The E-Camp Pokemon Romance Novels:
E-Camp stands for
Eager: (Brock Romance)
Certain (Jessie and James Romance)
Annoying (Gary Romance)
Minor (A.J and Duplica Romance)
Popular (Ash and Misty Romance)
A: Annoying: Gary Romance
In the Johto series, I am really enjoying Gary's character and I
suppose this fic is basically kind of a proclaim on that character.
Again, I did this 2 year ago, but I always wanted to work on his
character, something I intend to do in my Survivor fic. O.K,
jabbering over.
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Characters in this;
Gary
Gizelle
Joe (I called him Joel in my PL fic)
Lara Laramie
Dario
Professor Oak
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Setting: This is earlier than the other two fics because it is set after Ash
gets ahead of him in the Pokemon League, but is set later than the A.J fic
happening next, which is the earliest.
Gary looked ahead from Pokemon Island, home of the Pokemon League.
He had lost, amazingly in the fourth round to a girl named Edele. To add
insult to injury, Ash faced a higher ranked opponent, Koroko and defeated her.
He couldn't believe it as his Arcanine, Nidoking and Jolteon lost to the
girls Raticate, Sandslash and Clefairy, then Ash beat Koroko's Vileplume,
Rhyhorn with his Bulbasaur alone, and although he struggled with Bellsprout,
Muk defeated it for Ash to progress and become the highest ranked entrant
from Pallet in over 20 years.
He still remembered the battle with high clarification....
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Gary looked at his opponent in the 4th round, a tomboyish young girl named
Edele H'Cynal. He mused about her name and her skills.
He had beaten three opponent with relative ease and didn't think a cute girl
like that could get through his pokemon. After all, he was Gary Oak, the
number one pokemon master from Pallet Town (blah...blah....)
The girl was a bit taller than he was, with glowing red hair and a rough
expression, but Gary wasn't hear to flatter her. Flatten perhaps...and
impress her with his pokemon skills.....
As the coin went in the air, he decided a bit of verbal abuse may help....
"O.K, girly, I don't know who let you in here, but you are against the number
one Pokemon Master from Pallet, and you will fall here!"
Edele smirked. With an accent which was between Southern and Irish, she said
(think Lara's accent with a bit of an Irish twang)
"Flattery won't get you anywhere!" she smirked as Gary seethed in the grass
field. The coin was tossed and Gary lost. No matter. He had lost the coin
toss twice in his three matches so far and had always won. He grabbed his
pokeball and released.
"This will do the trick, Jolteon destroy all her pokemon now!" he said.
The lightning eevee came out with a loud 'JOLT!' as it emerged, ready to
face its opponent.
The girl fumbled her pokeball and threw it. "Sandslash, I choose you!"
A sweatdrop came across Gary.
The powerful ground pokemon looked ready.
"Never mind it Jolteon! Attack with agility!"
Jolteon thundered in with speed hoping to take a piece out of Sandslash.
"Sandslash, catch him out with Fury Swipes!"
Sandslash flew in with even quicker speed and slashed the face of Jolteon
flooring it.
"Jolteon, stun it with rage tackle!"
"Sandslash, dig!"
Sandslash flew under the grass and Jolteon flew into thin air, landing
grumpily on its face. Gary told it to be careful, as he released his Level 42
Jolteon was in trouble.
Sandslash emerged a second later and gave Jolteon another go with its claws.
Edele's tough but pretty face gave a sweet smirk to Gary who was
flabbergasted.
Jolteon was still awake, but barely.
"Jolteon, try sand attack!"
"Sandslash, sand attack!"
They attacked at the same time, but Sandslash's higher strength made the
other sand attack revolve back at Jolteon's face. Jolteon coughed as it was
blinded.
Edele smiled. "Sandslash, Swift!"
It was over. Jolteon flashed stars around its head as Sandslash gave it a
good K.O.
"Jolteon, return!" he said and released another pokeball. "Nidoking, I choose
you!"
The strong poison/ground pokemon emerged and Edele gave a mock look of fear.
"Oh I'm scared! Sandslash, fissure!"
"Nidoking, tail thrash!"
The powerful tail managed to hit Sandslash in mid-air. It flew to the
opposite end of the arena, to be caught by Edele.
"Are you alright Sandslash?" she said, a bit upset.
It nodded and Edele breathed a sigh of relief. "O.K, Sandslash, use your Body
Slam!"
"Body Slam Nidoking!"
This time it was Nidoking who had the stronger attack and Sandslash fell
hard. Edele decided that enough was enough and returned Sandslash. She got
another pokeball. "Clefairy, go!"
The small impish pokemon emerged and Gary laughed so hard he almost split in
half (wishful thinking)
"a Clefairy? My mighty Nidoking against a pitiful Clefairy? Oh, this will be
quick! Nidoking, horn attack!"
"Clefairy, show him that size doesn't matter with Light Screen!" Edele said.
Gary showed a little sign of worry but not much. Nidoking powerful ram forced
Clefairy back but Light Screen did its job and Clefairy wasn't hurt that much.
"Clefairy, defense curl!"
Clefairy glowed as Nidoking prepared to attack again.
"Nidoking, try thrash!"
"Clefairy, Minimise!"
Nidoking flew in with everything flying, but then stopped. Gary couldn't
believe it! The Clefairy must be at a high level if it could....
IT COULD! IT BLOODY COULD!
Nidoking fell down to half its intimadating size, and Gary saw that this
battle was near hopeless. Especially, when he heard......
"Metronome!"
A flash of light, a pinch of grey...bits from Nidoking, the match was over.
Gary growled, returned Nidoking, and sent in his strongest pokemon, Arcanine.
His first pokemon, Ivysaur, was resting, so Arcanine, at Level 45, was ready
to destroy this puny clefairy.
"Arcanine, flame thrower!"
"Clefairy, sing!"
Arcanine was too quick for Clefairy to use its sing move, and was hit badly.
Too badly for it to recover as Arcanine was called to use Take Down.
It didn't miss. Gary smirked.
"Clefairy, return! Raticate, go!"
The large rat came out.
"Raticate, Water Gun TM!"
"Huh?"
Raticate shot aspects of Squirtles water gun move and Arcanine managed to
dodge.
"Raticate, Ice Beam TM!"
Raticate shot a beam of ice at Arcanine which it managed to heat up in time
with ember, but the rain of water managed to scare it off for a bit.
"Arcanine, leer!"
"Raticate, quick attack!"
The speed of Raticate's quick attack managed to avoid the paralysing look of
Arcanine and slammed it's powerful body into Arcanine.
Gary was sweatdropping. How could he, Gary Oak, be in so much trouble to a
pokemon as inferior as a Raticate, or a Clefairy? Sandslash he could
understand, but.....
"Arcanine, take down!"
"Raticate, agility!"
Arcanine this time missed and Raticate jumped over it, and looked ready.
"Raticate, super fang/hyper fang combo!"
Raticate jumped forward and sank its teeth into Arcanine, its screamed as
Raticte jumped over 6 times its height and slammed its fangs into the body of
Arcanine.
Arcanine fainted.
Gary couldn't believe it.
He'd lost.
Edele jumped for joy as Gary slammed his fists into the ground.
He.....Gary Oak....had lost......
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Gary cursed that he had lost to some stupid red headed girl, who eventually
ranked fourth. Gary knew that could have been him, if he hadn't been so
overconfident.
The blood in his veins was boiling and he knew that Ash and his friends would
have been celebrating back in Pallet now....
Friends. That was another problem.
His fan club had certainly brought him enjoyment, but they were paid to do
it. To be honest, not since Ash did he have a true friend...
His fan club had returned to their original homes, and Gary was truly alone.
Well, he had his pokemon, and he was good to them, but someone to speak, to
hold, to hug.....
He had to remind himself of the good looking girls in the area.....
Gary slapped himself. How could he be so idiotic? Perhaps he wasn't the best
at everything......
With a sigh, he released Arcanine and Ivysaur.
"Guys, I guess we don't know where we're going, but we have each other
right...."
They smiled as Gary fed them a bit of food. He had to check on a few of his
pokemon. The six he had the moment, Ivysaur, Arcanine, Nidoking, Poliwrath,
Electrode and Jolteon, were good company.
But was it enough.........
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Gary was so confused and bewildered that he didn't notice until it was too
late.
"WHAMO!"
Gary fell back, clashing heads with whoever was dumb enough to be in his way.
He didn't have time for this he wasn't in the mood.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" he moaned as whoever hit him was going to
get the full enterage of his wrath.
The person, was a girl, a pretty girl, although Gary didn't notice at first.
She seemed to be dressed in a skimpy uniform, probably reminiscent of some
school, with white shirt and navy blue skirt. Her hair was cropped with bangs
and had a very innocent face.
That is, until she started to talk.
"You bumped into me you little brat!" the girl replied angirly, with a hiss.
Gary was stunned. A girl talking to him, Gary Oak, in that manner?
HOW DARE SHE?
"Little brat! WHY I OUGHTA...."
