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 09: Cerulean Cape
"Parasite, you okay?" Violet asked with concern in her tone as her newest Pokemon was stumbling a bit after taking a Poison Sting from Stinger.
They were currently training up past the Nugget Bridge where they managed to fight quite a few trainers with Pokemon like Geodude, Slowpoke, Spearow, Oddish and Nidoran-both male and female.
Pretty good variety for her team to train up against, though she still had a problem with training up Parasite who kept getting knocked out before Bide could be completed. And Scratch wasn't too strong of a move for the type of Pokemon they faced here.
It was enough for the Mushroom Pokemon to be pretty despondent to the others who were raking in a lot of wins. The loss against Green was motivating them pretty well.
"Bzt?" Stinger's tone also held some concern as he knew that Parasite was weak to poison attacks, they were trying to help her work up an endurance to it much like how Silk practiced using Confusion on him to help his endurance.
Besides, he didn't want to use Twineedle on her if Poison Sting was doing that much damage.
Parasite just looked away, feeling weak compared to them.
Seeing that, Violet easily picked her up and held her close with a smile. "Hey it'll take some time, Stinger and Silk had a long way to go in the beginning, you should've seen when they were Kakuna and Metapod," She revealed to her. "There wasn't much we could do at that stage."
It didn't work due to how Parasite said nothing and Violet sighed before glancing up at Stinger who gave a nod, watching the Beedrill fly off towards Silk who was strengthening her Confusion by lifting rocks much like how one would lift weights.
'It would help if Paras wasn't limited with moves.' Violet thought as she knew that was the real reason. 'But most of her strength comes from TM's.'
Once she gets to Celadon she should be able to get some great TM's, though she would only be able to afford a few of them and she wants to get enough for the whole team instead of just Parasite.
But for now she was stuck with the moves she could learn naturally and if the Pokedex was right, which it usually is, then the next one should be Leech Life.
A Bug Move which would help immensely given how each move has their own type and they're stronger when a Pokemon of its own type uses it like how a water Pokemon using a water move is stronger than a normal type using a water move. They called it Same Type Attack Bonus or STAB in school if Violet remembers correctly.
Leech Life gets a bad rap due to how Zubats were notorious for using it and Supersonic making them pretty easy to take down by even beginner trainers. But when a Bug Pokemon uses Leech Life it gets a boosted effect making it a bit stronger.
It also heals the Pokemon who uses it which would help Parasite even more. Besides the only Bug type move she has in her arsenal is Twineedle on her Beedrill and that was it. Kind of weird that there aren't that many bug moves compared to other ones now that she thinks of it.
Hearing a cry, Violet glanced over to see Stinger practicing a rapid fire string shot, switching between them and Twineedle, breaking Silk's focus as she began to return the favor by trying to catch him in a Confusion.
Violet watched to make sure it wouldn't get too out of hand like it usually did, but she didn't intervene as she noticed that this was helping them out a lot, especially since Stinger was getting faster from dodging the psychic attacks while Silk was getting faster at firing off Confusion while in motion given how she always stood still to do that.
Seeing that they had it handled, Violet turned to continue training Parasite only to give a yelp when a long, shining blade sliced through the air in front of her.
Her yelp gained the attention of Stinger and Silk as they move to fight the new threat only to stop as Samurai stood there with a grin, sheathing his sword. "Greetings Violet of Viridian, it seems that we meet again."
"Samurai?" Violet felt her eye twitch at what just happened. "Are you trying to kill me?!"
If she walked any further when that happened that would've been painful.
Instead of looking perturbed, Samurai kept his grin. "Of course not, I wouldn't do that if there was a risk of injuring you." He promised before eyeing her three Pokemon. "You've certainly gotten stronger."
Taking a breath to calm her heart from the scare, Violet got the hint. "You want to battle?"
"Of course, I need to regain my lost honor." Samurai said already holding up a Pokeball with Violet seeing that he had three which confused her. "One on one?"
Surely he should have four if he was being a Bug Trainer.
But she shrugged it off and placed Parasite down, giving a nod at the mushroom Pokemon who scurried out there with Samurai eyeing her.
