I have decided that even though the reviews have been slowing down here...I'm still gonna post this anyway! :D I reeeally love writing this story, and it's so fun to brainstorm! I just wish I could draw better so I can turn it into a doujinshi...oh well. By the way, a doujinshi is fan made manga. I hope I spelled it right. XD

Ninja Masters

Zoey and Eevee walked to the Pokemon Center to heal her party and to give Rapidash to Professor Gary.

She walked inside the glass doors and up to the counter. "Hello Nurse Joy."

"Oh hello! How may I help you today?"

"I'd like to have my Pokemon healed please." She took out her Pokeballs and returned Eevee. Joy noticed that she had seven Pokeballs.

"Excuse me…but um…why do you have seven? I thought Trainers were only supposed to carry six Pokemon with them."

Zoey took out her Pokedex and showed the permit to Joy. "Oh ok! Well, then I'll get them healed right away!"

The girl walked to a phone as Joy put the Pokeballs in a machine to heal them. Zoey sat down in the chair and dialed the lab. The screen turned on and Professor Gary was shown.

"Hi Professor!"

"Hey Zoey! Have you found Snorlax somewhere to stay?"

"Well, actually yes. At the Safari Zone." She told him the whole story.

"I think that's a good idea Zoey. And I'm really proud that you chased away Team Rocket."

"Thanks Professor. But I wanted to give you a Pokemon to hold for me." She took out the Safari Ball.

"Which Pokemon is that?"

"My Rapidash. I caught her in the Safari Zone. Can you take care of her for me please?"

He smiled. "Alright. Just place her in the transporter over there." He pointed in the direction where the machine would be in the Pokemon Center. Zoey got up and placed the ball inside. She pressed the button, and it disappeared.

The girl went back to the phone and sat down. She saw a machine in the distance behind the Professor, and saw that her Safari Ball materialized in it. The man got up and walked over to it, holding the Safari Ball in his hand.

"Can I take her out?"

"Sure."

He threw the ball and out came Rapidash. She neighed and looked around.

"Hey Rapidash!" said Professor Gary. "My name is Professor Gary and I'll be taking care of you for a while. Zoey will come back for you though."

Rapidash only blinked. Professor Gary tried to touch her, but he burned his hand in the process.

"My hand! It burns!" He ran off the screen somewhere.

Rapidash saw the screen and galloped over to it. She neighed as she looked at Zoey.

"It's alright girl. Professor Gary is a good guy. He'll take care of you. I promise." The horse nodded. "Oh and, try not to burn him ok?"

Professor Gary came back with bandages around his hand. "It's a little too late for that Zoey…"

The girl laughed. "I'm sorry Professor."

"It's alright. I'll find a way to take care of this flaming horse."

Rapidash looked at her owner, then back at the Professor. She walked over to him and nuzzled his arm.

"She says she's sorry Professor."

He put his hand on the horse's long snout and pet her. "Ok then. I forgive you Rapidash." He smiled.

"Well Zoey," he began. "Tell me when you have taken Snorlax to the Safari Zone. I'll be checking up on him from time to time."

"Ok. Well, I gotta go to the next Gym! See you later Professor!"

"Bye!"

The screen turned off. Zoey walked up to the counter and Nurse Joy handed her the Pokeballs. "Thanks Nurse Joy."

"It's my pleasure!"

--

Zoey walked with Eevee to the next Gym. She was excited to obtain her next badge.

"Just think Eevee! If we win here, we'll just need three more badges to enter in the Pokemon League Tournament!"

"Veee!"

"Now where is the Gym…"

The girl looked around, but didn't see a Gym. She took out her map and scanned it. "It should be around here…"

Eevee had a better view because she was sitting on her master's head. The little fox looked around and saw some sort of feudal building. There was a sign that said "Fuchsia City Gym".

"Vee! Eevee!"

"Huh? You found it?"

Eevee pointed to the building. Zoey ran up to it. "So this is the Gym. Hmm…well, it looks an awful lot different from the other ones. Let's go inside."

She opened the door and stepped inside. The room was paneled with wood and the walls had paper sliding doors.

