The Ultimate Challenge: New Kanto

[The Kricket]

Not long after Alex left the village, he realized that he had barely eaten since the day before. While at first this did not seem like such a dream, after awhile his stomach rumbled nonstop with the pangs of hunger. Hoping to alleviate these pains, Alex looked for a spot to stop, hopefully not one where a wild Pokémon could attack him. After looking for awhile, he found the perfect spot; a grassy knoll raised above the rest of the forest. From this spot he would be able to see any wild Pokémon before they attacked him, and plus, it was comfortable. So, he made a beeline for the knoll, arriving after a second of tiptoeing through some tall grass.

Once on the knoll, he took off his backpack, and sat down for a well disserved rest. Rummaging around, he was eventually able to find some food, and grabbed a loaf of bread. He started eating, greedily taking chunks out of it. This continued for some time, until he had eaten all of the bread. Just as he was about to but it away, he was knocked over.

It took him a second to realize what was happening. So, when he finally looked up, he saw a small brown Pokémon running off, his bag comically stuck over its head. Wondering why he hadn't seen it, he started running after it. Luckily, it couldn't navigate that well with a bag on its head, and he succeeded in catching up in under a minute. Once he pulled level with it, he grabbed it, attempting to wrestle it to the ground. Unfortunately, the Pokémon proved stronger then him. In the end, his struggles did little but dislodge the bag a bit from the Pokémon's head. This enabled the Pokémon to see, and it made a running jump towards the bottom of the knoll. Once their, it started digging, sand flying up, nearly blinding Alex. In moments it was gone, and most of his bag with it.

Alex sighed, his luck had struck again. The only boon in this whole situation was that when the bag had been knocked from the Pokémon's head, out had fallen both of his pokeball's. Sighing, he picked them up. Speaking, mostly to himself, he started berating them,

"Well some help you turned out to be!" although his Pokémon did not answer him, he knew what they were thinking: don't blame us, it's your fault. Realizing the truth of the(admittedly imaginary) statement, he gave up assigning blame, and gathering the few things the Pokémon had left him, continued his walk through the forest. Slowly he walked into the forest, not quite sure what to do. He had no bag, but he had lived like this before, and was not afraid of his lack of supplies. So only slightly dispirited he continued his walk. He had been walking, this time keeping an eye on the ground as well as his surroundings for about ten minutes, when he came to a small cliff. Pausing to examine it, he was once more caught in an odd set of circumstances. Seeming of their own volition, his legs flew forward, knocked by some unseen force. Unfortunately he had no time to react, and was thrown over the edge, into the burbling brook that lay below it.

It took him a moment to gain his bearings as he sunk into the water. After a moment, he was able to stop his fall and surface. Once on the surface he beat a hasty path towards the edge. Once there he dragged himself out of the water, ready for anything that awaited him. But as his right foot exited the stream, he kicked something up from the brook's floor. Looking down, he saw that he had brought a small egg to the surface.

He saw that it was a Pokémon egg, which seemed bizarre. He couldn't think what a Pokémon Egg was doing at the bottom of the river. Picking up the egg, he felt its smooth surface. He looked at the egg, warily, after all with his luck it was liable to explode in his face. Gingerly he picked it up, and examined it. It appeared to be a perfectly normal Pokémon egg, but he was still a bit wary of it. Only as he examined the egg did he hear an odd scuffing noise. Looking around himself, he saw nothing. Realizing that he would have to get back up the cliff, he looked around, trying to find a place to climb up. After some looking, he saw a tree that grew a bit to close to the cliff. Walking up to it, he grabbed on, and begun hauling himself up. It took him a bit less then a minute to reach the top of the cliff. Nearly collapsing from exhaustion, he once more heard a scuffing noise.

He slowly turned, and saw a Pokémon that looked similar to the one that had stolen his bag earlier. In fact, he noticed with a second glance, it was the same Pokémon, he could see his bag, clutched between its two front paws. Angry, and glad to have someone to blame, he grabbed a pokeball, and threw it to the ground. Out of it, ready for action came Zangoose.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Wolfwhispers: Decent Post. Minun is pure evil, that's for sure.
Sandshrew grew to level 7!
Minun grew to level 10!
Sandshrew learned Sand-Attack!
Minun learned Quick Attack!
Minun is trying to learn Helping Hand, but he already knows four moves. Delete a move for Helping Hand?
To The Kricket: Good post. Let's see how this turns out.
You found an Egg!

 

[Pikalover10]

Will steadied his breath to make it quieter. Marcus had just left Cinnibar with his beginning Pokemon for his journey. He had appearently battled with the Pokemon before and had accidentally left it behind when he went in to the labyrinth like thing. Will was secretly following him, wanting to battle him but was studying him first.

Will accidentally stepped on and snapped a twig. He quickly hid behind a tree trunk as Marcus spun around curiously. Will stopped breathing and Marcus shrugged. Then, he began to follow Marcus again.

Marcus had appearently started out with a Bulbusar, which Will thought to be odd as Marcus had been raised in a village chock full of fire type Pokemon. But, Will shrugged the idea figuring somebody didn't have to act like everybody else in his village.

Marcus then stopped moving as he spotted a little tan pokemon with a long tail. Will took out his Pokedex and pressed the mute button, and then scanned both Bulbusaru, and the new Pokemon.

Sentret, the Scout Pokemon. It has a very nervous nature. It stands up high on its tail so it can scan wide areas.

The Pokedex read across the screen as Will held it pointed at the new Pokemon. Then, he pointed it at Bulbusaur.

Bulbusaur, the seed Pokemon. For some time after its birth, it grows by gaining nourishment from the seed on its back.

The Pokedex read across the screen. Will nodded and slipped the Pokedex back in to its case and then stepped out of his hidding place.

"Hey Marcus." he said.

MArcus jumped slightly and the Sentret quickly scurried away. Marcus spun around with a look of aggravation. Then, he turned his look to normal.

"What do you want...uh, I didn't catch your name earlier?" Marcus asked.

"Name's Will. And, I was wondering if you want to have a battle?" Will asked.

Marcus shuddered as Riolu came quietly walking out of a bush behind Will.

"That's ok. I uh, actually don't really want to battle Riolu. I mean, he is awesome, he's just...uncontrolled. I saw what you did to the inside of the Pokemon Center last night." Marcus said nervously.

"Don't worry. If things get to out of hand I'll return him, k?" Will asked.

Marcus looked down at his feet, pondering his answer. He then finally looked up at Will and sighed.

"Fine. Let's do it...say in thirty minutes, this exact spot. I want to bring in some last minute training. Ok?" Marcus finally decided.

"Deal!" Will said quickly.

Marcus nodded and spun around, dashing away. Will smiled and then noticed Riolu looking at something behind a rock. Will walked over there, wondering what Riolu was looking at. He then saw a white egg with a few green dots on it. Will was amazed. He saw an abandoned egg.

Will looked around nervously, and slung his bag over his shoulder and sat it on the ground. Then he rumaged through his knapsack, pushing things around, and gently placed the egg inside of the bag. He then put the bag over his shoulder and wondered what he could do for thirty minutes. He then sat down at the base of a tree, wondering what to do.

END

I'll do the next post with the battle:)

 

[ShadowYashi]

The light ding from the Pokéball reassured Nina, as she sighed in relief and picked up her newly caught Spearow, she then glanced over at her panting Wurmple and recalled it back as well "Return Wurmple, you did a great job" Nina then clipped both balls back to her belt and motioned to Rose to follow her as the continued to walk down the path towards Seafoam's Cave.

"Dew. Budew"

Nina looked at Rose, who looked slightly tired… they had been walking for quite a while "You getting tired Rose, you wanna rest for a bit?" Rose nodded and sat where she stood, before Nina did the same, plopping to the ground right where she stood and placing the egg of slightly to the side "I should let Wurmple and Spearow out as well right?" Rose nodded and Nina pulled the two balls from her belt and both snapped open with musical chimes as the worm and the bird appeared before them. "Wurmple!" Wurmple scurried her way over to Nina and crawled up her trainer's shoulder "Are you okay Wurmple?" Wurmple nodded and Nina looked thoughtful, before rummaging through her pack and pulling out an Oran Berry "Here, eat this... It'll help regain some of your health" Wurmple nodded happily and plucked the berry from Nina's fingers, she then turned to Spearow, who was glaring at the trio.

"Here you go Spearow." Nina took out the other Oran Berry she had and held it infront of the bird, who growled and snapped his beak at her fingers, causing Nina to pull her hand back cautiously "Spear! Spearow!" he flapped his wings and snarled at her, wanting her to stay away. Spearow were a stubborn species and this one was prideful and its ego had been injured harshly, not only did it loose to its prey, but he had been captured... and not even by a strong trainer, but some... some novice female trainer! "Alright, I won't force you... but I would like it if you ate the berry Spearow... I don't want you to be injured or fatigued in any way" she murmured staring at the bird who glared at her.

Spearow just huffed and looked away when she placed the Oran Berry a few feet away from him "Please Spearow" Nina asked, but Spearow continued to ignore her and her attempts to make amends. "Dew! Budew!" Rose made a gesture to Nina with her vines that looked to say ignore him and she bounded over to her trainer with a smile on her face "Dew Budew" Nina returned the smile with one of her own and went to check up on her egg, only to find the bag it was being carried in empty "Umm guys.... what happened to the egg?" Rose and Wurmple looked at Nina with wide eyes, while Spearow looked uninterested.

