RE: Pokémon Max's Story! Prologue and Chapter One in Post 8
Chapter Two: New Pokémon on the Team!
Date: 9/5/00
Yesterday, Max had got the Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. The nurse had taken her into the operating room. She hadn’t been out since.
Rich and April had gone to April’s house for the night. Max, however, couldn’t find it in him to leave the Pokémon Center until he knew that Pokémon was alright.
The nurse finally came out, and Max said, “How is she?”
“She’ll be fine,” she replied, “And you should be very proud of yourself…much longer and she wouldn’t have made it.”
“Nurse…”
“My name is Joy.”
“Well then, Nurse Joy, what Pokémon was she? I’ve never seen any like her around hear before.”
“Well, that was a Furret. She’s a Normal-Type, and I’m not surprised you’ve never seen one. She is native to the Johto Region to the west of Kanto.”
They heard the front doors open, and Rich and April walked in. Joy said, “I’m going to go check up on Furret, she should be ready to leave soon,” and left.
Max explained what happened and what Pokémon Furret was.
“Wow,” said Rich, “It’s a good thing you rushed off yesterday.”
“Yeah,” said Max, “Furret almost bled out, or at least, that’s what Nurse Joy said.”
Then, the operating room doors opened, and Furret was walking out with Joy. She was walking rather slowly, but she was okay nonetheless.
She walked up to Max, who was happy to see she was okay. Max hadn’t noticed too much about the Pokémon, but now he got a closer look. She had rings of light and dark brown fur around her long body.
Max got down to pet the Pokémon, and she began to lick his face in gratitude.
“Looks like she’s taken a liking to you, Max,” said April.
“Yeah,” said Rich.
“Nurse Joy,” said Max, “Even though she is from the Johto Region, will she be able to adapt to Kanto?”
“Oh of course!” said Joy, “Pokémon are very adaptable. Actually, if you guys would like, you could take her to Viridian Forest. It’ll be a nice place for her to live.”
“Of course!” the trio agreed.
Max carried Furret in his backpack, leaving the top open so she could look around. They had to stop by April’s house first.
April’s mom met them outside, and said, “Hi, I’m Ms. Capri.”
“Hi,” said Max, “I’m Max.”
“So this is the Pokémon you rescued?”
Ms. Capri, who’s name is Kathy, went to pet the Pokémon.
“I’ve got some food all ready for you kids to take with you. It’s a long way to Pewter City.”
“Thanks mom,” said April.
The gang headed out to the north. They entered the forest. It was rather dark in there, very little sunlight made it through.
“Wow,” said Max, “I’ll bet there’s a ton of Bug-Types here!”
“BUG-TYPES?” April exclaimed.
“What?” said Rich, “There’s nothing wrong with them…they have some advantages in battle.”
“But they are gross!”
“One of these days I think I’ll catch a Bug-Type just to annoy you!”
April punched Rich in the arm.
Max took off his backpack and took out Furret.
“Well,” said Max, “Here you go…”
Furret stood there, and Max just walked away. He really like Furret, but it seemed like she’d be better off in the forest.
As they trekked through the forest, the little light there was began to diminish.
“Maybe we should set up camp for the night?” asked Max.
“Just a little bit more,” said Rich, who was looking at a map, “According to the map, there should be a clearing up hear.”
After several minutes of walking, the gang arrived at a clearing in the forest. Rich and Max took off their packs and got out their sleeping bags. April did the same, but also pulled out a tent.
“What’s with the tent?” asked Max.
“In case it rains,” said April.
“Whatever,” said Rich, “I’m gonna go find some firewood.”
“Alright,” said Max.
A few minutes later, Rich came back with a load of fire wood and his Squirtle was carrying some twigs for kindling.
Max and Rich set up the logs like they had learned in Trainer School and then Max sent out Charmander.
“Char!”
“Alright Charmander!” said Max, “Use Ember!”
“MANDER!!!!”
Charmander shot tiny embers that lit the kindling on fire. Within a few minutes, they had a large and warm fire.
“So Rich,” said Max, “What’s for dinner?”
Rich rummaged through his pack to see what kind of food he’d brought from home.
“Hm…” said Rich, “I’ve got some pasta and a small block of cheese. I could make macaroni and cheese!”
“Alright!” said Max, “Sound good April?”
“Sure!” replied April.
“Alright,” said Rich, “Max, you got the pots?”
Max dug out a large pot from his pack. Max and Rich agreed that Max would carry the dishes and Rich would do the cooking…Rich was much better at that.
