"Ugh, it's more primitive than I imagined!" The Larvesta had refused out of pride to get into her Pokeball, and yet she was regretting every second of it. In light of that, she was constantly becoming more threatening to the local wildlife by the minute.

It wasn't that long before everyone else started encountering local Pokemon, and she was constantly getting more and more agitated with each one she saw, until at last a Ratatta blocked their path.

Supernova wasn't concerned at all about the low level of her opponent. It was the fact that it was a rat that really made her angry, and this base creature had deliberately stepped into her path!

She even barely heard Adrian encouraging her to take to the field before she was already preparing to attack.

"Alright, it's all yours. Remember the strategy we devised back home about stuff like this." Adrian merely let her rush into the field. "Remember, keep your cool if you can."

Luckily for the Larvesta, she had already devised that same plan, and she had calmed down enough to think about what she was doing. She had already taken her position in the field, and calmly sat there, and insulted the Ratatta in words that would make anyone (or anything) fly into a complete rage.

Since no rat ever liked being called a useless, moving piece of trash, never mind being compared to something as offensive as a Trubbish, it was already in a frenzy, and was already running full tilt at Supernova.

By the time it realized it was suckered, the bug had already pelted its two front legs with enough String Shot to stop it cold in its tracks. Then she simply let loose her own pent-up anger and let her strongest Ember loose.

As the Rattata was shouting out some rather strong insults, it tried to release itself from the burning String Shot and run at full tilt towards Supernova. However, it was already too badly damaged, and just as it was breaking free, the much stronger Larvesta was already hammering away at it with another Ember attack.

It only took that next hit to take the rat out of commission, and Larvesta was already going back to Adrian's side. "Well, I cleared the path. Shall we get moving?"

"Sure, but it seems that you've angered its friends." He pointed over further down the path to reveal a Mankey. "Just remember, defeat it before you anger it THIS time. They can be pretty powerful when they've got no regard at all for their own safety."

Unfortunately, there was nothing at all to worry about in the way of angering the monkey -- it was already in a rage.

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Defeated Ratatta, level 2. Now up against Mankey, level 6.

@ Cosmic Fury

Supernova grew to Lv 6!

Let's get DANGEROUS

Suanne and her Riolu started walking along with the group. She wondered what would happen if terrors from another universe were to pop in; all she had to do was jump in front, declare "HALT!" and the bad guys would tremble in fear. A really good plan! Soon, she noticed a few others had encountered their first wild pokemon around the fields. But where was her wild pokemon? She was either too slow, or... maybe the pokemon just didn't like her. Aw, but who can dislike a heroine? That was the 6th rule - all citizens love heroines.

Soon, that point proved to be authentic as she heard rustling nearby. The others didn't seem to notice, as she broke formation from the group, and head over to the sound as quickly as she could. Her Riolu, Excalibur, followed after.

"Ri!" (Is there something yummy in there?) Excalibur asked, obviously with an empty... stomach.

"Be quiet, Excalibur!" warned Suzanne. "Diligence is key! Don't worry; our moment to strike will be soon! And you know what they say - whoever gets the best first strike will be the winner!" Rilou nodded, as soon the vigilant foe became clearer - it was a lone Sandshew, apparently looking for loose berries.

"Shrew..." (Once again, that Ekans came here before me...) it regretted, followed up with a sigh. It appeared to be a lonely, yet strangely appealing pokemon to Suzanne. It was time for a new recruit. But first... she opened her pokedex.

Sandshrew, the mouse pokemon, eh? Suzanne thought. When in danger, it rolls up its body to withstand attacks... She put the pokedex away and turned towards Excalibur. "Okay! You know what to do!"

"Lu?" (I do?) asked Excalibur, with a confused blink.

"Use your quick attack of justice!" Suzanne than ordered. "We'll get the first strike, remember?"

"Ri-olu! Riiii.. Lu..." (Oh yeah, of course! Juuuuust imagine me, getting that first slice of cake first.. mmm.. cake...) cried Excalibur, as he finally obeyed. He readied himself, then charged in head first, straight towards the wild Sandshrew. Unfortunately, the Sandshrew non-nonchalantly ducked out of the way, just in time for Excalibur to have a one-way ticket towards the nearby tree. That plan worked better, in Suzanne's mind. The wild Sandshrew turned to it's failed attacker.

"Shrew?" (What's... this?) it asked as it peered down towards the fallen Riolu. It scratched it's little mousey head gently, to get an understanding. Soon Excalibur was back on it's feet, but, it felt a little... off.

