Team Yellow's Pokélog Chapter 6: Part Four, a pokémon fanfic

Part Four, Chapter One

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Allin, Tailz the vulpix, Catafree the butterfree

We'd walked a long way and a few weeks had passed. Luke and Allin had been trying to help me find Shockwave City, but we'd had no luck. One day, we hadn't been walking for long when we saw a familiar trainer.

'Not you again!' said Mitch.

'You!' said Allin. 'You were the one that nearly killed that poor vulpix!'

'Vulpix!' Tailz growled.

'Well, this time I'll beat it again!' laughed Mitch. 'Go, Ivysaur!'

'Vulpix!' Tailz growled.

'Go...' I started.

'Vulpix!' Tailz barked, stepping in front of me.

'OK,' I said. 'Go, Tailz!'

'Ha!' laughed Mitch. 'That pathetic thing!?'

'Vuuulpix!' growled Tailz.

'Tailz,' I said. 'Confuse ray!'

'Ivysaur, leech seed!' said Mitch. But Ivysaur was too confused to battle. Instead, it hurt itself. 'You stupid thing! I said LEECH SEED!'

'Ivysaur?' said Ivysaur. It was still confused.

'Damn it, you stupid pokÃ©mon!' said Mitch. 'Ivysaur, return! Go, Mankey!'

'Tailz, quick attack!' I called.

'Mankey, karate chop!'

The move did a lot of damage to Tailz.

'Vulpix!' it yelped.

'Tailz, come back!' I called. 'Go, Catafree!'

'Mankey, focus energy!' Mitch called.

'Catafree! Confusion!' I smiled. Mitch's mankey couldn't handle the psychic move. It fainted.

'This sucks!' Mitch said angrily. 'I don't want to fight your stupid pokÃ©mon!'

'Then you can fight me,' said Allin. Mitch nodded.

'Fine then,' he said. 'Go, Oddish!'

'Go, Megavolt!' called Allin. He threw a pokÃ©ball and a voltorb appeared. 'Megavolt, sonic boom!'

'Oddish, absorb!'

'Megavolt, tackle!'

Allin's voltorb was a lot stronger than Oddish.

'Oddish, return!' Mitch called. 'Go, Graveler!'

'Graveler...' sighed Luke, remembering the graveler he had traded away.

'Megavolt, return!' Allin called. 'Go, Leviathon!'

We all gasped as Allin threw a pokÃ©ball and a huge gyarados came out.

'Leviathon, hydro pump!' said Allin. The graveler nearly fainted in one hit!

'Graveler, rock throw!' said Mitch. It did a lot of damage, but not enough.

'Leviathon, hydro pump!' said Allin. This time, the graveler fainted.

'Graveler, return!' called Mitch. 'Go, Onix!'

We all had to step back as Mitch sent out a pokÃ©mon which was even bigger than Allin's gyarados. The two huge pokÃ©mon made eye contact and began circling each other.

'Leviathon, hydro pump!' said Allin. His gyarados spurted out a huge amount of water, drenching the onix. The huge rock snake fell over - it was unable to cope with such a powerful water attack.

'Onix return!' said Mitch angrily. 'Go, Staryu!'

'Leviathon, bite!' said Allin.

'Staryu, hypnosis!'

The gyarados closed its eyes and fell to the ground with a huge slam.

'Leviathon return!' called Allin. 'Go, Bonehead!'

Allin threw a pokÃ©ball, and his cubone appeared.

'Cubone bone!' it said.

'Staryu, hypnosis!' Mitch said quickly.

'Damn,' said Allin. 'Return, Bonehead! Go, Sinew!'

'Staryu, hypnosis!' Mitch repeated. Allin sighed and called back his dratini.

'Primal!' he said, throwing a pokÃ©ball and making his primeape appear. 'Your turn!'

'Hypnosis!' Mitch laughed. Allin gritted his teeth and held out his pokÃ©ball, bringing his primeape back to him.

'Fine,' he said. 'But you leave me no choice. I choose you! SPARK!'

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Two

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Mitch Orien, Allin, Spark the zapdos

'I choose you! SPARK!' Allin pointed at Mitch's staryu. Spark nodded and flew into battle.

'What is that thing!?' Mitch exclaimed.

'Spark is zapdos!' said Spark. Mitch looked startled.

