Name Translations (Forgot to mention, but if a character is not listed, they're Japanese and English name are the same):
Sato – Ash
Lila – Anabel
Kasumi – Misty
Kojiro – James
Musashi – Jessie
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It was peaceful and quiet in the Viridian Forest.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!"
Okay, maybe not.
"Kasumi, what are you doing?" asked Sato.
He, Lila, and Pikachu were looking at Kasumi, who was clutching to a tree branch as if it was a lifeline.
"Th-There's a scary bug over there!" yelled Kasumi, pointing at the incoming bug. Suddenly, the branch snaps and she fell to the ground. "Itai."
"I think that's a Weedle," said Lila, looking at the worm-like Pokémon that seemed to have a needle on the top of its head.
"Really?" asked Sato, taking out his Pokédex.
Weedle, the Hairy Bug Pokémon. It attacks using a two-inch Poison barb on its head, which is known to be very powerful. Its bright-colored body is intended to warn of off its enemies, but if that doesn't work, it will hide under the leaves that it eats.
"Let's jus leave it alone and get going, please?" begged Kasumi, trying to pull Sato along.
"Are you kidding? I'm going to try and catch Weedle!" declared Sato. "Oi, Pikachu? You up for a battle?"
The three trainers turn to the Mouse Pokémon, only to see him sleeping, with a pillow under his head and blanket on top of him even.
"Looks like Pikachu is still tired from our earlier encounter with Team Rocket," said Lila, sweatdropping.
"Maybe…" replied Sato, not believing that for a minute. He then held up the Poké Balls of his other Pokémon. "No matter, I still have Metapod and Pidgeotto to help me out."
"I don't know why you'd want that bug. You already have one anyway!" stated Misty.
She then froze as she felt something on her leg. Slowly, she looked down to see the Weedle rubbing up against her leg. She of course did what came naturally to her…
"Eeeeeeeeeeeek!"
…She screamed and ran.
"…Do you think we should go get her, Sato-kun?"
"She'll be okay, Lila. Now, time to catch a Weedle! Go, Pidgeotto!" called Sato, sending out the Bird Pokémon. "Start off with Sand Attack!"
"Pidgeotto!"
Pidgeotto flapped his wings, kicking up sand and dust in the process. Because of its small size, Weedle was knocked off the ground by the small breeze.
"Now, Quick Attack!"
The Flying-type took to the air and then dive-bombed Weedle, not directly hitting it, but it was enough to damage it.
"This is too easy," grinned Sato.
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Meanwhile with Kasumi, she was walking through the forest, complaining about Sato.
"Sato no Baka! Does he need that Weedle, no, yet does he listen, no. I bet he'd listen to that Lila girl though," grumbled the tomboy.
*clink*
She stopped when she heard the sound, a sound that shouldn't be in a forest. She turned around, but soon wished she hadn't.
"Heyaaaaaaaaah!" yelled the assailant.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeek!"
In font of Kasumi was a boy wearing samurai-styled armor and helmet, pointing a katana right in her face. Aside from the armor, what made him stand out was the fact that you couldn't see his eyes and that he also carried a bug-catching net.
"Tell me, are you by chance a trainer from the Town of Pallet?" asked the boy, not taking his sword away from the girl.
"N-No! I'm n-not from P-Pallet!" cried Kasumi. The boy took his blade away and turned around.
"Then I apologize. I shall be on my way."
The boy walked away, leaving Kasumi to sink to the ground.
"What the hell was with that kid? Why did he want to know if I was from Pallet? Wait…oh no, Sato!"
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Back with Sato and the others, Sato was still battling Weedle so he could catch it. Weedle tried to fight back with a Poison Sting attack.
"Pidgeotto, dodge and use Gust!" called out Sato.
The Flying-type easily dodged the incoming Bug/Poison-type, who had tried to gore the Bird Pokémon with its stinger. He then sent the Gust attack at Weedle, knocking it unconscious.
"Yatta! Now to catch it," smirked Sato, getting an empty Poké Ball ready.
"Excuse me?"
Sato and Lila looked behind them to see the samurai boy that Kasumi encounter.
"Gomen, but I'm kind of busy at the moment," said Sato.
"Are you the trainer from the Town of Pallet?" asked the boy.
"Hai?" answered Sato, still not paying attention.
