Chapter 3: Viridian City Encounters
"Brielle, you said something about breeding rare pokémon, is that how you got your riolu?" Asked Ben.
"My parents run a breeding farm in the Sinnoh region. They specialize in rare pokémon and breeding pokémon with special moves. My parents were testing a method of breeding shiny pokémon where the father of the pokémon is a different species to the mother but the mother is a shiny. The female babies are normal but the male babies are shinies. This works to our advantage because it means that other people cant breed shinies." Explained Brielle.
"Wow, does that mean that Nova is a shiny?" Asked Josh.
"No Josh, my Riolu is a girl. I didn't want a shiny one because Riolu are usually shy pokémon as Annabel found out before, so I didn't want it getting to much attention because it would attack people that scared it."
"Oh, so that's why Nova attacked me, because it was scared." Sighed Annabel.
"So Brielle, do you know where I should go to challenge my first gym?" Asked Josh.
"You should probably challenge the Pewter city gym because the Viridian city gym leader isn't there at the moment. It's only the next big city after Viridian."
"Awesome, let's get there as soon as we can."
"Hold your rapidashes Josh, you have to have three pokémon to challenge the Pewter city gym."
"Oh, well that's only a minor hold up. I can catch two pokémon and train them up in no time."
"Josh, you have to realize that other people might want to do some things in Viridian city." Said Annabel.
"Oh yeah, and what's that?" Said Josh, not meaning to be rude but it didn't come out how he meant it to and Annabel took a bit of offence.
"Well, I would like to see the Viridian city pokémon contest, if that's ok with you three."
"Oh cool I've never been to a pokémon contest but my mum was a contest champion." Said Josh.
"So was mine." Said Ben.
"Well this should be exciting." Said Brielle.
"Wow, that was really intense, I can't believe that Sarah won." Said Brielle.
"I thought that John had it in the bag but then Sarah pulled off that amazing combo." Said Annabel.
"Guys, I'm going to go over to the Pokémart to look at a couple of things." Said Josh
"Ok, See you back at the pokémon centre tonight." Replied Brielle.
Josh walked through the streets of Viridian city with the sunset behind him. He turned a corner and there it was, the Pokémart. He walked through the doors and looked around until something caught his eye. In one of the displays was a good rod. Josh went over to it and looked at the price. It was only thirty dollars. (American dollars.) He grabbed one of the boxes and went over two the counter. While he was in the line he saw a sign saying: TM's half price if you order today! Great he thought, I could get some for squirtle.
"Hello, how may I help you?" Asked the Pokémart lady.
"Could I please have this good rod and TM's 14, 28 and 55?" Said Josh.
"That will be $60 and the TM's will arrive tomorrow."
"Thanks."
Josh walked out of the Pokémart and went to a small lake in the south of the city west of the Pokémart. He cast the rod out into the lake and waited for a pokémon to bite. In less then a minute a pokémon had latched onto the rod. Josh wound in the rod making sure to keep tension on the line. When the pokémon came close to the surface it leaped out of the water. It was a goldeen.
"GOLDEEN"
"Go, squirtle, I choose you."
"SQUIRTLE SQUIRT"
"Squirtle use bubble."
Squirtle shot a stream of bubbles at the Goldeen. The bubble attack hit its target smack bang in the middle.
"GOLDEEN" Cried the goldeen in pain.
The goldeen retaliated with a peck attack. Its horn flashed bright white and started to hammer into squirtle. Squirtle took little damage.
"Squirtle use bubble one more time."
"SQUIR-TLE"
Squirtle's bubbles hit the goldeen right in the face and it fainted.
"Wow squirtle, you did a great job." Said Josh while giving his pokémon a big hug.
"SQUIRTLE SQUIRT"
"Now, return and have a nice good rest."
Josh held up the pokéball to squirtle and pressed the button on the front. The pokéball opened up, squirtle flashed red and was engulfed by the pokéball.
Josh packed up his good rod and walked back to the pokémon centre where he and his friends were staying. Upon arrival he saw that they were eating dinner at a table and Nova was eating some chips off Brielle's plate. Before going over to sit with them he went to Nurse Joy and gave her squirtle to have a full check up. He walked over two where Annabel, Ben and Brielle were sitting and saw that there was no food left for him. A waiter came around to the table and he ordered fish and chips and a glass of lemonade.
"So Josh, what did you buy at the Pokémart?" Asked Brielle
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"I got this good rod that was on sale and I ordered some TM's for squirtle." Explained Josh.
"That's cool, what TM's did you get?"
