《Pokemon: Ultimate Generations》 Chapter -1 - PokeDex| Hoenn-Dex Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Torchic Combusken Blaziken Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Poochyena Mightyena Zigzagoon Linoone Wurmple Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Ninjask Shedinja Taillow Swellow Shroomish Breloom Spinda Wingull Pelipper Masquerain Wailmer Wailord Skitty Delcatty Kecleon Baltoy Claydol Nosepass Sableye Barboach Whiscash Luvdisc Corphish Crawdaunt Feebas Milotic Carvanha Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Makuhita Hariyama Electrike Manectric Numel Camerupt Sealeo Walrein Cacnea Cacturne Snorunt Glalie Lunatone Solrock Azurill Spoink Grumpig Plusle Minun Mawile Meditite Medicham Swablu Altaria Wynaut Duskull Dusclops Roselia Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Gulpin Swalot Tropius Whismur Loudred Exploud Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Absol Shuppet Banette Seviper Zangoose Relicanth Aron Lairon Aggron Castform Volbeat Illumise Lileep Cradily Anorith Armaldo Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Bagon Shelgon Salamence Beldum Metang Metagross Regirock Regice Registeel Kyogre Groudon Rayquaza Latias Latios Jirachi Deoxys Chimecho Chapter -2 - PokeDex| Johto-Dex Chikorita Bayleef Meganium Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Sentret Furret Hoothoot Noctowl Ledian Spinarak Ariados Crobat Chinchou Lanturn Pichu Cleffa Igglybuff Togetic Natu Xatu Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Bellossom Marill Azumarill Politoed Hoppip Skiploom Jumpluff Aipom Sunkern Sunflora Yanma Wooper Espeon Umbreon Murkrow Slowking Misdreavus Unown Wobbuffet Girafarig Pineco Dunsparce Normal Gligar Steelix Snubbull Granbull Qwilfish Scizor Shuckle Sneasel Teddiursa Ursaring Slugma Magcargo Swinub Piloswine Corsola Remoraid Octillery Delibird Mantine Skarmory Houndour Houndoom Kingdra Phanpy Donphan Porygon2 Stantler Smeargle Tyrogue Hitmontop Smoochum Elekid Magby Miltank Blissey Raikou Entei Suicune Larvitar Pupitar Tyranitar Lugia Ho-Oh Celebi Chapter -3 - PokeDex| Kanto-Dex Bulbasaur ?? Ivysaur Venusaur Charmander ?? Charmeleon Charizard Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Caterpie ?? Metapod ?? Butterfree ?? Kakuna ?? Beedrill ?? Pidgey ?? Pidgeotto ?? Pidgeot Rattata ?? Raticate ?? Spearow ?? Fearow ?? Arbok Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew ?? Sandslash Nidoran(F) ?? Nidorina ?? Nidoqueen Nidoran(M) ?? Nidoking Clefairy ?? Clefable ?? Vulpix ?? Ninetales Jigglypuff ?? Wigglytuff Zubat ?? Golbat ?? Gloom ?? Vileplume ?? Paras ?? Parasect Venonat ?? Venomoth Diglett Dugtrio Meowth ?? Psyduck ?? Golduck Mankey ?? Primeape Growlithe ?? Arcanine Poliwag ?? Poliwhirl ?? Poliwrath Kadabra ?? Alakazam Machop ?? Machoke ?? Machamp Bellsprout ?? Weepinbell ?? Victreebel Tentacool Tentacruel Geodude ?? Graveler ?? Golem Ponyta Rapidash Slowpoke ?? Slowbro Magnemite Magneton Farfetch''d Doduo ?? Dodrio Seel Dewgong Grimer ?? Muk Shellder ?? Cloyster Gastly ?? Haunter ?? Gengar Onix ?? Drowzee Hypno Krabby ?? Kingler ?? Voltorb ?? Electrode Exeggcute ?? Exeggutor Cubone ?? Marowak Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Lickitung Koffing ?? Weezing Rhyhorn ?? Rhydon Chansey ?? Tangela Kangaskhan ?? Horsea ?? Seadra Goldeen ?? Seaking ?? Staryu Starmie Mr. Mime Scyther ?? Jynx Electabuzz Magmar Pinsir ?? Tauros Magikarp ?? Gyarados ?? Lapras Ditto Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Porygon Omanyte Omastar Kabuto Kabutops Aerodactyl Snorlax Articuno Zapdos Moltres Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Mewtwo Mew Chapter 4 - Battle Date! Gan wanted to try having Koffing using some of its skills but the room could be reduced to a true hazard zone. Once Koffing was done eating its fill, he recalled it back into its Pokeball. Gan quickly made his way back to the battlegrounds. At this time, he saw a guy being carried out, his arm was twisted out of place. Gan cringed and looked away, his arm was apparently broken! "Damn, what happened to him?" Gan couldn''t help but ask. "Haha, this noobie got his arm broken by his Sandshrew, well, the one he was trying to tame." The Team Rocket members carrying him out lavished in his misfortune. Gan didn''t ask about it anymore and walked into the battlegrounds. There were still some people trying to tame their pokemon. There were 3 other people inside this place besides the higher-ranking officials¡ªwho just conversed with each other. "Excuse me, I managed to tame my pokemon." Gan walked over towards the Muscular Field Operative. "Oh? A little noobie like you managed to tame your pokemon?" The man beamed at Gan coldly. "Weren''t you the one who picked Koffing, I expected you to be poisoned to death at this point." "If you''ve tamed your pokemon, then show us." The man in the Black Suit and Shades came out of a door and asked with a smile. "Right." Gan tossed his Pokeball and summoned Koffing and commanded it to use Tackle against the wall. Koffing followed his orders and tackled the wall without hesitation. "Interestingly, most people don''t usually pick Koffing due to how dangerous it is, but you chose it and even tamed it." The man in the black suit complemented Gan somewhat. "I just got fortunate, that''s all." Gan didn''t say much, but he was still scared the first time trying. "Since you''re the first person to tame your pokemon, we''ll give you 5,000 Merit Points." The man in the Black Suit nodded and said. "5,000? I thought it was 2,500 merit points for the first person to tame their pokemon?" The Muscular man said strangely. "Don''t think about it so much, he tamed a dangerous pokemon, in fact, it''s the most dangerous starter we have for recruits." The man in the Black Suit really wanted to reward Gan for choosing such a risky pokemon as a starter. "Merit Points, what are those?" Gan needed to know everything he could; the advantages and disadvantages. "Well, we have yet to explain that, but that''s not my job but I''ll tell you anyway. Since your picture was taken, you will receive an Identification Card. This card will have a picture of you and it will carry your Merit points, which can be used to buy many things. They can be used to buy, Pokemon, TM''s, Items, and even machinery, like your own helicopter for example." Gan was stunned, but he was soon happy that he joined Team Rocket of all places. "That''s right, you can also earn Merit points by doing missions or selling pokemon to Team Rocket. The better its potential, the more points you''ll be able to get. We have a special machine that can check its potential when we receive them." They both explained briefly, they were in control of this batch of rookies. So if they succeeded and did well, they would naturally reap benefits. "Since you''ve already tamed your pokemon, here is your Team Rocket Id that we just spoke about." The Black Suit man took 8 cards out of his pocket and handed Gan his Identification Card. Gan looked over his Identification card, it revealed his face which was something he didn''t want to be shown. "I have a small request if you don''t mind." Gan coughed slightly and asked. "Request? What would that be?" The muscular man frowned. "I don''t want my face to be shown on my Identification card, in fact, I want to wear a different style of team rocket clothing." Gan further explained that he wanted to wear a hooded robe with a masked. Of course, it would still have the same color scheme as any Team Rocket member''s outfit. "Oh, this is the first time ever that anyone has made such a request." The Black Suit rubbed his head with a strange expression. "It can be done, but the Team Rocket Uniforms are made from Special material that''s heat and cold-proof, so it will cost you some Merit Points to have one custom made." The Black Suited man grinned and told him where he could have his picture retaken. Gan was still given his Id, he could wait to have his picture taken. The Muscular Man loaded Gan''s Card with 5,000 Merit Points before he left for the Merit hall. There were many other ways to get pokemon, he could even try his fortune in the casino. There was a rumor going around that Team Rocket had gotten their hands on a strange Pokemon called Porygon. Gan had heard a few veteran Grunts talking about it before. Once he arrived at the merit hall, there were tons of different things he could buy as the higher-ups from before had explained. Gan scoped out the list filled with the items in stock, he was mainly searching for TMs. TM Fire Blast: 45,000 TM Thunder: 45,000 TM Blizzard: 45,000 TM Toxic: 3,000 (MP) TM Dazzling Gleam: 20,500 TM Sunny Day: 9,000 TM Dragon Claw: 35,000 ... The list went on and on but he obviously couldn''t afford the best of the TM''s. Gan handed his Identification Card to the man behind the counter. After looking at the Identification Card, he knew Gan was a rookie and that this was his first day. Gan began to explain that he wanted a custom Team Rocket outfit, along with a mask. The color would be within Team Rocket''s color scheme, obviously. The other reason Gan came here was to look at what they had at the Merit area, and it was a lot. The last reason was to get paid, he''s supposed to get 5,000 poke dollars to start. After getting paid and fitted for his custom outfit, he left. Gan would have to pay when the outfit was done, he didn''t want to spend his Merit Points now. However, he was still given the default Team Rocket Grunt outfit until then. Gan asked for a lot, he was given a free map of Kanto. He needed another pokemon other than just Koffing, he wanted to head to pallet town and rob Professor Oak''s Lab, similar to what the rival did in Gold and Silver. "Hmm, I''ll need one other pokemon before heading to pallet town. I''m robbing someone, so this is already a scarce situation." Gan needed to get his hands on some special equipment of some kind. Jesse and James from the show always had a bunch of strange gadgets in order to steal from people. "Hey, excuse me." Just as he was looking at the map in his hands, he heard someone call out to him. Gan looked over and easily recognized the individual, it was the blue-haired boy from that time. "Can I help you?" Gan asked bluntly. "No, not really, but I''m a bit amazed to see that you were the first to tame your pokemon. I thought it would be me, but you beat me to that." The blue-haired boy grinned. "I know you didn''t come here to congratulate me for that, what do you really want?" Gan could see through his facade, he wanted something but he was unsure of what. "Haha, straight to the point are you. I should first introduce myself, my name is Zorn, but you can call me Agent Z." "Agent Z?" Wasn''t he going by the name Agent X, why was there an Agent Z? "Hehe, you noticed. I liked the name you decided to go by at that time, so I thought I''d used the same naming scheme, what do you think? Cool, huh?" The Blue-haired boy''s eyebrows lifted seeing Gan''s reaction. "..." Gan didn''t know what to say. "Well, anyway, me and you are clearly the best among the batch of rookies. One guy got his arm broken by a Sandshrew, another girl got her blood nearly drained by a Zubat because of leech life, and one man was nearly poisoned to death by his Ekans." "What does this all mean, it doesn''t have anything to do with me." Gan had heard that incidents like these weren''t uncommon, so he wasn''t particularly bothered by it. "It means, me and you will have to battle to see who is the number 1 rookie." Zorn held his head high and said confidently. "Oh, so that''s what this is about." Gan shook his head, "I can''t battle you now, we can settle a battle at a later date, I''m busy right now." Gan had other things to worry about, so he couldn''t bother with these little quarrels right now. "What? You don''t want to battle? Are you scared or something?" Zorn''s expression turned dark. "Sigh, how about this, we can battle in 2 weeks when we have a better understanding of things and more pokemon." Gan also wanted to battle to test himself, but he wanted to train first and get more pokemon before that. "Hmm, t-that''s not a bad idea, let''s do it then!" Zorn suddenly calmed down and agreed to Gan''s terms. Gan knew this kid was very competitive, as all kids were at their youth, he was a kid himself and was also competitive. "Okay, it''s a date then, don''t runaway like a baby." Gan laughed and walked away. "A baby? Hey, that''s my line." Zorn scolded and pointed at Gan, who was walking away. Gan didn''t look back and only waved his hand and kept walking. Leaving the base, he was still dressed in his normal clothes from before. "Let''s see, let''s get a few pokemon back on that route from before. Maybe I can catch some Growlithes and Vulpixs to sell. I''ll catch more, then see if I can make it to lavender town to enter than tower if possible." "Okay, let''s go." " Chapter 5 - MisFortune To Fortune! Gan was currently in a battle, his Koffing released a Poisonous smog cloud before floating high into the sky. The opponent was a Vulpix, who was alone at the moment. |Name: Vulpix |Type: Fire |Level: 15 |Gender: Female |Ability: Flash Fire |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Rash |Moves: Ember| Quick Attack| Spite| Disable| Tail Whip| Its talent was pathetic and so was its nature but it was worth Merit Points. Gan had dropped by the Poke''Mart to purchase more pokemon Balls before coming here. The Vulpix wasn''t the strongest and was engulfed in the Smog cloud. Smog had a chance of Poisoning an opponent and sure enough, it did so to Vulpix. The Vulpix started sneezing and Gan commanded his Koffing to tackle the Vulpix. With the defeat of the Vulpix, he tossed a Poke Ball at it, catching it. At this point, he had caught himself 5 pokemon from this area. This was his first Vulpix, he caught 1 Growlithe that had a 2-star Potential, 2 Pidgey''s with a 1-star talent, and 1 Oddish with a surprising 3-star talent. Too bad, Oddish wasn''t Gan''s type of pokemon, but it should sell well with its Potential. Gan really wanted a Pokedex, but they were only handed out to certain people. Gan had also registered at the pokemon center before coming here, so his pokemon could be sent straight to a Pc box if he went over the limit. Koffing had leveled up to 20 and learned sludge, so it could now use a ranged attack. "Growlithe isn''t a bad pokemon, but its Potential needs to be at least 3-Stars or higher." Gan shook his head, he didn''t want 2 stars and below, they weren''t good enough for him. The highest was a 5-star pokemon, which was very hard to find and encounter. This was one of the reasons why a Pc was so important, it would record the pokemon you''ve caught if you didn''t have a Pokedex. However, Gan was selling these pokemon, so he had to make sure he had these pokemon on record. Pokemon were born with their Potential, obviously, but if their potential was too low, it could be raised with Stardust and a Star piece. A Star Piece would raise the Potential of a pokemon by .3 and Stardust would raise it by .1. The ranks were as followed. ¡ï=1.0=Bronze ¡ï¡ï=2.0=Silver ¡ï¡ï¡ï=3.0=Gold ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï=4.0=Platnium ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï=5.0=Diamond So pokemon had a chance to rise, but you needed the items first. A Star piece and Stardust weren''t even sold in stores, so you could only find them on your journey. Gan had seen them on the Merit List, but they cost many merit points to buy. There also weren''t many in stock, to begin with. Gan pulled out some food and started to eat. Koffing wasn''t hungry, so it just floated around doing nothing. "Koffing, that was a good job you did back there, you''ll dine well once we get back to base." Gan made sure to compliment his partner; this would further motivate it. "Koffing!" Koffing did its signature spin to display that it was happy. After eating a few snacks, he went back to hunting more pokemon. This time, he came across 5 Spearow near the forest next to a grassy area. These pokemon were attacking a Rattata, who was bleeding and squealing in pain and fear. Koffing came from its place of hiding and shot a large cloud a Poison Gas out of its mouth. The group of Spearow were caught off guard and engulfed in the Poison Gas. Koffing hadn''t had any problem until this point because it was a poison type and it could levitate, which worked in the same way as a flying type pokemon. Taking Vulpix and other pokemon on wasn''t hard for it due to this. However, there were many Spearow and they could fly and attack together. Gan commanded Koffing to use Sludge. The Spearow that darted towards Koffing was hit directly with a sludge, their levels weren''t that high, so it did massive damage. Gan laughed and tossed 3 PokeBalls swiftly, 2 PokeBalls were targeting 2 Spearow and 1 was targeting the hurt Rattata. The other 3 Spearow were poisoned, so they flew away chirping in anger. "Yeah! Good Job, Koffing! That''s what I''m talking about!" Gan felt joy due to their success. Poison pokemon really were dangerous and had a good advantage in the world of pokemon. "6 Pokemon Caught of a Different Species." Gan checked his status page and saw that the number had gone up. Koffing looked happy itself, as it spun around as usual. "I don''t think there are any other types of Pokemon in this area besides the ones I''ve Caught already." Just as Gan''s words fell, he saw some bushes shivering, then a silhouette lunged at him. Gan was surprised and jumped to the ground to dodge this sneak attack. "Ekkkk!" An ear churning screech could be heard soon after. Gan looked over and saw that it was a pokemon and he easily recognized it. |Name: Raticate |Type: Normal |Level: 21 |Gender: Male |Ability: Guts |Nature: Brave |Moves: Sword Dance| Quick Attack| Assurance| Hyper Fang| Tail Whip| Bite| Focus Energy Seeing Gan being attacked so suddenly, Koffing reacted soon after by spewing Smog towards the Raticate. Gan''s expression drastically changed seeing its status sheet, it was actually a 3-Star pokemon with an attack nature and many moves. The Raticate was fast and dodged the Smog attack. "Sludge!" Gan was pissed, this thing was only targeting him, and had completely disregarded Koffing. Koffing started chucking large balls of sludge at Raticate, but its movements were swift and it dodged every attack. Raticate knew it couldn''t catch Koffing due to how high it was levitating in the air, so it could only target Gan. Just when it wanted to attack, they heard a cry in the distance, there were bird Pokemon flying over. There were 4 of them, but Gan knew it was the Spearow from before. They looked sickly with purple blush on their little cheeks, they were clearly poisoned. Poison wouldn''t exactly kill them, but it would cause them to faint for about 6 hours until the poison left their system. They would only die if they were still getting poisoned while in their fainted state. Behind the 3 was another flying Pokemon, it was a Fearow! These Spearow had actually gone to get help after being defeated! |Name: Fearow |Level: 23 |Gender: Female |Ability: Keen Eye |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Hardy |Moves: Aerial Ace| Fury Attack| Leer| Pluck| Mirror Move| Gan''s expression darkened, its level was higher than his Koffing and this wild Raticate''s. He quickly recalled his Koffing and jumped into a bush nearby. They had already spotted Gan, but the Raticate was the only target visible, so they went for him instead. Raticate used Quick attack on two of the Spearows and knocked them away. Gan wanted to leave, but he stuck around to see what would happen. The last Spearow looked hesitant, but suddenly, the Fearow from before also used Quick Attack by using Mirror Move! "Ekkk!" Fearow tackled Raticate, as it slammed into a tree nearby, doing extra damage to it. Fearow took to the sky again and circled around for another attack. It used Quick attack again, but Raticate was ready this time, it dodged and used Hyper Fang on Fearow''s back. "Cacaca!" Fearow felt the pain of this bite, then it turned around and plucked at Raticate''s head. Once the Raticate was knocked off, it swung its wings and knocked it towards the ground with a thud. Raticate struggled, then sword Images appeared around it and sunk into its body. Afterward, the Raticate''s body lit up with a red light for a second, displaying that it had a stat change. Its attack had risen by 2 stages! Fearow wasn''t intimidated at all and mirror its move, also receiving an attack boost. After feeling the power coursing through it, it once again dove towards Raticate. Raticate also jumped towards Fearow. At that moment, they were both engulfed in a purple cloud of poison. Gan laughed watching his Koffing spew Poison on the two, he also took this time to toss 2 more Pokeballs at the fallen Spearow. They were still poisoned but Fearow was suddenly knocked away by Raticate, its attack had dramatically gone up due to its Guts boost! Gan did this on purpose, he needed both parties to weaken each other so he could reap the benefits. Fearow was obviously going to win despite its talent being less than Raticate''s. Raticate was already nearing defeat. Three-star pokemon weren''t pushovers, he found that out quickly. Raticate struggled to take another step, while Fearow struggled to get up itself. They were both poisoned and Fearow had taken a serious hit from Raticate. Gut + Sword Dance, yeah, he wasn''t doing any getting back up after that hit. "Sludge! Attack that Fearow!" Gan pointed and commanded with a grin. In no time, Fearow was bombarded with Sludge before passing out. Gan had Koffing do the same to Raticate, and it also suffered in the same way. Gan tossed 2 regular Pokeballs at them and caught them with ease. "Heck, yeah!" What appeared to be a misfortune, ended with great fortune. Gan inspected his Koffing and found that it had leveled up twice, it was now at level 22. As for the other Spearow, it was standind on the ground, it seemed like the poison from before had taken its toll, and it collapsed on the spot. It all ended once he caught it. Fortunately, the poison would halt when they were in his Pokeball, so they weren''t under any threats. Sighing in relief, Gan thanked Koffing and sat against a tree. "I don''t know what this place is going by. If it''s going by let''s go Pikachu or Eevee, then there should be some rare spawns in this area." The rare spawn would include Kadabra and Porgon, there should also be some Jigglypuff''s over here. Funny enough, a Jigglypuff walked out of a bush with a look of confusion, because it heard fighting in this area and wanted to check it out. Sadly of it, the fighting was over, so there no one but Gan here. "Oh, hehe, come to me little jiggly!" Chapter 6 - Where To Next! After his time on Route 7, he returned back to Celedon City, it was getting dark at this point. Gan''s harvest was pretty good today, so he was feeling satisfied. He headed straight to the Pokemon Center to heal the Poisoned Pokemon he caught. His Koffing surprisingly didn''t receive any damage during his whole time out. The only thing that needed to be restored was its PowerPoints for his skills. As his Pokemon were healing, he sat down in the Pokemon Center and picked up a magazine. The Title saying, The Strongest Trainers in Kanto! On the cover was the Elite 4. Gan was interested right away and read through the Magazine for a bit. He learned quite a lot from reading this magazine. At this point, his Pokemon were already all fully healed but he still kept reading this Magazine. He wanted to read more about it, so he quietly tossed it into his storage for later reading. After leaving the Pokemon Center, he naturally headed back to base to turn in his goods. When he walked into the Casino, there was a different man watching over the poster. Gan flashed his Identification and was quickly granted access to the base. Team Rocket was always Recruiting but the Recruitment sessions had come to halt for a little while. At least, they weren''t recruiting in Celedon City for a bit. Gan wasted no time and headed straight towards the Merit Hall to turn these Pokemon in. Once he arrived, he could see other Team Rocket Grunts turning a few things in they found. Gan even spotted the guy who got his arm broken by his Sandshrew, he was currently wearing a cast over his arm. Gan walked over to one of the outlets and spoke to the man behind the counter. "I''m here to turn in some Pokemon I''ve caught; they''re all pretty decent but I got a few really good ones.." Gan looked at the Middle-aged man and said. "What do you have? Have you identified their potential?" The man asked Coldly. "I have a 3-star Oddish, 2 1-star Pidgeys, 1-star Vulpix, 1 2-star Growlithe, 5 1-star Spearow, 1-star Rattata, a Powerful 2-star Fearow, and a 3-star Raticate with an attack nature." Gan relayed quickly. The man''s eyes bulged from surprise. "If your lying to me, you will be executed, you do know that, right?" The man spoke grimly. "I don''t lie, check for yourself." Gan handed over all the Pokeballs holding the Pokemon. The man called Gan to the back, then another man appeared to have the Pokemon examined. Within 5 minutes, all of the Pokemon were fully examined. It was as Gan had described; they were all exactly what he said. This was also one of the reasons why they stopped recruitment for a bit. But now, there was Grunt who seemed to be willing to Catch pokemon and sell them to the Organization for Merit Points! The Higher-ups were on their heads about the lack of Pokemon, and if they didn''t live up to their expectations, they would disappear and be replaced. "Yes, yes, we''ll take them all! We''ll hand you the number of Merit Points as followed. We''ll give you 50,000 Merit Points for all of these Pokemon, what do you say? We will also pay you 30,000 PokeDollars." The bearded man said hurriedly. "That''ll do just fine!" Gan quickly agreed. "Perfect!" The man received Gan''s ID and added his point accordingly, they paid him as well. "I also want to buy some TMs right away." He bought Flamethrower, Will-o-wisp, and Protect. Flamethrower Cost 30,000 Mp Will-o-wisp Cost 10,000 Mp Protect Cost 8,000 Mp "Wait just a minute, we were wondering if you would be interested in catching more Pokemon in the future for us?" The Beared Man hurriedly and asked before Gan left. Gan looked back and simply nodded before leaving, he was eager to go, so he didn''t say anything. "Uh, okay." The Bearded man scratched his head, but he was relieved inside. There were sleeping quarters here at the Team Rocket Base, but the bed quality wasn''t so good. Gan decided to find a hotel to live in for the time being. "Hey, rookie!" Just as he was about to head toward the waste area, someone called out to him. Gan turned to see a man around the age of 19 to 22. His hair was short and magenta just like his eyes, he gave off a pretty boy vibe. "Uh, can I help you?" Gan asked bluntly. "My name is Warren, may I ask what your name is, rookie?" Warren smiled and did several hand gestures of introduction by pointing to himself and then Gan. "My name is Agent X, what can I do for you?" Gan asked with a questioning gaze. "Well, I see you''re good at catching pokemon and earning Merit Points, so I was wondering if we could have a.... partnership?" Warren''s eyebrows lifted with expectation. "How would we have a partnership? We''ll have to come to an agreement on how it could benefit both parties." Gan just stared into Warren''s to see how he would react. "This can be done, I have a helicopter that we can use for travel. If you need to go somewhere, you can ask me to take you. In exchange, you give me some of your earned Merit Points, or you can pay me some Merit Points for Travel Transportation." To Warren, this was the best way he could earn points. He was busy around Team Rocket''s base all of the time because of his minor seniority. However, he discovered that Merit Hall''s people were giving Gan a job to catch pokemon to earn points. How could he not take this opportunity to get close to Gan so he didn''t have to stay in the base? If he acted as someone who transported Gan, then they would have to relieve him of his duties. After all, he knew their behinds were on the line because of the lack of pokemon that they could give to recruits. Gan was surprised; this was actually a really good deal he thought. This was something he was worried about the most. He wanted certain pokemon from certain areas, but it may take too long to get there on foot. "I think this is a good deal, I''ll take it." Gan agreed after some minor thinking. "Haha, good, good, you won''t be disappointed! Are you planning to leave today or tomorrow? When?" "I don''t know exactly, but I might leave tomorrow after doing a bit more exploring." Gan wanted to check the area out near Pokemon Road. In the games, Snorlax was always blocking this path and you would need the pokemon flute to wake it up. "Okay, if you have any place to be, you can find me at the Merit Hall." Warren talked to Gan a little bit more about Team Rocket''s situation and left. Gan quickly made his way back to the waste area and released Koffing to eat as much as it could. On his way here, he saw many people battling in the training room and bonding with their pokemon. As Koffing was eating its fill, Gan sunk into deep thought. He had joined Team Rocket to get a Pokemon and hide behind the Organization''s wealth. Most Team Rocket members only had 1 to 3 Pokemon, he didn''t know why but it could be because they were too scared to confront more pokemon due to the dangers of it. Gan would know! The only Pokemon he had now was his Koffing and a Jigglypuff with a surprising 3-Star Talent. He obviously wouldn''t want a Jigglypuff on his team, but he didn''t want to give it to Team Rocket either. Speaking of Teams, Gan came to the conclusion that he needed a Gym challenging Team and a Team Rocket Team for both his separate identities. Gan was given 3 Premier Balls at the Pokemon Mart because of a sale going on. Every 10 Pokeballs of any sort you bought, you would be given 1 Premier Ball free. He analyzed the Premier Ball, it was all white with a red line running through the middle belt of the Pokemon ball. As plain as it looked, it really was a beautiful ball. After putting the ball away, he decided where he would go tomorrow. "I''ll head to Mt. Moon tomorrow, I heard there may be some Fossils there as well. I should give it a check, I may also challenge the Gym Leader there for a badge." Gan needed an Identification to fight Gyms, but the Pokemon Center would provide that for him if he paid a fee for a Picture ID. Team Rocket wasn''t super active now, they would only appear every now and then. There was actually a reason for this; this was because Giovanni the Boss of Team Rocket instructed them to strictly recruit now and keep a low profile for a bit. Unknowingly, Koffing appeared in front of Gan. "Oh, you''re done already?" Gan looked at Kofffing, then looked into the waste area. The waste had been reduced by quite a bit. "Koffing!" Koffing spun around to confirm that it was done. "Okay, it''s time for you to learn some moves." Gan stood up and took out a TM Disc and placed it on Koffing''s head. The Disc lit up and turned into particles before sinking into Koffing''s body. Gan used all of his TMs on Koffing and it learned new moves. |Name: Koffing |Type: Poison |Level: 22 |Gender: Male |Ability: Levitate |Nature: Bold |Moves: Smog| Tackle| Poison Gas| Selfdestruct| Sludge| Will-O-Wisp| Flamethrower| Protect| "Perfect!" After teaching Koffing some new moves, Gan left Team Rocket''s Base and checked into a hotel. The hotel was quite expensive with a trainer having to pay 3,500 Pokedollars a day just to stay. Gan took off his clothes, he really needed to buy more sets of clothes later. Taking a shower was refreshing before he jumped into his bed. Koffing laid on a Pokemon cushion seat and fell asleep. Gan pulled out that Magazine from before and read most of it before falling asleep. Chapter 7 - Celadon Citys Department Store! The next day, Gan got up and left the hotel to the Celedon''s Department store. However, he ate breakfast at the Team Rocket base first before leaving for this place. This place sold just about everything including Evolution Stones, TMs, and Clothes. Once he entered, there was a woman sitting behind the counter wearing a black woman''s style suit. She greeted Gan once he walked through the door with a half bow, and he did so in return. Walking towards the elevator, he saw a poster of what was sold on every floor. First Floor: Service Center Second Floor: Trainers'' Market Third Floor: Trainers'' Trading Area. Fourth Floor: Wiseman Gifts Fifth Floor: Accessory Market Roof: Relaxation Space & Vending Machines Gan walked over and saw what was on sale and wasn''t surprised since he played the game already. One of the men sold regular Pokemart items, while the other guy sold TMs! Dragon Tail: ?20,000 U-Turn: ?20,000 Iron Tail: ?50,000 Water Fall: ?40,000 Tri-Attack: ?30,000 Bulk Up: ?12,000 Shadow Ball: ?60,000 Hyper Beam: ?120,000 All TMs were one-time uses before they would disappear in the chosen Pokemon''s train of thought. Gan Bought Bulk Up and left to the Third Floor, he wanted to catch a Machop to add to his team later. He really wanted to buy Shadow Ball but it was too expensive for him right now. As for the Second Floor, people gathered and traded Pokemon here. "Trading my Mankey for a Hitmonlee, does anyone have a Hitmonlee?" Some weird guy with drowsy eyes yelled out for all to hear. Gan looked at him like he was an idiot, he wanted someone to give him a Hitmonlee for his Mankey, what a joke! Gan didn''t stay on this floor and went up to the 4th floor to have a look. Upon arriving, he saw a girl with a Pikachu, she was currently buying a beautiful green stone. The Stone had a yellow bolt of lightning in the middle of it. ThunderStone! The Pikachu stood on her shoulder, staring at the Thunderstone in amazement. As soon as she bought it, she put it into her bag for later use. There were special Backpacks in this world that acted like those storage devices in those fantasies. However, they were extremely expensive to buy. Gan saw them being advertised in the Magazine he read last night. Apparently, there was a sale going on but it was still pricey even with the sale lowering the price. Gan analyzed the Pikachu''s status. |Name: Pikachu |Level: 25 |Gender: Female |Ability: Static |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly |Moves: Thundershock| Growl| Play Nice| Electro Ball| Thunderwave| Double Team| "Not bad, but sadly it has a minus Special Attack nature." There was a way to change the nature of a pokemon, with these items being sold in stores. The girl didn''t have such a backpack or Gan would have started having thoughts of robbing her when she was alone. The girl turned to Gan as she passed by him before looking away and heading upstairs. Gan walked towards the counter and saw many Stones for sale. The typical stones from games, movies, and series were present. This floor was luxurious, especially its pink carpet. The clerks were all women in different outlets on this floor. They sold clothing for certain small pokemon like Pikachu, Eevee, Vuplix, Growlithe, and more. Of course, they had many clothes for humans as well. These people mainly catered to cute pokemon, so a Koffing wasn''t included in anything that could be considered cute. "Hey, boy, are you looking for anything in particular, I have a sale going on right now, so you''ve come at the right time." As Gan was browsing around, he heard a sweet voice call out. Gan turned to see a woman with long brown hair and green eyes smiling at him. She gestured him over to have a look at the clothes she had on sale. She looked like a beautiful lass from the games, but better. Next to her was a Meowth that just stood up looking around happily. ''What in the world, this isn''t a street vending, why do you need to call me over?'' Gan thought to himself. Nevertheless, he walked over anyway to see what she had to offer, he was tight on cash right now. "So, what is your budget?" The woman asked with a smile. Gan already saw where this was going, he knew this salesman''s strategy. "?6,000," Gan said with a smile. "So stingy!" The woman almost fell out of her chair hearing his budget. She looked at Gan strangely, was this kid out of his mind coming here with such a small budget? It wasn''t bad in other places, but this was where the rich hung out. "So, what do you have for me with that budget?" Seeing Gan smiled, she wanted to kick him away. But it was already too late, she had to save face by selling him something around that budget. "I''ll do you one good, I''ll sell you these two outfits for ?6,000!" She displayed two outfits. One was black and appeared to be an expedition outfit. It came with black boots, a Black jacket, Black Pants, and a black t-shirt underneath. The next one was also all black. There were black jeans, black gym shoes, it came with a hat similar to red''s but black, and a black t-shirt with a Pokeball on it. Gan settled for these and thanked the woman with a wide smile. Her mouth twitched, as she shooed Gan away. He learned that they custom-tailored things here, but he could have Team Rocket do that for him. Afterward, he headed to the 5th floor and bought some Fresh Water, Lemonade, and Soda Pop. On his way down, he bought antidotes, paralyzing Heal, and 1 Super Potion. Happily, there wasn''t a Snorlax hanging around Route 16 this time. Gan walked between the white fences and saw many pokemon running around in the grass. Some were coming out of the forest and eating berries on the bush. Razz Berries weren''t sold in Celedon for some strange reason, so he could only go to another City to buy them. He saw many bird pokemon over in the area, mainly. There were many Pidgeotto and Doduo, these were the pokemon he needed to add to his catch dex entry. However, when he saw their levels he almost turned run! Their Levels all ranged from 34 to 36! Then, suddenly a 3 headed bird jumped out of the forest and scared all of the other pokemon away. This type of Pokemon ruled this area, it could be no other Pokemon but Dodrio! |Name: Dodrio |Level: 35 |Gender: Female |Ability: Early Bird |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Calm |Moves: Double Hit| Quick Attack| Agilty| Pluck| Pursuit| Fury Attack| Rage| "Nope!" Gan turned around and left right away. It was time to find Warren and head to Mt. Moon. Once he returned, it didn''t take him long to find Warren. Gan had a radio walky-talky device and he gave Warren his call line and so did Warren. After taking a mysterious tunnel inside the Team Rocket base, he came to a place filled with all types of weird machinery. Large machines that had arms on them that could subdue people and Pokemon alike. Warren headed over to his Helicopter, he showed the Team Rocket manager of this area his Card. This also showed that Warren owned this Helicopter but the man in charge already knew this without Warren having to show him. But this was just protocol. "Alright Agent X, where do we go first?" Suddenly, somewhere in the wild, the ground opened up and the helicopter emerged from it. "To Mt. Moon!" Looking down, he looked towards the forest they were flying over. This was the first time he has ever been on a helicopter or even seen one in person. "Mt. Moon? This is a good place, there are a few Team Rocket members stationed there. They don''t like it but they''re okay with it because of the rumors about fossils." Warren thought this was a perfect place to catch Pokemon, but Zubat was dangerous in groups, so he had to be careful. "Yeah, I''m trying to catch as many as I can. Speaking of which, how long have you been in Team Rocket?" Gan suddenly asked. "I was 16 when I joined Team Rocket, I''m 21 now, so 5 years already." Warren grinned strangely, he hadn''t really accomplished anything all the while and remained as a senior Grunt. "I''m 16 myself, but I don''t plan to stay as a Grunt forever, just you wait." "Oh, really? How far do you think you can reach?" Warren was surprised, he once had these dreams but he was too scared to explore any further. "Admin." Suddenly, the helicopter went into chaos until Warren finally got things under control. "W-what the hell! Are you trying to kill us!?" Gan was shocked. "S-sorry, it''s just words were too surprising." Warren wiped the sweat off his forehead, this guy wanted to become an Admin? That was a really big dream! They flew for about an hour before reaching Mt.Moon. There was a small TeamRocket Base in the forest next to Mt.Moon that they landed at. This base wasn''t lively at all and it wasn''t big either, it was more of a small outpost than anything else. There were mostly Grunts here but there was one Team Rocket member here with the Rank of Spy. Some of the Grunts nodded and greeted Warren and he did the same. They didn''t recognize Gan because he was new and he wasn''t wearing a Team Rocket outfit like Warren. Gan simply flashed his ID and they went back to what they were doing. They took a car about the size of a golf course vehicle but slightly bigger, to advance towards Mt.Moon. After reaching a certain distance, they came across a forest, so they would have to walk at this point. "If you walk through this forest, it will lead you to route 3. Once you get there, you''ll encounter a Pokemon Center." Warren still sat in the vehicle and gave Gan some directions. Gan knew what scene he would be met with, it was the Pokemon Center right before entering MT. Moon. "Wait, you aren''t coming?" Gan thought Warren would come but he didn''t seem to have any plans on going. "No way, forget that it''s too dangerous!" Warren Frantically shook his head. "How do you expect to grow if you don''t face dangers, you''ll always stay at the bottom with the way you think." Gan shook his head and proceeded to walk through the forest towards route 3. "....." Warren lowered his head in deep thought. Chapter 8 - Mt. Moon Exploration Part-1! In no time, Gan shortly arrived on Route 3 where there was a Pokemon Center present. There were a few people sitting outside of the Pokemon Center in hiking and camping gear. Gan didn''t exit out of the Forest for them to see, so he went down a little so no one would see him emerge from the forest. After Exiting the lower part of the forest, he saw 2 Pokemon Battling. It was a Sandshrew and a Mankey going at it. Sandshrew had a high physical defense stat, so the Mankey was having a hard time dealing with it. Gan didn''t care about their little battle and had Koffing spew Poisonous Gas throughout the grass. Other Pokemon in the area were sadly poisoned from this and emerged from their place of hiding among the bushes. Gan''s eyes went wide from surprise when he saw one of the Pokemon! It was a Rare Spawn, a Charmander! Gan didn''t plan to have a Charizard join his team but he needed it for his Pokedex entry. He had 31 PokeBalls, so he was going to be in Mt. Moon for a while. The only Pokemon not affected by the Poisonous gas was Ekans, who actually took this gas as an advantage. Ekans slithered quickly and caught a Rattata who was dizzy and slowed from the poison. Gan Commanded Koffing to use Flamethrower on all of these Pokemon. He checked their levels and found that none of them exceeded level 10. Gan was chucking Pokeballs like he was a Baseball player. These Pokemon couldn''t resist and were caught with ease. The Charmander was only a 1-star Pokemon, so its Potential was too limited. Gan caught two of each Pokemon except for Charmander, which didn''t appear anymore. 2 Sandshrew, 2 Ekans, 2 Mankey, and 1 Charmander. As for the other Pokemon in this area, they were already caught and added to his future Pokedex entry. Koffing didn''t level up, but he did receive experience from this little bout. After spent an hour here, he went over to the Pokemon Center to heal the Poisoned Pokemon. "You came?" Gan was stunned and said unconsciously. However, Warren had switched clothes and was no longer wearing his Team Rocket uniform. He wore brown baggy pants and long sleeve Black shirt, with a black and brown beanie hat on his head. "Of course, I thought about what you said and decided to come along. Is there something wrong?" Warren coughed slightly with a little flush across his face. "Nothing, it''s good to see you coming around." Gan patted his shoulder with a wide grin. "Ahem, whatever, let''s head to Mt. Moon already." Warren walked off towards the entrance of the cave and Gan followed behind him. Once they entered the cave, they could see lighting all around, so it wasn''t dark. The entrance to the Cave was well made and managed. "Be careful when you walk, you could end up stepping on a Geodude." Warren warned. Geodude buried themselves halfway underground, so kicking or stepping on them by mistake happened a lot. Some of the people that made this mistake usually got their legs punched and broken by the Geodudes. "Damn!" Gan stopped and started walking carefully to prevent this. The lighting on the 1st floor was a little too bright for Zubat, so they hung out on the 2nd floor or lower levels most of the time. There was light on these floors as well but not as much of it as it was on the 1st floor. Gan and Warren saw a few hikers camping in this place and eating food over a fire. He was sure that there were more people in this cave, maybe somewhere on this floor or on the other levels. As they were walking, they spotted a Pokemon with two mushrooms on its back. It was a Paras. Warren was surprised, and a fire burned in him for some reason seeing Gan so motivated. "I heard Mt. Moon has Clefairy around here, where can I find this Pokemon?" Gan suddenly asked. "Uh, I don''t know. They''re the rarest Pokemon in Mt. Moon, so I couldn''t tell you where to find them." Warren shook his head helplessly. Gan nodded and didn''t say anything. They kept walking, then they spotted 3 Geodudes gathered together. Poison-type moves were Not Very Effective on Geodude, but Geodude was weak on the Special Defensive side. Their levels weren''t high either, being only between levels 6 to 8. Koffing levitated over and shot multiple sludges at them. They all took heavy damage, but they didn''t faint or get poisoned from the attack. They couldn''t do anything, they only had tackle as an offensive attack, so what could they do? In mere seconds, they all fell the same, and Gan caught them all the same. Sadly, they all had 1-Star Potential like always, it was a little depressing to Gan. Warren noticed this and wanted to say something, but the words got caught in his throat. He didn''t know why Gan was suddenly feeling and looking so depressed when he was happy not too long ago. ''Maybe my fortune will be better on the 2nd floor.'' Gan thought to himself. Afterward, they both took the ladder down to the Second floor. The lighting here was dim but still manageable. "I want a Zubat, this is one of the Pokemon I want to add to my team." Warren suddenly said happily. He was worried about how to deal with so many at once since they mostly travel in big numbers. Gan saw that one of Zubat had a 3-star talent, and he told Warren that it was the best one of them. He didn''t care about a Zubat, he only wanted it for his entry. Just as Gan was dealing with the Zubat, the ground shook which almost stumbled Gan and Warren. A huge figure casted a large shadow over Gan and Warren, it was a long snake-like creature with a tall rocky stature. |Name: Onix |Type: Ground/Rock |Level: 10 |Gender: Male |Ability: Sturdy |Nature: Serious |Moves: Harden| Tackle| Rock Throw| Rock Tomb| Bind| Onix Roared and sent many rocks flying over with its tail. Gan jumped to the ground to dodge and so did Warren. However, the Zubat that were flying around were hit and fell towards the ground. "Shit! That was close!" Gan looked at Onix with shock, but he quickly calmed down, it was only at level 10. "Go! Venomoth!" Warren suddenly took the Pokeball off his waist and summoned it. Venomoth appeared from its PokeBall and Warren instructed it to use Psybeam. With that, a Purple beam shot from its mouth towards Onix. Gan took this time to analyze the Venomoth. |Name: Venomoth |Type: Bug/Poison |Gender: Female |Ability: Shield Dust |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Psybeam| Sleep Powder| Poison Powder| Signal Beam| Stun Spore| Confusion| Gan looked at Warren like there was something wrong with him, he was scared to explore places with such a strong Pokemon! "What is the world coming to!?" At that moment, Onix was blown back by the Psybeam and crashed into some rocks. Many Geodude leaped out and started floating around with faces filled with anger. The Onix didn''t faint because of his Ability Sturdy. "Catch it, now!" Warren suddenly said. One towards the Onix and one towards a fainted Zubat, which was a 2-Star Zubat. With that, he caught 2 new Pokemon. However, once he caught these two, he heard a Notification. [Ding! Congratulations, you''ve caught more than 15 different species of Pokemon!] [Mission Unlocked!] Mission Name: Road To Completion! Mission Objective: Catch 35 Different Species Of Pokemon. Mission Rewards| ? Pokedex ? StarPiece (x2) ? Silph Scope ? Moon Stone (x1) Gan was shocked and wanted to look at the mission more, but he couldn''t until the group of Geodude rushed over to attack. They had no one else to take their anger out on other than Gan and Warren. Gan looked over at the group of Geodude, there must be about 10 of them. However, something stood out to Gan, it was a Geodude with a weird Red Fluctuation of Aura over its rocky body. |Name: Geodude |Type: Ground/Rock |Level: 11 |Gender: Male |Ability: Rock Head |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Rollout| (SP)RockSlide| Defense Curl| Tackle| Rock Polish| Gan''s mouth went wide from Joy, it was a 4-Star Pokemon! Geodude wasn''t bad, and Golem was just as good. The move rock slide isn''t even a move it should have this early on, it was clearly a very special Pokemon. The Aura, Potential, and move Rock Slide said it all. Warren looked over at Gan strangely, why was he suddenly so happy now? Was it because of the Onix he caught or was this guy Bipolar? These thoughts circulated through his mind for a bit before he pointed his attention back to the group of raging Geodude. "Ah, yes, it looks like party member number 2 has been found.." Gan smiled and commanded his Koffing. Chapter 9 - Mt. Moon Exploration Part-2 Confronting the Geodudes was easy for Warren and Gan. Well, it was easy for Warren because he simply had his Venomoth put them to Sleep with Sleep Powder. It flapped its wings and flew above the group of the Geodude as it released some type of Blue Spore. They may be many, but their levels were too low and they couldn''t fight the status effects. Gan delightfully caught his new Geodude and added it to his party. Gan thought highly of this Geodude''s potential, so he caught it with a Premier Ball instead of a Regular Poke Ball. Gan was all laughs, but that battle probably attracted some attention. He wasn''t worried because he had Warren with him for extra ?ssurance. This time, they kept their Pokemon out during their travel, it would be bad if they were attacked when their Pokemon were in their Poke Balls. Gan carried all of his Pokemon in him, they didn''t transfer to the Pc like they normally should. This was mainly because he needed a Pokedex and an Identification from this Process to work. Gan currently didn''t have the sufficient funds to get an Identification. Gan played with the Premier Ball by tossing it up with his hand slightly, his face beaming. "You''ve caught several Geodude already, why did you catch it with such an expensive Ball? And why are you so happy about catching one extra Geodude?" Warren looked flabbergasted, he simply couldn''t understand Gan''s change of emotions. "Oh, it''s just that, well, that Geodude was bigger than the others, so it was a special type." Gan quickly made up something. "Special? Was it really bigger than the rest?" Warren said. "It was." Gan said with a serious expression while nodding. Warren had no choice but to believe Gan, this was probably how he was able to tell that the Zubat he caught was special. Venturing further into Mt. Moon, they didn''t see anything in particular. They only saw the same Pokemon that they had caught before. Venomoth flapped its wings behind Warren as it followed them both. ''Dang, its wings are a little too loud, aren''t they?'' Gan wondered what was the point in sneaking when this Venomoth''s wing moments were enough to wake the dead. Gan was leading the way, so he turned; hinting at Warren that Venomoth was too loud. Warren understood and turned to Venomoth to tell it to lower the sound of its wings. This wasn''t hard a task for Venomoth to do and it was accomplished. Gan''s Koffing had reached Level 23 from the last confrontation with the Geodudes, so it learned Smokescreen. After walking, they came across a man camping by himself drinking tea, he had the typical Stereotypical Donut haircut. "Ah, hello young fellow, are you guys lost by any chance." After sipping the tea he warmed up with a campfire, he looked over at Gan and Warren. He used this fire to also keep the annoying Zubat away. "Not really, we''ll be continuing onward." Warren spoke and looked at Gan; letting him know to ignore this old man. "Hold up! I have a sale going on, I can sell you some repels to keep the Zubat away." The old man''s eyes strangely flashed with a brilliant light as he looked at the two. "...." Gan. "How much are you selling them for?" Warren was a bit interested. "I''ll sell you 15 Repels for ?9,500, it''s a good deal, huh? Hurry up and buy them!" The Old smiled strangely, with a look of greed. "?9,500?" Gan looked at the man with disgust, while Warren suddenly looked at him coldly. This guy was clearly a scammer, but he sold these items for the person''s convenience sake. Repels cost ?350 at the PokeMart, so if he bought 15 of them from there, he would only have to pay ?5,250. The man rubbed his hands in anticipation, he must have been confident that they would buy from him. Seeing this, Gan was sure that this man had been doing this for a long time, and he was making a killing doing it. Suddenly, the old man was engulfed in a blue powder, then he tilted over and fell asleep. Gan rushed over to catch the man before he fell over and maybe bump his head on a rock; laying him down gently. "Haha, I like your thinking!" Gan complimented and Warren smiled, as they stole all of his Repels and even the PokeBalls he had on sale. The Old man even had a Luxury Ball on him for sale, so how could Gan not steal this? Gan also stole 20 Pokeballs from the man, but he still left the old-timer with his Pokemon. After robbing the man, they quickly vacated the scene. Even if the fire went out, no Zubat would attack him because he had some type of repellant incense around him. Gan felt a little bad, but when he thought about how the man tried to scam them, it went down the drain. Gan was overjoyed, he robbed ?18,000 from the man. Both he and Warren split the cash evenly as they advanced through Mt. Moon. The lighting was poor and the man looked like he was having a hard time seeing them, so Gan didn''t believe that he would be recognized. There were no Police in this area, so robberies happened a lot in Mt. Moon but the thieves were always Team Rocket members. Gan originally had only 18 Poke Balls, but now he had +20 now. Warren didn''t care about the Poke Balls and let Gan have them all. Warren looked at Gan strangely, he wondered where he put all of those items he had stolen. Did he perhaps have a storage Backpack? "What?" Gan could see that Warren was eyeballing him. "Ah, nothing, let''s keep going." Warren didn''t bother to ask and they continued forward. Gan knew what he would ask, and he honestly wouldn''t know how to reply to that question. They once again came across another ladder going downward. They didn''t hesitate and they both went to check it out. The lighting was the same as the previous floor, but the space on this floor was huge. Gan and Warren could see some craters in the ground, some small while some wide and big. There was legend saying that Clefairy came from the Moon and so did Moon Stones, and that they crash-landed here long ago. They kept walking but they stopped when they saw 2 people ahead. They were wearing Green and dressed like a bunch of Boy and Girl scouts according to Gan''s opinion. However, they were clearly campers who had come here to explore. "I found it, I found one!" The boy jumped in delight and revealed what he had found to the girl with him. The girl came over with a glimmer in her eyes, as she looked at the item. Gan could see the item perfectly because it shined a little through some of the darkness. It was Purple, Yellow, dark green and it was a stone, to be exact, a Moon Stone! "Once your Nidoran (M) evolves into a Nidorino, you can evolve it into a NidoKing!" She was elated to see that her boyfriend had found a Moon Stone. These stones were not sold in stores, so you could only find them if you were fortunate enough. Just as they were rejoicing, a Smokescreen covered the area and blindsided them. "W-what''s going on? The girl held her Boyfriend''s hand, so they didn''t get separated. "Don''t mind us, we''ll just be taking that Moon Stone, hehe!" At the sound of Gan''s voice, they were stunned but hearing his words; their expression turned grave. Too bad, at that instant; a blue powder swept over into the smokescreen. "N-nooo!" The boy could feel that he was getting drowsy, but they both couldn''t resist. It was clear that he wouldn''t have his Moon Stone when he woke up. Gan and Warren waited until the Smokescreen cleared to walk over. He took the Moon Stone out of the Boy''s hand and held it up. "I''m gonna need more Moon Stones if I want to complete my Pokedex, I also want a NidoKing anyway." Gan shamelessly put the Moon Stone away without looking at Warren. Warren''s mouth twitched, but he didn''t say anything. Gan dug through their belongings and found a note inside the girl''s bag and 2 unused Poke Balls that he took. Looking at the Note, he read it. Note 1. When the Moonbeams white, they emerge and dance in Delight, under the ritual of the Moonlight. ..... Gan only saw one sentence and nothing more. Afterward, he showed Warren who seemed to understand it right away. Gan also understood it, it seemed to be talking about Clefairy. After taking the Moon Stone and their Poke Balls, he sprayed them with a Repel before leaving. "Don''t tell me I have to wait until night to actually catch a Clefairy?" Gan frowned, would he have to pull an all-nighter? "Then I won''t tell you." Warren looked over at Gan with a smile. "........" Continuing onward, they saw a huge space with several craters in it. They weren''t deep, so you could walk over them with no problem. The roof of this place was open and the sunlight was beaming in from the top. Gan and Warren looked ahead and saw a small pathway, similar to a maze but Gan was certain that it wasn''t a maze. However, at that moment, they saw a Pokemon leaving the Pathway. It was plump with big eyes and it had a pouch holding an egg on its body. It was a Chansey! Gan forgot that this type of Pokemon was in this Cave. |Name: Chansey |Type: Normal |Level: 11 |Gender: Female |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Defense Curl| Refresh| Pound| Tail Whip| Double-Edge| "Refresh? This will do me some good when my Pokemon suffer from status effects." Gan already had plans for when he caught a Chansey, he wanted to use it during his Johto adventure instead. Unfortunately, it was a Special Attacking nature and not a Special Defensive one. "Hey, I may need help catching this thing, its Defensives are pretty good." Gan turned to Warren and asked. "Uh, sure." Warren shrugged and looked towards his Venomoth. "Good! Let''s go Koffing!" Chapter 10 - Mt. Moon Exploration Part-3 Chansey noticed Gan and Warren and was spooked instantly. Chansey turned to run and Gan gave chance with his Koffing ahead of him. "Damn!" Warren cursed and ran as well to follow Gan. Chansey wasn''t a fast pokemon by any means, its little stubby feet could only run so fast; if that could even be considered fast. Chansey was a kind-hearted Pokemon that healed Pokemon and people that were wounded or hurt in any place they dwelled or came across. It became a favorite to use in Pokemon Centers long ago. Gan watched his steps as he ran, as to not step on some Geodude or fall into a slightly deep crater and injury himself. "Flamethrower!" Gan called out and commanded. "Koffing!" Flames spewed like a beam of fire towards the Chansey. Chansey was hit in its back and it was sent rolling forward before landing back on its feet and running again. "It really is a Tank!" The Chansey looked like it just shrugged that Flamethrower off and kept running! Afterward, it was hit with a Psybeam from Warren''s Venomoth. Once it was hit, it bounced forward like a Big Pink Bouncy ball. The level difference was huge, but the Chansey was still ready to get up and run! "What the heck!" Gan was slightly stunned. He knew it had high Special Defenses, but damn! "This Pink Blob won''t go down!" Warren said Grimly, he saw these things in Pokemon Centers all of the time. He never imaged that it was this tough of a Pokemon, was it because of its fat? "Put it to sleep or use Stun spore on it or something!" Gan hurriedly and said. There were rumors that the Pokemon in the location of Chansey would protect it because they recognized it as the Medic of the place, and because it had saved them on many occasions. Warren was aware of this rumor but Gan wasn''t, so how could he let it get away and call for help? Gan wanted to summon his Geodude but it was asleep currently. "Give it up, Chansey, and come with me, hahaha!" Gan laughed and commanded his Koffing to use sludge on it. It didn''t matter if it got poisoned, it could heal itself with Natural Cure once he caught it. "C-chance!" Chansey uttered these words as it looked at the Sludge descending on it. "Chance? That''s something you don''t have." Gan smiled happily and continued to have his Koffiing bombard it with attacks. Gan tossed a Poke Ball at the Chansey, he really wanted to catch this Pokemon. It shook left, then right, then left, then... Chansey broke free from the Poke Ball! "You''re still going against me? Koffing beat it up some more until it learns when to give up!" Gan looked at the Chansey with a smile. Koffing showed no mercy and continued to attack the Chansey. "Okay, it''s enough." Gan saw that the Chansey was good and beat up at this point, so he tossed a Great Ball at it this time. It was finally caught by Gan. Gan sighed, he felt bad beating it up after seeing its helpless and sad expression. "Don''t worry, I''ll take good care of you." Gan picked the Great Ball up, then attached it to his waist belt. Geodude''s Premier Ball was also attached to his Belt. His Geodude had also leveled up when he caught Chansey. There was a way in how this worked. Koffing''s experiences would reverberate through the Poke Balls and into the Minds of his Pokemon. They would see Koffing''s battle experiences in first or third person and learn from his fight and get experience from it. Chansey gave a lot of Experience when being defeated. Geodude leveled up to 12 and was nearly at level 13. Gan carried the other Pokemon in his Void Space and not on his belt, so they didn''t receive any Exp. Koffing benefited and received a high amount of exp, but it didn''t level up. "Damn, that was a tough Pokemon, huh?" Warren was surprised at how tough Chansey was to take down. Gan was no different, he could only imagine how hard it would have been if it was a higher level and he had no Pokemon with any physical attacking moves that could take it down. "Yeah, very tough. This type of Pokemon has a high Defense and Health stat, so it''s hard to take down despite the experience(Level) difference." Gan said thoughtfully. Chansey was always an annoying Pokemon in competitive Pokemon play, especially with the Eviolite Stone. "I think we should wait until night and see if the Clefairy will come out. Maybe they''ll only be around at night time when the Moon was casting down." Gan remembered the short poem and came to this conclusion. "Stick around in the cave at night, this is a little too much, isn''t it?" Warren didn''t like the idea of waiting around in a cave during the night, but Gan didn''t blame him. "Don''t worry, you should also catch a Clefairy, it''ll land you some good Merit Points if you turn it in." Gan grinned and gazed at Warren who suddenly grew silent. Warren knew how rare and how hard it was to catch a Clefairy, so they should land him a lot of Merit Points. "Sigh, okay, but stop smiling like that, it''s kinda creepy." Warren couldn''t help but say. Gan shrugged and took a seat on a rock in the corner of the cave and waited. Warren didn''t know what more to say and walked over to sit next to Gan. "Hmm, just a question, I noticed that you, well, have some mood swings every now than then." Warren coughed slightly and said. "Mood Swings? What do you mean mood swings, are you saying I''m mentally disabled or something?" Gan''s eyebrows knitted, this was the only thing he was getting from his words. "Well, yeah, kinda, you were happy then sad, then happy again, I don''t understand it." Warren spoke flatly, he thought Gan had a mental disability! Gan frowned hearing this. "Being happy and disappointed at one point doesn''t count as having a disability. I was only happy because I got a good Pokemon and sad because the Geodudes from before were rubbish." "I guarantee you that I don''t have such a disability." Gan shook his head. "Oh, my bad. I wasn''t trying to offend you, I was just being sure and asking. I have nothing against the mentally disabled, after all, my mom was mentally disabled before....." Warren stopped there and went silent for a while. Gan looked over at Warren, he seemed to be thinking of something, but he could tell from his words that his mom was no more. "Sorry about that." Gan said. He had his parent before transferring here, and he could expect to see them again no matter what but that was different for Warren. "It''s nothing man, it happens to the best of us. We just don''t know where we''ll end up in life, we may find ourselves doing something we never thought we''d do." Warren sighed emotionally. "Why did you join Team Rocket, then?" Gan asked curiously. "Opportunity, it was just me and I had nothing, so I joined during their recruitment sessions." Warren took his hat off and rubbed his eyebrows, as he was flustered a bit. "I''m guessing you never found that Opportunity, huh?" Gan had already gauged this a while ago. "I haven''t." Warren tilted his head and rubbed his magenta hair before sitting back. They talked for a while before Gan went to check on those Campers Kids from before. They were gone, they probably went to report that they had been robbed but Gan didn''t care. Zubat came into the cave through the open hole in the roof of the cave. Onix emerged from the ground and started slithering about with its rocky snake-like body. None of the Pokemon bothered with Gan and Warren due to the horrible smell of the Repels. They didn''t smell bad to them, but to Pokemon it was horrible. As they were looking at all of the events unfold, they heard a shout through the cave. The sound of what seemed to be a battle was taking place somewhere in here. Gan and Warren looked at each other with thrill and curiosity in their eyes, then they smiled at each other before walking off towards the sound. The place they were going led to a different area in Mt. Moon. It took them 8 minutes to cross over to this area, but it was easier because all of the Pokemon stayed away from them. Some of them even looked at Gan and Warren with disgust, deeming them as smelly humans. Gan didn''t know what to feel having something that could be considered an animal looking at him like that. Pokemon were basically creatures or animals that could use powers and had high intelligence, well, at the very least could understand human speech. Following this, they arrived at the scene and took cover to check in on the situation. There were two Beautiful women fighting 2 Clefairys! One of the women had long blonde hair wearing a black skirt and shirt, and regular black gym shoes and knee socks. The other looked more like a tomboy with short hair, she wore shorts and a normal t-shirt, but her figure and face got him knowing that she was a woman. The woman that seemed to be a Tomboy was using a Nidoran (F). The other woman, who was blonde was using a Jigglypuff. Gan analyzed the Clefairys and saw that one of them had a 2-star Talent while the other had 1-star talent. Gan rubbed his hands together with a grin on his face, he had to take these 2 Clefairy! Chapter 11 - Mt. Moon Exploration Part-4 Final! Gan and Warren watched the battle from afar; hidden behind a few tall rocks. The battle was going smoothly for the two women. Nidoran(F) had the advantage against Clefairy since fairy types were weak to Poison. Clefairy, like most Pokemon, weren''t idiots and could clearly understand that they were going to be defeated. Suddenly, Clefairy opened its mouth, it started to Sing; this move would put people to sleep, allowing it to flee afterward. This was the main reason it was so hard to catch for most people that hunted it. "Damn, cover your ears!" Warren''s expression changed, and he quickly covered his ears with intense pressure. Gan couldn''t react in time and felt drowsy before falling to the ground and asleep. On the other end, the two women were prepared for this and had special Ear Mufflers on. The Tomboy sneered and commanded her Nidoran(F) to use poison sting. Meanwhile, Gan started to snore and drool as if he was enjoying his sleep. He was already tired anyway, so this made sense. "This guy....!" Warren was speechless, but he started to shake Gan in order to wake him up. Unfortunately, this didn''t work, so he had to use drastic measures to wake him up. "Pa~!" Gan was slapped in the face and he woke up instantly, it was almost as if Warren used the move Wake-up-Slap! "Muthafu...." Gan didn''t finish and held his cheek tightly while glaring at Warren like he was crazy. "Hey, you didn''t wake up, so I had to slap you to wake you up, do you want to miss this opportunity?" Warren pointed in the direction of the battle. Gan looked over while still holding his cheek. The battle was concluding at this point. The Clefairy saw that the women didn''t fall asleep and turned to flee. Clefairy leaped away, it looked more like it was skipping away more than anything else. Its soundless footsteps gave off a pink wave every time they touched the ground. "Jigglypuff, don''t let them run, double slap!" The Blonde quickly commanded. "You too Nidoran(F), don''t let them run!" The Tomboy also spoke up. The Clefairy that was hit by the Poison Sting ended up getting poisoned, but that didn''t seem to affect it all, no, it wasn''t phased at all. Yes, this was Magic Guard. Nidoran(F) was fast and easily caught up with the Clefairy and tackled one of them with a Poison Sting before switching to the other Clefairy. Jigglypuff bounced over strangely and started slapping one of the Clefairy like it owed it money. Both Clefairy dropped to the ground motionlessly. "Yes, Nice!" Both women said in unison, they took out their PokeBalls and tossed them to the chosen Clefairy. However, at that moment, two other Poke Balls came over before theirs and caught the Clefairys. "What!?" Their PokeBalls didn''t connect and hit nothing but air. "W-who?" Both of them had terrible expressions. The Poke Balls shook and eventually, the Clefairy were caught. With cloudy expressions, they looked towards the source of these Balls. "Oh, sorry, sorry, my hand slipped but it looks like I somehow caught two rare Clefairys, what a good day!" Gan smiled as if he was ignorant of the situation and ignored the death glares he was receiving from the 2 women. Meanwhile, Warren was holding in his laughter behind the rocks, he had to tightly cover his mouth to prevent it from leaking. Gan picked up the PokeBalls and tossed them into storage before looking at the two women, who were looking him coldly, even with a hint of killing intent! "Oh, there were people here, sorry, I was just passing by, you two have a nice day!" Gan turned and suddenly started running! "Shameless!!!" The two women screamed in unison and commanded their Pokemon to attack Gan. Venomoth came from its place of hiding and sprayed Sleep Powder over both their Pokemon. Both Pokemon were reduced to a sleepy state and dropped to the ground mid-run and bounce(Jigglypuff). "Fuck, FUCK!!" They were so pissed that their faces turned red, completely unfitting of beauties. Gan was too fast; running into the darkness and disappearing. "We have to find that bastard, dare to steal from us so blatantly!" The Tomboy was furious and couldn''t wait to get her hands on Gan, she wanted to choke him to death if she caught him! "I hate thieves!" The Blonde clenched her fist and went over to check on her Jigglypuff. Elsewhere. "Hahaha! That was friggin amazing, I''ve never seen someone casual steal in that way, then tell them to have a nice day!" Warren had tears in his eyes from laughter, this had to be one of the funniest days in his life. "Well, If I ran over they would have probably attacked me right away, so I had to walk over like I was an idiot." Gan stuck his arms out in a somewhat helpless manner, then he handed Warren the PokeBall with the 1-star Clefairy. They sprayed themselves with Repels and quickly headed back over to the area they were waiting at before. Once they arrived, the Moonlight was beaming through the roof of the cave onto the floor of the cave. Gan and Warren were shocked, not because of the Moonlight but because they saw many Clefairy dancing in the Moonlight! There were about 9 of them saying their names, indicating that they were singing a song, not to get it confused with the move Sing but joyously. "Crap, so we robbed those two women for nothing!" Gan''s face fell, but there was no use in thinking about the past. Gan analyzed them all, but suddenly a Clefairy walked towards the middle of the singing and dancing group of Clefairys. Upon further inspection, they saw a familiar stone in the center of where the Clefairy was approaching. Moon Stone! "When the hell did that get there, it wasn''t there before!" Gan''s face twitched, did he overlook it, or was it because the Moonlight would reveal Moon Stone quickly? It had evolved. |Name: Clefable |Type: Fairy |Level: 12 |Gender: Male |Ability: Cute Charm |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Careful |Moves: Disarming Voice| Sing| Pound| DoubleSlap| Growl| The nature wasn''t bad, it was a Special Defensive nature, but unfortunately, it was negative Special attack nature as well. The Clefairy that were gathered around celebrated happily with the transformation of their comrade. "Warren, I have to have that Clefable. I really need you to put it to sleep." Gan looked at the Clefable, but it had already blown its chance to learn future good moves by evolving so early. Nevertheless, he needed it for his future Pokedex entry. "I got you... Venomoth, put them all to sleep and make sure you definitely get the big one." Warren also wanted to catch another Clefairy himself, he surprisingly wanted to add one to his team. Gan already told him that the one he had wasn''t that good. Venomoth silently flapped its wings through the darkness of the cave. It wasn''t near Gan and Warren, but it could still hear Warren''s command. It stayed away from them because they smelled to it. This time, Venomoth used more Sleep Powder than usual due to how big the group was. Sleep Powder could be dodged because of how slow it descended on its foes, but the Clefairy and Clefable were too busy celebrating to notice. The Sleep Powder landed on them when they looked up after seeing Venomoth''s shadow casting through the Moonlight. Sadly for them, it was already too late, they dropped to the ground and fell asleep. They had never been attacked while doing their ceremony, how could they have seen this coming? Gan''s main priority was to fill his Pokedex and collect all of the Gym Badges. Collect all 8 and fight the elite 4, then head to Johto and eventually Hoenn. Of course, he could head straight to any region he wanted to, but he wanted to go in order. Gan slowly walked over to avoid those crazy Geodudes before arriving at the Clefairy circle. He quickly threw a Poke Ball at Clefable, then he looked through the group of Clefairy. There were mostly 1-star Clefairys, but he saw a few 2-stars. |Type: Fairy |Level: 11 |Gender: Female |Ability: Magic Guard |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Disarming Voice| Sing| Pound| DoubleSlap| Growl| He couldn''t find a 3-star Clefairy, but he decided to catch 3 other Clefairys anyway. Warren caught the one Gan pointed out and deemed good before they left the scene. One had to know that Fairy, Dragon, Ghost, and Psychic-type were the rarest. There were literally only 5 Fairy type in Kanto and 3 Ghost and Dragon-type as well. Pokemon such as Igglybuff and Cleffa needed have their parent holding a certain item to born as these Pokemon from an egg. Deciding that, they continue to travel deeper into the cave. Eventually, Gan and Warren ran into a few Team Rocket Members who attempted to rob them. However, once they saw their IDs, they decided against it. These Team Rocket members still showed them contempt when they saw that they were from the Celadon City Branch. "I can use a bed right about now." Gan sighed and kept walking. They soon came to an area where they saw many people of all sorts digging with mining equipment. "What are these people doing?" Gan mumbled. "Well, they''re looking for fossils, have you heard the rumors around here? I thought everyone was here for the same reason, but apparently not." Suddenly a voice was heard at Gan and Warren''s side. Gan and Warren looked and saw a man with a yellow working helmet that had a light on it. He wore a full yellow protection suit of some sort while carrying a shovel. His utility belt had different types of brushes attached to it, clearly to use for brushing fossil gently and removing them. The man also had one PokeBall attach to his utility belt; hinting that he was a Pokemon trainer. "Fossils?" Gan seemed to have thought of something, as he rubbed his chin that had no hair with a slightly sinister grin. Chapter 12 - Grand Theft Fossil! This place was lit up heavily with every part of the cave walls having lights hanging upon them. No Zubat dared to come over here with so much light. Many people of all ages were in here digging and searching for fossils, but no one found any yet. People weren''t the only thing digging, they had their Pokemon there digging with them and providing ?ssistance. The Pokemon they mainly used for labors was Mankey, Machop, and Geodude. One guy had an Onix ?ssisting him, so his time digging looked to be smoother than most here. There was a generator here, that would be powered by Magnemite once the power ran out; this was to keep the lights on and going strong. Magnemite fed on electricity and minerals alike, so they could only feed them minerals because they needed their electricity. They had even hired a nurse to help them if they had any casualties. This was a nurse from the Pokemon Center, she even brought the machine that was used to heal the Pokemon here. Gan was in disbelief seeing and hearing all of this; this the same for Warren. "I would love to start digging for fossils as well, but me and my buddy are a little tired." Gan wanted to dig for fossils as well, but he was too sleepy. "No problem, we have an area where there are many tents set up, you can get a tent and come join us later." The man in yellow smiled and suggested. "That''ll do, but do you guys have food too, I''m kinda hungry." Gan added. "Indeed, we''re well prepared for this digging expedition." The man wasn''t lying from what Gan heard and was seeing. Gan and Warren were led over to a small area where a woman was severing food to people in line. ''Who is investing in this project?'' Gan couldn''t help but think after seeing all of these things. They were both able to eat and were shortly guided over to an area where nothing but tents were set up in. This place had plenty of light, they even gave people a sleep eye mask to block off the light. The light was mandatory to keep Zubat away, so they couldn''t just simply cut it off for people''s convenience sake. Gan and Warren set up their own separate tents. The tents had special padding in them to prevent the hard ground from causing you discomfort. He did his standard push-ups and sit-ups before going to sleep. "I found one, I found a fossil!" A middle-aged man leaped in joy and took out his brush to excavate it by getting rid of the dirt around it first. Everyone ran over and gathered to see if he found one, and to also see what type of fossil it was. Gan made his way through the crowd to see the fossil with his own eyes. After breaking his way to the front, he finally got a look at it. It was brown because of the dirt, it was shaped sort of like a seashell, with the shell going into a spiral and curling inward. It was a Helix Fossil! Gan grinned and looked at the man who found it, to see that he was overwhelmed with joy. "It really is a fossil, what type do you think it is?" Some guy in brown asked in excitement. "I don''t know, there are many fossils, so I couldn''t tell you." Some old man shrugged, he only came here because his grandson wouldn''t let it rest. After 30 minutes of excavating the Fossil, he finally took it out of the ground and showed everyone. Gan looked at the man again closely before disappearing into the crowd and leaving it. Fossils were rarer than he thought, so he had no thoughts of believing he could find one so easily. There was only one thing to do in this situation and that was to steal it! The Pokemon that came from the Helix fossil was obviously Omanyte. This Pokemon wasn''t extinct as everyone thought, as some roamed the ocean even now. Just as Gan was contemplating, Warren came over. "What are you thinking, wait, I already know the answer to that." Warren looked at Gan smugly, he knew exactly what this guy was thinking. "Of course, to steal it." Gan lifted his eyebrows and said bluntly. "Thought so." Warren laughed. Gan looked back at the crowd and left to find the nurse of this place. He gave the nurse his PokeBalls and she healed his Pokemon up. The crowd had dispersed at this point, everyone found out from some expert that it was a Helix Fossil; something Gan had already known upon the first sight of it. Gan asked Warren to monitor this middle-aged man closely. The man put the fossil in his backpack and continued to dig happily, he was feeling really good about himself now. Gan summoned his Geodude and fed it some pokemon food he got from the nurse of this place. They were all called Nurse joy, but they all had different personalities and hairstyles. After Geodude enjoyed some Pokemon Food, Gan patted its head and welcomed him to the team. Geodude just nodded in delight and called out its own name as usual. Gan grabbed a couple of shovels for himself and Geodude to start digging. Gan started digging with Geodude, they dug for hours on in but found nothing. He wasn''t surprised at all, but this made him even more motivated to rob that fossil. Warren walked over and told Gan that the man was done digging, and that he was heading towards his tent. They had already heard that the man planned to sell the fossil to the museum in Pewter City. "Stop, Onix, wait a minute!" The man with the Onix commanded his Onix to stop digging since he seemed to have spotted something. The middle-aged man walked over and was shocked and soon elated. "I found two Fossils!!" The man''s voice sounded throughout the cave, causing everyone to look his way in surprise. Gan and Warren, who were following the Helix fossil man suddenly stopped and looked at each other with surprise. Like the last time, everyone gathered around the man to see what type of fossils he found. "He found 2 at once, how is this possible!?" A woman was stunned. "This is crazy, two people found some fossils in one day, has this ever happened before?" The old man from before was now stunned. "Look at them, one of them looks the same as the fossil found by Felix earlier." Another woman said. "It''s another Helix Fossil, so what''s the other one called, then?" "The other one is called a Dome Fossil. From the looks of it, these two were fighting each other, and eventually, to the death it seems." A man with a monopoly mustache came over and said. "What? These two were fighting to the death? That''s why they are so close to each other?" The Onix man asked with surprise. "Correct! The bones are in good condition but they''re starting to get brittle." The monopoly mustache man continued. "I heard that on Cinnabar island, they''ve found a way to revive fossilized Pokemon from the dead." The man rubbed his mustache and inquired. "Reviving fossils? Is something like that even possible? What pokemon is revived from this Dome Fossil and what type is it, I love rock types the best!" The man was further excited, he had no idea about fossils being revived. He was going to sell them at first but if he could revive them, then he didn''t want to anymore. "The Helix Fossil naturally revives Omanyte, while the Dome Fossil will revive Kabuto! They''re both Water and Rock-type Pokemon!" The man said with his head raised, he took pride in his ''knowledge.'' "Fuck! I hit the jackpot!" The Onix man cursed in excitement. "Hey, watch your language, there are kids here." Someone in the crowd complained. "Ah, sorry, sorry, hehe!" The man was thrilled and started to excavate them right away. This process took the man 2 hours to do. This was because he was afraid he might destroy them after hearing that they were showing signs of being brittle. During this time, Gan had already left for the tent area. He had his Geodude scurry over to scout the man''s tent with the Helix Fossil only, he was still awoke and admiring his newly acquired fossil. As he was doing this, Warren and Gan snuck over after checking the area. Warren slowly and stealthily unzipped his tent, then Gan''s Geodude snuck up behind the man since his back was facing the tent entrance. Geodude knocked the man over the head, then Warren slowly laid the man down, who had fainted. Gan quickly grabbed the fossil and tied the man up with rope that was used by the miners, he also taped Felix''s mouth closed. The Onix man slowly walked to his tent with his newly acquired Fossils, he recalled his Onix before entering this area. Many people had congratulated him already for his fortune, but he was going to be unfortunate really soon. Suddenly a smokescreen covered the whole area, everyone was stunned and looked around. "Someone used a smokescreen!" Some random guy called out. "Ugh!" The man holding the fossils was tackled through the smokescreen by Koffing. Geodude was at his feet and caught both fossils before quickly floating over to Gan. "I can''t see anything, can someone clear this smoke out!?" Some man hollered, who dared to use smoke here? Gan switched his PokeBalls as well when the smoke cleared. Once it was cleared, Gan spoke up. "Oh my, gosh, someone attacked the man with the fossils!" Gan walked over to check. "Someone has robbed him, who could be so evil?" Gan said with a shocked expression! Everyone gathered and helped the Onix man up and also woke him up. Warren''s face twitched when he saw Gan''s acting. ''Why don''t you be an actor instead?'' Warren silently cursed Gan for some reason, but he quickly found it funny. "Who robbed me, who the hell did it!? Show yourself!" The Onix man was pissed to the extreme and started grabbing a random man''s collar in his rage. "Wow, calm down!" Two men quickly defused the situation, but they understood his anger. "It''s clearly a guy who has a Pokemon that can use Smokescreen, we should check everyone''s Pokemon!" The Pringles man from before came over and said, as if he was a detective. "Perfect! Everyone show me your Pokemon!" The man held his head from the tackle of Koffing and looked on with bloodshot and commanding eyes; clearing enraged. Gan was the first to show his Pokemon, revealing Geodude, Chansey, and Clefairy. He had put his Koffing into his Void Storage. This thing came in handy since no one would ever notice it; perfect for stealing. Warren did the same and summoned his Venomoth, clearing his name. Gan proclaimed loudly that he was turned off by this thief and that he didn''t want to dig for fossils anymore. Everyone nodded as to understand and even a few had returned back to Cerulean and Pewter City. Gan and Warren went back to the way they came, he and Warren were heading toward Pewter City. The Onix man passed out from anger, he couldn''t find the thief and Felix was later found tied up and robbed as well! Chapter 13 - Pewter City! Gan and Warren traveled back through Mt. Moon, at least the way they came. They both came across quite the amount of Zubat, there had even been a few 2-stars that Gan