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The US Journey part 14: A healers touch
By Xen
"Welcome to the healers gym. What are you here for?"
"My name is Ash Ketchum. I'm here to fight the gym leader."
"Ok, I'll inform the gym leader. Go down the hall and go though the double doors, to reach the battle arena." Ash, Misty, Isaac, Jessie, and James went down the hall.
"So Isaac, what do you know about this gym leader?" Ash asked.
"I know how it is, but I want to keep it a surprise."
"A surprise? Why is it someone we know?" Misty said.
"You could say that."
"Is it you?"
"How can I work as a apprentice at one gym and be the gym leader at another."
"Good point. So it not you."
"Yep."
"But we would know who it is?"
"Exactly."
"Makes prefect sense."
"This place reminds me of a hospital." Misty said.
"That's because most of it is a hospital. This is a gym, pokemon center, hospital, and medical research lab. And all of it is run by the gym leader."
"That a lot of reasonability. It must be hard to run a place like this."
"I wouldn't know. I guess this is the gym." Everyone entered the arena. The arena was white with various symbols and devices of healing. At the end of an arena, a throne sat with someone sitting in it. A shadow covered the face of the person.
"Welcome to the healers gym. Who is my challenger?" The figure said.
"That voice... It's Nurse Joy!" Misty said.
"That's Professor Joy to you." Joy stepped into the spotlight. She looked much like every other Joy, but wore a lab workers outfit, instead of a nurse's uniform. "I see you been to the indigo isles if you recognized me."
"Yes we are form the indigo isles. I'm Ash Ketchum and I'm here to challenge you for a badge."
"I accept your challenge, Ash. I heard about you though my family but I never thought I would meet you. I can't wait to tell them that I defeated you."
"You can't say it unless you do it." Ash said.
"It will be a three on three battle. I will first choose you, Arbok." Joy threw her pokeball and out came, the large snake pokemon.
"I choose you Manark." Ash released the manta pokemon.
"Arbok poison sting attack." Arbok spit it poison needles at Manark. Manark dodged the attack.
"Manark wing attack." Manark swooped down and hit Arbok. Arbok was barely affected.
"Arbok dig underground." Arbok dug a hole and dove underground.
"Dodge and use your jaw shot when it emerges." Manark hovered above the arena floor awaiting Arbok.
"Charbok!" Arbok sprung form ground and miss Manark by a few inches. Manark fired a stream of teeth at Arbok sending it down for the count. Joy recalled her pokemon.
"Impressive, but this is where the battle ends." Joy threw a pokeball and a Starmie appeared. "Use your ice beam." Starmie fired a beam of ice that stuck Manark and froze the shark pokemon. Its body fell to the floor with a large clanging sound.
"Manark! Are you ok?" Manark made a bubbling sound that would constitute as a sign that it was okay. Ash returned the shark pokemon. "Well to two play this game. Blastoise go!"
"Blastoise." The large turtle pokemon said.
"This will be simple. Starmie thunder." Starmie fired an electric blast at Blastoise.
"Withdraw." Blastoise went inside its shell protecting it self-form the electric attack. "Now get rolling." Blastoise's shell rose forms the ground and sped along the floor towards Starmie.
"Starmie aerial tackle." Starmie flew up into the air and spun around towards Blastoise.
"Blastoise, ice missile." Ash shouted. Blastoise stopped rolling and out of his shell.
"Blastoise." Blastoise fired a missile of ice at Starmie.
"Starmie dodge it." Starmie avoid the missile. "Looks like your pokemon needs to learn how to aim."
"Then maybe not. Fire two."
"Blast." Blastoise fired another missile of ice.
"Starmie watch out." Joy shouted, but it was too late. The missile stuck Starmie freezing it on the spot. Starmie fell to the ground unmoving. "Starmie return. My final pokemon will be your last. Chansey go!" Joy threw her pokeball and the egg bearing pokemon appeared.
"Chansey." It said in its high pitched voice.
"You know you rarely see a Chansey fight. This should be interesting." Misty said.
"Chansey double edge." Joy commanded.
