Sibling Rivalry
Originally By Ross Jacobsen Transferred to fanfiction.net by voyager1713 Chapter 1-Brotherly Love It was late at night at the Oak lab. The only source of light came from a
house about five blocks down the street. Light shown through two separate windows. In one room, a ten-year-old boy was studying late. He had to take the PTE, or Pokemon
Trainer's Exam, tomorrow. But before turning in, he decided to pay a visit to his brother in the next room.
In the other room, a eleven-year-old, named Ross, was also getting ready to
go to sleep. He too had been studying late to pass the pokemon trainer's exam. He was
setting his alarm clock when Adam burst in, wearing a Gengar mask and holding a flashlight just under his chin to give a spooky effect.
"BOOOOO!!!!!"
"I was wondering when you would try to prank me Adam," said Ross.
"How'd you know that it was me?" asked the curious boy.
"Easy," said Ross, "You do this every time something important is going to
happen tomorrow and every one knows that no Gengar can say 'boo'."
"Yeah, I guess I do."
"Well good night. Remember, since you got that early acceptance grant,
you're also taking the P.T.E. this year."
"Alright, alright," said the annoyed Adam as he went into his room. Ross
finished setting his alarm clock and climbed into bed. Chapter 2-A Simple Trip to the Pokemon Center The next day, Adam and Ross got onto there bicycles and peddled down to the
pokemon center to take the PTE. They walked straight up to the service counter where
Nurse Joy and Chansey were stationed.
"Hi Joy, Hi Chansey," said Ross.
"Chan-sey," said Chansey.
"Hi Ross. That's right, today is the day you take the PTE isn't it," Joy
replied.
"Yep, my brother and I are both confident that we will pass."
"I know you will. After all, you did decide to work here for a year
instead of taking the PTE. Chansey, show our friend and his brother back to the exam rooms."
Nurse Joy reminded them that they would receive different tests in
different rooms and were each handed a disk and Chansey showed them into the back area. Ross was taken into a room full of computers. He took a seat at a computer
and ran the program on the disk.
Ross saw a title screen and started the test. 2 sets of 15 different
pokemon appeared on the screen. The instructions on the bottom said to match a pokemon on the left
next to a pokemon that it had a natural advantage over on the right. Ross lined them up
easily and hit the section complete button. The next part of the exam involved treatments and pokemon conditions. Ross also found this part of the exam easy. The final part of the exam was identifying pokemon by 3 dimensional shadows. It took Ross a while to work through this part of the test because it was impossible to tell just which side was supposed to be down.
Then the final screen popped up and said to return to the front desk and
turn in the disk for scoring. Ross closed the program and ejected the disk. He then stood up, stretched, and walked towards the door.
He opened the door and...THUD!!! Something knocked the door shut and Ross
back onto his butt! Ross slowly got back onto his feet and slowly opened the door. He then saw what knocked the door closed on him.
Adam! Apparently, he had been running to get his test corrected and
basically tackled the door shut when Ross opened it. Adam got back to his feet, shoved Ross out of the way, and runs ahead of Ross to the front desk.
Ross caught up with Adam and they both turned in their disks and Joy put
them into a computer and ran the scoring program. A couple of seconds later, the evaluating computers that had our disks let out a chime.
"Congratulations," said Joy to Ross and Adam, "You both got perfect
scores!"
"Really?" asked Ross and Adam in unison.
"Yep, Professor Oak will receive a new batch of pokemon tomorrow, so don't
forget to get up early, or all of the best pokemon will be gone by the time you arrive."
"Alright," said Adam, "I'll see you after the annual tournament."
"Bye Adam," said Nurse Joy. Adam ran outside towards his bike, mounted up,
and rode off towards his home.
"Is something wrong Ross?" asked Joy.
"Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going to have to quit and take my money with me on my
journey," said Ross.
"Come by on your way out of town, I'll have it for you then," said the
nurse
"RING RING RING, RING RING RING, Phone Call, Phone Call" said the computer.
"Hold on a sec Ross," said Joy. She answered the phone and said, "This is
the Pallet Town Pokemon Center," While Joy took the phone call, Ross looked at the
dedication plaque on the floor of the lobby.
