"I guess it's time we get a move on."
As Grey began walking, he was sightseeing and looking at the quaint, yet nostalgic, feel of route 1 and soon enough, he had made it to viridian city by nightfall.
"Looks like we made pretty good pace, I think we should call it in here at the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy, I would like a room please, if possible."
"Why of course. Would you also like to register for the Pokémon League while you're here?"
"Yes ma'am, thanks for reminding me."
As Grey finally got to his room, he was pleased to see a nice twin-sized bed, a microwave, a bathroom to himself, and a sink.
"Well, it's not much, but it's enough room for all of us, so come on out guys", Grey shouted as he brought out 3 of his Pokémon that were in their respective pokeballs.
"You three can have the bed if you want, Charizard and I will have the floor."
Deep into the night, the 3 baby Pokémon on the bed, grow restless from not being near there trainer, so they all took it upon themselves to hop off the bed and snuggle next to the small trainer. Grey could somewhat feel this in his sleep, so he opened one eye to see all his friends together. Just the mere sight put a huge smile on his face before falling back asleep.
"Good morning, everyone, after we get some food, it'll be high time that we on forward through Viridian forest."
After chowing down for about half an hour, the young boy and his team headed to their first real obstacle.
"According to the database concerning the Pokémon League, the first gym in Pewter city is a rock type gym, with the leader's name being Brock. For this gym I'll use Aron and Bagon. I wish I could use Beldum, but he only knows Take Down which isn't very effective against rock-types. But he should do fine against the water type gym. Now then let's find some Pokémon and battle some trainers!"
Grey rushed into the forest with his large, black, dragon friend flew just a few feet above him. Once he passed through the small building connecting route 2 to the forest, he was instantly in aw as he saw the massive trees standing in front of him, with dozens of Pokémon hanging from them as well.
"Wow, I couldn't imagine the forest being so huge! This is gonna be great!"
"Hey you!"
"Huh, me?"
"Yeah you. You think you can come here and not expect a challenge?"
"Actually, that's what I came here for."
"Well I couldn't tell with the way you're looking like a Stantler in the headlights. Whatever, I want to battle you now."
"That's fine by me, let's get started. Before we begin, I'd like to know the name of the first trainer I'm gonna beat on my journey to be the best."
"Well that person won't be me, but if you must know, the name is Matt Sorenstein and I'm from Viridian city. What about you?"
"I am Grey Lockwood and I'm from Petalburg city over in the Hoenn region."
"Well you came to the right place to start your journey, but I'll show you the amazing strength of Kanto trainers. Let's go Beedrill!"
Out of the small red ball came forth a large bug-type Pokémon, roughly the same size as its trainer with two massive drills for hands.
"Woah, a fully evolved Pokémon from the start huh. Well no reason for us to hold back. Let's go Aron!"
"HA! You plan to beat my Beedrill with that little pipsqueak, cause if so, you'll be in for a long ride."
"And if you underestimate my Pokémon then you'll be in for a rude awakening."
"Beedrill go, use Drill Run!"
The large bee-like Pokémon came zooming over to the much smaller Pokémon.
"Aron, use Rock Polish to get out of the way!"
Quickly the small Pokémon was able to roll under the opponent's Beedrill.
"Dodging will only help you so much. Beedrill go and use Brick Break!"
"Aron use Protect!"
Instantly a green spherical shield surrounded the small Pokémon as the Brick Break collided against it.
"Aron now's our chance, use Rock Tomb!"
Soon large boulders came crashing down out of thin air headed straight for the large Pokémon.
"Beedrill dodge it now!"
"Aron, go in for the headbutt!"
While the large insect was dodging the rocks, it couldn't see the small silver Pokémon headed straight for it. The impact sent the large bug flying into a nearby tree.
"Nice job Aron, but don't let up, use Sandstorm!"
A large amount of dust soon started to appear and not only did Aron basically have a shield, but even if Beedrill got through the sand, it would be buffeted by it.
"Darn it, Beedrill can't go through without getting hurt. Oh well, just have to suffer now so we can taste victory later. Beedrill go through and use Drill Run!"
