To Be A Pokémon Master

by Chipolata

Chip: Chapter two! Woo!

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[Chapter Two]

"Wha...What happened?" James asked, climbing out of the rubble.

      "This is all your fault James!" Jessie blamed.

      "Me? Why me?" James cried.

      "Hey! You two!" Meowth called. "Take a look at this guy."

      Meowth was pointing to Vegeta, who was trapped under a branch. His spandex was ripped, his armour broken, his limbs bent at odd angles and he was covered in blood.

      "Wow. He looks pretty beat up." James commented.

      "Yeah, well he wrecked our tree, and now we've missed catching Pikachu! I say we leave him." Jessie said.

      "I say we help him. Then we'd have saved his life! He'd owe us big time." Meowth said. "Besides, if we didn't, we could be called murderers."

      "I'm not a murderer! Not yet!" James whined.

      "Oh fine. We'll help him." Jessie gave in. "He must be someone important, walking around in that gear and not getting laughed at." :)

Team Rocket took Vegeta to the closest hospital, in Viridian City. He was given immediate treatment for his injuries, but he fell into a coma and had to stay in the hospital.

      Meanwhile, Team Rocket had to explain to their boss, Giovanni, why they hadn't caught Pikachu with their latest plan.

      "We're sorry boss, but just as Pikachu and his trainer came around the corner..." Jessie began.

      "This guy fell out of the sky and onto our tree." James finished.

      "And so you sat down and had a cup of tea with him??" Giovanni raged.

      "Well, he collapsed our tree." Jessie explained.

      "And he was really beat up." Meowth said.

      "So we took him to the hospital." James concluded.

      "Hmph. I really am disappointed with you. But never mind. I have a new plan for you. Don't mess it up." Giovanni ordered.

      "Yes sir! Thankyou sir!" Team Rocket chorused.

Ash and his friends sat at a table outside a cafe, enjoying drinks and food. Ash was slightly annoyed; he had just been to the Viridian City Pokémon Gym and had been turned down from entering.

      "So, Ash, what are you going to do?" Misty asked.

      "I'm going to try again tomorrow! They can't keep me out forever!" Ash exclaimed.

      "Oh boy, we're not going to hear the end of this." Brock muttered. "Uh, can we help you?"

      Brock was talking to a guy with purple hair who had walked up to the table. Brock noticed a large sword on his back.

      "Uh, yeah. I'm looking for someone, I was hoping you'd seen him." The stranger said. "He's kinda short, really strong-looking and has really spikey hair that sticks straight up and back. Um, he's bad tempered, and wears armour and spandex..." the stranger trailed off.

      "No, sorry. We haven't seen anyone like that." Ash said.

      "Sorry we can't help." Misty said.

      "That's okay." The stranger walked off.

      "Weird. I wonder why he's looking for someone like that?" Ash commented.

      "Yeah, but wasn't he cute?" Misty asked dreamily.

      Brock watched the stranger as he proceeded to ask everyone at the cafe, or who walked by.

The Z-warriors met up outside the Vermillion City Pokémon Center.

      "Anyone find him?" Goku asked.

      No-one had.

      "Had anyone seen him? Vegeta's not the kind of person to blend in!" Goku asked.

      "Not where I went." Gohan said.

      "Nor where I went." Trunks said.

      "There wasn't a trace of him where I went." Krillan reported. "Just an angry rock monster. Have any of you seen the monsters on this island? There are so many!"

"I didn't get any chances to ask." Piccolo told them. "Kids made those little monsters attack me, and kept throwing these things at me." Piccolo showed them a red and white ball the size of a tennis ball. "I must have a hundred of these! I was ready to start throwing them back."

      Piccolo was looking a little burnt, wet, shocked, scratched, dirty, and just plain bashed up.

      "I saw two people making a couple of monsters fight." Gohan said.

      "Hey, what about Vegeta?" Goku asked. "Do you guys think he's here? Bulma contacted me and said there's something in the rock on the island. Somehow, it drains ki down. We can't stay too long, or we won't be able to fly."

      "He's not here. Someone would have seen him." Yumcha said.

      "We'd better go then. If Vegeta needs us, he'll find a way to contact us. He'll probably be waiting for us right now." Goku said.

      They left.