Wandering in the wild, on this day, Paul and Melanie finally came to the outskirts of an unknown town.
Now, though, Paul was a little flustered. Bulbasaur ran around anxiously. The Pokémon Egg Paul had acquired was emitting a soft light.
"What should I do?! I have never delivered a baby Pokémon before!! Miss Melanie!" Paul felt overwhelmed.
"Calm down Paul, the hatching of a Pokémon is not that scary. You are its trainer. In a sense, you are like its parent. What you need now is to calm down and wait for the birth of the little one." Melanie comforted Paul while picking up the Moomoo Milk prepared on the side, putting a nipple on the bottle, and handing it to Paul.
The milk and nursing bottle had already been bought by Paul in Cerulean City. At this time, Paul was holding the bottle, looking as if he was facing a major crisis, which made Melanie stifle a laugh. This kind of cute contrast was also quite interesting.
Finally, the light from the Egg reached a threshold and began to slowly change shape. Paul stared at the incubator without moving.
"Gib!" The light dissipated, and a small, gray skinned shark like Pokémon with a big head appeared before Paul's eyes.
"A Gible!!" Paul felt like he had won the lottery; it turned out to be the Sinnoh pseudo legendary, Gible!
"This,, that,," Paul looked at his nursing bottle, momentarily at a loss. Gritting his teeth, he handed the bottle towards Gible, "Drink it!"
Gible opened its eyes, and seeing Paul holding a bottle for the first time, the little guy narrowed its eyes happily, and opened its mouth unceremoniously, "Gib!"
Hmm? Paul felt a warm tingling sensation in his arm, and took a closer look. Good grief!
The Gible had opened its mouth wide and taken half of Paul's forearm into its mouth, and was now gnawing with relish.
* This child~ * Paul couldn't help but carefully pull out his hand, and then stuffed the bottle into Gible's mouth. The sweet milk entered its mouth, Gible's eyes lit up, and it started to drink eagerly while holding the bottle.
"Huh~ What a difficult little guy." Paul wiped his sweat. Before he had time to catch his breath, Gible had swallowed a bottle of milk in one gulp. Then it jumped up happily, and then, chomp! It nibbled on Paul's head.
Paul was utterly exasperated.
"Young man, you're a bit too much!" Picking up the Poké Ball he had prepared, Paul tapped Gible on the head with it and recalled it into the Poké Ball.
Not surprisingly, the Pokémon he raised didn't resist, and it was successfully registered as Paul's.
"That's great, Paul~" Melanie asked beside him.
"Bulba~Bulba~" Bulbasaur pulled Paul's trouser leg. After all, it was the Egg Bulbasaur had taken care of all the way. Bulbasaur was quite fond of the little Gible.
"Okay~" Paul opened the Poké Ball helplessly. Gible jumped out full of energy, and then immediately wanted to jump up and bite Paul's head again.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Paul grabbed Bulbasaur. Chomp~ Gible just gnawed on the bulb on Bulbasaur's back, and then, seemingly self taught, began to suck the nectar from it.
Bulbasaur couldn't help but tremble all over, then stretched out its Vine Whip, and touched Gible's big head lovingly. Gible also opened its mouth happily, and responded to Bulbasaur with a "Gib!".
Paul opened the Pokédex and checked, confirming that absorbing the nectar would not negatively affect Bulbasaur's development. Paul decided to let them be.
Who knew, Gible was a mischievous kid, and wanted to hang on Paul's head whenever it got a chance...
After walking all the way like this, Paul completely gave up struggling. * After all, it's a pseudo legendary, so spoil him. What else can I do, abandon him? *
As a result, Paul rolled his eyes and walked forward with a look of weary resignation, while Gible turned into a "hat," dangling from Paul's head, swaying gently.
* Creating trouble~ * Paul looked up to the sky and sighed dramatically.
Melanie covered her mouth and snickered. "I heard from the Pokédex that Gible will bite things they like. This kid really likes Paul the most."
Suddenly, Paul's feet found empty air~
Bang. Paul frowned as he and Melanie fell into a large pit.
* I didn't notice it, tch~ * Paul blamed himself and looked towards the entrance of the pitfall trap.
"Miss Melanie, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Melanie got up, patted the dirt off her clothes, and hid behind Paul nervously.