caught. A 3-star even appeared, but it was caught by Warren. Exiting the cave, they walked towards the Pokemon Center. There was a man standing outside of the Pokemon Center selling something in a large fish tank he had set up. "Selling Magikarp, each one is sold for ?500, you can choose to eat them or train them!" The man dressed in the typical white-collar job suit. Many people looked at the Pokemon being sold but looked away once they saw what it was. Magikarp wasn''t looked upon well by most people, they only saw it as a Pokemon that could be eaten and nothing more. Of course, Gan wasn''t ignorant to think this, who in his previous world didn''t know what Magikarp could accomplish once it evolved? "Hey, young trainers. I''m selling some Magikarp, what do you say, do you want to buy one?" The man hurriedly and spoke when he saw Gan and Warren walking over. This man had stationed his fish tank near the Pokemon Center. "Magikarp? Let me see." Gan looked at the fish, there appeared to be 6 of them swimming in the fish tank. Gan had never seen this type of fish tank before, it was a magnetic fish tank that would attach together with magnets. The salesman could deconstruct and reconstruct it with ease, so it did well for traveling. "Are you really going to buy such a useless Pokemon?" Warren knitted his eyebrows and looked at these Magikarp with disdain. "They have the potential to grow, have you seen what they evolve into? If you did, you wouldn''t be saying that." Gan replied then started inspecting the Magikarp. All of the Magikarp had 1-star, but there was an oddball of the group that had 3-stars. |Name: Magikarp |Type: Water |Level: 5 |Ability: Swift Swim |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly |Moves: Splash| It didn''t even know tackle, but Gan thought it would be a waste if someone came by and decided to buy this Pokemon and eat it. Without thinking any more about it, he purchased this Magikarp. It was easily caught with a PokeBall and became Gan''s quickly. Gan was originally broke, but after robbing that con-artist in Mt. Moon, his funds were up. "Haha, thank you for your patronage!" The man bowed slightly then put the money in his pocket with a smile. The guy was clearly a fisherman, who came here to sell the Magikarp he had caught. "Hey, have you heard, there''s been a series of robberies in Mt. Moon. It''s so bad that the guy who did it has a nickname now." Just as Warren and Gan were leaving towards Route 3, they heard a conversation. "Oh, I heard about that, you must be talking about the guy name Ghost Hands. I heard he stole from 2 Kids and 2 women, and even from the Old conman of Mt. Moon!" The teenager recalled this and was shocked. "It must be Team Rocket, it has to be them. They''re taking advantage of the fact that the Police are more concerned about that Poacher Organization!" Another Teenager around Gan''s age said with anger. "Damn, fu?k Team Rocket!" The group of boys started cursing Team Rocket thinking that they could possibly get robbed if they went through Mt. Moon. ''Ghost Hands? Is that what they''re calling me?'' Gan was speechless. "Hehe, looks like you have a nickname, good for you." Warren squinted his eyes with a smile as he looked at Gan. "It''ll be the last they hear of me, because I won''t be around here anymore." Gan shrugged, he didn''t think he''d hear it anymore. They continued to walk down route 3 and came across some troublesome Pokemon. Pokemon such as Sandshrew and a few more would ignore humans, but this wasn''t the same for Mankey and sometimes Ekans. Gan and Warren had no choice but to beat these Pokemon and put them in their place. Gan had even caught a few of them, mainly Ekans, since they were one of the favorites of Team Rocket. Other than that, it was smooth sailing to reach Pewter City. Pewter City was bigger than Gan originally thought. This place was Centered around rock type Pokemon. This was also good for keeping Pokemon from Viridian forest in check, should they decided to attack anyone from the City. Gan was curious about what those teenagers were talking about; it was about the Poachers. He asked Warren about it and he broke down a few things about them. It was the Pokeballs they used to catch these Pokemon. It was the Legendary DarkBall! This PokeBall boosted the strength of a Pokemon but turned it evil and corrupted. Giovanni was using this Poacher Organization as a distraction to keep the eyes of the Police out of Team Rocket''s business. Thus, it wouldn''t be the Police that took Team Rocket down, but instead, it would be a kid named Red later on! Gan couldn''t believe it, just what type of Pokemon world did he land in? This Organization was mainly active in Johto, but they had some doings in Kanto as well. Warren and Gan headed towards a few houses in the area. Pewter City was a place of history and showed many things of old times. There were statues of people, and even some were on a Rapidash''s back. There were residence but not that many. Gan followed Warren, who knocked on the door of a large house. The man opened the door slightly and asked who it was. Warren whispered Team Rocket Forever and the man opened the door right away. "Oh, my...." Gan was stunned, it was just like the entrances from those spy movies back in his world. The large man looked at Gan and asked him if there was something wrong. He looked at Gan coldly; if he was a spy of some Police affiliation, then he would have to kill Gan on the spot. "Relax, he''s new and has never been to the Pewter City''s base before, don''t get carried away!" Warren looked at the man with killing intent. "Ah, I didn''t know, you go ahead." He already knew Warren was a Real Team Rocket member and that Gan''s ID was the real deal, it couldn''t be faked. Gan and Warren got onto an elevator and descended into the Pewter City Team Rocket base. Once they got off the elevator, he could clearly see the difference between Celadon and Pewter City''s Team Rocket bases. The floor had a rocky look to it; it appeared to be made out of some strange stone. Celadon''s Team Rocket Base had Red Carpet all around with a few marble floors. Both of them weren''t wearing their outfits, so they got strange stares, but they didn''t need to prove who they were. Gan wanted to take and shower and turn in a few Pokemon here. He only wanted to turn in a few for money and Merit Points, so he could get an ID made at the Pokemon Center afterward. Gan was new to this place, so he didn''t know where the Merit hall was, but Warren did. Under Warren''s guidance, they made it there in a flash. "I was allowed to do as such, but that isn''t important, we want to trade some Pokemon in for Merit Point and Money." Warren said bluntly. "What do you have? I hope it''s something new other than the typical Pokemon on Route 3." The man sneered, there were too many grunts bringing in these typical Pokemon. "I''ll be selling a few Clefairy, so is that the typical Pokemon you get every day? Because if it is, then I''ll head to another base that''ll appreciate them more." "Clefairy?" The man''s eyes lit up and looked at with surprise. "Are you really selling Clefairy? If you are, we''ll take them all!" The man hurriedly and said. Clefairy was a pain to find and even if you found them, you''d be put to sleep if you weren''t prepared. "I have three for sale, with one having a Silver Potential(2-Star), how much are you willing to give?" Gan inquired. "For three, I''ll give you 10,000 Merit Points for all three and ?5,000!" The man smiled and said. "I see you don''t take me seriously, so I''ll go elsewhere!" Gan turned around and proceeded to walk away, he knew he was being ripped off! Even Warren''s face changed hearing the amount he was going to give him. "Wait! How much do you think they''re worth? We can negotiate a price, so don''t be so quick to leave!" The man''s voice turned cold. "Don''t try that damn act with me, you''re trying to fu?k?n? rip me off, fu?k you!" Gan was done with these people thinking they could just boss him around. "You..! To talk to me like!" The man couldn''t believe Gan would disrespect him like this, he was merely a grunt. "Then stop trying to rip him off and give him a reasonable price!" Warren looked at the man with a stiff expression. "Okay, what do you want to offer?" The man gritted his teeth, he had ripped off a few grunts before but Gan wasn''t apart of this Branch. "?30,000 for the 2 Bronze Clefairy and ?45,000 for the Silver Clefairy. I also want 30,000 merit Points for both." Gan quickly walked over and stated his price, his demeanor had completely changed. "Why don''t you grab it!?" The man was outraged hearing Gan''s unreasonable price. "Hey, you tried to rip me off, it''s no telling how many Grunts you''ve ripped off here. I come from the Celedon City Branch, this Branch is often visited by Giovanni and Executives. I wonder what they''ll think if they knew you were starving Grunts out of getting stronger?" Gan had put on no face and revealed what the man had really been doing. "W-what are you talking about? Are you trying to blackmail me?" The man started to sweat, he knew Giovanni favorited the Celedon City Branch the most, so he could get reported if they investigated. "I am." Gan said bluntly. "....." "Just pay him the money, or else. You''ve scammed enough Grunts already." Warren also intervene. ..... ..... Moments later, Gan was heading towards the shower room to clean himself. He put all of his clothes he wore into the washing machine before getting into the shower. Gan only had one pair of und?rw??r, so he needed to head to a store in Pewter City to buy himself more und?rw??r. He could only wait until his clothes from before were cleaned and dried off. After waiting 2 hours for this, he finally left Team Rocket''s base. Warren had run into an old Rival of his when he first joined Team Rocket, so he stayed behind. The guy had a Primeape following him everywhere. Gan was given a City map, so he could know where everything was here. The first place he went to was a clothing store to buy und?rw??r, he bought 15 pairs for himself before leaving. Afterward, he went over to the Pokemon Center to get himself a Trainer ID. To have a Trainer ID made, he needed to pay ?10,000. This was also the only way to challenge Gym Leaders, so he needed one ASAP. Nurse Joy had his Picture taken and he had to wait 30 minutes before getting it. He also bought a Badge Case Holder. Gan sighed, he was doing a lot of walking today. He took a seat on a bench to relax, he pulled out some lemonade from his Void Storage that was still cold. All he needed now was a Pokedex, so he needed to complete that mission in order to get one. He had thought of robbing Professor Oak of a Pokedex, but he had to consider that it might be trackable. "It''s a good thing I can get one in a mission." Gan started to contemplate on what to do next. "Hmm, Viridian Forest or the Gym Leader?" Gan mumbled to himself. Chapter 14 - Grunt Dispute! Believe it or not, Gan had a lot to do in this city, he also wanted to find the time to visit the Pewter City Museum. Gan relaxed and savored his Lemonade while looking at the people passing by on the street. He had already decided on what to do next, he wanted to battle the Gym Leader, but if he couldn''t put a solid team together, then he''ll settle for Viridian Forest. There was a Challenge when fighting a Gym Leader. Gym Leaders would always have Pokemon to match your level. Gan could fight the Cinnabar Island Gym Leader now and he would pull out Pokemon at Gan''s level to battle him. However, the max level to lower their Pokemon to was 10, and no less. Gan had to properly prepare for the Gym Battle, but his first choice was a Sandshrew for sure. He had a 2-star Sandshrew in his Possession, currently. His other choice was a Mankey, who was also a 2-star, he didn''t want to use Geodude because it had no Super Effective moves against ground and rock type. They were both at level 10, so their move pool was fairly small. Gan was certain that a No Guard Machop would easily destroy this Gym. Gan summoned the two and reviewed their status, they were only going to be used for this Gym. |Name: Mankey |Type: Fighting |Level: 10 |Gender: Male |Ability: Anger Point |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Lax |Moves: Karate Chop| Low Kick| Leer| Focus Energy| Fury Swipes| |Type: Ground |Level: 10 |Gender: Male |Ability: Sand Rush |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Poison Sting| Sand Attack| Defense Curl| Rollout| Rapid Spin| The Mankey''s nature was trash but its ability was amazing if he could make it happen. Sandshrew gave Gan more confidence, but he wished it had a Ground move. Gan had taken care of business in this city, so he wanted to train with these 2 guys since they were the key to his victory. He quickly headed back to Team Rocket''s base to Practice at the Training ground. "Okay, guys, you two were fighting each other in the wild before I caught you. So, I know you guys have some sort of beef with one another. This time, you two will be practicing for a very important match." Gan looked between the two and they both looked at each other seriously. He really wanted to get his hands on a Psychic-type, preferably Abra, so he could get an Alakazam. Alakazam and Kadabra should allow him to have a telepathic connection with his Pokemon. This would increase his battle prowess without Gan having to orally speak his orders. Gan had Sandshrew practice its Rollout move, he needed it to get used to this move in a day. He also had Sandshrew come out of it Rollout move mid-roll to used Poison sting on a few targets that were set up. Mankey was doing standard push-ups in the meantime. "Again, practice this combo, it''ll be very useful. Your rapid spin attack should help a lot since it will raise your speed." Gan also knew that if Brock''s Onix tried to bind it, it would fail because of rapid spin. It could blow away hazards, stave off bind and wrap with ease, so Sandshrew was perfect for this gym. Defense curl worked well with Rollout as well; all of its moves were so well in sync with one another. Like all Gyms, they had a time when they would close, so he may have to battle today or tomorrow but he was hoping to battle today. The Pewter City Gym Closed at 10:00 Pm but it was currently 3:23 Pm. Gan gave his Sandshrew some Fresh Water after it trained the same move and combination for an hour. Mankey was doing Target Practice, he had to karate chop a fast-moving target, which it failed to do. "Let''s slow it down a bit for you." Gan pushed the bu??on on the machine and the movement slowed. Mankey didn''t say its name like some Pokemon, but it gave a cry like that of a monkey from his world but not nearly as loud. "Use Focus Energy then attack the target, you may score a critical hit which will deal double the damage." Gan instructed and said. But it wouldn''t deal double the damage, it would do more than that because of its ability. Gan didn''t know how much exactly, but against a Rock-type Pokemon, it would surely OHKO it with ease in most cases. Rock-type were usually very defensive Pokemon, so it remained uncertain in some cases. But that was if he could land the attack. Mankey did as it was told, as its body lit up with green and red light for a second before steam emerged from its head. It continued to strike out at the target to no avail. "You got this! Hit it where it hurts!" Gan loudly proclaimed to Mankey. Suddenly, Mankey struck out, the target which couldn''t be broke before was hit. The area where it was hit flashed with red light for a second, then the sturdy target collapsed! "That light, what was that?" Gan was stunned, it had never been able to break this target but it broke when that light flash on it. After thinking about it, Gan could roughly guess what that red meant. It was a Critical Hit! Its weak Point was exposed! "Who knew watching Pokemon and Training Pokemon could be this fun, hahaha!" Gan laughed, he was really enjoying this world so much. "Mankey, come here and take a break, you did really good!" Gan signaled Mankey over with his hand and pulled out some Pokemon food and Fresh Water. "Mekmek!" Mankey''s eyes formed into crescents then it started jumping and clapping its hands before it started eating. Sandshrew was done drinking its water, it seemed to want to train again. "What''s this, you treat them like their human or something. Are you really apart of Team Rocket or some imposter?" Suddenly a voice came over Gan''s way, interrupting his train of thought. Gan turned to look and see who it was. The Man looked m?tur?, but what he said didn''t sound as such. He stood around 5''11 to 6''0 or so, he had jet black hair and blue eyes. His skin was slightly tanned and he wore the typical Team Rocket uniform but without the hat. His eyes looked cold and distant as he gazed at Gan with question. "Well, of course, these guys could decide whether I live or die out there in the wild when I''m exploring. They watch my back, and I feed, take care of them, and show them the proper respect they deserve." Back in Gan''s world animal cruelty was a crime, he wouldn''t treat his pets or friends this way. These creatures grew with him and would save his life out in the field, they were like buddies to him. Sadly, he couldn''t understand a single word they said; that''s why he wanted a psychic type Pokemon. "They''re supposed to listen to you, they''re slaves to our needs and nothing more!" The man looked at Gan coldly before looking at his Mankey eating happily. He knew Mankey was the type of Pokemon that was angry all of the time, so why was it happy now? "Well, that''s you, but don''t expect to progress as well in the future, so you can go on ahead now and mind your business." Gan shook his head, he didn''t have time to explain anything to someone who had already made up his mind. "Okay, then how about a battle? I want to see just how much you think being buddy-buddy with slaves will go?" The Man grinned and took the Pokeball off his waist; clearly preparing for a battle. "Oh, I could use a battle, something I haven''t done yet. I accept this challenge, let''s go!" Gan signaled Mankey and Sandshrew to back away and watch. "Good! Get out here, Ekans!" Ekans was summoned from its PokeBall as it hissed upon entry. |Name: Ekans |Type: Poison |Level: 11 |Gender: Male |Ability: Intimidate |Nature: Timid |Moves: Poison Jab(TM)| Poison Sting| Bite| Leer| Wrap| ''Not bad, but it has a negative Physical Attacking nature.'' Gan took the Premier Ball off his waist and tossed it; summoning and revealing Geodude. "Geodude!" However, Once it entered the field, it shivered when it looked at Ekans, then its body flashed Blue before it came back to itself. Its attack had dropped by 1 stage because of Ekans'' Intimidate ability! "Hehe, it looks like your attack won''t be as strong anymore." The man said mockingly. Gan ignored the man and commanded his Geodude to use Rock Polish. Geodude''s body started to sparkle like someone was cleaning its rocky body. "Attack Ekans! Poison Jab!" Ekans quickly slithered over to Geodude while it was using Rock Polish. At that moment, however, it was done with its Rock Polishing and Gan immediately had Geodude intercept the Jab. "Dude" Geodude quickly caught Ekans'' tail which was engulfed in purple poisonous liquid. "Throw it!" Geodude spun its body and tossed Ekans away. Ekans'' body was like a spring as it landed safely in the distance. However, once Ekans and its Trainer turned to look for Geodude, it wasn''t there anymore. "Rock Slide!" Ekans looked around in confusion until he heard Gan''s voice. A space opened over Ekans and rocks came tumbling out of the void. "Quickly, dodge it!" The Man hurriedly and yelled. Ekans was stunned seeing the rock coming out of no where, but it snapped out of it and used its body as a spring to bounce away. Many Team Rocket grunts had been watching from the beginning and even talked amongst themselves; making bets while at it. The rocks slammed down on the ground; conjuring up a dust cloud from the pulverized rocks. "There!" The man pointed at Geodude, and Ekans was easily able to locate Geodude before it slithered over to attack, "Bite it this time, and follow it up with a poison sting!" The man said coldly. Ekans opened its mouth and bit at Geodude. The Aura of this attack was covered in Dark Energy because it was a Dark-type move, so if this move hit a psychic type, it would deal serious damage. "Geodude, use your newly acquired speed to grab its mouth, then slam it into the ground!" Gan stuck his hand out with all 5 fingers pointing at Ekans. Geodude moved fast and appeared in front of Ekans at surprising speed, it grabbed its mouth and slammed it face into the ground. However, its tail came flying over its body like a scorpion, Geodude didn''t need to hear Gan''s command to dodge this. It quickly let go of Ekans'' head and its tail slammed into the ground. Geodude already had some poison on its hands from the counter earlier, but it didn''t get poisoned, fortunately. Tssss! The acidic poison bubbled on the ground when it connected. It was a good thing these attacks weren''t so effective on Geodude''s typing. Ekans was hurt badly from that last attack, its head had been slammed into the ground. A snake''s head was their weakness, it was the best way to shut down a snake of any sort, even in Gan''s world. The first thing you had to go for was the head to stop it from doing anything. Ekans was obviously different since it could attack with its tail. It seemed sluggish now, it didn''t look like it would last long. "Defense curl, then follow it up with a Rollout!" Gan said with a smile, he knew this battle was his now. Geodude''s body bulked up in size, then it decreased back to normal size. This process took 5 seconds to complete before its body flashed red; indicating its stat change. Ekans was already coming over to attack after its trainer had given it the order. Gan sneered in his heart, this Ekans looked exhausted already. Geodude spun and started to rotate rapidly as it rolled out towards Ekans. Ekans seemed to feel the danger of this attack and froze on the spot, wondering what to do. "Attack, what the hell are you doing!?" The man screamed seeing his confused Ekans. But it was too late, Geodude was already upon Ekans, it slammed into Ekans'' head directly, sending it flying across the training room. It eventually landed with a thud before its eye pupil displayed strange whirls in them. It was knocked out! "Damn, it froze up, how useless!" The man recalled his Ekans in disbelief. "How long have you been a Team Rocket member?" Gan walked over to his Geodude and patted its head and asked. "A week! Why?" The man gritted his teeth and answered. "You did a good job Geodude, relax a bit." Gan recalled Geodude and stood up and continued. "That answers a lot, well, it looks like I won, so if you don''t mind, I''ll continue my training." "Answers a lot? What do you mean, speak clearer!" The man''s eye twitched, why was this guy trying to sound so mystical? "I said it earlier, come back and battle me whenever once you''ve learned more about it. I could use battles like this to hone myself." Gan was telling the truth, Geodude had actually leveled up to 13 with that fight. "Tsk! Whatever, this isn''t over, I''ll be back to rematch you some other time." The man took a good look at Gan''s face. "Also, what''s your name?" The man asked before leaving. "You can call me Agent X." "Agent X? That''s clearly not your real name." The man looked at Gan with raised eyebrows but nodded in terms of it. "My name is Arlo, don''t forget it." The man started to walk away afterward, but what he heard next almost made him trip and fall. "Wait, what was your name again?" Gan looked confused and said. "F-Fuck you, Bastard!" Arlo''s face turned red and he ran off soon after. Gan scratched his head and smiled before looking back at Mankey and Sandshrew with a nod. Chapter 15 - Gan vs Brock Part-1! The Grunts were talking a lot, they had never seen this rookie before. Gan went over to the Merit Hall again to have a look around. He checked a few TMs out and found that they had some decent Tms, they were the same price as the ones from Celedon City''s Branch. There were only certain TMs that were sold by businesses across Kanto. Then there were the exclusive TMs that the Gym Leaders handed out. These TMs came from the Pokemon League and were given to the Gym Leaders to give to the Trainers that defeated them as an extra prize. It went in this way. Brock: Rock Tomb Misty: Water Pulse Lt. Surge: Shock Wave Erica: Giga Drain Etc... Of course, if he bought any TMs he would use them on useful Pokemon like Geodude. Gan only had 32,000 Merit Points, so he decided to leave it at that and save his Points for later. He had already trained with Mankey and Sandshrew for 3 hours straight, so he let them relax a bit. Afterward, he planned to head to battle the Gym Leader at 9:00 Pm. "I can''t get over it, once I find that guy I''m really gonna teach him a lesson! He even has a nickname now, they call him Ghost hands, it should be Ghost Legs with how fast he was running!" Gan suddenly heard a familiar voice, then he looked to see. "Damn!" Gan instantly recognized the 2 women from before, he had robbed these 2 of their Clefairy''s yesterday night. Gan quickly put his head down, so they hopefully wouldn''t recognize him or bother to look his way. However, the tomboy noticed Gan''s Mankey and Sandshrew standing next to him while he sat on the bench. "Hmm...." The Tomboy walked over to Gan to get a closer look at him. "Can I help you, that''s pretty rude to get in my face like that. Are you trying to kiss me or something?" Gan''s face was filled with disgust as he spoke harshly. "W-what? How could you say that, I wasn''t trying to kiss you! I just thought your figure looked a little familiar, that''s all." The woman took a step back. "You don''t have to be so rude, she was only curious, have a bit more respect." The blonde headed woman said haughtily. Gan stood up but didn''t say anything. He recalled his Pokemon and left without a word! "You...!" The Blonde was pissed, this guy actually ignored them! "Calm down, he''s probably going to challenge the Gym Leader. How about this...." The Tomboy said a few words and the Blonde smiled in agreement. ... Meanwhile, Gan was on his way to the Gym, he decided to go early. He was confident in his skills, but when it came to Gym Battles, it was a no joking matter. These were skilled trainers that tested a trainer''s real ability, each badge was proof of it. Gan wanted to collect every Gym Badge he obtained from every region across this world. Mankey and Sandshrew had leveled up to 11 from their training, which surprised Gan a bit. They grew more respectful of him when they saw him win his battle with Arlo. Too bad, though, he didn''t find Mankey suitable, beside Sandshrew. It took Gan 5 Minutes to reach the Pewter City Gym. The Gym Looked like a training Gym from the outside, but small in comparison to those true workout places. Gan walked inside and was greeted by an old man at the front desk of the Gym. "Oh, welcome young lad, how may I help you today?" The man looked up and asked with a smile. "I''ve come to challenge the Gym Leader Brock, is this possible?" Gan looked around and asked. "Yes, of course, but do you have an ID, you need this to confirm that you''re able to do this challenge." If you didn''t have an ID, you couldn''t battle the Gym Leader. People 14 and under couldn''t battle the Gym Leader or even think of traveling into the beyond for that matter. Gan pulled out his ID and handed it to the old man, he scanned it with the computer and confirmed that it was real. There was a meter in the Pokemon Center that could check your bone age, so you couldn''t'' hide how old you were. The Pokemon world had made several things to prevent kids from going on dangerous adventures. Of course, some people didn''t follow the rules and kids would end up getting killed or eaten by Pokemon. All roads led to death! "Perfect! You can challenge him now, there hasn''t been any challengers lately but this will change soon." The Old man handed Gan''s ID back after he was done checking it. "No Challengers? That''s surprising, and what do you mean it will change soon?" Gan wanted to know what was going on, it was important to know what he could in this new world. "Well, in about a week or so, there will be a flood of trainers coming from Viridian City and Pallet Town to challenge the league, so they must beat the Gym Leaders first." The old man smiled, he always loved to spectate Brock battling challengers. "So it was like that." Gan nodded as to understand, this made it all the more important to get his Badge quickly. This place will more than likely be backed up with challengers, and he didn''t want to wait in line. "This way, I''ll take you to the waiting room while I go get Brock." Gan was led to a waiting room that had no one in it. He waited 5 minutes before another man came to lead him to the Gym battle arena. Once he was inside the battlefield arena, he saw a few spectators in the stance. There were about 10 people, but he recognized 2 out of the 10 people. "Why are they here?" Gan frowned. It was the 2 women from before, the ones he robbed at Mt. Moon. They looked back at Gan with mocking smiles, they were clearly there to see him fail against Brock! ''Don''t they have anything better to do?'' Gan shook his head and looked ahead. At that moment, Brock walked out with a smile as his gaze fell on Gan. "Welcome, Challenger! I haven''t seen a challenger in almost 2 months, so I''m a bit fired up to see you." Brock said with a thrill. "Yeah, I''m new to this whole Gym Battling thing, but I hope to learn a few things from our battle." Gan smiled slightly. "Hmph! Acting all tough when he was just a noob." The tomboy mumbled in the stance. "It''s okay, the defense of rock Pokemon is hard to go against, I hope you''re ready because my rock hard defense will make you lose your will to battle." Just as he said that; a strange machine came out of the ground. There were 6 sockets in them. "Put the Pokemon you want to use inside the sockets, and the number of Pokemon you wish to use. The Pokemon you want to use will not be exposed, but their strength will be measured." Brock smiled and said. Gan quickly put the two Pokemon he wanted to use inside the sockets. Brock nodded and 1 minute later, he was brought 2 PokeBalls by the Old man from before. "All must be equal to hone a true trainer! Let''s begin!" Brock gripped his PokeBall, then tossed it. "Geodude, you''re up!" Geodude made its appearance by speaking its name, but it looked pumped as well. |Name: Geodude |Type: Ground/Rock |Level: 11 |Gender: Male |Ability: Sturdy |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Moves: Rollout| (TM)RockTomb| Defense Curl| Tackle| Rock Polish| Gan sighed lightly, it had a defensive nature and it even had sturdy to ensure that it didn''t get KO''ed in one hit. But this was what he was looking for. "Go! It''s your time, Sandshrew!" Gan decided to send Sandshrew out first and save Mankey for later use. "Shrew!" Sandshrew looked at its opponent, he recognized this type of individual from earlier. Gan had told it to remember how Geodude fought. "Nice, good choice!" Brock complimented. "But, you''re going to need more than a type advantage to win this battle! Geodude, slow it down by using Rock Tomb!" A few rocks floated and came together to quickly form three decently sized rocks that came crushing over towards Sandshrew. "Rollout away from those rocks." Gan ordered. Sandshrew took action and curled into a ball, evading the tomb of rocks. "Attack him!" Gan followed up and had Sandshrew directly confront Geodude. Sandshrew changed its course and started targeting Geodude with that. "Geodude, hold it at bay!" Brock knew Rollout wasn''t a very effective attack against Geodude, so why dodge when he could pin Sandshrew down? This move also lacked stab, so it would do even less damage to Geodude. Geodude stuck its arms out to stop Sandshrew in its tracks; Geodude had large hands so this wouldn''t be a problem for it. "Hehe, just what I wanted! Do what we practiced, use Poison Sting!" Gan hurriedly and commanded. Just before Geodude could catch Sandshrew, it came out of its ball form and used its tail to slam onto the ground, lifting it up into the air. Sandshrew dodged Geodude''s grasp and flipped; appearing above it. Sandshrew''s tail was glowing with a dim purple light; that directly slammed onto Geodude''s rocky body or head. Author Note: Not sure if it''s a head or a body. lol! "D-dude!" Geodude was surprised, but it wasn''t hurt. However, a purple hue appeared on its cheeks! It was poisoned! Brock was a bit surprised to see Sandshrew''s combo, but he quickly gave the order to Geodude to grab Sandshrew''s tail. Geodude wasted no time, and quickly grasped its tail. Sandshrew was slammed back and forth on the rocky field like a toy in the hands of a 2-year-old! "Shrew~!" Sandshrew started yelling in horror. "Damn, uh.... Rapid spin, quickly!" Gan was panicked for a second before giving his orders. Sandshrew spun as wind kicked up slightly; this pushed Geodude away but only a little and it also disconnected its grasp on Sandshrew. Sandshrew quickly booked it out of there after breaking free. Gan sighed in relief because Sandshrew was free and Geodude was now on a timer. Sandshrew''s body had also lit up with red light for a second, indicating that its speed had gone up a stage. "Wow, you''re really a smart and calm trainer for a beginner, don''t you know that most beginners would have freaked out seeing their Pokemon getting pummeled like that?" Brock clapped a little and reverted back to his serious manner. ''I was freaking out, it just didn''t show!'' Gan''s eyebrows knitted but he focused on the battle as well. ''It''s annoying but if I could stall this Geodude out, it should be easy to take down'' Gan thought. "Defense Curl, Sandshrew!" Gan made his plan simple. "Not good enough, Rock tomb, it can''t move while boosting its stats!" Geodude took full advantage and used Rock Tomb as ordered. Three rocks that were bigger than Sandshrew crush down on it, sealing it up. Sandshrew''s body lit up with blue light indicating that its speed had lowered but its body also lit up with red light; indicating that its defense had gone up. "Rapid Spin those Rocks away!" Gan laughed, Rapid Spin was too good in real life! Sandshrew quickly spun and knocked the rocks away but it had taken damage from the attack from before. It didn''t receive a stat boost from Rapid Spin since it must hit a target for this to happen. Gan looked at Geodude, who had started sweating at this point. "That''s something you don''t see every day, it''s a sweating rock!" Gan couldn''t help but say. "Pfft!" Someone in the audience held their laughter in, but everyone could clearly hear this person''s sniffles. Brock looked at Geodude with wide eyes, they actually opened up! "It was poisoned!?" Brock had not noticed because Geodude never turned to him. "I see now.." Brock looked at Gan and Sandshrew, and nodded with a smile. Chapter 16 - Gan vs Brock Part-2 Final! Gan felt a wave of confidence rise in his heart, but he knew this was a Gym Battle so he would have to tread cautiously. Brock had just noticed that his Geodude was poisoned by that last attack Sandshrew had landed on it. Geodude and Sandshrew stared each other down for a moment. "Geodude, use Rock Polish, we need to end this fast!" Brock was aware that Geodude was on a timer, so it was best to take Sandshrew down with it. Geodude crossed its arms together and started to boost its speed. "Attack it! Roll out!" Gan wasn''t going to sit by either and quickly ordered. Sandshrew, in standard fashion, took its ball form and rushed over to attack Geodude. Since Geodude''s speed stat would raise by 2 stages instead of 1, it would take a bit longer for this move to fully complete. Sandshrew was literally the size of Geodude, it came crashing directly at Geodude at full force. Geodude was hit and knocked back slightly, Sandshrew followed it up with a Rapid spin to damage Geodude further, but all of these moves were weak against Geodude. Unfortunately for Geodude, the poison was causing greater harm to it over time. Both parties received a speed boost, but Geodude was faster at this point. "Good! Tackle attack, deal as has much harm as you can!" Brock quickly gave the order. Sandshrew moved away fast, but Geodude was faster, it appeared next to Sandshrew and tackle it to the ground. "Sand~!" Sandshrew was stunned seeing Geodude''s speed. Sandshrew didn''t take much damage because it had great defense naturally and its defense was up by 1 stage currently. "Rapid Spin it off of you, get him away!" Gan hurriedly said, he would also get a Speed boost. "Don''t let it go, hold it at all cost and smash it over the face!" Brock saw this coming, so he hoped that Geodude could hold onto Sandshrew to hurt a bit more. Geodude struggled, this poison was weighing it down, but it listened and tried to keep Sandshrew at bay. "Sandshrew, it''s poisoned, it can''t contain you, don''t give in to it!" Gan rejoiced seeing Geodude''s grave expression, it wasn''t going to last long. "Shrew!" Sandshrew burned with confidence and increased its rapid spin speed! Geodude was knocked away, but further than before; the was poison was too much. Geodude struggled to get it up with its sweaty face. "Poison Sting for the win!" Gan pointed at Geodude, ordering Sandshrew to finish it. Sandshrew lunged through the air and flipped, landing a direct blow on Geodude''s head/body! "D-Du.." Geodude collapsed with strange swirls in its eyes. "Yeah, let''s go Sandshrew, you''re the MVP!" Gan cheered seeing Geodude go down. "Sigh." Brock sighed with a smile and recalled Geodude. "That was a really good round, but I wonder if you can do the same for round 2?" Brock''s smile deepened. He handed the PokeBall with Geodude in it to the Old man to have it healed quickly. Pulling out another PokeBall, Gan knew what was next. "Go, Onix, it''s all on you now!" Tossing his PokeBall; the Giant Snake that Onix was, appeared. Onix gave a loud cry once it appeared, then it scanned the battlefield for its opponent. |Name: Onix |Type: Ground/Rock |Gender: Male |Ability: Sturdy |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Harden| Tackle| Rock Throw| Rock Tomb| Bind| (Egg)Rock Blast| One had to admit that even though Onix didn''t have the ability Intimidate, it was still an intimidating figure to gaze upon. Gan couldn''t help but think of getting himself a Steeliix in the future if possible. A Metal Coat was quite expensive, he didn''t even see any in Team Rocket''s Merit Hall. "Sandshrew, don''t be Intimidated. Use the combo from before; try to at least poison it." Sandshrew seemed intimidated at first but calmed down, it was a mouse type Pokemon, after all. Sandshrew rolled out, its speed was fast; Gan needed Onix to at least get poisoned if possible. "Onix, you know what we do to balls around here, get it out of here!" Brock waved his hand and commanded. Onix focused on the little Sandshrew approaching it; it waved its tail and missed Sandshrew because of its high speed. "Poison Sting! Get him!" Sandshrew bounced like a ball towards Onix''s head; just as he was about to hit Onix, the tail of Onix came flinging over quickly. Onix''s tail flung Sandshrew like a ball, it went crash through the mounds of rock on the battlefield. Sandshrew stood up, it seemed dizzy as it was nearing its limit in this battle. "Rock Tomb, then follow it up with a Rock Blast!" Brock noticed that Sandshrew was dizzy and ordered immediately. "Snap out of it, he attacking!" Gan warned, but Sandshew fell on its bu?? in response. Rocks came crushing over at Sandshrew, sealing it up in rocks. At that moment, Onix opened its mouth a shot 3 big rocks at Sandshrew. Sandshrew was hit through the tomb of rocks, as it was sent sliding across the field with swirly eyes. It finally fainted. Gan sighed lightly and recalled Sandshrew, commending that it had done a really good job. However, Gan really wished he could have landed that Poison Sting; this would have put Onix on the verge if it had gotten poisoned. Gan pulled out his last Pokeball. "It looks like we''re both on our last legs, let''s see who''ll fall first." Brock smirked. Gan didn''t say anything in reply and tossed his PokeBall with a serious expression. "Mankey, it''s all on you, it time to shine!" Mankey emerged from its PokeBall with a serious gleam in its eyes. Gan had used his own Onix to show Mankey what it may be facing and what attacks it may have to go through. Technically, Mankey had the overall advantage against this Onix. However, things could get bad if Mankey was caught in a bind or wrap attack. This would be okay if its arm weren''t bound since it would be able to attack, but if anything, it wasn''t something good. "Hahaha! You really came to my Gym prepared. The last trainer I fought came with a Pidgey and a Pikachu, and he was handled accordingly. Unfortunately, he never came back; I really hope the fella didn''t give up." Brock recalled. "I don''t give up so easily, so even if I lose I will be back." Gan said with confidence. With that, Brock gave the order. Onix opened its mouth and shot some pretty decently sized rocks from it. Without words, Mankey dodged the rocks by hitting several acrobatic flips. "Mankey, close in and attack!" Gan had to find the time to get an Inner Focus in. He was worried that Mankey might end getting bounded by Onix. Mankey leaped and ran over towards Onix at great speed, its speed stat was pretty good. Unfortunately, Mankey and Onix had the same amount of base speed, so they would only break even when it came to this stat. "Don''t let those hit you!" Gan called out, his voice grave. He needed to win this Gym Battle! "Meh Meh!" Mankey also called out, it quickly dodged the rocks descended on it. This wasn''t a very effective move against Mankey anyway, but why get hit because of that? The main reason for dodging was because of what this move''s effects were. Mankey easily dodged, as it jumped over and under each of these attacks. "Onix, don''t let it hit you, wrapped him up, and squeeze him into submission!" Brock was aware of what a fighting type could do to his Onix; mainly ones with dangerous abilities. He wasn''t sure what Mankey''s ability was, but if it was what he was thinking then it was best to take this Mankey down fast! Onix came over from its place just as fast as Mankey and swung its tail to wrap him up. "Remember what we went over!" Gan''s eyes went wide, as he called out to Mankey. Onix''s tail flung over, it was fast but not as fast as Gan was expecting. Mankey dodged the tail wrap, but Onix''s tail came back again; this time it was faster than before. "Now!" Gan said with a sweaty face. Onix''s tail was just about to close together to lock Mankey down. However, just as it was, Mankey used its tail like a spring against the walls of Onix''s tail; that was closing shut on it. Mankey bounced out, as Onix''s tail smashed close. Brock was stunned, but at that moment, Mankey had already used Onix''s tail as leverage to get to its large head. "Karate Chop it at full Power! Tear into it!" Gan roared. Mankey''s hand crushed over toward Onix''s head; this was a weak point for a Pokemon like this unless it had Rock Head. Most Pokemon could never reach its head to hit it, so it had its weakness, it was also a snake-like Pokemon. Mankey''s chop connected and a red light flashed over that spot! Onix''s eyes went wide from shock until the pupils in its eyes disappeared. Onix couldn''t even yell before its towering body came crashing down! It hadn''t fainted but all it needed was one more attack to take it out. This attack was wrapped in Fighting Energy/Aura of a fighting type Pokemon. Brock was stunned as well and so was the audience, who all started to stand up at this point. Brock quickly recalled Onix before it crashed to the ground, it was finished! The Gym was silent for about 10 seconds. Gan couldn''t believe it himself, he had actually won his first Gym Battle on the first try! "Hehe, I won, we won!" Gan picked up Maneky and started dancing with Mankey for its victory. "H-he... hmph! He got lucky!" The Tomboy from before scoffed, but she also felt stunned about this revelation. "*Sigh* That was a really good battle, are you sure you''re just a rookie?" Brock found it hard to believe that Gan was a rookie, there was no way. Gan had seen the Pokemon show several times before, so he knew a few combos from that. "I am, I just remembered watching a few tournaments as a kid, so I know a little more than usual." Gan said with a smile. "This is good, you study others and learn. This in itself shows your determination to get stronger, so I would like to reward you with these two gifts of victory and proof." Brock smiled and pulled out the Boulder Badge from his vest pocket. Gan honestly felt that he was lucky that Mankey had landed that Critical Hit. If not, the battle would have been drawn out a bit more. He may have even lost as an end result. Gan took the Badge, he stared at it for a moment before closing his hands with joy. The old man from before came over and handed him a disc, it was the TM Rocktomb. "Thank you, but can I give you some advice, Brock?" Gan smiled mischievously and said. Everyone from the crowd listened, he wanted to give a Gym Leader advice!? "Oh? And what advice would you like to give me?" Brock''s eyebrows raised curiously. "See, there is a reason I won, and that''s because I have fans." Gan nodded and said. "Fans?" Brock seemed confused. Gan pointed towards the crowd, to be exact, the 2 women that came to watch him be defeated. "Those 2 girls there are my fans, they came here to cheer for me, but the battle was so intense that they never spoke a word." Gan grinned at the 2 and their expressions turned desolate. Brock looked at the 2 and his face sparkled. "What beauties! I need Cheerleaders to give me a burning drive, it''s no wonder you won!" Brock looked at the 2 in amazement, he loved him some women! "Who the heck is your Cheer Leaders, goto..." The Tomboy wanted to curse Gan, but her mouth was quickly covered by the blonde. "My lovely Cheer Leaders, didn''t you two promise to reward me with a kiss on each cheek if I won?" Gan sneered in his heart, he didn''t like people who lavished in another''s misfortune. The two quickly stood up with angry flushed faces and ran out. "Huh? They left." Brock wanted to watch and see. "They''re just shy, they might do it later when no one is watching." Gan concluded. "Ah, how unfortunate." Brock sighed, but this caused everyone in the crowd to have a twitch to their faces. "Anyway, I was wondering, could you possibly give me a map of Viridian Forest." Gan wanted to explore Viridian Forest a bit; this was mainly to catch Pokemon for his Dex. "I do, but I must warn you about a few things. I can''t stress this warning any further.." Brock''s tone turned serious, it''d be a shame if a talented trainer died. Chapter 17 - Viridian Forest! Gan had left the Gym in deep thought; things were different than he expected in some places in this world. Viridian Forest happened to be one of those strange and changed places compared to the games and anime. Brock had given him and map, but he also explained the dangers of Viridian Forest. It was best to have a type of Pokemon that could handle Bug types. If anything, Gan wanted to train his Pokemon there. Gan learned and saw from the map that there were 3 Zones in Viridian Forest. The 1st Zone wasn''t as bad, as most trainers could get pass this with no problem. After all, you only needed to take the 1st Zone route to get out of the Viridian forest, so you weren''t forced to pass through the other Zones. In fact, the minute you entered Viridian Forest, you were already in Zone 1. The Pokemon that Dominated the First Zone was Beedrill; this Pokemon was a pain to deal with, as they traveled in groups. From what he heard from Brock, they usually traveled in groups of 3 to 5; sometimes 6 or 7! Now, Beedrill was Poison and Bug-type, so it was considered a big threat by default. Things weren''t any better with the fact that they traveled in groups and had attitude problems. What really rubbed Gan the wrong way was the fact that it was a Giant Wasp! Who the hell named it Beedrill? Combee was a Bee type Pokemon, Vespiquen was a Bee type Pokemon but Beedrill surely wasn''t! Gan stored the map, he hoped the levels weren''t so high because if they were, he was going to turn back in a heartbeat. He added his Badge to his Badge Case and headed over towards the Pokemon Center afterward to have his Pokemon Healed. Gan didn''t want to use Mankey for his Main Team, but he could use it for his Johto Team in the future. Gan was also rewarded ?6,000 for his victory over Brock. Once his Pokemon were healed, he congratulated Sandshrew on his fight before storing them. Walking out of the Pokemon Center, he attached his typical Pokemon''s PokeBalls to his waist. Geodude and Koffing. Gan felt that today was a bit rough, so he decided to get a hotel to rest in until tomorrow. He would catch and properly level up his Pokemon in Viridian Forest, hopefully. Viridian Forest was the 3rd Most Dangerous Place in Kanto, with Seafoam Island being 4th and Victory Road being number 2. Most trainers got lost in Victory Road or killed by the powerful Pokemon there. The little inns in Pewter City didn''t cost much, so Gan paid without feeling any pain. The old man gave him the keys to his room and Gan left for his room. After going inside, he found that the room wasn''t big at all. It was enough to accommodate him today, so he dealt with it. Gan took his shoes off, then released his Pokemon to move freely. "Dude!" "Koffing!" Koffing and Geodude looked at each other before looking towards Gan. He gave Geodude and Koffing something to eat and told them to relax a bit. Koffing didn''t have to eat raw garbage all of the time, it could eat regular Pokemon food as well. |Gan Arson |Age: 16 |Gender: Male |Affilication: Team Rocket| Rank: Grunt| |Badges: 1 |Pokemon Caught: 22 |Party: Koffing Lv: 23| Geodude Lv: 13| N/A| N/A| N/A| N/A Money: ?78,000 "Twenty-Two different species obtained so far, I need to get 8 more to complete that Mission from before." Gan thought for a moment, there should be enough to complete it once he entered and caught the Pokemon in Viridian Forest. Gan relaxed in his bath before washing up and exiting the bathroom. He adventured a lot, so he knew he was going to need a lot of sleep for tomorrow. Gan dried off and brought out some pajamas he had gotten from the Pewter City clothing store. They were DarkBlue Pajamas with flaming meteorites on them, with a Geodude face on each one. It looked pretty funny and cool to Gan, so he bought them. Gan fell asleep soon after, his Pokemon also rested after messing around a bit. Time passed and the Morning was approaching. Gan got up to take a piss, but when he was walking towards the bathroom, he saw a Rainbow light flash outside. "What in the world is that?" Gan walked over to have a look out the window. Once he looked out, he looked towards the sky. What he saw stunned him, it was a Giant Bird Pokemon flying over Pewter City wrapped in Golden Light with rainbow sparkles flashing around it. "Ho-oh!" Gan instinctively called out its name, and it gave a cry as if it heard him, but it kept flying into the distance until it couldn''t be seen anymore. Gan''s mouth hung open for about a full minute before he came to himself. This Pokemon was one of his favorites of all time. Gan''s favorite Pokemon out of all the Pokemon ever made was Alakazam, even up until the 8th Generation it remained his favorite. "It must be a good day for me to see that Pokemon." Gan ?ssumed, then he rushed to the bathroom soon after. .... Several Hours Later. Gan put his clothes back on and did his daily work out before eating breakfast, which was free at this inn. Gan fed his Pokemon, then headed over to Team Rocket''s hideout to inform Warren about something. He only told Warren that he was wondering if the Celadon City Branch could Deliver his Custom made Team Rocket Suit. Warren said it could be done, and that he would have it arranged. There was also something else Warren Informed Gan about. Archer, the Team Rocket Admin had visited the Celedon City Branch yesterday for something. Gan only nodded and listened, but he didn''t think about it as much. After settling that, he went off and out of the Team Rocket Base. According to Warren, his Team Rocket outfit should be delivered in 2 days flat. Gan loaded some of his Merit Point onto Warren''s card to pay for the suit once the delivery had come. The man would seek out payment for the custom made outfit. Gan first headed to the Pokemart to load up on a few Potions and Antidotes. If he or any of his Pokemon were poisoned, he needed something to heal all of that. Now it was time to head to Viridian Forest. "Bug Pokemon has to be one of the creepiest types around." It was too much to see large bugs running and flying around; definitely ones that could use powers! As he was walking towards Viridian Forest, Gan saw an entrance that had wood gates around it. There was a sign that simply said: Diglett''s Cave. Clearly, this path led to the cave, but this place for another time in accordance to what Gan wanted to do now. There was a checkpoint station that had a few people in it. Some of them were drinking tea and conversing. Gan paid no attention to this and quickly made his way over to the exit to reach Viridian Forest. Some people looked at him with pity, but they didn''t say anything. Walking out, he was greeted with green lushes pine and oak trees that stood tall. The grass was just as green; the place looked healthy. Gan only took a few steps when he saw a green bug slither down a tree. |Type: Bug |Level: 6 |Gender: Female |Ability: Shield Dust |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Quirky |Moves: Tackle| String Shot| "Caterpie, already?" Gan laughed slightly, but it was already close to level 7 and ready to evolve. These Pokemon were easy to catch, this was why kids in the games ran around with nets to catch them. "Geodude, pummel it a little." Geodude hovered over towards Caterpie, whose eyeballs went wide from surprise at this point. Caterpie shot string from its mouth but it wasn''t enough, as it slapped off the tree, then it started squirming around in pain. "Too easy!" Gan removed the string from Geodude''s body before going further into the forest. There were signs saying ''Station Exit Ahead'', but Gan had already come from that station to get here. He had to admit that this place looked really beautiful, but it was too dangerous to live in. As he was walking, he saw Pokemon hanging on trees, to exact, they were Metapods. |Name: Metapod |Type: Bug |Level: 9 |Gender: Male |Ability: Shed Skin |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Tackle| String Shot| Harden| The highest was at Level 9, while the rest were at level 7 and 8. Gan had already made the highest leveled one his target. "Attack the one in the middle, use Rock Slide on it!" Once Gan''s voice fell; the Metapod opened their eyes and glared at him. "Don''t be mad, I''m gonna catch your buddy there, hehe!" Gan laughed, but just when his Geodude was about to attack; a wind kicked up and knocked Gan a few ways away. Geodude only budged a little before looking in the direction of the high currents of wind. "How can Vir..idian Forest be so windy?" Gan got on his knees and covered his eyes to look in the direction of the wind. This Wind wasn''t natural! What Gan saw next made that clear. |Name: Butterfree |Type: Bug/Flying |Level: 11 |Gender: Female |Ability: Compound Eyes |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: Tackle| String Shot| Confusion| Harden| Gust| "I just entered this forest and I''m being attacked by one of the big fish here. Hehe, it looks like another target that wants to get caught!" Right as he said that; 2 other Butterfree appeared on the scene. "Okay, it looks like I''ll have to be serious now.." Gan''s expression changed a bit. Chapter 18 - Danger Zone! It didn''t take a genius to understand why these Butterfree had gone on the ?ssault. They were clearly here to protect the Metapod hanging from the trees. They understood what Gan had said earlier, in fact, the Butterfree had been watching him the minute he came close to the tree. Butterfree didn''t go out of their way to attack humans unless they were attacked. They had done well for themselves to fend off against Beedrill. Butterfree learned confusion at level 11, so they could deal with Beedrill if they attacked them. Butterfree would attack a Beedrill the minute it or they entered its territory, they were both in a hostile relationship. Gan was clearly in Butterfree''s territory, and the only reason people believed Beedrill ran Zone 1 of Viridian Forest was due to them being hostile towards everyone. Butterfree had shown up with 2 of its buddies, but they weren''t level 11 like the latter. They were both level 10 and Male, it was clear that this Female was the Leader around here. "Rock Slide the one that showed up first!" Gan quickly order Geodude to attack. "Geodude!" Geodude swung its fist and a void opened up over the lead Butterfree. Butterfree took notice of the space quickly and knew the opposers were striking back. "Freee!" It gave a cry and easily dodged the Rockslide that came crashing down toward it. Butterfree''s Compound Eyes weren''t for show, and they weren''t exclusive for hitting attacks only but also dodging them and seeing from many angles. There was a delay in using moves, so Geodude had to wait at least 5 to 7 seconds to use Rockslide again. Butterfree''s eyes, which were originally red, lit up with a blue light. Suddenly a strange force locked in on Geodude, as the area around it twisted slightly. "Careful!" Gan called out watching the scene unfold. Gan knew all it would take was one Rockslide to defeat Butterfree, but he needed to land it first. "Geo!" Geodude felt pain and held its head/body for a moment. Gan knew that Butterfree had used the move Confusion. The other Butterfree hadn''t learned Confusion yet, so Geodude still had a chance. But Gan wasn''t going to allow his Geodude to get triple-teamed. After all, their levels weren''t that far from Geodude''s, and together, they could surely beat him overtime. Gan tossed his other Pokeball out and summoned Koffing. "Koffing, flamethrower those Butterfree, take them down!" Gan pointed toward the trio and commanded. Butterfree attacked together with gust, but the damage was too small. Koffing spewed fire at the group. The three tried to escape the harmful heat, but Koffing kept his spray of fire going until they were blown out of the sky. The 3 dropped out of the sky leaving a smoke trail. Gan ran over and tossed 3 Pokeballs at them, they couldn''t take one flamethrower and fainted once they were hit. Gan looked at Geodude and Koffing, he found that Geodude had leveled up to 14. It was close to level 15 at this point due to the amount exp Butterfree gave. This was also because of its talent to learn and get stronger faster than most Pokemon. "This is good. I can level up here for a bit while catching Pokemon, it a win-win situation." Gan smiled and tossed those Pokeballs into his storage for later. Afterward, he looked towards the tree where the Metapod were. .... Moments later, Gan could be seen making his way through the Forest. This place seemed peaceful, he hadn''t run into anything crazy yet besides those Butterfree from before. He had used a Potion on Geodude to heal it from its previous fight. It would be a lie to say that Gan wasn''t looking for another fight. Continuing on, he made his way through the thick tall grass and forest. "I wish I had a machete to cut these annoying tall heaps of grass out of my way." Gan complained to himself as he advanced onward. Gan eventually found a walking path, but he kept his Geodude by his side just in case things went south. Looking down the walkway, he saw what he had come here for; it was the territory of Beedrill! The map that Brock had given him was quite detailed compared to the one you bought in stores. It gave him the location of certain groups of Pokemon, and what Pokemon you''d find in the Forest. In Butterfree''s territory, Gan would be able to find Bulbasaur if he searched hard enough. Pikachu lurked in random places within Viridian Forest, but he was here to catch that Pokemon as well. Pinsir and Scyther hung out in the higher Zones within this Forest, but Gan wasn''t quite dumb enough to venture there. Gan walked toward the sign that had a picture of Beedril with an X over its face. There were several warnings on the sign, indicating that this wasn''t a good place to go. *Sigh* Fuck, it''s the only way." Gan sighed deeply, he wasn''t the type to put himself in danger if he could avoid it; but he had to add them to his Pokedex entry. Geodude noticed Gan''s deep sighs and said a few unknown words to Gan. He knew it was trying to cheer him up, but Geodude didn''t know what Gan was so bothered about. Gan didn''t need to say anything because Geodude would find out soon! Gan walked on through the forest, this area had really thick trees compared to the ones from before. "Ahhhhh~!!" Just as he was getting into the scenery, he heard a scream from afar. "W-what the...." Gan stopped in place, his expression wasn''t looking so good. He looked at Geodude and Geodude looked up at him. The look in their eyes was clear; there was clearly danger ahead. "I came here for Beedrill, so I''ll get some Beedrill!" Gan put his index finger over his lips, letting Geodude know to keep quiet. They both headed over silently to the place they heard the scream come from. They both advanced cautiously and steadily through the thicket. Gan looked up and saw a Pikachu looking down at him silently from the trees. That look in eyes seemed to be that of pity; like it was looking at a dead idiot! |Name: Pikachu |Type: Electric |Level: 10 |Gender: Male |Ability: Static |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant "Dare to look down on me!" Gan cursed this Pikachu to the core, but he had no time to get into a conflict with it. Ignoring the Pikachu, he continued on until he arrived at the location of the scream. Unknowingly, he was being followed by that Pikachu, who wanted to watch what would happen. Gan crept through the bushes with Geodude and they both peered through them. What Gan saw next turned his face ghastly, then he turned and vomited on the spot. All of his breakfast from before was gone just like that. The scene that greeted him was gruesome. One man was badly mutilated, while the other had three gaping holes in his body with one being especially big. The other man had his head removed from his body, his eyes were still wide open when he died! It looked like his arms were pulled off first, then his head was removed from his shoulders. The scream certainly came from this man before his head was cut off; silencing him for good! Usually Geodude as a Pokemon was made fun of as having nothing but rocks for brains. However, they were by no means stupid, it understood just by looking at the dead humans. It understood Gan''s reaction to the situation, his kin was dead and his reaction was natural. Geodude hovered over and started patting Gan''s back, it was all it could do to cheer him up. But Gan wasn''t grieving, he was shocked at the scene more than anything else. He had never seen a dead human before, and surely not a mutilated one! Gan seemed dizzy, but he steeled himself; he told Geodude to prepare, he even summoned Koffing again. Gan walked out because the man still had his Pokeball in his cold stiff hand; they both had Pokeballs on them. Gan covered his mouth as he reached to take their Pokeballs. Just as he grabbed them, he heard some buzzing in the distance, it was getting closer and louder. "Pika pika!" The Pikachu from before started freaking out and jumping up and down, it was warning Gan to get out of there! At that moment, 5 Beedrill appeared out of the forest leaking killing intent! They were armed to the teeth with bladed limbs and a huge stinger to boot. This was surely the killing move used on the other man, he seemed to have died quickly. |Name: Beedrill |Type: Bug/Poison |Level: 12 |Gender: Male |Ability: Swarm |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Serious |Moves: Twineedle| Fury Attack| Poison Sting| Bug Bite| "Bzzzz!" The group spotted Gan right away; him and his Pokemon. Gan sighed in relief, but he couldn''t afford for any of these guys to attack him. "Geodude, RockSlide, and Koffing, use Flamethrower!" Gan didn''t hesitate, he couldn''t afford being attacked or them getting into any formations to attack him. Beedrill wasn''t stupid, but their attitudes and aggressive behavior made them dimwitted most of the time. This was also stemmed from their confidence since they usually attacked in large numbers. The idiots ran right into the flamethrower and dropped to the ground immediately, while some were nailed by the barrage of rocks tumbling out of the void. It was just as Gan had speculated; they had brawned for brains! "No strategy, just an all-out attack with no coordination." Gan nodded and tossed 5 PokeBalls at the group of Beedrill. Gan now had 35 PokeBalls, and Geodude had leveled up again; this time to level 16! He was one step away from reaching level 17; this was a good farming spot for now! "Dangerous, but as long as we take them down beforehand, it shouldn''t be too bad." Gan didn''t know what to do with the bodies, so he had Koffing incinerate them, of course, he didn''t watch the process. Gan turned and looked up into the trees, he could see that the Pikachu from before was shocked. Chapter 19 - Lets Trade! Gan found a rock close by and took a seat; those dead bodies were quite a lot to take in. It was sad but he may have to get used to these types of scenes. Gan didn''t recall any of his Pokemon and left them out at all times. The harvest wasn''t so bad, he had caught a good amount of Pokemon and he had even taken a few things from the dead men. Gan managed to get his hand 5 revives, but he couldn''t understand why the men had not used them. He ran over his Pokemon''s levels again and found that Koffing had reached Level 24. Just as he was checking them out, heard some movement in a bush close by. Gan quickly rose to his feet, as his Pokemon got into a defensive stance in front of him. At that moment, the creature appeared out of the bush. The creature resembled Caterpie, but it was light brown in color with a pink clown-like nose. There was a large horn on its head that was surely used to defend itself if it was met with any danger. _ |Name: Weedle |Type: Bug/Poison |Level: 5 |Gender: Female |Ability: Shield Dust |Nature: Sassy |Moves: Poison Sting| String Shot| _ These Pokemon weren''t rare, so he wasn''t surprised to run into Weedle, no, for it run into him! Without warning, Geodude moved over and started slapping Weedle until it rolled over like a wooden log in pain. Gan laughed and tossed a Pokeball to catch it. The Pikachu from before was still watching from the trees, it was no telling what it was thinking. Gan wouldn''t waste his time training Pokemon he wanted to simply add to his dex. If he could catch them in their fully evolved form, then he would. Kukuna would be a little challenging to get, well, it may be risky because they were usually guarded by Beedrill. Gan''s Pokemon and other Pokemon had a delay timer on when they could repeat the same move again. Gan could take out a decent amount of Beedrill with Koffing and Geodude, but their Super-effective moves will be on a timer afterward. Seconds meant everything, and just a second off could mean life or death! Gan wasn''t willing to risk it, so he would train this Weedle to reach 7 and evolve. He was still in Zone 1, so there was nothing for him to fear. Gan didn''t know the levels of the Pokemon in Zone 2, but he would check it out once his Pokemon were in their 30''s. He left the way he came, but he still had some Pokemon to hunt around here. Gan had found time to check the men''s Pokemon, they both had 1 Pokemon each. They were both fainted already with them being a Raticate and a Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto should have had the overall advantage, but it must have been ganged on and defeated. Gan turned back and could still see that the Pikachu was still watching him from the treetops. It was jumping from tree to tree to follow him from above. "Nosy fella, isn''t he?" Gan shook his head, he had to find a good time to sneak attack this Pikachu and catch it if possible. As Gan continued on, he exited the Beedrill''s territory. Gan was curious, he could see that many different bug Pokemon hung out in Zone 2. Paras, Parasect, and Venonat. He believed that these sorts of Pokemon should be in their 20''s without question. Judging from the map; things got serious when you entered the 3rd Zone. This was where Scyther, Pinsir, and even Venomoth made an appearance. Gan estimated that these Pokemon should be in their 30s, but this was only a rough guess. Too bad, Gan''s life was more important so he left toward the exit of Viridian Forest, but he wasn''t leaving. The exit was to Viridian City, the next place he planned to visit for a little. Gan''s goal was only to hunt Pokemon, collect Badges, and get strong in this World. Of course, he was also doing it for the adventure as well, but he had tread carefully in this while at it. On his way, he ran into many Weedle and Caterpie squirming about; the minute they saw Gan they would slither away as fast as they could. In all honesty, it looked quite comical seeing their grave expressions as they ran away at what appeared to be... turtle speed! "These are some funny Pokemon, were they created to be some type of joke?" That clown nose of Weedle''s couldn''t be any more than a joke, while Caterpie was pathetic as hell. Continuing onward, he came across a post with an uncountable amount of humans standing by. There was a sign that said: Viridian Outpost. "Excuse me, sir, are you coming from Pewter City?" One of the men called out to Gan and questioned him. He sported a green camo outfit with a green construction worker helmet; his waist carried 2 PokeBall on them. There were others here just like him that also wore the same uniform. "I am, is there a problem?" Gan asked. "No, but we need to see your ID to confirm your age; this area is restricted to certain age groups." The man spoke surprisingly professionally, and he wasn''t arrogant by any means. Gan did what he was told and show the man his ID; after running it through a scanner, he nodded and handed it back over to Gan. "Thanks for your cooperation, you may continue onward." The man smiled and went back with his business and kept watch. There were dozens of these men keeping watch, their job was to prevent dangerous Pokemon like Beedrill, Butterfree, and other dangerous Pokemon from going pass this area. There were even men sitting in trees watch the sky to see if anything would fly over them. They mainly had their Pidgeottos and Pidgeys scouting the area and keeping watch. Their parents were with them, with their strong Pokemon keeping close watch. They had some fully-evolved Pokemon, such as Ninetales, Nidoqueen, and more. Gan was stunned, as he watched all the kids chasing a fleeing Caterpie. It still had that comical look on its face. These Pokemon were mostly harmless, but there were some that were quite dangerous, like Weedle, Oddish, and Bellsprout. Gan was looking for a Bellsprout when he saw some little boy catch one with his parent''s aid. "Shoot, I''ll have to join in on this. I gotta catch one of those Bellsprouts!" Gan looked around but didn''t see any Bellsprouts anymore. He did see that there were more of those guards in the trees keeping watch! "These dudes got this area on lock!" Gan nodded seeing this; this was the only way kids could get their first Pokemon. This was legal if the kids had their parents with them; the guards would keep watch if anything went wrong. Nevertheless, their parent would still bring their strong Pokemon to help their kids catch Pokemon better than Weedle and Caterpie. "Hmm..." Gan.. all the while had another Pokeball attached to his waist, other than just Koffing and Geodude. He had done this after the battle he had with those Butterfree; this was because inside of him he wanted to use this Pokemon. This Pokemon was Magikarp, its level has risen to 12 after he had defeated those 5 Beedrill. Gan was torn between getting a Blastoise or using Gyarados. Gyarados could fight in water and on land, it was a flying type after all so it could hover over the earth and fight. Of course, it would need to go into the water after a while to its natural habitat. This is what made him lean closer toward using Blastoise, it was his favorite Kanto starter, after all. Gan looked up and saw what he had been waiting for, it was a Bellsprout. Just when he was going to walk over, some little girl engaged it in battle with her Nidoran(F). "*Sigh* I don''t want to sit around here too long, do I steal that Bellsprout?" Gan looked around, but that was obviously not a good idea. The little girl was around 9 or 10 battling against the Bellsprout, it even had a 3-star talent! The girl''s Nidoran(F) was level 9, while the Bellsprout was at level 6 so she had the advantage. After a while, the Bellsprout was defeated and caught by the little girl. Gan stood up and walked over towards her slowly. "Hey, kid," Gan called out. The little girl turned around and looked towards Gan. "Huh, what''s wrong, mister?" The girl had short Red hair and big blue eyes. "I''m not a mister, I''m only 16." Gan said, "I want to trade with you, you give me that Bellsprout, and I''ll give you a cool Pokemon, what do you say?" Gan proposed. Her parents were watching closely, and they had even heard what Gan said. "What cool Pokemon? Can I see it?" The girl was interested because she only saw the same Pokemon around here, and every kid caught the same type of Pokemon. Gan thought for a moment and took out a Pokeball. He tossed it casually and the Pokemon appeared from it. Her parents weren''t stupid, they wouldn''t allow their child to get ripped off, so they thought he better not bring out something like a Metapod or Magikarp. "Clefairy!" Clefairy called out its name once it appeared, it was one of the Clefairy with a 2-star Talent. Gan had 3 more 2-star talented Clefairys he had yet to turn in, but he''ll do that once he arrived back in Celedon. "*Gasp!*" Her parents gasped in shock once they saw Clefairy appear, it was one of those rare Pokemon! "Wow, it''s pretty and pink, I want to trade!" The girl looked once and made a decisive decision, she didn''t even need to think about it. "Smart choice, this is a fairy type Pokemon called Clefairy. Fairy types are hard to come by, so your fortune is looking up today." Gan recalled Clefairy and traded Pokeballs with the little kid before turning away. Thank you, mister, thank you!" The little girl''s cheeks turned rosy from joy. "No problem, I''m not a mister." The kid didn''t seem to hear what he had said, as she ran over to her parent happily. Her parents gave Gan a thankful nod before taking her away, they wanted to invite him to dinner but Gan seemed busy from what they could see. The Pikachu from before was no longer following him, but it probably couldn''t. Gan had already been in this forest for about 3 to 4 hours. The time he spent in this place, he had managed to catch 7 different Pokemon. The man who died in the Beedrill attack had his Pidgeotto added as well, it just switched owners once he died. ''Just one more until I reach 30!'' Gan thought. Chapter 20 - Zone Ones Completion! Gan sat back silently and rest against a tree as he observed the happy children catching and battling Pokemon. Of course, he could say the same thing about those Caterpies running for their freedom. What he needed was one more Pokemon, so he could finally get his hands on his very own Pokedex. He would camp in this forest if he had to, he just needed to evolve Weedle anyway. Gan reached into his storage and tossed the Pokeball holding Weedle. Weedle laid stiffly on the ground, it seemed that it was still suffering from being slapped silly earlier. Gan gave it a big spray of a Potion, which healed it fully. Weedle didn''t have much hp, and with the talent this Weedle currently had, it was already amazing that it had made it to level 5 by itself. Weedle rolled back on its nubs after being sprayed, it had been fully restored after 1 potion. "Wee..." Weedle looked around and gave a small sound of curiosity. "Listen here, you''re going to be training, do you understand?" Gan looked at Weedle and said. He almost reached over to see if he could honk its nose like clowns. "Weewee!" Weedle understood and nodded its head. Gan could just leave here and head to Route 22 where he could catch a Nidoran male or female, but he was already here. He thought he could just train this Weedle and let it evolve here and now. Gan could just have it fight Caterpies, it was an easy target for it to defeat. Weedle had the overall advantage over Caterpie in the early game, but later it was defeated by Butterfree. Well, that was if it didn''t Mega Evolve. Beedrill was too strong once it Mega Evolved! Gan had dreams in this world, he didn''t want to be tied to Team Rocket forever. Perhaps, later he would make his own organization, who knows? Every organization had a Legendary Pokemon they idolized. Team Rocket= MewTwo and Poison-type. Team Aqua= Kyogre and Water-type Team Galactic= Palkia and Dialga Team Plasma= Reshiram and Zekrom ..... etc. Gan thought maybe Arceus for his choice, but that Pokemon was simply too hard to catch and find. He stood up and recalled Weedle and left the area quickly, he needed to find a decent opponent for this fella. Of course, Caterpie was the only logical choice for it to fight among the Pokemon in this Forest. Gan told the Guards that he would be back, and they only nodded in return as he went on his way. He had a lot to do, he had already begun to plan but he needed to scope that place out in the future. Gan had to at least rob a few things from Professor Oak''s lab, he was sure that there were some amazing things there. From the show, there were eggs in incubators, Pokemon, and more. Of course, he would have tread cautiously and quickly before doing anything. He had to make preparations. Geodude and Koffing were sort of like guards, making sure nothing unexpected happened and to ensure that the Caterpie didn''t escape. Gan quickly gave the order and Weedle lunged at one of the Caterpie like a spear, baring its sharp horn. He had ordered it to use Poison Sting, this was better than Caterpie''s tackle move. One of the Caterpie looked once and was stunned seeing the sudden change in events. He wasn''t stunned long before he was impaled by Weedle''s horn, the other Caterpie wanted to high tail it out of there. "Not such a good friend, are you? There are two of you and one of him." Gan shook his head. Too bad, that Caterpie had its exit blocked by Koffing, who still had that same derpy smile across its face. Weedle continued to beat down on the Caterpie from before, it had even poisoned it. The Caterpie that tried to squirm away panicked because he couldn''t escape unless it got pass this strange creature before it. So, it attacked in desperation and Koffing tackled back, knocking Caterpie away with ease. Eventually, the Caterpie from before was defeat in its fight with Weedle. Pokemon like Pinsir and Scyther ate Weedle and Caterpie like snacks. Weedle didn''t level up but it went over to quickly fight the other Caterpie. After a while, it had managed to beat both of them. Sadly, it didn''t hit 6 but this was to be expected; Caterpie hardly gave any exp unless it was in the hands of a trainer. Gan tossed the Caterpie into the forest, so they could heal themselves later safely. He decided to head back into Butterfree''s territory but in a different location. He walked for about 20 to 30 minutes, as he looked into the trees he passed by. His targets were Metapods, they should prove to give Weedle a good amount of experience. Just as he was looking into the trees, his eyes caught sight of something strange. Gan crotched down to not frighten the Pokemon he had spotted. It was a Bulbasaur! __ |Name: Bulbasaur |Type: Grass/Poison |Level: 7 |Gender: Female |Ability: Overgrow |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly __ It was stuffing berries into its mouth quickly, it was using the vines on its back and its long tongue to quickly pick berries. Well, the vines came out of the pod on its back, so they didn''t exactly show at first. "Its Talent isn''t that bad, but it could be better." Gan didn''t have any use for Grass-type Pokemon, but he needed to add Bulbasaur to his dex. If he caught this Pokemon, he would still need to level up Weedle to Kukuna. "Koffing, you know what you have to do. Be sneaky with it; this Pokemon can jump into the forest and disappear in a flash." Bulbasaur was good at fleeing, once it jumped into the forest it was practically gone at that point. All Koffing needed was one Flamethrower to put it down, it only needed one to put anything down around here really. Koffing floated over silently; Flamethrower would make a scorching sound once it was launched so it may dodge if Koffing was too far away. Once Koffing was close enough, it puffed then it phew a flamethrower from its mouth. "Bulba..." Bulbasaur still had some berries in its mouth when they fell out. It only saw a bright light heading its way before a puff of flames engulfed it. The fire only lasted for a second before Koffing stopped, it didn''t need much to defeat a low-level Pokemon with a move it was weak against. Gan could only imagine trying to catch Pokemon like Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos. Moltres would melt a Pokeball before it could get close to it. Articuno was no different, it would turn a Pokeball into an iceball before it could reach it. Gan tossed a regular Pokeball at Bulbasaur, it had already formed those strange whirls in its eyes. He was confident in catching Pokemon, he just needed to find them first. Once he tossed his Pokeball, it was miraculously knocked away by Bulbasaur, who had come to its sanity. "Are you kidding me?" Gan frowned. Bulbasaur struggled to stand up, but Gan wasn''t letting it off, he could have sworn this Pokemon had fainted. Koffing launched some sludge at it; sending it crashing into a tree nearby. Gan knew it was done for this time, but he was surprised that it could stand from last time. This time it was a success, he had managed to catch it. Gan didn''t hear any alarms go off, but when he looked again he saw that it said 35 Pokemon needed to be caught. "Damn, I mistook it for 30, hahaha!" Gan laughed. He thought he needed 30 Pokemon caught, not 35. Afterward, he walked deeper into Butterfree''s territory where he finally saw a good amount of Metapod hanging from trees. All of his Pokemon were called to duty, he ordered Geodude to tossed Weedle at one of those Metapod. Gan also told Koffing to catch Weedle when it fell after its attack. Geodude complied and grabbed Weedle; tossing it like a harpoon at one of the MetaPod. "Meta..!" All of them turned in succession toward Gan and his group. However, it was too late for all of that; one of them was nailed by Weedle''s horn. Once it was hit, it fell off the tree and landed on the ground. It didn''t get hurt from the fall because it had used harden to prevent it from taking too much fall damage. Koffing went over and quickly caught Weedle, it landed on its head/body, as it was put back on the ground safely. Metapod leaned up, it had no legs but it could sit upright. There was no clear expression on Metapod''s face, but its eyes held a lot of meaning, it wasn''t happy at all with this setting. Geodude ?ssisted Weedle as they fought several Metapod. After 2 hours of fighting, it finally evolved into a Kukuna. Weedle sprayed a spring shot into the air, as its body was wrapped in it; its body was flashing with bright light during the process until it was a Kukuna. Gan had his own marker, he had caught every Pokemon in Mt. Moon and on Route 3. He had caught every Pokemon in Zone 1 of Viridian Forest at this Point as well. Now he wanted to head to Viridian City, then towards Route 22. All the while, Magikarp was leveling up, it was at level 13 now. Geodude went up 2 levels, while Koffing didn''t level up. Author Note: The Better the Talent the faster they level up, just saying. :D "Welp... time to go." Gan turned around and headed toward the exit in order to reach Viridian City.. He would come to this place in the future for hunting, but that would only be for Zone 1 and 2 at the time. Chapter 21 - Viridian City! Time passed and Gan finally made it to the post, he passed by but those kids and parents from before were gone. He simply walked over to the checkpoint station, which most places had in Kanto and Johto. There were people eating, drinking, and conversing as usual; there was even a couple of Police drinking coffee. Gan didn''t waste his time here and continued through the checkpoint station before arrived near Viridian City. He could already see the large buildings, in fact, he could see them from Viridian Forest once he was close to the Checkpoint. Viridian City had large business-like Buildings and streets, it even had neighborhoods. The place was teeming with people going back and forth, it was completely different from the game. This place completely outdid Pewter City in most aspects much to Gan''s surprise. The City had 3 exits, there was an exit to the North, which was Route 2. This was where Gan was currently coming from; this led to Viridian Forest and eventually Pewter City. To the South was another exit, which obviously led to Route 1, and eventually Pallet Town. And finally, there was the West which led to Route 22 and eventually towards the Pokemon League Reception Gate. Gan already knew these things, he had watched the show and played the games several times. When he was first heading here, he had thought of fighting the Gym Leader. However, the current Gym Leader was Giovanni. Gan found that Giovanni''s name made sense, but most people never got the hint in his name. The guy used Ground-type Pokemon, and he even controlled the Viridian City Gym that gave out the Earth Badge. The ''Geo'' in his name hinted at the earth itself, thus, he used ground types; there was meaning behind his name. Anywho, Gan couldn''t fight the Gym Leader yet because this Gym always had a strange and iron rule behind it. You must collect all 7 Badges to challenge it. Team Rocket''s power ran deep, even Sabrina, Lt. Surge, and Koga were Team Rocket members! If Gan became the Champion and was still a member of Team Rocket, they would gain more leverage. It was no doubt that he would be promoted to an Admin/Executive instantly without question. Viridian City was surprisingly huge, he was already informed that this was one of the Cities that had a Team Rocket Base. The Base here was quite powerful since this was where Giovanni had to be sometimes when a challenger arrived. However, people rarely came to challenge this Gym, as most would give up halfway or from the beginning. Brock would usually stomp the quitters out before they could truly gain any leverage. So, some Gym Leaders would be quite surprised to see a challenger sometimes. Gan made it to the City with no problems whatsoever; the streets were filled with people selling things. There were stalls set up selling food, clothes, Pokeballs, and some Magikarp for eating. There were even people cooking live Crabby on the streets, and selling it to the people watching the process. "I''ve truly seen it all today!" People were actually eating Tauros, it was a good pokemon in Generation 1 and 2, but it was reduced to a stall market! Gan had to say it smelled really good, he obviously wanted to try some. Gan searched for the nearest inn, he was tired after hunting in that forest. He didn''t really do anything, but walking around and wasting so much time on that Weedle was exhausting. Gan didn''t know where any inns were, so he asked some old man on the street, who selling Farfetch''d meat. Gan bought some Farfetch''d meat, but he took a sample first and found that it was amazing. The Pokemon tasted like a duck from his world, but better. Gan sighed but it was just too good, he wanted to try some Crabby Meat, so he sampled it and bought some after. He was hungry after that mess in Viridian Forest, and berries wouldn''t be enough for him. After receiving directions to an inn from the old man, he went on his way. Once Gan arrived, he got himself a room, but not before buying himself a Bottle of Water and some Cherry Soda Shutting the door to his room, he quickly summoned Koffing and Geodude to relax as usual. Gan stretched and started doing a few exercises before hitting the shower. Leaving the shower, he dried off and put on a new set of Clothes. "Time to eat, I wanna eat me some Crabby Meat." Gan pulled the well preserved Crabby Meat from his