My Own Pokémon Journey Chapter 3: Viridian City
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or anything from any other shows.
Previously on My Own Pokémon Journey Hurley caught a Spearow and had Hinata land on him. The sun is starting to come up and Hurley wakes up, makes some sandwiches, and starts packing. A little bit later Hinata wakes up and asks "What's going on?"
"Just packing up the camp so that we can continue on" Hurley says "Go ahead and eat something"
Hinata grabs a sandwich and starts eating while Hurley finishes packing up and then grabs a sandwich and starts eating.
After eating Hurley wakes up Riolu and Spearow and then starts walking with Riolu walking and Spearow is flying behind him.
"When will we reach the next town?" Hinata asks
"At this rate we should be there around noon" Hurley says
Along the way they meet a wild Pidgey and Hurley says "Alright Spearow let's see what you can do, dive at Pidgey like you did us" and Spearow dives but Pidgey flies out of the way.
"Keep flying at Pidgey and use Fury Attack" Hurley says but as Spearow keeps trying to attack Pidgey keeps dodging and weaving like an aerial dance.
As the fight goes on Hurley can see Spearow tiring and says "Spearow come down and start scratching the ground" and Spearow comes down and starts scratching the ground with its talons.
As Spearow scratches the ground Pidgey circles around watching and then dives down trying to tackle Spearow and as she does, Hurley says "Alright now Spearow jump back and flap your wings at the spot you just scratched" and when Spearow does that the wind picks up the loose dirt and sends it flying at Pidgey "Now grab onto to Pidgey with your talons and start pecking her" and Spearow jumps into the dust cloud and grabs Pidgey and keeps pecking until Pidgey gets knocked out and after the battle Spearow is too tired to fly.
"Good job Spearow, now take a nice rest" Hurley says and grabs Spearow's poke'ball "Now return" and a red beam comes out of the center button and turns Spearow into a red light and draws him into the poke'ball.
Hurley grabs an empty poke'ball and says "Now time to catch you Pidgey" and hits the center button and throws it at Pidgey.
After the poke'ball dings Hurley walks over and picks it up then walks over to Hinata and says "Here take this, she'll help protect you"
"I can't do that" Hinata says "You caught her fair and square"
"The only reason I caught her was to give" Hurley says "You'll need at least one to protect you in case I'm not around. Besides with this pokémon you can start catching your own"
"I still wouldn't feel right" Hinata says
"When are you going to learn that if I do something for you I'm not going to take no for an answer" Hurley says "Just take it already"
"Alright" Hinata says and takes the poke'ball holding Pidgey and then continue walking on.
Just before they reach Viridian City Hurley suddenly stops and face-palms himself.
"What's wrong?" Hinata asks
"I just realized that if I recognized you then others will as well" Hurley says "We'll need to change your look somehow when we get to Viridian City"
"Why do we need to do that?" Hinata asks
"You are from another dimension and just imagine what evil people would try to do" Hurley says "They would lock you up and experiment on you trying to figure out how to cross dimensions so that they could take pokémon with them and take over the world"
"You're right" Hinata says "That would be bad. I will do whatever I can to disguise myself, but I refuse to change my hair color"
"That shouldn't be a problem" Hurley says "We could just shorten the hair, get you some colored contacts, and change your clothing style. I think that should do it, but for now wear my hat and try to cover your face with the brim" and takes off his hat and hands it to Hinata, who takes it and puts in on and pulls the brim down to cover the eyes and they walk down into Viridian City.
As they cross the border into Viridian City they pass a hidden camera and on the other side of the screen a man hidden in shadows watches and thinks "It looks like there is fresh prey, but who is the girl? She looks familiar but I just can't place it. Forget about it for now I'm more interested in the pokémon they have with them, I've never seen a pokémon like that in this region ever" and then says to 2 people and a pokémon in the shadows behind him "Follow them and capture that pokémon"
"Yes oh great leader" they say and disappear into the shadows
Back with Hurley and Hinata, they enter a hair salon and are greeted by "Welcome, how may we help you today"
"My friend needs her hair cut to shoulder length" Hurley says
A hair salon person walks over and feels Hinata's hair and says "You have such beautiful hair. Are you sure you want to cut it"
"Yes, please" Hinata says
"Alright then" the hair salon person says "Come right over and sit" and Hinata walks over and sits in a chair.
