Chapter 2 Pinsir or Heracross?
"No, no, no!!" Magmar shouted.
"Come on, one more time! Please!" Tyler begged.
Magmar had banged his head against a tree 27 times. His head was purple from the repetitive headbutting.
"Look, wiseguy! I don't care what you read, but after 27 Headbutts, a Heracross would have surely fallen out! In fact, after 27 Headbutts, it's amazing the tree hasn't screamed, Leave me alone already!'"
"Come on! I really want a Heracross! Besides, you'd have an advantage over it!"
"Ugh. One more time?" Magmar asked.
"Yes, one more time!" Tyler assured.
Magmar sighed, and turned around. He put his hands on the tree and smashed his head against it. He looked up, and saw nothing come down. "Nope, nothing! Let's go!!" he shouted, turning around.
Suddenly, something heavy fell from the tree and bonked Magmar on top of the head, then landed on the ground. "OWWWWW!!" He shrieked as he rubbed his head. "What WAS that?!"
"A Heracross! YAY!" Tyler cheered.
Magmar turned around to see a very mad Pinsir staring back at him. "That's a Pinsir, Tyler!" Suddenly, a Heracross fell out of the tree and landed on top of Magmar's head, then landed on the ground. "OWWWWWWW!! THAT is a Heracross!!" Magmar wailed.
"Cool!" Tyler cheered. He started doing a horrible little dance, much to the disgust of Magmar, the Pinsir and the Heracross.
"Hera, hera hera! Cross heracross!" Heracross shouted.
"What'd he say?" Tyler asked.
"He said, Ow, that hurt! Who did that?'" Magmar translated.
"Oh, you did!" Tyler chirped, pointing at Magmar.
Pinsir and Heracross glared at Magmar. "Hey, he made me!" Magmar pointed at Tyler.
"Hera heracross!?" Heracross asked, amazed.
"Yes, 28 times!" Magmar wailed.
"Hera! Hera hera heracross cross cross hera hera cross!" Heracross replied simply.
"What'd he say?!" Tyler asked Magmar.
"Uh...something about how to get a Heracross from any tree without having to Headbutt it several times," Magmar replied.
"What?! HOW?!" Tyler cried.
"HERACROSS! CROSS HERA!!" Heracross cried, and charged at Magmar horn first.
"PINSIR! SIR PIN!!" Pinsir chimed in, and charged at Magmar, head down and pincers wide open.
Magmar did what first came to mind; he ducked. Heracross's single horn jabbed Pinsir's head and Pinsir's pincers poked Heracross's face. They both fell back, stunned.
"Get him, Magmar!" Tyler ordered.
"...Him? Which one's him!?" Magmar cried.
"Heracross!" Tyler pointed at Pinsir.
"THAT is a PINSIR!!" Magmar shouted. Suddenly, Heracross swung his big horn and smacked Magmar in the head with it. "AAAAARRRRRGH!!! If I was a Psyduck, you'd both be dead!!" he howled.
Magmar turned the heat up in his fists. Flames arose from his hands quickly. He punched Heracross with his burning fist, making it yell in pain and backing off a little.
"PINSIIIIR!" Pinsir charged at Magmar, and slashed him in the back with his claws.
"YIPE!" Magmar yipped, turned around and used a Flamethrower on the dirty fighter. Pinsir coughed out smoke and collapsed to the ground.
"All right! POKÉBALL, GO!!" Tyler threw an empty Pokéball at Pinsir, sucking it in.
"But that was...-" Magmar started, but Heracross jabbed him with his horn and Magmar concentrated on Heracross again.
The Pokéball started wobbled, then stopped and the light turned on.
"YES!! I CAUGHT HERACROSS!!" Tyler screamed happily, and picked up the Pokéball triumphantly.
"THAT WAS PINSIR!!" Magmar shouted and pointed at Heracross, who had stopped fighting after Tyler had screamed. "THAT IS A HERACROSS!!"
"I got Heracross! I got Heracross!!" Tyler started doing that horrible dance again. Heracross was so disgusted with the dance that it flew back into the tree.
"Stop dancing! Come on, Tyler!" Magmar pleaded.
"I got Heracross! Should I give it a nickname?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah! How about Pinsir'?" Magmar emphasized on Pinsir.
"Hmm, not bad! Okay, Heracross, I'm gonna call you Pinsir!" Tyler shouted happily.
"Ohhhh, why did I even bother?!" Magmar wondered out loud.
"Ahhh, Viridian City!" Magmar cried out loud, looking down at the town from the top of the steep hill that they were on.
"Let's go the Pokémon Center to get Pinsir and you healed up!" Tyler shouted in glee. He started sprinting down the hill.
"Uh, Tyler?" Magmar called after him. "You shouldn't run down a steep hill like this! You might-"
Tyler accidentally tripped over a rock and started rolling uncontrollably down the hill.
"Trip," Magmar finished. "Ouch. That looks pretty painful!"
A Jolteon suddenly walked onto the pathway. Tyler rolled right over it, making him and the Jolteon squeal in pain.
