Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
Welcome and thank you for taking the time to look at this story! If you're wondering what it is about, then let me tell you. Have you ever imagined a region where an evil team isn't as important in the protagonist's story? Have you ever wondered what a journey of an average trainer like that would be like? This fanfic tells the story of Mike Redwood, an aspiring trainer from Pallet Town that wants to become the Kanto League Champion. A dream like most of the aspiring trainers have. Will he be able to make it a reality? Stick around, and you might find out...
Viridian City Trainer School
20 June 2008, 4:02 PM
"And don't forget, everyone!" The teacher didn't actually think they'd forget something as important as that. "Tomorrow's the day of your finals! I'm sure all of you can make it! Class dismissed!"
The twelve kids in his class all stood up and made their way to the door. Mr. DeNigro couldn't help but feel bad. Every year he'd give the so-called peptalk, but never before had even half of the class graduated. It wasn't really surprising, though. In order to become a Pokémon trainer, the students needed to be fully ready.
"Um... Mr. DeNigro?" a soft voice called out to him.
The teacher snapped out of his thoughts and faced his student. "What can I do for you, miss Willard?"
Nathalie Willard was the top student in the class. If someone were to ask Mr. DeNigro which student would be the most likely to graduate, he'd say Nathalie without a doubt. Not only was she the smartest student in class, she also was great around the class's Pokémon.
"I have one final question before the exams will start..." she said. To Mr. DeNigro's surprise, the girl seemed to be embarrassed with what she wanted to ask. It would certainly not be her first time to ask Mr. DeNigro a question or two after class ended.
"Please do ask," Mr. DeNigro told the student, putting up his usual smile.
"It's about a trainer's career..." she mumbled "Is...is it weird for a trainer to not want to challenge the gyms and eventually the League?"
Mr. DeNigro was taken aback. Not because of the question itself, but about the person that asked it. He had received this question dozens of times before, but mostly the students that weren't ready to become a trainer were the ones to ask this. "Quite an interesting question you asked there, miss Willard," Mr. DeNigro said, leaning back in his chair, "There are a variety of careers a trainer can pursue. Most of them take on a journey to collect badges and participate in the League tournament, true. Some trainers also find a job as a gym trainer or even leader. All nurses and doctors in Pokémon centers are nurses. Officers are trainers. And there are many more possibilities, like coordinators or breeders. Do you see that there's more besides just training?"
Nathalie softly nodded. "It's a lot to process..." she sighed, apparently dumbstruck, "But I'll manage. Thank you, Mr. DeNigro."
Mr. DeNigro smiled at the student as she left the classroom. He then looked out of the window and fiddled with his tie. "Or you could stay and become a teacher here," he muttered to himself.
Viridian City
20 June 2008, 4:20 PM
"What's keeping Nathalie?" a tall brown-blonde haired girl wondered. She had quite short hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a white shirt with a Poké Ball logo on it. She also wore light blue jeans. Her build was quite athletic, although she was more to the skinny than to the chubby side. She stood outside of the school building together with four other kids.
"You know her, Tessa. She's probably with Mr. DeNigro again, buttering him up for the exam tomorrow," a blonde boy with middle long hair and blue eyes shrugged. He was quite tall, but still not as tall as the girl. He wore a black-and-white shirt and gray jeans. He was really athletically built. Being 17 and turning 18 later that year, he was exactly one year older than the others.
The shortest boy of the group briefly laughed, but the girl named Tessa shot him a dirty look. It was enough to shut him up. She then proceeded to turn her gaze to the older boy. "Christopher," she said in a low and dark tone, "You know how much I appreciate you talking smack about our friends."
Christopher opened his mouth, but quickly closed it again, as if he realized he didn't want to say anything after all. Even he knew better than to make Tessa angry.
The third boy in the group cracked a small smile. It wasn't the first time he saw those two fight over something really trivial. "I swear, sometimes you two sound like a married couple," he grinned. This boy was smaller than Tessa and Christopher, but still taller than the two other members of the group. He wore a blue-and-white shirt, and light brown shorts. His eyes had a dark brown color, just like his hair. He wasn't really muscular or athletic, neither was he fat or skinny. His build was somewhere in between.
Tessa and Christopher, who had been facing each other, quickly turned their faces away from each other, blushing furiously. "Mike, I already told you to stop shipping us!" Tessa snapped at him.
