Episode 6: Roadblocked!
Two loud groans resounded from the exit of PewterCity to
DiglettCave, much to the chagrin of Red and Brock, there was something
blocking their way to the next city, big enough to block the entrance to
the Cave and wide enough to prevent ANY squeezing though.
"I can't believe this..." Brock said, his hand on his forehead, Red was
fuming, "What IS that thing?"
There was no way it could be a boulder, boulders didn't have gray-blue fur
and snore.
"Must be a Pokémon..." Brock said, still observing their Roadblock.
Red reached into his jacket Pocket and scanned it, and sure enough it was
recognized.
"Snorlax, The Sleeping Pokemon, Normal-Type, It is often found sleeping in
inconvenient locations around the country."
Red put it away, "So it's a Snorlax..." Red looked up at it, contemplating
what he should do.
"Can we attack it?" Asked Red impatiently.
"I don't think so, I'm not much for normal-type Pokemon, but Snorlax are
tough, REALLY tough... Even if all our Pokemon attacked it, I doubt it
would wake up... I doubt it'd roll over." Brock replied, his hand on his chin, trying to think a way around it...
Pikachu wandered over to Snorlax, Poking it, then hitting it, then tackling
it... Bouncing back violently and hitting the ground with a thud.
"Guess we gotta wake it up somehow... But...How?"
"Beats me dude, Rock-Typer over here, not Normal-Typer..."
Pikachu climbed back up onto Red, when out of nowhere, an old man's voice
came from behind them.
"You have to wake it up with a Poke Flute... Seriously, how old are you
two? Everybody knows Snorlax will wake up to the tune of a Poke Flute."
Red and Brock looked at each other, then at the old man, he was a bit
short, hunched over on a cane and in a brown leisure suit and derby hat.
"Well, where do we get one?"
The old man rolled his eyes and led the boys back into the city and pointed
at a teenaged boy standing in the street, in a small street-shop with a
large Sign on the top that wrote.
"GET YOUR POKEFLUTES HERE!"
(Insert Red and Brock anime fall here) and Pikachu Groaned.
(Insert theme Intro here)
"How much for one?" Red asked the shopkeeper, Brock standing behind
him.
"Well, that depends, how bad do you need it?" The teen said, a smug grin on
his face.
"Bad!"
"Well then, Ninety Poke dollars, Cash or Credit?" The kid said, spinning a
flute on his middle finger and still smirking."
"That's outrageous!" Red exclaimed at the keeper's offer.
"That's the price kid."
"There's a Snorlax blocking our way to CeruleanCity! We need one of those!"
"Not my problem, Ninety, take it or leave it and find another way to Cerulean."
Red turned to Brock and sighed, "Do you have that kind of money?"
"You're kidding right? All my money belonged to the gym, I didn't get to
keep any prize money from challengers."
"Then is there another way?"
"Not unless we can fly..."
Then an idea struck Red's mind, he turned back to the con artist and began
his proposal.
"Alright, I have a proposition for you."
"Shoot." The Sales boy leaned back in his chair, his hands behind his head.
"I'll battle you for one instead of Prize money, if you win, we pay double."
The teen thought to himself for a moment, then put his hand out.
"Deal."
Brock stood as Referee as Red and the Pokeflute sales boy(His name
was Joey) took their places in the street for a battle.
Pikachu excitedly took its place in front of Red as Joey sent out his first
Pokemon.
"Go Rattata!"
The rat-like Pokémon hit the ground in a flash, it hissed at Pikachu, who
returned it with a crackle of electricity.
"Rattata, the Mouse Pokemon, Normal-Type, its teeth are constantly
growing, so it has to keep using them and wearing them down."
"Super Fang!" Ordered Joey, his purple rat obeyed, opening its jaw wide,
Pikachu was prepared for this... it was much slower than its earlier battle
with Blue's Raticate.
"Nice dodge Pikachu! Use Iron Tail!" Pikachu's tail glowed again, growing
steel-hard as it was slammed into Rattata.
"Rattata!" Joey called in distress, his Pokémon shook off the attack,
though having taken significant damage.
