Dreams Are What Pokemon Are Made Of
A Dreams Are What Life is Made Of / Pokemon Fanfiction.
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Chapter 2: The Cherrygrove Burglar!
Where we last left Dami, Elogas used his Hypnosis Flare to send Dami from her own world into the world of Pokemon so she could train her body to be more capable of fighting the Akumu-Oni-Kiritsu. Dami wound up in the Johto Region, with her temporary home in New Bark Town. After meeting clones of her parents, she went to Elm's lab to see what his errand was about. After talking with him, Dami received her first Pokemon, Chikorita; who seemed reluctant to be with Dami at the time. Luckily, a young man by the name of Yellow Edge came along and gave her a crash course in Pokemon training. Knowing that she may not be able to keep her Chikorita, Yellow decided to come along with Dami and be her coach in Pokemon Training. Our story now continues…
Dami cautiously waded through the tall grass on Route 29, with her Chikorita hot on her heels. Yellow was walking through the tall grass calmly while listening to his own PokeGear's radio. Yellow then broke the silence when a song started playing. "Ooh! I love this song! Mezase Pokemon Master! POKEMON! GETTO DA ZE!!"
Dami squealed in surprise and fell over. Chikorita kept walking and simply climbed on top of Dami's head before realizing she had stopped. "Chiko?"
Dami pushed herself off of the ground and spun around to scold Yellow. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Here I am, worried about running into my first wild Pokemon and you're blaring a radio station?!"
Yellow looked sternly at Dami. "Hush! Here comes the first verse! TATOE HI NO NAKA MIZU NO NAKA KUSO NO NAKA MORI NO NAKA!"
Dami fumed. "WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!"
Yellow reluctantly turned down the volume. "It's Japanese, Dami. Even if through fire, in water, on the grass, in forests. It's quite the poetic language when you really think about it."
Dami stamped her foot on the ground. "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE WHAT HAPPENS?!"
Yellow fingered the volume control on his PokeGear. "You know, of all the devices I've used, I prefer this to Sinnoh's Poketch. Sure, it has over two dozen features, but playing back music wasn't one of them!"
Dami then noticed that Chikorita was on her head. "AAAAAAUGGHH!! GET IT OFF OF ME! GET IT OFF!"
A startled Chikorita held on for dear life as Dami flailed wildly. "CHI CHI CHI CHI CHIIII!!!!"
Yellow then shouted, "STOP DOING THAT! AND LOOK OUT FOR THAT…"
But it was too late. The panicky Dami tripped over a Pidgey. The Pokemon started to cry out loud and started pecking at Chikorita. "CHIIIKOOOO!!!!"
Yellow rubbed his face. "…Pidgey. Well, don't just stand there! Tell Chikorita to fight back!"
Dami managed to get Chikorita off of her. "All right! This isn't a drill, Chikorita! FIGHT BACK!"
Chikorita stood there as Pidgey tackled it angrily.
Dami began to sweat. "What's going on! FIGHT BACK!!"
Yellow then placed his hand on Dami's shoulder. "I didn't mean you should tell it just 'fight back'! You need to tell it to use one of its moves! At its level, it should know Tackle and Growl."
Dami then took a firm stance. "DON'T LET THAT PIDGEY GET AWAY WITH IT! TACKLE IT!" Chikorita promptly obeyed and tackled the Pidgey at full speed. It conked Pidgey right on the noggin' dealing critical damage! The Pidgey then disappeared back into the tall grass.
Dami smiled. "ALL RIGHT, CHIKORITA! WE DID IT!" She gave Chikorita a pat on the head. Chikorita fainted… "ACK! OH NO! WHAT DID I DO?! QUICK, YELLOW! WHAT DO I DO?! DO I GIVE IT CPR?! MOUTH TO MOUTH?! WHAT?!"
Yellow chuckled. "No, Chikorita's fine! It's just exhausted from taking that beating! Here; I've got a revive crystal you can use." Yellow then removed a yellow crystal from his bag and applied it to Chikorita's wounds. The leafy Pokemon then sprung awake, chirping its gratitude. "You're welcome, Chikorita!"
