Chapter 3
"Well after graduating highschool, I registered with the pokemon league to begin getting the badges needed to enter the championship." John said.
"You mean you didn't start off by catching some other pokemon."
"Nope, I wanted to see if they were strong enough first." John replied.
"Oh, I see good plan, so what badges did you start with." Bill said in agreement with John's plan that if you can get a badge your pokemon is strong enough to go up against wild pokemon.
Today just couldn't get any better John thought as he sped down the path on his mountain bike. He left home several days ago and the weather was great; plus ditto and ditto were coming along as well. Speaking of his pokemon John decided to take a look around to see where they were. Ditto number one who he called titan, after the giant titans of ancient mythology specialized in mimicking larger pokemon, was currently flying above him as a charizard. While his second ditto who he called morph who specialized in the smaller more diverse pokemon, was running along side him as a rapidash. This was the life he thought spending a nice day speeding along a country path with his pokemon, he couldn't think of anything that would make it better as he continued on his way to Petalburg city and his first gym battle.
A shrill scream broke he reverie as he crested the next hill and what he saw chilled him to the bone. A young woman was sobbing over an unconscious combustken while a battered bellcatty tried valiantly to fight off several large menacing mightyena being controlled by several men of the sleezy variety.
"Please, I'll give you what ever you want just leave my pokemon alone," yelled the young woman between sobs.
"Oh we'll get what we want from you and more once your stupid bellcatty is out of the way," Leered the leader of the pack.
"Titan, morph you know what to do," John said as he quickly recalled his pokemon into their pokeballs before approaching the men.
"What's going on here, this doesn't look like a fair fight," John said calmly as he approached the group.
"This doesn't concern you kid," yelled one of the men as John calmly walked up to the crying woman.
"Here let me help and the names John by the way," John said as he began to examine the unconscious pokemon. The combustken wasn't as badly hurt as he thought it was just knocked out by a surprise attack most likely. "I think your combustken here just has a concussion nothing serious" John said trying to comfort the woman.
"That's a relief, thank you, the names May," May replied as she dried her eyes.
"Hey don't forget about us over here, bub" yelled the men as their mightyena moved in. As they approached May shrunk back in fear behind John scarred by the dark dog type pokemon.
I've got to end this quick John thought as his ditto might not be able to fend off several mightyena and the men at the same time. "Well don't say I didn't warn you, titan go," John yelled as he tossed a pokeball high into the air.
"Hahaha the stupid shit, is using an airborne pokemon leaving him defenseless," Yelled one of the men as a large shadow passed over them.
"Um ba ba ba ba boss, lo lo lo look up," stammered one of them as a large green dragon leered down at them.
"Oh my god," May said in amazement as a raquaza appeared in the sky above them. She had seen one once before when she traveled to Larousse with Ash Ketchum and company but never this close.
"Oh him that's my pokemon titan he doesn't like it when sleazy guys like you pick on innocent women," John said as Titan prepared a large hyper beam, while the men soiled their pants. "I suggest running now," John said in amusement as the men and pokemon took the hint and ran back over the crest of the hill and away from the dragon.
"How can I ever thank you," May exclaimed as she returned bellcatty to its pokeball. "You did a great Job bellcatty take a nice rest,"
"Well can you tell me how much further it is to Petleburg city, I'm on my way there to battle for the balance badge," John said as titan lowered himself to the ground while staying in his dragon form. Ditto's can impersonate anything in the world but he preferred larger pokemon like the dragon rayquaza.
"It's not much further but it might take a while as my bike is busted. I hoping to get there this afternoon myself but now that I have to walk it might take till late tonight," May replied sadly.
"No, problem titan here can carry us, and I'll get morph to carry our bikes. Morph come on out," John said as Morph emerged in ditto form.
"Oh wow it's a ditto but how is he going to carry our bikes and better yet how in the world did you capture a raquaza," May said getting a little confused.
"Well you see titan here is also a ditto, I just trained him to mimic raquaza," John said as titan morphed back into his ditto form.
"Wow this little guy can turn into something that big and powerful," May exclaimed.
"Not exactly, he can mimic the shape and some of the attacks but the power isn't the same so I use it more for confusion and surprise," John said as he helped May get her stuff together.
"Oh, I bet that makes your battles interesting, but how are the two ditto's going to get us to Petleburg city," May said.
"Just watch, titan, turn into lugia and morph turn into mew." John told his pokemon.
"Now titan I want you to carry May here and be gentle she's been through a lot today, so no showing off, and morph do you think you can manage her to carry her stuff." John said fully explaining the plan to his pokemon.
"Well then May climb on and we will be off," John said as he helped May onto Titan, while morph used the psychic powers of mew to carry May's damaged bike along with his own.
"Oh man I wish I could have seen the look on that guys face when titan came out as rayquaza," Bill Chuckled as he took a sip of his beer.
"You have no idea I was trying not to laugh think that in reality it was just a ditto scarring them away," John replied.
"Here you go gentlemen two big burgers with the works, just like you ordered," the waitress said as she set down the food in front of them.
"Now where were we," John said as he tore into the burger with reckless abandon.