Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, I only own Violet Hawke as my OC.
Summary: Violet Hawke wanted nothing more than to be a Bug Pokemon Trainer, but with how people viewed those types all she got was ridicule until the day she bumped into the local Professor. Now on a journey, she tries to make her goal a reality, but with an Organization coming out of the shadows she has to decide just how much she's willing to risk to realize her goal.
Chapter 08: The Battle of Nugget Bridge
Violet screamed as she woke up in the middle of the night, her clothes sticking to her from the sweat that covered her skin, looking around with wide eyes before remembering where she was.
"Just a dream." Violet muttered, shaking her head trying to get rid of the image of the Grimer out, trying not to think about what could've happened if Brock wasn't there.
Looking up, Violet saw the Pokeballs containing her Pokemon and for a second she was tempted to let them out in order to feel some comfort but she refrained from doing so, not wanting for them to see her like this.
So instead she just got up and walked into the bathroom to splash some cold water on her face, deciding to stay up and think of what to do for the day.
There was no way she could go back to sleep, so she might as well try to do something productive and the battle with Green wasn't for another day.
With that thought, Violet sat at the computer desk looking up more information on her three Pokemon. While she knew Stinger and Silk fairly well and was starting to come to terms with knowing Parasite, Violet knew that she still had a lot to learn.
So she planned on studying up more on them.
For example, Beedrills were capable of using different types of poison that they have stored up in their stingers. Some of them paralyze their targets bodies while other uses can even stop a person's heart for a short time, faking a death.
Violet was rather intrigued by the different uses and wondered how much Stinger could use? She'll have to see about finding a way to train that part of him.
They were also insanely fast, something that Stinger can attest to, but he was still slow compared to other Pokemon as his speed needed to be worked on.
Writing down the attributes she wanted to focus on, Violet turned from Stinger's Data to Silks.
According to the dex, Butterfree's had the same amount of toxins that Beedrill's do, only it's stored in their wings rather than stingers and they can spread this poison by unleashing powders which explained their status attacks. It also helps protect their wings from water allowing for them to fly in the rain.
Filing that piece of information, Violet had yet another reason to use Silk against the next Gym Leader, making her grin in anticipation.
"I wonder if I should have Silk practice Confusion on Stinger?" Violet mused in thought.
Not only would it help Silk master the attack even more, but it could also help Stinger build up a resistance to psychic attacks considering he was part poison.
It was something to think about.
Writing the idea down, Violet began to research Paras now.
"Drain nutrients from tree roots? Wait, then why were they inside of the cave?" Violet muttered in surprise at that.
Though looking over the effects of the Tuchasko Mushrooms, she was pretty surprised that they can extend a life. Sure the Pokedex mentioned that when she caught Parasite, but she didn't really think much about it.
But she was also limited in moves unlike Stinger and Silk.
So much that Violet thought for a second before pulling out the TM she received from Brock.
Any of her Pokemon could learn this move and while she originally thought about giving it to Stinger, he knows quite a few moves now while Parasite only knows two.
Thinking it over again, Violet smiled and held the TM up to Parasite's Pokeball, pressing the TM, remembering the explanation on how it worked as the Pokeball synched up with it, the red beam that's usually shown to return a Pokemon going over it.
On doing it, the TM flashed a few times. Violet recognized this as the process of it making sure she wanted to do this, so she pressed down again and it flashed to confirm it.
Once it was done, Violet placed the TM away, knowing it was useless now before checking her Pokedex to see that it worked.
Parasite now knew Bide.
With that done, Violet continued to study up on her Pokemon, the terror she was feeling earlier from the nightmare now a thing of the past because of her excitement of learning.
A few hours later, Violet was back on Route 04 with only Parasite out with her.
The reason she only had Parasite out was to both train her and because according to the Pokedex both Beedrills and Butterfree often fly around to gather honey which surprised her because she hasn't seen either of her Pokemon do that.
It was only after looking into it that she realized neither of them wanted to leave her alone until there were more than the two of them and now with Parasite they felt confident enough that she would be safe until they came back.
"Ras?" Parasite glanced up at her new trainer, wondering what the plan was while Violet gave her a thoughtful look.
