Pokémon Adventure: Follow the Darkness

[Swift!]

*Lanee: That was a good post, except for the fact that you battled a trainer within town and also, Jet didn't know Leer. That is a big no-no, Jet's experience will be cut as a warning... don't let it happen again.
Jet grew to Level 5!
Jet learned Leer!

Have a look at the OOC Thread, it has the information on the attacks your Pokemon know.

 

[~SilverSoul]

Chapter 4: Hot Competition Pt 1

Ocean Jewel Town. Bret read the sign excitedly and grinned from ear to ear. Next to him were his pokemon, Sentret and Torchic. They were slowly getting along and learning about each other as far as Bret could tell. Well, what did it matter anyway?

"Guys, we made it! We got to our very first town!" Bret shouted.

Both of his pokemon stopped and looked at for a moment before shrugging and playing with each other again. Bret scowled a little, but didn't pay any mind afterwards. He walked into the city with his pokemon closely behind.

Bret was very familiar with everything he needed to do in the town. He had learned from the trainer that he used to travel with. First, he should get some supplies and then get a good-night's sleep at the Pokemon Center. Of course, he didn't forget the food involved either. That only pushed him to move quicker through the city.

Bret stopped by the Pokemon Mart really quick and bought himself some supplies: two more pokeballs and three potions. He then rushed to the pokemon center with tired legs and a growling stomach. He never knew how excited somebody could be to go to a pokemon center.

Bret finally made it to the center, a large building in a dome shape and red color. The doors slid open and closed behind him, and Bret walked to the front counter. Pulling out his pokeballs, he called back his pokemon and handed them to the nurse.

"Er, I do not want to sound rude, but where is the dining area? I need some grub," Bret said. The nurse giggled and pointed to her left. Bret didn't hesitate running over there at once.

Bret almost tripped over a chair leg as he ran to an open table in the dining area. It was really full in the room, the most full Bret had ever seen a pokemon center. He slid out the chair and sat in it next to a group of kids who looked around fifteen. They were having a lively conversation with one of the teens sitting on the table, showing out. He had good build and spiky black hair with red tips. Showoff, Bret mumbled.

A pokemon came and served him a large dinner that was probably double what an average person would've eaten. Bret began to gobble and listened to the coversations going on within the room. It was extremely lively. Bret wondered why a little town had some many people in it.

"Yeah, you are entering, aren't you?" asked one teen.

"Of course. I'm gonna win that trophy this year," said another teen. Bret looked over to the side and wondered what these guys were even talking about. His curiosity got the best of him.

"Hey, what are you talking about? What kind of event is this?" Bret asked the kids sitting next to him. The spiky-headed kid laughed and crossed his arms.

"Sorry, but you have to be over five foot to enter," he laughed.

"I'm five three thank you," Bret growled. "Too bad your coolness isn't as big as your mouth."

"Ooooooh, got told by a ten year old," laughed one of the teens. The others began to laugh hysterically and slam their fists on the table. Bret looked at them coldly and stood up.

"Whatever, I don't need help from you losers," he said as he rushed out the kitchen. He then sighed as he realized that he had just cut his dinner short by rushing out the cafeteria. Oh well, that just meant double the breakfast.

Bret came to the front counter to retrieve his pokemon and then remembered something.

"Hey, do you know what "competition" they're talking about?" Bret asked the nurse. He was pocketing the pokeballs as he looked at the nurse.

"Oh, that is why there are so many trainers," she explained. "Tomorrow is the annual Jewel Beach festival. They have many different competitions with the biggest one being the contest that goes in many rounds. The winner of that little tournament gets a large trophy and the biggest honor on the beach."

Bret remembered that teen at the table. His cocky confident look made Bret angry all over again. "How do I sign-up?" he said, almost shouting in the nurse's face.

The nurse took no notice to Bret's urgency and bent down. She handed Bret a sheet of paper and smiled. "Just fill that out and turn it in at the beach entrance tomorrow," she said. Bret grinned and snatched the paper from the nurse. He quietly took the paper and walked to his assigned room, thinking about the teen, and more importantly about what could possibly happen the next day. This could be a big oppurtunity for him to prove his greatness hiding under the goofiness.

 

[Swift!]

Dark_Link12: Great post! I can't wait to see Bret competing!
You bought some Poke Balls (2)
You bought some Potions (3)

 

[Eucliffe]

~Ocean Jewel Town (at last!)

After dawdling in route 1 for at least an extra hour, Gale finally reached the beautiful town, shrouded in mystery, or at least for her. The first thing she noticed was the beautifully-built Pokemon Center. She scoffed at it. If you think I'm going to go THERE, you're wrong... she thought to herself. She then noticed the Pokemon Mart right next to it. She didn't care for them as much, but there were some things she couldn't get in the wild, such as PokeBalls or Repels. Then again, she could just keep the Pokemon out of their balls and just avoid any wild Pokemon she encountered. But that was just the "Gale" way of doing things.

Eager to show the place to her Pokemon, Gale immediately called the two out. Twi looked around, and her big eyes glistened at the sight of the place. She seemed really excited. Chi, on the other hand, cast a glance at the place then turned to Gale. She seemed to...sniff Gale, and then put her paw up to her nostrils.

"Do I smell THAT bad?" Gale asked, and noticed people around her either had their hand up to their nose, or they were running away as soon as they were close enough in distance to her. Some even tried to avoid walking in her direction, even if they needed to get somewhere. Gale scowled, and then remembered Twi had leveled up.

"You know Bubble, right, Twi?" Gale asked. Twi nodded happily, and thankfully, her carefree personality made her unobservant of Gale's smell. "Well, then," Gale added, "can you use it on me, so I can be clean? I'm tired of people insulting my smell." Twi nodded again, but then had a reluctant look on her face. She knew Bubble as an attack, and didn't want to use it against her own master.

"It's OK, Twi," Gale said reassuringly. Twi nodded, still a bit reluctant, and let loose a stream of bubbles, hitting Gale all over her body. After a few seconds, Twi stopped to make sure her owner was all right. Gale, although she looked unhappy from being drenched, managed a smile, making the small Squirtle smile back. Chi just sighed.