The samurai smirked as he went for his sword, which Lila saw.
"Sato-kun!" called out two voices, one minus the 'kun' honorific.
Hearing Lila and Kasumi calling him, Sato turned around to face the tip of the katana.
"N-Nani?"
"My name is Samurai and I challenge you, Pallet Trainer, to a battle," said the armored boy as he lowered his blade and held up a Poké Ball.
"But the Weedle!"
Sato turned back, only to find the Weedle gone. His eye started to twitch in annoyance.
"Pidgeotto, return!" said Sato, returning the Bird Pokémon. He turned to glare at Samurai. "Any particular reason you want a battle so badly?"
"You will get your answer afterwards. Now, let us battle!"
"Fine! Go, Pidgeotto!"
Resending out the Bird Pokémon, Pidgeotto appeared, slumped on the ground looking exhausted.
"Sato no Baka! You use the same Pokémon all the time like that! Look how tired he is!" yelled Kasumi.
"This shall be an easy victory! Pinsir, come to arms!" yelled Samurai, sending out his Pokémon.
It appeared to be a large brown beetle-like Pokémon with skeletal arms and two large thorny pincers on its head.
"What the hell is that thing?" questioned Sato, looking it up on his Pokédex.
Pinsir, the Stag Beetle Pokémon. It swings its long pincer horns wildly to attack. It also uses the horns to dig burrows to sleep at night. During cold periods, it hides deep in forests.
"It must be very strong then," mumbled Sato. "So we just need to make sure we don't get hit! Pidgeotto, Sand Attack!"
"Pidgeotto!"
The Flying-type conjured up another dust storm, but Samurai didn't seem fazed.
"That will not help you! Pinsir, use Seismic Toss!"
"Pin! Sir!"
The Bug-type charged forward, grabbed Pidgeotto, and slammed him to the ground, almost knocking him out.
"Hahahahaha! The next move shall finish you!" laughed Samurai as Pinsir snipped its pincers together.
"I don't think so! Return, Pidgeotto!"
"Giving up already?" taunted Samurai.
"The hell I am! Go, Metapod!" yelled Sato, sending out the Cocoon Pokémon.
"This will be even easier! Pinsir will snap your Pokémon in half!" declared Samurai.
"Sato-kun! Call back Metapod before he gets hurt!" said Lila, worried for the Pokémon.
"Damn it, Sato! Use your brain, will you?" yelled Kasumi.
"I know what I'm doing!" shot back Sato, glaring at the tomboy.
"Pinsir! Let's end this with Vicegrip!" ordered Samurai.
The Stag Beetle Pokémon charged forward ready to ensnare its opponent.
"Metapod, use Harden!" called out Sato.
Just before Pinsir struck, Metapod glowed green, signifying that he hardened his shell. Pinsir ensnared the smaller Bug-type, but could not crush him. Instead, some of the thorns on it pincers broke instead.
"Ha! Take that!" taunted Sato.
"I will admit, that was clever, but cleverness can only get you so far! See how you deal with my next Pokémon!" said Samurai, sending out his second Pokémon.
Sato, Lila, and Kasumi were surprised by what this Pokémon was.
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Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, a "tank" with red letter R on it was roaming down a path.
"Tell me again why we are lugging this thing around. It may be made out of paper and cardboard, but it's still not easy to carry," complained Kojiro.
"Just shut up, Kojiro! We're lugging this tank around so we don't get stung by the Beedrill, remember?" questioned Musashi.
"Hai, but why isn't Meowth helping?" questioned Kojiro, as both he and Musashi glared at the Scratch Cat Pokémon, who was getting a free ride on top of the "tank".
"Simple, Koji, nya. Because I'm so short, I wouldn't be able to help carry it, nya," explained Meowth. "Besides, I'm trying to catch a cat nap, nya."
"Catch this!" yelled both the human members of Team Rocket as they bumped Meowth off and made him fall to the ground, walking away as they did. Meowth had to run to catch up.
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The Pokémon that Samurai had sent out was one Sato and the others didn't expect. The Pokémon was a Metapod.
"Behold! My Metapod shall be victorious as it shall last longer than yours!" laughed Samurai, his eyes closed. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sato walking away with his own Metapod in his arms. "What are you doing? We have a battle to finish!"
