I think next chapter, I'm going to be doing a Bonus Chapter about Agena. It will probably be about her life now that Team Rocket is gone, and now she realizes how stupid she was for joining. I dunno, my writer's block is starting to fade, so maybe something better will come along. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer: I wish I could, but I can't… own Pokémon.


Chapter 47

It didn't take very long for Volkner and Schatten to reach Fuchsia City, nor did it take them long to reach the Pokémon Center and meet up with Alicia, who was, conveniently, having a soda. During the way, Volkner had told Schatten about Janine, who liked to hide her Pokémon and make her opponents helpless by getting rid of their sight and hearing with Smokescreen and Screech-like attacks, then finish them off while they were defenseless. Schatten didn't seem too worried.

"Aw, what took you guys so long?" Alicia asked them when they sat down with her after they gave their Pokémon to Nurse Joy. Volkner fake smiled at her.

"We don't have a Charizard that can just whisk us away." Volkner said. "How'd that feel, anyways? That's been your lifelong dream, to fly on a Pokémon's back." Alicia's face seemed to glow at the mention of the word 'fly'.

"God, it was amazing!" she said. "It was so much fun just looking down and seeing all the people who looked like Trapinch from up there." She sighed and came back from her fantasy land, looking at Schatten. "So, you going to enter the Indigo League?" Schatten nodded.

"Almost, I have this badge and the Vermilion Gym is last." he said.

"Is this your first time entering a Pokémon League?" Volkner asked him. Schatten shook his head.

"No, I entered the Ever Grande Conference about a year ago, and I lost during the Preliminaries." he said. "I took a break for a while to let my Pokémon rest, and then decided to come to Kanto." He took off his blue windbreaker, revealing a gray T-shirt underneath. "It is certainly a different place than Hoenn. For starters, the Battle Facilities I keep seeing around here. I have never seen those in Hoenn." Volkner nodded.

"I'm from Sinnoh, so I know how you feel." he said.

"Is this your first journey?" he asked.

"Yeah, but I have experience." Volkner said. "I run a Gym in Sunyshore City, ever hear of it?" Schatten shook his head.

"Not really. I don't know a lot about the Sinnoh region, but I might check it out after the competition." he said. "Maybe I'll battle you for a badge." Volkner smiled.

"Sure, but I wouldn't go easy on you." he replied. Nurse Joy walked up to their table and looked at Alicia.

"I checked out the sailing time for the boat to Cinnabar Island, and it won't be approaching Route 19 until the day after tomorrow." she said. "However, could I interest you in the Safari Zone? It's a place where you can capture many Pokémon not found anywhere else in the Kanto region."

"The Safari Zone? That sounds kinda fun." Alicia said. Nurse Joy looked at Volkner and smiled.

"Oh, hello Volkner." she said. "You're doing well, I presume?" Volkner nodded and took out his badge case.

"Yes, ma'am. Just one more to go." he said. She smiled.

"Good for you. I'll be rooting for you during the Indigo League." she said, bowing her head and walking off.

"Hey, Volkner, why don't we check out the Safari Zone tomorrow?" Alicia said to him. "It will give us something to do while we wait for the ship to arrive." Volkner took out his guidebook and turned to the Safari Zone page, under Fuchsia City.

"'The Safari Zone is a wild Pokémon preserve and is stocked with tons of Pokémon. You pay the fee and receive 30 Safari Balls. You are not allowed to use your own Pokémon during the Safari game.'" Volkner read off the guide. "Sounds interesting."

"Not to me." Schatten said. "I'll just enter the Gym tomorrow." He got up from his chair, wrapping his coat around his arm. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you guys at the Indigo League."

"We'll see." Volkner said, and Schatten waved as he walked down the hallway. Volkner turned towards Alicia. "How about we go up and get some sleep as well. I'm exhausted." Alicia shook her head, but then yawned and smiled wide.