'The Pallet Town Pokemon Center
Constructed in 1998
Built by the greatest pokemon master,
Ash Katchem'
"ROSS!"
He snapped back into reality and looked over to Nurse Joy. She said, "Come
here!"
Ross knew that something was wrong by the urgency in Joy's actions.
"I'm afraid that there's been an accident, my cousin on the phone will fill
you in."
Joy then ran back to the emergency room and the ER light turned on. Ross
picked up the receiver and said, "What's going on Joy?"
The Joy on the screen said, "The local pokemon gym leader quit when it was
found out that he was leader of Team Rocket."
"Gary Oak!?! Leader of Team Rocket!?!" Exclaimed a surprised Ross.
"None other. Anyway, he destroyed his old gym and several innocent people
and pokemon were caught in the blast. Our pokemon center can't handle them all so
we're sending some of them to your pokemon center. Joy will take care of them, but we need you to run the front desk since you know how to treat the less serious injuries." Sirens started to ring in the background of the phone. "Gotta go, bye!"
With that, the screen went blank. Ross slowly put the phone back on it's
receiver. He opened a drawer. In the drawer was a name tag with ROSS written across it. Ross picked it up and slid the card through the computer slot. The screen flashed to life and a greeting appeared on the screen, 'Hello Ross.' He pinned on the name tag and heard sirens approaching in the
distance.
Then a bunch of ambulances pull into the parking lot and start unloading
pokemon. Ross directed everyone that was carrying stretchers of pokemon into the emergency room. When they were all in, Ross had to start treating the individual trainer's pokemon.
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Back at home, Adam had just arrived and told his parents about him and Ross
acing the PTE. Adam started packing his camping gear when his mom came in and asked where Ross was.
"I don't know," replied Adam.
Just then, the phone rang. "Hello?" asked Adam's mother.
"Hey mom, this is Ross, there's been an accident so I got stuck working at
the pokemon center. I'll be home in a few hours," said the voice over the phone.
"Okay, I'll send you a dinner if you're not home by 5:30," replied his
mother.
"Alright, I'll have a list of things I need packed and deposited on my
computer. Gotta go, more injured pokemon are coming in, bye!"
"Bye," said his mother as she hung up the phone.
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Ross had finally finished off the dinner that his brother biked over. He
looked longingly at the ER, wondering when Joy would be done. It had been a pretty busy day for Ross. He figured that he must have treated every pokemon ever known to exist. Ranging from Abra to Zubat, from bugs to water, from the 8-inch-tall Diglett to the 28 foot, 10 inch long Onix. He was glad that he finally finished his now-cold dinner.
Ross let out a huge sigh when he returned the last pokemon and directed its
trainer into the rest room. He slouched in the chair, practically asleep, when the ER light went out. He stood up straight and stretched.
"Thanks a lot for all of your help Ross, I really appreciate it," said
Nurse Joy.
"No problem," said Ross and he looked at his watch. "Oh man, It's 11:00!
I gotta get home if I'm going to be able to wake up in time to get one of the pokemon I
want."
"Bye Ross, and thanks again!" said Nurse Joy.
"Chansey, chan," said Chansey as Ross walked to the door.
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That night, as an exhausted Ross walked into his room. Ross set his alarm
clock for about an hour before Professor Oak would start handing out pokemon, climbed into bed, turned off the light, and fell asleep when his head hit the pillow. Chapter 3-To Professor Oak's The next morning, Ross woke up to his alarm clock. He quickly showered,
dressed, grabbed the backpack that his mom packed for him the night before, and went
downstairs. When he got there, he realized that his brother was finishing off his breakfast and was on his way out of the kitchen. Ross quickly wolfed down his breakfast and left for his bike.
Ross mounted up and started to bike for Professor Oak's Research Lab.
About halfway there, he had to cross a bridge spanning a small stream. It was there that he heard a small voice that sounded like it was coming from under water.
"Squir-tle!" cried the voice.
Ross stopped and saw a Squirtle fighting against a bird pokemon by the
bridge.
