Disclaimer-Pokemon is not mine. The characters do not belong to me.
I pulled out all of my pokeballs.
"Come out everyone and meet our newest friend." I say.
I released all of them together, each of my Pokemon saying hello to Drowzee in their own way. Happy at being greeted so warmly, he made all of us laugh by teleprting himself and my Pidgeotto that was perched on his head to various places close by. I thought my Pidgeotto would be upset, but he liked perching on the small Pokemon.
"Listen everybody, we're going to go for our fourth badge today, the Marshbadge. The gym leader there I've been told trains fighting type, so we need to be at peak performance. Are you ready for a workout?" I ask them.
I was greeted with as much euthasium as I had hoped for and prepared myself mentally for a long day of training. I decided to go battle some trainers I had seen fishing down by the decks. My Pinsir had to use it's Cut attack to cut down some bushes to get us there, but it was worth it. The fishermen were a little taken aback at my interrupting their catches, but were more than happy to battle. One guy told me not to get too worn out, to take my Pokemon for a swim midafternoon when there were multitudes of Tentacool in the water.
"Tentacool?" I ask.
He smiled. "That's when my Seaking and I surf together. I love the way their tentacles tickle." he says.
I had to agree, it did sound good. Maybe we would do that after our gym battle. He also told me of a foolproof way to level up my Pokemon quickly.
"There's a sleeping Pokemon just up the way that's at level thirty, a Snorlax. His trainer charges a small fee to wake him up to battle other trainers. it'll help you evolve your Polywag and your Drowzee." he says.
"Thanks." I told him.
It didn't take me long to find this young man, sitting lotus style on the wharf next to an enormous emerald green Pokemon.
"Greetings, fellow trainer. My name is Mikado and this is my Snorlax. Have you come to battle with me?" he asks.
I looked up at the creature, whose face I could barely make out over the sheer size of his huge stomach. Sensing my hesitation, Mikado smiled.
"Yes, his size is a little itimidating, but trust me, he's a very lovable Pokemon, at least to me. All he does is eat, sleep and battle. He's very low maintance." he says.
"How long have you had him?" I ask.
"I caught him a few years ago in the Safari Zone. It was an accident really. A schoolmate and I went there for a picnic and this Snorlax here came up to us for food. There were signs all around saying not to feed any of the Pokemon that might wander up to you, but I guess I thought it was too cute to refuse. An Ultra Ball I had just bought fell out of my pocket and I caught him! We've been insepearable ever since. Some trainers think I'm mean to battle trainers with him for money, but Snorlax genuinely enjoys battling. so, how about it?" he asks.
I took one last look at his Pokemon, making the decision quickly on what I should do. I smiled at my new friend.
"Okay, let's battle!" I say.
Giovanni looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, so different than he looks normally, the anxious, moody boyfriend I've gotten used to over the years, Deliah thought. I hope he doesn't mind that I let his Pokemon out of their balls. Once I told them to be quiet so he could rest, they all curled up next to me as I fed them and gave them some water. The sheer size of some of them intimidated me a little, but not for long when they showed me how affectionate they could be. Giovanni rarely lets them out of their balls, except to battle or perform some task for him. He never shows them any kind of affection, but they are loyal to him. He really makes me sad in a way, that he can't see them the way I do, as the loving creatures they are.
As his Pokemon laid next to me, keeping me warm with their body heat, I decided to check my Pokemon guide book to see who the next gym leader was. I found out our next destination was Saffron City, and the gym leader was Raissa, who trained fighting types.
"Fighting types?" Deliah asks.
"Yes, like my Machoke. Honestly, have you been reading that book all morning?" Giovanni asks.
"Good morning. I didn't know you had woke up." Deliah says.
"I couldn't sleep between you talking to yourself and the noise the Pokemon were making. I'm surprised you could be so inconsiderate." Giovanni says.
She opened her mouth to defend herself, but decided it wasn't worth it.
"Well, as long as I'm awake, we might as well head out and get a start on our day. By the end of this day, I will have the Marshbadge." Giovanni says.