"You took on quite the challenge, even Bug Catchers tend to avoid raising a Paras," Samurai revealed, surprising her. "Their dual weakness against both flying and fire types are the reason, but they can be strong if trained right. I'll have to see about catching one soon."
So that meant his third Pokemon was a Beedrill most likely.
However Samurai sent out a Pokemon that clearly wasn't a Beedrill nor was it his Metapod that had to be a Butterfree at this point.
It was a Venonat with bushy purple hair and red jeweled eyes as a pair of antenna's quivered in the air.
"How did you get a Venonat?!" Violet asked as they could only be found further to the South-East of the Kanto Region which would take awhile to get to.
"I'm from Fuschia City, I've had Venonat just as long as Pinsir," Samurai said with a shrug. "He was knocked out the last time we met from another battle, so I wasn't able to show him off."
On hearing that Violet figured it made sense as the two got ready with her checking her Pokedex to see that the Venonat was nearly lv. 20.
That meant it should only know Tackle, Disable, Supersonic and Confusion. But the battle with Green went through her mind along with remembering how Samurai's Pinsir knew Swords Dance.
She can't assume that was all he knew.
"Stun Spore/Supersonic!" Both Bug Trainers ordered with the two Bugs springing into action to try and outdo the other.
Sadly the Supersonic shot through the Stun Spore, easily blasting it away as Parasite hissed from the noise that began to mess with her head as she stumbled around.
"Now Venonat, use Tackle!"
Venonat listened to Samurai slamming into Parasite who went rolling but as she got up with Violet ordering a Scratch, she ended up scratching herself.
'This is bad.' Violet thought as she was at quite the disadvantage.
Samurai didn't let up. "Now use Confusion to knock her back!" He ordered with the Venonat's eyes glowing right as Parasite was being lifted up before being slammed into the ground, skidding across it.
Thankfully it was enough to bring her back to her senses, though from how she was wincing it would seem that her health was in the yellow while Venonat was at full health.
"You are unfocused," Samurai said looking at Violet seeing that she wasn't fighting like she did last time. "Your head isn't in the battle."
Violet didn't say anything to that, instead trying to think of a way to turn this around.
"Fweh!" Silk cheered for Parasite despite how bad it was looking while Stinger just watched without saying a word.
The Poison Bee Pokemon was worried about how this was going as he wanted Parasite to get stronger so the three of them could better protect their trainer. But so far the Mushroom Pokemon wasn't keeping up that well.
He had to remind himself that he didn't do so well in the beginning either and he knew that Parasite has improved immensely since joining the team, but it wasn't enough.
"Bzzt." Stinger gave a low cheer after a bit which made Silk give him a weird look that he returned with a glare, daring her to make a comment about it.
Violet however knew that she couldn't afford to use Bide because it would lock Parasite up and she was certain that the mushroom Pokemon couldn't take too many Confusions. Stun Spore won't reach the Venonat so Scratch was all she could do.
Wait, there was a way for her to use Stun Spore, she just had to time it right.
"Tackle once more." Samurai ordered, guessing that Violet wasn't going to say anything, so he continued the battle and Violet waited until Venonat got close.
"Stun Spore all around you."
As Violet gave the order, Parasite gave a cry as the spores began to shoot out of her mushrooms and surrounded her like a shield right as the Venonat made contact.
Skidding back a bit, more injured now, Parasite was panting right as Venonat felt his limbs lock up.
"Now Scratch, use hit and run tactics." Violet ordered as Parasite gave a low cry and shot in, hitting the Venonat before running back as the bug went to attack only for his limbs to lock up again.
"Clever." Samurai muttered seeing how he fell for the trap, but not calling it dishonorable, having learned that there was more to battles than honor at this point in his journey.
Violet didn't hear him as Parasite kept the hit and run tactics up, having immense luck with Venonat's limbs locking up each time and before long, the Venonat was just as injured.
But luck ran out as Venonat was finally able to fire off a Confusion catching Parasite off guard before slamming her into the ground to where she was knocked out.
Violet felt her shoulders slump at yet another battle was lost while Samurai returned Venonat, not saying anything about his 'honor' being restored as he knew neither of them used their best Pokemon.