"I had just sat it right beside me for a few seconds... it couldn't have walked up and got away right?" she asked herself, glancing around for the egg "We've gotta find it guys, c'mon" with that said Nina stood up with Wurmple on her shoulder and Rose in her arms, she glanced down at Spearow "Spearow, come on now is not the time... we need to find the egg and if you had a birds eye view from up high, we could find it faster" Spearow stared back up at her with an expressionless face and it clearly had no intention on helping her and she huffed out of annoyance before pulling out his Pokéball "Fine then, Return Spearow!" the Tiny Bird didn't even flinch when it was sucked back in it's ball and Nina placed it back on her belt "I guess... Spearow really doesn't like me" she mumbled softly.

"Wumple! Ple! Ple!"

"Dew! Dew! Budew!"

Her other two companions chirped from their respective places and Nina glanced at them with a soft smile "Well... even if he doesn't like me... I still have you two" Wurmple and Rose nodded happily in agreement but Nina still felt a bit saddened by this predicament, it wouldn't do good if her Pokémon refused to listen to her and she still had to find her egg, before someone else did or if something happened to it. Sighing softly Nina continued to glance around for her egg, when she spotted it a good few feet up ahead being carried by a wild Sentret "Wurmple! Rose! That Sentret... in its arms! Its the Egg!" Sure enough the Sentret had the egg clutched in its arms and was running away from the group, apparently having spotted them and picked up speed.

"Wait Sentret! That's my Egg! I need that!" Nina's shouts seemed to be futile because the Sentret was not slowing down at all.

"Haunter! Haunt Haunt"

"I told you Haunter, be patient, he'll be back with some food soon just wait a little while longer" glancing at his other Pokémon he then turned towards his Pidgey... a bit anxious himself "Can you see him Pidgey?" the bird, who was hovering a good few feet in the sky nodded and used his wings to point "Pidgey!" sure enough bounding over towards them was his recently captured Sentret and he was holding... an Egg.

"Sentret! Tret! Tret!"

"Sentret.... where'd you find this egg?" Zack asked taking the egg from the scout. Sentret opened its mouth and was about to reply but it had been tackled out of the way by a wild Wurmple Zack blinked at the strangeness of it all... why was there a Wurmple in the middle of a mountain filled area? "String Shot Wurmple!" a feminine voice shouted out and Zack only managed to catch a flash of blue and orange before he noticed a girl standing over his now tied up Sentret "I'm sorry to do this Sentret, but you took my egg and I need it back" she told Sentret.

"Its that girl" Zack thought glancing over to his Haunter, who's eyes lit up in recognition and he floated silently over to Nina, a wide mischievous grin on his ghoulish face "Haunter don't you da--" It was too late right before the words had left his mouth the damage had already been done Haunter had licked Nina on the side of her face... for her attention was all on his Sentret and she had been caught off guard by the long pink tongue that had licked her. She froze and shuddered before glancing slowly at whatever had licked her "Hau-Haunter!" she gasped and Rose had cried out too "what... what are you doing here? Do you have a trainer?" Haunter nodded with his permanent grin etched on his face and pointed at Zack, who was standing off to the side watching all this confusion, Pidgey was on his shoulder watching it too Nina glanced him over once before her eyes caught sight of her stolen egg and anger erupted on her face "My Egg! Give it back you thief!"

"So Sentret was the one who took your egg"

Nina nodded and Zack gave her an apologetic glance and ran a hand through his messy black locks, her egg was now back in its carrier, which was resting snugly against her hip "I'm sorry Nina, I didn't think he'd take an Egg when I asked for food" Zack was probably a good 2 inches taller than Nina, his eyes were brown and his hair was short and had messy spikes, wearing a thin long sleeved shirt under a short sleeved black jacket and some faded blue jeans and sneakers "So that's your Haunter?" she asked softly glancing at the spectre that was hanging with Rose, Wurmple and Sentret "Yeah... I've had that floating ball of trouble since he was just a Gastly" Nina smiled softly and looked at the Pidgey resting on Zack's shoulder, he absentmindedly stroked the bird with his index finger and it cooed happily... her smile then turned into a thoughtful frown "I wish Spearow were like that"

"What's the frown for?" Zack's voice broke her from her thought's and she blushed "I... was just thinking about my Spearow" she mumbled "I just caught it, after it attacked us... its a bit stubborn and won't listen to me... I don't know what to do"

"How about a battle?"

"How is a battle supposed to help me gain Spearow's trust?"

"Not sure... but I've been itching to battle someone for a while now" Zack shrugged and pulled out another Pokéball as he told Pidgey to get in the middle of the field "Lets have a double battle"

Nina gaped at his answer but pulled out Spearow's Pokéball as well "Rose, come over here and Spearow come out!" Rose made her way over to the battle field and Spearow popped out of his Pokéball, looking to Nina for an explanation "Your battling Zack's Pokémon with Rose as your partner" Spearow scowled at Rose but turned back to the battle that was about to begin "Sherry Start off with ThunderWave on Spearow and Pidgey Use Tackle!" Zack tossed down a Pokéball and it began to take shape into a small, round, blue fish-like Pokémon with a pair of tiny white fins and two small blue feet it has two antennae that are positioned on its rear like two tails, there is a yellow teardrop-shaped orb at the end of each and its eyes had pupils shaped like plus signs. She pulled out her PokéTech and scanned the Pokémon.

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Chinchou. The Angler Pokémon. When it senses danger, it discharges positive and negative electricity from its two antennae. It lives in depths beyond sunlight's reach.

Sherry was the first to react, its two antennae sparked and it fired a blue charge of negative energy at Spearow "Dodge it Spearow!" Spearow flew into the air, avoiding the beam but was caught off guard when Pidgey tackled it "Use Absorb Rose!" Rose nodded and began to sap energy from Chinchou "Peck Spearow!" Spearow ignored her orders however and Leered at Pidgey who halted in the air then Spearow dived at Pidgey and rammed it with its beak "Supersonic on Spearow Sherry!"

"Get out of the way Spearow!"

Too engrossed with pecking the daylight's out of Pidgey and intent on ignoring its trainer's call, Spearow was hit dead on with the rings from Supersonic, causing instant confusion "Spearow snap out of it and use Peck! Rose, use Absorb again on Chinchou!"

"Dodge Sherry and use Bubble and Pidgey use Tackle"

Chinchou bounced out of the way of Rose's Absorb and opened its mouth, firing off bubbles at Rose, who winced upon contact, though it didn't do too much damage, Spearow on the other had began attacking itself and was tackled to the ground by Pidgey "Spearow! You okay?" Spearow stood up panting heavily, a tinge of purple rose on its beak "He's still confused..." she murmured "Try and snap out of it, use Peck and Rose use Growth!" Rose began to glow and she was strengthened "Gust Pidgey and Icy Wind Sherry!" Sherry opened its mouth and fired off a chilling wind and Pidgey soon followed after with Gust, causing both Spearow and Rose to be blown back forcefully by the cold wind and Gust.

"Are you two okay?" Rose hopped back up to her feet nodding and Spearow did the same, its ailment gone, but he was getting weaker by the second "See Spearow... if you would've ate the Oran Berry, you wouldn't be hurting as much and as weak as you are now" Spearow huffed and looked away from Nina "Are you ready to listen now?" Spearow gave her a look that said just this one time "Alright then Peck on Chinchou and Rose use Absorb" with that said Spearow took to the skies and charged at Chinchou "Thunder Wave on Spearow Sherry and Tackle Budew Pidgey!"

"Both of you dodge!"

Spearow veered to the right sharply and managed to dodge the attack, pecking Chinchou right between the eyes and when Pidgey dove low Rose managed to jump over the bird, but at the last second he pulled up and caught her in mid-air and she was sent soaring "Rose!" the bud landed harshly on the ground with a loud thud seconds afterwards "Are you okay Rose?" she nodded and began to stand, shaking off the tackle "Okay, now use try using Absorb again on Chinchou and Peck again Spearow"

"Gust and Icy Wind then follow up with Tackle and Bubble"

Sherry and Pidgey nodded and combined their moves like once before, but this time Gust had been let out as a tornado and the Icy Wind wrapped around the vortex, resulting in a shimmering tornado of wind, aimed straight for Rose and Spearow "Dodge it you guys!" Both Rose and Spearow leapt in different directions to avoid the giant Icy Tornado, just like Zack had hoped and expected Chinchou and Pidgey then attacked as soon as the two were within sight, Sherry fired off Bubbles at Spearow and Pidgey tackled Rose once more "Shake it off guys and Rose use Absorb on Chinchou and Peck on Pidgey" Rose nodded and concentrated on sapping energy from Chinchou and Spearow began pecking at Pidgey "Tackle Pidgey and Icy Wind Sherry!" the two bird Pokemon were now in some sort of flightly dance.... hovering around one another and striking their opponent, Pidgey would tackle whenever Spearow would pause during its pecking and vice versa.

Rose and Sherry were different, since she was unable to attack her opponent physically, she would bounce out of the way out the Icy Wind attacks and gradually sap health from Chinchou, making her stronger and Sherry weaker, it kept going on like this for a while before Sherry eventually collapsed from having all its health sapped "Return Sherry" Zack murmured recalling the Angler Pokémon "Spearow use Leer and then follow up with tackle" Spearow nodded and glared at Pidgey, who paused briefly, which was all the time needed to ram it with its beak again "Now finish it with Absorb Rose!" Rose nodded and sapped Pidgey' remaining health, causing the bird to flutter weakly to the ground, where it collapsed and Zack recalled Pidgey.

"Congratulations, you won"

"Ple! Ple!"

"Haunt! Haunter!"

