Pokémon RP Kanto Quest, the adventure begins.

[SaiKar]

"This new admin is really weird," one of the grunts was mumbling from a safe distance behind Saiar.
Another grunt said, "She's crazy strong though. Took down Alec and I at the docks no problem with this crazy koffing."
"What, a koffing?! Those things are so weak!"
"I know right! But this one just pounded the crap out of us"
"Hah! Like that's hard to do!"
"You shut up! I'll beat you any day!"
"Bring it on!"
"Hey," a third, a girl, chimed in. "Where do you think we're going?"
"Beats me. Who knows with these admins. Crazy people, marching us everywhere."
"Keep quiet! She looks like the type that would beat you half to death for saying stuff like that!"
"Yeah..."

Behind the main group, a girl walked alone. She was the "koffing kicker," as those other idiot grunts had started calling her. The whole incident pissed her off. Everyone in Team Rocket beat up on their Pokemon, but because she had been the one doing it when Saiar had stormed into town, somehow she was worse than the rest. The other grunts mocked her, and she hated them for it.
Hey, what was that in the bushes...
"Hold up!" she yelled.
Saiar whirled around. "What is the problem?
"I... I think I saw a magnemite!"
Saiar looked nonplussed. "And?"
"And... and I want it! Team Rocket takes what then want!"
The girl looked defiant. Finally, Saiar said, "Make it quick. And I hope you've got something other than that koffing if you want to take down a steel-type."
She nodded and dove into the bushes and out of sight.

A grunt snickered. "Yeah, I think she has a pidgey. That's gunna do real well." And the other grunts laughed.
"You shut your fat face!" Saiar snapped, shocking them. "If there is one thing worse than a weakling, it is a weakling that thinks he is strong. It is no wonder I beat you so badly at the docks - you will never get stronger if you think you are strong already. At least that girl understands the need to stand up for herself and get some new pokemon when hers are too weak."
"Oh, what do you know?" the grunt mumbled.
In a single, fluid motion, Saiar reached for her belt and released a Pokemon. Her koffing appeared beside her in a flash of light. But it was not a normal koffing - it tough skin was blue, and the smoke pouring out of its many vents a light purple. The midmorning light flashed off of it dazzlingly, as if it were made of metal. It hovered next to Saiar happily.
"Koffing!" it said, fairly predictably.
"Do I need to remind you how weak you are, that you cannot defeat a single, unevolved pokemon with your entire team?"
The boy hesitated, unwilling to meet the challenge that he knew he couldn't win. But, before he had to, a cry filled the air:

"TEAM ROCKET! PREPARE FOR DEFEAT!"

A middle-aged, plump man was on the path in front of them, a ratatta at his feet. He was pointing at Saiar. He said, "I, Joey, shall defeat you today!"
"What." Saiar said.
"You heard me! Your days are numbered. This ratatta is in the top percentage of rattata!"
"What, is this a joke? This would have been cute if you were like 10, but you're an adult. Come on."
"S-shut up!" Joey stammered. "You going to fight or what?!"
"Fine," she grumbled irritably. "Kophy, use... oh, hell, I don't even care. Just kill it."
"KOFFING!!!" Kophy cried happily. He flew closer to the ratatta and started gathering light."
"Wait, no!" Saiar exclaimed. "Not that, you stupid suicidal bag of-"

BOOM!!!

An enormous, foul-smelling explosion filled the air. Saiar reflexively covered her face with her arms to shield herself from the blast. When could see again, she saw that Kophy was down, the rattata was down, Joey himself was down, and most of her grunts had been knocked prone.
"Unbelievable, Kophy. Freaking amazing. You could not have just sludge bombed it, nooo, you have to always go for the explosion."
"Koff..." Kophy said weakly.
"Yeah yeah," Saiar said as she recalled the barely-conscious Pokemon. Turning to her grunts, she said. "Throw this guy off the path. Literally, pick him up and throw him. Maybe onto some sharp rocks or something. He deserves no less for that 'top-percentage' nonsense."
From out of the woods, a magnemite wobbled and collapsed. Behind it, the girl emerged with her pidgey, both also dirtied from the explosion. She threw a pokeball at the weakened magnemite, capturing it.
"Got it," she said with a grin.

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OOC: oh God, what was I thinking, making a party of seven people. Now I have to think of names and personalities pokemon and crap for these goons. Also, I'm dealing with HGSS pokemon placements, so there are magnemites on route 6 even though they aren't there in RBY.

[drenrin2120]

Chris thought for a second about Corey's offer. They'd reached the edge of Pewter city. Chris couldn't remember what pokemon Corey owned. He knew two of them were foreign pokemon.

"Alright, let's do this!" Chris said tossing a ball.

Corey responded by throwing a ball as well. Simultaneously, Chris sent out Kon(Hoot-Hoot) and Corey sent out his Shinx. Chris whipped out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon.

"Shinx: Electric type." It rang out 'matter-of-factly'.

Chris's eyes went wide as Corey ordered, "Spark!"

"Ah, ****! Kon, watch out! Reflect! or something!!!" Chris yelled, but it was too late. Kon flew into the air and was struck with a powerful spark from the Shinx. Kon fell out of the air like a rock. Chris called it back. "Hmph... I'm sorry, Kon. Electric type, eh? Get 'em Sandy!"

And Chris sent out his Sandshrew. "Get 'em with Scratch, Sandy!" Sandy listened in her usual way, obediently but without excitement. Everything seemed to disinterest her. However, when she moved in close to the Shinx, she pounced with ferocity. Shinx attempted to dodge it but received a nasty scrape along its side. The shinx retaliated with another spark attack. Sandy was completely unaffected by it.

Corey: "You're gonna have to forget about your spark move, shinx and get physical with him! Tackle and bite him!"

Shinx and Sandy squared off. Shinx fought valiantly, but Sandy was more of a physical built than Shinx was. Sandy easily took her foe's blows on her hard outer body and countered each attack with a menacing claws and an occasional sand-attack. Soon, it was over, Shinx fainted. sandy seemed more than ready to face her next opponent.

"Yeah! Way to go Sandy!"

