The Ultimate Challenge: New Kanto

[Pikalover10]

((OOC: *whines sarcastically:* Awww. No more museum and getting to steal a fossil? That was fun...))

Chapter 3:
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Will looked around the town he had just walked in to. Everything looked poorly built or it was burnt down to cinders.Will remmebered his mom saying something about this place. One of his mom's friends had grown up here and had died by being choked to death in smoke in a fire.

Will sighed and continued to look around. He noticed all the people looked very joyful and Will couldn't help but wonder why. Riolu was standing at Will's feet, his arms crossed and was searching the area too.

The town had dust clouds formed overhead and everything was dark and red. Will noticed a small little cabin with a red roof and next to it was a little cabin with a blue roof. He knew the red roofed cabin was the Pokemon Center so he scopped Riolu up and then ran towards it.

When he walked in he saw a little wooden table and a chair with a lady sitting in it. There were a few coches in the lounge for visitors to sit in but there was no computer. The lady wore a nurse's outfit and had pink hair. She sat at the desk with a bunch of paper sitting in front of her.

She looked up as Will walked up and smiled at him. "How may I help you?" she asked.

"Oh. I was wondering if you could give my Riolu a check up, and if I could get a room for the night." Will asked.

"Sure. Let me take Riolu and here is your key for the night." she said handing him a key.

He nodded and gave her RIolu, and then took the key in his hand. He shoved it in his pocket and ran upstairs in to his rented room.

Inside there was a bed, a desk, and a lamp. That was it. It was very cramped and small. He dropepd his bag and shoved it under the bed and then he heard a loud CRASH! He jumped and then ran out of his room, locked it, and then ran down stairs.

He came in to the lounge and found a pink Pokemon wearing a nurse's hat slammed in to the wall and the nurse trying to help it. Riolu then came slowly walking out of the back room and he looked very serious. Will took out his Pokedex and scanned the pink Pokemon.

Chansey, the Egg Pokemon. It is said to deliver happiness. Being compassionate, it shares its eggs with injured people.

Will then suddenly realized what had happened as the nurse shot him a stern look. Riolu had used Force Palm on the Chansey when it had come near him to help him.

"Control that Pokemon of yours!" the nurse shouted at him.

Riolu then advanced closer on the nurse and her Pokemon, preparing another Force Palm. Right as Riolu was going to hit the Pokemon, Will dashed and placed himself between Riolu and the Chansey, taking the full force of the hit.

Riolu then shot a full blow of force in to his body. It was as if he were in an electric chair being punished, and flew back in to the CHansey. He fell to the ground and lyed there, moaning.

Will finally stood up, holding his stomach where Riolu had hit him, and grabbed Riolu's Pokeball. He returned the disobediant Pokemon and looked at the nurse with a sorry expression on his face.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I just got him earlier today and he has been a little of a pain. He doesn't really listen to me and I think we just need to train so he can get to know me better and so I can teach him how to be obediant." Will apologized.

"I'll say. Well, he looks perfectly fine to me. Also, there have been reports coming in about a group of boys about your age who got lost in the secret tunnels in the burnt gym. Maybe you and Riolu could bond in there while searching for the boys." the nurse sugested.

Will nodded and then left without another word. He would try anything to become friends with Riolu.

END​

 

[ShadowDragon~]

OOC: Hope this makes up for my absence, I've been busy with school work, btw for the tm in this one, I don't know what tm's are available up to this point, so can u maybe give me a list or you can decide what it is :P

The ball stopped moving and Seth gratefully grabbed it and hooked it onto his belt.

"and.. that's that." It was getting dark already and he saw Eve washing herself.

"Lets go Eve!" The Eevee appearently didn't like her looks because she didn't stop washing. Seth walked past her into the surrounding bush. He waited there for a while so Eve could come, but she didn't.

"Would ya stop being so stubborn?" Eve looked up and ran after him.

"There, now lets go to the mankey's nest" He scurried through the bushes until he found its nesting place. The mankey had done a good job. Even from close up it was hard to distinguish the normal plants and undergrowth from the nest. He was just wondering what would happen if a group of tauros, or a group of heavy pokemon would run trough this forest when there was a bright red flash.

"Mankey! Mankey!" The pokemon appeared in her nest and quickly scurried around fixing things.

"Huh how'd you get out?" She didn't respond but instead started digging.

"Listen I was just about to let you out and do your stuff but its ok to respond" The mankey still started scurrying through her stuff.

"Uhh somehow I feel like naming you hazel, is that ok?" He didn't know why, it just seemed like a cool name.

"Uhh?" The mankey was obsessed with whatever it was doing.

<Feeling a bit ignored here>

"Mankey Mankey!" Finally it responded

"Ok, Hazel it is." The mankey pulled out some of her stuff.

"You got whatcha needed?" It nodded and revealed some shiny stuff.

Seth looked over the items in front of him. There was a comb, a tin can, some pearls, berries, a disc, and some other miscellaneous items… wait… a disc? He had heard about discs you give to your pokemon containing some kind of data. Then if you work together you can train to teach your pokemon a new technique? He knew it was something like that.

"Erm Eve, get over here" He yelled off in the distance

Eve came out just finishing some berries.

"Here" He put the cd on top of her head….
….
"Nothing? Ok. Erm.. maybe you really have to read it?" He grabbed the disc and looked closer at it. Nothing there.

"Uhh here take a bite" He handed it to Eve

"What?" he asked guiltily. The Eevee was giving him another one of her glances.

"Eve Eevee!" She slapped him across the face.

"Ok! Ok!" he yelled rubbing his cheek.

"Ya ready Hazel?" The mankey nodded and Seth grabbed her remaining stuff.

"Lets keep this safe" He put it in one of the pouches of his belt and shifted the mankey's pokeball slot closer to it.

"Ok, all ready? Lets go" He walked through the undergrowth.
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They had been walking for about two minutes when he heard his first pokemon.

"Crack" He looked for the source of the sound but found nothing.

"Crack" He took another step. "Crack" Again

He looked down at his foot and realized it was just some branches breaking and his right foot was on a pink spiky ball.

"Uhh uh?" The spikes were stuck in his sole.

He shook his foot vigorously and the spiky ball flew off and crashed into a tree.

"Dang" He lifted his foot and saw a few spikes went through the bottom of his shoe. There was a small trail of blood coming out of one of the holes.

"Ouch, why does this always happen to me?" He looked at his two pokemon who seemed to be laughing.

"What now?" When he stepped he gently pushed onto something else. Another spiky ball.

"again?" He shook that one off with easy and it crashed after the first one.

"Can we go now?" His pokemon couldn't stop laughing.

"Wurmple! Wurmple!" He spun around but saw nothing.

"Oh well" He turned around but he could see something moving in the corner of his eyes.

"Wait.. you have got to be kidding me!" One of the spiky balls was opening up.

"What the heck?" Little legs spurted out and the second ball followed soon afterwards.

"Uhuh what are they?" He took out his poketech and flashed it

https://images.google.com/imgres?im...l&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&rlz=1I7GGLD_en&sa=Nhttps://images.google.com/imgres?im...l&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&rlz=1I7GGLD_en&sa=NWurmple, the worm pokemon. Its spiked bac-

"Yeah, Yeah you dont have to tell me" He closed his poketech before it could finish.

"Ok hazel.. go get him!" Mankey got serious and jumped infront of the wurmple and charged.

Suddenly something held her down.

"Hazel try and scratch your way out of what ever it is!" Mankey was being covered in white goo coming out of the nearby bushes. Seth remembered the second spiked ball and wasnt suprised when the second wurmple came out.

"Err Eve, you use helping hand!" Eve jumped next to hazel and they both scratched and nibbled at the goo.

"Wurmple Wurmple!" The first wurple was now turning towards Eve.

"Eve, dodge!" Eve dodged and continued working until there was a gap big enough for hazel.

"Ok hazel, sick em!"

