The Johto Journeys of Justin Gaines

by Luxionids

This is the story of Justin Gaines and his adventures with his friends before becoming a Lyoko Warrior, and his rise to fame in Johto. Join him and his frineds as they travel Johto in their crazy adventures.

3. Chapter 3

Justin: Last time on The Johto Journeys, Me and Odd decided to camp out and eventually I decided I'd go for a walk. After I encountered that idiot Zach(man I hate him so much already!), I found a nice quiet spot…All until some heartless prick decided he'd try to kill an innocent Cyndaquil. Seriously! Who would do such a thing! I took action and totally beat him good and with some help from Officer Jenny I managed to get the Cyndaquil too the Pokemon Center in time to save it's life. I decided I'd adopt the little guy and I can already tell we'll be buddies for life and with a little effort I know I can help Cyndaquil become stronger. Well enough of that! Time to head onto the first gym! Violet City!

Chapter 3: The Gangs of Route 39

Justin, Cyndaquil, Odd, and Totodile had finally started travling towards Violet City. They have only been traveling down Route 29 for an hour and a half in the forest path and they chatted about where they were headed.

Odd asked "So we're off to Violet City huh?"

"Yeah, but I figure it'd take a few days to reach it by foot so most likely we'll have to camp out tonight. But I did find out the nearest town is Cherrygrove City so we may wanna stop there, which would take a day to reach….actually there is a smaller town before Cherrygrove which we could reach tonight if we can hurry up."

Odd said as he looked about the forest "That sounds good, and that'll give us more time to train Totodile and Cyndaquil and catch a couple more pokemon."

Justin replied "Yeah! Our pokemon will definatley need back up." He then looked at Cyndaquil and said "Right buddy!"

Cyndaquil nodded and replied "Cynda!" (Yeah, some back up would be nice!)

Justin said to Cyndaquil "Yeah, you know we're gonna need it buddy! And maybe you'll get the chance to make new pokemon friends, apart from Totodile!"

Odd threw in "Yeah, Totodile would always be your buddy, right Totodile!"

Totodile smiled and gave Cyndaquil a thumbs up saying "Totototo!" (Yeah I'll be your bud!)

Cyndaquil sighed "Cyndaaaa….." (I hope so, everyone on that monsters team was very mean to me…)

Justin noticed Cyndaquil looked a little down and he said 'You must still be upset about your former life." He then tried to cheer him up "Forget about that buddy! That part of your life is over and you shouldn't linger over the past bud!"

Odd threw in, looking at Cyndaquil "Yeah Cyndaquill! You're one of the very few who get lucky in those kind of situations!"

Justin told Cyndaquil "Yeah, you're lucky to have me as a trainer, and most importantly unlike your last one, a friend!" He smiled at Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil didn't say much, not knowing what to say cause he wasn't so used to friendliness but he did give his trainer a hug. He told him "Quil…" (Thanks…)

"Don't mention it buddy!" Justin told Cyndaquil. They continued to walk down the forest path and eventually finding a lone Rattata. Justin noticed it immediately and said "Hey look! A Rattata!"

Odd looked at the purple mouse pokemon as it peaked out of a bush and he said "A Rattata that I'm gonna catch!" He pulled out a poke ball and got ready to throw it at the Rattata.

Justin stopped him and said "Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up Odd, you gotta weaken it first before you can catch it!"

Cyndaquil nodded and answered "Cyndaquil!" (Yeah that's the only way!)

Odd said as he and Totodile prepared to ambush it "Well alright!" He then told Totodile "Alright Totodile, let's do this! Water Gun!"

Totodile shot his Water Gun at the Rattata which struck the unsuspecting rat pokemon. Totodile cheered "Toto! Toto! Toto!" (Yeah! Uh huh! Alright!)

Justin said "Nice shot!"

Odd replied "Yeah, great job Totodile! Whoa!" He noticed the Rattata charged at Totodile and tried to Tackle him. He told Totodile "Whoa dodge it Totodile!"

Totodile was in the middle of celebrating his first strike and was struck by Rattata's Tackle and shouted "DILE!" (YOWCH!) He was knocked onto the ground.

Odd told Totodile "TOTODILE GET UP!"

Justin told him "Odd chill out, it's just a Rattata!"

Odd looked at it noticed it was just sitting there doing nothing as Totodile got up. He said as he looked at him "Yeah you're right! Ahahaha! What the he heck was I worried about it's a fricken Ratta…" He looked back to see Rattata strike Totodile from behind with Quick Attack and Odd shouted "WHAAT! WHAAAT! WHAAAAAAT!"

Justin just couldn't help but laugh "AHAHAHAHA! You got owned by a Rattata!" Even Cyndaquil snickered as he watched Odd flip out.

