Written by Knockout Starscream and I. I'm sorry it's a day late at being updated but yesterday a friend finally invited me over and I couldn't refuse to go there. Now that that's out of the way I hope you loyal readers enjoy this chapter, love you guys.

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"Bellabelle dodge it and use Vine Whip!" said Alexander.

No matter how much flames Vulpix breathed Alexander's Pokémon wasn't allowing itself to get burned. It was still a close match and had no clear winner. Neither Pokémon was giving an inch. If this kept up neither John or Alexander would win.

Both trainers were trying to figure out what to do. Because their Pokémon were an even match. And their battle styles were almost identical. Alexander only knew that Bellabelle wasn't a match for Vulpix. That was enough for him to make a decision. " Bellabelle, return!"

"Go Smoke!" said Alexander now it was going to be Fire against Fire.

" Flamethrower!" John and Alexander shouted in unison.

Both Pokémon obeyed and the Flamethrowers seemed equal in power; again it was going to be an even match.

" Smoke, try to get closer and use Metal Claw!"

"Vulpix use Quick Attack!" said John.

Both Pokémon dispersed their flamethrowers. Charmeleon tried attacking up close with Metal Claw and Vulpix tried getting away with Quick Attack.

"Smoke use Smokesceen!" said Alexander. Smoke obeyed. John couldn't help wondering what Alexander was up to. Was he going to try to use Metal Claw again?

Sure enough. "Smoke use Metal Claw!" said Alexander. "Vulpix use Quick Attack!" said John.

Smoke slashed through the smoke and came after Vulpix with glowing claws. Vulpix ran at Smoke with blinding speed and the two attacks clashed. John and Alexander couldn't tell who had taken more damage.

In that moment John saw a big smile on Alexander's face. " Let me ask you a question, John. What are Charmanders close to when they learn Metal Claw."

Then as if on queue Smoke started to glow. He was evolving into Charmeleon. No attack could stop a Pokémon from doing that and John was happy this was happening. He'd never seen a Charmeleon up close and Pokémon evolution was always an incredible sight to behold.

" Charmeleon, use Metal Claw!"

"Vulpix use Quick Attack." said John. Both moves hit their mark. But Smoke came out on top.

Vulpix just couldn't handle all the damage she took and the newfound power Smoke had. As soon as the Metal Claw hit Vulpix went down.

" Don't feel too bad about losing first," Alexander said. " You still have your Bulbasaur."

" You did great Vulpix you earned a good rest. Go Vine!" said John.

Vine was John's last Pokémon and the one he had to give the most encouragement to. He would tell Vine to try harder but Vine already tried so hard battle Smoke before and of course his battle with Bellabelle. But Vine seemed ready to battle. John was very impressed that his Pokémon still wanted to fight.

" Vine, use Vine Whip!"

"Smoke use Flamethrower!" said Alexander.

Vine's Vine Whip was burned to ashes by Smoke spewing flames out of his hot lungs.

"Vine use Razor Leaf." said John. "Don't give up Vine you can do it!"

" That's what I want to hear!" Alexander shouted excitedly.

Suddenly Vine started to glow. The moment had finally come for Vine to evolve into his next evolution. Vine was becoming an Ivysaor. John was thrilled. Vine's bulb blossomed into a pink flower and his skin was now covered in dark green spots. John was happy for Vine he was stronger now and the flower his back was beautiful.

" Okay, Vine. Show me what the attacks of an Ivysaur can do. Use Vine Whip!"

"And Smoke show them what a Charmeleon's Flamethrower can do." said Alexander.

John had hope Ivysaur could win.

But the Flamethrower was too much and Vine was out.

Alexander won. John thought Vine evolving would at least let him beat Charmeleon but the lizard Pokémon won.

"Great battle Alexander." said John as the two shook hands.

" You too, John. Thanks to you my Charmander evolved."

"Yah and so did my Bulbasaur." said John. "I hope we can battle again sometime."

" Maybe we can battle in that tournament in Vermillion City," Alexander replied.

"Oh there's a tournament?" said John.

" Heck yeah. Why wouldn't Kanto have tournaments?"

"So what kind of tournament is it?" asked John wondering what kind of Pokémon would be battling in it.

" Well it's a specific kind of tournament. In order to enter you must have a Sandshrew, a Mankey, or a Rattata."

"I don't have any of those." said John. "Me either." said Alexander. "So we'll have to go try to catch some."

" I never even saw these Pokémon . What do they look like?" John asked.

"You've never seen them?"

" I mean I did see a Sandshrew when I was battling Team Rocket but I don't know what a Mankey looks like."

"It's like a monkey with a pigs nose and it's color is like a Meowth. And they have bad tempers." said Alexander.

" I can handle Pokémon with bad tempers. Where can I find a Mankey?"

Then as if on queue a Mankey jumped out of a tree and eyed both trainers. Alexander forgot to tell John how fierce a Mankey's eyes were. John made eye contact and before he knew what was going on Mankey was on him and trying to beat him to a pulp.

John was not strong like his Pokémon. Pokémon were stronger than him. Lucky for him Vine came out of his pokeball and use vine whip to hold back the Mankey.

Mankey started to get steamed up from this.

Mankey started attacking Vine. "Well if its a battle you want Vine use Razor Leaf!" said John.

Ivysaur fired leaves at Mankey.

Mankey dodged it and use scratch. Scratch left red claw marks on Vine's face until they disappeared. Vine was mad now and used Vine Whip right on the Mankeys head.

In a strange turn of events the Mankey cried after that one lash.

John wasn't sure what to make of this. Nobody did.

" Um...let go of Mankey Vine so I can see how much you hurt him."

