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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It was the day after Rick's sixth match, and Rick would now participate in the final match of the Pokewomen League.
And to tell the truth, Rick was sweating profusely.
Whoever his opponent was going to be, he or she would have to have been extremely tough to have made it this far. Just like in the sixth match, both opponents could use six Pokewomen instead of three in this final match.
Whoever won this match would win the entire Indigo League and become a Pokewomen Master.
Rick was standing on the Red platform again, having once again been chosen to be the Red trainer.
He chanced to look over to his left and gasped.
There were his parents, in the front row!
"What are you doing here?!" Rick asked.
"We decided that during this particular match, just watching you on TV wouldn't do you justice," his father said.
"Do your best, honey!" his mother called.
Rick groaned. It was bad enough that there was a chance he would be humiliated in front of this audience if he lost.
Now, if he lost, he'd be humiliated in front of his parents...
Of course, the surprise of seeing them there was nothing compared to the surprise Rick got when his opponent walked out and onto the green platform.
"You!" Rick said. "A.J., how'd you make it all the way to the final round?"
Indeed, there was A.J. standing there. A.J. had been the first opponent Rick had ever lost to, and at the time, A.J. had been undefeated.
"Well, I'm still undefeated," A.J. said. "In all the time I've trained Pokewomen, I've never lost a single match. Pokewomen, maybe, but never a match."
Rick knew he was in deep trouble. If A.J. had still never lost a match, how could Rick hope to win?
But he had to try.
"And now, the final Indigo League match is underway," the announcer said. "Whoever wins this match not only gets the title of Pokewomen Master, but he also gets access to a secret so closely kept, that not even I know what it is! Now, let the battle begin!"
"Go, Inque!" Rick said, sending out Inque.
"Curare, go!" A.J. said, throwing a Poke Ball.
A woman in Arabian-style battle dress appeared, holding two swords.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Curare. This is a character from an Earth TV show called Batman Beyond. She is a villain, and she is an expert with her swords."
Curare gave a battle cry and rushed at Inque.
Curare slashed furiously with her swords, but all they ended up doing was cutting ink off of Inque, who simply reformed them back onto her.
Inque then slammed Curare into the ground with an ink tentacle repeatedly.
Curare threw a sword at Inque, which caused Inque to try to dodge.
The act of dodging caused the tentacle to be dislodged from Curare, and Curare leaped over Inque's head, picking the sword up again.
Then Curare rushed at Inque again, this time going for the head, and once again slashing repeatedly.
Inque knocked Curare backwards with an ink hammer, but Curare got up and rushed at Inque again.
This Pokewoman was relentless!
"Geez Louise, what's up with this one?" Rick asked no one in particular.
"I train all my Pokewomen to be ferocious fighters," A.J. said, deciding to answer Rick's question even though Rick hadn't been speaking to him. "I put them through extremely tough training regimes, but they pay off. Since I'm tougher on my Pokewomen than most trainers are, but since I still manage to get their loyalty, that makes me good enough to have gotten this far."
Meanwhile, Curare was still slashing away.
Again, all Curare succeeded in doing was cutting ink off of Inque, who simply reformed the ink back onto her.
Inque finally got bored and kicked Curare upside the head.
Curare was knocked out.
"Curare is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
On the scoreboard, one of A.J.'s lights went out.
"Actually, that didn't seem like too difficult a victory to achieve," the announcer said. "But knowing most trainers, this was probably A.J.'s weakest. Those of you who want this to get interesting had better hope A.J.'s next Pokewoman is tougher."
"Granity, go!" A.J. said, throwing another Poke Ball.
A Pokewoman who looked like Pixie appeared, except this one had green hair instead of red, and she was grey where Pixie was green.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Granity. This is a character from an Earth TV show and a couple of video games called Monster Rancher. She is a crossbreed between a Pixie and a Golem, with Pixie as the main breed. She is capable of doing anything that a purebreed Pixie can do."
"Hey loser, eat this!" Inque said.
Inque rushed at Granity.
Granity, however, nimbly flew into the air, flying behind Inque.
Granity blasted Inque from behind with a big bang attack.
Inque stumbled a bit. Although she wasn't vulnerable to physical attacks, she didn't handle non-physical attacks too well.
Well, Rick thought, at least she isn't capable of a water attack. That would really be disastrous for Inque.
"Inque, grab her with an ink tentacle!" Rick said.
Inque tried to grab Granity with an ink tentacle, but Granity shocked the tentacle with lightning, and the tentacle drew back.