The girl walked up to him and looked him dead straight in the eye. "You'd
what......"
Gary started to sweatdrop. The close proximity of the young girl sent him
sweatdropping because he was scared that she might really do something, and
the closeness of a pretty girl was making him more nervous than normal.
"Erm.....er..eh...uh..." Gary seemed to lose the ability to speak.
"As I thought." the girl smirked and with that, sent a high kick in his
direction.
Gary fell back, dazed and bruised as the girl brushed herself off.
"Another absent minded trainer who hasn't got a clue what he's doing..." the
girl smirked and turned to walk away when.....
"Oh yeah, did you know Diglett moved into the ground at the speed of light?"
Gary said.
She stopped.
"Yes, I did. Did you know that if an Exeggutor loses a head....." she started.
"...that in 1 out of 5 chance, it can turn back into an Exeggute." Gary
smirked. "I have an Exeggutor you know and probably know more about pokemon
that whats stuck up behind your cute little face.."
The girl turned. "The names Gizelle, the top student of Pokemon Tech. I know
more about pokemon than what's inside that twisted little mind of yours."
She smirked. "I saw you battle you know. That is why I'm here, to study my
opponents for next year after graduation. I had to laugh you know..."
Gary again sweatdropped. "Why?"
Gizelle walked up to him and almost breathed across his face. "You see, your
three pokemon that you used may be all strong, but against a better trainer
whose pokemon are at higher levels, you still couldn't win. That Raticate
must be at...oh, near Level 50, perhaps Level 49, to use Hyper Fang at that
strength, whilst Clefairy must be at the high level 50's, to know all of its
attacks. I mean, your pokemon are around...level 35 upwards by the looks of
things...and thus, you couldn't win again a much more superior opponent...."
Gary had enough. People had taunted him about his loss after bragging so
much, and he couldn't take it anymore. Especially from this girl.....
Gary raised a pokeball. "Pokemon Battle, two against two. If you know as much
as you think you do, you should turn those thoughts into action. Come on!"
Gizelle laughed. "Oh please, you're no match for me. No one has beaten me in
the last year.....except for that Ash fellow who was in the League."
Now Gary was really seething. "Ash? Oh, I've had enough hearing about him!
Battle now, two on two!"
Gizelle yawned. "Very well, but you are only embarrassing yourself!" she said
and raised a pokeball. As did Gary.
"Go Ivysaur!"
"Go Starmie!"
The two pokemon materialised as Gary smirked. "Water are weak against grass
pokemon!"
Echo the words of Gizelle vs Misty.
"My pokemon are so advanced....."
"Grr....Ivysaur, smash its core with Tackle attack!"
"Ivysaur!"
Ivysaur rushed in.
"Starmie, Harden!"
Starmie's core flashed and it's body became stiff. Ivysaur bounced off it not
doing any damage.
"Starmie, swift attack!"
Lots of flying stars headed towards Ivysaur as Gary contemplated his next
move.
"Ivysaur, razor leaf!"
The leaves went through to try and slice Starmie, but its hard body refused
to give. Meanwhile, Swift attack had connected, but not much damage was done.
"Starmie, Hydro Pump!"
"Ivysaur, sleep powder!"
Starmie's powerful water blast did damage but not as much as she hoped. But
Sleep Powder started to affect Starmie as it wasn't in the water.
"Alright, Ivysaur, finish it off, Vine Whip!"
Gizelle couldn't believe as this Level 30 Ivysaur suddenly smashed Starmie's
core, her near level 50 Starmie had lost.
"I lost.....no, You'll be O.K, Starmie return." she looked impressed and
concerned. "Grass are weak against fire, but I haven't a good fire type. I'll
just send my best pokemon, Marowak, I choose you!"
The evolved Cubone emerged, it's bone staff at the wait.
"A Marowak? You gotta be kidding?" Gary smirked.
Gizelle just said a couple of words. "Marowak, Hyper Bang!"
Gary looked confused. He'd never knew that move. He saw his pokedax.
"Unique Move: Hyper Bang: Found only in Marowak. A pokemon that is raised
sufficiently high enough will perform a more powerful version of the
Bonemerang attack. This only usually happens as the trainer and pokemon
develop many victories and a strong bond together."
As Gary looked up, he saw Marowak jump in the air, and throw his staff, bit
it looked like he threw many, as they were zipping across the air, heading
towards his Ivysaur.
The inevitable happened.
Out like a light as Marowak's bone went into its hand.
"Ivysaur, are you alright?" Gary said, the spirals in the pokemon's eyes
signalled that he was not alright. "Ivysaur, sit this one out."
He threw a pokeball. "Nidoking, I choose you!"
The powerful poison/ground pokemon emerged.
"Marowak, finish this quickly. Rage attack!"
"Nidoking, counter with thrash!"
The two pokemon came in the middle with a fury of blows, smashing each other
in, neither one getting an advantage.
When the dust settled, two very badly beaten pokemon were down and out,
looking very dazed.
"Huh?" the two pokemon trainers looked at their fallen pokemon.
"MAro-wak..." Marowak groaned as it held it's bone head.
"Nido-king..." the larger pokemon moaned, wondering which truck had hit it.
The two trainers looked at each other, and saw the funny side of it. Rather
than a pokemon match, the two pokemon had a good old fashioned scrap.
To the poor pokemons expense, the two trainers started to giggle.
Both pokemon looked at their trainers with worry.
"Whats so funny?" they said in their own language.
"Oh...that..was..classic..." Gary said.
"Sorry...Marowak, but...that...was the best.." she smirked as she returned
Marowak and Gary returned Nidoking.
After they stopped giggling, they turned to look at each other.
"That was...well...a really good match until the end...." Gary said, still
smirking.
"Yeah...you were better than I thought." Gizelle said.
Gary grumped a bit. "Thanks...I think...."
Gizelle smiled as her pretty features looked over Gary. Gary's heart stopped
momentarily, but quickly beated again. A girl with such knowledge and
beauty......
As Gizelle started to walk away, Gary suddenly felt an instinct.
"Hey, where are you going?" he said.
"I'm going back to Pokemon Tech. I'm going for my graduation then I'm return
home in Vermillion City." she said.
"Can't I come?" he asked innocently.
Gizelle looked a bit in shock. "WHAT?"
"Well, you see, I don't think Pallet is the best place for me now that Ash
came ahead of me (it took him an eternity to say that), and er.....maybe I
have a chance to prepare myself better if I went to an exclusive school. I
have money of course, and...well...."
"Well what?"
"It's been a while since I've seen such a dedicated and pretty young soul who
seemed to have a lot in common. It's been a while...since I had a
proper...friend...."
Gizelle suddenly felt sorry for the boy. He seemed a bit arrogant, like her,
but also like her, it seemed that despite all the teaching and skills,
friendship was hard to come by. She hadn't really had a good friend since Joe
left. She bickered with him constantly, but despite that, they were good
friends. She kept in touch with him as he was trying to do it the hard way.
She had heard he was stuck on the fourth gym, Saffron where Sabrina was the
gym leader. She told him psychic pokemon are weak again ground, a Sandslash
would be helpful. But he was her only real friends. Her other 'friends' only
usually spoke to her about homework, to get revenge in a battle,
or...well....you know.....
Gizelle put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's O.K. Of course you can come. I guess...I've felt a bit lonely too. And
you are a good trainer...."
Gary perked up.
"...but you 'll have to be quick!" she scoffed and ran her athletic figure
into the distanced.
It took Gary a second to realise he had been duped.
"Hey, wait up!"
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Meanwhile
Joe was having difficulty with the gym leader, Sabrina. He had attempted
twice and failed to beat her Kadabra on two occassions. He was busy looking
for a Sandshrew in the grass as a pokemon to battle against Sabrina.
To be honest, he felt that maybe he wasn't good enough for battles. He knew
his stuff but he only had five pokemon on him, his Weepingbell, a Staryu he
bought, a Gloom which evolve from an Oddish, A Zubat and a Geodude which he
got from the mountains.
His victories so far had been difficult. He had faced Flint of Pewter and had
to really pump on the power against his Graveller and Rhyhorn. He managed to
beat him second atttempt with Weepingbell and Staryu, as he then went to
Cerulean City.
The three sensational sisters acted all pretty and blah, blah....but it seems
that compared to that girl that had defeated Weepingbell so easily with her
Starmie, these were a joke. In a three on three battle, he had used Zubat,
Weepingbell and Oddish, which evolved into Gloom during the battle, each time
he beat one sister, the other managed to beat him, and then he beat them.
Their Seaking, Slowbro and Staryu didn't have a chance.
Lt. Surge was a tricky opponent, even with Geodude battling him. It took him
two attempts, even though rock was good against thunder. In the battle,
Geodude learned Defence Curl, and thus, Geodude was able to beat Raichu.
Sabrina's Kadabra was very hard to beat, especially as most of her attacks
came from her head, not her mouth. He had used both Gloom and Weepingbell and
lost. He was going again to use Staryu, but decided finding a Sandshrew or
another good pokemon may be useful.
