Jake was standing on the deck of the boat, looking over the railings. It wasn't moving too quickly, as they were in just a smaller channel to the region of Johto. A giant smile was across Jake's face, and he was all too excited to begin his journey. He knew nothing about Johto, but that brings even more fun with starting a journey. Within fifteen minutes, Jake could see the little town of New Bark getting bigger and bigger, until the boat reached a complete stop.
"Those going to New Bark Town, welcome to Johto, and we appreciate your business!" said one of the sailors and Jake was already running for the steps off the boat. Sadly, he lost his footing, and took a large tumble down the stairs. He quickly pulled himself off the ground, and looked at everyone else still on the boat.
"What, you've never seen someone fall off a boat before?" Jake said sarcastically. He decided that if he made fun of himself first, no one else could have the honor of doing it.
Jake already knew where he was going, as the lab was the largest building in the entire, and rather small, town. It was a quite rural town, with no big buildings, apartments, or anything urban really. Jake didn't mind; it reminded him of his home in Pallet Town a little.
It wasn't long before Jake was already standing in front of the door to the lab, where can could see trainers inside already, just appearing to be waiting for more trainers to arrive. He wasn't sure how many were left to show up, but Jake quickly walked into the lab, where a tingle of coolness from the powerful air conditioning could be felt.
"Sorry I'm late!" Jake started. "TRAFFIC!"
"It is quite alright, as we haven't started yet." The professor said. He then stood in front of all of the trainers, about to give a speech.
"Today is an important day for you five young trainers, it is the day you get to set out on your journey and discover if you have what it takes to make it."
Elm pauses for a second and rubs his forehead as if he was contemplating something.
We know, but why do you look so hesitant? What's going on…?
"But also... I'm sure most of you have heard about the recent problems arising within Johto... Along your journey I will be reporting to each of you, giving you different missions, when I hear of events. This may be dangerous as you gain experience and fame, the better you become the bigger a target you will become. First things first when you reach the Ilex forest.... wait for me to call you, don't just go in... You may never get out" Elm stands there and takes a deep breath.
Oh, that's just great. I'm probably the ONLY one who didn't know about this. But whatever, I can solve the problems!
"Now who wants their Pokemon?" He says as a smile goes across his face.
All of the trainers quickly raised their hands, and Elm grabbed the Pokeballs with the starting Pokemon, the Pokedexs, and five additional Pokeballs for trainers to use for capturing more companions. He stood at the end of the line, and was prepared for another speech…
…But there's a quick flash in front of all of the trainer's eyes and Elm seems to be stopped altogether in a motionless pause. Behind him eight strangers step out all wearing white cloaks. They looked a tad evil, and their eyes were dark and creepy looking. They then all at once release the same pokemon, without saying a word the pokemon attack at you. The other trainers were all confused, but all at once, each trainer sent out the Pokemon Elm had just given them.
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"Go, WHATEVER THE HECK YOU ARE!" Jake yelled out.
In the bright flash of light, a green Pokemon, with its arms that looked like blades appeared. Jake held out his Pokedex, so he knew what his new Pokemon was capable of, let alone know what the heck it was.
Scyther, the Mantis Pokemon. The sharp scythes on its forearms become increasingly sharp by cutting through hard objects. Its attacks are Quick Attack, Leer, and Focus Energy.
Jake also decided to hold his Pokedex to his opponent's Pokemon, just to see what the heck that pink blob of ugly was, but Jake did admit that its smile was adorable.
Ditto, the Transform Pokemon. It has the ability to reconstitute its entire cellular structure to transform into whatever it sees. Its sole move is Transform. When used, Ditto transforms itself into the opponent's Pokemon.
So I'm basically going to be fighting my own Pokemon. GREAT…Just great…
In a moment's notice, the man in white's Ditto became an exact replica of Jake's Scyther. Jake wasn't too sure what he was doing yet, so he decided to try to form some sort of strategy.
"Use Focus Energy Scyther!"
Jake decided that if Scyther was focusing his energy, his attacks would be more effective, giving him an edge in battle. The opponent clearly had the same idea, as the fake Scyther was ordered to use a Focus Energy as well. Jake wasn't sure how to counteract his own strategy, so he just went on impulse.
"Quick Attack Scyther!"
Jake's Scyther charged at a very high speed towards the Ditto, and landed a direct hit with his arm scythes across the body of the Ditto. Jake remembered that the more that the scythes were used, the sharper, and therefore more deadly, they became. It was Jake's only hope, and hopefully the opponent didn't know that.
Before long, the man in white ordered his own Quick Attack, but Jake was prepared. He ordered Scyther to use his own Quick Attack to dodge the blow. Quite quickly, Jake's Scyther was behind the Ditto, and it didn't take long for a few direct blows to the back for it to fall down. Ditto pulled itself back up, not going down without any sort of good fight.
"Leer Ditto!"
The Ditto-Scyther started to glare at Scyther, but Jake wasn't too sure what the point was. Scyther seemed rather unaffected, as trying to scare something as fierce as Scyther wasn't going to work. Hello, his arms are swords!
Jake decided to do one more Quick Attack, hoping to end the battle quickly. It didn't' take long for Scyther to be charging faster than normal to ram Ditto against the wall, and multiple times at that. It seemed that the Focus Energy was allowing Scyther to be stronger, and Jake was loving it. Ditto fell to the ground, and transformed back to its normal state, knocked out. The trainer returned his Pokemon, and fled.
Jake looked around at all of the other trainers, and they had all won their fights as well. Each Ditto fell down and out, and each man in white fled. Jake looked around at the trainer's faces, and they were all in dismay.
What the heck was that all about? I mean, did they know that Jake had arrived to Johto!? Either way, that was just sketchy.
(End Post 2)