Jason Wolf
The Chronicler
- 999
- Posts
- 14
- Years
- Letchworth, 2390 AD
- Seen Jan 18, 2021
I'd love to hear your feed back on everything and anything in the fanfic. i'm really open to suggestions.
CHAP: 1
Day 1
I sat shaking with anxiety. Tomorrow was the most important day in my life. I had an appointment with Professor Yew. Professor Yew, the town's local pokemaniac, was finally going to give me my first pokemon at eight tomorrow morning. My choice was between three traditional starters: Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur.
It was a little before midnight. The pale white moon was shining down like it did every night in Viskol. The town was famous for it wonderful views of the Terias region. The same every day was getting boring, but tomorrow was my chance to get out into the world.
Viskol may have been the ideal place to raise a child, but only if that child wanted to live a sheltered live where the most interesting thing that would happen to them is an annual Sunflora festival. I wanted some action. When my grandpa used to be alive and I was young he would go on and on about his journey and how fantastic his adventures were. He passed away last year, and left me with three pieces of advice.
"live that dream. The one you… you always told me about. An' I know you're a crazy kid, but try not to be stupid at least for your parents' sake, and Jason remem… remember who you belong to. Remember who you are. You're a fighter and you're a Simulus." I heard his raspy voice as he faded away.
I almost cried when I thought back to that day . I never would forget his words, But right now they rung out even louder. I decided to follow his words and not be stupid, and stay up all night. It was best that I slept. I silently surrendered as I lied down and closed my eyes.
Instead of an alarm clock I had my mom's Delcatty and my dad's Houndoom. Those two were always arguing. My vision was still foggy as I rifled through my dresser. After running a hand through my unruly brown hair I grabbed my cap and slipped it over my rats nest. Once I was sort of awake I opened my door and prepared for the gauntlet. Hephaestus and Artemis were clawing at each other in the kitchen. When I opened the door both of them stopped their fighting and ran towards me. I jumped past them, grabbed a pop tart, put on my hiking boots, and dashed out the door.
Walking to Professor Yew's lab just down the street felt a lot longer than it was. The air was still cool and the grass was still wet along the dirt road. When I reached the front gate I checked my poke tech. it was seven ten. I still had fifty minutes until I was supposed to meet with him. I decided to try his intercom and see if I could come in. I pressed the button and heard static then the professor's voice.
"Hello. Who's this?" the professor questioned me with a paranoid tone
"It's me Jason. I was hoping I could come in early." I replied crept out by his voice
"Oh uh. Phew I was worried it was Rylis again." he tried to say it under his breath "Well yeah uh sure ok"
The gate buzzer sounded as it unlocked. I pulled open the gate and stepped into the courtyard. I walked up the path to the door. The professor, a tall lanky man, met me at the door leading me to a large foyer.
"I'm sorry if I interrupted anything. Were you expecting someone?" I asked raising an eyebrow
"Oh no no… no…no. Just like you I get very anxious when a trainer is going to receive their first pokemon. It's one of the proudest moments of a pokemon professors' life. Here come on" he spoke quickly at first then seemed to slow down.
He led me into his lab. Computers and odd machines lined the walls. Professor Yew stood in the middle of the room beside a table where three pokemon were sitting munching on poke chow.
"These are the pokemon you may choose from. Charmander the fire type, Squirtle the water type, or Bulbasuar the grass type." he explained pointing to each when he said their name.
I looked the pokemon over. The squirtle completely ignored me and continued eating, the bulbasuar sat quietly watching me waiting for something to happen, and all the while the charmander was hopping around his spot shouting.
"Um… professor could I take them outside and see what they're like. I know it might sound odd, but I'd prefer that if we're going to be partners for life I know what they're really like." I said to the professor while I was having a staring contest with the Bulbasaur.
"It sounds just fine. I'm happy to already hear you calling your future pokemon 'your partner' Jason" he patted me on the shoulder which seemed out of character for him.
The squirtle suddenly stopped eating and looked up. He didn't seem to like the idea. Professor Yew rolled his eyes and walked over to the Squirtle. The Bulbasaur and I were still locked in our staring contest to the death. Yew picked up the Squirtle and quietly disciplined him. When he set the Squirtle back down it looked like he was just yelled at by his mom in the middle of town, and I knew that look from experience.
"Don't mind him. He doesn't like to have to stop eating in the middle of his meals." he confirmed to me
The Charmander hopped down from the table and came right up to me followed slowly by the Bulbasaur.
"As you can see Charmander is very energetic and bulbasuar is slow and steady" Yew placed the Bulbasaur on the floor.
We walked outside and I sat in the grass with the two pokemon. I started to play with them while professor Yew went inside to watch the squirtle. After a little while I heard a rustling noise in the bushes behind me. I got up and turned to see what it was. A wild pidgey flew out and scared bulbasuar back into the lab. Now I stood outside alone with the last starter pokemon. Charmander. I looked at the Charmander and he looked back at me. Time seemed to be out of mind. For some reason it felt like I was looking at an old friend.
"Professor I made my choice." I said confidently still gazing at the Charmander
"I'm going to guess your taking charmander" he replied with a laugh
"Yes. I know I'm supposed to." I said taking a deep breath
"Alright. Are you going to name him" he asked pulling out an electronic tablet.
"Yeah. His name is Jaklo. By the way, could I have a practice battle against you? I've heard that you used to be a great trainer and well… we could use as much experience as we can get." I nodded as I said my new pokemon's name and then turned to Professor Yew.
"Not to gloat, but what you heard is true. I'd be happy to show you how battling is done." he put his fists on his hips and looked off into the sky.
I followed the professor to a field for pokemon battles. After he explained the rules he sent out one of his pokemon. A Lileep came out of his pokeball ready to fight. I knelt down and began to talk to Jaklo.
"You ready for your first pokemon battle?" I questioned Jaklo looking into his big brown eyes again.
Jaklo responded with two jumps and a happy shout.
"Ok then, Jaklo go get'um!" I shouted pointing at Lileep.
Jaklo ran onto the field and charged Lileep. His stubby claws grew a little longer as he got closer. Lileep was much to slow to try and dodge Jaklo's move. Jaklo raked his claws along Lileep's green rocky skin. The professor bit his lip disappointed in his lack of reflexes. Lileep hissed and wriggled its tentacles in anger and pain. Jaklo had jumped back to the center of the field.
The air was getting tense. Jaklo's eyes were tiny slits that showed his determination and ferocity. The two pokemon were staring each other down like in a classic western. I almost expected a tumble weed to float by.
"Good job Jaklo, hit him again" I broke the silence
Jaklo repeated his earlier attack, but this time the professor expected it. He chuckled and closed his eyes. Instantly it was obvious that I fell right into his trap.
"Lileep use wrap! Hog tie him!" the professor said in a southern drawl.
Lileep launched out its tentacles and grabbed Jaklo around the waist. The rough pink limbs ensnared Jaklo's arms and legs. Jaklo squealed out as Lileep tightened his grip. I didn't know what I could do. I had done my research and learned that young pokemon tend to have two moves, and scratch couldn't help with Jaklo bound like that. Jaklo shouted louder. The flame on Jaklo's tail began to shrink.
"Come on Jaklo. I know you can do this. I trust you." I shivered watching Jaklo cry out in pain.
Jaklo squirmed and tried his best to escape, but he wasn't strong enough. Lileep seemed almost amused by Jaklo's futile struggle. Jaklo took advantage of this moment. All on his own Jaklo began growling and biting at the Lileep. Jaklo's fighting spirit surprised Lileep into loosening its grip. I barely noticed what was happening.
