A/N - Decided to add Chp. 2 now, I just finished writing 3 and I figured since tomorrow I have school it would be a good idea. Yesterday I learned that NPC Soul seems to always have Marill. I saw Pokemon Sunday and they were playing the game, Gold got Totodile and Soul still has Marill. Oh well, I like my idea better.
Disclamer - I don't own Pokemon. If I did then my idea of giving the NPC a Pokemon weak against the player would happen in HGSS
"Alright Hoppip, use tackle!"
Hoppip flew towards the tenth Weedle they've battled since reaching Route 30. Weedle threw a multitude of poison stings, Hoppip dodged as many as he could but did get hit by one or three. The poison hit him hard, and Hoppip fell down a foot or so away from the bug. Soul stomped her foot in frustration, if they couldn't take on a few Weedle, how would they defeat Falkner or Bugsy? Falkner would definitely have Pokémon that Hoppip would have trouble on. Even though Bugsy was a bug type gym leader, bugs were often associated with poison moves.
After a while Soul noticed her Hoppip sniffling on the ground. She had told Hoppip when they were back in Route 29 that he needed to be less of a crybaby. Hoppip was a gentle Pokémon not intended to battle, maybe Contests. Soul grabbed a potion and antidote from her bag and walked towards Hoppip. Luckily the grass-flying type wasn't poisoned so she wouldn't need the second medicine.
"At least you're getting faster," mentioned Soul as she opened a bottle of water and handed some to her Pokémon. "If you learn something like poison powder that could help us a lot. We really do need another Pokémon with us though, Gold already has another one along with Cyndaquil."
Soul frowned at the thought of Gold. She had been training in Route 29, battling a Rattata, when he came running towards her. The boy had a look between happy and upset. He told Soul if she saw a redheaded boy with a bike that looked exactly like hers. When Soul only scowled at him Gold got the message.
"I'll take that as yes then," he said. "Elm called me when I just left Mr. Pokémon's house so I went running to Cherrygrove. That's where I met him, seems like jerk to me. He said he only cared about strong Pokémon and I should leave him alone unless I wanted to lose. I battled him with Cyndaquil of course, and lost. He told me his name though, so I'm gonna tell Professor Elm."
Soul, realizing she didn't even know the guy's name, asked, "And his name is...?"
"Silver."
Soul had giggled a bit (Gold and Silver?), but then noticed Gold had TWO PokéBalls on his belt. "You caught something?" she asked in disbelief.
Gold smiled, any trace of sadness vanished. "Yeah! I was training a bit with Cyndaquil on the way to Mr. Pokémon's house, just tackling some trees. That's when this little gal fell down." He grabbed the second PokéBall and tossed it into the air. It burst open and an Aipom was standing next to them, a huge grin plastered on her face.
"Ai! Ai! Aipom!" she yelled and with her tail shook Soul's hand.
Soul stayed quiet for a sec, Gold wasn't suppose to have two Pokémon! Especially not before her! "Wow," she finally said. "T-That's really cool..."
"I know! Oh, and look at what Mr. Pokémon gave me for Elm!" he exclaimed as he opened his gym bag. Out he pulled a container with an egg inside it. "He says it might be a Pokémon Egg! Elm knows a lot about this stuff, even Professor Oak says that!"
Her eyes widen and she grabbed a hold of Gold's sleeve, "Professor Oak?!? Kanto's top researcher?!" yelled Soul. "D-Did you meet him or something?"
"Yeah, he was visiting Mr. Pokémon. He gave me this computer thingy too..." muttered Gold, probably a little freaked out.
Gold caught an Aipom. Gold met Professor Oak. Gold had a PokéDex.
"Come on Hoppip, I think I saw a Caterpie over there. Use tackle!"
The two continued on like this for some time. Some time after passing the sign reading ROUTE 31, Soul flipped open her red PokéGear. It was fifteen minutes till one. She smiled and said, "We might be able to reach Violet City by today. That means we'll get to train at Sprout Tower tonight!"
Hoppip landed on a tree stump and whimpered. He heard about that place once, when his trainer was researching Violet City. Gastly and Misdreavus showed up at night. Hoppip was especially worried about the poisonous Gastly. The cottonweed shivered at the thought of so many ghosts. Soul noticed and gave her Pokémon a pat on the green leaves. "Chill Hoppip, you don't see ghosts often. They usually hide from the monks at Sprout Tower, we'll probably just battle Bellsprout and Rattata."
"Ratta! Tata!"
Soul looked a bit farther down. A large group of Rattata were staring at her and Hoppip through the bushes, probably looking for some food. She smiled and nudged Hoppip towards them, "You can try using poison powder on them!" she whispered happily.
"Hop," agreed Hoppip and began to spin his leaves. A small puff of purple powder spurted out towards the Rattata. Most of them ran off thanks to their special ability, others dodged the attack, and maybe three only really got hit with the poison.
"Try another poison powder! Make it bigger!" she yelled.
"Rattata!" yelled a few of them as they began to run towards Hoppip at top speeds.
Hoppip stopped his attack, startled at being ganged up on, and was hit with each quick attack. He fell down with a thud and struggled to get on his feet. Soul was about to yell at her Hoppip to use synthesis, when she noticed two of the Rattata had glowing red eyes. "Oh, oh...that looks like Guts." She pulled out a few PokéBalls and threw them towards the Rattata. The two that showed signs of the Guts ability were trapped inside, along with the other one that was poisoned and three others. All of the PokéBalls began to shake. Once- two Rattata got out and ran. Twice-another one left and followed. The last shake- Soul caught three Rattata. Any other Rattata ran off.
She crouched down and picked up all of her PokéBalls. Then she placed the three empty ones in her bag and sat on the soft grass with Hoppip, who was using synthesis. Soul eyed the remaining ones, "That...was easy," she finally said. "They're probably low-level." After placing the PokéBalls on the grass next to her, Soul grabbed her PokéGear. Flipping it open, she decided to open one of the capsules. The bottom screen flashed from a map to a detail analysis of Rattata.
Rattata
Male
Lvl. 3
Status - PSN
Item - None
Skipping the rest of the info on that page. she touched the screen and went to the next set of info. It showed where she caught him, the nature, and the date. She pressed the screen again, this Rattata had the Guts ability. Another press and she saw the Rattata's moveset.
Normal - Tackle
Normal - Leer
Soul sighed and returned the Rattata. She got out another one. This one was at level two though. The last Rattata was at level five. It knew Guts and quick attack. Soul frowned and opened all of the PokéBalls. She sprayed antidote on all three Rattata and shooed them off. Hoppip gave her a confused look. "Hop?" he asked.
She shrugged, "Eh, Rattata are super common. Plus those three were pretty low-level anyway. I'd rather catch something around level ten, not five." Soul then jumped back on her feet and walked down the dirt trail, "Let's go Hoppip! We should reach Violet City in a few hours."
So ends Chapter Two! Hope ya'll enjoyed. Yeah...I guess that's all I have to say...Well I do have one question. How do you pronounce Hoppip? I always say it's something like Hopit. Oh, and I gave the PokeGear a new feature. I couldn't think of another option for learning info about Pokemon, besides a PokeDex. Well, I'm gonna start on Chp. 4 and try to correct any mistakes on Chp. 1