"No we don't," said Sato, stopping to turn to Samurai. "We both have Metapod on the field and the only move they have is Harden. No matter what we do, the battle will only end in a stalemate with no winner."
Lila, Pikachu, Kasumi, and Samurai were surprised by Sato's logic. He was pretty much right. Before Samurai could say anything though, the faint sound of buzzing could be heard.
"Wh-What's that?" asked Lila, getting a sense of foreboding.
"It's the Beedrill!" exclaimed Samurai. He then turned to Sato. "The Weedle you let escape must have gone back to its swarm!"
"Don't blame this on me!" glared Sato. "If you hadn't been so persistent on battling, I would have caught the Weedle!"
The trainers then saw the swarm of Beedrill approach from over the tree line. Sato quickly pulled out his Pokédex, wanting to get information.
Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokémon and the fully evolved form of Weedle. It has three poison barbs, of which, the barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison. It uses these stingers to take down any opponent. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
"Sato-kun! Look out!" called out Lila.
Too preoccupied with his Pokédex, Sato was startled when a Beedrill flew by. This caused him to accidentally throw Metapod into the air, which allowed another Beedrill to catch the Cocoon Pokémon.
"No! Metapod, return!"
Sato kept trying to recall his Pokémon, but the Beedrill carrying Metapod kept dodging the beam. Because of this, Sato didn't notice the other Beedrill coming towards him until Pikachu intervened with a Thundershock.
"Chuuuuuuuuuu!"
Unfortunately, both Sato and the Beedrill were shock. The Beedrill slowly flew away while it could and Sato stood there, twitching from the shock. Fortunately, Kasumi grabbed Sato's arm and dragged him along as the four humans and Pikachu ran for their lives away from the Beedrill.
Continuing to run, the group quickly dove behind a large bush, which helped hide them from the Beedrill. Though it was good at first, new horror were introduced when they saw what was before them. A tree covered in yellow cocoon-like Pokémon.
"Wh-What are those?" stuttered Kasumi in fear.
"Those would be Kakuna," replied Samurai.
Once again, Sato brought out his Pokédex.
Kakuna, the Cocoon Pokémon and the evolved form of Weedle and pre-evolved form of Beedrill. Although it is a cocoon, it can move a little. It can extend its poison barb if it is attacked. From this form, it will grow into an adult. As its body becomes softer, the external shell hardens.
Looking back at the Kakuna, Sato wanted to know how many there were exactly. He then saw something at the base of the tree that made him happy.
"Metapod!" called out Sato. His mouth was then covered by Kasumi's hand.
"Sato no Baka! You want to wake them up?" hissed the tomboy.
It was quiet as the four trainer looked on upon the Kakuna. Their fear was renewed when the whole lot of Kakuna glowed white and started to change shape. The four trainers and Pikachu burst through the bush as they were chased by a new group of Beedrill.
"Where are we going to hide now?" yelled Kasumi as they ran.
"Quickly! My shack is not far from here!" yelled Samurai.
The group reached the shack just in time. As they made through the door and shut it, they could hear the banging of the Beedrill, trying pierce the wood. One actually got its stinger through, but could not get in.
The Beedrill soon stopped attacking, but could still be heard outside, as if they were waiting.
"At least we're safe," sighed Kasumi.
"Hai. I still wonder why they took Metapod though," said Sato.
"Ano, Sato-kun?"
"Hai, Lila?"
"Ano, I think I help answer that."
"Really? How?"
Lila then pulled out a Poké Ball and sent out the Pokémon from within. What appeared was a small bipedal Pokémon with a fox-like head and what looked like armored shoulder pads.
"Abra."
"Whoa! This is your Pokémon?" asked Sato in amazement.
"Hai. He's my first Pokémon and was given to me by my Kaasan. He helps me when I use my…special abilities," explained Lila, the last part said quietly.
"Special abilities?" questioned Kasumi.
"Ano, I am a-able to speak with Pokémon using em-empathic telepathy. As of n-now, I need Abra's help to do it, but I am practicing to be a-able to do it on my own!" explained Lila.
It was quiet for a few seconds before Sato burst out.
"That's so cool, Lila! Do you think you could teach me to use it?"
Lila blushed at the attention she was getting from Sato. She was glad that it was dark in the shack.
"Ano, n-not n-now, Sato-kun!" squeaked Lila. "I'm going t-to see why the Beedrill t-took Metapod."