"Blastoise hydro pump." Chansey ran towards Blastoise while Blastoise fired a stream of water form its cannons. Chansey jumped over the stream of water and slammed into Blastoise shell. Both pokemon still stood.
"Blastoise skull bash." Blastoise rushed towards Chansey.
"Chansey minimize." Chansey shrunk down as Blastoise ran past it. "Now use your seismic toss." Chansey grew back to its full height and grabbed Blastoise by its shell. Chansey spun around and threw Blastoise. Blastoise hit the ground with a thud. Blastoise got up a bit dazed by the attack.
"Blastoise water gun."
"Blast." Blastoise fired streams of water form its twin cannons hitting Chansey.
"Chansey soft boiled."
"Chansey." Chansey threw its egg into the air and it broke in shower above Chansey.
"Blastoise hit again." Blastoise fired again but the Chansey dodged the attack and performed another seismic toss. Blastoise hit the ground and was knocked out. "Blastoise return. Ok Pikachu go! Use your agility."
"Pika!" Pikachu ran around Chansey in a blur of speed.
"Chansey earthquake." Chansey lumped into the air causing an earthquake in the arena. Pikachu avoided the attack by jumping into the air.
"Pikachu thunder."
"Pikaaaachuuuuuuuu." Lighting flew across the room and struck Chansey, frying it to a chirp. Joy returned Chansey to its pokeball.
"I can't believe I lost. I guess my relatives where right about you. For defeating me you have earned the healers badge." Joy took a badge out her lab coat. The badge looked like a red and blue cross. Ash took the badge.
"Thanks."
"No thanks are needed. You won the match fare and square. If you want we can send your pokemon for healing."
"Ah ok. Ah Pikachu, do want to go to pokemon center." Pikachu shook its head no.
"Ok, then here is Blastoise and Manark." Ash gave Joy the pokeballs. An assistant came up and took the pokeballs.
"It going to be a while. While were waiting, how about a tour around the place?"
"That would be nice."
"Ok then let's go." Nurse Joy led them down a hall.
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Our group was continuing walking around the gym getting a tour. "So Joy. How did you become a gym leader? I thought all Joys just liked being a nurse." Misty asked.
"Well that's your problem. You think that because I'm a Joy I have to be a nurse."
"So you where never even a nurse? Then how can you be a professor?" Isaac asked.
"I'm not even a professor. The league gave the title since a nurse couldn't run a gym. Let me explain my story. Ever since I was young, I loved to be with pokemon. However, unlike the other Joys I never became interested in the healing arts. When the time came to choose our first pokemon, I chose an Oddish. I became quite a good trainer, but I hadn't ever study medicine like my sisters and cousins. When the time came to take our medical exams, I failed miserably. I was the only Joy ever to fail their nurse's test. I was disgraced by my family and cast out. I couldn't even go to a center because a relative would always be there. I became strong and captured many pokemon, but every where I went people would ask the same things. 'Say shouldn't you be at a pokemon center?' 'Can you heal my pokemon nurse Joy?'"
"That sounded awful."
"It was. I dyed my hair and went under a different name for a while, but someone would always find out sooner or later. Then I came to America. Here they are no Joys, expect for the ones that other Joys cast out. Nevertheless, I was free here. I could go by my real name and no one cared. I for once battled and no one thought it was strange. Eventually the league heard about me and asked if I would run this gym. It was my dream come true. I went form the disgrace of the family to the first Joy that runs a pokemon gym."
"I think it's ironic. A Joy that hurts instead of healing."
"That true. But if you aren't running the center, who is?" Jessie asked.
"I just acutely run the gym. Other specialists run the other sections. Speaking of which, we are now entering the out pokemon lab. In here we develop new potions for pokemon healing." Joy walked up to person that was fiddling with some chemicals. "Say Cass we have visitors. Why don't you say hi."
"I'm a bit busy here."
"That voice." James said. "Say is your name Cassandra?"
"Why yes? But how did you know that?" The woman turned around.
"I knew it was you. You're the girl that ran that potion shop."
"And you're the people that helped my Parasect evolve! How you doing?" Cassandra said. Cassandra looked much like see did back then but know was dressed like Joy was.