"Oh! Right! I should probably heal you! I think I saw some berries somewhere here... Oh! There!" Gale pointed to a field next to the Pokemon Center. She walked on over, and a farmer greeted her merrily. From the looks of it, the odor she had before was gone.

"H'lo there, young missy. What can I get fer ya today?" the man asked.

"Um... I'd like Oran Berries, please," Gale responded with a smile. The man nodded.

"Yer in luck! Today those kinds of berries are free!" the man said, his eyes gleaming. He picked out what seemed to be the ripest berries and handed them to Gale.

"Thank you!" Gale exclaimed, bowing to the man. She then ran off with the two Pokemon following her.

"These berries are good for ya. They'll heal you just fine," Gale explained, a bright smile on her face. Twi mimicked her and smiled back, while Chi just looked at the berries if she were about to pounce and eat them.

 

[Swift!]

Pikataro: Very... unusual post.
You recieved some Oran Berries (3)

 

[~SilverSoul]

Chapter 5: Hot Competition Pt 2

Name: Bret
Age: 11
Birthdate: April 14, 1997

Allergies: Not that I know of

Ever Compete Before? Did you win?: After Today I will Have Done Both

Sticking the pencil in his mouth, Bret read over his application and nodded. It was getting late in the evening and he was just getting wrapped up with his application to compete in the beach contest at the festival the following day. He remembered doing stuff like this all the time when he lived back at home, but this was going to be intense as well. He could only see the spiky-headed teen again, confident and cruel in his ability. He wanted, no, needed to beat him. That would shut him down for a while.

Bret didn't bother changing at all. Sliding the paper and pencil to the side, he put his head down on the soft bed and fell asleep. Soon after, though, he was being shook awake again.

"Wa, who's there?" Bret mumbled half asleep. He rubbed his eyes and saw the nurse standing over his bed with a pleasant smile on her face.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you, but you showed great interest in that festival today. It starts in an hour and a half," she explained.

"Oh, thanks, Bret said still a little asleep. The nurse quietly left the room and left Bret alone to get ready. After doing the usual yawning and stretching, Bret leaped out of the bed and adjusted his clothes a little so they would look a little decent even after sleeping in them. He then rushed to the kitchen to get down his missed food from last night before leaving.

The nurse had proven to be very helpful to Bret even after giving him the application, waking up, and just doing her normal duties as a nurse. She gave him instructions to the beach, but it actually turned out that Bret didn't even need them. The beach was clearly visible just a little ways from the Pokemon Center. A large hill looked over the beach, where Bret could get a huge view on what was happening. He didn't see the usual golden colored sand. Instead, it was replaced by rainbows of color and excitement.

Bret ran down the hill, almost tripping and rolling down, but he made it in one piece. There was a gate where you had to pass through so the staff members could get a head count. As Bret passed thorugh, he saw the small electronic number on the computer. He was number 893 out of the maximum capacity allowed of 1,000. He was kind of cutting it close.

After turning in his application, he was given instructions to meet at the boat dock on the beach at one o'clock for the beginning of the competition, but he was free in the meantime. He looked around in confusion. He had no idea where to start! There were so many booths, shops, food carts, demostrations, everything he could imagine! Then there was something he saw that sort of interested him. Set up was a shop with various beach items including clothes. His trainer clothes were getting a little hot, so he ran over there to check out their items.

About ten minutes later, Bret left the booth with a brand new black shirt with a red line running around the shoulders and neck. It was sleeveless, good to wear in hot weather. Ripping off his shirt, Bret slid the new one over his head and felt great relief as he felt the salty wind of the beach brush against his exposed arms.

Walking around, Bret blew basically the rest of his money on various things. He first spent it on some game and won a neat necklace with a shell from the beach attached to the end. He bought a large icecream cone and burger from a stand and he couldn't have agreed with himself more that it was the best food ever.

So he bought two more burgers.

Then, after licking burger grease from his fingers, there was a high platform with a table at the top and various chairs. Bowls filled with various food were scattered throughout the table. Bret felt great excitement flow through them. This was some food eating contest they were setting up for! Rushing up the platform, he managed to secure a place in the contest, along with about five other people who looked as if they really enjoyed these contests. The chair was almost way too small for one guy to fit in.

Even with the competition, Bret secured first place in the marshmallow eating contest. He ate a large bowl filled with maybe hundreds of them a whole five minutes before the second place winner did. He was given a small trophy and various gourmet food packages as a prize. Bret stuffed the prizes in his bag and headed to the dock. It was almost time for the contest to start.

The rules were simple: about fifty people were competing. The contestants were divided up into several groups and only one person from each group would move into the finals. This would be about eight people.

Bret noticed the spiky headed kid not too far away from him. He didn't notice Bret; he was too busy talking to the kids around him. They wouldn't go against each other unless they made it to the finals. Bret really hoped that this would happen.

Bret did the various activities, doing bad at some, and extraordinary at others. It finally came to the point of the deciding activity with Bret in second place. He needed to win or he wouldn't move on. It turned out to be a canoe race where everyone had to race about 100 meters in a boat alone. Bret grinned at the great advantage. With his somewhat strong arms and light body, he managed to easily paddle his way to the finish line way before the older contestants.

Bret checked out the other seven contestants and found the spiky headed kid one of them. It was soon discovered that his actual name was Brandon. If Bret wanted to go against him, then they would meet in the final match of the games.

Bret soon discovered that the finals tested how versatile of a person you were. Contests of strength, endurance, patience, everything were played there. Bret managed to beat a guy in round one and move to the semifinals beating him at some sort of strength game.

The Semifinals were a lot harder. Bret and the girl he was going against had to do three games. The best two out of three won. With the girl winning the first one, and Bret winning the second, they moved on to the final game. With their bodies over the ocean waters, Bret and the girl were suspended into the air, their bodies wrapped around a thick pillar. Their goal was to hang on until their opponent fell.

It wasn't as easy as it looked. Bret clunged on tight, his fingernails digging in the material and his skinny legs shaking. The match tested not only your endurance and patience, but also your willpower to stay in the game. It was great to but before the finals. The person who wanted to get to the final round more would win. It was more of a mental match than one of physical strength.

Bret thought of Brandon and knew how badly he wanted to beat him, to hold the large golden trophy right in his face. He never once looked over at the girl. This was all him, all his thoughts. He didn't need to know what she was doing, just focus on what he was doing.