"Okay we only have three moves for you so how about we work on how quickly you can unleash Stun Spore?" Violet suggested as the quicker Parasite could do that the better their chances were.
First they needed to find a wild Pokemon to spar with.
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While that was going on, Stinger was flying past the Nugget Bridge towards Route 24 where some flowers could be, looking around for any nectar to take, taking care to stay out of sight of any other trainer given how his species was slightly feared.
But he was happy to just be by himself for a bit, don't get him wrong he loves his trainer dearly and he managed to find some common ground with Silk along with deeming Parasite alright, but being the only guy in the group is pretty frustrating.
He needs some alone time and he's also behind on gathering honey, it was basic instinct for a Beedrill to bring honey back to the hive, something he put off for a long time.
"Fweh." A familiar voice called out nearly making Stinger buzz in annoyance.
So much for alone time.
Instead he glanced over only to stare as Silk already seemed to have a bit of honey on the hair of her legs and she was already having a smug look that he really hated.
"Bzzt!" Stinger jabbed a stinger in her direction, demanding to know where she got that honey while Silk just tilted her head before telling him to figure it out for himself, laughing at how he was shaking.
She knew him well enough to know that he wasn't really upset, this type of thing has become a bit of a game for the two of them.
Stinger huffed and crossed his stingers in annoyance before finding a flower with enough pollen to help in making honey.
So he placed a stinger in there to draw it out, pointedly ignoring Silk at this point.
But she didn't fly off in response to that, instead she hovered in the air, making another cry that had Stinger pause.
It seemed that Silk was worried about that man who tried to murder their trainer the other day and she's been wanting to bring it up when they weren't around their trainer for awhile.
It was a worry that they both shared.
So Stinger glanced at her, telling her what he remembered despite being paralyzed and he could see that she came to the same conclusion that he did about how rampant that Muk was.
It sounded eerily similar to the Kangaskhan that attacked them in the Forest.
Both times their Trainer was in danger and the second time they weren't strong enough to protect her.
So they needed to get stronger on the chance that something like that happened again.
Not wanting to think on that anymore, Stinger changed the subject, declaring that he would be the one to get the most honey back making Silk balk before she returned the challenge saying she was in the lead and it wouldn't be that much of a challenge which angered Stinger and resulted in him flinging some honey at her making her cry out in shock and outrage.
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"Wow, you guys went overboard." Violet couldn't help but say as they had five jars of honey now, making her glad that she thought ahead to buying some extra jars after they left.
Though she was wondering why they seemed to be covered in honey as they refused to look at each other.
Parasite thought about asking but refrained from doing so, instead she just looked at the jars with some hunger considering she's been training for a bit, though she hasn't gained any levels that day, just working on her moves.
"Um how about I give you guys a bath?" Violet suggested, though while she did want to start the training schedule she had written out that morning for them, she didn't want to do it while they were all sticky from the honey.
Silk preened at the idea of a bath while Parasite gave a cheer considering her ability would let a bath heal her.
Stinger wanted to make a retort, but the stickiness from the honey was affecting his wings, so he refrained from doing so.
The next day, Violet swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat when she approached the Nugget Bridge, all three of her Pokemon currently inside their Pokeballs while she held Parasite's, planning on testing her out first in the battle that was to come.
Unlike the Gym she planned to face, this battle was a lot more personal.
"So you finally showed up." Green's voice made her glance up to see him waiting near the bridge, leaning against the railing with his Eevee out next to him while he had four Pokeballs on his belt showing he added another Pokemon to his team. "I'll be honest, I wasn't sure if you were going to show."
"Say what you will, I keep my promises." Violet said as she would've showed up on Nugget regardless, glaring at him.
Green gave a slight huff. "Good for you," He stood up and frowned. "Did you catch a Paras in Mt. Moon or are you still stuck with two?"
"I have three." Violet snapped already knowing that it wouldn't be hard for him to figure out what three they were.
Ignoring how snappish she was, Green pulled a Pokeball out. "Alright then, three-on-three, no swapping allowed. If you recall your Pokemon it counts as a forfeit," He said explaining the rule of this battle as while the League Tournaments allow switching out, it truly tests a trainer's skill when they can't switch out. "Think you're up for it?"
