Chapter Four: Training Day
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I heard an alarm go off and then I rolled over "quiet I'm sleeping!" I clossed my eyes and tried to ignore the noise but I couldn't stand it so I rolled back over this time I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I quickly sat up and cudled it with my other hand. Then with the alarm blaring it all came back to me. The Pokeball, the phone call, Lance, Giovanni. I sat up for a few minutes digesting everything that had happened. The alarm was still going off so I hit it and it finnaly turned off. I stood up on the cold hard floor. I looked up to see a mirror right in front of me.

I was wearing a light blue nighey, but I could still see my tail through it. I pushed open the mirror and saw one pair of clothing hanging up. It looked like the same uniform I was wearing the other day, exept that the sleeve wasn't singed and it had a collar I remembered my coat and weakly smiled. I took the clothes down and looked around the room for a bathroom. I saw a door not to far from the mirror, I opened it and saw a small bathroom. It wasn't anything much. but it had a sink, shower and some fresh towels. I set the clothes down next to the sink and took a shower.

I finished my shower then dried off. I put on the clothes and then fixed the collar in front of the mirror.I left the bathroom and looked for shoes in the closet behind the mirror and found them. I sat down on the bad and put them on. A thought entered my mind, I felt my neck and it quickly went away. I was still wearing the device. Then I felt something lean on my tail. I twirled around to see Sneasel sitting down on it.

"Sneasel I thought I'd never see you again!" I picked up Sneasel and sat him down in my lap

"I though the same thing, but just a few minutes ago I woke up in the corner over there!" I leaned over the bed to see a small blancket laid out on the floor.

"So your telling my you slept through the alarm??" I lifted my eyebrow at Sneasel

Sneasel rubbed the back of his head, "Um...ya!" A rather large sweatdrop formed on his forehead.

I heard a knock at the door, "Comon! Your expected at training! Hurry up and get over there! Leave your Pokemon here!" I heard someone yell from the other side of the door.

"I guess he means you! I said as I put Sneasel down on the bed, "Take care!"

I left Sneasel and headed down for the training center. In the crowd of Rockets I stuck out like a sore thumb. There where a few with different uniforms, but for the most part they were the same. My tail didn't help nor did my age, I was one of the youngest people there. One of the Rockets stepped on my tail. I quickly picked it up and coudleled it. Who ever it was left a shoe print on it. I brushed away the mark, but still held onto the tail.

"All new members report to the registration desks! Everyone head to your designated training points!" I head boom from a loud speaker.

I watched everyone move to different places I didn't know exectly where the registration desks where. As I continued to watch everyone I noticed that the greatest number of people where headed in one direction. As I walked with everyone else I heard someone call out behind me.

"Whoose the almighty Pokemon trainer now??? Lets see how powerfull you really are!" I twirled around to see a young woman hurl some kind of ball at me

I quickly jumped out of the way of the ball, I was in better shape then I was yestarday-I almost felt like myself again. the ball exploaded into a pile of goo on a rather large man that was standing behind me. I gasped as he looked at me and I pointed to the girl who had thrown the ball at me. He huffed and puffed at the girl, who was still holding another ball that looked like the one that had just exploded on him. I saw the girl run away screaming as the man ran after her. I quickly scuried to the registration desk.

The people behind the desks where wearing different uniforms then everyone else so we could tell them apart I guess. A woman standing behind one of the desks with another person stood up and waived at me "Hey Foxumon sweetie! Over here!"

I walked up to her and asked "What am I supposed to do here?"

"Don't worry about anything, kiddo! Heres your Team Rocket PokeGear, and if you'll follow me I'll show you to your designated training point!" She handed me a black PokeGear with a large red 'R' printed on the top of it. She then started off for my taining point...I guess.

I put the PokeGear in my pocket and followed her. There were a few Rockets standing outside a large metal door, "This is your desiginated training point remember its number six! Now I've got to sign-up more of the newbies! I'll see you later sweetie! Good luck!" She walked back to the registration desk and I walked closer to the door and one of the Rockets there approched me.