"Please take off the hat" the hair salon person says and Hinata removes the cap, putting it on her lap, and the cutting begins.
After a few minutes the cutting is done and Hinata walks over to Hurley and asks "Does it look ok?"
"It looks wonderful" Hurley says as the hair salon person walks over to a cash register and then asks "How will you be paying today?"
"With this" Hurley says as he pulls out his poke'dex.
"Wonderful" the hair salon person says as she takes it and opens it to check the identification and then closes it and scans it, then handing it back to Hurley says "Have a wonderful day"
"I will" Hurley says as he takes the poke'dex and walks out the door with Hinata
Next Hurley and Hinata stop at an eyeglass store and as they enter they hear the shop person say "Welcome, how may I help you"
"We need a pair of color tinted iris contacts" Hurley says
"Aren't you in luck? We have a new kind of contacts that work exactly as they eyes do. You can wear them as long as you want without having to worry about taking them out or changing them out and you won't even notice you are wearing them" the shop person says.
"Ok we'll take a pair in blue if you have them" Hurley says
"We do" the shop person says "but how will you pay for them"
"With this" Hurley says and hands him the poke'dex
The shop person takes the poke'dex, checks the ID, scans it and hands it back along with the contacts and says "Hope you enjoy your day"
"The same with you" Hurley says and hand Hinata the contacts and is about to leave but Hinata stops by the bathroom to put in the contacts and when she comes out she asks "Do I look any different?"
"If I wasn't with you I might mistake you for someone else" Hurley says and they both leave.
For the rest of the day Hurley Hinata go from store to store buying various supplies including: a backpack and sleeping bag for Hinata, a portable solar powered stove to cook on, fresh produce and other foods to cook, containers for leftovers, some poke'balls for Hinata, some new clothes for Hinata, and a duffel bag to carry the stuff in with everyone asking about how he would pay. After all that shopping the sun is starting to go down and the two of them reach the Pokémon Center, Hinata wearing a casual navy blue dress.
"I guess I still look a little young to be able to pay for everything" Hurley says as they enter the Pokémon Center and as they enter they see a couple people from behind and Hinata immediately recognizes one of them.
"Tenten I didn't you made it here as well" Hinata says as she runs up to her and gives her a hug as she turns around and says "It's so good to see you Hinata. I didn't think I would see you again" and hugs her back
"Me neither" Hinata says
The other guy turns around and sees Hurley and says "Hey Hurley what's up"
"Not much Chris" Hurley says "Just planning on spending the night here"
Meanwhile Hinata asks "What exactly happened?"
"One minute I'm taking the rods out of Naruto and then he starts glowing red and gets so bright that I have to close my eyes or risk getting blinded and the next I'm standing on a road in a forest next to this guy. What about you?"
"I ended up landing on that guy over there and then ended up sleeping together" Hinata says
"What?" Tenten yells angrily and grabs a kunai then runs over and grabs Hurley and slams him against a nearby wall with a kunai against his throat "What did you do to Hinata?" she yells
"I promise that I haven't done anything to her" Hurley manages to say
Hinata runs over and says frantically "You're misunderstanding Tenten. All he did was lend me his sleeping bag and then slept next to me to keep me company. He even fed me and bought me all this to keep others from recognizing me and performing tests on me. He's very kind and caring. Now just let him go"
Tenten glares at Hurley and says "If you ever do anything to Hinata I will kill you" and lets him go
"Yeah, I got that" Hurley says as he rubs his throat.
