Pokemon: The Road to Victory
Chapter 4.Capture in the Twilight of Viridian
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In our last encounter with Hideo, he met a lovely young girl named Pyra, who seemed to be quite crazy at first, but proved to be a great trainer. After their battle, Pyra left but said she would return to the Pokemon Center where she and Hideo could talk.
"Where is she?" Hideo thought to himself. "I wonder what exactly she went to do with that special pokemon she got back from Nurse Joy. I didn't see her use it during our battle. It was in a Great Ball which means it must be pretty strong." Hideo bit his fingernail. At that moment he heard a noise outside his window. He opened it and saw something rustling in the shrubs right outside. He didn't know exactly what it was but he decided he was going to try to capture it.
"Poochyena Go! Scout!" Poochyena's eyes glowed brightly and found something and its eyes didn't budge.
"Alright, you stay here and I'll come around the other side." Hideo ran outside his room and down the hall. He ran outside the double doors and went towards the back. He saw his Poochyena still eyeing whatever it was that was there.
"Good work. Now use tackle to knock it out of the bushes!" Poochyena rammed it straight ahead and a white pokemon came out into the open, into the light coming from the open window.
"A Silcoon! Poochyena Sand Attack!" It kicked dirt into Silcoon's face and Silcoon couldn't see what was going on. Hideo reached behind himself, took an empty pokeball, and hurled it at the defenseless pokemon. The pokeball snapped shut after zapping Silcoon inside itself. It jerked around trying to free itself.
"C'mon, c'mon." Hideo had his tongue sticking out again touching his top lip. The ball stopped moving and he snapped his fingers, "yes!!" He walked over to Poochyena and petted him, "Good job buddy." He took out his pokeball and made it return. He knelt over and picked up his new pokemon. Hideo stood up and looked at his watch.
"10:14. Cufew's at 10:30. I wonder where she is?" Hideo shook his head.
"Why do I care?....But then again, she does have that pokemon I'm dying to find out about. I mean why didn't she use it in our battle. Something must be behind it."
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He heard a noise and stuck his head out of his room's doorway. He heard voices so he walked down the hall and peered towards the doorway of the Pokemon Center. There he saw Pyra being scolded by Nurse Joy for being so late. Pyra walked over to Hideo who now was standing near the cafe.
"Wow, pretty strict." Hideo said as she walked towards Hideo.
"Heh heh, yeah. I mean I'm only what 10 minutes late past curfew." Pyra laughed.
"I'm hungry. Wanna come with me to the vending machine?" Pyra asked.
"Sure." Hideo smiled. While they walked Hideo noticed her nerdy style again. The glasses, tied back hair, and vest. She was a very weird girl.
"Hmmm. Water sounds good now." Pyra pushed the button after putting her money in. She grabbed the bottle after it fell and she drank it pretty quickly.
"Ahhh! Refreshing!" Pyra said.
"Where did you go?"
"Why? Are you my mom now?" Pyra surprisingly said.
"Well, no I, I-" Hideo stuttered.
"Heh heh, just kidding. I went to train."
"Train? At this time at night?"
"Well, I told ya. I like the night." Pyra drank the rest of her water. Hideo was waiting for his chance to ask his question.
"I was wondering..." Hideo asked but was interrupted.
"Can we go to your room?"
"Uhh sure."
"I don't like being out here in the open.
"Umm okay." Hideo shrugged.
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Hideo sat on his bedside while Pyra sat down Indian style on the floor next to him.
"So I was about to ask. What pokemon did you get back from Nurse Joy earlier?"
Pyra looked at him strangely.
"You're a trainer right?" Her eyebrows lightened up.
"Yeeeeah." Hideo reluctantly said.
"And I'm one too, am I correct?" Pyra asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Hideo didn't know why she was asking these questions.
"Well, then you should know you don't ever ask people what pokemon they have."
"Oh sorry, I don't know why I wasn't thinking." Hideo asked
"No problem, mate. Only thing I can tell ya is that it's my special pokemon. It's what got me into fire pokemon."
"Uh huh. Okay this may be rude but-" Hideo looked down but when looked up she interrupted him.
"Is this your friend?" Pyra leaned over Ketcha.
"That's my brother."
"Name?"
"Ketcha." Hideo replied.
"Age?
"Now you're being nosey."
"Hah, sorry." Pyra giggled a bit.
"He's 5." Hideo said with a smile.
"Wow, he's young." Pyra was shocked.
"Yeah, I know. He was exhausted when we got here."
"Yeah? Walking can do that to y'know." Pyra sat back down.
"So why do you like the night Pyra?" Hideo asked. Pyra set down the bag she was holding and reached into it.
"Wanna hear a story?" Pyra asked.
"Sure." Hideo said.
