Chapter II: On the Road to Petalburg City

Brendan and May left Prof. Birch's lab, and were headed out BACK to Route 101. While they were headed there though, Brendan's mom stopped them in their tracks.

"Professor Birch told me that you two were going to travel together, am I right," she said frantically.

"I guess so," May said.

"And May," she started again. "I heard that you were going to take the Contests Challenge or whatever." She said while smiling at her.

"Yes ma'am," May answered while smiling back at her. "I'm going to become a Pokemon Coordinator."

"And Brendan." She said while looking back at her son. "I know that you're going to take the Hoenn League Challenge and I wish you luck." She said.

"Yup, thanks mom," he said while grinning at her.

"Here you two go," she said while pulling out two pairs of shoes that looked like the ones they were wearing. "May, your mother wanted me to give you these, and here you go Brendan," she said handing the shoes to them.

"So what are these," May asked.

"Shoes, duh," Brendan said in triumph.

"No you idiot, I mean what kind of shoes are they." May retaliated.

"Well, that's not what you said." Brendan said.

"There called Running Shoes." Brendan's mother said. "They can help you run really fast, especially when you need them," she said. You can just…"

"Here you go mom," Brendan said while handing his mother his normal shoes. The only differences from his original ones were that they had a little button on them. Same with May's shoes. Brendan's mom took his shoes and May's with a smile.

"Thank you Mrs. Maple," May said while turning to move.

"But before you two go, May there's something you need to know." Mrs. Maple said while pointing over at the corner of her house. "Brendan go wait over there, and don't try to listen." She told him.

"But why," he said while getting suspicious.

"Because I said so, it's about girl stuff." Mrs. Maple said.

"Leaving," Brendan said quickly.

"So what is it Mrs. Maple?" May asked.

"It's about Brendan," Mrs. Maple whispered. "Listen up," she said while her voice was getting so low, that only her and May could here her. "There's 3 very important things you need to know about Brendan. One: he's very proud and can get pretty arrogant about things."

"Yeah, I saw his arrogance at Route 101." May answered while smiling because she knew what his mom was talking about him.

"Two: he's a real pervert. If he touches you, I give you permission to beat the hell out of my son," she said. "Because he really deserves it. Has he?" May thought about it. Losing the battle to him earlier stated that she couldn't tell anyone, so she had to follow.

"No," May answered.

"Well you know what to do if he does." Mrs. Maple said. "And 3: he may seem dumb at moments, but he's actually very cunning and tricky. Don't let him trick you in any way, because he's tricked even the smartest of people before, and they got in trouble for it." she said. "But don't let Brendan's bad traits hold you down; deep down in his heart, he really is a sweet boy, just arrogant and perverted. But other than that…"

"Okay Mrs. Maple," May said speaking up. "Thank you for that."

"No problem May," she said. "Have a nice journey though Hoenn. "If you see my husband at Petalburg City, tell him to hurry up to see the house." Mrs. Maple finished.

"Okay," May said turning around and going to Brendan.

"Bye mom," Brendan yelled to her.

"Bye honey, come see me some time." She said while going into the house. Brendan and May kept walking to Route 101, but Brendan looked up and saw a very weird blue and white thing fly over them.

"What the hell is that," Brendan asked while pointing to the thing. May looked up as well and just shrugged her shoulders.

"I donno, isn't that supposed to be a bad omen or something?" she asked.

"Well, I guess we're cursed," Brendan said jokingly. May just once again shrugged her shoulders, and looked ahead to were they were going…

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Brendan and May once again had to go through Route 101 and Oldale Town. Crossing those two places annoyed May, because this was the billionth time she's seen this town. They made their way west of Oldale Town, walking right into Route 102.

"I was never allowed to go farther than this, May said while looking at some thing on her wrist. Brendan knew that that wasn't an ordinary watch.

"What's that thing," Brendan asked looking confused.

"Oh wait a second," May said sarcastically. "The great Brendan Maple, the one who's going to be on the cover of Trainers Monthly, doesn't even know what PokeGear is? Wow, and I thought I saw everything already.

"Just because I don't know what some PokeGear is, doesn't mean you have to laugh at me." Brendan said embarrassedly.

"Well, it's actually short for Pokemon Gear," May said. "It acts like a cell phone, but I only have my parent's number on it. Plus, it's a map of the Hoenn Region, so I don't have to look at some stupid piece of paper." May said.

"That's a pretty good idea, huh," Brendan said. "I wish I had some PokeGear.."

"Well, I heard that your dad's a gym leader, and I heard they get paid a good amount of money, so your parents didn't get you cool stuff like they give me, they must hate you…"

"They do not," Brendan said. "They get me…stuff, just not as much as you…"

"Whatever," May said.

"(singing) We're on the Road to Petalburg City, meet my friends along the waaaaayy…"

"Brendan," May said. "The song's called the road to Viridian City, and that's all the way in Kanto."

