Farfetch'd pecked at the Pokeball as it came to a halt. Farfetch'd grabs it with his beak and hops over to Jack and drops it on the ground just before him.
Jack looks down at Farfetch'd who was pecking the motionless Pokeball. "Thanks Farfetch'd," he said with a smile. Jack bends down and picks up the Pokeball with one hand and pets Farfetch'd on the head with the other. Upon standing up, Jack decides to keep Farfetch'd out for a while to get to know him better. Together the two walk around the park and eventually find a bench. Jack puts his pack down and sits on the bench.
"Farfetch'd," he pulls a name brand Popcorn bag from his pack, "do you like unpopped Popcorn?"
"Far!" Farfetch'd exclaims happily.
Jack smiles. "Would you like some?" Farfetch'd nods. Jack reaches into his pack and pulls out a handy-dandy bowl that happens to be in there. Opens bag and pours some kernals into the bowl. Jack places the bowl on the ground and Farfetch'd hops over to it. He pecks at the food.
Jack drops the Pokeball containing Spinark. Spinarak comes out and lands on the ground. Jack looks up at the bright moon. "Farfetch'd, Spinarak, I didn't mean to battle you so hard out in the forest. I'm sure you know why I did it. I'm sure all Pokemon know about trainers and what they do." Farfetch'd looks up at his new trainer for a couple of seconds then continues eating the kernals. Spinarak stares at the moon also. "I'm sure we will make a great team. And no matter what, I'll be there to protect you guys and I hope you guys will protect me." Jack looks down at Farfetch'd then at Spinarak. "Just thought I'd let you know that."
Farfetch'd finishes the kernals and hops onto the bench and stands right next to Jack feeling a lot of trust for this trainer. Spinarak looks at Jack's face, sucks in air, then fires out an extra gooey Spider Web.
"Spinarak," it says in a very laughing way.
Jack looks at the web in his face. "You think this is funny?" He now understands the humorous spider. "A jokester, huh? Like spraying people with your web? That's fine, but no more on me or any of my Pokemon. But I must say, your Spider web was perfectly roundish and hit me right down the middle. Good aim." Jack, Farfetch'd and Spinarak have a good laugh.
A good ten minutes pass by. It's about 10:30. Spinarak was now in Jack's lap and Farfetch'd was lying next to him. Both were sound asleep. He has gotten the trust of his Pokemon.
"Oowwwwwweeeeee.....!!!"
Jack perks up after being in a dazed state of mind. About one-hundred yards to his right there were a group of people of various age and gender. Jack, who was very curious about stuff, returns the two sleeping Pokemon and runs over to the group where the noise must have come from. He looks through the group of about twelve. There is guy with a cut on his arm on the ground.
"That stupid Kakuna. Now I'll be in the hospital for a week." A few unpolite words were shouted.
"Here," another guy gives him a bottle. "It's Antidote."
The injured guy pours it on his cut. "It burns."
Jack asks the question. "What happened?"
A lady answers without turning around and points at the tree thate was infront of them. "See that Kakuna. We tried to get it down but it wouldn't so Klyde climbed up to grab it. He pulled and it let go. That's when it used Poison Sting. Poor Klyde."
"Kakuna?" Jack looks at the tree and the spot on the tree where Kakuna was hanging on to. It was the exact tree and exact Kakuna that he saw during the day.Jack squeezes through the people and nears the Kakuna. It had a large gash on one side. Jack gasps. "This Pokemon needs to get to the Pokecenter fast."
Someone in the group comments. "After my little girl catches it, then we will take it to the Pokecenter."
Jack couldn't believe what he had just heard. "Are you insane? This Kakuna can't battle in the condition it is in. If you did any attack on it, you would hurt it tremedously."
The father figure steps forward with his little daughter, probably six, holding his hand. "Don't tell me what to do. My daughter is going to catch her first Pokemon. Step aside young man."
Jack picks a Pokeball and out comes Spinarak. "Play your sticky tricks on them." Spinarak cheers up, very excited that Jack is allowing it. Spinarak fires his web all over the people. Jack quickly snatches Kakuna in his arms. After seeing the covered-up group of web, Jack recalls Spinarak and runs off.
"Let's see....if I came from this way, the Pokecenter should be that way." Jack thought of a funny quote while running. 'Run, run, as fast as I can, you can't stop me I'm the Pokemon saving man.'