<Yes it worked!>

Seth didnt know wether hazel just wanted revenge or was actually listening to him but she was fighting alright.

"Yeah do a low punch. Scratch it! and Eve, you tackle the other one!" The four pokemon clashed and debrees flew everywhere.

"Mankey Mankey!" Hazel was outraged.

"Mankey Mankey!" Seth couldnt even see what happened but a knocked out wurmple flew past him and bounced into the undergrowth.

"Hehe, now Eve you-" Seth didnt need to finish the sentence because Eve already sent the other wurmple scurrieng towards its mate.

"Great, you guys ok?" After checking all his pokemon they moved on.

After a while they reached a weird looking area full with dust and red glares.

"What is that smell?" Seth pinched his nose as he walked into cinnebar city.

 

[Wolfwhispers]

OOC: Sorry, not my best work but I'm in a rush. If it's not good enough I'll fix it later.

Bryan smirked as he noticed the words 'Water Pulse' on top of the disk. Glancing at the other items, he noticed that Zigzagoon had brought him one poke ball and shiny coin that offered no value. Putting the items away, he stood up.

"Alright, Zigzagoon," Bryan said. "Show me where you found these.

"Wa... wait!" the boy, Justin said quickly. "You can't just leave me here!"

"Come if you want," Bryan said with a shrug, watching in amusement as Minun hissed at Justin, causing him to jump.

"Aren't Minun supposed to be friendly pokemon?" Justin asked, catching up to Bryan. Minun growled in response. "I mean," Justin continued nervously, "Minun are supposed to be cute and happy pokemon. Minun are also supposed to be with Plusle."

"Min," Minun said deeply, chuckling darkly as it rubbed its paws together and showing its fangs in a menacing smile.

Justin and Bryan stared at the deranged pokemon. Bryan was pretty sure that Minun had killed its Plusle partner. "Oook," Bryan drawled, turning a corner as Zigzagoon pointed to aother book case. Knowing the drill, Bryan pushed, grunting as he did so. "This thing isn't moving," he growled.

"Zig," Zigzagoon said smugly, upturning a book and stepping back. The bookcase moved on its own, showing a new pathway.

Justin gasped. "I've been on this island my whole life and have never seen this way before."

"You've been here before but got lost?" Bryan asked, disgust showing on his face as he stared at the boy.

Justin blushed. "A Magmar chased me and Budew," he mumbled. "We got scared."

"Whatever," Bryan said, walking down the stairs. His eyes widened in surprise as they came across a, incredible arena. The air had suddenly gotten incredibly hot, and there was good reason for it. Around the stage was lava at the bottom. "This must have been a gym as well as science lab," he muttered. His eyes followed a trail and noticed the exit. "We need to cross the arena to get to the exit."

Just shook his head, Budew copying the gesture. "No way! What if we fall in?"

"Gues you're on your own," Bryan said, walking across.

Justin looked at the older boy fearfully, jumping a bit as Minun let loose a spark at the boy. With one last snarl, the tiny pokemon ran ahead of Bryan. Gulping, Justin ran across as well, Budew shaking the whole way.

"We made it!" Justin cried happily, coming out of the ruins. He blinked in surprise as he realized he was ontop of the volcanoe. The town could be seen a few miles away. It would take at least two hours to get back to town. "Well, thanks!" Justin said hurriedly, "but I'm off!"

Bryan shrugged, knowing he would most likely catch up to the boy later. Taking a step forward, Bryan blinked as he saw the light reflect off a strange rock. Picking it up, he frowned as he noticed it was an orange color that seemed clear with a single dot inside of it. Huh, it looked like a dried piece of amber.

"Bet I could seel this," Bryan murmered, pocketing it. He turned to his pokemon. "I'm over this place. Let's go."

"Zig," Zigzagoon growled, eyeing Bryan carefully before bounding off.

Minun just scowled in response, taking his time to go down the trail.

 

[~SilverSoul]

*Sorry for my absence yesterday. I was on a trip with my band and didn't get back till 11:30*

To The Kricket: Wow, he actually fell into one of the tunnels. Good plot set up. Can't wait to read the next part.
To Pikalover10: Wow, Riolu has some serious problems. Let's see how he acts in the ruins!
To DrAcO_ToRpEdO: Yeah, same thing as ShadowYashi. You can't have a battle and find a tm in the same post. You do not have to edit your post. Just tell me what you want, the battle exp or the tm.
To Wolfwhispers: Good job helping the boy out! There will be a musuem in the next town where you can include (not restore) the amber (plus you will get something for helping out the boy once we move on to the next chapter)
You found one Pokeball!
You found Old Amber!

EDIT: Okay, here's your battle experience, DrAcO_ToRpEdO:
Mankey grew to level 7!
Eevee grew to level 9!
Eevee learned Sand-Attack!

 

[Zimvee]

Chapter 5: The Ruined City
"He he he..." a voice cackled. "Well who do we have here?" The owner of the voice was a young boy wearing a tatered brown hoodie that flapped in the breeze. The voice was looking down from the top of a hill overlooking the path that Tom and Mime Jr were on. "This one.....has an air of destiny around him." The voice said thoughtfully. "Might do us some good to meet eh?" The voice said to the Chimchar and Geodude next to him. They both nodded in agreement and all three slid down the hill slowly following Tom.
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"Mime Mime Mime...." Mime Jr said tiredly but happily. They had finally made it to Cinnibar Village. Mime Jr looked around sadly however. The "village" was little more than a few clustered shacks. Even the Pokemon Center wasn't in good condition as Tom and his Pokemon wandered in.

"Doctor you are needed in the emegency ward!" a voice said over the intercom.

Tom was amazed at how busy the place was. A man who looked like a doctor was running toward the emergency ward while everyone else was headed some place else. "Hello, and welcome to our Pokemon Center!" said a woman who looked like she was trying to look tired but doing a poor job.

"Hi is this the place where I can get my Pokemon healed?" Tom said uncertainly.

"Of course!....Though it depends on how badly they need healed." The nurse said after a few moments.

"Oh my Pokemon just need to a rest." Tom said motioning to Starly, who was perched on Tom's shoulder, and Mime Jr who was holding onto Tom's leg.

"Oh that makes things easier then!" The nurse said. She took Starly's and Mime Jr's Pokeballs after Tom had returned them.

"Nurse Joy!" a young interned cried as he ran up. "We're out of Joyweed!" he said fearfully. "Oh dear...." Joy said with a frown.

"Um whats Joyweed?" Tom asked confused.

"Joyweed is a weed found in the abanded that heals pretty much any minor wound and dulls the pain on any major wound. If we're out of it then all the Pokemon with very bad wounds are in constant pain." the intern said. "Well....what if I go get it?" Tom said. "Iv got time on my hands and you guys look kind of......busy." Tom said with smirk.

"Would you really do that for us? Oh thank you!" Joy cried. She gave him a huge hug and when she let go Tom had a weird smile on his face. "You can find the gym on the other side of the village. "Ok Doc!" Tom said wiping the smile of his face and running out the door.

Soon Tom arrived at an abanded building with rusting words that said G........M. "Must be the Gym." Tom said with a hint of sarcasm. As he wandered into the building a shadow fell over the door.

"So hes going in there...." The voice said as his brown hoodie flutered in the wind. The voice's shadow sooned merged with the building's as it entered.

"Bat bat bat!" Zubat screeched overhead while Tom wondered in the inky blackeness.

"Man I always do things for cute girls..." Tom mused. Suddenly the ground gave away at Tom's face. Tom looked down when he realised he was standing in the air. "Well would you look at that?" Tom said. His eyes then widened when he realized what walking on air ment. "Crap....." was Tom's finally words before he pummelted into the black below.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Old Lace: What a good twist in plot. The Pokemon Center is counting on you!

 

[Zimvee]

Chapter 6: Escape the abanded gym!
"Is he dead?"

"I don't think so. I thought I heard snoring a while ago."