As strong as his Venonat was, it pales in comparison to his Pinsir and two Butterfree's.
Same with her as looking at both her Beedrill and Butterfree, Samurai knew that if she fought with those two, chances were he would've lost.
Violet finally returned Parasite, her hat hiding her eyes before Samurai spoke. "The battle could've gone either way," He said surprising her. "If Venonat didn't break out of the paralysis, you would've won."
"But I lost." She said her mind was still on both this battle and the one with Green.
"And you defeated me before." Samurai reminded her, raising a brow at her.
Hearing that Violet squirmed, glancing at Parasite's Pokeball before placing it on her belt. "So how many Gym Badges do you have Samurai?" She asked, hoping to take her mind off of the loss.
"Gym Badges? You're collecting them?"
The question threw Violet off guard. "You're not?"
"No, I'm only traveling and building up my team." Samurai responded with a shrug. "I don't plan to take the Gym Challenge or enter the Indigo Tournament, I take it you do?"
After a second, Violet gave a nod. "Yeah, I have the Boulder Badge," She revealed, glancing towards Stinger and Silk to see that they seemed to be talking about something, before returning her gaze to Samurai. "I plan to challenge the Cerulean Gym soon."
"You have quite the road ahead of you." Samurai cupped his chin in thought. "I take it that your Paras only knows two moves?"
"Three." Violet said rather quickly with Samurai blinking at that, wondering why she only used two. "Um I figured Bide wouldn't work on you."
"I see." Samurai took that in, but still seeing how much of a disadvantage her Paras seemed to be at. "I heard rumors that there was a man selling a TM in Cerulean City, the name escapes me but perhaps it would be one to give your Paras more coverage."
That made Violet's eyes widen, not expecting that, though she grimaced wondering how much it would be and if she would have enough money.
But still it was something that she desperately needed to ensure that Parasite does keep up with the others.
"I'll look into it, thanks Samurai-wait what's your name?" Violet looked down at her feet in embarrassment. "I never did get it."
Samurai blinked before chuckling. "I see, I may have forgotten to give it, my name is Brian, but I honestly prefer Samurai."
Violet repeated the name in her head before nodding as she and Samurai separated with her vowing to win the next time.
Perhaps Parasite will be a Parasect the next time they do battle?
Eventually Violet made it to the Cerulean Cape, a rather popular tourist destination where couples usually go for a date, though Violet didn't really get that concept but she did enjoy seeing the sunset reflecting off of the water given how it was around evening.
She knew it would take some time to get back to Cerulean, but she didn't want to leave at the moment as she wanted the image of the sunset burned in her mind for the remainder of her journey.
"I should look into getting a camera to use whenever I see things like this."
With that thought Violet sat down to rest for a bit, keeping her Pokemon in their Pokeballs as they were tired from all of the trainer battles, but it was enough for Silk to learn Whirlwind while Stinger was nearly caught up to her level.
Parasite was very close to learning Leech Life, Violet has taken to switch training her against the wild Pokemon and it helped just not with her self-esteem. It didn't help that some of the trainers looked down on her team as there were literally no other Bug Catchers in the route.
Hearing a noise, Violet tensed and looked to the side to see a Rattata bursting out of the grass, though for some odd reason it had a human head which made her stare, unsure if she was seeing this or not.
"Phew, lost them," The Rattata managed to say and Violet's jaw dropped in shock. "Who knew that Oddish could be vicious?!"
"A talking Rattata?" Violet muttered, unable to comprehend that.
It seemed that despite the human head, its hearing was the same as a regular Rattata as he suddenly turned towards her with the two being in a staring contest.
"Uh," The Rattata looked unsure as the last time he ran into a person they tried to catch him and he wasn't willing to risk a Pokeball hitting him. "Hi?"
Violet just stared, gobsmacked, something that the Rattata didn't really blame her for considering if the situation was reversed he would feel the same.
But she wasn't trying to catch him, so he felt that he could use this to his advantage as he ran towards her.
That turned out to be a mistake as she grabbed Stinger's Pokeball. "S-Stay back." She said unsure of what to do.
