Disclaimer-Pokemon is not mine. The characters do not belong to me.
June 4
I bid my new friend farewell and made my way through Mt. Moon to get to Cerelean City. It was a much shorter trip by daylight, and I made it there by midafternoon.
I met a trainer at the Pokemon center who asked me if I had a Polywhirl. I told him that I had a level fifteen Polywag who hadn't evolved yet. He asked me if i would trade with him once it evolved for his Jynx. I told him that I would consider it.
This was the city where I could use the bike voucher I had to get a bicycle for my travels. that same trainer told me that having a bicycle was a very good idea, that way I could use Cycling Road as a shortcut to Fushcia City. He also told me that he'd heard there were technical machines scattered around by Cerelean Cape. I decided to go see for myself.
What I found was a group of five trainers that challenged me to battle in order to win a fabulous prize. I accepted their challenge, and was rewarded with my Pidgey evolving to Pidgeotto. My Ekans learned bite, to add to knowing Wrap, Leer and Poison Sting. My Polwag learned Hypnosis, which came in handy. Once I got to the final trainer, he congratulated me and handed me my prize, a gold nugget.
"Sell this at any Pokemart. It'll help you on your travels. You're a great trainer. Would you like to join Team Rocket?" he asks.
"What's Team Rocket?" Samuel asks.
"We're an organization dedicated to using Pokemon to achieve our goal of world domination." he told him.
"World domination? That's terrible! Why would I want to join an organization like that?" he asks.
"With your skills, you could be a very powerful ally. Give it some thought." he says, handing me their card.
Out of politeness, I took his card, making the decision that I would never use my Pokemon for evil purposes. The thought of such an organization disqusted me. I decided not to think about it all as i found the TMs that trainer had mentioned before. I found TMs 19 and 45, Seismic Toss and Thunder Wave. I decided I would sell the electric type TM and I taught Siesmic Toss to my Pinsir. The TM I got from Phelan, Bide, I decided I would sell that one as well.
Exhausted from battling, I decided to go back to the Pokemon center and get some rest before I went to challenge the Cerelean City gym leader. I was surprised to see Deliah there as well, without Giovanni. We had lunch together and caught up with each other's adventures.
"So Giovanni is battling the Cerelean City gym leader as we speak?" I ask.
"Yes. He's been there since this morning. Her name is Patience. She trains water type Pokemon. I'm worried for him; he doesn't have any Pokemon that are strong against that type." Deliah says.
"I'm sure he'll do fine. You look exhausted. Is there something you're not telling me?" I ask.
She sighs. "I am tired, that's true, but it's more than that. I thought this would be time that he and I could develop a stronger bond, but it seems like he cares more about training than he does about me." Deliah says.
"Well, if it means anything, if you were with me, I would have a very difficult time training my Pokemon because I would be concentrating more on you." Samuel says.
She looks at me then, tears welling up in her eyes. I hadn't realized that would touch her so deeply.
"Oh Samuel..." she says.
I smile as she leans over towards me and gives me a tender kiss on the lips. Startled, I don't push her away. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think she would ever kiss me. It was like I had always imagined it would be. Her lips were incredibly soft and warm. I felt like I could melt into her kiss. she parted from me, surprised at what hse had done.
"Oh Samuel, I am so sorry. I didn't mean...I guess I just got overwhelmed by your sweetness. I've got to go." she says.
She walks away quickly, in fear that she had embarrassed me and feeling a little self conscious herself.
"Deliah..." I whisper.
"You're the Cerelean City gym leader?" Giovanni shouts.
The young woman before him frowned, recognizing him from the night before.
"I should have known my poor choices were going to cost me. So, you're a trainer, are you? Well, my name is Patience. If you want the Cascade badge, you're going to have to beat me." she tells him.
"I accept your challenge." he says.
"I'll even take it easy on you. One Pokemon each." she says.
"Are you going to talk all day or are you going to battle?" he shouts.
The battle was over before it began. Giovanni sent out his Krabby, Patience her Wortortle.
"Krabby, use your Leer attack!" Giovanni says.
The small water type leered at his enemy, who only sneered at him.
"Wortortle!" he shouts, as he sends Giovanni's Pokemon flying across the room with his Skull Bash attack.
"Finish him off. Use Bubblebeam!" Patience says.
"I can't believe this!" Giovanni says, as he watches his Krabby fall at his feet. Patience laughs.
"Believe it, you lost. I'm surprised that you made it this far for being such a weak trainer." she told him.
"I though you were going to take it easy on me." he says.
"Just because of the other night? That meant nothing. I don't give any trainers pity in my gym. If you want my badge, you have to earn it. Why don't you come back when you get stronger?" she says.
He felt like his jaw had hit the floor as she walked away. I can't believe I lost, Giovanni thought. He stood up straight and cleared his throat. I will not let this affect me, he told himself, I will be a Pokemon master...
Patience was surprised to see another trainer so soon after her and Giovanni's battle.
'What's your name?" she asks.
"I'm Samuel Oak. I've come to ask you, to challenge you to a gym battle." Samuel says.