"Riiiiiiiii...Olllll... Luu..." (Oh herrrrro... Mr... Cupcake...) Excalibur said, obviously delirious from the bump on it's head.

Suzanne leaped across the bushes to see what was going on. Of course, her good ol' Rilou was confronting the enemy without her, so, it was time for a command! At least, the best one she can muster up. "Excalibur! Try a Bullet Punch!"

"Riiii...Luuuu?" (A Bullet.. Brunch?) it replied, still confused. "Ri! LU!" (That's INCREAD-I-BLEEE! WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT...)

The Sandshrew wasted no time replying with a swift scratch attack, cleanly scratching all over Excalibur's face. It fell down, but soon, it shook its head vigorously, and slowly got back up on it's paws. It seemed to have recovered, but... it became disappointed - enraged, even, at that Sandshrew.

"Ri?! Ri! Olu!" (What?! You're not Mr.Cupcake! You must PERISH!) it said, as it soon gave a Bullet Punch attack right towards Sandshrew's gut, making it stumble a bit.

"Sand?!" (Oh yeah?!) retorted the Sandshrew, as it prepared a rollout attack, straight towards Excalibur.

"Heroes never panic!" cried Suzanne. "When it gets close.. counter it!"

Excalibur nodded as it stood it's ground. Soon the Sandshrew rushed it, as Riolu dodged out of the way at the last second, making the Sandshrew tumble a bit, back on it's feet. Er.. paws. Excalibur then jumped up, and delivered a swift Quick attack right on top of it's head, as the Sandshrew then collapsed.

Oh! It's tiiiime! thought Suanne, as she quickly gathered one of her empty pokeball. "Go, my JUSTICE BALL!" She threw it straight towards the fallen Sandshrew, as the pokeball opened up, and sealed the Sandshrew inside.

It shook one.
Then Twice.
Then thrice....

Then Bing! The foe as been captured! Suzanne gleamed in excitement as she reached over towards her newly captured pokemon. "I shall dub you! Earth! The gentle little giant!"

"Riolu?" (Can... we eat now?)

"Here is your Houndour, he has fully recovered luckily he was asleep during the checkup alot of Pokemon really hate it when we get them pinned down..." Nurse Joy told Leeroy before handing over the Pokeball "Must be their instincts from the wild. As much as we domesticate Pokemon they will always have that fight or flight instinct in them and it will never breed out." Nurse Joy said whilst waving at Leeroy before he left.

"Okay let's not keep you cooped up in this pokeball any longer" Leeroy said in excitement before throwing the ball in the air and in a flash of red light Leeroy's Houndour was standing proud and ready to fight. "Okay lets go quickly before Bill moves on without us!" Leeroy said before running off "Ruff Ruff" *Yes that sounds fantastic!* Ace roared before running after Leeroy leaving only a trail of dust behind them.

* * *

"Okay Ace see that monkey in the grass... that is a Mankey, we want to hit it with sludge first so it can be poisoned than use leer before hitting it with ember that should weaken him to a point where capturing him will be easy!" Leeroy said whilst laying in the long grass trying not to be seen by the Pokemon (not noticing that the people walking on the dirt path are looking at him in an oddly fashion) "Go now Houndour!" Leeroy yelled.

The Houndour pounced out of the tall grass but before he could get a good shot the mankey decided to sprint away creating a cat and mouse chase along the route "Mank Mankey!" *Come and Get me!* the mankey yelled as he ran with his arms flailing in the air.
"well there goes that plan Ace use sludge on the rocks ahead so he trips on it!" leeroy yelled barely keeping up with them. Ace did exactly that before the mankey slipped on the sludge and hitting his head on the rocks rendering him unconscious.

"This was easier than what I had planned" Leeroy said whilst panting. Leeroy threw a Pokeball at the sleeping mankey.

one wriggle... two wriggles... three wriggles... the pokeball stopped moving and bounced once "YES I caught my first Pokemon. Now what are we going to call you" Leeroy exclaimed as he threw the Pokeball at the ground "how about Saruwatari... No to long how about Bonsai that seems like a fitting name for a mankey" Leeroy said whilst patting Ace.

This'll be edited a bit I am just doing assignments at the moment and need to get my mind working

A carefree heart! - The Not Forgotten Title!

"Come on Luke, let's battle!" Kyle said. He looked at the tired Fira and the pokeball containing Quake, and grinned. Then he took a step back, and Rattata leapt to the ground. Wait, Luke didn't even get a choice?! Fira yapped at the mouse and moved forward to sniff at it immediately. The mouse squeaked curiously at her and her little tails began to wag. Luke paused, then he heard a shout for help nearby. It sounded like Bill! Oh right Bill! The man responsible for getting him on this journey! The person he was charged to protect! Fearing the worst, he called Fira into her pokeball and ran past Kyle.