"Alright, then. I guess I'm more tired than I thought I was." she said, getting up and walking to the lodge rooms with Volkner.

o 0 o

Volkner awoke later than he thought he would, about 11 o'clock. He got up from his bed, noticing that Alicia was still sleeping, and jumped in the shower. He needed one after the experiences he had with Team Rocket the past couple of days. Stopping Team Rocket in Silph Co., getting the Marsh and Rainbow badges, and defeating Mewthree along side Mew and Mewtwo. My Pokémon could use a couple days off for the non-stop action they've been going through as well. After jumping out of the shower and brushing his teeth, he decided to sneak out and grab his Pokémon from Nurse Joy. "How do they look, Nurse Joy?" he asked her as she handed him his Poké Balls.

"They are fine, but a little tired." she said, smiling.

"That's fine, I was going to give them the next couple of days off anyways." he said, taking the Poké Balls from the tray. "If the girl I was with last night comes out here, could you tell her I went out, and I'll be back in a little while." Nurse Joy nodded and Volkner walked out. He walked to a familiar place to the side of the town, where he had his first Gym Battle with Janine. It was quiet here, and the Apricorn tree from a while ago had old fruits, and was growing new ones as well. Volkner reached into his pockets and tossed the six Poké Balls in there, releasing his team.

"You guys have been working really hard for me, so I want you all to relax here for a while. It's a beautiful day out, so enjoy. But don't leave this clearing, okay?" His Pokémon all cheered and all split up. Ambipom jumped into a tree and laid down on a branch, relaxing and going to sleep. Jolteon and Luxray curled up in a sunny spot in the grass and also closed their eyes. Octillery crawled behind the bushes, finding a little pond to go soak in. Raichu and Electivire were exchanging ThunderShocks with each other. Volkner looked at his Pokémon and smiled, but then felt like someone was watching him. He looked around and suddenly, someone wearing a black jumpsuit jumped down from the trees.

"Volkner, it's nice to see you again." Janine said, smirking.

"Janine, don't you have anything better to do, like run a Gym?" Volkner said. Janine smirked again.

"I'm taking a break, after a trainer told me he came here with you." she said.

"For a Gym Leader, you take an awfully lot of breaks." he replied, rolling his eyes. Janine shrugged.

"So, what brings you back to Fuchsia, couldn't get enough of me?" she said, walking up to him.

"Actually, I came here so I could reach the boat to Cinnabar Island." Volkner said.

"Volkner!" Alicia yelled, walking up the path. She waved to his Electivire when it waved to her. "Who is this?"

"I am the Poisonous Ninja Master, Janine!" she said, getting into a ninja pose. "Who might you be?"

"Uh… I'm Alicia?" Alicia responded, kinda freaked out by Janine.

"And how do you know Volkner?" she asked Alicia.

"Uh… I travel with him?"

"WHAT?" Janine shouted, gasping. "Why! You don't look powerful to me?"

"Excuse me?" Alicia asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Why don't we battle, right now! One on one." Janine said, back flipping backwards and taking out a Poké Ball.

"Alicia, didn't you want to go to the Safari Zone?" Volkner asked her. Alicia scoffed.

"Sure, after I finish wiping that smirk off her face." she replied. "Butterfree, I choose you!" Her Butterfree burst out of its Poké Ball, fluttering around.

"Butterfree, huh? A pretty Pokémon for a pretty girl!" she mocked. "I think I might just puke. Here's a real Pokémon!" Janine jumped into the air and tossed a Poké Ball, releasing a red spider-like Pokémon. "Aria!" it said. "Ariados, let's show this girl why people don't mess with me! Poison Sting!" Ariados lifted its head and shot white needles from its mouth at Butterfree.

"Gust attack, now!" Alicia called. Butterfree started flapping its wings hard, making the white needles shooting at it start to spin and fly towards Ariados like disks.

"Ariados, Psychic attack!" Janine smirked. Ariados's eyes started to glow light blue and the needles started to glow blue as well. The needles then shot at Butterfree again, this time glowing light blue.

"Psybeam now!" Alicia called. Butterfree shot a purple beam from its eyes at the needles. The attack burst through them like they were nothing and hit Ariados head on. Janine gasped.

"Ariados!" she yelled.

