Hey everyone! I have Chapter 10 out! Also, there will be no more update notes due to the unpopularity of Chapter 9, but have fun reading!

I don't own Pokemon at all.

Chapter 10

Jaroslava woke up with a fainted Squirtle on his head, which startled him and caused him to toss it somewhere. After throwing it, he realized he was dangling of Nugget Bridge slightly, so he got up and stumbled a bit before grabbing onto the railing. He tossed out a Pokéball which happened to contain the Charmander, then asked it, "What happened and why exactly am I feeling sick at a bridge?"

But the Charmander didn't speak English, so its response was, "Char Charmander Char."

"Never mind."

He tried to return the Charmander, but it swacked the ball away which made it bounce off the bridge and into the water. Jaroslava yelled at the Charmander, "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

It shrugged and took Jaroslava's Pokédex, then scanned itself with it, and then handed it back to Jaroslava. He read the Charmander's info, and this is what it read: Charmander, the lizardy thingymon. It has a fire that, if it goes out, will make it die. This is why Charmander is best used when cooking marshmallows, because they are not deadly. Oh, and use Charmander with grass, bugs, ice, and steel types I think.

This Charmander likes: not entering its Pokéball because it doesn't like being in there.

Level: fifty-seven."

What Jaroslava actually listened to was the part about the Charmander's level. "LEVEL 57?! You should have turned into a, a, a giant plant!"

The Charmander turned its head sideways as if saying, "You mean Venusaur, right?" But it never said that as it couldn't speak English to Jaroslava.

Moving along, Jaroslava picked up a rock that was conveniently lying next to him and told the lizard Pokémon, "Ok, so if I toss this rock at you, you should evolve."

It stared at him for a few seconds, but then Jaroslava threw the rock at him, causing it to bounce off and fall into the river in the process. Jaroslava got reaaaally pissed and ran off for a few minutes, then came back with a large rock. "This should work!"

But the Charmander ran off the bridge before Jaroslava can drop the rock on it. He chased after the Charmander, but next to the second gym, the Charmander swacked Jaroslava with a wooden board it ripped off of some floor somewhere. Jaroslava pretended to collapse, so when the Charmander stood over him, he grabbed it by both legs and told it, "Do I have to put you in the old guy's place where he holds Pokémon hostage and you have to pay to get them back?"

Sighing, the Charmander dropped the wood, then Jaroslava picked it up and said, "Good, now help me find Spiky Ball of Sand."

It nodded, so Jaroslava threw the board into the river. After that, he tossed the Pokéball that contains his Pidgeot, then told it once the bird was fully out, "Fly me to a place that has Spiky Ball of Sand!"

The Pidgeot grabbed Jaroslava and his Charmander by its beak and took off, making him panic throughout the flight. It took about three minutes before Pidgeot let go of the Charmander and Jaroslava, causing both of them to crash-land on an island. There was a sign next to where Jaroslava landed, and it read, "Welcome to Cinnabar Island!"

Jaroslava lifted his head up and looked around, and what he saw was a large mansion, a Pokémon Gym, a lab of some sort, a Pokémart, and a Pokémon center. The first thing Jaroslava did was get up and go to the lab, but it was locked so he wasn't able to open it.

He kept slamming the door and punching it, but it didn't budge. A few moments later as Jaroslava was about to strangle the door somehow, a trainer who looked like him came onto the coast of the island and asked him, "Hey, what are you trying to achieve?"

There was five seconds of quietness before Jaroslava answered, "Uhh, trying to break down the door?"

"I got the key to it."

"So you're the gym leader?"

The trainer laughed a little, "Phhhhh, yeah right. I just got the key to it."

"Can you unlock it already?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll unlock it."

Jaroslava moved to the side and the trainer unlocked the door to the gym, then released a Pidgeot and said to Jaroslava before flying off, "There. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to battle the Elite Four again."

The Pidgeot flapped its wings hard, causing heavy amounts of dust to circle the bird, then it shot into the sky. Jaroslava shrugged and entered the gym successfully this time. Inside were two Rhydon statues and the same person Jaroslava kept on ignoring, so he walked up and slammed into a door. He asked the wall, "What gives?!"