"What nice manners you have, young man. Very admirable...I can only hope you put a little more backbone into our match." Patience says.
"Now wait just a minute..." Samuel began.
"Two Pokemon each. Let's go." she says.
She sends out her first Pokemon, Goldeen. He sends out his Polywag.
'Goldeen, use Peck." Patience says.
"Polywag, use Hypnosis." Samuel says.
Patience laughs. "Another weak triner. End this, Goldeen." she says.
Both pokemon submerged themselves underwater as Goldeen charged towards Samuel's Pokemon. He dodged her attack quickly, putting her to sleep with his. Frustrated, Patience sent out his second Pokemon.
"Wartortle!" he shouts, diving into the water.
Samuel recalled his Polywag, and sent out his Ekans.
"Your poison type doesn't stand a chance against my Wartortle. Wartortle, use Bubblebeam!" Patience says.
Ekans deflected the water type's attack with his Poison Sting, then slithered around the small Pokemon with his Wrap attack.
"Wartortle, no!" Patience shouts.
She watches as Ekans finishes him off with his Bite attack, releasing him from his coils as Warortle fainted under the effect of the poison. Recalling her Pokemon, Patience congratulates him.
"Congratulations, Samuel. I take back everything I said. I just didn't want you to think I was a pushover. Here is your badge. You earned it." she says.
He took his two badges in hand and examined them. He petted both Polywag and Ekans, congratulating them as well.
'We all earned these badges." he says.
"So, where are we off to now? Are we going to stay in Cerelean City tonight or go back to Vermillion City?" Deliah asks.
She jumped suddenly as Giovanni slammed his fist down on their table.
"Could you be quiet for just a few minutes?! I'm trying to think!!" Giovanni shouts.
She had never seen him so angry before. He was really taking this loss in the Cerelean City gym personally. He had barely spoken to her once he had returned, and had been deep in thought ever since.
She wanted to tell him how sorry she was, but she knew it wasn't what he wanted to hear. He needed that badge to be able to challenge the last gym leader, and now he would have to try again once they finished their travels. She wished there was something she could do to ease his troubles, to take his mind off his loss. she looked up as he finally looked at her in a calm manner.
"I've decided. I am not going to let this setback affect me. We have to be ready for the next gym. We're going to concentrate on training for the next couple days. We're going to go through Rock Tunnel to train." Giovanni says.
"Rock Tunnel? Isn't that a dangerous route?" Deliah asks.
Giovanni smiled. "It'll give me a chance to level up my Pokemon more and maybe even catch some more. You don't get anywhere in life doing things the easy way." Giovanni says.
I made a mistake, Giovanni thought, but it won't happen again.
June 4
I bid my new friend farewell and made my way through Mt. Moon to get to Cerelean City. It was a much shorter trip by daylight, and I made it there by midafternoon.
I met a trainer at the Pokemon center who asked me if I had a Polywhirl. I told him that I had a level fifteen Polywag who hadn't evolved yet. He asked me if i would trade with him once it evolved for his Jynx. I told him that I would consider it.
This was the city where I could use the bike voucher I had to get a bicycle for my travels. that same trainer told me that having a bicycle was a very good idea, that way I could use Cycling Road as a shortcut to Fushcia City. He also told me that he'd heard there were technical machines scattered around by Cerelean Cape. I decided to go see for myself.
What I found was a group of five trainers that challenged me to battle in order to win a fabulous prize. I accepted their challenge, and was rewarded with my Pidgey evolving to Pidgeotto. My Ekans learned bite, to add to knowing Wrap, Leer and Poison Sting. My Polwag learned Hypnosis, which came in handy. Once I got to the final trainer, he congratulated me and handed me my prize, a gold nugget.
"Sell this at any Pokemart. It'll help you on your travels. You're a great trainer. Would you like to join Team Rocket?" he asks.
"What's Team Rocket?" Samuel asks.
"We're an organization dedicated to using Pokemon to achieve our goal of world domination." he told him.
"World domination? That's terrible! Why would I want to join an organization like that?" he asks.
"With your skills, you could be a very powerful ally. Give it some thought." he says, handing me their card.
Out of politeness, I took his card, making the decision that I would never use my Pokemon for evil purposes. The thought of such an organization disqusted me. I decided not to think about it all as i found the TMs that trainer had mentioned before. I found TMs 19 and 45, Seismic Toss and Thunder Wave. I decided I would sell the electric type TM and I taught Siesmic Toss to my Pinsir. The TM I got from Phelan, Bide, I decided I would sell that one as well.
Exhausted from battling, I decided to go back to the Pokemon center and get some rest before I went to challenge the Cerelean City gym leader. I was surprised to see Deliah there as well, without Giovanni. We had lunch together and caught up with each other's adventures.
"So Giovanni is battling the Cerelean City gym leader as we speak?" I ask.
"Yes. He's been there since this morning. Her name is Patience. She trains water type Pokemon. I'm worried for him; he doesn't have any Pokemon that are strong against that type." Deliah says.
"I'm sure he'll do fine. You look exhausted. Is there something you're not telling me?" I ask.