"Jaklo now break free!" I shouted the second I realized what was happening.
Jaklo ran back to me crying out. Jaklo looked pretty beat up and from just that one move. He had brush burns on his wrists and a nasty one across his belly. I had to think of a way to hit lileep without getting close. I tried strategies out in my head, but all of them involved getting close to lileep. I could try and get Lileep to come to Jaklo, but even then we still had the disadvantage. I looked down at Jaklo and began to stare at his tail. The flame that resided on its tip was growing back to a normal size. Little embers started floating off of it in the breeze.
"Jaklo." my Charmander looked up into my eyes "I think I have an idea" a devious smile grew across my face.
Jaklo looked at me waiting to hear my plan. I crouched down and began to whisper to him. He nodded at intervals to show that he understood and agreed. When I finished, Jaklo stepped onto the field, roared a battle cry at Lileep, and then waited for my instructions.
"Alright Jaklo, try ember!" I clenched my fist and swung it in a wide arc in front of me.
Jaklo locked his stance. Jaklo fired a bunch of tiny fireballs. The little orbs of flame sizzled when they hit Lileep's skin, but they didn't seem to affect him heavily. Jaklo then followed up with scratch. He ripped at the burnt patches of skin. This was just as I planned. The Lileep was strong the fact that it was still standing was proof enough, but I knew it couldn't be immortal.
"Lileep you've got this. Use astonish" Yew snapped
Lileep covered its face with its tentacles. Then he flung them out with a low wet hiss. Each tentacle hit Jaklo, but did little damage.
"we have this. Jaklo finish him off how ever you'd like." I chuckled as I spoke.
Jaklo decided to use scratch. He pulled back his arm then tore at Lileep's face. Lileep finally gave in. He fell over his large head putting him off balance. I heard and felt a thud as Lileep hit the dirt.
"That was a good choice to try and use a ranged special attack. Charmander generally doesn't learn ember so soon though. I wonder what caused him to know it. Also you shouldn't get so cocky. Even if you trust blaze to make his own decisions another trainer may make his own that you are then unprepared for. Come inside I have some things for you." the professor motioned for me
I felt really urked by the second thing he said. So maybe I was a little overconfident. Yew was getting a little cocky too. I tried to dispel the argument.
Jaklo and I walked back into the lab ,and I put him on a table. The professor left to a room on the other side of the foyer. When he came back he had a tray with a number of items on it: five pokeballs, a potion, and a red poke tech card.
"What's on the poke tech card?" I asked picking it up and trying to read the tiny writing on it.
"This is a pokedex upgrade." Yew grabbed it away from me
"Pokedex?" I said confused "Never heard of one."
"It's made to record data on all the pokemon you'll meet on your journey. We professors give them to trainers so that they are able to know what each pokemon is capable of and to record information on new pokemon species." he took my poketech and inserted the card.
"Cool, well I got to get going. Thank you professor Yew" I began talking faster and faster anxious to go home.
I took Jaklo off the table and put him on the floor then headed out the front door. Jaklo followed me closely down the street. When I reached my house I found my parents sitting at the table with a big breakfast buffet lined up.
"Morning mom dad" I shouted
"Oh, you were already up. We thought you were still asleep." my mom said
"I couldn't sleep, so I got up early and already saw professor Yew." I said sheepishly
Jaklo walked in through the door behind me. Hephaestus sat bolt up when he caught Jaklo's scent and bounded over to him.
"Hephaestus! Back off!" I yelled angrily
He whimpered and walked away. Jaklo was shaking bad even after he left. I picked him up and tried to calm him down. I carried him over to show him to my parents and he went back to his energetic self. After breakfast take two I spent the rest of the morning playing with Jaklo. That afternoon was my friends and mine going away party. We had some fun and games, cake and ice cream, and not to mention birthday presents. I got some money, items, and a radio card for my poke tech from one of my cousins who said that some of the music on there can draw out pokemon.
Half an hour before the party was over I met up with my two friends Tyr and Flora who were coming with me. Tyr is thin and agile. He always spends his time swimming in the lake. He's always been a true blue water type fan. Flora on the other hand is a landlubber. She's always tending her little garden. Her green thumb just shows how much of a grass trainer she is. Just as I had guessed Tyr had picked squirtle and Flora picked bulbasuar. We talked for a while, but then our poke tech alarms went off all at once. It was time to go.
It was so nice that everyone came to see us off, but it made me see just how much I had to leave behind. I knew I wouldn't see home for a while, but I had hope that the road ahead would become as welcoming as home.
The summer sun was still up as we walked down the path out of town. We let our pokemon walk with us like most other trainers. The walk was refreshing after the crowded party. We kept a conversation going to pass the time. As the day grew late we started to look for a place to stop for the night. We choose a spot where the trees made a natural canopy.
We split up the work between us. Flora set up the tents, Tyr unpacked our dinner, and I had to get firewood. It didn't take long until we were all settled in. we sat around the fire as we finished up our dinner. I crawled over into my tent and open my poketech. I installed the cards I received and read over the instructions for each. Along with the pokedex card that Prof. Yew gave me was a transfer system that allowed me to send and receive pokemon my pokemon from Prof. Yew's lab. One of the rules of being a trainer was that you can only carry six pokemon at a time. While I was looking that over Jaklo finished eating and walked into my tent. I decided that it would a good idea to try out the pokedex. I scanned Jaklo into it and waited for the data to load. It had all sorts of information about charmander: the moves they can learn, what they evolve into, and even their typical diet. The pokedex had information on hundreds of other pokemon which other people had seen. After reading through them I kept a note on my poketech of the pokemon I wanted to catch. The pokedex also showed where the pokemon were known to be seen. The list was long, but I had plenty of time.
As the fire grew darker we all climbed into our tents and get ready to sleep. I put Jaklo back in his pokeball and went to sleep. The night went fast and I woke up to the calls of wild pokemon. I crawled out of my tent and stretched. I didn't see any sign that the other two had woken up yet, so I decided to get a head start and packed up before sitting down to breakfast. I let Jaklo back out of his pokeball and fed him some pokechow. After eating I scanned the forest for pokemon. There were a lot of them, but none of them were the ones I was looking for. When Tyr woke up I went for a walk with Jaklo. The dew clung onto my boots as I hiked around the trees. I still couldn't see any of the pokemon I was looking for, so I trudged back. When I got there Flora and Tyr had already cleaned up the campsite and were enjoying their breakfast. When they finished we pulled out our poketechs and checked the map. The route we were on would lead us to Shoal town, but that would take three more days. Before we started moving I decided to try and strike up some conversation.
"So are you guys looking for any pokemon in specific on our way to Shoal?" I asked
"Hm… oh um, well not too many" flora said
"How about you Tyr?" I looked to him
"I have a few on my list" he shrugged
"Examples please" I continued
"I'm looking for this one" Flora opened her pokedex and showed it us "It's called surskit"
"Oh I've seen those out on the lake. You should try looking for one when we go by water" Tyr exclaimed
"Ok and you Tyr" I said
"I want to find gastly, but they live a little past Shoal town" he said
"Now here's a question. What pokemon do you want Jason?" flora raised an eyebrow
"Oh boy… I don't think I can list them all for you. Here just look at the list on my poketech." I handed it over to them. Their eyes widened when they saw the list. "I told you."
"Man, that's more than half the pokemon on record!" Tyr yelled
"I know. I just really want to try." I scratched the back off my head
"Well you'll only get the chance if we get moving" flora said
We stood up and started walking back down the route. We soon came to a fork in the road. We each wanted to travel down a different route. Here we made a pact meet again and we went our separate ways.