"That was snoring? I thought that was trucks shifting down the highway."

"Dude you know we haven't had trucks here for like 10 years."

"Yeah I know, but thats what it sounded like."

"How's he doin?"

"He hasn't woken up yet sir."

"Well keep me posted. I'm going to look for some more Joyweed."

"Ok."

"Joyweed? Why does that seem so familier?" Tom thought as he listened in on this conversation. "Joyweed....Joyweed...." "Bwa!" Tom shouted as he snapped back to concensious.

"Ah!" shouted about three kids.

"Ok no more "Special" Brownies." Tom muttered.

"Um you didn't have these "Special" Brownies, whatever they are, sir. You fell from the ceiling above sir." one of the kids said. The speaker was a young girl of about 12.

"Oh thats right....I was looking for some Joyweed and wasn't watching where I was going." Tom said with a chuckle. "Is there anyway to get out of here?"

"If there was do you think we'd still be here?" A punk of a boy said. "We had some guy helping us out earlier but he took off."

"He's coming back!" the girl said. "He said he was just looking for some Joyweed."

"Joyweed!" Tom exclaimed. "I need some of that!"

"Well then its your lucky day." a voice said. A boy of about Tom's own age walked in. He was wearing a tattered brown hoodie with a pair of dusty blue jeans on. He had a mess of brown hair and had two Pokeballs at his waist. In his hands were a bundle of bright pink weeds. "I just so happen to have enough Joyweed to share. Name's Bobby."

"Tom. Can you really share some with me?"

"Sure can. That takes care of one problem. Now onto the problem of getting out of here....Do you have any Pokemon?"

"Not on me. There back at the Pokemon Center...." Tom said sheepily.

"Well its a good thing I brought mine with me." said Bobby as he released his Pokemon. An orange monkey with a flame on its butt appeared in a red light along with a rock type Pokemon that floated in the air. "This is Chimchar and this is Geodude." Bobby said.

Bobby walked over to a wall and examined it. He rubbed his hands over it, then called Geodude over. "Geodude, use Rock Smash!" Bobby commanded.

"Geo.....dude!" The rock Pokemon cried as it smashed open the wall.

"Good job." Bobby said with a smile. As the rag tag group walked through the hole they relized they were still trapped. As Tom saw the kids downcast faces he said "Don't worry, we'll get out soon."

A few Rock Smashes later the group made their way out into the bright light of day. "We made it!" the kids shouted.

"Here." Bobby said as he gave Tom the Joyweed. "Can you also take the kids back to the village? They've been missing for a while."

"Sure, but what about you? What are you going to do?" Tom asked.

"I'll be out at the next route doin some explorin. Maybe I'll see you there."

"Yeah maybe you will." Tom said with a grin.

Soon Tom was back at the Pokemon Center with the kids and the Joyweed. "Oh thank you!" Joy exclaimed as she hugged Tom once again and, once again, Tom had the goofy smile on his face. "And you even brought the kids back! Thank You! Here take this for your troubles." Joy said as he handed Tom a purple disk. It said TM 30 on it.

"Wow thanks!" Tom said.

"Please its hardly enough. Oh and here are your Pokemon fully healed. Have a safe journey!" Joy cried as Tom with a smile and a new TM walked out of Cinnibar Village.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Old Lace: Congrats for finding the joyweed!
You received a TM 30!

To Everyone: I want to put up the next chapter maybe tomorrow, so everyone hurry and try to get caught up. I will be shortly sending a PM to those who have completed the mission so they can pick their prize.

 

[The Kricket]

When Alex hit the ground, he was knocked unconscious. He woke a few seconds later, his body crying out in agony. Slowly he rose, his body aching all over. Realizing that his backpack had fallen off, he crawled around looking, or rather feeling, for it. After a few seconds of blind groping, he found a large lump. Unfortunately, as he felt it some more, he realized that this lump could not possible be his backpack, after all few backpacks had faces. No, the lump appeared to be a small child, he couldn't possible be more then seven or eight years old. Although momentarily stumped as to what to do with this child, Alex eventually decided to only wake him after having gotten a better hold of the situation. In order to do this he left the child alone, and went back to looking for his backpack. A few seconds later he felt another lump, and thankfully this time it was a backpack.

Grabbing his backpack, Alex rummaged around until he found a flashlight. Switching it on, he shone the beam upon the sleeping child. The kid was even smaller then he had first thought. Indeed, he was wearing dirty clothes, and one of his limbs seemed to be wrapped up in a crude sling. Realizing that something must be wrong with the kids arm, Alex bent down to look. Unfortunately, he was met by a punch to the face. The kid however, was not exactly strong, and so the punch startled Alex more then it hurt him. He was temporarily reeled back, ready to defend himself. The kid got up, and lurched forward, as if preparing to attack Alex, unfortunately he tripped over a rock and, falling let out a scream. But even prostrate on the ground he seemed determined to hurt Alex, yelling at him.

"Stay away from me! I know what types of people haunt the ruins!" Alex smiled wryly, although he did note what the kid said filing it away for later. Although he took it with a grain of salt, clearly the kid was frightened out of his mind and reacting with violence. Well he thought that may work with other people, but not me, he had no time to accommodate the whims of some kid.

"Oh for the love of God kid, grow up, I am not a scoundrel, just someone like you who got trapped in the ruins." Alex said tiredly. The kid's only response was to say,
"My name is John, not kid you imbecile" he seemed to be frothing with rage. Alex just turned his back on him, and walked away. The kid, surprised yelled after him

"Where are you going?" To which Alex replied

"This way, you can come if you want." The kid, although still somewhat wary of him, saw the logic in this, got up and attempted to follow Alex, but unfortunately, he was unable to balance with his broken arm, so Alex allowed him to lean on him for balance.

Alex and the kid walked for almost fifteen minutes. During that time, not only did, luckily, they see no one and nothing, but the tunnel was just one long corridor. But, after 15 minutes, they came to a fork in the tunnel. Not wanting to split up, Alex wondered which fork to go down, until he remembered his recently captured Pokémon. Grabbing the Pokeball from his bag, he released the bird.

"Pidgey, go down the left tunnel, see where it leads" Alex told the bird. He then sat down, waiting for the bird to return. After a minute it did, its feathers singed, and looking bedraggled. Nonetheless, it indicated that, yes that was the right way, but be careful. So, Alex, dragging the kid along, started walking down the tunnel. Soon enough he saw why the bird was singed. For, soon the rock bottom of the tunnel became unbearable hot. Alex was forced to retreat, not wanting his shoes to be burned off. Just then, he was interrupted by the kid, who took advantage of the set back to berate Alex, saying

"Nice job, you imbecile!" Alex did not reply to this, instead attempting to find a way out of their predicament. After a moment he came up with a plan. Grabbing both of his Pokeball's he released Pidgey and Zangoose. Once they appeared, he gave them their orders,

"Pidgey, fly Zangoose up so he is next to the roof. Zangoose, make a hole then, thread a rope through it, and continue until you reach the end of the tunnel." The two Pokemon replied with chirps of "ZZAANN!" and "PPIDDGG!" and quickly go to work.


Luckily, they did not have to traverse the boiling rock for long, so soon the two Pokémon were done. But, even that minor exertion took a lot out of them. Alex then grabbed the rope, and just as he was about to swing the kid yelled "what are you crazy? This is not going to work!" Alex merely smiled and swung. He quickly was able to swing from rope to rope, soon reaching the exit. The kid, although reluctant, followed, but unfortunately then disaster struck. One of the ropes snapped, and the kid plummeted towards the floor. Cursing his bad luck, which once again appeared infectious, Alex lunged forward, two steps onto the boiling rock, and ignoring the pain, grabbed the kid, running on to save ground once more. After that it was a straight shot to the exit.

