Pokemon: The Road to Victory
Chapter 5. Evolution in Viridian Forest
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Hideo yawned and looked up.
"Howdy!"
"AH!" Hideo jumped at the sight of Pyra right in his face.
"Good morning!"
"Please, do not do that." Hideo breathed hard.
"Heh heh. Get dressed. We got a big day."
"Big day?" Hideo threw his feet over the side of the bed he was on and then placed them on the ground.
"Of training. We're gonna be training today." Pyra said as she filled her bag with some food. Hideo looked over at her and she was wearing her glasses and tied back hair. Hideo yawned and woke up his brother.
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"So you're going to be traveling with us?" Ketcha asked as they walked down the road.
"Yup. So where are ya guys headed anyway?" Pyra asked.
"Pewter City" Hideo said as he looked at his PokeNAV"
"Ahhh I see. Well, then we'll have to cross straight through the Viridian Forest. It's pretty dark in there sometimes cuz of there being so many darn trees." Pyra said.
"Dark?" Ketcha got a little afraid.
"And there are tons of bugs in there too." Pyra put her fingers to her face and tried to make them look like fangs.
"B-b-bug pokemon?" Ketcha stuttered.
"Yeah, creepy, slimy bug pokemon! Oooooo!" Pyra had fun terrorizing Hideo's little brother. Ketcha ran behind Hideo's leg as they walked.
"Are there really bug pokemon in the forest?"
"Well, according to the PokeNAV there ARE a lot of bug species there. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I caught a bug pokemon last night. Wanna see?" Ketcha ran and climbed up a tree.
"Nooo!" Ketcha said from far away.
"Ha ha! You're little brothers so cute." Pyra laughed.
"You just love messing with him don'cha?" Hideo asked. Pyra folded her arms behind her head as they walked past a sign saying 'Viridian Forest'.
"Yup." Pyra said as she saw Ketcha catching up in the corner of her eye. Ketcha looked over head as they began their march inside the dark black forest.
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"HA! Caught you!" A person came jumping out of a tree and threw a net over Hideo's head.
"What the-" Hideo barely had a chance to talk.
"I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle!" The kid landed in front of Hideo and wore shorts, a tank top, and a large sun hat.
"Alright!" Hideo took the net off and threw it aside. He reached behind himself and took out a pokeball.
"Two on two!" The boy held out two pokeballs in one hand while holding over his Butterfree catcher in the other hand.
"Okay then." Hideo reached again and picked another pokeball from his belt.
"What's your name, by the way?" Pyra asked.
"Benny and I'm a bug catcher. Now let's start already!" Benny threw his two pokeballs out. A Caterpie and Wurmple appeared.
"Nice pokemon. But take a look at mine." Hideo smiled proudly as he threw his own two pokeballs. His Wingull and Silcoon showed up. Ketcha hid behind Pyra's leg.
"I see you too like bug pokemon. Let's see whose is better! Wurmple string shot!" Wurmple shot out his attack at Wingull. Wingull's wings were a bit tangled up in the webbing and it fell to the ground, struggling to get its wings free.
"Silcoon, poison sting!" Caterpie became poisoned and started to wobble around.
"Poison? Good strategy. But not good enough! Wurmple tackle his handicapped Wingull!" Wurmple came rushing toward the fallen Wingull. When Wurmple was close enough Hideo's eye sparkled and he smiled.
"Wingull, wing attack!" Wingull broke free from the string shot and flapped its wings hard, attacking the oncoming Wurmple.
"Oh no!" Wurmple fell back and fainted, "errrrr! Caterpie tackle!"
"Silcoon dodge!" Hideo commanded, and Caterpie went soaring part Silcoon. Caterpie got hurt.
"What happened?" Ketcha asked. Pyra leaned over.
"It's hurt cuz it's poisoned."
"Ohh."
"Finish it off Silcoon, tackle!" Silcoon charged Caterpie and knocked it out.
"Ughhh, my bug pokemon." Benny took out his two pokeballs and returned his pokemon.
"That was a good battle. I'll be stronger next time!" Benny said.
"I'll be waiting." Hideo replied.
"Oooo a Beautifly! Well, catch you later......uhhh, what was your name again?
"Hideo."
"Well, then catch you later Hideo." Benny climbed up a tree and began pursuing the Beautifly with his net.
"What a weirdo." Pyra said.