"…now what" I asked Jaklo
"Gawuh gawuh char char" Jaklo gnawed on a rock then threw it aside
"Um… let's go this way" I said pointing and walking in said direction.
Jaklo followed closely behind. I opened my pokedex back up and looked at the list. One out of four hundred ninety three. The pokedex screen blinked.
"New update for pokedex. Would you like to update now" the machine sounded
"Uh sure ok" I said figuring why not
"Updating… updating… updating… all done" it sounded
I looked back at my list. One out of six hundred forty nine. My mouth was gapping. Another hundred and fifty six pokemon to find and catch. Great. I sighed and kept walking. My mood was getting progressively worse. My friends and I separated, a ton of new pokemon that I've never heard of, and now I was in a bad mood which just compiled in on itself. I looked down at Jaklo who was walking along oblivious to my disappointment. I was happy that there were more pokemon, but it was already going to be a challenge before. Oh well I figured that if I kept thinking like that I'd never get anything done.
"Come on Jaklo lets go double time" I shouted and began running
"char-man-dar" Jaklo yelled as he matched my pace
"Yeah let's do wah! Ugghhhh" I tripped and skidded on the dirt path.
I rolled over and looked behind me to see what I tripped on. It appeared to be a purple tree root with no tree.
"What's that?" I asked looking at Jaklo who shrugged looking back at me
My poketech bleeped. I pulled it out of my pocket and opened it up. The pokedex system opened up immediately.
"Ekans, the snake pokemon. The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest." it responded
"Ekans? What?" I looked back at what tripped me and realized that poketech camera was pointed right at it. "Oh so that how it could tell. Wait Ekans are pokemon"
The Ekans sprung up and hissed. Jaklo was momentarily frightened, but he got over it and jumped to my side. The Ekans slither fully onto the path and hissed again.
"Stop trying to act so tuff and just fight you oversized earthworm. Jaklo use ember" I shouted
Jaklo built up a fire in his mouth and launched it at the Ekans. The snake like pokemon slithered past the flames control every muscle in its body in perfect fluidity.
"That was actually impressive. For a guarder snake. Jaklo use scratch" I yelled still confident in my pokemon
Jaklo's claws seemed to grow slightly. His small paw like hands bashed and slashed the Ekans. The Ekans hissed angrily and fled.
"Another amazing job Jaklo, but now that I think of it we should try and find some other pokemon. You may be strong, but you won't be able to handle everything." I said
"Cha char char" Jaklo said out of breath.
I picked him up and carried him the rest of the way to the next town. I was really quite astonished. This town was a lot larger than the little village I grew up in. I checked the map on my poketech and found the pokemon center.
"Hello excuse me…" I said to a lady standing behind a counter inside
"Hello welcome to the Hilah town pokemon center. May I help you?" she said kindly
"Yes. Could you please heal my pokemon?" I asked lifting Jaklo onto the counter
"Of course that's what we nurses do" she smiled gently
The lady picked up Jaklo and sat him down on a machine.
"Now this doesn't hurt at all. It uses a special type of light to send energy to your pokemon." she said turning on the machine.
A light circled around Jaklo for a few seconds then disappeared. The nurse picked Jaklo back up and handed him to me.
"Thank you for coming to your local pokemon center" she said as we walked out
Jaklo and I walked back out to the route we came from. I looked down at him confident and overall happy.
"Its time to catch some pokemon. You ready?" I shouted
"Char-Mandar" Jaklo shouted back
CHAP: 2
Catch of the Day
We scoured the forest on both sides of the path. We scared up some wild Rattata and Sentret or two, but we hadn't seen any special pokemon that I felt like catching. We kept up the search.
"What was that?" I heard high pitched buzz in my ear
"Char iar iar iar" Jaklo said covering his ears
"Let's go find out." I said to Jaklo
We ran off towards the source of the noise. The noise was coming for some sort of pokemon. I could immediately tell the source when I saw it. Some kind of pokemon was flapping its wings at extreme speeds. It was red and green and had a segmented body. It had somehow gotten its head stuck inside a hole in a tree. Its wings were flapping so fast I couldn't get close or try and say something to it. I thought hard. I couldn't think softly I wouldn't be able to hear myself think.
"Got it!" I pulled out one of my pokeballs. "Since these things somehow teleport pokemon inside I can teleport that pokemon out of the tree."
I threw the pokeball and it sucked the pokemon in with a red light. The pokeball twitched on the ground and then blinked red. A signal for a capture.
"Cool. Now let's see if I guessed right." I sent my new pokemon back out.
"Yan yanaz" it buzzed
I took out my pokedex and scanned the pokemon.
"Yanma, the clear wing pokemon. If it flaps its wings really fast, it can generate shock waves that will shatter windows in the area." my pokedex confirmed it.
I was able to guess that the pokemon was a Yanma from a picture of it from the pokedex.
"Yan yaz" it said turning around to face me.
The Yanma seemed to be very grateful. He did a flip in the air to show off his freedom. He landed on my back and began flapping its wings much more gently then before. I lifted up an arm and reached out beside me. The Yanma skittered across my arm and sat there.
"Jaklo it seems that we've got a new friend to travel with. Now all he needs is a name" I said
My Yanma skittered back across my arm, flew to a tree and began pacing on it like he was thinking. I watched as his legs moved swiftly across the branch, but only taking him so far.
"Skitter!" I shouted
The Yanma jumped and looked at me.
"Skitter it's a perfect name" I yelled
"Yan an an" Skitter shook the branch
"Alright let's get back to town" I said
We walked back out onto the path.
"Hey you!" someone yelled at me
I turned around. Some kid was running up the route.
"I challenge you to a pokemon battle!" the kid yelled
"Alright then" I said
"Go Spearow!" the kid shouted throwing one of his pokeballs.
"Alright…Jaklo get going" Jaklo jumped out in front of me
"Spearow use quick attack!" the kids Spearow took off and flew low over the ground
"Jaklo jump and scratch him as he goes by" I shouted
Jaklo reacted as fast as ever. He leaped into the air, turned around, and reached his claws down at the Spearow. The bird pokemon's momentum took care of the rest. The Spearow dug a rut in the ground when it landed.
"Ack! Spearow! Wah wah! You're gonna pay for that! Go Shellos!" the kid said going from sad to angry
"Shell shelio. Sha sha sha!" The Shellos stuck its tongue out gawked at Jaklo.
"Ok Shellos use water gun and douse that Charmander!" the kid cried
His Shellos blasted water out its mouth towards Jaklo. I didn't even get to say anything. Jaklo was on his own for the moment. The gushing water roared towards him and he maybe had a second to react. Jaklo tried his best to sidestep the torrent, but he was still partially hit. Jaklo staggered, but stayed standing.
"Jaklo! You alright!?" I said kneeling down to him "hmm… you take a break. Ok ya little brat time to end this."
I returned Jaklo to his pokeball.
"Skitter can you step in?" I asked
"Yan! YAN AN AN AN!" Skitter said growing in rage.
"Good to know. Skitter use sonicboom!" I clasped my hands over my ears.
Skitter began beating his wings faster and faster. He landed and planted his feet. A devastating blast of sound whizzed out and blasted the Shellos which promptly fell unconscious.
"Urgh… fine you win." the kid returned his pokemon to its ball and walked away pouting.
"Come on Skitter we should get Jaklo to the pokemon center." I said calmly
We traveled at a decent pace and arrived at the center at dusk. The same nurse happily helped me again. After she returned my pokemon I yawned and heard my stomach growl. Apparently she did too.
