Darian's Story - An Original Pokemon fanfic.

[JoseCanseko]

Darian's Story

Welcome to my fanfic. I created an entire new region, I made places, even a map, but I never really got around to finishing this story. I posted it on gaia a few years back, but I believe it is time to add upon it. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh do exist in this universe. (I suppose the new one as well, Isshu is it?) I hope you Enjoy ^_^

Preface

The Kalen region is home to almost every species of Pokemon known to man. It is the elite of regions with 17 Gyms scattered throughout the region with many towns, villages and cities to explore. The fanfic begins as our hero leaves his hometown. The tale tells of battling rival trainers, making friends, creating bonds between Darian and his partners, fighting the devious Team Rocket (Celeste and Derrick) or just helping people in need.

Places of interest in this chapter:

Korin Town (One of the southern most towns in Kalen. Where Professor Willow resides in her lab/pokemon ranch)

Chapter 1: A Trainer is Born



“Today’s the day,” the teen repeated in his sleep, slowly lifting the bedcovers over his head. Unbeknownst to the teen, his alarm clock had been beeping for three hours straight. He slowly opened one eye, the sun shining brightly through the window. Suddenly, he began to hear a really annoying sound and his eyes finally fell upon the beeping blue bird. He couldn’t make out if the clock was flashing six o’clock or nine o’clock. As his eyes began focusing, his heart rate began to rise.

“Oh no!” he cried. “I’m late!” Jumping out of bed fully dressed, he rushed down the stairs and zoomed past his younger sister Kimberly, who was innocently eating cereal in front of the television in the living room. Only inches from the door, he was grabbed firmly by the back of his collar.

“Darian…” the boy’s mother chimed.

“Mom!” Darian whined. “If I don’t meet Professor Willow I won’t be eligible to receive a Pokemon!”

“I believe that Nancy will understand that you have to eat your breakfast first,” she said. Darian’s Mom was still holding on to his collar as tears began to well up in her eyes. She then hugged Darian tightly and began sobbing. “Please come and visit us as often as you can,” she cried aloud. Kimberly came from the living room and hugged as much of her older brother as she could.

“I’m going to miss you Darian,” Kimberly squeaked.

“I’m going to miss you guys as well,” he replied. Softly breaking away from his family, Darian grabbed his knapsack off the ground and threw it over his shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I’ll come and visit,” he said. “More often then Shadow ever did,” Darian muttered under his breath. Messing up Kimberly’s hair, then kissing his mother on the cheek, he opened the door to a beautiful spring day and took his first step as a Pokemon Trainer.

Professor Willow’s laboratory was only three blocks away so he began sprinting. Closing in on the lab he noticed someone, or something hiding in the trees not to far from the lab. Stopping to see if he could make out who or what it was, he pulled out a black baseball hat to block the sun's rays from his eyes. He could make out the outline of a giant bird and a kid, but what caught Darian’s attention was the hulking Pokemon behind them. Darian’s curiosity would have normally made him go in and investigate but he was too excited to get anything off his mind but receiving his first Pokemon.

When the sleek silver doors slid open, Darian received a big gust of wind to the face. A younger trainer’s tiny bird Pokemon, Pidgey, was obviously disobeying it‘s owner's commands. It had begun flapping it’s wings furiously. “Recall that Pidgey!!” a female voice shouted. The small boy attempted to recall the Pidgey but he missed. Pidgey had dodged the red beam of light which would bring it back inside it’s Pokeball. The trainer fired again and this time he was successful. “Good job Billy, but your going to need to be able to co-operate with your Pokemon before you can get stronger. You and Pidgey are going to have to work as a team if you’re ever going to get far in the Kalen League.”

“I’ll do my best Professor Willow,” he replied.

“I’m sure you’ll do fine,” she said with a smile and gave the boy a pat on the back. A girl named Sarah, who Darian had grew up with, had just passed him holding a Pokeball. She was a year younger than Darian and they had been neighbors for quite some time. Darian tried to wave to her but she sort of slipped out of view, thanks to all of her friends huddling around her. They were all chatting amongst themselves. Not intending to eavesdrop, Darian overheard a few words that caught his attention.

“Why did you choose that one?” the first girl asked snobbishly.

“Well you’ve got to admit it’s cute,” the second one retorted

“I personally wouldn’t have chosen that one,” the third said dryly.

“Well I for one am happy with my Azurill,” Sarah said with a smile, cuddling the small blue Pokemon in her arms. Sarah easily stood out in the group. She wore a blue checkered summer dress, black stockings with yellow shoes, which she tried to match to her amber colored eyes. She then looked up and noticed Darian through the crowd. When their eyes met, she gave him a smile and intended on making her way over but her friends prevented her from moving. Suddenly someone put their hand on his shoulder.

“Ah, Darian, you’ve finally arrived. You’re lucky we still have four Pokemon left,” Professor Willow proclaimed, as Darian spun around.

“Wow, four still left, that’s quite a lot,” Darian said enthusiastically.

“Well If you had arrived when you said you would, you could have chose from the thirty seven different Pokemon we had this morning.” Darian’s jaw almost fell to the floor. He was starting to feel stupid for not waking up in time but when he looked up at the Professor, there was a sparkle in her eye.

“Follow me Darian,” The professor said with a beckoning finger. Darian followed her and was led to a big room with machines and assistants everywhere. "I supply first Pokemon to trainers from all around. I don't always have the rarest or strongest Pokemon but it's the bond that develops between trainer and Pokemon is what is most important." Through a window, there were two assistants and a nurse trying to hold down a Jolteon for treatment. He had seen pictures of the spiky yellow lightning Pokemon before, but had never seen one up close. Professor Willow cleared her throat loudly and Darian re-averted his gaze to the metallic box now before him. The Professor reached in and picked up a Pokeball.

“This one’s a Cleffa,” she said, setting the ball on a tray. A screen behind the professor lit up and a picture of Cleffa appeared. She then reached in for another.
“This one’s a Chikorita. I'm surprised no one picked this one to be honest.” The screen now split in two and a picture of the leaf Pokemon appeared. Again she dipped her hand into the box and chose another Pokeball. “And this one is a Gastly.”
Darian was wishing that the last Pokemon would be a fire type, fire was his element. His face lit up instantly when she announced the final Pokemon to be chosen from.
“Last but not least,” a smile formed on her lips, ”Charmander.” Some of the assistants could have sworn Darian had jumped six feet into the air. He took the Pokeball and hugged the Professor.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank y…” the Professor just smiled and laughed.

“I knew you would like this one."

“How did you know?”

“Well, a year or two ago your brother told me that I should save a Charmander just for you, or any fire type I could find, if not that one. It’s funny, your mother was the first one to tell me about which Pokemon your brother would want.” Darian could already picture himself and Charizard battling against his brother and his Pidgeot. Darian only knew one of his brother’s Pokemon. Last Christmas eve, he could remember Kimberly asking their mom if Shadow would come home for Christmas that year, since Shadow had written to her promising he would stay an entire week. His mom’s response was that he must have been caught up with something, being a trainer and all. She sobbed silently to herself as the doorbell rang. Neither Kimberly or Darian volunteered to go just to hear carolers, so their mom went. Holding back tears she opened the door and there he was, gently combing his Pidgeot’s feathers with his hand. “Mom was so happy that Christmas…” Darian thought to himself, then a brilliant question came to mind.

“Which Pokemon did my brother take when he was here?” The Professor looked up out of a window, trying to recall the day, years ago when Shadow received his first Pokemon.
“Well Professor?” Darian asked hastily. The professor snapped back into reality and smiled once again.

“Shadow chose a Totodile...”

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[Kantomasta]

This is good. I have 1 question, if there was 38 possible, will there be 37 rivals?

 

[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 2: The First Battle

Places of interest in this chapter:

Korin Town (One of the southern most towns in Kalen. Where Professor Willow resides in her lab/pokemon ranch)

Skythentay Forest (Just outside Korin Town, home to many Bug types mainly)

Pillilakwee Town (About halfway between Foridium City and Korin Town, beyond Skythentay Forest)

Pacifinee Town [{Gym Leader - Felicity}] (A small peaceful town east of Korin Town. Home of the Flying-Type Gym.)

