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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Morning arrived.
Rick was the first to get up.
He said to his Pokewomen, "Rise and shine, everyone!"
Saria woke up, bright and chipper as usual. Pixie woke up a little groggy.
Inque didn't wake up at all.
"Come on, Inque, get up!" Rick shouted.
Instantly Inque slithered out of bed and grabbed Rick.
"Don't shout at me, loser," Inque said.
Rick got Inque off of him, and then ordered room service to get breakfast for everyone.
After they'd eaten breakfast, Rick recalled everyone, paid for the room service and the stay at the hotel, and then left the hotel.
Rick eventually left Cerulean City, and started walking along the path to what he hoped was the next city.
He was whistling again.
During the course of his walk, about 10 kids challenged him, but they all had badly-trained Pokewomen, and he beat them easily.
The last kid told him something about a kid named A.J. who was going to go on a Pokewomen journey after winning 100 battles, and so far he'd already won 98.
Rick decided to see this kid, and he ended up at an unofficial Pokewomen gym.
Rick was disappointed that the gym was unofficial. That meant he couldn't win a badge here.
But maybe he could see that kid A.J. and challenge him to a match. He must be pretty tough if he had already won 98 battles.
Someone with green hair, an orange shirt, and blue shorts walked up to Rick.
"Are you my next victim?" the someone said. He had a Southern accent.
"I am Rick, from Pallet Town! Are you A.J.?" Rick asked.
"That's me!" the other person said. "Come to challenge me to a match, have you?"
"Yeah, let's battle!" Rick said.
"Suit yourself," A.J. said.
He led Rick to a sandy floor where the battle would take place.
"So, what'll happen if I break your winning streak?" Rick asked casually.
"No problem, I'll just work up another winning streak 'til I reach 100 wins in a row," A.J. said. "And gain even more experience for my Pokewoman before going out on a journey."
"Well, prepare to lose!" Rick said.
He sent out Inque, saying, "Go, Inque!"
Inque came out of her Poke Ball.
"About time you used me for a battle," Inque said.
"Twinrova, you're up!" A.J. said, sending out a Twinrova.
A.J. was shocked. Twinrova, a character from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, was one of the three Pokewomen that one could start out with at Pallet Town.
Rick had seen one of the other two girls that applied for a Pokewoman at his town take a Twinrova. Rick had even gotten some information about Twinrova from his Pokedex.
But this guy had a Twinrova too...
Well, there was no help for it now.
"Let's let Twinrova make the first move," Rick said to Inque.
Inque scoffed, impatient.
"Twinrova, burn that ink woman!" A.J. said.
Twinrova shot some fire from one of her hands, but Inque separated into many ink tentacles, wrapping themselves around the fire and smothering it until it was put out.
"Inque, let's knock Twinrova down!" Rick shouted.
Inque turned one of her arms into a hammer made out of ink, and the hammer swung at Twinrova.
But this Twinrova was well-trained, neatly side-stepping the hammer.
"Freeze her!" A.J. commanded.
Twinrova shot ice out of her other arm, but Inque turned into an ink ball, smashing through the ice and into Twinrova.
Twinrova stumbled but did not fall.
"Well, if fire and ice won't work, let's try that combination trick I taught you!" A.J. said.
Twinrova fired both fire and ice at the same time, but instead of firing them both straight ahead, she made both fire and ice combine. The fire melted the ice, turning it into water.
The water hit Inque and started to break her apart.
Inque screamed, and Rick quickly recalled her so she could regroup.
"I guess you lose," A.J. said. "That's victory number 99!"
Rick couldn't believe it. Up to now, he'd had nothing but victories.
But now, for the first time during his journey, he had lost a battle.
He now realized he would have to do some serious training if he expected to win the battles again.
"Hey you!" someone shouted from behind him.
Rick turned around and saw a man wearing a Team Rocket uniform. This, obviously, was a Team Rocket member.
"What do you want?" Rick and A.J. asked at the same time.
"My teammates don't have Pokewomen of their own, but I do!" the Team Rocket member said. "If I'm ever going to steal any Pokewomen, my own Pokewoman will need experience so she can beat everybody else. A.J., I challenge you to a Pokewomen battle!"
"Fine with me, criminal," A.J. said, leading the Team Rocket member to the sandy floor. "Send out your Pokewoman, and then I'm going to get victory number 100!"
"Go, Zira!" the Team Rocket member said, throwing a Poke Ball.
A female lioness came out, an evil look on her face.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the female lioness.
The Pokedex said, "Zira. This is a character from an Earth video called The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. She is a villain, and a ferocious fighter."
Twinrova, who A.J. hadn't even bothered to recall, smirked.
"You make the first move; it doesn't matter," A.J. said.
"Zira, tear that thing apart with your claws!" the Team Rocket member shouted.
Zira lunged at Twinrova, but Twinrova simply kicked Zira away.
"C'mon, Zira, tear that thing apart! Try it with your teeth this time!" the Team Rocket member commanded.
Zira lunged at Twinrova again, but this time Twinrova shot some ice, freezing Zira solid.
"You lose; a frozen opponent can't fight," A.J. said.
The Team Rocket member had a look of shock on his face. He couldn't believe he had lost so quickly. The battle had ended in less than a minute.
"You weakling," he said to Zira as he recalled her.
Then he ran off.
"Well, I guess that makes it victory number 100," A.J. said. He recalled Twinrova.
"Time for me to go on my Pokemon journey," he continued.
"I'm gonna battle you in the Indigo League someday, and I'm not gonna lose," Rick promised.
"Suit yourself, but if we battle again you better be a better trainer," A.J. said. "I'm sick of fighting easy opponents, and I'd like a challenge."
Then A.J. walked away from the unofficial gym to who knows where.
Rick shrugged, and continued walking along the path.
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.