Realizing he was most likely scaring her, the Rattata tried to stand on its hind legs and raise its front paws in a calming manner only to fall and land on his back where he struggled for a bit.
The scene would've been comedic if Violet wasn't unsure of what was going on.
"W-Wait don't attack, I just need some help." The Rattata cried out as he tried to get off his back before using his tail to fix himself. "I'm not a Pokemon, I'm a Human."
Violet blinked, trying to imagine that. "Uh are you sure?" She asked, tilting her head in confusion.
Sure the face was human but on the body of a Rattata?
"Yes! I only look like this because of an experiment, I can't fix it myself but if I had help I could." The Rattata said with Violet hesitating before deciding to give him a chance as she placed her Pokeball back on her belt and approached him.
"What do you need?"
The Rattata sighed in relief before getting to business. "I need someone to operate the computer system while I'm inside of the machine that did this to me, my name is Bill, perhaps you've heard of me?"
Violet frowned, trying to think about it before it clicked. "Wait the Pokemaniac?"
Wasn't he the one who made the transfer system to help Trainers keep more than six Pokemon?
"Exactly, I was trying to improve the transfer system but well there was an accident." Bill looked rather sheepish. "You're the first human that hasn't tried to catch me so I'm taking advantage of this."
Okay Violet could see that being a good reason. "So where do you live?"
"A bit down the cape, my sea cottage is there." Bill pointed in the direction with Violet nodding as she walked towards it. "What's your name by the by?"
"I'm Violet." Violet responded with a small smile. "It's nice to meet you."
"Same, I just wish it was when I was normal instead of like this." Bill used a paw to rub the back of his head. "It's rather embarrassing."
"What's it like?" Violet asked curiously.
It's not everyday you meet someone who knows what it's like to be a Pokemon after all.
"Well I'm tiny, I don't have opposable thumbs and I'm prey to a lot of the critters around here." Bill listed off given how a Spearow and an Ekans tried to eat him earlier. "Though the enhanced senses were pretty nice and I know more about a Pokemon's perspective to help out with my research. That's always nice."
Violet gave a nod, finding that rather interesting and before long they were at the Sea Cottage that was locked.
"The Key is underneath the mat, I had to jimmy the window open a bit to get out." Bill explained to her.
Moments later they were inside where Bill was placed inside of a rather complex looking machine with a second one being nearby. "Alright, just press the button on the computer and it'll take care of the rest."
"You just need me to press a button?" Violet quirked a brow at him while the human turned Pokemon pawed the ground a bit.
"I have to be inside while you press the button." Bill revealed with Violet getting that.
So she walked to the computer and waited until Bill was ready before pressing the button as the machines began to flash with some sparks showing. The flashes made her grimace as she had to look away while the machine began to make a lot of noises, leaving her to be worried that it might blow up.
Eventually the noise died down and the doors on both machines opened, one with a Rattata that ran out, sniffing the air while a human walked out of the first one.
It was a seventeen year old teenager with messy brown hair, wearing a ruffled blue t-shirt and wrinkled green slacks.
"Man it feels great being human again," Bill said groaning as he stretched. "You never realize how much you miss being bipedal and having fingers until you don't have them."
Violet gave a small giggle. "I think I can understand that."
Bill gave a start before giving her a grateful smile. "Thanks for that Violet, if you weren't around there's no telling what could've happened." He said walking up to her. "Though I still have the oddest urge to build a nest and collect fruit."
The image of this Bill building a nest like a Rattata sent Violet into a bit of a giggle fit while he looked embarrassed before snapping his fingers.
"I know the right reward for you." He said opening his desk drawer where Violet could see a few wrapped snacks, most likely so he could snack while researching before he found a paper voucher. "Here you go."
Accepting it, Violet read what it said and stilled. "A Ticket to the SS. Anne?!"
The biggest cruise ship in Kanto? One that's extremely hard to get one for?!
Wasn't this type of ticket worth millions?!
"They invited me but I'm not really one for parties, I think you'd enjoy it more." Bill said showing that he wasn't planning on going, so at least this was the ticket wouldn't be a waste. "It'll dock in two weeks in Vermillion, so I hope you enjoy the party."
