Chapter Two: On the Road
It has only been a few hours since Silver left New Bark Town with two new friends, and a Pokèmon. After riding their bikes for a short 15 minutes, the trainers decided it would be beneficial for their journey if they walked in order to attain and learn about Pokèmon more easily. So, they now advance through the route to Cherrygrove City.
Silver moved his right hand up to the tip of his hat slowly, moving it around to settle easier on his head. Melissa watched him. She had been watching him closely ever since they had left. His smooth blonde hair blew calmly in the slight breeze that gave an overall tropical feeling to the rather mild day of weather that surrounded them. She noticed everything about his appearance attracted her. From his silver eyes, which ironically matched his original name, to his style of clothing he chose which she envied shamefully.
Breaking her view of Silver for the first time in quite some time, one of her blonde locks of hair fell slightly over her eye. She parted her hair to regain her clear perspective of the boy when something else gained her attention. She looked off to the left of Silver suddenly, catching view of a strange contortion in the tree there. She grabbed hold of Silver's arm gently, pulling him to a stop.
"Shh, I see something up there," she explained.
Silver looked to where she was looking, studying the tree that she was staring at. He raised a brow slightly, obviously too dense to realize why she was looking at a tree to begin with.
"Just stay here, I'm going to check it out," she told him, approaching the tree calmly.
Silver crossed his arms, blowing a bit of air from his lips upwards, blowing a part of his hair upwards before it fell back down again.
J finally caught up just then, stopping before Silver with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Silver did not answer, but only pointed over to Melissa who was preparing to climb the tree. Just as she placed her hand on a branch, her eyes widened abruptly before she let out a loud yelp. Silver ran over to her, taking hold of her wounded hand gently. He saw the spur that had penetrated the skin of her hand a couple of centimeters deep. He grabbed her other hand quickly, giving her something to squeeze as he pulled the spur out quickly. Melissa only released a short growl before letting out the long breath of air she had been holding in.
"You alright?" J asked, standing behind Silver.
"Yeah, I guess," she answered, eyes still fixated on the tree.
"What's so special about that tree that you have to climb it?" Silver queried, only to be ignored again as Melissa reached for the Pokèball on her waist.
She tossed the ball forwards suddenly, shouting her summoning of Totodile to them all. The small plant Pokèmon appeared from the red beam of light as expected, giving off a "Dile!" to announce its readiness for battle.
"Totodile, head butt that tree!" She commanded.
"Huh?" Silver yelled confused.
The small water Pokèmon complied, launching it self at full speed at the tree it was directed at. As soon as it's head struck the tree, out fell a large black bird. The bird looked as if it wore a black hat upon its head as if a crow that stole the hat from a witch. Its eyes opened abruptly to be greeted by 3 people and a Pokèmon before it.
"Muuuurrrrr..." it moaned, squinting from the pain of the fall.
Silver and J had by this time opened their mouths wide in shock. Just by her Pokèmon slamming into a tree, she had found the first Pokèmon in their journey. A Murkow.
Melissa tensed. The first Pokèmon she had a chance to catch was a dark-type. It would be extremely useful during her journey indeed. She needed to take her time when battling it as to not scare it away. With a deep breath, she prepared for battle.
Silver crossed his arms, his brow furrowed in wonder as he watched for the girl's technique or pattern in her training. J too accompanied Silver in his surveillance, also seemingly ready to take notes on the battle.
Melissa finally gave an order.
"Totodile, get into a defensive stance and use your mean look technique!"
Totodile nodded suddenly, as it's face grew more frightening. It growled loudly as it's eyes pierced through the bird, forcing it to stay in battle from intimidation.
The small black bird quickly dove at Totodile, it's beak reared back for a peck attack. Totodile quickly jumped right, moving out of the way in time.
"Alright, now turn and use your scratch attack!" She commanded
The Totodile turned to the Murkrow that was still moving forwards from the momentum of its first attack. The crocodile Pokèmon charged it from behind, claws extended, and scratched the bird on it's back.
