A/N: Hello and welcome to the next installment of "Pokemon: Soulgold"! Before we begin,
1. I own nothing.
2. Part of this story was inspired by some ideas a user gave me. You can thank them for that.
3. Dang! 6 reviews, a follow AND a favorite? Thank you guys so much! I didn't think I'd get this far! This whole story would be thrown away if no one reviewed or anything! So once again, thanks! Alright, here we go!
Chapter 3: Rivals
"Yawwwwwn...Morning already?" I said to myself. I got up, stretched...and winced in pain. Remember how I said that I'd be defenseless against an attack? Turns out these people REALLY hate commoners. I was bruised, but nothing serious. I checked my Pokemon. Thankfully, nothing happened to them. As I went to leave, the old man approached me.
"Wait a minute, kid, where do you think you're going?" he asked me.
"I'm leaving this town..." I replied.
"But it's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"
You got the Town Map!
"Well, uh, thanks, mister. I'm just gonna go now...Bye."
I slowly began to walk away from him, then began to run. As I fled in terror, I ran into a random guy, and we both fell.
"Sorry, sir," I began, then I realized he had Pokemon with him. He seemed awfully familiar. I asked him, "Wait, aren't you that one redhead guy who stole a Pokemon?"
"Yep. I have a name by the way." He replied. "My name is Steve."
"Alright, Steve, let's have a battle!" I challenged. The text box appeared again, saying "Rival Steve wants to battle!"
"Caterpie, I choose you!" I exclaimed. "Alright then kid," Steve said, "Go, Weedle!"
"Caterpie, use Headbutt!" I shouted. I picked up Caterpie, and threw it head-first into Weedle. The text box said "It's super effective! The foe's Weedle fainted!" Steve was on his knees, holding Weedle and crying. "Weedle...*sniff* Oh, Weedle..." Then he looked at me. "How could you do this?! Caterpie can't learn Headbutt! That wasn't even a real Pokemon battle!"
"Psh. Typical rival. Can't learn to accept defeat." He looked at me with hateful eyes. "You'll pay for this. YOU HEAR ME? YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!?" I ignored him and went on to Violet City. As I entered, a guy in a white dress and black short-shorts came up to me.
"Hey, mishter!" He said, "Wanna join me and my friendsh in the Coshplay Club?" I looked at him. "Cosplay...Club?" He nodded. "Yesh, the Coshplay Club! Where people can dressh up like their favorite charactersh from moviesh and shuch. I'm dresshed as Pit from Kid Icarush. Wanna join?" I didn't know how to respond, so I said "Um, no thanks." I walked toward the Poke Center, but he ran in front of me. "OK then, seeing ash how you're a Pokemon Trainer, how about a battle? If I win, you join the Club. And if you win, I'll give you some Rare Candiesh." I thought about it, then said "Deal."
Random Nerd wants to fight!
"Go, Pit!" He said, sending out Cascoon. "Pit, use Harden!"
"My turn! Go, Chikorita! Chikorita, use Razor Leaf!" Chikorita began shooting leafs out of it's horn-thing and launched them at Cascoon. "Alright," my opponent said, "Pit, use...Harden!"
But it failed!
Chikorita unleashed Razor Leaf!
Pit fainted!
I fist-pumped. "Yes! Now give me my Rare Candies!" No answer. I looked around, but I couldn't find him. He disappeared. Until I found him climbing a fence, then running away. I sighed. No Rare Candies then, I guess. I saw the Poke Center and went in. To my suprise, I found Steve in there.
"Please, ma'am, there has to be SOMETHING you can do..."
"Kid, we've already healed your Pokemon."
"It's not about that! I mean, how can I get revenge on...that guy?"
I decided to make myself known. "I have a name, you know."
The sore loser turned around. "YOU...YOU LITLLE PIECE OF..." From there, let's just say he used some choice words toward me. "What's the matter? Angry that you lost?" I laughed and ran out. Man, it felt nice having a rival to compete with. Although, maybe he's right. Maybe I did push it too far. Maybe I should have apologized. Maybe I shouldn't have done those things or said those things I did and said to him.
Nah...
A/N: Hello guys! Some things to put here:
1. The Kid Icarus fanatic thing was the suggested idea. They had other ideas, but they were too random and I thought this would have been the best idea.
2. R&R.
3. Still taking suggestions and offers to co-write some chapters.
4. Stryker is going to the gym next few chapters, but I'm not sure what to do from there. I know I'll come up with something, but nothing comes to mind now.
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