Odd snapped back at Justin "Oh yeah! I'd like to see you do better!"

"Whatever dude! Next wild pokemon that shows up. Me and Cyndaquil can handle it! Right buddy!"

Cyndaquil hesitated a little bit and finally replied "Cynda…" (I'll try…)

Odd looked around and said "Alright, then keep an eye out as we go along." He helped Totodile up and asked "Are you okay Totodile?"

Totodile replied as he wiped the dirt off his body "Totodiiile." (Yeah, just a little roughed up but I'm okay.)

Odd told Totodile "That's good. Let's get going!" They continued to walk along the road to Cherrygrove City.

Justin told Odd "By the way I think you may wanna stay a little more focused than you were against that Rattata."

"More focused!"

"Yeah, I mean after Totodile got hit by that Tackle move you turned your attention away from Totodile and towards me."

"Okay okay! I get it Justin, but I still wanna see you do better!" He continued to search for more pokemon. He then asked Justin "Hey Justin, do you have any idea what type of pokemon the first Gym Leader has?"

Justin replied "Well I do have a small guide book that should tell me." He reached for the small book and scanned through it and said "Uhhhh let's see…Ah here it is! The Gym Leader is called Falkner and he specializes in Flying type."

"Aw great! A bunch of bird pokemon! They have like such an unfair advantage!"

Justin replied "As long as we catch a couple of great pokemon, and work on targeting with Cyndaquil and Totodile we'll do great." He then noticed a wild Pidgey and said "Hey look Odd, there's a Pidgey!"

Odd said "A Pidgey! Great now show it what you got if you think you're still better!"

Justin replied "Alright!" He then told Cyndaquil "Alright buddy ready for some action?"

Cyndaquil replied, looking at the wild Pidgey "Cyndaaaa…Quil…" (Uhhhhh…I guess so…) He then noticed his stomach began to growl and he asked 'Cynda…Cyndaquil?" (Uhhhh…Can I get a snack first?)

Justin looked at him and said "A snack? C'mon buddy just this one battle and then we'll get you a snack!"

Cyndaquil whined "Quuuuil!" (But I'm soooo hungry!)

Totodile looked up at Cyndaquil and said "Tototodile! Diiiile?" (Don't act like a little wuss Cyndaquil! What are you, afraid of getting beat!) His own stomach began to growl and he said "Totodile!" (Actually I'm getting a little hungry to!)

Justin and Odd both looked at their pokemon. Justin wondered "Did we bring anything like snacks for the road dude! I don't have anything, and maybe I should've stopped by your house to get breakfast with you…Actually we should've stopped by before we left an hour ago. "

Odd replied "Yeah maybe you're right! I'll just check my bag." He searched through his bag for a few seconds and realized he had forgotten to pack something for the road and said "Aw come on! I forgot to pack some snacks for the road!"

Totodile smacked himself in the face and said "Diiiiile!" (You gotta be kidding me!)

Cyndaquil began to smell the air and he finally caught the scent of a berry bush and he said "Cyndaquil!" (I found something!) He jumped off of Justin's shoulder and began to walk to the source of the smell.

Justin asked "Cyndaquil, where are you going?"

Cyndaquil turned back to Justin and said "Cynda Cynda!" (I'm just going to get a snack! Follow me!)

Odd wondered "What did he say and where is the little guy going?"

Justin said, understanding Cyndaquil "He wants us to follow him." He followed Cyndaquil who walked through a couple bushes. He noticed Cyndaquil walking towards a bush full of Oran Berries and he said "Hey look, Cyndaquil found some Oran Berries!"

Odd noticed the bush full of the light blue berries and said "Sweet! Oran Berries taste awesome! They're not just for pokemon you know!"

"Yeah, some of these berry types are edible by humans." Justin said as he walked closer.

Totodile caught a whiff of the sweet scent of the berries and rushed past Odd and Justin. He said "Totototo!" (Oran Berries Yaaaay!) He ran up to the bush and pushed Cyndaquil to the ground and out of his way, who was already picking a couple off the bush.

Cyndaquil cringed as he hit the ground, landing on some small rocks and he said in a sad tone, as he looked up at Totodile who was stuffing a berry into his mouth "Cynda…Quuiiil…" (Hey…That wasn't very nice…)

Totodile ate the berry and responded back "Toto! Totototodile!" (So! It doesn't have to be nice when I'm only playing around with ya!)

Odd shouted at Totodile "Hey! What'd you do that for Totodile!"

Justin threw in "Yeah! You pushed poor little Cyndaquil out of the way when he was trying to grab some berries."

Totodile apologized to them and got back to the berries.

He helped Cyndaquil up and said "It's okay buddy, me and Odd will make sure Totodile doesn't push you around again."