"I agree with Mike," the second girl nodded, pushing up her glasses. She was the second shortest of the group. Her hair was red and middle long, and her eyes were dark brown. She wore a red dress with white dots scattered all over it. She was rather skinny. Freckles were to be found all over her face.
"Oh, come on, Jane!" Christopher cried out, "You too?"
A sly grin came over Jane's face. "Sorry, Chris. The truth has to come out eventually."
"It would be a cool pair, though," the shortest of the group, a chubby boy, sniggered, "With Tess ordering Chris around the whole time and all." He wore a purple shirt and gray jeans. There was a red-and-white cap with a Poké Ball logo on his head. Like the shorter girl, his hair was red, but his was short. Mirroring the smaller girl, freckles were also scattered all over his face. His eyes were dark brown.
"Josh, you make me sound like a tyrant or something!" Tessa cried out.
"Well, aren't you?" Christopher said, shrugging.
"Argh!" Tessa launched herself at Christopher, smacking him.
"Ow, ow!" Christopher screamed, "Not my stomaAAAAH!"
Mike grinned at Jane. "The perfect couple." Both of them starting laughing, but because of that, Mike didn't notice Christopher tackling him to the ground. Tessa did the same with Jane. Josh had a difficult time not bursting out in laughter, seeing Christopher hold Mike against the ground, and Tessa wrestling with Jane while the latter screamed at Tessa to watch out for her glasses.
"Hey guys! Thanks for waiti-" Nathalie, who had just left the school building, looked at the five others. "Did someone ship Tess and Chris again?" Her long blonde hair was tied up in a perfect ponytail. Her eyes had a light blue color. She wore a blue-and-white shirt, and a skirt of the same color.
Four fingers pointed at Mike, the latter grinning uncontrollably despite of Christopher sitting on his back. "I just couldn't resist."
Nathalie let out a small laugh. "Classic."
"But seriously, guys," Christopher said, getting up, "I need to get going to Pewter City. I have to prepare for the finals tomorrow."
"Same, to be honest," Tessa replied, dusting off her pants, "I mean, from tomorrow onwards, all of us could be Pokémon trainers! How cool is that?"
"Pretty cool," Josh nodded, "But all of us need to pass for that to happen."
"Don't talk like that, little bro!" Jane shouted at him.
"Don't call me 'little bro'!" Josh shouted back, "I'm only two minutes younger than you!"
"There won't be a problem if all of us study enough," Mike quickly interrupted.
"Yeah," Nathalie agreed, "So I propose that all of us head home for now." The others all nodded at her statement.
"Well, my parents are waiting for me at the edge of Viridian Forest," Christopher said, "See all of you tomorrow!"
Mike, Tessa, Nathalie, Josh and Jane all went their separate ways as well. While the latter four lived in Viridian City, Mike had to travel through Route 1 to get to his home, Pallet Town. It wasn't that hard of a trip, since Route 1 wasn't that big, and Mike was used to traversing it. As soon as he got home, he bolted to his room upstairs, dashing past his parents.
"Mike!" his mother, Sandra, called out to him, "Dinner's ready!"
"No time, mom!" Mike shouted, "I have to prepare for my finals!"
"That boy's the joy of my life," Mike's father, Mason, smiled, "He reminds me of when I was a trainer."
"I just can't help but to worry about him though, dear," Sandra sighed.
"He'll be okay," Mason assured her, "He has the blood of two talented trainers running through his veins after all!" he added, cracking a huge grin.
"Don't be silly, dear!" Sandra protested, but she was grinning as well nonetheless.
Meanwhile, Mike was lying on his bed, looking at the prototype Pokédex Mr. DeNigro had given all of them. The data of six Pokémon was included in it. They were the Pokémon that would be used for the battling exam tomorrow. But since the students didn't get to pick which Pokémon they would use, they had to carefully study all the six Pokémon. He decided to look at the data for the first Pokémon, which was one he knew all too well.
"Eevee, the evolution Pokémon. Eevee has an unstable genetic makeup that suddenly mutates due to the environment in which it lives. Radiation from various stones causes this Pokémon to evolve. Eevee's moves are Quick Attack, Tail Whip and Bite, and its ability is Adaptability."
If there was one Pokémon the kids talked a lot about in school, it was Eevee. That was thanks to it having no less than eight evolutions. Mike hadn't heard a lot of the ability Adaptability before, though, so he went to look it up. Apparently, Adaptability boosted the power of moves that were of the same type as the Pokémon that used it. Interesting. That would mean that Quick Attack would be more powerful. Tabbing away from Eevee's Pokédex page, Mike decided to look up on the next Pokémon, which was yellow-and-red colored, and had quite a weird face.
