A/N: Back for the month to update. Remember my promise? This time I actually stuck to the schedule to post. Basically, just read the summary. (I know, I love you too. ♥o♥)

Summary:

Aly Michala and frenemy Caitlin Corona are competing against each other for a prestigious spot as Pokemon Rangers in Fiorre cities. But in order to qualify, they are enrolled in a Ranger Academy, where the best and brightest learn to shine. The problem is, can they?

When they get to Ranger Academy, though, Aly and Caitlin spot major differences than back home at Kanto. First of all, you are only allowed to keep 3 Pokemon on you at the school, which means the other 3 will be deserted. Secondly, RA is not just a school. It's a boarding school...with guys mixed in it... Oh, and then there's all the new equipment. Next? You actually have classes! And not just Ranger Training. there's also PE, and Pokemon History. Oh, and don't forget the lovely HEALTH class. Another thing--as a beginning-end of school project, everyone enrolled has to have seen and/or caught and released at least 100 Pokemon.

So...Capture On!


Capture On!

Chapter 1: The Teeny Tiny Teleportation Scheme


"AGHHH!!!" The scream cut through the silent September air as a girl pounded her fists at a messily-drawn map.

"You call this a map? It's gibberish! Come back here, you little---. Come back here with my money!" Aly spun around, her raven colored hair (streaked with red highlights) flying as she ran wildly in pursuit of the man that had just sold her the map.

Now to think of it, he did have a weird gleam in his eyes when I told him I needed directions to get to the Academy, Aly thought, jumping over a tree that fell over. Oh, but that doesn't batter now! I just want my money back- I didn't pay 5 G for a map with sloppy handwriting!

"Hey, come back! I told you to COME BACK!" she screamed as a shadow fleeted across her vision behind a few trees. Aly suddenly halted.

"That's it..." she clenched her fists around a Great Ball, and threw it in the air. "Kadabra, come on out!" A Psychic type with a spoon in one hand launched out of the ball. "Teleport me- us, I mean, to the exact location the man is in!" Aly stopped, pausing for breath as she pointed northward to the direction he fled in. "Need revenge...Use your Psychic power to find out where he is first though."

"Dabra!" the Pocket Monster grunted a response as a purple aurora surrounded him, then touched Aly's shoulder when he found where the man was.


In a really, really weird way, you could say they landed where they were supposed to. If you call "where they were supposed to land" on top of the dude's back, then they landed correctly.

"Give...me...my...money..back..." Aly said, trying to hold down her small frame on top of his back.

"GETCHA ASS OFF OF ME FIRST, YOU OLD WOMAN!"

Aly's eyes flashed a dangerous dusky brown. She looked at Kadabra sitting next to her, and he nodded, the same glint in his eyes when he read her thoughts. Slowly, Aly got up. "You wanted it this way, now you're getting it."

As predicted, the man hurriedly shot up from his position on the ground, trying to make a run for it. He was going to regret it soon.

"Kadabra ka!"

"Psychic!" Aly translated, watching cheerily as the guy was lifted from his running position.

"What?!?! Hey, this ain't fair! You have Psychic power! All I have are muscles!"

"All brawn and no brain, for sure dude." Aly remarked, sticking out her tongue at him and blowing a raspberry. "Hey, you were mean to me first...now, I know this isn't an attack but...GO GET HIM, KADABRA!"

Using Psychic, Kadabra spun the guy a few times in the air doing cartwheels, had fun tossing him up like a coin and guessing if he'll land on 'Heads' or 'Tails' (or in this case, 'Arse') when thrown into the sky and dumped on the ground while flipping over, and had too much fun playing "Whack A Tree" with the guy as the mallet, and trees as the goal. Only someone with true imagination could picture what this was like. Throughout whole procedure, the guy was screaming "HEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP!" (Except for the times he landed on 'Heads' and was the mallet for "Whack A Tree."

Shiny gold and silver coins rained down on Aly and the forest-y area around them. When a huge wad of money fell from the guy's jacket pocket onto the ground, Aly rushed at it, despite being doubled over from laughing so hard. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7," she counted. "Good enough."

"TEVEN THOUSAND THOLLARS?" The guy screamed when Kadabra finally stopped from his game of "Whack A Tree."

Aly looked at him with raised a eyebrow. She made an arm gesture around his mouth. "Can't hear you with all the leaves stuffed in there." she said, then burst into laughter at the sight of colorful autumn leaves stuffed in his jacket and sweater. "You...look...like...a...stuffed...turkey!" She finally managed to choke out.

He spluttered, and the leaves came out of his mouth. "Seven thousand dollars? That map was only 5,000!"

"I know," the girl stated, regaining her composure and looking at him innocently after she stuffed the bills into her vest. "5,000 for the map, and another 2,000 for all the trouble it caused."

"THAT'S ALL...THE MONEY...I HAVE...YOU LITTLE..."

She sighed, put her hands on her hips, and looked up at him. "Okay, first yo call me an old woman, now you're calling me a midget."

"SO WHAT?" he retorted, flailing his arms at her to no avail.

"I prefer the word 'petite.'" Aly pouted, and waved the money in the air along with the scribbly map. "Thanks, mister!" she said, and waited for a full outrage. It came eventually.

"I can't believe this! I tricked you and you tricked me back?" he shouted, kicking the air, but at the exact same time, Kadabra, who was getting bored, had spun him again so that he was upside down now. More items fell onto the grassy area 10 feet below him.

"Oh well, look at that," Aly said, her eye connecting with a shiny gold coin. "Might as well pick it up,"

Aly whistled innocently as she reached down and picked the coin up. She quickly stuffed it in her jean pocket, her humming blocking the guy's string of curses. She was about to get back up, when she saw a glimpse of an ID card. "Huh?"

As Aly picked up the card, her root-beer colored eyes grew as she read it in shock. "Mister Tachiwa, RANGER ACADEMY PROFESSOR?!?!!?!" Aly stuffed the ID into her bag, then looked quickly at her Psychic Pokemon. She was in major trouble.

"Kadabra, FLASH!"


A Second Later ...

Aly and Kadabra landed neatly on a grassy area with a lake in the center of it.

"Thanks, Kadabra, you're a life-saver!" Aly enveloped the Pocket Monster into a tight hug, then let go, remembering the ID card she picked up. "So, he works at RA..."

"Dabra!" the Psychic Pokemon nodded in agreement.

"So..." Aly started to ask, looking at Kadabra curiously. "Just where did you Teleport him?"

The answer came telepathically into her mind: 'Russia'

...long pause...

"RUSSIA?!?!? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Aly exploded, chasing her Kadabra, who was now Teleporting randomly to avoid blows to his head. "I wanted him to be out of my sight---NOT OUT OF THE COUNTRY!! I don't want to be suspended from Ranger Academy even before I get there!"


In Russia:

"Fr--free---freezing-----ACHOO!" Mr. Tachiwa erupted into a full blown sneeze attack. "Ranger...Academy...girl...shall di----ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO!" He rubbed his red nose with his sleeve like a little kid. "Turning me into a Rudolph---ACHOO ACHOO ACHOO!!!! How dare they- ACHOO! How will I -ACHOO!- get back to Fiorre in this condition?"


to be continued (tbc)

tune back in at 6:00 on Saturday, Nov. 24t for the 2nd chapter of Capture On!

next time:

•East is Where Thy Heart Lies: Aly arrives at RA after blackmailing Caitlin to drive her there. As she's staring at the enormous RA campus, she meets a new friend. (Or something more)

A/N: Review, or Kadabra shall Teleport you to the moon...