The cool air sweeps through the trees, blowing off brown and tan leaves from the them. The sun hides behind the clouds, making the area a little bit darker than it was a little bit ago. And in a grassy meadow, ahead on the route, a Stantler chews at some grass to fulfill his hunger.
The black limo slowly starts out of the grass from where it was parked and rolls onto the pavement a short distance away, leaving small tire tracks behind in the dirt. Jensen, the driver, takes orders from Marty to take the long way to Saffron City. Jensen replies with a nod. And wouldn't ya know, Jack is along for the ride. His Pokeballs were placed in a Mini-Healer machine which was designed to heal any Pokemon in under 10minutes. It was just like the ones at the Pokecenters except it was smaller and took twice as long to heal the Pokemon. Marty told Jack that it was very expensive to purchase but it has been worth every penny.
Why is Jack getting a ride with them? For saving Marty from that Magnemite, of course. Marty is a very close relative of the owner of Silph Co., hence, why he is rich, or rather why his parents are rich. Marty is only ten years old. Their high pricey mansion is in Saffron City. Marty told him that he loves to enter contests and competitions that deal with Pokemon battling. That is the reason they were in Vermillion in the first place. Oh, and about the Grimer catching contest by Big Bob, Marty was upset. When Jack's Spinarak webbed Marty and Jensen up, a Grimer took all the Pokeballs Marty had and released all the captured Grimer. It turns out that Marty never caught a single one of them, he stole them from other hard working trainers. Marty apologized to Jack for trying to steal his Grimer that he caught and Jack accepts. Anyway, Marty didn't get the most Grimer caught and walks away empty handed, no Grimers in his possession. Jack was happy to hear that the river was cleared of the Grimer and that all the Magikarp could swim around again without the threat of slimy pollution.
The quick way to Saffron would take one hour, the long way about one hour and forty-five minutes. But it would not be that way. About twenty minutes pass by while driving, Marty asks Jensen to pull the limo over. Marty takes his only Pokemon, Wartortle, and challenges any of the three trainers that happen to be walking on the side of the road. The trainers gladly accept and quickly beat his Pokemon each time. Jack also stepped out of the limo to challenge after Marty and again, the trainers gladly accept any battles.
(Cue 3v3 conference battle with princeash58)
(Cue 3v3 conference battle with the_slayed_dragon)
(Cue 3v3 conference battle with the_slayed_dragon)
The three battles Jack just had, he had lost but his Pokemon are becoming stronger, he could feel it. For one thing, Kakuna finally evolved into Beadrill. Jack's hard work pays off. And Jack is becoming stronger as a trainer also. While on the continuing down the road, the Pokeballs from Jack and Marty are place in the Mini-Healer for treatment.
A good twenty-five minutes went by and the limo stops again and another battle begins.
(Cue 1v1 conference battle with flareon008)
This battle he won, his first win. Jack was so proud that he is getting better at training his Pokemon.
Ten minutes later, another battle happens.
(Cue 2v2 conference battle with triforcemaster)
Another win, Jack couldn't believe his luck. Plus, Magikarp, his little fishy, grew really big and evolves into Gyarados. "Awesome!" is all Jack could say.
This sure is Jack's day. He caught Magnemite and Metapod. Evolutions to Beadrill and Gyarados. Not to mention, two wins in a row. Could his day get any better? Probably.
Lunch passes by so Jensen decides to pull over and serve some food. Lucky as they are, a picnic table happens to be twenty feet away, with benches and all. Jack and Marty stand by and watch as Jensen puts a table cloth on the table and set up some fancy silverware and plates. Jensen begins to chop away on the table- what is he making? Ah, it is clear now. Sandwiches with all the works. One with rye bread, ham, lettuce and Grey Poupon; this one is for Marty. Jack tells Jensen what he would like on his. White bread with tuna and cinnamon sprinkled on. (Yes, it does taste good!) He also made one for himself. So, the three ate in peace and quiet, only the wind could and their chewing could be heard.
After Jack finishes his sandwich, he lets out all of his Pokemon. Because he had over six now, Jack had six on his belt and the rest would go in his pack. Each Pokemon of his got a bowl with food in it; his own food, not the rich food. Vulpix, Spinarak, Beadrill, Gyarados, Metapod, Grimer and Farfetch'd were all eating their designated food. Magnemite, however, was not the type of Pokemon to eat, so it snuck into the limo and sucked some electrical power from the Mini-Healer and left after that. Marty keeps an eye on that Magnemite, hoping it doesn't come near him.
Now everyone had eaten, except for Marty's Wartortle. While with Marty, Jack realizes that Marty doesn't take good care for his Pokemon and does not train him like he should. He did lose all those battles against the trainers they battled on the road. Maybe Marty knows that and that is why he steals Pokemon from other trainers because Wartortle isn't trained well enough.