"Magby, the live coal Pokémon. Magby's state of health is determined by observing the fire it breathes. If the Pokémon is spouting yellow flames from its mouth, it is in good health. When it is fatigued, black smoke will be mixed in with the flames. Magby's moves are Ember, Smokescreen and Headbutt, and its ability is Flame Body."
Magby seemed like a handful if you would have to face it, and a handful to control if you would have to battle with it. Mike already knew of the effects of Flame Body. A Pokémon could get the status condition burn if they made contact with Magby. In the next tab, he saw a Pokémon he knew all too well.
"Mankey, the pig monkey Pokémon. When Mankey starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign that it is becoming angry. However, because it goes into a towering rage almost instantly, it is impossible for anyone to flee its wrath. Mankey's moves are Karate Chop, Leer and Scratch, and its ability is Defiant."
A few months ago, a Mankey from Route 22 stumbled into the school building by accident. It went on a rampage in the school, until Mr. DeNigro managed to catch it. Mankey's ability was one Mike had never heard of before. After looking it up, he saw that Defiant boosted a Pokémon's attack power if one of its stats got lowered. Mike realized that the Pokémon so far seemed pretty powerful, and so he went to look to the next Pokémon to see whether it would be just as cool as the previous ones. He was a little disappointed.
"Nidoran F, the poison pin Pokémon. Nidoran F has barbs that secrete a powerful poison. They are thought to have developed as protection for this small-bodied Pokémon. When enraged, it releases a horrible toxin from its horn. Nidoran F's moves are Poison Sting, Tail Whip and Scratch, and its ability is Poison Point."
Except for the ability, Mike wasn't particularly impressed by the Poison-type Pokémon. Poison Point enabled Nidoran to poison the foe if it made contact with her, but there weren't a lot of other assets he could think of. He secretly hoped that he wouldn't have to battle with Nidoran. Hoping the next Pokémon would be more interesting, he tabbed further.
"Elekid, the electric Pokémon. Elekid stores electricity in its body. If it touches metal and accidentally discharges all its built-up electricity, this Pokémon begins swinging its arms in circles to recharge itself. Elekid's moves are Thunder Shock, Leer and Quick Attack, and its ability is Static."
In his opinion, this was the coolest Pokémon so far. Mike knew that Static was a counterpart to Flame Body and Poison Point, enabling Elekid to paralyze an opponent if they were to make contact with it. Mike couldn't take his eyes off this Pokémon. He had to catch one of these as soon as he started his journey. He then proceeded to look at the last of the practice Pokémon.
"Sandshrew, the mouse Pokémon. Sandshrew's body is configured to absorb water without waste, enabling it to survive in an arid desert. This Pokémon curls up to protect itself from its enemies. Sandshrew's moves are Sand Tomb, Defense Curl and Scratch, and its ability is Sand Rush."
Mike hadn't hear a lot about Sand Rush before. Apparently, it boosted Sandshrew's speed when there was a sandstorm. This meant that Sandshrew's ability would be the only one to not be usable in the practice battles. Looking at its bio and moves, Sandshrew seemed to be the most defensive of all the rental Pokémon. Mike wasn't sure whether he wanted this one as his practice Pokémon. The Ground-type seemed like a lot to handle.
"Mike, are you coming?" he suddenly heard his mother call from downstairs, "Dinner's ready!"
Snapping back to reality, he ran downstairs, shouting he'd be right there. It was going to be a long night, so he needed at least some energy to get through it.
Viridian City
21 June 2015, 8:20 AM
Mike yawned as he stood outside of the school building. He had woken up at 6 due to sheer eagerness, and that led to him being really tired.
Tessa suppressed a yawn. "What's keeping Jane and Josh? They should have been here already..."
Christopher shrugged. "Maybe they overslept."
"Not possible," Nathalie piped up, shaking her head, "Neither one of them would be late on a day like this."
Christopher cocked an eyebrow. "Do you have a better theory then?" Nathalie averted her gaze. "That's what I thought," Christopher continued.
"Stop it, Chris," Mike interrupted, "I'm sure there's a very good reason."
"Yeah, sure," Christopher replied, rolling his eyes.
"There actually is," a voice behind them said. They turned around to see Josh and a sleepy Jane walk up to them. "Jane here thought it was a good idea to study all night," Josh continued, "Waking her up was just impossible."