"If you need somewhere to stay for the night the pokemon center is always here to serve as a rest stop for trainers" she smiled and showed me to a room with a few bunk beds.
Since I didn't have any other options I stayed the night there. In the mourning I decided to see if there was anything interesting going on around town. I walked around the town looking for anything interesting. While I was walking down one of the busier street I saw someone grab a girl's bag. As the purp ran by I rolled my eyes and stuck my arm out.
"Guys really shouldn't carry purses yeah know" I laughed
The guy almost made an entire backflip, but just landed on his face. The girl came running over and almost tripped on the criminal. She was wearing blue jeans, a black jacket, and some black converse. Around her neck was a brilliant silver pendent with an onyx jewel in it.
"Whoa. Gotta watch your step there" I joked
"Uh yeah… can I have my bag back now" she joked back without a thank you
"Eeh eeh eevee" I heard a pokemon call
"Vixen there you are. I thought you were right behind me." she said picking her pokemon up.
Jaklo noticing the other pokemon revealed himself and began jumping trying to see who the pokemon was.
"Huh? Oh Jaklo here." I picked up Jaklo who proceeded to talk with the girl's pokemon.
"I never caught your name after you caught this jerk for me." the girl asked swiping her silvery hair to the side
"I'm Jason and now may I know who you are" I replied
"Laecy, but everyone just calls me Lace" Lace said shifting from one foot to another.
"you from this town?" I asked continuing the Q&A session
"Yeah. I don't recognize you so I'll assume you aren't" Lace said
"No I'm from Viskol it a little north east of here." I said
"So I'm guessing you're on a journey then." Lace shifted feet again
"Um hmm" I nodded
"Well me and vixen have been looking for someone to travel with." Lace said.
"Um… well it's a little out of the blue, but I think it would be great to have you come along" I nodded and looked at Jaklo for approval.
Jaklo nodded.
"This is great. Now we just gotta find Isaac." Lace said
"Who?" I raised an eyebrow
"Isaac he's a friend of mine. He promised to go with me too" Lace said
"Ok where is he then?" I asked
"He said he'd meet me at the route" Lace explained
Lace started walking. I followed behind. We stopped at the western exit to town. Lace looked around and put her hand on her hips. I looked around too. My guess was that Isaac was supposed to be here and I was right. Some guy who looked maybe a year older than me came running from the route. He was wearing some muddy street shoes, kaki cargo pants, a long sleeve gray shirt, and mahogany fleece vest.
"Isaac you're late" Lace said angrily tapping her foot
"Actually you're late I went on ahead before you got here" Isaac gawked
"Hi I'm the distraction" I reached out my hand "my name's Jason Simulus"
"Isaac…" he took my hand and shook it "I'm a friend of Lace here."
"Yeah she told me. Lace invited me to join you guys. Some irony here. I started my journey with two of my friends. Weird." I explained
"If you're coming I think you need to answer a question first." Isaac said
"Ok. What's the question?" I yawned
"You ready for a pokemon battle?" Isaac shouted pulling out one of his pokeballs
"I'm always ready" I yelled back and Jaklo ran up and snarled
CHAP: 3
You just blew my mind
Isaac sent out his pokemon. An oddly colored Ralts with a gray body, red cap, and black "horns". Isaac yelled for his Ralts who he apparently named "Krimson" to use confusion. A red aura enveloped his Ralts. Krimson launched a psychokinetic pulse knocking Jaklo off his feet.
"Jaklo, we aren't taking that lying down. Use ember" I clenched my fists and shouted
Jaklo copied me and clenched his fists as he launched a volley of fireballs. He lobbed them into the air and the rained down on Krimson.
"Looks like we underestimated you. Krimson, time for your crimson lightning" Isaac yelled
Krimson teleported, but was still hit by one of the fireballs. Krimson reappeared behind Jaklo and in front of me. He launched a wicked arc of electricity which Jaklo tried to dodge, but it followed his every move. The bolt of electricity impacted Jaklo and sent him crumpling to the ground. Without a word I returned Jaklo to his pokeball and sent out Skitter.
"Gemme a minute before we continue" I told Isaac
"Alright then one minute" Isaac said checking his watch
"Skitter, do you know a move called bug buzz?" I whispered
"yana yaz" Skitter hummed quietly
"Good, I need you to use that to get Krimson on the ground then use sonicboom to knock him out." I continued whispering
"Yan ah" Skitter buzzed loud again
Skitter flew out onto the battlefield. His wings began flapping so fast he almost took off, but he had dug his six legs deep into the ground. The resulting noise brought all of us to our knees. I envied to be inside a pokeball like Jaklo. Either way the plan worked. Krimson was on the ground clasping his ears. Skitter stopped when he noticed the Ralts whining on the ground and blasted out a controlled jet of wind and sound. The repercussive boom knocked Krimson into the air. Skitter followed him into the air and grabbed him. He flew in circles at an impressive pace. He let go of Krimson and sent him flying. Krimson hit the ground and bounced. Isaac returned Krimson to his pokeball before he crashed again.
"Hey, you don't see me returning Jaklo before he takes a hit." I shouted at Isaac
"Look I could tell he wasn't gonna get up after that hit. Sorry for not letting my pokemon get more hurt then it has to." Isaac said this while grabbing another pokeball.
He threw the ball and sent out a short brown and sienna pokemon. It hopped and shook dropping spores all over.
"Time for payback! Shroomish take um out!"
The pokemon jumped and headbutted Skitter knocking him out of the sky. Skitter landed on his feet and the pokemon landed on him. Skitter tried to shake him off, but that only caused the pokemon to drop more and more spores. The little particles landed all over Skitter who slowly began to stiffen up. When he could move no more the pokemon jumped off and walked back to Isaac. I returned Skitter to his pokeball.
"For an amateur that was pretty good." Isaac gawked
"Mmm hm… how'd you know I was new to this?" I wondered
"I didn't you just seem to be a beginner" Isaac shrugged
"Anyways can we stop at the pokemon center before we leave?" I said
Isaac nodded and we all walked over to the pokemon center. After we took care of our pokemon and their injuries we went back to the route. I took head as we began walking. I felt a breeze from in front of us. I was walking proud and surefooted despite my previous loss. A heard an odd flapping noise. A sheet of paper flew right into my face.
"He he, guess that's why they call them flyers" Isaac laughed
Lace laughed too as I tore the paper off my face. I began to read the paper.
"Hey look at this. Terias region league. The ultimate challenge for battling trainers."
"Yeah I know about the league" Isaac said
"We both do." Lace confirmed
"You guys ever try it?" I asked looking from one to the other
"No haven't wanted to" Isaac said "I prefer finding real challenges. Those gym leaders and their supposed elite four have been trained for their positions, but they can't do anything else."
"How about you Lace" I looked to her
"Nope. Not too big of a fan of organized battling." Lace began playing with her hair
"So do you guys have any specific plans?" I asked
"I want to become a professional breeder" Lace said "I want to train pokemon to become the very best they can be."
"Hm ok your turn Isaac" turned back to him
"Trainer. That's that" Isaac said quick and simple
"Well this league sounds interesting. I think I'm gonna try it." I said clenching my fists and looking up at the sky
"So if you're going to do that where should we head next?" Lace said taking the flyer.
"Let me check…" I opened up my poketech "the first gym is in Kybro town. The gym leader's name is Joe."
"Kinda average name huh?" Isaac said
"Eh doesn't really matter does it?" Lace said
"All that matters to me is that we get there soon" I said already running down the route.
