Here it is. Another chapter.
Sorry this one is so short I have not had much time this week. However, to make up for it I am hoping to update within the next few days.
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Chapter 38
It was Geodude, Psyduck, Squirtle and Charmeleon again some of the oldest Pokemon know to the Kanto Region. The two Kabutops charged towards the group with its claws raised and anger in their eyes, just as the Kabuto's, Omanytes and Omastars eyes glowed red with malice.
Then suddenly the Pokemon frozen, released a grasp of breath and glanced wearily from left to right. The Kabutops began to shift from one foot to the other before turning their backs one the black haired boy and the group. As the brown, humanoid Pokemon walked further into the cave, the many Kabutops, Omanytes and Omastars chased after them. Not even glancing back at the group of humans.
Why had they left so suddenly?
"What happened?" Brock said, his voice echoing in the cave.
"I don't know," Ash muttered. "I was sure they were about to attack."
Louise nodded in agreement as her hand clutched at her rapidly beating heart. then a whooshing sound ripped through the silence, as a large body soared towards them slicing through the air like one of Aya throwing stars. The body then dropped lower, hitting Charmeleon who had not expected the attack. It then flew over to a large grey rock, where it perched looking down on the group.
This reptilian, bipedal Pokemon had large membranous wings and sharply pointed ears. It had a ridged snout with a gaping mouth and a strong low jaw full of serrated fangs. Its body was covered in a light violet grey skin with violet wings. It was an Aerodactyl. Ash had not heard of this Pokemon beside from reading old historical books in Professor Oaks lab.
Spreading out its wings, the ancient Pokemon released a cry of 'Aerodactyl' in a high pitched screech. It then dived towards the group with hunger in its eyes. This was not good.
"Charmeleon, use ember!" Ash shouted seeing now way out of this battle.
As bright orange sparks were released from the red fire type mouth, the fossil Pokémon propelled itself to the roof of the cave. It then dived down again this time with its head glowing a whitish blue.
It was attacking with iron head.
"Dodge it!" Ash shouted in a panic.
To the boy's relief, the smaller Pokemon leapt out of the way just in time, causing the Aerodactyl to shriek in anger. However, he then began to chew on his lips. Charmeleon only had one long-range attack, which did not seem to be working very effectively. They were stuck.
Sensing his friend's dilemma, Brock ordered, "Geodude, use rock throw."
While Louise called for Squirtle and Psyduck to use water gun. However, despite his friend's help, this did nothing to weaken the Pokemon. It did not help that the group was unsure of the Aerodactyl's type. If they knew the type they could pair the Pokemon with the advantage.
As the violet-gray Pokemon once again moved in for an attack, Ash said to brock and Louise, "Keep it busy."
"What why?" Brock shouted after his friend fiddled with something in his pocket.
"Just keep it busy," the black haired boy said.
When his friends nodded, Ash quickly pulled out his Pokedex, "Aerodactyl, the fossil Pokemon. A ferocious, prehistoric Pokemon that goes for its enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs." After the Pokedex had finished its speech, the boy pushed one of the buttons for more information. "Aerodactyl is a rock and flying type Pokemon said to exist over two thousand years ago. Its weakness is rock, steel, water, electric and ice types."
"Okay, so that means we are on the right track with the type advantage, but that does not solve the flying problem," Ash groaned in frustration.
Suddenly, the Aerodactyl was above them, flying down. It then reached out a violet-gray reptilian foot and grabbed Ash around the torso. It squeezed hard, causing the boy to gasp in fear and pain as he was lifted into the air by the Pokemon.
"Ash!" Brock and Louise yelled as they tried to grab for the boy, only for his to slip through their fingers.
"Pika!" "Char!" The boys Pokemon exclaimed. The two Pokemon reacted fast, jumping onto the Aerodactyl and grabbing hold of its tail.
Looking up, Ash shouted, "No!" as he saw what the Pokemon was planning on doing. It was flying directly towards the ceiling, with no desire to stop, until-
CRASH!
