Chapter 5: The road to Cerulean City
"Red sweetie I invited your friend Blue over for your 6th birthday party." "Mom, Blue isn't my friend." "Of course he is. You two are together all the time." "That's because he bullies me all the time." "Now Red you should trust your friend more. He isn't a bully. Finish your breakfast and we'll go sit up for the party." My mother had cooked me my favorite meal for my birthday. Fried eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, pancakes, and gravy. After finishing breakfast, I helped mom set up for my birthday party that was in a few hours. At my party just about everyone I went to school with was there except for Blue. "Hmm, I wonder where Blue is dear?" my mom said worryingly. Just then Blue walked in with a big present wrapped up. "Hello Blue. I hope you enjoy the party." I said to Blue who followed up with, "Heh, I will enjoy it soon enough. Red here is your present." "Thank you Blue." The package was big and looked like it could have been anything. I opened it up and inside was a pacifier, a bib, and a pack of diapers. "I figured it might come in handy Red. You are always crying, now you can go around looking like the baby you are."
I opened my eyes and saw a white object flying my way followed by several more.
"Wake up you! I don't want to be late like we almost were yesterday!"
Green had stated. She was throwing pillows at me again trying to wake me up.
"Sorry Green I was having another dream again."
"Oh what about this time?"
"It was about Blue Ruining my 6th birthday party. Ever since that last fight with Blue I have been dreaming about how terrible he has made my life."
"Oh Red. Blue has been awful to you all your life. After you finally beat him at something it must of gotten to you what he said after the fight."
"What did he say after that fight Green."
"He said you wouldn't of beaten him if he hadn't of already beaten that gym leader but he was standing outside the pokemon center so I'm sure he healed them before the fight. He's just an arrogant prick who cant accept defeat. Anyhow lets get going sleepy head before we have to spend another night here."
"I am Ready to go when you are."
We left the pokemon center and went onto Route 3.
Route 3 was pretty long and narrow. There were tons of trainers already on the route battling with each other and some trainers waiting for people to battle with. There were fields of grass that all kinds of wild pokemon frolicked in. A pokemon jumped down right in front of me and started positioning like it was ready to battle. "Red I think that pokemon wants to fight you. You should catch it."
My pokedex said it was a Mankey, a fighting type pokemon. It had white fur and had brownish yellow hands and feet.
"Alright go pidgey."
I decided to fight the Mankey with pidgey since I didn't use pidgey in the gym leader fight. The Mankey charged pidgey and tossed him straight into air and slammed him down.
"Wow what was that?"
Green said worryingly. The pokedex said Mankey knew a move called seismic toss.
"It was seismic toss Green. Ok pidgey use wing attack."
Pidgey flapped his wings and knocked Mankey down.
"Now follow up with quick attack."
With the wild Mankey still on the ground he charged him and knocked him out with quick attack.
"Alright go poke ball."
After a few shakes it stopped. I had caught the Mankey.
"I see you caught that Mankey pretty easily how about me and my buddy here challenge the 2 of you to a battle."
We turned around to see two trainers standing nearby wanting to battle.
"That's fine with us."
Me and Green both said in unison. We lined up across from the other two trainers ready to battle and they looked equally as determined. The trainers released there pokemon. One was a light blue pokemon the pokedex called a Nidoran. It said the blue Nidoran were always male and the pink ones were always female. The other trainer released his pokemon it was a Beedrill. The pokedex said Beedrill was the fully evolved from of Weedle.
"Ok lets win this Red! Go Pichu!"
Pichu jumped off of Greens shoulders and sparked its rosey reddish pink cheeks ready for the fight to start.
"Go Charmander."
Charmander came out of his poke ball and stood beside Pichu with his tail flaming and looked across the battlefield to see his new opponents. Since it was a tag battle both pokemon had to be knocked out on either side for the other side to win. The trainers both commanded there pokemon to strike first.
"Ok Nidoran use scratch on charmander."
"Beedrill use fury attack on pichu."
"Pichu you use thundershock on Beedrill."
"Charmander use scratch right back at that Nidoran."
Each pokemon went to do there moves with Nidoran and charmander targeting each other and Beedrill and pichu targeting each other. The fury attack from Beedrill kept hitting pichu as she got closer and used the thundershock knocking it back while the final shot from the fury attack knocked pichu back. Nidoran and charmander were both using the same move so they both charged at one another attempting to scratch the other. Nidoran had swung first but charmander had evasively moved to avoid it and scratched the Nidoran in the face.
"Nidoran use scratch again."
"Beedrill use fury attack again also."
"Ok pichu lets change it up use volt tackle."
"Charmander lets use metal claw this time."