"Spea-row," said the bird as it came around for another pass.
Squirtle tried to slow down the Spearow with bubble, but missed as Spearow
used a fury attack and knocked the Squirtle onto its back. Spearow landed next to the
fallen Squirtle, preparing to deliver the fatal blow. That was when Ross had seen enough.
He maneuvered his bike so that he would go straight at the Spearow, and
rolled his bike over the lip of the hill.
"Leave that Squirtle alone you ugly chicken!" Hollered Ross as he barreled
down the old river bank.
The Spearow flew off into the air when he spotted Ross coming at him. The
Spearow, angry at this interruption, began to attack Ross as he got off of his bike.
"Yikes!" said Ross as the Spearow dive-bombed at him. Ross jumped to the
side and Spearow missed.
"Spea-row!" it cried as it came around for another pass.
Ross removed his backpack and held it up like a bull fighter. "Torro,
torro," said Ross as he lightly shook the backpack.
"Spear-ow!" yelled the enraged bird. Apparently Spearow didn't like being
made fun of. Spearow then began his attack, charging beak first towards the backpack the was considered to be its adversary. The infuriated bird came closer, and closer, and closer to Ross until...
Ross dropped the backpack out of the way, leaving Spearow heading straight
for a bridge support! Spearow, realizing that he had been tricked, tried to pull away, but it was too late.
THUD!!!
The Spearow had been knocked out and gotten his beak stuck in the wooden
bridge support!
"Ole," said Ross.
"Squirt, Squirtle, Squirt!" cheered the Squirtle, which was still rolling
on its back. Ross walked up to the Squirtle and rolled it onto its stomach so that the
Squirtle could stand up on its own.
"Are you all right?" Ross asked the Squirtle when it got back on its feet.
"Squirtle, Squirt," said the banged-up Squirtle.
"You'll be fine when you get back into the water," said Ross. 'Of all the rotten luck,' thought Ross, 'Here I find a Squirtle, my favorite pokemon, in a
perfect condition for capture, and I haven't gotten my pokeballs from Professor
Oak yet. Professor Oak!'
Ross looked at his watch and said, "Oh man, I'm gonna be LATE!!!"
Ross ran off to get his bike as Squirtle watched him admirably. Squirtle
wanted to thank him when he saw Ross's backpack. Chapter 4-Pokemon, I choose you! When Ross reached 'Professor Oak's Research Lab,' he was relieved and
mortified when he saw the crowd of people waiting in line at the gate. Relived that the
professor hadn't started passing out pokemon, yet, mortified that so many people would be choosing before him.
Ross rode up to the gate and locked up his bike.
'Man,' thought Ross as he shifted his backpack, 'this thing is getting
heavy.'
Ross walked toward the end of the line, counting a total of 15 other people
as he went. When he reached the end, the gate opened and the line started to enter.
In the front room of the lab, an elderly gentleman in a lab coat instructed
each of them to pick up their beginner's kit and follow him. Ross had already identified the gentleman to be Professor Oak from his frequent trips to the pokemon center to share his breakthroughs in pokemon medicine. Ross picked up a box with his name on it and followed the man and the other new trainers through a door.
In the second room of the lab, the gentleman introduced himself as
Professor Oak for those that didn't know him. He sat down at a computer and started to talk with people and give them pokeballs.
When it was finally Ross's turn, Professor Oak explained that the pokemon
on the screen was what was available. Ross glanced down the screen.
"Aw man," said Ross.
"What's wrong?" asked the professor.
"You don't have any Squirtles, and their my favorite," said Ross.
Adjusting his backpack, he continued to say,"And most of the other cool pokemon are rare."
There must be at least ONE pokemon that you want that I have," replied
Professor Oak, "Just take a look, I still have 10 different choices left."
Ross sighed and examined the list more closely, looking for any decent
pokemon:
Magikarp
Rattata
Caterpie
Weedle
Pidgey
Oddish
Mankey
Bulbasaur
Voltorb
Ekans
"Hmm..." said Ross thoughtfully. "None of those first five are very
strong. I'm going to need a tough pokemon to start with."