"Traitor... your supposed to console me" Zack grumbled giving his Haunter a half hearted glare as she spectre floated happily around Nina and her Pokémon. Nina giggled at Haunter's antics before she walked up to Zack and held out her hand "Thank you for the battle and for finding... or should I say stealing my egg?" Zack smiled lightly and laughed "No problem... we should battle again sometime" Nina gave a slight nod "Y-Yeah, we should" recalling Spearow and Wurmple, Nina then picked up Rose, getting ready to head back on trail to Seafoam Cave

"I ahh should probably get going, we've slacked off long enough..." she mumbled trailing off and glancing at Zack with a slight pink tint on her cheeks "m-maybe we'll see each other again"

Zack nodded and Haunter looked eager "Maybe"

"Alright then... umm goodbye Zack, it was nice meeting you... you too Haunter, take Care!" she waved back at the two before getting back on the path headed towards Seafoam Cave, hoping she's make it to the first gym soon.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Pikalover10: Hope Riolu behaves!
You found an Egg!
To ShadowYashi: Nothing like a pokemon battle to gain some trust.
Wurmple grew to level 5! (for the little involvement)
Rose grew to level 10!
Spearow grew to level 8!
Wurmple learned Poison Sting!
Rose learned Stun Spore!

 

[Pikalover10]

Will stood there in the clearing on a tree stump, waiting for Marcus. It had been thirty-five minutes since they went off to last minute train, and Marcus was nowhere to be seen. Will decided to sit down, rather then stand up and took the egg out of his bag. It was warm, but it wasn't moving at all.

"Riolu. When do you think this thing will hatch?" Will asked.

Riolu turned to face him from the rock he was currently hitting and shrugged. "Ri."

"Yeah. Hopefully sometime soon." Will said with a smile.

Then, the bushs in front of him began to shake and Will looked up. Finally, out came Marcus, followed by his little Bulbusaur. He had a wide grin on his face as he held two Pokeballs, one in each hand.

"I finally caught that Sentret you scared off." he said.

Will smiled and put the egg gently back in the bag, and then stood up. Riolu scratched his head and then walked in between Will and Marcus, and right in front of Bulbusaur. Marcus looked at Will's bag curiously.

"Riolu use Quick Attack!" Will said.

"What? Oh! Bulbusaur use Leech Seed!" Marcus said.

Riolu dashed off towards Bulbusaur, as if he were a cannonball just shot from a cannon. He dashed and kicked Bulbusaur's head with great force. Bulbusaur didn't move from the attack, because he was doing his own attack. He shot a little seed out at Riolu from the bulbu on his seed, and then he flew back a few feet.

Riolu looked at the seed that was sticking to his stomach wondering how it was sticking there. Suddenly, the seed burst open and a bunch of vines surronded him. It had been a trap. The vines glew a brilliant shade of red and sapped Riolu's HP from him.

"Riii." Riolu groaned not expecting the attack.

"Riolu use Force Palm!" Will said.

"Use Vine Whip!" Marcus replied nervously.

Riolu shook his head and dashed at Bulbusaur again, his palm ready for impact. He appeared right in front of Bulbusaur and slammed his palm in to its bulb. As soon as his palm touched Bulbusaur, it blew up and shot both Pokemon back.

Riolu softly landed on his feet and Will couldn't see what had happened to Bulbusaur, from a cloud of smoke that had formed. Suddenly, a vine came shooting at Riolu. It slammed in to Riolu's face and then wrapped itself around his body. The smoke cleared and Bulbusaur was the controller of the vine.

He then slammed Riolu in to the ground over and over, until the vines around Riolu glowed red again and sapped his health. Bulbusaur dropped Riolu, but RIolu landed on his feet. Then, Riolu took out his barely ever used claw and scratched away at the vines, trying to break free. Finally, he broke through the vines and threw them away.

"Now use Quick Attack and then Force Palm!" Will said excitedly.

"Tackle!" Marcus nervously replied.

Riolu and Bulbusaur both charged at eachother, but Riolu was much faster then Bulbusaur. He slammed his paw in to BUlbusaur's head and sent Bulbusaur flying backwards. Bulbusaur slammed in to a tree and Riolu dashed at him again. Then, Riolu slammed his fist in to Bulbusaur's stomach and continued to punch and kick the plant.

"Riolu stop that right now!" Will commanded.

"Rio!" Riolu stubbornly answered.

The battle was getting out of hand. Will took out his Pokeball and pointed it at Riolu.

"Return!" he said.

Then Pokeball shot a red beam out towards Riolu, but Riolu dodged it and the beam ht Marcus.

"Waaah!" Marcus yelled.

"Sorry, Marcus!" Will apologized.

Will walked foreward towards Riolu and picked the little Pokemon up by the scruff of his neck. Riolu looked at him angrily and stuck his paw right on Will's chest. Then, Will was sent flying backwards and in to a tree trunk.

Will groaned, not from agony but from being fed up with Riolu's attitude. He pointed the Pokeball at Riolu and then pressed the button. The red beam was shot out and it engulfed Riolu this time.

Riolu disappeared and Will put the Pokeball back on his belt and he rushed over to Bulbusaur.

"Hey I'm sorry about Riolu. Here, you can have these Oran Berries we found on the route earlier today." Will said.

He dug through his bag and then tok out four blue berries and sat them on the ground in front of Bulbusaur. Bulbusaur quickly ate them and then appearently felt much better. Will and Marcus said goodbye to eachother and Will went on his way for the next city or town.

 

[ShadowDragon~]

Seth finally neared the village.

"Lets see, hmm" He reached for his poketech and looked at the map. [Cinnebar Village] It said.

"Wait... cinnebar, Eve you get to fight!" Eve looked up in response while Seth recalled a boring history lesson while he was back in pokemon school.

"And so, the cinnebar gym was formed on cinnebar island, which specialized in fire types..." He fell asleep halfway through the lesson but he remembered enough that there was a gym here.

He grabbed his surprised pokemon and out of excitement ran over to the pokemon center. After quickly healing his pokemon, and watching a distressed chansey running around with pokeballs he exited the pokemon center.

"And now, for items" He found his way to the Pokemon mart where he entered. Just after he entered the clock hit six, and the lady behind the counter walked away and someone else took his place. He was just about to grab some potions when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Hey... Seth, isnt it?" He spun around and saw a girl, maybe 15 standing behind the counter. He remembered seeing her, where was that? O right, she went to his school, but a grade higher.

Quickly he gathered together his 'cool' and waked over to her.

"So what brings you here," she asked

"Erm, im a pokemon trainer now, how bout you?"

"Pokemon mart, just to get some allowance, there is my wurmple right over there" She pointed to some shelfes where a wurmple was gliding through. <Spiky little monsters> Seth thought, but he didnt stay it.

"Alright, can you patch me up with some items?" He needed something to begin with.

"Yeah sure, here is a beginners set, just $3000" She handed him a box containing various items. After carefully putting everything away he walked outside. He was ready for the gym battle.

Cinnebar was such a small village, it was easy to find the gym. It looked deserted and broken down. Maybe it changed to a ghost pokemon gym. That would be terrible since Seth's pokemon cant hit ghosts.

He walked inside through all the rubble. Maybe he should have paid more attention in history...

"Help! Help!" It came from somewheres down.

"Wow, Eve, Hazel, come out!" His pokemon burst into action and they sped downstairs.


(Darklink i guess its up to you to decide how much money i lost buying a starter set and which items i could gain)

 

[Zimvee]

Chapter 8: Kidnapped by the Machop Tribe!
As Tom and Mime Jr walked along Route 2, Tom was polishing the egg he had recieved from Bobby. "What do you thinks gonna hatch from the egg Mime Jr?" Tom asked his partner. Mime Jr shrugged. He didn't care as long as the Pokemon from the egg knew that he was in charge! Neither noticed the shadows moving along the grass, slowly following them...

One of the shadows threw a thin but strong line of string across the path. Its color belended in perfectly with the dirt. Tom and Mime Jr walked along, completly oblivous to the danger. One of the assalients made a signal with his hands to the other one across the way. As Tom and Mime Jr walked right in front of them both pulled the string tripping Tom and Mime Jr. "Chop!" one of them cried as it kicked both Tom and Mime Jr in the head knocking them out.
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When Tom came to he found himself tied to a stake. He struggled for a while but the rope was too tight. He looked around and saw Mime Jr tied to a smaller stake. "Psst Mime Jr!" Tom whispered. Mime Jr was out cold though, so Tom looked around. Nobody was there but it seemed to be a small camp. A few crude tents were strown about, along with a huge fire pit in the middle.

"Chop Chop Chop....!" The sound of a marching tune came to Tom's ears. In walked a bunch of gray human like Pokemon. Wriggling his hands Tom reached into his pocket and took out the Pokedex. He flipped it open and it said, "Machop, the Superpower Pokemon. It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts."

"Oh boy..." Tom muttered. What had he gottan himself into this time? It was at this time Mime Jr decieded to wake up. "Mime...?" Mime Jr said groggily.

"Chop!" One of the Machop cried, ordering them to be quiet. It then went back to making the fire even bigger. The biggest Machop then brought over a very crude frying pan. Tom looked on questionly. It then went went into one of the tents and brought out something wrapped in a cloth. It walked over to the fire and unwrapped the object. Tom cried out in shock when the object turned out to be the egg.

The Machop then placed the egg in the frying pan and put the pan over the fire. "NO!" Tom cried. "Mime Jr use Confusion!" Mime Jr tried but he was still too groggy to summon a massive Psychic attack. The egg proceded to get warmer and redder. A tear was shed from Tom, sad who would never get to meet this Pokemon who hadn't been brought into the world yet.

