Chapter 4


For about 10 minutes of walking with Bramble to who knows where, I decided to start a conversation to pass the time.
“Hey Bramble. How do you know a Tyranitar?” Bramble almost seemed reluctant to tell me. But after a little bit, he decided it couldn’t hurt.
“Well... a while ago, I was wandering through the forest, looking for something to eat, when I heard an explosion. I decided to check it out. When I got there, I saw a lake I’ve never seen before, and in it was a really big, angry Gyarados. It was destroying on everything in sight. There hundreds of pokemon running away, but several small Larvitar were sleeping in a nest nearby, somehow not waking up from the Gyarados’s cries. I ran over and carried the nest a safe distance away. I ran back to the lake because I knew that there were no other electric pokemon around, and non-electric types can’t beat a Gyarados easily. I used the strongest thunderbolt I could, and luckily I knocked it out. When Big John, that tyranitar from earlier, heard what I did, he found me and gave me a bone-crushing hug for saving his kids, along with many other pokemon.” Wow. Bramble must be pretty strong, if he can knock out a Gyarados in one hit, even if it is water and flying type.
“I have to admit, that’s pretty impressive.” He blushed a bit at that comment.
“Hehe. Thanks.” He paused for a moment. “Where exactly are we going?” It was my turn to be embarrassed.
“Umm.. I don’t know yet. Once we find a city I know, we’ll go from there.” We kept on walking for a good distance until we came to the edge of the forest. We saw a city that seemed to go on for miles. I looked to my left and noticed a sign. I went over to it to see the name, hoping it would be one I remembered. “Goldenrod City.” Well, it’s in Johto, which is right beside Kanto. Luckily, there was also a map of Johto on the sign. Unluckily, we had to get to the other side of Goldenrod to get to New Bark Town, which was the best way to get to Pallet Town.
“You can read human writing?” Uh oh. Bramble heard me. Stupid mouth. I didn’t want to reveal the fact I was a human just yet. I needed a legitimate excuse.
“Ummm... my old trainer taught me how? Hehe...” Oh yeah. Real legit. Bramble just eyed me curiously. “Come on. We gotta get going.”

“Going right through the middle of the city to get to the other side was a bad idea.” What I just said was a big understatement. Almost every single person in the city was watching us, some following us. It wasn’t too often that a typhlosion with extra fire and a dark pikachu with a lightning shaped mark walked down the sidewalk together, even though they are supposed to be mortal enemies, and in the biggest city in Johto. Who could blame them for being surprised. A few people even petted us, which I found to be very humiliating, but it would let them know we don’t want to hurt anyone. So all in all, it wasn’t bad.

That is, it wasn’t bad until now.
“YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!!” That sounded like a pokemon, but where was it coming from? Suddenly, a buizel came bolting around a street corner. “OUTTA MA WAY!! THEY’RE AFTER ME!!” The buizel was gone as quickly as he came.
“Where’d that ****in buizel go?” Two Rockets came around the same corner the buizel just did. One was very tall and muscular, the other was smaller, but looked very athletic. The taller one spoke up. “Another clone got away.”
“Hey! That’s a funny looking pikachu! Maybe this is another clone that escaped.” They were obviously looking at Bramble, not really noticing me. Me and Bramble assumed fighting stances, which unfortunately for a typhlosion involves the fire on its back to light up. And I somehow had extra fire, showing the rockets my uniqueness.
“That typhlosion is a clone too! The boss will reward us big time for getting two clones!” They reached into their pockets and pulled out very small tranquilizer guns.
“Bramble they’re tranquilizers! Run!” We bolted away at lightning speed, dodging tranquilizer darts the whole time.
“What’s a tranquilizer?”
“It’s what that hunter used on us to put us asleep.”
“Oh.” We ran for a little longer when suddenly an dark orange arm grabbed us and pulled us into  an alley.
“Whoa! Who...”
“SSHHHH!!” Right then, the rockets ran past the alley we were in, not noticing us at all. Me and Bramble breathed a sigh of relief. I turned around to see the same buizel from earlier, but only now got to get a good look. He had darker fur than a normal buizel should, and a cream teardrop on his forehead. I assumed all of Team Rocket’s clones looked different than normal. That would also explain why they went after me and Bramble.
“Thanks man. I owe you one!” Suddenly the buizel had the angriest face imaginable. “Huh? What’d I do??” He looked even angrier, if that were possible.
“I’M NOT A GUY!! I’M A GIRL!!!!!” With lightning speed, she delivered a bone breaking punch right to my face, sending me into a nearby wall. “See the single spot on my back!?” She turned around, and sure enough, there was one spot, while a male buizel had two. “I’m a girl, and DON’T YOU FORGET IT!!” I might have just lost half of my brain cells, but I wasn’t going to forget that anytime soon.
“Okay okay! I’m sorry.”
“Yeah you better be sorry!” She glanced over at Bramble, who was shocked at how strong her punch was. He quickly spoke up.
“Er, what’s your name?”
“Kay. Kay the Buizel.”


After sitting in the alley for a good 5 minutes to recuperate, I was ready to move on, although my head was still a little dazed. Me and Bramble followed Kay around, and she obviously knew the way to the other end of the city, because after about 5 minutes we were at our destination.
“Thanks for all your help Kay. See ya.” I turned to leave, but Kay started to talk again.
“Actually, could I come with you? I don’t have anywhere to go. This is my first day outside the Rockets lab.” Despite giving me what has to have been the strongest punch I have ever felt, and from a pokemon less than half me size, it couldn’t hurt to have her along too, as long as I called her a her.
“Okay, you can come.” Hoping this decision doesn’t kill me.
“Yay! Look out world, HERE COMES KAY!”