The kid appeared chastised now that they had managed to get out. He opened his mouth, probably to apologize, but Alex held up a hand to stop him,

"Look kid, the people of this town are trying to find you, why don't you go to the Pokémon center to stop them from worrying?" the kid saw the logic in this preposition, and without a second glance ran towards the Pokémon center. Alex watched as the kid ran to the Pokémon center, and smiled. Grabbing his bag, he turned away, he was once again well rested, and it seemed time to leave this town. After all, if he stayed questions might be asked, and that would be bad. So he turned, looking one last time at the town, before trudging off into the dusty morning.

 

[Pikalover10]

The ruins were dark and it was cold inside. Will had found the ruined gym and had ventured in to it. He saw many charred pieces of furniture and an old battlefield. Riolu was walking next to Will and was thinking this was nothing.

Suddenly, as Will took a step one of the floor panels sunk to the ground and a hidden staircase opened in front of them. Will gulped and checked his knapsack for something. He pulled out a flashlight, turned it on and ventured down the stairs.

It was pitch black in the hidden place and it was hard to see. The small light source generated from the flashlight was barely enough to see down the hall. Then, Will stopped moving as they came to a three way intersection. He wanted to find the trainers and to help them get to safety, but there was no use in going around in the dark and most likely getting lost. He knelt down beside Riolu.

"Hey. You can sense the aura in other people and pokemon right? Would you please do that and direct me to one of the lost trainers?" Will kindly asked.

The little blue dog pokemon looked up and shrugged. He closed his eyes and the little things that hund from his head began to float in the air. He then turned to the right with his eyes closed and Will followed.

Riolu was amazingly talented at this aura sensing thing. Will stopped moving as he stepped on another tile and it sunk underneath him. Then, a loud noise came from behind them and a huge boulder came rolling their way.

"Wah!" Will cried.

He shook Riolu who opened his eyes and turned tail to run. Will quickly followed him. They turned left, right, and all sorts of directions, not losing the boulder with any turns. Then, Will slowed down to a halt and Riolu slid to a halt also.

"Riolu use Force Palm on the boulder." Will said reasurringly.

Riolu was obviously scared, but he nodded and stood between Will and the oncoming boulder. He stuck his right paw out and then the boulder touched it and blew in to tiny bits. Will held his arms in front of his head for protection and once the sound of pieces flying everywhere stopped, he lowered them and smiled at RIolu. Riolu faced Will and smiled then went back to guiding him.

Appearently every turn they had made was luckily the right way because they where almost to the kid, Will could tell. Will sniffed the air as it smelled curiously like cheeseburgers.

They made a right turn and came to a big room and Will saw a kid sitting on the ground eating a cheeseburger with a lit lantern next to him. He was eating with his right arm and his left arm was twisted in all sorts of directions. Will flinched and dashed over to the boy.

"Are you all right?" Will asked kneeling beside him.

The boy looked at him and swallowed the last bite out of his cheeseburger.

"Yeah! I'm just great!" the boy said sarcasticaly.

Will sighed and began to rumage through his knapsack. He found a role of bandages he must have packed and instantly began wrapping it around the kid's arm. The kid grunted as Will pulled tightly on it to keep it from coming off and stood up.

The kid sighed and stood up too and Riolu motioned for them to follow him. The two boys followed and Will noticed the boy had a large slit in his cheek which seemed to be a scar now.

"How'd you get that?" he asked.

"What the scar? Accident a few years ago." the kid replied.

Will noticed that the kid didn't want to talk about it and brushed the thought away. The kid tripped and almost fell over as another tile sunk underneath him. Will instinctevly shielded his head with his arms and as nothing happened he looked around the place. Riolu and the boy were still next to him, and just when he thought everything was fine a huge Arcanine dropped form the roof behind them. Will whined and Riolu, the boy, and him began dashing around every turn they could. Riolu was still leading them as his eyes were still closed and they soon lost the arcanine.

Will stopped around a corner and tried to catch his breath. In a few minutes he stood up straight and began to follow Riolu again. With every step him and the other kid took precation as to not step on another loose tile.

They finally came to the exit of the tunnels and the other boy sighed gratefully.

"Thanks!" he said.

Will looked at him and shrugged. "No problem."

"Oh. Here. I found this at the volcano a few miles from here when I was exploring around it." the boy said.

He held out a yellow stone with a tinge of orange in the middle.

"It's Amber. Take it as a gift of saving me." the boy said gratefully.

Will nodded and took the amber. "Thanks." he said.

The boy nodded and ran off, dropping a piece of paper behind him on accident. Will noticed this and grabbed the piece of paper. It read:

Marcus, be home by nine tonight. You have a big day tomorrow, what with starting your first journey,

love-mom.

Will smiled as he realized the boy was about his age and started his journey tomorrow.

"Marcus. Ok. Well, be ready Marcus. Because I'm coming for you and I'll beat you in the Kanto League." Will said.

With that, Will placed the piece of amber in a small pocket on his knapsack and exited the gym itself.

END

I know it isn't my best work but...I think its ok, because I had major writer's block on this part of it:/

 

[~SilverSoul]

To The Kricket: Nice use of your pokemon!
To Pikalover10: Good post. It was good if you did have writer's block ^^
You received an Old Amber!

To Everyone: Alrighty, four people are finished and one is almost finished so we are moving on. Catch up if you aren't finished with Cinnibar Villlage yet.

Chapter 4: Route 2
(1-2 Post)​

Description: A rugged and rocky path. The view of the mountains is clear here along with the signs of Seafoam Cave straight ahead on the path. The path is harsh to travel on, but it is short and some rare mountain pokemon can be found.

History: Once a sea route, Route 2 began to take shape along with the rest of the world. Great mountains formed around the area, making a straight path for trainers to travel on while journeying.

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Wild Pokemon
Spearow
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 3-6
Type- Flying/Normal
Gender- Random
Attacks- Peck, Growl, Leer
Rarity- Common

Sentret
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 3-6
Type- Normal
Gender- Random
Attacks- Scratch, Foresight, Defense Curl
Rarity- Common

Sandshrew
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 3-5
Type- Ground
Gender- Random
Attacks- Scratch, Defense Curl
Rarity- Uncommon

Machop
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 2-5
Type- Fighting
Gender- Random
Attacks- Low Kick, Leer
Rarity- Rare


*I have made this chapter 1-2 posts in case you wanted to make one post about the discovery of your prize. You will get more information about the prizes when you complete Cinnibar Village.*

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Bryan sighed as the young boy, Justin, repeatedly thanked him over and over. Minun was currently brooding by his feet, wishing for the boy to shuddup. Zigzagoon was busy sniffing at a loaf og bread on the counter of the boys' house. With a critical eye, it waited until no one was watching him and ate it in one gulp.

"Look, it's alright and whatever, but I need to get going," Bryan said irritably.

Justin grinned. "I understand, what with you being a trainer and all, but I have a gift for you! Or rather, it was my grandfather... But even still, I would like you to have this." The boy produced an egg in a jar, making Bryan blink in surprise. "Maybe it'll hatch into a cheerful pokemon!" JUstin explained.

Bryan thought it best not to say he would kill the pokemon if it hatched into a Cleffa or Igglybuff... Just for good measure, he glared at the sky, just to make sure that whatever higher power out there understood...

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Bryan read the sign with narrowed eyes, relieved that he was leaving the horrid island. The rocky trail was known as Route Two, and visibly showed the mountain area of the Seafoam Islands. And apparently there should be some good pokemon about.

"Zigzagoon," he said, looking down at the little pokemon that had taken upon itself to care for the egg. It was currently carrying the egg in a sack Justin had made for the normal type. "Go find a pokemon and drag its butt here for a fight."

Zigzagoon glared but nonetheless dropped the bag carefully and barked at Minun to look after it. "Min," Minun growled, looking reaproachfully at his partner. Zigzagoon growled back. With a disdainful sniff, Minun folded its arms and leaned against the egg sack, looking bored.