Suddenly one could see something moving in the egg. It looked like it was struggling. "I'm sorry little guy..." Tom muttered. "CRACK!!" The egg split open with a yellow plug like Pokemon make a chopping motion with its arm. Tom's Pokedex sprung to life saying, "Elekid, the Electric Pokemon. It generates electricity by whirling its arms. However, it can't store the energy it makes."

"Elekid?" the newborn said, testing out its vocal cords. "Wow..." Tom said, a little tearful now that his egg had hatched. The Machop however wern't as excited.

"Machop!" the biggest one said pointing at Elekid. They rushed Elekid hoping to knock him out. "Elekid!" Elekid cried Karate Chopping the Machop out of the way. The biggest Machop then came up to Elekid preparing the Low Kick the newborn. However Elekid used a Quick Attack to run out of the way.

"Ele.....kid!" the Electric Pokemon cried as it concentrated on its hand. Suddenly it burst into flames! "Thats Fire Punch!" Tom cried. The Machop was equally as surprised which allowed Elekid to knock it out rather easily.

Elekid then cut Tom's and Mime Jr's ropes, freeing them. "Wow your quite the strong one arn't ya?" Tom said. Elekid then burst out crying! "Whaa! What did I do?" Tom exclaimed. "Ele...Ele....Ele..." Elekid cried pointing to its mouth. It was hungry. Tom then gave it some berries which were down in a gulp. Elekid then proceded to fall asleep. "Oh boy..." Tom muttered as he put the Elekid in a Pokeball. "What have I gotton myself into this time?"

 

[~SilverSoul]

To Pikalover10: Bad Riolu! I guess the won battle still counts though, no matter how bad he was.
Riolu grew to level 14!
To DrAcO_ToRpEdO: I don't really keep up with money. Just the things you buy can't be out of hand or anything. This'll do:
You Received Two of Everything! (Save me some time and space of typing)
To Old Lace: Wow, hatched at the right time! Your Elekid can actually be shiny if you want to -- unless you don't like the shiny colors :P (There really isn't much of a difference anyway)
Elekid Hatched From the Egg!
Elekid grew to level 7!
Elekid is trying to learn Thundershock, but he already knows four moves. Delete a move for Thundershock?

To Everyone: Time for the next chapter! Last destination before Fuchsia City!

Chapter 5: Seafoam Cave
(3 Posts)​

Description: A gloomy and dark cave covered in ice and rocks. Many wonderful ice pokemon inhabit the cave, along with some dangerous cave ones, so be warned. Along the center of the cave lies some dangerous water currents that are said to have carried away careless trainers to pass by along with some pokemon who have lived in the cave even. With this added with the ice, Seafoam is a dangerous obstacle for any beginner trainer and it is easy to get hurt in the cave. Be brave and push on.

History: Not much has changed about the cave from how it was many years ago. Some new pokemon inhabit the cave along with the old. Articuno once lived deep in this cave as well, but one day it disappeared and never came back. Nobody currently knows where it is, or what happened to it even.

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Wild Pokemon
Zubat
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 3-7
Type- Poison/Flying
Gender- Random
Attacks- Leech Life, Supersonic
Rarity- Common

Geodude
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 3-7
Type- Rock/Ground
Gender- Random
Attacks- Tackle, Defense Curl, Mud Sport
Rarity- Common

Spheal
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 2-6
Type- Ice/Water
Gender- Random
Attacks- Defense Curl, Powder Snow, Growl, Water Gun
Rarity- Uncommon

Shellder
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 2-5
Type- Water
Gender- Random
Attacks- Tackle, Withdraw
Rarity- Rare

Seel
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 2-5
Type- Water
Gender- Random
Attacks- Headbutt, Growl (If level 5)
Rarity- Rare

Snorunt
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Level- 2-5
Type- Ice
Gender- Random
Attacks- Powder Snow, Leer, Double Team
Rarity- Very Rare

*Special Note*
Areas with three posts or more is a great place for a short storyline that involve a location in the cave, a person, or even one of the rare pokemon in the cave. You can find a lot of miniature stories in Old Lace's rps like his old kanto rp that he used to run if you want some examples. I, myself, am a huge fan of short story lines and you will find me writing those out a lot. This is just purely a suggestion, but remember that you will not just find scattered trainers running around the cave. This chapter is a great opportunity for you to be creative.​

 

[The Kricket]

OOC(this is the last post for Chapter 4)


"Zangoose, use Quick attack!" Alex cried to kick off the battle. The Pokémon blurred and disappeared for a moment before reappearing right in front of the Sandshrew. It smashed into it, sending it flying, towards a nearby tree. The Sandshrew was able to minimize the damage by folding into a ball, and hitting the tree with its hard shell.

Unfolding like a flower it struck at Zangoose, slashing with its claws. Zangoose leaned back slightly, and the claws missed him, instead burying themselves deep into the earth. Zangoose, quick to take advantage of his foes weakness swung his arm into the smaller pokemon's head, once more knocking it flying. This time, the tree that it hit was small, and the curled Sandshrew actually broke through the tree, and disappeared from sight on the other side of it. Eager to finish the fight, Zangoose ran forward, claws at the ready. But, as he leapt over the tree, the Sandshrew appeared, coming from directly below him. It smashed into the larger Pokémon, not even bothering to use its claws. This hit hurt Zangoose, sending him flying back into the clearing. But, it was to strong to be knocked down for long, it quickly got up, its paws trembling with anger. Similarily, the Sandshrew hopped over the stump,

Zangoose viciously slashed down, but once again, he only hit the hard shell of the Sandshrew. Once again it countered by slashing with its claw's, and this time Zangoose did not dodge, the claws caught him on his right shoulder, although it did not damage the Pokemon, it did have enough power to send it flying. The Sandshrew tumbled through the air, helpless.

With a mighty roar, Zangoose swung his claws up, with all of his strength, until they hit the Sandshrew's soft underbelly. This blow proved to much for the smaller Pokémon, and it was knocked high into the sky. It soon fell to earth, landing with a mighty crash. So mighty was this blow, that the Pokémon could barely rise, instead staggering about on all fours.

"Zangoose return" Alex ordered, while throwing another pokeball at the staggered Sandshrew.

 

[ShadowDragon~]

Seth heard the cry again. "Help, Help!" He looked for the nearest way down. There wasnt, so how did that person get there. He took a few steps and stumbled upon a hole.

"Ah, there we go" He jumped down and was surprised when he landed in some tunnels.

"Uhh where are we?" He scanned his surroundings- well what you call surroundings, it was an underground tunnel leading into forks.

"Well erm we better mark this spot, mankey use scratch on the walls." His makey scratched the walls.

"Great now we know where to go!" He ran towards the nearest tunnel, and kept running.

After a couple of turns and alot of different passages Seth stopped. This was getting out of hand, why run into a tunnel while he could just ask someone else to do it? He turned around and walked back the way he came.

After a while he reached a fork, where he stopped.

"Ehh" his pokemon were looking at him.

"Erm.. left?" He walked left with his pokemon following him. Soon there was another fork. "... Right?" He kept walking. Whoever it was who needed help stopped yelling.

"Well this is just great" he said 10 minutes later. It felt like he was in a complete different tunnel. Suddenly he heard a shoot behind him.

"HELP!" something crashed into him, and Seth groaned as he grabbed his attacker.

"Oh, help please, i got lost" It was a younger school boy. "My name is Jack, by the way"

"Well, ya shouldnt get lost in these parts, thats just plain stupid, and the name is Seth" The boy looked glad that he had come.

"So what is the way out?" Jack asked

"Erm, well.." Seth didnt know

"Yeah.. right, plain stupid..." The boy answered annoyed.

"Well forget that, lets get moving" They walked along the dark cold tunnels.

"Man do you believe this is all under one gym?" He asked the kid.

"Well, its near a volcanoe.." The boy answered

"So youre a local eh? Why are you down here?" Seth was wondering where the boy came from.

"Well.." The boy had an awkward look "Me and some friends..." Seth knew what he was going to say, he'd been there, except for him it was a sewer while playing hide and seek. The boy continued. "We checked out the gym when a tunnel collapsed and i sank in.

"Thats a bummer"

For a while they continued to walk on, until Seth heard water dropping nearby.

"Well" He turned to Jack "Thats gotta mean something"

"Yeah.." The kid brightened up only to trip a few paces later. It was dark so seth couldnt bother laughing at him. He went over to Jack who was holding his leg. Seth saw what he had tripped on. One of those stagmites or whatever they were called. There was a stream of blood coming out.

"Oops let me help you with that" He opened his backpack and looked through he assortment of items.

"Hey!" Jack said suddenly, and he grabbed a rope.

"Huh, wuzzat?" Seth said while looking for something to cover the boys leg.

"I think its an escape rope, we've used it once in school" Right! an escape rope, Seth felt stupid for not remembering those, he did a whole class about them.

"Right, uhh here we go" He grabbed the kid and made a circle with the rope.

"Now wha-" He was interupted by a sudden flash, and then they were standing outside. Jack who was eager to return home quickly said his thanks, and ran off somewhere.

"Well that was a complete waste of time... Pretty cool tough" Seth walked over to a sign.

Cinnebar Village --> Route 2

He looked at his pokemon who were still on his shoulders."Great, were right on track"

 

[Zimvee]

(OOC: Elekid is actually Shiny lol Its shiny form is yellow and normal form is like Orange which is weird cause the reverse is true for Electabuzz)
Chapter 9: Into Seafoam Cave!
Tom was feeling pretty happy. His egg had hatched, it was a cool Pokemon, and he and Mime Jr were almost to the next city. The only thing that was bothering him was the huge cave entrence. "Well Mime Jr its time to face facts. We can't go around it, can't go over it, can't go under it, we might as well go through it." Tom said. Mime Jr nodded. It was time he stood up to his fear of closed spaces and Seafoam cave was as good as any. With a look of confidence in their eyes Tom and Mime Jr entered the cave.

