Poke'mon: The Quest for 8 badges!

by Brinstar

Chapter 1: Here comes the Rocket Force!!

BrinstarXL7@aol.com

OT (other trainers)


Kids could be seen running down the streets of Pallet City to the large crowd at the park. Most of the adults already knew what was going on-a Poke'mon battle. Kids were cheering everywhere as the 2 participants prepared to fight. One kid, was tall and lanky, with brown hair and a green vest on. He had ripped jeans. At his belt, you could see 5 small red and white balls. He was holding a sixth ball in his hand.

"Alright, Eric, you're going down!!" he exclaimed. He threw the ball. "Go!! Pidgey!! The ball rotated as it sped threw the air. When it hit the ground it opened, and energy burst from it, forcing the ball to shake violently. When the energy cleared away, a small brown and white bird appeared. It chirped and took flight.

The other kid, Eric, was black-skinned with a small fro. He had a tee-shirt that read "Flame of Moltres" on it with a small fire picture. He too, had small red and white balls at his waist. Except he only had 3. He removed one from his waist and prepared to throw it. "Prepare yourself, Jin. I've gotten better!" He threw the ball. "I choose you……Poliwhirl!!" The ball opened up, revealed a rather large, blue frog Poke'mon with a large swirl on its belly. It also had funny gloves on.

The two Poke'mon stared each other down. Jin ordered his Poke'mon first. "Pidgey!! Use Sand-Attack!" Pidgey reared up and began to flap its wings violently. Lots of dust began to kick and a cloud of sand and dirt flew into Poliwhirl's eyes, blinding it.

"Aahh! Poliwhirl!!" Eric cried out. "Try countering with some punches!" Poliwhirl obeyed, but he was having a hard time connecting his punches with sand in his eyes. Jin just smiled. "You're not gonna hit me like that, Eric! Pidgey, Gust!!" Pidgey once again flapped its wing rapidly, but it did it higher in the air, actually creating a powerful wind. Eric just smiled.

"Thanks, Jin, for blowing the sand out of Poliwhirls eyes!!!" Jin gasped. Poliwhirl prepared to attack. "Poliwhirl!! Double Slap attack!!!" Poliwhirl slapped Pidgey twice and Pidgey fell to the ground, but not before attempting one, last tackle. "Poliwhirl, Water Gun!!" Poliwhirl cupped his hands behind him, gathering water for his special attack. He then threw one hand forward, blasting out water and knocking Pidgey away.

Everyone began to cheer for Eric. He was probably the best Poke'mon trainer in Pallet City. His dad, Poliwrath Kenneth one the Indigo Poke'mon League twice, and traveled to many locations in Kanto. His male Poliwrath had bred with another Poke'mon at one time. Kenneth, not wanting to be saddled with another baby Poke'mon sent it to his son. Eric grew up with his Poliwag, and it eventually evolved into a Poliwhirl. Since Poliwhirls aren't found anywhere near here, Eric became pretty popular.

Eric came inside his house with his Poke'mon, Poliwhirl, Rattata, and Weedle. He opened his refrigerator, and pulled a soda out. As he drank, he noticed the other Poke'mon were hungry. Eric poured a bowl of Poke'mon food for Rattata and Weedle, and filled up a kiddie pool for Poliwhirl, since he doesn't eat food. Eric walked upstairs, and laid down to take a nap.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Eric reached over and picked it up. "Hello?" Eric said. "Hey Eric it's Katrina!"

Katrina and Eric are childhood friends, and they both are great Poke'mon Trainers. While Eric is known for having a Poliwhirl, Katrina is known for having a Vulpix. Eric and Katrina are also friendly rivals, and constantly have Poke'mon Battles to see who's better.

"Oh, hey Katrina. Do you want another battle? 'Cause my Poke'mon are rested up now!" Eric said. "No, Eric, look outside!!" Katrina said. Eric opened the blinds and saw many men in black uniforms with a big, red "R" on the chest. Around them, there was many different Poke'mon. Eric recognized some, like Zubat and Raticate, but there was many others as well.

"Wow, who are they?" Eric asked. "I dunno," Katrina answered, "But, their stealing people's Poke'mon and beating up some of the people!" Eric got up out of bed and ran downstairs. He called his Poke'mon into their Poke'balls, and went outside. Sure enough, he ran into some of the soldiers. "Who are you?!" Eric asked.

"Heh. Look at this punk." One of the soldiers said, "Let's take him out." He did a hand motion, and his Zubat rushed toward Eric. Eric just smiled. "Poliwhirl, Ice Beam!!" Poliwhirl shot a huge blast of cold air at the Zubat, and it froze, and fell to the ground. The soldiers attempted to run, but Eric ordered his Weedle to use String Shot, and the webbing held them down.

"Now that'll teach you to mess with us!" Eric yelled. "Wow, so there's actually good trainers, around here." a voice called out. "Yeah, I thought it would be easy to steal from a backwater town like Pallet." a second voice said. Two figures dropped down.

One, was a man with silvery blue hair, in a split haircut. He had shades and a black jacket with the word "R" on the front, and "Force" on the back. The second person was a woman with really long, red hair curled at the end. She had a navy blue shirt on with a white "R" on the front and "Force" on the back.

"Who the heck are you?" Eric asked. "We're the Rocket Force!!" they answered. "Jessie" the woman said. "James" the man said. "And Meowth!!!!" a Poke'mon, Meowth came from behind them. "A talking Meowth?!" Eric thought. "Now hand over your Poke'mon, preferably the Poliwhirl!" James said.

"No way! You'll have to take him by force!" Eric yelled. "So be it… we'll have a Poke'mon battle." Jessie said. "Koffing, Go!!!" James said. His Poke'mon, Koffing was a big purple ball of gas with a skull-and-cross bones symbol on its stomach. "Ekans, Go!!" Jessie said. Her Poke'mon, Ekans was a large purple snake with a yellow stomach. Both Poke'mon loomed before Eric.

Eric just moved his hand toward his belt and pulled a Poke'ball marked number "2". He pressed the middle button on the ball and it enlarged to a size of a small baseball. Eric threw the Poke'ball. "Rattata, Go!!"

To be continued...