Chapter Seventeen
New companions and Battles Between Friends

Previously:
"Lets go guys, we got a Gym to beat." Johnny said, and our heroes nodded.

They approached the Gym, and noticed the absence of Team Rocket members in the area. In fact, they didn't see any Rocket members anywhere, including the one who was in front the gym in the first place.

They entered the Gym and found them in a room with a teleport pad. They followed Johnny as he led them from pad to pad, until they finally emerged in front of some doors. Johnny confidently strode out of the room, and into the streets of Saffron. "What?" Johnny cried, turning around to find the door, Tony and Lloyd laughing, "Go damnit!" Johnny yelled, charging back into the gym.

After another series of Teleportation, Johnny emerged in front of a beautiful woman in purple. She had long black hair, and four pokeballs were floating around her head. Her eyes were closed, but they opened when they entered. She immediately looked at Tony, "You're the one who wishes to fight, no?" She asked and Tony shook his head.

"I am!" Johnny said, and Sabrina looked surprised, "Wha…that's…" She said softly, before shaking her head, "I don't know why, but when you walked in I felt a surge of something…but that doesn't matter. I know now that you're the one I must fight. " She said looking at Johnny, and one of her pokeballs opened.

A Kadabra floated in the air, wielding its spoon and eyeing Johnny. Johnny grabbed a ball from his belt and tossed it to the ground.

Johnny's Snorlax came out, filling up the room. It yawned at was about to sit down, but Johnny yelled, and pointed at the Kadabra. With a shake of it's great head, The Snorlax wobbled towards the smaller pokemon. With a sudden burst of mental energy, and wave flew into the Snorlax, making its tummy ripple, but it didn't slow its charge. The Kadabra tried to float out of the way, but with surprising agility the Snorlax grabbed the Psychic by its leg, smashing it into the ground. As it tried to get back up, it noticed the towering body of Snorlax. Falling.

With a rumble that shook the room, the Snorlax lay peacefully on the Kadabra, whose spoon wobbled noisily on the ground a few feet away. With her Kadabra defeated, Sabrina sent out her next pokemon. The Mr. Mime stood in front of the Snorlax, who had gotten up.

The Snorlax took a step forwards, and the mime did the same. Puzzled, the great beast took a step back, and the mime mimicked his actions, doing the same. Roaring, the Snorlax did the same, charging forwards. Suddenly a wall of light appeared in front of the Mime. Mr. Mime then grabbed the wall, and through it sideways like a disk, nailing Snorlax's large legs. The feet gave out and the huge beast fell smashing into the ground. The Mime created another wall, and the Snorlax was trapped within the wall and the ground unable to move because of its huge girth. The Mime then clapped its hands, and the wall above moved down. In a panic, the Snorlax opened its mouth, the familiar orange light shining from deep. As the Hyper beam was about to launch, another wall was created at the last second by the Mime, in front of Snorlax. With a large explosion, the small box the Snorlax was in exploded, smoked pouring everywhere. When it cleared the Snorlax sat knocked out by its own attack.

Growling, Johnny sent out his next pokemon, his Orange Parasect. It skittered forwards, but its Mushroom on top wriggled, and it changed course. It moved to the shadowy corner of the match. The Mime watched, as it seemed to try and move out from the shade, before its mushroom wriggled again, and it crawled back. Suddenly it leapt, landing on the wall and skittering on it, sideways, white spores launching out from its Mushroom, coating the Mime, who couldn't resist the chemicals, falling asleep standing up.

Almost immediately when it fell asleep, the Parasect leapt upon it. It's large claws ripped into the Mime repeatedly, and it finally ended it by biting on the Mime, absorbing some energy.

Sabrina released a Venomoth, and Johnny countered by recalling his Parasect and sending out his Kangaskhan. The huge beast stood watching the moth flitter across the room, before it shot forwards, Flittering around the Parent pokemon, covering it with yellow dust. The Kangaskhan swatted the moth, which tumbled away across the field. Yet the powder did its work, and the Kangaskhan's muscles stiffened, but it still trudged across the field towards the Venomoth. The bug suddenly launched a psychic burst, hitting the Kangaskhan in the stomach.

