A Typical Pokemon Journey
In this chapter, we're going to have a little crossover...what do you mean you ask? Well guess what? Our two duos are actually going to encounter each other! Yeah...they're not actually going to combine into a quartet though...sorry if you were hoping that.
Basically, they're all going to have Pokemon battles with each other to see who is the strongest...it's going to be a miniature tournament of sorts...sound like fun?
Oh, and a certain trio's going to show up again...
Chapter 7: Intertwining
Chris and Ned were sitting outside the entrance to Viridian Forest, relaxing out in the sun.
"Do we really have to sit out here? I'm really hoping that the gym to Pewter City hasn't closed yet." said Chris.
"Sorry...I'm just exhausted from that long session explaining the Indigo Plateau Conference..." pointed out Ned.
"Really? Because I'm still full of energy." pointed out the female Pokemon trainer.
"You are?" inquired the nerd.
"Yeah...are you really tired or are you just being lazy?" inquired Chris.
"Um..." answered Ned, unsure how to respond to that question.
Suddenly, he noticed that there were two Pokemon trainers coming, and decided to change the subject.
"Hey! Someone's coming!" exclaimed Ned.
Curious, Chris noticed that there was in fact someone coming...two people in fact. Immediately, she wanted to challenge them to a Pokemon battle.
"Hey there! Are you heading to Viridian Forest?" inquired Chris.
As it turns out, it was none other than Lucy and Jake.
"Yes we are, why?" asked Jake.
"Well guess what? You're going to have to challenge us to a Pokemon battle first! Heh heh heh." answered Chris.
"What?" inquired Ned.
Suddenly, she grabbed Ned by the arm and lifted him to his feet.
"Really? Is this going to be two and two?" inquired Lucy.
"In a sense...I'm going to battle one of you...and my partner here is going to battle one of you as well. After two of us win their respective battles, we'll then have them battle each other. Sound good?" inquired Chris.
"Can I count myself out?" questioned Ned.
"No, you can't!" exclaimed the tomboy.
"Aww..." complained the nerdy Pokemon trainer.
"I suppose we might as well...this should help our Pokemon earn experience." noted Jake.
Lucy nodded in agreement.
"Glad to see you agree. Now then, it's time for me to test out my new Spearow!" exclaimed Chris as she threw her Pokeball.
"Spearow!" exclaimed Chris's Spearow. Apparently, he was looking forward to battling another Pokemon.
"I suppose I'll be the one to battle her. Rattata, you're up!" said Jake as he threw his Rattata's Pokeball.
"Rattatta!" cheered Jake's Rattata. Was there any food nearby?
"Lucy, you up to battling her buddy?"
"Yes, I sure am." answered Lucy.
"If my partner insists...go, Eevee!" said Ned as he tossed his Eevee's Pokeball.
"Eevee!" spoke the Evolution Pokemon. It was nice to finally get to battle again after his stay at the Pokemon Center.
Lucy decided to choose her Pidgey.
"Pidgey, I choose you!" she exclaimed.
"Pidgey!" exclaimed the bird Pokemon as she was released from her Pokeball.
"Are we all set?" inquired Chris.
"Yeah, I think so." answered Jake.
"Alright then. Spearow, give that Rattata a Peck!" exclaimed Chris.
Chris's Spearow nodded and started pecking Rattata on the head, much to the latter's displeasure.
"Rattata, shake it off! Use Tackle!" exclaimed Jake.
Jake's Rattata did as he was asked, and knocked Spearow down...though it got up a few seconds later.
"Spearow, try Growling at it!" ordered Chris.
Chris's Spearow did so and started growling fiercely at Jake's Rattata.
"Spear!" bellowed the bird Pokemon.
This worked rather well. All of a sudden, Jake's Rattata lost much of his will to fight.
"Rattata..." murmured Jake's unfortunate Rattata.
"Keep it together Rattata! Try using Tail Whip!" exclaimed Jake.
Jake's Rattata did as he was asked...but unfortunately, Chris's Spearow wasn't too impressed.
