The other trainer Part 1 From a distance, a boy could be seen sitting on the edge of pallet cliff, at the edge of pallet town looking out into the sea, not moving a muscle, just relaxing.... "Hey Dane, decided yet", asked a girl with red colored hair. "Jeez joy, it ain't the easiest choice ya no, and even if I do choose one, it might be gone, I mean, best not to get my hopes up eh". The two of them were the perfect couple. Joy was a loud girl, she spoke a lot, and liked to speak, and the other obvious bonus, she was attractive. Dane on the other hand was kinda well built, he didn't speak as much, and what Joy liked most was how he would listen to her. He was the listener and she was the talker. That's the way it was, and that's the way they liked it. "Well Dane", started Joy," I'm not going with you. I want to be a pokemon nurse here with my mum, and eventually take over the pokemon center". Dane just sat there. He hadn't wanted to hear that. He and Joy had been going out together for a few months now, and they were made for each other. Now they would be going their separate ways. All good things come to an end right? "Joy, I'm sorry but I cant stay here with you. I only have one chance at my dream, and I cant pass it up......I won't pass it up". Joy sighed, brushed her hair in her cute way, one of the many things Dane liked about her was her Dramatic poses like this. "I understand you have to follow your dream Dane, but I'll still miss you". They hugged, waved, and Joy went home. I will come back for you, muttered Dane The sun started to rise, and the time made itself clear to Dane. He started walking towards oaks lab. The only people he knew of getting a pokemon today were Gary Oak and Ash Ketchum. Both well known for their eagerness to get started, they were obviously going to be very strong trainers. He though, He was another story. Not one person in pallet had any idea what Dane would turn out like. He had been living on the beach for the past few months, training for when he leaves on his journey. Not pokemon training, just survival training. He only went into town when he needed supplies, to talk to professor oak, or to go out on a date with Joy. "Your early Dane, its only 4am". There was a pause, and finally the professor spoke. "How would you like a tour of my lab". Dane smiled, and Professor Oak gasped. "So there is something that you enjoy". Dane just nodded and followed the professor. Dane never smiled, except when he was with Joy, And everyone knew it. "This is the place where I store the pokemon, and this is the grounds where they can be released, and this is where I study the pokemon, and this is where all the pokemon for new trainers are kept". The tour had ended, and oak decided to give the pokemon a last check up. There were 8 all together. Oak was overstocked with pokemon this year. The local breeder donated a few extra. Oak picked and poked at the pokemon, each reacting in their own ways. All of a sudden, Danes eyes caught one of the pokemons eyes. Unlike all the others, it was shy. It was at the back of the group, and not even bothering to look at Dane. This pokemon had style, a little leaf over it's head, it was obviously not very old, and by the looks, the lowest level of the eight. "That pokemon is not a good idea Dane", stated the professor. "It hasn't listened to a word I say, and is smaller then a newborn chikorita should be, I suggest the bulbasaur". " Could you grab me that totodile please Dane, it needs a checkup. Dane reached into the glass, and reached for the overeager totodile. All of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain in his left hand. The little aligator like pokemon had bitten him. From out of nowhere, a vine knocked the totodile off his hand. Totodile got back up, and looked around. Chikorita stood up, ready for a fight. "I pick this one", motioned Dane as he pointed to chikorita. Then, a vine shot up at Dane, and wrapped around his neck. Next thing he knew, chikorita had climbed up on his shoulder, and was snuggling up against his neck. "Well, not the best choice in my books, but if you must have it, its yours ", smiled oak. Oak handed over some supplies to Dane, and a pokedex, and chikoritas pokeball. "Now take care Dane, and you 2 look after each other", was all that Dane and chikorita heard as they walked away from oak. Part 2 Just as Dane made it to his camp site, he heard a yell. Hey, wait up loser. I want a match. It was just Gary, but he had a pokemon, so why not battle the over confident trainer. "Okay with you", Dane asked chikorita. Without even a mumble, the grass pokemon jumped to the sand. "Go eevee", shouted Gary. Just like all the other trainers he'd ever met, they all showed off by somehow yelling their pokemons name when throwing it. The two pokemon stared each other down, chikoritas hard eyes into the cute little eyes of the eevee. Dane knew the match was over then. Eevee was scared. It was shaking. Gary hadn't noticed. "Tackle that overgrown pot plant eevee", yelled gary. Without being told, chikorita started to growl as eevee charged. Although not stopping, eevee slowed down. "Now, use razor leaf", yelled a usually quiet Dane. The match was already over. Neither of the 2 could tell whether Garys look of surprise had come from losing so quickly or Danes sudden out burst. Without letting gary say anything, or without saying anything himself, he packed up his camp site and left for new bark town. Gary, still standing in the same spot whispered to himself,"how............."