Cyndaquil replied, rubbing his bottom cause he landed on some rock and tried to ignore the pain "Cyndaquil…" (Thanks for helping me out a little…)

"No problem buddy!" Justin said as he picked a few berries from the bush, also handing some to Cyndaquil and eating a few. He said as he tasted the sweet berry "Wow Odd, you were right! These are good!"

Odd said "What can I say! I got great taste!"

After about a couple minuntes of chilling Justin and Odd were approached by a man in a ranger's outfit. He said "What do you kids think you're doing in my garden?"

Odd and Justin looked up at the guy and Justin asked "Um…Who are you!"

"I'm Ranger Kent! And you have no business in mine and my wife's garden! What gave you the slightest idea to be trespassing on my property!"

Justin looked at Cyndaquil, who looked kinda intimidated as he hid behind Justin's keg, and he said "Sorry Ranger Kent, but our pokemon were hungry and my Cyndaquil found your garden." He picked Cyndaquil up and held him.

Odd said "It's not our fault we didn't know it was your garden!"

"Yeah, Cyndaquil didn't know that!" Justin said.

Ranger Kent looked at the four and said "Doesn't matter, if you payed more attention you would've seen my house and the 'No Tresspassing' sign by our house."

Justin apologized "Dude we're sorry okay!"

"Yeah! Cut us some slack!" Odd threw in.

Cyndaquil and Totodile also threw in their own apologies.

Ranger Kent smirked and said "Hmm…Okay I'll let you off the hook."

Justin and Odd said at the same time "Really?"

"As long as you face me in a double battle okay!" He then threw out two poke balls and said "Go Raticate and Phanpy!" He threw out his two pokemon and said "Alright, let's do this!"

Justin and Odd both checked their pokedex's to learn a little more about the two pokemon. Justin checked his on Raticate and it read "Ratticate, the mouse pokemon. Raticate uses it's whiskers help it to maintain balance. Its fangs never stop growing, so it gnaws to pare them down."

Odd checked his pokedex for Phanpy and it read "Phanpy, the long nose pokemon. Phanpy usually bumps with its snout as a sign of affection. However, it is so strong, it may send you flying."

Odd was already having second thoughts about doing a double battle against this guy and said "Uhh are you sure about battling this guy Justin. After all we're just starting our journey."

Justin nodded and replied "Trust me Odd. If we give all we got, we will make it through!" He then told Ranger Kent "It's on! We'll take you on!" He then told Cyndaquil "Let's rock Cyndaquil!"

Cyndaquil walked up and replied "Cynda…" (I'll do my best…)

Odd said "Alright, this is all you Totodile!"

Totodile joined Cyndaquil and did a mini dance saying "Tototototo!" (Yeah let's do this!)

Ranger Kent looked at the two starter pokemon and said "I take it you two are just starting your journey! This should be easy!" He then ordered his pokemon "Phanpy start out with Earthquake and Raticate follow up with Swift!"

Phanyp agreed "Phanpy Phan!" He slammed down onto the ground creating an earthquake, causing Cyndaquil and Totodile to be nearly immobilized by the shaking ground.

Raticate then fired at the two starters with his Swift attack.

Justin told Odd "I got a way out of this!" He then told Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil, counter with your own swift!"

Cyndaquil agreed "Cynda!" (I'll do it!) He then fired the golden stars from his mouth and the attack collided with Raticate's Swift attack to create a small explosion.

Cyndaquil and Totodile shielded themselves and awaited their orders. Ranger Kent ordered his pokemon "Raticate use Skullbash on Totodile, Phanpy use Rollout on Cyndaquil."

Phanpy then curled into a ball and rolled into the smoke left over from the explosion while Raticate charged in.

Justin told Odd before he ordered Cyndaquil to dodge "I got a plan. You get Totodile to focus his attacks on Phanpy since Phanpy is weak against Water types, and I'll have Cyndaquil go after Raticate."

"Sounds like a plan to me!" He then told Totodile "Dodge and try to stop Phanpy with Water Gun!"

Totodile agreed "Toto!" (Let's do this!) He jumped out of the way of Raticate's attack and blasted Phanpy with his Water Gun. The attack struck, but it barely did any damage due to Rollout.

Justin told Cyndaquil "Dodge it!"

Cyndaquil jumped out of the way of the attack and he heard Ranger Kent order Phanpy and Raticate "Raticate attack Totodile with Hyper Fang! Phanp

y keep up that Rollout!"

Raticate charged at Totodile and tried to bite him with his glowing fangs, but Justin ordered Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil use Tackle on Raticate!" Cyndaquil rushed over to help Totodile and tackled Raticate in the side to help Totodile. Justin cheered "Way to go Cyndaquil!"