Pichus body glowed bright yellow and charged at Beedrill lightning fast but Beedrills fury attack kept nailing pichu knocking it back and slowing it down. The volt tackle had sent Beedrill down and out but Beedrill fury attack had knocked pichu out also. Nidoran this time hit charmander right across the face with his scratch but charmander had retaliated hitting him with the metal claw.
"Well its one on one now. Lets finish this Nidoran finish off charmander with scratch."
Nidoran charged at charmander one more time attempting to knock it out. Both pokemon had taken some hits so they were both close to fainting so the next hit could decide it.
"Charmander use ember."
With Nidoran really close charmander unleashed a devastating ember that scorched Nidoran knocking it out finally. After the fight Green and I went back to Pewter to heal our pokemon then left back on route 3. We continued traveling down the route watching some trainers fight it out seeing what all kinds of pokemon they had. Most all of them had bug or poison type pokemon with the exception of one guy who had a pidgey but his pidgey had already gotten knocked out by another trainers Kakuna. As Green and I narrowed the end of route 3 something flew down and hit Green in the back.
"Ouch, Stop it Red!"
"That wasn't me Green."
Green looked down and noticed the bird pokemon standing in front of her. It wasn't a pidgey though, Green scanned her pokedex and saw that it was a Spearow. It had a brown face with black eyes. It had red wings and a white body.
"I'm going to catch it."
Green said excitedly.
"Go Pichu. Use Thundershock."
And just like that pichu zapped the bird hard knocking it out quickly with which Green proceeded to throw her poke ball at it and in a flash she had easily captured the bird pokemon before it could even retaliate with an attack. Route 3 finally ended and we ventured on onto route 4. Route 4 was small from this part. All there seemed to be was a patch of grass and a pokemon center and the entrance to the cave.
"Lets stop in the pokemon center first Red before we go into the cave."
"Alright Green."
We went into the pokemon center and Green healed her new bird pokemon and as we was exiting we saw a man in black who had bumped into Green and I knocking us both down.
"Hey! Watch where your walking!"
Green yelled at the man who ran off quickly.
"That was odd. I wonder what his hurry was."
Just then I looked down and noticed the poke ball Green had caught the Spearow in was gone.
"Green where is your Spearow."
Green looked down and saw that Spearow was gone.
"That man in black must of stolen him! We got to get him back!"
"It looks like he ran into Mt. Moon."
The nurse stated inside the pokemon center. Green and I exited the pokemon center and quickly ran into the cave in search of the man who stole Spearow.
The cave was dark and wide in width. It had tons of wild pokemon inside who would attack on instinct. Some tried to attack us as we ran towards where we thought the exit was but it only lead us deeper into the cave. Walking further along the cave we noticed there were several of the men in black in the cave guarding what appeared to be fossil like statues.
"Red looks like its some sort of evil organization. I wonder what there going to do with those fossils and my Spearow."
"I don't know Green but we will get back Spearow. Even if we have to defeat all of them."
Then Green noticed the same man who had knocked her down and stolen her Spearow. She ran to the guy yelling,
"Give me back my Spearow you big bullies!"
The man turned and said,
"If you want your Spearow back you are going to have to win him back in a battle. I am a member of Team Rocket a group dedicated to stealing trainers pokemon and returning them back to the boss."
"Well you stole the wrong pokemon and messed with the wrong trainer!"
Green held out her poke ball and in a flash Ivysaur was out.
"You little twerp. Fine, Go Zubat."
A blue bat pokemon with small purple wings appeared flying around.
"Zubat use leech life."
"Bulbasaur use leech seed."
The leech seed spreaded out seeding Zubat and sapping some of his health but the leech life sapped Ivysaurs health and healed the Zubat back to perfect health. "Hahahahahaha! Your pesky little grass type is no match for my Zubat. Just watch this. Zubat use supersonic."
The supersonic had confused Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur use vine whip."
Ivysaur was to confused and hit himself with the vines.
"Zubat use astonish."
Astonish made Ivysaur flinch.
"Now Zubat use bite."
Zubat went to chomp down on Ivysaur but Ivysaur had finally snapped out of the confused state he was in.
"Ivysaur use Razor leaf."
Leaves shot out and smacked the Zubat knocking him back and wasn't able to connect the bite.
"Grrrr. You'll pay for that you little brat! Zubat use wing attack."
Zubat flapped in wings and launched a devastating wing attack at Ivysaur really doing a number on him. Ivysaurs leech seed sapped a bit of health from Zubat back to Ivysaur but it wasn't enough to heal Ivysaur that much and he was still heavily breathing about to faint.
"Lets finish this off. Zubat use wing attack one more time."
"Ivysaur! Use Vine whip to wrap up Zubats wings."
Ivysaur wrapped the Zubats wings preventing it from launching the attacking and escaping.
"Now Ivysaur use Razor leaf."
Ivysaur with the Zubat wrapped up where it couldn't move launched leaves at the Zubat and knocked it out finally.