'Spark! Thundershock!' said Allin. Spark sent out a huge electric shock which made Staryu faint straight away.

'What!?' Mitch exclaimed.

'Wow!' I said. 'I thought Spark was only young!'

'He is,' said Allin. 'But zapdoses are so powerful that even at a low level they're great fighters!'

'Staryu, return!' Mitch called.

'You lose!' laughed Spark.

'Shut up!' said Mitch.

'Loser!' said Spark. Mitch got ready to kick Spark angrily.

'I wouldn't if I were you,' warned Allin. Mitch ignored him and kicked Spark.

'ZAPDOS!' Spark shouted angrily. He let out a huge thundershock. Mitch fell to the ground in pain.

'Owwww.....' he moaned as he pulled himself up.

'Next time think twice before getting a zapdos angry,' said Allin.

'Yeah!' said Spark. Mitch just glared at us and walked away.

'No wonder he's your rival,' said Allin. 'He's such a moron!'

'He's not all that bad,' said Luke. I rolled my eyes.

We kept walking. Soon, we came to a sign, and a fork in the road. One path led to Blastoise Centre (where I had won my water badge), and the other led to a place called Cloud City.

'Blastoise Centre,' I said. 'That's where I got the water badge. Don't you need that, Luke?'

'Yeah,' said Luke. 'Maybe I should try and get it.'

'What about you Allin?' I asked.

'Actually, I think I'll go back the way we came,' replied Allin. 'There was a turn-off to Rock Town - I think I'll head there.'

'OK, well I'm going to check out Cloud City,' I said. 'It sounds interesting.'

'Well, bye then,' said Luke.

'Bye,' I waved to both of my friends. They each turned separate ways.

'Come on,' said Sand-Cloud. We started walking down one of the paths. It wasn't long before we reached Cloud City. I went to the PokÃ©Centre and healed my pokÃ©mon.

'There's a gym in this city,' said Nurse Joy. 'The leader is called Aaron and he uses flying pokÃ©mon.'

'Flying...' I said. 'Hmmm, what's good against flying?'

'Electric, ice and rock,' said Nurse Joy.

'Well, I don't have any ice or rock pokÃ©mon,' I said. 'But I do have a pikachu. I can use it!'

'I must warn you...' said Nurse Joy. 'Aaron's pokÃ©mon are quite powerful. Most people only manage to beat him with at least three or four badges already.'

'Pikapi's strong,' I said. 'I'm sure it will manage.'

'Well, good luck,' said Nurse Joy. I decided to stay at the PokÃ©Centre for the night, and the next day I went to find the gym. Once I had found the building, I stepped inside.

'A new challenger?' said Aaron.

'Yes,' I said.

'You'd better be ready to lose!' said Aaron. 'Because you won't win!'

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Three

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Chazz the charmander, Catafree the butterfree, Bybee the rattata, Pikapi the pikachu, Tailz the vulpix, Aaron the pokÃ©mon leader of flying

'Chazz! I choose you!' I said, throwing a pokÃ©ball.

'I choose Pidgeotto!' said Aaron. 'Gust attack, Pidgeotto!'

Pidgeotto used its wings to push air and dirt at Chazz.

'Chazz! Ember!' I said.

'Char!' said Chazz. It burnt Pidgeotto!

'Pidgeotto! Quick attack!'

Pidgeotto attacked Chazz, but hurt itself from the burn.

'Chazz! Ember!' I said. Chazz used a really powerful flame that made Pidgeotto nearly faint.

'Pidgeotto, return!' called Aaron. 'Go - Fearow!'

'Chazz! Ember!' I said. It didn't do much against Fearow.

'Fearow! Peck!' said Aaron. His fearow pecked Chazz hard. It was getting weak.

'Chazz, return!' I called. 'Go, Catafree!'

'Fearow, peck!' said Aaron.

'Catafree, sleep powder!' I grinned as Fearow closed its eyes and dropped to the ground, asleep.

'Fearow return!' said Aaron. 'Go.. Zubat!'

'Zubat!?' I exclaimed. That didn't seem right.

'It's a FLYING gym, not a bird gym,' said Aaron. 'Zubat, bite!'

Zubat bit Catafree.

'Free!' said Catafree.

'Catafree! Confusion!' I said. The zubat dropped to the ground instantly. I was shocked.

'Psychic is good against poison,' Sand-Cloud reminded me.