"We fine. But what are you doing here? I thought you went of to create that smart potion of yours?"
"I was. I never could find the right indigent to make it complete. I study medicine in search of that indigent. Eventually I was hired by this gym as the head researcher."
"Sounds like you did a lot since we last meet."
"I have. So what are you guys doing here?"
"I just won a badge form Joy." Ash held up his new earned badge.
"That must have been some battle."
"It was."
"So, How about showing them around the lab. I have to go and check on his pokemon."
"Ok. Follow me." Everyone minus Joy went further into the lab.
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Pikachu was following Ash, thirsty form battle. It didn't want healing but Pikachu was thirst form all that running. "Pi?" Pikachu saw a beaker of water on a table. Pikachu jumped onto the table and picked up the beaker and sniffed it. It smelt of fruit. "Pika!" Pikachu drank down the contents of the breaker. Pikachu jumped off the table and rejoined Ash. Cassandra was talking about something that it didn't know about. Pikachu thought to itself about how humans talk so much about everything. Couldn't they enjoy their time together without words, like pokemon do? Yet Pikachu wondered what it would be liked to be human. The way the talk, the way they act. It's so different then the way pokemon do things. That's what fascinated Pikachu. 'Just once it thought. Just once I'd like to know what it's like to live as a human.' Suddenly Pikachu body hurt. There was this growing feeling that Pikachu didn't understand. It hurt cause this didn't fell natural. Pikachu screamed out in pain as everything went white.
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Ash heard Pikachu's scream and turned to look at his pokemon. "What wrong Pikachu?" Pikachu's body turned white. "Guys something's wrong with Pikachu!"
"What's wrong." Misty saw Pikachu's body start to grow and change. "What going on? Is Pikachu evolving?"
"No, its something different." Cassandra looked at a nearby table and saw an empty beaker. "Pikachu drank on of the potions!" Pikachu body dimmed and fell to floor. Everyone gasped at what Pikachu had become. Pikachu was human.
To be continued....
Got any questions, comments, flames email me at XPapazoglo@aol.com
The US Journey part 14: A healers touch
By Xen
"Welcome to the healers gym. What are you here for?"
"My name is Ash Ketchum. I'm here to fight the gym leader."
"Ok, I'll inform the gym leader. Go down the hall and go though the double doors, to reach the battle arena." Ash, Misty, Isaac, Jessie, and James went down the hall.
"So Isaac, what do you know about this gym leader?" Ash asked.
"I know how it is, but I want to keep it a surprise."
"A surprise? Why is it someone we know?" Misty said.
"You could say that."
"Is it you?"
"How can I work as a apprentice at one gym and be the gym leader at another."
"Good point. So it not you."
"Yep."
"But we would know who it is?"
"Exactly."
"Makes prefect sense."
"This place reminds me of a hospital." Misty said.
"That's because most of it is a hospital. This is a gym, pokemon center, hospital, and medical research lab. And all of it is run by the gym leader."
"That a lot of reasonability. It must be hard to run a place like this."
"I wouldn't know. I guess this is the gym." Everyone entered the arena. The arena was white with various symbols and devices of healing. At the end of an arena, a throne sat with someone sitting in it. A shadow covered the face of the person.
"Welcome to the healers gym. Who is my challenger?" The figure said.
"That voice... It's Nurse Joy!" Misty said.
"That's Professor Joy to you." Joy stepped into the spotlight. She looked much like every other Joy, but wore a lab workers outfit, instead of a nurse's uniform. "I see you been to the indigo isles if you recognized me."
"Yes we are form the indigo isles. I'm Ash Ketchum and I'm here to challenge you for a badge."
"I accept your challenge, Ash. I heard about you though my family but I never thought I would meet you. I can't wait to tell them that I defeated you."
"You can't say it unless you do it." Ash said.
"It will be a three on three battle. I will first choose you, Arbok." Joy threw her pokeball and out came, the large snake pokemon.
"I choose you Manark." Ash released the manta pokemon.
"Arbok poison sting attack." Arbok spit it poison needles at Manark. Manark dodged the attack.
