Chapter 2
The next morning Ricki and Pichu were up and set out quickly in search of new Pokemon.
"I wonder what it says about you Pichu?"
Ricki pointed her pokedex at Pichu,
PICHU THE PREVOLUTION OF PIKACHU, THE MOUSE POKEMON. THIS POKEMON IS AN ELECTRIC TYPE THAT IS VERY PLAYFUL.
"Playful huh? Do you see any other Pokemon Pichu?"
Pichu looked around and shrugged her shoulders. Ricki sighed and the two walked on until they came to a clearing at mid-afternoon,
"Let's rest here for a few minutes and have lunch, I have some sandwiches if you want one"
Pichu hoped down off Ricki's shoulder and Ricki made the sandwiches and gave one to Pichu while she ate one. They quickly finished and Ricki's PGN beeped.
"A trainer must be nearby!"
Ricki jumped over a bush and was confronted by a tall boy with a green shirt and black hair. Ricki introduced herself and challenged the trainer, Anthony, to a battle.
"Alrgiht, lets make it a one-one battle is that okay with you?"
Pichu hoped off Ricki's shoulder,
"Sounds good to me"
Anthony threw out his pok`eball and a Bellsprout appeared,
"Alright Bellsprout, lets go!"
"Pichu! Use a spark attack!"
"Dodge it Bellsprout!"
Bellsprout twisted its flexible body out of the way,
"Vine whip it Bellsprout!"
Pichu was struck from behind and collided into the ground.
"Great job Bellsprout, now, use your vine whip once more!"
"Pichu! When it strikes you, use a full force thundershock!"
Bellsprout rammed into Pichu and Pichu sent a large bolt of lighting into Bellsprout.
"Bellsprout!"
"Alright Pichu! Now finish it with a bite-spark attack!"
Pichu leaped at Bellsprout and bit into its roots and shocked it with a spark, leaving Bellsprout unable to battle. Anthony recalled Bellsprout and nodded,
"You've battled hard Bellsprout return"
Anthony and Ricki shook hands and Anthony gave Ricki a few dollars,
"Payment for beating me, your really good, I guess Pichu was able to move faster than the graceful Bellsprout"
"Hey, could I see your Bellsprout once more?"
"Sure…I think its okay now"
Anthony released Bellsprout again and Ricki pointed her pokedex at Bellsprout,
BELLSPROUT THE FLOWER POEKMON. IF IT NOTICES ANYTHING THAT MOVES, IT IMMDEIATLY FLINGS ITS VINES AT THE OBJECT.
"Bellsprout must be a great Pokemon with its speed and flexibility."
"Kind of, it's not really fast, but its flexible, and cool"
"So Anthony, how long have you been a trainer?"
"A little while, about two weeks, and you?"
"I started yesterday"
"Looks like you have a bright future, but your lucky, I just caught this Pokemon early this morning"
"Your raising it well Anthony, do you have a PGN?"
"Yeap, it's really tight, you can store trainers numbers and keep up your Pokemon data"
"What's your number Anthony?"
"005-777"
Ricki wrote down the number in her PGN and handed Anthony her number,
"Give me a call sometime, maybe we can battle again"
"Agreed"
Ricki and Anthony waved good-bye and Ricki walked deeper into the forest.
"A Bug!" Ricki screamed.
Pichu hoped up to the bug and looked at Ricki strangely. Ricki bent down a little and looked at the small Caterpie and smiled,
"Sorry about that Caterpie, but you surprised me a bit"
The Caterpie bolted away and Ricki sighed,
"It was kind of cute"
Ricki and Pichu continued on until they spotted a red object in front of them. Ricki slowly crept forwards and pointed her pokedex at the fire Pokemon,
CHARMANDER, THE LIZARD POKEMON. IF IT'S HEALTHY THE FLAME ON THE TIP OF ITS TAIL WILL BURN VICOURSLY, EVEN IF IT GETS A BIT WET.
"Wow a charmander! I would love a Charmander!"
"Too bad though, you can't have it!"
Ricki turned around to see a trainer behind her with blonde hair,
"He's already yours, sorry"
"It's okay, he's sick and I've been trying to find a Pokemon center around here because I ran out of food to feed me and Charmander"
Ricki set her bag down and found an extra box of Pokemon food and a box of her cheese nips,
"Here, you can have these"
"Thank you trainer, you have passed"
"Passed?"
"Yes, you see I'm the son of the gym leader in viridian, and he welcomes only the good hearted trainers, here is your invitation!"
The boy handed Ricki a paper lined with gold writing and lines that read, "The bearer of this may battle Ron, the gym leader of viridian city".
"Thanks, but I'm saving him for last, I heard he's TOUGH!"
"Yes he is, but I think when you battle him for your final badge you'll succeed."
"Are you a trainer?"
"No, I'm not, I'm a breeder though, come here blaze, see this is my blaze"
"Aww, he's cute"
"A lot of girls say that, right blaze?"
"Char Char!"
"Thank you…"
"Boa"
"Boa, thank you, and seriously, are your hungry?"
"Naw! Here's your food back, the exit to viridian is still far away, about a few days, but luckily I got a Rapidash, which cuts that time by a lot.
