Pokémon 1600s
By BlastSage
Chapter 2: Port Vermillion - The Double Duels
Theo woke up a little earlier than usual. He opened his eyes as he stared at the empty amber bunk bed above him, feeling that he had had a strange dream. He had dreamed that the ship had encountered a land filled with Pokémon, and that he had met a Hypno, and had nearly fallen off a cliff.
"That was the strangest dream I had ever had," he whispered to himself as he tried to get out of bed. But when he moved, he found that his body felt weak from the adrenaline rush that he had gotten the day before. "Uhg. So it wasn't a dream. But if I met that Hypno, where is he now?" Theo forced himself to stand up, and after a few morning exercises, he was starting to regain his stregnth. As soon as he felt normal again, he started searching for Hypno. He searched his whole room, only to turn up nothing. "Where are you?" he said out loud, waiting for a response. He had no clue where to search when the ship rocked to the side, rolling the pokéball out to Theo's feet. He looked down as the ball bumbed into his foot, and the pokéball burst open as a white light revealed Hypno, rubbing the sleep from its eyes.
"Hypno?" he asked, looking up at Theo. It remembered what had happened.
"Well, there you are Hypno. I was starting to think that you ran off." Theo was about to pick up the pokéball and recall Hypno when Hypno recalled itself to the pokéball, then used its psychic powers to make the pokéball fly into his hands. "Cool," he said as he got dressed for the day, then released Hypno as they went to the breakfast hall to see his uncle.
Theo had walked into the breakfast hall, only to see about one person still there. "I guess they had to get up early to do more work," he thought as he found a seat at the far side of the table. Hypno sat across from Theo, keeping his head low. The ship cook, Darwis, placed a plate of food in front of Theo, then went back into the kitchen when he saw Hypno seated at the table. As soon as Darwis came back, he gave specific intsrtuctions from Captain Rayford for Theo to help do the dishes after he had finished his breakfast.
Theo groaned. He hated doing the dishes, one reason being that there were so many dishes for so many people, and the second being that they left a lot of grime on the surfaces. So he ate his meal very slowly.
Hypno on the other hand was eating faster than Theo. He had been without food for days before he spotted Theo walking with food out in the open. Hypno was the one that put Theo to sleep. He was lucky to be around the area at the time, or he would have died of starvation, he thought. Hypno sank into his own thoughts as the two finished breakfast and began with the chores.
Theo and Hypno walked the streets of Port Vermillion after doing Theo's chores. It had been easy for Theo to do the dishes, since Hypno used his psychic powers to speed up the process when he got bored. So they had alot of free time on their hands. So they both agreed that they would take a walk around town together, looking for excitemnet. They didn't wander to far when a young trainer asked them for a duel. He had whitish blond hair, and wore a white shirt with a red vest and white pants. He was smiling.
"Hey you, the kid with the Hypno. Want to battle?"
Theo thought this over, then answered yes to the kid's question. The kid introduced himself as Tass, then led Theo and Hypno to a small area just up ahead. There was a small clearing in the street. It was a public arena; it had been the same area that Tom had battled the day before. Tass indicated for Theo to go to the farthest end of arena, which Theo did. A small crowd began to gather, whispering and making inconspicuos bets on who would win.
"This will be a two on two Pokémon match. Are you ready?" asked Tass.
"I only have one pokémon," replied Theo, reffering to Hypno.
"Fine then, Tass sighed. "It will be a one on one match, Sudden Death. Ready?" Theo nodded yes. "Then let's begin. I select Bellsprout! Go!" Tass tossed his pokéball into the air. The pokéball glinted in the sun for a split second as it popped open, throwing out a beam that reconstructed Bellsprout's thin, wirey body. It gave out its weak cry, then stood firmly for the trainer's attack.
"Hypno, go get that Bellsprout!" Hypno walked up to the battling area, twisting his pendulum around its hand.