Soon however the duo encountered a problem. It was pitch black in the cave! Tom nearly cracked his head open three times by slipping on the ice before they had even gotton three hundred feet in the cave. "Ok this isn't working..." Tom muttered. He took a fairly small stick out of his pack and then took out Elekid's Pokeball. Releasing the Electric Pokemon Tom began to talk in a baby sounding voice. "Elekid, could you please light the stick on fire with your Fire Punch?"

"Ele!" Elekid said with a smile. Igniting his fist he touched the stick sending it a blaze. "Ele Ele Ele!" Elekid cried clapping his hands together. Suddenly Elekid saw a fly on the wall. "Ele....kid!" he cried as Karate Chopped it. Suddenly a rumble was heard followed by the ground shaking.

"Cave in!" Tom cried. He grabbed Elekid in his arms and returned Mime Jr to his Pokeball. He ran hoping to escape the cave in. Uphead the celing was beginning to collapes. Tom jumped and slid on his belly covering Elekid with his arms. Eventually the dust cleared and Tom and Elekid looked up. They were safe, but they certainly getting out the way they came in! Tom looked at his Elekid. "Even though he's just a baby, he has that montrous strength!" Tom thought. Suddenly Elekid began to cry, scared out of his mind. "Its allright. Its allright." Tom said soothingly.

"Shellder!" A voice cried out. Elekid and Tom both looked around and saw a shell like Pokemon with its tongue sticking out jumping out of the water. Tom took out his Pokedex to get a read on the Pokemon. "Shellder, the Bilalve Pokemon. It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out." the Dex said.

"Ok Elekid, you stand back and watch while Starly here teaches you how to catch a Pokemon." Tom said as he released his Eye in the Sky. "Starly, use Quick Attack on the Shellder!" Tom cried. Starly became a blur as it struck Shellder with astounding speed. Elekid getting bored noticed a Snorunt wandering by and decieded to follow it.

"Ok Starly Tackle!" Tom ordered. Starly struck the Shellder almost knocking it out. "Now go Pokeball!" Tom cried throwing the ball. Shellder was sucked in. However after two shakes it freed itself and jumped back into the water. "Darn. Well Elekid thats the just....Elekid?" Tom looked around but Elekid was nowhere to be found. "ELEKID!"
(OOC: Sorry if that seemed rushed at the end but im bein told to get off the computer...)

 

[Pikalover10]

Chapter 5(part 1) Seafoam Cave:

It was freezing inside the dark, cold cave. Will had arrived at the Seafoam Cave, it was the last stop before Fuscia City. He wondered how tough the first gym leader would be. Riolu was walking at his feet, as stuborn as ever, and the egg inside Will's bag had begun to twitch slightly ever half hour.

Will looked around for something to do and thats when he spotted a blue and palish seal wobbling around the icey path. Will took out his POkedex and scanned the little seal.

Spheal, the Clap Pokemon. It rolls across ice floes to reach shore because its body is poorly shaped for swimming.

Will placed the Pokedex back in to its case and pointed towards the Spheal. Riolu blinked a few times after seeing Will's arm and then spotted the seal. He nodded and bent his knees down a few centimeters.

"Riolu use Quick Attack!" Will suddenly called out.

The blue dog standing on two legs dashed towards the flailing seal. The seal finally got on to its legs and saw Riolu coming at it. The seal took in a deep breath of freezing air and then shot out a bunch of snowballs.

The snowballs hit Riolu, sending him flying back a few feet and then he recovered on to his feet. Will took a slight step foreward and then slipped on the slippery ice. He fell on to his back, causing the ungrateful Riolu to laugh.

"Riolu shut up and use Force Palm!" Will angrily shouted.

Riolu shook his head and stopped laughing. Then he dashed off towards Spheal, his palm ready to strike. Then he appeared right in front of the Spheal and lightly touched the seal's stomach. The seal flew back upon impact and rolled all over the place.

The seal finally regained its feet positioning again and shot a huge puddle of water at Riolu. Riolu at the last second tried to dodge it, but he was hit and fell to the ground. Riolu blinked a few times and then stood up, looking at the seal angrily. Will snapped his fingers and Riolu turned to look at him. Will shook his head knowing what Riolu was going to do, and Riolu nodded unwantingly.

"Riolu use Quick Attack!" Will shouted.

Riolu dashed away and kicked the seal's body with his right foot. The seal rolled back and Riolu broke off a piece of ice and chucked it at the seal. The ice shattered upon impact and the seal cried out in pain.

Suddenly, the seal got on to its feet and shot a bunch of snowballs at him again, and then sot a puddle of water at him again. The snowballs hit, and the puddle of water froze and then hit Riolu and shattered. Riolu cried out in pain himself and fell to the ground on his back.

Then, another Spheal rolled out on to the icy field and looked at the SPheal worriedly. Then, Will realized the Spheal he had been battling must be this Spheal's friend. Riolu stood up and stared at the Spheal, without any emotion.

"Riolu use Force Palm!" Will said.

Riolu dashed in between the two Spheal's and slammed his palm in to the already hurt one. The Spheal flew back a few feet and then landed on his feet. Then, both of them charged up and shot their snowballs of never ending fury at him. They both hit at the same time, and Riolu was badly hurt.

Will ran up to the Spheal who had just suddenly joined in and grabed it. The Spheal recklessly tried to get away, but no avail and Riolu kicked the other Spheal again. Then, the Spheal in Will's arm turned its head around and shot the freezing cold water at him. Will cried out as the cold water hit him and he dropped the Spheal.

"Riolu use Quick Attack, and hurry!" Will said.

Riolu dashed and continuedly punched and kicked the seal, sending it roll away in agony. Will coughed a few times and grabbed a Pokeball off of his belt. He pressed the button in the middle, causing it to become bigger and then chucked it at the injured seal.

"Go, Pokeball!" he cried as he threw the Pokeball.

A red light flashed and engulfed the seal, and then the seal disappeared in to the Pokeball. The Pokeball landed on the icy floor and continued to rock back and forth for waht seemed like forever until...

END

 

[Wolfwhispers]

"Are you still dragging your feet?" Bryan asked, looking back with a scowl at Zigzagoon. The normal type growled back, eyeing him hatefully as he continued to carry the egg sack and walk with a limp. Minun was walking with a light limp as well be otherwise said nothing.

"Zig," Zigzagoon said lowly, tilting his head as they came to the end of the Route. In front of them, where the area suddenly seemed so much colder, was a small entrance to a cave with a few ice shards surrounding it. Right next to it was a small cabin with a few loitering trainers.

Bryan came up to the cabin, eyeing a sign that said 'Rest Stop'. Opening the door, he encountered warm air and an elderly man attending to a few trainers. He looked up as Bryan came in. "Here to have your pokemon healed?"

"Yes," Bryan said, returning Minun to his pokeball. Zigzagoon snarled and backed off, still taking care of the egg.

"Nevermind with that one. Just hop on up here," the man said to Zigzagoon, pulling out a bowl of healing food. "Not as good as the healing machine but it'll do," he said, taking Bryan's pokeballs. "Ready to enter the Seafoam Caves?"

Bryan nodded coolly.

"Not one for talk, eh? Well, then I won't be bothering you anymore. Here are your pokeballs and Zigzagoon. You might want to keep that egg of yours locked securely in the small tank. If it get's too cold, the pokemon could possibly die."

"I'll keep that in mind," Bryan said, handing the sack back to a healthier Zigzagoon. Walking out, he could see that many of the trainer's were getting tents up. The sky was darkening, and they most likely didn't want to endure the colder cave. Bryan scowled as he put on a warm jacket and dug his hands into the pocket. He headed toward the opening without a backwards glance and entered.

To his surprise, the cave seemed to be lit by the ice crystals. Whatever light that was around simply shot from icicle to icicle. Walking around interestedly, he nearly stumbled backwards as a blur of white shot past him. Hissing, Bryan turned to the source.

"See! Seel!" a large, white pokemon with a small horn clapped delightedly.

"Sno! Sno!" a small pokemon with a triangle body laughed, imitating the Seel. It was a Snorunt.

"Hey, get back here!" a voice shouted angrily.

The two pokemon laughed as a boy with blond hair and light brown eyes came up. He was panting for breath, a hard glare on his face. He gave a low snarl at Bryan. "Don't even think about it!" he snapped at Bryan. "I saw these two first!"

Bryan scowled back. "Watch it," he said coldly. "I just happen to be interested in this Seel here, so its you who should watch it."

The boy glared. "I don't think so! Go, Sentret!"

"Go, Sandshrew!" Bryan barked. "Sandshrew, Scratch!"

"San!" Sandshrew growled, running toward the pokemon and Scratching it furiously on the stomach just as it appeared.

The boy grit his teeth in anger. "Sentret, Fury Swipes!"

Eager for some payback, the angry long tailed pokemon ran after the fiesty Sandshrew. "Sen! Sen! Sent!" Sentret tried, furiously swiping away as Sandshrew twisted and curved.

"Stop fooling around and use Scratch!" Bryan ordered.

"Sentret, you use Scratch too!"

"Sand!"

"Sent!"

The two pokemon cried out their battle cries, jumping in the air and hitting each other directly in the face with their sharp claws, gaining red marks on the both of them.

"Scratch," Bryan ordered to his panting pokemon.

"Sand," Sandshrew gulped, ear twitching as it heard the two ice type pokemon laughing.