Jane blushed. "Sorry, guys."
"It's okay," Tessa chimed, "At least we're all here now!"
"Yeah!" Mike added, "We should get going no-" He was interrupted by another kid smacking his shoulder against him.
"Oops," the boy grinned, "Sorry, Mike! Better look where you're going next time!"
"Mark," Mike grumbled. There was only one person in class Mike absolutely couldn't stand, and that was Mark. He was a tall 16-year old, with short blonde hair and brown eyes. Much to Mike's annoyance, the boy was more muscular than him. He wore a brown-and-yellow shirt, and a pair of gray jeans.
"You guys should get a move on," Mark told them smugly, "All the others are already inside. Mr. DeNigro asked for someone to come and get you, and I humbly accepted the task."
Mike gritted his teeth, but it was Christopher who responded. "Tell DeNigro we'll be there in a moment," he said coolly.
Mark, expecting someone to snap at his smug behavior, went inside again after shooting Christopher a hateful look.
Mike watched him walk away. "I swear, if he becomes a trainer..."
"Calm down," Nathalie told him, "He wouldn't make it to the League anyway."
"Guys," Josh said in alarm, "We really gotta go now, or else we'll be late!"
All of them nodded, and followed Josh into the school building.
Viridian City Trainer School
21 June 2008, 12:42 PM
"I hope that went well," Mike sighed, "It felt right while I was writing, but now I'm less confident."
"Same here," Tessa said, nodding, "I really hope it'll go well. Naming all different types in question 1 wasn't a problem, but I couldn't find an example of all of those types in question 2."
"Me neither," Jane continued, "I couldn't find an example of a Steel- or Dark-type."
"I missed the Dark-type too," Christopher said with a shrug, as usual.
"And I couldn't find a Fairy- or Dark-type," Mike mumbled.
"Seems like we all had problems with the Dark-type Pokémon," Tessa grinned, "I managed to find all the others, though."
"I stayed blank at Dark, Steel and Ghost," Josh pouted.
"Oh, I got all of them," Nathalie said, "Fairy has Pokémon like Clefairy or Sylveon, Dragon has Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite and Kingdra, Steel has Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone, Scizor and Steelix, Ghost has Gastly, Haunter and Gengar, and Dark only has Umbreon." Everyone looked at her, their mouths wide open. "What? I studied thoroughly."
"That's not just thoroughly, that's... What's the word I'm looking for?" Josh looked around, trying to find someone to help him, "Whatever, you get the point!"
"At least she studied enough, bro," Jane told him. Josh looked embarrassed.
"Josh, you don't mean you didn't study a lot for the test, do you?" Tessa asked him.
"Maybe," Josh said unsure, scratching the back of his head.
Christopher and Jane shook their heads, while the others looked at Josh in shock.
"What?" Josh asked, "It can't be that bad, right? Right?" No one responded.
"Uh, anyway," Mike broke the silence, "Mr. DeNigro should have our grades soon. If we pass that, we'll be close to becoming trainers!"
"We still have to pass the practice exam, though," Nathalie pointed out, "I'd like to battle with Sandshrew or Magby. They seem the most interesting to me."
"Definitely Elekid for me," Christopher replied.
"You should back off from that idea, because I'm going to get Elekid!" Mike grinned.
"I don't know," Jane continued, "Eevee, I guess? Or maybe Magby?"
"I'd like Mankey, Elekid or Magby myself," Josh mused.
"And for me it doesn't really matter," Tessa grinned, "They all seem pretty cool to me. Well, except for Mankey. That incident still sticks with me." The others nodded in response.
"Looks like nobody wants that Nidoran," Mike said, "Poor Nidoran."
"Since when am I a nobody?" Tessa cried out.
Mike held up his hands in defense. "I meant that nobody wanted Nidoran in particular!"
"It's done! It's done!" a girl from their class, Layla, ran up to the group, "Mr. DeNigro has finished correcting the exams!"
"What?" Mike, Tessa, Nathalie, Jane and Josh all jumped up. Only Christopher managed to keep his cool.
"When is he going to reveal the results?" Christopher asked.
"As soon as everyone's present!" Layla exclaimed, "Barry is looking for Mark at the moment, but all the others are there already!"
"What are we waiting for?" Tessa cried, "Let's just go already!"
When the group and Layla arrived in the classroom, they saw that Mark and Barry had already arrived.
"Took you guys long enough, as expected," Mark told them.
