Justin sighed as he found himself in front of Professor Oak's laboratory. Today was the last day he could receive his starter Pokémon and become a trainer. However, this was not a day of joy for him. In fact, he didn't even want to have anything to do with being a Pokémon Trainer. As far as he knew, this experience would do absolutely nothing for his benefit. But silly him... he wasn't allowed to simply skip out on this "wonderful opportunity to make new friends and experience incredible things." Words spoken by his mother. Justin was a fourteen year old boy with short but slightly spiky brown hair. He was dressed in jeans, a blue Aero postal t-shirt with a gray zip-up sweatshirt slung around his shoulders.
Justin opened the door to Oak's lab and stepped inside hesitantly. He noticed that not only was the professor inside but his 15 year old grandson, Gary, was in there as well. The professor was talking to Gary with both of their backs turned.
Justin sighed once again. Oh this was going to be a long day... He proceeded towards the back end of the lab where the professor and Gary were. Professor Oak was the first to notice Justin's presence.
"Ah! Justin! Good to see you. Your mother called earlier and said you were on your way to receive your first Pokémon."
"She neglected to mention that I wanted no part of it I assume..." a very annoyed Justin muttered under his breath.
The professor motioned Justin over to a capsule containing three poke balls, each with its own elemental insignia representing Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. Gary walked over to the capsule as well. "Hey Justin. You ready to begin your journey as a Pokémon master?" he said in an upbeat tone.
Gary was an energetic and friendly person who had been friends with Justin ever since they were friends. They did a lot of things together but Justin also considered Gary as his rival. They often found themselves in different kinds of competition which led to some wins and losses for each of them. This was once competition, however, Justin never wanted to partake in with him.
Justin didn't answer Gary. He just gave the poke balls a continuous and blank stare.
"...not answering huh? Okay. Tell you what. Today, as it so happens, I also begin my own journey- BUT! I am willing to let you choose who gets their Pokemon first since apparently, you're not in the best mood," Gary reasoned.
This did not make Justin feel any better, though. Though it was kind of hard not to take up the offer... Justin motioned for Gary to choose first.
Gary's grinned. "Alright then. I choose Charmander," he said as he took the poke ball from the slot marked with a fire insignia.
Justin shrugged. Not surprising. Most people would like the power of a fire Pokémon to start off with. What made Gary any different? Well since Charmander was already taken, that left the most obvious choice left. Justin picked up the poke ball from the slot marked with a leaf.
Gary gave a puzzled look. "Bulbasaur? Why not choose Squirtle so that you can have an edge over me?" he asked.
Justin shrugged. "Does it matter? I'm going to catch a water Pokémon later anyway so I honestly don't care."
"Oh! So he can speak!" Gary said jokingly.
Did you even hear what I said? Justin thought in his head. After the both of them chose their Pokémon, the professor gave both of them five empty poke balls and another device that Justin didn't recognize.
"Now before you go, I should give you a brief explanation on what I just gave you. The poke balls... well you should already know about them. They're the basic tools to capture Pokémon so you can make them your allies. The other device I handed you is a new piece of technology the other Professors and I had been developing for the past few years. It's a portable device, known as the Pokedex, that provides data for all of the known species of Pokémon. Unfortunately, this one is only a prototype so it only provides data of Pokémon native only to this region of the world. However, you shouldn't run into this problem."
Justin eyed the Pokedex for a second and then looked back at the professor skeptically. "Why give us these if you already know about the Pokémon, though?" he asked.
The Professor shook his head. "As I said before, it's a prototype. It's not for the purpose of what you're asking about. The real Pokedex is supposed to record some information of completely new species of Pokémon we might not know about on sight. These specific models are for trainer use," he explained.
Gary exhaled impatiently. "Okay, can we go now? I want to go out there and meet as many new Pokémon as soon as possible."
"Then go. No one's stopping you, Gary..," Justin said.
Not even waiting for his Grandfather's approval, Gary grinned yet again. "All right then! See ya!" he said eagerly as he went straight for the door.
Justin shook his head when Gary left. "Sometimes, that guy gives me a headache..."
The Professor laughed. "Yes he can sometimes be a handful, that's for sure. Oh! By the way..." Professor Oak reached for a folded piece of paper on his desk. "...You might need this. It's a map of the region."
Justin opened it up and sure enough, it was a fairly accurate map of the region, marking every possible way to every town.
Justin folded it back up. "Thanks Professor. This will help a lot." Justin started toward the door of the lab.
"Good luck! And have fun!" The Professor called out to him.
"Don't count on it..," Justin sighed to himself after leaving the lab. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Poke ball that held his first Pokémon. Oh joy. Well there's no point in keeping it inside its poke ball like this. Justin held out the poke ball. There was a brief flash of light and before him stood a Bulbasaur. "Well, we're stuck with each other now. I'm Justin and you... don't have a name. Hmm... might as well give you one... how about Tyton?"
+ Tyton (Bulbasaur) : Serious Nature : Met at Lv. 5 : Male
The Bulbasaur gave him an unsure look. Justin growled. "Okay well you're not getting a different name alright? Deal with it!" he snapped.
Tyton flinched and backed up a few steps.
Justin just turned around and began to head for the edge of town. "Come on. We're leaving." Justin said forcefully.
Tyton hesitated and followed him.
So Justin's journey finally began. A journey in which he never wanted to take. With any luck, it would be easy and nothing too eventful was going to happen. There was a problem with that. Justin usually had the worst of luck. What made this any different?
((Author's Notes: Hello everyone! This is my first fan fiction and it will be based off of my Leaf green run. Nothing much to say here except that I won't always follow the storyline of the game much like how I skipped the battle between Gary and Justin [let's face it. A tackle vs. scratch spam is never fun to read about.] I hope I'll be able to update often but if I don't, it's most likely because I'm behind on my school work. So if I suddenly vanish off the face of the planet, that's probably why. Okay, see you guys later!))
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