Foridium City [{Gym Leader - Greg}] (A huge city north of Pilillikwee. Home of the Fire-Type Gym))

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“So, you chose Charmander just as I predicted. I wish you good luck, brother. I hope one day I can battle you on top of the Kalen League’s Elite Battle Dome. I’ll be watching you, whenever I can. Farewell and good luck.”

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“Wow, my very own Pokemon,” Darian said aloud. He was so happy and excited that he just couldn’t wait any longer. “Go Charmander!” And in a brilliant display of lights, a cute little Charmander appeared. It cried out, then stretched it’s little arms. Charmander’s claws shimmered in the morning sun. The Charmander then turned and looked upon his new master.

“Charrrr” it cried, smiling at Darian.

“Well hello there. My name is Darian. I'm so happy to meet you,” the boy said, kneeling to meet his Pokemon eye to eye. Charmander was a little surprised not knowing what to expect and then gave Darian a hug. One of Professor Willow's assistants ran up to the professor and whispered something in her ear.

"Darian, I have a bit of bad news." Darian stood up and faced the professor.

"What is it?" he asked.

"We have run out of Pokedex's. But I can have one sent to you when I get some more in. Would that be okay?"

Darian could tell she felt bad. He looked down at his small friend. "Is it okay with you bud?" Charmander smiled and nodded. "It's fine Professor. I'll keep in touch, promise." Professor Willow sighed in relief and smiled.

"Let's go buddy!" Darian said with such excitement. Everyone around began clapping and wishing the two luck.

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As he left the lab, the two proudly walked by Darian’s home. He briefly told Charmander about his mom and sister. They were standing outside and Kimberly ran up and greeted Charmander. Eager to start his journey Darian asked his companion if he was ready. With a proud 'Char' the two set off waving to Darian’s family which would now be Charmander’s also. A lot of the townspeople were at the entrance to Korin Town and were wishing him luck.

“Be careful honey!” his mom shouted.

“Don’t worry mom, I’ll be back after I collect all the gym badges and defeated the elite six and become champion”

“Be careful big brother” Kimberly added.

“I will Kimmy, good bye everyone!” and with that the whole town said good bye to the last new trainer of the day.

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While Charmander and Darian were walking along the path from Korin Town, they realized something. They were lost. The two sat down on some rocks and pondered about where to go, or even how to get back. As the two pondered, six beady eyes were watching them from the shadows of the bushes. Darian and Charmander laid there for quite some time, talking and playing little games with each other. Time passed and the sun was beginning to set, so Darian left to collect some firewood while Charmander rested upon a smooth rock, protecting Darian’s bag. It was nearly nighttime when Darian returned but Charmander was gone. Darian let go of all the sticks and logs that he was carrying and started calling out for his Pokemon. He was beginning to think, maybe that Charmander ran away but he quickly disregarded the idea. “Charmander’s probably getting some more wood” Darian thought, and sat down on the small rock. He piled the wood into a circle of rocks and started a small fire. Five minutes had past and there was still no sign of Charmander. Darian reached for his knapsack but felt a sudden sharp pain. He had been bitten!

“Ouch!” then he felt another little bite on his leg. A small Rattata leaped to gnarl at his face. Darian raised his arm in defense and took the bite in the arm. Looking down he noticed two more Rattata’s circling him. As they closed in on him, a rain of embers began falling upon them. A few hit the pile of wood and fueled the fire which frightened the little rats out of their wits. Darian reached in his bag for a Pokeball but stopped himself. He didn’t want a Pokemon who steals or attacks defenseless people. Sighing, he let go of the Pokeball which fell back into his bag. Charmander began proudly marching towards Darian, smiling ever so happily.

“Good job little buddy I couldn’t have done it without you.” Charmander yawned while hugging his new best friend, and fell asleep nestled closely to Darian. Darian reached for his Pokemon trainer handbook. It was a thick book which described every known Pokemon in detail. The first page started with the Bulbasaur family. He flipped the next page which covered the Charmander and Squirtle families. Darian spent the rest of the night reading up on Charmander’s while eating marshmallows.

The next morning Darian awoke via Water Gun to the face. “Ahhhh.”

“I didn’t see you pass me Darian, unless you took the trail that leads off the path,” the female voice said, shoving a map in front of his face. It sounded a lot like…

“Sarah? Is that you?” he asked, wiping his face with a towel from his bag.

“The one and only. Hey, you up for a battle?”

“A battle? But I just…”

“Oh come on, please? Tell you what. I’ll give you my spare map if you win.”

“A map would be nice” Darian first thought. “Plus I’ve brushed up on my Charmander knowledge.”

“Okay your on.” Darian woke Charmander up and let him nibble on some Poke-chow for strength.

“Okay this will be an official battle. We can each use up to two Pokemon.”

“What?” Darian replied. “I don’t have two Pokemon” Not hearing his comment, Sarah went along and reached for her belt.

“I’ll start with, Geodude!” Sarah threw a Pokeball and let out a fairly strong looking Geodude. “I accidentally tripped over him and made him angry, but after battling him with Azurill we became good friends.” She explained with a slight giggle. Darian knelt down to whisper in Charmander’s ear.

“I know you can do it, just wear them down and finish them off one at a time.” Charmander nodded and confidently stepped in front of Geodude.

“Okay, I’ll start. Geodude! Mud Sport now!” Geodude began digging up the earth beneath him and flinging it at Charmander. Charmander didn’t expect this and took the hit. All that could be seen was his tail sticking out. “Now finish him with tackle!”

“Charmander scratch your way out and use growl!” Charmander began scratching, but not the way Darian thought. Charmander had dug upwards and leaped into the air and growled ferociously. The frightened Geodude collided with the small pile of earth. “Ember!” At Darian’s command, Charmander let loose an ember which burned Geodude. It began floating back and forth trying to dampen the flame with its arms. Sarah recalled Geodude to his Pokeball.

“Well I have to say, I didn’t expect you to beat Geodude so quickly, rather I’m surprised you beat him at all but I know you won’t get past Azurill!” Sarah shouted releasing her second Pokemon. Charmander had a definite size advantage “Azurill, Bubble!” A slew of Bubbles sped from the small creatures mouth and hit Charmander directly. “And follow up with Water Gun!”

“Roll Charmander! Roll out of the way!” A little dazed and confused, Charmander rolled backwards, barely dodging the attack. Charmander’s tail began to burn brightly. Darian began smiling.

“Huh, what’s going on? Why is your Charmander’s tail glowing so bright.?” Sarah asked.

“Charmander gets an added bonus to his fire attacks when he recovers from a critical or super effective hit. Give Azurill your best ember!”

“Charrrrrrr!” the small creature cried, using more power than he ever knew he had. Azurill collapsed, a little singed from the flames.

“Oh! Azurill are you okay? I’m sorry, maybe you weren’t ready for this kind of battle yet,” she said holding her Azurill close. “Can you ever forgive me?” The Azurill smiled, tears of caring in it's eyes, as it began to glow. It began to grow bigger and arms were sprouting. Finally the glow wore off and in Sarah’s arms was a Marril. She was crying a little as was her Marril. Darian and Charmander smiled, walking over to them.

“Congratulations Sarah, you and Marill’s friendship must have been strong enough for her to evolve,” Darian said. ”Would you like to travel along with us for a little while?” Darian asked. Sarah stood up, wiped away her tears and smiled.

“It would be an honor,” she replied respectfully. The two spent the day talking, laughing and arguing until they eventually came to a fork in the road. There was a small outpost which displayed where each path lead. One path lead to Skythentay Forest and eventually to Pillilikwee Town while the other one lead to Pacifinee Town.

“Darian?”

“Yeah?”

“I would like to try my hands at beating the Flying Type Gym Leader. Is that okay?”

“Yeah that’s okay, I’m going to try and beat the Fire Type Gym Leader in Foridium.”