I watched in amazement as Mikado pulled out a small flute and began to play a tune. I heard his Snorlax begin to grumble sleepily and stand up to a towering almost seven feet tall.
"I hope you're not having second thoughts. He hates being woken up for no reason." he says.
I pulled out one of my pokeballs.
"No, I'm ready. Go, Drowzee!" I say.
I release my Drowzee into battle, who doesn't the less bit concerned about his opponent's size. i wasn't about to allow Snorlax to attack first.
"Drowzee, use your Poison Gas!" I tell him.
"Snore?" the large Pokemon cried, as a cloud of smoke surrounded him, causing him to become poisoned.
"Impressive! Inflicting a status condition as your opening move, but I'm afraid you've only upset him. Snorlax, use Pay Day!" he says.
I was vaguely familiar with this attack. It was like a Slash attack, only it made it so coins would rain down after the attack was excuted. I assumed this was another way Mikado earned money from trainers.
"Drowzee, use your Teleport!" I told him.
"Drowzee!" he moaned, teleporting out of the way just as Snorlax attacked. Mikado smiled and applauded.
"So entertaining! I rarely enjoy battles as much as this! Snorlax, use Earthquake." he commands.
"Drowzee, use Disable." I say.
My pyshic type's Disable attack kept Snorlax from being able to attack. Frustrated at not being able to get a hit in, i saw Snorlax yawn and begin to wave his arms. Mikado smiled, realizing Snorlax's intention.
"Snorlax, Body Slam attack!" he shouts.
I jump to safety as the massive giant slammed down on top of my Pokemon, trapping him under his stomach. I could hear my Pokemon cry out for release and I hoped that somehow I could help him. Both mine and Mikado's eyes widened as all of the sudden Snorlax began to levitate just high enough for my Pokemon to escape, and I noticed that he had evolved from being trapped underneath him.
"Hypno!!" he shouts, pulling out a small trinket on a chain.
I was not familiar with this Pokemon either, but this evolution was a big change from when I had caught him. He was slightly taller with sunshine yellow fur, short pointy ears and a ring of soft white fur around his neck. I watched fascinated as Snorlax watched the trinket rock back and forth, allowing it to hypnotise him. I cheered as Snorlax fell back to the ground, falling asleep.
"Looks like I've won." I told him.
Mikado smiled. "Oh no...this battle has only gotten started..." he says.
Giovanni and Deliah took in their Pokemon to the Saffron City Pokemon Center to make sure they were fully healed for their gym battle.
"You should bring them to the Pokemon centers more often. It'll help them gain more health points each time they gain a level if you don't use potions as often." the nurse says.
Giovanni frowned at her. "Are you a trainer?" he asks.
"Well, I have my Chansey if that counts, but no, I'm not a trainer. Why?" she asks.
"Well, I am and I'm training these Pokemon my own way. Unless you intend on working just as hard as I am to become a Pokemon master, you would be well advised to do your own job and let me do mine." Giovanni told her.
Watching him as he stormed away, the nurse turned to Deliah.
"I'll assume you're his traveling companion...is he always like that?" she asks.
Deliah sighed. "Not always. He's just moody, that's all. He's very determained to succeed." she says.
"Well, i wish you both luck. I can only hope that caring for so many Pokemon will eventually change his attitude for the better." the nurse says.
"I hope so too." Deliah says.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"By putting my Snorlax back to sleep, you've given me the advantage. Snorlax, use Rest." he says.
I knew what effect this attack had, and was partially thankful for it. It gave me time to think about my strategy, while his Pokemon recovered all it's hit points. It was still poisoned, however, so I decided to try something new.
"Hypno, return. Go, Polwag. Use your Bubblebeam." I say.
It took three turns before Snorlax woke back up and I took those turns inflicting damage on my opponent. He was down to half of his hit points, and soaking wet from my water type's attack.
"Teach that little water type a lesson. Use your Thunder bolt attack!" Mikado shouted.
