Water Pokemon Poachers

he gang just arrived at Bluefinland, waiting for the ferry that would take them to Yellow Rock Isle. The only thing was though that the ferry wouldn't be arriving for four hours, so the gang had no idea what to do with their spare time. Just then Ash got a idea; he suggested that the gang fish for some water type Pokemon.

"Fishing will help pass the time while we are waiting for the ferry, besides I want to capture a new water type Pokemon for myself."

"I say that's a great idea." Misty said. "This will give me a opportunity to capture a Corsola."

Brock looked at the guide.

"It says that there are some very good fishing spots near here." He said.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Misty asked, getting out her fishing rod. "Let's go."

The gang went to the area Brock mentioned, when they encountered Officer Jenny.

"Hi Officer Jenny, is anything wrong?" Misty asked.

Officer Jenny explained that she was on the lookout for two water type Pokemon poachers. Then she showed the gang wanted posters of the poachers she was looking for. There was a picture of two ugly men dressed in fishermen outfits.

"If you kids see these two men, contact me as soon as possible." Officer Jenny said.

Misty was not happy with the two men.

"If I saw those men right now, I would introduce them to my fist." She said angrily.

Soon the gang came to a fishing spot. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock all got their rods ready. Tomo and Brock decided to catch themselves a water type Pokemon too. Soon they all threw their fishing lines into the sea. At first nothing seemed to be happening since it always took a while for Pokemon to bite a line. But then Tomo's line started to move which meant that he had captured something. Tomo calmly reeled his fishing line in and then at last the Pokemon he had caught came out of the water and onto land. Tomo's caught water type Pokemon was a red octopus with yellow bumps.

"It's an Octillery." Misty said.

Ash looked Octillery up on the Pokedex.

"Octillery, the Jet Pokemon and the evolved form of Remoraid. It traps enemies with it's suction cupped tentacles then smashes them with it's rock hard head."

Tomo released his Elekid to battle Octillery. Octillery fired Bubble Beam at Elekid.

"Dodge those bubbles Elekid." Tomo said.

Elekid avoided the bubbles.

"Now use Thunder Punch." Elekid's fist charged up with electricity and then it punched Octillery really hard. Octillery was paralyzed by the attack.

"Catch it Tomo." Misty said.

Tomo used his Lure Ball to catch Octillery and was happy with his capture.

"What moves does my Octillery know Ash?" Tomo asked.

Ash checked the Pokedex. Tomo's Octillery knew Bubble Beam, Rock Blast, Gunk Shot, Psybeam, Ice Beam, Signal Beam, Bullet Seed, Octozooka and the egg move Haze.

"You've captured a great Pokemon Tomo." Ash said.

Tomo returned Elekid to it's Poke Ball.

Just then Ash's line began to shake.

"Hey, I have a bite now." Ash said.

He reeled his fishing line calmly and carefully and reeled in his bite. It was a blue and yellow Pokemon with two yellow orbs on top of it's body.

"That's a Lanturn." Misty said.

Ash looked Lanturn up on the Pokedex.

"Lanturn, the Light Pokemon and the evolved form of Chinchou. The light it emits is so bright that it can illuminate the sea's surface from a depth of over three miles."

Ash knew that Lanturn was a water/electric type Pokemon, so he released Bayleef to battle Lanturn. Ash commanded Bayleef to use Magical Leaf on Lanturn and that did a lot of damage to it. Then Ash tossed a Poke Ball at Lanturn and Lanturn was caught in a second. Ash was happy with his capture, then he returned Bayleef to her Poke Ball and checked Lanturn's moves out on the Pokedex. Lanturn knew the moves Water Gun, Confuse Ray, Take Down, Charge, Discharge, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Bubble Beam, Aqua Ring, Hydro Pump and the egg move Agility.

Then Brock's line started to move.

"I wonder what Pokemon I've got." Brock said.

He reeled his line in and to his surprise, his catch was a Corsola.