? The Day passed rather slowly, the two new friends coming across a few pokemon which they battled, none of which were caught, but the majority of the day was spent just walking throught the forest, breathing in the fresh air, and just relaxing. Soon the day was half over, and Dane decided it was time or lunch. The 2 sat down, and Dane pulled out a few supplies that were left from the campsite. A few tomoatoes, lettuce and bread. Chikorita munched down the lettuce, leaving only a little bit left, and Dane had a tomato sandwhich. The 2 just sat together, looking at the beautiful surroundings around them. A bush, next to a little pool like creek, and a few pine trees around them. From out of nowhere, there was a breeze, and the lettuce disappeared. Then the bread, and lastly the tomatoes. Out of the corner of his eye, chikorita spotted a glimpse of a pokemon. It was hiding in the water. Dane noticed chikoritas glare at the water, and whispered, "vine whip". As soon as the words were whispered, a vine shot into the water, wrapped itself around a pokemon, and ripped it out of the water. "Karp karp karp". Wrong pokemon. Dane let out a grin, and chikorita a sigh of disappointment. Then from out of the sky fell a little bit of tomato juice, and landed on chikoritas leaf. Angry at this, chikorita shot a bunch of razor leafs into the air at full speed. Next thing, a pidgey landed on chikoritas head, and started pecking. Vine whip, motioned dane. Pidgey flew into the air, but not in time, as chikoritas vine grappled onto his left leg and pulled him down to the ground at tremendous speeds, knocking the poor bird out. Next thing pidgey knew, it had a new home in a pokeball. Chikorita, happy at his victory, smiled and wizzed its head leaf around with joy, as Dane patted and congratulated him. Attaching pidgeys pokeball to his belt, Dane packed up after lunch, and started to make his way to new bark town again. Part 3 The rest of the day went very fast, the two were just walking around, mainly looking for pokemon to battle with, but they were having no luck. There were none to be found. Eventually night time came and Dane decided it was time to set up camp. Chikorita scouted the area for pokemon while Dane set up camp. Pidgey was released, and it flew up into a tree. When camp was set up, chikorita arrived back. As soon as pidgey seen it, pidgey flew onto chikoritas head and started pecking. Chikorita started to growl. " You 2, stop fighting, or I'll put you in your pokeballs". With that the 2 pokemon left each other alone, pidgey went digging for worms while chikorita went and snuggled up to Dane, who was just sitting there, thinking.... Dane woke up early in the morning to find chikorita and pidgey, not fighting, but protecting him from 3 ekans and an arbok. "This is new for them. They don't like each other, but they work together to protect me...", he thought. Before he could say anything, arbok used poison sting on chikorita, causing it to faint. Pidgey was in trouble. The 3 ekans all charged at the little bird pokemon, knocking it down to the ground. Suddenly, they all started to look over to Dane. Just as they all got ready to use their poison stick on him, there came a tornado type wind, not a whirlwind though, razor wind. The three ekans fainted and the arbok slid away. Dane returned chikorita, and looked over to thank pidgey, ony to find there were no pidgey in the area. Only a pokemon that looked almost twice the size of pidgey and much older looking. Dane reached for his pokedex. Pidgeotto, the evolved form of pidgey, known for its razor wind and double edge attacks. "Thanks......", was all Dane managed to mumble out over his new pokemons sudden evolution. Dane returned pidgeotto, and started to walk, towards new bark town again, just this time, alone. It wasn't long before he made it to a steep hill with a small sign on it. "New Bark town, The place of new beginnings", was what the sign read. "First stop, pokemon centre, Dane thought to himself. It wasn't long before Dane made it to the center and healed his pokemon. "Nurse Joy, can you register me in the johto league please", he asked in a quiet voice. She smiled. "Of course I can , But can you tell me if your name is Dane". Dane Didn't answer as he was lost in thought. "She looks so much like my Joy.....except older".Joy went to ask him again, but he beat her too the punch by simply replying yes. "Oooh so you're the one who my lil niece was so happy about eh, wat a lil cutie". With that he went red, and looked away. "she wasn't overacting when she said you were