AN: It would be nice to get reviews so I know what I'm doing wrong. I also thought this would be a short chapter.

Chapter 4 – The Route 1 Incident!

I had done it. I had won, but just barely. I recall my pokemon. I ask my opponent a few questions. "Why are you not recalling your pokemon?"

"Oh, I figured they want a little walk." But her pokemon are exhausted! "Oh, speaking of which, You have a couple of full revives with you?" Full revives? Those are nearly impossible to-

"Of course I do." Woah. This guy must be rich. He hands a couple over to her pokemon and uses them.

"Um, Is that the same reason you have your scyther out?"

"He doesn't like to go inside his pokeball."

"What's inside your other one?"

"It's a, a bidoof."

The girl spoke up again. "Hey, you have full revives. Why don't you use one on your bidoof?"

"...Because I'd like to use them only in emergencies. I gave some to you because I didn't want to upset you, Princess Dai." Princess? What is the meaning of this? Why is she acting like royalty?

"Oh, Okay." She turns to me. "Listen up! My name is Dai Hoshiko! I'm the future Pokemon Queen! Remember my name well!" There's a small awkward silence. "Oh, this here is my underling. Underling! Let's go!"

"Um, don't you think I deserve an introduction as well?"

"Oh, if you wish. I shall allow one and only one introduction." This girl is weird.

"My name is Alvis Frost. I'm a scientist at Silph. I'm currently re-teaching Dai ab-" The girl coughs."-er, I mean, I'm her 'underling'."

"Okay, now that we have THAT out of the way, let's get... go... wait." Her chikorita is saying something to her. Woah! Scary face. "Basque says that you abandoned her." Wait, what? "You dare mistreat one of my pokemon? You shall be pu-"

"Go, masterball!" The blue haired science guy threw a masterball, wait masterball? A flash of light appeared in the trajectory of it. Wow, a masterball! He really is a scientist at Silph! "You know, I'm really getting tired of this game."

[I know, but it's fun to me.] I see. He tried to capture a psychic.

I see. He tried to capture a psychic. Those are strong, so I won't chastise him for interrupting me. "As I was saying..."

"Wait. That chikorita was mine, before I released it."

"Why did you release it?"

"Because that weakling hasn't won a battle in the 3 months that I had it!" 3 months? Now that I think about it, Polybius said he died 3 months ago.

"What happened 3 months ago? How did you get Basque?" He looked at the ground.

"That was the day my tyranitar had died. It went on a rampage. It was like a totally different pokemon. It killed a meganium."

"My mother..." Basque lost her mother?

"I took that chikorita out of kindness. I gave it sympathy, and it gave me grief. I'm still trying to find my fallen tyranitar."

"Fallen? What do you mean by that?"

"He fell from grace. I know he's still out there killing innocent pokemon." I'm not sure what to say.

"Dai..." I look at Brownie. "That's not all that happened. I was nearly killed by that tyranitar." That's right. When I found him, he was unconscious. I picked him up and took him to my home. When he first woke up, I introduced myself.

-

"Hey. Are you Okay?"

"Who... who are you? Where am I?"

"Don't worry. Your safe. I'm Dai Hoshiko."

"Dai Hoshiko..."

"This might be a bad time, but will you be my starter?"

"Starter?"

"When I begin my journey, I'll need a pokemon to help me out. After all, I'm going to become the Pokemon Queen."

"Heh... you're kind of funny."

"Funny? How so?"

"You do way too much bragging."

"I... I guess I do, but my mom always said that if you wanna be something, you have to act like it."

"Heh..."

"So will you?"

"Yes."

"Thanks, Brownie."

"Brownie? I like that name."

"It's cute."

"I agree, Queen Dai."

"Oh, no, I'm not the Pokemon Queen yet."

-

He recovered quickly. We also became great friends. "Dai, I was involved in the Route 1 incident as well." Alvis, too?

"First off, trainer, what's your name?"

"Takeo Keiji. I know where you're going with this."

"Takeo Keiji volunteered in a test. We wanted to see how much pokerus effected pokemon in large doses. It was really a win-win. His tyranitar gets stronger, and we gain research."

"I should have never agreed."

"I'm the one that injected him with pokerus. I guess it was too much. Since then, we gave smaller doses. Plus we're trying to figure out a way to stop immunity to it."