"Bellsprout, Vine Whip attack, now!" Bellsprout gave a simple hoot and lifted up its rooted foot, and slammed it down on Hypno's arm. A long, thin red line could be seen running down his arm. Hypno grabbed at his arm at the stinging mark of pain.
The crowd whispered what would happen next. It wasn't until he heard them talking about what he was going to attack with when Theo realized his mistake. "I don't know any of Hypno's attacks!" he thought. "What should I do?" He began to feel as though he would automatically lose and nearly called off the battle when a word simply flashed into his head from nowhere. Pound. Theo thought it wierd that the word came up, but he said it out loud anyway. "Hypno, Pound attack!" Hypno swung his pendulum around Bellsprout's roots, stopping another whipping, and swung Bellsprout over his head to smash into the ground behind him.
"Bellsprout. Get up and Wrap him. Wrap Him!" Tass was screaming out attacks, wanting Bellsprout to desperatly win. Bellsprout could sense this, and quickly propelled its vines toward the Hypno's throat. Hypno would have then been strangled, had it not been for his cloak to block the vine. "No fair, you can't use objects like cloaks in a battle."
"I'm not in control of that," Theo said as another attack popped into his head. Disable. Theo shouted out the attack. Hypno nearly completed the attack when Bellsprout caught him by surprise with two razor sharp leaves. They sped toward Hypno and slashed him over and over again. "Hypno! Get out of there now!" Theo screamed. He turned toward Tass who was smiling smugly over another possible defeat. "I qu-"
Hypno put up a hand to signal Theo to stop. Hypno was angry at how this Pokémon was making him look wimpy, and how he was going to lose his friend's first battle. He wouldn't let that happen. Hypno slowly closed his eyes and concentrated hard on his opponent.
Meanwhile, Bellsprout looked at Hypno quizzically. He was just standing there, vulnerable to any attack. "Don't just stand there," commanded Tass. "Vine Whip, now!" Bellsprout lifted up its longest vine and brought it down when...
Bellsprout froze. "What's going on?" whispered the crowd. "That Pokémon should of won by now."
Tass was wondering the same thing. "Finish him, now!"
Hypno lifted up his head, his eyes glowing a horrible shade of blue. Tass' Bellsprout seemed to be in trouble as it rose into the air. Hypno began breathing deeply as he began to compress Bellsprout's body. Crunching noises could be heard as Bellsprout was repeatedly slammed into the ground bell-first. Bellsprout was knocked unconscious soon afterward, and Hypno began to calm down and start tending to his injuries.
The crowd went cheering over the battle, which they thought was pretty intense. Tass recalled Bellsprout, then stuck out his hand and shook Theo's hand as he handed him a bag of money. "Great battle we had," he complemented.
"Jeez, thanks. Nice to battle you too. By the way, where did you get your pokémon. It was very strong."
"Thanks. I caught Bellsprout in a forest a few miles from here. If you want, I'll take you there, as long as I get to the Pokémon Center first."
"Sure. I need to make a stop there for Hypno." So Tass, Theo, and Hypno headed for the Pokémon Center.
"So, how long have you been training your Pokémon?" Theo asked. Theo and Tass were walking into a thick forest, thriving with flora and fauna. This forest was home to dozens of Grass, Bug, and Poison types of Pokémon.
"I have been training for about a year now. I caught Bellsprout here a month ago, but my first Pokémon was this Pokémon. But it evolved. " Tass threw out a pokéball, and out came a large green creature on four legs. From its back grew a bud of a flower which looked as if it would bloom any second. It looked up at Tass with an "Ivy?", then looked over at Theo. It snorted an "Ivysaur", then began to lay down. "Ivysaur can be a little lazy sometimes, but he is really faithful and my best friend."
"That's awesome," Theo replied. "I only started training yeasterday, and I guess Hypno is my first Pokémon and my best friend. He also saved my life." Theo looked back at Hypno, who was walking a little ways behind the group, thinking its own thoughts. "He's also possesses a very mysterious nature."