Then, Granity blasted Inque with a sonic blast, knocking Inque unconscious.
"Inque is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
On the scoreboard, one of Rick's lights went out.
"It appears that Granity was the right choice!" the announcer said. "Does Rick have anything up his sleeve that can combat Granity?"
Rick recalled Inque.
"Go, Pixie!" Rick said, sending out Pixie.
"Wow, Pixie looks a little like Granity! They must be related or something," the announcer quipped.
Rick flipped open his Pokedex and looked something up. He was looking up at least one difference between Pixie and Granity.
The Pokedex said, "One major difference between Pixie and Granity is that Pixie is better at speed and skill, but Granity is better at power, at least in her physical attacks, and is also better at defense. In non-physical attacks, Pixie and Granity are about the same strength."
Rick had his strategy. He'd try to use Pixie's superior speed to avoid Granity's superior power. That shouldn't be a problem. Rick took "skill" to mean accuracy, and since Granity was worse in accuracy, Pixie should be able to avoid Granity. Then, Pixie could use her superior accuracy to land a bunch of speedy hits.
Rick just hoped it would work.
Apparently A.J. knew about Granity's superior physical attack power, for his next order was not for Granity to use lightning, a big bang, a fire wall, or the sonic blast, but instead, "Granity, kick her!"
Granity flew into the air, as did Pixie.
Granity dived at Pixie with a leg outstretched, but Pixie flew out of the way.
Granity chased Pixie, trying to kick her, but Pixie kept flying out of the way.
Then, Pixie dived at Granity, hitting her with a bunch of kicks.
They didn't do a lot of damage, considering Granity's superior defense.
Also, Granity was able to connect with a slap to Pixie's face.
As Pixie reeled from the blow, Granity kicked her in the back, sending her spiraling to the ground.
But Pixie flew back up again.
"Wow, this reminds me of an aerial dogfight!" the announcer said.
Pixie began to rely on speed, racing around Granity and repeatedly slapping and kicking Granity.
Granity grabbed Pixie's leg and tossed her away, only to have Pixie recover in mid-air and then dive at Granity.
Pixie slammed into Granity and sent them both spiraling to the ground.
Pixie landed on top of Granity, which got a few comments from the perverts in the audience.
Pixie leaped off of Granity, flew into the air again, and sent lightning down at her.
Granity, despite being slow, was able to roll out of the way, flying upwards at Pixie.
Pixie did a loop-the-loop in the air, and Granity went right past her.
Then, Pixie aimed a sonic blast at Granity's behind.
The blast knocked Granity to the ground.
Apparently the earlier repeated slaps and kicks had taken their toll on even Granity's good defense, and Granity was unconcsious.
"Granity is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
On the scoreboard, one of A.J.'s lights went out.
"Looks like the purebreed beat the crossbreed!" the announcer said.
A.J. recalled Granity.
"Buttercup, go!" A.J. said, throwing a Poke Ball.
A five-year-old black-haired girl wearing green clothes came out.
The weird thing was, she was hovering in mid-air.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Buttercup. This is a character from an Earth TV show called the Powerpuff Girls. Buttercup was created when a professor named Professor Utonium tried to create the 'perfect little girl', but got Chemical X mixed in it by accident, and Buttercup was just one of the three Powerpuff Girls that formed as a result. Buttercup is the tough one, and is physically stronger than the other two. However, she is not as smart. She used to be insecure without her blanket, but she has since given the blanket away, and now she has no insecurities. She is a ferocious fighter, and makes an extremely dangerous opponent because she has the experience of having battled countless monsters that were mostly many times bigger than whole buildings. She loves to fight. Her abilities include flying, super speed, eye beams, and the ability to create a ball of fire by rubbing her hands together and using the friction to create the fireball." (Author's Note: Buttercup could do the ball of fire trick in the "Mo Job" episode.)
"A.J. has chosen Buttercup!" the announcer said. "She may be five years old, but she packs a powerful punch!"
Indeed, Pixie soon found that out when Buttercup suddenly flew at Pixie with amazing speed, punching her in the midsection.
Rick could hardly believe it. Buttercup had seemed to move so fast that she left a trail of green light behind her.
He supposed all three Powerpuff Girls could do that, but still...
While Pixie was recovering from the blow, Buttercup punched her rapidly, aiming some blows at her head, others at her chest, and others at her legs.
