************************************************************************************************ Hello again to my dungeon of doomy stuff. I'm here to give you a fanfic about pokémon, only this time, it stars a made-up character made up be me - yes, that's right, ME! Of course, I don't use my name (or any real name - that is, if I have one) it's too long and unsuitable. Well, enough talk, let's get on with it shall we. ************************************************************************************************ I'M GONNA BE A POKÉMON MASTER A FANFIC BY CORAMAXIMUS OTHER PARTS OF THIS FIC CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/SSJ2GOHANSUPREME. DISCLAIMER: POKÉMON IS A TRADEMARK OF NINTENDO®, GAMEFREAK, CREATURES INC. AND 4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS. YOU SHOULD HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE IF POKÉMON START INVADING YOUR HOUSES (WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN; THEY'RE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. STILL...). ************************************************************************************************ Part 1 - Everyone has to start somewhere. Dawn ... passed a while ago. The sun was high in the sky. It was probably some time between nine and ten in the morning. A young boy was walking through the forest located between Pallet Town and Viridian City. He wore a black shirt, black pants, black jacket, black belt, black boots, black backpack ... in fact, everything he wore was black ... well, maybe not his underwear. On his belt he had a poké-ball. His name was Cozza. Beside Cozza walked a small, green Bulbasaur. He could keep it in a poké-ball, but he decided he would let it roam free so he had someone to talk to. "Bulbashour!" It said "Yep, were gonna be best buds." Cozza replied. "Bulba!" Bulbasaur said in joy. It's amazing how Cozza was able to understand his pokémon on his first day of training. Cozza had come from Pallet Town where an 'Ash Ketchum' also began HIS pokémon journey with his 'Pikachu'. Cozza remembered Ash and the other pokémon trainers who left that day, one year ago, including a 'Gary Oak' who's grandfather, 'Professor Oak', owned a lab in that town. It was Professor Oak who had given Cozza his Bulbasaur on his 10th birthday. That was today. Cozza kept walking along toward Viridian City, keeping a look-out for any pokémon he could catch. He knew there were some pokémon around that area. Suddenly, he saw a wild Rattata. 'Oh boy!' Cozza thought 'Now's my chance to catch my first pokémon.' "Go, Bulbasaur!" he said. "Bulbashoar!" said Bulbasaur as he leapt in front of Cozza. Rattata charged for Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur dodged to the left and, on Cozza's command, grabbed Rattata with it's vines and, using it's momentum, threw it to the ground. Rattata was out cold. "Poké-ball go!!" Cozza said as he got a poké-ball from his backpack and threw it at the Rattata. In a blaze of red light, the Rattata vanished into the poké-ball. It wiggled a few times, but when the red light turned out, Cozza knew it was his. "Yeah! I caught a Rattata!" Cozza yelled. "Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur said. It paused. "Bulbasaur?" "I dunno, I just felt like doin' it." Cozza replied. He knelt down and petted Bulbasaur. "I couldn't have done it without ya," Cozza said "You're really good." "Bulba." Bulbasaur replied, acting all modest. "Well Bulbasaur," Cozza said "let's go. Viridian City isn't that far away." "Bulbashoare!" Bulbasaur said. "Huh? You don't like the name, Bulbasaur?" Cozza asked. "Bulba." Bulbasaur said, shaking it's head "bulba bulba." "Too ordinary, huh?" Cozza said "OK, hmmm... how about Bulby?" "Bulba." "Um, how 'bout Bulba?" Bulbasaur shook it's head. "Hmmmm... I know, how about ... BULBAZOR?" Bulbasaur thought ... "BULBA!" It agreed smiling. "OK, it's settled." Cozza stated "From this day forward, you shall be known as ... BULBAZOR!" "Bulbasaur" Bulbasaur said. "That IS a pretty good name, huh?" Cozza said. "Bulbasaur." Bulbazor agreed. "Yeah. Well, let's go." Cozza said. "Bulba!" Bulbazor replied. <><><> Up in the sky, Team Rocket were flying in their balloon. This has absolutely nothing to do with Cozza. Ash must be nearby. More of them later ... possibly. <><><> Cozza walked along the path with Bulbazor beside him. One day of training and they were already best of friends (Cozza had always cared for pokémon and not many considered him an enemy). Bulbazor noticed something. "Bulba." it said. "What is it Bulbazor?" Cozza asked. He looked in the direction Bulbazor had looked. "Whoa," he said "It's a ... PIDGEY!" Sure enough, over in the scrub, a pidgey was pecking for some treats. "I'm gonna catch it." Cozza said "Are you up for it, Bulbazor?" "Bulba." It replied. "OK, BULBAZOR, GO!!" Out went Bulbazor to attack the Pidgey. Pidgey suddenly flew into the air. It seemed that the Pidgey had noticed their presence. "BULBAZOR," Cozza commanded "VINE WHIP!!" "BULBASAUR!" It said as it whipped the air, going towards Pidgey, but it dodged. "This Pidgey's good." Cozza said "KEEP IT UP, BULBAZOR!" Bulbazor kept whipping, but couldn't get the Pidgey. The Pidgey swooped and hit Bulbazor. "Oowaugh," Cozza said "I guess I'm gonna have to use speed. BULBAZOR, RETURN!" Bulbazor knew that Cozza knew what he was doing so he did as he was ordered. "OK then," Cozza said as he pulled out a poké-ball "GO, RATTATA!" In a blaze of white light, out came a purple Rattata. "Rattata!" It said. "OK, Rattata," Cozza ordered "Tackle it!" Rattata quickly leapt into the air and Smacked the Pidgey at super speed. It hit so hard, the Pidgey fell