The beast grunted, but charged forwards, its fist rose in attack. The attack never came, the Kangaskhan stiffened right before it struck, immobile. The Venomoth took the opportunity to flutter away, but the Kangaskhan wouldn't have that. It belched out a small amount of water, which splashed harmlessly on the floor. When it rose its arms quickly the small amount of water suddenly quivered, splashing forwards, hitting the moth in mid-air. The moth fluttered to the ground, and The Kangaskhan shakily walked over, giving it a final stomp.

Recalling his beast, Johnny sent his Parasect out again. It returned to the shadowy corner after some dispute with its mushroom, sitting on the damp floor. Sabrina's final pokeball opened, and an Alakazam floated cross-legged in the air, eyes closed, similar to Sabrina.

The Eyes of the Alakazam opened, and a wave of energy pushed out. Tony's hat flew off his head, and Lloyd's coat flapped behind him. Johnny's hair blew around, but he stood his ground. The Parasect skittered in the corner, looking for an escape form the wind. It unexpectedly leapt forwards again, spraying spores everywhere again. The Alakazam was hit again too, tilting slightly in mid-air, eyes closed again.

Johnny recalled his Parasect, smirking, and released his Gengar. The Shadow pokemon cackled happily at the sleeping Psychic type. It immediately went to work. Phasing out and back in below the Alakazam. Its eyes glowed bright, and it gave off a sudden aura, lowering the room's temperature, chilling the air. The Alakazam's mustache twitched, and the Gengar gave off a creepy grin. Its eyes went back to normal, and the temperature returned, but it looked stronger, while the Alakazam looked pale, but still snoozing. Cackling loudly, the Gengar repeated the process, the temperature lowering dramatically this time, the water in the corner actually freezing. The aura sent out it's own wind now, and the Alakazam suddenly fell from the air, crumpled on the ground, very pale, while the Gengar had grown very large, rivaling the Kangaskhan's size.

It laughed loudly as Sabrina recalled her last pokemon. As she smugly handed the badge over, it slapped its knees, Guffawing at Sabrina. She glared at it and all it did was make it chortle even more, until it seemed like it was out of breath, but that was impossible seeing as though it was already dead. Finally recalling the mocking pokemon, they left the gym quickly.

Johnny healed up, and Lloyd suggested visiting the self-proclaimed "Fighting Dojo" but Johnny shook his head, seeing as though it wasn't an official gym with no badge. They walked over to Celadon again, and Tony decided if Lloyd and Johnny both bought a Hyper Beam TM, he might as well too. Who knows when it might come in handy? While Johnny and Lloyd waited outside, Tony was purchasing the TM.

The guy who was across the counter, dressed in a bright green Celadon City work suit, handed the wrapped up TM to Tony, before leaning over the counter and whispering to Tony, "Psst, meet me outside here in 5 minutes!" The man said, and Tony looked up, but the man was already helping someone else.

Tony met with Johnny and Lloyd, but told them to wait 5 minutes, much to the chagrin of Johnny. The man strode out, stopping in front of Tony. He had dark hair and bright green eyes that matched the Suit he wore.

He spotted Johnny looking at his suit, and shrugged, "Work cloths." He said, and Johnny shook his head, "That doesn't make it right."

"Who are you?" Tony asked, and the man looked at him, holding out his hand, which Tony took, "Alan Corwell, working for Celadon Department store, I noticed you were buying that TM."

"Uh, yeah, so?"

"Well, only experienced adventurers would dream of buying an attack of that caliber." Alan explained, and Tony glanced at Johnny, who pointed at his wrist, where he'd where a watch.

"What's your point guy?" Tony asked, and the man shook his head, "I like to adventure a little myself, when I'm not working. I was wondering…" Corwell said, trailing off.

"Out with it already!" Johnny cried, and Alan jumped, "I have to head down to Fuchsia, cause I gotta pick up some packages there, and I've never traveled with a real adventurer before…"

"Lemme guess, you wanna tag along till we get to fuchsia?" Lloyd asked, and Alan nodded.

"Aw what?" Johnny sighed, "I can't have some newbie trainer slowing us down cause he wants to fulfill some stupid-ass adventuring fetish!"

"Hey!" Alan cried indignantly, and Tony looked at Johnny, "Hey, he's just going to Fuchsia, don't we have to go to Cinnabar Island from there?"

"Ugh, if we leave right now. Jesus, lets go already, we're wasting Daylight." Johnny said.

