♛ 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝔹𝕪 𝔻𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 (𝔸𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘) ♛

Chapter 9: GREEN (4)

Chapter 9: Green (4)

Nearly 3 months passed since the trio started their respective journeys.

Gary Oak was traversing the entrance of Route 10.

His roster of Pokémon now a party of 5.

Eevee.

Raticate.

Wartortle.

Kadabra.

Pidgeotto.

Recalling that Ash had a Pidgeot that he released ticked him off slightly.

After all, the fool had a fully evolved version of one of his team.

And yet, he just released it.

'I'm thinking of Red a lot lately. Must be because of that,' he thought whilst walking alongside Eevee and Raticate.

The two were frolicking together happily.

Ever since that battle, Gary was reminded at Ash's uncanny ability to go beyond even common sense.

Training Pikachu's physical capabilities?

Practising attacks?

Making a strategy to beat his opponent?

None of those.

Instead, the raven-haired boy created a whole new move altogether.

'Seriously, the guy found a way to close the distance between Pikachu and Raticate.

That numbskull has to be the craziest dude I know,' he recounted in his mind.

'…Heh, still won though.'

"Raticate!" the brown rat squeaked before running off.

This snapped Gary out of his thoughts.

"Raticate?" he said before following his ace Pokémon.

Caught up with his Pokémon, he was shocked to see what Raticate found.

A truck with the letter 'R' on its body.

Its contents, a multitude of caged Pokémon.

"Ruff! Ruff!" a Growlithe barked.

Raticate saw the red puppy's will to escape and wanted to help.

Turning to his Trainer, he conveyed his intent.

"You wanna bust them out?" Gary affirmed.

Raticate nodded.

"Looks like no one's around too…"

Gary had heard of Team Rocket.

Both from Ash and the news.

A criminal organization that made money off selling stolen Pokémon.

Sometimes selling only parts of them.

'The smart thing to do is to just ignore it…' Gary's logical side argued.

'Just recall Raticate into his Ball…'

"Raticate…" Gary began.

"[Hyper Fang]."

Crash!

Cages now wide open, the freed Pokémon escaped.

But not before Gary managed to scan the ones he had never seen.

His judgement came from a nagging thought in his mind.