to the ground. Ash got another spare pokéball from his backpack and threw it at the pidgey. It went in with a red flash and a few wiggles. "I caught a Pidgey!" Cozza said holding the poké-ball way out in front. "Bulba?" Bulba replied. "I like to do it; it's fun." Cozza said "Come on, try it." "Bulba!" Bulbazor said as he raised two 'fingers'. "That's the spirit!" Cozza said. He went over to congratulate Rattata. "Good work, Rattata" Cozza said. "Rattata." It replied. "Hey," Cozza said "now that I think of it, how's about a nickname ... if you want, of course." "Rattata." Rattata agreed. "OK, I was thinking something like ... RATZA." Cozza suggested. "Rat!" Rattata said nodding its head. "OK," Cozza said "Ahem, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, YOU SHALL BE KNOWN AS 'RATZA'!" "Rat?" Ratza asked. "Ehh, I do it to all of my pokémon to make the new nickname official." Cozza answered. "Rat." Ratza replied. <><><> So there they were, Cozza, Bulbazor, Ratza (in it's poké-ball) and Cozza's new Pidgey (also in it's poké-ball), walking through the forest, by a stream (sound familiar). Viridian City was getting closer (they were getting closer to IT, rather) and Cozza had already caught two pokémon. "Wow," he said "I've already caught two pokémon." "Bulba!" Bulbazor said. They walked ... and walked ... and walked and ... walked some more ... (would they ever get to Viridian City). While they walked, Cozza noticed something out of the outside corner of his left eye. "Hey what's that?" he said, stopping. He turned his head to find ... a pokémon that he couldn't identify. He took out a red gadget from his pocket. It was a pokédex (from Professor Oak, of course). He pointed the little camera lens at the pokémon (the lens is used to scan the pokémon if you don't know already. How else do they get info.). "Kakuna..." It said "The cocoon pokémon, the evolved form of Weedle. It ..." Then it went on about stuff about Kakunas, but Cozza wasn't paying attention to it. He was too busy, thinking about catching it; he knew it evolved into a Beedrill, a very strong bug pokémon. Too bad that was all he knew about them. "Go, Bulbazor!" he said "Bulba!" Bulbazor said as it charged at the Kakuna. The Kakuna caught sight of this and zipped up into the tree, leaving Bulbazor to crash into it's trunk. This was not the smartest attack plan; it woke a swarm of Beedrill, angry Beedrill that were in that same tree. Suddenly they flew out to attack. "Uh oh." Cozza said. "Bulba." Bulbazor agreed. Then the Bedrill dove at Bulbazor. "BULBA!!" it said as it scurried towards Cozza. "Lets get outta here!!" said Cozza as he grabbed Bulbazor and pelted. The Beedrill flew after them. The chase was on. How long could Cozza run before he tired out? He knew that none of his pokémon, not even together, could beat the swarm of 20 or 30 Beedrill ... or so he thought. <><><> Cozza kept running, but sooner or later he would slow down. Too bad it couldn't have been later. Cozza just couldn't run anymore, he was slowing down. It looked bad for them. The Beedrill were closing in. Cozza fell to the ground and Bulbazor rolled out. Both were wasted; Bulbazor had hit his head against a tree and Cozza had run a K or so. "This is it, Bulbazor," Cozza sadly said "It's been great knowin' ya." Bulbazor growled; he wasn't going to give up that easily. Suddenly, it shot up and faced the oncoming Beedrill. They were numerous and terrifying, but Bulbazor stood firm. To Cozza's surprise, it's bulb started to glow. When the Beedrill were only inches away, Bulbazor let loose a gigantic solar beam that was more like a solar 'blast'. "Bulbaaaaaaaa!!!" It yelled as he shot it. The beam was so powerful, all the Beedrill were wiped out, the ones left flew away. Cozza just lay with his mouth hanging as he looked at Bulbazor. Bulbazor just stood there panting; it had used all of it's energy. "Bulbazor?" Cozza said as Bulbazor collapsed. He somehow managed to pull himself up and crawl over to the weak Bulbazor. "Are you alright?" he said Bulbazor tiredly opened an eye, looked at Cozza and said, "Bul...ba...ssssaaaur." "You risked your life to save me from those Beedrill." Cozza said as a tear left his eye "You're the best friend I've ever had." "Bulba." It replied. Then Cozza just hugged Bulbazor. It had risked itself to save him. Only good friends would do that. Cozza picked up Bulbazor, as well as himself, and started walking toward Viridian City, which was less than a kilometre away. "We'll be at the Pokémon Centre soon, Bulbazor." Cozza said. "Bulba...saur." it said as it fell asleep. Cozza looked down at his Bulbasaur, happy to know he had a true friend to protect him. 'Thank you, Bulbazor.' he thought 'I've never had anyone to look out for me. Now I do. You saved me and I'll never forget it ... pal.' End Part 1 ************************************************************************************************ Well, well, well ... Welly, welly welly ... Wellity, wellity, wellity ... ... Oh, yeah that's right, it's my turn. OK ... were do I begin ... How did everyone like my little adventure. I think you'll find some similarities to the actual TV show (I have a disclaimer for that). Whatever you reckon ... I wanna hear what you think so write to me at coramaximus@hotmail.com. I'll be waiting ... Watch out for more of my new adventure 'I'm Gonna Be A Pokémon Master'. There WILL be more... much, MUCH more. Oh, and did you guess my name ... Come on, it's obvious ... You made it this far, use you're brains ... Alright, I'll give you a clue ... It's not Beatrice, Charley or Donald ^-^. That's all I've got to say. Ahem Smell you later. © 2002 By CORAMAXIMUS