Lila closed her eyes and, with Abra's help, focused on the Beedrill outside. After a few moments, she opened her eyes and turned to Sat with a saddened look.
"What is it, Lila?" asked Sato.
"They took Metapod because you tried to catch that Weedle, Sato-kun," said Lila. "They did it for revenge."
"Nani?" cried Sato.
"Sato! Please tell me you're not actually buying this. She could just be telling you a lie and that her "powers" are nothing more than a sham," said Kasumi.
"Don't call Lila a liar! If she says she has special abilities then I believe her!" argued Sato.
Lila was saddened when Kasumi accused her of lying about her powers, but she then felt happy that Sato willingly defended her. She didn't know why, but it made her heart flutter.
"Grr, none of this would have happened if you hadn't interrupted me when I was trying to catch that Weedle!" growled Sato, glaring and pointing at Samurai, who looked at him like he was an idiot. "Why'd want to challenge me anyway?"
"Because I had fought the other trainers from the Town of Pallet and they were strong," said Samurai. He then went on to tell how the three trainers defeated him easily using the Starter Pokémon that they had received from Dr. Okido. "I had thought you would give me a challenge, but I was wrong apparently."
Sato just let out a growl and said he was going to go get his Metapod back, but Samurai told him that the best course of action for now was to stay in the shack and try tomorrow. Sato was going to argue further, but was stopped when he felt a gentle hand on his arm. He turned to see Lila with a look that begged for him to stay. Reluctantly, he agreed.
Early morning came and Sato was the first one up. He quietly snuck out of the shack and made his way to the tree where the Beedrill nest was to retrieve Metapod. He was almost there when suddenly…
*POW*
…Something, or should be said, someone, landed on his head.
"What do we have here, nya? Why you sneaking around, nya?"
Sato pushed Meowth off his head and was about to strangle the cat when Meowth fought back by scratching Sato's face.
"Gah! It hurts!" cried Sato.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Great…" muttered Sato, trying to stop the bleeding and also feeling his eye to start twitching in annoyance.
"Well, well, I didn't think you be up so early, little boy," taunted Musashi.
"Probably trying to catch himself some new Pokémon. Not like that will do him any good since we'd just take them," laughed Kojiro.
"Think you two could be quiet? You might wake up the Beedrill," said Sato, starting to fear for his life when he remembered about the Poison-types.
"Don't interrupt us!" yelled Musashi. "Didn't your parents ever tell you that it's impolite to interrupt when adults are talking?"
"But the Beedrill…" warned Sato.
"Keep quiet!" yelled Team Rocket, not noticing the awakening Beedrill.
"Ahh!" yelled Sato in fear as he did notice.
Team Rocket took this chance and advanced on Sato. What they didn't expect was for Sato to run pass them and run towards the incoming Beedrill dive bombs. Impressively, Sato dove pass the Beedrill and to the tree. The Beedrill were now focused on Team Rocket.
"This could be bad," stated Musashi.
"But we still have our tank to protect us!" said Kojiro, lifting the "tank" up, only to see it covered in Weedle.
"They're eating the tank, nya!"
Seeing as they had no protection from the Beedrill, Team Rocket had no choice but to flee. Running away, they still had the swarm of Beedrill hot on their tails.
Back with Sato, he managed to get to Metapod safely.
"Glad to see you're okay, Metapod," smiled Sato. He held out Metapod's Poké Ball. "Here. Get back inside so you'll be safe and we can leave."
"Metapod. Metapod," said the Cocoon Pokémon, shaking his body a little as if saying no.
"Nani? Why not? Grr, I don't have time for this!"
Sato grabbed Metapod and held him in his arms as he started to run back to the shack.
"Metapod, if this is about me abandoning you yesterday, I didn't want to! Samurai made me leave!"
Not watching where he was going, Sato tripped over a rock, landing face first onto the ground as Metapod rolled a few feet ahead.
"…Who am I kidding?" said Sato, his head down and his eyes covered by the brim of his hat. "It is my fault. I shouldn't blame other people for something I could have prevented. From now on, I'll never leave my Pokémon or my friends behind."
Metapod was touched by Sato's devotion, unfortunately, the sentimentalism had to end as a single Beedrill was about to strike Sato. As this was about to happen, Lila, Pikachu, Kasumi, and Samurai arrived, being protected in a large net carried by Samurai.