Void storage and added it to his plate. Gan ate it with his Cherry Soda on the side, it was one of the most refreshing things he had ever had. Celedon had things like this, but you had to go to an expensive restaurant for them. Stalls weren''t in Celedon either, so in Gan''s mind, Viridian City was the best place in Kanto so far. After enjoying that tasty lunch, he sat on his bed and reviewed his status for a bit. He now had 31 different Species of Pokemon caught, he now needed 4 more to reach his Mission goal. Gan didn''t take a nap right away and waited for about an hour and a half before taking his nap. When you ate, it was best to wait until your food dissolved in your stomach; people get fat that way by just eating and going to sleep soon after. Time passed... Gan went to brush and flaws his teeth, he even used a tongue scraper since the stuff that caused bad breath was usually, if not always on the tongue. He searched aimlessly in Pewter City for one but he happily found some on sale. Gan recalled his Pokemon and left his room by locking the door and leaving. He nodded at the old man behind the counter on his way out, his room was on the second floor. The inn only had 3 floors, but most people didn''t take residence in inns unless they were just visiting or foreigners. The streets were still packed with people going about their business. Gan started to walk the streets, but a stall quickly caught his eye. This Stall was selling different types of PokeBalls and the sign even said that they would customize your own Pokeballs. Gan didn''t need something like tailor-made Pokeballs, it was best not to show off too much unless you had the strength to. Walking over, the man was calling out about his Pokeballs being on sale at a good price, and that he was even selling an ultra-rare Pokeball. Many people stared at the Pokeball in awe, but none of them could afford what he was asking for. Gan looked at the Pokeball and instantly recognized what type of Pokeball it was. Many people walked away with sad expressions because they couldn''t afford it, but they said that once they had enough they would come back. With the crowd dispersing, Gan easily made his way to the stall that was currently occupied by a middle-aged man. He smiled proudly, it seemed somewhat smug and arrogant if Gan had to say so himself. "Oh, another person who can''t afford my beautiful Pokeball." The man looked at Gan with disdain before snorting coldly. Gan didn''t seem to hear the man and looked closely at the Pokeball, it was all red in coloration. It was a Cherish Ball! "So, this is a Cherishball, right?" Gan asked. "Oh, you actually know the name, everyone couldn''t figure out what it was." The man gained a little respect for Gan after he knew what it was. "But if you can''t afford it, then get lost!" The man''s voice turned cold again. Gan looked at the Cherishball closely; the man sold other Pokeballs here, but this Cherishball seemed strange. Gan recalled that a Cherishball was all red, but it had a black line going around it through its center. However, this Cherishball was all Red. Gan tried using his Appraisal Skill as he did on Pokemon, and the results popped up. Name: PokeBall (Tampered With) Description: A device for catching wild Pokemon. It''s thrown like a ball at a Pokemon, comfortably encapsulating its target. ''Hahaha, this damn scammer!'' Gan sneered in his heart; this man was actually trying to scam people! "Go on now, this is no place for a poor ghost like you!" The man grinned and shoo''d Gan to leave. "Wow, that''s rich coming from a con artist who decorated a Pokeball to look like a Cherishball!" Gan contents turned dark. "How dare you talk to me like that when you''re scamming people, let me ask a few people here about this!" Gan turned to the people passing by on the street, but before he could talk the man called out to him. "Wait! Wait! Hold up! Wait a sec!" The middle-aged man''s face turned pale, how was this kid able to tell the difference between the real and fake one? Most people didn''t even know about a Cherishball, so he tried to sell a fake knock-off. He had even scammed a few people in Celedon City before fleeing to other cities to do the same thing. "Oh, I''m listening. Since I''m such a poor ghost, I might need some money to help me out a little. Hehe, you must have scammed a lot of people by now, but that''s none of my concern, you need to pay up!" Gan grinned, he either paid or spent his days in jail for being a scammer. "I-I..." The man''s eyes swirled around in his skull; they were filled with panic. "I what? Spit it out, don''t play with me!" Gan said coldly. "I only sell the stuff, I''m the person who sells it and that''s all!" The man hurriedly and spoke, but Gan didn''t ask for all of that. The man cracked the minute he was hit with a minor threat. "Is it Team Rocket? Who is it?" Gan knitted his eyebrows and asked. If it was Team Rocket, then he wouldn''t meddle any further. "No, it some other group, they''re...." The man paused and looked both ways before whispering. "They''re at the Black Market around this place, it''s best not to deal with them; they sell Pokemon, Pokeballs, and other things that aren''t even from this region." Gan''s curiosity was peaked, but if it got too dangerous then he would rather not go, should he get help from a few Team Rocket members here? Sadly, he didn''t know the location of the Team Rocket Hideout here, so he couldn''t get any help. "Let''s talk more around back, I''d love to hear more." Gan smiled, but at the same time, it wasn''t a smile.. The man shivered slightly, he didn''t know why but he felt danger coming from this kid for some reason. Chapter 22 - The Black Market! Gan summoned Pidgeotto, and 2 Butterfrees to guard the Stall while they were outback. The middle-aged man was sweating profusely, he didn''t have any Pokemon to protect himself when he was in danger. He could only comply with Gan''s demands or get exposed, or worse, maybe even killed! Of course, Gan had no intentions of killing this idiot, but robbing him was another story. As soon as Gan summoned Geodude and Koffing, his expression grew worse. This was mainly because of Koffing, this Pokemon wasn''t any good. From what most natives in Kanto and Johto could make out, anyone that used a Koffing, Muk, Arbok, and so forth, weren''t good people. Most people that carried these types of Pokemon were either Biker Gang members, thugs, and villainous people. This easily confirmed what the man was afraid of; this kid was nothing good! The man had a big tent set up on this street behind his stall where he sold things. Today he was selling Pokeballs; this is what he mainly sold but he had a few other things from what Gan could see. "W-what do you want? What are you going to do?" The man asked nervously, but Gan didn''t reply to him. Gan spotted and rope and grabbed it; he tossed it to Geodude and instructed it to tie him up. "You''re going to answer my questions, I hate to use these types of means, but if you scream this also won''t go good for you." Geodude hovered over and started to tie the man up without question, its expression was serious while doing so. "I-I don''t know anything, come on man, show some humility." The man shook with worry and squeeze out what words he could. "Humility has nothing to do with anything. The first question is, where is all the money you''ve earned; I need compensation." Gan asked bluntly. "Ah, no, please, you''re not gonna rob me for everything I got, are you?" The man asked in a shaky voice. "No, but I will take what I want. I''ll be sure to leave you with most of your things, but ill surely be taking these with me." Gan grabbed 3 discs sitting on the desk, they were apparently TMs. "Nooo! I got those after selling a good amount of Pokeballs near Victory Road!" The man cried out, but Gan didn''t care, as he put them away. "Too bad, but it helps you, so now you only have to pay me ?60,000." Gan smiled and signaled Koffing into position. "S..sixty t-thousand! You''re insane!" The man almost passed out. That was nearly all of the money he accumulated over the year. "Well, since you can''t pay, then enjoy being on a timer for life. I''ll just have Koffing poison you, then we''ll see how long you''ll last." Gan only looked at the man coldly to let him know that he was serious. "Wait! Okay! The money is in the safe under the desk, don''t take all of it, please!" The pleaded then he told Gan the code. Gan went over towards the desk and opened the safe, it was a decently sized safe, so anyone would notice it the minute they went behind it to check. "You''re crying about money when you have around ?250,000 in this thing, are you kidding me?" Gan took ?80,000 instead because the guy took too long to tell him about the safe. "Not all of the money is for me, that''s why." The man felt like crying but no tears came. "Well, I took your portion, anyway, tell me the location of this Black Market." Gan paid no attention to the man''s expression and asked nonchalantly. The man began to relay that these people came from the Hoenn Region, and that they were here for ''business''. They had set up a market after running a few things by Team Rocket; the underground Organization that ran things in the dark in both Kanto and Johto. Of course, they had competition, such a the Poacher Organization. The Black Market was located in the East of Viridian City. The police, for some odd reason never bothered with this strange place, it was no telling why. "Okay, you did well." Gan nodded with a smile. "Really, you''ll let me go?" The smiled happily. "No." Gan summoned 2 Beedrill and told them to watch him while he was gone. "A..h!" The man smothered his screams after seeing those 2 Giant Bugs. However, Gan instructed Geodude to knock the man out. Geodude went over and chopped him in the neck, then he gagged his mouth before leaving out of the tent. Gan stole a few of his Pokeballs, he took 5 Quickballs, 20 Pokeballs, 3 Luxaryballs, and 5 Loveballs! He wanted to check this Black Market out, he learned from the man that most people wore cloaks when they went there. This was to obviously hide their appearance when they went to such a place, and Gan wasn''t an exception. Gan easily purchased a cloak and a strange Clown mask before going to this Black Market''s location. He steadily made his way to this Black Market, he was a bit nervous but he had an identity he could rely on, so he felt a bit better thinking about it. As he continued the walk, he slowly watched as the surrounding slowly changed around him. Those nice buildings and houses started to disappear, and so did those friendly-looking stall attendants on the streets. The street became rough and rugged; there were a few sketchy people roaming the streets in these parts. The houses looked worn down here, there were a few Pokemon eating out of the garbage in the alleyway, but these were just Rattata and Pidgey. There were a few rough-looking stalls set up with people selling some goods as well here. They wore cloaks as expected; they even had a few people acting as Bodyguards around them. "I saw it first, get the hell away or I''ll fu?k?n? kill you!" A burly man hollered at some man at a stall. "I''m the one who saw it first, you better leave while you still have a life in your hands!" The other man, who appeared to tall and slim threatened back. They appeared to be fighting over something that they both wanted to purchase. From what Gan could see, it was a TM, to be exact, the TM-Facade. The muscular man punched at the slender man''s face at a moment''s notice, but the Slenderman expected this and dodged. He took the time to kicked the man in his knee, once the man muscular man missed. "Ah, you bitch!" The man cursed and grabbed the Pokeball from his waist, he tossed it and summoned a Raticate. It was at Level 20, and it attacked the Slender man with its sharp teeth! "Ahhhhh~!" The man screamed in pain. The Raticate continued to tear into the man''s leg and he screamed hysterically until he fainted. During this whole process, no one said anything, but Gan was shocked at the sight. The Muscular man sneered and recalled his Raticate, then he purchased the TM and left. Soon after, a few men came out and tossed the Slenderman into an alley without care and went on their way. Gan approached the stall, but the man appeared to be closing up. "I''m closing, come back tomorrow." The man waved his hand and didn''t even look at Gan. "I didn''t come here to buy anything, I''m here because I need information." Gan didn''t find anything interesting at this man''s stall anyway. "Information? Hmm..." The man turned to Gan and contiuned. "What kind of information are you looking for?" "I just want to know where they sell Pokemon and the good stuff, you know?" Gan simply said. "Who are you exactly, they don''t just sell to random people, so I''m afraid I can''t help you if you have no identity." The cloaked salesman shook his head, he couldn''t just give information out like this. It could come back to haunt him later if it was found out that he gave their location out to some random cloaked stranger. "I''m not some random stranger, check it out." Gan flashed his Team Rocket ID. *Gasp* Ah, sorry, sorry, I didn''t know you were apart of them!" The man was stunned. Team Rocket operated a lot here, so he had seen them around here quite a bit. "Now, can you tell me? I don''t visit Viridian a lot, so I''m new here." Gan said. "If you don''t mind, can I check if your Identification Card is real? I hope you understand that I''m only taking precaution in this matter." The man had to be sure, so he wanted to see Gan''s ID for himself. He could tell a real from a fake, so he wouldn''t be fooled if someone tried to show him a counterfeit. Gan handed his ID over, he was apart of Team Rocket, so he didn''t expect to run into too much trouble on his turf. The man put it over his head and allowed the sun to hit it like the people in his old-world did to confirm if money was real. "It''s real, I hope you aren''t offending?" The man nodded continuously and handed Gan back his ID. "Not even, just tell me the location, I want to purchase a Pokemon or 2." Gan didn''t care about such little things, after all, it was his life on the line if they knew he exposed them to some stranger. "Right away!" The man began to relay everything, as Gan listened closely. Soon after, Gan went on his way to that Location. After walking down the rough streets, Gan was nearly robbed twice, but he had his Pokemon shut them down right away. Eventually, he made it to a house that looked too torn down to be what he was looking for. However, he knew this was the area because he saw a few guys with tattoos and mohawks in front of the house playing cards. Their appearance''s looked intimidating, no average person would approach them. At least the people in his previous world would do best to ignore these types of people. Gan only had his ID to go on because he didn''t have his uniform to fit the description perfectly. The minute Gan pulled up, they looked at him with sharp eyes. Gan didn''t have time to deal with ignorant clowns, so he flashed his ID. Once they saw it, they blinked for a second and turned to continue their card game. "A Team Rocket Member? Do you need some help searching for something you want?" Suddenly, a fat man came out of the house. Gan had seen a silhouette looking out of the window not too long ago; this must have been that Silhouetted figure. "Yes, I''m looking to purchase some Pokemon, it''d be nice if you could... help me." Gan spoke slowly, as to not trip on his words. "Hehe, you''ve come to the right place, right this way.." The fat man grinned and welcomed Gan inside. Chapter 23 - Do You Still Want to Buy It? Gan entered the house under the guidance of the Fatman, who didn''t bother to give his name. Gan was the same, he didn''t need to disclose his name, he had always kept his true name a secret. They would only know him as Agent X unless they got his League ID or he disclosed it to them. Inside the house were two men that had stiff and cold expression; they showed no emotion. Their gazes landed on Gan, then they both came over. "Hold it right there, we have to be sure that this guy isn''t a fake." One of the men said. "We need to inspect his ID to see if it''s the real thing, we can''t have any spies coming in here." They had problems back in Hoenn with a certain detective that could disguise himself really well. The Fatman frowned, he had almost forgotten that he had to double-check these things. He had grown used to people being legit, so he sometimes never bothered to check. "Hand over your ID, I hope it''s real or we''ll be forced to use deadly force." The burly man said coldly, as he suddenly gave off killing intent. Gan could see that they were also trying to intimidate him, but he handed his ID over anyway. "You guys better watch yourselves, you''re climbing up the wrong ladder!" Gan scoffed. He couldn''t show fear in front of these types of people or they''d take advantage of him. But behind his facade, he was shocked that he could feel a person''s killing spirit, what was this!? He noticed this before, but he didn''t pay too much heed to it because it was a Pokemon, which was Beedrill, but Humans could do it as well? "You''ve got a dirty mouth, we''ll see!" The man glared at Gan, it was like he was trying to provoke a fight. At this time, the Fatman was checking the ID and found it to be real. "Shut the fu?k up! It''s the real thing, stop bothering him, he''s apart of Team Rocket!" The Fatman quickly diffused the situation. "Tsk!" The man scoffed and walked away, he went downstairs somewhere afterward. "Ignore that clown, he hasn''t seen action in a while, so he''s looking for trouble. Unfortunately, he''s looking for the wrong people for that." The Fatman shook his head and signaled Gan to follow him. Gan simply followed him silently to a stone room. The Fatman pushed a stone tile in on a wall, and just like that bookshelf from Pewter City''s hideout, it opened up! ''Man, this is just cool!'' Gan commended in his heart. "Now for the worse part." The Fatman''s mouth twitched. There were stairs they had to go down; there was no telling how many steps they had to descend down to reach the bottom. "Not trying to talk about you guys or anything, but you people need an elevator or something." Gan shook his head as he couldn''t help but say. "I couldn''t agree more." They both contiuned to descend down the almost never-ending stairs. Gan wasn''t having any trouble but he was annoyed by the number of stairs. However, the Fatman started sweating profusely, his panting also didn''t go unnoticed. ''At least this will help you lose a few pounds.'' Gan looked at the Fatman and thought. After about 8 minutes, they made it to the bottom of the spiraling staircase you''d only see in castle towers. They came to a hallway that had a rocky stone floor; there were several intersections going in many different directions. There were surprisingly a lot of people here, he even spotted several Team Rocket Members going about their business here. Some were here to buy items that only appeared in Johto and some other regions, there were even some seeking to buy Pokemon. "Give me a sec, I need to catch my breath." The Fatman bent over and started panting harder than before. Gan rolled his eyes, but he didn''t complain and just waited instead. "Phew, okay, so what type of Pokemon are you looking for? We have Kanto, Johto, and a few Hoenn Pokemon for sale." The Fatman stood, his face was plump, but he wasn''t ugly, just fat. Gan wasn''t into men or anything, but he was sure this guy would look good if he just lost weight. "Kanto exclusive, for now. Show me all of you got on sale, I''d like some good and cheap ones with decent talent." Gan said indifferently. "Hehe, that''s easy, right this way." The Fatman''s rolled jiggled with each step. "There are others here for Kanto exclusives as well since they operate here. But you''d think they would want something from another region to throw most people off, but no." The Fatman shook his head, as he kept guiding Gan. "Here we are, it''s this room!" The room had double doors; there were trainers near this room, he had even seen a few coming out of the room. Gan didn''t have to worry about some trap, but if things got ugly, he would summon all of his Pokemon to attack like a madman! People could carry more than just 6 Pokemon, it was just a rule that the Pokemon League created. This was because they believed it to be the most ''balanced'' way of training and battling. You could only challenge Gym Leaders and the League using the limited number of 6. This ruled had long spread across all regions of the world. Entering the room, he saw many trainers going back and forth, they were skimming. There were cages with Pokemon in them, while some were in bigger cages. These Pokemon needed to have special collars and sometimes special cages to hamper the use of their Powers. Their expressions were filled with grief, it clear as day to anyone who looked at them. The cages had labels on them to let anyone know what type of Pokemon was inside. However, you could just look at them through the cage and you would know. Some cages were completely sealed off with you only being able to see the labels. This was probably due to the danger this type of Pokemon posed. Gan saw Machop, Mankey, Exeggcute, and even Pokemon inside fish tanks. "So many to choose from, who will it be?" Gan said unconsciously. Of course, he checked their talent, but most of them had a talent of only 1 to 2 stars. "You said you were looking for something cheap, we have 2 really cheap Pokemon you can check out. The first one, no one wants to buy it because of its condition, and the other one is a turn off for anyone near it." "A sickly Pokemon?" Gan''s eyebrows knitted, was it worth it? "Yes, it''s only malnourished I think, that''s all." The Fatman scratched his head and said. "Okay, show it to me." Gan agreed and decided to have a look for himself. The Fatman quickly guided him over to have a look. This Pokemon was separate from the others that had been locked away. They were all caged next to each other but this Pokemon was by itself along with a few others as well. This must represent the sickly Pokemon that no one wanted to buy since it would cost a lot for medical treatment. Gan took one looked instantly knew what Pokemon it was, it was a Growlithe that looked sickly. Its eyes were droopy, as it laid slump down in the cage. Its strength had been diminished, it was far skinnier compared to even the wild ones he had found in the past. Gan scanned this Growlithe, after all, it was still a dog type Pokemon. |Name: Growlithe (Heavily Weakened State)?? |Type: Fire |Level: 24 |Ability: Flash Fire |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bashful |Moves: FlameWheel| Bite| Ember| FireFang| TakeDown| Leer| (SP)CloseCombat| Gan''s eye went wide from surprise, it was a 4-star Growlithe! He had yet to get any Pokemon for his League Team, and Growlithe was surely a good choice. He had thought of getting either a Rapidash or Growlithe to be his fire type Pokemon. This was mainly for combat and for Seafoam island once he visited that location. "Hmm, I guess I''ll take it since it''s so cheap." Gan sighed, but this was just an act. If Gan showed great interest, this guy might up the price. With its state, it was clearly sick from other things, other than just malnourishment. "Nice! I''ll tag it as sold!" The Fatman grinned and tagged the cage to be prepped to go out. "Good, good, so what about that other Pokemon you were talking about before?" Gan asked. "Oh, that." The Fatman''s expression turned green from disgust but he led Gan over to it anyway. The cage was completely sealed up with no notably visible holes, but they weren''t visible, so no one could see them. The breathing holes were quite small but he couldn''t understand why they had sealed whatever Pokemon this was up so tightly. "Here, take this." The Fatman handed Gan a gas-masked; this area was completely isolated and away from the other Pokemon. Gan scratched his head in confusion but he put the mask on anyway. "I hope you''re still interested in this Pokemon, it''s been here for 3 months now, no one wants to buy it." The Fatman sighed. He would surely be rewarded if he could get a customer to buy their goods. "I have to see it first, go, show me." Gan was interested, he wanted to see this Pokemon even more. The Fatman walked over and lifted up the side of the cage; this revealed what under it, which was another cage that had big holes in it. This ultimately revealed most of the Pokemon, but he wasn''t sure what it was. However, despite wearing a mask, a foul sewage-like odor permeated the air. Gan''s nose hairs felt like they were burn-off from the terrible smell. This caused Gan to take a step back, his eyes nearly rolled at the back of his head, as if he was going to pass out. Gan still managed to analyze the Pokemon by using his perseverance. |Name: Grimer |Type: Poison |Gender: Male |Ability: Stench |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Careful |Moves: PoisonGas| MudBomb| Mud-Slap| Sludge| Disable| Pound| Harden| "This bastard is clearly doing this on purpose!" Gan knew that Grimer was shooting this terrible smell out on purpose to drive them away. It could contain this odor and even use it in combat to stave off and cause confusion to its opponents. Its ability could cause a Pokemon to flinch if he came into contact with them. "Grim...ssss!" Grimer called out its name halfway before switching it into a hiss. The Fatman turned towards Gan with a strange smile, but Gan couldn''t see his smile because of that mask. However, his eyes spoke for themselves, as if he was asking; do you still want to buy this Pokemon? "............" Gan was silent. Chapter 24 - New Team Member! Upon seeing the Fatman''s eyes, Gan thought for a moment, but it was a little too hard to think with this terrible stench wafting around. Gan told the Fatman to cover the cage with the outer barrier again to think a bit better. The Fatman didn''t hesitate and covered the cage with the protective insolation he had removed. "What do you think, are you still up for buying it?" The Fatman removed his mask, then he took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweaty forehead. "Hmm, I don''t know? If it cost too much, then I''m not interested but let me think a little." Gan said while rubbing his hairless chin. "A-alright, but we''ll sell it really low, I''ll even give you a better deal." The Fatman seemed worried. However, Gan had already made his decision, he had already decided that he would buy this Pokemon to add to his Team Rocket Squad. The nature of this Pokemon was conveniently good, and it was already a 3-star Pokemon. Most Team Rocket members wouldn''t add such a Pokemon to their team, but there were still quite a few who would be interested to add it. Muk had really good Hp and Special Defense, so it was perfect on a team with a Koffing, who was good at Defense. The thing was literally a walking, no, a slithering waste hazard! "Okay, I guess I''ll take them both off your hands since you''re insisting so much." Gan smiled and said, but he never removed that Hazmat mask. He had taken off his clown mask to put this thing on, it was of terrible quality though. It couldn''t even guard against the gases around him. Thinking about it, he usually ran with Poison Pokemon a lot, so he would surely need a gas mask with his custom Team Rocket Uniform. Gan had already stolen the TM-Sandstorm from that stall owner. He had a lot of Pokemon that could use escaping abilities, so stealing in the future may not pose so much trouble. "Please reconsider, please buy... wait, what? What did you say, say it again!" The Fatman''s eyes went wide from surprise, was he hearing things? "I''ve decided to buy it to save you trouble since you insist so much!" Gan said it a bit louder this time. "Hahaha!" The Fatman laughed and contiuned "Good, I''ll mark it as sold, thank you for your patronage!" "Can''t I pay right here and now? I''ll give you the money and you hand over the Pokemon to me, it''s that simple." Gan wasn''t trying to beat around the bush, he just wanted his Pokemon now. "Ah, yes, yes, it can be done but some of them are a little feisty to deal with, particular this Grimer." The man wanted to make sure that his Pokemon would obey him once they were given to him. "Oh, that. Bring Grimer to a secluded area, I''ll battle it with my Pokemon to tame it." Gan saw the Problem, this Pokemon was taken straight out of the wild. He had to prove his strength to it or it would cause him trouble in the future. "Wow, you''re one of the first people to ask us to do something like that! Usually, the buyer would make sure the Pokemon would listen to it by the use of our means." The Fatman was quite impressed and viewed Gan with more respect. Gan viewed Pokemon as animals, at least the furry ones and ones similar to his previous world animals. As for the others, he wasn''t sure but they still could comprehend and understand. Gan could only add them to the Animal category, or Monster Animal things. "I''ll take this Growlithe first, I don''t want my newly bought Pokemon to die on me because of ''Malnutrition''!" Gan''s voice was sarcastic, and this was easily noticed by the Fatman. As someone working in sales, how could he not understand sarcasm? "Well, I hope you''re satisfied." The Fatman''s mouth twitched, and he quickly arranged for someone to put Grimer''s cage in a secluded battle arena. Gan and the Fatman quickly left this area, it was starting to be too much hanging around this area. It was easy to tell how the people taking the cage away would feel. They went back over to the Growlithe he was buying. Growlithe couldn''t use its abilities because of the Collar on its neck. This served as an ability and move nullifier, stop most Pokemon from using their moves. "You can catch it now, it was taken out of the wild when we found it. We speculate that it was abandoned, but we can''t be sure." The Fatman suggested and said. Gan opened the cage doors and Growlithe looked up and over at him soon after. "Grrr!" She started to growl at him with a menacing expression, her eyes filled with threat and warning. "Come on, I''ve come to save you, do you want to die in this place?" Gan tried to speak to it, but his voice fell on deaf ears. After hearing what this Fatman said, he had a feeling that this Growlithe was indeed abandoned and betrayed by its previous owner. Gan touched her fur, but he felt mostly bones with b?r?ly any muscle mass. He asked the Fatman why he was feeling nothing but bones on this Growlithe, didn''t they feed it? The Fatman said it refused to eat and would only knock its food away, but it still drunk water. "*Sigh* This is going to be tougher than I thought." Gan sighed. "Yes, no one should treat their Pokemon like that, love and mutual respect allows a Pokemon to advance further during the course of time." At that moment, both Gan and the Fatman heard a voice from behind them, so they turn towards the place they heard it from. It was a man wearing a Black Trench Coat with Black Loose Pants. His eyes were sharp and yellow-orange like Mihawk''s from One Piece. His hair was long and silvery, going down to the center of his back. He stood around 5"11 or so and behind him followed a Nidorino and a Weepinbell! What really stuck out was what was on his Trench Coat, it was the Team Rocket Logo R! ''What kinda lame crap is that?'' The Fatman thought. "...." Gan really didn''t know what to say in this matter, but he did agree with him. "This Growlithe, it''s sickly from more than what meets the eyes, I suggest getting it to a Pokemon Center right away." The man took one look at Growlithe and made this statement, he also shook his head seeing its condition. "You guys don''t have any doctors around here, what is the deal around here?" Gan suddenly looked at Fatman strangely. "W-well, we do but they''re mainly doctors for people... not Pokemon." The Fatman said with a strange smile. Gan didn''t know why but he felt like smacking this Fatman for some reason. Selling Pokemon with no Doctors to cater to them if they got sick!? "How flimsy, you guys aren''t very organized. I hope you guys don''t try to rip off and scam any Team Rocket Members." The man in black smiled as he looked at the Fatman, but there was a clear threat in his words. "I-I wouldn''t... you both are Team Rocket Fellows, so I see you guys as the best customers here!" The Fatman hurriedly and said. "Both Team Rocket?" The man looked at Gan with knitted eyebrows, then he grinned. "Yes, I''m also from Team Rocket, I''m here to purchase a few Pokemon." Gan didn''t try to hide it, he couldn''t anyway because of this Fatman''s big mouth. "I see, most Team Rocket Members keep a limit of 2 to 3 Pokemon in their Party due to expenses and budget." The Man in Black saw two PokeBalls on Gan''s waist, which confirmed to him that Gan had 2 Pokemon trying to add a 3rd. "Who knows, maybe 3 is my limit, we''ll have to see." Gan took out a Loveball and tossed it at Growlithe, this Growlithe needed all the love it could get. With the ?ssistance of the Loveball, it should help with Growlithe''s attitude in the future. Growlithe was weak, so it couldn''t resist the Loveball and break out, thus, it was encapsulated. Gan picked up the Loveball with a smile, but the next place he needed to head for was the Pokemon Center. "I suggest getting a prescription for it, some medicine to restore it back to full health. If not, it can only die at this point." The man in black stated. "Of course." Gan nodded and pushed the middle bu??on on the Loveball, then it shrunk for him to add to his waist. "Hehe, so what brings you over here, sir?" The Fatman said rubbing his hands together nervously, this Trench Coat wasn''t simple it seemed. "Ah, yes, I haven''t introduced myself, my name is Sylas, and what would your name be?" Sylas didn''t even look at the Fatman, as his gaze landed on Gan. "Agent X, but you can call me X for short since I haven''t become an Agent yet." Judging from his dress code, he wasn''t a normal member of Team Rocket. "Agent X? I haven''t heard of this name at the Viridian Branch before, are you from another branch, perhaps?" Sylas didn''t ?ssume that Gan was a fake because there was no way for him to enter here under a fake ID. "I''m from the Celedon Branch, I just heard that Viridian had a good Black Market so I came running over. What about you, what brings you to this Black Market of all places?" Since he was being questioned, he asked his own question. "Yes, about that. I''ve come for a Moon Stone, do you guys sell those around here?" Sylas finally looked at the Fatman, but Gan knew that he just wanted to evolve his Nidorino. "I''m not sure, you''ll have to check out the [Items Department], this is the [Pokemon Department]." The Fatman could answer as such. Gan took the time to analyze his 2 Pokemon, it was a Nidorino and a Weepinbell. |Type: Grass/Poison |Level: 32 |Gender: Male |Ability: Chlorophyll |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Vine Whip| Wrap| Poison Powder| Stun Spore| (TM)Poison Jab| Acid| Knock Off| (TM) Protect| (TM) Reflect| ..... |Name: Nidorino |Level: 35 |Gender: Male(Locked) |Ability: Poison Point |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: (TM) Thunderbolt| (TM) Sludge Bomb| Focus Energy| Fury Attack| Poison Sting| Double Kick| Toxic Spikes| (TM) Reflect| ''Well, shit!'' Gan squinted looking at these stats. "Ah, I guess I came to the wrong place, I''ll ask someone for directions." Sylas nodded then looked at Gan. "We''ll meet again, maybe. After all, I''ll have to head to Celedon City sometime in the future anyway since it''s the only place that sells Leaf Stones." "Uh, sure." Gan just met this guy, why would he want to meet him just like that? "I hope that Growlithe gets well, see ya." Sylas turned and left in a flash. "Sir, that Pokemon has been rearranged at the battlegrounds, it''s ready for whatever." At the moment, a man came over to speak to the Fatman. "Okay!" The Fatman nodded and signaled the man to leave. "It looks like your Pokemon is ready for battle, let''s head over but before that, you should pay first.." This was the best course of action and Gan also thought the same, he could just defeat it and leave afterward. Chapter 25 - Careful Planning! Both Gan and the Fatman made their way over to the battlegrounds. The place wasn''t far nor was the battle area that big, in fact, it wasn''t nearly as spacious as a Gym Leader Field. Upon arrival, they spotted the cage Grimer was in. Of course, before coming here, he had to pay by going to a Reception Desk. They took inventory of what was being sold and what was being brought in, and how many there were. Gan paid ?12,000 for the 2 pokemon, which he saw as a good deal. Two men were on stand-by with a Pokeball each attached to their waist. If things didn''t go so well, they would intervene and put a hold on the situation. They were wearing gas masks to cover their faces, they were ready for the Fatman''s queue to open the cage. "Are you ready?" The Fatman asked. "Yeah, open it up." Gan wanted to get this over with, he needed to head to the Pokemon Center soon after. The two men with masks looked at each other and nodded before opening Grimer''s cage. Once Grimer''s cage was opened, in no time, its horrible odor spread across the area. "Grimer!" Emerging from its cage, its big white eyes leered in all areas. At some point in time, this Pokemon was to be hunted and exterminated because of how hazardous it was. Polluting water, it had 100''s of different poisons inside of its body, which acted as its vitality. Gan didn''t say anything and tossed his Pokeball nonchalantly. There, emerged Koffing, this was the best choice to fight against Grimer. Grimer was faster than Koffing and it had a level advantage against it, but Koffing could float out of Grimer''s range. All of its moves weren''t effective against Koffing, and it could most likely just dodge them. Grimer saw the challenge, it didn''t waste time and launched a Sludge attack against Koffing. Koffing spun away from the Sludge attack, and dodge acrobatically. "Will-O-Wisp!" At that moment, Koffing puffed and blew a blue wisp of fire out of its mouth. It quickly flew towards the target that is Grimer. Grimer didn''t just sit around, but just when it wanted to dodge, Gan had Koffing follow it up with a flamethrower. Grimer was hit, it wasn''t the fastest but it still had high Sp. Def; the Flamethrower came in contact with the will-o-wisp and pushed the attack faster towards Grimer. A purple fire pillar sprung, causing the temperatures to jump in the area. The fire cleared but Grimer was still standing strong. However, its body was suddenly engulfed in fire for a second before it diminished. "Hmm, what was that, the fire had already cleared. It must be what I think it is, right?" Gan unconsciously asked. "What you''re probably thinking is right, it''s suffering from a status effect. You burned it." The Fatman suddenly said. "I thought so." Gan nodded and looked back at the battlefield. He could see fire effects coming from its body, but it only did damage once Grimer was engulfed in the flames. These effects only showed that it was burned, and that was all. Grimer''s eyes went wide seeing itself, then it looked at Koffing and spew out Poisonous Gas! "Oh, shit!" The people from before hurriedly and cleared the area seeing the poisonous gas. "Go right through it and attack it head-on!" Koffing wasn''t afraid of poisonous gas, nor was it affected by the odor of Grimer. "Once you get into its face, use another Flamethrower at point-blank!" Koffing rushed over as fast as it could, but it was more like floated over as fast it could. Grimer didn''t show any sign of stopping, it was letting out large amounts of poisonous gas. This caused many of the people around to have distorted expressions. Grimer wasn''t stupid, it probably knew it was going to lose, so why not poison the few idiots around here while it could? Koffing emerged from the Poisonous purple cloud and shot a flamethrower directly into the face of Grimer. Grimer tried to switch its attack by tackling Koffing, but the Flamethrower was already upon it. Koffing contiuned to spew flames until it shrunk and had to catch its breath. Koffing back away, but Grimer was still able to fight but it didn''t look like it would last long. Gan had to wait for at least 5 to 7 seconds to use another flamethrower, so Koffing backed away. Grimer''s body lit up in fire again, indicating that it was suffering from its burn. It took the time to shoot a sludge at Koffing while it was floating away. "Protect!" Gan called out hurriedly. A barrier formed around Koffing''s body that completely blocked off the Sludge. "Hehe, give it another flamethrower!" Gan laughed at Grimer''s seemingly desperate ?ssault. It was once against engulfed in fire, this time it looked like it was turning into a pool waste. "Oh!" Gan took a Luxuryball and tossed it at the Grimer, it seemed to be at its limit. Grimer was quickly encapsulated, it shook once, then twice before eventually shaking one last time... being caught. Gan quickly recalled Koffing but he didn''t go to pick up the Luxuryball right away. Many people came running in with hazmat suits, but they were of good quality this time. Their job was to clear this poison out, no one could see it but it was still there. Someone came over and handed Gan his Pokeball, Gan had already left the area once Grimer was caught. His mask wasn''t of good quality, so he could get poisoned if he wasn''t careful. Gan was guided out of the Black market afterward, he was rushing out but he had seen many items on his way out. What really stuck out was a pink orb, Gan identified it has a [Life Orb]. You could attach these types of items around your Pokemon''s neck in order for it to use it. Gan exited the worn and torn down house, it was no telling how long he was down there. The sun was setting at this point, so he quickly left to the main part of the city. Gan made it to the Pokemon Center before night. "Oh, my, that''s a really pretty Pokeball!" Nurse Joy complimented the Loveball, it had a large heart over the bu??on of the Loveball and it was pink. "Thanks but the Pokemon inside needs serious treatment, tell me how much it''s going to cost." Gan went straight to business due to Growlithe''s situation. "Oh?" Nurse joy''s eyebrows lifted, then Gan handed her the Loveball. She handed it over to another nurse to have a look at the Pokemon. As for the others, he just had Nurse Joy heal them with the machine she had in the back. He had read up on the Elite 4 and learned quite a few things. There was no Champion for the Kanto Region, just an Elite 4. Some of the Elite 4 members like Bruno and Lance were working two jobs. Bruno was also an Elite 4 member for Johto, while Lance was the Champion of Johto. The team Lance and Bruno used for both Leagues was different. Lance seemed far more serious about being the champion in Johto, rather than an Elite 4 member in Kanto. "It''s reasonable." Gan understood as much. Lance being champion was serious, and an important job. Koga had yet to become an Elite 4 member of Johto, he was still a Gym Leader at this point. "Have you heard? I heard Professor Oak is setting up some prodigies to challenge the League, they leave from Pallet Town in a week!" A teenager around the age of 13 or 14 said excitedly. "Yeah, I know one of the guys, he''s pretty arrogant but he''s Professor Oak''s Grandson." One of the boys nodded and said. "Dang, you said one of them? How many of these Prodigies are there?" One of the boys asked in surprise. "I heard there''re 8 of them, 4 girls and 4 boys, they''re all 15 and ready for adventuring!" The boy smiled, he couldn''t wait for his adventure. "Just one more year and I''ll start my Pokemon journey and become the Champion of Kanto!" The boy raised his head with pride. "Haha, you probably won''t even beat the first Gym Leader near this city, what a joke!" The group of boys started to laugh at him, those were some big dreams he was having! Gan listened, he was surprised, there were 8 trainers coming out of Pallet Town to travel Kanto? They were tasked with completing the Pokedex while beating Gym Leaders, and eventually challenging the League? "So who is it, is it Red or will it be lame old Ash?" Gan wondered to himself. This didn''t change his plan to rob Professor Oak, he just needed to wait for his Team Rocket Uniform. "Hmm, I need more than just my Pokemon for this job, I''ll need some tech as well." Things were changing, he wanted to purchase a jet pack to escape more easily. This meant he would actually have to head back to Celedon City. He needed to turn these Pokemon in and get his Merit Points to buy such a tool. Gan contiuned to wait, he just browsed through a few magazines about the latest fashion. Nurse Joy called him over since his Pokemon were fully healed. Gan looked at his Pokemon with a smile, he now had 3 Pokemon added to his Team Rocket Party. "Hmm, I should head to Lavender Town after robbing Professor Oak''s lab, this will do." Gan grinned to himself, as he put the magazine back into its bracket. "Sir, we need to talk to you about your Pokemon''s state.." Suddenly, a nurse with green hair came out and called Gan over. Chapter 26 - Growlithes Situation! Gan walked towards the nurse that called him over, she was holding a clipboard in her hand with a few papers on it. Judging from her expression; the situation wasn''t looking to be good, this caused Gan to worry. If such a talented Growlithe were to die, that would hurt him and his Pockets, so he wasn''t happy either. "So, do you want to hear the good news or the bad news?" The Nurse sighed and asked. "I''ll take the bad news, then hear the good news to cheer myself up." Gan nodded and said. "The bad news is, there is no good news and bad news is that your Growlithe has [Liver Disease]and [Malnourishment]." The nurse said coldly. "....." Gan was speechless from too many things she had said in one sentence. "To actually allow something like [Liver Disease] to reach such a critical state, what kind of trainer are you?" The Nurse was very upset, what trainer would allow their Pokemon to reach this state and not stop this earlier on? Thus, she viewed Gan very poorly, she even had him wait a while because of how mad she was. They had already checked Growlithe a while ago and identified what she had, but they kept Gan waiting on purpose, but he''ll never know that. "I found that Growlithe abandoned in Viridian Forest, I''m from Celedon City. I was coming from Pewter City when I passed through Viridian Forest and discovered that Pokemon." Gan explained, he was lying, but he wasn''t lying about getting this Pokemon as it was. "Hmm...." The nurse looked at Gan suspiciously, it was against the law to treat Pokemon like this, it was basically [Animal Cruelty], but in this case; [Pokemon Cruelty]. "I got witnesses, you can question the people at the [Viridian Forest Outpost], they saw me." Gan had his alibi, so he wasn''t worried if they got serious about this matter. "Hmph! I''ll need to see your trainer ID if you''re a trainer. If you don''t have one, I''d like to see your parents about this." The nurse still appeared to be mad but Gan didn''t think too much about it and just gave her his ID. "What? You have a [Gym Badge], and it from Pewter City Gym!" The Nurse was stunned, he was a genuine trainer, and a good one to have gotten his first Badge. The boys from before, who were initially chuckling at Gan''s misfortune had expressions of shock. Gan''s ID was updated by Brock, to be exact; the old man that worked for him at the front desk. He updated it, and it showed the [Gym Badge] he earned from defeating Brock on his ID, it now displayed for all to see! "I-I''m.. sorry about before." She finally believed Gan, she had no choice; this was a genuine ID with a Badge Icon on it. "You''re good, just tell the situation on Growlithe." Gan could care less about her anger from before, it just showed that she cared deeply for Pokemon. "Well, [Liver Disease] in Dog type Pokemon has many symptoms." The Nurse began to explain many things that came with Liver Disease. It was Depression, Abdominal bloating, Jaundice, and a loss of appetite. It described Growlithe well when he remembered how it acted. Gan concluded and speculated that its trainer found out about its disease, and abandoned it soon after. "Okay, what can you guys do to fix it?" Gan frowned and asked. "Well, we''re going to have to open her up and conduct surgery; this is the only way to save her." The nurse could only shake her head when she remembered Growlithe''s expression. "So, how much is that going to cost?" Gan scratched his eyebrows asking this question. "Hmm, it''ll cost ?14,000 for the surgery." The nurse said bluntly. "Okay, it can be done, I''ll pay now if you guys can start right away. Also, how long will it take, can guys give me a rough estimate or do you guys just know?" Gan wanted to get a few things done, but it wasn''t that important compared to such a talented Pokemon. "3 Days, it''ll take 3 days tops!" She pulled out a few papers that Gan had to sign, he paid for the surgery because he had no [Health Insurance]. The nurse wanted to prescribe some medicine for Growlithe; the first batch of pills was free but he''ll have to pay after the first freebie. He had never heard of an animal taking pills before, he heard of liquids they could take... but pills? Gan didn''t question the Pokemon world and their medicine, it must be better than the medicine from his world. Gan walked out of the Pokemon Center, he now had ?121,000 on him. Afterward, he walked over towards the street where stalls were set up earlier. This street was now vacant, but Gan could still see Pidgeotto and Butterfree watching and guarding the stall. Gan pulled out some food and water, then he fed the 2 before walking into the large tent stationed behind the stall. Once he walked inside, he spotted the Beedrill he had guarding the man, they were still watching the middle-aged man who had fallen asleep at this point. Gan gave them some water and food as he did with Pidgeotto and the rest before approaching the man. *Sniff Sniff* Why does it smell like piss over here?" Gan took a step back and found that the middle-aged man had pissed himself. Gan summoned Grimer and had it give the middle-aged man a good wake up hug. "Ah~! What the fu?k is this, it stinks!!" The middle-aged man almost passed out again. It was no telling when he had gotten the gag from over his mouth. Grimer wasn''t bombarding the area with that terrible smell anymore, but when it hugged the man he could smell it clearly. "Wake-up, you''ve slept long enough, you even pissed yourself!" Gan looked at the man coldly. "He''s the Pokemon I got from the Black Market, isn''t he amazing?" Gan grinned and commanded Grimer to back away. "Ugh!" The middle-aged man''s face scrunched. Gan had one of the Beedrill cut the rope off of him. The man was surprised, how did this kid get access to the Black Market without running into trouble? "I know what you want to ask, but it isn''t any of your business, I suggest you shut up and forget that you ever saw me." Gan knew what he wanted to ask because of what he had to go through to even find and enter the Black Market. "Yes, yes, of course, I never saw you, hehe!" For Gan to purchase a Pokemon from the Black Market wasn''t easy, he must be connected to those gangs. "Good, I''ll be taking my leave, you won''t see me in a while." Gan recalled his Pokemon and left without looking back. ''I won''t see you in a while? How about we never meet again!'' The man cursed in his thoughts. Meanwhile, Gan checked back into his hotel, it was quite a long day today, so he was tired. He was still a teen, so he needed all of his sleep. Gan, in a similar fashion, released his Pokemon to sleep, except for his Grimer, it was to stay in its Pokeball. However, he made sure to feed all of them before going to sleep, of course, he had to take a bath first. Gan slept well, and time passed as well; both of his Pokemon had gone to sleep. Eventually, the morning began to set in but Gan still didn''t get up as the sunlight peered through his window shades. He finally got up 4 hours later, at this point it was already 11:02 am. Gan stretched and started his daily work out before eating some breakfast. This time, he had some Farfetech''d meat for breakfast, it wasn''t exactly breakfast food but it got the job done. After giving his Geodude and Koffing some breakfast, he recalled them and got dressed for the day. "Hmm, I''m gonna need some more clothes, I only have so many I can wear. I also need to wash my clothes, I can''t keep wearing the same unwashed clothes." Gan scratched his head before mixing his clothes up, then he went to brush and flaws his teeth. Gan only had a residency here for a day, so he wouldn''t come back unless he wanted to renew it for an extended period. Leaving the hotel, he saw that the streets were just as lively as they were yesterday. Gan was planning to head back to Pewter City, so he could get a ride back to Celedon to take care of a few things. "Before going back to Pewter City, I need to head to Route 22 to catch a couple of Pokemon. I''m not too far away from reaching my 35 different species caught." Continuing on, he went off on his way; Gan had to admit that the Pokemon Center in Viridian was the biggest he had ever seen. Gan didn''t have a regional map, so he asked for a bit of direction on the location of Route 22. He knew it was West, but he didn''t know which way was West. After getting some instructions from some old lady, he traveled in that direction. He finally made it to Route 22, there was a brown brick road on this Route that led to the League Reception Building. But you would encounter wildlife before being able to make it there, after all, there was still a forest around filled with Pokemon. Gan could see all of the Pokemon near the forest and in the tall grass, most of the were Pidgey and Rattata. There were some Spearow from time to time, but this wasn''t what he was looking for. "Where are they, maybe I miscalculated?" Gan stood near a tree and watched on. These Pokemon discovered Gan but they didn''t bother him, better yet, they didn''t want to have anything to do with him. "I''ll stay for a bit longer and see, I can''t be too sure, so I have to make sure!" Gan refused to give up and just stood by. After waiting for an hour, nothing had changed, it was still the same Pokemon as it had always been. "I guess I was wrong, they should appear in a different spot in Kanto, it isn''t a total loss for me." Just when Gan had given up, a purple small figure appeared out of a bush. |Name: Nidoran (M) |Type: Poison |Level: 3 |Gender: Male (Locked) |Ability: Rivalry |Nature: Hardy |Moves: Leer| Peck| "Well, how about that!" Chapter 27 - New Sighting! This Nidoran(M) was only so-so, at least when it came to its level and low talent. Gan was easily able to defeat and it with Geodude. Nidoking wasn''t a bad choice to add to his Team Rocket Squad, but Nidoqueen was a Pokemon he preferred over him. Seeing that he was right about the appearance of Nidoran turning up here, he decided to stay for the appearance of a Nidoran(F). Of course, this wasn''t a common Pokemon in this area, but they were surely here. Gan decided that once he went back to Pewter City, he would need to buy a tent and camping gear or something. He always spent time in the wild, and just sitting around was a bit annoying at times. There was a lot of waiting involved, so it required patience to wait for the chosen Pokemon to show. Gan pulled out a chair from his storage and started to drink some lemonade to himself. Geodude just stood guard, watching at every turn. "Maybe some bait will be appropriate later, I should also get a Pokemon with Sweet Scent to attract them." An oddish was sounding pretty good right about now because of its move. Oddish wasn''t rare, so if he wanted one, Gan was sure he could find one located near Celedon City. Gan summoned his Koffing, and order it to fly over the forest to see if it could find a Nidoran(F). Gan had to describe the Pokemon to Koffing, so when he found it; it could alert him. Koffing called out its name and took to the sky to start its search. Gan just stayed seated and stretched while he was at it, getting into the scenery of the wild. A wild Spearow started a confrontation with a Pidgey, these Pokemon were quite the troublemakers from what Gan had seen. The show indicated this and so did this world, he remembered his fight with those Spearow, and how they went to get help from a Fearow. Gan took his chair and placed it someways away from these 2, he didn''t want to get involved in their fight. After about 5 minutes of waiting, Koffing appeared in the distance. "Koffing!" Koffing rotated around; indicating that it had found something. "Did you find the described Pokemon?" Gan asked as he stood up. Koffing nodded in return. "Perfect, lead the way!" Gan stored the chair back and followed Koffing. Koffing wasn''t the fastest but at least it knew where to go, so Gan didn''t care. There was no rushing unless he ended up wasting the day away for nothing. Koffing led him into the forest near the League area, and he followed. The forest wasn''t that thick like Viridian Forest, nor was it so green and healthy. After walking for about 8 minutes, Koffing suddenly stopped and so did Gan. Koffing descended, it seemed like it was trying to hide. Gan peeked over and what saw amazed him. There was a group of Nidoran Female and Males together. As for the number, he didn''t know but he started to scan them all for the best possible talent. As usual; most of them were all 1-star, there were even a few 2-stars among them. However, there was always that oddball amongst such a big group, thus, he had spotted a 3-star Nidoran(F). There was even a Nidoran(M) that had a 3-star talent. These 2 were together, they must have noticed each other compatibility together. Gan signaled Koffing to go around them to cut them off. These Pokemon were apart of the rodent family, so once danger popped up; they would make a run for it. He wanted both of these Pokemon to be his! Koffing circled around and when it was in position, it came out from its place of hiding. Koffing easily spooked the group of Nidoran, and they all ran in different directions. Koffing shot a flamethrower to force the duo of Nidoran to run towards a different route. A Forest Fire was a dangerous thing, so he told Koffing to be extremely careful while using such a move. Both Nidoran changed routes and ran in the direction they were meant to run, into Gan''s clutches! They both hopped and ran over, at that moment, Geodude popped up and quickly knocked them both over the head. A clunking sound was heard as they both fell to the ground unmoved. "Wow, be careful, we don''t want to break their skulls and kill them!" Gan was shocked, Geodude may have hit them a little too hard. They were only at level 4, so he didn''t need much to knock them out. "G-Geo!" Geodude seemed sorry, as it went over to check on the Nidoran. "It''s okay, just be a bit more careful, they aren''t that strong yet." Gan waved his hand and tossed 2 Pokeballs at the 2, catching them with ease. A Three Star Pokemon was the pinnacle you could find in the wild, then there was the extremely rare Four Star. As for Five Stars, you could just forget it; the only way to get those was through breeding. Of course, with the use of Star Pieces and Star Dust, it was also possible. Gan was really grateful for his cheat to spot talented Pokemon, it gave him the advantage in this world. AN: The StarPiece''s ability to raise talent has changed, it gives a [.3] rise in talent, while Stardust gives a [.1] rise in talent. Star pieces are worth so much more, something I overlooked before. Finishing up here, he quickly left Route 22 back to Viridian City. He remembered where the exit was to reach Viridian Forest. Arriving in Viridian Forest, he went on his way; there were different men at the Outpost this time around. Gan showed them his ID then they let him pass, this was to stop under-aged kids from venturing through here and getting killed. Technically, anyone under 18 was underage in Gan''s book, but the World of Pokemon looked at it differently. Viridian Forest was the same as usual; beautiful but deadly for most beginner trainers. Gan thought for a moment, he wasn''t in rush now, and his uniform should arrive tomorrow. "Hmm, I can train these Nidoran here, then maybe check out Zone 2 to see if I can catch something from there." It was dangerous, but he felt a little confident now that he had a Grimer and Koffing with a fire move. "If the levels are too high in that area, then I''m out of there!" Gan concluded. Thus, he began his search for Pokemon to beat down. Caterpie and Weedle were very common around here, so what better target than them? Just as he was walking, he spotted a group of 6 Caterpie. One of them suddenly lit up in bright white light, it was evolving! "Hehe, more exp for me!" Gan chuckled silently and watched from a bush. He just waited for it to evolve. Unfortunately, these Pokemon were higher in level compared to his Nidoran, so he could only give it aid with the help of Geodude. These Caterpie were all level 5 and 6, with the newly evolved Metapod being 7. The Nidoran male and female only knew 2 moves. "You 2 will be working together to fight these Caterpie, and most importantly that Metapod." Summoning them both, he gave them orders immediately. Gan had healed them up a while ago with Potions. Both of them looked at the group of bugs squirming about. With just one look, they could tell that Caterpie wasn''t anything special. "Go! Nidoran, use peck and you use scratch!" Both of them jumped out of the bush and ran over to attack the group of Caterpie together. Geodude was behind them to monitor them if they got into trouble, he was practically a babysitter at this point. ..... Moments later, Gan could be seen leaving the scene. He traveled around the Viridian Forest for a while challenging Pokemon with his Nidoran duo. After a while, they both had reached level 11, so now Gan wanted to check out Zone 2. Geodude also leveled up, but only by one level since he didn''t really participate that much. Magikarp leveled up as well, it couldn''t do anything but leech exp. Perhaps he could catch something new to complete his mission. Looking at the Viridian Forest map, he easily found his way towards the entrance of Zone 2. The number of danger signs set up on the way was insane, they really went out of their way to warn people of the dangers. Gan merely looked into Zone 2; the trees here were taller thicker and greener. The Trees had fruits growing on them compared to the ones in Zone 2, while there were many berries bushes here as well. Gan crept his way into Zone 2, he moved cautiously through this area, but he didn''t go too deep. Suddenly, a fur ball rolled out of the forest, its big round eyes were red. It shot a laser from its mouth, attacking a Pokemon that was fighting it. Gan recognized the attacker as a Beedrill, it was higher in level than usual; being at level 19. The Beedrill was blown out of the sky with one beam, it crashed into the forest somewhere. Gan had already taken cover to scope out the situation. He looked at the furball and recognized it as a Venonat. |Name: Venonat |Type: Bug/Poison |Level: 23 |Gender: Female |Ability: Compound Eyes |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold "Jeez! Such a high level, but I should be able to take it down." Gan was quite worried about those Psychic attacks, which threatened his whole. Gan considered getting a Psychic Pokemon for his Team Rocket Team, maybe Exeggutor? Gan summoned Grimer, he was going to be shameless for this catch, he didn''t care. Chapter 28 - Deadly Battle! Ganging up on one Pokemon was a bit saddening, but Gan could care less about things like that. Venonat could use Psychic moves, so it could deal with threats like Beedrill with ease. There were no Dark Pokemon In Kanto, so Gan could only wait until he journeyed to Johto where they roamed about. Psychic Pokemon were far too strong in the Generation 1 games, until they made Dark types put them in check. Dragons were the same, they were out of control until Fairy types came along to put them in check. In any case, Gan had Grimer and Koffing attack, while Geodude sat back. It also used an attack but it didn''t fly or go in closer like the latters. Gan warned them to beware of the attacks it could use, as they were super effective against them. Koffing would especially receive a harsh blow since its Special Defense wasn''t so good. Venonat turned around and saw the strange duo of purple and creepy Pokemon approaching it with bad intentions. Venonat''s expression didn''t show shock or change; this was only because its expression couldn''t change. But when it saw them both, it didn''t have any thoughts of fighting these 2. Their appearances alone were enough to scare it. It only had one thing in mind at that moment, and that was to run! Venonat turned around as fast as it could and booked it towards the forest at unreal speed. "It''s trying to escape, catch him!" Gan was stunned, he thought he could just quickly defeat this Pokemon. He didn''t strategize like he normally did because he was worried about this Zone, so all thoughts of planning went out the window. Grimer opened it''s mouth a shot a big brown ball at Venonat; Grimer and Koffing had lower speed compare to Venonat, so they weren''t catching this little guy. The move that Grimer shot off was Mud Bomb. Koffing also shot a flamethrower, but it was too late. Venonat had already jumped into the thicket and disappeared. "F**K!" Gan cursed and sighed. The little furball was just too fast, while Koffing and Grimer were slow as s**t! "Come back, guys, forget it." Gan called them back over, he came here to scout and see if he''d get fortunate enough to find anything new to catch. He did get fortunate to find something, but he couldn''t catch it. There was a probability of him encounter Pokemon in the high 20''s, so he wasn''t exploring this area anymore. Gan quickly left the area, he figured he''d just farm some Beedrill and Butterfree in this forest. Feeling confident, he headed towards Beedrill''s territory. Gan finally understood something looking at his Pokemon''s move sets. Having Pokemon was pretty costly, you had to feed them and you had to make sure they had some strong moves. TMs weren''t cheap, but it was a good thing that Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh used the same currency. It was best to accumulate as much money as he could for an easier journey and stronger Pokemon. Gan wanted to at least evolve both his Nidoran and get his Geodude to level 20 or so. He couldn''t catch that Venonat, so it was best to just evolve his Nidoran to complete the mission. As usual; Gan saw many warning signs with Beedrill''s face on them. Gan kept most of his Pokemon out with him, he didn''t recall them. Once he was in the Zone, he kept walking. It was quiet here, but that was already weird, as it was a little too quiet. Usually, you would hear noises from Pokemon but it was dead silent. "Daaaaaahhh~!!" Right as he was walking while being surrounded by his Pokemon, he heard a scream. "Dude! Do people come here to commit suicide!? Every time I come here, someone is screaming!" He only came here once, but Gan had the feeling that if ever kept visiting this place; all he would hear are screams! Gan jumped when he heard the scream, but this time, he wanted to ignore it. He turned away and walked in a different direction, but the yelling got louder. "Damn, does this guy know how to die?" Just as he said that three guys jumped out of the forest huffing and puffing. "Really?" Gan''s face turned desolate, he thought he was walking away from them but they were this close to him. "You have to help us, we''ve all been poisoned and my friend here is injured!" The trio of men saw Gan and his Pokemon and felt like they were saved. Gan could tell they were poisoned from their faces, they were exhausted, while his friend was bleeding badly from his stomach. "Bzzzz~!!" Before Gan could say anything, he heard loud buzzing; this caused him to swipe at his ear but there obviously nothing there. Gan looked on in shock, the sky looked like it was darkening, it looked to be about 20 to 35 Beedrill heading this way. "You idiots, you led all of those damn Beedrill to me!" Gan''s eyes almost popped out of his eye sockets, how did they manage to upset so many of them!? "W-we...." The man was speechless, he couldn''t really talk anyway. Gan put on no face in this threatening situation, it was just too many of them. Even if his level was higher, he had no choice but to call forth all of his Pokemon for this fight. Gan tossed Pokeballs like never before, as he summoned many Pokemon he had caught in Mt. Moon and on Route 3. Onix, Chansey, Clefairys, Sandshrew, Mankey, Beedrills, Ekans, Zubats, Butterfrees, Pidgeotto, Jigglypuff, etc! Everyone''s eyes went wide looking at the amount of Pokemon that were spawning. "Everyone fight, take that army down, try not to get too close, and avoid those stingers!" Gan roared for all of them to hear. All of them looked towards the sky and readied themselves for battle. The Swarm of Beedrill easily spotted the foreign Pokemon and went on the ?ssault. Onix was a big target, it became their main target of attack. The 3 Butterfree attacked together by using Gust! The Energy or Aura of this attack gave off flying type damage, which would be more than enough to hurt them. Onix was using its tail to swipe at the attacking Beedrill around it. Beedrill''s stinger lit up with green light; this was their signature move Twineedle. Onix was hit and took heavy damage from this attack, it was being attacked by 6 Beedrill! Koffing came over and puffed flames at them, knocking them out of the air with smoke fuming from their bodies. Gan had no choice but to recall Onix, it was basically a huge target in the eyes of these Beedrill. "You morons, this is all your fault. What in the world did you 3 stooges do to piss them off to this level?" Gan looked at the group coldly, he wasn''t trying to die an unfortunate death or at all for that matter. "..." "...." "...." They didn''t say anything, they just put their heads down to avoid the question. "Good, then enjoy being poisoned, you should die pretty soon." Gan smiled and pointed his attention back to his Pokemon. A Beedrill was blown out of the sky at that moment; the minute it landed, it tried to get back up. Unfortunately for it, it was attacked by both Nidoran who were waiting patiently for this moment. This was the same for any Beedrill that happened to get knocked out of the sky, Jigglypuff was slapping Beedrill like it owed it money. Grimer shot Mud Bombs from the ground, while Butterfree and Koffing did most of the work because they could fly. Pidgeotto was no different, there seemed to be anger in every attack that it used, no, this was hate! It hated these Beedrill to the core, it had even managed to kill a few in its ?ssault by tearing them into pieces! Gan was surprised, but he understood why it hated these Pokemon so much. After all, they were the ones that had sentenced its previous trainer to death. Pidgeotto and the Group of Butterfree were having a field day with these Beedrill; they were more excited than he expected. The group of Clefairy shot a few Disarming Voices at them, but this move wasn''t so effective on Beedrill. Rocks stumbled out of the void and knocked more Beedrill out of the sky. Beedrill started to target Butterfree since it was another hateful enemy of theirs. Zubat was useless here, so Gan recalled it. Beedrill managed to hit a Butterfree and knock it out of the sky. Gan recalled it and summoned it back to give it a Potion so it could go back into battle. The most unstoppable force here was Pidgeotto, it was mowing through Beedrill like weeds. Wing Attack simply destroyed Beedrill, it was also backed by stab; they couldn''t fight back! The Beedrill that were knocked out of the sky were either tackled on the ground if they got up, or beaten unconscious. This was done by Mankey and Sandshrew, who had trained together before. Mankey would tackle them, then Sandshrew would roll out on them. They were already hurt, so they couldn''t withstand harmful attacks like rollout. "S-sir, please heal us! We won''t last long!" One of the men finally gave in, he didn''t want to die. "Oh, so you wanna talk now?" Gan smiled, "How about this, you pay for an antidote and you tell me why this Beedrill pack is so angry?" "T-this..." "Okay, you can go die then." Gan sneered. "Okay, it was because we stole a strange egg from them, it''s in his backpack!" One of them finally said. "You idiot, why would you tell him that!?" The other man was instantly enraged but he couldn''t do anything about it because of how weak he was feeling. "An Egg?" Gan said with interest. "How much are you selling an Antidote for, we ran out recently." The same man that gave in asked. "?30,000 per Antidote." Gan grinned as he counted on his finger. "You''re f**king crazy!!" The man actually vomited blood when he heard Gan''s asking price. This was due to anger and the poison affecting him; mainly the poison. "Uh, oh, that poison is starting to hit home, hahaha!" Gan only smiled at the group, he would take what money he could get. Meanwhile, the battle was nearing its end. It was a good thing Gan carried so many Pokemon with him. Chansey only went over to heal Pokemon and didn''t attack anyone. "Pidgeotto is the real MVP here." Gan smiled strangely, that thing was truly too ruthless! Chapter 29 - Boost In Strength Part-1! As the Battle was coming to an end, many of Gan''s Pokemon were gaining experience from the big battle. This battle was completely unexpected, Gan obviously never expected to run into a swarm of Beedrill. Chansey was running back and forth trying to heal Pokemon like Butterfree, who had suffered at the blades of Beedrill. Gan saw victory and sighed in relief, his Pokemon were also gaining a lot of exp from this. "Okay, I''ll pay it... my father is extremely rich, so I carry such chump change on me!" The man at the side said haughtily. ''Just you wait, how dare you extort us!?'' One of the men thought coldly, his heart turned sinister at the thought of what he was going to do to Gan. In fact, all of them were thinking the same thing, but they had to be careful; this guy was carrying an army of Pokemon with him! The men reached into their bags, but they only had ?61,000 in total. Clefairy seemed to have sensed something from the men, their emotions didn''t go unnoticed by fairy Pokemon like Clefairy. Clefairy leaped over lightly towards Gan and started speaking to him with its Pokemon tongue. Gan obviously didn''t understand, but it kept pointing at the men and shaking its hand and head in dissatisfaction. He smiled in his heart, how could these types of people let him go? "?61,000 will do, thank you." Gan happily said. The men handed over the cash then Gan stored it away. Eventually, all of the Beedrill were defeated. Gan turned around and saw that his Geodude had hit level 22, while both his Nidoran were starting to evolve. Gan didn''t know the amount of Beedrill that had appeared but they gave a lot of Exp individually. Gan was elated seeing their great jump in level, he felt like he could challenge the Gym Leader Misty now. But that Starmie, he needed something for that thing, he needed something to deal with such a fast Pokemon. Magikarp was at level 17, it was only going to be used if he had to cross the ocean, and for his Pokedex entry sake. As soon as both Nidoran evolved, he heard a notification go off, but he didn''t have the time to look at it. Nidorino stood on all 4''s as it had always done, while Nidorina stood straight up on her hind legs. Gan needed to change their natures, he didn''t like their natures at all because they could do more damage with the right nature. "Thank you for the money, you guys saved me the trouble of looting your corpses! Geodude, come knocked these guys out!" Geodude almost acted instantly, he had grown used to knocking things over the head. "W-what are you doing?! We paid you, how could you treat us like this!? You f**king bastard!" They were shocked, but before they knew it; they saw nothing but darkness. Gan couldn''t take the chance, he saw that look in their eyes and knew why Clefairy was warning him. It had sensed their ill intention, it was futuristic killing intent, to have Gan dead! He didn''t have to kill them directly, he could just let the poison run its course All of the Pokemon gathered together, the battle was over so they just stood by for further instruction. Chansey was still checking everyone to see if everyone was doing alright. She actually started to help those poisoned men but Gan told her otherwise. Clefairy played with Jigglypuff, they were of the same type and came from the same place; supposedly. Gan grabbed the bag and started to search it, it was indeed an egg inside. This was surely a Pokemon egg due to its size. The egg was slightly bigger than an American FootBall, it was black with a giant red circle in the middle of it. Gan scanned it to see if he could find any extra information about it. |Type: ??? |Level: 1 |Gender: Male |Ability: ??? |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Serious |Moves: ??? "*Gasp!*" Gan was shocked, what type of Pokemon was inside of this egg!? It was a 5-star Pokemon egg! The egg needed to be incubated in order to hatch, so he needed to buy one. Gan calmed down and stored the egg away for later. He was so happy, it was 5 stars, the legendary 5 star Pokemon, but what was in it? Gan robbed the men of all that they had, including their Pokemon. He usually didn''t rob people of their Pokemon but these guys were going to die soon. After waiting for 30 minutes, they all died in their sleep, well, while knocked out. Gan had Koffing burn the corpses, his last name wasn''t Arson for nothing. He couldn''t be remorseful for people that wanted to bring harm to him. Gan was starting to change when it came to this, he needed to live as long as he could. Once he has caught all of the Pokemon in the world, beaten all of the Gym Leaders, and collected all of their badges, he would settle down somewhere. It was telling how long that would take, but he would live out his life in this world until he died. Then, he would go to the One Piece World, hehe! He came here expecting to train for a while, but it was over just like that. Gan recalled all of his Pokemon and left Beedrill''s territory. His next destination was Pewter City, he needed to meet Warren. Gan caught as many Beedrill as he could, he would earn Merit Points by selling them at the Pewter City Branch. Within 30 minutes, he arrived at Pewter City, and the first place he went to was the Pokemon Center. He had to have those Beedrill fully healed in order to sell them at the highest Price. Getting your Pokemon healed was free of charge, so he didn''t suffer any losses. The nurse''s face twitched seeing the amount of Pokemon Gan wanted to be healed. She pulled out a basket and put them all in as she glared at Gan with squinted eyes. Gan only smiled brightly; revealing all of his teeth. The nurse didn''t know why, but she felt like punching him for some reason. She silently took the Pokemon in the back to be healed up. There were b?r?ly any people that came to the Pokemon Center since there weren''t many trainers around here yet. Gan could be considered to have gotten a head start on everyone, but many trainers would soon swarm this City in due time. Knowing that it would take some time to heal those Pokemon, he went to the market to buy some clothes. Their clothes weren''t as fancy as Celedon City''s but they would do for now. After buying himself some clothes, he went back to the Pokemon Center to pick up his Pokemon. "Try to be more careful now, you had so many Pokemon that needed healing!" The nurse smiled, but Gan could tell that it really wasn''t a smile. "Damn it, just do your darn job!'' Gan cursed the nurse in his thoughts, but he only smiled on the outside and nodded before leaving. A lot of the Beedrill had been left behind but Gan had taken 22 of them away. This wasn''t counting the Beedrill he had caught a while ago before that big fight. Gan was fairly hungry but he held off until he was done taking care of business at Pewter City''s Branch. Gan did what Warren did and said the words: Team Rocket Forever'' before being let in. Once Gan was inside, he showed his ID and was approved. There was a different duo standing guard this time, so they didn''t recognize him. Once he was in the base, he headed straight towards the Merit Hall. Occupying the Merit Hall was the same man he encountered the first time he visited this place. Some people struggled to get Merit Points, but there were some that were naturally talented. Gan waited behind some girl, who was purchasing a TM. Once she was finished, Gan walked forward. "Damn, you again? I thought you went back to Celedon City." The man knitted his eyebrows as he gazed upon Gan. The last time he was blackmailed out of Points and Money; the branch had to do counts but he usually did the scamming while the rest of the money went into his pocket. "You know I can''t leave without blackmailing you again, how about hooking me up with ?100,000 and 50,000 Merit Points? After that, I''ll leave for sure, what do you say?" Gan smiled and said. "GO TO HELL!!" The man''s face turned red from rage, he thought he was hearing things at first but his ears weren''t deceiving him. "Damn man, take a joke, you''re running your blood pressure up getting mad all of the time." Gan laughed and said. "Damn you, what the hell do you want?" The man gritted his teeth, he was still pissed off at Gan. He just wanted to give Gan his earnings, so he could scram out of here before he ended up getting played again. "Okay, anyway, I''m here to earn some Merit Points by selling some Pokemon." Gan got straight to the point, as much as he wanted to mess with this guy, he didn''t have time. "Hmph! What are you selling? If it''s anything basic like a Weedle or Caterpie, then don''t expect much! " The man wore a black turtle neck long sleeve shirt, with the Team Rocket R on it. He wore men''s brown safari trousers, he had a good build, so it showed that he stayed in shape. "I''m selling a huge number of Beedrill, as for their talent and skills, you''ll have to find out yourself." Gan pulled out a box filled with PokeBalls that held all of the Beedrill within them. "Beedrill? Okay, right this way.." The man was stunned seeing so many PokeBalls, but Beedrill wasn''t a bad Pokemon in Team Rocket''s opinion. Chapter 30 - Boost In Strength Part-2 Final! Another man appeared out of a room in the back, he took all 27 Beedrill away for inspection. This inspection included talent and the moves they could use. Pokemon was the main thing Branches needed to recruit more members, so Gan should earn a lot from this. Gan only had 6 regular PokeBalls left after catching so many Beedrill, so he had to head to the Pokemart when he had the time. The Branch may need more Pokemon, but Gan needed was more TMs and money. The inspection took a while, so Gan just waited in the back. He had already checked their talent, so he knew what he should expect. After waiting for 20 minutes, the man who originally took them away came back. The man that didn''t like him so much didn''t want to deal with him, so he sent this guy to help him in his stead. "From what we''ve measured, there is 20 Silver(2-star) Beedrill and 7 Gold(3-star) Beedrill. Each silver Beedrill is worth 8,000 Merit Points, while the gold ones are worth 12,000 points." The man was reading this from some clipboard. "As a bonus for contributing so much to the branch, we''ll give you an extra 10,000 Merit Points and one free item of your choosing." The man said lazily. That meant that Gan had earned 254,000 Merit Points for this transaction. Gan wanted to buy many things right away, he needed too many things. Gan handed the man his ID and he quickly added Gan''s points with a swipe. The man had a device sitting on his clipboard that appeared to look like an I-pad from his world. The logo didn''t have an Apple but an R instead, it also seemed more advanced. Afterward, the man handed Gan his card back. "You may as well hold onto it, for now, I''m going to purchase a lot of things from here." Gan hurriedly and said. "Oh, okay, what would like to buy, I can go get it for you if we have what you''re looking for." The man sat Gan''s card on his clipboard and asked. "I want some TMs, I want 3 Thunderbolts, 1 Icebeam, and 1 Poison Jab TM! Also, I wonder if you have any Nature changing Mints here?" Gan rubbed his chin and said. "..." The man was speechless. "Well?" Gan looked at the man and said. "Yes, we have all of those TMs, but we only have certain Mints at this Branch, so you might not find what you want here." He was surprised because most Team Rocket members didn''t know about Mints. They were flowers that were kept inside of a container to contain the scent. Once a Pokemon sniffed the smell into its body; the flower would lose its ability. On the other hand, the Pokemon would have a nature change due to the scent of the flower. The man went into the back to get the TMs Gan wanted. Flamethrower cost 30,000 when he bought it, so Thunderbolt and Ice beam cost 30,000 each. Poison Jab cost 25,000, it wasn''t far off in pricing compared to the others but it was still a lot. Gan with his already 32,000 plus 254,000 had 286,000 Merit Points. The man brought him the TM disc, then he charged Gan''s card. Money was the most useful thing to him since it would take him a long way. Gan recived ?100,000. This could be called semi-rich but he hadn''t even gotten half a million yet, so he was far off from truly being rich. Gan was led to a back storage room filled with different items, he identified an item called Shadow Tag and many more. However, he didn''t come here for any of those items, for now, so this wasn''t of any importance to him. "Here they are, these are what we have." The man pointed to a shelf full of clear containers with different colored flowers inside of them. "We don''t have those in this part of the Merit Hall, we only sell TMs and items here. We give all of the Pokemon we get from trainers to another Merit Hall outlet." The man shook his head and explained. Gan nodded as to understand; this made sense when he was back in Celedon. There was a separate area filled with machinery, so this didn''t change here. Gan asked him how much a jetpack would cost and whatnot. The man estimated to about 75,000 to 80,000 or so. Gan would run out of Merit Points at this rate but he suddenly remembered the TMs he stole from the scammer in Viridian. He had taken 3 TMs from the guy, that being Sandstorm, Power-Up Punch, and Frustration. Gan pulled out the TM Frustration, he wanted to sell it to the Merit Hall. These moves weren''t sold in stores but a few Team Rocket Bases had a few onboard. They also had the move Return, but no one really bought this move. As for Frustration, it was a top seller. The more the Pokemon hated you, the more damage it would do. The Team Rocket members here didn''t treat their Pokemon with respect at all, so it was a favorite. Gan didn''t need such a move, so he wanted to sell it. "Ah, what TM would this be?" He knew Gan wanted to sell this TM but he didn''t know what it was. "This is the TM Frustration, I want to sell it." Gan said bluntly. The man was surprised, usually, Team Rocket Grunt would keep this TM to themselves. He didn''t say much and sold the TM For 40,000, it did around 50 damage, but with full hate; it doubled in damage. Gan bought a [Timid Nature Mint] and got a [Modest Nature Mint] for free. The rest of his Team besides Nidorina and Nidorino had good natures. After that, he left the hall, it was best to find Warren so he could return to Celedon. He asked the man at the front counter of the Merit Hall who didn''t like him so much. He told him that Warren had gone out to train and won''t be back until later today. The only reason he knew this was because Warren told him, he expected Gan to ask about his whereabouts. Gan didn''t go to buy any Technological things here, he left the Team Rocket Base instead. He quickly went to book himself an Inn room before going back out to grab something to eat. He went to a store that was selling Pokemon meat, the attraction here was Psyduck meat. He also bought some vegetables, he had to keep a good diet and not eat meat all of the time. Gan returned to his inn room to cook the meat up. The stall in Viridian already had the meat ready to go, but this wasn''t the case for a market. While the meat was sizzling on the stove, he summoned 3 of his Pokemon. Them being Nidorina, Nidorino, and Grimer. "Hehe, it''s time to learn a new move, we''ll start with you, Grimer." Gan pulled out the TM Poison Jab and placed it on Grimer''s head. Suddenly, the disc lit up and turned into particles that sunk into Grimer''s head. Gan checked its status and saw that it had learned Poison Jab as it should. He recalled Grimer and turned his attention to the Nido Clan. |Name: Nidorino |Type: Poison |Gender: Male |Ability: Rivalry |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Serious |Moves: Leer| Peck| Focus Energy| Double Kick| Poison Sting| .... |Name: Nidorina |Type: Poison |Level: 16 |Ability: Poison Point |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Rash |Moves: Leer| Scratch| Tail Whip| Double Kick| Poison Sting| Gan took out the TMs Thunderbolt and put them on their heads at the same time. Within seconds they both learned the move Thunderbolt. If he could somehow change their abilities to the hidden one, Sheer Force; they would benefit so much. "This will also help me fight the Gym Leader Misty." Gan was confident that he could fight the Gym Leader of Cerulean City for sure now. Afterward, Gan checked on the Psyduck meat, but it still wasn''t done. So, he took the time to recall Nidorino, then he took out one of the mints. Gan took out the Modest Mint Flower, it was Cyan in color, as it also gave off a small tint of cyan light. Gan kneeled down and had Nidorina take a good sniff of it for a while until the Flower slowly lost its ?uster. Gan scanned Nidorina again and found that her nature had changed into Modest. He did the same thing for Nidorino in order to change its nature to Timid. Gan sighed, then he summoned his main Pokemon team to feed them all at once. He told Grimer not to touch anything or give off that horrid stench around here. They went into another part of the room, he spent more money to get a bigger place this time. Gan went to take a shower, then he suited up in his new clothes. Before leaving the inn, he recalled all of his Pokemon. "I think it''s about time I went to check out the Museum around here.." Gan wanted to get his hands on an [Old Amber]. Chapter 31 - Pewter City Museum! Gan was now on his way to the museum to scope the place out, he knew they wouldn''t just hand over the [Old Amber] to him. The game was different; the museum collected fossils, so why would they just give them away? On his way there, he checked his mission rewards that still showed the notification alert. He had to accept the rewards for this to disappear. Mission Name: Road To Completion! [COMPLETED!] Mission Objective: Catch 35 Different Species Of Pokemon. [Accept rewards? yes/yes] Gan tapped the only option he could hit, which was yes. [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded: Pokedex] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded: StarPiece (x2)] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded: Silph Scope] [Congratulations, you''ve been rewarded: Moon Stone (x1)] ... [Mission Unlocked!] Mission Objective: Catch 100 Different Species Of Pokemon. Mission Rewards| ? Togepi Egg ? King''s Rock ? TM-Ice Punch ? Expert Belt (x1) ? Power Plant Pass "Uh..." Gan stopped in place, it gave him another mission. The strange thing was that it jumped from 35 to 100! The rewards weren''t bad, but he pointed his attention towards his current rewards. He checked out his Pokedex and found that it had a different color from a regular Pokemon Dex. Instead of being red, it was all black with the bu??ons inside being all white, it also had white outlining it. "This thing is more amazing than I initially thought!" Gan was satisfied, he could truly count as a genuine trainer now. As for the Silph Scope, he didn''t even bother to take that out, he kept that inside of his storage to inspect later. Gan placed the Pokedex inside of his storage, so it wouldn''t break or suffer from some unfortunate mistake. He contiuned his way back towards the Museum to check the place out. There weren''t many people who visited the Museum from what Gan could see on the outside. The Museum was huge, it looked like a memorial building with several pillars appearing to be holding it up on the outside. There were 10 stairs he had to climb to reach the door. Before walking into the Museum, he got a good look at the outside of it. Walking in, he was greeted with a beautiful scene, it smelled fresh and had nice clean marble white floors that made it better. "Ahem, if you want to visit the Museum, then that''s going to cost you ?100." The man adjusted his glasses and said seriously. He wore a blue and white lined patterned shirt with pure white pants, he looked and sounded like the serious type. "No problem." Gan paid and contiuned through the Museum. Gan saw many models of Ancient Pokemon, even Pokemon from different Generations were on display. He stopped at a life-sized Tyrantrum; this model displayed the legit size of each Pokemon. "I''ll definitely have to get one of these once I make it to that region." Having a T-Rex on his Pokemon Team was pretty amazing in Gan''s book. There were no fossils here for these Pokemon; these Fossils were located overseas. Gan contiuned to walk through the Museum, there was b?r?ly anyone here. He eventually came across a life-size Aerodactyl, It was hanging from the ceiling; being held up by 3 strong chains. Two connected to its wings, while the last chain connected to its back to keep it hanging up. Gan looked at the [Old Amber] but he didn''t give it much attention, after all, he was actually planning a small OP to rob this! Continuing on, he checked out the whole Museum and saw every type of fossil known so far. After checking out the Museum, he walked towards the entrance to take a seat. He didn''t leave but sat down to relax. Gan had recently just eaten, so it would be wise to not move so much. He put his head down and began to plan, he could rob this place today but that would draw too much suspicion. Gan had to wait at least 2 to 3 days before robbing the place, it couldn''t be done today. This place had cameras, so they would start to put the puzzle together with camera footage; this was why he didn''t give too much attention to the [Old Amber]. "*Gasp!