Hey everyone, its me. Sorry I haven't updated this in a LONG time, but with my new story, senior year, and blah blah blah... you get the picture. But I'm back while I wait for the six days of OC waiting to end, and its a BIG chapter! Can I get a YEAH-UH!? R&R, PM, Enjoy!

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Telepathy

"Pokedex"

Chapter 5

Detail #4- Originally, this story was supposed to have Mew as Jason's Memma, but everything got complicated when I suggested the story merge to DarkFoxKit.

(Jason's Point of View)

A few seconds after we had knocked, Professor Elm came to the door. He noticed me and asked us to come inside. We went in and I noticed that there were three other kids about my age. They were all looking at me, each with a different look.

The first was a boy a little taller than me. He had black hair, which was covered by a blue and red baseball cap. He was also wearing a blue, black, and red shirt under a yellow and black jacket. He had white cargo pants on and hiking boots, with a confused look on his face.

The second person was another boy, about my height. His hair was a reddish brown color, sticking up in spikes (not the punk-rock kind, but standing on end). He had a red and black short-sleeve shirt, brown pants and sneakers, with an annoyed look on his face.

The third was a girl, also about my height. Her hair was sandy brown and stopped at the middle of her back. She had a white and red light long-sleeved shirt with a cat design on the back. She was also wearing short pants and sandals, with a "too happy" look on her face.

Elm introduced me to them. The first boy was named Tyler. The second boy was named William or, as he liked to be called, Will. And finally, the girl's name was Janice, and whenever she looked at me, I got this weird feeling in my gut. I joined the group, but said nothing. It was the first time I had been around other humans my age, and the first time I saw a girl my age.

Our attention was drawn back to Professor Elm, who said, "Anyways, now is the time to pick out your starter Pokemon I have Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. Jason, I assume you already have your items?" I nodded my head and tapped my bag.

William walked up to me and said, "Sorry, but you're a little late. We got here first, so no starter for you."

I smirked a little and said, "Not a problem." I pulled out one of my pokeballs from my bag and pressed the button. A flash of light came from the ball, and Cyndaquil appeared on the floor.

He spotted me and jumped into my arms saying, Daddy!, but all they heard was "Quil!" Janice came up to me and had sparkles in her eyes.

"Oh my gosh, its so cute!" she said. She ran over to Elm and said, "I want Cyndaquil for my starter please." Elm walked over to a nearby table and picked up one of three pokeballs. He handed the ball to her, which she immediately opened to reveal a Cyndaquil. Professor Elm handed her a Pokedex, and she turned back to the Cyndaquil.

"This Cyndaquil happens to be a girl, and the other two starters are male just to let you know," Professor Elm said.

Janice replied, "Okay then, I'll call you Lucy." From what I heard, the Cyndaquil said, Thank you, I want to do my best.

Tyler was next and said, "I choose Chikorita."

Will was behind him and said, "So that leaves me with Totodile." Elm turned back to the table and handed each of the trainers their respective pokeballs and Pokedex's.

"Alright, you now all have your starters. So, how about a practice battle?"

Will stepped forward first. "Okay then, I want to battle him," he said pointing to me.

Cyndaquil jumped off my shoulder, and his back erupted in flames. "Alright, let's go!"

Elm jumped in between us before we could do any major damage. "How about we take this out to the practice field out back?" I calmed down a bit, as did Cyndaquil, but Will was more ticked off. Nevertheless, we followed him through a back door into a forest. It was a decent arena; an almost perfect rectangle with the battlefield divided in two, and two circles in the center. In the forest I could hear a variety of Pokemon calls: Sentret, Pidgey, Spinarak, even a Weedle or two. My attention was directed back to the field, where Tyler and Janice had already taken their places. Professor Elm was near the middle on the other side of the field, shouting to the two, "This will be a one-on-one battle between Janice and Tyler. No items will be allowed. The battle ends when either trainer's Pokemon can no longer battle, which I will determine. Trainers ready?"

"Heck yeah!" Tyler yelled out.

Janice nodded her head.

"Then begin!" Elm shouted, lifting his arm up then moving it down swiftly (its the "Ready, Set, Go!" pose).

Janice made the first move, "Shine like a star, Lucy!" She threw her pokeball and it flashed open, revealing her Cyndaquil. Tyler was next and threw his pokeball.