“Thanks for being such a good friend to me, Marril and Geodude” Sarah said blushing. She then immediately hugged him saying. “Good luck on your journey Darian, I know you‘ll do great.” Darian blushed.

“Good luck to you too Sarah,” Darian replied and with that, the two friends went their separate ways.

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[JoseCanseko]

This is good. I have 1 question, if there was 38 possible, will there be 37 rivals?

All will be explained. I have rivals lined up Thanks!

 

[Kantomasta]

Ok. 1 down, 36 to go. LOL. This is really good though.

 

[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 3: The Mysterious Pokemon

Places of interest in this chapter:

Skythentay Forest (Just outside Korin Town, home to many Bug types mainly)

Mudunga Village (On the eastern outskirts of Skythentay Forest)

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Darian started reading his new map and found that he could take a route through Skythentay forest, or he could walk around the outer path which would take a considerably long time and would pass through a place called Mudunga Village. Darian decided to venture within the forest.

The light brown path was beginning to turn into dark soil and Darian began fantasizing about all the bug Pokemon he could capture. A few minutes later, he snapped out of his daydream and let Charmander out. “Fire is super effective against grass and bug types” He kept thinking . The two walked and talked for a good long while and stopped by a tree stump near a murky, swamp-like pond for a break.

Darian set down his pack and pulled out some Pokechow for Charmander. Darian noticed that there was a Kakuna hanging from a branch. He slowly unzipped his bag to get a pokeball when suddenly, there was a rustling in the bushes. Charmander jumped up and started searching for where the noise had come from. Darian searched in his pack to get a Pokeball when something ran from the bushes and dove into the water.

The water itself was murky and neither of the two could see through it. Backing away slowly, Charmander leapt to the left just as a water gun flew past him and another that just whizzed by Darian’s shoulder.

“Quick get behind that log!” Darian shouted to Charmander, who just cart wheeled past another water gun. The two hid behind the log and waited for the splashes of water to cease. When they finally did, the two looked over the log and saw a Pokemon emerge from the pond.

It was covered in green slime yet it was holding it’s head with both it’s hands. Without really thinking Darian commanded Charmander to use Ember. Charmander acknowledged the command and leaped on top of the log but the Pokemon just took a step back and shot a bright blue light of energy at Charmander.

Charmander opened his mouth to continue his attack but he couldn’t. Tiny blue sparks of electricity fizzled around Charmander each time he tried to use Ember. The other Pokemon slowly began looking around. “What is it doing?” Darian thought.

“If we can’t use Ember then we’ll have to go with scratch! Use Scratch!” Charmander then shook off the sparks and used scratch. Charmander’s claws , removed some of the slime to show the yellow feathers beneath. “Yellow feathers huh?” he said aloud.

He remembered reading about a famous group of trainers that challenged many leagues collecting all their badges and made it to the top elite trainers. They were all teenagers and there was a page that held a picture of the three and their Pokemon. The girl in the photo had a Psyduck. It looked kind of funny but actually seeing one up close was completely different.

“A Psyduck? Wow, he sure is strong.” Darian said. He began pondering what technique the Psyduck must have used. “He must have used Disable, to stop you from using ember!”

Charmander, who was still dodging water guns, gave Darian an understanding, panicky look. “Try to get in and keep scratching away!” Charmander cart wheeled towards Psyduck and executed an excellent front flip. The wild Psyduck, as well as Darian, were baffled at Charmander’s gymnastic skills. The Psyduck turned to fire but Charmander let out a fury of Scratch attacks which caused the Psyduck to fall over and faint.

Darian almost giggled with glee as he threw the Pokeball at Psyduck. He was glad no one was around to hear it.

Psyduck was instantly captured and didn’t resist at all. Luckily he had a few potions and supplies in his backpack that would bring his new Psyduck back to full strength. Darian decided to let Psyduck out. Once outside of the Pokeball, Darian apologized for attacking him and used two potions to heal his new Psyduck and cleaned off all of the dirt and slime off of his feathers. The Psyduck was happy with this and smiled. It seemed traveling with Darian would be far more interesting than swimming through murky swamps and running through the forest all the time.

Charmander popped up from behind a tree stump and walked over to his master and his new friend. He extended his claw and said something to Psyduck. Psyduck, still smiling , shook Charmander’s hand and joined Darian‘s side as the three began walking down the path.

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A little further down the path, Psyduck began to tug at Darian’s shirt. “What is it Psyduck?”

“Psy- aye aye!” Psyduck was pointing at the path which was continually getting darker. The sunlight poring through the tree’s was slowly turning into a dim green glow. The leaves and bushes really insolated the forest making it very silent. Darian hadn’t noticed the silence but it didn’t bother him.

“I’ve got Charmander with me and if something goes wrong Psyduck can disable him as we escape” he thought. “Besides what sort of Pokemon would be able to fend off against the three of us?” Darian’s two companions were reluctant to move on but Darian kept walking, stretching his arms. The two looked at each other and sighed and trudged behind Darian.

After an hour and a half of walking, the group was a little tired, so they all sat down to eat. Darian distributed the Pokechow while Psyduck filled his pan with water and Charmander heated it with his tail.

“Where would I be without you guys?” Darian said cheerfully. The smiling faces of his two new pals reassured him of his safety. He then laid his head against his backpack and closed his eyes.

A couple minutes passed, and Darian awoke because he had heard something. The carrots and berries he put into the pot were sending a strong smell throughout the forest. When he sat up, the smiles had left Charmander and Psyduck’s faces and were replaced with fear. Darian immediately jumped up and turned around to see a towering Pokemon in front of him.

There was a smaller version of the giant Pokemon in a pouch on the Pokemon’s stomach. The larger one roared and stomped the ground with it’s giant foot. This caused Darian to stumble backwards and knock over the stew. He then realized that the stew had attracted it.

“Okay big fella, I don’t want any trouble” Darian spoke in a quivering voice. Psyduck and Charmander were attached to each leg of Darian. He grabbed his gear quickly and bolted leaving the pot behind, still half full after it had been tipped. The trio could not see a thing as they ran blindly. They eventually reached an open field within the forest.

A full moon was radiantly glowing. A few Beedrill and Scyther could be seen flying over the forest top across the field. Darian was glad they didn’t cross paths with a Scyther.

The three of them found nice soft patches of long grass and laid down very close to each other, just in case. Darian caught his breath and stared into the night sky. This was his third night away from home and he already had tons of stories to tell.

He took out his Pokemon handbook and began looking for the Pokemon that attacked them. “Oh it was a Kangaskan,” Darian said to himself. He then closed the book and put it on his pack. Psyduck nestled right into Darian's shoulder and fell asleep instantly. Darian put his arms around his two buds and fell asleep.

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Sunshine was heating up Darian’s face and he slowly sat up. Charmander and Psyduck were already up sitting on small rocks watching a Pidgey duke it out with a Wingull. They were popping berries into their mouths like popcorn. The battle seemed to be disturbing some sleeping Butterfree and in defense they stopped the fighting by covering the field in sleeping powder. Darian lifted up his collar over his mouth so he wouldn’t inhale the powder but he was already beginning to feel drowsy.

When the Butterfree’s pollen had dissipated Darian awoke minutes later to a double-slap from Psyduck.

“Psy-aye-aye-duck!”

“I’m awake, I’m awake!” Darian replied with a yawn. “That was interesting...” he said, still yawning.

With the bright sun glittering through the trees across the field he noticed a sign and in big red letters, it read: Mudunga Village, and it had an arrow leading the way.

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[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 4: A New Friendship

Places of interest in this chapter:

Skythentay Forest (Just outside Korin Town, home to many Bug types mainly)

Mudunga Village (On the eastern outskirts of Skythentay Forest)

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There really wasn’t much of a path but it was good to know that civilization was in a general direction. After ten minutes Darian’s stomach began to growl. “You guys wouldn’t mind helping me find something to eat would you?” His Pokemon nodded and immediately went out searching for fruit.

