All for the sake of Krabby

It was really dark when Danny, Richard and Janine made their small camp. They had also been quite tired from a long day of traveling, but neither one is a good excuse for them missing all the lights and giant buildings of Celadon City less than a kilometer away.

So when the next morning some citizens of Celadon made their morning walk they couldn't do anything else but laugh when they saw the small camp just out of the big city.

Danny was, as usual, the last to get up.

"Good morning guys." He yawned. "If sleeping in these tents wasn't this crappy I would sure be able to go back to bed."

Richard and Janine had already seen where they had camped out and where waiting for Danny to realize. Sadly for them, Danny didn't.

"What are we having for breakfast?" He asked.

"We could go to a restaurant." Janine tried to say without laughing.

"I guess the Pokémon center has some nice breakfast to." Richard raised.

"Have you guys gone nuts? We are in the middle of nowhere." Danny said, making a crazy sign with his hands.

Richard walked behind Danny and turned the 15 year old around so he faced the city.

"Wait, when did that city get there?" Danny asked

"Who has gone nuts?" Janine said to Richard, who grinned.

"This is, according to my map, Celadon City, we must have missed it last night." Richard said.

"So breakfast at a restaurant?" Danny asked and the other two nodded.

One hour later

"You must admit, that tasted better than the breakfast you expected" Janine grinned while they walked out of the restaurant they had just eaten.

Danny started to laugh. "Yes it was better. Way better." Charmander growled in approval.

"I think I'm going to train up the gang for the gym here." Danny said and Charmander nodded.

"You could do that, but shouldn't you find the gym first?" Richard asked.

Danny looked around him. "Eh, I don't know?"

"According to the map Celadon is the biggest city in the region with a lot of inhabitants and even more buildings. There is the Game Corner and that giant thing over there is the Celadon Department Store. If they don't have it, it doesn't exist." Richard said while pointing towards a giant tower near the west.

"We should go there first." Janine said.

"Wait, no. First we need to find….." Danny stopped talking as he saw a sign with the words 'Greatest Pokémon Trainer' on it. An arrow pointed towards the west as well.

"Who could that be?" Danny asked out loud.

"I don't know. Maybe the gym leader?" Richard tried.

"It could be an Elite 4…" Janine added.

"What if it is the Champion?" Danny said dreamy.

"Well, since we guys don't really have anything to do anyway, we can go find out." Janine started walking in the direction the arrow pointed to.

"I guess so, what about you Charmander?" Danny asked his Fire type friend. Charmander answered by quickly following Janine, so Richard and Danny followed as well.

The yelling and battle noises got louder the closer they got, and eventually they could see a Spearow flying rounds above what looked to be a Graveler.

Danny had his Pokédex quickly ready and looked up the giant rock formation:

Graveler, the Rock Pokémon. It rolls on mountain paths to move. Once it builds thrust, no Pokémon can stop it without difficulty.

"That Spearow doesn't stand a change." Richard sighed.

"Graveler, Rock Throw!" They heard a way to familiar voice say.

"Could it be….." Danny suddenly remembered the only person it could be.

Meanwhile, Graveler had started ejecting rocks from its own body and threw them towards the Spearow. The last one was knocked out after the first rock hit.

"Spearow is unable to battle, which makes Marcel the victor!"

"Hah, that's 10 in a row." Marcel said.

"Are you kidding me?" Danny said, semi-angry. "Why does that guy keep showing up everywhere we go?"

"Who is that guy?" Janine whispered to Richard.

"He's Danny's rival and, even though Danny beat him twice, thinks he is way stronger." Richard responded.

Danny had already walked into Marcel's sight, who started to laugh.

"Look who it is! If it isn't the guy that couldn't evolve his Weedle." Marcel mocked. The crowd started to laugh.

"You better shut that big mouth." Danny responded. "Even as a Weedle he had no problem beating your Raticate." Marcel didn't knew how to react directly, even though he could have expected such a comeback.

"Anyway, you want to battle the strongest Pokémon trainer?" He said.

"Sure I would, where is he?" Danny managed to have the upper hand against Marcel for once.

"You're looking at him." Marcel responded angrily.'

"How are you the strongest Pokémon trainer and yet you haven't evolved your Graveler." Danny's eyes met with Marcel's and it was clear that the entire 'not able to evolve your Pokémon' argument between the two was finished now.

