Part 5
By Freakachu
Prussian Town wasn't a bad place. But I couldn't find the gym. Everyone I asked said they didn't know about any gym. I took Nyarthashi and my Pokémon and went on my way towards Celadon.
We were just coming out of the woods when someone jumped out in front of me.
"Hey, you! Are you a trainer?" The person called to me. He looked to be about 12 and had a mean look on his face.
"Um, yeah, why?"
He threw his head back.
"You don't look old enough to be training. How old are you?" He snapped.
I couldn't let him know I was only 8. I'd be in trouble with Pokémon Authorities.
"10." I replied. I think he could tell that I was lying, but instead of revealing this, he pulled a pokeball off his belt and waved it at me.
"You're kinda short. Wanna have a match? 3 on 3."
I panicked. I didn't have very many pokemon. Vulpix, and my two Taichu, one of which was pregnant. I kept her in her pokeball now, instead of making her walk around.
"I only have 2 pokemon. Can it be 2 on 2?" I asked meekly.
He looked at me strangely, one eyebrow raised.
"If you want," He tossed out his pokeball, "Go, Scyther!"
Scyther looked scary. Even though I was only 8, I had studied pokemon like crazy because I was dying to be a trainer. I knew that Scyther was a bug type, and bug types weren't the best against fire. So I decided to use my Vulpix.
"Slash, Scyther!"
"Agility! Dodge it Vulpix! Then flamethrower!" Vulpix dodged out of the way and sent a flamethrower out at Scyther. Scyther wasn't hurt too bad, it seemed to be much stronger than my pokemon. Scyther then used cut, and vulpix couldn't fight any longer. I called it back, putting it's pokeball back into my backpack and reaching for Taichu's pokeball. I looked toward Nyarthashi, who hid in a bush when the boy first jumped out in front of us. If he had seen her, he didn't mention it.
I couldn't find my male Taichu's pokeball. I knew I had it with me.
"Excuse me, are you finished looking for your pokemon?" The boy asked, very annoyed.
"No! I'm looking for my Taichu!" I snapped back.
"Tie-choooo." Nyarthashi mumbled to herself. She had my pokeball!
"Nyarthy, toss Lil her pokeball." She threw it with surprising force towards me, and I barely caught it.
"Taichu, eh? You nickname your Raichu or something?"
You wish.
I threw the pokeball, and Taichu appeared. The boy backed up, looking quite surprised.
"What the hell?! Where on earth did you get that?!" His eyes seemed to be bulging out of his head, and I was enjoying every second of it.
"Taichu! Fire Spin!" I pointed at the evil looking Scyther, and Taichu took off after it, a raging Fire Spin chasing it. Scyther was enveloped in the flaming inferno, and burned until it fainted. The boy glared at me.
"A fire type, eh? Well I got just the thing for you." He called back his scyther, and tossed out another ball. Wartortle! "You can attack first this time if you like." He sneered.
I shrugged. It didn't really matter to me. "Thunder Bolt." I commanded.
In one hit, Wartortle had met the same fate as Scyther.
"No way! Well, I guess you won. Here," He tossed me $2.50.
Then he left, with a half-smile on his face, Nyarthashi came out of the bush, and we continued on our way.
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I had started my journey because I loved pokemon of all types. I was especially fascinated with the Pichu legend, which was no longer a legend at all. My friends father had given me my first pokemon and let me train on the condition that I was careful and didn't get caught as an underage trainer.
"City. Lil, city!" Nyarthashi babbled. It had been a week since we had left Prussian, and had run into a couple more trainers, to which I had shown off my Taichu. I had also caught a wandering Hinoarashi, and Pidgeot. While fishing I managed to get a Chonchi, and in a small patch of grass, I caught a Meowth for her to have.
"City!" She repeated incessantly. Little by little, she was learning to talk. She grew fast too, the clothes that I bought her in Fuschia had been long outgrown, and they were gettin tight on her. I made a mental note to buy her more clothes. She liked to mimic me and say whatever I said.
"CITY!" Screeched Nyarthy. She smacked my back. She was almost as big as me now.
"Ok, ok. I see the city!" Sometimes she could be annoying, but I loved her like a sister.
We had finally come apon Celadon, and straight to the department store we went. I bought Nyarthy three or four new outfits, and a couple for myself.
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We stayed for a couple days in Celadon, and I earned the Rainbow Badge from a girl named Erika. We had stayed at the Poké-P Inn for a bit, and toured around taking in all the sights. Finally though, it was time to go.
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I sighed and looked at my map. I had gotten the Marsh Badge for defeating Sabrina, and then found my way to Lavender Town. Now we were lost in some cave. To make matters worse, my female Taichu had just wandered off, and I couldn't find her. We looked for hours in different little nooks, and after a while, Nyarthy found my Chu.
"Oh my..." I was speechless. Taichu had her litter of... what were those?
"Freeeeeeee." One yawned. They were cute little rainbow fuzzballs, with small fire tails no bigger than a candle flame and
tiny pink wings. I counted them. Seven. Another one sat up and blinked it's little black eyes.
"Freaka!" it said while another one said "Kachu."
"Oh! Freakachu!" It looked like we'd have to stay in this cave until these little Freakachu were old enough to be carried around.