"That's what I'm talking about! Keep on Pecking it!" exclaimed Chris.
The bird Pokemon started pecking Rattata once more.
"Rattata, use Tackle!" exclaimed Jake.
Jake's Rattata did as he was told...but this time, it wasn't nearly as effective.
"Uh-oh..." thought Jake.
"Perfect! Give it a Peck! Again!" exclaimed Chris.
At this point, Jake's Rattata caved in, and collapsed on the floor with swirls in his eyes.
"Darn it! He fainted!" exclaimed Jake as he recalled his unfortunate Rattata.
"Uh-huh!" cheered Chris.
"Well, now to use my Grimer, I guess." said the Team Rocket Grunt as he threw his Grimer's Pokeball.
Sure enough, his Grimer slithered out.
"Grimer!" exclaimed Jake's Grimer.
"You have a Grimer, huh? I wish I had one." said Chris.
"Gee, Chris isn't the girliest Pokemon trainer in the world..." thought Jake to himself.
Meanwhile, Lucy was busy sparring with Ned.
"Pidgey, use Tackle!" exclaimed Lucy.
Lucy's Pidgey did as she was told, and hit Ned's Eevee on his big head.
Unfortunately for Lucy, Ned's Eevee quickly shrugged it off.
"Eevee!" exclaimed the
"Why don't you return the favor, Eevee?" inquired Ned.
Ned's Eevee nodded, and hit Pidgey with a Tackle of his own. This was much more effective, and Lucy's Pidgey collapsed on the floor.
"Pidgey!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Pidgey..." murmured her Pidgey.
Fortunately, she ultimately turned out to be OK, though she was rather woozy.
"Pidgey, use Tackle again!" ordered Lucy.
Pidgey did as she was told...though as before this didn't do much good.
"Oh dear..." thought Lucy.
"Again, return the favor." ordered Ned.
Ned's Eevee Tackled the bird Pokemon once again, and this time, Lucy's Pidgey went down.
"Pidgey..." whimpered the unfortunate bird as she fainted.
The wealthy Pokemon trainer sighed as she returned her fainted bird Pokemon into her Pokeball.
"Well, looks like I win." said Ned.
"Actually, I've still got another Pokemon." explained Lucy.
"You do? I don't see its Pokeball..." noted the nerdy Pokemon trainer.
Suddenly, Lucy's Clefairy hopped off of her back.
"Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy's Clefairy.
"Oh...now I get it." he answered.
"Yeah...for some strange reason, she didn't really like the idea of being inside a Pokeball...so I let her ride on my back." said Lucy.
"Oh...I thought she was just a backpack or something." spoke Ned.
"Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy's Clefairy. Did she look like a backpack to him?
Meanwhile, Jake's Grimer was doing rather well against Chris's Spearow. As it turns out, Pecking it with its beak wasn't working out.
"Grimer?" inquired said Grimer, who wasn't feeling particularly injured by the Spearow's strikes.
"Spearow..." murmured Chris's Spearow sadly.
"Darn it! This isn't working!" exclaimed the unfortunate Pokemon trainer.
Suddenly, her Spearow started Leering at the Grimer, causing it to become nervous and start losing defense.
"What the-did you just learn a new move or something?" inquired Chris.
Chris's Spearow nodded.
"Keep on doing that then, I guess...I can't really think of anything else." said the tomboyish Pokemon trainer.
"Spearow!" exclaimed her bird Pokemon.
However, as it turned out, Jake wasn't going to sit around and let Chris's Spearow continue to lower his Grimer's defenses.
"Grimer! Use Poison Gas!" exclaimed the male Pokemon trainer.
"Grime!" squealed Jake's Grimer as it did so.
And sure enough, Chris's Spearow ended up being poisoned.
"Spearow..." murmured the unfortunate Spearow.
"Quick, Peck the Grimer before the poison makes you faint!" exclaimed Chris.
Chris's Spearow did as he was told...but as it turned out, he simply wasn't fast enough.
"Spearow..." murmured the bird as he fainted.
"Well, looks like it's just one and one for us now..." said the male Pokemon Trainer.
