Destination Pokemon!

Chapter 3- A New Member

Ed and Charmander carefully went across Route 1, ready to encounter any pokemon that awaited them. They could hear different sounds. They could hear the chirping of Pidgey, the sound of Ratatta chewing on something. Suddenly, a Pikachu came out of the tall grass they were currently standing on. Ed wondered how this Pikachu had landed here. Then he remembered Peter saying that there were Pikachu in Viridian forest. He realized that it would be quite easy for a Pikachu to wander from the forest to here.

This Pikachu seemed to want an adventure. Just to make sure, he said "Hey Charcoal, use Ember."

In response Charcoal opened his mouth and created a medium-sized ball of fire. The wild Pikachu dodged it easily and to Ed's surprise just jumped to his belt and touched a pokeball with its nose and allowed itself to be enveloped by the poke ball's red light. The pokeball closed and there were 3 shakes and then a beep. Ed knew that the Pikachu was captured. He checked his Pokedex and sure enough Pikachu's data was in the Pokedex. He wondered if his mom had packed a pokemon guide in his bagpack. He checked and sure enough there was a guide and even a town map, journal and a berry pouch. He thought "Hmm… Mom sure has been thoughtful." He released Pikachu and said "Hey, I am gonna call you Sparkdude. You okay with that?" Pikachu raised his arm and said "Pika! Pika! Chu! ", in affirmative.

"So you want to be inside or a ball or do you wanna walk along?" asked Ed. Pikachu said "Pika Pikachu!" and pointed to the pokeball. Ed agreed and said "Return, Sparkdude!" He could understand that this Sparkdude was a male. That he knew due to the fact that Sparkdude accepted this name easily and that he looked for adventure. Ed was still slightly stunned at the way Pikachu had been captured. He wondered if it was natural for such a thing to happen. He patted the pokeball and tucked it away safely in his belt.

Suddenly from above a Fearow let out a huge cry. Charcoal panicked and revealed to its trainer that this Fearow had just lost one of its eggs to an Ekans and that it was going to be in a rampage until someone fights it back. Ed asked if they could flee which forced Charcoal to give him a look which meant to say "My trainer is a coward?!" Ed flushed and said "Right. My bad. Let us fight it." Charcoal smiled a satisfied smile. The Fearow finally seemed to have spotted them as Ed reached for Sparkdude's pokeball. He explained to Charcoal "That Fearow is too strong for either of you alone. But if we combine our power, we can easily defeat that bird." Charcoal asked its trainer if he was gonna attempt catching the Fearow.

"No. That Fearow is super effective against bug, grass and fighting types. You can take care of bug and grass pokemon and I shall capture a psychic pokemon for fighting types. So that Fearow will be useless. Moreover, it has eggs to take care of and it will never want to come with us. Let us faint it for a while." Saying so, he released Sparkdude.

Sparkdude looked around and finally understood the reason for Ed calling him out as he saw the Fearow zeroing in on them. It cried "Pikachuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!" And it released a huge bolt of electricity which knocked the hell out of Fearow. Fearow let out a huge cry and fell to the ground. Ed and charcoal were left with their mouths open at the intensity of Sparkdude's attack. Still astounded, Ed returned Sparkdude to its ball. Then he took out his Pokedex and pointed it at Fearow. It said "Fearow – the evolution of Spearow. It can remain in the sky flying for a whole day using its huge and magnificent wings."

"That's No.3 in my Pokedex. Let's go!" Ed said and half ran to viridian city. Once he could see viridian's pokemon center, he ran very fast as it had become night by then. When he reached, he hurriedly gave his pokemon and Nurse Joy handed them back 'in a few seconds' as always. He asked Joy if there was room to spend the night there. Nurse Joy nodded and pointed to a room with a door having the picture of a sleeping Snorlax. He thanked the nurse and went to the room to join hundreds of trainers. He lay down and closed his eyes, in hope of getting his first badge tomorrow. Charmander slept beside him.

Unknown to the duo, a silent figure had followed them right from route 1. Like Ed, this person also lied down and beside this figure rested a pokemon with a bulb like thing on its back. It had spots here and there and seemed to say "Bulb! Bulbasaur!"

The Next Morning

Ed's alarm rang. Thinking that he was home, he stretched and rolled over only for his hand to contact a man's face. The man looked at him with a glare, as Ed's senses suddenly returned to him. But it was too late. The man's hand was only inches near Ed's nose. But suddenly, a vine like thing suddenly hit the man's hand so hard that he had to howl in pain. As Ed looked at the source of help, he saw a pokemon with the bulb on its back. He quickly identified it as a Bulbasaur, one of the kanto starters. He showed the Pokedex towards it which said "Bulbasaur, it bears the seed of a plant on its back from birth. The seed slowly develops. Researchers are unsure whether to classify Bulbasaur as a plant or animal. Bulbasaur are extremely calm and are difficult to capture in the wild." And then, he noticed a trainer beside the Bulbasaur. This trainer, it was a female. To Ed's mild surprise, she too seemed to have a Pokedex and was currently pointing it at Charmander. After the Pokedex had dictated Charmander's entry, the trainer closed the Pokedex, apparently looking satisfied. Ed went and thanked her for timely help and introduced himself. The girl smiled and said "Hi Ed. I am Julia. Please do not think me wrong, but I have been following you right from the start of route 1. Even I received my starter from prof. Oak. I have nicknamed it as Grasslight. And the way your Pikachu owned that Fearow earned you my respect. If you do not mind, can I accompany you on your journey? I believe that our destination is the same."

This took Ed completely by surprise. Nevertheless, he agreed. There were 2 reasons for his instant agreement. He felt that this girl might be able to help him in his journey. The second reason was that he felt that this Julia was one hot girl. Naughty thoughts crept up to him as he tied his best to avoid them. The girl seemed to be happy beyond words. As they both smiled at each other, they heard a grunt behind them. Their smiles turned into grimaces when they realized that the rouge from earlier had regained his senses. They watched in fear as the rouge took out what seemed to be a slimy pokeball and said "Go Slushy!" Since Ed and Julia were both ready for a battle, their smiles returned as they reached for their Pokedex. Meanwhile, Charmander was in a ready stance for battle as the punk took another pokeball and said "Go Sleepster!"

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And thus ends another chapter. Come on guys, be nice and gimme a review. Please? So, does Julia remind of you of someone from the anime? Yup, she's similar too May. It will be another week before the next chapter as I just do not have enough time. But do not worry, my public exams will get over in March and then my posts will be superfast.