Then Buttercup delivered a powerful downward strike, sending Pixie hurtling towards the ground.
Buttercup still wasn't finished.
Buttercup zipped downward after Pixie, catching her in mid-air and then pile-driving her into the ground.
Rick grimaced. Buttercup sure loved to fight, all right.
"Try a sonic blast!" Rick said.
Pixie concentrated for the sonic blast, but Buttercup started beating her up again with rapid blows, and the sonic blast misfired harmlessly into the air.
Then Buttercup grabbed Pixie and began winding up for a punch.
Pixie used this opportunity to blast Buttercup with lightning.
Buttercup, caught off guard, was thrown back, allowing Pixie to fly higher into the air. Pixie was hoping to put some distance between herself and Buttercup, having found out the hard way that Buttercup was dangerous up close.
Pixie fired a big bang attack, but Buttercup simply flew to the side, dodging it.
Then Buttercup zipped forward, slamming Pixie's head into the wall.
The sheer force of the blow knocked Pixie unconscious, making Rick realize the extent of Buttercup's strength.
"Pixie is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
On the scoreboard, one of Rick's lights went out.
"It looks like this particular Pokewoman's a little firecracker in battle!" the announcer said. "They say little girls are made of 'sugar, spice, and everything nice', and this girl must be the 'spice'."
Rick recalled Pixie.
"Go, Birdie!" Rick said, sending out Birdie.
"Rick has chosen Birdie, the Sailor Moon formerly-a-villain with ice powers!" the announcer said. "Can Birdie put the freeze on Buttercup, or will Buttercup prove to be too hot to handle?"
"Birdie, freeze her!" Rick said.
Birdie shot some ice at Buttercup, but Buttercup formed a fireball and threw it, melting the ice and hitting Birdie.
As Birdie stumbled back, Buttercup zipped forward and delivered a couple of lightning-fast punches.
Birdie fell, apparently struggling to stand up.
Rick couldn't believe it. Was Birdie really that weak on defense?
"Ha! You can't beat me!" Buttercup boasted, slowly flying above Birdie to deliver the finishing blow.
"Sucker!" Birdie said, suddenly shooting ice at Buttercup.
Buttercup was caught off guard just like when Pixie had blasted her with lightning, and Buttercup was frozen.
"Buttercup is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
On the scoreboard, one of A.J.'s lights went out.
"Birdie has put the freeze on Buttercup!" the announcer said as A.J. recalled Buttercup.
"Darn! That was my few Pokewomen who actually enjoyed all my rough training instead of simply suffering it in silence," A.J. said.
Then he threw a Poke Ball and said, "Ms. Hinako, go!"
A cute young girl in yellow clothes appeared. She was holding a coin.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Ms. Hinako. This is a character from an Earth TV show called Ranma 1/2. She is a young girl, but using a special technique with her coin, she can use an opponent's energy to become an adult with the ability to fire powerful energy blasts. The effect is temporary, however."
"A.J. has chosen Ms. Hinako!" the announcer said. "Can this girl beat the one who defeated a Powerpuff Girl?"
"No way! Birdie, throw ice shards at her!" Rick said.
Birdie threw ice shards at Ms. Hinako, but Ms. Hinako ducked and rolled under them.
Then, she held her coin up and said something in Japanese that Rick didn't understand.
Suddenly the coin began to glow, and it sapped Birdie's energy out of her.
Soon, Birdie got tired, and Ms. Hinako suddenly grew to adulthood.
"Now, get rid of her!" A.J. said.
Ms. Hinako fired multiple energy blasts at Birdie.
Since Birdie had been drained of energy, she was too weak to avoid them.
Under the barrage of energy blasts, Birdie soon fainted.
"Birdie is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
On the scoreboard, one of Rick's lights went out.
"That was quick!" the announcer said, as Rick recalled Birdie. "Let's hope Rick's next Pokewoman has better luck, or this match is going to get boring."
Soon, Ms. Hinako shrank back into a young girl.
Rick formed a plan, but it was risky on a couple of points. If this plan failed, Rick didn't have much of a chance.
"Go, Saria!" Rick said, sending out Saria.
"Rick has chosen Saria, the Forest Sage!" the announcer said. "This could get interesting, considering the powers that being the Forest Sage gives Saria."
"You know what to do," A.J. told Ms. Hinako.
Ms. Hinako nodded.
She held up her coin and again said something in Japanese that Rick didn't understand.
The coin, as before, started draining energy. But this time Rick knew that was coming.