I hadn't known a Snorlax could learn special attacks. I heard my Polwag shriek as he was consumed by the electric attack, trying to ground them out by placing his tail onto the ground.
"Polywag, return." I tell him, not wanting him to suffer.
He refused to return, as he too began to glow, evolving into a much larger creature with two arms and a tail.
"Polywhirl!" he exclaims.
Before I knew it, he jumped up to face Snorlax and used his Doubleslap attack to slap him silly for the previous attack. Snorlax countered with Mega Punch, finally knocking my exhausted Pokemon out cold.
"Two evolutions, that's wonderful. Congratulations!" Mikado says.
"Thanks, but I'm not finished yet. Polywhirl, return! Come on out, Kangashkan." I say.
"Kangash!" she cries, ready for battle.
Both Mikado and I could see his Snorlax staggering about from the effect of the poison and I knew it was time to finally finish this battle.
"Kangashkan, use your Thunderbolt!" I shout.
"Snorlax!!" it shouted, feeling the impact even more from being soaked from Polywhirl's attack.
It staggered again for a second, and finally fell to the ground for the last time. Mikado smiled and shook my hand profusely.
"I am honored to have lost to such a magnificent trainer as you. Thank you." he says.
Having spent so much time together on the road, Deliah could sense Giovanni's irratation growing with each passing second.He was in a worse mood than usual today, and all the noise around them in the Pokemon Center didn't help. His appointment with Raissa wasn't for a couple hours, and there was much excitement going on around them.
"What's everybody cheering about?" Deliah asks.
"The Poke Cup started today." one boy says.
"The Poke Cup? What's that?" she asks.
"It's an international soccer competition where trainers and their Pokemon compete together." he told her.
Deliah smiled. "That sounds interesting. What do you think, Giovanni?" she asks him.
"I think it's a waste of time, playing sports with Pokemon. Useless." he grunts.
She chose to ignore as he stormed away to get them some lunch. She smiled again as someone familiar walked into the center.
"Samuel!" she says.
He smiled. "Deliah! What a nice surprise. When did you get here?" he asks.
"About an hour ago. We stopped by here after making an appointment at Safron Gym. Giovanni is upset because he found out the gym leader was a woman. I'm glad you're here. I wanted to apolgize to you for his two Pokemon borrowing your moon stone." Deliah says.
"No big deal. It seems he got more use out of it than I did. I'm looking forward to my gym battle myself. I captured a pyschic type just for the occassion." he says.
"A pyschic type? I'd love to see him." Deliah told him.
"Okay." he says.
He pulled out one of his pokeballs, releasing his Hypno.
"Hypno!" it exclaims.
"Oh Samuel, it's so cute." she says.
"Hypno!" he cried, pulling out his charm, waving it before Deliah's eyes.
"No Hypno, don't do that!" Samuel told him.
Deliah felt her eyelids suddenly begin to feel heavy. "I'm starting to feel a little sleepy..." she whispers.
"Deliah!" Samuel says.
He caughr her as she fell, recalling his Hypno before he could hynotise anyone else.
"Deliah! Are you okay? Deliah!" he asks.
He leaned over her in his arms, concerned about the effects of his Pokemon's attack.
He could tell that she was only sleeping because he could feel her faint breath on his face. He touched her face gently, hoping she would wake up soon.
"How many times have I told you to stay away from my girlfriend?" Giovanni shouts.
Samuel looked up at his rival and frowned.
"At least I was here to protect her when she fainted." he says.
"You wouldn't have to be if your Pokemon hadn't attacked her." Giovanni shouts.
"It's okay, Giovanni. His Hypno didn't mean to harm me intentionally." Deliah says, waking up.
Giovanni walked over to her and pulled her to her feet.
"You I'll deal with later. As for you, Samuel, if I see you around her again, you're going to have to deal with me, understand?" he warns.
"You're just fortunate that she gives you the time of day." Samuel says.
"I won't warn you again, Samuel, I mean it." Giovanni says, walking away.
Deliah sighed as Giovanni joined her, waving apolgically at Samuel. I wish the two of them didn't dislike each other so much. They could learn so much from each other.
