The Kamizardic Region Book 1: Beginnings

Chapter 12: Fishing, Wishing and Corphishing

Zane and Alta ran ahead of Grimsley who was tires of walking. “Come on Grimsley, run faster!” Zane shouted. “I’m coming!” Grimsley moaned. Up ahead was a clearing with a beautiful pond. “Wow!” Zane and Alta gazed at it while Grimsley caught up to them. “Why don’t we do some fishing?” Grimsley asked as he spotted the rack of fishing poles. Zane and Alta nodded in agreement. “To users: I am away on holidays with my Pokémon. I’ll be back soon. Please feel free to use my fishing poles, just don’t break them. Signed: Fisherman Jeff.” Alta read the notice and grabbed a blue fishing pole. Zane took a red fishing pole and Grimsley took a green fishing pole. They all dropped their bags and put their lines into the water. “Finally, I can relax and enjoy the sunshine.” Grimsley was happy. “I don’t know about you two but I’m determined to catch something.” Zane was excited. “Don’t get too cocky Zane; you’re not the only one who wants to catch a new Pokémon.” Alta was also excited. “Have you two ever been fishing before?” Grimsley asked. “I think I have once but I was only a little kid.” Zane tried to remember. “I don’t think I ever have.” Alta couldn’t remember a time she went fishing. “Oh it’s really simple. You just wait until you get a tug on your line and then reel the Pokémon in but you still have to battle it in order to catch it.” Grimsley explained. “That sounds easy enough.” Alta smiled. Suddenly there was a tug on Alta’s line. “Come on, get out of the water!” Alta tugged hard. The Pokémon fought with Alta but she was strong enough to get the Pokémon out of the water and onto dry land. “Magikarp!” It wobbled and tried to swim on dry land. “Magikarp are so ugly.” Alta took her pokedex out. “Magikarp is the fish Pokémon. A Magikarp living for many years can leap a mountain using splash. The move remains useless though.” Dexter announced. “Wow Magikarp really is weak.” Zane commented. “It is rumoured that Magikarp is the weakest Pokémon of them all.” Grimsley stated. “Snivy help me out!” Alta sent her out. “Snivy use vine whip and send Magikarp back.” Alta ordered. Snivy picked Magikarp up with vine whip and tossed him back into the water. “Thank you.” Alta returned Snivy to her Pokéball. “Let’s try again, shall we?” Grimsley moved his fishing pole. A minute later, there was a tug on Zane's line. “I wonder which Pokémon it is!” Zane tugged hard. The Pokémon came out of the water and landed in front of them. “Feebas.” She was hungry. “Where there’s a Magikarp, there is always a Feebas that follows.” Zane took his pokedex out. “Feebas is the fish Pokémon. It is a shabby and ugly Pokémon. However, it is very hardy and can survive on little water.” Dexter exclaimed. “Murkrow stand by for battle!” Zane sent him out. “Are you actually going to catch Feebas?” Alta asked. “Nope, Murkrow use wing attack!” Murkrow’s wing attack sent Feebas back into the water as well. “Will we get any luck today?” Zane asked losing hope “Hopefully the third time is the charm.” Grimsley smiled. Two minutes later, there was a tug on Grimsley’s line. “Let’s hope it’s a good one!” Grimsley tugged the line hard and the Pokémon came out of the water. The Pokémon had a strong hold on the line and did not let go of it. “Who’s that?” Alta took her pokedex out. “Remoraid is the jet Pokémon. It forcefully squirts water. The water jet never misses prey even if the Remoraid is deep in the sea.” Dexter explained. “Mightyena come help me out!” Grimsley sent him out. Remoraid knew a fight was coming and let go of the fishing pole. “Mightyena use shadow ball!” “Remoraid!” She used water gun to cancel out the shadow ball. While Grimsley and Alta were fiddling with Remoraid, there was a tug on Zane’s line. Zane tugged the line hard and the Pokémon came out of the water. “Corphish Cor Corphish!” The Pokémon was very eager to battle. “So, you’re a Corphish I take it.” Zane took his pokedex out. “Corphish is the ruffian Pokémon. Its hardy vitality enables it to adapt to any environment. Its pincers will never release prey.” Dexter confirmed. “You seem like a very strong Pokémon. I might just have to catch you.” Zane planned. “Corphish!” Corphish used bubble beam. “Murkrow dodge and use wing attack!” Murkrow moved above the bubble beam and went in with wing attack. Corphish used his strong pincers to catch Murkrow’s wings. “Murkrow use dark pulse!” The attack blew up on Corphish and he released Murkrow. “Murkrow use night shade!” Corphish used harden and took little damage. “Corphish!” He came in with crabhammer. “Murkrow use confuse ray!” The light went around Corphish and he became confused. “Corphish Cor.” Corphish was walking around in circles. “You’re mine now. Go great ball!” Zane threw it and Corphish disappeared inside. The great ball wobbled a few times before Corphish was caught. “I just caught a Corphish!” Zane cheered with Murkrow. He picked up the great ball and walked over to Alta and Grimsley. “Who knew one Remoraid could be so much trouble?” Zane thought. “Mightyena use takedown!” Remoraid shot back with bullet seed but it wasn’t enough to stop Mightyena’s takedown. “Let’s go Pokéball!” The Pokéball made Remoraid disappear inside. It wobbled once and then caught Remoraid. “That is how you catch a Remoraid.” Grimsley took a bow while Alta clapped. “It took you long enough. While you two were fooling around, I caught a Corphish.” Zane smiled proudly. Corphish all of a sudden came out of his Pokéball to say hello. “Corphish Cor.” Corphish was happy to meet everyone. Alta was about to pat Corphish when he grabbed her hand with his pincer. “Hey that hurt!” Alta quickly retracted her hand. “Back inside!” Zane returned Corphish. “I think it’s time to get going.” Grimsley yawned. They put their fishing poles back and continued down route 303.