"It's not over yet!" corey said as he called back his Shinx and sent out Starly. Chris did a quick check on his pokemon. Nothing special, just normal bird pokemon. Not good news for Sandy, though.


"Starly, Wing Attack!" Corey's Starly came screaming at of the sky, striking the unprepared Sandy with its powerful wings.

"Sandy, use your defense curl to counter its attacks!" Chris commanded.

Sandy obeyed, but the onslaught kept coming. "Sandy, knock it out of the air with sand-attack!"

Sandy stood poised as the starly prepared to strike again with wing-attack. Just as Starly came into reach, Sandy struck it with sand then dodged out of the way. The Starly's attack missed and the sand-attack had caused it to fall out of the sky. Sandy jumped on the opportunity to deal critical damage with its claws while it was down. Soon, however, starly was back in the air. It was hurt but was in better shape then Sandy.

Starly came down for a fourth wing-attack. Sandy's sand-attack missed, allowing the Starly to hit with its most powerful wing-attack yet. Sandy fainted.

"Get 'em, Dudley. You got this!" Chris said, calling back Sandy.

Dudley made short work of the Starly. As soon it came close, Geodude tackled it to the ground, causing it to faint. Corey called it back and sent out his Mankey.

"Watch out for its fists, Dudley!" Chris was nervous. This could be it. If dudley couldn't keep out of the way of that Makey's swinging fists, it would be all over.

"Dudley! Magnitude!" In an impressive show of force, Dudley smashed the ground hard with its fists, causing the ground to shake around the Mankey. This only seemed to anger the Mankey as it staggered and fell to its feet. Unfortunately, the quake wasn't very powerful. Mankey charged Dudley, who couldn't get out of the way nearly fast enough. "Defense curl!" Chris ordered in futility.

Corey: "Use your karate chop!" And so Mankey did. With one, powerful blow, Dudley rolled over unconscious. Chris called him back. He felt a little embarrassed to have lost. "I guess I have some more training to do!" Chris said half-laughing.

"Nonsense, that was a close match!" Chris and Corey shook hands.

[SaiKar]

OOC: kinda spammin', but I wanted to get this moving.

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An unearthly scream woke Saiar up from a sound sleep. It was a pokemon's cry, and not one she recognized. She tapped her Poketech on her arm. It had recorded the sound. She ran a quick search.
"Pokemon cry not in database," came the reply a second later.
That was something, all right. Saiar had seen a lot of pokemon in her life. She shivered. Nervous anticipation of the unknown? Perhaps a bit, but no, she realized; it was actually cold. She stuck her head outside of the tent. It was snowing! In the middle of summer! Unlikely!
She had scarcely taken a step outside the tent when it happened. A massive, majestic glowing bird flew directly overhead. Its body was the purest blue, its wingspan was humongous, and icicles fell from its long, flowing tail, peppering the camp with icy nails.

Arcticuno! ARCTICUNO! She hadn't even dreamed of a sighing this early in the hunt. This was incredible luck!

"Rockets! Rockets! Awake!" she yelled. Their tents were dark, but a few lights came on. They were going to be too slow. She couldn't wait. Taya, her espeon, was curled up by the fire, acting as a night watch and barely awake.
"Taya!"
"Espe?" Taya the espeon replied weary.
"We move! Follow me!"
"Esp!" She lept to Saiar's side. Good old reliable Taya.
There was no more time to wait for her grunts. She had to go if she had any chance of catching up with Arcticuno. If only that idiot Kophy hadn't blown himself up - he'd have been a useful wall to soak up damage while Saiar assessed its capabilities. Well, she'd just have to make due with her others.

She was well off the beaten path by now, running blindly through the woods in the darkness away from Route 6. The bird himself (herself? She had no idea - nobody had ever captured it!) was long lost from view, so she had to make due trying to follow the trail of ice. It was a pretty futile search, but she had to try.
Just to be safe, she decided to call it in. She flipped her poketech over to the radio app and found a secure Rocket channel. "Code one inception! Repeat, code one inception! This is administator Saiar. I have located Arcticuno west of Route 6. Am in pursuit, alone. Any available backup would be greatly appreciated!" She set it to repeat. She considered looking for a compass app or something before almost crashing face first into a tree. Right, she was running. Probably better to concentrate on running through a dark, snowy forest.

Cresting a ridge, Saiar saw it - huge, terrifying Arcticuno. A legendary bird true to the letter. It must have stopped for some reason, as it was pulling up out of a dive, but it was flying away from her again. Now that she got a good look, she could see that it was indeed the source of the blizzard. The bird itself was a hole in the storm, which raged on around her. Saiar was openly shivvering now, partly from the cold, but mostly from exhiliration.
This was it! The real deal!
Still, it's way faster than I am. Gotta get it's attention... "Taya! Psybeam that thing"!
"Esp!" Taya launched a psybeam. It was ridiculously out of range for any sort of accuracy, but Taya manged to hit the beast straight in the back. Not the strongest attack, but it got the beast's attention. It swooped back around.
She was going to have to go all out for this one. Saiar reached for her belt to bring out some more of her team. It was at roughly this point that some conscious thought broke through her adrenaline rush - she had awoken from a sound sleep and ran off into the woods without a second thought. She wasn't wearing her belt. In fact, she wasn't wearing much of anything at all.

Arcticuno let loose its horrible, amazing cry again. Fighting back panic, she stared back at it. Dressed in nothing but her underwear, with only an espeon at her side, against a legendary bird. It was gunna be a long night.



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No promises on ever doing something like this again.

[RockJohnAxe]

Rock john was training as usual with his Pokemon. He was putting most of his efforts training Poliwag hoping to evolve it as fast as possible.

