A Typical Pokemon Journey
In this chapter, Jake is going to get a new Pokemon to help him defeat Brock...you can probably guess which one by the chapter title...will it be enough for him to defeat the rock-type Gym Leader this time?
Oh, and Chris and Ned are going to catch some new Pokemon too...and battle some Pokemon trainers...we'll also get to see a certain trio of Pokemon trainers again...though they won't be a crazy ambush in this chapter...
Chapter 10: Mankey Business
Lucy decided to scan her new Butterfree...surely her Pokedex had something interesting to say about it.
"Butterfree, the Butterfly Pokemon. It flaps its wings at high speed in battle to release toxic dust."
"Funny, I don't recall it being a Poison type..." noted Lucy.
"Butterfree?" inquired Lucy's Butterfree. She didn't remember that either.
"Hmm...it also says here that you're fully evolved now...that's good to know...though I wonder if I should try to do the same for my other Pokemon..." spoke the girl.
"Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy's Clefairy.
"What, you're not interested in becoming a Clefable?" inquired Lucy.
"Clefairy!" answered the Fairy Pokemon. According to her, she wasn't really interested in using evolutionary stones to make herself more powerful...and besides, becoming a Clefable would make it harder for her to fit into her spaceship.
"Right..." noted the female Pokemon trainer.
As it turns out, they were standing outside the Pokemon League entrance...Jake was feeling rather depressed and they had thus decided to take a walk there. Not only had he failed to get the gym badge, he had to pay the gym leader some of his hard-earned cash since he lost.
"You know...my father told me that the prize for winning the Indigo Plateau Conference was just a simple trophy..." said Jake.
"What? Don't say that! If you manage to win the tournament, everyone will look up to you!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Being famous isn't everything, you know." noted the Team Rocket Grunt.
"True...but don't you think winning the Indigo Plateau Conference would be exciting?" inquired the female Pokemon trainer.
"That's probably just wishful thinking..." spoke Jake.
"Hmm..." wondered Lucy.
Unbeknownst to the two Pokemon trainers, they had attracted the attention of a wild Mankey.
"Mankey!" exclaimed the wild Mankey.
"Er, what was that?" inquired Lucy.
"Is there a Pokemon here?" questioned Jake.
"I heard that there were a few of them on the way here..." noted the female Pokemon trainer.
Suddenly, the wild Mankey jumped right in front of them.
"Oh, I guess that's one of them now." noted Jake. Curious, he gave the Mankey a scan.
"Mankey, the Pig Monkey Pokemon. It is extremely short-tempered and very agile." explained the Pokedex.
According to the Pokedex, this wild Mankey was male.
"I wonder what he wants from us?" wondered Lucy.
The wild Mankey noticed the hat that Jake was wearing...and all of a sudden, he wanted to try it out.
Out of nowhere, he snatched it off of the Team Rocket Grunt's head.
"What the heck?! Give that back!" exclaimed Jake.
Unfortunately, the wild Mankey was not a very good listener...he simply ignored Jake and started running away.
"That little thief...I should teach him a lesson..." said the Team Rocket Grunt.
Immediately, he started to roll up his sleeves...but Lucy stopped him.
"Jake, wait!" exclaimed Lucy.
"What is it? I need to get my hat back..." said Jake.
"Didn't you hear what your Pokedex said? It says that Mankeys are short-tempered!" warned Lucy.
"Oh right...so I shouldn't make him angry?" inquired the Team Rocket Grunt.
"I don't think you'll like him when he's angry." pointed out Lucy.
Lucy's Clefairy nodded in agreement.
"Oh...so I should try to keep him calm then?" asked Jake.
"Sounds good to me." answered Lucy.
"I guess I'll have to ask nicely then..." said the Team Rocket Grunt.
"You know it's funny...I never really noticed that you had green hair before...your hat usually covers your hair pretty well." noted Lucy.
"Yes I know...I got it from my dad." answered Jake.
"Oh, that's nice." noted Lucy.
Jake reached forward into his bag to get something to exchange his hat with. Sure enough, there was a banana.