Cyndaquil looked back at Justin and smiled while waving his little arms "Cynda!" (Thanks Justin!) He was however struck from behind from the Rollout and cried out "QUIIIILL!" (YOOOOOWW!)

Justin shouted "CYNDAQUIL!" He noticed Cyndaquil got up and he asked "Cyndaquil, are you okay?"

Cyndaquil nodded, still having some fight left in him "Cyn…Cyndaquil…" (I…I'll try…)

Justin said "That's the spirit buddy!"

As Cyndaquil made his way back, Odd told Totodile "Dodge that Rollout, it's still coming and try to stop him with a Water Gun again!"

Totodile blasted Phanpy with another Water Gun, finally slowing him down and giving Cyndaquil a chance to strike Raticate without worrying about Rollout.

Kent then ordered his pokemon "Raticate use Swift again and Phanpy attack Cyndaquil with Takedown!"

Raticate sprayed the stars around the field and the attacks hit both pokemon.

Justin and Odd called out for Cyndaquil and Totodile, and Justin noticed Cyndaquil was getting weak. He told Odd "We gotta do something quick! Cydnaquil doesn't look like he has much fight left in him." He watched as Cyndaquil just barely dodged the Takedown attack.

Odd suggested "I got a plan. Let's focus all their firepower on one at a time!"

Justin agreed "That sounds like a great idea!" He then ordered Cyndaquil "Alright buddy time to turn up the heat! Flamethrower on Raticate!"

Odd told Totodile "Use Water Gun on Raticate!"

Cyndaquil agreed "Quil!" (Alright!) He ignited his flames and breathed his fiery breath on Raticate while Totodile sprayed him with his Water Gun, both attack colliding with Raticate and knocking him out.

Justin and Odd cheered "YEAH!"

Ranger Kent returned Raticate and said "You gave it your best Raticate! Now Phanpy use Rollout!"

Phanpy curled up and rolled at Cyndaquil and Totodile. Cyndaquil easily jumped out of the way, but Phanpy made a full on collision with Totodile causing Odd to shout "TOTODILE!"

Totodile was knocked to the ground and he groaned as he tried to get up "Toto….D-Dile…" (Agghh….I-It can't be…) He collapsed on the ground, causing Odd to rush over to him.

Odd said "No…Totodile!" He clenched his fist and told Justin "Avenge my buddy and win us this match! It's all up to you Justin!" He then picked up Totodile and laid him against the closest tree saying "You tried your best Totodile!"

Justin nodded and said "I won't let you down!" He then ordered Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil strike him with Tackle to try and slow him down!"

Cyndaquil replied "Cyndaaa!" (I got it!) He charged at Phanpy who was still using Rollout and tackled him, but it only knocked him back but slightly slowed Phanpy down.

Ranger Kent ordered Phanpy "Phanpy use Take Down!"

Phanpy then began to charge at Cyndaquil, until Justin ordered Cyndaquil "I know you can do this buddy! Use Flamethrower!"

Cyndaquil nodded in agreement and ignited the flames on his back again and breathed his fiery breath at Phanpy and it made a direct hit, knocking Phanpy out.

Ranger Kent shouted "NO PHANPY!"

Cyndaquil watched as Phanpy collapsed and he couldn't believe his eyes. He said "C-Cynda…Quil?" (D-Did I just…win?)

Ranger Kent returned Phanpy and said "You tried your best…"

Justin and Odd cheered "YEAH! We did it!"

Cyndaquil was still in shock that he won and he suddenly said "C-Cynda…" (M-My frist win…) He began to do a little dance as he waved his arms and jumped around cheering "Cynda! Quil! Quil! Quil! Quil!" (I did it! I won! I won! I won! I won!)

Justin congratulated Cyndaquil "Way to go Cyndaquil! I knew you could do it!" He then told him, "C'mon buddy!"

Cyndaquil ran up to Justin and jumped into his arms in response and hugging him saying "Cynda! Cynda!" (I can't believe it! This is the first time I ever won!)

Justin laughed a little bit and said "Haha! You're the best Cyndaquil!"

Odd then started to rub it in Ranger Kent's face saying "Haha! How's it feel to beaten by a couple of rookies! Now if you excuse us, we got to get going to Violet City!" He picked up Totodile.

Ranger Kent told them "Well a deal is a deal, but I gotta warn you there has been some recent trouble down the road."

Odd mocked "Relaaax dude! I'm sure it's nothing!"

Justin wondered "What could be wrong?"

Ranger Kent invited them inside saying "Why don't you and your pokemon come with me into my place. I'll explain there."

Odd said as he followed Ranger Kent towards his house, carrying Totodile who had woken up "Don't mind if I do!" Odd then asked Totodile "Feeling alright Totodile?"