Rock john's Cell phone starts to ring and he answers... "Hello..."
"Yes Rock john? This is Ben." The voice said.
"Excellent! Whats the good news?" Rock john's face lit up with excitement.
"Well..." said Ben, "They said no again."
"Blast it all!" Rock john looked angry.
"The Pokemon league also suggested if your really serious about creating your own Gym that you First collect all the Badges to prove your skills. Just because you have a Pokemon Dojo doesn't make you a Pokemon Master." Ben explained.
"Ya ya... i realize..." Rock john rolled his eyes. "Thanks again for trying Ben. Although i was hoping you could watch my Dojo while i go get these Badges."
"Ofcoarse. I would love too. My Pokemon are in need of some training also, so this works well." Ben accepted the Offer.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank was clinging on the walls now. He'd spent so much time at the Pokémon center that he now knew the name of the nurse there. What her hobbies were and that she for some reason adored the Gym leader's son. - Whoever that was. He could actually see the flow of time passing him by as he sat around in a couch doing nothing.
He'd taken out the Kabuto at one point and poked it with a pencil at safe distance. He also had a staring contest with it but those abyssal black eyes never blinked once for 3 hours.
He was pretty certain that a day had passed as well. He'd slept for a moment and could bet that the sun had switched side by the time he woke up.
He had enough and wanted to get things done.
The nurse had told him about a place to the east where some demented person wanted to show everyone the gym and the path to MT.Moon. He really doubted that the kids had gone into the cave and also that they've gone to the gym or whatnot.

-"Anne, I'm leaving!" Frank exclaimed and rose to his feet.
-"Take care out there!" The nurse replied and continued with her job.
-"If you see a nerdy kid with glasses and a huge chunk or iron, or this artistic fellow, or the guy I entered with - let them know that I went to the east and that they call me if anything come uo." Frank said in the doorway and made a quick bow.
-"Sure thing..." She mumbled from behind the counter.

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Frank was happy, there were trainers here. Well trainers and trainers. Let's rephrase that:
Frank was happy, there were youngsters with rattatas, sandshrew and nidornas here.
Everywhere he looked - bam! shorts.
For some reason they all wanted to battle him. Frank liked that, battling trained pokémon always seemed to do better than fighting those in the wild. Mankey slapped Rattatas silly with his lethal Karate Chop and Murkow filled in when Mankey needed some rest.
After some time, all trainers ceased to challenge him, so he headed over to the first field he could find and train there. There were no interesting catches here either. Some Jigglupuffs and other cute weaklings that easily fell with a well aimed low kick.
Mankey had a blast but over time the small amount of damage many times took its' toll on him and Frank retrieved him for now.
He was about to send out Murkow again when he decided to try his stone(Kabuto).

The brown stone appeared in the grass, not moving or anything. Frank was about to give it a nice soccerkick when a Mankey appeared in the grass.
-"Oh crap, rocky's gonna get a beating of his lifetime..." Frank mumbled as the Mankey moved forward to score a kick on his Kabuto.
But as he attacked - Kabuto suddenly lunged itself upon the Mankey and started scratching at it.
Frank stepped back in shock as he noticed the claws under the rock-like shell.
He moved closer as the carnage continued and caught a glimpse of the red eyes on the inside.
It then leaned on closer and seemed to absorb the energy of the Mankey before crawling off it.
Frank stared at it and those creepy black eyes on top seemed to stare back.
-"You're one devious backstabber... I think I like you." Frank declared as he saw the stronger pokémon lying in the grass not far away.

[X_marks_the_ed]

As he walked through the cave, Edwin kept on the lookout for any Gravelers. Nothing but Zubats. Clefairy took them all out with ease. Shortly into the cave, he spotted another person coming his way. Edwin was ready for him, but as soon as he came into view, the man shouted "Don't 'tack, I'm spent!" Edwin loosened up. It was nothing more than a common hiker. "Sorry, I thought you were a Rocket."

"S'okay. I would've done tha same thin'."

"So, I'm guessing all of your Pokemon are out?"

"Yeh, mah poor ol' Onix."

"What got it?"

"Rockets, 'leive it or not."

"Up ahead?"

"The exit, my boy. Or, in ma case, entrance." He seemed to pause for a moment. "'at a Clefairy?"

"yeah."

"Ah, they're gonna snatch 'at right up."

"Aren't you worried about traveling through here without any Pokemon?"

"Nah, Onix does just fine here. He's just a bit scratched up by those two."

Edwin handed the hiker one of his potions. "Here, use this."

"Oh wow, thanks, my boy." The Hiker sent out his Onix. It was covered in holes and dents. As the Hiker sprayed it with the potion, the damage seemed to vanish. Edwin pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at the Onix.

"Onix - Rock Snake Pokemon. Onix are known for being very aggressive towards anything they consider to be a threat. As hinted by their snake-like body, Onix can regrow any part of their body that is seperated from the head. These Pokemon prefer the darkness of caves and underground tunnels that it burrows.
Onix is a Rock and Ground type Pokemon. This makes Onix succeptable to Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel type moves. Onix is also incredibly weak to Water and Grass type moves. Normal, Flying, Fire, and Rock do little to nothing to it."

Just as he was about to put the Dex away when he noticed something was flashing on it. A message came up "Your Clefairy is attempting to learn Follow Me. Learn it?" "Follow Me? What could that possibly do?" He decided to take the risk and remove the now obsolete Doubleslap. Clefairy stood still for a moment, then looked up at Edwin. Nothing really happened.

"Hey!" Both Edwin and the hiker looked straight ahead. A Rocket stood before them, and with him a Houndoom. It was him. "What? Oh, it's  you! I've been looking for you! Now you'll pay for what happened the other day! Houndoom, Fire Blast!" Houndoom lobbed a large fireball at Clefairy. "Clefairy, look out!" She dashed behind a rock,dodging the blast. The hiker was taken back. "Leave 'im alone! Onix, Rock Throw!" Onix pulled several stones out of the ground and lobbed them at the Rocket. With grace, Houndoom dodged each one. "The rubble pile wants to play, right? Well, Houndoom will play any game you want! Houndoom, charge a Solar Beam!" Houndoom started to glow a very bright green. "Solar Beam!?"

"Clefairy, while it's busy, hit it with Psychic!" Clefairy obeyed and fired a blast from its forehead at the Houndoom. A purple enrgy surrounded it, but quickly vanished. "It didn't even budge!" Edwin pulled out the Dex again.

