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A Whole New World

Chapter 2: CURSE YOU SPEAROW!

By: Luxfer

The sun was just about to rise and begin its daily task. Shop-owners in Goldenrod City were about to check their merchandise and to fix their public stands. And Hikaru was of no exception.

"But mom! I have to study more!"

Sakura stepped into the street, carrying a cardboard box filled to the brim with her latest stock; Iron.

"Stop complaining Hikaru! You know perfectly well your natural ability will be more than enough to outmatch the rest of the kids here! Now you have knowledge with you! You don't need anything else."

Hikaru scowled. His mother saw through every one of his ploys.

Sakura, noticing the scowl, smacked Hikaru upside the head, causing Hikaru to yelp in pain, and his hat to fly toward the Goldenrod Department store.

"Ow! Mom!"

"Don't 'mom' me, Hikaru! Now start moving the X-Attacks!"

Hikaru quickly moved toward his cap and put it back on. Sakura just shook her head.

Grunting, Hikaru moved the heavy box of X-Attacks into the Goldenrod Department store. Blinking out the effects of the bright lights, he moved his burden into the elevator.

"Mom! All done! Can I go now?"

Scowling, Sakura crossed over to Hikaru and placed down the box of Irons. Hikaru placed his arms in front of himself as a defense.

"Here Hikaru."

A puzzled Hikaru lowered his arms. His mother was holding out…$500!

"You'll need this for your journey."

Hikaru stood there, gaping at his mother. The same thought that struck him last night hit him here; she's my mother!

Sakura handed him Lemonade. He took it and drank it gratefully.

You'll get your Pokegear from Professor Shaker, so all you have to do is phone my Pokegear!"

Hikaru spit all of his Lemonade out, unfortunately enough for him, right on his mother.

"S-s-sorry, m-mom…"

Veins pulsing, she glared a death glare at him.

She raised her fist. "Hikaru…"

Every brain cell in his body told him to run for it, but he was uprooted to the spot.

Just for that, Hikaru…I'll make you move EVERYTHING UP! ON THE STAIRS!

About to voice her decision, the loudspeakers erupted.

"Sakura Tsukasa, please report to Professor Shaker's laboratory. Repeat, Sakura Tsukasa, please report to Professor Shaker's laboratory. Thank you."

"You are a very lucky boy, Hikaru…" Sakura tried her best to not destroy half of the Goldenrod Department by punching her boy…again. Then she thought; Why was he surprised? Because I had Pokegear?

Taking the statement as a possible release, he ran for it. He raced out the door, barely noticing the boy right in front of him.

"OW!" exclaimed two boys, simultaneously.

Sakura came over. Oh great, Hikaru. Now I get to be stared at with lemonade all over me.

"Are you all right, Hikaru? And why weren't you watching where you were going?"

About to come up with some absurd excuse, Hikaru started noticing who he bumped into. It was Ted, the nervous and shy boy across the street.

Hikaru got up in a flash and helped Ted up.

"Are you all right, Ted? I'm very sorry for bumping into you like that. Hey, are you okay?"

Sakura scowled. What are you so concerned for him? What's wrong with…Oh dear.

Sakura looked over Hikaru and saw that little Ted was crying.

"HIKARU! APOLOGIZE IMMEDIATELY!" yelled Sakura.

"But I did mom!" Looking away from his mother, he looked Ted straight in his dark blue, and at the time, watery eyes.

"What happened?"

Ted sniffed. Then Ted opened his mouth and squeaked something in such a small voice, Sakura looked over her side to see if there was a mouse there.

"What did you say Ted? I didn't quite catch that." Upon the look of despair on Ted's features, he quickly added, "You can whisper it in my ear, if you like."

Ted nodded. He quickly whispered into his ear the events that had befallen him.

Hikaru's eyes widened, his mouth in a thin slash of anger. Then, flames ignited in his golden eyes.

Sakura gasped. He looks so much like his fatherThen again, thinking Sakura, if he inherited his father's traits, then this could only mean he's up to something. And apparently, added Sakura, he's very angry.

"HOW DARE SHE!"

"Who, Hikaru? What happened?"

"Ted's been bullied to…" Ted started pulling Hikaru's sleeve, in an attempt to silence him. "No Ted! We have to tell her! Mom, we have to get back Ted's Totodile!"

Sakura opened her mouth in shock. Surely, Team Rocket couldn't have…?

"Laura took his Totodile! We have to help him!"

Sakura let out a sigh of relief. It was only another kid…I guess I can help… Taking other people's Pokemon is despicable!

"Okay, Hikaru! I'll just change out of my clothes and we'll go!"

"Mom…All I wanted you to do was tell her parents. I'll try to get the Totodile back!"

An hour later…

Goldenrod City was starting to wake up. Being only 7a.m., many people were only starting to wake. This included Zack Shaker.

Annoyed by the sun's rays, he got up on his bed. What time is it? He looked to the grandfather clock across the room. It's only 7…I can still get a couple hours… He lied on his back on the bed. With his eyes furrowed, he thought. Wait…7? 7, something I had to do…7…OH MY GOD, ITS 7!

