Dedication: Once again, this fic is dedicated to Arsenal, my best football (soccer to Americans) team. Who lost 2-1 to Liverpool in the F.A. Cup final. Ah well, better luck next time lads.
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.
Authors included in this chapter: 'Crazy'. If you want to be included, simply leave your trainer name, and a list of any Pokemon you have in a review of this chapter(review the fic too though) also leave your gender. I use this way to make unique trainers. Thanks. Remember, your help could make this fic series a lot better. Crazy reviewed chapter 5, so is now included in chapter 6.
JOHOTO JOURNEY Part 6 – Action in Alph
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. Then on, he went to Violet City, and beat Falkner, the Gym Leader in a
lucky break.
Link
sat down and sipped his PokePop (poplar soft drink), and looked around him. He
was in the guard post that bordered Violet City and the mysterious Ruins of
Alph. As the ruins were a big tourist attraction, the post got a lot of
passers-by, so a café was set up inside it. Link was there right now,
attempting to make plans for his trip to the ruins. He had heard that rare
Pokemon lived there, there were legends of mysterious Unowns – Symbol Pokemon
that symbolised letters of the Alphabet. Link wondered what they looked like.
As usual, he alone was proving that he probably wasn't human, as humans are
meant to be the most intelligent species around, and he was anything but
intelligent. He forgot that he had faced an Unown himself a just two days ago.
And beat it. He sighed, and got up, and went past the cheerful guard who kept
saying 'Hi guy! Did you visit the ruins of Alph?' (See Pokemon gold/silver). As
he went up to the door. Someone blocked it. Link looked, and saw a trainer that
looked about his age. He tried to pass, but the trainer blocked him, Link
looked up.
"What?"
He said.
"I
don't want to let you out just yet." Smiled the trainer. It wasn't a sadistic
smile, more of a friendly, joking one.
"Why's
that?"
"You're
a trainer?"
"Guess
so."
"What's
your name?"
"Call
me Link."
"Really?
Call me Crazy."
This
seemed strange to Link, the trainer seemed to want to be called crazy. People
said to Link that he was crazy, but he never admitted it.
"OK.
You're crazy."
The
trainer seemed to get annoyed at this. "NO! Crazy! My name! CRAZY! C-R-A-Z-Y!"
"OK.
So your name's Crazy."
"Yes!"
"But…
You're not actually crazy?"
"Um…
Er…" Link was so stupid that he even confused Crazy. "Um… Well… Ah SHADDUP! My name
is crazy. I am sane though. You're so stupid! All I wanted to do was to
challenge someone to a Pokemon battle, and I end up with some guy who can't
understand anything. Well, smart-boy understand this! I challenge you to a 2V2
Pokemon battle!"
"Well
then…" Said Link, "I accept."
"Good."
They both walked out, Link still had a question.
"You did
say that you weren't crazy, right?"
Crazy glared at him. Link shut up until they got to a large area with rocks jutting out of the dirt. This was where the match would be. As usual, Link took up his space opposite Crazy, he readied his first Pokemon.
"Chickorita!
Go!"
"Larvitar!
I choose you!" Crazy's pokeball opened, and out came a Pokemon that Link hadn't
seen before, he took out his PokeDex (which had just been repaired after he
found out that if you drop it into a glass of water, the screen goes black).
Larvitar, the Rock Skin
Pokemon. The Pokemon feeds mainly on soil, after it has eaten a mountain of
dirt, it will fall asleep and grow into its evolved form – Pupitar.
Crazy wasn't wasting any
time. "Larvitar! Sandstorm now!"
"Larrrrr!"
Growled the Larvitar. Suddenly, sand shot out of the ground and whirled around
in a raging storm around Chickorita. The leaf Pokemon closed its eyes tight
shut as the razor-sharp sand lashed around it. Link leaned around the sandstorm
and saw the Larvitar, standing still, a concentrated look in its eyes but
otherwise no sign of pain. It was well trained
The
storm subsided, Link looked at his Chikorita. It seemed to be just hanging on to
itself, even Link could realise that it had gone through an ordeal.
"Chikorita!"
He yelled, "Razor-Leaf now!"
Panting,
Chikorita got to its feet. Link crossed his fingers, praying for a reaction. It
was no use. Nothing was happening. Chikorita was trying as hard as it could.