I pulled out all of my pokeballs.
"Come out everyone and meet our newest friend." I say.
I released all of them together, each of my Pokemon saying hello to Drowzee in their own way. Happy at being greeted so warmly, he made all of us laugh by teleprting himself and my Pidgeotto that was perched on his head to various places close by. I thought my Pidgeotto would be upset, but he liked perching on the small Pokemon.
"Listen everybody, we're going to go for our fourth badge today, the Marshbadge. The gym leader there I've been told trains fighting type, so we need to be at peak performance. Are you ready for a workout?" I ask them.
I was greeted with as much euthasium as I had hoped for and prepared myself mentally for a long day of training. I decided to go battle some trainers I had seen fishing down by the decks. My Pinsir had to use it's Cut attack to cut down some bushes to get us there, but it was worth it. The fishermen were a little taken aback at my interrupting their catches, but were more than happy to battle. One guy told me not to get too worn out, to take my Pokemon for a swim midafternoon when there were multitudes of Tentacool in the water.
"Tentacool?" I ask.
He smiled. "That's when my Seaking and I surf together. I love the way their tentacles tickle." he says.
I had to agree, it did sound good. Maybe we would do that after our gym battle. He also told me of a foolproof way to level up my Pokemon quickly.
"There's a sleeping Pokemon just up the way that's at level thirty, a Snorlax. His trainer charges a small fee to wake him up to battle other trainers. it'll help you evolve your Polywag and your Drowzee." he says.
"Thanks." I told him.
It didn't take me long to find this young man, sitting lotus style on the wharf next to an enormous emerald green Pokemon.
"Greetings, fellow trainer. My name is Mikado and this is my Snorlax. Have you come to battle with me?" he asks.
I looked up at the creature, whose face I could barely make out over the sheer size of his huge stomach. Sensing my hesitation, Mikado smiled.
"Yes, his size is a little itimidating, but trust me, he's a very lovable Pokemon, at least to me. All he does is eat, sleep and battle. He's very low maintance." he says.
"How long have you had him?" I ask.
"I caught him a few years ago in the Safari Zone. It was an accident really. A schoolmate and I went there for a picnic and this Snorlax here came up to us for food. There were signs all around saying not to feed any of the Pokemon that might wander up to you, but I guess I thought it was too cute to refuse. An Ultra Ball I had just bought fell out of my pocket and I caught him! We've been insepearable ever since. Some trainers think I'm mean to battle trainers with him for money, but Snorlax genuinely enjoys battling. so, how about it?" he asks.
I took one last look at his Pokemon, making the decision quickly on what I should do. I smiled at my new friend.
"Okay, let's battle!" I say.
Giovanni looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, so different than he looks normally, the anxious, moody boyfriend I've gotten used to over the years, Deliah thought. I hope he doesn't mind that I let his Pokemon out of their balls. Once I told them to be quiet so he could rest, they all curled up next to me as I fed them and gave them some water. The sheer size of some of them intimidated me a little, but not for long when they showed me how affectionate they could be. Giovanni rarely lets them out of their balls, except to battle or perform some task for him. He never shows them any kind of affection, but they are loyal to him. He really makes me sad in a way, that he can't see them the way I do, as the loving creatures they are.
As his Pokemon laid next to me, keeping me warm with their body heat, I decided to check my Pokemon guide book to see who the next gym leader was. I found out our next destination was Saffron City, and the gym leader was Raissa, who trained fighting types.
"Fighting types?" Deliah asks.
"Yes, like my Machoke. Honestly, have you been reading that book all morning?" Giovanni asks.
"Good morning. I didn't know you had woke up." Deliah says.
"I couldn't sleep between you talking to yourself and the noise the Pokemon were making. I'm surprised you could be so inconsiderate." Giovanni says.
She opened her mouth to defend herself, but decided it wasn't worth it.
"Well, as long as I'm awake, we might as well head out and get a start on our day. By the end of this day, I will have the Marshbadge." Giovanni says.