"A long time ago about 5 years ago, my father and I went camping. After we went to bed in our tents an Ursaring came into our campsite. I woke up and noticed it so I silently called out my Eevee. I battled the Ursaring in the middle of the night and that was my mistake. We had no light. My Eevee couldn't see a thing. But before the Ursaring finished my Eevee and me off, my father defeated it with a Charmander. I decided I wouldn't make the same mistake twice, so I saved up all my money and bought a fire stone and evolved my Eevee into a Flareon. After that I got into fire pokemon."
"So was Eevee your starter?" Hideo asked.
"Yeah, I had two pokemon before I went fire. Then my dad gave me his Charmander as a present on all Girl's day. I trained it up and it evolved. My pokemon are pretty strong because I fight higher level pokemon but I have an advantage with the light from my fire"
"That's actually a really good strategy.
"Yeah, isn't it?" Pyra giggled. Hideo took out of his backpack a chocolate bar and cracked it in half. He gave half of it to her.
"Ohhh!" She crunched into it. With a mouthful she started her batch of questions, "sooo, what's your story?"
"My story?" Hideo asked. Pyra swallowed.
"Yeah. Why did you start your journey late?" She took another bite.
"Oh, I wouldn't normally say it in front of Ketcha but since he's asleep I'll tell the tale." Hideo sounded serious. Pyra sat up closer to him. Hideo came down and sat down next to her with his back to the bed.
"When I was 9, my father took me to the Pokemon World Leauge in Petalburg. When we came back we visited my mom in the hospital."
"Hospital? What was wrong with her?" Pyra asked.
"Nothing. She was having my little brother."
"Oh. Go on." Pyra was sorry for interrupting.
"Okay. From what I remember she had been in the hospital for about 3 days already as a precaution."
"Why is that?"
"When she had me they said she almost died after giving birth all because of this disease she had. But this time they didn't want to take any chances." Hideo said.
"Woah."
"So after she had your brother, she....." Pyra became quiet. Hideo's eyes filled with tears. Pyra didn't know what to say, and they say actions speak louder than words, so she hugged him. Hideo felt better.
"Sorry....it's just-"
"No, I understand"
"After that happened," Hideo wiped away his tears and Pyra backed off, "my father became ill and I had to take care of him plus my brother. There was no choice, I couldn't leave my family."
"So what changed this time?" Pyra asked.
"My father went to stay at Professor Oak's place."
"Professor Oak? THE Professor Oak?!" From the talk show?"
"Yeah. My dad used to be a gym leader and they're old friends."
"Oh."
"My father gave me a starter in addition to the 3 pokemon I had captured and trained over the years." Hideo said showing her the many pokeballs he had around his waist.
"Which are?"
"Haha! Nice try."
"I had to ask." Pyra smiled.
"So early this morning my father told us to pack up and we did. I took my brother along and now we're here."
"Sounds like you're journey should be made into a book or movie or something." Pyra said.
"NO! Movies have happy endings. I have to accomplish my goal before people can start talking about me." Hideo said.
"What's your goal?" Pyra asked.
"To win the Pokemon World League!" Hideo said proudly.
"The World League? How can you? This is your first year! There's no way you can get that good in so little time."
"We'll see about that."
"You do know that to get into the World League you're going to have to win 8 badges, a preliminary badge, and then win 5 rounds?" Pyra said.
"Of course I do."
"Well, if you want it that badly then I can't stop you. In fact you're going to need some help!"
"Help?"
"Yeah help! I'm coming along with you!"
"With me? You're going to travel with me?"
"Yup, heh heh." Pyra stood up, "together we can get you to the World League and give ya the happy ending ya deserve!" Pyra began shedding tears of joy. "Oh, it's just so beautiful."
"Heh heh, now you're beginning to freak me out."
"Like I haven't already?" She laughed.
"Well, I think before I can become this champion I'm gonna need some sleep so I'm gonna be going to bed now."
"Oh alright. Then nighty night then" Pyra patted him on the back and went out the door. She right back in about 2 minutes later.
"What's wrong?" Hideo said as he took off his vest.
"No more rooms. Can I bunk with ya? I don't snore, well sorta,... well not loud at least" She said. Hideo laughed.
"Sure. We'll be able to leave in the morning and head to Viridian Forest together."
"Oh alright cool" Pyra said.
Hideo turned off the lights as she got into the bed above Ketcha's.
"Night."
"Sleep tight, don't let the Weedle bite." Pyra said.
"God she's weird!" Hideo thought to himself.
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Man, how much more weirder can Pyra get. She's very outspoken and always speaks her mind. I wonder how much Hideo can take before he throws her off a cliff. Well, again we must leave our hero. Let us leave him to his dreams and see him in the morning when he starts again on his journey through Kanto. To Be Continued...
