Pokemon Fire Red: Nuzlocke Challenge
My name is Geki. I am a Pokemon Trainer, though I'm just a beginner. I went to Professor Oak's lab to recieve a Pokemon. He wasn't there, only my childhood rival, Kaz. I go out and I look for Oak. Just as I'm about to leave Oak calls out for me to stop. He leads me back to his lab where he introduces three Pokemon to me and Kaz. We both stand there, ruminating to ourselves about what Pokemon to choose. I am then called upon to select my lifelong partner. I examine each Pokeball carefully, Professor Oak describing each Pokemon to me. Finally, my decision is made. Oak asks me if I'm sure, and I tell him, "Sure as I'll ever be". I pick up the Pokeball of my new partner, Charmander. "I think I'll call him... Darrell". Kaz, either for his own amusement or just to spite me, chooses Squirtle promptly.
"My Pokemon looks tougher than yours", he says to me in a smug and condescending fashion. "Well I guess I'll take my leave now", I say to Oak before turning to exit the lab. Just then, before I pass the bookcases, Kaz shouts to me: "Hey, let's have a Pokemon battle right here! I'll take you on!" Knowing him, he's just willing to jump into anything, disregarding everything else around him. It's a heated and tense battle, especially considering it's our first one. We sent out our Pokemon and they just kept attacking each other: Scratch, Tackle, Scratch, Tackle... Back and forth they went. The match was close, almost a tie even. And yet, somehow, some way, Darrell manages to make it out on top.
Kaz, with his eternally smug disposition, smirks and says "Smell ya' later!" and leaves. I also exit the lab and immediately make my way towards Viridian City. On the way I encounter a few Pokemon but I just pass them by. I made it there and I go into the Poke Mart. The clerk calls me over to the counter and asks me to deliver a parcel to Professor Oak. I couldn't possibly refuse so I take the package and make my way back to the lab. Kaz also came back, and Oak gives us both Pokedexes and 5 Pokeballs. We exit Pallet Town once more to go fulfill a dream.
Back at Route 1 I search in the tall grass. There, I find a Pidgey. "Perfect", I whisper to myself quietly. The Pidgey sees me however and I'm forced to send out Darrell into the battle. After some time the Pidgey is weakened and I grab my opportunity. I hurl the Pokeball at the Pidgey in an attempt to capture it. Staring down the ball, it shakes and rocks, back and forth. The center glows and dims and makes a ding sound. Right then I realize I have caught my first Pokemon. It's a female Pidgey, so I decided to name her Ace. Fitting name, isn't it?
Moving on, I go to Route 22 and find some grass there. A furious Mankey quickly greets me there. Once again I send out Darrell to weaken the Pokemon. I toss a Pokeball at it and, once again, it's a successful capture. This is a female Mankey, but I decide not to name this one. Back to the Pokemon Center, I heal my Pokemon. We train some more and they become stronger. Having an almost telepathic sense of my rival, I go back to Route 22. As fate would have it, I meet Kaz there. "If you're thinking of going to the Pokemon League, forget it! You probably don't have any badges yet. The guards won't let you through if you don't have any." Once he's done with his little tangent, we start another battle. He had caught a Pidgey earlier and sends it out. Darrell enters the fray once more, but even more powerful. He give the Pidgey a hearty Ember and it goes down. Kaz is about to send out his Squirtle and I know that Darrell isn't really too good of a match for it so I send out Ace. Ace, knowing Gust, uses it on Squirtle several times. She took a little damage, but Ace came out the victor and I beat Gary once more.
Once that's over he departs once more. I make my way to Route 2 after purchasing more Pokeballs and I capture a Rattata there. I name him Gnaw. I continue walking, however, I stop for a second. I take in the sight my eyes are viewing. "Viridian Forest..." I had never been there before in my life. Yet, there I was, standing face to face with the natural maze. I enter and it's somewhat dark there. I see tall grass in front of me and I search for a second. Suddenly, I see a spark. A quick, electrical spark in the grass. I see a dark yellow silhouette of a mouse. It turns quickly and tries to give me a shock. I manage to move out of the way quickly and send out Darrell. Darrell gives it a Scratch and weakens it greatly. "Whatever this is, I'm going to capture it right now." I throw the Pokeball and hit the target. Once again, successful capture. I take out my Pokedex and register this Pokemon. "An electric type... Pikachu." It's a male so I nickname it Electro.
Once again I make my way back to Viridian and heal up again. I purchase some Antidotes, Potions, and a few more Pokeballs. I take the time to train my Pokemon. They become stronger, but I fear this may not be enough at the moment. I sense that great dangers will come in my future, as well as the futures of my Pokemon.
Rival/Gym Leader/Commander/Boss/Elite Four/Champion Battle.