Chapter X- Saffron City
"So this is it hugh?" I said looking around at all of the tall buildings.
"This is Saffron City, Sabrina's gym is in the upper right hand corner of the city. We
should be able to find it easily." Erika said and started to skate to the right.
We had skated to the right for a bit, then took a left turn, we went all the way to
the end of the street and skated past the pokemart on the way. When we finally made it
there, we went in together again, but Erika faced Sabrina alone.
"I am the leader of the Saffron Gym, Sabrina. State your intentions." She said as she
floated over and put herself down on the ground using her phycic powers.
"I am Erika of Cinnabar Island, and I have come to battle for the Marsh Badge."
"Be prepared young Erika, this will not be an easy battle. I will you one pokemon, you
may use two if you have to. Go Alakazam." She dropped the pokeball with Alakazam in
it and it sprang out ready to fight.
"Go Clefairy!" Erika yelled and threw her pokeball out. "Clefairy! Light Screen!"
"Confusion" Sabrina simply said and Alakazam began to emit confusion waves, but they
were stopped by Clefairy's light screen.
"Clefairy, sing!" Erika yelled and it began to sing a lulaby. Slowly Alakazam fell asleep,
and there was nothing Sabrina could do. "Now Clefairy! Drop the light screen and use
your Double Slap!" She yelled and Clefairy began to slap Alakazam around, until finally,
he no strength left to battle.
"Return Alakazam. Well done young lady, and with a single pokemon, it was most
impressive. Here is your reward." She lifted the badge out of her hand and moved it
through the air to Erika's hand.
"Thank you Sabrina." Erika said and walked out to me. "I made it! I'm half way there!"
Erika yelled and hugged me, then Clefairy whi had followed her away to me. "Thanks
Clefairy! Return!" She said and called Clefairy back. "Good luck Marcy!" She said as I
walked forward.
"And who are you?" Sabrina demanded.
"I am Marcy of Cinnabar Island, I have come here to challange you, the leader of this gym
to a pokemon battle." I said as I stepped forward.
"Very well Marcy. I will use one pokemon, you may use two if you like. Go Alakazam."
She once again dropped a different pokeball and released another Alakazam.
"*tch geez*Go Raichu!" I yelled and gestured him to go out. He hopped out, and
immediately she recognized it as a PikaBlue.
"So, you found a Pikachu that evolved into the legendary PikaBlue. You should be proud,
only one out of every 1 million Pikachu born evolve to become him. Alakazam, Teleport"
She finished, and Alakazam disapeared.
"Raichu! Use your Blizzaed!" I yelled and he raised his arms, then blew out snow so that
he could see where Alakazam was. When we both spotted him I yelled, "Now Raichu,
Thunder Wave!"
"RAI....CHUUUU!!!" And there was a huge burst of Thunder that paralyzed Alakazam.
"Great Job Raichu!" I scooped him up and gave him a hug, then scratched between his
ears.
"Well done Marcy. That PikaBlue is very special and very useful, take goo d care of it
and he will bcome your best friend. Here is your reward." I could hear Erika shouting
"Yeah!!!" in the back ground I recived the Marsh Badge.
"Thank you Sabrina." I said and turned around to hug Erika.
"That was great! It was cold, but great!" Erika said as she picked up Charmeleon.
"Let's go outside and put our blades on, then we'll go to the Pokemon Center and heal'em
up." I said as I picked up my roller blades. We walked out together and sat outside putting
on our roller blades. Once we were both done, we picked up our pokemon, and were on
our way.
When we got to the pokemon center, Erika dropped off all of her pokemon. I went
over to the telephone and called Blaine.
"Hello Blaine! How is the gym doing without us?'' I aksed.
"Oh, not to bad. It's just hard to find such good cleaners as you girls around here." Blaine
said.
"I was wondering if you could transfer me my Gyrados for my Squirtle."
"Sure Marcy. Just place Squirtles pokeball in the 'transfer' slot."
"O.K. all set." I said and watched as it was transfered, and as Gyrados arrived.
"Thanks Blaine."
"No problem Marcy! I'll tell your parents that you said hello."
"Hope to see ya soon. Bye!" I hung up the phone and went over to the counter and said,
"Nurse Joy? I have my pokemon for you."
"Oh Marcy! How are you doing on your journey so far with Erika?" She asked as she
started up the healing machine.
"Oh here's Raichu too." I said and placed him on the counter.
"Raichu hugh? Did your Pikachu evolve?" She asked as she looked up.
"Sure did, and into a PikaBlue too."
"Really? A PikaBlue!?" She took out a little flash light and examined his eyes. "They're
deffinetly blue, no doubt about that." She said as she turned off the flash light. "Now, if
he is really a PikaBlue, and not just a Raichu with Blue eyes, then he should be able to
use ice beam and freeze this." She looked under the counter for a thermometer, and took
it out.