Many people had come to watch the small boy cling to a pillar. Everyone even gasped when Bret's foot accidently slipped once. But that didn't stop Bret at all. Just keep hanging on, he told himself.

Splash.

Bret's heart stopped for a second when he heard the noise, but he didn't stop at all. He still hung on to the pillar so tight, he looked like he was hugging it.

"And the winner is Bret!!" shouted a booming voice. Cheers echoed throughout the area.

What? Bret looked to the side for the first time and saw a similiar white pillar, but no girl. Looking down, he saw her in the ocean waters. She waved politely at him from the water. He looked dumb still hanging on like an idiot. He let his body slip into the ocean depths, and sunk for a moment before swimming back up. He had won...

Bret felt as if he had one the whole thing after that match. but there was still one more obstacle- Brandon. The two were instructed to meet at the ending gate of the festival for the final match, the deciding match. Bret's heart pumped triple what it usually did.

Brandon's scowling face meet Bret's when they met. "Wow, this victory will be way easier than last year's," he said laughing. "Did I make it clear that babies weren't allowed?"

"If I wasn't good enough, I wouldn't be here," Bret said smirking. "Your ugly face is getting pounded in the sand, jerk."

Brandon looked as if he were going to come at Bret with a punch, but a judge soon came before the two. "I'll need to ask you two to follow me," he instructed. They were lead to an empty area of sand with ropes tied off into a small rectangle. A post set at the end off about the two hundred yards. It looked like a sand race track.

"It's a race?" Bret asked. Brandon laughed as if it was the dumbest question he had ever heard.

"Yep, it's the traditional festival final! All I have to do is beat you at a sand race."

Bret gulped. He didn't like to admit he was nervous, but the idea of running in the sand made him nervous. He knew the sand would slow him down for sure. He also saw Brandon's build. Even though Bret was pretty tall for his age, Brandon beat him by at least a good five inches. He was a massive kid, which meant he had long legs at his advantage along with past experience.

The judge took his place at the stands. People had crowded around the rope now to watch the final match.

"Welcome to the end of the 25th annual Beach Festival!" he said through a booming voice over the megaphone. "For today's match, we have returning Champion, Brandon Jacobs, along with newcomer, and youngest finialist to have ever participated, Bret!!"

People clapped and watched as Bret and Brandon took their places on the line. Bending down, Brandon did some small hops and clapped his hands to get pumped. Bret didn't do anything. As he watched Brandon, he thought of a good plan to beat him.

Boom!!

A gun shot and Bret was off right behind Brandon. Brandon had the lead right in front of Bret, but just barely. Bret paced behind him. He knew that Brandon was pushing it hard and use as much strength to stay in front. He was getting comforatable because of his lead.

Bret breathed heavily and pumped his arms hard. The wind wanted to push him back so badly, how badly the wind wanted to push back the light boy! Bret battled the wind and focused on Brandon.

Only a hundred yards left...

Brandon was still running comforatably. Bret grinned and kicked it into gear. He pumped his arms harder and breathed faster. His acceleration picked up, faster and faster, until he was equal with Brandon.

Brandon looked over almost terrified. He picked up his pace, which meant the same for Bret.

Ten yards...

The two were neck and neck. Bret didn't even feel his legs anymore. They had began to run on their own. People watched with excitement on the close race. The finish line came closer and closer and Bret pushed t harder and harder. He had to beat Brandon!

Bret pushed a final gasp and his feet zipped across the finish line. He collapsed and rolled in the sand a few times, but quickly jumped back up. With his hands behind his head, he looked at the judge nervously. Who had won?

"And the winner is..." the judge announced. Then somebody whispered in his ear. The judge looked at him completely stunned, but then quickly back at the crowd. "....it's a tie," he whispered.

"What!" Brandon shouted in gasps of air. "I won! It can't be a tie!"

"It is.." the judge mumbled. "Both you and Bret crossed at the exact same time. You'll have to share first place..."

"No!" Brandon shouted. He turned to face Bret. "I refuse to share my title. Bret! We're going to end this now. Only one person will win this!"

Bret was confused and looked at Brandon. He had managed to catch his breath. "How?" he asked.

Brandon whipped out a pokeball. "We're going to have a pokemon battle."

(ooc: the battle will be in the next chapter. Hopefully that isn't a problem!)

 

[Eucliffe]

As soon as the two Pokemon had finished eating their berries (Gale was now down to one Oran Berry, but it was worth it to see the look on her partners' faces), Chi ran off in the direction of the beach. Twi looked at Gale expectantly, as if she were going to follow Chi and enter the beach. Gale looked in the direction, but saw the crowds of people. She turned back to Twi and shook her head.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not good with people. They might complain about my stench again..." It hit her. "Oh, shoot! Chi's gonna be in that crowd, right? Well, guess I better go get her!" Twi smiled, and jumped onto Gale's back. Gale nearly feel forward, for this was the first time the carefree Squirtle had ever done such a thing. "You're...kinda heavy, Twi... But I think I can manage..." Gale moaned, heading over towards the beach.

It was as Gale expected: Crystal-clear water, light sapphire skys, and of course, your share of tourists and their own Pokemon. Twi looked around, as if she were trying to find Chi. Every now and then, Gale called out for Chi, but either she got no response, or people just stared at her like she was crazy. Eventually, Gale sighed and decided it was best to head into the crowd, despite her aversion to socializing.

If anyone could describe this crowd, it would be like a never-ending labyrinth, one where you think you're finally at the exit, but there's one more split in the path you didn't expect. That's how it was in this winding, endless crowd of tourists and natives. Gale kept her head down, not only to avoid socializing (or to avoid seeing peoples' expressions when she walked by, as they could be either holding their noses or turning away if she still had a stench), but to also search for Chi. She was about "ye high", as Gale would say, motioning with her arms that she was about Twi's height.

"Shi, Shi!" a cute, somewhat inhuman voice suddenly sounded from behind Gale. She turned around, and Chi was surrounded by a pack of children, who were just itching to pull on every single part of her. And, not knowing any electric attacks yet, Chi was basically helpless.

"Hey! Shoo, kids, shoo!" Gale yelled at the small children. Although is was mean, she did admit, that was just her way of socializing. The children just shrugged it off and walked away, or began crying and running to their parents. Gale picked up Chi and shook her head disapprovingly.