A machine that was next to Jaroslava answered, "Pokémon quiz! Get it right, and the door opens to the next room. Get it wrong, and face a trainer! If you want to conserve your Pokémon for the Gym Leader... Then get it right! Here we go! Caterpie evolves into Metapod?"

Jaroslava got confused and guessed, "Uhhh, yes?" and pressed the 'Yes' button that was on the front of the machine.

A few seconds later it spat out the answer, "You're absolutely correct! Go on through!"

The previously closed door opened, and Jaroslava went through. There were two trainers, but Jaroslava didn't need to battle the first one so he ignored it. However, the second one had another quiz machine. It questioned him, "There are nine certified Pokémon League Badges?"

Due to the lack of any Pokémon knowledge, Jaroslava went with the same answer as before. The machine responded, "Bad call!" And a trainer stepped up to him.

His battle message was, "I've studied Pokémon thoroughly. You can't win!"

He tossed a Pokéball that released a Ponyta, which was shortly followed by Jaroslava grabbing a random Pokéball from his belt and tossing it out. When it hit the ground and bounced off, his Lapras that I forgot existed came out and spat a little water out. Jaroslava looked through the water Pokémon's moveset with his Pokédex and commanded it, "USE FIRE HYDRANT GUN!"

Without warning, the Lapras shot out a massive beam of water which one-shot the enemy's Pokémon. The trainer was going to send out a Charmander, so Jaroslava kept the Lapras in because he figured it was very powerful. So the Charmander was sent out and Jaroslava commanded the same attack, so it fainted in one shot as well. As you can tell, the rest of the trainer's Pokémon was a breeze, so I'll just skip the rest so you don't have to read through it.

The next door opened up and Jaroslava ran down and reached the next area, where yet another quiz machine stood. He walked up to it and it asked, "Poliwag evolves three times?"

Jaroslava actually knew this one, as one time he got shot by one and it evolved. He pressed the 'No' button and the machine, then it responded, "You're absolutely correct! Go on through!"

Once the next door opened, Jaroslava went to the next machine in the room and it asked, "Are electric moves effective against ground-type Pokémon?"

Turns out Jaroslava also knew the answer to this because he went surfing the Pokénet and saw an article about how Ash was using a Gameshark in the Pokémon anime to make electric super-effective against everything. Jaroslava pressed the 'No' button again and the machine gave the same answer as before, with the door opening afterwards.

In the next room stood the second-to-last quiz machine, so he was almost at the end of this nightmare for him (it has a lot of thinking you know!). The machine asked, "Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical?"

Jaroslava just guessed and hit the 'Yes' button. The machine repeated what was said before and allowed access to the next room. The final room's quiz machine asked Jaroslava once he entered, "TM28 contains Tombstony?"

Like before, Jaroslava had to guess and he was wrong. What is Tombstony anyways? The trainer walked up to Jaroslava. "Fire is weak against H20."

The trainer's first Pokémon was a Growlithe, while Jaroslava sent out his Lapras. Jaroslava commanded his Lapras to use Hydro Pump again, which it did, and the Growlithe fainted. There was also a critical hit, but it was overkill in the end. Next Pokémon was a Vulpix, which also got killed easily.

And finally, Jaroslava had reached the Gym Leader and was prepared to fight him, but after a quick heal at the center. Back at the gym, Jaroslava challenged him and his battle message was, "Hah! I am Blaine, the red-hot leader of Cinnabar Gym! My fiery Pokémon are all rough and ready with intense heat! They incinerate all challengers! Hah! You better have Burn Heal!"

Blaine sent out a Growlithe, while Jaroslava sent out his Lapras again. Jaroslava told his Lapras, "USE FIRE HYDRANT GUN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!"

It did as it was told and the Lapras used Hydro Pump, making the Growlithe faint on the first turn. Next up was a Ponyta, which fainted in one turn too, and the Lapras went up a level once the Ponyta was defeated. Jaroslava noticed it was trying to learn Safeguard, but he considered it to be useless and didn't let it learn the move.