"Zig," Zigzagoon said, running into the rocky area. It wasn't long before there was a high pitched scream as a sandy yellow pokemon with a sclaed body was flung into the air. It did a small flip in the air and landed on all fours. Bryan brought out his pokedex.
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Sandshrew the ground type pokemon. To protect itself from attackers, it curls into a ball.

"Useless information," Bryan muttered, closing his pokedex. "Zigzagoon, use Tackle!"

"Zig!" Zigzagoon snarled, bounding toward the pokemon. Lowering its head, it picked up speed.

"Sand," Sandshrew growled, quickly curling into a ball that was known as Defense Curl. It took on a hardened sheen.

"Zoig!" Zigzagoon growled, bashing right into it. The ball of Sandshrew was launched into the air and right against a rock.

Sandshrew quickly unrolled itself, looking a bit dizzy but otherwise unbattered. "Shre!" is snarled, running at Zigzagoon with revenge on its mind. "Shrewd!" It leapt high into the air, using the force and height to dive with a fierce speed, claws unsheathed.

"Dodge it!" Bryan barked.

"Zig!" Zigzagoon barked, dodging with a leap. With an angry growl, it prepared to attack.

"Now use Tackle," Bryan ordered.

Lowering its head, Zigzagoon lunged. "Shrew!" Sandshrew snarled, jumping away. Hissing, it began to jump from rock to rock, using its speed and movement to confuse Zigzagoon.

"Watch it carefully," Bryan said. "And when you find an opening, Tackle it."

Zigzagoon threw a glare towards Bryan before turning back to the jumping Sandshrew. With a watchful eye, it lunged, head lowered in preparation. "Shrew!" Sandshrew called, jumping over the normal type. "Sand sand!" it shrieked, clawing furiously at Zigzagoon's side.

"Zg!" Zigzagoon called out in paint, pushing away quickly. "Goon," he growled, glaring at the ground type.

"Sand!" Sandshrew snarled, lunging at Zigzagoon for another Scratch attack.

"Dodge!" Bryan barked.

"Gizoon!" Zigzagoon barked, jumping toward the side. With a vicious snarl at the angered pokemon, it lunged, knocking Sandshrew right in the head.

"Good," Bryan said, nodding approvingly. "Now use another Tackle."

As Zigzagoon lunged, head lowered, Sandshrew lunged as well, claws glowing slightly as lashed out, Scratching furiously at Zigzagoon's head. The normal type winced, gritting its teeth but fought back, lashing out with its hurt head toward Sandshrew.

"Shrew," Sandshrew grunted, quivering for a moment before falling to teh ground. "Shrew," it growled, fighting to get up. After a moment of fighting its shaking feet it got back up.

"Tackle!" Bryan called, just as the ground type regained its balance.

"Zig!" Zigzagoon snarled, bashing right into Sandshrew's head.

"Shreeeew!" Sandshrew shrieked, flying through the air and landing with a few bounces. "Saa... sand," it grunted, falling onto its back.

"Zg," Zigzagoon spat, smirking a bit.

"Good, now its my turn," Bryan stated, throwing a pokeball towards the fallen pokemon. It hit the Sandshrew on the tail, sucking the pokemon inside with a burst of red light. And that's when it began to shake...

 

[ShadowYashi]

"Wait… so let me get this straight… you got lost walking down a straight path?" a young boy asked Nina, who shook her head rapidly and blushed out of embarrassment "N-No! I… I thought I heard something and I…" the orange haired girl trailed off sighing softly and began retelling her tale about how she wound up getting lost in the decrepit Gym tunnels.

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"I'm so glad we found our way out of that forest" Nina murmured softly to Wurmple and Rose, who was still riding on her shoulders, with a small smile on her face, her two Pokémon however, gave her passive stares as they glanced at each other, wondering how their trainer had managed to get them lost a total of 3 times before they finally made it out of the Woody Path.

"Hey! There's a Pokémon Center over there… I can heal you two properly now" Nina exclaimed as she made her way quickly over to the wooden building. Upon entering, Nina spotted Nurse Joy and Chansey behind the counter "Welcome to Cinnibar's Pokémon Center, how may I help you" she chimed with a soft smile Nina walked up to the front desk and placed Wurmple and Rose on the table, pulling out each Pokémon's respective Pokéballs and recalling them back.

"I'm Nina and I need to get Rose and Wurmple healed…" she murmured "Rose got poisoned on our way here through the Woody Path, but I managed to get rid of the poisoning using a Pecha Berry, but nothing says refreshed like a good rest at the Pokémon Center… right" she explained softly, which Nurse Joy smiled and nodded taking both her Pokémon and handing them to Chansey, who disappeared behind the back.

"Nina, if I may have a word with you" Nina looked up at Nurse Joy who smiled down at the girl "I suggest you go to the PokéMart while your Pokémon are healing and stock up on a few Antidotes and Potions, that way if you run into trouble like before, you'll be prepared" she suggested and Nina nodded "Yes ma'am, I'll be back real soon" she exclaimed dashing out the Center to head towards the Mart.

"Can I get some Potion's and a few Antidote's sir" she asked the young man behind the Mart's counter smiled at her and handed Nina the items she needed, the girl gave a quick thanks and darted right back out the PokéMart, overhearing an interesting conversation along the way back to pick up her Pokémon.

"Did you hear about those poor kids that got lost in the Gym ruins" one woman gossiped to her friend

"Yeah, I heard about that… their parent's must be extremely worried, I'm glad my little Renee is safe and sound at home, I'd hate to find out my kid had disappeared a few days ago and didn't return home" After hearing that Nina quickly ran back to the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy smiled at her and handed her Rose and Wurmple's Pokéballs, as she called out her Bud Pokémon "Did you get the Potions and Antidotes" Nina nodded with a thoughtful frown and Nurse Joy's smile slowly faded "What's wrong Nina?"

"Its just… I heard some woman gossiping around the town, about some kids being trapped in the Gym ruins" she murmured glancing at Nurse Joy, who smiled sadly "Its true, there have been a group of kids that have gotten lost, we've sent out search parties, but so far they haven't found any of the kids"

Nina had a thought.

"What if…. What if I go and find em" she suggested

"I don't know Nina, I doubt you'd be able to find all those kids" Nurse Joy said "And your nothing but a kid yourself" Nina held Rose tightly in her hands "With all due respect ma'am, I'm not a kid any more, I'm a Pokémon Trainer now… and I want to help…. So where are the Gym Ruins?" Nurse Joy just shook her head and smiled and pointed Nina in the direction of the Gym.

Awoo.

"You mean the kids are in there" Nina squeaked looking at the decrepit Gym Ruins Rose nodded and nudged Nina's ankle, telling her to get a move on "B-But…. Look at it! This place looks ready to collapse" she replied pointing at the rickety looking building "Dew Bud!" Rose fixed Nina with a stern glare and pointed at the building "Bud!" Nina sighed sadly and began trudging into the building "Fine, I'm going" neither Budew nor her reluctant trainer noticed the pair of eyes that followed their every move.

"You get the feeling we're being watched?" Nina had asked Rose once they had entered the Ruin's Rose nodded to herself looking around the hallway they were currently walking down, nothing looked suspicious… just worn and old "It's like really creepy…" Nina mumbled and out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw a flash of white, but only for a second "Wha.. What was that" she gasped, turning her head towards the object, but only saw the old, burnt walls of the gym "Well, that was… Oh my good lord it winked at me!"

"Dew?" Rose had been walking slightly ahead of her freaked out trainer "The wall Rose, the wall winked!" she exclaimed pointing at the offending object Rose just shook her head and walked up to the wall, tapping it lightly, and nothing happened… or so they thought, both had shrugged it off and turned back around to finish searching "Haunt Haunter Hehehe" a moment later, a long pink tongue appeared and licked Rose, who froze and shivered, turning to face whatever it was that licked her, both trainer and Pokémon screeched like the girls they were and made a mad dash down the hall, not even sparing a glance back at the snickering Haunter that watched them flee.

