Chapter 10 - The new Weedle

I turned and looked at Weedle. I realised that it was standing still and spraying its string shot in the air.

'What are you doing, Weedle!?' I exclaimed. Weedle's string shot fell down on itself, making its skin harden into a shell. When it had stopped it didn't look like Weedle at all. It looked like a strange, motionless, yellow bug.

'Weedle!' I said, running over to it. 'What happened to you!'

'I'm not a Weedle anymore!' it replied, turning its eyes but not moving. 'I'm a Kakuna!'

I didn't understand at all. 'What do you mean, Weedle? You're always going to be a Weedle aren't you?'

'No,' said the pokemon. 'Pikachu, pokemon can evolve and turn into different pokemon. I used to be a Weedle, but now I'm a Kakuna. One day, I will hopefully be a Beedrill! Evolving is great for all pokemon!'

'Could... could I evolve?' I asked.

'Yes,' said Kakuna. 'I don't know much about your species, but I know that you will one day evolve into a Raichu.'

'Wow,' I said. 'Is evolving fun?'

'It's great,' said Kakuna. I smiled and looked at Kash.

'It evolved!' I said. Kash was still staring at Kakuna.

'I can't believe one of my pokemon has evolved already!' he breathed. 'Great work, Wee-- Kakuna!'

'Thanks,' said Kakuna.

'So your pokemon evolved,' said a voice. We turned around and saw Christy walking over to us. 'Good work Kash. If you can get it to become a Beedrill you might even have a slight chance of beating Flint.'

'I don't need your help!' said Kash.

'Fine,' said Christy. 'But I'm sticking with you.'

'Why?' Kash asked. 'I can do this by myself!'

'I told you before,' said Christy. 'I'm going to Cerulean City and I need someone to come with me.'

'Yeah, yeah,' said Kash. 'Just don't tell me what to do, alright!'

'Fine,' said Christy. 'If you don't want my advice I won't give it to you. Hmmf!'

'Kakuna, return!' Kash called and held out his pokeball. Kakuna was pulled back inside it. 'Come on, Pikachu. Let's see if we can find some more pokemon to fight.'

'OK!' I said. Kash and I walked through the forest with Christy following. We looked everywhere, but after a long time we still hadn't come across any pokemon.

'This is hopeless,' Kash sighed. 'We might as well go back to Pewter City.'

'Don't tell me you're going to face Flint with a Kakuna!' said Christy.

'I'm going to do whatever I can to get that badge!' said Kash. 'And I'm going to do it my way, so just stay out of it.'

Kash trudged back to Pewter City.

'He's so stubborn!' said Christy. 'Can't he see that he won't be able to beat Flint?'

'Kash will beat Flint!' I said. 'He will, and Kakuna and I are going to do whatever we can to help!'

I hurried to catch up to Kash. Christy sighed and started following us again.

(-o-) PiKACHU (-o-)