"I-I can't accept this, it's too much." Violet protested but Bill held up a hand.
"Trust me it's not too much, you really helped me out of a jam." Bill reassured her before eyeing her Pokeballs. "I take it you're a traveling trainer?"
When Violet gave a nod, Bill continued.
"Well there are quite a few strong trainers on the ship, enough to where your team will gain a lot of experience to get stronger, just give it some thought alright?"
Thinking about it a bit more, Violet relented and placed the ticket in her bag.
"So what were you doing out at the Cape by yourself anyways?" Bill asked curiously. "Were you waiting for someone?"
If she was he would really feel bad for intruding on that despite his circumstances.
Violet shook her head at the question. "No, I was just watching the sunset, I spent this whole day training my team up to challenge Misty."
"Ah you're taking the Gym Challenge," Bill held a nostalgic look in his eyes. "That's quite a goal, what Pokemon do you have?"
Violet fidgeted. "Beedrill, Butterfree and Paras."
"A Bug trainer?" Bill's voice actually sounded impressed which surprised Violet. "Not often you see a team like that around here, they must be strong."
The unexpected praise made Violet flush. "I-I'm not that strong."
The last two losses were fresh in her mind.
Bill seemed to be rather surprised by how she was acting, but decided not to push.
Instead he glanced at the time. "It'll take you at least a couple hours to get back to Cerulean by foot." He voiced with Violet thinking she should get started. "I have a spare room for tonight if you want?"
"You already gave me the ticket you don't need to." Violet tried to protest but Bill waved it off.
"It's fine, it wouldn't hurt for you to stay the night and then head to Cerulean in the morning."
Thinking it over, Violet gave a slow nod.
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. 24
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. 24
Caught at Lv. 5
Ability: Compound Eyes
Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Supersonic and Whirlwind.
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. 19
Caught at Lv. 7
Ability: Dry Skin
Moves: Scratch, Stun Spore and Bide.
Was captured in Chapter 06: Trials of Mt. Moon
This took awhile to type, mostly because I realized I didn't have a plan for how to do the meeting with Bill and how I wanted to do the character, plus I did want to bring Samurai back to show that he was improving as well. Yes Violet lost another battle, but if it was a three on three she would've won and Samurai knew it.
I hope to add more to Bill's character in the next chapter as all you have to go on him was the small interaction in the game and I based him off of his manga counterpart which has a lot more to give. Besides that nothing really special happened. The chapter was rather short too.
But her team is definitely getting stronger with Silk learning a new move that will come into play a lot in the story, I have plans for how Whirlwind can be used and Parasite is almost at the level to learn a Bug Move along with the news of someone selling a TM in Cerulean she's about to become a force to be reckoned with.
Seriously it was hard to do good training with Paras in the beginning, especially since she didn't have any good moves at the time. Same thing when I started with Weedle and Caterpie during my playthrough before this story, I wanted it to be authentic so I deposited the starter upon catching those two and got my ass kicked a lot in the beginning due to unlucky crits before they evolved. Took two hours of grinding before I started to rake in wins.
No Pokemon only scenes in this chapter but I hope to add some more later on.
Pokemonking0924: Yeah her strategies were good, but she needs to keep a calm head whenever they fail, so far that's her main weakness. Green found the TM's as they were the ones you find in the game. Yes Parasite did do great against the Pidgeotto but that was because no one expected Bide, now that it's known it won't work again so she's back at square one, though she's almost strong enough to be able to handle it herself as she'll get two new moves soon. It's great you enjoyed the scene between Stinger and Silk, I found it charming to type and a lot of fun, it's something I hope to expand upon, especially when more team members come into play. I do have plans for the honey in the near future, that's for sure.
Starlord Master: Heh thank you.
HiveMind: Losing can always be disheartening, it's always how one deals with it that can make all the difference and Violet will get through it, she's already made it pretty far which says something about her skills as a Bug Trainer. Interesting proposition about taking advantage of the Pokemon Center being a hub for trainers, I might do that in the future, though she won't be getting any TM's, currently they're one time use only so not many trainers would willingly give one up at the moment. But information, training tips and wilderness survival tips would be great for her to learn.