Hello. I'm tired. It's almost midnight. Blah.

Colman's Team

Wartortle, Level 25, Tackle, Bite, Water Gun, Protect

Fearow, Level 20, Pursuit, Peck, Aerial Ace, Fury Attack

Nidorina, Level 24, Bite, Fury Swipes, Double Kick, Poison Sting

Geodude, Level 19, Rollout, Defense Curl, Rock Throw, Magnitude

Mystery Egg, Level -6

Unofficial

Jigglypuff, Level 7, Sing, Defense Curl

At Oak's Lab

Beedrill, Level 11, Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack

Mankey, Level 18, Low Kick, Fury Swipes, Karate Chop, Seismic Toss

"Faster Fearow! Pikachu needs help!" the Pokemon's condition from the stab had gone from bad to worse. The Pokemon's blood was splattered on Colman's jeans and Fearow's feathers. If something permanent happened to Pikachu, Rose would never forgive him. And Colman wouldn't be able to forgive himself. On top of that, Jigglypuff needed help, too. Fearow sped up to a nearly impossible speed. At last, they arrived to a run-down looking Pokemon Center. Fearow landed, and Colman returned him and released Jigglypuff. He ran her and Pikachu to the desk. At the same time, Alex Heart was taking his Pokeballs from the nurse. She saw Jigglypuff and Pikachu and sat up straight.

"What happened?" Nurse Joy cried.

"We got caught in the Fearow/Mankey war."

The nurse whistled and four Chansey charged through the doors with two gurneys. Colman placed Pikachu and Jigglypuff on the white sheets and they were hurriedly rushed away. Alex nodded solemnly and walked over to Colman.

"Colman Calhoun! Do you have a team on you? We could have a rematch! But, I would completely understand if you can't." Alex said, bowing.

Colman smiled at the almost ridiculous but likable boy. "Sorry. Fearow is tired, and Beedrill is at Professor Oak's Laboratory fighting a Mankey I caught. I would only be able to do three-on-three."

Alex grinned and shrugged. "I see you've had some evolutions. Would you mind if I saw the Pokemon you do have?"

Colman released Wartortle, Fearow, Nidorina, and Geodude. Alex knelt next to Geodude. He rubbed its hard body. Then he went up to Fearow, who seemed tired and depressed. Alex frowned, as if he understood. He petted Nidorina, careful to avoid the points. Then he went to Wartortle. "I hear these live for ten-thousand years." Alex informed.

Colman nodded, thinking about how passionate Alex was about Pokemon. "Can I see your Pokemon?" Alex nodded and proudly released Ivysaur, Pidgeotto, Poliwhirl, Vulpix, and a new Pokemon: Clefairy.

"Woah," Colman exclaimed. Ivysaur, Wartortle, and Nidorina walked towards each other and huddled in conversation. Poliwhirl and Vulpix walked to Geodude, and Pidgeotto hopped to Fearow and seemed to ask him what was wrong, because the Beak Pokemon muttered something to him bluntly. Pidgeotto apologetically patted him with his wing.

"RING RING RING! RING RING RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL! RING RING RING! RING RING RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!" Colman and Alex ran over to the phone and answered it. Fortunately, it was for Colman.

Gary stood, looking very disheveled. Next to him hovered Beedrill, who looked very worn out. Alex gasped. "No way! Your Weedle was shiny?"

Colman nodded at him, then turned back to Gary. "How are things?"

Gary shrugged. "In the end, we found a herd Tauros that was running around and had one use Hyper Beam on Mankey while Beedrill distracted it with String Shot. Anyway, I'm sending Beedrill back to you." He put Beedrill in his Pokeball and placed it on a machine. It slowly faded away and appeared in Nurse Joy's scanner.

"Thanks, Gary. How is Professor Oak?"

"He's using my cousin's Hypno to try to hypnotize Mankey into being calmer. We haven't had much luck. Maybe one day it will be better. How is that Spearow of yours?"

"He evolved, but I think he was cast out by the other Fearow on Route 3."

Gary looked appalled. "No way."

"Yeah." Colman said awkwardly.

Gary stared at him solemnly. "Well, I'll see you later, Colman." And he hung up. Colman walked over and grabbed Beedrill's Pokeball. He released him, and the green Beedrill buzzed over to Geodude, Vulpix, Poliwhirl, and Clefairy.

Suddenly, it hit Colman. "Oh, crap!" his Pokemon ran over to him, even Fearow. Geodude looked up at him, wondering what was wrong.

"What is it, man?" Alex asked.

"I've been on my journey for almost a month, and I haven't called my family once!" Colman realized.

Alex's eyes widened. "Ooh..." he said worriedly.

Colman sprinted to the phone, calling his home. It rung, until suddenly Howie and Aaron appeared.

"Colman!" Aaron screamed with joy.

Howie snickered. "You're a dead man."