"Sato!"
Wanting to protect his trainer, Metapod flipped his body into the air, striking Beedrill and breaking one of its stingers just as it was about to sting Sato. Unfortunately, Metapod received a gash on his shell in the process.
"Metapod! Are you okay? Please be okay?" panicked Sato as he caught Metapod before he hit the ground.
Just as Sato thought all hope was lost, Metapod started to glow white and his body changed shape. When the light died, no longer was he Metapod. He was now a butterfly-like Pokémon with a purple body, large white wings, large red eyes, and blue hands and feet.
"Metapod evolved…" started Kasumi.
"Into Butterfree!" finished Lila.
Happy that Metapod evolved, Sato took out his Pokédex to find out more about his newest Pokémon.
Butterfree, the Butterfly Pokémon and the evolved form of Metapod. The water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, which it does every day, even in the heaviest rain.
"So cool!" said Sato. Butterfree then came down from his flight to float next to Sato. "Its good to see you too, Butterfree."
"Sato, watch out for the Beedrill!" yelled Samurai.
Seeing the swarm heading towards them, Sato turned to Butterfree.
"You ready?"
"Ree! Ree!" nodded the Bug-type. Sato smirked at this.
"Alright then! Use Sleep Powder!"
"Ree!"
Butterfree took to the sky, releasing a sparkling powder as he flapped his wings. Fluttering above the Beedrill, Butterfree's Sleep Powder took effect as the Beedrill started to drop, already asleep before they hit the ground. The Sleep Powder affected even the Weedle and Team Rocket, who weren't that far from the group.
"Yatta! We did it Butterfree!" cheered Sato.
"Ree!"
"I must say, maybe I was wrong about Sato-san. He is a worthy trainer," said Samurai.
Kasumi and Lila could only agree that Sato was definitely going to make it as a trainer. When Lila looked back at Sato, her eyes widened when they landed on his face.
"Sato-kun!" exclaimed Lila, running over to the boy with worry in her eyes.
"What's wrong, Lila? Are the Beedrill waking up?" asked Sato, looking around to make sure no Beedrill were awake.
"What happened to your face? It's all scratched up."
"Nani? Oh! Meowth scratched me earlier when I tried to get Metapod," explained Sato.
The next thing he knew, Lila, who was now rummaging through her pack, pulled him to the ground. Finding what she was looking for, she smiled and took out a first-aid kit. Taking what she needed from the kit, Lila started to clean up Sato's wounds; while he tried not to yelp in pain from the stinging sensation the medicine gave.
'Why does Lila always seem so worried for Sato? Could she…? No, they just met two days ago. I doubt it could be that!' thought Kasumi, watching the interaction between Sato and Lila.
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Now at the forest's exit, Sato, Lila, Pikachu, and Kasumi were ready to set off and continue on their way to Pewter City. Samurai had decided to see them off.
"Sato-san, I hope that one day we will be able to have a rematch and declare a winner," said Samurai, holding out his hand in a sign of friendship.
"You bet, Samurai! I look forward to it!" declared Sato, returning the handshake.
After the good-byes, Sato's group started to make their way down the road, ready for anything that awaited them.
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Meanwhile…
"Whose bright idea was this?" questioned Musashi, who was hanging from a tree dressed like a Kakuna.
"Yours. You thought if we disguised ourselves as Kakuna, we wouldn't be stung," said Kojiro, also dressed as a Kakuna.
"This is probably the stupidest idea either of you two have had, nya," said Meowth, dressed as a Kakuna too.
"What was that?" yelled Kojiro and Musashi.
The yelling unfortunately woke up the Beedrill and the real Kakuna that were sleeping in the tree. The stinging was about to begin.
"This isn't looking good!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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Took some things out, but added some things in. One thing you may have noticed that was taken out was the Metapod VS Metapod battle. I always thought that battle was so stupid. You'd think either Sato or Samurai would've known no one would have won that battle.
For stuff being added, I added the introduction of Lila's powers and her Pokémon, Abra. Most people see her with an Eevee as her starter, but I think her starter would've been Abra. For all we know is that Espeon may be Lila's most used Pokémon, but that doesn't mean it's her starter.
I also made it where Ash kept the scratch he got from Meowth and not have it just disappear. Gives a little more sense of realism.