"Oh you're lucky Brock." Misty said.

"This Corsola will be a great addition to the Pewter Gym." Brock said, knowing Corsola was a water/rock type Pokemon.

He released Weepinbell to battle Corsola.

"Use Razor Leaf." Weepinbell fired leaves at Corsola, but Corsola used Dig to escape from the attack. Then Corsola came out of the sand and fired Bubble Beam at Weepinbell.

"Quick Weepinbell, dodge it and use Razor Leaf again." Brock said.

Weepinbell jumped to dodge the Bubble Beam and then fired it's leaves at Corsola once again. This time Corsola was hit by Razor Leaf.

Brock threw a Poke Ball at Corsola and it was quickly caught.

"All right a new Pokemon at last." Brock said, returning Weepinbell.

Ash's Pokedex found out that Brock's new Corsola knew Tackle, Bubble, Bubble Beam, Recover, Refresh, Ancient Power, Power Gem, Spike Cannon, Mirror Coat and the egg move Icicle Spear.

"What a great Pokemon." Brock smiled.

Misty was starting to feel left out because she hadn't caught anything yet. Ash, Tomo and Brock had already captured great water type Pokemon. But then her line started to move.

"Oh I hope I caught a Corsola as well." She hoped.

But what Misty caught wasn't a Corsola, it was a teal and greenish-yellow Pokemon with pink lips and spikes nearly all over it's body.

"It's a Qwilfish." Brock said.

Ash looked Qwilfish up on the Pokedex.

"Qwilfish, the Balloon Pokemon. To fire it's poison spikes, it must inflate it's body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water at once."

"It's not a Corsola." Misty said. "But it's better than nothing."

She sent out her Staryu to battle Qwilfish and ordered it to use Thunderbolt. Staryu shocked Qwilfish and Misty captured it in a Poke Ball. She learned from Ash's Pokedex that her new Qwilfish knew Water Gun, Tackle, Poison Sting, Pin Missile, Bounce, Poison Jab, Aqua Tail and the egg move Bubble Beam.

"These are pretty good attacks." Misty said. "And since Qwilfish is also a poison type Pokemon, it will be effective against grass type Pokemon."

She returned Staryu. Brock then looked at his watch.

"Hmm, we still have plenty of time until the ferry gets here." He said.

"Great, I can use the extra time to catch a Corsola." Misty said.

Suddenly they heard a small bang coming not far from where they were standing.

"What was that?" Misty gasped.

"Maybe someone is battling another water type Pokemon too." Ash said.

"We better go check it out." Brock said.

The gang ran to where the small bang originated from. It was from another fishing spot near a big abandoned storehouse. The gang saw two men fishing and they had lots of Lure Balls with them. They also had two Pokemon with them; an Electabuzz and a Victreebel.

"Hey those two men are the men Officer Jenny told us about." Brock whispered.

"Yeah and they're probably capturing some water type Pokemon now." Ash whispered back.

Just then, one of the men hooked something. It was a Kingdra, a water/dragon type Pokemon and the evolved form of Seadra.

"Wow." The man who hooked it said. "We will get a lot of money for this Pokemon."

The other man told the Electabuzz to use Thunder on Kingdra. Kingdra was shocked by Thunder and the man caught it easily with a Lure Ball.

"We have been on a capturing spree lately." The man with the rod said.

"We certainly have." The other man said. "Let's check out what we've captured so far."

The two men returned Electabuzz and Victreebel and then walked into the abandoned warehouse. The gang quietly followed them, taking great care not to be seen by the two men. In the warehouse, there were lots of very big water-filled tanks. The two men released the Pokemon from the Lure Balls into the tanks. They had captured an Octillery and five Remoraid, a Lanturn and five Chinchou, a Mantine and five Mantyke and a Kingdra.

"People would surely pay a lot of money for these Pokemon." The first man said.

"Yeah, pity that not all of the Pokemon are fully evolved yet." The second man said.

"Ah that won't matter." The first man replied. "They will evolve with their new owners."