Ash, Pikachu and Charmeleon cried out as sharp rocks brushed by leaving scratches and open wounds all over their bodies. However, the Aerodactyl was unphased by this as it flew through the open skies. The fresh air stung Ash's injuries as the bright light blinded him.
As the Aerodactyl flew up towards the sky, Charmeleon and Pikachu lost their grips on the Pokemon's tail, free falling.
"Pikachu! Charmeleon!" Ash shouted as his sight only to see his Pokemon fall to their deaths.
Then suddenly the red blob that was Charmeleon began to glow white as its body expanded. In his place was Charizard, a draconic, bipedal Pokemon. It was orange with a cream underside from the chest to the tip, which burns with a sizeable flame. He had a long neck, small blue eyes, raised nostrils and two blunt horns protruding from the back of its rectangular head. Most importantly, he had wings.
Charmeleon, no Charizard, roared in triumph and shot towards the falling Pikachu, catching him effortlessly on his back. He then flew quickly to Ash. It was time to save his trainer.
"Char," the fire type exclaimed as flames burst from its mouth, forcing the Aerodactyl to concentrate on dodging the extremely hot attack. However, despite the fossil Pokémon's efforts, one of the flame throwers hit its wing causing it to drop Ash as pain surged through its limbs.
"Ah!" Ash exclaimed as he fell through the air, feeling the wind whip against his clothes and hair. He was going to die, he thought as he closed his eyes. The boy braced himself for impact with the dry, hot desert ground, only to gasp in shock as his body impacted with something much softer than he imagined.
"Pika?" the yellow mouse Pokemon said as he nudged his trainer.
Quickly, Ash's eyes snapped open and he laughed in relief, "Good job Charizard."
"Char!" the fire type roared happily at the praise.
"Now, give it your best shot," Ash ordered.
Charizard's eyes glowed white for a moment as it roared its answer. He would definitely give it his all. Then the fire and flying types tail burst into a large angry flame and opened its mouth. After a moment, a red and yellow ball about the size of Charizard's head grew between his jaws and sent shooting towards the injured Aerodactyl like a meteor flying through the sky.
As the ball of flames hit the Pokemon, it began to fall like a rock towards an unaware Gary Oak who was digging his own tunnel to find the prehistorical Pokemon. Think on his feet, Ash pulled out his empty Pokeball and threw it at the unconscious Aerodactyl.
The boy felt his jaw drop in shock as the Pokemon was sucked into the red and white ball, unable to break free. Moments later, the ball vanished, teleporting to the lab where a very shocked Professor Oak will be discovered that Ash had caught a fossil Pokemon.
Ash had caught a fossil Pokemon! No one would have believed it! With a laugh Ash told Charizard to circle back towards Louise and Brock, leaving Gary none the wiser. The spoilt brat was still gleefully digging.
After leaving the desert the group quickly arrived at a small town Pokemon Centre. It was a relatively small white building with a sloping roof and a large red 'P'. The front doors were made of glass allowing the boy to see directly through them towards the nurse's desk.
"Hi, Nurse Joy, can we have two rooms for a week," Ash said.
"Your Ash Ketchum, right?" the Nurse said partially recalling the boy who was here last year.
"Yes, that is me," the black haired boy smiled.
"Oh, good," exclaimed the pink haired woman. "Professor Oak left a message asking if you could call him as soon as possible.
"Okay, thank you," Ash responded politely.
As the boy made his way over to the green video phone that the Centre allows the visiting trainers to use. He did not know whether to be excited or nervous as he was sure that the Professor wanted to talk about his most recent capture.
The phone rang and the screen flashed on to reveal Professor Oak in his white lab coat, red shirt and cream trousers.
"Hello, Ash," the man yawned, covering his mouth with his hand.
"Hi, Professor," Ash exclaimed.
"I am glad that you got my message," he said then his face began to glow with happiness. "How did you manage to capture an Aerodactyl?"
