By Splash
Notes: Well... Around here I don't think I'll need any more notes. And don't think this is turning into another " Ash Adventures" crappez, cuz it isn't ANYWHERE near it... *evil grin*
*****
January 10, 2048
Venusaur, Vaporeon and Pidgeot had no intentions of leaving. Obviously this place has grown on them a lot. Either that or they didn't wanto to go back to Rowdy. I wonder how he's doing!
The talking Charizard decided that this wasn't the place for a guy like him. Mewtwo mentioned that now there was a new Charizard to help protect the hidden place for rare Pokémon. It was getting rather crowded, with yet another group coming in: Chansey, Wigglytuff, Seel, Dewgong, Omastar, another Aerodactyl (who knows where they came from!), Horsea, Seadra, Squirtle, Wartortle, another Blastoise, Abra, Farfetch'd, Cubone, Jolteon (hey, Vaporeon's happy about it!) Dragonite, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Ekans, Arbok, another Tauros (whom had an extremely high experience level), Tangela, Lickitung, Oddish, Koffing, Weezing, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Goldeen, Seaking, Bulbasaur, and Ivysaur. WHAT A HAUL!
The farewell was very short, Mewtwo gave us some extra supplies and our friends gave us their words of goodbye.
" Adios! Au revoir! Sayonara! Whatever!" Charizard shouted to everyone before they were out of sight. Obviously, he was having lots of fun with his new talent.
" Bon Vowage! Send us a postcard or two when you get the chance!" was the last thing I heard from Mewtwo.
" Don't let the Onix there bite ya on Victory Road, heh, heh!" Zapdos shouting…
" That wasn't funny! Take THIS!" Articuno…
" OW!"
" Will you two cut it out? Bye, Mewthree!" the more gentle Moltres…
So actually, it was them that I heard from before leaving Pokétopia. That's right, I'm gone from it. Here's why: When Mewtwo came back from Indigo Plateau to patent his invention, he brought back picture of the Great Master and his best Pokémon. I took one glance at the picture and-
WHAM! I had forgotten all about Piko until now!
I've decided to collect all 9 offical Pokémon League badges so I can get to Indigo Plateau without any danger.
And to make a long story short, we were heading to the place where I would hopefully get my first badge, Pewter City.
January 12, 1048
Flying around wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. There were too many flocks of mean Spearow and hordes of territorial Pidgeotto. Going through the clouds was easier because the occasional Pidgeot and Fearow were no problem, they didn't compare to some flocks of Spearow that we met.
When we finally landed in front of the Pewter City Pokémon Center, Charizard and I were barely able to get through the front door before we fell alseep.
When I awoke, I found myself in a hospital bed with Charizard snoring next to me. A red-haired nurse was sorting out medications on my other side. After watching her for a few seconds, she noticed me and turned around to face me.
" Oh, you're awake! While you were alseep, we ran a few tests! It seems that BOTH of you are suffering from extreme exhaustion! You should stay here and get some rest for the next few days!"
It was true, I needed rest, but the Pokémon League gym-
" By the way, I'm Nurse Joy. Would you like a Rare Candy?"
Rare Candy? I haven't heard that term in a while. I accepted the treat and stored it in my, " pocket." Perhaps it would be useful later on.
Charizard suddenly grumbled and opened his eyes. That's when Nurse Joy left to care for another patient. Charizard saw a whisk of her red hair and tried to call out to her. When she was out of sight, Charizard moaned sadly.
I had to whack him with my tail to wake him up.
" Itai!" he whined, " What was THAT for?"
" We're going to go raise our experience levels by battling, battling, and battling!"
Just after I get some rest…
January 14, 2048
Battle #1; Lass; Boulder Badge
" Pidgey: 4 months old, level 28."
Oh, well, a simple Pokémon will be a good warmup.
" Pidgey, blind it with your Sand-attack!"
I shielded it with my Barrier very easily.
Awed at the sight of my barrier the Lass shouted out, " Cool! You must be a psychic one or something! I'll catch you if you knock out every one of my Pokémon!"
I'd like to see you try it…
" Pidgey, break the barrier with your Razor Wind special attack!"
Special attack? ZANG! Before I knew it, the Razor Wind had broken my barrier!
" QUICK ATTACK!"
FOMP! Claws! Beaks! They were everywhere! Oh my tail, oh my head, on my feet, on my hands, literally EVERYWHERE!
Finally, the clawing stopped! My SoftBoiled move healed me up and I zapped the Pidgey with my finger.
" Oh, my golly, cheeses!" the Lass gapped, calling her Pokémon back. She stoof there for a moment to think what to do next, and then said, " Hey, the Pokémon League doesn't mention anything about using more than one Pokémon at a time to capture wild Pokémon, does it? Well, then…"
WOOSH! POOF! The sounds of seven different Pokéballs clattered through the air. The Pokémon League had recently changed the Pokémon, " pocket-carrying," limit to 8 Pokéballs instead of 6, just on of the pieces of special league information that Mewtwo brought back when he left to patent his invention.
A Squirtle, Meowth, Poliwag, Nidoran female, Mankey, Bellsprout, and Pikachu appeared. They were all typical Pokémon for a Lass of any kind.
The level status spoke in very short words, " Squirtle: 26, Meowth: 22, Poliwag: 19, Noforan F: 25, Mankey: 20, Bellsprout: 21, Pikachu: 22." At least this trainer raised her Pokémon evenly!
" All right! I'm gonna catch myself the best Pokémon in this world!" shouted the Lass, getting a little overconfident, " Poliwag, Water Fun! Bellsprout, Vine Whip! Meowth, Fury Swipes! Mankey, Karate Chop! Pikachu, Double Team! Nidoran, Poison Sting! Squirtle, Bubblebeam!"
