Author Notes
I admit, I did rushed that chapter just a little bit so I can get the story uploaded and to give the basic idea of what was going on. Most information is based off what I know from Pokemon Ruby.
Chapter Two: New rival
RB was walking along route 101, however he had no potions, Pokedex, or other useful items that would help him along his quest. He walked into some tall grass and found a wild Zigzagoon, who took notice of RB and started to growl angrily at him. RB was worried and said in English:
"Um calm down, please?"
However that did not work and RB knew the only way out was to battle. He thought about the number of attacks he knew, all he knew was how to breathe some fire and scratch. He started off with a scratch attack, it looked like it worked, however the Zigzagoon did the same thing. RB yelled in pain, but it still hurt less then when he got attacked by Pokemon when he was younger. Another scratch attack and the Pokemon was down for the count. RB said out loud:
"I have no Pokeballs? Darn it!"
He just walked on north till another Zigzagoon attacked, RB won again, but not without being close to getting KO'D. He avoided the tall grass until he reached Oldale Town and looked for the nearest Pokemon Center. He entered and some people started to stare at him, maybe a Pokemon just walking into a building was not very common. He walked over to the counter and said to Nurse Joy:
"Please help me"
That seemed to have been a bit of an uproar from the people around, maybe they thought he was just a talking Pokemon. Nurse Joy did not know what to make of it as she and Chansey carried RB into a bed in the Emergency Room. A human trainer, light skin, blue eyes, tan hair, wearing purple shoes, green shorts and a purple shirt entered the room and looked at RB and commented:
"You must be a Pokeuman, I can tell by your appearance. I guess a trainer like you will never become as good as me, quit while you're ahead"
RB had enough energy to reply:
"What! Not a chance, I'm just new, that's all"
The trainer replied:
"Just new, just enough to hold you back. Only a few people are worthy of becoming a Pokemon master, you're not one of them"
RB had another reply for him:
"I'm one of them for sure. I don't care what you say, if you can't back up your words with actions. How do you know so much about me anyway?"
The trained gave RB a strange smile and replied:
"I was watching you, and you easily got hurt by a couple of Zigzagoons. You're very weak for a trainer and you don't even have any of your own Pokemon yet"
RB replied again and he was not happy:
"Hey! You're not the one to question my skills as a trainer or to be spying on me"
Nurse Joy came in and said:
"That's enough, you need to rest"
The trainer began to walk out of the room and before he left, he said:
"The name's Joe, this isn't the last time we will meet, trust me"
As Joe left, RB just fell to sleep and woke up a few hours later. He felt good as new, his energy fully recovered. RB thought about some of the things Joe said, he would need to do much better then before and get some Pokemon besides himself. Either way, he had no useful supplies with him, so he thought about going to the Pokemart to pick up the stuff he would need. He got out of the bed, let Nurse Joe know he was leaving, and he went outside. It was now dawn time, with orange skies above, but still a good amount of light. He went into the Pokemart and got the same reactions like he got from the Pokemon Center. One person said:
"Is that a Pokeuman?"
Another one said:
"That's a Pokeuman for sure, but most of them are located further north"
RB went up to the counter and with his limited money brought three potions, but the Pokeballs were sold out. He went back outside and started to head west to route 102. Up in the sky was a huge Meowth balloon head and inside was two humans with a Meowth. One was female and had long red hair while the other was male with short blue hair. They spotted RB and lowed the balloon closer to the ground. The female said:
"Look at that Torchic, it must be a rare kind"
The male replied:
"Yeah, the boss would give us a raise for this one!"
The Meowth, which was not a Pokeuman, could somehow speak and said:
"Come on, what are we waiting for? Lets capture it!"
So they got in closer and RB saw the shadow of their balloon, but it was already too late. They dropped a net on top of him and then the female and male spoke in order:
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within out nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
And the last line was said by the Meowth:
"Meowth! That's right!"
RB just remembered how high Team Rocket's failure rate was, at about 99.9%. How could he get caught by such lowly villains? How would he break out of the net when he had no Pokemon to help him? He knew he would break out somehow, how often did Team Rocket ever get away with anything? He was thrown onto the balloon right next to Team Rocket and they started to lift back into the air. Jessie said:
"So simple, yet so flawless!"
James commented:
"That must have been our easiest capture yet!"
RB got angry by this and really tried hard to break out:
"I won't be captured by a bunch of lamers like you three. You should not act like you won before you truly did"
Team Rocket was shocked by this. Jessie was the first to speak:
"Another talking Pokemon?"
James said:
"This is even better then I thought. We'll going to hit the jackpot with this Pokemon!"
RB while still trying to break out, said:
"For your information, I'm a Pokeuman"
Team Rocket started to hold the net to prevent RB from breaking out so easily. James said:
"I think I read about Pokeumans somewhere"
Jessie looked at him and replied:
"There is no time for that, just hold on"
However, RB tried really hard at that point and broke out the net. Team Rocket was shock and Meowth said:
"Oh no! He's free! You're not getting off that easy!"
Meowth's claws came out of his paws. RB used his scratch attack on Meowth and it knocked him out. He did the same to Jessie and James before they got the chance to call out other Pokemon. RB started to lower the balloon close to the ground, but Team Rocket recovered. They were about 50 feet above the ground now and RB knew the only way out was to jump, it was a long shot, but most Pokemon don't seem to have much problems with long falls. As he jumped off, he set fire to the balloon causing it to blow up. The last words he heard before he landed was:
"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"
The impact from the land was not hard at all. He looked up to the now nighttime sky and saw a flare come and go, the same spot he heard Team Rocket's last words form. He had no idea where he was at for the moment, but at that moment he heard Pokemon sounds and cries for help. He quickly ran to the spot and saw a Treecko attacking a Plusele and Minun.
Both Plusele and Minun looked like Pokeumans, each about two feet tall, young, and female looking. Plusele had a big red bow tie on her head and Minun had a big blue bow tie on her head. RB knew the only one who could save them was himself so he used Ember on the Treecko from behind it's back and it ran around in circles till it dropped to the ground in defeat. He was thinking about capturing the Treecko, but remembered he had no Pokeballs. Both Plusele and Minun were holding onto each other in fear and still shaking when RB was walking toward them. RB said:
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you two. I just got the Treecko off your back"
He pulled out two potions and they were no longer scared. He sprayed both of them with the potions and they were back to full energy. Both replied with a simple thank you and before RB could ask any questions, Joe found them and followed up with:
"Hey you! Get away from my little sisters!"
RB replied:
"Hey, I just saved them two from that Treecko over there"
Joe replied and was mad:
"Get away from him sisters! Don't lie to me! Mudkip go!"
Joe threw out a Pokeball and Mudkip came out ready to attack. Plusele said to Joe:
"Wait Joe, please stop"
Minun also said:
"He helped saved us, honestly"
Joe called Mudkip back right before it used Watergun on RB and said:
"I'm sorry, I guess I really do own you one for saving my sisters. However, that does not stop you from being a trainer that won't get anywhere"
RB replied:
"Hey man, can't you be a little bit nicer here? If I did not come, who knows what would have happened to them two"
Joe walked off with his sisters heading west. RB followed them, with many questions, like why were Joe's sisters Pokeumans and not one himself. Soon he saw a sign that said welcome to Petalburg City. There was something else written under the sign. "If you're reading this, something bad will happen. Ha ha ha ha! Signed Joe." Something bad indeed happened, the chapter ended.
Author Notes
That chapter went on a little bit longer then I wanted it to be.