Alright, so the teams aren't really random, I grouped them by color! Anyways, here is chapter 4, please enjoy!
Red and Ruby
Red and Ruby's destination was the Viridian Forest, and their target was Sapusaur, the grass Pokegod evolution of Venusaur.
"Hey Red, I know the Viridian Forest isn't too far from here, but why do we have to walk? We could just fly; it'd be a lot faster. (Plus, I won't have to get my shoes as dirty.)." Ruby suggested while walking behind Red.
"Sure, that's okay, we'll just fly then." Red said, and then pulled out a Pokeball that contained his Aerodactyl. "Go, Aero!" He threw the Pokeball and his Aerodactyl came out.
"You've only got an Aerodactyl?" Ruby questioned Red, while rubbing his head with his hands.
"Yeah…. Why?" Red replied, confused as Aero grabbed onto Red's shoulders, ready to take off.
"I don't have a flying Pokémon!" Ruby announced loudly. "Your Aerodactyl can't possibly hold me too! It's also not big enough." He explained, slightly agitated.
"So… why did you suggest we fly to the forest if you don't have a flying Pokémon of your own?"
"I thought you'd have a bigger flying Pokémon, like, a Charizard, or Flygon, or… something." Ruby said.
"Oh. Well, I guess we will just have to walk, then." Red said, and then withdrew his Aerodactyl back into its Pokeball. "We can get there in just an hour and a half, if we pick up the pace, we could get there in maybe an hour."
"Wait! That reminds me! I've got running shoes!" Ruby exclaimed in excitement.
"Running shoes? Can't you just run in any pairs of shoes?" Red said, uncertain.
"No. You can't run in high heels!" Ruby yelled. Red gave him a "what the heck" kind of look, causing Ruby to say, "No! I've never tried it! That's just what I've heard…." Red still gave him an awkward stare. "Well, with these shoes, I can run incredibly fast, so, how about you fly there, and I'll run? We should get there about the same time." Ruby suggested.
"Hm. Well, that's alright with me. I'll see you there, then!" Red answered, then sent out Aero again and flew away.
"Okay…" Ruby started to take some deep breaths; he hadn't used the running shoes in a while. He pulled them out of his backpack and replaced the pairs he was wearing with the running shoes. "Alright, here we GOOOOOOO!" Ruby yelled and dashed forward at an extremely fast pace.
They both made it to the Viridian Forest entrance in a record time of eighteen minutes! Ruby actually arrived a minute faster than Red.
"Wow, those shoes are really something. I'd like a pair for myself!" Red laughed.
"Yeah…." Ruby said weakly. "Gah. They're great, but now my legs feel like jelly!" Red noticed Ruby's legs were shaking.
"Ha-ha. Well, let's get going!" Red said happily, and the two entered the Viridian Forest.
The forest looked as it always did. There didn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary inside.
"Ahhh!" Ruby suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream.
"Wha, what? What is it?" Red yelled in surprise. "Did you see it?"
"No! I… I… I stepped in mud!" Ruby shouted, almost in tears. He absolutely hated being dirty.
Red looked at Ruby, and then turned his attention to the spot where Ruby stepping in the mud.
"Ruby. That's, that's not mud…." Red said quietly to Ruby.
"What do you mean? Of course it wa- Ah! Ah! AH!" Ruby howled in pain! "My freaking foot feels like it's on fire!"
Red looked at Ruby's shoe and noticed steam coming off from it. Then he noticed it wasn't on fire, the shoe was being melted. "I think, Ruby, you must've stepped into some sort of acid." He added. When the melting ceased, the whole front of Ruby's right shoe had a large hole in it, and you could see his socks through it. Thankfully his foot wasn't affected.
"No way…. Why would there be a random puddle of acid here?" Ruby said angrily.
"It's strange. As far as I know, there aren't any Pokémon that live in this forest that know acid. It's corrosive, so it would have only came from a Victreebell or an Arbok. Both aren't known to live here." Red contemplated.
"Well, then what do you think it came from?" Ruby asked Red while looking at the acid puddle. He took note that there was no grass in that spot. "He Red. Take a look off to the left of the puddle."
