Chapter 3- Being Bugged
After spending the night at the Oldale Towns pokemon center, Hugh and Sara woke up feeling refreshed. Before they left Nurse Joy made them a breakfast that would last all day possibly.
Sara "Thank you Nurse Joy,"
Nurse Joy "It's my pleasure, anyway I have to thank a trainer that stood up for a defenceless pokemon, the way you did last night,"
Hugh "I agree with Nurse Joy, you were great,"
Sara "I have to be, if I want to become better with pokemon."
Sara and Hugh finished their breakfast and were about to head out when they bumped into Wally Ditcher.
Wally "Hey Hugh, hey Sara how are you?"
Hugh "Hey Wally, I'm great,"
Sara "Me too. What are you doing here?"
Wally "I camped out with Chikorita and we caught some pokemon. Did you guys sleep in the pokemon center last night?"
Hugh "Yeah we did,"
Wally "If you 2 aren't in a hurry, would 1 of you like to battle me? After I heal my pokemon?"
Hugh "Sure, I'm up for it,"
Wally "What about you Sara?"
Sara "I'm good. Had 3 battles last night. I don't want to be greedy,"
Wally "Fair enough. I'll meet you outside after we get treated. Want to set up outside?"
Hugh "Sure. See you in a while,"
Wally went into the center, while Hugh and Sara went out to find a suitable battle ground. 10 minutes went by and Wally appeared, Sara waved to him and he followed her to an open area of trees and bushes.
Wally "Shall we have a 2 on 2 battle?"
Hugh "Sure, I'll start with Turtwig,"
Wally "Going with your starter. Ok I'll start with my newest pokemon. Go Marill,"
Sara "Isn't it a cutie,"
Marill smiled "Marill, Mar…(Aww thanks)"
Wally "Marill use bubble,"
Hugh "Pop them with razor leaf Turtwig,"
Marill blew lots of bubbles that headed towards Turtwig, but the bubbles disappeared and the air was filled with razor sharp leaves.
Wally "Ok, Marill tackle,"
Hugh "Headbutt, but wait until the last second, before Marill gets to you,"
Wally "Marill wa…"
Marill didn't wait for Wally and just as it jumped to tackle, Turtwig met Marill with a huge Headbutt that sent it straight into a tree.
Wally "Are you ok Marill?"
Marill nodded "Marill…Mar,(I'm good)"
Wally "That's good, let's confuse them. Use agility"
Hugh "Great job Turtwig. Don't brother watching where Marill will show."
Turtwig nodded "Turt, Turtwig,(Righty-o then)"
Hugh "Instead use a 360 degree vine whip attack,"
Wally didn't understand what Hugh meant by the attack, until he saw it. Marill was speeding around for a regular vine whip to work, so Hugh got Turtwig to have it fly around until vines hit Marill, which worked and knocked out Marill in the process.
Wally "Great job Marill. Take a rest. You and Turtwig are impressive, but now that's going to change. Go Chikorita,"
Hugh "Marill was good. Let's get rid of Chikorita,"
Wally "Use sweet scent,"
Hugh "use your sweet scent too Turtwig,"
Both pokemon stood still as they released the sweet smelling aroma. Sara noticed a lot of movement in the bushes and trees and saw a lot of bug pokemon crowding around.
Hugh "Turtwig what are you doing?"
Wally "What on earth are you doing Chikorita?"
Instead of battling, Turtwig and Chikorita were rubbing up against each other. Sara laughed at the confused looks on Wally and Hugh's faces.
Sara "The sweet scent were both powerful and now they are smitten for each other,"
Hugh "Damn, this is no way to win. Turtwig return. Go Pidgy,"
Wally "I'm glad you changed pokemon. Marill was all I caught, use sweet scent on Pidgy,"
Hugh "Blow it away with whirlwind,"
A strong gust of wind sent the sweet scent away and all over Sara. Behind her more and more bug pokemon were showing up.
Wally "Smart…use your razor leaf,"
Hugh "Use your agility to avoid them,"
Chikorita sent tons of leaves at Pidgy, but they all missed as Pidgy was too fast.
Wally "Tackle it Chikorita,"
Hugh "How can Chikorita tackle Pidgy from the ground?"
Wally "By using its vine whip to gain more air from the ground,"
Hugh "Use tackle as well,"
Both Pidgy and Chikorita met with a tackle and fell down on the ground in ea heap. Slowly both of them got up.
Wally "Tackle it once more Chikorita. You're doing great,"
Hugh "Your doing an awesome job Pidgy. Blind Chikorita with sand attack,"
Pidgy stopped Chikorita in its tracks. Sara felt uncomfortable, but she didn't know why.
Hugh "Quick attack,"
Wally "Tackle,"
Unfortunately for Wally, the quick attack was too fast for Chikorita, sending it sprawling and unable to get up.
Wally "You did a great job Chikorita. You are really strong and smart. I'll catch you later. You both have my number done you?"
Hugh & Sara "Yeah,"
Wally "I'll call you for a rematch. Or a starting battle with you Sara."
Hugh "You were good as well Wally. Catch you later,"
Sara "Sounds good. See you later Wally,"
Wally went to the pokemon center and Hugh pulled out his map from his backpack and walked towards Sara.
