Inherit the Pokemon

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"We leave this message for the extraterrestrials.
We know not how, or why, it will come.
Your life is limited, with no place here.
It shall be reversed, and then,
The world shall be re-inherited by Pokemon."

-Pokemon Sages' Prophecy

Inherit the Pokemon is a story starring the genius Pachirisu, Medulla, in an attempt to take over Pokeworld. In her attempt she is put on trial by a group of Pokemon Sages, rulers of the underworld, but this leads to her finding a conspiracy between the Electric and Steel sages to bring about a prophecy that Pokemon would rule over Pokeworld once more, even though sages are not supposed to mess with the outside world.

Characters (in order of appearance): Medulla, Miryer, Polk, Lamor, Mumbo Jumbo (cameo), General Cyrus Vance, Davie Numberm'n, Giovanni, Some Rocket Grunt, Yana, Villie, Hellter, Mew, Doug, Nocrelle, Churzle, Garzella, Vire, Neppietune, Steel Devil, Wuggles, Marswin, Murk, Shunnie, Scorpino, Laggle, Meouroguard, Regigigas, Moltres

Locations: Pokeworld, Medulla's Lab, Ruins of Alph, Saffron City, Team Rocket HQ, Olympus Cave, Normal Underworld, Regigigas Temple, Wuggles' Temple, Fire Underworld, Fire Plant, Vire's Temple

Time Period: Late November 2009-Mid-January 2010

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Chapter 1: The Pokemon Inheritance

Part 28-1: The Dominating Prophecy

Medulla begins to feel down in her lab, as all her recent plans have failed on her, usually exploding in her face. She tries to think of a new plan when she overhears on the news of a new temple found in the Ruins of Alph. She forms a plan to go there and fabricate a message that names her as the chosen ruler of Pokeworld.

Part 28-2: Kanto James

Medulla arrives at the Ruins of Alph and traps the archeologists there in their cabin so she could get into the ruins without them finding her. She then enters the ruins and is knocked about by a flurry of traps until she passes out in a room.

Part 28-3: The Pokemon Inherit

Medulla awakes and hurries to carve in her prophecy, but instead finding another prophecizing that Pokemon would re-inherit Pokeworld. About that time the archeologists show up and she hides; they find the prophecy, but it gives her an idea and she leaves. Returning to her lab, she notes that Pokemon is both the plural and singular form of the word.

Chapter 2: The Pokemon Ruler

Part 28-4: The Prophecy Revealed

The archeologists present their findings at a presentation in Saffron City. After some questions from reporters are answered, Medulla interrupts the conference and claims that the true message was that she would rule the planet, not Pokemon in general.

Part 28-5: Differing Voices

Over the next week the recent event creates a buzz throughout Pokeworld until a small riot erupts in Goldenrod City. At this point the Pokeworld Defensive Forces issues a statement to try and calm the tension. Meanwhile, Medulla appears on the talk show Late Show with Davie Numberm'n, where she goes into her past and decries Team Rocket. Giovanni gets wind of this, and declares they need to capture Medulla so she would stop besmirching their name.

Part 28-6: Kidnapped!

As Medulla walked home in the winter snow, Some Rocket Grunt emerged from the shadows to capture her. Some Rocket Grunt attacks her with his Murkrow, Trapinch and Spinarak, but during the battle the PDF arrived to take out Medulla. The soldiers and Some Rocket Grunt end up distracting one another and Medulla escapes to her lab, only to be caught in a burlap sack. A Sleep Powder then incapacitates her.

Chapter 3: The Pokemon Sages

Part 28-7: Welcome to Olympus Cave

Medulla awakes in a cave and sees a Yanmega and Vileplume (the ones who kidnapped her), along with a Haunter. They call the cave Olympus Cave, and a Mew appears to tell Medulla she is on trial for misusing a prophecy of the Pokemon Sages. 12 sages appear, one for each Pokemon type except Fighting; as soon as roll call is completed, Laggle, a Gallade, arrives late.

Part 28-8: Medulla's Trial

Medulla's trial begins, but Medulla demands on what grounds they have to put her on trial. They explain that they are the Pokemon Sages, rulers of the underworld and the ones to keep the world in balance, and Medulla's use of the prophecy has put the world off-balance, something that breaks Pokemon Sage code. Medulla claims that she did not know of the code, and if she had she would not have broken it; furthermore, she believes it her right, duty, and destiny to someday rule Pokeworld.

The sages point out Medulla's actions have caused tensions to rise between humans and Pokemon; Medulla makes the case that she must ascend to power to bring humans under control, but the sages point out that Medulla caused further chaos (and still broke the code.) Finally they take a vote, each sage speaking their decision out loud. By the time they get to Mew a majority has already been made, but the final vote is six for not guilty and eleven for guilty. Medulla is declared guilty, and by a 14-3 margin she is placed in custody of Churzle, a Raichu and the electric sage. The sages then disperse and leave her to Churzle.