Mike took a step towards him, but Christopher dragged him away. "Leave him be. He's not worth it." Mike reluctantly followed Christopher's advice.
Layla went to sit in the empty chair next to Barry. Jane took the seat next to her, followed by Josh, Mike, Christopher, Tessa and Nathalie.
Mr. DeNigro cleared his throat, seeing that all students had arrived. "Now that everyone's here, I'd like to get on with the results from the exam. The students that passed will be called forward in order. The people with the best results will be the first ones to be called forward." He took a deep breath, as if he was preparing himself for his next sentence. "If any of you don't pass, don't feel bad. There's always next year."
"I don't think anyone's going to not feel bad if they wouldn't pass," Tessa whispered to Mike, at which the latter nodded.
"Without further ado!" Mr. DeNigro called out, "The first student I'd like to call forward, with a score of 98%, is Nathalie Willard!"
Nathalie's eyes sparkled when she got up. She proudly took her place next to Mr. DeNigro, smiling widely at her friends.
"Not really surprising," Josh muttered.
"The next student, with a percentage of 86%," Mr. DeNigro announced, "Christopher Walken!"
Christopher put up a smug smile, but Mike knew that deep inside, he was bursting with happiness. He hadn't passed the previous year after all. Tessa didn't seem happy with Christopher scoring better than her.
"Our third student, with a score of 83%, Jane Arlan!" Mr. DeNigro shouted as Christopher took his place next to him.
From the shock, Jane almost let her glasses fall off. She managed to grab them just as they were about to hit the floor, and clumsily made her way to Mr. DeNigro, Nathalie and Christopher. Mike saw Josh smirk at Jane's reaction.
"Our fourth student!" Mr. DeNigro announced, "With a score of 79%, Tessa Wainwright!"
Tessa got up really quickly, making her chair drop to the group in the process. She took her place next to the others. Mike got a little nervous, since he knew that the students needed 75% to pass, and they were already at 79%.
"Our fifth student to pass, with a score of 78%!" Mr. DeNigro called out, "Mark Vaughun!"
With a huge smile on his face, Mark coolly stood up and went to stand next to Mr. DeNigro, on the other side of where Nathalie, Christopher, Jane and Tessa were.
Mike let out a sigh. "And I was hoping he wouldn't get there."
"And now for our last student!" Mr. DeNigro announced.
Mike and Josh looked at each other in shock. One of them wouldn't pass. The other kids, including Layla and Barry, also looked around nervously.
"With a score of 77%!" Mr. DeNigro continued, "Mike Redwood!"
Releasing all built-up pressure, Mike stood up and cheered loudly. He then blushed, noticing everyone looked at him. "Sorry," he mumbled, making his way to stand next to Tessa. He looked at Josh, and saw that he hid his head in his hands. He felt really sorry for him, especially since his twin sister did pass. On the other hand, he probably didn't study enough, according to Jane.
"I want to congratulate these six students in particular!" Mr. DeNigro called out, "It's been years since even half of the class managed to pass the theoretic exam!" A half-hearted applause came from the audience. "I want to repeat to the students that didn't pass that this isn't the end. There's always next year. Now, I'd like the six passing students to accompany me to the training room. The rest can go home."
A collective sigh could be heard when the students that didn't pass got up from their chairs and left. Josh was the last one to leave the room. Just before leaving, he shot his five friends a look that said that they shouldn't even dare to fail now.
"I feel bad for Josh," Jane said, looking down, "But I'm afraid it's his own fault for not putting enough effort in studying."
"He knew the risk." Christopher seemed to be the least shocked by seeing one of his friends fail. "I failed the previous year as well because I didn't study enough. Now look at me, having 86%."
"Maybe that was because you got the classes twice, rather than relying on your own intelligence," Tessa grumbled. Despite Christopher beating her in score, she still had a big smile on her face.
Mr. DeNigro turned to the remaining students. "I want to congratulate all of you again. Your achievements are absolutely stellar. But don't rest easy just yet. I said before that it has been years since half of my class passed the theoretic exam. But it has never happened before that half of the class actually graduated."
All of the students gasped, except for Mark, who still had the smug smirk on his face, and Christopher, who probably already heard that the year before.
"Moreover, I won't be the only person to judge you in the battling exam," Mr. DeNigro continued, "I invited two more people as judges. Both are experts in Pokémon battling!"
