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Generation V
Episode 45, A Boy Named Vinny
The boy walked into the dark forest, hungry, cold, tired, sore, and lonely. He continued to run, trying to forget the past that he couldn't remember. The dark secrets that were revealed to him. But in the shadows he could not forget. His secret may be within himself, but the shadows would always be with him, haunting his subconscious mind, dragging him down into the dark abyss…
"Who am I?" The boy asked no one. He was at a young age of twelve, with no idea of anything. His mind was a mess, with holes on every thing he concentrated on. He struggled to even come up with a memory, because he had none. His clothes were practically rags, his feet bruised and bloody, and his fear was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. He didn't know what to be afraid of, and the mystery in itself scared him. He was alone, helpless, weak, and confused.
He heard a noise come from his side, he looked to see what it was, but it appeared to be nothing. He walked over to the area, trembling, but found nothing. He heard a growling from behind and saw a black and gray dog standing, looking very angry. His angry, ruby red eyes glared at him, causing the boy to tremble uncontrollably. He saw the creature, and a word appeared in his mind!
"M-Mi-Mightyena?" He asked, despite the fact that he knew the creature would not respond to that. He Mightyena walked slowly towards the boy, waiting to enjoy its foreign weak prey. It smelled odd to it, but it smelled afraid just the same. The Mightyena cornered the boy; with his fear so strong his legs gave out and then leaped! The boy closed his eyes, preparing for the pain, but heard the creature howl in pain! He opened his eyes to see a boy, maybe a couple years older than him, smack the Mightyena in the head with a thick branch!
"He's strong!" The boy said in amazement. The hero smacked the Mightyena on the head, and pointed towards an area away from the boy. The Mightyena, not wanting to get smacked in the head, ran off. The larger boy looked at the battered and bruised child.
"Are you okay?" He asked. The younger boy nodded. The boy looked him up and down. "No you're not, you look like you've been trampled by a herd of elephants!" He held out his hand, and pulled the boy up. "My name's Derek. Derek Pierce!" He asked the boy his own name, but he shrugged.
"I-I-I don't know what my name is…" He replied. "I don't even know where I am, or anything else about me for that matter!"
"Well, you know what everything else is, right? Like you know how to brush your teeth and all that other crap, right?" Derek asked. The boy nodded. "Well, I think I can help you out!" He pointed to an area of the forest. They ran over to see a large city, however, there wasn't a hint of smog from factories in sight!
"This is Pallet City," Derek said. "This is the city where I live!"
"Wow, it's so big!" The boy said. "I've only traveled to small villages!"
"Well, as far as Pokemon goes, Pallet City is the number one place to be!"
"Why's that?"
"Well, I'll have to explain that later!" He said. He started walking down the hill they were standing on. "Come on, I can get you some help at my house!" The two followed down a long pathway, but eventually reached Derek's house. The boy met his father, who looked exactly like Derek, but just bigger. He was a large man, and looked like he could have been breaking quarterbacks in half! Derek's father just stared at the boy, looking with concern and surprise on his face. It wasn't everyday that your son befriends an amnesiac child.
"Hello son," He said. "Umm… who's your… friend?"
"He doesn't have a name, dad," Derek explained. "He has amnesia." The boy nodded, slightly ashamed. "He needs some clothes, food, and a place to stay for a bit!"
"Now, you really shouldn't let strangers in the house!" He scolded. The boy realized what he meant, and looked down in sadness. "But I'll make an exception just this once!"
"Think you sir!" The boy yelled.
Several hours later, the boy was fed well (eating four servings!), and Derek and his father took him out to help him get some new clothes. They said he'd attract way too much attention if he went out in his rags, and the boy didn't doubt it. They entered the Wal-Mart, simply picked out some clothes that fit and the boy was now dressed in a gray t-shirt, with blue jeans and some nice, cheap white and red tennis shoes. They were about to exit the store, when-
"Excuse me, coming through!" A voice cried. It was a small man, about twenty running at the boy! He crashed into him, and the boy fell over. The man dropped a wallet, but continued to run from the store.
"Hey mister, you dropped this!" The boy yelled. The man couldn't hear him, and he turned around, only to have another person crash into him!
"Watch where you're going!" The voice said. It belonged to a girl about the boy's age with long, dark brown hair and dark, deep brown eyes. They fell on their butts, rubbing their foreheads. She then caught a glimpse of the wallet. "That's my wallet!"