"Perfect!" he thought.
Fortunately for Jake, the wild Mankey had not wandered off very far. He was still admiring his new ill-gotten hat.
"Er, hi there buddy!" greeted Jake nervously.
"Mankey?" inquired the wild Mankey.
"In case you haven't noticed...that hat kind of belongs to me...but if you hand it over, I'll give you a banana." said the Team Rocket Grunt.
Sure enough, he was holding the banana in his hands.
The wild Mankey scratched his head. What he promised seemed to be a fair offer...but he really enjoyed his new hat.
Of course, he also really enjoyed eating bananas...but bananas didn't last forever. His hat on the other hand would last quite a while.
Suddenly, he noticed that he appeared to be a Pokemon trainer...the wild Mankey had noticed many of them entering the Indigo Plateau Conference in order to try out for the tournament.
He in fact wondered if he should try participating...
...suddenly, he got an idea.
Immediately, he returned the hat to Jake.
"Thanks for being generous...though you really shouldn't steal other people's belongings." said the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Mankey." answered the wild Mankey as he accepted his banana. He figured that he should probably avoid doing so in the future...though he had to admit, he did love wearing hats.
Of course, he also looked forward to becoming a trained Pokemon...so he could finally enter the Indigo Plateau Conference.
After he finished his banana, he promptly started shaking his fist at Jake.
"Er, did I offend you?" inquired the Team Rocket Grunt. "I'm sorry if I did..."
The wild Mankey shook his head.
"Oh...do you want a Pokemon battle with me or something?" inquired Jake.
"Mankey!" exclaimed the pig monkey Pokemon.
"I'll take that as a yes...but is this one on one or can I use both of my Pokemon? Just wondering..." said the Team Rocket Grunt.
The wild Mankey raised two of his fingers.
"Oh, I can use both then...sounds good." said Jake.
Immediately, he released his Rattata from his Pokeball.
"Here I go!" exclaimed Jake.
"Rattata!" cheered the Mouse Pokemon.
Suddenly, Lucy walked up to him.
"I take it you got your hat back?" inquired Lucy.
"Yes I did...but now the Mankey wants a duel with me...apparently he wants me to be his Pokemon trainer or something..." said Jake.
"That's sweet." noted the female Pokemon trainer. "You might want to pick a better Pokemon for the battle though..."
"Hmm?" wondered the Team Rocket Grunt.
"According to my Pokedex...Rattata's a Normal type Pokemon...and Normal type Pokemon are weak against Fighting Pokemon...just like Mankey here..." warned Lucy.
Sure enough, Jake noticed that his Rattata was having a hard time against Mankey, who was busy trying to Low Kick him.
"Oh dear...I might want to pick a different Pokemon then..." said Jake.
Immediately, he recalled his Rattata.
"Mankey?" inquired the Pig Monkey.
"Let's hope that this is a better choice..." spoke the Team Rocket Grunt as he sent out his Grimer.
"Grimer!" exclaimed Grimer.
"That's more like it...according to the Pokedex...Grimer here is resistant to Fighting-type attacks..." explained Lucy.
"Really?" inquired Jake.
Sure enough, the wild Mankey tried Low Kicking once more...but Jake's Grimer hardly felt it.
"Grimer?" inquired Jake's Grimer.
"Try using Poison Gas! This should help me catch him..." noted Jake.
Jake's Grimer nodded and bombarded the unfortunate Mankey with his nasty gas... all of a sudden, the monkey Pokemon began to feel sick.
"Mankey..." murmured the wild Mankey.
As before, the Mankey tried attacking his Grimer, but unfortunately due to the fact that he was made of sludge his attacks simply weren't having much of an effect on him.
"Grimer!" cheered Jake's Grimer. It looked like he was going to win today.
And indeed he was, because his owner decided to toss a Pokeball. The wild Mankey was poisoned after all...and he was going to faint eventually sooner or later.
"Pokeball, go!" exclaimed Jake as he tossed his Pokeball.
Though the Mankey struggled fairly aggressively, it wasn't enough to break free of the Pokeball, and eventually...