'Zubat return!' called Aaron angrily. 'Go! Pidgeot!'

I gasped. This was going to be hard.

'Pidgeot! Wing attack!' said Aaron. I gasped as Catafree fainted.

'Catafree return!' I called. 'Go! Bybee!'

'Pidgeot! Wing attack!' said Aaron. His pidgeot was so strong, my rattata nearly fainted!

'Bybee, return!' I called. 'Go... Pikapi! Thundershock!'

'Pikachu!' said Pikapi, zapping Pidgeot with electricity. It did a lot of damage.

'Pidgeot! Gust!'

'Pikapi! Thundershock!'

'Pidgeot! Sand-attack!'

'Pikapi, thundershock!'

Pikapi's attack missed. I sighed.

'Pidgeot, wing attack!'

'Pikapi! Thundershock!'

I smiled happily as the Pidgeot fell to the ground.

'Pidgeot, return!' called Aaron. He turned to me. 'That pikachu is very strong. You win. Take the Flying badge.'

I took the badge from his hand.

'Thank you!' I said as I left the gym. I healed my pokÃ©mon at the PokÃ©Centre. When I got them back, I noticed that Chazz's pokÃ©ball was shaking! I opened it curiously.

The flame on Chazz's tail was glowing more brightly than ever. And Chazz seemed to be getting darker in colour. I realised what was happening.

'Chazz is evolving!' I exclaimed. Within a few seconds, my charmander had turned into.. Charmeleon!

'Char!' said Chazz. 'Char! Meleon! Char!'

I smiled. 'Good work Chazz - you fought well back there!'

'Vulpix!' Tailz agreed. I laughed and decided to let Chazz stay out of the pokÃ©ball for a while.

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Four

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Tailz the vulpix, Chazz the charmeleon

We left Cloud City and began walking down a grassy path. We hoped to find Shockwave City soon, but still had no idea where it was. After a few minutes of walking, I heard the sound of hooves and turned around. A trainer I recognised was riding on a Rapidash.

'Hi, Simone!' I said.

'Oh, hi Janet!' said Simone. 'I haven't seen you for a while!'

'Did your ponyta get back OK?' I asked.

'Oh, yeah,' said Simone. 'Thanks.'

There was a pause.

'So, where's Luke?' Simone asked.

'I don't know, I think he went to Blastoise Centre to get a badge,' I said.

'Why isn't he with you, though?' Simone asked.

'Um, he doesn't always travel with us,' I said.

'Oh,' said Simone. She was silent for a moment, then she suddenly exclaimed, 'Hey! You've got a vulpix!'

She got off her Rapidash and bent down to look at Tailz.

'Oh, it's so cute! I wish I had a vulpix!' she said. 'Janet.. why does it only have one tail?'

'It's really young,' I said. 'It hasn't had much experience.'

'Well, it's still cute,' said Simon. 'How's your charmander?'

'Have a look,' I smiled, throwing a pokÃ©ball. My charmeleon appeared.

'Charmeleon!' said Simone. 'Whoops, sorry!'

I laughed. 'What about your pokÃ©mon? How are they coming along?'

'Great!' said Simone. 'That golem I got from Luke is sooo cool!'

'Don't tell him that,' I smiled.

'How's he coping with Psyduck?' Simone asked.

'Alright, I guess,' I said. 'I don't think I've really seen him use it.'

'I feel really guilty about that trade,' said Simone. 'Golem is way better than Psyduck..'

'I don't think he minds,' I lied.

'Oh, good,' said Simone. Suddenly we heard footsteps. I turned around and saw Mitch. I groaned.

'Go away, Mitch,' I said.

'Hang on, let's have a battle first!' said Mitch.

'I don't want to fight you, Mitch,' I said.

'I'll fight you!' said Simone.

'Go, Oddish!' said Mitch. Simone laughed.

'Good luck,' she smiled. 'Go, Charizard!'

Mitch gulped. 'Uh.. Oddish, absorb?'

Oddish absorbed some of Charizard's energy, but didn't do much damage.

'Charizard, flamethrower!' said Simone.

'Char!' roared Charizard, breathing fire on Oddish. The grass pokÃ©mon fainted!

'Oddish return!' called Mitch. 'Go Staryu!'

'Charizard return!' called Simone. 'Go Arcanine!'

'Staryu, water gun!' said Mitch. It did a lot of damage.