Dami gave Yellow a big hug. "Oh, thank you, Yellow! I don't know what I would have done if you weren't here!"
Yellow pulled free from the hug. "Yes, well, you're welcome. Now FYI, that was my last revive crystal, so we need to get to Cherrygrove as soon as possible so I can restock."
Dami blushed. "Oh, right…"
By taking several shortcuts past the tall grass, the two travelers finally entered Cherrygrove City. It was odd that it was called a city though; it only had a few houses in addition to the Mart and the Pokemon Center.
Dami noticed right away how much it didn't resemble a city. "Geez. And I thought New Bark Town was small…"
Yellow smiled. "At least it has a Pokemon Center! And a Mart where I can stock up on revive crystals! Go ahead and take Chikorita to the Pokemon Center. It's the building with the red roof that has a large letter 'P' on it. You can't miss it. I'll meet you there after I finish shopping."
Dami nodded and scooped up Chikorita in her arms. She walked through the doors and over to the counter, where she saw a nurse, dressed from head to toe in white and pink, with a red cross on her hat. She had red hair with two long pigtails that curved into perfect circles behind her back. She approached the counter and said, "Welcome to the Pokemon Center! We can restore your Pokemon to perfect health. Shall we heal your Pokemon?"
Dami placed Chikorita on the counter. "Yes please. My Chikorita got hurt while battling a Pidgey."
The nurse then placed Chikorita on the machine to the side and said, "Okay, this will only take a few moments. With a beep and a cheery melody, the machine lit up for a few seconds. "There! Your Pokemon are fully healed! We hope to see you again!"
Dami gave her Chikorita a big hug. "Oh, I'm glad you're okay! Thank you! Um… I didn't catch your name! What was it?"
The nurse simply replied, "Welcome to the Pokemon Center! We can restore your Pokemon to perfect health. Shall we heal your Pokemon?"
Dami stopped for a second. "Um, didn't you just do that?"
The nurse replied, "We hope to see you again!"
Dami headed to the exit. "Weird."
Since Yellow didn't come back yet, Dami thought she would look for him. "He said he was going to the mart. Maybe he's still there."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T SELL REVIVE CRYSTALS?!" Yellow was shouting at the clerk, his face red with rage.
The clerk, bespectacled and sweating, replied, "I'm sorry, sir! But our mart has never carried revive crystals in the past!"
Yellow backed off a moment. "Never? Really? Oh, geez, I am so sorry. I've been around the world so much that I forgot which shops sell what! In that case, I'll just buy ten potions."
The clerk, still nervous, scrambled to get the potions. "YESSIR! RIGHT AWAY SIR!"
Yellow gave the clerk a 10% tip for his cooperation. "I'm terribly sorry about my outburst. I used to work in retail, you know. Worst five years of my life. Don't worry. As long as you find the silver lining on every cloud, you'll be just fine."
The clerk said before fainting, "HAVE A GOOD DAY SIR!" PLUNK!
Yellow put the potions in his bag while leaving the mart. He then saw Dami heading his way. "Ah, Dami! So the Pokemon Center took you right away, huh?"
Dami smiled. "Yes! Chikorita is just fine now! However, the nurse at the counter seemed a little weird; she always wore a smile, and she seems to repeat the same thing over and over again!"
Yellow laughed. "Ah, Nurse Joy. She must be overworked again! Every Pokemon Center has one, you know?"
Dami looked perplexed. "One what?"
Yellow grinned a cheesy grin. "Nurse Joy, of course! They are all sisters and cousins that come from the same family, who ironically all decided to become employed as nurses at Pokemon Centers across the globe. Cherrygrove's Nurse Joy must be repeating herself because of all the young trainers who train their Pokemon near here. She receives so many visits that her vocabulary is limited to what she tells those kids. Anyway, the mart in Cherrygrove apparently never sold revive crystals at all. So I bought some extra potions so that we may make it to Mr. Pokemon's house and back without stopping."
Dami cheered, "That's great! Let's get moving!"
As they headed north, they saw two boys blocking the path on the left side of the road. One said to the other, "Ha! You call yourself a Pokemon trainer? You just caught it five minutes ago! There's no way you can beat me!"
