Chapter Two
After Ash and I spoke, I went home and started packing. I was just taking the basics. I went to bed around ten, seeing as I was to meet Ash and Brock at Ash’s house around nine the next morning. I woke up a little after eight and ate breakfast with Charmander and Bulbasaur.
We were out of the house by eight forty-five. Before we left, I made sure to pack the picture of my parents. After one final check, we made our way to Ash’s house and arrived right on time. While there, we got a call from Professor Oak telling us there was someone at the lab looking for him. We all headed to lab, wondering who it was. We arrived and went inside. Sitting on the couch was the Professor and May!
“Ash! Brock! Hey guys!” she said, standing up. She was holding Squirtle in her arms.
“May!” Ash and Brock said together. I recognized May from the Grand Festival. “What are you doing here, May?” Ash asked her.
She explained that she was going to enter the Grand Festival in Kanto and was hoping to catch up with Ash and Brock before they left for the Battle Frontier. Just then, she seemed to notice me. “Oh, hello,” She said. “I forgot to introduce myself. My name’s May. I traveled with Ash and Brock in the Hoenn Region.
“My name is Steven. I’m a new trainer. I’m going to be traveling with Ash and Brock throughout Kanto to enter the Pokemon League.” I explained.
“Really? That’s great!” she said. “So, what Pokemon did you get?” she asked. I smiled and released Charmander and Bulbasaur. She kneeled down and said hi to them. “Oh, they are so cute! But my Squirtle is much cuter!” she said.
“Your Squirtle?!” Ash, Brock, and I said in unison. May nodded.
“When May arrived, Squirtle attached to her like a magnet.” Professor Oak explained.
“I guess Squirtle like women over men.” I said and everyone laughed. Squirtle shot a water gun at my face for a few seconds and we all laughed harder.
We were just planning on when to leave but Ash asked May a question. “Why the way, where’s Max?” he asked her.
“He decided to stay with Professor Birch and do some studying.” she said. She must have seen the confused look on my face because she smiled and said “Max is my little brother. He also traveled with us through Hoenn.” I nodded, understanding.
Half an hour later, Ash stood up. “Well, if we want to Reach Viridian City by nightfall, we better get going soon.” He said. We all agreed and said good by to Professor Oak and Tracy before heading back to Ash’s house.
We arrived and Brock and Ash ran inside to get their stuff. While May and I waited for them, I turned to May. “So, May, what Pokemon did you bring with you from Hoenn?” I asked.
May smiled. “I brought Combusken, Skitty, and Munchlax. And now, I have my dear little Squirtle.” She said and hugged the water type. I smiled, remembering their performances in the Grand Festival.
“I bet you will do great in the Grand Festival here in Kanto.” I said and Ash and Brock came back out. “Ready?” I asked and they nodded. “Then let’s go!” I said and we all cheered.
We headed off to the north, towards Viridian City. Along the way, we talked about Ash, May, and Bock’s Adventure in Hoenn. What kind of Pokemon they saw and the trainers they met. We decided to stop for lunch and Ash and I had a practice battle. Since it wouldn’t be fair with my Pokemon against his, he let me pick one of his Pokemon to use. I decided on Grovyle and he chose Swellow.
After a fierce battle, which ended in a tie, Lunch was served and we sat down to eat. After lunch, we hit the road again. We arrived at Viridian City before nightfall and got a room at the Pokemon Center. We let the Pokemon out to have some fun while we had dinner. “So, what are our plans then?” I asked so we could get everything set straight.
“Well the closest Gym is in Pewter City and the Battle Factory is just south of Cerulean City.” Brock said.
“And don’t forget the Contest in Cerulean City!” May said. We had heard from Nurse Joy about the contest not long before. I had also registered for the Pokemon League.
“Pewter City is your hometown, isn’t it, Brock?” I asked. Brock nodded. We finished Dinner and went outside to check on the Pokemon, when as soon as we stepped out the door, a huge net came down and grabbed up all of our Pokemon, including my recently caught Pidgey! “Hey!” we all exclaimed.
We heard maniacal laugher and we looked up to see a balloon in the shape of a Meowth! In the basket was Team Rocket!
“Team Rocket!” we exclaimed.
“Thanks for the Pokemon Twerps! Now we’ll be seeing you…NOT!” Jessie said and started to fly off. We all ran after then into the Viridian Forest. I stopped in mid pursuit and thought a moment.
