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The Adventure Saga

The Beginning with Leaf Green

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Leaf was glad to say that Bulbasaur evolved during a short training period, and had learned Double-Edge. Pikachu and Pidgeotto both leveled up, and she found that Slowking not only knew Telekinesis, but also Physhock, Disable, and Zen Headbutt. Basically, life was good. Until she reached the gate to Saffron City.

"Hey, sorry, the road is closed and you can't pass through." the guard stopped Leaf as she tried to get through the gate to Saffron City.

"What? Why?" she asked as she walked up to the desk. The guard shrugged.

"Beats me." he sighed. "Hey, can you do me a favor? I'm dying of thirst, and can't leave my post. Think you could stick this dollar in that vending machine and get me something?"

The hard look of irritation softened as Leaf accepted the dollar.

"Coke or Pepsi?"

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After getting the guard his drink, she managed to obtain some information. Apparently, she can go through the Underground Path to get to Vermilion City, where she can battle Lt. Surge. When she inquired about Gary, the guard said he couldn't think of anyone who fit that description that attempted to pass through. So she concluded that he had also gone to Vermilion to defeat Lt. Surge.

After a quick goodbye to the guard, she left the gate so that she could get into the Underground Path. As she traveled down it, she found it unnerving how it seemed to go on forever, and how dark it was. Would it have seriously killed them to put some brighter lights in the place? For company, she let out Pikachu, who's cheeriness made her forget about the length and creepiness of the path, until she came out into the light of the gate that concealed the path.

With a quick glance at her map, Leaf continued by on the route to Vermilion City.

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Leaf entered the city, and breathed in the fresh sea air. She sighed in content, and looked about the town. She located the pokémon center and pokémart quickly, and saw the gym in the distance. Like all trainers, she stepped into the gym, and looked around. There were, in fact, very few gym trainers. Only one old man, but when she passed him, he merely brushed her off, and told her to keep going.

"My pokémon all fainted. We were all beaten by another trainer. The other gym trainers are getting their pokémon healed." he explained. So Leaf went on. She noticed that there were trash cans all over, lined up in three by five rows. As she looked ahead, there was an electric gate blacking her way to the gym leader. Not knowing what else to do, she began to search through the trash bins. Leaf was thankful that there was only paper at the bottom.

In one bin, there was a switch. Pressing it, the first gate fell down. Moving to the next bin, she dug through the trashcan, and found nothing. The electric gate came back up.

"Ha!" tough, male voice said over the intercom. "You'll have to do better than that, soldier! Here's a hint: The next switch is adjacent to the first!" The intercom clicked off, leaving Leaf in her reminiscing.

"Adjacent, huh?" she thought as she found the first switch again. She turned, looking at the four trashcans. Which one? Slowly, she made her way to the trash can to the front of the first one, and began to dig. There, she found the second switch, and with a satisfying click, the last gate fell down. She walked through, and found the Lightening American, Lt. Surge.

"Well I knew there was a trainer here, but I didn't expect you to be a girl..." Lt. Surge mumbled before continuing. "Hey, soldier! What do you think you're doing here?!"

"I'm Leaf Green, and I'm here to win your gym badge."

"You won't last long in combat! Not with your puny power! My pokémon helped me win the war! They paralyzed all my opponents, just like they will to yours!" he sent out a Voltorb. Leaf grabbed her Ivasaurs pokéball, and released the grass-type.

"Double-Edge!" Leaf cried. She knew that war must have hardened the gym leader and his pokémon in strength and she wanted to end this fast, even if Bulbasaur ended up taking damage. A one-hit KO for both sides, really. Ivasaur was still new to the move, and it ended up fainting due to damage to itself. Gritting her teeth, Leaf returned Ivasaur and sent out Slowking.

"Jolteon!" Surge called out. "Roar!" Now Leaf was the one to be surprised. Slowking got sent back to it's pokéball, and was replaced with Pidgeotto. "Shock Wave!"

"Dodge!" Leaf cried, but was to late. Her pokémon fell to the ground with a disheartening thump. Gritting her teeth, Leaf thought through her options. Ivasuar and Pidgeotto were both down for the count... "Slowking!" she cried. "We'll try this tactic again! Telekinesis!" Slowking used the move to lift Jolteon into the air, and slammed it around into some rocks.

"Shock Wave!" Lt. Surge cried. The attack hit Slowking head on.

"Physhock!" Leaf ordered. A purple ball of energy radiating with electricity formed in his hands, and blasted Jolteon. "Follow up with Zen Headbutt!" Slowkings crown-like head surrounded in a blue energy, and he rammed into the eeveelution. Both slammed into some rocks, and Slowking stood over the fainted pokémon victorious. "Alright, Slowking!" Leaf cried as Lt. Surge returned his pokémon. Her victory was short lived, however, when Slowking fell to one knee, wincing as electricity sparked around his form.

"Seems Jolteons static ability took affect on your Slowking." Lt. Surge smirked. "Then this last part will be easy!" He threw his last and final pokéball into the air, releasing a Riachu.

"Slowking, use-" Leaf was cut off when a pokéball form her belt flashed open, releasing her Pikachu. Leaf stood in shock as the electric mouse stood menacingly in front of his evolution. In fact, this was the scariest her own Pikachu looked since she had captured him in the Viridian Forest. His little paws were clenched into fists, and a glare was set on his face. Electricity sparked from the red sacks on his cheeks. "Pikachu? What are you doing?" Leaf grabbed his pokéball, enlarged it, and pointed it towards the electric-type. "Return." The red light flashed out, and hit Pikachu, but instead of bringing him back to his pokéball, he seemed to shake off the beam, making the return ineffective. "What in the world...?"

"It seems that your Pikachu wants to battle my Riachu." Lt. Surge said, crossing his arms. His Riachu mimicked the action. "And it doesn't seem like it'll go back to it's pokéball without a battle."

Leaf looked at her electric type thoughtfully. Was he sensing Raichus strong electric waves, and that's why he wanted to battle? Or was he maybe trying to prove himself to his evolution that he could be just as strong?She thought of him merely shaking off the return beam of his pokéball. Was he that determined to battle? What power did the tiny mouse pokémon really hold? Leaf slowly pulled out a pokéball.

"Slowking, Return."

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So, this is the first time that I ever left with a cliffhanger on a battle. So, what do all you think? Good? Bad? Terrible? And, most importantly, who will win?

Amy47101 signing off! ^.^