Chapter 3: Pokemon Obsession!
"This is Viridian City? It's...It's...Small..." Char muttered, eyeing around the small looking village.
"Yeah, it used to be a nice place around here. Though the Gym closing down caused a lot of trouble for the marketing, hasn't been public access for a while..." she sighed. "Well, I took you here and that's all my Kain asked of me. I'm off." Teresa pouted as she walked away.
Char grabbed onto her arm, "What? What you need now?" she replied, looking ready to punch him off.
"Where is the nearest Pokemon Center?" Char asked pathetically.
Char wandered around until he finally found the Pokemon center. With glee, he entered to take care of business.
Char blinked with awkward surprise as he entered the humid and very hot Pokemon center. A voice monitor from the corner of the roof screeched.
We have a medical emergency, we are loosing the Wounded Primeape in room 11.
Char heard the stamping of feet as a herd of all pink haired nurses in scant outfits rushed through the poor boy, various body parts rubbing against him.
Char took a deep breather then saw the front desk and scuttled up to it placing his hands on the top as he was too short for his head to stick up.
"Hnnnngh!" he grunted with agony as he pulled his head up with his arms, elbows shaking, "I n-need my Pokemon heale-Agh!" he cried out as he fell back down landing on a foot wrong, hurting it.
"Then you'll have to pay the 100 Yen price for the services." she sighed wearily as the electric fan hummed loudly blowing back her long pink hair.
Char heaved himself up again with great pain, "B-b-but..." he struggled, face turning red, "I don't have any MONEY!" he coughed out, falling back down short of breath.
The Nurse peeked her head over to Char who lain on the ground moaning in pain.
"Now I don't want you putting any hard pressure on this Ankle for a few days." The Nurse said as she wrapped the bandage tightly around his left ankle, which she had lift on a seat. Char sat there miserably with a frown on his face.
"Look at that face, so filthy and sad." she sighed as the Nurse dabbed her tongue on a pink handkerchief with poke balls on the corners and rubbed Char's dirty nose and cheeks clean. He quickly rubbed his face with his sleeve, making it slightly dirty. The Nurse sighed as she wet the Handkerchief again, before she could wipe the boys face another Nurse came by.
"Your Pokemon is fully healed. If you can't afford it we can make an exception for such a sweet young boy." she said smiling.
"Really! I'll make sure to make it up to one day, when I'm a Pokemon Master."
The Nurses giggled and the one who wrapped his ankle held him close.
"It's like having a little brother of all the Joy sisters!"
"Wait, that why you are all alike? You're all sisters?" Char asked, Awed.
"Yes, we are all Nurses scattered among the Kanto regions Pokemon centers, they will all know you as their little brother. Little Brother Charlie." she again giggled as he rubbed his scrappy hair.
Char stood and bowed to the two Nurse's, then Left as quickly as he could trying to forget all the Hugs and Kisses the many Nurse's smothered him with.
"Girls are so gross." he thought to himself as he Slid the pokeball in his first belt loop slot.
After exiting, he looked at the nearby shop through the windows.
"Wooow, what cool stuff." he sighed, breathing on the window then leaning against it as he enviously looked at all the neat gear, dolls, tools, and of course Poke-balls. But Poke-balls were 200 Yen a piece, which his family wasn't the kind to easily afford just for a single Pokemon.
"I'm going to have to make my own money pretty fast, or my supplies will run out quick." he said to himself, sticking his hand into the left pants pocket feeling the five Poke-balls the professor generously gave him.
"Wait, the Viridian forest! All sorts of trainers are there!" Char shouted, as he dashed off to find a gate. Quickly enough, Char crashed into a woman as he fell back soon apologizing to the woman as he picked up her groceries.
"Ohoho, it's no problem at all little boy. Might I ask where you were off in such a rush to?" Char giving his quick answer as he handed a loaf of bread to her.
"Viridian Forest? Oh my..." she mummered, anxiously looking at ground.
"What? What's the problem?"
"Hey you! Get away from me! You, broad in the dress, I see you! Back off! Hey there tough guy, stay the hell away! I may look small but I'm still handy in fisticuffs!" an Old man barked at random passerby's.
"See, he always blocks the entrance to Viridian Forest every morning before he gets his Coffee. So you might have to wait a while." she explained.
"Isn't there anywhere else to go?" Char sadly whimpered up at her.
"Uhmmm, well I know there are wild Pokemon you can train with along victory lane.
"Victory Lane? Got it!" Char eagerly nodded as he strolled off.
On Victory lane, Char searched among the tall grass, not finding anything to battle.
"What happened to any Pokemon?" he pouted.
"I beat them all," a voice said, with faux Modesty.
"Wha?" Char looked up to see a boy in black on top a higher ledge standing, infact it was Kain!
"Kain, what are you doing here?" Char complained, pretending to shield his eyes from the sun, even though Kain's shadow totally engulfed over him.
