Chapter Three-Telekinesis!
Osaka and Chihiro had finally reached Viridian City, and spent the night at the local Pokemon Center, the next day they took a walk looking for Pokemon and information about the locked Gym door. It was still early enough for dew to lay on the grass, and the sun to have done little to heat the air. Viridian was somewhat similar to Pallet, it had fields to the sides, and was bordered by a forest. The houses had a good amount of land to them, but you might be able to see from one side of the town to the other with the help of binoculars, being the second smallest town in Kanto. Chihiro guessed roughly sixty or seventy people lived there. A balding old man with a long beard noticed the pair.
"Hey, are you two there trainers?" He asked, walking to them.
"Yeah, we just started." Chihiro enthusiastically replied, she loved mornings.
"Then, I s'pose you already know 'bout Telekinesis?" He inquired, focusing only on Chihiro, as Osaka went unnoticed.
"What if my uncle is a telephone?" Osaka's comment went without notice.
"Well, ya' really don't know?" He started again, "You prolly done done some of it, when you nicknamed yer' Pokemon, did they start listenin right away?"
"Yeah, they did," Chihiro nodded.
The old man prepared a explanation, "When ya' start out, you give yer Pokemon vocal commands, but if ya' get real good, you can kinda just understand each other. If you just focus on it, your Pokemon does what ya' want them to, and you ain't gotta say nothing. It's mighty helpful."
"I see, I see," She had a pen and paper out, and was nudging Osaka whenever she stopped paying attention. She jotted down the basics.
"Watch dis'," He let a Pokemon out of a Pokeball, a Growlithe came out, and immediately attacked a nearby tree, then caught the falling fruit.
"Cool, let's try it out against each other," Chihiro let Bubbles out of one of her Pokeball. Osaka followed suit and released Salad.
Then, Bubble dashed straight at Salad and released a Tackle. Salad waited until it was upon him, he then dodged the brute of the attack, avoiding a critical hit, but getting a critical hit of his own with Leech Seed. Bubbles then used Bubble, Salad dodged two of three projectiles, then hit back with Tackle. The two of them reared back, and hit head on with tackles, dazing them both. They stood for a few seconds before Salad's earlier Leech Seed finished Bubbles off.
"Wowie!" The old man exclaimed, "Y'all take to battlin' like Beedrill to honey, dat was great!" Chihiro blushed at the praise, but Osaka's composure didn't falter.
Suddenly, intruding on whatever Chihiro was about to say, a loud, gun-shot sound alarmed from the forest past the edge of town. Immediately after this, a swarm of Beedrill rushed into the city.
"Ah, crap those Beedrill are mighty dangerous when reared up, you oughta get of here," The old man advised the young trainers.
"No way!" Chihiro exclaimed, they could do some real damage in that state, something had the Beedrill acting very aggresively. She sent out her Pidgy as the old man sent Growlithe.
The Pidgy flew into the air and took out two Beedrill with Pecks before becoming a target of attack, the old man's Growlithe assisted with Ember. Osaka had dropped her Pokeball and was reaching for it. The Beedrill started to get the point, and seemed to be backing off. Osaka accidently kicked the Pokeball away from her as the Pidgy used his flying skills to avoid harm, it took out another three Beedrill before being hit. There were still enough Beedrill to cause harm, so Chihiro healed Bubbles and sent him out, he used Bubble with Growlithe's amber and scared the last few away. The danger was over.
"Go Rattata!" Osaka, by her standard anyway, said enthusiastically.
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Back at the Pokecenter, the group of three, including the old man, healed their Pokemon.
"Ya'll are great at battlin', you could prolly go for the championship," The old man mentioned.
"Yeah, that's what we're planning to do, but now that I think about it, I'm not exactly sure how to go about it," Chihiro replied.
"Oh, it's real simple like," He explained, "From what I know, you gotta go challenge the Gym Leaders, there are eight of 'em in this region, and that's how many you need to beat. You have to collect the Badges, to prove ya' beat 'em right and all. Most go in this order: Stone Badge, Torrent Badge, Flora Badge, Jumbo Badge, Fist Badge, Wire Badge, Fury Badge and Spire Badge. The one in this here town has the Spire Badge, but he ain't here now, most say he's by far the most powerful Gym Leader alive today. You gotta get 'em all in the next few months though, cuz' the tournament takes place only once a year. Closest is in Pewter City."
"Oh, thanks, you hear that Osaka, we're going straight to Pewter City!" Chihiro was excited, this was where their journey really began. The forest was a nice place to catch Pokemon though, so she didn't mind if it took a little while.
From: "Words Explained: T Edition"
"Telekinesis: This word once had a very much duel meaning. Due to the influence of Psychic-Type Pokemon, it developed into a slang word for anything falling under the psy umbrella. Though this meaning has sunken into disuse, the man, whose name is now lost, who coined the term was referring to this meaning. The reason for it's preservation is the fact that many hold that it is quite different from telepathy in a few key ways"
Authors Notes: There is chapter 3, and I like the way it's going so far. I'll have to say that chapters 4-6 look far better than than the ones so far. Sorry if this one is a bit generic or cheesy, I just needed to introduce the mission and telekinesis. I'll have to say, thanks to the efforts of Chargone, I'm certainly improving my writing style.