Chapter 5: VS. Turtwig, Chimchar, & Piplup II
On Route 202, a blue-haired youth was sitting down, resting, whilst applying medicine to his pokemon. Most trainers would use a potion or a full heal, but Rolf was not most trainers. Coming from a long line of simple farming folk, Rolf had learned how to craft many different salves and healing brews from natural ingredients. The balm Rolf was rubbing on his Starly and Shinx was formed from a mix of ground-up oran, rawst, and pecha berries. After a few minutes of waiting, his pokemon had healed completely. Rolf stood up from his resting position, using his staff to steady himself.
"The hunt begins."
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Meanwhile, the Eds were walking along a dirt road on their way to Jubilife City. After meeting Rolf but half-an-hour ago, the Eds were discussing the prospect of meeting up with their friends and neighbors from the cul-de-sac. Ed was so happy that he could barely contain himself.
"Oh, guys! I am so happy that I will get to see my baby sister!" Ed joyously yelled.
"That's nice, Ed. But don't you think you shouldn't be calling her a baby. She is eleven, after all." said Edd.
"Double Dee, she is my little sister and I am her older brother and she will always be my baby sister and when we meet we will have a big hug!" Ed said, hugging himself tightly with eyes closed and a wide grin.
"Whatever, Lumpy. I'll be fine as long as we don't run into shovel chin." Said Eddy "I'm sure he's still pissed after I whooped him at Ever Grande City."
"I'm sure Kevin had calmed down by now. After all, he still was second in the Tournement." Said Edd.
"He'll just call us dorks as usual when we see him anyway." Said Eddy "The only reason I'd put up with him is that Nazz is always with him."
"Nazz is nice." Ed said, matter-of-factly.
"That she is, Ed." Said Edd
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Rolf quietly and effieciently moved through the forest. Using Shinx's natural predatory senses, Rolf followed a small trail in the forest dense with foliage. At the end of the trail, he came across a clearing with berry trees in it. Upon closer inspection, the trees had several cut branches lying on the ground. Some of them were wet with many berries lying on the ground. Rolf grinned.
"You are getting sloppy." Rolf said as he grabbed a poke ball from his belt.
"Go, Starly. Search for our prey. They must be nearby." The trio must have been here recently because the water on the trees hadn't started to evaporate yet. Starly flew off as Rolf and Shinx ventured deeper into the forest.
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"Oh, man! Oh, man!" Eddy said, hopping back and forth from one foot to another. "There it is, Jubilife City!"
On the Horizon, the Eds could see several tall buildings, seemingly poking out of the ground. Out of the buildings, two of them stood out from the rest. The first was a large white building with a gigantic flat screen TV on it and a cluster of large speakers. This building was the Jubilife TV building, the largest television station in Sinnoh. Almost all Television programming is recorded there. The other building was the poketch (pokemon watch) building, the headquarters of the poketch corporation. This company created the eponymous Poketch, a wrist-mounted mini-computer which had several apps that could be download for seeing the buildings, Eddy's walking pace doubled.
"Oh, no you don't, mister." Ed said in a reprimanding fashion, while gripping Eddy tightly.
"Okay,okay! I'll walk! Just let go of me!" Eddy responded. "Can't we speed up a bit? Come on, this is the largest city in Sinnoh we're talkin' about."
"I could tolerate a minor change in speed." Edd conceded much to Eddy's pleasure. "I guess seeing your first city in Sinnoh has got you energized."
"Of course, Sock hat. I'm so excited that I don't know what to do first. I totally want to go visit the TV station, but I'm also itching to challenge the gym here."
"Eddy, There's no gym there." Said Edd
"What? It's the largest city in Sinnoh!"
"But It still doesn't have a gym."
"That's a load of crap! I can't believe those people!" Eddy yelled furiously.
"On the other hand, one of the most prestigious pokemon trainer schools is located here. Perhaps we could go there to battle." Edd suggested,
"Beating up on those new trainers does sound fun."
"I meant that we should fight some of the staff, who are very experienced and will actually provide a challenge."
"If it makes up for the lack of a gym, I'm cool with it."
"Personally, I want to see the global trade station. It will be a good place to met new trainers and to learn about the native pokemon."
"We gotta see the TV place first, double Dee!" Ed interjected. "I heard that they're filming Giga Tyrannitar vs. Mecha Tyranitar II: the revenge there. I gotta see it!"
"Well, gentlemen, it's already 5:00 pm, so the trainer school is probably closed by now and the Global Trade Station is probably barren this time of day. However, the TV station still has filming this time of day, and of course the nightly news is broadcast from there." Edd said.
"Then let's go, already! I ain't waitin' around 'til it closes!" Said Eddy
"Monster movie, Double Dee!" Ed yelled. Edd sighed as the trio ran off.
