Orange league RPG: Dive school 101.

"Sorry. Yes i do." Ino looks sincere, but makes a face as she says," I hate riddles."

OOC: By the way, this is part of the main story line.

BIC: "Sometimes we must do things we don't like. This is really true for pokemon trainers. But if you want, I could send you to investigate a place I belive might be the site of the ship, as I continue to unravel this mystery myself."

"What would you like me to do?" Michael asks Mary.

"O.k. It's better than staying here"

She looks at Michael. "Your-"

The group is interuppted by a loud spalsh. A Wailord errupts from the water and sends a gaint wave their way as the Wailord's riders, Pirates, jeer at them.

" what do you want" Ino puts herhands on her hips angerly

"We want that map", says one of the pirates, who appears to be the leader. "Crawdaunt!", he deploys his Crawdaunt into the water, "use Dive!"

"Crap. Teddiussa come out!" Teddiursa comes out and looks scared.

"Go, Swablu! Go, Sudowoodo!" Michael angrily shouts.

"I choose you, Guliver!" Mary sends out her Dewgong, "use Dive to follow Crawdaunt!"

"O.K. Teddiursa, wait until it comes out then use Crunch!"

Teddiursa waits.

Underwater, Dewgong chases the slow-moving Crawdaunt to the surface, causing Crawdaunt to leap out.

"Ok now!" Teddiursa bites down on crawdaunt hard.

The Crawdaunt falls down hard, and faints from the impact.

The pirate screams at them, "I'LL BE BACK FOR MY MAP, YOU LITTLE BRATTS!", and dissapears in the Wailord, wich turns out to be a submarine.

"Good job, you guys!" Michael excitedly said.

"I was wondering how Ino would do, and you both did great!"

"I'm going to have to contact Drake about these guys", says Mary.

"You mean Drake, the Kanto ... Elite Four!?!" Michael happily replies.

((Drake is the Orange League master, not an Elite))

"It seems. We can't have criminals like them running free, after all"

"You're right," Michael says. "But, maybe, we should do it later, so if Drake comes, and nothing happens, you know ..."

Mary nods, "Your learning fast. A good quality of a trainer is to think before they act.

Suddenly, a red-haired young man about Mary's age came running out from nowhere. He was wearing a bright, blue jacket trimmed with yellow with a navy under shirt and blue jeans. He was soaked from head to toe and clutching a broom like a life preserver. He looked shaken.

"Oh, Marcus, what happened!?", asked Mary, "Your soaked!"

He looked at her oddly but said nothing.

((Who is Marcus?))

He soon replies, "I just got attacked by some Mantine who used Surf. I have no idea why, though."

"Who are you?" Michael wondered in his head.

((I just came up with it. The Mantine won't appear until later, and Marcus only shows up sometimes, so I'm just intertaining myself. He's the gym assistent))

"I-I-I-I", Marcus stammered.

((Oh. Act as if my post wasn't there, then. :P))

"Here. Let me get you a towel," Michael says.

"This HUGE Mantine came out of nowhere, I swear. It looked very angry.", said Marcus, throwing the towl around his neck.

"Well, we'll have to keep an eye out for it. I'd enjoy tamming a larger-then-life Mantine. All of the ones here are pretty normal.", said Mary, who was famous for her water-pokemon tamming ability.

"Let's go find that Mantine, then!" Michael says.