* It''s you, you little jerk!" Just as Gan was thinking, he heard a familiar voice. Looking up, he spotted the girls he robbed at Mt. Moon. "Oh, it''s you guys again, since when would people like you care about history?" Gan knitted his eyebrows and said mockingly. "I''d like to let you know that my mom was a researcher, so you don''t know anything!" The Tomboy pointed at Gan and said. "Hey, hey, no yelling in the Museum, you can''t take your dispute elsewhere!" The glasses man in the white and blue striped shirt spoke with authority. "Ah, sorry, sorry." She hurriedly and apologized. "Yeah, she''s sorry, she was excited when she saw me because they''re both from my fan club. So please, excuse the behavior of young growing girls." Said Gan seriously. "Oh, I see, they''re young, so when they see a celebrity they would naturally freak out." Seeing Gan''s serious expression, the man calmed down and nodded as to understand. The 2 girls almost choked with anger, but they couldn''t cause a scene here. "So ???ky because he won one Gym Badge, you got fortunate last time but I bet you can''t win another Badge." The Blonde pointed at Gan and said with provocation. "Cocky? It just goes to show that fortune favors me. Do you guys have a trainer''s license?" Gan scoffed at the two. "Yes, we do. what of it?" They both said in unison. "Okay, so do you have any badges at all?" Gan tossed another question their way. "...." "....." "As I thought, fortune doesn''t favor fools, haha!" Gan stood up and looked at the 2 with disdain. His mocking smile made them so mad that the Tomboy wanted to just walk up to him and punch him. The Tomboy clenched her fist and said. "I''ll go beat the Gym Leader, and once I''ve collected all of the badges, I''ll defeat you!" "Where did this all come from, you 2 are crazy." Gan couldn''t believe his ears, was this girl insane? He couldn''t have the time to deal with these 2, he walked right past them towards the exit. "Hold it right there, are you chickening out?" The Tomboy wouldn''t let it go. "No, I just don''t take people who call others fortunate when they haven''t even tried to begin with. I beat that Gym Leader with one strike from Mankey, but before Onix could faint he surrendered." Gan believed he got fortunate with the critical hit, but Onix''s base stats were very pitiful. He couldn''t for the love of him understand why it was such a s**t Pokemon, it was a large rock snake for goodness sake. "We''ll have a decisive battle once we''ve collected all of the Gym Badges, what do you think? Are you still trying to run away? "I sure am! See ya!" Gan turned and ran out of the building! "This guy!!" The Blonde couldn''t believe or take it anymore and yell with a red face, she couldn''t believe people like this existed. "He ran! That no shame having bastard!" The tomboy was shocked, she thought he would agree to her battle. "Hey, hey, no yelling in the Museum!" The man looked up and said coldly. "..." They both didn''t say anything to him and went to explore the Museum. "Don''t worry about guys like that, Lydia. If he does get all of his Badges, he shouldn''t be hard to find since there are b?r?ly any trainers taking on the Gyms. At that time, you can challenge him and defeat him in front of everyone." "You''re right, we''ll need to head to Mt. Moon again to try and catch Clefairy." Lydia cheered up hearing her friend''s comment. "Okay, but let''s check out the Ancient Pokemon around this place." Mira said with a smile. ..... Meanwhile. Gan had returned back to Pewter City''s streets, he surely didn''t want to deal with those 2. Since he was waiting for Warren, he returned back to Team Rocket''s Base to train his Pokemon. Heading towards the Team Rocket Training area, he saw many Team Rocket Grunts; both Male and Females Training their Pokemon. Gan found an empty space and summoned his Nidorina and Nodorino. "Okay, you guys will work on your body and perseverance; mainly body strengthening." As Gan was speaking, he grabbed a couple of weight vests and put them around both Nidorina and Nidorino''s bodies. There was no weight to them, so he had to add the amount of weight he wanted them to train in. "Let''s start with 100 Pounds, this shouldn''t be a problem for you 2." Gan brought the weights over and put them into the weight vest. "N-nido!" Both of them were a bit surprised but they hung on. "Now, we''ll be practicing lunges. You''ll lunge at the target here, it''ll also be moving. Don''t worry, I''ll also be lifting weights to train myself." Gan didn''t get a membership at a Gym, so this was the best time to work out himself. "Oh, you''re back, I didn''t expect to see you so soon." Just as he and his Pokemon were training, he heard yet another familiar voice. Gan took one looked and recognized it as Arlo. Chapter 32 - Lavender Town! Gan looked Arlo up and down, he was still dressed in his Team Rocket uniform as usual. He held his head up high with pride. Gan couldn''t understand what this guy was so proud of, he had a lot to work on. "Ah, you''re Arnold, right? What do you want?" Gan asked lazily. "Damn you, you forgot my name already, my name is Arlo!" Arlo fumed a bit and said. "Oh, yeah." Gan turned back around and started working out by lifting weights. "...." Arlo was speechless. "I''d like to let you know that I''ve been training myself, I''ve been beating down Pokemon on Route 3. I had even managed to catch a few and sell them to the Merit Hall for points." Arlo smiled smugly; this was his indication that he was catching up to Gan. "That''s good, but you should catch more than one Pokemon for your Team. One will not help in the long run, so you better choose wisely." Gan said as he pumped weights. "Those Pokemon were all garbage, they aren''t what I''m looking for." Arlo shook his head. Gan stop lifting weights after a set, then pointed his attention towards Nidorino and Nidorina. They seemed to be slowed lifting the weighted vest, he simply told them to jump and exercise. "Maybe you need to explore a little, you''ve only been in this City with limited Pokemon. Ekans is a good first choice, so you made the right call picking it." Gan started to do push-ups while speaking. "Hmm, I have been in the City for a while, I originally lived in the slums of Viridian until joining Team Rocket." His horizon was small and had only reached Viridian, Pewter City, and Route 3; there wasn''t much in these places as they were merely starting points. "Well, you have the chance now while Team Rocket is laying low. This is the perfect time to train up because things won''t be as quiet for long." There was warning Gan''s tone, things wouldn''t be quiet for long as he had a strange feeling. Arlo thought for a moment, it was indeed a good time to train. This was why there were so many Grunts training here; the place was virtually packed. Before Arlo could reply, Gan''s satellite phone went off. Every Team Rocket member had one of these, Gan had sat his close by to work out. "Just a second." Gan picked up the phone by pushing a bu??on. "Aye, bro, where are you right now?" It was Warren, he was the only one that had his number. This was besides an emergency summoning call from his superiors. He had covered the Team Rocket logo on the back of his phone with a sticker of Golem. "Goodness, I was looking for you. I''m in the training area of the Pewter City Branch, are you close by?" Gan asked in reply. "On my way, I''ve been doing a little training myself since I have some free time." Warren hung up right after. "Okay, guys, you can rest; have a drink to restore your energy." Gan handed them some fresh water and some Raspberries to eat. "Wow, you really go all out with these guys, even feeding them such good berries." Arlo scratched his head, in his mind, they were only useful for fighting and defending himself from danger. But he recounted Gan''s words on that Day and started to understand briefly. In fact, he always thought about those words, so tried this approach. He even tried complimenting Ekans and patting its head, at the same time, Ekans was even shocked that he was doing that! "Of course, but I''ve already explained that to you." Gan only smile and took a seat on the floor. "Hoho, there you are, aka, Agent X!" Warren walked in with a grin so deep across his face; his training must have seen great results. "Well, well, I see you''re out there training hard, as it should be, haha!" Gan stood up and greeted Warren with a swift and clean handshake. "It looks like you added 2 Pokemon to the Team, you''re really moving up fast." Warren gazed landed on both Nidos. "But I haven''t been slacking myself, I was training my Zubat a lot in Mt. Moon, I even challenged a few trainers out there." "Wow, you''ve really been putting in work!" Gan was also surprised, he really wasn''t slacking. "Of course not... hmm, who this guy?" Warren noticed Arlo, who was staring blankly at the 2. "Some guy I met on the street, he was begging for raspberries but I gave them to my Nidorino and Nidorina instead," Gan said firmly. "W-What? Don''t talk nonsense, I''ve never asked for berries, and I''m not a beggar!" Arlo''s eyes went wide, how could Gan lie like that with a straight face? "Hmm, he really does look like a beggar though, just look at his face. When was the last time you took a shower?" Warren looked at Arlo with disgust, did this guy not keep up with his hygiene? "....." Arlo couldn''t refute, it had indeed been a while. "My man, you might wanna invest in deodorant, hahaha!" Warren mocked and broke out in wild laughter. ''Damn, this guy is such an a**hole!'' Arlo cursed but it was sadly true. Gan held in his laughter, so he didn''t laugh. "Oh, man, I crack myself up. Phew, anyway, are you having any plans on visiting somewhere? If so, which City will we be heading to this time?" Warren wiped his eyes and asked with a straight face. Gan wanted to head for Celadon City, but he was thinking of just heading to Lavender Town. After that, he could just go towards the Rock tunnel from there. "Hmm, let''s head to Lavender Town; there are some pretty interesting things in that town," Gan concluded his decision, he could just head to Celedon afterward. "Hmm, Lavender? I heard some of the higher-ups have been pointing some of their attention there for some reason." Warren had only heard a little but not much, so he really couldn''t be sure. "Who knows, we might find out when we get there, so let''s check it out." Gan was eager to explore, he had become very adventurous coming to this world. Warren couldn''t agree more, he was still young himself so he wanted to check a few things out as well. "Hey, I want to come to so take me with you." Arlo wanted to do some exploring as well; he had only been in his small shell this whole time. "You? I don''t want you stinking up my Helicopter!" Warren looked at Arlo coldly and said. "You really do need to take a shower daily, I can''t smell you now but I''m sure you don''t smell pleasant either." Gan somewhat agreed, he didn''t want to smell anything bad in a secluded space, his Grimer was already a challenge when it came to this. "You can open a window, I won''t even sit on the seats of your helicopter. If you can''t take it, then I''ll just take a shower if you wait for me." Arlo really wanted to go, both of them could see it in his eyes and face. "Warren, what do you think? I mean, I don''t think there''s a problem if he goes off and cleans himself now." Warren was about to deny him no matter what, but after hearing Gan''s suggestion he started to rethink. "Alright, we''ll let him go, he just needs to change into a different set of clothes, we don''t need him running around in his Team Rocket uniform. Oh, and take a shower too!" Warren scoffed and said. "I know that. I''ll be right back so don''t leave me!" Arlo hurriedly and ran out. Gan and Warren did the unexpected and waited for Arlo. At this point, the sun was starting to set, but over time Arlo came out with different clothes. He wore average everyday clothes, so he wouldn''t stick out. "Wow, you guys actually waited for me!" Arlo was a bit surprised. "If you took any longer we would have left you!" Warren shot him a contemptuous look. "....." Gan said nothing. Sometime later, they arrived on Route 3; nighttime had already fallen. Warren thought that this was the perfect time to train his Zubat. He usually had to train it in dark places like a cave, but during the nighttime, it was open season. However, this wouldn''t be a problem if it evolved into a Golbat, it wasn''t bothered by the light at that point. They all walked through the forest before arriving at the golf cart that Warren and Gan had used before. They talked on their way to the Team Rocket Post; particularly about the Legendary Birds. Warren spoke of the rumors about an Ice Bird appearing in Seaform Island; as for the others, he wasn''t sure. The place was dangerous and extremely cold, just falling into the water could cause Hyperthermia to occur in a matter of minutes. Team Rocket had opted to not check these places out, Giovanni''s main target was on a certain Pokemon and not the Birds. Lance himself ignored the Legendary Birds, but he would hop right on it if he knew Giovanni was after ''that Pokemon''. Gan would never disclose information about ''that Pokemon'', he wanted it to himself later. However, people like Professor Oak, Blaine, Giovanni, Lance, and a few others were aware of it. Eventually, after an hour of flying the Helicopter, they finally arrived at Lavender Town. The City was still lit up with lights, but Warren flew over it towards the Forest to land his Helicopter. There was no Team Rocket Outpost or Base around Lavender, so he could only land it in the wild. Once they all got out of the Helicopter, Warren took out a large Blanket to cover his Helicopter. With the help of Warren''s Zubat and Gan''s Pidgeotto, they were able to cover the Helicopter faster. In standard fashion, they cut through the forest to reach Lavender, it was dark so Warren pulled out a flashlight. After 5 minutes of walking, they finally made it to Lavender Town, it was a town so it wasn''t as big as the cities. There were still several tall buildings and many people walking the streets. "As much as I want to train my Zubat, I''m too tired for that. I''ll head toward Rock Tunnel tomorrow to train." Warren sighed and said. "Same, I wanna check that Rock Tunnel out tomorrow myself." Arlo thought the same. "You guys go on, I''ll check out the Pokemon Tower to see what''s going on with the place," Gan said thoughtfully. "Pokemon Tower!?" Both Arlo and Warren showed a change in expression, who didn''t know about this place? "This place is way too dangerous, they say the place is haunted, I would advise not going there!" Warren tried to sway Gan; this place was where they usually put away dead Pokemon. There were rumors that Ghosts roamed the Tower, and would drain you of your life force! "No worries, I won''t go onto the high floors, I''m just going there to talk with the people about those rumors." Gan waved his hand and said. "That''s good, but you still need to be careful. I''m going to rest at the nearest inn close to here." Warren and Arlo gave Gan their goodbyes before walking off. Gan only smiled after they left, Ghost Pokemon wasn''t a joke but nighttime was the best time to find them. Moments later, he arrived at Pokemon Tower, he was going to find a certain Ghost Pokemon if he could. "Let''s do this!" Chapter 33 - Pokemon Tower! The Pokemon Tower was the tallest building in Lavender, there was no way to miss it when visiting the town. Many people stayed away from the places unless something unfortunate happened to their Pokemon. Other than that, no one would dare visit this place at night; much less venture to the top floors. It would be a lie to say that Gan wasn''t feeling fearful, he was very aware of the personality of Gastly, and its evolutionary chain''s personalities, at least most of them. There was a reason the town of Lavender stayed lit at night, always, it was directly due to these 3! Gan entered the Pokemon Tower after climbing the stairs to the place. Walking through the door, he saw a full lobby filled with chairs and tables. The floors were tiled, while the main walkway had white tiles. All of their furniture was Purple, while the tables were made of standard brown wood. The people that were mainly here were elderly women and some Pokemon Channelers. The 2 Channeler women turned to Gan, they both looked like they hadn''t slept in ages. They didn''t say anything and looked away after getting a good look at him. Gan only looked around briefly, they had a set up to prevent Ghost Pokemon like Gastly and the rest from causing mayhem. He walked over towards the entrance to the second floor, meaning to walk up the stairs. "Wow, hold it right there, you can''t go up there without the proper authorization." Suddenly, Gan was stopped by a Police officer. "I need to be Authorized?" Gan thought for a moment and simply pulled out his trainer ID. This License held power in all regions, it was especially so with him having a badge. The Policeman squinted his eyes and took the ID. "Oh...this...okay, you can go up but be careful." The Policeman looked at the card 3 times to make sure he wasn''t seeing things before handing it back to Gan. No one said anything and turned their attention back to what they were initially doing. "If you''re in trouble, just get help from the Gym Leader up there, I heard he''s on vacation or something; that''s what he said." The Policeman was still concerned about Gan going up the Tower, so he gave Gan a tip. "Sure thing." Gan nodded and moved up the stairs. The minute he arrived upstairs, he was greeted with stranger purple mist everywhere. There were tombstones with flowers arranged on a few of them; some even looked freshly placed. Gastly and its evolutionary forms had different personalities that differed. They weren''t all evil and insane, some were tricksters, killers, and some just like to get a scare out of you. This particular Pokemon group was far from dumb, and could even be called geniuses. Gastly to Gengar was actually mandatory for Gan to catch, he needed them badly for his plans; for many plans actually. They could be used in many operations when it came to stealing, they could easily go through walls and commit theft; even putting people to sleep was an option. Coming here, he didn''t plan to just catch one but several Gastly and Haunter if he could. There was nothing on this floor, but he summoned his Geodude, Koffing, Grimer, and Pidgeotto soon after. They all looked confusingly at the sight before them, trying to figure out where they were of all places. "Let''s go, guys; this place is where we need to capture an important addition to the team." Everyone gave a cry and followed Gan to the next stairway. Pidgeotto had leveled up considerably, he didn''t plan to use it for his main team but it could be trained up and switched in to mix things up. Before heading up the stairs, he saw another channeler near it, she seemed to be meditating. Gan said nothing to her and went up the small flight of stairs. Once he arrived on the 3rd floor, he saw that it was slightly hazier up here. "Turn back~~!" Gan heard a strange echoing voice that caused him to jump, he looked around in swift succession but saw nothing; his Pokemon were no different. They all looked ready for battle, they had sensed that there was something wrong here. Gan quickly reached in his storage and pulled out the [Silph Scope] and attached it to his head. The goggles release a special ray of light from the lenses, revealing any hidden foes in the purples mist. Suddenly, a silhouette tripped Gan up and he fell to the ground; the minute he fell, Pidgeotto swung its wings towards the shadowy figure. Unfortunately, it was gone just like that, it had disappeared as fast as it appeared. "Playing tricks, huh!?" Gan quickly stood and looked around quickly. "Keep watch, these guys like to hide and mess around!" Gan warned his Pokemon to keep their vigilance high. At that moment, Gan felt something grip his calves before flipping him off his feet! "Ah, sh**!" Right then, Pidgeotto and Grimer attacked quickly. The Pokemon in question was hit with a Wing Attack and a Poison Jab. "Haunt~!" With a strange call; a large shadow was cast over Gan and his group of Pokemon. But this strange and large shadow revealed what it really was, it couldn''t hide under the [Silph Scope]. |Name: Haunter |Type: Ghost/Poison |Level: 25 |Gender: Female |Ability: Levitate |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Sassy |Moves: Hypnosis| Spite| Meanlook| Curse| Night Shade| Confuse Ray| SuckerPunch| "Haunt, haunt, haunt~!!" Haunter bounced back from the attacks and broke out into laughter. As it was laughing, more roars of laughter were heard and several other Pokemon appeared. |Type: Ghost/Poison |Level: 22 |Gender: Male |Ability: Levitate |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: jolly |Moves: Hypnosis| Spite| Meanlook| Curse| Night Shade| Confuse Ray| SuckerPunch| The highest Pokemon in terms of talent was a 2-star Gastly, it was accompanied by 2 more Gastly. Right as they appeared, a ray of light flashed from one of their eyes and hit Pidgeotto. Once Pidgeotto was hit, it seemed dizzy and drowsy as if it couldn''t tell what was what. "Confuse Ray!" Gan didn''t stress and acted quickly, he pulled out a full heal and sprayed Pidgeotto. The medicine sunk into its skin and healed it right away from its confusion. "Attack the one in the middle, it was the one that launched the Confuse Ray!" Pidgeotto didn''t wait for Gan to finish before rushing to attack the opposing Gastly. Koffing floated over to help Pidgeotto while the Grimer and Geodude confronted Haunter. Just as Pidgeotto had the intent to attack; a strange fist quickly came out of the void and punched it across the face. Pidgeotto was sent spiraling towards the ground in surprise, but before it could hit the ground, it caught itself mid-fall. Koffing didn''t stop, it shot the Gastly that seemed to have performed the strange attack on Pidgeotto. Gastly tried to drift away, but Koffing torched the whole area. One of the Gastly turned and flew through a wall and disappeared. Ghost attacks didn''t work on Pidgeotto due to its normal typing, so Gan surmised that Gastly had used Sucker Punch on Pidgeotto. While this was going on, Geodude used Rock Slide, but Haunter was just too fast. It moved away and appeared next to Geodude and gave him a strange stare. Its eyes suddenly turned into swirls similar to the Rinnegan from Naruto, then a strange Purple and Magenta transparent wave came upon Geodude. Geodude dropped to the ground and started to snore! "Don''t look into its eyes!" Gan''s expression darkened a bit. Grimer came over and sent a Poison Jab towards Haunter, but it quickly descended into the floor before Grimer could hit it. "Careful, keep watch!" Gan looked around in swift successions. Just when he wanted to summon more Pokemon to aid him, he felt a chill run down his back. "Haunterrrr~!" Haunter appeared behind him, Gan tried to back away, but Haunter''s huge tongue licked him from his waist to his face! "Gasp~!!" Gan gasped in shock! His body felt like a jolt of static was running through it as he fell to the ground in a cold sweat. He had heard stories about getting licked by Haunter, it was said that your life force would drain from you over time and you would die! "Haunt, Haunt, Haunt~!" Haunter started to laugh as usual but not before being attacked by Koffing and Pidgeotto... this had given it a sense of danger. Gan could still move, what he was suffering from now was a paralyzing effect. Gan hoped that the life force story wasn''t true or he could be in trouble! Haunter wasn''t smiling anymore after taking a hit from Koffing, it had been hurt from this attack. Pidgeotto also came over to attack, it was the best at dealing with Ghost-type. Haunter used Nightshade on Pidgeotto but nothing happened. Haunter was surprised and tried to withdraw from here by going through a wall. "Don''t let it run, Wing Attack it!" Gan wiped the sweat from his forehead and pulled out a Paralyze Heal to sprayed himself. Haunter saw that it didn''t have a chance to escape, so it used a Sucker Punch on Pidgeotto, but Pidgeotto wouldn''t be fooled by this attack again. It dodged the punch that came out of the void and rocketed towards Haunter with Wings Of Light! On any given day, Haunter could easily run circles around Pidgeotto in terms of speed. Unfortunately, Pidgeotto had a speed nature while Haunter didn''t have a relevant nature to speak of. Bam! "Hau..." Haunter grabbed its head with its floating hands and fell out of the sky. Gan turned towards the Gastly that were defeat and tossed 2 Pokeballs at them, then he tossed a Luxury ball at the Haunter that fainted. He only had 3 regular Pokeballs left, he forgot to head towards the Pokemart to load them back up. Either or, he managed to catch Haunter after being humiliated by it 3 times! "Fuck!" Gan cursed and took a seat near a gravestone. One of the Gastlys from before had managed to escape, but he still caught a big fish, nonetheless. Gan checked himself, but he didn''t feel anything, he didn''t feel like something was draining from his body. "I''m not cursed, right?" Haunter and Gastly had the move Curse, it was a good thing they didn''t use it, he hoped. "Nicely done, you manage to defeat that gang of Ghost, very well played!" Suddenly, Gan heard a voice through the purple mist. He looked over and saw a man wearing a purple headband over his forehead. His ?h?stnut hair was slightly spikey, as he wore a smile across his face. There was also a purple scarf around his neck, he wore a long black open jacket and a black undershirt with gray pants. Gan looked at the man''s features closely, but he was surprised once he realized who he was. "Morty!" Gan said unconsciously. Chapter 34 - Gans Dreams! Morty seemed surprised that someone knew who he was at first sight. Not even the guard near the door believed him until he showed him his ID. He was a Gym Leader from Johto, so no one really knew about him in this region. "Wow, kid, you know who I am?" Morty smiled and asked. "Of course, I''ve study who all the Gym Leaders are, even the ones from Johto." Gan finally understood who the guard was referring to when he said a Gym Leader was on vacation here. Morty felt a sense of Pride being recognized in a foreign region, but he quickly reverted back to his serious expression. "That was a good fight and all, but you''re fortunate that Haunter was only playing and messing with you. If it was serious about harming you, you would have been cursed or worse." "Are you talking about the life force draining it can do?" Gan shook, was it true that it could really do that? "It can, but the Haunter here aren''t that strong but some of them can still perform that life-draining lick. I thought you were a goner when you got licked, I was just about to appear but that Pidgeotto and Koffing of yours really laid it down." Morty was coming from the 4th floor when he heard the commotion, he quickly ran over and saw Gan fighting against the residence of this Tower. "What crazy Pokemon!" Gan couldn''t help saying, it was too sinister. "Yeah, they can be crazy, but they''re the best typing in my book. I came to Kanto because it was closer, but the Johto region is between Kanto and Hoenn. I heard Hoenn has some pretty interesting Ghost Pokemon, I''ll have to give it a visit one day." Between Hoenn and Kanto was Johto, while Kanto was between Johto and Sinnoh. Except, Sinnoh was far up in the northern hemisphere of this large continent. Gan was aware of this, so this meant that once he was done with Hoenn, he would have to take a long trip to Sinnoh. "So you say, well, in any case, what brings you to the Pokemon Tower at night? This doesn''t seem like a good place to vacation in." Vacationing in a haunted tower? Yeah right! "Hahaha, you''re really freaked out about Ghost Pokemon, but they can''t be that bad in your eyes since you caught a few of them." Morty laughed "I came here because the Ghost Pokemon here are far more active than the ones in the old Burned Tower in Ecruteak City." The Pokemon here was stronger and far more active; this was especially so at night. Morty had wanted to investigate this place for a while, so he came by. He wanted to check the place in Hoenn as well, it was known as Mt. Pyre. This place was rumored to have sightings of different ghost Pokemon not seen in Kanto or Johto. "I ?ssumed you found what you were looking for? Because I found what I wanted from here and I''m satisfied and ready to go." Gan didn''t want to have to deal with any more annoying Ghost Pokemon, they were too frightening to deal with. "This is good because they''re stronger on the higher floors, so it''s best you don''t go up anymore. I ran into a Powerful Marowak up there, she was guarding her egg so I didn''t bother here." Morty recalled that Marowak; Haunter and Gastly never bothered it for some reason and let be to itself. "What?" Gan started having strange vibes, a Marowak and her egg. "In any case, I''ve gotten what I wanted. I''ve caught quite the abundant amount of ghost, so I''ll head back to Johto tomorrow. Hmm, I still have my boat ticket I hope; If I don''t I''ll have to ask an old friend." Morty searched his pockets and pulled out a ticket, then sighing in relief. "Yeah, I''m leaving too, but it was nice meeting you. One day I''ll visit your Gym for a battle, hehe." Gan smiled, he should be done with the Kanto region before a year had passed. "Now that''ll be the day, I''ll be awaiting your arrival...hmm, what was your name?" Morty smiled and asked. "Gan, the name''s Gan." Gan actually told him his real name, it was the first after entering this world. "Gan? I''ll be sure to remember it. Farwell for now, Gan." They both looked each other in the eye before Morty walked past him; leaving the tower. "Sigh, it looks like I''ll have to pick up the pace a little. I need to take down Misty then Lt. Surge." Of course, he needed to train on the way, but he hadn''t been in this world long and still sat in a decent position. Gan descended the stairs and towards the second then towards the first, leaving the Pokemon Tower. It was a good thing he ran into playful Ghost instead of killer Ghost. They seemed like they wanted to mess with Gan and scare him at the same time. They had succeeded in messing with him well; mainly that Haunter! Gan was truly tired after dealing with Haunter, his chin was even swollen from falling twice on it. He checked his jaw by moving it sideways, he touched it a felt the large hump on his chin. "If I''m going to be deal with Ghost-type like Haunter and Gastly, it best to bring Kadabra or something." Gan also knew the better choice was Dark-type Pokemon, they couldn''t do anything against them, however, Psychic Pokemon suffered more at the hands of Dark-type. "I have to pick up Growlithe after tomorrow, well, tomorrow because it should be past midnight." Gan walked into the Pokemart that was open 24/7. He bought 30 Pokeballs and 10 Greatballs, he was given 4 Premierballs for free because of the sale going on. Afterward, he went to check into an inn to sleep; he got a room for 1 night. Gan didn''t even release his Pokemon and dove onto his bed and fell asleep. He had to close his curtains because the town was lit up all of the time. Time passed as usual; Gan had dreams of becoming a Champion. However, he didn''t want to be the champion of the Kanto region forever. He dreamed of himself defeating all of the champions around the world in their respective regions. After beating them, it was time to pick which region to live in for good; the place he wanted to stay for his entire life. Gan''s decision was actually the Alolan Region, to him, it was the best place to live the rest of his life in. He would be the champion here for the rest of his days, or as long as he could. A nice wife, have some kids, it should be a good life. Gan smiled in his sleep but he suddenly woke up out of nowhere. "W-what time is it?" Gan wiped the drool from his mouth and check the clock in his room, it was already 11:34 am! "Time sure does fly!" Gan rolled out of his bed and stretched. He once again did his morning exercises before hopping into the shower. Gan ate the last bit of Psyduck meat before feeding the rest of his Pokemon. He summoned Chansey and the rest of his Pokemon slowly to feed them. This took him an hour and a half to do before he was able to leave. Of course, he couldn''t feed Onix because of how big it was, so he could only wait until later. "They should be waiting somewhere, they know that I''m going to the Rock Tunnel so they should be around there." The Rock Tunnel was very important to Gan; this place contained most of the Pokemon he wanted for his League Team. Machop, Rhyhorn, and Kangashkan were his main targets here. Gan bidded his goodbyes to the woman behind the counter of the inn and made his way towards the Pokemon Center to heal his Pokemon. The nurse put his Pokemon in the healing machine and he waited 5 minutes until it was complete. Now, he was ready to head towards the Rock Tunnel, but not before getting a call from Warren. Warren said that he and Arlo were already outside of Rock Tunnel waiting. Gan simply told them that he was on his way now, then he hung up. Gan quickly made his way over, he passed the Pokemon Tower on his way. He wanted to visit this place again in the future, he wanted to give that Marowak a little visit. Apparently, it hadn''t died at the hands of Team Rocket yet. There were no obstacles on his way towards the Rock Tunnel, but there were a few trainers who wanted to battle him. Gan told them that he would come by later if they were around to battle them, he didn''t shy away from a fight if it suited him. After he arrived at the Rock Tunnel, he spotted both Arlo and Warren talking about something. The cave entrance was the same as Mt. Moon''s entrance, it was well organized and built like a real entrance and not just some hole in the wall. Arlo was the first to spot Gan, he alerted Warren and they both turned towards his direction. "There you are, did you have trouble sleeping?" Warren teased slightly. "No, actually I had some pretty good dreams, and some big ones at that." Gan could remember his dreams clearly, they were really pleasant. "Ah, man, is about you having a good time with some busty and s?xy woman!?" Arlo''s eyes went wide and ?ssumed. "Yeah, kinda, it was about me and my s?xy wife traveling the world." Gan grinned and rubbed his hairless chin. "Yeah, friggin right!" Arlo scoffed. Warren sneered. "What do you mean ''yeah friggin right'', with the way you smell you''d only attract Grimer to mate with." Gan started to laugh and so did Warren, but Arlo''s face only twitched hearing the roast. Gan''s Pokeball shook for a moment and Grimer appeared without being called out. "Grimer!" Grimer looked around after forcefully leaving it Pokeball! "W-what the....." The area turned dead silent. Chapter 35 - Rock Tunnel Exploration Part-1! Everyone was stunned to see Grimer make an appearance when its name was mentioned. Warren was surprised that Gan actually had a Grimer, just what had he experienced over 1 to 2 days alone? Gan recalled Grimer with a strange smile and pretended that it didn''t happen. "Coming through... make way, someone''s been hurt!" Under the strangely quiet situation, they heard and saw 3 people tending to some man on a stretcher. The injured man''s leg had been severely wounded, no, damaged. "What in the world happened to him?" Gan couldn''t help but ask. The man''s left leg was bent out of place, it was completely shattered! The man endured the pain, as his face was drenched in sweat while he gnashed his teeth. "The guy stepped on a Geodude and got his leg punched!" The man said no more and rushed off with the group carrying the man. "Pfft! That idiot should have watched where he was walking." Arlo shook his head and stared at the entrance to Rock Tunnel, he would have to be careful in this place! "Just remember, that can happen to you, so you better keep watch." Warren shook his head. "Okay, let''s head into the Rock Tunnel and see what we can find." Gan walked over towards the entrance and entered the cave right away. He was quickly followed by Warren and Arlo; this place had more Pokemon and they were stronger. The Rock tunnel didn''t look too different from Mt. Moon, with the only difference being the constant lighting of the place. This place was well managed compared to Mt. Moon, there was lighting everywhere. There were no Zubat on this floor but other Pokemon should make an appearance. In the games, it was always dark or very foggy for some reason. However, this was different, it was no longer that dark place that required some means to get decent lighting to see. When they walked inside, they saw several large rock structures but these were of no importance to anyone. The ground was filled with dirt, with some places having large puddles of water present. "Hmm, I wonder what type of Pokemon are in this Cave?" Arlo looked around, it didn''t seem too different from Mt. Moon. "Probably the typical Geodude, Zubat, and whatnot. I hope this place can give us more than Mt. Moon because I''m sad to say that I was disappointed in that place." To Warren, finding Clefariy and all was good but he wanted something more. "Any particular Pokemon you guys are looking for? Warren, what type of Pokemon are you looking for?" Gan kept walking and asked. "Hmm, I prefer Flying Pokemon, they''re my favorite type, at least Pokemon that can fly." Warren always loved flying type or anything flying related; hence, his Helicopter. To him, flying represented freedom, being able to fly away without a care. Just when Gan and Arlo wanted to say something, they felt trembling up ahead. "What was that?" Everyone looked at each other, then ran over to investigate. After running for about a minute they arrived at the scene. And there they saw, two Pokemon fighting each other; they had engaged in a deadly battle. "Hmm, they''re both Rhyhorns." Gan was able to quickly identify them at first sight. "Look there, there''s a third one watching the fight!" Arlo pointed towards another area and they saw another Rhyhorn spectating the battle. Gan had identified the 2 Rhyhorns that were fighting and saw that they both had 2-star talent. |Name: Rhyhorn |Type: Ground/Rock |Level: 23 |Gender: Female |Ability: Lightning Rod |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold They were both Males, while the one watching, from what Gan could see, was female. Gan immediately understood the situation, he knew that these 2 were fighting for this female''s affection. ''Good, her talent is 3-stars, she''ll do!'' Gan thought with a smile. "I want all 3 of these and mainly the one watching." Gan looked over the group to confirm. "You can have them, they seem like a bunch of brain dead Pokemon, I wouldn''t want that thing!" Arlo waved his hand, Gan could have all 3 of them if he wanted for all he cared. "The only brain dead thing here is you... X, you can take all 3 of them, do you need help?" Warren took time to mock Arlo, then asked Gan if he needed a hand. Gan thought for a moment, he carried mainly Poison Pokemon on him and Rhyhorn had several Ground-type moves. Of course, Haunter would have a field day with these Rhyhorn if he could avoid SmackDown, but he didn''t want to reveal too many of his Pokemon. "Yes, I''ll need help, can you put them all to sleep." Gan nodded and said. "Hehe, easy!" Warren called forth his Venomoth and commanded it to put all of the Pokemon ahead to sleep. Unfortunately, putting a Pokemon asleep didn''t mean that they were certainly caught; they could still break free. Gan scanned Warren''s Venomoth, it used to be 31 back then but now it was at level 34 from his training. Venomoth flapped its wings silently before coming upon the group of Rhyhorn to release its Sleep Powder. The male Rhyhorn didn''t see Venomoth but the female did, she didn''t know what was going on until she felt drowsy and dosing off. "Okay, go on the attack, Koffing!" Gan summoned Koffing and ordered it to use Sludge. Rhyhorn was hit, but she didn''t seem phased by the attack. Rhyhorn roared and charged towards Koffing in a frenzy, it jumped off the ground and torpedoed its way through the air. "Protect!" Gan was surprised, he didn''t know it would suddenly jump so high. Rhyhorn collided with the barrier, its attack failed then it landed on the ground. Rhyhorn started to charge forward before turning around to contiuned the same attack as last time. "Persistent thing, huh? Venomoth, use Psybeam, take it down!" Warren gave the order, he was aware of Gan''s Poisonous Pokemon typing, it would take to long to defeat Rhyhorn unless he poisoned it. Venomoth wasted no time and released a Psybeam from its mouth, at this point; Rhyhorn had already leaped through the air. Like most Rock-type Pokemon within the Kanto region, their Special Defense wasn''t something worth mentioning. Rhyhorn was shot out of the air mid-jump, it was sent crashing toward the ground rolling. It crashed through several rocks before coming to a stop. "Good Job, Venomoth!" Warren grinned as he looked at the dust cloud Rhyhorn left behind. "Goodness, how strong is that bu??erfly?" Arlo said in surprise. "It isn''t a bu??erfly, it''s a moth." Gan nonchalantly said. "Same difference." Arlo shrugged. Once the dust cloud cleared, Rhyhorn was still standing, but just b?r?ly, it wouldn''t be long before it was down for good. Rhyhorn was a very territorial Pokemon; this was to explain why they hadn''t really seen any Pokemon until these Rhyhorn. Rhyhorn glared hatefully at Venomoth, it couldn''t help but think it should have attacked this one first. However, it was too late for that, Rhyhorn had already taken too much damage. The Level difference was apparent, it was already good enough that it didn''t go down in one hit. Rhyhorn just stood there, then it suddenly fell to the ground and fainted. Gan nodded and took the opportunity to throw a Premier Ball at Rhyhorn to catching it! Gan really was grateful to Warren; the guy was helpful all of the time, he really couldn''t leave such a guy hanging in the future! Before celebrating, the other Rhyhorn started to wake up, but they were quickly defeated by Warren and Gan; with Gan catching them both. Of course, Gan thanked his buddy Warren before they contiuned on. This place had floors on it just like Mt. Moon, but this floor wasn''t as big as the others. "Hmm, I''ll go check this area over here, you guys can go check there. These areas don''t seem to be so far from one another." Arlo wanted to do a little exploring, so he gave his suggestion. "That''s on you, we''ll go this way then." Gan didn''t see a problem with it. So, he and Warren went together, while Arlo went on his own way; they agreed to meet here after 20 minutes. Gan and Warren ran into quite the number of Geodude on their way; some even hid underground. Gan had to tread carefully, he didn''t want to get his leg broken like the man from earlier. As they were walking, a silhouette came from above. Warren and Gan jumped to the ground to dodge! "Kikiki!" Both Gan and Warren looked over to see who had attacked them, they easily recognized it as a Golbat. It turned to attack them again, it had attacked several humans before, so it found new targets. |Name: Golbat |Type: Flying/Poison |Level: 23 |Gender: Male |Ability: Inner Focus |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Screech| SuperSonic| Absorb| Astonish| Bite| Air Cutter| Wing Attack| Confuse Ray| Machop had also been killed by many Golbat; they were easy targets for this type of Pokemon. Humans were different in its book, they were food it could pick off and eat with ease, but more like drink up with ease. "Rock Slide!" Gan tossed his Pokeball at Golbat, to be exact, he threw his Geodude''s Pokeball at it. Geodude came out of his Pokeball and lock onto its target immediately; Golbat was meaning to swat the Pokeball away but something emerged from it. Rocks came tumbling out of the Void onto Golbat, it fell to the ground after taking the hit and fainted. Geodude was a 4-star Pokemon that was only 1 level lowered than it, so it still couldn''t take one hit. Not to mention the talent difference. "You chose the wrong people to attack today." Gan tossed a Pokeball at it and it was added to his Pokedex catch entry. "We may have to stick to our old method while venturing through caves." Warren summoned his Venomoth to guard them as it did back in Mt. Moon. "Great idea." Gan didn''t recall his Geodude and had it follow them. After walking for a while, they smell something that almost caused them to pass out! "Oh... my goodness!" Gan turned away from the sight before them. What they were greeted with was a bunch of corpses! "These are... dead Pokemon!" Warren''s face scrunched, they weren''t humans but they had humanoid figures. They were all dead Machop! Chapter 36 - Rock Tunnel Exploration Part-2! The Machop all had their blood drained from their bodies from what Warren could inspect. Their corpses were shriveled up from the blood loss; their eyes were like empty black holes. Gan couldn''t be bothered to count the number of corpses, but he speculated that there were about 20 to 30 dead Machop here! "That Golbat from before must have done all of this; this was surely its doing." Machop was a humanoid Pokemon, it was an easy target for Golbat. It had the type advantage all-around against it, so what better target than Machop to eat here? "Machop? The little muscular fighting Pokemon?" Warren covered his nose with his forearm and asked. "Yeah, that one, they were all reduced to this state after being attacked by that Golbat... or there could possibly be more than just one..." Gan could only sigh, he didn''t see it often but scenes like this would appear more in the future. As Gan was looking at the bodies, he saw many items among the dead bodies. Gan had his Geodude pick the items up, as he pointed in their direction. There were 3 items, but he inspected them to see if they were authentic. [Silk Scarf: Increases the power of Normal-type moves.] [Shell Bell: An item to be held by a Pok¨¦mon. The holder''s HP is restored a little every time it inflicts damage.] [Soothe Bell: An item to be held by a Pok¨¦mon. It is a bell with a comforting chime that calms the holder and makes it friendly.] "This Golbat must have collected these items, they do have an attraction to shiny things, but this [Silk Scarf]." Gan whispered and said. "It really was collecting items, are any of them rare?" Warren looked at the different bells and wondered. "Not really, one makes your Pokemon friendly, while the other restore your Pokemon''s health during a battle but by a little." Gan didn''t hide it and told Warren outright. "During battle? I think Team Rocket''s Merit Hall sells something similar." Warren tried ot recount the item but couldn''t remember. "Do you want any of them?" Gan asked. "Nah, my Pokemon are friendly enough, they get the job done. And that item is probably sold at the Team Rocket''s Merit hall, I don''t need it." Warren waved his hand, he didn''t put the [Silk Scarf] in his eyes, he only deemed it as regular White Scarf. The [Silk Scarf] was surprisingly still White as if it just came out of the washing machine. It was an unstainable white cloth that couldn''t be stained by anything. The dirt, mud, blood, or anything that got on it would just fall off. Gan felt like cringing seeing so many dead Machop, but he powered through it and tried not to vomit. He thoroughly looked over the Machop Corpses until he saw a Machop gripping something in its cold grasp. [Black Belt: Increases the power of Fighting-type moves.] ''Damn, so many items in one place!'' Gan thought. He had Geodude pry it from its hand before searching the corpses again. Gan found nothing after another thorough search, so he summoned Koffing and had it burn all of the Machop Bodies. "Let''s go, there isn''t anything here." Gan felt elated after finding so many items, but those dead Machop didn''t sit well with him. They both contiuned on throughout the cave, they ran into more Geodude but they didn''t bother with Gan and Warren. However, they ran into Onix and it was looking for trouble, so they had no choice but to take it down. Gan caught it with a Pokeball and they both contiuned onward. After walking for 10 minutes; they decided to take a break. Gan sat on a rock and relaxed while Warren stood around the cave peering around. "I''m finding myself going on an adventure to places I never would have explored if I didn''t meet you." Warren smiled as he looked around the cave, before looking towards Gan. "What can I say, I''m the adventurous type." Gan smiled and said. "Honestly, you don''t seem like someone who would join Team Rocket. It almost seems like you should be challenging those Gym Leaders to take on the Elite 4 later or something." Warren said jokingly. "....." "Haha, maybe I will in the future, haha!" Gan finally said after a bit of silence. "To be a champion, now that''s the life; they get to decide a lot that goes on in Kanto. Imagine a Team Rocket Member being the champion in secret, the benefits would be astonishing." Warren could only imagine it but he didn''t see anything like this ever happening. "Who knows, maybe one day it....." "Hey~!!" Before Gan could finish, they heard Arlo''s voice coming their way. They looked and saw him running over, his expression grave. "Man, you know how to ruin a good conversation, don''t you?" Warren looked at Arlo coldly. Gan gaze also landed on Arlo, his bu?? was smoking for some reason. "I need help, I really wanna catch that Pokemon but it one shotted my Ekans!" Arlo''s hair was in disarray as he was panted in swift succession. "Oh, and what was the name of this Pokemon?" Gan asked curiously. "I don''t know, but it has a skull on its face and bone in its hand." Arlo wasn''t very knowledgeable about Pokemon. Arlo began to relay what happened. He spotted this Pokemon and wanted to catch it, but it had a friend ?ssisting him. He said it didn''t matter because it told its partner to stand back as it took Arlo and his Ekans on itself. Its partner was the reason behind Arlo''s smokey behind, he described it as an orange-red lizard with fire on its tail. Warren''s expression suddenly changed after hearing this description, and he asked where they were. Gan wanted to continue on this route in hopes of finding a Machop, he had a feeling that they were down this way. Arlo was loud, so his voice would probably attract some unwanted attention, and sure enough, it did. The rock that Gan was sitting on started to move and Gan was shocked. He quickly got away from the strange rock he was sitting on for a while now. Looking back at it, eyes appeared on this Rock and 4 arms emerged out of its side. __ |Name: Graveler |Type: Ground/Rock |Level: 25 |Gender: Female |Ability: Rock Head |Nature: Calm |Moves: Tackle| Mud Sport| Rock Polish| Rock Throw| Rollout| Smack Down| Bulldoze| Self-Destruct| __ Gan''s expression turned grave, it had an explosion move. If this thing was feeling like it couldn''t win, it would blow up and take everyone with it! "Okay, let''s calm down. We''re leaving, Graveler." Gan wanted to catch it, but why risk it when he''ll have one soon? Graveler didn''t say anything by uttering its name, it just kept a close on Gan and his group. Gan and his group slowly back away from Graveler, and it didn''t attack them. Once they were out of sight, Graveler resumed its statue-like sleep state. "Phew, that was close." He didn''t need a bomb going off in this cave; that was the last he wanted. No one said anything for a while, but Arlo unconsciously went towards the location he found those 2 Pokemon. Gan and Warren followed him; they may as well at this point. Gan would need to head back in that direction of that Graveler because he had a feeling that Machop hung around that area. According to Arlo, the Pokemon used its bone like some sort of boomerang. All it took was one hit from that bone and his Ekans was done. Warren wasn''t interested in the boneheaded Pokemon, but he wanted to see it. His main interest was the orange-red Pokemon Arlo was talking about; Gan already knew what the 2 Pokemon were from their descriptions. There were no Zubat or Golbat in this area, which explained why Arlo hadn''t been attacked. He didn''t understand how dangerous it was to run into such a Pokemon with only having an under-leveled Ekans. Eventually, they came to the area Arlo was talking about. There were many rocky pillars and mound over here, it was good for making a den fo some Pokemon. Gan and company snuck over, they hid behind a few of these mounds and looked on. "There they are... the both of them!" Arlo stared at the boneheaded Pokemon with d?s?r?. Gan and Warren looked, it was just as Gan had thought. __ |Name: Cubone |Type: Ground |Level: 23 |Gender: Male |Ability: Rock Head |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Moves: Growl| Tail Whip| Bone Club| Bonemerang| Headbutt| Leer| Focus Energy| Rage| __ |Name: Charmander |Type: Fire |Level: 22 |Gender: Male |Ability: Blaze |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: Growl| Scratch| Ember| Smoke Screen| Dragon Rage| __ Gan was stunned, they were both 3-star Pokemon; all in one place. The 2 seemed to be moving rocks around a den, this appeared to be their home. A Cubone and Charmander were buddies, now that was something you wouldn''t see every day. "Charmander! I''ve always wanted one, and now it''s here of all place!?" Warren looked at Charmander with pure joy, he had always wanted one of these when he was a kid! ''Well, it looks like they both found something they want from here..'' Gan also look on, but they couldn''t waste time here, it was time to capture these 2. Chapter 37 - Rock Tunnel Exploration Part-3! With the appearance of such Pokemon, both of them were fired up to catch them. It would be a lie to say that Gan didn''t want these Pokemon for himself, but he couldn''t be like that towards Warren. However, with Arlo, it was a different story, he didn''t have any problem taking this Cubone for himself. "I am about to attack, I''ll send Venomoth over to do its thing to make them easy pickings." Warren glared at Charmander; Gan had never seen him like this before. "Okay, I want that Cubone!" Arlo said with a smile. "Oh, you want Cubone? For what? So you can treat it like sh** as you do with your Ekans?" Gan sneered, he knew the history of Cubone in this world and it wasn''t a good one. In the hands of Arlo, it could only be miserable. "W-what? I stopped treating my Pokemon like that!" Arlo hurriedly and said. "Yeah, sure you did. Unless you can send out your Ekans to help take these 2 down, then you can forget it." He may have found them, but they both had sent him on the run for help. "....." Arlo couldn''t say anything. "Do you need any help fighting these 2, Warren?" Warren could usually handle the work himself, so Gan asked to confirm. "Oh, no, bro, I think I got this one in the bag." Warren smiled, but his eyes stayed on the duo moving rocks. Gan nodded and didn''t make a move, while Warren commanded his Venomoth to do its thing. As usual, Venomoth came upon the duo silently. Of course, Crobat was better at sneaking up on people, it was a silent killer, and extremely fast at that. Venomoth released its spores and the 2 hadn''t noticed anything. They both began to wobble sideways; Cubone looked up and saw the perpetrator causing this, but it was too late. They both fell to the ground fast asleep! "Haha, good job Venomoth! I''ll be sure to give you extra berries later!" Warren roared in laughter, as Venomoth also seemed to be extremely happy hearing Warren''s words. Warren took out a Pokeball and quickly tossed it at Charmander, encapsulating it. Gan did the same thing, he took a Pokeball out and tossed it towards Cubone. Arlo sighed, but what could he do? His Ekans was currently knocked out. Both Pokemon shook from left to right, but...they both broke out. Charmander was the first to break out of its Pokeball, and it woke up immediately after. "Damn it, then it''s a fight !" Warren cursed. Soon after, Cubone followed by bursting out and waking up. Charmander and Cubone both locked onto Venomoth the minute they exited their Pokeballs. "Char~!" Charmander released an Ember from its mouth that appeared to look like a bullet on fire. Venomoth didn''t need to be ordered around to know that this attack should be dodged. "Playing hard to catch, this won''t be easy." Gan squinted and said. "Hehe, I shouldn''t have expected it to be a walk in the park but it''s okay, it''s better this way. Psybeam!" Warren was still grinning happily as he commanded Venomoth. Venomoth shot a Psybeam towards the 2, but they were already running to cover the minute they saw a light appear in Venomoth''s mouth. They both took cover behind a few pillars of rocks to avoid the Psybeam. "Smart S.O.B, arent they!?" Just when Warren was about to have Venomoth go over to fish them out; a smokescreen covered the area. "Uh, oh, are they running away from here?" Gan wasn''t sure, but this was their home, would they just abandon it like that? Right when Gan said that; something came out of the smokescreen and smacked Venomoth. Venomoth stumbled in the air but remained balanced, it was Cubone''s Bonemerang move. The Bone came back and full speed, it seemed to have locked onto Venomoth. "Dodge it, quickly!" Warren called out. Venomoth flew higher to dodge the attack, but at that moment; a strange blue wave of energy came upon Venomoth. Warren was stunned but it was too late to dodge this attack! Venomoth was actually blown out of the sky from the attack. Gan recognized this move as Dragon''s rage. If you played the games, then you would know that this move was stupidly powerful; at least early in the game. Even if a Pokemon''s level was higher by 10 levels, it would take about 2 to 3 of these to take them down. This was mainly because it took down a certain amount of Hp, and for a Pokemon like Venomoth with a small Health pool, it was devastating. Venomoth fell to the ground, it had been hurt badly but it could still fight. "These 2 have clearly trained together in order to stave off threats!" Gan just looked on. It was clear that these 2 had battled side by side for a while now, they had even concocted a way to fight enemies! They both had their own strategy to deal with most enemies, even Golbat had to be careful not to get beaten down. Venomoth took to the air again, but it was on the lookout this time, it was also a bit nervous from that last attack. "Uh, about that help? It isn''t too late to get that offer again, right?" Warren smiled strangely, he wasn''t expecting these 2 to be so troublesome. "I was waiting, let''s do this!" Gan summoned Koffing and Grimer to battle. Warren also sent out his Zubat to ?ssist in this battle as well. __ |Name: Zubat |Type: Poison/Flying |Level: 21 |Gender: Male |Ability: Inner Focus |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant __ Gan had to say... Warren went far out for this Pokemon, he even taught Zubat many TMs. "Zubat, use Light screen; make sure to apply to this to our allies Koffing, Grimer, and Venomoth." A translucent barrier appeared around Koffing and the rest. This would weaken special attacks, but Physical orientated attacks wouldn''t be weakened. Another round of Embers came out of the smokescreen, it appeared that Charmander used another smokescreen to keep the smoke going. Strangely, there were a lot of Ember attacks firing out of the smokescreen; Gan couldn''t help but think that this illegal. Zubat flew around Grimer the majority of the time to guard it with Protect. But special attacks like Ember could easily be shrugged off by Grimer. Cubone and Charmander kept attacking from the smoke, it didn''t look like there would be an end to this. "Okay, you guys want to attack from the smoke, but I wonder how long you''ll last with this type of smog. Koffing and Grimer, bombard the smokescreen with Poison Gas!" Charmander and Cubone refused to come out, and it was hard to pinpoint their position. "You too, Venomoth! Fill that area up with Poison Powder!" Warren also found this to be a good idea. They wanted to fight from the smoke, then they could only route them out with poison. All at once, the trio unleashed their poison into the smokescreen. Purple fog mixed with the gray cloud of smoke and permeated the area in seconds. There was nothing but poison Pokemon on their side, so none of them were affected. Gan and everyone else made sure to stay away from the area while this was going on. At this point, it was just a waiting game; these Pokemon were smarter than usual. The smokescreen began to die down, it was clear that Charmander had stopped its use of this move. "Oh?" Warren and Gan were surprised, it wasn''t just one Charmander, but another had somehow appeared alongside them. Unfortunately, it had also suffered from Poison but this explained why so many Embers were launched at that time. It must have been in the den when all of this was going on and came out to help fight the attackers. The talent of this Charmander was the same as its other buddies, which was Gold rank. Warren''s eyes went wide, and without a word, he tossed a Pokeball at one of the Charmander. Gan was the same, he tossed a Luxuryball at Charmander and a Pokeball at Cubone. This Charmander''s talent was better than the one he found near Mt. Moon, so why not take it? He may not use it for his team for this Generation, but he might run with a Charizard for Johto. Typhlosion was cool and all, but he liked Charizard better. After they shook for a while, both Charmanders were caught, but Cubone broke out of the Pokeball again! "Stubborn thing, huh?" Warren was secretly elated, he was jumping in joy in his mind but he couldn''t help but comment on Cubone''s stubbornness. "Zubat, Wing Attack!" Zubat flew from its place by Grimer''s side and rushed over towards Cubone. Its ground type attacks could do nothing to it, and it wasn''t aware of that. Cubone''s bone flashed for a second and it smashed its bone towards Zubat. Unfortunately, the attack looked like it just bounced off Zubat, it wasn''t effective at all. Cubone was hit in the throat by the Wing Attack and was sent flying backwards. Gan tossed another Pokeball at Cubone, the one he tossed before broke when the Pokemon freed itself. This time, it was a success, Gan really had to give it up to Poison-type Pokemon. It wasn''t his favorite type, but it got the job done when it came to a waiting game. "Hell, Yeah!! I caught a friggin Charmander!" Warren clenched his fist and celebrated, this was his best catch yet. "Sigh, you guys are happy, but what about me? I didn''t catch anything and I''m the one that discovered them." Arlo sighed. He didn''t get anything from this, but he was the one that found them to begin with. "There are more of those Cubones in this cave, we''ll find another one and we''ll help you catch it." Gan grinned and patted Arlo on the shoulder. They all searched the cave again but didn''t find any Cubones or Charmanders around. They searched for a full hour... but nothing. "Damn, I don''t see that Boneheaded Pokemon anymore!" Arlo was feeling upset with this revelation. "Then they''re on the lower floors, we''ll check that place out next but not before going back to check that area out." Gan wanted to do a clean sweep on this floor before advancing to the next one. "Oh, the place where that Graveler was located?" Warren asked. "Yes... but first, I think we should eat, did you bring some food?" Gan was hungry and so was everyone else. Warren pulled out some Magikarp meat that needed to be cook, so Warren summoned his Charmander. He gave it a Potion and an Antidote to restore it back to full, in order to start a fire. They started to cook the Magikarp over the fire, Gan had never had Magikarp but he heard it tasted amazing. "Hmm...." Gan looked at Charmander, "Are you guys familiar with Mega Evolution?" Gan suddenly asked the 2. Chapter 38 - Rock Tunnel Exploration Part-4! Warren and Arlo looked at Gan confusingly, this was something they had never heard of. Gan understood their expressions, it was obvious they hadn''t heard of [Mega Evolution]. He was starting to get worried, did [Mega Evolution] not exist in this Pokemon world? There were different timelines, there was the [Ordinary Timeline] and the [Mega Timeline] that had everything; Including Gigantamax. "Never heard of this Mega Evolution, is it something they just invented or something?" Warren asked confusingly. "It sounds like something a Pokemon would go through after some special Mutation." Arlo theorized, but he wasn''t that far off. "It''s nothing, it too much to explain. I''ll explain it some other time, but for now, let''s eat." Gan sighed lightly, he had to do some research in order to figure this answer out. He couldn''t rely on these 2 for information about [Mega Evolution], but he only asked to see if they might have some clues. Everyone enjoyed their food fresh from the fire, Warren even gave some to his new Charmander. Gan handed Arlo a Revive for his Ekans, before finishing up his Magikarp. Afterward, Gan stood up and looked towards the den where the trio lived. "Maybe we should check their little den just in case there was something within it we might have missed." Gan suggested. "Hmm, good idea. Charmander, did you guys have anything stored inside of your den?" Warren asked the Charmander he caught, at this time, it was chomping down on the Magikarp meat. "Char..." Charmander nodded and confirmed that they had collected a few odd things. Gan summoned Geodude, while Arlo just got done reviving his Ekans. He applied a Potion to his Ekans and restored it to full health. Gan could see that Arlo''s Ekans was only at level 14, it was still too under-leveled! "Hmm, I''ll have Ekans search inside to help with that." Arlo suggested. Ekans was the size of a Python but thicker, it was a big Pokemon that could swallow a kid around the age of 9 or less with ease! It was already amazing that Geodude could hold its mouth open and smash its head into the ground at that time. "That''ll work, the more help the better." Gan nodded in agreement. Once Geodude appeared, Ekans glared at it coldly, it recognized Gan and Geodude at first sight. It recalled its experience; the part where its head was battered into the ground by it. Geodude noticed its glared and only scratched its rocky head in confusion. Geodude was a little slow, but it soon remembered this Ekans and its trainer from that time, and it understood. "Okay, there''s no time for that vengeful attitude, we''re here to get things done, so relax." Arlo shook his head, he could see the vengeance in Ekans''s eyes and movements, as it stuck its tongue out in quick successions. "Okay, you 2 will check that den to see if there is anything rare in there. Charmander will guide both of you towards the goodies." Warren said as he pointed towards the den. Geodude looked towards Gan to confirm and Gan simply nodded. Afterward, the trio went off into the den to check. "Hmm, I wonder what talent level my Charmander is? I hope it''s a Gold Rank or higher; this will make it much stronger in the future." Warren said thoughtfully. "I''ll give it a thorough inspection to see if it''s a decent rank or not. My mom used to be a Pokemon therapist, so she knew a few tricks." Gan suggested. "Oh? Your mom worked in quite the field, huh? Where is she now?" Warren was surprised and couldn''t help but ask. "She''s far away, very far away." Gan smiled. "I see, well, even if it''s Gold, it can''t compare to those crazy Elite Four Member''s Pokemon." Warren sighed, he''d be lucky to get his hand on Gold Rank much less what those powerful trainers acquired. "Elite Four? You mean the strongest trainers in the region!?" Arlo''s heart sped up, those were a group of fearsome trainers that couldn''t be trifled with! "Yeah, them! I heard that all of their Pokemon is at least Platnium, with their strongest being Diamond!" There was reverence in Warren''s eyes, but there was also helplessness. "Diamond?" Gan knew that this meant a 5-star pokemon, but he had yet to acquire one. "Yeah, I''ve also heard that there was even a rank above Diamond, but I''m not sure what they called it. Pokemon of those talent levels were menacing, but no one has ever seen any in the wild." Warren shook his head. ''What!? A level beyond Diamond, so wouldn''t that make it a 6-star Pokemon!?'' Gan was now shocked, he thought 5-stars was the highest but there seemed to be higher ranks. However, he couldn''t be sure; Gan had to research and asked around himself to be sure. The 3 waited for their Pokemon to come back. After waiting for 10 minutes, the trio finally came out of the den. They had a few items on them that the recent owners of this den had collected during their time here. The 3 Pokemon laid the Items out on the ground for all to see, and Gan took the time to inspect them all. [TM-Psych Up.] [TM-Dig] [QuickBall: A somewhat different Pok¨¦ Ball that provides a better catch rate if it is used at the start of a wild encounter. [Rare Candy: A candy that is packed with energy. It raises the level of a single Pok¨¦mon by one.] There were a total of 6 items present, there were 2 Quickballs that were old and dirty. "Hmm, these are TMs, but what type of moves are they?" Warren looked at items and first discovered the TMs that stood out the most to him. Gan picked them and acted like he was inspecting them. "Hmm, let''s see. This is the TM-Dig and this is the TM-Psych Up." Hearing what TMs they were, Warren quickly lost interest in them. However, this wasn''t the same for Arlo, he really wanted that TM-Dig. Seeing that Warren had lost interest, he tossed the TM-Dig to Arlo. "What? You''re giving it to me?" Arlo was surprised, he didn''t think Gan would just hand him this type of TM. "Yeah, I don''t need it." Gan didn''t need such a move when other Ground TMs and moves were better. Arlo nodded and immediately started to teach his Ekans the TM. Gan thought for a moment, then he took out the TM-Sandstorm and taught it to his Geodude. As for the TM-Psych Up, it was good in double battles and even single battles, so he held onto it for later. Gan already had 5 Quickballs he had yet to use, so he really didn''t need 2 more. Warren didn''t seem interested in these either, so he handed these to Arlo as well. Then there was the Thick Club, Gan wasn''t going to use Marowak as his main Pokemon in any League, even Alolan Marowak. He also gave this item to Arlo since he showed a great interest in the Pokemon Cubone. Arlo asked what the Bone was used for. Gan told him that it boosted the attack of Cubone and Marowak if he wrapped the Thick Club around their neck. The Thick Club was the size of a palm, so it would fit well as a necklace Cubone could wear. Arlo was elated, wouldn''t this amp up his strength if he could catch one of those Boneheads? Gan told him to treat his Pokemon with respect, definitely Cubone; when he caught one. Next was the Rare Candy, Warren showed interested in the wrapped piece of Candy. He knew what this was, so he took this instead. Gan told him to use it on his Zubat or Charmander, so he took it and used it on his Charmander. After eating the Candy that was packed with energy, it leveled up and started to evolve into a Chameleon. Within seconds, the light engulfed Charmander and dispersed around it to reveal, Charmeleon! Warren''s hands were shaking from excitement, this was a Pokemon he dreamed of catching and now it was 1 step closer to reaching that cool flying fire dragon, Charizard! "This has to be one of the best days of my life!" Warren rubbed Charmeleon''s head, who seemed to have a somewhat rebellious attitude. In any case, it still let him rub its head after remembering the things Warren did for it in the hour it knew him. Warren recalled Charmeleon with the widest smile Gan had ever seen. Arlo was also happy with the new things he received. "Well, we''re done eating, let''s head over towards that one area and check it out." Continuing on, they ran into a couple of Golbat that attacked them the minute they noticed them. Golbat didn''t need to rely on its eyes to take notice of people, but it was an optional thing to use. The group made short work of the 2 and Arlo caught one of the Golbat, while Gan caught the other. This Golbat could be sold for Merit Points. After walking for 10 more minutes, they heard cries but it wasn''t that of a human at all. They all looked at each other in unison and snuck over towards the sound. Peeking around the corner, that''s when they all saw what was going on. There was a group of Machop fighting off a trio of Golbat. Gan was actually starting to get sick of Golbat, were they that common here? There were a total of 9 Machop fighting against the Golbat trio; Golbat seemed elated as they found a buffet of Machop to feast on! Gan saw a strange red glow around one of the Machop and inspected it right away. |Name: Machop |Type: Fighting |Level: 24 |Gender: Male |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Serious |Moves: Leer| Low Sweep| Focus Energy| Low Kick| Foresight| Karate Chop| Revenge| Knock Off| (SP)ThunderPunch| (SP)Superpower| This seemed to be the Leader of the group, and the Golbat were also wary of this particular Machop. Gan looked and saw that a Golbat had already been taken down because of this Machop, its body laid on the ground motionless from the confrontation. An electric current would shock it every now and then, indicating that it was suffering from paralysis. This Pokemon was one of Gan''s targets for coming to this cave, he had so many TMs for this Pokemon. He had just got an item that would also further its combat abilities. "Prepare, everyone, we''ll attack both groups.." Gan stared heatedly at the Machop in front of the group of Machop. Chapter 39 - Rock Tunnel Exploration Part-5 Final! The group of Golbat were very excited about the Machop buffet, but they had to do away with this particular Machop first. It was like the Pokemon in this cave were starting to adapt to their terrible predicament; hints¡ªMachop''s ThunderPunch move. Everyone knew what they needed to do, well, Gan and Warren were the only useful people here. Arlo didn''t want this type of Fighting Pokemon, he stated that he wanted a different Fighting Pokemon. He described it as having red boxing gloves on, but he didn''t know the name of the Pokemon. Venomoth was fully healed this time, it came out and attacked the group of Golbat with Psybeam. The Group of Golbat had long noticed Gan and his group. Unfortunately, they weren''t as fast as Venomoth, who blasted them all with Psybeam. The Group of Machop was surprised, but they upped their guard even more. To them, anything with wings wasn''t a good thing. Venomoth looked like it could be a threat to them as well; Gan tossed 4 Pokeballs at the defeated group of Golbat and caught them. The group of Machop reverted their attention to the area they saw the Pokeballs come from. Gan didn''t try to hide, he came out from his place of hiding and arrived in front of the group of Machop. "I challenge you to a fight, a 1v1, if you win, I''ll give you this!" Gan pulled out the [Black Belt] and displayed it for the Machop to see. They were instantly mesmerized by the item, they felt a sort of connection with it. "But if I win, you have to join me in my adventures across the region, what do you think?" Gan grinned at the Machop in the front. The Machop looked between Gan and the Black Belt, then it turned toward its buddies behind it. They looked back and him and nodded in return. "Chop~!" Machop''s eyes turned stern and he stepped forward. He got into a fighting pose and readied himself. "Tsk! You aren''t fighting me directly, forget that, I''ll be friggin killed." Gan took a step back and called forth his Koffing. Koffing was a Physical wall and it could burn Machop to half its attacking power. "Koffing~!" Koffing came forth, its gaze slowly drifted over towards Machop. Machop looked at Koffing strangely, from its perspective; Koffing looked like a weak puff ball it could fold with ease. "You may want to tell your buddies to clear out, it''s about to be a fight and you wouldn''t want anyone to get hurt." Gan was already moving away to give the 2 their fighting space. Machop quickly instructed its friends to clear out. "Why is he challenging it to a 1v1, why don''t we just team up on it and take it down?"Arlo was confused about Gan''s decision to fight it in a 1v1. "You gain more respect in that way, besides, these fighting type Pokemon like to be challenged in a fair fight to earn their true respect." Warren Kept his eyes on the coming battle without looking at Arlo. Arlo squinted but didn''t comment, he just contiuned to watch with Warren. The battle had already started, Koffing floated towards Machop to attack. Even though Machop wasn''t the speedy type, it was still a small and agile Pokemon. Gan realized this without having to test it out, it was fighting type Pokemon; they had to have some sort of fighting style they went by in their early stages. Koffing darted over but as it did, Machop jumped over Koffing. Afterward, Electricity appeared around its fist. Machop lunged through the air right as Koffing turned around, but it didn''t try to dodge. Koffing was hit directly with a Thunderpunch to the body, its facial expression remained unchanged; even under attack. "Will-O-Wisp!" Gan order soon after. A blue wisp of fire emerged from Koffing''s mouth and quickly entered Machop''s body. Machop looked on in surprise, it flipped away after punching Koffing. Suddenly, an electric current jolted through Koffing''s body, it didn''t do any damage but it was slowed even further from this; it was paralyzed. Koffing used Sludge as instructed; a Pokemon couldn''t have 2 or more status effects at once, so it wouldn''t get poisoned. Machop was having a hard time dealing with the burning and painful feeling coursing through its body. Machop was hit by the attack, it yelled in pain before falling to the ground. However, it stood back up, then it brought up its arms and clenched its fist. Strange Aura began to fluctuate around Machop as if it had awakened some strange power. The energy wrapped around its body, as its eyes turned bright orange-red. Small rocks started to float and pop like fireworks because of the strange energy. Afterward, Machop charged towards Koffing, ready to release this energy in one fell swoop! Gan knew what this was because the move was blinking on Machop''s status page, it was SuperPower! "Quickly, move out of the way!" Gan wasn''t worried about Koffing being knocked out from this attack, but if it could dodge it; that would be better. Too bad, though. Koffing was paralyzed, so its speed was cut in half; it was already a slow Pokemon, so how could it escape? The attack landed clean on Koffing smiling face; this attack created powerful shockwaves. Gan had to get further away from the radius of the shockwaves, he was stunned by the power. Koffing was knocked flying like a balloon from the attack. Koffing would suffer worse damage if it was sent flying through rocks or boulders. Fortunately, this wasn''t the case, as Koffing seemed to have caught itself after being sent flying further. A blue light formed around Machop for a brief moment, its Speed and Attack had dropped by 1 stage. Machop started panting after using such a powerful move, but once it saw Koffing bounce back, displaying that same smile and looking perfectly fine; Machop showed a great change in its expression! Koffing was smiling but it wasn''t happy about being hit with such an attack, it started to bombard Machop with sludge until it was defeated. Gan didn''t have to say much, Koffing had gained a lot of battle experience in the short time it was with him. Machop lied on the ground defeated, it didn''t move since it was knocked out. With the toss of a Luxury ball, it was encapsulated and caught! "This catch is big!" Gan whispered and smiled. The other Machop looked on with surprise, but their expressions turn into that of sadness. Their powerful leader had been defeated and caught, it was a sad day today for them. Gan didn''t pay any attention to the other Machop, he simply turned and walked away. "Are you guys ready to go? I think it''s time for us to head to the next floor, I saw a ladder leading down to the 2nd floor not too long ago." Gan was ready to go, Koffing floated by but it was still paralyzed. "Goodness, I can''t believe your Koffing is still floating around after taking such a powerful attack." Arlo was amazed that Koffing was still doing well for itself, it was floating around casually as if nothing had happened. "Koffing is a highly defensive Pokemon, it can take physical hits from most fighting type Pokemon with ease." Most fighting Pokemon would have a hard time dealing with the likes of Koffing, but there were a few that could take it down. Lucario happened to be one of these Pokemon since it had a good special attack stat. It could be good at either or, but if Gan ever got a Lucario he would prefer it to be a special attacker. "Oh, it was like that." Arlo knew he lacked knowledge on Pokemon, so he felt he needed to educate himself more to make progress. "Well, well, you learn something new every day. I also need to learn more about Pokemon, it''ll surely help in my progress." Warren was also thinking the same thing, he thought of getting tips from Gan since he seemed to know a lot. "Hey, I''ll help you with that, no problem. But for now, we need to continue our little exploration." At this point, it was no telling how long they''ve been in this cave. They hadn''t encountered any humans as they did with Mt. Moon; this could be because of the lack of trainers in Lavender Town. "Right, let''s go." Warren nodded and the groups walked off. Gan took out a Para-heal and sprayed Koffing, then sprayed it with a Super Potion. He noticed that he was running out of Potions, but he still had 4 Super Potions left. Gan knew the way, so he was the leading this time; in a matter of minutes, they arrived at a descending ladder. "This is the way, keep watch it might dangerous going to this floor, I can''t be sure." Gan gave a quick warning because when he looked down, he saw that it was completely dark. Everyone''s expressions grew serious as they descended. Once they were on this floor, it was indeed dark to the point where they couldn''t see their hands. Warren and Arlo both pulled out flashlights, he even summoned his Charmeleon to give them more light. Gan also summoned his Charmander for some light, he had healed it when they were eating Magikarp. "So no one has bothered to secure any lights down here?" Warren shook his head, how could any travel through all of this? "Let''s go. Keep awareness, there should be plenty of Zubat and Golbat hiding around here." Gan had no problem catching Zubat since it was a highly sought after Pokemon to give recruits of Team Rocket. Suddenly, they felt some trembling, then something came charging towards them! Chapter 40 - Leaving Rock Tunnel! With the fact of some unknown Pokemon approaching them at full speed; they flashed their flashlight ahead. The Pokemon charging them was a Rhyhorn, it came charging the minute it saw