Catching up with his brother, Seth put his hands behind his head and sighed
Catching up with his brother, Seth put his hands behind his head and sighed. "So… What's the rush?"
Thrusting his hands into his pockets, Jesse just glanced at Seth from the corner of his eye. Shaking his head, he started to walk faster. His bulbasaur was out beside him, trotting at the same speed as him.
Quickening his own pace, Seth started walking on Jesse's other side. "Hm… you wanna answer the question? Or we just gonna keep going faster 'til we're racing home? We could just save time and start now."
Rolling his eyes, Jesse said, "Look… we already got a late start today. We want to make it to Viridian before dark. And there's a gym there. I want to make it there and battle the leader before the day's done." Looking at him from the corner of his eyes once again, he said, "I figured you of all people would want to get there as fast as possible."
Shrugging, Seth felt at the two pokéballs on his belt. Taking one off, he pressed the button, releasing his squirtle. Stopping, he crouched down and picked the water pokémon up, setting it on top of his bag. "Hold onto the strap," he told him as he released the pikachu. It immediately jumped onto his back, before shocking him slightly.
Shaking a bit, he looked back up at Jesse. "Yeah… I would, but I don't know if these guys are experienced enough. I don't want them to get beat up for no reason."
The bulbasaur turned to look at the two pokémon riding along on Seth, and looked up at Jesse. It stared at him for a moment, before jumping on him, knocking him onto the ground.
Pushing the plant pokémon off of him, he grunted, "Come on Saur… you gotta walk." Standing up, he brushed himself off. Shooting a glance at Seth, he shook his head. "Let them walk if you're going to have them out… or Saur's going to get the wrong idea."
Pika, now on his right shoulder, and the small squirtle, perched onto of the bag on his left side, balanced each other out. Shaking his head, Seth just laughed. "They'll be training soon. I figured they could have a bit of a break."
Rolling his eyes, Jesse sighed. "Whatever… We're about home anyways." Picking up his pace, he ran towards his house, Saur close behind him.
Still walking, Seth pulled two small berries out of his pocket. He gave one to Pika, before offering up one to squirtle. He grinned at him, before taking it in both hands and popping it into his mouth. Looking down at the small turtle, Seth put his hands into his pocket. "What should I call you… well… you're blue… Blues?"
The squirtle looked up at him and grinned again. "Blues… alright, Blues it is." Grinning, Seth looked up at his house. He sighed. As soon as he walked back out of that door, he'd be on his own journey. He wouldn't see this place again. Might as well get a last minute glimpse. "Guys, this is my house. We… won't see this place too often." Sighing once more, he took a few more steps, placed his hand on the cold doorknob, and opened the door.
His mother was inside waiting. "Seth! Good you're here. I didn't want to give this to Jesse without you…" She grabbed both boys by the wrist and dragged them into the living room. "Surprise!" she shouted. Standing in the middle of the floor were two bikes, one orange, the other red.
Staring at them, the brothers approached them slowly. Touching the handlebars of the orange bike, Jesse looked at his mom astonished. "How… how the hell did we get these? How… they're a million a piece!"
Smiling, their mother put a hand on Seth's shoulder. "Your father sent them."
Both sets of eyes were torn away from the bikes and to their mother. "Dad?!" they said in unison. Then Seth said, "But… we haven't heard from him in years! How is he? When was he here? Why didn't he stay?"
Shaking her head, their mother sighed. "You boys know he's a busy man… he sent them via the PC. He did wish you two luck on your trip though." Sitting down on the one couch in the room, she looked at their pokémon for the first time. "So boys… what are you're pokémon?"
Sighing himself, Seth looked at his bike for a moment, letting Jesse approach their mother first. Saur stood behind him. "This is Saur, my bulbasaur that the Professor gave me… He beat Ame," he said with a smirk.
Holding out a berry, their mother coaxed Saur towards her. After it ate the berry, she rubbed its head. "What about you Seth?"
Standing, he picked Blues off of his bag. "This is Blues. He beat Min's charmander. And this…" Pika jumped off of his shoulder, and landed next to Saur, "…is Pika. I caught him yesterday."
Grinning, their mother gestured for Blues, who came to her wearily. Turning as their mother played with the pokémon, Jesse and Seth looked at their bikes. "How exactly are we supposed to carry those things when we're not using them?" Jesse asked, motioning to his bag, "It's not like we can just carry them around in this…."
Looking at the bikes for a moment, Seth suddenly asked, "Do you have a pokéball left?"
Blinking, Jesse dug in his bag. "Well… yeah… but only one…" He pulled it out of his bag, only to have it snatched by Seth.
Pulling one out of his own bag, he threw them at the bikes. The balls opened upon hitting the bikes, and in a burst of light, they vanished inside of the pokéballs.
Bending down, Seth picked them up and handed Jesse his own. Seth then tucked his ball back into his bag and grinned.