peoples shy either". "You're registered and can battle in all the gyms now, But if you want to get the new bark badge, I suggest you go to battle soon as the boy leader is leaving town soon, He wants to be a pokemon watcher". After hearing this, Dane said a near silent goodbye and left. The gym was conveniently located right next to the pokemon center. On the front of the house like gym, there was apicture of six pokemon, a red fire bird on top of a red fire looking dog type pokemon. An electric bird on top of an electric dog and a ice bird on top of an ice looking dog...maybe water. After a good look at the painting on the wall, Dane went to walk into the gym. Just as he went to open it, the door swung open, and a boy, A year older then himself maybe, walked out. Hi, I'm Tracy, nice to meet ya. Hi, I'm Dane, did you just face the gym leader? Tracy smiled, "Well, that would've been weird if I did". Dane looked puzzled. "Let me re-introduce myself", started Tracy. "My name is Tracy, the New bark town gym leader and pokemon watcher". Well, before you go, I challenge you to a pokemon match. Tracy smiled. "My pokemon haven't had a battle in a few days, they could use the practise, So why not, but only one chance, then I'm leaving , o.k"? "sure", stated a quiet yet happy Dane. "This battle will consist of 2 pokemon each", as you only have 2, no time limit etc etc". "go Marill". Without saying anything, Dane just rolled out a pokeball into the battle field, pidgeotto's. "you get first attack Dane". Ok, then, thought Dane, "fly high pidgeotto". "shoot it down with water gun marill". The beams of water shot at pidgeotto, but none hit. "Whirlwind", was the only word Dane said before a tornado of wind hit the water pokemon. Marill, went into the tornado, and started spinning. Just as marill was bout to hit a wall, Tracy commanded, defense curl". Marill shaped itself into a ball, and bounced off the wall at high speeds."Now use the speed to your advantage marill, tackle attack. Marill shot like a bullet at pidgeotto, hitting it to the ground. "Pidgeotto is out of the match", said Tracy, choose your next pokemon. Out came chikorita. A grin crossed its face when it seen the ball like pokmon marill. "begin", shouted tracy. "Tackle again", was tracys first command, but it did little good, as chikorita attacked without being told with razor leaf. Marill fell over, and almost fainted, but started to get up. Chikorita simply growled at it, and marill started to shake, and then fainted. "Wow, that's a strong chikorita, and it seems to like to battle, But experience may be essential in this next battle", is what Tracy stated as he sent out bulbasaur. The two pokemon stared each other down. Each pokemons eyes pierced the others. There was a low growl from each pokemon, and the bulb on bulbasaurs back started to glow. Dane didn't notice that, but he notice chikorita looking anxious to start. "start", commanded tracy. "Solarbeam", commanded Tracy start away. Chikorita started to glow as well, but all over. It smiled just as the solarbeam hit. There was a huge cloud of dust. "Direct hit", smiled Tracy. Bulbasaur turned around and danced for his trainer. The dust cleared, there was a light screen in front of chikorita, and he was growling like never before. The, out of his neck, chikorita shot 6 vines, each applying a direct hit on bulbasaur. Smiling, Dane then yelled with pride, "Finish it with tackle attack". The match was over, Tracy was shocked, bulbasaur was unconscious, and chikorita was the one who was dancing now. "Good job", was all Dane managed to mutter to chikorita, but from his look, chikorita decided his Friend, his trainer, was full of pride. Part 4 After receiving his first badge, Dane made his way to the pokemon centre, healed his pokemon and took off towards cherry grove city. Just as he reached the exit of the city, Dane noticed something. A man and a woman were hassling Tracy. And even worse, his pokemon were both unconscious already to a Raticate. Something wrong Tracy, asked Dane. "Mind your own business boy, this guy is just giving us his pokemon, right...", stated the man in black. "Unless you want to lose your pokemon too you little brat, go away". Without saying a word, Dane reached for pidgeotto's pokeball, and set him on the raticate. "Razorwind", was all Dane needed to say as it knocked out the puny raticate easily. "You wont be forgiven for this boy, yelled the two as they took off". Tracy returned his pokemon after thanking Dane for his help. Dane walked Tracy to the pokemon center, and they got to talkng. After Tracy's pokemon were healed, the 2 sat down. "Tracy, where are you going to now", asked Dane. "Wherever your going buddy", answered Tracy. "I owe you one and I always pay my debts, and it doesn't really matter where I go because I need to watch pokemon everywhere, not just the places I want to go". Dane smiled. "okay, but I Like my privacy, and if you annoy me, I'll desert you". "Gotcha buddy, smiled Tracy". Dane and Tracy started heading for the road to cherry grove