Chapter 4.Capture in the Twilight of Viridian
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In our last encounter with Hideo, he met a lovely young girl named Pyra, who seemed to be quite crazy at first, but proved to be a great trainer. After their battle, Pyra left but said she would return to the Pokemon Center where she and Hideo could talk.
"Where is she?" Hideo thought to himself. "I wonder what exactly she went to do with that special pokemon she got back from Nurse Joy. I didn't see her use it during our battle. It was in a Great Ball which means it must be pretty strong." Hideo bit his fingernail. At that moment he heard a noise outside his window. He opened it and saw something rustling in the shrubs right outside. He didn't know exactly what it was but he decided he was going to try to capture it.
"Poochyena Go! Scout!" Poochyena's eyes glowed brightly and found something and its eyes didn't budge.
"Alright, you stay here and I'll come around the other side." Hideo ran outside his room and down the hall. He ran outside the double doors and went towards the back. He saw his Poochyena still eyeing whatever it was that was there.
"Good work. Now use tackle to knock it out of the bushes!" Poochyena rammed it straight ahead and a white pokemon came out into the open, into the light coming from the open window.
"A Silcoon! Poochyena Sand Attack!" It kicked dirt into Silcoon's face and Silcoon couldn't see what was going on. Hideo reached behind himself, took an empty pokeball, and hurled it at the defenseless pokemon. The pokeball snapped shut after zapping Silcoon inside itself. It jerked around trying to free itself.
"C'mon, c'mon." Hideo had his tongue sticking out again touching his top lip. The ball stopped moving and he snapped his fingers, "yes!!" He walked over to Poochyena and petted him, "Good job buddy." He took out his pokeball and made it return. He knelt over and picked up his new pokemon. Hideo stood up and looked at his watch.
"10:14. Cufew's at 10:30. I wonder where she is?" Hideo shook his head.
"Why do I care?....But then again, she does have that pokemon I'm dying to find out about. I mean why didn't she use it in our battle. Something must be behind it."
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He heard a noise and stuck his head out of his room's doorway. He heard voices so he walked down the hall and peered towards the doorway of the Pokemon Center. There he saw Pyra being scolded by Nurse Joy for being so late. Pyra walked over to Hideo who now was standing near the cafe.
"Wow, pretty strict." Hideo said as she walked towards Hideo.
"Heh heh, yeah. I mean I'm only what 10 minutes late past curfew." Pyra laughed.
"I'm hungry. Wanna come with me to the vending machine?" Pyra asked.
"Sure." Hideo smiled. While they walked Hideo noticed her nerdy style again. The glasses, tied back hair, and vest. She was a very weird girl.
"Hmmm. Water sounds good now." Pyra pushed the button after putting her money in. She grabbed the bottle after it fell and she drank it pretty quickly.
"Ahhh! Refreshing!" Pyra said.
"Where did you go?"
"Why? Are you my mom now?" Pyra surprisingly said.
"Well, no I, I-" Hideo stuttered.
"Heh heh, just kidding. I went to train."
"Train? At this time at night?"
"Well, I told ya. I like the night." Pyra drank the rest of her water. Hideo was waiting for his chance to ask his question.
"I was wondering..." Hideo asked but was interrupted.
"Can we go to your room?"
"Uhh sure."
"I don't like being out here in the open.
"Umm okay." Hideo shrugged.
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Hideo sat on his bedside while Pyra sat down Indian style on the floor next to him.
"So I was about to ask. What pokemon did you get back from Nurse Joy earlier?"
Pyra looked at him strangely.
"You're a trainer right?" Her eyebrows lightened up.
"Yeeeeah." Hideo reluctantly said.
"And I'm one too, am I correct?" Pyra asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Hideo didn't know why she was asking these questions.
"Well, then you should know you don't ever ask people what pokemon they have."
"Oh sorry, I don't know why I wasn't thinking." Hideo asked
"No problem, mate. Only thing I can tell ya is that it's my special pokemon. It's what got me into fire pokemon."
"Uh huh. Okay this may be rude but-" Hideo looked down but when looked up she interrupted him.
"Is this your friend?" Pyra leaned over Ketcha.
"That's my brother."
"Name?"
"Ketcha." Hideo replied.
"Age?
"Now you're being nosey."
"Hah, sorry." Pyra giggled a bit.
"He's 5." Hideo said with a smile.
"Wow, he's young." Pyra was shocked.
"Yeah, I know. He was exhausted when we got here."
"Yeah? Walking can do that to y'know." Pyra sat back down.
"So why do you like the night Pyra?" Hideo asked. Pyra set down the bag she was holding and reached into it.
"Wanna hear a story?" Pyra asked.
"Sure." Hideo said.