But all this time, he thought how Gizelle would probably just waltz through.
He sighed. He thought of his long time friend. They spoke a lot on the phone
but because of Joe's new path, they hadn't seen much of each other.
He thought long and hard about one question, which was how to beat a powerful
psychic pokemon. Gizelle had helped him in that area one day, said that a
powerful ground pokemon could be used. Dugtrio and Sandslash were quite
preferable, so Joel was busy trying to find or possibly buy one.
His parents were quite wealthy, and getting into Tech was easy for him, but
Joel wasn't a stuck up brat. He had a healthy childhood, went to a public
school before he got interested in pokemon, and was quite popular.
But still, he did miss that one particular person......
He remembered that Gizelle would be returning from the League soon. Before he
forgot, he'd have to give her dorm a call.....
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Gary was surprised at the amount of splendour that went into a simple Pokemon
School. It didn't take them that long to get there as after they took a ferry
off the Island, stopped for a meal and took a cab to Cinnabar Central, they
teleported to the main area and just took a cab all the way to the outskirts
of Vermillion City.
There were simulations, arenas for all types of pokemon (e.g. a pool for
water, a botanical area for grass, a very warm area for fire), and Gary was a
little jealous that he couldn't have gone through this. Maybe his grandfather
could have given him this opportunity, he would have whizzed through...
Although he enjoyed whipping the butts of the gym leaders, he admitted he
would have prefered a more peaceful way, rather than having those cheer
leaders around him all the time....
Mind you, he wouldn't have minded Gizelle as one of them....
'SNAP OUT OF IT OAK!' (Subconscious mind to Gary)
Gary thoughts went through one ears and out the other......
"Hey Gary, why don't you try our little pop quiz?" Gizelle said, waking him
out of the trance. They had been 'touring' for quite a while now, and Gizelle
was quite tired, but she decided to put Gary to the 'test' as they would say.
Gary smirked. "Of course, but I warn ya, I'll make fools of ya all!"
Gizelle bobbed her tongue out.
Gary went to the table and Gizelle activated a machine.
Soon, a number of questions came up with a voice activator which made Gary
speak the answers.
(half hour later)
Gary emerged with a grin as Gizelle cursed herself. Gary had done very well.
87%, beating her 85%, and that exam was on the highest level.
"So doll, what do you think now?" he said with an innocent look (yes, I know,
hard to picture)
Gizelle thumped a foot in his direction. (yes, definetly easier to picture!)
And Gary, the younger equivilent to Brock, saw imaginery dodrios trying to
pick at each other's heads.....
"You'all get your share..." before he collasped.
Gizelle chuckled. "Poor Gary...." Whilst he's napping, Gizelle decided to get
him a dorm. He would be staying here after the Tech deans had confirmed he
was an entrant in the League. Having a famous grandfather helped as well.....
Without thinking, Gizelle looked at the young face of Gary. Gary was only 11,
Gizelle was 13, but he looked...well...kinda cute...
Now was the time Gizelle thought she needed some psychiatric help......
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Joe was as usual, nervous, as he called Gizelle. After nearly two hours of
pokemon searching, Joe had found a Sandshrew, not to mention a Beedril and
Butterfree fighting. Using Zubat to make them batter each other even more, he
exhausted them and caught the two bug pokemon. He then saw a Sandshrew poke
its head, hearing the commotion.
Joe's Zubat continued to fight, this time on Sandshrew. Flying pokemon
usually have the edge, the sandshrew however was in good shape and fought
valiantly. However, Zubat managed to get leech life on it when it didn't curl
into a ball, and it had been weakened. Joe successfully captured it and
celebrated.
He wasn't going to challenge Sabrina now, he was tired, and wanted to see if
Gizelle had come back yet. He wanted to know how the League went, how Ash
did, how she thought they were up to her standard, etc, etc.
Joe smiled as he hoped to continue his journey soon, but not without talking
to his long time friend......
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"You're where grandson?"
"In Pokemon Tech, outside Vermillion City."
Gary had got his room, which he found to his surprise, was opposite
Gizelle's. Gizelle would finish the term here and then return home, ready to
prepare for next year's Pokemon League. Gary thought a bit of experience with
these egg-heads might help his chances.
First thing he did thought, after arguing with himself, was to call his
grandfather. He knew that they were putting a party for Ash as the highest
entrant from Pallet since...well..since god knows when. And Gary didn't want
to be part of that scene.
Not Ash. Anybody but Ash.
Abruptly, the 'A' word came into play with Oak.
"How come you didn't come for the party in Pallet? Surely, you weren't that
disappointed?"
"Not really...I guess I'm jealous that Ash did better than me. I didn't think
he could."
Professor Oak smiled. "At first, I didn't think he could either, but he had
some well trained pokemon, and made himself out to be...."
"Er, grandad, can we leave it....I guess I just wanted to tell you where I
am.....I guess I miss being around you...."
"It's O.K Grandson. Have fun!" And hung up.
(AUTHORS NOTE: Have fun? It's a bloody school! I've been in one since I was 4
to 16, and two years of college and fun was the last thing that came to mind!
Well, apart from kicking the crap out of everyone in the common room at
Street Fighter...heh...heh...)
Gary hung up and sighed. 'So the legacy of the Oak continues through
him...and disappoints....'
He sighed again as he heard a giggling voice near.
Curiosity got better of the sneaky cat, and (hoping it would kill him: All
anti-Gary) he walked out of the dorm and listened in. Gizelle was talking to
someone, probably over the phone.
He pressed his ear, making sure not to look through the keyhole. Seeing a
pretty young girl in a nightdress wasn't the way he wanted to go into shock
on his first day...
"Oh come on Joe, you know me better than that!"
"Well, at least I listened to you...this time."
"Hmph.......and I thought you weren't mean."
"(chuckle)I learn from the master..."
"AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"
"(innocently)Nothing!"
Gizelle had a 10 minute chat so far, making Joe's phone bill suffer this
time. But they didn't mind. They liked these one to one conversations, it
made life more exciting that it really was at times.
"I miss you, you know." Gizelle said.
"I know, I miss you too as well." Joe said sighing.
(At this point, Gary felt his heart stop a bit, then regained composure and
listened again)
"Well, tomorrow I'll beat that Sabrina. You know, she's quite cute as well,
perhaps more than you...."
"Joe! No one's as pretty as me, isn't that what you said last time?"
"I guess so. Oh well, I think I'm on my last dime, I'll guess I'll see ya.
Love ya lots!" he said in mock sarcasm.
Gizelle snickered. "Oh, you old flirt! See ya pal!" she said and hung up.
Gary tiptoed back, a bit sad. It sounded more than a friendship
conversation.......
What was he thinking? He only knew the gal a day! She's probably the apple of
the eye of most of the students here....who knows how many suitors she'd
have....
Never the less, it didn't make the pain any lighter.....
Gizelle smiled. She knew that Joe was kidding around, sure she knew that Joe
liked her, he admitted that to her, but he also knew that he was a bit young,
and that he had to focus on the task on hand. That didn't mean they couldn't
be great friends......
At that point, she thought to Gary. He was about the same age as Joe as well,
but he seemed to command respect, he was quite tall for 11, he was taller
than her, and had a handsome young face, and like her, was a bit arrogant and
conceited, perhaps annoying in some aspects, but that didn't mean that he was
bad.
He was good to his pokemon as she was, as Marowak looked at her, waiting for
its belly rub. Gizelle smirked.
"You're spoiled." she giggled and petted her favourite pokemon on the soft
underbelly as Marowak muttered contentally.
Tomorrow, she would enjoy watching herself and Gary dismantle many of the
students in questions and battle....
She was gonna sit with him and help him, whether he liked it or not....
After all, she was very persuasive......
Gizelle smirked an evil smile, the one Joe had warned everyone about.....
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(Next day)
Gary was surprised when Gizelle knocked on his door at 8.00 sharp. He groaned
as he put his top on as he opened the door.
His eyes suddenly opened much wider.
Gizelle was dressed in different attire than before. A red blouse with mini
skirt which showed off her figure very well. Gary quickly realised he was
staring and shook the Zubats from his head and smiled at her.
She smiled back sweetly and spoke.
"You've got to be ready in an hour Gary, so get your stuff on. You've got the
uniform haven't you?"
"Er...ye..yes, but isn't that different from what you normally put on?" he
asked nervously.
"Well, now I'm a graduate, this is the more 'upper' dress. Yours is in that
region as well, so get ready for some hard questions and battles...." she
said.
Gary smiled. "Babe, they ain't gonna be no match for us..." he smiled.
Gizelle blushed. "I guess not. You don't mind if I sit by you? I mean, it's
been a while, since I've had a real..."
Gary nodded. "It's fine. It's nice to have a pretty face around." he said and
bowed to her. Gizelle blushed again as she said goodbye and let Gary go on to
his 'business.'
Gary breathed a sigh of relief when his eyes popped back into his head.
Gizelle looked...hot. That was the only word he could use. Of course, Gary
would be the perfect gentleman as he got out his pokedex.