"I am the strongest trainer because I easily beat Erika and thus have four badges on my belt. How many do you have?" Marcel said proudly.

"I'm on my way to get my fourth, but I will make a time to beat you too if you'd like." Danny smiled.

"Bring it on. Graveler, you're up again." Graveler growled angry, ready to battle.

"Krabby, how about you show this guy some manners." Danny said.

"Will this be a one-on-one or a two-on-two battle?" A guy, who acted as a referee, asked.

"Make it two-on-two, that's more interesting." Marcel grinned.

"Okay then. Battlers read? Begin!"

"Graveler, use Rock Throw!" Marcel commanded.

"Krabby, use Bubble." Danny ordered.

"Graveler started to shoot rocks from its body again and one or two hit Krabby, which knocked the latter down. The water type still managed to get a Bubble attack into the air and it hit Graveler hard.

"Krabby, another Bubble!" Krabby used the attack again and Graveler fell down.

"Come on Graveler, show them real strength. Use Rollout." Graveler rolled up and now looked like a giant stone, as it started rolling around the battlefield.

"Krabby, watch out for it!" The crab Pokémon had to keep jumping as Graveler seemed to get faster and faster.

"Use Bubble to slow it down." The Bubble did hit but it couldn't slow down the Rock Pokémon. Graveler hit Krabby and the crab Pokémon flew off the battlefield, unconscious.

"Return Krabby, you did great." Danny returned the Water type. "Bellsprout, get in on the action."

"Ha, one down, one more to go." Marcel mocked.

"Bellsprout use Vine Whip!" Bellsprout released two vines and struck Graveler that hard, that not only did it stop rolling, it also rolled back and fell to the ground. Defeated.

"You were saying?" Danny grinned.

The crowd was uttered: Graveler had been undefeated for 5 matches and now this Bellsprout had defeated it with one hit.

"Graveler return, go Ivysaur." Marcel let out his Starter Pokémon, who had evolved into an Ivysaur.

"I see your Charmander is no Charmeleon yet, seems like I'm still ahead of you." Marcel started to laugh.

"Bellsprout, use Acid!" Bellsprout released a purple acid-like fluid from its mouth towards Ivysaur, who had no idea what hit him.

"Who said you should stop battling." Danny said.

"Bellsprout, use Acid again."

"Ivysaur, use Tackle."

Even though Ivysaur was hit by another Acid attack it still managed to throw Bellsprout far away with Tackle.

"Grab it with Vine Whip!" Marcel commanded.

"Bellsprout, use Vine Whip to get away from there."

"Bellsprout pushed itself into the air with his vines and it escaped Ivysaur easily.

"Now, use another Acid attack."

"Ivysaur, Tackle it."

Ivysaur jumped into the air and managed to hit Bellsprout before it could attack, launching the latter into the ground.

"Bellsprout, are you okay?"

The Flower Pokémon got back up. He was hurt, but not yet defeated.

"Ivysaur, use Tackle again!"

This time Bellsprout couldn't get away in time and the Ivysaur's head hit hard. Bellsprout did a few steps back and fell down.

"Bellsprout is defeated, which makes Marcel the winner." The referee announced.

"That's 11 in a row. I told you guys I was the strongest trainer. Anyone else who wants to fight me? Richard maybe?"

"No thanks, I don't fight." Richard simply said as he walked away, followed by Janine.

"Bellsprout, return. You did good." Danny said, disappointed.

"Seems like I'm the superior trainer." Marcel laughed, as Danny walked away.

"Hey trainer." Danny stopped and turned around. An elderly woman came walking towards them.

"Good battle." She said.

"Thanks, but it wasn't good enough." Danny responded.

"Maybe not, but I can see you are a better trainer. You are closer to your Pokémon than that guy is to his." The woman said. "But that Krabby is way to insecure to be of help in a battle."

Danny nodded. "I know. I tried talking to him to make him feel better, but it doesn't seem to work."

"Let's take a seat, maybe I can help you out."

Richard and Janine where way too far to call so Danny and the older lady sat down at a tea house that was nearby.

"Would you like some tea?" The elder asked.

"Yeah, sure."

"Some Pokémon won't feel that much better when you talk to them, they need to prove themselves in battle. I have a feeling your Krabby is one of that kind." The woman said after she had ordered the tea. "Tell me, do you battle with him a lot?"