"You should talk," Hideo mumbled.
"Hey, I heard that!" Pyra said angrily and pulled out a mallet from nowhere and smashed him with it.
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It was around mid-day now and they beginning to get hungry. Ketcha's stomach growled, Hideo followed with the same noise coming from his own stomach.
"Hideo, do you have anything to eat?'
"Yeah, a few sandwiches."
"Well, pull them out then. I'm starving!" Ketcha said anxiously.
"Ya guys brought sandwiches? Can I....have some....?" Pyra's eye sparkled and her mouth watered. She was two inches away from Hideo's food.
"Uhh sure," Hideo took out another sandwich from his backpack, "here." Pyra snatched it from him and scarfed it down.
"Hey, Pyra."
"Yueah?" Pyra said with a mouth full.
"Where did you say you were from?"
"I didn't."
"Well, can you tell me. You know, just curious." Hideo said. Ketcha sat soundlessly as he ate his sandwich.
"I'm from Cherrygrove town. My father and mother still live there with my two brothers. They run a PokeMart there. My family's owned that store for ages and now my brothers are learning the tricks of running it. I didn't want to though, so after my adventure in that forest with my dad I decided to go through Johto. I took the Gym Challenge but I didn't get enough badges in time to compete in the Silver Conference. I guess I wasn't good enough." Pyra said.
"Don't say that. So what are your plans now?" Hideo asked.
"Well," Pyra took another bite of her sandwich, "I was thinking of just training for now, not really competing. So when ya showed up, it was an excuse to go traveling again."
"I see. Well, you're welcome to come with us." Hideo smiled.
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The gang walked through the forest until it became dark
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"How far does this forest go?" Ketcha asked.
"We'll be able to get to Pewter tomorrow." Pyra said.
"Well, then let's stay here for the night." Hideo said. Pyra called out her Flareon.
"Ok." Hideo took out a sleeping bag from his backpack and his brother's sleeping bag.
Pyra gathered some wood from around the forest.
"Flareon, flamethrower!" A fire roared in the center of their campsite. Pyra reached into her bag and took out her sleeping bag. Hideo took off his hat and placed it to the side. Ketcha then yelled out,
"What was that?"
"Huh? What was what?" Hideo asked.
"That noise." Ketcha said.
"What noise?" Pyra asked from inside her sleeping bag.
"Nothing." Ketcha was scared but tried to be brave. They all heard a noise now.
"Huh?" Hideo sat up.
"Pyra do you see anything?"
"Nope, how about you Ketcha?" Pyra looked around.
"Ehhhhh"
"Ketcha what's wrong-" Hideo looked over and saw Heracross staring Ketcha right in the face.
"Now, don't move. He might use headbutt." Pyra said in a whisper to Ketcha. Hideo and Pyra got out of their sleeping bags slowly, not trying to make any sudden movements.
"Alright, Flareon go!" Pyra called out her pokemon.
"Flareon, tackle!" It ran swiftly to Heracross and rammed it onto the side of a tree.
"Yes!" Pyra yelled out. The tree's leaves rustled and then something fell from it.
"What was that?" Hideo asked.
"Don't know. Flareon walk over there and see what fell." Flareon trotted slowly to the side of the tree. Ketcha pointed and ran.
"Bee-Bee-Beedrill!" Pyra yelled. Hideo looked over and saw about 5 of them start to get up.
"Oh man! Run!!" Hideo shouted. He began to run but then saw his hat on the ground in the corner of his eye.
"My hat." He dove for it and then rolled into a kneeling position and he took off like a rocket. They all ran down and around trees with Flareon running alongside them. Pyra looked back and saw the Beedrills right above Hideo, who was way behind them. She worried that they would sting him and he'd be hurt.
"Ketcha, keep running ahead. Don't turn just run straight, I gotta help your brother." Pyra stopped and turned around to look at Hideo running straight at her.
"Flareon, Fire Spin!" Fire came in the form of a small tornado and flew past Hideo but went toward the Beedrill. They didn't run into it, instead they flew high in to the sky and came back down away from the attack.
"Oh no. Flareon, try ember!" Flareon opened its mouth and shot out small balls of fire at them but it missed. Two of them came down and attacked her Flareon knocking it over. Hideo stood there with Pyra.
"They seem to be high level Beedrill, they're really fast! Looked like they just used twineedle."