"Butterfree, use Gust to blow it away!" Alicia called. Butterfree started to flap its wings again, this time its target was Ariados.

"To the sky Ariados!" Janine called. Immediately, Ariados shot out a String Shot attack from its mouth to the sky and jumped, the String Shot tying around a tree branch and swinging Ariados like Tarzan. "Now, Poison Jab!" Ariados cut the string from its mouth, flipped, and flung at Butterfree, jumping on it and stabbing it with one of its legs that was glowing purple. The attack caught Alicia by surprise and Butterfree fell to the ground with Ariados on top of it. "Clip its wings so it can't escape!" Ariados did what its master told it to do and it put a set of legs on each wing, pinning it to the ground.

"Butterfree, Supersonic!" Alicia shouted. Butterfree nodded and started releasing light blue circles from its mouth at Ariados. Ariados started to wobble around, giving Butterfree enough strength to jump out of Ariados's grasp. "Great, now, use Psybeam!" Butterfree's eyes started to glow purple and it shot a beam from its eyes at Ariados, making it fall to the ground.

"Ariados is unable to battle!" Volkner called, surprised at how easily Alicia beat Janine. He looked at Janine, who's jaw was basically touching the ground.

"What! That's the third loss today! What is wrong with me?" Janine said, recalling her Ariados. "You're not too bad, but if you went up against my father, you'd lose. Anyways, did you guys say you were going to the Safari Zone?" Both of them nodded. "Hey, that's not to far from here! I'll walk you guys there." Alicia recalled her Butterfree, and Volkner recalled his party, and they set off. Janine jumped into the trees and started jumping from tree to tree very ninja-like. Then, when they walked out to the middle of town, Alicia and Volkner had to keep up with Janine, who was running and flipping from building to building.

"She's definitely a good ninja!" Alicia said as they jogged to keep up with her. Finally, after about 10 minutes, the ninja girl stopped in front of an old fashion house off to the side of town, and next to it was a large wooden gate. Above, carved into the wood were the words 'Safari Zone'.

"This is it. Just go inside the office building, and the warden Kaiser will help you out." Janine said. "He's a little scary, so don't say anything that will get him angry. See you later." And with that, she turned around and started running down the street. Volkner and Alicia turned around and walked into the office building. Inside was a front desk, a potted plant in the corner, a bunch of black-and-white pictures of a man with different Pokémon, and a couch for sitting. Alicia sat on the couch and started to pant.

"That girl has a lot of energy." she said. Volkner walked up to the front counter and rung the bell.

"Hold on, I'll be with you in a minute." a gruff voice said from the back. An old man walked out from where the voice had talked. He wore a blue shirt with a red vest over it, and he had white cargo pants, but around his waist he had two belt holsters, which each held a black pistol. "Yeah, what do 'ya want?" he said. Alicia stood up.

"We're here for a Safari Game!" she said. The man scoffed and walked up to the front desk.

"My name is Kaiser, I'm the caretaker of the Safari Zone." he said. "I'll also be watching you, so I'll know if you break the rules." He took out a orange bucket and put it under a white machine. The machine started spitting out Poké Balls with camouflage patterns on them. "You are not allowed to use your own Pokémon to weaken the Pokémon you wish to capture, only the Safari Balls. You will also be given a rod to use." The machine stopped spitting out Safari Balls and Kaiser grabbed them, putting a rod on top of it. "That will be 500 Poké." Alicia reached into her pocket and pulled out 500 Poké, putting it on the counter. Kaiser put the money in the cash register.

"Excuse me, sir." Volkner said. "I don't plan on capturing any Pokémon, but is it alright if I go in for free so I can watch my friend?" Kaiser's squinty eyes flashed and suddenly, Volkner was face-to-face with a black revolver.

"Pay, or you don't go in, understand?" he said. Volkner nodded slowly and put the cash on the counter, the man putting the revolver down when he did. Kaiser turned around and started preparing a bucket for him.

"Um, I'm not going to capture any Pokémon, sir?" Volkner said. Suddenly, he heard the clicking sound of Kaiser turning to safety off on the gun and Volkner jumped up. "Well, maybe I'll take them anyways!"