"You rotten brat! Fine if it means that much to you take back your stupid little pokemon."
The Team Rocket member threw Spearow back to Green and ran off.
"We showed him and got Spearow back. Way to go Ivysaur!"
Most all of the Team Rocket members had retreated except for 2 who were guarding the fossils. Green and I ran up to them and they immediately held out poke balls ready for a fight.
"You twerps will pay for hurting a member of Team Rocket. No one disturbs us when it comes to doing work for the boss! Go Koffing."
"And go Ekans."
Koffing was purple in the shape of a bowling ball with a white x symbol on its chest and it had poison gas coming out of its holes. Ekans was a purple and yellow snake like pokemon.
"Alright Green lets beat these guys. Go Mankey."
"Ok lets do it. Go Spearow."
Mankey and Spearow were out staring at there opponents.
"Ekans use wrap on Mankey."
"Koffing use smog on Spearow."
I scanned Mankeys moves with my pokedex and it said he knew seismic toss, karate chop, and fury swipes. I said,
"Mankey use fury swipes."
"Spearow use peck."
Mankey swiped at Ekans hitting it some but the Ekans wrapped Mankey up and began squeezing while Spearow charged forward at Koffing and pecked it in the head which proceeded Koffing to use the smog knocking it back and poisoning Spearow.
"Ok Ekans now use bite."
"Koffing use smog again."
"Mankey use seismic toss on Ekans tail."
"Spearow use fury attack this time!"
Ekans went to chomp down on Mankey but Mankeys seismic toss freed him from its wrap and tossed the Ekans into the air then onto the ground. Koffing went to do its smog again but Spearows fury attack kept hitting it and eventually made it flinch back so it didn't connect the move.
"Ok Mankey now use karate chop."
Mankey darted forward attempting to knock the Ekans right in the head with a hard chop when the Team Rocket member said,
"Ekans use bite again."
The Ekans bite bit down on Mankey causing him to miss the chop completely.
"Spearow use peck again."
"Koffing one more time use smog."
The peck and smog connected in unison and the peck caused Koffing to be knocked out but the combined effort of the poisoning Spearow had and the smog caused Spearow to also be to be knocked out cold.
"Those rotten brats. Ok its one on one now. Ekans lets beat these pathetic humans. Use wrap again."
"Mankey use fury swipes on Ekans tail."
Ekans wrapped Mankey up but before he could squeeze Mankeys fury swipes freed him from its clutches.
"Mankey use karate chop."
"Ekans use bite."
Ekans bit down on Mankeys arm but Mankey used the other arm to connect the karate chop knocking out the Ekans.
"You rotten brats. The boss is going to be disappointed you were messing in his plans."
The two Rocket members ran off leaving the fossils behind.
"Red lets take the fossils. If those Team Rocket people were after them then they must be important."
"Good idea Green."
There was two fossils so we both picked up one and put them into our bags. We proceeded towards the exit of the cave when a rock type pokemon appeared ready to fight. I quickly identified it thanks to the fight with Brock.
"That's a Geodude. I am going to catch it Green. Go Charmander."
Charmander came out and was ready to fight.
"Charmander use metal claw."
The Geodude had used rock tomb and had them fall on top of charmander trapping him in place.
"Charmander break the rock with scratch."
Charmanders nails glowed and sliced the rock into.
"Now use ember."
The sparks hit the Geodude who was charging forward with a tackle knocking it back.
"Ok charmander use metal claw."
Charmander hit the Geodude while it was on the ground with the metal claw knocking it out. I threw my poke ball and after a few shakes I had captured it. Almost immediately a pink pokemon came out from behind some rocks and walked up to Green.
"Awww! Red look its so cute!"
She scanned her pokedex and it said it was a Clefairy.
"I'm gone catch it. Go Butterfree."
Butterfree came out and was waiting for its command.
"Use psychic."
Butterfree let out pulse waves causing the Clefairy to be knocked down.
"Now use wing attack."
Butterfree flapped its wings and let out a large wing attack knocking out the Clefairy.
"Go poke ball!"
Green said excitedly. After a few shakes of her poke ball it stopped and she had captured the pokemon.
"Yay! welcome to the team Clefairy."
Green and I finally found the exit and after exiting the cave we were back on Route 4.
"This is the final part of Route 4 it leads right into Cerulean City! Lets go!"
Green shouted. Green and I proceeded down Route 4 headed towards Cerulean City. We got stopped by two trainers who were itching for a fight.
"Lets show these guys the power of team work."
They stated. They both had the same pokemon and said in unison,
"Go Pidgey."
Two Pidgeys appeared flying around in circles.
"Ok lets do this Red. Go Pichu."
Pichu hopped down and was sparking its cheeks ready to battle.
"Alright. Go Pidgey."