"Manark wing attack." Manark swooped down and hit Arbok. Arbok was barely affected.
"Arbok dig underground." Arbok dug a hole and dove underground.
"Dodge and use your jaw shot when it emerges." Manark hovered above the arena floor awaiting Arbok.
"Charbok!" Arbok sprung form ground and miss Manark by a few inches. Manark fired a stream of teeth at Arbok sending it down for the count. Joy recalled her pokemon.
"Impressive, but this is where the battle ends." Joy threw a pokeball and a Starmie appeared. "Use your ice beam." Starmie fired a beam of ice that stuck Manark and froze the shark pokemon. Its body fell to the floor with a large clanging sound.
"Manark! Are you ok?" Manark made a bubbling sound that would constitute as a sign that it was okay. Ash returned the shark pokemon. "Well to two play this game. Blastoise go!"
"Blastoise." The large turtle pokemon said.
"This will be simple. Starmie thunder." Starmie fired an electric blast at Blastoise.
"Withdraw." Blastoise went inside its shell protecting it self-form the electric attack. "Now get rolling." Blastoise's shell rose forms the ground and sped along the floor towards Starmie.
"Starmie aerial tackle." Starmie flew up into the air and spun around towards Blastoise.
"Blastoise, ice missile." Ash shouted. Blastoise stopped rolling and out of his shell.
"Blastoise." Blastoise fired a missile of ice at Starmie.
"Starmie dodge it." Starmie avoid the missile. "Looks like your pokemon needs to learn how to aim."
"Then maybe not. Fire two."
"Blast." Blastoise fired another missile of ice.
"Starmie watch out." Joy shouted, but it was too late. The missile stuck Starmie freezing it on the spot. Starmie fell to the ground unmoving. "Starmie return. My final pokemon will be your last. Chansey go!" Joy threw her pokeball and the egg bearing pokemon appeared.
"Chansey." It said in its high pitched voice.
"You know you rarely see a Chansey fight. This should be interesting." Misty said.
"Chansey double edge." Joy commanded.
"Blastoise hydro pump." Chansey ran towards Blastoise while Blastoise fired a stream of water form its cannons. Chansey jumped over the stream of water and slammed into Blastoise shell. Both pokemon still stood.
"Blastoise skull bash." Blastoise rushed towards Chansey.
"Chansey minimize." Chansey shrunk down as Blastoise ran past it. "Now use your seismic toss." Chansey grew back to its full height and grabbed Blastoise by its shell. Chansey spun around and threw Blastoise. Blastoise hit the ground with a thud. Blastoise got up a bit dazed by the attack.
"Blastoise water gun."
"Blast." Blastoise fired streams of water form its twin cannons hitting Chansey.
"Chansey soft boiled."
"Chansey." Chansey threw its egg into the air and it broke in shower above Chansey.
"Blastoise hit again." Blastoise fired again but the Chansey dodged the attack and performed another seismic toss. Blastoise hit the ground and was knocked out. "Blastoise return. Ok Pikachu go! Use your agility."
"Pika!" Pikachu ran around Chansey in a blur of speed.
"Chansey earthquake." Chansey lumped into the air causing an earthquake in the arena. Pikachu avoided the attack by jumping into the air.
"Pikachu thunder."
"Pikaaaachuuuuuuuu." Lighting flew across the room and struck Chansey, frying it to a chirp. Joy returned Chansey to its pokeball.
"I can't believe I lost. I guess my relatives where right about you. For defeating me you have earned the healers badge." Joy took a badge out her lab coat. The badge looked like a red and blue cross. Ash took the badge.
"Thanks."
"No thanks are needed. You won the match fare and square. If you want we can send your pokemon for healing."
"Ah ok. Ah Pikachu, do want to go to pokemon center." Pikachu shook its head no.
"Ok, then here is Blastoise and Manark." Ash gave Joy the pokeballs. An assistant came up and took the pokeballs.
"It going to be a while. While were waiting, how about a tour around the place?"
"That would be nice."
"Ok then let's go." Nurse Joy led them down a hall.
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Our group was continuing walking around the gym getting a tour. "So Joy. How did you become a gym leader? I thought all Joys just liked being a nurse." Misty asked.