FWOOSH! WHAP! SLASH-SLASH! POUND! WOOSH! Ping-ping-ping! POP-POP! 7 different attacks, actually 6 because of Pikachu's move, went DOWN THE DRAIN.
I might as well have had coffee and read the newspaper while the Lass's Pokémon were wasting their energy attacking my double-Barrier, that's right- double. The Lass was clueless about what to do.
After giving a great big yawn, I decided to have a little fun with my Metronome. DONK, DINK, my brain twitched! Before I knew it, everyone around me was asleep, including the Lass! Good thing Charizard was off in the distance.
" Come on," I lured Charizard over to me, " There's gotta be better trainers around here somewhere."
" Yeah, whatever. I'm going back into town to do some stuff."
" Whatever, I don't mind. I'll meet you back in the Pokémon Center tonight!"
" Right!" the Charizard turned around and took off.
The moment he was out of sight, I heard some distant voices behind me. I walked a few steps towards the sound. On the fourth step, I snapped a twig on the ground, exciting my senses and making me instinctively go airborne.
" Hmm? What was that?"
" I didn't hear anything."
" You're hearin' things."
" Whatever."
I proceeded floating towards the voices, ducking below the little limbs of the little trees.
" Yum! These sandwiches you made are great, James!"
James…?
" Thanks! It's made from wild Tauros flank!"
" Wild, eh? I wondered why it was so good!"
Now I was only a bush away from them. I took a peek inside and saw…
Team Rocket!
" You like it, too, Ekans?"
" EKANS!"
" Oh, thank you Ekans!"
" Be quiet, James. I don't want my Ekans to start getting hooked on your cooking, whether it's good or not!"
" So what did the boss say? I keep on forgeting."
" What else, Meowth? We've got a new plan from the boss to finally capture that darn Mewtwo-Mew thing!"
" The name is MEWTHREE!" Whoops…
" Hey!" Jessie leaped onto her feet, " I knew that there was something watching us! Show yourself!"
I didn't move.
" Come on! This is your last warning!"
My mouth twitched for a millisecond. Nobody noticed.
" COME OUT OR YOU'LL HAVE A NICE, BIG BLASTER BALL IN YOUR FACE!"
I sighed and lifted my hand where they would see it.
" MUCH better-" BOING! One red-haired female in the air!
" Fell the wrath of the Psychic attack!"
" EKANS! HELP ME!"
" Ekansss, ekansss!" shaking his head, the Ekans continued to stare at his master hanging in mid-air. It was too high for him to reach 20 feet high!
" Cheese, this is boring…" I mumbled. Enough fun, let's trash the lint off my shirt.
EXPLOSIVE ARRAY!
A large laser-like beam created a pillar of light on the Rockets. Before they knew what happened, them and their lunch was blasting off.
'Tis makes battle #2!
Battle #3; Bugcatcher; Boulder Badge
The insect was quick! Zip, zip, zoom, where would he try to attack next? I hope my barrier would protect me. The level status machine stated that the enemy was at level 39, quite a high level!
" Heh, heh," the Bugcatcher snickered, picking up his catching net, " Is my Beedrill too fast for ya? Beedrill, Quick Attack!"
OW! Buzzing wings broke through my barrier! Its needle hand struck my side! It struck my leg!
" Inject the Poison Sting!"
PAIN! So much horror! I couldn't bear it! My leg… my leg! I couldn't feel it! I felt… dizzy…
I had to get rid of it. The one who made me suffer. The one who had poisoned my battle blood. It wasn't the Beedrill, no it wasn't. The trainer was the one! And the only way to get back at him was to…
GOOSH! The disgusting sound of large pins coming out of my skin made my insides crawl. But it was off my mind quickly.
" Oh, my! Are you a ghost or something?" the Bugcatcher cried as he saw his powerfull Beedrill unconcious on the ground from my Confusion attack.
" Next Pokémon, GO!" A great ball opened to reveal…
" Paras, paras!" the crab-like bug chattered.
" Paras: 5 months olf. Pokémon is at level 37."
Hmm, not too bad! The Parasect Pokémon that were around the place I first lived in were rather slow. Was this PARAS slower?
" Slash attack, Paras!" the Bugcatchre commanded.
I managed to create another barrier, blocking the Slash attack from hitting me.
" Give him another one!"
Atch. Golly, that hit me badly. I just realized that it was almost impossible for him to win. My SoftBoiled and Barrier moves disintegrated every attack thrown on me lately.
After defeating Parasect and his other Beedrill, the Bugcatcher gave me lots of money as a prize. By now, I had thousands and thousands of dollars! Of course, it could be completely spent off at one trip to the Pokémart…
No time for that now, I was getting rather hungry!
I stopped by a nearby, " Burger Nidoking," and scarfed down a value meal. Yum, yum!
Afterwards, I bought a few books at the local, " Bookweedle," store. One of them had great tips on battling that I found very useful.
" A Pokémon that is starting continuous training should not do more than two battles a day," the book stated, " Later on, this number can be moved up one at a time, to work up your Pokémon's endurance."
Ah, quoting those felt very satisfying. The book is titled, " Victory!" and it caught my eyes easily in the store.
Perhaps I'm already better than the Pewter City Gym Leader. Yeah I'll go beat up the bully, get his badge and head on to the next hotdog stand for the next taste of relish. And then after I've raided all the cash registers in Jynx City, I'll head up to Purple Mountain and- zzz…
January 16, 2048
" Yo, Mewthree, had enough sleep yet?"
Huh? I leaped up, not expecting to get my eyes poked by Charizard's snout. It hurt, and it was VERY embarrassing.
Fortunetly, no one else was in the Pokémon Center room. Charizard had found me asleep like a drunken stupor behind the book store. Who knows what he was doing near that place.