“What’s wrong, Steven? We have to catch them!” Ash said.
I looked up, determination in my eyes. “You guys go on ahead! I’ll catch up!” I said and darted into the forest, in a different direction. I searched aimlessly for a few minutes before finding what I was looking for. Sleeping on a tree was a wild Beedrill. Quietly, I took out a Pokeball and threw it at the sleeping Pokemon. The ball caught it and shook a few times before stopping. Smiling, I picked up the Pokeball and ran back to the others.
When I found them, Ash and the others were squaring off against Team Rocket, but all of our Pokemon were still in the cage. I walked out into the clearing. “Steven!” May exclaimed, being the first to see me.
Smiling, I walked in front of the others, facing Team rocket, along with their Dustox and Cacnea. I pulled out the Pokeball and pointed it towards them. “Give back out Pokemon, or else!” I said.
The three of them looked scared for a minute but then started laughing. “One more twerp with an empty Pokeball isn’t gonna scare us!” Meowth said.
Smiling, I said, “Are you sure about the empty Pokeball part?” They stopped laughing.
“Wh-what do you mean? Of course it’s empty!” Jessie said.
“Oh really? Well let’s find out! Let’s go!!!” I said and launched the Pokeball into the air. The ball opened and Beedrill came out.
Team Rocket froze. I smiled. “Beedrill! Let’s go, use Poison sting!” I said.
“Dustox, you use Poison sting as well!” Jessie said. The attacks collided and fell to the ground, harmless.
“Beedrill! Use Twin needle attack!” I said. Beedrill flew at them and used it’ needles to attack all of them.
Ash turned to May and Brock. “When did he get a Beedrill?” he asked.
“He must have caught it when he went off by himself. He must have known something like this would happen so he came prepared.” Brock said.
“Really? Wow, and he didn’t even have another Pokemon to battle it either. He’s good…” May said.
“No kidding….” Ash said as they continued to watch.
“Now, Beedrill! Free the Pokemon with Fury Attack!” I commanded and Beedrill flew at he cage and broke the bars with it’s needles.
“uh oh…” Team Rocket said, seeing the Pokemon get free.
“Pikachu! Send them off with Thunderbolt!” Ash said and Pikachu hit them with the electric attack.
“Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!!!!” they cried out.
A little later, after we all returned to the Pokemon Center we went to bed. I was the last to fall asleep. I kept thinking about Beedrill and how it had helped us out. Deciding what I was going to do, I turned over and fell asleep.
The next morning, while the others were having breakfast, I walked off towards the forest where I found Beedrill. I nodded and took out the Pokeball. “Beedrill, come on out!” I said. Beedrill appeared in blue light this time. I put the Pokeball away. “You’re free now, Beedrill. Head on back to your friends.” I told it. It looked at me confused.
From behind me, I heard rustling. I turned to see Ash, may, and Brock standing in the bushes. “Uh…guys?” I said. “What are you doing here?”
“We were going to ask you the same thing, but I guess we kind of over heard what you said to Beedrill…” Ash said. The three of them walked up beside me.
“Why are you letting it go anyways? Beedrill helped us, remember?” May said.
“That’s just it. The reason I caught Beedrill is because I wanted to free our Pokemon, and now that that has been done, I’m letting Beedrill go, so it can continue to live on with it’s friends.” I said, looking up at Beedrill. “Thank you, Beedrill….We will always remember what you did.” I said. “Now go on. Go be with your friends.”
Beedrill looked at me and nodded it’s head. Beedrill, looking sad, turned and flew off. We all turned to leave Breedrill be, but a few seconds later, we heard Beedrill flying back. I turned around to see it fly up to me. “Beedrill..bee bee!” it said, holding out it’s needles. I looked down to see it holding something.
“For me?” I asked and Beedrill nodded. I held out my hand and Beedrill dropped the item into it. It was hard and cold. I looked at it, with everyone else looking too. I turned it over to see a leaf on it.
“That’s a Leaf Stone!” Brock said. “It can be used to make different types of Pokemon evolve.”
I looked at Beedrill again. “Beedrill….thank you.” I said, holding the stone tightly in my hand. Beedrill nodded happily and flew off. I raised my other hand to wave. “Bye Beedrill! Thank you for everything!” I said. It stopped and waved back before flying back through the trees and out of sight.
The four of us returned to the Pokemon Center and gathered our stuff before heading off through the Viridian Forest, towards my first gym challenge and untold adventures.
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