"Yes...Jigglypuff, I choose you!" exclaimed Chris as she tossed her Jigglypuff's Pokeball.
"Jigglypuff!" exclaimed Chris's Jigglypuff.
"Wait, your starter Pokemon's a Jigglypuff?" inquired Jake.
"I know..." answered the black-haired Pokemon trainer.
Meanwhile, Lucy was dueling Ned's Eevee with her Clefairy.
"Eevee, use Tackle!" exclaimed Ned.
Unfortunately, his Eevee was taking a nap. Apparently his battle against Lucy's Pidgey had exhausted him.
"This isn't good." he thought.
"Clefairy, use Pound!" exclaimed Lucy.
Clefairy promptly took advantage of the situation and struck Eevee into the ground. However, this caused him to wake up.
Suddenly, he tried something new. He immediately kicked sand into Lucy's Clefairy's eyes.
"Oh...looks like you've learned Sand-Attack!" exclaimed Ned.
This would not prove to be good news for his opponent, as all of a sudden she had a harder time seeing her foe.
But as it turned out, Lucy's Clefairy had a new trick of her own.
Suddenly, she began to applaud Ned's Eevee for the move he had done.
"Clefairy! Clefairy!" cheered the Fairy Pokemon.
Immediately, the Evolution Pokemon was unable to resist using Sand-Attack again...and again...and again.
"What did you just do?" inquired Lucy.
"Clef fairy clef." explained Clefairy.
"You used Encore to make him keep using Sand Attack? Why would you want to do that?" asked the Pokemon trainer.
Lucy's Clefairy then explained that she could then shield her eyes whenever the sand came, thus making the technique useless.
"Now I see where you're going with this!" exclaimed Lucy.
Unfortunately for Ned, he was unable to stop his Eevee from continuing the use of his new move, and Lucy's Clefairy shielded her eyes every single time.
Coupled by the fact Lucy had her Clefairy use Pound every single time, Ned's Eevee ended up being pummeled every single time without having a chance to defend himself...and he ultimately fainted.
"Not again!" exclaimed Ned.
"Alright! I won this time!" cheered Lucy.
"This is the second battle I've lost in a row..." complained the nerdy Pokemon trainer as he handed Lucy some Pokedollars.
"I'm sure you'll win a Pokemon battle eventually." answered Lucy.
"If you say so." nodded Ned optimistically. "What is your name, anyway?"
"My name's Lucy. Pleased to meet you." said Lucy as she shook Ned's hand.
"My name's Ned..." explained the nerdy Pokemon trainer.
Meanwhile, Chris's Jigglypuff was sparring with Jake's Grimer.
"Grimer, why don't you use Poison Gas again...you seem rather good at using it." noted Jake.
Jake's Grimer nodded and gave his opponent a taste of his toxic vapors.
However, as it turned out, his plan had a flaw...due to the fact that Jigglypuff was a Balloon Pokemon, gasses did not hurt her much. In fact, she hardly felt the poison at all.
"Jiggly?" inquired Chris's Jigglypuff.
"I'm not sure why that gas didn't hurt you, but why question something I like?" questioned Chris.
"Jiggly!" squealed her lucky Jigglypuff.
"Oh man, this is bad!" exclaimed Jake.
And indeed it was. So far, he had used that particular technique to win his Pokemon battles...but with her Jigglypuff essentially immune to it, how was he going to win this time?
"Now then, let's make that Grimer fall asleep with that voice of hers, shall we?" inquired Chris.
Chris's Jigglypuff nodded and started to Sing.
"Don't listen to her!" exclaimed Jake.
Unfortunately, it was too late. His Grimer had already fallen asleep.
"How can it listen to your singing anyway? It doesn't even have ears! Not ones that I can see...anyway." exclaimed Jake.
"It can always hear what you're saying, can it not?" inquired Chris.
"True..." nodded the criminal Pokemon trainer.
"Anyways, Pound it for me while it's still sleeping, will you?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.