"Pidgey, peck!" Pyra and Hideo looked above and saw a Pidgey attack one of the Beedrills. It flew off in fear of being attacked again. The four remaining Beedrill hovered in the air still.
"Are you guys okay?" Ketcha came running back to them.
"Was that your Pidgey?" Hideo asked.
"Yeah." Ketcha said. His Pidgey was flying in place right in front of the four Beedrill. All four began to do Focus energy. They glowed with power.
"Flareon, take down!" One of the Beedrill didn't move when Flareon jumped towards them and it fainted on the ground. Hideo grabbed a pokeball.
"Wingull, Go!" He threw the ball but something surprised him.
"Silcoon?" Silcoon had come out in place of Wingull. Hideo was shocked.
"Ahhh, oh well. Silcoon, poison sting!" Beedrill dodged and dove to attack Silcoon.
"Harden!" Hideo tried to get the attack off in time before Beedrill got to him. Silcoon's skin shun and the attack barely scratched Silcoon.
"Pidgey use gust!" Ketcha yelled out. A gust of wind ripped through the leaves of the trees and hit another Beedrill, it fainted as well.
"Only 2 left!" Pyra said, "Ember!" It hit one of the two Beedrill and it fell to the ground. It struggled to get up.
"Silcoon, tackle it" Silcoon hit the Beedrill hard from the side and knocked it up into the air. Ketcha tried another gust and both Beedrill got caught in it. They were flung far away and all three of them were safe now.
"Whoo, wasn't expecting that." Hideo fell over and sat on the ground.
"Pidgey, return." Ketcha called back his Pidgey.
"Wow, that was some nice pokemon battling Ketcha." Pyra congratulated him. Then out of nowhere they heard a familiar voice.
"Ha! Caught you again!" A net came from above and flew onto Hideo's head.
"Benny?" Ketcha asked. He couldn't see who it was.
"Yup, it's me again. I told you I'd be back."
"What are you doing here?" Hideo said taking off the net from around his neck.
"I just witnessed that great battle. All three of you were superb. And I wanted to ask you if you'd like to have a pokemon battle!"
"At this time of night?" Hideo said while getting to his feet and wiping dirt from his clothes.
"C'mon a quick battle. Since I have some new pokemon and they'll wipe the floor with you in no time flat." Benny proudly said as he tipped his hat.
"Well, you just got yourself a battle." Hideo called back Silcoon and picked another pokeball from his belt. Pyra's Flareon lit up the playing field.
"It'll be one on one this time. Best two out of three. Now let's start. Pinsir Go!" He threw out his pokeball.
"Pikachu Go!" Hideo called out after grabbing the pokeball form his necklace.
"A Pikachu? I like your style, thinking you can beat me with that, puh. Pinsir Vicegrip!" "Pikachu, agility" It darted from side to side but Pinsir lowered its pincirs low and caught it. It crushed Hideo's pikachu hard and didn't let up.
"Pikachu, thunderbolt."
"Piiiika-" Pikachu tried but couldn't let off its attack.
"Pinsir, Seismic toss!" Pinsir turned in a circle and let Pikachu out of its grip. Pikachu was dizzy and helpless in the air. Pinsir jumped and caught it and started to fall to the ground, but at the last moment Pikachu gave off its thunderbolt right onto Pinsir's pincirs.
"Huh?!" Benny was speechless, "how did- How could your Pikachu fry my Pinsir in one shock?" Pinsir laid lifeless on the forest floor.
"Argh, no matter. Pinsir return! Try this. Metapod go!" Benny chose a Metapod for his second pokemon. Pyra and Ketcha sat on a rock nearby.
"A Metapod! I wonder how he'll use Pikachu now." Pyra thought.
"Pikachu thundershock!"
"Metapod, harden!" Its skin shun with the light from the moon and the thundershock attack didn't affect it.
"What? Pikachu try it again!" Hideo commanded.
"Metapod harden!" Benny smiled. The electric attack had no affect.
"Tackle it!"
"Harden, harden, harden." Benny's only attack was harden. Pikachu ran head first against Metapod's hard shell of a body. Pikachu became dizzy. It couldn't stand and it fell over, defeated.
"Looks like I'm going to win this, ha!" Benny laughed. Hideo called back Pikachu and reached for Aron, but then thought for a second. "If I use Aron nothing will happen, they'll just be even matched. But if I use Silcoon, then there'll be no winner at least."