"Well that's your problem. You think that because I'm a Joy I have to be a nurse."
"So you where never even a nurse? Then how can you be a professor?" Isaac asked.
"I'm not even a professor. The league gave the title since a nurse couldn't run a gym. Let me explain my story. Ever since I was young, I loved to be with pokemon. However, unlike the other Joys I never became interested in the healing arts. When the time came to choose our first pokemon, I chose an Oddish. I became quite a good trainer, but I hadn't ever study medicine like my sisters and cousins. When the time came to take our medical exams, I failed miserably. I was the only Joy ever to fail their nurse's test. I was disgraced by my family and cast out. I couldn't even go to a center because a relative would always be there. I became strong and captured many pokemon, but every where I went people would ask the same things. 'Say shouldn't you be at a pokemon center?' 'Can you heal my pokemon nurse Joy?'"
"That sounded awful."
"It was. I dyed my hair and went under a different name for a while, but someone would always find out sooner or later. Then I came to America. Here they are no Joys, expect for the ones that other Joys cast out. Nevertheless, I was free here. I could go by my real name and no one cared. I for once battled and no one thought it was strange. Eventually the league heard about me and asked if I would run this gym. It was my dream come true. I went form the disgrace of the family to the first Joy that runs a pokemon gym."
"I think it's ironic. A Joy that hurts instead of healing."
"That true. But if you aren't running the center, who is?" Jessie asked.
"I just acutely run the gym. Other specialists run the other sections. Speaking of which, we are now entering the out pokemon lab. In here we develop new potions for pokemon healing." Joy walked up to person that was fiddling with some chemicals. "Say Cass we have visitors. Why don't you say hi."
"I'm a bit busy here."
"That voice." James said. "Say is your name Cassandra?"
"Why yes? But how did you know that?" The woman turned around.
"I knew it was you. You're the girl that ran that potion shop."
"And you're the people that helped my Parasect evolve! How you doing?" Cassandra said. Cassandra looked much like see did back then but know was dressed like Joy was.
"We fine. But what are you doing here? I thought you went of to create that smart potion of yours?"
"I was. I never could find the right indigent to make it complete. I study medicine in search of that indigent. Eventually I was hired by this gym as the head researcher."
"Sounds like you did a lot since we last meet."
"I have. So what are you guys doing here?"
"I just won a badge form Joy." Ash held up his new earned badge.
"That must have been some battle."
"It was."
"So, How about showing them around the lab. I have to go and check on his pokemon."
"Ok. Follow me." Everyone minus Joy went further into the lab.
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Pikachu was following Ash, thirsty form battle. It didn't want healing but Pikachu was thirst form all that running. "Pi?" Pikachu saw a beaker of water on a table. Pikachu jumped onto the table and picked up the beaker and sniffed it. It smelt of fruit. "Pika!" Pikachu drank down the contents of the breaker. Pikachu jumped off the table and rejoined Ash. Cassandra was talking about something that it didn't know about. Pikachu thought to itself about how humans talk so much about everything. Couldn't they enjoy their time together without words, like pokemon do? Yet Pikachu wondered what it would be liked to be human. The way the talk, the way they act. It's so different then the way pokemon do things. That's what fascinated Pikachu. 'Just once it thought. Just once I'd like to know what it's like to live as a human.' Suddenly Pikachu body hurt. There was this growing feeling that Pikachu didn't understand. It hurt cause this didn't fell natural. Pikachu screamed out in pain as everything went white.
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Ash heard Pikachu's scream and turned to look at his pokemon. "What wrong Pikachu?" Pikachu's body turned white. "Guys something's wrong with Pikachu!"
"What's wrong." Misty saw Pikachu's body start to grow and change. "What going on? Is Pikachu evolving?"
"No, its something different." Cassandra looked at a nearby table and saw an empty beaker. "Pikachu drank on of the potions!" Pikachu body dimmed and fell to floor. Everyone gasped at what Pikachu had become. Pikachu was human.
To be continued....
Got any questions, comments, flames email me at XPapazoglo@aol.com