"Pokémon Endless Journey - Volume 1: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow - The First Legend"

Chapter 11 – The Nature-Loving Princess:

Fleeing from the strange sight, the three youngsters dashed out of the Pokémon Tower yelling, surprising some of the present guests.

Upon reaching the exterior and approaching an edge of the city, where they could finally breathe and calm down.

"…Is everyone okay?" Blue wondered.

"Kinda…" Red dropped himself onto the floor, sitting down in the process. A weirdly shaped balloon began leaving his body, alarming the others.

"Is that his soul?!"

"I think that must have been a heck of a scare for him." Green deduced, as the soul returned to the inside of Red's body.

"I wasn't that scared…"

"But what was that anyway…?"

"Green, it was a ghost. What wasn't so obvious about it?"

"Red, ghosts don't exist."

Blue had to question the sentence. "What about Ghost-type Pokémon?"

"Ghosts in the sense that he is thinking."

"Actually…" The three turned finding a girl with red hair and simple white clothes. Apparently, she overheard the conversation. "Maybe it is the way he is thinking."


Red, Green and Blue were served green tea by the girl they came across. Apparently her name was Akane Fuji, and were inside the home of Mr. Fuji. A rather popular figure. Akane, being his granddaughter, wanted to tell in detail about the events that have been haunting Lavender Town.

"You may have noticed that the Pokémon Tower had almost no visitors, none of them in upper floors."

"Yeah, what's up with that?"

"Ever since those men and women came to this town, ghosts have infested the tower. Actually, it seems that they have actually claimed it as their own, and are currently residing on the top floor."

"Sounds like it's the works of Team Rocket… But how do you know this?"

"Because there's where they've taken my grandfather."

"They've kidnapped Mr. Fuji?!" Blue stood up, rather astonished by this, more than Red and Green.

"It seems that Team Rocket had…" A chill went up her spine. "slaughtered a Pokémon." Red, Green and Blue froze in place. The thought of a human killing a Pokémon was just unheard of. "Grandpa went straight away to them to give a piece of his mind. But… it backfired."

"So on top of killing a Pokémon, they kidnapped the man who adopts any lost Pokémon, who is considered to be the kindest man alive, and are on the top of a haunted tower."

"You can't say they aren't original. Most organizations focused on dominating the world just try to use Legendary Pokémon to cause destruction of some sort." Green admitted after taking a sip of the tea.

"I'm not that thirsty, to be honest…" Red admitted, his thoughts still dwelling about the previous matter discussed. "…We need to do something about all this."

"…For once you're right." Green agreed to the statement. "But the question is: what can we do?"

"O-Oh…"

"If we can't fight a ghost, then what's the use?"

"…"

"But there is something we can do."

"Uh?" Green stood up and walked towards the door. "We can become stronger."

Red and Akane were somewhat confused, but Blue put two and two together rather easily. "We'll be back as soon as possible!" And she parted off, following Green. Red and Akane looked each other and laughed.

"He looked like the main character of an anime series, didn't he?"

"A lot!"

"Red, wasn't it? Would you like to spend the night here? It's getting late."

"Thanks. I'm sorry for the intrusion, but I'm not that eager to invade the Poké Center with the beds made out of cardboard."


After a good night of sleep, Red said goodbye to Akane and made his way to an underground passage she told him about that would lead to Celadon City, where a Gym coincidentally resided.

Despite the long tunnel, he reached his destination rather quickly, and was quick to spot the Gym. However, he wondered why exactly an old man was looking through the windows to the interior. Ignoring his presence, he entered the Gym.

The Celadon Gym, unlike the one in Vermilion, was heavily influenced by its natural elements. Grassy and flowery fields surrounded the plain battlefield, mainly made out of dirt and earth.

On the otherside of the battlefield, just like it happened in every other Gym, he found a rather beautiful young lady, peaceful looking, surrounded by multiple flowers.

"Hello…"

Red found her voice sweeter than honey. "H-Hi!"

"Lovely weather, isn't it? It's so pleasant... ...I'm afraid I may doze off..." Ironically, after closing her eyes and finishing her sentence, her face relaxed and her breathing became steady.

Almost as if… "Did she fall asleep?"

