Chapter 3
Viridian Forest
Nathan joined Yuudai in the hunt of Pickachu, both trainers started digging around in different bushes and grass patches to find it, a few hours past when finally Yuudai dug around in another bush almost slipping. He tried to maintain his balance by grabbing the nearest thing to him.
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Yuudai fell to the floor paralysed as a Pikachu climbed onto Yuudai smiling. "Evil little creature..." was all that Yuudai could force out, his legs still twitching, and his hair stuck up from the shock.
"So you've finally found one" Nathan said laughing at the scene in front of him.
Yuudai got up and patted out his hair causing the static to leave. His hair fell back to normal as he gave a harsh glance at Nathan's comment "Weedle! Go!" He called out as the Weedle came out of its ball. "Poison sting!" Yuudai called for as the worm fired a poison bullet from the top of its head. The Pikachu dodged Weedle's attack by jumping over the poisoned projectile and then let out a powerful thunder shock attack. The attack was so strong that it rammed the Weedle into a tree due to the shockwave finishing it off. "Damn it! Weedle, return. Go Squirtle!" Yuudai shouted in anger, as Squirtle came out it looked to its trainer waiting for its command. "Pin it down and use bite on the neck!" The Squirtle nodded and ran towards the Pickachu and then jumped on it pinning Pikachu to the ground just as commanded. Squirtle then began biting down but was soon shocked by the Pikachu using its thunder shock attack. The attack heavily damaged Squirtle as he was weak against electric type attacks, Yuudai then dug through his bag trying to find the potion Nathan gave him earlier on at route one. "We can't fall here, right partner?" Yuudai said as he closed his eyes and smiled. Yuudai opened his eyes and used the potion on Squirtle healing some of the damage dealt by Pikachu's attack. "Squirtle use water gun to propel yourself into it! Then use bite on its tail!" Yuudai shouted, Squirtle obeying his trainer then fired water at a tree causing itself to race towards the Pikachu. As Squirtle approached the enemy gaining more speed as he went it tucked itself into its shell for protection and collided with the wild Pokémon. Pikachu fell to the ground from the heavy blow it had taken. Still able to fight the Pikachu tried to stand up, but before it had the chance Yuudai threw a Pokéball towards it.
A light flashed as Pikachu was encased in the Pokéball. 1...2...3 Yuudai counted in his head watching the rolls of the Pokéball until the ball became still. "We did it Squirtle!" Yuudai exclaimed as his Pokémon jumped into the air allowing the duo to give each other a high five. Yuudai went to collect his Pokéball. "Guess all we have to do now is find your Nidoran."
"Would you like to nickname this Pokémon?" The Pokédex asked. "Nicknaming? Still pointless." Yuudai uttered once more before putting the Pokédex in his jacket pocket.
As Yuudai went to pick up the Pokéball, a wild nidoran ran into view. "There is my Nidoran" Nathan said while looking at Yuudai. The nidoran ran to the Pokéball containing pickachu and started to play with it by kicking the Pokéball around as if it was a football. Yuudai went to pounce on the Nidoran. "Give that back you walking pin cushion!" Yuudai exclaimed. The Nidoran avoided Yuudai and ran towards Nathan's direction still holding Yuudai's ball.
"Pidgy, let's go!" Nathan shouted while sending out Pidgy from his Pokéball. Nidoran kicked Pikachu's Pokéball into a bush and then started running towards Pidgy using a tackle attack, "Pidgy use gust!" Nathan ordered as the Nidoran jumped into the air about to strike Pidgy. Pidgy obeying his trainer's order started flapping his wings much faster than usual creating a strong wind that blew Nidoran into a tree. As the Nidoran got back to his feet Nathan shouted another command "Pidgy use wing attack!"
Pidgy nodded and flew straight towards Nidoran picking up speed as he drew closer, just as Pidgy was about to strike the wild Nidoran unleashed two powerful kicks that knocked Pidgy out of the air. Then Nidoran charged towards the grounded Pidgy using tackle, he struck Pidgy with a powerful blow sending him into the air, Pidgy used this blow to steady himself in the air. "Pidgy use sand attack to blind Nidoran, then use wing attack!" Shouted Nathan, Pidgy nodded and started flapping his wings close to the ground to kick sand into Nidoran's eyes blinding him. Pidgy then used wings by flying towards the blinded Nidoran and striking it with his wings, the blow knocked Nidoran to the ground. Nathan used this opportunity to capture the wild Pokémon by throwing a Pokéball at the damaged Pokémon, a light flashed as Nidoran entered the Pokéball which fell to the ground and started rolling. Nathan started counting the rolls in his head 3...2...1..., finally it stopped rolling showing it had been captured. Nathan returned his Pidgy and walked over to the Pokéball while Yuudai still searched the bushes for his captured Pikachu. The Pokédex activated giving a description of Nidoran.
Pokédex: "Nidoran the horned Pokémon, stiffen their eyes when in danger and has powerful venom that's secreted from the horn, would you like to nickname your Pokémon?" Nathan selected no choosing to keep nidoran as its name.
Yuudai found Pikachu's Pokéball in the bushes and picked it up, he then walked over to Nathan who had picked up Nidoran's Pokéball and was smiling. Yuudai now holding Pikachu's Pokéball walked towards Nathan and smiled at his friend. "Hey thanks man." The boy put the ball in his bag. "We should be at pewter soon. But the question is, who's going to challenge Brock first?"
"You're welcome man" Nathan responded, Nathan then took a moment to think about Yuudai's question. "Well I think it should be either you or Verde seen as you two have type advantage against him" Nathan then responded while looking at Yuudai and Verde. "Well I went first with choosing the Pokémon..." Yuudai responded wit, Yuudai then looked over to Verde. "Hey buddy boy, you want to take they gym on first?" "I'm not sure. I don't really want to challenge him while Caterpie is as weak as it is" Verde responded, "I guess the only choice is to give it some battle experience. If you know what I mean." Yuudai smirked. How about we decide who fights brock when we arrive in Pewter city" Nathan said. All three trainers nodded in agreement as they continued their journey to Pewter city.