them. Gan and Warren quickly ordered their Pokemon to use Dragon Rage on the charging Rhyhorn. Gan caught the Rhyhorn, these Pokemon could be sold at a good price. Technically, he needed money more than anything since it would take him a long way. He didn''t plan to be apart of Team Rocket forever, he just needed to use this group until he became independent. Thinking this much, it was probably best not to become an Admin then. Continuing on, there really wasn''t much to speak of but they did encounter a group of Zubat. It was so dark down here, how could you not run into this little fella? Easily taking them down, they were also caught by Gan. Arlo wondered if Gan had some sort of addiction when catching Pokemon, he caught everything that was defeated! Gan himself was already starting to run low on Pokeballs from catching so much. The three didn''t rush through the dark cave, that would obviously be too dangerous. "Warren, you were saying something earlier about flying Pokemon, what was it about?" Gan asked in a low voice. "Ah, yes, I said I liked flying Pokemon, If anything I prefer Pokemon that once couldn''t fly. However, later down the line, they would suddenly grow wings and fly." Warren answered Gan''s question right away. "So it was like that, huh?" Gan knew quite a few Pokemon that couldn''t fly at the start of their evolution, but they would suddenly grow wings later and take to the sky. "And you, Alro, do you have any particular typing you like?" Gan kept walking as he asked. "Nah, I don''t have a particular type that I favor, but if I had to choose then it would poison types." Arlo liked poison types the best, they always got the job done, whether it be slowly or quickly; if you know what I mean. "It makes sense." Gan concluded it with that. "Dragon Rage!" Warren and everyone else was stunned. Chameleon opened its open mouth and attacked the silhouette. Soon after, it fell to the ground without any further movement. Gan checked on his Charmander, he had no choice but to heal it with a Potion which was his last one. Warren and Arlo pointed their flashlights on the fallen target to see what it was. They were surprised to see that it wasn''t a Pokemon, but a bone instead! The bone suddenly moved and flew into the darkness. Warren and Arlo kept their lights on the bone until it flew into a figure''s hand. "Cubone!" It was another Cubone! Gan looked at the Cubone and saw that its talent was only that of 2-stars. "It appeared, the boneheaded Pokemon appeared again, hahaha!" Arlo was naturally excited and immediately called forth his Ekans. Gan had no idea why Arlo summoned his Ekans, history would only repeat itself. This Cubone was at level 21. Gan had agreed to help him catch the next Cubone because took ''his'', so to speak. Koffing was already out of it Pokeball, so he had it help Arlo''s Ekans. The battle lasted for about a minute before Cubone was defeated and caught by Arlo. "Hahaha!" Arlo only laughed. Gan and Warren didn''t say anything because they had the same reaction when they caught a ''rare Pokemon''. What Gan really wanted to avoid while walking through the cave was Geodude and Graveler; this was only because of their Selfdestruct move. This move could cause serious damage to the user, and if they weren''t taken to the Pokemon Center in time, then death was a sure thing. The good thing was that Graveler and Geodude weren''t troublemaking Pokemon like most here, so they could avoid them with ease. Of course, stepping on a Geodude was another problem, so they had to be careful with that. The group contiuned on for about 10 minutes. "Hmm, you smell that? Its smells like blood." Warren paused and flashed his light across the cave. "Blood?" Gan frowned, he hadn''t grown so s?ns?t?v? that he could smell something like blood. Arlo was the same, he was pretty new to this type of business himself, so he wasn''t aware of such things. "Keep watch!" Warren warned, his expression serious. Someone or something was hurt or even dead here. Warren summoned his Zubat to trace where the smell of blood was coming from. Zubat instantly picked up the scent of blood the minute it was called out, it flew over slowly towards the scent of blood. Warren usually fed his Zubat Tauros and Chansey blood, since it was its favorite to drink. Just as they were closing in on a possible homicide, they were attacked again. However, it wasn''t a Zubat, Golbat, or anything of this sort. Zubat had been tackle, but it quickly shrugged the attacker off with ease. The attacker fell to the ground but stood soon after, it appeared to be ready to attack again. Warren''s flashlight landed on the attacker in question, it was small with a gray dome on its head with two horns sticking out of the upper side of its head. Its eyes were all black with a small tint of white inside of them, its skin was light purple and it had a spikey tail. "What the heck kinda Pokemon is that?" Arlo looked at the small Pokemon strangely, it wasn''t anything he had seen before. Warren was also at a loss, Gan himself hadn''t seen this Pokemon before, but he stared at it closely to see if he could remember it. It was the size of a Cubone, so it was a small guy. Gan didn''t try to guess what it was and just analyzed it to see. "Ah, so it was this Pokemon!" Gan smiled as to understand; this was a baby Kangaskhan! Warren and Arlo didn''t say anything, apparently, Gan recognized the Pokemon. Gan just asked Warren to have his Zubat contiuned tracking down the blood scent. The baby Kangaskhan tried to attack Zubat again, but it was easily brought down. Arlo had his Ekans bind the little guy to stop it from attacking anymore. It squealed in annoyance but Ekans didn''t pay any attention to its cries, in fact, it enjoyed them. This type of Pokemon would have long been swallowed by it if its master didn''t command otherwise. Zubat didn''t fly far, it quickly found the being that was bleeding so badly. If it wasn''t obvious already, then yes, it was the baby Kangaskhan''s mother. The Kangaskhan had been hurt badly from a fight it recently had gotten into. Its side had a large flesh hole in it, as her body laid on the ground stiffly. "Hmm, it was a fight from what I can see, but whatever Pokemon she got into a fight with¡ª contiuned to attack despite being the victor." Warren concluded after looking Kangaskhan''s body over. Gan touched Kangaskhan''s body, it was a huge Pokemon laying on its side so he had to be careful. "It also seems like there was more than one attacker, it was actually a gang attack that took it down." Warren checked the wounds over its body and gave another analysis. "How do you even know that from just seeing it?" Arlo just looked one and found that hard to believe. "Well, I didn''t get that analysis from its body, but from the multiple different sized footprints around the Pokemon." Warren glared at Arlo with contempt before checking Kangaskhan''s wounds again. Gan was even surprised and he looked around, there were indeed many footprints around here. He also checked the Kangaskhan''s status and found that it was still alive, but it was in a terrible state. The talent was good enough for Gan, in fact, this was the only talent level of Pokemon he''d train. |Name: Kangaskhan (Critical Condition)???? |Type: Normal |Level: 25 |Ability: Scrappy |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Comet Punch| Leer| Fakeout| Tail Whip| Bite| Double Hit| Rage| Mega Punch| Gan liked its ability the most, it was the best ability a Kangaskhan could have. He had Arlo knock out the baby Kangaskhan before putting it in its mom''s pouch. Afterward, he tossed a Premier Ball at it and caught it with ease. Now, he had to get to a Pokemon Center to have its condition checked and hopefully stabilized. Everyone looked around silently before going on their way; Rock Tunnel technically only had 2 floors so to speak, but he believed everything to be on the same floor. Warren''s Zubat fought a few Pokemon and defeated them, then it evolved into a Golbat. Eventually, they could see the exit of the cave, it was bright and showed some of the scenery outside. Gan and company quickly made their way over and out of Rock Tunnel. The minute they left the Rock Tunnel, they saw a huge Pokemon Center nearby. Gan and the group walked over towards the Pokemon Center to have their Pokemon healed. He especially told them about Kangaskhan''s condition; this Pokemon Center was far bigger than usual, it reminded him of the one in Viridian City. Everyone sat in the lobby, Warren was checking out a few magazines while Arlo fed his Ekans some Berries he got from Gan. He usually went to the wild to feed it Rattata, but this time was an exception. Warren looked like he was going to make a move if this turned troublesome. Gan told her to go to a private place, so he could show her. But he told her to keep his information confidential because he wanted to travel silently. The nurse sighed and agreed, she needed to confirm his identity, she wouldn''t tell anyone. Gan did this to get away from Warren and Arlo, so they didn''t know that he was actually challenging the gyms to fight against the Kanto League. It seemed Kangaskhan''s full recovery would take a week at most; there were even highly trained trainers here keeping watch. This was because they were still next to a cave, and who is to say that any of them won''t come out and attack. This was especially so at night when Zubat and Golbat were really active and hunting. The nurse at the front desk had done a check on Gan''s history and found that he actually had a Pokemon in Viridian City undergoing surgery. At this point, Arlo and Warren had left the Pokemon Center to check out the little river closeby. Gan had to pay a fee since he obviously had no health insurance to cover it. It cost him ?16,000 to have Kangaskhan fully restored. "Sh**!" Gan cursed but he should be able to make this money back. He had come back here anyway, he wanted to check the Powerplant out. Unfortunately, this place was guarded by powerful Pokemon Trainers, who wouldn''t allow anyone in unless they had a special tool to get in. This was because the League had heard and seen sightings of a certain Legendary bird flying around and visiting this place. After paying, Gan took a seat but he suddenly remembered the Pokemon he stole from the trio in Viridian Forest. "Hmm, I wonder what type of Pokemon they had?" Gan reached into his storage space to retrieve their Pokeballs. Chapter 41 - Perfect Addition! Gan pulled out 3 Pokeballs from his storage, these were the Pokemon he had stolen from those goons in Viridian Forest. There were 2 GreatBalls and 1 UltraBall; this Ultra Ball belonged to the rich kid that was with them. Gan tried to inspect the Pokeballs to see if he could see the Pokemon inside of them. Unfortunately, it had failed; the description of the type of ball they were in only came up. Thus, Gan had no choice but to summon the Pokemon to see them. Gan started with the 2 GreatBalls, he went outside and tossed them towards the ground gently. At that moment, 2 different Pokemon emerged from them; they had been revived but their health was low. If a Pokemon wasn''t revived in 24 hours, they would gain their consciousness within that time, but they would be in a weakened state. |Name: Doduo |Type: Normal |Level: 18 |Gender: Female |Ability: Early Bird |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Hardy |Moves: Growl| Quick Attack| Rage| Peck| Fury Attack| Persuit| (TM)Aerial Ace| .... |Type: Water |Level: 19 |Gender: Male |Ability: |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: |Moves: MudSport| Vicegrip| BubbleBeam| Harden| Leer| (TM)Brick Break| Gan looked at their statuses before noticing their weakly expressions, so he recalled them to be healed afterward. Next, he brought up the Ultraball and tossed it to see what Pokemon was inside. |Name: Abra |Level: 11 |Gender: Male |Ability: Synchronize |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Teleport| (Egg)Psychic Terrain| (TM)Shadowball| (TM)DreamEater| (SP)Gravity| (SP)WonderRoom| (TM)Hidden Power(Ice)| ... The Pokemon Emerged from the Ultraball and sat on the ground like it was meditating, Gan wasn''t even sure if it had fainted. However, Gan looked on in shock, his eyes were practically bulging out of his sockets. Gan stared at Abra for a while, he was still surprised with this discovery, it was a Pokemon he was looking for! He looked at its moves and started to understand many things, and why certain things had occurred in that forest. Gan could almost picture it; the battle started with those Beedrill was because of the strange black egg. "It seemed this Abra was a key player in stealing the egg and getting out in a hurry, but they still weren''t able to get far." Teleport had a cooldown, but the higher the level of a Pokemon the more they could use it in succession. If this had been an Alakazam at Level 50 or something, it could Teleport way more than its current self and level; Abra! Gan also understood why these guys appeared around him when he was seamlessly walking away from their direction at that time. Abra had sensed the closes human in the area and teleported towards him before fainting. It had gotten into a battle with the Beedrill party, it had even defeated a few but it still couldn''t stand up to their numbers and levels. Gan felt like he had hit the jackpot, this Pokemon also had Egg moves! "My gosh! Psychic Terrain!" Gan was having all sorts of thoughts, this was truly a good find. He may have to rob rich kids often! Abra looked up towards Gan, but its eyes never opened. It didn''t even utter its name before putting its head back down. Gan recalled the little fella right after and walked back into the Pokemon Center to have them healed. "Where are you going, the healing process only takes around 5 minutes to complete." The nurse looked up to see that Gan was leaving the Center. "I''m only going to look around, I''ll be back right after." Gan turn and said before walking away. "Jeez, kids these days." The nurse sighed before going back to work. It could be said that Gan was feeling like the happiest guy right now, his adventurers had been going really good; a little too good! In any case, he wasn''t complaining about it; the better things went, the easier it was on him. "Yo! You missed it, we just saw a Blue snake Pokemon with wings on each side of its head!" Arlo came out of nowhere and said. "Wings on the side of its head?" Gan walked over, he had to think about this one. "I know that Pokemon, it''s a Pokemon I also want to catch!" Warren came over as well, he eyeballed the waterway often; seeing if that Pokemon would come back. Gan thought for a moment and started to remember what Pokemon they were describing. This Pokemon sounded like Dratini, it was also found in this area within the water. Gan''s Pokemon had leveled up while he was in the Rock Tunnel. Magikarp was at level 19, so it was well on its way to becoming a Gyarados. Geodude was no different, it was one level off from becoming a Graveler. "You''ll need a good water Pokemon or fishing rod to find whatever Pokemon it is." Gan didn''t hint to them that he knew what Pokemon it was, but he told them a few things they could do to find it. "I guess I''ll have to get my hands on a good water Pokemon; the pool in Celedon has a few Pokemon I can check out." Warren felt like he was getting so fortunate hanging around Gan, he felt like he was a lucky star of some sort. "I have one snake already, I don''t need some sea snake in my party." Arlo didn''t seem to care much for the blue snake and stated his thoughts about it. Gan and Warren ignored him and started to talk about places he could get a fishing rod. Gan only told that he could find one at the boardwalk south of Lavender Town. Warren kept this in mind; this was a place where fishermen fished all of the time. "Those Crab Pokemon are looking pretty good right now." Arlo peered at the Krabbys close by, he only saw this Pokemon as food. Gan had to admit that they did taste really good, he even had thought of killing one to eat. Just as they were having these thoughts, they saw another group of Pokemon. Gan was a bit surprised to see them here, but Arlo was very interested in this Pokemon because of its features. ... |Name: Voltorb |Type: Electric |Level: 22 |Gender: Genderless |Ability: Static |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Moves: Charge| Tackle| Sonic Boom| Eerie Impulse| Rollout| Spark| Screech| Charge Beam| Swift| Electro Ball| It was Voltorb, this Pokemon usually showed up in the Power Plant of most places. However, Voltorb could swim, well, to be exact, it could float on water. While on water, it could rotate its body to propel itself forward or any direction it chose. Most water Pokemon wouldn''t dare mess with a Voltorb in fear that it would electrocute them. These were clearly the few stragglers that left the Power Plant and arrived here. "It looks just like a Pokeball, how cool is that? I''ll add this Pokemon to my team, I have to catch it!" Arlo grinned and pulled out his Pokeball. Gan also had to catch this Pokemon for his Pokedex entry, he wasn''t planning on using an Electrode. Gan told him to target the one in the middle of the group, this one had to best talent but he didn''t tell him that. Gan didn''t feel a need to scam Arlo out of a good Voltorb since he wouldn''t use it if he caught it anyway. Arlo did so and called forth his Cubone to fight; Gan also called forth his Geodude to help in this fight. Voltorb could do nothing, its only useful moves were Sonicboom and Swift against these 2. Within 2 minutes, Arlo caught the Voltorb while Gan caught the rest. Warren just watched from behind, he had no interest in any of these Pokemon. Warren recognized this area, so he knew this route would eventually lead them to Cerulean City. "I''ll have to head back to get my Helicopter, are you heading towards Cerulean City?" Warren didn''t want to leave his Helicopter in the wild any longer. "Yeah, I plan to head there for a bit before going back to Celedon City to do a few things." Gan needed to turn these Pokemon in to get his rewards, he also needed to head to Pewter City to pick up his new Team Rocket Uniform. "That sounds good, I''ll head back through Rock Tunnel and meet you at Cerulean City; unless you want to come along?" Warren added. "Nah, I''ll just walk, I could use the exercise." Gan shook his head. "Okay... and what about you?" Warren''s gaze landed on Arlo. "I''ll go with you, I''d rather fly instead." Arlo didn''t want to walk. Once Gan went to Celadon and Pewter, he could travel alone after that. Warren was good to call up in order to get to places quickly. He would surely call him up if he needed to get to Cinnabar Island. The group agreed and they all walked back, however, Warren and Arlo went into Rock Tunnel after saying ''see ya.'' Gan went back into the Pokemon Center to retrieve his Pokemon he had left. His next stop would be Cerulean City. " Chapter 42 - Cerulean City! Gan received his Pokemon after asking for them, then he went to the restroom to take a leak. Afterward, it was time to leave from here, he had to come back to get that Kangashkan. On the other hand, he started having second guesses about Kangashkan. Honestly, Snorlax was a way better choice if he wanted a normal type Pokemon. Dragonite was also a good choice for his team. However, he couldn''t catch that Pokemon now because he had nothing that could enter the water and subdue it. Gan left the Pokemon Center and traveled back to route 10; nothing changed and he contiuned west of this route. He was now on his way to route 9, there were many groups of Pokemon circling around in the air. Gan saw Fearow and many Spearow flying about, there were also Pidgey but not too many of them like the ladder. Rattata scuffled about and ran pass often, they were being targeted by Fearow and many Spearow. A few Rattata were scooped up and taken away by Fearow for feeding, they didn''t target Raticate unless there were more Fearow in the group. Gan quickly got away from this area, a few Raticate was showing signs of aggression. Walking on, he saw a crowd of people; some were coming his way with strange expressions. There were kids and many ?du?ts leaving this area. "You may as well turn around; the Police have locked this area down for investigation." One of the ?du?t men alerted Gan as to not have him waste his time. "Investigation? What happened?" Gan was in wonder, it couldn''t have been the case with that house being broken into, right? "There was a murder, they''ve seen what the man was wearing but he quickly killed 2 people and made a run for it, afterward." The man sighed deeply. Gan was a bit surprised, someone was murdered in broad daylight? How gutsy! "Thanks for telling me ahead of time, I''d like to get to Curelean City so I won''t stop here." Gan didn''t want to go all the way around, and through Mt. Moon just to get here! "Okay, but I doubt they''ll let you through." The man said his final words before continuing onward. Gan did the same and contiuned on as well, there was no way he wanted to turn back. Many Pokemon had picked up on the scent of Blood, so many of them had come out of the Forest to have a look. Gan could now see a group of Police making use of the signature yellow tape for crime scenes. "Hey, stop right there; this area is off limit for 3 hours until the situation is handled!" An officer with a thick mustache hurriedly and called out to Gan¡ªwho was approaching. "Look, I''m a trainer, so I need to take this route!" Gan used his same old trick, which was the use of his Trainer ID. "A Trainer?" The man squinted, yes, you can be a trainer but if you didn''t use it to challenge Gyms; they didn''t regard it as important. "It doesn''t matter, you still can''t pass." The man waved his hand nonchalantly before turning away. Gan''s eyebrows knitted and he contiuned to walk over towards the crime scene. "Kid, what the hell are you doing!? Do you not understand anything, do you want me to arrest you!?" The mustache man turned back around angrily and said. "Can you obstruct me from challenging a Gym? This will be the second Gym badge I''m gunning for!" Gan sneered, he had read up on the rules, how dare he obstruct him under the League''s rules? "W-what?" The mustache expression changed drastically, he could be a trainer but that didn''t mean that all trainers fought Gyms. He could obstruct these trainers, but trainers challenging Gyms weren''t to be obstructed in any way. "Ron, go check his ID! This bastard better have a Gym Badge or I''m going to throw this little bastard in jail!" The mustached officer gritted his teeth and called one of his men over to check. Gan didn''t hear any of his words, but he was sure they weren''t anything good. Gan revealed his ID and handed it to the Officer before he went back over to hand it to his boss. The mustache man looked at it for a while before confirming that it was the real deal. This caused him to sweat nervously, he could easily lose his job for obstructing these types of trainers. "Hmm, I guess I better talk to your Superior for obstruction!" Gan glared at the officer. "Hey, now. I didn''t know you were this type of trainer; this matter is serious so I was a little irritated!" The mustached officer quickly tried ot dropped this problem. "Relax, I''m joking, I don''t have time for all of that. What exactly happened here, though?" Gan was curious and asked. The mustached officer sighed and relief. "It''s a double homicide; the man was wearing all black with white boots and a black newsboy hat." The officer quickly relayed what happened, and even told him the description of the suspect. A man and a woman were killed; the woman was stabbed to death by the suspect, and the man had his neck slit! Gan looked over and could see the man being covered up at this moment, his hands were holding his neck with an expression of shock in his eyes. The officer said if he heard anything, he should let them know at the Curelean City Police station. Gan nodded and left, but this situation wasn''t his problem; judging from the description, he knew who was involved in these homicides. Gan sighed when he recalled that man''s shock filled eyes, it really hit him a bit. He could only push these feelings away, he still wasn''t used to the sight of death and murder, yet. After 10 minutes, he arrived in Cerulean City. Cerulean City looked great, there were roads and many trees alongside them. The houses here looked modern compare to Pewter City. Kids played on the sidewalk without care, they played with their house Pokemon and friends. There was a sign the minute he entered the City, it said Route 9 up ahead but he was coming from there. Gan wanted to challenge the Gym Leader but he wanted to do something else¡ªwhich was currently more important to him. "I need to find that Daycare, they should be able to tell me what kind of egg I have." The Daycare was the first place he wanted to visit. He asked a man where he could find this Daycare; this old man had lived here for 50 years, so he knew his way around this City. The old man calmly instructed Gan where to go, so he was able to find the Daycare. Gan knew for certain that the Daycare was south in Cerulean City, so he wasn''t all that lost. However, it still took him a while to find the Daycare. The Daycare was huge, it was no telling how many square feet it was, but it was bigger than it appeared in the games, obviously. "Hmph, I''ll have them breed to give me the most talented Pokemon yet; they can name any price and we can pay it!" A young man wearing an all-white tuxedo spoke to his butler in a haughty tone. "Of course, young master, we''ll get it done." The butler hurriedly and said nervously. Gan didn''t bother to look too long, he knew about arrogant people like this, so he just walked into the Daycare silently. The building was made out of strange black and white brick from the outside, it had a large metal fence branching off to the side of it. The inside was luxurious, they had nice black marble floors with walls filled with paintings of Pokemon. Plants could be seen sprouting from a vase in each corner of the room; there were many people behind different counters taking on everyone''s request. Aside from the customers here, there were people dressed in all red. They had 2 Pokeballs on each side of their pants. Their shirts had a Pokeball logo on them; they also had a bronze Badge on the other side of their shirts. Gan couldn''t read what their Bronze badges said, but it must mean something; they all had cold expressions¡ªwith them being a group of 8. There weren''t many people now, with it being only around 7 customers aside from those trainers that looked like guards. Gan walked over to an empty counter with an old man behind it. "How may I help you, you young lad?" The old man smiled. "I have an egg I''d like you guys to check for me, I don''t know what it is." Gan said indifferently. "Hmm, please follow me, we can inspect it back here." The old man nodded and called someone over to take his position while he was gone. Gan followed him to a room, there were other trainers having their eggs inspected here. The people just watch the process, they basically used a book to figure out what type of Pokemon it was. And if this didn''t work, they used a machine to determine what Pokemon was inside. The old man walked over to an empty table and took a seat in front of a book. "Please, have a seat; this process shouldn''t take long." To have your egg checked was free. Gan took a seat right away before the old man asked him to see the egg. This room had cameras, so no one could pull off anything funny here. Gan told the man he wanted to go to the restroom to pull out his egg. The old man nodded, he believed Gan didn''t want to expose his storage bag or another storage device he had. Gan quickly went into the restroom and came back out with the egg in his hand. The old man looked at the egg with surprise and started to look through the book in front of him. Gan sat there for 5 minutes until the old man finally looked up. "This egg isn''t native to the Kanto Region, this is a Johto egg Pokemon." The old man said with surprise. "Really, what Pokemon is in it, then?" Gan was really eager to know but he acted calmly about it. "It''s a....." Chapter 43 - Confirmed Information! "It''s a Pokemon I don''t of; so I have to ask a friend from the Johto Daycare, he should know." The old man smiled and stood up before leaving out of the room. Gan was speechless, the old man made it seem like he knew what it was but he actually didn''t. The old man came back and took a few pictures of the egg before leaving again. Gan simply waited, then he saw something that appeared to look like jelly passing by his table. "What the..." Gan looked closely until it turned around and looked at him, it had a deadpan smiley face filled with no worries. |Name: Ditto |Type: Normal |Level: 45 |Gender: Genderless |Ability: Limber |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly |Moves: Transform| "!!" Gan rubbed his eyes to be sure he wasn''t seeing things and counted the stars slowly to be sure. Turns out, his math wasn''t failing him, it was indeed a 5-star Pokemon; the first he''s ever seen! "Oh, there you are! Jolly speed, how did you get out of the pen this time?" A woman quickly came over to retrieve the supposed escapee. She even called it Jolly Speed, Gan quickly surmised that this Ditto was used for breeding. The woman picked ditto up, but she also noticed Gan''s staring in her direction. She quickly said ''sorry for the disturbance'' before bowing and leaving with Ditto. Gan was still stunned, it was an actual 5-star; something he had to have! Thoughts of burglary quickly dissolved as his option, for now! Ditto was the product of a failed experiment to create Mewtwo; this Pokemon was the result of the failure. Gan still contiuned to wait, in this time he checked his status and the amount of Pokemon he had caught so far. The number was an astonishing 46, he had caught this amount of Pokemon in a matter of days because he didn''t slack. "Well, 54 more to go until I can get those rewards." Gan always looked forward to his mission rewards. "Well, we got the results, it turns out that the egg is the Pokemon known as Houndour!" The old man appeared out of nowhere and quickly move near the table to speak. Gan was slightly stunned by his sudden appearance, but hearing his words made him happy. Houndour was a Dark and Fire-type Pokemon, it had a high special attack and an amazing Mega Evolution. Gan nodded, but the old man squinted. He thought Gan would want to ask him more about the Pokemon since this kid seemed to be a native of Kanto. Gan wanted to ask more about Ditto, he was certain that there were more Dittos around here with different natures for breeding purposes. "Question, how much does it cost to breed a Pokemon to get the best possible talent and nature?" "Oh?" The old man was slightly stunned that Gan asked something different. "Well, everyone Pokemon has a talent level with some being higher and lower than others. For the highest possible ranking, which is said to be Diamond should cost ?700,000." Gan''s face scrunched as his eyes were nearing bloodshot; this price was simply outrageous! Gan asked about Star Pieces as well, since this was the easiest way to raise talent. The old man nodded and said that they had a decent amount of Star Pieces for sale. However, each Star Piece cost ?500,000! Gan nodded with a crooked smile before standing up. "Also, do you know of Mega Evolution?" Before walking out, Gan asked his final question. "Oh, yes." The old man smiled thoughtfully. "Really? Any clues on where I can learn more?" Gan shook slightly from joy, it existed here; causing him to also sigh in deep relief. "I heard the Professor in Pallet Town was researching about Mega Evolution. This is the same for other popular Researchers and Professors around the world. The most successful so far seems to be a guy named Augustine Sycamore, but he has explained his progress for all to know so he isn''t exactly hiding his research." The old man seemed quite informed about what was going on, but Gan could care less about that. If he had any doubts about what the old man was saying before, it was cleared with that Professor''s name, Sycamore! "Thanks, thank you for telling me!" Gan was truly grateful to know this information. "No problem, come back anytime you want your eggs to be evaluated, or if you''re interested in breeding Pokemon." The old man smiled before having someone guide Gan out. Gan was still carrying his egg after leaving the building. He quickly started to head back up north¡ªwhere he had originally come from. The City was really nice in Gan''s opinion, but he had already chosen his future home. Gan asked a few other people where he could find a Pokemon Center, and they told him nicely. Afterward, he made his way to the Pokemon Center; this was because he needed to do a few things with his Pokedex. Gan had already stored his egg away at this point. The minute he entered the Pokemon Center, he walked over toward PC. He quickly connected his Pokedex to the PC, he had to make an account so he could store his Pokemon later. However, this wasn''t the main reason he wanted to make an account, he wanted to make an account because he could get a free map of every City in Kanto. He could just pull out his Pokedex to find where he wanted to go; this device could be used like GPS! It took Gan 10 minutes to create an account, there wasn''t a person in sight besides the nurse behind the counter. Gan couldn''t get his mind off that Ditto, it was such a good Pokemon that it was hard to pass up. "I can only wait for the chance." There was no need to rush, he''d have his way in due time. Gan used his Pokedex like a map to find his way around the City. He went to a nearby bench and took out a bottle of water to drink. He hadn''t drunk any water since this morning, so he was fairly thirsty. Gan started to recall a few things he wanted to do. It hadn''t been long since he visited the Museum, but he wanted to rob the place when he got there. Tomorrow night seemed to be the perfect time to rob the place. There were many fossils across the region, but there were certain fossils he was interested in. Aerodactyl was fast and had a decent attack stat, and even if it didn''t it could still use Hone Claws and even Dragon Dance to make up for it. There were also fossils he wasn''t interested in at all; this was mainly Cradily and Armaldo that could be found in the Hoenn Region. Then there was the Sinnoh Region with Bastiodon and Rampardos, one was highly defensive while the other was a hyper offensive glass cannon. Both of these Pokemon weren''t bad, but they both had too many weaknesses with every fossil Pokemon being of the rock typing. Of course, Gan favorited Rampardos more despite its poor defenses, it could hit and take down most Pokemon with one hit if they didn''t resist it. All of his Pokemon were healed, he b?r?ly did any training which wasn''t good. Gan knew he had to take the time to actually train his Pokemon, but he wanted to get a few things done first. Using the GPS of his Pokedex; find the Gym wasn''t a challenge at all. The Gym was huge, it looked just like it did in the anime! The roof of the Gym was clear being shaped like a pyramid, it had a large road leading to it. There were trees outside of the Gym and on the side of the road leading to it, you had to cross a small bridge that had water underneath it and surrounding the whole Gym to make it to the entrance. "By far, this has to be the best looking Gym, it looks way better than Pewter City''s Gym!" Pewter City had nothing on this place, he had to admit this much. Gan quickened his footsteps before crossing the small bridge and entering the Gym. Like Pewter City''s Gym, he was greeted by a front desk with an attendant behind it. Gan saw that the floors had blue and white tiles everywhere, creating a pattern. The lobby had chairs and couches in it with bowls sitting on the tables filled with candy. Besides the counter where the attendant was, he could see clear glass doors that led to a huge pool area. Gan could see a few people diving into the water, but he was sure that there were more people in there swimming. "Hello, I can help you over here." The woman behind the counter noticed Gan and called out to him. The minute he walked in, his attention was reverted to the pool area. The woman had blue hair and eyes, she wore short yellow shorts and a blue shirt with a Great Ball on it. "You can hand me your membership card to train in the Gym, or if you aren''t a member, you can sign up now." The woman smiled and suggested. Gan handed her his card, which was his trainer ID. "Huh?" The woman looked at the card with a stunned expression. Gan didn''t need to say anything, as she already knew what this meant; the ID spoke for itself! "Y-you''re here to challenge the Gym Leader Misty?" She asked to be sure. "Yes, when can she battle me?" Gan nodded and confirmed. The woman stared at Gan''s face for a moment; there hadn''t been any challenges in a while so she was quite surprised. "Uh..." Gan squinted, as he wondered what was wrong with this woman. "Ah, sorry, it''s just been a while since someone has challenged the Gym, you even have a Gym badge already." This was the most surprising, even if they did get challenged; the person usually never had a badge yet. The woman checked his card with the Computer to be sure if it was the real deal. After confirming that it was authentic, she stood up and called someone over to take her place at the desk.. The woman guided Gan to another place, which was a waiting room while she went to inform Misty of a Challenger. Chapter 44 - Gan vs Misty! Part-1/2 Gan waited in the seating area he was told to reside in; this place didn''t have anyone present but him. The series of traffic hadn''t come yet, but as the old man said back in Pewter City, it was only a matter of time. Gan''s wait was a bit longer than when he waited back in Pewter before the woman came back to the room to guide him. "Sorry for the long wait, Misty was busy helping a few swimmers so I had to wait for a little." "No problem, all that matters is that I can battle her." Gan didn''t care how long he waited, as long as he could battle her at some point. The Gyms were opened, and he wanted to take advantage of that before they filled up with challengers. "I see, it been a while so I''m actually really excited to spectate. I suggest you be careful, you may have beaten that perve... I mean Brock from Pewter City, but Misty of Cerulean is different." The woman seemed to idolize Misty, clearly, but Gan didn''t react. "I''ll be sure to remember that, and tread carefully." Gan nodded slightly. In less than a minute, they arrived in another room, to be exact, it was a Pokemon Battlefield. The Battlefield was blue, with water going around the entire thing. Gan looked ahead and instantly spotted an orange headed woman¡ªthis could be no one else but Misty. She wore dark blue shorts that neared her th??hs while sporting a white tank top that revealed her belly bu??on, she was also b?r?footed. Misty stood in place with her hands on both her h?ps, with a smile on her face. Gan reverted his attention to the stances, there were people spectating the fight like Pewter City. This time, however, there were more people; at least 30 of them! Gan clicked his tongue, why couldn''t battles be private? "Welcome, Challenger. I''m glad to see that there''s someone challenging the League, it has seriously been a while." Misty greeted Gan with a friendly tone. "Glad to be here." Gan only grinned. "That''s good. Please, come forward and insert the amount of Pokemon and the Pokemon you want to use in that machine." As soon Misty said these words¡ªa machine came out of the floor as it did back in Pewter City. Gan quickly put both the Pokemon he wanted to use inside the machine. A light ran over the Pokeballs, and moments later some woman came out of some double doors and handed Misty 2 Pokeballs. Gan removed his Pokeballs and prepared for the battle to come. "Trainer, I didn''t catch your name, what was it?" Misty asked with a smirk, she seemed prepared to toss her Pokeball. ''You never asked me in the first place.'' "It''s Gan." He said with a nod. "Gan! You''re the first in a long while, so you won''t be as fortunate as those of the past. So, I''ll have to go hard on you since it has been a while." "Staryu, I choose you!" Misty smiled and tossed her Pokeball enthusiastically. "I wasn''t expecting you to go easy on me, anyway!" Gan did the same and tossed his Pokeball. "Hiya!" Staryu was the first to appear, then Gan''s Pokemon appeared; Nidorina. "Oh, I''ve seen many trainers using this type of Pokemon against me." Misty nodded, this Pokemon wasn''t new to her at all; she had beaten several Nidorina''s before. "Well, mine is different." Gan then took the time to appraise Misty''s Staryu. ..... |Name: Staryu |Level: 18 |Gender: Genderless |Ability: Natural Cure |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Water Gun| Rapid Spin| Recover| Harden| Swift| Bubblebeam| (TM)WaterPulse| (TM)Thunderbolt| (TM)Thunder Wave| ..... "Damn! Nidorina, use Leer on it!" Nidorina''s eyes went wide, as they lit up with yellow light. Staryu immediately had a stat change, as its defense dropped by a stage. "Not bad, but... Swift Attack, Staryu" Misty pointed at Nidorina and declared. "Nidorina run from the attack, don''t let it hit you!" Nidorina acted quickly and started running on her hind legs to evade the attack. Nidorina wasn''t the fastest, and there was simply no way to dodge swift; It was an unavoidable attack! Nidorina ran around the battlefield trying to escape as best it could, but the swift attack had locked onto her; they eventually caught up and hit her. "Nido~!" A somewhat feminine voice was heard when she was hit. But she was still able to shrug the attack off with little effort. Unfortunately, it couldn''t be dodged and attacks like that would be crucial later if it was impossible to get away from them. "Crap! I should have taught her Protect!" Gan could have Nidorina use Protect every time Misty wanted to use swift, then he wouldn''t have to worry about this move. "You move pretty fast, but I think we''ll have to slow that down a bit. Go, attack!" Staryu flung itself through the air like a frisbee. Nidorina didn''t move because Gan had not issued a command. There was no worry in Nidorina''s expression, though. Gan knew what type of Pokemon most¡ªif not all the Gym Leaders would use in battle. Gan had relayed a few things to Nidorina, Nidorino, and a few of his other Pokemon about this, so she had somewhat expected this type of attack. "Now! Use it!" Gan never said what move, but Nidorina seemed to already know what move to use. Staryu came in fast, seamlessly looking like a blur, it was almost unseeable to the human eye! Nidorina focused as best as she could and jumped toward Staryu to attack. Nidorina sent a kick toward Staryu; she was trying to use the move Double Kick on it. Unfortunately, she was just too slow and missed her mark. Nidorina''s expression showed great change. "Thunder Wave! Let''s slow her down a bit." Misty didn''t even get to finish her sentence when Staryu had already used the move. Gan wanted to have Nidorina dodge, but how could she when she was in mid-air? ZzzzZ! A yellow electric current came out of Staryu''s body and engulfed Nidorina, who was starting to show some panic. This was her first true battle, so she really wasn''t experienced; this was why most of Gan''s Pokemon freaked when attacked. Nidorina landed on the ground, catching her balance. She could feel the electric current flowing through her body, she knew overtime it would disappear but that would take 24 hours if it wasn''t cured. It was truly interfering with her speed, she was far slower now! "Water Pulse! Cool her down now!" Misty punched out and gave her command. Staryu''s body spun, then it launched 3 hoop pulses of water. "Quick, get out of the way, then rush over to attack her with Poison Sting!" Gan could see the dire situation, but he wouldn''t give up, obviously. Nidorina had been slowed, but this didn''t stop her movements entirely. The paralysis would slow her, but she would completely freeze up if the static lashed out in her body. Nidorina ran to the side to dodge the Water Pulses, they missed and slammed onto the battlefield with great force. This move looked harmless, but getting hit was no joke; it would be like getting hit with high pressured water! Nidorina didn''t have a horn she could use like her male counterpart, so she used the spikes on her back or her tail for Poison Sting. "Haha, Staryu, use Rapid Spin! She''s too close." Misty smiled and said. Nidorina lunged herself at Staryu again; the tip of the spikes on her body and her tail was glowing with a tint of purple. Staryu did its thing and spun the minute Nidorina got close enough; making contact with her body and knocking her away. Nidorina was blown away, but not far, she landed on her feet again but Staryu had received a Speed boost, which wasn''t good. Misty was fairly deadly because her Pokemon were all fast, this was especially so for her last Pokemon to come. Brock''s Pokemon were slow, so Gan probably wouldn''t have much of a hard time as he would with fast Pokemon like Staryu. The worse of it was that she had taught her Pokemon TMs; Gym battles surely wouldn''t be a walk in the park. At that moment, Gan saw a purple blush appear on Staryu''s body, it was poisoned! Gan knew this was Nidorina''s ability, Poison Point. Misty noticed this crisis right away, she could see Staryu''s body fully. "Dang it, I knew there was something annoying about these Pokemon!" She finally remembered that certain Nidorina and Nidorino secreted poisonous fluids from their bodies, so it was best not to come into contact with them. "Oh, no, it looks like Staryu''s going to feel the burn soon." Gan smiled. "It won''t matter, your mouse would have already been defeated by then." Misty smiled back. "We''ll see about that! Double Kick Staryu right on its big jewel!" Gan quickly gave his orders; the more Staryu moved, the more the poisoned grew. "Don''t let it get close, use thunderbolt!" Misty flung out her arm and said seriously. Many people were spectating happily, more had actually shown at an unknown time. "Dodge it and continue!" Gan said happily. At that moment, an electric current circulated over Nidorina''s body, and she came to a halt. Her eyes wide from shock, this was the effects of Thunder Wave! Misty only grinned, then Nidorina was hit directly with the Thunderbolt. "EEEEK!" Nidorina was shot back, rolling across the battlefield with her body fuming with smoke from the thunderbolt. Staryu didn''t seem so well itself, you couldn''t see its ''expression'' but its limbs were moving slow compare to before when it seemed energetic. Nidorina was about to stand up when she was hit with a Water Pulse, she was thrown about again; this time she fell in the water around the battlefield. "Nidorina!" Gan called out for her, but she didn''t emerge. "Staryu, go check it out." Just when Misty commanded to check on Nidorina, she actually surfaced from the water. However, there were those strange swirls in her eyes, she had clearly fainted from the last attack. "Dang it, well, it''s whatever." Gan sighed and recalled Nidorina. Misty only smiled, then she started to evaluate Staryu''s condition. Gan held his last Pokeball, then he tossed it to reveal.... Machop! Chapter 45 - Gan vs Misty! Part-2/2 Gan had actually chosen Machop over Nidorino, this was for a few reasons. For one, Machop had more battle experienced than both of them. Second, he could use an Electric move, so he wasn''t a bad choice. Third, it had a dark move to handle Starmie when she summoned it after Staryu''s defeat. Gan only prayed that Misty''s Starmie didn''t have a Psychic move, or he was doomed to lose without hope. Machop was also a higher level than her Staryu, so this should make things a bit simpler for it. As soon as Machop appeared, it looked around before looking at Gan. It had already realized its situation, so it was calm about the whole thing. "Catch!" Gan took out an item and tossed it toward Machop, and it caught it right away. This item was the Black Belt Gan had found; Machop quickly wrapped it tightly around its waist. Machop felt power coming from the Black Belt, but this only powered up its fighting type moves. Gan also remembered something, it was when he first caught Machop; he could understand how Koffing was blown back so far from a Super Power when he could have taken it with ease. It was because when he burned it, he didn''t cut its attack in half, he actually damn near doubled it. He wasn''t paying attention at that time because he preferred No Guard Machop, which he mentioned early before fighting Brock. "Machop, huh? No matter, Staryu, use Water Pulse!" Misty only smiled and commanded. Staryu folded its limb inward then released 3 pulses of water towards Machop almost instantly. "Machop! Jump through those rings and use Karate Chop!" Gan felt like Staryu should have long been dealt with. If Nidorina hadn''t gotten Paralyzed at that moment, Staryu would have surely been put down. Gan wanted Nidorina to get closer and fire off a thunderbolt at near point-blank; this would have surely caught Staryu and Misty off guard. Machop burned with confidence, it rushed towards the Water pulses and performed its acrobatic move as it did back in Rock Tunnel. Machop torpedoed through the water hoops and quickly arrived in front of Staryu! Misty''s eyes went wide from surprise, then she quickly commanded her Staryu to use Rapid spin to blow it away. Too bad, though, it wasn''t enough to stave off Machop''s powerful Karate Chop, it quickly ripped through the air stream and chopped Staryu right on its large gem! It was nearly cracked from the attack, as Staryu was sent bouncing and slamming into the ground. "Staryu!" She had fought Machops before but not any that were this tough. Staryu was pretty weakened at this point and was about to faint. "Staryu, use recover!" Misty hurriedly and said. Staryu''s body looked like it was absorbing some type of energy to recover its health. "Don''t let it recover, knock that sucker into next week! Knock off!" Machop acted instantly and rushed Staryu again. Its hand flashed black for a second before reverting back, then it sent a palm strike over Staryu''s body. Staryu''s body smashed into the ground, then the sound of cracks could be heard! Gan heard it and smiled in his heart, it was surely defeated with that. "Staryu, get up! Are you okay?" Misty called out, but Staryu made no further movements or any indication in response. Just when Misty wanted to recall Staryu, some woman in a dark blue swimsuit spoke. "Misty, wait! I heard a cracking sound when Staryu hit the ground, I think its Gem has suffered some damage!" The woman said gravely. "What!?" Misty clearly didn''t hear the cracking sound, but this didn''t go unnoticed by Gan, and apparently this woman. Misty ran over to Staryu to have a look, and sure enough, its Gem had been damaged! Misty recalled Staryu and handed the Pokeball to the woman to give Stayu immediate medical attention. Misty sighed and went back to her position to contiuned the battle with Gan. "It looks like it comes down to the wire; we both have 1 Pokemon each." Misty''s expression was much serious now; this Machop wasn''t a pushover like the noobie and confused Nidorina. "Go Starmie, it''s up to you now!" "Hiya~!" It appeared, but its tone sounded like a female''s voice compared to Staryu''s. ... |Name: Starmie |Level: 24 |Gender: Genderless |Ability: Natural Cure |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: Water Gun| Rapid Spin| Recover| Harden| Swift| Bubblebeam| (TM)WaterPulse| (TM)Rain Dance| (TM)Thunder| (SP)Tri-Attack| (SP)Gravity| ... ''Oh, f***! She would have that combo!'' Gan''s face scrunched. Even if he lost or won today, he would have surely learned something important, and it was that Gym Leaders used more than 1 TM on their Pokemon! "Hmm, what''s the matter?" Misty smirked after seeing Gan''s expression. "It''s a really beautiful Pokemon, I''m just sad I''ll have to smash its ''face'' in." Gan grinned and said. Gan wasn''t lying about that first part or exaggerating, it really was a beautiful Pokemon in person. "Oh...we''ll see about that." Misty didn''t think a little trash-talking was bad, she had received it many times battling trainers. Upon further Inspection, Starmie had something hanging off its body, around the front layer of its star body. [Mystic Water: Increases the power of Water-type moves.] Gan thought Gym leaders were here to test challengers, not destroy them, what was this!? "Starmie, let''s start simple, hit it with a Swift Attack!" Starmie''s began to spin rapidly before shooting 5 yellow stars at Machop. Gan had tested this attack before to see if could be dodged, but the rules were the same so it couldn''t. But, there was a way to avoid this attack, and Gan wanted to use it if he could. "Machop, avoid it and run towards Starmie, this attack can''t be dodged!" Machop had already started moving, it couldn''t wait around but it still heard Gan''s orders. Running as fast as it could, it circled around the group of stars but they had turned in his direction and started following him. "Wow, you''re really something!" Misty knitted her eyebrows and contiuned, "Starmie, use Bubblebeam, stop him in his tracks!" A barrage of bubbles was released from the red jewel on Starmie''s body. "Machop, slide, and use Low Kick!" There was water on the battlefield from the previous fight, so sliding wasn''t a problem. Gan already knew that fighting type moves weren''t very effective, but he had something for all of that. "You really want to get close, but that won''t be so easy! Stop your attack and use Rapid Spin!" Misty quickly change her attack plan, but the bubble beam had already passed Machop and hit the swift attack behind him. This caused a little explosion, canceling each other out. "Get it, use Knock Off!" Gan''s grinned happily, at this point, Machop was sliding in fast. Just like before, its hand flashed with a black glow for a second, then it slammed its palm towards Starmie. Machop collided with the wind of Rapid Spin, but under the influence of the water and wind, it was pushed back. Machop was pushed back while sliding on the water on the battlefield, but it didn''t appear hurt at all. "I need more power! Use Bulk Up!" Gan had taught Machop this move when he was in the waiting room. This was a dangerous move to be using during a battle, it was really so against special attackers. "Perfect! Rain Dance, Starmie!" However, Misty didn''t attack, instead, she wanted to set up as well. Starmie hopped a little and both the layers on its body started to spin rapidly, then its body lit up with Cyan light before shooting something into the air. At that moment, Grayish-white clouds started to form in the Gym, blocking out the sunlight coming from the large sun windows above. Then, a downpour started inside of the Gym! Everyone spectating, including kids, took out their umbrellas and continued to watch calmly, they were clearly expected this! Misty only smiled, she was happy to have gotten this move off. Meanwhile, Machop''s muscles expanded for a second, then its body lit up with red light before its Defense and Attack increased by one stage. Gan was sure that a Knock Off would really hurt Starmie, or take it out. But, he had to hit the move first, which wouldn''t be easy. "Starmie, use Water Pulse!" Misty pointed at Machop like he was an absolute enemy and ordered. Starmie released its attack faster this time, but there was another change; it wasn''t just 3 hoops anymore¡ªbut 6! Even Machop was surprised. "Don''t panic, just dodge them. Jump... no, just smash through this water with your fist, Karate Chop it!" They weren''t the size where Machop could jump through them anymore, they had been deliberately shrunk. Despite their size, they had more power behind them. The hoops weren''t specifically aiming at Machop but in different places on the battlefield! Misty watched to see what Machop would do. These weather conditions had a timer on them, it would last for about 3 minutes. Machop targeted the pulse coming toward him and Karate Chopped it; the pulse didn''t break right away but he eventually destroyed it. Afterward, Machop rushed towards Starmie again; Misty knew it had gotten a stat boost, so challenging it with Rapid spin wasn''t a good idea. "Dive into the water!" Starmie quickly spun through the air towards the edge of the battlefield and dove into the water. ''Using the Gym to your advantage, huh!?'' Gan formed an annoyed sneer on his face, but he didn''t say anything. Misty could clearly see his irritation, but this only made her happy for some reason. The water pulses had already burst across the battlefield; Misty quickly gave another order. "Thunder!" "Rumble~!!" This was the move Gan was most worried about! A multitude of Yellow bolt shot out of Starmie''s body and into the clouds, then a loud rumble was heard. The Thunder seemed to have locked on Machop and targeted him soon after. "Jumped out of the way!" Gan''s expression was grave, Machop couldn''t get hit by this! Machop looked at the clouds in shock, but he quickly came to himself hearing Gan''s voice. A large pillar of sharp light came from the cloud and detonated in the place Machop used to be in. Shockwaves were sent out, as the battlefield was electrified; the water on it was conducting it! Machop had no choice but to land and was electrocuted soon after. "Choooop~!" The volts ran through its body, but it didn''t do as much damage as it would have done if Machop was hit directly. "Damn it!" Misty had resorted to ''playing dirty'' by having her Starmie hide in water, she obviously knew her Starmie couldn''t receive any hits from Machop, or else¡ªwell, at least that Dark move. Gan''s heart was beating fast because he didn''t want to lose. "Relax, relax!" Gan took a deep breath and looked back at Machop. Before he could say anything to him; the clouds started to disappear. ''The longest 3 minutes of my life!'' Gan thought. Machop was on its knee, then it stood up and looked back at Gan. Gan knew that look, it was basically asking¡ªwhat''s next? Gan thought for a moment, it wasn''t going to be easy getting his hands on that Starmie. Starmie was floating in the Water staring in Machop''s direction, Gan thought. It didn''t have a face so he only ?ssumed. "Starmie, Water Gun!" Misty squinted and said; she could clearly see that Gan was concocting something, so why give him a chance to think? "Machop, run near the water, but be sure to dodge the Water Gun!" Gan had an idea, but he wasn''t sure if it would work. Machop listen without question and ran towards Starmie, it was easily able to evade the Water Gun. "Thunder Punch the water in the radius near Starmie!" Gan''s eyes turned somewhat menacing saying this command. "What?" Misty didn''t think Gan was bold enough to order his Machop to dive in to catch Starmie, so she wasn''t worried. Misty didn''t know it had Thunder Punch but she didn''t have time to think, so she quickly ordered her Starmie to leave the water. Machop''s fist hit the water but Starmie had already left the pool. "Knock Off, now!" Machop quickly changed its attack and leaped into the air to catch Starmie, who was flying away like a boomerang. "Ah, Rapid Spin!" Misty was surprised, to change its attack so soon meant it had experienced with the move. It had always had both of these moves as it adapted to the environment in Rock Tunnel, in order to survive. This was the quickest move Starmie could release, it had a delay on the rest. Starmie spun, as Machop''s palm came crushing towards it! Both collided for the second time, however, Machop''s palm had ripped through the wind spin in seconds! Machop''s palm smacked Starmie and sent it flying into a wall before it fell into the water again. The necklace around Starmie that was filled with Mystical Water detached from its body and fell into the water as well. If Starmie hadn''t fainted, it was surely hurt badly by that attack just now. There was silence for a moment. "Starmie, use recover!" Misty had no idea if Starmie was okay or not but she gave a command anyway. At that moment, Starmie resurfaced, but it hadn''t fainted! "Are you kidding me!?" Black lines appeared on Gan''s forehead, how was it not done after that? "Starmie, can you still fight?" Misty asked. "Hiya~!" It was still good to go, it had used Recover while it was in the water. Misty looked Gan in the eyes and he stared right back at her. "Starmie, use Thunder at point-blank!" "Go, quickly use Thunder Punch right on its gem!" Starmie flung itself towards Machop as Machop ran over to Starmie. Both attacks were used at Point blank, causing a sphere of bolts to lash out! Who would be left standing after this? Chapter 46 - Nugget Bridge! Gan and Misty looked on, they couldn''t see who the victor was for now. Right then, both Pokemon revealed themselves; bolts of electricity radiated over Starmie''s body. Machop didn''t move and Starmie was the same. Gan called out to Machop and Misty called out to Starmie, but none of them responded. At that moment, Machop dropped to the ground, it had fainted! Shortly after it fell to the ground, Starmie followed and also fainted. "W-what?" "Is it a draw or..." Many people in the audience weren''t sure, but it seemed like Misty had won because Gan''s Machop had dropped first. Gan sighed and nodded before recalling Machop; saying that it did good. "The judges have ruled that the Challenger has lost the battle." The Judges ruled in Misty''s favor, she had won, while Gan had lost. Gan didn''t see anything odd about this ruling, his Machop was the first to fall. Misty sighed and looked over towards Gan, he didn''t seem that fazed about losing. Gan had all types of emotions now, the main question was¡ªwhy was Starmie so bulky? It was extremely determined to win the fight against Machop at all cost. Gan looked toward Misty, and she was already upon him with a smile on her face. "That was a good match, it has been a while since I''ve had a match and a good one at that." Misty reached out to shake Gan''s hand, and he returned her kind gesture. "Yes, it was a good battle and a good learning experience for me, I''ll be back some other time for a rematch." Gan smiled back, he was testing a few things in this battle anyway, so he wasn''t really that bothered by defeat. "Perfect! The next time you come battle me, we can have a 1 on 1 match." Misty wanted to believe it to be a tie, but Gan would never think so, it was clearly his loss. "Sounds good to me, the next time I''ll be ready. So hold onto that badge for me, for now, because it''ll be mine soon." Gan turned around and started to leave the gym; leaving Misty with a surprised Pikachu face. "Haha, I''ll be waiting!" Misty waved as Gan exited the gym. When Gan completely left the gym, a few females came over to her. "That was a good match, I knew you wouldn''t lose Misty!" Some redhead said. "Hmph! That guy was so arrogant, the way he battled pissed me off! That annoying evil grin of his was the worse!" Some haughty blonde said with a tinge of contempt. "Oh, stop, he was clearly a very skilled trainer, I can''t wait to battle him again., it was so intense." Misty shook her head, she didn''t agree with her, but he did have a little arrogance to him. However, it wasn''t the type that thought he was all that and above it. "Hmm..." The girls all looked at each other but didn''t refute Misty''s statement. ... Meanwhile. Gan had walked out of the Gym, he was currently heading toward the Pokemon Center to heal up. "That battle was far more intense than the one I had with brock, I can only imagine how crazy it will get for the later Gym Leaders and the Elite 4 members." Gan''s blood and heart were pumping faster than usual during that fight. The Cerulean City Gym was someways away from the Pokemon Center in the City. So, Gan took around 8 to 10 minutes to reach the place. There were a lot of kids playing around the streets here, they mainly had Poliwags as their playmates, along with other children. Making his way into the Pokemon Center, he handed both his Pokemon over to the Nurse. His Pokemon were to be healed, so he left the Pokemon Center to check out the Nugget Bridge. The Nurse was curious about what happened and he told her it was Gym Battle. "The Nurses are a little too nosy in this world." Gan couldn''t help but mumble after leaving the Pokemon Center. He had to show his ID and she had to scan it, so when he came back to pick them up, they would know it''s him. With the help of his Pokedex, he was able to find the Nugget Bridge with ease. The Bridge was golden with gray brick tiles grounding it¡ªand it was spacious, he could even see several people on it. Some of these people were staring off into the distance where the wild area was, while others were actually battling each other. Gan began to walk the bridge himself, he saw two trainers battling up ahead. One of the trainers was using a Primeape, while the other was using a Drowzee. Gan only looked for a brief moment before looking into the distance. The water had lily pads moving across it and he could see multiple silhouettes in the water. Gan suspected that these were fish like pokemon, similar to Magikarp. Gan didn''t have a fishing rod to reel in some game, so he could only watch from above. These water were off-limits to trainers who wanted to swim here. Gan spotted several heaps of tall grass where many Pokemon gathered and congregated. "Oh, it''s a Venonat." It was a Pokemon that had managed to slip away from him back in Viridian Forest. "Little clown, you''ll be caught this time." Venonat was chowing down on some berry from what Gan could see, it was quite a distance away, so it wasn''t easy to make out what it was eating out. Gan turned quickly because he could hear cheers coming from the ongoing, it had ended. "Damn it, this isn''t fair, you have a Psychic-type while mine is fighting, what bullshit!" The man with the Primeape complained in anger. "So what? Who told you to use a Fighting-type against a Psychic-type, are you stupid?" The slightly chubby man laughed coldly. "Boo! Get lost, you sore loser!" "Ah, man, he really does have brawns for brains, who uses a Fighting-type to fight a Psychic-type!?" One man from the crowd shook his head. "Fuck all of you! You guys are all trash!" The brawny man turned to leave, he stumped away fuming with rage. "I''m starving." The slightly chubby man rubbed his stomach before recalling his Drowzee. Gan had avoided all of this by going around the crowd to reach the end of the bridge. He was obviously heading towards the wild part to see if he could add a few Pokemon to his dex entry. After getting off the bridge, he summoned Geodude to ?ssist him against Venonat. Geodude wasn''t going to have a good time over here because there were also Psyduck hanging around this part. However, Gan didn''t come to this area for either of these Pokemon, technically. There was one Pokemon that was in this area that he wanted to catch and that was Squirtle. Gan had to rematch Misty in the future, she wanted to have a one on one next time, and he knew the Pokemon that was perfect for the job. Gan thought about it and decided that he would call forth another Pokemon. Poison Pokemon wouldn''t be suitable to use in this area, it might bring people to question a few things. This was mainly because they were close to water, and pollution would be a big problem. Gan couldn''t call forth any of his other Rock/Ground types because of the disadvantages. Gan tossed a Pokeball and summoned Haunter, she called out her name before turning to Gan with a smile. "Slurp~!" "Bwahhhhh!" Haunter immediately licked Gan with its big tongue when she saw him, and started laughing soon after. Gan was sweating profusely as he struggled to even talk, was this Pokemon crazy? "Dude!!" Geodude glared at Haunter before launching a Rock Slide its way. Haunter dove into the ground and disappeared before appearing behind Geodude and tapping it on its head. Once Geodude turned around, Haunter made a silly face by putting both its thumb on his cheek and sticking out its tongue. Geodude''s eyes twitched, it couldn''t figure out what was going on with this girl at all. "Haunter, stop messing around, I need your help." Gan took a deep breath and stood up. Geodude ignored Haunter''s goofy expression and went to help Gan keep his stance. "Haunter~..." Haunter tapped its chin with its index finger, it seemed to be thinking of something. After thinking for about 60 seconds, it nodded like a chicken pecking grain. ''Damn...this Pokemon is too complicated!'' This had to be the hardest-headed Pokemon he had met so far, it was a little rogue if he had to say so himself. "Alright, following me, it''s just up ahead." The scenery of the tall grass boarding the water could be seen up ahead. Many trainers were looking at Gan in fear¡ªseeing him summoning a Haunter, they didn''t say anything but they avoided him like the plague. Geodude and Haunter just followed along behind Gan while he was leading the way. While they were walking, someone tapped his shoulder. Gan looked to his side and saw Geodude, he looked at Geodude and wondered why he had tapped him on his shoulder. Geodude shook his rocky body/head and pointed at Haunter. Gan looked at Haunter, but she was looking the other way while whistling. ''This Pokemon!'' Gan''s eyebrows twitched but he turned and kept walking. Chapter 47 - Misfortune Turned To Fortune! Gan snuck his way into the tall grass; some parts of this grassy area was short, while some were tall and hard to see through. However, Haunter was able to detect all the Pokemon in the surroundings, it could even spy and sneak up on them. Gan asked Haunter where the Pokemon were, this would make things much easier. He started to describe what Pokemon he was looking for to Haunter. The first Pokemon he wanted to catch was a Venonat. Gan was thinking of having Geodude use Sandstorm, but that would only blind him by getting in his eyes. This Sandstorm would also be noticed, it would surely cause a commotion since the radius would be nearing the bridge. "Haunt, Haunt..." Haunter nodded and looked around, its eyes seemed sharp as if it could see everything. Haunter pointed into an area, indicating that it had found the Pokemon Gan describe. "Lead the way..." Gan said with a grin. Haunter laughed and floated in that direction, while Gan and Geodude followed closely behind. In a matter of seconds, they arrived near Pokemon that was targeted. Gan knew he was going to be using Haunter and Ghastly a lot; they could be really good for stealing and spying. ... |Name: Venonat |Level: 11 |Gender: Male |Ability: Tinted Lens |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Hasty |Moves: SuperSonic| Disable| Foresight| Tackle| Confusion| ... Gan didn''t waste any time, he commanded Haunter to use Mean Look to prevent it from escaping. Venonat could hear Gan calling out, it looked once but it was already hit by Mean Look. This was sort of a mental attack, tricking the Pokemon into believing that there was no escape for it. Venonat saw that it couldn''t run, so it could only fight. Venonat bounced over to tackle Haunter, but Haunter didn''t move as Venonat passed right through its body. "The minute it attacks you again, use Sucker Punch." Gan watched and said. Sure enough, Venonat didn''t give up and tried to attack again when a fist came out of the void and connected with its body. All it took was one hit to defeat it; Gan casually threw a Pokeball at it and caught it. "On to the next target..." Gan began to describe a few more targets, while Haunter did its thing to seek them out. The next target was a Meowth that was at Lv 12, it was also defeated and caught in the same manner. Psyduck also appeared, but as soon as it saw Gan and his Pokemon, it turned to run towards the water close by. Right then, black laser came from Haunter''s eyes and connected with each other to create one signal beam; this attack connected with Psyduck¡ªtaking heavy damage. Gan knew how weak these Pokemon were in this area, so he wasn''t worried after confirming this fact. "Another one bites the dust, onto the next." Gan ran into the same Pokemon often but didn''t bother with them. He even summoned Gastly to help, he didn''t have any thought of battling a Pokemon in a fair one-on-one. Gastly despited the light and so did Haunter, but Haunter could tolerate it as to where¡ªGastly couldn''t for long periods of time. Gan began to describe Squirtle, its shell, light blue in color, and a small turtle. Haunter looked around for a while, but no matter what, it couldn''t detect this Pokemon anywhere. Gan thought for a moment and decided to check the little river out since it was teaming with water Pokemon. It didn''t take him long to arrive, he could even see the Nugget Bridge from his position. Gan stared at the water, but there were no signs of life. "Hmm, this is a little risky, I don''t want anything to happen to it, but it''s my best option right now." Gan sighed and tossed a Pokeball; revealing his level 19 Magikarp. Once it appeared, it swam over near the shore where Gan was¡ªawaiting its orders. "Karp...Magikarp~..." Magikarp said with a stiff expression. "I''m gonna need you to scout the area to lead a few Pokemon over this way. Haunter here will be hovering over the water and watching out for you." Gan explained briefly, this was the best way he could think of in drawing water Pokemon over. "Karp...Karp!" Magikarp turned and dove into the water. Gan was worried because Magikarp was fair game for most Pokemon, this included Squirtle and Tentacool. Right as he was thinking this, the water someway away began to move; drawing Geodude and Gan''s attention. Gan didn''t see it at first until Geodude made him aware of it. At that moment, a Pokemon emerged from the water slowly. Its body was pink, its mouth and eyes were wide open, it looked at Gan once, then ignored him to rest somewhere near the border of the river. "Slow...poke..." Gan was a little speechless with its carefree attitude. As much as Gan wanted to combat this Pokemon, he needed to focus on what he was originally doing. Ghastly stayed back in the tall grassy part, it wasn''t a fan of all this light. So, Gan continued to look over the water where Haunter was flying over. He could see people pointing at Haunter from the bridge, it was pretty far, so he couldn''t see their expressions. He waited for a while; there was no activity, this caused Gan a bit of worry seeing this. Gan had started to send the Psyduck to scout but decided otherwise. He squared up Haunter from afar, he was glad that Haunter started to cooperate instead of continuously playing pranks. Right as he was thinking this, the water shifted and drew Gan, Haunter, and Geodude''s attention. Slowpoke just lazily sat on a rock doing nothing, it laid flat on its stomach with the same stiff expression; watching the water as if it was on vacation. "KARP...KARP~!" Magikarp''s cries were loud as if it was in danger. Gan confirmed this when he saw another silhouette following it. Eventually, it revealed its face to be a Goldeen, its body was distinguishable, as its horn stuck out of the water like a shark''s dorsal fin. |Name: Goldeen |Type: Water |Level: 19 |Gender: Male |Ability: Water Veil |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold |Moves: SuperSonic| Peck| Horn Attack| Tailwhip| WaterPulse| ... Gan was speechless for a second before commanding Haunter to hit it with a Nightshade. Goldeen took notice of Haunter and dove into the water to dodge. Unfortunately, Goldeen''s chase didn''t stop and it soon caught up with Magikarp. Haunter was left scratching its head after its failed attack, but it soon came to itself and started hovering over toward Magikarp again. Goldeen''s horn connected with Magikarp and knocked it flying into another part of the river. "KAAARRRP~!" "Damn it..." Gan was a bit helpless to help Magikarp, he couldn''t send reliable reinforcements to aid Magikarp since no one could swim. He was thinking of recalling Magikarp, but Magikarp''s hard scales didn''t cause it any harm from the attack. Magikarp''s expression was the same, but it was honestly scared out its wits dealing with this enemy. Magikarp traveled in schools, so whoever was the slowest was out of luck; this wasn''t the same here, it was all alone. Haunter continued to attack where she could see Goldeen''s Silouhette but to no avail. Magikarp continued to swim as fast as it could, several other Magikarp that it had seen before had long left. Right then, multiple water rings launched out of Goldeen''s horn, they grew stronger underwater. This attack swept Magikarp away, it had no attacks besides Tackle and that was very useless. Magikarp hung in the middle of all things, it wasn''t moving; as if it had appeared to have fainted. Goldeen was elated, then it quickly charged over towards Magikarp to hit it with another Horn Attack. Right as it was about to attack, Magikarp opened its eyes swiftly. Magikarp''s eyes had turned bloodshot, then it started chanting its name frantically before its body lit up in bright white light. Goldeen paused, it didn''t seem to understand what was going on. But Goldeen''s expression started to change drastically, this was because Magikarp''s figure was growing in mass¡ªsomething it had never seen before. The light from all of these events could be seen over the water, it was even noticeable to the people on the bridge. Gan didn''t know what was going on, but his Pokedex suddenly vibrated; this meant a new entry had been added to his Pokedex. Once he looked to see his Pokedex, he could only smile. Magikarp''s misfortune had turned into its fortune, and it evolved. Haunter hovered away, but it didn''t stop looking at the light over the water. "Roar~!!" Gyarados'' cries could be heard despite being underwater, it had traveled far so everyone heard it. Gyarados'' roar had caused a commotion on the bridge, there were no Gyarados in this river. Usually, when Magikarp felt like it was getting strong enough, it would Migrate to a Larger gulf of water and prepare to evolve. Gyarados glared furiously at Goldeen, who was still shocked. Chapter 48 - Down By the River! Gan remained on standby, whatever orders he wanted to give Gyarados wouldn''t be heard while it was underwater. Well, if it was close enough, it would be able to hear him no matter what, but it was too far as of now. Gan could see small ripples appear in the water, but they started to get bigger, then they suddenly stopped. Eventually, the area where the ripples had halted, began to freeze over. Gan knitted his eyebrows and figured that this was the doing of Gyarados, did it learn some Ice-type move? Right as he was thinking this, something was launched out of the water before landing on the bank of the river. Gan looked once and was surprised to see that it was Goldeen, however, it had been frozen and encased in a small Ice block! Gan didn''t get to think long when the river''s water began to surge. At that moment, Gyarados'' towering figure emerged. It looked a Goldeen for a second before reverting its attention to Gan. Gan stared up at the monstrous sea beast with a stunned expression. This wasn''t an Onix with shit-on stats, it was Gyarados; a Pokemon known for causing terror in the Anime, Games, and even Competitive play. Gyarados lowered its head, it seemed to be awaiting orders or wanting Gan to hop on. Too bad, though, he wasn''t allowed to swim in the river. Gyarados had a strong personality, but it respected Gan greatly, it had always watched Gan from its Pokeball. His battles with the Gym Leaders, his large-scale battle in Viridian Forest, it had seen it all and knew this was a good trainer that was going places. As a Magikarp, it didn''t think too much about these things, since it wasn''t the smartest at that time. But once it evolved, it understood much more, it was far superior in intelligence and combat, thus, it was enlightened on various situations. "Incredible, you''ve become even better than you were before." Of course, Gan was kinda bull-sh**ting here, because Magikarp was never good. Gyarados wasn''t stupid and knew Gan was clearly saying this to compliment it, but it didn''t mind this, and in fact, liked it. Gan walked closer to touched Gyarados'' body. Its body was hard, while some places were covered in scales that could easily cut a human to death. Her long white whiskers hung down and curl outward; he remembered it was a female because of this color, while males have blue whiskers. He also took this time to analyze its stats. ... |Name: Gyarados |Type: Water/Flying |Level: 20 |Gender: Female |Ability: Intimidate |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly ... Gyarados had learned a large number of moves upon evolving, it was a great improvement from just Splash and Tackle. Haunter thought she was seeing things, that pathetic fish changed into something like this!? Gyarados was a flying type, so it could come out of the water. This allowed it to attack people on land without being tied to the water exclusively. This made this Pokemon a complete headache to villages, cities, and towns; there was no safe against this beast! The only thing that saved a lot of people was that Gyarados didn''t like to spend too much time away from water. Gan turned a tossed a Pokeball at Goldeen, who was still encased in ice with its eyes closed. This was an easy catch and it was added to his Pokedex. Gan pointed to Slowpoke and ordered Gyarados to use bite on it. In mere moments, it was also defeated and caught. Soon after, Gyarados dove back into the water to search for a Pokemon Gan described to it. "Yeah, it should be over here somewhere, near the bank..." Gan had actually pulled out a chair and had started to relax near the river; when he heard some voices coming over. Gan turned his head while still sitting in his chair with Geodude near his foot. Geodude also turned around to look when it heard the voices. A group of men appeared out of the thicket of tall bushes, some were police officers while the others were rangers. The rangers wore dark blue shorts with brown boots. They also sported light orange jackets with dark blue undershirts. As for the police officers, they wore the traditional police wear except the use of guns, and only had flashlights with a single Pokeball on their waist. "Oh...are you camping out here?" One of the police officers said when he spotted Gan. "Yeah, sorta, I''m catching Pokemon in the river, did something happen?" Gan asked this question, but he could somewhat understand what was going on here; at least the reason they were here. "We''ve received several reports of danger near the river, some say a Gyarados appeared. Something like must be caught and removed from the river, it''s rare for a Magikarp to stick around and evolve here to settle." A Ranger, who appeared to be the leader of this exploration spoke. This man was tall and muscular, his eyes were sharp as he explained everything to Gan. "Oh, yeah..." Just when Gan was about to explain, the water began to rise and Gyarados appeared. "My god, they were right!" One of the rangers was stunned. A Magikarp really decided to stay behind after evolving, he thought. "Call it in..." This type of Pokemon was too close to the City, it spelled nothing but disaster! "Hold it! This is my Pokemon, I sent it into the water to catch other Pokemon." Gan hurriedly and explained. "What? You''re a trainer?" The police officer was stunned for a moment, but a person usually started becoming a trainer at 16. "Do you have any Id to prove this?" They could clearly see Geodude. However, they were shocked by another scene, there was an unidentifiable purple gas ball floating over the water. This was obviously Haunter, but it wasn''t revealing its true self to any of them to make out. Gan didn''t hesitate and showed them his Id. They kept a close eye on the Gyarados, this Pokemon was too destructive; there was even fear in their eyes when looking at it. After checking to see if it was authentic, they found it to be real. The Rangers were the main ones who could tell this much. Right as they confirmed this, Gyarados closed its mouth then opened its mouth to regurgitate something. "AH..." The police officers jumped in fright. They had seen Gyarados using Hyper Beam to destroy villages and cities, so they almost sh** their pants. "Dang, are you alright?" Gan knew Gyarados was scary, but it was a Pokemon under his trainership, it wouldn''t attack anyone unless he ordered it. "Haha, just bad flashbacks." One of the officers wiped his forehead and laughed strangely. "Hmm..." Gan turned to see what Gyarados had spat out. He couldn''t tell what it was until it moved, which was strange to Gan. "What the..." ... |Name: Shellder |Type: Water |Gender: Male |Ability: Skill Link |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Tackle| Water Gun| Ice Shard| Withdraw| Leer| Whirlpool| ... Suddenly, big googly eyes appeared in the shell, then a long tongue flung out soon after. Gan couldn''t help but chuckle seeing Shellder''s appearance. He asked Gyarados if it had any fortune on finding the Pokemon he described, and it only shook its large head. Everyone now sighed in relief, this confirmed that this Gyarados was really his. Honestly, they couldn''t believe a kid could tame such a crazy Pokemon. But they had to believe it now, the proof had shown itself in full display. His Id even showed that he already had a badge from Pewter City, so there was nothing more for them to doubt. "Okay, it looks like this misunderstanding has been cleared up. We''ll be sure to report this as nothing, let''s go." The group turned to leave, but a few of them gazed at Gyarados again before leaving completely. From what he could make out, Gyarados wasn''t looked upon favorably but he understood why. Not thinking anymore about it, he looked at Shellder who was still sitting there doing nothing. Gan decided to toss a Pokeball at it, but as soon as he did; the Shellder used its tongue to flip its body forward. With that, the back part of its shell knocked the Pokeball away. "This little fella got some fighting spirit." Gan smiled. In no time, Gyarados attacked Shellder by using Bite. Shellder tried to escape, but it was too late and it was once again taken into Gyarados'' mouth. Gyarados slammed Shellder into the ground, causing it to have dizzy spells. It didn''t take much damage, but it was still dizzy. Gan tossed Pokeball again, and the Pokemon was caught, it seemed like it was suffering from confusion. Since Gyarados couldn''t track Squirtle no matter what it did, he decided to put off trying to find one. Gan recalled Gyarados and Ghastly to leave the area but he did enjoy relaxing here, it was surprisingly a nice place to camp. Gan was aware that a certain cave was around here, it was a place he wouldn''t dare to visit as he was now. He left the area to head back to Cerulean City, there was no point in staying out here anymore. Passing over the bridge, Gan received a few strange gazes that hinted at different emotions. Gan pay no heed to them and kept going on his way, at this point, he had already recalled all of his Pokemon. Gan had just arrived at Cerulean City about 3 hours ago, and now, he was ready to leave. "Since I have a Gyarados, I should be able to track down Dratini. Gyarados should win with the move Ice Fang if a fight broke out." Gan wanted this Pokemon once he returned to pick up that Kangaskhan. He had a feeling that Dratini was going to be hard to track down, but for this Pokemon, it was worth it. The next thing he wanted to find was a hotel, or he could just leave now to Celedon City. Gan knew he was a busy body, he had done so much after entering this world, perhaps he was moving too fast? Right as he was thinking this, he spotted Warren and Arlo walking in another direction. "Well, how about that...." Chapter 49 - Robbing The Pond The number of people walking through the streets had increased, so it was hard trying to call out to the two. Gan had to run over to them because they couldn''t hear him. They were both spooked when Gan tapped them on the shoulder, as they almost went on the defensive. "Wow, wow, relax!" Arlo pulled out a knife, he was clearly going to use it on Gan. "Shhh...it! You scare the hell out of me!" Arlo quickly put his switchblade away. "You''re way too paranoid, what the hell did you do so bad that you''d jumped like that?" Gan squinted and questioned. "Nothing, I''ve never even been to Cerulean City before." Arlo was a part of Team Rocket, so he was always looking over his shoulder. "If you had stabbed my buddy with that knife, you''d be dead for sure!" Warren gazed coldly at Arlo, but it wasn''t as sinister as of recent. "Damn, relax! I always look at the person first before stabbing them, jeez." Arlo scratched his temple and said hurriedly. ''That doesn''t justify stabbing someone!'' Gan narrowed his eyes at Arlo. "In any case, I was just wandering around town. I heard some news recently, so you guys may need to be careful." Gan said seriously. "News? News of what? Did something happen?" Warren squinted and asked. "Well, recently, someone was stabbed to death out on route towards the city. The description fits that of a Team Rocket member." Gan stared at Arlo suspiciously. "W-what? It couldn''t be me, I was with Warren the whole time." Arlo was stunned. "It''s true, he was with me the whole time." Warren nodded and confirmed. "Well, I just wanted to let you guys know to be aware of the situation. The police seem very adamant about finding this clown. I don''t think we can stay in this City very long, the police in this City don''t play." Gan was knowledgeable about this much. The police in Cerulean City were on their game compared to Pewter and Vermillion City. They also had their guards up in Celedon, but some of them are even being paid off by Team Rocket to keep silent. "Ah, man, we just got here and some idiot decided to stab someone randomly." Arlo was visibly irritated. He even felt like finding the guy and killing him for ruin his small vacation away from Pewter City. "There are a few bases here, but they''re more personal than actual bases. I reckon that this could be the work of a Team Rocket division, but a small division. Cerulean City has some pretty interesting things, they''re mainly here to keep an eye on a place here. I''m not sure what the place is, but Giovanni placed an Admin here to watch over that place." Warren was quite informed. There were no real branches in this city, but they had set up a small base. "An Admin?" Gan frowned, an Admin couldn''t be trifled with, so it was best for him not to get involved¡ªas if he was going to anyway. Warren nodded seriously. "We shouldn''t get involved in those types of things, anyway. We just need to do what we need to do and leave. This place has some pretty decent pokemon that we can catch. However, they won''t be of any interest to you, Warren." Gan already knew Warren''s interest was all Pokemon that could fly in some way. "Oh, what pokemon can we catch here, or...steal." Arlo''s interest was piqued. "There''s a pond here, it''s inhabitant by the Pokemon called Slowpoke and Poliwag, you pick." Gan grinned and said. "Slowpoke? Poliwag? What does these Pokemon look like?" Arlo was someone who hadn''t seen the world, he seemed to have zero knowledge about any Pokemon. Warren''s eyes flashed with contempt, this guy was seemed destined to be a grunt forever with his knowledge. Gan explained, then he pointed towards a little girl playing with a Poliwag someways away. "That Pokemon looks like a weakling...a chump. This Pokemon doesn''t seem qualified at all¡ªto the point where little kids play with it." The Pokemon looked like a little weakling from his perspective. "A weakling? Every baby pokemon looks like a weakling until they evolve. You haven''t seen its evolution, it evolves into a powerful Poliwrath or Politoad!" Gan looked at Arlo like he was an idiot, he called Poilwag''s potential weak? "Oh, so how does it look?" Arlo was curious. Warren just watched, he had seen most Pokemon before and Poliwrath was something he knew of. Gan pulled out his Pokedex and showed him a picture and typing of Poliwrath. Arlo was stunned, it looked tougher than its baby form, it was also a fighting-type Pokemon. It had two typings, making it better than the Mankey''s he had seen his other Team Rocket Companions using. "What is this device? It can show you so many different Pokemon, it''s no wonder you know so much!" Arlo could see other pictures of Pokemon on this device, this intrigued him. "Incredible, it''s a Pokedex! How did you get one?!" Warren was utterly shocked. Not just anyone could get their hands on a Pokedex. These devices were strictly handed out carefully to "special trainers''. "I stole and rewired it. I changed the color, so now, it''s only mine." Gan naturally had an excuse. ''What unlucky guy could have fallen into his hands?'' Warren sighed with emotion, who was so unfortunate? "I want that Pokemon, it would make a good addition to my team!" Arlo was convinced. This was understandable¡ªPoliwrath was the only duo-type fighting type in Kanto¡ªwith water being its primary typing. "Good! I want one as well. So, we wait until nightfall to get them." Gan wanted to add this Pokemon and its evolution chain to his dex. It wasn''t a serious choice, but something needed. Arlo wanted to ask, why at night? But it was obvious that this wasn''t something being done legally. "Here''s the plan, this will be our first little grand theft so don''t screw it up," Gan smirked and began to explain his plan to both of them. .... Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Arlo was broke, so Gan had to buy him some items from the Pokemart. Warren bought a few things there, but he mainly bought clothes from the clothing store. The night slowly descended on Cerulean City, and they made their move. Gan summoned his Pidgeotto and had it scout the area. It only came back when the people hanging around the pond had left the area. "I''ll have Pidgeotto fly me over, then I''ll have him come get you. Warren, you can stay here and be a lookout." Gan whispered then Warren nodded in return. Pidgeotto flapped its wings over Gan''s head, then Gan grabbed its feet. Pidgeotto had no problem carrying Gan over the large fence. It was pretty dark out with only street lights illuminating, so everything seemed perfect so far. Moments later, Arlo was brought over. Pidgeotto stood on the fence quietly monitoring the situation. Both Gan and Arlo walked towards the pond, it was fairly deep with a decent number of Pokemon inside. These Pokemon were only here for display and they weren''t used for anything more. Gan took out one of his Pokeballs and pointed it towards the pond. Afterward, a red laser was released¡ªthen Gyarados appeared on the pond. Gyarados could b?r?ly fit in this pond, but it could easily float off the pond. Gyarados didn''t make a sound, it usually roared when being summoned. However, it was alerted earlier by Gan to keep silent this time around. "You know what to do, buddy. Go draw some pokemon to the surface." Gan said quietly. Gyarados nodded and dove into the deep pond. This pond was man-made, so there weren''t many Pokemon in this pond. Arlo summoned his Voltorb since it was the best option to dealing with Poliwag. It didn''t take long, it had only been just under a minute¡ªwhen the surface started to bubble. And sure enough, Poliwag had shown itself. Furthermore, there was another type of Pokemon besides Poliwag and Slowpoke. The expressions of these Pokemon within the pond was that of terror. When they saw Gyarados approaching them from above, they were shocked. Gyarados allowed them space to run, drawing them to the surface of the pond. Horsea and a few other Pokemon were flung out of the pond. What followed after, was Gyarados surfacing. __ |Name: Poliwag |Type: Water |Level: 16 |Gender: Male |Ability: Water Absorb |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Moves: Water Gun| Hypnosis | Bubble| Doubleslap| __ |Name: Horsea |Type: Water |Level: 17 |Gender: Male |Ability: Swift Swim |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Bubble| Water Gun| Twister| Leer| Smokescreen| __ The rest of the Poliwags all had the same or lower level, but the same Potential¡ªbeing two stars. Arlo didn''t waste the opportunity, he ordered his Voltorb to use a Charge beam on one of the Poliwags. "Vol....torb!" Voltorb''s body shook, then a beam of light shot from its body towards a random Poliwag. Chapter 50 - Back To Pewter City! Voltorb''s charge beam engulfed Poliwag, its eyes went wide as it cried out in pain. Afterward, it fell to the ground and fainted. Arlo tossed a Poke ball at it and caught it with ease. All at once, Machop had appeared next to Horsea and struck it with a Thunderpunch. Gan remembered fighting Machop before, and his confrontation with it for the first time. Gan remembered wondering why it did so much damage when burned. He had forgotten that it had the ability Guts since he liked No Guard Machamp better. Koffing had been blown back far from that superpower back then, it was crazy. However, he felt like Guts would be better in this world, as long as he could get a Flame Orb somehow. Horsea was on land, so it wasn''t a challenge to take down, along with Machop having a higher level¡ªit was defeated with one shot. After one-shotting the Horsea, Machop proceeded to attack a random Poliwag, well, the closest Poliwag. Then, he went to the next Poliwag, this stunned Arlo...was Gan planning on catching all of these Poliwags? Gan was tossing Pokeballs like Baseballs with every Pokemon Machop defeated. At this point, he had caught 9 Poliwags and 5 Slowpokes. How could the sound of Pokemon Yelping in pain not be heard by the people in the house? Gan shook his head with a smile and ordered Koffing to used Smokescreen near the entrance. Gan quickly recalled Gyarados and had Pidgeotto take Arlo away. Arlo recalled his Voltorb, as he was taken away by Pidgeotto. "Who is it, how dare you trespass on our property?!" The man was furious but he couldn''t see who it was through the smoke screen. "Go, Exeggutor! Use Egg Bomb!" The man tossed a Great ball. And there, it appeared from it Great ball. "Exeggutor!" |Name: Exeggutor |Type: Grass/Psychic |Level: 38 |Gender: Male |Ability: Chlorophyll |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Careful |Moves: Reflect| Leech Seed| Bullet Seed| Egg Bomb| Confusion| Sleep Powder| Poison Powder| Stun Spore| Wood Hammer| __ "Oh, no, that ain''t good! Koffing, keep hitting that area with Smokescreens!" Gan recalled Machop, who had stopped in place confusingly. Right then, Exeggutor bent forward, then several large-sized eggs were launched from the core of its tree-like head. Wherever they landed, it would cause an explosion, but they were minor explosions; nothing serious. Pidgeotto had appeared above Gan, ready to take him away. Gan grabbed Pidgeotto''s feet as it quickly flew up and away. Gan recalled Koffing on his way out and over the fence. The smokescreen had covered the whole yard at this point, and it didn''t help that it was nighttime. "Let''s get out of here!" Gan recalled Pidgeotto and made a run for it. ... Minutes later. "I know you guys just got here but I think we should leave the city," Gan stated his thoughts, they could no longer stay here. Less, they lock down the city and prevent anyone from leaving. "I''ve got no problem with that, there really doesn''t seem to be much here. The police are tighter here, so they''ll act accordingly when that man makes his report." Warren nodded in agreement. "I''ve got no problem with that. I should be getting back to Pewter City anyway, I need to train my new pokes up. I''ve gotten some pretty good Pokemon during my travels with you guys, haha!" Arlo was satisfied the most, he just wanted to train now. Gan also had to pick up his Growlithe tomorrow. Gan, Warren, and Arlo had to leave tonight, they couldn''t stay overnight. Warren also wanted to return to the Celedon branch soon. So, they all disappeared into the night towards Mt. Moon. Warren had left his Helicopter in the same place he left it last time him and Gan entered Mt. Moon¡ªfor the first time. It wasn''t exactly easy to see without any street lights, so Warren summoned his Golbat to aid them. Arlo also called forth his Voltorb to light up the area as they moved forward. It would use charge to show them the way. In no time, they all made it to Mt. Moon, but Warren wasn''t worried. When he and Arlo were going through the cave, they saw people still mining for fossils. Gan laughed to himself, he remembered it all too well. He had robbed some people here of their fossils before playing innocent. He decided that he wanted to be different in this world when he came here. He had no Pokemon, so he opted to join Team Rocket. None of them were really tired, so they advanced through the group of miners. Some of the miners recognized Gan and waved at him from afar. He naturally waved back in return before continuing on his way. Gan wanted to get his Growlithe from Viridian City then start training his Pokemon personally. Afterward, he wanted to catch himself an Eevee. "Damn, what a day. That small battle got my blood rushing and heart pumping hard." Arlo felt a rush when fighting under the possibility of being discovered. "Same? That was quite the grave situation. That Exeggutor was powerful, so it was good that we got away within the smokescreen." They also weren''t seen, so that was a double win for them. Gan could only imagine the owner''s expression after finding out that a lot of Pokemon from the pond were stolen. ... An hour later. Eventually, they all exited Mt. Moon. They had run into some annoying Zubats and Geodudes on the way, but it wasn''t hard defeating them. The Pokemon Center was there as usual; it was open 24/7, so it never closed. The Pokemon Center was lit up with light. Once they walked inside, the only person present was a Nurse with green hair behind the counter. "Hey, how may I help you guys?" The nurse smiled and asked. "Ah, nothing, but thanks. I just wanted to sit for a little bit, then we''ll be on our way." Gan went over to a vending machine and purchased a lemonade. "Well, let me know if you guys need anything." The nurse continued to smile, then she looked back down and continued writing something. Gan sat down and opened the can of Lemonade. "What''s the plan from here? Are you going to head back to Celedon soon?" Warren wondered what Gan was going to be up to from here on. He knew that Gan''s Team Rocket custom-made uniform was at the Pewter City''s hideout. However, he wondered what he was going to do from thereon. "I''ll head to Pewter City to rest, then tomorrow I will go get my uniform before visiting Viridian City. I need to pick something up there, then I''ll head back...hmm... actually." Gan thought for a moment, but he didn''t want to say it in front of Arlo, so he decided to wait. "Viridian City? You might wanna be careful passing through Viridian Forest. The Pokemon there are a bit dangerous¡ªunless you want me to fly you over it?" Warren suggested. "Nah, you can do what you were going to do at the Pewter Branch. Also, I have something to say that might interest you later." Gan smiled and proceed to gulp down his Lemonade. Warren was about to ask, but Gan''s eyes landed on Arlo before he looked the other way. Warren understood right away, it was something he didn''t want Arlo to know about, thus, Warren didn''t ask. Arlo was coming from the vending machine, so he didn''t know what they were talking about. He was broke, but he had a few dollars on him to get a drink. The lobby was quiet, they could feel the cool breeze from the air conditioners throughout the place. Gan just remembered that he could have used Abra to Teleport them away, he''d be sure to keep that Pokemon''s ability in mind. This ability would serve to be of great importance for his little operations in the future. After talking for about an hour, they left the Pokemon Center. Gan told Arlo and Warren that he was going to get a room in a hotel for the night. Warren was thinking about getting his Helicopter, but it was secured at that outer base, so he didn''t. Instead, he decided to stay the night at the outer base. Arlo just went back to the Team Rocket hideout in Pewter City. Gan paid the Inn fee, he was recognized by the owner. The owner actually gave Gan a 20% discount. Gan thanked the owner sincerely before going to the same room as last time. The last time he was here, he saw a Ho-oh. He was so stunned that he didn''t even get a chance to see its status. There was a lot for Gan to do, he needed to also catch himself a Dratini now. His Gyarados was more than enough to handle one, with it having an Ice-type attack and all. He wanted to catch a Squirtle, but he couldn''t find one. Gan ran some hot water, preparing to take a bath. "What a day, so much walking." Gan sighed. He had been a busy body since he entered this world. One of Gan''s Pokeballs shook, then a Pokemon emerged from it. "Haunter!" "What the heck... I didn''t call you, why did you leave the Pokeball?" This Haunter was a bit rebellious, but it seemed to enjoy being this way with Gan. Without answering back, it licked Gan''s face without warning. "Ahhh~~~!" Chapter 51 - Plans Of An Operation! Following the next day, Gan rose up yawning as he stretched. He slept longer until it reached 1 pm, but he wasn''t bothered by it. To him, he had all of the time in the world to enjoy his journey. Gan was still in a hurry to some degree, he wanted to explore other places around Kanto. Gan relaxed and ate breakfast afterward. He wanted to drop some of his Pokemon into the Pc, but he was worried about the dangers of not having them¡ªsimilar to that Beedrill horde. Gan brushed and flossed his teeth, then he got dressed and left his room. He greeted the owner and left the Inn. Gan was supposed to meet Warren at 2:30 pm at some food joint in town. This was where he wanted to explain what he wanted to¡ªto Warren last night. It wasn''t yet the scheduled time, so he went to the Team Rocket base to get his uniform. Gan was let inside once his identification was confirmed. This place was located near a factory that transported ores, this house was disguised as someone who managed it. Gan descended down the hidden elevator and arrived at the base. The place was just as lively as before, he didn''t plan on staying long. Gan quickly went to the location he was told to pick up his uniform. "F**k, it''s you again!" The man from before glared at Gan. "I''ve come to get my uniform. It is for Agent X, do you remember?" Gan smiled and ignored the angered man, he was just here for his uniform. "Hmph! Agent X? Trying to act all mysterious, huh?" The man turned to leave to see if something like that had come in. ''Mysterious? That''s the whole point.'' Gan didn''t want to have his name out there, at least not yet. If one really thought about it; some of the Gym Leaders and even the elite 4 members had a hand in crime around Kanto and Johto. Those Elite 4 members and some Gym Leaders weren''t saints, so Gan was also on that bandwagon right now. Koga, Surge, Sabrina, Lance, Agatha, and more. "It seems something like that really is in for you. Here, sign this and pay up!" The man said nonchalantly. Gan signed and paid the toll. "Damn that little bastard! He caused me so much suffering! Maybe I should send someone to deal with that little ?sshole." The man sneered and walked towards the back. ... Gan was thinking about leaving, but he decided to check out the Spy & Operation Department. He wanted to check this place out, he needed to buy a few things. Gan went to see what they selling, he basically knew from last time but there may be some new items. And sure enough, there were new items and even a sale going on! There were many items on display, ranging from Jetpacks to giant machines that could drill underground. "Oh, how can I help you? Are you interested in anything?" Right as Gan was looking around, he heard a soothing voice pass through his ears. He turned to see who it was, it was a middle-aged woman with brown hair and eyes. She wasn''t a super beauty, but she wasn''t ugly either. The woman gave off a charismatic vibe, that could influence anyone with her voice alone. She was slender and wore an all-black female suit with a Team Rocket logo on it. "Uh, and you are?" Gan asked slowly. "My name''s Bella, I''m the manager of this department. I was just walking out when I spotted you browsing around." Bella grinned softly. "Oh, okay. I was just wondering. Anyway, I''m looking for some good spy gear. Gear that can gather intel, something that would prevent me from being noticed. I would also like a nice Jet pack with some flashbangs and stun grenades." Gan slowly stated what he was looking for. Bella should know the good quality stuff around here since she managed it. Bella was shocked hearing Gan''s request, was he going on some crazy operation or something?! Bella couldn''t speak due to shock. From what she could tell from his age, he shouldn''t be doing anything special. He should be a grunt, but he wasn''t even wearing a TR uniform, however, he had his identification to prove who he was. "Yes, I have all of these things. I''m sure you''re looking for the best quality here, right?" Bella was silent for a while before speaking. "Good quality with decent and affordable prices, yes." Good quality meant high prices, Gan only had 131,000 Merit Points. "What''s your spend budget?" Bella had to know, so she could help Gan to the best of her ability. "My budget is 131,000 Merit Points. If I have to go beyond that, then I can get more Merit Points by selling some Pokemon later." Gan had some Pokemon he wanted to sell, but he had a bit of an issue selling them here. However, he thought about it. He should care too much about Team Rocket''s problems since he wouldn''t be with them forever. "Oh, you''re ready to spend big, nice! I have a good amount of things to sell you within this price range, right this way." Bella turned and proceeded to lead Gan away. ... They soon arrived in a different part of the [Spy & Operation] area. "Here we are. This here is called a Spy Bee, it comes in many different flying insect forms. We have it in the form of Wasps, Bees, Mosquitos, Flies, and so forth. They all have built-in cameras that allowed the user to see what is going on through the camera on the remote. Gan was interested right away, they all cost 45,000 Merit Points each. They came with two spy drones each¡ªfor each sale. Gan chose the [Spy Fly Drone], she also sold him some flashbang and stun grenades, which cost 1,000 Merit Points each. Gan bought 10 of each¡ªstun grenades and flashbangs. He didn''t need much but those Jetpacks cost too much, with the prices ranging from 70,000 to 120,000 Merit Points. Some jet packs came with mini rockets, parachutes, a helmet, and other safety precautions. Gan just didn''t want to spend that many Merit Points on 1 item, so he decided to buy other useful things. He bought some smoke bombs and Laser Spray, he also bought a Netgun. Now, Gan was officially broke, without a single Merit Point. Gan wanted to buy a voice changer, but he didn''t have enough for that. Bella was all smiles, it wasn''t every day that anyone came to buy such a large amount of things from this department. Gan felt like he just went shopping at Best Buy, this place surely felt like it. Bella said her goodbyes to Gan, she hoped that he would come back in the future. She saw that he was from the Celedon Branch, which stunned her at first. He was so far away from his turf, why was he here of all places? Bella was curious but it wasn''t her business, so she shrugged and went on with her business. Gan returned back to the [Pokemon Purchase & Exchange Department]. There, he exchanged the Poliwags and Slowpokes he stole back in Cerulean. This earned him a good 20,000 Merit Points. As Gan was leaving, he was being stared at by a few people with greed in their eyes. "Did you see that? Marko, that little weakling just earned 20,000 Merit Points." A fat man said with greed. "I saw it, Philip. As usual, we follow him, then we kill him to divide up his points. Do you know how long it would take to accumulate so many points? We can''t waste this chance!" Marko said with a sinister grin. "Finally, we found fat sheep that can dish out so many points. Pewter City''s base is filled with rookies that are poor bastards." Another man by the name of Ron said happily. "Good, let''s keep an eye on him, let''s go!" Marko said with a grin. ... Moments later, Gan was walking through Pewter City. He was going to meet up with Warren at some food joint. Gan ordered himself a drink before taking a seat and waiting, he had arrived five minutes early. The seat arrangement was set outside and inside of the facility, but he chose to sit outside. And right on time, Warren had appeared. Warren ordered something to eat before taking a seat across from Gan. "Gan my man, there something you wanted to tell me? I wonder what it was, it couldn''t be something not worth speaking of¡ªif you want to speak to me in private about it." Warren knew whatever Gan was planning wasn''t simple, he knew this from traveling with him for a while now. "Of course, it''s something worth mention, it''s something very important. Have you heard of the Pokemon called Aerodactyl?" Gan wondered if Warren knew this much. "Aerodactyl? I''ve Never heard this Pokemon before." Warren shook his head slightly. "Understandable. It''s a prehistoric Pokemon, so not many people know about it. It''s a Flying and Rock-type Pokemon, and it''s extremely fast." Gan explained slowly. "Flying and Rock? I''m interested. If this Pokemon is still around since it''s a prehistoric Pokemon, I would like to investigate it." Warren''s eyes gleamed with great interest. "Sorry, only certain prehistoric Pokemon are still around. Unfortunately, this Pokemon isn''t around anymore, you can only get your hands on a living one through its fossil. I''ve explained that already back then." "Yeah, you said that fossils could be revived on Cinnabar Island, right?" Warren thought for a moment, then he started to understand what Gan was hinting at! "Don''t tell me you want to..." "Yep! I want to steal a couple of Ambers from the Museum, are you up for it? Take a look at how the Pokemon looks before you choose your answer." Gan took out his Pokedex and showed him a picture of Aerodactyl. Gan''s Pokedex showed every Pokemon, it would only have a Pokeball next to the Pokemon''s name if he had caught it before. "How sure are you that this operation will go without a hitch?" Warren took a deep breath and asked. Warren took one look at Aerodactyl and fell in love with it, he wanted this Pokemon! "About 70% certain of success. You just need time to get ready, I''ll be leaving for Viridian City today. Once I''m back, we can make preparations to get those fossils, what do you think?" Warren sunk into deep thought for a moment and nodded slowly. "Let''s make it happen!" Warren smirked before a man came over with his food. Chapter 52 - People Dont Listen! After eating and talking with Gan, Warren took his leave. He needed to grab some items of his own for this operation. He also wanted to head to Celedon City to get a few things done. Warren said that he would contact Gan with his satellite phone when he was ready. Gan would be heading towards Viridian Forest soon, so he wanted to buy a tent and some food. Gan used his Pokedex to see if there was a store that sold berries. After checking, there was indeed such a store. The Pokedex showed him the location before he set off there. The streets weren''t that packed with people like Viridian City, but there was still a good amount of people roaming here. Gan wouldn''t need to ask for directions with this Pokedex, it could even tell him the Pokemon that inhabit certain areas. The store was called [Life Beyond]. These stores were all over Kanto and Johto. Gan went to the food section, the line was packed with people. He looked at the prices of the berries before he started to load his cart up with them. Mago berries, Lum berries, Liechi berries, Leppa berries, you name it. Gan had just over a quarter of a million, he had ?251,000. After loading his cart up with berries, he found a large cooking pot, similar to the one in Sword and Shield. Next, he went to buy a tent. There were many different tents on sale, there were plain tents and ones with Pokemon on them. Gan chose a tent with Gengar on it, which was all purple. He bought water bottles, honey, and different types of meats for cooking later. Gan got in line and awaited his turn silently. He paid ?70,000 for everything, with his tent costing the most, obviously. After having everything bagged, he summoned his Machop and Mankey to help him carry these things out. Gan didn''t have a void backpack, those cost too much, but he had something better. He went to a public restroom and stored everything before leaving towards the gate out of the city. However, Gan didn''t realize that he was being watched this whole time by people with bad intentions. Gan once again passed through the small post building where other trainers resided. They were conversing as usual with each other happily. Gan just pass these people by and went on ahead to Viridian Forest. "I''m back again, this place looks amazing as always." The sun could b?r?ly shine in this forest due to how thick the vegetation was here. It gave off that mystical forest-like feeling when you set foot in here. Once they saw Gan, they displayed expressions of fear before squirming away. Gan smiled and shook his head before advancing further through the forest. He moved swiftly through the thicket, he knew exactly where to go, so his movements were clear. He could see many Pokemon, including Weedles and Metapods in trees. Gan wasn''t interested in any of these Pokemon, so he didn''t give them a second look. However, he still needed to catch a Pikachu, if he could find one here then he would need to head towards the Powerplant for one later. Eventually, he could see that post again filled with Rangers wearing green clothes and gear. Gan showed them his ID to prove his age, that''s all they really cared about. Afterward, he was allowed to pass by where he saw more kids trying to catch Pokemon with their parents. "Oh, it''s you!" Just as Gan appeared to be rushing towards the exit of the Viridian Forest, he was called out. Gan paused and saw that it was a woman, she had short brown hair and green eyes. She appeared to be in her mid to late thirties. She wore a simple pain dress with jewelry around her neck and wrist. Gan recognized this woman, she was the mom of that girl he traded back then. "I never got to properly thank you for that trade with my daughter. She really loves that Clefairy she received, she even followed your tips to not evolve it right away." "My name is Natalie, by the way." Before Gan could reply, she spoke again. The woman smiled and stuck her hand out to give Gan a handshake. "Oh, yeah, no problem. I really needed that Bellsprot back then, so it was a worthy trade." Though, in reality, it could be considered a rip-off trade¡ªthat wasn''t in Gan''s favor. Gan was shaking her hand when her husband and daughter came over. "Wow, you''re the mister that traded me that cool Clefairy. All of my friends can''t beat my Clefairy and Nidoran." The little girl held her head up high with confidence. "Oh, hey little girl... and I''m not a mister." This kid was still calling him that? Was she deaf? "Hey, young lad, my name is Conway. Me and my wife wanted to thank you back then, but you seemed busy. Here, take this and come visit us when you get the chance." Conway took out a Golden Card and handed it to Gan. "Mister, you have to come and visit me. I will battle and beat you with my powerful Pokemon." The little girl smiled and pulled Gan''s arm. Gan took a look at the Golden Card and saw that it showed an address. All he did was trade her, he never expected such an invitation from just this. "I''ll be sure to go and visit you guys, thanks for the invitation." Gan pocketed the card and said. "Alura, stop being so touchy. Let the trainer go do what he needs to do, he''ll come to see you in the future." Alura just turned 10, in the games, this was an eligible age to be a Pokemon Trainer, but not here. "Sorry, mom." Alura spun around on one leg and arrived near her mom''s side. "But still, you have to come and battle me, so don''t forget it." The little girl was dressed really well, her family wasn''t simple from what Gan could gauge. ''Why do I have to battle you?'' Gan''s eyebrows twitched, but he wasn''t really against a battle. "Yeah, sure..." Gan said nodded. "Then it''s a promise!" Alura jumped up and said happily. ''I didn''t promise anything, stop putting words in my mouth!'' Gan was speechless. He didn''t even care about his supposed promise to battle Zorn, he already decided to not show up against him. "Alright, we were just leaving. Thank you so much for your company, we''ll be on our way now." Conway shook Gan''s hand and took his family away. Gan nodded but he followed behind them because they were also going to Viridian. Alura took this time to talk to Gan about many different things. He told her about Gym Leaders and the Elite 4¡ªand that he was challenging the League. Alura looked excited, she wanted to fight the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 too. However, Alura was underage, so she wasn''t allowed to challenge them now. She could only wait until then, it was best for Alura to train her Pokemon for now. Gan could only imagine how she would feel if she knew he had a Gym Badge already. Once they reached the city, they split ways with Alura telling him to come fast and battle her. As they were leaving, Gan laughed before making his way to the Pokemon Center. The Pokemon Center was just as huge as it had always been. The streets were crowded as usual with people going in and out of stores alike. However, there were more stalls set up than last time. Gan took a seat, he could hear people getting their names called. They would bring out their previously injured Pokemon to the trainers, all healed up. The healing machine could only heal minor wounds, fatigue, cleanse the body of status problems, and wounds that were slightly serious. Serious injuries required personal treatment from the nurses. Something his Growlithe had to go through, no healing machine could soothe such injuries. As Gan was waiting, the nurse from before walked out and spotted him. The nurse grinned and grab the clipboard filled with names, she spotted his name and called it. Gan looked up, he was initially reading some magazine he saw on the table in front of him. "You came, that''s good. Right this way, your Growlithe''s doing amazing now." The nurse waved her hand, gesturing him to follow her. "So, about those pills?" Gan questioned. "We have some pills, but recently, some better pills hit the market. These pills should be able to completely heal her within 15 days, she''ll need to take 2 a day." The nurse explained slowly. "Wait, the pills last time were different. I paid for different pills, so does that mean the price will go up or something?" Gan asked curiously. "No. You already paid, the only difference is that this batch of pills will be enough to heal her without you coming back for more." They could see a door up ahead, many nurses were walking through the hallways here¡ªgoing to their own destinations. "Thanks." Hearing the nurse''s words, he already knew she was doing him a favor with this. "No problem, just take care of her from now on." The nurse spoke resolutely. ''I told you I wasn''t to blame for its condition!'' Gan''s forehead wrinkled, people didn''t seem to listen in this world. Gan''s eyes wandered, before landing on the nurse''s bu??ock, it was shifting left and right with each step she took. ''Damn, what am I thinking?'' Gan reverted his eyes away when she opened the door. Some other nurse was feeding Growlithe. Growlithe was leaping with joy, its tongue was out and it was acting like a real dog. Gan Decided to scanned Growlithe again to see its condition. _ |Name: Growlithe |Type: Fire |Level: 25 |Gender: Female |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bashful |Moves: FlameWheel| Bite| Ember| FireFang| TakeDown| Leer| (SP)CloseCombat| _ Its level had risen by 1! Gan was a bit surprised as he walked over with the nurse. Chapter 53 - Camping Out! The nurse feeding and playing with Growlithe turned to the door to see another nurse entering. However, her gaze landed on Gan following behind her, she obviously knew who he was for him to be back here. Growlithe also gazed at the door when the woman came in. Growlithe eyes landed on Gan and she was delighted, she wasn''t mad or hated Gan. She knew he was the reason why she was feeling well¡ªGrowlithe wasn''t oblivious. Pokemon were intelligent, this was enhanced depending on what type of Pokemon it was¡ªwith Growlithe being a Dog-type. The nurse that came in gave the other nurse the side-eye, then she quickly went to a cabinet. "My gosh, Growlithe, you''ve gotten stronger. How do you feel?" Gan walked over and rubbed Growlithe''s head. "Growlie~!" Growlithe rubbed her head against Gan''s hand with her eyes close, showing that she felt good. To Gan, it was like being with a regular dog. "Nurse, Lana, right? Thank you for all of this." Gan caught the nurse''s name from her name tag. He thanked her sincerely, he like this Pokemon a lot. Gan had run into one when he first came into this world, it was no telling how strong it was, though. "Oh, no problem. I came into this job because I love all Pokemon, and I will do all I can to make sure a Pokemon is healthy and safe." Lana smiled deeply, clearly moved by Gan''s words. Afterward, the nurse came over with a bottle of pills. This nurse, who was named Jen, explained that there were 30 pills in the bottle. Growlithe was to take 2 a day in order for it to be fully healed. Procuring Growlithe her pills would start tomorrow since her surgery was completed yesterday. Gan took the pills before he was given his Love ball back¡ªwhich was the ball she was encapsulated in. This type of Pokeball also improved her attitude, making Growlithe''s love grow for Gan and others around her. Gan obviously did this on purpose. After leaving the Pokemon Center feeling satisfied, he went to find himself an Inn for the night. It was the same Inn as before, where he was once again recognized. However, he was given a different room because his previous room was being occupied. This room he got was 2 times bigger than that one anyway, so he wasn''t fretting over it. After checking the room out, he left the Inn towards the wild. He was heading toward the south exit, in Pallet town''s direction. Pallet Town wasn''t as close as people may think, he wasn''t going to Pallet yet but he wanted to camp out here. There were a lot of Pidgeys and Rattata''s in this area. There were a few Bellsprout as well, which caused his eyebrows to twitch for reasons. Gan found a large empty space in the forest¡ªan empty circular area without any trees. Gan released Machop, Growlithe, Rhyhorn, and Abra. These Pokemon were apart of his League team so far, along with Gyarados if he couldn''t find a Squirtle. He also summoned Geodude, Koffing, and Grimer, who he warned to not stink the area up. "Hey, everyone, it''s time for us to camp and enjoy ourselves! You guys have worked so hard over these past days, you deserve this." Gan said happily to his Pokemon. Everyone looked confused at first when they saw so many of them being summoned. They thought a huge fight was about to occur since this was usually the case with mass summonings. But, his words left them confused as to what was going on. Gan pulled out a bunch of stuff he got from the [Life Beyond] store. He started ?ssigning tasks for his Pokemon¡ªlike gathering wood and water. "Oh, boy, this is going to be good!" Gan took out some Mago Berries, these berries were spicy. He rubbed his hands together in anticipation. He bought a recipe book at the [Life Beyond] store, so he was confident in what to make. Machop went to was a small river nearby to gather some water inside a pot. While the others gathered sticks on the ground. "Hmm, sweet and spicy, huh?" Gan read over the words in the book, he decided he wanted to make this. He had plenty of berries and meat for everyone here. Unless he had a Snorlax, he didn''t see himself running out of food. Gan already had a large table with a few teaspoons and other things for cooking ready. Today was hot and sunny, it was a good day to enjoy a picnic and camp with his Pokemon. Besides, he needed this, and so did his Pokemon; they needed to know about these types of things. Machop bought the water over, to be exact, carried it over his head steadily. It went back a few times to get more water. Gan didn''t ask Grimer or Koffing to do any work task, he just had them watch the perimeter. He places 5 jars of honey on the table, alongside the various different berries he had. Gan summoned Pidgeotto just in case some Pidgeys grew bold enough to steal from him. Geodude, Rhyhorn, and Abra brought over some sticks. Well, Abra teleported over with sticks floating around it. In its current stage, it spent most of its time sleeping until it would evolve into a Kadabra. "Growlithe, heat it up!" Once they placed the sticks, Gan ordered Growlithe to light them on fire. Growlithe unhesitantly shot a small Ember attack at the sticks and they ignited, it wasn''t immediate, though. While were waiting for the water to come to a boiling point, he started to divide up the berries and pull out the meat. Looking back a forth at the book, he started placing berries and meat together. Gan ordered Koffing to shoot a flamethrower under the pot to up the heat faster. Temperatures shot up quickly and the boiling had started. Gan couldn''t wait for it to boil itself, so he had Koffing do this. Gan dumped some rice, meat, and berries inside. These were sweet and spicy type berries. He poured 5 teaspoons of honey inside the Cauldron, afterward. The aroma instantly aroused his Pokemon''s hunger and attention. They all understood what he was doing now, and they were excited. Gan gave it a good stir for a while before putting the top over the pot. The aroma could be smelled from half a mile away, it was spreading fast. How could it not attract the attention of wild Pokemon? Even Pokemon Gan wasn''t expecting to see here had shown up! Most of the wild Pokemon watched from afar, they didn''t dare get close. Pokemon could sense how powerful other Pokemon were, so they knew Gan''s Pokemon wasn''t to be tested. Gan just sat and conversed with his Pokemon, despite not understanding what they were saying. He really wished he could understand them, perhaps the system would give him such abilities as a reward in the future. The good thing was that they could perfectly understand him, which was required. Gan thought to himself, he wanted to visit Pallet town tomorrow. He wanted to scout around a bit to monitor the situation there. Everyone knew how thin Starmie''s defenses were, but this could be just the world itself. "She wants to fight me in a 1v1 next time. I''ll be ready for sure next time, just you wait for me." Gan said to himself. "Huh? Ready for who?" As Gan was talking to himself, he heard a slightly haughty voice behind. "Who the...!?" Gan was alarmed and so was his Pokemon, they looked like they were ready to attack whoever it was. He quickly moved away and looked behind him to see who it was. It was a female, she had pale pink hair, with pink eyes. She appeared to be around 14 or 15 if Gan had to guess, maybe she was even 16. She wore a pink t-shirt with a Clefairy on it and a pure white skirt. She wore sandals that revealed her pink polished nails, her hands were on her h?ps in a haughty yet uppity manner. Gan sneered slightly in his heart, this chick had an arrogant aura around her. "So you''re the reason I smell something so good. You''re camping here of all places? Pallet Town isn''t that far from here, why camp out in this hot weather?" The girl asked with a strange tone. "That''s why I''m camping here because it''s hot. Who are you? You just walked up to me saying things without introducing yourself?" Gan scoffed softly. "You!" She wanted to rage at Gan, but she stopped herself. "Ahem, my name is Aria, but my friends call me Pink, what''s your name?" Pink said with a smile that seemed a bit forced. "Nice, so you do have manners, not bad. My name is Gan." Gan nodded and introduced himself. Veins appeared on the side of her head hearing Gan''s first set of words, but she calmed herself. "Nice to meet you, Gan. May I know what you''re cooking here?" Pink asked gently while flicking her long hair out with a cute smile. "No." Gan said bluntly. "Wow, that sounds tas.... What!?" Pink''s expression darkened after realize what Gan had said. Chapter 54 - She Isnt Simple! Pink was stunned, she had never been told no before, at least not like this. Her family was rich and noble, having many connections throughout several Regions. She was a Pokemon trainer Prodigy, how could she accept such treatment? "I''ll remember this!" Pink couldn''t hold her facade for long, she glared at Gan with gritted teeth. She stared for a while, being sure to remember his face. "Well, if you had asked nicely, I wouldn''t have had a problem. But the way you approached and spoke to me, it wasn''t so nice." This was how Gan was, he even acted like that toward Arlo when he first met him. Arlo was full of himself at first before changing later on. "What the heck...I asked nicely. You''re the one who said many disrespectful things to me." Pink refuted and pointed at Gan. Gan wanted to point out a few things, but he didn''t feel like arguing with her. So, he nonchalantly scratched his ear and turned away. He was waiting for the timer to go off, this would mean it was time to stir the pot one last time. Seeing Gan nonchalantly ignoring her, caused her fury. But she calmed herself immediately after thinking about it. He couldn''t reply to her because she was right and he was wrong, so she sneered. Before she could say anything, the timer went off near Gan. Machop acted quickly and lifted the pot''s top as Gan walked over to stir it. Machop was nearly drooling when the steam from pot rushed over its face. All of Gan''s Pokemon turned towards the large pot with greedy eyes. The next time he would have to use rice separately from the pot, instead of mixing it together with the berries and meat. Pink gulped and just watched him stir the pot silently. Machop put the top back on after Gan was done. He would need to wait 3 more minutes until it was completely ready to serve to everyone. "I-I challenge you to a Pokemon battle. If you lose, you have to give me some of that stew. If you win, I''ll drop the idea of asking." Pink clenched her fist and said strongly. "What? What kind of ridiculous deal is that? You''ll stop being a beggar if you lose? You''re gonna have to make a better offer than that." Gan smiled and rubbed his chin with no hair. ''Damn it! I''ve never met such a jerk before!'' Pink wished she could pummel Gan, but that would be a crime. "Okay, I''ll...let me check and see what I have." Pink carried a bag around her waist, she opened it to see if she had anything valuable on her. "I-I don''t have anything valuable on me right now. But I can get something valuable once I get home, I can give you something then." Pink''s expression fell, she was just going out on a stroll and wasn''t expecting this. "Forget it, for now. I''m not stingy, really. I''ll just give you some, so wait until it''s done." Gan said. He just didn''t like arrogant people, so he sought to annoy her, something he did often to people like that. "W-what? Are you serious?" Pink was stunned. Why did he suddenly want to share now? "It''s plenty to go around. I won''t be able to finish it all with just me and my buddies here. You can join too, and you call out some of your Pokemon as well." Gan started to pet Growlithe''s head with a smile. "Oh, okay." Pink believed she had won this bout. She believed that Gan realized how wrong he was and that he decided to share out of guilt. Pink went over to take a seat without any courtesy¡ªas if she owned the place. She took out a Pokeball and tossed it, revealing her Pokemon. "Clefairy!" Clefairy emerged from it. The ball she tossed was a Heal ball, but it was customized with a heart on it¡ªjust like that of a Love ball. After all, the Heal ball''s coloration matched her color scheme from what Gan could see. Gan looked over and analyzed her Clefairy closely. _ |Name: Clefairy |Level: 12 |Gender: Female |Ability: Magic Guard |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold |Moves: (TM)Calm Mind| Sweet Kiss| Disarming Voice| Sing| (Egg)Heal Bell| (Egg)Heal Pulse| (SP)Soft-boiled| (SP)Misty Terrain| _ Gan''s eyes widen seeing this Clefairy, she clearly got it when it was a baby. Its talent was the highest he had seen besides those Dittos. This girl wasn''t simple at all, the way she dressed, the way she acted, and her Pokemon. "Huh? Is there something wrong?" Pink noticed the look in Gan''s eyes. "Nothing, I just didn''t expect to see a Clefairy. I was expecting you to have 6 Rattata''s on your team." Gan suddenly burst into laughter at the thought. "R-Rattata? I would never use such a vile Pokemon, it isn''t cute at all!" Gan was clearly mocking her as bright as day. 6 Ratattas! What a funny joke it was. Gan was still laughing at the thought. There surely had to be someone running a full squad of Rattatas in this world, right? Perhaps one had evolved into a Raticate, maybe. "Hmph!" Seeing that Gan was still laughing at her, she harrumphed and ignored him. Gan wanted to refute her claim about Rattata not being cute by saying that it was. He believed it lost all of that when it evolved into a Raticate. He had run into a Raticate back then, and it wasn''t friendly in the least. It had gone out of its way to attack Gan in the wild, it was a really deadly Pokemon in his book. Geodude began to place the plates and bowls down with Machop for everyone to eat. Abra controlled a large gallon of water and pour some for everyone. Pink was amazed seeing all of his Pokemon performing so many tasks together. Just when she was going to order her Clefairy to help, the timer went off. "Oh, it''s ready." Gan took a few gulps of his water before standing up and walking over toward the pot. Machop quickly removed the pot top before Gan was there, it looked eager to eat some. Gan wasn''t worried about it going bad or getting cold. Once he stored it into the void space, it would stay as it was when it entered. Gan wanted to summon more Pokemon, but it was best not to do that with her around. "Alright everyone, come on over and get it. Machop, help the ones that don''t have hands to carry a bowl or plate." Machop nodded. "Clefairy, you to, help those in need." Pink grinned and also ordered with a nod. Clefairy grabbed a plate and went over towards Gan, who poured her, Geodude, and Machop a bowl of stew. After which, they gave them to the Pokemon that didn''t have arms to carry plates and bowls. Grimer could carry bowls, but it was best to not have him touching you when he received something. This was mainly so when you were about to eat, it wouldn''t be a good day if you got some of him inside of you. Forget having a bad day, it will end your day entirely, you won''t see any more days! Unfortunately, Grimer couldn''t eat with them. Gan ordered it to eat in the shade. No matter what, it gave off a horrible smell. The grass was also dying everywhere it oozed across. The sun was just making the smell of it stand out. Pink was starting to catch a headache, she wondered why anyone would get such a Pokemon. Grimer understood and wasn''t upset about it, causing Gan relief. Everyone was eventually served, including Gan and Pink. "Wow! This is friggin good!" Gan''s whole body shuddered. It was sweet and spicy at the same time, giving it its amazing flavor. All of his Pokemon looked as if stars had appeared in their eyes while taking bites. Pink was no different, she put her hand on her cheek as she chewed. Her cheeks turned rosy with the first bite. Gan reached into the cooler and tossed Pink a can of strawberry juice. She reached out and caught it while thanking him. He gazed over everyone with a smile before recalling a few of them. "That was so good, not even my chef could..." Pink hurriedly covered her mouth before slowly gazing over at Gan. However, she found that he wasn''t looking at her at all, causing her to sigh softly. "Clefairy fairy..." Clefairy spun around dancing after eating her food, she was clearly rejoicing after eating such good food. "Oh, you!" Pink smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe Clefairy''s face, which still had some sauce on it. "Remember, pinky, you owe me one." Gan grinned as he sat back in his seat. "Hey! You said to forget about it, didn''t you?" Said Pink stunningly. "Huh? I said forget about it for now. We can talk about what you owe me later, for now, so don''t forget about it." Gan sat back and stretched in his chair. Pink''s eyes were twitching nonstop, just when she was seeing him in a better light, it all turned dark. "Come to Pallet Town. I can get you what you need, what exactly do you want?" Pink was cursing Gan so much in her mind. "Hmm, what do I want?" Gan''s gaze landed on Pink''s body, then he smiled. "You perv, don''t go too far. Don''t get any crazy ideas in that corrupted shameless head of yours." Pink''s expression changed dramatically, as she quickly covered her ?h?st. "Huh? What are you thinking? How old are you anyway? I never could have imagined that kids these days had such filthy minds. The world is doomed, it''s over for the younger generation. I just ate, please don''t make me vomit." Gan''s expression was filled with disgust when looking at Pink, but he was laughing inside. "W-W-What? Y-you!" Pink''s hand was shaking as she pointed at Gan with a red face. Indeed, Gan had never said anything about what he wanted, but his gaze caused her to ?ssume and conclude. For him to say that she had a filthy mind¡ªreally upset her. Pink had never faced someone so shameless and cunningly vulgar before. "What do you want then?" Pink asked while grounding her teeth. "I was wondering, can you get me an Egg Incubator? I want 2 of them if possible, so can you or what?" Chapter 55 - Next Objective! Pink sunk into deep thought for a moment, it was obvious what he would need an Incubator for. Something like an Egg Incubator wasn''t something hard for her to acquire. Pink told him that she could get 2 Egg Incubators with ease. After all, she had to hatch her Clefairy from one in the past. "Oh, so I can go to Pallet now and you''ll have the incubators for me?" Gan eyes formed into crescents. "Well, not now. It''ll take some time for me to..." "There it is." Gan interrupted and said. He was expecting this for some reason. "Wait, hear me out! I can have them in 2 weeks, how about that?" There was some embarrassment in her tone, she felt like Gan believed her to be incompetent of anything. "Let me ask you something. You''re a trainer, right? How old are you?" Gan had asked this before, but she didn''t answer him. "I''m 15, so I qualify to start my adventure and challenge the league," Pink said with great pride. She even pulled out her Pokedex, and wouldn''t believe it¡ªit was Pink and White. Gan was stunned, he already knew what this meant. Speaking of which, her nickname was Pink. At that, he had heard that there was a guy nicknamed Blue as well. Of course, he knew who Blue was but he was surprised that he was present in this world. Gan was starting to sense a pattern here, did this mean that there were other people who went by colors or something? "Me and friends decided that we would all start our journey in 2 weeks from now." Pink smiled just thinking about it, her tone was filled with emotion. "...." Gan couldn''t say anything, if he grew up in this world he would have done the same thing with his friends. "Okay, you can meet me in Pewter City in a month from now. I''ll wait for you in the Pokemon Center, you can''t miss me." Gan stated his arrangements. "Hmm, I can do that. I''ll definitely be in Pewter at that time, ready to challenge the Gym Leader." Pink couldn''t agree more with this arrangement, it gave her time and she would be on her adventure as well. Pink and Gan conversed for a while as she brought up many topics. She said her dream was to challenge all Regional Leagues across the world. Gan was the same, he wanted to do exactly that in the future. For him, it all started when he got into the Hoenn Region. Gan also gave her a heads up that the Gym Leader was a Rock-type gym, something she actually didn''t know. Pink asked him how he knew and he said he fought him before. With a stunned expression, she asked him how it went. Gan flashed his badge and told her to be the judge of that. Pink was shocked, but when she thought about it when recalling Gan''s Pokemon¡ªshe understood. Pink knew what Rock-types were weak against, thus, she would be prepared for Brock. She understood that she may not be an opponent for Gan. Pink''s expression sank when she recalled wanting to battle him. "I guess so, I''ll see you then." Gan nodded and said. "Hmm, do you need any help packing things up here?" Pink looked around and asked. "Nah, me and my Pokemon will be staying for a bit longer. I don''t want to hold you up, so go on ahead." Gan shook his head and ?ssured. "Okay, I''ll see you on that day then, bye-bye," Pink recalled her Clefairy, who was sitting on the grass talking to Machop about something. Pink turned and started to walk away, she looked back a few times at Gan before disappearing into the forest. "Hmm, that chick''s parents are mad loaded, I can tell," Gan squinted and said to himself. Gan reheated the pot since its temperatures had lowered. He had recalled Grimer sometime ago, he was saddened that it couldn''t join everyone. Gan felt like Grimer was cursed to be the way that it was. A few trees died where it was staying, they had visibly withered. With a sigh, he summoned Gyarados, Chansey, Nidorina, Nidorino, and few other Pokemon. Gyarados levitated off the ground before landing on it and coiling its body up like a snake. Machop, Mankey, and Sandshrew were in charge of handing out the food to everyone. Gan didn''t say anything, he just relaxed and sat back in his chair staring into the sky. "The world of Pokemon, huh?" Gan muttered to himself. It was just too amazing, but what was even more amazing was that god-like entity he met. The one that sent him here, he knew that he wouldn''t have such an amazing opportunity in his lifetime, so he took it. Going to the Pokemon world, who could pass something like that up? Gan camped for a while, it was 3 something Pm when he left Pewter City. Currently, it was getting late out. Gyarados was a big Pokemon, so it naturally needed to eat more than the rest. It finished off the pot of food after everyone had gotten themselves some. Gan stored everything he took out of his storage before recalling all of his Pokemon. He didn''t recall Growlithe, though. Instead, she walked by his side while doing little prances every now and then. He was currently heading back to Viridian City. Gan wanted to go back early. Once he arrived back in Viridian, he sat on a bench as he watched other people going on their way. Gan was just enjoying himself today, he was so uptight when he first arrived here, so he needed this. Despite relaxing, he still thought about his next move and what he would do afterward. It was no telling when Warren would give him a call. So, Gan wanted to do some leveling up for his Pokemon. It wasn''t like the game where people would be waiting around trying to battle you, he needed to do that on his own. Gan found that beating large groups of Pokemon or defeating wild Pokemon was his best bet. Unfortunately, the best place for that was Viridian Forest right now. Perhaps he could head back into Beedrill''s territory, but he would still need to be very careful. "How exciting." As dangerous as it was, it got his blood pumping with just thought of the mayhem it would cause. "Oh, it''ll be our training day, girl. I need to get you to a certain level before evolving you." Just like Clefairy, it was best to hold out on Evolving Growlithe so soon. Viridian Forest was a forest dominated by Bug-type Pokemon. With this, it was the best place for Koffing, Grimer, Growlithe, Pidgeotto, Gyarados, Nidorino, Nidorina, Ghastly, and Haunter to level. Gan really wanted to quickly level Abra into a Kadabra. Its level was just too low, but it leveled up after eating with Gan recently. It was normally leveled up in this way by most trainers. They usually just fed and spent time with it until it evolved. Abra spoke to Gan telepathically, and it told him that it didn''t like Beedrill. Gan thought that none of his Pokemon like that Wasp at this point. Honestly, it was the only Pokemon he could really understand and hold a conversation with. However, its voice was really immature¡ªsimilar to those squeakers from his online Xbox and Playstation days. Gan held minor conversations with Abra, but they didn''t last long. Abra was always tired after talking with Gan for a certain amount of time. Gan stretched, he actually wanted to go to Pallet town tomorrow. After thinking about it, he wanted to go back to Viridian to explore and train a bit. Afterward, he wanted to go to Pallet town to conduct his robbery. He wanted to test a few of his drones in the wild before actually using them in a serious matter. All the while he was thinking, he was petting Growlithe. The sun was starting to reach its setting point, but it wasn''t quite on the horizon yet. Gan stretched his arms into the air before standing up and going to his Inn. He called forth his Machop, Koffing, Geodude, Nidorino, Nidorina, and Abra. Gan wanted to spend as much time as he could with his Pokemon by not having them confined to a Pokeball all of the time. Gan closed the curtains then changed his clothes and got into his bed. He wanted to sleep early, so he could wake up early. Tomorrow was going to be quite the day in Viridian Forest. Perhaps, he could catch himself a Pinsir¡ªif he was fortunate enough. "It''s a big day tomorrow," Gan muttered before slowly closing his eyes. Chapter 56 - The Poncho Man! Gan slept comfortably until the sun appeared through his curtains from the Horizon. He stayed asleep until he heard his alarm go off. With that, he slowly rose from his bed while stretching and yawning. Gan stepped out of his bed to eat breakfast. Growlithe looked up and gazed at Gan before putting her head down and closing her eyes again. Machop was still asleep like the rest of his Pokemon around the room. Gan stood and stretched his body before doing some pushups and sit-ups. Machop was getting up at this time, so he saw what Gan was doing. Machop looked interested and wanted to try what Gan had just got done doing. As Gan was making breakfast for himself, Machop could be seen doing Gan''s workout. Gan was going to eat some eggs and Tauros sausage he picked up at a store. (Not that kinda sausage you''re thinking about.) Growlithe turned her head and watched Machop lazily while barking something at him. If one had to guess, she was counting the number of pushups and situps Machop was doing. Gan walked in and was stunned at the scene. Even Abra was up, he was sitting calmly in the corner of the bed. Most wouldn''t be able to tell if it was sleeping or not because its eyes were always closed. "I should have had Machop doing something like this before." Gan nodded as he sat his food on the table while taking a seat. He recalled the other Pokemon who were still fast asleep in the room. Gan''s breakfast was small, he was still somewhat full from yesterday''s meal. His Pokemon felt the same, they weren''t hungry from yesterday''s experience. After eating breakfast, he took a bath before brushing and flossing his teeth. The day was still young, very young, it was still around 9 am. Gan was thinking about a few things, things that just randomly crossed his mind. For instance, he wanted to complete his Pokedex but finding Mew was simply impossible in his mind. Gan could only think of one solution to find Mew, and that was by getting Mewtwo. Every time Mewtwo did something big, Mew wasn''t too far behind. This was evident with Pokemon The First Movie and Pokemon Origins. This also got Gan thinking about the Master Ball. However, he didn''t want to waste his Master Ball on Mewtwo or any legend he felt that he could catch. For example, he would definitely use a Master Ball on a Giratina rather than a Moltres. Machop also drunk some water after his workout, he did more situps and pushups than Gan! Gan was decently muscular because of this, but he was outclassed by Machop who had done it for the first time. Gan didn''t sweat it, this was to be expected by something like a Machop or just a Pokemon in general. Next, Gan recalled all of his Pokemon and left the room to do what he planned to do. It wasn''t even 10 am yet but he could see a few people setting up their stalls for the day. Before heading to Viridian Forest, he went to buy some more First Aid Kits. Gan walked through the entrance to Viridian Forest, but there were no kids like yesterday. Gan could see a group of people talking to a few Rangers about something. "Are you here to join in the search?" Suddenly, one of the Ranger gazed towards Gan and asked. "Search? Search for what? I''m only here to train my Pokemon in this forest." Gan said in reply. "Hmm, I see. Ah, I remember, you pass by here yesterday." The Ranger was enlightened. "You said a search, what are they searching for?" Gan was curious and asked. "They''re searching for a missing rich kid, his father resides in Viridian City. His son and his 2 friends hadn''t come back from the forest since they ventured in." "Oh... okay." Gan nodded, but he secretly shook his head. The rich kid had to be that guy that died to poison back then. The rest of the people here were only here to visit Viridian City, they were coming from Pewter. Gan waited for these people to clear out and get out of his way. The Rangers found that these people weren''t here to participate. Apparently, there seemed to be no one else who gave two craps about this search. Gan showed them his identification since it was mandatory. Suddenly, a man walked over. He was wearing a fiery patterned Poncho with a red shirt underneath it. The Poncho man wore brown pants and brown cowboy boots. His hair was fiery red and so were his eyes, his expression looked laid back and relaxed while sporting a cowboy hat. "Are you here for the search?" Another Ranger asked him the same question. "Yes, I''m perfect for this little job. However, if I find nothing then I''ll still have to get paid for wasting my time." The man said with a smile. "Of course, but if you find any clues, you''ll be paid far more and rewarded. The Family head has already sent a task force inside, so you may run into them." The man nodded and looked towards Gan, who still had his identification card out. With a glimpse, the Poncho man was able to inspect it swiftly. "Oh, you''re a trainer. At that, you''ve already landed your first badge. I could use a partner, why don''t you join me in the search?" The Poncho man said with a wide smile. The few people around gasped in shock that he would say something like that. To dare talk like about the young master of that family! "Ahahaha! He is indeed dead, but why not search? That''s free money, how could I pass that up?" The Poncho man laughed and agreed with Gan. "You two! How dare you talk about my young master like that!?" The man that spoke was a donut hair-styled old man with white hair, he was dressed like a butler wearing a suit. The man in the poncho dug into his ear nonchalantly, ignoring the old man while keeping his gaze on Gan. Gan''s expression fell, all he said was the guy was probably dead, why was this old man getting so upset about the ''possible truth''. "So, what do you think, you wanna group with me?" The Poncho man continued to smile and asked again. "Hey, don''t ignore me! Did you 2 hear me!?" The old man kept hollering before he walked over with some guards wearing black suits and glasses. They looked like those special agents he saw back in his old world when he watched those action movies. "Old man, can you s**t the f**k up!" The Poncho man turned and said coldly. This old kept yelling for his age, was he trying to die quicker? "H-How dare you? Do you know who I am? I can make you disappear with a single word." The old pointed at the Poncho man and said threateningly, clearly even more infuriated. "I don''t like being threatened! Go! Destroy this Oldman, Infernape!" The man tossed a Pokeball with a chilling expression. Gan was shocked, it was an Infernape! This caused Gan''s mouth to open wide, just who was this guy? "Knock them away and slapped them butler silly!" Infernape acted on his command, it punched the 2 bodyguards flying before slapping the butler silly. The Butler was even more shocked, but not until he was slapped up and fainted. "T-this..: The Rangers all around were speechless, but the old man tossed out threats first. ''How defiant!'' Gan''s eyes flickered with admiration for this Poncho man. Then, he scanned Infernape, it was his first time seeing a Pokemon from a different Region. _ |Name: Infernape |Type: Fire/Fighting |Level: 53 |Ability: Iron Fist (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly |Moves: Mach Punch| Flame Charge| Fury Swipes| (TM)Fire Blast| (TM)Flamethrower| (TM)Sword Dance| Close Combat| Acrobatics| (Egg)Thunderpunch| (TM)Poison Jab| (TM)Shadow Claw| (TM)Stone Edge| (TM)Sunny Day| _ Infernape turned around and flexed its muscles. All the while, the other Rangers ran over to check on the butler. "You see that? Anyone that threatens you, you show them what pain is!" The Poncho man turned to Gan and said. Gan just slowly nodded, but he couldn''t just beat people like that in the open. He was new to this world, he couldn''t just offend people. However, secretly, he wouldn''t have a problem ending someone like that; at least in this world. "Now, what do you think about going on a little search with me?" The Poncho man smirked. "There, it''s me and him. So, he can sign his name as well. We expect payment after our hard search in Zone 2." The Poncho man turned to a Ranger, he was the one who gave out the payment to volunteers. "Huh?" Gan''s expression changed when he heard him talking about entering Zone 2. "Uh, right! Trainer, sign here." The Ranger came out of his stupor before turning to Gan. Gan had already agreed to go, this wasn''t what he was expecting when he came here. So, he signed the paper with a strange expression. "Don''t worry, if you go with me I''ll be sure you don''t suffer any losses. You''ll be protected, I just need some company when traveling through such a place." The Poncho man laughed and patted Gan on the back. Gan scoffed in his heart, he was here to power train, but in this case, power level. He thought about the pros and cons. There were very few cons, but could he trust this guy? Was he setting him up or something? The guy clearly had some powerful Pokemon and this was Gan''s first time meeting him. There was no reason for him to plot against him, he thought. After signing the paper, they were both given a rainbow flower insignia that they attached to their shirts. Afterward, they both went on their way with Infernape following next to them. "I know, you think I''m up to something, but I''m not. I''m only here to make a quick buck and afterward, I''ll be on my way." The Poncho man stretched and kept walking. "You involved me in a dangerous situation, I hope you can help me with a few things later." Gan thought about it and decided to take advantage of this strong trainer. "Oh, and what would that be?" The Poncho man narrowed his eyes and asked. "I don''t know yet, but it''ll probably be soon." Gan knew well what he wanted. "Oh, excuse my manners, my name is Royce. I''m from a different Region from here, I come from Sinnoh." Royce formally introduced himself. "My name is Gan." Gan wasn''t surprised to hear this as he continued, "By the way, why would you be here of all places, so far away from home?" Gan wondered. "This is apart of my training, so I''ve come to explore other Regions before challenging them again." Royce sighed deeply when recalling his experiences back then. They were unknowingly entering deeper into Viridian Forest. They were also secretly being watched by a Ranger, he was being sure that they were entering the beyond Regions of this Forest. After seeing them enter, the Ranger waited a while before leaving to confirm all of this to his superior. Meanwhile, Gan asked him who he was talking about when he mentioned challenging someone. Royce stated that he challenged the Elite 4 back in Sinnoh, but he lost to one of the Elite members. "Which one?" Gan was stunned and asked. "It was that Birtha. That damned old lady keeps defeating me." Royce''s expression fell after recalling every failed attempt against her. Royce even went on to say that he challenge the Elite 4 here in this Region. At first, they said he couldn''t without the 8 badges of this Region. However, Lance gave him the green light to try. Unfortunately, he ended losing to Lorelei on the first attempt! Gan was speechless, it truly su?k?d to suck, he thought. At this point, they had entered Zone 2. "Help...Ahhhhhhh~!!!" Right as they entered they heard some screaming. "Ah s**t, here we go again!" Gan gazed in the direction where the screaming could be heard. Chapter 57 - Minor Confrontation. Gan and Royce heard a scream that sounded soul-wrenching. When Royce heard Gan say here we go again, his thoughts began to jumble, was this normal here? Right then, a man ran out of the forest towards them. He had sustained some injuries, but they were minor from what Gan could see. "Wow, wow, calm down! Tell us what happened to you, and where''s everyone else?" Royce stepped forward to check the man''s condition. "W-we were ambushed by a large group of Pokemon being led by a Beedrill. There weren''t just Beedrill, but all sorts of Poison Pokemon but they backed off and left once most of us were dead!" The man''s expression was filled with terror, they had been practically swarmed by these Pokemon. "Well, this isn''t something out of the ordinary. I''m guessing your buddies are all dead?" Royce shook his head. There was hierarchy set up here with Pokemon running their own gangs and turfs, so he heard. "I-I don''t know, but my Pokemon need to be taken to the Pokemon Center! I can''t stay here, I have to go, it''s your funeral if you want to continue ahead. I''m not getting paid enough for this sh**!" The man said no more and ran towards the exit of this Zone. Right as the man was running away, they saw a shadow quickly swooped down on him. Gan''s expression changed dramatically, as he witnessed the man''s head being removed from his shoulders! His head flew into the forest to never be seen again. Blood shot out of the man''s neck like a water fountain before his body shuddered and fell to its knees, and collapsed. Royce''s expression turned cold and serious witnessing such a dreadful scene. This wasn''t something he hadn''t seen before, but it was never something so sudden. Infernape had seen everything in slow motion, it had caught the moments of the attacker with ease. Infernape only frowned at the scene, but due to the emotions of his trainer, it was taking things seriously this time around. Gan had seen some wild things since he had come here, but he still wasn''t used to this type of brutality. His stomach churned, it felt like he was about to vomit at any moment as his expression twisted. "Hold it in, it''s also doing this to intimidate you." Royce peeked at Gan and knew his situation from his expression. What appeared before them was a Beedrill. Gan held it together by taking several quick breaths before scanning the Beedrill. |Name: Beedrill |Type: Bug/Poison |Level: 28 |Gender: Male |Ability: Sniper (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Rash |Moves: Twineedle| Fury Attack| Rage| Pursuit| Focus Energy| Venoshock| Assurance| ... "Bzzp!" There was no telling what Beedrill was saying, but its head turned to Infernape. It was feeling quite threatened by its presence. Beedrill hovered in place, flapping its wings at speeds hard to process with the n?k?d eye before it swiped its bladed limbs¡ªtossing the residue blood away to the ground. At that moment, the sound of loud buzzing could be heard from the forest. Gan was speechless, he was actually starting to hate a Pokemon for the first time in forever. He had run into many annoying Pokemon constantly in the game, but they were annoying to him and not hated. With a disgusted expression, Gan revealed two Pokemon balls. He summoned Growlithe and Pidgeotto for this bout. "That sounds like a lot of Beedrill." Royce frowned. However, Infernape''s expression never changed, it was very confident in its strength. Right then, a large swarm of Beedrill flew over and ahead, as if they were heeding this Beedrill''s call. From what Gan could see, these Beedrill were lower in level while very few of them had 2-star ratings, but nothing higher than this. Infernape knitted its eyebrows seeing this swarm of Beedrill, it was no telling what it was thinking. "It looks like I have to take things a bit seriously, but my team is designed to handle such Pokemon." Royce sneered before throwing another Pokeball out, summoning it. Royce summoned a Camerupt, its body emitted shocking heat once it appeared. This caused the Beedrill in the sky to momentarily paused. They seem to understand something, this Pokemon wasn''t something they could easily get close to. Gan''s smiled in astonishment. He was started to feel eager to travel more than ever now. Seeing Pokemon that weren''t even in this region being put to use like this, he felt some kind of way about it. However, resolve wash over him because he hadn''t even been in this world long, nor had he caught half of the Pokemon in this Region. ... |Name: Camerupt |Type: Fire/Ground |Level: 56 |Gender: Male |Ability: Magma Armor |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Moves: Ember| Focus Energy| Magnitude| Flame Burst| Amnesia| Lave Plume| Earth Power| Eruption| (TM)Overheat| (TM)Stone Edge| (TM)Flamethrower| (TM)FireBlast| (TM)Sunny Day| (TM)Solar Beam| ... It was even stronger than his Infernape! Gan surmised that this might be his strongest Pokemon if he lost to the Lorelei of the Elite 4. Now Gan was certain, he was indeed a fire-type trainer, it couldn''t be any more clearer at this point. Gan turned back to Beedrill and tightened his awareness pertaining to the situation. The Beedrill that killed the man paused for a moment, it seemed very hesitant now. "What? You''re scared now? I''d expect nothing less from a mere bug that I can squash with a single fist!" Royce laughed and taunted the Beedrill leader, he really looked down on bug-type Pokemon¡ªin all honesty. Infernape stood right next to him while grinning, glaring at the Beedrill with provocation. Pidgeotto, on the other hand, seemed ready to attack at any moment. "Bzzztzz!" The will to kill flared up in Beedrill''s heart. How dare this lowly human look down on him? Beedrill gave out its orders, then the swarm of Beedrill that were hesitant, attacked! "I thought so! Camerupt, use Ember! Infernape, you use acrobatics. Leap off of Camerupt''s back for some leverage." Royce ordered as he pointed towards the group of Beedrill rushing over. All at once, Infernape climbed onto Camerupt''s back and leaped off for leverage. "Roar!" Infernape Roared before flipped and chopped down on one of the Beedrill before using its collapsing body as leverage to jump to the next target to attack. Gan was a little dumbfounded, this guy was indeed an expert. "Pidgeotto and Growlithe, help them out!" This was like music to Pidgeotto''s ears, it quickly took to the sky and went straight for the leader, who was watching. No one could understand the expression of a Beedrill, since it would never change. Growlithe''s eyes flashed before she ran beside Camerupt. She started shooting off Ember shots just like Camerupt, she was clearly trying to compete with it. Camerurpt thought Growlithe was a little cute¡ªwhen it saw how she was trying to compete with him. Gan didn''t even get a chance to tell them what moves he wanted them to use before they went off to attack. Growlithe wanted to compete and Pidgeotto wanted to kill Beedrill. "...." Gan just watched. "Haha, you''re Pokemon are hot-blooded, who would have guessed?" Royce laughed at the side, he understood what had happened as he could see it clearly. "Hmm..." Gan didn''t say anything and just watched instead. Pidgeotto kept swinging its wings of light at the Beedrill leader, while Beedrill tried to use its Twineedle on Pidgeotto. They were both dodging each other attacks and constantly going at it with one another. "Geodude, use rockslide on that Leader Beedrill," Gan whispered to Geodude, he obviously wanted to sneak attack this Beedrill. At this point, it was raining Beedrill; they all slumped onto the ground from one hit. A small space opened and several rocks came crashing down over Beedrill, who wasn''t expecting this. Pidgeotto''s eyes flashed with joy, this was its chance! "Pidgeotto, don''t kill it." Gan hurriedly and said. He seemed to have thought of something when he saw Beedrill. Royce had seen and felt many things before, so he was certain this Pideotto was out for blood. Pidgeotto heard Gan''s order. Despite being reluctant, it listened and nailed Beedrill right across the abdomen. Beedrill''s body went stiff before it landed on the ground unmoved, it was defeated just like that. Many Beedrill had been defeated by this point. Seeing the situation and the defeat of their leader, some turned and fled. Infernape flipped and chopped one of the Beedrill on the head before attaching itself to Beedrill''s back for a safe landing. Gan heard several notifications stating that Growlithe, Geodude, and Pidgeotto had leveled up. Geodude was now level 23, Growlithe was now 26, and Pidgeotto was at level 23. The Beedrill Leader''s body spasmed and twitched every now and then. Gan started throwing Pokeballs around like a Baseball player at every single Beedrill. Royce knitted eyebrows as he watched from the side, he wondered why Gan would want to catch so my of these weak Pokemon. "Geodude, drag that Beedrill over here. I wanna figure something out from this guy, he must know something." Gan summoned Abra afterward. He could speak with Abra, and Abra naturally knew what Beedrill was saying. Geodude didn''t hesitate in the slightest, he went over and dragged Beedrill to Gan by its leg. "What are planning on doing with this Beedrill?" Royce was curious and asked. Camerupt, Infernape, and Growlithe walked over, while Pidgeotto landed near Gan''s side. "Answers.." Gan glared at the unconscious Beedrill knowingly. Chapter 58 - Two In One Go! The battlefield was emptied, and with the Beedrill defeated¡ªGan went with his next course of plans. Gan ordered Machop and Geodude to tie up Beedrill, he was tied up to a thick log. The log was supported by thick wooden sticks that were implanted in the ground, with Beedrill placed in a roastery-like position. Gan had already sold enough Beedrill at the Pewter City Branch, so it was best to just sell these at the Celedon Branch later. Royce scratched his head in confusion, he wondered what Gan meant by trying to get answers. Was he going to question a Beedrill, could he understand Pokemon speech? Royce looked at Gan in shock, was he one of those special people who could understand Pokemon''s language? "Alright, Abra, you''re going to be ?ssisting me on understanding what this Beedrill is saying." Gan rubbed little Abra''s head and said with a grin. This was his favorite Pokemon Evolutionary line, with it being Alakazam. "Abraaa~!" Abra seemed happy to help, it levitated off the ground and floated next to Beedrill. Beedrill was currently knocked out, so it didn''t budge or react to anything. "Ah, so that''s how it is." Royce knew about Psychic Pokemon''s innate ability to communicate, via the mind. They could even link the mind of other Pokemon and the Trainer, allowing them to communicate in this way. However, this wasn''t what Gan going to do, he was going to have Abra synergize his communication brain lengths to understand the Pokemon language for a bit. This wouldn''t last for long, but it should be long enough to get some answers. Infernape and Camerupt stood beside Royce, waiting to see what would happen next. They saw how Beedrill was tied up and were curious, after all, this was how their food was cooked in some cases. Abra raised its hand and touched the unconscious Beedrill on its forehead before floating to do the same to Gan. "I''m guessing he''s linking you, so you can understand the language of Beedrill?" Royce wasn''t sure, so he asked to confirm. "Yes. Once this Beedrill starts talking, I''ll be able to understand what it is saying." Gan nodded and confirmed. "I would also like to understand it, is there a way for me as well?" Royce wondered what this Beedrill would possibly say. "Of course. Abra, modify his brain lengths." Abra hovered over and touched Royce''s head before floating back over to Beedrill. "Horseeea!" Horsea appeared in Gan''s arms, he was going to need Horsea for reasons. Gan proceeded to revive Beedrill and after 2 minutes, it awakened. "What is this? Why can''t I move?!" Beedrill''s tone was filled with anger. Gan was a little stunned, he really could understand it now! "You''re going to answer my questions and we won''t let you go until you do." Gan smiled and said off to the side. "Humans, you better let me go, or else!" Beedrill''s words were full of threat. "No. Growlithe, set the wood beneath him on fire, it looks like we''ll be seeing roasted Beedrill soon," Gan spoke indifferently, he wasn''t the least bit fazed by Beedrill''s threats. Growlithe showed no hesitation and lit to wood on fire. "Ah, you traitors! You''re slaves to humans, you''ve turned on your own kind!" Beedrill was furious. "My first question, I want to know about this territory, tell more about it," Gan wanted to know more about this forest. Powerful trainers usually didn''t bother to explore deeper into these forests, but of course, a few did. "Unbelievable! A mere overgrown Bee can talk like this? Bug, you better start answering the questions, or else." Royce was stunned a first, but never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that a Beedrill would be this arrogant. "Human, you...ARG!!" The fire beneath Beedrill was growing stronger, clearly, it was starting to affect him more. "Oh, that doesn''t look good. You better start telling me everything or you''ll be roasted in no time." Gan grinned as he watched the suffering of Beedrill, this Pokemon was too damn annoying. "Okay, Okay! I-I rule this Zone, but the other Zones are ruled by other Lords!" Beedrill hurriedly and said. "This is Zone 2 according to us Humans, who are the other rulers, and what is their strength?" This was something Gan really wanted to know; the more information, the better. "ARG!" Beedrill couldn''t respond. The fire was really taking its toll on it now. Gan quickly had Horsea use its water to alleviate some of its pain. Royce only glared at the Beedrill, not saying a word. "T-There are other territories within the forest ahead, much deeper in. These territories are broken into 3 areas that are ruled by 3 lords." Beedrill explained in a forceful and stressful manner. "Three lords? What Pokemon species are they?" Gan was curious to know, this was really important. Beedrill surprisingly warned Gan, this could be to gain some points to ensure its survival. All the while, Gan sunk into deep thought. The lords were Venomoth, Scyther, and Pinsir of all bug-type Pokemon. "We''ve already investigated, technically. The whole search crew was wiped out by a Beedrill swarm; that body is enough proof." Royce figured what Gan wanted to do at this point. From what Royce had seen earlier, this guy liked to catch Pokemon of all sorts. "Alright. I would like your help with this expedition. I want to head towards the North to fight and catch Scyther first." Gan made his decision. Scyther was too good of a Pokemon to pass up, it was a worthy Pokemon as it was and after it evolved. "Hahaha! Let''s go then." Royce laughed and took out a pen and paper. He then proceeded to write something on it before he started taking photos of the dead body. Gan didn''t say anything, he instead had Horsea put out the fire searing at Beedrill''s body. "You can let me go now, right?" Beedrill asked hopefully. "Let you go? You just killed a human and you want to be let off just like that?" Gan looked at Beedrill like it was an idiot. "Abra, Shadow Ball this clown!" Gan sneered. Abra complied almost immediately before launching a Purple-Black ball at Beedrill. The Shadow Ball had black strands of lightning circulating around it; that would flicker every now and then. Beedrill was already weakened, so all it took was one Shadow Ball to defeat it. Beedrill was furious, it felt like it had been duped in some way. [Ding!... Abra has risen to level 12!] [Ding!... Abra has risen to level 13!] [Ding!... Abra has risen to level 14!] [Ding!... Abra has risen to level 15!] [Ding!... Abra has risen to level 16!] ... Suddenly, strange energy surged around Abra''s body¡ªwhen it was engulfed in white light. That originally meditating-like pose was starting to stand straight up. Royce looked over, he was stunned for a moment, but this was something he had seen many times before. However, he still couldn''t keep his eyes off the whole evolution proccess. Gan was just happier to see this result. The light exploded into sparkles, to reveal his newly evolved Pokemon. ... |Name: Kadabra |Type: Psychic |Level: 16 |Gender: Male |Ability: Synchronize |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Confusion| Teleport| (Egg)Psychic