AN: If it's not obvious, I don't own Harry Potter or Pokemon, that's why I post on a fanfiction website
Chapter Three
Secrets Revealed
Viridian City Underground, Viridian City, Kanto
Harry and Leaf entered a large atrium of natural stone. The manmade white walls had ended a few minutes previously and had turned to smooth brown rock. Stalagmites jutted from the floor and the slightest noise echoed loudly in the eerie silence.
In the middle of the cavern was a raised stone dais and standing atop that platform was James. He had an orange and black dog like Pokemon keeping the drafty room warm and lit.
Harry and Leaf extracted their Pokedexes from their pockets and they dinged with new information.
Growlithe (F):
The Puppy Pokemon. Extremely loyal, it will fearlessly bark and bite at any opponent to protect its own Trainer from harm. Its superb sense of smell ensures that this Pokémon won't forget any scent, no matter what. It uses its sense of smell to detect the emotions of others.
"Welcome!" exclaimed James jubilantly. "I want to thank you for following me down here. You see, while you waste time with me, my feline ally should be getting away with the Center's Pokemon."
"Are you going to monologue or are we going to battle!"
James chuckled at Harry's challenge.
"Of course we are," said James as though he was talking to a two year old. "I just want to tell you that you are going to be thrashed for no reason. We're still going to complete our mission."
Harry scowled and drew Gastly and Charmander's Pokeballs prompting Leaf to draw the two capsules containing her Pokemon.
"Come on, Cendio! Zeru!"
He threw the balls into the no-man's-land between their sides. Both Charmander and Gastly appeared in a burst of light. While the Fire Type snapped to attention at the sight of a confirmed enemy, Zeru looked around blankly and circled his trainer through the air. Harry was dimly aware of Leaf summoning Flora and Nico to battle, He was distracted by Gastly's wayward wandering.
"Really?" questioned Harry, his attention snapping back to the Poke-Terrorist. "It looks like it's four to two to me!"
James chuckled and tossed two Pokeballs into the air.
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Misty's tired feet eventually carried her to what would have been a dead end but what was now a person sized hole in the wall. Moss grew over all the damp surfaces and the red-head's skin flushed and broke out in a cold sweat. The short hairs on the back of Misty's neck stood on end; something told the water trainer that she would have to fight soon.
Drawing the Pokeball containing Staryu, Misty stepped forward and entered another larger corridor. It was roughly ten feet to the other side of the hallway and between two sidewalk-like protrusions jutting from the wall was a fast moving river of cerulean blue water. The walls were curved and arched overhead and ivy hung from between the loose stones. Misty concluded that she must've hit the Aqueduct proper.
Looking in the direction of the water's flow, Misty saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Following the river for a moment revealed a large, tall, circular room lined with several stories of stone sidewalks leading into what could only be service tunnels. In the middle of the room was a massive brick funnel with a hole in the bottom where water that hadn't been used was diverted back to the river it had been drawn from. The water swirled around the hole like the drain from a massive sink.
"So," said a haughty voice, "someone did follow me?"
Misty's head snapped up, sitting on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the room and one floor above her was Jessie.
"Of course I followed you!" yelled Misty. "Did you think I would allow you to get away with attacking the Pokemon Center? This is a place of peace and you've destroyed that!"
"You realize that coming after me was a distraction, right?" Jessie stood and drew a Pokeball. "You and the other twerps left the Center unguarded, Meowth will still make off with the Pokemon and no one will be able to stop him!"
"Then I'll have to beat you and get back to the Center quickly!"
Misty tossed down her Pokeball while Jessie laughed and jumped to the first level and deployed her own Pokemon.
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Ash watched as two Poke-SWAT Officers split off the main group and entered Nurse Joy's quarters as the others headed deeper into the center. The boy from Pallet heard a loud swear word followed by the release of a Pokeball, there was a few loud hisses and snarls then silence.
Intrigued, Ash looked around the Officer and nearly vomited; Nurse Joy's face and arms were covered in cuts and slashes, all bleeding freely. She was moaning weakly in pain as an officer attempted to treat the worst of her injuries. A second officer was using a walkie talkie to call for a medic and Meowth was slumped unconscious in a corner.
The second Officer saw Ash's white face and hurried him out of the room and back to the main lobby. Passing the doors to the ICU, his thoughts turned back to his own injured Pokemon and he squinted in thought. Shrugging, he entered with the intent to find his Pikachu.