"We're gonna have to battle later! I gotta go!" Luke shouted. Kyle looked confused and unsettled, but he didn't follow. maybe the youngster was going to battle someone else? Who knows. Luke ran as fast as he could, putting Fira's pokeball on his belt so he did not lose it. Soon, the camp came into view, and Bill was face to face with an ekans, and it looked angry. Ekans was a Poison Type, Luke had seen them a lot before. He and Fira usually ran from them, as she was scared of the snakes, but this time was different. He grabbed his second pokeball, and tossed it, placing his Sandshrew between the trainer and the snake.

"Quake!" he called, and the sandshrew regarded the ekans with annoyance. Luke paused, not sure what to do now, though Quake was not scared in the slightest... Ok, maybe a little... But he would fight if he had to. But what now? He ran to Bill's side and offered him a hand up.

"You ok? Quake, use Defense Curl!" he said, turning back to the ground mouse, who curled up tight, his shell looking very tough and strong. He wondered if anyone else would jump in the fight, or if he would have to handle this himself. He hoped so. He would be a terrible guardian if he was unable to handle a simple ekans.

A Carefree Heart - Time to fight!

Luke smiled a bit as Bill began explaining that he had only been startled by the snake, and that he hadn't needed to come. But Luke simply chuckled just a little bit and nodded.

"Hey, don't worry about it! I'm your friend, I don't mind..." he said, his face kind of falling as Bill turned and gave his bulbasaur a light kick and told him to fight, despite how obviously scared he was. That was not a good thing, and it immediately upset the boy. But another ekans appeared before Luke could say anything, and Bulbasaur used Leech Seed on both snakes, one of which slithered forward and used Wrap on the curled up Quake. Quake let out a muffled squeak of annoyance, and Luke knew he had to fight, not chastise Bill.

"Ok Quake, now use Rollout!" Luke said. Being curled up as he was, the Wrap only meant Ekans was tangled all around him as he began spinning wildly, grinding the ekans that was coiled around him before bursting free and rolling away a little, turning back and moving right at that ekans again. Luke also knew he was tired from battling Fira... And his hand drifted to her pokeball. She was also tired, probably more so than him. Still, the simple plan had worked, Quake was barely hurt by the Wrap, but Ekans was left pretty weak. The snake opened fire with Poison Sting as Quake charged, moving a little bit faster, blasting toward the snake with anger. He looked over at Bill to see how he was doing.

Location:

As Leeroy ran through the rocky terrain, he came to a halt by a tall boy around the age of 15 to 16 with closed eyes. The boy had spiky brown hair, and wore a green vest which had four large pockets on the front. Under it was an orange short-sleeved shirt, accompanied by brown pants and blue and white sneakers. On either side of his belt, which was black with a gold rectangular buckle, he had attached brown belt pockets.

"Hey, I saw you capture that Mankey back there. It was funny to watch you and that Houndour scramble around the place, trying to keep up with it." The mysterious boy said with a chuckle.

"Well, I can definitely tell you that I was not prepared for it to move that quickly." Leeroy replied with a laugh and a sigh.

"I see you must be a Pokemon Trainer, since you're running around and trying to catch Pokemon." The other boy smirked.

"Yes, I am a Pokemon trainer; I'm looking for a man named Bill. I think he did that box system thingy that was all over the news and whatnot. He should be traveling with a group of kids, have you seen him by any chance?" Leeroy asked politely.

"Hmm. A man named Bill, eh? I think I passed a group like that on the way back from Mount Moon. They may be going into the mountain to train; I didn't really listen in on their conversation, since I was occupied with other things at the time. If you are trying to get back to them, that means you're going train in Mount Moon so you are powerful enough to challenge the Pewter City Gym, right?" The boy said with a puzzled look.

"Yeah, I want to challenge that Gym Leader eventually. That's why I'm training my Pokémon out here and hopefully give them some experience with strong Pokemon" Leeroy replied.

"Not to come across as rude or anything though the Gym Leader might be hard to defeat with a Fire Pokemon... Fire is not so good against Rock and Ground. Luckily you have a Mankey he is a fighting type so that will help you out with the rock bit." the boy said politely trying not to anger him

"Yeah I am looking for a Water Pokemon or a Grass Pokemon out here." Leeroy replied hoping the boy could shed some light on the subject.