"I need your assistance, Chester!" The ball opened and revealed the male Chikorita.

As I watched the battle, I could sense Memma walking up to my side, and heard her telepath to me, Enjoying yourself?

I replied, Yeah, I can't believe that I'm actually going on a journey, seeing life outside of the forest for the first time. I looked over to Will, who was standing by the Professor. But that guy over there, he scares me a little, especially when we first met. I don't like it, I gave forced a shudder to show my point.

Well, just give him time. I can sense that right now, he's just as excited as you are, but he's more focused on becoming stronger, instead of making Pokemon his friends. I looked back at the battle and noticed it was already over.

Professor Elm had already begun to say, "Chester is unable to battle, the winner is Janice and Lucy!"

Janice was jumping in the air, shouting out, "Alright! We did it!" She ran out to the field and picked up Lucy, giving her all sorts of praise. Tyler recalled Chester and said something, then both of them walked over to the Professor. Will was now walking over to the right hand side of the field, so I moved over to the left hand side. Professor Elm gave the same pre-battle speech as before, and we sent out our Pokemon.

It was then that I realized something...

I had no idea what my Pokemon's moves were!

Memma must have sensed my thoughts and telepathed to me, Don't worry son, use your Pokedex for the information on Cyndaquil. I suggest you also take a look at Totodile's data as well. I calmed down and took out my Pokedex.

I pointed it at Cyndaquil, and an automatic voice came out (sounds similar to the Unova Pokedex voice), "Cyndaquil, the Fire Mouse Pokemon. It's back will erupt in flames if startled or angered. Cyndaquil's currently known moves are Flame Wheel, Eruption, Lava Plume, and Flamethrower (btw, I know Cyndaquil can learn these moves because I've hatched five or six of them and they have this move set Typhlosion/Ditto bred.)"

Memma, mind explaining the powered up moves? I telepathically asked.

Cyndaquil learned these moves due to its time in the egg. Even I don't know how this works, so don't ask me. I decided to get data on Totodile and pointed it at the small Pokemon.

"Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokemon. It has a habit of biting various objects with its powerful jaws, including its own trainer."

'Heh, sounds like I might get a laugh out of this if that Totodile is like what it says in the Pokedex entry,' I thought to myself. I put away my Pokedex and said, "Alright, Typhon (that's ty-fun, not ty-foon), use Flamethrower!" Cyndaquil, now called Typhon, breathed in, and exhaled a powerful stream of fire, while at the same time igniting its own back on fire. Will was too shocked to call an order, and could only watch as his Totodile was hit by the powerful Fire-type move. The Totodile was able to get up, but was weakened severely.

"Hey!" Will shouted, "How come your Pokemon knows such a powerful move?! It's only supposed to know Tackle and Leer!" I smirked a little.

"That's for me to know, and for you to never find out!" I yelled back, taunting him.

"Grrr, I've had enough of you!" Will yelled, tic marks appearing all over his forehead. "Typhoon, use Scratch!" The Totodile, now called Typhoon, charged at Typhon.

"Dodge it quick!" Typhon jumped up and landed behind the Totodile, and I waited for Will to make the next move.

"He's right behind you!" Will shouted angrily at his Pokemon. "Use Scratch again before he can counter-attack." The Totodile turned and charged again.

"Quick, dodge again, but move backwards this time!" Typhon began to hop backwards, eventually going around in a U-turn until Typhoon got tired. "Now, end this with Flame Wheel!" Typhon curled into a ball and began to build up speed, his back erupted in flames again, creating a wheel effect. Typhon charged at Typhoon and hit him dead center. Typhoon was once again sent flying, this time ending up fainted. Will ran towards his fainted Pokemon and picked him up. I picked up Typhon and gave him praise and hugged him a little bit, so as not to crush him. Soon after I returned Typhon, Will returned his Pokemon and stormed up to me.

"What gives! Why does your Cyndaquil know those powerful moves, it's not even fair!"

I sweat-dropped a little and began to say, "Well, my Me- mom got Typhon here for my birthday and he was still an egg back then. I guess he picked up some moves." I smiled, a little worriedly, but heard something. I looked toward the source, in the thick forest. The professor, Janice, and Tyler were moving towards us, but it wasn't them. I looked closer, and strained to hear the noise.

