Chapter Six
Amanda had arrived in the Marsh! She wanted to progress quickly, so she marched as fast as the damp soil would allow her. She was stopped by a man that sent out a Pokemon that resembled Doduo in nearly every way except that it had one head with a black beak and a red oval on its head, a black neck, a short black tail and short black legs with yellow three-digit feet.
Two Static Rushes later...
Zap had taken out two Dibbird and was now facing a third, but this one had a red, fuller tail and had a helmet of red hair that tapered down to the back of its head. The 'hairmet' had a yellow stripe running from the beginning of the hair to the end.
"Attack!"
"Attack!"
Zap lunged at the Zipbird before it could react, putting it out of the fight. Another one was sent out, but it was KO'd before it could attack. That also happened to the last Zipbird.
That done, Jasmine went over to a tree where a Pandan without its hat and gourd jumped out. The Pando was caught before it touched the ground and was named Po.
Just then, Jasmine realized that she had only one Great ball left in her Ball Stock.
"I have really got to get to a city or town!" She said, quickening up her pace.
She ran as fast as she could, not minding the people that wanted to battle her and taking out wild Pokemon that she could not run from. Finally she was out!
Later...
After a few hours of travelling, Jasmine finally arrived in Town Two! She instantly decided to go and stock up on Balls, which she did. After that, she bought a whole lot of items.
That done, she went around the Town and saw a Merchant called Gan-gan Whirlwind. After some chit-chat after outright refusing to buy his outrageously high products, the two decided on a friendly battle. He sent out a green squirtle without a tail. This was a real Aqua type called a Tortle.
Jasmine threw a red and white sign of Yin and Yang surrounded by a blue aura at Sol, who caught it and placed it on its chest.
"Fire Reaction!" Jasmine commanded.
The miniature explosions took out the Tortle before it could attack. Another Tortle was sent out, and it boldly took a Fire Reaction, after which it tackled Sol. Sol scratched the Tortle, which took only a light scratch on the shell. The Tortle lunged at Sol, who jumped to the side.
Jasmine switched to Zap just as the Tortle slammed into the Pikachu using Hydroplane.
"Static Rush!" Jasmine commanded.
Zap ran into the Tortle while being covered in electricity, electrifying it and taking it out of the fight.
"Dammit! Now for my next Pokemon! Go, Chinatortle!"
A Tortle with a thin white moustache only a hair thick, a chinese paper fan and a red chinese hat with a yellow oval on it was sent out, and was consequently beaten by Zap's Static Rush. Another one was sent out and given the same treatment, ending the battle.
After listening to Whirlwind babble on about something that Jasmine had no care about, Jasmine went on to see an Alymph lounging on a chair. On approaching him, he pulled out a Pokeball and sent out a Pandan.
"Attack, Sol!" Jasmine commanded, sending out her Starter, which lunged at the Pandan and furiously slashed.
"Energy Crystal Reaction!" The Alymph ordered, the result being that the Pandan inhaled from its gourd and exhaled wisps of electricity at the feet of Sol, which upon contact with the ground, erupted into large crystals that bashed Sol high up.
"Finish this!"
"Again!"
Sol attacked first, and took out the Pandan. Another one was sent out which barely took an Embers. Its attack was a Spark Orb Barrage that took out Sol. It was brought back and ordered to attack, which it did, beating the other Pandan. This time an Umbreon with a yellow 'wing' emblem on its shoulders and a red mane was sent out.
"Fire Reaction, Sol!"
"Attack it, Umbremane!"
Sol's Fire Reaction barely hurt the Umbremane, but its tackle nearly took out Sol.
"No! Return, Sol! Go, Ron!"
"Fire Claw Barrage!"
Sol was returned with the Aggron armed with the ruby sash around its left arm, the helmet-visor on its head and an energy crystal.
