EDIT: I did my best to edit this again, thanks for the feedback everyone! I tried fixing all the past/present tense issues. So this has been updated yet again. A quick thanks to The Konfuzed for helping me fix some errors!

Chapter Two: I Have to Catch a Pokémon!

'Stupid Breck,' Devin thought to himself. 'Who does he think he is... although I'm really happy for him for winning his first battle, even if he had to beat me to do it. I wonder where he's headed now...' Devin was now standing in front of the pokémon center. It's a very large building, with many floors, and it has a large cross at the top of it. Devin walked in and headed immediately to the front desk. "Hi, my name's Devin. Do you work here?" he asked the woman typing on the computer behind the front desk.

"Hello, I'm Nurse Joy. I run the Sandgem Town pokémon center. How may I help you today?" Nurse Joy responded politely.

"I just came from my first battle and my Chimchar needs to be looked at. By the way, has anyone ever told you that you look just like the nurse at the pokémon professors college?" Devin asked.

"That's my sister, Nurse Joy. We're an entire family of Nurse Joys." Nurse Joy turned a photo on the desk so that Devin could see. The photo showed a large group of Nurses that all looked completely identical. They all had pink hair styled exactly the same way and were all wearing similar white and pink nursing outfits. "You'll end up seeing a lot of my family along your journey, but you said you had a Chimchar that needed to be checked." Devin reached into his hoodie pocket to reveal a pokéball.

Devin pushed the button on the middle of the pokéball which made it expand and open, releasing Chimchar. "Could you please make sure my Chimchar is all right Nurse Joy?" Devin asked nicely.

"Most certainly." Nurse Joy hit a button on the computer and a Chansey came out from another room with a stretcher. The Chansey placed Chimchar on the stretcher and walked back into the other room. "May I ask you something Devin?" Devin nodded at the nurse. "You said you got into your first battle, correct?" Devin nodded once again. "Does that mean you're a new trainer?"

"Yeah, thats right," Devin replied. "Why, is something wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," Nurse Joy stated quickly because Devin looked nervous. "It's just that, you're a little older than most of the kids that come into a pokémon center for their first time." Devin explained the entire story to Nurse Joy, including his battle with Breck. "Seems like you have had a busy past couple of days. Why don't you stay here for the night and get a bite to eat? Besides, it's getting late."

"I would love to Nurse Joy, but I don't have much money and I need to save as much as I can," Devin stated as he looked in his almost empty wallet.

"Don't worry, all pokémon centers offer free housing and dining to all pokémon trainers. Treatments are free also." Devin jumped in the air out of excitement as Nurse Joy just smiled. "Now why don't you give your parents a call while I go get your Chimchar, he should be done resting by now." The nurse walked off after she pointed Devin into the direction of the video phones.

'Phone Call! Phone Call!' a computerized voice echoed as a woman sat down in front of a monitor. "Hello? This is is Corrine, who's calling?" the woman said as she activated the audio on the computer.

"It's me mom, it's Devin," a voice projected from the monitor's speakers.

Devin's mother hit another button on the monitor and a video feed was opened. "Hi Devin. How is everything so far?" she asked as she started to dry her hair.

"So far so good mom. I got my first pokémon and had my first battle. It was with Breck of all people!" Devin looked excited as ever talking about his battle.

"Breck? So you're the one he beat," his mother responded.

"How did you hear about that mom?" he replied.

"I was having dinner with Breck's mother and she said that Breck has already reached Jubilife City. She also told me that he caught his first wild pokémon." Devin looked shocked and angry. 'Breck's already at Jubilife City... and he has caught another pokémon.' Devin went into deep thought as his mother kept droning on about her dinner with Breck's mother. 'How am I supposed to beat him if he's already so far ahead of me... I won't lose to him again! I won't!' His mother stopped talking because Nurse Joy was standing behind Devin trying to get his attention.

"Devin, your Chimchar is fully healed" Chimchar leaped from Nurse Joy's arms and right onto Devin's head. Chimchar had its body in the hoodie's hood, poking his head just above Devin's.

