"Day two!" Derek exclaimed incredibly loud and contentious as he sat up on his bed and bounced up and down quickly. He jumped down from the top bed and landed on his feet gracefully. Derek then stretched for his backpack for some new clothing. He changed to an outfit consisting of a tight and long sleeved shirt, jeans, and some thin sneakers. Derek hated long sleeves, but he knew he was making it over to Viridian Forest soon; and he knew from experience that long sleeves or thick jackets were best for exploring woods or caves. He also then put on some fingerless leather gloves and a hat. "I'm ready to .." Derek started saying. He was going to end with 'leave' but was interrupted when his stomach growled. "Eat" he added, completing his sentence. "But first, gotta go get Pikachu!"
Derek ran out of the lodging room and on to the front desk. "Good morning!" He greeted Nurse Joy.
"Good morning, honey. Your Pokemon is fully healed now" the nurse replied as she handed Derek a Pokeball. As soon as the ball was in Derek's hand, he released his Pikachu. Pikachu stretched and rubbed his eyes immediatly after coming out of the Pokeball, then, as soon as he noticed Derek, smiled and jumped to his shoulder.
"Thank you very much" Derek said as he smiled at Nurse Joy. "One last thing, though. Um.. Eh... Have you got any food here?" Derek asked as he blushed slightly, wondering what the answer would be. He knew most Pokemon Centers supplied human and Pokemon food, but there was always an exception. The nurse giggled and then headed to a door, motioning for Derek to follow. Derek entered the indicated room and noticed it was some sort of small cafeteria. It had only a few tables and some Chansey serving food. Derek and Pikachu stared at each other and grinned.
After eating and grabbing some fruits and water bottles for his backpack, Derek headed outside the Pokemon Center. "On to Route 2, Pikachu!" Derek said as he again punched a fist into the air. Pikachu didn't fall this time, though, but instead, copied Derek's motion. Derek smiled, and in just a few minutes the pair headed outside Viridian City. As the walked out, Derek and Pikachu stumbled upon one of the Trainers he saw back at the Lab. He stared at the guy and the Eevee in his lap for some seconds, then shrugged and turned to Pikachu. They were about to leave, though, but Derek used this moment to pull out his Pokedex and record the information on Eevee. He now had Pikachu, Eevee, Weedle, Chansey, Pidgey and Rattata's info. Even though he hadn't had a direct encounter with the last 2, he managed to record information on them from a distance. They continued to walk for some minutes and came to a signpost that read 'Route 2'.
"We gotta be careful here, Pikachu. I know many Pokemon lie here. Let's go around silently..." Derek murmured to Pikachu as they found a small path behind some bushes. Derek made his way by crawling in between the bushes and managed to record information on Spearow and both Nidoran. Many types he made contact with thorns and other things, but the long sleeves protected direct contact with his skin. After a while of crawling and a sever knee pain, Derek stood up and decided to walk for the last parts of the Route.
The pair got to a clearing in no time, and in a distance a guard house was able to be seen. "That should be the building that leads to Viridian Forest, Pikachu."
The pair continued to walk in a very calm fashion and with a peaceful surrounding, but the silence broke when a noise was heard in a distance. "Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!" A Mankey yelled as he rampaged out of a bush and directed a punch towards Derek.
"Pikaa!" Piachu exclaimed as Derek crouched and Mankey flew above the two. Pikachu didn't hesitate in moving, and immediatly jumped down from Derek's shoulder to prepare for a battle. Derek really wanted to avoid battles at the moment, but he knew Mankey wasn't going to give up easily..
"Ok Pikachu, let's take it easy" Derek started saying. ~Mankey's all about brute force..~ He thought as he stared at the Mankey, who was now staring focused at the Pikachu. "Pikachu, Growl!" Derek ordered. Pikachu did as commanded and growled at the Mankey, whose attack seemed to be shortened by only a minum. Not even a second after receiving the growl, Mankey launched a reckless Scratch attack at Pikachu. Pikachu took the hit and was knocked away a few inches. Mankey launched a second attack, and this too connected with Pikachu.
"Agh, hold on, Pikachu!" Derek ordered. "Recover some space!" He then said, noticing Mankey was a little too close to Pikachu. Pikachu ran away to an area away from the Mankey so he could be able to react the next attack. "Pikachu, Tail Whip!"
Pikachu nodded and moved his tail from side to side. Derek wasn't really sure of how that helped, but anyway, it was an attack. Mankey darted again at Pikachu, but this attack wasn't a scratch. Instead, Mankey crouched and threw a kick at Pikachu's feet. Pikachu managed to dodge the attack by jumping up high, and while he was in the air, Derek commanded for a ThunderShock.
The electrical attack made contact with the monkey-like Pokemon, which was knocked away some feet. "Pikachu, attack again before he recovers!" Derek exclaimed. Mankey then stood up and rubbed his head in pain, but as soon as he came back to consciousness he was hit again by a second attack. This time, Mankey stayed in the ground for a few seconds. "Hm..." Derek thought as he stared at Mankey, then at his belt with Pokeballs. Without a second thought, Derek threw a Pokeball at the injured Pokemon.
The Pokeball shook itself twice, but the Pokemon broke free. "Agh.." Derek said as he proceeded with the battle. "Pikachu, one last ThunderShock!" As the attack hit Mankey, something very strange occured. The attack had seemed to his Mankey harder than all of the past attacks put together, an occurrence to which Derek yelped "Critical Hit!"
As soon as this 'Critical Hit' landed, however, the Mankey looked more enraged. His face was now bright red in anger and his fists had grown in size. ~What.. What's going on..~ Derek thought nervous as he stared at the Mankey who seemed to be much more powerful now. "Pikachu, G..."
Derek couldn't finish his sentence because Mankey immediately threw a Scratch at Pikachu. Instead of taking the attack with some damage like before, Pikachu was sent flying back, slamming himself quite harshly on a tree's trunk. "No, Pikachu!" Derek yelped as he ran towards his severely hurt comrade. "Pika..." Pikachu said tiredly. Derek was about to hive up on the battle, but when he turned back to see the now red Mankey, he noticed he was paralyzed. Again, static came into effect.
Derek could've used this time to run, but instead, he threw another Pokeball at Mankey. It shook a couple of times and...
((I'll edit this according to whether I do or don't catch the Mankey))
"That was a battle right there, Pikachu.." Derek said, noticing Pikachu was too tired like to even move. Unsure of what to do, Derek rushed to his backpack and searched for something useful, then came across one of his Potions. He used it on Pikachu's wounds, and in no time Pikachu was at at least his 90%.
The pair proceeded into the guard house, where an older lady greeted them. "Hello there, young boy. I saw your battle right there, and I must say that was very intense one. I think you and your Pokemon deserve this." The lady said as he handed the pair a Rare Candy. "Oh, awesome! Thanks!" Derek said as he walked away slowly and took a sit, deciding to wait a while before venturing into Viridian Forest...