"I got TM's 14, 28 and 55." Said Josh to the group.
"So that's Ice Beam, Dig and Boiling Water?" Asked Ben.
"That's right Ben." Replied Josh.
"Wow, so that means you have a move that is super effective against all of squirtles weaknesses." Said Brielle.
"Really? I just bought them because they were half price." Said Josh while everyone else sweat dropped.
"Well Josh, those moves are really good, you're lucky you got them half price." Said Brielle.
"What is the dig strong against?" Annabel asked Brielle.
"Dig is a ground type move that is super effective against electric pokémon like a pikachu." Explained Brielle.
"Wow Brielle, how do you know so much about pokémon?" Asked Ben, obviously in admire of her.
"Well I competed in the Hoenn and Sinnoh leagues and my parents are pokémon breeders remember." Explained Brielle.
"WOW YOU COMPETED IN THE HOENN AND SINNOH LEAGUES? WHERE DID YOU COME?" Shouted Josh while jumping around like a five year-old.
"Gee Josh, calm down. When I competed in the Sinnoh league I came in the top eight. I was knocked out in the semi-finals. The same thing happened in the Hoenn league."
"Are you kidding me? THE TOP EIGHT THAT IS SOO GOOD!" Screamed Josh, still jumping around.
"Josh, please calm down, everyone is staring at us." Said Ben quietly.
"Sorry guys, that's great Brielle. Do you think you could teach me how to train and raise pokémon so I can enter the Indigo League?" Said Josh a little more quietly this time.
"Well I guess that gives me a reason to travel with you, I have sort of been just following you around ever since the 'incident.'" Referring to the time when they first met and accused Ben of stealing her parents Bulbasaur.
"That's ok, we need an older person to make sure that we don't get into trouble." Said Ben. (Brielle is 15, the other 3 are 10.)
"I get into a bit of strife my self." Said Brielle with a big grin on her face.
"Ah well, we can all help each other out if anything bad happens." Said Annabel.
"That's true, back in Sinnoh team Rocket recently made a new base. They have been causing a lot of trouble, stealing people's pokémon." Explained Brielle.
"RIOLU" The small dog-like pokémon let out a little cry to indicate that it had finished the chips.
"Wow, Nova did you finish that whole plate of chips by yourself?"
"RIOLU" Nova let out another cry. Every one thought that it meant yes but then Brielle said some thing that made them jump.
"Stop treating you like a baby? And start treating me like the equal you are? Said Brielle, obviously confused. "I'm sorry Nova, I thought I was being nice. Please forgive me."
"RIOLU" Nova let out another cry.
"Thank you Nova."
"Ummm, Brielle? Did you just understand what Nova said?" Asked Ben.
"Uh… Um… Yeah… Sort of." Said Brielle.
"Wow, you can understand pokespeak?" Asked Annabel.
At that moment Nurse Joy walked over to the group and handed Josh squirtle's pokéball.
"Your Squirtle is fine. He just needed a bit of a rest." Explained Nurse Joy.
"Thank you Nurse Joy." Said Josh.
Nurse Joy walked away and they continued their conversation.
"Yeah I can understand pokespeak." Admitted Brielle.
"That's amazing, how did you learn to do it?" Asked Ben.
"I was communicating with Nova using aura and then one second I could understand what he was saying." Explained Brielle. "But there is an easier way. All you have to do is open your heart to the pokémon and share your emotions and feelings with it and you can understand what they say."
"Cool, I have to try that." Said Josh. "Go Squirtle, I choose you."
Squirtle came out of its pokéball and stood in front of Josh.
"Squirtle, I'm going to try to understand what you say."
Josh didn't get it straight away but he got it eventually. The group went up to the room that they were staying in. Ben and Annabel practiced all night and were eventually able to understand pokespeak. At around 2 A.M. they went to sleep.
At 5 A.M. Josh woke up. He couldn't get to sleep so he went outside for a breath of fresh air. He walked down the stairs towards the main room of the pokémon centre and found Brielle sitting at a table with Nova both drinking hot chocolates. He walked over to them and sat down.
"Hi Josh, why are you up now?" Asked Brielle.
"Couldn't sleep. What about you?"
"Because of the time difference its 10 A.M. in Sinnoh so I called my parents on the Pokégear."
"Oh, Ok. That reminds me, how come Nova doesn't stay in its pokéball? I thought pokémon were meant to stay in them."
"Oh, that's a funny story. It's all a part of the respect pokémon as equal's thing. One day I was battling a trainer and I called out Nova. He then grabbed the pokéball out of my hand and ran of into the woods nearby. He hid is pokéball in a place that no one could find. So ever since that day he has sat on my shoulder.