Totodile replied, sounding like he was in pain "Dile…Totototo…" (Agh…I've been better…)

Justin said "Alright, though I'd much rather be headed off toward Violet City." He and Cyndaquil followed Odd and Totodile to Ranger Kent's house. They walked in through the back entrance. His house was a decent sized cabin and they walked in through the sun room and into the kitchen.

Ranger Kent called out to his wife "Honey I'm back, just some kids unknowingly trespassing in our garden, but we've settled everything out."

Ranger Kent's wife had long black hair and she wore a blue tshirt with jeans. She greeted Odd and Justin "Well hello there!"

Justin greeted her "Hi there!" Cyndaquil even waved, not really saying anything.

Odd said "How's it goin!" He then took a seat at the kitchen table as Ranger Kent gestured to both young trainers to take a seat.

They sat at the table and Ranger Kent's wife Holly sat a plate of cookies down and said "I made this for my husband, but there's enough for everyone!" She sat down with them after grabbing a few glasses of milk.

Ranger Kent explained as Justin, Odd, Totodile, and Cyndaquil reached for the plate "Alright, if you must know, recently on Route 29 a clan of Hoothoot and Zubat began fighting each other over territory."

Odd said as he shoved a cookie in his mouth "And, that's a huge deal because!"

"These feuding pokemon have been known to attack passing by trainers, so you may wanna be careful. They think all trainers are trying to interfere with them."

Justin said as he drank his milk "Well of course we're gonna have to be careful!" He looked at Cyndaquil and said "Right Cyndaquil?"

Cyndaquil replied, quickly finishing his milk "Cyndaaa…" (I hope they don't attack…) He then accidentally burped, slightly blushing.

Justin said "Well excuse you buddy!"

Totodile rolled his eyes and said "Toto! Diiile! Dile!" (Aw c'mon Cynadquil! That was weak, you can do much better! I can do better than that!) He then burped louder than Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil said "Cynda…Quil…" (But…I wasn't even trying, that was just an accident…)

Odd looked at both pokemon and said "Aw you guys are weak! This is how you do it!" He then burped louder than both pokemon, causing Justin to smack himself in the forehead and Ranger Kent and his wife Holly to stare at him.

Justin said "C'mon Odd, what are you 5 years old!"

"What! We're a couple of kids for crying out loud and it's not my fault Totodile thought Cydnaquil was starting a burping contest!" Odd said as he grabbed another cookie.

Justin, Kent, and Holly smacked themselves in forehead. Cyndaquil even felt embarrassed that he somehow started it, saying to himself "Quiiil…" (I wasn't even trying to start a contest…) He held onto his head as he shook his head in embarrassment.

Justin said "Well, now that you're finished being immature, I think we should head out and try and figure out what we're gonna do about the Hoothoot and Zubat problem."

Ranger Kent notified them "Well just to let you know, within walking distance, the two feuding gangs are an hour down the road."

Justin said "Well it's been great! Thanks for having us over."

"Bye, take care!" Odd said as he and Totodile waved as they walked out the door.

Kent and Holly waved goodbye and Kent warned them "Just be careful out there!" He watched as Justin, Cyndaquil, Odd, and Totodile left.

After leaving the cabin owned by Ranger Kent, Justin and Odd continued their journey to Cheerygrove City. They wondered what they would do about the Hoothoot and Zubat gangs. Justin said "So what do you think we should do about Zubat and Hoothoot?"

Odd thought for a moment and finally came up with an idea. He suggested "I got an idea! How about we just go after the leader!"

"Go after the leader?" Justin looked at Odd, raising an eyebrow and slightly confused.

Cyndaquil muttered "C-Cyndaquil…" (B-But that'd mean we'd have to risk getting attacked…)

Totodile muttered to himself "Toto!" (What a wuss!)

Odd explained "Yeah! Most likely if a gang's leader is taken out, then that may cause the gang to fall apart!"

Justin thought about the plan as they continued to walk "Well I guess it could work, but how do we find the leader?"

"….Uhhh…I have no clue!" Odd said, trying to figure it out. They continued to walk for a little longer until they came close to the place.

Justin said "Well let's just hope it'll be easy to spot the leader out." He then told Cyndaquil "We best keep our eyes peeled little buddy."

Cyndaquil muttered "Cynda…Quil…C-Cyndaquil…" (I'll do my best...but uhh...actually I uh…I-I really gotta take a leak right now…) He crossed his legs as he held onto Justin's shoulder.

Justin said "C'mon buddy, I told you, you should've gone back at the ranger's cabin before we left!" He let Cyndaquil down and said "Just hurry up buddy."

Cyndaquil nodded and left the area seeking some privacy, and some extra berries. Odd said as they waited for Cyndaquil, pulling out a Nintendo 3DS "Well while we're waiting on Cyndaquil I think I'll sit back and play a little DS!"