'Arcanine, bite!' said Simone. Her arcanine was really powerful!

'Staryu, water gun!' said Mitch. Although it was strong, Arcanine couldn't handle the water attack. It fainted.

'Arcanine, return!' called Simone. 'Go, Ponyta!'

I recognised the ponyta as the one we'd borrowed not long ago.

'Staryu, water gun!'

'Ponyta, stomp!'

Ponyta crushed Staryu with its hooves.

'Staryu return! Go, Onix!'

'Oh oh,' said Simone. She sighed. 'Ponyta, ember!'

Ponyta hardly did any damage to Onix.

'Onix, earthquake!'

Onix slammed onto the ground. The earth shook, and we nearly fell over. Ponyta fainted.

'Ponyta return! Go Dragonair!'

'Onix, slam!'

'Dragonair, ice beam!'

The huge onix fainted. Mitch glared at Simone and got out his next pokÃ©ball.

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Five

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Simone, Mitch Orien, Tailz the vulpix, Catafree the butterfree

'Go, Cloyster!' said Mitch. 'Cloyster, aurora beam!'

Dragonair was hurt badly.

'Dragonair! Slam!'

'Cloyster, aurora beam!'

Dragonair fainted!

'Return, Dragonair!' said Simone. 'Go, Golem!'

'Cloyster, aurora beam!'

'Golem, rock throw!'

Cloyster fell to the ground, badly injured. Mitch gritted his teeth.

'Cloyster, return!' he called. 'Go Ivysaur!'

'Golem, tackle!'

'Ivysaur, vine whip!'

I gasped as Ivysaur hit Golem strongly with its vines. The super effective move made Golem faint!

'Golem return!' called Simone. 'Go, Rapidash!'

Simone's rapidash trotted over to Ivysaur.

'Rapidash, fire spin!' said Simone. Rapidash wrapped Ivysaur in flames, not letting go and doing a lot of damage.

'Ivysaur, return!' called Mitch. 'Go Jigglypuff! Jigglypuff, sing!'

As Jigglypuff sang, Rapidash closed its eyes and went to sleep.

'Vuuul...' yawned Tailz. I looked at it. It lay down on the ground and slept.

'Not you, Tailz!' I said. But it was fast asleep. I sighed and picked it up.

'Rapidash return!' called Simone. 'Go Charizard!'

'That thing again?' said Mitch.

'Charizard, flamethrower!'

'Jigglypuff, pound!'

'Charizard, slash!'

Charizard was too strong for Jigglypuff. The small pokÃ©mon fainted.

'Fine,' said Mitch. 'You win.'

Simone smiled. 'Charizard, return! Come on guys, let's get out of here.'

'Aren't you going to ride Rapidash?' I asked.

'It's asleep, remember!' said Simone with a laugh.

'Oh, right,' I said, smiling.

'Let's find a PokÃ©Centre,' said Simone. 'Or you're going to have to carry your vulpix for a long time!'

'I could put it in a pokÃ©ball,' I said. 'But it wouldn't be too happy when it woke up!'

'Rapidash probably won't either,' said Simone. 'It's gotten used to walking. But it's not as if I can carry it!'

I laughed. 'Come on, then.'

We started walking but couldn't find a PokÃ©Centre anywhere. After a while of walking, I saw a two-headed bird pokÃ©mon on the side of the road.

'What's that?' I said, taking out my pokÃ©dex.

'Doduo,' it read. 'A flying pokÃ©mon , it makes up for its poor flying with fast foot speed. It leaves giant footprints.'

'I'll catch it!' I said. 'Go, Catafree!'

My butterfree came out of its pokÃ©ball.

'Catafree, sleep powder!' I said. As it sprayed its powder over Doduo, the bird pokÃ©mon fell asleep.

'PokÃ©ball, go!' I said, throwing a pokÃ©ball. Because Doduo was asleep, it couldn't break out of the pokÃ©ball. 'Yeah - I got Doduo!'

I named my new pokÃ©mon "Dotwin" and it got transferred to PC.

'I think there's a PokÃ©Centre up ahead!' said Simone.

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Six

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Simone, Tailz the vulpix

We made it to the PokÃ©Centre and healed our pokÃ©mon. Tailz was happy to be awake again (and I was happy to not have to carry it anymore)!