...he was caught.
"Alright!" exclaimed the Team Rocket Grunt.
After taking his three Pokemon to the Pokemon Center...Jake decided to check out his new Pokemon.
"Hi there little buddy! Welcome to the team!" exclaimed the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Mankey!" cheered Jake's newfound Mankey. Oddly enough, though his species was known to be short-tempered, he appeared to be fairly friendly now, as he promptly shook Jake's hand.
Because he was feeling rather nice (even though the Mankey had stolen his hat earlier), he decided to give him another banana.
Jake's Mankey promptly cheered.
"He sure loves bananas, doesn't he?" noted Lucy.
"I heard that Mankeys also love chestnuts...though they never seem to be able to peel them." spoke Jake.
Suddenly, Lucy noticed something interesting on her Pokedex.
"Funny, it says here that Fighting-type Pokemon are super-effective against Rock-types...you think he can help you with your rematch against Brock?" inquired the female Pokemon trainer.
"Maybe...he'll have to be fairly strong if he wants to stand a chance, though." noted Jake.
Suddenly, Jake's Mankey lifted Lucy into the air.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Lucy.
Jake was rather annoyed.
"Be nice to my friends, Mankey. She didn't do anything to you." explained Jake.
"Mankey?" inquired Jake's Mankey. He just wanted to show off his strength.
The monkey Pokemon set Lucy down on the floor.
"Well, I guess you are fairly strong then...let's go challenge the Gym Leader, shall we?" asked the Team Rocket Grunt, who was now feeling more confident on himself.
"Mankey!" cheered Jake's Mankey. He was looking forward to a challenge...and fighting a Gym Leader would fit the bill.
And so the two of them headed back to Pewter City.
A few minutes later...
"So, are you ready for your rematch? I have to admit, you did fairly well considering that both of your Pokemon had type disadvantages..." said Brock.
"Yeah...I kind of rectified that since our last encounter..." explained Jake.
"Good for you. So, are you ready?" inquired Brock.
"Yes, I am." answered the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Thought so. Go, Geodude!" exclaimed the Rock-type Gym Leader.
"Geodude!" yelled Brock's Geodude. Apparently he was looking forward for his rematch.
"Go, Grimer!" exclaimed Jake.
Sure enough, his Grimer came out of his Pokeball.
"You're not sending out your Rattata first this time?" inquired Brock.
"I caught another Pokemon while you were gone...so I won't be using him this time." explained Jake.
"Oh..." acknowledged the gym leader.
"Grimer, use Poison Gas!" ordered the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Grimer!" bellowed the slimy Pokemon.
Immediately, Geodude found himself poisoned once more.
"Geodude..." murmured Brock's Geodude. Not again...
"Use Defense Curl!" ordered Brock.
Geodude curled himself into a ball, but he took damage from the poison.
"Now use Mudslap!" exclaimed Jake.
As before, Grimer hurled mud in Geodude's face.
"Geodude!" exclaimed Brock's Geodude, who found himself with mud in his eyes once more.
"You can do this!" cheered Lucy.
Jake smiled. He was glad that she was cheering him on this time...maybe this would help him win?
"Geodude, use Tackle!" ordered Brock.
Unfortunately, Geodude missed.
"Grime!" cheered Jake's Grimer.
"Try using it again." ordered Jake.
Jake's Grimer did so and hurled sand into Geodude's eyes.
"Geodude, use Defense Curl!" ordered Brock.
His Geodude once more curled up into a ball to increase his defense...but the poison was wearing him down.
"Grimer, use Mud-Slap!" demanded Jake.
Grimer did as he was asked...causing Geodude to once again lose accuracy.
"Geodude, use Tackle!" ordered Brock.
Geodude did so...but once again he missed...and at that very moment, he collapsed on the floor.
"Well, time to send out Onix again." said the Rock-type Gym Leader as he recalled his Geodude.
Sure enough, he sent Onix.
"Onix!" bellowed the rock snake Pokemon
"Use Poison Gas, Grimer!" ordered Jake.
