Disclaimer: I Don't own pokemon and if i did the manga would be the anime

Hi I'm Dominato55565 and this is my first story, now origonally my grammer was horribble and i had really long paragraphs creating something extreemly confusing, which was pointed out by some one i had asked to review my story. Now though I have gone back and made the necassary changes to the story, but the grammer may not be much better. For lack of a better phrase, when i first posted this I gave a vauge description on the story not really enticing readers to read, so i decided to write the proceeding sentences to better clarify and entice people to read my story. For starters this fanfic is one based off of a game/manga style approach that I decided to take with two charecters, one starting with a mang style approach and the other charecter will be beginning his Pokemon journey and will more or les be training his pokemon and battling gyms rather than doing action packed things like Jimmy(Gold), who will be reintroduced in this chapter a year and a half after his travels with Crystal in a fanfic written by JapanDreamer09 "crystal and Jimmy Johto adventures ( which i extreemly reccomend reading). This only has loose ties to that fic and will not feature crystal all that much but will feature Jimmy going kick ass adventures, but not battling leagues and stuff but fighting orgnizations, and joing gang wars...Etc. This story will focus on the politics, and buissness within the regions, which will use pokemon to attack ships that will cause diplomatic turmoil, but this isnt your standard steal pokemon kind of crime. It may be allot to take in but it will be less confusing as you read nd you will begin to understand and like it, but i am bad beginning a story so please review and let me know what you think of the current storyline so far and what I can change. The second charecter will be described next chapter.

"It is going to be a winter wonderland today in eastern Johto as cities that often never see snow until January will get 5 inches to a foot easily by sunset. Towns and cities north and west of violet will see nothing on their radar but it will still remain chilly for this time of year. Areas in the northeast are projected to start snowing around 11:00, and actually many parts of that region are beginning to switch over as we speak. It is currently 35 degrees fairenheight in Mahogany, 32 in Blackthorn, 41 in New Bark town and Cherrygrove city, temperatures expected to drop at least 10 degrees in 2 hours. Authorities have already begun preparations by sending out emergency crews to assess potential problems and begin salting the roads. Even with these precautions however, travel is inadvisable until tomorrow morning but technically we won't know until after the storm is almost over...," said the announcer over the radio.

Jimmy drowned out the remaining sentences as well as he could pick out the words political, provinces, and Sinnoh. What the hell does politics in Sinnoh have any relevance in Johto at a time of no real turmoil or strife? Whatever who cares it doesn't affect me. Attempting to tune out all his thoughts and get that "needed" extra half an hour of rest, he rolled over to the other side of the bed inadvertently knocking the hat he apparently had worn to bed off his head and onto the floor. It seemed imprudent to jimmy at the moment that he should consider, even consider picking it up because at that moment it seemed epically pointless like trying to control his unmanageable hair or telling a pidgey to use tackle on a charizard.

Ahhhhhhh today is going to be a much better day... no working on setting up that stupid party that father and Mother insist on having every October! Inviting all their stupid ass rich snobby friends, why did I even come back for this weekend anyway? I screwed myself over. He lay their more awake now, even ready to get up but jimmy still sat there to ponder the point that he had made to come back to this boondock of a town this weekend.

Because he had been working all day and night keeping the guests happy that were attending what his parents liked to call Oktoberfest, Jimmy hadn't even bothered to consider changing from his usual red hoodie yellow and black shorts, or even take off his hat.

Even that damn Melanie and her family attended... That bitch still won' t leave me alone! I definitely didn' t sign up for that... But I may have come home not realizing that the festival was this weekend. I mean when was the last time I have really been home? Actually whens the last time I have been on an awesome adventure? I definitely took my time to beat the Hoen league but it was just straight forward defeat gym leaders and then enrolls in the tournament...winning wasn' t my goal but losing in the third round may have spurred me to go home for some closure and peace...

At the moment he was still pondering the question while staring into the brightness outside his window out into the Pokémon ranch backyard with wooden fences that divided up the large meadow with Dodrio running about Moo-Moo lazily chewing on grass in their pens the Butterfree and Sunflora roamed fields of flowers. It was more the equivalent of a zoo because none of the Pokémon were used as meat or killed for their fur or feathers.

Halfway through the field is a little house where the caretaker and his wife live who are easily in their 60s but jimmy respected them more than his own parents because they made a living off of an honest profession that they enjoyed and not scandals and dirty politics his father pulled in his business affairs. Surrounding the field a forest of pine stretched far in the distance of the north with rolling hills that turned into small mountains in the far Distance. To a typical passerby it would be an awe inspiring sight but to jimmy who has lived in this house his entire life this was a typical morning that he took for granted but yet semi-appreciated.