Simone threw her pokÃ©ball and Rapidash came out. Simone climbed onto its back.

'I'd better be going,' she said.

'Bye Simone!' said Sand-Cloud, Gelby and I at the same time.

'Bye!' said Simone.

'Vulpix!' said Tailz. Simone laughed and started to ride away.

'Where should we go now?' Sand-Cloud asked.

'I don't know,' I shrugged. 'I'm still looking for Shockwave City, remember? Maybe we should try and find it.'

'Good idea,' said Sand-Cloud.

'It would help if we at least had some idea of where it is,' Gelby pointed out. I sighed.

'Maybe we should ask someone,' I said. I looked around and spotted a trainer walking out of the PokÃ©Centre. I walked over to him.

'Hi,' I said. 'I'm Janet, and this is Gelby and Sand-Cloud.'

'I'm Franklyn,' said the trainer.

'Uh, would you happen to know where Shockwave City is?' I asked. 'I'm trying to get the electric badge.'

'The electric badge?' Franklyn asked. 'Isn't that in Thunder Town?'

'No,' I said. 'The gym was moved.'

'If only you'd told me that yesterday,' said Franklyn. 'I just told a trainer this morning to go there to get his electric badge!'

I laughed. 'I went there a few weeks ago and they told me it had been moved. It was so annoying - I had to walk all the way back to where I was before..'

'Not only that,' said Sand-Cloud. 'But they closed off the road, so we had to take a detour.'

Franklyn smiled. 'Well I think your luck is getting better. I know the way to Shockwave City - I'll lead you there.'

'Thanks!' I said.

'I just hope we don't run into my rival along the way,' said Franklyn. 'He's so annoying, that guy!'

'My rival's probably worse,' I said. 'He hates me so much it's not funny.'

'And he thinks he's so good,' said Sand-Cloud. 'Then he loses and he still thinks he's the best. It's so annoying.'

Franklyn laughed. 'Just like my rival. I think they must all act the same.'

'Yeah,' I said. 'But then--'

I stopped as I realised with a shock that Mitch himself was just a few metres away from us. Franklyn looked over at him.

'I don't believe it,' he said. 'There he is. My rival.'

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Seven

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Franklyn, Mitch Orien, Tailz the vulpix, Chazz the charmeleon, Pikapi the pikachu

'You must be joking!' I said. 'Mitch is your rival!?'

'Yeah,' said Franklyn. 'Why, is he your friend or something?'

'Just the opposite,' I said. 'He's my rival.'

Franklyn laughed. 'No wonder we thought our rivals were so similar!'

Mitch heard our voices and turned around.

'Janet?' said Mitch. 'Not you again! I just saw you a few hours ago!'

'I feel sorry for you, Janet,' said Franklyn. 'Imagine having to see him twice in one day.'

'Oh, you're so funny, Franklyn,' said Mitch sarcastically. 'Let's see how funny you think you are when I smash your pokÃ©mon!'

'Yeah, right,' said Franklyn.

'I'll fight you!' I said.

'You didn't want to fight me earlier,' said Mitch.

'I've changed my mind,' I said.

'Fine, but I won't lose,' said Mitch. 'Go Ivysaur!'

'Go, Tailz!' I said.

'Vulpix!' Tailz barked, stepping forward. I smiled. Tailz was finally willing to battle.

'Tailz, quick attack!'

'Ivysaur, tackle!'

Unfortunately, Tailz wasn't at a high enough level to know any fire moves, so it didn't have much of an advantage over Ivysaur. And Mitch's pokÃ©mon was really strong.

'Tailz, return!' I called. 'Go, Chazz!'

'Ivysaur, tackle!'

'Chazz, ember!'

'Ivysaur, growl!'

'Chazz, ember!'

Chazz's fire was too strong for the grass pokÃ©mon. It fainted.

'Ivysaur, return! Go, Staryu!'

'Chazz, scratch!'

'Staryu, water gun!'

The water move did a lot of damage to my charmeleon, but Chazz was strong.

'Chazz, scratch!'

'Staryu, water gun!'

Chazz was getting weak.

'Chazz, return!' I called. I thought about which pokÃ©mon to send out. I could send Raus, of course, but the thing with my ivysaur was that once it got into a battle, it never wanted to back out.

'I'm waiting..' said Mitch. Suddenly I remembered my pikachu. I smiled.

