Pokémon Trainer Kojima

Ch. 1

Starting off

Castelia City. A huge, sprawling metropolis, sporting many towering skyscrapers and other tall buildings. It is the heart of business and economy of the Unova region. In the streets you can see many different people rushing around, trying to get to work, home, or other places.

"IT FEELS GREAT TO BE HOME!" A young man shouts.

Kojima Ritsu walks into his home of 17 years. He throws his bag onto a chair and shouts

"Hero! I'm home!" A small black dog comes running from around the corner. Its snout and underbelly are red. It has short, pointed ears and a tail. Its fangs protrude out of its mouth, and its nose is dark in coloration. There are white bands on its ankles, and more rib-like ones on its back. It also appears to have a simplistic, stylized skull on its forehead, with the orbits looking much like 'eyebrow' patterning commonly seen on dogs. It runs at Kojima and tackles him to the ground.

"I've missed you to boy! I've got something for you."

Kojima gets up and grabs the bag he threw into the chair and pulls out a black Emerald.

"It's a Dark gem. If you hold it, it strengthens the power of your Dark-type moves. But it only works once, sooooo, I bought like 7 of em"

Kojima takes the Dark gem and ties it around the Houndour's neck. Hero sniffs at the item and barks at Kojima as a sign of appreciation. Kojima gets up and walks into his dimly lit room and heads for his closet. "Ok. . .I think I'll ware you" he says. He puts on a skin tight black long sleeve shirt that goes up to about the middle of his neck. On top of that, a short sleeved light purple shirt and a pair of black jeans. He ties his hair into a ponytail and leaves some hair in front. He leaves his room and says to his Pokémon "So how do I look?"

Houndour looks at his trainer then runs into Kojima's room. "So you don't like it?" Kojima walks back into his room to find Hero pulling a small box from under his bed. "You want me to add these? Alright." Kojima opens the box and grabs the pair of gloves and slides them on to his hands. He looks at Hero and says "Sooo?" Hero barks happily, signaling that he likes it. "Thanks boy, now let's go. We have to get to the Day Care so we can help grandpa take care of the baby Pokémon there. He also says he has a surprise for us." Kojima grabs his wallet, keys, bag and a black ball with a red strip going around the middle of the ball and the top of it. Kojima points the ball at Hero and says "Return". Houndour turns into a red bolt of energy and transfers into the Luxury Ball. Kojima puts the ball on his belt and heads out into the bustling city of Castelia. He locks his door and heads toward Skyarrow Bridge, The biggest, longest bridge in the Unova Region.

It is a large suspension bridge that connects the southern part of the eastern peninsula to the central peninsula. He climbs the stairs to the top of the bridge and turns around.

"Wooow…seeing Castelia City's skyline never gets old."

Kojima turns around again and begins his trip. As he's walking across the bridge, he can see the many cars and trucks that pass by. Some going and some leaving Castelia City. After about 34 minutes of walking, Kojima notices that the bridge was beginning to spiral downward in a counter clockwise position. "Almost at the end" he says. Kojima enters the entrance/exit gate and heads towards Pinwheel Forest. As he enters he can hear the cries of many Pokémon from the forest and decides to do a little bit of training. Kojima runs across one of the two mini bridges and enters the part of the forest where wild Pokémon roam. As Soon as Kojima enters the forest he encounters a wild Petilil, a plant-like, grass-type Pokémon, primarily light green in coloration. Her head's rounded shape and striations causes her to resemble a plant bulb, such as an onion. Its head is tipped with three oblong leaves, and her crescent-shaped white face has brown eyes shaped like elongated, vertical ovals. A green 'bib' feature is present on its neck, and her lower body consists of light green ruffles. Kojima pulls out a small black and red looking phone and points it at the wild Pokémon.

The Device speaks and says "PETILIL, the Bulb Pokémon. Since they prefer moist, nutrient-rich soil, the areas where Petilil live are known to be good for growing plants."

"Ok, Let's see what you can do Petilil."

Kojima grabs the Luxury Ball from his waist and pushes the yellow button in the middle, causing the ball to expand. "YOU'RE ON HERO! GO!" Kojima throws the ball and in a flash of yellow, red and white, appears the Houndour, ready for battle. "Alright Hero, use ember!" Hero ran towards the Petilil and fired the small fire attack. It hit the Petilil causing major damage. It fell to the ground in pain shouting the only thing it could say "PETILIL!" Petilil got back up and started growing.

It was using growth.

"So it's raising its Attack and Special Attack. Hero! Finish it with another ember"

Houndour began running toward the wild Pokémon again, but before it could let out its attack Petilil began to let loose a big cloud of green dust. "Oh no! Hero, get out the way, it's using Sleep Powder!" But it was too late. Hero was already in dream land. "Come on Hero! Wake up!" Kojima shouted.

. . . Nothing happened; Hero was still sleeping on the lush green grass of Pinwheel Forest. Looking triumphant, Petilil began using another attack, Mega Drain. Houndour's ability began to take effect, Early Bird, which allows the Pokémon to awaken quickly from sleep. But Hero still got hit with the Mega Drain attack, and by the looks of it, it took a good amount of Hero's Health. Hero didn't look happy at all, it began to snarl at the Petilil.

"Alright you're up! Let's finish this Hero! Close in on Petilil and use Fire Fang!"

Hero jumped at Petilil, its Fangs literally coated with fire and sank its fangs into Petilil's leafy looking body.

"And now for the capture"

Kojima took out a small red and white ball and threw it at the Petilil. When the Pokéball hit the Petilil, it turned into a red bolt of energy and dived into the open Pokéball. The ball closed and hit the floor and began to shake back and forth, making whirring noises. The ball clicked signaling that the Pokémon was caught. "WE DID IT!" Screamed Kojima. Hero ran to the ball and picked it up with its mouth and took it to its trainer.