" How does any Pokémon
stand to sleep for more than 24 hours?" Charizard whined, " With Snorlax as an exception, of course."
" A good, long day to rest is good for a Pokémon
before the day of a gym match," I quoted to him.
" Yeah, I read a little bit into your books while you were asleep."
" You can READ?"
" Well, sure, why not?" Charizard shrugged his shoulders. Now THAT was a little more than I expected from him. Only certain intelligiant Pokémon such as Dragonite and uh, myself even have the CAPABILITIES of reading the human language. But this Charizard is really one-of-a-kind, I suppose.
" So does that mean you're gonna battle the Pewter City gym today?" Charizard asked me,
stuffing some hospital food in his mouth. A little cart next to my bed had some chips and milk.
" I guess so," I replied, repeating what Charizard did with the chips, " You wanna come?"
Charizard stopped chomping for a while to think. " No thanks," he said after about a minute, " Rock Pokémon aren't nice to me."
Rock Pokémon, eh? Charizard had some knowledge of the gyms!
On my way to the gym, an old man on the road told me that this city had a very young gym leader who had ferocious Pokémon that could stare others down easily. They won't make ME shy away!
Creeeeeeeeeeeeaaak… I pushed through a huge door and looked inside the gym. Lights were shining on the ceiling, rocks and sand coveted the stone floor. A small door on the other side of the entrance opened.
The spike-haired person who appeared through the door yawned. " Man I've already got a challenger! It's too early in the afternoon, ya know?"
The human looked at me with squinted eyes.
Huh? He looks just like-
" AH! A wild Pokémon has charged in!"
" Hey, WAIT A SEC!" I froze him shortly and said to him, " I want to compete for a badge."
" A badge?" said the boy as he calmed down, " Suit yourself. My name's Stoner, grandson of Brock!"
Brock… no wonder he looked familiar.
" Let's battle!" Stoner took a Pokéball off his belt and called his Pokémon…
A Graveler!
I took out my level status machine in a flash.
" Cannot analyze. Transmission data is blocked."
Hey-
" Don't you know, kiddo?" kiddo? Why I oughta… " You're not allowed to analyze Pokémon that have gym leader ranks or higher!"
Grr… now THAT mad me MAD! Tch…tch…tch…
BLIZZARD! A huge twister appeared, and it roared towards the Graveler at top speed! Hail and freezing rain showed up out of nowhere! Of course, my barrier protected myself from turning into ice.
The twister stopped the Graveler on its tracks.
" GRAVELER! Return!" the boy gave a large surprised expression.
" I'm always underestimating people," Stoner growled at me, " But that's going to stop today! Rhyhorn, time to BATTLE!"
FOOSH! The Rhyhorn that come out groaned loudly.
Confusion attack! Swirls of rays hit the Rock Pokémon.
" This Rhyhorn has a lot of experience, that tiny attack won't do anything! Rhyhorn, Take Down!"
The Rhyhorn charged at me, ready to pin me to the ground. One split second before impact I held my hands out. Flash! My huge barrier appeared in front of me!
BOUND! The Rhyhorn sumersaulted backwards.
" No Rhyhorn! You can do it! Get back up!"
I lifted both of my hands in a wave motion. Water seeped upward from cracks in the rocks and sand. It gathered into one humongous tidal wave that was ready to fall on a victim.
SURF! WOOSH!
Stoner had to retreat to a higher elevation to avoid the water. It was such as shame that his Rhyhorn couldn't follow along with him.
The ending result was rather obvious. The Gym leader had to call his upside down Pokémon back. My eyes grew tense.
The wtaer was quickly absorbed by the now-dirt sand, and it turned into a muddy surface. Stoner avoided stepping onto his sponged battle floor.
" Well, that settles it," Stoner said, shuffling through the inside of his green vest, " Congratulations, Mewthree, you deserve this newly-designed BOULDER BADGE!"
YES! Wahoo! Jump for joy! My hard work has paid off! Now I've just got to do this eight more times…uh…
I swiped the badge from Stoner and said a quick thanks and goodbye, smashing through the door.
Zooming through the streets, STRAIGHT to the Pokémon Center! I was so happy! I didn't even check to see if the Boulder Badge was real.
Charizard spotted in the Pokémon Center! I zipped up to him, shoved the Boulder Badge in his face, and began to babble. Soon I would be with Piko again! I was yet another step closer to being with him again!
My journey ahead would be tough, though. Usually, trainers keep 6-8 Pokémon with them at all times. I was my only Pokémon, unless Charizard was friendly enough to lend a hand in battle. So, if I myself was in trouble, I wouldn't have anyone to back up, unless…
A Pokémon catching other Pokémon? That would be inpokémon of myself. I might as well try to catch humans.
Which made me think: Why are humans so dominating? I mean, Pidgey and Caterpie Pokémon could whip humans. And when it comes to stronger Pokémon like Kadabra and Wartortle, those animals wouldn't stand a chance. And then, with Alakazam and Blastoise, heh heh, we'd be ruling in NO time.
And the humans' mightiest weapons consist of something that only smaller Pokémon should fear. However, Team Rocket went up one more level of violence. They had blaster balls, tanks, machine guns, and hordes of other destroying items. But only certain, "wild," Pokémon such as Tauros and Nidorino could be struck. Then again, that's only my own opinion. Who knows if they're mixing up more of that metal substance of theirs!
Okay, enough with that subject! Cerulean City was just up ahead. Home of the Sensational sisters, master swimmers in every category. Home of the world's best custom-designed bikes. Home of the Unknown dungeon in which many humans have tried to explored; in which only one human has succeeded in capturing Pokémon living there.
Home of the world's first Mewthree, myself.