We arrived in a forest. "What is this place called?" It's nice learning everything I apparently forgot.

"It's called Viridian Forest."

"What type of Pokemon are in here?"

"Mostly bug pokemon. Caterpie and weedle and stuff like that."

"Um, Dai?" The red-haired and red-and-black bodied human must want to ask Dai Hoshinko something.

"What is it? Why are you following us?"

"I'm following you because we might be able to search for my fallen tyranitar together, since we're all involved in the, up, what did you call it, Alvis?"

"The Route 1 Incident."

"The Route 1 incident. And the thing I want to ask you is, How do you understand what you're pokemon are saying?"

"I guess I had that ability since I was born."

"You're pretty lucky."

"As if. I stood out among the elite." I think Dai shouldn't be saying that kind of stuff. It's rude. "And if your going to keep following us, you'll have to become my underling as well."

"Newsflash... This country does not have a monarchy."

"Either it's that or I'll have Odin kick you out."

"Please don't drag my pokemon into this."

"Fine, I'll be your 'underling' if it means you helping me look for my fallen tyranitar."

"Good. Now grovel at my feet." I think she's pushing it. Dai might get in a lot of trouble for this.

"What?"

"Just kidding."

"Y-You better be." After that conversation, it was quiet. We got deeper into the forest.

It's always quiet in Viridian Forest. Slightly dark as well. Not may trainers here as usual. They're all scared of the beedrill. I turn to Dai. "Quiet, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I'd thought there would be more trainers here."

"Any reason why that is?"

"Hold on, I'll show you." She gets out her pokedex and presses a few buttons. How many times do I have to tell her that the pokedex is a lie?

Beedrill. The Poison Bee Pokemon. Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.

When is she going to get it through her thick head? "Dai, we're going to a beedrill nest." Both Takeo and Dai looked at me with a surprised look on their faces. And they also shouted in unison.

"N- No way! No underling of mine is going to get us all killed!"

"Dai, listen to me. I know more than you do. Trust me."

"No, Beedrill are extremely dangerous! You heard her pokedex!"

"Takeo, I order you to come with us!"

"No! I am NOT going to get killed by a beedrill!

"You beat me in a pokemon match, correct? Plus, Odin beat all 3 of my pokemon easily. We'll be fine."

"Dai, have you ever heard of the story about Marty and his Poison Pokemon team?"

"Oh, come on! That's only a horror story! It's not true!"

"Listen to me, you two. Beedrill are extremely dangerous! We'll all be ki-"

"Takeo, are you listening? Dai has ordered us to come with her! We underlings need to do what Princess Dai tells us to do!"

"F-... Fine... But if I get killed, I'm going to kill you, geddit?"

Both me and Dai unanimously agreed. Dai did it with a threat of her own. We turn and walk to the hive. After a few hours, Takeo stops.

Ugh... These morons are going to get me killed... "I'm not saying this again, If we go there, we'll be killed!"

"Takeo, Alvis is a scientist at Silph. He knows what he's doing. And besides, all the beedril will grovel at my feet. I am the Future Pokemon Queen, after all." Stupid, stupid stupid. This is so stupid. I'd rather kiss a jynx than go out into a beedrill hive. I continue. Why is my life going to end this way? Being poisoned by a beedrill and slowly dying because of it. Why did I ever agree to be her 'underling'? I should just turn back now. I'd turn back except I don't know where I am. Damn, they get me lost as well! I'm going to die of poison, in the middle of the forest! Of poison! Slowly! This is the best thing in the whole damn world! I'm sure these stupids will laugh at me when I'm dying and not even know what's going on! I'm going to die like Marty did! The girl is dumb! The scientist is dumb! The scyther is dumb! The gastly is dumb! That beedrill is dumb! All of us are going to- wait... Beedrill?

"BEEDRILL!"

"Yes, it's been following us for about ten minutes."

"T-TEN MINUTES?"

"Yes, and if it were like a beedrill in your imagination, it would've attacked us by now."

"I... I'm sorry. I was wrong." I can't believe it. That story was just a horror story. Nothing more. Oh, look. That beedrill is charging at me. Wait WHAT! I WAS RIGHT!

