Chapter Two: Dragon Versus Salad!
Kagura shouted her first orders, "Use scratch!"
"Jump, Tackle," Osaka replied
Dragon's claws glowed and he lurched towards Salad, who just barely avoided the attack by jumping into the air. Salad then came crashing down into him from above. Dragon visibly got angry, and started attacking independent of his master. Bulbasaur dodged these offenses easily, they weren't moves after all.
"Wait, stop Dragon, use Scratch instead!" Kagura's protest fell unheard to the Pokemon.
"Use Tackle." Osaka said, a little to calmly.
Salad hit Dragon straight on, again, and this proved a bit to much for Dragon. He toppled over, seemingly defeated. The three spectators began to clap, Chihiro being very surprised that Osaka paid attention through the entire fight. Kagura accepted the defeat in disbelief, and returned the Pokemon to his Pokeball. Both Osaka and Salad yawned after this, and Salad fell asleep.
"Um... Professer," Osaka began, "How do I put him back in the Pokeball?"
"Just point it at him and press down on the sides," Kurosawa replied, "Shouldn't you be a tad more excited though? You won your first Pokemon battle today."
"That's just how she is Kurosawa," Chihiro replied, "Excitement isn't her thing."
"You may have defeated us today, but we'll be back, stronger than before," Kagura claimed, "I challenge you now Chihiro!"
Quite anti-climatically, Chihiro replied "You have to heal your Pokemon first." She continued, "You did great Osaka, let's go catch ourselves some Pokemon!"
Chihiro and Osaka left the lab together, also leaving Kagura to question Kurosawa on where she could heal her Pokemon at. They looked out into the fields before them. That's all there really was in Pallet Town, fields. Several Pidgy, Spearow and Rattata ran through the sizable grass before them. Osaka broke the period of silence by throwing a pokeball at one of the Rattata, not only missing by what seemed like a mile, but not even bothering to weaken him.
"Osaka, you have to battle them first, you know, to weaken them," Chihiro told the girl, while on the verge of a giggle fit. "Watch how I do it."
"Go Bubbles!" As she said this, her Squirtle, Bubbles, leaped out of a red light. He looked back at Chihiro waiting for orders.
"Okay, use tackle on that Pidgy over there," Chihiro ordered while pointing to the bird in question. It had it's back turned to the group and was hit head on by Bubbles. The Pidgy fluttered a little then turned around and used Sand Attack. "Dodge," She yelled, the squirtle just barely dodged the offense, "Now tackle!" the Pidgy dived straight into the squirtle this time, using Peck. The two clashed. "Tail Whip, then Tackle!" The tail whip caused the Pidgy's feathers and skin to soften, It tried to flee at this moment, but was followed zealously by Chihiro, just barely keeping up with it. Bubbles jumped into her now cupped hands and was launched upwards where it exucuted a rather powerful tackle. The Pidgy fell to the ground, and was quickly hit by Chihiro's Pokeball.
"New Pokemon captured, Pidgy, Flying-Normal. Bubbles can now use Bubble" Chihiro's Pokedex spoke up. Osaka suddenly had a look of horror on her face, was someone trapped in that Poke-watchamacallit!
"Wha-" She began, before being interrupted by Chihiro.
"It's a built in feature of the Pokedex, from a recorded voice, don't worry." She began, "Now you try to catch a Pokemon."
Osaka stepped forward, "Come on out Salad," she said, and the Bulbasaur appeared from the same red aura as Bubbles. "Why is it red?" She quietly mused.
"Salad can now use Leech Seed" The Pokedex answered.
"Ah." Osaka replied.
A Rattata appeared in the grass in front of Osaka, "Salad, use Leech Seed on that thing." Osaka commanded. Following this Bulbasaur promptly attacked Bubbles. Osaka watched, unsure what to do.
"Hey! Stop it, she meant the Rattata!" Chihiro returned the Squirtle to his Pokeball. The Bulbasaur then turned to the Ratata and tried again, hitting the target. The Ratata got angry and launched at Bulbasaur, a few seconds passed.
"Side step, attack now!" The Bulbasaur swiftly swerved to the side, in perfect time to prevent the Rattata's escape, the bashed into his side, a massively critical hit. Osaka then threw her Pokeball, which landed short of the Rattata. She walked up to the Pokeball and proceeded to drop it onto the Rattata, ensuring capture.
"New Pokemon captured, Rattata, Normal"
"Come on, let's get our Pokemon healed, these potion will be handy, but it's about time we headed to the next town." Chihiro said.
Osaka nodded in agreement. The sun was still high and she already gave her father her goodbyes. The pair reached the boundary leading to the many well-kept paths which led to Viridian City. The journey would be relatively short, but they needed to leave while it was still morning to avoid spending the night in the wilderness. Aside from the few battles Osaka and Chihiro had to toughen up their Pokemon, the trip was relatively uneventful. They ate their packed lunches half way there and made it with only an hour or two of daylight left. They decided to battle once they had reached town.
Author's Notes:
The next chapter may include some completely original plot elements, I don't want to copy the games or the anime. The chapters may get longer also. It seems to be following Gym Leader plot, but has another under laying plot. I found all the mistakes I could find.