'Pikapi! I choose you!' I said, throwing a pokÃ©ball.

'Staryu, tackle!' said Mitch. It didn't do much damage to my high level pokÃ©mon.

'Pikapi, thundershock!' I called. Mitch's staryu fainted in one hit!

'Staryu, return!' said Mitch. 'Try this for size! Go, Onix!'

'Pikapi, thundershock!' I said.

'PIKACHU!' shouted Pikapi as it let out a huge burst of electricity. It looked up at the huge onix. 'Pi?'

Onix didn't seem to have been hurt at all! Mitch laughed.

'What kind of pokÃ©mon trainer doesn't know that electricity can't hurt ground pokÃ©mon?' he laughed. 'Onix, earthquake!'

'Chu!' cried Pikapi, collapsing on the ground.

'Pikapi, return!' I called. Raus would have to be it now, whether it listened to me or not!

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Eight

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Franklyn, Mitch Orien, Raus the ivysaur

'Raus! I choose you!' I said, throwing my pokÃ©ball.

'Ivysaur!' said Raus.

'Raus, razor leaf!' I said.

'Razor leaf?' said Mitch. He seemed impressed. Then he looked at his onix. It had nearly fainted. 'Onix, return! Go, Cloyster!'

'Raus, razor leaf!'

'Cloyster, aurora beam!'

Both moves were super effective against the other pokÃ©mon, so they each did a lot of damage.

'Raus, razor leaf!'

Raus was obviously stronger than Cloyster. Mitch's pokÃ©mon had nearly fainted.

'Cloyster, return! Go Oddish!'

'Raus, leech seed!'

Raus sent out a seed which planted itself on Oddish's back.

'Oddish, absorb!'

Oddish tried to absorb energy from Raus, but it wasn't very effective. And when it stopped, Raus got the energy back again from the leech seed.

'That's not fair!' Mitch objected. 'Oddish, return! Go Jigglypuff!'

Mitch threw his pokÃ©ball and his jigglypuff appeared.

'Raus, razor leaf!'

'Jigglypuff, double slap!'

'Raus, vine whip!'

I was amazed at how strong my ivysaur was. It wasn't long before Jigglypuff fainted. Mitch gritted his teeth and called it back. I'd won!

'Ivysaur!' said Raus. I looked at it and gasped, unable to believe what I saw. The plant on its back was growing again!

'It's evolving already!?' I exclaimed. 'That's amazing!'

I watched in awe as my ivysaur grew into a huge pokÃ©mon, the plant on its back growing into a giant flower. Raus had become a venusaur!

'Wow!' I exclaimed.

'Venusaur!' Raus roared. I smiled at it. I felt Gelby tap me on the shoulder. She pointed to Mitch. I looked at him. He was staring, amazed, at my venusaur. I smiled.

'So Mitch, how come your ivysaur hasn't evolved yet?' I asked. 'I mean, since you're so much better than me.'

'Shut up,' said Mitch. 'I bet I still have more pokÃ©mon than you. I've got thirty-nine. How many do you have?'

Even though I knew I didn't have anywhere near as many as him, I went throw my pokÃ©mon.

'Charmander, charmeleon, pidgey, pikachu, weedle, kakuna, rattata, caterpie, metapod, butterfree, bulbasaur, ivysaur, venusaur, diglett, nidoran, vulpix, poliwag, horsea, doduo,' I said. 'That makes nineteen.'

Mitch laughed. 'See what I mean? I'm a better trainer than you anyway.'

'It's not how many pokÃ©mon you have that makes you a good trainer,' said Gelby. 'It's how well you train them. And I think that battle proves that Janet trains better than you.'

'Oh, what would you know?' said Mitch. Before we could answer, he walked away.

'He is so annoying,' said Franklyn. 'Well come on, let's get to Shockwave City.'

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Nine

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Franklyn, Slash the sandshrew

Before moving on, I healed my pokÃ©mon at the PokÃ©Centre. Then we started walking again.

'How far is it to Shockwave City?' I asked.

'Not too far,' replied Franklyn. 'But then, I haven't been there for a long time. I suppose the roads could have changed for something.'

'I hope not,' said Sand-Cloud. 'Remember the last time we had to take a detour?'

'Yeah,' I said. 'That was bad.'

After a while, we came across a trainer I recognised. Our old friend Josh the bug catcher.

'Hi Josh,' I said.

