
"GRRRR!" sighed Jessie as she ordered her Bython to use its double crunch
attack.
"Quick Growlithe!" cried Cameron. "Use your flamethrower attack!" "GROWWWL!"
Howled Growlithe as he breathed fire at the Bython before it could crunch them
to death. The charred snake just plopped down into the snow trying to cool
itself off.
"You'll pay for that!" shouted Jessie. "Snubbull, work your charm on that
flatfoot dog!"
"SNUB!" smiled Snubbull as she worked her charm magic once again. Growlithe
just sat down in the snow wagging his tail happily not wanting to attack the
charming girl dog.
"Oh no!" cried Cameron not wanting to let another one of his Pokemon battle the
too charming Snubbull.
"Face it twerp!" laughed Jessie. "None of the Pokemon you got can resist the
power of my little cutie pie!"
"Except this one!" moaned Meowth as he rubbed his bitten tail.
"Briii!" called out Elekid as he launched a headbutt into Snubbull's stomach
before she knew what was happening. Growlithe was quickly released from the
charm spell ready to burn the Rockets once again.
"Nice work kido", smiled Cameron as Elekid hopped into his arms. "Bri!" smiled
Elekid for this tough little punk kid didn't go for such mushy charm.
"Quick Girafarig!" cried James while trying to avoid Growlithe's fire attacks.
"Use your stomp attack!"
"GIRAF!" cried the giraffe as it leapt up into the air ready to stomp Growlithe
flat. But Growlithe quickly got out of the way causing all four of Girafarig's
legs to get stuck in the snow. "GIRAFARIG!" cried both the head and the tail
while shivering like crazy.
"Girafarig!" cried James as he was about to approach his Pokemon, but then
stopped for the tail was chattering its teeth like mad and James had no desire
to get his head near them.
"Okay Slowie", said Cameron. "Use your psychic powers to bring Kyler and his
friends back to us."
"Slow!" said Slowie as he concentrated and made Kyler, Delibird, and the
Swinubs float in the air and brought them all safely behind Cameron.
"Hey, you can't steal the things we just stole!" shouted Jessie. "It's
unethical!"
"Hakking! Stop those thieves with a sludge bomb!" commanded James.
"HAK! HAKKING HAK!" coughed out Hakking in pain for all that sludge in its
body had frozen and all it could do was cough out a huge frozen ball of sludge.
"How is this thing supposed to help us?!" demanded Jessie looking disgusted at
the ball of pollution.
"I have an idea!" said Meowth as he appeared in a polo suit and whacked the
ball with a huge mallet. The sludge ball started to roll into a huge snowball
heading directly at Cameron and co.
"Quick Sandy!" cried Cameron. "Can you blow that ball back with a sandstorm?!"
"Shrew!" said Sandy as he took off his winter clothes, took a deep breath, and
blasted out his most powerful sandstorm yet. The storm pushed away the ball
sending it back towards the Rockets.
"Why's that ball coming back?!" gasped Jessie.
"I think that rolling ball's about to gather some moss!" said James. "And we're
the moss!"
"Let's go before we become snowbound!" cried Meowth as he Jessie, James, and
all their Pokemon ran for their lives which was really hard to do in the snow.
The snowball gathered up each of the villains one by one and then rolled off
into the snowy horizon. "Looks like Team Rocket's rolling off again!" they all
shouted as the ball disappeared into the snowier parts of the plains.
"Nice work you guys", smiled Cameron while his Pokemon team danced around and
cheered. Even Delibird was dancing and cheering. But then Sandy and Growlithe
looked angrily at the little prankster and slowly approached Delibird wanting
to give it a few presents as well.
"Deli!" said Delibird nervously as it waved goodbye and flew off into the night
sky. "Shrew!" "Growl!" grumbled the two Pokemon.
"Aw, forget that silly bird", said Cameron. "Right now we have some friends to
save. Sandy, could you...?"
"Shrew!" said Sandy smiling again as he slashed the lock off the cage freeing
the Swinubs. Then Growlithe used his ember power to melt Kyler free from the
ice.