Jake's Grimer once again poisoned his opposing Pokemon...this time, he seemed a bit more successful than before...though Onix still wasn't too poisoned.
"I guess he got a little stronger from that battle with Mankey..." noted the Team Rocket Grunt.
"Onix, use Bind!" ordered Brock.
Onix did so...but as before, Jake's Grimer simply slithered his way out of it.
"Not again..." thought the Rock-type Gym Leader.
"Use Mud-Slap!" ordered Jake.
Jake's Grimer nodded, and hit Onix in the eyes with some mud, lowering his accuracy.
"Use Rock Tomb!" demanded Brock.
Brock's Onix did so, burying Grimer in rocks. Thankfully, though he was significantly injured, he was still able to fight.
"Use Mud-Slap again!" ordered Jake.
Jake's Grimer did so, kicking more mud into Brock's Onix's eyes.
Once again, Brock ordered Onix to use Rock Tomb...but this time he missed.
"I'm sure you know what I want you to do by now." noted Jake.
Once again, Jake's Grimer used Mud-Slap.
"Bury it in Rock Tomb! And try not to miss this time..." ordered Brock.
Brock's Onix did so...and this time, his mark was true, and Jake's Grimer went down.
"Well, now to try out my new Pokemon." said Jake as he sent out his new Mankey.
"Mankey!" cheered Jake's Mankey.
Brock realized that he might be in trouble. As he was well-aware, Rock-types weren't the best types to defeat Fighting-types in the world.
"Try using Bind!" ordered Brock.
Brock's Onix did so...but since Jake's Mankey was rather strong, it didn't take too much effort for him to break free.
"Uh-oh..." the Gym Leader thought.
In fact, this only seemed to make him mad.
"Mankey!" bellowed the angry pig monkey Pokemon.
"Try using Low Kick!" ordered Jake.
Jake's Mankey did as his trainer told him to do...which had rather satisfying results.
"Onix!" bellowed Brock's Onix as he fell on the floor. Though he managed to get up again, he had the breath knocked out of him from the attack...and of course, the poison that Grimer had left him with was starting to take effect.
"Not good..." thought Brock.
Getting desperate, Brock told his Onix to try to harden himself.
"Onix!" exclaimed Brock's Onix as he did so.
Unfortunately, this wasn't enough for him.
"Use Low Kick again!" exclaimed Jake.
Jake's Mankey did so, and this time, Brock's Onix did not get up...he had swirls in his eyes.
Jake promptly cheered. He had won this time!
Brock promptly returned Onix to his Pokeball.
"Jake Kurosawa has won the battle!" bellowed the referee.
"Good to see you didn't give up after the first time." noted Brock as he handed Jake his Boulder Badge and some prize money.
"I was tempted to...but I didn't." answered Jake, looking at Lucy as he did so.
"Alright! Let's go get some more badges!" squealed Lucy.
Jake and Lucy promptly exited the gym, Jake restoring his Pokemon back to full health at the Pokemon center immediately after they did so.
"I've got two Pokemon for you to heal...well, maybe just one." answered Jake, noting how his Mankey wasn't really injured fighting Brock.
Nurse Joy nodded as she healed the two Pokemon.
After they had left the Pokemon center, they both noticed that the guy guarding the way out of the city had mysteriously vanished.
"I wonder he went off to?" questioned Lucy.
"Your guess is as good as mine." answered Jake.
"If you don't come back with a badge, my Machamp's going to pulverize you!" bellowed the guarding trainer.
"Machamp!" bellowed the guarding trainer's Machamp
"But I just want to see what's on the other side..." complained the victim Pokemon trainer.
"Too bad! You're not getting through without the Boulder Badge!" bellowed the guarding trainer.
"What is going on here?!" screeched Officer Jenny.
"Um, hi?" asked the guarding trainer nervously.
"Sheesh...I came to Pewter City hearing that Team Rocket were at Mt. Moon, and already I've caught a criminal on the way there..." said Officer Jenny as he stuck handcuffs on the offending trainer's wrists.
"Thank you so much!" cheered the trainer.
