HeartGold and and SoulSilver

Chpt. 7: New Strokes, New Folks

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Q1: Both Dawn and yours truly forgot... Sorry!

Q2.: Which scene is "what the hell" worthy?

Q3: Apparently, yes.


May 31, 2005 - Jubilife, Sinnoh

"I can't believe I forgot I had Gible!" Dawn exclaimed, facepalming. Her Gible was beside her, fuming.

"Well, at least you got to train the other Pokémon you got from Professor Rowan as a gift," Luca tried to look at the bright side, but instead got blasted with a Dragon Rage.

Flashback: May 29, 2005

"Hey, Dawn," Misty shouted to Dawn, who was ogling over all the shops in Sandgem.

Seriously? she thought as Dawn suddenly turned around, looking confused. "Professor Rowan was sorry he didn't give you a starter-worthy Pokémon, so he sent this for you." she said, handing an envelope to Dawn.

"Huh?" Dawn asked, then opened the envelope. She then got very giddy. "It's a Piplup! A PIPLUP! I wanted a Piplup from the start!" she exclaimed as she marveled at the design of the Net Ball.

"Wow, you got a Water-type, too?" Ash remarked. "I wanna try giving Torch a test spin again."

"Torch?" Misty and Dawn asked.

"Sceptile Scep Sceptile Tile Sceptile... Scep... (He decided to give names to all of his Pokémon... oh wait...)" Reptiminreo remarked, forgetting that Misty and Dawn couldn't understand him, so Luca explained instead.

"A Charizard? Piece of cake," Dawn boasted. "Go, PIPLUP! Yeeee, I can't believe I'm using my favorite Pokémon!"

FLASHBACK END

"And you lost miserably," Luca sighed.


After getting several bites from Gible, they were about to head for the next town when they heard a battle nearby. Ash and Reptiminreo, being the valorous ones, checked it out.

"No! Nosepass!" A young boy cried as his Nosepass got defeated.

"Pathetic," the other man, violet-haired, remarked coldly. "Go to a Pokémon Center and battle me when you can REALLY battle." The other guy cried as he brought his Nosepass to Jubilife City.

"Ouch," Ash flinched, then accidentally fell down.

"Oh, what's this?" the man loomed over Ash. "A pathetic little boy living in the forests. Pathetic."

Wow, this guy can really get punched in the future... Ash thought. "Um... Hello?"

"If you're just gonna sit there and look pathetic, then shoo, shoo," the man retorted.

"Well, if you want, we can have a battle," Ash smirked.

"If it's a battle you want, it's a battle you get," the man replied. "But I'm gonna win," he smirked back. "Go, Chimchar!"

"Go, Reptiminreo!" Ash retorted as said Pokémon appeared from the shadows.

The man smirked. "A Grass-type? You're more pathetic than I thought!"

Meanwhile, the other three just appeared from the sidelines.

"I can't believe he just got into a battle!" Misty facepalmed. "Classical Ash..."

"Well, he's a Soviet alright," Luca remarked as he saw the Soviet badge gleaming off his necklace. His Soviradar was also beeping like crazy.

"Pathetic? I think it describes you more than anyone else!" Ash smirked.

"Grrr... Chimchar, Flamethrower and **** this guy up!" the man growled.

"Leaf Blade."

Chimchar shot several bursts of flame from his mouth, but Reptiminreo swiftly dodged all of them, and Leaf Blade did the rest.

"No! Chimchar, return, you pathetic piece of ****!" the man roared.

"Ha, only the weak bully the weak," Ash cooly taunted.

"WHAT?!" the man said, pissed off. He then released all his Pokémon. Electabuzz, Ursaring, Murkrow, Grotle... Riminreo and Torch made quick use of them.

"My Pokémon..." the man sighed. "One day, I, Paul Shinji will defeat you!"

"Blah, blah, blah... let's go guys," Ash smirked as he looked at the three, one amazed, one horrified, one... unknown. "What?"

"That was pretty... dark of you," Misty remarked.

"That's life," Ash retorted. "And I still remember the incident 8 days ago..."

"Sceptile Tile Scep Sceptile... (But after a while, I noticed...)" Reptiminreo remarked. "Tile Scep Tile... (You're not so affected anymore...)"

"Yeah, and my tail's getting larger..." Ash remarked.

"Anyway, we best reach Jubilife city proper before night," Luca noted.

"Aren't we already IN Jubilife?" Dawn asked.

"We're in Jubilife PROVINCE, not Jubilife CITY," Luca explained. "In Jubilife province, there's also Alamos, South Floaroma, etc."

"Okay..?" Dawn sweatdropped.


A/N: And Luca delves into the world of political geography... Sorry I skipped one session of PMD:EDL! I just really wanted to finish this chapter. And thanks for my first fanfic chapter with 2+ reviews! Please review, and non-constructive flames will be shot by Yoichi Hiruma! Yaha!

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