One word had been held at the back of his mind as he lay there which brought forth a second question, why would salt concern him at this very moment, salt is usually not used until at least lunch time, but he was all for bacon. Wait isn' t salt a...CRYSTAL! Having a grand Epiphany, he had realized the grand mistake he had procured while forgetting Crystal's birthday party that was supposed to start at 10 am. Looking at the clock, Jimmy's conscious did a "guess what time it is?".

Oh man oh man she' s going to kill me it started all ready!

Jumping up out of bed and sprinting down his fancy marble stair case into his huge kitchen almost knocking over the maid and one of the cooks while brushing his teeth and grabbing a pop tart, and then proceeding to rush out the door giving no heed to the butler standing at the door who just froze in shock as Jimmy zipped by him.

Finally outside where a cool drizzle was beginning to formulate and a brisk wind biting at his skin he ran out to his shed which he used to store his snowmobile and moped that he got for his 14 birthday last march. Opening the large door and grabbing his moped, he turned into gear and sped off through his now muddy front drive way which is surrounded by trees making it hard to see especially in rain into the hilly street that had almost no traffic because not only did he live in the boondocks he lived on the outskirts to the north. Two choices...take the south route into town then route 29...

Safer but it would take about another half an hour than the other way... through the trail in the woods that cuts right to cherry grove... Decisions decisions... Do I want to kill myself or do I want crystal to kill me? I'll take the quicker route chancing that will get me there faster... But in this weather?

The rain began to intensify as Jimmy made a quick decision to take the trail across the street from his house. He had to be wary of twists turns puddles and hills as he splashed himself through the narrow pathway having to hold onto his hat as leaves and branches kept brushing against his head. For the moment Jimmy had time to consider other things such as the fact that clearing the pathway to make it more traversable, or why he hasn't done anything of interest in the last year and a half.

shit is that a downed tree in the middle of the path! Man now I have to stop... This was a bad route to take on an even worse day to take it. Oh well you live and learn... or was it live and let die?...

Letting out a large sigh he got of the moped and proceeded to take it around the tree and back on the other side so he could continue down on his way to Cherrygrove after another five minutes of riding he began to notice that his bike was sputtering meaning that it was about to die, also meaning that in his rush to get there he had forgotten to fill the tank up with gas.

Dammit, Dammit, Dammit! I'm such and idiot! Why did it never occur to me to check the fuel count? Now I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere at the mercy of crystal when I get out of this mess... he yelled curses out into the distance, while clenching his fists until he was satisfied, his initial anger subsided and turned into trying to figure out the action to take in this scenario but coming up short of ideas because of no signal on his poke gear. The only option for him was to walk his moped through torrential rainfall through to the closest exit point.

Calculating the distances from where he was currently, he frowned throwing his poke gear back into his pack, for he was 20 miles outside of new bark, 7 miles north of route 29, and 3 miles from Cherrygrove city. All this meant walking his moped through heavy rain towards a den of lions that was his destination.

Groggily pulling his bike alongside him as he journeyed farther onto the muddy and now increasingly hilly trail which hindered his progress immensely, Jimmy began to lighten up to the beauty of the cold rain and the scenery that went with it, wondering as to what Crystal had been up to for the preceding months that he had utilized to go to Hoen.

Man it has been a while since our travels together...she must have had some interesting things happen to her I mean crystal is bad ass like that but professor Elm doesn't mention crystal at all when I phone him every so often anymore? Maybe he has some reason to assume that I am traveling with her again? Whatever... point is I am going to meet her again for the first time in almost a year... Man she must have filled out...GAH! Why did that thought prop up in my head? Oi! Am I turning into a pervert?

Besides the point... but all the shit I did was ordinary and for myself for the past year... I bet she's done the exact opposite. I love and hate that she always outclasses me like that, because I'm never the mature one when put in perspective with her but you only live once and I'm not about to get wrapped up in shit like that because then I'm no longer me... I'd be a philosophical maniac with no life! But on the same token... I could be seen as more mature...

Ha-ha no, like that'll ever happen... the question that's really been biting at me isn't what she is to me but what I was to her? Obviously now I know that that weird feeling I get around her is because I have a crush on her and that is precisely the reason I followed, no more like stalked her... It's been too long; it's really been too long since I've seen her. She has probably matured more than I could ever imagine...

Thunder roared and lightning streaked across the sky and jimmy could feel the drop in about five degrees, still almost 5 miles from his destination and with no hope of ever getting there and the fact ringing in his head that he wasn't just going to be late he would probably miss the party all together. In any event it was his lack of thinking things out which could be alluded to the fact that he still lacked certain aspects of maturity despite being fourteen.

