Title: Protection
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: None

Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #49, Protection
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: None

Graveler flexed his muscles again, marveling at how strong his arms were now. They had definitely gained more tone since his evolution, but he was more worried about his legs. When he was a Geodude, they had not existed, period, but now, he needed to learn how to toughen them up as well.

Stone skin or not, underneath, he could still get fat and flabby, and that was the last thing he wanted!

He walked over to the edge of the meadow, found a sizeable rock, and began doing lifts. He was still practicing when a Trainer and his Pokemon walked past.

Two minutes later, he was lying in a deluge of water. Three minutes later, he was inside of a Poke Ball.

No matter how strong he got, there were some things he could not protect himself from, and being captured was one of them…

Oh, if only he had still been a Geodude! Then, he was sure the boy would have ignored him – they usually did.

Now what was he supposed to do?

End Fic

Completed 10/2/09

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