'Hi Janet,' he replied. 'Did you get that electric badge?'

'No,' I said. 'They moved the gym. I'm on my way there now.'

'How annoying!' said Josh. 'Hey, how are your pokÃ©mon? I'll give you a battle.'

'I'll battle you!' said Sand-Cloud.

'You battle?' Josh asked.

'Well, I haven't yet,' said Sand-Cloud. 'But I do have one pokÃ©mon!'

'Alright then,' said Josh. 'Go, Venonat!'

'Slash! I choose you!' said Sand-Cloud. She threw her pokÃ©ball and Slash appeared.

'Venomoth, tackle!'

'Slash, sand-attack!'

'Venomoth, leech life!'

'Slash, sand-attack!'

Slash kicked sand into Venomoth's eyes, making it harder for the bug to attack.

'Venonat, tackle!'

Venonat's attacks were starting to miss Slash.

'Slash, sand-attack!'

'Venonat, tackle!'

'Slash, sand-attack!'

'Venonat, leech life!'

'Slash, scratch it!' said Sand-Cloud. Now that Venonat's accuracy was so low, Slash could attack without putting itself in much danger. The bug pokÃ©mon started weakening.

'Venonat, return!' Josh called. 'Go, Caterpie!'

'Slash, scratch!' said Sand-Cloud. The small bug pokÃ©mon was weakened a lot by the move.

'Caterpie, tackle!'

'Slash, scratch!'

'Caterpie, string shot!'

'Slash, scratch!'

Josh's pokÃ©mon was getting weak already.

'Caterpie, return!' he called. He turned to Sand-Cloud. 'I won't send out another pokÃ©mon, seeing as you only have one. You win!'

'Yeah!' said Sand-Cloud.

'Well, I'd better be going,' said Josh. 'I heard you can catch pinsirs around here. I can't wait!'

As Josh walked away, Franklyn turned to me.

'That guy only catches bugs?' he asked.

'Yeah, it's kind of weird,' I said. 'I don't know how he gets very far with only bugs.'

'That's exactly what I was thinking,' said Franklyn. 'Oh well, I guess he must be a good trainer.'

'Yeah, I suppose he is,' I said. 'Well, we'd better get going.'

We continued on our way to Shockwave City. After a short while I came across a wild pokÃ©mon that looked like a bolt with two magnets stuck to it. I took out my pokÃ©dex.

'Magnemite,' it read. 'An electric pokÃ©mon. Uses anti-gravity to stay suspended. Appears without warning and uses attacks like Thunder Wave.'

'This is definitely the right path,' said Franklyn. 'If you continue down here, you'll get to Shockwave City.'

'Really? Thanks,' I said.

'Well, I'd better be going,' said Franklyn.

'Oh, aren't you coming?' I asked.

'Nah,' said Franklyn. 'I got the electric badge ages ago.'

'Oh, OK,' I said. 'Bye then.'

'Bye,' said Franklyn. He waved and walked away. I turned back to the magnemite-- and realised it had gone!

'Damn!' I said. 'I missed my chance at getting a magnemite!'

'Uh, maybe not..' said Gelby. She pointed, and I spotted a whole hoard of magnemites coming straight at us!

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Ten

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Tailz the vulpix, Potow the pidgey, Catafree the butterfree, Chazz the charmeleon, Pikapi the pikachu, Raus the venusaur

'Oh oh,' I said. 'They don't look very happy to see us. We'd better see if we can fight them. Go, Potow!'

As soon as the magnemites saw Potow, they sent out their thundershocks and electrocuted it. My pidgey fainted in one hit!

'Potow, return!' I called. 'Go, Catafree!'

Once again, the magnemite electrocuted my pokÃ©mon. Catafree fell to the ground.

'They must be strong,' I said. 'Catafree, return! Go Chazz!'

Even my charmeleon fainted under the power of the many pokÃ©mon.

'Chazz, return!' I called. 'Go, Pikapi!'

Because Pikapi was an electric pokÃ©mon, the magnemites weren't very effective against it. But it also meant that Pikapi wasn't very effective against them, and it started to get weak.

'Pikapi, return!' I called. 'Go, Raus!'

I threw a pokÃ©ball and my huge venusaur came out. The magnemites electrocuted it, and did a lot of damage, but Raus wouldn't give up.

