Dedication: chapter's dedicated to my mate Sean, who had a nervous breakdown a few months ago but recovered, and he's still the same nice friend that he always was.
JOHOTO JOURNEY Part 4
Story so
far: Link, a thirteen year old boy, has just left his home area of New Bark
Town to be a Pokemon trainer, he chose a Chickorita as his Pokemon from
Professor Elm, the town's leading Pokemon expert. He also caught a Geodude
along the way to Cherrygrove City, where he fought and lost his first battle.
Not disheartened (That much) He left CherryGrove City, and made his way to
Violet City, to battle the Gym Leader.
Link looked
behind at CherryGrove City as it faded into the distance, he knew that he was
meant to be a wandering Pokemon Trainer, but when that friendly-looking man
hitched him a ride on his motorbike, Link didn't really mind not walking. He smiled to himself, knowing now that
he had the speed advantage over any other new trainers.
Suddenly,
the man stopped. He turned around and looked at Link.
"How much
money ya got?"
"Well,
let's see…" Said Link, "Loads. I've got over $12908659."
The mans
eyes lit up, he looked down at Link's wallet. "That's… um… a very good quality
wallet sir, I'll buy it!"
"Really? I
found it in a bin outside the dump. I thought that it was so rubbish that it
even got rejected from there. But if you really want to buy it… $5!"
"DEAL!"
Said the man, he shoved Link his $5, grabbed the wallet (still full of money),
revved up his bike and drove off, laughing.
Link
laughed to himself, he doubted that the wallet it was worth anything, he was so
cunning, he cheated the poor guy out of some money. Link grinned and walked off
down the road.
One hour
later, Link was walking up the road of route 30. Suddenly, the road stopped.
Confused, Link looked around. The road just disappeared. Link shrugged and
started walking into the wilderness ahead of him. Another hour on, Link found
that he was really bored, so he got out his PokeDex and started fiddling with
the functions, not looking at where he was going. Just as he had found that he
could make the voice go slower just by shaking it, he smashed into a tree.
"Yaa… ahh….
ahh…" He said, slowly sliding down the tree. He jumped to his feet and was
about to walk on when he heard something. He turned around and looked at the
tree. It was shaking a lot after Link had bumped into it. Leaves were falling
off. And it made a large screeching sound. Link blinked in a puzzled fashion,
looking at the tree. He thought he saw something moving inside it.
"Aaaiiippp!" A something dropped out of the tree. Link stared at the
wriggling thing, its head stuck in the ground. Suddenly, it dawned on him. He
flicked open his PokeDex, groaning as he realised that the voice was
permanently stuck on 'slow'.
Aipom… His
helper said, the… long… tail… Pokemon… This… Pokemon swings… around… in…
trees… at… an… alarming… rate…Its… agility… is… its… main… asset… Not… its…
Strength…
Link looked at the still wriggling
monkey. It didn't look very good, but, as his PokeDex said, it was all speed,
not strength. He knew that it would be useful.
"Go!
Geodude!" He cried, throwing his Pokeball.
"Duude
(Roar)!" The Aipom had finally wriggled out of the ground, and stood, growling,
at Link's Pokemon.
"Geodude!
Tackle it!" Link shouted. His Geodude launched itself at the Pokemon at a
powerful speed. But with ninja-like reactions, the Aipom launched itself over
Geodude, then turned around and grinned at it.
"Geodude!
Tackle again!" Link yelled. Once again, the Rock Pokemon flew at the Aipom,
and, once again, it dodged. Just as Link was about to order it to tackle again,
the Aipom ran at Geodude, hopping and swinging on the trees to gain momentum.
Link wasn't entirely sure what it was doing, but he grabbed his Pokedex to find
out.
This…
Pokemon… is… using… the… move…
"Rarrgh!"
Link roared, and punched his Pokedex
known as
quick attack, the Pokemon uses its own agility to use a tackle at an incredible pace of speed.
Link
grinned, he knew that a punch wasn't the answer to most things, but…
"Aipoooom!"
Link turned around, the Aipom was lying on the ground, clutching its head, he
looked over at the Geodude, it acted as if a rolled up pellet of paper had hit
it. It scratched the place where the Aipom had struck it, and looked forward
using its own, gormless stare, as if nothing had happened. Link had this bit
covered.
"Go!
Pokeball." The Pokeball span towards the Pokemon that had a now almost
unbearable headache. The ball hit the Aipom, then hit a tree trunk, them
bounced onto the soft earth. It jiggled a bit. Then a bit longer.
Five
minutes later, Link was looking at the still shaking Pokeball, with a still
very serious look on his face. He was too stupid to realise, however, that the
Pokemon was already caught, just shaking in the pain that Geodude had left it
in. After a while, though, even that stopped. Link smiled, jumped up in the
air, and ran around cheering 'I got Aipom' loudly. His Geodude bounced up and
down happily as well.
