pokemon adventure

chapter hundred thirty four

Chapter 134

The Great Marsh,

Ash's Gym battle 4

And Tomo's Gym battle 4

Today the gang had arrived at Pastoria City at last. Pastoria City was one of those places where humans and nature coexisted with each other. But before the gang headed for the gym, there was something Tomo wanted to do first. In Pastoria City where was an area called the Great Marsh, which was a bit like a Safari Zone for catching pokemon. Tomo had read in a book that you could catch Carnivine in the Great Marsh and of course he wanted to catch one for himself. The gang went up to the entrance and Tomo was given 30 safari balls so he could catch pokemon in the Great Marsh. "I'm all set" said Tomo. "Good luck Tomo" said Ash. He and the others weren't joining in and decided to wait for Tomo at the entrance. Tomo and Growlithe excitedly entered the Great Marsh.

The Great Marsh was a complete wetland with lots of big puddles and the grounds were thick with mud. Luckily there were a lot of wooden footpaths everywhere so no one had to walk in the mud that much. Tomo couldn't wait to see what pokemon the Great Marsh had.

Tomo wasn't the only one who was visiting the Great Marsh. Team Rocket had turned up. "Ugh this mud is gross" complained Meowth. "I can't believe we've come to this swamp" said Jessie, who didn't like the mud either. "Ah this place brings back memories; this is where I caught my Carnivine," said James "Carnivine was stuck and weak in the mud and I got it out of there. Then of course Carnivine stayed with me". Jessie and Meowth weren't interested that much. "So what pokemon are here for us to send to the boss?" asked Meowth. "Well apart from Carnivine," said James "the best ones to catch here are Toxicroak and Drapion". "Hey Toxicroak is what Team Galactic has and Drapion is what that Hunter J has" said Meowth. "That still makes them perfect for Team Rocket though" said James. "I agree," said Jessie "so how many of each shall we catch?" "We have 30 safari balls each Jessie," said James "and the best bet will be catching 20 of the pokemon each. So I'll use my first 20 balls to catch 20 Carnivine and the last ten to catch 10 Drapion. And you Jessie use your 20 balls to catch Toxicroak and use your last 10 to catch another 10 Drapion". Jessie liked the idea and the set off to look for the pokemon they wanted.

Meanwhile Tomo and Growlithe had just come upon a pokemon. It was a Staravia. "Cool I can get my own Staravia" said Tomo. He threw a safari ball at it and caught it with success. "Having a Staraptor would be really helpful to me when I become a pokemon ranger" smiled Tomo. Growlithe agreed. "Come on Growlithe; let's go find some more pokemon". Tomo and Growlithe walked further on in the Great Marsh, when suddenly they saw a small purple scorpion like pokemon. "Hey what's that?" said Tomo.

He took out his pokedex: Skorupi, the scorpion pokemon. The pre-evolved form of Drapion. It burrows under the sand to lie in wait for prey. Its tail claws can inject its prey with a savage poison.

"So it evolves to Drapion huh?" Tomo remembered J's Drapion. He threw a safari ball at Skorupi and caught it. "Well we've caught ourselves a cool pokemon Growlithe, now let's go find ourselves a Carnivine". The search didn't take long and Tomo finally caught a Carnivine for himself. "Okay Growlithe," he said "since I've caught my own Carnivine as well as two other cool pokemon, let's go".

But before Tomo and Growlithe could head back to the entrance, Growlithe noticed something purple in the mud. He went over to it and showed it to Tomo. Tomo picked up the purple thing. "Hey this looks like one of those plate things Ash has been collecting," Tomo said to Growlithe "we better take this to him at once". Growlithe agreed. Then they ran off for the entrance at once.