January 17, 2047
Charizard asked me how I knew how to get to Cerulean City without anyone's help. When I told him that was the place I was born, he was slightly surprised.
I also knew that the Cerulean gym had only water Pokémon. Electric or grass attacks would be good against them, except I didn't know any of those kind of attacks. I'll work around it somehow!
Yesterday night Charizard dozed off in his flight, how it was possible to do that I'm not sure of. His wings spread out, he slowly glided toward the ground. I followed him as he swiftly soared into a cave in the middle of a forest. I noticed that the trees were regaining most of their leaves from the short winter before going into the dark cave.
This morning I explained to Charizard about the events that happened last night. I also showed him who was living in the cave with us…
" Prepare for trouble and make it double!"
Unfortunately the 3 caught me in a terrible mood. Perhaps I could've soaked them. Perhaps I could've confused. Perhaps I couldn't exploded them to bits and pieces.
But NOOOOooo, I had to use my Metronome! Tch, tch! This time the Metronome didn't really help me. Whatever I did to Team Rocket, they liked!
A couple of creatures, one with a mermaid tail and the other electric sacs on his cheeks were in place of Jessie and James. Meowth was still there, slobbering at the sight of… a Vaporeon?
The other creature, a Raichu, was observing itself as if he had never taken a look at it before. And it HADN'T seen itself before. In fact, before I had zapped Team Rocket JAMES was standing in the exact place where the Raichu was! The Raichu started mumbling that he'd rather be a Pikachu-
He was mumbling in human!
Or was it just my imagination?
The Vaporeon began clobbering Meowth on the head with it's tail. She began to speak human, though this time I was sure because of she was shouting instead of grumbling. Meowth did not hold back, but took the blows. Strange, this is peculiar behavior for someone like Meowth.
When I was positive about who they were, I sent a tiny psychic ball at Team Rocket, purposly missing just to get their attention. Charizard spotted me and said that I should've let them be.
He was right, though, we didn't have time to waste with Team Rocket. Charizard and I started to wander out of the cave.
" Hold it right there!"
Eep, I was afraid of that.
" Our boss would definitely like a few of you rare Pokémon! Ekans, go!"
" You too, Koffing! Hah!"
I had expected to see a snake and a poison gas ball come out, but instead…
" Beefree! Beefree!'
" Pidgeoooo!"
Ekans, Koffing, what the?
" MEOWTH! How come I didn't get to change, wah!"
" Ooo, our Pokémon just had a little bit of improvement!" Raichu James shouted.
" Great, all out attack, everyone! Vaporeon Jessie shall lead the way to victory!"
" Hey, who said YOU get to lead, who said?"
" Quiet, James, we're gonna ourselves a MEW-MEWTWO THING!" the large snouted Vaporeon Jessie roared, " Go get 'em, Pidgeotto, Butterfree!"
I eventually figured out that Pidgeotto was once Koffing and Butterfree was once Ekans. But that was after the "battle."
Apparently, the once-human Rocket members had some natural ability! A hose spray of water came from Vaporeon Jessie's mouth, right at me! Of course, my barrier protected me. The water sizzled as it boiled dry on the shield.
Raichu James sent out a super-charged lightning bolt at me. I whipped out my Reflect move and the bolt rebounded, hitting Vaporeon Jessie! Heh, it was funny watching her get electrocuted.
As the shocking ceased on Vaporeon Jessie, Pidgeotto and Butterfree used their wings to try to blow me away. Charizard cranked up his strength and chased after them, along with Meowth. Guess he wanted a piece of the action!
" Hiding behind a barrier? And I thought you wouldn't need it!" Vaporeon Jessie sneared after trying to Water Gun me.
" Would you like to bring a cowarding Pokémon to your boss? I think NOT!"
" Oho, that smirk was so good I think we WON'T capture you!" Raichu James said, " Yeah, right!"
" Still, hiding in that bubble won't get you anywhere!" Vaporeon Jessie added.
She was right, though. My battling life has been completely defending by a bubble I've created, and I myself was trapped in it. If I really wanted to become a master, I had to learn to battle like a real Pokémon.
Off with the all Barrier thing. I'd only use it in the face of REAL danger. Right now Team Rocket only needed a big reward for telling me the true skill for battling.
I started building up a psychic ball.
" You know what? You're right," I told Team Rocket as I turned off my barrier, " What's the point of defending yourself when you can take down your opponents with one hit?"
Woosh! I launched the psychic ball with a vengence.
" AH!" both of the Pokémon/humans went bug-eyed. You could say that I enjoyed seeing that expression from Team Rocket.
I chucked the psychic ball at Jessie and James. In the distnace I saw Charizard frying the real Pokémon, which made me think a bit. If Team Rocket wanted a CHANCE at me or Charizard they'd have to go to the next level of weaponry. Right now they wouldn't barely captured a Tauros.
Team Rocket did their usual blast off quote as Charizard and I tossed them away.
So after a quick break, Charizard and I continued our flight back to Cerulean City. We soon found ourselves flying over Mount Moon. It was so much easier just flying overhead instead of going inside, where all the Zubat and rock Pokémon attack. There were still a few flyers around, but they were easy to avoid.
We were about less than a mile away from Cerulean. Charizard started complaining about how tiring it was to fly non-stop all this distance. I only listened to some of his reasoning, until I spotted IT.
Persian feet. Fearow wings. A bald, yellow Pidgeot head. A strange cat-like tail. The different features merged in one creature. It let out an, "Itz!" sound before Charizard asked me if something was wrong. I guess it was just s figment of my imagination.
Before I knew it, we were landing in the Cerulean City Pokémon Center. I wanted to head to the gym first thing, but I guess the sandman dusted me before I could-zzzzzzzzz…..