"Silcoon go!" Hideo threw his pokeball high into the air and with a flash of light Silcoon appeared. Then at the blink of an eye Metapod began to give off light.
"What's going on?" Ketcha asked.
"Just watch." Pyra pointed to the Metapod. Metapod began to change shape. Wings appeared in the back, and its glossy skin turned to different colors.
"Wow, Benny's Metapod evolved into a Buterfree!" Ketcha had never seen an evolution.
"Hey! Errrr! Well, there's goes my strategy." Hideo grit his teeth.
"Ha! Told you I was about to win this! Butterfree, stun spore" Butterfree flew from side to side leaving a trail of dust, and it was now coming toward Silcoon.
"Silcoon, dodge it" Silcoon got out of the way in time.
"Butterfree, take down!"
"Silcoon, harden!" The attack didn't faze Silcoon at all.
"Butterfree try it again!"
"Silcoon harden again!" This time Butterfree came charging twice as fast and knocked over Silcoon a few feet.
"Silcoon get up!" Hideo was worried he was going to lose for the first time, "C'mon! Get up!" Silcoon began to move, then like Metapod before it, it started to glow.
"Looks like this match just got interesting." Pyra said with her legs crossed and arms folded. Silcoon was glowing and it changed shape too. Wings and a new colors followed.
"Hideo's Silcoon evolved into a Beautifly!" Ketcha was excited. He had just witnessed two evolutions in a row.
"Wow, I have a Beautifly. Now what attack to use? Ahh I got one. Beautifly, wow I like saying that, Beautifly gust!" Hideo pointed. A gust of wind went sailing down Butterfree's way.
"Butterfree, dodge it and use sleep power!" Benny yelled out, also pointing.
"Beautifly absorb!" Before Butterfree could attack, energy was being stripped away from it by Beautifly's absorb attack.
"Butterfree!" It began to lose altitude.
"Beautifly, tackle!" Rushing at it with full speed, Beautifly made Butterfree fall to the ground.
"Yes!" Hideo jumped into the air. Butterfree fainted.
"I knew he'd win somehow" Pyra said with a smile. Hideo called back his Beautifly.
"Ahhh. Mm." Benny nodded, "you won fair and square Hideo. So what are your plans for tonite?" Benny called back his Butterfree. As Benny said that Hideo looked past the trees and saw some light coming from somewhere.
"Hey, about how far is Pewter City from here?"
"Umm about 15 minutes, I think"
"Man, we're so close, but we left all our stuff at the campsite we were at before the Beedrill attacked us.
"Guess we're going to have to go back." Pyra stood up from sitting back on the rock.
"No worries, friends. Look what I brought!" Benny walked behind a tree and took out all their stuff.
"When I heard screaming I saw you guys running from the campsite. I thought you were heading towards Pewter so I grabbed your guys' stuff and followed you."
"Man, we must've ran really far!" Ketcha said.
"Well, thanks Benny." Hideo smiled.
"No problem. Oh and here. Have this." Benny handed a spray bottle to each.
"Antidotes?" They all said.
"Just in case you run into more bug pokemon on your journey."
"Thanks. So what are you going to do?" Hideo asked.
"I'm going to stay here and train for a while. Try to catch more bug pokemon. So I'll catch you guys later, alright?!" Benny said while climbing up a tree.
"All right." The gang started walking and they waved good bye.
"Wow, a Beautifly!" Hideo said while holding his pokeball in his hand.
"So you caught a Silcoon last night while I was gone?" Pyra asked.
"Yup."
"Well, congratulations"
"Thanks" Hideo smiled.
"So how do you feel about Bug pokemon now Ketcha?" Pyra asked.
"They're okay. I'm not afraid of them any more." Ketcha replied.
"Well, then you wouldn't mind holding this." Pyra held out a wild Spinarak she had just found on the ground.
"Waaaaa!!!" Ketcha began running towards the path down Pewter. Hideo and Pyra laughed together. Pyra laid the Spinarak down and she and Hideo followed after Ketcha.
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Evolution, it's an awesome experience. Just ask Hideo. A newly evolved pokemon has made him even more anxious about getting to Pewter. There he'll battle his first Gym Battle. Will he win his first badge? Or will he meet his first big disappointment?
