A/N - Chapter 4 is up! Hope you like it!
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Chapter 4: Mt. Moon, more Pokemon and Evolution!
"Ember" Lance yelled for the hundredth time as Charmander took out yet another Zubat.
It had been a whole day. Lance had traversed nearly half of the cave. However, this was no easy task; the numerous Zubat in the cave seemed to have nothing to do except attack the trainer. Charmander had taken down several, while Dratini and Nidoran, too, did their fair share of work.
Lance's only gauge of the time passed was the small watch he had. And he could only see that in the light of Charmander's flame. They were exhausted, but they couldn't stop; they were being attacked every few minutes, and they needed to find an isolated place.
Suddenly, Lance entered a room, which was brightly lit and devoid of the Zubats. A sign said, "Congratulations! You have passed halfway through Mt. Moon. Best of luck for the next half!" There was a repel under it. A note attached said, "This will help a bit." Lance sat down. He let his Pokemon out.
"You three, rest up. We'll leave after a couple of hours." The group ate, and Lance went to sleep, as did the others.
Some hours later, Lance woke up to see a large bug Pokemon looking at Lance from a feet away. Lance jumped and shouted, "Bug!" The Paras quickly scurried into the darkness of the looked around. The environment looked exactly the same as it had when he went to sleep. He checked his watch. They had slept for 10 hours.
"We've slept too long! Everyone, get up!" The Pokemon got up and groaned. He recalled them, sprayed the repel, and left towards Cerulean City.
Hours Later
Lance spotted light streaming into the cave. He ran towards it. As he emerged from the mountain, Lance took a sigh of relief. Thought the repel helped, it had still been a hard task.
He made his way to Cerulean City, that was a short walk away.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center. How may I help you?" The kind voice of Nurse Joy asked him.
"Please heal my Pokemon. And I need a room for a week."
"Of course. Give me your Pokemon for a some time." Nurse Joy took his Pokemon, and then handed a key to him.
"You're on the first floor. Have a good time in Cerulean!"
After settling down in his room, Lance checked his Pokedex. 'Hmm.' He thought. 'I'll get and Abra to the North of here. I'll find a Magikarp there as well.'
After Nurse Joy returned his Pokemon, he let them out, and all of them went to sleep almost immediately. It had been a long and tiresome 2 days, and he needed the rest.
Lance walked out of the Pokemon Center. The sun shined brightly in the sky. 'Perfect day to train and catch Pokemon.' Lance thought. He walked North and left the City.
As he walked on route 24, he spotted a few trainers.
After he battled them, he went ahead and came across a small lake. 'There must be Magikarp here.' He sat down. He brought out the old rod he was given by a kindly man in Cerulean. He let out Dratini.
"Come out, Tini." Dratini came out. The moment it saw water, it cried happily, "Tini!" and went into the water.
Lance chuckled. "I knew you would like it." He settled down for a wait.
10 minutes later, He felt a tug on his rod. He yanked immediately, and a Magikarp came out of the water.
"Dratini!" He called to his friend.
"Dratini surfaced and came out of the water. "Use Thunder Wave."
Magikarp was paralyzed immediately. Lance threw a Pokeball at Magikarp.
Magikarp got sucked in, and was caught without any resistance.
"Well done, Dratini." Lance said. He scanned Magikarp.
Magikarp, the Fish Pokemon – Male. Ability – Swift Swim. Moves – Splash, Tackle.
"And now, for the tricky one." He recalled Dratini, and went into the grass to find the elusive Pokemon, Abra.
After many minutes of searching, he found an Abra. However, before he could even order his Pokemon to do anything, the Abra teleported away.
This happened for several hours, making Lance frustrated. As he ate his lunch, he tried to think of a way to catch an Abra.
"Being a Master means incorporating all strategies and ideas and making an ideal move. This may mean being sneaky, or straightforward. Putting opponents to sleep, poisoning them, paralyzing them, or ruthlessly attacking, are all part of the game." Lance suddenly remembered Wan's words. 'Status conditions huh? Well, sleep is the best option here. But which Pokemon can put it to sleep?' Lance looked through the small list of Pokemon he had meant to catch through his journey in Kanto.