In response, Violet sent Parasite out.
That made Green smirk as he sent out his Pidgeotto, the evolved form of Pidgey with a crest of pinkish feathers on its head as it gave a cry, towering over Parasite who was shaking a bit in fear.
Both trainer's pulled out their Pokedex, with Violet hesitating on seeing that this Pidgeotto was lv. 20 while Green smirked at seeing that Parasite was 15.
"Not only do you have a disadvantage in terms of type but you're pretty low-leveled," Green commented looking at Violet. "Last chance to give up."
Instead of dignifying that with a response, Violet started the battle. "Stun Spore, lock that bird up in paralysis!" She then lowered her voice. "Use it to mask Bide."
Green just sighed as the Paras overcame her fear to make the spores fly towards the Pidgeotto who looked unimpressed. "Whirlwind."
Pidgeotto gave a cry and blew the spore back with a gust of wind, the only reason it didn't affect Parasite was because of its grass typing.
Green then followed up with a Gust that knocked Parasite back, really hurting her given the double weakness.
"I just took care of your Stun Spore and from the level, your Paras only knows Scratch, this is just embarrassing." Green voiced while Parasite was still storing up the energy from the Gust. "It's smarter to recall your bug."
When no answer came, Green just twitched.
"Fine, just remember I gave you an out, Pidgeotto, finish this with Quick Attack."
The moment he called that out, Violet smirked. "Unleash your Bide."
That sentence made Green's eyes widen. "Pidgeotto get away!" He tried despite how useless that would be given how Pidgeotto was already in motion with the Quick Attack before Parasite unleashed a blast of energy that knocked the bird away.
As Bide takes the damage and deals it back double, it was enough to one-shot the bird while Green returned him with a frown.
"Hm, I should've expected something like that." He said, berating himself for not thinking that she had any TM's.
"Alright Parasite!" Violet cheered as the Paras gave a sigh of relief, collapsing in exhaustion making the girl wince before she pulled out the Pokeball. "Great job, you take a nice rest."
So far the score was 1-0 on her side.
If she wins the next part then she'll automatically win the battle and she was excited about that prospect.
So she went all in by sending out Stinger as Green regarded the bug before sending out his Rattata.
"Don't think you'll take down my other two Pokemon so easily." Green warned her showing that he wasn't going to give her anymore chances of backing out as they both checked the Pokedex with the Rattata being 19 while Stinger was 20
"Twineedle!"
Stinger gave a harsh buzz as he fired a barrage of barbs from his stingers towards the Rattata who easily dodged and weaved around them with a Quick Attack, giving a Tail Whip in the process to lower his defense a bit.
"It's too fast, use String Shot to slow him down!"
Listening to her, Stinger fired a multitude of string shots, surrounding the Rattata, but Green frowned as he noticed the purple barbs inside of the webs.
"Careful, that Beedrill used Poison Sting with the String Shot." He warned the Rat who gave a nod, knowing that one wrong step could poison him.
"Now Twineedle once more!"
As the Beedrill came closer to launch the barbs, Green kept calm with his arms crossed, regarding this battle.
'I see, so this is how she got this far.' Green thought, now understanding her battling style.
Perhaps the Gym wasn't luck if she was this strategic, but it won't work with him.
Waiting until the Beedrill was close enough, he gave the order. "Bubblebeam!"
"Wha?!" Violet clearly wasn't expecting that as the Rattata fired a barrage of bubbles that slammed into Stinger, the moisture on his wings making it hard for him to fly as he began to descend, having to forgo using Twineedle to keep from crashing.
"Now finish him with Hyper Fang!"
Rattata snarled and lunged at Stinger, moving expertly around the carefully placed traps while his fang glowed before he slammed into Stinger biting into him with enough force for a part of his carapace to crack as Stinger gave a cry of pain before gravity took effect with the two slamming into the ground.
The force was enough to knock Stinger out while Rattata huffed and sat down.
Violet quickly returned Stinger, looking very worried given the size of the crack on his carapace, especially because Rattata were known to be able to bite through solid stone with Hyper Fangs.
"You're not the only one to use TM's." Green reminded her as Bubblebeam was given to him for defeating the Cerulean Gym.