"Go ahead Raichu, show Nurse Joy." I said. Raichu blew a little ice beam and froze the
thermometer, careful not to get Nurse Joys fingers.
"Amazing! He really is a true PikaBlue, yet you still call him Raichu?" She asked as she
examined the tempature of the ice.
"That's what he prefers to be called. I asked him which, and he said 'Raichu'" I said and
scratched between his ears again.
"Amazing. Well, here are your other pokemon. I just want to ask you one last question.
Where did you find him?" She asked as she turned to her computer. "Whenever we find
some one with a rare pokemon, we record where they found them, so they can be
protected in that area under law."
"I belive I found him in the center of Viridian Forest." I said as I still scratched his head.
"In Viridian Forest there have been two other occourances of PikaBlues in the last 10
years. No where else." She said as she looked over the records.
"Um, Nurse Joy, if you don't mind, I need Raichu healed, so I can leave, I have a lot of
more places to go after this." I said politly.
"Oh! Of course I'm sorry!" She took Raichu off the counter and said, "You can wait over
there, he'll be done in just a minute!"
"Thanks." I said, and sat over with Erika who was putting some vassaline on
Charmeleons skin.
"So, what was that all about?" Erika asked as she rubbed Charmeleons hands.
"Nurse Joy was fasinated with Raichu. Did you know that he is 1 out of 1 million?" I said
patting his head.
"That rare!"
"Yeah. I'm waiting for him to heal up, she said it would only be a minute."
"Well, I'll still be right here." Erika said as I got up to go get Raichu.
"Marcy! Here you are, he's all set!" She said as I approached.
"Thanks Nurse Joy! I'll see ya later." I picked up Raichu and put him back down on the
ground and scratched behind his right ear.
"Rai..chuuu...Raaaai!" *That...feels...good!* He followed me back to where Erika was
sitting, then when I sat down, he jumped onto my lap.
"Ready to go?" Erika asked.
"I think so. You got some empty pokeballs?" I asked.
"Plenty!" Erika said as she put back on her roller blades.
"Great! What's the next challange?" I asked as I put back on my roller blades.
"In Celedon City. We have to battle Erika. To get there we have to go through route #7."
Erika said as she finished tying her laces and picked up Charmeleon.
"Wait up!" I finished tying my blades, picked up Raichu, and we were on our way.
"So this is it hugh?" I said looking around at all of the tall buildings.
"This is Saffron City, Sabrina's gym is in the upper right hand corner of the city. We
should be able to find it easily." Erika said and started to skate to the right.
We had skated to the right for a bit, then took a left turn, we went all the way to
the end of the street and skated past the pokemart on the way. When we finally made it
there, we went in together again, but Erika faced Sabrina alone.
"I am the leader of the Saffron Gym, Sabrina. State your intentions." She said as she
floated over and put herself down on the ground using her phycic powers.
"I am Erika of Cinnabar Island, and I have come to battle for the Marsh Badge."
"Be prepared young Erika, this will not be an easy battle. I will you one pokemon, you
may use two if you have to. Go Alakazam." She dropped the pokeball with Alakazam in
it and it sprang out ready to fight.
"Go Clefairy!" Erika yelled and threw her pokeball out. "Clefairy! Light Screen!"
"Confusion" Sabrina simply said and Alakazam began to emit confusion waves, but they
were stopped by Clefairy's light screen.
"Clefairy, sing!" Erika yelled and it began to sing a lulaby. Slowly Alakazam fell asleep,
and there was nothing Sabrina could do. "Now Clefairy! Drop the light screen and use
your Double Slap!" She yelled and Clefairy began to slap Alakazam around, until finally,
he no strength left to battle.
"Return Alakazam. Well done young lady, and with a single pokemon, it was most
impressive. Here is your reward." She lifted the badge out of her hand and moved it
through the air to Erika's hand.
"Thank you Sabrina." Erika said and walked out to me. "I made it! I'm half way there!"
Erika yelled and hugged me, then Clefairy whi had followed her away to me. "Thanks
Clefairy! Return!" She said and called Clefairy back. "Good luck Marcy!" She said as I
walked forward.
"And who are you?" Sabrina demanded.
"I am Marcy of Cinnabar Island, I have come here to challange you, the leader of this gym
to a pokemon battle." I said as I stepped forward.
"Very well Marcy. I will use one pokemon, you may use two if you like. Go Alakazam."
She once again dropped a different pokeball and released another Alakazam.
"*tch geez*Go Raichu!" I yelled and gestured him to go out. He hopped out, and
immediately she recognized it as a PikaBlue.