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Jenny and her team came upon the kicked in door and stopped. The other two Officers looked to her for guidance and she nodded before descending the stairs. A few minutes later, the team approached the split in the hallway, their eyes constantly worked their way around the room, scanning for threats.
"Okay," hissed Jenny, "I'll take the Underground, I want you two to take the Aqueducts." Jenny must've read their expressions because she pointed at the smudge of lipstick. "Look, Jessie must've gone that way! We all know how vicious she is; she's just as likely to attack an enemy trainer instead of their Pokemon! The kid who went after her doesn't know what they're getting themselves into!"
Jenny's subordinates nodded and snapped off a salute before they called out several large orange and black, canine-like Pokemon to use as mounts.
Jenny nodded to herself as she saw her team of Poke-SWAT speeding off to to the aid of a child and the hopeful capture of one of Kanto's most wanted. Pulling out her own Pokeball, she summoned another canine Pokemon which dropped to the ground, allowing her to mount his back.
"Let's go, Arcanine!"
The Pokemon shot off at an impressive speed.
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James' Pokeballs hit the floor and unleashed a burst of light revealing Koffing and a Pokemon that looked like an upside-down flower bulb with two ear-like leaves.
Leaf and Harry whipped out their Pokedexes.
Weepinbell (M):
The Flycatcher Pokemon. It's prey is larger than it's mouth, it slices up the victim with sharp leaves and then eats every morsel.
The seven Pokemon faced off against each other for several seconds. Cendio and Zeru with Flora and Nico on one side. While James' Koffing, Growlithe, and Weepinbell were on the other. Harry's team had the advantage in numbers but both sides knew that James had more experience when it came to battles. The only thing that kept Harry's confidence up was the fact that he had his magic to fall back on. The wizard looked to Leaf and frowned when he saw her shaking slightly, Harry silently promised to protect her should their Pokemon not be enough to deal with James.
"Cendio!" Ordered Harry, kicking off the battle. "Aim an Ember at Weepinbell! Full power!"
Charmander nodded and the blaze at the tip of his tail doubled in size. Whipping his tail, he sent a blaze at the Flycatcher Pokemon.
"Growlithe!" shouted James at the same time Leaf ordered her party to attack. "Block the Ember with your own! Koffing, use Toxic!"
"Use Focus Energy, Nico! Followed by Doublekick on Growlithe! Flora, Sleep Powder on Koffing!"
Four Pokemon moved in unison; Growlithe jumped in front of Weepinbell with her mouth open, building an orange flame. Landing, the Puppy Pokemon sent her own bolts of fire to block the incoming attack.
"Kof-Koffing!"
Purple sludge dripped from the pores dotting the Poison Gas Pokemon's surface where it formed into a slimy sphere. Somehow, the Pokemon with no hands managed to fire the ball of goo into the midst of Leaf's team drenching the floor with viscous ooze.
Nico, dodged the toxic slime and clenched his muscles. Steam rose from it's tiny body and the ground cracked with the little beings power. The Nidoran dug it's heels into the ground and shot forward, charging the Puppy Pokemon. It jumped at the last second and turned in midair, striking at Growlithe's flank twice and shoving it to the ground before jumping back to Leaf's side with an exclamation of his species.
Bulbasaur was not able to dodge the Koffing's attack totally and took a a splash of disgusting slime on her side. Shaking off the majority of what hit her, Flora reared back and released violet spores from the closed flower on her back that circled around the Poison Gas Pokemon's body.
Harry and Leaf smiled when the Koffing sank to the floor, asleep.
"Attack Growlithe with Nightshade, Zeru! Cendio! Use Metal Claw on Weepinbell!"
"Weepinbell! protect Growlithe," snapped James. "Use Razor Leaf on Nidoran and Gastly!"
"Nico! dodge and then Poison Pin on Growlithe! Tackle Weepinbell, Flora!"
Gastly had time to land his invisible attack on the Fire type before he dropped to the ground, his main body sliced into two parts by leaves sharper than swords.
Time seemed to slow for Harry as he whipped out the Ghost type's Pokeball. Recalling his newest Pokemon, Harry turned back to the battle; Nico, who's muscles were still pumped up, had managed to dodge the leaf meant for him and both Flora and Cendio's attacks had hit, knocking out the Weepinbell. A second later, Growlite succumbed to Nico's poison, knocking the Puppy Pokemon out.