'Raus, razor leaf!' I called. It hardly did anything against the many pokÃ©mon. But Raus kept at it, and soon a few of the pokÃ©mon had fainted.

'Raus, try tackling them!' I said. Raus launched its huge bulk at the pokÃ©mon, causing a lot of them to faint. But then, from behind the magnemites, appeared a huge group of pokÃ©mon that looked like three magnemites joined together.

'Magneton,' read my pokÃ©dex. 'An electric pokÃ©mon. Formed by several Magnemite linked together, they often appear when sunspots flare up.'

The magnetons let out a huge thunderbolt that paralysed Raus, stopping it from attacking.

'Oh no!' I said. 'Raus, return!'

I turned to Gelby and Sand-Cloud.

'We're going to have to run for it!' I said. I was about to start running when I felt something scratching against my leg. I looked down and saw Tailz scratching me, trying to get my attention.

'Vulpix!' it said, and stepped up to the group of magnetons.

'Oh no, Tailz,' I said. 'No, you can't fight them!'

'Vulpix!' Tailz barked. It rushed at the magnetons and attacked. I sighed.

'It's going to hurt itself!' I said.

'Maybe not,' said Gelby. 'It seems determined to fight.'

I watched Tailz attacking the magnetons. It was doing a lot of damage, but not enough to beat the whole group. Just when I thought the magnetons were about to win, I heard a voice.

'Go, Shovel!'

~Janet~

Part Four, Chapter Eleven

Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Tailz the vulpix, Shovel the dugtrio

Shocked, I turned around. I smiled as I saw my friend Luke with his dugtrio. It had obviously evolved from diglett since the last time I saw him.

'Luke!' I exclaimed.

'Look out, guys,' said Luke. 'Shovel, dig!'

Luke's dugtrio dived into the ground. While it was under, Luke rushed over to me.

'Here,' he said. 'Use this potion on Tailz.'

Luke handed me a potion.

'Shouldn't I use it on one of the others?' I asked.

'No, look at Tailz,' said Luke. 'It really wants to fight.. whoah, look out!'

I jumped out of the way as Shovel dug out of the ground in front of me, throwing dirt all over the magnetons. I rushed forward, grabbed Tailz, and used the potion on it. Suddenly it was healthy again. Tailz licked me on the face before jumping out of my arms and running back to the group of magnetons.

'Shovel, dig!' said Luke. Shovel dug into the ground again. The magnetons tried to attack but couldn't find Shovel while it was underground.

'Tailz, quick attack!' I said. Tailz rushed at a magneton and slammed into it, causing it to faint. 'Wow, great work!'

'Vulpix!' barked Tailz. It moved out of the way as Shovel burst out of the ground, covering the magnetons in dirt.

'Tailz, confuse ray!' I said. Tailz turned to a magneton and stared at it, sending out its ray of confusion. When the magneton tried to hurt my vulpix, it only got confused and hurt itself. 'Tailz, quick attack!'

'Shovel, dig!' said Luke. I was amazed at how well his dugtrio was doing against the magnetons. Then I remembered, not only was ground super effective against electricity, but electricity couldn't hurt ground pokÃ©mon. Shovel had managed to defeat lots of magnetons already.

'Tailz, quick attack!' I said. My vulpix attacked the magneton, making it faint. There was now only one left. Shovel burst out of the ground, but the magneton dodged the attack. 'Tailz, quick attack!'

'VULPIX!' Tailz roared, using all its power on the magnetons. It fainted!

'Yeah!' I said. 'Great work, Tailz!'

'Vulpix!' said Tailz. It looked at its tail. So did I, and I realised it was splitting in half! Tailz had finally grown a second tail! 'Vulpix! Vuuulpix!'

I smiled and picked up Tailz. 'You did great!'

'Shovel, return!' called Luke. 'Well, that was interesting.'

I laughed. 'It sure was! How have you been, anyway?'

'Great,' said Luke. 'Both Squirtle and Shovel evolved!'

'Good work,' I said. 'Chazz evolved, and Raus evolved.'

'Raus?' Luke exclaimed. 'Wasn't it an ivysaur?'

'Yes,' I smiled. 'Now it's a venusaur!'

'Whoah!' said Luke. 'And I thought my wartortle would be powerful!'

I smiled. 'Well, we'd better get these pokÃ©mon to a PokÃ©Centre!'

~Janet~

END OF PART FOUR