"Saria, start gathering energy from the sunlight! That will compensate for the energy being drained from you by the coin!" Rick said.
Saria, a little weak, complied.
She started gathering energy from the sunlight.
Rick's months of training that had taken place before the Indigo League paid off.
Saria was gathering energy from the sunlight faster than Ms. Hinako's coin could drain it.
Before Ms. Hinako could grow to adulthood, Saria gathered enough energy for an energy blast.
She fired a green energy blast at Ms. Hinako.
Since Ms. Hinako hadn't yet grown to adulthood, she had no defenses against the blast.
Ms. Hinako was blown into the wall, unconscious.
"Ms. Hinako is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
One the scoreboard, one of A.J.'s lights went out.
"Saria has beaten Ms. Hinako with the same strategy Ms. Hinako herself used! Talk about irony!" the announcer said.
A.J. recalled Ms. Hinako.
"Stormella, go!" A.J. said, throwing a Poke Ball.
A slightly overweight woman in a white-and-blue outfit with an ice wand appeared.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Stormella. This is a character from a movie called Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie. She used to be a villain, but has now reformed. She controls ice and snow with her wand."
With that, Stormella pointed her wand at Saria and shot an ice beam at her.
Saria grew some plants to block the beam, and the plants ended up being frozen.
From then on, Stormella kept trying to freeze Saria, but Saria kept blocking the beams with her plants.
Then, Saria missed one, and she got frozen.
"Saria is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
On the scoreboard, one of Rick's lights went out.
"That was a little too quick to be exciting," the announcer said. "Let's hope Rick's next Pokewoman is stronger than Saria."
Rick had only two Pokewomen left.
He could pick either Cassie or Anita.
The choice was obvious. If someone could take that wand away, Stormella would be powerless.
"Go, Anita!" Rick said, sending out Anita.
"Rick has chosen Anita, a telekinetic and extremely silent little girl," the announcer said.
Anita concentrated.
There was a blue flash, and Stormella's wand suddenly flew out of her hand, cluttering across the arena floor.
Then, there were lots of blue flashes, and Stormella was telekinetically brought up and down repeatedly, being smashed into the floor.
Stormella was a hardy Pokewoman, however, and she was still conscious.
Anita didn't let up, though. She kept telekinetically slamming Stormella into the ground.
Finally she stopped, and Stormella thought Anita had decided to show mercy on her.
Stormella thought wrong.
Anita pointed her finger at Stormella.
Suddenly dozens of dolls' heads flew at Stormella.
Rick had a recollection of how, when he had first encountered Anita, the Pokedex had told him of Anita's Love For You attack, which consisted of dozens of dolls' heads flying at the opponent.
This must be it.
Stormella was helpless under the barrage.
It was like being hit by hailstones.
Finally Stormella collapsed, unconscious.
"Stormella is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
"Amazing! Now A.J. is down to his last Pokewoman!" the announcer said. "Since Rick still has two Pokewomen left, I hope A.J.'s last Pokewoman is his most powerful one."
"It sure is...Twinrova, go!" A.J. said, throwing his last Poke Ball.
Twinrova appeared, and Rick remembered how, when he had first met A.J., Inque had lost miserably to Twinrova.
Since Anita was a little girl, and since Twinrova was gigantic, Twinrova easily toward over Anita.
"Show no mercy!" A.J. said.
Indeed, Twinrova showed no mercy.
Twinrova immediately lunged at Anita, punching and kicking her repeatedly.
Twinrova knocked Anita into the air, and then sent fire after her.
There was a blue flash, however, and the fire was diverted harmlessly into the air.
But Twinrova proved she was A.J.'s most powerful Pokewoman by immediately sending ice at Anita while Anita was still falling.
The ice grazed Anita and froze part of her clothes.
Anita fell to the ground, but since she was still conscious, and since she wasn't completely frozen, she was still able to battle and therefore wasn't ruled out.
But Twinrova wasn't done.
She leaped at Anita again, punching and kicking.
Soon Anita was brought to unconsciousness. Telekinetic she may have been, but physically she wasn't very good.
"Anita is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
On the scoreboard, one of Rick's lights went out.
Rick recalled Anita, extremely nervous. He had only one Pokewoman left...
"Go, Cassie!" Rick said, sending out the little pink dragon from Dragon Tales.
A.J. flipped out his Pokedex, which said something that Rick couldn't hear, but was probably the same thing Rick's own Pokedex had told Rick when Rick had first found Cassie.
