A Paras Hunt!
Still in the Cerulean forests, our happy little team isn't so happy. They are still a day's travel from Mount Moon, and they haven't seen any Pokémon at all. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, or maybe it was...
"You've lived in these woods all of your life, how come we haven't seen any Pokémon?" Keji asked Rei. It was about 12:00 noon, and they were about a day's travel from Mount Moon.
"They avoid people, Keji," Rei said, looking around, "We're making too much noise, otherwise we'd see some." Keji stopped.
"Well, we'll have to be extra quiet then, won't we?" He said, smiling. Rei sighed, and shook her head.
"It's not that simple..." She stopped, and pointed in front of them. In the path was a Paras, a bug Pokémon with mushrooms sprouting from its back, munching on some grass, and singing a song to its self.
"A Paras!" Keji exclaimed, quietly. He pulled out his Pokédex and pointed it at the creature.
Paras;
A Bug type Pokémon. Paras is usually timid and kind. The Mushrooms sprouting from its back can be used for medicinal purposes.
"Wow!" Keji said, still whispering, "A timid Pokémon, I'll catch it for sure!" He took a Pokéball from his belt, and pushed the button on its side, expanding it to the size of his palm.
"Paras, you're mine!" He yelled, quite loudly, startling the Paras. He threw the Pokéball, and hit it between the eyes. The ball opened with a pop and sucked the Pokémon up.
"ALL RIGHT!" Keji exclaimed happily, jumping into the air. Rei shook her head. She grabbed Keji by the sides of his face, and turned him to the Pokéball. Keji stared as the ball wiggled, and squirmed, and finally popped open, releasing the frightened aras, which scuttled off into the forest.
"Dang!" Keji yelled, "I thought I had it!"
"You have to weaken it first, I thought everyone knew that!" Rei said, shaking her head.
"Well, I'll weaken it next time!" Keji said, bolting off into the woods, Oddish clinging to him for dear life. Rei sighed and slowly followed him.
Keji rushed past trees and bushes at amazing speed, darting in and out of their paths. He quickly caught sight of the slower moving Paras.
"GO ODDISH!" He yelled, plucking Oddish from his shoulders, and hurling him like a Pokéball at the Paras. Oddish hurtled through the air, screaming at the top of its little lungs, and landed smack in front of the Bug Pokémon, and smiled nervously at the Paras.
"Odd." Oddish said, weakly.
"P..P..P..PARAS!" The Paras stuttered, darting out of Oddish's way, and continued to rush off, faster this time.
"ODDISH, ABSORB!" Keji yelled. Oddish leapt to its feet, and growled as crackling energy surrounded Paras, which stopped in terror. The energy quickly devoured the little bug Pokémon, and flew back to Oddish. After it was over, Paras regained its wits, and continued to flee.
"What..." Keji said, bewildered. Rei burst through the trees.
"Obviously it can take more damage than that, it takes more than one attack to weaken a Pokémon." Rei said, shaking her head again.
"Darn!" Keji said, beginning his run again, "After it Oddish, I won't let that stupid Paras get the better of us!" Oddish sighed, and began to give chase to the fleeing Paras.
"PARAS!" The Paras yelled, frightened, as it stopped at the bank of a fast flowing river.
"We've got you now!" Keji yelled. Paras turned, and shut its eyes, scared out of its mind.
"Oddish!" Oddish yelled, and rushed to the Paras. Oddish tried Absorb again, but Paras leapt away, surprisingly nimbly for being so scared.
"Poison Powder, Oddish!" Keji yelled. Oddish shook its head, and a yellowish powder flew towards the frightened bug Pokémon. Paras didn't seem to mind the powder, as it rushed towards Oddish.
"It's attacking?" Keji said, bewildered. Paras ran into Oddish, knocking him back several feet as he tumbled from the surprisingly powerful blow. Oddish leapt to its feet, and jumped away, avoiding another tackle.
"Stun Spore!" Keji yelled, and Oddish shook its head again, releasing another fine powder, which enveloped Paras, but, again, Paras didn't seem to mind, and it swung its claw at Oddish, who jumped aside again.
"Oddish!" Oddish yelled as another tackle sent him reeling back, and the tackle was followed by another rake of its claws, which connected, and Oddish screamed in pain.
"No! Oddish!" Keji yelled, frightened for his friend "Absorb, now!" Oddish rolled to the side, avoiding another attack, and again attacked with absorb, which connected, and drained some of Paras' energy, feeding it back to the weakened Oddish, who smiled as it became stronger.
"Oddish, finish the stupid thing!" Keji yelled, and Oddish looked at him and nodded. Paras charged again, with its last remaining energy, and Oddish leapt aside, and opened its mouth, releasing a stream of clear liquid, which connected with Paras, who screamed in agony.
"What's that?" Keji asked, as Rei walked slowly from the trees.
"Check your Pokédex, it'll tell you Pokémon attacks, too." Keji nodded, and pointed his Pokédex at Oddish, who continued its attack.
Oddish's attacks;
Acid:
Oddish can release a stream of potent acid from his mouth, even capable of melting some metals.
"All right!" Keji exclaimed, as Oddish finished its attack. Paras fell to the ground, smoking, and twitching weakly. Keji pulled out his Pokéball, and drew his arm back.
"Pokéball g..." He began.
"Paras!" A female voice came from behind him, and he stopped in mid throw, "you found Paras!" A young lady, no older than Keji and Rei popped out from the forest. "He ran away, and you found him for me, how can I ever repay you?" Keji dropped his Pokéball in shock, twitching.
"You've been through a lot, how ever did you get in this condition? Paras return." And the Paras returned to the Pokéball, How can I..." she began, as she turned to Keji, but stopped when she saw him balling on Rei's shoulder, as she was comforting him.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked, puzzled.
"Nothing, you're welcome, any time." Rei said, smiling. The young lady smiled, nodded, and returned to the forest. Oddish looked at Keji, tilting his head to the side. Rei continued comforting Keji, and Oddish bounded to the stream, and drank from it.
"All that time..." Keji said, shaking his head, finishing crying.
"Oh well, Oddish got stronger anyway," Rei said, patting him on the shoulder, "There'll be a lot more chances to catch Pokémon, you don't need a stupid Paras." Keji sighed, and looked at the stream.
"Hey!" He said, happily, pointing across the stream.
"What?" Rei asked, looking where he was pointing. When she saw it, she smiled.
"Mount Moon!" They said, in unison. Oddish looked up. It shrugged at the sight, and continued drinking.
"Chasing that Paras got here quicker than we thought!" Keji said, and Rei nodded, "We can be at the mountain by sun set!" he exclaimed happily. He picked up Oddish (who had his fill of water), and the threesome made their way to their destination, Mount Moon.
Its a good thing you wasted your time chasing that Paras, it saved you a lot of time... wait, how does that work? Oh well, at least you made someone happy by returning their Pokémon, and Oddish got some battle experience, so it wasn't a total loss, and you'll have plenty more chances to catch pokémon in Mount Moon.