Chapter 2

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He could barely believe he was finally on his Pokémon journey. As Valencia Island faded in the distance, he pulled out his map and looked to see where the nearest Pokémon gym would be when the blimp landed. The Viridian and Cinnabar gyms would be the closest, but Zeth had heard that Viridian had one of the toughest leaders and Cinnabar Island was known for its fire-types. <I>Not a good idea with only Ivysaur and Eevee</I>, thought Zeth. The next nearest gyms were the Pewter City gym and the Cerulean city gym, a much better choice with a grass-type pokémon. <I>Pewter it is, then</I>. "Let's see," Zeth mumbled to himself, "the fastest way to Pewter is through Pallet Town." <I>Hey, That's where Prof. Oak lives.</I> <I>Maybe I'll be able to see him when I pass through</I>. Zeth had talked to the Professor a few times when Oak had called Professor Ivy at the research center, and had even met him face to face when Oak came to a seminar at the center. <I>I bet he'll be surprised to see me</I>, Zeth thought.</div> <div> They blimp ride was long, so Zeth contented himself by watching some more of the Pokémon League games on the blimp's television set. The current match was a Pikachu vs. an Ivysaur, and the Ivysaur blasted the little mouse with a powerful solarbeam attack. Remembering his Pokémon, Zeth reached for their pokéballs and let them out to watch the games. His Ivysaur, Florio, and his Eevee, Eva, immediately started a conversation about which pokémon the thought would win the next match. Of course, Florio, cheered for a grass-type, and when it was beat by a Flareon, Eva couldn't stop laughing.</div> <div> Finally, the blimp arrived at its destination. As Zeth headed for the Pokémon center, he noticed some beat-up old blimps at one side of the field. <I>Glad that I wasn't on one of those thing</I>s<I>!</I> He wondered if they could even fly anymore, but if they could, they would give the passengers one dangerous flight...</div> <div> When he reached the pokémon center, he was surprised to find that its Nurse Joy looked exactly identical to Valencia's Nurse Joy. He had heard that they looked alike, but never expected them to look <U>that</U> similar. But as tired as he was from his long flight, Zeth did not have the energy to ponder such unusual mysteries. All he wanted at the moment was sleep, so that he would be ready to take on any pokémon in the forest, as they traveled through it the next day. </div> <div> After a nice, long rest at the pokémon center, Zeth and company headed up the heavily-forested path to Pallet Town. He kept one of his pokémon out with him to keep him company on the hike. At the moment, Eva was skipping along beside him, when a flock of Spearow came out of nowhere and attacked them. "What the - Ouch!" Zeth yelled. The Spearows slashed and pecked the duo. Scooping up Eva, Zeth ran for cover. He dove under a large bush, and Eva yipped in fear as the Spearows flapped at the bush, trying to get at them. "Florio, go!" Zeth yelled, rolling the pokéball out from under the bush. "Use your razor leaf attack to drive off the Spearow." Razor-sharp leaves whipped through the air, slicing up the surprised Spearows, who flew off, screeching. "Thanks, Florio, I don't know what we would have done without you. The Ivysaur asked a question and Zeth pulled out his pokédex to translate.</div> <div> {What DID you do to make those Spearow so mad??}</div> <div> {Nothing} Eva growled, licking her wounds, {they attacked us without warning}</div> <div> Suddenly, a screech sounded just behind them. "What was that!?" Zeth asked, looking back at the bush they had hid under. Pinned to the bush by four of Florio's leaves, an angry Spearow was struggling madly to escape. "Hey, it's one of those Spearow. Eva weaken it with quick attack; after that, Florio, use your vine whip to restrain it so I can catch it. Normally, the pokémon would have felt that fighting with two pokémon against one was unsportsmanlike but the Spearows had already done a group attack on a single pokémon, so they had no problem following Zeth's command.</div> <div> Eva pounded the trapped Spearow with her quick attack, and bit it even though she had not been told to. Florio restrained it with his vine whip, then gave it a light smack against the ground to be on the safe side. The Spearow didn't really need it though, it had already fainted from Eva's attack. Zeth finished up the battle with a pokéball, and the unconscious Spearow was swept up into it without any resistance.</div> <div> "Yes! We caught our first pokémon!" Zeth paused, "But we'd better get it to a pokémon center, 'cause we hit it pretty hard."</div> <div> {I agree} said Eva - Zeth had forgotten to turn off the pokédex during the battle - {I suggest we get out of this forest before we run into any more Spearow.}</div> <div> "That is definitely a good idea. Let's go." The three started back down the path, on guard in case the Spearow should make a second attack.... </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>