"So, you found a Pikachu that evolved into the legendary PikaBlue. You should be proud,
only one out of every 1 million Pikachu born evolve to become him. Alakazam, Teleport"
She finished, and Alakazam disapeared.
"Raichu! Use your Blizzaed!" I yelled and he raised his arms, then blew out snow so that
he could see where Alakazam was. When we both spotted him I yelled, "Now Raichu,
Thunder Wave!"
"RAI....CHUUUU!!!" And there was a huge burst of Thunder that paralyzed Alakazam.
"Great Job Raichu!" I scooped him up and gave him a hug, then scratched between his
ears.
"Well done Marcy. That PikaBlue is very special and very useful, take goo d care of it
and he will bcome your best friend. Here is your reward." I could hear Erika shouting
"Yeah!!!" in the back ground I recived the Marsh Badge.
"Thank you Sabrina." I said and turned around to hug Erika.
"That was great! It was cold, but great!" Erika said as she picked up Charmeleon.
"Let's go outside and put our blades on, then we'll go to the Pokemon Center and heal'em
up." I said as I picked up my roller blades. We walked out together and sat outside putting
on our roller blades. Once we were both done, we picked up our pokemon, and were on
our way.
When we got to the pokemon center, Erika dropped off all of her pokemon. I went
over to the telephone and called Blaine.
"Hello Blaine! How is the gym doing without us?'' I aksed.
"Oh, not to bad. It's just hard to find such good cleaners as you girls around here." Blaine
said.
"I was wondering if you could transfer me my Gyrados for my Squirtle."
"Sure Marcy. Just place Squirtles pokeball in the 'transfer' slot."
"O.K. all set." I said and watched as it was transfered, and as Gyrados arrived.
"Thanks Blaine."
"No problem Marcy! I'll tell your parents that you said hello."
"Hope to see ya soon. Bye!" I hung up the phone and went over to the counter and said,
"Nurse Joy? I have my pokemon for you."
"Oh Marcy! How are you doing on your journey so far with Erika?" She asked as she
started up the healing machine.
"Oh here's Raichu too." I said and placed him on the counter.
"Raichu hugh? Did your Pikachu evolve?" She asked as she looked up.
"Sure did, and into a PikaBlue too."
"Really? A PikaBlue!?" She took out a little flash light and examined his eyes. "They're
deffinetly blue, no doubt about that." She said as she turned off the flash light. "Now, if
he is really a PikaBlue, and not just a Raichu with Blue eyes, then he should be able to
use ice beam and freeze this." She looked under the counter for a thermometer, and took
it out.
"Go ahead Raichu, show Nurse Joy." I said. Raichu blew a little ice beam and froze the
thermometer, careful not to get Nurse Joys fingers.
"Amazing! He really is a true PikaBlue, yet you still call him Raichu?" She asked as she
examined the tempature of the ice.
"That's what he prefers to be called. I asked him which, and he said 'Raichu'" I said and
scratched between his ears again.
"Amazing. Well, here are your other pokemon. I just want to ask you one last question.
Where did you find him?" She asked as she turned to her computer. "Whenever we find
some one with a rare pokemon, we record where they found them, so they can be
protected in that area under law."
"I belive I found him in the center of Viridian Forest." I said as I still scratched his head.
"In Viridian Forest there have been two other occourances of PikaBlues in the last 10
years. No where else." She said as she looked over the records.
"Um, Nurse Joy, if you don't mind, I need Raichu healed, so I can leave, I have a lot of
more places to go after this." I said politly.
"Oh! Of course I'm sorry!" She took Raichu off the counter and said, "You can wait over
there, he'll be done in just a minute!"
"Thanks." I said, and sat over with Erika who was putting some vassaline on
Charmeleons skin.
"So, what was that all about?" Erika asked as she rubbed Charmeleons hands.
"Nurse Joy was fasinated with Raichu. Did you know that he is 1 out of 1 million?" I said
patting his head.
"That rare!"
"Yeah. I'm waiting for him to heal up, she said it would only be a minute."
"Well, I'll still be right here." Erika said as I got up to go get Raichu.
"Marcy! Here you are, he's all set!" She said as I approached.
"Thanks Nurse Joy! I'll see ya later." I picked up Raichu and put him back down on the
ground and scratched behind his right ear.
"Rai..chuuu...Raaaai!" *That...feels...good!* He followed me back to where Erika was
sitting, then when I sat down, he jumped onto my lap.
"Ready to go?" Erika asked.
"I think so. You got some empty pokeballs?" I asked.
"Plenty!" Erika said as she put back on her roller blades.
"Great! What's the next challange?" I asked as I put back on my roller blades.
"In Celedon City. We have to battle Erika. To get there we have to go through route #7."
Erika said as she finished tying her laces and picked up Charmeleon.
"Wait up!" I finished tying my blades, picked up Raichu, and we were on our way.