To Be Continued...
Chapter 5. Evolution in Viridian Forest
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Hideo yawned and looked up.
"Howdy!"
"AH!" Hideo jumped at the sight of Pyra right in his face.
"Good morning!"
"Please, do not do that." Hideo breathed hard.
"Heh heh. Get dressed. We got a big day."
"Big day?" Hideo threw his feet over the side of the bed he was on and then placed them on the ground.
"Of training. We're gonna be training today." Pyra said as she filled her bag with some food. Hideo looked over at her and she was wearing her glasses and tied back hair. Hideo yawned and woke up his brother.
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"So you're going to be traveling with us?" Ketcha asked as they walked down the road.
"Yup. So where are ya guys headed anyway?" Pyra asked.
"Pewter City" Hideo said as he looked at his PokeNAV"
"Ahhh I see. Well, then we'll have to cross straight through the Viridian Forest. It's pretty dark in there sometimes cuz of there being so many darn trees." Pyra said.
"Dark?" Ketcha got a little afraid.
"And there are tons of bugs in there too." Pyra put her fingers to her face and tried to make them look like fangs.
"B-b-bug pokemon?" Ketcha stuttered.
"Yeah, creepy, slimy bug pokemon! Oooooo!" Pyra had fun terrorizing Hideo's little brother. Ketcha ran behind Hideo's leg as they walked.
"Are there really bug pokemon in the forest?"
"Well, according to the PokeNAV there ARE a lot of bug species there. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I caught a bug pokemon last night. Wanna see?" Ketcha ran and climbed up a tree.
"Nooo!" Ketcha said from far away.
"Ha ha! You're little brothers so cute." Pyra laughed.
"You just love messing with him don'cha?" Hideo asked. Pyra folded her arms behind her head as they walked past a sign saying 'Viridian Forest'.
"Yup." Pyra said as she saw Ketcha catching up in the corner of her eye. Ketcha looked over head as they began their march inside the dark black forest.
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"HA! Caught you!" A person came jumping out of a tree and threw a net over Hideo's head.
"What the-" Hideo barely had a chance to talk.
"I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle!" The kid landed in front of Hideo and wore shorts, a tank top, and a large sun hat.
"Alright!" Hideo took the net off and threw it aside. He reached behind himself and took out a pokeball.
"Two on two!" The boy held out two pokeballs in one hand while holding over his Butterfree catcher in the other hand.
"Okay then." Hideo reached again and picked another pokeball from his belt.
"What's your name, by the way?" Pyra asked.
"Benny and I'm a bug catcher. Now let's start already!" Benny threw his two pokeballs out. A Caterpie and Wurmple appeared.
"Nice pokemon. But take a look at mine." Hideo smiled proudly as he threw his own two pokeballs. His Wingull and Silcoon showed up. Ketcha hid behind Pyra's leg.
"I see you too like bug pokemon. Let's see whose is better! Wurmple string shot!" Wurmple shot out his attack at Wingull. Wingull's wings were a bit tangled up in the webbing and it fell to the ground, struggling to get its wings free.
"Silcoon, poison sting!" Caterpie became poisoned and started to wobble around.
"Poison? Good strategy. But not good enough! Wurmple tackle his handicapped Wingull!" Wurmple came rushing toward the fallen Wingull. When Wurmple was close enough Hideo's eye sparkled and he smiled.
"Wingull, wing attack!" Wingull broke free from the string shot and flapped its wings hard, attacking the oncoming Wurmple.
"Oh no!" Wurmple fell back and fainted, "errrrr! Caterpie tackle!"
"Silcoon dodge!" Hideo commanded, and Caterpie went soaring part Silcoon. Caterpie got hurt.
"What happened?" Ketcha asked. Pyra leaned over.
"It's hurt cuz it's poisoned."
"Ohh."
"Finish it off Silcoon, tackle!" Silcoon charged Caterpie and knocked it out.
"Ughhh, my bug pokemon." Benny took out his two pokeballs and returned his pokemon.
"That was a good battle. I'll be stronger next time!" Benny said.
"I'll be waiting." Hideo replied.
"Oooo a Beautifly! Well, catch you later......uhhh, what was your name again?
"Hideo."
"Well, then catch you later Hideo." Benny climbed up a tree and began pursuing the Beautifly with his net.
"What a weirdo." Pyra said.