Paul assessed the situation and realized things weren't simple. * This kind of mischievous trap, plus my current route, couldn't be that group of Squirtle, could it? *
"Squirtle Squirtle~"
At this moment, five blue turtle Pokémon wearing sunglasses poked their heads over the edge of the pit in a circle and smirked down at Paul and Melanie in the hole.
* Well~ It really is these little villains. * Paul sighed helplessly. * Did they really think I was Ash? Someone they could easily push around? *
With a jump, stepping on the edge of the pit and using the leverage, Paul leaped gracefully out of the hole. He then waved his hand to release Bulbasaur and Electabuzz. Bulbasaur used Vine Whip to pull Melanie out of the pit.
"Five little rascals, you have messed with the wrong person!" Paul pulled Gible off his head, rubbed his wrists, and looked at the Squirtle Squad.
The five Squirtle stood there with smirks, not intimidated by Paul at all.
"Electabuzz~ Use Thunderbolt as a wide area strike!" Paul waved his hand. Electabuzz raised its arms, and a strong electric discharge swept out.
The four Squirtle with round sunglasses moved in unison to surround their leader in the middle, abruptly taking the full force of the powerful Thunderbolt.
Immediately, they were paralyzed by the electricity and fell to the side. But the guarded Squirtle leader was unharmed and stood up angrily.
"Squirtle! Squirtle, Squirtle!" The Squirtle leader raised its hand and shouted at Paul.
Even without understanding the words, Paul understood that this Squirtle was asking for a one on one fight.
"Okay ~ come on!" Paul looked at the Squirtle indifferently.
Just when the battle was about to start, a harsh siren sounded. A motorcycle approached from a distance, kicking up dust.
The Squirtle leader looked, shouted something that sounded like "Run for it!", and then, under Paul's helpless expression, disappeared without a trace along with its crew.
"You are not injured, are you?" The motorcycle pulled up beside them, and Officer Jenny, stylish as ever in her uniform, approached Paul.
"We,,,, it's okay,,," Paul sighed. * It wouldn't be right to say Officer Jenny interrupted me catching Pokémon, would it? *
Following Officer Jenny to the police station outside the town, she explained the origin of these Squirtle. The Squirtle Squad, a total of five Squirtle, were all mischievous Pokémon abandoned by their trainers. They had always been a headache for the town.
Paul couldn't help complaining in his heart. * What kind of weird trainers are these? Abandoning starter Pokémon? If they said no to a starter, then why accept it? Apologize to the common trainer in the forest fighting over a Caterpie!! *
"I'm very interested in these little guys. If Officer Jenny has no objections, I want to take them all in. Perhaps in the future, I can find them trainers who are responsible and caring." Paul said seriously.
"Okay~ Since you have this confidence, of course I won't stop you." Officer Jenny nodded. If these little guys could be subdued, the local peace would improve significantly.
Saying goodbye to Officer Jenny, Paul and Melanie went to the Pokémon Center in the town, restored their Pokémon's health, and then called his brother.
"Hey, is that Paul? Where are you now?" His elder brother Reggie smiled gently, looking at his younger brother on the video screen.
"I'm almost at Vermilion City, bro." Paul said, pulling Melanie over into the frame, "Brother ~ our breeding center is always short an assistant, I found one for you."
Melanie blushed and looked at Reggie: "Hi~ My name is Melanie, and I have learned some Pokémon care."
Reggie blushed and nodded. "Hello~ I'm Reggie. Paul must be under your care."
Paul watched with relish, and interjected, "Brother, you haven't answered me yet. Can Melanie help? Miss Melanie has no relatives here in Kanto, so she could settle in Sinnoh."
Reggie and Melanie both blushed deeply. Reggie replied in a low voice, "Of course, I really can't manage it alone. If,, if Miss Melanie comes, I would welcome her very much."
"Hahahaha, okay, then it's a deal. When I get to Vermilion City, I'll send Miss Melanie back on a direct flight to Sinnoh. Brother, remember to clean up Miss Melanie's room." Paul raised his eyebrows suggestively at his brother.
Reggie secretly glanced at Melanie again, "Leave it to me," then silently gave Paul a thumbs up. * Brother, you understand me! *
"Brother, my Electabuzz needs to evolve into Electivire. Can you please help me prepare that? I will send him back for special training from Vermilion City."
