Micah M. Says:

I do not own Pokemon. It belongs to the creators and I DO NOT want to pass this off as me claiming it is. The towns and characters are purely fictional. Also sorry for the minor grammar and spelling mistakes.

(Inspired by Breezy) All Pokemon Speech will be signified with a BOLD mark. (Example if a Pikachu cries it'll appear as Chu! Pikachu!)

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"You still chasing that damn dream of becoming a Gym Leader eh? I'll tell you what. If your Pokemon don't listen to you kid you won't ever make it!" the cloaked Trainer standing opposite of Eric Andrews readied the Pokeball in his hand. He smirked and through it into the middle of the battle ground.

The white flash revealed a monstrous Rhydon staring down Eric. Eric bit his bottom lip and let his own Pokeball go. However nothing came out. Eric fearing for the worst noticed that he suddenly appeared in the middle of the battle. He saw Rhydon charging at him. Eric began to dart away from the charging Pokemon and felt it's presence behind him. He couldn't catch his breath and could hardly breath. His throat felt like it was closing on him. Eric began to choke and cough when he felt the horn from the Rhydon's head thrust into his back.

"ERIC Andrews! Look alive!" Eric shook off his fantasy scenario and realized he was in the middle of class. He noticed the class was staring at him like he had four heads.

"Sorry Ms. Reynolds." the class giggled and turned back around. The teacher went on with her daily lesson. Eric was a seventeen year old Pokemon trainer who was stuck to his own hometown. The town of Cyan Grove. Home to many small businesses, antique shops and the Cyan Grove Gym. Led by Eric's own older brother.

Eric was of average height and quite skinny. His hair reached down to a little below his ears and curled toward the bottom. He usually clad comfortable clothing and didn't particular care of 'styles' nor did he ever care for what was popular. Eric wanted to be himself and he did so with pride.

He began doodling the notes for the day as a well as a drawing of a Rhydon that he had conjured up from the frightening day dream. As the bell for the class to end rang he gathered his things and was ready to leave the class before the teacher could pull himself aside. "Mr. Andrews? May I have a word with you?" he heard several girls snickering and he couldn't help but sigh and walk to the teachers desk.

"Yes Ms. Reynolds?" he could look at the sympathetic eyes of the teacher and know he wasn't in much trouble but couldn't help to feel embarrassed.

"You haven't fallen asleep in the class for quite awhile. I suppose your brother had some rough battles last night huh?" she said packing her own things. It was the beginning of their week's vacation and even the teachers were excited about it.

"Yeah I guess. You know a few Electrodes using Self-Destruct and Tyranitars using Earthquakes can really put a tamper on my sleep schedule." Eric said nervously scratching the back of his head. He had always had that nervous tick ever since he was a child. Thus why he quickly learned not to lie. Not because of fear of being caught but because he knew he wouldn't be able to pull it off.

"Yes, I suppose you're right. I'm not going to write you up or anything. Just try and let your brother know to close the Gym early or something. Which reminds me. My nephew is on his way to Cyan Grove and wanted to test your brother's skills. He is a decent trainer with three badges I think. Let your brother know that he has a decent battle ahead of him." Eric always loved Ms. Reynolds and remembered times when his older brother would hang out with her after school and he even thinks they dated sometimes. But these were thoughts that even Eric didn't dream about.

"Yeah sure. I'll pass it along. Well, I wanted to do some training with my newest catch today so I got to get going. I'll see you around town. See you later!" Eric walked down the near deserted halls and noticed a particular kid still struggling with his backpack and books. The kid was Alex Manchester. A sophomore who befriended Eric simply by standing up to the older guys who were picking on him. That and he had a really strong Electabuzz to show off to the other kids.

Eric approached him and stood behind Alex's locker's door. So as Alex shut it he was spooked by Eric's appearing trick. Eric laughed and padded Alex on the shoulder.

"So I fell asleep in Ms. Reynolds class again. It was pretty embarrassing." Alex hoisted his backpack on one shoulder and continued to breath heavily.