Just when victory seemed at hand, Koffing woke up and James physically threw him into the midst of Leaf's team.
"Koffing! Use Self Destruct!"
The Poison Gas Pokemon started glowing and then there was an explosion with the force of a small concussive bomb. When the dust cleared, both of Leaf's Pokemon as well as Koffing were knocked out and she had been thrown into a chamber wall and slumped, unconscious on the floor, blood seeped from a cut on her head.
Something in Harry snapped. He had, of course, changed into his animal form before, but it had always been a smooth transition; one second he was a human the next he was an animal with his human mind. It was not so this time. His transformation ripped through his body slowly, rearranging muscle, bone, and sinew into a new shape.
Harry's grasp on Zeru's Pokeball slipped and the capsule fell on it's open button, releasing the Ghost Pokemon. He dropped to all fours, and shrunk slightly. Thick black hair sprouted from his arms, and back. His clothes sank into his body and his face elongated into a muzzle. His eyelids opened revealing toxic green eyes and his already sensitive senses sharpened even further. A gentle breeze ruffled his thick black fur and he looked at James with murder in his eyes.
Harry was now Alpha, a northern wolf.
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After only a few minutes of searching, Ash had found the room his Pikachu was resting in. Entering, he gently rubbed the top of the electric mouse's head in an effort to rouse his starter.
"Pi..Ka..Chu..."
The little yellow rodent opened his black eyes and looked at his trainer, the first human he had ever liked, and started struggling in his bed linens.
Seeing this, Ash rushed forward and unwrapped his Pikachu before gathering him in his arms.
"C'mon buddy, let's get out of this crazy place!"
Pikachu nodded into Ash's shoulder.
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James was doing something he normally didn't do. He was thinking back on his life and questioning his choices and how they led to his current predicament. Because, at the moment, the twerp James had been fighting had changed into a five-foot-long canine-like Pokemon he had never seen before. As if this was not bad enough, the boy was looming over his downed form and had inch-long fangs pressed to his neck. James' only saving grace was that he could see the hesitation in the Pokemon's eyes.
Of course, he was skipping a few events.
James watched as the Twerp changed, a feeling of dread and amazement warring in his stomach.
The head of the beastly, canine Pokemon snapped up and he opened his eyes, toxic green glared into scared brown. Suddenly, there was a rumbling growl that filled the atrium and knocked dust from the ceiling. The Pokemon clenched the muscles in it's legs and shot off like a bullet.
It was all James could do to get to his downed Growlithe and give her a super potion. Growlithe jumped up and saw the threat to her Trainer. Growling, the Fire Type lanced at the large Alpha.
Teeth bared, the canines collided with a fleshy smack. Claws raked skin and the Puppy Pokemon brought it's head back and built a fire in it's mouth. Growlithe clamped it's muzzle around Alpha's neck with a powerful Fire Fang attack.
Whimpering in pain, an invisible force lashed from Alpha's body, throwing Growlithe to the other side of the cavern. Somehow, the pain managed to allow Harry to assert some control over Alpha and he mentally shouted "Incendio!" A powerful swath of flame surrounded the Puppy Pokemon, burning her despite the type disadvantage.
Growlithe fell with a whimper and Harry, warring with his primal side, turned to the Poke-Terrorist. Narrowing his eyes, Alpha/Harry lunged for James and tackled him bodily to the floor. Wrapping his mouth around James' neck, Harry fought Alpha's primal instinct with human intellect.
James' gulped, somehow, he knew that, should he try to fight, the canine-like Pokemon would tear through his throat.
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Jessie's Pokeball hit the floor and opened, revealing a large, chubby, pink Pokemon in a flash of light. It's mouth seemed incapable of closing around a large, prehensile tongue.
"Go! Staryu! Use Watergun!"
The top-most arm of the Starshape Pokemon bent and a powerful gout of water shot from the tip.
"Dodge it, Lickitung! Then use Slam!"
Lickitung jumped to the left in time to avoid the burst of high-powered water. His tongue shot from his mouth and was able to grasp the Starshape Pokemon around the middle. Lickitung flexed his tongue and squeezed Staryu painfully. Lifting the Water type into the air, Lickitung slammed it's opponet into the ground, before releasing it and retracting it's tongue.
"Staryu!" shouted Misty, noticing that the Starshape Pokemon was close to water's edge, "use Refresh! Then Swift!"