"Houndoom, the Dark Pokemon. This Pokemon is known for its speed and agility. The fire it creates is due to toxins within its body, and burns from it are very strong.
Houndoom is a Fire and Dark type Pokemon. This makes Houndoom succeptable to Water, Fighting, Ground, and Rock type moves. Fire, Grass, Ghost, Dark, and Steel type moves do little to nothing to Houndoom. Houndoom is immune to Psychic type moves."

"Immune!?"

"Houndoom, Solar Beam that Onix, and get it out of the way!" Houndoom started to glow a bright green.

"No! Onix!"

Clefairy, noticing this, ran out from behind the rock and up to Houndoom. She slapped it. Everyone stood around for a bit. "Is that all that thing can do?" The Rocket sneered. "What? No! I said hit the Onix!"

Houndoom had fired the Solarbeam at Clefairy, who took the entire beam, but was still barely standing. Shortly after, she ran from the Houndoom who was now chasing her down. "No, stop!" The Rocket shouted. A boulder struck Houndoom. "Good 'un, Onix!" Houndoom got back up and continued to chase Clefairy. "Are you daft, Houndoom? That Onix just hit you dead on! One more hit like that and..." Houndoom was hit again. It couldn't get up, but it continued to snarl at Clefairy, who was now taunting it.

[Cosmos]

"Piplup...?"

The small creature had been enjoying a sweet berry on Route 25 like it did everyday when it caught sight of something floating amongst the waves. Placing it's half eaten dinner down, the blue fuzzball got up and made it's way cautiously to the shore. He was a curious little thing.

Approaching the girl with her face buried beneath the sand, the Piplup tentatively poked her in the head with one of his wings. No reponse came. Tilting its head, he spoke lightly, "Pip...lup?" and yet there was still no response. Thinking for a moment, he finally decided to do what was needed. In a moment there was poking and prodding along with some screaming yet nothing would wake this girl from her slumber. Tapping it's webbed foot on the floor, Piplup crossed its arms and thought some more.

"Ugh...f-five more m-minutes.." came a groggy voice which caused Piplup to jump and hide behind a nearby berry bush. Slowly he poked his head out and watched the girl roll over with her hands shielding her eyes. "W-where am I...?" She asked to no one in particular. Sitting up, Myrin looked at the waves dying against her feet and gripped her cloak closer, "C-cold..."

"Piplup, Piplup, Piplup!!!" A little form came crashing into her side and proceeded to hug her. For a moment she was in shock but then she looked down to see the creature attached to her side. "Piplup!" The Pokemon smiled at her with a tilt of its head.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"

Some time later...

Determined, Myrin attempted to walk without looking back. She had been walking for over an hour and yet the damn thing was still following her, dancing behind her and singing a song she couldn't understand because she did not speak Pokemon! She had attempted to ditch it twice already and still the Piplup would not leave! First was an attempt to throw food one direction and run another which she had thought worked until she saw it standing in front of her, berries in hand. Then she attempted to yell at it, scare it off yet the thing refused to leave her.

For whatever reason, this Pokemon was following her and now it was getting dark and there was still no town in sight. Her stomach grumbled causing her to clutch her stomach. It was a reminder that she had not eaten since the night before. With a sigh, Myrin looked around and took a seat near the path. Bringing her knees up to her chest, Myrin buried her face and whispered, "Mom... please be alright..." as trembling sobs took over. Piplup danced around her, running in circles carelessly when a snapping twig bought their attention. Jumping, Myrin shouted, "Who is there?!"

With a growl, Piplup lunged into the nearby bushes and disappeared. Great, now the Pokemon's left me alone! She thought while taking a step backwards, her hands gripping the tree's bark in fear. "Whoever you are, show yourself or you'll be sorry!"

"Ow!!" A voice cried and then there was shuffling and soon a young man fell out, Piplup attached to his ankle. "Call him off, please!" He yelled.

"U-uh... T-that's enough." She said, a bit uncertain of her own words. Happily Piplup let go and proceeded to run around the duo, carefree again. What a weirdo... She thought as the stranger proceeded to get up, "Who are you?" She asked.

"Eh heh... I should be asking you the same thing, shouldn't I?" Standing up, he proceeded to dust himself off and met Myrin's stoney face. "No sense of humor then? Very well. My name is Veles." He offered his hand to shake and was again met with a stone face. "Eh listen, I'm sorry for intruding. Honestly, I heard what sounded like crying and I was just trying to make sure no one was hurt. You weren't crynig, were you?" With each word, Myrin's eyes got narrowerer and with a gulp, Veles looked around. "Right, well... of course you weren't."

"Leave." She said.

"Pardon me?" He inquired.

"Leave me..." She said quietly.

"Oh... Uh yeah, sure thing. I'll just leave you with your Pokemon then." With a meek smile, he turned to leave.

"Wait." As he stopped, she continued, "It's... not my Pokemon..."

Veles turned back to her, "Really now?"

"Yes, really. It keeps following me, I don't know why. I don't even like Pokemon!" Shaking her head, Myrin looked at Veles, "Please... get rid of it."

"Oh well, Ms. Um I did not get your name actually... I don't think that's possible, ya see for whatever reason he's mighty attracted to you." With a hand gresture, they saw Piplup had stopped and was now watching the two intently. Its round face was showing dislike towards the man as the seconds passed. "Me on the other hand, well...I'm guessing he dislikes."

"Why me?" She cried, falling to the floor with her hands clutching her rumbling stomach. With a smile, Veles spoke, "Me and my Pokemon, Light, were just about to have some dinner. Would you like to join us?"

"Oh anything..."