Charmander had wandered a few meters away when he found a very small pond filled with fish. Charmander called out to the others and they came running. Now there was a new predicament, how to catch them.

“Psyduck, do you think you could catch them yourself?” he asked. Darian then imagined untying his shoelaces and tying them to a stick as a makeshift fishing rod. He laughed to himself while Psyduck jumped into the pond.

“Disable the fish Psyduck!” A blue sparked beam was fired from Psyduck and he hit two small fish. Psyduck practiced his aim a little more and when he was done six fish had been caught.

During all this Charmander took it upon himself to get some more wood. He was getting better at scavenging but he couldn’t find many sticks on the ground. Charmander looked up and noticed a tree branch that was barely attached to the rest of the tree. He leapt in the air and broke off the tree branch and used his Scratch technique to cut it into equal sized kindling wood.

Charmander proudly returned with the wood and lit the bonfire with his tail. They stuck the fish on the end of the sticks and leaned them towards the flame. “Two each” Darian said. Charmander and Psyduck quickly devoured their fish before Darian was even finished his first. Darian was reaching for the last stick when he noticed a head poking out of the bushes right in front of him.

“Ahhhhh!!!” Darian shouted. The first thing he noticed was that she was a girl, and the second thing he noticed is that she looked hungry.

“Hi” she said cheerily. “Sorry to scare you like this and I don’t really mean to be rude but could I have that fish?” she said, pointing at the remaining fish. She fully stepped out and a Bulbasaur followed. The girl had long wavy blonde hair amd noticable bright blue-gray eyes. Her pink shirt also stood out in the very green forest, she was also wearing black track pants with pink and white running shoes. Darian thought about it for a split second, but she looked hungry and he had already eaten one so he offered it to her.

“Here you go,” Darian offered.

“Thanks” the girl said giving half of her fish to her Bulbasaur. She then took a seat right beside Darian.

“So, what’s your name?” Darian asked.

“Oh I must’ve forgot, my name is Sakura, and you are?” she said munching on her fish.

“My name’s Darian and these are my Pokemon, Charmander and Psyduck.” Darian’s two companions waved and smiled. Sakura giggled. A small cold breeze went by, Sakura's hair flowed with it.

“They sure are cute” she said returning a smile once her hair was out of her face. “This is my new partner Bulbasaur.”

“Bulba!” the Bulbasaur said smiling.

“Did you say new partner?” Darian asked.

“Well, not that new.” She said with the last bite of the fish in her mouth. “You see, yesterday my brother returned from Korin town, he had left a few days before pretty early in the morning, and he forgot to wake me up. I was going to go with him but he was kind enough to bring me back a Pokemon, and that was Bulbasaur.” She then wiped her mouth with a napkin from her pack. ”We’ve been lost in here since I left home. Bulbasaur’s become really strong, battling off wild Pokemon and helping me catch two strong water Pokemon."

Darian reached into his pack and pulled out a map. Skythentay forest wasn’t completely mapped out, it just mapped the trails through the forest. The map showed there were two fairly large lakes in the forest but as Darian recalled there was a swamp and the small pond that weren’t on the map.

“What have you got there?” Sakura asked.

“Oh this? This is my map of the Kalen region but it isn’t too great though.” Darian said with a shrug.

“May I see it?” Sakura asked. Darian handed over the map and after analyzing Skythentay Forest, she agreed, the map wasn’t so great if you’ve left the trail.

The two walked and chatted into the late afternoon. Skythentay Forest was a lot bigger than they both had imagined. Darian was hoping that the direction they were going would lead them to Mudunga Village. They walked until the sky above them became dark red.

“The sun must be going down” Sakura said.

“Yep, I guess we’ll camp here tonight” Darian said.

The two teens placed their sleeping bags near the fire and climbed in. Darian ruffled through his bag and pulled out Charmander and Psyduck’s Pokeballs and recalled them. Sakura did the same with Bulbasaur.

The air was a little cold and the two trainers moved their sleeping bags side by side and huddled close to each other for extra warmth. At first they were looking at each other face to face, but both blushed and turned over in their sleeping bags.
They fell asleep back to back.

The first to wake up was Darian. He awoke with a priceless look on his face which luckily no one was able to see. Sakura’s arm was across his chest and her head nuzzled between his back and her pillow. Not knowing what to do or say, he reached for the nearest Pokeball and let Psyduck out.

“Psyyyyy- duck!” Psyduck cried very loudly, stretching its stubby arms. Psyduck hadn’t turned to see Darian yet but his morning wake up cry had done it’s job. Sakura rolled over mostly still asleep.

“Is it morning already?” Sakura said sarcastically, face in her pillow. Not knowing the circumstances of how they woke up.

“I’d say it is” Darian replied, hastily getting up and rolling up his sleeping bag. Sakura reached into her pack and pulled out three Pokeballs and tossed them at the pond, face still firmly planted in the pillow. Bulbasaur along with a Goldeen and a Remoraid appeared.

The two water types landed in the pond while Bulbasaur used Vine Whip and pulled himself to a branch, then impressively lowered himself to the ground. Sakura then sat up, her hair a little messed up and said good morning to her Pokemon along with Darian and Psyduck.

Darian let out Charmander and finished cleaning up the area. Sakura went behind some bushes and changed into a light blue tank top and white track pants. Darian took notice that she had changed. He blushed a little, thinking of how he sort of liked her arm around him earlier. He shook his head snapping out of it and asked her to repeat the question he had missed thinking about earlier.

“I was asking if you're ready to go?” she said as she was brushing her hair.

“Yeah, I'm wondering though, are you sure you want to travel with me?” he asked.

"I like you Darian. You were nice to me, fed me and kept me warm last night." Sakura said, near blushing toward the end. It was her turn to snap out of it, shaking her head quickly. She cleared her throat. "I don't really have a master plan of what I want to be. A pokemon Master, Breeder, Coordinator, etc. I think just being a trainer suits me fine. And if it's okay with you, I'd like to tag along on your quest to become the Champion of the Kalen Region. We'll be bound to find some amazing Pokemon and battle with some strong trainers. Right?"

Darian smiled and nodded. "Okay then! Let's Go!" and with that they were off. Sakura had to recall Goldeen and Remoraid of course, since they couldn‘t travel over land.

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They had hiked a long way the day before so they had to be close to Mudunga Village by now. After an hour more of hiking the trees were starting to open up when eventually they found the path with open plains in front of them.

“Yay!” Sakura shouted when they stepped onto the path. She high-fived Darian while the Pokemon cheered.

“Well, well well, I’ve never seen two people and their Pokemon so happy to see a path before!” a deep voice said. Caught up in all the excitement, no one noticed the burly hiker coming towards them down the path.

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[Kantomasta]

2 down, 45 to go. lol!

This is turning out to be really good, and i can wait to see what will happen. I just realised our characters names sounded alike, damian and darian. lol. Anyway, this is good and im reading them as fast as you are typing them.

 

[JoseCanseko]

2 down, 45 to go. lol!

This is turning out to be really good, and i can wait to see what will happen. I just realised our characters names sounded alike, damian and darian. lol. Anyway, this is good and im reading them as fast as you are typing them.

Thanks! ^_^ I plan on adding more tomorrow since it is late here :ksmile: I'll take a look at yours too by the way :kawaii:

 

[Kantomasta]

Thanks! ^_^ I plan on adding more tomorrow since it is late here :ksmile: I'll take a look at yours too by the way :kawaii:

why thank you. i think im gonna add a few chapters on mine too thn hit the sack, late here too. i wish it wasnt:bawling:

 

[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 5: Power Versus Strategy

Places of interest in this chapter:

Lavender Town (The Noble Purple Town [Kanto Region])

The Johto Region (In general)

Pacifinee Town [{Gym Leader - Felicity}] (A small peaceful town east of Korin Town. Home of the Flying-Type Gym.)

Pillilakwee Town (About halfway between Foridium City and Korin Town, beyond Skythentay Forest)

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Darian smiled and told the man that he had been lost and how he met up with Sakura and how they quickly became friends. The man revealed to them that his name was Henry and he came from some distant land from a place called Lavender Town.