Through the whoosh of the wind and the pitter patter of the rain he trudged on. A lost soldier on his way back to the company, and with no remorse over his faltering, but painfully awaited punishment from his major and had no idea how long the road was before him.

Up ahead through the drenching rain he saw three shadowy human silhouettes, two of which appeared to be ganging on the third attempting to beat the other up for an unknown reason. At that moment jimmy wondered at whether the universe had laid a fate towards him, determined to prevent him from reaching Cherrygrove. It would be time consuming to interfere but it would be time consuming and unethical to hide and go around them through the woods. Decisions, decisions... This is going to make this day interesting...

Setting down his bike about 20 yards from them, Jimmy proceeded with caution as to not alert them to him before he could assess the situation. The rain helped as well providing him necessary cover and he doubted they were overly concerned with a passerby. What was he to do? It has been a long day so far and now it was about to get longer. Proning in the woods to reach within hearing distance jimmy began to notice that the two figures had a similar aura to them to another organization he had fought.

what are these guys? freaking team rocket wannabes? they have the grunt look to them... man that Idiot giovanni if he were still around should've gotten the patent for it before these losers stole his invention...

Coming up upon the edge of the woods about 5 meters from where the figures were,he as quietly as possible called out a black and yellow furred wolverine. He held his finger up to his mouth, signaling for the pokemon to remain silent until ordered to attack. Typhlosion nodded, and then layer down like it's trainer, tensing up, and readying itself to attack.

YES! I can finally here what they are saying...

"Dammit you just won't give in will you?" spat the grunt on the left beating the kid who seemed about a year to two years older than Jimmy wearing a grey hoodie with black fleece around the rim of the hood. "friggin tell us where the hideout is or well friggin kill you! its a simple matter of relaying the info so that you can live and we can hunt down your superiors" chimed in the other as he swung his fist at the kids face leaving an utterly bloody mess, and then just stood there with a sly smile obviously waiting for the egg to crack.

"Ha you dumbasses my superiors disbanded years ago, and besides a captain always goes down before his ship" the boy gave a weak rebellious smile as he was now beaten to a pulp and was not standing almost to the point where his defensive instincts ware useless to the overpowering enemy. " Besides your so far down the chain that your superiors forgot to mention on fact..."

Before he could finish his sentence the one on the left swung his fist at the kid,this time hitting his chest "Don't play word games with us, and besides" the grunt turned to his partner and gave yet another sly smile

"If your the leader of that organization then it would be kudos for us to kill you...Hehe" "agreed" smiled the other grunt. Both grunts gave out cliche menicle laughs until they were satisfied at their exploit. " promotion guaranteed" chimed both grunts as they began to flex their muscles in preparation the kill the boy with their fists. so that kid is the leader of an unknown organization thats enemies with those grunts with the I on their shirts... they seem a bit too much like team rocket to let them proceed and I hate to be the reason somebody dies... so...

" Exbo flamethrower on the right grunt, " Rushing out of the woods, and giving battle cries for good intimidation, Jimmy and Exbo proceeded with their attacks on the grunts. The flames hit the one that was about to lay a fist at the kids face forcing the grunt to fall to the ground and wince and cry in pain at his probably 3rd degree burns. trying to remove his clothing caught in his melting skin he yelped in even more pain forcing him to jump up and rub his back against a tree that did him in. the guy fainted from the hell like pain of the burns.

Jimmy had wasted no time to jump the other " what the fuck, where'd you come..." yelled the grunt but he was cut off as he was turning around because of a fist to the face, falling back and spatting blood out of his mouth not getting a chance to recuperate due to yet another blow to the face emanating even more blood that dripped down his face and on his black uniform.

The wind started to race blowing leaves and branches along with it, the icy rain began to switchover to snow and the thunderstorm turned into a minor blizzard .White began to set itself on exposed earth and the tops of trees, snowflakes now dotting their clothes. the grunt fell to the ground terrified of the new development. Terrified, the grunt could only curl up into a fetal position and hope that he wasn't going to die, but knowing that he was about to sees the light in a very painful manner.

All the grunt could discern from the next series of blows was the fact his vision was becoming increasingly blurred, and he thought he heard the other that they were interrogating earlier yell stop at the boy who was pummeling him to a bloody pulp. the boy then turned and questioned why to stop and save the one who caused him so much pain.

fleece boy must have some mental problems... but why? why let me go? come to think of it... why kill me, I'm just a grunt who does what my superiors tell me to and knows nothing... they do have a reputation for being merciful to those that they needn't kill...

The grunt finally succumbed to the darkness surrounding him, resting assured that when he woke up he would begin an honest life not one full of crime he had time at only 12 and he was going to use it to his advantage. a definite change of scenery is what I need, possibly across the sea... thats where ill go back to my homeland... ill escape this hell by going back to my previous hell...