Notes: Well... Around here I don't think I'll need any more notes. And don't think this is turning into another " Ash Adventures" crappez, cuz it isn't ANYWHERE near it... *evil grin*
*****
January 10, 2048
Venusaur, Vaporeon and Pidgeot had no intentions of leaving. Obviously this place has grown on them a lot. Either that or they didn't wanto to go back to Rowdy. I wonder how he's doing!
The talking Charizard decided that this wasn't the place for a guy like him. Mewtwo mentioned that now there was a new Charizard to help protect the hidden place for rare Pokémon. It was getting rather crowded, with yet another group coming in: Chansey, Wigglytuff, Seel, Dewgong, Omastar, another Aerodactyl (who knows where they came from!), Horsea, Seadra, Squirtle, Wartortle, another Blastoise, Abra, Farfetch'd, Cubone, Jolteon (hey, Vaporeon's happy about it!) Dragonite, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Ekans, Arbok, another Tauros (whom had an extremely high experience level), Tangela, Lickitung, Oddish, Koffing, Weezing, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Goldeen, Seaking, Bulbasaur, and Ivysaur. WHAT A HAUL!
The farewell was very short, Mewtwo gave us some extra supplies and our friends gave us their words of goodbye.
" Adios! Au revoir! Sayonara! Whatever!" Charizard shouted to everyone before they were out of sight. Obviously, he was having lots of fun with his new talent.
" Bon Vowage! Send us a postcard or two when you get the chance!" was the last thing I heard from Mewtwo.
" Don't let the Onix there bite ya on Victory Road, heh, heh!" Zapdos shouting…
" That wasn't funny! Take THIS!" Articuno…
" OW!"
" Will you two cut it out? Bye, Mewthree!" the more gentle Moltres…
So actually, it was them that I heard from before leaving Pokétopia. That's right, I'm gone from it. Here's why: When Mewtwo came back from Indigo Plateau to patent his invention, he brought back picture of the Great Master and his best Pokémon. I took one glance at the picture and-
WHAM! I had forgotten all about Piko until now!
I've decided to collect all 9 offical Pokémon League badges so I can get to Indigo Plateau without any danger.
And to make a long story short, we were heading to the place where I would hopefully get my first badge, Pewter City.
January 12, 1048
Flying around wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. There were too many flocks of mean Spearow and hordes of territorial Pidgeotto. Going through the clouds was easier because the occasional Pidgeot and Fearow were no problem, they didn't compare to some flocks of Spearow that we met.
When we finally landed in front of the Pewter City Pokémon Center, Charizard and I were barely able to get through the front door before we fell alseep.
When I awoke, I found myself in a hospital bed with Charizard snoring next to me. A red-haired nurse was sorting out medications on my other side. After watching her for a few seconds, she noticed me and turned around to face me.
" Oh, you're awake! While you were alseep, we ran a few tests! It seems that BOTH of you are suffering from extreme exhaustion! You should stay here and get some rest for the next few days!"
It was true, I needed rest, but the Pokémon League gym-
" By the way, I'm Nurse Joy. Would you like a Rare Candy?"
Rare Candy? I haven't heard that term in a while. I accepted the treat and stored it in my, " pocket." Perhaps it would be useful later on.
Charizard suddenly grumbled and opened his eyes. That's when Nurse Joy left to care for another patient. Charizard saw a whisk of her red hair and tried to call out to her. When she was out of sight, Charizard moaned sadly.
I had to whack him with my tail to wake him up.
" Itai!" he whined, " What was THAT for?"
" We're going to go raise our experience levels by battling, battling, and battling!"
Just after I get some rest…
January 14, 2048
Battle #1; Lass; Boulder Badge
" Pidgey: 4 months old, level 28."
Oh, well, a simple Pokémon will be a good warmup.
" Pidgey, blind it with your Sand-attack!"
I shielded it with my Barrier very easily.
Awed at the sight of my barrier the Lass shouted out, " Cool! You must be a psychic one or something! I'll catch you if you knock out every one of my Pokémon!"
I'd like to see you try it…
" Pidgey, break the barrier with your Razor Wind special attack!"
Special attack? ZANG! Before I knew it, the Razor Wind had broken my barrier!
" QUICK ATTACK!"
FOMP! Claws! Beaks! They were everywhere! Oh my tail, oh my head, on my feet, on my hands, literally EVERYWHERE!
Finally, the clawing stopped! My SoftBoiled move healed me up and I zapped the Pidgey with my finger.
" Oh, my golly, cheeses!" the Lass gapped, calling her Pokémon back. She stoof there for a moment to think what to do next, and then said, " Hey, the Pokémon League doesn't mention anything about using more than one Pokémon at a time to capture wild Pokémon, does it? Well, then…"
WOOSH! POOF! The sounds of seven different Pokéballs clattered through the air. The Pokémon League had recently changed the Pokémon, " pocket-carrying," limit to 8 Pokéballs instead of 6, just on of the pieces of special league information that Mewtwo brought back when he left to patent his invention.
A Squirtle, Meowth, Poliwag, Nidoran female, Mankey, Bellsprout, and Pikachu appeared. They were all typical Pokémon for a Lass of any kind.
The level status spoke in very short words, " Squirtle: 26, Meowth: 22, Poliwag: 19, Noforan F: 25, Mankey: 20, Bellsprout: 21, Pikachu: 22." At least this trainer raised her Pokémon evenly!
" All right! I'm gonna catch myself the best Pokémon in this world!" shouted the Lass, getting a little overconfident, " Poliwag, Water Fun! Bellsprout, Vine Whip! Meowth, Fury Swipes! Mankey, Karate Chop! Pikachu, Double Team! Nidoran, Poison Sting! Squirtle, Bubblebeam!"