The other boy said! "HA! You're on! Half of my allowance says that I will beat you today!"
"BRING IT!" both threw their PokeBalls and the battle began.
Yellow sighed, "That's exactly what I was talking about earlier. Those kids talk a big game, but they're just kids. Very few really apply themselves to become any good."
Dami asked, "Which one of them do you think will win?"
Yellow said, "I hope you're not going to wager on their match?" Dami shook her head. "Good. The one near the top of the ledge will win."
Dami then asked, "How do you know?
Yellow said, "It's simple, really. You see their belts? The one closest to us only had one PokeBall on it, while the other had two. Assuming they both have Pokemon from around this area, then its likely that they trained the Pokemon they have in common to the same level. Even if the one boy manages to defeat the same Pokemon, the other still has one left. Regardless of what level the remaining Pokemon is at, its opponent will already be tired from fighting the last Pokemon, and could easily be finished off by a fresh Pokemon."
Dami was amazed. "Wow! You could tell that just by looking at their belts?"
Yellow smiled. "Well, I could see more than their belts, but for our purposes, it was all the information I needed to accurately gauge the outcome. Now let's keep going, since we already know the outcome of this battle."
They pushed their way through the tall grass until they finally saw it; Mr. Pokemon's house. It was rather small and unspectacular for someone who made great discoveries. Without another word said, they entered.
Dami's eyes widened. Sitting with whom they assumed was Mr. Pokemon was… "PROFESSOR OAK!"
Oak looked confused. "Oh! And who might you be, young lady?"
Dami then gave a little bow. "My name is Dami Owl. I just moved to New Bark Town and Professor Elm sent me on this errand."
Mr. Pokemon beamed with excitement. "Ah, yes! He did send me an e-mail that you would come in his place! It's nice to meet you! Now take a look at this…" Mr. Pokemon pulled out what looked like an ostrich egg, only it was adorned with blue squares and red triangles. "This is what I believe to be a Pokemon Egg. When I was travelling near the Pokemon Day Care just south of Goldenrod City, the old couple that ran it discovered this after someone left two of their Pokemon there. I then hopped on my bicycle and rode it as fast as I could back home! That's when I got a flat tire, so I sent Elm an e-mail about my discovery and now HERE YOU ARE!" He stopped to catch his breath. "Anyway, I wish for Professor Elm to examine the egg and confirm my theory! Please take it to him!"
Dami put the Mystery Egg in the Key Item pocket of her backpack. "Okay! I will get it to him as soon as I can!"
Oak laughed and extended his hand to pet Dami's Chikorita. "My my! This is quite a fine specimen of Pokemon you have here! I can see by your enthusiasm that you are a dependable young woman! I can see why Elm entrusted Chikorita to you for this errand. I think this was well met! Here! Please take this with you." Oak reached into his lab coat and pulled out… "This is a Pokedex. It automatically records data on Pokemon that you meet. It's a high-tech Pokemon encyclopedia! This has already been fitted with the new Silph Scope, so you can identify Ghost Pokemon when you meet them. Good luck and happy hunting!"
Dami bowed again. "Thank you for this! I hope to make good use of it!"
Oak then noticed Dami's travelling companion. "Say! Aren't you…"
Yellow nodded his head. "Yes, it's me, professor. It sure has been I while since I saw you last!"
Oak laughed. "My, how you've grown! I remember when you were just ten years old when I gave you your first Pokemon. You actually tried to enter the tall grass without it when I met you!"
Yellow chuckled. "Yeah, how little I knew back then, right? Anyway, my Blastoise says 'Hi'!"
Oak said, "Well, Dami, I am confident that if you continue to travel with Yellow then you will also grow into a fine Pokemon trainer!"
Suddenly, Dami's PokeGear began to ring. "Hm? Professor Elm's calling. I wonder what's up?" Dami pressed a button to pick up the receiver. "Hi, Professor Elm! What's up?"
"H-hello? Dami? It's a disaster! Uh, um… It's just terrible! What should I do? It… Oh no… PLEASE COME BACK RIGHT NOW!!" Then the receiver clicked.
