Disclaimer-Pokemon is not mine. The characters do not belong to me

June 1

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My first day of training. The young Kangashakan the Professor gave me as a starter already knows two attacks-Comet Punch and Rage. I found out that if I beat the Viridian City gym leader, they will give me the TM Fissure to teach to her. It's supposed to be a one-hit knockout move that ground types use effectively. This should come in handy. She's only at level six so far. We've encountered many wild Pokemon on our way to Viridian City, mostly Pidgey and Rattata. We battled a couple, but didn't catch any because I need to get some pokeballs.

We are spending the night in Viridian City. We spent the whole day training, so I will check out the gym tomorrow. There are many trainers staying here and it is too noisy to sleep. I can't help but overhear some conversations. A few trainers are talking about Giovanni, big surprise, saying he was asked to join some mysterious organization. They say he was very rude to the person that offered, so I believe it. Most of the rumors are circulating around the identity of the Viridian City gym leader. No one has ever seen them, not even those that have battled them. They always stay in the shadows. They say whoever they are, they are very rich and powerful and own a casino in Celadon City.

There is a young guy around my age teaching trainers how to catch Pokemon and I also met a salesman on my way here that gave me a potion for my Kangashakan.

It is nearly midnight here and Deliah and Giovanni just made it in. Giovanni grunted at me as he made his way to clean up and get something to eat. I walked up to Deliah.

"Hi, Samuel." she says.

"You look like you've had a hard day, Deliah. Do you want to talk about it?" I ask.

She told me the whole story...

It was nearly midnight and neither Giovanni or Deliah had made it to the Viridian City Pokemon Center. They had spent all day capturing and training Pokemon and were now

trying to find a rare Pokemon a young trainer had released by accident.

"Be quiet, Deliah. I don't need your two cents. i'm going to be the one to capture that kid's rare Pikachu. Having an electric type this early in my travels would be a very good thing. I don't care how late it is!" Giovanni says.

Every once in a while, he would speak to her like that, but she always blew it off. She looked up to see a trainer standing in front of her/

"Are you a trainer? Let's battle!" he shouts.

"I don't have any Pokemon. You'll have to talk to my boyfriend." she says.

The trainer smiles then. "Even better that you don't." he says.

He releases his Pokemon, a very angry Mankey. "Mankey, use Scratch!" he shouts.

Deliah screamed as she got up and ran away as fast as she could.

"Deliah!" Giovanni shouts.

He released his Machop right in front of the Mankey.

"You leave my girlfriend alone or you'll answer to me! Machop, use your Karate Chop." Giovanni shouts.

Deliah's attacker gasps as Machop lays out his Pokemon quickly. He recalls his Pokemon and runs away. Giovanni goes over to Deliah.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

She threw herself into his arms.

"Oh Giovanni, thank you for protecting me. I'm sorry I interfered in capturing that Pikachu." she says.

He held her close, glad she was okay...



June 2

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The three of us decided we would challenge the Viridian City gym leader together. Giovanni wasn't very happy about this, but Deliah assured him that they would be on their way quickly and back to training.

The three of us stood before the entrance of Viridian Gym and were instantly confronted by two heavily armored guards.

"Welcome to Viridian Gym. Please present the seven badges of the Kanto League." they say.

"What?" Giovanni says.

"We are new trainers. We've come to challenge the gym leader to a match." Samuel says.

"Only those that have defeated all seven gyms of the Kanto League may pass through these doors." they say.

Needless to say, we were both upset by these chain of events.

"If you need the other seven badges to defeat them, maybe it is a good idea to wait." Deliah says.

"Why don't you be guiet? I'll yank your chain if I want your input." Giovanni told her.

Samuel turned to face him then.

"Don't talk to her that way. I've warned you before, Giovanni." he says.

Giovanni smiled. "Those sound like fighting words to em. Let's battle." he says.

They both released their Pokemon.

"Kangashakan, use your Comet Punch." Samuel told her.

"Machop, use your Karate Chop." Giovanni says.

Machop blocked the larger Pokemon's attack and threw her off her feet with his. Giovanni laughed.

"Stupid weak Pokemon! How do you expect to win any battles with such a worthless Pokemon?" he asks.

Samuel turned as he heard his Pokemon roar with anger. This must be her Rage attack, he thought.

"Kangashakan, use your Rage attack!" he shouts.

What neither of them was that they had a very captive audience nearby. The young woman petted her pet Meowth happily as she watched the larger Pokemon defeat the smaller one.

"Impressive! That young trainer has a lot of promise. It's a shame about the other one's defeat. I like the fire in his eyes, he has so much potiential...it will only be a matter of time until we meet again." she says.

I won my battle against Giovanni. Needless to say, this angered him even more. He grabbed Deliah by the hand, the two of them getting on his moped.

"Stay away from my girlfriend and out of our affairs." Giovanni shouts, speeding away.