FWOOSH! WHAP! SLASH-SLASH! POUND! WOOSH! Ping-ping-ping! POP-POP! 7 different attacks, actually 6 because of Pikachu's move, went DOWN THE DRAIN.
I might as well have had coffee and read the newspaper while the Lass's Pokémon were wasting their energy attacking my double-Barrier, that's right- double. The Lass was clueless about what to do.
After giving a great big yawn, I decided to have a little fun with my Metronome. DONK, DINK, my brain twitched! Before I knew it, everyone around me was asleep, including the Lass! Good thing Charizard was off in the distance.
" Come on," I lured Charizard over to me, " There's gotta be better trainers around here somewhere."
" Yeah, whatever. I'm going back into town to do some stuff."
" Whatever, I don't mind. I'll meet you back in the Pokémon Center tonight!"
" Right!" the Charizard turned around and took off.
The moment he was out of sight, I heard some distant voices behind me. I walked a few steps towards the sound. On the fourth step, I snapped a twig on the ground, exciting my senses and making me instinctively go airborne.
" Hmm? What was that?"
" I didn't hear anything."
" You're hearin' things."
" Whatever."
I proceeded floating towards the voices, ducking below the little limbs of the little trees.
" Yum! These sandwiches you made are great, James!"
James…?
" Thanks! It's made from wild Tauros flank!"
" Wild, eh? I wondered why it was so good!"
Now I was only a bush away from them. I took a peek inside and saw…
Team Rocket!
" You like it, too, Ekans?"
" EKANS!"
" Oh, thank you Ekans!"
" Be quiet, James. I don't want my Ekans to start getting hooked on your cooking, whether it's good or not!"
" So what did the boss say? I keep on forgeting."
" What else, Meowth? We've got a new plan from the boss to finally capture that darn Mewtwo-Mew thing!"
" The name is MEWTHREE!" Whoops…
" Hey!" Jessie leaped onto her feet, " I knew that there was something watching us! Show yourself!"
I didn't move.
" Come on! This is your last warning!"
My mouth twitched for a millisecond. Nobody noticed.
" COME OUT OR YOU'LL HAVE A NICE, BIG BLASTER BALL IN YOUR FACE!"
I sighed and lifted my hand where they would see it.
" MUCH better-" BOING! One red-haired female in the air!
" Fell the wrath of the Psychic attack!"
" EKANS! HELP ME!"
" Ekansss, ekansss!" shaking his head, the Ekans continued to stare at his master hanging in mid-air. It was too high for him to reach 20 feet high!
" Cheese, this is boring…" I mumbled. Enough fun, let's trash the lint off my shirt.
EXPLOSIVE ARRAY!
A large laser-like beam created a pillar of light on the Rockets. Before they knew what happened, them and their lunch was blasting off.
'Tis makes battle #2!
Battle #3; Bugcatcher; Boulder Badge
The insect was quick! Zip, zip, zoom, where would he try to attack next? I hope my barrier would protect me. The level status machine stated that the enemy was at level 39, quite a high level!
" Heh, heh," the Bugcatcher snickered, picking up his catching net, " Is my Beedrill too fast for ya? Beedrill, Quick Attack!"
OW! Buzzing wings broke through my barrier! Its needle hand struck my side! It struck my leg!
" Inject the Poison Sting!"
PAIN! So much horror! I couldn't bear it! My leg… my leg! I couldn't feel it! I felt… dizzy…
I had to get rid of it. The one who made me suffer. The one who had poisoned my battle blood. It wasn't the Beedrill, no it wasn't. The trainer was the one! And the only way to get back at him was to…
GOOSH! The disgusting sound of large pins coming out of my skin made my insides crawl. But it was off my mind quickly.
" Oh, my! Are you a ghost or something?" the Bugcatcher cried as he saw his powerfull Beedrill unconcious on the ground from my Confusion attack.
" Next Pokémon, GO!" A great ball opened to reveal…
" Paras, paras!" the crab-like bug chattered.
" Paras: 5 months olf. Pokémon is at level 37."
Hmm, not too bad! The Parasect Pokémon that were around the place I first lived in were rather slow. Was this PARAS slower?
" Slash attack, Paras!" the Bugcatchre commanded.
I managed to create another barrier, blocking the Slash attack from hitting me.
" Give him another one!"
Atch. Golly, that hit me badly. I just realized that it was almost impossible for him to win. My SoftBoiled and Barrier moves disintegrated every attack thrown on me lately.
After defeating Parasect and his other Beedrill, the Bugcatcher gave me lots of money as a prize. By now, I had thousands and thousands of dollars! Of course, it could be completely spent off at one trip to the Pokémart…
No time for that now, I was getting rather hungry!
I stopped by a nearby, " Burger Nidoking," and scarfed down a value meal. Yum, yum!
Afterwards, I bought a few books at the local, " Bookweedle," store. One of them had great tips on battling that I found very useful.
" A Pokémon that is starting continuous training should not do more than two battles a day," the book stated, " Later on, this number can be moved up one at a time, to work up your Pokémon's endurance."
Ah, quoting those felt very satisfying. The book is titled, " Victory!" and it caught my eyes easily in the store.
Perhaps I'm already better than the Pewter City Gym Leader. Yeah I'll go beat up the bully, get his badge and head on to the next hotdog stand for the next taste of relish. And then after I've raided all the cash registers in Jynx City, I'll head up to Purple Mountain and- zzz…
January 16, 2048
" Yo, Mewthree, had enough sleep yet?"
Huh? I leaped up, not expecting to get my eyes poked by Charizard's snout. It hurt, and it was VERY embarrassing.
Fortunetly, no one else was in the Pokémon Center room. Charizard had found me asleep like a drunken stupor behind the book store. Who knows what he was doing near that place.