Suddenly, her eyes opened up again. "Oh dear... I must have dozed off."

"She did fall asleep!"

"Welcome. My name is Erika. I am the Leader of Celadon Gym. I teach the art of flower arranging. My Pokémon are of the grass-type."

Not wanting to be rude, Red introduced himself as well. "My name is Red. And I'd like to challenge you for the badge."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I had no idea that you wished to challenge me."

"Why else would I be here?!"

"Very well, but I shall not lose. How many badges do you currently possess?"

"Three."

"Then I shall use three Pokémon myself. You're allowed to use three too, and can withdraw whenever you want during the battle."

"Alright."

"Victreebel, please do my biding."

Sending in her first Pokémon, Red was surprised by the sight of a third-evolution Pokémon in front of him. Of course, the Pokédex was a must.

'Victreebel, the Flycatcher Pokémon, and the final evolution of Bellsprout. Victreebel has a long vine that extends from its head. This vine is waved and flicked about as if it were an animal to attract prey. When an unsuspecting prey draws near, this Pokémon swallows it whole. The prey is melted in a day, bones and all.'

"Wait, what?!" Red would question Erika if she had knowledge regarding Victreebel, but decided not to. "Alright… Beedrill, let's do this!"

Starting off with type advantage, Beedrill entered the battlefield. Erika flipped the coin, giving an official start to the match as soon as it hit the ground.

"Twineedle!"

"Bzz!" Beedrill dashed forward, his spears glowing crimson red.

"Victreebel, please, use Leaf Blade." Relaxed in her speech, she asked Victreebel to reply to the attack by making the leaves on both sides of her body glow bright green and change into the shape of a blade.

Jumping forward, Victreebel and Beedrill clashed attacks,fighting each other off in a swordfight of sorts.

"Back off and use Pin Missile!"

Hovering back, Beedrill aimed both spears at Victreebel and launched multiple energy arrows from them.

"Block it with Leaf Tornado."

Victreebel nodded in agreement and then screeched, making multiple leaves appear above her mouth, where a gust of wind swirled around, creating a tornado. Each leaf blocked a missile, leaving Red to wonder what to do.

"Focus Energy."

Beedrill crossed his spears and an aura surrounded him for a second before quickly disappearing.

"Victreebel, use Leaf Storm."

Victreebel's body glowed brightly green, and after it came off, it took the form of multiple razor sharp leaves and started swirling all around violently, approaching Beedrill.

"Twineedle again!"

Beedrill charged forward with both spears glowing crimson. Diving into the storm, he was damaged by them, but due to the resistance to Grass-type attacks, he easily reached Victreebel and pierced her body twice with the use of his spears, performing a critical hit and knocking her out rather quickly.

"Oh my! Victreebel, return."

"Bedrill, come back as well. You deserve a little rest."

"If I may… Tangela, please do as I say." Erika sent in her second Pokémon to the battlefield. The appearance alone was enough to leave Red curious.

"What the…?"

'Tangela, the Vine Pokémon. Tangela's vines snap off easily if they are grabbed. This happens without pain, allowing it to make a quick getaway. The lost vines are replaced by newly grown vines the very next day.'

"Alright… Pikachu, let's do this!"

"Pika!" Popping out of the Poké Ball, Pikachu was quick to join in.

"Tangela, Ancient Power."

"Tan!" Tangela began to glow brightly silver and the glow quickly came off and swirled into an orb, which she launched towards Pikachu.

"Deflect it with Iron Tail!"

"Pi-ka!" Pikachu performed a side flip with his hands as his tail turned into iron, the angle of the hit making it go back directly at Tangela. Though hard to make it go back, Pikachu managed to do so.

"Jump over it!"

Tangela ran up to the Ancient power and jumped, using the attack as platform, making her reach higher while also sending the attack down into the ground.

"Pika?!"

"Giga Drain."

"Gela!" Tangela's eyes glowed bright green and Pikachu suffered heavy damage, represented by a glow that exited his body in the shape of multiple orbs that entered Tangela's.

"Thunderbolt!"

"Pika-CHYUUU!" Pikachu's body released a thunderbolt, which hit Tangela, but did little damage.

"Tangela, Power Whip."

