Hi! Me again! Yeah, its all coming so fast, but that's because I have all
these already written out! Lol! Neway, just a reminder to R&R, pls, and
that I don't own Pokemon. (I wish!) however, try to take Kanna away, and
we'll have a talk. ok, on to the story!
Chapter Eight: The Road to Falkner
"So you and Paul don't get along, because he 'mistreats' his Pokemon." "He does!" I said. "He doesn't care if they get hurt, just that they do what he wants and gets stronger!" "And what's wrong with wanting them to get stronger?" Allie shouted back. "Nothing! But you can't let that get in the way of being friends with your Pokemon! If your Pokemon don't like you, then they won't trust you, and THEN they may not listen to you!" I took a deep breath. "I just think he could lighten up a little, that's all." Allie shook her head. "I'll give you that much, but you really should lighten up on him, Nicole. He's cocky, but not THAT bad!" "You haven't seen him in action," I mumbled under my breath. "What was that?" "Nothing. Look, we're here." "Here" was Violet City. We had talked the whole way about raising Pokemon, the relationship your supposed to have, and Paul's style of training. But now we were at Violet, and it was almost dark. We ran over to the corner where the Pokemon Center was situated and ran in. We were just in time, because Nurse Joy was closing up. "Oh, good evening girls! Will you be staying the night?" In unison, we replied, "Of course!"
~*~*~*~*~
The next morning, we started off through town. We were looking, of course, for the Gym. What we found instead was a scared Pokemon. "Piika!" Kanna turned towards the sound. "Kan?" I turned too. "What was that, do you think?" "I don't know," replied Allie. "Let's go find out!" We took off towards the park, where the sound was coming from. When we got there, we startled a man holding a Pikachu with rubber gloves. But this Pikachu was different, and the man had on a black Team Rocket uniform. "What do you want with that Pikachu?" asked Allie. "Just to sell it," replied the Rocket. "Well, your going to have to fight us first!" I retorted. "Pika? Pii!" The Rocket stuffed the poor Pikachu into a see-through rubber bag, so it couldn't shock him. Then he sent out a Gligar. "Glii!" "Your up, Kanna!" Kanna got ready for a brutal battle.
~*~*~*~*~
"Kanna, use your Bubblebeam!" "Kaan!" A blast of bubbles shot out from Kanna's mouth. The Gligar responded soon enough to dodge some of them, but not all. The multiple hits it took left it wide open for an attack. "Good job, Kanna, now use a Bite! Don't hold back!" Kanna leapt into the air and landed on top of the Gligar's back. With as much strength as she could muster, she let loose a devastating Bite to the Gligar's left claw. It not only left marks, it also KO'd the Gligar. "Ha ha! Great job Kanna!" "Kanaun!" The Rocket recalled his Gligar and said, "I'm not through with you kids yet!" He sent out a Magnemite. I knew that because of its Electric type, Kanna's water attacks wouldn't do much. I turned to Allie. "Your turn." As Kanna came to sit beside me, Allie called her Furret out. I didn't know how she was going to KO it, because of its high defensive tendencies, but Allie looked confident, so I wasn't too worried. "Furret, get in there and use your Fire Punch!" My eyes widened in shock. Her Furret knew Fire Punch? That was good! In fact, that may be good enough for a one hit KO! The punch made contact easily, as the Magnemite was obviously uncharged. It was basically floating, and that seemed to be all it could do. The Fire Punch KO'd it easily. The Rocket recalled his Magnemite, and brought out his last Pokemon. It just so happened to be a Koffing. "This ones ours!" I proclaimed as Allie recalled her Furret. Kanna got ready. The Rocket grinned. "Not today! I'm getting outta here while I can! Koffing, Smokescreen!" "Koffin!" A dark cloud erupted from its mouth, covering the whole clearing. It was chokingly thick, and I didn't dare open my eyes for fear of loosing my sight all together. We couldn't do anything to stop the Rocket from getting away. But I'm not defeated so easily. I ran blindly ahead, calling to Kanna to follow. We emerged in time to see the Rocket run toward a waiting van, his getaway vehicle. "Kanna, stop him!" With amazing speed, Kanna ran up behind the Rocket and Tackled him, sending the bagged Pikachu flying. When it hit the ground, the Pikachu was conveniently let out. He looked first at me in thanks, then at the Rocket with sparks flying. "Might want to back away, Kanna," I murmured. "Kaan." Kanna obediently came back to my side as the Pikachu let everything go. The Rocket was shocked right into the van, which then took off, escaping the rest of the Thundershock. "Wow! That was amazing! Great attack, Pikachu!" The Pikachu turned to me with an embarrassed "it was nothing" look. "Pika!"
~*~*~*~*~
At the Pokemon Center, we asked Nurse Joy to heal our Pokemon and look after the Pikachu for us. "We'll be back," I said to the Pikachu, "but I have a badge to win first!" We had only walked about two city blocks when we heard a noise coming from behind. As Allie and I turned around, Kanna took off towards the Pokemon running behind us. Kanna and Pikachu met, and bumped heads in hello. Allie and I ran over to pet Pikachu and find out what was up. "Hi there!" I said as Pikachu found a comfy spot on my shoulder. "And just what are you up to today?" "Pika pii, Pikachu!" Pikachu nuzzled my neck as Kanna sat on the other side of my head. "Huh? I didn't quite catch that." Kanna looked me in he eyes. He wants to help you. Both Kanna and Pikachu had to grab on tight to keep from falling off. "What was that?" I exclaimed, looking around wildly for the source of the voice. "What was what?" asked a rather confused Allie. I stopped looking around quite so wildly. "I thought I heard a voice saying Pikachu wanted to help." "Pika." I looked at Pikachu in surprise. "You mean you do?" Pikachu nodded. Wow, I thought, two Pokemon who willingly became mine, and before I got my first badge!
