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Pokemon! Genie! Kanto? It's a thing that's happening!

Who: Shantae and Sonny Moe!
What: Kanto Adventures!
Where: Kanto! You know! The place where everyone wants to be the very best like no-one ever was!
When: Mid June
Warnings: Pokémon Battle Shenanigans
Music: You know which music you need to listen to.

The train ride from FDC was always pretty pleasant. The scenery was nice and it was a fairly long ride which allowed time for both gazing out the window at things flying by and also napping. Sonny, of course, insisted it was his treat whenever the snack trolley rolled past. The snack lady on the train had never made so much in one shift before...

...anyway. Kanto in Summertime is a wonderful place. The sun is shining, the Pidgey are Shin--er, singing, the Rattata are looking at their masses of squabbling children and regretting each and every life choice that led them to this moment. Today, they are joined by a portly, young, blue haired gentleman and his beautiful purple haired companion who just so happens to be a Genie.

"So! This is Pallet!" he said, turning to her and grinning. "I know it doesn't look like much, but it's a great place!"

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Oh yeah, she was taking advantage of it. She dove down, grabbing one unsuspecting grunt with her talons, before throwing him right at Machamp Man. She then dove at Machamp Man himself, and while he was thrown off balance, she would deliver some claw slashes at him.

"AUGH! MAAAAAA!"

Shantae's claws raked at the Machamp's skin and he yelled out in pain - even though she wasn't a Pokémon, her claws were still sharp enough to do plenty of damage. He swung an arm out at her, trying to grab for her feet.

"Oh no you don't!" Sonny yelled, bounding across the deck and slamming a fist into the Machamp's incredibly toned stomach. It was a sound like a slab of meat hitting a concrete floor. Sonny felt the impact all the way up into his shoulder and the Machamp doubled over, the wind driven out of his chest.

"EVERYBODY STOP!" yelled the rocket who had been carrying the cases containing the baby Pokémon. He was at the edge of the boat, dangling them out over the water. "If you two make one more move I'll drop them into the sea! These are what you're here for, right? They'll be lost forever if you make one more move!"

Sonny froze.

The Machamp coughed and then hit Sonny in the back of the head, sending him faceplanting into the deck.

Shantae wasn't intimidated. She could get the case back if that punk dropped it, but of course they didn't know that.

And she had a bad temper.

Go for the case, take out the boss... Go for the case, take out the boss...

She winced a bit, but the choice was clear. Sorry, Sonny... She set down on the deck and transformed back... then bolted for the guy carrying the case.

"Augh!" the Rocket yelled, chucking the cases so he could cover his face - he hadn't actually expected them to call his bluff! He would have never dropped the cases of his own volition, he was just trying to fake them out!

They fell into the ocean and their guarded, metal sides caused them to sink dramatically.

"....oooh noooo!" squirmed the Rocket Scientist, looking fearfully at the Machamp Man who was turning so red in the face, you'd almost assume he was using Bide.

"You IMBECILE"

Sonny was groggy as all hell, but managed to push himself up onto all fours at least. He was glad Shantae had picked trying to save the baby Pokémon over coming to his aid, even if that hadn't gone according to plan. There were priorities in this situation and she'd understood them admirably. Hopefully Sonny could employ some nice water types to help him locate the cases. But now the Machamp guy was striding towards Shantae and the Scientist guy and even watching him from the back, Sonny knew there was murder on that Fighting type's mind.

"Hey! Hey, Machamp! Hey! I'm actually not done...?" He said, forcing himself to stand. "You're a mean spirited, poor excuse for a Pokémon. Your punches are alright, but you could hit me in the face all day and you'd never K.O. me! I'm level 82. You're... what? Level 32? 33 at most? You got traded early to evolve fast, right? Rockets do that a lot."

The Machamp stopped mid stride and turned around to face Sonny, the rage on his face not abating in the slightest. "...you don't know what you're talking about!"

"I do." the Snorlax replied before giving a long, wet sniff and drawing his arm along under his nose to wipe away some of the blood. "Your attacks are hard because you have a high attack stat, but they're nothing compared to what I've dealt with before. I helped beat the Kanto Champion, Green. I helped beat down Giovanni's team. You broke the nose of a person who didn't fight back and was trying to help you out. You didn't even do a really good job of that? Now that the baby Pokémon are off the ship... we can end things. Shantae? I think we can finish this up your way."

The boat shifted uncomfortably quickly under everyone's feet as Sonny transformed.

"You're right," Shantae said, hopping up on to the edge of the ship. She turned and pointed at the Rockets dotting the deck. "You punks have caused MORE than your share of trouble! Kidnapping, hurting my friends, and now dumping a bunch of baby Pokemon overboard because you're cowards? Guess what? You're about to learn why you don't mess with a Guardian Genie!"

She did a few more dance moves. She transformed again... this time into a mermaid. She dove off of the edge of the ship, arms out. She knew just what to do, but first, the briefcases. The pier wasn't incredibly deep, but it was deep enough that for a normal person it would have been impossible to get to them. Fortunately for Shantae, she wasn't a normal person.