"Well how about some dinner" Chris says
"I'll cook up something real nice for you guys" Hurley says and turns to Nurse Joy "Do you mind if we use your kitchen"
"Not at all" Nurse Joy says
"Let me just leave my pokémon with you to heal and I would also like to sign up for the Pokémon League first" Hurley says grabbing Riolu's poke'ball "Riolu, return" and Riolu returns to the poke'ball.
"I'll need your pokédex to sign you up for the Pokémon League" Nurse Joy says
"Ok then" Hurley says and walks over to Nurse Joy, taking the pokédex out of his pocket, and gives her the pokédex and leaves Riolu and Spearow with Nurse Joy and Nurse Joy takes the pokédex and puts it into slot that is connected to the computer and hits a few buttons then hands it back to Hurley after it pops out and says "Here you go. You're now signed up for the Pokémon League"
"Thank you very much" Hurley says and takes the pokédex from her then turns and starts walking towards the kitchen, putting the pokédex in his pocket, as Nurse Joy takes them to the back for healing, but before they leave the lobby the doors explode inward and from the smoke they hear:
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
To protect the world from devastation
To unite all people within the nation
To denounce the evils of truth and love
To extend our reach to the stars above
Jessie
James
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light
Surrender now or prepare to fight
Meowth, that's right
and the smoke clears to reveal a man with short blue hair, a woman with long red hair, and a talking Meowth.
Jessie points at Hurley and says "We're here for your rare pokémon. Now hand it over"
"I don't have him right now" Hurley says "but even if I did I wouldn't hand my friend over to you"
"Then we'll find him and take him by force" Jessie says as she grabs a poke'ball and presses the button then throws it "Go Ekans" and an Ekans appears in front of Hurley.
James grabs a poke'ball, presses the button, and throws it saying "Go Koffing" and a Koffing appears next to Ekans.
"I'll take care of this" Chris says and throws a poke'ball "Go Eevee" and an Eevee appears in front of the Ekans and Koffing.
"Now Eevee use Tackle" Chris says and Eevee starts running at Ekans
"Koffing use Smokescreen" James says and Koffing starts spewing out black smoke which fills up the room causing Hurley and friends to be unable to see.
"Now would be a good time to call out Pidgey, Hinata" Hurley says
"Right" Hinata says and unzips a side pocket of the backpack and grabs Pidgey's poke'ball, then presses the button and throws it saying "Come on out Pidgey" and as Pidgey comes out Hinata asks "What now?"
"Just tell Pidgey to blow the smoke away" Hurley says and Hinata gives Pidgey the order and Pidgey starts flapping its wings and starts clearing the smoke.
When the smoke clears there is no one else there and Hurley asks "Where did Team Rocket go?" and they hear noise coming from the back and run to see what is going on.
When they get to the back room they find Team Rocket loading up a bag with poke'balls.
"You can't just take other people's pokémon" Hurley says
"We'll take all the poke'balls to find that pokémon of yours" Jessie says "Either way we can't leave empty-handed"
"We'll stop you" Hurley says
"What can you do when you don't have any pokémon on you" Jessie says
"I still have my friends" Hurley says
"None of your pokémon can stand up to ours" Jessie says
"How about some reinforcements then" Nurse Joy says as she turns a corner with an army of Pikachu behind her.
"What's an army of rats going to do?" Jessie says laughing
"You'll be shocked" Nurse Joy says "Pikachu use Thunderbolt" and the army of Pikachu launch lightning from their cheeks at Team Rocket electrocuting them.
As they are being electrocuted they drops the bags of poke'balls and Koffing starts spewing a gas which gets ignited by the electricity blowing a hole in the ceiling and sending Team Rocket flying and as they are flying away they hear "Team Rocket is blasting off again"
"Sorry about that" Nurse Joy says "Go ahead and start cooking dinner now. I'll bring your pokémon when they are fully healed"
"Alright then" Hurley says "Chris would you mind helping me out in the kitchen?"
