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 suddenly found himself outside the gym, with the man standing next to him.
"What happened?" Rick asked.
"Sabrina was about to turn you into a doll," the man said. "I decided to save your life by teleporting you outside."
"Thanks," Rick said. "But what's made Sabrina so psychotic?"
"It all started a long time ago," the man said. "Sabrina was a little girl, and she had just developed her psychic powers. She became fascinated with them, and kept practicing her powers, developing them. She refused to do much else, and she never made any friends."
The man had a pensive look for a moment, and then continued.
"Eventually, she split into two parts," the man continued. "One is her human self, cold, unfeeling, concerned only with her own psychic powers. The other is her doll, who represents the part of her that is lonely, and really does want to make friends."
"That's kinda sad," Rick said.
Then he realized something. How on earth did this man know Sabrina since she was a little girl? Unless...
"You must be her father!" Rick shouted.
The man smirked.
"So, you figured it out," he said. "Not bad. Of course, you'll never be able to beat Sabrina."
"Why not?" Rick demanded. "Other people have gotten into the Indigo League before, so they must have been able to beat her."
"They did, you won't," the man replied. "Not if you can't find some way to defend against psychic powers."
"I just have to train Birdie better, that's all!" Rick said.
He rushed off into a forest outside Saffron City, leaving the man behind.
Rick started training Birdie.
He kept having her use her ice powers, and he kept trying to make her able to use them at faster speeds.
If Birdie could speed up the rate at which she used her powers, she might be able to attack Jean Grey before Jean Grey's psychic powers could get to her.
They kept training for a long time.
Finally, Birdie began to show some improvement.
She was able to use her powers in a faster amount of time.
But Rick thought it wasn't enough, and just kept on training her.
Finally, Rick decided to wrap it up.
After congratulating her on her improvement, Rick recalled her, and headed back to the gym.
Once inside the gym, Rick headed straight to the room with Sabrina.
Once inside there, Rick said, "I've come back for a rematch!"
"Challenge accepted," Sabrina said.
She sent out Jean Grey, and Rick sent out Birdie.
"The same Pokewoman again?" Sabrina asked rhetorically. "You should forfeit, so you can go in the toybox."
"And so you can play with me!" Sabrina's doll added.
"Not a chance, you psycho!" Rick said.
Jean Grey concentrated, preparing to take telekinetic control of Birdie just like the last battle.
But this time Birdie threw an ice shard, cutting Jean Grey slightly.
Jean Grey winced in pain, momentarily losing concentration.
Birdie saw her opening and threw lots of ice shards at her repeatedly.
Meanwhile, Rick had decided to try to get rid of Sabrina's insanity.
And he'd decided to tell jokes to do it.
"What do you get when you cross a porcupine and a toothbrush?" Rick asked her.
"Excuse me? Why don't you watch the battle?" Sabrina asked.
"A very good reason not to brush your teeth, that's what!" Rick finished.
Sabrina just stared at him.
Meanwhile, Jean Grey and Birdie were throwing physical blows at each other now.
"Why did the turkey cross the road?" Rick asked.
Sabrina was about to say something to the effect of that being the oldest joke in the world, when she realized that Rick had said "turkey", not "chicken".
"I don't know, why?" Sabrina asked, bored, and as usual, unusually calm.
"Because the chicken was on strike!" Rick said.
Sabrina just stood there. Apparently she didn't find that joke funny either.
Meanwhile, Jean Grey and Birdie had begun wrestling with one another.
Rick was trying to think of another joke.
Then he thought of a three-part joke.
"What's frozen tea?" Rick asked.
"I don't know," Sabrina said.
"Iced tea! What's frozen beer?" Rick asked.
"I don't know," Sabrina said.
"Iced beer! What's frozen ink?" Rick asked.
Sabrina, finally getting the hang of it, said, "Iced ink."
"Then go and have a bath!" Rick said, bursting into laughter.
Sabrina was confused.
"'Iced ink' sounds like 'I stink'," Rick explained.
Something Rick found unbelievable happened.
As Sabrina finally understood the joke, she burst into laughter.
Even Jean Grey, her own Pokewoman, was surprised, turning to look at Sabrina.
That was the opportunity Birdie needed.
Birdie smacked Jean Grey upside the head so hard that Jean Grey was knocked unconscious.
Rick noticed that Sabrina actually had a very nice laugh.
"Ever since Sabrina was a little girl, I never thought she'd laugh like this," someone said from behind Rick.
Rick spun around and saw the same man who'd saved his life earlier.
"Where'd YOU come from?" Rick asked.
"That's a stupid question, I just walked in," the man said.
Suddenly, Sabrina's doll disappeared in a flash of light.
"What just happened?" Rick asked.
"Sabrina's laughter has removed the unfeeling coldness from inside her," the man said. "Now the doll is no longer needed, because the doll was just the personification of Sabrina's emotions, emotions that Sabrina herself now has."
"I guess you beat me," Sabrina said, good-natured now.
Sabrina recalled Jean Grey.
Then, Sabrina threw Rick a badge that looked like a yellow circle.
"This is the Marsh badge," Sabrina said.
"Thanks!" Rick said.
Then he continued, "Do you know where I can find another gym?"
"You'll find one on Cinnabar Island," the man said. "As a reward for helping Sabrina to come back to normal, I'll teleport you there myself."
"No way!" Rick protested. "I've had enough of psychic powers to last me---"
But before Rick could finished, he suddenly found himself teleported to 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.