Howdy everyone! Guess who's back? That's right, the always loveable, sometimes hated, once-in-a-while halfway decent quickstrike is here! I have finally shuffled off the last dust from the past semester and have a new (to you) chapter for New Master! Yeah, I know, you want Trainers Day, but that's on its way. The good news is, I should be halfway done with the next chapter by now. More good news, I've decided to undertake a new story as well! More information is coming with the next chapter of Trainers Day so stay tuned. It's going to be one bumpy ride this spring...

Prepare for Trouble!

For the next week, Kenny stayed in Viridian Forest training his Pokemon. Squirtle had just learned Water Gun and Spearow and Dragonair were gaining experience as well.

Every day at seven, they would wake up, eat, and take a jog around a nice little clearing Kenny had found. He was also adding to his pokédex. He had seen a Beedrill, several Caterpie, and a couple of Nidoran. He probably could have caught most of them, but he really wanted stronger challenges.

Not that he didn't like training pokémon, he just wanted different types.

One day he was taking a jog with his pokémon when he heard music and two dark shapes came out from behind the trees. Then he heard:

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

Then they both stepped out.

"Jessie!"

"James."

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

Then a pokemon popped out.

"Mee-owth! That's right!" it said.

"Wh-who are you?" asked Kenny.

"Who are we? Why, we're Team Rocket of course." Said Jessie. "Now hand over your Dragonair!"

"No way you creeps! This was my mom's!" shouted Kenny.

"Do we care James? Meowth? No, I didn't think so. Hand it over kid, or prepare to battle!" said Jessie.

"Alright. Squirtle, let's teach these guys a lesson!" said Kenny.

Squirtle walked up from behind Kenny, ready for battle.

"Spearow! Dragonair! Return." Said Kenny as they went into their balls.

"Koffing, sludge it!" yelled James as he threw a pokeball.

"Koffing!" said the pokémon.

The Koffing spat poisonous goo towards Squirtle and covered his whole shell.

"Squirrrtle." Squirtle said nervously.

"Squirtle! Wash it off with Water Gun. Then spray Koffing!" yelled Kenny.

Squirtle nodded weakly and sprayed himself clean. Then he blasted Koffing backwards into a tree.

"Keep squirting Squirtle!" said Kenny.

"Koffing return." Growled James.

"I won! Now leave me alone." Said Kenny in triumph.

"Not quite yet little twerp." Said Jessie. "Ekans, attack!"

She threw out a ball and out came the orange energy that formed an Ekans.

"Ekans, poison sting." Said Jessie.

Ekans lunged towards Squirtle before Kenny could react. It began stinging Squirtle.

"Oh, no. Squirtle's in trouble." Whispered Kenny. "Squirtle, return!"

"Do you surrender?" said the Meowth.

"No way! Dragonair, go!" said Kenny with new confidence.

He had trained his pokémon well. Battling themselves and other pokémon. He wasn't going to give in yet. Hw would do it for his mom and dad.

"Dragonair, use your wrap!" said Kenny smiling.

Dragonair reached Ekans in seconds and wrapped him into a ball. Ekans struggled to break free but couldn't move.

"Ekans! Use Glare, now!" yelled Jessie.

"Dragonair, watch out for the head!" Kenny yelled louder.

Ekans tried to get his opponent to look at his eyes but he just exhausted himself even more. Finally he was too tired to move.

"Now I win. Take your pokémon and leave me alone!" said Kenny.

"No way you little brat!" said James. "Your pokémon are ours!"

"I don't think so! Squirtle, go! Blast these rockets to the moon." Said Kenny.

Squirtle popped out and lined up with Team Rocket.

"Uh oh." Said Jessie.

"It's going to…" cried James.

"Spray us outta here!" finished Meowth.

Squirtle let loose a powerful stream of freezing water that blasted Team Rocket away.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they all said before they made a little ping in the distance.

"Weird." Said Kenny. "All right guys, I think we need a break today. Let's go down to that river by Pewter. Maybe Spearow and me can go fishing while you guys rest from your battle."

"Squirrrtle! Squirt, Squirtle!" said Squirtle rejoiced.

Kenny could tell Dragonair felt the same so when they reached the river he let them play in the water. Of course they thought they were helping him by diving under water to look for pokémon.

"H-hey I thing I caught something!" Kenny shouted excitedly. He reeled in his line to find a Poliwag hanging on to the end.

It was actually pretty small. Even for its kind. But Kenny pointed his pokédex at it while pulling it ashore.

Poliwag. The Tadpole pokémon. Its newly grown legs prevent it from running. It appears to prefer swimming to trying to stand.

And the pokédex switched off.

"All right! I gotta get it." Said Kenny. "Spearow, go! Peck attack."

Spearow came flying down to attack. It swooped in to get Poliwag and nailed him. Poliwag went tumbling towards the forest.

"Alright, it should be weak enough to catch it." Said Kenny. "Pokeball, go!"

The pokéball flew through the air and smacked Poliwag on the head. It cried out towards the water as it was sucked into the ball. The ball wiggled and bounced as Kenny and his pokémon watched and then stopped. The red light on the pokéball went off and Poliwag was theirs.