"You got a Rapidash?! I love them!"
"You really like fire types don't you?"
"Yeah, Charmander, Rapidash, Ponyta, Houndour, Houndoom…"
"You should visit the fire desert, if you love fire Pokemon, it's a couple miles out of vermilion city. Ask the people there and they can help you out with it"
"Thanks Boa! Do you have PGN?"
"Yeah, my dad gave me one for my birthday, my numbers 005-67, see ya…
"Ricki!"
"Wait a sec, Ricki, the daughter of Ash?!"
"Yeap, that's me, and I have three older sisters"
"They don't train Pokemon do they?"
"Naw, they'd rather be out dating boys"
"See ya Ricki"
Ricki waved good-bye and gently put the paper in her bag and continued through Viridian forest.
Ricki and Pichu continued through the forest and raised their hopes that they would find new Pokemon, but Ricki's pokedex still read the same. Ricki noticed it was getting dark and decided to rest for the day. After her and Pichu ate Ricki gazed up at the stars and remembered what her mother had said, the night before she left,
"Your father accidentally killed him, but they were the best of friends, he could've been the best, but he was too sad to become a master. After four years of grief, he became a master, then made a Pokemon lab and married me"
Ricki shook her head and jolted up to find herself in the eyes of the Houndour that she had seen the night earlier,
"Houndour!"
The Houndour growled for a moment and then ran away.
"That Houndour…why did he appear like that?"
Ricki fell asleep, still thinking about the Houndour…
"Alright Pichu! Finish it with a spark attack!"
Pichu sent a jolt of electricity through a Scyther and it collapsed onto the ground,
"Pok'eball go!"
The Scyther was unable to get away and disappeared into the pok`eball. It shook for a few seconds and finally the red light on the Pokemon faded and the pok`eball quit shaking. Ricki picked up the pok`eball,
"Alright! I caught Scyther!"
Ricki threw Scythers pok`eball into the air,
"Come on out Scyther!"
Scyther appeared and Ricki gave him some Pokemon food,
Scyther nodded and continued to eat his food.
Ricki pulled out her pokedex and added her new info, Scyther caught.
Ricki, Pichu and Scyther finished their lunch and Ricki recalled Scyther. Pichu and Ricki continued through Viridian forest until they came to a spring where they stopped. Ricki opened up her PGN and looked for the nearest trainer,
"Five miles, and still moving"
"Hey you!"
Ricki spun around to see an old man with a white beard,
"Are you Ricki, fourth daughter of Ash Ketchum and Misty Ketchum?"
"Yes…."
"Then I want to battle you, I battled Ash many years ago, and now I want to battle you!"
"You got it!"
"Let's make this a two-on-two battle…mister…"
"The names Charles, lets battle!"
Ricki threw out scythers pok`eball,
"Go Scyther!"
"Go Bayleef!"
"Scyther use slash attack!"
"Bayleef dodge it and use body slam!"
Bayleef charged full forced into Scyther who collapsed immediately,
"Scyther!" He's too tough, Ricki thought. Ricki recalled Scyther but he jumped away,
"Scyther…don't push yourself!"
"Your Scyther has guts, now Bayleef! Use your razor leaf, to take out that Scyther!"
"Scyther slash through those leaves and get that Bayleef!"
Scyther raced through the leaves and slashed into Bayleef.
"Scyther, use swords dance and finish off Bayleef!"
"Bayleef leap away!"
Scyther charged up with swords dance and raced into Bayleef and Bayleef collapsed.
"Good job Scyther!"
"Your pretty good but lets see you take on this!"
Charles threw out a pok`eball and a Rhydon appeared,
"Let's see you conquer my most powerful Pokemon!"
Ricki nodded and recalled Scyther,
"Pichu! Use the same tactic that dad taught us!"
Pichu nodded and zipped up to the Rhydon and cling tightly to its horn,
"Now! Give it a charged up thundershock!"
Pichu jolted Rhydon with a thundershock and slowly Rhydon fell to the ground.
"Alright!"
"No, how can this be?!"
Charles recalled his Rhydon and walked up to Ricki,
"Congrats, but how was your young Pichu able to defeat my old and powerful Rhydon? It's impossible!"
"Not really, when a Pichu or any electric type can cling to a Rhydons horn, it acts like a poison, something like toxic, that slowly adds up and paralyzes your Rhydon"
"Oh I get it, so you were able to paralyze me doing that!"
"Yeap, but your Rhydon could've defeated mw with one strike though"
"Here Ricki, twelve dollars is my payment to you, I'll be rooting for you" Charles shouted as he began down a dark road that lead deeper into Viridian forest.
Ricki looked around and noticed that the trees were getting less dense.
"Pichu, looks like Viridian forest maybe coming to an end huh?"
"Pichu!"
Ricki looked ahead of her and noticed a Pokemon center.
"There it is Pichu! The Pokemon center!"
Ricki and Pichu ran quickly towards the Pokemon center but stopped in their tracks,
"Wait a second, we can't be here already, we should still be in Viridian forest for a few more days, unless…."
Ricki felt a breeze go by and pointed her Pokedex at the breeze,
GASTILY…