Hey guys. The next chapter MIGHT take a little time for me to update. I've been updating these so quickly because I've already had them typed out and I'm still in the beginning of chapter 7. OKAY DISCLAIMER TIME :D!
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Chapter 6: Different Strokes for Different Blokes!
Julie, Dawn, Ash, and Brock were all getting ready for lunch with the help of their Pokémon when there was a sudden explosion!
"What in the world was that?" Julie asked as her and the others were going to see what happened. What they found were Piplup, and Aipom in a fight kicking up dust.
"Twig-Turtwig." Turtwig said trying to break them up.
"Bud-Dew." Athena said doing the same. Piplup and Aipom looked at them and shoved them away.
"Hey you two cut it out!" Ash yelled over them.
"Stop your fighting right now!" Dawn yelled.
Tuuuurtwiiiig!" Turtwig said jumping into the fight.
"Buuuudeeew!" Athena said doing the same. Aipom Focus Punched Turtwig while Piplup Pecked at Athena's rear.
"TUUUURRTWIIIIIG!" Turtwig said using Razor Leaf.
"DEEEEEEEW!" Athena yelled using Bullet Seed.
"You can't treat my Piplup that way!" Dawn yelled at the two.
"Hang on." Julie said getting their attention.
"Turtwig and Athena were only breaking them up." Brock explained.
"Of course! Turtwig, thank you. You too Athena." Ash thanked.
"Bud." Athena said in a 'you're welcome' but, Turtwig jumped right onto Ash's head again.
"I think you're the best too but let go of that!" Ash yelled laughing.
"Wow. Turtwig REALLY likes you." Julie said.
"Pathetic." They heard a familiar voice say.
"It's Paul." Ash said slightly surprised.
"Oh great…" Julie muttered but Paul heard her anyway.
"Like I'm as thrilled as you are." Paul sneered at her. Julie only glared at him.
"Boy Paul, you sure like showing up outta nowhere don't ya?" Ash stated more then asked.
"I'm just out here doing a little training to get ready for my Oreburg Gym battle." Paul answered.
"What do ya know, Julie and I are headed there too."
"Am I seeing things, or is that Turtwig one of your new Pokemon?"
"Yeah. You're not seeing things. We're talkin' strong!"
"Twiiig!" Turtwig said nonchalantly.
"Doesn't look like much to me." Paul said with a smirk.
"What?" Ash said getting annoyed.
"Well, why don't we have a battle and you can find out." Ash demanded.
"Fine. Our last battle left a bad taste in my mouth, and I wanna give my friend here a little revenge!" Paul said throwing a Pokeball.
"Chimchar!" Chimchar yelled when he was released.
"Turtwig, how do ya feel about battling right now?"
"Tuuur." Turtwig said nodding.
"Ash, a Fire-type like Chimchar has an advantage over a Grass-type." Dawn said in distress.
"But not this time!" Ash started, "Turtwig and I are gonna win this!"
"I'll be the referee." Brock stated.
"Don't waste your time. There'll be no doubt who wins." Paul smirked.
"If you're talking about Ash, then you're right." Julie said glaring.
"Butt out." Paul sneered angrily.
"Just saying." Julie said holding her hands up defensively.
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They were all ready to go on the edge of a cliff near a waterfall. Julie was sitting near the edge with Zeus and Athena sitting in her lap while the others were a little more away from the cliff.
"You sure you should be sitting there Julie?" Dawn asked worried.
"I'm fine. It's not like I'm gonna fall." Julie stated.
"Alright. Just be careful."
"Aren't I always?"
"No." Dawn stated simply.
"Gee, thanks."
"Shut up!" Paul nearly yelled.
"Well it looks like SOMEONE'S crabby. Oh wait, that's normal." Julie sneered back. Paul just ignored her while Zeus snickered.
"You can go first." Paul said as if nothing happened.
"I'm not holding back either!" Ash said fiercely, "Turtwig us Tackle!" Turtwig charged towards Chimchar ready to knock it down.
"Dodge it!" Paul said just as fierce and Chimchar jumped into the air, "Use Scratch!" Chimchar zoomed in at Turtwig.
"That's fast!" Julie stated.
