Pokémon Adventures: The Four Beginnings – Chapter III: Fossils, Villains, and a Double Battle
"Bulbasaur, Take Down!" My starter rammed into the man's Ekans. When I and Danny arrived in Mt. Moon, we immediately encountered a person who claimed he was a part of a group called 'Team Rocket.' Needless to say, Bulbasaur made quick work of him.
"Yo-you're too strong! You'll regret this, I swear!" He said running off. I sighed.
"Good job Bulbasaur!" I said taking out my Pokéball to return him, but he suddenly began glowing. "He's…evolving…" After a few moments, the glowing stopped, and an Ivysaur stood where Bulbasaur once was.
"Ivysaur!" The Pokémon called out its name.
"Cool, you evolved!" I cried out. "Return, you deserve a good rest." I returned him to his Pokéball and I and Danny continued walking.
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After what seemed like hours of making our way through Mt. Moon, fighting off members of Team Rocket and regular trainers a like, we saw two suspicious looking rocks, along with a smaller round object. As we approached them, a young man wearing a lab coat ran up.
"No, stop! I found these fossils, they're mine! Voltorb, come on out!" He tossed his Pokéball, and the electric creature appeared.
"Well if it's a fight you want it's a fight you'll get! Ivysaur, let's go!" I released him. "Now, Vine Whip!" Ivysaur used the move and got a critical hit, knocking out the Voltorb.
"Gah! Uh, uh, Grimer, do something!" He threw out the poison type and it quickly used Poison Powder on Ivysaur.
"Grr. Use Take Down on it!" Ivysaur rammed into Grimer, again, a one-hit knockout.
"No! This isn't supposed to happen! Koffing, finish it!" He threw out his final Pokémon.
"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf!" The leaves appeared and flew into the Pokémon, yet another knockout. I just sweeped his entire team.
"Damnit! I guess I have to admit defeat!" He said angrily. "You can each choose whatever fossil you want."
We slowly approached the fossils and examined them. One appeared to be a hump extending out of the rock; another looked similar to a shell; and the final one, the smallest of the three, was simply amber.
"I'll take this one." I said taking the rounder one. Danny grabbed the shell shaped one. And the scientist took the amber.
"So, you people took the Dome and Helix Fossils. Looks like I'm stuck with an Old Amber…" With that, he walked out.
We continued walking, and were almost at the exit, when smoke appeared, and we heard laughing.
"Cough…cough…Who's there?" I heard Danny call from beside me.
"Prepare for trouble!" A female voice.
"And make it double!" A male.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" A third voice, this one nasally.
We looked up, and saw three figures: A woman with reddish-pink hair, a man with blue hair, and a Pokémon, Meowth.
"A-a talking Pokémon!?" Danny asked, surprised.
"That's right twerp!" Meowth said. "Now hand over them fossils or else!"
"You're not getting anything from us!" I said, "Ivysaur, let's go!"
"Pikachu, come on out!" Danny yelled.
"Ekans, let's do this!" Jessie said.
"Koffing, are you ready?" James said as they both sent out their Pokémon. I casually yawned. Nothing we haven't faced already in this cave. Danny mimicked my movement.
"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf."
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt."
The attacks hit Ekans and Koffing, instantly fainting them.
"How could we be beaten by two twerps?" Jessie and James said together.
"You guys…just suck." I said.
"Suck?! Hmph!" Jessie said annoyed. "Come on James, let's go!"
"Agreed." James said angrily, and they both ran off.
"They were…interesting…" Danny said from beside me.
"Yeah, very interesting…" I continued. We stood thinking for a moment before returning our Pokémon and walking out, continuing on our way to Cerulean City.
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"Ow!" Danny yelled as he landed on the ground after making his way down the final ledge to get to Cerulean. Yet again I noticed that his voice sounded very feminine. I decided to say something.
"Danny…have you…hit puberty yet?" I asked, blushing a little as I realized I was asking a boy about puberty.
"What?! Of course I have Leaf!" He said, his voice cracking, once again sounding feminine as I helped him get up. I looked at him for a moment or so before kissing him. His cheeks got red.
"L-Leaf…what was that for?" He asked.
"Tehe. Just kissing you because I can, and I know you won't do anything about it." I began walking towards Cerulean, and he paused for a few moments before running after me.
We were close to the Pokémon Center when Red and Gary suddenly appeared in front of us.
"Well what up dweebs!" Gary began. "I see you guys got here after us!"
"What are you doing here Gary?" I asked with a sigh.
"Me and Red were here to challenge the gym leader, and we both got our Cascade Badge! I was fixin' to head up to that cottage up north, but how about you and Danny have a double battle with me and Red?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"A double battle?" Danny said, confused.
"Double battles originate from the Hoenn region," I began, "they consist of two trainers fighting two other trainers together. The trainers each send out a Pokémon, totaling four on the battle field at a time. The match ends when all Pokémon from an opposing side have fainted."
"So, now that you know that Danny," Red started, "feel like taking us on?"
"Sure. We're ready." Danny said confidently.
"Alright! Wartortle, let's go!" Gary said.
"Pikachu, come on out!" Red said. So, my brother caught a Pikachu as well.
"Ivysaur, come on!" I yelled.
"Metapod, get ready!" Danny called from beside me. He caught a Caterpie prior to entering Mt. Moon, and it evolved prior to the battle with Jessie and James.
"Ivysaur, Vine Whip Wartortle!"
"Metapod, Harden!"
"Wartortle, Water Gun on Metapod!"
"Pikachu, Quick Attack on Ivysaur!"
All of the attacks hit. Metapod barely held on, and Ivysaur knocked out Wartortle. Suddenly, Metapod began glowing, and evolved into Butterfree.
"Alright!" Danny called. "Now we're talking!"
"Grr! Pidgey, let's go!" Gary called.
"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf Pikachu!"
"Butterfree, Sleep Powder on Pidgey!"
"Pikachu, Thunder Wave Butterfree!"
Pikachu's attack missed. Pidgey went to sleep. Ivysaur's attack hit, fainting Pikachu.
"Charmeleon, go!"
This was it – we had to finish this.
"Butterfree, Sleep Powder on Charmeleon!"
Awesome. Gary's and Red's Pokémon were both asleep.
"Bulbasaur, Take Down on Charmeleon!"
"Butterfree, Confusion on Pidgey!"
The attacks hit, and the two were still there.
"Again!" We both called out to our Pokémon. The attacks hit again, and Charmeleon and Pidgey fainted.
"We…we lost?! No!" Gary screamed.
"Good job you two. That was an amazing battle." Red told us.
We nodded, and everyone returned to the Pokémon Center for healing.
Next stop, that cottage up north.
Well well, back to back updates for this…interesting. Hope you enjoyed all the battle scenes I had. Anyways, might do some updates for Poké-People next, because I've neglected that a little. Got some ideas for the next chapter of this though, so this will be getting interesting. And a note: The Team Rocket Trio (Jessie, James, Meowth) in this series is appearing more so as they do in Pokémon Yellow, with some very slight hints to their anime counterparts. Anyways, see ya!
