The Gray Adventure
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Kenshin: And so we begin with the end.
Yusei: This is the story about Touya/Hilbert/Black going through Unova to defeat the gyms and Team Plasma... Now that I think about it, what's with that name? Hilbert doesn't really match Touya at all.
Manabu: We're calling him Hilbert. That's that.
Yusei: scuffs Anyway, Black goes through Unova battling the gym leaders and Team Plasma. Cheryl returns too, but not to see Lucas who is helping Hilbert to become a strong trainer... Why?
Lucas: Because I need something to do!
Yusei: The pairings will appear later, but other than for the characters introduced in this story; LucasxCheryl, CynthiaxRiley, and the other two.
Journal Entry 1: Enter Oshawott Eiji
Hi there. Welcome to the world of Pokemon! My name is Professor Juniper. Everyone calls me the Pokemon Professor, like the others. This world is widely inhabited by mysterious creatures called Pocket Monsters, or Pokemon for short. Pokemon have mysterious powers, come in many shapes and live in many different places; even in space! We humans live happily with Pokemon! Well most of us anyway. Living and working together, we complement each other. We help each other out to accomplish difficult tasks. Having pokemon battle one another is particularly popular, and it deepens the bonds between human and pokemon. And that is why I research pokemon.
The current trainers picking up pokemon at my lab are a quartet of friends. Hilbert Hakumei, or Black as he likes to call him, is a 16 year old who wants to become the strongest pokemon champion. He's a little dense so he won't notice a woman's advances on him. Hilda Hakumei, or White as she likes to call her, is a 16 year old who wants to travel the world to battle against her idol Cynthia. She, unlike her twin brother Black, is rather calculative and notices little details. Cheren is a little difficult, but he's a very honest person. Bianca is a little flighty, but she works very hard. These four have great potential, so I will give them important pokemon. I really hoped that they would find what is important to them in all of their travels...
"...But this is not what I expected!" Juniper says as she watches the four friends fight their way to the table. She sighs and takes all three balls, causing the teenagers to stop in their tracks. "You know, I think I have a better idea. Wait for a month."
"Eh?" - All of them
Two Months Later...
In autumn of Unova, inside of Nuvema Town, Juniper is walking over to a home closer to the exit of Route 1. She knocks on the door, and out comes Black and White's mom. "Can I help you?"
"Yes, take this. It's a gift for Hilbert, Hilda and his friends," she says, handing her a black box. After the mother takes it Juniper takes off, leaving the house as fast as she could.
Meanwhile...
In the middle of Route 2, a teenager around the age of 16 is walking down the path. He is Lucas, almost 3 years older. He has a scar on his left cheek, an extra 5 pounds, and ice candy in his mouth. He continues down the road to the fast growing town Accumula Town. He sighs, saying, "Only a few more weeks left. What to do til then?"
Back in Nuvema...
"About time we got this package!" Cheren says as he looks at the box before him. He is upstairs in Touya's room looking over the box Juniper sent over. "Where's Bianca?"
"I'm here!" A voice calls out from outside the room. In steps Bianca, who trips and falls flat on her face.
Cheren and Touya sigh at her action, while Touko helps her up. She says, "For ten years you're always late... C'mon, today's the day we get our Pokemon!"
"I hope she fixed that only three problem." Black picks up the top and opens it, revealing the three balls inside. Inside he finds a note.
White takes it and reads, "I've brought three pokemon, one for you, your sibling, and each of your friends. Please settle your choices politely, and outside of my lab. The one who doesn't get a Pokemon can come back in a week to receive a new one."
With her reading the letter Black, Bianca and Cheren each grab one ball out of the box. White turns around to see what happened, and gasps when she realizes they nabbed a Pokemon and left her with none. "EH?"
"Now to see what we got!" They each send out their Pokemon; Bianca has Tepig, Cheren has Snivy and Black has Oshawott.
"Wow! I got such a cute Pokemon!" Bianca says as she hugs her fire type.
"I wanted Snivy to begin with," Cheren says while holding his grass type.
"Are you strong?" Black asks his water type. It gains an anger mark and hits Black with the scalchop, the yellow seashell, on its chest.
"Let's have a battle!" Bianca says while turning to her friends.
"What? Even if they aren't that strong yet you shouldn't have Pokemon battle inside a house," Cheren says to her.
"Neh, come on! Black, how about it?" - Bianca
"Okay, sure!" Black says, moving to the other side of the room. White and Cheren move out of the way, allowing them to have a proper battle.
"Let's go, Tepig! Use Tackle!" Tepig charges at Oshawott.
"Counter with Tackle!" Oshawott tackles Tepig, the two attacks knocking them back. "Water Gun!"