"Okay. That leaves Oddish, Mankey, Bulbasaur, Voltorb, and Ekans,"
explained Prof. Oak.
"Oddish doesn't have very good attacks, and Mankeys can be hard for
beginners to handle."
"Okay, we're down to three choices."
"Voltorb can only learn normal attacks, and I tend to freak out over
snakes, so I'll take Bulbasaur."
"Very well," said Professor Oak, "Here you are." Professor Oak handed the
pokeball to Ross.
Just then, Squirtle popped its head out of Ross's backpack. When the
professor noticed this as Ross attached his new pokeball to his belt, he said, "Why don't you put your beginner's kit into your backpack?"
"Maybe while I'm waiting for my turn in the tourna-"
"SQUIRTLE!" called the Squirtle in Ross's backpack.
Ross jerked off his backpack to see Squirtle inside it.
"What the..." begins Ross when Squirtle jumps out of the backpack and knocks him over with a big hug.
"Squirtle, what are you doing here!?!" asks a bewildered Ross. Professor
Oak pulled out a small, flat computer, opened it, and pushed a button.
Squirtle started to talk in his own tongue and make gestures with its body. Then the flat computer in the professor's hand started to tell the story of what happened.
"I was walking along the stream, looking for new sources of food when a
Spearow came out of nowhere and started to attack me.
"I figured that I must have gotten too close to its nest or something. So
I ran away and tried to hide among the bridge supports, but the Spearow soon found me. I tried to fight off the Spearow, but it overpowered me and knocked me onto my shell. I couldn't get up, I thought I was finished.
"That was when he(Ross) came and fought the Spearow. He managed to knock
out the Spearow by tricking it into ramming the bridge.
"I had to repay the favor. So when the human wasn't looking, I climbed
into his sack.
"When I heard him say how much he liked Squirtles, I could barely contain
myself. I finally decided to become his pokemon and let my presence known. And here we are."
Professor Oak closed the small computer and said, I guess there's no choice
but to let Squirtle join you on your pokemon quest. There are some empty pokeballs in you beginner's kit."
Squirtle and Ross opened the package and looked inside. Inside the box,
there was a computer similar to Professor Oak's labeled POKEDEX; some potions, antidotes, and other pokemon cures; a human/pokemon first aid kit; an envelope containing some cash; a coupon book for pokemon merchandise; a couple of passes to the Safari Zone...
And six pokeballs. Squirtle pulled out one of them, enlarged it, and got
in. Then Ross picked up the pokeball, compressed it, and put it onto his belt.
"Let's get to the tournament," said Prof. Oak.
Ross grabbed the opened box and followed the professor outside and to the
nearby stadium. Chapter 5-Final Preparations Inside the stadium, a pokemon battle was just ending.
"It's about time that you showed up," said a snide voice.
Ross turned around to face the source of the rude comment. Adam, and the
local jerk, Ricky, were sitting in the stands.
"I see you've started the tournament without me," Professor Oak said to a
man wearing a lab coat over a referee shirt, obviously the official.
"I didn't see much point in waiting," explained the man. He turned to Ross
and said, "Your first match is the battle after this next one." A bell rang and Ross
noticed that the battle was over. "Make that after this match," he corrected.
Ross took a seat in the lower stands. Ross then checked what attacks
Bulbasaur and Squirtle currently knew. They both knew their first four attacks.
Ross decided to look around. There was 8 people in the lower stands for
competitors, and about 30 spectators in the upper stands for family and special guests.
Seven people stuck out like soar thumbs as a group on the top row.
Three of them were in their 40s or 50s. One of them was a lady dressed in
black, wearing sunglasses. A man next to her looked like a body builder, wearing only a pair of white shorts with a rope tied around his waist like a belt. The last of the elderly three was another male, this one was dressed as a figure of some importance, wearing a suit and cape.
Ross thought that there was something familiar about this party, but he
couldn't put his finger on it. A bell rang and Ross realized that the match was over. Everyone in the stands clapped.
"The next match will be between Ross, on the left, and Matt, on the right,"
said the official. Please .TO BE CONTINUED.