"Um…hello? Is anybody here?" Zoey looked puzzled. "Guess not…"

The floor below her opened up and Zoey fell down. She screamed and Eevee held on tight. They fell down into a hallway. The girl got up and looked around.

"What kind of place is this?"

A voice echoed through the room. "If you can get to the Gym Leader's room, you'll be able to battle for the badge. If not, then you'll be stuck until you figure out the traps in this place."

Zoey sighed. "I have to avoid traps? Darn it…" She began walking around the hallways, and they were very confusing. She stepped on a panel, and part of the floor opened up in front of her. Out came purple fuzzy Pokemon with big red eyes. "Venonat!" They had a high-pitched voice.

"What the heck are those?!" She took out her Pokedex.

"Venonat, the Insect Pokemon. Its big eyes are actually clusters of tiny eyes. At night, its kind is drawn by light."

"It looks kinda scary…"

The Venonat hopped out of the trench they were in and walked over to Zoey. "Eeek! They're coming closer!"

Eevee jumped off her head and took a fighting stance. "Eevee, use Swift!" Stars shot out of the Pokemon's mouth and landed a direct hit on the Venonat. "Let's go Eevee!" She picked up her fox and jumped over the unconscious fuzzballs.

Zoey ran in another hallway. "How am I supposed to find out where the Leader's room is?!" She stopped running because there was a pit in front of her full of purple gunk. They moved. "Grai!"

"Ahhhh!"

"Grimer, the Sludge Pokemon. It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth."

"Eww…gross!"

They started to crawl out of the pit, leaving slimy trails. "Eww eww eww!" Zoey took out a Pokeball and tossed it. "Nidorina, use Water Pulse!"

Nidorina popped out and shot a blast of water at the Grimer. They were shoved back into the pit. "Good job!" Nidorina was returned and Zoey jumped over the pit.

The girl ran through more hallways and came to a floor that slanted itself. She screamed as she slid down, but then stopped when she landed in front of a large screen door. Of course she crashed into it first. It was painted with poison type Pokemon.

"I really hope this is the Gym Leader's room," she said as she stood up. She opened the sliding door, and found herself in a battle area. "Is this the place?"

"Very well done." A girl came out of the floor.

"Are you the Gym Leader?"

"Yes. I am the daughter of the previous Gym Leader, Koga the Ninja Master. My name is Janine."

"I guessed as much. You're dressed up exactly like a ninja. But where is your father?"

The girl smiled and took out a Pokeball. "He's training some new ninja Pokemon Trainers. He retired from Gym Leader duties, so now it's my turn to take his place. Well then, shall we begin?" She tossed the Pokeball. "Golbat, I choose you!"

Golbat came out of the Pokeball.

"Let's go, Pidgeot!"

"Pidgeoooo!"

"Golbat, Poison Fang!"

The bat charged at Pidgeot, his mouth open wide.

"Dodge and use Featherdance!"

Pidgeot dodged and twirled up into the air gracefully, sending fluffy down feathers all around the room. Golbat sneezed.

"Golbat, Wing Attack!" The Pokemon flew up and spread his wings wide, slamming into Pidgeot. But she barely moved.

"What?"

"Featherdance lowers the opponents attack power significantly," said Zoey. "So Pidgeot is hurt less. Pidgeot, use Aerial Ace!"

The bird spread her wings and darted at Golbat, slicing him on his side with her wing. It stung the creature.

"Now finish this with Air Cutter!"

Pidgeot closed her wings tightly, and then opened them, sending waves of air at Golbat. They cut his wings and he fell down onto the floor. He was unconscious.

"Return Golbat!"

Pidgeot flew to her master. "You did it!" Zoey hugged her Pokemon and Pidgeot wrapped a wing around her. "Pidgeo!"

"Good job!" She returned her Pokemon and took out another from her belt.

"That was good kid. Let's see if you can handle this one." Janine took out another ball. "Muk, go!"

A giant glob of gunk appeared on the floor. He revealed his eyes and mouth, as it dripped some of his mucky substance.

"Muuuuuhk."

Zoey gagged. "Oh my…it's smells horrible in here!" She held her nose, and Eevee covered her own with her tail. "Vee…"

The girl had the Pokedex on hand. "Muk, the Sludge Pokemon. It is the evolved form of Grimer. A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact."

