A.N- Sorry for the delay, grandparents rolled in from Chicago so I had to entertain them. I fixed the criteria page, so without any further ado, enjoy the chapter!
"Does this really need to end in violence?" K.R. asked sheepishly
"Like I said, we battle now. We can use 3 pokemon each. No substitutions."
"Well….there's going to be a problem with that." K.R. said looking for an exit
"And how's that?" Shiroi demanded, her arms now crossed
"I only have two pokemon, which of course means that I can't do anything by those rules, so you win!" K.R. said as he dashed off down the path
"Oh no you don't!"
K.R. pretended like he did not hear her. He saw Poochyena had already beaten him to the bush he was running to. He had to at least find the path to Rustboro City and maybe catch another pokemon as well. Today was indeed a brand new day and there was nothing that could possibly spoil it. "Poochyena, let's go for another pokemon." K.R. said, only to have Poochyena turn his back on him once more and run away into some bushes. "Whatever, I don't need you anyway." K.R. said, looking around.
K.R. came across a large oak tree and began climbing. He scaled the tree until he reached a large branch at midpoint. He finally saw a small owl that appeared to be asleep. "That's a Hoothoot." K.R. said, as he reached for a pokeball. "Since it's asleep, I'm going to catch it." K.R. said, standing on top of the branch. He scooted closer and raised his pokeball; however his back foot broke a small twig, alerting the pokemon. "HOOT!" it screeched as it began pecking K.R.'s face, knocking him out of the tree.
"HOLY SH—"K.R. was cut off as he realized he stopped falling. He saw the blue aura around his body as he slowly descended and gently touched the ground. He looked up and saw a pokemon resembling a giraffe.
"Awesome, a Girafarig!" K.R. said, flipping out his pokedex
"Girafarig, the Long Neck Pokemon, Girafarig's tail also has a brain and will bite those who approach it without care."
"Good job Girafarig."
K.R. turned and saw the voice was owned by a boy a little older than him. Standing near him, K.R. could tell that he was around 5'10 because he had him by an inch. If he were to do a quick glance at him, he would have mistaken him for a girl due to his shoulder-length brown hair. His gray eyes reminded him of Castform, a Hoenn native pokemon he had seen on weather reports. His long-sleeved shirt made him blend in with the woods, due to it being forest green. K.R. did however wonder if the boy would get too hot with the body warmer over his shirt. K.R. was a bit relieved when he realized that he wasn't wearing pants but instead baggy 3.4 shorts that seemed to match his eyes. The earthy color scheme this guy was apparently going for, threw him off by the red pokeball holding up his shorts. His white socks and gray and white running shoes were also a matching compliment as well.
"Is this your Girafarig?" K.R. asked
"Yes it is, I saw you falling out of the tree so I used Zuli's Psychic to keep you from splattering all over the ground."
"Gee thanks for letting me keep my guts on the inside." K.R. said, not trying to sarcastic or anything, because he was in fact very grateful that he saved him in time.
"Anyway, I'm Keiku Reishu…call me K.R. for short."
"Mathew...call me Mat."
"Pleasure to meet you." K.R. said, holding out his hand
"Pleasure's all yours." Mat said, as he accepted the handshake
"Anyway, you may want to try catching Pokemon on the ground this time." Mat said, chuckling a little
"I suppose you're right." K.R. said as they got back on the path
Mat recalled Zuli into its Pokeball as they continued on their way. The two boys conversed about various things, ranging from battling to music to primary facts about each other. Mat learned that K.R.'s goal was to enter and hopefully win the Hoenn League and that it was his 3rd day on his journey. While at the same time, K.R. learned that Mat's goal was to be the greatest psychic trainer who ever lived. K.R. heard about trainers traveling in groups, but never took the idea of it into full consideration, but the more he chatted with Mat, the more he liked the idea. K.R. was just about to ask Mat if he was traveling with anybody, when he was quickly distracted by a rustling bush.
"Hey Poochyena, is that you?" K.R. asked
Poochyena had never come back since it ran off into the bushes. K.R. had forgotten about him, but was actually getting a little worried. However, a purple rat-like pokemon jumped out at K.R.
"A Rattata! So, they do have Kanto pokemon in Hoenn." K.R. said flipping out thee Pokedex
"Rattata, the Mouse Pokemon
"I'm going to go ahead and catch it." K.R. said holding up a pokeball
"I hope he's using a pokemon this time…if not, then I hope he doesn't expect me to have any rabies vaccine or anything of that sort."
"Shroomish, let's rock!" K.R. said, throwing the pokeball
"Shroom."
"All right, let's one-shot this! Shroomish, use Energy Ball!" K.R. yelled
"Shrroooooomish!"