"Kyler, are you all right?" asked Cameron as he grabbed a blanket from one of
the sleds and wrapped it around him.
"I'll b-b-be o-o-o-kay! ACHHHOOO!" said Kyler while shivering. "Th-th-thank
y-y-you!"
"No problem", said Cameron as he helped Kyler onto the sled. "We gotta get you
back to your village right away."
"B-b-but what ab-b-b-out the r-r-race?!" asked Kyler while shivering.
"You're definitely in no condition to race right now!" said Cameron as he tied
both sleds together. "I'm gonna forfeit so I can get you back to your loving
wife safely."
"Th-th-thank ACHOO!" said Kyler while smiling.
* * * * * *
The rest of our heroes were at Kyler's village waiting for the hopefully
victorious return of Cameron. It was definitely a wintery village with houses,
stores, a school, a library and a Pokemon center that were all huge igloos.
"I've never seen so many igloos in my whole life", said Ash as he gazed at the
neon lights of a movieplex igloo.
"So that's where those northern lights were coming from", said Misty putting on
her shades.
"Igloos are the most coziest things to live in when you live out here in the
cold", smiled Kista who was also waiting for her husband to return victorious.
"Hey look, here comes one of the sleds!" called out Tracey as he was looking
through his binoculars.
"Is it my Came-chan?" asked Reiko who was still in the clutches of Tracey's
Scizor.
"Yes it is!" said Tracey.
"HAI!" cheered Reiko with delight as she broke free from Scizor's grip, grabbed
its claws, and started dancing around with it. "My Came-chan is going to win!"
"SCIZOR!" cried Scizor in a dizzy voice.
"No wait!" said Tracey. "I think I may see Kyler." Reiko just silently stopped
dancing and put her head down while Scizor seized her once again.
"No wait!" said Tracey. "It's Cameron. Or is it Kyler?"
"Please Tracey-san", scowled Reiko while Scizor held her tightly "Like the
Rattata that teases the hungry Ekans, but eventually gets it in the end. It is
not wise to play games with a ninja like me!"
"Wait!" said Misty. "It is Cameron. And it looks like he's giving Kyler a
ride."
"What?!" gasped Kista as she ran over and saw what was coming. Both sleds
were tied together and Kyler was lying down on them wrapped in a blanket while
Cameron was holding onto the reins with Sandy, Slowie, Elekid, Growlithe, and
the Swinubs all pulling.
"Came-chan!" cried Reiko as she broke free from Scizor once again and was about
to hug her boyfriend. But Growlithe just jumped in front of her and growled
her back for he was on duty once again.
"Kyler, what happened to you?!" gasped Kista as she ran up to her shivering
husband.
"Exactly who is the winner of this race?" asked Ash looking at the confusing
sight.
* * * * * *
Kista had taken her husband and our heroes back to their home. Kyler, who was
wrapped in a clean blanket with his feet soaking in hot water, was trying to
recover while Kista gave him some hot cocoa. Then offered our heroes and
Cameron's cold and exhausted Pokemon some.
"I wan to thank you Cameron for saving me and my loving Swinubs", said Kyler
who was no longer speaking in chatters. "I just wouldn't know what to do if
those evil Rockets had turned my little ones into BLTs."
"It weren't nothing", said Cameron blushing. "My Pokemon team are the real
heroes."
"Shrew" "Slow" "Bri" "Growl!" said the four Pokemon lifting their tiny mugs of
cocoa while Growlithe was licking his cocoa from a water dish since he didn't
have hands to hold a mug.
"But you were the one who trained them well", said Kista. "You truly are a hero
of our winter wonderland". And she gave Cameron a quick kiss on the cheek for
saving her husband.
"GRRRRR!" mumbled Reiko not liking the idea of another woman kissing her
Came-chan. But luckily, she kept her cool about it. Even though Growlithe
seemed to be melting it away with his fiery breath trying to keep an eye on her.
"Kista's right Cameron", said Ash. "You could've left Kyler behind so you could
win the race. But instead, you forfeited so you could help him by bringing him
back on your sled."
"That's almost like something you would do Ashy-poo!" said Misty as she kissed
her boyfriend.