"I try to, but he lost more than he won." Danny said, remembering all the battles he fought with Krabby.

"How about weaker opponents? Pokémon that your Krabby has an easier time against?" The elderly woman asked.

"You mean battles against my friends and their Pokémon?"

"For example. If you're Krabby wins more matches he might feel more confident in official matches."

They drank from their tea as they spoke, but the elderly woman finished hers way before Danny did.

"Well, I'll be on my way again. Good luck with your Krabby." She walked off.

"Goodbye miss." Danny said and he saw she had put some money on the table for the tea. "And thanks for the tea!" He screamed, but she was already too far away to hear him.

"There you are." Janine and Richard walked towards Danny.

"What took you so long?" Richard asked.

"An old lady bought me tea and explained how I should work with Krabby." Danny said.

"Well okay, how?" Janine asked curiously.

"She says I should let him battle against your Pokémon and make sure Krabby wins every time, that would help him get more confidence."

"Don't you think Krabby will realize we are all faking?" Richard said

"I don't know, it might be worth the shot." Danny said hopefully.

Janine nodded. "But we shouldn't make it obvious. How about he battles your Sandshrew and Eevee?" she asked Richard.

"That might work. Sandshrew has a type disadvantage and Eevee doesn't like to battle that much."

"Let's go then!" Danny said and he went out of the city, followed by his friends.

"Krabby, come on out!" The river crab emerged from his Pokéball, surprised to see his friend Sandshrew against him.

"Okay Krabby, it's time to do some training. Use Bubble!" Danny ordered.

"Sandshrew, use Scratch!" The Mouse Pokémon ran forward to Scratch Krabby, but the latter managed to dodge it and used Bubble.

"Krabby, another Bubble."

Krabby followed his orders and Sandshrew fell down in defeat. Sandshrew wasn't close to being defeated yet but Richard had told him to pretend.

"Well done Krabby, how about another one?" Danny cheered and Krabby happily nodded.

"Sandshrew return, you did a great job. Eevee, how about you try?"

The shiny Pokémon appeared from out of her ball and looked at Krabby. She had had instructions as well, but she really didn't like to battle.

"Krabby, use Vice Grip!" Danny commanded.

Krabby pinched Eevee with both his claws. The Evolution Pokémon squealed and fell down, playing defeated as she didn't want to battle any longer.

"Return Eevee, you did really well." Richard said.

"Great job Krabby, see that you really are strong?" Danny said and the river crab Pokémon was overenjoyed.

"Venonat, you try to beat that strong Krabby." Janine said, also part of the deal.

"Use Tackle!"

"Krabby, dodge it."

Venonat wasn't such a great battle, but missing a Tackle on purpose was really easy, so it managed to miss Krabby by a wide marge.

"Now Krabby, use Vice Grip!"

Krabby now pinched Venonat with one of his claws.

"Finish it off with a Bubble attack" Danny ordered. The Bubble hit Venonat and the Insect Pokémon faked its defeat.

"That's the third in a row, you're going strong." Danny complimented Krabby.

"I see you're trying it."

Danny turned around and saw the older woman he had tea with earlier.

"How is it going so far?" She asked.

"It's going great, Krabby beat three Pokémon in a row." Danny said proud.

"That's good to hear, but you can't keep beating your friends Pokémon. You'll need to find weaker opponents for Krabby to battle as well."

Danny nodded. "I know, but that might not be too easy."

"You could try to work with type disadvantages. For example, Krabby is a water type, so Pokémon with the Rock, Ground or Fire type are all weak to it." The elder explained. "If you use Krabby against those Pokémon he can win more easily."

"But that Graveler was also a rock type Pokémon…." Danny started.

"But it was also evolved, evolved Pokémon are stronger than unevolved Pokémon." She smiled.

"That makes sense." Danny laughed.

"Well, I will be on my way. It was nice to meet you Danny."

"It was nice to meet you to, miss…."

"Agatha, my name is Agatha." The elder smiled and walked away.

"Such a nice lady." Danny said and both of his friends nodded. Krabby still wanted to continue battling.

"I think we battled enough for today, don't you think Krabby?" Danny said.

Suddenly, a scream filled the air.