"Wallet?" Derek asked. "But you're a girl!" The girl looked at Derek, anger obviously flashing in her eyes.
"I see, just because I'm a girl means I have to drag a purse around all the time!" She asked angrily. "I'll let you know that I don't use make-up or carry perfume around all the time! I'd rather carry a wallet since they're easier to carry, and they're harder to be pick pocketed from!"
"But in your case, you still got pick pocketed," Derek replied.
"You mean this wallet doesn't belong to that man?" The boy asked. He opened the wallet to see a student ID card. "Kelsey Richton, age 11, student of Pallet City elementary," He read.
"Excuse me, but do you go through everyone's wallets like that?" the girl named Kelsey asked angrily. It seemed that the only way she could speak was by yelling, which was starting to give the boy a headache. "I've never seen you around, who are you anyway?" Derek was about to reply, but the boy spoke up.
"I'm Vincent!" he said. He then covered his mouth as if he said something dirty. He remembered his name! "Hey! I remember my name!" He yelled with pure glee, jumping high into the air.
"Vincent, huh?" Derek asked. "That sounds too dumb. How about we call you Vinny?"
"Fine by me!" He yelled. He was too happy to even notice what Derek just said, but he just grabbed Derek and Kelsey's hand and started dancing around like a moron. "I'm Vinny! I'm Vinny!" Vinny eventually lost his balance, and toppled over on top each other. It was a puzzle of kids, and Vinny continued to burst with laughter. Derek joined in too, happy that his new friend was happy, and Kelsey, still confused, laughed out of the pure stupidity of the situation.
Eventually they noticed everyone in the store looked at them. They stood up, faces as red as cherries. The four left the Wal-Mart, probably never to enter again.
"So you're in the fifth grade?" Vinny asked, and Kelsey nodded.
"Next year I'll be entering the Pokemon Academy!" She said proudly.
"Well, I'll be entering the Academy next year, too," Derek said. "I've already passed grade school, but I'm taking a year to unwind and relax before I start my training to become a Pokemon trainer."
"Then I'll go to that school too!" Vinny said. "I'll be a trainer and we can all hang out together at school!"
"All things considered, you can't kid," Mr. Pierce said. "You have to have passed the fifth grade, and I don't really think you've had a day of school in your life!"
"Well, there has to be some way I can enter!" Vinny protested.
"Well, there is one way…" Kelsey said. "But you probably wouldn't be able to do it anyway!"
"How?" Vinny asked.
"There is this boy I know, his name is Thomas Canin. He's about thirteen years old, but he is starting the academy next year like the rest of us, but he's expected to have the top grades in the Pokemon battling division."
"Why's that?" Derek asked.
"His father owns the VPA, and he practically lives there, always playing either the computer or other players!"
"VPA?" Vinny asked.
"Virtual Pokemon Arcade." Mr. Pierce explained. "It's like having a Pokemon battle but with fake Pokemon."
"Why do people fight with Pokemon?" Vinny asked. Derek and his father sweat dropped, and Kelsey just had a face of slight annoyance on her face.
"The reason Pokemon battle with us is a mystery, but many Pokemon enjoy having friendly fights, or a Pokemon battle," Kelsey explained. "It started ever since the first days Pokemon were discovered, but those fights probably saved the human race from large wars, though.
"Why's that?"
"Because, long ago, the region of Johto and the region where we live in right now, Kanto, had a legal dispute that eventually turned out to bring great violence. Instead of going to war and wasting thousands of deaths just to prove a point, they had the two best trainers from each of their countries fight. That took place about 185 years ago!"
"The story of the Supreme Champion," Mr. Pierce said.
"Yes," Kelsey nodded. "The Supreme Champion was a powerful trainer by the name of Ash Ketchum. He traveled across the world, gathering powerful Pokemon worldwide, and beating all the gym leaders. But most of all he had a kind heart, unlike most celebrities now a days. Well, Ash Ketchum and a Johto trainer by the name of Chris Silver fought a Pokemon battle. The match ended up with Kanto losing because Ash threw the fight at the very end. His Pikachu was about to finish off the opposing Lugia, who was weakened already by his Charizard, Sceptile, and Crawdaunt. Lugia was about to be finished, but Ash ordered his Pikachu to stop. Lugia managed to faint Pikachu with a weak attack and win. He wasn't the best trainer around, but he was the most kindest people have ever known!"
Mr. Pierce started to laugh. Kelsey asked him what was so funny.