"Oh wow. You got caught again huh?" Alex was a bit shorter then Eric but was a bit bigger in terms of build and certainly more muscular then Eric. "Say I caught a new Pokemon this morning. I want to try it out. Battle me!" Alex had always been blunt.

"Deal! Oh wait. I was supposed to help my brother right after school. Miltank had made a mess out of one of the rocks in the gym using Take Down. So promised to help clean the field a bit cleaner." Eric's brother had a thing for Ground and Rock types since he was a child. His first catch was a Sandshrew using one of their fathers Pokemon. And since then he had an agenda using the types. His all time favorite Pokemon. And his buddy out of battle was a Marowak who had a tendency to playfully follow Eric's brother around the Gym and attached house.

"So? We'll battle and then help Jeremy! Come on man I've been really anxious all day to test this baby out! I caught him using one of my last Great Balls too! Sucker wouldn't stay in a Pokeball!" Alex had already taken out the Ball to show Eric. Eric gave him a sarcastic thumbs up as they pushed the school doors outside to witness a battle already taking place between two female trainers.

"Woh. Get a load of this! A Gligar versus a Poliwhirl! Want to stay and see what happens?" Eric said nudging Alex who had already been entranced by the battle. Eric sighed and found a comfortable seat.

"Gligar use Screech!" the Gligar circled around the Poliwhirl and emit a loud cry which seemed to make the Poliwhirl drop it's defense a bit. "Follow it up with an Aerial Ace!" Gligar flew high into the sky and quickly slashed Poliwhirl using the tips of its wings. The Poliwhirl fell to the ground and was obviously knocked out. The Gligar's blonde trainer recalled the Flyscorpion Pokemon and grabbed another Pokeball. The opposing trainer held up her hand and returned the fainted water Pokemon.

"I don't have anymore. Good battle Trish! Maybe when I get a few more we can battle again. That Gligar is tough." the trainer picked up her purse and waved goodbye. The boys nodded to her and stood up and walked to Trish.

"Hey great win there!" Alex put out his hand and Eric stood nervously next to him.

"Yeah I guess. That Poliwhirl was really under leveled though. I'm sure if she trained a bit she could have taken me out!" the girl named Trish was a taller blonde girl also donning the school's uniform. She however, had a patch that signified her as a member of the school council. Eric had noticed her in the halls but never knew her name. She was fairly pretty but wouldn't be the type of girl Eric would show interest in. Alex however showed interest in many girls usually all at once.

"Say my friend Eric here used to..." Trish eyes lit up and her glanced immediately changed to Eric who was once again scratching the back of his neck.

"Eric? Eric Andrews? Your older brother is Jeremy Andrew of our towns Gym! Wow. I can't believe I never met you!" she put out her hand and Eric openly accepted. "Your brother is a damn good Leader. Does our town really well. I hear he recently went up against a Dragonite and won huh? You see that one?" of course Eric did. For a whole month it was the hot buzz that somehow used a Dragonite and came up short. Jeremy was in newspapers for the next few days for interviews and articles. Eric got the chance to see it and by the end of the week he was sick of hearing of it.

"Yeah. It was a pretty decent match." Eric shyly brushed off the topic and smiled.

"I bet! So Alex you up for that date tomorrow night?" Eric glanced at Alex's beaming face. He couldn't' believe his friend had actually asked her out.

"Sure am!" Alex rubbed his hands together and widened his eyes.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me you were friends with an Andrews. My dad used to remember when Jeremy's Tyranitar was still a Larvitar! He never shut up about the rare catch for days." Eric knew the feeling all too well.

"Yeah well. Like I was saying before you rudely interrupted me.." Trish playfully elbowed Alex in the ribs. "Was that Eric here had a pretty strong Poliwhirl for awhile. You should have seen that one! Man it was great! Until he gave it to his sister for her a playmate." It was true. For awhile Eric trained a Poliwag that his younger sister caught during a family outing. He had since evolved it and gave it back. The Poliwhirl luckily stayed playful after evolution and now was usually with his sister Lindsay. Besides Eric had his own signature Pokemon.

