Dis: Well, I tried getting Nintendo to trade me Pokemon for some of
my tasty cookies, but sadly they started yelling at me in Japanese.
Well, Satoshi Tarjari did, anyway.


{ } This means someone's
thinking.

*** *** This means it's in italics.			
			     ****Through Thick and Thin****
                                                                    By: 
StarrybluMew



A/N: I'm gonna shorten the chapters so you won't have to read as much. Darn!

Warning: There will be slight cussing, and some talk about death, but only a 
little.

Chapter Three: The Battle Begins



"Ohhhhhhh!" Cheyenne groaned as the road leading towards Violet City seemed to 
get longer and longer. "How much farther is it?" she demanded. Kade rolled her 
eyes. Then, she turned to face her partner. "Look, it's only a couple of miles 
up the road. Deal with it." Cheyenne stomped her foot and gave a little pout. 
Kade had told her that for the last 3 miles. And the fact that evil little 
***thing*** riding in Kade's backpack wasn't helping much either.
Since Spinark hated sunlight, he had crawled into her backpack for a long nap. 
How Kade could stand those....evil little monsters were beyond Cheyenne. "You 
know what?" Kade asked as she folded her arms behind her head. Cheyenne sighed. 
"What?" Kade gave another one of her rare, scared looks as she replied, "I 
haven't heard Spinarak move for quite awhile now. Could you check for me?" 
Cheyenne snorted in a bratty way, then she said bitterly, "Check 'an see for yo' 
self." With a shrugg, Kade stopped. She carefully slung her backpack off of her 
shoulder and placed it gently on the ground. She pulled the zipper down, only to 
find Spinarak cuddled up with her Pokemon quiz books.

"What's he 'doin?" Cheyenne asked. Kade removed a brown bang og hair from her 
face as she smirked "Maybe he croaked." It was a full 5 minutes before anyone 
said anything. A gentle breeze blew past the two girls, shaking the branches and 
leaves off of the trees. Cheyenne, finding the purfect moment to speak, answered 
"Maybe the sun got to 'em?" It was possible.The heat had beamed down on them the 
whole day, with only one breeze blown so far. The backpack ***was*** like an 
oven, after all. "Poke 'em!" Cheyenne begged. Kade, with a feeling of guilt 
cursing through her veins, stuck out her stubby finger. She gave Spinarak a 
slight poke, making the spider open his eyes for the first time in a couple of 
hours. "Whew!" Kade sighed, wiping a salty sweat drop from her forehead. "You 
had me worried." Kade admitted. Spinarak nodded, and began crawling out of his 
owner's bag and up her arm. "Ewwwwww!" Cheyenne cried as she jumped up and down. 
Her yells echoed throughout the forest, disturbing the Pokemon nesting there. 
Holding up a finger to her lips, Kade reminded, "Shhhhhhh! Be quiet!" Cheyenne 
quit, and then turned around. Bushes were shaking, and that was soooooo not a 
good sign. 

A boy stepped out from the bushes. He was looked like a bug catcher, and in his 
hand was a Butterfree net. His clothes were a causal white T-shirt with some 
blue, denium shorts. The shoes he wore were white Nikes, laces flopping freely 
on the ground. He gave a smirk at the two girls before him, and then he tugged 
on his little straw hat. "Good day, ladies." Cheyenne gave a smile, but Kade 
gave him the look. "So," Kade began as she held Spinarak up against her warm 
body. He was awake now, so he didn't seem bothered by the sun. "what in the hell  
are you doing?". He gave another smirk and said, "The name's Todd, bug catcher 
champion. I've won trophies from Prof.'s such as Prof. Elm because of my bug 
Pokemon skills. Does that answer your question?" Kade nodded. "Yeah, so I guess 
you're 'lookin for bugs?" Todd nodded back. His gaze suddenly locked onto 
Spinarak for the first time since they had "met".

