How Bulbasaur Was Born CHAPTER (1)----------- 65 years ago, in a small village called Sahria, there lived a Pokémon researcher. Everyone in the village hated him, because no one ever knew what he was up to in his laboratory. Rumours passed around that he was genetically creating new Pokémon, and mixing species together. Some thought him a madman, and some just hated him, period. But a couple of people, from the village's population of about 1200 felt no hatred towards this strange and intreging person. On the contrary, they wanted to be his friend and learn more about him. One such villager was named Tom, Tom Ketchum. He was a yound lad of 14 years, and he had gotten his Pokémon liscence a few years ago. He was very proud of his Pokémon, he had caught 18. His most prized was his Pikachu, which he named Chupika. Chupika was very smart and keen; he followed Tom around everywhere. But unlike most trainers, Tom really did love his Pokémon dearly. He once nearly got himself killed saving Chupika from a wild Tauros. Tom would spend days at the nearby lake, thinking, pondering. What could that strange old man be doing in his lab? He just had to know. The man was called Joseph, but no one really cared. They just called him by 'old man' or other things of the sort. One day, in early spring, a group of evil Pokémon trainers, known as Team Rocket came by in search of a mystical Pokémon, Moltres. They had heard rumours of a Moltres sighting nearby in the villaged of Sahria. They heard strange sounds coming from inside the laboratory, so they moved in to investigate. They came in, and destroying the poor old man's research, and all his projects. Everything was totalled. They got away with some Pokéballs, other valuable items, as well as a few rare Pokémon. The man was terrified, and discouraged too.CHAPTER (2)----------- Tom Ketchum had walked up to the door of the old man's hut. He was curious. He had heard sounds too, and came to see what happened. "Hey! Open up! I won't hurt you!" He yelled. The door was broken down, so he entered. Everything was a mess. Around the trashed room, were papers, broken beakers and test tubes, as well as dozens of destroyed and ripped up books. "H-Hello? I-is anyone home? Hello?" he asked nervously. He was a tad scared. The setting added to the effect. He walked around the room, investigating. He came upon a folder, which had remained intact. Inside, he found a journal. He read it aloud to himself: "Tuesday, March 22nd. I've just finished researching this strange new creature i've found in the forrest. I've never seen anything like it. It appears to be a grass-type Pokémon. It looks like a large chubby frog, but i wouldn't call it that. I haven't decided on a name yet, maybe i'll think of one tommorow, when i go to Cerulean City for my yearly expedition." He put the folder and all it's contents in his backpack. A frog like Pokémon. He had to know more. His curiosity had got the best of him. He told his parents he'd be going to sleep over at a friend's house and set out to Cerulean City. He had travelled for many days. It's a long trip on foot. He didn't have any transportation. His old bike was in poor shape and the tires were deflatted. Suddenly he heard a sound in the bushes. "Don't worry Andrew, we'll find it." said a female voice "We've been searching for 2 weeks, and we still haven't found the darn creature. I didn't think Moltres was THIS rare..." Tom came closer to them. Was he ever a curious boy. Unforunately, his curiosity sometimes got the best of him. "What do YOU want little boy?" asked the man "You guys are from Team Rocket aren't you. I hope you fail in catching Moltres. You'll just use it for bad. I've heard the stories. I know what Team Rocket does to Pokémon. Have youno hea-" "QUIET! Zubat, attack him!"Tom took out a Pokéball."Chupika, GO!""Pika-pi!" "Your mine little boy." said the male.Tom merely grinned. "Chupika, Thunderbolt!!""Piiii! Pikaaa-CHUUUU!!!" squaked Tom's Pikachu. The elctric energy literally fried the poor Zubat. "Pfff. Lucky shot. Zubat return, Ekans, get him!" "Ekanssssssss!" squelled the snake as it encircled Chupika. "Oh no you don't, Chupika, swift!" said Tom. The Pokémon jumped up and evaded the attack, but the Ekans streched it's body and bit Chupika's tail."PI!!" it yelled, in grave pain. "Chupika, return. Go, Butterfree!""Bee-free! Bee-free!" In a matter of seconds, the Ekans was fast assleep. In a fit of rage, both Team Rocket members withdrew their Pokémon and sent new ones, this time a Muk and a Weezing."Uh oh. Butterfree return." Tom had but a Sandshrew left. He was in luck though. His ground-type Sandshrew was very effective against poison-type Pokémon like Muk and Weezing. A quick battle, and both of the Rocket's Pokémon had fainted. "Surrender?" asked Tom, with a grin on his face."Never!" The male grabbed a grenade like object and threw it at Tom. It was a sleepy bomb. Tom had fallen assleep. "Let's get outa here. We got a Moltres to cat-" said a Rocket. "No wait, let's check out his backpack first." interupted another."Very well." The two evil Pokémon trainers looked into Tom's pack. The analized the contents thouroughly."Hmm, what do we have here? A folder." Both Rockets eyed the folder suspiciously. They opened it up and found the journals. "Woah! This new Pokémon sounds amazing!" "Forget Moltres, let's go after this one." "Good idea. Where just one hour away from Cerulean city too! Let's go." And