Chapter Six
Previously:
Sniffing loudly, Tony let the paper flutter away in the wind, and when he looked up, was surprised to see Johnny and Lloyd already far ahead of him.
He hurried to catch up.
After stopping at Cerulean City, Tony decided to head out near the exit of Mt. Moon so he could get a little training. Johnny wanted to "See the sights" of Cerulean, but strangely enough, he lingered around Misty's gym more then anywhere else. And Lloyd said he was going to look around the bike shop. After training for a small period of time, Tony heard voices coming from the hills above him. Investigating further, Tony spotted two men in karate outfits, both apparently training vigorously. At Tony's approach, the man who was kicking repeatedly waved him over.
"You!" the man yelled.
"Me?" Tony asked, pointing to himself.
"Yes you! Who else?" The man barked, " You realize that the kick is more powerful the punch could ever be, right?" the man asked, kicking the ground for good measure. At the mention of kicking, the other man looked smugly over towards them.
"Uh…sure." Tony said hesitantly.
"Excellent! You deserve this!" The man said, handing Tony a TM for Mega Kick.
"Wow…thanks." Tony said, and as he started to turn, the other man waved him over as well.
"You just said that kicking was better to fool him right?" The man said throwing punches threw the air.
"Uh…" Tony started when the man cut in, "Of course you did! You must realize that punching is far superior to kicking!"
"I guess it…" Tony started, and the man suddenly clapped him on the shoulder, "Spectacular! Take this!" The man said, glaring at the other man while handing Tony another TM, only it was Mega Punch this time.
A Tony left the two men, who had started to bicker at each other; he suddenly spotted a man who stood in front of a large cave. He looked very beefy, and wore dark sunglasses. As Tony watched another man, around Tony's age approached the "Bouncer" as it seemed. The other man had bright orange hair, and was wearing a black shirt with white buttons. At the mans feet was a small brown animal that Tony recognized as an Eevee, only it was bright white instead of a normal brown. The man kept pestering the Bouncer, but the Bouncer kept shaking his head. Suddenly the Eevee kicked up a large cloud of sand. Tony jumped in surprise and peered into the cloud. When the sand cleared the Bouncer lay on the ground, unconscious, as it seemed. The Man looked at the body for a second before starting towards the cave.
"Hey!" Tony yelled, and the man looked at Tony in surprise, before smirking evilly and turning into the cave.
Running around the bend and towards the bridge known as Nugget Bridge, Tony skidded to a stop as he nearly crashed into a man with spiky brown hair.
"Whoa! Watch it kid!" The guy yelled, as Tony looked up into the face of Gary Oak.
"Well well, fancy meeting you here, Tony. Where are you headed off to so fast?" Gary asked.
Tony peered over Gary's shoulder to where the bouncer lay, and nervously shifted his feet as he tried to move past Gary, who blocked him every step of the way. "Somewhere."
"Well, if wherever your going isn't important to even have a name, then I'm sure it can be delayed for a little battle, eh?" Gary asked, unlocking a pokeball form his belt.
"Ugh!" Tony growled in frustration as he pulled his own pokeball out,
"Whatever, lets just make this quick!"
"That won't be a problem." Gary smirked, as he released his first pokemon, in the form of a large Bird.
The Pidgeotto cawed loudly, and flexed its wings, staring at the Squirtle before it. The Pidgeotto struck first, lashing out with remarkable speed. The Squirtle recoiled, and then squirted a blast of water at the Pidgeotto, who fluttered its wings irritably before taking to the sky. The Pidgeotto glared from the sky, and attempted another quick-attack, but Squirtle ducked into her shell right before Pidgeotto struck. Squirtle emerged from her shell and sprayed another blast of water, only to have it falter before getting close to Pidgeotto. The Pidgeotto sped down again, only this time Squirtle hopped to the side before Pidgeotto struck, causing the large bird to crash into the ground. Running up to the bird's side, Squirtle swiftly Mega kicked the Pidgeotto, literally punting it over to Gary's feet.
