Fuchsia City

Max sat in the classroom with scyther, waiting for the teacher to arrive. Moments later, he entered with Dylan close behind. "Woah, Max," Dylan said, seeing his classmate, "Did you not take any of your tests either?" Max laughed a little, "No, I only need to take one more.....wait.....you didn't take any of yours?" "Apparently not," Dylan answered with a smile. "Okay gentlemen," their teacher said, "Here are your tests, I expect nothing but the best from you two." He then laid a few sheets in front of Max and turned towards Dylan and laid a rather large stack of papers before him. "Now Max," he continued, "Will scyther be joining me?" "Oh yeah, I nearly forgot," Max said, turning towards scyther, "You ready to go? Scyther nodded and walked towards the teacher. "Very good," he said, "Would you like me to take yours as well Dylan?" Dylan looked towards slowpoke, who has already made himself comfortable and had curled up on the table. "I think he should be fine here," he said, sitting himself behind his large stack of tests. "Alright then," the teacher said, making his way towards the door, "I will check back with you guys later." He then went outside and towards the Safari Zone, scyther trailing behind him.

Inside the Safari Zone

The teacher entered the front of the building, a group of people and various pokemon stood before him. "Alright everyone," he began, "Report to your usually locations and take care of anything that needs attention." The group then dispersed into smaller groups, each heading out somewhere else. After the group left, the teacher grabbed for one of his pokeballs and tossed it forward. "Go Stryke," he called, releasing his own scyther. "Now scyther," he said, turning towards Max's, "I want you to follow Stryke to the beedrill hives, it seems somethings been giving them trouble lately." Scyther cringed at the thought of helping beedrill, his kind had instinctual hated them and this was imprinted in his brain. The teacher chuckled at the sight, he knew of the different rivalries between species and usually tried to keep them separate. "I think this will be wonderful training for you, and you'll have Stryke around to keep the peace." His scyther turned towards Max's, nodded then took off, flying towards a wooded area. Scyther grumbled a little, then was soon behind him. Moments later, they arrived at their desired location. Large trees surrounded them, multiple kakunas and hives hanging from the many branches. Scyther tensed up at seeing the multitude of beedrill just flying about. Stryke held one of his blades out to stop him and shot him a look. He then shot off towards one of the larger beedrill. Scyther began looking closer around him, noticing that many of the trees weren't in the best condition. They were all missing various branches and had chunks of bark gone from them. Suddenly, a large wind kicked up and all the beedrill froze. Stryke quickly shot up to the tops of the trees, scyther fast behind him. A short distance away, a large fearow was heading towards them, multiple spearow surrounding him. Scyther had fended off spearow before, but this was his first time seeing a fearow this close. He shuttered at the sight before him, gaining another glare from Stryke, who began heading towards the flock. Scyther was fearful, but not wanting to be shown up, he flew off right after him. The fearow saw them approach and slowed to a hover, straightening his large wings. He then brought them both forward quickly, creating a small whirlwind towards the scythers. Scyther saw this and began changing his course, hoping to circle around the winds. Stryke continued forward, beginning to faintly glow red. Scyther flew out enough and soon shot back towards fearow, noticing Stryke still charging. As Stryke neared the winds, he began rotating his body, creating a small wind tunnel. He pierced right through the winds, appearing before the large fearow, and lunged for him, his blade sliding through the birds soft underbelly. The fearow screeched out in pain and slammed its beak down, hoping to hit the scyther moments after he struck. Max's scyther suddenly appeared before him, blades crossed, and blocked the mighty peck. Stryke then took his chance and swiped out at the birds exposed neck, making contact and causing a large gash in it. The fearow screeched louder and began to fly off. Scyther tried to charge after it, but was stopped by Stryke. The smaller spearow took off after the fearow, confused by the fast ordeal that was now over. Stryke watched them fly off before heading back to the hives. When they returned, the beedrill were buzzing around happily. Stryke went off to see the larger beedrill again, which left scyther surrounded by what was once his enemy. He looked nervously from one to the other, afraid that at any moment, they would turn on him. Stryke soon returned and led the all too willing scyther away. They soon returned to where Stryke's master was standing. "I trust everything went well?" He asked. Stryke nodded and returned to his ball. "I hope you learned something scyther," the teacher stated, "I would be wise not to hold anything against anyone until first having proper reason. I suppose we should return now." He turned and began leaving. Scyther just stood and watched him for a moment, before following after him.

Ship

"Alright growlithe," Zac said, "This should be far out enough." Zac and his growlithe stepped to the center of the room. They were in some sort of storage area, crates stacked up around them. "Let's go see what this boat has to offer," he said to his partner with a smile. As they made their way to the door, a voice spoke out, "Well, it seems we have us some stowaways." A worker then stepped into the doorway, a machop at his side. "I'm not a stowaway," Zac said, "I'm just a little lost." The worker chuckled, "then where's your boat pass?" He pulled a card out of his pocket and held it out for Zac to see. "Well you see.....," Zac started, "Growlithe charge them!" His growlithe suddenly bounded towards the machop and man. "Machop, low kick," the worker called out. His pokemon ran forward and swung his leg out. "Leap and fire claw growlithe," Zac called out. As the machop kicked, growlithe jumped over his leg and lunged his fiery paw forward, striking him from his face down his body. Machop jumped back, small flames crackling at his fresh scratches. "What?" The worker yelled, "What was that?" Zac merely smiled and called his next attack, "Spitfire growlithe." Growlithe took a deep breathe and blew out a flurry of small fireballs at machop, striking all of his body and knocking him on his back. "Hurry and bite growlithe," Zac continued calling. Growlithe stood over machop and bite down around his neck. He then raised his head quickly and turned it, releasing machop and flinging him into the worker. He ended it by using another spitfire on the pokemon and its master, knocking them both out. Zac started laughing as he walked up to the fallen guy. "Man, I thought our first opponent would have put up a better fight than this," he said as he went through the guys pocket. "Oh well, we got what we need," he said, pulling out the workers boat pass. He smiled at growlithe, "Let's see what else this ship has to offer." With that, Zac and growlithe took off down the hall.