The mysterious boy shook his head with a frown before saying "You will not find any Grass or Water pokemon around here that is why some people find Pewter City gym one of the hardest"

"Well I am glad to be of assistance but look at the time! I have to get back to Pewter City." The boy said

"Okay, hope to meet you again someday." Leeroy said before they shook hands and began running towards their destinations.

"Hmm, he seems familiar somehow... Well, let's go Ace. We need to get to Mount Moon before Bill and the others get too far!" Leeroy told Ace.

* * *

After 10 minutes of running Leeroy could see a small town before him but he still had a long patch to run.

Before continuing on he remembered something that the boy from earlier said "Fire is not so good against Rock and Ground"

"Darn I need a Pokemon that is strong against rock and ground especially since Mount Moon will be crawling with them at least I have Mankey, he is a fighting type but that only covers me for the Rock-Types... well the next Pokemon I see better be a Grass Pokemon!" Leeroy exclaimed with a face palm.

As Leeroy closed in on the small settlement 3 bat-like Pokemon flew straight at Ace.



"Bonsai GO!... you two Ace!... Bonsai use Scratch on the one on the right, Ace use ember on the one on the left!" Leeroy yelled with a moments notice

Bonsai and Ace nodded in acceptance before doing exactly what Leeroy had ordered (with slo-mo) the Woobat on the right dodged the scratch before hitting back with a Gust which in turn hit Bonsai leaving him injured but still able to fight. The Woobat on the left was hit with the ember before using Screech and flying away but Ace wasn't done yet he chased it down and used ember again this time fainting the Woobat. With Bonsai nearly out and Ace a few metres away the 2 remaining Woobat attacked Bonsai with gust but before you could say Pokemon Ace appeared and took the hit for Bonsai with little effect on Ace the 2 stood up and together hit the middle Woobat with an Ember and Low Kick resulting in the middle woobat to faint this leaving the middle Woobat hurt but not yet fainted.

"Go... Pokeball!!!" Leeroy yelled.

but before the ball hit Woobat, he attacked Ace and Bonsai with a final gust, knocking Bonsai out and leaving Ace in a very bad state. Once the Pokeball had hit Woobat he was taken in and the ball shook once... twice... it stopped moving but nothing happened... it shook again before it stopped moving and Woobat was caught.

"JESUS! how did I get into this I better get to that Village up ahead or my Pokemon are as good as dead!" Leeroy said to himself as he returned all of his Pokemon to their pokeballs and running off.

Finally as Leeroy walked into the village he spotted the Pokemon Center, it was around noon at the time since his watch didn't work and he had long lost the manual to figure out how to fix it, so Leeroy decided on sending his Pokemon to the Pokemon Center for healing.

"Excuse me can I have my Pokemon healed I was just ambushed by 3 Pokemon outside the village more onto route 3" Leeroy said to Nurse Joy.

"Oh well you do know that some Wild Pokemon become jealous of pokemon with a trainer" Nurse Joy replied.

"Well they will be healthy tomorrow so you better get some rest or maybe even have a look around" Nurse Joy said before waving ta-da to Leeroy.

As Leeroy walked around the small village he noticed a tavern and decided to go there for the night but before he made any reservations he heard someone say "The Pokemon Center allows trainers to stay overnight" so without further ado he ran back to the Pokemon Center and asked for a room. Leeroy looking at the room he was presented he decided that it was fit for a night and placed his bags down and walked outside to experience the spectacular sundown over Mt. Moon.

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Who was that mysterious boy on route 3 and where is Bill... all will be revealed in time

((OOC: I can hopefully/finally meet up with you guys, it's okay if you bunny with me a little like making me notice that you guys are bill and whatnot :D))

@ chuckleslucifer

Ace grew to Lv 8 and learned Smog!
Bonsai grew to Lv 7!
Leeroy caught a female Woobat at Lv 6!

"Alright, so I'll walk you through this one, Supernova. No need to go and cut loose until I tell you that you can." Adrian's face was set in a resolute expression. He had never lost a fight, and this wasn't time to put a stain on his reputation.

"Fine. But when we're done, I get the last laugh." The Larvesta gave such a strong glare that it could very well have curdled even the angry Mankey's blood.

Even so, the thing charged forward, and Adrian's mind set itself in motion at the same time. "Move to the left and fire your String Shot at the legs."

The Larvesta complied, and as the Mankey was preparing to launch a Karate Chop at the bug, it found the thing moving aside with blazing speed, only to tangle its feet up something horribly sticky.

