Pokémon Soul Generations – Kanto Saga
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Chapter 8: Arriving In Saffron City! Making A Digital Discovery!
Pinkie - "Man! This city is huge!"
Michael - "Well Saffron City is the biggest city in all of Kanto after all."
Weiss - "So how do we go about finding Twilight and Sabrina?"
Michael - "Let's split up for now. Ruby and Weiss. You two are with me. Rarity and Pinkie will go together as a pair. And Qrow and Winter will be a pair as well. Once either Twilight OR Sabrina are found, contact the others imminently."
Party - "Right."
Michael - "Good. Now let's move."
The party split up to find their friends.
-Meanwhile At Pokémon HQ-
All of the remaining Gym Leaders, along with the Trial Captains, Kahunas, Elite Four members, and Champions were in their respective meeting rooms. They all also had different levels of how they felt about their topic of today's discussion: Michael himself. Every Gym Leader and Trial Captain had nothing but praise for Michael, especially for his battle smarts and will of belief in his Pokémon. Then you have the Elite Fours and Kahunas, with half completely siding with the Gym Leaders and Trial Captains, and the other half wanting to wait till Michael got stronger before making their decision. However, there were three individuals, all champions, that constantly bad-mouthed Michael in front of their fellow champions, as well as everyone else that would listen at all. They were Lance, League Champion of Kanto AND Johto, Sinnoh League Champion Cynthia, and undefeated Galar Champion Leon. The other three champions, Steven Stone, Alder, and Diantha were also getting very tired of the pointless, as well as baseless complaining towards someone the six of them had only heard about over a week ago. Steven then slammed his fists on the table in anger.
Steven - "That's enough of that Lance! If you think you can get away with continuing to bad-mouth Michael in front of all of us, then you're more than welcome to repeat everything you just said to the boy himself!"
Lance - "Fine then. Where is he right now?"
Diantha - "Currently in Saffron City. He's working his way south to Vermillion City for his Gym Battle with Lt. Surge."
Lance - "Very well then. Time to prove how right I was about him."
While no one was looking, Diantha sent a quick text to Clair, Lance's cousin and the Gym Leader located in Johto's Blackthorn City. Clair then felt her phone go off. She pulled it and check the message.
Diantha - -Lance is going to Vermillion City to confront Michael. See if you can do something about it.-
Clair quickly got up from her seat and left the room.
Whitney - "Where are you going Clair?"
Clair - "To take care of something urgent."
Clair then walked out of Pokémon HQ and called for her Aerodactyl.
Aerodactyl - "What do you need Clair?"
Clair - "Fly me to Blackthorn City. I need my grandfather's help with Lance."
Aerodactyl - "Is he bad-mouthing young Michael again?"
Clair - "Yep."
Aerodactyl face-palmed in annoyance.
Aerodactyl - "Arceus I feel bad for Dragonite right now."
Clair - "Same here."
Aerodactyl then crouched down.
Aerodactyl - "Ok. Hop on."
Clair quickly got on Aerodactyl's back. Then the duo flew towards Blackthorn City. While entering the city from the sky, Clair sees that her grandfather, Grand Master Titus, standing outside the gym.
Clair - "Why is grandfather by the gym? Shouldn't he be in the Dragon's Den?"
Aerodactyl landed a few feet away from Titus, where Clair hopped off of his back.
Clair - "Grandfather. Why aren't you in the Dragon's Den?"
Titus - "Let's just say that something was telling me to meet you in front of the gym and save you the hassle of coming into the Den itself."
Clair - "Good thinking. And I do need your help by the way."
Titus - "Lance?"
Clair - "Lance."
Titus - "Honestly you think he'd leave young Michael along by now."
Aerodactyl - "I said the same thing to Clair in front of Pokémon HQ."
Titus - "Anyway. Where are we going to stop Lance?"
Clair - "Vermillion City in Kanto."
Titus - "Alright then. I'm also hoping to meet young Michael has I have something for him."