"Thanks Nurse Joy." Nurse Joy walked away and back to the front desk. "Hey Chimchar! Feeling better? There's somebody I want you to meet. Chimchar, this is my mother. Mom. this is Chimchar." Devin introduced Chimchar to his mother and Chimchar had a huge smile on his face.

"You'd better get some rest Devin, besides, I have to work in the morning." His mother waved into the video phone as she cut the connection. Devin and Chimchar went upstairs to their room and Devin flopped onto the bed.

"What a day Chimchar... what a day..." Chimchar jumped onto the bed and curled up into a ball by Devin's feet. "Goodnight Chimchar, sweet dreams." Devin shut the light off and the two of them went to sleep.

Devin woke up to Chimchar jumping on the bed. "Ok, ok. I'll get up," Devin smiled as he sat up in bed. "You ready to really start training Chimchar? I say it's about time we caught us another friend. Sound good Chimchar?"

"Chimchar!" Chimchar looked really happy and excited as its flame grew bigger and brighter.

Devin waved to Nurse Joy and thanked her as he headed out of the pokémon center with Chimchar still nestled in his hood. "Ok Chimchar, to get to Jubilife City we have to go through the Bewildered Forrest. We should easily be able to catch another pokémon there!" Devin soon reached the edge of town and there was a path that lead directly into the forest. "This is where our journey really begins!" Devin shouted as he ran into the forest.

Devin and Chimchar saw a lot of wild pokémon running across the trail, flying overhead, and jumping in the trees. "Lets go Chimchar!" Chimchar jumped from Devin's hood and landed in front of him. "Ok Chimchar, I see a pokémon on that tree over there. Lets try a scratch attack!" Chimchar jumped over to a blue pokémon that was attached to a tree trunk and attacked it. The pokémon's back opened and a pair of wings came out. The pokémon flew off the tree and landed facing Chimchar. Devin pulled out his pokédex and pointed it at the pokémon.

The pokédex began talking, "Heracross. Usually docile, but if disturbed while sipping honey, it chases off the intruder with its horn."

Devin looked up from the pokédex and the wild Heracross was bolting toward Chimchar with incredible speed. "Uh oh Chimchar, I think we may have disturbed it... RUN!" Devin shouted as Chimchar and he began running from the Heracross that was chasing them.

"Looks like we finally got away Chim..." before Devin could finish a horde of Beedrill began chasing them. "Why do we keep getting chased Chimchar!?!"

The two of them both collapsed out of exhaustion as soon as they were in the clear. "Starly!" Devin noticed a wild Starly in a clearing only ten feet from where they were. He ran out to the clearing with Chimchar following.

"Here's our first big break! Starly, I challenge you to a battle!" Devin shouted at the Starly which seemed to agree to the terms. "Ok Chimchar, let's start things out with ember!" Chimchar opened its mouth and many tiny flames shot out toward Starly. The wild Starly took flight evading the attack. Starly came soaring in with its wings glowing white. "That's wing attack! Dodge it Chimchar!"

Chimchar jumped up into the air and Starly missed but was coming around for another pass. 'Ohh no... Chimchar can't dodge while in midair like that... we'll have to go on the offensive!' Devin quickly shouted out orders to Chimchar, "Use ember!" Chimchar shot out small fireballs again but Starly multiplied using double team. The ember crashed into a bunch of the fake Starlys leaving only the real one. As Chimchar landed the Starly rushed in for another wing attack.

"Chimchar, wait until the Starly is about to make contact... wait for it... wait for it... Now Chimchar! Use flame wheel!" Chimchar became a fire wheel and charged at the rushing Starly. The attacks made contact and Starly became surrounded by flames as Chimchar bounced back on its feet.

"Pokéball go!" Devin threw a pokéball at the burning Starly and it was sucked into the ball in a flash of red light. 'Come on... come on...' The pokéball shook once... twice... and on the third shake the middle red light made a 'ping' sound, the Starly was caught!

"I caught a Starly!" Devin shouted as he went and picked up the pokéball. 'Looks like I'm one step closer to catching up to Breck.' "Let's go Chimchar! Time to get going to Jubilife City!" Chimchar climbed up Devin's back and nestled back into his spot. The two of them starting running off into the direction of Jubilife City.

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