Written by DoubleScimitar
Chapter 3: Back to the battling basics!
Narrator: In preparation for the first test of their upcoming gym challenge at the Pewter City gym, our heroes are hard at work on route 101 training their new Pokémon ready for whatever they may face.
"Charmander, use Ember," commanded Jack as the fire lizard shot out flames. "Aw, man," complained the Bug Catcher, returning his fallen Metapod,"here's your prize money."
"Great job, Jackie boy, defeating the what, seventeenth bug catcher today," teased Ben, who was actually quite happy at the opportunity to collect so much data about Bug-Types, but couldn't show it in favor of poking fun at his friend.
"Oh come on, Jack, let me have a chance to battle sometime, will ya," said Sophie, annoyed that he still wouldn't let her get a battle in. "Shut up," replied Jack, "you know full well that Charmander needs to be stronger than your Squirtle if I'm to become Champion."
"I'm gonna be Champion!"
"No, me!"
"I am!"
Ben sighed at his friends behavior, wondering when they were going to mature. Then again, if they kept up like this, he would get more chances to observe Pokémon in action…
"Fine then, prove it," said Jack, "battle me!"
"Challenge accepted," replied Sophie, readying her Squirtle's Pokéball.
"Go, Charmander!"
"Squirtle, come on out!"
The shouts rang out in the otherwise deserted field as the turtle and lizard stared each other down, each one hoping to make the other frightened. Squirtle's mischievous grin achieved this affect before Charmander could do anything, and Charmander suddenly lost a lot of confidence in itself, realizing that this wasn't another bug it could incinerate with fire.
"Water Gun!"
"Dodge it and use Scratch!"
The jet of water only managed to graze Charmander's side as the Fire-Type jumped at the Tiny Turtle before scratching a hardened claw against it.
"Squirt!" It exclaimed in pain as the claws raked against it's skin.
"Tackle, while it's close!"
Squirtle launched itself into the flaming salamander, sending it flying back into a tree. "And finish with Water Gun!" cheered Sophie, ending the battle between the two rookie trainers.
"You only won because you had a type advantage, Soph, it was unfair!"
"Well you're the one who challenged me," pointed out Sophie, quite reasonably.
"Well I still think that it was unfa- hey wait what's that," said Jack, running off to check out something, Sophie not far behind. Ben followed after them, only to be knocked over by a light green Rattata-waitwasthataSHINY?! Ben knew that this would be incredibly valuable to research purposes.
"Bulbasaur, help me out," called Ben, tossing his Pokéball out. "Bulba," the green quadruped, replied, using Vine Whip to hold the Rat Pokémon in place. Tossing an empty ball, he caught the rat just as Sophie and Jack ran up. "Hey Ben, did you see a light green Rattata come by here?" They both asked in unison, causing Ben to wince, knowing where this was going. "Yes, but I caught it already," he responded, causing both of his friends to slump down, disappointed that they didn't get to catch the Shiny.
"Rattata has been registered to your Pokédex," a smooth, female voice rang out in the empty field.
"This Rattata is female, has the Run Away ability, and knows the moves Quick Attack and Tail Whip. Note: this Pokémon is a Shiny, making it more likely to be targeted by thieves. Please be careful when handling Pokémon." The trio of aspiring Trainers just stood there in stunned silence, still shaking off the shock of finding a shiny. The first one to talk was Jack, who, having been the one to spot the rat, felt cheated out of his rightful property. "B-but I'm the one who found it," he exclaimed. Sophie was quick to respond, "Well maybe if you secured it, then you would have had a chance to catch it." With that having happened, the three young adults walked across the Viridian city limits, ready to get to the Pokémon Center and sleep
End of chapter 3
So thats it for chapter 3,
you've all been waiting a hell of a long time for this one and during that time we've made a few changes to how the story will be written. Thats right WE.
in case you aren't aware i will be from now on joined by my new co-writer DoubleScimitar who will continue to work alongside myself in order to bring you more chapters more consistently.
In addition to this i will be making alterations to chapter 2 as we have decided to take the story in a different direction in terms of certain characters and their roles so keep an eye out for that.
So yeah that's all for now as usual make sure to leave a review to tell us what you thought or follow the story if you like what you're reading so far.
Adios
Destros