After the Ponyta was a Rapidash, which sounds like some bad MLP name. This time, it actually used a move (Fire Blast) on the Lapras, but it wasn't very effective due to type disadvantage. However, a single Hydro Pump one-shot it easily. Blaine's last Pokémon was an Arcanine, but it didn't really matter to Jaroslava because he figured it would die on the second or first turn. The Arcanine was sent out and used Fire Blast on the Lapras, sending its health to 49.

The Lapras used Surf which didn't kill it yet, but Jaroslava figured another Hydro Pump would work. That is, if the Arcanine didn't use another Fire Blast and cause his Lapras to faint. Jaroslava panicked slightly but grabbed another Pokéball at random and tossed it. It bounced on the ground and released a Pidgeot, So Jaroslava told it, "DO SOMETHING!"

It gathered a lot of air in the center of its wings and blew it all out at the Arcanine, almost defeating it in the process. The Arcanine used another Fire Blast which almost killed the bird, but it still lived long enough to use another Wing Attack, but Blaine used a Hyper Potion which sent the damn Pokémon to full health. The Wing Attack didn't do much damage, so Jaroslava let it decide on the moves.

Next move that was used by the Pidgeot was Quick Attack, but it didn't do much either. Jaroslava sent out his Charmander, and it used Dragon Rage. Charmander used Dragon Rage again which almost killed it, but the Arcanine used Take Down and pretty much killed itself. Jaroslava got the Volcano Badge, and left so he won't have to hear any dialogue. Outside the building Jaroslava saw a boat parked near the coast of Cinnabar, but he decided to not board it just yet and went to heal.

When he finished healing, Jaroslava went to the top of the island and swam (no, I don't mean used Surf. I mean he actually SWAM) upwards and avoided any trainers that wanted to fight him. Near the top was a single patch of grass that Jaroslava avoided, but once he got back on ground he recognized where he was. Jaroslava wound up in Pallet Town again. He looked around and asked, "Is this a prank?"

But no, it wasn't. Jaroslava walked through the patch of grass that he originally went through, but on the third grass patch he encountered a Pidgey. Jaroslava caught one already, so he moved on and kept on walking up. The next Pokémon he found was another Pidgey, and like before he ignored it and continued going up.

He pasted the last area of grass and wound up back in Viridian again, so he looked to see if anything was different. A small tree was blocking a Pokéball, so Jaroslava had his Arcanine burn down the tree, then he picked up the Pokéball and opened it. Inside was a normal Potion, but it wasn't really helpful now. He ran past the old guy who gives the annoying tutorials and looked at the gym. Jaroslava tried opening the doors, and they opened, so he went inside.

In the gym, a few pads with arrows on them were laid about, so Jaroslava stepped on one that pointed up and started to spin upwards. He stopped a moment later on a yellow tile which had a left and a down arrow. Jaroslava stepped on the left arrow and spun next to a trainer. Below the trainer was a right arrow, and Jaroslava stepped on it which brought he next to the down arrow, and he stepped on it. Back at the beginning, Jaroslava took a different route that had no arrows, but three trainers instead. Jaroslava avoided the trainers and went up, only for a trainer to challenge him. The trainer's battle message was, "The truly talented win with style."

His first Pokémon was a Marowak, while Jaroslava sent out his Lapras again figuring it would defeat everything like before. Jaroslava told his Lapras, "USE SPLISHY SPLASHY!"

Lapras used Surf and the Marowak fainted in one hit, probably from the super-effectiveness and the critical hit. Next up was a Rhyhorn, but Jaroslava still kept his Lapras in. He commanded it, "JUST KEEP SPRAYING WATER AT ALL THE POKÉMON!"

The same move was used, and another critical hit and super effective occurred. No, I'm not writing it this way, the game said so. Rhyhorn fainted and a Nidoqueen was going to be sent out next. Lapras stayed in the battle and the enemy Pokémon was sent out. Still following Jaroslava's orders, the Lapras used another Surf which didn't do a critical hit, but the Nidoqueen still fainted anyways because water is super-effective against ground.