“Would you two like to have a two on two pokemon battle with me?” he asked stroking his short beard. Sakura stepped forward and so did Bulbasaur.

“Come on Darian, you’re the second half of this team.” Sakura said in an upbeat voice.

“Alright Charmander, your up. Henry what are the rules?”

“I can use three Pokemon and between you two, you can use three Pokemon.”

“Sounds good to me” Sakura said. “We can use your Psyduck if one of our Pokemon faints.” Darian nodded in agreement and turned his attention to Henry. He had a belt of six Pokemon.

Henry grabbed two from the right side of his belt and released his Pokemon. To his right, stood a tall Graveler and on his left, a tough looking, muscular Gengar.

“Oh man this guy is going to be tough to beat,” Darian thought to himself.

“Let the battle begin!” Henry roared.

“Charmander, Ember!” Darian yelled as Charmander did a flip into the air and fired a reign of embers towards Gengar.

“Gengar, use Protect!, Graveler, Rollout now!” Henry boomed.

Gengar spread his arms apart and when the embers came towards him they seemed to bounce off a bright barrier that had just surrounded Gengar. Meanwhile Sakura was telling Bulbasaur to keep dodging Graveler’s Rollout attack. Bulbasaur had barely dodged the last rush.

“Vine Whip!” Sakura yelled. Bulbasaur shot his vines out and attempted to lift Graveler off the ground using his vines as train tracks. Bulbasaur managed to lift it off the ground just enough to change its direction.

Graveler had changed direction and didn’t know where it was going. “Now jump Bulbasaur!” Bulbasaur jumped just in time as the Graveler rocketed towards Charmander and Gengar.

Charmander was standing between the oncoming Graveler and Gengar. Gengar was still protecting itself from Charmander’s continuous ember attacks but didn’t hear the oncoming attack.
“Charmander! Behind you!!!” Darian yelled.

Everything almost came to a stop, and Darian watched it all like it was in slow motion. Charmander turned his head slightly and from the corner of his eye, caught a glimpse of Graveler. He then swung his arms from above his head, to behind his back, bent his knees and sprung, executing a flawless back flip.

This completely and utterly shocked everyone as Graveler collided into Gengar and knocked Gengar out cold. Henry recalled Gengar and whispered something to Gengar’s Pokeball.

“I have to admit that was very impressive on both your parts but it’s time to change strategies.” Henry said, smiling as he reached for a Pokeball on his belt. “Go Onix!” Towering above them all, stood a humongous Onix.

“Psyduck, switch with Charmander” Darian yelled, as Charmander made his way to Darian’s side. Psyduck sprinted into action just as Henry began his assault.

“Onix, Dragonbreath! Graveler, Rock Throw! Now!” Henry’s Onix cocked back it’s head and breathed green flames which hit Bulbasaur directly. A rock was also launched at Bulbasaur but was intercepted by Psyduck’s Water Gun.

"Nooo!" Sakura screamed when she saw the rock coming and thanked Darian for the save.

“Do you think Bulbasaur can keep fighting?” Darian asked.
“I think he can but he can’t take any more hits like that” Sakura replied.

“Well I’ve got just the move,” Darian thought to himself. “Psyduck, Disable Onix’s Dragonbreath attack!”

“Onix, counter with Dig!” The Onix leapt in the air and dove head first into the ground but before he was fully submerged Psyduck fired a Disable and caught Onix by the tail.

It howled as the blue sparks ran down it’s rocky body, then it went completely under ground. Things were not looking good for Henry at this point. Darian was having good feelings about this battle when a smile fell upon Henry’s face. “Graveler, use Magnitude!” then he yelled quite loudly “Wait for the opportune moment Onix, and then use dig!” Sakura turned to Darian with a worried look on her face and then the ground began to rumble.

Suddenly boulders began flying from the ground towards Psyduck and Bulbasaur. “That was a good one Graveler” Henry said with pride “ Just look at the size of those rocks.” In seconds Bulbasaur and Psyduck were buried.

“No!” Darian and Sakura cried.

“Well, send in Charmander” Henry said with a little laugh. “Your Pokemon couldn’t have taken a hit like that and still be able to fight." Just then, water began to pour from the cracks in the rock pile.

“It’s not over yet” Sakura shouted.

“Oh but it is” Henry said as Onix burst from the middle of the rubble sending Bulbasaur and Psyduck flying into the air.

Psyduck caught hold of a tree branch as he fell and was still good to fight but Bulbasaur soared straight over to Darian. Darian began running backwards and dove to catch Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur looked beat but gave Darian a smile as best he could and then fainted in his arms.

“Is he alright?” Sakura asked impatiently as she carefully took Bulbasaur from Darian’s arms.

“He’ll be okay, he just needs some rest.” Darian told her with a reassuring smile. Still on the ground, he turned to his little buddy. “Charmander, that back flip was amazing but I need you to pull off another miracle and help us win this battle. Do whatever Sakura tells you to okay?”

Charmander nodded and gave a loud “Char!”

“Let’s do this Charmander,” Sakura said. “For Bulbasaur” she said to herself.

“Rock throw boys!” Henry commanded, and his Pokemon obeyed. Rocks were being torn from the ground and being tossed at Charmander and Psyduck. Psyduck was running back and forth, barely dodging the rocks while Charmander stood still and acrobatically dodged the rocks.

“Charmander jump up and try to land on the rocks being thrown and hop from one to the next one and use your best Ember.” Sakura said. Darian heard this and knew he’d have to keep Onix busy. Charmander leapt into the air and landed on the rock. It was flying at such a velocity, he didn’t think he’d make it to the next one but he leapt and saw the next one coming.

If he tried to land on the rock, it would most likely hit him and send him further back. So instead he landed on the next rock with his right foot and immediately pushed off with that leg. Unfortunately Henry caught on and ordered Graveler to stop and the last rock that was leapt off of, homed in towards Psyduck’s head and bounced right off.

“Onix Tackle Psyduck!” Henry cried.

“Psyduck are you okay?! Get out of the way!” Darian hollered, but something strange was happening. Psyduck’s eyes began to glow and he began confidently walking towards Onix’s tackle. Psyduck looked angry.

“Charmander, use Ember on Graveler!” Sakura shouted. Now it was Henry’s turn to look worried.

“Uhhh, Graveler, use…. Harden!” Henry cried. Graveler curled up into a ball just as Charmander began attacking but it didn’t seem to be working as Graveler began feeling the heat. Meanwhile Onix was headed straight for Psyduck when Psyduck emitted a pulse that was felt by everyone and he fired glowing blue circles from his eyes.

“Psyduck must’ve known Hypnosis Darian!” Sakura said happily. The Onix immediately collapsed and fell to the ground,tearing up grass as it's body skidded to the left of Psyduck, sleeping soundly.

“I thought Psyduck’s couldn’t learn Hypnosis,” Darian thought. His Psyduck was special, and that made him smile.

“Okay okay, you win, you win.” Henry said. He recalled his two Pokemon back and whispered to his Pokemon “You guys did a great job out there for your first time battling in two months.” Charmander ran and gave Sakura a hug while Psyduck ran back and gave Darian the same. Henry walked over to the two young trainers and shook their hands.

“You guys must be good trainers, your Pokemon are in tip top shape!”

“You gave us a big challenge Henry. Your Pokemon are quite experienced.” Darian replied.

“Are you here to collect the 17 badges of the Kalen Region?” Sakura asked.

“As a matter of fact I am. I’ve collected one already.” He removed his giant knapsack and rummaged around for a box. He opened it and on the top far left was a the Foridium City badge, a red star with orange flames around it. “I used Gligar, Onix, Sudowoodo and Gengar to win.”

“Wow, you have a Sudowoodo?” Darian and Sakura questioned in awe.

“Yup, caught him in the Johto Region a year ago. We‘ve been great pals ever since.” Henry then put his badge box away and zipped up his backpack. “Next time we meet my Pokemon will be warmed up and won’t go easy on you,” he said with a big grin.