Part 28-9: The Prophecy Fulfiller

Churzle leads Medulla through a tunnel in Olympus Cave and he explains that he wants her to make a machine he was building work, something that can teleport people between the various underworlds. The Steel Devil appears and they explain (in song form) that the two of them wish to fulfill the prophecy with Medulla's help, by releasing the Pokemon from the underworld back onto Pokeworld, the realm of the living.

Although the rules state sages are not to mess with prophecies or Pokeworld, Churzle admits he's tired of the rules and wants to free Pokemon. The Steel Devil tells Medulla she can join them and be regarded as heroes and the leaders of the new Pokemon-ruled world. Medulla says she fixed the machine during the song, but Churzle and the Steel Devil betray her. She tries to take back the machine but it activates and hits her, sending her away and leaving the two sages to begin their plan.

Chapter 4: An Abnormal Day

Part 28-10: In the Wrong Death

With Medulla out of the way, Churzle and the Steel Devil return to their respective underworlds to rally the Pokemon there. Meanwhile, Medulla appears in the Normal-type underworld. She meets a Meowth who is suspicious of her, as non-Normal-types were not supposed to appear there. He leads her to a building and locks her in.

Part 28-11: A Test of Sorts

Medulla finds herself in a room with a Regigigas who labels her as an intruder, and forces a quiz onto her; if she fails, she will perish. She gets every question right until the final one (asking about Donald Duck's uncles), causing the Regigigas to pound her with a Mega Punch. A Buneary hears the commotion outside and opens the door, allowing Medulla to escape. She then confronts the Meowth, Meouroguard, and they begin to fight when Wuggles appears to stop them.

Part 28-12: Traveling Across Deaths

Wuggles brings Medulla to her temple, a house carved from a tree, and Medulla explains to him what Churzle and the Steel Devil were planning. Wuggles shows Medulla that he has a portal to the Fire-type Underworld, as each underworld has two portals to others in a loop. The Steel-type Underworld portal is closed, though, and he forgot the code to open it, so Medulla agrees to go through the Fire and Water-type underworlds to reach Churzle in the Electric-type Underworld.

Chapter 5: Feeling the Fiery Flames

Part 28-13: An Unwelcome Electric

After a choir of Fire Pokemon sing of Medulla's quest, Medulla finds herself in the Fire Underworld. As she is about to find Vire's temple, a Moltres appears out of nowhere and begins to attack Medulla. She suspects that, as Meouroguard thought she was there to cause trouble at the Normal-type Underworld, Moltres thinks she's there to cause trouble. She notices a power plant nearby and rushes inside to escape Moltres.

Part 28-14: Volcanoes Are So Yestertime

Medulla meets a Flareon and Torkoal who explains the Fire Plant to her. Moltres tries to get in and Medulla flees, finding a part of the Fire Planet set up like a temple. She enters and meets Vire, who has been told about Churzle's plan by Wuggles already. Vire explains that because only sages have complete control over the portals between underworlds, Medulla will be plopped at a random place each time. Furthermore, Pokemon will likely attack Medulla for being in the wrong underworld unless the sages alert the others that she has clearance, but she is unsure if she should give Medulla clearance.

Part 28-15: When You Wish Upon a Tail

Vire tells Medulla a tale about a beautiful Vulpix born only once in a thousand years, who became very haughty and proud because she believed it was her beauty that made her special, but over hundreds of years never evolved into a Ninetales; one day she met Jirachi, who refused to grant her a wish due to her attitude, so she tried to capture and sell it. Jirachi escaped and used its powers to make the Vulpix very ugly; the Vulpix became depressed and hid in the woods, only for an ancestor to come to her and tell her it was not her beauty, but her psychic powers that made her special, but the Vulpix realized it was neither of those but what she did with them that made her special. She returned to Jirachi, who refused to make her beautiful again, but the Vulpix accepted this. With this acceptance her true power came forth and she evolved into a Ninetales, but no longer cared about her beauty.

Vire tells Medulla she had voted her guilty to send her on a learning experience, but had not foreseen Churzle and the Steel Devil's plan. She contacts the other sages to warn them about the plan and that Medulla will likely be crossing through; with that, Medulla will no longer have to worry about Pokemon attacking her in the underworlds, and she heads into the Water-type Underworld.

Chapter 6: A High-Seas Adventure

Part 28-16: In Fact, It Is a Whale!

Part 28-17: Bigmouth the Pirate

Part 28-18: The Sea Queen

Chapter 7: The Chase Begins

Part 28-19: The Tunnel Break-In

Part 28-20: Magnets Might

Part 28-21: Tron to the Moon 2: Tron Doesn't Appear

Chapter 8: In the Garden of… Stuff

Part 28-22: I Thought This Was Grass

Part 28-23: The T(ree)ower With (Victree)Bellsprouts

Part 28-24: Vegetarian Plants

Chapter 9: Frozen Fury

Part 28-25: 'Ice to Meet You

Part 28-26: And Now She's on an Ice Flow in the Middle of the Ice Underworld Somehow

Part 28-27: Sage Rage

Chapter 10: Playing With Poison

Part 28-28: A Breath of Fresh—A GRIMER AND A KIRLIA!?

