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Chapter 197 - Chapter 197: Professor Oak Favourite Thing Pokemon Care

(Back at the lab, Mew has Krabby on her lap and is happy.)

Gary: "So, Mew, I guess you're happy with how your Krabby's doing here?"

(Gary asks.)

Mew: "Krabby is fine just the way he is. I do train with him once a while, but he's good all the same,"

(Mew says.)

(Krabby then smiles and looks confident.)

(Gary laughs and takes out his Pokeball.)

Gary: "Check out mine."

(Then calls out his own Krabby.)

(Misty and the others are amazed.)

Misty: "It's huge!"

(Misty says.)

Brock: "Gigantic,"

(Brock says.)

Tomo: "It's almost as big as me,"

(Tomo adds.)

Mew: "I remember Professor Oak showing me and she's big,"

(Mew says.)

Misty: "She?"

(Misty says, confused.)

Gary: "Yep. My Krabby is a girl,"

(Gary says.)

Gary: "I keep rotating my Pokemon so they all get to battle and get bigger and stronger,"

(Gary says.)

Mew: "Me too. I guess for my reason is also so I can be with each and every one of them,"

(Mew says.)

Gary: "That's so you,"

(Gary says.)

(Then asks.)

Gary: "By the way, how many Pokemon do you have so far?"

Mew: "Hmm, I do have a lot of Pokemon, and some are from different Regions like Ursaring, Axew, Silcoon and Cinderace,"

(Mew says.)

(Then turns to her friends.)

Mew: "Same with my friends."

Brock: "She's right about that. Some of our Pokemon were adopted after what happened with Charmander and Damian,"

(Brock says.)

Tomo: "Who?"

(Tomo says, confused.)

(Misty turns to Tomo.)

Misty: "That's right, you weren't with us at the time. To be honest, Charmander and some of our other Pokemon used to belong to Damian, but he abandoned Charmander thinking that it's weak. We saved Charmander and it stood up to Damian after learning the truth about him."

Brock: "After that, it turned out that he was also abusing his other Pokemon. He was arrested by Officer Jenny, a few Pokemon decided to be with me, Mew, and Misty,"

(Brock says.)

Gary: "You know, I think you have a habit of finding and raising Pokemon who were abandoned by their trainers. You told me that Squirtle and Bulbasaur were abandoned by their trainers until they decided to be with you,"

(Gary says.)

Mew: "That's right,"

(Mew says.)

(Then Gary remembers.)

Gary: "That reminds me, remember that Pokemon we met that was abused by it's trainer."

Mew: "I remember,"

(Mew says.)

Brock: "What kind of Pokemon was it?"

(Brock asks.)

Misty: "What happened?"

(Misty asks.)

Mew: "Gary and I were at the lake playing with the water Pokemon. But then, we saw a trainer that was being very rotten to his Pokemon, calling it worthless and other mean things. He even had his other Pokemon attack it, but I rushed over with Lapras to stop them taking the Pokemon away to get help,"

(Mew says.)

Gary: "Yeah. You used Lapras to turn that trainer into an ice block,"

(Gary says.)

(Then he says.)

Gary: "After we took it to grandpa's lab, the Pokemon was very scared that it refused to be around everyone, but Mew was able to help it and it warmed up to us. After some time, the Pokemon feels a lot better, and is released to the wild. We haven't seen it since."

Misty: "That's a nice story,"

(Misty says.)

Tomo: "What Pokemon was it?"

(Tomo asks

Mew: "A Purrloin,"

(Mew answers.)

(Suddenly, Professor Oak says.)

Professor Oak: "Interesting."

(The group turns to see Professor Oak at the computer.)

(Turns out he has Gary and Mew's Pokedex scanned and they soon eject from the computer.)

(Professor Oak walks to the two trainers and says.)

Professor Oak: "I just scanned all of your Pokedexes and compared them all together, and the results show that Gary has seen sixty different Pokemon, and Mew has seen over 100, including those from other regions."

(Gary is sweating bullets and Mew giggles in reply.)

(Then Professor Oak says.)

Professor Oak: "But Gary captured many more Pokemon than her."

Mew: "That just shows that we have our own ways of involving ourselves with Pokemon,"

(Mew says.)

Misty: "That's true, even though Mew caught plenty of Pokemon, she always loves to make friends with them,"

(Misty says.)

(Then Gary turns to his grandpa.)

Gary: "Grandpa, let's go to your lab and show em all the Pokemon I caught."

Professor Oak: "Yes. Good idea. Let's Poke round in my laboratory,"

(Professor Oak says.)

(Soon, Mew and the others walk into the special lab and it's full of Pokeballs.)

Professor Oak: "Well, here we are. These are the Pokeballs that hold the Pallet Town trainers' Pokemon,"

(Professor Oak says.)

(Mew and the others are amazed.)

Tomo: "Wow! Professor, there must be thousands of Pokemon in here!"

(Tomo says.)

(Then Professor Oak walks to Mew's section.)

Professor Oak: "And these, these are the ones I received from Mew."

Misty: "That's a lot of Pokeballs,"

(Misty says.)

Mew: "And some of them is what we got from the Safari Zone,"

(Mew says.)

(Then Professor Oak says.)

Professor Oak: "On the other hand, Gary's captured more than 200 Pokemon."

Gary: "Not too bad,"

(Gary replies.)

Mew: "200?!"

(Mew says.)

Misty: "I wonder that if Gary caught more than one of some kind,"

(Misty replies.)

(Then Gary says.)

Gary: "You can never have too many Pokemon, that's my motto. The more Pokemon you have, the better position you're in to win battles."

Mew: "Sounds like you got a lot of friends,"

(Mew says.)

(Then Professor Oak says.)

Professor Oak: "You two have very different, but very valid, views on training Pokemon. On your journeys, you each captured different Pokemon, and with your different personalities, you learned to understand and care for them in different ways."

Gary: "Yeah,"

(Gary says.)

Mew: "Guess you're right,"

(Mew says.)

(Professor Oak kneels to Pikachu and Eevee.)

Professor Oak: "Pokemon are special, and they need our special care."

Pikachu: "Pika?" (We do?)

(Pikachu asks.)

(Professor Oak then pets Pikachu.)

Professor Oak: "Just like every other living creature, they deserve our consideration and our respect. If we care for them the way we care for those we love, we'll be able to live in peace as we learn about them and ourselves. My research has taught me that we need to deal with Pokemon like we need to deal with people, as individuals, if we want to discover their mysteries.

Brock: "Is that why you decided to take care of so many Pokemon, Professor?"

(Brock asks.)

(Professor Oak gets up and says.)

Professor Oak: "Yes, it is. And not only does every Pokemon I care for become part of my research, but they also become part of myself."

Gary: "A part of yourself?"

(Gary replies, curiously.)

[To Be Continued...]

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