"You're welcome...why did he want you to have a Boulder Badge anyway?" inquired Officer Jenny.
"Maybe because he never got one of those himself?" asked the trainer.
The guarding trainer promptly whimpered.
"Say...I heard that there's a museum here...can we go before we leave? I just want to check it out..." asked the female Pokemon trainer.
"Sure..." answered Jake. Why not?
Interesting enough, right outside the museum was a man selling hats...apparently, these were to show that you were a fan of Pokemon fossils and whatnot.
Suddenly, remembering how much his Mankey liked hats, Jake got an idea.
"Can I have one?" inquired Jake, handing some Pokedollars to the hat seller.
"Sure!" exclaimed the hat seller.
He then sent out his Mankey.
"Mankey?" inquired Jake's Mankey.
"I want you to have this...since you helped me get the Boulder Badge." said Jake as he handed Mankey the museum hat.
"Mankey!" cheered the Pig Monkey as he tried it on.
Jake promptly returned Mankey to his Pokeball as Jake and Lucy entered the museum.
Meanwhile at Route 3...
"Sheesh...this battle is taking forever." noted Chris.
As it turned out, she was in a battle with a Bug Catcher with her Kakuna, who as it incidentally turned out was using one as well.
Neither of them had been able to make much headway, since their Poison Sting attacks didn't do much damage to each other.
"Would one of you hurry up and evolve already?" asked Chris.
Suddenly, her Kakuna began to evolve.
"Kakuna!" cheered Chris's Kakuna.
"Finally..." answered Chris.
Sure enough, standing in place of her former Kakuna was now a Beedrill.
"Beedrill!" exclaimed Chris's Beedrill.
"Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokémon! It can attack using the venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail!" explained the Pokedex.
"Sweet!" exclaimed Chris.
Sure enough, her Beedrill began to strike the Kakuna with her new Fury Attack.
Unfortunately for the Bug Catcher, his Kakuna decided not to do the same.
"C'mon! Evolve!" ordered the bug catcher.
"Kakuna?" inquired the bug catcher's Kakuna. Why should he hurry himself? He had all the time in the world, basically.
Then it ended up being struck five times in a row with Fury Attack, and realized why his trainer wanted him to evolve.
"Kakuna..." murmured the opposing Kakuna as he fainted.
"Dang nabbit!" screamed the bug catcher.
"Come back to me when you've evolved your Kakuna." answered Chris as the bug catcher handed her some Pokedollars.
Meanwhile, Ned was trying to catch a Nidoran...a girl Nidoran.
"Eevee, use Tackle!" ordered the nerdy Pokemon trainer.
Eevee did so, pummeling into the opposing Nidoran.
"Nidoran..." murmured the female Nidoran, who was feeling weak.
"Pokeball time!" exclaimed Ned as he tossed the Pokeball at the female Pokemon.
Sure enough, after a brief struggle, the girl Nidoran was caught.
"Awesome!" exclaimed Ned.
Unfortunately for Ned, his Pokemon had been poisoned during the battle thanks to the girl Nidoran's poisonous barbs.
"Eevee..." murmured Ned's poisoned Eevee. He was feeling rather weak.
"Nidoran!" bellowed a boy Nidoran.
Unfortunately for the nerd Pokemon trainer, as it turns out, she had a friend. He looked rather angry that Ned had used his Eevee to take her down.
"Um, hi?" asked Ned nervously.
Immediately, the male Nidoran wanted to jab him with his horn. Ned promptly screamed like a little girl once again.
"Chris, help me!" bellowed the nerdy Pokemon trainer.
Chris arrived on the scene a few seconds after he had called her. She promptly sighed realizing what Ned had gotten himself into.
"Can't you just use your Eevee?" inquired the tomboy.
"He's been poisoned!" bellowed Ned.
Chris sighed.
"Guess I'm going to have to be your princess Charming then...you little wimp." spoke the female Pokemon trainer as she sent out her Spearow.
As it turns out, like her Beedrill, her Spearow had a few new tricks up his sleeve.
Immediately, he pummeled the opposing male Nidoran with his new Fury Attack.