"Hey! Wait up" Lace and Isaac called from behind
CHAP: 4
Hey Kybro
CHAP: 1
Day 1
I sat shaking with anxiety. Tomorrow was the most important day in my life. I had an appointment with Professor Yew. Professor Yew, the town's local pokemaniac, was finally going to give me my first pokemon at eight tomorrow morning. My choice was between three traditional starters: Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur.
It was a little before midnight. The pale white moon was shining down like it did every night in Viskol. The town was famous for it wonderful views of the Terias region. The same every day was getting boring, but tomorrow was my chance to get out into the world.
Viskol may have been the ideal place to raise a child, but only if that child wanted to live a sheltered live where the most interesting thing that would happen to them is an annual Sunflora festival. I wanted some action. When my grandpa used to be alive and I was young he would go on and on about his journey and how fantastic his adventures were. He passed away last year, and left me with three pieces of advice.
"live that dream. The one you… you always told me about. An' I know you're a crazy kid, but try not to be stupid at least for your parents' sake, and Jason remem… remember who you belong to. Remember who you are. You're a fighter and you're a Simulus." I heard his raspy voice as he faded away.
I almost cried when I thought back to that day . I never would forget his words, But right now they rung out even louder. I decided to follow his words and not be stupid, and stay up all night. It was best that I slept. I silently surrendered as I lied down and closed my eyes.
Instead of an alarm clock I had my mom's Delcatty and my dad's Houndoom. Those two were always arguing. My vision was still foggy as I rifled through my dresser. After running a hand through my unruly brown hair I grabbed my cap and slipped it over my rats nest. Once I was sort of awake I opened my door and prepared for the gauntlet. Hephaestus and Artemis were clawing at each other in the kitchen. When I opened the door both of them stopped their fighting and ran towards me. I jumped past them, grabbed a pop tart, put on my hiking boots, and dashed out the door.
Walking to Professor Yew's lab just down the street felt a lot longer than it was. The air was still cool and the grass was still wet along the dirt road. When I reached the front gate I checked my poke tech. it was seven ten. I still had fifty minutes until I was supposed to meet with him. I decided to try his intercom and see if I could come in. I pressed the button and heard static then the professor's voice.
"Hello. Who's this?" the professor questioned me with a paranoid tone
"It's me Jason. I was hoping I could come in early." I replied crept out by his voice
"Oh uh. Phew I was worried it was Rylis again." he tried to say it under his breath "Well yeah uh sure ok"
The gate buzzer sounded as it unlocked. I pulled open the gate and stepped into the courtyard. I walked up the path to the door. The professor, a tall lanky man, met me at the door leading me to a large foyer.
"I'm sorry if I interrupted anything. Were you expecting someone?" I asked raising an eyebrow
"Oh no no… no…no. Just like you I get very anxious when a trainer is going to receive their first pokemon. It's one of the proudest moments of a pokemon professors' life. Here come on" he spoke quickly at first then seemed to slow down.
He led me into his lab. Computers and odd machines lined the walls. Professor Yew stood in the middle of the room beside a table where three pokemon were sitting munching on poke chow.
"These are the pokemon you may choose from. Charmander the fire type, Squirtle the water type, or Bulbasuar the grass type." he explained pointing to each when he said their name.
I looked the pokemon over. The squirtle completely ignored me and continued eating, the bulbasuar sat quietly watching me waiting for something to happen, and all the while the charmander was hopping around his spot shouting.
"Um… professor could I take them outside and see what they're like. I know it might sound odd, but I'd prefer that if we're going to be partners for life I know what they're really like." I said to the professor while I was having a staring contest with the Bulbasaur.
"It sounds just fine. I'm happy to already hear you calling your future pokemon 'your partner' Jason" he patted me on the shoulder which seemed out of character for him.
The squirtle suddenly stopped eating and looked up. He didn't seem to like the idea. Professor Yew rolled his eyes and walked over to the Squirtle. The Bulbasaur and I were still locked in our staring contest to the death. Yew picked up the Squirtle and quietly disciplined him. When he set the Squirtle back down it looked like he was just yelled at by his mom in the middle of town, and I knew that look from experience.
"Don't mind him. He doesn't like to have to stop eating in the middle of his meals." he confirmed to me
The Charmander hopped down from the table and came right up to me followed slowly by the Bulbasaur.
"As you can see Charmander is very energetic and bulbasuar is slow and steady" Yew placed the Bulbasaur on the floor.
We walked outside and I sat in the grass with the two pokemon. I started to play with them while professor Yew went inside to watch the squirtle. After a little while I heard a rustling noise in the bushes behind me. I got up and turned to see what it was. A wild pidgey flew out and scared bulbasuar back into the lab. Now I stood outside alone with the last starter pokemon. Charmander. I looked at the Charmander and he looked back at me. Time seemed to be out of mind. For some reason it felt like I was looking at an old friend.
"Professor I made my choice." I said confidently still gazing at the Charmander
"I'm going to guess your taking charmander" he replied with a laugh
"Yes. I know I'm supposed to." I said taking a deep breath
"Alright. Are you going to name him" he asked pulling out an electronic tablet.
"Yeah. His name is Jaklo. By the way, could I have a practice battle against you? I've heard that you used to be a great trainer and well… we could use as much experience as we can get." I nodded as I said my new pokemon's name and then turned to Professor Yew.
"Not to gloat, but what you heard is true. I'd be happy to show you how battling is done." he put his fists on his hips and looked off into the sky.
I followed the professor to a field for pokemon battles. After he explained the rules he sent out one of his pokemon. A Lileep came out of his pokeball ready to fight. I knelt down and began to talk to Jaklo.
"You ready for your first pokemon battle?" I questioned Jaklo looking into his big brown eyes again.
Jaklo responded with two jumps and a happy shout.
"Ok then, Jaklo go get'um!" I shouted pointing at Lileep.
Jaklo ran onto the field and charged Lileep. His stubby claws grew a little longer as he got closer. Lileep was much to slow to try and dodge Jaklo's move. Jaklo raked his claws along Lileep's green rocky skin. The professor bit his lip disappointed in his lack of reflexes. Lileep hissed and wriggled its tentacles in anger and pain. Jaklo had jumped back to the center of the field.
The air was getting tense. Jaklo's eyes were tiny slits that showed his determination and ferocity. The two pokemon were staring each other down like in a classic western. I almost expected a tumble weed to float by.
"Good job Jaklo, hit him again" I broke the silence
Jaklo repeated his earlier attack, but this time the professor expected it. He chuckled and closed his eyes. Instantly it was obvious that I fell right into his trap.
"Lileep use wrap! Hog tie him!" the professor said in a southern drawl.
Lileep launched out its tentacles and grabbed Jaklo around the waist. The rough pink limbs ensnared Jaklo's arms and legs. Jaklo squealed out as Lileep tightened his grip. I didn't know what I could do. I had done my research and learned that young pokemon tend to have two moves, and scratch couldn't help with Jaklo bound like that. Jaklo shouted louder. The flame on Jaklo's tail began to shrink.
"Come on Jaklo. I know you can do this. I trust you." I shivered watching Jaklo cry out in pain.
Jaklo squirmed and tried his best to escape, but he wasn't strong enough. Lileep seemed almost amused by Jaklo's futile struggle. Jaklo took advantage of this moment. All on his own Jaklo began growling and biting at the Lileep. Jaklo's fighting spirit surprised Lileep into loosening its grip. I barely noticed what was happening.
"Jaklo now break free!" I shouted the second I realized what was happening.
