Chapter five

            "Sorry about last night ma'am"

"It's okay," Nurse Joy said sweetly, "It happens all the time.  But I need to see your PGN please"

Ricki handed Nurse Joy her PGN and watched as Nurse Joy plugged in the PGN to her computer…let's see now…your name is Ricki Ketchum, age 16, right?"

"Yes"

"What Pokemon do you have?"

"I have a Scyther, a Chikorita and a pichu"

"Alright, now…do you have any numbers saved onto your memory?"

"I haven't saved any on my PGN"

"If you want to you can, it won't be known to the public so you don't need to worry"

"Alright, Anthony 005-777, Boa 005-67 and Ferdinand 768-045"

Nurse Joy punched in the numbers and handed Ricki's PGN back to Ricki,

"You PGN is updated now, just sit down and your Pokemon will be healed shortly"

Ricki took a seat next to a girl with blonde hair in two pink ponytails.  The girl was combing out an Eevee's fur and humming a soft tune.  Ricki turned to the girl and said,

"Hi, my names Ricki, what's yours?"

The girl looked up and smiled innocently,

"My names Gabby, how does my Eevee look to you?"

Ricki took the Eevee and petted its soft fur,

"Very good, are you working to be a breeder?"

"Yeap…my dad's older brother was a breeder…but he died"

"Oh…I'm sorry" Ricki suddenly remembered the story of Brock's ten brothers and sisters "Was his name Brock?"

"I can't remember, I'm not very good with names, but I think it did begin with a B"

"Do you come from Pewter city?"

"Yes I do, my dads the new gym leader…since my grandfather died last year"

Ricki nodded,

"I'm heading there soon, when I get back my Pokemon"

"Could you take me there please?"

"Sure, did you lose your party?"

"Yeah, they left without me, saying I was too weak, and that I was slowing them down because I'm a breeder, not a trainer"

"So?  Being a breeder is very important"

"That's what I said…oh well…here's my Pokemon, you've meet Eevee, but I also have a Skitty, come on out!"

Gabby threw out her pok`eball and a Pokemon with red fuzzy hair appeared.  Ricki pointed her pokedex at Gabby's Pokemon;

            SKITTY, THE KITTEN POKEMON. SKITTY HAS A HABIT OF BECOMING FASINATED BY MOVING OBJECTS AND CHASING THEM AROUND.  THIS POKEMON IS KNOWN TO CHASE AFTER ITS OWN TAIL AND BECOME CONFUSED.

            EEVEE THE EVOLUTION POKEMON.  ITS ABILITY TO EVOLVE INTO MANY FORMS ALLOWS IT TO ADAPT SMOOTHLY AND PERFECTLY INTO ANY ENVIRONMENT.

"You're doing very well with your Eevee and Skitty."

"Thank you," Gabby and Ricki heard an elevator chime and walked over to the counter.  Ricki took back her Pokemon and clipped Chikorita's and Scyther's Pok`eball to her belt.  Gabby and Ricki exited the Pokemon center and sniffed the air smelling pancakes,

"How about some breakfast Gabby?"

"I sure am hungry!  My treat!"

Ricki stopped,

"Um...Gabby, how old are you?"

"I'm ten years old"

"Okay, I didn't mean to be rude or anything"

"You weren't, this place is the best!" Gabby said pointing to the Waffle house.  Ricki and Gabby entered and looked around. Some people were already enjoying their breakfast.  Gabby and Ricki sat at a table next to a window and waited for the waitress to take their orders,

"What do you want Gabby?"

"I'll just have five pancakes, bacon and egg with toast and jelly" Gabby watched as Ricki lifted her eyebrows in confusion, "And orange juice…I like to eat…but I have a high metabolism"

Ricki nodded as the waitress came to take their order,

"Two pancake combos, one scrambled egg with bacon, two orange juices and one toast with grape jelly please"

The waitress left and Ricki rested her head on the table,

"I hope I got your order right"

"You did, thanks, so we're off to Pewter city after this?"

"Yeap, we should be able to get there in about five days or less, depending on the weather and things"

Ricki and Gabby noticed the waitress arriving with their food and set it down along with the bill.  Ricki gently lifted it up and gave a sigh of relief and began eating her breakfast,

"Gabby, you want to be a breeder right?  Have you ever been to Goldenrod?  They have a academy just for breeders there"

"No I've never been any farther than Viridian city or outside of Pewter City, I want to go there someday to get my breeding license and then move back to Pewter city and open up my own business."

"I bet you can do it, your Pokemon are very well treated and groomed"

"Thanks, what do you want to be?"

"I'm going to be a Pokemon master"

"You have a long road ahead then, it's going to be tough to beat Ash Ketchum"

"He is tough,"

Ricki and Gabby finished their breakfast and headed to the department store and bought some food and Ricki restocked her potions and Gabby stopped before they entered Viridian Forest,

"There's something in these woods that always seems so strange…"

Ricki looked at Gabby puzzled,

"Strange how, in a good way or bad strange?"

"Neither, but anyways…lets go!"

Ricki nodded and the two entered the Viridian forest.

            Ricki spotted a trainer ahead and her PGN quickly rang,

"Would you like to try a battle Gabby?"

"I guess it would be okay"

Ricki went up to the trainer.  He had blue eyes and thick mossy hair.  His clothes were completely green and his shorts had grass stains all over them,

"Hello, my friend Gabby would like to battle you, then I'll battle you if that's okay"

"Sure thing!  I've been looking for a trainer to battle for days, the names Hennery" 

Gabby stepped forward and eyes the boy.  He looked about her age,

"Alright Gabby, how about a two on two battle?"

"Works for me, I've never battled before so…I might not do to good"

"No problem, I choose you Weedle!"

"Eevee go!"