Shroomish opened its mouth as a green orb began forming, it shot at the Rattata, but the ball swerved to the right, flying many feet into a next of cardboard boxes and a large next resembling a hive. "Uh oh…" K.R. said, returning Shroomish to its pokeball. They hesitantly waited for a second, but nothing happened. K.R. was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw a small brown caterpillar-like pokemon inch its way towards him. Its large red nose reminded him of a clown he saw at the circus a few years ago, the barb on the top of its head, shined in the sunlight. He noticed the stinger on its tail was also something to be noted as well.
"I think that's a Weedle." K.R. said, flipping his pokedex
"Weedle, the Hairy Bug Pokemon. Its poison stinger is very powerful. Weedle's bright-colored body is intended to warn off its enemies."
"Weedle." It cooed, crawling up K.R.'s leg.
"Dude, I think it likes you." Mat said
"It kind of tickles." K.R. said, laughing now that Weedle was on the middle of his face. Mat was fairly repulsed at this point. He did not really want to look at K.R. letting a bug…nonetheless a poisonous one crawl all over his face and risk stinging him.
"I think you—"Mat was cut off by low buzzing noise. Weedle was now on top of K.R.'s head as it also turned towards the buzzing. Like a wave at high tide, the buzz became louder as a swarm of what appeared to be large bees with massive stingers emerged. Without saying a word, Mat and K.R. took of sprinting. They ran down the path as they got in closer. K.R. flipped out his pokedex, and pointed it towards the swarm.
"Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokemon. It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly."
"That's definitely not good." K.R. said as they continued running. As he was running he saw a small figure ahead and toppled over it. "Arf?"
"Poochyena! We gotta go!" K.R. yelled, recalling him to his pokeball.
Poochyena turned and saw what they were running from. Mat removed a pokeball from his belt. "All right Bella; let's see how you do under pressure!" He tossed the pokeball, a white light streaked into the air. A creature resembling a gold bell emerged from the capsule. "Chingling." It said
The swarm of Beedrill were approaching, their stingers readied in position. "Bella, use Confusion!"
"Chiiiiiiiiinnnng!" Bella chimed, its body surrounded in a small blue aura. The Beedrill stopped and turned around. Bella then collapsed into Mat's arms. "Thanks Bella, I know you're still inexperienced, but great effort."
K.R. hovered his pokedex over Bella.
"Chingling, the Bell pokemon and the pre-evolved form of Chimecho. Chingling emits cries by agitating an orb in the back of its throat, which is done by flouncing hops.
"That's a pretty cool pokemon. Where's it from?" K.R. asked, curious
"Chingling like Bella are native to Sinnoh, my home region. I'm from Hearthome City to be more specific."
"Ah ok."
K.R. had never been to the Sinnoh region before, but had heard it mentioned once or twice at school. He only knew of Kanto, Johto and Hoenn, maybe there were even more regions he never heard of before. He began wondering what caused the Beedrill swarm that endangered their lives. Suddenly he realized what happened.
"The Beedrill were chasing us because Shroomish's Energy Ball hit their nest. The fact that I have Weedle did not help the situation either." K.R. said, looking up at the bee larva comfortably stationed on his head.
"You should return Weedle before the Beedrill attack us again." Mat said, looking behind him
"Unfortunately, you may be right." K.R. said
They back-tracked their path and after a few minutes of doing so, found their way back. "All right, this is you stop." K.R. said, putting Weedle down.
"Wee?"
"You are free to go."
K.R. and Mat turned to walk away, unbeknownst to K.R.; Weedle fired a white string of sticky thread to his back and clung on. It carefully moved around a little and made itself comfortable. What was only around forty-five minutes seemed like hours to Weedle. A small smile crept onto Weedle's face as the stinger on its head pressed down on K.R.'s bottom…
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
K.R. faceplanted into the wooded floor, the earthy taste of dirt and leaves filled his mouth. He coughed out the dirt and spat out the leaves. "I have a stinger in my ass…" he grunted, feeling his backside. Weedle inched onto his head. "Weedle!" it cooed
"Fine, you can s-stay." K.R. coughed, as he slowly got up.
"Weedle! Weed!" Weedle said excitingly.
"K.R. grabbed a pokeball from his bag. He turned and looked at Weedle. "Alright, pokeball go!" He tossed the pokeball as it opened and sucked Weedle inside. The ball closed and began shaking…the ball stopped and a loud confirmation beep echoed through the forest.
"Nice, I caught a Weedle!" K.R. exclaimed, picking up the pokeball.
K.R. felt his stomach vibrate, he hadn't eaten in a day and a half. "With everything going on, I didn't get a chance to eat." Mat shrugged and the boys set up lunch.
"Here are my other pokemon, everybody come on out!" Mat shouted, tossing up four pokeballs. K.R. recognized Zuli the Girafarig and Bella the Chingling from earlier. He saw two other pokemon he didn't recognize. One of whom resembled a cross between a sun and a meteorite. "What are you?" K.R. asked, as he flipped his pokedex open.