"You'll get used to it sooner or later." Janine smiled and put her hands on her hips.

"Snorlax, let's go!" The Pokeball was tossed.

"Snooor…laaaax."

"Muk, use Sludge Bomb!"

A giant wad of sludge was shot at Snorlax. It hit him, but he wasn't harmed severely.

It's a good thing Snorlax have thick hides. They can take hits pretty well.

"Snorlax, use Body Slam!"

The glutton Pokemon stomped over to Muk and jumped into the air. He slammed down onto the gunk.

"Muuuuuuhk!"

"Muk! Get out of there!"

The purple slime began to slide out from under Snorlax.

"Snorlax, get up!"

He obeyed and stood on his feet. He scratched his belly.

"Muk, use Toxic!"

The sludge Pokemon oozed slime from his body and it spread over the floor towards Snorlax. He also shot some from his mouth at him. It hit Snorlax in the stomach and a splat of purple was in the center.

"Oh Snorlax! Are you ok?!"

The Pokemon brushed it off his belly, but then he got it on his hands. "Snor." He yawned and then smiled at Zoey.

"Oh that's right! I forgot! Your ability is Immunity!"

"Hmm. You were smart to use a Pokemon that's naturally protected by poison." Janine pointed her finger in Snorlax's direction. "Muk, use Body Slam!"

The slimy Pokemon oozed his way over to Snorlax, and then leaped in the air, splatting right on the opponent. Snorlax tried to get him off by shaking and pulling, but he wouldn't budge.

"Snorlax, use Strength to get Muk off!" The glutton used all his muscle strength and tore Muk from his body.

"Now finish him with Focus Punch!"

His paw began to glow as he held Muk with his other one. Then he slammed his fist into Muk, who was sent flying to the ground. He had swirls in his eyes.

"Return Muk!"

"You did it again Snorlax!" cried Zoey. Snorlax smiled. "Lax!" He was returned.

"Alright, you've managed to get this far, but lets see if you can defeat my trump card!" The Leader took out her last Pokeball. "Venomoth, come on out!"

A giant lavender moth with huge eyes hovered above her Trainer. "Ven!"

Zoey took out her Pokedex. "Venomoth, the Poison Moth Pokemon. The evolved form of Venonat. It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin."

"So it's a bug…then…Charmeleon, I choose you!" Zoey tossed the Pokeball into the air, and out popped Charmeleon.

"Char!"

"Venomoth, use Psybeam!"

The lavender bug shot a beam of colorful rings at Charmeleon. "Dodge and use Slash!"

The lizard jumped out of the beam's aim and raised her claws at Venomoth. She slashed the Pokemon across the face.

"Quickly! Poison Powder!"

The bug flapped her wings and out came shiny spores that attached themselves to Charmeleon. The lizard fell down. The poison was spreading. "Ch…Char…"

"Oh no!"

"Now Venomoth, use Aerial Ace!" The bug dived at Charmeleon and struck her with her wings. The lizard was thrown back. "Psybeam again!" Another ray of psychic energy was shot at Charmeleon.

"Charmeleon! Get up!"

The Pokemon was too weakened by the poison. Zoey looked worried. "Charmeleon…"

"Well, it looks like you're gonna have to switch, or just forfeit."

"But…I really want Charmeleon to help me win this! And she will! You can do it Charmeleon! Smokescreen!"

Charmeleon opened her mouth and exhaled a cloud of smoke. The Leader coughed. "That won't stop Venomoth!"

Zoey heard a familiar sound, and a white light was visible within the smoke. "Don't tell me…" She saw it grow and spread wings. The girl looked at it in awe.

"Venomoth, finish this with Aerial Ace!" The moth charged into the smoke, only to be hit by a large and heavy tail. She was sent backwards.

When the smoke cleared, Charmeleon no longer stood in the battlefield. In her place, was an orange dragon with a flaming tail.

The dragon removed the pink ribbon from her tail and tied it up into a cute little bow. She placed it on her head, in between the horns sprouting out of it.

"Ch…Charmeleon?"

