Gary Oak
Jet walked out of the bathroom and went over the table Amy and Brian were sitting at. They stopped at a sports bar to grab some food after dropping their Pokémon off at the center.
"You're food's here already," said Brian, "me and Amy had some of your fries already, they're amazing!"
Jet sat down and tried a fry, "Oh damn, that is good. Who would have thought putting ranch and bacon bits on cheese-fries made them a hundred times better?"
"Yeah well," Amy interjected, "Keep eating shit like that and you'll end up with a pot belly by time you're thirty."
Jet, choosing yet another ranch cheese fry, answered, "Do you know how much weight I lost eating forest critters and berries for the past month? I could stand to order a few more of these."
Brian grabbed a fry as well, "So, you hear about this battle club near Cerulean Cape?"
Jet shook his head, "Nope, what's it like a place for local trainers?"
"I heard about it just today, it's owned by this guy named Bill something. I looked it up on my phone, and guy that owns it did some sort of web design for the Pokémon Storage System."
Jet raised his eyebrows, "Bill Brooke?"
Brian sipped his soda and asked, "You've heard of him?"
"Yeah, you have too. He was the regional champion five years ago, then he ended up making a shit ton of money with the storage system."
Amy asked, "How do you go from being a league champion to web design?"
"I don't know," Jet said, "but that guy's rich beyond belief."
"So," Brian looked from Amy to Jet, "You guys want to check it out? Could be fun, right?"
Amy smiled, "Yeah; that does sound like fun!"
Jet, however, declined, "You two go ahead. I've got some training to do."
Amy sighed, "Come on, Jet! All you do is train, get out there and have some real battles!"
"Ok, first of all," Jet began, "the reason I always win is specifically because me and my Pokémon are always training. Second of all, I have to re-teach Hydra how to maneuver herself during a battle. She went from a small fish body to a giant serpentine body; that's one hell of an adjustment to make."
"Oh yeah," Amy's face fell a little, "I haven't thought of that."
Jet sat back and said, "You two should go! Don't let me stop you; I'm probably going to be out of commission for the next few days."
And so, the next morning, Amy said her goodbyes to Jet as he checked out of the Pokémon Center and went to train on route twenty-four. Brian and Amy had already decided that they weren't going to leave until later that afternoon, so they went out to get some lunch and catch up more. They found themselves eating outside of a Sonic.
"So he agrees to the bet," Brian grinned, "but he didn't know about my Wartortle! We knocked out all of his fire types one by one. So, in the end I got the Growlithe."
"Well," Amy asked, "does he listen to you? I mean, you aren't his original trainer."
"Yeah, he has some animosity towards me," Brian frowned, "that's why I don't use him in battles. He has to obey a direct order, though."
"I know that," Amy said, "If his OT gave him to you that passes the bond right?"
"I just got to show him I'm a good trainer somehow," Brian scratched his head, "I probably should have asked Jet for advice before he left. It's like impossible to call him when he's training; he always has his phone off."
Amy shrugged, "It's to save batteries, he says. But if your phone is off the whole time, what's the point?"
Amy's phone started to vibrate suddenly, "Watch this be him!" She looked down at the caller ID and frowned. Brian asked, "Who is it?"
"I don't know, some number I never saw before," she said, "Ignore." Amy added to herself in an undertone. The phone immediately started vibrating again as the mystery caller persisted. This time Amy answered, "Who's this?"
A low, raspy voice said, "I've been watching you, Amy! That sandwich you're eating looks so tasty, can I have a bite? Hahahaha!"
Amy looked around and saw no body watching. She put the phone back to her ear, "Jet, if this is you then this isn't funny!"
"Oh, I'm not Jet, but I'm definitely someone from your past!"
Amy looked around again and mumbled, "Who the fu-"
Her brother's voice answered from behind her, "Got you!"
Amy turned around and squealed. She immediately stood up and hugged her brother, Gary. "Oh my god, Gary! What are you doing in Cerulean City?"
Gary grinned at his little sister, "I came down here to get my Class A! I told grandpa not to let you know I was in the area so I could surprise you!"
"What? You have your Class A license?"
Gary pulled a card from his wallet, "Just passed the test a couple of weeks ago. Heard you were in Cerulean so I drove down to see you! This your boyfriend?"
Amy raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh, no this is my best friend, Brian! We used to work together, and now we're traveling with my other friend, Jet."
Brian stood up and shook Gary's hand, "Nice to meet you, bro."
Gary was in his early twenties. He was a couple inches taller than Brian, and he dressed like he had money. His hair was brown, and his face looked just like his sisters. He had a superior smile on as he shook Brian's hand, "One of Gramps' aids who decided to leave the nest and make it big for himself, huh? I hope you're looking out for my baby sister!"
Amy punched Gary in the arm and said, "Be nice!"
Gary looked around and asked, "Where's the other one you were talking about?"
"Umm, off training somewhere." Amy answered lamely. Gary looked down at her foot, which was in a splint, and asked, "So those crutches are yours? What happened? Your Pokémon too much to handle?"
Gary sat down with Amy and Brian as they caught him up on everything that's been happening so far. They pretty much glossed over Brian's adventures in Chestnut Hill and Jet's escapades in the Viridian Forest; Gary only cared about his sister's story.
"So, he carried you all the way through the tunnel?"
"Yup! And the ambulance took me here, where we met up with Brian!"
Gary laughed, "Wow, that sounds like some adventure! Your friend sounds like a good trainer, aside from the fact that he's wasting his time training a Magikarp."
"He evolved it into a Gyarados," Brian butted in, "just yesterday."
Gary snorted, "Yeah, right. That's impossible; it takes years to turn a Magikarp into a Gyarados in the wild, and I never heard of a trainer ever doing it before. They usually catch them after they evolve, and even that's a task! Even supposing you're lucky enough to find a wild Gyarados, it's suicide to try and catch one. Your friend is wasting his time."
"He's not joking, Gary. Jet evolved his Magikarp yesterday in the middle of a battle with Brian. It was unbelievable."
Gary looked from one to the other and smirked, "You seem convincing, but I'll have to see it for myself. A Gyarados, yeah fucking right!"
Amy giggled. Brian rolled his eyes and asked, "So, how long you here for?"
"Well," Gary answered, "Since I'm here I was thinking about checking out the local Gym, maybe even get my first badge."
Amy smiled, "We were going to check it out too, but we wanted to check out this battle club in Cerulean Cape first."
Gary asked, "They got a battle club? Is it any good?"
"No idea," Brian said while sipping his soda, "That's why we're going to check it out tonight."
Gary smiled and said, "Sounds good, I can drive us over there. Before we head out though, I wanted to have a battle with you, sis."
Amy looked surprised, "That sounds like an idea! But, we got to find a good spot though. There's a bridge not too far from here that we're aloud to battle on."
Gary leaned back and said, "Finish your meal and we'll head over. I want to see how good of a trainer my little sister is!"
Author's Notes:
Sorry for the lack of updates but I've been busy. This chapter is short but the next one will see Gary Oak in action. What kind of Pokémon did he raise? Is he any better than Amy? And what about the battle club? What kind of trainers will our heroes face? What is Bill like? How is Jet's training going? With all of these trainers going after the cascade badge, who will be the one to earn it?
Find out in the next few installments, as we dive head first into the Cerulean City arc of our story!
