From: Saint84_98@yahoo.com (Saint84_98@yahoo.com) Subject: [PW!] A Big Bully Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/10 "Tumbleweed keep your eyes open for wild pokemon." Taron said to the sandshrew beside him. "Shrew!" Taron pulled out his pokedex. "Begin scan for pokemon." He said to it. "Type preference?" It asked in a mechanical voice. Taron thought for a moment. "Yeah, limit search to water types." There was a beep from the machine as it began it's search. Taron walked on for a little while. He really wished that the pokedex would finish it's search. However, so far the search had come up negative. "Man, there have to be water types around here somewhere." He said. He listened intently, hoping to hear a stream or a river, where there was water, there were water pokemon. Suddenly there was a beep from his pokedex. "Pokemon located." Taron grinned down at Tumbleweed. "Finally, is it a water type?" The pocket computer beeped again. "Uncertain." Taron sighed. "Well where is it?" The pokedex gave him the direction to walk in and Tumbleweed led him. He heard a growling noise, but nothing that told him what kind of pokemon this was. He pointed his pokedex towards the sound. There was a beep then, "Tauros: the Wild Bull pokemon. Lives in herds in the Safari Zone, why this one is alone and outside the Safari Zone is uncertain." Taron sighed. "Well,any pokemon helps I suppose." He turned toward Tumbleweed. "Go get 'im!" Sandshrew sweatdropped "Sand?" Taron heard a snorting sound, then the thunder of hooves coming towards them. "Is that the Tauros?" Taron asked nervously. "Sand." Taron heard the bull coming closer and closer. "Tumbleweed, get out of the way." He quickly planted his cane and poll-vaulted over the charging Tauros. It skidded to a stop then turned to face the blind trainer. "Nyah Nyah!" Taron taunted. "Hey! Walking Hamburger! Guess what? Your father has no horns and your mama wears a bell! Yeah, that's right, I'm talking to you ya over grown goat." Taron had time to think. What are you doing you idiot?, before the Tauros charged again. Before the Tauros's horns could connect with Taron, Tumbleweed's head popped out of the ground, forcing earth to move around him, which tripped the Tauros, He quickly ran over to Taron, grabbed a pokeball from his pouch, ran back to the Tauros, leaped onto the bull and dropped the pokeball onto him. The tauros became a red light, which was then sucked into the pokeball. The pokeball proceeded to shake once, twice, thrice. There was a pause, then the light blinked out. Tumbleweed walked over and picked up the pokeball. He carried it back and offered it to his Trainer. Of course Taron saw none of this. "What happened? Where's the Tauros? I don't hear him anymore." Tumbleweed gave him the pokeball. "Huh? What's this?" He asked. "Sand, sand shrew." "You mean, the Tauros got captured?" "Sand." "Really? Cool. I think I'll name him Stampede." "Snad shrew." Tumbleweed said shaking his head. "Really? you don't like it? Hmm, well how about Rampage?" "Sand." Tumbleweed nodded. "Well rampage, your sticking with us, so nyah!" "Shrew." Tumbleweed sighed shaking his head. TBC