Hugh "Shall we go through route 102 for a while and catch some pokemon along the way before we get to Petalburg city?"
Sara "Sure. Is it me or do you feel like we are being watched?"
Hugh "Probably because we are,"
Hugh pointed behind Sara; she turned around and saw lots of Wurmple, Caterpie, Weedle, Ledyba, and Spinarak crawling towards them. They didn't seem scared as they got closer.
Sara "Should we be worried?"
Hugh "Why be worried? They look friendly. See they seem to like you. How about we catch some before we go,"
Sara "Ok,"
Seeing as though they were weak bug pokemon, it wasn't necessary to engage in a pokemon battle with them. Instead Hugh and Sara chucked pokeballs at the bug pokemon. Hugh and Sara found it strange that one of their pokeballs disappeared when they picked it up.
Hugh "What happened with my Spinarak?"
Sara "And my Caterpie?"
Old Woman "You have too many pokemon with you. The maximum you can have on you are 6. Didn't Professor Birch tell you?"
Sara "Oh yeah, remember that part in the video?"
Hugh "My bad I forgot. Who are you and do you know why more and more pokemon are keeping on coming?"
Trina "My name is Trina and I think that the bug pokemon are attracted to your friend because of the way she smells,"
Sara "I had a shower this morning, thank you very much,"
Trina "Well I was watching you battle that friend of yours and your Pidgy blew away that sweet scent onto Sara,"
Sara "What does that mean?"
Trina "Do you have any bug pokemon with you? Not the one's you just caught?"
Sara "Yeah I have a Scyther,"
Trina "Let it out. I'll show you what I'm talking about,"
Sara let out Scyther and it showed Sara lots of affection, like the other bug pokemon that were surrounding them. Slowly more and more were arriving from the bushes and trees.
Trina "Just as I thought, you are smothered in sweet scent. Bug pokemon are highly attracted to it. Grass pokemon not so much and other pokemon types, like flying don't pay attention to the smell unless they get hit with it. See what I mean,"
A flock of Butterfree and Beautifly were coming from the trees; more Weedle and Spinarak were appearing from the bushes. The area looked beautiful and Sara liked the fact that they were crowding around her.
Hugh "Is there anything she could do so we won't be swarmed by bug pokemon?"
Sara "I don't mind. It's nice…what's that sound?"
All the bug pokemon looked to where the noise was coming from but didn't move, unlike Trina and Hugh. The noise got louder and a horde of Beedrill and Pinsir burst through the trees and straight towards Sara. Sara screamed and tried to run without stepping on any of the bugs on the ground.
Trina "She could take a shower. The smell wears off in water. The Beedrill and Pinsir won't attack Sara; they'll follow her till they smell something better or the smell wears off,"
Hugh "How do we get her in a shower? She's running all over Oldale town with bug pokemon on her tail,"
Trina "Use your Turtwig's sweet scent and hopefully the bug pokemon will be more attracted to the original smell, than what has been rubbed off."
Hugh let Turtwig out and it began to let off its sweet scent. A small group of Wurmple, Caterpie, Butterfree and Beautifly surrounded Turtwig, but the smell wasn't strong enough to attract the Beedrill, Pinsir, Weedle, Spinarak or Ledyba. Hugh had an idea and released all the pokemon he caught.
Hugh "Sara run over towards Turtwig, I have a plan,"
Trina "What is it?"
Hugh "You will see, but when I say so, go get Sara into a shower,"
Trina "Will do,"
Sara came into view, followed by the swarm of bugs. Hugh's Pidgy blew the sweet scent onto a near tree, where bugs were crawling all over it. His Weedle, Wurmple and Caterpie all used their string shot attack across the area.
Hugh "Jump and then duck Sara. Follow Trina to her house so you can wash off the smell,"
Sara "HEY!"
Hugh "THE SWEET SCENT,"
Sara "OH YEAH. I HOPE ITS NOT FAR, I'M GETTING TIRED,"
Trina "Turn left and duck,"
Sara turned left but the bug pokemon went straight and began to smell the tree. Pidgy stopped using whirlwind and Turtwig stopped using its sweet scent. All the bug pokemon noticed all at once that Sara wasn't close by, and they tried to look for her. They all stumbled into the string shot traps that were set up.
The Pinsir tried to break through but just tired themselves out. Hugh noticed Sara's backpack with a spare pokeball showing. He chucked his and Sara's at the Pinsir, and then they disappeared. Just as Hugh was about to recall his pokemon; Wurmple, Caterpie and Weedle evolved. Now he had a Silcoon, Metapod and Kakuna. Trina came back and looked impressed.
Trina "Wow those bugs evolved."
Hugh "How's Sara doing?"
Trina "She's having a shower as we speak,"
The warm water washed over Sara's body. She scrubbed the soap deep into her skin making it red and raw. Sara was wondering to herself, if the shower was working, then she froze as she felt something crawl up her leg. Sara looked down and saw a huge Ariados sniffing her. Sara let out a huge scream.
Hugh "Should we be worried?"
Trina "No its just my Ariados, it's harmless. She just needs to stay in the water till it gets bored."
Hugh burst out laughing as Sara continued to scream. The whole of Oldale town was ringing with her shrieking. The sun finally began to set as did Sara's screaming.