"Quick, dodge that!" Ash commanded. Turtwig just stood there and took the hit. "Why didn't Turtwig dodge it when I said?" Ash muttered to himself. "Now, use Razor Leaf!" Turtwig swung the leaves on his head and leaves started to fly toward Chimchar. Chimchar just did a bunch of back-flips while dodging them.
"Chimchar sure can move." Dawn commented.
"Ember!" Paul yelled. Chimchar shot balls of fire toward Turtwig.
"That Chimchar seems to have gotten stronger." Brock stated.
"Pika…" Pikachu agreed.
"Dodge it this time Turtwig!" Ash said but, again Turtwig just stood there not even moving and got hit with Ember. "Why don't you dodge it?"
"Something's wrong here…" Julie said.
"Chu-Pichu." Pichu agreed nodding.
"Okay then, use Synthesis to heal yourself!" Ash yelled.
"Yeah that's the way." Brock commented. Julie however disagrees.
"Bad timing Ash." Julie muttered.
"She's right." Paul smirked. "Flame Wheel!" Chimchar got his Flame Wheel ready and headed straight for Turtwig. Turtwig had already finished when Chimchar was coming.
"Come on Turtwig, you gotta dodge it this time." But, Turtwig STILL didn't dodge and ended up being hit. "NO! Are you ok Turtwig?" Ash asked. When Turtwig stood up again, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Why do you keep refusing to dodge Turtwig?" Ash asked.
"Are you done yet?" Paul asked harshly.
"'Course not! Turtwig use Bite!" When Turtwig leapt towards Chimchar, a net suddenly grabbed him and Julie!"
"AAAH!" Julie screamed while being hauled up.
"Turtwig, Julie!" The others, except Paul called worried.
"Listen, is that a voice I hear?" The annoying motto started.
"It's speaking to me loud and clear."
"On the wind!"
"Past the stars!"
"In your ear!"
"Bringing chaos at a break neck pace!"
"Dashing all hope and putting fear in its place!"
"A rose by any other name's just as sweet."
"When everything's worse, our work is complete!"
"Ember!" A voice suddenly called, making them mess up.
"Ember!" Jessie repeated.
"Ember?" they realized. Chimchar suddenly blasted them with Ember, causing them to catch fire.
"You can't do that!" Meowth screamed.
"The kids are stupid and messed up our new motto!" Jessie yelled, freaking out.
"The next thing you know, they'll think we've been replaced by Butch and Cassidy!" James exclaimed.
"You're wrecking our battle! Get lost!" Paul exclaimed.
"You're more worried about your stupid battle when I'M up here?" Julie exclaimed.
"Pichu!" Zeus yelled also pretty peeved.
"Dew!" Athena added.
"Yeah. Why should I care that you're in danger?" Paul said coldly.
"You little-"
"Why is one of the twerpettes in our net along with Turtwig, and Budew?" Jessie asked her companions, who weren't listening.
"Easy. You guys are complete morons!" Julie yelled.
"I'll teach you to call us morons!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
"Look Team Rocket, gimmie back my Turtwig!" Ash commanded.
"Hello? Are you forgetting something!" Julie yelled angrily.
"Oh right. Give Julie, Athena, and Zeus back too!"
"Turtwig? Athena? " James asked.
"Pikachu and Pichu are in here!" Meowth called while they all looked in the net.
"Ah! Pikachu's out there!" They all yelled.
"Oh well, at least we got Pichu!" Jessie said laughing.
"Here I thought Ash was pathetic." Paul stated.
"I have to agree with you on that one!" Julie called out.
"How dare you?" Jessie started, "Educate the new twerp, if you please!"
"Right," James nodded "Look twerp, we're known as Team Rocket! The smartest, coolest, nastiest, cheapest, hungriest, stupidest-" then James started to cry.
"Wow! That's telling 'em!" Meowth said sarcastically.
"Carnivine, you'll help me!" James said, releasing his Carnivine, which started to bite on his head. "Somehow, you learned this from me, I'm sorry! Bullet Seed…" James mumbled falling to the ground. Carnivine shot seeds out of his mouth and straight towards Paul.
"Get outta the way Paul!" Ash and Julie yelled.
"Be quiet!" He yelled back rudely. "Chimchar, Ember!" Both Ember and Bullet Seed collided.