An hour
later, Link reached an open path. He was a lot more happy, now he had his
Aipom, he felt lucky. Lucky enough to take out Violet's Gym Leader. He stopped.
Ahead of him, a girl was standing in front of a sign. Link walked up to him
"Hi."
"yo."
"So… um…
what does the sign say?" Link asked.
"Route 36,
leading onto Violet City." The girl Said.
"Thanks."
Said Link, and turned to go.
"HOLD IT!"
Link turned
around nervously, "Yeah?"
"You're a
trainer?"
"Yes."
"Rookie?"
"Sort of,
yeah."
"Same here."
The girl said, her eye glinting. "I challenge you to a match!"
"OK, I
accept." Said Link, desperate to try out his new Pokemon.
"2V2 then.
Let's go!" The girl walked into an open field. Link followed her, he got his
first Pokeball ready.
"GO! Aipom!"
He threw his Pokeball.
"Attack!
Unown!" She threw hers. Something burst out. Link gasped.
Whatever it
was, it HAD to be rare. It looked strange, a bit like an '8' made out of black
tubes with a large spot for an eye.
"Wow!" Said
Link, where'd you get that?
"From the
ruins of Alph outside Violet City." The girl replied, "Its really rare, but is
a weak little thing and I'm only using it to show it off." Link fumbled for his
PokeDex.
Unown,
the Symbol Pokemon. This Pokemon comes in many different shapes and sizes. They
resemble the Hieroglyphics on the wall of the ancient ruins of Alph. Scientists
believe that there is a Link.
Link was
amazed at this, how could a newbie like that kid, grab a Pokemon like this? He
knew, however, that it would be a victory to be remembered, if he could win.
"Aipom!" He
shouted, "Use quick attack!" His Pokemon jumped back, then launched itself at
the Unown with incredible speed.
"Unown!" The
girl shouted, "Use your hidden power atta…" She stopped abruptly, as the Unown
started spinning around in a confused way, before starting to fade in and out.
Link smiled, he could see that, despite its agility being its key, his Aipom
could still strike with skill and power. He flashed a thumbs-up sign at his
Pokemon. It grinned and bounced up and down.
"Return,
Unown!" The girl shouted, pulling back the Pokemon that seemed to be
disintegrating and forming up again in its pain. Link grinned.
"Giving up…
er… Miss… er…"
"Jo
Ashburn." The girl replied. She readied another Pokeball, and flung it with a
shout of. "Go! Spinerak!" She threw her Pokeball, once again, Link used his
PokeDex on the Pokemon that looked a lot like a spider.
Spinerak, the stringspit Pokemon.
This Pokemon uses its long legs and ability to spit a form substance that forms
a web for it to live in to a great effect, however, it is small and lacks the
strength of its evolved form, Ariados.
"Spinerak!
Use your poison sting!" Shouted Jo. Immediately, the Spider tensed and let
loose a shower of poisonous barbs at Aipom. It was inexperienced and its aim wasn't steady, but one needle buried
itself into Aipom's arm. It screeched, and started running around in a circle.
"Aipom
return." Link groaned, calling back his new Pokemon. He quickly decided who
would go next.
"Go
Geodude!" He yelled, calling out his final Pokemon. The rock looked down at the
Spinerak.
"Poison
sting again Spinerak!" Jo shouted. Once again, the needles flew out of the
large spike in the middle of the Spinerak's forehead.
"Geodude!
Defence curl now!" Link shouted. Geodude gripped its body, clunked to the
ground, and closed its eyes. The needles bounced off him as if he was, well, a
rock.
"OK
Geodude." Link smiled, "Tackle it!"
"Duuuuude
(Rargh!)" Shouted Geodude, it launched itself up at the spinerak, the force of
the blow made Spinerak fly back, rolling, and collide with a tree.
"No!" Jo
yelled, "Spinerak, return!"
Link half
smiled, despite not wanting to show emotion, he was overjoyed. After losing
one, he had won his first Pokemon battle. He called back his Geodude.
"This trail
leads to Violet City." Jo said, later, pointing to the path ahead. "But watch
out, the Gym Leader there's tough."
Link nodded.
He thought that he could beat the Gym Leader, but deep down inside, he knew
that somebody that had been a Pokemon trainer for just twenty eight hours
couldn't hope to beat a champion that had been training for years. He then
shook his head hard, that wasn't the optimistic thinking that his Mum had often
told him to do. He had to think positively. He said goodbye to Jo. Checked that
he had his Pokemon, and set off down the dusty road of Route 36.
End of
part 4