by Martial Arts Master
The original concept of Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., 4Kids, TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, and Wizards of the Coast. All characters I use as Pokewomen are copyrighted by their original creators and owners. I made up Rick, though. This is the first chapter of the series, so here are the rules that I've created for the Pokewomen world:
1. Pokewomen include any female animated or video game character except one from Pokemon, because some of the original Pokemon characters are going to be appearing anyway. Therefore, since some of you may not recognize the characters I use, I'll do my best to describe them well.
2. It is legal, in the Pokewomen world, for humans to marry and mate with only the humanoid Pokewomen. That would include Felicia from Darkstalkers, since she's more human than cat, but it would not include someone like Gatomon from Digimon, since Gatomon more closely resembles a cat than anything else.
3. Poke Balls and Pokedexes work just like in the Pokemon world.
4. League and gym rules are the same.
5. There are no "types" of Pokemon. Therefore, no Pokewomen have the advantage or disadvantage against other Pokewomen, except in terms of pure strength.
6. Pokewomen who could talk in their original incarnations can talk in the Pokewomen world.
7. Team Rocket has the same goal in the Pokewomen world as in the Pokemon world.
8. The population of the Pokewomen world know about planet Earth, but all they know is that whenever a female animated or video game character is created on Earth, multiple copies of that character appear as Pokewomen in the Pokewomen world, but no one knows why.
9. The singlular form of Pokewomen is "Pokewoman".
Now, with those in mind, on with the story.
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At last, the big day had come. It was time for Rick to get his first Pokewoman, and then he would go on a journey to become a Pokewomen master.
Rick loved orange, so his outfit was completely orange. His baseball cap was orange, his T-shirt was orange, his shorts were orange, even his socks and shoes were orange!
Rick was 10 years old. He had loved Pokewomen since he was little, and now he was finally going to get the chance to train them himself.
Before now, his mother and father had both repeatedly drilled into him that he must never, EVER, mistreat Pokewomen as some trainers did.
Rick promised them that he wouldn't.
He had gotten a special belt which Poke Balls would stick to.
Rick didn't plan to catch all the Pokewomen that ever existed like some trainers did, because those trainers usually forgot that new Pokewomen would appear after they were created on Earth anyway.
He planned to catch only six Pokewomen. That was a full belt, and that should be enough.
He said good-bye to his mother and father, dashed upstairs to retrieve the savings of his allowance, which he'd been saving and hadn't spent any of ever since his parents had started giving him an allowance (so he had a LOT of money), and then dashed out of the house.
Eventually he got to Professor Oak's house. Professor Oak was Pallet Town's leading expert on Pokewomen.
Two other trainers were there, too. Rick didn't know them, so he didn't know their names.
But they were both girls. That much Rick could see.
Rick wasn't so sexist as to believe that the only reason Pokewomen were trained was to be lust objects of boys. His mother and father had told him that sometimes boys were more considerate, and sometimes girls wanted friends to share "girl talk" with. And sometimes, people just trained Pokewomen to be warriors.
Professor Oak stepped out of the house.
"Ah, good morning," he said.
"Good morning, Professor Oak!" the three trainers chorused.
"You must be here for the Pokewomen I'm giving out this year," Professor Oak said. "By all means, do come inside."
They went inside the house.
Once inside, Professor Oak gave Rick and the other two trainers each a Pokedex.
"This Pokedex will be a valuable tool," Professor Oak said. "Just point it at a Pokewoman, and the Pokedex will tell you all about it."
"Thank you, Professor," Rick and the other two trainers said in unison.
The Professor then showed them to a table with three Poke Balls.
"Each of these three Poke Balls holds a Pokewoman for you to start out with," Professor Oak said.
He pointed to the Poke Ball on the left and said, "This one contains Saria. She looks helpless, but looks can be decieving."
He pointed to the Poke Ball in the middle and said, "This one contains Twinrova. She is a giant Pokewomen with fire and ice powers."
He pointed to the Poke Ball on the right and said, "This one contains Sailor Neptune. She is excellent in the water, has a mirror that can see the truth, and even has a watery attack."
He finished by saying, "Rick, I'm afraid since you arrived last, you get last choice."
Rick shrugged. He didn't really care which one he got.
One of the two girls picked up the one on the right and said, "I'll take Sailor Neptune. I love water, so Sailor Neptune should be perfect."
The other girl picked up the one in the middle and said, "I'll take Twinrova. She should kick butt in battle."
Rick then picked up the one on the left and said, "I guess that leaves me with Saria."
He then turned to the other trainers and said, "Hey, why don't we send our Pokewomen our right now and get information on each other's Pokewomen with our Pokedexes?"
"Fine with me," they both said.
"Go, Saria!" Rick said, sending out Saria. Saria turned out to be a green-haired girl with pointed ears. She was wearing a green tunic and green shorts.
