"Go, Torchic!" Erik threw the pokeball and a flash of bright light came out
of it and then the little Torchic was there. The pokeball automatically
came back to Erik's hand and he placed the pokeball back on his belt.
"Go, Mudkip!" Ryan sent out his Mudkip. "Well this is it. Our first Pokemon battle. I am going to kick your ass."
"I don't think so," was Erik's reply, "You are so goin down." Erik prepared to give Torchic a command. Then he realized that he didn't even know what Torchic's attacks were. He took out his Pokedex and did a search on Torchic.
His Pokedex then told him that his Torchic currently knew the normal type attacks Tackle, Scratch, and Growl. He only knew what the first 2 attacks were so he commaned his Torchic to use Growl. His Torchic let out a loud growl and the Mudkip covered its ears.
"What the hell was that!" Erik yelled at his Pokedex.
"Growl is a status changing attack. It lowers the foe's attack power." was what the Pokedex told him.
"Well thats not that helpful ya know." Ryan said. "Looks like it's time for my attack! Mudkip, use the Bubble attack!"
Mudkip opened it mouth and started blowing out different sized bubbles at Torchic. Torchic screamed out in pain.
"Hey, what's up with that! Why is it hurting my Torchic so much!"
"You are so clueless! Don't tell me you didn't know that Torchic is a fire type Pokemon so water based attacks hurt it more!" Ryan teased, "If you don't even know that then it's pointless to even battle you!"
Erik became very upset by this. "Torchic! Use the Scratch attack!"
Torchic jumped up and at Mudkip and began scratching Mudkip with it's claws.
Ryan said, "It's pointless! Your Torchic knows no attacks that will serverely damage my Mudkip, and my Mudkip knows Bubble! I only need Mudkip to attack your Torchic one more time with Bubble and it will faint!"
"How do you know this? What are you, some kind of psychic?"
Kate then said, "Umm, well, the Pokedex does have an option to show you the status of your enemies Pokemon too you know Erik."
Ryan grinned. "You didn't know that either, did ya? Haha, I can't believe this. You are supposed to study all of this stuff before you start your Pokemon adventure. Didn't you read any books on this?"
"Well..." Erik felt so embarrased.
Kate then yelled at Ryan, "Why don't you shut up! Leave him alone! Just hurry up and finish this battle!"
"If that's what you want! Mudkip! Finish off his Torchic with one more Bubble attack!"
Mudkip opened it mouth and released more bubbles at Torchic. Torchic once again screamed out in pain and the collapsed.
"Hahaha, looks like I win! Well I'm gonna head to the next town and catch myself some Pokemon so the next time we face each other I can kick your ass again!"
Ryan ran off down the path. Erik returned his Torchic to it's pokeball.
"I can't believe I lost that battle. Ryan's right, I have no idea what I am doing. I should just quit now!"
"Don't be so hard on yourself." Kate told him, "There are lots of trainers that start out not knowing a thing. Haven't you read the book on Ash Ketchum? He's the Champion of the Kanto Elite 4. He started out 10 years ago and he didn't know a damn thing."
"Yeah I guess so. But I should really know more. Isn't there anywhere I can go to learn about this stuff?"
"Well, no place nearby. We are still close to home. Come back to my house and I'll let you read my books."
They headed back towards Lodanto Town, unaware that a team of Pokemon theives had watched the entire battle. They are known as Team Shadow. They steal rare Pokemon from trainers across the lands of Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn. Now they have found their way to Ikobe and are deep in their plans to take over. Their plans in Kanto were stopped by the Kanto Elite 4. They fled to Johto, but Team Rocket did not take their arrival well. They chased them out and when they reached Hoenn, it was a whole lot worse. Team Aqua and Team Magma were the 2 teams of Pokemon theives in that region and they were already in deep war with each other and when Team Shadow came, they definitely did not want them there too so they defeated them.
Team Shadow had no choice but to head for Ikobe. There was no gang of theives there yet so they saw the perfect opputunity to start there. They had very huge plans just like the teams before them. About 8 years before this story takes place, Team Aqua, Team Magma, and Team Rocket also had very huge plans. Team Rocket was very straight forward. They wanted to take over the most powerful Pokemon and eventually take over the world with the help of the powerful Pokemon. Team Aqua wanted to capture the Pokemon Kyogre and with it's help flood all of the world. Team Magma wanted to capture the Pokemon Groudon and use it's awesome power to cease the world of water and have the world a complete and total desert. All of their attempts failed and they went back to just stealing trainers Pokemon.
Team Shadow, although they were defeated by the other 3 teams, now are a lot more powerful. They are under the leadership of Jason. His dream is to completely block out the sun and have the entire world shrouded in darkness.
The 2 henchmen that were watching Kate, Ryan, and Erik were Jen and Steve. They were the 2 most pathetic henchman of Team Shadow and they had the weakest Pokemon. They were sent to Lodanto Town to capture the Pokemon of the trainers that just began there adventures. They each have 2 Pokemon each. Jen has Lotad and Shuppet and Steve has Seedot and Duskull. Although each of these Pokemon are very cool, they did not train them well enough and so they are very weak. They failed in every attempt to steal a trainer's Pokemon. But now they had the perfect oppurtunity. Well, perfect to them anyway.
"We have to get those Pokemon from those trainers. If we don't, Jason will kick us out of Team Shadow for certain." Jen complained.
"Don't worry," Steve reassured, "There is no way that we can fail now. Those trainers just started out so they should be a breeze to beat.
"Well at least we have these explosives. Even if we fail, there is no way that Lodanto town will be saved from the explosion from these little babies." Jen smiled.