Any retort died out when Rattata gave a cry and began to glow, growing in size to show his evolution before a tawny colored rat stood in its place with webbed feet and hands.
"I suppose I should thank you for giving him enough experience to evolve, we've been trying to fix that for awhile." Green commented, returning his new Raticate as the score was 1-1.
This next fight would determine who was stronger.
"Alright Silk it's all up to you!" Violet sent out her Butterfree who gave a cry as she flew around, fully expecting for Green to send out his Eevee.
Instead however, he sent out a Pokemon that neither she nor Silk were expecting.
This Pokemon was sitting, levitating in the air with its kite-faced shape being yellow with slanted eyes, looking like he was wearing brown pauldron like armor, its yellow tail swishing.
"An Abra?" Violet asked in disbelief. "But they can only use Teleport!"
Green just smirked. "Thunder Wave!"
Eyes widening, Violet ordered for Silk to dodge before Abra began to Teleport around the area on his trainer's order, confusing both her and Silk.
"I've had this Abra for a few days and it was enough for him to master the four TM's I found on my journey." Green admitted with Violet tensing as this confirmed that Abra knew three other moves. "Mega Punch!"
Immediately the Abra teleported above Silk with his fist glowing, the Butterfree barely having time to register that before the attack connected, sending her right into the poisoned string shots.
Silk grimaced as the poison surged through her with Green effectively turning her own trap on her.
"I thought you would've expected more TM moves after Raticate surprised you with a Bubblebeam, it should be obvious considering you used one yourself," Green arched a brow at her as Silk quickly flew back up, trying to ignore the poison. "Were you really not expecting for anyone else to use TM's?"
Instead of answering, Violet went on the offensive. "Supersonic."
Despite Silk's best efforts, Abra was back to teleporting around her, he even took the time to mess with her as he kept teleporting behind her to tap her shoulder a few times.
As this continued, Silk was really getting frustrated, especially with the poison surging through her some more before Green decided to end the fight.
"Seismic Toss."
"Use Confusion all around you!" Violet desperately ordered to try and catch him off guard, but being a natural Psychic Type the Abra just ignored the psychic attack as it grappled the bug and slammed her into the ground where she didn't get up while Violet stared in shock.
S-She lost.
Green gave a nod to his Abra who teleported to hang onto his shoulder where it went to sleep once getting comfortable. "The only reason you defeated Pidgeotto was because I wasn't expecting for your Paras to know Bide," He admitted as that was due to his own arrogance, especially since it was the last TM that he used for Abra. "Now that I know about it, the attack won't work again and you were too impatient with your fighting style."
Violet said nothing, just returning Silk as she wanted to get to the Pokemon Center, but Green continued.
"I'd advise that you train some more, especially if you still plan to use Bugs." Green told her as this battle was easier than he expected for someone who was supposed to be his Rival.
It pissed him off because he wants someone to push him, she wasn't his Rival if she was this weak. She had strategy, but she easily lost control when someone turned it around on her.
With his piece said, he walked off, aiming to get to Vermillion to get his third badge, Eevee following after him while Violet stood there with Silk's Pokeball, unsure of what to do.
That evening, she sat at the table of the Pokemon Center, waiting for her Pokemon to be cleared as while Parasite was just exhausted Silk had to get some toxins out of her, nothing too life threatening but it was enough to need her to rest.
Stinger however needed extensive attention due to the damage that Rattata gave him with Hyper Fang.
She was told that he would be fine but they were checking to make sure there wasn't any lasting damage.
Green's words kept going through her head despite how she tried not to think about them, but she knew he was right.
She was arrogant in this fight, especially after getting the first badge.
Sure some of that arrogance disappeared after her near death experience but she thought she was strong enough to take Green down.
Instead he practically curb-stomped her.
It was stupid of her to not expect TM moves, of course she should've expected them but she didn't think that Green had any except for the Bide TM, but if she found that Water Gun TM then of course he would've found others.
And they were the right TM's to allow for his Abra to be a powerful fighter despite how they're usually known to Teleport only.
"How could I be so stupid?" Violet muttered, placing her hands on her face.
Brock's words from when she gained the Boulder Badge echoed in her head.