city. The two started walking, neither saying anything to each other. In fact, there was quite a distance between the 2. Tracy traveled about 20 meters behind Dane and chikorita. Just as Tracy was about to start a conversation, Dane stopped, and motioned for tracy and chikorita too as well. All that Tracy could hear was, "Squirt, squirtle". Then, he noticed a smile of glee on chikorita's face. He started sketching it when Dane whispered, "razorleaf". Before Tracy could finish his sketch chikorita went to work. The attack didn't knock out the squirtle, but it did injure it. Squirtle then went wacko. It started with a stomp, then its eyes went red. "watch out Dane, It could evolve at any time, it knows rage. Dane pulled out the pokedex. "Rage, one of squirtles strongest attacks, known for making the squirtle evolve". "vinewhip", ordered Dane. Suddenly, squirtle stopped going psycho, and just stood and looked at Dane. Dane held up a hand to halt chikorita, and looked the squirtle in the eye. Then, Dane grabbed a pokeball and handed it to the turtle pokemon. Squirtle pushed the white button and was sucked in, he didn't struggle. Tracy was amazed. "W....what happened there", he asked in a stutter. And all that Dane said in reply was, "We came to an understanding". Part 5 Tracy just thought to himself as he sat by the fire and looked at Dane and his pokemon. "Came to an understanding, What's he mean. Can I learn to come to an understanding with pokemon like him. Is it a gift that cant be learned. Can he read pokemons minds". These were only some of the thoughts going through Tracy's head before he went to sleep. Tracy awoke to see a crowd of more then 20,000 people in some sort of arena. There was a battle going on the center. A boy with a reddish brown color hair was facing another boy with bleach blonde hair. It was the Johto league championships. After taking a closer look at the boys facing each other, Tracy realized that the blonde one was indeed Dane, but with a new hair color. Everyone was cheering, "Gary". That must be the other guy, he thought. He then heard a voice on the microphone. "The two trainers are down to their last pokemon. Gary has sent out a.......whats that?. My pokedex up here says it is called Raikou, and is a legendary hound. What will Dane use to defend himself against this beast of a pokemon. No....No way, this match is over already, he's using chikorita". "Tracy.....Tracy......Tracy wake up man, we gotta go, some more of those guys in black are here". Tracy finally started to stir. "uh.....mm...what are you waking me so early for man". "Remember those guys who were trying to steal your pokemon, they're just around the corner, and they are beating on that raticate. And that's not all, they have a new pokemon, and I don't know if we can take it on our own, we'll need to work together. Squirtle and marill should be able to take that charizard, but together okay, we don't wanna lose our pokemon. With a simple thumbs up, tracy agreed to the plan. The 2 sent out their pokemon and attacked the charizard head on. "You again. You little Twirp. This time we'll take you. Go charizard. Squirtle and marill both shot their waterguns at the dragon like pokemon. Just as it looked like the waterguns would hit, charizard shot a flamethrower at them and completely evaporated all the water. Also, who knows if it was intentional, but he knocked out the pokemon as well. "Hehe, now we'll get you for embarrassing us like that before. Then, from out of nowhere, pidgeotto jumped out of its pokeball. "No pidgeotto, you cant win, don't fight", begged Dane, But it was too late. "Get that bird first, screamed the woman, its all it's fault we lost before". All this time all Tracy could do is watch Danes face. He was scared for his pokemon, and almost in tears for what pidgeotto was doing for him, but still, beyond that, racy could see something else. It was the same thing he seen in chikorita's eyes before. It was happiness. Enthusiasm. Joy. Whatever you called it, it was proof that these 2 lived for battle. "Whirlwind", yelled Dane. A gust of wind went straight at Charizard. The overgrown beast just simply used the same attack, and blew pidgeotto into some trees. "No, Pidgeotto", mumbled Dane. "Hehe, Fireblast that thing to hell charizard", ordered the man who was watching silently till now. "Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!", Dane screamed. Now, all that Tracy could make out in Danes eyes was fear. Then, there was a bright glow, and pidgeotto started going white. While in this white state, it started to get bigger, and stronger. It was evolving. Pidgeot. all this time, Tracy never looked away from Danes eyes. The eagerness was back. "you think an overgrown bird can defeat our Dragon"? asked the girl. "Fool, you cannot beat us", added the guy. Charizard then looked at pidgeot, and fired its fire blast. "Blow that attack away pidgeot", Ordered Dane. Charizard stood amazed as pidgeot used its whirlwind and blew the attack back at charizard. The fire pokemon grabbed