Jigglypuff nodded, and kept on Pounding Jake's Grimer. Though it was made of sludge, it could not forever withstand the assault, and eventually he fainted in his sleep.
Jake promptly sighed. That was his last Pokemon. He immediately handed Chris some money.
"Just ninety-nine thousand nin
"Well, at least you were more entertaining to battle than my partner was. My name's Chris." informed the female Pokemon trainer as she shook his hand.
"My name's Jake...wait, why does your hand feel slimy?" inquired Jake.
"I kind of spit on it before I shook hands with you..." explained Chris.
"Yuck...wait, isn't Chris a boy's name?" asked the male Pokemon trainer.
"It's short for Christine...though I really hope you aren't planning on calling me that." noted the female Pokemon trainer.
"I suppose I won't." answered Jake.
"Very good." nodded Chris.
A few minutes later...
"So let me get this straight...you lost to a girl again?" inquired Chris.
Ned nodded in agreement.
"Funnily enough I lost to a girl too...though I did manage to take out one of her Pokemon..." noted Jake.
"I was hoping that you would win..." said Lucy sadly.
"Well, he didn't...and now you're going to be facing me next." explained Chris.
"Really?" inquired the wealthy Pokemon trainer.
"Yeah...that's what I said earlier, didn't I?" inquired the unfeminine Pokemon trainer.
"Oh right...you said this was a mini-tournament..." remembered Lucy.
"Let's all go to the Pokemon Center so that we can battle our Pokemon again, shall we?" asked Chris.
"Right..." answered the wealthy Pokemon trainer.
And so off to the Pokemon Center they went.
A few minutes later...
"Alright, it's just you and me now...so I hope that you make this count." said Chris.
"I will." answered Lucy.
"Alright then...let's get it on! Spearow, let's go!" exclaimed the unfeminine Pokemon trainer as she threw her Spearow's Pokeball.
"Spearow!" exclaimed Chris's Spearow, ready to make another Pokemon faint.
"Pidgey, I choose you!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Pidgey!" exclaimed her Pidgey.
"Spearow, give it a Peck, will you? Granted, you've done this several times already..." pointed out Chris.
Chris's Spearow nodded as he reached forward to peck Lucy's Pidgey in the face.
However, as it turns out, the Tiny Bird Pokemon had gotten more observant since her encounter with her Eevee. She promptly hopped out of the way and kicked sand into her opponent's eyes.
"Oh, looks like it can use Sand-Attack now..." said Lucy.
"Yeah yeah yeah...but my Spearow's still going to win!" exclaimed Chris.
"Try using Sand-Attack again!" exclaimed the wealthy Pokemon trainer.
Lucy's Pidgey did so, and kicked sand into her foe's eyes.
"Try Pecking it again!" exclaimed Chris.
Unfortunately for Chris's Spearow, due to the fact that he still had sand in his eyes, he had a hard time doing so.
"Pidgey, use Tackle!" exclaimed Lucy.
Lucy's Pidgey did so and made Chris's Spearow fall on the floor. However, he flew back up again.
"Well, Spearow, since you can't hit the side of a barn now, why don't you try using Leer?" inquired Chris.
Chris's Spearow nodded and glanced at Lucy's Pidgey, causing her to let her guard now.
But as it turns out, this would ultimately not do him much good.
"Pidgey, use Tackle!" exclaimed Lucy.
Lucy's Pidgey did so, and she got a critical hit. Chris's Spearow went down.
"Oh c'mon!" exclaimed the tomboyish Pokemon trainer as she recalled her Pokemon.
"Congratulations, Pidgey!" cheered Lucy.
"Pidgey!" cheered Lucy's Pidgey.
"Let's see if my Jigglypuff does any better." said Chris as she threw her Jigglypuff's Pokeball.
"Jigglypuff!" exclaimed Chris's Jigglypuff.
"Let's make that Pidgey face the music shall we? Use Sing!" exclaimed the unfeminine Pokemon trainer.
Chris's Jigglypuff nodded and sang a song for Lucy's Pidgey, making the Tiny Bird Pokemon fall asleep.
"No!" exclaimed Lucy.