Terrain| (TM)Shadowball| (TM)DreamEater| (SP)Gravity| (SP)WonderRoom| (TM)Hidden Power(Ice)| It had learned Confusion "That never gets old," Royce mumbled to himself. Infernape, on the other, was clapping and congratulating Abra. Camerupt didn''t note anything or give the impression that it was impressed with Kadabra''s ascension. "Congratulations, Kadabra." Gan was the happiest, obviously. He patted Kadabra on the shoulder while commending him. At that moment, Royce summoned another Pokemon from a Pokeball. Afterward, he passed the Pokemon a letter. It was a Charizard! ... |Name: Charizard |Type: Fire/Flying |Level: 53 |Gender: Female |Ability: Blaze |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Flamethrower| (TM)Fire Blast| Dragon Rage| Flame Burst| Fire Fang| Slash| Ember| Air Slash| Smokescreen| Wing Attack| (TM)Solar Beam| (TM)Hyper Beam| (TM)Sunny Day| (TM)Dragon Claw| ... "Go hand this letter to the men near the Viridian forest Outpost, they''ll need to see it." Royce was going to use his Charizard to deliver this message, while he explored deeper. He told his Charizard that he would be going North of this forest. Charizard nodded and took the letter before quickly flying off. ''This guy and his Mono-type team are gonna have trouble in the long run, why not mix it up?'' Gan thought to himself. "Well then, shall we continue our little journey up North?" Royce smirked. He was interested in exploring this forest a bit more. "Yeah, just give me a second." Gan nodded and turned back towards the dead body on the road and sighed but he could look for long or he might end up vomiting again. Gan summoned Machop. He could only have his Pokemon absorb exp once from Beedrill per Pokemon. Gan revived Beedrill and each of them beat it into fainting every time it woke up. Machop leveled up to 26 and Geodude finally leveled up to 25 and started to Evolve! Gan laughed joyously, two Pokemon had evolved just like that. ... |Name: Graveler |Type: Rock/Ground |Level: 25 |Gender: Male |Ability: Rock Head |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Rollout| (SP)RockSlide| Defense Curl| Tackle| Rock Polish| SmackDown| Bulldoze| (TM)Sandstorm| Self-Destruct| ... Even Graveler was jumping with joy about its evolution, it had come so far it believed. "Well, dang, two in one day!" Royce was speechless. All of this from beating on a Beedrill, what was this all about? "Haha, all in a day''s work." Gan nonchalantly tossed a Pokeball at the Beedrill and caught it with ease. He would sell it to the Celedon Branch when he got there in the future. "Now, we can head North." Gan stretched and said. "Perfect. I have a quicker way to reach the northern hemisphere of this forest." Royce pulled out another Pokeball and summoned yet another Pokemon. The Pokemon revealed itself to be a Rapidash! It gave a horse-like yelp before standing up halfway on its hind legs and coming down. "Come back guys, for now," Royce recalled his Camerupt and Infernape before hopping onto Rapidash''s back. "This can work, but I know how Rapidash is about trusting people. If I were to get on its back, I could be burned to death by those flames." Gan knew this much, things would get bad if it decided that it didn''t trust him. "Rapidash, we''ll be having another passenger. Don''t hurt this fella with your fire, okay." Royce looked down at Rapidash and said. Rapidash looked over at Gan, and into his eyes for some strange reason before giving a cry of approval. "There we go, it has been settled. She''s my strongest Pokemon, she''ll make it work." Royce smiled and said. "Alright!" Gan quickly recalled his Pokemon and got on behind Royce. Hearing that it was his strongest Pokemon, Gan scanned Rapidash and found that it was at level 58! "Hold on!" Right as Royce said that, Rapidash sped off at unbelievable speeds. "Ah!" Gan widened his eyes in shock. Chapter 59 - North Viridian Forest! Rapidash ran through the forest pathway unhindered and unprovoked. There were some Pokemon looking to provoke Rapidash, but when they saw those flames and sensed its power; that all changed quickly. Their instincts got them knowing that it was best to not bother Rapidash and the Human duo. Gan spotted several Pokemon peeking out of bushes or just standing in the forest in general. They all stared at them as they passed by, while some even ran away. "Now, this feels good, huh? Going through the forest unhindered and unchallenged." Royce laughed when gazed at those Pokemon avoiding them. "It does, it seems they know what they would be in for it if they tried anything." Gan had long noticed this. They keep going and going, roaming and roaming. It was then that they came across a fork in the path that led into three different directions. -North, East, and West- Of course, without hesitation, they took the Northern route. The trees were starting to get thicker and greener, and different Pokemon also started to appear here. Gan spotted some Weepinbells and Glooms so far, but Gan was certain he would see some newer Pokemon. Royce stopped and Gan got off to battle these Pokemon and catch them for his Pokedex entry. Gan used Kadabra to fight these Pokemon, even though their levels were clearly higher. Kadabra could teleport and use Super-effective moves on them. Defeating such Pokemon landed Kadabra a lot of experience points, so it leveled up quite a bit. Afterward, they continue up North. It was the deep North within Viridian Forest, but this didn''t mean it was going to get cold here, in fact, it was getting warmer. Pikachu''s could be seen in trees eating fruits they had picked from them. They must be a family or something because there were 5 to 6 of them. Gan wanted to capture one at least, but he was certain that it would fail, so he could only wait. As they continued up North, the trees changed again into tropical island palm trees. Gan was stunned at the sight, he never could have imagined that something like this was in Viridian Forest. And there, they saw a large reservoir, it was a huge body of water; pretty much a lake if you didn''t know. Gan turned and spotted a duo of Bulbasaur''s eating berries off a bush. Many Exeggcute were spotted near the water drinking from it. Not even Royce was expecting such a scene, every Pokemon seemed at peace here. However, Gan''s expression showed great change once he saw a certain group of Pokemon near the water. |Name: Squirtle |Type: Water |Level: 14 |Gender: Female |Ability: Torrent |Potential: ¡ï |Nature: Rash |Moves: Tackle| Tail Whip| Water Gun| Rapid Spin| Withdraw| Bite| ... |Type: Water |Level: 15 |Gender: Male |Ability: Rain Dish (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Tackle| Tail Whip| Water Gun| Rapid Spin| Withdraw| Bite| ... |Name: Wartortle |Level: 20 |Gender: Male |Ability: Torrent |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Quiet |Moves: Protect| Water Pulse| Tackle| Tail Whip| Water Gun| Withdraw| Rapid Spin| Bite| ... Their talent wasn''t exactly good, but adding them to the Dex was the most important. After all, Gan still had a mission to complete pertaining to the Pokedex. There were 2 Squirtles and 1 Wartortle hanging out on land near the water. They appeared to be stuffing their cheeks with some type of fruit, perhaps it was just large berries; Gan wasn''t sure. With that, they leaped in the water and swam away. Exeggcute''s group quickly scurried away towards the forest. "Cowards!" Gan was upset seeing them run away so fast, but this was to be expected. "I think we came in a little too hot, haha!" Royce chuckled, he meant hot in more ways than one. They could be considered to be in the Northern Hemisphere of Viridian Forest. This part of the forest had many different types of Pokemon. Pokemon that Gan wouldn''t have thought would appear. Unknowingly to them, they were being watched by a pair of eyes. Afterward, the silhouette turned around and left into the distance. At this time, Royce and Gan got off of Rapidash once they reached the large reservoir. In the middle of the reservoir, there was a little piece of land with Pokemon sitting on it. Gan couldn''t tell what Pokemon they were, but he was sure some of them were Slowpokes. "How deep do you think the lake is?" Gan looked at the lake that revealed his reflection. His red and blue eyes and black long hair were on full display. "I''m sure it''s really deep, it should house many different water-type Pokemon. I believe the deeper you go, the stronger the Pokemon become. I could be wrong, but I''m not for water-type Pokemon, at least when it comes to fighting them." Royce only speculated, but this made the most sense when Gan came to it. The more dangerous and weirder things lurked in the depths. Gan summoned Gyarados, who appeared in the water and gave a roar upon being called forth. Royce scratched his head, he was wondering if his counting was wrong or something, but he didn''t comment about it. "Gyarados, just like you did near that lake before. I need you to draw out some Pokemon that are weaker looking, and don''t go too deep." Gan gave out his orders carefully, he didn''t know anything about this place. This wasn''t something that appeared in the anime or the games, so he was unsure about their possible strength levels. Gyarados nodded before turning and diving into the lake to seek out the inhabitants. "I really will have to teach this girl some TM''s later, she will be useful for traversing the seas and oceans." Gyarados was currently at level 22 and she had learned the Waterfall skill, which was a high-powered water-type move. "This would be a good place to camp from the looks of it, but when it boils down to it; you have to remember where you are." Royce was surveying the area when saying this, making sure to remind himself that this place wasn''t exactly safe. "Yeah, I don''t plan on staying here, I''m only here to train and catch wild Pokemon." Gan turned towards the tropical trees, bushes... the forest itself. He could see a small mountain in the distance behind the forest. There were mainly Bug, Grass, Rock, and Ground types in this part of the forest, but Gan didn''t know that. Rapidash''s head turned towards the large lake as if it had sensed something there. "That was fast." Gan saw many ripples surging on the surface of the water. Water splashed wildly into the air when two figures emerged. Gyarados was obviously one of the figures, but she was carrying a wild and aggressive Pokemon in her jaws. She couldn''t for long, when she was hit by one of it powerful claw strikes, prompting her to throw it away and roar. ... |Name: Kingler |Type: Water |Level: 28 |Gender: Male |Ability: Shell Armor |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Lonely |Moves: Water Gun| Leer| Harden| Metal Claw| Mud Shot| Protect| Bubble Beam| Stomp| ... It was already amazing that Gyarados was able to bring such a Pokemon to the surface. This was a new sighting for Gan, and boy, this crab was huge! Kingler was enraged from being disturbed by Gyarados, who suddenly attacked it out of nowhere. There was a bit of frost on its shell, but nothing serious that would hamper its ability to fight. "COO-KIE!!" Kingler said something that made it sound like it was saying cookies, before shooting a thick line of bubbles at Gyarados. Once these hit a target, they would explode on the foe''s body, causing damage. Gyarados didn''t need to think about this, it quickly dove into the water and dodged. "Machop, you''re up!" Gan didn''t have any viable electric Pokemon. The only electric Pokemon he had was a Voltorb he caught from back then, but Machop could use an electric move. "Chop!" Machop stared at the crab that was clearly bigger than him in size. Machop was currently at level 26, it wouldn''t be long before it could evolve. "Coo-K..." With Gyarados'' leave, Kingler''s gaze wandered before spotting Gan and his group. "Machop, go, charge him but beware of those claws. I want you to jump on its back and hit it with a Thunder Punch!" Gan hurriedly and commanded. Machop charged over. Seeing the incoming threat, Kingler''s target had swapped to Machop. It once against sent a thick funnel of bubbles to attack; this was clearly Bubble Beam. "Dodge to the side, don''t let it hit you," Gan said. Machop moved to the side to dodge the beam of bubbles, but Kingler began to aim the beam sideways to hit Machop. "Slide under it!" Gan hurriedly and said. Machop quickly did what it was told and slid under the beam of bubbles. Kingler was forced to stop its attack, it couldn''t continue holding up the attack for such long periods of time. Machop grinned and kept running towards Kingler. Kingler struck out with its claws, which had turned into a metallic chrome silver. Kingler was clearly using Metal Claw in this situation. Machop jumped over Kingler''s attack Zone, its fist erupted as strands of yellow lightning flashed over it. Machop flipped and landed on the top of Kingler''s body shell and slammed his lightning fist onto its back. Kingler screeched out in pain before it started to frenzy around from the lightning penetrating its shell. "Jump off of it and give it a low kick! Finish it up." Kingler had taken minor damage from Gyarados, but that Thunder Punch must have brought his health down by a lot. Kingler usually had good defense, but due to its nature, it was minus defense instead. Machop rolled off of Kingler''s back before sending a reversal low kick toward Kingler''s legs. Kingler was flipped up and into the air momentarily before falling on its back. Its eyes looked to have some strange whirls in them. It was a clean victory! Gan tossed a Pokeball at it and caught it. "Amazing! Very well done!" Royce watched the battle process closely, and couldn''t help but commend Gan. "Thanks, I haven''t really trained with them personally, so it''ll be really interesting once I really do that." Gan had not taken the time to do this for any of his Pokemon except Mankey and Sandshrew, really. "Oh, I guess you guys just click then," Royce smirked. "Yeah, I think that''s it." Machop walked over and handed the Pokeball to Gan. He hadn''t leveled up from that fight, but Gan was sure Machop was close. Gyarados was watching the fight taking place onshore, so it was aware that Kingler was defeated. Gan summoned Kingler and again and revived it. He gave it some potions to restore its health back to normal. This process wasn''t instantaneous, it took sometime to fully heal. "Alright, Kingler, you''ll be joining Gyarados there in bringing or drawing Pokemon to the surface. Don''t go too deep, you should know these waters, so you should be able to find a lot of Pokemon." Gan explained everything to Kingler. Kingler was quite annoyed by Gyarados earlier, but that had changed. Kingler jumped into the water and Gyarados followed him by diving deeper.. Gan wondered what pokemon they would bring to the surface next. Chapter 60 - Power Leveling! Time went by in a flash, and an hour had gone and passed just like that. Gyarados and Kingler had yet to surface or come back. Gan was starting to get a bit concerned¡ªwhen a figure landed next to Royce. It so happened to be his Charizard, who he had ordered to deliver a letter earlier. Gan was just sitting near the shores waiting, but he was just wasting time, he believed. With that, he turned towards the forest thicket, couldn''t he be catching Pokemon right now? "Royce, I want to catch a few Pokemon in that forest thicket over there. The Pokemon in this forest are abnormally stronger than usual, do you mind lending an ?ssist?" Gan couldn''t take any chances, he only came here because of Royce''s strength and Pokemon typing advantage. "Of course, Gan my man. Charizard, help my guy here catch some Pokemon in the forest." Royce didn''t hesitate and ordered Charizard to help Gan. Charizard nodded and walked over towards Gan. "Thanks, much appreciated." Gan had run into more helpful people in this world than he imagined, and this was a good thing. "No problem, I''ll wait here until your other guys appear out of the lake." Royce grinned and ?ssured. Afterward, Gan, Charizard, and Machop went over towards the forest thicket. He wasn''t expecting to see any Pokemon right away. Gan pushed branches aside as he slowly, but cautiously advanced through the forest. Gan summoned Koffing, Growlithe, and Rhyhorn, he may as well take the time to level a few of his Pokemon while Royce wasn''t around. The 6 of them were creeping through the forest slowly. Charizard couldn''t understand why they needed to do this, but Gan had his reasons. If anyone of those Pokemon saw and processed Charizard''s strength, they would surely make a run for it. And sure enough, they spotted a group of 3 Exeggcutes and a Bulbasaur someway away eating some berries. Gan couldn''t understand, every time he saw a Bulbasaur it was eating berries or something! ... |Name: Exeggcute |Type: Grass/Psychic |Level: 23 |Ability: Chlorophyll |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Calm |Moves: Absorb| Mega Drain| Leech Seed| Reflect| Confusion| ... |Name: Bulbasaur |Type: Grass/Poison |Level: 15 |Gender: Male |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Modest |Moves: Tackle| Growl| Vine Whip| Poison Powder| Sleep Powder| Take Down| ... Gan held his hand up, signaling everyone to not act rashly as to not spook them away. "Charizard, can you beat that Bulbasaur up a bit, while we attack the Exeggcutes?" Gan whispered and asked. The Bulbasaur actually had a really good talent worth catching and using later down the line. Charizard looked surprised for some reason, but she nodded nonetheless. "On three, I want Rhyhorn to use Horn Attack on the Exeggcute in the middle. I want Growlithe to use Flame Wheel on the one on the left. Koffing, use sludge on the one towards the right, and Charizard, you do your thing with Bulbasaur." Everyone sharpened themselves and finally, they attacked after the countdown. Everyone was taken down in one hit except the Exeggcute that Rhyhorn attacked. They all turned to attack it after beating their targets, easily defeating the Exeggcute. Pikachu seemed to love hanging out on the upper zone layers of this forest. Machop wasn''t ordered to do anything, since its moves weren''t that effective on those Pokemon from before. Gan and group continued on and on, they ran into some oddish and Bellsprouts but nothing new so far. Caterpie and Weedles continued to slither about as usual, but still nothing new. "BzzzT~!" Gan suddenly heard some buzzing and the sound of wings flapping. "That sound is all but too familiar." Gan frowned, it could be no other Pokemon than them. Gan, feeling confident, went over to investigate where the noise was coming from. After walking for a little while, he caught sight of the source. He saw 5 Beedrills surrounding another bug, but upon further inspection, Gan knew what species of Pokemon it was. It was a Pinsir much to Gan''s surprise. It was big beetle with a mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth and vice-grip-like horns on its head. Gan''s eyes widened from the sight of this Pokemon, this was a new discovery he couldn''t let slip away! ... |Name: Pinsir |Type: Bug |Gender: Female |Ability: Hyper Cutter |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Rash |Moves: Vice Grip| Focus Energy| Bing Seismic Toss| Bind| Harden| Revenge| Vital Throw| Double Hit| Brick Break| X-Scissor| ... The Beedrill group was attacking the Pinsir, they would go in for an attack and quickly back off. The Beedrill group had terrible Potential, but their levels were between 20 and 25 respectively. The Pinsir seemed to be poisoned at the point, it wasn''t going to hang on for long against this gang. "GO! Attack! Everyone take down those Beedrill, and you, Machop, you use Thunder Punch on that Pinsir." They all ran over in a frenzy, using the same attacks they had used to take down those Exeggcutes. Unlike before, Gan ordered Koffing to use Flamethrower this time around. Gan also said it was okay to hit Growlithe with the Flamethrower, in fact, he encourage Koffing to do it. With its Flash Fire ability, it would only serve to make Growlithe''s fire attacks stronger. With this all included, the group of Beedrill couldn''t regain their calm in enough time. They were ultimately defeated in the end. Machop''s Thunder Punch was canceled out because of Rhyhorn''s ability. So, Rhyhorn took the opportunity to attack Pinsir instead by using SmackDown. This move was more than enough to finish the weakened Pinsir. Pinsir looked on in shock, it glared at Rhyhorn before closing its eyes and fainting. Gan heard a series of notifications and found that a few of his Pokemon had leveled up quite a bit. Destroying Beedrill was very beneficial to his Pokemon when it came to leveling up. Rhyhorn was now at level 25, Koffing hit level 30, and Growlithe was at level 27. Machop received nothing from the battle, which angered it a great deal. Machop pointed at Rhyhorn and started saying something, but Rhyhorn only huffed at Machop before turning away with a half-smile. "CHOP!" Machop looked to have formed its hand into a chop gesture, was it going to attack Rhyhorn!? "Hey, Hey! Don''t do that! There are plenty of Beedrill around here you can beat down!" Gan was stunned, didn''t this fella have some sort of attitude problem or something? Machop stopped and grumbled while Rhyhorn harrumphed. ... |Gan Arson |Age: 16 |Gender: Male |Affilication: Team Rocket| Rank: Grunt| |Badges: 1 |Pokemon Caught: 63 |Party: Multiple Money: ?191,000 ... Gan wasn''t keeping tabs on his personal status, in fact, he had forgotten about it really. Afterward, Gan continued through the green thicket. He needed to catch 100 Pokemon to complete the mission he had in progress, so far, so good. Gan had run into more Beedrill, but they were defeated by Machop and the rest of his team. He didn''t see any other new Pokemon here, besides the Pokemon he caught before. However, there were groups of Rattata and even Raticate. Machop fought many Pokemon and defeated them over and over with the help of the others. With the number of opponents popping up for it to fight and level, it finally reached level 28. Machop''s body was wrapped in white light just like that of Kadabra''s, before finally evolving into a Machoke! Gan rubbed his hands together with a grin across his face, he could never get tired of this process. He thought. Machop was somewhat blocking his other Pokemon off just to fight them all to himself. "CHOKE!" "Hoho! You evolved!" Gan scanned Machop''s status. ... |Name: Machoke |Type: Fighting |Level: 28 |Gender: Male |Ability: Guts |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Serious |Moves: Leer| Low Sweep| Focus Energy| Low Kick| Foresight| Karate Chop| Revenge| Knock Off| (SP)ThunderPunch| (SP)Superpower| (TM)Bulk Up| Vital Throw| Wake-Up Slap| ... Rhyhorn''s eyes dilated seeing Machop evolve, everyone of his Pokemon was stunned. Machoke flexed his muscled before glaring at Rhyhorn provocatively. "Congratulations, but don''t get arrogant. You still have some ways to go before reaching completion." Gan frowned seeing Machoke''s ways, this wasn''t something he liked. Machoke bowed slightly, appearing to say something while scratching the back of its head. Apparently, it was sorry for acting as it did. "Forget it, just don''t do it to a team member, we''ll be champions one day. This means all of you will be needed to achieve that someday, together." Gan briefly explained. Everyone roared out, as to understand; seemingly more determined than before. "Don''t worry, you''ll also evolve one day into an even more powerful Pokemon than you are¡ªdown the line." Gan patted Rhyhorn''s head and ?ssured her of this. "Horn..." Rhyhorn nodded, feeling relieved hearing those words. Afterward, they continued their little farming campaign. They mostly ran into Beedrill and even some Butterfree. All of them were attacked, defeated, and caught by Gan. This went one for hours, to be exact, three hours. Gan had taken a food and water break. Once these guys had reached a certain level, he decided to switch his Pokemon around. Gan was honestly tired and didn''t want to do anymore battling, but he needed to do this. .. Growlithe was at level 31. Machoke was at level 31. Koffing was at level 33. Rhyhorn was at level 30. .. This place was currently the best place to train his Pokemon. Gan and his Pokemon even had their own little Guardian Angel watching over them, that being Charizard. "Let''s see." Now, Gan had to choose a new group of Pokemon he wanted to level up. The next group might have a bit of trouble, but some were at least resistant to most Pokemon in this forest. Despite having so many decent levels, it didn''t mean that they could fight well with Pokemon at the same level. They would require actual training from Gan to truly compete against those big-timers in the future. Gan was going to start personally training them after he was done with his business in Pallet Town. Gan went with Haunter, Kadabra, Grimer, and Graveler for the next round of leveling. Everyone was summoned after he decided, while those from before were recalled. Charizard''s expression changed dramatically¡ªwhen its nose was ?ssaulted by the terrible stench coming from Grimer. "Haunter~!" As Gan was covering his nose and growing teary-eyed, he was suddenly licked crossed his face by Haunter! "Ahhh!" Gan''s body started twitching from being licked¡ªas if static was surging through his body, and he fell to his knees. Chapter 61 - Back To The Lake! Gan and his team went in another direction, it was a good thing he had a good memory, or they would end up getting lost. Gan sighed, he had randomly thought of the Pokemon Murkrow and Honchkrow for some unknown reason. ''I''ll have to add that Pokemon to my team in the future.'' Gan thought to himself. By this point, Gan wasn''t expecting to see any new encounters. He believed he had caught everything there was to catch here, except Scyther and Venomoth. Eventually, he ran into another Pokemon, it was a new encounter and it wasn''t alone. "Oh, boy, oh boy!" Gan lowered his body as he gazed at the family of Pokemon. It was a family of 5 oddish, 2 Glooms, and a Vileplume. ... |Name: Vileplume |Type: Grass/Poison |Level: 26 |Gender: Female |Ability: Chlorophyll |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Mild |Moves: Absorb| Growth| Sweet Scent| Acid| Poison Powder| Stun Powder| Sleep Powder| Mega Drain| ... Gan concluded that it must have found a Leaf Stone sitting around here somewhere. There could be no other way, if not this. Gan only had 40 Pokeballs left, while the rest were Great, Ultra, Luxury, and Premier Balls. Pokeballs were the cheapest, so he opted to use them up first. Grimer quickly drew in its scent, it smelled like a sewer filled with rotten animal corpses! Gan suddenly remembered the Pokemon entry for Muk. The scent would grow five times worse, and he was guaranteed to throw instantly. Gan started to feel a headache just thinking about it, he may need to only farm exp for a little while before returning. Many Pokemon, mainly Charizard, was standing quite some ways away from Grimer. Growlithe wasn''t liking Grimer''s smell either, but she didn''t slight him about it. Haunter wasn''t bothered by the smell at all and just hovered around Gan''s head most of the time. Grimer retracted its smell, it was a good thing it could control this ability. If Grimer had its other ability, it wouldn''t be able to control its scent. In any case, Gan ordered his group to attack the family of Pokemon. He was mainly seeking to catch that Vileplume, but he may as well catch them all. No pun intended. Everyone attacked quickly, Haunter flew over and this didn''t go unseen by the family of Pokemon. Gan ordered Haunter to use Mean look on them to prevent any of them from escaping. Haunter''s eyes flashed white, and when those Pokemon locked eyes with Haunter, they felt like something had entered their bodies. It was as if a chain was suppressing them, and if they were to run within a certain range; they wouldn''t be able to escape the chain that was holding them at bay. Right as they understood this, they all attacked all at once. Clouds of poisonous powder were flung through the air. "Graveler and Kadabra, get away from those purple spores!" Gan hurriedly and said. Kadabra acted quickly by touching Graveler and teleporting away just in time. It was indeed a smart Pokemon, able to make split decisions within seconds. "Poison Jab that drooling Pokemon!" Gan was talking about Gloom, who had some drool hanging from the corner of its mouth. Grimer quickly identified what Pokemon this was¡ªwhen its fist lit up with purple light. Grimer ignored the little Oddish around it and Jabbed Gloom right in the face! "Glooooom!!" Gloom was punched away and sent sliding and rolling across the ground. The ?ssault didn''t stop there. Haunter used Night Shade on the opposing Gloom, as chaotic black energy shot from her eyes, and hit gloom''s body. Vileplume couldn''t just sit by and watch them bully her mate, so she went on the offensive after seeing their Poisonous attacks fail. "Sucker Punch, Haunter!" Gan laughed. Just when Vileplume was about to attack¡ªa black fist appeared out of the void and slammed across its face. Vileplume was stunned but knocked back from the attack. However, Vileplume recovered quickly, but she was, unfortunately, attacked by a strange force that invaded her mind. This attack caused decent damage and it hurt worse than the physical attack she had just sustained. Kadabra was standing in the distance, its eyes were lit up with blue light. It was currently using Confusion on Vileplume. While Vileplume was experiencing a terrible headache, Graveler rolled over and finished it off. Gan was simply standing there giving out orders and nothing more. This way of life was easy, he said things and it got done. Gan actually started having thought of taking fighting lessons from the Gym stationed next to Saffron''s Gym in Saffron City. This was, of course, if such a thing actually existed here, which Gan believed should. Haunter and Kadabra were the only ones to level up in this fight so far. Poisonous Pokemon were quite a problem to deal with, at least the ones that could shoot off deadly spores. Fortunately for Gan, he had many poisonous Pokemon onboard for such alterations. Their little exploration continued, they battled a group of Butterfree this time. This battle was surprisingly not easy, these Pokemon knew a Psychic move. It was also a bug type, which would make it hard on Kadabra if he were hit. Graveler could deal with this group, it just sat back using Rock Slide on the group. With a struggle, the group of Butterfree were ultimately defeated in the end. And even if they somehow beat Gan''s Pokemon through some miraculous means, he still had Charizard in the back waiting for some action. Yes, Gan didn''t care, he was taking advantage of the tools he had on board to make things happen. This battle against the Butterfree put them to the test. Butterfree was by no means a stupid straightforward attacking Pokemon, it could plan and coordinate with its group. These were the thoughts of Gan, he knew Butterfree was a group of challenging Pokemon but not to this extent. Gan''s Pokemon took a break to eat and relax. Gan wasn''t hungry, he ate earlier and didn''t do any battles besides moving his mouth and issuing orders. He was more thirsty than anything else, so he just drank some water instead. "Man, those Butterfree were no joke, huh? You guys almost got nailed in the end, but we all pulled through." Gan couldn''t blame them one bit or himself, really. They weren''t really good at group battles, he just used the type advantage against the enemies. "Yeah, it''s the spoon guy''s fault, if he used his Teleportation move right, we could have taken them down faster." Haunter''s feminine voice was heard, but she blamed Kadabra, who had linked Gan to understand everyone here. "Hmm, why should I use my skills on someone who can fly already? None of us here can do that, float away, why don''t you." Kadabra said calmly and carelessly, he didn''t seem to care about Haunter''s feelings and opinions. "Hmph! Master loves me more, and has known me for much longer, what are you? Next time, follow your senior''s lead by doing as I say. My lovely cute Master will always be able to understand me the most." "Me think, we did all good in the fight because we win fight," Graveler spoke, but his wording and the way he spoke seemed a little strange. "You, why did he even waste teleporting an idiot like you everywhere anyway?" Haunter looked at Graveler with a sinister grin. Haunter was the leader of a pack back in Lavender Town''s tower, so she was quite bossy. "Me... don''t know." Graveler''s expression fell before he looked towards Gan, wondering if he could help him with this question. "Simple, if you were watching then you would know his attacks were really effective against those Butterfree. Pay attention, you dumb ghost, it would have been better if our Master left you in that tower to rot away for all of eternity." Kadabra smirked before gulping down the bottle of water. "Little Junior, you must not know who you''re talking to!?" Haunter was completely infuriated hearing Kadabra trying to make her out to be an idiot, while talking about her status as a Ghost-type Pokemon. "Hey, hey, it''s clear we all have a lot of work on, even me. Let''s just stop the training for today and head back. No more fighting and just eat for now, and no more ???k?n?, Haunter." Gan took the time to add a few things into the mix, like demanding to not be licked anymore. "What? I can''t lick you anymore, that''s impossible!" Haunter''s voice was filled with complaint, she didn''t want to stop ???k?n? Gan. Haunter''s face turned ghastly, her eyes widened in a horrifying manner that nearly scared the crap out of Gan, how could she make these sinister expressions? But when it finally came to him, she was a Ghost-type Pokemon, this should be the norm, right? "You stinker, you shut up!" Haunter glared at Grimer. "I''ve... tried... to... smell... myself..., but... I... don''t... smell... anything." Grimer sniffed under its arm, but he couldn''t smell anything, in fact, Grimer couldn''t smell, to begin with! Everyone''s mouth''s twitched, including Charizards, who was just watching the show. Gan finally got everything under wraps with these guys, but everyone clearly needed to come together at some point. Gan headed back in the direction of the reservoir where he left Royce. They came across some Pokemon on the way, by battling and defeating them. They advanced well in level, which was fairly decent to Gan. After a while, the reservoir came into view. Gan recalled all of his Pokemon except Kadabra before appearing on the scene. Royce was simply laying against and rock with Rapidash and Infenape sitting around doing nothing but relaxing. However, when Gan gazed over in another direction, he saw a group of water Pokemon laying on the ground. They appeared to have been beaten at some point, as they were laying there knocking out. Their body injuries clearly showed signs of battle, due to the wounds they had. ''Oh, there are some Pokemon here that I don''t have!'' Gan quickly reached for a Pokeball, it was clear what he wanted to do. Chapter 62 - Enemy Lines! Gan identified the Pokemon that were on shore, there were exactly five Pokemon laying there unconscious. There was a Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Seaking, Goldeen, and Krabby knocked out on the beach. "Oh, you''re finally back?" Royce was chewing on a straw when he opened his eyes to see Gan approaching. "Yeah, it was rough out there, but it was nothing that Charizard couldn''t handle." Gan made sure to once again thank Royce for lending him a helping hand. He wouldn''t have had the audacity to go into this Zone without getting his help. "No problem. I don''t see any Scyther around here, but these Pokemon were drawn to the shore by your Pokemon." Royce gazed over at the Pokemon on the shore for a brief moment. Gan could also see that Kingler and Gyarados didn''t go back into the depths to hunt anymore Pokemon. Without further ado, Gan tossed some Pokeballs at the group of Pokemon laying faint on the shore. They were beaten pretty badly, it would take some time for them to regain their consciousness and recover. This made the capture of these Pokemon easy pickings for him. "Yes, whatever it takes to fill up my Pokedex." Gan secretly celebrated with each new addition he added to his Dex. It had been hours, it was 3:56 as of now, so the sun was high. Gan pulled out his large cauldron pot and had Kadabra move it towards the water to be cleaned. He wanted to cook up something in the meantime, he had thrown up quite a bit while being here and he was starving now. "What?" Royce widened his eyes in shock for a moment. Afterward, he relaxed, believing that Gan must have had the latest technology, a storage mini-bag or device of some sort. Kadabra proceeded to use its telekinetic power to rinse the cauldron from inside out with water. It was excited because it knew what was to come. "Oh, you''re about to cook something up? Let me help you with that, I''ll get the fire ready. I even know a few recipes, what do you have on you right now?" Royce suddenly walked over, showing great interest. "I have these berries and some meat. I would like to try something new if you really can whip up something good." Gan had already laid out the table and everything. He put the ingredients he was going to use on it. "Haha, leave it to me, I got you!" Royce went over towards the lake to rinse his hands. ____ -Vermillion City. In a house within Vermillion City, there were some secret chambers hidden behind miscellaneous equipment. Inside, there were stairways that led into many directions here. This place was filled with strange computers flickering and glowing from time to time. Behind this scientist was a man wearing a golden mask, with a red high collared short jacket. If anyone from Gan''s world were to see him, they would recognize him as the [Vicious Iron Masked Maurader]. "Incredible! The results are amazing! To turn a Pokemon into a vicious battling machine with ease, with the use of this new invention! I don''t have words to describe how amazing this is, the possibilities are limitless!" "Of course, my Dark balls can bring out the full power of a Pokemon. It can also be used on the already owned Pokemon from trainers, and capture them!" Iron Mask laughed coldly, he already had a plan for these Balls. "Good, Good! However, Giovanni is already searching for your trail; things will not be good if we''re discovered." The Scientist''s tone was filled with worry. Team Rocket was the gang that ruled over Kanto and Johto from the shadows. "Giovanni? Ha! What about him? Even he and Team Rocket will have to bend a knee once this hidden Organization has caught that legendary Pokemon. We can''t act yet, but we''re going to continue shipping out more Dark balls." "Legendary Pokemon? Do you mean those two Pokemon on those Posters over there?" The Scientist looked and pointed to those posters to confirm. "Yeah, but one of them isn''t considered Legendary, it has a better title than that." Iron masked grinned. "Do you mean...it''s a...Mythical Pokemon!?" The Scientist''s eyes were glued on the green Pokemon that was considered as such. "Indeed, don''t talk too much about, or you might go missing. I suggest you keep that information to yourself, between me and you." Iron Mask warned. "Good. In 2 weeks, there will be a ship arriving near the docks. I''ll need to convert these Pokeballs into Dark balls, it''s much easier than building them from scratch. This is why I need you to create a machine that can just produce the Dark balls. We''ll make millions selling these Balls. I believe there are a few potential buyers overseas as well." Iron Mask ranted on about his plans. "Of course, me and other Scientists are working on this as we speak. Soon, we''ll be able to produce these Dark balls at a rapid rate." The Scientist was certain that this machine was close to completion. "Like music to my ears. Our main base is stationed in Johto, that place isn''t so packed with Team Rocket members yet. Despite being few in numbers, they still hold great power over there." Iron masked rubbed his chin and said. "What do we do about it?" The Scientist asked in wonder. "We won''t worry about it for now, we''ll see what happens. Just keep working on that machine, we don''t want to alert Surge about what''s going on underneath his nose." It wouldn''t be good if this guy was to find out. Lt. Surge was a secret member of Team Rocket, which very few were unaware of. "You can rest ?ssured that no one will find out about this." The Scientist bowed slightly and proceeded to scan the list on his clipboard. Iron Mask didn''t say anything before grabbing a large Basket of Pokeballs and leaving to convert them. However, no one noticed that a Scientist was hidden and listening to their whole conversation. This was an undercover Team Rocket member who could change his appearance pretty well. He smirked when heard the information before vanishing into other shadows. -Back in Viridian Forest, the North Sector. Royce could be seen stirring a hot pot of miscellaneous ingredients. Infernape was playing catch with Machoke near the reservoir. Gan had his eyes closed and it seemed like he was meditating, but he was actually looking through his storage. He wanted to use some of his spy gear to scout the area, or just to practice with it. However, with the presence of Royce, this was obviously impossible due to the logo on the spy gear¡ªand the fact that he was using such gear in the first place. ''It looks like I''ll have to hold out on using this gear until I separate from Royce'' Gan could only practice with the spy gear in the woods near Pallet Town, this wasn''t a bad idea. He thought. Gan then turned his attention to the Pokeballs within his storage that housed captured Pokemon. He recently added Poliwhirl and Seaking to his Pokedex. The Seaking was at level 33 with a 1-star rating, so it had poor potential. Poliwhirl was no different, it also had poor potential but Gan figured he would buy some Stones from the Celadon Department store to evolve some Pokemon. "Oh, man, that smells good!" Gan turned towards the hot pot and said. "Just wait and see how it tastes, you''re gonna be blown away, haha!" Royce laughed and went over to sit at the table that Gan had set up. Royce had released a few of his Pokemon, well, he had a total of 4 of them out. Camerupt, Charizard, Rapidash, and Infernape. His last 2 Pokemon were a mystery, but Gan had an idea what his last two might be. And sure enough, it did! Gan gazed towards the forest thicket and could see multiple Pokemon looking in their direction. They watched from trees, the forest itself, and the bushes; some tried to avoid being spotted while others didn''t care. Gan spotted a Pokemon he needed to catch, and that was a Pikachu. ... |Name: Pikachu |Type: Electric |Level: 26 |Gender: Female |Ability: Static |Nature: Timid |Moves: Tail Whip| Thunder Shock| Growl| Play Nice| Quick Attack| Electro Ball| Thunder Wave| Feint| Double Team| Spark| ... ''Whaoo!'' This Pickachu was quite good, its nature was the best for it to boot. However, before Gan could say anything; Royce''s Pokemon all turned their heads in the direction of the mountain in the distance. Rapidash gave a cry, alerting Royce and everyone about something. Gan could see small black dots in the distance, coming from the mountain. Infernape also looked across the lake and could see a group of Pokemon flying over. "We got company!" Royce stood up quickly and switched his head back and forth at each of the groups of Pokemon approaching from both sides. "Dang, what is it this time?" Gan looked and saw that the group of Pokemon flying over the lake was being led by a Pinsir. They all paused over the lake before staring at Gan''s group near the shore. They actually didn''t look at them for long, as their attention was quickly diverted towards the approaching third party. ... |Name: Pinsir |Type: Bug |Level: 36 |Gender: Male |Ability: Moxie (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Naughty |Moves: Vice Grip| Focus Energy| Bind| Seismic Toss| Harden| Vital Throw| Revenge| Double Hit| Brick Break| X-Scissor| Strom Throw| Submission| (SP)Throat Chop| (SP)Close Combat| ... Gan''s eyes twitched when he saw its status, this Pokemon wasn''t to be trifled with. It had two other Pinsir at its side, while the rest of its subordinates were Beedrill. Gan turned and looked in the direction of the other approaching group. When he saw the Pokemon leading this group, he was almost jumped in excitement. However, his current situation wasn''t anything to be happy about. The Pokemon in the lead was a Scyther, with three other Scyther following behind it. It also had Beedrill as its main force, but there was quite a bit of Butterfree mixed within its party. Gan''s eyes widen again because this Scyther also had that all but too familiar tent around its body! ''Another 4-star!'' Gan was laughing wildly to himself, he had to catch this Pokemon no matter what! But it looked like a battle was about to occur here, was this place going to be turned into a battlefield? Gan''s eyes locked onto the Scyther to see what it was capable of. Chapter 63 - Defeated All At Once! Gan''s eyes couldn''t scan the Scyther from such a range, so he could only wait until it was closer to him. He was both excited and worried at the same time, but more so excited since he had Royce and his squad with him. "Damn it! I hate bugs!" Royce looked into the distance with a frown when he saw the swarm of bug-looking Pokemon. ''Well, what do you expect when entering this forest?'' Gan thought. Looking at the Pinsir group, they all kept their eyes on Scyther''s group swarm coming over. Gan summoned his Growlithe, with the already summoned Machoke and Kadabra. All of Royce''s Pokemon were ready and on stand-by for whatever. "It''s not like I haven''t had to fight bug Pokemon groups and teams before. I fought people like Aaron of the Elite four before, this is nothing compared to battling him." Royce remembered Aaron''s Drapion, its typing wasn''t that of the bug type. However, its appearance was that of a large scorpion. Scorpions were arthropods and not bugs, but he still saw them as bugs anyway. "That''s a relief to hear." Gan sighed in relief. There were many of them, so he wasn''t sure if they could all be taken down without one of these bugs getting too close. ''S**t''s about to go down, you may need to translate for me.'' Gan was linked with Kadabra, so he spoke inside his mind. Royce''s team of four looked ready for action, though they were feeling rather annoyed. This was because the food was going to be done soon, but trouble came knocking. However, it was better for trouble to arrive before¡ªrather than while they were eating. Scyther and its swarm got closer before they began eyeing Gan, Royce, and their group. Actually, it had a scout out early that spotted these humans and ran back to report. The leader Scyther was going to send a group to deal with these pesky humans. However, it received another report that they were being invaded by the Neighboring hemisphere. Scyther knew why this was happening, this was because the Pinsir Leader''s son had come here as a spy but he was found out and killed in the end. Afterward, the mother Pinsir freak out and went to confront the Scyther leader. However, she was defeated and chased by a group of Beedrill. Fortunately for her, she wasn''t killed, but instead, she was caught by Gan! This Leader Pinsir was actually here to retrieve his mate, but she wasn''t being held prisoner by the Scyther Leader. Finally, Gan could scan the Scyther since it was close enough. ... |Name: Scyther |Type: Bug/Flying |Gender: Male |Ability: Technician (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Jolly |Moves: Vacuum Wave| Quick Attack| Leer| Focus Energy| Pursuit| Agility| Wing Attack| Fury Cutter| Slash| Razor Wind| (SP)Bug Bite| (SP)Dual Wingbeat| Double Hit| ... Gan thought for a moment, the nature wasn''t bad on a Scyther at all. Unfortunately, it wasn''t good in the long run if you wanted to evolve your Scyther into a Scizor. Scyther averted its eyes away from Gan''s group and proceeded to scoff before saying something to the opposing Pinsir group. Kadabra translated the whole conversation between both groups. Gan''s expression changed slightly, this was all about that Pinsir he caught earlier, or was it really? Scyther mentioned that the Beedrill he sent for her had disappeared as well and that he believed Pinsir was only acting like it knew nothing. "Filthy liar, prepare to die you wicked Species!" Pinsir was livid, this guy had killed his son and now he had kidnapped his mate! What followed next was the order to attack, as both group completely disregarded Gan, Royce, and their Pokemon. If they were paying attention, they would have noticed how dangerous those 4 Pokemon with Royce were. Butterfree was a special attacker, so it could use range attack effectively. They were the first to attack by shooting Psybeams. In mere moments, the sky was filled with beams shooting through the sky. Of course, Pinsir''s whole group evaded these attacks before rushing to engage them all. "I knew it, they were planning to battle here!" Gan squinted his eyes due to the bright combination of colors. At least they weren''t worried about them, but he had something just for them. Psybeams laid waste to a large amount of trees in the vicinity. The Leader Pinsir immediately flew over with his Pinsir soldiers to attack the Leader Scyther. "They''re ruining everything, we need to end this quick or things are gonna get worse." Royce stared at the large army of Pokemon fighting. There must have been like 40 Pokemon from each side battling! Gan asked Kadabra something and it nodded its head, seeming to confirm Gan''s answer. "I got an idea, Royce. Are you up for it?" Gan turned to Royce and said. Large trees shook and fell all at once when a beam came flying near their direction. Gan and Royce looked over in shock, the pot had tilted over and wasted! "Roar!!!" Infernape, Camerupt, Rapidash, and Charizard roared in rage seeing all that food go to waste. Growlithe howled in grief, how could she not understand how good that food was possibly going to be? "I''m ready to hear it!" Royce''s eyes turned red seeing his hard-made food wasted just like that. With a sigh, Gan explained his plan. It really wasn''t much, but it should be enough to get most of these Pokemon in one fiery net. Royce nodded before looking toward Kadabra, who nodded his way. Pokemon were falling out of the sky at this point from being defeated. Butterfree tried to stay away from the Beedrill by launching ranged attacks at them. Invisible sharp winds tore through the air and dismembered a few Beedrill, this was the Air Slash move. The Leader Scyther''s attacks were swift, it slashed its scissor-like blades towards the Leader Pinsir like knives. Pinsir was blocking and parrying its attacks with his large horns, you could even hear clanking sounds. Scyther was just too fast and its nature made it even faster. "You''re too slow, you''ll be dead soon! I should have done this sooner than later, haha!" Scyther mocked. "Don''t get ahead of yourself, I won''t die until I avenge them both!" Pinsir''s eyes turned bloodshot. Scyther flew over towards Pinsir in a hurry to deliver the final blow¡ªbefore it could then execute Pinsir afterward. "Begone!" Scyther roared in laughter, but just before it could land its attack; the void shifted. The Pokemon flying through the air suddenly started falling out of the sky. They seemed to have suddenly lost their ability to fly and even levitate. Scyther and Pinsir were no different, they came crashing down just like their troops. Before they could figure out what was going on, most of them were drowned in a sea of flames! Those that were hit by these flames were Insta-defeated. Scyther and Pinsir couldn''t even understand what had happened before they fainted in defeat. Gyarados, Kingler, and Horsea were already summoned to handle these raging flames. There were still some Pokemon in the sky far off in the distance. "Wow, it actually worked. We managed to get a whole bunch of them in one go from that ordeal." Royce laughed so hard he had tears in his eyes, he was really upset about the whole food thing. Gan had actually told Kadabra to use the move Gravity, causing the Pokemon flying to all fall at once. This, of course, could only be used within a certain range, and the ones that were within range had fallen from the sky. Gravity could be used in two different ways. For negating flying and levitating Pokemon and for pressuring Pokemon with the harsh Gravity¡ªthis meant it could even be used for training. "They were all defeated just like that?" Gan, of course, meant most of them were defeated. Gan''s eyes were a bit greedy when they landed on the defeated leader Scyther. Kadabra played a big part in this, so it leveled up a lot from this encounter. Gan successfully caught Pinsir and Scyther, he was so happy that his hands were shivering slightly. He caught the other Scyther and Pinsir guards next to them; they all had good talent, which was 3-stars! The other Pokemon that didn''t get hit with the Gravity, looked on in shock. Their Leaders were actually captured by those pesky humans! They came over the attack, but the Gravity in this territory hadn''t expired yet. They immediately lost their ability to fly once they entered the Gravity zone. Growlithe and Rapidash went over to attack the stunned Beedrill and Butterfree, while they were in a stupor. Gan saw many Pokemon laying on the ground, but he simply didn''t have enough Pokeballs to catch all of them. Of course, he caught as many as he could until he ran out of Pokeballs. These Pokemon were Money and Merit Points. Gan needed to change the natures of many Pokemon he had with him. He was certain that Celedon City''s Branch had everything he needed, it was the riches Branch in Kanto after all. Royce''s mouth went agape, did this guy catch anything that was defeated. Royce believed Gan to be some kind of collector or something. There was no way any normal trainer would try and catch anything and everything like this, especially the same Species of Pokemon. Due to the destruction caused on this side of the reservoir, they relocated to the other side. Royce was still upset about what happened, but Gan had extra ingredients for another go. With that, Royce started the whole process over again. As Royce started the fire, Gan peered into his storage at the astronomical amount of Pokemon he had caught. "I''ll have to load up on more Pokeballs when I go back to Viridian City. I need to always keep a good number of Pokeballs on me." Gan began to revive the Pokemon that were defeated from the lake. This was for them to go hunting because he wanted to level his Nido duo. They both had Thunderbolt, so they could really put a hurting on everything in this lake. It was getting late and Gan didn''t plan to sleep in Viridian Forest. After they had enjoyed their meal, he would leave this place. Royce spoke about the rewards they would get, but he was sure it wouldn''t be much since nothing really got done. Gan would probably settle for some money and that was about it. Once those water Pokemon were revived, he sent them to hunt some other Pokemon. This was only for his Nidos, so he wasn''t really trying to catch anything unless it was a new Pokemon sighting. Gan had no more regular Pokeballs anyway. "Well, may as well relax and enjoy the food that is to come." Gan still had many things to do after leaving Viridian Forest; his next objective. Pallet Town! Chapter 64 - The Ten Candidate! -Pallet Town. Pallet Town was a known place that everyone knew about, it was quite the hotspot for research in Kanto. In the game, it didn''t seem like a big place, but that wasn''t the reality of the situation. There were several modern-style houses everywhere, with many business establishments set up here. There were wide acres of land with vast grassy fields where one could see many Tauros and Miltank roaming about. However, the main attraction of this place was none other than Professor Oak''s laboratory. Here, he conducted his research on many Pokemon, mainly the Pokemon of his Region. Next to the lab was a fenced area that housed different types of Pokemon. These Pokemon were Rapidash, Miltank, Tauros, and so on. In this field, a few trainers were gathered and watching a battle. Professor Oak was present here and was acting as the judge of the battle. "Chu-Chu dodge to the side and use Thunder Shock!" A female with blonde hair commanded in a hurry. "She''s moving to the side, follow her, hit her with a low sweep kick!" Machop listened to its trainer''s order and quickly swept under Pikachu''s body before it could release a Thunder Shock. Swoosh! "Pika pika!!" Pikachu was hit so hard that it didn''t even trip, instead, it was sent flying through the air. "Winner...Ryan." Professor Oak announced with a smile. "Come on Yellow, you need to step your game up. You won''t beat any Gym Leaders like that, come on, haha!" Ryan scoffed in laughter. "Okay, back off Orange. You won, that''s enough, there''s no need to gloat about it!" A Violet-headed girl spoke from the side, as she was one of the spectators. "I don''t get it. Why is he so happy about beating a weakling, that''s doesn''t make any sense." The boy that spoke had brown hair, if anyone saw him; they would know that he was Blue! Blue had a grin across his face, displaying his bit of arrogance. "You kids are so energetic these days, she''ll get better as her journey goes on. There''s no need to be mean and look down on others." Professor Oak scratched his forehead, but he recalled being a bit arrogant back in the day just like his Grandson. "We''ll see, but it doesn''t matter to me. I''m a champion in the making, so all of you can look up to me at the Indigo Plateau." Blue held his hand up in I don''t know kind of manner with his eyes closed, as he shrugged. "Blue, you''re way too full of yourself, it disgusting." Orange/Ryan glared at Blue. this guy got on his nerves the most. "Oh, how about a battle then, to see who has the right to be full of himself or not? If I remember correctly, this would be the like the 30th time I''ve thrashed you, aren''t you like one of those m?s??h?sts or something?" "Hahaha!" There were 10 Younglings here, they were the ones who were supposed to set off soon. A few of them burst into laughter hearing Blue''s comment because it was true. "S-so what?! You''re not the strongest here, Cyan is! His Pokemon has the type advantage, this is the only reason he can beat us." Orange pointed at Blue and said haughtily. "That only applies to Red, Green, Yellow, and me. You guys have Pokemon that can potentially win because his Dratini doesn''t resist any of you. Pink has beaten him many times before with her Clefairy, so what''s your argument, really?" Blue didn''t stand here for long, this guy clearly didn''t want to battle him to make his win streak increase to 30. As far as Blue was concerned, if he hung around Orange too long, he might end up becoming a loser just like him. ''Dang it! He gets on my nerves!'' Orange gritted his teeth, he was so annoyed with Blue. Orange couldn''t wait to catch more Pokemon to defeat him and become the Champion. Red and Green went over and patted Yellow on the back, offering words of encouragement to her. "Don''t worry, we all have our own journey and dreams to live up to. Once we get out there, we''ll catch our own Pokemon and eventually battle one another at our full strength." Green wrapped her arms around Yellow and said happily. "She''s right, all in due time." Red didn''t really say much, but he supported her as well. "It''s a competition, you can''t let other''s words get you down. You can think of this as tempering your mind because there will be others trying to prevent you from advancing. It isn''t my generation anymore, and my peers used to do the same thing to each other in those days." Professor Oak sighed with a smile, those were the good old days, huh. "Yes, Professor, I''ll get stronger and show Orange and Blue that they''re wrong about me. Most importantly, I''ll prove it to myself!" Yellow was a petite girl, though she was the smallest here, Yellow seemed more determined than anyone else. "Tsk! Whatever!" Orange scoffed. "Oh, Ryan, shut up." Pink walked over without looking at Orange and continued. "I wanted to give you guys some advice about the Gym in Pewter City." Pink smiled and looked around at the others. "Oh, do you have some tips?" Cyan, who had been listening and watching this whole time, asked. "Not really, I just wanted to let you guys know that the first Gym Leader in Pewter City is a Rock-type user." Pink was just relaying this information to them because she had heard it from Gan yesterday. "Rock type? Ha, that should be easy to deal with then. With my Machop, we''ll easily smash through this first Gym Leader." The originally angered Ryan was now happy and confident hearing this; believing it would be easy to earn his first badge. "Don''t think it would be too easy, they''re Gym Leaders for a reason. It won''t be a walk in the park, sigh, I better prepare myself later." A droopy-eyed teen to the side said. His eyes looked tired and he had Gray hair but his face was really youthful. "Sis, where did you hear this from? Mom and Dad wouldn''t tell us anything like this because they would want you to find out for yourself. This would make it a mystery, even Professor Oak didn''t want to tell us." The Violet haired girl from before came over, her facial features were so similar to Pink. Without a doubt, as she stated, she was indeed Pink''s sister. "Irelia, someone leaked it. It isn''t a big deal, but it''s good that everyone knows and prepares to fight him later." Pink didn''t plan to hide this from them, they would find out anyway if they asked around in Viridian and Pewter City. "I guess things will be easier on me, Blue, and Orange. As for you guys, unless you have some Water Grass, Fighting, Steel, and Ground-type Pokemon, it will be a challenge for sure. But most of the rock Pokemon in Kanto have Ground typing as a secondary, so Ice could be good as well." Green nodded with a smile, she couldn''t help but feel satisfied with the first gym leader''s typing. The people in Pallet Town purposely never disclaimed what type he could be. "Haha, well, I guess the cats out of the bag, you guys were bound to find out one day. The first Gym Leader is indeed a rock-type user, his name is Brock. And Gray is right, don''t underestimate him because you have a type advantage, it could lead to your undoing." Professor Oak laughed and confirmed it to everyone before looking at Orange, who clearly thought too highly of himself. Each trainer here had their own starter, there were 10 of them in total. 5 Boys and 5 Girls. -Red was using his classic Charmander as his starter. -Green was using her classic Bulbasaur as her starter. -Pink was confirmed to be using a Clefairy as her starter. -Cyan was using a Dratini as stated recently. -Yellow was using her classic Pikachu, which she nicknamed Chu-chu. -Orange was using his Machop, so this was his starter. There was another girl here with Lavender-colored hair, but she didn''t say anything through the whole ordeal but she was listening carefully. Another had Violet hair, this was Pink''s sister, she had a skeleton design on her shirt which might have some indications to her starter. Gray had an Eevee on his head, so it was clear that this was his starter. They all had their unique starter Pokemon for their journeys that were soon to come. "I better go train some more, this Gym leader will be a challenge." Cyan turned to leave, they all had battled each other already, with Yellow and Orange being the last matchup. Red nodded, he really needed to train because the odds were really against him. He didn''t know that the odds were even against him for the second Gym as well. After all, Pokemon took on their trainer''s behavior and actions. "What a jerk!" Yellow couldn''t help but say, Orange was far more arrogant than Blue! "Forget him, Yellow. Let''s go train near route one, we can catch some Pokemon around there." Green suggested with a smile. "Okay, let''s go!" Yellow nodded happily before they said bye to everyone and left. Red silently left as well, along with Cyan and the rest. "Aren''t you going off to train with them or by yourself?" The Lavender-headed girl finally spoke when most of everyone had cleared out. "I only train my Eevee at night, just as you only train yours during the day. So, I guess I''ll wait until nighttime to do our special training." Gray stretched his arm into the air and continued. "I think I better go take a little nap or something, I''ll see you around, Sunny girl!" "Hey, I told you not to call me Sunny Girl!" Lavender''s eyes and mouth twitched a bit as she glared at Gray. Meanwhile, Pink and her sister, Violet, left as well. Professor Oak said his goodbyes to all of them, as he wished them many fortunes with their training. ''I need to get some Egg Incubators, my Dad should be able to get me some.'' Pink thought to herself. "Aria, you''ve been in deep thought since you went out yesterday, what''s wrong? Did something happen?" Violet had long noticed the change in her sister''s behavior, and the change started yesterday. "No, nothing but I need to get my hands on two Egg Incubators." Pink had to get these for that trainer Gan she met in that Forest. "Egg Incubators?" Violet was puzzled, was she going to hatch some Pokemon? "Come on, let''s go ask Mom and Dad together. You can ask for one while I ask for one, so do me this favor." "Uh, okay..." Violet wanted to ask more, but she owed her sister this much. Pink remembered that Gan wanted 2 Egg Incubators. They''re both on bikes, so the pace through Pallet was smooth and fast.. Eventually, a Mansion came into view after minutes of riding on their bikes, this was their home. Chapter 65 - Leaving Viridian Forest! -Professor Oak''s Lab. Many scientists could be seen walking back and forth through the laboratory. Some of them were monitoring and studying certain Pokemon species behaviors. Through all of this, Professor Oak was conversating with two trainers in midst of these events. One was his Grandson Blue and the other was Gray, who currently had an Eevee sitting on his shoulder. "Evo~" Eevee looked around curiously, it had mainly been summoned when it was time to eat, play, and when it wanted to explore, it was just summoned at night for these things. This was mainly due to the way Gray wanted to train his Eevee, and what he really wanted it to evolve into. It mostly battled Zubat at night time, so it was a highly alert Pokemon. "What? You''re actually still around? I''d expect you to be under some tree sleeping until the sunset." Blue grinned before turning to look at the Eevee on Gray''s shoulder, but he quickly lost interest in this Pokemon. Blue obviously knew that Eevee was one of the more amazing species of Pokemon, so it wasn''t bad. Unfortunately, it was the type of Pokemon he didn''t really want on his main team, but he was interested in one of the Eevee''s evolutions; that being Umbreon. "Yeah, I''ll be doing that soon, right after I leave here." Gray nodded and was too lazy to truly respond to Blue''s provocations. ''This guy!'' Black lines appeared on Blue''s forehead. This guy was as shameless as he had ever been. Blue thought. "Okay, no fighting. You guys already had many battles before this, you guys are too energetic." Professor Oak quickly cut in. ''Energetic? I b?r?ly said anything.'' Gray was somewhat speechless, wasn''t Blue being ''energetic''? "Well, in any case, you wanted something, Gray. What was it you wanted to ask for, you seemed a bit anxious earlier." Professor Oak smiled and said. "I was wondering if you could do me a favor by giving me a TM? I''m willing to give it back to you later once I purchase or find another one down the road." These thoughts came to Gray once he was told the information about the next Gym Leader, he had to start building countermeasures right away. "This can be done since you didn''t ask for any TM''s like the rest of them in the past. I have yet to give you a TM as a gift anyways." Professor Oak nodded and agreed right away. "Great...I want to the TM [Calm Mind] if you have one on board." Gray wanted to teach his Eevee this move after it evolved. "Hmm, I''m sorry, I don''t have this TM. This TM is exclusive to the Saffron City Gym Leader after you defeat her. You can buy this TM in other Regions since the rewards for defeating Gyms there are different, but here, in Kanto; that''s a Gym Leader reward." Professor Oak shook his head, this wasn''t something he could just get in this Region, even as a famous Professor. "So this TM is a Gym Leader reward, huh?" Blue scratched his temple with a smile. The fact that Gym Leaders gave rewards, other than just a Badge really spiked his interest. "Oh..." Gray sank into thought for a moment before asking for another TM. He opted to ask for the TM-Dark Pulse, which was hard to come by in the Kanto Region. "Fortunately for you, I have one more of those left." Professor Oak had some device in his hand that checked the inventory and stock within the Laboratory. "Perfect!" Gray sighed in relief, this was a powerful special attacking Dark-type move. In fact, it was better than getting Calm Mind; something Gray believed he would be getting later anyway. Blue was watching from the side, he to had to prepare when all of them set off, which was really soon. ____ -Viridian Forest. Gan, Royce, and their Pokemon were currently done eating from the pot by this point. Everyone had satisfied expressions after they were finished. During the time that it was cooking, Gan had his Pokemon draw other Water Pokemon up from the lake. Gan could care less about this, in the meantime, he had his Pokemon draw other Pokemon to the surface. He instructed his water Pokemon to bring weaker Pokemon to the surface, they could feel and sense who was weak compare to them and who was not through Aura. This was all to train his Nidorino and Nidorina. Most of the Pokemon were defeated in one strike by the overwhelming power of Thunderbolt. It was a really strong electric move behind Thunder, despite not being stabbed. Gan continued to have the duo fight these Pokemon until the food was ready. By the time they were done, they had both leveled up to level 24. Beaten down Pokemon were starting to pile up like a mini mountain at this point. "The sun is starting to set, I think it''s about time we left Viridian Forest and headed back to Viridian City." Royce stood up and stretched his arms into the air, giving off a relieving sigh. "Yeah, everything was completed in one day, this is the best result ever." Gan had come here early in the morning, he never could have imagined that his day would end like this. He caught some highly relevant Pokemon¡ªwhen he only came here to train in the weaker Zones. "Once again, thanks for everything, this was one of the greatest gains in my life." Gan was truly grateful, it would have taken him a while longer before he could spawn the confidence to come here. "No Problem! I''m also here to learn and explore Kanto, so this was a learning experience for me." Royce just didn''t like being alone when exploring places like these, so he wanted to group with Gan when he saw him. He found that Gan was a trainer of Kanto, and opted to choose him, it could have been anyone that was a trainer with a badge, honestly. Gan''s Pokemon started to pack everything up before he stored the items away. He recalled his Nido duo and the rest of his Pokemon once everything was stored away. Gan was satisfied with his trip today, he got on Rapidash''s back with Royce and they raced off towards the exit. Sadly for Gan, he wasn''t able to find those Squirtles ever again from before, which was a huge loss for him. On their way, they spotted many Pokemon, but one of them stood out to Gan. It was another Pikachu sitting in a tree eating some berries. Gan said something to Royce, who ordered Rapidash to stop before he turned toward the trees. .... |Name: Pikachu |Type: Electric |Level: 21 |Gender: Male |Ability: Static |Potential: ¡ï |Moves: Tail Whip| Thunder Shock| Growl| Play Nice| Quick Attack| Electro Ball| Thunder Wave| Feint| Spark| .... It wasn''t as good as the previous Pikachu, but it was better than nothing. Gan could capture and evolve it later with a Thunder Stone, which would be another addition to his Dex. This was really what mattered to him the most. Gan summoned Kadabra, who quickly targeted Pikachu with its Confusion move. Pikachu took heavy damage from the Confusion attack, it had even become confused from the attack and fell out of the tree. Before Pikachu could hit the ground, it was caught by Kadabra''s psychic abilities and brought over. Once Pikachu landed, Gan ordered Kadabra to use Shadowball. Pikachu was defeated and caught just like that. He was forced to use a Great ball to catch Pikachu because he was out of regular Pokeballs. "Now, I''m truly done with this forest." Gan smiled deeply, revealing all of his teeth. He recalled Kadabra before climbing onto Rapidash''s back again and leaving. About an hour later, the sun could be seen on the horizon which indicated that it was setting now. They both arrived at the outpost where the outpost rangers were as usual; they seem to switch shifts often. "Hold it right there." The rangers called out to them. Gan and Royce quickly confirmed their Identities and who they were. The rangers were surprised and hurriedly and called their superior over. Their superior knew the situation already from the Charizard earlier. The man sighed before handing them their rewards, it wasn''t much. They were each given a suitcase of money as a reward for their effort, but the Rich man was upset he couldn''t find traces of his son. "Thank you. Now...we''ll excuse ourselves." Royce was doing all of the talking in this situation. Gan started to recall something he needed to do later just in case. "Alright, you guys be safe." The ranger shook his head before letting them through. They were having some problems earlier because Royce had beaten up a certain someone. "Actually, I''m done here. I''m not heading to Viridian City, I''m making my way to Saffron City for now. So, Gan, this is where we part for the time being, but I''m sure we''ll meet again. I hope." Royce turned his head slightly and said. Hearing this, Gan got off of Rapidash. "Oh, yeah, we''ll definitely meet again!" Gan wanted to become the Champion, so if he succeeded, it would surely happen. "I figured, but until then, I''m off. Be careful and cautious as you have always been. I heard the gang here in Kanto and Johto was Team Rocket, they seem deadlier than the gang I have to deal with back in Sinnoh." "Wait, do you mean Team Galactic?" Gan asked to be sure if he was referring to them. "Right. Team Galactic is quite troublesome back in Sinnoh, they always seem to be trying something but are always being held at bay by the Champion and the Elite trainers." "I''ll be on the lookout then." Gan nodded with a smile, he would never tell anyone he was a part of Team Rocket for the time being. "Alright, I''ll see you around. I''m heading to Saffron because I heard they had a Gym there that was trying to get certified but can''t. I want my Infernape to challenge these fighting Pokemon, or at least, train there a bit." "If you stick around there for a while, you''ll definitely see me later." Gan and Royce talked a bit more before parting ways. Gan believed that if Royce really knew what Team Galactic was planning, he wouldn''t think Team Rocket was a bigger threat. Afterward, Gan quickly arrived in Viridian City where he could see people closing their stalls on the streets. Gan went to his Inn, he didn''t bother to heal the beaten-down Pokemon from before at Pokemon Center. "Time to take a bath! So many things worked out today, it''s such a good feeling when things come together." Gan readied a bath before taking his clothes and getting into it to refresh. "Do I go to Pallet Town right away and start my little operation?" Gan said to himself. He concluded that he would head to Pallet to monitor Professor Oak''s lab before stealing a few things. Gan knew he had to have limits because if he was too greedy, he may get caught. "I guess I''ll check it out secretly tomorrow.." Gan laid back in the tub with eyes closed and a relaxing smile. Chapter 66 - Last Minute Check! Gan woke up the next day and got out of bed to stretch and do his morning workout. He didn''t eat because he was actually still somewhat full from eating yesterday. After his workout, Gan brushed his teeth before gazing at the suitcase near his bed. "This was the reward, this is the money I got for practically doing nothing." In fact, Gan had benefited a lot yesterday. Gan opened the suitcase and saw that there was money inside, as expected. "Not bad. I''ve earned ?50,000 which brings me to a total of ?241,000." Gan dumped all of the money from the suitcase into his storage, along with the suitcase just in case he wanted to use it to hold something else later. Afterward, Gan summoned Kadabra and said. "I need to change your Pokeball, it may possibly bring me unnecessary trouble if you keep your current one." Kadabra''s current Ultra ball was a little suspicious, but it could always just be a coincidence. After all, Gan robbed Abra from that rich kid back then¡ªwho was currently dead. However, would Gan take that chance? He thought not. "Kadabra..." Kadabra nodded, it saw no problem with this. Gan summoned Graveler and had it destroy Kadabra''s Pokeball before using a Premier ball to recatch it. "Hoho, it''s time for us to rollout out of here, hehe, get it," Gan said to Graveler, jokingly. Graveler looked puzzled for a moment before it rolled right through the door and broke it down! "Noo!" But it was far too late, the door had collapsed in its entirety! "Kyaaaa~!" Some guy screamed like a girl once the door came crashing down. .... Moments later, Gan was paying for the door that Graveler had broken down. Gan felt really dumbfounded, he didn''t think Graveler would actually roll through the door like that. Graveler seemed to understand that it did something wrong and felt bad. "This is the first, I''ve never seen a Pokemon break a door down in this Inn before. We have insurance, so you can pay half and you''re all set." The old man didn''t hold it against Gan, he had seen this guy many times before. "Goodness..." Gan still couldn''t believe what just happened. "Grav..." Graveler tugged on Gan''s pants, seeming to say that it''s sorry. "Don''t worry about it, it was something minor. Let''s keep it going, I need to buy more Pokeballs from the Pokemon Mart. But before that, I need to head off to the Pokemon Center to get these Pokemon healed." Gan didn''t worry about the damage, it was more of a surprise to him. Gan didn''t recall Graveler back, instead, they both walked down the street together. This wasn''t anything out of the ordinary, so people would only look for a second before looking away. Gan knew exactly where the Pokemon Center was. "As big as ever. This has to be the biggest friggin Pokemon Center in Kanto." Gan walked inside, but there were no trainers around here. The only person that could be seen around was a nurse with green hair. As you would expect, she was sitting down behind a counter, when she looked up and saw Gan walk in. "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" Gan was the only one present, so she could help him right away. "Yes, I need some Pokemon healed up. Some might be suffering from serious burns that need immediate attention." Gan would normally have to bring them to the Pokemon Center right away from such things. However, he had a void space that completely halted things like this from becoming a major issue. "Oh, my, how many Pokemon are there?" The nurse stood up quickly. If it was major, they needed to get to work right away. The healing machine could only do so much, it could heal minor wounds and fatigue. "There are about forty-two of them that need some help, is this possible?" Gan said with a straight face. "Excuse me, what did you say? I think I must have heard wrong or something." The Nurse''s expression froze instantly, she thought she was hearing things! "Uh...forty-two Poke-" Gan couldn''t finish in time. "Forty-two?!" The nurse''s knees almost gave way when she heard that number, she was utterly shocked. "Don''t ask how, it was an intense battle in Viridian Forest and this was the result. I need to heal them up asap, even if I have to pay something." Gan didn''t want to hover over this subject for too long, he had to make move. The nurse shot Gan an eye twitch glared that looked somewhat sinister before demanding his trainer ID. ''Damn, b**ch, calm down!'' Gan''s expression darkened a bit, these nurses were nerve-wracking to him all of the time. "Just do your damn job and heal my Pokemon! Here''s my ID, hurry up and get to work afterward!" Gan spoke coldly and took out his ID and tossed it on the counter. "Y-you little!" The nurse gritted her teeth, she couldn''t believe someone would disrespect her so harshly like this. Despite the nurse being furious, she checked his identity and confirmed that it was authentic. After which, Gan placed all of the Pokeballs in a basket that the nurse brought over. She continued to glare at Gan, with her glare growing intense with each Pokeball that dropped in. Since Gan was a trainer, he didn''t have to pay anything unless he needed medication for his Pokemon. For example, Growlithe''s medicine, something Gan had to give her currently. After dropping all of the Pokeballs into the basket like a waterfall, Gan grinned at the nurse smugly before taking a seat in the lobby. He summoned Growlithe and proceed to feed her the medicine she was prescribed. Gan also recalled Graveler once he summoned Growlithe. "They''ll be finished and ready to pick up by tomorrow, hmph!" The nurse sniffled coldly before ignoring Gan. After hearing the timeline, Gan didn''t stick around and went straight to the Pokemart to stock up on Pokeballs. "That little a**hole!" The nurse glared at the door Gan just left out of with anger. Moments later, Gan was once again walking the streets where he could see some people setting up their stalls again. "Why is the Pokemon Mart so distant from the Pokemon Center? They need to make this more convenient for trainers." Gan complained slightly, but this was just him being upset about that annoying nurse from before. Gan headed to his next destination to buy some Pokeballs. This time, he bought 100 of them and was given 10 free Premier balls. The sale for Premier balls was ending next month, so it was the best time to buy them or many other Pokeballs to get them freely. Gan organized his Inventory by putting things with things they ?ssociated with. He had a Thunderstone, but he wanted to use this later. Gan had to buy more stones once he was back in Celadon since this was the only place you could buy them. "It should take some time for me to run out of Pokeballs, this will do for the time being." Gan stretched his arm into the air upon leaving the Pokemon Mart before heading down to Pallet Town. "Man, I think I should get a bicycle or something, maybe a Pokemon that can carry or fly me around," Gan remembered how easy things were when he was with Royce, that Rapidash made life so much easier. Gan continued down route, he had already organized his items away from his Team Rocket things. Within ten minutes, he was in the same forest that was located near Pallet Town. Gan summoned a few of his Pokemon, such a Pidgeotto, Machoke, Graveler, Kadabra, and both Nido''s to keep a lookout. Kneeling down onto the grass, he pulled out his spy fly gear, something he wanted to learn how to use. "Okay, two come in a pack. The controller has a screen on it that can see and hear everything the spy fly does." Gan felt like he was in some sort of spy movie where they would always pull out some cool tech like this. Gan opened the pack which surprisingly came with instructions. This wasn''t something just sold in stores around here; this Team Rocket was indeed organized! Gan read the instruction first which made knowing how to use it far easier. There were two particular bu??ons on the controller that had labeled numbers above them; being one and two. These numbers represented each spy fly bot he was given, with the colors being blue and red. To tell which color belonged to whichever spy bot; they both had the eyes to match their respective colors. One with Blue tinted compound eyes and one with Red tinted compound eyes. Gan started to use the Red tinted spy bot, controlling it to fly around. "It''s really no different than flying around a drone from my world, the difficulty depends really." Gan played around with the drone for a bit, but not for too long. It was no telling if a Pidgey would pop out of the woodworks and eat the mini drone, believing it to be food. Afterward, Gan went over his Team Rocket suit, it was all black with a few black and white stripes here and there. His outfit sported a hood that was accommodated with a hazmat mask similar to Vectors from resident evil. The lens'' on the mask was red, which gave off an ominous glow when reflected on the moon''s light at night. The boots were black, something he had made sure to announce when having them made, or they would have given him the default white ones. "Very nice, my ideal suit! I won''t even have to worry about the stench of Grimer and later, Muk, at the time." The suit and mask were really high quality, so no smell or gas would leak. He wouldn''t even be affected by Stuns and Flashbangs when he used them. Gan was also glad to know that his voice would change just by wearing the mask, and also the fact that it had night vision as well! "Alright, let''s head to Pallet Town and investigate a bit. I hope I don''t run into that Pink chick while I''m there." Gan would have to avoid her, he didn''t want to see her until the appointed time had come. Gan finished checking his inventory of Team Rocket items, before recalling his Pokemon and heading towards Pallet Town. Chapter 67 - Pallet Town! Gan found a path in the thicket and used it to make his way to Pallet Town. Getting back on the path, Gan could easily see Pallet Town from his position. This was classical Town people thought of when starting their Pokemon adventure for the first time. Gan and Growlithe were speed walking towards there. And there it was, he had finally arrived at his destination. Pallet Town seemed like it was placed in a valley, Gan could see farmland for days here. ''This place seems like the countryside of a state or country back in my world.'' This was the first thought that came to mind when looking at Pallet Town. Once Gan arrived in the town, he was easily able to spot Professor Oak''s lab. It stood on a hill of sorts, while one would have to climb a great number of stairs to reach the front door. Gan could see a windmill tower that had propellers that never stopped spinning. He could see the lab from distance, it seemed to be isolated from everyone else. You''d have to take a mini bridge just to get across and arrive before his lab. Most of the Scientists that came to visit were actually from Cinnabar Island. Cinnabar Island was about two to two and a half hours away if you went by boat. Gan walked through the town before finding a small restaurant to dine in. The people here were just as abundant; people went back and forth and said their greetings to one another as they passed. Gan was stared at because no one obviously recognized his face. Nevertheless, they still greeted him in a friendly manner. "Welcome Customer, please have a seat." Gan was greeted by a man in blue jeans and a white shirt that had a Pokeball on it. "Thanks." Gan nodded and found a seat to sit in. Hunger had suddenly struck him out of nowhere when he hadn''t felt it before. . "What can I get to drink for you today?" There weren''t many people in the restaurant, so the man started taking Gan''s order right away. "Oh, I''ll take uh...Oran berry juice with the pulp, for starters. I need to look at the menu to figure out what I want to eat." Oran berry juice was made from Oran berries in this world, obviously. This was like the substitute for Orange juice from his world. "I gotcha, I''ll be right back." The man turned and left in a flash as Gan proceeded to browse through the menu. "It''s the morning still, so I better eat myself some breakfast food for the time being." Gan already scoped out what he wanted from the menu, and just waited for the waiter to return. Gan had recalled Growlithe, he only had one Pokeball on his waist, which was Growlithe''s. He didn''t want to stand out, so he stored all of his other Pokeballs away to make it seem like he only had one Pokemon. Gan was thinking of many things, at least when it came to the plan he had in place. If he wanted to steal from Professor Oak''s lab, he would need to do it at night, for sure. "I need to do a few things before I can do this grand theft." Gan