by Martial Arts Master
The original concept of Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., 4Kids, TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, and Wizards of the Coast. All characters I use as Pokewomen are copyrighted by their original creators and owners. I made up Rick, though. See the first chapter for the rules by which the Pokewomen world operates by. Now, on with the story.
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As Rick got into the city, he saw a sign.
The sign said, "You are in Cerulean City."
It was already sunset, and it was time for Rick to get some dinner for himself and for his Pokewomen.
He went into a fast-food place and bought some dinner.
He sent out Saria, Pixie, and his newly caught Inque.
Rick set the dinner down on the table.
"I don't eat," Inque said. "I'm made of ink, remember? Or are you such a loser that you forgot that?"
Rick would have snapped at her, but then he rememberd that she was a villain in the Earth TV show called Batman Beyond. So of course she would have a nasty personality.
Well, she'd probably get a better attitude after being around me, he thought.
Since Inque didn't eat, Rick split the dinner meant for her between himself, Saria, and Pixie.
Then, they overheard people talking at the next table.
"Yeesh, you wouldn't believe the butt-kicking I got at the hands of the gym leader in this city," one boy said.
"Yeah, I managed to beat her, but only just barely," a girl replied. "She's even harder than Brock was!"
"Sounds like this gym leader's pretty tough," Rick said to Saria, Pixie, and Inque.
"Oh don't worry, I think we can manage," Saria said sweetly.
"Yeah, I hope," Pixie said.
"I bet I could beat her single-handedly," Inque said, looking as bored as it was possible for someone with a gigantic white spot for a face to look.
Soon, they finished their dinner, and Rick recalled Saria, Pixie, and Inque.
He rushed out of the fast-food place and headed towards the Cerulean City Gym.
He stepped inside, and was surprised.
There was a show going on.
There were three girls. One had blond hair and was wearing a red one-piece swimsuit.
The second had blue hair and was wearing a green one-piece swimsuit.
The third had pink hair and was wearing a yellow one-piece swimsuit.
They were performing synchronized swimming tricks in the water.
Finally, the girls finished their tricks, and the audience started clapping.
The girls got out of the water, and they bowed. Then, they left through a back door.
Rick rushed after them before the door closed, and managed to step in the room they were in.
The girls turned around.
"What are you doing here?" the blond one asked.
"He probably wants an autograph," the blue-haired one said. "As if we ever give autographs."
"I don't want an autograph," Rick said.
Before he could say anything else, the pink-haired one said, "Call our manager if you're looking for an interview."
"I don't want a stupid interview!" Rick shouted. "I'm just looking for the Cerulean City gym leader."
"Oh, that would be the runt," the blond-haired one said. She called out, "Misty, come here please!"
A redheaded girl walked up. She looked younger than the three girls. She was wearing a yellow shirt with suspenders and blue shorts.
"Yeah, what do you want?" she asked.
"This is our little sister," the blue-haired girl said. "Her name is Misty. She's the gym leader here."
The pink-haired girl said to Misty, "This boy would like to challenge you to a gym match."
"Fine, fine," Misty said irritably. "Let's wait for the audience to clear up, and then we'll get started."
Five minutes later...
Rick was standing on a platform in the pool that the girls had performed in.
Misty was standing on a platform at the other side of the pool.
"I should warn you that I'm an expert at using Pokewomen that specialize in water," Misty said.
Rick sweatdropped. He had wanted to test out Inque, but he remembered that the Pokedex had said that water would break Inque apart.
Inque would just have to wait until another battle.
"How many Pokewomen do we use to battle?" Rick asked.
"Two against two works fine with me!" Misty said.
Rick nodded. This would be a tough fight, if what he'd heard about Misty being harder than Brock was true.
The fight against Brock had been tough. This would be tougher.
"Go, Pixie!" Rick said, sending out Pixie.
Pixie flew up into the air, stretching briefly.
"In that case, I call...Princess Ruto!" Misty shouted, throwing a Poke Ball.
A cross between a fish and a human girl came out of the Poke Ball, landing on a platform separate from Rick and Misty.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the girl.
The Pokedex said, "Princess Ruto. She is from an Earth video game called Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. She is from a species called Zora, who can survive both on land and in water but prefer water. She is the Water Sage, so she can develop control over water and other things if she is trained well."
Rick was worried. This whole battle would take place in a pool. If Misty had trained Ruto well enough to use her powers to the fullest, Ruto would be able to control the whole battlefield!
And this was a gym leader, and one who specialized in water at that. Of course she had trained Ruto well.
But there was no help for it now.
Pixie threw a ball of energy at Ruto.
"Ruto, tap into your Water Sage power and throw one right back at her!" Misty called.
Ruto concentrated, and then threw a blue energy ball of her own at Pixie's energy ball. They both cancelled each other out.
