Author's note: In this chapter, there's a made up town that my friend asked me to put in here that he created. So if you see it and say, "That's not a town in Pokémon!" You're right, but now you know why it's there.
You're welcome Joseph.
I entered Pewter City and visited the gym. In the gym, I battled the few trainers there and went to face Brock. He was very easy. First was Ryhorn, then Graveler and then Onix, all taken down by Gyarados' mighty Hydro Pump. Kabutops and Omastar, being Water and rock types were no match for Breloom's Seed Bomb and Thunder Punch. Brock admitted defeat and gave me the Pewter City Boulder Badge and TM80, Rock Slide.
I exited the gym and ventured out onto Route 3 and onto Mt. Moon. There, I met up with Silver, who seened much less of an asshole. We had a short battle and after the battle, he actually stuck out his hand for me to shake. Maybe he finally accepted or respected me? I didn't know, but I shook his hand anyway. Ater that, we parted ways.
I exited Mt. Moon onto Route 4 and headed east to Cerulean City. In Cerulean Gym the gym leader wasn't there, but the gym wasn't closed, oddly. I walked into the gym and saw a Team Rocket Grunt looking into the water.
"Hey! What're you up to? I thought I disbanded Team Rocket!"
"Oh? Trainer go 'sneak up' on me? I not hatve anyting to do wit Team Rocket! I not drop anyting in water just now! Sayonara!" He tried to exit but I blocked the exit with my flaming arms.
"Was dis? Fiya powa?! No! Pwee don kiw me!"
"I might not kill you, but unless you don't wanna get hurt, tell me what you stole."
So the weird dude told me that he stole a machine part from the Power Plant on Route 10. I exited the gym, but not before getting the machine part and drowning the idiot in the pool of water. I traveled out to Route 9 but I didn't see a power plant. On Route 6, there was a river heading south past Rock Tunnel. Gyarados surfed on the river and I found the Power Plant. Inside the plant, I returned the stolen machine piece and the big generator started moving. After that was taken care of, I flew back to Cerulean. Strangely enough, the gym leader still wasn't there, so I went out to Route 24 to search.
Route 24 was basically a bridge, some tall grass to the left of the bridge, and some pointless ledges to the north. However, Route 25 was where it was at. Meaning, the trainers were actually on Route 25, rather than 24, but anyway! I had to go through a path in the trees, battling a group of trainers who said they would give me a gift if I could defeat all of them at once. So I did. And they gave me a gold nugget. I was standing there thinking, what the hell were they doing with a gold nugget? Where did they steal it from?
I continued onward to the cape, where I saw a couple looking out into the water. An ace trainer and a redhead girl who looked like she was ready for a swim practice. Wait... swim practice... water... pool... gasp! That girl is the gym leader! I've found her! I walked over to the girl and tapped her on the shoulder. She looked startled and then rather pissed. She said that I interrupted her during a date and I told her my reason. She stopped for a second and then said to come to the gym later, and then left. I didn't know what to do in the meantime, so I wandered around for a bit.
There was a route heading out north, so I decided to go check it out. It wasn't on the map, so I was curious. The route was called Route 47 and was an open field of grass. There were a few trainers on the route, but not much else to see. The sunset was beautiful, though. I continued north to a small town called Pint Town (read the author's note if you already haven't). It was as small as Pallet Town, but it had more houses. A house stood out from the rest, as it had a yellow roof. I read the mailbox which said, The Lopezes. I looked around, but I didn't see a Pokémon Center or Pokémart. There were many other houses, a taco resaurant, a battle stadium, some tall grass, and even another route heading out west. I followed meadowy Route 48 to an entrance to a cave called Miner's Cave.
I had no idea that I was about to make one of the biggest mistakes of my life. However, it would also be one of the biggest blessings, not just a curse.
Miner's Cave was called that name for a reason; every wall and even the ceiling was abundant with Leaf Stones and other minerals. As I traveled deeper into the cave, the pathway sloped down more and more, until I found myself descending a set of stairs into another cave sytem. A sign read, Cerulean Cave. Beware of the monstrously strong Pokémon that lies deep within this cave. I stood there for a second, thinking. A monstrously strong Pokémon? A challenge? This could just as well be what I'm looking for!
I ventured into the huge maze of a cave which took a good two hours, but I finally found what I was looking for: the monstrously strong Pokémon. Once in its line of sight, it used Swift, sending homing star shaped rays at me. It tried to use Psychic as a follow-up, but I had been charging Flame Ball and released it before Psychic could hit me. And then, the worst thing happened. Out of rage, it used another Psychic, and immediately followed it up with a Hyper Beam. I received a massive headache but luckily, I dodged the surging beam of energy in time...
