Dedication: This fic is dedicated to my best football (soccer) team - Arsenal, who play Liverpool on the FA Cup (Biggest English Soccer tournament and the oldest sports tournament in the world) final today . I hope they win.
Disclaimer: Wish I could, but I don't own Pokemon. I do not work with Nintendo or Game Freak. I'm just a simple author.
JOHOTO JOURNEY Part 4 – Fighting Falcon
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. On the way, he caught the monkey-like Aipom, and won his first
trainer match.
Link groaned. For hours, he had trudged along the
dry, lonely dirt path that was route 36. He felt bored and tired. violet City
wasn't in sight, so, once again, out of his boredom, Link fiddled around with
his Pokemon database – his PokeDex. He found that if he bashed it against a
tree, the voice sped up and got really fast and high. He laughed as his PokeDex
described the power of the move 'Zap Cannon' in a tiny little Chipmunk voice.
Just as he discovered that the colours on the screen went inverted when he
pushed sand through the speaker holes, something happened.
As usual, it
was something bad. Bad things always happened to Link. He was naturally unlucky
and naturally stupid. In this case, Link fell down a hole. Just when he thought
that things couldn't get worse, the hole set off a net inside it, springing up
and leaving Link dangling from a tree. Link couldn't see any way of getting
out, so he carried on messing up his expensive PokeDex.
Just as Link
realised that the power turned off when you dropped it from the height that he
was onto a rock below, someone walked to where the net was and looked up at
Link.
"Hi."
"Hi there."
Said Link. "Hey, d'ya think that you could hand me up that PokeDex? Its getting
a little boring." As usual, Link was acting stupid. He didn't seem to realise
that he could ask the guy to help him down.
"OK." Said
the person. He looked like a teenager, with flat hair that covered some of his
face. "But first, you have to tell me what your doing up there in my trap."
"I fell into
the nearby hole." Said Link. "So you set it!"
"Yeah, but
to catch bird Pokemon, not wannabe Pokemon Trainers. Get down now."
"I can't.
I'm stuck."
"Oh, yeah."
Said the boy. "I can help. Go Pidgey!" He threw a Pokeball, and a Pidgey burst
out of it.
"Pidgey." He
said, "Help this little kid down. Cut the ropes!"
"Pidgeeey!"
The Bird cheeped. It whizzed up to Link and cut the net with its sharp beak
easily.
"WOAHHH!…….SMACK!"
Link hit the ground with a massive thump. Groaning, he got up.
"What the
hell where you doing?" Snarled the boy.
"Well," Said
Link, "I was hanging up there with my PokeDe…"
"OK, OK, I
get it." Said the teenager irritably, "Damn, that's annoying though. Took me
too long to set that thing up."
"Wasn't my
fault," Link said defendingly.
"Well… You
be more careful!" And with that, the boy stormed off towards Violet City. After
a while, Link got up and followed the path that he took that led to the massive
place.
"Wow." Link
murmured to himself. This City didn't seen as tall as CherryGrove City, but
there was a lot more of it. Everywhere he looked, there were houses and other
buildings. His Pokemon were slightly hurt and slightly tired, so he figured
that he'd have to find the Pokemon centre quick. Link opened the massive
fold-out booklet that read; "Violet City map: The easy, no-stress way to
navigate this great historical area."
An hour
later, Link felt stressed. He blamed that stupid map. He also blamed it for the
black eye and the large bruise in the side of his face. This was probably due
to the fact that the map was too large. He had folded it all out, and, due to
the fact that it was two metres by two metres when fully folded, the wind blew
it away, as Link chased it, he realised that it had blown in the face of a
well-built man. Problem was, he was driving a very expensive car (A Zapdos make
1.3, Poke equivalent of a Ferrari). So the man just jumped clear before it
smashed into a wall. He got up and walked over to Link. Link grinned sheepishly
up to him, before being knocked out as the man delivered a hard swipe to the left
of Link's face, knocking two teeth out. The next thing he knew, he was inside
the Pokemon Centre, being bandaged up by a nurse Joy.
"And when
I'm finished," Said the Nurse Joy, "I'll have a look at your Pokemon."
Once again. Link sat down in the Pokecentre
lounges, waiting for his Pokemon to be healed by the army of Nurse Joys. He
leant back, once again, to eavesdrop on the conversation behind him.
"Stupid
kid, did he have any idea how long that trap took me to set?"
"How old did
he look?"
"Dunno,
under fifteen, I should say, if he was here now, I'd challenge him."
"C'mon
Falkner, he's young, inexperienced, you'd thrash him and you know it."
"I dunno…
Ever since that kid from Pallet town came along and beat me…"
"He was an
experienced trainer, with a Pikachu, who's electric… he had it easy."
"But I'm the
Gym leader."
"So? He was
good. Anyway, the kid you just saw was no more than a wannabe."
"Yeah… I
guess he'd be crushed by me…"
"You don't
sound confident."
"Well, I've
never been beaten that badly before…"
"Ahh, it's
time to get back to the Gym anyway. Come on."
The
conversation stopped. Link once again leaned forward as two teenage boys got up
and walked off. Link wondered who they were. He shrugged and leaned back to
hear the next conversation by two old ladies who had just taken the boys'
seats. Something about the price of cheese…
Ding
Dong! "Could Link please collect his Pokemon." The voice rang over the
loudspeaker. Link got up, collected his Pokemon, and walked over to the information
desk.