"Now, now, Shawn," a voice said, "That might be exaggerated." They all turned around to see the most famous Pokémon professor in whole Kanto behind them. Professor Samuel Oak would be one of the judges. Mike wasn't as shocked to see him as Nathalie, Tessa and Jane were, since Oak lived in the same town as him. Not only that, but his parents were good friends with the professor as well, so Mike already knew him pretty well.
"I'm glad to see you passed this year, Christopher," Oak told the young man. For the first time, Christopher seemed stunned, probably because he didn't expect Oak to know or remember his name.
"Thank you, professor!" Christopher replied, scratching the back of his head and laughing nervously.
"And I'm glad to see you two are standing here as well today!" Oak said to Mike and Mark, "It's been quite some time since a trainer from Pallet Town graduated here, so do your best!"
"Er-hem!" Mr. DeNigro cleared his throat.
"Oh, right," Oak sighed, as if he remembered something, "I'm not going to give either of you better evaluations because I know both of you. And-"
"Good!" Mr. DeNigro interrupted the professor, "We should go to the training room, where we'll meet up with the third judge. Let's go!"
Viridian City Trainer School, Training Room
21 June 2008, 1:31 PM
The first thing the trainers saw in the training room, were two big Pokémon battling each other. One was a bipedal Pokémon looked slightly human-like, but its body was black-and-yellow colored and it had two tails. The second Pokémon was quadruped and looked bulky. A massive flower sprouted on the Pokémon's back.
"Use Thunder Punch, Electivire!" they suddenly heard someone shout, "And you use Petal Blizzard, Venusaur!"
The bigger Pokémon, Venusaur, let out a loud roar and fired a wave of sharp green-colored leaves at the other Pokémon, Electivire. However, the latter jumped up just in time, dodging the Petal Blizzard, and landed in front of Venusaur. It cloaked its fist in electricity, and punched Venusaur in the face with it. The Grass-type grunted as it was pushed back by the powerful attack, but still seemed to be in pretty good condition.
"Alright, that's enough, Electivire!" the voice shouted, "You too, Venusaur!" Both Pokémon roared contently as they were recalled to their Poké Balls. A young man stepped out from the shadows in the training grounds.
"You can't be serious," Nathalie murmured, gritting her teeth.
"Please welcome our third judge, the winner of 2005's Kanto Pokémon League tournament!" Mr. DeNigro exclaimed, "Bryce Willard!"
"A pleasure to be here," Bryce smiled as he was introduced to the students. He was a tall young man, and looked pretty muscular as well. His hair was blonde and his eyes were light blue, mirroring Nathalie's. He wore a bland white shirt and khaki green shorts.
"You never told us your brother had won the League tournament," Christopher remarked, breaking the silence.
"Maybe I chose to not tell anyone," Nathalie grumbled, looking at her brother. Mike didn't get why she seemed so angry at him. He looked pretty friendly.
"I hope Electivire and Venusaur have left the battlefields more or less intact," Bryce told Mr. DeNigro and Oak, "They sometimes get carried away when they're battling."
"It seems like our practice fields are still unharmed for the most part, though," Mr. DeNigro said, "It's okay, Bryce. I told you that you were allowed to train here in the meantime."
"Yeah, thanks, Mr. DeNigro," Bryce replied.
"Please," Mr. DeNigro smiled, "Call me Shawn." He then turned his attention to the six students. "This is the perfect amount of students. Six of you, six of the Pokémon." He took six Poké Balls out of his pocket, presenting them to the students. "You all know that these Poké Balls contain Eevee, Nidoran, Mankey, Sandshrew, Elekid and Magby, but you don't know which Poké Ball contains which Pokémon. So, I'll let you pick a Poké Ball one after another, and then I'll announce the matchups." He laid the Poké Balls down on the table. "Before we start, I already want to wish all of you good luck."
"Likewise!" Bryce chimed in.
"And good luck from me too," professor Oak smiled, "I hope some promising trainers will graduate today!"
And with that, chapter 1 of Pokémon - Kanto Journey has been finished! I'm sorry for not revealing starter Pokémon or anything yet. Looks like you'll have to wait for the next chapter if you want to see that.
If you want to know about other things, like my policy regarding OCs or why Pokémon like Elekid or Umbreon are in Kanto's regional Pokédex, you can look at my profile page.
One last and important thing. A huge thanks to Talarc and his 'Pokémon Journey: Kanto' fanfiction. He has been a great inspiration for me. Thank you, Talarc!
And thank you, the reader, for taking the time to read through the first chapter, and have a good day!