Hey guys and welcome to chapter 2. Sorry this wasn't up yesterday, but I had other things to do. Just a note, even though this technically takes place in the 3rd gen, I will be using Pokemon's 6th gen movesets because it's more fun that way. Anyway, for the few people who will read this, enjoy.
Caleb rode through Route 2 on his bike as he felt the wind on his face. He took a deep breath of the fresh air. It felt nice.
Along the way, Caleb saw lots of different Pokemon along the road. A flock of Pidgey flew overhead. A group of Caterpie and Weedle were looking at Caleb riding by, and he smiled at them as he passed. He thought about stopping and trying to capture some of them but decided to just ride on. He wasn't trying to complete the Pokedex or become a Pokemon master, just to ride on a journey, competing in Gyms with his Pokemon. He didn't need to catch all the Pokemon he saw.
Suddenly, a Rattata jumped out from a bush and right in front of Caleb's bike. Caleb wasn't able to turn the bike to the side fast enough and the Rattata just stayed there, so Caleb ran right over it. His bike bumped only once, however, meaning that he had only hit it once.
Caleb biked backwards to turn on the brakes. After the bike had skidded to a halt, Caleb jumped off of it and turn around to see the Rattata getting up off the ground after being run over by the bike.
Caleb was relieved to see that he hadn't injured the Rattata. Some people break bones by being run over by bikes, but this Rattata looked just fine.
Once the Rattata was up, it started to run away.
"No, wait, don't leave! I'm sorry!" Caleb shouted after it as it ran into a bush. Caleb let out a sigh. That certainly wasn't the best start to his Pokemon journey. At least he hadn't hurt it. Caleb hopped back on his bike and took a notably slower pace.
Eventually, Caleb got tired from all the biking and decided to stop and eat. He parked his bike next to a tree and took out a sandwich he had packed. He let Chansey out of her Pokeball and gave her some Pokemon food.
After the lunch break, Caleb decided now would be a good time to test out Chansey's moves. He took out his Pokedex and checked her moves again. Along with showing the move, it also told what it did. Currently, Chansey only knew one move that did damage, but she would learn more with experience.
"Alright, Chansey, you ready to train a bit?" Caleb didn't so much want to train as just get used to Chansey's moves.
"Chansey!" she replied with affirmation.
"Alright, try your Pound attack on that tree!"
Chansey obeyed and smacked the tree that Caleb had parked his bike next to, causing the bike to fall over. Caleb would get it later.
"Good, one more time!"
Chansey smacked the tree again with her hand.
"Cool, that's enough for now." The other moves Chansey knew were moves that would only be helpful in a battle, so he didn't try them out now.
Caleb decided that he better get back on the road. He wanted to reach Viridian Forest before nightfall. Caleb returned Chansey, took his bike, and started to ride again.
Route 2 wasn't as long as some of the other routes in the Kanto Region were. In fact, if Caleb hurried, he may even be able to make it to Viridian Forest and then travel through that a little before the sun would set.
Smack
Caleb felt something hit into the side of him, causing his bike to swerve to the left and throw him off of it. Caleb hit the ground with a thud. He was now questioning if he should even ride his bike anymore after all these accidents.
Caleb sat up to see who had rammed into him. On the ground next to him was a Butterfly-like Pokemon. It was lying face first on the ground.
Not again! Caleb thought. He ran over to it and picked it up.
"Hey, you alright?" he asked. He had managed to end up running over one Pokemon and ramming into another in just one day. Maybe a cosmic force was telling Caleb that this journey was a bad idea.
Soon, the Pokemon opened its eyes. It looked back at Caleb and nodded its head, signaling it was fine.
"Well, that's a relief," Caleb said as he took out his Pokedex and pointed it at the Pokemon.
"Butterfree, the butterfly Pokemon. Its wings, covered with poisonous powders, repel water. This allows it to fly in the rain."
On the bottom of the screen, it said that this Butterfree was female.
The Butterfree eye's lit up as she remembered something important. She flew up into the air and pointed in the direction she had come from.