"Ember!" Tepig snorts a spiraling stream of small embers at Oshawott, who washes them all away with its water attack. Tepig is blown into the wall, knocking his stuff down. "Tepig!"
Bianca picks her Pokemon up and holds the fainted pig up to her chest. Black places a hand on his Pokemon, patting lightly. "Great job! You're a lot stronger than I thought you'd be."
"Now for me." Cheren steps forward with his Snivy.
"Eh? I thought you weren't battling!" - White
"True, but I might as well seeing as your room is already a mess." After he says this, he points to his ruined wall and dresser.
Black sighs, knowing he'll regret this decision. "Let's go."
"Snivy, use Vine Whip," Cheren says. His Pokemon releases vines from its collar and slams them at Oshawott.
"Oshawott, dodge!" Instead of doing what he said, Oshawott takes out his seashell and beats the vines aside, moving closer towards the grass type. Black could only look at him with shock and awe. "Wow."
"You can't get your Pokemon to listen to you, huh?" - Cheren
"Shut up! The end result is the same!" Black shouts. "Oshawott, Water Gun at Snivy's head!"
Oshawott fires a water gun, but instead at the snake's stomach. The water type then tackles the scalchop and tosses it at Snivy. "Knock it away with Leaf Tornado!"
Snivy spins its tail and summons a flurry of leaves. Black's room is ruined even more. "Aim a Water Gun directly at Snivy!"
Oshawott squirts, but Snivy strikes with the tornado. Both Pokemon are hit, but only Oshawott faints. Cheren smirks and walks to his Pokemon. "Good job there, Snivy."
"Oshawott!" Black helps his Pokemon up into his arms. "You did the best you could."
"That was a great battle!" - Bianca
"Yeah, even when Oshawott did his own battling," White adds. She then looks around and says, "Looks like you have to clean up here."
"Nah, mom will get it." - Hilbert
Later...
"...And don't make me have to tell you again, got it?" The mother of the Hakumei twins speaks to her son. He has bruises on his face from getting beaten up by a brush.
"Y-Yes mom..." - Hilbert
"Pokemon...Their battles can be so lively, reminds me of my first battle. Anyway, don't you have to go on the Professor Juniper's?" - Mom
"Oh yeah!" Hilda shouts. Bianca and Cheren say their thanks to the mother of the house and leave. The twins leave out after them.
"Wait, hold up!" Their mom calls out. The twins stop to find that their mom is holding two watch like items. She catches up to them and hands them the devices. "You forgot your Xtransceivers. You're going on an adventure, right?"
"Oh, of course!" Hilbert says, strapping on his blue one. Hilda puts on her pink one and they head on to Juniper's lab, thanking their mom once again.
They reach the lab where they find Cheren standing by the doorway alone. Hilda asks, "Where's Bianca?"
"She went home. I'll bet that girl's spacing out as usual," Cheren says, pushing his glasses back up.
"Cheren, don't say that about her. She always tries her best, right Black?" White says, turning to her brother at the end of her sentence. But he's already heading towards her home.
Black enters Bianca's home, only to find her being yelled at by her father. "No! No! A thousand times no!"
"Yes! I'm going to be a Pokemon Trainer! You have no right to control me!" she yells back, pulling her hat down a little and walking off. She grabs Black's arm and drags him along with her back to Juniper's lab.
"Bianca, is everything okay?" Black asks her.
"Yeah. It's ok," she replies, before they reach the lab. Finally reuniting with White and Cheren the quartet enter the lab. Juniper spots them, and sweat comes down her head.
"It's good that you're all here, and not trying to break something." - Juniper
"Eh?" - All of them
"Nothing. Anyway, before you all begin on your Pokemon journey I have something to hand out." Juniper approaches the teens and hands them each a Pokedex. This one is of a higher model than the other ones. "As you know, I study how and when Pokemon came into existence. It'll be thanks to you all registering all the Pokemon around Unova that will help my research. Anyway, how are the Pokemon I have given you all?"
"My partner is great! Although, White didn't get one," Black says, pointing to his sister.
"Oh, now you care..." - White
"Well, like I said in the note I can give White a new one later on. But first, would you like to give your Pokemon nicknames?" - Juniper
"I've already picked Snively for mine," Cheren says. Black boos him.
"I'm using the name Angus!" Bianca states.
"It's a Pokemon, not a snack!" - Cheren
"Eiji is perfect for Oshawott!" Black says with a smile. White sighs."What?"
"Don't let your obsession of tokusatsu influence your Pokemon naming." - White
"Shut up!" - Black
"Anyway, now that you each have a Pokemon and Pokedex, come with me to Route 1. I will show you how to catch Pokemon," she says, walking passed them to exit her lab.
Cheren tsks, saying, "What idiot doesn't know how to catch Pokemon?"
