Pokemon the Journey RB

by Penguinja

Enjoy a retelling of a classic adventure that combines elements of the games, anime and manga, all with the sense of humour of Penguinja and in first person. Red, a budding young Pokemon trainer, raised by a mother petrified (but very knowledgeable) of Pokemon, becomes a trainer in the Pokemon world. In his way are the gym leaders, Team Rocket and his bully of a rival, Blue.

37. Chapter 37: Random victories

Chapter 37: Random victories

Route 13, as mentioned, is popular among trainers. I would need to be ready to face quite a few.

Almost immediately, I initiated in a battle with a Jr Trainer.

The Jr Trainer sent out Pidgey. I sent out Snorlax. Snorlax used Headbutt on Pidgey., who just took it. Pidgey used Gust then Quick Attack, but Snorlax finished it off with a headbutt.

She then used Meowth. Snorlax was still out and it used Headbutt on Meowth. Meowth once again barely hung on. It used Bite back but Snorlax was once again the victor.

Another Pidgey was next. I was bored so I switched to Clefairy instead. It was here that I wanted to try out Clefairy's new move; Metronome. Clefairy waggled its fingers, then used Thunderbolt, knocking out Pidgey. I was impressed!

The final Pokemon was Pikachu. I had Clefairy use Metronome again, and it came out with Tri Attack, taking down half of Pikachu's HP. Pikachu came back with Thundershock. Clefairy used it once again, this time coming out with Hyper Beam! I had won!

I was having too much fun with this. Another Jr Trainer used Goldeen and Poliwag, which Clefairy took out with a Metronome Petal Dance. I was unstoppable!

"Well, I see you really like to use Metronome!" said a Rocker who was at the end of Route 12. "But what you are doing is kind of, well, stupid." I didn't know what he was talking about, so I challenged him to a battle.

His sent out Voltorb. I had Clefairy use Metronome which came out as Earthquake, knocking it out.

With that, the Rocker sent out his other Pokémon.

Electrode

101

Electric Type

Ball Pokemon

3'11"

146.8 lbs

It stores electric energy under very high pressure. It often explodes with little or no provocation.

Evolved from Voltorb at Lv 30.

I had Clefairy use Metronome, but it didn't do anything. Well, it did, but it just jumped up and down. "See how random Metronome is now?" the Rocker said. "One minute you may get Earthquake, the other, you might get Splash. Let's finish this!" Electrode used Self Destruct, knocking out both.

"Listen kid, I know Metronome can be exciting" said the Rocker at the end of the battle. "But it is a huge risk. Try not to rely too much on it in the future."

Shortly afterwards, I set up my tent to get ready to go down Route 13.