Misty started to feel really angry.

"Catching Pokemon to sell them is horrible." She whispered.

Ash, Tomo and Brock left to get Officer Jenny while Misty stayed behind to keep watch.

"Hey let's catch another water type Pokemon." The second man said.

"Don't even think about it!" Misty shouted, coming out her hiding spot. "As a water type Pokemon trainer, I cannot forgive you for capturing and selling water type Pokemon."

She sent out her Staryu, two Poliwhirl and Totodile to battle the men. The men sent out their Electabuzz and Victreebel to fight back.

"Staryu, Poliwhirl and Totodile, Water Gun." Misty said.

Staryu, the two Poliwhirl and Totodile blasted their water guns at Electabuzz and Victreebel and they were hit by the water gun attacks.

"Don't think that scares us Missy." The first man said.

The men ordered Electabuzz and Victreebel to use Thunderbolt and Razor Leaf. All of Misty's Pokemon were shocked by Thunderbolt and sliced up by the razor sharp leaves.

"Oh no stay strong all of you." Misty said.

Totodile got up, ran over to Victreebel and used Ice Fang on it. Since Ice Fang was a ice type move, Victreebel couldn't stand it.

"Knock that Totodile off you!" The second man shouted.

Victreebel tackled Totodile off it.

"Are you okay Totodile?" Misty asked, concerned.

Totodile was fine and got ready to fight again.

Suddenly Totodile started to glow. Everyone watched as Totodile grew from a small crocodile into a bigger crocodile; it was a Croconaw. Misty squealed over her new Croconaw.

"Okay time to attack these crooks again." She said. "Croconaw use Hydro Pump, Staryu use Bubble Beam and Poliwhirl use Water Gun."

Electabuzz and Victreebel were hit by the attacks and fainted.

"Oh no!" The men shouted.

"Now to deal with you two." Misty said to the men. "Staryu, freeze them solid with Ice Beam."

The two men were frozen in a block of ice by Staryu's Ice Beam.

"All right, great work all of you." Misty smiled.

Her Pokemon were pleased with themselves.

Misty walked over to the tanks where the captured water type Pokemon were.

"Don't worry, you are safe now." She said to them.

The Pokemon were grateful to Misty. Misty could not keep her eyes off the Pokemon.

Ash, Tomo and Brock returned with Officer Jenny and the police. While the police handcuffed the men and returned their Pokemon to their Poke Balls, Officer Jenny spoke to the gang.

"I can't thank you kids enough." She said. "If it wasn't for you, we would never have caught these two crooks."

"I'm just glad that they're going to jail now." Ash said.

"I especially thank you Misty." Officer Jenny said to Misty. "It was thanks to you and your Pokemon that we were able to catch them. If there is anything you want as a reward, tell me right now and I will grant it."

Misty had a thought.

"There is something I want." She said. "I would like to claim all the water type Pokemon that those two crooks captured as my own. I'm from the Cerulean City gym and those Pokemon will be great for the gym."

Officer Jenny smiled and accepted Misty's wish to keep the Pokemon. So Misty used the Lure Balls to return the Octillery, five Remoraid, Lanturn, five Chinchou, Mantine, five Mantyke and Kingdra and became their new trainer.

"My sisters will be psyched once they see all these Pokemon." Misty said.

The gang went to the Pokemon Center to have Misty's Pokemon checked out. Misty sent all of her new water type Pokemon to the Cerulean Gym, Ash and Tomo spoke with Prof. Oak to ask if their new Lanturn and Octillery were okay and Brock sent his Chansey to the Pewter Gym and kept his new Corsola with him. After that, the gang got onto the ferry to Yellow Rock Isle.

"This has been a great day for us." Ash said. "I mean we all have new water type Pokemon."

Tomo, Misty and Brock agreed with that. Misty was a bit disappointed that she hadn't captured a Corsola, but she was happy with her new Pokemon and was still determined to catch a Corsola.