Both Pokemon appeared in a flash of red light and eyed each other,

"Weedle use string shot!"

"Eevee evade it and use a tackle!"

Weedle quickly shot out a long strand of silk at Eevee who dodged it and rammed into Weedle.  Weedle shot another long string of silk and Eevee became stuck in it.

"Now Weedle use a poison sting!"

"Eevee!  Try to break free and use a headbutt!"

Eevee managed to get out, but not before being struck by some of the poison stings that Weedle had released.  Eevee rammed Weedle with a headbutt and Weedle was sent flying into a tree.

"Weedle get back up and try another poison sting!"

"Eevee use another tackle attack!"

Both Pokemon's attack hit the other and each was growing faint,

"Hang in there Weedle, finish off Eevee with a poison sting attack!"

"Eevee try and dodge it and use a headbutt!"

Weedle shot out multiple poison stings, which Eevee dodged and then rammed hard into Weedle.  Weedle stood up but collapsed and Hennery recalled his Weedle,

"Good job Weedle, you've earned a good rest.  Your pretty good Gabby, but lets see you face my next Pokemon, go Caterpie!"

Gabby recalled Eevee and threw out Skitty's pok`eball,

"Go skitty!"

"Don't worry Caterpie you can do it, start with a string shot and tangle up Skitty!"

"Skitty evade it and use attract!"

Caterpie tangled up Skitty and began tackling Skitty,

"Keep on tackling Skitty Caterpie!"

"Skitty use attract next time Caterpie attacks you!"

Skitty's eyes lit up and Caterpie stopped its rampage and fell to the ground staring lovingly at Skitty,

"What's happened to Caterpie?" Hennery said stunned.

"Easy, attract makes a Pokemon of the opposite gender fall in love with its cute looks for a short time, for example, my Skitty is female and your Caterpie is male, making your Pokemon fall in look with my Skitty's cuteness, making it unable and unwilling to attack skitty.  Now Skitty tackle Caterpie until it faints!"

"Caterpie shake it off and use tackle again!"

Caterpie didn't respond and Skitty continued its assault of tackles on Caterpie who was getting weaker and weaker.

"There's no way I can win this battle, I don't want to risk losing Caterpie, and I forfeit"

Gabby nodded and recalled her Skitty as Hennery recalled his Caterpie,

"Great job Gabby, is there any way to get rid of attract?"

"Yes, a loud noise, if a Pokemon under attracts effect was to hear a very, very loud scream or noise they would instantly awake from their false love"

"Thanks I'll remember that, didn't that other girl want to battle me too?"

Ricki stepped forwards,

"I challenge you to a three-on-three battle!"

"Challenge accepted, what's your name?"

"Ricki,"

"Wow, the masters own daughter?  I'll make sure I put everything I got into this battle, I choose Scyther!"

"I'll use my own Scyther, go!"

"Scyther use your slash attack!" Hennery shouted.

"Scyther use your wing attack!"

The two scythers collided and were sent flying back before launching their attacks again,

"Scyther use swords dance and attack her Scyther with a slash attack!"

"Scyther use a swords dance and use a slash attack!"

Hennery's Scyther was thrown back into a tree and Henry recalled his Scyther and threw out his next Pokemon,

"My next Pokemon won't be so easy, go Pinsir!"

"Scyther how are you can you still fight?"

Scyther nodded and prepared to battle its next opponent,

"Scyther use another swords dance and then attack with a slash attack!"

"Pinsir use vice grip to hold Scyther and then throw him for a loop!"

Pinsir raced over to Scyther who had just completed its sworddance and gripped it tightly.  Pinsir swung Scyther around and then threw him into a nearby tree, lifting up smoke all around them.  Ricki waited for the dust to clear as Pinsir edged closer to the fallen Scyther.  When suddenly Scyther jumped up and slashed away at Pinsir.  Pinsir fell back and Hennery recalled his Pinsir,

"I'd like to know how your Scyther just did that"

Ricki shrugged and recalled the worn out Scyther and threw in her next Pokemon, go Chikorita!"

Henry smiled and titled his tan hat,

"Go Heracross"

"Chikorita!  Use vine whip!"

"Heracross use horn attack!"

Chikorita was struck hard by Heracross and tumbled backwards,

"Chikorita tackle Heracross!"

Chikorita raced into Heracross and whipped it with a vine before Heracross tossed Chikorita into the ground,

"Finish it Heracross with a tackle!"

"Chikorita get out of the way!"

Heracross tackled Chikorita form behind and Chikorita collapsed,

"Chikorita!"  Ricki watched as Chikorita slowly stood up and tackled into Heracross.  Heracross stared puzzled at Chikorita and looked at Hennery,

"Finish it Heracross!" Hennery said angrily.

Heracross rammed Chikorita who dodged it and tackled Heracross again.

Ricki recalled Chikorita and motioned for Pichu to battle,

"Pichu use a thundershock!"

Pichu powered up and struck Heracross who collapsed.

"No way!" Hennery said recalling his Heracross.

Henry walked up to Gabby and Ricki and shook their hands,

"You gals are pretty good, maybe we can battle again someday?"

Ricki handed Hennery her PGN number and he gave her his.  She added it into her memory (she learned how so she doesn't need to get it updated every time she goes to the Pokemon center).  Ricki and Gabby said good-bye to Henry and headed deeper into Viridian forest woods.  That night Ricki fell asleep and awoke to hearing a yelp.  Jumping up she slowly creped over to a bush where she had heard the yelp. Ricki peered through the bushes and noticed the large Houndour that she had seen two nights in a row.  It noticed her and growled furiously and raced after her.  Ricki screamed and raced quickly back to the camp.  Wile running she felt a tug at her pants leg and was pulled down.  She stared at the Houndour as it drew closer and echoed one last scream.