As he lay their unconscious, unaware of the happenings around him the world seemed to pity him as he was left as he was and not further debilitated or even killed by the two former enemies that he now had to thank because they gave him a new lease on life. a blanket of light snow now covered most of his body, and soon he'd be buried in snow but all that mattered to him now was tomorrow.

Jimmy returned Typlosion and offered his hand to the kid to grab and stand up, he took it and gave a silent thanks to Jimmy. standing at about 5'7 he was easily 3 inches taller than jimmy but thats not what made him intimidating, what established that effect was his eyes, eyes that were not cold but looked like that they had seen. "So whats your name and purpose for being here" the kid put bluntly.

He's not one for word games thats for sure man this kid looks awful... how the hell did he get in this mess? Jimmy though to himself checking out all the bruises the boy had received, and then jumping into a response to satisfy his demands.

" I'm Jimmy Gold from New Bark town and i was just passing through to get to Cherrygrove to see a friend of mine" Jimmy brushed the snow off his shorts and hat, but realizing that in this weather it was futile stopped, and waited for a reply that came slightly less timely then he would have liked but it was at least a reply and he did not have a thread of hope of making it to the contest party thing so he decided to bide his time.

She is staying in that city for the weekend so ill just meet up with her later today like at dinner so i can appear in a better manner... ill just tell her... i got caught up in helping my mom yesterday and I slept in too late which is not a complete lie but is not why i would be completely late... grrrr. Jimmy considered for a moment what to do about the crystal issue, but he decided not to worry because helping someone who is in a bad situation takes precedence over some lame ass party.

"Well then I guess I found a new recruit..." The boy began to formulate his response " My name is Tochi Hokkou, uhhh i grew up in a small town in north west Hoen but through my travels have made Johto a place where i now call home...when I was 12 I joined this organization...errr..." Tochi was in a bind, he knew that this kid could be an asset, but he could also be a threat, noting what transpired in the preceding minutes.

I can't really reveal anything to you unless you were to join the cause" Tochi scratched his head wondering as to how to reveal certain information that would entice Jimmy to join and what to leave out in case he did not. "you must have heard on the news or radio this morning that Hoen, Johto Kanto, and Sinnoh are planning on forming a tight alliance that would put the four regions as provinces of one greater country" Tochi looked up at the sky, was forced to sneeze by excessive snow falling on to his face nervous that he was going to reveal too much to an outsider. Cringing for a moment, hoping he didn't just reveal too much about himself, but then again that is probably not even all the Imperial know about him.

wait I had heard something about that this morning...

..." yeah and..." Jimmy cut in during the intermission period of silence, he was clearly eager to learn more of this.

" well its going great except that Sinnoh is on edge whether to join or become separate... If they join they lose and gain political power, but if Sinnoh stays out it becomes a much smaller country than the other three and can be pushed around... so what The Imperials are doing which are those fellows that you just took out, is to try and prevent Sinnoh from going or even erase the treaty in the first place. this is very dirty politics that can get quite violent. I have no idea of their goals but I do know how they intend to reach them. My organization is one that fights in this dirty game but on the side of the treaty, on the side of political stability, so what do you say? are you in?"

` hmmmmm a cool adventure that could get quite interesting, I would be meddling in politics though, a very tricky subject,Decisions decisions... Jimmy pondered the question not a moment longer with a look of complete certainty he stated "ill join in" Clealry going abstinent on the subject of Crystal again, Jimmy agreed on terms of "This is going to be a kick ass adventure, and I want in"

Tochi did not look surprised at all as he just gave Jimmy a sly smile and replied " well there is one condition...You probably won't return home for a a while and we leave now"

Authors Notes:

I edited this from its original format so it is different like I stated up top, i fixed a few grammatical issues and I am going to cut cut back on the inner voice shit. The second chapter should be edited by the end of this week, and i plan on getting the third an fourth chapter up asap, i just haven't had time with school and all. Please review and criticize my work, i have 31 views and only 2 reviews, one of which i asked another author to personally review my work, and the other wasn't really helpful. I need constructive criticism so if you stuck around and read my work, please take 2 minutes and write a decent review on your thoughts of what i can do better or what i am doing right. Right now I need someone who is willing to review the storyline part, because i don't know what anyone is thinking about my story other than its bad grammar. I only had a limited amount of time to edit this so it still is not completely there dramatically but i am working on it. Anyway please review even if you did not like it, and if you like it i would like to know. On the subject of Oc's... Im not going to ask for them until later because i want to get the story rolling.

International Sagas Chapter 1: Decisions