"Now Turtwig, Razor Leaf, let's go!" As Turtwig and Julie fell, Ash caught Turtwig and Julie held onto Zeus and Athena as she fell on her back.
"OW!" She yelled when she hit the ground.
"You ok Julie?" Ash asked.
"Pichu-Pichu?" Zeus also asked.
"Dew-Bud?" Budew asked third.
"Yeah, I'm good." Julie said rubbing her back.
"Good, now Pikachu, it's time for a little Thunderbolt!"
"You too Zeus!"
"PIIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
"PIIICHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" The balloon exploded shooting Team Rocket away but also blowing Julie, Ash, Paul, Turtwig, Athena, and Chimchar over the cliff!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ash screamed. "Turtwig!" he yelled as he grabbed his Pokemon and fell into the water at the bottom. Julie landed on a branch sticking out of the cliff while holding Athena.
"You ok Athena?" Julie asked worried.
"Dew." Budew said nodding.
"Hey you guys!" Dawn yelled looking over.
"Pika-Pi!" Pikachu called.
"Pichu!" Zeus added.
"Are you alright?" Brock asked.
"Ya! Don't worry!" Ash called.
"We're kinda stuck!" Julie yelled.
"Just jump in the water!" Dawn told her.
"Fine…" Julie said and jumped in. Ash helped her and Athena out of the water. "Thanks."
"Sure."
"Let's meet up on the far side of the forest!" Brock called.
"Sounds good to us!" Ash yelled back.
"That won't be so easy…" Julie muttered, as they started walking.
"Why?" Ash asked.
"This is Bewilder Forest. There are tons of Stantler that can hypnotize you if you look at their antlers."
"Oh…" Ash said slightly nervous.
"Don't worry. You just can't look at their antlers." Julie told him.
"Right." Ash said, "Paul, where're ya goin'?" he started after hearing him return his Chimchar. "Hey wait up!"
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"Slow down Paul!" Ash said after a little bit of walking. Julie was a ways back, trying to keep her distance from him. "What're ya doin'?"
"Getting out of here." Paul answered annoyed.
"Well, since we're just getting outta here, let's all just get out together!"
"That sounds stupid."
"What's so stupid about helping each other out?"
"I don't need any help! Especially from little kids like you!"
"What is with that guy?"
"I don't get why Ash is always so nice to him," she started; "He doesn't deserve it after the way he treated us…" she trailed off.
"Budew." Athena said nodding.
"I just wanna be friendly!" Ash yelled at her.
"Well, he obviously doesn't want to be your friend." She stated.
"I don't think he wants to be your friend either!"
"Fine, it's not like I had a lot of friends like you obviously do."
"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
"It's fine. I just can't stand people who like to treat others like they're garbage."
"Neither can I but, what can you do?"
"We should just get out of here before some Stantler show up."
"K."
As they were walking they came across a wild Stantler and Julie covered her eyes.
"Look, you were right!" Ash exclaimed getting out his Pokedex.
"I'd rather not look." Julie stated covering her eyes with her hat.
'Stantler, the Big Horn Pokemon. It's long curved antlers subtly bend the air current around them, to create a mysterious warp in reality.'
"Ash, cover your eyes!" Julie hissed at him, afraid he would be hypnotized.
"Nah, it looks harmless." Right when Ash said that, the wild Stantler hypnotized Ash and Turtwig.
"Ash!" Julie said when he stated walking back the way they came. When he finally stopped, they were already back to where they started.
"Huh? What happened?" He asked.
"You were hypnotized! I told you to cover your eyes!" Julie said slightly angry.
"Sorry, I didn't know."
"Yes you did! I told you before we entered the forest!"
"Ok, ok, I'll be more careful."
"You better be." Julie said dragging him away. They suddenly saw ANOTHER Stantler! Ash AGAIN was hypnotized and started walking the other way again. "That's not being careful Ash!" she yelled when they were back at the waterfall.
"Sorry!"
"I'm seriously considering just dragging you through here."
"I promise I won't look at another Stantler!"
"If you do I will blind-fold you and guide you through here!"
"Okay! Let's just go!" Ash said walking away from her rather fast. When Julie caught up to Ash, he and Turtwig were on the ground in a swimming position with Stantler surrounding them.