"You should talk," Hideo mumbled.
"Hey, I heard that!" Pyra said angrily and pulled out a mallet from nowhere and smashed him with it.
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It was around mid-day now and they beginning to get hungry. Ketcha's stomach growled, Hideo followed with the same noise coming from his own stomach.
"Hideo, do you have anything to eat?'
"Yeah, a few sandwiches."
"Well, pull them out then. I'm starving!" Ketcha said anxiously.
"Ya guys brought sandwiches? Can I....have some....?" Pyra's eye sparkled and her mouth watered. She was two inches away from Hideo's food.
"Uhh sure," Hideo took out another sandwich from his backpack, "here." Pyra snatched it from him and scarfed it down.
"Hey, Pyra."
"Yueah?" Pyra said with a mouth full.
"Where did you say you were from?"
"I didn't."
"Well, can you tell me. You know, just curious." Hideo said. Ketcha sat soundlessly as he ate his sandwich.
"I'm from Cherrygrove town. My father and mother still live there with my two brothers. They run a PokeMart there. My family's owned that store for ages and now my brothers are learning the tricks of running it. I didn't want to though, so after my adventure in that forest with my dad I decided to go through Johto. I took the Gym Challenge but I didn't get enough badges in time to compete in the Silver Conference. I guess I wasn't good enough." Pyra said.
"Don't say that. So what are your plans now?" Hideo asked.
"Well," Pyra took another bite of her sandwich, "I was thinking of just training for now, not really competing. So when ya showed up, it was an excuse to go traveling again."
"I see. Well, you're welcome to come with us." Hideo smiled.
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The gang walked through the forest until it became dark
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"How far does this forest go?" Ketcha asked.
"We'll be able to get to Pewter tomorrow." Pyra said.
"Well, then let's stay here for the night." Hideo said. Pyra called out her Flareon.
"Ok." Hideo took out a sleeping bag from his backpack and his brother's sleeping bag.
Pyra gathered some wood from around the forest.
"Flareon, flamethrower!" A fire roared in the center of their campsite. Pyra reached into her bag and took out her sleeping bag. Hideo took off his hat and placed it to the side. Ketcha then yelled out,
"What was that?"
"Huh? What was what?" Hideo asked.
"That noise." Ketcha said.
"What noise?" Pyra asked from inside her sleeping bag.
"Nothing." Ketcha was scared but tried to be brave. They all heard a noise now.
"Huh?" Hideo sat up.
"Pyra do you see anything?"
"Nope, how about you Ketcha?" Pyra looked around.
"Ehhhhh"
"Ketcha what's wrong-" Hideo looked over and saw Heracross staring Ketcha right in the face.
"Now, don't move. He might use headbutt." Pyra said in a whisper to Ketcha. Hideo and Pyra got out of their sleeping bags slowly, not trying to make any sudden movements.
"Alright, Flareon go!" Pyra called out her pokemon.
"Flareon, tackle!" It ran swiftly to Heracross and rammed it onto the side of a tree.
"Yes!" Pyra yelled out. The tree's leaves rustled and then something fell from it.
"What was that?" Hideo asked.
"Don't know. Flareon walk over there and see what fell." Flareon trotted slowly to the side of the tree. Ketcha pointed and ran.
"Bee-Bee-Beedrill!" Pyra yelled. Hideo looked over and saw about 5 of them start to get up.
"Oh man! Run!!" Hideo shouted. He began to run but then saw his hat on the ground in the corner of his eye.
"My hat." He dove for it and then rolled into a kneeling position and he took off like a rocket. They all ran down and around trees with Flareon running alongside them. Pyra looked back and saw the Beedrills right above Hideo, who was way behind them. She worried that they would sting him and he'd be hurt.
"Ketcha, keep running ahead. Don't turn just run straight, I gotta help your brother." Pyra stopped and turned around to look at Hideo running straight at her.
"Flareon, Fire Spin!" Fire came in the form of a small tornado and flew past Hideo but went toward the Beedrill. They didn't run into it, instead they flew high in to the sky and came back down away from the attack.
"Oh no. Flareon, try ember!" Flareon opened its mouth and shot out small balls of fire at them but it missed. Two of them came down and attacked her Flareon knocking it over. Hideo stood there with Pyra.
"They seem to be high level Beedrill, they're really fast! Looked like they just used twineedle."
