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2.  Jameson

Age: 22
Gender: Male
Looks (Jameson ONLY): Black, short and straight hair, straight face
and moderate build.  Normally wears a green shirt and brown, light
coat with jeans.
Friends: To be determined.
Enemies: Team rocket (otherwise to be determined).

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Chapter 4
PokŽmon league village

	Ash watched the battle between Melissa and Gary take place on
	tape.  As expected, all of them had exceptional performance
	that would probably beat Ash.  However, Ash knew what the
	weaknesses were for all their pokŽmon.  Ash was taking notes.
	Looking at the television now...

	Both Gary and Melissa had 2 pokŽmon left.  The match between
	GaryÕs pokŽmon, Arcanine, and MelissaÕs, Venomoth, was about
	to begin.  The referee took two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.
	"Venomoth, sleep powder!"  But Gary, in this case, knew
	better.  "Arcanine, fire spin!"  The Arcanine launched a
	sweeping tornado of fire which caught the sleep powder-and
	Venomoth.  Melissa gasped, "Venomoth!"  Venomoth came out of
	the fire stunned from its own sleep powder and the burn.
	"Venomoth is unable to battle!  Arcanine wins!"

	Melissa chose her next pokŽmon.  "Golem, teach Arcanine a
	lesson!"  The referee took two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.
	"Golem, earthquake!"  The camera shook for a second as Golem
	flipped itself onto the ground and got back up again.  The
	stadium sprouted up a little and in the diversion Golem
	launched its stony body on top of Arcanine.  Arcanine launched
	fire in defence, but it missed and Arcanine was plunged into
	the stadium.  "Arcanine is unable to battle!  Golem wins!"

	Gary chose his next pokŽmon not with a call but with a touch
	of a white pokŽball button and a grin.  The pokŽmon came out.
	It was a Nidoking, and it looked like Gary had trained it
	well.  The referee took two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.
	"Nidoking, fissure strike on Golem!"  GaryÕs order was as
	threatening as his own pokŽmon.  The Nidoking jumped high in
	the air.  Melissa was not going to let Gary get away with
	this, though.  "Golem, explosion!"  The Golem seemed to expand
	a little, then a loud bang sounded.  The cameraÕs view became
	completely white.  In the end, Golem was black and
	unconscious, and Nidoking was down, too.

But, wait!  Nidoking moved an arm.  Another.  Slowly but insistently,
Nidoking got up.  Nidoking was facing the camera.  Its horn looked
weird, so Ash changed the camera angle so it faced NidokingÕs side.
The top of NidokingÕs horn was blown off!  No white blood spreading,
no bruise, just a completely clean cut.  Someone could go toe-to-toe
with a Nidoking and the Nidoking could do few attacks. .  "Golem is
unable to battle!  Nidoking wins!  Gary wins the battle!"Ash laughed
loudly, then yelled, "alright!  Scratch one of GaryÕs pokŽmon!"  Hey,
oneÕs better than nothing, after all, Ash thought.  And as a bonus,
Ash thought, Nidoking is GaryÕs strongest pokŽmon, and Gary almost
always, if not always, has used it in the pokŽmon league competitions
as 1 of the pokŽmon for battle.

Ash stood up on the traditional red platform.  This is it, thought
Ash, the fated battle.  Ash and Gary.  Who could lose?  Who could win?
Gary appeared on the stadium as if out of nowhere after the
tradiditional chorus came, sung by about 10 or 12 girls and many, many
people in the audience, "Gary, Gary, heÕs the best!  He makes mince
meat off all the rest!"  That was then followed by a loud cheer.  "Hey
Ash!  Ready to lose?  This is a match already won!"  Of course, that
was Gary, taunting from below.  But, Ash was too mature for that, and
by then he had already gotten enough experience around Gary.  Gary
wasnÕt all-powerful.  He lost against Giovanni and Melissa.  But he
had recently won against Melissa, and Giovanni may very well be the
greatest trainer in the world.

By now Gary was up on the platform, and after 5 years of course he had
grown, but he looked exactly the same (Ash was paler and taller
whereas Richie was broad, tough-looking and starting to get a clean
moustache), with a similar blue sweatshirt and sweatpants.  "The first
pokŽmon I shall use for this fight is Fearow," Gary had declared.  Ash
smiled.  "Well, I shall use Raichu!"  That was normally AshÕs first
pokŽmon in the battle, but it was a wise choice anyways.  The referee
took two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.   "Fearow, fury attack!"  The
Fearow was fast and furious as he divebombed Raichu.  "Raichu, swift!"
Raichu glowed for a minute, then extremely accurate star-like discs of
light soared through RaichuÕs cheeks.  It hit Fearow quickly, but not
before Raichu was hurt.  A star-studded Fearow landed quickly with a
divebombing aerial fury attack but didnÕt come back again.  "Fearow is
unable to battle!  Raichu wins!"

