A Pokemon Story

Disclaimer: I will own this and everything else in the world on the same day that pigs fly.



**Random lake in the woods**

"Still no electrics," I say. Calatain just looks at me.

"Well," he says, "We can at least take a break." I look over the lake. Then I get an idea.

"Chan," I say. He looks at me. Zuberi is still on his shoulders. Chan puts him down and

comes over to me.

"Yeah?"

"Time for some swimming lessons." Chan looks at the lake, then at me.

"You're kidding, right?"

"Do you want to beat Misty?" Chan sighs. I go over to a secluded place and change into

my bathing suit: Pure black one-piece. I come back out. Zuberi got a hold of my pokeballs and

let everyone else out. He is trying to figure out why no one is coming out of one of my empty

ones. I walk over to him.

"There's no one in that one kiddo." I explain to him.

"Toy?" he asks.

"Here," I go into my backpack and inflate the beach ball he got. "Play with Michiko."

"OK!!" he says. He and Michiko go play some kid game. Calatain brings his pokemon

out.



"You two go do that, I'll start on lunch." He says.

"Sounds good to me." I reply. "Come on Chan." Chan follows me to the water looking like

he is going to a death sentence.



**a while later**



"That's it!!" I cry. Chan is finally getting the hang of it. He is swimming on his own

now. Chan straightens up and I decide to start a splash war. Unfortunately, with his gloves, he

wins hands-down. Then he gets hit in the head with Zuberi's beach ball. I laugh while he starts

cursing.



"Ball got away!" Zuberi yells. "Can we have it back?" He asks. Michiko decides to

get it herself. Like a perfect little water pokemon, she swims over and starts pushing the beach

ball back with her nose. I chuckle.



"See? She could do it without any instruction."



"Some can and others can't."Chan replies. "Can we go back in now? I'm hungry."



"So am I. I wonder what's taking Calatain so long?" We head back to shore. And then

stop in shock.

Calatain is up on a rock, and two of his pokemon are no longer out, and his Machoke is

running out of steam. We look over at the reason: a pitch black Houndoom. Michiko and Zuberi

run behind us as soon as we are on land. Caelestis is up in a tree. Chan steps up to help

Machoke.



"What are you doing here!?" Chan asks mad. The thing looks past him… at Michiko.

"Never though I would see that little brat again." it says. I look down at Michiko.

She is shaking. But not fear. Pure, undiluted anger and hatred are in her eyes. I pick her up.



"Michiko?" I ask.

"HE HURT MOMMY!!" she yells. "BAD. HE'S BAD."

"So that's what happened..." I whisper. Then I turn to look at the Houndoom. "You have

no business here."

"I want to finish the job." he says. "I killed the mother, I must now kill the

child." Michiko gets even madder. Then she jumps down.

"MICHIKO!!" I cry. I try to recall her to her pokeball, but she refuses to come. She

powers up a huge Rage attack, then combines it with a... TAKE DOWN!? I didn't think she could

use that at this level... she must really be mad. With one hit, the Houndoom goes reeling back

many feet. It limps away. Michiko just sits down. She is shaking. Zuberi goes over to her.



"Michi?" He asks. Michiko doesn't even look at him. "You K?"

"bad doggie." Michiko says softly. "no cookie." I go over and pick her up.

"You OK Michiko?" I ask. She looks up at me. "You alright?"

"Uh-huh." she says. Then she leans against me. "Want a nap though…" I just smile.

"OK. You earned it." I put Michiko back into her pokeball. I look over at Calatain.

"How are you guys?"

"We are going to have to get back to the pokemon center again…" he says.

"Well, then? What are we waiting for?"



**Pokemon Center again (we should be getting some kind of discount…)**



Nurse Joy comes out with Calatain's Pokeballs. "They're all fighting fit."

"Even Huo?" he asks.

"The Vulpix you brought in earlier? Yes. She's just fine too." She turns and gives me my

pokeballs. "You have a very strong Eevee." She says.

"I know." I say proud. I let Chan out. "Wanna keep searching or do you want another

shot?"

"One more try" he says.

"Well, then, shall we?"



**Pokemon Gym, Cerulean City**



The first thing we see entering is Misty. She smiles.

"Back for another beating?" she asks. I grin.

"Your turn this time." I reply. We head for the arena.



**fighting pool**

"I'm in a really good mood today." Misty says. "You can use all of your pokemon."

"Fine." I say. Michiko somehow lets herself out. "Huh?"

"I wanna watch." She explains. I just sigh.

"Fine." I bring her onto the platform with me. Chan jumps onto the platform in front of

us. "I guess he's starting!" I say.

"I choose, Staryu!!" Misty lets Staryu start out again. Hopefully, we are ready this

time.

"Chan ThunderPunch!!"

"Staryu, Water Gun!"

Chan connects first, but the Water Gun also hits target. Both are weakened a bit, but

not enough. That Staryu has a lot of defense.



**POV shift: Michiko**



Michiko watches as the fight begins. #Why are they doing that?# she wonders. As she

continues watching, she notices something. #They aren't trying to hurt each other... just show

who's stronger...#

"NO!" Ariana cries as Chan is knocked out. #Staryu was stronger.# Michiko thinks. As

Caelestis came out, she wondered what he would try. Both trainers shouted commands. Both

pokemon obeyed. Their attacks did their damage. They went right back at it again. This time,

though, the Staryu went down.



"Staryu!!" Misty shouts. She recalls her pokemon. Then pulls out another pokeball.

"It's up to you Starmie!!" She says as she releases the pokemon. #It looks like a Staryu with

another one on it's back.# Michiko thinks. Misty calls for a HydroPump, while Ariana calls for a

Psybeam. The HydroPump connects first, and Caelestis is down. The psybeam does virtually no

damage. Ariana has no choice but to bring Caelestis back.



#Misty is good.# Michiko thinks. She looks up at Ariana. She is really upset. #She

wants to win.# Michiko realizes. Then she makes her decision.





**POV change: back to Ariana**



"There has to be a way..." I think. I feel something tug at my slacks. I look down and

Michiko is looking up at me. "Yeah?" I ask her.

"I wanna try." she says. I look at her surprised.

"Are you sure?" I ask. She nods. "OK then." Michiko jumps out onto the platform.

Calatain, who has been watching from the side, looks at me strangely. I just mouth "I'll explain

later" to him. He nods.

"This should be good." Misty says. I glance out the window. It's still daylight. Why

did I suddenly think of doing that? Oh well.

"Alright, Michiko, give it a Tackle!"

"Let's go easy on the baby, just use a water gun!"

Michiko seems to take the 'baby' crack personally, and nails the Starmie dead center. It

goes flying back and can't get the water gun off. Michiko backs off waiting for a new command.

"Alright, rage!" That is easy to get off. She still remembers her mom's attacker trying

to get her, and draws on that to get the attack. She then combines it with a tackle and

COMPLETELY NAILS THE STARMIE!! The jewel in the center of it blinks a few times, and then goes

out. Michiko stands there waiting for a new command. I jump over to her and hug her.

"Over?" I smile at her.

"Yes. You OK?" I ask her.

"Yeah... that hurt."

"Don't worry, we'll make you feel all better." I tell her. Misty meets me when I get

over to the edge of the pool.

"Here you go. You earned it." She hands me the Cascade Badge. "I guess I shouldn't have

called you a baby, huh?" She says petting Michiko.

"I'm a big girl. I'm gonna make mommy proud of me, even if she can't be here." I smile

at her. Then we head over to the Pokemon Center for some well deserved rest.





We will be moving on... eventually...maybe... We'll see. Will write more later.