PLEASE R&R..
Originally By Ross Jacobsen Transferred to fanfiction.net by voyager1713 Chapter 1-Brotherly Love It was late at night at the Oak lab. The only source of light came from a
house about five blocks down the street. Light shown through two separate windows. In one room, a ten-year-old boy was studying late. He had to take the PTE, or Pokemon
Trainer's Exam, tomorrow. But before turning in, he decided to pay a visit to his brother in the next room.
In the other room, a eleven-year-old, named Ross, was also getting ready to
go to sleep. He too had been studying late to pass the pokemon trainer's exam. He was
setting his alarm clock when Adam burst in, wearing a Gengar mask and holding a flashlight just under his chin to give a spooky effect.
"BOOOOO!!!!!"
"I was wondering when you would try to prank me Adam," said Ross.
"How'd you know that it was me?" asked the curious boy.
"Easy," said Ross, "You do this every time something important is going to
happen tomorrow and every one knows that no Gengar can say 'boo'."
"Yeah, I guess I do."
"Well good night. Remember, since you got that early acceptance grant,
you're also taking the P.T.E. this year."
"Alright, alright," said the annoyed Adam as he went into his room. Ross
finished setting his alarm clock and climbed into bed. Chapter 2-A Simple Trip to the Pokemon Center The next day, Adam and Ross got onto there bicycles and peddled down to the
pokemon center to take the PTE. They walked straight up to the service counter where
Nurse Joy and Chansey were stationed.
"Hi Joy, Hi Chansey," said Ross.
"Chan-sey," said Chansey.
"Hi Ross. That's right, today is the day you take the PTE isn't it," Joy
replied.
"Yep, my brother and I are both confident that we will pass."
"I know you will. After all, you did decide to work here for a year
instead of taking the PTE. Chansey, show our friend and his brother back to the exam rooms."
Nurse Joy reminded them that they would receive different tests in
different rooms and were each handed a disk and Chansey showed them into the back area. Ross was taken into a room full of computers. He took a seat at a computer
and ran the program on the disk.
Ross saw a title screen and started the test. 2 sets of 15 different
pokemon appeared on the screen. The instructions on the bottom said to match a pokemon on the left
next to a pokemon that it had a natural advantage over on the right. Ross lined them up
easily and hit the section complete button. The next part of the exam involved treatments and pokemon conditions. Ross also found this part of the exam easy. The final part of the exam was identifying pokemon by 3 dimensional shadows. It took Ross a while to work through this part of the test because it was impossible to tell just which side was supposed to be down.
Then the final screen popped up and said to return to the front desk and
turn in the disk for scoring. Ross closed the program and ejected the disk. He then stood up, stretched, and walked towards the door.
He opened the door and...THUD!!! Something knocked the door shut and Ross
back onto his butt! Ross slowly got back onto his feet and slowly opened the door. He then saw what knocked the door closed on him.
Adam! Apparently, he had been running to get his test corrected and
basically tackled the door shut when Ross opened it. Adam got back to his feet, shoved Ross out of the way, and runs ahead of Ross to the front desk.
Ross caught up with Adam and they both turned in their disks and Joy put
them into a computer and ran the scoring program. A couple of seconds later, the evaluating computers that had our disks let out a chime.
"Congratulations," said Joy to Ross and Adam, "You both got perfect
scores!"
"Really?" asked Ross and Adam in unison.
"Yep, Professor Oak will receive a new batch of pokemon tomorrow, so don't
forget to get up early, or all of the best pokemon will be gone by the time you arrive."
"Alright," said Adam, "I'll see you after the annual tournament."
"Bye Adam," said Nurse Joy. Adam ran outside towards his bike, mounted up,
and rode off towards his home.
"Is something wrong Ross?" asked Joy.
"Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going to have to quit and take my money with me on my
journey," said Ross.
"Come by on your way out of town, I'll have it for you then," said the
nurse
"RING RING RING, RING RING RING, Phone Call, Phone Call" said the computer.
"Hold on a sec Ross," said Joy. She answered the phone and said, "This is
the Pallet Town Pokemon Center," While Joy took the phone call, Ross looked at the
dedication plaque on the floor of the lobby.