Vine obeyed. "Mankey are you okay?" asked John as he look at where it had been hit. He noticed it was still a baby.

There was something wrong with the Mankey's mother, John thought, if it would leave it's baby all alone. He didn't want to leave it alone so he decided to get it to a Pokémon Center.

Since Mankey wasn't his Pokémon he had to carry Mankey to the Pokémon Center. Mankey actually didn't seem to mind. It seem to like John now that it know he cared about it. John ran through the sliding doors of the Pokémon Center, nearly bumping into a twenty one year old man with brown hair and a purple collared shirt. Following the man around was a Charmander that looked like Smoke's before it evolved into Charmeleon.

"Excuse me. I really didn't mean to almost crash into you." said John.

The man silently accepted John's apology and left the Pokémon Center with his Charmander.

John got the Mankey to Nurse Joy." Can you please heal this Pokémon?"

"Why certainly." said Nurse Joy who took Mankey back to be healed.

While waiting John thought about what it would be like if Mankey became his Pokémon. He'd love to be its trainer, but he knew it would be better off with its family so wanted to try and find out what happened to them. Six minutes later Nurse Joy walked back with a fully healed Mankey.

"Mankey is fine now." said Nurse Joy. "Nurse Joy are there any Mankey groups around here ?" asked John hoping to find out where Mankey's family was so he could get it back to them.

" There is. Three trainers have come to me about how Mankey's have hurt their Pokémon . I think their on the other side of the Cerulean bridge."

"Thank you." said John who then went out with the Mankey to get it back to its family.

John's plan consisted of him just bringing the Mankey to its parents and explaining to them why it was crying. When he got there he saw the Mankey and they looked mad. He couldn't tell who was angrier, the papa or the mama, but they both had that same look the baby Mankey had when John made it mad.

"I'm not here to fight you I'm just bringing back your baby." said John.

They saw their baby near John, and they believed he hurt their baby himself so they started attacking him. With their speed and rage John didn't have the chance to take out his Pokémon. Lucky for him the baby Mankey jumped between them and told its parents he was a friend and not a foe. It was also lucky for John that the Mankey's parents believed their baby.

The Mankey were happy to be back together and John was glad everything had worked out. That was until John remembered he still needed a Sandshrew, Rattata, or a Mankey.

The Mankey liked John so much it wanted to be his Pokémon and its parents trusted him to be a good trainer. So they let it go with him. John was completely shocked when he saw the little Mankey ran up to him and hugged his leg, crying so much it covered his whole leg.

"Mankey do you wanted to came along with me?" Mankey nodded and its parents did the same.

John could now take out one of his Pokeballs and put Mankey in it. John healed out the pokeball and Mankey hit the button and went inside. It was so easy how he captured Mankey.

John was glad to have a new Pokémon and friend in Mankey and he promised it's parents he'd take good care of it and came back to visit which made them happy. Even though Mankey was just a baby John was planning on training it for the tournament Alexander told him about so he decided to get in some practice. and Mankey being a fighting type couldn't wait to start.

" Since all of my Pokémon are too powerful for you, why don't we try practicing on something that can't move."

They decided to use a rock for practice. John decided to figure out what Mankey's moves were.

" If I remember all Pokémon learn tackle as their first move so maybe you know Tackle."

John was shocked that Mankey couldn't learn tackle. But it could use Scratch and Karate Chop so he decided to work on those moves.

" Mankey, use Scratch on the rocks."

Mankey did as John said and used scratch on the rock. The babies claws left small cut marks over the rock.

John was impressed that Mankey had such a powerful scratch attack. "Now use Karate Chop." said John.

John kicked a rock at Mankey. Mankey used Karate Chop to break it. Mankey used the right amount of strength to break the rock into pebbles.

"Great job Mankey." said John. He was proud his new Pokémon was doing so well.

Maybe with more training Mankey could actually win. John wanted to do more training and Mankey was ready. John could tell Mankey loved to battle. That must have been the fighting type in it.

None of his other Pokémon fought like Mankey. And John was impressed by Mankey's fighting sprite. Even though it was still very young it was one of his most powerful Pokémon.

" Maybe in a few days you could learn a new move, Mankey."

Mankey smiled and jumped up and down happily. The young Pokémon was happy with its master willing to teach it new moves. John was trying to figure out what move to try to teach Mankey.

' I'm not move teacher,' John thought after thinking about the moves a fighting type could learn.

"How about Rock Smash?" John asked Mankey.

Mankey shook his head. John knew he heard fighting types could learn Rock Smash.

"Ok lets practice." said John.

Mankey jumped with glee as they went to practice. It was excited to learn a new move and ready to get started. John was happy at how eager Mankey was to battle. He wished all his Pokémon shared Mankey's excitement. Maybe it was because Mankey was still so young that it was so eager to learn.

To start practicing John tried finding bigger rocks for Mankey to smash.

OMankey smashed the rocks as they came at it. "Great job Mankey."

John told Mankey that because he deserved it. It made Mankey happy. John petted Mankey on the head.

" What else can we do to teach you Rock Smash?"

John didn't know what would be a good way to teach Rock Smash. Smashing rocks would be a good way but rocks didn't move like an opponent would in battle. That gave him an idea. He needed to find a trainer who uses rock type Pokémon.

He was wondering who he could ask for help. While Mankey was running around playing like a child which it was. Maybe he could check the Pokémon Center. Every trainer needed to heal their Pokémon eventually. So he went into the Pokémon Center. with Mankey in tow.

" I hope the trainer we are looking for has a Geodude like the one Brock had."

John was wondering which trainer would have rock types. Mankey was looking at all the other Pokémon with curiosity. He even spotted a Pokémon that looked as young as him.