Gary swore and sent out an Abra, which sat on the soil sleeping. Tony quickly recalled Squirtle, and sent out his Magikarp, then exchanging it again quickly for his Squirtle. The Squirtle hurriedly finished the Abra off, after minutes of trying to pin it down, due to the fact it wouldn't stop teleporting.
Gary then released a Rattata, who growled loudly, Tony switched to his own Pidgey, who fluttered angrily at the small rat. Kicking up a cloud of smoke using its wings, the Pidgey struck through the sand, smashing into the Rattata. The small rat retaliated by leaping and biting onto the Pidgey's leg, dragging it to the ground. Flapping feverishly the Pidgey created a defensive gust that launched the Rattata through the air, it landed and leapt back onto its feet. The Rattata hurried across the earth, biting Pidgey's wing so hard it created a flash of light when the jaws closed. Pidgey cawed loudly, then broke from Rattata's grasp, and sent another gust directly into Rattata, knocking it out.
Gary released his prized, and final pokemon, his Eevee, while Tony kept his Pidgey out. The Eevee struck fast, hitting the Pidgey in its chest, knocking it back, and out. Recalling Pidgey, Tony sent out Squirtle again. The Eevee charged, as did the Squirtle and they both crashed into each other at the same time, the Squirtles heavy shell pushing the Eevee back. The Eevee leapt back, and quickly smashed into the Squirtle, knocking it over. The Squirtle tried to get back onto its feet, but the Eevee leapt into the air and crashed down directly on Squirtles abdomen. Gasping loudly, Squirtle managed to roll over, standing on his feet, just in time to move out of Eevee's charge. The Eevee skidded, then turned on its heel and charged once again. Squirtle lifted its leg behind him, and drove his leg directly into Eevee's face. Landing on it's back; Eevee rolled back over, but was knocked down again when a blast of water hit it directly. The Eevee tried to get up, but flopped to the ground, beaten and worn out.
"What? Impossible!" Gary cried recalling his defeated pokemon.
Tony tried to move past Gary, but Gary stopped him, handing Tony a small electronic device.
"What's this?" Tony asked quickly.
"It's a Fame checker, duh. I don't need it, so you can have it." Gary smirked, "Your gonna need it."
Tony gave Gary a short glare, before stuffing the Fame checker into his backpack.
Tony rushed past all the people on the bridge, despite their obvious anger. Tony found that he had to turn left at the bridge and run through some tall grass before he could reach the cave, and the injured bouncer.
Entering the grass, Tony ran past a lone trainer, and made his way through the thick brush. As he navigated through the grass, he suddenly spotted a small brownish, yellowish creature sitting on the ground. Tony quickly ducked down and watched it. He was amazed to find that the small pokemon was sleeping. Quietly releasing his Squirtle, Tony commanded it to attack, but before the Squirtle could get an attack off, the Brown creature suddenly glowed white and disappeared. Scratching his head, Tony recalled Squirtle and made his way to the edge of the water. Peering into the water, Tony suddenly spotted something moving on the bottom of the stream. As much as Tony wanted to help the person who had been attacked, he would rather not risk being mauled by some ferocious water Pokemon.
Reluctantly turning back, Tony was surprised to find Johnny and Lloyd fighting their way through the bridge. Watching as Johnny's Rattata made quick work of the disguised rocket's Ekans and Zubat, Lloyd approached Tony.
"Where'd you go?" Lloyd asked, waving Johnny over.
"N…nowhere, it's a long story." Tony said with a quick glance towards the Cave where the Bouncer was.
"Whatever, We've been traveling all day, can we take a rest?" Johnny said, turning back towards the pokemon center, not waiting for an answer.
Tony and Lloyd followed after, talking about various things.
They slept all in one room, because the rest were taken, and Tony was stuck on the floor. During the night, Tony suddenly heard a crash, which sounded like trashcans. Getting up, Tony gazed through the window, and spotted a glowing yellow coin floating through the trash. Groping in the darkness for the nearest heavy object, Tony flung it down at the coin. It crashed into the trash, and the coin zoomed straight out of the trash. Tony finally rested down for a long sleep.