"Pidgey, peck!" Pyra and Hideo looked above and saw a Pidgey attack one of the Beedrills. It flew off in fear of being attacked again. The four remaining Beedrill hovered in the air still.
"Are you guys okay?" Ketcha came running back to them.
"Was that your Pidgey?" Hideo asked.
"Yeah." Ketcha said. His Pidgey was flying in place right in front of the four Beedrill. All four began to do Focus energy. They glowed with power.
"Flareon, take down!" One of the Beedrill didn't move when Flareon jumped towards them and it fainted on the ground. Hideo grabbed a pokeball.
"Wingull, Go!" He threw the ball but something surprised him.
"Silcoon?" Silcoon had come out in place of Wingull. Hideo was shocked.
"Ahhh, oh well. Silcoon, poison sting!" Beedrill dodged and dove to attack Silcoon.
"Harden!" Hideo tried to get the attack off in time before Beedrill got to him. Silcoon's skin shun and the attack barely scratched Silcoon.
"Pidgey use gust!" Ketcha yelled out. A gust of wind ripped through the leaves of the trees and hit another Beedrill, it fainted as well.
"Only 2 left!" Pyra said, "Ember!" It hit one of the two Beedrill and it fell to the ground. It struggled to get up.
"Silcoon, tackle it" Silcoon hit the Beedrill hard from the side and knocked it up into the air. Ketcha tried another gust and both Beedrill got caught in it. They were flung far away and all three of them were safe now.
"Whoo, wasn't expecting that." Hideo fell over and sat on the ground.
"Pidgey, return." Ketcha called back his Pidgey.
"Wow, that was some nice pokemon battling Ketcha." Pyra congratulated him. Then out of nowhere they heard a familiar voice.
"Ha! Caught you again!" A net came from above and flew onto Hideo's head.
"Benny?" Ketcha asked. He couldn't see who it was.
"Yup, it's me again. I told you I'd be back."
"What are you doing here?" Hideo said taking off the net from around his neck.
"I just witnessed that great battle. All three of you were superb. And I wanted to ask you if you'd like to have a pokemon battle!"
"At this time of night?" Hideo said while getting to his feet and wiping dirt from his clothes.
"C'mon a quick battle. Since I have some new pokemon and they'll wipe the floor with you in no time flat." Benny proudly said as he tipped his hat.
"Well, you just got yourself a battle." Hideo called back Silcoon and picked another pokeball from his belt. Pyra's Flareon lit up the playing field.
"It'll be one on one this time. Best two out of three. Now let's start. Pinsir Go!" He threw out his pokeball.
"Pikachu Go!" Hideo called out after grabbing the pokeball form his necklace.
"A Pikachu? I like your style, thinking you can beat me with that, puh. Pinsir Vicegrip!" "Pikachu, agility" It darted from side to side but Pinsir lowered its pincirs low and caught it. It crushed Hideo's pikachu hard and didn't let up.
"Pikachu, thunderbolt."
"Piiiika-" Pikachu tried but couldn't let off its attack.
"Pinsir, Seismic toss!" Pinsir turned in a circle and let Pikachu out of its grip. Pikachu was dizzy and helpless in the air. Pinsir jumped and caught it and started to fall to the ground, but at the last moment Pikachu gave off its thunderbolt right onto Pinsir's pincirs.
"Huh?!" Benny was speechless, "how did- How could your Pikachu fry my Pinsir in one shock?" Pinsir laid lifeless on the forest floor.
"Argh, no matter. Pinsir return! Try this. Metapod go!" Benny chose a Metapod for his second pokemon. Pyra and Ketcha sat on a rock nearby.
"A Metapod! I wonder how he'll use Pikachu now." Pyra thought.
"Pikachu thundershock!"
"Metapod, harden!" Its skin shun with the light from the moon and the thundershock attack didn't affect it.
"What? Pikachu try it again!" Hideo commanded.
"Metapod harden!" Benny smiled. The electric attack had no affect.
"Tackle it!"
"Harden, harden, harden." Benny's only attack was harden. Pikachu ran head first against Metapod's hard shell of a body. Pikachu became dizzy. It couldn't stand and it fell over, defeated.
"Looks like I'm going to win this, ha!" Benny laughed. Hideo called back Pikachu and reached for Aron, but then thought for a second. "If I use Aron nothing will happen, they'll just be even matched. But if I use Silcoon, then there'll be no winner at least."