The large insect did as his trainer commanded and rushed drills first into the mini storm only to come up empty-handed as Aron was nowhere to be foubd.
"Huh, where's he at? We just saw him a second ago."
"Aron now use Rock Slide!"
Soon large boulders once again from barreling down to the ground from the sky, forcing the large bug to try and dodge.
"Aron now that your opponent is off guard, come up from using dig!"
On command, the small iron Pokémon came shooting from the ground and crashing into the opponent, which cause the opposing Pokémon to get slammed back to the ground by one of the massive boulders. As the dust settled, one could see the swirls coming from the insect's eye as it laid defeated.
"How could this happen, we had trained so hard, just to lose like this."
"Well you didn't have much strategy coming at e as you thought you could easily overpower my Pokémon. Once you had gotten distracted by my large-scale attacks, that's when I was able to quickly pick you apart."
"Jeez, you really put a lot of thought into this battle. I'll take your advice and next time we meet, I'll be sure to put you right back in your place."
"Yeah well, we'll see about that, now won't we?"
As the two headed off in different directions, Grey began looking in his Pokedex for a certain grass-type Pokémon.
"According to the Pokedex, Bulbasaur should be around here somewhere. Although it is a bit rare, I'll need to stay vigilant and have my eyes open at all times for the little guy."
After several hours, the young grey-haired trainer finally found what he was searching for.
"There you are, I've been looking all over for you."
The small Pokémon then turned around to see who was talking to hit, only seeing a trainer with a pokeball in his hand and a Bagon by his side.
"Now that I've found you, I can't let you out of my sights little guy so prepare for battle. Bagon start off with Ember!"
Quickly, the small dragon spat out small flames from its mouth that was soon about to hit the small plant-like dinosaur before it used its vines to lift itself above the attack. The wild Pokémon then used that time to tackle Bagon onto the ground.
"This guy's feisty Bagon, so get up and use Dragon Dance. Now follow up with a Fire Fang."
The oncoming attack was too fast for the wild Bulbasaur and it was soon hit with a super effective move that sent it stumbling backwards. But the wild creature wasn't finished yet as it quickly got up and fired off a Razor Leaf attack.
"Bagon use your Ember to burn the leaves, then finish it off with another Fire Fang!"
As the leaves were burnt to a crisp, the small dragon Pokémon launched itself towards the Bulbasaur with the intent of hitting its target. Unfortunately for the Bulbasaur, Bagon didn't miss his target and Bulbasaur was found on its side with swirls in its eyes.
"Alright, now's our chance, pokeball go!"
The young trainer threw the ball with such accuracy that it hit the Pokémon square on its forehead. With a red flash, then Pokémon was put inside the ball. Then came the moment to come, the beeps from the pokeball that made any and every trainer nervous. 1…2…3…, then came the final sound that concluded the event that seemed like it would take forever.
"I did, I caught my first Pokémon! Bagon we did it!", the young trainer shouted as the small dragon leapt into Grey's arms, both with large smiles on their faces.
"Alright, come on out Bulbasaur and meet my friends."
As Bulbasaur came forth from its pokeball, its eyes soon met with Grey's other friends.
"Look buddy, I'm going on a journey to be the best trainer around, and it would be great if I could get your help. So, what do you say, wanna be a part of my family?"
Bulbasaur looked at Grey for a moment, then towards his Pokémon, and then finally at the ball he was just caught in, right before nodding his head yes to Grey.
"That's great, now here, eat this oran berry to get your strength back up, for now, we should get ready for the night and set up camp."
And with that, chapter 2 is finished. Just a few quick notes. For one, I'm not going by the 4-move limit because that seems stupid to me. I plan on making this series a lengthy one as I will be having Grey go through all the regions in the handheld games. Since this is my story, Grey and a few of his close friends, will be catching Pokémon that you normally can't in the games or even anime as this story is a combo of the anime, games, and manga. Lastly, Grey's origins will be brought up soon within the next few chapters. With that, don't forget to Favorite, Follow, and Review.