Swimming down towards the cases when they hit the bottom, she realized quickly she wouldn't be able to lift a pair of heavy metal boxes up to shore easily, especially because she quickly realized the cases weren't watertight, and were now filled with water. But there was another option... She still had the bag of clothes slung over her shoulder in this form.

Shantae clicked open the cases, snatching the Pokeballs out of them, and stuffing them into the bag at her side. Fortunately, these were at least waterproof. "There you go, little guys," Shantae said when all the balls were safely stowed in the bag. She clipped it closed, and then looked up at the ship. Time to start doing things HER way, she thought.

She took off from the bottom of the pier, up towards the old ship. Her mermaid form came with a few offensive powers of its own, and it was time she showed these Team Rocket goons a few of them. Charging up a destructive bubble, she threw it at the hull of the ship. It was old enough that she was sure there were a few structural deficiencies she could attack like this.

"Laaax...."

'Wooooah...'

Seriously, was there anything she couldn't turn into??

The Rockets on deck started to worry about the stability of their boat. Some of them decided to err on the side of prudency and release flying type Pokémon. Zubat and Spearow.

"If you try to fly away..." the Machamp growled "...you will be disciplined. Harshly."

At this point, the boat started rocking in earnest as Shantae used her Bubble Attack to smash up the lower hull. There was the telltale sound of wood splintering and rushing water. Sonny's weight wasn't helping.

The Machamp was incensed, his form changing to something less human, but still not quite Pokémon. More green, some splotchy stripes. Entirely too many muscles.

"Damn you... DAMN YOU!" it screamed.

'Nope. You damned yourself when you decided to stay with Team Rocket and work towards their goals! You don't understand this now? But one day maybe you will. I'm sorry I couldn't save you. I hope one day you decide to be good - if you do, come and find me, OK? I'll still help you.'

The ship lurched again, the hull shattering under water, and the Machamp dashed towards Sonny, fists raised for a Cross Chop. Now that he was starting to revert in form, he felt he had a better chance at taking down the normal type.

Sonny grabbed him by the arms, long Snorlax claws taking tight hold, and started to thrash him around the deck. These were not officially sanctioned Pokémon moves. This was not a Pokémon battle.

Sonny just kind of needed this to be over or everyone was going to drown.

The wood splintered above deck too and the remaining Rockets weren't at all interested in sticking around. Those without Flying types dived overboard and swam for the dock. Those with the ability to take flight did so. With water lapping at his feet and an unconscious Rocket Machamp over his shoulder, Sonny waded into the wet and made for shore too.

The boat gurgled and sloshed and sank beneath the waves.

Those that opted for the water were in for a big surprise, as the mermaid Shantae made short work of capturing any that tried to make a break for it. She hauled them up to shore and conked them out, content that at least some of the perpetrators weren't going to evade capture. When Sonny finally reached shore, Shantae the Mermaid was sitting on the beach, tail flapping against the water edge.

"Not bad for a day's work, huh?" she asked.

Sonny dumped the Machamp on top of his subordinates and fell over on the sand, making the biggest crater in its soft warmth that he could.

He changed to Human form and rolled over on his back. His face was still pretty messed up and his shirt was pretty well spattered with dark red splotches.

"I think we did an awesome job. Foiled the rockets, smashed their boat, saved the Pokémon, now we can turn these guys into the police." He yawned loudly. "...I might need you to get me a Hyper Potion from the Pokémart in town? You can use it on me while I'm a Snorlax and my nose might get a little better. The money we've won should cover it pretty easily."

He turned his face to look at her and he grinned hugely, despite any pain it may have caused his poor abused face. "You were amazing. I hope you know that."

"Thanks," Shantae said, transforming back to normal and getting up from the beach. "You were really brave yourself," she told him. "Stay right there, I'll get you a potion in no time!"

She bolted off towards the store. While she was gone she changed out of that Team Rocket uniform and back into her regular clothes. She was quite the sight picking up Hyper Potions looking like that, but she was used to it by now. You'd think people never saw a half genie before!

She was back in no time with some Hyper Potions stuffed into the bag with the rest of the Pokeballs. "There! Help has arrived!"

Sonny would have changed out of his own Rocket garb... but he was only wearing the pants and boots anyway and the shirt had been mostly destroyed. He'd forgotten to grab up his shorts and they were now floating around in the downed boat.

Khaki shorts just hadn't seemed like a priority at the time.

He'd managed to drift off in her absence, making little clouds of sand as his cheek lay in it and he snored softly. (Who knew that messing up his nose would cause his snores to get quiet?) Luckily, none of the Rockets had come to, yet. There were some police nearby cuffing the miscreants despite their unconsciousness. (They had big red Rs on their shirts! Probable cause, right there!)

One was headed towards Sonny, too - he was wearing the right pants...