'Abra, I'm trying to catch that. Horsea, no sleep inducing moves. Oddish, it can, but is very rare...' As he was looking at the list, a Pokemon caught his eye. 'Bellsprout? It's pretty common around here, and Victreebel is better than Vileplume. So Bellsprout it is.'
Lance got up and looked around. Immediately, he spotted a Bellsprout beside the lake where he caught Magikarp. Silently, he creeped up to the Pokemon. "Dratini, use Thunder Wave." He said quietly calling Dratini out. Dratini paralyzed the Bellsprout immediately. The Pokemon was surprised but couldn't do much. It tried to throw some type of powder at Dratini, but Lance called out, "Dodge it, Tini!" The reptilian Pokemon quickly moved out of the way.
"Hit it with a very weak Twister." The move hit the Pokemon, weakening it, but not fainting it. 'Now's the time.' He thought. Lance threw a Pokeball, catching the Bellsprout. The Pokemon resisted, but it eventually gave up and was caught.
Lance scanned his new team member.
Bellsprout, the Flower Pokemon – Male. Ability – Chlorophyll. Moves – Vine Whip, Sleep Powder, Growth, Poison Powder, Magical Leaf.
Note – Magical Leaf is an egg move, and not normally found in Bellsprout.
Lance was ecstatic. It's not everyday that you catch a Pokemon with an egg move! He was happy with his catch.
'Now all I need to do is find an Abra.'
Lance's luck seemed to be in his favor, as almost immediately he spotted an Abra sitting under a tree. He let out Bellsprout and said, "I know we don't know each other very well, but please you Sleep Powder on the Abra. We'll talk later." Bellsprout was slightly surprised that the human was actually requesting him to do something. In any case, he followed the orders of his trainer to the letter.
The moment Abra fell asleep, he said, "Well done, Bellsprout! Now use Vine Whip a few times to make it weaker."
When the Pokemon used the moves a couple of times, he threw a Pokeball, thinking that the Pokemon may get up. The Pokeball hit its mark, and surprisingly, the Pokemon was caught without any resistance.
"Yes! I caught an Abra. Thanks, Bellsprout." he recalled the Pokemon. He then scanned the Pokemon he had to work so hard to get.
Abra, the Psi Pokemon – Male. Ability – Inner Focus. Moves – Teleport.
Note – The Pokemon is close to evolving.
Lance smiled. 'At least it won't take that long to make Abra a useful part of the team.
He then let out all his Pokemon. Abra had got up, and Bellsprout was no longer paralyzed.
He said, "Everyone, meet your new family. Abra, Bellsprout, Magikarp, welcome to the family. I'm going to help you become the strongest you can be. I may want to become a Dragon master, but that can't stop me from having other Pokemon. You all will still be equally important to me as everyone else, and together, we can do anything."
Bellsprout and Abra nodded, and Magikarp just flopped around as usual.
"We will start training from tomorrow. Let's all rest for today." He recalled the six Pokemon, and made his way to the City.
After handing Nurse Joy his Pokemon, he placed a call to Master Wan.
"Hello?"
"Master, it is me, Lance."
"Hello Lance, how's your journey going?"
"It's going well, Master."
"Are you having fun?" Lance was surprised. He had never been asked such a question by his teachers before.
"Y-yes, Master."
Wan smiled. "You're surprised at my questioin aren't you?" Not waiting for an answer, he continued. "I asked because a journey is so much more than just achieving your goals. It's about learning new things along the way, experiencing more today than yesterday, and making new friends along the way. Having fun is as important as becoming reaching your goal. Speaking of friends, have you caught any more Pokemon?"
Smiling due to what his Master said, Lance replied, "Yes. I caught a Magikarp, a Bellsprout and an Abra. Oh, and a male Nidoran near Mt. Moon."
Wan smiled again. "A good selection of Pokemon, I see. I think you'll do very well. Is there anything else?"
"No, Master."
"Very well then, have a good time. Also, you should know that Clair is currently in training, so you will not be able to contact her for a few months. I'll let her talk to you only after she's finished her initial training. Goodbye, Lance"
"Goodbye, Master."
Lance wondered how Clair was doing. He knew that the 2 Masters were relentless, and it would be difficult for his cousin to cope up with the training.
He relaxed the rest of the day, preparing for the training to come the next day.