"Unbelievable!" Julie yelled extremely annoyed. "I'm starting to think Paul was right about him." She muttered.
"Budew!" Athena agreed.
"Lame-oh's." Julie suddenly heard. She looked over and saw Paul standing there.
"Chimchar, help out the losers with Ember!" He said releasing his Chimchar. Chimchar unleashed his Ember attack making all but one Stantler run. "Chimchar, use Flame Wheel!" Chimchar spun around in summer-salts with his body engulfed in flames. He hit the Stantler, making it catch on fire. "Alright, let's check you out. Pokeball, get it!" One…Two…Three…CLICK! Paul caught Stantler.
"Paul, thanks a lot for helping us." Ash thanked, "Unlike SOME people I know." He continued looking to Julie.
"Sorry. I was marveling at how unbelievably quick you got hypnotized after I told you what would happened if it happened AGAIN!" She shouted back. Ash just gulped and took a few steps away.
"Yeah, whatever." He said completely ignoring Julie. He scanned the Stantler with his Pokedex to check out its moves. "Please, this Stantler only knows a simple Tackle attack. What a waste of time. Get out!" He demanded
releasing the Stantler. The Stantler walked away with no arguments.
"I thought that Stantler wanted to be friends." Ash said.
"Friends are just, useless." Paul commented.
"I bet you wouldn't know. Considering you probably don't have any with that attitude." Julie told him.
"I don't need friends. So, stop wasting my time and take a hike."
"I would if we weren't going the same way." Julie retorted. Paul just growled and walked away.
"That was a little harsh Julie." Ash told her.
"You're probably right. You'll probably never believe this, but, I was once like Paul."
"WHAT? YOU WERE?" Ash asked, completely shocked.
"Yeah," Julie started. "See, when I was little and going to Pokemon school, I was the weird kid that no one would talk to."
"Really?"
"Yeah." At this point, Julie, Ash, Turtwig, and Athena were all sitting by an apple tree. "People teased me and played a game called 'Julie Germs' where if people touched me, they would get 'Julie germs' and the other kids would run away from that person. Day after day I would dread going to that school. I would think that friends would be useless to me and wouldn't help at all. But, one day, Dawn showed up and no one would talk to her either because she was new. So, she walked up to me and said hi. We started talking and became great friends. Later, a kid named Kenny started going to school with us and we also quickly became friends. From then on, I changed my mind about having friends. They're the best things anyone could have!" She finished with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry all that happened to you." Ash said giving her a sympathetic look.
"It's ok. It's all in the past now." Julie said smiling.
"Right." Ash said smiling, until his and Julie's stomachs growled. They looked at each other and started laughing. "Guess we better get some food."
"Guess so!" They looked up and saw the apples.
"Hey Turtwig, think you can get those apples down?"
"Tur!" Turtwig said nodding. He used Razor Leaf and cut down two apples.
"Thanks Turtwig!" Julie thanked and broke he apple in half to give to Athena. "Here you go girl! Eat up!"
"Dew!" Athena said happily and took the apple. The next thing she knew, a Stantler showed up.
"Ash! Cover your eyes!" She demanded getting up. Ash looked up, saw the Stantler, and freaked out.
"Turtwig, whatever you do, don't look at 'em!" He yelled running smack into a tree.
"Now he listens to me…"
"Bud…" Budew sighed. The next thing they know, some angry Beedrill started to chase after them.
"Ash, what did you do?" Julie yelled as her and Athena caught up to them.
"I don't know!" They suddenly saw Dawn and Brock waving to them.
"Look out!" Julie yelled.
"Julie what did you do?" Dawn yelled running with them.
"Nothing! Ash did it!" She yelled back. She suddenly ran into Ash who had stopped. "Why'd you stop?" she looked up and found her answer.
'Ursaring, the Hibernator Pokemon. An excellent tree climber, it snaps trees with its front legs and eats the fallen fruit.'
"RAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Ursaring yelled out. Turtwig suddenly jumped onto Ursaring and bit his head while, Athena used Bullet Seed on him.
"Turtwig stop it!" Ash commanded, trying to pull him off.
"Athena! Stop!" Julie yelled, picking up Athena.