After that was a Nidorina, but Jaroslava still let his Lapras battle because it got him this far. Surprisingly, a Surf didn't one-shot it, so a Double Kick was used on the Lapras, lowering its health. However, on the second turn the Nidorina fainted and a Marowak was sent out. Jaroslava kept Lapras in like before and it used Surf another time, making the Marowak faint with some help of a critical hit. The Lapras went up a level and became level 44, and the trainer was finally defeated. Jaroslava went back for a quick heal, then continued to go through the maze.

Only issue? Another trainer was blocking Jaroslava's path to the Gym Leader, forcing a battle to be triggered. The trainer's battle message was, "I'm the karate king! Your fate rests with me!"

The trainer sent out a Machoke and Jaroslava sent out his Lapras yet again. Like last battle, he told it the same thing and a Surf was used, not even doing enough damage to reach the red zone. In return, the Machoke used Foresight which didn't even damage its enemy, so Lapras used another Surf and killed it. A Machop was released from its Pokéball, and the Lapras used Surf again. This time a critical hit helped kill it faster, so the Machop got one-shot.

Next up was another Machoke, and as soon as it got sent out the Lapras used Surf again, but it didn't die just yet. The Machoke used Vital Throw and lowered Lapras' health to 106, and one last surf made the Machoke faint. He trainer got defeated, and Jaroslava healed his Pokémon.

When he came back to the gym, Jaroslava walked up the gym leader, and to Jaroslava he looked very familiar. But Jaroslava challenged him anyways. His battle message was, "Oh, so you found me. I'll give you the badge if you beat me, but I doubt you'll win with the power of the Pokémon I have."

Jaroslava grabbed the Pokéball that Lapras was in, and tossed it out. The Gym Leader released a Rhyhorn, so a single Surf did the trick. Another Rhyhorn was sent out, and Surf killed that one too. Before sending out another Pokémon, the Gym Leader commented, "You're actually doing better than the others. Weird."

He threw a Pokéball which released a Nidoqueen, which somehow survived the Surf at 1HP. Earthquake is what the Nidoqueen used, and the Lapras was left 53 health mostly from a critical hit. The next usage of Surf would have been a knock-out, but the Gym Leader used a Hyper Potion. Next Surf did a little less damage then the first one, but still left it in the red zone. Once again, a Hyper Potion was used and the Nidoqueen was at full health, Surf lowered the health to the red zone, but another Surf was quick enough to finish the Pokémon off.

Lapras reached level 45, then the Gym Leader sent out a Nidoking. Before a single Surf could be used, the Nidoking used Earthquake and the Lapras fainted. As Jaroslava grabbed another Pokéball, the Gym Leader laughed, "I knew it had to faint once you reached Ratking."

The next Pokémon Jaroslava sent out was his Charmander, since it was his second most powerful Pokémon (as stupid as it sounds). It used a single Flamethrower before dying from an Earthquake, and Jaroslava sent out his Arcanine and told it to use something, and it used Extremespeed. A critical hit helped kill the Nidoking, and his Arcanine got poisoned.

Finally Jaroslava reached the last Pokémon of the Gym Leader, and it was a Digtrio. A single Extremespeed one-shot it and Jaroslava had won. His Arcanine went up a level and was now level 53, and the Gym Leader admitted, "Wow. You won. Here's the Earthbadge as proof of your win."

He handed a badge to Jaroslava and added on, "Oh, and here is TM26. It's Earthquake."

Jaroslava took the floppy disk-looking item and shoved it into his pocket, then exited with a lot of spinning and healed at the center. Now, as night was falling, Jaroslava slept in the center and wondered if Sandslash was in the league.

-Meanwhile-

The Gym Leader booted up a Pokédex and wondered outside. He looked at the pictures that showed Pokémon, but the one he stared at was Mewtrance and Mewthree X's picture. He questioned himself, "Why have I caught all the others, but now these? Where can they be?"

He used the 'locate' feature and started to search for them, more specifically near some mountains that were located by the league...

Ok, so I probably made a few typos but note that a few parts were written at night, and I fell asleep past 12:00PM that night. And if the font is different, please note I posted this in LibreOffice which doesn't support the Batang font.

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