Well, here's the second chapter of the Worldjumper Saga! Enjoy! And as always, I don't own Earthbound or Pokémon. Enjoy!

Pokémon: Legend of the Cap Boys

Chapter 2: An Auspicious Beginning! Vs Dratini!

Previously, in chapter 1:

"There must be some mistake!" The Professor exclaimed.

Some mistake indeed, for the Pokémon Red, Blue and Green got was not what was expected! Blue got an Eevee, Red got a Pikachu and Green…Green got a Gulpin!

Find out what happens now on Legend of the Cap Boys!

"I don't believe it! Gramps, how could you mess this up?" Blue exclaimed.

"It wasn't my fault, Blue, believe you me!" Professor Oak replied sharply. "Something must have gone wrong with the shipments. Let's see…"

He pulled out a cellphone and dialed a number. "Elaine? Yeah, it's Oak. Listen, I have a big problem. A real big problem. Get Victor and Charles in the room, pronto! You know the one. I know. I KNOW! Just get here ASAP! Please? Good. I'll see you in a few minutes."

With a sigh, the Professor ended the call and turned to the three of us. "My top assistants should be here shortly. We'll sort this matter up squared away."

"Actually, I don't really mind that I didn't get the Bulbasaur I wanted." Green said as she picked up her Gulpin. "She's soo cute and huggable!"

The little green blob squeaked at the praise and snuggled more closely to Leaf. Ahh, girls.

"I don't mind either. Pikachu are cool and tough." Red grinned as he carefully scratched behind the yellow mouse's ears. "Aren't ya, boy?"

"Pika…" I could tell that the Pikachu enjoyed that.

Blue didn't say anything, but I could sense that even see seemed satisfied with the mishap as he quietly picked up his Eevee. Well, it looks like everything will turn out in the end. But we'll see. And at that moment, two male assistants entered the room, both of them wearing lab coats over T-shirts and slacks and sporting weird hairdos.

"What seems to be the problem, Professor?" One asked, then he took one look at the room. "Oh, shit!"

"Language, Victor. Kids are present!" Oak chided. Not that I cared much, but you know adults. "You were in charge of the shipments. Care to explain this matter?"

"Arceus' plates, Prof!" The guy called Victor said, shocked. "Honestly, I don't know how that could have happened. I double and triple-checked the shipments to make sure it's all cool. There's no way I would have messed up this badly, honest!"

"I agree. Something must have happened en route." The other guy said, presumably Charles. "I'll get right to the bottom of this. Sorry to say, kids, but I think you'll just have to live with this situation."

"Augh. I don't like this one bit. But I guess there's really nothing we can do at this time." The Professor scratched his head irritably. "Red, Blue, Green, are you ok with having these Pokémon as your starters?"

"Sure." Blue shrugged. "He looks strong, so I'll keep him."

"She's too cute to be put away. I'm keeping her too!" Green exclaimed.

"Guess that means you're my first partner, huh?" Red asked his Pikachu. Pikachu shrugged, as if he's saying he doesn't care one way or another. "Yeah, I'm cool with that."

"Well, if they're fine with that, they're fine with that. Victor, get that box of spare Pokéballs from the top shelf. Charles, get me four, yes, count 'em, four fresh Pokédexes." Oak ordered. As the assistants snapped to carry out his orders, he turned to me. "Well, Ness. As you can see, we have quite a situation here. It's not every day that you get mixups like this. What are we going to do with you?"

I shrugged. "I dunno. I guess I can always catch something and hope—what was that?"

A howling sound and lots of shouting suddenly cut me off in midsentence. Oak slapped his face and sighed exasperatedly. "This day just keeps getting better and better. Hold on, kids, let me sort this one out."

He rushed to the door of the lab and no sooner than he opened it than another assistant came flying in, knocking the poor old guy down. "Oww! Elaine! What the heck is going on out there?"

"It's the abandoned Dratini that we took in, Professor! It's throwing Twisters and Dragon Rages everywhere! No one can get near him!" The young woman yelled. "Damn it. That hurt…"

"Let us deal with it! We're Trainers now!" Red said enthusiastically. But something made me stop him.

"Wait, Red. Somehow, I have a feeling that wouldn't work." I said. Something like a tug started to draw me towards the doorway. "Professor, let me deal with it. Trust me. I can calm it down."

The Professor was about to object, probably to say something about the dangers, but I guess he saw something in my face, because he said, "Well…I don't know. It's sounding pretty dangerous out there. You'd better have the others backing you up if anything goes wrong."

"Hmph. Guess we'll see if you're as good as you think." Blue folded his arms.

"Are you sure you can do this?" Red asked me.

"Yeah, it sounds kinda dangerous out there." Green said, holding her Gulpin tightly.

I flashed them my classic confident smile. "Don't worry, guys. This kind of thing is my speciality. I'll be fine!"

With that, I adjusted my hat backwards and stepped outside of the lab to see about this Dratini, my new friends following me closely.

Almost immediately, I was socked by a powerful windstorm that almost knocked me off my feet! "Crap! This is bad! Hold on to your hats and 'mons, guys!"

"Not again!" Red whined as he held on to his hat and Pikachu at the same time.

"Watch out!" Blue yelled as a table came flying in our direction. We ducked it just in time! "He's throwing everything but the kitchen sink!"

As if summoned, a kitchen sink promptly made a beeline for his head. Fortunately for him, he was quick to drop before he gained more than just bad hair.

"You just had to say it!" Red grumbled.

"This isn't good! What are we gonna do?" Green yelled.

At the center of the windstorm, there was a long, snake-like creature. Its color was dark blue and it had fins and a large nose on its head. I could see why the assistants, who were currently cowering in the underbrush, didn't want to deal with it. The anger and despair I could feel coming from it…it was like a force unto itself! Wasn't it abandoned? Abandoned by some idiotic trainer who didn't know what he's got?