Link could see the effort in its eyes. The match seemed to come to a slight
halt. Link, Crazy and even Larvitar were looking, waiting for its final
reaction. Link sweated, Chikorita took
a deep breath and tried one last time…
"Chi…
Ko… RRITA!" Something was happening. But it didn't look like razor-leaf. It was
something… else. A white light enveloped Chikorita, it started to grow. Its
form changed. The seed-like necklace that it had turned into sharp leaves, the
leaf on its head grew to be massive, with a large notch in it. It got less fat,
and more powerfully-built. Its mouth got larger, so did its tail, it grew a
neck. Suddenly, the growing stopped.
"Bayyy
Leeef! (Wow, what a strange feeling)" Link gasped, he fumbled for his PokeDex,
had it really evolved?
Bayleef,
the Leaf Pokemon. This evolved form of Chikorita has leaves which are valued
highly as medicine. Unlike Chikorita, it is manoeuvrable, and its unique attack
– Synthesis, catches the sun's rays and converts it into life energy.
"This can't be happening."
Crazy murmured in disbelief. "Quickly Larvitar! Rock slide!"
"Larvitar!"
Larvitar's skin seemed to crumble, although the Pokemon still seemed intact, and
the discharged rocks rolled towards Bayleef at a quick pace.
"This
time, nothing'll stop us!" Link shouted, "Bayleef, Razor-Leaf!"
"Bayleef
(OK Link)!" The evolution process didn't seem to affect Bayleef. Its strength
was back. It shook its head violently and leaves seemed to peel away from the
ones on its neck, although its neck seemed to be intact. It shot the flurry of organic
knives towards the Larvitar, slicing up the rocks that were bearing down on
Link's Pokemon, and whizzed over, under, and what looked like through the
rock-hard Larvitar. The Larvitar stumbled, and collapsed. Crazy returned it.
"Impressive
Link." Crazy said, "But, even evolved, that Pokemon is still a plant. And plants
burn. Go! Houndour!" Link, once again, took out his long-suffering Pokedex.
Houndour, the Dark Pokemon.
These Pokemon are very strategic, co-ordinating their attacks with growls of
communication that only they can understand.
"Houndour! Flamethrower!"
"Dourrr…"
The Houndour growled and took a deep breath and blew massive out a blast of
fire, which passed through Bayleef. Evolved or not, Crazy was right. It was
still a plant and plants burn." Bayleef collapsed. Link winced, his main
Pokemon had been overcome by fire before (see chapter 3). He recalled it and
armed his last Pokeball.
"Geodude!
Go!" He threw his Pokeball and the rock burst out.
"A
Geodude? That's no problem." Crazy smiled. "Houndour! Crunch attack!"
The
Houndour opened its mouth. Link gasped. Loads of Shiny, pointy teeth decorated
its jaws. With incredible speed, it lunged at Geodude. Link began to panic. He
looked around.
"Geodude!
Take cover!" He pointed to a nearby rock jutting out of the dirt. With a pretty
good speed itself, Geodude, flew behind the rock. It opened it mouth, reached
in, and took out a shiny rock. Link smiled. Even without telling it too, his
Geodude knew that it should do rock throw. It got ready to slam the rock into
the face of the Houndour when it was forced to go around the rock. Link smiled.
But during this he forgot about the Houndour.
Crunch!
Link heard something.
Crunch!
Link
started to panic. What was that sound? He looked around, and where was that
Houndour? His Geodude looked terrified.
Crunch!
Link suddenly realised why his Pokemon was scared. Instead of going around the rock, the Houndour had simply used its crunch attack to bite its way through. Link gazed in terror as the Dark Pokemon bit through the rock and used its jaws to throw it aside like it was nothing. The next thing he knew, the Pokemon had got its way through the five metres of the boulder. With ninja-like speed, it opened its still shining jaws and lunged at Geodude. Link closed his eyes tight shut and called back his Pokemon before his Geodude had to go through intensive care at the Pokemon centre for a week. Then he realised it. Once again, he had lost.
The
two trainers shook hands and smiled at each other. Link had found out that
Crazy was a really nice person. And he liked the trainer, despite losing, also,
he got a Bayleef. Then, suddenly, he realised. He had forgotten to visit the
Ruins themselves. He shrugged, said 'bye to Crazy, and walked back through the
guard post, the guard beamed at him.
"Hi
guy! Did you visit the Ruins of…"
"Shaddup!"
END OF PART 6