with that they were off. Tom had awoken a few hours later. Dispite this ugly turn, he continued on towards Cerulean city. He had to warn the prof. before Team Rocket got to him.CHAPTER (3)----------- Tom was very lucky. He reached Cerulean city and found the researcher before Team Rocket did. But something was wrong. "S-Sir! I've heard s-so many stories about you! I found your jou-" "Team Rocket is around. You should be careful. If they find me here, and with you." he interrupted."But-" "I don't have time to talk. I;m on the verge of a breakthrough." "I must leave. Good bye.""Wait don't go!" pleased Tom. The old man left in a hurry. Tom ran after him but something fell out of his bag as he was leaving. It looked like a seed. He picked it up and was going to catch up to the researcher to give him his dropped item, but when he looked up, he was already gone. As he was leaving, the same two Team Rocket members popped up. "Hey, did you two see an old man leaving Cerulean city?!" "Hey! That's the guy we're looking for!" "SHHH! Don't give him information on our plans! You idiot!""Sorry..." "Have you seen him?" asked the male."As if i'll tell you!" replied Tom. Being of smaller size and much more agile, Tom was able to evade the two Rockets and run away from them. He ran around was fast as he could. Maybe he could catch the old man as he was leaving the city, but he just missed him. He saw a shadow in the forest leaving towards Vermilion City. It was his only chance to catch him. He ran as fast as he could, but lost his trail. Lost and without food, Tom wandered around the forest in search for shelter, but to no success. Finally, he managed to exit the forest and reach Vermilion, but no one there had seen any Pokémon researchers. He was so close bu he didn't realize it. Just around the corner, the old man had set up a tent and was camping out, doing his research there. Then he heard voices nearby. Team Rocket, AGAIN. He crawled up to where the old man's tent was. The two rockets were harasing him for this new 'frog' Pokémon. But he wouldn't reveal it. That's when Tom jumped in."CHUPIKA, GO!!!" he yelled."What th-" "Thundershock, now!" commanded Tom. "Ekans, attack!" ordered the Rockets, surprised by Tom'ssudden appearance. "Chupika, Flash them!" The Pokémon emitted a bright light, bliding the Rockets and theirPokémon. Tom took the opportunity to go over and see the researcher. "Here, you dropped this. I thi-" said Tom when one of the twoEkans bit his leg. "Aaaaaaaaah!" "C-chu-p-pika, th-thunderb-bolt!" said Tom, as he held his leg from the pain. "Pi! Pika- CHUUUUUU!!" A large cloud appeared over the two foes and they were zapped. Meanwhile, the old man was working on something. He was in a very big hurry. He looked quite nervous too. "What ever it is your doing, hurry up!!" exclaimed Tom. "Abra, go!" "Diglett, attack!" commanded the Rockets. "Alright, Chupika, return! Raticate, get 'em!""Hyper fang!" A fierce battle took place. Tom's Raticate came out quite wounded. He had bruises everywhere, but he was winning the battle. The Rockets decided to turn thingsaround. "Raichu. Kicks some butt. GET HIM!" yelled the Rockets"Raichu... woaaah." "RAAAIICCHH-UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Tom was flung 20 feet into the air. A large crater remained where the explosion occured. Tom's Raticate had fainted and was in critical condition. The professor was still working, despite his injuries from the blast. "Chupika, g-goo." commanded Tom, terribly injured from Raichu's attack. "Pi? Chuuu? Raichuuu??""Raiii! Aiii! Chuu!""Pika! CHUU!?""RAICHUUUUUUUUU!" Chupika and Raichu were communicating. They were from the same specicies, but different evolutions. Nevertheless, they were talking. Raichu seemed upset."Raaiii-CHUU!" it yelled Chpika and Raichu were locked in an intense battle. Chpika was trying his best to protect Tom, but he was losing. His strenght was weakening. He was going to faint.CHAPTER (4)----------- Suddenly, there was a huge crackling sound and a Pokémon emergedfrom the dust. The old man was standing by it."Attack!" he said. It was the frog-like Pokémon descibed in the journals. But it seemed to have a strange bulb on it's back. Tom was so confused at the speed of the events to come, he didn't realize what had happened until after the battle. The Pokémon had repeatadly Tackled Raichu with an amazing force. Itwas amazing. "Let's get outa here!" exclaimed the Rockets.They left in a hurry. Tom was speechless."Wha-what is it?""I call i Bulbasaur." "The seed you recovered and gave me was very useful." "It's actually PART of the creature." "It grows with him." explained the Professor. "Wow. Bulb-a-saur. Bulbasaur. It's- Amazing!" "I must go. There i too much work to be done and too little time... Listen, keep it for me, okay? It's a female. If it ever has babies, let them free, in the wild. The will multiply. A new specicies is born." "Where are you going?" asked Tom. "I don't know yet. Somewhere quiet. I have something to finish." He replied. "What?""Oh, it's a Pokémon. I'm genetically engineering it. It's called Mewtwo. It's even stronger than Bulbasaur... Well i gotta be going." "Take good care of Bulbasaur for me." And with that, The mysterious professor and researcher disapeared in the forest. The new Pokémon, named Bulbasaur was now with Tom. It was in good hands...And that's how Bulbasaur, Pokémon #001 came to be. story by chojin26@hotmail.com (me)