Bunny please don’t die!

Disclaimer: Don’t own pokemon. Do not steal my fanfic. ‘Nuff said.

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

Chapter 11

 

            “How could you kill someone?”

            Yellow cringed away from Red’s glare. “R-red…”

            “He told me what happened! You attacked him even though you knew he would die!”

            “Look, it was either he or the earth! Why do you care anyways?”

            “You made my Pikachu an accessory to murder and then you lost Pika! You let them take my Pikachu away! Team Rocket got my Pikachu because of you!”

            “I couldn’t help it!”

            “Liar.”

            “W-what?”

            Red inched closer. “Liar. You cut a deal with Team Rocket, didn’t you?”

            “How-!”

            “Well, this look familiar?” Around him flickered a green aura, so familiar…

            “How did you get the Viridian Power?!”

            “Trade secret.”

            He had dyed his hair black before meeting Yellow, but now it seemed a bad choice. He’d show her the results later…

            Yellow paled. He could read her mind then…

 

            “You laughed when he died!”

            “I was hysterical!”

            “Right… and what of the pokemon?”

            “What of them?” She asked offhandedly. “They died for him. Why should I care? They’re not my pokemon.”

            Anger. Sparks of blue and vibrant red cracked in his head at her blatant statement. She was only a child, but so-!

 

            The door opened.

            “It’s you! Our boss said-.”

            “Eevee, Thunderwave!” Red interrupted before the Grunt could finish. Eevee-turned-Jolteon hastily complied.

            Red met Yellow’s eyes squarely. “Nice talking to you…” In a flash, both he and the Rocket were gone…

 

            In Viridian Forest, Red recalled Green’s former Golduck and tied up the Rocket with some of Venusaur’s vines.

            Then, he took the outfit and changed into it. He was no longer a short little kid. It fit almost perfectly.

            With a shudder, he used the power to mask his face and then boldly strolled into Viridian City HQ, the gym.

            Time to finish what he should have finished in Saffron…

 

            Giovanni blinked as a grunt walked in. the door clicked shut behind him.

            “What is it? I’m a busy man.”

            “I challenge you to a pokemon battle.”

            Giovanni laughed out loud. “You’ve got guts, whoever you are. Very well. To the arena!”

            Red followed Giovanni down a flight of steps, smiling. Yes, now… he had the edge and more…

            He crossed his fingers briefly, then smiled.

            Everything would be fine…

 

            “Golem.”

            “Victreebel, I choose you!”

            “Going for a type advantage are you? Golem, use Explosion!”

            Ash smiled, as Victreebel brought up a barrier of vines. Two weeks of training and getting used to his power, and now…

            Well, it obviously paid off. Golem exploded, Victreebel was mostly unharmed, and its vines shot out to encircle the Nidoking that appeared next.

            “Poisonpowder!”

            This trick had worked in the Safari Zone and it worked again. He had even managed to mix in Stun Spore as well…

            Giovanni laughed, this was getting interesting. “Nidoqueen! Earthquake!”

 

            “Victreebel, return! Fearow!” he took to the air, as Giovanni assumed.

            “Nidoqueen, Poison Sting!”

            Hundreds of poison needles filled the air… Fearow wove around  but couldn’t dodge them all, and as Red landed, he threw out Mantine…

            The Flying/Water type launched a Surf attack, surprising Nidoqueen, but she quickly retaliated with a Thunderpunch.

            Red clung onto Mantine, whispered a Supersonic, which confused Nidoqueen, and then had a Bubblebeam smack the Nidoqueen silly…

 

            Giovanni had three pokemon left. This young Rocket was quite amusing, and familiar… so it must be someone who’d been around for a while… ah well, he’d ponder later.

            “Rhyhorn, Horn Drill!”

            Red quickly recalled Mantine, swapping for Poliwrath. Giovanni didn’t seem to recognize the pokemon, well…

            “Ice Beam!”

            Rhyhorn was frozen solid! Giovanni sent out Dugtrio, with Fissure!

            Red sighed… recalled Poli, and now…

            “Gyara! Hyper beam!”

            The Dugtrio dug underground to avoid, as Giovanni frowned. Maybe… could it be? “RED!”

            “Correct.” Red smiled. “Hyper Beam!”

            Two more hyper beams curved around Giovanni and slammed into the ground. Both hit, amazingly.

            Apparently Lance’s tricks worked…

 

            “Fine then, Beedrill!”

            Giovanni was confident that this would win him the match. After all, Beedrill was a Viridian-raised pokemon. “And Red, if you lose, you join. If you win, you still join.”

            “I wouldn’t bet on that, Giovanni.” Red smiled. “Gyara, Hyper Beam!”

            “What worked last time won’t this time! Twinneedle!” However, Gyarados twisted around Red so it was hit instead. Against the hard-scaled water serpent, little damage was done.

            Red smiled.

            “I wouldn’t be so sure, Giovanni…”

            “Beedrill, Hyper Beam!”

            Gyarados countered with its own Hyper Beam, but Beedrill’s cut right through and sent the water type reeling.

            Red looked warily at Giovanni, who laughed.

            “See what I mean? Without the Viridian Power and a pokemon born and raised in this forest, you cannot defeat me…”

            Crimson eyes twinkled as a poke ball was thrown forwards. “How much do you want to bet on that, Giovanni?”

            Freed from its confines, Butterfree flew up to Red…

 

End Chapter

Completed 2/14/05

I’m on a roll, yay!