[Prpl_Mage]

Changed my fan's name to Maya to avoid confusion with Myrin
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At Saffron city

-"Sir, we've made a breakthrough in one of the Silph labs!" A grunt said and walked over to the stationed Admin with a salute.
-"What is it?" He asked bored of the time it took to access the Silph building.
-"Well it's based on the technology from the Devon cooperation and the Jotho Apicorn techs actually and-"
-"I don't care what it's based on to be honest. I'm interested in the breakthrough." The Admin snapped and looked at the grunt sharply.
-"Yes sir. We're calling this invention "Obedience Ball", it's the same principle as the Luxury ball with a touch of the Green appricon." He corrected himself.
-"Obedience sounds well and all. But what does it actually do?"
-"Well, one of our major problems is that us Rocket members aren't recognizes as strong trainers by pokémon. Which often result in some embarrassing moments when a strong pokémon is given to non-admins."
-"I'm well aware of that."
-"The luxury ball of Devon is known to make it easier for the pokémon to gain affection towards the trainer, this ball on the other hand will make it easier for them obey."
-"Have you tried it yet?" The admin seemed impressed of what he heard.
-"The pokémon caught with this ball has shown discipline despite strength. We're still trying to complete the ball conversion-device of which we can transfer our strong pokémon to this ball type and test them on grunts." The grunt said as he read from a small computer display.
-"Any ideas if it will work on the Legendary birds?" The Admin asked and grinned.
-"No sir, no data concerning that yet. But I really doubt that the grunts will be able to catch or control any of them if they ever manage to find it anyway." The grunt answered and nodded.
-"Inform the Boss and the other admins about the ball and make sure that we can reproduce them in short. You're free."
-"Yes sir, thank you sir." The grunt answered and strode away.
-"Maybe waiting here for all this time will actually pay off..." The Admin mumbled and grinned as he looked down on the people at the lobby.

[SaiKar]

Saiar stared down Articuno in naught but her undies. What had started as an exhilarating chase unexpectedly showed signs of becoming a potentially deadly conflict. Her modesty aside (in retrospect, maybe it was better that the grunts hadn't seen her like this), she didn't have her belt with her other Pokeballs attached, nor her robe that held her inventory of powerful healing potions and other combat gear. All she had was her one Pokemon.
She took a look at Tara, her espeon. The poor creature was visibly shaking with fear, but training rooted it in place at Saiar's side. She would not flee unless ordered. Good, loyal, trusting, possibly very stupid Taya.
Been through worse situations than this, Saiar told herself. I can get out of this one. Wait, was that even true? Well, there was that one time when she had been swimming in the ocean and had gotten so fed up with being attacked every 5 seconds by a stupid tentacool that she had gathered a bunch of Team Rocket's electric-type pokemon to shock the whole lot of them. Whew, the smell! And it turned out there were a LOT more tentacools than she had thought. She and her pokemon had been swarmed by hundreds, maybe thousands, and Saiar had only escaped by the skin of her teeth by flying away on a dodrio.
She looked at Taya again. Nope, still no wings. Damn! Why had nobody ever figured out how to get an eevee to evolve into a flying-type?! That would have been really handy right about now. That had to be in that weird little creature's genetic code somewhere. What good had all that research old Professors Oak and Ash and Elm and all that done the world. Not a damn bit of good!

Articuno let out another earth-shattering cry, forcing Saiar's thoughts back to the present.

Right. Need a plan here. Well, there was always the decoy lamb tactic. Saiar had no idea how strong Articuno actually was, but Taya was unlikely to go down in a single hit no matter what it could dish out. It could buy her the time she needed to escape. Of course, since Saiar didn't have Taya's pokeball, or any pokeballs period, she couldn't recall the espeon after it had fainted and it would likely be killed or eaten by the rampaging bird.
On the other hand, she was here to capture Articuno. Few people had ever seen it in their lifetimes, let alone been able to engage it in combat. It would be a terrible loss to pass up the opportunity. The only problem was that Taya was many things, but a dedicated fighter she was not. She fought to overwhelm the opponent before they had a chance to do the same to her. If Articuno did not go down easily, which seemed very, very likely, than Taya would battle to her death and Saiar would almost certainly join her shortly thereafter.
For any Rocket but Saiar, it would have been an easy decision - sacrifice the pokemon and run like hell! It was still tempting. But dammit, she had put a lot of time and effort into training that espeon. Love and care, pah, but it was a strong weapon and one she was loathe to throw away under any circumstances.

She made up her mind. "Taya. We fight. Light screen!"
"Es-espeon!" Taya stammered, though through fear or through cold she couldn't tell. A shimmering, psychic wall appeared around Taya that would protect her from energy attacks.
The Articuno responded with a barrier of its own - Reflect.
It is cautious, Saiar thought. I'm not sure if that's very good or very bad. But a physical barrier is the wrong choice against an opponent like Taya. Maybe I have a chance here!
She seemed to have the iniative, so it was time to push it. "Taya! Psychic that thing!"
Waves of psychic energy ripped outward from Taya's face jewel thing, distorting the area and scattering the snow. The Articuno took the blast straight on. It seemed distressed, but held firm. It flapped its wings harder, flying in a tight circle at speeds no bird was meant to fly.
That was agility. There goes the speed advantage... "Taya! Psychic again!"
The espeon turned to track the mighty bird, but before she could strike, Articuno let out an ice beam. Even from its amazing altitude, the beam struck home with pinpoint accuracy. Taya's light screen scattered a lot of the energy, but what looked like a painful amount still got through, and she winced in pain. She retaliated with another psychic barrage. Articuno flapped and squacked, but seemed to be in no real peril.
"Again! Psychic again!" Well, what else could she do? If I get out of this, I'm changing up her moveset somehow...
Taya prepared to attack, but another icy beam strafed the ground. Taya screamed out in pain. Another direct hit, and worse, the ice buildup encased the poor espeon completely.
Shiiii---- ... I... I don't know what to do!
Her one pokemon was incapacitated and Articuno looked ready to strike again. Would the bird finish off defenseless Taya, or would it come after Saiar herself?
"Taya... good luck!" she cried, preparing to flee.
"Magnemite, thundershock! Koffing, smokescreen! Pidgey, sand-attack!"
Dust, smoke, and a bit of electric shock flew towards Articuno unexpectedly, catching it completely off guard. The damage was minimal, but the dust and smoke lingered, causing the bird to flail with anger.
Wh-what?! It's that koffing kicker grunt! She and her Pokemon emerged from the trees. She ran over to Taya and poured some sort of salve on it that melted the ice. Taya immeiately responded with her somewhat delayed psychic barrage, further upsetting the mighty bird.
"Administrator Saiar!" she said. "Reporting for duty!"
Saiar yelled, "Kid! Are you crazy?! That's Articuno! Get your head down!"
But Articuno was having none of it. Half blind and staring down now four pokemon, albeit three very undertrained ones, it decided enough was enough. With a final snow-scattering blast of its wings, it sailed off into the woods. The blizzard followed it, and the snow stopped.