Ursaring suddenly turned on her and roared.
"Pichu-Chu!" Zeus yelled.
"Deeeew!"Athena yelled using Mega Drain. When she was done, Ursaring attacked her using Focus Punch but, she dodged. Ursaring suddenly thrashed around extremely angry.
"Zeus Thunderbolt, Athena Bullet Seed!" Julie yelled.
"Pikachu Iron Tail, Turtwig Razor Leaf!" The attacks all hit causing Ursaring a lot of damage. "Great combination!" Ash complimented.
"Yeah! Nice job!" Julie agreed. Ursaring got furious and used Hyperbeam! The running continued all over again. They ran until they were out of the forest.
"We finally got out of the forest!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yeah, but so did Ursaring!" Julie yelled. They suddenly saw Paul with his Chimchar.
"Look out!" Paul said with no emotion.
"It's Paul!" Ash exclaimed.
"Chimchar, use Flame Wheel!" Chimchar charged towards Ursaring with a Flame Wheel hitting him, setting him on fire. "Alright Pokeball, get it!" One…Two…Three…CLICK! Paul, surprisingly, caught Ursaring.
"Wow! Ursaring just got caught!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yeah, we'll see for how long." Ash said "You see, if Paul doesn't think their strong enough, he just lets 'em go!"
"Just like with Stantler." Julie commented.
"This one's not bad so, I guess I'll keep it." Paul said after he was done scanning it.
"Hey Paul." Ash greeted.
"Are you still holding onto that lame-oh Turtwig?"
"Huh?"
"You should've learned from our last battle, that Pokémon's pathetic."
"You don't get it do ya?" Ash started "If you work with them they'll get strong. Let's battle once more."
"Forget it. You can't win." he said starting to walk away.
"Well, if you won't battle Ash, then try me." Julie said stepping forward.
"Are you kidding me? No way! I'm not battling a beginner like you."
"Are you scared or something?"
"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."
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They were standing in a clearing, as Julie and Paul got ready to battle. Julie was using Athena and Paul was using Chimchar.
"Chimchar, use Scratch!" Chimchar ran towards Athena with his arms forward.
"Counter with Bullet Seed!" Athena drew back and shot seeds towards Chimchar, hitting him.
"Dig!" Chimchar burrowed his way into the ground.
"Where'd he go?" Julie muttered. Chimchar suddenly jumped out of the ground and hit Athena. "Athena!"
"Now use Ember!"
"Bullet Seed!" The attacks collided, canceling each other out. "Use Mega Drain!" Athena drained Chimchar's energy and healed herself.
"Get up!" Paul ordered harshly. Chimchar slowly got up, "Flame Wheel!"
"Look out!" Ash called worried. Julie just smirked.
"SOLAR BEAM!" Julie yelled. Athena gathered the energy from the sun as fast as it could.
"There's not enough time for that!" Paul smirked.
"You don't know my Athena!" Julie laughed slightly, "FIRE!" And Athena launched the powerful beam of light.
"No way!" Paul said slightly surprised. The Solar Beam hit Chimchar and it turned into a battle of power. "Stay steady Chimchar!" Paul commanded.
"You can do it Athena!" Julie encouraged. But, the power in the Solar Beam wasn't enough and Chimchar ended up hitting Athena, knocking her out. "No…" Julie said slightly sad. She went over and picked up Athena, " You were great Athena, get some rest." and she returned Athena to her Pokeball.
"I told you it was a waste my of time." Paul sneered. Julie looked up and glared at him.
"Just take a hike!" Julie snapped.
"Whatever." Paul said walking away.
"That was a great battle Julie." Brock said.
"Yeah nice job." Dawn said.
"Thanks." Julie smiled.
"Hey wait!" Ash yelled over to Paul fiercely,
"Come on, don't let that guy get to you." Dawn said annoyed at Paul.
"He's not worth it." Brock said emotionlessly.
"Yeah, well I'm never losin' to him again!"
"Me neither!" Julie said angrier than ever.
"Next time, that guy's gonna be real sorry!"
With battle styles and attitudes obviously WORLDS apart, and Julie and Ash smarting from a humiliating defeat! Will their vow to beat Paul ever be realized? Stay Tuned!"
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