The dragon turned around and looked at her Trainer. Zoey noticed that her new Pokemon had cute little eyelashes, making her look more feminine than her previous form. The Pokemon smiled. "Rrouw!"

Zoey took out her Pokedex. "Charizard, the Flame Pokemon. The final evolution of Charmander. It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. This Pokemon will never harm an opponent weaker than itself."

"Charmeleon…you…you finally evolved!" Zoey was happy. "Oh I'm so proud of you!"

Charizard smiled, then cringed. The poison still hurt. She looked at Venomoth and spread her wings wide.

"Venomoth, use Aerial Ace!" The moth soared at Charizard. "There's no use dodging. Aerial Ace is one of the few moves that cannot be avoided."

"Who said I wanted to dodge it?" Zoey checked the Pokedex to see what moves her new companion had. She smiled. "Charizard, use Dragon Claw!"

Charizard's claws began to glow in a sparkling light, and she slashed them across Venomoth's belly. The opponent squealed in pain.

"Now use Flamethrower!"

Charizard inhaled, then exhaled an intense stream of fire at Venomoth. The room became very hot as the flames doused Venomoth. She was pushed back by the stream into the screen door, causing a hole in the paper. Charizard stopped the flames.

Janine ran over to her Pokemon. "Venomoth! Venomoth, are you ok?!" The Pokemon had swirls in her eyes and her body was charcoaled, steam running off into the air.

"Return…"

Zoey jumped for joy. "Yay! Charizard, you did it!" She ran to her Pokemon and applied an Antidote to her. "I'm so proud of you!" She embraced the dragon and Charizard became very happy. "Rrouw!" She hugged her Trainer back and Zoey heard the Pokemon making a noise almost like purring.

"Well," said Janine. "You did it. You won the Soul Badge." The woman handed Zoey a pink heart-shaped badge. "And you deserve it."

Zoey took the badge and stared at it. "I…I got another badge…" She couldn't hold in her excitement. "I got the Soul Badge! Yes! Just three more!" She punched into the air.

"Rrouw!"

"Eevee!"

The Leader smiled. "You take good care of your Pokemon Zoey. Keep training them like the way you do now."

"Got it." She paused. "Um…how do I get out of here?"

"Oh, well through here." Janine opened a sliding door and there was a regular wooden door behind it. "Just step through that door and you be back in the first room you came through."

"Thanks!"

Zoey returned Charizard to prevent further damage, and held Eevee in one arm as she opened the door with her free hand. She walked inside and closed the door, but she was just in a cramped dark room.

"Hey! I thought this was the way out!"

She felt the room spin upside down. "Ahhhh! I don't like spinning!!"

"Veeeee!"

It stopped suddenly, and the floor opened from below her. She fell down again into the first room she encountered.

"That hurt…" she said as she rubbed her backside. "Well, I guess we better head to the Safari Zone."

"Eevee."

--

Zoey walked to the Safari Zone and dropped off Snorlax, but not before crying dramatically and clinging to him. Eevee sweatdropped and Snorlax patted his Trainer on her back.

"Miss…" said Emily. "You're making a scene…"

Zoey turned her face around and saw people staring. "Oh…sorry." She let go of Snorlax. "I'll see you later buddy, ok?"

He nodded and smiled. Then Emily led him into the Safari Zone, and disappeared.

"I'll miss him…but…maybe I can catch some other Pokemon. Right Eevee?"

"Vee!"

"Well, let's go to the Pokemon Center and tell Professor Gary!"

--

Zoey took her Pokeballs to Nurse Joy to have them healed. The rosette happily took them and placed them in the machine. During this time, Zoey walked over to the phone and called the lab. The screen turned on again.

"Hey Professor!" She saw that he looked like he had been in a fire. "Should I even ask…?"

Professor Gary sighed. "Well, no…but I'll tell you anyway. See, while I was feeding your Rapidash, another Trainer transported their Pokemon. So I went to go retrieve them and turns out…that they're all fire Pokemon…"

He moved out of the way to let Zoey see. She saw Rapidash and the young Ponyta. "Oh Joey must of transferred his Ponyta here!"

"Yes, he did. He's been transporting and exporting his Pokemon. And he's doing a good job training them. Did you know he caught a Ninetails, that was expecting to have a Vulpix?"