Chapter Eight: The Road to Falkner
"So you and Paul don't get along, because he 'mistreats' his Pokemon." "He does!" I said. "He doesn't care if they get hurt, just that they do what he wants and gets stronger!" "And what's wrong with wanting them to get stronger?" Allie shouted back. "Nothing! But you can't let that get in the way of being friends with your Pokemon! If your Pokemon don't like you, then they won't trust you, and THEN they may not listen to you!" I took a deep breath. "I just think he could lighten up a little, that's all." Allie shook her head. "I'll give you that much, but you really should lighten up on him, Nicole. He's cocky, but not THAT bad!" "You haven't seen him in action," I mumbled under my breath. "What was that?" "Nothing. Look, we're here." "Here" was Violet City. We had talked the whole way about raising Pokemon, the relationship your supposed to have, and Paul's style of training. But now we were at Violet, and it was almost dark. We ran over to the corner where the Pokemon Center was situated and ran in. We were just in time, because Nurse Joy was closing up. "Oh, good evening girls! Will you be staying the night?" In unison, we replied, "Of course!"
~*~*~*~*~
The next morning, we started off through town. We were looking, of course, for the Gym. What we found instead was a scared Pokemon. "Piika!" Kanna turned towards the sound. "Kan?" I turned too. "What was that, do you think?" "I don't know," replied Allie. "Let's go find out!" We took off towards the park, where the sound was coming from. When we got there, we startled a man holding a Pikachu with rubber gloves. But this Pikachu was different, and the man had on a black Team Rocket uniform. "What do you want with that Pikachu?" asked Allie. "Just to sell it," replied the Rocket. "Well, your going to have to fight us first!" I retorted. "Pika? Pii!" The Rocket stuffed the poor Pikachu into a see-through rubber bag, so it couldn't shock him. Then he sent out a Gligar. "Glii!" "Your up, Kanna!" Kanna got ready for a brutal battle.
~*~*~*~*~
"Kanna, use your Bubblebeam!" "Kaan!" A blast of bubbles shot out from Kanna's mouth. The Gligar responded soon enough to dodge some of them, but not all. The multiple hits it took left it wide open for an attack. "Good job, Kanna, now use a Bite! Don't hold back!" Kanna leapt into the air and landed on top of the Gligar's back. With as much strength as she could muster, she let loose a devastating Bite to the Gligar's left claw. It not only left marks, it also KO'd the Gligar. "Ha ha! Great job Kanna!" "Kanaun!" The Rocket recalled his Gligar and said, "I'm not through with you kids yet!" He sent out a Magnemite. I knew that because of its Electric type, Kanna's water attacks wouldn't do much. I turned to Allie. "Your turn." As Kanna came to sit beside me, Allie called her Furret out. I didn't know how she was going to KO it, because of its high defensive tendencies, but Allie looked confident, so I wasn't too worried. "Furret, get in there and use your Fire Punch!" My eyes widened in shock. Her Furret knew Fire Punch? That was good! In fact, that may be good enough for a one hit KO! The punch made contact easily, as the Magnemite was obviously uncharged. It was basically floating, and that seemed to be all it could do. The Fire Punch KO'd it easily. The Rocket recalled his Magnemite, and brought out his last Pokemon. It just so happened to be a Koffing. "This ones ours!" I proclaimed as Allie recalled her Furret. Kanna got ready. The Rocket grinned. "Not today! I'm getting outta here while I can! Koffing, Smokescreen!" "Koffin!" A dark cloud erupted from its mouth, covering the whole clearing. It was chokingly thick, and I didn't dare open my eyes for fear of loosing my sight all together. We couldn't do anything to stop the Rocket from getting away. But I'm not defeated so easily. I ran blindly ahead, calling to Kanna to follow. We emerged in time to see the Rocket run toward a waiting van, his getaway vehicle. "Kanna, stop him!" With amazing speed, Kanna ran up behind the Rocket and Tackled him, sending the bagged Pikachu flying. When it hit the ground, the Pikachu was conveniently let out. He looked first at me in thanks, then at the Rocket with sparks flying. "Might want to back away, Kanna," I murmured. "Kaan." Kanna obediently came back to my side as the Pikachu let everything go. The Rocket was shocked right into the van, which then took off, escaping the rest of the Thundershock. "Wow! That was amazing! Great attack, Pikachu!" The Pikachu turned to me with an embarrassed "it was nothing" look. "Pika!"
~*~*~*~*~
At the Pokemon Center, we asked Nurse Joy to heal our Pokemon and look after the Pikachu for us. "We'll be back," I said to the Pikachu, "but I have a badge to win first!" We had only walked about two city blocks when we heard a noise coming from behind. As Allie and I turned around, Kanna took off towards the Pokemon running behind us. Kanna and Pikachu met, and bumped heads in hello. Allie and I ran over to pet Pikachu and find out what was up. "Hi there!" I said as Pikachu found a comfy spot on my shoulder. "And just what are you up to today?" "Pika pii, Pikachu!" Pikachu nuzzled my neck as Kanna sat on the other side of my head. "Huh? I didn't quite catch that." Kanna looked me in he eyes. He wants to help you. Both Kanna and Pikachu had to grab on tight to keep from falling off. "What was that?" I exclaimed, looking around wildly for the source of the voice. "What was what?" asked a rather confused Allie. I stopped looking around quite so wildly. "I thought I heard a voice saying Pikachu wanted to help." "Pika." I looked at Pikachu in surprise. "You mean you do?" Pikachu nodded. Wow, I thought, two Pokemon who willingly became mine, and before I got my first badge!