"He sure has gotten angry..." noted Chris.
The male Nidoran could not take this prolonged assault, and pretty soon he was weak.
Chris seized the opportunity to throw a Pokeball...and then he was caught.
"So, did you catch a new Pokemon?" inquired the female Pokemon trainer.
"I caught a girl Nidoran..." answered the male Pokemon trainer. "I think that's why he got mad at me..."
"Oh...how ironic..." noted Chris.
They decided to give each other's Nidoran a scan. Oddly enough, their Pokedex entries were more or less than same.
"Nidoran, the Poison Pin Pokemon. The larger their horns, the stronger their venom is." explained Ned's Pokedex.
"Nidoran, the Poison Pin Pokemon! It may be small, but its poison barbs are still dangerous!" noted Chris's Pokedex.
"Well, off to Mt. Moon we go." explained Chris.
"Shouldn't we stop at the Pokemon Center first? There's one right over there." noted Ned.
Chris promptly sighed.
"Fine..." answered the tomboy.
Meanwhile at Rocket Hideout...
"So, did you manage to find my grunt? And grab the girl?" inquired Giovanni.
"I'm afraid not...Officer Jenny got in the way, so we had to bolt." explained James.
"Officer Jenny...of course it would be Officer Jenny." answered the head of Team Rocket.
"And to make matters worse, we got sent blasting off after we tried going after another duo of Pokemon trainers..." explained Jessie.
"Meowth...that's right..." continued Meowth, recalling how one of the trainer's Spearows had pecked a hole in their hot air balloon.
"Did they have valuable Pokemon? And what did they look like?" inquired Giovanni.
"Well, they had a Jigglypuff and a Eevee..." noted James.
"One was dressed in black while the other was wearing a labcoat..." explained Jessie.
"I see...I suppose those Pokemon of theirs would make us a fair sum of cash...but I'll be sending more experienced Team Rocket Grunts for that particular task...seeing though you lost so horribly to them." explained the big cheese.
"Not them!" exclaimed James.
"Why do you always have to do this to us?!" screamed Jessie.
"Yeah!" bellowed Meowth.
"Because they are actually competent at their jobs...which unfortunately I cannot say the same for you. But as for the rich girl and the grunt...since I actually enjoy watching you fail nowadays, I'll be giving you one more chance." explained Giovanni.
"You will? Great!" exclaimed Jessie.
"But what if Officer Jenny catches us?" inquired James.
"Just wear those crazy disguises of yours...they should be able to fool her...though to be honest I've always been able to recognize you even when you're wearing them." ordered Giovanni.
"Alright then! Let's get out of here and get our disguises then!" bellowed Meowth.
The trio of Pokemon trainers promptly bolted.
Giovanni called for the duo he wanted to send after Chris and Ned a few minutes later.
"Cassidy! Mitch! Get in here!" exclaimed Giovanni.
"My name is Butch!" bellowed the male Team Rocket Grunt as he and Cassidy ran into the room.
"Sorry about that...I've got a job for you...I want you to get a Jigglypuff and an Eevee for me...one of them belongs to a trainer who I believe is a brunette and dresses in black...while the other is a blonde who dresses in a labcoat..." explained Giovanni.
"Sir, yes, sir!" exclaimed Cassidy.
"Get my name right next time!" demanded Butch.
"Sure thing, Billy." answered Giovanni tauntingly.
"Aarghhh!" bellowed Butch.
The two Team Rocket Grunts promptly left the room.
"Hopefully they'll succeed at least..." thought the head honcho of Team Rocket to himself.
Jake has captured a Mankey and has defeated Brock...so everyone has a gym badge now...but guess what, Team Rocket's going to try to capture Lucy and her Clefairy again...
...oh, and Team Rocket's going after Chris and Ned as well...but they're going to have to deal with more experienced Team Rocket Grunts...not good news for them.
What's going to happen next? Well, in the next chapter, Lucy and Jake will be heading to the museum and Chris and Ned will be heading to Mt. Moon...but you should probably know that much.
Adios!