Shantae managed to arrive just as the police had set about arresting the Rockets. Or rather, as they started trying to arrest Sonny by mistake. Well, that wouldn't stand.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Shantae called out, running for him. "He's not Team Rocket! We were following them, trying to rescue the baby Pokemon they kidnapped!" she explained.

"Oh really." replied one blue uniformed Policeman. "And why, then, would he be wearing Team Rocket trousers, eh? Even if they look a shade too small."

Sonny, waking up to find his hands locked behind his back saw Shantae and the Policemen and sighed.

"....not again! I really, really hate being arrested."

He'd been arrested before.

Why were you arrested before.

"We were sneaking aboard their ship that just sank to ambush them," she explained as if it made perfect sense. "It's a disguise!"

It had to do with underbites, a buffet, and then he became an internet celebrity for like a week.

"A disguise, eh?" the copper replied. "We'll let the judge be the... well. Judge of that!"

"Augh, no! Look, I'm not even Human! I can't even go to jail here!" Sonny said, being hauled to his feet. "Look, watch!"

He turned into a Snorlax, snapping the handcuffs and glowering at the Police in a manner that suggested he very much did not want to deal with any of this right now thank you very much.

"....I have no idea what just happened." the Policeman replied. "Either this is the most amazing Ditto I've ever seen or someone slipped something a little heavier than Max Elixir in my coffee this morning."

"...Look, why don't you just let me take my Snorlax home, okay?" Shantae asked, hoping NOT to have to explain the strange day the pair just had.

"....if you're up to anything fishy, Missy, we'll get you." grumbled the copper as the last of the Rocket Grunts was hauled into the paddywagon.

Sonny just growled under his breath. He wasn't used to being treated like a villain after just saving the day. It was rare for him to get disgruntled over anything, but his entire face throbbed and he just wanted some Hyper Potion.

It looked as though the Machamp had been placed in a Pokéball at some point while Sonny was out. He almost wanted to change back and ask if he could take it with them. At least that way he could store it in Red's PC or something. But he doubted the Police would comply, and he wasn't sure what it would accomplish even if he tried.

Though. Despite all the aggravation and gloom... hearing her call him 'Her Snorlax' was... nice. He could never leave Red's team. But. If he ever found himself having to...

He placed a big clawed paw on her shoulder as the cops drove away.

"Lax?" he asked, pointing at his much put-upon face. Time for some Pokémeds.

"Geez... Some gratitude, huh?" Shantae asked, watching the cops drive away. No thanks, no recognition, no nothing. She sighed, taking out one of the Potions from her bag, and spritzing it on Sonny's injuries. "Here you go, finally... Hope this stuff works as well as it says on the bottle!"

The speed at which Hyper potions worked really was pretty miraculous. Sonny could feel those aches just melt away as she spritzed it on there.

"Rrrr... Lax."

Once the two bottles were empty, he switched back into a man and squidged at his nose and cheeks with tentative fingers.

"That's going to be tender for a little while, but it's mostly healed. Thanks, Shantae. I really needed that." he said, looking a little sheepish. "I really let that guy hit me more than I should of."

"No kidding," Shantae replied, hands on her hips to chide him when he was healed. "Next time, hit back BEFORE they break your nose, okay? I know you're strong, but it's not worth it letting yourself be beaten up."

He paused for a moment. "I'm sorry. I hope I didn't make you worry." he replied, looking even more sheepish, then a little ashamed. "I didn't really... I thought maybe he just needed a chance, you know? An opportunity to get away from Team Rocket. I meant what I said to him. I wanted to help him."

He shrugged. "If I could? I still would help him. I'm strong, but I'm strong because I want to help. I know you know what I mean. What good is being strong if you're hurting the ones you should be trying to save?"

"Yeah, I get it," she said in response. The way he talked about that Machamp they fought... It brought back some uncomfortable thoughts about Risky Boots. Was she right? Was there really no way Risky could change? And if she couldn't, what did that say about the Machamp?

"People like that can only change if they want to," Shantae told him. "The best you can do is wait for them to make that decision..."

"That's what I was trying to do. It just so happened that he kind of wanted to knock my nose in for me while he thought about what I had to say." he replied, that smile coming back a little.

"Anyway, I hope he can get some sort of help, even if it's not me getting it for him. Thanks again for the potions and sorry for the trouble."

Shantae shook her head to banish the unpleasant thoughts, and put a smile back on. "It's no problem," she said. "At least we made it and rescued all those Pokemon!"

She opened up the bag at her side to show him all the Pokeballs safe and sound.

"We'd better get them back home."

"Yeah! But first....? I really need something to eat and maybe a nap." Sonny replied with a little chuckle. "I haven't slept in way too long and I haven't eaten anything since those apples."

Which was like... an hour ago at most. But still.

"That food I could smell in the boat is probably no good by now, being under the ocean? But there's a lot of great places to eat in the city! I just need to get a shirt? Because most places are 'no shirt, no shoes, no service' in Kanto."

"Say no more," she said, reaching into the bag and pulling out the shirt he had been wearing before. "I thought ahead and saved our clothes. It's a little damp, but it's still good!"

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