Continued from Last Time...
Soul Silver
I opened the door and headed inside Mr. Pokémon's house. Immediately an older man ran up to me, nearly slamming his hip into the corner of his desk. "You must be Shiro! It was I who sent the mail to Prof. Elm. Here, let me get it for you," he said, and I was surprised how he could finish all that in one breath. He pulled me towards the seat on the other side of his desk. I eyed the other old man by Mr. Pokémon's desk. Was that the world famous Prof. Oak?! Mr. Pokémon walked back over to me, carefully holding an egg in his hands. "This is what I'd like Prof. Elm to look at. Prof. Elm is the best man for this!" he exclaimed. Slowly the other gramps stood up from his seat. He came over to me, more slowly than Mr. Pokémon had. "And with that, let me introduce myself. I am Pro-" "You
ARE Prof. Oak! Dear Arceus and all that is holy!!" I squealed, happy to have met this amazing man. I sounded like a teenage girl. Prof. Oak blinked at me a few times. "Yes, yes. Anyways, now that that is all covered, I am going to give you this," he handed me a red device. "This is a Pokédex. It automatically records the data of Pokémon you've seen and caught. Its a high-tech encyclopedia!" I grinned in excitement. "I should be heading back to Goldenrod. I hope to see you again, Shiro." And with that, Prof. Oak left the house. I looked back over to Mr. Pokémon. He looked upset to have been forgotten so easily. "Anyways, I hope you are careful with this on your travels back to New Bark Town," he said, handing me the egg. I nodded and took my leave as well. As soon as I exited the building, my PokéGear begun to ring like crazy. I answered it, "Hel-" "Oh! Its terrible! Its horrible! You have to get back here! Come back right now, Shiro!!" It was Prof. Elm. I sighed, replying, "Yes, yes, Prof. Elm. I'll come back."
Updated Team:
"image removed"Totodile - Lv 8 - ♂ - Umi
As I left Cherrygrove City, a guy with red hair ran into me. "Hey! Watch where you're going, dude!" I yelled. Hey.... wait a second.... wasn't this the creep who was peering into Prof. Elm's lab before? "Hmph, you have a Pokémon from the lab? That Pokémon is too good for you," he sneered, I begun to retort, but he continued, "Don't you get what I'm saying? Well, whatever. I too have a great Pokémon. What, don't believe me? Then let's battle!"
"image removed" Lv 8 "image removed" Lv 5 "image removed"
With some nicely placed Scratches, Umi was able to defeat this red-head's Chikorita. He must've stolen it from the lab, I deduced. So that must be what Prof. Elm was all worked up about. The boy scowled and put his Chikorita back into its ball. "Hmph! You want to know who I am? I'm going to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world!" he said before taking off. He didn't make it far, when he noticed he had dropped his Trainer Card. I picked it up off the ground and read his name out loud, "Gin, huh?" He made an angry sound while snatching it out of my hands. This time, he took off for real. I laughed lightly at his anger. He was kinda fun to anger. I headed back to Prof. Elm's lab. When I entered, a policeman looked at me. "Rule Number One! Whoever did it will come back to the crime. So you must be the one who did it?!" he declared. I blinked. That rule was totally bogus. There was no way that the boy would come back to New Bark Town. "No! It wasn't him!" Lyra shouted as she barged into the lab. "There was a red-haired boy who was looking into the lab." "Besides, I already got my Totodile. Why would I steal the Chikorita. I battled the boy who stole him," I said calmly. "You battled him? What was his name?" the policeman asked. I almost felt like covering for Gin and just pursue him myself, but I didn't feel like lying to the law today. "According to the Trainer Card I nearly stole, his name is Gin. It didn't have his last name." "Okay. Your information has helped. I must go investigate this red-haired individual," he said dutifully as he left.
After the mayhem had died down. I handed Prof. Elm the colorful egg. "So this was what he wanted to show me?" he asked, taking it. He was a lot gentler than Mr. Pokémon, but, of course, Mr. Pokémon was a crazy and eccentric nuttcase and Prof. Elm was professional... sometimes. "I'll check this egg out, then. My, Shiro, you and your Totodile look like you've grown a lot. Why don't you take the Gym Challenge? Who knows, you might even become the Champion! Or not, haha. Its not that easy. It takes a lot of work, but I think you can do it," he said, smiling at me. Then, he noticed the Pokédex that decided that now was the perfect time to nearly pop out of my bag. "Is that a Pokédex?!" he shouted, moving now to carefully put the egg down. Ah, he was going to go crazy, wasn't he? He was going to go all fangirly on me (hey, don't point out that I did it too, we're not going to mention that!). "Did Prof. Oak give you that? Oh gee, you are so lucky! He can see the potential in young trainers! Ah, I knew you were special. Haha, one of my neighbors is noticed by Prof. Oak. Haha! I must be pretty special too, then!" he said. He was laughing like a mad man. "Uh, sure. Whatever you say, man," I muttered. He seemed to calm down after a good ten minutes (by this time, I felt like leaving). He informed me that the next gym was in Violet City. I left when he started rambling about Prof. Oak again.
Lyra and her Marill met me out on Rt. 29. "Hey, I'm going to teach you how to catch a Pokémon. You better watch carefully!" she announced. After the annoying lesson (I already knew how to catch a Pokémon, but I might as well humor the girl), Lyra handed me 5 Pokéballs, "Here you go. Now you can catch Pokémon too!" I thanked her and we parted ways.
I had heard you could catch Spearow in the small accessible area in Rt. 46. You could get there through the gate in the Northern part of the route I was currently in. I headed into the grass and searched the area. Finally, I ran into what I wanted.
Updated Team:
"image removed"Totodile - Lv 9 - ♂ - Umi
"image removed"Spearow - Lv 3 - ♂ - Kumomaru
After that was all done, I passed through Cherrygrove City again and then into Rt. 30. I had some trainer battles with some random guys with lame Pokémon. A boy name Joey demanded I give him my number, and I ran quickly away while Umi sprayed water in his face. Rt. 30 faded into Rt. 31. I ran into a Bellsprout, and I caught it, knowing how good it would be to have a Grass-type eventually (or at least I damn hoped so).
Updated Team:
"image removed"Totodile - Lv 10 - ♂ - Umi
"image removed"Spearow - Lv 5 - ♂ - Kumomaru
"image removed"Bellsprout - Lv 3 - ♀ - Futaba
When I saw the gates to Violet City, I cried in joy.
To be continued... TOMORROW on 6/21/14