"Stop right there, young man" monotoned Oak, grabbing his grandson's shirt and tugging him back.
"Wait. You both require these items. One Pokedex each, so you can make sure to avoid pokemon beyond your power. And here are ten pokeballs for both of you. These are free, but from pokemarts they will cost about five to ten poke depending on supply demand and supplier." Oak turned and grabbed the items from a table behind him. The boys fidgeted anxiously, but Oak continued with his necessary lecture.
"You can earn money through pokemon battles," he explained. "You will normally earn ten to twenty poke"
"Aww, but that's almost nothing!" Henry complained.
"You will be able to buy what you need," Oak went on, ignoring his grandson's outburst. "Hideki, the 100 poke you got from Henry was only that large amount because he marked you as a rival. Typically for gym battles you will earn 100 to 200 poke. In the pokemon league, each battle you win will yield 1,000 to 2,000 - and if you beat the champion you will win 5,000 to 10,000 poke."
"That makes sense, Professor," Hideki said.
"And, of course, as the power of your pokemon grow, so will the amount of money will exchange hands if you defeat each other!" Oak explained.
"Good-bye children, and stay safe on your journey. There has been an uncanny amount of crime now a days!" Oak hurried his words as they rushed out the door.
"Race you to Obsidian town, Hideki!" Henry cried.
"HA, we shall see! But first let's go to the pokemon center when we get there."
"Ok, how 'bout gets there first gets a pokeball on the loser!" Henry sneered.
"You're on!" shouted Hideki, racing ahead.
Racing through the underbrush, Hideki quickly took the lead. But throughout the twist and turns there were many pokemon flying around the trees. Running up to the forest, they quickly became lost. After wandering about for a few moments, Hideki stopped and called after Henry.
"How do we find our way through, dude?" Hideki inquired, confused.
"Here, take this," Henry said, throwing something at Hideki.
It was a small, dark screen with a power button on one side. Hideki pushed the power button. The screen started to glow, a keypad came down off the back, and then the screen turned into a map with a blinking dot marking their current location: in the dead center of Obsidian Forest. Hideki examined the device, finding and clicking a button marked "plan route." As "desired location" he selected "Obsidian Town." The device loaded and then on the screen appeared their route.
"Thank you, Henry," said Hideki, trying to hand him back the device.
"I've got a better one – much more up to date – you can keep that piece of junk."
"Now let's continue with the race!" Henry leered.
Running through the trees following the map they quickly beat a path through the trees until thirty minutes later they crashed out of the forest running up the final stretch to Obsidian town fifty yards .. thirty yards .. ten yards .. as they raced up the well worn path to Obsidian town. Hideki ran and jumped barely beating him but beat him he did.
"Arrgh…. fine you get your pokeball." Henry groaned
"Great now lets go get that pokeball and find some dinner and a place to sleep." Hideki happily smiled.
"for a place to stay for twenty poke you can get a bed the pokemon center but I will get an exclusive room with full privacy." Henry snorted while leading Hideki to the pokemart.
Just as they were about to continue to the pokemart a dark twisted version of a pokemon ran in front of them.
"Who is that pokemon?" Hideki asked shocked.
Even Henry was shocked the pokemon was so appalling. It was a twisted pokemon that held a vague resemblance to the pokemon grimer (Hideki figured out this from the pokedex) but it was completely black with sickly neon strips but one thing this version had that the real pokemon is fangs incredibly sharp dripping acidic poison on to the dirt path.
"Hahahaha I see my [twisted pokemon name] leave a bad taste in your mouth no? I with this immensely powerful [twisted pokemon name]pokemon am still only a grunt of the mighty [evil team name] if an admin had graced you with their illustrious presence you would already be dead.. now prepare you self for a battle!"
"All right come on out Evee!" commanded Hideki throwing his pokeball.
"haha that puny pokemon wont stand a chance go my [twisted pokemon name] attack!" Laughed [evil team name] grunt.
The [twisted pokemon name] oozed forward quickly.
"Go Evee us tackle!" Hideki angrily growled.
"Haha that wont stop me quick [twisted pokemon name] us sludge!"