"Okay, you have a half an hour to capture as many Pokémon as you want." Kaiser said, opening the huge wooden gates. "I'll call you on your PokéGear." Volkner and Alicia walked through the gate, and Kaiser closed it behind them.

"Wow, that man is scary." Alicia said, and shrugged. "Oh, well, let's find some Pokémon!" The Safari Zone was very large, and was surrounded by trees, tall grass and a large lake in the middle. Everywhere you looked, there were wild Pokémon walking or running around. A group of Nidorino and Nidorina ran across the path, and a baby Paras tried to keep up with a group Parasect.

"Are there even any Flying-type Pokémon here?" Volkner asked her. She shrugged, walking up the path.

"There must be, I mean, there are tons of Pokémon here, one of them has to be Flying-type!" Alicia said. "Take a look in the trees and in bushes." Above them, a Venomoth flew overhead. "Look, a Venomoth! Aw, it will make a cute couple with my Butterfree!" She took out a Safari Ball. "I wonder how good these things are at capturing Pokémon?" Volkner turned around and looked at her, noticing a green blur behind her. The blur jumped into the air, looking at Alicia fiercely, however, she didn't notice. The green Pokémon was large, and it had two giant scythes for arms, and on its back were cream colored wings.

"Alicia!" Volkner screamed, his hand reaching for one of his Poké Balls. Alicia turned around and screamed as soon as the Scyther brought its claw down to strike her. Alicia screamed and instinctively put her hands out in front of her, not knowing she was holding a Safari Ball. The Scyther's claw whacked the Safari Ball, causing it to open up and suck it in. The ball started to shake, but then silver sparks came off of it and it pinged. Both of them let out a huge breath of relief.

"That was way too close for comfort." Alicia said. "Just think what would have happened if I didn't take out that Poké Ball." She looked down at it. "Is Scyther even a Flying-type?" Volkner nodded.

"It's a Bug and Flying type." he said. "But we'll have to be careful from now on. It seems the Pokémon here aren't afraid to attack." Volkner and Alicia walked forward, and a brown bug Pokémon with large horns on its head came out of the bushes next to them.

"I think that's a Pinsir?" Alicia called as the Pokémon clanked its horns together. It seemed to be warning them of something. Volkner looked behind it and saw a nest.

"Look, it's protecting its babies." Volkner said, pointing to a hole in the ground, where big-eyed baby Pinsir head poked up from the ground. "We should move along before it attacks us." Alicia nodded and they approached a large lake with a small island in the middle.

"This place is amazing. All the wild Pokémon that live here with their families. You'd never see this much Pokémon anywhere else!" Alicia said. Suddenly, a blue and white head popped out of the lake and it rested its head on the ground. It was a serpent-like Pokémon with two fins on its head and it had a large white nose. "Volkner, look! It's a Dratini! They are suppose to be so rare!" The Dratini opened its eyes slowly and looked at them. It looked hurt and it looked like it was suffering as well.

"I think it's hurt." Volkner said. Slowly, he approached the Dragon Pokémon. It didn't seem to care that Volkner approached it, either that or it was too weak to move. Volkner reached into the water and lifted it up. On the side of it was a deep wound that was purple with its blood. Alicia gasped and looked like she was about to cry. "It needs help." He put the Dratini on the ground and took out a orange and yellow bottle, a Super Potion, from his backpack. "This might sting, Dratini, but you will feel a lot better." He sprayed the wound and Dratini called out in pain. Alicia walked up to it and started petting its head.

"It's alright. The sting is just the medicine's way of telling you it's working." Alicia said. Finally, Dratini calmed down, laying its head down on Alicia's lap. "What could have done that?" Volkner looked at the hole and thought. The wound was a perfect circle, so it must have been a horn or something. Behind them, they heard a splash of water and a Psyduck came out, holding its butt like something poked it. Down below, a Seaking was swimming out of the water, ready to strike again. However, Psyduck's eyes started to glow light blue and it moved itself onto the island using Confusion. The Seaking turned around and swam to the bottom of the ocean. Many Magikarp, Goldeen, and other various Water Pokémon swam away from the Seaking, but it turned around and started going after a Poliwag.