"Please don't run off like that again..." Gale muttered. Chi gave a small growl of acceptance, then tried to snuggle Gale. Gale gave in to it and petted Chi's head, then patted Twi's back so she wouldn't feel ignored.

"We should probably get on the road now, OK?" Gale said to her two Pokemon, finally finding her way out of the crowd. The two nodded, and she continued to go on, making a quick pit stop for a couple of Potions.

(Just out of curiosity, how much money did we begin with? And for those who don't know, how much money does each item cost? And finally... You still get money from beating trainers, right? Or is it different?)

 

[Swift!]

Dark_Link12: Good post! It did get a little confusing at parts, but overall it was good. The next chapter is a Route and it's got a beach on it! So a Pokemon Battle will be just fine.

Pikataro: Good post, but money doesn't actually play any part in this RP... you just buy the items. Oh, and the store doesn't sell Escape ropes...
You bought some Potions (2)

Chapter 4: Route 2
Number of Posts: 2​

Description
A short route that leads into the Timeless Forest, half of the route is a grassy knoll and the other is a small beach. Many people like to have picnics here and those who aren't too good with crowds come here to swim, instead of going to Ocean Jewel Beach.​

Wild Pokemon

GRASSY KNOLL

Nincada

Level: 3-6
Gender: Male or Female
Type: Bug/Ground
Ability: Compoundeyes
Attacks: Scratch, Harden, Leech Life (Lv. 5)
Rarity: Common

Yanma

Level: 3-6
Gender: Male or Female
Type: Bug/Flying
Ability: Speed Boost or Compoundeyes
Attacks: Tackle, Foresight, Quick Attack (Lv. 6)
Rarity: Common

Buizel

Level: 4-6
Gender: Male or Female
Type: Water
Ability: Swift Swim
Attacks: Sonicboom, Growl, Water Sport, Quick Attack, Water Gun (Lv. 6)
Rarity: Uncommon

BEACH

Krabby

Level: 4-6
Gender: Male or Female
Type: Water
Ability: Hyper Cutter or Shell Armour
Attacks: Mud Sport, Bubble, Vicegrip (Lv. 5)
Rarity: Uncommon

Staryu

Level: 4-6
Gender: Male or Female
Type: Water
Ability: Illuminate or Natural Cure
Attacks: Tackle, Harden, Water Gun (Lv. 6)
Rarity: Uncommon

 

[Eucliffe]

(Oops. Thought I saw it in the thing earlier. Edited and removed it.)

~Route 2

Route 2 was somewhat what Gale expected it to be. She noticed a beach area far-off from where she was, and it didn't seem to have any people standing around, but it was mostly a large grassy area. Swarms of Yanma zoomed by, and every now and then, Chi (Gale decided to keep the two out of her ball for right now) would chase after one and try to bite it. Twi, on the other hand, just gazed blankly off into the distance. Gale didn't know what in the world she was thinking, as Twi never showed any hints as to what she was thinking about.

"Well. You're a Water Pokemon, Twi, and you're an Electric Pokemon, Chi. But you probably knew that already," Kit stated. "So, we need to expand our type range even more. It seems as though the beach will have water types, which won't really benefit us. BUT... Bug-type Pokemon seem to prefer this area, so we shall do our best to try and catch one!" The two nodded cheerfully, and immediately Chi ran after one of the Yanma.

"Wait, Chi! I want to see if there are any other Bug Pokemon around before I decide!" Gale called after her. Chi stopped, and turned around. She growled deeply, then shoved it off.

It was then a flash of orange caught Gale's eye. Turning around, a weird Pokemon with a split in its tail was standing behind her. Gale opened her Pokedex to gain info. on the strange creature.

"Buizel, the Sea Weasel Pokemon. It swims by rotating its two tails like a screw. When it dives, its flotation sac collapses," Gale read. "Aw, it's a Water type. It'd be nice to expand my party, but..." She began walking away, when all of a sudden, a blast of wind hit her from behind. Gale whirled around, and the Buizel looked like it was in an attack position of some sort.

"Chi!" Gale called. "Leer on Buizel, and then Tackle!" From out of nowhere, Chi dashed towards the Buizel, her eyes a crimson red. The Buizel stumbled back, and Chi then rammed into it with full might. Afraid of Chi's next move, the Buizel ran away. Chi, seeing how she won a battle on her own, smiled happily. Gale sighed.

"Well, you did great, Chi. I guess that Buizel didn't want to be ignored. ANYWAYS... We need to find another Pokemon, OK?" As soon as those words left her mouth, two more Buizels showed up, each more vicious-looking than the previous.

"Wait-wait-wait, these things are supposed to be UNCOMMON, aren't they?" Gale asked. "Well, since I can't avoid 'em... Chi, Leer! Twi, Tackle!" Chi's eyes lit back up the familiar crimson red, and both Buizels shuddered. It was then that Twi rammed into the one on the left, knocking it back. That one ran away like the previous one had, but the other held its ground. It then let loose a blast similar to the one Gale felt before. I think it's SonicBoom, but I could be wrong... Gale thought to herself. The blast hit Twi, knocking her onto her shell. As Twi struggled to get up, the Buizel arched its back like a cat would, only standing on two legs, and at full speed, ran into Twi, flipping her. Because Twi was no longer on her back, she regained her stature. Her carefree look was gone, and a more serious look had entered.

"Once again, Twi, Tackle! You too, Chi!" The two ran together, side-by-side, and before the Buizel could make another move, the two hit it with full power, knocking it unconscious.

"Now, let's go before any more come!" Gale yelled, running towards the beach. The two Pokemon ran right behind her, hoping no more Buizel would come after them.

 

[Pikalover10]

Chapter 1: Sunrise Town

Saphire woke up with his Abra, Ingo sleeping on his gut. Saphire awoke Ingo up and then sat up. His back ached from sleeping on the concrete all night. Saphire slowly stood up and went over to a dumpster near a resteraunt. He dived into the dumpster and started digging through the garbage.

"Score!" he said surprised at what he had found.

