Chapter 3 Kangaskhan

Red stands in front of a giant gate that has a sign saying Viridian Forest across the archway, Red stands looking up at the sign and into the woods with his Poliwhirl who he calls Poli and his Bulbasaur who he calls Saur. 'You ready?' asks Red and the two pokemon nod in agreement as they step through the gate and its almost like they're in another world already as the undergrowth is so thick and the trees so tall but some sunlight still breaks through casting green shade on the group. 'I'm going to catch so many pokemon' grins red as he shoves another dozen pokeballs into his bag ready to go on his capturing spree.

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Meanwhile near by, the boy who was battling Mew the previous night stood with his eyes closed in a small clearing listening to the noises around him and feeling the brief gust on his face. He is tracking a pokemon, a wild pokemon he had his mind set on capturing since he caught a glimpse of it earlier trough the trees but it vanished. He senses something coming through the trees and hurls his pokeball out ordering 'Charmander…Ember!', the fire lizard pops out and begins to fire sparks of flame from its tail at whatever was coming through the vegetation. The boy listens as there is the unmistakable sound of something fainting and hitting the floor hard and he steps through the undergrowth to find Charmander standing over an unconscious Venomoth. The boy sighs, he has already caught a Venomoth and it appears his is stronger then his one, he shrugs and begins to walk away followed quickly by his Charmander.

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Red still hasn't caught a pokemon and is now searching in vain for a Caterpie as he lifts a log to find nothing but some slugs. 'Anything?' he asks his pokemon who shake their heads. Red suddenly hears a rustling from a nearby bush, 'Poli use double slap' ordered Red causing the blue swirled pokemon to jump through the bush into battle. Red follows behind a couple of seconds later to find Poli all burned and fainted 'Ahhhh Poli are you okay?' asked Red to which he got a weak 'Poli…whirl' as a answer. Red looks up to see a smirking boy standing behind his Charmander.

'I didn't realise that it was a trainers pokemon…what with it being so weak and everything' laughed to boy as his Charmander slowly walked over to his side.

'He is not weak' yells Red as he jumps forward to hit the boy, red swings and misses and swings and misses and swings again but this time instead of just dodging the boy grabs hold of the boys arm and twists it behind his back dropping red to the floor.

'Is blind brute force all you know?' asked the boy with a laugh. His laughing was quickly cut off when the ground began to shake and a roar rang out from jus behind some near bushes as a Kangaskhan burst through them and roared.

Red roared in fear as his eyes went wide at the size of the pokemon which stood menacingly in front of them.

'You're pathetic…this is the pokemon I've been tracking, if your so scared just stand over there and don't get in my way as I capture it' ordered the boy to red before quickly ordering his Charmander to attack with a scratch attack, both red and the boy pull out their pokedexes at the same time much to each others surprise.

'To protect its young, it will never give up during battle, no matter how badly wounded it is. The infant rarely ventures out of its mother's protective pouch until it is 3 years old. If you come across a young KANGASKHAN playing by itself, you must never disturb it or attempt to catch it. The baby POKéMON's parent is sure to be in the area, and it will become violently enraged at you.' Said the little red encyclopaedia.

The boy begins to laugh out loud at Red while his Charmander battled Kangaskhan 'I don't believe you're the one my Grandfather gave his other pokedex to' laughed the boy 'He said you were a very special trainer…I think his age has finally gotten to him.'

'You're Oaks grandson the aspiring pokemon master and expert' said Red 'I'm not impressed' said Red but really he was, this kid was good and he knew it.

'What a waste giving you a pokedex, I have no idea what gramps was thinking. Why don't you just sit back and watch a real master work' laughs the boy who is actually able to match Red for cockyness. 'Charmander Flamethrower' flames pour out of the little orange pokemon's mouth burning the Kangaskhan badly this is when the boy decides to throw a pokeball, Kangaskhan turns round and bats the ball back at the boy who then throws another only to have the same thing happen. 'Flame thrower again' orders the boy to which Charmander responds.

Red sits watching the battle cursing the boy under his breath when suddenly he notices the Kangaskhan hasn't attacked once even though he himself has noticed several times when it could have, it's just standing there taking the attacks and occasionally shifting it's position. He suddenly remembered the pokedex account of Kangaskhan 'It's protecting it's young' he thinks to himself 'something must be wrong with it's baby.'

'Stop' orders Red but the boy either doesn't hear or more likely doesn't care what Red says, red grits his teeth and orders the now awake Poliwhirl to handle Charmander with a watergun attack which it does sending the pokemon hurtling towards it's trainer.

'What do you think you're doing?' asked the boy angrily with a snarl. 'You cant attack my pokemon during a battle.'

'Yes I can' yells Red back as he approaches the Kangaskhan with his hands in the air to show he meant no harm, the mother realising what was happening allowed the boy to approach. Red cast a quick glance in the pokemons pouch to see a baby Kangaskhan which was obviously poisoned by another pokemon's attack. Red reached into his backpack and sprayed the baby with an antidote spray which instantly healed the pokemon. 'You're a very good mother' said Red to the Kangaskhan who smiled at the boy before casting the other a scowl and sprinting away into the forest.

'I don't believe you just lost me a capture' snarled the boy as he pushed Red out of the way and stormed off in another direction.

'It's wrong to capture pokemon when you have the upper hand in battle' yells red after the boy and quickly starts to follow him. 'I'm Red' said Red after a little running to catch the boy and waited for a reply but none came. 'You are?' asked Red who was a little angry about the rudeness of the other boy who still had a scowl across his face.

'I'm Green' said the boy 'and I will be the number one pokemon master the world has ever seen.'

'That's what I want to do but there can only be one pokemon master…so you're out of luck' said red with a big smile.

'Don't make me laugh' smirked Green as he walked away through some bushes leaving red standing in the clearing.

'I'm going to train really hard and then one day we'll have to meet in a pokemon battle and I'll beat you!' yelled Red half way between smiling and fuming with rage. He smiled a little more and stepped through some other bushes going in an opposite direction to Green then he walked back into the clearing and looked around a little 'Oh no I'm lost' said Red before vanishing into some more bushes.

Oak stifled a laugh as he sat in a near by tree watching the two head through the forest 'I have a feeling that those two will be great pokemon trainers one day' thought Oak to himself as he continued to get on with his research.

To Be Continued…