"Pikachu, tackle!" Red's Pikachu did so without hesitation, almost
immediately fainting Rattata.
"No!" Joey called, as he returned Rattata, "This isn't over! Go Pidgeotto!"
Joey sent out a new Pokeball, this one opened to reveal a bird with a
fierce facial expression... Red and Pikachu just smirked as it was
registered in the Poked.
"Pidgeotto, Bird Pokemon, Flying-Normal Type Pokemon."
"Quick attack!"
Red was going to respond, but before he could, Pikachu was struck with a
high-speed tackle from the air, sending it flying.
"Pikachu! You okay?" Pikachu shook its head and crackled electricity from
its cheeks, scowling at its attacker.
"Alright Pikachu, use Thundershock!"
"Avoid it!" Pidgeotto dodged Pikachu's small thunderbolts with ease... And
it was irritating the mouse Pokémon.
"Pidgeotto, Quick attack again!"
Once again, Red was cut off mid-command, Pikachu being thrown across the
field by the Quick Attack.
Red gritted his teeth, he hasn't managed to land a single hit on Pidgeotto
and Pikachu looked tired... And angry.
"Piiika..." Pikachu breathed heavily, eyeing Pidgeotto and baring its tiny
fangs.
"Pikachu, lets try another Thundershock!" Pikachu hesitated for a moment,
with good reason, as Joey had ordered another Quick Attack.
Before anyone could Blink, Pikachu had rolled onto its side and narrowly
dodged Pidgeotto's attack and immediately aimed another Thundershock at
it... missing again.
Pikachu couldn't take it anymore, it launched yet another Thundershock at
Pidgeotto, but the same thing didn't happen again, the small thunderbolts
turned around and followed the dodging Pidgeotto.
Red watched in awe as the bolts quit looking like bolts and formed together
in what looked like a wave of electricity, Pidgeotto couldn't get out of
the way and took the super-effective electric damage, fainting on the spot.
"This battle is over, the winner is Red!" Brock called, trying to sound
impartial and overjoyed that Red beat the creep.
Red smiled and ran out to the now-satisfied Pikachu, "Nice work Pikachu!
How'd ya make Thundershock hit Pidgeotto?"
Pikachu shook his head and shrugged as Red stood up with his Pokemon still on his
shoulder.
Joey returned Pidgeotto and begrudgingly handed Red his Pokeflute.
"Hope ya choke on it..." He said, walking back to his stand.
Red just grinned in victory as Brock joined him.
"Sore loser."
WHO'S THAT POKEMON?
This Pokemon runs at high speed across the Kanto region, often catching flame, its classified as 'The Legendary Pokemon' in the Pokedex, although it evolves from a popular pet Pokemon.
Red and Brock finally meandered up to their big snoring Roadblock,
still sleeping soundly... Red lifted the Pokeflute to his mouth and played
a few notes, and to their shock, surprise, and perhaps dread... Snorlax
woke up.
The massive Pokemon stretched and yawned as it stood up, looking around for
what woke it up, it looked down at Red, Brock and Pikachu.
"Snorlax! Sorry to wake you, but we kinda have to get into the
ca-ay-ayyyve!"
Snorlax launched a hyper beam from its mouth at the Trainers, narrowly
dodging it.
"Hey! What gives? I thought this stupid thing would work!" Red said in
indignation, scowling at the Pokeflute as they took cover behind a nearby
boulder.
"Old man said it would wake up... Guy didn't say ANYTHING about what mood
it would be in if it did!"
Red and Brock stared at Snorlax, who was searching for its little targets.
"Brock, can Onix stall for time while we think of something?"
"I hope so dude, or we're gonna end up squashed."
Brock sent Onix out to combat Snorlax, it roared loudly, catching the
bear-like Pokémon's attention.
"BRRRONX!"
"SNOOR!" They roared at each other as they began exchanging blows.
"Alright... What's the plan big guy?"
Red reached into his backpack, looking for anything they could use.
"Ugh... Pokeflute, Potion, OranBerry, TMT... I wish this thing would sort
itself!" Red lamented, frantically rummaging until he found something he
had completely forgotten about... His empty Pokeballs.