He pulled out a chunk of sourdough bread, some blueberry jam, and a few stripes of bacon. He gave them to Ingo and dived back in. A few minutes later he came back out with a piece of toast and two eggs. He jumped out and gave Ingo the eggs and bacon. Then he ater the piece of taost and sourdough bread both with blueberr jam on it. He smiled at Ingo who by then had finished eating and was meditating.

"Come on Ingo. I think we're late for our meeting with Professor Pace." Saphire said.

Ingo nodded his head in agement and stopped meditating. He stood up and then climbed up to Saphire's left shoulder. Saphire got up and then headed over to the laboratory.

---

Saphire had arrived at the white sparkling lab a few minutes later. There were five other trainers sitting outside the lab talking to a man in a white lab coat.Saphire joined in and just stood there wondering what they were talking about. Then the man showed them into the lab were a man wearing a white lab coat, black pants, a silver rimmed watch, black rimmed glasses, a black undershirt, and brown hair was pacing back and forth the clean tidy lab.

He looked up to find all of them standing there and smiled realived.

"Hello young trainers." he said.

All the trainers smiled.

"Anyway. I have a new pokemon for each and every one of you." he began.

All Saphire heard from this guy was blah, blah, blah,blah, blah. Then the man picked up 30 pokeballs and a red mechanical device.

"These are pokedexs. They have registered data on every pokemon in the region. Here ya go." he said handing them each five pokeballs and a red mechanical device.

Everyone studied the pokedexs and the professor continued. Saphire wasn't listening and then backed up to the shadows in the lab. He crept across the wall and then sowly opened the doors. He then creapt outside and then closed the door quietly. He dashed out towards the first route and was very excited to be further ahead then most of the trainers and began his journey through the surprising region.

 

[Swift!]

Pikataro: Grrr... those Buizel! =P
Twi grew to Level 8!
Chi grew to Level 6!

Pikalover10: Nothing beats a dumpster breakfast! =D
You recieved a Pokedex!
You recieved some Poke Ball's (5)

 

[Pikalover10]

Saphire took in a deep breath of air as he walked along Route 1. To his right was a huge cliff and to his left was a forest. He sighed and then he looked at Ingo. Ingo was watching something in the forest next to them for some reason.

"You ok Ingo?" Saphire asked.

"Ab." Ingo said reassuringly.

Saphire nodded and looked foreward. Then he noticed something walking across the route road trying to get over to the forest. It was a dog that on its upper body was blue and its lower body was black. Saphire scanned it with his pokedex.

Shinx, the flash pokemon. All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blind.

Saphire smirked and looked at Ingo. Ingo nodded knowing what to do and climbed from his shoulder to the ground. Abra stood there and looked blankly at the Shinx. The Shinx noticed Ingo doing this and got into a battle position.

"Ingo Teleport!" Saphire said.

Then Ingo disappeared and momentarily confused the Shinx as he reappeared behind it. Then the Shinx ran at him.

"Teleport!' Saphire said.

Then Ingo disappeared again behind the Shinx and then it ran back trying to touch Ingo. Then it got to Ingo and tackled him to the ground. Ingo looked like this was nothing and just sat there.

"Teleport." Saphire said boredly.

Then Ingo disappeared again and the Shinx fell flat on its face. Then Ingo appeared above the Shinx and fell onto its body. The Shinx struggled to get Ingo off of it and then finally managed to. Ingo stood there in front of a very sturdy tree while the Shinx was preparing to try to tackle him again. It ran at him while Abra still stood there.

"Teleport." Saphire said very bored.

Ingo disappeared and then reappeared at the top of the tree. Shinx couldn't stop and hit the tree dead on knocking its head. Then Ingo jumped from the tree branch and landed on the Shinx pinning it to the ground.

Saphire was bored and decided to get this thing over with and picked out one of his pokeballs.

"Go, pokeball!" Saphire said.

The pokeball hit Shinx and Shinx was engulfed in a red light and then disappeared into the pokeball. Ingo stood next to the pokeball watching it wriggle back and forth for what seemed like hours until finally....

((OOC: Sorry the battle was a little short...It's all I could think of for Ingo only having Teleport.:/ They'll be alot better when I have more moves))

 

[Swift!]

Pikalover10: Haha, yes... battling with an Abra that only knows Teleport can get a bit repetitive.
You caught a Level 3 Male Shinx!

 

[Pikalover10]

The ball clicked and Saphire jumped into the air with a loud cry of hapiness!

"Woohoo! We caught, a Shinx!" Saphire said retrieving the pokeball.

"Abra!" Ingo cried out in joy.

"Ok then. Go, Shinx!" Saphire said.

The little dog popped out of the white flash and smiled happily. Saphire and Ingo sat down in front of it as Saphire tried thinking of a good name for it.

"Aha! I got it. How about Shocker?" Saphire asked.

The Shinx stood there pondering the name and then shooke its head.

"Shiii!" Shocker said.

Saphire smiled and then picked Shocker up as Ingo climbed up to his shoulder. Shocker yawned and as a chain reaction so did Saphire. Saphire continued walking down the little route with his newly caught Shocker and Ingo his old friend. He looked down the road and noticed a kid about his age. Saphire, curious, began to speed up. He came closer to the kid and was able to tell what he wore and all.

He had a grim expression on his face and ruby red eyes. He wore a puffy and shiny white long-sleeved shirt, blue sparkly pants, a red fany-pack, he wore a white baseball cap, had dirty-blonde spiky/messy hair, and wore black fingerless gloves.

The boy looked at him and glared at Saphire.

"What are ya staring at?" the kid asked.

"Nothing." Saphire said inocently.

"Well then kid. Get outta here, scram." he said.

Saphire stood there as the kid looked at a exhausted cat. It was pink and tan with a huge pink tail. The kid shoved it with his foot.

"Come on you lazy good for nothing cat! Get the heck up!" he scolded at it.

The cat groaned and struggled to get up. It finally did and panted like crud. The kid looked at Saphire again.

"Well if you aren't going to leave then how about a battle huh?" he asked.

Saphire stood there as the kid chose a pokeball. Saphire stepped back a little bit and put Shocker down on the ground next to him.

"Ok then. Go, Pichu!" the kid said.

In a blinding white flash a yellow mouse with huge ears popped out. Saphire took out his new red mechanical device and scanned the mouse.

Pichu, the tiny mouse pokemon. It is not yet skilled at storing electricity. It may send out a volt if excited or startled.

