Chapter 2

VS Mankey

"Man I'm hungry..." I complained as I walked along Route 1. The path was winding and I hadn't even seen a wild Pokémon all day. Razor was walking alongside me and by the way he looked, I could tell he was itching for a fight. I sighed. I really did want to train up my Bulbasaur but I couldn't if there were no Pokémon. Then, out of the corner of my eye I saw it: a brown feather.

"Razor, use Razor Leaf!" I said. Razor fired two leaves at the bushes. I heard a startled cry and a Pidgey emerged from the bushes. "Finally," I exclaimed. "Razor, use Tackle!" Bulbasaur ran along the ground and slammed into Pidgey, sending it sprawling along the ground. "Now finish off with Leech Seed!" I said once more. A small brown seed shot out from Bulbasaur's bulb, connecting to Pidgey. Pidgey started to glow red as it started to feel weak and fall to the ground.

"Alright, Pidgey is KOed!" I exclaimed. I decided to leave Pidgey in the wild. It already had too much damage done to it. I started walking along the path again, battling the occasional Pidgey. Soon, I came to a crossroads. "Now which way should I go," I said. Suddenly, I felt something tugging at my backpack. I tried turning around to see what it was but I couldn't. I heard it start to unzip my bag. I quickly took my backpack off and heard something hit the ground. I turned around to see a cream coloured monkey on my bag.

"What's that?" I wondered, reaching for my Pokédex. "Crap my Pokédex is in my bag!" The Pokémon looked up at me and grabbed a red Pokédex from out of my bag. "Oi! Give that back!" I shouted, running after the cream coloured monkey. The monkey jumped up to a branch, hanging off of it with its left arm. The Pokémon waved the Pokédex around teasingly.

"Razor Leaf!"I commanded. Bulbasaur stepped forward and fired two leaves at the Pokémon, causing it to drop down. The Pokémon then looked at me with pure anger. The monkey-like Pokémon jumped towards me and punched me in the face. I fell backwards as I started to feel the trickle of blood coming out of my nose. I wiped the blood away, watching the Pokémon run off.

"Give me back my Pokédex!" I shouted, grabbing my bag and running after the monkey. Bulbasaur trotted along behind me. The Pokémon glanced back only to see me throw a rock at it. It hit the Pokémon in the head as the Pokédex fell to the ground. It opened up and made a dinging noise.

A mechanical voice then said, "Mankey, a Pig Monkey Pokémon of the Fighting-type. Known for its superior footwork, it packs a powerful punch." I walked over to the knocked out Pokémon.

"So you're a Mankey huh." Suddenly, the Mankey turned around and punched me again. It snatched my Pokédex and ran off. "No!" I shouted after the Pokémon. "Come back!" I wiped the blood from my nose once more and trudged on after Mankey.

"Looks like the tracks lead to here..." I murmured, looking up at the building in front of me. The door was half open and I saw mud tracks leading inside. I slowly opened the door, poking my head in through the door. I then heard a cry as I saw Mankey fly across the room, dropping my Pokédex. I ran for the Pokédex but stopped when I saw two red eyes staring at me. I looked at the eyes as a Tauros appeared. I scanned it with my Pokédex, hoping to find its weakness. Learning that it was a normal type I ran over to Mankey. As soon as the monkey saw me though, it started scratching me furiously.

"Aah!" I shouted, trying to grab Mankey. As soon as I had hold of the monkey I saw Tauros charge out of the corner of my eye. Jumping backwards, the Tauros slammed into a wall, becoming dazed. I quickly hid behind a large pillar. I started puffing heavily, trying to hear where the Tauros was. Suddenly, I felt something ram into the pillar from behind. I fell forward as dust fell down. Mankey was cringing in fear.

Suddenly, I heard the Tauros start to snort louder. "Mankey, if you and I want to survive, you have to listen to me." I said to the monkey. Mankey looked at me and then over at the Tauros. Mankey then nodded. "Okay Mankey, get up on the beams at the roof." Mankey climbed up onto a beam.

"Razor let's go!" I commanded. Bulbasaur appeared from out of his Pokeball. "Razor, follow me!" I shouted, running along the wall. I noticed Tauros spot me and started charging at me. "Mankey use Karate Chop now!" I yelled, running faster to dodge the Tauros. I saw Mankey dive onto Tauros, smashing it into the ground. Tauros shook its head and glared at me, Mankey and Razor. Tauros started to charge when suddenly, a Pokeball flew from out of nowhere and hit Tauros. Tauros was sucked into the Pokeball and it fell to the ground, shaking. It then made a dinging noise, signalling it was caught.

"Heh, that's twice I've saved you," a voice said. "So you owe me two times!" I turned around to see the brown haired boy from before.

"Jack!" I exclaimed.

"So my grandfather couldn't keep his mouth shut..." Jack said. "I don't know why my grandfather let you have that Bulbasaur. It would've been better off with me." I was astounded at his comment.

"Take that back!" I yelled at him. Jack thought for a moment.

"Okay but only on one condition?"

"What?" I replied. Jack snickered. He then raised a Pokeball.

"If you can beat me in a two on two Pokémon battle!"

Okay another chapter down. Sorry for it being so short! Anyway review plz! It'll make my day!