Clair - "What is it?"
Titus - "Now what's the point in ruining the surprise?"
Clair chuckled a bit at her grandfather's answer.
Clair - "Ok fair point there."
Clair and Titus then got on Aerodactyl's back flew off towards Vermillion City in Kanto.
-Back In Saffron City-
While searching Saffron City for Sabrina and Twilight, Michael couldn't help but notice a ripple in the air in front of him every few minutes. Ruby and Weiss noticed him stopping too.
Ruby - "Something wrong Michael?"
Michael - "Sorry. Seems like there's some kind of Pokémon that keeps appearing right in front of me."
Weiss - "Can you tell of kind of Pokémon it is?"
Michael - "Sadly no. It keeps on darting in and out of my view before I even have a chance to see what it is."
Suddenly they heard a commotion from down the street.
Ruby - "Sounds like a fight."
Michael - "Then let's go see what the problem is."
The trio quickly ran towards the source of the fighting. There they saw Twilight and Sabrina trying to fight off a pair of Rocket grunts with their Kadabra's.
Michael/Ruby - Golbat/Aron, I choose you!"
Golbat and Aron jumped in front and took the attacks meant for both Kadabra's.
Michael - "Twilight! Sabrina! Call back your Pokémon now! Let me and Ruby take care of these guys."
Twilight/Sabrina - "Right! Kadabra return!"
Both Kadabra's returned to their trainers.
Ruby - "Stay with them Weiss."
Weiss - "Right."
Michael - "Ready to take these punks down Ruby?"
Ruby - "Ready, willing, and able!"
The Rocket grunts opposing them had a Raticate and Drowzee.
Grunt #1 - "Psybeam on Golbat Drowzee!"
Grunt #2 - "Crunch on Golbat Raticate!"
Michael - "Watch out Golbat!"
Ruby - "Defend Golbat and take those attacks Aron!"
Aron jumped in front of Golbat and took both attacks.
Aron - "I've got your back Golbat."
Golbat - "Thanks Aron."
Michael - "Attack Raticate with Poison Fang Golbat!"
Ruby - "And you attack Drowzee with Metal Claw Aron!"
Both Pokémon followed their attack orders flawlessly, knocking out their opponents with complete ease.
Ruby - "We won!"
Michael - "Nice job you two."
Both Pokémon nodded their heads in thanks. Then Golbat was suddenly enveloped in a bright light. The light then disappeared to reveal a new Pokémon.
Michael - "Alright! Golbat evolved into Crobat!"
Crobat - "Awesome!"
Weiss - "Congrats Michael. That means Crobat is your first fully evolved Pokémon that you have on you."
? - "Sabrina! Twilight!"
A man and a woman rushed over towards the party.
Sabrina - "Mom! Dad!"
Ruby - "Who are those two?"
Michael - "Jake and Sylvania. Sabrina's parents. Jake's also the gym leader."
Jake - "Michael. Ruby. Thanks for protecting Sabrina and Twilight."
Ruby - "Not at all you two."
Sylvania - "And Michael congrats on your Golbat evolving into Crobat. Along with the fact that it's also a shiny as well."
Michael - "Thanks."
Jake - "Come. Qrow, Winter, and the rest of your friends are waiting at the Pokémon Center for you."
Michael and those in the party with him followed Sabrina and her parents to the Pokémon Center. There they found everyone else waiting for them.
Winter - "There you all are."
Weiss - "Sorry Winter. Some Rocket grunts were trying to harm Twilight and Sabrina. So, I watched over the two of them, while Michael and Ruby quickly took care of the grunts."
Qrow - "I see that Michael also got a Crobat now."
Ruby - "Yeah. Happened after the battle was over. If Golbat was that close to evolving, then a lot of others are close too."
Jake - "So what are you all gonna do now?"