“Go Squirtle!” said Rich.
“Squirtle!”
“Water-Gun!”
“Squirtle-lurtle-lurtle!”
Squirtle filled the pot with water and Rich set it onto a small rack that Max had set up over the fire.
The sun was just about fully set and dinner was almost ready. The gang’s three Pokémon were out and they had set up six bowls; three bowls had water, and the other three were empty. Max got some PokéFood from Rich’s pack, and filled the bowls up.
Max figured since Bulbasaur was only a day old, he wouldn’t eat that much…He was wrong! Bulbasaur had a large appetite for such a tiny Pokémon.
“Well,” said Max, “Eat up little guy.”
“Dinner’s ready guys!” said Rich.
The gang gathered around the fire and ate their meals. They were talking about their dreams and aspirations, and weren’t paying too much attention to their Pokémon.
Meanwhile, their Pokémon were happily eating. Then, a Pichu came out of the woods. It came over to Bulbasaur, and tried to take his food!
Bulbasaur took a Vine Whip and smacked Pichu on the head. Pichu then released and Thundershock, which made a lot of noise.
“What the?” asked Max. The gang turned to see the little spat between the two Pokémon.
“Squirtle!” said Rich, “Bubble!”
“Squirtle-lurtle-lurte!”
He blasted the Pichu back and April ran over to get her Bulbasaur. Pichu was now mad. He turned to Squirtle and used another Thundershock.
“Withdraw!” yelled Rich.
Squirtle sucked his limbs, tail, and head into his shell. The attack did some damage, but not too much.
“Now use Rapid Spin!” ordered Rich.
“Squirtle!”
Squirtle’s shell began spinning and slammed Pichu into a tree. This knocked the Pichu out, and Rich yelled, “PokéBall, go!”
Rich threw a PokéBall at Pichu. Pichu was sucked inside by a red beam of light, and then the ball fell to the ground. It wiggled around for a few seconds, and then made a noise indicated the PokéBall had made a successful capture.
“Alright!” said Rich, “I caught my first Pokémon!”
“Squirle-squirt!”
“Awesome!” said Max.
“You really did a number on him,” said April, “Here.”
She went into her pack and got out a Potion.
“Thanks,” said Rich, “Go Pichu!”
“Piiiiii…” Pichu groaned.
Rich spray the Potion onto Pichu, and within a few minutes Pichu was as good as new!
“Pi-CHU!”
Pichu came up to Rich and sniffed him. He then smiled, assuring Rich that capturing him was a good idea.
“Alright,” said Max, “Let’s get to sleep. We’ll get to Pewter City tomorrow.”
“Alright,” said Rich and April in unison.
Date: 9/6/00
The gang had gotten up to a beautiful sunrise and packed up their gear. They thought it’d be nice to walk with all their Pokémon, so none of them were in their PokéBalls.
“Wow,” said Max, “I still can’t believe we’re going to have our first gym battle soon!”
“I know!” said Rich, “But Max, don’t take this the wrong way, but I heard Brock, the gym leader there, uses Rock-Types. Charmander’s at a big disadvantage.”
“Don’t worry! Charmander learned Metal Claw the other day. And, hopefully I’ll catch another Pokémon soon.”
“Yeah,” said April, “I wonder if you could find a Water- or Grass-Type before we hit Pewter.”
“I don’t care about types. There are too many trainers who catch Pokémon for type and power only. With the right training, even a Magikarp can beat any Pokémon.”
“That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!” said someone from behind them. They turned around and April saw a boy a little older than her, and she yelled, “Jake!”
“I see you got your first Pokémon,” said Jake.
“Yeah, what’s it to you?”
“Oh, nothing, other than the fact that puny thing will never beat me and my Ivysaur in a contest.”
“Hey,” said Rich, “Why don’t you back off! Her Bulbasaur is only a few days old!”
“Doesn’t matter; she should’ve taken a more developed Bulbasaur, maybe it’d stand a chance.”
“You got some pretty strong words punk,” said Max, “But how about you and me have a Pokémon battle right now!”
“Fine, how many Pokémon? I have two Pokémon myself.”
“Use them both!”
“But Max,” said Rich, “You only have Charmander.”
“So? Charmander, you’re up to the challenge, right?”
“Char-MANDER!”
“See? Alright Charmander, let’s go!”
“Go,” said Jake, “Ivysaur!”
“Max,” said April, “You don’t have to do this.”