Red hit himself in the head mentally for not remembering, then jumped out
from behind the rock and threw the Pokeball as hard as he could.
The Pokeball struck Snorlax in the back of the head, opening and launching
a red beam at it, the beam turned Snorlax into pure energy and pulled it
inside.
Red and Brock drew nearer to the Pokeball, the red and white sphere shaking
as if Snorlax were trying to break free... Red's brow grew moist as he
watched...
Then it stopped, stood solid on the ground and the two boys let out a
massive sigh of relief.
"Phew..."
"Nice thinking Red... But now that I think about it, why didn't we just try
to catch it while it was still-?"
"Enough talking! C'mon, gym number two awaits!" Red said in pseudo-dramatic
voice tone, desperately trying to change the subject as he knelt down and
picked up Snorlax' Pokeball.
Out of nowhere, Red's Pokedex vibrated.
"Pokemon 143: Snorlax has been caught. All data on physicality, behavior
and power has been recorded." It said though its speaker, recording a
large amount of data on Red's new Snorlax, the screen had a picture of it,
and showed;
"#143 Snorlax
6'11"
1047.8 Lbs
Physical Attributes: Average
Nature: Lax
Known Attacks:
-Body Slam
-Hyper Beam
-Ice Beam
-Rest
Current ability Level: 50
Status: Full Health"
Red was blown away by the sudden amount of data the Pokedex covered on
Snorlax... his gaze shifting to the bottom of Snorlax' entry, in big, red,
bold letters it read;
"Recommended for use only by experienced Pokemon Trainers, recommended
Pokemon League Badge Count: 6."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Red asked as Brock looked over his shoulder.
"Oh wow, that is one powerful Snorlax... I guess its the Pokedex' way of
saying 'You don't have enough badges to train me.'"
Red put his Pokedex away, and looked at Snorlax' Pokeball... He scowled and
put it on his belt.
"What does the Pokedex know? C'mon Brock..."
Red, Brock and Pikachu walked into the cave, completely unaware of what may
lie ahead...
TO BE CONTINUED...
Alright, time for the Poke-mailbag!
Epic Jac Writes: Spearow! Didn't even NEED to look it up, that description TOTALLY sounds like Spearow!
The fight with Pikachu and Onix was astounding! Nice seeing Ash...er...RED actually win his fight rather then the sprinklers saving him. And now Brock has joined the party! XD
My Reply: Dingdingding! We have a winnah!
And I was hoping people would like that, actually showing Red's skill rather than Ash's absurd Luck.
Granted, there's one thing about that episode that I think really helped Ash's character development: The way he threw the match when Onix got sprayed. That, to me, showed a good level of maturity for the character... However unfortunately he lost it as time went on... I'd like to put Red in a similar position soon.
And YES. Brock is here to STAY. I love that guy! :)
Revolution Storm Writes: He this story is awesome. I just got a couple questions for some chapters later on. Are you gonna give Red all the starters like in Pokemon Yellow and if so is he going to obtain them like how Ash did in the anime or how he got them in the game?
My Reply: Thanks, I like it so far myself XD! Now I do intend to get Red a Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle, but I'm gonna deviate from both ways he got them via game and anime... Leave us face it, getting them in Yellow felt great, but putting that into context in show/story... It'd be kinda boring. I'm gonna spread that out few and far between, but here's a guarantee: He's getting Bulbasaur next.
Steelrush Writes:
Sorry for the late review, I was caught up in some stuff and was greatly side-tracked.
The first thing I'll put in this post is the answer to the riddle, which I believe is Staravia. I thought it was Pidgey at first, but I don't think they travel in flocks all the time, do they?
Now I'll point out something I've noticed that can also be interpreted as a positive point, which is the differences between this fic's story and the anime's.
Daisy doesn't appear in the anime (I think), nor does Ash meet her in Viridian City, so that adds originality to the story, which I consider to be praiseworthy.
Speaking of praiseworthy, I also enjoy how Red won the battle with Daisy, and how Pikachu defeated that Raichu, when the one Ash had lost during the battle with Lt. Surge.
Anyway, I also got a question here; Is Mewtwo going to appear in the story?