Ron was speedily attacked by the rapid claw-work of the Umbremane. The Pokemon repeatedly raked Ron with its fore legs that had caught on fire, seriously whittling the mighty Aggron down.
"Ultra Spout!"
Ron fired 7 globs of water that materialized into its powerful move, taking out the Umbremane. Quick as a flash, another one was sent, which received the same treatment.
"Attack!" The Alymph ordered.
The Umbremane took a lunge, but totally missed because it slipped on water. Ron was also commanded to attack, but the Aggron's mighty tail was jumped over and slashed and hacked at with a Fire Claw Barrage, defeating Ron, who was brought back.
"Attack!" Both trainers commanded.
Ron's tail was dodged again, but the tackle by the Umbreon was shrugged off.
The battle was finished with a volley of Ultra Bubbles and the Alymph took his leave in fear.
"Yeesh! Some people just don't know where they should be! Back to the Marsh!"
A few days later...
Jasmine had caught a choice Pokemon on the way back to the Marsh;
-Ber(Worbear) Lv. 64
As an added plus, San evolved into a Hissnake after battling a wild Lairon!
On her way through, Jasmine encountered a purple monkey that walked upright, had no tail and was better built from the waist up. It had a cream chest and belly, a tuft of red hair on top of its head, golden brown feet, arms that reached the floor and a cream 'muzzle'. It was stuck in a particularly muddy part of the Marsh and was about to give up.
"A Monkong!" Jasmine exclaimed, throwing a ball, catching it and naming it Ape.
Later on, Oso was trained a bit and grew to Level 30. It also got the move Root Shoots from a Nature Move Card. Jasmine also received a Geckopod from an old woman. It was called Cal. Jasmine also caught a Lv. 44 Dibbird that she called Bib. She saw it all alone, stuck in the mud.
Seeing all the muck and grime of the Marsh, Jasmine walked out, getting back on the trail.
On the way to the Green Range, Oso evolved into a Blastoise after beating a Dinodon.
When she arrived, she switched San for Ape and equipped it with the yellow horned helmet, the nearly broken and tattered umbrella and an energy crystal(Aio's old get-up).
Jasmine's first opponent was a Man. He sent out a Worbear and she sent out Oso. She gave it a yellow horned helmet and energy crystal.
"Root Shoots!" Jasmine commanded.
"Attack!" The man commanded.
Oso jumped and upon landing, five spiralling vines erupted out of the ground, nearly taking out the Worbear. In retaliation, the Worbear attacked and slashed at Oso's shell, cracking it.
"Attack!" Jasmine commanded.
The Blastoise slammed its fist into the Worbear's face, knocking it out. Another Worbear appeared and it was treated to Razor Discs. It was commanded to attack, but it missed. A Root Shoots took it out, and then a Croconaw was sent out.
"Root Shoots, Oso!"
"Attack, Croconaw!"
The vines from the ground heavily damaged the Croconaw, which cracked the scutes of Oso's shell even more. An attack by the Blastoise took it out, and another Croconaw was sent out. It took a Root Shoots harshly and missed its attack totally. A Blastoise fist and Jasmine had won her first match in the Range!
She soon encountered a duo of a Cauntcat and a new Pokemon she had never seen before.
It was a red, muscular humanoid Pokemon with short legs and brown feet that had their tips pointing up and tapering into a single point. It had no toes and so it looked like it was wearing shoes. It had on a golden girdle that looked a bit like briefs. It had purely white eyes that were deep-set in its head, giving it a spooky appearance. It had a golden ridge from where its nose should have been to the top of its head. It also had two golden cylindrical horns that projected from the sides of its head. It was a Moblin.
After that, Jasmine switched Oso(Nature Blastoise), Zap(Electric Pikachu) and Ron(Aqua Aggron) with Fla(Nature Caterpie), Tyo(Electric Pupitar) and Dra(Aqua Dratini) respectively before pushing on to fight a guard that was not on duty. Remembring the last time she battled a lounging guard, she got attacked for no good reason. So she approached carefully.