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Starly returned back to Rolf. Hovering in the air, it chirped and then flew down one of the forest paths.
"So that's where you are." Rolf said "Quickly, Shinx! Before our quarry escapes us!"
Rolf and Shinx sprinted after Starly. In an attempt to escape Rolf, the fleeing pokemon made a new path through the thicket. However, they didn't know that their pursuer could not be shaken by such measures. Rolf couldn't be defeated by mere thicket. Rolf plowed the brush, ignoring the stings of branches hitting him, while Shinx followed closely. After minutes of creating new paths in the forest, Rolf heard a loud roar not too far off. His priorities changed quickly.
"Shinx, Starly! To that noise! Quickly!"
The noise surprised Rolf. The roar of that was not characteristic of the Pokemon that usually live around these areas. Roars of that type were usually made by Canine pokemon like Mightyena. If they encountered the trio that Rolf was pursuing, they could have easily killed them. Rolf prayed that the Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup lasted out, for his sake. Once again, Rolf heard a Roar, and the soon after, the sounds of battle.
"Make haste! We must get there!"
Rolf was running as fast as humanly possible at this point. Eventually, he could see where the fighting was coming from. Once he saw this, his fears were confirmed. In the thick field that lay in front of him, Rolf saw his quarry unconscious on the ground. They were at the mercy of a pack of growlithe with an arcanine leading them. The pack immediately noticed Rolf and the few of the growlithe charged Rolf and his companions.
"Do you think you can take what is mine so easily? This son of a Sheppard will teach you your place! Shinx, hit them with spark! Startly, use wing attack!"
Obeying their master's orders, both pokemon charged the Growlithe. What they lacked in numbers, the Shinx and Starly made up for in skill, easily landing clean blows on two of the Growlithe, while they struggle to retaliate.
"Hit them again!"
Shinx and Starly both went in for a second attack while the Growlithe's finally retaliated. Multiple Growlithes shot out ember attacks from their mouths to hit Rolf's pokemon at a distance. Starly was able to easily dodge with some skillful maneuvering and Shinx used the electricity from his spark attack to mitigate some of the fire as he charged right through it. The Growlithes weren't prepared for that and Shinx nailed one of them in the face, knocking it out, and Starly finished off a second one after Shinx. The duo's combined attacks forced the Growlithes to retreat in fear. Seeing this disgrace, the Arcanine stepped up to attack.
"Pick on someone your own size, mongrel!"
Rolf quickly returned Shinx and Starly to their pokeballs. Rolf pulled a third pokeball from his belt and tossed it into the air.
"Blaziken, show him a real challenge!"
Rolf's pinch hitter emerged in a burst of light. Unlike Shinx and Starly, Blaziken travelled with Rolf throughout Hoenn and was Rolf's strongest and most reliable pokemon. Blaziken's powerful aura was enough to startle Arcanine. It recovered quickly, however, and prepared to charge. Blaziken stared down his foe and prepared as well. Suddenly, Arcanine charged, but unlike his growlithe minions, a fiery aura formed around Arcanine, turning him into a physical flame.
"Blaziken, counter him with your own flare blitz."
Blaziken, too, rushed forward with a fiery aura. Arcanine, sure of its own superiority, sprinted blindly and recklessly forward. However, Arcanine didn't expect what would happen next. Blaziken jumped into the air, dodging Arcanine's attack, and instead struck it in the back with a powerful aerial flare blitz. This knocked the wind out of Arcanine and sent it crashing to the ground, unconscious.
"That will teach you to prey on the weak." Rolf said "Good job, Blaziken. You can rest now."
Rolf returned his Blaziken to his pokeball and then turned to face the unconscious pokemon lying in the field.
"Rolf would have preferred to subdue you himself, but he will accept this."
Rolf took out three balls from his belt pouch and captured the unconsious Turtwig, chimchar, and piplup.
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As the sun went down, the three Eds walked into the TV station building. They entered into the building's reception room, a pristine and well-lit room with a semi-circular desk in the center and rows of chairs to the sides. Sitting behind the desk was a receptionist. Eddy walked confidently to her and talked.
"Hey! Where's the studio?" he said. The unimpressed receptionist looked up.
"If you want to go on a tour, then go to the sign that says "Tours here" in print the size of your head." She snidely said. Unable to come up with a suitable retort, Eddy walked over to his friends, who went over to the sign while Eddy was talking.
"Did you hear that woman? The nerve!" eddy said indignantly.
"I'm afraid not Eddy." Edd replied. He pulled out a brochure and gave it to Eddy "You might as well take a look at this before the tour starts."
Eddy opened up the Brochure and the three scanned it.
"Hey, check it out, guys!" Eddy said "They're filming the next season of Master Trainer!"