'The Pallet Town Pokemon Center
Constructed in 1998
Built by the greatest pokemon master,
Ash Katchem'
"ROSS!"
He snapped back into reality and looked over to Nurse Joy. She said, "Come
here!"
Ross knew that something was wrong by the urgency in Joy's actions.
"I'm afraid that there's been an accident, my cousin on the phone will fill
you in."
Joy then ran back to the emergency room and the ER light turned on. Ross
picked up the receiver and said, "What's going on Joy?"
The Joy on the screen said, "The local pokemon gym leader quit when it was
found out that he was leader of Team Rocket."
"Gary Oak!?! Leader of Team Rocket!?!" Exclaimed a surprised Ross.
"None other. Anyway, he destroyed his old gym and several innocent people
and pokemon were caught in the blast. Our pokemon center can't handle them all so
we're sending some of them to your pokemon center. Joy will take care of them, but we need you to run the front desk since you know how to treat the less serious injuries." Sirens started to ring in the background of the phone. "Gotta go, bye!"
With that, the screen went blank. Ross slowly put the phone back on it's
receiver. He opened a drawer. In the drawer was a name tag with ROSS written across it. Ross picked it up and slid the card through the computer slot. The screen flashed to life and a greeting appeared on the screen, 'Hello Ross.' He pinned on the name tag and heard sirens approaching in the
distance.
Then a bunch of ambulances pull into the parking lot and start unloading
pokemon. Ross directed everyone that was carrying stretchers of pokemon into the emergency room. When they were all in, Ross had to start treating the individual trainer's pokemon.
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Back at home, Adam had just arrived and told his parents about him and Ross
acing the PTE. Adam started packing his camping gear when his mom came in and asked where Ross was.
"I don't know," replied Adam.
Just then, the phone rang. "Hello?" asked Adam's mother.
"Hey mom, this is Ross, there's been an accident so I got stuck working at
the pokemon center. I'll be home in a few hours," said the voice over the phone.
"Okay, I'll send you a dinner if you're not home by 5:30," replied his
mother.
"Alright, I'll have a list of things I need packed and deposited on my
computer. Gotta go, more injured pokemon are coming in, bye!"
"Bye," said his mother as she hung up the phone.
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Ross had finally finished off the dinner that his brother biked over. He
looked longingly at the ER, wondering when Joy would be done. It had been a pretty busy day for Ross. He figured that he must have treated every pokemon ever known to exist. Ranging from Abra to Zubat, from bugs to water, from the 8-inch-tall Diglett to the 28 foot, 10 inch long Onix. He was glad that he finally finished his now-cold dinner.
Ross let out a huge sigh when he returned the last pokemon and directed its
trainer into the rest room. He slouched in the chair, practically asleep, when the ER light went out. He stood up straight and stretched.
"Thanks a lot for all of your help Ross, I really appreciate it," said
Nurse Joy.
"No problem," said Ross and he looked at his watch. "Oh man, It's 11:00!
I gotta get home if I'm going to be able to wake up in time to get one of the pokemon I
want."
"Bye Ross, and thanks again!" said Nurse Joy.
"Chansey, chan," said Chansey as Ross walked to the door.
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That night, as an exhausted Ross walked into his room. Ross set his alarm
clock for about an hour before Professor Oak would start handing out pokemon, climbed into bed, turned off the light, and fell asleep when his head hit the pillow. Chapter 3-To Professor Oak's The next morning, Ross woke up to his alarm clock. He quickly showered,
dressed, grabbed the backpack that his mom packed for him the night before, and went
downstairs. When he got there, he realized that his brother was finishing off his breakfast and was on his way out of the kitchen. Ross quickly wolfed down his breakfast and left for his bike.
Ross mounted up and started to bike for Professor Oak's Research Lab.
About halfway there, he had to cross a bridge spanning a small stream. It was there that he heard a small voice that sounded like it was coming from under water.
"Squir-tle!" cried the voice.
Ross stopped and saw a Squirtle fighting against a bird pokemon by the
bridge.