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"And then after that…. I think we fell down some stairs or something… or I pressed some secret switch on a wall, wither way I wound up tumbling into you" Nina explained, finishing her story and glancing at the young brown haired boy who looked up at her with a passive expression, the Meowth in his arms mimicking his trainer "So your saying a Haunter chased you down here"

"Yeah."

"I don't believe you, I think your lying."

"What? W-Why?" she asked the kid, somewhat appalled that he didn't believe her story.

"Because even though this Gym is old, we've never had any Ghost Pokémon on this Island" he murmured giving her a hard stare and all Nina could do was gape.

[So Sorry for the late post. Had a bad case of writers block -.- next parts should be out soon too]

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Wolfwhispers: Good battle.
You received an Egg!
You caught a level 4 Female Sandshrew!
To ShadowYashi: That's okay. Nice post.
You received 2 Potions!
You received 2 Antidotes!

 

[ShadowYashi]

"B-but I'm telling the t-truth! I really did see a Haunter, it even licked Rose!" she mumbled more to herself than Rick, Rick was the boy she was currently helping lead to safety… well more like Rick was leading her to safety, the gym was really freaking her out and the fact that she still felt those eyes on her, which she assumed was Haunter, but the Ghost had yet to make an appearance.

"Maybe… maybe I did just imagine it" she murmured to herself, thinking back on what Rick said, he assumed that she just made up the whole getting chased by ghosts thing, it saddened her somewhat that he didn't believe her "Budew. Dew Dew!" Rose had been walking beside Nina and had sensed her mood change, she tapped the girls leg lightly and motioned for her to ignore Rick's harsh words, besides that kid knew nothing.

Nina smiled softly and picked up her Budew "Thanks Rose" she muttered softly, hugging the Bud Pokémon, who hugged her back "are you two done yet" Rick asked and Meowth 'nya'd' as well, both were annoyed by this girl and her Budew, Rick just wanted to get out of these stupid ruins and go home, have a nice shower and meal and get to bed and Meowth just wanted a nice meal and his bed.

Nina pulled away from Rose and sighed softly before she continued to follow after Rick, while Rose glared daggers in the back of his head, this kid was extremely rude, and to her trainer! Nina was one of the nicest people she's known, the girl didn't deserve such treatment, especially from some kid who was younger than her "Dew Budew!" Rose chirped from Nina's arms smiling reassuringly at her and Nina smiled back "leave it to Rose to make me feel better" she mused.

"So which way do we go?"

Nina blinked out of her musings and looked at the fork in the tunnel "Uhh…" she studied both paths, they looked the same, but something in her gut told her that one of those paths just had danger written all over it "I'm not sure…. You've been down here longer than me, why don't you decide" she grumbled at the boy, who scowled at her "Just because I got lost, doesn't mean I took the time to explore the tunnels" he stated and Nina sighed, running a hand through her hair, how were they going to get out of this one.

Go left.

Nina gasped when she felt a tiny prick at the back of her mind telling her to head left, she didn't really trust the foreign feeling in her head, but when she glanced down the left tunnel and saw the darkness wink at her, Nina had a feeling she knew what was behind it that feeling the strange Haunter was helping her, but why? Shaking her head, Nina smiled in silent thanks at the grinning specter before turning towards a grumbling Rick "C'mon, I know the way out" Rick snorted from his spot, but followed Nina as she headed down the left tunnel.

"I thought you said you knew the way out"

Rick hissed as he glared at Nina who flinched slightly from his glare "You lead us straight to a dead end!" he declared pointing at the solid rock wall "B-but the Haunter--" Rick cut her off with an annoyed huff, Meowth no longer in his arms, they had sent their Pokémon to scout around for another way out and the two haven't come back yet "There is no Haunter, because there are no ghosts on this island! What part of that don't you seem to get!" Nina's eyes widened at the boy, before they lowered, she sniffed lightly and looked away from the angry child.

"Y-You're right" she mumbled softly, swallowing the lump in her throat "T-There is no Haunter, I was just… maybe it was a trick of the light and I was just seeing things" Rick just snorted and rolled his eyes and glanced back down the path Rose and Meowth took "Grr, where the heck are they" he grumbled, only to be answered seconds later.

"Dew!"

"Nya!"

Rose and Meowth had finally returned and the latter was holding something between its teeth, Rose on the other hand rushed over to Nina and leapt into her arms, smiling up at the girl, who had hidden her sadness behind a false smile. Rick took the item and glanced it over, before his eyes widened in realization "Its an Escape Rope! We can finally get out of here" he exclaimed "But were did you guys find it? I didn't see any escape ropes lying around on the ground when we first walked down the path" Meowth just gave a cry that indicated they just found it and at the back of her mind, Nina felt another prick.

It was that Haunter again, she assumed it was the Ghost that had given Meowth the rope, but why? "Okay, I've set the Escape Rope up, stand in the middle of the circle" Nina blinked in confusion, never having used an Escape Rope before, Rick had unraveled the rope and layed it on the ground so it could shape into a giant circle, but the two ends were apart "Hurry up and get in the circle, I'd like to get out of here some time today!" he snapped.

Nina's lips formed into a thin line as she kept quiet and shook her head before stepping into the circle, with Rose in her arms, with Meowth by his side, Rick then took the too ends and placed them together so they could meet and within seconds and a bright flash later the two and their Pokémon were standing outside the front of the Gym "Finally, I can go home!" Rick exclaimed as Meowth nodded in agreement.

"Your welcome" Nina mumbled looking away from the rejoicing boy, who then turned to her with an apologetic smile "Yeah, thanks… I'm sorry… about before I mean, I was just irritated, after being stuck underground for so long… even the smallest stuff tends to get to you" he explained "Thanks again Nina, I would've never made it out of there if it were for you" Nina smiled softly and nodded "No problem" she mumbled glancing back at the gym and wonder if that Haunter was around or why it was helping her.

Said Haunter was a however had already made its way back to its trainer, a boy about the age of 17 was resting near the outskirts of town, waiting for his partner to get back "You always gotta play the hero to any cute girl you see, don't you Haunter" the boy asked his Pokémon, who nodded and looked sheepish the boy just shook his head and sighed "Eh whatever, as long as you didn't cause any trouble, then I guess I can let it go. Now C'mon Haunter, we've got to get going, you've had your fun" Haunter pouted childishly and stuck his tongue out at his retreating trainer, the Ghost had wanted to hang around the village just a little while longer "You keep it up and I won't give you anymore Berries" Haunter looked appalled before he ran after his trainer.

 

[Zimvee]

Chapter 7: The long awaited (about 15 min long) battle!
"Ah!" Tom said as he and Mime Jr left the ash filled village that was Cinnibar. He filled his lungs with fresh air, clearing them of the soot and grime that had gathered there. "Lets get started shall we?" Tom said to his partner. However Mime Jr was looking down the road aways where a siloate of a person was standing. Tom and Mime Jr raced towards it.

"Hey Tom!" the siloate shouted. Tom then realized that it was Bobby, the boy he had met in the gym. "I think I want to cash in on that battle we promised each other!"

"But....we just left each other like 15 minutes ago?" Tom said confused.

"Yeah well I'm an impatient guy. Lets go Chimchar!" Bobby cried as he threw out the flaming monkey. "Chim!" Chimchar said as it burst out of its ball. "Thata boy Chimchar! Getting pumped for battle!"

Tom took out his PokeTech to get a read on Chimchar. "Chimchar, the Chimp Pokemon. It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains. Its fire is put out when it sleeps." it said.

"Ok then...Go Starly!" Tom cried as he sent out the Starling Pokemon. "Starly!" he cried happy to be out of the confines of the ball. "Starly use Quick Attack!" Tom ordered.

Faster then the human eye could follow Starly made a bee line for Chimchar. "Chimchar dodge and use Ember!" Bobby suddenly cried. Like a gymnest, Chimchar cartwheeled away then turned around and spat out a bunch of small flames. Starly was knocked off cource sending him into a tumble.