"Muuur!" It yelled loudly.
The dark crow quickly faded from view, confusing its opponent considerably. Totodile's eyes quickly darted around, searching for where it's opponent had gone. Without warning, the small bird appeared right in front of Totodile, slamming it's head into his chest hard, sending him flying.
"What the hell?" Melissa exclaimed, frustrated.
Silver stepped forwards, his eyes fixated on the confused girl.
"It's Murkrow's Feint Attack. It faded from view using the shadows of the forest, and appeared to attack. It's a technique used by most dark-type Pokèmon," he explained.
Melissa raised a brow, obviously intrigued. Turning back to the battle, she continued.
"Okay, Totodile, launch into the air!"
Totodile complied, using its powerful legs and tail to launch itself upwards, awaiting further instruction.
"Now give Murkrow a slam attack it wont forget!"
"Toto!"
The crocodile put it's hands at it's side to become as aerodynamic as a crocodile could possibly become, and slammed it's body hard into Murkrow's, sending the bird into the dirt.
Murkrow got up slowly, and took to the air clumsily, obviously shaken up by the blow. Melissa quickly grabbed a Pokèball from her back pocket, and threw it up at the Murkrow at found itself unable to retreat from intuition of battle. It just had to continue fighting Totodile. Just as Murkrow turned to continue helplessly, the ball slammed head on into its head, bringing the Pokèmon inside with the red beam of light.
Silver and J crossed their fingers as the ball wobbled on the ground softly. Totodile and Melissa only stared hopefully, watching every second of movement that came from the contraption. After a few more pushes, the ball eventually let out an elongated beep as it came to a stop, ensuring the capture.
Silver and J cheered her on, congratulating her with her capture. Melissa thanked them and picked up her ball. She had caught one already. Her first capture. Silver grinned. Maybe he would be having some friendly competition on the way to the Johto League. And he would gladly accept it.
It has only been a few hours since Silver left New Bark Town with two new friends, and a Pokèmon. After riding their bikes for a short 15 minutes, the trainers decided it would be beneficial for their journey if they walked in order to attain and learn about Pokèmon more easily. So, they now advance through the route to Cherrygrove City.
Silver moved his right hand up to the tip of his hat slowly, moving it around to settle easier on his head. Melissa watched him. She had been watching him closely ever since they had left. His smooth blonde hair blew calmly in the slight breeze that gave an overall tropical feeling to the rather mild day of weather that surrounded them. She noticed everything about his appearance attracted her. From his silver eyes, which ironically matched his original name, to his style of clothing he chose which she envied shamefully.
Breaking her view of Silver for the first time in quite some time, one of her blonde locks of hair fell slightly over her eye. She parted her hair to regain her clear perspective of the boy when something else gained her attention. She looked off to the left of Silver suddenly, catching view of a strange contortion in the tree there. She grabbed hold of Silver's arm gently, pulling him to a stop.
"Shh, I see something up there," she explained.
Silver looked to where she was looking, studying the tree that she was staring at. He raised a brow slightly, obviously too dense to realize why she was looking at a tree to begin with.
"Just stay here, I'm going to check it out," she told him, approaching the tree calmly.
Silver crossed his arms, blowing a bit of air from his lips upwards, blowing a part of his hair upwards before it fell back down again.
J finally caught up just then, stopping before Silver with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Silver did not answer, but only pointed over to Melissa who was preparing to climb the tree. Just as she placed her hand on a branch, her eyes widened abruptly before she let out a loud yelp. Silver ran over to her, taking hold of her wounded hand gently. He saw the spur that had penetrated the skin of her hand a couple of centimeters deep. He grabbed her other hand quickly, giving her something to squeeze as he pulled the spur out quickly. Melissa only released a short growl before letting out the long breath of air she had been holding in.
"You alright?" J asked, standing behind Silver.