Part 28-29: I Call it Pittsburgh!

Part 28-30: Chippy & Medulla: Swalot's Inside Story

Chapter 11: A Surprise Unearthed

Part 28-31: Ground Beef. Wait, There's No Beef.

Part 28-32: Some Kinda Prophecy

Part 28-33: Medulla's Part

Chapter 12: Rocks. Just... That's All I Got.

Part 28-34: Aggravating Aggron

Part 28-35: Portal Snatcher

Part 28-36: Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright Rock-Hard Slam Down!

Chapter 13: Bogged and Bugged Down

Part 28-37: Birds 'n' Bees and, Well, Just Bees

Part 28-38: Weirdest Hobby Ever

Part 28-39: The Human Problem

Chapter 14: This Must Be A “Fight a Buncha Minibosses!” Chapter!

Part 28-40: Stop Hitting Me, Mon!

Part 28-41: HMM, I WONDER WHO THIS CHARACTER COULD BE

Part 28-42: I HAVE FURY!

Chapter 15: The Universe at a Glance

Part 28-43: Tour of an Underworld

Part 28-44: Cosmic Scene

Part 28-45: The Future of Today Makes Tomorrow Like Yesterday!

Chapter 16: A High-Flying Adventure

Part 28-46: Even Here.

Part 28-47: Full of Hot Air

Part 28-48: Rainbow Cruise

Chapter 17: A Ghost of its Former Underworld

Part 28-49: This Underworld Sure Makes Sense

Part 28-50: Graveyard Shift/Return of Hell

Chapter 18: A Mid-Evil Medieval Time

Part 28-51: THE HUMAN! THE HUMAN! THE HUMAN!

Part 28-52: The Draggin' On Meeting

Part 28-53: By No Means a Change of Pace

Chapter 19: The Darkness Spreads

Part 28-54: It's All Coming Together

Part 28-55: No Taxation Without Representation!

Part 28-56: The Dark Star. Well, Dark Spiritomb.

Chapter 20: Metal Marauder

Part 28-57: The Steel Army

Part 28-58: The Death Metal Lord

Part 28-59: The Metal Multiplier

Part 28-60: The End of the Steel Underwood

Regi Quiz 98

"QUESTION 1: YOU ARE A BULBASAUR! YOU ENTER A FIGHT AGAINST A WEEDLE! DO YOU USE VINE WHIP, POISONPOWDER, GROWTH, OR SYNTHESIS!?”
“All four of those attacks are at a disadvantage. Vine Whip is exceedingly weak against a Weedle, Poisonpowder would not affect it, Growth increases Special Attack, but as Vine Whip is a physical attack, it is useless, and Synthesis depends on the Bulbasaur's hit points. In the end, Vine Whip is the only true choice.”

"QUESTION 2: WHAT IS THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF A STANTLER!?”
“Seventy-one point two one four zero zero two zero nine.”
“...ENGLISH SYSTEM PLEASE!”
“One hundred fifty-seven pounds.”

"QUESTION 3: WHAT POKEMON EVOLVE VIA A MOON STONE!?”
“Skitty, Clefairy, Nidorina, Nidorino, and Jigglypuff.”

"QUESTION 4: NAME THE NEXT 5 PRIME NUMBERS AFTER 37!?”
“41, 43, 47, 53, and 59."

"QUESTION 5: WHAT DOES DEFENSTRATION MEAN!?”
“The act of ejecting out a window.”

"QUESTION 6: WHAT POKEMON LEARNS AEROBLAST!?”
“Lugia, or a Smeargle after using Sketch.”

"QUESTION 7: WHAT IS 6076 DIVIDED BY 62!?”
“Ninety-eight.”

"FINAL QUESTION: WHO ARE DONALD DUCK'S TWO UNCLES?”
Although the correct answer is Scrooge McDuck and Ludwig Von Drake, Medulla did not get the question right.

Trivia

• The title of this story is a reference to a phrase from a Bible proverb, which was then used as the title of a play: Inherit the Wind.
• The original prophecy is a reference to Sub's stuff about humans being wiped out and leading to Yoki Yoki or something.
• Davie Numberm'n is a parody of David Letterman, with the name being a joke on what Duth calls FF sometimes, "Numberm'n."
• Medulla makes reference to meeting "another one of [Team Rocket's] experiments," Danny. She says she "was most likely their only success."
• Another Steel Devil appeared in Pokemon Platinum 3, this one a Heatran. Because the Steel Devil is destroyed in this story, and the Heatran that appeared was of the future, it's possible that the Metagross Steel Devil is later replaced with a Heatran one.
• Vire was originally a character in Yoki Yoki; the tale she tells Medulla is very similar to what Vire did in Yoki Yoki.

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