When Reggie heard Paul, he understood. The Sinnoh region was where it was discovered that Pokémon like Electabuzz and Magmar could evolve further. Electabuzz's evolution requires a special item, an Electirizer. By using the Electirizer, Electabuzz could evolve into the powerful Electivire!
"Don't worry, I will prepare the Electirizer. You all should pay attention to safety." Reggie said seriously.
"Don't worry, I will protect Miss Melanie." Paul hung up the phone with a smirk.
Reggie, far away in Sinnoh, smiled helplessly. * This kid actually helped his elder brother play matchmaker, really,,, did a good job~! * Thinking of Melanie's gentle and charming appearance, Reggie rubbed his hands together. * It's settled, let's go clean up the room! *
Back with Paul, Melanie's face was still flushed. Paul smiled and asked, "How about it, am I right? My brother would definitely agree."
Melanie nodded: "Mr. Reggie looks very gentle, that's really great."
Paul nodded: "Yes, my brother is so handsome and gentle, don't miss out, Melanie."
"Eh?!" Melanie's face turned even redder.
"Hahaha~ Okay, let's go. Finish the matter here as soon as possible. We will go to Vermilion City to send you to Sinnoh." Paul joked a few words, and took Melanie back to the outskirts of the town.
Melanie spread a picnic cloth on the ground, and asked with some confusion, "Is this really okay?"
"Don't worry, look~" Paul raised his chin. The five mischievous Squirtle wearing sunglasses had already surrounded them.
Paul picked up a sandwich and took a bite.
"Squirtle! Squirtle, Squirtle!" the leader of the Squirtle Squad stepped forward and pointed at the food in the picnic basket.
"Want to eat?" Paul's mouth curled up, "Then it depends on your strength!"
The Squirtle leader looked at Paul unwillingly, "Squirtle!" (One on one!)
"Okay~" Paul threw out all his Poké Balls.
Six Pokémon lined up.
Paul waved his finger, "Come on, take them down!"
The Squirtle leader roared, and the five Squirtle rushed forward together.
After 1 minute, only the leader remained standing before Paul. The other four Squirtle were already safely inside Paul's Poké Balls.
"Squirtle~!" The leader looked at Paul, somewhat distressed.
"Squirtle Squirtle!" (You human, what's the use of taking us away? Anyway, you will definitely abandon us in the end.)
Paul waved his hand to signal his Pokémon to back off, and walked up to the Squirtle leader.
"I don't know what you have experienced before, but the Squirtle are indeed a remarkable species." Paul said seriously.
"Maybe you have all met trainers who didn't know how to cherish you, but you are all very strong. It's a pity to stay here playing pranks."
"Squirtle?" The leader stared at Paul, as if judging the truthfulness of his words.
"Your partners, I will give them to excellent trainers who are full of responsibility, to grow up with them. They will see a wider world." Paul took out another Poké Ball and looked at the Squirtle.
"How about you? Do you want to come too? I believe you can become a powerful part of my team. Besides, you can witness with me what kind of people your friends end up with. How about it? If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you wouldn't be reassured, right?"
Paul's words moved the Squirtle leader. They weren't bad by nature and had never harmed humans, only played pranks. Moreover, the Squirtle leader was willing to believe Paul this once, so that its little brothers could really meet good trainers.
"Squirtle~" The Squirtle stretched out a small hand and looked firmly at Paul.
"Don't worry, leave everything to me." Paul shook hands with the Squirtle seriously.
The Squirtle leader looked at Paul, who appeared firm yet gentle, and was moved to shed two lines of tears. It excitedly lifted Paul up and spun him around playfully.
Paul looked bewildered. Eh? ! !
* Awesome, my turtle, are you really that strong? But this pose is really embarrassing! ! *
After finally getting the Squirtle to put him down, Paul cheerfully captured him in the Poké Ball.
"Heh, I got Squirtle x5!"
Satisfied with having subdued the Squirtle Squad, Paul embarked on his journey again.
He decided to wait for Ash for a while at the next stop, take a look at Ash's current situation, and by the way, give the members of the Squirtle Squad to Ash and his friends.
* So ~ aim for the next campsite. Let's go~ *