"But not as painful as that!" Magmar winced, and started walking down the hill.
Tyler continued rolling down the hill, while the Jolteon shouted at him in anger.
"Ow, that looked pretty painful!" Magmar commented to Tyler as he got to the bottom of the hill.
"Ugh...," Tyler groaned, as he tried to stand up. As soon as he did though, the world starting spinning out of control, and he fell back down again.
"Yeah, take a break," Magmar joked. He crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently.
When Tyler finally got over his dizziness, he shouted, "That was SO COOL!! I'm gonna do it again!" he started sprinting up the hill.
"But...but...but!" Magmar stammered. He watched helplessly as Tyler sprinted back up the hill. "Ohhhh, why me?"
"JOLTEON!" The Jolteon screamed in fear when she saw Tyler again and ran away as fast as she could.
Magmar watched Tyler come rolling down the hill at a very impressive speed. "Hmm, he looks like a Donphan," Magmar commented.
The Jolteon noticed Tyler come down the hill and decided to claim some revenge. She sprinted in front of Tyler and started building electricity. Tyler didn't see Jolteon, but Magmar did.
"Hey! NO! Yoohoo, Spikey! Move out of the way!" he shouted.
"Eon?" Jolteon looked over her shoulder to see who was talking to her. Tyler crashed into Jolteon again, causing them to both yelp in pain. But this time, one of Tyler's empty Pokéballs fell off his belt and hit Jolteon on the nose. It sucked Jolteon in, and collapsed to the ground.
Magmar just stood there staring as Tyler and the Pokéball containing Jolteon came rolling down the hill. The Pokéball rolled right in front of Magmar and let out a small ding'!
Tyler jumped up quickly, snatched the Pokéball, lifted it up in the air and cried, "I CAUGHT JOLTEON!"
Magmar still stood there just staring at Tyler and the Pokéball. He finally uttered, "I need a rerun of that, because I can't believe I saw it the first time!"
"Well, young man! Your Pokémon are fully healed!" Nurse Joy chirped.
"Thank you!" Tyler thanked her.
Tyler and Magmar had finally arrived at the Pokémon Center (it took a little while, because Tyler ran up the hill and rolled down it again for a third time) and Tyler gave his Pokémon to Nurse Joy.
"I must say, for a beginning trainer, you sure do have a very impressive collection!" she complimented. "A Magmar, a Pinsir and a Jolteon! You must be very talented as a Pokémon trainer!"
Magmar sneezed loudly, but his sneeze sounded a lot like HE LUCKED OUT!'
"WHAT!?" shouted a familiar voice. Tyler, Magmar and Nurse Joy turned to see Colin and his friends in another part of the Pokémon Center. "How did you get such great Pokémon?! Prove it! Show them to me!"
Tyler picked up his two full Pokéballs and opened them. Jolteon and Pinsir came out, looking tough and full of life.
"Gee, that's a lot better than what we got!" Brian exclaimed.
"Say, what are you doing here?" Magmar asked them. "I thought you were going to drive...-" he coughed loudly, but his cough sounded much like illegally'. "To Pewter City!"
"Uh, we were. But we found out that one the tires went flat, so we had to stop here!" Ashley informed him.
"Well, since we're all here, let's have a battle, Tyler!" Brian shouted.
"Okay!" Tyler shouted back.
"Do it outside, please! I just waxed the floor!" Nurse Joy asked them.
The humans walked outside, but Magmar, Jolteon and Pinsir had to slide out.
"Okay, let's have a 1 on 1 battle!" Brian shouted at Tyler. Colin and the others all watched him from a distance.
"1 on 1, okay!" Tyler repeated. He then looked at Magmar nervously and whispered, "1?"
"One more than zero," Magmar informed him.
"OH, YEAH! Yeah! Okay, I choose...PINSIR, GO!" Tyler shouted. Pinsir jumped in front of him.
"Okay, then! GO, Venonat!" Brian let out the purple, fuzzy bug.
"Pinsir, use Guillotine!" Tyler shouted.
Pinsir just stood there and scratched his head in confusion. "Pin?" he asked.
"What's wrong with it?" Magmar asked.
Tyler pulled his Pokédex out and pointed at Pinsir. "Hey, Pokédex! What's wrong with Pinsir?"
"Pinsir doesn't know Guillotine!" the Pokédex answered.
"Oh, dear!" Magmar commented.
"However, Pinsir does have a back-up move instead of Guillotine," the Pokédex commented.
"Oh, okay. Pinsir, use your move that you use instead of Guillotine!" Tyler ordered.
Pinsir nodded. He dashed off and ran into the nearest Starbucks. After having three cups of coffee, he ran out at a very fast pace and slammed into Venonat. Venonat fainted instantly.
Everyone just stared at Pinsir for a little bit. "What WAS that?" Tyler finally asked.
"Caffeine!" Magmar answered. "Very clever. I wanna know that move!"
Brian called back Venonat, then he and the others left to go pick up their car.
"Let's go to the gym, Magmar!" Tyler shouted. So he and Magmar ran off to challenge the Viridian City Gym Leader.