"Well, I lived in Kanto," he said.

"Your mom told me that y'all lived in Johto," May said plainly.

"Well, I…shut up, no one asked you…" Brendan said.

"sigh retard," May said.

"Am not, Brendan said.

"Are too," May said back. This continued for a while, until May looked up. "Hey look, seeds," she said.

"What's so interesting about some stupid seeds…" Brendan said looking up. In the trees, he saw large little seeds up in a tree (oxymoron, I know). "Wait a minute." He said. "Those seeds have eyes. They must be Pokemon," Brendan said while pulling out his Pokedex.

"Wow, aren't you a smart one," the Pokedex said. May was laughing to the ground from what it said, and she could barely stand up.

"Well May you didn't even see the eyes like I did," Brendan said. "And yes Jessica I am smart!"

"I don't compute what idiots say," it said. Brendan pointed it at the seeds.

"Just tell us what those things are," Brendan said annoyed and May was still laughing.

"Seedot, the Acorn Pokemon. Seedot attaches itself to a tree branch using the top of it's head. It sucks moisture from the tree while hanging on the branch. The more water it drinks, the glossier this Pokemon's body becomes."

"Hmm…" Brendan said while putting his Pokedex away and pulling out Mudkip's Pokeball. "I'm gonna bag me one of those Seedot's." Brendan said arrogantly. "Go Muddy!" he yelled. Out came a white flash of light, and the little blue Pokemon came out of the ball.

"Mudkip (translation: I'm hungry)."

"I don't think you should do that Brendan," May said with a worried look.

"Don't worry May, I got this." Brendan said ready to shout a command.

"I think you should listen to that girl Brendan," his Pokedex said from his pocket. "I have to help you through your journey, and I wouldn't do that…"

"I already said I got this," Brendan said. "So go Muddy, use Water Gun on one of those Seedots to get them down." Mudkip looked at Brendan.

"Mudkip mud, kip kip (trans: I don't think I should do that man)."

"Come on Muddy, Water Gun," Brendan said again.

"Mudkip (trans: I'm screwed)!" Mudkip released a nice Water Gun attack upwards to the tree. Most of the Seedots fell to the ground, and looked out from it.

"Alright, see I told you I had it." Brendan said while pulling out an empty Pokeball and grabbing one of the Seedot. While the ball was shaking, the other Seedot got up and glared at Mudkip. Then they began to glow a weird yellowish color, and oddly shot out a razor leaf!

"Muddy, dodge the leaves," Brendan said, still in an arrogant way. Mudkip did what it was told, but ended up getting hit by one of them."

"Mudkip (trans: I told you I was screwed)!" Muddy yelled in pain. Brendan quickly returned it to its ball, and the one that Brendan attempted to catch came out, the empty ball came back to Brendan, and the other seed glared at them all with the other Seedot.

"Water Pokemon, like Mudkip, are weak against Grass Pokemon, like Seedot. The girl and I tried to tell you, but you didn't listen, you twit." Brendan's Pokedex said from his Pocket. "Gosh, you're so damn arrogant."

"Now you tell me this," Brendan asked. "

"I assumed the great Pokemon Master Brendan already knew," it said while Brendan and May were running the way that they came.

"But Seedot don't know Razor Leaf attack," May said

"Seedot used the attack known as Nature Power. Depending on the location and weather, Nature Power can turn into almost any Grass type move." Her Pokedex said.

"Wait a minute," May said while turning to face the Seedot. "Grass Pokemon are weak against Fire Pokemon, so come on out Chaka." May finished while Torchic's ball came out.

"Torchic (trans: Hey yall)." She said while smiling at the Seedot.

"Chaka?" Brendan asked. "You have no right to joke me about my Pokemon nicknames May," he said while looking at, Chaka."

"Go Chaka," May yelled. "Use your Ember attack on all of those Seedots!" Torchic opened it's mouth, leaned back, and shot all of the Seedots with little fireballs.

"Tor-chic-chic-chic (trans: Take this, this, and that)!" Torchic yelled while doing the attack. All of the little seeds ran around in circles while trying to get the fire out, but when the fire ceased, all the Seedot fell to the ground.

"Now, let's try this again," Brendan said pulling out the Pokeball from before. "POKEBALL, GO!" he shouted while throwing the ball in slow motion. After about a minute or so, May retaliated

"Brendan, I know that you think that the slow motion effect is cool, a lot of people do, but may we please hurry this up," she asked.

"Fine, you party pooper," Brendan said while throwing the ball at one of the seeds in normal mode. The seed was in the ball for a second or two, but finally the shaking stopped, and Seedot was caught. "Alright," Brendan said. "I caught me a Seedot!"

"Yeah, with my help," May said while they went the way that they were originally going.