"Hey, we heroes got reputations to maintain", smiled Ash.
"I'll tell you what Cameron", smiled Kyler. "For being such a warm hearted guy.
I'll give you a second chance to win a badge from me tomorrow morning."
"Thank you sir", said Cameron. "And this time we'll be sure to beat you in our
next sled race. Right guys?"
"Oh no. This won't be a mere sled race", said Kyler in a sneaky voice. Both
Cameron and Sandy gulped.
* * * * * *
The next morning, Kyler, Kista, and our heroes were gathered around a huge
sheet of ice outside of the village. Cameron was on one side while Kyler was
on the other. "This will be a one on one Pokemon battle on the pure ice."
Announced Kyler. "And here is my champion of the north!" And he released a huge
wart hog with an extremely thick wooly coat. "Piloswine!" it snorted.
"What's a Piloswine?" asked Cameron as he took out his Dex.
"PILOSWINE: the swine Pokemon. The evolved form of Swinub", replied Dextra.
"Because the hair all over Piloswine's body obscures its sight, it just keeps
charging repeatedly at things."
"That hog desperately needs a trip to the barber" said Misty.
"But that Piloswine looks so heavy", said Tracey. "Won't it smash through the
ice?"
"Relax Tracey", said Kyler. "This ice is extremely thick. It can hold exactly
1000 pounds."
"Then I'll send my heaviest hitter", smiled Cameron. "Sudo! I choose you!" And
out popped Sudowoodo standing on the ice while flailing his branches around
like a ninja.
"SUDO!" cried Sudo as he started slipping on the ice causing him to fall down
on his rocky butt. He tried to get up, but he fell down on his rock bottom
again.
"Oh no!" gasped Cameron. "I never trained any of my Pokemon to be ice skaters!"
"I guess you had to learn that the hard way", smiled Kyler. "Go ahead and have
your Pokemon launch its first attack since mine has the ice advantage."
"Okay Sudo", said Cameron, "See if you can stop that swine with your rock
slide!"
"Okay Piloswine, call on your endure power!" smiled Kyler. Sudo started
throwing rocks while sitting down, but the rocks didn't hurt the Piloswine one
bit. It just endured all the hits while the rocks bounced off the ice leaving
tiny little cracks.
"Okay, enough of this rock opera", said Kyler. "Piloswine! Use your blizzard
attack!"
"PILO!" shouted Piloswine as it blew a cold blizzard freezing Sudo's branches
solid. "Sudo?" gasped the rock tree who found out he couldn't move his weapons
around to fight back.
"Now give it your take down attack!" smiled Kyler. Piloswine started sliding
across the ice with ease slamming poor Sudo on his back.
"Oh no, Sudo!" cried Cameron as he watched this wart hog knocking Sudo all over
the place and then up into the air. "SUDO!" cried Sudo as it started to fall
right down. But to everyone's surprise, he landed into Piloswine's thick coat
and out of sight.
"Pilo?" wondered Piloswine as question marks surrounded it wondering where its
opponent went. As it skated around, Sudo peeked an eye out studying the
skating movies Piloswine was making.
"It's hiding in your hide!" shouted Kyler. "Shake it out! That tree's making a
fool out of you!"
"PILO!" said the hog angrily as it shook its fur around causing Sudo to jump
out and land perfectly on his feet. Then Piloswine started its take down
attack once again. But this time Sudo suddenly slid out of the way causing
Piloswine to hit a snow bank.
"Sudo suddenly knows how to ice skate?!" gasped Cameron as he saw his
Sudowoodo gracefully skating around like an Olympic champion.
"Piloswine, get that tree!" shouted Kyler. "PILO!" shouted Piloswine as it
got back onto the ice and started skating after Sudo, but was too fast to even
catch.
"Try another blizzard attack!" shouted Kyler. Piloswine tried shooting another
blizzard, but Sudo just easily dodged it.
"That's it Sudo!" smiled Cameron. "Now try a..." But before Cameron could command
it, Sudo had already launched an attack. He blew a blizzard at Piloswine
freezing it in its tracks. Even with that heavy coat, it was still frozen.
