PS207

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Ruby & Sapphire arc

PS208 : On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper II →

On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper I
A Fearsome Duel

VS ザングース & ハブネークI

VS Zangoose & Habunake I

Info

Shogakukan full volume	Chapter 207 in Vol. 17
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 207 in Vol. 17
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Slateport City Route 119

On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper I (Japanese: VS ザングース & ハブネーク I VS Zangoose & Habunake I), titled VS Zangoose & Seviper I in the Chuang Yi translation, is the 207th chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga, and the 27th chapter of the Ruby & Sapphire arc.

It is subtitled A Fearsome Duel (Japanese: 恐ろしき決闘 Ferocious Duel) in the VIZ Media translation and Ferocious Battle in the Chuang Yi translation.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Seeing that the Gym Leader, Norman, is interested in the current situation, Gabby goes to inform him about what had happened to Mr. Stone. Before she can finish, Norman silences Gabby and tells her that he isn't interested in that. Norman dives to the bottom of the water and picks up a Pokéblock. He surfaces and takes some documents from the Submarine Explorer 1.

Gabby demands answers, and Norman replies that he is only interested in searching for his son, Ruby. After Norman leaves to continue searching for Ruby, Gabby believes that they can get a lead on the team that stole the Submarine Explorer 1 if he manages to find his son. Realizing that the team that stole the submarine was clad in red instead of blue, they speculate that two teams may be at work.

Back at Ruby and the Swimmer's location, the two continue to fail in their capture of the Feebas. After hearing a rustling in the bushes, the two hide and see that a wild Zangoose has come out. Suddenly, a wild Seviper comes out and the two Pokémon begin fighting each other. As the two fight each other, Ruby and the Swimmer try to escape, but Ruby gets something on his fishing line.

This causes the two to notice them, which leads to them taking chase for thinking that Ruby and the Swimmer are there to interrupt them. Ruby looks for his PokéNav, but is unable to find it, which leads to the Swimmer telling him to send out his prized Pokémon to fight. Ruby tells the Swimmer to send out his Pokémon instead, which leads to an argument which ends in their Poké Balls sent flying and into the claws of their attackers.

Defenseless, Ruby and the Swimmer try to back away, but Ruby's fishing line begins shaking again. The line is revealed to have caught the Feebas from before, which has come to return Ruby's PokéNav. Zangoose and Seviper attack once more, but Feebas jumps into Ruby's arms and begins glowing.

Major events

• Norman finds a lead on Ruby's location.
• A Seviper and Zangoose spot Ruby and the Swimmer and attack them.
• Feebas returns Ruby's PokéNav.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Zangoose

Characters

Humans

• Ruby
• Norman
• Gabby and Ty
• Captain Stern
• Swimmer Jack

Pokémon

• Mightyena (Nana; Ruby's)
• Delcatty (Kiki; Ruby's)
• Marshtomp (Mumu; Ruby's)
• Vigoroth (Norman's)
• Staryu (Swimmer Jack's)
• Feebas
• Zangoose
• Seviper

Trivia

Errors

• In the Chuang Yi version, Petalburg Woods is called Petalburg Forest.
• In the Chuang Yi version, the PokéNav is called its Japanese name, PokéNavi.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 貓鼬斬&飯匙蛇 I (Taiwan) VS 猫鼬斩&饭匙蛇 I (Mainland China)
European French		Rivalité séculaire - Partie 1
German		VS. Sengo und Vipitis (Teil 1)
Italian		VS Zangoose & Seviper I
Korean		VS 쟝고 & 세비퍼 I
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Zangoose & Seviper I
Spanish	Latin America	VS Zangoose y Seviper I
	Spain	Contra Zangoose y Seviper (1ª parte)
Vietnamese		VS Zangoose & Habunake I - Trận chiến dữ dội

← PS206 : Not So Fetching Feebas

Ruby & Sapphire arc

PS208 : On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper II →

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