Chapter 2: Enter Gary Oak!


Well, me and my Bulbasaur partner, Rufus, are on the road to becoming masters now. Route 1 is where I begin.

"I took a potion from my laptop, just in case." I told Rufus. I spot a merchant. "Watch this." I snook up to the merchant and while he wasn't looking, stole a potion from his pocket.

Rufus shook his head disapprovingly. "Kevin, Kevin, Kevin..."

"That's my name. Don't wear it out." I tell him.

We continue down Route 1 when suddenly, what looked like a rat showed up. "Rufus! There's our first punching bag! Go beat him up!" I ordered.

"How do you know it's a he?" Rufus questions me.

"I don't. Now kill it!" I yelled.

Rufus unwillingly tackled the rat, cause it to tackle him back. Rufus delivers another Tackle attack, and wins.

"Don't tell me I have to do this a lot..." Rufus said.

"To be the best, you have to fight anyone who might get you there! Therefore, you must fight every stray you come in contact with. Just don't die, okay?" I tell Rufus.

"...If it gets me fame." Rufus said.

Rufus seemed a lot more willing to take the Kanto challenge from that moment on. I liked that.

After fighting off some rats and screaming Pidgey, Rufus reached level 7. I think he also learned something new...

Anyway...


Viridian City

"Hey, a gym!" Rufus exclaims.

I spot the gym building. "No, we're not ready for that yet. We need a bigger team for that." I tell him. "For now, let's just get me some coffee."

We entered the supermart nearby. "Hey, are you Kevin Rodrigez?" A clerk asks me.

"Yeah, what do you know about me?!" I threatened.

"Oak told me you were coming here, so I ask that you please bring this to him." He gives me what doesn't look important to me in the slightest.

"...Sure." I tell him.

Whatever it was, it had to be brought to Oak right away!


Pallet Town

Rufus is now level 8, but I can't congratulate him. Not right now. I dashed into Oak's lab. "Here's that thing you wanted, Professor...!"

"Oh! Thanks Kevin!" Oak said, sounding like he wasn't expecting me so soon.

"Kevin, we got company." Rufus said.

I turn around. I see this kid. "Hey, Gramps, you called?" He asked in this snotty voice.

"Who the hell's he?" I ask in disgust.

"Kevin, this is my grandson-" He started thinking. "-Gary! Yeah, that's it!"

"It's kinda sad that he doesn't remember his own grandson's name..." Rufus commented.

"He's not the only one..." I have a bastard grandfather, too.

"Yes, I called to hand you two something for your Pokémon training." He hands us both electronic encyclopedias. "It's a PokéDEX. It's useful in that it gives you all sorts of Pokémon information."

I decided to scan Rufus. The PokéDEX gave me this: "Bulbasaur. The Seed Pokémon. Bulbasaur can be seen napping in bright sunlight. There is a seed on its back. By soaking up the sun's rays, the seed grows progressively larger."

"Holy crud, that's awesome!" I was intrigued by this encyclopedia. So was Rufus.

Oak also gives us each five Poké Balls.

"Kevin, awesome! Now we can catch us another Pokémon!" Rufus tells me.

"You seem rather peppy! You lookin' to become the champion?" Gary asks me.

"He sure is!" Rufus says.

"Well, think again! You're looking at the future champion of Kanto! You can try if you want, but just know that you will never beat me! Well, Gramps, Kevin, smell ya later!" And with that, he's gone.

"Rufus. That bastard's going down!" I tell him!

"He sure is! Just like Lars!" Rufus agrees.

We leave the lab, but not before stealing some coffee.


"Kipp, I'm gonna be gone for a long time. I'm gonna become champion!" I tell Kipp before I leave.

Kipp's on the rug, asleep.

"Well...bye!" I leave my house, but not before taking an electronic map.

"Where to first?" Rufus asks eagerly.

"Um..." I look at the map. "How about the Indigo Plateau?"

"Sure, why not?" Rufus agrees.


Route 22

"Gary?! How'd you get here so fast?!" Rufus asked in the same shock I was in.

"I'm just awesome. If you thinking about continuing, don't. You're not ready! So, wanna prove me wrong?" Gary challenged.

I caught a Pidgey early on. I figured it was all or nothing. "Yeah, c'mon!" I sent Rufus in front of me.

"Go, Pidgey!" Gary sends out his own Pidgey.

"Aye-yi-yi... Uh, please don't die, Rufus! Tackle it!" I scream.

"Pidgey, Tackle!" Gary commanded.

Rufus hit harder, thank God.

"Pidgey, Gust!" Gary yelled.

"Dodge it and Tackle it again!" I yell.

Rufus swiftly dodges and knocks the Pidgey's lights out!

"Humph! Alright, Feeble! Get in there, you dope!" Gary sends out a Charmander...who had trouble standing.

"How're you doing, Loki?!" I ask my Pidgey above me.

Loki's eating bugs, ignoring me.

"...Tackle!" I command.

Rufus Tackles the fallen Charmander dead-on! A Scratch attack was nothing!

"Guess who's never getting the championship title!" Rufus said as he Tackles the Charmander again.

"Humph!" Gary returned Feeble and his Pidgey and paid me. "You're still not ready for the championship! Smell ya!" He's gone.

"Loki, you can come down now!" I call to my Pidgey.

He's still eating from a nest. I send him back to his Poké Ball.

"Gary's right. We're not ready. We have to continue our main route! Onward, to the Viridian Forest!" I lead the way.

A Mankey trips me over. "Mankey alert!" Rufus yells, ready to fight.

I get up and send Loki out. "Loki...nevermind. Go, PokéBall!" I toss my Pokéball at the Mankey. I thought I wasn't gonna catch it in one go...

But I did!

"Yeah! Welcome to the team, Brutus!" I was happy to have him.