"Aw cool a 3DS! I thought those things weren't supposed to be coming out till next year!"

Odd explained "Yeah, but somehow I got one free in the mail. I don't know who it was from, but who cares! It's a 3DS and this thing is AWESOME!"

Justin sat down next to Odd, who sat on a log with Totodile who was also watching Odd play Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He asked "Hey wait, is that Ocarina of Time! Did they seriously remake that game?"

"Yeah they did! It's so much better with these new graphics and…huh!" He noticed Cyndaquil running back to them, freaking out and he said "Whoa what's got Cyndaquil so riled up!"

Justin asked Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil what's wrong!"

Cyndaquil said, wiping some berry juice of his mouth as he panicked "C-C-Cynda! Cynda! Cynda!" (T-T-The Hoothooot! They're after me! Run away!)

Justin looked up to see the Hoothoot flying at them and said "Oh crap! Cyndaquil's right! We gotta get outta here!" He immediately got up and started to run off with Cyndaquil, soon being followed by Odd and Totodile

Cyndaquil and Totodile ran as fast as they could to keep up with their trainers, Cyndaquil trying to jump up onto Justin's shoulder. Totodile said "Totodiiiile!" (This isn't good!)

Odd said "They're ganging on us!" He picked up Totodile and said "Fight back if you need to Totodile!"

Totodile agreed and blasted them with water gun, but the Hoothoot moved out of the way. Totodile muttered "Diiile!" (Aw c'mon!)

Justin said, noticing the Zubat were now joining the chase and said "AW COME ON! Now we got the Zubat clan joining the chase!"

Odd began to search for a hideout and said "Dive into that bush!" He noticed a very large bush that would provide good enough protection for a little bit. He and Totodile made their way to the bush, diving in when they made it.

Justin told Cyndaquil "C'mon buddy jump onto my shoulder! Odd found some…well protection!" He ran towards the bush, keeping close to Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil was trying to dodge some peck attacks from the Hoothoot and said "Cyn...da…Cynda!" (I'm…*pant*…trying!) He was running short of breath, but the fear of being slaughtered by some Hoothoot kept him going. He leapt into the air trying to reach Justin's shoulder but he missed and fell to the ground, becoming prey for the Hoothoot and Zubat.

Justin said "Cyndaquil!" He looked back as he continued running, soon noticing Cyndaquil was being attacked by the Hoothoot…and the Zubat soon joined in. He said "CYNDAQUIL!" He ran back for Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil was being pecked all over the place and cringed as they attacked him, feeling too tired to get up and whined "Quuuil! Cynda cynda! Quiiil!" (Owww! Ow! Ow! Help me!" He tried to shake them off.

Justin said " Hey! Keep your claws off of him!" He began to swat the Hoothoot and Zubat away from Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil begged Justin "Quuuuil!" (Please make them stop!)

Justin said "I got you buddy!" He smacked some more away, and grabbed Cyndaquil getting pecked and scratched in the process. He ran off towards the bush as fast as he could and dove in. He said "Phew…that was close!"

Odd said "Whoa! What happened?"

Justin explained, as he laid Cyndaquil down "They got Cyndaquil and I had to rescue him." He then asked Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil are you alright?"

Cyndaquil looked pretty scratched up and replied, trying to get over the pain "Cyndaquil…" (No, I'm seriously hurt…) He stood up on his hind legs.

Totodile said, patting Cyndaquil on the back "Totodile! Dile!" (C'mon toughen up Cyndaquil! You'll be fine!)

Odd wondered "Well now what?"

Justin said, pulling out a small spray bottle "Well Cyndaquil really took a beating out there and luckily I know a little bit about healing from my dad." He told Cyndaquil "Just hold still buddy and I'll fix you up." He sprayed the antidote, well whatever it was on the areas where Cyndaquil had all kinds of scratches and marks.

Cyndaquil flinched once he was sprayed and whined 'Quuiil!" (Yow that stings!)

Justin said "It's okay buddy, it'll help make the pain go away." He sprayed the other areas while Cyndaquil just cringed from the stinging sensation the spray caused.

Odd was watching out the bush and told Justin "Hey take a look at this!"

Once Justin was finished he told Cyndaquil "There, you'll be fine in no time buddy!" He heard Odd and said "What is it!" He looked out of the bush an noticed the few Hoothoot and Zubat gathered in two groups, with two of the arguing with each other. Justin said "So they've turned their attention away from us!"

Odd replied "Yeah, but look closely!" He noticed the larger Hoothoot and Zubat arguing in the center of the groups and said "I think those two may be the leaders!" He said, looking at Totodile "And we're gonna take them out!"