If so, I'd suggest not doing a movie adaption (even though some of them, like you and I both said, are awesome). Instead, if Mewtwo will appear, why not make him do a more irrational destructive rampage? (Not in the form of making some giant hurricane.)
Good job, and now I'll read the next chapter when I get the chance.
My Reply: No problem man, take your time, gives me more time to keep writing.
Yeahh... No, Staravia's not it. Guess you may have figured that out already ^.^'.
And I wanted to put Daisy in for the heck of it, plus I always wondered WHY she wasn't in the anime, she's kind of Gary's sister. She'll show up in later episodes, I wanted to showcase that battle to be a test of Red and Pikachu's natural ability, in case you're wondering, this little guy's got a Brave nature, and some kickin' IVs. It also hates to lose, Pikachu's a competitive, persistent and outright stubborn Pokemon, which I hope will give him his own character within the story.
And finally, Mewtwo WILL appear, and I have NO intention of putting him in a movie adaptation. In fact I already have Mewtwo's story arc planned out, just need to get far enough along.
I never saw Mewtwo as a destructive monster, I always figured Mewtwo to be a lost soul. He's a clone, he was used by his creators to be the strongest, he betrayed them, he won, he saw his own incredible power and misjudged his purpose, seeing himself as the weapon the humans made him out to be. He's confused.
At least, that's how he was in the anime, I intend to revamp some parts of his personality here, time will tell if they're good.
And
Steelrush Writes Again!: First thing I'll comment on is; I thought Onix said "Gggroooaaaarrrrr!" not "Onnnxxxx!".
Another thing I'd like to point out (as a positive factor) was Red meeting Jessie and James in the Diglett's cave, rather than at the Pokemon Center.
I was also surprised at James having a Gyarados already, and I liked how Pikachu easily knocked it out.
But I was a little disappointed that Red lost to Blue...again. -_-
Agh, and I got the "Who's that Pokemon thing" wrong.
Anyway, this is getting more entertaining all the time, and grabbing my interest.
Like I said earlier, this story truly represents what the FANS want out of the anime, and although when I first saw the show, I was too young to understand these concepts we were talking about earlier.
So, I thought that the anime was supposed to be like how it was from the very beginning, and although I still think the original series is good, after re-watching some of the stuff, it seems that you were right about how it wasn't supposed to be the way it was from the beginning.
Now, since the story's been going this good from the start, I see that it has the potential to be enjoyable even through the Hoenn chapters and beyond.
It's a shame that the anime's writers and VA's don't care about the fans anymore, and I thank you for making this story.
Like I said before, it's good to see someone who would be willing to fabricate the anime based on what the fans want, and not for the sake of using it as a half an hour promo.
My Reply: Haha, I always heard Onix as saying his name in roar-form, but that could just have been my naive 6-year-old self talking.
If there's anything I liked about the B/W anime seasons, its the direction they took with J/J. So I took it a step ahead, rather than being the least competent members of Team Rocket, I made them the most competent. And they will NOT stalk a little boy for his pet!
Well, I wanted to once again showcase Pikachu's ability and Red's knowledge. Double weakness+High special attack+STAB pretty much guarantees a one hit KO, and Red knew that.
And there has to be a bit of disappointment, if Red beats Blue now, it'll seem underwhelming when he challenges him in the Indigo League tournament.
And the Rival was always one of my favorite bits of the Pokemon games, the guy that always seemed a step ahead of you and you wanted to beat him so badly you'd train and level-grind until you could pound that smug son-of-a-Houndoom into the dirt.
In this way, I'm giving Red further motivation to train and get better, if not to be the best then just to be better than Blue at SOMETHING.
I'll further go into the two's past and characters in the future, for now, it's best just to hate the living crap out of Blue.
And its okay, and remember, for now it's GEN1 Pokemon only.
I decided this isn't for ANY fans of Pokemon, its for those of us who grew up in it, and still love it today and want to see it like we saw it back in the glory days.
But y'know, it's not hard to make this better, I'm starting to think that the show's being written by a bunch of Mankey.
Well that's all for this week folks!
See ya next time!
Gotta Catch 'em All!
-TheCrobatman