"Are you all right, administrator?" the grunt asked.
"I am fine," Saiar snapped.
"That.. that was a legendary bird."
"I know."
"Why did you attack it like that?"
"Because that's our task. We hunt the legendary birds."
"Why?"
"Team Rocket takes what it wants."
The explanation seemed to satisfy her.
Saiar said, "Come on, let us return to camp. We will talk more about this in the morning."
"... okay."
They turned back into the woods, four pokemon trailing behind. With Saiar's compass poketech app, they wouldn't have any trouble getting back to camp.
"Oh," Saiar said. "Hey, kid. What's your name?"
"... it's holly."
"Holly," Saiar mused. "Well, Holly. Nice work. Team Rocket rewards the strong. I will have something for you later."
In the darkness, Holly beamed.

[RockJohnAxe]

Rock john waited at his Dojo for Ben to arrive.  All his Pokemon were out and about.
The door opens. "Im here" Ben announces as he enters.
"Finally! I feel like ive been waiting days for ya!" Rock john exclaimed.
"O pish-posh. Its been an hour maybe..." Ben looked at Rock john. "When did you get a Poliwag?"
"Hes my newest find! Im really trying to make him a Poliwhirl!" Rock john gets out his Pokedex and flips to Poliwhirl. "Look at those wicked arms! He should be able to fight really well!"
Ben looked at it briefly. "You realize hes not actually a fighting type right?"
"Bah! With the right training he can do anything!" Rock john stood proud.
"Right... well you wanna have a quick battle then?" Asked Ben.
"Oh? You have pokemon worth my time?" Rock john snickered.
 
Ben throws out a Pokeball which opens to reveal a Geodude. "GEEEOOO!!" It yells as it arrives.
"Still a Geodude eh? All these years and it hasnt evolved?" Rock john asked.
"Battling hasnt been my priority. Like i said earlier by pokemon need training." Ben answered.
"Go Raticate!" Rock John throws out a Pokeball which unleashes one of his Raticates.
"Still with the Raticates huh?" Ben Mocked.
"Shut up! Raticate Keep moving quick but Tail whip him to soften him up!" Rock john yelled.
"Geodude try to tackle him!"
 
Geodude rushed forward and used tackle missing. Raticate was running circles around Geodude. Everyone once in awhile he would twitch wildly and slap geodude with his tail. Geodude looked annoyed.
"Good now bite him!"
"Geodude defence curl!"
Geodude went to use Defence curl but it was too late. The Raticate's bite hit Geodude causing heavy damage. Geodude Flinched from the Bite.
"Perfect! Raticate finish him with a Hyper Fang!"
The Raticate used Hyper Fang causing Geodude to Faint.
 
"Well that wasnt even a contest" Ben laughed.
"I have been training for many years. I should hope i would beat you!"
 "Well it definately shows..." Ben calls back Geodude to its Ball.

"Alright well im going to destroy the Gym here then return to ready my supplies. Then ill be off on the road again!" Rock John throws his Fist in the air!
Ben face palms. and with that Rock john grabbed up all his pokeballs and headed towards Viridian Gym.

[coreystranick]

Corey had decided he would take the gym on today. He did some last minute training with his four Pokemon while everyone was away.
Lucas and Chris had gone back to his house to get some more sleep. Joseph joined them, happily holding his Jigglypuff.

"Alright guys, I think we are ready for the gym."

He walked back into the house and told Chris and Lucas he was heading there.

Chris's mom had already left for the gym. From what Corey could tell, atleast one of them would be a Wigglytuff while the others may be Rock types. He knew his Shinx would not be able to do well with Spark thus taking out the move Charge as well. So the only other moves he could use would be Tackle and Bite. Mankey's Low kick, Focus Energy, Karate Chop would come in handy. Fury swipes not so much.  Starly would be able to use Wing attack to get some hits in, and Endure would help him from a K.O. Otherwise he had quick attack and growl.

Corey proceeded to walk up to the gym doors.

[Prpl_Mage]

Frank had enough. He'd spent so much time going back and forth to the Pokémon center now that he was certain that the other guys were dead. Yepp, dead as in DEAD. No way they had been able to avoid him for all this time.
He'd waited at the center as they decided, he'd trained, got a Kabuto that he wanted to brag about, ploughed through an never-ending flow of youngsters and bug catchers and then settled for training at that one field with tall grass.
Mankey had grown a lot since he left Viridian, he was certain that it could assault Josh's Donphan pretty badly if he ever returned there. Rattatas here and there, some Raticates, Nidorans, Butterfrees ect ect. Mankey was able to single handily KO them if he used the Karate Chop.
Murkow had learned some new nasty moves and Kabuto proved not to be useless.
He'd spent hours here, this field. Unleashing his Mankey against the wildlife and returning to the centre when none of them had the strength to execute their good moves anymore.

He went back to the pokémon center once more. Anne looked up and shook her head as he entered, still none of his underlings in sight.
-"Another hard days job?" Anne asked as he handed over his three balls.
-"I've had it, those guys better be dead by now or I'll kill them for ditching me like this." Frank said bitterly and kicked back.
-"Why don't you just call them?" She asked as the machine started flashing.
-"Nah, not my style. I don't call people asking where they are and how they're doing. They are the ones calling me." He said and grinned.
-"Riiiiiiiiiight."
-"I can handle on my own, I've always done. It was just nice to see trainers evolve for once, learning some new sides of battles and possibly a future opponent." Frank said as he retrieved his balls.
-"Just admit that you miss them already."
-"You'll never hear me speak those words darling." He grinned and she grinned back.

-"What's this gym like by the way?" He asked her before it got awkward.
-"Rock type, the leader is a woman who took over the gym after her son left. And he took over the gym after his father." She said dreamily.
-"Rock type huh? I bet a Karate Chop will break those boulders in two. My little imp has turned into quite the pushover." Frank said and grinned.
-"We'll see about that." Anne replied and did one of those creepy nurse smiles.
-"Well I better be off then. Thanks for everything Anne, it was nice to get to know you." Frank said and bowed.
-"Saying that 'I hope to see you again!' would be a lie Frank, take care." Anne said as he strode through the door.