Michael - "For now just continue south to Vermillion City. After I get the Thunder Badge from Lt. Surge, I also need to win the Rainbow Badge from Erika and the Soul Badge from Koga. We'll pass through here a couple of times going to Lavender Town and Celadon City. Then the third return visit will be for the Marsh Badge. Then to Cinnabar Island for Blaine and the Volcano Badge, followed by Viridian City and the mysterious Gym Leader for the Earth Badge."
Sylvania - "Since the first return visit will be too short a time between now and then, I'm guessing you all won't stop in to visit us till the second return visit?"
Michael - "That's correct. I do apologize for that."
Jake - "It's ok Michael. And also, Sylvania and I were wondering if you guys could take Sabrina with you."
Weiss - "What do you mean?"
Sabrina - "I want to travel the regions alongside you guys. Mom, dad, and I already asked Twilight about it. But she said that we had to ask you Michael. So, what do you say?"
Michael could only smirk.
Michael - "If the rest of you girls are ok with it, then Sabrina is more than welcome to join us."
The rest of the girls voiced their approval of letting Sabrina join the party.
Michael - "Now what Pokémon do you two have on you so far?"
Sabrina - "I have just a Kadabra so far."
Twilight - "I have Kadabra, Clefairy, and Azumarill."
Michael - "Alright then."
Michael pulled out the Link Box from his backpack.
Twilight - "This is the Link Box Akira made for you right?"
Michael - "Yes. If you two want to, you both can use it to evolve your Kadabra's into Alakazam. But I'll leave that decision to you four."
Michael walked away from the table, leaving Twilight, Sabrina, and their Kadabra's to decide on using the Link Box to evolve.
Sabrina - "What do you think Twilight? Should we do it?"
Twilight - "It's not just our decision Sabrina. Our Kadabra's need to voice their opinion to us as well."
Twilight crouched in front of her Kadabra.
Twilight - "Well Kadabra? Do you want to evolve?"
Twilight's Kadabra was deep in thought, then she finally came to a decision.
Kadabra (T) - "If evolving means getting stronger and being able to do more in battle to prove myself, then I'll do it."
Kadabra (S) - "Same here."
Both girls smiled to each other.
Twilight - "Guess we have our answer then."
Sabrina - "Mhmm."
Both girls returned their Kadabra to her Poké Ball, then used the Link Box to evolve her. Soon in place of Kadabra, was an Alakazam.
? - "Excuse me?"
Michael looked down, seeing what looked like a Pokémon staring at the ground at his feet.
Michael - "Hello little one. Are you lost?"
? - "Somewhat."
Michael - "May I ask for your name?"
? - "Porygon sir."
Michael - "Would you like to join me Porygon?"
Porygon - "Huh?!"
Michael - "You seem like you could use a friend. And my parents and sisters will help in making sure that your fighting abilities aren't being wasted in the slightest."
Porygon - "Yes please! Thank you, Michael! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Michael pulled out a Poké Ball and tapped Porygon with it. It shook three times and clicked.
Michael - "Alright! I just caught a Porygon!"
Michael then opened up the transfer device and sent Porygon to his family.
Ruby - "You aren't keeping Porygon with you?"
Michael - "Not only do I not have the items to evolve her through the Link Box, but I'm also afraid of her not listening to me due to not having enough badges yet."
Weiss - "That's true."
After spending a few more minutes in the Pokémon Center, the party departed from Saffron City and headed south onto Route 6, where Michael's only catch was a Goldeen, which he then sent over to his parents and sisters. While doing some training, along with battling the other trainers, Michael's Croconaw, Cranidos, Shieldon evolved into Feraligatr, Rampardos, and Bastiodon. However, Michael wasn't the only one to have Pokémon evolve. Ruby's Aron and Shieldon evolved into Lairon and Bastiodon, Weiss's Spheal evolved into Sealeo, Rarity's Cranidos evolved into Rampardos, and Twilight used a Moon Stone to evolve her Clefairy into Clefable. Soon after the training was over, the party arrived in Vermillion City.