Gary chose his next pokŽmon.  "Magneton, come out now!"  Hmn, Ash
thought.  A Magneton.  If Gary taught it any special attacks...
Raichu is already wounded...   The referee took two flags up.  "Go!"
he yelled.  Gary had his arms folded, and he was smiling.  Smiling.
What a jerk, Ash thought as he chose the first move.  "Raichu, mega
punch!"  Raichu soared up in the air, pointing a fist that was growing
in power from the air itself and it hit the unsuspecting Magneton.
"Magneton, swift!"  The Magneton blinked each one of its 3 eyes, and
through each one 3 stars came out, all hitting Raichu, which pinned
him to the ground.  Raichu struggled a bit, then quitted in
submission. "Raichu is unable to battle!  Magneton wins!"

Ash thought about his nest pokŽmon for a moment.  If I chose Venusaur,
Ash thought, Magneton might not be able to stand the fight, but IÕm
not too sure.  There was not much time.  He had to chose Venusaur.
"Venusaur, go!"  AshÕs Venusaur came out under AshÕs unsure command.
The referee took two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.  "Venusaur, use your
solar beam!"  "Magneton, agility!"  So, Ash thought, Gary had taught
Magneton some special manuvers.  However, it was too late.  Magneton
was caught up in a huge yellow-green blast of light.  Magneton landed,
eyes blank.  Gary looked at his Magneton in horror.  "Oh, no,
Magneton!"  "Magneton is unable to battle!  Venusaur wins!"  Venusaur
grinned a little.

Gary was about to chose his next pokŽmon, which, hopefully, would be
Nidoking.  And it was.  "Nidoking, teach AshÕs pokŽmon a lesson in
fear!"  Nidoking, to the croud, looked more powerful than ever.  Ash,
seeing NidokingÕs weakness, saw him as pathetic.   The referee took
two flags up.  "Go!" he yelled.  "Venusaur, square up with Nidoking!"
Although Ash seened to look like he knew what he was doing, Gary
proved otherwise.  "Nidoking, use your double kick!"  Nidoking held
the top of VenusaurÕs head violently down, and kicked it twice,
spinning on the second kick.  Venusaur collapsed with its head on the
floor.  Nidoking remained victorious.  "Venusaur is unable to battle!
Nidoking wins!"  As Ash brought Venusaur pack into its pokŽball, he
felt that he had seriously underestimated the power Nidoking had
without its horn.

Now it was down to 1 pokŽmon each.  Ash had to find a way to defeat
GaryÕs Nidoking.  Nidoking was able to use the fighting manuver double
kick.  Nidoking was a poison-ground type.  Ash needed something with
powerful defenses, stamina, and a powerful attack against Nidoking...
Blastoise!  "Blastoise, go!"  Blastoise nodded its head at the
engaging Nidoking soberly as he anticipated an attack command.
"Nidoking, horn drill!"  Nidoking charged, but there was no drill.
The horn smashed itself apart against BlastoiseÕs hard shellfish body,
crumbling to pieces.  "Blastoise, Hydro pump!"  Blastoise aimed its
cannons at the staggering Nidoking and, surely enough, after a small
delay they fired.  Nidoking was blown back to the other side of the
arena.  Gary gasped.  "Could it all be over?  No!"  But it was over.
Nidoking was bleeding and out cold, and didnÕt feel at the moment like
fighting.  "Nidoking is unable to battle!  Blastoise wins!"  Ash
smiled for a while, as tears slowly came running from his eyes.

He was the pokŽmon league champion.

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3.  Misty

Age: 17
Gender: Female
Looks: Basically the same as in the series in terms of the face, yet
her hair is straight and with no ponytail.  Usually wears black shirt
and brown jeans.  Shoes are plain black.
Friends: Manuel Zimmerman, otherwise to be determined.
Enemies: Most of her rivals (such as Ash and Gary), her sisters
(Cerulean sisters-Violet, Daisy and Lily), otherwise to be determined.
Personality: Hesitant to do things, otherwise assertive to an extent.

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