"A long time ago about 5 years ago, my father and I went camping. After we went to bed in our tents an Ursaring came into our campsite. I woke up and noticed it so I silently called out my Eevee. I battled the Ursaring in the middle of the night and that was my mistake. We had no light. My Eevee couldn't see a thing. But before the Ursaring finished my Eevee and me off, my father defeated it with a Charmander. I decided I wouldn't make the same mistake twice, so I saved up all my money and bought a fire stone and evolved my Eevee into a Flareon. After that I got into fire pokemon."
"So was Eevee your starter?" Hideo asked.
"Yeah, I had two pokemon before I went fire. Then my dad gave me his Charmander as a present on all Girl's day. I trained it up and it evolved. My pokemon are pretty strong because I fight higher level pokemon but I have an advantage with the light from my fire"
"That's actually a really good strategy.
"Yeah, isn't it?" Pyra giggled. Hideo took out of his backpack a chocolate bar and cracked it in half. He gave half of it to her.
"Ohhh!" She crunched into it. With a mouthful she started her batch of questions, "sooo, what's your story?"
"My story?" Hideo asked. Pyra swallowed.
"Yeah. Why did you start your journey late?" She took another bite.
"Oh, I wouldn't normally say it in front of Ketcha but since he's asleep I'll tell the tale." Hideo sounded serious. Pyra sat up closer to him. Hideo came down and sat down next to her with his back to the bed.
"When I was 9, my father took me to the Pokemon World Leauge in Petalburg. When we came back we visited my mom in the hospital."
"Hospital? What was wrong with her?" Pyra asked.
"Nothing. She was having my little brother."
"Oh. Go on." Pyra was sorry for interrupting.
"Okay. From what I remember she had been in the hospital for about 3 days already as a precaution."
"Why is that?"
"When she had me they said she almost died after giving birth all because of this disease she had. But this time they didn't want to take any chances." Hideo said.
"Woah."
"So after she had your brother, she....." Pyra became quiet. Hideo's eyes filled with tears. Pyra didn't know what to say, and they say actions speak louder than words, so she hugged him. Hideo felt better.
"Sorry....it's just-"
"No, I understand"
"After that happened," Hideo wiped away his tears and Pyra backed off, "my father became ill and I had to take care of him plus my brother. There was no choice, I couldn't leave my family."
"So what changed this time?" Pyra asked.
"My father went to stay at Professor Oak's place."
"Professor Oak? THE Professor Oak?!" From the talk show?"
"Yeah. My dad used to be a gym leader and they're old friends."
"Oh."
"My father gave me a starter in addition to the 3 pokemon I had captured and trained over the years." Hideo said showing her the many pokeballs he had around his waist.
"Which are?"
"Haha! Nice try."
"I had to ask." Pyra smiled.
"So early this morning my father told us to pack up and we did. I took my brother along and now we're here."
"Sounds like you're journey should be made into a book or movie or something." Pyra said.
"NO! Movies have happy endings. I have to accomplish my goal before people can start talking about me." Hideo said.
"What's your goal?" Pyra asked.
"To win the Pokemon World League!" Hideo said proudly.
"The World League? How can you? This is your first year! There's no way you can get that good in so little time."
"We'll see about that."
"You do know that to get into the World League you're going to have to win 8 badges, a preliminary badge, and then win 5 rounds?" Pyra said.
"Of course I do."
"Well, if you want it that badly then I can't stop you. In fact you're going to need some help!"
"Help?"
"Yeah help! I'm coming along with you!"
"With me? You're going to travel with me?"
"Yup, heh heh." Pyra stood up, "together we can get you to the World League and give ya the happy ending ya deserve!" Pyra began shedding tears of joy. "Oh, it's just so beautiful."
"Heh heh, now you're beginning to freak me out."
"Like I haven't already?" She laughed.
"Well, I think before I can become this champion I'm gonna need some sleep so I'm gonna be going to bed now."
"Oh alright. Then nighty night then" Pyra patted him on the back and went out the door. She right back in about 2 minutes later.
"What's wrong?" Hideo said as he took off his vest.
"No more rooms. Can I bunk with ya? I don't snore, well sorta,... well not loud at least" She said. Hideo laughed.
"Sure. We'll be able to leave in the morning and head to Viridian Forest together."
"Oh alright cool" Pyra said.
Hideo turned off the lights as she got into the bed above Ketcha's.
"Night."
"Sleep tight, don't let the Weedle bite." Pyra said.
"God she's weird!" Hideo thought to himself.
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Man, how much more weirder can Pyra get. She's very outspoken and always speaks her mind. I wonder how much Hideo can take before he throws her off a cliff. Well, again we must leave our hero. Let us leave him to his dreams and see him in the morning when he starts again on his journey through Kanto. To Be Continued...