His choice of pokemon, one of different type. Ivysaur, Arcanine, Golbat,
Gyarados, Alakazam and Butterfree.
Now he'd not only show how good he was, but he'd get the chance to impress
Gizelle as well....
You'd think the poor fool was in love....
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Class went without incident as Gary was introduced by the main teacher there
at the moment, Mr Reynolds. A few nods of approval went through the crowd
hearing that Gary was an entrant of last years Pokemon League, but a few
looks of jealously went through when they heard that Gizelle would be his
partner.
The lesson was based on some of the higher level pokemon which could be
harder to evolve and control, and they had to suggest the best methods to
control them. These included a Rhydon, Dragonair, Persian and Kabutops. Gary
and Gizelle suggested various reasons, Gary with first hand experience with
his disruptive Nidoking, and Gizelle, well, because to quote her, 'she's just
Gizelle.'
As everyone packed away, a few jealous faces picked upon Gizelle and Gary
sharing a lunch and having a decent conversation, not about pokemon, and he
wasn't trying to ask her for a date either. They looked fuming. How could
this...this....kid....try and take away their property.
These stuck up twats seemed to notice that Gary was younger than them so they
thought a little intimidation would work wonders.
One of the smarter boys however commented if they looked bad in front of
Gizelle, none of them would have a chance....
They all nodded, and they decided next lesson, where they would randomly
battle each other with unknown pokemon (think back to the practical exam in
the episode where Ash had to battle the three evolved eevees with Arbok,
Weezing and Meowth), they would humiliate him with their superior skill and
knowledge, and laugh him out of Gizelle's world.
To be honest, they felt safe ever since Joe left. Joe was perhaps the biggest
threat to Gizelle because their friendship had been close, and still now he
spoke to her more often that she spoke to them. At least they saw her in
person, but with this new sheriff in town.....
Their guns were loaded.
(meanwhile)
Gizelle and Gary were enjoying a mini lunch that Gizelle had prepared. Gary
was surprised but Gizelle said she didn't mind making food for a friend. To
which Gary blushed, his humanity flowing through him.
"So, what ya think so far?" Gizelle said.
"It's all right I suppose! I never liked school much, at least its a school
where I know just a tad about the subject..." he said with a smirk.
Gizelle nodded.
"Next, we go into battle. First will be a tag team match with one of our own
pokemon each, against two opponents. I'll partner with you as we know each
other. After that, it is one on one battles using random pokemon from the
Tech. They have almost 150 so you could get anything..."
Gary nodded. "I have to face your classmates?"
"Yes, but don't worry. They may know a lot but when using their skill into
practice, they are no match for me, so I guess you shouldn't have too much
trouble as well....." she giggled.
Gary humphed. But he had to smile as well.
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In the mid-afternoon sun, in the main arena, a pretty girl and her friend
faced off against two scowling classmates, each holding a pokeball.
The teacher, Mr Retsam, looked on. He saw this newcomer at the League, and he
almost got into the top 16. In the end he had to settle for the top 32, but
he thought that first hand experience would certainly help in these type of
situations.
And it had been a long time since Gizelle had actually volunteered to be with
someone. After this term, he would miss her, she had been the best student by
far to enter here for a long time.
"O.K, Gary, Gizelle, Robert, Michael. Face each other and choose one of your
pokemon....."
"Go Graveller!" Robert, a tall boy said and released it.
"Go Beedril!" Michael, a young boy with glasses said.
Gizelle took her time. Graveller: weakness, water. Beedril, doesn't like
lightning or fire. Aw crap!
Gary was contemplating his move. Those two were fools releasing their pokemon
early but he wasn't going to complain. He choose his pokemon.
"Gyarados, go!" he said. People were in shock at the huge sea monsyter as it
came out, but Retsam shook his head.
"Do you think using Gyarados in an arena this cramped could be useful? Return
it!"
A shot of laughter went through the crowd as Gary felt a tad embarrassed.
"Jolteon, go!" he said. Jolteon could take out Beedril, but he hoped that
Gizelle had something for Graveller.
"Vaporeon, go!" she said, and the other evolved Eevee came out, and looked at
its 'cousin' in surprise.
"Jolt?"
"Pore?"
"Get on with it!" moaned an impatient Michael.
"O.K, Jolteon, face Beedril and use thundershock. Weaken it slowly!"
"Graveller, try to block it with your slam!"
"Vaporeon, stop Graveller with your water gun!"
"Beedril, slam it with your twin needle!"
Vaporeon fired first as Graveller tried to block Jolteon. As the water made
Graveller stumble back, the powerful bolts of lightning were amplified by the
nearby splashes of water. The full impact was faced at an unfortunate Beedril.
A one hit knockout.
Michael was stunned.
Graveller was already weakened heavily as Jolteon and Vaporeon looked at each
other.
Both trainers shouted the command 'Quick Attack!' at the same time. Both
evolved Eevees smashed the weakened Graveller into the wall, putting it out
of the fight as well.
Retsam clocked the time at 8 seconds. A new Tech record.
"Well done you two. It seems you know what pokemon to use, even though
Gyarados was a bit extreme...." he sniggered as Gary blushed.
He turned to the two seething Robert and Michael. "It seems to me you should
have been less reckless with your choices."
He turned to Gary. "As you are the new kid in town, you can be the first to
challenge in the one on one random battles. This shows your overall knowledge
of pokemon attacks, and see how well you adapt."
Gary nodded as Retsam looked to pick a victim.
"Lets see....ah, Danny, you'll do."
Danny was a small kid, who fancied himself a stud, rivaling for Gizelle's
affections. He was one of the oldest there, but he sure didn't look like on.
But he would enjoy destroying Gary with his obviously more superior knowledge.
As Danny hoped into the arena with a hearty swagger (which Gizelle scoffed
at), the table behind them revealed many belts with three unknown pokemon.
Gary just took a belt, knowing that it could be anything, so he wasn't going
to waste time as they all looked alike. Danny however, seemed to take an
eternity before finally deciding on a belt....which, well, looked like all
the others (insert a writers sweatdrop ^-^)
Danny smirked as Gary took his position.
"Lets see how you handle a real Tech student. Pokeball go!"
Out came a Weepingbell.
"Pokeball, go!"
From Gary's pokeball came a...
"Eui!" said the cute rabbit/fox pokemon as Gary smiled. He had trained an
Eevee to learn all its attack and gave it Rage Tackle, before evolving it,
and even then, he asked if it wanted to evolve. It did, because it felt
strong now, and wanted to be stronger.
Danny however was laughing.
"An EEVEE? Oh god, kid. Your dead!"
Gary looked angry as he stroked the Eevee and told it not to worry. Gizelle
also fumed. Eevee may seem like a weak pokemon unless evolved, but it was
very fast and could catch you off guard very easily.
"Weepingbell, stun spore!" Danny said as the plant pokemon coughed out its
blasted of stun spore.
"Eevee, Sand attack!" Gary said. Eevee nodded and began gathering sand across
the arena.
It spread across, making the stun spore useless. Danny looked shocked.
"Eevee, use your quick attack whilst its blinded!"
Eevee nodded and ran with a very fast speed, through the sand/spore, ignoring
the slight twinge of pain and slammed it's body into the big plant.
Weepingbell groaned as it flew back hard, unable to fight any more.
Danny looked shocked. 'He won with an EEVEE?"
"Weepingbell, return! Pokeball, go!" Danny said. This time it was a Ninetales.
"Eevee, return! Pokeball, go!"
Out came a Vulpix. (AUTHORS NOTE: Three pokemon for Gary are three of my
favourite pokemon so bias is certainly on the agenda...Hee, hee!)
Danny again laughed. "A Vulpix against its EVOLVED FORM? HA! HA! THIS TIME,
NO LOSS!"
But again Gary was confident. Despite Ninetales attacks being stronger,
unless it got TM's, it only had 4 attacks originally whilst Vulpix had 7.
(NOTE: I'm not sure if this is true, but just go with me here people, the
damn game hasn't been released here yet!)
"Ninetales, ember!"
"Vulpix, flame thrower!"
The close range ember was dislodged by the long range flamethrower and
Ninetales was thrown into disarray.
"Vulpix, quick attack!"
"Not this time, Ninetales, ember again!"
Ninetales was a bit dazed, but managed to recover to hit Vulpix with ember
before it slammed its body into it. Vulpix was stunned but not out.
"Ninetales, hit it with your quick attack!"
"Vulpix, ember!"
Tables were turned and the same deal came.
"Ninetales, roar!"
"Vulpix, confuse ray!"
Vulpix's flames shot into an intense black and Ninetales was frozen solid.
Suddenly, it didn't know which way is up. Vulpix and Gary smirked
simultaneously as Danny had no choice but to return it.
"Pokeball, go!" he said more angrily.
A huge rock pokemon emerged.
"An Onix? You have no chance this time pretty boy!" he smirked.
Gary released his third ball.
A Jigglypuff.
"Ha, ha! Certain victory, Onix, Bind!"