"Let's go! This will be interesting!" Black says, running out the door to follow the older woman.
Later That Afternoon...
"Yes! I captured a Lillipup!" Black shouts, holding up a Pokeball.
"Sheesh, calm down. Bianca caught one too," White says to him. He turns around and pokes her in the thigh, causing her to back away. "Quit acting immature!"
"I can act however I want!" After the Professor led the four friends to Route 1 she showed them how to capture a Pokemon before leaving for Accumula Town. They then took their time catching their own Pokemon. Bianca caught a Lillipup andCheren caught a Purrloin.
Suddenly the Xtransceivers start beeping. All four of them look into their watches, and it shows the professor. "Hey, you guys doing well?"
"Goin' good so far!" Bianca states.
"Right now, I'm in front of Accumula Town's Pokemon Center. I would like to show you around so hurry on up," she says before beeping out.
"The Pokemon Center, right?" Cheren asks no one in particular. He then faces up ahead and says, "Then, I'm going on ahead."
"Me too," Bianca says, joining Cheren to town.
"I'm going back home. I still can't go on a journey," White says, heading south for home.
"Hey don't leave me here!" Black shouts, running after his two friends.
The trio come together within Accumula town, the skies turning orange with twilight. Cheren leads the group to the Pokemon Center, where Juniper stands. "About time you got here. Now, I will show you all the most important place a trainer should know."
She leads them inside of the center. Inside is a much more advanced version of the centers compared to Sinnoh's, and near the front is a Pokemart. "Up ahead you can heal your Pokemon, exchange them through the pcs, or speak to other people on the call phones. In the back are rooms for trainers who need a place to stay for the night. A room has to be booked before night time so it can be used.
"And to your right is the Pokemart. You can buy supplies for your adventure to take care of your Pokemon, and yourself." At the end of her explanation she points over to the counter where a different looking Nurse Joy can be seen. "You can begin by having your Pokemon be healed."
"Alright then!" Black heads forward first to heal his Pokemon.
"Hi, welcome to the Pokemon center. We restore your pokemon to full health. Would you like to rest your Pokemon?" Joy asks, having a lovely smile on her face.
"Uh, sure." Black hands over his two Pokemon in their balls to Joy. She places them on a tray, while an Audino comes up and takes them, placing the tray on a machine behind her. The machine lights up and releases a pink ray that scans the balls. This goes on for four minutes, before it makes a jingle. Nurse Joy takes the tray and places it on the counter before Black.
"Thank you for waiting. We've restored your pokemon to full health," she says, as Black takes his Pokemon back and attaches them to his belt. She then bows to him and says, "We hope to see you again."
"Wow, that was kind of fast," Cheren says in amazement.
"Man, thanks for the-Wait, what?" Black suddenly says, realizing something. "'We hope to see you again?' You mean you want us to get our Pokemon hurt so we have to come back?"
Joy looks back at Juniper with a confused look on her face. The professor sighs and chuckles a bit. "You know, you're the first person to bring that up."
"We really should change that." Joy adds.
"I want to heal mine next." Bianca steps forward past Black, as did Cheren.
"Well, I guess the first thing I should do is explore the city." Black heads out with his hands over his head, adjusting his hat.
"You do that." - Juniper
Black exits the center, just in time to hear, "Sounds like something's going on in teh plaza!"
"Well, let's have a looksee!" Another person says. The two head into the plaza, where Black could spot a group of weirdos wearing white blue outfits.
Black walks over to them within the crowd, not noticing a familiar diamond protagonist watching with interest or a green haired guy close to their age. Out from the weirdos approaches another one, who has light green hair, royal garbs and a red thing over his right eye.
"My name is Ghetsis," he says to everyone. From the looks of things he's about to make a long speech. "I am here as a representative of Team Plasma. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk to you about liberating Pokemon."
At that everyone begins whispering among themselves. Ghetsis walks a little to the north before turning to the crowd and saying, "I'm sure most of you believe we humans and pokemon are partners who have come together to live because we need and want another. But is that really true? Do we really need and want eachother, or is that just something we humans assume? Pokemon are subjected to the selfish commands of trainers... They are pushed around for the trainer's amusement... Can anyone say with confidence that there is no truth in what I'm saying?
"As you all know, humans are different from pokemon. They are living beings that contain unknown potential, beings we are still trying to learn about. Tell me, what is our responsibility toward these wonderful beings?"
"Liberation?" A member of the audience asks.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" he shouts, making a creepy troll face. "We must liberate the Pokemon! Only then can humans be equal with them! Everyone, I end my words here today by imploring you to consider the relationship you have with your pokemon, and the correct way of attention. We appreciate your attention."