"Oh my goodness! You have a Pokewoman that's from PBS Kids? You have a Pokewoman that's from a little kids' show?!" A.J. asked incredulously. Then he burst into laughter.
"Jeez, the league is at stake and you send out that thing!" A.J. said, laughing so hard tears nearly came out of his eyes.
The audience and the announcer weren't laughing, however.
They had seen Rick's fifth match, and had learned that any Pokewoman could become good if well-trained.
"All right, fans, this is it!" the announcer shouted, getting really excited. "The final showdown! The big finish! The finale! Each trainer has only one Pokewoman left, and this is the final round of the Indigo League! Whoever wins this battle wins the match, the league, and the right to have access to the most heavily guarded secret in the world! But that's not all that's at stake! A.J. was undefeated before this match. Can Rick break his undefeated streak, or will A.J. become the one Pokewoman Master that remains undefeated? Can Cassie prove to A.J. that even characters from little kids' shows can be competent if well-trained? This is so exciting!"
Cassie now became nervous, trembling.
Rick wanted to punch out the announcer.
Rick remembered his Pokedex telling him that one of Cassie's faults was that she feared making a mistake.
Now the announcer had callously put major pressure on her, for now she knew that if she lost at this point, it would be the biggest mistake in her life, considering what was at stake.
But Rick had trained Cassie and the other Pokewomen for months before entering the Indigo League.
Maybe Cassie could do it.
(Author's Note: Imagine extremely dramatic music playing here, like maybe the music that played in the Pokemon show when Ash's Pikachu battled Blaine's Magmar.)
"Cassie, you need to tire Twinrova out! Keep flying away from it!" Rick said.
At the same time, Twinrova lunged at Cassie.
Cassie was fast, thanks to Rick's training, and managed to fly away.
Soon, Twinrova was chasing Cassie around the field, with A.J. laughing all the while.
Then Twinrova got really nasty, shooting fire and ice at Cassie, sometimes combining fire and ice to make water.
Cassie was really scared, thinking she couldn't stand up to this monster.
Cassie, desperate, flew extremely high into the air.
Now Twinrova couldn't reach her physically, but Twinrova could reach her with her fire and ice.
She was relentless!
Some fire grazed Cassie's left arm, and Cassie screamed.
Rick thought that all Pokewomen had weaknesses. He hoped this one had one, too, as he flipped out his Pokedex.
The Pokedex said, "Twinrova's only known weakness is that she is vulnerable to her own ice and fire. However, this is not proven to be her only weakness, as nobody has dared to attack her physically before."
Rick had another risky plan.
"Cassie, this is where the training's gonna come in handy! You need to create a whirlwind that can blow the ice and fire back at her!" Rick said.
"Okay...I'll try..." Cassie said nervously.
She started spinning around repeatedly.
She slowly picked up speed, spinning faster and faster.
She then picked up so much speed while spinning that she turned into a miniature whirlwind.
The fire and ice Twinrova shot was blown back at her.
Twinrova was hit by both shots, and she screamed in pain.
But Cassie stopped spinning, tired by this effort.
The next blow could knock either of them out.
"Now, ram her! Do it as hard as you can, now that she's softened up!" Rick screamed.
Cassie started to charge at Twinrova, picking up speed.
Soon Cassie was whizzing through the air like an airborne battering ram, but Twinrova had recovered and drew her arm back, ready for a might punch?
Which blow would connect first?
The audience held their breath.
The announcer held his breath.
A.J. held his breath.
Rick's parents held his breath.
Rick himself held his breath...
CRACK!
That was the sound of Cassie ramming into Twinrova's stomach.
Twinrova's eyes widened. Twinrova was stunned.
Then, time seemed to slow down, as Twinrova finally toppled over.
She fell...and she was unconscious.
"Twinrova is unable to battle! The winner of the match and the league is Rick, from Pallet Town!" the referee said, raising the red flag and pointing it to Rick.
"RICK WINS THE LEAGUE! RICK WINS THE LEAGUE! RICK WINS THE LEAGUE!" the announcer screamed, and there was a sound similar to jumping up and down.
The audience cheered, Rick's parents cheering the loudest of all.
Rick's eyes shone. He had achieved his dream.
As for Cassie...you never saw such a look of relief and joy.
A.J., meanwhile, looked absolutely shocked that his winning streak had been broken.
Forlorn, he recalled Twinrova, then turned around to go back home.