But Gary said two words which shut him up quickish.
"Jigglypuff, sing."
I wonder what happens next?
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After many shifts of cotton wool, earplugs and scrapers (hey, removing an
Onix isn't easy work!) Gizelle smirked as Gary looked on, triumphant against
the flabbergasted Tech student.
Danny looked fuming (after he woke up) as Jigglypuff was returned as Gary
smirked at the kid.
"A pokemon which may seem weak can make up for speed, quickness, intelligence
and certain attacks which can put out any opponent!" Gary said as
Jigglypuff's song certainly proved.
"A Jigglypuff can learn some good TMs, give it a Psychic TM and watch it go
to work!" Gary said as Danny was now the same colour as a beetroot.
Gizelle looked on at Gary. "So....Gary.....what do you want to do now?"
Now Danny was pissed. (Sorry, that was the best term I could use!) He roared
at Gary as he lunged at the newcomer.
"First you beat me, mock me, and try to take my girlfriend away from me!
Well, I've had it, you'll pay Oak boy! I'll...."
He stopped.
"You'll what?" Gary inquired as before him was now an Alakazam, Gyarados and
Rhydon were out as Danny realised that he was no match for this boy.
Much worse though was what Gizelle had to say.
"I'm not your girlfriend, or can't you see through your thick skulls that I
might be more than a bloody object.....Gary, come here!" she said that bit
softly.
If Danny was peed off now, what happened next thoroughly put him on the upper
stratosphere of the pissedoffemeter.
Gizelle grabbed Gary and gave him a quick kiss on the mouth. Gary looked
stunned, but didn't pull away. He smiled as she let go, looked at Danny with
a 'Don't push it' look, as Danny and a few other classmates walked off.
Retsam looked on at the two Tech students.
"I guess your first day has been a bit more than eventful eh Gary? Well, at
least you showed them up a bit!" the teacher smirked.
Gary smiled, as he didn't realise that Gizelle had still got a good hold on
the young pokemon trainer.
Gizelle however, was too aware, and was blushing madly. Fortunately, Gary
didn't see it.
However Retsam felt sure there was more than just a casual friendship. He
knew Gizelle was a picky girl, and that her attitude to boys was that she
liked their company, but not if they were only using her, whether for results
or otherwise....
But she had immediately warmed to young Gary, and vice versa.
It's weird how a girl can change your life. (Don't I know it....cue all girls
reading this beating the crap out of a senseless author...DIDN'T MEAN
IT!!!!!!)
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After Gary's first day, and his pokemon showed that they were more advanced
than any of them, many students stayed away from him. They talked to him
occassionally, asking him about the League, and he seemed pretty friendly as
not all of the students were as idiotic as Danny. But some gave him a wild
berth.
These ones couldn't help teasing Gary about his defeat to the League via a
girl, and his rivalry with Ash. These comments not surprisingly infuriated
both Gary and Gizelle, and that meant both of them would be suspended for
'roughing 'em up'.
Still, Gary and Gizelle remained close friends for the term. After Gizelle
had kissed him, Gary seemed to be deeper in thought, discussing his feelings
for the girl. Gary had always fancied himself to be a ladies man, but this
girl was special. She wasn't a cheerleader, a rival or something else like
that. She was a true person with a kind, gentle soul behind her roughness,
and a beauty which personfied clarification.
Gary never felt like anything before. This girl needed to be treated with the
proper respect she deserved.
So Gary had already made a surprise for her. After she visited her folks at
the end of terms, he was organising a trip for her at the Laramie Clan. The
annual race and festival was happening and he knew that one of her close
friends was going there for the summer.
He had found out Joe's phone number, the only person who knew Gizelle really
well (he didn't ask anyone here, they never talked about Gizelle unless it
was from Column A or Column B), and called him one night. He didn't mind
seeing other would be Pokemon Masters in action, and Joe was pleasant enough.
A bit nervous, but calmed down after figuring out he was a friend of Gizelle.
Joe and Gary enjoyed conversations over the phone as Gary tried to learn as
much as he could about him and Gizelle. Joe teased about certain 'bad habits'
she had and as he laughed, he just hoped she didn't catch him.
Joe admitted to Gary that he thought she was pretty, but also told him that
they admitted that they were just good friends, best friends. Gary silently
breathed a sigh of relief as they started to form a plan.
In a few weeks, Joe had finally beaten Sabrina, and beat Erika using his
Butterfree, Beedril and his brand new Growlithe, which he had befriended as
it had been injured in the rain near a wrecked building.
He was ready to face Koga and hopefully would defeat him. He was then heading
to the annual Laramie race, which he enjoyed watching, plus there was a
carnival, and he was gonna have some fun for a change!
Suddenly, both young males had got a plan as the term was ending, to bring
Gizelle to have some fun for a change. They snickered as they formulated a
plan.
Term ended in a week's time after Gary had spent nearly the matter of two
months. Of course, he and Gizelle destroyed the scoring, and Gizelle's
graduation would be sweet.
But not as sweet as the girl herself....
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(graduation day)
Gizelle had loved the last couple of months because it had been the first
time since Joe left that she really had a true friend. However, unlike Joe,
she didn't have to repremand him for every error.
Plus she thought Gary was a handsome young man, regardless of his age.
Gizelle blushed almost every time she looked at him. It was surprising for
her to get close to a boy at Tech, but she didn't care. The looks of the
jealous classmates since she pecked him on the lips on that infamous first
day were enough to make her smile, finally getting rid of them.
And all it took was to (literally) bump into a promisng young trainer who
knew his stuff.
Today, she was dressed in a weird get up, a blue jacket draping around her
figure with a traditional navy blue skirt, with a small mortar board in her
hand, supposedly for putting on ones head, but the damn thing was either too
small or too large for most of them anyway. She sighed.
As Gary was only a 'part-time' student, he was just in the audience, watching
the graduation. As they all came up, a huge applause came for the young
adults, all between ages of 11-16, some even older.
Gizelle shyly took her place in the queue, next to Danny ironically. Danny
sneered and spoke to her under his breath.
"I see your boyfriend didn't show up......I mean, it's pathetic that he
stayed just one term....whilst we had to suffer. I mean, he obviously doesn't
care for you, so why don't you just come with me to Cinnabar Island, where we
can....."
Gizelle was ready to slap the smile off his face, but that would be suicide
in a graduation. Danny sneered. He knew it.
Gizelle was looking for Gary, and she had noticed him in the crowd, but Danny
didn't noticed. If he had, he would have seen Gary seething, as he was making
both Gizelle and Gary angry. The trip to the Laramie Clan would be worth it
after this.
However, Danny still continued to berate Gizelle.
"You know....a pretty girl with someone whose younger than you....aren't
there laws against things like that...I mean, wouldn't you have someone your
age, a better look, physique...."
And they called her conceited.
Gary wanted to called out his Butterfree and Beedril and stun and poison him,
but he kept calm.
Retsam was finishing his speech and the Head Dean, a man named Olsen, stood
up.
"I am happy to finish this, with the traditional giving of plaques. These are
the I.Ds which will get these young educatees into the Pokemon League, and
become the future champions of tomorrow. I hope to see you all in the Pokemon
League, when you give the Elite Four a good thrashing, and everyone will show
what education and honesty can do!"
A big applause came from the crowd as Gary looked on at Gizelle, who was
smiling. It seemed that Danny had finished harassing her thanks to this
speech, and Gizelle looked like she was ready to pass out, and get rid of
that straightjacket.
Gary sniggered. He wouldn't have minded. But he shook his head, he wasn't
Danny.
"When I call your name, will you please recieve your plaques? O.K, John
Smiles....."
The list went on for a bit, there were 28 people waiting for plaques. With
about 7 left, Danny was called up. He graciously got his as the next name was
called up.
"Gizelle Wilde!" Olsen said and a big applause from Gary as the young lady
came up.
But as she was about to get it.....
Danny grabbed her arm as she was about to reach it. Tipping her back, he gave
her a passionate kiss on the lips.
This shocked more than surprised the many people in the audience.
Especially Gary. His fingers lingering on Ivysaur's pokeball.
He wouldn't release. Gizelle tried to break free but he was very insisent. I
think some people realised that this wasn't right, but no-one stopped it. The
teachers thought it was a proper romantic moment, some of the classmates who
did care were unsure what to do, and the others didn't care after Gizelle had
dissed on them for Gary.
Gizelle finally broke away and did the only natural thing.
She slapped him.
She knew that she'd overstepped the boundary on this, but it was an instinct
as the teachers, students and audience were shocked.
Despite being hit, Danny had a sneer. He had kissed the little beauty, and
got her humiliated at the same time.
But there were two figures watching this ready to explode.
Gary had released Ivysaur, and was contemplating whether to use Vine Whip on
that son of a....well, you know.
But Ivysaur was beyond anger. His trainers anger corresponded with his own
and he was ready to explode.
Suddenly, it began to glow.
This turned the attention to Gary as Ivysaur start to glow...
And then grow....
It doubled in mass as it slightly grew in height....