"Starly brace through it and use Quick Attack!" Tom said. "Star!" Starly obayed and instantly corrected itself. Faster then before, Starly managed to hit its mark.

"Gotcha. Chimchar use Fury Swipes!" Bobby smirked. "Chimchimchim...." Chimchar as it raked Starly repeatedly with its sharp claws. Starly was defenceless.

"Starly use Quick Attack to get away!" Tom cried. Starly managed to get away but just barely. Tom could see he was just hanging on. "Ok Starly use Quick Attack!" Tom ordered. Starly looked scared at the thought but obayed and sped towards Chimchar.

"Heh too easy!" Bobby bragged. "Chimchar use Ember!" "Starly dodge!" Chimchar spat out the small flames again but Starly used his speed to dodge them all. "Get ready to use Fury Swipes Chimchar." Bobby muttered. Starly sped on. Just as Chimchar was about to swing down its claws Tom yelled "Starly Tackle!" Starly deaccelerated which caused Chimchar to swing too early and Starly hit it dead on using the speed it had gained from Quick Attack.

"Chimchar return! Go Geodude!" Bobby said as he sent out the rock. Once again Tom took out his PokeTech.

"Geodude, the Rock Pokemon. Many live on mountain trails and remain half buried while keeping an eye on climbers." the mechanical voice said.

"Allright Starly return!" Tom said giving the bird a much needed rest. "Go Mime Jr!" "Mime Mime Mime!" Mime Jr said as he entered the fray. "Mime Jr use Confusion!"

Mime Jr unleashed the wave of psychic energy towards the Rock Pokemon. "Geodude use Rock Slide on the ground!" Bobby ordered. Geodude obayed and a wall of rocks blocked the assault. Mime Jr looked around for Geodude. However the Pokemon was behind him and hit Mime Jr around the head with a Mega Punch.

"Mime Jr use Meditate!" Tom said. Mime Jr sat down in a monk postion focusing its psychic power.

"Geodude stop them with Rollout!" Bobby cried. Geodude sped towards Mime Jr like a huge boulder.

"Mime Jr now use Confusion!" Tom said suddenly. Mime Jr moved like a Water Bender using the water whip (just for you Avatar Fans ;)) and threw a huge psychic wave, bigger than the last knocking Geodude away into dreamland.

"Damn. Looks like you win." Bobby said with a smile.

"I guess so!" Tom said with an equally big smile.

"If thats the case why dont you take this?" Bobby said taking something out of his pack. He handed Tom an Egg.

"Is it a Pokemon Egg?" Tom asked unsure. It looked like one but it was a different color than usual.

"Yep. I think you would make a better trainer for it then me." Bobby said. "See ya around some time." he said as he walked off.

"Yeah I guess so." Tom said walking the other way, wondering what had just happened.
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"Sir its me." Bobby said a few miles away.

"Of course its you, you're the only one with this number!" a voice said out of Bobby's PokeTech.

"Oh yeah sorry Grandpa." Bobby said sheepishly.

"I told you don't call me that!" The voice said after a fit of coughing. "Now this.....Tom Ato. Could he be of help?"

"I'm not sure yet. He certainly is powerful but I don't know where is loyites lie."

"Make sure you find out soon. This war is iminite!"

"Yes sir." Bobby said as he cut the link. He look towards the direction Tom had went. "I'm sure we'll meet again very soon Mr. Ato."

 

[~SilverSoul]

To ShadowYashi: Great use of the escape rope. The side effect of the Haunter was great as well!
To Old Lace: Wow, cliffhanger! What will happen next?
Starly grew to level 8!
Mime Jr. grew to level 12!
Mime Jr is trying to learn Encore, but he already knows four moves. Delete a move for Encore?
You received an Egg!

 

[ShadowYashi]

"Can you see the outline of Seafoam Cave from here Wurmple?"

"Wurmple!" the small bug shook her head no from her perch atop Nina's head, Nina was standing on a boulder, that was located on the path, they were trying to figure out how long and how far it would be to get to their destination, for the trio were only at the outskirts of Route 2, having just left Cinnabar Village, sighing Nina slightly shifted the messenger bag that rested against her hip, not wanting to damage the contents inside the bag.

It was a gift, from Nurse Joy… after Rick had been sent home, Nina took a short rest at the Pokémon Center she, Rose and Wurmple ate their fill before leaving the Center and the had only got to the exit of the Village, before Nurse Joy had called out to her and thrust the bag into her hand, she said an old woman had left it here a few weeks ago and told Joy to give it to a Trainer that would take good care of it for her and Joy thought, Nina would be a good choice, so she gave the egg to her.

"I wonder what's inside it" Nina murmured taking the egg from its carrier and holding it in her arms, having given up trying to spot the Cave from her current position, she sat down cross legged on the rock she was previously standing on, Wurmple was still on her head and Rose was sitting on Nina's left knee "How long do you think it'll take to hatch" she asked her two Pokémon, before placing an ear lightly against the shell and then moments later, she put it back in it carrier bag "Alright you two, let's get moving, or we'll never make it to the cave" she announced standing, Wurmple still on her head and Rose in her arms.

"Hmm the path seems to be getting narrower and more Pokémon are beginning to appear" she murmured to Rose and Wurmple as they continued to walk down the path, Nina had noticed a few Sentret and Sandshrew peek out from either burrows from the ground or on some cliff sides from the mountains that were strung along the path, watching the trainer "Hmm I wonder if I should catch one… Sentret's evolve into Furret's and their kinda cool" Nina thought reaching along her belt for a Pokéball but as she opened her mouth to issue a command to Rose, a fearful cry from Wurmple startled her and she was thoroughly confused when the bug quickly scurried down her head and onto her shoulder.

Glancing up, Nina's eyes widened and she ducked quickly, just narrowly missing the sharp talons aimed at her head where Wurmple once was, there was a loud squawk and the sound of wings fluttering met her ears. Turning around, Nina, Wurmple and Rose met the hungry gaze of a wild Spearow, it hovered dangerously above the trio, eyeing Wurmple who gulped, Nina pulled out her PokéTech, which scanned the bird and sprang to life.

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Spearow, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. "Unlike Pidgey, Spearow has a terrible attitude. It is very wild and will sometimes attack other Pokémon and humans."

"I see" Nina mumbled, placing Rose on the ground "Alright Rose, your up" Rose nodded and was about to leap into battle, but Wurmple cried out, glancing on her shoulder, Wurmple glared at the Spearow that tried looked ready to eat her "Ple! Wurmple!" Nina blinked and watched as Wurmple crawled down her shoulder and onto the ground, a few feet away from the hovering bird "You wanna fight it Wurmple?" Wurmple nodded and readied herself "Ple! Ple!"

"Okay then, start off with String Shot!" Wurmple nodded and fired a shot of sticky goop at Spearow, who dodged the attack by leaning towards the side, it then dived at Wurmple, who didn't have enough time to dodge and rammed her with its beak, the bug flew back a few paces, rolling on the dirt path "Wurmple! You okay?" Wurmple nodded and slowly raised itself from the ground, Spearow had landed on the ground a few inches away from Wurmple and ran at it on its tiny legs, about to peck the bug once more.

"String Shot!"

While it was up close, Wurmple spat a string of goo at the bird, catching it right between the eyes, the tiny bird cried out and bought its wings up to its face at remove the goop "Now Tackle it!" Wurmple nodded and threw her body at the bird, who was blinded by the String Shot. Once it finally got free, Spearow leered at Wurmple, who froze at the sheer anger she felt and Spearow took this moment of weakness to peck at it again "Try another string shot!" Spearow however, was a clever little bird and took to the skies, right before it got caught in the sticky web.

"Crud, you can't tackle it while in the air… so use String shot!"

