One day, I was sitting around playing Pokemon, and had a thought, "What would it be like if our world had Pokemon?" That led to me to a discussion with my friends at school the next day. Since then, the idea has been bouncing around in my head and now I'm putting fingers to keys.
Itchy's Pokemon Story
(Yes, it is quite an original title, isn't it?)
6:30 AM- Itchy's Room, On Minot AFB, ND
The alarm went off, and Itchy reached out and turned it off. Getting up and dressed, he looked into the mirror. What he saw wasn't different from what he normally wore everyday. Black jeans that were slightly baggy, held up by a belt with 3 pokeballs marked with a flame, ice shard, and psionic lightning bolt, and three unmarked pokeballs. He wore a pair of simple black tennis shoes, had a black shirt with a picture of Entei on it, had a peace necklace on, on a black fedora on his blonde curly hair. Staring back into the reflection of his crystal blue eyes, he smirked before walking out for breakfast.
Sitting down, he dug into his cereal, when his mom and dad walked in. Sitting down, they ate quietly until his mom spoke up, saying, "So you're leaving today, huh? Well, at least you stayed longer than your brother."
Ah yes, his brother. He hadn't seen him in 4 or 5 years now. As soon as his bro turned ten, he grabbed his starter and left. Granted, he called from time to time, but still.
Looking up from his meal, his dad, the acting commander of the air force base they were living on, asked, "So where are you going to bring your stock to? I hear California has been paying top dollar for ice pokemon."
Going wide eyed, Itchy said, "HELL NO! You know they still have a warrant out for my arrest!"
Shocked, his mom yelled, "What the heck do you mean they have a warrant for your arrest! And language young man!"
Quickly covering his mistake, his father said, "Um he's just kidding dear. What he means is that all the local pokemon salesmen there want him arrested for illegal dealing, which never occurred, due to how good a salesman he is."
Calming down, his mom said, "Okay, I was worried for a second. Wouldn't want my son to be an outlaw now, would I?"
Whispering to his dad, Itchy said, "You never told her the real reason we cut our vacation short, did you?"
Looking straight at him, he said, "Do you want to tell her that we cut the vacation short because we taught an Abra thief? I still can't believe how much crap Zetsu stole in 20 minutes."
"Same here," Itchy responded. "Anyway, I should get going. Going to meet up with the rest of Big Shots. After we finish our normal routine, we're going to enter the tournament and split up to adventure on our own after that. See ya!" Waving his parents good bye, he left for town.
Town Square, 8:32 Am
The Big Shots. Possibly the best fighters in Minot, and were not the best influence. While not doing anything illegal, they won't model citizens. For instance, their normal routine was battling for cash. Today was no different.
"Alright people, today's your last chance to win against the Big Shots! Will you face Rex, the fossil pokemon master, or Kilo, the king of speed? Perhaps Scholar, the intellect of the Big Shots? Or will you try your luck at Itchy, the only one who has yet to use all three of his pokemon! As it stands, no one has beaten anyone of these three! For twenty dollars, you get a chance to fight one of them! You win, and you get two hundred dollors!" All this was yelled out by Chef, the public speaker for the big shots. Normally, there would only be one or two takers per person. After all, who wants to face the best fighters in town? But today was different. Today, was the last day they'd be in town. So the line to fight them was 20 people long, with the spectators surrounding them. Obviously, if they wanted to enter the tournament on time, something would have to be done to speed this up. Getting together, the group told Chef what to say.
"Okay folks, there has been a slight change! Since these fellows want to be on time to the tournament later today, they have decided that a change in plans were in order. They'll use two pokemon each, and everyone one who wants to enter will get to use one. That means it'll be eight on twenty. Entry fee will be 10 dollars, and if your pokemon survies the onslaught, you will win two hundred dollars! Are you all in agreement?"