Oak frowned. "Hm… Elm sounded a little more worried than usual just now. I suggest you waste no time returning to New Bark Town!"
Yellow grabbed Dami's wrist. "Hurry! Recall Chikorita! You might need it to battle on our way!"
Dami obeyed and sent Chikorita back into its PokeBall. "Let's go!"
Yellow and Dami leapt over the ledges to bypass the long stretches of tall grass on their way. They reached Cherrygrove City in less than five minutes. Before they could exit through the city's east exit, they crashed into someone.
Dami rubbed her head. "Ow… that hurt…" With blurred vision, she slowly got to her feet and tried to focus on the other victim. It was the same red-headed boy who was looking into Professor Elm's lab from the outside! "HEY! It's you! You're that boy!"
The red-head massaged his scalp when he recognized Dami. "Hmph. So it's you. You were that girl who asked that guy which Pokemon you should pick. How lame."
As Dami could see more clearly, she noticed that there was a shard of glass stuck in his right hand, which had a trickle of blood coming from it. "Oh my god! You're hurt! Does this have something to do with Professor Elm's lab? Was there an accident?"
The red-head frowned. "So the jig is up, is it? I knew I couldn't knock out the Professor before he made that call. Well, it looks like I need to take care of you too…"
Dami looked worried. "What are you talking about?"
The red-head grinned a sickening grin. "Don't you get what I'm saying? Well, I too have a Pokemon. And I guarantee that it's better than yours." His bloody hand reached for a PokeBall at his belt. "Let me show you what I mean! GO POKEBALL!" Without even thinking, Dami reached for her PokeBall and threw it at the same time as the red-head. In two bright flashes of light, out came Dami's Chikorita and… "Cyndaquil!" squeaked the Fire Mouse Pokemon.
Yellow had just regained conciousness from the collision when he saw the ensuing battle. "What the… HOLD ON! Dami! Call Chikorita back now!"
Dami twirled to ask Yellow, "Why? I think this guy is responsible for what happened at Elm's lab!"
Yellow looked more serious now than ever. "Listen to me, Dami; Chikorita is a Grass-Type. Cyndaquil is a Fire-Type. Cyndaquil has the advantage! You need to let me handle this boy!"
Dami threw a rock at Yellow. "No, Yellow. This is something I need to do for myself! If I keep piggybacking on your advice, there's no way I'll learn things for myself! Besides! He knocked my neighbor unconscious! I can't forgive him for that!"
The red-head scowled. "Are you two done yammering? Go, Cyndaquil! Use Growl now!" Cyndaquil reluctantly but obediently let out a high-pitched growl which caused Chikorita to shrink back a little.
Dami clenched her fists tightly. "Don't give up, Chikorita! Use Tackle! Go for his head!" Chikorita charged bravely and knocked Cyndaquil backwards."
The red-head smiled. "Hmph! Is that the best you can do? Growl causes a Pokemon to lose its strength in the face of adversity. I'll show you a real TACKLE!" Cyndaquil charged at Chikorita. Chikorita then tried to sidestep so Cyndaquil would miss. "Don't think you can dodge this! Turn around Cyndaquil and use EMBER!!" Cyndaquil's back lit up with its spiky flames and turned 180 degrees in midcharge. The flames extended Cynaquil's attack radius, grazing Chikorita! An ember caused a spark to ignite on Chikorita's big leaf, and Chikorita began to panic!
Dami cringed. "Don't panic, Chikorita! Try swinging your leaf around!" In one motion, Chikorita swung its head to fling its leaf, and not only did it put out the spark, it flung a leaf in the direction of Cyndaquil! Cyndaquil narrowly dodged the attack!
Yellow smiled. "Well done, Dami! You just succeeded in teaching your Chikorita Razor Leaf!"
Dami said, "Ah! I did? Wow! Okay, Chikorita! Let's do that one more time! Use Razor Leaf on Cyndaquil!" Chikorita chirped as it twirled its leaf around once more, flinging a leaf at the teetering Cyndaquil. The attack hit Cyndaquil right between its legs! Cyndaquil's eyes rolled into the back of its head as it fainted! "All right, Chikorita! You did it!"
