Hey there everybody, and welcome to chapter four of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Quest!
There's one thing I forgot to address in the third chapter yesterday...
REVIEWS:
Kojakk: Thanks for the review. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. And, yes, to your second statement, I wanted to make it seem a little 'real' for a minute. But, trust me, Brock and Giovanni aren't going to be running around smoking. That part of the story was more back story and less of an important point. Nobody will be smoking in this story.
Anyway, onward!
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POKEMON FIRERED AND LEAFGREEN
QUEST
Chapter Four
I stood on the brink of Route 22, which I had previously only known as 'The Route that Blue Challenged Me To Battle Him On.' Thankfully, I had looked it up on the PC in the Pokemon center (on Gastly Chrome) and found out the name, so I don't have to call it that for this story.
Anyway, Charmander and I were prime and ready. We were all set to just charge in there and battle Blue. And then I saw the tall grass.
I feared immediately that it would be filled with Rattatas and Pidgeys, like Route One. But what fell straight out of the grass and conked its head on the ground as I watched was completely different.
This Pokemon looked like a cross between a pig and a monkey, with buff arms. It also seemed to have a temper, as after it sat up, it saw me and rushed right for me. I guess it was ticked off it had fallen or something, I don't know. But the point is, two things happened: I threw out Charmander's Poke Ball, and the Pokedex gave off a chime.
Charmander stood, staring down its foe, who had stopped when it saw my Pokemon. I pulled out the Pokedex. It dubbed the Pokemon 'Mankey,' and below it in the info box were these words:
FIGHTING TYPE,
and,
"Extremely quick to anger. It could be docile one moment then thrashing away the next instant." -from Pokemon Red.
'You don't say,' I thought, but I thought I wanted to catch this thing anyway. As far as I'd heard, Brock, the Gym Leader in the city north of Viridian, was master of Rock Types. Also, as far as I knew, Fighting was good against Rock Types.
I was gonna catch this thing.
I primed a Poke Ball in my bag for catching and then pulled it out. "Charmander," I said, "Ember!"
A flare of fire shot out of Charmander's open mouth, slamming into Mankey, who in turn slammed into a tree from the force of the attack.
All this seemed to do was make Mankey madder. It leaped up again and charged, like a knight jousting on horseback, straight for my Pokemon. "Charmander! Use Scratch to redirect its course!" The Mankey, however, seemed to have other plans.
As it was charging, it suddenly slid under Charmander's swiping claws and struck Charmander to the knees.
"That was Low Kick! This is a pretty high level wild Pokemon!" I said, surprised. Charmander was slowly recovering from the harsh blow and getting up. While Charmander did that, and Mankey was catching its breath, I appraised the situation.
Behind me? A cliff wall—no go there. In front of me? Tall grass, which trembled with the excitement of any viewers. Or... perhaps, fear?
And then it struck me. "Charmander! Aim an Ember at the tall grass!" I ordered. Mankey heard me and sat up quickly, wide-eyed. As the Ember flew towards the grass, Mankey leaped in front of it and took the full brunt of the blow. I smiled slightly. I knew now why Mankey had attacked us; it hadn't been because it fell.
Mankey parted the grass with a worried expression to reveal a female Mankey with two babies, trembling in fear. The male Mankey (the one I was trying to catch) said a few things in low Mankey-speech; inquiring and concerned words.
Suddenly, I knew what to do. "Mankey," I said softly. The male Mankey turned to glare at me. "I don't want to hurt your family, Mankey. I'm sorry I came near. All I wanted to do was move through here." Mankey's expression softened, and then hardened again. He got back into a battle stance, egging me on with its hands.
"MAN- KEY!" it cried, dancing around lightly on its feet, ready for a fight.
"Let's go! Charmander, use the trick you used in the lab!" Charmander seemed to understand, ran for the tree Mankey had smacked against during out fight, and used it like a spring board for a crippling Scratch attack.