She sighs. "I am tired, that's true, but it's more than that. I thought this would be time that he and I could develop a stronger bond, but it seems like he cares more about training than he does about me." Deliah says.
"Well, if it means anything, if you were with me, I would have a very difficult time training my Pokemon because I would be concentrating more on you." Samuel says.
She looks at me then, tears welling up in her eyes. I hadn't realized that would touch her so deeply.
"Oh Samuel..." she says.
I smile as she leans over towards me and gives me a tender kiss on the lips. Startled, I don't push her away. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think she would ever kiss me. It was like I had always imagined it would be. Her lips were incredibly soft and warm. I felt like I could melt into her kiss. she parted from me, surprised at what hse had done.
"Oh Samuel, I am so sorry. I didn't mean...I guess I just got overwhelmed by your sweetness. I've got to go." she says.
She walks away quickly, in fear that she had embarrassed me and feeling a little self conscious herself.
"Deliah..." I whisper.
"You're the Cerelean City gym leader?" Giovanni shouts.
The young woman before him frowned, recognizing him from the night before.
"I should have known my poor choices were going to cost me. So, you're a trainer, are you? Well, my name is Patience. If you want the Cascade badge, you're going to have to beat me." she tells him.
"I accept your challenge." he says.
"I'll even take it easy on you. One Pokemon each." she says.
"Are you going to talk all day or are you going to battle?" he shouts.
The battle was over before it began. Giovanni sent out his Krabby, Patience her Wortortle.
"Krabby, use your Leer attack!" Giovanni says.
The small water type leered at his enemy, who only sneered at him.
"Wortortle!" he shouts, as he sends Giovanni's Pokemon flying across the room with his Skull Bash attack.
"Finish him off. Use Bubblebeam!" Patience says.
"I can't believe this!" Giovanni says, as he watches his Krabby fall at his feet. Patience laughs.
"Believe it, you lost. I'm surprised that you made it this far for being such a weak trainer." she told him.
"I though you were going to take it easy on me." he says.
"Just because of the other night? That meant nothing. I don't give any trainers pity in my gym. If you want my badge, you have to earn it. Why don't you come back when you get stronger?" she says.
He felt like his jaw had hit the floor as she walked away. I can't believe I lost, Giovanni thought. He stood up straight and cleared his throat. I will not let this affect me, he told himself, I will be a Pokemon master...
Patience was surprised to see another trainer so soon after her and Giovanni's battle.
'What's your name?" she asks.
"I'm Samuel Oak. I've come to ask you, to challenge you to a gym battle." Samuel says.
"What nice manners you have, young man. Very admirable...I can only hope you put a little more backbone into our match." Patience says.
"Now wait just a minute..." Samuel began.
"Two Pokemon each. Let's go." she says.
She sends out her first Pokemon, Goldeen. He sends out his Polywag.
'Goldeen, use Peck." Patience says.
"Polywag, use Hypnosis." Samuel says.
Patience laughs. "Another weak triner. End this, Goldeen." she says.
Both pokemon submerged themselves underwater as Goldeen charged towards Samuel's Pokemon. He dodged her attack quickly, putting her to sleep with his. Frustrated, Patience sent out his second Pokemon.
"Wartortle!" he shouts, diving into the water.
Samuel recalled his Polywag, and sent out his Ekans.
"Your poison type doesn't stand a chance against my Wartortle. Wartortle, use Bubblebeam!" Patience says.
Ekans deflected the water type's attack with his Poison Sting, then slithered around the small Pokemon with his Wrap attack.
"Wartortle, no!" Patience shouts.
She watches as Ekans finishes him off with his Bite attack, releasing him from his coils as Warortle fainted under the effect of the poison. Recalling her Pokemon, Patience congratulates him.
"Congratulations, Samuel. I take back everything I said. I just didn't want you to think I was a pushover. Here is your badge. You earned it." she says.
He took his two badges in hand and examined them. He petted both Polywag and Ekans, congratulating them as well.
'We all earned these badges." he says.
"So, where are we off to now? Are we going to stay in Cerelean City tonight or go back to Vermillion City?" Deliah asks.
She jumped suddenly as Giovanni slammed his fist down on their table.
"Could you be quiet for just a few minutes?! I'm trying to think!!" Giovanni shouts.
She had never seen him so angry before. He was really taking this loss in the Cerelean City gym personally. He had barely spoken to her once he had returned, and had been deep in thought ever since.
She wanted to tell him how sorry she was, but she knew it wasn't what he wanted to hear. He needed that badge to be able to challenge the last gym leader, and now he would have to try again once they finished their travels. She wished there was something she could do to ease his troubles, to take his mind off his loss. she looked up as he finally looked at her in a calm manner.
"I've decided. I am not going to let this setback affect me. We have to be ready for the next gym. We're going to concentrate on training for the next couple days. We're going to go through Rock Tunnel to train." Giovanni says.
"Rock Tunnel? Isn't that a dangerous route?" Deliah asks.
Giovanni smiled. "It'll give me a chance to level up my Pokemon more and maybe even catch some more. You don't get anywhere in life doing things the easy way." Giovanni says.
I made a mistake, Giovanni thought, but it won't happen again.