With the shouts being his answer, the crowd gave him the money, and sent out their choice. It was time for the big shots to prove why they were the best. Kilo sent out a Rapidash and Scyther. Rex Sent out a Kabutops and Bastiodon. Scholar sent out a Porygon 2 and Kirlia. Itchy reached for the pokeballs with a psionic lightning bolt and ice shard on it. Throwing them into the air, he shouted, "Let's show them how to fight, Zetsu and Hyo!" Out came Zetsu the Kadabra, the same one that got him banned from ever entering California again, and Hyo the Sneasel, who for almost identical reasons got him banned from Iowa. Who would have thought they'd be that protective of their potatos?
Quickly going into battle mode, he noticed he was facing down four pokemon, a Shedinja, which was quite rare, a Smeargle, quite the wild card, a Sudowoodo, must be imported, and a Bayleef, so a semi-new trainer. Thinking quickly, Itchy called out, "Zetsu, fire punch combo 3 on Shedinja, we want him out quick, Hyo, blizzard, aim towards that Bayleef!" Of course, it wouldn't be that easy. Not knowing what combo 3 was, the enemy decided to rush Zetsu before he could finish charging up his attack, and was about to hit him when he vanished with a teleport. Shocked, the Shedinja didn't see Zetsu behind him, and got hit with the fire punch, knocking him out. While this was going on, the blizzard attack had been fired of, but the Sudowoodo blocked it from hitting Bayleef. At this point, the Smeargle launched a Hydro Pump. Reacting quickly, Itchy shouted, "Zetsu, use Psychic to redirect it to Sudowoodo!" Using the full force of his concentration, Zetsu turned the high-powered blast of water to Sudowoodo, who only got away due to Bayleef using vine whip to pull him out of the way. Grinding his teeth, Itchy called out and said, "Kilo, I need a blitz on this Bayleef, asap!"
Nodding his head, Kilo sent his Rapidash to flare blitz the Bayleef, who had no time to dodge, and was knocked out. With that problem out of the way, Itchy refocused his efforts on the two who were still standing. Thinking quickly, he shouted, "Zetsu, psybeam on Sudowoodo, keep firing until he's down, Hyo, keep a barage of faint attacks up until that Smeargle is down!" Following his orders, the two went into action. Hyo, due to his speed, was able to bring down the Smeargle quickly. Zetsu, however, was having some trouble. Focusing hard, Itchy took a look around. Rex was having trouble with a Ferrow avoiding all his attacks, Kilo's pokemon were barely conscious from having used take down too many times, and Scholar was busy with a Magmar and Electabuzz. That ment he was on his own. Turning back, he hollered, "Zetsu, hold him still with psychic, Hyo, keep him in a blizzard until he faints!" Thankfully, the Sudowoodo, exhausted from so much running, was not able to prevent himself from being caught. As another stoke of luck, the Ferrow that Rex was trying to pin flew into the attack, knocking her out as well. Turning, Itchy saw that Scholar finished off his opponet. Smiling, they grabbed their two hundred, gave chef his share of $40, and split the $160 amongst them. Walking off, they head to the tournament.
Qwerty Uiop = Line Break
Alright, now before I get yelled out for making them overpowered, let me put it into this term. They have spent the last 6 years constantly training, where-as some of these guys have been training on and off for 3 or 4 years. To mean, that puts them at mid 20's level wise, low 30's at best, and the Big Shots at mid 40's to low 50's. Now I wont be using levels to determine combat, just physical strength. For instance, a level 3 Caterpie could beat a level 79 Zapados if you could use the right strategie in this story. Now the reason I listed what Itchy was wearing and not Rex, Kilo, and Scholar is that the outfit would have changed when they met up after the split. So why describe it? Anyway, if you have trainers that you would like for a split moment battle, or a pokemon that you would think would fit with one of the Big Shots, with the exception of Itchy, let me know (Via review) and I'll throw them in if I like them. Final note, don't suggest a female trainer to hook Itchy up, I got that covered, and he won't have a rival. However, feel free to suggest one for any of the other Big Shots.