"It's nothing, it's just that my grandfather once told me that the argument was the presidents of Johto and Kanto were arguing about what tasted better, oran berries or sitrus berries. The media got the argument out and a riot broke out in Saffron City while at the same moment a riot broke out in Goldenrod City. After that chaos ensued!"
"So they almost went to war because of berries?" Vinny asked, confused. "What kind of morons would to that?"
"Politicians…" He replied.
"Well, this guy Thomas Canin will probably be at the VPA, so you're gonna have to prove your abilities by beating him in a virtual battle!" Kelsey said, bringing the conversation back to its original topic.
"All right, then lets go right now!" Vinny said, standing up. "I'll battle him as soon as I get there!"
"Do you even know how to battle?" Derek asked.
"Not even a clue!" Vinny replied. Everyone sweat dropped. "But I know I can beat this guy! He can't be too tough, can he?"
"You've no idea…" Kelsey answered. The three kids left Derek's house in search of the VPA, and to battle Thomas Canin in a VPA battle.
"So, who's my next victim?" Thomas cockily said. He had long black hair that went down to his shoulders, and white t-shirt and shorts. You could practically put a cocky smile in his eyes. At first glance you'd think he's an ass hole, and his attitude wouldn't change your opinion.
"I'll go!" Vinny yelled. "I wanna enter the academy so I'm gonna beat you!"
"Kid, you I'm pretty sure you won't beat me, and you really don't look like the Pokemon trainer type!"
"Well, at least I don't look like a girl with that stupid long hair!" Vinny replied. It was a weak comeback, and Thomas didn't exactly break down in tears.
"Well, are we gonna battle or not?" He asked. "I'm sure I've got better opponents waiting for me!"
"Umm…" Vinny looked through a list of currently usable Pokemon. There were only Bulbasaur, Machop, Sandshrew, Rattata, Pidgey, and Eevee. "I'll use a Machop!" The fighting type looked at Thomas, or rather the Pokemon in front of him.
"What's that Pokemon?" Vinny asked. He had a faint voice in his mind, saying something to him. Suddenly, he blurted out, "Golduck!"
"That's right!" He said. "And this Golduck is capable of knocking out your opponent in one hit! psybeam attack!" Golduck concentrated hard, and a beam of psychic energy struck Machop! Machop fell to the ground, and fainted with one hit!
"No way!" Vinny yelled. "I didn't even get a chance to make a hit!" Thomas smirked.
"Yeah, well that's the way Pokemon battles go!" He said, speaking like a true ass hole.
"Well, you better watch out some day, because you're gonna lose!" Vinny scolded. "And that person that beats you will be me!"
"I doubt that!"
"I'm not talking about a fake battle, I'm talking about a real battle with real Pokemon! My Pokemon will crush yours!" Thomas shrugged off the warning.
"Next please!" Vinny walked off the battle arena, and walked out of the place, where Derek and Kelsey waited for them.
"Where were you?" Vinny asked. "I was all there alone without a clue of what to do!"
"Sorry, but the place was full after you got in, so we weren't let in," Derek explained.
"So, how badly did you lose?" Kelsey asked. "Let me guess, he beat you with one blow, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"It's obvious that you suck at battles, and that's why we're gonna help you!" Kelsey said. "I bet you don't even know the basics of battling, do you?" Vinny shook his head. "Well, let me explain…" As they walked home, Kelsey explained the basics of battles. Vinny didn't pay much attention, though, because he only had one thing in his mind, there's gotta be a way to fight evenly with him!"
Preview:
Vinny: I'm ready for you now!
Thomas: Really, I doubt it!
Vinny: There's no way that you can beat me, you're just an arrogant jerk that couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag!
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Kelsey: Next episode, Putting it to the Test; Thomas vs. Vinny! (Look forward to it please!)
A.N. (Sitting behind a counter that says FFNet News on it). It is I, BlackEcho17 with some important news. A rare Pokemon has been spotted in nearby Pallet City. Reports say it was a blue blur, saying it was almost flying through the air as if it was soundless. There is no proof of this statement, but we are currently looking into it. Also, Pallet City has some shady characters wandering around the forest at night. No one knows what he or she is doing, but we believe they belong to an evil syndicate of some sort. In other news, I am facing a truckload of writer's block, and to top that off, this week is semester exams (I miss middle school…). This is a warning saying to not expect any new chapters this week. That's all the news for today and I'm BlackEcho17, and this is the Fan Fiction Net News!