'It's only going to get tougher from here on out, I've lost to some Bug Catchers before and a lot of them give up before even reaching the second Gym, to raise other Pokemon.'
She was really starting to see why he gave that warning.
Both Stinger and Silk were fully evolved and none of Green's Pokemon were evolved with the exception of the Pidgeotto when they battled and they would only get stronger when they reached their final form much like how his Raticate had to be stronger.
And his Abra despite having a type disadvantage against her Pokemon easily took her out. Just imagine how strong it would be as an Alakazam?
With all of that to take in, could she actually do this or was her dream really just something that was impossible?
Was Lucy right? Were all of those kids right?
Is it impossible to be strong with Bug Types?
Her resolve which has kept her going was almost shattered at this point.
"Violet Hawke, your Pokemon are waiting for you at the Front Desk." Violet's head snapped up at hearing the announcement as she quickly left the table.
"Are they okay?!" Violet asked immediately on getting to the desk with Nurse Joy holding out her hand, gesturing for her to keep calm.
"Your Pokemon are alright, but I would refrain from having your Beedrill partake in any battles for a good day," She warned Violet. "There's no lasting damage and the crack should disappear after a day, but it's better to be safe than sorry."
Violet gave a nod, relief flooding her face, thanking the Nurse as she grabbed their Pokeballs before leaving the desk to go back to her room.
Once there, she let Stinger out first to see him subdued as he was on the ground, not hovering for once most likely due to the injury as while the crack was barely visible it was still there.
She didn't let Silk or Parasite out because they weren't the ones who got injured in this last battle, opting to talk to them tomorrow.
"How are you feeling?" Violet asked her Starter only for him to look away.
It seemed that losing to a Rattata despite the fact that he took down countless other members of the species before had him annoyed.
Seeing that, Violet sat down next to him now giving a bit of a sad smile. "Sorry." She said with Stinger tilting his head in her direction in confusion, most likely wondering why she was apologizing. "I got so into the idea of showing Green that we were strong that I didn't take into account the idea that he might've used TM's. Both his Rattata and his Abra caught us completely off guard."
Though he obviously didn't think the same either given how off guard he was when Parasite took down his Pidgeotto despite the double-weakness. But Green was right in the fact that it won't work again showing that unless they had something new she would still lose.
"Bzzt." Stinger buzzed, ignoring the slight pain as he flew up until he was right behind Violet and landed on her back, being very careful not to actually sting her as his forearms went around her chest and legs went around her stomach while his head was right next to hers.
Violet giggled at that, feeling a little ticklish as she smiled at Stinger who buzzed his wings in response.
This reminded her of when Stinger cheered her up when he was a Weedle on that day they met Prof. Oak.
And just like that she remembered the words the Professor told her that day.
'Any Pokemon can be strong depending on the trainer, no matter their type or what Pokemon they are. What matters most is your bond with the Pokemon.'
On remembering that, Violet frowned pushing those thoughts she had earlier away.
There was no way she was going to quit because of a little setback. So what if Green won that battle?
She'll just win the next one.
She made a promise to become the world's greatest Bug Trainer and she was going to keep it, no matter how long it takes.
So she stood up, with Stinger tightening his hold to avoid falling off. "Stinger once you're all healed up we're heading out to Nugget Bridge and up to Route 24 to battle every trainer out there!" She declared with clear determination in her voice. "Then we head to the Gym and wipe them out."
Stinger gave a cry of agreement, itching to get stronger.
Violet grinned at him as she adjusted her hat, no doubt looking forward to the rematch with Green, to prove to him that she wasn't weak.
They had a lot of work to do.
To Be Continued…
Party Data
Starter
Name: Stinger
Species: Beedrill
Type: Poison/Bug
Gender: Male
Nature: Naughty (Up Attack/Down Sp. Defense)
Characteristics: Capable of taking hits. (Up Defense)
Lv. 20
Caught at Lv. 3
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack, Focus Energy and Twineedle.
Became Violet's Starter in Chapter 01: The Phantom Pokemon.
