Chapter 2: Into the Berry Forest
"We made it!! Great job Charizard!" Sabrina said as she looked at the entrance to Berry Forest. Charizard roared in thanks and looked at Sabrina as she took out a notebook and pencil. Charizard smiled warmly as he looked at her, his eyes sparkling. Sabrina was his best friend. They had known each other for four years now, since she began her journey at ten. They always seemed to be in arguments but when the going got tough, they both got going and not one of them stood down. They were unstoppable in battles and were known throughout the regions. For now they had been taking a break from traveling until a new region was open for exploring. Charizard never left Sabrina's side unless he knew she was safe but then again he was still cautious. He protected her with his life and made sure she was never harmed; that was mainly the reason too why he allowed no boys near her. "Charizard!!" he snapped out of his thoughts as Sabrina called him. He growled at her for ruining his train of thoughts; now that train of thoughts was gone in a wreck. "I've been calling your name for the last ten hours! Where have you been, sir thinks a lot?" she said impatiently. He growled and crossed his arms. "What did you say mister? You don't talk that way to me!!" she said putting her hands on her hips. He mimicked what she said as he rolled his eyes. She growled and jumped on him, both wrestling to the ground. "You want a piece of me?! Bring it on ya lizard!!" He roared and began to blow fire everywhere as the two continued to yell and wrestle. The dark figure was watching them from the sky as he rode on his Noctowl. He sweat dropped and sighed. This is the famous Sabrina? Unbelievable…. He thought with another sigh. Finally Sabrina and Charizard stopped and were both on the ground panting. "You old lizard… I'm gonna defeat you one day…" she breathed out. He growled in reply but she sighed and ignored what he had said as she stood up, getting her pencil and notebook that had fallen to the ground. He also stood up and rubbed the back of his neck growling softly. "Well you deserved it…" she paused and sighed, "C'mon…" she finished saying with a soft smile and began to walk in the entrance. Charizard nodded and sighed and followed. Their battles always ended with no winner and it was normal for them to have useless quarrels. As they walked in, the figure made his Noctowl fly after them, into the Berry Forest. Sabrina's eyes sparkled as she looked at all the fascinating Bug and Grass Pokemon in the forest. Charizard smirked and gave a little snicker to himself as he thought about how easy it was for him to just smoke these Pokemon. They both kept walking till they reached a giant tree that was covered in berries and Pokemon. Sabrina smiled wide. "We made it!! The great Berry Tree is overflowing with berries! I can't believe how much the Pokemon here have helped it blossom." She said touching the tree trunk lightly. Charizard nodded and picked her up gently and flew upwards so she could reach the berries in the trees. She took note of any new berries then put up her notebook and pencil and brought out a small basket. She began to pick the berries she needed to make her famous Pokeblocks. Charizard began to drool when he saw the Tomato berries. She noticed and grabbed some for him but with a soft scowl, "Don't go and drool on me now!" she told him. He snapped out of his berry fantasy and growled in annoyance. "Oh hush I'm almost done." She told him picking some Sitrus berries and lastly a few Rabuta berries too. He flew back down and gently placed her on her feet. She breathed out with a smile. "I'll need to bring a bigger basket next time!!" she said looking at her filled up basket in her arm. Charizard nodded in agreement. They both stayed silent for a moment, enjoying chitters of the Pokemon in the forest, before Sabrina broke the silence by pulling out a Pokeball and saying, "I bet Buzz would like it here! She loves the Aspear berries!" With that said a Pikachu, with a red bow on her right ear, came out shaking her head and looked up at Sabrina with a small smile on her face.
"Pikachu?" she asked. Sabrina smiled and said, "Nope, no battle, but I brought you out so you could have some Aspear berries!" she said. Buzz's ears twitched and she looked around until she found a specific tree that had only Aspear berries. Her eyes lit up and she ran to the tree with a delighted, "Pika Pi!!" Sabrina laughed and sat down and began to eat an Oran Berry. Charizard shrugged and flew up and began to munch on Tomato Berries. It was all peaceful until a net appeared out from within the trees and captured Buzz! Sabrina gasped and quickly got up shouting,
"Buzz!!" Charizard roared furiously and landed in front of Sabrina, his wings spread out. The Pokemon around scattered off in fear. A sinister and dark laugh was heard from within the bushes the net had shot out of, as well as Buzz's helpless yelling and electric attacks. Sabrina growled, "Who are you and what are you doing with my Buzz?!" A reply came as the figure came out from the bushes holding the net in which Buzz was captured in and was desperately trying to get out of.
"Why my dear Sabrina…I'm doing nothing to your precious Pikachu. I just happen to know that your Pokemon are quite strong and I wanted to see if your Pokemon could escape from anything like people say." His voice was dark and low but was also seductive. Now that he had appeared from the shadows, his appearance was noticeable. He was tall and obviously masculine; his smooth brown hair came just above his neck and covered some of his eyes. He was wearing a long sleeve dark blue shirt with black leather pants and boots on. His eyes were dark and the smile on his face immediately said 'trouble'. Sabrina blinked and stared at him.
"I see that you know me already so an introduction isn't important now. Let's just start this way: give me back Buzz now and I won't have Charizard snap you in half." She said threateningly. Charizard snarled as his flame on his tail burst bigger and he bared his fangs. Buzz was still struggling but was getting tired from all her useless attacks; it was draining her energy. The man smiled and nodded.
"Of course; anything you say, my love." He said in another seductive tone, his eyes glistening as he dropped the net, allowing Buzz to escape. Buzz stumbled out and ran to Sabrina with her eyes shut; the man's eyes never once left Sabrina. Sabrina gasped and caught Buzz as she jumped into her arms,
"Oh Buzz!! Are you ok?" she asked. Buzz looked up at her with an eye closed.
"Pika Pi…Pikachu…" she replied panting. Sabrina's eyes shimmered and she returned Buzz to her Pokeball.
"I'll get you healed later Buzz, right now I have to deal with someone." She said looking at the man with anger flooding all in her. The man crossed his arms and smirked as he eyed her up and down.
"I know a lot about you, Sabrina Oaken of Pallet Town. You're fourteen and began your journey with a Charmander," he paused and nodded to Charizard then continued, "Which I can see you have clearly trained. My name is Jason, I'm seventeen years old and I come from Lavender Town in search of you." He told her. She growled and put her hands on her hips as Charizard snarled.
"What do you want from me?" she asked. He shrugged.
"I simply come in peace, I mean no harm to you…let's just say…I find interest in you." He said eyeing her long legs. She noticed and blushed and moved to the side a bit as Charizard growled; he was ready to attack at any second now.
"Th-That's no reason to attack my Pokemon…" she muttered out not looking at him. The smirk on his face grew wider as he continued to eye her and began to walk forward but quickly stopped as Charizard let out a deep growl that said, 'If you even move one muscle towards her, I'll rip and shred all the bones out of you!' Jason growled annoyingly; Charizard was starting to piss him off.
"Ok now, you're really pissing me off! Teach that lizard a lesson Magmar!!" he yelled as he threw a Pokeball and a Magmar came out and tackled Charizard to the ground. Sabrina gasped. Charizard and Magmar were wrestling and sending out attacks to each other without commands from their Trainers. Jason smirked once more and began to walk forward towards her until another figure stepped out from the bushes and walked in front of Sabrina. Jason stopped and he let out a small utter of cry. Sabrina gasped when she realized who it was.