"Dratini, help Magikarp increase his agility and his speed in water." Lance let out his two Pokemon into the lake he was near yesterday.
Dratini nodded and told Magikarp to follow him underwater, and they were out of his sight.
"Nidoran, Charmander, practice your moves today. Bellsprout, train to make your Vine Whips go farther and hit harder."
"Abra, let's practice your teleportation. We'll start with small distances..."
And so Lance trained his Pokemon throughout the day.
In the evening, as he recalled all his Pokemon, save for Dratini, after a hard day's work, he looked at the small dragon.
"We're doing great, aren't we?"
"Tini!" He said.
"I'm sure we'll be able to beat Rose easily!"
"Dra-Dratini!" He said once more. Suddenly, Dratini started glowing brightly.
"You're finally evolving!" Lance said.
As the glow died down, in place of Dratini stood a longer, more elegant Pokemon. "Drago-Dragonair!" It said.
"I'm so happy, Dragonair! You look great!" The dragon roared (?) happily.
He took out his Pokedex and scanned Dragonair.
Dragonair, the Dragon Pokemon – Male. Ability – Shed Skin. Moves - Thunder Wave, ExtremeSpeed, Slam, Dragon Rage, Twister, Aqua Tail.
Lance was extremely happy."You learnt a new move as well! Now, Rose is no problem at all! Let's go back to the Center." He recalled Dragonair and returned to Cerulean. He immediately called Wan.
"Lance, is something wrong? We only talked yesterday. Is something the matter?" Wan asked worriedly.
Lance smiled. "On the contrary, something great happened! Dratini evolved into Dragonair!"
Wan's frown became a smile. "That's great news! Do one thing, transport Dragonair here. We'll check his condition and see if the evolution went fine. He'll be back tomorrow morning."
"Very well, Master." He looked at the Pokeball with Dragonair.
"Don't worry, you'll be back tomorrow." He placed the Pokeball in the transporter, and the ball was sent to Wan.
"I got it. I'll see to his needs. No need to worry." Wan ended the call.
He gave the rest of his Pokemon to Nurse Joy, and got them back in a few minutes. He went to bed almost immediately, the excitement of the evolution still in his mind.
1 Week Later
Lance stood in front of the Pokemon Gym at Cerulean. Wan told him to not use Dragonair for everything, as he would just strengthen up Dragonair and the rest would be left back. He advised Lance to use his other Pokemon to battle Rose, and so he had decided to keep Dragonair outside the match.
Quite a few things happened over the past week. Dragonair was not the only one that evolved. Abra had evolved as well. Kadabra had learned a few moves over the past few days, them being Confusion and Disable. He was one of his fighters for this Gym match.
Though they had not evolved, Nidoran and Bellsprout had learnrf a few moves themselves. Nidoran had mastered Poison Sting, while Bellsprout learned Stun Spore, completing the trio of status moves that it could learn. Bellsprout was the second Pokemon he would be using in this match.
While Magikarp hadn't learned any moves, he had become faster in water than ever before. Due to this, his tackles sometimes packed quite a punch.
As he entered the Gym, he saw that the field was essentially a pool with floating circular platforms on which Pokemon which could not swim could stand. He saw Rose standing on the other side of the pool.
"Oh, hello. Would you like to battle?" She asked Lance.
"Yes, I am here for the Gym Badge. My name is Lance." Lance said confidently.
"How many badges do you have, Lance?" She questioned him.
"One."
"Very well. This will be a two on two match. Are you ready?" She said, taking out a Pokeball. The referee appeared on one of the sides of the pool.
"This is a two on two match between Lance of Blackthorn City and Leader Rose of Cerulean City Gym for the Cascade Badge. Let the match begin!"
"Go, Tentacool!" She sent out the jellyfish Pokemon, which entered the water and waited for Lance to send out his Pokemon.
Lance smiled. Kadabra would be perfect against Tentacool. "Go, Kadabra."
Kadabra landed on one of the floating platforms on the water.
Lance immediately ordered, "Kadabra, Confusion!" Kadabra's eyes glowed.
"Dodge!" Tentacool dived under water, dodging the would-be super effective attack.
"Great, multiple Water Pulse!"