Staryu straightened and dipped one of it's appendages into the fresh water. Absorbing some, the Water type was surrounded by bubbles, leaving it clean, shiny, and no worse for wear. Quickly turning to Lickitung, Staryu's Core started shining before it formed dozens of glowing stars which lanced at the Normal type like gleaming shuriken. Lickitung, not having time to dodge, braced himself and took the attack head on. There was an explosion and when the dust cleared, the Licking Pokemon was only scuffed slightly.
"What are you doing?" exclaimed Jessie, stomping her booted foot on the ground in indignation. "Fight back, Lickitung!"
Smirking as much as a being with a twelve-foot-long tongue can smirk, Lickitung leapt across the Aqueduct's drain. Landing, his fist began glowing and he lashed out with a solid Mega Punch. Staryu was thrown away from it's trainer's foe and slowly faded from consciousness.
Misty had just enough time to recall her injured Pokemon before she was forced to dodge a whip of Lickitung's tongue that created a back draft and left a deep gouge in the stonework floor.
"Go!" shouted Misty, recovering her footing while reaching into a back pocket and drawing two Pokeballs, "Goldeen! Starmie!"
A two-foot-long, orange and white, goldfish-like Pokemon with a horn on it's head burst from the Pokeball and dived for the swirling vortex of water a foot from her left while the evolved form of Staryu stood sentinel infront of their trainer.
"Goldeen, Horn Attack! Starmie, Ice Beam!"
"Ekans," hissed Jessie quietly, "now!"
Goldeen, who had been under the water circling the drain, burst from the water at her top speed and aided by the current of the water and stabbed the Licking Pokemon in the back with it's powerful horn. The Goldfish Pokemon flopped back into the water in time for the jet of Starmie's ice attack which froze all in it's path, Including Lickitung and his trainer.
Misty sighed and recalled her Goldeen, only to let out a muffled scream as a pair of five-inch-long fangs pierced her side, directly underneath her ribs.
Starmie reacted without command to protect it's trainer and froze Ekans with an Ice Beam.
Misty grasped at her side and winced. Her breaths coming out in shallow gasps, she slowly shuffled her way to the wall where she collapsed in a pool of her own blood.
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Leaf groaned and sat up. Rubbing her aching head, she blearily looked around. The first thing she noticed was her injured Pokemon. Hastily taking out their Pokeballs, she recalled them so they could be held in stasis until she could get them healed.
The next thing she noticed was Harry's Pokemon staring wide-eyed at the Dias that James had been standing on. Shifting her line of sight, her own eyes widened; A large, black-haired Pokemon had James' neck in it's mouth and looked to be a second from ripping it out. She nearly screamed at the sight of a wouldbe massacre when she caught a glimpse of the beast's eyes; one was a toxic, acidic green and the other was the clear, emerald orb of her newest friend.
"H-Harry?"
She stood and wobbled on her feet, hobbling to Harry's Pokemon she turned to Cendio.
"I-Is that Harry?"
Charmander nodded, never taking his eyes off his transformed trainer.
"How?"
Leaf noticed Harry's jaw tightening and saw James gasp.
"No..." She shook her head in denial. "You can't... It's not right!" Leaf darted forward, not sure what would become of herself. "Harry! Stop! Harry!"
Alpha/Harry's ears perked up and he momentarily slackened his grip.
"Harry, please!"
Harry/Alpha dropped James' neck and turned to the frantic voice of his only human friend. There was a low, grumbling growl and the canine features slowly faded away and the Pokemon shakily turned back into Harry.
Leaf gasped; as a Pokemon, the damage hadn't seemed that bad. But as a human, the girl could tell that Harry was seriously injured. His clothes, what little he had been wearing, were torn and burnt to tatters. On his shoulder was what looked like a half-cauterized bite mark that was bleeding freely. He had several deep cuts on his ribs. His breathing was labored and he seemed to be fighting to remain standing.
Leaf rushed to Harry's side and threw his good arm over her shoulder while James rubbed his bruised neck and tried to scoot away. Leaf was surprised when, even in his weakened state, Harry noticed this.
"Cendio!" said Harry, his voice coming out in ragged gasps. "Keep him captive!"
Harry was vaguely surprised when not only Cendio, but Zeru as well rushed to follow his order.
"Harry, what was that?"