"Spea-row," said the bird as it came around for another pass.
Squirtle tried to slow down the Spearow with bubble, but missed as Spearow
used a fury attack and knocked the Squirtle onto its back. Spearow landed next to the
fallen Squirtle, preparing to deliver the fatal blow. That was when Ross had seen enough.
He maneuvered his bike so that he would go straight at the Spearow, and
rolled his bike over the lip of the hill.
"Leave that Squirtle alone you ugly chicken!" Hollered Ross as he barreled
down the old river bank.
The Spearow flew off into the air when he spotted Ross coming at him. The
Spearow, angry at this interruption, began to attack Ross as he got off of his bike.
"Yikes!" said Ross as the Spearow dive-bombed at him. Ross jumped to the
side and Spearow missed.
"Spea-row!" it cried as it came around for another pass.
Ross removed his backpack and held it up like a bull fighter. "Torro,
torro," said Ross as he lightly shook the backpack.
"Spear-ow!" yelled the enraged bird. Apparently Spearow didn't like being
made fun of. Spearow then began his attack, charging beak first towards the backpack the was considered to be its adversary. The infuriated bird came closer, and closer, and closer to Ross until...
Ross dropped the backpack out of the way, leaving Spearow heading straight
for a bridge support! Spearow, realizing that he had been tricked, tried to pull away, but it was too late.
THUD!!!
The Spearow had been knocked out and gotten his beak stuck in the wooden
bridge support!
"Ole," said Ross.
"Squirt, Squirtle, Squirt!" cheered the Squirtle, which was still rolling
on its back. Ross walked up to the Squirtle and rolled it onto its stomach so that the
Squirtle could stand up on its own.
"Are you all right?" Ross asked the Squirtle when it got back on its feet.
"Squirtle, Squirt," said the banged-up Squirtle.
"You'll be fine when you get back into the water," said Ross. 'Of all the rotten luck,' thought Ross, 'Here I find a Squirtle, my favorite pokemon, in a
perfect condition for capture, and I haven't gotten my pokeballs from Professor
Oak yet. Professor Oak!'
Ross looked at his watch and said, "Oh man, I'm gonna be LATE!!!"
Ross ran off to get his bike as Squirtle watched him admirably. Squirtle
wanted to thank him when he saw Ross's backpack. Chapter 4-Pokemon, I choose you! When Ross reached 'Professor Oak's Research Lab,' he was relieved and
mortified when he saw the crowd of people waiting in line at the gate. Relived that the
professor hadn't started passing out pokemon, yet, mortified that so many people would be choosing before him.
Ross rode up to the gate and locked up his bike.
'Man,' thought Ross as he shifted his backpack, 'this thing is getting
heavy.'
Ross walked toward the end of the line, counting a total of 15 other people
as he went. When he reached the end, the gate opened and the line started to enter.
In the front room of the lab, an elderly gentleman in a lab coat instructed
each of them to pick up their beginner's kit and follow him. Ross had already identified the gentleman to be Professor Oak from his frequent trips to the pokemon center to share his breakthroughs in pokemon medicine. Ross picked up a box with his name on it and followed the man and the other new trainers through a door.
In the second room of the lab, the gentleman introduced himself as
Professor Oak for those that didn't know him. He sat down at a computer and started to talk with people and give them pokeballs.
When it was finally Ross's turn, Professor Oak explained that the pokemon
on the screen was what was available. Ross glanced down the screen.
"Aw man," said Ross.
"What's wrong?" asked the professor.
"You don't have any Squirtles, and their my favorite," said Ross.
Adjusting his backpack, he continued to say,"And most of the other cool pokemon are rare."
There must be at least ONE pokemon that you want that I have," replied
Professor Oak, "Just take a look, I still have 10 different choices left."
Ross sighed and examined the list more closely, looking for any decent
pokemon:
Magikarp
Rattata
Caterpie
Weedle
Pidgey
Oddish
Mankey
Bulbasaur
Voltorb
Ekans
"Hmm..." said Ross thoughtfully. "None of those first five are very
strong. I'm going to need a tough pokemon to start with."