"Ivy, ivy saur," chanted, silencing the two. It extended two long vines toward the trunk of a tree and began to shake it. It took about five shakes before something green fell out from the cover of the tree. It hit the ground with a hard thud. But it quickly got up and faced its attackers. "What is that thing?"
"It's a Bulbasaur. Ivysaur is Bulbasaur's evolution, and Ivysaur evolves into Venusaur. They are very rare in this forest. Do you want this one as your grass Pokémon?"
"Sure! This is going to be an great pokémon!" Theo exclaimed as he called Hypno over. Theo stood on his knee to talk to Hypno face to face. "Hypno, I need you to help me capture that Bulbasaur over there. Will you help me?" Hypno nodded his head yes. "Thanks alot. Now, do Pound attack." Hypno jumped in front of the Bulbasaur and repeatedly bashed it on the head with his pendulum.
"Bulb bulb bulb, Bulbasaur!" screamed Bulbasaur as it extended its own vines to whip Hypno. But Hypno was already prepared from experience, so instead he jumped up just barely missing the vines, and gave Bulbasaur a Headbutt from the air. This dazed Bulbasaur a bit, but it didn't give up. It popped out a seed which flew through the air and landed on Hypno's nose, where it sprouted and covered Hypno from head to toe in vines. They started glowing as electricity jumped, crackeled, glowed, absorbed, and transferred Hypno's energy to Bulbasaur. Enough was taken to stun Hypno, and while Theo tried to cut the vines off of Hypno, Bulbasaur got away.
"Darn it!" Theo cursed at his loss, but didn't hold Hypno responsible. "You gave it your best try," he said to his pokémon when he awoke. "Thanks, friend."
"Sorry about Bulbasaur getting away. He would have made a pretty good ally. Very powerful one, too." Tass supported.
"Thanks. I just wish that I could get a grass type." Just as he spoke those words, a Bellsprout appeared, looking very curious as to what was going on. "Looks like I spoke to soon." Theo looked over to Hypno. "Do you still feel up for a battle?" Hypno nodded a confused yes, then slowly got to his feet. "Ok then. Hypno, use Confusion and Disable!"
Bellsprout froze in place as it was thrown up into the trees and down into the forest ground. "Bell sprout, bell sprout," it whined as it went up and down. By the time Hypno was done, it was still standing, but had little energy. Hypno simply threw his pendulum and gave Bellsprout a blow to the head. It fell, tired and nearly fainted. Hypno did too, exhausted from his draining energy.
"Go, pokéball!" Theo yelled as he threw a spare pokéball. It spun in the air and hit the Bellsprout on the vine, causing the pokéball to activate and suck Bellsprout in. It shook once...twice...three times, before a high pitched ping sounded. Theo ran to his newly acquired pokémon and held it up to the sky. "I caught my first pokémon. Alright!"
Tass walked from under the base of a tree, clapping his hands in a slow motion. "Congrats on your first capture. Bellsprout is very hard to beat because of its agility and flexibility. You got a good one there."
"Yeah. And now it's time to make another trip to the Pokémon Center."
It was mid afternoon when Theo and Tass got back to the Indigo Plateau. Theo's uncle met him at the dock that the ship was in. It seemed that his uncle had been busy, too. "That's right," he said. "I went to a company that sells Pokémon for businesses. I paid quite a sum of money for a Machoke in trade. And when I did complete the transaction, this is what I got." He held up his hands toward the side to reveal the same muscular four armed Pokémon Theo saw the previous day. "A Machamp."
His uncle had also explained that they would be leaving to deliver cargo to Cinnabar Island that day. So Theo had to say goodbye to a new friend. "See ya, Tass. It was nice knowing you, helping me to catch that Bellsprout and all."
"It was no problem. By the way, I figure that you might be needing this." He brought out a small book from out of his pocket and gave it to Theo. A Guide To Pokémon Training.
"Thanks Tass," Theo thanked as he shook his hand. "I'll see you around." Tass gave his goodbye as Theo turned to leave for the departing ship whose destination was Cinnabar Island.