Totodile agreed "Dile!" (Yeah!)

Justin said "If we're gonna take them out I say you go after the Hoothoot…"

Justin was interrupted by Odd who blurted out "No way! I'm going after the lead Zubat!"

"Why does it matter?"

"Cause Zubat is so much cooler than a Hoothoot! Have you seen their final evolution stage! That's just awesome!"

Justin said "Whatever!" He then looked at Cyndaquil, who was also watching and said "Hey buddy, I know you really took a beating out there a few minutes ago and I'm sorry to ask this, but can you please help me out!"

Cyndaquil was kinda startled and flinched at the idea and asked "C-Cynda! Cyndaquil!" (R-Right now! But I just know they'll beat me up even worse!)

Justin told Cyndaquil, patting him on the back "C'mon buddy! I believe in you and I know you're a great fighter, you just don't know it yet!"

Cyndaquil hesitated to answer and finally agreed "Cynda…" (I'll do it…)

"Excellent! Now let's get out there and give it all we got!" He looked at Odd and said "Ready dude!"

Odd and Totodile gave Justin a thumbs up and Odd said "I'm way ahead of you!" He crawled out of the bush, followed by Justin and said to the two clans "Hey fellas! Looking for us!"

The leaders looked down at Justin, Odd, Cyndaquil, and Totodile and the Hoothoot asked "Hooooot!" (What do you want!)

The Zubat shrieked "Zuuuuu! Zuuuu!" (Yeah we're in the middle of something more important than you losers! Stay out of this!)

Justin said "We're here to challenge you two!"

A Hoothoot began to fly over saying "Hoooo!" (Leave them to me boss!)

The lead Hoothoot held the other back with it's wing and said "Hoooooot! Hoooo!" (No, I'll take these fools on! They think they can just get interfere in the whole Hoothoot Zubat gang war thing!) He flew down lower, preparing to battle Justin.

Justin said "Yeah bring it on!"

Odd said "You to Zubat!" He pointed to the lead Zubat who also flied down. He told Totodile "Get ready Totodile!"

Justin told Cyndaquil as well "You to buddy! You can do it!"

Cydnaquil and Totodile looked back at their trainers and gave them a thumbs up. Totodile turned back to Zubat, while Cyndaquil turned to Hoothoot.

Justin ordered Cyndaquil "Cyndaquil use Flamethrower!"

Odd ordered Totodile "Water Gun!"

Cyndaquil ignited the flamers on his back and breathed his powerful flamethrower at Hoothoot, while Totodile blasted Zubat with his water gun.

Hoothoot and Zubat moved out of the way, and Hoothoot began to fly at Cyndaquil with a glowing white beak. Zubat also flapped his wings sending multiple blue blades of wind shaped like an 'S', using Air Cutter.

Justin ordered Cyndaquil "Dodge it and try and use Flamethrower again!"

Odd ordered Totodile "Totodile jump up high and try using Skull Bash!"

Cyndaquil did his best to avoid the pecking Hoothoot and kept dodging each Peck and he then jumped backwards and used Flamethrower again, however Hoothoot used Reflect, bouncing the attack back at Cyndaquil.

Justin ordered Cyndaquil "Get out of the way Cyndaquil!"

Cyndaquil didn't see the attack coming in time and was blasted by his own attack and yelped as he was knocked back "QUIL!" (YOW!)

Justin told Cyndaquil "C'mon don't give up buddy!"

Cyndaquil got back up slowly, knowing he couldn't take a whole lot more. Meanwhile Totodile jumped into the air to dodge the Air Cutter and then as he came back down, he aimed for Zubat, all until he missed and he was struck by Zubat's Wing Attack, shouting as he landed on the ground and getting back up "DIIIIILE! DILE!" (AW COME ON! NO FAIR!)

Odd ordered Totodile "Alright wait until he attacks again and I'll give you the orders!" Totodile waited until Zubat tried Wing Attack again, only this time Odd shouted "Jump and get on it's back, then Scratch him good!"

Totodile jumped into the air, then landing on Zubat's back and began to scratch Zubat, dealing a good amount of damage. Totodile cheered, jumping off and landing on the ground "Tototototo!" (Hahahaha take that!)

Justin told Odd, looking over at his battle "Great job dude!" He then ordered Cyndaquil, who was about to be pecked again "Alright keep dodging and let's go with Swift!"

Cyndaquil kept dodging Hoothoot's Peck and, and eventually used Swift making a direct hit. Cyndauqil cheered "Cydna!" (Yeah)

Hoothoot however had other plans and began to use Aerial Ace and dove at Cyndaquil with white aura around him.

Justin ordered Cyndaquil "Smokescreen and try and land a Flamethrower after!"

