A New Journey - Ash Ketchum {2}

Chapter 35 - It's a New Journey, Sneasel!

The kids were walking on a path at a field. Togepi was walking on the grass happily with the Pikachu following them. "It sure is a beautiful day," Misty said. "Yeah, and Togepi sure is enjoying it," Emma said with a chuckle.

The female Pikachu smiled as she ran to a couple of flowers, "Pika." Her smile faded as her ears moved, "Pi?" She frowned as she looked at the bushes. Then, something quickly jumped up from the bushes.

"Sneasel!"

The kids looked over in surprise. "What's that?" Misty asked as they stared at the Pokémon, who was staring down at the female mouse. "A Sneasel," Brock said and Emma pulled out her Dexter.

Sneasel is a bipedal Pokémon that resembles both a cat and a weasel. It is primarily bluish-black with three bright red feathers for its tail and a single one on its left ear. The other ear is short and pointed, and it has narrow red eyes. On its forehead and chest are yellow, oval markings. It has red eyes with black eyelash-like markings on the edges. It has long limbs with two large, retractable claws on its hands and feet.

Sneasel, the Sharp Claw Pokémon. Sneasel can extend or retract its claws instantly during attack.

"It looks a bit beat up," Ash muttered as Emma looked up from her Dexter to look at Sneasel. It charged forward at the female Pikachu, and she dodged its claws. "Hey! Cut it off!" Emma called as they stared in surprise.

The female Pikachu used Thunder attack, but Sneasel jumped away to dodge. It landed on a rock, "Sneasel!" Emma took Togepi into her arms and the kids ran forward. "What's your problem?!" Misty called.

Emma looked at Sneasel up and down, noticing it was indeed looking a bit beat up as Ash said. "Sneasel!" it said and two small black orbs of energy appeared at the tips of its claws. Then, it brought them together forming one black orb. "It's Shadow Ball!" Brock said. Sneasel fired it at the kids, and they all moved away before they could get hurt.

The Pikachu faced Sneasel, "Pika!" Sneasel glared at them, "Sneasel!" The kids looked back at them. "Okay then, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" The male Pikachu fired the attack, but Sneasel dodged and then tackled him backward hard.

"Pikachu, Agility, now!" Emma called. The female Pikachu started disappearing and reappearing at blinding speed, tackling Sneasel back. It landed on its feet and held out its claws, "Sneasel." Emma blinked when she noticed it was now panting, clearly since it looked like it had a tough battle against another Pokémon before they met.

"Hold on, Pikachu!" Emma called. Sneasel and the Pikachu looked over at the girl. Brock frowned slightly as he continued to look at Sneasel , while Misty and Ash looked at Emma. "What is it?" Misty asked.

"Brock, do you see what I see?" Emma asked. "Yeah," Brock said as he nodded, "This Sneasel is too tired to battle, because it just had a battle against a different Pokémon." They looked back at Sneasel. "Hey Sneasel, why don't we take you to a Pokémon Center so you can heal?" Emma asked.

"Sneasel!" it called angrily. "Figured," Brock said. "Well, we're trying to help even though it attacked us," Misty said. "It is a Sneasel," Brock said, "It doesn't take help from humans." Emma frowned, "Fine then, we'll weak it more and then take it. Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

The female mouse did as told, but Sneasel dodged again. It then held its hands above its head and formed a small ball of icy wind but it disappeared. Sneasel looked at its hands in anger, "Sneasel!"

"Pikachu, Thunder now!" The female Pikachu fired the attack, this time hitting Sneasel. After a long moment, she stopped and Emma pulled out a Poké ball, and threw it, "Go, Poké ball!"

The Poké ball hit Sneasel, and it went inside. The Poké ball fell on the grass and moved back and forth, then Sneasel popped out, "Sneasel!" The Poké ball went back to Emma, and she caught it.