I recognized it as it got louder; buzzing.

Lots and lots of buzzing.

The forest trees soon erupted in buzzing as a swarm of Beedrill came out of the forest. The three turned around, and each reacted differently: Janice screamed in terror, Tyler ran to the lab, and Professor Elm was shouting for everyone to get back inside. Will and Tyler were race-fighting for the lead, Professor Elm was trying to calm them all down, and Janice was still panicking. I was about to run back myself, but saw Janice trip and fall. The others were too far ahead to go back, and I was about to run away myself, when I began to remember something.

-Flashback-
Screaming.

Buzzing.

A man shouting "Janet, RUN! I'll hold them off! Just get Jason to Azalea Town! Donphan, go!"

The sounds of panting and battling.

A scream of pain.

I was crying now.

The buzzing had started again, I saw a woman's face in pain as she held me tightly.

Then, darkness.

After a while, light came back and I saw a green sprite. Memma.

I was now in her hands.

The woman exhaled and closed her eyes.

I began to cry again.

Then, another voice, Don't worry, young one, I will properly love and take care of you.
-Flashback end-

That's when it hit me. This was a memory of my original parents. The day Memma adopted me. I realized this was about to happen to Janice. Acting on impulse, I ran straight for the swarm. Time was slowing down, I wasn't going to let this happen to Janice. I then realized something, what the feeling in my gut was.

It was...love.

I was in love with Janice. I guess it was true what they say, 'Love makes you do crazy things.' I stopped right in front of Janice and held my arms wide. The Beedrill began to fire Twineedle, Poison Sting, and Pin Missile, and I closed my eyes.

(Janice's POV)

I saw the Beedrill closing in on me, Tyler, and Professor Elm. I saw that Will was fleeing, leaving me behind.

'Some boyfriend he is!' Unfortunately, my thought of anger caused me to trip. I landed on my hands and fell flat on my stomach. I turned to see the Beedrill charging their attacks, and closed my eyes. I heard the attacks fire, but didn't feel anything.

Did they miss?

Could I not feel them?

I opened my eyes to see Jason standing in front of me, arms wide open. I realized he took the blow for me. I gasped as he let out a pained breath. He looked ready to fall, but just lowered his arms. His head began to shake as he looked back at the Beedrill.

I could hear him say weakly, "That the best you got?" His body gave in and he fell to the floor, falling on his side. I ran over to him, and noticed the Beedrill were practically motionless, only their wings moving them up and down. Then they left. They just turned around and left. I returned my attention to Jason. Thankfully he wasn't dead, but his breathing was ragged. I tried to remove some of the pins and needles (no pun intended) from his chest and abdomen, with little success. His mother came over and looked at the wounds gravely.

"This isn't good, the needles went deep into his body. It doesn't look like any major organs were pierced, but if we don't get these out soon, his breathing could move the needles deeper in." She took out a Pokeball and threw it. After the flash of light, a Chansey appeared.

I took out my Pokedex and scanned it: "Chansey, the Egg Pokemon, and the evolved form of Happiny. Chansey produce eggs that are packed with nutrients, and is considered a medic."

The Chansey looked at Jason and nearly freaked out when it saw the wounds. It closed its eyes and began to hum. The needles started to move out of Jason's body, causing him to cry out in pain. The needles eventually came out, and Chansey opened its eyes and looked at Jason. It closed its eyes again, humming differently, when a soft glow began to emanate from Jason. His wounds began to close, and his breathing returned to normal.

"Thank you Chansey, return." Mrs. Gilman said, returning her Chansey to its pokeball. She picked him up and carried him inside the lab. Professor Elm was fussing over what had happened, but Mrs. Gilman paid no attention to him. She moved over to an arm chair and set Jason down. She turned to Professor Elm and began to answer his questions. I paid no attention to them as my own thoughts clouded everything around me.

'He saved me. He could have used Cyndaquil to fry them all, but he instead blocked the entire thing. For me.' I began to think about my relationship with Will. We had been boyfriend and girlfriend for a few months, but he didn't do anything special for me. No flowers, no chocolate, not even a movie date. But Jason, he risked his own life, put himself in harm's way, for me. I was shaken out of my thoughts, quite literally, by Will.