Jack enters the Pokecenter, and sums it up to Nurse Joy. She immediately takes Kakuna to the emergency room. Knowing this would take a while, Jack finds a room and doses off to sleep.
Next morning, Jack wanders around the Pokecenter. Nurse Joy shows him to the Kakuna. It was resting on a stretcher with some tubes hooked to it.
"Kakuna's shell was mildly hurt but it is just enough to be serious. It should fix the hole in about a day and be back to normal." Nurse Joy seemed to saden. "But there's a problem. Kakuna needs strength to use Harden to get its shell back together. But the tests show it has lots of energy but it just won't use it. If Kakuna doesn't fix up its shell.....oh, I don't even want to think about it."
Jack watches Kakuna, just lying still, not even trying to get better. "Let me try." Joy nods. Jack enters the room and finds a chair next to the stetcher. Kakuna still doesn't move.
"Hi Kakuna. Feeling better I see. Aren't you glad I brought you here?" Quiet. "Ok....Nurse Joy told me that you won't do Harden to fix up your cocoon. You know if you don't heal that shell of yours, you may not be here too long. And I want to see you get better." Jack pauses. "Now, I can't force you to get better, I'm here to suggest you save yourself. If not for me, then for yourself. You have much to live for. Please." Kakuna still does nothing. Jack thinks and thinks. *Light Bulb* "Is it because of those people in the forest?" Kakuna moves its eyes and looks at Jack. "I understand. If I were in your spot and about to be caught by those people, I wouldn't want to go back either. But you gotta understand, not all trainers or the parents of those trainers are like that. Me for instance, I care about Pokemon. That father didn't care that you were hurt, he just wanted to see his daughter catch her first Pokemon. I...." Nurse Joy motions for Jack. He nods and reaches for his Pokeballs and releases Vulpix, Farfetch'd and Spinarak. "Guys, help convince this Kakuna to heal its wound. I'll be back." Jack exits the room.
Joy hands Jack a paper. "I did some research while you were in there and found that most Kakuna with an injury like that don't last too long, two days average."
Jack stops reading and looks into the room as he notices Kakuna glow. "That...." Joy nods. Kakuna did a Harden. Jack runs back into the room and hugs all his Pokemon. "Guys, I don't know what you said but thanks. Follow me." Jack heads for the door followed by his Pokemon. "Kakuna, get well soon so you can be back to your old self." The door closes and Kakuna does another Harden.
The day goes by rather fast. Jack had decided to stay and see what happens to Kakuna. During the wait, Jack mostly slept or played with his Pokemon. Now it approached night once again.
After dinner, Jack's Pokemon fell asleep in the room they were set up in. Jack walks back over to Kakuna for a short check up. Watching from the window, the hole looked much smaller than it was. Harden was working.
"By morning it should be gone." Nurse Joy said as she passed by. Jack smiles and walks back to his room where he surfed the internet on the Pokecenter computer then dozed off to sleep after that.
The second morning at Vermillion City arrives. Jack gets up bright and early. His Pokemon still asleep on the bed across from him. He gets ready and exits his room.
Jack looks through the glass window at Kakuna. The hole didn't seem to be there.
"Whatever you and your Pokemon did, did the trick." Joy said out of no where. "Kakuna has a full recovery. Still a little soft but I need the stretcher for my other Pokemon patients. So I would appreciate it very much if you let it go back in the wild." She seemed somewhat serious. But Jack had another idea.
Jack sits down on the chair next to Kakuna's stretcher. He spoke softly cause some people and Pokemon were still sleeping. "Glad to see you've had a full recovery. Now is the time for your choice." Jack placed an empty Pokeball on the stretcher. "You can come with me if you want or you can go back to the wild to be caught by some other person. It is your choice and I will not force you to chose one or the other. I'll give you some time to think about it." Jack gets up and exits the room and heads back to his. He gathers up his things and returns the now awake Pokemon. Jack exits his room and finds Nurse Joy.
"You're still here?"
Jack put his pack on a chair and sat down in another one. "Give Kakuna twenty minutes."
Twenty minutes pass by. Jack walks over to the window to see what Kakuna chose. Jack looks into the room and sees.....
~Graded: Kakuna caught