The flower opened fully to a scent of pollen....
And out came...
"VENASAUR!" it growled.
Danny just realised the number one thing not to do.
Don't piss off an Oak.
Or a newly evolved pokemon.
Venasaur didn't even wait for a command. The whips had already been
unleashed, one to grab Gizelle, the others to encircle Danny.
The single whip brought Gizelle, with her plaque, to Gary as Gary held her
tight, she was a bit upset and disgusted that happened, and the comfort of
the kind boy who she had bumped into at least consolled her.
However, Danny's whips were slightly less friendly.
He was wrapped up in vines, as Venasaur looked thunderous. Danny was never
more scared in his life.
"Venasaur, I know that you are angry with what he's done, but I think you'd
better let go. We've ruined the celebration for some of these trainers, I
think we'd better leave..."
Olsen and Retsam looked angry at Gary and Gizelle, but even more so at Danny.
He had obviously planned it. They couldn't do much about it now as Venasaur
reluctanctly returned as Gary helped Gizelle out of here. They had to go to
their dorms, ready to leave for Vermillion City.
He decided to tell her about the trip here and then, she needed some cheering
up.
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"Gizelle, you want to see your folks after this...this...well, I can't say
it, because this fanfic is PG rated." Gary fumed.
"It's O.K, Gary, just don't forget the toothpaste." she said, disgusted.
"It's O.K girl, you just sit here. Besides, I've got a surprise for you!" he
said, with a real smile on his face.
Gizelle looked interested. "Really?" And she formed a playful smile on her
pretty face.
Gary wasted no time in getting a couple of tickets from his bag.
Gizelle looked a bit confused, but had a feeling they weren't no dreg tickets.
"Here. In a month, the big Laramie party and race happens north of Fuschia
right?" he said.
"Right."
"Well, after you spent time with your folks...." he started to shuffle his
feet shyly. ".....well, would you like to go with me and one of your good
friends to the race?" he said, the emphasis on the word good.
Gizelle blushed. No-one had done something this nice for her in a long time.
The Laramie Clan...lots of strong pokemon were there, she might buy a
few...and the race and carnival was supposed to be legendary.
The word good friend stuck in her mind. Who could....
Gary smiled. "It was Joe's idea. We've called a couple of times. I learnt his
number from one of your adresses. ANYWAY (he interrupted her before she could
ask where he got an adress book), as he's heading there after beating Koga,
he wondered if you would like to go as well. I've paid for everything."
He laid a couple of pokeballs at her legs. "I bought myself a new Charizard
and Blastoise as well, but I bought you a couple of Pokemon as well which you
might like, one of them is rideable as well if you want to enter the race."
Gizelle knew that pokemon could be bought from here, but what could he
have....
Gizelle gasped. He had bought her a Ponyta. She loved horses, her parents had
a Ponyta and Rapidash and she loved riding on them. And Gary had bought her
own.....
And the other was perhaps even better....a cute, adorable Wigglytuff. With a
cute "WIGGLY!" it leapt onto its new trainer and hugged it.
"They...erm...cost a bit. $300 for the Ponyta and $500 for the Wigglytuff.
The Blastoise and Charizard cost near $1500 together, but its alright, I won
a lot of money in Pokemon battles and my Grandfather is hardly short of
cash......"
She didn't care. She put her Wigglytuff down and leapt onto him, hugging him
with tears in her eyes.
"Thank you...(sniff)...no-one have ever done anything this nice...(sniff)..."
she said and hugged him even more.
Gary had never been in this situation before. Never caring for anyone other
than himself, but now.....
With no other option, he gingerly took her in his arms and hugged her back.
Wigglytuff looked on in awe as it smiled cutely as Ponyta neighed a cute
horsey neigh. Gary and Gizelle continued to hug as Gizelle decided to thank
him in her own way.
She parted slightly, and without warning, kissed him on the cheek, and then
on the lips.
Gary was flabbergasted.
Gizelle smiled. "Thats just a small thank you. You've already done stuff that
means more to me than what 4 years of Tech experience could do...."
Gary was just content...to hold her in his arms.......
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Joe's victory against Koga made sure that he enjoyed the ride. He had now
captured an Onix, evolved Weepingbell at Evolution Mountain, a Vulpix
followed him and became his buddy (NOTE: Vully, you are not the only one who
loves Vulpix.....), and a vicious Persian was tamed by Onix. Reluctantly, he
caught it, hoping to send it back to his parents. Surprisingly, it was quite
tame with them as Joe's main team now consisted of Vulpix, Onix, Sandshrew,
Victrebell, Vileplume (he evolved Gloom as well) and Starmie.
He had enjoyed his walk to the Laramie Clan. He had taken in a carnival, and
met a few avid young trainers there. He went to visit the house of Imate, but
it was closed for 2 weeks, into 'redevelopment' (See next chapter), and
Evolution Mountain, where he met the 4 Eevee Brothers, Jolt(didn't know his
name), Reyner, Pyro and Mikey. They were friendly enough, he wished to buy an
Eevee, but they wouldn't sell them. At least Mikey let his Eevee play with
him and his Vulpix. Surprisingly, even though he evolved Weepingbell and
Gloom, he didn't evolve Vulpix.
Now, the Laramie Clan was on the horizon. He'd have to see the famous owner
of the Clan, Lara Laramie, the younger ever owner of the Laramie family,
after taking over her families business. From the pictures, Joe saw she was a
pretty young woman, and had a pleasant enough character.
He was waiting now for Gizelle and Gary to come here. It would be great to
see her again. And her friend seemed fine as well.
He chuckled. Maybe more than friends. Joe always had a schoolkid crush on
Gizelle, but that was it. He was glad to just have her speaking to him on a
regular friendly basis.
Now, lets see if he could relax.....
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(2 weeks later)
A goodbye to her parents, she and Gary headed via the network system to the
Laramie Ranch. Gary had desisted with the Gary mobile, as it was the legacy
of the 'old' Gary.
How much had changed since he met Gizelle? Hopefully, he could prove that on
the trip.
Gizelle's new pokemon, Ponyta and Wigglytuff, had been enjoying themselves in
training as Gary had seemingly got her some well prepared ones for her. She
hoped to enter the race as she loved horse-riding. Gary promised that he and
Joe could 'pull a few strings....'
As they entered the entrance to the Laramie Clan, they saw three sights. Two
pleasant, one not so.
The first was the huge range of pokemon which were raised in the wild, and
were among the strongest pokemon to get. Gary had promised himself to get him
a Tauros or a powerful Sandslash or Raticate, but he was enjoying the
surroundings to ignore that for the time being.
The woods nearby the Tech had been good for clean air, but into this world,
Gizelle felt free. All the hardships had been removed as her Ponyta enjoyed
the movement as well. Gary had released Arcanine, hearing about the
Growlithe's here.
The second sight was.....
"Gizelle!"
Gizelle turned and saw a familiar young boy, wearing a much different outfit
than she saw him last. He had blue jeans and a red T-shirt, and a beaming
smile to boot.
"Joe!" she smirked, glad to finally see him in person. She ran up to the
younger boy and gave him a bear hug.
Unfortunately, poor Joe couldn't breathe as the elder and bigger girl was
squeezing the poor chap to death.
"Gizelle....I.....can't....breathe....." he struggled to get out.
Gary laughed at the poor boys expression as Joe finally managed to say 'It's
good to see you' between long breaths and coughing. As Joe and Gary were
introduced, the third sight came about....
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"Why are you doing this Dario? I don't even know why I let you come here!" a
southern accented girl commented.
"What? You aren't the best here girly! You only won last year because your
Ponyta evolved! My Dodrio is stronger now and....." a similarly accented boy
was starting to counter.
"...you are gonna hire Team Rocket again to break my arm? That's right
darlin', I know about your exploits from Ash and Misty, and don't think I can
forgive and forget." she said in a clarifying tone.
Dario toned down a bit. "Well....Lara...you know I changed....."
"A leopard may changed his spots, but not a cheater." Lara said and humphed
out of sight. Dario actually looked a bit forlorn.
Lara walked away, but she knew that inside Dario was truly sorry. He had
matured in a year after he was banned from the Laramie Clan. He formerly
apologised to the Laramie family for his behaviour and had help with various
chores if he was reinstated. Reluctantly, Lara agreed.
However, now the race was back on, and Dario seemed to have changed back into
his former self. She sighed.
'Oh well. Looks like I'll have to take over where Ash left off.' she thought
to herself.
"Excuse me miss?"
Lara turned to see three figures looked a bit puzzled. One of them was a
small boy, perhaps about 12, wearing casual wear. There was a boy which
looked a bit like Dario except with a younger complexion. The third person
was a pretty girl, a bit younger than Lara, with a red top and navy skirt on.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your thoughts, but we'd like to know if this is where
the Laramie Festival is situated tonight?" the girl said.
Lara smirked. "Of course it is y'all! This is the Laramie Clan! And I'm Lara
Laramie!"