Jaklo ran back to me crying out. Jaklo looked pretty beat up and from just that one move. He had brush burns on his wrists and a nasty one across his belly. I had to think of a way to hit lileep without getting close. I tried strategies out in my head, but all of them involved getting close to lileep. I could try and get Lileep to come to Jaklo, but even then we still had the disadvantage. I looked down at Jaklo and began to stare at his tail. The flame that resided on its tip was growing back to a normal size. Little embers started floating off of it in the breeze.
"Jaklo." my Charmander looked up into my eyes "I think I have an idea" a devious smile grew across my face.
Jaklo looked at me waiting to hear my plan. I crouched down and began to whisper to him. He nodded at intervals to show that he understood and agreed. When I finished, Jaklo stepped onto the field, roared a battle cry at Lileep, and then waited for my instructions.
"Alright Jaklo, try ember!" I clenched my fist and swung it in a wide arc in front of me.
Jaklo locked his stance. Jaklo fired a bunch of tiny fireballs. The little orbs of flame sizzled when they hit Lileep's skin, but they didn't seem to affect him heavily. Jaklo then followed up with scratch. He ripped at the burnt patches of skin. This was just as I planned. The Lileep was strong the fact that it was still standing was proof enough, but I knew it couldn't be immortal.
"Lileep you've got this. Use astonish" Yew snapped
Lileep covered its face with its tentacles. Then he flung them out with a low wet hiss. Each tentacle hit Jaklo, but did little damage.
"we have this. Jaklo finish him off how ever you'd like." I chuckled as I spoke.
Jaklo decided to use scratch. He pulled back his arm then tore at Lileep's face. Lileep finally gave in. He fell over his large head putting him off balance. I heard and felt a thud as Lileep hit the dirt.
"That was a good choice to try and use a ranged special attack. Charmander generally doesn't learn ember so soon though. I wonder what caused him to know it. Also you shouldn't get so cocky. Even if you trust blaze to make his own decisions another trainer may make his own that you are then unprepared for. Come inside I have some things for you." the professor motioned for me
I felt really urked by the second thing he said. So maybe I was a little overconfident. Yew was getting a little cocky too. I tried to dispel the argument.
Jaklo and I walked back into the lab ,and I put him on a table. The professor left to a room on the other side of the foyer. When he came back he had a tray with a number of items on it: five pokeballs, a potion, and a red poke tech card.
"What's on the poke tech card?" I asked picking it up and trying to read the tiny writing on it.
"This is a pokedex upgrade." Yew grabbed it away from me
"Pokedex?" I said confused "Never heard of one."
"It's made to record data on all the pokemon you'll meet on your journey. We professors give them to trainers so that they are able to know what each pokemon is capable of and to record information on new pokemon species." he took my poketech and inserted the card.
"Cool, well I got to get going. Thank you professor Yew" I began talking faster and faster anxious to go home.
I took Jaklo off the table and put him on the floor then headed out the front door. Jaklo followed me closely down the street. When I reached my house I found my parents sitting at the table with a big breakfast buffet lined up.
"Morning mom dad" I shouted
"Oh, you were already up. We thought you were still asleep." my mom said
"I couldn't sleep, so I got up early and already saw professor Yew." I said sheepishly
Jaklo walked in through the door behind me. Hephaestus sat bolt up when he caught Jaklo's scent and bounded over to him.
"Hephaestus! Back off!" I yelled angrily
He whimpered and walked away. Jaklo was shaking bad even after he left. I picked him up and tried to calm him down. I carried him over to show him to my parents and he went back to his energetic self. After breakfast take two I spent the rest of the morning playing with Jaklo. That afternoon was my friends and mine going away party. We had some fun and games, cake and ice cream, and not to mention birthday presents. I got some money, items, and a radio card for my poke tech from one of my cousins who said that some of the music on there can draw out pokemon.
Half an hour before the party was over I met up with my two friends Tyr and Flora who were coming with me. Tyr is thin and agile. He always spends his time swimming in the lake. He's always been a true blue water type fan. Flora on the other hand is a landlubber. She's always tending her little garden. Her green thumb just shows how much of a grass trainer she is. Just as I had guessed Tyr had picked squirtle and Flora picked bulbasuar. We talked for a while, but then our poke tech alarms went off all at once. It was time to go.
It was so nice that everyone came to see us off, but it made me see just how much I had to leave behind. I knew I wouldn't see home for a while, but I had hope that the road ahead would become as welcoming as home.
The summer sun was still up as we walked down the path out of town. We let our pokemon walk with us like most other trainers. The walk was refreshing after the crowded party. We kept a conversation going to pass the time. As the day grew late we started to look for a place to stop for the night. We choose a spot where the trees made a natural canopy.
We split up the work between us. Flora set up the tents, Tyr unpacked our dinner, and I had to get firewood. It didn't take long until we were all settled in. we sat around the fire as we finished up our dinner. I crawled over into my tent and open my poketech. I installed the cards I received and read over the instructions for each. Along with the pokedex card that Prof. Yew gave me was a transfer system that allowed me to send and receive pokemon my pokemon from Prof. Yew's lab. One of the rules of being a trainer was that you can only carry six pokemon at a time. While I was looking that over Jaklo finished eating and walked into my tent. I decided that it would a good idea to try out the pokedex. I scanned Jaklo into it and waited for the data to load. It had all sorts of information about charmander: the moves they can learn, what they evolve into, and even their typical diet. The pokedex had information on hundreds of other pokemon which other people had seen. After reading through them I kept a note on my poketech of the pokemon I wanted to catch. The pokedex also showed where the pokemon were known to be seen. The list was long, but I had plenty of time.
As the fire grew darker we all climbed into our tents and get ready to sleep. I put Jaklo back in his pokeball and went to sleep. The night went fast and I woke up to the calls of wild pokemon. I crawled out of my tent and stretched. I didn't see any sign that the other two had woken up yet, so I decided to get a head start and packed up before sitting down to breakfast. I let Jaklo back out of his pokeball and fed him some pokechow. After eating I scanned the forest for pokemon. There were a lot of them, but none of them were the ones I was looking for. When Tyr woke up I went for a walk with Jaklo. The dew clung onto my boots as I hiked around the trees. I still couldn't see any of the pokemon I was looking for, so I trudged back. When I got there Flora and Tyr had already cleaned up the campsite and were enjoying their breakfast. When they finished we pulled out our poketechs and checked the map. The route we were on would lead us to Shoal town, but that would take three more days. Before we started moving I decided to try and strike up some conversation.
"So are you guys looking for any pokemon in specific on our way to Shoal?" I asked
"Hm… oh um, well not too many" flora said
"How about you Tyr?" I looked to him
"I have a few on my list" he shrugged
"Examples please" I continued
"I'm looking for this one" Flora opened her pokedex and showed it us "It's called surskit"
"Oh I've seen those out on the lake. You should try looking for one when we go by water" Tyr exclaimed
"Ok and you Tyr" I said
"I want to find gastly, but they live a little past Shoal town" he said
"Now here's a question. What pokemon do you want Jason?" flora raised an eyebrow
"Oh boy… I don't think I can list them all for you. Here just look at the list on my poketech." I handed it over to them. Their eyes widened when they saw the list. "I told you."
"Man, that's more than half the pokemon on record!" Tyr yelled
"I know. I just really want to try." I scratched the back off my head
"Well you'll only get the chance if we get moving" flora said
We stood up and started walking back down the route. We soon came to a fork in the road. We each wanted to travel down a different route. Here we made a pact meet again and we went our separate ways.