Saphire smiled and then looked down at Shocker who was seemingly ready.

"Ok. Shocker se Tackle!" Saphire said.

"Use Thundershock!" the kid said.

Shocker purred in excitement and dashed at the tiny mouse.The tiny mouse cried out and then started charging up an attack. Then a volt of electricity was shot and hit Shocker. Shocker stopped and then smiled. It looked like Shocker liked the attack hitting him. Then he ran and tackled the Pichu with even more force. The Pichu quickly threw Shocker off of it and then looked at him as if he were going down.

"Again Shocker!" Saphire said.

"You too!" the kid said.

Shocker ran at the mouse who by now had been storing electricity up. It shot a volt of electricity at Shcoker, but Shocker jumped and spun and then landed. Then he smirked as he landed next to the mouse and jumped while pushing him over. The Pichu yelped out in pain and then the two broke out into a fight without the trainer calling out any attacks. The two trainers rushed over to their pokemon and grabbed them.

"Shocker! Calm down ok buddy?" Saphire asked, but the Shinx was still squiring and trying to get out of his arms. It was to much for Saphire and he quickly called Shocker back to his pokeball. Ingo was still on Saphires shoulder and sighed.

"Come on Pichu! Stop squirming." the kid was saying. His Pichu was squirming more then Shocker had and then bit his trainers arm. His trainer yelped out in pain and then dropped the Pichu. The Pichu scurried off into the forest and the trainer was holding his arm in pain. "Pichu. Buddy we've been friends forever...How could you just...just leave me?" he was muttering to himself.

Saphire took pity on his and helped him up. "I'll help you find you're Pichu for you." Saphire offered.

The kid quickly looked away and rapidly shook his head. "No, but thanks for the offer. Ya see it's just. My dad always called me a weakling because I dependid on other people, and I started my journey to prove him wrong so...I can't take any help." the kid said. He then gave a small smile to Saphire and then ran in after his Pichu.

Saphire looked away when the kid was engulfed in the leaves of the trees and then walked back down the path. He sighed. "Ingo, we defiantely have some major taming to do with Shocker." Saphire said. Ingo slowly nodded and then sighed again.

((OOC: I will edit if needed!:)))

 

[Eucliffe]

After getting closer and closer to the beach, Gale stopped. She turned around, reassuring herself no more Buizel were following. Twi plopped onto the ground, and her expression gave away she was pooped. Chi, on the other hand, began chasing her tail like a dog would. Gale laughed at the two, then got out the final Oran Berry. She plopped it in her mouth, and its sweet taste immediately took effect.

Just then, Chi yelped in pain. Gale looked up, and right next to Chi was this small Bug Pokemon. Gale got out her Pokedex.

"Nincada, the Trainee Pokemon. It grows underground, sensing its surroundings using antennae instead of its virtually blind eyes." Gale looked at the small thing. "Well, it's a Bug/Ground type, as the Pokedex depicts it. You're perfect for my team!" Gale pointed a finger at the Nincada, but the Nincada just started walking away, angering Gale.

"Hey! Don't you leave! I wish to fight you so I can catch you!" Gale yelled. The Nincada continued walking away. "Ergh... Chi, Tackle it, NOW." Chi lunged at the Nincada, but because of its size compared to hers, she pretty much jumped over it, and then hit the ground with a "THUD" sound. The Nincada looked at Chi, then at Gale. It still had no clue what was going on.

"Well... Twi, Bubble..." Gale muttered, beginning to get frustrated. Twi let out her burst of bubbles, and fortunately, a couple hit the Nincada on the mark. It fell back, and Gale knew it was her chance.

Just as she was about to throw it, though, the Nincada got up and quickly scurried towards the beach. Having just about enough from that Nincada, Gale ran after it in fury, Chi and Twi slowly following behind. Chi began to regain her speed, and caught up with Gale in no time, then dashed ahead. Oh, great. Stupid Nincada, Gale thought.


The beach was nicer than Gale had thought. Calm, serene, the definition of tranquility. It was a lot nicer than that tourist-infested beach back in Ocean Jewel Town. Krabby and Staryu scurried about, but Gale paid them no mind. After all, it was the Nincada she had come for. And plus, she wanted to expand her team and not catch Pokemon of the same types. Though, right now, all she wanted to do was stare blankly at the water, peacefully moving back and forth. Back and forth...

It was Twi who abruptly stopped her from her daze. Gale looked down at Twi with a somewhat annoyed look, and Twi cringed. She then motioned towards the area behind Gale. As soon as she turned around, what did she see but the Nincada and Chi? It seemed the Nincada no longer held its calm state, but was now ferocious. It shot out what seemed to be a poisonous stinger-like line, and it hit Chi on the mark. Strange thing was, as soon as it hit Chi, Gale could've sworn she saw yellow ball-like things come out of Chi's mouth, and into the Nincada's (it couldn't really be seen, but Gale assumed it went into its mouth). Chi jumped back and arched her back, growling in a menacing tone.

"Twi, Bubble!" Gale shouted, and once again, the Squirtle unleashed bubbles from her mouth, hitting the Nincada. It fell back again, and Gale was quicker this time.

"PokeBall, go!" The ball was thrown at the Nincada, and it hit directly. The ball closed, and it began to shake back and forth. Back and forth...

After what seemed like forever, the ball was still shaking. Frustrated, Gale took the ball, which began vibrating in her hand. She headed off towards the forest, and hoped by then the ball would stop shaking.


It was the entrance to the forest. The ball was still shaking... Well really, vibrating. But as soon as Gale put it down, it began shaking again.

"If I catch this thing," Gale said to Twi and Chi," it'll be called 'Furi', since it made me furious..."

 

[Yrie]

"Ocean....Jewel...Town..." Holly panted after a long and exhausting race with Pikachu. "Gosh, my heart rate must be like...200 beats per minute or something after that race." She had to admit, though, that she felt absolutely....awesome after having run the remaining distance to Ocean Jewel Town.

"Pika!" Pikachu cried happily, as it flopped down in front of the sign that said, "Ocean Jewel Town." It closed its eyes for a moment contentedly, as if about to fall asleep, and Holly was deciding whether to just pick it up and carry it, or to wait for a moment. Suddenly, Pikachu's eyes flew open and it scrambled to its feet again, staring teasingly at Holly, who shrugged, wondering what Pikachu was finding funny.