...or so I thought.
I tried to charge up another attack, but I couldn't move my left arm. I heard a faint dripping sound and then I felt excruciating pain coming from my left arm. But to my horror, when I looked over at my arm, I saw that there was no arm at all. I screamed so loud that the monster had to cover its ears and attack at the same time. I didn't let it attack, though. I kicked it back before it could use Psychic while charging up Flame Ball in my right hand. After charging, I released a Mega Flame Ball followed by a Flame Kick, knocking the monster unconscious. I threw an Ultra Ball and waited...
The ball wiggled once.
Click!
I caught the monster, but the fight was over, so I had to worry about my detatched limb, which probably disintegrated after the monster used Hyper Beam. All I had left was a blood-dripping arm socket and not much else. In the meantime, I sprayed it with a Full Heal, which stung like FUCKING HELL. I exited the cave and returned back to Cerulean to see if I could take on the gym yet. It seemed like the gym was open, so I took on the gym with Pikachu which was easy as shit. I got to Misty who, just like everyone else, was concerned about my nonexistent arm. I told her not to be concerned, and we started our battle. Defeated first was Golduck and then Lapras and Starmie. Quagsire was defeated by Breloom and that was it. I won the Cerulean City Cascade Badge and TM03, Water Pulse. After I exited the gym, I headed toward the Pokémon Center and had Nurse Joy take a look at my socket. She gasped and hissed a lot and told me that I would have to spend the night to even have the slightest chance of getting my arm back. I stayed in a capsule they would normally use for healing larger Pokémon and entered a dreamless sleep.
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Where am I? What happened... I slowly opened my eyes and saw a figure standing over me. It felt so much like a dream, but at the same time, I knew that I was awake. My left arm hurt a little, but I didn't know why. I opened my eyes fully and saw Nurse Joy standing over me.
"Vincent, right? So, I have some good news and of course, bad news as well. The good news is that your arm was able to regenerate thanks to this capsule, but the bad news... well, it's hard for me to say this, but the skin wasn't able to regrow."
"Wha..." As Nurse Joy stood over me, blocking out the blinding light on the ceiling, I collected my thoughts and memory and remembered: I was fighting a monstrously strong Pokémon in Cerulean Cave and it disintegrated my arm with Hyper Beam. Then I took on the gym and spent the night at the Pokémon Center. I looked over at my arm and saw that Nurse Joy was right; my arm was able to regrow into a solid steel arm. I moved my digits which seemed to work just fine. It seemed like my nerves grew back in, too. I wasn't too sure about my veins, but at least I had an arm back. Thank God for advanced technology, I thought.
I exited the Pokémon Center and took in the fresh morning air. I was headed to where the next badge was, in Vermillion City. I traveled south along Route 5 and then passed through the gate, through the busy streets of Saffron City, and through the south gate to Route 6, fighting trainers like it was nothing, because it wasn't. I entered Vermillion City and headed straight toward the gym. A tree was blocking the way to the gym, so I burned it and entered the gym. Inside the gym was a bunch of trash cans and a few trainers. I fought the trainers and then walked up to the electric field blocking the way to the gym leader. Using Titanium Fist, I smashed the mechanism emitting the plasma energy and fought the gym leader, Lt. Surge. Using Tyranitar, he plowed through two Electrodes, a Raichu, Electabuzz, and finally a Magneton. Admitting defeat, Lt. Surge gave me the Vermillion City Thunder Badge and TM34, Shock Wave. I exited the gym and headed for the next city.
I backtracked to Saffron City and traveled west to where the next badge was. I traveled through Route 7 and soon made it to Celadon City. I burned the tree to the south of the city and entered the gym. With my fire, the whole gym was easy as shit. I fought the leader, Erika, burning Jumpluff, Tangela, Victreebel, and Bellosom to a crisp all in 1 minute. Erika, surprised at my power gave me the Celadon City Rainbow Badge and TM19, Grass Knot. I exited the gym and the city to the west where I completely ignored the guard telling me I needed a bike and walked out onto Route 16 and 17, Cycling Road. I fought every trainer like normal and ran down the sloping road to the next city.
I walked through Fuschia City and exited out to Route 15 and from Route 15 all the way up to Lavender Town, I battled every single trainer on the east, but in a way, I felt no sense of accomplishment. I even battled trainers on Routes 7 and 11 and even catching a Snorlax along the way, and then I made my way back to Fuschia City.