Evolved into Kakuna and again into Beedrill in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
2nd Pokemon
Name: Silk
Species: Butterfree
Type: Bug/Flying
Gender: Female
Nature: Bold (Up Defense/Down Attack)
Characteristics: Thoroughly Cunning (Up Sp. Attack)
Lv. 22
Caught at Lv. 5
Ability: Compound Eyes
Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder and Supersonic.
Joined the team in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
Evolved into Metapod in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
Evolved into Butterfree in Chapter 04: Rock Hard Determination.
3rd Pokemon
Name: Parasite
Species: Paras
Type: Grass/Bug
Gender: Female
Nature: Naive (Up Speed/Down Sp. Defense)
Characteristics: Hates to Lose (Up Sp. Defense)
Lv. 17
Caught at Lv. 7
Ability: Dry Skin
Moves: Scratch, Stun Spore and Bide.
Was captured in Chapter 06: Trials of Mt. Moon
Phew that was fun to type, even if Violet lost to Green but honestly at this point Violet is still pretty weak despite the amazing strides she's made, she still has a lot to learn about her Pokemon's strengths. Plus unlike the games there are other people who would use TM's, like the Rival. Considering how Violet found the Water Gun TM, Green found three TM's that could be found in the game being Mega Punch, Thunder Wave and Seismic Toss and used them to help his Abra out, I mean it makes more sense than just doing switching techniques like you would in the game. Plus I think that would catch anyone off guard.
Violet on the other hand could only use the Bide TM and it's great for a one-trick surprise and is easily countered if you know it's coming. This loss however managed to pull out some insecurities that Violet hid, but it also taught her to expect TM moves as at this stage people will start to use them in battles. Meaning she would have to keep on her toes from now on.
Besides that this chapter showed Stinger and Silk getting along while still butting heads and Parasite didn't get too much screen time but I'm hoping to change that in the future. It's fun typing how the Bugs are interacting without their Trainer, hopefully I can make it even better in the future, especially whenever Violet does get a full team.
Pokemonking0924: Yea, a near death experience, especially like the one she experienced with the near suffocation turned poisoning would haunt anyone, especially a ten year old girl. It's one of the main motivations to get stronger besides the obvious. Parasite has a long way to go, in Gen 1 Paras had a horrible movepool that thankfully got better in future gen's, but right now she's lacking in terms of moves that aren't TM's. I know what you mean about the evil Gym Leaders, you would think that some people would take advantage that half of them were in Team Rocket, it was a surprise to me that not many people do. Plus Violet catching the good and bad Gym Leader's attention is always an interesting thing to think about. Heh, you actually guessed the plan for the Fairy types.
Sesshyluhvr: Thanks, it was fun to type and hopefully the first official battle between her and Green didn't disappoint.
Kunoichi69: Yes Koga was the leading commander, I did drop several hints with how he said he specialied in status ailments, had a shuriken Pokeball, only the beginning of modified Pokeballs I plan to introduce, and the poison types he's used along with being like a Ninja. I do plan to give them great, realistic reasons, you'll have to wait and see though. Parasite will eventually get her time to shine, especially once she gets some more moves and I figured having Stinger react to being the only male would be hilarious for a bit.
DarthMonkey: Yeah, not going to lie I was hoping to catch Parasite with a different ability when I played the Fire Red game, but I managed to work around it and Parasite really surprised me with how she was doing in the game. I already have the nickname chosen for the Venonat/Venomoth but I'll take the Scyther and Pinsir ones into consideration as I haven't given them nicknames in the game. Oh and you guessed the right gender, I wasn't planning on the genders when I caught my team, I found it hilarious when it happened.
Rmarcano321: Thank you and Late Holiday Wishes to you as well!
BradiLain: Thank you and it's no trouble, I've been having too much fun typing this story. It was difficult to actually type the Gym Leader conversation because whenever I do stories I typically kept it to two or three people talking at once, this was the first time I've had that many people at the same time, originally I was going to have all eight along with the Elite Four, but decided to start small. I'm glad everyone was distinct and spot on, I was very worried about that at the time. If you want to read the Manga there's a website called TenManga. Com that you can go to read them for free.
Alright before I post this if you enjoyed this Pokemon story perhaps you can give my other Pokemon story-a Mystery Dungeon one that's been up for awhile a try, I just updated it to having six chapters earlier today.