The red-head then knocked Dami over as he scooped up his Pokemon. "How dare you hit my Pokemon… there… That's unforgivable!"
Yellow rushed to the red-head's front. "So is stealing someone's Pokemon. You better hand that Cyndaquil over…"
"NEVER!!" The red-head grabbed Cyndaquil's snout, causing the Pokemon's back to emit flames, nearly charring Yellow's face! He then ran to the north of Cherrygrove to escape. But before the left, he turned to Dami and said with all seriousness, "You girl. Remember my name. I am Silver Stone. I am going to be a Pokemon Master someday. Before that day comes, you WILL feel my wrath!" He dashed through the tall grass and was gone.
Yellow dunked his head in the nearby pond to cool off. "Geez! That guy really burns my bacon!"
Dami walked over and handed Yellow a towel. "And he almost did! Burn you, that is…"
Yellow frowned as he toweled off. "So the kid's name is Silver. Good to know. Dami, you keep going towards New Bark Town. Use the ledges to bypass the tall grass. I'm going to file a police report with Cherrygrove's authorities. I'll meet up with you later."
"Right! Chikorita, return! We need to get moving!" Dami tucked the PokeBall onto her belt and made a mad dash towards New Bark Town. "Please be okay, Professor Elm…"
When Dami arrived, the police were already on the scene. Red and blue lights flashed as Dami continued to run, hearing nothing but the sound of her own heart beating. She leapt over the yellow tape with such grace that the police didn't hear her land. She then saw Professor Elm being placed on a stretcher by paramedics. "Oh god, no…" She ran over to the professor, hoping with every step that he was still alright. "Professor! Professor! Can you hear me?!"
Elm was bleeding from the top of his head, and there was a big bruise on his left cheek. "Oh, Dami? Thank goodness you are okay."
Dami blushed. "Never mind me, Professor Elm! You look like you went three rounds with King Hippo!"
Elm tried to sit up in the stretcher. "Never mind how I look. What did Mr. Pokemon have to show me?"
Dami showed him the Mystery Egg.
Elm's eyes widened. "But this? Could it be a Pokemon Egg? Wow! Mr. Pokemon has outdone himself this time!" Elm began to laugh, but he coughed up blood. "Wow, I'm in sorry shape. I guess I better go to the hospital…"
Dami's eyes began to tear up. "Don't worry, Professor! My new friend Yellow is filing a police report right now in Cherrygrove City. We saw the guy that did this to you!"
Elm's eyes narrowed with worry. "No, you didn't. You couldn't have possibly seen what did this. At first, I thought I saw a young, red-haired boy enter my lab through the window. He demanded that I hand over my remaining Pokemon, but I refused. Naturally, he grew impatient with me, and that's when I called you on your PokeGear. But as soon as I did, that's when he took Cyndaquil. Before I knew what was happening… He… He… OH MY GOD! THOSE HORRIBLE GLOWING RED AND GREEN EYES!" That was the last thing Elm said before he collapsed.
Dami screamed in horror. "GLOWING RED AND GREEN EYES?! Is that what you saw, Professor! PLEASE TELL ME! TELL ME YOU'RE NOT JOKING!!"
One of the paramedics pushed Dami away. "Stay back, young lady. The professor lost a lot of blood, and we can't afford to waste a second getting him to the hospital! I need 50ccs of blood, stat!"
Dami stood in complete shock. She had only been a Pokemon Trainer for a day, and she never imagined that it would come to this; She made a smart new friend, and a dangerous new enemy. But she didn't believe it for a second until she heard Elm mention the glowing eyes.
His eyes.
Gekirin the Wrath's eyes.
Dami was reeling from the news. She slowly walked towards the exit not even hearing Elm's assistant as he handed her some empty PokeBalls to catch more Pokemon with. She couldn't believe, but did not have an explanation for the circumstances at hand.
The Akumu-Oni-Kiritsu followed her into the world of Pokemon!
Whoa! Even as I wrote it, I didn't see this ending coming! With the beginning of Dami's training, she now must contend with rival Pokemon Trainers AND the Akumu-Oni-Kiritsu!
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