"Let's go into town then, we spent so much time getting here in the first place!" She decided, and Pikachu took the lead, though soon, after seeing its first bicycle pedaling past it, nearly crushing the small electric mouse Pokemon, it ran back to Holly, deciding that it would rather be safe in its Pokeball until they got to the Pokemon Center.

Unfortunately, some kids had seen Pikachu narrowly avoiding the bicycle, and came up to Holly, sneering. The largest one came forward, a mocking look on his face, and at once Holly felt herself tensing up, what could they possibly have to say on me?

"You have a Pikachu?" He asked, "doesn't a Pokemon like that belong with a little girl, dressed in frilly pink dresses, and drinking tea?" At that statement Holly bristled, and she held back a sharp retort.

"I wish I could show you, but I don't want to go there." She could have hit herself then and there. What a stupid response that was! It made her look like a coward, and she grinded her teeth, hiding a grimace. Wow, the first time I really need a sharp response I say that! She scolded herself silently, she knew that they would call her a coward now.

"Oh, really?" The larger kid mocked, and Holly couldn't help noticing that he had an awfully large nose, and she fought a smile. "Only 'cause you're too cowardly to say so right?"

"No, look at all these adults here, you think that they wouldn't see?" She asked, "at least I'm smart enough to realize that." Uh oh. Was what she thought after the last statement left her mouth. That was not good, now they really are going to kill me. And she wasn't wrong on that. The largest kid with the big nose, no, not big, enormous, stepped forward and cracked his knuckles. He's really stupid to be doing this with so many people around. She thought, but maybe it would be smarter for her to just...vamoose.

"Er...bye, see you around then!" She called, before turning and running. After that long run to Ocean Jewel Town, she oddly felt more energized than ever, and besides, she had always been a good runner. The kids didn't bother to chase her, Holly noted with relief as she glanced quickly over her shoulder after she had run about fifty meters. She saw then shrug, snicker about something, and then disappear down an alley.

"Wow, scary people." Holly muttered quietly, suddenly thankful that Pikachu was in its Pokeball, otherwise, Pikachu might have gotten angry at the kids for calling it "a Pokemon that belonged to little girls, dressed in frilly pink dresses, and drinking tea." Or something along those lines, anyway.

"YES!" She cried in mock triumph several minutes later, as she slowly approached the Pokemon Center. Well, bullies couldn't follow her there, she had a nagging suspicion that she had seen them in an alley she passed, not a dark alley, dark alleys didn't seem to exist in this bright, sunny, cheerful town. The town. She hadn't really noticed it earlier, but she could tell now why it was such a popular spot for tourists and why so many people spent their vacations here, either in summer houses and resorts. It really was beautiful, she could see the...sea? Or was it the ocean, either way, it was a vast body of water. From here, she couldn't see the opposite shore, though that was probably because she was so far from the beach anyway.

Cool air greeted her as she stepped inside the Pokemon Center, well, it wasn't that hot outside anyway, but the cooler air was welcoming. Pikachu's going to love the short time we're here. Maybe I should go to the PokeMart later, since we'll be heading before long. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. For now though...

"Pika!" Pikachu cried a moment later, shaking itself out and seeming to smile as it scampered forward happily. Holly smiled and followed it, sitting down in a chair and taking out two apples, one for Pikachu and one for herself. Handing one to the small mouse-like Pokemon that had crept up next to her, she sank her teeth into her own, ignoring the juice that ran down her chin, though that was impossible, and she retreived a paper towel to wipe the juice off. Wow, how could anyone not be content here? Even if it is for just a few moments...after this, I think that we'll go check out some of the shops here, see if they have any supplies we might need. She thought as Pikachu scrambled to retreive his apple, which he had dropped a moment earlier.

Ooc:// ...*gasp* *pant* YESSS! Finally up, I deleted half of it earlier to rewrite cause I thought that it wasn't good enough, sorry it took so long...*gasp*

 

[Swift!]

Pikalover10: It's a fine post. Although, because no-one won the battle, Shocker won't receive any experience. D=

Pikataro: Haha! Nice post, that Nincada is quite a character.
You caught a Level 5 Male Nincada!

SlytherFang: Great post, I really liked it! Pikachu dropping his apple sounds like something Ash's Pikachu would do in the anime, he's so clumsy.

 

[Yrie]

Holly stood at the counter of the Pokemart as the clerk put a few of the items she had purchased into a small paper bag. As he folded it up neatly, neater than she could have done, Holly noticed, she took out the amount of money that she would need to pay for the items.

"Thanks!" She said, taking the bag from the clerk in exchange for the money that she used to pay for the items.

"Have a nice day." Was the simple, almost automatic reply.

As Holly left the store, a single thought remained in her mind, are all clerks like that? So used to saying "have a nice day" that it becomes programmed in their mind in a response to the words "thank you" or something? 'Cause that would really stink, imagine that you heard someone say thank you to someone else, thought that they were adressing you, and accidentaly said, "have a nice day" in response! Wow, I'd be embarrassed to death. Yeah, that was so her, thinking some random thought, it probably wouldn't have much signifigance in life, anyway. Casually, she strolled down to the beach, trying to mimick those tourists, who seemed so at ease.

Strange, was Holly's first thought upon setting foot on the soft sand, there seemed to be a crowd gathered near the other end of the beach.

"Come on out, Pikachu!" Holly said, taking out the Pokeball which contained her Pikachu, she pressed the button that opened the Pokeball. A red glow first escaped the small capsule, which materialized into a shape, and then faded, leaving only the small Pikachu there.

"Pikachu!" It exclaimed happily, stretching and cocking its head to one side as it eyed the crowd.

"Yeah, I've been wondering what it was too." Holly agreed as they headed towards the crowd. The cheers of a couple of people and a cry of a Pokemon greeted them, and Holly stood on tiptoe to get a better view.

A Starly and Piplup appeared to be putting on a show, two people, who appeared to be their trainers, were urging them on.

"Now, Piplup, use bubblebeam!" One girl cried.

"Pip-lup lup lup!" Piplup responded, releasing a flurry of blue, shimmering bubbles.