The boy grit his teeth and turned to the two. "Don't think I won't be after you! Sentret, forget this... Sentret!" he cried out as Sandshrew finally unleashed its attack, sending it flying. Glaring at the smirking Bryan, he finally screamed, "Sentret! Slam!"

Tail tensing with powered muscle, Sentret ran at full speed at Sandshrew, a fierce look on its face. "Seen... tret!" it cried, swinging its tail as Sandshrew tried to dodge. The tail slammed down on Sandshrew's head, bringing it to the ground.

Bryan scowled at his fallen pokemon, eyeing the Sentret standing above it. "Scratch!" he barked.

Sandshrew's eyes, which had been closed from the pain, snapped them open and jumped at the surprised pokemon, grinning as it slashed hard enough to send Sentret tumbling back.

"Seent!" Sentret cried.

"Sentret!" the boy called. "You ok?"

"See! See! Seel!" the Seel laughed as Snorunt jumped up and down in excitement from the display.

The boy growled. "Sentret, forget this! After those two!"

"Sandshrew, forget this idiot and go after the Seel!" Bryan ordered.

The two ice types just laughed and ran off, completely ignoring the battle poses from the two other pokemon, causing the two trainer's to gap.

"Tch, I'll get you," the boy growled under his breath, eyes averting to his hurt pokemon. His Sentret was sitting on the ground panting, holding its stomach with a wince. "Sentret, return," he said sourly. Throwing a glare at Bryan, he did a double take as he saw the cold boy already running off toward the two pokemon, his Sandshrew following. "He... hey! Wait up!" he called.

"Not a chance!" Bryan snarled back, running at the retreating pokemon with Sandshrew at his heals.

Far behind, Zigzagoon sighed, rolling his eyes at being forgotten. Sniffing, Zigzagoon glanced at the egg in the bag, hoping it would be ok.

 

[~SilverSoul]

To The Kricket: It was a little short, so your pokemon won't be very high-leveled.
You caught a level 3 Female Sandshrew!
To DrAcO_ToRpEdO: Great job getting the boy out!
To Old Lace: Oh, lol I guess I wasn't paying attention to the shinies. Anyway, Elekid is only a baby. You can't let him out of your sight like that!
Starly grew to level 10! (For the small battle)
Starly learned Wing Attack!
To Pikalover10: Good Battle!
You caught a level 5 Male Spheal!
To Wolfwhispers: Poor Zigzagoon :) Can't wait to see how this chase turns out.
Sandshrew grew to level 10!
Sandshrew learned Poison Sting!

 

[ShadowDragon~]

Seth watched Jack running through the village, and enter a house. He was just about to turn ways when Jack came back holding something wrapped in a cloth.

"Here please take this, my parents own a hatchery and we have many eggs, this is for saving me, well you were kinda dumb, but still..." He handed Seth the bundle.

"Yeah way to thank me..." Seth murmered.

"What was that?" Jack asked

"Err, nothing, just if you know so much more, why didnt you save yourself?" Seth waas getting annoyed with Jack.

"Well, lets forget about that" He turned and walked back to the house.

"Phew, he changes moods real quick... first being all wimpy in the cave, and now acting all cool..." Seth unwrapped the bundle and was surprised to find an egg. It was red with yellow flames on the bottom part. "Cool!" He grabbed the egg.

"PSSSS" He dropped the egg immediately. The thing burned his fingers.

"Crap, why did it do that?" He gently touched his hand and then grabbed some water.

"Hey, what are ya thinking, i give you an egg, and you drop it?" He recognized that voice, and very soon Jack came running at him.

"Give that egg back!" He put out his hand.

"Uhh i guess, sorry about that, ill just go on training.." He handed Jack the egg but Jack didnt accept it.

"What are you saying? Training, you think your pokemon are way more important than mine?" He yelled.

"Uhh no i didnt i was just saying" What was up with this kid, he missed the good old times.. ten minutes ago, when he was screaming for help.

"Heh, a pokemon battle it is!" The boy threw two pokeballs.

"Wait a .. Oh well, get ready!" This was it, his well second battle outside of training, if you count the battle agains the team rocket grunt.

"Go, Growl, Go Vul!" Two fire pokemon materialized after a big red flash.

"Wow, fire types!" He took out his poketech and pointed it at the pokemon.

Growlithe, A pokemon with loyal nature. It will remain motionless unless its given an order by its trainer.

Vulpix, it controlls balls of fire. As it grows its six tails split to make more tails.


"Wow thats a nice team ya got there" Seth really liked those pokemon.

Vulpix replied by grooming herself and Growlithe sat down, waiting for an order.

"As for my pokemon!" He threw the two pokeballs, and Hazel, and Eve came out. "Were ready to fight"

"They better be... Both of you use the the fire combo we talked about!" The pokemon sprung into action and took up positions.

"You brat, how is that supposed to help me?" He yelled at Jack.

"It isnt... Commence!" growl charged at Eve.

"Eve Dodge!" Eve was just about to jump out of the way but she didnt have to. The growlithe jumped over her and ran for Hazel. Eve stopped and looked around in suprise. She had given up too soon because suddenly she was engulfed in flames by Vul's embers.

"Eve, you ok? Hazel get ready for a counter attack!" While eve recovered Hazel stood ready for Growl who was nearing. Suddenly Growl jumped, twisted and blew embers at Eve.

"Eve use sand attack! Hazel low kick!" Eve threw send all over growlithe and it stopped breathing fire. Soon it was slamed to the ground by Hazel's kick.

"Great job now wa-" He didnt finish his sentence because Vul was already in hot pursuit of Hazel.

"Eve, Helping Hand!" Eve chased them, and nipped at Vul's legs. This was enough to make the vulpix trip and slide through the dirt.

"Hazel use scratch!" Hazel jumped in but Flare together with Growl ran back to its trainer.

"Are you guys ok?" Apperently they were both worn out, but they still nodded. "Great, then use ultimate pit of doom!"

"Ultimate pit of whatta?" What was the kid talking about. Soon he found out. Growl and Vul both charged up a massive ember as their last resort.

"Well if theyre working together, guys make a helping Ultimate Dodge Hand!" First his pokemon didnt know what he was talking about, but the hint was obvious. They got ready to jump and Eve was helping Hazel, prepare, while Hazel got ready to grab Eve midair.

"GrowPix!" It sounded like one weird name as both pokemon unleashed their attack and yelled their name like all pokemon do.

"Hehe, do it!" Eve nudged Hazel up in the air, and soon followed afterwards. Hazel grabbed Eve midair, and threw her at the two pokemon, who were completely worn out by their attack. Seth felt the fire near him and he took a couple of steps back but it missed him. Eve soon overpowered both of them and Jack acknowledged his defeat.

Seth was just about to walk over to him when Hazel cried out.

"What is it?" Hazel pointed at something behind him. Seth looked around and looked at the spot Hazel was pointed at.

"Oh thats just the result of their attack, it might look dangerous, that huge ball of flames but its ok, it just sitting there on that pokemon egg..." He walked on but yelped as he ran back.

The egg was in the middle of the fire.

"Uhh what do we do!" The fire was way too hot for anything but a water pokemon to come touch it.

"Jack get over here!" Jack came running as fast as he could.

"Oh no! The pokemon gone!" He was completely distressed. "And it was close to hatching when i gave it to you, oh no!"

Seth wasnt listening to what he was saying, but watched the egg intently. It had a small crack which was growing.. and growing.. The egg split in half! Suddenly he heard a pokemon cry.

"Mag, Magby!" Something jumped on him and scorched his face. He tried to look but all he could see was A little *golden* pokemon clinging onto his hair.


(Decided to go with shiny after all xD may give Seth quite a scare when the little gold magby evolves)

 

[Pikalover10]

Will was getting colder and colder. The Pokeball had clicked which was awesome, knowing he had caught his first Pokemon and had an egg on the way. HE wrapped his hands around his arms, while RIolu just kept walking next to him and Spheal kept on rolling.

Will shrugged guessing he shouldn't expect Spheal to be shivering, I mean he was most likely born and rasied here in the ice. Will had wrapped the extra blankets he kept in his bag around the egg to keep it warm while he walked, and hoped that it would be enough.

Then, bam!

Will was sent flying foreward from and explosion, and so where Riolu and Spheal. Will landed on the ice and kept slidding until he shoved the heel of his shoe in to the ice, spraying the ice in to his face.

He blinked a few times once he stopped and stood up, looking around for Riolu and Spheal. Riolu was the first for Will to see. He jumped high in to the air and landed on his feet, and then he spotted Spheal who rolled out from wherever he was.

The kicked up dust, smoke, and ice finally settled and it revealed two men wearing weird suits. One wore blue boots, a blue hat, a blue sweatshirt, a pair of blue sweat pants, blue goggles, and blue gloves. The other one wore the exact same thing except his clothes were red, and both of them wore a huge 'E' on their sweatshirt.

"You! Give us your Pokemon!" the blue dude said.

"In your dreams!" Will replied.

"Kid! Give us your Pokemon or else. We're Team Elements and we want all the rare Pokemon in this pathetic region!" the red one said.

"I don't have any rare Pokemon!" Will lied. He knew very well that Riolu was a rare Pokemon, he didn't know if Spheal was or not. But, the grunts couldn't see Riolu and Spheal behind two giant ice rocks.

Suddenly, a bright light shined through the cracks in his backpack, and Will thought he heard a cracking sound. Suddenly there was a muffled noise. Will knelt down, facing the grunts on accident, and unraveled the blankets in his bag. Then, he found it. His egg had hatched! He took out his Pokedex and scanned his little Pokemon.