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Frank was just about to enter the gym when a piercing "FRANK!" was shouted from behind him.
He rotated quickly and saw Maya, his fan happily heading his way.
-"Hey there Frankie, you entering the Gym now?" She said with a permanent smile on her face.
-"Eh... Yes, yes I am. Epic battle awaits me." He said realizing that no matter how he tried, she would follow him in there.
-"That's so cool Frankie. Hey I got a good luck present for you." She said and started digging through her pack.
-"Here you go!" She held out a pink ball that looked rather girly.
-"Err, thanks..?" Frank said and grabbed it after a while.
-"It's a love ball." She said and smiled.
-"Neat." Frank said and stashed it.
-"You can use it to catch my heart any time Frankie." She said dreamily and winked at him.
-"Yeah.... Well I'm heading - inside you know." Frank said and quickly turned his back on her and headed through the doors.

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Frank sighed the inside of the Gym and the leader in it.
He knew enough about the rock type. Strong against Fire and ice. And also flying and bugs (Another reason why he thought bugs bites). Rock's weaknesses would be grass, water, fighting, ground and steel. He had a fighting type with him, also Kabuto probably woudn't take much damage and knew how to Absorb life.
-"This might just be a great battle" He said as he prepared himself to challenge her. No one else was in the gym yet so he must've been early.

[SaiKar]

"Thank you for your report, Administrator Saian."
"Saiar. It's Saiar Karat," she said, a bit exhaspirated. She was in Saffron talking to another no-talent admin, chosen probably because of a combination of buisness skills and general ill intentions. He likely knew nothing of training. Further signs of weakness within Team Rocket's structure.
"Sorry. Can't say I've heard of you, which is a bit alarming... shouldn't the boss be telling us if he is appointing new admins?"
Saiar shrugged.
The Saffron admin continued, "Anyway. Seems like you had a pretty fun night. An actual battle with Articuno. Very good. We have next to no reliable data on the legendary birds."
"I know."
"We spotted it flying over Saffron last night. Didn't have time to engage it." Couldn't be bothered to, or were too scared, she thought bitterly. He continued, "It was flying at a pretty good pace. At that speed, it couldn't have kept up for long. Probably needed to rest somewhere to the north."
"North..." Saiar mused. "Cerulean, then, or maybe the area around it. We will leave at once." She stood up.
"Cerulean isn't exactly in our normal, ah, "sphere of influence." Really, no reason to take the town. Not much money to be made there. You may be attacked by the local trainers."
Saiar gave him a look. "If they are stupid enough to try anything, I will take them down. Besides, I have six grunts with me."
"True, true. Good hunting. Oh..." the admin said with a wicked grin. "If you're going to start trouble in Cerulean, do try to keep your clothes on this time."
Saiar glared. "You have heard about that?"
"Heard about it? Darling, the whole town knows. They're probably talking about it in Sinnoh right now."
Saiar said nothing and headed for the door.
"Oh, don't leave mad," the admin called. "Actually, we're working on something that may help you on your hunt. It's called an Obedience Ball. Supposed to help tame wild pokemon. Not done yet, but when it is, I will let you know."
Saiar halted momentarily. Obedience Ball. She had heard the name somewhere before.
Without another word, she left the office.

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"Pack it up, grunts. We're leaving in ten minutes for Cerulean."
The grunts groaned. She had been pushing them pretty hard since last night. They'd barely gotten into town and had a chance to heal their pokemon. Well, that was the sort of pace they would have to get used to. Articuno waited for no man.
"Are you going to make the trip in your undies?" one of them said with a laugh.
Saiar walked right up to the kid and slapped him hard enough to knock him down.
"AAGH!" he cried.
Saiar raged, "Where the HELL were you last night?! You heard me yell out - it was Articuno!"
"We had to get dressed and get ready!"
"And yet you never showed up at all. Of course, if you had, you would have seen your admin running around undressed. But perhaps that does not interest you? I suppose the company of your fellow boy grunts suits you better. One wonders."
"H-hey!" the grunt yelped, and others laughed.
"What are you lot laughing about? You did not come either. Only Holly here bothered to get her lazy *** out of bed and join me in battle. If you had all been there, we may have actually captured Articuno, but now, he has slipped away!" That was probably untrue; it was unlikely that the weak pokemon the grunts had could have made a difference in the fight. But Saiar didn't mind rubbing in their failures even if it was somewhat of a lie. "Team Rocket rewards the strong. Holly, take this." She handed the girl a plastic chip.
"What is it?" Holly said, confused.
"Maybe a gym badge or something?" another grunt asked.
Saiar sneered, "A gym... a gym badge? What the hell? It is a credit chip. A thousand bucks are on that thing. Plug it and it will transfer the money to your account. Maybe you guys will start taking this seriously if you realize there is cold, hard cash on the line. Now pack up! Ten minutes!"

[RockJohnAxe]

While heading to Viridian Gym he could hear nearby sounds of fighting. Intrigued Rock john sped over towards the sound. After turning the corner of a house he could see about 12 people standing around and a few pokemon battling. Although it looked like the fight was pretty much over. A Spearow and a Pidgey were fighting a Weedle and a Caterpie.