" How does any Pokémon
stand to sleep for more than 24 hours?" Charizard whined, " With Snorlax as an exception, of course."
" A good, long day to rest is good for a Pokémon
before the day of a gym match," I quoted to him.
" Yeah, I read a little bit into your books while you were asleep."
" You can READ?"
" Well, sure, why not?" Charizard shrugged his shoulders. Now THAT was a little more than I expected from him. Only certain intelligiant Pokémon such as Dragonite and uh, myself even have the CAPABILITIES of reading the human language. But this Charizard is really one-of-a-kind, I suppose.
" So does that mean you're gonna battle the Pewter City gym today?" Charizard asked me,
stuffing some hospital food in his mouth. A little cart next to my bed had some chips and milk.
" I guess so," I replied, repeating what Charizard did with the chips, " You wanna come?"
Charizard stopped chomping for a while to think. " No thanks," he said after about a minute, " Rock Pokémon aren't nice to me."
Rock Pokémon, eh? Charizard had some knowledge of the gyms!
On my way to the gym, an old man on the road told me that this city had a very young gym leader who had ferocious Pokémon that could stare others down easily. They won't make ME shy away!
Creeeeeeeeeeeeaaak… I pushed through a huge door and looked inside the gym. Lights were shining on the ceiling, rocks and sand coveted the stone floor. A small door on the other side of the entrance opened.
The spike-haired person who appeared through the door yawned. " Man I've already got a challenger! It's too early in the afternoon, ya know?"
The human looked at me with squinted eyes.
Huh? He looks just like-
" AH! A wild Pokémon has charged in!"
" Hey, WAIT A SEC!" I froze him shortly and said to him, " I want to compete for a badge."
" A badge?" said the boy as he calmed down, " Suit yourself. My name's Stoner, grandson of Brock!"
Brock… no wonder he looked familiar.
" Let's battle!" Stoner took a Pokéball off his belt and called his Pokémon…
A Graveler!
I took out my level status machine in a flash.
" Cannot analyze. Transmission data is blocked."
Hey-
" Don't you know, kiddo?" kiddo? Why I oughta… " You're not allowed to analyze Pokémon that have gym leader ranks or higher!"
Grr… now THAT mad me MAD! Tch…tch…tch…
BLIZZARD! A huge twister appeared, and it roared towards the Graveler at top speed! Hail and freezing rain showed up out of nowhere! Of course, my barrier protected myself from turning into ice.
The twister stopped the Graveler on its tracks.
" GRAVELER! Return!" the boy gave a large surprised expression.
" I'm always underestimating people," Stoner growled at me, " But that's going to stop today! Rhyhorn, time to BATTLE!"
FOOSH! The Rhyhorn that come out groaned loudly.
Confusion attack! Swirls of rays hit the Rock Pokémon.
" This Rhyhorn has a lot of experience, that tiny attack won't do anything! Rhyhorn, Take Down!"
The Rhyhorn charged at me, ready to pin me to the ground. One split second before impact I held my hands out. Flash! My huge barrier appeared in front of me!
BOUND! The Rhyhorn sumersaulted backwards.
" No Rhyhorn! You can do it! Get back up!"
I lifted both of my hands in a wave motion. Water seeped upward from cracks in the rocks and sand. It gathered into one humongous tidal wave that was ready to fall on a victim.
SURF! WOOSH!
Stoner had to retreat to a higher elevation to avoid the water. It was such as shame that his Rhyhorn couldn't follow along with him.
The ending result was rather obvious. The Gym leader had to call his upside down Pokémon back. My eyes grew tense.
The wtaer was quickly absorbed by the now-dirt sand, and it turned into a muddy surface. Stoner avoided stepping onto his sponged battle floor.
" Well, that settles it," Stoner said, shuffling through the inside of his green vest, " Congratulations, Mewthree, you deserve this newly-designed BOULDER BADGE!"
YES! Wahoo! Jump for joy! My hard work has paid off! Now I've just got to do this eight more times…uh…
I swiped the badge from Stoner and said a quick thanks and goodbye, smashing through the door.
Zooming through the streets, STRAIGHT to the Pokémon Center! I was so happy! I didn't even check to see if the Boulder Badge was real.
Charizard spotted in the Pokémon Center! I zipped up to him, shoved the Boulder Badge in his face, and began to babble. Soon I would be with Piko again! I was yet another step closer to being with him again!
My journey ahead would be tough, though. Usually, trainers keep 6-8 Pokémon with them at all times. I was my only Pokémon, unless Charizard was friendly enough to lend a hand in battle. So, if I myself was in trouble, I wouldn't have anyone to back up, unless…
A Pokémon catching other Pokémon? That would be inpokémon of myself. I might as well try to catch humans.
Which made me think: Why are humans so dominating? I mean, Pidgey and Caterpie Pokémon could whip humans. And when it comes to stronger Pokémon like Kadabra and Wartortle, those animals wouldn't stand a chance. And then, with Alakazam and Blastoise, heh heh, we'd be ruling in NO time.
And the humans' mightiest weapons consist of something that only smaller Pokémon should fear. However, Team Rocket went up one more level of violence. They had blaster balls, tanks, machine guns, and hordes of other destroying items. But only certain, "wild," Pokémon such as Tauros and Nidorino could be struck. Then again, that's only my own opinion. Who knows if they're mixing up more of that metal substance of theirs!
Okay, enough with that subject! Cerulean City was just up ahead. Home of the Sensational sisters, master swimmers in every category. Home of the world's best custom-designed bikes. Home of the Unknown dungeon in which many humans have tried to explored; in which only one human has succeeded in capturing Pokémon living there.
Home of the world's first Mewthree, myself.