"Aw, that is really sweet of you Eric. So you still have Pokemon or no?" she asked grabbing her purse and brushing off her skirt.

"Yeah. It's been mine for quite awhile. I also recently caught another one after school yesterday. So I have two right now. Not to mention a really old Growlithe at home who usually just sleeps and eats." the three of them laughed and Eric suddenly felt comfortable around Trish.

"Ah. So you wanna show me? I have some time to kill." Trish asked with her palms together and looking through her blonde bangs.

"Yeah dude! We can have that battle we were discussing!" Alex chimed in and looked eager.

"You two were going to battle?" Trish responded acting quite surprised.

"Yeah just a quick thing. Two Pokemon each. Both of us caught new ones yesterday so we wanted to give them a go." Eric said pulling out a Pokeball from his messenger bag.

"Yeah awesome! Alright. Lets do this!" Alex said putting down his bag and Eric followed swiftly. He smiled as he always did before a battle.

"Don't go easy on me Alex! Let it all out!" Eric tossed the Pokeball into the middle of the field they had moved to. Trish took a seat on a nearby bench with much excitement. The white form began to get color to reveal an average sized dog-like Pokemon. However sparks were coming from it as it let out a cute little howl. This Pokemon was Eric's new Electrike!

"Oh crap! An Electrike eh? Well, this doesn't bode well for me!" Alex let his own Pokeball go to reveal a small lobster-esque Pokemon named Corphish. The boys both heard oohs and aahs coming from Trish.

"Yeah! Lets get it started! Electrike use Howl!" Electrike howled loudly as it stood proudly. However, Corphish didn't seem affected by the Howl at all. "Crap!" Eric said as he stood ready for his next course of action.

"Wait huh? Doesn't Howl lower my Pokemons attack power? Whats going on here?" Alex stood with his arms crossed looking the battle.

"Yeah Al but Corphish's natural ability is Hyper Cutter! It makes sure Corphish's Attack can't be lowered by any means!" Trish yelled from her seat. Alex smirked and got into a battle stance.

"Awesome! Corphish using Harden to make sure you can't be touched!" Eric smiled which set Alex a bit off kilter.

"Electrike use a Thunder Wave to paralyze Corphish!" Electrike let out a Trike and it's body began to give off massive waves of electricity. It sent a bolt in Corphish's direction and connected. Corphish cringed and was left helpless. "Finish it off with Tackle!" Electrike began to gain momentum and charged toward the Ruffian Pokemon.

"Corphish try and use a Vicegrip!" Alex shouted as Corphish managed with its paralysis to bring it's left pincer to grab hold of Electrike's paw and squeeze. Electrike winced as Eric stood in shock of the bravery of Corphish.

"Finish it off with a Thundershock."As Electrike was being held by it's paw it let out a few volts of eletricity through it's body and into Corphish. Corphish staggered and fell to the ground.

"Damn!" Alex returned his Pokemon and sighed. "Well, it'll be interesting to see these Pokemon grow huh Eric?" Eric scoffed and returned Electrike.

"Sure will!" Eric smiled and took out the only other Pokeball.

"That was great guys!" Trish shouted.

"Ready for this? What is this our one hundredth rematch with these guys?" Alex said also taking out his last Pokeball.

"Something like that! Hah!" Eric readied the final round.

"Well, lets go for it! Go Electabuzz!" as the Pokeball hit the ground a furry, electrifying Pokemon filled the space. Electabuzz. It led out it's signature cry and pounded its chest.

"Electabuzz never seizes to impress me." Eric let out his Pokemon and smurked.

"Lets go for the gold..." Eric said underneath his breath as his Pokemon came to shape.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this fanfiction. Like I said earlier I obviously came up with my own town and what not to have this take place in. I'd love the opinions you have to share so negative or positive write me a review!