"Keep on going! Hit its left arm!" Adrian watched as the bug finished with its legs and then pinned its dominant arm to its legs as it tried to free itself from its bonds. Just before it could free itself, he shouted at the Larvesta. "Good job! Now back off, cloak yourself in your best Ember attack, and then charge at it!"

"Why the heck would I do that?" The bug was always irritable after she put out too much of the sticky stuff, and today was no exception.

"You want to beat that thing down? Then do it!" She did just as she was told, and by this time, the Mankey had untangled its feet from the ground. The Mankey was trying to free its dominant arm from the rest of the String Shot when the Larvesta got close.

"Now's the time! Finish it with Zen Headbutt!" He smiled as the Larvesta saw what he was doing. She calmed her mind, and focused all her power in smashing into the Mankey head-on.

With her body on fire, the Mankey would catch fire the instant her Ember came into contact with the load of String Shot it was tangled in. That along with the super-effective Zen Headbutt was sure to bring it a world of hurt.

Seeing that, she put all her energy into it, and cut loose on the thing. Before the Mankey could react, it was struck with the full force of its opponent's fury, and down it went. Afflicted by a terrible burn condition as well as being struck hard by a powerful, super-effective attack, it was down for the count.

"See? I told you it would work." Adrian looked with satisfaction on the scene, and watched as the totally defeated Mankey drag itself off. Pity compelled him to toss a Potion its way, which it took and ran off with.

"You never told me that... Well, you didn't specifically say that." She had a mischievous grin on her face. "Still, I already feel stronger. No wonder wild Pokemon last so long out in this sort of environment."

"That's why you should listen to me a bit more often when we get into a nasty situation. I'm a certified genius, after all. I've got proof of it, if you want to see it again." Adrian laughed along with the Larvesta. It was a private joke they shared.

"Remember those Mensa people that tried to come to the house last year? That was epic." Supernova stood by as Adrian brought out an expensive Ether to get her back into shape.

"Yeah, that was so funny it split my sides for a week!" He recalled the people who came to the house after he scored very, very high on an IQ test. They invited him into the club, offering him an opportunity for some very intelligent company. He declined, saying he preferred less intelligent friends, and that the pride and prestige that came with such company was always good for the soul -- and the wallet.

His father was intensely proud of that comment, for some odd reason. However, Adrian still carried the Mensa Club's business card with him -- as a souvenir of the occasion.

"All set?" He was finally done, and that brought him out of his thoughts.

"Yep. Shall we get out of this dump? I can't wait to get to the next town, whatever it is. I can already tell that I need to get clean. All this dirt is a bit distasteful... Have I ever mentioned my dislike of roads?" They both chuckled.

They went and caught up with the others, seeing that the burning String Shot that the Mankey had left behind had been reduced to nothing more than ashes. There was no burn hazard for the countryside, so there was no business left here that either of them needed to attend to.

@ Cosmic Fury

Supernova grew to Lv 8!


@ Nideous

Quake grew to Lv 8!


@ me

Bulbasaur grew to Lv 6!

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@ Cirrus

Mian grew to Lv 7!

As Leeroy sat down to eat at the mahogany wooden table that the others were seated he picked up a menu list and scanned it looking for what delicious foods they had to sell.

"Hmmm, this menu looks... DELICIOUS, I like the sound of a Chicken Burger but then again Bacon doesnt sound so bad... so many choices." Leeroy muttered to himself.

"So... I am Leeroy Blufinn, I joined up with you guys a little bit later than the rest, how are you all?" Leeroy asked the others to the group.

"We're parched, haha!" Bill replied, sitting down right next to Leeroy, having just ordered a Bacon Burger and a soda for himself. "At least me. I'm not, hm, used to battling and traveling extremely much. Not that this trip through route 3 was extreme, but you know." Bill replied

Leeroy gave a small smile.

"How was your journey here, Leeroy? I guess many trainers do travel, but I'm still impressed that you got here all by yourself even before us. Anything interesting happening?" Bill asked.

"Well, it wasn't that bad I was ambushed by some Woobat just outside the village around 2 or so hours ago and I did have a chat with a strangely familiar person not to far from the village. I felt like I knew him but he didn't know me... he must be someone off televison.
As for travelling... nah wasn't to hard I know the Viridian Forest, Route 3 and Mount Moon area fairly well since I spent a lot of time as a kid around here so I know the safest paths to go through when leaving the city."[/COLOR] Tai replied before ordering a Chicken Burger.

"How about you, is travelling as a group easier than on your own... you are a great Pokemon Researcher so I guess you have had a lot of experience in the area of travelling?" Leeroy asked with an interested face.