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Chapter 3: toxic forest
Pikachu already had a fire going with the other Pokémon's help by the time we got up. After breakfast, we packed up and headed into the forest. We didn't get very far before we heard a voice behind us.
"Hey Alex!" I heard Grey call from behind. I turned around and saw him run up to us "I think it's time for another battle, don't you?"
"Uh, I don't-" I was cut off
"You don't actually think you have a choice, do you?" he said with a smirk. I had no time to react as he threw a poke ball "go Pidgey!"
"Pidgey!"
Oh well "go Squirtle!" I said, throwing a poke ball of my own
"Squirtle!"
The Pokémon stood still, each watching the others just like me and Grey were watching each other.
"Pidgey use peck!" he cried. I hadn't remembered Pidgey knew peck.
Squirtle quickly moved out of the way "Squirtle, use Tackle!" I called, and Squirtle happily obliged, knocking Pidgey out in one shot. It was certainly impressive to say the least
"You want to play hard, you'll go down hard" Grey said. He threw a poke ball "go, Bulbasour!"
"Bulbasour!"
"Squirtle, use tackle!" I said. It WAS the only move it knew besides leer (I had tried other moves but nothing happened). Squirtle happily obliged, knocking Bulbasour back
"Bulbasour, use vine whip!" Grey said. Bulbasour looked at him confused, giving Squirtle enough time to tackle it again, knocking it out. He returned the Pokémon "man, how are you so good?"
"Practice" I said, surprised he seemed to have complemented me.
"Whatever, good luck with the poison" he said before taking off
"Poison?" Aqua asked
"Relax, you don't have to worry about it" I said, returning Squirtle
"Coming through!"
We both heard the voice, and turned to see a boy run into Aqua, making them both fall. A second later, a girl did the same to me "sorry!" they said in unison, helping us up.
"It's fine" I said, brushing thee dust off of me.
"I'm Leaf, this is red" the girl said
"I'm Alex and this is Aqua" I replied, still a bit dazed
"Hey! I have an idea. Why don't we have a tag battle?" red suggested
"I'm not too sure…" I said
"Come on! It'll be fun!" Leaf said
"What's a tag battle?" Aqua asked
"A tag battle is where two trainers pair up to fight two other trainers, each using their own Pokémon" red said
"I'm in!" Aqua said.
I sighed "ok, tag battle it is"
"Yay!" both girls said
"Go Squirtle" red said, throwing a poke ball
"Go Charmander!" Leaf said right after, throwing another
"Squirtle!" "Charmander!"
I was surprised, but I couldn't hesitate "go Squirtle!" I said, throwing a poke ball
"Go Charmander!" Aqua said, throwing one of her own.
"Squirtle!" "Charmander!"
"Wait a second, we have the same Pokémon?" red asked, confused
"That means we're evenly matched!" Leaf said enthusiastically "use ember on Charmander!"
"Counter with scratch!" Aqua called. Both looked around, obviously confused
"Uh…attack Charmander with tackle" I called. Squirtle tried to tackle Aqua's Charmander, which caused it to try to counter by scratching. The two started fighting.
"Still think this was a good idea?" I asked Aqua
"Maybe not" she replied. I could see the amusement on Leaf and red's face as the two partners fought
"How about we get different Pokémon, then battle again?" Leaf suggested
We returned our Pokémon "I have a better idea" Aqua said "why don't we journey together?"
"I'm not too sure, pairing with Leaf was bad enough" Red said, which earned him a jab from leaf
"Yea and how do we know our Pokémon won't get confused again?" I said
"Well, if we don't battle like that again, it shouldn't be a problem" Leaf said
"Besides, I'm sure we'll be safer this way instead of in pairs" Aqua said
"I don't think so, not quite yet" red said
"I agree, we need more Pokémon first" I said
"Oh fine" the girls said in unison.
Red tipped his cap "see you later"
"Bye!" leaf said, then they started running off before we could say anything else.
We headed off shortly, though at a much slower pace.
When we got to Pewter city, we immediately checked for room in the Pokémon center, there was NO way I wanted to sleep in a tent again.
"Are you here to challenge the gym?" Nurse Joy asked us
"The gym?" Aqua asked
"It's where trainers go to earn badges, you need all 8 before you can challenge the Elite four" she replied
"Elite four?" Aqua asked, still confused
"They're a set of four of the toughest trainers in the region, after fighting them one by one, you have to fight the champion. Then you can be put in the Hall of fame!" she said "of course, there's no healing in between"
"I kind of just want to catch some of these adorable Pokémon" Aqua said, looking t Pikachu.
"Well, I've heard there's some adorable, and powerful, Pokémon on the Sevii Islands"
"Sevii islands?" I asked, interested
"You can only get the pass to them by beating the Elite four, they hold many Pokémon you can't find anywhere else, including the Unowns"
"You mean there's a Pokémon no one knows about?" Aqua asked
"Well, there are probably hundreds no one knows about, but the Pokémon's name is Unown" Nurse Joy replied
"Oh" she said "well, I'm defiantly trying the Gym in the morning" she said
"Me too, I've heard there's a legendary on the first island" I said
"There is, actually, its named Multres. Many people speculate that it can get the attention of the legendary dog Pokémon" Joy said
That really caught my attention "really?" I asked
She nodded "it's only myth, and a really vague one, but they say the trainer who catches Multres could find a legendary dog Pokémon soon."
"Wow" I said
After dinner, and a bit more talking, we went to bed. I fell asleep with little thought.
Yay! Another chapter! I put in several twists to make this story different from the game, I hope you like them! Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Also remember that once again, if you want a character to catch a Pokémon, tell me which Pokémon and which character and I'll do it. Bye for now!