"Erm," Ash scratched his head. "It is a long story." He then glanced nervously at his friends and the back to the screen before saying, "How is it doing anyway?"
Professor Oak clutched the phone tighter and smiled from ear to ear, "Surprisingly well after I found out what type of environment and food it liked best. This is a great opportunity to study it... That is if you do not mind?"
"I do not mind, Professor," Ash laughed slightly, he had expected the old man to want to research the Pokemon. "But you should ask Aerodactyl as well, just in case."
"Good idea, Ash," the greying man said. "On another note, are you still planning on entering the Indigo League this year because Gary sure is. My grandson is looking to win this year."
"Of course, Professor, I even have all eight badges," exclaimed Ash as he hurried to pull out his badges and saw them to the man. "See!"
Suddenly, there was a crash in the background on Professor Oaks side of the phone.
"Stop that!" the man shouted. "Sorry. Ash, I have to go."
"Okay, bye Professor," Ash said as the screen went black.
The group then took a seat at one of the tables, opening up a map and setting it down in front of them.
"Where to next?" Ash said, not remembering the rest of the route that takes them to Cinnabar Island.
"We need to catch a boat from the dock at route nineteen which will bring us to the island," Louise announced point at the map as she told them.
"Hey, Ash are you not going to trade your Charizard for Bellsprout," Brock suddenly said changing topic.
"Oh, yeah, I completely forgot," Ash replied and pulled out his Pokedex. "Done!"
"Why don't we have another mock battle," Louise suggested to the boy. "I want my Cubone and Squirtle to evolve."
"That is a great idea, we can use the battlefield outside."
At the Pokemon Centre's battlefield, Ash and Louise stood opposite each other with a Pokeball in hand. Brock, once again, stood as referee. He had his arms positions above his head.
"Let the battle begin," Brock said and brought his arms down.
"Go Bellsprout," Ash shouted as he tossed the red and white ball.
"Go Cubone," Louise yelled.
"Bellsprout use wrap," Ash ordered.
"Dodge it," Louise said.
As the flower Pokemon released two green vines from its body and then shot towards the Cubone. However, the ground Pokemon leapt to the side, ensuring that it missed him completely.
"Cubone uses bone club," Louise shouted getting into the rhythm of the battle.
"Dodge it and use razor leaf," he said in response.
Cubone charged toward Bellsprout with his bone club raised. As he moved to smash the club down on the grass and poison type Pokemon it jumped into the air, throwing leave sharper than knives at the Pokemon. This time Ash's attack hit Louise's Pokémon causing it to stumble.
"Cubone!" Louise shouted in worry.
Suddenly, the ground type threw its bone at the Bellsprout. It broke through the razor leaves easily, hitting Bellsprout who cried out in pain. That was a surprise.
"That was a new move, Bonerang," Brock said. "That is great Louise!"
The blonde haired girl beamed at her Pokemon who stood panting in front of Ash's injured Bellsprout. However, it looked like the flower Pokemon had barely broken a sweat. Louise supposed that it was due to all the endurance training Ash had done with all his Pokemon.
"Now, use wrap again and then follow up with poison powder," Ash ordered.
This time Cubone was fast enough to dodge and was caught in the green vines that squeeze him tightly. Then the yellow flower Pokemon released thick purple smoke from its gaping 'O' mouth. The cloud swift moved towards to Cubone who struggled in the vines.
"Cubone is unable to battle, Bellsprout wins," Brock announced.
"Bell, Bellsprout," the small Pokemon cheered before glowing white.
Louise gasped, "She is evolving."
When the glow receded, the grass and poison Pokemon had transformed. She now had a yellow, bell-shaped body with a single green leaf on either side. It had a wide, gaping mouth with pink lips and circular eyes. There were three green dots on her forehead and a small hooked-shaped stem.
"Weepinbell, the flycatcher Pokemon," Ash,s Pokedex said. "It spits out poison powder to immobilise the enemy and then finishes it with a spray of acid. This Weepinbell is female and knows the moves vine whip, wrap, poison powder, razor leaf, and acid."