Both ran into town. They entered into the sewers and began placing the explosives all over the place.
"Go, Mudkip!" Ryan sent out his Mudkip. "Well this is it. Our first Pokemon battle. I am going to kick your ass."
"I don't think so," was Erik's reply, "You are so goin down." Erik prepared to give Torchic a command. Then he realized that he didn't even know what Torchic's attacks were. He took out his Pokedex and did a search on Torchic.
His Pokedex then told him that his Torchic currently knew the normal type attacks Tackle, Scratch, and Growl. He only knew what the first 2 attacks were so he commaned his Torchic to use Growl. His Torchic let out a loud growl and the Mudkip covered its ears.
"What the hell was that!" Erik yelled at his Pokedex.
"Growl is a status changing attack. It lowers the foe's attack power." was what the Pokedex told him.
"Well thats not that helpful ya know." Ryan said. "Looks like it's time for my attack! Mudkip, use the Bubble attack!"
Mudkip opened it mouth and started blowing out different sized bubbles at Torchic. Torchic screamed out in pain.
"Hey, what's up with that! Why is it hurting my Torchic so much!"
"You are so clueless! Don't tell me you didn't know that Torchic is a fire type Pokemon so water based attacks hurt it more!" Ryan teased, "If you don't even know that then it's pointless to even battle you!"
Erik became very upset by this. "Torchic! Use the Scratch attack!"
Torchic jumped up and at Mudkip and began scratching Mudkip with it's claws.
Ryan said, "It's pointless! Your Torchic knows no attacks that will serverely damage my Mudkip, and my Mudkip knows Bubble! I only need Mudkip to attack your Torchic one more time with Bubble and it will faint!"
"How do you know this? What are you, some kind of psychic?"
Kate then said, "Umm, well, the Pokedex does have an option to show you the status of your enemies Pokemon too you know Erik."
Ryan grinned. "You didn't know that either, did ya? Haha, I can't believe this. You are supposed to study all of this stuff before you start your Pokemon adventure. Didn't you read any books on this?"
"Well..." Erik felt so embarrased.
Kate then yelled at Ryan, "Why don't you shut up! Leave him alone! Just hurry up and finish this battle!"
"If that's what you want! Mudkip! Finish off his Torchic with one more Bubble attack!"
Mudkip opened it mouth and released more bubbles at Torchic. Torchic once again screamed out in pain and the collapsed.
"Hahaha, looks like I win! Well I'm gonna head to the next town and catch myself some Pokemon so the next time we face each other I can kick your ass again!"
Ryan ran off down the path. Erik returned his Torchic to it's pokeball.
"I can't believe I lost that battle. Ryan's right, I have no idea what I am doing. I should just quit now!"
"Don't be so hard on yourself." Kate told him, "There are lots of trainers that start out not knowing a thing. Haven't you read the book on Ash Ketchum? He's the Champion of the Kanto Elite 4. He started out 10 years ago and he didn't know a damn thing."
"Yeah I guess so. But I should really know more. Isn't there anywhere I can go to learn about this stuff?"
"Well, no place nearby. We are still close to home. Come back to my house and I'll let you read my books."
They headed back towards Lodanto Town, unaware that a team of Pokemon theives had watched the entire battle. They are known as Team Shadow. They steal rare Pokemon from trainers across the lands of Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn. Now they have found their way to Ikobe and are deep in their plans to take over. Their plans in Kanto were stopped by the Kanto Elite 4. They fled to Johto, but Team Rocket did not take their arrival well. They chased them out and when they reached Hoenn, it was a whole lot worse. Team Aqua and Team Magma were the 2 teams of Pokemon theives in that region and they were already in deep war with each other and when Team Shadow came, they definitely did not want them there too so they defeated them.
Team Shadow had no choice but to head for Ikobe. There was no gang of theives there yet so they saw the perfect opputunity to start there. They had very huge plans just like the teams before them. About 8 years before this story takes place, Team Aqua, Team Magma, and Team Rocket also had very huge plans. Team Rocket was very straight forward. They wanted to take over the most powerful Pokemon and eventually take over the world with the help of the powerful Pokemon. Team Aqua wanted to capture the Pokemon Kyogre and with it's help flood all of the world. Team Magma wanted to capture the Pokemon Groudon and use it's awesome power to cease the world of water and have the world a complete and total desert. All of their attempts failed and they went back to just stealing trainers Pokemon.
Team Shadow, although they were defeated by the other 3 teams, now are a lot more powerful. They are under the leadership of Jason. His dream is to completely block out the sun and have the entire world shrouded in darkness.
The 2 henchmen that were watching Kate, Ryan, and Erik were Jen and Steve. They were the 2 most pathetic henchman of Team Shadow and they had the weakest Pokemon. They were sent to Lodanto Town to capture the Pokemon of the trainers that just began there adventures. They each have 2 Pokemon each. Jen has Lotad and Shuppet and Steve has Seedot and Duskull. Although each of these Pokemon are very cool, they did not train them well enough and so they are very weak. They failed in every attempt to steal a trainer's Pokemon. But now they had the perfect oppurtunity. Well, perfect to them anyway.
"We have to get those Pokemon from those trainers. If we don't, Jason will kick us out of Team Shadow for certain." Jen complained.
"Don't worry," Steve reassured, "There is no way that we can fail now. Those trainers just started out so they should be a breeze to beat.
"Well at least we have these explosives. Even if we fail, there is no way that Lodanto town will be saved from the explosion from these little babies." Jen smiled.
Both ran into town. They entered into the sewers and began placing the explosives all over the place.