"I got it!" Volkner said. "The Seaking did this wound. And it's going around and harassing the other Water Pokémon!" Volkner took off his coat and took out a Poké Ball.

"Volkner, we're not allowed to use our Pokémon!" Alicia whispered. Volkner ignored her and threw the Poké Ball, releasing his Octillery.

"STOP!" a voice said. It was Kaiser, and he was running up to them, both pistols in his hand. "You are not allowed to use your Pokémon! Now, recall it, or I will put a round in your backside!"

"Sorry, old man, but that Seaking in there is hurting Pokémon, like that Dratini, and it needs to be stopped!" Volkner said, pointing at Dratini. "Let's go, Octillery." And with that, he dived in the lake. Kaiser looked at the Dratini, but then cried out when he saw the healing wound on Dratini's side. Compassion filled his squinty eyes and he kneeled down, petting the Dratini.

"You know." Kaiser said to Alicia. "You've got a good friend." She smiled.

"I know."

o 0 o

It was hard to see without any goggles on, but the water was deep and bright enough for Volkner to see all the Pokémon. At the bottom of the lake, many Magikarp and Goldeen cowered, scared that they would be Seaking's next target. Suddenly, a blue round object sped by and hid behind him. It was the Poliwag that Seaking was chasing. In front of him, he could see a orange and white object approaching. Seaking. he thought. "Octillery, Octazooka!" Volkner called as best as he could, hoping that Octillery could understand him. He was guessing Octillery did as it fired an orange blast at Seaking from its mouth. Seaking dodged out of the way and swam in for a Horn Attack. "Keep it away with Aurora Beam!" Octillery nodded and fired a rainbow-colored beam from its mouth, hitting the Seaking and sending it back. Volkner felt pressure on his lungs, he needed air now! As quick as he could, he swam to the top, took a deep breath, and dove back under.

Octillery and Seaking were slamming into each other. I can't have Octillery use Charge Beam, unless I want to fry every single Pokémon in here. "Bullet Seed now!" Volkner called. Octillery took a deep breath and fired multiple golden seeds at Seaking. Seaking, however, knew how to move around in the water, and dodged every one by swimming in a circular motion. Suddenly, the Seaking's horn started to spin like a drill and it swam at Octillery. "Dodge it!" Volkner called. Octillery swam out of the way, but the orange and white blur in the water didn't go after Octillery, it continued to go straight, and at Volkner. He felt his lungs starting to burn with the need for air, but if he swam up, the Seaking will most likely turn him into a shish kabob.

o 0 o

"Do you think it will be alright, Mr. Kaiser?" Alicia asked. The Dratini hadn't moved for a couple minutes, just resting on Alicia's lap. Volkner had come up for air about one minute ago, and he should have been coming up just about. He could hold his breath for a while since he basically swam all his life, but it had still been a long time, even for him. Before Kaiser could answer the girl, the Dratini's head raised and it looked at the water. "Dratini, what's wrong?" she asked. Dratini called out and it jumped into the air gracefully, diving into the water. "Dratini!"

"I hope your friend isn't in danger." Kaiser said, getting up and looking into the water.

o 0 o

Volkner braced for impact as the Seaking got closer and closer to him, the horn on its head spinning so fast, bubbles were coming off it. Suddenly, heard a small splash, and a shimmering green orb shot and hit Seaking, catching it by surprise. Volkner looked up at the Dratini that was swimming towards him, but Volkner started choking and his vision started to fade. Dratini let out a loud cry, and he felt something push on his back as he started to float to the surface at a very quick speed. Finally, he reached the top, gasping for breath. The thing underneath him moved out and came up next to him. It was a long blue Pokémon that looked a lot like a longer Dratini. It had an orb underneath its chin, and instead of fins on its ears, it looked like small wings were attached to it.

