Begin Chapter 4: Spearow Are Mean! Will Nathan Ever Get to Cherrygrove
City?

Disclaimer: Look at Chapter 1.

Nathan laughed. Then, he asked Wilma, "So, do you know where I could find a Spearow?"

"(Not exactly. But I could fly up and look for one.)"

"Okay, why don't you do that."

Wilma flew up and started searching in circles around Nathan and Brian's area. Brian took this chance to talk to Nathan.

"(So, Nathan, you promised that you wouldn't send me back to Professor Elm once you catch a Pokemon.)"

"Um...yeah, I, uh, did."

"(You're stalling.)"

"Well...um...uh...hey look, Wilma's back!"

"()"

"(There's a Spearow exactly ten feet forward.)"

"Okay! Let's go!"

Nathan, Brian, and Wilma headed forward and saw the Spearow attempted to get a worm, which was artfully darting in and out of the ground.

"Okay, guys."

"(Ahem!)"

"Oh. Sorry. Guys and girl. While the Spearow is distracted, I want you, Brian, to use Rock Slide on it as you, Wilma, distract it with Gust."

"(Okay.)"

"(Got it.)"

"And...go!"

Wilma cried out "Pidgey!" as she aimed a Gust at the Spearow's right wing. The Spearow quickly noticed this and dodged it easily, then flew up and attempted to Peck Wilma. Wilma simply used Gust to beat Spearow back...right into Brian's Rock Slide.

"Okay! Now to catch it," Nathan announced as he threw the pokeball. However, the Spearow let out a whimper and, before the pokeball could get to it, a huge wing blocked it and it fell to the ground.

"What!?"

"(Uh-oh. We'd better run!)"

Nathan looked and saw the bearer of the wing. It was a huge bird with a red...thing on the top of its head. Nathan realized what it was.

"...A Fearow...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!"

Nathan started to run away when he realized that Brian was too slow and would be overcome by Fearow. Without thinking, he quickly glanced back and recalled Brian back into the pokeball just before Fearow hit him with a Gust. Angered now, Fearow flapped its mighty wings and launched a super Gust at Nathan and Wilma. Launched back by the Gust and into a tree, Nathan knew, through the pain, that he would have to defeat the Fearow in battle.

"Okay, there's only one way to do this. Brian, Rock Slide!" Nathan shouted as he sent out Brian. Brian immediately summoned up an avalanche of rocks to run over Fearow. However, Fearow simply flew up high, and the rocks missed it. But then...
"(Watch out, Nathan! Fearow is about to use Fly!)"

"Fly? Oh no..."

Fearow, now at the apex of its flight, zoomed down towards Nathan.

"Brian! Sand Attack!"

Brian quickly kicked up sand, which caused Fearow to stop in mid-dive and use Gust on it.

"Good. Now, Brian, Rock Slide!"

Unfortunately, Fearow just started Fly again.

"I have to stop this somehow...wait...I know!"

Fearow started its dive.

"(Nathan! Should I use Sand Attack?)"

"Not yet..."

With expert precision, Nathan watched as Fearow got closer...and closer...and closer...

"(Nathan! It's getting closer!)"

"Not yet..."

Brian was obviously disagreeing with Nathan's plan, but withheld himself, and Fearow kept getting closer...and closer...and closer...

"(Nathan!)"

"NOW!"

Brian, as if releasing built-up fury, launched a wall of sand at Fearow, and Fearow was diving too fast to stop. The sand burned in Fearow's eyes, and Fearow was knocked off-course and dived into the ground, causing Nathan, Brian, and Wilma to flinch.

"That must have hurt..."

"(Indeed...)"

"(Poor Fearow...)"

However, Fearow rose up from the small crater it had created and was eyeing Chip.

"Uh oh..."

Fearow let out a cry and its beak started spinning.

"Drill Peck..." Nathan muttered. "Brian! Wilma! Sand Attack!"

Brian starting kicking up sand and Wilma flapped her wings to send sand at the Fearow, but the Fearow repositioned itself so that the sand hit its spinning beak. The sand was then sent out on the sides of Fearow from the wind pressure the spinning beak created.

"Uh oh...there's only one thing to do. Brian! Rock Slide!"