Just as Rock john approached the crowd the birds swooped in striking the Bugs. Both Bug pokemon had fainted.
"Ahh thats not fair" one of the boys yelled as he returned his Weedle.
"Hah! We are the unstoppable duo! No Pokemon is a match for us!" The Spearow trainer boasted. The Pidgey trainer stood next to him laughing at the bug catchers. Rock john thought about it, but he was just about to get his first badge in over 12 years of pokemon training!
"Well?! Any other trainers think they can stand up too us?" The Spearow boy yelled to the on-lookers.
"I will take you both on!" Yelled Rock john as he pushed infront of the crowd. "I wont let your ego go unchecked any longer!"
"O is that right crazy hair guy?" The Pidgey boy laughed.
"Hes prolly got a Rattata or something pathetic!" Both Bird trainers laughed.
"Ill show you a Rattata! HEE-YA!" Rock john did a crazy spin then throws both his Raticates out. The balls explode and both pokemon announce themselves with a menacing roar followed by intense twitching.
The Boys continue to laugh even harder. "Alright spearow Peck them!" "And Pidgey use Gust!" The Boys ordered there pokemon.
"Alright, Battle Routine C" Rock john yells to his pokemon.
The Raticates quickly rush next to each other then pause briefly. Spearow comes swooping to use Peck while pidgey starts to agitate wind and dust. The Raticates simultaneously dart in seperate directions just as Spearow approaches then they quickly stop, turn around and use Quick attack against Spearow. The Spearow was a sloppy flyer and was unable to react in time. Both Raticates connect with Quick attack sending the Spearow pummeling to the ground. The Ratticates land and quickly shift there gaze. The Pidgey unleashes a gust attack but the raticates again run in 2 different directions. The Gust hits the ground where the raticates used to be.
"HYPER DOUBLE FANG!!" Rock john yells. Both Raticates eye's start to glow red.
"Alright pidgey use quick attack! Be fast and dont let them hit you!" The Pidgey trainer ordered.
The Pidgey swooped down moving at very high speeds. The Raticates propped up into attack position ready to strike. The Pidgey flew past and attempted to quick attack one of the raticates but missed. The Raticates both dived forward using Hyper Double fang but the pidgey was long gone. Both Raticates connected with each other using their ultimate attack. Both Raticates land on the ground completely KO'd. Rock john's jaw drops. The Bird trainers and the entire crowd watching start to laugh.
"Are you serious..." Rock john Stammered. "This couldnt get any worse..."

*PPOKKUEESHH* A Pokeball opens. "SQQQQUIIIIRRTTLEE!"
"O God... not no---" the Squirtle sprays Rock john with water. "Cmon Squirtle not now!" Rock john returns both his Ratticates then calls out Sand Slash.
The Sandslash finishes the Pidgey with a well-timed slash and ends the match.

"Well good fight mister." The Spearow trainer said. "But that Squirtle was just too funny"
"Ya Definately" the Pidgey trainer laughed.
"I cant really control him to well..." Rock john explained. "Wait a Second!" He rustled through his pockets. "That damn squirtle took my wallet!!"
Rock john runs after the Squirtle who was running down the street holding the Wallet above his head with both hands.
"Get back here!!!" Rock john Yelled at the Squirtle.
Ben poked his head outside the Dojo's door just in time too see Rock john run past him yelling. Ben Face Palmed again.

[drenrin2120]

Chris, Corey, Joseph, and Lucas finally made it back to the pokecenter. Chris handed Anne his pokemon, "Hey! Good to have you back." She said with a wide smile, "Are these your friends? I've never seen them before." Anne said.

"Yep, I met them in Pallet."
"You were in Pallet? Jeez, Chris. Just like your father. Always wanting to help."
"Well, it was Gary. I had to go make sure he was okay."
"How is he?"
"..." Chris was silent for a bit, "They took him. Team Rocket."
Anne covered her mouth, "What? Why?"
"I don't know. But I've got a group of friends more than willing to tackle team rocket."
"Someone ought to! Those damn rockets have really been pushing it. They've caused more havoc then ever before. Oh, your pokemon are ready." She took the pokeballs off the machine and handed them back to Chris, "stay safe Chris, I don't know what I'd do, or your mother, if anything happened to you."
Chris just nodded. As Luke approached the counter, Anne eyed him suspiciously. "Nerdy..." She said.

"E-excuse me?" Luke said, kind of offended.
"Sorry! Do you know a Frank, by chance?"
"Yes, was he here?"
"YOU'RE walking around with THAT guy? He's such a tool!' Anne exclaimed. Everyone got a good laugh out of that. "Well, regardless, he went to the gym to challenge your mom, Chris."

"Thanks Anne! I'll most likely see you again before I leave!" Chris said.  Anne visibly blushed a bit then hurriedly said, "Well, gotta get back to work!" Everyone got their pokes healed up and headed over to the gym. It was getting late in the day. They'd spent a significant amount of time at Mt. Moon, training and fighting kids in shorts and such. Joseph was feeling very confident. He was excited to fight in a gym where he had the advantage.

"Damn't!" He suddenly exclaimed.
What's wrong?" Lucas asked.
"I just realized something. If Frank fights the gymleader before us, she won't have any pokemon to use! You said," Joseph was talking to Chris, "that you're mom only had a  few pokemon."
Chris: "Yes, but we've got our own healing machine, similar to the one at pokecenters. I don't know why Josh didn't have one either. I always assumed it was gymleader standard equipment."

They arrived at the gym, a small crowd of Pewterisians had formed inside. They were awaiting the beginning of an intense battle. People were clammering about this wicked cool trainer who had beaten all the local trainers without a drop of sweat.
"He's so cool! I want to be just like him!"
"He gave my rattatta a pounding!"
"Ohh... so dreamy!"
"He doesn't even wear shorts!"

Pushing through the crowd, no one seemed to notice Chris, who was the local cooltrainer before Frank. It's how he'd gained Anne's adoration. In the months following Richard (Chris's dad) disappearing, Chris's popularity plumetted. When he shut the gym down for good, it sank to the bottom. Now Frank was soaking up everyone's adoration. He offered what Chris had been unable to do. Or atleast, what Chris had been unwilling to do. It didn't matter that Chris and Frank were closely matched in skill, Frank was putting on the show Chris had refused to do.

Chris ground his teeth a bit in frustration. "I know this is what Frank does, but Pewter is my town." He thought to himself.

Upon arriving at the benches, Chris, Lucas, Joseph, and Corey took seats at the benches on the sidelines, not in the spectator stands. The crowd wasn't huge, there were still plenty of empty seats, but there was a lot of noise inside the gym. The appearance of Chris had caused a wave of silence to go through the crowd, they were all murmuring to eachother. Where'd he come from? Who was he with?

The excitement in the building began to build up again. People gossiping about the possible turn of events. Was Chris going to fight his mom? Was Chris going to finally step up and be a trainer? Were the other trainers with Chris as skilled as Frank? This was going to be an exciting night of events!