Yesterday I spent all day figuring things out for the fanfiction. Literally, I worked twelve hours (with small breaks to do things like eat and go to the washroom) on writing, and doing things in the game to be able to trade (I use an emulator so I can play on the computer along with write, it's more convenient than having to deal with my DS and LeafGreen cartridge).

By the way, I'm going to be a Beta for a fanfiction one of my friends is writing. I'll put a link to it on my profile when it's posted on fanfiction (which will be in a while still).

Disclaimer: Pokémon, along with any people, places or things from it are not mine, nor do I claim it to be. The only thing I do own is myself and the dream this all started from.

Our watches shot out the glass panels and Red and I began out battle. I decided I'd let Fearow take all of the action because she wouldn't be getting any in the upcoming Gym.

Red sent out a Pidgeotto, mirroring Blue when I had fought him. This Pidgeotto was at level 19.

The Pidgeotto got in a Quick Attack before Fearow put a lot of damage on it with a Fury Attack that hit only three times. Pidgeotto managed to throw in another Quick Attack, which received critical hit before Fearow caused it to faint. Fearow then gained a level, making her a level 25.

Red's next Pokémon was a Raticate at level 16, which was a piece of cake for Fearow to knock out in one hit. It was then that I realized that my Pokémon were at rather high levels for where I was.

Kadabra was the third Pokémon that Red sent out. It was only at level 18, a much lower level than Fearow and my own Kadabra. A Pursuit from Fearow didn't quite knock it out, but next turn, after Red's Kadabra disabled Fearow's Pursuit, Fearow managed to knock it out.

Red's final Pokémon, which had to be his starter, was an Ivysaur. It seemed that Red and Blue had the same relationship between their starters as in the games. I quickly noted Red's good taste in starters before taking his Ivysaur out with a Peck from Fearow.

The battle was over with an obvious victor, me. The battle was obnoxiously easy, though I didn't admit that to Red.

"Damn," Red said under his breath, "Taken out by one Pokémon."

"Don't feel too bad," I said, picking up on Red's disappointment, "I'm just over levelled, that's all."

"Yeah, yeah, sure," he mumbled before walking away, toward the stairs that led to the first floor.

I shrugged then walked up the stairs that led to the captain's room, where I knew I could get the HM for Cut, at last.

The cabin was fairly small with two chairs, a small bookshelf, a map, a desk and a comfy looking office chair. There wasn't anything odd about the room except for the man kneeling on the ground, head over a garbage can.

I wandered up to the man, "Er, are you the captain?" I asked.

"Yes," he groaned, "Ooargh... I feel hideous... Urrp! Seasick..."

I remembered from being sick that a rub on the back could greatly help someone who felt sick. Though it felt weird to be rubbing the captain's back that's exactly what I did.

After a while the captain stood up, "Whew! Thank you! I'm feeling much better now."

"You're welcome," I replied, "You know, you may want to take up a different profession if you're prone to getting seasick."

He sighed, "But I love being a captain, so I just have to deal with it. To show my thanks I'll give you this," he said as he handed me a disc shaped object, "That's Cut, teach it to your Pokémon and you can use it on those small trees."

I thanked the man and left the ship. Unlike in the games the ship stayed there, which was fortunate for Samantha, Paula, and Dana, who were all still behind me.

Once I had caught myself an HM slave, a level 10 Meowth and taught it Cut I thought about what to do next. I could go straight to the Gym and battle there, or I could do a bit more exploring around town. I decided the Gym battle could wait for a little while, I knew of two things I could get by talking to people in town, so off I went to the west.

I eventually came across a house with a Pokéball sign at the top of the door. This was one of the houses I was looking for. I entered this building, the Pokémon Fan Club and talked to the older gentleman sitting on a couch. He was the chairman of the club. I listened to his ramblings about his favourite Pokémon, his Rapidash. Once he had finished he gave me a Bike Voucher as an apology for wasting my time. This Voucher was virtually useless to me until I came across a certain route since I wouldn't use a bike until I was forced to.

The other house I wanted to visit was the house to the west of the Pokémon Center. In this house lived the Fishing Guru. I knew he'd give me a fishing rod of some sort, but I didn't know which one. This stop was a waste of time because this man gave me the Old Rod, which would only catch Magikarp, which I had no intention of catching.

By the time I returned to the Pokémon Center it was well past dark and time to sleep. I chose a bed from the room attached to the PokéCenter and fell asleep for the night.

I awoke the next morning with only one goal in mind, to beat the Gym leader in this town. Once I was ready to leave I, along with Mew, who really wasn't intervening much, left to take on the Gym.

I entered the Electric Type Gym fully prepared to take on whatever the Gym trainers could throw at me.

The first trainer I fought was laughably easy. Sailor Dwayne battled with two level 21 Pikachus. The only problem I had with them was the paralysis they inflicted on Ivysaur.

Engineer Baily was the second trainer in the Gym. He also had two Pokémon, a level 21 Voltorb, which Ivysaur took out which caused him to level up to 25, and a level 21 Magnemite, which Kadabra had no trouble knocking out.

There was only one more trainer in the Gym, not including the Gym leader. He also posed no threat. Gentleman Tucker, who was the last trainer, used only one Pokémon, a level 23 Pikachu. Kadabra only had to use one Psybeam to take out the little, yellow mouse Pokémon. This caused him to gain a level, matching Ivysaur. He also learned Recover, which I deleted Disable for.

I went back to heal at the Pokémon Center before trying to get the electric gate blocking my way to the leader to shut off. It didn't take long to turn off the electric locks. The two garbage cans at the top right of the gym were the ones containing the buttons that turned them off.

Now the way was cleared to challenge the Gym leader.