Getting up immediately, he raced into his marble-floored bathroom. Quickly brushing his teeth, he realized that he was not "aiming" into the toilet right.

Oh great. No worries, the maid will clean that up. I don't envy her job though.

After taking a quick shower (FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!) and putting on a change of clothes, he raced down the grand stairs, out the living room, slid down the handlebar of yet another set of grand stairs and landed, shaking from all the effort, in Professor Shaker's lab.

"Dad? Dad, you there? I'm ready for the initiation!"

A muffled sound came from the left. Walking around all the strange inventions (What a waste of space!), Zack arrived to see his father…in the…tails… of his Steelix.

Steelix, after seeing Zack, relinquished his grip on Professor Shaker and found a new hug-buddy in Zack.

"STEELIX! Ger-off!"

Chuckling, Professor Brock Shaker got up from the floor. In a black lab-coat with a toned body, he looked intimidating. The only thing betraying his powerful look was his kind, glowing brown eyes and his smile.

"Steelix, you know better then that! Let go of Zack already!"

Slightly disheartened, Steelix released Zack, who was gasping for breath.

"Zack, where's Laura? And why are you here?"

"Isn't today the initiation?"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot! Now sit down here, we'll havta go through the entire test, starting with the Q&A one."

"You mean there are more?" Zack gulped. Extremely uncharacteristic of him.

"Yes, of course! Otherwise, how would I know if you can deal with the Pokemon world?" Brock flashed his devious grins. "Now, let's begin."

Meanwhile…

Hikaru and Ted zoomed down the main street, the fastest way to Laura's house.

Oh, why did I tell Hikaru?, thought a worrying Ted. I'll only make things worse.

While running, Hikaru took a glance at Ted and saw his worried look. Guessing his worries, he said "Ted, you have more than enough right to get back your Totodile!" Upon bumping into an old lady, he shouted, "SORRY MA'M! I'm in a rush!"

Ted thought about Hikaru's words. He's right. Taking on a look of anger uncharacteristic of him, he raced on. Totodile is MY friend! She has no right to take him!

They finally reached the golden gates guarding Laura's house.

Hikaru thought, are we at the wrong house? I've never been to Laura's house before…

"I think we missed a turn, let's go back…Ted?"

Looking left and right, he still couldn't find Ted, who at the moment, was climbing the gates.

"Hikaru! Up here!"

Hikaru looked up and saw Ted, on the other side of the gate. Amazed and inspired by his daring, he started climbing as well.

"Ted." Hikaru landed next to Ted. "This is Laura's house?"

"Yeah. She's rich because of her father. He's a professor you know."

"You don't mean…"

"Oh yes I do. Her father is none other than Professor Shaker himself."

"Oh great. Nevertheless, we have to get back that Totodile!"

"Right!"

Spurred on by anger and the taste of adventure, they zoomed along. Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched via digital security camera…

"So they think they can get back their precious Totodile? Heh…they'll learn the hard way…BWUHAHAHHA!"

"My young lady, please, have a glass of milk!"

"Ooh! Milk! Yum!"

Meanwhile, in the lab…

"Mmhm…correct…nope…wrong…:

Zack sat on-edge. Will I pass? And if I do, will I pass…Zack gulped...the other tests?

Professor Shaker stood up. Zack followed suit.

"Well…father?"

"I'm sorry Zack…but…"

Zack took on a face of disbelief and disappointment, whereas his father's face put on a face of pure joy and glee.

"YOU PASSED!"

Zack opened his gaping mouth. I passed! I passed! I passed!

"Okay son…now you have to…Zack?"

Zack's mind was empty, whilst his mouth dripped two drops of saliva. I passed!

"Son? ZACK!"

Zack awoke from his daze. "I passed?"

"It's not over yet, Zack!" said a joyful Brock.

"Of course. What's next, a practical course?" Zack joked.

"Umm…yeah…here's your test. Beat at least one trainer in a battle. Here's your loaned Pokemon, Totodile. Zack?"

Zack paled and let out a moan of dread. "Do I have to?"

"Do you wanna be a trainer?

Zack nodded.

"Then yes."

Zack let out another moan.

Back in front of the Mansion…

"Wow…that is one BIG house." exclaimed Hikaru.

"Tell me about it…now lets move!"

Ted raced up the stairs, so fast that he didn't notice a dark figure swoop down on him. Hikaru, born with fast reflexes, yelled and tackled Ted out of the way. The dark figure scratched Hikaru's right arm.

"AHHH!" yelled an injured Hikaru.

"HIKARU!"

Ted hurried over Hikaru's side and looked up in an attempt to identify his enemy and evade its next attack. The sight made him gasp.

It was a Spearow. A Spearow the likes of which he's never seen only heard of in legends.

This Spearow…Ted thought…This Spearow…is silver!

Pulling Hikaru away, he threw a Pokeball into the air, which exploded and let out a bright light. And from the light sprouted…

"A Hoppip! What are you going to do with a Hoppip?" exclaimed an angry Hikaru.