"What?! Really?"

"Yes. When I told him why his Ninetails was so moody and sluggish, he freaked out." He laughed. "That boy. He really was oblivious to the whole thing. Would you like to see them?"

"Ok!"

He pointed to a basket near his table, where a beautiful beige fox with elegant tails lay. She had a little brown fox sleeping next to her. "Oh how cute! Let's see if my Pokedex will work from here!"

"Vulpix, the Fox Pokemon. It controls balls of fire. As it grows, its six tails split from their tips to make more tails."

"Ninetails, the Fox Pokemon. The evolved form of Vulpix. Its nine tails are said to be imbued with a mystic power. It can live for a thousand years."

"How cool! My Pokedex even works from here!" She put it away, the looked back at the screen. "But Professor, that still doesn't explain how you got burned."

"Well, when I took the Vulpix egg from Ninetails to keep it safe, she got angry and used a Fire Spin at me…so I gave it back to her. And then that attack hit the Ponyta that Joey also transferred, and the mother Rapidash got angry, so she shot a Flamethrower at Ninetails, who moved out of the way, yet I didn't…" He sighed. "And that's how I got burned…"

Zoey giggled. "You might want to call a doctor to check those wounds. And fix that spiky hair of yours too."

"Yeah and your mother is gonna pay the medical bills…Rapidash is your Pokemon."

Zoey laughed again, and so did the Professor. "Well then Joey has to pay too because then it isn't fair!"

"Alright. So, have you left Snorlax with the Safari Zone?"

"Yes! But I kinda made a huge fuss about it back there…"

"Don't even tell me…I don't wanna know…"

Nurse Joy came to Zoey with her tray of Pokeballs. "Here you go! Your Pokemon are all better now!"

"Thanks Nurse Joy." Zoey took the capsules and placed them on her belt. The rosette waved at the screen to the Professor, and then walked away.

"Oh! I want to show you someone Professor Gary!" She took out Charizard's Pokeball and released her.

"Rrouw!" She looked into the screen and smiled. Professor Gary grinned.

"Is that Charmander!?"

"Yes! But now she's a Charizard!"

"That's great Zoey! Your starter Pokemon evolved into her final stage! Wow, she still looks feminine too. That bow on her head and her eyes proves it."

"I know! She's a pretty Charizard! And she helped me win my Soul Badge!" Charizard smiled.

"You're on the right track Zoey. Well, I gotta get going. I need to make sure that the next Fire Pokemon that gets sent over here doesn't cause the same incident…"

Zoey laughed. "Ok Professor."

"And Zoey?"

"Yes?"

"If you see my son, tell him that I said 'I told you so'. Will you do that for me?"

"Oh…ok!"

"Thanks." The screen turned off.

--

Zoey went to the Pokemart to buy some Pokeballs because she was out of them. Then she began to walk towards the next route.

"Let's see…" she said as she looked at her map. "I need to get to Saffron…" She sighed. "But all the roads to Saffron are blocked…"

"Zoey?"

She looked up and saw Joey. She blushed. "Joey…what are you doing here?"

"I was training Pikachu. She's getting stronger." The little yellow mouse hopped onto his shoulder.

"Pika!"

"Oh…well, where are you headed?"

"I was going to Saffron for the next badge. But I heard the roads are still closed off…"

"Yeah…same here…I need to find a way to get in there!"

There was silence.

"Um…Zoey?"

"Yes?"

"Since we're going the same way…want to walk together?" He blushed and looked away.

The girl blushed too. "Oh yes! That's a great idea! I'd love to walk with you!"

Joey gave her a surprised look. Zoey calmed down and blushed even redder. "Um…I mean…sure…"

He laughed and said "Alright. Maybe we'll think of something along the way."

"Ok."

Both Trainers walked away from Fuchsia, and towards their next Gym.

No he will not travel with her from this point on! They will depart their own ways at Saffron! I do not intend to have her travel with a friend like Ash did in the anime. I mean because, Zoey is the protagonist of the story after all. No need to focus on more than one character. There has to be a main character in each story. :3

And thank you Cold-heart-Angel23 for telling me the new Gym Leader's name. :D