"Free, free," she said in a panicked tone of voice and then went into that direction.
Caleb assumed that the Butterfree wanted him to follow her, so he quickly folded up his bike and crammed it into his backpack. He then started to run after her.
After a small jog, Caleb caught up with the Butterfree. She had stopped beside a hill. After looking around, Caleb knew what was going on.
There was another Butterfree who was battling a weird, purple, sludge-like Pokemon. Behind the Butterfree were two Caterpie, most likely the offspring.
"Who's that Pokemon?" Caleb asked as he pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at the sludge one.
"Grimer, the sludge Pokemon. Made of hardened sludge, it smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path."
Just then, the Grimer shot something that looked like poison at the Butterfree, and it hit its mark, sending the butterfly down to the ground.
"Free!" the first Butterfree went down to the second one. The Grimer was now closing in on the Caterpie.
"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!" Caleb yelled. The Grimer turned and looked at Caleb. He turned back towards the Caterpie and continued to go towards them, ignoring Caleb.
"Fine then, you asked for it!" Caleb said as he unhooked his Pokeball off of his belt. "This is our first battle, so let's do it right, Chansey!" he said as he threw the Pokeball. Out of it came the pink, egg carrying Pokemon that had been Caleb's first friend.
"Chansey," she said while getting into a fighting stance.
"Let's start out with your Pound!"
Chansey ran forward and smacked the Grimer with her fist, which made it recoil. Now it was focused on Caleb. It shot out more sludge like objects, this time at Chasey.
"Chansey, Defence Curl!"
Chansey curled up into a ball, which caused Grimer's attack to bounce right off.
"Now, counter with another Pound!"
Chansey ran up and smacked the Grimer again. The Grimer once again showed signs that the attack hurt, but it wasn't giving up yet. It started to slide over to Chansey very quickly.
"Chansey, Growl!"
Chansey let out a high pitched noise, which caused the Grimer to stop moving and back away.
"One last time, Pound!" Caleb gave the final command. Chansey ran up and hit the Grimer as hard as she could. This time, when the Grimer had recovered, it ran away, back into the planes where it had come from.
"Nice job, Chansey!" Caleb went up and congratulated his Pokemon.
"Chansey!" she was quite proud of it herself.
"But I wonder where it came from…" Caleb wondered. Just then, he remembered the injured Butterfree. He turned around to see the other Butterfree and the two Caterpie around him, with very concerned looks on their faces. He tried to get up, but failed when his wing started to hurt.
"Hang on, I can help you," Caleb said as he took his backpack off and started to rummage through it. After a few seconds of searching, Caleb found a small, purple spray bottle. He went over and knelt down next to the Butterfree.
"Here, this will help the healing." Caleb took the wing and sprayed some of the Potion on it. The Butterfree flinched a little by the stinging, but soon the pain was gone.
"There. You will be good in no time. Just rest that wing for a little bit."
"Free," he said as an agreement.
"Are you guys hungry? I have some extra Pokemon food if you want it," Caleb offered. The bugs accepted his offer.
Caleb poured some of the food onto the ground and the group of four started to eat. He smiled at the sight. He thought about maybe trying to catch one of them, but, how could he separate such a nice family? Caleb himself decided that he could got for a snack. He took out some chips he had packed and shared them with Chansey.
The butterfree talked about something while they were eating. The female on had a face like she was trying to decide something while the male one had on a serious face. Caleb couldn't understand what they were saying, but Chansey could, and she was really interested in the conversation for whatever reason.
Caleb looked up into the sky and saw that the sun was now a lot lower than earlier.
"Well, I want to get to Viridian Forest before nightfall to continue on my Pokemon journey, so I'll leave you guys here," Caleb said and then started to walk away with Chansey behind him. But he couldn't walk 5 steps before someone touched him on the back. Caleb turned around to see the female Butterfree was the one who had touched him.
"Journey?" a voice appeared in his mind. Caleb was very surprised by this. He looked around, but saw no one else around. The Butterfree must have been the one who talked to him.
"You can talk?" Caleb asked.
"Psychically," she gave a short answer.
Caleb, now over the fact that she had talked to him, thought about what she had said.
"Journey? You want to come with me on my Journey?"
"Free," she said out loud with a nod.
"Well, what about your family?" he asked.
The Butterfree turn around and looked at the other three, and they all nodded, telling Caleb that they wanted to her to go as well.
"Alright, in that case, I'd love for you to come with me. Right, Chansey."
"Chansey!" she said in agreement.
Butterfree let out a excited "Free."
Caleb took an empty Pokeball out of his backpack and tapped Butterfree with it, sucking her into it. She didn't struggle and was caught instantly. Caleb and Chansey both smiled.
"Come on out, Butterfree," he said and threw the ball up into the air. Butterfree came out of it. "Welcome to our team, Butterf-," Caleb said before being smacked in the head by the Pokeball he had thrown and forgot to catch. Butterfree and Chansey both laughed, and Caleb couldn't help but join in.
After they had said their goodbyes, Caleb, Chansey, and Butterfree all started on the road again. Caleb returned the two and started to ride his bike again, hoping he wouldn't have anymore run ins until he got to the forest.
It was about sundown when Caleb to finally reached to Viridian Forest. Because he didn't want to travel through the forest at night, Caleb decided that he would sleep outside of it and start going through it tomorrow.
Caleb wasn't hungry for dinner, so he let Chansey and Butterfree out of their Pokeballs and gave them some Pokemon food. Caleb didn't expect to capture a Pokemon this early, so he hoped he had enough food to make it through the forest.
As the two Pokemon were eating, Caleb took out his phone and called Prof. Oak. After a few rings, the Prof.'s face appeared on the screen.
"Why, hello there Caleb. What can I help you with?" he asked before taking a bite into a sandwich he was eating.
"Hey Prof. I was calling you because I had a question."
"And what is that?"
"So, I captured a Butterfree, and I think it can talk to me telepathically."
The Prof. took another bite out of his sandwich. "I'm not surprised that it can."
"Really? Is it normal?"
"Well, any Pokemon who can create a psychic connection with an opponent to deal damage can also make that same connection with humans, but to convey a message instead of damage. For example, does your butterfree know Confusion?"
"Here, let me check," Caleb pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at Butterfree.
Butterfree (F)
Wild: No
Ability: Compound Eyes
Moves: Tackle, Confusion, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder
"Yeah, she does know it."
"See, Confusion is a move that all metapod learn right when they evolve into butterfree. However, because it only makes a weak telekinetic link, they will only be able to speak in one or two words when they speak telepathically."
"Yeah, that's true," Caleb remembered.
"So, when Butterfree's psychic powers get better, she will be able to talk with you better."
"That's cool, thanks Prof."
"That's what I do. So, where are you now?"
"I'm right outside of Viridian Forest. I'm going to go into it tomorrow."
"Remember to be careful. You know what they say about the Forest. It's a natural maze in there."
"I know, but if I'm with my Pokemon, then I'll be fine," Caleb assured him.
"Chansey!"
"Free!"
"I thought no less," Prof. Oak said with a smile, "Good night, Caleb."
"Good night, Prof."
Caleb thought of calling his mother or father but decided that he would do it some other time.
"So, do you two want to go back in your Pokeballs or stay out here with me tonight?" Caleb asked. Chansey went over and pressed her Pokeball, which sucked her inside of it. Caleb had always wondered what was inside of a Pokeball, that Chansey would prefer sleeping in there than out here, not that he minded.
"What about you, Butterfree?"
Butterfree shook her head, signaling that she wanted to sleep outside with him. She probably wasn't as used to the Pokeball yet.
"Alright?" she asked him. Caleb smiled, went over to her, and patted her on the head.
"Of course it's fine with me."
Caleb got out his sleeping bag and snuggled into it while Butterfree found a tree and flew into that to sleep.
Caleb looked up at the stars before going to bed. He had finished the first day of his journey, and many more exciting days like this one were waiting for him. Caleb fell asleep wondering what the next day may hold.
Thanks for reading.