"That's what happened." (Italic is translated pokespeak.) Said Nova. "If I am an equal then why do I not walk around like humans do?"
"I totally agree Nova, so much that squirtle is going to walk around with me from now on. Squirtle, I choose you!
"Hi Josh!"
"Squirtle seeing as we are equals now I want you to say out of your pokéball and walk around with us."
"That sounds great." Said Squirtle.
"That reminds me Brielle, do you have any other pokémon, because I thought you needed six to enter pokémon leagues? Asked Josh.
"I have a Buizel, Beautifly, Snorlax, Dragonair, Espeon and a Noctowl."
"That's quite a collection, could I see them?"
"The thing is I decided to come to Kanto with only Nova. I wanted to start a new journey with new pokémon. So at the moment they are at my parents house in Sinnoh." Explained Brielle.
"Ok, so is there any pokémon you intend on catching while you're in Kanto?" Asked Josh.
"I've never had a fire type pokémon before so I might catch a growlithe."
"Cool, is that the pokémon that Officer Jenny uses?" Inquired Josh.
"That's it." Replied Brielle. "That reminds me, Pokémart's are open all day and all night so we can go and see if your TM's have arrived yet."
"That's a great idea, I almost forgot about them."
As Josh and Brielle walked out of the pokémon centre the sun had just burst over the horizon. The sky was a bright orange colour and there was not a cloud in the sky. They made there way through the streets towards the Pokémart while chatting about the good times that they looked forward to in the Kanto region.
When they arrived at the Pokémart Josh went up to the counter and the Pokémart lady said.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
"I was wondering if the TM's that I ordered yesterday have arrived yet?"
"Yes, they just came in a couple of minutes ago."
The Pokémart lady went into a storeroom behind the counter and got the TM's. When she came back she was holding the five TM's and a red box. "The owner of this Pokémart just informed me that you one our prize for being the 1,000,000 customer. Please take this as a gift." She handed the box and the TM's to Josh.
"Thanks a lot." Said Josh to the Pokémart lady as he and Brielle walked out.
"Wow, I wonder what it could be." Said Brielle with an air of mystery in her voice.
"And I wonder what Tm's they are. Well, there's only one way to find out." Said Josh while opening up the box. Inside there was a pokémon egg. It was red bit had a little round patch of yellow on the bottom.
"Cool, a pokémon egg." Said Brielle.
"And the Tm's 23, 29 and 87 which is Iron Tail, Psychic and Swagger." Said Josh.
"Those moves are very strong, I think you will get a very good pokémon out of that egg."
"Great, I'm going to get another pokémon!"
The two friends were walking back to the pokémon centre when Josh spotted a poster on a wall.
"Hey Josh, this poster says that there is a pokémon doubles tournament on in three days at the trainer academy. It says that you need two have two people each with two pokémon. Do you want to enter with me?"
"Yeah but we each only have one pokémon."
Right on cue Josh's egg flashed bright white and out popped….
A MAGBY!
"Oh, cool a magby. I can't believe you hatched already. Do you want to enter the pokémon tournament with me?" Asked Josh.
"I'd love to but I'll need to learn some better moves first."
"Of course you can, that's why the Pokémart lady gave me these TM's. Do you want to learn the moves now or a bit later when I've got squirtle's as well?"
"I think I can wait for squirtle."
"That's great magby, ill race you back to the pokémon centre. Brielle now that I've got two pokémon you need to get one."
"Ok, I'll see if I can get one now."
"See you later then, Magby are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be"
"3, 2, 1… Go"
Josh and magby raced all the way back to the pokémon centre and it was so close that they called it a tie.
"Hello and welcome to all our viewers on Pokémon live. Today I'm at the Viridian city pokémon trainer Academy. Later today the premier of the Trainer Academy Pokémon Championship will take place. To enter this event… The reporter continued on about the tournament while May and Ash were talking together in their home.
"Do you think Josh will compete? If so then do you think he will be ok? He's only had his pokémon for a couple of days you know? May asked Ash.
"If he is competing I'm sure he will be fine. He's got some good friends to be his partner. I wonder what his second pokémon will be." Said Ash.
Josh, Brielle, Ben and Annabel walked into the trainer academy and Ben and Annabel went to sit in the stands that had been mounted around the arena. Josh and Brielle went over to the reception to register their pokémon. Josh registered his squirtle and his magby while Brielle registered her Riolu and her newly caught elekid. The reception lady told them that their first battle was in five minutes.