"Not now," rasped Harry, his breath shallow, he extracted a thin stick of wood from pocket in his tatty bathrobe and started dragging it across the wound on his shoulder. "Vulnera Sanentur... Vulnera Sanentur... Vulnera Sanentur..." Chanted Harry over and over again. Leaf turned astonished eyes to Harry's face when she saw his injury go from fresh and seepy, to red and raw, and finally to scarred and bumpy. Without making eye contact with Leaf, Harry quickly healed his other, more minor, injuries.
In the blink of an eye, Harry repaired his bathrobe before turning to his captive. Moving stiffly, Harry crossed the dais and knelt before James who was suddenly looking paler than usual.
"I'm sorry for having to do this," said Harry, pointing his stick between James' eyes, "but it's necessary. Obliviate!"Harry turned his stick like he was locking a door and James' face went slack. Harry stood and silently made a jet of red light shoot from the tip of his stick and the Poke-Terrorist slumped unconscious to the floor. He flicked his wand and said, "Incarcerous!" Thin cords burst from the tip of his stick and tied themselves around James tightly.
Harry held up his left hand and somehow the Pokeballs for his respective Pokemon flew from the floor of the cavern and landed in his grasping hand. The Boy Trainer recalled his party and, for the first time since he changed back, he turned to Leaf and looked her in the eyes.
She could see fear warring for longing in his emerald orbs. Fear of rejection, of damnation. But what did he want? Friendship? Companionship? Someone he could tell what was obviously a secret to?
"What was that?" repeated Leaf. "I've never heard of a Psychic who could do what you can."
Harry cocked an eyebrow at the word 'Psychic' but shook his head to clear it.
"I promise I'll tell you everything, Leaf, just not here and not now," pleaded Harry. "Please, trust me, Leaf."
"What did you do to James?"
Harry looked uncomfortable.
"I-I made him forget... When he wakes up, he'll think that he was knocked unconscious by a backfired attack."
Leaf's eyebrows met her hairline, they rose up so sharply.
"I don't like having to do it but it is necessary," defended Harry. "People can't know what I am, what my family is."
"Then why aren't you going to make me forget like you did James?" accused Leaf, making Harry wince. "People can't know, right?"
"I won't make you forget because I like you." Seeing Leaf beginning to blush he cocked an eyebrow and thought back on what he said. Blushing himself, he amended, "you're my only friend. Human friend."
Leaf nodded to herself, her rosy cheeks slowly going back to normal.
"And you'll tell me who and what you are?"
Harry nodded solemnly.
"Everything, we just need to get out of here unseen and get our bags. Then we make for Viridian Forest tonight."
Leaf nodded slowly and tilted her head when she saw Harry reach down and pluck a rock off the ground. He tapped it with his stick and muttered something that sounded like, "Porkis," making the rock glow blue.
"Here," said Harry, holding the still-glowing rock out to her, "touch this."
Slowly, hesitantly, she held out her right hand and tapped the rock with her index finger, only to scream in surprise when she felt a tugging at her navel before she was sucked through a vortex.
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Officer Bar and his partner Officer Brady entered the Aqueduct's Drainage Facility and gasped. Frozen in slowly melting ice was one of Kanto's Most Wanted and two of her confirmed Pokemon. The child who had confronted her was slumped against a wall covered in blood and a Starmie hovered over her protectively.
Bar and Brady cautiously approached the Water type.
"Hey there, fella," said Brady, holding his hands up in a soothing manner. "We're not going to hurt ya, or your trainer."
Bar nodded encouragingly.
"We want to help."
Slowly, the Mysterious Pokémon move away and allowed one of the to law enforcement officers to aid his trainer while the other called for back up; they'd need a cart to pull Jessie and her Pokemon.
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Officer Jenny was confused, and that was something she wasn't used to. Ever since she had been a kid she had been very sure of herself, some might call her overconfident but she knew better; she was convicted.
That was why she was surprised to find herself confused at what she was seeing.
She had entered the natural atrium expecting to see either an ongoing battle or the kids who followed him at his mercy. But what she saw was the exact opposite; James was tied up with cords and his Pokemon were all knocked out around him.
Snapping out of her stupor, Jenny used three Police Issue Snag Balls on his three Pokemon and approached James. She checked his pulse and nodded to herself. Using her shoulder mounted Radio, she called for suspect transport and looked around; she wondered where the kids who followed him were. They couldn't have gone back the way they came in because she hadn't seen them, and they had no reason to head deeper into the Underground...