"Excuse me, but why aren't you by your post?" Jasmine asked.
"Well, i'm not on duty today, so i decided to come here and unwind. Say, do you want to buy this Pokemon off me? It's a mischievious Tyelf." The guard said, throwing a Pokeball and sending out a new Pokemon.
It was a humanoid, to say the least. It was light green and had a slightly yellow belly. It had a good tail that was relative to its small size. Its feet were pretty long due to it having two toes; one facing forward and the other facing backwards. It had two little dots for nostrils, orange eyebrows, two small, straight ears that jutted to the sides of the Tyelf's head and resembled horns more than ears and finally two little yellow and stubby horns that were placed diagonally on the Pokemon's head.
"I'll take it!"
And so Jasmine walked away 50000 poorer(not like she couldn't bring more money with her power.) with Qin, her new Tyelf.
As she moved Jasmine was confronted by a Pokemon that could only be the Preevolution of Ape... On her head.
"Get off!" She yelled, Fla coming out of its Pokeball automatically to fight.
The Pokemon was purple and was a copy of Ape in every way except the fact that it was now small, its arms were feeble, its nose was a very small red dot and purple hair gathered into a tuft on top of its head. Jasmine caught the Monki and named it Mon. Fla took out the other Monki that was with it as well as the Hissnake that was hunting them in hope for a nice meal.
Jasmine continued her walk through the Range and as she went down a long slope, she encountered a new Pokemon followed by a Moblin, that was beaten by Fla.
The new Pokemon was a yellow cattle calf that could stand upright. Its little but sharp horns were on the sides of the top of its head. Its ears where on the sides of its head proper, just below the horns. Its nostrils were pretty large for its size and it had minute black dots surrounded by a large patch of brown each. Its short arms and legs each had one nail. It was a Moow.
Jasmine caught it and called it Cow.
Just after that, Fla evolved into a Metapod!
"Yeah! That's it, Fla!" Jasmine praised.
After that, she reached the end of the slope and found an old woman sitting with a Bayleef. She walked over to the old woman, who told her Bayleef to stand up, which it did with deliberate slowness and grace.
"The Range is an excellent place to stay if you want to relax, right, child?"
"Yeah... I don't even think i've relaxed ever since i got to this region..." Jasmine admitted, yawning a bit.
"My word! A young lady like you is supposed to relax! It improves your mental health, your Pokemon will like you more, and you'll have the energy to go further!" The Old woman explained, leading Jasmine to a little cottage by the edge of the plain she was on.
"I do believe you want a battle first, right?" The old woman asked, turning to face the teen trainer.
"Yes, please."
"Oh, alright. Come over here Bayleef!"
Jasmine sent out Fla the Metapod just as the Bayleef from before came over.
"Return, Fla! Go, Sol!"
"Root Shoot Eruption!"
The Bayleef's eyes flashed, and then it stomped on the floor. Instantly, after a short rumbling sound, numerous Root Shoots were bursting out of the ground, hitting Sol from all sides. The move barely hurt it, though.
"My turn! Fire Reaction!"
Sol's miniature explosions took out the Bayleef and the one after it, as well as the two Grotle after.
"Arceus! You are really gifted as a Pokemon trainer. Come in, come in!"
And so began Jasmine's little holiday in the Range...
Another chapter edited slightly! You usually never know that a person can work around six in the morning, on his bed, contemplating if he should drop the tablet before his mom bursts into the room. Either way, for those who haven't noticed, Jasmine uses only three letters for her Pokemon names. I was actually going to adopt a short name system like that, but the java game couldn't allow me put in more than three. Gets annoying when despityou can access your 'PC' at anytime but you can't pinpoint your Pokèmon without opening the stat screen . Also her power was a bit too OP; I've tried to play without it, but I lost some Pokèmon that way. I can't revive them, so she keeps her power for now.