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 and Orville, 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 went into the town.
He saw a sign that said, "You are in Lavendar Town."
He wondered if there was a gym here.
A boy was passing by, and Rick asked the boy, "Is there a gym here?"
"No, there's no gym," the boy said. "We do have a mausoleum to pay respects to dead Pokewomen, though."
"I don't wanna waste time going to a mausoleum! I want a gym!" Rick shouted.
"Then you might want to go to a contest that's being held," the boy said. "The contest is that these two men will try to make one of your Pokewomen laugh. If they succeed, you lose. If they fail to make your Pokewoman laugh within the alotted time, you win the contest. The prize is that they give you directions to the nearest city with a gym. So far, no one's Pokewoman has succeeded in not laughing."
Rick grinned. He had a Pokewoman who was so quiet she'd probably NEVER laugh.
"Where is this contest?" he asked the boy.
"Over at the other side of town," the boy said, pointing.
"Ok, thanks!" Rick said, racing off in that direction.
As he got to the place where the contest was being held, he saw a large crowd of people, and a platform with two men in suits on it.
A little girl was onstage, having released her Pokewoman. This Pokewoman looked like a cross between a vampire and a duck.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the woman.
The Pokedex said, "Morgana. This character is from an Earth television series called Darkwing Duck. She has a wide range of magical powers, including transformation of objects and teleportation of objects."
"Morgana doesn't laugh very often; she's SURE to win this contest!" the little girl said.
"We'll see about that," one of the men said.
Both men proceeded in making lots of funny faces. At first, Morgana looked like she was going to win.
But then one of the men pulled a particularly funny face, and Morgana burst into laughter.
"You lose," both men said to Morgana and her trainer.
The little girl kicked the ground in frustration, and then recalled Morgana, storming off.
"I wanna try!" Rick said, climbing onto the platform.
"Ok, who's the lucky Pokewoman who's gonna be bursting into laughter?" one of the men asked.
"Ha! She's so serious she'll never laugh! Anita, go!" Rick said, sending out Anita.
Anita, as usual, was quiet.
The men started making funny faces. But Anita didn't laugh, not even when one of them pulled the same funny face that had caused Morgana to laugh.
"Ok, whaddya get when you cross a porcupine and a toothbrush? A very good reason not to brush your teeth!" one of the men said.
Still, Anita was quiet, not laughing.
"Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove it wasn't chicken!" the other one said.
Anita still wasn't laughing. Rick felt triumphant. Anita was so serious and quiet that she'd win this contest hands-down.
"Did you hear the one about the mountain climber? Never mind, he hasn't made it up yet!" one of the men said.
Still, Anita didn't laugh, and both men looked worried.
"What's frozen tea?" one man asked the other.
"Iced tea," the other man said.
"What's frozen beer?" the first asked.
"Iced beer," the other man replied.
"What's frozen ink?" the first asked.
"Iced ink," the other man replied.
"Then go and have a bath!" the first retorted.
Rick got the joke: "iced ink" sounded like "I stink".
Still Anita didn't laugh.
"I don't believe this! That was our funniest joke!" the first man said.
"We gotta think of something else before time's up!" the other man said.
"Time is up," someone said, standing to the side. Obviously this was the judge of the contest.
"You did not make this Pokewoman laugh within the alotted time, so her trainer wins the contest," the judge said.
"YES!" Rick shouted, picking up Anita and dancing around her with glee.
"We won! We won!" he said. He set Anita down, patted her on the head to thank her, and then recalled her.
"I've won fair and square," he continued, speaking to the two men. "Now tell me the directions to the city with a gym."
Both men sighed, resigned.
"Ok, if you go west of this town, which is called Lavendar Town if you didn't already know, and you follow the path, you'll get to Celadon City," the first man said.
"Ok, thanks!" Rick said, racing off.
He headed to the west, and then walked along the path, out of Lavendar Town, on his way to Celadon City and the next gym...
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.