"Hello my lovely peach! My name is Michelle!" He was a tall itallian man, and he had a small mustach. He took my hand and kissed it

"Um...my name is Foxumon..." I said wide eyed and blinked.

"You!!" I heard a familiar voice and took back my hand so I could around to look at her. It was the girl who had thrown the ball at my a little earlier she was covered in the same glop as the Large man.

"Heh heh, hi!" I said as I backed away from her.

"Don't you hi me, boy are you gonna get it!" She yelled as she took a shot at me.

I barely doged her attack, but it managed to throw off my balance and send me to the ground. She almost he me another time but again I moved out of the way again. Then she grabbed me by the collar and set up for another punch. Just as she was about to give me what might just have been the beating of my life one of the Team Rocket superiors tapped her on the shoulder. "Would you mind not hitting my newest pupil?"

The girl gasped as he tapped her shoulder, "Oh of course not sir!" she said as she scampered away more twards the door.

"Hello there! Your Foxumon right?" I nodded "I'm surprised you put up such a fight! I heard you've been through the preverbial wringer these past few days!"

He offered me his hand and I took it and got to my feet, "You could say that..." I said sheepishly

"Don't be so moddest, I'm sure none of your class mates will be...I'm your instructor Samuel and over there is Daniel, thats Josh, theres Ken, that one over there is Michelle, you should watch out for him. And of coarse thats Trish!" He lastly pointed at the one who was just going to make me into street pizza. "Everyone this is Foxumon! Your newest team mate."

"But this is a fifth level class! And she just got here!" protested Trish

"I'm sure as you already know Foxumon is a very special case!" said Samuel as he patted you on the back. "Now comon everyone lets get some training done!" He said as he opened the large door, "I hate how hes always so chipped" groaned Ken

We all walked into a huge room with a large crying Pokemon in the middle. Samuel was explaining something but I couldn't hear it over the Snorlax.

"AHHH MY FOOT!!! ITS HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS!!!!" it was yelling it over and over again. I slinked away from the back and snuck up to Snorelax, I though as long as I couldn't hear what Sameul was saying why should I try?

In patted Snorelax on the head to try and calm it down it stopped kicking as much, but its didn't stop yelling. I went over to its feet. It was hard to make them out so I just grabbed the one closest to me. I eamined it, but I couldn't find it so I went over to the other one. When I grabbed that foot the Snorelax howled even louder, and I saw a rather large nail head protruding from between its two toes. I quickly grapped it and pulled it out. The Snorelax bellowed and kicked me back. I still held onto the nail in my hand. After a few more minutes of yeling the Snorelax stopped crying and rolled over and feel asleep.

I grasped at my side where the Snorelx had kicked me. None of the bones where broken it just really hurt. I coughed and everyone in the room looked at me. Samuel kneeled next to me "What on earth did you do?"

I coughed again and gave Samuel the bloody nail "I couldn't hear you over the Snorelax so I took this out of its foot."

Samuel motioned to Daniel and gave him the nail "Are you okay, Foxumon? Can you finish training?" he asked me

"Just peachy! I'll be fine!" I said and Samuel helped me up.

"Well since Foxumon took care of our Snorelax problem we'll just have to return to our normal class schedule! Everyone out of the way!" Sameul walked to the door and pulled a lever. The other Rockets moved out of the way but I didn't, untill I saw something come out of the wall, then I ran like heck to the others.

A training ground came up from either side of the room. It looked like something of an obsticle course with eitgth lanes.

Sameul walked up to me "This is an obsticle course, Foxumon! The only rules are that you stay in your own lane! Oh, and for you, no funny stuff! You know what I mean." I nodded

"I doesn't look like too challenging..." I said as I surveyed the course.

"hmph" Josh said "Don't wory It'll give even you a good workout 'your magesty'!"

I only glared at him as Sameul spoke, "Now everyone! Get to your lane! I'll be watching your progress from up there! Wait for my signal to start!" Sameul said as he ran out the door, and it slammed shut.