"Nice Spinarak you got there." Kade's face didn't change as she repiled 
"Thanks." Todd reached into his short pocket and pulled out a yellow and black 
ball out. He twirled it on his finger as he calmly asked, "So, do you wanna 
battle?" A grin spread across Kade's face. "You bet!" she cheered. "How many 
Pokemon?" Kade glanced down at Spinarak, who looked ready to beat the crap outta 
the guy, as she said "One-on-one." Todd gave Kade a grin. "Alright then." 
Cheyenne rushed out of the way, and began chanting and cheering Kade's name.

"Come on out, Weedle!" Todd shouted as he tossed the ball up into the air. The 
ultra ball popped open, and red energy came out. It formed into the body of a 
Weedle. It looked like a deformed worm with a sharp stinger on it's head. "Go 
Spinarak!" Kade shouted as the green spider leapt out of her arms and onto the 
battle field. "Spina!" he yelled out at the the ooponet. Weedle raised up one of 
it's little pink, nubby feet. It looked like it was giving the finger. "Hey, 
quit trash talking! We got a battle to do!" Todd scolded. Weedle obeyed, getting 
back into battle postion. "Now, Weedle, use string shot!" A white, silk like 
stubstance spun out off Weedle's stinger and was aimed in Spinarak's direction. 
"Spinarak, get outta the way!" Called Kade, her heart pounding. This was her 
first, real battle. Not any of those type of battles that they taught at Newbark 
Middle School.

Spinarak tried jumping out of the way, but it was no use. He was to slow to 
dodge. With his body wrapped in slik, Spinarak couldn't do anything. "Uhhh, try 
wiggling out!" Kade yelled. This was not looking good. Cheyenne looked arcoss 
the battle field at Todd, and she noticed another smirk formed onto his face. 
{He sure is a showoff...} Cheyenne thought. {Too bad Kade probbly won't 
win...wait!} "Kade!" Cheyenne called out. Kade looked back at Cheyenne and 
yelled "What?" "Try using a move that doesn't require movement." Cheyenne said 
loudly. { Using a move that doesn't require movement? What in the hell has she 
been 'smokin? } Kade thought, her heart pounding. She never knew she could be so 
nervous. Then, an idea came to her. "Spinarak, use glare!" Spinarak stared into 
Weedle's eyes, letting off an evil look that fitted Giovanni purfectly. Before 
Todd could tell Weedle to close his eyes, Weedle was paralyzed. "Yes!" Kade 
cheered.

"Now, use screech!" Spinarak opened it's mouth and began screaming loudly. The 
sound was to much to bare. Covering his ears, Todd shouted "Weedle! Use poison 
sting!" Weedle opened it's mouth, and shot millons of silver needles stright at 
Spinarak. Before he could react, the sharp needles dove into his skin, making 
Spinarak cry out in pain. Kade suddenly felt another jolt of guilt. She was new 
to this trainer thing. She knew her Pokemon would get hurt, but it kinda hurt to 
see them in pain. Shaking it off, Kade yelled out, "Spinarak, use night shade!". 
By this point, Cheyenne was speechless. Kade was acting like a true Pokemon 
master, something Kade wanted really badly. { Good thing Kade made the plan to 
runaway. } Cheyenne thought. { Or we would have neva got this far...}

There was a darkish, type of glint in Spinarak's eyes. Something that looked 
like pure evil, really. It felt as if someone was stabbing Weedle in the brain, 
mentally. The pain jolted through every nerve of it's tiny body, then letting 
out a shrill scream, the bug fainted. Todd's smirk went into a girn as he 
noticed the little swirly's in his Pokemon's eyes. "Good job, kid. Keep it up, 
and who knows? You might become a Pokemon master someday." Todd raised Weedle's 
ball up, and he pressed a grey button. Weedle turned into red energy, and went 
back inside. Kade walked over and picked Spinarak up. Craddling him in her arms, 
Kade replied, "Nice battle." As Todd turned around to leave, he said over his 
shoulder "You know, I didn't catch your name?". Kade smiled a sly smile as she 
said calmy, "Kade. Kade Harris."

A/N: Told you it would be shorter!!! *sticks tongue out*