"Solrock, the Meteorite Pokemon. Solrock can read minds and uses sunlight for energy. It attacks its enemies with blazing hot fire attacks and moves around by levitating."
"That's Sunny, the first pokemon I caught in my Hoenn journey. Funny story on how I met it." Mat began but K.R. suddenly cut him off.
"I'm sure it's interesting but I don't really care to hear it right now." K.R. said, moving the pokedex to the other pokemon that appeared to be meditated. For some reason, it reminded him of a genie.
"Medicham, the Meditation pokemon and the evolved form of Meditite. Medicham is able to harness its Psychic powers through Yoga. Through a rigorous combination of food deprivation and meditation, Medicham also gains the ability to see its opponent's aura."
"That's Zeno. My first pokemon and my number one partner, we've been together for a few years now."
K.R. nodded and continued with his sandwich. It was refreshing to see someone have a seemingly decent relationship with their first pokemon after a few years. However, he probably shouldn't judge things on mere first glances. He looked up at his pokemon, whom were in their own little world, focusing on their pokemon food. Poochyena was the only one of his pokemon that had a food bowl, K.R. made a mental note to get more supplies for them and any other pokemon he may obtain in the future. Just as he began making his way to dessert, a shrill voice destroyed the serene aura lunch gave off.
"All right, now you have three pokemon! 3 on 3, each round, we will use a different pokemon. Best 2 out of 3 wins!"
K.R. saw that it was none other than Shiroi. He still did not want to fight, but K.R. knew he wouldn't be able to get around her this time."
"All right, fine. You got me." K.R. said, getting up
"Looks like, I have to referee." Mat said, finding a large rock to stand upon
K.R. and Shiroi stared each other down; he hoped that he could sweep her with two wins, so she'll go away. Hell, he even considered tanking the whole battle so she'll make an exit even faster.
"Poochyena, let's go." K.R. said as Poochyena ran in front of him.
"Arf."
Shiroi revealed a pokeball. "All right Swablu, I choose you!" She gave it a small peck and pirouetted, tossing the pokeball. The pokeball opened and a blue bird with wings appearing to be made of cotton emerged.
"Swabluuu!"
"All Poochyena, use tackle!" K.R. commanded, pointing forward
Poochyena opened his mouth and released an ear-shattering howl and his body began glowing a bright orange aura.
"Your pokemon doesn't listen to you; show what kind of trainer you must be. Swablu, use dragonbreath!"
Swablu opened its beak as a stream of green flames spewed out. Poochyena was knocked back by the dragon attack. Poochyena however shook it off and ran forward, leaping at Swablu and clamping its strong jaws into the flying Pokémon's wing.
"Nice, you learned Bite!" K.R. said, a bit excited
"Oh no Swablu, use Wing Attack!"
Swablu's wings glowed as it attempted to slam Poochyena into a nearby tree. However, Poochyena did not fret as he held his ground and threw Swablu into the tree. The outer bark peeled and branches cracked as the cotton bird pokemon fell with a thud.
"Swablu is unable to battle, Poochyena wins!" yelled Mat
"That was unfair! I'm going to win the next two anyway." Shiroi said, returning Swablu to its pokeball.
"Good job Poochyena." K.R. said, but Poochyena simply walked past him and curled up in the shade of another tree close to the path.
"There's no pleasing him is there…" K.R. said
"Stop wandering off and finish our battle!" Shiroi snapped
"All right, Shroomish, you're up next!" K.R. called
The tiny mushroom pokemon hopped up and waddled its way over to its trainer's side. "Shroomish." It said, as it stood face to face with Shiroi. "I didn't want to do this to you but I'm going to get an easy win, Riolu help me out!" Shiroi tossed a pokeball into the air. The pokeball opened and a teal pokemon resembling the Egyptian God Anubis but as a puppy appeared.
"Haaa."
"Riolu?" K.R. said, flipping out his pokedex
"Riolu, the Emanation Pokemon. Riolu's aura intensifies if it is sad or afraid."
"All right Shroomish; let's start things off with Stun Spore!"
Shroomish began spinning as a whirl of sparkling tan powder emerged and shot at Riolu, making a direct hit. Riolu fell to the ground and sparks cackled around its body.
"Oh no, Riolu!"
"Haaaa." Riolu grunted, getting up
"All right Shroomish, let's wrap this up! Energy ball!"
Shroomish opened its mouth as a green ball of energy formed. Shroomish jumped and spun, tossing it at Riolu. However the Energy Ball went over Riolu's head and into a tree. Unfortunately, that gave Riolu time to recover and Shiroi took advantage of that. "Riolu, use Metal Claw!"
Riolu's leapt into the air and its paw glowed a metallic silvery color and slashed Shroomish a few times. Shroomish rolled over on the grass; swirls were protruding from its eyes.