"What's going on?" Richard looked at his friends and they all started to walk back into the city. Danny quickly returned Krabby to his Pokémon and ran after them.

In Celadon City they found Marcel, who was just walking out of the city.

"Hey, did you hear that scream to?" Danny asked his rival.

"Yeah I did, but it's probably nothing interesting. You should worry about evolving your Charmander instead someone screaming." Marcel said. "I'm out of here, there's no glory for me to get, I'm on my way to the next city."

Charmander looked angry at the 15 year old guy but also a little disappointed in himself. Maybe he could have evolved already. He really wanted to and it wasn't like he and Danny didn't train: Charmander was sure that if he was send in against Marcel's Ivysaur he could have won. It just didn't happen yet.

"Hah, Charmander would beat you even without evolving." Danny said semi-angry.

"Sure." And Marcel walked away.

"I really can't stand that guy." Danny said.

"I can see now why you dislike that guy." Janine agreed. "What a snob."

"Eh guys, the screaming person?" Richard reminded them of the reason they ran into Celadon City in the first place.

"O yeah, let's go!" Danny said and they ran further into the large city, until they were in the middle of a giant square.

On it where a lot of people in grey uniforms with Zubat's, Ekans' and other Pokémon.

"Wait is that the NTR?" Danny asked and Richard nodded.

"Look at all of their hats, NTR written on it."

"Citizens of Celadon City, my name is Gordon and I am an admit of the New Team Rocket. I would like to inform you all that, from this moment, Celadon City is under our command. Nobody can leave this city anymore and no-one will enter."

"Like hell it is." Officer Jenny came walking onto the scene, followed by a woman in sheet-like clothes with flowers on them.

"I'm the gym leader of Celadon City and I won't let you." The woman, Erika, said.

"Ha, you think you can stop us?" Gordon laughed.

"I don't think so, I know so." That was Officer Jenny again. "Put all of your hands up in the air so we can all move on with our daily business."

Suddenly, a huge thing hit both Erika and Jenny and the two ladies fell down. Neither of them had seen it coming.

"Well done Machoke." Gordon said and he returned the Machoke to a Pokéball.

"Now, anyone else who wants to try and stop us?" He asked, but none of the citizens wanted to. They had all seen how quickly both their gym leader and Officer Jenny where taken down and no-one wanted to share their fate.

"Good, if you would all sit on the ground, we will make sure no-one will interfere with our businesses.

"Psst." Danny heard someone whisper behind him. He saw a shady figure who gestured to follow him. Danny tried to warn Richard and Janine, but both of them where to close to a NTR grunt so they already sat on the ground.

"I can't leave my friends." Danny whispered.

"Just follow me, you don't want to fall into their hands." The shady guy said and he pulled Danny with him. Charmander shared a look with Squirtle and both managed to flee the NTR and ran after Danny.

"Why are we running."

"The NTR can't take over Celadon City, if they manage to, they will do terrible things." The mysterious man said.

"Like what?"

"Their plan is to erase all humans from existence…. And I'm trying to stop them!"

Cliffhanger! Why does the NTR want to erase all humans from existence? How are they going to do it? That will be explained in the next episode. For now, this is the update of today. Quick announcement: I have (un)official summer break so I will update more, here is the schedule I will be following:

Monday:
- Uploading one Realistic Pokedex entry (DeviantArt)
- Add a chapter to my LeafGreen Nuzlocke (zetaboards & )

Tuesday:
- Free day for me, time to work on chapters, entries and stuff.

Wednesday:
- Uploading one Realistic Pokedex entry (DeviantArt)
- Adding one chapter of Danny's Journey (DeviantArt & )

Thursday:
- Free day for me, time to work on chapters, entries and stuff.

Friday:
- Uploading one Realistic Pokedex entry (DeviantArt)

Saturday:
- Right now a free day, I want to try to figure out Youtube stuff so it might become Youtube Day. (Youtube, obviously)

Sunday:
- Adding one chapter of Danny's Journey (DeviantArt & )

As you can see I should have updated Wednesday, but I got really busy with school work yesterday and I didn't want to rush this chapter. Hopefully you can forgive me for it. I will see you at DeviantArt tomorrow for a Pokédex update and if you only read this on Fanfiction (You should go to DeviantArt and read the Pokédex entries ) I will see you on Sunday with another chapter of Danny's Journey.