"Good job, Weepinbell, Ash said and pointed his Pokeball at the flycatcher Pokemon. "Return."
"Ready Ash," Louise said as she returned her Cubone and called out her Squirtle.
"Spearow, I choose you," Ash smiled.
"Squirtle use water gun," Louise ordered.
"Fly higher to dodge, then come down for a peck," Ash said.
The avian Pokemon flew high into the blue sky causing the water gun to arc and fall back to the ground. The flying and normal type Pokemon then turned and dived towards the tiny turtle Pokemon. The then pecked furiously at it.
"Squirtle, withdraw," Louise called out and her Pokemon quickly obeyed.
Now, with the peak attack was ineffective, the Spearow moved from the water Pokemon. He knew it would not work now.
"Tackle," Louise then shouted quickly.
Her Squirtle then sprang out of its shell and sprinted towards the Spearow that was still relatively close to the ground. The bird Pokemon cried out in surprise and pain.
"Shake it off, Spearow," Ash shouted. "Then used aerial ace."
Spearow quickly recovered from the attack and began to climb into the air, its body glowing with the energy that was building up. He then dived down towards the Squirtle once again, the power building and building.
"Dodge!" Louise shouted.
"Follow it," Ash shouted as the Squirtle moved too early giving the Spearow enough time to adjust its attack.
"Squirtle!" the blue tiny turtle Pokemon exclaimed.
Spearow zoned in on the Squirtle. Getting closer and closer until. BANG!
Dust and dirt flew up into the air creating a cloud that masked the screen from Ash, Louise and Brock eyes. As it began to clear the friends gasped. There in the middle of the battlefield both the Pokemon lay unconscious on the ground.
"Spearow and Squirtle are unable to battle, it is a draw," Brock finally announced.
"Spearow return," Ash ordered before whispering to the Pokeball, "You did very well."
"Squirtle return," Louise said. "We'll get them next time."
"That was a great battle guys," Brock said as he walked over to his friends from the sidelines. "Louise you are getting stronger."
Ash's Pokemon
1)*Pikachu - Male - Electric
2) Pidgeotto - Female - Flying, Normal
3) Raticate - Female - Normal
4) Primeape - Male - Fighting
5) Gloom - Male - Grass, poison
6) Butterfree - Male -Bug
7) Rhyhorn - Female - Ground, Rock
8) Golbat - Female - Poison, Flying
9) Poliwag - Female - Water
10) Shiny Gyarados - Female - Water
11) *Bulbasaur - Male - Grass, Poison
12) Charizard - Male - Fire, Flying
13) Squirtle - Male - Water
14) Seadra - Male - Water
15) *Weepinbell - Female - Grass, Poison
16) Haunter - Male - Ghost, Poison
17) Parasect - Male - Bug, Grass
18)Nidorina - Female - Poison
19)Muk - Male - Poison
20) Magnemite - N/A - Electric, Steel
21) Dugtrio - Male - Ground
22) Ponyta - Female - Fire
23) Espeon - Female - Psychic
24) Eevee - Male - Normal
25) Umbreon - Male - Dark
26) Glaceon - Male - Ice
27)Jolteon - Male - Electric
28) Snorlax - Male - Normal
29) Jigglypuff - Female - Normal, Fairy
30) Venomoth - Male - Poison, Bug
31) Togepi - Female - Fairy
32) *Spearow - Male - Flying, Normal
33) Clefairy - Female - Fairy
34) Tangela - Male - Grass
35) *Dratini - Male - Dragon
36) Scyther - Male - Bug, Flying
37) *Elekid - Male - Electric
38) Shellder - Male - Water
39) Aerodactyl
Louise's Pokemon
1) Squirtle - Female - Water
2) Cubone - Male - Ground
3) Psyduck - Male - Water
4) Staryu - Male - Water
5) Starmie - Male - Water, Psychic
Brock's Pokemon
1) Geodude - Male - Rock
2) Rhyhorn - Female