Igglybuff, the baloon Pokemon. It has a soft and bouncy body. Once it starts bouncing, it becomes impossible to stop.

Will put the Pokedex away and smiled at the little pink Pokemon.

"Well hi there Igglybuff. You seem to be of different color of the other Igglybuffs I've seen." Will said.

Igglybuff stood on the ice cave floor and then she began to bounce.

"Iggly!" it said happily.

Will smiled and then realized a Pokemon of different color was extremely rare. He looked up at the two grunts who both smiled at him, and Will wished he had been smarter and had concealed Igglybuff more carefully, for now the two grunts knew he had a rare Pokemon.. Will stood up with Igglybuff in his arms. He motioned for Riolu and Spheal to come out and they both ran/rolled to Will's side.

"You can't have them." Will said again.

"Fine. Then we'll battle. Me and my friend here, against two of your Pokemon." the red one said.

"Fine, but you and your friend are going to wish you hadn't said that." Will said.

END

((OOC: Igglybuff is actually shiny, because she has a lighter color then the normal one:P))

 

[ShadowYashi]

"Its so big" Nina murmured in awe as she entered Seafoam's Cave, crystals shone brightly on the cave walls, glistening as light hit them at a certain angle. Rose on the other hand shook her head... being a Pokemon of her type, she wasn't really much of a fan of cold places "Budew" she mumbled and Nina laughed "ehehehe I guess Icy caves aren't your thing, huh Rose?" the bud nodded and Nina shrugged "Well, everyone has something they don't like I suppose" she glanced around the cold cave "I wonder how long it'll take us to get out of here...." Rose shook her head unsure "Well, I hope it won't be long..." Rose gave Nina a look that said 'are you serious, something bad is bound to happen to us along the way' Nina couldn't help but give a nervous laugh "You right... somehow, we always manage to find some type of trouble... or we'll get side tracked or something" she mumbled sighing and Rose nodded solemnly in agreement.

They had been walking through the cave for quite a few minutes and they didn't stop until Nina felt a nudge on her hip... her egg was wiggling wildly and Nina took it from its container and held it up closely to her face as they continued walking "Hey Rose, I think its about to ha--uwah!" that 'uwah' was from Nina, who tripped over a 'rock' that was protruding out of the ground, she wound up falling flat on her face and accidentally dropped the egg, which rolled out of her grasp "No, My egg!" Nina was about to stand back up but a grayish brown looking thing blocked her view "what?"

"Geodude!"

The rock growled angrily and glared at Nina and Rose "I'm so sorry Geodude, I wasn't really paying attention" Geodude wasn't taking any excuses and he growled loudly... which she assumed was some sort of call, because instantly a group of the rock types appeared and surrounded her and Rose on all sides there was a total of 5 Geodude surrounding them "Oh.. dear, this isn't good" Nina mumbled and Rose nodded before her eyes narrowed and her body tense, she was ready fo the battle she knew was about to come "Alright... hit em all with Stun Spore" Rose nodded and pointed her vines skyward, a large glob of Orange glittery dust shot out from her vines and scattered around them and the floating rocks tensed up.

"C'mon Rose, lets go!" while the Geodude's were frozen for a few moments, Nina quickly dash towards her egg and picked it up, it was still shaking, but it seemed to be shaking more wildly than before "H-Hey Rose, I think my egg's about to hatch" Nina and Rose stopped running, they had gotten a good few feet away from the Geodude and as soon as the words left her mouth her Egg cracked and glowed briefly before it disappeared, leaving nothing but a small human shaped baby Pokémon to mold in her hand "Smoochum!" Nina gasped and quickly pulled out her PokéTech and scanned her newly hatched Smoochum.

Smoochum, the Kiss Pokémon; It tests everything by touching with its lips, which remember what it likes and dislikes.
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Nina stared at the baby girl in her arms, which stared back, She had a large head with blonde hair, pink colored skin, large green eyes and a pair of large pink lips, her chest was lightly colored, along with her arms and feet, while her abdomen, which reminded Nina of pants, were colored pink. It was a shiny Smoochum. "Smooch!" she cried staring up cutely at Nina with her large green eyes and the trainer was suddenly struck with inspiration "I'm gonna call you Jade... cause your eyes, how's that sound" Jade tilted her head to the side before flailing her arms about cutely and nodding, liking the sound of that name "Dew! Budew!" Rose bounced up and down from her spot beside Nina, happy that the egg hatched but was beginning to worry because the group of Geodude came back with not only a vengeance, but some more friends.. what was once a group of 5 had become a group of 8, she pointed at the group of Rock types charging at them "Crud.. Rose, use Absorb!"

Rose nodded and stood protectively in front of Nina and Jade, she then began to sap energy from one of the Geodude's on the far right end and it fell back, Rose did this a few times, managing to take out at least two more before the remaining 5 had gotten closer and with a team effort they shot off several rounds of mud shot, hitting Rose harshly and causing her to skid back near Nina's feet "Darn... you can't take all of them with just Absorb Rose and we've already paralyzed em" Nina ignored the mud that managed to splatter on her and Jade, but Jade on the other hand blinked upon feeling herself being coated in mud and when she managed to catch a glance at her reflection in one of the crystals of the cave.....

Lets just say her reaction wasn't pretty.

Jade's unblemished face, now had dirty brown mud encrusted on it, she blinked again before her eyes flashed and she wiggled out of Nina's arms and stormed over to the group of Geodude that were readying themselves for another attack "Jade!" Nina gasped as she and Rose watched the baby stand in front of them "Get back over here" she cried, but the Kiss Pokémon ignored her mama and scowled at the Geodude "Smoochum Smooch!" she had tapped the Geodude in the middle and the rock looked perplexed as he stared down at the baby "Smoochum! Smooch Smooch!" she snapped pointing at her mud covered face, the Geodude just glanced at Jade briefly and laughed before turning back to Rose and Nina, who were watching on the sidelines, hoping those Rock's wouldn't harm her Pokémon.

Jade watched as the Geodude's ignored her and their cheeks puffed up again, they were going to use Mud Shot once more and Jade's eyes flashed dangerously....
as soon as the lead Geodude opened its mouth about to spit mud at Nina and Rose, it froze for a few moments, before its eyes rolled up in the back of its head and it fell to the ground in a dead faint. The remaining Geodude stopped gauging their attacks and looked at their fallen leader and were shocked to see standing behind his fallen form was a very angry and seething Smoochum, her left arm was encased in white and extended at an angle that made it look like she just punched him, and punched him she did.

"Ice Punch!?" Nina cried out of shock from her spot on the sidelines

"Smoochum" her eyes were glowing as she stared down the remaining Geodude, who cringed slightly and glance briefly at their fallen comrade and leader before looking back to Jade... there was no way they'd back down and cower from some baby, but that was one scary looking baby. The remaining Geodude shared a glance and looked back at Nina and Rose, who stood a ways off looking worriedly between the two, they could always attack the girl and the other one, there would be no way that baby would be able to Ice Punch them all, they shared one more look of agreement before they gathered Mud in their mouths and shot the dirt at Nina and Rose.

If only they had managed to make it that far any way....

They had only managed to gather the mud in their mouths and that's when Jade attacked, understanding that those rude evil rocks were about to hurt her mama, she quickly formed a blue ball and opened her mouth and shot a powerful stream of water at the group, instantly weakened, they fell in a clump around one another and Jade took this time to rush towards them with her fist cocked back and Ice Punched the group, sending all 5 flying back to where they came "Smoochum!" she grunted glaring at the spot where they stood, before she turned back and skipped over to her mama and Rose, who stood there with wide eyes.

"J-Jade... did you just...." Nina trailed off, finding it hard to believe that a newly hatched baby Pokémon just took down 5 Geodude all on her own "Smoochum Smooch!" she cried sniffling, she was only trying to protect her Mama "No! Jade don't cry! I didn't mean it like that... I'm just surprised is all" with that said, she picked up her crying Smoochum and hugged her tightly "Please don't cry" Jade sniffed and wiped her tears away and hugged Nina tightly before nodding "Smoochum..." Nina sighed softly before smiling "Good, now Jade... I know you were trying to help, but please don't do that again, I'd hate to see you get hurt trying to fend off a scary group like that for me alright" Jade nodded a bit reluctantly but agreed none the less "Good, now lets go!"

After that little escapade, Nina, with Jade and Rose by her side, had been walking for a good 5 minutes, before stopping and gaping at their next obstacle they'd have to face "C'mon Rose… Jade we'll be fine, I promise nothing will happen" Nina told her skeptic Budew and Smoochum, who shared a look and glanced briefly at Nina before looking at the thin Icy Bridge that looked ready to crack at any given moment and the deep dark, seemingly endless dark chasm below it "Smoochum/Budew?" Nina nodded, having a feeling that meant 'are you sure' "I'm sure, the bridge is completely safe… see" with that said, Nina stood on the thin looking Ice bridge, near the middle and began jumping up and down on it for a few moments, with Rose and Jade crying out for her to get back on their side where its safe.

She stopped bouncing abruptly and began to walk back towards them "alright, I'm coming..." she had managed to make it back to their side safely and Jade and Rose sighed in relief "C'mon you two... we won't be able to leave if we can't cross the bridge" Jade and Rose looked at the bridge, before looking back at Nina... there was no way they would be stepping anywhere near that bridge and Nina sighed when she saw the look of defiance in their eyes "How about I carry you two then" she offered and they both shared another glance before mulling it over and nodding slightly "Alright then" she bent down and picked the two up and held them both tightly in her arms while she crossed the bridge.