the man shaped fire attack and slammed it into the ground, canceling it out. "Pidgeot, Its time we go, finish him off with", Dane was interrupted as charizard bit pidgeot on the neck, and caused it to faint. "Noooo.....", mumbled Dane. He returned pidgeot to his pokeball. Charizard then looked at Dane. Just as it looked as if the end was near, Charizard froze, then fell to the ground. On his tail, raticate could be seen, all singed and wasted, but alive. "Return charizard". "we'll get you for this you little traitor, and we'll get all your pokemon too some day, yelled the 2 thiefs. Then, they took off into the forest. The 2 trainers looked at each other then at the raticate. "lets get this one too the pokemon center". Part 6 (A) I can't believe it, is this what it is to come to an understanding with a pokemon. Who would have thought that raticate and me are so alike. We both left a bad place even if we were beaten to get out, we got out. We have normal stuff in common as well. We both like to sit and watch. Watch anything, whether it is just the stars like now, or a pokemon match, or even just a pidgey fly by. I wonder when Dane figured this out. Better go to bed now, hey look, raticate and me even want to go to bed at the same time, how weird is that. "Hey Tracy, wake up man, I'm just goin out for the day, you do what you have to for the day and I'll do what I have too. We'll meet up again tonite and leave this place tomorrow". Tracy thought for a while. "I don't know why you want to go alone, but I can understand that, and I'd like to get some one on one with my pokemon today anyway, so, Yeah sure, I'll meet you here around sunset. And with that, Dane walked out the door and left Tracy alone with his pokemon. Part6 (B)Danes Day I need to do this alone, I haven't seen my family in a long time, a few months anyway. And I'll use the old gym to train in. Hopefully it'll be a nice reunion, but if not, I can understand that they don't want me here. I mean, I did just leave. I should of worked it out with dad, that was the easy way out leaving to train. Dane continued to walk towards the forest, noticing a few pidgey here and there, occasionally seeing merip, none which he made that connection with. I wonder why Tracy has been watching me so much. Maybe he's gay. I doubt that that is it. He is a watcher I guess. Just watching my bond with my pokemon I guess. He's alright to have around for a while, I might have to ditch him though. I don't want him knowing why me and my pokemon are so successful. He seems to have bonded with that raticate in almost the same way. Oh well, if he has I suppose I'll speak to him about it if he asks. Dane entered the forest as he was thinking a lot. Although his mind was not on it, he knew the way, he didn't need his brain to get home. His feet felt the way. Soon he arrived at an open yard, with a old burnt out hut. There had been a fire. Danes mind went from situation from situation. Had they died in the fire. Had they done it on purpose. Were they attacked. If they were alive, where are they now? Finally he got an idea.he reached for pidgeots pokeball. Scout the area and see if there is any signs of life. Human life. A woman, man and a Houndour. The huge bird took off. Dane reached for his other pokeballs. "Squirtle, chikorita, come out". The two pokemon appeared in front of him like soldiers. I want you 2 too look for pokemon in the immediate area only, to battle against and maybe capture. The 2 pokemon looked at him, then took off in different directions. All of a sudden, both pokemon came out followed by beedrill. Dane had to have 2 battles at once. He got an idea. "Squirtle, use rage". Squirtle started going psycho, thrashing around, and raising its strength. Then, it shot a water gun at the beedrill, and then at the other one. They both fainted. Squirtle started to glow. It got bigger, especially its ears and tail. It grew stronger looking. Finally, it had evolved into wartortle. Dane just looked at wartortle. "congratulations", was all he said. The smile that crossed the new pokemons face was enormous. It was like Dane had gone all out and was celebrating the evolution with all heart. But, to an outsider it may look like he doesn't really care, But when Dane and his pokemon come to an understanding. They knew that this was a very proud moment for Dane. In fact, if he had of been more supportive, they may have been worried bout their friend. This was a great day for the turtle pokemon. "Return", Dane muttered as he put wartortle back in it's pokeball. "Chikorita, you go in now and find a pokemon to battle. Chikorita was off like a rocket. It went into the tree's until it couldn't be seen anymore. Dane sat down. "Where has chikorita got too", Dane thought to himself. Finally, Dane heard a sound coming from the trees. It was chikorita, and it wasn't a happy tone. Then chikorita popped out of the bush followed by a giant bear like pokemon. It roared like a gyarados almost, and looked angry. Dane smiled. "We'll take him chikorita", he said quietly. Chikorita