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Felix walked down the path north of Cherrygrove City, his skin still tingling from Shepard's backlash. He growled to himself. "He didn't have to take it that hard. He's only staying there for a few days..." he said as his hand slid over the smooth orb at his side. "Lets hope she warms up to me fast..." he said.
Suddenly, a boy out of nowhere saw him and ran up to him. "You!" he said pointing at the trainer. Felix stopped, surprised by the verbal attack. "Are you a trainer?" asked the boy. The boy nodded, making the boy shout loudly. "Aha! Finally! I challenge you to a battle!" he said, pulling a pokeball from his side. The boy was dressed in khaki shorts and some kind of uniformed shirt. The trainer could only assume that he was some school kid.
"Uh...okay..." said Felix, suddenly, the realization that his first official pokemon battle had just walked in front of his face hit him. Grabbing the pokeball at his side, he crouched slightly with a smirk. "Go Eevee!" he shouted, then threw the ball, as the school boy threw his own. The pokemon sprung out, eevee on one side and pidgey on the other. Pulling out his pokedex, he aimed it at the bird pokemon and opened it.
[#010 - Pidgey: This pokemon usually hides in tall grass to prevent getting into fights. If it is provoked in the wild, it will flap its wings to kick up a cloud of dust that will confuse and sometimes scare off enemies. This same method is also used when hunting for its insect prey.]
He smiled. "Alright eevee, are you ready?" he asked putting the machine away and looking at her. His excitement vanished as he saw the eevee growling at him. "Wha...wha..." he mumbled, but didn't get to finish. The eevee tackled him and began to chew on his hair, pulling at it ferociously.
The school boy looked on in shock, then jumped into action. "Pidgey! Tackle that eevee!" he shouted, hoping to get it away from the trainer. Pidgey dove and hit the fox with a full body tackle, knocking it away from Felix. Pidgey glared at the pokemon it had just attacked, but was startled when the fox got up and growled viciously at it. It seemed maniacal, causing the bird to fly higher and out of range of any of eevee's attacks.
Eevee got to her paws and glared at the bird, then watched as it flew higher. Dashing at a tree, it clawed its way up the bark as both the school boy and the bird watched it. Pidgey reacted too late as the eevee dashed across the branches and flew from the tree, smashing into the small bird and bringing it to the ground.
"Pidgey!" shouted the trainer as he ran to help his pokemon. But soon after he was speared in the stomach by the furious pokemon. Knocking him back, the eevee went to dive at him, but was hit with a red laser and pulled back into the pokeball. Felix scratched his head as he stared at the pokeball.
"Wow...she really doesn't like humans..." he said as he stood up. Walking over to the other boy, he helped him to his feet. "Sorry about that...she is kinda...wild..." he said smiling nervously.
The boy laughed. "It's alright. Pidgey didn't always cooperate with me either. But that was one angry pokemon..." he said scratching his head. Then he turned to pidgey and knelt down. "You okay buddy?" he asked. The small bird got to its feet chirped loudly. The boy chuckled. "Just a little surprised I guess." he said as he turned to the trainer.
"So...is that your first pokemon?" asked the boy. Felix shook his head.
"Technically, she isn't even mine. I'm borrowing her while my pokemon is healing from another battle." said the trainer. The boy lifted his head in recognition. "Yeah...he was hurt pretty bad."
"Where are you headed?" asked the school boy.
"Looking for a place called Mr. Pokemon's." he said, then looked down at his wrist device. It showed he was still a few miles from the place.
"Oh, you mean the house up the hillside?" asked the boy. Felix shrugged. "Yeah, he's an older man that lives on the side of a hill further up north. You should get there in less than an hour." Felix sighed.
"That's good. I feel like I've been going for a month." he said. Suddenly, the younger boy noticed the trainers wrist gear and squeaked. Looking at the boy, he questioned. "What's the matter?" he asked.
"Is...is that...pokegear!" asked the boy enviously.