"Tan-GELA!" Tangela extended a single vine, which began to glow bright green and slammed it against Pikachu, knocking him out.

"Pika!"

"No! Pikachu, return!" Red was quick to send in a follow up. "Beedrill, let's go again!"

"Bzz!"

"Tangela, Ancient Power."

Tangela aimed at Beedrill, but yellow sparks suddenly surrounded her body, stopping her from moving. "Tan?!"

"Oh my! Tangela's paralyzed?"

"Paralyzed? But why…?" Red then recalled how the previous round ended. "Maybe… It's Pikachu's Static Ability! Beedrill, let's take this to our advantage!"

"Bzz!"

"Use-?! Uh?" Beedrill moved in before Red could give a proper command. "Beedrill, what are you-?!"

"Bzzz!" Beedrill's spears began to glow bright blue and he crossed in front of his body. He then swung his arms forward, slashing Tangela in an 'X'-like fashion, knocking her out.

"Was that an X-Scissor? Impressive." Erika admitted, as she withdrew her Pokémon. Red smiled, proud of Beedrill.

"Since when have you been hiding that move?"

"Bzzz."

"Now, Vileplume! Do my bidding!" Erika sent in her final Pokémon.

"Vile! Vileplume!"

"Another third evolution?"

'Vileplume, the Flower Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gloom. In seasons when it produces more pollen, the air around a Vileplume turns yellow with the powder as it walks. The pollen is highly toxic and causes paralysis.'

"Whoa… Well, let's not back down! Beedrill, Bug Bite!"

"Bzz!" Beedrill dashed in and energy fangs were formed at the end of his mouth, ready to take a bite off of Vileplume.

"Vileplume, use Petal Dance!"

"Vile!" Multiple pink petals swirled out of Vileplumes flower atop her head, surrounding Beedrill and hitting him multiple times, over and over again.

"Bzz!"

"Twineedle!"

"Bzzz!" Beedrill dived in, affected by the petals, but managed to pierce Vileplume with both crimson glowing spears.

"Keep on dancing."

Vileplume continued to release petals, the closure to the target causing more damage than usual to Beedrill and pushing him up back into the air.

"Solarbeam!"

Vileplume began to gather solar energy within her flower.

"Oh no… If that hits Beedrill, he's doomed. Uh?"

"Bzzz…!" Beedrill's body became surrounded in a yellowish aura.

"Is that… Swarm? Alright! Focus Energy!"

"Bzz!" Beedrill's spears flashed white and he looked down at Vileplume.

"X-Scissor!"

"Bzzzz!" Beedrill quickly swooped down towards Vileplume.

"Vile!" Vileplume fird her Solar Beam, but the Bug-type Pokémon evaded it by performing a backflip and diving straight for the groud before changing direction again and aimingat her. "Vile?!"

"Bzz!" His spears glowed blue and he slashed Vileplume in an 'X'-like fashion. A powered up critical hit. Vileplume fell, defeated, making Beedrill and Red celebrate.

"We did it!"

"Oh! I concede defeat. You are remarkably strong." Withdrawing her Pokémon, Erika crossed the battlefield and approached Red, handing him a small object. It was shaped like a flower, showing grass, with rainbow colored petals. "I must confer you the Rainbow Badge."


Pokémon of the Day:

Victreebel – The vine is flicked to mimic an animal in order to attract prey. Victreebel also produces a sweet scent to further aid in luring its victims. Acid that has dissolved numerous prey animals becomes sweeter and even more effective at attracting prey.

Tangela - Tangela can ensnare and entangle anything that moves too close to it with its vines. The vines constantly jiggle and sway, unnerving enemies and deterring herbivores that might mistake Tangela for a shrub. Tangela's vines will snap off easily and painlessly if the target pulls on them, suggesting that the ensnaring is intended to scare off potential predators. Tangela can usually be found on the edge of many grassy plains, be it near a mountain range or the ocean. However, it can also be found in large forests or jungles.

Vileplume - It can shake, flap, or burst its petals into bloom with a bang in order to release clouds of pollen. This pollen is highly allergenic to humans and toxic to other Pokémon; Vileplume uses it to paralyze its prey. Vileplume lives in grassy plains and jungles, where it is often mistaken for native flowers.