Tentacool emerged from the water and released the ball of water, which sped towards Kadabra.
"Teleport to dodge, then Disable!" Kadabra teleported in the nick of time, and then reappeared on a platform near Tentacool and Disabled Tentacool's move before it could dodge.
"Clever! Teleport to dodge, eh? Tentacool, use Toxic Spikes on all the platforms, follow with Poison Sting!"
Tentacool released the poisonous spikes in all directions. The hit the platforms, and sunk into them.
'Great, now Kadabra can't go anywhere.' Lance thought.
Tentacool released the blob of acid towards Kadabra.
"Kadabra, use Confusion to block, then Confusion to attack Tentacool."
Kadabra's eyes glowed yet again. However, he was too late and the Acid hit Kadabra. Thought injured, Kadabra managed to use Confusion on Tentacool. Kadabra picked Tentacool up telekinetically and threw him at the wall near the pool. The Pokemon crashed into the wall.
"Once more!"
As he began to use the move, Rose shouted, "Acid!" Tentacool tried to use Acid once again.
Automatically, Kadabra teleported to dodge it. However, it forgot about the Toxic Spikes present on the platforms. Kadabra became poisoned. But it carried out its move, and picked up Tentacool yet again, and threw it into the wall. Tentacool was unconscious before it fell to the floor.
'Damn it!' Lance thought as Kadabra winced, the poison taking effect.
Rose recalled Tentacool. "Well done! But can you beat my next Pokemon?" She took out her next, and last, Pokemon.
"Horsea, Smokescreen and Twister!"
The moment Horsea appeared, it released ink at Kadabra. It hit its mark, blinding Kadabra momentarily.
"Kadabra, use your Psychic powers to find Horsea!" Before Kadabra could do that, the small Pokemon summoned a tornado, and threw it at Kadabra.
The Twister hit Kadabra perfectly, knocking Kadabra out.
"Good job, Kadabra."Lance said, recalling him. "You did well."
"Go, Bellsprout!" He called out the Flower Pokemon. Since he was part poison type, the toxic spikes did not affect him.
"Using type advantage? So mainstream. Use Smokescreen again!"
"Bellsprout, dodge and use Sleep Powder!"
Bellsprout dodged the ink by a hairsbreadth (or leafsbreadth) and used the status move on the seahorse.
The moment Horsea fell asleep, Lance called out again, "Well done! Use Vine Whip multiple times!"
The Pokemon used its super effective move several times, but before Horsea fainted, the Pokemon got up again.
"Excellent, use Icy Wind!" Rose called to her Pokemon.
Lance gritted his teeth. That Ice type move would seriously affect Bellsprout and would make him slower.
He suddenly got an idea. "Bellsprout, go into the water and use Magical Leaf!"
Bellsprout dived into the water as the move reached him, just grazing him. He went underwater and released the leaves.
Even though Bellsprout couldn't see very well underwater, the move could never miss, and so it hit an unsuspecting Horsea, knocking it out.
Bellsprout came out of the water, slightly exhausted. Lance smiled. "You were great, Bellsprout!"
"Bell-Bellsprout!" Replied the Pokemon. Lance recalled the exhausted Pokemon. "Get some rest." He looked up to see Rose putting her Pokeball, which now contained the fainted Horsea, back where it was kept originally.
She walked towards Lance, smiling. She took out a tear-drop shaped badge from her pocket.
"Here you go, Lance. Proof that you beat me. That's the Cascade Badge."
"Thanks a lot!" Lance left the Gym, happy with his victory against another Gym Leader.
Lance's Pokemon -
Dragonair (M) - Thunder Wave, Aqua Tail, Slam, Dragon Rage, Twister, ExtremeSpeed.
Charmander (M) - Scratch, Growl, Ember, Dragon Rage, Metal Claw.
Nidoran (M) - Leer, Peck, Tackle, Double Kick, Poison Sting.
Bellsprout (M) - Vine Whip, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Poison Powder, Magical Leaf, Growth.
Kadabra (M) - Teleport, Confusion, Disable.
Magikarp (M) - Splash, Tackle.
Aerodactyl (Fossil) - ?
I tried to make my chapters longer. Most of them will be this long now. Hope you liked it. Please R&R.
BannerMan3375, Over and Out.