"Now, knock Pixie into the water!" Misty shouted.
Ruto concentrated some more, and the water rose up into a waterspout.
Ruto sent the waterspout at Pixie, and the waterspout tossed Pixie around for a while before dumping her in the water.
Pixie flew right back out of the water and threw another energy ball at Ruto.
Ruto smiled, and a blue energy wall appeared in front of her and blocked the energy ball. Then the energy wall disappeared.
"Now, dive in! Let's see Pixie try to reach you there," Misty commanded.
Ruto dived underwater.
Rick smiled. This was just what he had been waiting for.
"Pixie, send some lightning at the water!" Rick called.
Pixie shot some lightning at the water.
Once the lightning hit the water, the whole pool conducted the electricity.
Ruto screamed, and then floated to the top of the pool, unconscious.
Misty sighed and recalled Ruto.
"Oh well, you may have beaten someone who can control water, but can you beat someone who is water?" Misty asked.
"Whaddya mean?" Rick asked suspiciously.
Misty laughed and threw a Poke Ball.
A huge girl-resembling water creature came out, immediately merging the water it was made up of with the pool.
"What on earth is that?!" Rick shouted, pointing his Pokedex at the creature.
The Pokedex said, "Water Card. This is a character from an Earth TV show called Cardcaptors. Since she is water itself, she can control the water she is made up of plus any water nearby. She also has an extremely aggressive personality."
Rick suddenly saw why Misty had saved the Water Card for last.
Even someone who could control water, like Ruto the Water Sage, could have their concentration broken.
But this thing was water, and since it didn't have a human-level intelligence, there was no way its concentration could be broken. Put that together with its aggressive personality, and you got an extremely dangerous opponent.
No wonder Misty was able to become a gym leader.
"Let's pulverize it!" Misty said to the Water Card.
The Water Card surged up, taking all the water of the pool with it. It then tried to swamp Pixie.
Pixie flew higher into the air and managed to avoid the Water Card.
But the Water Card wasn't finished. It repeatedly rushed at Pixie with the force of a room-sized tidal wave.
Pixie had to fly all around the room to avoid it, and even then, it was tricky business.
Now Rick could see Misty's strategy. If the Water Card kept Pixie fleeing, Pixie would have no time to attack. She would eventually tire herself out, and the Water Card could beat her.
Rick had to do something to make sure Pixie had enough time to attack before the Water Card caught up to her.
But what could he or Pixie do?
There was only one answer. Pixie would have to attack behind her, without looking back.
Looking back would slow her down, so she had to make the shot blind.
If she could hit the Water Card with lightning, the Water Card would get electrocuted into unconscious, no problem. But if Pixie missed, the Water Card might get angry enough to speed up and completely overpower Pixie.
"Pixie, attack behind you with lightning! Don't look back!" Rick called.
"You want me to make a blind shot?" Pixie asked incredulously.
"Just do it!" Rick shouted.
Pixie sighed, and then extended a hand behind her and fired some lightning.
Luckily for Rick, the Water Card was a huge target, and the lightning struck it.
The lightning coursed through the water that made up the Water Card.
The Water Card screamed, and then fell into the pool, unconscious.
Misty recalled the Water Card, mad.
"You never would have beaten me if it weren't for Pixie's lightning!" she shouted.
"Fair is fair, I won my badge," Rick said. "Now hand it over."
Misty tossed something over to Rick. Rick caught it and looked at it.
It was a badge, and it was raindrop-shaped.
"That's the Cascade Badge," Misty said. "Take it and go."
Rick recalled Pixie, rushing out of the gym, holding up his newly-earned Cascade Badge with glee.
However, it was nighttime now, and time for bed.
After checking into a hotel, Rick was shown to a room.
Like the rooms in the hotel at Pewter City, this room had seven beds; one for Rick and the other six cor Pokewomen.
Rick sent out Saria, Pixie, and Inque.
"All right, girls, it's nighty-night time," he said to them.
"Fine. Good-night, Rick," Saria said.
"G'night," Pixie said.
"Good night, but if you try to cop a feel on me while I'm asleep, I will kill you," Inque said.
The three Pokewomen fell asleep.
Rick didn't understand why Inque didn't like him, but he assumed that it was because she didn't have good morals, being a villain, and therefore didn't expect other people to have good morals either.
With a shrug, Rick got into bed too, falling asleep.
To be continued...
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You're probably thinking, "Oh no, not another new trainer fic that the author won't bother to finish!" Well, let me tell you, I hate those kinds of fics too, and let me tell you in advance that I DO plan on finishing this fic. I never start a fic that I don't intend to finish. In fact, if I'm lying about planning to finish the fic, may I get pounded by a madman. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.