“Hey!” Sakura said, taking playful offense to that.

“I’ll be counting on it” Darian said as he and Sakura waved goodbye.

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“I wonder where we are exactly” Darian said aloud.

“Hey I know where we are” Sakura said, looking around. “My house is only a two hour’s walk from here.”

“So should we head over there?” Darian asked.

“If it’s okay with you Darian,” Sakura began. “I’d like to go by myself.” Sakura didn’t make eye contact and held her hands behind her back, lightly tapping the ground with her right foot.

Darian didn’t want to press the issue, since she didn’t look too happy about it.“Okay Sakura, how about we meet tomorrow at the Pillilikwee / Pacifinee fork down the path?”

“That’d be great” she said sounding a bit more happy.” She scooped Bulbasaur into her arms and gave Darian a one armed hug. Charmander hugged her leg gently while Psyduck hugged the other.

“Don’t get into any trouble” Darian teased as he pulled away slowly.

“I won’t” she said to Darian. She then kneeled down and petted Charmander, then Psyduck while Bulbasaur shook their hands with his vine. Darian, Charmander and Psyduck all waved goodbye to Sakura and Bulbasaur.

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[Gibbii]

This is really good!!

 

[Kantomasta]

nice job, i cant wait for sakura to come back.

 

[JoseCanseko]

nice job, i cant wait for sakura to come back.

Don't worry, she will

 

[alster08]

WOW I LOVE YOUR FANFIC! It is a plessure reading it. I love how you use so much discriptive words. Great Job. If you can would you please read my When Evil Meets Evil Fanfic and comment?

 

[JoseCanseko]

WOW I LOVE YOUR FANFIC! It is a plessure reading it. I love how you use so much discriptive words. Great Job. If you can would you please read my When Evil Meets Evil Fanfic and comment?

Sure thing. Thanks ^_^

 

[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 6: Prepare for Trouble?

Places of interest in this chapter:

Skythentay Forest (Just outside Korin Town, home to many Bug types mainly)

Pillilakwee Town (About halfway between Foridium City and Korin Town, beyond Skythentay Forest)

Korin Town (One of the southern most towns in Kalen)

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It was still morning out and Darian and his Pokemon were walking along the outer path around Skythentay Forest. A little ways down the path, he noticed what looked to be like a Phanphy lying in the middle of the road. Darian, Charmander and Psyduck immediately ran over to see if it was okay, but as they got closer, he noticed it was a stand-up cardboard cut out of a Phanphy.

There were soft footsteps slowly approaching them from behind. Darian froze, his head racing... and then there was a crash.

The three of them whirled around to see a red haired man face first in the ground. He seemed to have tripped over a small rock in the road and fallen over. Darian was about to kneel down and see if he was okay when from the bushes a girl popped her head out and began yelling.



“ Derrick! You idiot! We could have easily stolen his Pokemon and have been halfway to Pillilikwee by now!” Derrick got up and made his way over to his friend who fully emerged from the bushes. Despite her rude words the girl yelling was very beautiful. Her hair was a dark violet and Darian took note of the giant 'R' on her shirt. The guy named Derrick was looking pretty down but attempted to stand up for himself.

“I didn’t mean to fall Celeste, it was an accident, we can still steal his Pokemon, he’s got nothing on us.” Derrick looked angry but was not very convincing.

During their little argument, Darian was piecing everything together. “I’ve got your names you know, if that counts for anything” Darian said, confidently crossing his arms. "And by the sounds of it, you two are criminals."

“Cute and smart, I like that in a man, but we’re going to have to do this the hard way.” The one called Celeste said. She then took a defensive stance and sent out a Pokemon. “Go! Nidorino!”

A beastly Nidorino now stood before Celeste. She smiled confidently while her accomplice, Derrick declared himself referee. Darian didn’t want to fight but if he didn’t they would steal his Pokemon and probably force them to do evil things.
“And I’m not about to let that happen” Darian thought.

“Charmander, this is all you.”

“Char!” it cried confidently.

“Don’t just stand there, Horn Attack!” Celeste ordered, and Nidorino obeyed. There wasn’t much distance between Nidorino and Charmander, so Charmander and Darian had a few extra seconds to think before Nidorino picked up any speed.

“Time a jump and try to land on Nidorino’s back!” Darian shouted, he knew Charmander could do the rest. The Nidorino had no strategy except run straight and hit hard. Charmander waited and when he saw his opportunity, he leapt.

Nidorino tried to come to a stop but slid which affected where Charmander would land. Instead of landing on Nidorino’s back, he wound up gripping Nidorino’s tail.

“What are you doing! Shake him off and use Poison Sting!” Nidorino began whipping his tail around furiously but Charmander had dug his claws deep.

“Nido!” Celeste’s Pokemon howled.

“Doesn’t look to good for you Celeste, maybe I should take over...” Derrick taunted. Celeste gave him a fierce look which instilled the deepest fear in Derrick‘s heart. "Never mind..."

“Ember!” Darian yelled. Charmander relentlessly fired ember upon ember, and within seconds, Nidorino was singed and weak. Charmander flipped off his opponent and took am attacking stance.

Nidorino’s eyes began to tear up and it ran behind its master in fear of Charmander. “He wasn’t as tough as he looked, I should have burned him from the start.” Darian thought.

Celeste didn’t have a clue on what to do next. This was her first attempt to steal a Pokemon and so far it wasn't going so well. She looked up at Derrick. “Do something!” she barked.

Derrick immediately grabbed a Pokeball and threw it into the air.
“Let’s go Spearow! Peck attack!” The Spearow flew towards Charmander and landed on his head and began pecking feverishly. Charmander got a few swipes in at the Spearow but couldn’t release Spearow from his head.

“Charmander’s in trouble.” Darian had to somehow take down that Spearow. Then he had an idea. “Charmander, pin Spearow’s wings to your head and run him into that tree!” he shouted, pointing at a big oak tree. Charmander executed everyone of Darian’s commands. Spearow tried to pull away, pressing his talons on Charmander's head and trying to push off but it wasn't working. Charmander then rammed Spearow into the tree, knocking it out cold.

Celeste and Derrick now stood side by side, baffled by this powerful Charmander. They had spied on Darian's battle before and were amazed at it's skills. Charmander was very athletic and incredibly smart, not to mention crafty. A trait their organization could use. "Is that all?!" Darian shouted. The two started to laugh and then took one step away from each other.

“Get ready for disasters...” Celeste began saying.

“We are the masters...” Derrick continued.

“The gloves are off, it's time to fight...” Celeste struck a fighting pose, fists clenched and raised.

“To take and steal, is our delight...” Derrick then did the same.

“Celeste...” she dragged out her name, winking at Darian.

“Derrick...” Derrick also dragged out his name.

“We are Team Rocket and we’re always one up...”

“If you mess with us, you’ll get blown up...” Celeste and Derrick cheered as they reached for their Pokemon belts.

Darian didn’t know what to make of that little song and dance routine. It seemed to give them renewed hope at defeating him and that wasn't a good thing.

“Go Ryhorn!” Celeste shouted.

“I choose Treecko and Sandshrew!” Derrick proclaimed as his Treecko quickly hopped onto Ryhorn’s back. As of now it was three on one.

Darian could only use Psyduck but would Charmander and Psyduck be enough? “Psyduck your in on this too now” Darian said to the little yellow duck beside him.

“Duck, Psyduck!” he cried confidently.

“Attack!” Celeste and Derrick said together. Ryhorn and Sandshrew began charging Darian’s Pokemon. Darian was having trouble on which of his Pokemon should fight who, but he made a quick decision.

“Charmander! Scratch Sandshrew!”

“You too Sandshrew!” Derrick hollered. The two Pokemon began trading blows, each one more intense than the last but Darian could see Sandshrew wasn’t wearing down much. “Come on Celeste, do something!”

“Don’t tell me what to do!” Celeste snarled back. She thought about what attack to use on Psyduck. “Ryhorn, Fury Attack now!”

Ryhorn began to pick up more speed and swiped at Psyduck with his horn three times, missing the first two times. Psyduck was sent flying through the air and landed face first on the ground but got up quickly.