Colman gulped, seeing his mom and dad run in.

"Colman Calhoun!" his mother roared. "You have been radio silent for a month! Where are you? What are you doing?"

"I'm at Mount Moon." he stated nervously.

His father sighed. "Victor McKenzie has been bragging that his son is at Cerulean. What took you so long?"

Colman sighed, realizing Kyle had probably already beaten the Gym. Pikachu, Paras, possibly even Gyarados. The three-on-three would have been a breeze. And those were just the ones he'd seen/heard of. Who knew what others he'd caught?

His mother glared at her husband. "He could've been dead for all we knew and your complaining that he's behind?!"

Alex walked slowly backwards. "I'm going to go train. I'll be back when Nurse Joy is done."

Colman glanced at him while his mom was shouting. "Probably wise." Alex recalled his five and left, waving good-bye to Colman.

His father looked at her. "Come on, honey. You remember your journey as well as I do. We may have been in different regions, but if Kanto is anything like Sinnoh, you probably weren't in the 'call my parents all the time' mood."

His mom huffed and confessed. "No, I wasn't. I remember leaving home with a hyperactive Eevee, ready to see the world. I traveled all the regions. Some of them with you."

His dad smiled. "Me and my researching."

Colman interrupted their reminiscing. "Do you want to see my Pokemon?" he asked abruptly.

"Yes!" the twins screamed.

Wartortle and Nidorina clambered onto the desk and fought for attention, kicking each other out of the way, with Geodude in the middle, trying to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Beedrill hovered in the back with Fearow, who stared at the three quarreling Pokemon in annoyance.

"I also have a Mankey, but he's at Oak's Lab for behavior problems." Colman explained.

The rest of the time was spent catching up. Aaron and Howie's grades at trainer school (Howie was doing better in battling, while Aaron knew more about Pokemon themselves) who Colman was traveling with, rivals, etc. when Nurse Joy came out with an energetic Pikachu and an equally giddy Jigglypuff. The two looked fully recovered, but Pikachu had a light scar.

He looked at the computer. "Gotta go. Call you later." he hit the "end call" button, hanging it up. He walked to Nurse Joy. "Are they alright?"

She nodded. "Pikachu actually leveled up in his fight. He learned Electro Ball. Jigglypuff, after some minor therapy, will be ready to go back in the wild." Jigglypuff nodded. Nurse Joy walked off, promising to return for Jigglypuff. Colman walked up to her.

"Hey Jigglypuff. You were unconscious, but I want you to know that I was the one that saved you." Jigglypuff grinned, pouncing onto him and rubbing her face on his stomach. Colman laughed t her adorableness.

A few hours later, Rose and Makenna arrived, looking very worn down. Nurse joy had given Jigglypuff some psychiatric help for her new fear of fighting-types, and she had been training with the others. Meanwhile, Fearow's depression was getting increasingly worse. Colman had talked to the others, even called Mankey, who was still wreaking havoc much to Hypno's dismay. No one had any ideas. Colman considered going to Nurse Joy, but he was going to wait to see if Fearow just needed time, and would ask the Nurse Joy in Cerulean.

"What took you so long?" Colman asked the girls.

"We had to fight our way out of Route 3." Makenna said tiredly. "Fearow, Spearow, Mankey, Primeape, every Pokemon you can name with a 'Nido' at the beginning. Even Pidgey and Rattata were out for blood. Route 3 is going crazy. By the time we got here, all of our Pokemon had fainted."

While the girls healed their Pokemon, Nurse Joy and Colman helped Jigglypuff with her new phobia. They showed her a Machop borrowed from Nurse Joy's friend. Jigglypuff screamed and tried to escape the back room. Machop slowly approached, and Nurse Joy ordered her to use Sing. Jigglypuff let out a cute little song.

"Get out!" Nurse Joy whispered to Colman. They quickly exited the room and shut it. They walked back in, seeing Machop snoring on the floor and Jigglypuff looking badly shaken but smiling.

They woke up Machop and repeated this process several times until finally, Jigglypuff learned Pound. There had been a few close calls with Sing and Colman being too slow to get away, but other than that, it had been fine.

"Alright Jigglypuff." Nurse Joy said sternly. "Confident you can defend yourself?"

Jigglypuff still looked a little uneasy.

"Hey, Jigglypuff," Colman crouched down. "You know, you can come with me if you want."

"Jiggly!"

Colman took that as a yes.

Alright! We're done. I've thought about it, and this way, Colman technically did get a Pokemon at Mount Moon. But no, he won't catch anything new for a few chapters.

And I have a few questions. Please answer:

1) X and Y is out! Which GVI starter are you getting? Which GI starter?

2) What do you think of Mankey? Should Colman rough it out with the fighting-type or should he trade it for something else?

3) Do you think Jigglypuff will be important later?

4) How do you think Colman will do at Cerulean Gym?