thought about this many times before, he knew exactly what needed to be done. The waiter eventually came back and placed Gan''s drink on the table. Afterward, he asked what he''d be ordering this morning. "Hmm, I''ll take a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich for today." Gan didn''t want much, just a simple breakfast. The sausage was made out of Tauros meat from what it said on the menu. Gan was unsure where the eggs came from. "Alright, will that do it?" The man asked to be sure. "Yeah, that''ll do it." Gan nodded and said. The man left once again, this life in Pallet seemed simple. There was no way Gan could stay in a Town like this for the rest of his life. Dingling~ Just as he was contemplating, a customer came into the restaurant. It was a boy around the age of 15 to 16 or so; if Gan had to guess, he was probably one of these ages. The boy had dark orange hair, which made Gan believe it was dyed or something. The guy wasn''t alone, walking beside him was a Pokemon that took the same strides as him as the boy advanced forward. It was a Machop. "Hmm..." Gan narrowed his eyes and scanned the little fellow. |Name: Machop |Type: Fighting |Level: 13 |Gender: Male |Ability: Guts |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Karate Chop| Low Kick| Revenge| Low Sweep| [TM]Bulldoze| [E]Fire Punch| [E]Bullet Punch| .... ''What''s going on with Pallet Town? Did the teens in Pallet walk around with such highly talented Pokemon normally?'' It was a five-star Pokemon¡ªat that, the first Pokemon he was able to scan in the town. Gan wondered if this place was possibly filled with five-star Pokemon, this caused a grave expression to appear on his face. The boy was greeted by another waiter and escorted to his seating area. The boy took a seat while the Machop took a seat across from him. Gan sighed before slowly turning away, where he spotted a magazine on his table. The magazine was with sitting with condiments. Gan decided to check out the magazine, which had the title on it saying "Pursuit Of Perfection". On the front cover, Gan could see nothing but Elite four figures from this continent on it. Technically, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh were based off of Japan or Asia in general. So Gan ?ssumed this much. The cover had the Elite four members from Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh on it. There wasn''t anyone like Karen or Will from the Elite four on it. The magazine wasn''t that long, it only had around twenty pages in it. "Tournaments. This is something to be expected in this world, even the games and anime had this." Gan saw that there were many tournaments being hosted around Kanto and Johto from the magazine. The magazine wrote about the ranks of each trainer¡ªif they wanted to be a ranked trainer. Some were special tournaments that require a trainer to have all eight badges to participate in them¡ªor even 16 badges from both Kanto and Johto! "These winning prizes are really good, I''ll have to participate in one of these tournaments one day." Gan''s eyes widened as he turned the pages. He saw Pokemon eggs, items, money, and other things up for prizes for the 1st to 3rd place winners. There weren''t many tiers, but each tier had three grades in them from one to three, with one being the highest in their respective tiers. ... -Beginner Tier -Pok¨¦ Tier -Great Tier -Ultra Tier -Master Tier ... Gan could see that Beginner Tier trainers wore a Bronze medal, that was placed on their ?h?st. The medal would have a number on it to indicate where they stood in that Tier. Gan recalled seeing these types of people at the Pokemon Daycare Center, standing around back then. "That Daycare was probably using them as bodyguards, this has to be the only reason they were standing around." They looked more like those cool trainers from the games, but they had different faces. Gan needed nothing and ate well before getting up to go pay. He made sure to leave the man a tip for his good service. The restaurant wasn''t busy now, but when lunch and dinner came around; that would all change. Gan went to the nearest Pokemon mart and bought a camera from there. Afterward, he searched for an Inn to stay in for a bit. He used his Pokedex to find the closes Inn to Professor Oak''s house, which was secluded from the others. Gan was new to this place, so to not be suspicious, he took photos of businesses and Pidgeys near a park. This would make it seem like he was a photographer who liked to travel the world. Gan took a number of photos before going to the Inn and settling in. "Good! I can see Professor Oak''s lab just perfectly from here." Gan looked out the window and was able to get a perfect view of his lab, which satisfied him. Gan summoned Kadabra, for him to get a good look at the place. Kadabra had to memorize this place, so it could use its Teleport ability. "We''re gonna need your teleporting skills to get over and away from that place. I need you to memorize this place when we''re about to make it happen." Kadabra should have no problem memorizing anything, it was one of the smartest Pokemon on earth next to Metagross. "No problem." Kadabra nodded and relayed, this was a simple task for it. The only problem was with how far it could teleport due to its overall level. "Nice. I know you''re limited to how far you can teleport, so how far do you think you can teleport?" Kadabra was his main way out if things went south, so he needed to know this information. This was really risky, but he knew all of Professor Oak''s Pokemon. This was the only reason he could attempt something so crazy. Kadabra stated that it could teleport up to seven-hundred yards currently, which was close to half a mile. Gan was stunned, this should be good if he got into a sticky situation. "That will do, that will do just fine." Gan grinned before taking out some binoculars. He used them to look out of the window towards Professor Oak''s residence. His residence wasn''t in full view but he could see the stairs and parts of the little stream around it. Gan was stunned with who he saw, but he kept watching nonetheless. "So, she''s affiliated with Professor Oak? I guess this is to be expected." Gan had indeed spotted that Pink girl. Pink was currently speaking with some girl with lavender hair and another with blonde hair. The lavender-headed girl had an Eevee on her shoulder, while the blonde-headed girl was carrying a Pikachu. Gan adjusted his Binoculars and zoomed in on the Eevee and Pikachu. He loved to check the status of Pokemon, so Gan had to do it. He thought. ... |Name: Eevee |Type: Normal |Level: 14 |Gender: Female |Ability: Adaptability |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: Quick Attack| Sand Attack| Tackle| Helping Hand| Growl| [E]Detect| [E]Wish| [TM]Shadow Ball| ... |Name: Pikachu |Type: Electric |Level: 11 |Gender: Female |Ability: Lightning Rod (Hidden Ability) |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Timid |Moves: Play Nice| Sweet Kiss| Nuzzle| Thunder Shock| Tail Whip| Growl| Quick Attack| Thunder Wave| Double Team| [TM]Nasty Plot| [E]Wish| [E]Electric Terrain| ... Gan''s eyes bulged through the binoculars, was he seeing things correctly?! He ran into three 5 star Pokemon nearly within a 2-hour range! "What the hell is going on with Pallet Town?!" Was 5 star Pokemon so common? "Wait, could it be?" He recalled overhearing about a few talented trainers that were in Pallet, with Blue being one of them. This had to be them! Gan finally understood who Pink was to some degree, she had to be one of these trainers, right? He wasn''t exactly sure, but he speculated that this had to be so. "That Pikachu''s moves and ability are over the top, aren''t they? And this blonde-headed girl, she seems to be familiar." Gan couldn''t put his finger on it, but he was sure he had seen her from somewhere. "I''ll find out in the future if it''s who I think it is. For now, I needed to wait until nighttime to make my move. Kadabra should be able to teleport over there with no trouble, at least close to it." Gan was going to leave the Inn before the sunset to prepare. He had already chosen the Pokemon he would use for this operation. Chapter 68 - Operation Nightfall Part-1! Gan stayed in his room until it was lunch and dinner time¡ªwhen he went downstairs to get food. He made sure to get some food for the Pokemon he was going to utilize or possibly utilize for this operation. It would be a lie if he said he wasn''t bored waiting for the night to fall. However, Gan could only wait until the sun was close to setting. Gan had continued to spy on Professor Oak''s lab from afar. He could see many people visiting Oak''s lab often, it was getting a lot of traffic every day. Some appeared to be older women and men, who were obviously scientists. Gan also spotted Blue and surprisingly, Green from the Pokemon Let''s Go. She also made her appearance in other games and manga alike. Gan didn''t understand what reality of Pokemon he was in, but it seemed like it was more a mixture of things. "Thank you for having me, but I''m leaving. I just needed a nap after my long journey of photography." Gan announced to the woman behind the counter that he was leaving. "Oh, I hope you rested well. Please come again in the future, we''ll always welcome you." The woman smiled and said. "I''ll be sure to, this place was amazing." Gan smiled before he turned to leave the Inn. His smile quickly left his expression when he stepped out of the Inn. Gan had seen many officers roaming the streets, this town seemed heavily protected. He had even seen a few trainers with bronze medals around Professor Oak''s lab. Gan swiftly made his way to the nearest forest close to Professor Oak''s lab. People were already heading home by this point to wrap up the day. Gan was now in the forest, but he looked around to be sure he wasn''t spotted by anyone. Gan sat in the forest before the night could fall and waited patiently. He didn''t summon any of his Pokemon and just sat on some random log. "Professor Oak''s lab has a little stream going around it; this would make it complicated to get to his residence without a bridge." This didn''t matter because Gan wasn''t going to Oak''s lab, he was sending some Pokemon there. And even if he had to, he could have Kadabra levitate him over the stream with ease. Gan waited to his lonesome until the night was finally established. "Sigh, it''s about that time now." Gan, who was originally drawing odd images onto the ground with a stick, stood up. He scoped out his surrounding before reaching into his storage to grab some Pokeballs. "Come out!" Kadabra, Haunter, and two Gastly were called forth. Once he summoned the four of them, he started gearing up in his Team Rocket Uniform. His face shouldn''t and couldn''t be revealed. He wasn''t like those regular old Team Rocket members, who didn''t care about their faces being seen. Gan attached flashbangs and stun grenades to his ?h?st and waist, along with some smoke bombs. He also made sure to attach his net gun to the side of his waist, which shot off fireproof and sturdy nets. "Let''s do this!" Gan cracked his knuckles and neck and said. "Alright, you three. I''m sure Kadabra has explained what I''m up to today, and what needs to be done. For now, remain on standby, let me scout the area first before I instruct you." Gan spoke to Haunter and both Gastlys. Haunter and the two Gastly nodded in return. Afterward, Gan took out the drone; this was his way of scouting the place. He hadn''t conducted much of an investigation, in fact, he hadn''t done so at all but he didn''t want to visit Professor Oak. This man wasn''t stupid, Gan had a feeling that Oak would be able to put 2 and 2 together and figure out that he had robbed the place later down the line. Whether it was being too cautious or Gan just overthinking it, he didn''t want to risk it. Gan leaned against a tree and controlled the red-eyed fly drone toward Prof. Oak''s lab. It took four minutes before it arrived at Prof. Oak''s residence. Another part of Oakland Forest. "Eevee, tackle these logs and snap them in half!" The boy tossed a few logs at the Eevee, who lunged at them and broke each one that came towards it. "Good! Let the feeling of the night flow through you, and you will become something great." This boy was known as Gray from Pallet Town, he only trained his Eevee at night. "Wow, you''re really training hard tonight, huh, Gray!" Yellow came over and said with a smile, she was accompanied by Pink and Orange. "Oh, orange boy came." Gray gaze over at the orange-headed boy and said. "I told you to stop calling me orange and to call me Saffron instead," Saffron said in an irritated tone. "Yeah, whatever, why are you here anyway? I know you''re head over heel for Pink, but she doesn''t feel the same way." Gray sighed and told it how it was. "Gray! Shut up, she''s already my girlfriend, to begin with." Saffron grinned and patted his ?h?st. "I told you, you better stop going around spouting nonsense," Pink said coldly to Saffron. "For now, eventually, you''ll understand my greatness in time, you just haven''t realized it yet." Saffron seemed confident in himself and shrugged what she said off with a grin. Yellow gazed at Saffron with disdain, but she didn''t say anything and turned away. Saffron saw her gaze, but he believed Yellow to be nothing but a weakling in his eyes. "Well... in any case, what brings you guy out here at this time of night?" Gray was usually by himself training, this was unexpected of them. "Clefairy wanted to bath in the moonlight, so I decided to come out and let her enjoy herself." It was a well-known fact that Clefairy enjoyed dancing in the moonlight and bathing in its ?uster. "Oh, that makes sense. I''m still trying to train my Eevee, so it can evolve to the next level. I can almost feel it, it''s so close to reaching its next form yet so far I feel." Gray had to dedicate himself to evolving this Eevee at night because this wasn''t an easy task. Eevee also had to bask in the moonlight while training to evolve into ''that Pokemon''. Suddenly, Saffron''s mouth rose into a deep grin before he said, "How about we have a battle, this might speed up its evolution process. Breaking logs all night is a slow process, a real fight should be enough to evolve it." "What? No fair, you clearly have the type advantage against him. This would be no contest if you guy were to fight." Yellow didn''t like the idea of seeing a cute Eevee getting beat up by a muscle-bound midget like Machop. Yellow had seen how Machop was choking out pidgeys and head locking Rattata''s in the thicket yesterday, and it wasn''t pleasant to watch for her. AN: LOL! "Oh, shut up! No one wants to stay a weakling like you forever, so put a cap on it." Saffron sneered at Yellow before ignoring her and turning back to Gray. "Ryan, you should watch your mouth when you speak! Have some respect for once in your life!" Pink''s expressed her contempt for this guy and his personality, she really hated this about him. In her eyes, he was far worse than that arrogant Blue, who at least had modesty and skills to back it up. Saffron shrugged, he didn''t think he said anything wrong. "Yeah, I''ll battle you, this might work. At least it would put me ahead of Lavender, who also uses this method during the day." Gray agreed after a bit of thought. "Good! Let''s start!" Saffron tossed his Pokeball and the match began. ... Oakland Forest. Gan had no idea that there were others in the same forest as him sparring and practicing at this time. The drone had managed to enter Prof. Oak''s home through a cracked window, that wasn''t fully shut. Professor Oak was spotted right away, he was looking at some papers on a clipboard alone. However, Blue suddenly came out of a room and started making conversation with him. Blue talked about various things, even saying that he was going to leave early on his journey to get a head start on everyone else. Gan began to whistle to himself before finding a door that went downstairs. This obviously led to Prof. Oak''s lab where all the goodies were stored. "Hehe, jackpot, baby!" Unfortunately, it was a door, so it was closed and nothing could enter it without turning the knob. Gan sighed, but he discovered a keyhole on the door. "Can the drone fit?" Gan surely hoped so, as he tried it out. With great struggle, he was finally able to fit the spy drone through the keyhole. The door was made out of iron, but he was able to unlock and lock the door with a key, so it required a keyhole for this. AN: It''s an old-school keyhole. The lab was dark, but it was a good thing this drone had night vision. The lab was massive, this made Gan really excited about what he might find down here. Gan could hear mechanical sounds in one particular area, so he maneuvered his drone towards that direction. These areas didn''t have doors on them, so this made things easier for him. Arriving at the room, he could see a great number of Pokeballs lined up on shelves that more Pokeballs behind them. These Pokeballs had Pokemon in them as well from what the scanners were picking up. There was a machine bringing down Pokeballs and stocking them behind other Pokeballs. Gan immediately got to work and had the drone fly over to scan the Pokeballs. This scanner could detect what type of Pokemon was in each Pokeball. "Okay, let''s do you first," Gan said excitedly. Haunter and Kadabra were right behind him, watching the screen. The two Pokemon''s widened eyes met before they turned back to the screen with great interest. ... ... The first reading was Meowth, something he cared nothing about. He kept scanning more Pokeballs, while he found a rock to sit on to do this. This seemed to be more a game than anything else at this point. "Oh!" After about twelve readings, the next reading brought a smile to his face. ... [Squirtle] ... The spy fly landed on the Pokeball and proceed to mark it with a green spray liquid from its mouth. Gan smiled and moved to the next Pokeball, but it was nothing relevant to him. So far there was nothing he found interest in until he ran into two Pokemon he wanted. Well, he wanted to add them to his Pokedex. ... [Tauros] [Mr. Mime] ... Gan proceeded to mark these Pokeballs with the green spray liquid as well. Gan stopped what he was doing. He wanted to check out more Pokeballs but Gan wanted to explore the lab a bit more. Gan controlled the drone to leave the room and enter another, which was right down the hallway. In here, he saw a large computer screen with several odd machines that were blinking with red and green light. And there, Gan saw a large long table with strange orbs on them. Gan''s hands shook in elation and shock upon seeing them! "M-mega Stones!" Gan couldn''t hide his excitement. Chapter 69 - Operation Nightfall Part-2 Gan''s breath had sped up from the first sight of them; there was no doubt that these were Mega stones! Prof. Oak was probably doing some research on these recently. Gan was also excited that he could possibly get his hands on some Mega stones now. There were about 14 Mega stones on the long table, with some notes beneath them as well. "The room is dark, so I can''t tell what color the Mega stones are." Gan could see things with night vision, but he couldn''t distinguish what color was what, in the dark. Gan calmed himself down and controlled the drone to fly around the room. He was looking for a Mega ring¡ªif there happened to be one lying around. Gan didn''t see any Mega rings sitting around, the only relevant thing around was the Mega stones here. Gan could read the notes with the night vision, and sure enough, they showed which Mega stone was which. Most of the Mega stones here were related to Pokemon affiliated with the Kanto and Johto Region. There were very few stones affiliated with Johto here since out of Johto and Sinnoh, they both had the lowest Mega Evolution line. One had to know that Hoenn had the most Mega Evolutionary line of Pokemon, which the next set of notes wrote out about. It stated that Mega Evolution was making a strong appearance in the Hoenn and Kalos Region. This little piece of news caused Gan to once again be filled with joy, this meant so much to him. A determined light flicker in his visor, he wanted to take all of these Mega stones away¡ªif possible! "Hahaha! Nice! Haunter and you two, you''ll be heading to that residence down belong to steal. Haunter, you saw everything just now, I want the marked Pokeballs and a bunch of random ones while you''re at it." Haunter was watching from beginning to end, so she knew exactly where the lab was and what to do. Haunter nodded before gazing at the other two Gastly, who was going to join her. "Gastly!" Gastly said a few things to Haunter, as she updated them on more information. In the next moment, their figures flew off towards Prof. Oak''s lab. Gan took the initiative to maneuver the drone back to the Pokeball storage room. This was the biggest room down here. It was filled with Pokeballs, if Gan could stop time and take everything here, he would have done it by now. Gan checked the drone''s power and saw that it was at sixty-seven percent. "The battery power is quite good on these, I''ll have to charge it later." They must always be ready for use when he needed them. "Kadabra, take me to the top of the tree over there, I want to monitor to see if there''s any serious movement at the lab." Gan pointed to a tall tree and ordered. Kadabra nodded and they both began to levitate off the ground before appearing at the top of the tree. Gan stood on the sturdy tree limbs and took out his binoculars to see the situation at Prof. Oak''s house/lab. ..... -Oakland Forest. "Stop with the petty tricks, all you do is hit and run!" Saffron''s Machop couldn''t land a hit on Gray''s Eevee, who was faster than it. "It''s a simple strategy. Besides, you''re Machop is a fighting type, so Eevee can''t afford to be hit." Gray said nonchalantly, he could care less about what Saffron thought. "We''ll see how long you can keep it up." Saffron grinned, he had an idea. "Eevee, use Quick Attack and back off immediately afterward." Gray pointed and said. "Evo~!" Eevee rushed Machop but not before running around it to attack its blindside. ''Wait for it...'' Saffron thought to himself. He could see Machop looking at him, and waiting for its next command, it didn''t want to continue being hit without being able to retaliate. "Bullet Punch, then follow it up with a Bulldoze!" Just when Eevee was close enough, Saffron hollered out. Machop''s fist moved fast, as it was suddenly coated in silver chrome with dim white lining around it fist. Machop moved fast, which stunned Eevee, it didn''t see this coming. "Dodge to the side!" Gray hurriedly and said. "Hehehe! Too late!" Saffron laughed haughtily before Machop''s fist landed on Eevee''s forehead. "Evoy~!" The clash pushed both parties back, but Eevee was clearly hurt from taking a fist to the forehead. Machop didn''t stop, it quickly used the ground as leverage, by kicking off of it and arriving in front of Eevee. Eevee was tackled with a Bulldoze and sent flying, all the while, its body lit up with blue light for a split second. Its speed had been lowered. "Now, I''m faster!" Saffron''s Machop was now faster than Eevee. Despite taking two direct hits from Machop, it still stood up. "Man, that''s one thing I don''t like between your Eevee and Lavender''s Eevee. Your Eevee never knows when to stay down, it doesn''t know what''s good for it." Saffron frowned. Lavender''s Eevee was much easier to take down once it was hit hard enough or enough. "Keep dreaming if you think you can decisively take down my buddy here. Are you good to go, Eevee?" Gray scoffed at Saffron before turning to his Eevee and asking. "Evo!" Eevee responded with a serious expression, but no matter what, its expression looked too cute to be taken seriously. Yellow sighed in relief, as she watched the battle with interest. Pink nodded with a smile, while her Clefairy basked in the moonlight. Meanwhile, Yellow''s Pikachu climbed a tree to search for some fruits it could eat. However, once it reached the top of the tree, it saw something that interested it. "Pika..." Pikachu gazed across the way, where there was another sector of the forest they were currently in. Under the moonlight, it saw some reflecting lights coming from another treetop. Pikachu scrunched its eyes to see better, and that figure came into view. He was wearing all black and using something to look down at the nice Professor''s lab. This is what Pikachu clearly thought of Professor Oak, the nice guy. Pikachu instantly knew something was off, so it quickly rushed down the tree. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu came over to Yellow in a hurry, it was pointing with its little arms, trying to tell her something. "Chuchu, what''s wrong?" Yellow asked. She hadn''t seen her Pikachu this distraught about something before. "Okay, let''s stop here." Saffron decided to end the battle, this was going nowhere, and fast at that. "Sound good to me, this battle isn''t meant to be serious. We''ll get serious when we have a whole team in the future. That''ll be the day that you''ll get destroyed by me." Gray smirked and said. "Talk about dreaming, I think your brain is fried from sleeping during the day from having the sun beaming on your head." Saffron scoffed. Clefairy could easily understand what Pikachu was saying, so it turned to the distraught Pikachu with a strange expression. "What''s wrong with that rat, why is it barking so much?" Saffron walked over, this Pikachu wouldn''t shut up. "She started acting like this after coming down from the tree, I think she saw something. I don''t know." Yellow''s expression fell, why does this guy always say the most annoying things? At that time, Clefairy skipped over towards Pink''s leg. "Clefairy, is there something wrong with Pikachu? What happened and what is she saying?" Pink was curious and asked. Clefairy made many funny and strange body gestures. She was acting like a villain while laughing evilly with her act. "This Clefairy can perform pretty well, hahaha!" Gray laughed and shook his head. Eevee also listened to Clefairy and Pikachu, and what they were saying wasn''t good. "What? Something bad is happening?" Gray looked at his Eevee, who landed on his shoulders. It started acting strange as well from hearing their words. "All three of your Pokemon need counseling or something; or this could be some type of disease! Keep them away from my Machop!" Saffron hurriedly and recalled his Machop, afraid that it might catch this disease. "Stop acting so ignorant!" Pink glared at Saffron, this guy never knew when to shut up. Before Saffron could reply, Pikachu ran off, while Clefairy followed. It didn''t take long before Eevee jumped off of Gray''s shoulder and followed as well. "What? Hey! Follow them!" Gray''s expression changed and he was the first to make a move. "Dang it!" Pink also followed with a bit of annoyance. Yellow trailed behind her, she was shocked that her Pikachu would run off like this so suddenly. "Hey, are you guys kidding me?!" Saffron was speechless. Nevertheless, he also followed in line, right behind them. ... -Professor Oak''s Lab "Haunter, Haunter!" Haunter pointed in a direction and the Gastly duo simply followed her and nodded. They could see perfectly in the dark, even distinguishing between colors wasn''t a problem for them. They quickly arrived in the part that was filled with Pokeballs. At this time, Professor Oak was sitting in his chair on some I-pad looking device. Suddenly, the alarm went off, it wasn''t loud but it wasn''t silent either. "The motion detectors have gone off?" Oak was surprised and quickly brought up a monitor. At the same time, Blue walked in after hearing the alarm. "Gramps, what''s going on?" Blue asked right away before his gaze landed on the screen. "This is bad!" Oak''s expression was a sight to behold, it was so grave that it caused Blue''s heart to skip a beat. Oak pressed a bu??on close by, this bu??on wasn''t simple at all. This bu??on would summon all of the Beginner League Trainers and Pok¨¦ League Trainers. They all respect Oak highly, and they were acting as bodyguards. They could be considered to be on their way at this very moment! "We have intruders!" Professor Oak quickly opened his desk and grabbed three Pokeballs before running to his lab door. "Intruders?" Who would have such nerve?! Blue was stunned and followed behind him in a hurry. Chapter 70 - Operation Nightfall Part-3! At this time, Haunter and the duo of Gastly entered the room. However, Haunter had its priorities when it came here, and so did the Gastly duo. Haunter quickly grabbed the Pokeballs that were marked, it looked closely and tossed them into its mouth. Haunter was a large Pokemon and it could store items inside of its body. Of course, the items couldn''t be too big, but Pokeballs weren''t a problem for it. Once it grabbed the marked Pokeballs and stored them, it quickly went to phase through the wall to complete its next objective. However, just as it was phasing, the lights to the lab had all been cut on. Haunter looked around in surprise, it clearly understood that they had been discovered or was going to be. Haunter turned and said a few words to the Gastly, who were slurping up Pokeballs with their tongues indiscriminately! "My gosh, those are ghost Pokemon!" Blue had surprisingly arrived before Prof. Oak could. After all, Prof. Oak knew where the lights were and had to cut them on. Oak''s expression was cloudy, and without a word, he tossed a Pokeball and summoned an Exeggutor. This was the best way to deal with Ghost-types like the Gastly line, and it was by using a powerful psychic type. The Gastly duo and Haunter''s eyes widen, they could sense the terrifying aura coming from Exeggutor! Haunter hurriedly and issued an order for them to flee back to Gan¡ªsince they had stolen enough. Both Gastly quickly turned around and floated off towards the wall. "Psychic blast!" Oak hurriedly and said. Haunter took another way, while both Gastly followed Haunter by traveling through the walls. Psywaves fluctuated through the room, which nearly caused the Ghastly who had passed through the wall, to faint. These walls weren''t simple, so it wasn''t easily destroyed by Pokemon attacks. "Damn it! Exeggutor, have you locked onto their position?" Prof. Oak''s eyes were darting across the room in a somewhat menacing manner. "Exeggutor!" Exeggutor nodded. He could pretty much sense them through the walls, they couldn''t hide! "Are they still in the lab?" Oak asked hurriedly. With a nod, Exeggutor quickly left the room to track the trio down. Prof. Oak hadn''t expected this to happen, at least, if he was going to get robbed they would have to take the front door. The walls were heavily sturdy, that not even a drill could get through them from underground. Unfortunately, this didn''t stop Ghost Pokemon from passing through the walls. Meanwhile, as Haunter and the Gastly duo were scowering through the walls¡ªHaunter told them to leave to Gan again. With a nod, they both turned to leave the lab in a hurry. Haunter had entered a room, this was a room that Gan couldn''t enter. It was a locked room that he had passed with his drone¡ªa room that had no blind spot for entry. Haunter gobbled these items up and went about its way through the lab walls. Its biggest objective was to get those stones its master was going crazy over earlier. Swoosh- A few trainers had appeared around Prof. Oak''s lab with serious expressions. The quickest trainers came in on Pidgeot, Dodrio, and Tauros. They were greeted by Blue, who came up from the lab to wait on them. Blue began to explain everything, but he explained other things because this wasn''t a normal Pokemon attack. This was a robbery and the perpetrator must be hiding in the shadows somewhere. Soon, many more trainers began to appear on the scene. ..... -Oakland Forest. Gan had long gotten down from the tree, he hadn''t noticed the crowd gathering around Prof. Oak''s home. Once he was down, he noticed that something was off with what his drone was seeing. "The lights in the lab have been activated, it looks like things won''t be easy from here on." Gan believed that they may have been discovered, this was the greatest possibility. He had been looking through the binoculars the whole time before having Kadabra take him down. "Do you know our way of retreat? Yes, this is the route we''ll run to and teleport from." Gan looked towards Kadabra to verify. Kadabra nodded with a slightly twitchy eye, did his master not have faith in his memory? Kadabra''s mustache wrinkled as he turned towards the thicket of the forest. "We have company, they''ll be here soon." Kadabra frowned slightly, relaying his voice through Gan''s mind. "Company? We''ve been discovered?" Gan''s hand immediately went towards the holster housing his Netgun. "No worries, their aura''s are weak, they''re no threat to you and the team. Not one of them is enough, and yes, we''ve been discovered by them." Kadabra said calmly. Gan sighed in relief and relaxed. "They''ll be here in 30 seconds tops," Kadabra spoke again. "You hide, I''ll give you the signal if I need you." Gan pointed toward the forest. Afterward, Kadabra levitated towards the forest and hid within. The waiting time of 30 seconds wasn''t anything and the intruders began to slowly appear. "A Pikachu?" Gan was speechless, but when he scanned it; his expression changed a bit. He recognized this Pikachu''s status page, right away. Shortly after, a Cleafairy appeared before an Eevee appeared as well. Gan''s eyes widen under his helmet, it was that Clefairy, it was Pink''s Clefairy! Why was it here, was she around and what about that Pikachu? Was that blonde-headed girl from earlier around as well? Gan quickly scanned the Eevee that had appeared. ... |Name: Eevee |Type: Normal |Level: 14 |Gender: Male |Ability: Adaptability |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold ... This status sheet looked similar to the Eevee he saw earlier, but it was missing the Shadow ball move. The three Pokemon''s eyes landed on Gan right away. Clefairy looked at him with curiosity, Pikachu looked at him with hostility, and Eevee had a look of surprise on its little face. Afterward, their respective trainers began to show up one after another until four trainers came before Gan in total. ... -Oakland Forest-Pink and Company''s POV. At this time, Yellow, Saffron, Pink, and Gray could be seen chasing after their Pokemon up ahead. They ran for minutes, they didn''t understand what they could have seen to make them go into action like this. The forest was dark in most places where the moonlight couldn''t reach. This would make it hard to see and this may even cause an accident to occur. However, thanks to Clefairy, they were able to see perfectly. Clefairy''s body had a tint of pale white light over her¡ªthat allowed them to see well in dark places. "Tell your Pokemon to stop, this is all for nothing. This running around is so tiresome, are you guys crazy?" Saffron huffed from behind, but they kept running and ignored him. "For someone with a Machop, which is a Pokemon that clearly works out¡ªyou''re clearly an unfit person. Maybe you try not only working on Machop but yourself as well." Gray said mockingly. "Damn it!" Saffron gritted his teeth, he couldn''t make a reply to this statement. The group kept following after their Pokemon, and when they caught up; they saw that they had stopped altogether in one place. Eventually, they all caught up to their Pokemon. Huff~ Everyone bent forward gasping for their breath, leaning on their knees from running for a long period of time. "Chu-chu, why did you suddenly stop? Is there something wrong?" Yellow said, trying to catch her breath. After huffing and trying to catch their breaths, they all looked up and ahead just like Yellow. They couldn''t see so well, but their eyes eventually landed on the figure in black. He was standing near a tree staring right at them. Those red visor lenses lit up and couldn''t be hidden from anyone, it looked quite sinister! "AH~!" Yellow jumped in terror from the first sight of this figure. This was mainly because of his dress code, it immediately scared her; this was also because of the dark adding to it¡ªand those red lantern-like eyes. "Who is it? Show yourself!" Gray glared at the tree where the shadowy figure stood and said threateningly. Pink frowned, this definitely wasn''t anything good. She thought. The figure stepped forward and out of the shadows¡ªrevealing himself under the moonlight. This figure was wearing an operation raccoon city Vector outfit, but instead of Umbrella, it was an ''R'' logo in these places. "T-Team Rocket!" Everyone was shocked, why was Team Rocket here?! This organization wasn''t anything good, they were a group of crooks from everyone''s perspective. Gan looked at everyone and gave a small nod before saying. "This is a robbery, hand over all your valuables and no one gets hurt." Gan took another step forward and said coldly. "Team Rocket! Your group of evil thieves, what are you planning by coming here to Pallet? I''ll warn you, you better not provoke us or there will be some consequences!" Saffron''s tone was full of threat and confidence. All the while, Yellow was frightened from the mere sight of Gan. "What are you planning, you better leave now while you can. We ran you guys out of this town 6 years ago, why do you insist on constantly coming back and starting trouble?!" Pink had a terrible impression of Team Rocket, and for once in a long time, she agreed with Saffron. "Quiet, you surfboard but the one in the back¡ªthe big mouth, hand over that nice orange backpack of yours." Gan could easily tell that the bag this orange-headed guy had on his back¡ªwas a storage backpack! Gan also recalled this guy from the shop, he had a really good memory when it came to faces. "What?! You wanna steal my backpack, keep dreaming!" Saffron''s expression twisted, as it also blackened a bit. Pink whole body shivered, he just insulted her by calling her a surfboard! Her expression turned extremely cold, which caused Gan to frown. Pink clenched her fist tightly and kept herself from making a reply to Gan''s insult. Kadabra even sent him a message saying that she wanted to beat him or maybe, even kill him. Gan was stunned, he couldn''t sense things like Killing Intent. Only Pokemon and humans with superhuman abilities were s?ns?t?v? to these types of things. Gan was just a regular human, so he couldn''t feel something like the legendary Killing Intent or Killing Aura or Killing Spirit. "Guys, we don''t need to do any of these things, let''s just take him down and bring him to justice." Gray glared at Gan, his eyes were filled with hostility and resolve to capture this criminal. "Right! I couldn''t agree more! Clefairy, get ready!" Pink said with the utmost seriousness; her eyes were scanning Gan''s body like she wanted to rip him into pieces! "GO! Machop!" Saffron quickly summoned his Machop to join in on the fight. "Guys, I-I''ll go get some help!" Yellow didn''t want to be in the presence of such a sinister man and opted to get help instead. She turned and ran off to get ?ssistance, but how could Gan let her do that? "You were to first to arrive, why would you leave so soon?" Gan pointed at Yellow¡ªwhen suddenly, his shadow grew a pair of eyes and smiled. "What the hell is that?" Saffron''s eyes dilated before he took a step back. "Careful!" Gray stared at the strange shadow before it quickly made its move. The shadow zig-zagged over the ground before passing Saffron, Gray, and Pink¡ªit was going for Yellow! "Yellow, look out! Clefairy, use Disarming Voice!" Pink warned before quickly giving her Clefariy an order. Yellow turned around before she was nearly frozen from terror seeing the shadow coming for her. It had large eyes and a grin across its shadowy face¡ªwhich made it look quite terrifying. Clefairy shot off a Disarming Voice, which displayed music notes that were pink in coloration. However, the shadow was too fast, it dodged and quickly appeared in front of the terrified Yellow. "Pika-Pika~!!" Pikachu tried to go over and help, but it was already too late for all of this. Swoosh- The shadow quickly took form and revealed its true form. It was a Gastly! Gan had caught three of these back in the Lavender Tower, so he naturally had another on board. "Gastly!" Pink finally understood why the eyes and grin of this shadow were so familiar to her. Her sister Violet had a Gastly as her starter, so she knew it all too well. "N-noo!" Yellow''s expression turned pale before Gastly stuck its tongue out and licked her across the face. "Ah~!" Yellow''s body went stiff before she dropped to the ground unconscious. "Yellow!!" That was all Yellow heard when she crumbled to the ground. Chapter 71 - Operation Nightfall Part-4 Final! Pink wanted to check on Yellow, but her path was being blocked by the Gastly. Gastly''s level was higher than her Clefairy and every other Pokemon here. Gan sighed, Gastly knew not to bring her any real harm, as he instructed. "Team Rocket, you won''t get away with this! How could you attack a defenseless little girl like that?!" Saffron was enraged seeing Yellow in that state, he thought she was weak but she certainly didn''t deserve this. ''Yellow was even in this world?'' Gan was secretly shocked, it turned out that this blonde-headed girl was who he speculated it to be! "Team Rocket! I vowed that I will certainly take down your evil organization one day!" Gray roared, he was also furious, they couldn''t even ?ssist the unconscious Yellow. "Machop, Go! Give this evildoer a harsh lesson! Karate Chop!" Saffron thought he should take this time to have Machop take Gan down directly. Machop didn''t hesitate, its eyes flashed with a strange glint before it started rushing towards Gan. Gan didn''t panic at all and just stood his ground unfazed. "Chop!" Machop leaped off the ground and sent a chopping hand gesture attack toward Gan''s head! Saffron grinned, if this Team Rocket character had any Pokemon in his arsenal left over¡ªit was too late to summon them for help now. Suddenly, Saffron, Pink, and Gray''s expressions changed into that of confusion. Why hadn''t Machop attacked yet? What was going on? "What?!" That''s when they discovered it! Machop was levitating in the air, so it looked down in confusion before it started to panic. "Awe, so close but yet...so far. You lose!" Gan swiped his finger right, then Machop went flying in that direction like a torpedo. "CHOP!!" Machop slammed into a tree before falling to the ground unmoved. "Machop! No!" Saffron''s heart jumped, as Saffron himself jumped in panic. "This..." He could use Psychic powers?! There were very few Pokemon trainers that could do this or were born with these abilities. However, this wasn''t Gan''s doing, but Kadabra''s doing¡ªwho was currently hiding in the forest. Now they were worried, this wasn''t a Grunt Team Rocket member from what they believed. This had to be at least an Agent ranked Team Rocket official, he was clearly working alone¡ªas agents normally did. They weren''t far from the truth since Gan call himself as such, but it was best to go with X as his name. He wasn''t really an agent and this might cause some misunderstandings later down line. "How dare you, you bastard, I''ll tear you to pieces! Fight me!" Saffron''s eyes turned bloodshot, he seemed to have lost his mind. "I''ll fight you fair and square. If you win, I''ll leave and quit Team Rocket to turn over a new leaf." Gan nodded and said modestly. "Turn over a new leaf? Haha, that''s a funny saying, but it''s good you know your place! You''ll have to pay for hurting my Machop either way! Don''t think you''re special because you unlocked some special power." "Saffron, be careful. He might be up to something, we all know that Team Rocket never plays fair." Pink warned sternly, she didn''t trust these Team Rocket people to play fair. Team Rocket members would always have some deadly trick hiding in the back to catch their foes off guard. "Oh, are you worried about me? I''m flattered that-" Saffron was cut off, however. "Just shut up and be careful! No one''s worried about you, you moron. This is a serious situation, stop screwing around!" Pink glared at Saffron coldly, this guy didn''t seem to understand the dangers around him. "Right." Saffron didn''t take her insults to heart before he turned back to Gan. "Prepare yourself, you scumbag!" Saffron put up his guard, ready to fight Gan. Afterward, he quickly rushed Gan, ready to swing on and beat him. Saffron saw that Gan wasn''t moving, and started to believe he might use his psychic abilities. However, when he saw Gan put up his guard, those thoughts were thrown to the wind. With a sneer on his face, Saffron continued to rush Gan. "Careful!" Gray hurriedly and said. "Haha, just kidding!" Gan quickly reached for his holster and drew his netgun before shooting it at Saffron. Saffron was caught by the net and fell to the ground entangled like he was in a spider web. "You...despicable!!" Saffron was so mad that his face had turned completely red, as he stared up at Gan hatefully. Gan wasn''t a fighter, he had never fought in his life. Perhaps if that fighting Gym in Saffron city was real, he would take a few lessons there. "You scumbag bas-" Before Saffron could finish his sentence, Gan''s foot landed on his face. "Arg!" Saffron''s nose started to bleed from the impact. "This backpack, I must have it, haha!" Gan took out a Pokeball and tossed it. Who appeared was a Machoke, he flexed his muscles before turning to Gan. "Hold him hostage and take his backpack. Knock him out, I don''t like his eyes, they''re annoying to look at." Gan took his foot off of Saffron''s face and took a step back. Saffron stared up at Machoke in surprise before he was Karate chopped over the head. Machoke proceeded to remove the net in order to confiscate Saffron''s backpack. "They''re coming, at least two of them." Gan heard Kadabra''s voice in his mind. He instantly knew that this meant his buddies he sent to Prof. Oak''s lab. "I knew you were up to no good, you guys can never do the right thing," Pink spoke through her gritted teeth, she wasn''t surprised by Gan''s trickery but she was still angered by it. "Nah, I just suddenly felt like I didn''t want to fight, it was a split-second decision." Gan shrugged and said nonchalantly. "Forget talking with him, let''s capture him with a joint attack." Gray looked back at Yellow for a second before suggesting this to Pink. "Perfect! I can''t agree anymore to this." Pink''s gaze landed on Gan''s body, it almost seemed like she was contemplating what to really do to him when he was caught. At that moment, two shadows flew out of the forest and arrived behind Gan in a flash. This caused the already summoned Gastly¡ªa great deal of excitement. These were clearly the two Gastly he sent on the heist mission. They both dove into Gan''s shadow and hid away. Both Gray and Pink''s expressions turn ugly as they stared at Gan''s shadow. Did this man use nothing but Ghost Pokemon? Where did those Pokemon come from? Did he release them prior or was it secretly during their confrontation? They had so many questions and speculations. This caused them to hesitate and pause in their actions to order their Pokemon to attack. A sneak attack was possible while they were off guard, they had to be careful! However, Gan didn''t pay any mind to them, he was excited about his two Gastly''s return. He quickly took out the controller to the drone and set it to auto-pilot to return to him through the same route that it came. "You guys want to team up against me? You can fight him, he''s been ready to fight more ever since." Gan grabbed another Pokeball and tossed it out. It revealed his Nidorino, who looked pumped and ready to fight. Nidorino''s hostile gaze landed on Clefairy and Eevee¡ªwho were at the front. "Prepare yourselves!" Gray said to Eevee and Clefairy. "Hey, how was the harvest? Hand over what you''ve got for me." While that was going, Gan wanted to store what they had stolen. Both Gastly quickly appeared and began to pour out their harvest for Gan. He quickly stored the Pokeballs away with a wide smile, something he couldn''t stop himself from doing. They both had 15 Pokeballs each! Right then, Machoke turned to Gan and tossed him Saffron''s backpack. Gan caught it and began to inspect it a little before throwing it into his storage; he''ll figure all these things out later. "Disarming voice!" "Quick Attack!" Gan turned around to discover that they had taken this time to attack his Nidorino. He made sure to recall both Gastly since he would have to leave soon. Both Gastly were dumping Pokeballs at him that automatically went into his body. Gan made sure that Pink and Gray couldn''t see anything. Clefairy attacked from range while Eevee went in for a direct attack. "Go! Charge Clefairy and use Poison Sting." Gan waved his hand. Suddenly, Eevee was locked down and couldn''t move, it stopped right in its tracks. This was a Psychic force, this was the work of Kadabra! "Evo..." Eevee looked confused, it tried moving but to no avail. Gray''s eyes widen, he easily understood that this was due to some psychic ability. "Fu**er!" This guy was clearly doing this to exclude his Eevee out to deal with Clefairy alone. Pikachu wanted to help, but it was preoccupied with the other Gastly, who was toying with it. Nidorino sidestepped the pink musical notes charge over at it with ease. Even if these notes landed on Nidorino, they wouldn''t do much to it since it was resistant against fairy moves and had a higher level to begin with. "Clefairy, get out of the way!" Pink hurriedly and said. She wanted to use Sing to put it to sleep, but that would only end up dealing more harm than good. That would end up putting everyone around asleep. This wouldn''t also affect Gan since he could activate something in his helmet to block off these sounds. Clefairy moved away, but unfortunately, Nidorino followed closely. Nidorino has a higher level and a plus-speed nature, so how could Clefairy hope to escape him? Nidorino arrived right in front of Clefairy at an astonishing speed before railing her with his horn. "FAIRY!" Oh, how painful it was to get hit like this, but Clefairy didn''t go down with one hit despite it being super effective against it. For one, Clefairy had defensive nature, her potential was high, and Poison sting had low base power to it. However, Clefairy''s little cheeks form a purple hue across them, she had been poisoned! Clefairy struggled to her feet, this Nidorino had complete domination over the battle. "Ah! Clefairy, are you alright?!" Pink grew intensely worried, she couldn''t tell that Clefairy was poisoned because she couldn''t see her face. Machoke was still holding Saffron hostage just in case they made a move on Gan. Gan knew they couldn''t do anything, but this was more so for them to hand over their goods. "She can''t fight anymore, hand over what valuables you have or the orange boy here¡ªget his arm dislocated." Gan threatened. "Damn it..." Pink clenched her fist so tight that one might think it would start to bleed. She had never felt so helpless in her life, she had to get stronger! She secretly vowed. However, Eevee was soon released from its psychic bind. "Go attack!" Gray was beyond furious at this point and attacked immediately. "Go, Double kick it!" Gan ordered Nidorino and said. He also issued an order to Kadabra, who was still hiding. Gan laughed to himself, he actually found this fun to mess with people like this. Even he couldn''t believe he was like this; this caused him some worry about himself. I''m not evil for feeling this way, right? Gan thought. Suddenly, a gravitational force smashed down on Eevee, stopping it in its tracks again. Nidorino had a little sneer on its face, before sending two kicks right into Eevee''s face. "EVOO!~" Eevee was sent flying before landing and rolling on the ground; kicking up a little dirty dust cloud. "Eevee!" Gray ran over towards his Eevee when he was tackled by Nidorino and knocked away! "Ah!" One of the spikes on Nidorino''s body struck Gray right in the arm. He fell to the ground bleeding from his arm while rolling on the floor. "What are you doing?! Why are you letting your Pokemon attack people, you bastard!" Pink was so mad that she was shivering in fear and worry. She actually glared at Gan with utter hatred growing in her heart. "Oh, my bad! Nidorino, don''t attack people, just beat up Eevee." Gan was actually telling the truth here, he didn''t want his Pokemon to attack people unless it was neccasasy. "But if you don''t pay up, then I have no choice. Last time I''ll say this, hand over your valuables!" Gan then sent a message to Kadabra to relay to Nidorino telepathically. Nidorino put its front legs on Gray in a sort of threatening manner. "We didn''t bring anything, the only thing valuable was the backpack you already stole from him!" Pink was almost in tears from this confrontation with this Team Rocket guy, he was too evil! "Really?" Gan wondered and said. Eevee looked at his trainer whose expression was filled with pain, and something changed and clicked in its little eyes. It needed power! "E...VoooO~!!" Eevee yelled out towards the sky, its eyes staring right at the moon. Gan turned to look and saw that Eevee''s body was beginning to light up in bright white light. He immediately understood what was going on with Eevee. It was evolving! Gan watched with a stunned expression, there weren''t any stones involved with this evolution. It was obvious what this meant to Gan. He could also see that its level had increased by 1 stage, it was now at level 15. Nidorino stepped away from Gray and position itself elsewhere. Pink watched in amazement, while Gray slowly opened his eyes in shock at the turn of events. And there it was, for all to see, its new form had been revealed. Umbreon! Gan frowned, this type was a threat to Kadabra, Haunter, and his Gastly. Even with it little level 15, it could take down a Kadabra or Haunter that didn''t sport any counter-attacks for it! However, Gan had Machoke, who could easily put Umbreon in its place if it didn''t know any Psychic moves. Gan scanned the newly evolved Umbreon. ... |Name: Umbreon |Type: Dark |Level: 15 |Gender: Male |Ability: Synchronize |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Bold |Moves: Quick Attack| Sand Attack| Tackle| Helping Hand| Growl| [E]Detect| [E]Wish| Bite| ... "We have company, she''s back! However, she has pursuers, we need to go!" Gan suddenly heard Kadabra''s voice, which sounded fearful. There were several powerful auras following Haunter from a good distance. This caused Kadabra to start sweating, one of these auras was too fierce! "Crap! Machoke, go, quickly check that guy on the ground¡ªwe have to leave!" Machoke quickly ran over to Gray, it disregarded Umbreon since it was still technically hurt from its bout with Nidorino. And even so, it could easily sense that it was superior to Umbreon in strength. "Damn it!" Gray was annoyed that he was being checked so roughly like this. But Gray''s expression turned ugly when Machoke discovered the TM-Dark Pulse on him and took it! "No...give it back!" Machoke smirked and stood up before going over to hand it to Gan. Pink could do nothing but attend to her Clefairy, who she just found out was poisoned. "Oh...a TM!" Gan quickly inspected it and smiled joyously once he realized what TM it was. Right them, Haunter appeared out of the forest in a hurry. This meant it was time to get out of here, Haunter''s expression wasn''t looking so good at that. Time to run! Chapter 72 - Escape! Haunter''s body spiked with a raging flame for a moment; this indicated that it had been burned somehow. Gan pointed his Pokeball at Ghastly, who was toying with Pikachu, and recalled it. Afterward, he recalled everyone, except Haunter. "It was nice meeting you spoiled brats, but I have run now. Sorry if I was a bit ?ssertive in my means, but it was necessary in my case. See ya!" Gan turned and made a run for it through the forest. At this time, Saffron was just waking up. He rubbed his bloody nose before checking his back to discover that his backpack had been stolen! "Ahhh, Team Rocket, I''ll never forgive you!!" His dad bought that for him. He may have a rich family, but this bag cost a little too much. Just thinking about how much time his parent put into buying this bag and the string pulled to get it early¡ªmade him feel like his heart was going to burst. Saffron''s eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fainted again. With the help of Umbreon, Gray managed to rise up to the occasion despite his injury. Gray quickly checked his wound and found that he wasn''t poisoned. He sighed in relief that it wasn''t a Poison Point Nidorino, or he surely wouldn''t have been able to get up. "Wait! Do you think you can just run away just like that? Get back here, you Ghastly bastard!" Pink recalled her Clefairy and actually started to chase Gan. "P-Pink, stop!" Gray called out in alarm. Unfortunately, his calls to her fell on deaf tones as she raced off for Gan. "Damn it!" Gray huffed before turning to Yellow, who was being tended to by Pikachu. He ordered Umbreon to check on Yellow to see if she was alright. Gray didn''t want to touch Umbreon because its sweat was actually poisonous. ''Be careful, Aria, be careful!'' Gray silently prayed. After which, four minutes later a group of trainers arrived on the scene! Gray looked on in shock, they were the trainers he saw throughout Pallet who usually visited Prof. Oak''s lab. "Gray, what happened?!" It was Blue, he was riding on Pidgeot who was owned by some Silver medal trainer. Prof. Oak was stunned, what was going on?! "Help them, get them to the Medical Center ASAP!" Prof. Oak hurriedly and order, he was currently riding on a Charizard''s back. The Aura from this Charizard was gruesomely frightening, you''d have to think thrice before offending it. A man riding a Dodrio came over and picked up Saffron and Yellow before rushing back to Pallet. "Will and I will continue onward, we''ll question them later on what happened. Make sure to tell the others coming over to help him and to quickly join up with me! Blue, you stay here with Gray until the others arrive to help him back to Pallet." Prof. Oak said sternly. "Alright. I''m eager to hear what happened here." Blue smiled and turned to Gray, he had many questions. "Careful! It was Team Rocket!" Gray quickly said. "Team Rocket?" Oak''s eyes dilated, it all made sense now! "Come on, let''s go!" Prof. Oak hurriedly and flew off. The other man that was following him had a Xatu, which had locked onto Haunter''s location. This man also owned the Pidgoet that Blue was on, they were both riding on it recently until Blue was ordered to stay behind. ..... Meanwhile, Gan paused in the forest because Haunter was flaring up with fire every 10 seconds or so. "Give me the items you''ve taken from the lab, I''ll store them away," Gan said. Haunter proceeded to spit out all of the items it had taken. Gan glimpse at some of them with utter shock, as joy welled up inside of him. One was a red orb, which Gan discovered to be a Flame orb. He used the suitcase he got from that rich family back then to place it in before storing it away. Haunter didn''t disappoint him, she had stolen some Mega stones, there were a total of 6 of them! It seemed she couldn''t take them all before being attacked or disturbed in some way. ''That Pink head is pursuing us,'' Kadabra spoke bluntly. Gan sprayed Haunter with a burn heal before instructing her on what to do. Haunter laughed before descending into the ground. ''Master, we can''t waste any time on her, there are bigger threats coming!'' Kadabra spoke gravely, its mustache shivering. "I gotcha." Right then, Pink appeared. "Team Rocket, turn yourself in. Don''t make things difficult for yourself or me." Pink arrived on the scene and said. "You''re brave coming after me like this. What if I kidnapped you and sold you off to slavery or something?" Gan chuckled and said. "You dare!" Pink''s expression fell, as her body shivered. Gan recognized that she was still some naive little girl to actually follow him like this. "And why wouldn''t I dare?" At that moment, Haunter appeared behind her and pants her, well, skirted her! "Kyaaa~!" Gan''s eyes widen, she was actually wearing black laced und?rw??r! How old was she again?! "Unbelievable, what an overbearing girl, you''re actually wearing things like this? I need to spread the story about the tales of the Pink-headed girl of Pallet!" Gan''s voice was filled with mockery. "Ahh! A**hole... perverted sicko!!" Pink''s heart tightened, her mind was suddenly filled with a deep vengeance. Haunter had actually ripped her skirt, so she was forced to hold it up or else! Pink''s complexion paled from shame and anger, he wanted to spread this?! If she was a middle-aged woman, she probably would have had a panic attack by now. "We have got to go!" Kadabra said with a panic-stricken tone. Gan quickly recalled Haunter before turning to run. "We need you to work those teleporting skills now, we have to get out of here." Gan turned and glance at Pink one last time before disappearing into the forest. However, Gan saw multiple silhouettes when he entered the forest upon turning back. One guy was on a Pidgeot, while another was on a Charizard. Gan also saw what appeared to be a... Xatu? He quickly scanned the Charizard, and felt like his soul was going to escape his body. ... |Name: Charizard |Type: Fire/Flying |Level: 85 |Gender: Male |Ability: Solar Power (Hidden Ability) |Nature: Timid |Moves: Flamethrower| [TM]Fire Blast| Dragon Rage| Flame Burst| Fire Fang| Slash| Ember| Air Slash| Smokescreen| Wing Attack| Inferno| Flare Blitz| Heat Wave| [TM] Focus Blast| [TM]Solar Beam| [TM]Hyper Beam| [TM]Sunny Day| [TM]Dragon Claw| [TM]Dragon Pulse| [TT]Blast Burn| [TT]Fire Pledge| [E]Ancient Power| ..... Gan''s jaw almost dropped to the ground like some cartoon character when he saw its stats. He quickly grabbed Kadabra and ordered it to teleport out of here ASAP! He couldn''t stay here any longer, this was too frightening. Xatu''s eyes flashed with radiant blue light as it gazed in his direction, it had discovered them immediately! Gan could see the trainer on the Charizard''s mouth move as he pointed in their direction. Charizard was already glaring in that direction, there was no telling what he said but an attack started to form in Charizard''s mouth before being shot off towards them. Suddenly a torrent of blue chaotic energy raged in Gan''s direction. However, Kadabra had teleported away at that moment. ????????????????????????~! "Ah!" Pink''s shirt was near blown to the wind if she didn''t hold it tight enough. She wouldn''t have to face to look Oak or anyone in the eye anymore if they saw her ''wardrobe''. "P-Professor!" Pink could b?r?ly speak due to the wild series of winds, so she was forced to cover her eyes. I seconds, the wind stopped and what was left was a large crater and torn down trees. Was Prof. Oak trying to kill someone?! "Xatu has spoken, someone was indeed over there but they teleported away. Xatu said that it had just lost its lock on Haunter a bit ago and that it couldn''t lock onto the trainer in time." The purple-headed man sighed. "Dang, it! Send everyone, have them lockdown Viridian City for a period. We have to get to the bottom of this." This group of thieves couldn''t be allowed to escape, they had robbed his lab. Prof Oak thought it was more than one individual involved as of now. "Right on it!" Anyone who saw this purple-haired man would instantly recognize who he was. This was Will from the Elite four of Johto, however, he had yet to join the Elite four as of yet. Will wasn''t wearing what he wore during his time as an Elite four member from the games. As of now, he was here to merely learn. He had been participating in tournaments and fighting gym leaders to earn his badges. So far, he had seven of them from the Johto Region, with Claire as the last one he had yet to obtain. He hadn''t challenged the Kanto gyms since he was someone born in Johto, and thus, he had only fought those gym leaders. Will also had a Silver Medal attached to his shirt, displaying his prestige as a ranking trainer. Pink was still looking on in shock, she had seen this Charizard before but it was always lazy and nonchalant about everything. She had no clue that it was this powerful, she fell to the ground because of those terrifying tremors. The forest area was nearly destroyed because of that Dragon Rage it just used! "Aria, head to the police station. Everyone involved will need to report to the police station now to learn more about the people involved." Prof. Oak was trying to keep his cool but he was clearly frustrated. ... Will immediately sent out a message for the rank trainers to lock down Pallet and Viridian. The police were quickly alerted about the situation and joined in. Suddenly, many of these people began to surge toward Viridian City. This news couldn''t and wouldn''t be suppressed and was soon to spread far and wide. Professor Oak wanted to pursue but he couldn''t see and Gan had many means of escape. Gan didn''t even have to use any of his flashbangs or stun grenades during his heist. Even though Oak didn''t chase, other trainers swarmed the forest to search for him. From the sky, the ground, and even Pokemon that could travel underground with ease¡ªsuch as Sandslash and Dugtrio. Dugtrio could feel the movements of living beings for miles through the earth. They were actually fairly good at tracking things in this way. ... Kadabra kept teleporting until they both arrived at a river. Gan was certain that Prof. Oak wouldn''t just sit by waving his valuables goodbye while doing nothing. He hurriedly and summoned Gyarados before recalling Kadabra. Gan order Gyarados to dive and travel to route 3 where he caught the Nido duo at. Here, he would camp out for the night and feign that he had been here the whole time. Gyarados dove but not before Gan adjusted his helmet to water compatibility. AN: Just so you know. TM=Technical Machine. S=Special Move. E=Egg Move.. TT= Tutored Moved. Chapter 73 - Ghost Hands Bounty! On route three, a small body of water churned and a giant sea serpent-like Pokemon sprung up from it. This could be no other Pokemon, but Gyarados, it took 30 minutes to traverse to this area. Gan jumped off and thanked Gyarados before recalling it. The moon sat high in the sky, it was still deep into the night, so no one was around these parts. "Goodness, that was close. Those waters are so cold, I need to warm up fast or my body might start to experience hypothermia." Gan''s Team Rocket suit provided some protection from the elements, but only to a certain extent. Gan summoned Growlithe and both Charmanders to start a fire. Well, he needed wood first, so he had Machoke and Graveler go fetch some. "This will do for now." Gan raised his hands around both Charmander''s tails to warm up. He caught the first Charmander near Pewter City back then, but its talent was too poor. Gan consider trading it for something good later down the line. Gan wasn''t willing to waste resources to boost 1-star Pokemon''s talents; this was too time-consuming and costly. Gan summoned quite a bit of his Pokemon, this included Kadabra, Haunter, Koffing, and the trio of Rhyhorn. One of these Rhyhorn were apart of Gan''s League Team, while the other two were the males he caught back then with her. Gan started a fire when Graveler and Machoke brought over some wood. He slowly took off his clothes and changed into something else. Gan instructed them to set up his camping tent...oh, how handy this tent was. Soon, the Gengar tent was set while Gan was taking out other things such as chairs and a table. "Oh, brother, today was crazy but I managed to get away." Gan started to think about many things, those young trainers from Pallet would surely resent him greatly. "That Charizard, it had 6 friggin stars, what in the hell was that about?" That Charizard was clearly a veteran, it was an old-timer from back in Oak''s day. This was the logical reason, its strength was indeed suitable for a past Champion. "Six stars, that''s just too damn strong!" Gan couldn''t stop thinking about that; he didn''t even have an active 5 star yet and he has already seen a pinnacle leveled Pokemon. This wasn''t even mentioning the fact that he hadn''t been in this world for a long period of time. "There has to be more to it to reach that level, it wasn''t simply by using stardust and star pieces or whatever." Gan had a gut feeling that it was more to it, it couldn''t be that easy, and he was right. "Ah, I''ll figure that out later, let''s check some of the loot, hehe!" Gan, first and foremost chose to check Saffron''s loot. "Hmm, that spoiled rich kid should have something good in this bag." Gan opened the backpack, it was indeed one of those legendary spatial backpacks. Once he stuck his hand inside, many images popped up in his mind. What Gan saw was surprising, this little stuck-up boy was indeed wealthy! There was exactly ?50,000, 50 Pokeballs, 30 Raspberries, 10 Bottles of Moomoo Milk, 2 Rare Candies, 20 Potions, 1 Dusk Stone, and a Silver Bottle Cap. "A Silver Bottle Cap? It couldn''t be what I think it is?" A feeling of excitement came upon Gan before he quickly inspected the Silver Bottle Cap. [Silver Bottle Cap: Maximizes one IV stat. "Just as I thought!" Gan was stunned, but he had no understanding of the IV system in this world, he couldn''t even see them. The Silver Bottle Cap gave off a strong feeling of power, it had a silver-white tint of light coming from it at all times. Gan gazed at the Dusk stone, which gave off an ominous glow and a feeling of emptiness. "This can be used on Murkrow or Misdreavus, but I prefer Murkrow instead. That clown was indeed loaded, it''s a good thing I robbed him." These types of stones were hard to come by in this region, but he manage to get one. "I even managed to rob that kid with the Eev...I mean Umbreon. I guess he was planning on teaching his Umbreon the TM-Dark Pulse." Gan essentially ruined his futuristic plan by stealing it instead. "This bag should be worth a lot, but this depends on the grade. Such a bag isn''t even being sold in stores yet, but that kid had one already, jeez." Gan couldn''t sell it to stores for many reasons, so while he was here, why not sell it in the black market? Gan knew the marketing price for this bag, and it was sky-high. If he were to sell it on the black market, he was sure he could get more money for it. This bag wasn''t out yet and many Team Rocket or other Black market buyers would purchase it. "I''m friggin rich!" Gan felt a rush of glee, he had gained so much from this heist. Gan recalled a few of his Pokemon before walking and then crawling into his tent. Some Pokemon were to stay out and remain on watch for any Trainers or Rattata looking to cause trouble. Growlithe cuddled up next to Gan as they both slowly dozed off. ... -Pallet Town, Police Station. While Gan was lavishing over his gains, others were downcast about their losses. Inside a closed-off room; there were seven individuals standing around. "Tell us, what happened? We need to know everything." Janna sighed before clicking a pen top to take down the report. "We were robbed, that bastard took-" "Language, Saffron." Prof. Oak interrupted Saffron and said. "Sorry, but that''s what he really is. He stole my spatial backpack and knocked out Yellow with his Gastly. Just look at what he did to my face, he stomped on me like I was garbage, how dare he?!" The side of Saffron''s face was swollen, he had to apply some medicine in that area for it to go away. If he didn''t want to use some ointment, then the other method was to hold a small sack of ice on his face. Saffron swore up and down that when he took down Team Rocket, he would find this evil bastard and make him suffer greatly! "You said ''he'', what do you mean by that? How many of them are there?" Prof. Oak frowned and asked. "From what we saw, there was only one guy. He was clearly alone from start to finish, he could even use telekinesis. He even..." Pink stopped there, she gritted her teeth when she recalled being called horrible names by this Team Rocket character. This guy even...skirted her, she had to make him pay no matter what! "One guy?" Prof Oak''s face scrunched, he was robbed by one guy! Prof. Oak felt his heart rate speeding up, he thought he was having a heart attack but this wasn''t the case. "She isn''t lying, that Ghost-handed bast...I mean Team Rocket guy must have been an Agent. He was working alone and was easily able to suppress us¡ªhe also stole my TM!" Gray said begrudgingly. Gray had a thick bandage around his arm where Nidorino had impaled him. He was injured and robbed; this was the worse feeling he had ever felt in his life. However, every time he saw Saffron, he knew he wasn''t as bad off as him. Saffron was taken for everything he had, so this made Gray feel better knowing that he still had his spatial backpack that housed his valuables. Yellow didn''t say anything, her expression turned pale every time she recalled the experiences. She was really timid and meek, so this was hard to deal with in her case. "Describe him, we need a description. She called him Ghost Hands, right? Did he call himself that, or was that something you named him?" Officer Janna asked sternly. "That''s the name we call him, he used mainly Ghost-type Pokemon with a Nidorino and Machoke. He threatened to dislocate Saffron''s arm if we didn''t hand over our valuables." Pink clenched her fist as she explained everything. "Are you guys alright? I hope this isn''t a serious mental blow for you guys. This world is filled with evildoers, and you''re going to run into many different gangs that inhabit other regions. For this region, there''s Team Rocket, but there are other gangs across the world that are, in fact, worse." Prof. Oak had to let them know, the world outside of Pallet wasn''t full of rays of sunshine and rainbows. There were people who wouldn''t hesitate to slaughter and steal from them. Prof. Oak considered them fortunate that this Team Rocket Agent didn''t kill them, but only opted to rob them instead. "Prof. Oak is right. Are you guys really ready to leave on your adventure? If not, you can wait until you''re 18, this is also a good age." "No...we can leave soon, we won''t wait that long!" Yeah right, they thought. They weren''t waiting until they were 18, forget that! "Uh...okay." Janna was speechless before she continued. "I got him down as Ghost Hands, now you need to describe him... like his appearance, not how he beat you up and robbed you. I think we get that by this point." Janna stifled her laughter, she quickly did this to not show any disrespect, but their expressions were too priceless. They kept bringing up how they were robbed¡ªlike, we get it already, but it was still funny to some degree. Janna felt that Saffron deserved that beating, this brat was far too arrogant. Pink, Saffron, and Gray''s mouth''s twitched. Did this officer really care about our situation? "I think it would be better if I drew a description of him. Afterward, you guys can put a bounty on him or something." Pink''s eyes flashed with cold glint, she was adept at drawing and could easily sketch up this Team Rocket member''s description in detail. "Perfect! Tom, bring her an empty picture frame, some pencils, and some coloring pencils. We''ll have you draw him up; this is actually better, I''ve heard of your artistic skills." Janna smiled, this was what she was concerned about the most, but now this criminal could be drawn up. "Valuable research was stolen, we need to capture a few Team Rocket members and question them. Team Rocket has gone too far, this is a serious blow to my research." Prof. Oak had just gotten those Mega stones 3 days prior, and now they were taken away from him. "We''ll try out best to retrieve them for you, but there are no guarantees in this matter." Janna could only shake her head and give him empty ?ssurance. This was all up in the air at this point. "How much will the bounty be?" Janna turned to Prof. Oak and asked curiously. It was ?150,000! ... Meanwhile, many ranked trainers and officers flooded into Viridian city during the night. It looked like they were coming to take over the place; they had even cut off Viridian forest''s entrance and exit. No one was allowed to pass for a period of time. They set up blockades around each route going in and out of the city. How could the people of Viridian city not notice this uproarious change? Many lights in the city started to flash on, this easily sparked the attention of the city''s people. While this was going on, Gan was comfortably sleeping in his tent cuddled up next to Growlithe¡ªwithout a care in the world. Chapter 74 - Mega Stones! Gan continued to sleep conformably in his tent, not knowing the true extent of chaos he had caused recently. Once the sun was good and high, Gan was awakened by the sunlight piercing through his tent. Gan slowly opened his eyes and looked towards Growlithe before stretching and yawning. Sitting up, he grabbed a pair of pants and got dressed. "Time to cook up some breakfast." Growlithe was still fast asleep, so he didn''t bother her but he would need to give her a pill later. "Come over guys, its time to eat something. I''m about to cook something up really quick." Right as he saw that, all three Rhyhorn came running over. Graveler stopped pretending to be some overgrown rock and proceed to roll over as well. Haunter also appeared, but she didn''t really need anything to eat to sustain her. Gan tossed a decent amount of Raspberries at her, as she caught them with her large mouth. Afterward, he recalled her, it was best to not be seen with this Pokemon in this place. "My trail or any clues about me and that heist must be concealed." Gan couldn''t let Haunter hover around for long, she was the primary culprit in that heist. He could wait until he was out of this territory to use her again. Gan used a propane tank to heat up his skillet. The propane tank said Golden Tauros on it, which displayed...what appeared to be a shiny Tauros. Gan knew that this was just the brand of some company, but for it to be used in a Pokemon way was quite amusing to him. Gan just gave the Rhyhorn group and Graveler a few berries for now. Once he was done with frying what he was currently making, is when he would give them more. Gan sat over the frying pan nonchalantly, thinking to himself and looking around. He could hear several Pidgey chirping all around him; Gan could see quite the number of them glaring at the pan with coveting gazes. "Funny little fellas." Gan couldn''t help but smile seeing them, their little eyes and heads turned and moved wherever Gan steered the pan. Gan placed the pan down¡ªwhen one of the Pidgeys couldn''t take it anymore and grew bold. It swooped down, attempting to steal a sausage off the pan. Graveler turned its rocky body before doing a three-sixty spin. Its arms quickly came over and smacked the Pidgey, sending it flying! It left a trace of feathers when it was knocked away, shocking Gan. Gan looked in the area in which it flew and saw it lying there unmoved. He quickly went over and sprayed it with a Super Potion before walking away. The potion needed time to activate and seep in. "Careful, you almost killed the poor guy." Gan looked at Graveler and shook his head. Graveler gazed at the Pidgey and simply nodded. Gan placed the Pidgey in a bush and left it at that, it was a good thing it didn''t have any broken bones. However, it would think twice before trying to steal someone else''s food down the line. In any case, Gan continued to cook up breakfast, this pan was bigger than the norm. This allowed him to add other breakfast foods to it, like eggs. Once they were done, Gan ate his filled before feeding them to the group of Rhyhorn and Graveler. Growlithe woke up and he simply gave her what was leftover and some Raspberries to soothe her hunger. "Let''s see, I put the drone on auto-pilot, so it should arrive at my location over time." Gan pulled out the remote control device to search for its location. "Oh, it''s about 60 meters away from me!" Gan was stunned, he honestly didn''t expect the device to make it this far. "Growlithe, you follow me. You guys, stay here and watch the camp¡ªdon''t let anyone or anything get into our stuff." Gan looked between them and ordered. They all gave a cry and turned back to nibbling on their food. With that, Gan set off to quickly retrieve his drone. He remembered this small part of the forest; this was where that Nido nest was. Gan quietly walked through the forest with Growlithe before he stopped to give Growlithe her medicine. Gan pulled out a bottle of water and had her drink it with the pill. He had to stay on top of these pills, Gan had to make sure he didn''t forget. Gan continued on under the guidance of the GPS, which displayed the location of the drone. Eventually, he spotted the drone, it was under a bush sitting in the dirt. "As I expected, it ran out of battery power in its attempt to get to my location." Gan smiled before storing the drone. Making back to camp, Gan went into his tent again to check some more of his loot. This time, he wanted to check those Mega stones out. "I wonder which stones she managed to get? I hope they''re good ones." Gan sighed, he hoped none of them were from Sinnoh because that was someways away. Gan''s plan was to travel and complete each region in the order they were presented back in his world. He unhurriedly pulled out each mega stone, he didn''t appraise them because he wanted to do it all at once. Gan''s gaze focused on the mega stones, which were exactly the same in size before analyzing them. ... [Gengarite: This item, when held, allows for the Pok¨¦mon to Mega Evolve in battle. [Gardevoirite: This item, when held, allows for the Pok¨¦mon to Mega Evolve in battle. [Scizorite: This item, when held, allows for the Pok¨¦mon to Mega Evolve in battle. [Steelixite: This item, when held, allows for the Pok¨¦mon to Mega Evolve in battle. [Metagrossite: This item, when held, allows for the Pok¨¦mon to Mega Evolve in battle. ... Each mega stone was the size of a tennis ball and each glimmered with different exotic color combinations. Gan''s eyes widen with joy, despite not getting the mega stone for Alakazam. However, he got a mega stone for Gengar. Gengar was a part of his Team Rocket team, so this would fit well if he appeared again using it. "Most of them are for Hoenn region''s Pokemon, but there are more Hoenn Megas." Gan understood this much, this was why he ended up getting a single Gen 1 stone. ''Perhaps Haunter felt some connection with the Gengarite stone. This could be why she picked it up in a last-ditch effort before escaping the lab.'' Gan thought. He strongly believed this was why because the chances of her grabbing something so convenient weren''t very likely. Either or, this was good for Gan! Growlithe looked curiously at the colorful glimmering stones. She seemed to be lost in the stone''s beauty, as she couldn''t keep her eyes off of them. "I need an activation stone to even use these." Gan sighed, he could only wait until there was an opportunity of some sort. There was no way he was going back to Prof. Oak''s lab for another robbery...ever again! Gan put the mega stones away with a wide smile before leaving his tent. He brushed his teeth and used a bottle of water to rinse his mouth afterward. Kadabra was summoned to help him take down the tent. After everything was stored away and the recall of his Pokemon, it was time to head to Viridian city. The Black Market was the first thing to come to Gan''s mind. As he was nearing the entrance of the city, Gan saw that the entrance had been blocked off. It was blockaded by a group of officers. One of the officers had a Poliwrath out, it was swaying back and forth as if it was prepared to fight at any moment. Further beyond that, Gan could see a man sitting on a Rapidash. He had sharp eyes and a cold expression that exuded command and a bit of arrogance. They were wearing light blue officer outfits, but his outfit was dark blue instead. ... |Name: Poliwrath |Level: 35 |Gender: Male |Ability: Water Absorb |Potential: ¡ï¡ï |Nature: Impish |Moves: Water Gun| Hypnosis| Bubble| Double Slap| Rain Dance| Body Slam| Bubblebeam| Mud Shot| Dynamic Punch| [TM]Brick Break| ... |Name: Rapidash |Type: Fire |Gender: Male |Ability: Flash Fire |Potential: ¡ï¡ï¡ï |Nature: Adamant |Moves: Megahorn| Poison Jab| Growl| Quick Attack| Ember| Flame Wheel| Flame Charge| Stomp| Fire Spin| Takedown| Inferno| Agilty| Fire Blast| [TM]Wild Charge| [E]Hypnosis| ... "Hold it. Where are you coming from, kid?" A muscular officer halted Gan and questioned. "Route 3." Gan pointed behind him with his thumb, answering bluntly. "....." Silence. "....." A few officers were speechless. "Aaron, don''t ask him such stupid questions! It''s obvious where he''s coming from!" This particular officer didn''t like working with brawns and no brains kinda guy. "Oh, that is where route 3 is, hehe, my bad." Aaron scratched his head and laughed lightly. "Kid, what have you been doing on route 3 this whole time? Don''t be nervous, we have a situation that needs to be handled carefully." The man with the Poliwrath questioned. ''The hell, they already moved to lock down the city, my gosh!'' Gan was secretly shocked. This Prof. Oak wasn''t pulling any punches! "I was camping out there, just enjoying nature and whatnot, you know, that good stuff." Gan wasn''t worried, there was no way they could ever figure out that he was the perpetrator in this. "Hmm..." The man''s eyes narrowed as he starred into Gan''s eyes¡ªas if he was trying to figure him out. Gan didn''t look away and starred right back into his eyes with a deadpanned expression. "I''d like to see your identification." The officer finally spoke. Gan didn''t waste any time and showed the officer his Id. "Oh..." The officer''s expression lightened up after seeing Gan''s Id. "Well, sorry to hold you up Mr. Arson, you can pass. However, you won''t be able to leave for Pewter for a time, at least, not for a week. This is when they will allow trainers such as yourself to pass; this is just protocol." Gan frowned deeply, he wanted to leave here and head to Pewter and eventually Cerulean City to challenge Misty again. "Hehe, don''t be so down, you might be able to pass earlier than that. After all, you''re a trainer who has a badge already." This was quite an impressive feat in his eyes, in fact, it was so in most people''s eyes. "Ah, so this kid has a Gym badge." The man on the Rapidash seemed to have overheard the conversation. Rapidash slowly walked over, with the man showing surprise and a bit of interest. "This is pretty good. I gave up challenging the league when I ran into Sabrina. I couldn''t defeat her no matter what." The man sighed, he wasn''t even that old, with his age only being twenty-six. "From the looks of it, you''re probably going to challenge Misty next, right?" The man speculated, it was the closest to Pewter City, so this was the obvious next destination. "Yes, I''ve lost to her already. I''ve come back here to reflect and relax until I was ready to challenge her again." Gan seemed modest, but he didn''t lie in the least, he had been defeated by her and this was somewhat of a reflection. Kinda... "Ah, what great will you have. Don''t give up and keep going, things are about to change in the league. New talents are about to rise, and challenge the league; there may finally be a champion in the next year or so for Kanto." Everyone knew that Kanto lacked a Champion. People like Lance were actually the Champion for the Johto region. He was only filling in as an Elite 4 member here in Kanto for the time being. AN: Yes, I separated the Kanto and Johto League in this way. Though, originally, the Elite changed over the year to the ones of Heart Gold and Soul Silver. I wanted to make them separate for this. "You may pass, keep that strong will and stand up to those hard challenges. Most give up, but don''t be like them and keep going." The man said with a smile. "Thanks, I won''t give up." Gan didn''t know what to say really, this guy was saying this to him, yet he had given up on himself. It was a little weird to Gan, so he didn''t talk much about it to avoid possibly offending him. Gan easily walked past him and entered the city unhindered. "I might need to quit this job and go back and challenge that Sabrina." The man was conflicted. Seeing that Gan had a badge, a fire had lit in him once more. ... Meanwhile, Gan ventured into the city where he could see officers patroling almost everywhere. Some people were being questioned about what they had seen last night and more. "I need to go pick up my Pokemon from the Pokemon Center." Gan shook his head. He may need to lay low as a Team Rocket member for a bit. There was no doubt in his mind that the Viridian City Branch was dumbfounded by these events. At least, they would take the heat for it if they were found out. Gan shrugged at the thought and made his way towards the Pokemon Center.. Afterward, he wanted to check out the Black Market to see if he could sell this Spatial backpack.