We all decided on a lane and a loud electronic noise went off. All the others took off in a shot, but I felt something something not quite right. It must've been what Josh was talking about. "Hey Foxumon, running to hard for you?" I heard comming out of a loud speaker and I fixed my collar and took off too. It seemed pretty normal for the first part it was just running, it took me a little bit, I could just see the others ahead of me, but I couldn't catch up. Then the ceiling started to come down. Since I was the shortest it gave me the edge to catch up, but it cept comming down untill I was on my knees. The others where too. After a few secconds the ceiling started to raise back up to its normal height.

Next there were some hurtles, and boulders! It felt like an Indiana Jones movie. Then an odd thing hapened, all the lanes disapeared. and there was a big open area. I looked around, but I couldn't see anything. When we were all safley in the area a large wall fell down over the last part of the course. the loud speaker boomed "This is seccond part of your training! This is new to all of you! You must defeat this Pokemon! A special filter is in placeso that it can't use its special attacks!" that ment I couldn't either...

"Krooooock!" we heard a massive noise come from the back of the area the others all trembled, "I didn't sign up for this!" Josh protested. "You should have never applied for this class if you wern't ready for this!" Ken said.

"I'll teach you humans!!" I heard the roar of a Zapdos as it came out from the shadows.

I fixed my collar as the beast prepared to attack it attempted an electric attack, but whatever filters where on made it impossible. So it came at us at full strength, it went for Josh first. It would've dive bombed him starit to the 'giant rosket in the sky', but I shoved him out of the way, and we both made it ok. "Keep on your toes! If you want to make it out of here alive!" I said as I helped him up.

"That thing is huge! How are we going to defeat it??" asked Trish

"When brute force doesn't work, we use diplomacy!" I said

"I have a feeling he might just listen, if the delivery is made correctly!" I said as Zapdos came around for another strike.

"Zapdos STOOOP!" I cried out in the voice of Mew. The other Rockets jumped back and Zapdos stoped in its tracks

"Your the one who speaks to all? I've heard of you! I have no feud with you, I only want the humans! Stand aside! Or I will destroy you as well!" Zapdos bellowed in its powerful voice

The loudness of the sound sent my to my knees holding my ears. When it stoped I clasped my hands over my head. "Please Zapdos! Spare these humans! Please spare me too!" I pleaded with Zapdos, "You are a Pokemon of pure heart! Please don't do this!" I begged still as Mew.

The others just stood and watched they had no idea what was going on. I shut my eyes tightly as I prepared for what Zapdos was about to do, and as he dived for us I grabbed the hair on his cheast and evaded the attack. I swung up to the back of the Pokemon it wiggled and shook itself in vain to try and get me off. I used all my strength to hold on for my life.

"You may be right about one thing, Zapdos, but you destroying me is not it!" I yelled in human speech. I held on tightly as it continued to to shake about, after fice minutes my strength gave out and I was thrown to the ground.

"You who are so small should not say such big words! I will only spare you now because you are not human, but I will kill those who are!" Zapdos flew up high as I silently protested "Zapdos no!" I said it so quietly I could barely hear it myself, I couldn't stand up, I think one of my legs was broken I couldn't tell which, I could only watch and hope that I wore out Zapdos enough so the others could get it.

I watched as someone else got a grip on Zapdos. It flung him down and was about to kill him as I felt my power restored the filter had been turned off. Zapdos must've felt it to to because he flew up and prepared a lightening attack for the whole group "Foxumon, stop it!" I heard some one speak from the loud speaker, someone I had never heard before.

I did what the voice commanded and cast a barrier around Zapdos. Even though my physical strength was gone, that had no effect on my mental strength. "Foxumon!!!" The loud speaker boomed again. neither the man behind the loud speaker or Zapdos could see my barrier. When Zapdos used its lightening attack it bounced off my barrier and back at him untill he was knocked out and I lifted my barrier. When I lifted my barrier something occured to me. I could controll my powers! I wasn't weak anymore! I had the unyeilding power of Mew at my fingertips! I used a recover technique on myself and stood up.

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