Wurmple nodded and fired another string of web at the bird, who dodged once again by veering right, it crowed haughtily from the skies, knowing the bug had no chance of reaching it in its domain, but Nina refused to give in "Okay Wurmple, just keep using String Shot until it gets tired or something, then once it sets foot on the ground… tackle it hard!" Wurmple nodded and kept on firing its string.

This had been going on for about several minutes now, Wurmple would fire String Shot and Spearow would just dodge and then some times the bird would dodge, then dive bomb the bug with peck and poor abused Wurmple would just keep getting up, refusing to stay down, but then as Wurmple kept on firing string, she noticed Spearow was beginning to get sluggish and slower, its wings must be getting tired after all that constant flapping and dodging, the bird knowing that as soon as it landed, that it would meet its demise, due to a well placed tackle.

Spearow was stubborn and it refused to lose, especially to something low on its food chain, but they've been at this shoot dodge shoot thing for almost ten minutes now and its wings were beginning to ache and fatigue began to settle in, but he wasn't the only one that was getting tired and was hurt, that bug had it just as bad and perhaps even worse, this last attack should finish it, Spearow would make sure of it giving one final crow, Spearow dived at Wurmple, it's sharp beak in position to take the worm out.

Its was either perfect timing or pure luck, because when Spearow swooped low and was about to ram its beak into Wurmple's abused torso, at the last second, Nina called out to the bug and it dodged, quickly moving to the side as the Spearow flew past it and crashed to the ground, tumbling in a panting heap… the bird was tired and wanted to rest its wings a bit before rearing up and attacking again and Nina took this as the perfect time to toss her Pokéball, as she watched the ball engulf the bird and wobble back and fourth, she hoped Spearow wouldn't break out and attack them again before glancing at Wurmple, who looked exhausted.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To ShadowYashi: Why did the stupid Spearow have to distract you! Now you have time to get back at it!
You caught a level 5 Male Spearow!

To Everyone: Old Lace brought my attention to something about your egg pokemon. You MAY choose the moves it knows as long as they aren't ridiculous attacks that any baby would know. You may think of your list and give it to me in the ooc thread if you want.

 

[Wolfwhispers]

The pokeball stopped shaking and ended with a 'ping', signifying that the capture was succesful. Bryan smirked as he picked up the pokeball, checking its stats.

"Zig," Zigzagoon sighed, trotting over and taking the egg back from a scowling Minun. Just for good measure, Zigzagoon growled as Minun gave an irritated spark.

"Not bad," Bryan murmered, heading jerking up as he saw a boy coming toward him, eyeing the area carefully. "Hey!" Bryan barked, startling the boy. "Wanna battle?"

Smirking, the boy nodded. "Sure, I've been looking for a challenge. Rules?"

"Two verse two," Bryan said.

"Sounds good," the boy said. "I'm Erin by the way. You?"

"Bryan," Bryan answered, throwing Sandshrew's pokeball to the ground.

"Sand," Sandshrew said lowly, shaking itself and looking around in confusion. Realization sunk in as it stared at Bryan. "Shrew," it said, nodding as Bryan handed her a potion to heal herself. Once done, she jumped in front of Erin.

Erin eyed the ground type before sending out his pokemon, foregoing the usual "Go!" Bryan brought out his pokedex as the green bird appeared.

Natu, the psychic bird pokemon. When it moves, it does so with a skip.

"This is such a useless machine," Bryan grunted, looking at the pokemon. "Sandshrew, Scratch!" he ordered.

"Sand!" Sandshrew barked, running quickly toward the green bird. "Shrew!" Sandshrew cried, swiping at the fluttering pokemon and sending it reeling.

"Peck!" Erin ordered directly, face firm in a scowl as he saw his pokemon get hurt.

"Dodge with that speed I saw earlier," Bryan demanded.

Sandshrew nodded happily, only too eager to show off its skills. It ran and dodged expertly as Natu tried to Peck at it, flingings its arms and legs out of the way. "Sand sand!" Sandshrew cried out excitedly, chuckling as it jumped back a ways and away from the sharp beak. "Sand," Sandshrew sang.

"Enough playing around," Bryan ordered harshly. "Scratch attack."

"Sand!" Sandshrew said, charging at Natu.

"Peck again!" Erin ordered.

"Naa!" Natu screeched, stubby wings flying as quick as possible towars Sandshrew. "Nat!" Natu cawed, Pecking right at Sandshrew's head.

"Shrew!" Sandshrew gasped in surprise, trying to blocking by swinging her arms around wildly. Luckily, she got a good Scratch in just as Natu tried to get back.

Erin scowled as he saw the damage being done to his small bird. "Night Shade," he sneered.

Natu sang a trill note, eyes glowing gray as a sickly substance covered Sandshrew.

"Sand," Sandshrew murmered weakly, beginning to pant as the pain sunk in.

"Don't give in!" Bryan snapped. "Scratch!"

Grimacing, Sandshrew glared and ran at full speed, giving a battle cry. "Shreeww!" she cried, jumping at the retreating pokemon and Scratching it as hard as she could right on the head and basically throwing it to the ground.

Natu landed harshly, body shivering as its nerves and resolve gave out. "Naat."

"Natu, return," Erin said, recalling his pokemon. "Go, Staryu!" Bryan hurriedly brought out his pokedex.

Staryu, the star pokemon. If a limb is torn off, it can be regrown.

"Water Gun!" Erin commanded quickly. Instantly, a gush of water slammed right into Sandshrew, knocking her out.

"Saan..." Sandshrew muttered, eyes closing.

"Return," Bryan muttered, recalling the ground type. "Your up, Minun."

Erin let out a chuckle. "No offense, but are you sure you wouldn't rather have that fierce Zigzagoon fight instead? Even with a type advantage, Minun aren't all that..."

"Minun!" Minun roared, charging like a demon, body sparking with vicious electrcity as it bashed right into Staryu, causing it to call out in pain.

"...strong," Erin finished, completely dumbfounded as the normally cute pokemon had a look of pure evil and began to punch and bite at the star, each limb coated in electrcity.

"Get away!" Erin called out desperately.

"No good," Bryan said, watching the star jump away. "This devil's shocks are too strong.

"Min," Minun growled lowly, hunching over and giving a bloodthirsty grin, an electrical spark flicking from its ear from time to time.

Erin stared at the small pokemon a bt unsure, glancing at Bryan occasionally, eyes demanding to know what could have caused such a normally sweet pokemon to be so... satanic.

"Rapid Spin!" Erin barked out, no longer able to hold it in any longer.

"Sa!" Staryu called, spinning faster than an airplain wheel. It charged, bashing right into Minun's gut, sending the small electric type sprawling.

"Min," Minun spat, sending a Thundershock attack.

"Dodge with another Rapid Spin!" Erin commanded.

"Charge while surrounding your body with electricity," Bryan demanded.

As Staryu spun towards Minun, the tiny pokemon charged, scowl gracing its face as its body was covered in electrcity. Scowl turning into a smirk, Minun jumped and met Staryu midair.

"Starr!" Staryu cried shrilly, electrcity surroundings its body as it began to spin out of control and off to a distance, a fair bit away from Minun. "Yu," Staryu whimpered, sliding across the ground, body jerking with the occasional spark or two.

"Min," Minun smirked, nodding to itself as it stood straight and folded its arms.

"Staryu?" Erin questioned, moving over to his pokemon. After a moment, he sighed, recalling his pokemon. "You win," he said grudingly. He looked at Minin for a moment. "There's something wrong with that pokemon," he stated.

"I know," Bryan said with a shrug, not denying it. Minun in fact seemed proud of the statement and gave a cold smirk towards Erin.

"Zigg," Zigzagoon sighed off to the side, rolling his eyes, waiting to move on.

"Right..." Erin wavered. With a shrug, he turned away and began to walk off, not bothering to wave goodbye.

Bryan sighed softly, jerking his head at the others to follow. "Come on, I'm tired of this route."

Minun grudgingly followed behind while Zigzagoon carefully picked up the bag with the egg in it, walking with a slight limp from its prevous battle.