Primaeate Goes Banana's:
DUST POV:
We were walking along when we came to a payphone out in the open and Ash decided to call Professor Oak, "Hello Ash, how's your journey going?"
"It's going great, I already have four badges," Ash grinned, opening his jacket to show off the four badges inside.
"Even though that last one was a close thing." David commented from over Ash's shoulder. I was staying out of sight for the most part; no need to give the poor professor a heart attack.
"That's great," Professor Oak said. "Gary and the others all have five badges and just passed through Celadon City!" Ash started growling; hating that Gary was so far ahead of them.
"Don't worry, Ash, because we're having fun on our journey. Their just racing by theirs, while we're creating memories," I said, trying to calm him down. He calmed down a little but he was still angry while David cocked an eyebrow at me. What? I'm not allowed to make good points?
"Ash, maybe you should try to catch more pokemon to become a better trainer, Gary has already caught thirty," Professor Oak said. I sighed as Ash got depressed and ended the call.
"What's wrong with you?" Misty asked as we joined her, Brock, David, Pikachu, Pikablue, and Midnight outside where they were eating. I hungrily grabbed a rice ball and started to eat.
"I'm so far behind from everyone else," Ash said.
"Only by one badge," I said. "I think we'll make it in time for the pokemon league."
"Well Celedon's city is down the trail that way," Brock said, pointing behind them.
"Ash needs to get there his own way," Misty said.
[Having fun on the way instead of rushing through it,] Lucario commented.
"Quality over quantity," Brock said.
"Hey look…" Pikachu said, getting our attention. Nearby was a brown colored pokemon. The pokemon, called Mankey that we found out from Ash's pokedex, hopped over, took the rice ball Brock was holding, hopped onto a rock and started to eat.
"Alright! A makey, I'm going to catch it." Ash said, throwing his pokeball.
"Have you learned nothing?" I asked. You think he would realize by now that you had to weaken the pokemon first to catch it. The mankey angrily threw the half eaten rice ball at the pokeball, making the pokeball catch it. He turned to them, his eyes an angry red.
"Congratulations Ash Ketchum! You just made a mankey very angry at you!" David said in the kind of voice those game show types use when you win a prize with just a touch of sarcasm. It's always interesting to watch a master at work.
"Here we go again." Pikablue grumbled. Well, this wasn't good. But you had to admit, Ash was the only one who could make a mankey that mad. "Once it goes into Thrash, it's hard to stop." The pokedex said. The mankey ran at us but everyone ran in different direction. Except David of course. He just gave mankey a steely eyed glint and said fighting type decided to leave the pokemorph alone.
Brock threw a rice ball at it, hoping it would make it stop, but it just made it even madder as he destroyed it with his fist. The mankey changed directions, rushing at Misty and me. Misty tripped and fell into my legs, knocking me down. I got up quickly and grabbed Misty and jumped out of the way as Midnight growled. But the mankey just jumped us, landing on top of Ash and pounding him.
When the mankey was finished, Ash was all bruised up and beaten the mankey climbed a nearby tree. "Where's my hat?" Ash asked, freaking out.
"Um…take a guess," David said, looking at the mankey. And true to his word, the mankey was wearing Ash's hat on his head. Although Ash was beaten, he struggled to climb the tree just go get his precious hat back.
"But I need that hat!" Ash cried as he tried getting his leg over one of the tree branches. "I won that hat at a pokemon league expo, the hat is very rare!"
"Hey, I remember entering that contest," Misty said.
"I sent in a million postcards." Ash said.
"No wonder I didn't win, I only sent in one." Misty smiled.
"You'll never win anything only sending your name in one time," I said.
David's POV
So, let's recap. Dust isn't going to be any help because she still hasn't gotten used to her new body. Ash is beat to a pulp and is also of no use. Misty is Misty and thus probably won't be very helpful. As for Brock? He's not going to get that hat back. Looks like it is up to me… the things I go through for these guys.
"AHHHHH!" Ash had just gotten beaten up by mankey again. Then who should show up but Team Rocket.
"Go away idiots… we really don't have time for you and I'm not in the mood." I growled and then mankey came to check out Team Rocket but James kicked him. I rest my case about Team Rocket being idiots. Although, come to think if it, this reminds me somewhat of the magikarp incident after we got free of the St. Anne. Then Team Rocket did the motto.
"I'm having a major hat crisis, could you steal Pikachu some other day?" Ash asked but of course Team Rocket wasn't going to listen to any of the 'twerps'.
"If you guys don't get out of here fast you're going to get whipped as badly as Ash here." Brock warned
"By who?" Jesse asked
"By mankey." Dust replied
"What's a mankey?" Jesse wondered and James thought that a mankey was what he kicked. So they looked and saw mankey giving them a supreme evil eye right before evolving. Then the fools looked primape in the eye.
"Rest in peace losers." Pikablue remarked but he knew as well as I did that primape wasn't going to kill them, but meowth didn't. The look on his face was priceless. Then Jesse got a knuckle sandwich and face planted into a rock.
"HOW DARE YOU RUIN MY PERFECTION! NOW YOU'LL PAY!" Jesse screamed
"Perfection? Who does she think she's kidding?" Dust wondered as Jesse sent all their pokemon after primape. While they were busy we ran, but Ash wanted his hat. So he sent Pikachu after it and Pikachu, despite all attempts to do otherwise, looked primape in the eye. Thankfully primape didn't notice and placed Ash's hat back on his head.
"THUNDERBOLT!" Ash ordered and primape got what was coming to him. Brock then guessed that primape was lonely and tried to be friends… this got him beat up and then he looked primape in the eye. All aboard primape air! Brock was knocked into LEO (Lower Earth Orbit). Ash checked the pokedex and it said that once primape uses thrash he's out of control.
"RUN!" Ash shouted and getting my butt kicked by primape wasn't on my to-do list. We came to a fork in the road so Ash and I took one road and everyone else took the other. Of course primape had to run after us.
"KEEP RUNNING!" I shouted
"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Ash shouted back and suddenly we fell into Team Rocket's hole. Pikachu ended up shocking everyone but I had my volt absorb ability engaged so I was refreshed. Then Ash looked primape in the eye. He then came to a decision as the others caught up.
"Ash!" Misty called
"I'm going to capture primape!" Ash declared and Misty called him stubborn.
"He wouldn't be Ash if he wasn't stubborn." Dust pointed out and Ash sent out squirtle who soaked primape's head. He then returned squirtle and called out bulbasaur. Bulbasaur used razor leaf but it was all blocked so Ash called back bulbasaur and sent out charmander. Charmander got beat up pretty bad but then let loose his rage attack and his tail flame got huge.
"I have a feeling primape is toast." Pikachu commented and the two pokemon continued to go at it until charmander unleashed a super flamethrower. Pikachu dashed and snagged Ash's hat just before it could be incinerated by the fire.
"Pokeball go!" Ash shouted and after a few tense moments the familiar *ding* was heard and we knew Ash had caught primape. But suddenly it started to shake again and another *ding*. Now primape was definitely caught. Then those sorry saps known as Team Rocket crawled out of their hole.
"Where's primape?" Jesse asked
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Ash asked with a grin that would have made the Cheshire Cat proud and then threw primape's pokeball over his shoulder and into the hole where he then came out and attacked Team Rocket.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
Ash congratulated primape only to get a big black eye. Ash called back primape and charmander and then we spotted Celedon city. We're now ready to go against the grass type gym.