Darian was worried for a moment that Psyduck had been seriously hurt, but he seemed okay. Celeste’s lip began to curl as she played out the next move in her head.

“Sandshrew, Sand-Attack!” Derrick ordered. Sandshrew pushed off Charmander and whipped his tail into the dirt path and flailed it around around sending sand into Charmander’s face.

“Ryhorn, Stomp Psyduck now!” Celeste's command sent it zigzagging it’s way towards Psyduck.

“Think, think, think..” Darian thought. Charmander rose his arms in defense, since now the Sandshrew was using his paws and his tail to keep up the Sand Attack. Charmander’s vision was amjorly obscured.

“This battle is already won.” Celeste announced loudly. Ryhorn now leapt as high as it could into the air and was rocketing downwards fast, ready to crush Psyduck with it’s mighty horn.

“Not if I have anything to say about it” Darian yelled. He ran towards the center of the battle and looked to his left. “Charmander, jump and use ember.”

“Charr!”

He then turned and looked to his right. “Psyduck, Disable, now!”
Psyduck had seconds to react and fired the blue energy beam directly at Ryhorn’s face. Ryhorn froze in midair a few seconds, just long enough for Psyduck to roll out of the way. When the blue sparks faded, Ryhorn hit his head hard on the ground that made a very large 'thud'.

Over on Darian’s left, Charmander used his tail to push himself over the dust cloud and let loose a reign of fire. Derrick froze up not knowing how to block or dodge the attack.

“Use, uhm, er, just get out of the way!” but it was too late and Derrick’s Sandshrew had taken many embers to the chest and head. When Charmander landed, the two immediately got into a staring competition, both panting and exhausted.

In a matter of seconds, Sandshrew collapsed. Things were definitely going Darian's way today. “Now, where is that little…”

“Treecko!” the little green lizard screamed as it dive-bombed towards Psyduck out of a nearby tree. It drew back it’s right leg and delivered a roundhouse kick to Psyduck’s head. Psyduck soared but instead of another harsh landing, it floated down surrounded by a blue aura.

“Psyduck?” Darian asked, in awe of what was happening. Derrick’s Treecko, not intimidated at all, took a defensive stance. Celeste was shouting at the woozy Ryhorn. It was wobbling left, then right and it chose Derrick as it’s next target. The knock to it’s head had confused it.

“Ryhorn stop it! You stop it right now!” Celeste ordered, but it was not working. Ryhorn began to pick up the pace, charging at the unnoticing Derrick.

“Treecko use Absorb!” Derrick squeaked, just seeing Ryhorn charging at him. He dove into the bushes as Ryhorn rammed into a tree, getting his horn stuck in the process.

Treecko began to sprint at Psyduck but suddenly Treecko wasn’t running on anything. He too was now surrounded by the same blue aura and Psyduck was smiling. Psyduck pointed to the sky and Treecko rose into the air. Psyduck then spun his arm in circles and Treecko began whirling around in the air. Psyduck then took both hands and swiftly pointed to the ground and Treecko was thrown intensely hard onto the dirt path.

Psyduck walked over to the creature but the second Psyduck was close enough, Treecko used all his strength left to somersault onto Psyduck’s back and began absorbing his energy.

“No!” Darian cried. “Charmander help him!” Darian was feeling horrible, Psyduck was crying out in pain. Once Treecko was done with his victim he stepped off Psyduck’s back and kicked him in the side. Shock and anger rose upon Charmander and Darian’s faces. Charmander’s tail began to burn brightly and his claws began glowing with a silver tinge. Darian realized Charmander had also learned a new move.

“That can’t be good” Celeste murmured, recalling Ryhorn and Nidorino back into their Pokeballs. Derrick crawled out from under the bushes to see what was happening, also recalling Spearow and Sandshrew.

“Charmander, Ember, then follow up with Metal Claw!” Charmander started sprinting and Treecko did the same. Treecko jumped to deliver a kick to Charmander's head but Charmander blocked with Metal Claw and shoved him back. Charmander then spun around and set Treecko aflame with Ember. Charmander wasn’t finished though. He ended Treecko with a final Metal Claw as promised.

“Punk…” Derrick muttered, recalling his three Pokemon.

“It’s all your fault we failed our first attempt at stealing a Pokemon.” Celeste roared.

“No! It’s your fault for not working as a team player. Plus I already stole a Pokemon, you’re the one who hasn‘t stolen anything yet!” Derrick barked back. He then turned to Darian. “I promise you…” he said, in an angry voice. “One day that Charmander will belong to Team Rocket!”

“And your little Psyduck too” cackled Celeste.

“You’ll never lay a hand on my Pokemon” Darian exclaimed. They just laughed at him and turned to flee, which made him mad. “Charmander, show them why they’ll never steal you or Psyduck away from me.” Charmander put on a sinister grin as he fired two embers which conveniently landed on their buttocks. They yelped and hollered in pain as they sprinted as fast as their legs could take them.

Darian followed a ways only to see them pull off a camouflaged sheet which revealed two hi-tech motorbikes. The bike Derrick hopped onto, had a cage with a Pidgey inside attached to the end.
“Catch you next time” Celeste smoothly taunted, winking at Darian, blowing him a kiss.

He blushed angrily as the engines roared. Derrick started doing a wheelie and the cage fell off. They then sped off into the distance.

Derrick ran over to the cage and had Charmander use metal Claw to open it. The Pidgey was overjoyed and tried to tell Darian something. Darian took it all in, and understood what the Pidgey was trying to say.

"So you have a trainer? right?" he asked. Pisgey chirped and nodded. "And you want to fly back to him right?" The Pidgey then flew up to his arm and nuzzled his head on Darian's. "Well, it would be great to have you on my team but I can tell you are attached to your trainer. Be safe Pidgey! I hope we meet again!" Darian called out as Pidgey soared over Skythentay Forest. It waved and chirped as it disappeared.

Psyduck randomly started to wobble and Darian and Charmander caught him. “You did your best out there, I’m proud of you.”

“Charmander, Char!” Charmander pitched in. Psyduck raised his arm and gave the two a thumbs up, then fell asleep. Darian then recalled Psyduck and Charmander to give each of them a well deserved rest. It was nearly mid day. “There’s a Pokecenter in Korin, I’ll get there as soon as I can.”

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[Kantomasta]

This is getting better and better!

 

[JoseCanseko]

This is getting better and better!

I'll try to have chapter 7 up tomorrow ^_^

 

[JoseCanseko]

Chapter 7: The Calm (Part 1)

Places of interest in this chapter:

Korin Town (One of the southern most towns in Kalen)

Trisidian City [{Gym Leader - Jerry}] (One of the biggest cities, lays far to the west, beyond Spark Forest. Home of the Electric-Type Gym.)

Foridium City [{Gym Leader - Greg}] (A huge city north of Pilillikwee. Home of the Fire-Type Gym.)

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“Zigzagoon! Slow down!” a distant voice was yelling. Darian was panting, he had been sprinting until he had run out of energy and had been jogging ever since.

“Zoon, Zoon!” the little creature cried as it ran past him and stopped a few meters ahead. It was mid afternoon and there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky. According to his map he was only a few hours walking distance from home. Darian stopped jogging and waited for the boy to catch up.

“Excuse me!” The boy was also panting quite heavily. “Could you help me catch my Zigzagoon?” he asked desperately. The boy was short, wearing a dark blue baseball cap backwards.

“Sure, but why is he running away from you?” Darian asked.

“Well you see, he’s got his own Pokeball,” he paused as Darian gave him a strange look. The boy took a deep breath. “It’s in his mouth, so I can’t recall him.” Darian looked closer and noticed the red half of a Pokeball sticking out of his mouth. Darian realized the boy needed his assistance and agreed to help him.

“Zigzagoon, please give me back your Pokeball” the boy said, inching closer. “Now!’ he yelled as he and Darian leapt towards the boy’s Zigzagoon and both missed.