I watched in amazement as Mikado pulled out a small flute and began to play a tune. I heard his Snorlax begin to grumble sleepily and stand up to a towering almost seven feet tall.
"I hope you're not having second thoughts. He hates being woken up for no reason." he says.
I pulled out one of my pokeballs.
"No, I'm ready. Go, Drowzee!" I say.
I release my Drowzee into battle, who doesn't the less bit concerned about his opponent's size. i wasn't about to allow Snorlax to attack first.
"Drowzee, use your Poison Gas!" I tell him.
"Snore?" the large Pokemon cried, as a cloud of smoke surrounded him, causing him to become poisoned.
"Impressive! Inflicting a status condition as your opening move, but I'm afraid you've only upset him. Snorlax, use Pay Day!" he says.
I was vaguely familiar with this attack. It was like a Slash attack, only it made it so coins would rain down after the attack was excuted. I assumed this was another way Mikado earned money from trainers.
"Drowzee, use your Teleport!" I told him.
"Drowzee!" he moaned, teleporting out of the way just as Snorlax attacked. Mikado smiled and applauded.
"So entertaining! I rarely enjoy battles as much as this! Snorlax, use Earthquake." he commands.
"Drowzee, use Disable." I say.
My pyshic type's Disable attack kept Snorlax from being able to attack. Frustrated at not being able to get a hit in, i saw Snorlax yawn and begin to wave his arms. Mikado smiled, realizing Snorlax's intention.
"Snorlax, Body Slam attack!" he shouts.
I jump to safety as the massive giant slammed down on top of my Pokemon, trapping him under his stomach. I could hear my Pokemon cry out for release and I hoped that somehow I could help him. Both mine and Mikado's eyes widened as all of the sudden Snorlax began to levitate just high enough for my Pokemon to escape, and I noticed that he had evolved from being trapped underneath him.
"Hypno!!" he shouts, pulling out a small trinket on a chain.
I was not familiar with this Pokemon either, but this evolution was a big change from when I had caught him. He was slightly taller with sunshine yellow fur, short pointy ears and a ring of soft white fur around his neck. I watched fascinated as Snorlax watched the trinket rock back and forth, allowing it to hypnotise him. I cheered as Snorlax fell back to the ground, falling asleep.
"Looks like I've won." I told him.
Mikado smiled. "Oh no...this battle has only gotten started..." he says.
Giovanni and Deliah took in their Pokemon to the Saffron City Pokemon Center to make sure they were fully healed for their gym battle.
"You should bring them to the Pokemon centers more often. It'll help them gain more health points each time they gain a level if you don't use potions as often." the nurse says.
Giovanni frowned at her. "Are you a trainer?" he asks.
"Well, I have my Chansey if that counts, but no, I'm not a trainer. Why?" she asks.
"Well, I am and I'm training these Pokemon my own way. Unless you intend on working just as hard as I am to become a Pokemon master, you would be well advised to do your own job and let me do mine." Giovanni told her.
Watching him as he stormed away, the nurse turned to Deliah.
"I'll assume you're his traveling companion...is he always like that?" she asks.
Deliah sighed. "Not always. He's just moody, that's all. He's very determained to succeed." she says.
"Well, i wish you both luck. I can only hope that caring for so many Pokemon will eventually change his attitude for the better." the nurse says.
"I hope so too." Deliah says.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"By putting my Snorlax back to sleep, you've given me the advantage. Snorlax, use Rest." he says.
I knew what effect this attack had, and was partially thankful for it. It gave me time to think about my strategy, while his Pokemon recovered all it's hit points. It was still poisoned, however, so I decided to try something new.
"Hypno, return. Go, Polwag. Use your Bubblebeam." I say.
It took three turns before Snorlax woke back up and I took those turns inflicting damage on my opponent. He was down to half of his hit points, and soaking wet from my water type's attack.
"Teach that little water type a lesson. Use your Thunder bolt attack!" Mikado shouted.
I hadn't known a Snorlax could learn special attacks. I heard my Polwag shriek as he was consumed by the electric attack, trying to ground them out by placing his tail onto the ground.