Jenny found herself intrigued and assured herself she would get to the bottom of this.
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Harry and Leaf appeared in their rented room in a burst of blue light.
"What," wheezed Lead, "was that?"
"Portkey," said Harry while shuffling to his bag and gathering a change of clothes. "It's an object enchanted to transport one or more people to a specified location upon activation."
"Wait a second," mumbled Leaf, rubbing her head. "When you say, 'enchanted,' you mean mag-"
"-Magic?" said Harry. "Yes, I am a Wizard, a person born with the ability to alter reality with nothing but a few magic words and the proper intent."
"But magic doesn't exist!"
Leaf looked close to a mental breakdown.
Harry grinned and waved his hand, causing her bag to fly to her hands.
"Psychics can do that though..."
Harry rolled his eyes in response and, with a flick of his wand, he changed her bag into a black and gray cat which she dropped in surprise.
"Y-you turned my supplies into a Pokemon..."
"Not a Pokemon," instructed Harry. "A tabby cat. It's an animal from my original dimension."
Leaf looked close to fainting at the words 'original dimension,' and with another flick of his wand, he changed the cat back into her pack.
"How..." asked Leaf weakly.
"Later," said Harry impatiently, heading for the bathroom. "We need to get dressed and make for the forest and my home."
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Twenty minutes later, Harry was leading Leaf out of the Pokemon Center under a heavy Disillusionment Charm and Harry was thankful the gale had become naught but a light drizzle. After getting a few blocks from the cordoned off Center, Harry led Leaf into an alley way and lifted the charm, canceling the chameleon like effect cloaking the preteens from sight.
Harry was wearing a pair of white shorts held up by a brown belt, a light green tee-shirt with dark green accents on the sleeves and collar, and a blue and white striped hooded jacket that was zipped half-way up. A pair of blue and brown tennis-shoes rounded out his outfit.
Leaf was dressed similarly to how she looked earlier, sans sunhat. Her tank top was a dark purple and her tight undershirt was white. she had a black skirt on and the same shoes with red socks and wrist straps. Her hair was tied in a ponytail with a red and purple striped scrunchi.
Exiting the alleyway, the two quietly yet quickly made their way to Route Two, the short path leading to Viridian Forest. Harry was relieved when it only took ten minutes of skulking around the back roads of Viridian to reach the City's edge on Route Two.
Harry's sigh of relief was cut short when he heard a car pull up and an increasingly familiar voice's shout of, "Hey, Loser's!"
In a move so perfect it could've been planned, Harry and Leaf pinched the bridge of their noses at the same time.
"Gary," they said in painful unison.
Apparently, he was thrown off by their greetings because he shook his head and pulled out a Pokeball.
"Alright, loser's. I want a rematch before I enter Viridian Forest! I'll use two Pokemon!"
Hary sighed and looked to his tired friend who nodded at him, he stepped forward while drawing a Pokeball.
"It's just me this time, Gary!"
The brown haired boy smirked and tossed his Pokeballs, "Go, Squirtle!
"Zeru! I summon you!"
Unnoticed by all, Leaf twitched at the word, 'Summon.'
The Tiny Turtle and Ghost Pokemon stared each other down while their trainer's waited for some unknown signal.
A larger-than-average drop of water splashed on Harry's forehead and started the battle.
"Zeru, phase behind him and use Nightshade! Then Hypnosis!"
"Squirtle, turn around and use Bubble!"
Zeru sank into a shadow and flitted behind Squirtle. His eyes widened and he dropped the Tiny Turtle with an invisible attack. Squirtle's explosive bubbles passed through Gastly's still phased form. Smirking, Zeru put Gastly to sleep with a burst of psychic power.
Gary scowled and recalled his slumbering Pokemon.
"Go, Pidgey!"
"Good job, Zeru! Come on back and have a rest!" Harry thrust his Pokeball forward and withdrew his snickering Ghost type with a beam of red light. He minimized the Pokeball and stuffed it in his hoody's pocket while at the same time drawing Charmander's capsule. "Cendio! Come on out!"
Flying and Fire faced off before Gary led the round.
"Use Gust, Pidgey!"
The Tiny Bird Pokemon lifted into the air and rapidly flapped it's wings kicking up a whirlwind of gale force wind that carried enough water from the air and pavement to become a miniature cyclone.
Harry's eyes widened.
"Dodge it, Cen! Then use Metal Claw!"