The peaceful sounds of the morning were abruptly cut off as Johnny's Voice rang out.
"Who threw all my stuff in the trash?"
Peering out the window Tony spotted Johnny's backpack sitting directly in the trash. Tony decided to ignore the raging Johnny, and instead chose to pack his own things up.
After Johnny's things had been restored back to their original state, they all determined that their next stop would be the PokeManiac Bill, who lived up in a sea cottage. Traveling past the Nugget Bridge, All three of our heroes navigated through the small maze, amazed to find the amount of trainers also heading to see Bill. Battle after battle, the trio managed to slowly work their way towards Bills house. As the house came into view they began to run towards the cottage. Suddenly a trainer stopped Tony demanding a battle.
Tony sighed and unclipped his Metapod, sending it out.
The Youngster sent out an Ekans, and it hissed at the opposing Cocoon. With another hiss, the snake struck quickly, wrapping around the Cocoon, squeezing it painfully. The Metapod managed to tackle, smashing the snake's body into the ground. The Ekans struck again, biting the Metapod, trying to poison it. The Metapod again smashed into the Ekans. The Ekans Hissed in protest and bit the Metapod, who looked nearly defeated. With one final smash, the Metapod shook free of the Ekans and knocked it out.
Both Tony and the Youngster looked surprised, as Lloyd whispered to Johnny, "Must have been a Critical hit."
Recalling his Metapod, Tony sent out Squirtle and made quick work out of the Youngsters Sandshrew.
With a blast of light, Metapod was released from his Pokeball and sent out on the ground. Glowing white, The Metapod suddenly cracked, breaking in half. Out of the ruined remains of the Metapod, a beautiful butterfly rose up, testing its wings out, it fluttered up, before returning to its pokeball.
"Hey, thanks kid. You evolved my Metapod!" Tony laughed, while the youngster grumbled, walking off.
Tony, Lloyd, and Johnny entered Bill's cottage, looking around excitedly. There was a computer with a large red button next to it, and various piles of junk around, but the most noticeable things in the room were the two large metal tubes on the back wall, connected by a large bar. In the center of the house sat a very disgruntled looking Clefairy
"Psh, there's only a Clefairy, let's go." Johnny said, turning to leave
"Wait! Don't Go!" The Clefairy suddenly yelled, running over to them, and tugging on Tony's pants.
"AH! Mutant freak pokemon! Hide!" Lloyd yelled, diving out the door.
Tony was about to follow suit, when the Clefairy piped up, yelling loudly over Lloyd's screams, "I'm no Pokemon! I'm human! Human! Name's Bill." The Clefairy said, holding out its hand.
Tony hesitantly shook the Clefairys hand, and it smiled broadly.
"Could you two do me a favor?" Bill/Clefairy asked, "I got switched into this body! If one of you could please press that big button over there when I get in this tube, thanks." Bill/Clefairy explained, getting into one of the large tubes.
At Bills/Clefairys signal, Johnny hit the large red button, and in an extravagant flash of light, both doors of the tubes flung open, smoke pouring out. Out of the tube the Clefairy was in, the same Clefairy came flying out of the tube, yelling its name loudly, before crashing out the door.
Seconds later Lloyd came rushing into the house, slamming the door behind him and peering out of it.
"That thing is pure evil!" he gasped, turning around and spotting bill, "huh?"
:Later:
Our heroes were sitting on the table at the pokemon center, drinking water while discussing recent battles.
"And then when my Metapod evolved? Awesome!" Tony boasted.
"Pssh, my Pidgey could kick your butterfree's ass." Johnny smirked.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"It doesn't matter, my Pikachu would make quick work of your Pidgey anyway!"
"I'll show you guys how I'm better, by defeating the cerulean Gym leader tomorrow!" Johnny laughed.
Tony slammed his fist down on the table, "Not if I do first!"