The Ultimate Journey Alex alexli814@aol.com Chapter 1 - I choose you! That very day, "Alex wake up you are going to be very late to see Professor Oak for your pokemon!" Alex woke up suddenly and put his clothes on. He ran outside and ran toward the lab. As he got closer he saw none other than his three rivals, Louis, Lawrence, and Eric. They really hate each other. But they all thought of which pokemon to pick already. Alex wants Charmander, Louis wants Squirtle, Lawrence wants Bulbasaur, and Eric wants Pikachu. As Professor Oak told them to go in everybody got excited. "I am glad you are all here for your very first pokemon. Have you all decided what pokemon to have?" As they each took a pokemon, Professor Oak told them that he would give them each a pokedex and some pokeballs. As they were about to leave Eric thought that they should battle to gain experience points. So they paired off to battle. Eric was going to battle Alex. While Louis was going to battle Lawrence. Eric sent out his Pikachu as Alex sent out Charmander. Pikachu did a thundershock on Charmander. He was hurt but he scratched Pikachu so much it fainted it. Alex won and got 725p. Charmander grew to level 6. While Alex was still leaving the lab, Lawrence was still fighting with Louis. Alex went home and showed his parents his new pokemon. They were happy and gave him two pokeballs to him. Alex threw the balls out and out came a Dratini and Chansey. The Chansey will not obey you until you earn some badges. But the Dratini will since it has only a little bit of experience. Alex said good-bye and left for Route 1. Chapter Two - Battle in the Pokemon Center As Alex walks toward Route 1, he saw a Rattata. He decides he should capture it. So Alex sents out Charmander. The Rattata was ready to battle, it tackle Charmander but he got back up and scratches it several times until it was about to faint. Then Alex yelled "pokeball go!". The ball shook several of times until it stopped. Alex was happy to have his first pokemon captured. As he continued walking he found a lot of Rattatas he uses Charmander and Rattata to defeat them. After a lot of defeats, Charmander was level eight while Rattata was level six. Then he saw a man battling a kid. They were having a one on one battle. The man chooses his Weezing while the kid chooses a Squirtle. Weezing used a smokescreen and all of a sudden it tackled Squirtle. The kid then returns his Squirtle and gave the man 150p. Alex thought about battling but his pokemon was too weak against the Weezing. So he went straight to the Pokemon center. After reaching there he gave Nurse Joy his pokemon to be healed. Then he asked her if anybody from Pallet town had came. But she said no and gave him back his pokemons. Alex then asks her if there is a bed and she said there were some more left that night. So Alex got into a room and unpacked. To his surprise he found Louis coming into the room. "So Alex you're here, I have caught two more pokemon. Want to see them?" "Sure why not" Alex said. We have to take this outside. "Go Charmander" Alex said. "Go Pidgey!" Louis said. "Pidgey use your gust attack now!". Pidgey's attack missed while Charmander scratched Pidgey very hard. That made Pidgey fainted and Charmander grew a level and learned the ember attack. Then Louis sent out a Rattata. Rattata used quick attack on Charmander. Charmander was getting a little weak but still can fight, so he uses ember. Rattata was burned very badly so he fainted. Now Squirtle came out to battle it uses bubble and Charmander fainted. Alex sents out Rattata, and tackles it. Squirtle was hurt only a little but his tackle attack almost made him faint. Then Alex's pokedex suddenly beeps. "Rattata have just learned quick attack". "Rattata use your quick attack now!" shouted Alex.. "Rat tata" he screamed and quickly attacked the Squirtle till it faint. "I can't believe I lost to you Alex! Next time I will beat you". Louis was very mad because he have to give 320p but he got happy when suddenly Eric and Lawrence came in arguing, "I am the best!" they each keep on shouting to each other. Then suddenly they challenge each other in a battle. "Go Pikachu" oh yeah "Go Bulbasaur!" "You're going down!" "Pikachu thundershock now". "Pi ka chuuuuu!" "Bulb ba saur….. No!!!!! Lawrence yelled at Bulbasaur!" "Ha! Looks like you can't beat Eric, Lawrence!" "What?" Lawrence said now noticing Alex and Louis. "So we got to be in the same room". "So how many pokemon did you guys catch?" Lawrence asked. "Well I'm going to catch some more." said Alex as he was leaving. "I'll find some pokemon in the tall grass" said Alex. After a long while he finally found a yellow and round creature. Alex then points his pokedex at it as it beeps Sandshrew a ground type pokemon, this pokemon burrows underground in arid locations far from water. It only emerges to hunt for food. Man I have to have more pokemon, thought Alex. As Alex sents out Rattata, he slowly and silently told it o use "quick attack". Then Rattata attack the Sandshrew. Then it was about to faint when Alex threw the pokeball at it. After a few shook Alex have captured Sandshrew. He was looking for more packmen when all of a sudden a dozen Sanshrews tackled him. Alex was knock back and but was not injured. But the Sandshrews was going to tackle him again, so he quickly ran to the pokemon center. When he got there he went to his room and rest. The next morning he saw he was the only one in the room he guessed that the others have left before him. He then quickly changed and packs his stuff, he was ready to leave. As he was leaving he saw that Nurse Joy was not very happy, so he asked what was wrong. Then Nurse Joy said "When I was working in the back room I heard a sound