Needless to say, I walked away with a Mankey that day.
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I stood about ten feet away from Blue. He was staring at me with a smirk and a Poke Ball in his hand.
"You ready?" he inquired in his cool manner.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" I said, "Let's go!" I sent out Charmander while he sent out a Pidgey. God, I hated those things.
"You know, Red, I thought you'd never show up. Gust!"
"Oh, I was out and about. Exploring, you know? Ember!"
Truth be told, I had trained Charmander up a bit and Mankey quite a bit so they'd be in tip-top shape. I'd utilized the grass that was now behind me (where I'd caught Mankey) to its fullest potential, fighting more Mankeys and some Rattata, along with the rare Spearow.
"Well, no matter. Quick Attack!"
The conversation ended there and we focused on the battle. Charmander and Pidgey both looked energetic—nothing much had happened yet.
"Pidgey! Use Gust again!" Blue ordered. The bird Pokemon complied, whipping up a whirlwind with its wings that raced toward Charmander.
A sudden, crazy idea struck me. "Charmander! Jump into the whirlwind! Wait... wait... now!"
My battle instincts were correct. At the time Charmander jumped, it captured the full power of the gust and went flying.
"Scratch!" I ordered it in the air. Charmander's outstretched claws (and Charmander itself) slammed into Pidgey and knocked it to the ground. With one decisive Ember, it was over.
"Urgh..." Blue uttered. "Fine! Go, Squirtle!" He sent his little blue turtle out, who gave off a cry and analyzed its foe.
"My Squirtle's a lot stronger than last time, Red!" Blue boasted, and his little Squirtle nodded victoriously. "And guess what move it can use? Squirtle, Bubble!"
I didn't really have time to react; the two of them must have rehearsed the move. Squirtle ducked into its little shell and rushed over to my Pokemon, bowled it over, and popped out of the shell.
A Bubble to the face did Charmander in.
"Darn..." I mumbled, retreating Charmander to my Poke Ball. Blue did the same to Squirtle.
"It was fun, Red. Now pay up."
"What are you talking about, Blue? Did I say I only have one Pokemon?"
Blue's face flushed a little, but he said something like "Fine" and released Squirtle again. "Send it out, then," he said disdainfully.
"Go, Mankey!" I said, tossing out my pig-monkey's Poke Ball. Mankey popped out, already lightly jumping from foot to foot. "Karate Chop!"
We had picked up this powerful move when I was training Mankey. It was the last level we'd gotten to before I healed and took Blue's challenge.
Mankey barreled towards Squirtle, who looked a little shell-shocked (see what I did there?). Blue said, "Squirtle! Go into your shell!"
I smiled, anticipating this. "Mankey! Slide into a Low Kick!" I said, and Mankey complied, lowering its hand and sliding into the shell and kicking.
The move hit home. Squirtle went flying and slammed into the cliff wall behind Blue and fell down. "Squirtle!" cried Blue. He didn't say it concerned, though. He said it more like, "If you've been knocked out, I'll get you!"
But it was knocked out. I had won the battle.
"It was fun, Blue," I said, mimicking him, "now pay up."
He grumbled a bit, but handed over the Poke Dollars. "Thanks," I said, and then started to walk off.
It was time to take on Route 2.
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O-kay! What did you guys think! I think that was really fun to write, what with a capture battle and a battle with Blue in the same chapter. Fun :). Again, I don't own Pokemon or the Pokedex entries, so I apologize if I did anything wrong by putting Mankey's Pokedex entry in there.
And speaking of Pokedexes...
I sort of came up with a system where, before Red catches a Pokemon, he (and we) see the Pokemon Red Pokedex entry. Once he's caught it, however, we see the FireRed entry. It's like an upgrade of sorts.
Anyway, if you liked, please drop a review! I may even get Chapter Five done today (it's going to be a short one, just a warning). But Red will be catching a third Pokemon :)
See you then!
-Shinigami out.