While Jensen packs up the picnic, Marty walks around. The area was rather flat, and barren, only trees and bushes further away from the street. They were in a clearing of grass and weeds. *RUSTLE* Marty tilts his head in a direction of the noise. Leaping out of the bush, Stantler approaches the strange people.
"Pokemon on the field," Marty calls out.
Stantler nears the picnic table, smelling the table.
Jensen, who is near the limo, Jack, who is five feet from the table, and Marty, who is in the clearing, freeze. "Don't move!" Jack suggests. "Any sudden movements might scare it away. And don't worry about being attacked, Stantler are very calm Pokemon and rarely attack people."
Stantler moves around the table , getting farther from Jack. It sniffs the loaf of rye bread. *GRAB* Stantler snaps at the loaf with its mouth, leaps over the table and runs to the forested area. Stantler has stolen the loaf of rye bread.
Jack unfreezes. "I'd chase after it but I don't like rye." Instead, Marty sprints from his spot and dashes, like a cheetah, into the forested area. "Wow, he must really like rye bread." He grabs the last of the things on the table and brings them to the limo.
Jensen meets him halfway, "Please get that rye bread back. It cost us lots of money and I'd get in a huge amount of trouble if Madam ever found out it was stolen by a Pokemon. Marty can't do it alone, he is not strong enough to be a trainer. But you are. So please, get it back."
o (Should I do it? Wartortle is not trained well enough.) o "Ok, I'll go." o (And maybe I'll catch it.) o
So, out into the forested area Jack goes. The forest is peaceful, much like every forest with trees, bushes, rocks and the rest of the forest things (ooc: I don't want to describe it, you all know what a normal forest looks like, I hope). The wind is still in the air, making it slightly windy out, about 15mph.
Jack presses up against a �tree' and looks around it. Nothing. Marty could not be seen. He would be calling out his name, but Jack didn't want to.
"Sudo."
o (What was that?) o Jack looks around the area, only seeing trees, trees and more trees. Still leaning up against the �tree', he scratches his head. "What an odd shape tree this is, and an odd color too."
"Sudo."
o (Again with that noise. Where did it...) o Jack glances up at the tree he was leaning against. Behind some tree branches, a smile from a Sudowoodo could be seen. Jack takes one second to react. He jumps backwards about 5 feet and stares at the Sudowoodo. "Yuk, I caressed a Sudowoodo." It drops its tree branches to reveal itself. It charges at Jack, arms(or are they branches?) forward. Sudowoodo wraps its arms around Jack, hugging him. "You know what, thanks for the hug but," he tickles Sudowoodo and it lets go of Jack, "I got to get going to find my a Stantler with some rye bread." Jack backs away from it.
"Sudowoodo!!" it says cheerfully, rushing towards him again. With a quick decision, Jack runs for it.
"Phew!" Jack had made it away from Sudowoodo, or so he thought.
"Woodo sudowoo..."
*SIGH* He was not able to get away from it. o (Sudowoodo are said to be rare in the wild like this. Hmmm....) o "If you don't quit following me, I'm gonna hafta catch ya so I can get back to what I was doing." Sudowoodo just stares at Jack, then charges again for another hug. Quickly, Jack grabs a Pokeball and sends it out. "Go Gyarados!" The massive Pokemon comes out and Sudowoodo runs into it. Gyarados screams loud enough for people to hear for miles and miles. It hasn't even recognized Jack yet. Sudowoodo looks up and slowly backs away.
"Sudo woodo woodo woodo sudo!"
Jack commands an attack. "Use Water Gun to scare it away." Gyarados sprays out a stream of water which Sudowoodo dodges by running quickly away from sight. "Gone. Now I can go back to finding Marty. Great job Gyarados." Gyarados screams again as he is returned to his Pokeball.
One minute later.
"Sudo!"
Now it was annoying Jack. "You've got to be kidding." This is the straw that broke the camels' back. o (If I try any water attacks, it will just run away and eventually come back.) o "Come on out Vulpix." Vulpix comes out, in a playful mood. "Ready to play, huh? Go after that Sudowoodo with Flamethrower." Sudowoodo gets blasted by the onslaught of fiery heat of Flamethrower. But it still stands, still trying to get to Jack. Sudowoodo charges at Vulpix with a Slam attack, crushing Vulpix with its larger body. Jack gasps at its strength. "It's strong, so use Confuse Ray." Vulpix's eyes turn purple as the purple-ish ray soars over and covers Sudowoodo. Nonetheless, Sudowoodo's eyes also turn purple and a purple-ish ray comes from it and hits Vulpix. "Aw man, I forgot about its Mimic attack. Vulpix, snap out of it." Vulpix shook her head around, trying to shake away the confusion. Sudowoodo charges again, this time at Vulpix. It slides on the ground and runs into Vulpix hard (Rock Slide). Vulpix yelps as her confusion is knocked away. But why hasn't Sudo been effected by Vulpix's Confuse Ray? Vulpix runs around Sudowoodo trying to find a weak point. Sudowoodo begins to dance.