Felix looked at his wrist. "Yeah, why?" he asked curiously. The boy grabbed his wrist and began typing something into the machine. "Hey...what the..." said the trainer. The boy typed more, then held his wrist up so he could see.
"This is my pokegear number. When your pokemon is feeling better, then you can call me back and we can battle again." he said. Looking at his pokegear the young trainer read what the watch said.
[Call List - Joey: 28359435]
"Oh, I see." said Felix as he stared at it. "I didn't know it could do that." he said smiling.
"Well, I'll see you later." said the boy, who pulled his pokemon into the ball, then walked towards Cherrygrove. Felix smiled and looked at the watch, then pressed the red button, switching the call list to the map again.
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After walking through the woods for a while, Zack set his bag down next to a tree. Pulling the pokeball off his side, he released the little croc to get some fresh air. Totodile came out and looked around. "We are almost in the city." the boy said to his pokemon. "Let's rest here until about noon, then we can continue."
The croc nodded, then got down on the ground and started sniffing around. Zack watched as the pokemon hunted around for something to chew on. It crawled off into the darkness with him staring after it. Pulling out a bottle of water from his bag, he opened it, then took a long drink from the container. Then he stopped.
Putting the cap back on the bottle, he stood and looked off into the distance. The man pulled the binoculars away from his eyes in surprise.
"What's wrong?" asked the girl who sat next to a tree while eating.
"I think...he saw me..." said the man, then looked through the goggles again. "Huh? Where did he go?" asked the man as he scanned the dark forest with the device.
"You lost him?" asked the girl as she stood to her feet and looked around.
"No! He just vanished." he said. Suddenly, they heard a loud thump behind them and turned around. In a crouched position was the boy they were just spying on. "What the hell?" asked the man, then pulled a baton from his side.
"I wouldn't suggest doing that if I were you." said Zack as he stood to his feet.
Growling, the man dashed forward and swung at the kid. Noticing the small R on the shoulder of the uniform, Zack grabbed the man's swinging arm and flipped him over his shoulder with incredible force, smashing him into the ground. The girl looked on in awe at the boys martial skills and smiled. "Surprising for one as young as you." she said.
The young trainer looked at her with a glare. "Why are you following me?" he asked.
"An interesting question, I find myself asking it as well." she said. "But, according to our sleeping friend right there, we are here to convince you to join Team Rocket."
Zack looked at her strangely. "Team Rocket? You mean that organization that keeps tripping over itself?" he asked.
She smirked. "I believe what you are referring to is the old Team Rocket. The administration of the old Team Rocket was weak and feeble minded. But with Lord Giovanni as our leader, we will reach newer, greater heights." she said to him.
"Sounds boring." said Zack. The girl twitched, but stayed calm. "Organizations like Team Rocket are only harbors for those who are desperate and need someone to lead them. I don't need someone telling me what to do to feel satisfied in life." he said. The girls contempt shot through the roof at the comment.
"Listen to me you little...!" she shouted, but was cut off.
"Stop Claire." said the man who was standing behind the boy. "If he's made up his mind, then there is no changing it."
Zack turned to the man. "I'd put your weapon away. My friend might not like you threatening me." Both of the adults turned and looked at a fiercely glaring totodile.
"Easy little one, we're going." said the man. The two grabbed their bags and began heading towards the north.
"Why did you let him go? You could have easily taken him down with your Nidoking." she asked angrily once the boy was out of hearing range.
"Our goal isn't to intimidate him. That will only make him have a grudge against Team Rocket, and we have enough enemies as it is." he said. "Our goal is to coax him into joining us. Right now we have an operation going on in Azalea. If he manages to make it that far, I'm sure we will have no problem recruiting him."
Claire looked at her partners confident smile, and had no choice but to trust him. She nodded and looked ahead at the trail in front of them. They had a bit to go before they got back to the small makeshift building they had travelled from.