Red turned to his left to look, and noticed many more acid puddles on the ground. "Whatever if came from must be in that direction somewhere. I say we go after it!" He said.
"Whaaat? No way!" Ruby yelled, slightly afraid. He knew he'd end up having to go anyways.
"Come on Ruby, let's get moving." Red said.
The two continued to follow the acid trail. Making sure not to step foot in any of the corrosive liquid. After a few minutes, the trail ended. At the end of the trail, was a giant, wilted flower.
"Whoa, check out the size of that flower. It's…. Really ugly." Ruby said to Red, who was looking at the flower, thinking.
"Hey Ruby, stay on your toes, something isn't right about that flower. I'm going to try something."
"What? What are you planning on doing?" Ruby asked.
"Go, Saur!" Red yelled as he sent his Venusaur out of its Pokeball. "Alright Saur, I want you to hit the big flower over there with a Razor Leaf attack, okay?" Saur nodded, and then loosed the attack at the flower. The leaves hacked away pieces of the wilted flower onto the ground. "That's enough, Saur." Red commanded, and looked at that the flower, which was starting to rock back and forth.
"It… It's moving!" Ruby yelled in surprise. Then, from out of the bushes, the body of the wilted flower revealed itself. "No way…!"
It was a giant Venusaur, at least twice the normal size. It looked like a Venusaur that was badly in need of a leaf trimming. It had more leaves attached to its body than normal, and had what looked like a beehive in the middle of the flower, which was smothered in sap. Its eyes contained no pupils, and it was drooling acidic sap from its mouth. This Pokémon made Red's Venusaur look like a lowly frog.
"Sapusaur!" Both Red and Ruby screamed simultaneously.
"SAURRRR!" The Pokegod roared in anger.
"I didn't expect anything like this! Hurry, Ruby, we've got to fight it!" Red yelled out to Ruby.
"Ah… Okay!" Ruby pulled out a Pokeball and sent out a Pokémon. "Go, Mimi!" Out of the Pokeball appeared Ruby's Milotic, Mimi. Mimi turned to Ruby after looking at Sapusaur; it was clearly confused by it. "Now isn't the time for confusion, we've got to fight it!" Ruby commanded. "Ice beam!"
Mimi unleashed a powerful Ice Beam and the Pokegod. It made a direct hit, but to both Ruby and Red's surprise, it caused no damage. It merely succeeded in making Sapusaur very, very angry.
"SAUUUUUUUUUUR!" It bellowed, then spewed it's toxic sap at Mimi.
"No, Mimi! Avoid it! Barrier!" At the very last second Mimi created a barrier and barely blocked the incoming acid.
"Red! This is dangerous! We could get killed!" Ruby shouted to Red.
"It's okay, we've just got to find this things weakness…." Replied Red. "Return, Saur!" Saur retreated into its Pokeball in place of Red's next Pokémon. "Lax, it's your turn now!" Red sent out his Snorlax, to Ruby's surprise.
"Snorlax? What are you planning to do with it?" Ruby questioned.
"Lax, defense curl!" Red yelled as Lax took a defensive position. "Lax has very thick skin, I'm going to see it can withstand acid attacks while your Milotic attacks!"
"Red, you can't do that! It's crazy!" Ruby screamed to Red. "You could kill your Snorlax!"
Sapusaur was just waiting. At first it seemed like it was just lazy, but then it seemed as if it were WAITING for it's next command…. Then, it spit acid into the trees overhead.
"What?" Red yelled. "What is it doing?"
The trees instantly melted, revealing the powerful rays of the sun. Then Sapusaur began to absorb the sun's energy.
"It's going to use Solar Beam!" Ruby shouted. "Mimi! We've got to stop it! Use hail!" Just then, Mimi began to use its hail attack, and the sky grew overcast, and fog began to block out the sun.
"Good move, Ruby! This way it won't have access to the sun!"
"Sunny day!" A voice was heard from somewhere in the distance.
"What the heck? Red, did you hear that?" Ruby called out to Red.
"Yeah!" Red yelled back.
Then, Sapusaur began to glow and the fog caused by Mimi's hail began to fade, and the sun came into view once again.
"No way, someone must be commanding Sapusaur! But who?" Red screamed. Everything suddenly grew much more mysterious….