"Um… 'Scuse
me," He said, "But where's the Violet City Pokemon Gym?"
The man at
the desk looked down at him and laughed.
"What? Your
going to challenge Falkner?"
Link nodded.
"You?"
"Yeah."
The man
laughed. "Well, you have fun playing Pokemon. You'll find the Gym on the
opposite side of the street."
"Thanks."
Link walked off. Glowing from the embarrassment of the man who was still
laughing at him.
In a
deliberately dramatic pose. Link frowned and looked seriously at the Gym, which
depicted a massive bird. He took a deep breath and walked in.
It was dark
inside. No lights were on. As Link walked in, he looked around. A few
unfriendly faces leered down at him. Link tried to act tough.
"Where's the
Gym Leader?"
"Why d'ya want
him?" Snarled one of the trainers.
"I want to
challenge him!" Said Link, looking a lot braver than he felt. Ringing laughter
was his response. Then, suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.
"Who's
that?"
"A little
kid, boss." Said one of the trainers, looking around. "A cocky little kid."
Suddenly, two of the trainers parted to let the Gym Leader through. Link looked
at the Gym Leader, the Gym Leader looked back, They both gasped.
"YOU!" They
said simultaneously. Suddenly, the Gym Leader laughed.
"Haha.. you!
Do YOU want to challenge ME?"
"Yeah!" Said
Link in a confused voice, "Why else would I be here?"
"Cocky
little guy aren't you?" Sneered the Leader, "I'm Falkner. Gym Leader of Violet
City Official Pokemon Gym."
"I'm Link."
Said Link.
"Well, I'm
bored of trainers right now, so let's get this over with. Two on two battle!"
He turned around and yelled. "Lights!" Suddenly, the Gym was lit up by a number
of lights. Revealing a Pokemon playing surface. At each end was a podium.
Falkner walked over to the far end, and climbed up. Link did likewise.
"OK Link!"
Shouted Falkner, "Two Pokemon. Let the match begin!"
"GO! Aipom!"
Shouted Link. The Pokemon jumped out of its Pokeball and started bouncing
around with that annoying grin.
"Pidgey! I
choose you!" Falkner threw his Pokeball, and his pidgey (The one that cut Link
down) jumped out with a squawk.
"Aipom!"
Shouted Link "Quick attack now!"
"Aipoooom!
(OK Link)" Using its tail as momentum, Link's newest Pokemon ran back for a run
up, then launched itself at the Pidgey with incredible speed. All anyone could
see was a large blur.
"Pidgey."
Falkner said confidently, "Sand attack."
"PIDGEY!" Yelled
his Pidgey, it flapped its wings rapidly, making a massive cloud of sand. With
a nod from Falkner, it sent the sand flying towards Aipom with a massive flap.
The sand hit Aipom, but it still jumped at Pidgey. However, it couldn't see a
thing as the sand had clogged up its eyes . The Pidgey fell to the floor,
dazed, and Aipom continued to hop around madly.
"Damn!"
Falkner cursed, "Pidgey, return!"
"Aipom!
Return!" Said Link in a happy way. Aipom was returned, the sand in its eyes was
left. It floated down and mixed in with the rest of the sand on the pitch.
Link pleased.
Even if he lost now, he'd know that he'd have a chance in the future, as he'd
only been going for three days, and already, he had done this. He got his next
Pokeball.
"Geodude!
GO!" He shouted.
"Pidgeotto!
Attack!" Falkner threw his Pokeball.
"Geodude!
Rock throw now!" Shouted Link.
"Geodude!
(ROAR)" Link watched in amazement as his Geodude reached inside its mouth and
pulled out a large stone. It was thrown at the Pidgeotto at immense speed. But,
with lightning sharp reflexes, the Bird Pokemon dodged the projectile. The rock
smashed into the wall, leaving a massive crater.
"Again! Rock
throw!" Shouted Link.
The air was
thick with flying rocks. Geodude had learnt how to do them two at a time, but,
each time, the Pidgeotto dodged them.
"Pidgeotto!"
Shouted Falkner, "Gust!"
The Pidgeotto
screeched loudly and created a massive spiral wind. It zoomed towards Geodude.
Dust clouded up Link's vision. It seemed like hell. Every so often, he heard
shouts and squawks. He tried to waft away the dust with his hands. No use.
Finally, five minutes later, the cloud subsided. Link peeped out.
It was like
a battle zone. Dust everywhere. But he realised with joy that wind and sand
didn't bother his Geodude in the slightest. He watched as it took a massive
rock out of its mouth, took one final look at the completely tired out
Pidgeotto. And span around. And around, and around, until he it was just one
massive blur, it then hurled the rock at a mega speed. It was accurate. The Pidgeotto
was hit by it. It never stood a chance.
Ten minutes
later. Falkner reluctantly shook hands with Link.
"Geez,
beaten by another kid." He moaned, "Ah well, it was a good match Link. Here,
take this Zephybadge. It proves that you beat me." He handed Link a small badge
that looked like a pair of wings. Link grinned.
An hour
later, Link was walking out of Violet City, somebody had recommended to him
that he went to the ruins of Alph, as it had rumours of rare Pokemon. He sighed
as he walked on. He felt good that day, with that badge pinned to him, he felt
confident that seven more would join them.
END OF
PART 5