All three kids spoke in unison. "Lara Laramie?" Then in a mocking gesture,
bowed to her. "WE'RE NOT WORTHY!"
Lara giggled. Comedians.
"Thanks for the compliment, I take it ya from Pokemon Tech, or was, and are
ready to relax here at the festival!"
"Yes...but how did you know that?" Gizelle said.
"Your sign." she pointed to the PT crest on the right breast of Gizelle's top.
"Oh." was all she could say as Joe and Gary tried to hold their laughter.
"so who are y'all anyways?" Lara asked.
Gary stepped up. "I'm Gary Oak, Pokemon League Entrant. The younger kid is
Joe, a trainer and the girl is Gizelle, a PT graduate."
Lara nodded. "Well, you are welcome to stay here for the festival and for the
race tomorrow."
Gizelle perked up. "The race? Lara, we'd like to sign up for it please!" she
said.
Lara was surprised. They seemed like city slickers, but so was Ash and look
what happened with him.
"O.K, just apply on the right there with your name, age and what pokemon you
are gonna use." she said. "There are slots for new comers, and already slots
for the shall we say 'veterans' of the race course." she said.
"Like that fellow over there?" Joe said, looking at Dario feeding some
raticates.
Lara snorted. "Lets not get started on him..." she said.
Joe realised he had touched a sensitive issue and quickly retreated to the
sheet where Gizelle and Gary were already.
Among the lists were;
Lara Laramie: 16: Rapidash
Dario: 16: Dodrio
There were others with pokemon such as Tauros, Nidorina, Raticate, Nidoking,
Starmie, Electrode, Primeape, Doduo and Sandslash
"So Joe what are you going to use?" Gizelle asked.
"Hmm...I was gonna use Onix, but I know that there is a crossing of water
which is nigh on impossible for Onix to cross. I could use Starmie.....no
wait! I've got an idea!"
He flip his pokedex, and made a few button presses. He replaced Starmie
with....
"Persian..." the big panther like pokemon.
"Persian?" Gary inquired. "But they are mean to raise aren't they?"
"Yes, but I 'tamed' this one.." he smirked, remembering how Onix managed to
make the Persian look inferior.
"It's strong muscular body can hold me. I'm only 98 pounds, Persians can be
over 210lbs. This is 196lbs, but its still strong enough, aren't ya boy?"
Persian nodded its approval.
"Well, I'll use Ponyta..the one you bought for me Gary!" she said in a
flirticious way. Gary blushed.
"What about you?" Joe asked. Gary had a lot of pokemon he could use, but he
had a smile.
"You see them two?" he said, motioning to Dario and Lara. "Well, I think they
have a love/hate thing, and I think there is too much of a rivalry for them
to change, right?"
"Right!" the two Techs said.
"Wrong. Let me help 'em out abit!" he said and writ his pokemon down. As the
two Techs looked in surprise, Gary motioned to his pokedex, ready to bring in
his pokemon.
Dario would get a surprise tomorrow.....
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A night at the festival, which involved a lot of good food, fireworks, a lot
of splashing, some pokemon battles (which Gary and co had a good time
battling, as expected, the Laramie pokemon were seen as stronger) and a
goodnight kiss to both Joe and Gary on the cheek, the race was ready to begin.
Lara was already there, her Rapidash neighing readily. Dario was looking at
her in a mix of determination and admiration. Many other trainers had come,
more than last year, nearly 30 participants came in.
As Lara looked on, she saw a Ponyta roaring up to take its place by Lara.
"Gizelle?" Lara said.
"Yep." she said back as Rapidash and Ponyta looked at each other.
"I think this race had better start or..." Gizelle giggled, not ready to
finish the sentence.
Meanwhile, Joe had bounded up for dear life holding onto his Persian. It may
be muscular, but holding on was a difficult ride.
That left Gary.
As Dario saw the rider come up beside him, he was surprised.
Gary was riding a Dodrio.
"Hey, what are you d..."
"Free country pal." Gary retaliated as the lights started to change colour.
Dario shook his head. He was the best Dodrio trainer, and today he would
prove it. He would prove it to Lara, show that he was the best without
cheating.
Lara looked across the line. She had to be wary of any tactics that Dario
might pull off. Rapidash was the fast pokemon in the line, but the fastest
didn't always guarantee victory.
Joe knew that he would have to pull out all the stops to win.
Gizelle looked across. Was he sending a message to her by riding a Dodrio and
she riding a Ponyta, echoing a familiar race last year.
(NOTE: I'm not sure if Gary has a Dodrio, but in the 'Primeape goes Bananas'
episode we see at the beginning in Oak's lab, some pokemon and one is a
Dodrio, so....)
Gary looked at his Dodrio which he had been training this morning, ready for
the race. However, he wanted to impress Gizelle more than anything.....
Green came the light.
And a cheer from the huge crowd as all the riders and pokemon flew into the
dust covered air.
Taking the early lead, Lara decided to try and keep a long early lead so that
when her pokemon started to get tired, it would already have a good enough
lead to sweat it out.
Dario's Dodrio went behind her and tried to over take her as it swerved to
the side. This was dangerous for him and other riders, but it seemed he had a
point to prove.
Gizelle's Ponyta and Gary's Dodrio kept with them as Joe ended up in the
middle of the pack as he hung on for dear life onto his Persian.
Lara kept up the pace as the first new obstacle came in, the 'three stairs.
One was high, one was low, and one was on medium level, but there were all
put together.
A pokemon could either jump over the high one, go under the low one, or
choose on the middle one, which was weaker than the other two.
Lara clicked her heels on her Rapidash. "Heya!"
Rapidash flew over the tall hurdle, landing easily. Dario followed her, and
just managed to jump over.
"Ponyta, jump over that hurdle!" Gizelle ordered and also made it. Then Gary
jumped it and so did Persian, after a good grip with its claws just managed
to make it land safety.
The next major problem was the high hill, same as last year, you needed good
strength and endurance.
Dario's Dodrio caught up to Lara, but couldn't overtake. Gary moved into
third and Persian caught up, it's claws much better equiped to deal with this
rather than Ponyta's hooves.
"I guess its like old times Gizelle!" Joe screamed above the din.
"Yeah, trying to get ahead of each other, although you never did that with
me!" she retaliated.
"Well, there is always a first time!" he said, and with that his Persian
moved ahead of Ponyta.
"Hey!" Gizelle cutely pouted and tried to catch up.
With other trainers in the middle of this, Lara and Dario were the still
pacemakers, with Gary in third, just behind the two.
The next obstacle was the water based obstacle. The stepping stones were no
problem for any of the three pokemon, and Dario made no move to push the fire
based Rapidash in the water. Lara mused, maybe he had changed.
Ponyta was now coming alongside now as Persian made a pleading look to Joe,
as the water emerged to it. Even stepping stones hadn't convinced the cat
pokemon.
Joe reluctantly walked out of the race, even though he got past Gizelle up
the hill, he went back a few places as his Persian began to tire.
As Lara, Gary, Gizelle and Dario all tried for the lead on the last obstacle,
the food chain, a familiar face to Gary and Gizelle came to spy.
"My revenge hasn't finished yet, Tech queen....."
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"Fast food Rapidash!" Lara said, realising that many had dropped out,
including Joe. There was now 4 people left by now, herself, Dario, Gary and
Gizelle.
Gary's Dodrio were sharing a small bowl each, so that no arguments would come
about. Dario wished he'd thought that last year.
Ponyta was being stroked as Gizelle watched it enjoy the food.
Then.....
A flash.
"Argh!" Gizelle screamed as the flash blinded her and she started to slip
down the cliff.
Gary saw it in time and grabbed her hand. Gizelle opened them as she looked
scared stiff, but the young man easily pulled her up and set her on the cliff.
Gary didn't care about the race now, he was worried about the girl.
Even Lara and Dario had stopped and looked around. Lara immediately accused
Dario of being up to something, and Dario denied everything, when a rock fell
hard.
Aimed at Gizelle, it hit a bad angle halfway down the cliff. It turned and
struck the footing where Lara was.
The edge was destroyed, as Lara fell awkwardly. Dario grabbed her hand as
Lara's legs smashed across the side.
"Argh..." she screamed, tears in her eyes as Dario surprisingly held her
tight, not wanting to let her go.
"You.....you...didnn't do this....." she said weakly, the pain almost
knocking her to unconsciousness.
"No my dear, I did." A smirking teenage boy emerged. Dario didn't recognise
the bastard, but Gizelle and Gary sure as hell did.
"Danny!" (NOTE: I was tempted to put Ash, but didn't. I'm making Ash the bad
guy in a very dark fic in the future) they both spat out.
"In the flesh.....or perhaps in yours eh honey?" he smirked, remembering
their last moments together at Tech. Well, before Gary's Venasaur's vines
ripped him apart.
"Leave them alone, this is about us..." Gary shouted.
"I never intended to hurt her, but hey, she's just as cute as you Gizelle..."
he started.
"You son of a......Dodrio, return!" Dario said and got Rapidash' pokeball and
reluctantly, it was drew in, sensing the danger its trainer was in.
