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 was in the forest that the second guardhouse had led him to. He remembered how he had been told that the Fuschia City Gym was in the middle of the forest.
So far, he hadn't had much luck.
However, he would keep looking.
He kept walking on in the forest.
Eventually, he came to something that looked like a Japanese restaurant.
However, there was no noise coming from inside. The place might have been deserted, for all Rick knew.
Rick went inside anyway, figuring that this was probably the Fuschia City gym.
As he was walking through the place, he suddenly bumped into what seemed like thin air.
Rick tried to push his way past, but whatever was stopping him, it was not only invisible but also thick.
He knew just the Pokewoman for the job.
"Go, Birdie!" Rick said, sending out Birdie.
"Birdie, freeze whatever's in front of me solid," Rick said.
"Okay," Birdie said.
Birdie threw ice at the invisible thing, and it froze it, doing an added job of making it visible.
It was a wall.
Rick angrily smashed the now frozen and easily crackable wall into pieces. He wanted to see the gym leader, not play games with invisible walls!
He made his way through a hall, and finally came out into a room.
The room had a female ninja in a pink outfit, and a male ninja in a blue outfit.
"Greetings," the female ninja said. "I am Aya, and this is my brother Koga."
"Greetings," the male ninja, apparently Koga, said. "I am the gym leader of the Fuschia City Gym."
"Then I am Rick, from Pallet Town, and I challenge you to a match!" Rick said.
"I accept your challenge, of course, but I don't use brute force like other gym leaders," Koga said. "This will be a one-on-one Pokewomen battle." (Author's note: It would have been two-on-two, because I used to believe that Dokugumon, from Digimon, was female. But then I read somewhere that Dokugumon was male, so I made this one-on-one instead.)
Then Koga threw a Poke Ball and said, "Go, Princess Snake!"
A blue-skinned elegant-looking princess appeared.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the Pokewoman.
The Pokedex said, "Princess Snake. She appeared in one episode of an Earth TV show called Dragonball Z. She looks and acts like your everyday polite princess, but that is illusion, and in reality she is a gigantic snake that, to defeat opponents, swallows them whole and uses stomach acid on them."
"Anita, go!" Rick said, sending out Anita.
Anita, as usual, was quiet, simply staring at Princess Snake.
"Princess Snake, you may now shed your illusion," Koga said.
Princess Snake suddenly grew fangs, and then the illusion disappeared altogether. Now there was a gigantic snake in the middle of the room.
Rick was a little nervous, but he figured Anita's telekinetic powers would be enough to prevent herself from being swallowed whole.
"Princess Snake, swallow her!" Koga said.
Princess Snake lunged at Anita, attempting to swallow her.
Anita lifted a finger, and there was a blue flash. Princess Snake was stopped in mid-air by a telekinetic force.
Princess Snake, surprised, fell to the floor.
"Princess Snake, try again," Koga commanded.
Princess Snake lunged at Anita gain.
"Don't hold back this time," Rick coached Anita.
Anita nodded, and this time, after the blue flash, Princess Snake wasn't merely stopped in mid-air, she was thrown back against the wall.
"Anita has pretty strong telekinetic powers," Koga said. "You have trained her well."
Rick was embarassed, and said, "Actually, I don't train my Pokewomen often. I just happened to be lucky enough to catch pretty strong ones."
Princess Snake, meanwhile, had lunged at Anita again, and Anita simply flung her back against the wall again.
This kept on, until finally Princess Snake couldn't take it anymore, and she fell unconscious.
"I win," Rick said.
Koga nodded.
"You have won, and you deserve a badge," Koga said.
He tossed Rick a badge that looked like a heart.
"That is the Soul Badge," Koga said.
Rick cheered, then ran to Anita, picked her up, and swung her around.
Then he gave her a hug.
For just a second, he thought he saw the beginning of a smile on Anita's face.
But it was gone so quickly that Rick thought he must have imagined it.
"So, do you know the way to the next city?" Rick asked Koga.
"Yes, Celadon City is---" Koga began.
"I know where Celadon City is, I already have the Rainbow Badge," Rick said.
"How about Saffron City?" Aya asked, speaking up for the first time since she'd greeted Rick.
"No, haven't been there," Rick said.
"Use my Pokewoman to get there," Aya said, sending out someone.
A gargoyle-looking creature came out of the Poke Ball.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at the creature.
The Pokedex said, "Demona. She is a villain from an Earth TV show called Gargoyles. She is very strong and very fast, and has the ability to fly."
"Get on Demona's back, and she will fly you to Saffron City," Aya said.
"Thanks!" Rick said, getting on Demona's back.
Demona burst through the roof of the gym, carrying Rick towards Saffron City, and his next adventure...
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.