stopped shaking and went back to it's usual self. He trusted Dane to the death. The ursaring finally attacked chikorita. It was swiping at it with its huge paws, but missed every time as chikorita jumped and dodged all the hits with ease. "Tackle attack", commanded Dane in his quiet voice. Chikorita slammed into the giant pokemons belly, but bounced back. The bear looked not at all in any worse shape then before. Ursaring continued to swipe at chikorita, still having no success. "growth", was Danes next command, and grow chikorita did. It reached almost double its usual size. Ursaring then stopped swiping at chikorita and growled. "quick, tackle it again", Dane said in a rush. This time the attack was a little bit more successful. Ursaring was pushed back, and it had obviously been winded. "Before it attacks again, pull yourself into the tree with vinewhip chikorita". The pokemon obeyed and swung its vinewhip onto a branch on the tree. Just as ursaring was about to start slashing at him, chikorita pulled himself up onto the branch. "Body slam now"! Chikorita shot out of that tree and landed on ursarings head at high speeds, causing the huge bear to hit the ground with a thump. Just as chikorita got back up, so did ursaring, and it was angry. It opened its mouth and inside there formed a golden ball of energy. "Oh no", thought Dane. "Hyper beam". Before Dane could give any orders, chikorita was surrounded by dust, completely unconscious. Then, Ursaring looked at Dane. He was in trouble. "Fireblast", was the last words ursaring heard before being knocked out. "D.....d....dad", cried Dane. Pidgeot landed and off came Mr lotus. "Dane, I was so worried, where have you been, How did you train this pidgeot, its very smart, it motioned for me to get on when it landed next to me". "Dad, I'm sorry I left without telling you", cried Dane. "I took the easy way out, I went to train before getting my first pokemon". The 2 chatted for the rest of the day, of how their house had been burned down by team rocket, of how houndour evolved to protect Mr and Mrs lotus from a charizard 2 pokemon thieves were using. And how they missed him. He told them of his adventures and how he was on a pokemon journey now. He also told them how he and his pokemon shared a special bond, or as he called it, they "understood" each other. Eventually the sun started to set, and it was time to go back to the pokemon center. They said their goodbyes, and Dane promised to talk to them on the phone, updating them on his journey. He climbed onto pidgeot, and waved goodbye as he headed for the pokemon center. Part 6 {c} Tracy's day Tracy sat looking out the window. "I wonder what Dane is out doing, probably more training. Maybe I should train. Wait, I will get to no my pokemon better, see if they are happy, and what they want. Tracy walked out of the pokemon center, after telling nurse joy he will be back later to collect his things. All of his pokemon followed him on foot, out of their pokeballs. Marill, Venonat and Raticate in front, and bulbasaur a little way back. Tracy sat down with his pokemon. He noticed a few things he hadn't before he met Dane. Firstly, marill seemed to hold him in high respect, and in it's eyes Tracy could see love. The same thing could be seen in venonats eyes. In raticates eyes there seemed to be uncertainty, but in bulbasaurs eyes there was a look he hadn't expected. It was a look as if he had been trapped in a cage. Not hatred, but it was obviously nothing near the others. Bulbasaur was not happy like the other pokemon, and this was obvious.Tracy sent the other pokemon to go play, and started to talk to bulbasaur. What's wrong, don't you like it with me. Bulbasaur seemed to confirm this in his own way. Not a mean way, a way of telling Tracy he didn't like being owned. Tracy could understand this, and bulbasaur was surprised. If you really want to go somewhere better then with me, I'll ask nurse Joy to find somwhere where no one will catch you. The 2 went silent. Bulbasaur had a unsure look on its face, and Tracy a not so happy look. Although Tracy knew that he was giving up easily, he knew also that it was the right thing to do for bulbasaur. The rest of the day past quite quickly, But Tracy didn't enjoy it, he kept wondering if he was doing the right thing. It was an hour or so before sunset when he decided it was time to go back to the pokemon center. Nurse Joy looked at him, then looked at bulbasaur and as soon as he tld her of their predicament she knew exactly what to do. She made a call to a friend of hers who owns a pokemon sanctuary near cerulean city. The arrangements were made and she took bulbasaurs pokeball. Before returning to his pokeball, bulbasaur nodded as if to say thankyou. The pokeball was transported to nurse Joy's friends and Tracy went outside to wait for Dane. FEEDBACK would be good, but no pressure, I don't know if it's any good, but I'll keep writing cause its time consuming and I have time on my hands -Dwayne- p.s....write to me only at messages_i_read@yahoo.com.au