"Make her defend us?" said a quickly-losing-confidence Ted.

"Hoppip is a Grass-type. Sparrow, with the Flying-Type attacks will slaughter your Hoppip!"

"Too true, Tsukasa, too true"

Both of them looked up toward the voice.

"TOTODILE, GO!"

Out from the light only a Pokeball could emit came a Totodile, regular blue colored. Resembling a tiny crocodile, it started doing a jig in its hyper-ness.

"TOTODILE, WATER GUN, NOW!"

Totodile obeyed and unleashed a torrent of water at the Spearow, who expertly dodged it and countered with a Scratch attack.

"Totodile!"

Then it finally clicked. This voice…belonged to his best friend, Zack!

"Hey Zack! How thick can you be, launching a Water Gun at such a high-level Spearow? Even if it did hit, it wouldn't do much, even if you added in the Attribute bonus!

"You think I don't know, Tsukasa? TOTODILE, BITE!"

At this moment, Totodile decided to wall-jump toward the attacking Sparrow to Bite it. Unfortunately, the Sparrow was a couple of feet away from the wall, so Totodile dropped with a thud.

"TOTODILE!"

Ted bravely ran over to it and embraced it in a sheltering hug, away from the offending talons.

"I'll protect you."

"Ted!" shouted Hikaru. "Let go of Totodile! This one isn't yours! Let it finish its battle!"

"How do you know this isn't mine?" Ted blared.

"Because of the tag on it! Look!"

Ted looked down and saw a tracker on the still dancing Totodile (who was oblivious to the situation). He squinted to try and see it. The tracker had an insignia on it, a thinking rock, belonging to Professor Shaker.

"Oh…in that case…GO GET 'IM, TOTODILE!"

Zack leaped down.

Speaking to Hikaru, he said "Hikaru. What should I do now?'

"Well…considering the situation, I would say…" Hikaru whispered into Zack's ear. Zack's eyes widened and exclaimed "ARE YOU INSANE! Do you know how dangerous it could get for Totodile if this fails?"

"Do you have any other bright ideas, Mr. Shaker?"

Zack Shaker shook his head, recognizing defeat.

"THEN DO IT! Ted, get over here, Zack's going to execute a hard-to-execute move!"

During all the commotion, Spearow planned its next attack. It flew down in an alarming speed with talons raised, ready for another Scratch attack.

"NOW!" shouted Hikaru.

"TOTODILE, JUMP ON 'IM!" exclaimed a determined Zack

At this command, Totodile gladly jumped on Spearow. Awaiting further commands, it sat down.

"TOTODILE! BITE ATTACK!"

"A Dark type move against Spearow?"

"I…I couldn't think of anything!"

Totodile, oblivious to its master's argument, sank its teeth into the silver Spearow, who yelped in anguish.

"It worked!"

"Of course it did cinder-block for brains! It was my plan after all."

"Don't get all cocky after that! It still has more fight in it left, look!"

All three companions (for the moment) looked up. Spearow convulsed in the air, attempting to throw the Totodile off. Totodile, who was delighted in the make-shift Bucking contest, held on gleefully.

"NOW! TOTODILE, WATER GUN IT'S FACE!

Totodile obeyed, much to the dismay of Spearow.

"Spear!"

"YES!"

"JACKPOT!"

"WE'RE GONNA WIN!"

"No you're not." Said a calm, high voice.

Spearow managed to buck off Totodile, who dropped down to the ground as graceful as can be, and land on its owner's outstretched arm.

"Laura!" said an outraged Ted.

"Yes, THE Laura." said a smiling Laura. She was holding a Pokeball carelessly in her hand, as if she didn't care if any harm would befall it.

"Psst. Ted. Is that your Totodile?" whispered Hikaru.

"Yes."

"Then I have the perfect plan. Zack! Lend Ted your Totodile!"

"Uhh…sure…but I want you to know, right now, that I was against everything that is going to happen…"

"What do you mean by that Zack?" said a grinning Hikaru.

"I mean…I don't like it when you have that look…"

Hikaru could only grin.

"You mean…." said Ted, who was catching on. "I have to actually battle things?"

"Of course! It's easy…look watch. Here, let me have the Totodile for a sec."

Ted handed Hikaru Zack's Totodile.

"Okay…Hey Totodile! Remember me? Okay, listen up Ted! You have to command your Pokemon to fight! They're not allowed to use moves themselves, unless they are wild. So here…TOTODILE! WATER GUN 'IM!"

At this command, Totodile gleefully sprayed an unholy wave of water at Laura and at a disgruntled Spearow. Spearow recoiled enough so that the full blow landed on Laura, who gurgled some of the water done.

"AH! That wasn't fair! We didn't even start yet! Spearow! Wing Attack and make it snappy!"

Sparrow nodded and flew down at a neck breaking speed.

A/N: And that's that. Wow, that took a while. Please wait for the next chapter, I got it all here…in my head…