Dario picked up Lara, throwing her over his shoulder. "Stop him before he
hurts anymore!" he said, fearing for Lara's safety.
"What about the race?" Gary said.
"Sod the race!" growled Dario and began to climb down the cliffs carefully,
with Lara on his shoulder. He would release Dodrio as he got down and then
run to Proctor's hospital as quick as he could.
Danny smirked. "Well, I'm touched that you remember, but as an apprentice of
Team Rocket, I think stealing your pokemon as well as your heart may be a
good start.." he smirked.
"Dodrio, return!" Gary said and released a pokeball. "Golbat, Leech life now!"
Danny suddenly became very scared, a golbat wasn't the pokemon he wanted to
meet in human, so he countered.
"Go Venomoth!" he said. The insect pokemon emerged.
"Venomoth, stun them to sleep so that I can take Gizelle back..." he smirked.
"Golbat, wing attack!" Gary said.
As Venomoth sprayed stun spore, Golbat's quick wings drove the spore back as
Venomoth got tired.
Gizelle decided to help. "Graveller, go! Tackle!"
The second stage of Geodude emerged and smashed into the already weakened
pokemon and Danny looked shocked.
"You beat my Venomoth? YOU WILL PAY!" he said and got a weapon. Look like a
rice flail.
"Wigglytuff, sleep wave!" Gizelle ordered.
The evolved Jigglypuff tried to send Danny to sleep but he whipped his weapon
easily and the cute creature just about dodged the attack. Gizelle was scared.
"How did you get so psycho?" she said.
"I dunno. Maybe Team Rocket does that to you (NOTE: This is before the J and
J story in the time line, thats why TR is still in working). Anyway, you are
finished Gary and you are mine Gizelle."
But Gary was calm.
"You are good at hounding a young girl. You're good at beating up a cute
normal based pokemon. But...." he fingered a pokeball.
"Your master wouldn't let me use it before." He looked around. "I don't see
him anymore, so I have no doubts about using it."
Danny laughed. "It's no match for me and my Magmar." he said and the rare
fire pokemon emerged. "Magmar, finish Gary with ember."
Gary jumped 6 feet and released his pokeball.
Suddenly, the rocks stared to fall with erosion and weight. And the Magmar,
not a small pokemon, looked up in fear.
Danny dropped his flail. "G-G-G..."
Gary smirked. "I'll help you prenounce it. Gyarados."
"Gyarados, rage."
Magmar hid behind Danny as it was no match for the king of the water pokemon.
And once again, you had to remind yourself that this was once a Magikarp.
Magmar soon found himself on a familiar Team Rocket exit, i.e. they're
blasting off again.
Gizelle was amazed. She leapt up and hugged Gary.
However, Danny was still there.
"THAT DOES IT! I'LL FINISH YOU WITH....urk...."
He found himself crushed in rock. The rock parts of a powerful Onix.
Gizelle looked up and breathed a sigh of relief. It was Joe.
"Miss me?" he said innocently.
"Sure kid. Thanks." Gary said as he returned Gyarados. Gizelle however was
hugging him more tenderly.
Gary felt a warm feeling envelop him as he held the girl he called 'friend.'
Put two of those words in that last sentence and you can guess what she was
about to become.
As they tipped over, ready to kiss, Joe coughed.
"Sorry you two lovebirds, but you've still got a race to finish." he smirked.
Danny was still trying to speak but Onix covered his mouth (thank god!) as
Gizelle and Gary released their respective riding pokemon.
Gizelle walked up to Joe and pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks Joe." He
blushed as she walked back to Gary who put his hands on her hips and lifted
her onto Ponyta. She giggled under his touch as he mounted onto his Dodrio.
As Joe was calling the police, the two rode hand in hand to the finish line.
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As Gary and Gizelle were walking to the crowd, Gizelle looked at Gary.
"I like Joe, but he interrupted us...." she smirked.
Gary also smirked. "Yeah, but are you sure you want an audience?" he asked.
"Oh who cares!" she said and leant over and kissed him on the lips and held
it there.
Gary's changing point in his life came here. The feelings entering him were
of love, kindness, the good emotions which he lost when he went on his
journey. When he lost, he lost that image, and he returned to the young boy
that he once was.
And the missing piece came here as he hugged the girl as they kissed up to
the finishing line.
As they were about to cross, Gizelle broke it off.
"See ya!" and with that, she crossed the line before Gary did. Gary seethed,
but then laughed, seeing the funny side. Gizelle had 'beat' him and was the
offical Laramie winner, but everyone saw the funny side and clapped the new
couple.
Gizelle turned to the young man and smiled. "I guess, grandson of Oak, that
you want to see me again."
Gary blushed. "Of course, here, my place or yours?"
Gizelle slapped him. "NOT LIKE THAT!"
Gary smirked. "I know."
As they kissed again, Joe looked at them. "Gross!"
Gizelle released and looked at him. "You'll learn one day the fun in that
kid...." she smirked.
"Sure, just get one of those breath fresheners with an everlasting flavour."
he said.
"HEY!" both Gary and Gizelle said and chased after the poor boy.
"WAAAHHHHHHH!"
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(at the hospital)
"Let me go Dario!" screamed Lara, now back to consciousness, found suspended
on Dario's shoulder as her diagnosis had turned out to be a fractured ankle,
which managed to go septic along the leg, increasing the pain. She insisted
she could walk, but it didn't look like it. And she was moaning now.
"Not a chance Miss Larame. It's doctor's orders you can't walk, and we've got
a score to settle anyway!" he said and put her down on a chair.
"Yeah, we lost the race because of that creep....." she remembered her last
words. Why'd you save me?"
Dario sighed. "I know what you think of me, but I've changed. I guess it was
a way of proving it myself to you."
Lara secretly admired that but scoffed. "Yeah right."
Dario looked hurt. "I did!"
"Yeah right, you've hated me because I'm the leader and you're a good for
nothing...."
Dario swiftly came into eye-contact with her. "Take that back you nothing!"
"Shut up, ugmo!"
"Looks whose talking!"
"Cheater!"
"Twit!"
"Boremonger!"
"Stuck up b...."
He stopped as she did. Dario had a quick way of ending this, as did Lara.
Dario lunged at her and kissed her full on the mouth. At first, Lara tried to
get away, but Dario was partly lifting her up to his height. She relaxed and
began to enjoy the kiss.
Dario held her softly and carrassed her back. He had loved her for so long
despite their hatred and he couldn't believe that Lara was accepting it.
Lara had admired him since last year. She remembered as she spoke to Ash and
co that she didn't think he was a bad man, and now, saving her showed that.
She retaliated with passion.
Lara sunk lower onto the table as Dario began to retaliate with passion as
well. He stroked her hair and finally let go, gasping for breath.
Lara was also gasping, but smiling.
Both teens looked at each other helpless. A minute ago, they had been
spraying insults. Now they had kissed passionately.
"Er....." they both said nervously.
Then they looked around. Doctors and nurses, and patients with wide eyes,
some with grins, were looking at them.
One word came to the new couples mind.
"CRAP!"
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Gizelle, Joe and Gary returned to Vermillion where Joe was now living with
his best friend Gizelle, and Gary had rented an appartment next door, he was
now making money at a part time job as a Pokemon advisor, for Tech students
and new trainers. He offered tips for certain pokemon and guides to evolution.
It was great as Gary and Gizelle saw each other a lot.
One night Gary had snuck in via Gizelles window....
Gizelle nearly screamed as the 'intruder' came in but was shut up by a long
kiss. By the time Gizelle realised who it was she relaxed and became to kiss
back...
And then hit him.
"Ow, what was that for?" he said.
"For scaring me like that!" she whispered, knowing that her parents and Joe
were probably asleep.
"Aw, did I scare you? Here." he said and warmed her with a hug. It was
comforting, and Gizelle soon relaxed.
"Keep your voice down." she said. Gary looked at her in the nightlight in a
white nightdress.
"Why? Your boyfriend Joe might come and drive me away?" he said.
"Shut up! You jealous?" she asked.
"Nope."
And with that, hit her with another kiss, and this one lasted for a long time.
The next thing they knew, they were asleep.
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Not as romantic as some of the others but heck, it's done.
Next fanfic is a rare fanfic. Based on an idea from Felixman's fanfics (Which
are ace by the way, despite the strongness), this is about my favourite two
OEC's (One Episode Characters) because they beat Ash so easily
(heh...heh.....I'm evil).
O.K, many of you will say 'Why are you doing a minor fanfic?" Easy, because I
want to. Besides, M is minor and I think that A.J and Duplica was the perfect
antidote. Besides, I like Duplica (the scene where they imitidate TR is
perhaps the funnest scene in the whole series, look at Jessie and James
faces, you'll see what I mean!) , like most of the female characters, she's
got a cute innocent look like Erika, Suzie and most of the females (except
for Jessie, she's got a vicious look...) and A.J seems to be the most likely
person to be a Pokemon Master apart from Ash and Gary.
See y'all!