"So we gotta go through Saffron?" Alan asked, "I heard Team Rocket was kicked out from there, I have some pokemon of my own, my Father had some…" Alan went on as they walked down the road.

Saffron was basically the same as before, only with more people walking down the streets then before.

"…So my uncle raised me, he was an electric pokemon trainer." Alan finished as they walked across the paved ground of Celadon, "So have any of you ever been to Cinnabar before?'

"Did someone say Cinnabar?" A voice said behind them, and our heroes turned to find Tiffany, Valarie and Kat standing behind them, "Did you know that we're from Cinnabar?" Valarie said, pointing to Kat.

"Ooh?" Johnny said, "A couple of island girls huh?" He asked and Valarie laughed, nodding, "Where are you from then?" Tony asked, pointing at Tiffany.

She scowled at Tony, "Hey! It's rude to point. I was born in Viridian, but raised by Valarie's parents on Cinnabar Island."

"What are you doing here?" Lloyd asked, and Alan nodded.

"Well, we heard Saffron City was free of Rocket control." Kat explained, and Tony leaned close to Johnny, "Man, word travels fast around here." He whispered and Johnny nodded.

"Anyway, we have an appointment at Silph Co. We have to be moving along." Tiffany said, and Valarie nodded.

"What now! Don't go yet, what about a battle?" Johnny said, flashing a pokeball in front of Valarie, who giggled.

"I think I'll pass this time John." Valarie said, and she and Kat laughed.

"H-Hey! It's Johnny! Johnny Damnit!" Johnny yelled as they walked away, laughing.

"Dang, you got denied." Lloyd laughed, and Tony shook his head.

Johnny suddenly rounded on Lloyd, "Oh I'm sorry Mr. Know-it-all. How about you and I battle then? I guess I'll get a little satisfaction from kicking your ass. Alan!" Johnny called, and Alan perked up, "Observe how a real battle is fought. And won!"

Lloyd scoffed as Johnny growled, both of them taking a position on the street. People walking around spotted the pokeballs in their hands and avoided the area around them like it was diseased, pretending they didn't see anything.

Johnny's Electrode was out on the field, as Lloyd's Primape leapt on Lloyd's shoulder, watching. The Electrode rolled forwards a bit, and that small act seemed to snap something in the Primape and it leapt off Lloyd, landing on the ground in front of him.

Lloyd pointed forwards, "Here's our super technique! The Patented Primape Pummel V2.0!"

Johnny rolled his eyes as the Primape ran forwards, using its arms to move as well. The Electrode stood still, and the Primape leapt up, fist rose. A flurry of sparks ran through the Primate, who fell into the Electrode, anyway, both of them rolling. The Electrode had a bolt of electricity slice through the monkey, who fell to the ground, paralyzed.

"Yeah, great pummel there." Johnny said sarcastically, and Lloyd ignored him.

The Mankey jumped up, convulsing with anger, and a sneer slowly grew on the Electrode's broad face, further enraging the Pig-monkey. The Primape launched at the Ball, dirt flying up from its leap. It furiously beat at the Ball, its Fists hitting with a resounding clang every hit. The Primape rolled sideways to avoid the sparks, and grabbed the ball from the ground, it's vein pulsed as it tried to heft the Ball up, it's muscles straining. With a final burst of rage, the Primape hefted the Ball up, spinning around and around, before chucking it into the dirt with a loud smash, bricks flying up. The electrode lay in its crater, unconscious.

Johnny raised an eyebrow, and recalled his orb. He sent out the enormous figure, the Snorlax roaring loudly. The Primape, still in its endless fury, leapt upon the Snorlax's large belly, but before it could land a single punch, the Great Sleepy giant simply fell forwards, crushing the poor primate under its immense girth.

Lloyd scowled, recalling the defeated Primape, and sending out His Charizard, the great beast roaring, its tail blazing up. The dragon took to the air, flying up to avoid the devastating physicals the large beast was capable of.

The Snorlax peered up into the sky, where the red dragon was wheeling around, its great wings flapping, as it launched a fireball, blasting the ground next to the Snorlax. The next fireball hit dead on, and the Snorlax roared, before it escaped the flames. The third one zoomed it, and the Snorlax gave a massive thrust with its mighty gullet, smashing the Fireball, which burst harmlessly on the Snorlax.