"You ok Shroomish?"
"Shroom."
"Shroomish is unable to battle, Riolu wins!"
"Thanks Shroomish, take a break!" K.R. said, returning it into its pokeball.
"Man I gotta work on that aim…"
"Your pokemon either don't listen to you or they can't use their attacks correctly. Why are you even a trainer in the first place, my pokemon are all oh-so amazing!" Shiroi exclaimed, tossing a pokeball. The pokeball opened as a brown foxlike pokemon materialized.
"Qui."
"That's an Eevee!" K.R. exclaimed, pulling out his pokedex once more.
Eevee, the evolution Pokemon.
"Weedle, you are my only hope. Let's do this." K.R. said as Weedle was already in front of him.
"Eevee, use Quick Attack!"
Eevee's body glowed with a white aura as it disappeared and reappeared, slamming into Weedle, knocking it and skidding across the ground. "Weedle, up and at 'em!" K.R. yelled.
Weedle hopped up and shook itself off. "Eevee, run over Weedle, Quick Attack again and again and again!" Eevee charged at Weedle repeatedly; however Weedle wasn't going to budge. K.R. looked up and had an idea. "Weedle, use String Shot on that branch up there!" K.R. yelled pointing at the above branch.
"Weedle!" Weedle shot a few threads of sticky string upwards, dodging the Eevee stampede. Eevee suddenly came to a halt and looked around, looking for Weedle. "Weedle, use String Shot on Eevee's neck!" Weedle looked down and spat threads of string into a few tufts of the white fur around Eevee's neck, landing on top of the evolution pokemon.
"Eevee, shake it off, get rid of Weedle!" Shiroi yelled
Eevee ran around in circles, attempting to shake Weedle off but to no avail. "Keep hanging on Weedle!" K.R. yelled, coaching his pokemon.
"Eevee, roll around on the ground with sand attack and get Weedle off!"
Eevee began kicking up dirt and clouds of sand everywhere, its tail could be seen frantically moving around, its body hitting the ground repeatedly. He couldn't see exactly what was going on, but K.R. knew Weedle still did not fall off. "All right Weedle, use Poison Sting!" Weedle rose up its hind stinger and stabbed Eevee's back, causing it to yelp in pain. The clouds of dirt and sand finally faded and most of the threads around Eevee was ripped and destroyed. Eevee ripped the last remnant with its, teeth and tossed Weedle into the air. It was evident that Eevee was hurt by Weedle's poison sting and Weedle also took heavy damage as well.
"Eevee, finish Weedle off with Quick Attack!"
Eevee began running and disappeared and reappeared about to slam into Weedle. "Weedle, Poison Sting with everything you got!" Weedle's hind stinger ready, also collided into Eevee, sending both Pokemon crashing into the ground. Both Pokemon got up and stood there for a few moments. The tension ran high as they stood there. Eevee then fell over, unconscious.
"Eevee is unable to battle, Weedle wins and the upset victory goes to K.R."
K.R. was stunned. He won, he actually won. "I did it…no…we did it. Heh."
"Eevee, return!"
"Sucks that you lost to a bad trainer doesn't it?" K.R. mocked
"No. It was a fluke, but you haven't heard the last of me. Next time, I'm going to make sure I embarrass you until you cry for mercy!" she shouted, storming off
"Well, I guess I can have a break until then." K.R. said, relieved
K.R. looked over at Weedle, who had a small smile upon its face. "Weedle that was badass I appreciate you for coming through with a big win like that."
"Weedle." it said as it began glowing
"No way…" K.R. began to say
"Weedle is evolving." Mat said, crossing his arms
The glowing continued as Weedle's body grew longer and formed into a different shape, the glowing finally stopped as a gold cocoon with large black eyes stood there motionlessly. "Coon." It said
"Kakuna right?" K.R. said flipping out his pokedex
"Kakuna, the cocoon pokemon and the evolved form of Weedle. Kakuna is almost completely immobile as it prepares for its next evolution, its poison barb can extend if it needs to protect itself from predators."
"Nice. Alright then, Kakuna return!" K.R. shouted, returning it to its pokeball.
K.R. looked up and saw the sun setting. "Let's go ahead and get down the road a bit more and make our way to Rustboro City within the next day or so."
"Sounds good, we could set up camp too."
K.R. woke up Poochyena as he and Mat began walking, continuing their trek to Rustboro City.
A.N- From the next chapter onward, the pace will be a lot faster, so don't worry they won't be in the woods for ten chapters. Things will also be more interesting as well. I was thinking about making Weedle stay Weedle for a while longer, but we all know it doesn't take a bug pokemon much to evolve, so I figured that it'd be redundant if I did so. Anyway, stay tuned for the next chapter. Till Then! Peace out.