Cyndaquil breathed a smoke screen, engulfing the area in a thick smoke that made Hoothoot lose miss his target. Cyndaquil then breathed his flamethrower at Hoothoot, but Hoothoot dodged it once again.

Meanwhile Odd was still going at it with Zubat and ordered Totodile "Try using a Water Gun!"

Totodile blasted Zubat once again at close range, but Zubat dodged and returned fire with Supersonic, striking Totodile and confusing him. Totodile groaned "Totooo…" (Guuuuh what was that about…)

Odd said "Oh no! Totodile are you okay!" He noticed Totodile was completely out of it, being confused.

Totodile tried to listen to Odd, but the attack resulted in a headache and said "Diiile…" (Don't worry…) He slowly got up, holding onto his head.

While Totodile was now suffering from confusion, Hoothoot tried a new tactic to stop Justin's speedy Cyndaquil, who was quickly getting worn out. He began to make some loud hooting noise, creating sound waves of blue energy that really annoyed Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil whined "Quiiiil!" (Awww that's mad annoying!) He covered his ears, well where his ears would be.

Justin was also covering his ears and said "You gotta be kidding me! Uproar?" He then noticed Hoothoot was about to use Aerial Ace again and warned Cydnaquil "Watch out!" He then thought of an idea 'Wait, I'll get Cyndaquil to counter that attack with a Flamethrower and finish him off then!' He then ordered Cyndaquil "Flamethrower!"

Cyndaquil couldn't really hear Justin because of the Uproar, but eventually noticed Hoothoot and Justin's orders again and blasted Hoothoot with his flamethrower, catching the Owl Pokemon in the attack.

Justin then said "Great now Tackle it!"

Cyndaquil then jumped into the attack and struck Hoothoot with a Tackle, causing Hoothoot to be knocked to the ground and being knocked out. Cyndaquil panted as he watched Hoothoot faint, feeling tired but he also felt a great feeling of accomplishment.

Justin then pulled out a poke ball and said "Pokeball go!" He threw the poke ball at Hoothoot which opened and absorbed Hoothoot from a red light, bring him into the poke ball and shutting. Justin crossed his fingers and said "C'mon!"

Cyndaquil also hoped they'd get lucky and said "Quuuuil!" (I hope we catch it!)

The poke ball shook a couple times and eventually the red light on the poke ball shut off, freaking out all the Hoothoot watching, and causing them to flee. One shouted "HOOOOOT!" (NOOOOO THEY GOT OSCAR!)

Cyndaquil cocked his head and said "Cynda…*pant*…Quil!" (That Hoothoot is…*pant*…named Oscar!)

Justin ran over to the poke ball and picked it up cheering "Haha! I caught a Hoothoot!"

Cyndaquil threw his fist into the air cheered "Cynda!" (We did it!)

Justin congratulated Cyndaquil as well "See buddy, I told you you could do it! You deserve a nice long rest!" He gave Cyndaquil a high five, but then noticed Odd's battle and said "Huh!"

Odd was finishing up and the Zubat was trying to fly at Totodile to Bite him, but Odd ordered Totodile when he was close "C'mon Totodile! Use Water Gun one last time!"

Totodile blasted the incoming Zubat with his Water Gun, knocking him away, and causing Zubat to fall to the ground. Totodile then cheered "Dile!" (Oh yeah!)

Odd then threw his poke ball and said "You're mine Zubat!" He watched at the ball shook a few times, and eventually stopping and catching Zubat. Odd ran over to the ball and grabbed it, cheering "Yeah! That's what I'm talking about! I got a Zubat!" Totodile also joined in the cheering.

Justin congratulated Odd "Way to go Odd!"

Odd thanked Justin and said "Yeah, great job catching Hoothoot as well." He then noticed the Zubat fleeing and said "Yeah you better run!"

Justin said, "C'mon, now that that's all done with, let's make our way towards that one town nearby. It's almost 6pm." The two began to walk down the path.

Odd agreed "Yeah we better get going!" He looked down at Totodile and asked "You ready bud!"

Totodile got up from the ground and gave Odd a thumbs up saying "Dile!" (Yeah let's go!)

Justin said "Well alright! Let's get going!" The four began to make their way to the nearest town to stay the night, or maybe camp out. But what awaits them at Cherrygrove City?

Well that was a fun chapter full of battling, in case some haven't noticed the Rattata incident did happen to Chuggaconroy before, the same exact way only he was using an Icysaur, and the Hoothoot name comes from TSG's Oscar's epic fail quote "What's pigeon!" Hoothoot also being a bird. In the next chapter we finally arrive in Cherrygrove City where I'll finally introduce a little bit of D-Generation M who already has their first scheme. So remember we got Miror B, Major M, and Moniqua…BUT only one will make an appearance.