Route 1: Part 1
Fallow now stood there in excitement, he had so many plans for this pokemon that he completely forgot the question the professor posed before her chose the pokeball. When he broke his gaze from his newly acquired pokemon the professor looked pleased.
"Just let me give you what I gave the others and you can be on your way, I'm sure you can catch up to your new friend on Route 1." said the prof. It was surprisingly astute of her to pick up on the fact that he had been having a conversation with the girl who left ahead of him. Turing away for a minute she grabbed the items and turned back handing him his trainer ID, Pokedex, and five pokeballs. "You can also choose from the gym badge cases, I'm sure you'll find a color you like" she smiled at him. "And good luck, have fun and stay safe on your Journey"
After thanking the professor and accepting his gear, Fallow quickly grabbed a dark brown badge case and went out the door with the Treecko. The two of them slowly made their way toward route 1, the lovely path that would lead the training back to his new home in the region. He recalled the trek not to be too bad, but then again he had one of his old pokemon with his to speed up the trip. He then looked down upon the small gecko pokemon once again, this time trying to determine the gender. For such a pokemon it was usually hard, but from what Fallow could infer his Treecko was definitely a female. The pokemon looked up at him and didn't seem to be too pleased with the boys constant staring.
"Don't give me that look." rebutted the boy, assuming the worst of what the pokemon could be thinking. "I was only trying to figure out your gender, and I'll have to say you lot don't make it easy to tell the difference." The pokemon still didn't look too amused but simply gave a small shrug of indifference. "Anyway I was trying to figure it out so I could give you a name, since you seem to be pretty serious about even the slightest thing I'm thinking of a pretty powerful name." The boy looked into the air as they walked before snapping his figures excitedly. "How about Shiva?! In an old religion Shiva was seen as the most powerful of the five other gods and is known as the creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer, and revealer." The pokemon again looked up at the trainer, but this time it looked pleased at what the boy had to say, and gave him an affirming nod to the name suggestion. "Well alrighty!" remarked the trainer rather emphatically. "Looks like we will be able to get along after all" Fallow smiled as the two of them had finally made it to the edge of the town and began to embark down route 1.
It wasn't before long that the two of them found themselves at a small clearing roughly an hour into the trail. Fallow laid down in the shade of a nearby tree and gently rested his head against its trunk. His Treecko however took this time to do what looked like shadow boxing; only it was jumping into the air doing front flips as it was hitting something with its tail.
"You know if you want to train instead of taking a break you can always ask me you know?" The Treecko continued its practice ignoring the trainer's remark. With that Fallow simply watched as his pokemon continued its training. Fallow just tried to enjoy as much of the scenery as he could. It was all too beautiful to him, the scent of the trees and flowers, the sounds of nearby bird pokemon chirping. All of it simply relaxed his entire being. With the atmosphere being as perfect as it was Fallow felt himself beginning to doze off before feeling what initially felt like a big rock fall onto his stomach. The pain shot him up so fast that the boy could barely make out what was on him at first. Shaking it off Fallow regained his focus and looked at his stomach to find a monkey like pokemon staring him in his face. The monkey pokemon had a blue tail, big blue ears with what looked like very short blue dreadlocks coming from the fur on its head. Without reaching for his Pokedex Fallow identified the pokemon as a panpour, a water type pokemon, just what he needed to test out the skill of his Treecko, who at this time was staring down the new arrival with the clear intent of battle.
"Looks like someone is fire up" The brown eyed trainer said pushing the water pokemon from his grey shirt onto the ground. The panpour seemed a bit puzzled to why the boy had moved it though. It looked up at the trainer and gave a rather big smile before turning to face the Treecko, whose stare could be felt through the water type.
"Well I guess there is now better time to battle then now." Said the trainer, slightly concerned to whether the wild pokemon would even put up a fight, as it didn't strike him as the combatant type. "Shiva, let's start out with pound since you've been working on it for the last 15 minutes." The Treecko immediately raced forward taking off into the air when it reached several feet from its target. As the grass type began its flip the panpour did a small summersault of its own toward the grass type causing the pound to miss completely. Upon landing the panpour closed the small gap that was between it and the Treecko and unleashed of barrage of scratches to the pokemon's back. The gecko winced in pain as the flurry of swipes continued to come.
"Shiva, try an upward pound!" exclaimed the boy. It may not hit as hard but you will gain some distance" The Treecko took a small breath and jumped up slamming its tail into the monkey's chin. The water type stumbled backwards several steps but didn't seem too flustered. It was still wearing the same smile it had when it stood by Fallow's feet.
Hmmm, this is a strange one. From what I can gather this pokemon is a rather good when it is in a close range. thought the boy as he scratched the back of his head under his dreadlocks.
Maybe we can win the battle from long range instead. "Shiva use absorb." Said the boy more coolly than his previous commands. This attack to him was more of a test. From what he could tell, this pokemon went against his initial judgment and was in fact a fighter. The Treecko obeying its owner put its hands together palms facing the panpour and began to focus. Before long small green orbs formed a bubble the size of a baseball and began to float toward the gecko. As the orb of energy just about reached the Treecko it popped, and the grass type was then hit by a stream of water.
" Well looks like it's time to take a risk. Hopefully you know this egg move." Said the boy with a sigh. This panpour was proving to be quite witty for its overall happy and cheerful demeanor. "Try using leaf storm Shiva." The grass type pokemon gave a small smirk as if it had been waiting for this command from the start. The pokemon then stood upside down on its hands and began to spin around. The force of the spin generated a small gust that was then populated by leaves that shot from the pokemon's tail. The gust of air then carried the leaves toward the monkey each blade hitting with a decent amount of force. The water type pokemon now stood a bit dazed from the attack trying to regain its composure, something that Fallow was not going to have.
"Capture time." Stated the boy reaching for one of his new pokeballs Professor Solaria had given him. He tossed the ball at the wild pokemon and watched as it was enveloped in a red light. The pokeball shook all twice before locking closed. It was a critical capture, something Fallow didn't expect for the first catch of his new journey. Fallow looked down on his Treecko who stood by the pokeball clearly proud of their accomplishment. Walking over the pile of leaves Fallow picked up the pokeball and clipped it to his belt.