"Polywag, return." I tell him, not wanting him to suffer.
He refused to return, as he too began to glow, evolving into a much larger creature with two arms and a tail.
"Polywhirl!" he exclaims.
Before I knew it, he jumped up to face Snorlax and used his Doubleslap attack to slap him silly for the previous attack. Snorlax countered with Mega Punch, finally knocking my exhausted Pokemon out cold.
"Two evolutions, that's wonderful. Congratulations!" Mikado says.
"Thanks, but I'm not finished yet. Polywhirl, return! Come on out, Kangashkan." I say.
"Kangash!" she cries, ready for battle.
Both Mikado and I could see his Snorlax staggering about from the effect of the poison and I knew it was time to finally finish this battle.
"Kangashkan, use your Thunderbolt!" I shout.
"Snorlax!!" it shouted, feeling the impact even more from being soaked from Polywhirl's attack.
It staggered again for a second, and finally fell to the ground for the last time. Mikado smiled and shook my hand profusely.
"I am honored to have lost to such a magnificent trainer as you. Thank you." he says.
Having spent so much time together on the road, Deliah could sense Giovanni's irratation growing with each passing second.He was in a worse mood than usual today, and all the noise around them in the Pokemon Center didn't help. His appointment with Raissa wasn't for a couple hours, and there was much excitement going on around them.
"What's everybody cheering about?" Deliah asks.
"The Poke Cup started today." one boy says.
"The Poke Cup? What's that?" she asks.
"It's an international soccer competition where trainers and their Pokemon compete together." he told her.
Deliah smiled. "That sounds interesting. What do you think, Giovanni?" she asks him.
"I think it's a waste of time, playing sports with Pokemon. Useless." he grunts.
She chose to ignore as he stormed away to get them some lunch. She smiled again as someone familiar walked into the center.
"Samuel!" she says.
He smiled. "Deliah! What a nice surprise. When did you get here?" he asks.
"About an hour ago. We stopped by here after making an appointment at Safron Gym. Giovanni is upset because he found out the gym leader was a woman. I'm glad you're here. I wanted to apolgize to you for his two Pokemon borrowing your moon stone." Deliah says.
"No big deal. It seems he got more use out of it than I did. I'm looking forward to my gym battle myself. I captured a pyschic type just for the occassion." he says.
"A pyschic type? I'd love to see him." Deliah told him.
"Okay." he says.
He pulled out one of his pokeballs, releasing his Hypno.
"Hypno!" it exclaims.
"Oh Samuel, it's so cute." she says.
"Hypno!" he cried, pulling out his charm, waving it before Deliah's eyes.
"No Hypno, don't do that!" Samuel told him.
Deliah felt her eyelids suddenly begin to feel heavy. "I'm starting to feel a little sleepy..." she whispers.
"Deliah!" Samuel says.
He caughr her as she fell, recalling his Hypno before he could hynotise anyone else.
"Deliah! Are you okay? Deliah!" he asks.
He leaned over her in his arms, concerned about the effects of his Pokemon's attack.
He could tell that she was only sleeping because he could feel her faint breath on his face. He touched her face gently, hoping she would wake up soon.
"How many times have I told you to stay away from my girlfriend?" Giovanni shouts.
Samuel looked up at his rival and frowned.
"At least I was here to protect her when she fainted." he says.
"You wouldn't have to be if your Pokemon hadn't attacked her." Giovanni shouts.
"It's okay, Giovanni. His Hypno didn't mean to harm me intentionally." Deliah says, waking up.
Giovanni walked over to her and pulled her to her feet.
"You I'll deal with later. As for you, Samuel, if I see you around her again, you're going to have to deal with me, understand?" he warns.
"You're just fortunate that she gives you the time of day." Samuel says.
"I won't warn you again, Samuel, I mean it." Giovanni says, walking away.
Deliah sighed as Giovanni joined her, waving apolgically at Samuel. I wish the two of them didn't dislike each other so much. They could learn so much from each other.