The other trainers sent out their new Pokewomen, too.
Twinrova was HUGE, barely fitting in the room because of her height.
Sailor Neptune was a turqoise-haired girl in a sailor "fuku". She was wearing green shoes.
While the other two trainers pointed their Pokedexes at Saria, Rick pointed his Pokedex at Twinrova.
The Pokedex said, "Twinrova. This is a character from an Earth video game called Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In that game, Twinrova was formed when the two witches Koume and Kotake fused together. In this world, however, Twinrova is separate form Koume and Kotake. She has the ability to shoot both fire and ice."
Rick whistled in awe and said, "Man, that's one chick I wouldn't wanna mess with."
Then he pointed his Pokedex at Sailor Neptune.
The Pokedex said, "Sailor Neptune. This Pokewoman is a Sailor Scout from an Earth TV show called Sailor Moon. Her attack is Neptune Deep Submerge, in which she throws a powerful ball of water at her opponents. She also has a mirror that will always reflect the truth. Miscellaneous skills are that she is an excellent artist and an expert at playing the violin."
The two girls then recalled their Pokewomen, and Rick pointed his Pokedex at his own Pokewoman.
"Saria," the Pokedex said. "This Pokewoman is from the Earth game called Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. She is a Kokiri elf, and she is the Sage of Forest. That gives her some degree of control over nature, but she will have complete control only if she is trained well."
"Well, looks like last choice wasn't so bad after all," Rick said to Saria.
"Thank you for your confidence in me," Saria said.
Rick then recalled Saria.
Professor Oak gave each trainer five Poke Balls.
"Off you go now," Professor Oak said to all three humans. "Be careful on your journey. Some Pokewomen are dangerous."
The three trainers walked out of the house.
When Rick got outside, he started walking out of Pallet Town.
It wasn't hard. There was only one path out of Pallet Town.
He was humming to himself as he walked along the path.
Things were going pretty well so far. Lucky for him, he was one of only three trainers to apply for a Pokewoman, and there were three Pokewomen. What a stroke of luck.
Of course, not everything was going to be a walk in the park. Saria seemed like the kind of Pokewoman that Rick would make friends with easily, but could he make friends with any other Pokewomen he happened to catch? What if they disobeyed him?
But he couldn't think about that right now.
Finally, his feet got tired, and he had to take a rest. It was lunchtime anyway.
And, as it just so happened, Rick's mother and father had packed two lunches. One for Rick to eat, and one for whoever Rick's starting Pokewoman was, which in this case was Saria.
After these lunches, though, Rick would have to find food from the wild. Food was plentiful in the wild though, so no trainer ever died from starvation. Plus, you could win money from battles, and money could buy food from stores and fancy food places.
Rick called out Saria.
"Hi," Saria said. She looked around.
"I don't see an opponent, so you didn't call me out to fight, did you?" Saria asked.
"No, actually," Rick said. "It's time for lunch."
He took out both lunches, which were both peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. He kept one, and he offered one to Saria.
"Thank you," Saria said, accepting the lunch.
After they'd both eaten their lunches, Rick asked, "So, do you have any regrets that I'm your trainer?"
"No," Saria said. "You seem like a nice person."
"Good," Rick said, relieved. It wouldn't do to have his first Pokewoman disobey him, so it was nice that Saria trusted him.
That's when Rick decided to train Saria.
"All right, Saria, first I need to see what you can already do with your Sage powers," Rick said.
"Very well," Saria said. She turned to a tree, and she concentrated.
The tree's branches bent a little. Then, they went back up.
"Hmm, that's good, but if you wanna become better you'll have to get the whole tree down," Rick said.
"Yeah, I see what you mean," Saria said. "Bending branches won't do anyone any good."
Time passed as Rick coaches Saria to do better and better with her forest powers. Little by little, she started to be able to bend more and more of the tree.
A half-hour passed before Saria was able to knock the tree down with her control, and even then, Saria was exhausted by the effort.
Rick wasn't about to be so cruel as to overwork his Pokewoman.
"Saria, take a break, we're done training for today," Rick said.
"Thank you," Saria said, panting.
Rick recalled Saria, and then he continued walking.
It took until the beginning of sunset, but Rick finally reached a city.
Relieved that he might not have to spend the night outside, Rick walked into the city.
He read a sign that said, "Welcome to Viridian City."
Well, obviously this meant the city Rick was in was called Viridian City.
He may have gotten to the first city now, but he knew that this was only a small step, in the long journey that was to come...
To be continued...
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You're probably thinking, "Oh no, not another new trainer fic that the author won't bother to finish!" Well, let me tell you, I hate those kinds of fics too, and let me tell you in advance that I DO plan on finishing this fic. I never start a fic that I don't intend to finish. In fact, if I'm lying about planning to finish the fic, may I get pounded by a madman. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.