"Sudo knows blizzard?!" gasped Cameron. "Wait a minute. First he learned how
to ice skate and now he learned blizzard from Piloswine. That means Sudo must
know something like a mimic attack!"
"Sudo!" smiled Sudo as he bowed to Cameron showing that he was right.
"PILOSWINE!" said Kyler in a determined voice. "Break that ice and finish off
that mimicker off with your hyper beam!"
"PILO!" shouted Piloswine as the ice around it shattered and launched a
powerful beam at Sudo. But Sudo did a marvelous 360 dodging the beam and
landing gracefully on the ice.
"That's showing 'em Sudo!" shouted Cameron. "Now how about mimicking that
hyper beam?"
"SUDO!" shouted Sudo as he opened his mouth wide and released the very same
hyper beam at Piloswine knocking the hog off the ice and back into the snow
bank.
"PILOSWINE!" cried Kyler as he and Kista dug out his poor hog that was out like
a light.
"Piloswine has been K.O.ed", said Kista. "Cameron and Sudowoodo are the
winners!"
"YAY! We did it Sudo!" shouted Cameron happily as he ran out onto the ice and
slipped sliding right into his Sudowoodo. "Sudo!" smiled the tree as he scooped
up Cameron with his thawed out branches and skated him back to the snow.
* * * * * *
"Here you go Cameron. You definitely earned the Snow Badge for being a hero
and a skilled Pokemon trainer", said Kyler as he handed Cameron a badge that
was a white snowman with a black top hat and coal for eyes, mouth, and buttons.
"Thank you", smiled Cameron as he took the badge and showed it to his smiling
friends. "Look guys. I won a Snow Badge!"
"And it looks like someone's come to congratulate you as well", smiled Kyler as
he pointed to the Delibird that was approaching them.
"Not you again!" grumbled Misty.
"Like the Psyduck that never seems to learn its lesson, you have decided to
show your mischievous face in front of a vengeful ninja!" shouted Reiko as she
was about to stab the bird until Growlithe growled her back.
"Aw, why won't you let me have any delights?" whined Reiko.
"GROWWL!" growled Growlithe for he was the one who wanted to tear apart this
wise guy Delibird. "DELI!" said Delibird as he started waving a white flag.
"Wait a minute Growlithe", said Cameron. "I think Delibird has come in peace."
"Deli!" nodded Delibird as he emptied out his sack and poured out oodles of
little bags.
"Not more bombs?!" grumbled Ash.
"Deli!" said Delibird showing that it was on the level. It opened up a couple
of bags and they had all sorts of food in it like fish sticks, tater tots,
corn, cherry cobblers, and all sorts of other foods you usually find in a
frozen TV dinner.
"There really is food in those bags", smiled Cameron.
"That's Delibird's way of thanking you for saving his life", smiled Kyler.
"And it looks like there's enough food here stock us up for about a month",
said Tracey.
"Thank you Delibird", said Cameron. "We will be really grateful for this."
"Hai, arigato Delibird-san", said Reiko bowing, "I forgive you for your past
foolishness."
"Growl", said Growlithe who was too busy nibbling on a cold steak to hold any
grudges against Delibird.
"Deli!" said Delibird feeling all warm inside. A feeling he hardly ever felt
since all he knew in life was playing practical jokes.
* * * * * *
Soon our heroes had gathered all the food they could carry and they were off to
continue their journey. They waved goodbye to Kyler and Delibird as they
trudged off to the south hoping to trudge into some warmer weather.
"By the way Delibird, where did you get all that food?" asked Kyler.
"Deli!" said Delibird in a nervous quack.
"Kyler!" said Kista who came running up to her husband. "Someone just cleared
out our entire pantry! There's no food left at all!"
"Delibird!!!" said Kyler looking at the prank loving bird with fiery eyes.
"Deli!" said the bird with a sneaky smile then grabbed his sack of the food he
sort of borrowed from Kyler and flew off. Kyler just landed in the snow trying
to catch him. Then he got up and started laughing.
"Birds will be birds", said Kyler while still laughing.
TO BE CONTINUED!
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