"…now what" I asked Jaklo
"Gawuh gawuh char char" Jaklo gnawed on a rock then threw it aside
"Um… let's go this way" I said pointing and walking in said direction.
Jaklo followed closely behind. I opened my pokedex back up and looked at the list. One out of four hundred ninety three. The pokedex screen blinked.
"New update for pokedex. Would you like to update now" the machine sounded
"Uh sure ok" I said figuring why not
"Updating… updating… updating… all done" it sounded
I looked back at my list. One out of six hundred forty nine. My mouth was gapping. Another hundred and fifty six pokemon to find and catch. Great. I sighed and kept walking. My mood was getting progressively worse. My friends and I separated, a ton of new pokemon that I've never heard of, and now I was in a bad mood which just compiled in on itself. I looked down at Jaklo who was walking along oblivious to my disappointment. I was happy that there were more pokemon, but it was already going to be a challenge before. Oh well I figured that if I kept thinking like that I'd never get anything done.
"Come on Jaklo lets go double time" I shouted and began running
"char-man-dar" Jaklo yelled as he matched my pace
"Yeah let's do wah! Ugghhhh" I tripped and skidded on the dirt path.
I rolled over and looked behind me to see what I tripped on. It appeared to be a purple tree root with no tree.
"What's that?" I asked looking at Jaklo who shrugged looking back at me
My poketech bleeped. I pulled it out of my pocket and opened it up. The pokedex system opened up immediately.
"Ekans, the snake pokemon. The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest." it responded
"Ekans? What?" I looked back at what tripped me and realized that poketech camera was pointed right at it. "Oh so that how it could tell. Wait Ekans are pokemon"
The Ekans sprung up and hissed. Jaklo was momentarily frightened, but he got over it and jumped to my side. The Ekans slither fully onto the path and hissed again.
"Stop trying to act so tuff and just fight you oversized earthworm. Jaklo use ember" I shouted
Jaklo built up a fire in his mouth and launched it at the Ekans. The snake like pokemon slithered past the flames control every muscle in its body in perfect fluidity.
"That was actually impressive. For a guarder snake. Jaklo use scratch" I yelled still confident in my pokemon
Jaklo's claws seemed to grow slightly. His small paw like hands bashed and slashed the Ekans. The Ekans hissed angrily and fled.
"Another amazing job Jaklo, but now that I think of it we should try and find some other pokemon. You may be strong, but you won't be able to handle everything." I said
"Cha char char" Jaklo said out of breath.
I picked him up and carried him the rest of the way to the next town. I was really quite astonished. This town was a lot larger than the little village I grew up in. I checked the map on my poketech and found the pokemon center.
"Hello excuse me…" I said to a lady standing behind a counter inside
"Hello welcome to the Hilah town pokemon center. May I help you?" she said kindly
"Yes. Could you please heal my pokemon?" I asked lifting Jaklo onto the counter
"Of course that's what we nurses do" she smiled gently
The lady picked up Jaklo and sat him down on a machine.
"Now this doesn't hurt at all. It uses a special type of light to send energy to your pokemon." she said turning on the machine.
A light circled around Jaklo for a few seconds then disappeared. The nurse picked Jaklo back up and handed him to me.
"Thank you for coming to your local pokemon center" she said as we walked out
Jaklo and I walked back out to the route we came from. I looked down at him confident and overall happy.
"Its time to catch some pokemon. You ready?" I shouted
"Char-Mandar" Jaklo shouted back
CHAP: 2
Catch of the Day
We scoured the forest on both sides of the path. We scared up some wild Rattata and Sentret or two, but we hadn't seen any special pokemon that I felt like catching. We kept up the search.
"What was that?" I heard high pitched buzz in my ear
"Char iar iar iar" Jaklo said covering his ears
"Let's go find out." I said to Jaklo
We ran off towards the source of the noise. The noise was coming for some sort of pokemon. I could immediately tell the source when I saw it. Some kind of pokemon was flapping its wings at extreme speeds. It was red and green and had a segmented body. It had somehow gotten its head stuck inside a hole in a tree. Its wings were flapping so fast I couldn't get close or try and say something to it. I thought hard. I couldn't think softly I wouldn't be able to hear myself think.
"Got it!" I pulled out one of my pokeballs. "Since these things somehow teleport pokemon inside I can teleport that pokemon out of the tree."
I threw the pokeball and it sucked the pokemon in with a red light. The pokeball twitched on the ground and then blinked red. A signal for a capture.
"Cool. Now let's see if I guessed right." I sent my new pokemon back out.
"Yan yanaz" it buzzed
I took out my pokedex and scanned the pokemon.
"Yanma, the clear wing pokemon. If it flaps its wings really fast, it can generate shock waves that will shatter windows in the area." my pokedex confirmed it.
I was able to guess that the pokemon was a Yanma from a picture of it from the pokedex.
"Yan yaz" it said turning around to face me.
The Yanma seemed to be very grateful. He did a flip in the air to show off his freedom. He landed on my back and began flapping its wings much more gently then before. I lifted up an arm and reached out beside me. The Yanma skittered across my arm and sat there.
"Jaklo it seems that we've got a new friend to travel with. Now all he needs is a name" I said
My Yanma skittered back across my arm, flew to a tree and began pacing on it like he was thinking. I watched as his legs moved swiftly across the branch, but only taking him so far.
"Skitter!" I shouted
The Yanma jumped and looked at me.
"Skitter it's a perfect name" I yelled
"Yan an an" Skitter shook the branch
"Alright let's get back to town" I said
We walked back out onto the path.
"Hey you!" someone yelled at me
I turned around. Some kid was running up the route.
"I challenge you to a pokemon battle!" the kid yelled
"Alright then" I said
"Go Spearow!" the kid shouted throwing one of his pokeballs.
"Alright…Jaklo get going" Jaklo jumped out in front of me
"Spearow use quick attack!" the kids Spearow took off and flew low over the ground
"Jaklo jump and scratch him as he goes by" I shouted
Jaklo reacted as fast as ever. He leaped into the air, turned around, and reached his claws down at the Spearow. The bird pokemon's momentum took care of the rest. The Spearow dug a rut in the ground when it landed.
"Ack! Spearow! Wah wah! You're gonna pay for that! Go Shellos!" the kid said going from sad to angry
"Shell shelio. Sha sha sha!" The Shellos stuck its tongue out gawked at Jaklo.
"Ok Shellos use water gun and douse that Charmander!" the kid cried
His Shellos blasted water out its mouth towards Jaklo. I didn't even get to say anything. Jaklo was on his own for the moment. The gushing water roared towards him and he maybe had a second to react. Jaklo tried his best to sidestep the torrent, but he was still partially hit. Jaklo staggered, but stayed standing.
"Jaklo! You alright!?" I said kneeling down to him "hmm… you take a break. Ok ya little brat time to end this."
I returned Jaklo to his pokeball.
"Skitter can you step in?" I asked
"Yan! YAN AN AN AN!" Skitter said growing in rage.
"Good to know. Skitter use sonicboom!" I clasped my hands over my ears.
Skitter began beating his wings faster and faster. He landed and planted his feet. A devastating blast of sound whizzed out and blasted the Shellos which promptly fell unconscious.
"Urgh… fine you win." the kid returned his pokemon to its ball and walked away pouting.
"Come on Skitter we should get Jaklo to the pokemon center." I said calmly
We traveled at a decent pace and arrived at the center at dusk. The same nurse happily helped me again. After she returned my pokemon I yawned and heard my stomach growl. Apparently she did too.
