A/N: It's been a week so here's chapter 2! Thanks to everyone who voted on my profile poll. The poll is still up, so if you haven't voted then please do. This isn't the most exciting chapter, but it gets better as it goes. Thanks for reading.
Cody's Pokémon Adventure
Chapter 2
It was ten a.m. when Cody, Noah and Bridgette entered the tall grass. They had officially left Pallet town behind and were now in Route 1. The grass was up to their knees as they took their first steps from home out into the world. They all kept what little they could take with them in backpacks they would carry everywhere. All three were a little nervous but wore excited expressions on their faces.
"This sure is exciting, huh guys?" Bridgette said.
"I know I'm excited!" Cody smiled up at her. "How about you Noah? Are you excited?"
"I'm just overflowing with excitement," Noah deadpanned before rolling his eyes.
Hearing this Bridgette began to giggle. It was only when Cody spoke up that she stopped. "So are there any wild Pokémon out here?" he asked.
"Not many." Noah answered. "But from what my grandpa told me there are a few different kinds. Luckily none of them are that strong."
"So they'd be good for beginners like us huh?" Bridgette surmised.
"Yeah, but that also means they're all incredibly common. There's nothing rare around here."
But Cody didn't agree. "Pokémon don't need to be rare Noah. I've heard even common Pokémon can be great if they're well trained and their trainer cares for them."
"Maybe, but that's a lot more work." Noah pointed out. "Plus there's always going to be some Pokémon that just don't measure up no matter how they're trained."
Cody frowned. He couldn't help but think Noah was looking at this the wrong way but didn't want to argue. Luckily for him, Bridgette changed the subject. "Well I'm not worried about whether the Pokémon is rare or not; I just want to catch some! This should be a good place to practice with my Squirtle." Encouraged by her positive attitude, the three marched on.
Route 1 consisted of flat grassy plains. There were no hills and you could see things coming from a while off. There was a fair amount of tall grass but it wouldn't be too hard to avoid if someone wanted to. Every now and then the group would pass a tree or two but other than that it was pretty barren.
"Hey look!" Cody said a few minutes later. He pointed at the ground in front of them to their left. The other two looked and spotted a Pidgey pecking at the ground. They had of course seen flocks of Pidgey already flying overhead but this was the first one they've spotted on the ground. "A Pidgey!"
"A bird Pokémon huh?" Bridgette pulled out her Pokedex. The device registered the Pokémon and pulled up a picture of it. "Pidgey: the tiny bird Pokémon." The Pokedex spoke. "Pidgey are very common in forests and woods. If attacked, they will often kick up sand to defend themselves."
"Just like I thought." Noah said. "Route one is full of very common Pokémon."
"Go Squirtle!" Bridgette called out her starter Pokémon. It burst from its pokeball and looked around.
"What are you doing?" Cody asked.
"Bird Pokémon are very useful." Bridgette said. "So I'm going to capture this little guy. Plus it should be good practice for Squirtle." She then turned back to her Pokémon. "Squirtle attack! Use tackle!"
"Squirtle!" The water Pokémon lunged at the bird. Pidgey was caught unaware and took the full brunt of the attack. However it quickly got back up and into the air. It began to flap its wings furiously creating strong winds that hit Bridgette's Squirtle.
"It's using it's gust attack." Noah explained.
"Squirtle use tackle again!" Bridgette ordered. Her Pokémon attempted another tackle but couldn't reach the wild Pidgey. "It's too high up." She bit her lip. "Okay use tail whip instead!"
Squirtle turned around and waved its tail back and forth at the Pidgey. The wild Pokémon's defenses were lowered and it got closer to the ground before using another gust attack. Squirtle took some more damage but was still okay. "Now try tackling it again!" Bridgette said.
Her Squirtle nodded and this time when it leapt up it reached its target. It knocked Pidgey out of the sky and onto it's back. It was clearly knocked out. "Alright now, go pokeball!" Bridgette pulled out one of the five empty pokeballs Professor Oak had given her and tossed it straight at the Pidgey.
The wild Pokémon was instantly sucked straight inside the ball. It began to shake from side to side for a few seconds. The shaking became less and less frequent before finally stopping with a click. "Yes!" Bridgette jumped up excitedly. She ran over and picked up the pokeball holding her new Pidgey. "I caught my first Pokémon!"
"Great job Bridgette!" Cody congratulated her.
"Oh yes, quite the achievement." Noah said sarcastically.
"Coming from the guy with only one Pokémon." Bridgette stuck out her tongue.
Cody laughed. "She's got you there dude."
"Whatever," Noah rolled his eyes. "I'm not going to waste my time catching anything here. Let's move on shall we?"
The three teens continued on their way through route 1 at a leisurely pace. They occasionally came across another person wandering around. Some of these people were friendly while others just wanted to keep to themselves. But none of the people they came across were other Pokémon trainers. Noah said that while it was possible, it wasn't very likely anyone but new trainers would hang around route 1.
They spotted some more Pidgey's along the way along with a few Rattatas. There didn't seem to be any other Pokémon around though. Cody, Noah and Bridgette each got some practice in having Pokémon battles against these wild Pokémon. Their Pokémon gained some much needed experience.
It was almost one p.m. when they decided to stop for lunch. None of them brought a picnic blanket so instead they sat on the grass underneath a tree and pulled what food they had out of their backpacks. Cody was drinking large gulps from his water bottle when Bridgette offered to share some of her lunch.
"Anyone want a sandwich?" She asked. In her outstretched hand she held a sandwich with meat, vegetables and cheese on it. "My mom wanted to make me some so I didn't get hungry on the walk to Viridian and she went a little overboard."
"Sure," Cody took a sandwich and thanked her. Noah did the same. They were all happily enjoying their lunches when they found themselves interrupted by a Pokémon.
"Rattata! Rattata!" A small purple rat-like Pokémon had approached and was now snapping at them.
"Do you think it's hungry?" Bridgette asked.
Cody stood up. "I think it just wants to battle." He pulled out his pokeball and clicked the center returning it to normal size. "Go Bulbasaur!"
Bulbasaur popped out of the pokeball and began battling the Rattata. Bridgette and Noah however did not get up or stop eating. "Cody's wrong." Noah said in-between bites. "Every other Rattata we've come across has fled unless we began the battle. That one just wants some food is all."
Bridgette nods her head in agreement. "I think Cody just wants one for himself."
As she was saying this Bulbasaur tackled the Rattata for the second time and knocked it out. Cody pulled out an empty pokeball and tossed it at the wild Pokémon. "Go pokeball!" Similar to what happened when Bridgette caught her Pidgey, the pokeball shook for a few seconds before going still.
"Whoo!" Cody cheered as he held up the pokeball. "Hey guys, I caught that Rattata."
"We saw," Noah said as he continued eating his sandwich.
Cody shrugged. "Might as well feed the little guy." He held out the pokeball to call out his new Pokémon when Bridgette stopped him.
"Cody don't," the blonde told him. "Your Pokémon is unconscious remember? You need to get it to a Pokémon center first."
"Oh right," the brunette looked embarrassed. "Sorry I forgot."
"Don't worry about it." She told him. "There's one in Viridian City so you don't have to wait too long."
Noah stood up and picked up his stuff. "Well I'm done eating. Let's go."
"Oh wait!" Cody said worried. "I haven't finished eating yet!"
A few hours later the three teens had made it to the end of route 1 and were approaching Viridian City. Pallet Town and Viridian City were pretty close to each other but it still took them till late afternoon to walk all the way from one to the other. Both Noah and Cody were tired from walking most of the day while Bridgette was only slightly fatigued.
"Ughh I hate walking." Noah groaned as they entered the town. "Isn't there a bus I can ride instead?"
Bridgette smirked and wrapped her arm around the smaller boy's shoulder. "You better get used to it Noah. If you want to be a Pokémon trainer you're going to have to do a lot of walking."
Noah scoffed. "Says you. First chance I get I'm buying a bike."
"Wow you have enough money for a bike?" Cody asked. "I heard bikes were really expensive."
Bridgette shook her head. "He does not have enough money for a bike."
"Not yet I don't," Noah corrected her. "But after I defeat a few dozen trainers I'll have more than enough money." He paused as he realized they were in the middle of Viridian City. "We made it…finally."
"Huh," Cody looked around. "I almost imagined it would be bigger than this."
"It's still much bigger than Pallet." Bridgette said optimistically.
"I guess that's true."
"Alright guys, it's time to split up." Noah told his two friends. "But before we do I have something to give to the two of you." He reached into a pocket in the front of his backpack and pulled out two folded up maps. "These are maps that show the entire Kanto region." He handed one to Cody and the other to Bridgette.
"Hey thanks." Cody unfolded his to get a better look.
Noah shrugged. "Don't thank me, thank my sister. She's the one who gave me three of them and told me to give them to you guys."
"Well next time I see your sister I'll be sure to thank her." Cody winked.
"Cody I swear, if you hit on my sister one more time-
"Thank you Noah," Bridgette interrupted. "I really appreciate it." She moved toward him and pulled him into a hug. Noah was surprised by the sudden affection but eventually gave a small hug back. "I'm going to miss you, even if you are kind of a jerk."
"How touching," the boy said sarcastically as the blonde let go. But despite his tone she could tell Noah was actually smiling a little.
She then moved over to Cody and gave him a hug too. Cody was better prepared and hugged her back. "You too Cody," she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and squeezed. "You be careful okay?"
"I will Bridge, I promise."
"Good," she finished her hug but as she pulled away she couldn't resist the desire to give him a goodbye kiss on the cheek. Both cheeks were soon tinged red in a blush. She giggled slightly. "Let's all promise to meet up again soon, okay?"
Both Noah and Cody nodded. "I bet I'll have caught more Pokémon than you, Noah." Cody told his rival.
"Maybe you will," Noah shrugged. "But I'll have twice the amount of gym badges as you. And next time we have a Pokémon battle I'll win for sure."
"Don't plan on it." Cody then held out his hand and Noah shook it.
"Alright I'm heading straight to the Viridian gym." Noah said. "See you two later." He then turned and walked away. Both Bridgette and Cody watched him go for a minute before Bridgette turned around.
"I think I'll go to the Pokémon center first." she said. "I want to make sure my Pokémon are in tip-top shape before I go any further. I heard it's a while between here and the next center. Well, goodbye Cody and good luck."
"Bye Bridgette!" Cody waved as his friend walked away. Now he was alone. Cody wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do first. Going to the Pokémon center sounded like a good idea but he thought first he'd explore Viridian City.
Like he previously observed upon entering the city, Viridian was not very big. It was only known for two things: having a Pokémon gym and being the closest town to the Pokémon league. Apart from that there wasn't much going on. Cody passed numerous houses and a few shops but didn't see anything interesting until he stumbled across a few street vendors.
After buying a fried candy bar for a snack he kept walking. He turned a corner and saw the Poke-Mart standing alone. Though he had never been to one before it was instantly recognizable by its blue roof, pokeball sign on top, and the word Mart in big letters on the left side.
I've always wanted to go to a Poke Mart, Cody thought to himself as he walked inside. The inside of the story was well lit and cool, but rather small. Cody assumed this was simply because they didn't sell anything besides Pokémon trainer supplies. There was an average looking man in his late twenties behind the counter that greeted him. "Welcome!" He said. "Feel free to take a look around. If I can help in any way please don't hesitate to ask."
"Okay, thanks." Cody told the guy before walking down one of the aisles. He came across pokeballs, potions, antidotes and more. "What should I get?" Cody asked himself. He checked his wallet first. The teen had didn't have that many Pokedollars. He had enough to get by but knew until he managed to get some more he would have to be careful with his money.
"I should at least buy a potion," Cody said picking up a basic potion off the top shelf. As he did this he heard whispers from the next aisle over.
"…did you hear?"
"Yes, yes, such a shame."
"And talk about close! Why it was only a city away…"
Cody wasn't sure what the voices were talking about but he found his curiosity piqued. Turning the corner he poked his head out of the next aisle. Two older women were chatting quietly in the corner of the shop. They didn't spot Cody so he was able to listen in on their conversation.
"…can't believe what that Team Rocket gets away with."
"Oh I know! And just last year they were a group of nobodies."
"Criminals are like that. Nobody likes to think they're a danger until it's too late."
"I just feel terrible for all those trainers. Losing your Pokémon must be unbearable!"
The other woman nodded. Cody pulled his head back and walked away. He thought about what he just heard. People were stealing Pokémon? Could it be true? He'd never heard of any Team Rocket but that didn't mean much. Pallet wasn't exactly a news hub.
"How terrible." he said out loud.
"What's terrible?"
Cody looked up in surprise to see he was standing in front of the counter where the guy from before was looking at him strangely. "N-Nothing!" Cody said embarrassed. "I just want to buy this potion." He put the potion up on the counter.
"Sure," the guy shrugged and rung it up. Cody paid the man before leaving the Poke Mart. After putting the potion in an empty pocket in his backpack he looked around. It wasn't quite dark yet so Cody decided to finish exploring before heading over to the Pokémon center.
He started walking west for a few minutes thinking that's where the Pokémon gym might be. Unfortunately there wasn't anything out there and soon found himself outside of Viridian City. He stopped when he came across a sign informing him that he was approaching route 22. Cody was about to turn back when he heard the alarming sound of someone crying.
He ran toward the sound. The crying grew louder as he approached and Cody could tell it was definitely a girl's voice. It wasn't long before he came across a girl sitting on the ground covered in dirt sobbing. He could tell right away the girl must be around his age, but didn't get a better look at her before she spotted him coming towards her.
"W-What do you want?" She asked him gulping down tears.
Cody momentarily found himself at a loss for words. He had been worried someone was in trouble or had been hurt and hadn't been prepared to deal with a crying teenage girl. "I-I heard you crying." He managed to get out. "Are…you okay?"
"No!" She shook her head. "I'm not okay!" Cody could see behind her wet tears this girl had big blue eyes.
"I'm sorry." He told her before offering his hand. "Do you need help getting up?"
The girl nodded and took his outstretched hand. Once she got to her feet she began to wipe the tears from her eyes. Still feeling a bit awkward Cody said the only thing that he could think of: his name. "My name is Cody."
"I'm…Lindsay." The no-longer crying girl told him. Now that she was standing Cody could get a better look at her. Despite her red eyes, Lindsay had a very cute face, good figure, and fairly large breasts that Cody had difficulty looking away from. She wore a blue bandana through her long blonde hair along with a sleeveless brown top over a red top, a light orange mini skirt and brown cowboy boots. She was quite the sight to behold.
"What happened?" Cody eventually asked. "What are you doing out here?"
"Well Colby," Cody cringed as she remembered his name wrong, "I-I don't even know anymore!" She cried out.
"Wait don't cry!" Cody begged her before she burst into tears again. "Please don't cry! Do you think you could try to start from the beginning?"
Lindsay sniffled, "Okay. This all started because my daddy got mad at me. He wanted me to be a Pokémon trainer, but I didn't really want to. Then he said all I ever do is waste all of his money buying clothes which is not true! I buy a lot of other things like makeup, shoes, cute stickers…"
Cody coughed into his hand. "Umm Lindsay? You were talking about your dad?"
"Huh? Oh yeah," she remembered where she was. "Anyway he got mad and said I had to be a Pokémon trainer now! So he gave me my Pokémon and kicked me out of the house and said I couldn't come back until I became a Pokémon trainer and had a "better understanding of the world", whatever that means." She sniffled.
"Okay," Cody nodded. "But what are you doing out here?"
"Well I really didn't want to have to walk around Kanto becoming a Pokémon trainer so I thought I'd take a shortcut." She explained. "That nice lady at the Pokémon center told me if I followed route twenty-two I would eventually get to the Pokémon league. I thought if I just went there and beat everyone really quick he'd let me come home."
She huffed. "But those meanies wouldn't even let me in! They said I needed all seven gym badges to get in. I told them I didn't have any badges but asked them nicely to let me in anyway, but they still wouldn't! Then they got mad at me and kicked me out here. And that's why I'm crying and covered in dirt!"
"Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that." Cody told her. His brain was trying to process what he had just heard. Taking a deep breath he tried to put together what he knew about this girl. He knew she must be pretty dumb or at least incredibly naive if her story was true. She also sounded very spoiled and not at all used to hardship. On the other hand, Cody felt bad for her and didn't just want to leave her out here. That wasn't something he'd be able to live with.
Plus she was hot.
"Listen Lindsay, why don't you come with me?" The male teen offered. "I'm a new Pokémon trainer and I was going to spend the night at the Pokémon center. I'm sure if you came with me you could cleaned up, get some food and have a place to sleep for the night. What do you say?"
"But…I don't even know you Colby."
"First off my name is Cody." He corrected her politely. "And that's okay because I don't really know you either. But if you come with me I promise to answer any questions you have and then you'll get to know me. How does that sound?"
"Hmm…" Lindsay's head tilted to the side as she thought about the offer. "Okay!" She smiled. "You seem like a nice guy so I'm sure you're telling the truth."
"Umm…yeah." Cody again saw how naïve this girl was. It's probably a good thing I found her, Cody thought. And not somebody else. "Just follow me Lindsay, I know the way."
"It's not a long walk is it Colby? Because my feet are killing me."
"…"
It took less than half an hour to get back into town and find the Pokémon center but it certainly seemed longer. Cody was excited to get to go inside for the first time. The building was instantly recognizable thanks to its bright red roof. It was getting dark so Cody and Lindsay hurried inside where the lights were on.
"Oh thank God, we're here!" Lindsay sighed in relief.
Cody looked around. The place was larger on the inside than it looked on the outside. It was very clean and appeared well taken care of. In the lobby he could see numerous couches, chairs and tables. Some of them were even occupied by other Pokémon trainers. However Cody didn't spot either of his two friends.
He walked up to the front counter with Lindsay behind him. Nurse Joy was behind the counter looking at a computer screen while a nearby Chansey took care of things nearby. As the two approached Nurse Joy saw them and her eyes lit up in recognition. "Oh good you came back!" Cody realized she was talking to Lindsay.
Nurse Joy reached under the counter and pulled out a pink backpack. "You left this in the lobby when you were here earlier. I was worried you wouldn't come back for it."
"Oh hey my backpack!" Lindsay rushed forward and took it from the nurse. "I was looking for this. All my stuff is in here. Isn't that great Colby?"
Cody nodded. "That's great Lindsay."
"Is there something I can do for you?" Nurse Joy asked him.
"Yes, I'd like my Pokémon healed please."
"Of course," she smiles. Cody hands her his two pokeballs which she places in a machine. "It'll take a few minutes for your Pokémon to heal."
Cody nodded and walked away from the counter along with Lindsay who started rifling through her backpack. "Do you need your Pokémon healed?"
"No thanks," she pulled a pokeball out of her pocket and held it up for him to see. "My Pokémon didn't get hurt."
"Lindsay do you only have one Pokémon?"
"Yes," she nodded. "Just the one."
"But you tried to take on the elite four?"
"Yes Colby, didn't I already tell you this?"
"Just making sure." Cody sighed. "Listen why don't you get us a table and I'll find us some food okay?"
"Okay!"
Cody walked out of the lobby and into an adjacent room. He had to admit he was a little relieved to be away from Lindsay. Being around her was quite exhausting; though he didn't dislike her. Pokémon centers usually served food to traveling trainers and this one was no different. Cody didn't have any trouble finding the cafeteria part of the center where a Chansey was serving up bowls of soup. After getting a bowl for himself and Lindsay he headed back.
He found the blonde sitting at an empty table cleaning herself off with a hand towel and fixing her hair. "I got us some soup," he placed a bowl in front of her.
"Oh good," she grabbed a spoon and scooped up some soup from the bowl. "I'm famished." Both teens began to eat quietly. Once they were finished Cody decided it was time to answer any questions Lindsay had.
Her questions were basic and so Cody answered them easily. He told her the basics of his life. That his name was Cody, not Colby, that he was from Pallet town and that he had left to become a Pokémon trainer just that day. He then finished it off by showing her his Bulbasaur once he got it back from Nurse Joy.
"Aww how cute!" Lindsay gushed as she petted the top of the grass Pokémon. "I wish I had one."
That reminded Cody of the one question he wanted to ask. "So Lindsay, what Pokémon do you have? Do you think I could see it?"
"Uh huh," the blonde pulled out her sole pokeball. "Take a look at my super cute Pokémon!" She dropped it on the floor where it opened to reveal a circular pink Pokémon.
"Jigglypuff!" The Pokémon called out in a high pitched voice. It turned back to Lindsay and leapt into her arms.
"Isn't she the cutest?"
Cody pulled out his Pokedex. "A Jigglypuff huh? I've never seen one before. I wonder what the Pokedex says." The red handheld device displayed a picture of a Jigglypuff. "Jigglypuff: the balloon Pokémon. When its huge eyes light up, it sings a mysteriously soothing melody that lulls its enemies to sleep."
"How interesting," he said before closing the Pokedex. "I guess being cute is part of its fighting strategy."
"Oh I would never force poor Jigglypuff to fight!" Lindsay said as she squeezed the pink Pokémon rather tightly.
"So you haven't been in any Pokémon battles before?"
"No," she shook her head.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, Cody thought to himself. "So anyway, do you trust me now?"
"Oh yeah," Lindsay nods. "You seem like a nice guy Colby."
"Well that's good." Cody said. "So have you decided what you're going to do tomorrow?"
"Yes," she told him. "I'm going to follow you on your adventure."
"W-What?"
"Well I can't go back home and I don't want to go out alone so I thought I could just come along with you." She explained. "That's okay right?"
"Well…I don't know…" Cody looked unsure. Lindsay was nice enough, but he worried she would slow him down. She didn't exactly look ready to go hike up a mountain or travel through a forest.
"Oh please let me come!" Lindsay cupped her hands together and begged. "Please oh please! I promise I'll be really helpful. I can give you fashion tips and Jigglypuff is a great singer." she turned to her Pokémon. "Sing a song for Cody, Jigglypuff."
Jigglypuff nodded. She then began to sing in a low slow voice. "Jigglypuff…Jiggly-puff…Jigglypuff…"
"Lindsay stop!" Cody urged the blonde. "Tell Jigglypuff to stop! If she keeps singing we'll both…"
"What's wrong?" She asked. "Jigglypuff is a great singer," she yawned. "Wow I feel really sleepy…" Lindsay laid both arms on the table and rested her head on them.
"Oh no…" Cody yawned. "Darn…it…" Both of his eyes closed as his head rested on the table.
In under a minute both teens were asleep.
A/N: Reviews are appreciated. If you have any suggestions let me know.
