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A Normal Pokémon Journey: Part 3: The Gambling Problem

by ThAtGuY101

ThAtGuY101 The story of a pokemon trainer named Friedrich "Fritz" Kaiser who travels from route route 34 to Goldenrod City.
As Friedrich and Aloi made their way to Goldenrod City ,and as they made their way down the road they came across the pokémon nursery. Just outside the nursery was an old man right next to the nursery. The old man waved at Friedrich and Aloi as they walked by, "Welcome to the pokémon nursery! The Finest one in all Johto!" The man said chuckling. As Friedrich walked over he saw a mareep, a sentret ,and even a teddiursa. As Friedrich turned to the old man, "Is that so..." Said Friedrich, "Yep!" Replied the old man still chuckling. Friedrich looked at the pokémon and smiled. A few seconds later he turned and waved at the man before heading back on his path towards Goldenrod City.

As he approached the city entrance he saw the nice paved streets and businesses that dotted the cities blocks. Friedrich felt immediately overwhelmed at he walked down the sidewalk. From convenient stores to the Goldenrod City Mall there were large towering buildings ,and as he made his way down the street he saw many people walking from place to place. From store to store. People were coming and going. Friedrich hadn't much of a clue where he was going to go and at that moment it hit him. A big stack of boxes and as it did Friedrich fell down as well as the boxes, "Sorry! sorry! that was a total accident! I should have been paying attention to where I was going, i'm sorry!" Friedrich said nervously as he began picking up boxes as he handed the man the boxes he noticed it was an older gentleman with a lab coat. The man paused and looked at Aloi with amazement before sitting the boxes on a bench, My my! that's an extraordinary ditto you have there! what a remarkable pokémon it is! truly special!" The man went on, "Uh... Oh... Sorry. Where are my manners, I'm Professor Oak. It is a pleasure to make your
acquaintance. I was just fixing to head to route 36 then to New Bark Town... You should consider dropping by and visiting! I'm sure Professor Elm would love to meet you and your ditto friend as well."
The professor said before picking his boxes up and heading north.

As Friedrich began heading north as well a bright flashy building caught his attention. The building had flashing neon lights up and down the sides of the building ,and at the front was a large lit up sign that said "Game Corner". Friedrich was so mesmerized by the colors that he just had to check it out ,and as soon as he went in he quickly became excited, "Wow... those games look neat! I just gotta check them out!" Friedrich said cheerfully. As he did an old grizzled laugh could be heard on the other side of the room from an old man in a brown suit. He looked at Friedrich, "come on in boy try out one of my games" He said smiling. Friedrich was more than excited ,and as he sat there he began staring at the screen, "You have to put a coin in the machine" The old man said chuckling. Friedrich looked at the coin slot a moment before placing a coin into the machine ,and as he pulled the lever round and round the three columns moved until they stopped landing on three apricorns Friedrich became excited as he saw two coins came out. The old man chuckled to the boy's excitement. As the day continued He had spent almost 500 pokédollars ,and while he had amassed quite a bit of coins it didn't help much that he couldn't spend it on food or anything important. Friedrich became concerned as he began looking around. The old man approached him, "Looks like your in quite a bind... How about I give your this coin case on the house..." The man said chuckling. Friedrich smiled and placed his coins into the coin case ,and left somewhat disappointed. As he left he bumped into a strange tall man, Sorry..." Said Friedrich as he walked past him. The man turned and looked at friedrich as he walked by.

As he headed to the mall he bought himself lunch as well as Aloi ,and they sat there on the rooftop looking down at the city as he began wondering what he would tell his parents about the money he lost. That afternoon as he approached the elevator the strange man from earlier that day walked out of the elevator looking at him, "eh hem... I noticed you walked out of the game corner... Did you lose your money? You know... I could help you win it back. I've already figured figured out how you can easily win tons of coins with this device here! All what you have to do is plug it into the machine and play!" The man said as he went on explaining the intricacies of his plan which seemed foolproof. He then handed Friedrich a prototype device he could plug into the machine that would allow him to always win. Friedrich was uncertain about it ,but was willing to try take him up on the offer. Before he would head down to the game corner he wanted to head down to the radio tower for a visit as they always gave out prizes. Friedrich thought to himself if he could win the grand prize he wouldn't need to go to the game corner. As he approached the counter he asked the lady if they were giving out prizes ,and the lady smiled as she explained the rules. She then handed him a card with a number on it ,and as she checked the number she rang the bell, "Congratulations! you won! here is your prize! A super potion!" Friedrich was very happy ,but was a little disappointing it wasn't the grand prize.

As he made his way outside he looked over at the game corner ,and decided he would try take the man's offer. He remembered what the man told him and as he began playing he began getting all sevens and tons of coins. The old man was completely surprised to see what was going on. Friedrich took his coins and approached the man ,but before he could ask for a prize he caved in explaining everything to the old man before handing him the machine. Friedrich was very disappointing ,and even more so was the fact that he was now 750 pokédollars in the hole. The man smiled ,and rather than get upset the man got up and walked over to his desk holding out a box placing it on the desk, "Funny enough I got this from Celadon City and In my old age i'm not able to go around like I used to... Tell you what... If you can treat this little guy well I'll let you keep him..." The old man said with a smile. As Friedrich picked up the pokéball and sent the pokémon out Friedrich realized it was a porygon! Friedrich hadn't seen one of them before ,and was confused as it looked at him with joy, "Gitchi!(Gitchi derived from the Japanese word "Guritchi/グリッチ" meaning "Glitch") That's what I'll call him! Gitchi!" Friedrich said grinning from ear to ear. The old man chuckled as he did, "Is that so? sounds like a fine nickname!" The man said.

Afterwards Friedrich left he saw two men; one being the man from earlier and the other being a team rocket member wearing a trench coat over his team rocket outfit, "Hey kid... what happened to the foolproof plan I mentioned? You ratted me out didn't you... All what you had to do was win the game, give the man the coins ,and accept a prize! kids these days... Offer a little help and they snap at you... Lets show this kid we mean business!" The man said. As he did the other man laughed. They both sent out pokémon one being a Ratticate and the other being a zubat. As the battle began the ratticate charged in first which prompted Aloi to transform into a reddish version of it. As the two ratticate fought head to head the zubat swooped down towards Gitchi hitting it with a wing attack. The battle went on porygon eventually managed to land a psybeam on zubat knocking it out. As the battle continued The ratticate slowly began overwhelming Aloi pushing it back. Friedrich then had both of his pokémon tag team hit the ratticate at the same time both using tackle attack knocking out the ratticate. As the two returned their pokémon Friedrich heard a wistle go off prompting the two to run off. A few moments later it was two police officers; one gave chase to the other two ,and the other began questioning Friedrich. The old man stepped out of the game store and they both explained everything to the officer about the two men. As the other police officer came back he reported that the two men managed to escape.

The old man was so surprised ,and impressed by Friedrich's actions that he walked over, "That was quite the show... Giving you that porygon was the right choice... Keep it safe ,and before you go... Heres a small token" The man said before handing Friedrich 250 pokédollars, "And try not spending it all in one place boy..." the old man said laughing as he walked back inside. The police officers went back to the station ,and Friedrich wanting to forget the whole incident decided to head north and visit The National Park. Friedrich sent Gitchi back in his pokéball and headed north with Aloi still sitting on Friedrich's shoulder, "Ditto! Ditto!" Aloi cheered as they headed down the road.