"Yeah, I guess," she answered, eyes still fixated on the tree.
"What's so special about that tree that you have to climb it?" Silver queried, only to be ignored again as Melissa reached for the Pokèball on her waist.
She tossed the ball forwards suddenly, shouting her summoning of Totodile to them all. The small plant Pokèmon appeared from the red beam of light as expected, giving off a "Dile!" to announce its readiness for battle.
"Totodile, head butt that tree!" She commanded.
"Huh?" Silver yelled confused.
The small water Pokèmon complied, launching it self at full speed at the tree it was directed at. As soon as it's head struck the tree, out fell a large black bird. The bird looked as if it wore a black hat upon its head as if a crow that stole the hat from a witch. Its eyes opened abruptly to be greeted by 3 people and a Pokèmon before it.
"Muuuurrrrr..." it moaned, squinting from the pain of the fall.
Silver and J had by this time opened their mouths wide in shock. Just by her Pokèmon slamming into a tree, she had found the first Pokèmon in their journey. A Murkow.
Melissa tensed. The first Pokèmon she had a chance to catch was a dark-type. It would be extremely useful during her journey indeed. She needed to take her time when battling it as to not scare it away. With a deep breath, she prepared for battle.
Silver crossed his arms, his brow furrowed in wonder as he watched for the girl's technique or pattern in her training. J too accompanied Silver in his surveillance, also seemingly ready to take notes on the battle.
Melissa finally gave an order.
"Totodile, get into a defensive stance and use your mean look technique!"
Totodile nodded suddenly, as it's face grew more frightening. It growled loudly as it's eyes pierced through the bird, forcing it to stay in battle from intimidation.
The small black bird quickly dove at Totodile, it's beak reared back for a peck attack. Totodile quickly jumped right, moving out of the way in time.
"Alright, now turn and use your scratch attack!" She commanded
The Totodile turned to the Murkrow that was still moving forwards from the momentum of its first attack. The crocodile Pokèmon charged it from behind, claws extended, and scratched the bird on it's back.
"Muuur!" It yelled loudly.
The dark crow quickly faded from view, confusing its opponent considerably. Totodile's eyes quickly darted around, searching for where it's opponent had gone. Without warning, the small bird appeared right in front of Totodile, slamming it's head into his chest hard, sending him flying.
"What the hell?" Melissa exclaimed, frustrated.
Silver stepped forwards, his eyes fixated on the confused girl.
"It's Murkrow's Feint Attack. It faded from view using the shadows of the forest, and appeared to attack. It's a technique used by most dark-type Pokèmon," he explained.
Melissa raised a brow, obviously intrigued. Turning back to the battle, she continued.
"Okay, Totodile, launch into the air!"
Totodile complied, using its powerful legs and tail to launch itself upwards, awaiting further instruction.
"Now give Murkrow a slam attack it wont forget!"
"Toto!"
The crocodile put it's hands at it's side to become as aerodynamic as a crocodile could possibly become, and slammed it's body hard into Murkrow's, sending the bird into the dirt.
Murkrow got up slowly, and took to the air clumsily, obviously shaken up by the blow. Melissa quickly grabbed a Pokèball from her back pocket, and threw it up at the Murkrow at found itself unable to retreat from intuition of battle. It just had to continue fighting Totodile. Just as Murkrow turned to continue helplessly, the ball slammed head on into its head, bringing the Pokèmon inside with the red beam of light.
Silver and J crossed their fingers as the ball wobbled on the ground softly. Totodile and Melissa only stared hopefully, watching every second of movement that came from the contraption. After a few more pushes, the ball eventually let out an elongated beep as it came to a stop, ensuring the capture.
Silver and J cheered her on, congratulating her with her capture. Melissa thanked them and picked up her ball. She had caught one already. Her first capture. Silver grinned. Maybe he would be having some friendly competition on the way to the Johto League. And he would gladly accept it.