Making a mental note to give whoever abandoned this Pokémon a good thrashing, I forced myself through the winds, determined to put an end to the Dratini's sorrow before it hurt anyone else. The Dratini shrank back from me, hissing in anger and fear, the twister swirling around him threatening to throw me off for good. "Dratini! You don't have to be afraid anymore! Nobody's going to hurt you anymore!"

The Dratini hissed again. I could almost understand what he's saying. Wait…I could understand it. "Leave me alone, human! Leave me to my despair! I'll destroy this place and every human I can find!"

"Augh!" The Dratini hit me with a purple blast of energy that must be the Dragon Rage. I rolled backwards and dug in my nails to keep from being blown away. It hurt a lot, but I wasn't about to let a Dragon get the best of me! I dragged myself forward against the wind. "Listen to me, Dratini! I'm not going away until you stop! I'm not going to abandon you! You're angry and sad because you've been betrayed, but know that right here, right now, I'm never, ever going to abandon you! No matter what!"

My words began to have an effect as the Dratini's anger seemed to lessen, and when it did, the winds began to die down. I seized the opportunity to get right to Dratini and stroke his scaled body, making calming noises and sending psychic calming waves into him with every stroke.

"Human… You're not like my last master. There's a kindness in you…" The Dratini said, finally calming through my efforts.

"That's because he didn't know what he got." I replied soothingly. "You're an awesome little guy. Don't ever let anyone tell you any different. I'll tell you what. Let's be friends, ok? Then you can see that not all of us people are bad."

"I...believe that remains to be seen. I've been hurt so much…But I'll give you a chance, Master."

"Hey. You don't have to call me Master. My name is Ness. I'll be honored to be your Trainer." I smiled. "And if you ask me, you know it'll be true that there won't be a thing that we can't do if we put our minds together. After all, that's what bein' friends is all about."

The Dratini seemed to accept my words. "There is truth in your words…Trainer Ness. Maybe…just maybe something will come out of this. Thank you. By the way, I do have a name, too. Call me Kronos."

"It's ok! He's calm now!" I called to the others. "Guys, meet Kronos, my new Dratini. Kronos, say Hi!"

"Hi, Kronos. Meet Pika, my new Pikachu." Red grinned as Pikachu waved. "Geez. You're pretty good at this stuff, Ness."

"Hmph. I'll admit you're not just another useless chump. But time's a-wasting, so I'll smell you guys later." Blue said, turning away with his Eevee on his shoulder. "Gramps! It's over! Where's that Pokedex you promised?"

"You could do with a little kindness, you know!" Green snapped at Blue, then turned to us. "Kronos, this is Gulpie. Say hi, Gulpie!"

Gulpie made squeaky welcoming noises. So cute!

Oak and his assistants finally exited the lab. "My, oh, my. It seems there's more to you than meets the eye, young Ness! Taming a wild Dragon is not an easy thing to do. It looks like I'll have to watch your career with great interest."

He chuckled. "Oh, yes. Let's get back to where we started. Charles? The Pokedexes, please."

His assistant gave him the high-tech encyclopedias, and then they were distributed to the four of us.

"These are high-tech encyclopedias, loaded with all sorts of interesting features! There's basic information loaded into them, but there's still nothing like detailed observations in the field, as my old friend Birch always tells me. Give them a whirl!"

"Gee, thanks, Professor!" I turned mine on, and turned the scanner to my Dratini.

"Dratini, the Dragon Pokémon. Dratini continually molts and sloughs off its old skin. It does so because the life energy within its body steadily builds to reach uncontrollable levels." The AI voice intoned.

"This is pretty neat." I grinned.

"And there's much more in those 'Dexes than just a quick guide on Pokémon, but I'll leave you kids to figure it all out. Don't want to spoil the fun." The Professor smiled. "Now there's one last thing before I let you kids go. Victor, the Pokéballs, please."

The other assistant brought the box of Pokéballs to us.

"Make sure you each take six of them. Five for when you catch Pokémon and the last one for your starter." Oak said. "Of course…"

As he talked we did as instructed. Green's Gulpin, Blue's Eevee and my Dratini took well to being recalled, but unfortunately Red's Pikachu didn't like it and showed his displeasure to his Trainer with shocking results! Poor Red!

"…Not every Pokémon likes Pokéballs, and they are perfectly willing to show you when they don't." Oak continued as if Red wasn't on the ground looking like a barbeque dinner with a snickering Pikachu on top of him.

"T-thanks for the warning, Professor…uugh." Red groaned.

Some time (and many electric-burn healing packs) later, the four of us were ready to go, with the townspeople coming out to see their honored children off on their journey!

"Well, thanks for everything, Gramps, but I'm late for a very important date with destiny! Smell you later, Red, Ness!" Blue grinned nastily, a blue bicycle in his hand. "Green, do me a favor and don't slow me down!"

"*Sigh* You know I'm only coming with you because you could do with a little puncturing of your ego!" Green grumbled, getting on her own bicycle. "See you later, Red and Ness!"

With Blue having got the last laugh, he and Green sped off into the distance together, leaving us cap boys in the dust.

"Ooooh! I'm going to get that stinker if it's the last thing I do! C'mon, Ness, let's hit the road!" Red yelled and shot off like a rocket!

Well, thus begins our journey through the wild and wonderful world of Pokémon. What wonders and dangers will we face? What will be the end game for this story? Well, there's only one way to find out, and that's by playing this out to the very end. But enough exposition! It's time to beat feet!

"Hey, Red! Wait up!" I called, speeding off after him.

There. The second chapter of Legend of the Cap Boys is complete! Remember to read and review, so that this little author gets fed well and continues to make more awesome chapters! Til next time!