I entered Fuschia City and headed straight for the gym. Inside the gym was a maze of mirrors endlessly confusing me. Evemtually, I got fed up and just broke the mirrors that were annoying me. I made it to the gym leader, Janine who I used Tyranitar and Pikachu against. Tyranitar took down two Ariados, a Weezing, and a Venomoth with his over-powered Earthquake and Pikachu shocked Crobat out of the sky with his Thunder. After the battle, Janine gave me the Fuschia City Soul Badge and TM84, Poison Jab.
I exited the gym and stared at the setting sun over the horizon. What the hell am I gonna do after all this? I thought deeply while walking back to Saffron. It's just not fun or exciting anymore. I used to feel excited when I battled, but that was when I wasn't this strong. I feel strong, I one-shot everything, battles take no more than a minute... but yet, I feel empty inside... am I too strong or is it the other people I fight? I suddenly felt how Volkner had felt two years ago. I was depressed,not bevause I didn't have anyone to fight, but I just didn't have that spark anymore. I felt weak. Even though I was strong as hell, I felt weak. I could train 24/7, but I wouldn't get stronger. I felt like it was the trainers that I fought. Sure I gained experience from the battles, but I wouldn't reach my full potential.
I didn't know what to do, but I walked into Saffron Gym anyway. I teleported my way through Saffron Gym, half-heartedly fighting every trainer in the gym and then proceeding to fight the gym leader, Sabrina. I had Tyranitar use Dark Pulse on Espeon and Mewtwo use Shadow Ball on Mr. Mime and Alakazam. Sabrina, admitting defeat gave me the Saffron City Marsh Badge and TM48, Skill Swap. I looked at where I was supposed to go next on my Pokegear, which said to go to Cinnibar Island. I flew to Pallet Town and began my journey south. I surfed on Gyarados and fought all the trainers with Pikachu. I made it to a small island that was Cinnibar Island, but I only saw a Pokemon Center there. A trainer was standing on the island looking out into the ocean and told me that the gym leader was on Seafoam Islands. I set off for Seafoam Islands which took a few hours.
Seafoam Islands came into view over the horizon and I entered the cave and climbed up the ladder to the gym. The gym was basically a giant maze, but I made it through anyway, fighting all the trainers in the gym and eventually reaching the leader, Blaine. Using Gyarados, I defeated Blaine's Macargo, Magmar, and Rapidash with Gyarados' mighty Hydro Pump. After the fight, Blaine gave me the Cinnabar Island Volcano Badge and TM50, Overheat. I exited Seafoam Islands.
Back on Cinnabar Island, or what was left of it, I was about to surf north back to Pallet Town when the trainer from earlier stopped me and asked if I had gotten the Cinnabar Volcano Badge. I told him yes and he introduced himself as Blue, the Viridian City Gym Leader and former Kanto League Champion. I told him that I wanted to challenge him, and then he flew off on his Pokémon back to Viridian City. I followed, flying on Fearow, hoping that this battle would be challenging. But I should've known better than to get my hopes up too much.
I landed in Viridian City on Fearow and headed toward the gym which was, finally, open at last. In the gym were countless floor panels that made you move in a certain direction and drove you fuckin' insane. It took many hours, but I finally made it to Blue, who was smirking at the fact that it took me 4 hours just to get to him. At that moment, I decided that I was going to defeat him entirely by myself just to wipe that stupid grin off his face.
He started with Exeggcutor, which I easily defeated with Flame Uppercut. Obviously, he was surprised by this, but he kept sending out his Pokémon nevertheless. Next was Rhydon taken down in two hits, then Gyarados, punched in the face by Titanium Fist. Then Arcanine, tasting the pain of his own medicine with Mega Flame Ball, then Machamp, bested by my Flame Crosschop, and finally Pidgeot, knocked out of the air by my Flame Kick. Blue was stunned by two things: one my fire power, obviously, and that I was able to defeat him in under two minutes. I stood there, panting slightly, feeling better that I had a battle that was even slightly challenging. Blue's smirk was gone from existence. He was no longer smiling. He stood there for what seemed a really long time and then... he smiled. He laughed and admitted defeat and gave me the Viridian City Earth Badge along with TM92, Trick Room.
I exited the gym and returned to Pallet Town where I showed Oak all my badges from the Kanto Region. He congratulated me, but I told him of my depression and my reason. He thought for a moment once I told him and then he said to me that he could arrange plans for me to visit Mt. Silver, the tallest mountain in the Pokémon Regions. But before I left, he told me to go visit the house to the northeast of the town and talk to the lady there. I did so, and the mother told me of her son who hadn't come down from Mt. Silver for a long time. I wondered why her son was there in the first place and who he was. I set off for Mt. Silver to search for him, not sure of what I was doing.