"Starly, fly in between the bubbles and use Wing Attack!" The other girl called.

"Starly, star!" Starly chirped as it dodge between the bubbles and its wings began to glow white.

"STAR!" It cried one last time, and Holly thought it was going to attack Piplup, however, it merely popped the bubbles, scattering shimmering droplets of water upon itself and its fellow Piplup. Then Starly descended, landing next to Piplup, and both struck a somewhat funny, somewhat beautiful pose. The crowd burst into applause again as the girls collected money from them. Holly noticed that though they appeared to be clean, their dresses were little more than rags, and they were skinnier than... her friend Moira, who was about skin and bone.

"Pika..." Pikachu said quietly, noticing the girl's appearance. Holly dug into her pocket, where she always kept any loose change, including coins that she had found on the street, and emptied the contents into the girl's dirty baseball cap, which she was using to collect money.

"I wish I could do more." Holly murmured, as they left the beach, "but we've got to get going, I mean, I could stay here forever, but we can't. If I knew where the girls lived, I would leave a steak or a ham, a platter of fruit, and a bowl of mashed potatoes on their doorstep, but that would make them feel like a charity case, and I don't know where they live anyways. I feel sorry for them, obviously, but..."

Pikachu seemed to get the rest of the sentence, and nodded. Holly swung her backpack over her shoulder, "let's head back to the Pokemon Center to rest before we get started again."

The cool air, once again, greeted them, welcoming them. A Chansey, helpful as always, led them into the dining area, and they ate a meal that was obviously cooked by the same Chansey. It tasted good, though all of the items had a slight trace of spiniach, and Pikachu nearly went out of his mind after finding a packet of ketchup abandoned on a nearby table. As the Chansey whisked away their plates, Holly and Pikachu, who was still licking at the ketchup in the packet, thanked the Chansey, before returning to the main lobby.

"I figure we can get started again soon."

"Pika!" Good ketchup!

Ooc:// I hope that this isn't too much like Ash's Pikachu, I noticed that all Pikachus seem to have a liking for ketchup, though if you feel like its copying off the anime, I don't mind changing it to barbeque sauce.

 

[Pikalover10]

Chapter 3: Ocean Jewel Town (part 1)

Saphire walked into a wonderful looking town. He took in a deep breath of that fresh salty sea water smell and sighed with pleasure. Ingo smiled and drew in a breath of air. Shocker was still in his pokeball and Saphire was wondering wether or not to let him out. Saphire shrugged it off for the moments being and headed over to the Pokemon Center.

When he got in the building was huge. It was huge and blue inside. There was a lady with pink hair and a smock behind the desk.

"Yes?" she asked when Saphire approached her.

"Umm. Yeah, could you heal my pokemon please?" Saphire asked.

"Of course." she said.

The lady took Saphire's pokeballs and told him to hang out here for a while. Sahpire sat down on a bench and looked out a window. He saw a little boy with a kite running around with his Shinx and another little girl playing with her Shinx. Saphire sighed wondering how to teach Shocker to be like those other Shinx. The lady came back out with his pokeballs. She looked mad and as Saphire to his pokeballs he noticed a bite mark on her arm. A little blood was still coming from it and Saphire guessed what had happened. Shocker had bit her.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I just caught my Shinx and it isn't tame yet...I'm still trying to figure out how to tame him." Saphire said.

The lady shook her head and returned to the counter. Saphire sighed and called Ingo out. Ingo climbed onto Saphire's head this time. Saphire turned and walked out of the door. He trodded along the town trying to figure something out to do. He looked up and noticed that this town had a beach. He smiled and walked to the beach.

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The beach was pleasent. It was a little crowded but Saphire had found a nice spot to hang out at. It was a shaded spot, shaded by an overhanging rock, the water came up to the spot, and almost nobody was around. Saphire figured this would be a good time to get to know Shocker a little bit better. He caled Shocker out and Ingo climbed down from Saphire's head. Shocker appeared and then started rolling around in the sand. Ingo ran into the water and splashed around in it.

Saphire smiled and then started digging a little hole. Once it got deap enough for Saphire's ankle and below to fit in there, he quickly scooped Shocker up and then placed him in the hole. Before Shockert knew what was going on he was being buried in the sand.

"Shi!" Shocker laughed.

Ingo looked around and saw a toy bucket. He grabbed it and filled it up with ocean water. Then he slowly trodded over to them. He came up to them and then dumped the bucket of water on Shocker.

"Shi!" Shocker yelped for he didn't know that Ingo was going to do that.

Shocker tried with all his might to get out from under the sand and did. Then he dashed at Ingo, obviously furious at the pokemon's discision. Ingo ran around in circles and dashed in and out of people's feet. He ran towards a little girl and quickly turned left. Shocker's eyes were closed and then he chomped down on the little girl's leg thinking that it was Ingo.

The little girl scram at the top of her lungs and started crying. Shocker, afraid, ran away back to Saphire. He jumped into Saphire's arms and hid his head under Saphire's arm. Saphire looked up to see a tall, muscular man standing in front of him with the little girl clammped onto the mans pants. Saphire quickly returned his pokemon.

"Listen. I'm so very-" the man cut Saphire off.

The man picked Saphire off of the ground by Saphire's shirt and then threw him into the ocean.

"Wah!" Saphire cried out as he was thrown into the air.

The little girl gasped and then laughed. Saphire slowly stood up and then rubbed his head. He didn't think the man was finished with him yet. The man grabbed him by his shirt again and then ran into the rock wall. He pushed Saphire against the rock and got inchs away from Saphire's face.

The man reeled back his righ tarm and then soked Saphire in his gut. Saphire momentarily dazed from losing the air out of him fel to the ground gasping for air. He stood up and then jumped and punched the mans nose. He landed and then took off back to the city.

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Saphire stopped in a little park area gasping for breath. He sat down on a bench and then quickly took a little nap from the awful expirience he had just had.

 

[Swift!]

Slytherfang: Haha, no it's fine. I always like a funny Pikachu, it's boring when they just sit there (or in their Poke Ball) and do nothing.

Pikalover10: Good post, Shocker really needs to be trained! Oh, and you seem to be getting Saphire mixed up with your other RP Character (Max). It's not that big a deal right now, but if you could work on it that would be great. =P