"Sudo.........woodo....sudo.........woodo...."
"I need to use a water attack but it will just run away the second Gyarados comes out. Hmmm........" Jack thinks and thinks and thinks and finally snaps his fingers. "But if I prevent Sudowoodo from leaving...." Jack pulls out Vulpix's Pokeball. "That's enough Vulpix, you do great. Come rest." Vulpix gets recalled into her ball. Jack quickly selects another Pokeball and throws it out. Spinarak pops onto the ground.
But Sudowoodo got to Jack first. It is now hugging him. "Arg... Spinarak, a little help here." Spinarak wiggles towards the �tree' and jumps on it and wrapping his legs around its bark waist. Spinarak begins Leech Life. Sudowoodo shouts out and lets go of Jack. It runs around trying to get Spinarak off its back with no luck. Sudowoodo then runs backwards towards a tree. "Spinarak, get off now." Spinarak lets go just as Sudowoodo hits the tree. Spinarak looks at Sudowoodo and sends out a purple ray from its eyes called Night Shade. Sudowoodo tries to block it with its arms but it still hits. "No, Spinarak, you need to use Spider Web to trap it." Spinarak stops Night Shade and prepares the web in his mouth. Sudowoodo's legs shake rapidly. Spinarak lets the Spider Web out and watches the perfect web cover over Sudowoodo and keep it there.
"Great. Just what I want." Jack pulls out Gyarados's Pokeball. "Spinarak, come over here. And come on out Gyarados." Spinarak joins Jack's side as the massive Gyarados comes out. Gyarados looks around from his new height and spies Jack. "I hope it remembers me!" Gyarados shouts out in the happiest way a Gyarados can. Gyarados loved the attention it got as a Magikarp. Most people think of Magikarps as weak but not Jack. If you work with a Pokemon long enough, it will become stronger. "Ok Gyarados, that Sudowoodo is back. Hit it with Water Gun." Gyarados sprays out a steam of water that covers all over Sudowoodo and weakens it by a lot. Sudowoodo panics wildly. So wild that it beaks the Spider Web it was entrapped in.
"Ah! Cancel the Water Gun, Spinarak, web its feet together." Spinarak rushes from Jack's side closer to Sudowoodo who is running around in circles, panicking insanely. Spinarak shoots out threads of String Shot, occasionally hitting it. In time, Sudowoodo slows down remarkably with many sticky treads on it. Sudowoodo stops and points its right arm at Spinarak and shoots out its own String Shot. Spinarak is surprised by the attack and covered quickly.
Jack pulls out Spinarak's Pokeball. "Spinarak, return." The spider goes back.
Sudowoodo calms down and slowly moves at Gyarados. It then Low Kicks the big fish. Gyarados screams out and about to use Water Gun.
"No Gyarados, water will make it panic or run away." Gyarados stops to see that Sudowoodo had already started to slowly run away. It couldn't run to fast because of String Shot still covering part of it. "I know, how about Hyper Beam." Gyarados opens its mouth a little wider and a ball of energy forms in the opening. Sudowoodo slowly turns around and sees the oncoming attack and widens its eyes. Gyarados fires the beam of pure energy and hits the stalled Sudowoodo directly. The blasting explosion of the ground around it causes dirt to fly everywhere. Jack covers his face so no dirt gets in his eyes. The dust clears and Sudowoodo is lying on the ground, still covered in String Shot. Gyarados could be seen breathing heavily recharging from that Hyper Beam, it can really take a lot out of a Pokemon.
Jack looks back up and notices Sudowoodo isn't moving. Maybe he had weakened it too much. Is it even alive?
"Suuu............................do..."
Yep, it is. Jack sighs in relief and takes out an empty Pokeball from his pocket. "I could leave you here but you might follow me some time in the future. So the only thing to do is to catch you." Jack throws the Pokeball at the still lying down Sudowoodo and watches it get sucked into the Pokeball. Jack impatiently waits for it to either catch it or fail. He needed to hurry and find Marty and Stantler to save the worthless rye bread. Gyarados lies down on the ground also waiting. The Pokeball with Sudowoodo in it wiggles and wiggles and ...
?Sudowoodo (-o-)
~Graded: Sudowoodo caught