"If you need somewhere to stay for the night the pokemon center is always here to serve as a rest stop for trainers" she smiled and showed me to a room with a few bunk beds.
Since I didn't have any other options I stayed the night there. In the mourning I decided to see if there was anything interesting going on around town. I walked around the town looking for anything interesting. While I was walking down one of the busier street I saw someone grab a girl's bag. As the purp ran by I rolled my eyes and stuck my arm out.
"Guys really shouldn't carry purses yeah know" I laughed
The guy almost made an entire backflip, but just landed on his face. The girl came running over and almost tripped on the criminal. She was wearing blue jeans, a black jacket, and some black converse. Around her neck was a brilliant silver pendent with an onyx jewel in it.
"Whoa. Gotta watch your step there" I joked
"Uh yeah… can I have my bag back now" she joked back without a thank you
"Eeh eeh eevee" I heard a pokemon call
"Vixen there you are. I thought you were right behind me." she said picking her pokemon up.
Jaklo noticing the other pokemon revealed himself and began jumping trying to see who the pokemon was.
"Huh? Oh Jaklo here." I picked up Jaklo who proceeded to talk with the girl's pokemon.
"I never caught your name after you caught this jerk for me." the girl asked swiping her silvery hair to the side
"I'm Jason and now may I know who you are" I replied
"Laecy, but everyone just calls me Lace" Lace said shifting from one foot to another.
"you from this town?" I asked continuing the Q&A session
"Yeah. I don't recognize you so I'll assume you aren't" Lace said
"No I'm from Viskol it a little north east of here." I said
"So I'm guessing you're on a journey then." Lace shifted feet again
"Um hmm" I nodded
"Well me and vixen have been looking for someone to travel with." Lace said.
"Um… well it's a little out of the blue, but I think it would be great to have you come along" I nodded and looked at Jaklo for approval.
Jaklo nodded.
"This is great. Now we just gotta find Isaac." Lace said
"Who?" I raised an eyebrow
"Isaac he's a friend of mine. He promised to go with me too" Lace said
"Ok where is he then?" I asked
"He said he'd meet me at the route" Lace explained
Lace started walking. I followed behind. We stopped at the western exit to town. Lace looked around and put her hand on her hips. I looked around too. My guess was that Isaac was supposed to be here and I was right. Some guy who looked maybe a year older than me came running from the route. He was wearing some muddy street shoes, kaki cargo pants, a long sleeve gray shirt, and mahogany fleece vest.
"Isaac you're late" Lace said angrily tapping her foot
"Actually you're late I went on ahead before you got here" Isaac gawked
"Hi I'm the distraction" I reached out my hand "my name's Jason Simulus"
"Isaac…" he took my hand and shook it "I'm a friend of Lace here."
"Yeah she told me. Lace invited me to join you guys. Some irony here. I started my journey with two of my friends. Weird." I explained
"If you're coming I think you need to answer a question first." Isaac said
"Ok. What's the question?" I yawned
"You ready for a pokemon battle?" Isaac shouted pulling out one of his pokeballs
"I'm always ready" I yelled back and Jaklo ran up and snarled
CHAP: 3
You just blew my mind
Isaac sent out his pokemon. An oddly colored Ralts with a gray body, red cap, and black "horns". Isaac yelled for his Ralts who he apparently named "Krimson" to use confusion. A red aura enveloped his Ralts. Krimson launched a psychokinetic pulse knocking Jaklo off his feet.
"Jaklo, we aren't taking that lying down. Use ember" I clenched my fists and shouted
Jaklo copied me and clenched his fists as he launched a volley of fireballs. He lobbed them into the air and the rained down on Krimson.
"Looks like we underestimated you. Krimson, time for your crimson lightning" Isaac yelled
Krimson teleported, but was still hit by one of the fireballs. Krimson reappeared behind Jaklo and in front of me. He launched a wicked arc of electricity which Jaklo tried to dodge, but it followed his every move. The bolt of electricity impacted Jaklo and sent him crumpling to the ground. Without a word I returned Jaklo to his pokeball and sent out Skitter.
"Gemme a minute before we continue" I told Isaac
"Alright then one minute" Isaac said checking his watch
"Skitter, do you know a move called bug buzz?" I whispered
"yana yaz" Skitter hummed quietly
"Good, I need you to use that to get Krimson on the ground then use sonicboom to knock him out." I continued whispering
"Yan ah" Skitter buzzed loud again
Skitter flew out onto the battlefield. His wings began flapping so fast he almost took off, but he had dug his six legs deep into the ground. The resulting noise brought all of us to our knees. I envied to be inside a pokeball like Jaklo. Either way the plan worked. Krimson was on the ground clasping his ears. Skitter stopped when he noticed the Ralts whining on the ground and blasted out a controlled jet of wind and sound. The repercussive boom knocked Krimson into the air. Skitter followed him into the air and grabbed him. He flew in circles at an impressive pace. He let go of Krimson and sent him flying. Krimson hit the ground and bounced. Isaac returned Krimson to his pokeball before he crashed again.
"Hey, you don't see me returning Jaklo before he takes a hit." I shouted at Isaac
"Look I could tell he wasn't gonna get up after that hit. Sorry for not letting my pokemon get more hurt then it has to." Isaac said this while grabbing another pokeball.
He threw the ball and sent out a short brown and sienna pokemon. It hopped and shook dropping spores all over.
"Time for payback! Shroomish take um out!"
The pokemon jumped and headbutted Skitter knocking him out of the sky. Skitter landed on his feet and the pokemon landed on him. Skitter tried to shake him off, but that only caused the pokemon to drop more and more spores. The little particles landed all over Skitter who slowly began to stiffen up. When he could move no more the pokemon jumped off and walked back to Isaac. I returned Skitter to his pokeball.
"For an amateur that was pretty good." Isaac gawked
"Mmm hm… how'd you know I was new to this?" I wondered
"I didn't you just seem to be a beginner" Isaac shrugged
"Anyways can we stop at the pokemon center before we leave?" I said
Isaac nodded and we all walked over to the pokemon center. After we took care of our pokemon and their injuries we went back to the route. I took head as we began walking. I felt a breeze from in front of us. I was walking proud and surefooted despite my previous loss. A heard an odd flapping noise. A sheet of paper flew right into my face.
"He he, guess that's why they call them flyers" Isaac laughed
Lace laughed too as I tore the paper off my face. I began to read the paper.
"Hey look at this. Terias region league. The ultimate challenge for battling trainers."
"Yeah I know about the league" Isaac said
"We both do." Lace confirmed
"You guys ever try it?" I asked looking from one to the other
"No haven't wanted to" Isaac said "I prefer finding real challenges. Those gym leaders and their supposed elite four have been trained for their positions, but they can't do anything else."
"How about you Lace" I looked to her
"Nope. Not too big of a fan of organized battling." Lace began playing with her hair
"So do you guys have any specific plans?" I asked
"I want to become a professional breeder" Lace said "I want to train pokemon to become the very best they can be."
"Hm ok your turn Isaac" turned back to him
"Trainer. That's that" Isaac said quick and simple
"Well this league sounds interesting. I think I'm gonna try it." I said clenching my fists and looking up at the sky
"So if you're going to do that where should we head next?" Lace said taking the flyer.
"Let me check…" I opened up my poketech "the first gym is in Kybro town. The gym leader's name is Joe."
"Kinda average name huh?" Isaac said
"Eh doesn't really matter does it?" Lace said
"All that matters to me is that we get there soon" I said already running down the route.
"Hey! Wait up" Lace and Isaac called from behind
CHAP: 4
Hey Kybro
Last edited:
