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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Rick was training his Pokewomen some more, even Birdie, who he had caught not too long ago. (Author's Note: In fact he only caught Birdie in the last chapter.)
He was working on the same things as he did the last time he trained them.
Also, just like last time, he trained them until they were exhausted, but then gave them a rest.
As they were resting, Rick was thinking about how all this training would pay off eventually.
He'd eventually get to the third gym, and if the pattern continued like it had so far, Lt. Surge would be even tougher to beat then Misty had been.
Suddenly he heard a twig snap.
He spun around and saw a little girl standing behind him. She had brown hair, and was wearing a white-and-blue dress.
She was also holding a doll.
Rick took a closer look and saw that the doll was headless!
Rick was repulsed. Why on earth was this girl carrying around a headless doll?!
Also, she was just staring at him.
Rick was beginning to get irritated.
"Quit staring at me!" he shouted.
The girl didn't even flinch.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the girl.
Sure enough, she was a Pokewoman.
The Pokedex said, "Anita. She is a character from a series of Earth video games called Darkstalkers. She is extremely quiet, not speaking often. She is wise beyond her years, and knows a lot more than she lets on. Lesser trainers are often creeped out by this girl's 'spooky little girl' personality. She has telekinetic powers, and she has an attack called "Love For You" which flings dozens of dolls' heads at an opponent."
Rick had been creeped out by Anita. Did that mean he was a lesser trainer?
No, he wasn't, and he was going to prove it.
He recalled everyone except Birdie, who he planned to use to catch Anita.
"All right, Birdie, let's catch ourselves another friend!" Rick said.
"You got it," Birdie said.
Anita still didn't move.
"Birdie, hit her with some ice shards!" Rick said.
Birdie flung some ice shards at Anita.
Now Anita finally did something.
She made a gesture, and there was a blue flash.
Suddenly the ice shards were flung right back at Birdie, but Birdie flipped out of the way.
"Trap her in a black ball," Rick said.
Birdie concentrated, but before she could do anything, there was another blue flash, and Birdie was telekinetically flipped into a tree.
Birdie climbed out of the tree, steamed.
"Come on, freeze her in her tracks!" Rick shouted.
Birdie shot a stream of ice at Anita, but Anita sidestepped the ice.
Then, Anita said softly, "Love For You."
Suddenly a maelstrom of dolls' heads were sent flying at Birdie.
Birdie was so surprised that she wasn't able to dodge, and she got smacked upside the head by the dolls' heads.
Rick was getting frustrated now. There had to be some way to stop those telekinetic powers.
But how? It was Anita's mind that controlled her powers...
So then Rick realized that something had to be done to Anita's mind in order to disable her powers!
But what could Birdie do?
Rick absent-minded looked at Birdie's hair and was vaguely reminded of ice cream.
Rick loved ice cream. The only part he didn't like was the "ice cream headache" one could get by eating ice cream too fast. "Ice cream headaches" were also known as "brain freezes".
Brain freezes...brain...brain...
That was it!
"Birdie, shoot some ice towards Anita's head as fast as you can!" Rick shouted.
Birdie shot a stream of ice at Anita's head, speeding up the speed of the ice as fast as she could.
The ice froze Anita's head, and she clutched her head in pain. Now she'd had a brain freeze...almost literally.
Anita couldn't use telekinetic powers if her brain was in pain!
"Go, Poke Ball!" Rick said, throwing the last of the empty Poke Balls that Professor Oak had given him.
If this worked, Rick would have a full team of six.
The Poke Ball hit Anita and zapped her inside.
The ball started shaking back and forth, and the button in the middle glowed red.
Rick was tense, waiting to see what would happen.
Finally, the ball stopped shaking, still closed. Anita had been caught.
Rick picked up the Poke Ball and danced with glee. After giving Birdie a hug, he recalled her.
He walked on, and soon he could see a city in the distance.
Rick rushed towards it. He'd spent a long time trying to get to this city, and now he had made it...
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.