"Help it's charging at me!" I then heard something which rarely occurs in the pokemon world. The scyther talked.

"Maybe it just wants to glomp you?" Glomp? What does that even mean?

"Odin, just quiet yourself. Takeo, this beedrill's behavior is abnormal." Gak! I duck under one of it's lunges at me. I am going to die! I am going to die I am going to die iamgoingtoDIIIIEEEE!

"Go, masterball!" I see the masterball up in the air. Then I see it hit the beedrill. Then I see the beedrill assimilate into the masterball.

Then the girl speaks up. "Nice catch, but I was about to have Brownie fry it."

"You were too slow, then."

"Was that your only masterball?"

"Yes, it was the same masterball I tried to use earlier."

"You know, they should design pokeballs with the feature where they become useless after one throw."

"That wouldn't be very practical, you know."

"And a lying pokedex is practical?"

"The league seems to think so."

"Well, the league will be undone by my future rule!"

We arrived at the hive. Takeo apologizes to us. "Um, You see, when I heard that one story, I thought every beedrill were that way."

"Yes, and I told you to trust Alvis. He's a scientist at Silph. He knows way more about pokemon than we do. As your punishment for mistrusting me, you shall-"

"-Lose to me in a pokemon battle."

"You know, Alvis, I like that idea. It'll also teach him that not everything should be done by the rules."

"Very well, Princess Dai. Let's have a 2-on-2 battle."

"Wait, Alvis."

"What is it?"

"You should name your new beedrill."

"I-I'm not really good at naming poke-"

"I order you to name your pokemon." Ugh... she's another Odin... I'll name this beedrill... um... uh...

"G-go, um, Drilly!" With that, Odin begins laughing.

"I Drilly think you should come up with a better name!" This is embarrassing.

"J-Just quiet yourself. And I also choose you, Odin."

"I thought it was a two-on-two battle."

"Well, then I change it to a double battle."

"Okay. Go, bulbasaur and rattata!"

"Odin and, um, Drilly will put you into your place."

"Just one thing."

"What is it?"

"I thought you had a bidoof, not a magikarp."

"I don't. I have a scyther, a beedrill, and a b-"-wait a minute...

"Underling, just because you have a magikarp doesn't mean you have to be ashamed to hide it!"

"Dai, I caught the beedr-, um, Drilly recently. I think I'd know what pokeball it's in." With that I call back the magikarp. "I don't even need a second pokemon to beat you."

"Heh, I bet your not so tough."

"Odin, use fissure."

"Now hold on a minute there! Scyther can't use fissure! Um, can they?"

"Yes we can!"

"WAIT!"

"Don't stop me, trainer!"

"How do you talk?" He brings down one of his scythe arms. It causes an aftershock that splits up toward the two pokemon. They did not come out of the attack conscious.

"I knew how to talk since I was taught by humans." He calls his pokemon back. And I now realize that the beedrill were watching us. Some of them seemed to be upset. I hadn't realized they were rooting. I thought they were just watching.

"Um, beedrill, mind it if we stay here for the night?" Dai seems pleased. They must have said no.

I've re-learned a lit today. I hope I will continue to learn more. The beedrill invited us into their hive thing. They said they gathered up cloth for beds in case any human wants to sleep there. They also say that they don't see very many humans. By what Dai Hoshinko's talking box said, I guess it's because the humans are afraid of them.

There's something which keeps on bothering me, ever since I saw this masterball. It's like I know what it is. I... I do know what it is. I remember something. "Dai Hoshinko?"

"What is it, Polybius?"

"There's something I have to tell you about the masterball."

"You're not going to tell me that it's a fake or anything, are you? Like it's just been painted?"

"No. I was captured by a masterball."

"Wow. You were? I hope strength travels over to death."

"Dai, I'm not going to hurt any pokemon. It's just not right."

"Oh, sorry. I was being selfish."

"Thanks for apologizing."

"Why are you so afraid of hurting pokemon? Is it because you're strong?"

"No, It's... it's... I don't know. But I don't want to hurt anything."

"Polybius, people get hurt all the time. You can just apologize. I bet other pokemon are okay with it."

"Dai, I'm sorry. I just can't."

"Please think it over for me. I need to get to sleep. You should, too." Sleep... I've never slept...