"Sure thing" Chris says and they start heading toward the kitchen/dining room
As Hurley and Chris are cooking Hurley says "Funny thing that I end up meeting Hinata and you end up meeting Tenten"
"It's like things were meant to be" Chris says "You know how much I like Tenten"
"Yeah" Hurley says "Just about as much as I like Hinata. What do you plan on doing?"
"Not really sure" Chris says "Probably travel with Tenten if she wants"
"I don't think Tenten will want to leave Hinata" Hurley says "So how about you both travel with us"
"Fine with me" Chris says "but I'm not so sure about Tenten"
"Go ahead and wait with them" Hurley says "I'll finish dinner soon enough"
"Alright then" Chris says and joins Hinata and Tenten
After a few minutes Hurley comes out with a pot and bowls and spoons for them on a tray.
"Here's some of our family's chili" Hurley says "We mix in some garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cayenne pepper, sour cream, and cheese in a pot of black bean and kidney beans and heat it to a boil" and sets down the tray "Enjoy"
As they start eating says "This is really good and it has a nice kick to it"
"I've had a lot of practice cooking it" Hurley says
After they finish eating Tenten says "I've decided that Hinata and I are going together tomorrow without you guys. Being a weapons master I can easily protect Hinata"
"I ask that you reconsider" Hurley says "You don't really know anything of this world and that could be problematic"
"And risk you guys doing something to Hinata" Tenten says "No way"
"Could I talk to you alone for a moment?" Hurley asks
"Sure" Tenten says and gets up and then Hurley gets up and they walk out the room
Once out of the room Hurley says "This isn't easy and it may be selfish, but I really like Hinata and would like to travel with her. If it helps I promise that I won't do anything except when it's for the best or if she wants me to and it doesn't go against my morals. Besides that there are pokémon your weapons will be of no use against them"
"I'm still not sure I can trust you" Tenten says
"At the very least give us a chance" Hurley says "If we do anything wrong you can always knock us out and leave so that we can't follow you two"
Tenten thinks it over a little bit and says "You have made some good points and you are right that we could easily leave you at any time, but I just can't trust you with Hinata even if you do like her. Still you are right that we don't anything of this world and what the terrain will be like or dangers to avoid. Here what I've decided: We'll travel with you for a little bit to see what the terrain is like and the dangers that exist in this world and if you can't convince me to trust you by that time we're gone and as for liking Hinata, if you ever hurt her I will kill you"
"I know that all too well" Hurley says rubbing his neck "and I hope that you learn to trust me in the meanwhile. Let's go back now"
"OK" Tenten says and they both walk back
When they return to the table Tenten says "I've changed my mind. We'll go ahead and travel with Hurley for a little bit"
"Well, it's getting late" Hurley says "You guys head off to bed and I'll join you after I've finished the dishes"
"That's not right" Hinata says "You cooked dinner, you shouldn't have to do the dishes as well"
"I want to do the dishes" Hurley says
"At the very least let me help" Hinata says
"Ok" Hurley says and takes the dishes to the sink with Hinata following him
While doing dishes Hinata asks "What did you say to Tenten to get her to change her mind"
"Not much" Hurley says "Just that I wanted to travel with you"
"You had to have said something more" Hinata says "Tenten was very adamant about just us going our own way"
"OK" Hurley says "I did say something more, but now is not the right time to tell you"
"When is the right time to tell me?" Hinata asks
"When you're completely over not being able to be with Naruto" Hurley says
"Who says I'm not over him now" Hinata says
"You love Naruto" Hurley says "You don't get over the person you love so easily. You are glad that you're not fully alone with strangers anymore, but don't fool yourself or me into thinking that you are over Naruto"
"I guess you're right" Hinata says "but I still want to know"
"When the time is right Hinata" Hurley says "When the time is right"
Hurley and Hinata finish the dishes in silence and head to their own rooms to go to sleep and prepare for the next day, but Nurse Joy stops them to return Hurley's pokémon and then departs to go to her own room.
Will Hurley ever really tell Hinata? Keep reading to find out. Review or not, it's up to you.