Inside Secret Cave

Samuel and Cass continued searching the cave, their pokemon close to their sides. Samuel suddenly stopped and leaned against the rock wall. "We've been searching for what seems like forever," he said, obviously annoyed, "we should just leave and try somewhere else." Cass turned and stared at him, "Quit being such a wimp and come on. we're never gonna catch anything if you aren't willing to work for it." With that, she turned and continued down the path. Samuel grumbled to himself and followed after her. After a bit, they came upon an open chamber. In the center of the section, a hitmonchan and hitmonlee were sparring. "This is perfect," Cass said, kneeling behind a large boulder, "See what patience will get you?" She said to Samuel as he sat beside her. "Now geodude, I want you to get in position behind them," she said, instructing her pokemon. Geodude nodded his head and began rolling away. "Forget all this sneaking around," Samuel said, standing up, "Come on rhyhorn." Samuel and rhyhorn ran a little ways towards the sparring pokemon, stopping yards away. The pokemon stopped what they were doing and turned towards the pair. Hitmonlee stepped forward and called out a warning. Rhyhorn simply roared and began pawing at the ground. The hitmonlee then started running towards them, which caused rhyhorn to begin charging. After the hitmonlee left hitmonchan, Cass jumped up, "Now geodude." Her geodude jumped up behind hitmonchan and wrapped its rocky arms around hitmonchans. The hitmonchan called out and began hopping around, hoping to knock geodude loose. At hearing hitmonchan's cry, hitmonlee quickly stopped and began turning. He was suddenly struck by the charging rhyhorn, knocking him to the ground. "Pin him rhyhorn," Samuel called out. Rhyhorn stood on hitmonlee's legs, pressing his weight on them and holding him down. "Rollout," Cass yelled, not wanting to let hitmonchan get loose. Geodude pushed his body forward, slamming hitmonchan to the ground. Geodude began rolling around, still holding hitmonchan and slamming him to the ground with each rotation. Hitmonlee began struggling with rhyhorn, but his weight was just too great to move without use of his mighty legs. "Headbutt rhyhorn, wear him down," Samuel called out to him. Rhyhorn began ramming his head into hitmonlee's body. Hitmonlee tensed up with each strike, unable to avoid them. Cass and Samuel each grabbed for a pokeball and tossed them at the weakening pokemon. After a few moments, they saw that they had captured them. "Way to go buddy," Samuel said, petting his rhyhorn's head as he knelt to retrieve his pokeball. "Well aren't you glad we came?" Cass asked, having already gotten her ball. "I'll admit, It was a good idea to come," Samuel said, somewhat reluctantly, "Let's just get out of here." They both headed back towards the entrance.

West of Fuchsia

Raymond continued down the path, starting to get annoyed with the lack of challenges along the way. "With all that talk of rogues, I'd figure we would have came across someone by now," he said to his magnemite. He let out a heavy sigh, "I suppose it is too much to ask," he continued. Moments later, Ray heard laughter coming from over the next hill. He walked over and saw a rather large man standing before a man sitting on the ground. The larger man had a grimer standing next to him. "Hmm," Raymond said, "Here's something. Try sending three Mag." Three of the magnemite's spheres shot off and headed towards the grimer. They each struck his back and sank right in. The grimer froze a little and turned back, but saw nothing. "Pay attention," the man yelled at the grimer. Ray smiled at the sight, "Spin Mag." Magnemite began spinning rapidly, starting to build a charge. Raymond turned back to the small group before him. As magnemite's speed increased, the grimer was slowly drawn to him. The grimer looked around confused as its body was pulled back away from the men. "What the," the larger man said, turning towards the now exposed Ray. As the larger man walked towards him, the man on the ground quickly jumped up and ran off. This angered the larger man ever more. "Your gonna pay for that kid," he yelled to Raymond. "Thunderbolt," Raymond said, ignoring the man. Magnemite, having stopped spinning send a large jolt of electricity at the grimer. It struck him head on and seemed to only graze right off of him. The large man began laughing at him. "You fool, it'll take more than that to stop us." Ray turned towards him and said, "Hmm, your right about that. Shoot the other two Mag." Magnemite shot the other two towards grimer, striking him in the body and head. The man began laughing harder now, "Grimer doesn't have a solid body, attacks like that are worthless." "Yes," Raymond began, "They don't do much, but attacking his body throughout, that could prove useful." The man looked at him confused. "What are you rambling on about kid?" Ray merely smiled, "Draw it out Mag." Magnemite charged one of his poles, causing the orb in grimer's head to protrude a bit. "Now, try another thunderbolt." Magnemite send another large jolt of electricity towards grimer and struck the sphere on his head. The current was then transferred to each of the other orbs in grimer's body, causing him to call out from the surge of power coursing through him. He then fell silent in a small puddle of sludge. "W..w...what?" The man called out, "What just happened?" "I beat you," said Raymond, now standing before the man, "And I'm taking that grimer with me." The man grinned at him, "I'd like to see you try." The man then swung at him, aiming to strike him in the face. Suddenly, a metal sphere flew and floated between the man and Ray. The man's fist struck the orb and it was stopped instantly. Magnemite then hovered beside Ray and send a large electric shock onto the man. The man yelled out in pain and crumbled to the ground. Raymond reached down and retrieved the pokeball on the man's belt, recalling the grimer. "Good job Mag," he said, "Let's continue."