Chapter 5:  Forest Frolics (Part A) by Michael Keens/ Exodus  

After a couple of weeks, Emily and I strolled through the final part of 
Viridian Forest, keeping a watchful eye for Pokémon, it had taken some time but 
we enjoyed sleeping under the stars.  
We both trained our Pokémon well and were building a stronger friendship.  
My Pokédex was coming along too, provided I scanned every new Pokémon, there 
was no need to catch them all for the collectors value.  
When I caught Pokémon, it was to raise them properly.  
“So, there may be Pokémon you haven’t caught in this area, are you the sort to 
catch every new Pokémon you see?”  
I answered her with the previous thoughts, “No, I’m not in this to catch 
Pokémon for the collector’s value, I want to train all the Pokémon I get, 
though I do want to record every one on my Pokédex for Blossom.”  
“Hmmmm, in that case, you might like to trade entries with me sometime.”  
“Trade entries?”  
“Yeah, its a program I got off the internet, when two trainers trade entries, 
it just copies one of your entries into my Pokédex and vice versa.”  
“Emily, who gave you your Pokédex?”  
“Oh, Professor Beech.  You probably don’t know him, he lives in a village 
around the Celadon area in a secluded space.  My parents knew of him and sent 
me there, that’s where I got my Oddish from.”  
“Okay then, when we reach another town, perhaps we’ll give this trading entries 
thing a try.” I said.  
As we crept through the forest, it suddenly felt a lot darker, a few clouds had 
blocked the sun.  
It was so dark I didn’t see the boy with the sword before he crept up to me 
and... “Hiyyaaa!”  
He brought a sword down and pointed it at me, the boy was dressed in samarai 
armour and helmet, but had a net with him.  
“Who in the-”  
“I am Samurai, the greatest Bug Pokémon Trainer, and I know you came from 
Pallet Town.”  
“I don’t live there, I was just visiting.”  
“All the same, I challenge you to a match!”  
“Bug trainer, eh?” I thought.  
“Okay then.  How’s two-on-two sound?”  
“Alright then, I choose... Pinsir!”  
“Pinsir!!!”  
“Whirlwind! You’re on!”  
“Pidgey!”  
Since he had foolishly told me what kind of Pokémon he trained, I figured I’d 
get Whirlwind some easy experience.  
I scanned the Pinsir, none the less.  

”Pinsir, the Stagbeetle Pokémon.  Known especially for its large pincers, 
Pinsir firstly tries to crush its opponents, if this doesn’t work, then the 
Pinsir will swing it around and toss it hard.”  

Remembering how I met Whirlwind, I realised I hadn’t recorded him on the 
Pokédex.  
  
“Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon.  Usually a first catch for most trainers, 
Pidgeys usually defend themselves rather than attack with moves such as 
Whirlwind and Sand Attack.”  

“Whirlwind! Use a Gust attack!”  
“Pinsir! Harden!”  
The Pinsir’s hard skin changed to a bright gold as the winds hit it, Harden 
wasn’t working too well because of the type disadvantage.  
“Now, Sand Attack!”  
The Pinsir was subjected to the full blast.  
“Now dive down and use your beak to Peck it!”  
“Pinsir!  Focus Energy!”  
It was going to be close.  
“Seismic Toss!”  
The Pinsir leaped out of the dust, grabbed Whirlwind, leaped into the air and 
threw Whirlwind down.  
“Ha ha!” laughed Samurai.  
His smile quickly faded.  
“Don’t you know Flying Pokémon are strong against Fighting-type moves? 
Whirlwind! Quick Attack!”  
With that the Pinsir fell to the floor, its claws opening and closing as it 
attempted to get back up, then it fell.  
“I underestimated you, novice.  That Pidgey is strong.” he said, “But it shall 
be too weak to take on Butterfree!”  
“Freeee-Freeee!”  
“Butterfree, use your Supersonic!”  
“Free!”  
“Pidge-”  
Whirlwind froze in its tracks.  
“Whirlwind, Quick Attack!”  
Whirlwind flew forward but missed the Butterfree, I could see in its eyes that 
its mind was playing tricks.  
“Its confused.” commented Emily.  
“Whirlwind, you’d better return.”  
“Hah! You are a novice, you can’t just send in a Pokémon with an advantage and 
expect to win, see how easily my Butterfree subdued your Pidgey?”  
“Stop calling me novice! I’ll prove to you that all my Pokémon are strong! 
Scramble!”  
“Ex-Egg-Cute!”  
“Tetsubo, are you sure?” asked Emily with concern.  
“Its a matter of pride now, I’ll prove that my Pokémon don’t have to rely on 
advantages.”  
“Hah! If I can beat a Pokémon with an advantage over Bug-types then I shall 
definitely win against one who is weak.  Butterfree, let’s exploit the Poison 
side of that Exeggcute with a Psybeam!”  
“Freeee!”  
It hit Scramble hard, Psybeam was the strongest naturally learned Psychic move 
a Butterfree could use.  But I saw Samurai’s mistake.  
“Scramble! Barrage!”  
Butterfree was knocked back but not finished.  
“You assumed that Scramble was a Grass/ Poison Pokémon, obviously you’ve never 
battled an Exeggcute before, since they're so rare.  You should read up on 
Pokémon types a little more.  Scramble’s a Grass/ Psychic! Scramble! Use 
Hypnosis!”  
“Butterfree, Poison Powder, we can still exploit his Grass weakness.”  
“I thought you said using advantages was for novices!”  
“Grrrr.” said Samurai, angry that I pointed this out.  
We turned back to our Pokémon, Butterfree was asleep while Scramble was looking 
a little sick.  
“Scramble! Finish it and I’ll give you some antidote right away! Leech Seed!”  
“Cute!”  
The vines burst out the seed and sucked out the last of Butterfree’s health, it 
tried to fly up again, but I had Scramble finish the job.  
“Once again, Barrage!”  
“Exegg!”  
“Frre, ree...”  
It fainted.  

“Too bad Samurai, you got beaten by a ‘novice’.”  
“Congratulations trainer, you have shown me a great deal, it appears I am still 
the novice, I shall not underestimate my opponents again.”  
He recalled his Pokémon and ran off.  
“Congratulations Tetsubo.” said Emily while I used some antidote on Scramble.  
“You too little Scramble.” she said, patting the eggs on their heads.  
Scramble smiled, enjoying the attention, they used to be a little hostile but 
now they were being so nice to a total stranger, Scramble had changed during 
its time with me.  
“Shall we be off?” I said recalling Scramble.  

There was a sudden blast of electricity from just ahead.  
Emily and I ran into the area and saw the finale of a Pokémon catch, I 
recognised the person as the little girl who I saw in the Safari Zone, the one 
with the long red hair and dark clothing, except the left side of her face was 
covered up by the hair.  
“Sparky...  Use Thundershock...” she said without any emotion or effort.  
“Chu!” shouted the Pikachu with a lot more energy than the girl had.  
A Caterpie rolled back, totally shocked.  
“Pokéball...”  
The ball flew softly into the insect and it was captured.  
I was about to step out when I saw a couple of kids surround the girl.  

End of Chapter 5A  

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