The Charizard snarled, its wings suddenly folded, dive-bombing towards the Snorlax, and one of its eyes peeked open. The Charizard streaked to the Snorlax, its tail flame trailing out behind it. At the last second, the Lizards wings flared out, and it slowed suddenly, its feet clawing at the Snorlax as it soared overhead, landing behind the Overweight Omnivore.

The Snorlax turned just in time to defend against the Charizard's furious assault, blocking the claws and bites with its massive forearms. It swung down, its fist smashing the Charizard in the gut. The Charizard's mouth opened, a puff of flame flashing out, before it fell unconscious over the Snorlax's Shoulder.

Recalling his Charizard, Lloyd released his Marowak. The Snorlax towered over the small bone pokemon, but it stood its ground, it's bone raised above its head. The Snorlax took a step forwards, and the Marowak suddenly flung its bone. It spun and nailed the Snorlax's leg, and the great beast toppled forwards, hitting the pavement. The Bone spun back, and the Marowak leapt forwards, catching it in mid-air, before it came down, smashing on the Snorlax's head.

The Snorlax attempted to get back up, but the Marowak showed no mercy, crushing the bone across the Snorlax's face, knocking out.

Johnny released his Gengar, the pokemon stood in front of the Marowak. The ghost laughed, its usual grin on its face as it happily ran towards the Marowak. The bone pokemon stood with determination as the Ghost approached, and swung its bone with all its might.

The bone passed through the ghost, who cackled as it pulled back its fist, which was glowing purple. The ghost punched forwards, passing through the Marowak. The Marowak stood frozen, eyes wide through its skull mask. The mask suddenly cracked, and the Marowak fell down, grasping its stomach. Behind him, the Gengar smirked again, before it phased out, appearing in front of the Marowak again. It desperately flung its bone at the ghost, but it harmlessly passed through it, clattering on the ground behind it. The Gengar's hands turned purple, and a ball of dark energy spun from its hands, exploding on the Marowak, who rolled and tumbled across the ground, smoking slightly. Another purple ball flowed down, hitting the Marowak, followed by a barrage, the Gengar snorting with amusement as the defeated Marowak was bounced across the ground, landing at Lloyd's feet. Lloyd recalled it and sent out his Raichu. The large rodent started off quickly, giving the Gengar no time to attack.

It sped across the ground, skidding as it turned, charging towards the Ghost, who turned to face the Raichu. It turned a little late, and the Lightning bolt pierced the Ghost's head, and the Gengar landed on the ground, clutching its head. The Raichu gave it no time to recover as well, sending a line of sparks at the Gengar, rippling through it as it was electrocuted. With a last bolt into the head of the ghost, it fell to the ground, the smirk wiped off its face. Johnny grimaced and sent out his Venusuar, the huge dinosaur looming over the small rodent. The Raichu phased out, before it reappeared on the Venusuar leaf, Sending electricity through it, to little effect.

The Large plant shook its self, and its flower opened up. The Raichu ignored it, not noticing the growth the Plant overtook. The Raichu leapt of the Plant, landing on the ground, facing the larger beast. The Venusuar roared, and leaved flung outwards from the tree, slicing into the Raichu, who dodged a few of the leaves. The ones that hit left small cuts across the mouse. The Raichu ran up, slamming it the base of the large Plant, who shook as though laughing, before another barrage of leaves took place, every one hitting its mark.

Lloyd sent out his last Pokemon. The Dragonair floated above Lloyd, and it immediately sent a beam of destruction upon the plant dinosaur, the bar of light ripping into the Dinosaur, who roared, falling onto its side, unconscious from the forbidden beam.

Johnny smiled at the turn of events, noticing how the Dragonair floated in the air, totally wiped out from its Hyper Beam. It gently floated, trying to look fine, yet you could see its exhaustion. Johnny's Parasect came out, skittering around as the Dragonair watched, unable to do much of anything. The bug ran forwards, leaping at the wurm. It cam far short, but the spores it launched while doing so did its job, sending the Dragon into a slumber. The Parasect proceeded to devastate the dragon, slashing with its large claws, while nibbling with its mouth.

The battle was over, and Lloyd stood with his head down. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up.

"Hey man, you did good. A hell of a lot better then I thought you would." Johnny said, before Johnny turned to Alan, "See, now that is a real battle. "

"Wow…" Alan said, as Lloyd healed up his Pokemon, and they continued towards Fuchsia.

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