My pidgey went up in the air flying around ready to hit one of the other Pidgeys. Both trainers kept talking in unison,
"Pidgey use quick attack."
The two Pidgeys flew down and they both hit pichu knocking her down.
"You meanies! Pichu use Thundershock."
"Dodge!"
The Pidgeys dodge the thundershock almost immediately and flew around again in circles.
"Ok pidgey our turn."
I spoke.
"Use wing attack."
Pidgey flapped his wings and hit one of the Pidgeys with it but it didn't faze the pidgey much since wing attack was a flying type move. Both trainers still speaking in unison said,
"Pidgey use quick attack again."
Green had a look of sadness in her eyes watching them fly again towards Pichu when suddenly she had an idea.
"Pichu hop onto Pidgeys back."
Pichu hopped onto one of the trainers Pidgeys backs.
"Now use Thundershock."
The Pichu let out a thundershock from around its whole body which zapped the Pidgey immediately knocking out of the air onto the ground. I then commanded my pidgey.
"Pidgey use quick attack."
"You use quick attack also pidgey."
Both Pidgeys darted forward hitting each other and the force caused them both to be knocked out. It was down to one pidgey and Greens Pichu. The pidgey got back onto its feet and was ready for its next command.
"Pidgey use quick attack."
"Pichu you use volt tackle."
Pidgey darted forward quickly moving and Pichu released electricity all across its body and darted forward to ram the pidgey. The pidgey was faster and it hit the quick attack first which caused Pichu to lose its volt tackle and it got knocked back.
"Ok pidgey lets end it! Use quick attack one more time."
Pidgey darted forward ready to strike Pichu again in hopes of knocking it out but Green had other plans.
"Pichu use thundershock!"
The pidgey was nearly right in front of Pichu when Pichu let out electricity and shocked it knocking it unconscious.
"We did it! Way to go Pichu!."
After the two trainers finished talking about how they should've done better to win we left and headed further down Route 4.
"Green lets fight some wild pokemon to train up our pokemon for the Gym."
"Ok."
We fought for about an hour a piece against all kinds of wild pokemon. I had charmander fight a wild Spearow, a wild Mankey, a wild Nidoran, and a wild pidgey. Then I had Mankey fight a wild pidgey, a wild Spearow, a wild Zubat, and a wild Nidoran. I made Butterfree fight a wild Weedle, a wild caterpie, a wild Metapod, a wild Kakuna, and a wild Beedrill. I had Pidgey fight a wild Metapod, a wild caterpie, a wild Weedle, a wild pidgey, and a wild Spearow. I had Geodude fight a wild pidgey, a wild Rattatta, a wild Spearow, a wild Butterfree, a wild Beedrill and a wild Metapod. Green went next and had Ivysaur fight a wild Metapod, a wild Kakuna, a wild Rattatta and a wild Beedrill. She had Pichu fight a wild pidgey, a wild Spearow, a wild Rattatta and a wild caterpie. Then she had Butterfree fight a wild Beedrill, a wild Spearow, a wild pidgey, and a wild Kakuna. She had Spearow fight a wild caterpie, a wild Metapod, and a wild Butterfree. She then had Clefairy fight a wild Metapod, a wild Kakuna, a wild Zubat, and a wild Mankey. I spoke up and said,
"Good training Green. Our pokemon have gotten a lot stronger then they were."
"Thanks Red. I say were about ready to fight that Gym Leader."
"I wonder what kind of pokemon the Gym Leader has?"
"Hmm, I don't know. I guess we'll find out soon."
We were nearing the end of Route 4 when it started to pour down rain.
"Looks like we got to camp out here tonight Green."
"Well drat. I hate sleeping in the wilderness."
We pitched the tent and went inside so we wouldn't get wet. It was already night fall and we were both pretty tired.
"Were right outside Cerulean City Red. We'll be there in the morning in like five minutes."
"Yep we will. Then we can challenge whoever the Gym Leader is and win us the second badge."
"Now Red I wouldn't be so sure we don't even know what type the Gym Leader uses."
"Well I'm ready for whatever the Gym Leader has to throw at me."
Green smiled and laid back.
"Rest up now sleepy head. If your up all night wondering what type the Gym is you'll lose from lack of sleep."
I laid back also and said,
"Ok I will. Try to wake up early though Green we don't need you oversleeping again."
She turned over and kicked me in the stomach.
"Oh whatever Red! Your the one that oversleeps everyday."
After that Pichu got down and cuddled up to Greens stomach and before I knew it Green was asleep. I looked over at my pokemon and spoke where Green wouldn't hear me.
"Guys tomorrow we are fighting another Gym. I don't know what type the trainer will use but we are prepared for anything. I believe in you guys and I know you can win us that badge."
I fell asleep right after the last word came out of my mouth.