"Seriously, Eddy?" Edd said "How can you watch that schlock?"
"Hey! I'll have you know that I learned everything I know about training from this show."
"I doubt it, Eddy. That show is just an excuse to invade into the private lives of famous trainers rather than teach anything of value."
"Hey, guys! Look!" Ed said "They got Giga Tyrannitar vs. Mecha Tyrannitar II: The Revenge being filmed right now!"
"We'll go see that later, but first-" Eddy said.
"Attention, everyone! The tour is about to start!" A chirpy, young woman said. Like the rest of the people in the room, the Eds gathered around her, eager to begin the tour.
"All right, everyone! Follow me into the studio as we start the tour!" the woman said as she opened the double doors and motioned with her hands. As everyone moved through the doors, the Eds saw what was on the other side. There was a long hallway, line with doors and intersected with other hallways. As she led them, the tour guide spoke again.
"These are the entrances to a few of the many studios in our building. On your right you'll see the studio where our hit sitcom, That's My Rattata, is filmed before an audience of people like yourselves. Speaking of which, you reserve seats for future shows at the front desk or online."
Eddy rolled his eyes and whispered to Edd "Lame."
"I still can't comprehend how they weren't cancelled after the first season." Edd replied.
"True dat."
The tour group continued walked down various halls until appearing at a pair of large double doors.
"Okay, everyone. We've just arrived at the studio where they're filming Giga Tyrannitar vs. Mecha Tyrannitar II: The Revenge, in theaters august 30th. Be sure to be extra qui-."
"MONSTER MOVIE!" Ed yelled, causing everyone to grab their ears in pain. Ed balled his hands tightly in joy while grinning like an idiot.
"Well, I see we have some fans our group. As I was saying, be sure to be extra quiet and not to disrupt the filming of the movie." The tour guide said. "Without further ado, let us go in."
The woman swung open the doors and Ed looked as if the doors to heaven itself had been opened. He quivered and quaked and looked like he might faint if stimulated any more. Inside, there was a gigantic set littered with stagehands, technicians, and other personnel. In the center of it all was a miniature cityscape with two men dressed up in Tyrannitar costumes. In a subdue voice, the tour guide spoke.
"Here is the set. As you can see, they're filming a fight scene between Giga Tyrannitar and Mecha Tyrannitar in Saffron city. This is the part of the movie when they first meet and-."
Unable to contain his joy, Ed burst from the Crowd, Screaming and Sprinting towards the costumed men.
"MONSTERS!"
The stunned actors could do nothing but brace for impact. In one swift motion, Ed scooped them into a giant bear hug, grinning as hard as he could while the actors struggled to breathe.
"Ed! No!" Edd and Eddy yelled as they ran to release the men from Ed's grip.
"Hey! Get the hell off those men!" a security guard yelled, running over with his coworkers. Edd and Eddy started to pull Ed of the men, but the guards just tackled the three friends. With some force, they were able to wrestle Ed from the actors and they quickly subdued Edd and Eddy.
"Good going, lumpy." Eddy snarked, struggling to speak due to half his face being pressed into the floor.
"But monsters, Eddy."
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"And stay out, you hooligans!" the security guard yelled as he chucked the Eds out the door. The door closed behind him, leaving the three of them lying on the pavement.
"Great job, monobrow. Now I can't see the rest of the studio." Eddy chastised as he rose from the pavement.
"I have to agree with Eddy on this. Your behavior was quite reprehensible." Edd said, brushing the small chucks of concrete from his shirt.
"Aww come on, guys. There were the real monsters there." Ed said.
"Still, Ed. Perhaps next time you could restrain yourself a bit more." Edd said.
"Well, now what?" Eddy asked. "Our tour was cut short."
"Might as well go the pokecenter and get some sleep." Edd said
"Okay." Eddy said, disappointed at the day's events.
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Holy crap, guys! This is my longest chapter yet; 2500 words and 6 & ½ pages long! Hopefully this will matter to the…1 or so persons who actually reads this. Speaking of readers, if you happen to read this, review it or comment or something; I'm very appreciative of every review I get and I'll try to respond to them and address your concerns. Anyway, on to the bio!
Bio #5
Name: Rolf
Pokemon (on hand): Blaziken (from Rolf's farm), shinx, starly (both from route 201) , turtwig, chimchar, piplup (all three from route 202)
Pokemon (others): Grumpig, Miltank, Tauros, Amphoros, Exeggutor (all raised on Rolf's farm)
The son-of-a-Sheppard from the cul-de-sac, Rolf spent most of his youth working the small suburban farm his family owned. When he started his pokemon journey, he brought with him various young pokemon from his farm to raise. This paid off and Rolf was able to raise a powerhouse team that got him into into the pokemon league tornament, where he was able to do quite well.