Looking at the pokéball in his bag, Jesse just blinked. Looking up at Seth, he muttered, "There are so many reasons that shouldn't have worked it's not funny…"
Shrugging, Seth looked at their mother still playing with their pokémon. Gesturing to Jesse, he walked into the kitchen. An assortment of health bars and other small foods littered the kitchen table, each divided into two sections, one for Seth, the other for Jesse. Quickly, they placed them into their respectful bag before grabbing a sandwich out of the fridge, and going back into the living room.
Their mother smiled at them as they entered. As the boys called their pokémon back to their respectful pokéballs, their mother nodded. "I guess you boys will want to go now, won't you?" They nodded. Sighing, she gave each of them a hug. "Just… be careful out there… And make sure to keep in touch!"
Already at the door, Jesse nodded. "We will mom. Don't worry about it!"
They hugged once more, before the brothers opened the door, departing from the only home they'd known for the last sixteen years.
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After getting on their newly bought bikes and saying good-bye to some of their friends in Pallet Town, the boys finally faced the entrance to Route 1. Staring at the high grass before them, they looked to each other. They had ventured out of town once or twice, sure, but never on their own.
The staring competition was ended abruptly as Seth laughed, and doing a wheelie, rode into the grass as fast as he could.
Muttering under his breath, Jesse rolled his eyes before following him in.
Racing, his brother laughed. "Catch me if you can!" he yelled, Blues leaning over his handlebars and Pika on his head.
Touching the pokéball on his belt, Jesse brought out his own bulbasaur. He gestured to Seth's spoke. Saur grinned as he launched his vine at the rear wheel and grabbed a hold of it.
Seth only went a little farther before the vine went taunt. As soon as it did, the bike reared back on its rear wheel, knocking Seth back onto his ass. Pika had jumped off of his head the second he had lost his balance, but Blues fell back, landing right on Seth's chest.
Riding past him, Jesse grinned. Shaking his head as he slowly pushed himself up, as Blues and Pika looked on. Getting to his feet, he brushed himself off, before picking the bike up slowly. Getting on it gingerly, he let his two pokémon take their places again before pedaling madly.
He didn't get too far before he almost ran into Jesse at the top of the hill. Letting Pika charge up a bit, he asked, "…just what are you doing?"
Jesse pointed in front of them. Looking, Seth couldn't help but stare. There, between the hills, were at least ten rattatas fighting two pidgeottos. After a moments silence, Seth grinned, and rode down the hill towards the fighting.
Rolling his eyes, Jesse followed. "Fckin' moron… he's going to get himself killed…."
"Pika… hit the pidgeottos with a thunder shock!" Seth yelled, leaning forward and peddling as fast as he could, before riding right through the middle of the fighting. Pika let a charge loose, hitting both of the birds, stunning them. The rattatas took advantage of this, and fled.
Grinning, Seth looked behind him to see Jesse screaming at him. Before he could question, he saw the two pidgeottos pick themselves off of the ground and start to fly slowly after them. Unfortunately, Pika's charge wasn't enough.
Repeating his order, Pika let loose another attack. This time, the birds saw it coming and moved out of the way. As they did, the flapped their wings at the ground, kicking up a barrage of dirt and sand at both Jesse and Seth.
Jesse continued to peddle, trying to get away from the barrage of sand. Seth however, stopped and pulled down the yellow goggles to cover his eyes. He yelled another command, this time to Blues. "Blues… here!" Reaching into his satchel, he pulled out a bottle of water, and ripping the top off of it, handed it to squirtle. "Hit the pidgeottos as soon as they appear. Pika… get ready to hit them with another thunder shock. It should be easier if they're wet…"
The sand over took Seth and his pokémon, limiting their range of sight. The sand seemed to stay in the air and swirl around them, trying to trap them. Then, from both in front and behind, the pidgeottos flew at them, claws outstretched. Blues, after drinking the entire water bottle, withdrew into his shell. Then, spinning into the air, it let loose a torrent of water that hit both of the birds as well as took care of the sand spinning around them.
As soon as the water touched, Pika let loose another charge, nailing both of the pidgeottos. Calling out in pain, both of the birds fell, completely unconscious.
Letting out the breath he had been holding, Seth grinned. "Nice job you two! You guys did great!" The two pokémon seemed to grin.
Before he could get on his bike, Jesse shouted at him after coming back. "What the hell were you doing?!"
Grinning, Seth pushed his goggles back up on his forehead. "I was just training these guys…."
Rolling his eyes, Jesse pulled up to Seth and smacked him. "Come on… and don't do anything else stupid… if that hadn't worked, you'd have been those birds' meal…"
Shrugging, the two brothers rode off in the direction of Viridian City, unaware that the owner of the two pidgeottos was watching them, cursing.
So... definitly not the best... but I have to establish a few things... these will get better though, trust.
And SR is right... early cities and the like suck.
And, please review. I want to know what you guys think.