"Thanks Hero. You did a good job out there. Take a rest. Return." Kojima pointed the Luxury Ball at Houndour, and with a final bark, he too went into the safety of his Pokéball. Kojima left Pinwheel forest and arrived in Nacrene City, a city established in restored storehouses built 100 years ago. The unique cityscape makes it a popular place for avant-garde artists and is usually the place where trends begin. Nacrene City is also known as the "city of art".

Kojima sprinted to the Pokémon Center to heal his two Pokémon. As he walks in, he feels the cool air of the Pokémon Center. He approaches the counter in front of him and speaks to the women there.

"Hey there nurse joy. How've you been?" Nurse Joy looks up to see Kojima Ritsu heading toward her.

"Why hello Kojima! Welcome back to the Pokémon Center." She says in an upbeat tone.

"I'm doing quite fine, and you?" Kojima leans over the counter and says "Same old, same old. I caught a Petilil in Pinwheel Forest, and Hero got a little injured. Can you heal them up while I go visit mom at the museum?"

Nurse Joy grabs the 2 Pokéballs Kojima put on the counter.

"Certainly. Be back in around 15 minutes and they'll be good as new."

"Thanks see you then." Kojima says as he turns and waves at the nurse.

He leaves the Center and heads for the Nacrene City Pokémon Gym/Museum. Kojima walked into the museum to find that there were quite a few people there today. He went to an employee to see what all the commotion was about. The Employee told him that there was a new exhibit, a full Dragonite skeleton.

"A DRAGONITE SKELETON! THAT'S CRAZY!" Kojima shouted.

"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT YELLING IN MY MUESEM!" Someone yelled.

"BUT MOM! YOU JUST YELLED TO! WHY ARE YOU CONTRADICTING YOURSELF?" Kojima yelled back.

He turned around to find none other than Lenora, the Nacrene City Gym Leader, and also his mother. Lenora walked up to Kojima and gave him a hug.

"What brings ya here sweetie?" Lenora asked.

Kojima asked "Do I have to have a reason to see my mother?"

"Hey, I'm a curious woman. As I always say, Curiosity is the spice of life! Without it, life is bland!" She boldly announces.

"I know ma" Kojima says "When did you get the Dragonite Skeleton?" he asks.

"Look who's being curious now" Lenora says teasingly "I got it about a week ago, but I just finished putting it up."

"Well it's amazing! I love it!" Kojima looked up at the skeleton. It was really big. In height it looked to be about 7'03". Probably much bigger than that.

"Anyway, it was nice seeing ya ma. I'll come visit again soon. Good luck running the Gym". Before Lenora could even say anything, Kojima was already out the door. That boy….he is so much like his father…..

Kojima arrived at the Pokémon Center to receive his healed Pokémon from Nurse Joy. "Here you go Kojima, your Pokémon are ready to go." Joy said joyfully. Kojima smiled and grabbed the 2 balls from the tray.

"Thank you Nurse Joy. I'll see you around" and as quick as he entered, Kojima was gone. Kojima was almost at the Day Care. He was on Route 3 when he came to a fork in the road. Knowing which way to go, he turns right and in a short distance he can see the Day Care.

"Gramps! I'm here!"

An old man comes out from his house to see a young Kojima Ritsu heading his way.

"Hello Kojima, you're right on time. Come in, come in."

Kojima walks into the house with the old man. The Old man turns around and says

"I need you to do me a favor Kojima. You see, this Minccino here is rather lonely because none of the other Pokémon wants to play with him. Do you think you could go out and catch a Pokémon that can stay here? "

"I'll do you one better gramps. On my way here I caught a Petilil. It's a grass type, so it's not really my style. You can keep it if you want." Kojima says.

"Are you sure? I really will keep it."

Kojima nods and hands the Pokéball over. "Outstanding!" The old man sends out the Petilil and it makes quick friends the Minccino. They soon begin to chase each other around the house.

"Hahahahaha! That's quite enough you two. Take it outside. Kojima, will you come with me. I have something for you"

The two Pokémon head outside while Kojima and gramps head out to the children's daycare right next door. When they get there, Kojima instantly notices the Pokémon egg in the middle of the room. Kojima approaches the yellow egg with black stripes. He notices that the egg was shaking, and then suddenly, the egg began to glow! It was hatching! The egg began to take the shape of a small dog like creature. Kojima looked at it awestruck. The egg finished hatching to reveal a small dog with golden yellow fur and black stripes. Its belly, tail, and fluff on top of its head were a cream color, and had two claws on its forefeet. The Pokémon looked up at Kojima and barked

"Grrrrowlithe!"

Kojima looked at the newly hatched Pokémon. "Gramps! Is….is this for me!" Kojima asked rather excitedly. Kojima turned to find the old man giving him a really big smile and a nod.

"Oh my God! Thank you! I love him already!" Kojima took out his Pokédex and pointed it at the young Growlithe.

"GROWLITHE, the Puppy Pokémon. A Pokémon with a loyal nature. It will remain motionless until it is given an order by its trainer" "Wooow! That's one loyal Pokémon…Wait a second"

Kojima looked at Growlithe and then at the Pokédex.

"So you're a shiny Pokémon! Awesome!" Kojima reached into his bag and pulled out a Luxury Ball. "So how about it little guy? You wanna come with me?"

The Growlithe looked at the ball and gave a bark. It stood up and poked the button on the ball with its nose. Growlithe became a blob of red energy and dived into the Pokéball. Kojima smiled happily "I think I'll name you. . . RK-9"