With that, two members grab the markers on the other ends and fold them up. They then form a circle around Ghetsis before they all leave northwest. The puzzled crowd continues to talk about what he said even as they leave. Still in that spot are Black, those two mentioned, and Cheren. Black sends out Eiji. "Eiji, do you think I'm pushing my ideals on you?"
"Your Pokemon," the green haired guy says, approaching Black and Cheren. "Just now, it was saying..."
As he was whispering Cheren turns to him and says, "Slow down. You talk too fast. And what's this about Pokemon talking? It's a weird thing to say."
"Yes, they can talk..." The looks he is getting from the two friends prompts him to frown. "Oh, you two can't hear them either... How sad. Anyway, my name is N."
"I'm Cheren, and this is Black," Cheren says, introducing himself and his friend. "We're asked to complete the Pokedex, and we just left on our journey. Of course, my dream is to become the Champion though."
"The Pokedex, huh? Then that means you will confine many more Pokemon in balls then. As a trainer, I can't help but wonder... Are Pokemon really happy that way?" - N
"Huh?" Black lifts his right eyebrow in curiosity.
"Well, Black is it? Let me hear your Pokemon's voice again!" N sends out a Pokeball, bringing out Purrloin.
"A battle? Alright, then," Black says, positioning himself behind Eiji. "Eiji, Water Gun!"
Eiji fires a shot of water at Purrloin, but it slips to the side and avoids it. "Scratch."
Purrloin leaps onto Eiji's head and begins scratching wildly. Eiji runs around in pain. "Shake it off with all your might! Use the seashell!"
Eiji grabs hold of his shell and hits Purrloin with it, knocking the cat off his head. "Alright! Now use Water Gun!"
Eiji takes action; instead of using water gun a stream of water gathers out from one end of the shell. He then slashes Purrloin with it, like it was a katana. Purrloin faints. N bends down to lift his friend into his arms. "I never expected to hear Pokemon say such things..."
"Huh? What are you talking about now?" - Cheren
"As long as Pokemon are confined in Pokeballs, they can never become perfect beings. I will change the world for them, because they are my friend," he says before carrying his friend away.
"Weird," Cheren says the moment he leaves. "But I'm not going to worry about it. Pokemon and people help each other."
"So, where will you be going?" Black asks.
"I'm going to Striaton City and battle the gym leader there. I'll see you when." Cheren leaves with those words, heading for the northeast of the town.
Black shrugs and looks down at his Pokemon. "Well, you didn't listen to me, but you still managed to win. You're really strong."
"Yeah, that was a totally one-sided match," says the only other person still around. He approaches Black and says, "It seems as if he just caught that Pokemon."
"Maybe... Wait, who are you?" - Black
"My name is Lucas. I come from Sinnoh to... well let's just say I'm on a 3 year vacation," Lucas says rubbing the side of his head at that last part. He coldn't tell him the truth. "So, what are you going to do on the rest of your journey?"
"Well, I don't really know. I was thinking of doing what Cheren is doing and challenge the gym leaders. I feel that's the best way to challenge the champions of the other regions!" - Black
"Heh, good luck with that..." Lucas says, knowing personally how strong they are. He then says, "You don't mind if I go with you right? I'm an expert at Pokemon battles."
"...But you're no older than me," Black says. "Do you have any Pokemon?"
"Well yeah, but like I said I'm on vacation. I can't really show you my Pokemon," Lucas says with a sigh. He then cheers up with, "Anyway, let's go book a room at the center. It's starting to get dark."
"O-Okay..." Black and Lucas head to the center. "By the way, my name is Black."
"...Really? Your name is Black? It isn't as bad as Red, but still..." - Lucas
"Well, it's actually Hilbert, but I'm sticking with Black." - Black
Lucas shrugs his shoulders and continue inside. There they book a night's stay.
Tomorrow Morning...
"Let's get moving!" Lucas shouts out to the sky with a grin. Beside him is Black. "First thing to pokemon training; get an early start. Because you don't know how long it will take to train your team of partners."
"But it's 8. It'll only take a few hours to reach the next place, which I hope has a gym," Hilbert says, looking at a portable Town Map he has.
"Let's get going!" Lucas says in an enthusiastic tone. Hilbert huffs and follows him out to Route 2. After crossing through the gateway they continue into the grass. Lucas then says, "When training your Pokemon against others battle against pokemon that can help with their stats."
"Huh? What are you talking about?" - Hilbert
And so Hilbert's journey through Unova begins, with Lucas there to help him be the best of them all. What will he see when he continues and keeps meeting that weird green haired guy? What have Lucas' friends done in the time he's been away? And what are Plasma's true intentions?
Some will be answered in the next chapter of the Gray Adventure.
Kenshin:This ends this chapter.
Yusei: Next time Hilbert battles against Pod and meets Fennel. Lucas is reunited with Cheryl, but it's not as happy as one would think.