Moving on in this Route, Brendan had 4 Pokemon battles to compete in. There were two youngsters (they had basic Pokemon, like Poochyena, Zigzagoon, and Tailow), one Bug Catcher (two Wurmples, May said that she wanted to catch on of those), and a Lass, that Brendan still defeated while going easy on her.

"Well, your training hard to become the best trainer you can be, I should start working on my Pokemon coordinator skills." May said while watching him admire all of his new money that he made.

"Yeah sure, where ever you want to go Judy," he said while counting it all."

"Judy," May said slightly annoyed about Brendan messing up her name.

"What is it Roger…oh May, what do you want," he said while snapping back to reality. May sighed.

"Nothing Brendan," she said while her head was hanging low.

"Hey, what are those weird looking trees?" Brendan asked while running over to a little tree that had orange leaves, but two big blue berries on them.

"Those are berry trees," May said with sparkles in her eyes. "Oh, I can just see me now, mixing berries and giving my Pokemon some nice Pokeblocks for Contests, ooh..."

"Oh, snap out of it woman, Brendan said grabbing her shoulders and shaking her.

"Whoooooooooooooooo, oh oh." May said snapping back to reality. "Anyway lets get some of those berries." She said while bending over to get them. Brendan knew that if he did something again, she'd probably tell his dad! And if he finds out…

Brendan's Vision

"Help me Mr. Norman!" May yelled while running to his dad and hiding behind him. "Mr. Norman, you're son…"

"What, is he in trouble, did anyone take him away, and is it any of those Team Rocket guys?" Brendan's dad asked.

"No, he…"

"Oh, so he was abducted, but he fought of a lot of the kidnappers, but the boss got him." Brendan's dad said.

"No, Mr. Maple, he…" she said while starting to cry.

"Oh no," Mr. Maple said. "They killed my boy, oh dammit, my boy," he said while starting to cry.

"MR. MAPLE," May yelled and stopped crying in the process. "Your son…"

"Was he being a pervert to Nurse Joy," he asked.

"No, he was being one to me," May said, getting the tears back in her eyes. Mr. Maple developed a mad face, and walked over to Brendan.

"Son," he said with silent anger in his eyes."

"Yes father," Brendan said holding his hand up in defense on the ground. Brendan's dad held out a hand.

"Good job boy," he said while Brendan took it, but was still on the ground.

"Really," Brendan asked. Mr. Maple pulled him up, got on one knee, pulled Brendan so his body is over his knee, took off his shoe, and began to whoop Brendan.

"NO!" Mr. Maple yelled. "YOU-NEED-TO-STOP-BEING-A-DAMN-PER-VERT!" he said while talking in between hits.

"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Brendan yelled.

Reality

"…OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…" Brendan continued to yell.

"Um…Brendan are you okay," May asked. Brendan shot up from the ground, and smiled at May.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm the greatest." He said while doing the famous anime smile.

"Anyway," May continued. "I got you these berries here." May said while handing him one that looked like a peach, only it was slightly more triangular, and had leaves on the top. The other one just looked like a looked like a gigantic blue berry.

"Do you think they Pokedex knows about the berries, May," Brendan said while pulling out his Pokedex.

"I'm called a Pokedex, not a Berrydex, you twit," his Pokedex said to him, making Brendan look even stupider than he already is. But from her fanny pack, May's Pokedex said told them what they were.

"Pecha Berry," it said. "Number 3 on the Berrydex. Pecha Berries can heal Pokemon that have been poisoned."

"Hey," Brendan said. "How come May's Pokedex told us about the berries, but you haven't.

"I am a Berrydex, I thought you'd know that," Brendan's Pokedex said. Brendan was about to say something, when it spoke again. "Oran Berry, number 7 on the Berrydex. Oran berries heal 10HP to Pokemon in battle." It finished.

"Come on out Muddy," Brendan said while Mudkip came out of the ball.

"Mud, Mudkip (Trans: what do you want now)," Mudkip said when it came out.

"Here you go buddy," Brendan said while handing Mudkip both the berries. Mudkip put the berries in a place that looked like a little pocket, but Brendan paid no attention to it.

"Don't you think you should plant another one?" May asked.

"Naw, we'll be fine," Brendan said while continuing to walk down the path that they were going. May silently followed.

It was about 6:30-7:00p.m by time they got to Petalburg City, and boy it was a huge one. And the mountains behind it made the city look even bigger. Brendan and May headed down to look for Brendan's father's gym. But after 30 minutes, all they found was the Pokemon Center.

"Why don't we look for you father's gym tomorrow Brendan," May asked. "I'm tired, and…"

"Oh please May," Brendan said. "You didn't even at all today, so why do you need to rest? Come on, lets keep looking," he finished while walking to find the gym some more. After another hour of looking in the streets of Petalburg City, there was a huge place that looked like a fighting dojo (like those ancient Japanese temples and stuff). Brendan looked up and saw the word "GYM," on it, along with a Pokeball behind the letters.