on my desk so I ran over to see a weak Squirtle. I healed it but nobody claimed it so I am giving it to trainer. Umm… do you want this Squirtle?" "Sure!" Alex said. "Okay then here you go" Joy tosses the pokeball to Alex. "Take good care of it" Nurse Joy said. As Alex left he checked his pokemon to see what attack they know and their levels. Charmander- level:9- attacks: Scratch, Growl, and Ember. Rattata- level:8-attacks: Tackle, Tail Whip, and Quick Attack.. Sandshrew-level 6- attacks: Scratch. Squirtle- level:7-Attacks-Tackle and Tail Whip. After checking his pokedex he ran through Route two to Viridian Forest. Chapter 3 - Attack of the Bugs Alex know he have to reach the Pewter gym before the others do but he was way behind them as he ran in to forest he saw a boy he walked over to Alex and challenge for a battle. The boy said he was a bug catcher named John. Alex sent out Charmander as John sents out a flying, purple colored bug. As Alex points his pokedex at it as it beeps. Butterfree a flying bug type pokemon, in battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air. Then John said, "this Butterfree is level 20 and we may each use two pokemon." As Charmander use its ember attacks, Butterfree uses it sleep powder. But the fire burns the powder and Butterfree was injured. Then Butterfree uses its stun spore attack, but Charmander burned them to nothing. So Butterfree hit it with a confusion attack and nearly knocking Charmander out. But Charmander responds quickly and uses ember until finally Butterfree fainted. Charmander have now been level 10 because of the hard battle. John was not happy about it. So he sents out a Beedrill, "this Beedrill is level 13 but it can beat your weak Charmander." Charmander then uses his ember attack all of a sudden and burn the Beedrill. Alex and John were speechless. John was disappointed and gave Alex 70p. After the match they went the same way, toward the exit. But as they were walking they heard someone laughing evilly. John doesn't look very happy, but Alex was curious at who it was. " Allow us to introduce ourselves" " To protect the world from devastation"" To denounce the evils of truth and love"" To extend our reach to the stars above" Then a boy and girl appeared." Jessie"" James" " Team Rocket blast off in the speed of light"" Surrender now or prepare to fight!"" Meowth, that's right."" I won't give my pokemon to you.," said John. " Then take this." " Go pokeball" they both said together. Then two pokemon appeared. "Nidoran" they said together, before Alex could use his pokedex. They attack them. So Alex sent out Sandshrew while John sents out a wormlike bug. Caterpie a bug pokemon its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climbs slopes and walls. "You think that thing can finish us," Jessie said. Nidoran female quickly did a scratch on Caterpie while Nidoran male did a horn attack on Sandshrew. Then suddenly Caterpie evolved into a green moon shaped pokemon. Metapod a bug pokemon, this pokemon is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body. "Metapod use your harden attack now" John yelled. Metapod's body seems to glow a bit then stop. Then Nidoran female's scratch almost broke its own claws. Nidoran female yelps in pain as Jessie returned her. Nidoran male look angry and tackle Metapod but again it got hurt and yelp in pain. He was also return. They both left a rose as they escape in their Meowth shaped air-balloon. Then as Alex return Sandshrew and turn around to see John have disappeared. So Alex walks away but he couldn't find his way until he saw a sign. As he got closer to it a pack of Pidgeys, Alex then throw out his Squirtle. "Squirtle use your tackle now." Squirtle then sink his head, arms, and legs into is shell and start spinning toward the Pidgeys. But he only hit one of them, the Pidgey looked hurt so Alex throw a pokeball at it. It shook for a long time but it stopped. As Alex pick it up another bird fly above him. It look meaner so Alex threw Charmander into the air. It landed on the bird and start breathing fire at it. As it came closer to Alex he point the pokedex at it. Spearow a bird pokemon this pokemon eats bugs in grassy areas. Spearow has to flap its short wings at high speed to stay airborne. It looks like it was about to scream but Alex throws a pokeball at it. This time it stop when it fall on the floor. Charmander also fall but Alex catches it first. As Alex continues walking he hears a sound. As he walks closer to the sound a Caterpie was battling a Weedle. While a Beedrill was battling a Butterfree. After some time all four pokemon was tired. So to catch them by surprise Alex threw two pokeballs. Both hit the Weedle and the Caterpie. Then the ball containing Weedle disappeared. Alex was about to leave when he notices dozens of Caterpies, Weedles, Butterfrees, and Beedrills. They all looked mad. Alex threw out the pokeball that have Rattata. Rattata jumped out and uses a quick attack. It made several of the bugs faint. Then Rattata did a tackle on some and they also fainted. But a Beedrill hit Rattata with fury attack. Rattata dropped and fainted. Alex returned it and ran. The bugs were behind him, Alex ran and ran until he dropped. He was trip by a box. It was labeled TM #28. He points his pokedex at it and it starts telling him about the box. TM#28 a technical machine this can teach a ground type pokemon the attack dig. Alex thought a bit and teaches it to Sandshrew. Then he told it to dig underground. Sandshrew obeyed and dug a hole. Alex crawled in with Sandshrew. Alex looks up to see the bugs went by and then climbs back up. Alex ran and making sure no bugs was still behind him. Then he saw the exit. He went outside and ran toward Pewter City.