"So, what's our strategy?" Josh asked.
"Our strategy? Brielle said while trying but failing to hold back a laugh. Our strategy is to not have a strategy and just to think about what's happening at the time."
"That sounds good to me!"
"Trainers Josh Ketchum and Brielle Mauch could you please make your way onto the battle arena." Said a voice over the PA system.
"Well, that's us. Let's go and win this thing" Said Brielle.
"You betcha!" Said Josh enthusiastically.
"Trainers Josh Ketchum from Pallet Town and Brielle Mauch from Solaceon City against Riley Smith from Pewter City and Nicola Dawson from Viridian City! Let the match commence."
The referee waved both of his flags and all four trainers sent out their pokémon.
"Squirtle, I Choose you!" Said Josh.
"Nova, come on out!" Said Brielle.
"Pidgey, It's time to roll!" Said Riley.
"Charmander, time to shine!" Said Nicola.
"Squirtle, use Ice Beam on Pidgey!"
"Nova, use Aurasphere!"
"Charmander, dodge it!"
Squirtle summoned ice in its mouth while Nova summoned a ball of aura in between his hands. Both pokémon launched their attacks at the other pokémon. Charmander jumped to his left and dodged the aura sphere but ran into pidgey and the ice beam hit them both. Charmander took most of the hit and it didn't affect him badly, but it did manage to freeze his legs to the floor. The small amount of the ice that did hit pidgey froze its wing and it went crashing into the ground.
"Nova, use thunder punch on pidgey!"
"Charmander, use ember to melt the ice, then use scratch on Riolu!"
Electricity wrapped around Nova's hand as it ran up to the grounded pidgey and punched it dead in the face. This gave charmander the opportunity it needed to melt the ice and use it's attack on Nova. But before it had the chance. A jet of water hit it smack-bang in the middle of its face.
Both Pidgey and Charmander fell to the ground and fainted.
"Pidgey and Charmander are unable to battle, Squirtle and Riolu are the winners!" Announced the referee.
"Way to go Brielle!" said Josh.
"Good stuff Josh!"
"Pidgey, return. Ivysaur, its time to roll!"
"Charmander, return. Pidgeotto, It's time to shine!"
"Ivysaur, use Razor Leaf on Squirtle!"
"Pidgeotto, use Wing Attack on Riolu!"
Ivysaur summoned razor sharp leaves and sent them flying into Squirtle while Pidgeotto's wings shone bright white and slammed into Riolu. Riolu took a fair bit of damage and jumped back and stood next to Brielle. Brielle tossed out her second pokéball and her elekid.
"Josh… I… can't… take… much… more… damage…" Said Squirtle.
"Squirtle, come back here. You did a great job mate. Magby, I choose you!"
"Elekid, use thunder shock on Pidgeotto!"
"Magby, use ember on Ivysaur!"
Both of the attacks hit their target. The two opposing pokémon just stood there, not moving, not doing anything.
"Use ember again!"
Once again the ember made its mark on its opponent. Josh used ember another three times until on the fourth attempt, just before the ember was formed two vines grabbed magby and held it in the one position. Ivysaur launched a powerful leach seed on magby, Elekid couldn't do any thing about it because when ever it went near Ivysaur pidgeotto would launch a powerful wing attack.
Eventually Magby fainted and ash called it back to its pokéball.
"I'm really sorry magby, I couldn't think of any thing to do to stop him from using that combo."
"That's ok Josh, we will make some of own combos next time we train."
"Go and get em' squirtle."
"Elekid, run towards Ivysaur!"
When Elekid started to move Pidgeotto blocked its way.
"Squirtle, use Ice Beam, full power!"
Squirtle launched its most powerful Ice Beam ever and it hit both Ivysaur and Pidgeotto. A big cloud of smoke filled the room and when it cleared Ivysaur and Pidgeotto were both knocked out!
"Pidgeotto and Ivysaur are unable to battle. The victory goes to Josh and Brielle!"
Josh and Brielle went over to Riley and Nicola and shook their hands. They then went to sit in the crowd to watch the rest of the battles in round one.
That was the longest piece of writing I have ever written, and it was fun to do! ATM im on holidays and don't have Internet, but when there is the opportunity to get it I do! I need the internet to do my poke research LOL. That was my first time writing a proper battle sequence and I don't think it came out to well. Tell me what you think.
LEAVE REVIEWS, SUGGESTIONS AND OC'S AND ILL TRY AND GET THEN IN THE STORY.
THANKS, JOSH.