“I know,” said Max, “But I want to. Besides, it’ll give me some practice battling before I face Brock later…Growl!”
“CHARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!”
Charmander let out an intimidating Growl attack that lowered Ivysaur’s attack strength.
“Use Bullet Seed Ivysaur!” said Jake.
“Saur!”
Even though the attack wasn’t very effective, Ivysaur was much stronger than Charmander.
“Charmander, are you okay?” Max asked.
Charmander got to his feet, and replied, “Char-char-mander!”
“Alright! Hit him hard with Ember!”
“CHAAAAAAR!”
Charmander turned up the heat. The flame on his tail flared up and he let lose a large amount of flames onto Ivysaur, and KOed it in one hit!
“Yeah Charmander!” said Max, “Come on? What else you got?”
“Charmander!”
“Hm,” said Jake, “Don’t get too cocky now. Go Seel!”
“Seel!”
“Uh-oh,” said Max nervously.
“Oh no,” said April, “Seel’s a Water-Type, isn’t he?”
“That’s right!” said Jake.
“We’ll win!” said Max, “Scratch!”
Charmander ran up to Seel and raked his claw across his face.
“Ice Shard!” yelled Jake.
“Seel!”
Seel released tons of sharp shards of ice that came flying at Charmander.
“Dodge them!” yelled Max.
Charmander couldn’t. They were coming at him too fast, and they ended up knocking him out.
“Charmander!” yelled Max.
“Looks like I wi-” said Jake, but he was cut off by a Thunderbolt that almost hit Seel!
“What was that?” asked Jake.
“FURRRRET!” yelled a Furret. It was the one from the day before! She had come to help out Max!
“Looks like your girly Pokémon has come to help you out!” said Jake with a laugh.
“Max,” said Rich, “That Furret used Thunderbolt, you can win this if Furret will agree to battle alongside you.”
“Furret?” asked Max, “You want to battle for me?”
“Furret!” she replied in agreement.
“Alright,” said Jake, “Enough talk; Seel, use Headbutt!”
Seel aimed the horn on his head at Furret, and Max flipped through his PokéDex, which scanned Furret for a list of the attacks she knew.
“Use Iron Tail!” yelled Max.
“Furret!”
Furret’s tail began to glow and she slammed it into Seel, knocking him back.
“Lucky shot!” yelled Jake, “Seel, use Aurora Beam!”
Seel shot a multicolored beam of ice at Furret, and Max continued to look at her attack list, and said, “Use Flamethrower!”
“Furrrr-ET!”
Furret melted the ice and water was everywhere.
“Thunderbolt!” yelled Max.
Furret shocked the life right out of Seel, knocking him out.
“Return,” said Jake in disappointment, “You got lucky, Max. But I’m not a trainer, so this victory shouldn’t mean too much to you. As for you April, I’ll see you at the Cerulean Contest.”
Jake walked off.
“Wow Furret,” said Max, “You are really strong.”
“It’s amazing a wild Pokémon knew those kinds of attacks,” said Rich, “Most of those moves have to be taught by trainers to Pokémon.”
“May she has a trainer?” asked April.
“Is that true, Furret?” asked Max, “Do you have a trainer?”
Furret shook her head, but was sad when she did so.
“Did you have a trainer?” Max continued questioning.
Furret nodded. Her trainer must’ve released her for some reason.
“Well,” said Max as he pulled out a PokéBall, “Would you like to come along with me and my friends?”
Furret wasn’t sure, but when she saw the smile on Max’s face and sensed the sincerity in him, she poked the PokéBall and Max now had his second Pokémon.
“Wow,” said Rich, “I’ll bet with her and that Iron Tail, she’ll be able to help beat Brock!”
“Yeah!” said April, “It’s going to be an awesome match.”
“I hope so,” said Max.
The gang continued to walk. After about an hour or so, they reached a sign that read, “End of Viridian Forest. Pewter City 2 km ahead.”
Max and Rich looked at each other and then started running towards the city. April and the Pokémon followed close behind.
When they arrived at the city, it was about noon. They went to the Pokémon Center to heal their Pokémon.
After an hour, their Pokémon were in tiptop shape.
“Alright,” said April, “You guys are all set to battle with Brock!”
“I’m sorry,” said Joy, “But Brock is on a camping trip to Mount Moon right now.”
“What?” asked Rich.
“When will he be back?” asked Max.
“Tomorrow,” said Joy, “You kids can stay in the Pokémon Center for the night.”
“Thank you!” the trio said in unison.
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