Unfortunately, Fearow, once again, flew up high, then started the Fly move, but now its Drill Peck move allowed it to not be affected by any Sand Attack.

"This is trouble..." Nathan muttered.

"(No duh!)"

"Huh? Who said that?"

Looking up, Nathan noticed another Pidgey in the sky!

"(Fred!)"

"(Yup.)"

"(Why'd you come?)"

"(The scream you let out was loud enough so that Pidgey in Kanto could hear you.)"

"Guys, we have a problem here!"

"(Oh yeah. Anyway, if all three of us use Sand Attack, then maybe...)"

Without needing another word to be spoken, all three Pokemon proceeded to use Sand Attack on the Fearow, which was now mere seconds away from hitting Nathan. Unfortunately, Fearow had learned from before, and now maneuvered itself so that its Drill Peck would beat away the sand.

It seemed as though doom was eminent, when suddenly, the Fearow stopped its dive and let out a cry of pain!

"What was..."

The Fearow started flipping over, giving the sight of a Doduo ferociously pecking its head!

"(Mikey!?)"

"(Mikey!?)"

"Mikey!?"

"(Mikey.)"

Realizing this, Nathan yelled, "Get off the Fearow!"

Then, he commanded, "Brian! Rock Slide! Now!"

Immediately jumping off the Fearow, Mikey avoided the coming onslaught of rocks which ran over Fearow and sent it spiraling into the ground. Walking up to the new crater, Nathan noticed that the Fearow had fainted.

"Too bad I don't have a pokeball on me, or I could catch this..."

"(Yeah, that's really too bad.)"

"Exactly...wait, is that sarcasm?"

"(How'd ya guess?)"

"Whatever, Brian. Anyway..."

"(Thanks, Mikey, for helping us.)"

"(Oh yeah. By the way Fred, how'd Mikey get here?)"

"(I brought him along. Thought he might be useful.)"

"(Uh...okay...)"

"Doduo! Duo uo Dodou!"

"...Eh?"

"(Hm? You couldn't understand that?)"

"No...no I couldn't..."

"(Well, it was Mikey, and he said that he liked that.)"

"Oh..."

"Doduo! Dod od uo Doduo!"

"Um..."

"(He said that he would like to have more experiences like that..."

"Do do do do uo uo uo uo Doduo!"

"Wh-"

"(He said that he would like to go along with you.."

"Doduo!"

"Okay, cool! Um...Mikey, you should say good-bye to Fred and Wilma."

"(Goodbye, Mikey...take care...)"

"Doduo..."

"(Go get 'em, boy! We'll be rooting for ya!)"

"Doduo...duo dod doduo!"

"All done?'

"(Yes...we...are...)"

"Okay, then! Just one more thing..."

Chip proceeded to take out and flip open a red contraption that had a blue light on the end of it.

"(A pokedex!)"

"Yup. Okay now Brian, you have to get inside your pokeball."

"(Why?)"

"Just trust me."

"(Okay...)"

Chip fired the red beam at Brian, and Brian turned red, like the beam. Then, he became part of the beam and got sucked back into the pokeball.

After that, Chip pressed a series of buttons. The pokeball Brian was in turned white, then disappeared.

"(What...what did you do to him!?)"

"Oh. I just sent him back to Prof. Elm."

"(But...but you promised you wouldn't!)"

"So?"

"(That's really mean!)"

"Look, I have a reason that you would probably never understand.

"(TRY ME!!!)"

"No."

"(Grr...)"

"Anyway Mikey, can you show me the way to Cherrygrove City!"

"Doduo!"

"What does that mean?"

"(Yes.)"

"(WHY ARE YOU BEING SO KIND TO THE BOY, FRED!?!?!?)"

"(What? He said he had a good reason.)"

"(HE PROMISED!!!)"

"(Peh. Promises, shromises.)"

"(WHAT!?!?!?)"

"Er...I'm just going to...leave now..."

After running with Mikey away from the now arguing Fred and Wilma, Nathan said to Mikey, "Okay now, lead the way."

While following Mikey then, Nathan received a weird feeling. He felt, somehow...guilty. Shaking it off, Nathan put his mind to other things.