Charmander waited until the combination Flying/Water attack was nearly upon him when he jumped to the left and shot forward, his claws glowing.
Harry could tell that Gary was surprised at the effect his Pidgey's gust attack had because he wasn't paying attention when Cendio jumped and raked his shining talons across Pidgey's breast, ending the battle in a 0-2 sweep.
"Yes!"
Harry summoned Zeru and managed to hug his two Pokemon despite one of them being a poisonous shroud of living gas. He was so happy he won his first solo Trainer battle that he didn't see Gary's approach until the brown-haired bow was right in front of him.
Standing so he was face to face with the smarmy boy, Harry waited for Gary to say something.
"That's two times you've beaten me. From now on, I consider you my true rival."
Harry raised an eyebrow while Leaf gasped.
"What..." said Harry, shaking his head. "How stupid, make Ash your Rival."
Gary scoffed and Harry suddenly turned serious.
"Don't take him lightly, Gary. I have a feeling that one day, when the chips are down, when it truly matters, Ash will really surprise you."
"Whatever," said Gary divisively.
Harry was about to retort when a flash of yellow light distracted him and the sound of an explosion boomed from the Pokemon Center, popping his ear drums.
"What was that?" yelled Gary, not that Harry could hear him through his ringing ears.
"It came from the Pokemon Center!" yelled one of the cheerleaders from Gary's Corvette. Gary ran to the car and jumped in while a black-haired cheerleader revved the engine and took off at speed to investigate the noise.
Harry looked ready to follow him when Leaf grabbed the back of his shirt.
"What was the point in sneaking out of there if you just go charging back in?"
Harry sighed, his saving people thing had kicked in and nearly overridden his common sense.
"You're right," said Harry and Leaf released his grasp on Harry's jacket. "C'mon let's go."
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Ash Ketchum sat on the front steps of the Pokemon Center telling his Pikachu about the events of the night. He had been kicked out of the lobby when Misty had been brought up covered in blood. Jessie and James came up mere moments later in carts pulled by Pokemon his Pokedex identified as, 'Arcanine.' He had been curious because Jessie was frozen in a rapidly melting block of Ice and James was tied in cord that he was sure no one had been carrying on their entry into the ICU.
Sighing, he wrapped up his tale to an astonished Pikachu and they sat in silence, a new understanding forming between them; they would no longer be Trainer and Pokemon, Master and Pet, They would be friends, first and foremost.
A commotion drew their attention back to the Center proper and they stood abruptly when they saw it's cause. Jessie had thawed enough to move and had freed James. They snuck up on the Officer holding their Pokemon and attacked him, stealing them back, and were now heading to the main entrance at a sprint, James carrying Meowth over his shoulder.
They burst from the door and knocked Ash down the steps tossing Pikachu high into the air where he readied a Thunder Shock in the red pouches on it's cheeks. The air must've still been charged with electricity from the storm because Pikachu's basic attack was super powered to the level of a Thunder attack.
James and Jessie were apprehended seconds after being struck by lightning muttering about 'unnaturally strong rodents' and 'telling the Boss.'
Standing quickly, Ash was able to catch his unconscious Pokemon before he hit the ground. Shaking his head, Ash headed back into the Center pondering on how powerful his starter seemed to be.
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Author's Note: If it's not obvious, I took a lot of inspiration from the manga, Pokemon Special. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend that you grab a sandwich and a tasty beverage and Google it. You're in for a whole lot of awesome.
Police Issue Snag Balls are special Pokeballs that allow the wielder to hold another's Pokemon in stasis for transportation. Police use them in cases where criminals have used Pokemon for evil.
Character Profile: Leaf Green
Age: Ten
Height: four feet, eleven inches
Goals: Like many new trainers, Leaf wants to become Champion of the Indigo League and be a great Pokemon Master.
Leaf's Party:
Name: Bulbasaur
Species: Seed Pokemon
Gender: Female
Type: Grass
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Overgrow- Powers up grass-type moves in a pinch.
Original Trainer: Leaf
Recieved From Professor Oak.
Nickname: Flora
Moves Known: Tackle, Leech Seed, Sleep Powder, Growl
Name: Nidoran (M)
Species: Poison Pin Pokemon
Gender: Male
Type: Poison
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rivalry- Raises attack if the foe is of the same gender.
Original Trainer: Leaf
Caught on Route One.
Nickname: Nico
Moves Known: Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick, Poison Sting