While crossing the bridge, everything had gone smoothly... until she managed to step on the place where she had jumped, they was a loud snap, and then a crack soon followed after it. Nina, Rose and Jade's eyes went wide as the watched the bridge crumble from both sides and then suddenly Nina realized she was falling... everything felt light and airy... and she couldn't breath, the last thing she heard before blacking out was the scared cries of Rose and Jade.

The water was cold and the current was harsh, Nina could hear nothing but the roaring waters her mind barely comprehending the fact that her body was being tossed around so freely like a sack, everything just hurt and she felt her head throb as they banged against a few rocks... she knew she would feel that when she got out of here... that is if she got out of here. Nina gasped as she was jerked violently in the water, she also managed to swallow quite alot of the cold current, she only had a moment to take in a quick breath before the current dragged her deeply under water and her little breath ran out fast when her back knocked against one of the rocks, Nina felt all the air leave her and water rushed into her lungs she briefly wondered if she were going to make it out alive. Nina's eyes caught a flash of blue and white before her eyes closed and she allowed darkness to take over once more.

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Bryan chased after the two fleeing pokemon with a snarl, Sandshrew following loyally behind, right at his feet. "Stop them with Poison Sting," he ordered.

"Sand!" Sandshrew barked out, jumping into the air and twirling into a ball and unleashing the poison spikes. "Shrew! Shrew!"

The darts slammed against the two pokemon's backs, causing them to falter and turn around in anger.

"Oh no you don't!" the boy snarled. "Go, Shinx! Use Spark!" he commanded.

With a burst of white light, a small, blue lion cub appeared. With a low growl, it charged, hitting the Snorunt with the electrical attack.

"Snoo!" Snorunt called out in pain, getting shoved backwards.

"See!" Seel called out worriedly for his friend, licking the cone pokemon.

With a grunt, Snorunt got up, and the two of them faced off against Bryan and the kid.

"Who the heck are you, anyway?" Bryan demanded.

"Matt. You?" the kid snarled.

"Bryan," Bryan snarled back. "Sandshrew, Scratch!"

"Shinx, Spark!"

With a battle cry, the four pokemon charged at each other.

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With a sigh, Zigzagoon casually walked along the icy path, sure that he would catch up with his trainer at the end of the tunnel. A low growl, however, alerted him to a new challenger.

"Who's there?" a blue, circular pokemon demanded. It had small tusks and waddled over to Zigzagoon. It was a Spheal.

"Just passing through," Zigzagoon grunted, a light sneer picking up on his snout.

"Not this way! This my path!"

Snarling, Zigzagoon dropped the bag and rammed into Spheal with his Tackle attack. "Listen here, brat, I'm getting out of this cave one way or another, and no one is getting in my way."

Glaring, Spheal opened his mouth and unleashed a torrent of ice. A Powder Snow attack, and it bashed against Zigzagoon's flank. "Darn," Zigzagoon grunted. Howling in anger, Zigzagoon charged, bashing his head against Spheal's body. "Take this!" he roared.

Spheal whimpered before letting lose another Powder Snow. "No, you take this!"

With a guttural growl, Zigzagoon jumped over the attack and, using the ice to his advantage, sent himelf sliding with extreme speed and knocking right into Spheal once more. "You're too slow," he taunted, dodging another Powder Snow.

Spheal growled as he redirected the attack, trying to hit the speeding pokemon that was sliding around skillfully. "Stay still, darn you," he growled.

"Not a chance!" Picking up speed again, Zigzagoon bashed once more into Spheal's body, but this time right in the snout.

Spheal gave a loud cry, whimpering as he shook his head. Glaring, he limped back, jumping into a small stream to get away. "Jerk," Zigzagoon could hear in the distance.

Rolling his eyes, Zigzagoon moved over to the bag, but a bright light from the bag made him pause. After a moment, the bag jumped around, startling him enough to land on his butt.

"'ello?" a voice called from the bag.

Zigzagoon opened the bag, and out popped a small, purple and pink dotted pokemon. It blinked up at him. "Hello! Hello!" he barked happily, jumping at Zigzagoon and nuzzling into his side.

Sighing, Zigzagoon nuzzled back. "So you're the kid," he muttered, picking the tiny pup up by his teeth and putting him on hs back.

"Where we goin'!?" the puppy asked excitedly, pretty much bouncing up and down on Zigzagoon's back.

"Out of here, it's too cold," Zigzagoon answered, already walking down the trail where he could hear a battle going on. Most likely it was Bryan.

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"Darn it! Hit it!" Bryan roared at his panting Sandshrew. The battle had gone on for a while now. His Sandshrew was winning against the Seel, but the water type was using the ice to its advantage and ramming repeatedly into Sandshrew.

Matt was having a similar problem with Snorunt. His Shinx wasn't faring well on the ice. However, the two ice pokemon were extremely tired from the constant attacks, and were near the end of their breaking point.

"Poison Sting!" Bryan demanded.

"Shrew! Shrew!" Sandshrew barked, spinning quickly and sending out the poison barbs.

"Seeel!" Seel wailed, trying to jump away. However, because it wasn't a very agile pokemon on land, it was hard for it to dodge, and thus got hit directly with the poison attack. "Se," Seel panted, poisoned and out of breath. As it closed its eyes, drifting into the unconcious world, it fell into a stream where it was swept away.

"No, Shinx!" Matt wailed pitifully as his pokemon used Spark on Snorunt. The cone pokemon lost conciousness as well as it fell into the stream, where it began to drift away as well.

Bryan glared at the retreating pokemon before sighing. "Well, at least you won," he said to Sandshrew.

"Shrew!" Sandshrew barked happily, wagging her tail.

"Zig," a new voice grunted, causing Bryan to turn.

"There you are," he scolded. "Where the hell have you been? And what the heck is that?"

"Goz," Zigzagoon grunted, glaring at Bryan before allowing the baby pokemon to drop from his back where it began to sniff Bryan and Sandshrew curiously, barking happily.

Bryan brought out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon.

Snubbull, the bite pokemon. Small pokemon run in fear of its Scary Face, but it is considered cute by women.

Bryan sneered at the entry, but looked over the pokemon. It was a shiny, and was considered rare. Not to mention that ots evolved pokemon was a real power house.

"So, you came out of the egg, huh?" Bryan questioned.

"Zgi," Zigzagoon nodded.

"Snuu!" Snubbull said happily running around in circles.

Bryan sighed and jerked his head toward the exit in the distance. "Let's get out of here. This was such a waste of time."

"Wai... wait!" Matt cried angrily. "Aren't you going to help me capture those pokemon?"

"No," Bryan said coldly.

"Goon," Zigzagoon sighed, leading the pokemon behind Bryan, and toward the exit.

 

[The Kricket]

After his encounter with the irritable Sandshrew, Alex continued down Route 2. Soon, he arrived at what was his map told him was the next step on his journey: The Seafoam cave. As he approached the cave, he slowed, mentally making a checklist of everything that he might need in a cave; rope, a flashlight, although after his adventure in the magma caves the battery was running down, food and water. As he turned, to make sure he had all of these, he felt a sort of rumbling in his backpack. Surprised, and hoping that the Pokémon egg wasn't blowing up, he opened the bag. Sure enough, it was the Pokémon egg, but it didn't seem to be blowing up, rather it seemed to be shedding its outer coat.

Alex could easily guess what was happening: the egg was hatching. Looking around, and realizing that he was terribly exposed, he quickly picked up his pack and scampered off of the road. Hiding behind a row of bushes, he spread his jacket out, and put the egg on it. Little by little the egg cracked, until finally it burst apart. From its ruins a small golden pokemon emerged. Scanning it with pokedex, he realized that it was a Pichu; a small mouse-like Pokémon. A bit bothered to have to take care of a baby Pokemon, but seeing nothing else to he decided to continue on his journey.

Rummaging through his bag, he pulled out a blanket. Quickly he wrapped the pokemon in it, he didn't want to try putting it in a pokeball only a few minutes after its birth. Donning his own jacket, and bracing himself for the cold, he prepared to enter the Seafoam Cave. It was, as a he expected rather cold, and his coat did little to help him against the encroaching cold. Once inside, he started walking as fast as possible, hoping to make it out as soon as he could. Unfortunately that was not to be. He had only walked some two hundred paces, when his progress was arrested by a shout, "Stop!" turning to look, Alex saw that the speaker was a man, presumable a trainer now walking towards him, through the cave.

The Trainer was short and wide, extremely wide. Although, Alex could see that most of this bulk was made up of coats. The boy appeared to be wearing multiple, maybe five or six, coats and seemed to be having trouble moving in them. But, although his movement was slow, he still seemed insanely calm, as he continued yelling at Alex "Good Sir, are you perhaps, a trainer of Pokemon?"

Not quite sure how to respond, Alex slowly nodded. Enthused, the boy "then I challenge you to… A BATTLE!" Alex couldn't quite understand the boys reasoning, and continued walking past him, to tired and cold to reply. The boy at first seem enraged by his lack of response, then somewhat nonplused as if he had never considered this possibility. Then, as if he had realized something, he grabbed a Pokeball, and threw it at the ground in front of Alex,

"Go Geodude!" he shouted, continuing "I will not let you pass until you battle me."

Alex shrugged, "Okay kid, I surrender, you win."

"Yes, okay Geodude use- what? You can't just surrender, you have to put up a fight first." The kid yelled, once again incredulous.

"Why, what if I recognize your innate superiority and clear awesomeness, and realize that I cannot hope to contend with you?" The boy seemed, while not satisfied, at least glad that someone realize how cool he was. And while he was patting himself on the back, Alex slipped past the Geodude, running down the Corridor. Soon, he heard an angry voice yelling after him, but he did not pause, and if anything ran faster through the dark cave.