"Your father's gym is a fighting dojo," May asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"I don't know, lets just go inside already," Brendan said while running up the many stairs. Brendan and May walked into the Gym, and it looked like a fighting dojo more on the inside as well.

"Helllllooooooooo, dad? It's meeeeeeeeee, your son Brendaaaaaaaaannnnn!" Brendan yelled when they got inside.

"I'm sorry young man, but the gym is closed," a man said while coming out of one of the random rooms. He was tall, with dark blue hair. He was wearing a long sleeve burgundy shirt with the collars up, dark blue pants, and dark green boots. It was Brendan's father.

"Oh, hello son," he said while giving Brendan a hand shake. Brendan was about to greet his father, but a voice came out somewhere.

"Son?" the voice said while coming out of the same room Brendan's dad came out of. Brendan remembered that voice write off the back. It was the kid who Brendan encountered at Prof. Birch's lab. He had a curios look on his face to know as to who it was, but frowned when he saw who it was.

"This is your son," he asked with a sour look on his face.

"Is that a problem," Brendan asked while confronting him. The guy just stared at him, then turned to show Brendan his back.

"I'm going to go collect more badges before I come back to face you, Norman," he said while turning to leave. "You have a good day," he said while leaving. "But as soon as the boy left, another guy came in. The new guy had green hair, sea green eyes, and was pretty pale. He was even wearing a dark green shirt, green pants, and green and black shoes. Brendan wondered if he had all green Pokemon as well.

"Um…excuse me Mr. Maple," the boy asked. "Um…I wanted to catch me a Pokemon before I head back home to Verdanturf Town with my uncle. And um…I was wondering if you could help me," he asked.

"Sure, here you go Wally," Norman said while handing him two Pokeballs. "One of them is empty, the other one has a Slakoth in it, to help you catch the Pokemon." Then he turned to May. "Excuse me miss," he said. "What's your name?"

"Um…May," she answered. "May Birch."

"Oh, so you're the professor's girl," he said. "May, will you take Wally to help him catch a Pokemon," he asked politely.

"Oh, sure, no problem," she said as she and Wally headed out the door. Now that Brendan and his father were alone, it was time for a short talk.

"Son, follow me," Norman said while he started to walk in a different direction. Brendan obediently followed him, but while they were walking, Norman decided to make a conversation. "So are you going to take the Hoenn League Challenge," he asked.

"Yeah, but what I don't understand is do you face the Elite 4, or is the Hoenn League a tournament?" Brendan asked. "Because I remember hearing in Johto that it was a tournament.

"It's a tournament right now," Norman said while turning a corner. "Once every year it's a tournament, then next year it's the Elite Four. So for the Hoenn League this year is a tournament."

"Oh," Brendan said while continuing to follow his father around.

"Is May going to take the challenge with you," Norman asked.

"No," Brendan answered. She's going to take the Contest Challenge," Brendan said.

"Are you going to battle in the Battle Tents," Brendan's dad asked.

"What's a battle tent," Brendan said while both of them took another turn.

"A Battle Tent is for trainers that want to train more by doing unique battles," Norman said. "There's three in Hoenn: one in Slateport City, another in Wally's hometown Verdanturf, and the last one's in Fallabor Town." He said.

"But I heard that that's the place where Pokemon Contests are," Brendan said when they walked into a room.

"Well they were," Norman started. "But there's only one Contest Hall in Lilycove City. The other places have battle tents, like I just told you about." Norman got a little box, and pulled out a device, it was PokeGear. The other one was a silver looking case

"Son, this is…"

"Yeah, I know those," Brendan said. "May has one of those things, PokeGear right?" Brendan's dad handed it to him.

"Yes it is," he said. "And this silver case is a badge case; you can hold all of the badges you get here in Hoenn in this thing." He said

"Thanks pop," Brendan said while smiling up at his father. Brendan and Norman walked back to the front of the gym in silence. Brendan checked out his PokeGear and case, and then looked up at his father.

"Knowing you, you won't let me battle you for a badge anytime soon, huh?" Brendan asked.

"Yup," Norman said. "Look, I'll make a deal with you. Come back with about 4 badges, and then you can challenge me," he said.

"Okay," Brendan said. "Oh, and dad," Brendan got on his knees, put his hands together, and closed his eyes. "May we sleep here tonight?"

"Sure," Norman said. "Can you believe it, this is a Pokemon Gym, yet they have like, 4 bedrooms here…"

Long chappie, but Chapter 2 you guys. And I forgot to tell yall, I give my credits to and the Brandy Games guide to Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. Please R&R you guys. Next Chapter…I have to think of a name, but don't worry, I'll try to update soon.