"Okay. That leaves Oddish, Mankey, Bulbasaur, Voltorb, and Ekans,"
explained Prof. Oak.
"Oddish doesn't have very good attacks, and Mankeys can be hard for
beginners to handle."
"Okay, we're down to three choices."
"Voltorb can only learn normal attacks, and I tend to freak out over
snakes, so I'll take Bulbasaur."
"Very well," said Professor Oak, "Here you are." Professor Oak handed the
pokeball to Ross.
Just then, Squirtle popped its head out of Ross's backpack. When the
professor noticed this as Ross attached his new pokeball to his belt, he said, "Why don't you put your beginner's kit into your backpack?"
"Maybe while I'm waiting for my turn in the tourna-"
"SQUIRTLE!" called the Squirtle in Ross's backpack.
Ross jerked off his backpack to see Squirtle inside it.
"What the..." begins Ross when Squirtle jumps out of the backpack and knocks him over with a big hug.
"Squirtle, what are you doing here!?!" asks a bewildered Ross. Professor
Oak pulled out a small, flat computer, opened it, and pushed a button.
Squirtle started to talk in his own tongue and make gestures with its body. Then the flat computer in the professor's hand started to tell the story of what happened.
"I was walking along the stream, looking for new sources of food when a
Spearow came out of nowhere and started to attack me.
"I figured that I must have gotten too close to its nest or something. So
I ran away and tried to hide among the bridge supports, but the Spearow soon found me. I tried to fight off the Spearow, but it overpowered me and knocked me onto my shell. I couldn't get up, I thought I was finished.
"That was when he(Ross) came and fought the Spearow. He managed to knock
out the Spearow by tricking it into ramming the bridge.
"I had to repay the favor. So when the human wasn't looking, I climbed
into his sack.
"When I heard him say how much he liked Squirtles, I could barely contain
myself. I finally decided to become his pokemon and let my presence known. And here we are."
Professor Oak closed the small computer and said, I guess there's no choice
but to let Squirtle join you on your pokemon quest. There are some empty pokeballs in you beginner's kit."
Squirtle and Ross opened the package and looked inside. Inside the box,
there was a computer similar to Professor Oak's labeled POKEDEX; some potions, antidotes, and other pokemon cures; a human/pokemon first aid kit; an envelope containing some cash; a coupon book for pokemon merchandise; a couple of passes to the Safari Zone...
And six pokeballs. Squirtle pulled out one of them, enlarged it, and got
in. Then Ross picked up the pokeball, compressed it, and put it onto his belt.
"Let's get to the tournament," said Prof. Oak.
Ross grabbed the opened box and followed the professor outside and to the
nearby stadium. Chapter 5-Final Preparations Inside the stadium, a pokemon battle was just ending.
"It's about time that you showed up," said a snide voice.
Ross turned around to face the source of the rude comment. Adam, and the
local jerk, Ricky, were sitting in the stands.
"I see you've started the tournament without me," Professor Oak said to a
man wearing a lab coat over a referee shirt, obviously the official.
"I didn't see much point in waiting," explained the man. He turned to Ross
and said, "Your first match is the battle after this next one." A bell rang and Ross
noticed that the battle was over. "Make that after this match," he corrected.
Ross took a seat in the lower stands. Ross then checked what attacks
Bulbasaur and Squirtle currently knew. They both knew their first four attacks.
Ross decided to look around. There was 8 people in the lower stands for
competitors, and about 30 spectators in the upper stands for family and special guests.
Seven people stuck out like soar thumbs as a group on the top row.
Three of them were in their 40s or 50s. One of them was a lady dressed in
black, wearing sunglasses. A man next to her looked like a body builder, wearing only a pair of white shorts with a rope tied around his waist like a belt. The last of the elderly three was another male, this one was dressed as a figure of some importance, wearing a suit and cape.
Ross thought that there was something familiar about this party, but he
couldn't put his finger on it. A bell rang and Ross realized that the match was over. Everyone in the stands clapped.
"The next match will be between Ross, on the left, and Matt, on the right,"
said the official. Please .TO BE CONTINUED.
PLEASE R&R..