Then Cassie's fatigue got to her, and she flew low to the ground, curling up for a nap.
"Good show, Cassie," Rick said softly, recalling her.
Later...
After lots of congratulatory hugs and kisses from his parents, and a surprise congratulations from Professor Oak, Rick was in the Indigo League hall of fame.
Rick had called out all of his Pokewomen.
So there were Saria, Pixie, Inque, Cassie, Birdie, and Anita standing there with Rick.
There was one official, and he had just taken a photograph of Rick and his team.
He set the photograph down in a glass booth in the Hall of Fame and closed it.
Rick was now a Pokewomen Master, immortalized in the Hall of Fame along with his dream.
Rick turned to his team, for without them this might not have happened.
"So, what do you think now that you belong to a Pokewomen master?" Rick asked.
"It's very nice!" Saria said. "I knew the first time I saw you after you chose me that you had this kind of potential."
"You're not such a bad trainer after all," Pixie said.
"You're no loser," Inque said reluctantly.
"I can't believe this!" Cassie said with a big grin. "Even after I no longer belonged to Damian I never dreamed this could happen!"
"Lookin' good, kid!" Birdie said, giving Rick a thumbs up.
As for Anita, for the first time Rick had ever seen, she actually smiled.
Apparently Rick had found the one thing that could break her emotionlessness.
"Now for the other part," the official said. "Do you swear that what I am about to tell you will remain a secret?"
"I do," Rick said, raising his right hand like a Boy Scout.
"Here is the secret," the official said, and began.
"You see," the offical began, "the secret is the origin of the Pokewomen themselves. We didn't used to have them in this world."
"We didn't?" Rick asked, surprised.
"No, we didn't," the official said. "In fact, we used to be a very uncivilized planet."
The official took a deep breath, then continued.
"There was anarchy everywhere...it was just horrible!" the official said. "The human race was in danger of extinction because we were so uncivilized."
The official shuddered at the memory.
"But then, quite by chance, we invented something that allowed us to see a planet in a parallel universe," the official continued. "That planet was Earth. The reason we invented what allowed us to discover it was because for all of our faults, our planet had extremely superior technology."
At this the official looked more relaxed.
"We then took a look into the kinds of TV shows and video games that this planet had," the official said. "The first we saw was something called Pokemon. Then, once we saw all the other TV shows abd video games, we realized that if we fashioned this world into a parody of that Pokemon show, we could become as much of a very-close-to-a-utopia as the Pokemon world was."
The official looked very relaxed now.
"So we invented something that could bring those characters to life as Pokewomen, and we infested this planet with them," the official said. "Then, we set up the Indigo League, the other leagues, and all the rules of Pokewomen training. With the responsibility and allure of Pokewomen to take care of, we quickly became the very-close-to-a-utopia that the Pokemon world was. The reason that this must be kept secret is that if word got out, people would think that we officials had no place revolutionizing the world, which of course is not true."
Until that last sentence, the official had looked extremely proud at revolutionizing the world. But then he looked serious.
"So you must never, ever, reveal the secret of the Pokewomen origin," the official said. "Only Pokewomen Masters are allowed to know, as well as us officials."
"I swear I will never reveal the secret of the Pokewomen world," Rick said.
"And your Pokewomen?" the official said warningly.
"We swear, too!" the six Pokewomen said in unison.
"Good. You may now leave, and because you are a Pokewomen Master, you will become a celebrity," the official said.
With that, Rick and all of his Pokewomen leaped for joy.
As they left, the official secretly took out a probe droid.
He'd left something out of his tale.
It was all true, but what he'd left out was that the officials had also invented and now sent out probe droids to secretly follow the Pokewomen Masters.
If the Pokewomen Masters were about to divulge the secret, the probe droids would send out a special beam that would cause the Pokewomen Masters to change their minds.
Rick was now one of those. He'd be followed by a probe droid, but in the official's opinion, that was a small price to pay for being immortalized as a Pokewomen Master...
The End
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Ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed a first. For the first time in the history of Fanfiction.net, a "new trainer" fic has actually been completed in full! And you all probably thought I wouldn't keep my promise to finish it, right? Well, on the downside, you're probably wondering why the story got boring at the final several chapters. That's because as I was writing the story, it got monotonous, and I kept losing resolve. I had to work very hard to summon the resolve needed to finish this story. I am never going to make a commitment of this magnitude again. However, it was well worth it if I am to be the first to ever finish a "new trainer" fic. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.