January 17, 2047
Charizard asked me how I knew how to get to Cerulean City without anyone's help. When I told him that was the place I was born, he was slightly surprised.
I also knew that the Cerulean gym had only water Pokémon. Electric or grass attacks would be good against them, except I didn't know any of those kind of attacks. I'll work around it somehow!
Yesterday night Charizard dozed off in his flight, how it was possible to do that I'm not sure of. His wings spread out, he slowly glided toward the ground. I followed him as he swiftly soared into a cave in the middle of a forest. I noticed that the trees were regaining most of their leaves from the short winter before going into the dark cave.
This morning I explained to Charizard about the events that happened last night. I also showed him who was living in the cave with us…
" Prepare for trouble and make it double!"
Unfortunately the 3 caught me in a terrible mood. Perhaps I could've soaked them. Perhaps I could've confused. Perhaps I couldn't exploded them to bits and pieces.
But NOOOOooo, I had to use my Metronome! Tch, tch! This time the Metronome didn't really help me. Whatever I did to Team Rocket, they liked!
A couple of creatures, one with a mermaid tail and the other electric sacs on his cheeks were in place of Jessie and James. Meowth was still there, slobbering at the sight of… a Vaporeon?
The other creature, a Raichu, was observing itself as if he had never taken a look at it before. And it HADN'T seen itself before. In fact, before I had zapped Team Rocket JAMES was standing in the exact place where the Raichu was! The Raichu started mumbling that he'd rather be a Pikachu-
He was mumbling in human!
Or was it just my imagination?
The Vaporeon began clobbering Meowth on the head with it's tail. She began to speak human, though this time I was sure because of she was shouting instead of grumbling. Meowth did not hold back, but took the blows. Strange, this is peculiar behavior for someone like Meowth.
When I was positive about who they were, I sent a tiny psychic ball at Team Rocket, purposly missing just to get their attention. Charizard spotted me and said that I should've let them be.
He was right, though, we didn't have time to waste with Team Rocket. Charizard and I started to wander out of the cave.
" Hold it right there!"
Eep, I was afraid of that.
" Our boss would definitely like a few of you rare Pokémon! Ekans, go!"
" You too, Koffing! Hah!"
I had expected to see a snake and a poison gas ball come out, but instead…
" Beefree! Beefree!'
" Pidgeoooo!"
Ekans, Koffing, what the?
" MEOWTH! How come I didn't get to change, wah!"
" Ooo, our Pokémon just had a little bit of improvement!" Raichu James shouted.
" Great, all out attack, everyone! Vaporeon Jessie shall lead the way to victory!"
" Hey, who said YOU get to lead, who said?"
" Quiet, James, we're gonna ourselves a MEW-MEWTWO THING!" the large snouted Vaporeon Jessie roared, " Go get 'em, Pidgeotto, Butterfree!"
I eventually figured out that Pidgeotto was once Koffing and Butterfree was once Ekans. But that was after the "battle."
Apparently, the once-human Rocket members had some natural ability! A hose spray of water came from Vaporeon Jessie's mouth, right at me! Of course, my barrier protected me. The water sizzled as it boiled dry on the shield.
Raichu James sent out a super-charged lightning bolt at me. I whipped out my Reflect move and the bolt rebounded, hitting Vaporeon Jessie! Heh, it was funny watching her get electrocuted.
As the shocking ceased on Vaporeon Jessie, Pidgeotto and Butterfree used their wings to try to blow me away. Charizard cranked up his strength and chased after them, along with Meowth. Guess he wanted a piece of the action!
" Hiding behind a barrier? And I thought you wouldn't need it!" Vaporeon Jessie sneared after trying to Water Gun me.
" Would you like to bring a cowarding Pokémon to your boss? I think NOT!"
" Oho, that smirk was so good I think we WON'T capture you!" Raichu James said, " Yeah, right!"
" Still, hiding in that bubble won't get you anywhere!" Vaporeon Jessie added.
She was right, though. My battling life has been completely defending by a bubble I've created, and I myself was trapped in it. If I really wanted to become a master, I had to learn to battle like a real Pokémon.
Off with the all Barrier thing. I'd only use it in the face of REAL danger. Right now Team Rocket only needed a big reward for telling me the true skill for battling.
I started building up a psychic ball.
" You know what? You're right," I told Team Rocket as I turned off my barrier, " What's the point of defending yourself when you can take down your opponents with one hit?"
Woosh! I launched the psychic ball with a vengence.
" AH!" both of the Pokémon/humans went bug-eyed. You could say that I enjoyed seeing that expression from Team Rocket.
I chucked the psychic ball at Jessie and James. In the distnace I saw Charizard frying the real Pokémon, which made me think a bit. If Team Rocket wanted a CHANCE at me or Charizard they'd have to go to the next level of weaponry. Right now they wouldn't barely captured a Tauros.
Team Rocket did their usual blast off quote as Charizard and I tossed them away.
So after a quick break, Charizard and I continued our flight back to Cerulean City. We soon found ourselves flying over Mount Moon. It was so much easier just flying overhead instead of going inside, where all the Zubat and rock Pokémon attack. There were still a few flyers around, but they were easy to avoid.
We were about less than a mile away from Cerulean. Charizard started complaining about how tiring it was to fly non-stop all this distance. I only listened to some of his reasoning, until I spotted IT.
Persian feet. Fearow wings. A bald, yellow Pidgeot head. A strange cat-like tail. The different features merged in one creature. It let out an, "Itz!" sound before Charizard asked me if something was wrong. I guess it was just s figment of my imagination.
Before I knew it, we were landing in the Cerulean City Pokémon Center. I wanted to head to the gym first thing, but I guess the sandman dusted me before I could-zzzzzzzzz…..