Shayla Nakamura and the Johto Journey

I do not own Pokémon

Note: Pryce has Piloswine and has not battled Ash (Ash didn't exist yet). In the games, Pryce is married to Sheila and in this story he is married to her.

WARNING: PRYCE IS A BIT OOC.

Prologue

It was a cold winter's night in Mahogany Town and Pryce who was accompanied by Sheila, his wife. The two were waiting inside the hospital for their daughter and son-in-law to welcome them in to see the new addition to the family. People were running in and out of the room to help deliver the new bundle of joy.

Pryce heaved out a sigh ad Sheila asked, "Don't worry about them; I'm pretty sure they're doing just fine." But he wasn't so sure. His daughter was foolish enough to fall in love with that boy from Vermillion City and didn't know if the boy was going to stay with her after the child was born.

Pryce kept his eyes shut and tried not to think ahead. He didn't want anything horrible to happen to his daughter or grandchild. As he sighed again, he got up from the chair and began to head out the door to go outside.

The cool chill of wind blew in his face and ran through his white-grayish hair. The sound of the wind whooshed around him to try to calm him down, just then, the pokéball in his pocket opened up, revealing Piloswine.

"Please, don't try to comfort me; it won't do any good anyways," Pryce said as Piloswine came closer to him and nuzzled against him. He wasn't going to lie, but it felt good to have Piloswine nuzzle his furry face against him during the cold wind.

Ten minutes have past and Piloswine was still there, comforting Pryce. And as for Pryce, he started to get other thoughts about his daughter and the young man who was called the father. He imagined them in a home in Kanto, away from him.

Nothing is going to be the same, Pryce thought as he looked up at the night sky.

"Let's go Piloswine, maybe the child has arrived," he said to Piloswine as they approached the entrance of the hospital. Pryce saw that Sheila wasn't waiting in the waiting room and guessed that the child has arrived already.

Pryce and Piloswine then came across the room his daughter was in. From the window, he saw that she was holding a sleepy little baby girl in her arms. The two then entered the room, drawing attention from a sweaty young man, his nervous daughter, and smiling wife. "Father…I…I…" the young woman stammered, still holding the baby in her arms.

"Don't start. Everything is okay with me Neiva, just, let me hold her," Pryce said, as he approached his daughter and held out his arms. He kept a hold of a smile and Neiva handed her daughter to him.

Pryce stared into the baby's black eyes, just like her mother's, just like his. She giggled at the sight of her grandfather. "She's beautiful. Not to mention lucky as well," he said as he looked at Neiva and the bundle of joy's father. Pryce then glared icicles at the young man and looked back at the child with soften eyes.

"You remember Richard right father?" Neiva asked as she glanced at her father and then at her lover.

Of course, how could he forget Richard? Because, Richard was the one who helped remodel the gym with his famous company, Nakamura Engineering. And how could he forget the day he asked for Pryce's daughter hand in marriage? His perspective on Richard was from up there then plummeted to its doom. At first, he only thought that Richard remodeled the gym because he wanted to but then he just realized that he was only using him to get close to his daughter.

"How could I forget?" I asked, raising my eyebrow in the process. Richard looked as if he's in a wild Tauros stampede.

Richard then cleared his voice and said to Pryce, "It's nice to see you again Mr. Yanagi." He got his hand out of his pocket and held it out for a handshake. Pryce then looked at the young man, the baby, then back at Richard. He firmly shook his hand and tried to keep himself from squeezing it too hard.

"So what are you going to name her?" Sheila asked with a smile, breaking up all the negative energy that was starting to form in the room.

The couple (Neiva and Richard) pondered around with names lately, but has never found the perfect one. The list went from Eden to Yuki. No name has fit; it was either because the two didn't agree or that the name was too common among others.

"We're not sure what we're going to name her," Neiva started and looked at her father with caring eyes, "Can you pick one, father?"

Pryce thought for a second, then two, and three. He wasn't thinking of a name, he was thinking about how to respond. Should he give an icy response? Or one with warmth and care? Perhaps both.

"Shayla, name her Shayla," he said, eyes shut so that he won't see anybody's eyes make any contact with him.

Shayla.

Shayla.

Shayla.

Pryce chose her name, she was now called Shayla. He picked it out, and they agreed with the name. Now, he won't let his granddaughter, his pride and joy; go outside all on her own.

First off I would like to say that this prologue sucks. It's short and annoying, and I just HATE IT! As for the last three sentences, I had no idea whatsoever on what I was doing. I wanted to create the feeling that Pryce loves Shayla and doesn't want her to grow up. So, here's what you have to do, give me your honest opinion and advice by hitting the blue button down there. Thank you, and stay tuned.