“So close!” Darian said. The Zigzagoon was now running around the two trainers. The boy anticipated Zigzagoon's path and dove, missing barely. Then Darian gave it a go but also missed. Zigzagoon was having the time of his life.

“Zoon!”

“Alright then, that’s it, Zigzagoon, I didn’t want to do this…” The boy reached for the only Pokemon he had left. “Go Corsola! Lombre! Bring back Zigzagoon’s Pokeball!”

The coral pokemon hopped along while the jolly pokemon began chasing Zigzagoon and they both tackled Zigzagoon to the ground. Zigzagoon opened his mouth and the ball fell out and rolled to Darian’s feet.

“Here you go” Darian said, handing over the Pokeball.

“Thanks, by the way, the name’s Jonas” Jonas stuck out his hand.

“Darian” he replied.

“Alright everyone, back into your Pokeballs” Jonas said recalling each one. “So Darian...”

“Yeah?”

“You wouldn’t happen to be going to Korin Town, would you?” he asked a little shyly.

“As a matter of fact I am," Darian paused slightly. "Would you like to tag along?”

‘I thought you wouldn’t ask!” Jonas said with a smile. The two began walking and time passed quickly. It was almost dark when the two boys entered the town of Korin. “Darian, does Korin have a Pokecenter?”

“It sure does and we're heading there now,” Darian replied.

“But I thought we were going to meet your mom and sister?” Jonas asked.

“I need to have my Pokemon checked and healed. It won’t take too long, come on...” Darian coaxed. Jonas had no argument, he just wanted to have a good meal, then go see how messed up Zigzagoon was. He agreed and they made their way to the Pokemon center.

The doors slid open and they stepped into the cool air conditioned Pokecenter. There was a trainer sitting in the emergency area and he looked scared. “Poor guy,” Darian thought. He stepped up to the counter and ringed the bell.

“Just a minute” a voice chimed. Darian began smiling, the voice was familiar.

“Hey what’s so funny?” Jonas asked, catching Darian’s smile.

“You’ll see” Darian said plainly. A woman came out from the door, the name ‘Nurse Becking’ was on her blouse and she put a tray in front of Darian and Jonas. Darian looked at her but she was looking at the tray. The boys put their Pokeballs in the tray. The nurse hadn’t looked up at either of their faces and when she went to pick up the tray, Darian placed his hand on hers.

“Excuse me but..”

“Karla, it’s me.” Darian said to the nurse softly. She looked up and she smiled.

“Darian!” she yelled as she came around the counter and gave Darian a hug. “I haven’t seen you since I left to become a Pokemon Nurse, wow, you’re a Pokemon trainer now? Good for you!” She turned his hat around so he sort of looked like Jonas.

“Thanks, and congrats on becoming a fully fledged nurse. This is my friend Jonas.” Jonas put his hand up.

“Hi” he said.

“Do you run the Pokecenter by yourself?” Darian asked. She clapped her hands and a Chansey came out.

“Chansey, this is Jonas and this is my good friend Darian” Karla said. “Could you take their Pokemon? I’ll be back there in a second.” Chansey nodded and took the tray happily. “It’s just me and Chansey here, my mom, who was here before, moved on to the Trisidian Pokecenter. They desperately needed her and I had just passed my Nurse’s school. So… I got the job”

“That’s great, I’m happy for you” Darian said smiling. Karla giggled and hugged him again.

“Don’t worry your Pokemon will be ready in a few minutes, just wait in the lobby.”

“Thanks” Jonas said as she skipped into the back room. “You sure our Pokemon are safe?” he teased.

“Yeah, I trust her.” Darian replied with a little laugh. A few minutes went by when the light in the emergency room went off. Karla wheeled out an Aipom on a stretcher. The trainer who had been scared half to death, breathed a sigh of relief as his Aipom leapt onto his shoulders.

“Thanks, Nurse Becking” the young trainer said as headed to the center’s exit.

“Next time don’t make fun of the Beedrill swarm as it passes by!” she yelled.

“I won’t” he replied as he ran out into the late afternoon. Chansey came out from the door near the front desk and put a tray on the counter.

“Thank you Chansey” Karla said as she walked over to the counter and brought the tray into the lobby area. “You’re Pokemon have been restored to full health” she declared as Jonas and Darian retrieved their Pokemon.

“Thanks again Miss Becking” Jonas said.

“You can call me Karla, Jonas.” she said with a laugh.

“Thanks Karla” Darian said as he gave her a hug.

“I hope we meet again soon...” She said with a tinge of sadness.

“Me too Karla” he said as they began walking towards the exit.

“I’ll miss you” Karla added.

“We’ll see each other again” Darian promised.

“In the near future I hope” she replied, batting her eyes at him. Darian was slowly beginning to blush.

“Bye Karla” Jonas said as they stepped into the heat of the outdoors.

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“Is she your girlfriend?” Jonas asked. Darian laughed a little.

“No, she’s one of my good childhood friends”

“I see... well... which way is it to get to your place? I hope your mom can cook as good as you say she can.” Jonas said licking his lips almost tasting the food already.

“They’re not expecting us, so we’ll see.” Darian replied. They went down a block and knocked on the door of Darian‘s house. The two boys heard some moving around and then the door creaked open and Kimberly was at the door.

"Hello?" she squeaked. Her eyes widened and she screamed for her mother to come to the door.“Darian! Darian! You’re really here!” Kimmy said as she hugged him.

“Oh Darian, you came to visit,” Darian’s mom said sincerely. “And who’s your friend?” she asked politely.

“Mom this is Jonas, Jonas this is my mom and that’s my younger sister Kimmy.” Darian explained. After the pleasantries, they all stepped inside and sat in the living room. Darian was finally able to let his Pokemon out. Charmander yawned, while Psyduck stretched his arms. After more introductions, they began chatting.

Over dinner, Darian learned that Jonas was from Trisidian City, a city north of Foridium. More time passed and it was getting late. Jonas was given Darian’s bed while Darian was going to sleep on the sofa. Charmander fell asleep by the empty fireplace and Psyduck was sleeping on a comfy chair.

“So you’re meeting up with someone tomorrow?” Darian’s mom asked.

“Yeah, another friend I met.”

“You sure are quite the popular one, aren’t you.”

Darian smiled. He was going to miss his mom. Well I made some cookies for you and Jonas. In case you leave before we wake up, they’ll be on the counter.”

“Thanks mom,” he replied.

“Good night Darian”

“Night mom” Darian’s mom turned out the lights and went upstairs to bed. Darian made his way to the couch, thanks to Charmander’s tail lighting the living room up a bit. He laid on the couch, turned to one side and fell asleep.

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“Hey” a voice was whispering. “Wake up!”

“Char!”

Darian could make out three faces.“Darian, it’s time to go” Darian sat up and rubbed his eyes.

“Psyduck!” the yellow face quacked.

“Jonas?” Darian asked.

“Yeah, Your mom filled your pack last night and I’ve got the cookies,” he said, slipping one into his mouth.

“Hey why don’t you guys head outside, I’ll be out in a second.” Darian told the group. He got up and stretched, then quickly jogged up the stairs and crept into Kimberly’s room. She was a light sleeper and woke up almost immediately.

“You can’t sneak up on me Darian, you’re too loud” Kimmy said with a yawn. Darian walked to her bedside, gave her a hug and told her he was leaving.
“Take care of mom”

“I will” Kimmy replied. “I’ll miss you Darian, come back soon!”

“I’ll miss you guys as well” he said and made his way for her bedroom door and closed it. He went down the stairs and his mom was standing by the door. Darian told her to take extra care of Kimberly and to stay safe.

“Stay safe yourself Darian, I bet there are many Pokemon who could hurt you seriously”

“Don’t worry mom, I’ve got it covered” he said pointing to Charmander, Psyduck and Jonas. The door was open and the three of them were playing tag. “I’ll see you around” he said to his mom with a smile and ran up to his friends. They four waved goodbye and began walking to the town’s entrance once again.

“Funny” Darian’s mom said to herself. “Those were Shadow’s last words also,”

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