I turned to him and he said, "Come on Janice, we're going to Violet City and get the first gym badge." He turned to leave, but I stood in my spot.

"No."

He turned and echoed me, "No?"

I looked him in the eye and said, "No, I'm not going with you. Not anywhere, not anytime."

Will started to walk back to me, and began to say, "Come on Janice, you're my girlfrie-"

I stopped him mid-sentence and said, "Ex-girlfriend."

Will was now shaking with anger. He looked over at Jason and said, "This is about him, isn't it? He's a nobody, he only wanted to impress you." I could feel his words sting my heart. Yet, somehow, whenever I thought of Jason, I got butterflies in my stomach. In my own thoughts I knew that the real reason that I chose Lucy wasn't because Jason's was cute, it was because I thought he was cute.

I looked back at Will and said, "We're done. I don't care what you say, we are through." Will kept shaking, exhaling like a mad bull. He then turned and stormed out of the lab, Tyler close behind him. I smirked, that was the first time I ever stood up to anyone. I heard Jason groan, as did Mrs. Gilman and Professor Elm. I reached him first, and tried getting his attention.

(Jason's POV)

I could hear someone's voice. Someone was saying my name. I opened my eyes, closing them a little as I saw some bright lights and swirling images. My vision focused to see Memma, Professor Elm, and Janice. Everything was coming back in pieces. The battle against Will, the Beedrill swarm, several stings of pain, then a blackout. I smiled a little, and Memma telepathed to me, Jason, how do you feel?

I feel like I was pierced with a billion needles. What happened? I telepathed back. Memma's face got a little bit more worried.

Technically, you got hit with 139 needles, and you pretty much acted recklessly by throwing yourself in the line of fire between about twenty Beedrill and Janice. I looked over at Janice and smiled at her. She smiled back at me, then gave me a kiss. It was on the cheek, but it was enough to make me blush. Janice giggled at my reaction, and I tried to sit back up.

Professor Elm forced me back down, and said, "Listen Jason, you came close to a fatal injury, you need to rest." Memma got his attention and I noticed she was holding a bowl in her hands.

"I think this might perk him up a bit." She handed me the bowl and I took a whiff. I almost gagged, it smelled horrible. My guess it was Memma's "Energy Stew", a special combination of several bitter herbs. Regardless, I sipped the soup until it was all gone. I kept it down the best I could. Then, my stomach began to feel weird. I could feel energy returning to me. I was able to stand up, but Professor Elm tried to sit me back down.

"Regardless of what that might have been, your body still needs to heal."

I smirked and said, "Professor, I'm fine. There's nothing like my mom's Energy Stew to get me up and ready to go." I looked over to Memma and winked a knowing eye at her. She returned the wink and noticed that Will and Tyler were gone.

Memma noticed this and said, "Will and Tyler left a while ago." Janice was smiling for some reason, and I decided not to ask. I sat up, this time without interruption from Professor Elm, and stood. I was a bit shaky at first, but I regained my balance after a few seconds.

"See professor, I'm fine." I grabbed Typhon's ball and opened it. Typhon, as soon as he came out, hopped into my arms, and I placed him on my shoulder. "So, where should I go next?"

Professor Elm shook his head, but said, "The next town is Cherrygrove City, west of here." I nodded my head and went out the door, Memma and Janice following close behind.

I turned to Janice and asked, "So if those guys left, why did you stay?"

She scoffed a little and said, "It's pretty obvious, they're jerks. I can't believe Will was my boyfriend." I caught an outburst of surprise in my throat. Will and Janice were boyfriend and girlfriend?

"Wait, were?"

"Yeah, while you were unconscious I broke up with him." I blushed a little, and turned the other way, towards Route 29.

"So they left already. Probably on Route 30 by now."

Janice stepped forward and said, "Then let's go!"

This has to be the longest chapter I have ever written. Anyways, some stats on Jason and Janice's Pokemon:

Jason:

Typhon/Cyndaquil; Male; Lv. 6; Flame Wheel, Eruption, Lava Plume, Flamethrower

Butterfree/Butterfree; Female; Lv. 12; Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder

Beedrill/Beedrill; Male; Lv. 15; Focus Energy, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, String Shot

Janice:

Lucy/Cyndaquil; Lv. 6; Tackle, Leer, Smokescreen

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