And as before, Chris took the opportunity to Pound her opponent into submission with her Jigglypuff, resulting in Pidgey fainting.
"This strategy always works well..." noted the tomboy.
"Well, Clefairy, you're up." said Lucy.
Lucy's Clefairy nodded as she detached herself from Lucy's back as before. Oddly enough, she once heard the story about a Jigglypuff that invaded a Clefairy spaceship and beat up every single Clefairy that was on board...simply because they had stolen her microphone.
She decided that it was best not to try to take away her mike, even if it would prevent Jigglypuff from singing.
Sure enough, Chris decided to make her Jigglypuff sing once more.
"Jigglypuff, let's make that Clefairy take a nap, shall we?" inquired Chris.
Chris's Jigglypuff nodded as she began to sing a song like before.
However, Lucy's Clefairy was prepared, and covered her ears so that she wouldn't hear the song.
Chris promptly frowned. That was one smart Clefairy.
"We might have to try something different..." noted the tomboy.
Chris's Jigglypuff nodded, and curled herself into a ball to increase her defense.
"Er, you can use Defense Curl now?" inquired Chris.
Her Jigglypuff nodded.
"Try using Encore then!" exclaimed Lucy.
Lucy's Clefairy nodded as she started applauding Jigglypuff, thus trapping her into using the move repeatedly.
However, as it turned out, her plan had a flaw...since the Balloon Pokemon kept on increasing her defense, her Clefairy quickly had a hard time doing damage to Jigglypuff.
"Jigglypuff!" exclaimed Chris's Jigglypuff as she dodged Lucy's Clefairy's attacks.
"This isn't good..." thought Lucy.
Eventually, the Encore wore off, and the Balloon Pokemon was allowed to select a particular move again.
"Jigglypuff, use Pound!" exclaimed Chris.
Chris's Jigglypuff nodded and started pounding into Lucy's Clefairy. And wouldn't you know it, it was a critical hit.
"This isn't my Pokemon battle, is it?" inquired Lucy.
"I'm afraid not. Use Pound again!" answered Chris.
Chris's Jigglypuff did so, and Lucy's Clefairy went down.
"Well, it looks like I'm the winner of this mini-tournament, heh heh..." said the tomboy as Lucy handed her some Pokedollars.
"How'd you get so strong?" inquired Ned.
"I may have paid a visit to an area full of high-level Pokemon..." pointed out Chris.
"Isn't that dangerous?" asked Lucy.
"Not for me, it wasn't." answered Chris.
"Jigglypuff?" inquired Chris's Jigglypuff. She remembered having to save her owner from a rampaging Tauros who wasn't happy about her invading his territory.
After Lucy and Chris paid a visit to the Pokemon Center once more, everyone was ready to resume their Pokemon journey.
"Well, off to the forest we go." said Lucy.
"Try not to get lost in the forest, you guys. Accidents can happen." pointed out Jake.
"Right...we'll try to be careful." answered Ned.
"What makes you think that we're going to get lost in the forest?" inquired Chris.
"Just wanted to let you guys know that it can be maze-like..." explained the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Whatever." retorted the tomboy.
As Jake and Lucy went into the Viridian Forest, Ned noticed that they left something behind.
"Er, you dropped your...thousand Pokedollars?" inquired the nerdy Pokemon trainer as he picked up the bill.
"A thousand Pokedollars? Really?" inquired Chris.
"Yeah...do you get the feeling that they're well off?" asked the nerd.
"Well, Lucy did give me a fair share of Pokedollars for defeating her...maybe we should ask her if she can help us pay off your debt?" asked the tomboy.
"Yeah...about that...she already wandered off into the forest...I think we're going to have a hard time finding her..." pointed out Ned.
"D'oh!" exclaimed Chris.
Well, I hope you enjoyed that little crossover...anyways, in the next chapter, our heroes are all going to enter the Viridian Forest.
Oh, and Chris and Ned are going to encounter a familiar trio...they never seem to give up...even when Ash Ketchum isn't involved. Heh heh heh heh.
Farewell!