"Silcoon go!" Hideo threw his pokeball high into the air and with a flash of light Silcoon appeared. Then at the blink of an eye Metapod began to give off light.
"What's going on?" Ketcha asked.
"Just watch." Pyra pointed to the Metapod. Metapod began to change shape. Wings appeared in the back, and its glossy skin turned to different colors.
"Wow, Benny's Metapod evolved into a Buterfree!" Ketcha had never seen an evolution.
"Hey! Errrr! Well, there's goes my strategy." Hideo grit his teeth.
"Ha! Told you I was about to win this! Butterfree, stun spore" Butterfree flew from side to side leaving a trail of dust, and it was now coming toward Silcoon.
"Silcoon, dodge it" Silcoon got out of the way in time.
"Butterfree, take down!"
"Silcoon, harden!" The attack didn't faze Silcoon at all.
"Butterfree try it again!"
"Silcoon harden again!" This time Butterfree came charging twice as fast and knocked over Silcoon a few feet.
"Silcoon get up!" Hideo was worried he was going to lose for the first time, "C'mon! Get up!" Silcoon began to move, then like Metapod before it, it started to glow.
"Looks like this match just got interesting." Pyra said with her legs crossed and arms folded. Silcoon was glowing and it changed shape too. Wings and a new colors followed.
"Hideo's Silcoon evolved into a Beautifly!" Ketcha was excited. He had just witnessed two evolutions in a row.
"Wow, I have a Beautifly. Now what attack to use? Ahh I got one. Beautifly, wow I like saying that, Beautifly gust!" Hideo pointed. A gust of wind went sailing down Butterfree's way.
"Butterfree, dodge it and use sleep power!" Benny yelled out, also pointing.
"Beautifly absorb!" Before Butterfree could attack, energy was being stripped away from it by Beautifly's absorb attack.
"Butterfree!" It began to lose altitude.
"Beautifly, tackle!" Rushing at it with full speed, Beautifly made Butterfree fall to the ground.
"Yes!" Hideo jumped into the air. Butterfree fainted.
"I knew he'd win somehow" Pyra said with a smile. Hideo called back his Beautifly.
"Ahhh. Mm." Benny nodded, "you won fair and square Hideo. So what are your plans for tonite?" Benny called back his Butterfree. As Benny said that Hideo looked past the trees and saw some light coming from somewhere.
"Hey, about how far is Pewter City from here?"
"Umm about 15 minutes, I think"
"Man, we're so close, but we left all our stuff at the campsite we were at before the Beedrill attacked us.
"Guess we're going to have to go back." Pyra stood up from sitting back on the rock.
"No worries, friends. Look what I brought!" Benny walked behind a tree and took out all their stuff.
"When I heard screaming I saw you guys running from the campsite. I thought you were heading towards Pewter so I grabbed your guys' stuff and followed you."
"Man, we must've ran really far!" Ketcha said.
"Well, thanks Benny." Hideo smiled.
"No problem. Oh and here. Have this." Benny handed a spray bottle to each.
"Antidotes?" They all said.
"Just in case you run into more bug pokemon on your journey."
"Thanks. So what are you going to do?" Hideo asked.
"I'm going to stay here and train for a while. Try to catch more bug pokemon. So I'll catch you guys later, alright?!" Benny said while climbing up a tree.
"All right." The gang started walking and they waved good bye.
"Wow, a Beautifly!" Hideo said while holding his pokeball in his hand.
"So you caught a Silcoon last night while I was gone?" Pyra asked.
"Yup."
"Well, congratulations"
"Thanks" Hideo smiled.
"So how do you feel about Bug pokemon now Ketcha?" Pyra asked.
"They're okay. I'm not afraid of them any more." Ketcha replied.
"Well, then you wouldn't mind holding this." Pyra held out a wild Spinarak she had just found on the ground.
"Waaaaa!!!" Ketcha began running towards the path down Pewter. Hideo and Pyra laughed together. Pyra laid the Spinarak down and she and Hideo followed after Ketcha.
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Evolution, it's an awesome experience. Just ask Hideo. A newly evolved pokemon has made him even more anxious about getting to Pewter. There he'll battle his first Gym Battle. Will he win his first badge? Or will he meet his first big disappointment?
To Be Continued...