Kain chuckled with a 'Snf' as he rubbed his nose like some form of cockiness, which really annoyed Char as it had in the past.
"Better question is what you are doing here, this is Victory Lane. Land where only the most Ultimate Pokemon masters go. You have no business here, get out!" he shouted.
Char opened his mouth, then closed it weakly. Stomping off in the grass muttering words, he could sense Kain disappointedly shaking his head.
Char checked by the old man, to see he wasn't there anymore.
"Sweet! Time to head for Viridian forest!" he happily cheered as he dashed through the gates up a trail and into some grass.
He paced himself around a big meadow of tall grass, something had caught his eye, or he could have been just seeing things.
Char slit his eyes, peeking around the air. He could've sworn...
A strike in the air was heard as he gazed up to see two birds fighting in the air. There were no trainers, no money on the line, just primal fury of nature.
Pokedex reading Pokemon types. Data confirmed. First subject Unidentified and second subject Spearow.
"Oh man! A Spearow! This is my chance to get that good Pokemon Kain nabbed. Though...do I even know how good a Pokemon it is? I mean..." his thoughts ended as furious gust picked Char up and pulled him off his feet, airborne.
The young trainer's body twisted and curled mid-air as he could barely even get a grip on what was happening. Hat blowing off soon he could feel his backpack straps slipping.
"No!" he cried out, barely able to open his eyes as his backpack blew away falling on the ground. All he could make out was the two darkly silhouetted Pokemon. He reached into his pocket as the wind torrent pulled him closer in.
"Spearow...you're mine." he grunted, as his arm half-involuntarily flung back, poke-ball in hand. Letting out another grunt of strength, he threw with a pitcher's swing as the ball let loose and went crazy spinning only by the rules of wind.
The ball then knocked into one of the birds, Char cheered as best his jaw allowed, only to realize he struck wrong. The Pokeball packed with the unknown Pokemon fell down into the deep grass. The winds would weaken very quickly, and Char would fall. Though all he cared about was missing his chance to get a Spearow.
"Damnit, I wasted one Poke-ball already. But I hope you're worth it Spearow!" he cried out, releasing another brunt of power to chuck a poke-ball at Spearow. This one flew very fast and hard at the Pokemon, knocking into it and sentencing the creature into the coffin of red and white.
The winds halted as the poke-ball and Char flew in colliding directions, landing oppositely and a few meters apart.
Breep, Breep, Breep...Do'ing. Pokemon Secure
Char let a sigh of relief as he stood and smiled, beginning to search the grass for it.
Po-po-Pokemon sec-secsecsecsec
The defective noises startled Char as he immediately rushed to find the poke-ball. He jerked his head to the right to see invisible cuts at the air of wind swiping and a poke-ball rolling around spastically. It cracked open with hurricane-like winds bolting out.
Char was stunned and blown back to witness a massive wide-winged creature Fly out and flap it's giant wings away from Char. The Blinding light didn't let him see much at all and all he could pick up was its huge wingspan.
"Pokedex! Quick!"
Subject out of reach. Data inconclusive
"Damnit! This sucks!" Char whined as he plotzed onto the ground sniveling.
"I've lost two Poke-balls, totally put to waste. And just by a fingernail I lost an awesome looking Pokemon." he sighed miserably, "I'm such a terrible Pokemon trainer, Kain and Teresa are so much better then I will ever be." hugging his knees.
Looking around for his hat and bag, he noticed another Poke-ball on the ground.
"Oh, it's that other Pokemon. Well a new addition is always good I guess." pawing for it into his reach as he got a firmer grip on it.
"Lo and behold, what a pity this is. Wait a second..." he speculated scratching his chin. "Piddy?...Pid...gey. Pidgey!" as he cheerfully thrusted up.
"Come on out Pidgey!" he shouted, throwing the ball up high in the air as it exploded out like a firecracker, life bursting out and freely flying about with a small after image of it's tail leading behind. Char looked up smiling as he felt the poke-ball smack back against his hand, which hadn't moved this time intentionally leaving it still. He was getting the hand of this.
Pidgey, the flying Pokemon. A common sight in forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand.
Pidgey flew down seemingly happy to be out in the sun, it swooped down and picked up Char's hat dropping it for him to catch. Then it landed before him doing a little dance with it's wings fluttering and cawed with a loving nature to Char.
"Well you don't seem like too bad a Pokemon at all, even if you never evolve into some cool looking superpower like that Spearow." crouching down, as he playfully scratched it on the neck.
"I wonder if you're a boy or girl. Pokedex, tell me what you think about all my Pokemon?"
Scanning. Scanning. Data retrieved. Subject Charmander is of the Female sex, and Subject Pidgey is of the Male
"Charmanders a girl! Boy...well atleast it's balanced." he chuckled.
Boy is Kain gonna get his own once he sees all my new Pokemon, Char thought as he absorbed Pidgey into his ball. Then found his backpack, sliding the straps back on.