"My old friend, how are you?" Kaiser said. The Dragonair nodded, and it looked at Volkner. He noticed it had a plus shaped scar on the corner of its horn.

"C'mon, Dragonair, let's stop this big bully." Volkner said, sucking in a large gulp of air and going underwater. Dragonair followed him. Underwater, both Octillery and Dratini were fighting the Seaking. Octillery kept firing Bullet Seeds and Dratini kept firing Dragon Pulses, and Seaking just kept swimming out of the way. Dragonair swam up in front of Volkner and fired a blue stream of electricity from its horn at the Seaking. The electricity wrapped around Seaking, making it unable to move its body. "Octillery, use Bullet Seed now!" Volkner called. Despite the muffled sound, Octillery blasted Seaking with golden seeds. The blue electric rope snapped and Seaking swam off as fast as it could. Volkner recalled Octillery and swam up to the surface with Dratini and Dragonair. "The Pokémon won't be bothered by that Seaking for a long, long time." he said, getting out of the water. Dragonair nodded and sank into the water. Dratini, however, jumped out and laid down on Alicia's lap. Kaiser laughed.

"It seems that Dratini has taken a liking to you two." Kaiser said, tossing her a Safari Ball from her bucket. She caught it, smiled, and poked Dratini with it, the Dragon Pokémon going into the ball and not coming out. "Good thing, too. Your half an' hour is up." Volkner and Alicia started walking back to the front desk with Kaiser.

"So, you like your two new Pokémon?" Volkner said, wiping his face with his jacket. She nodded.

"Now I have six Pokémon!" she said, counting the Poké Balls on her belt. Volkner nodded.

"You've come a long way as a Trainer, Alicia." he said. "I still remember the little girl who thought her puny Charmander could beat my Electivire." Alicia blushed and Volkner laughed. "But, if we ever battled, it might be pretty evenly matched." Alicia shook her head.

"I've still got a long way until I get to your level." she said. "Also, Scyther and Dratini needs more training."


Okay, all done with this chapter. I wanted Alicia to battle Janine since they were visiting Fuchsia and Janine was a fun character to write, and for them to go to the Safari Zone, so I morphed them both into one chapter. I wish that the Alicia/Janine battle would have been longer, but I needed room for the evil Seaking, didn't I? And now, Alicia has a team of six Pokémon (Charizard, Butterfree, Wingull, Murkrow, Scyther, and Dratini)! Now for the reviews:

yomaster:

Well, make sure you tell me the name of the story once it is up, okay? I haven't checked out your profile yet, since I don't know the name of it? You need to tell me, okay?

Nianque:

I didn't get the description wrong? I copied it from the PM you sent me that I saved, and you never gave me a description about his hair, so I just thought about what I thought of him, and he had very dark green hair in my mind.

Zeta Rubii Naruto:

It don't matter you haven't reviewed, just as long as I know your reading! Those two chapters seem to be everyone's favorites, probably because they are big battle scenes, no fillers.

Serpent's Ballet:

Yeah, I'd figured Zachery needed another cameo so the Gym wouldn't be forgotten… or burned to the ground (lol). I sprite when I need to see my imagination, and I write when I need to say my imagination, so I've been doing it for a while. My writer's block is almost gone… I think I just need to get past the Agena chapter… I hope.

Ein Storm:

Yes, Sabrina is still as creepy as ever. But she won't be a problem thanks to Houndoom and Mightyena (Psychic attacks don't work on Dark types). Well, in the games that's how it goes, but Giovanni was kicked out as Gym Leader 3 years ago when Red (the male player of FR/LG) found out he was the leader of Team Rocket. His rival (Blue) became Gym Leader of Viridian. Volkner beat him as his second badge. See, because Volkner started in Fuchsia, his badges are out of order (in the games, anyway), and now he has to come back around to Cinnabar to get his final badge, since he never went there. Does that clear things up?

Okay, that's it. Expect the Agena Bonus Chapter next chapter… if I ever get it written. I'm so sorry guys, but this one will be up faster than this one… I hope. Alright, thanks for reading/reviewing. See you next chapter!