For Shinzoku95. Happy birthd- crud wait. Uh, happy Thursday, Shinzu.
It's a tremendous rarity for the title legend to be bestowed upon a Pokémon. Usually it's due to extreme power, like in the case of Moltres or Raikou. Sometimes it's due to scarcity of the species more than anything, such as Jirachi or Azelf. Legends are worshiped as deities in various regions, though Unova boasts the most atheists who believe in 'evolution' rather than divine creation by Arceus. Trainers lucky enough to obtain a 'legendary,' as they're called, usually capture them in Master Balls that are eventually wasted when the Pokémon eats the Trainer and all that jazz. Unfortunate, but that's life.
A few people have gone down in history as successful captors of legendaries; Red being one, and Diamond, and N Harmonia. But those relationships went askew in the end. Red lost his mind, became mute, and stowed away on Mt. Silver. Diamond was died in a freak training accident. N dropped off the map, and historians are still not sure what became of him. They had happy lives, and the Pokémon were their friends and trusted partners, but the sheer, raw power of legendaries was, and is, simply too much for mortal hands. It is a blessing from Arceus that the ones who have caught legendaries in the past were not corrupt beings- perhaps it is that they were all children, with pure hearts and intentions.
Shinzu, more commonly known as Shinzoku the Legend, was born in Hoenn's Littleroot Town on a cool autumn day. She took on the League challenge at a young age, with Torch the female Torchic at her side. The [now incarcerated] Archie from the infamous Team Aqua stole Torch- by then evolved into Combusken- when Shinzu was vacationing in Slateport. After that, she passed on information about rival gangs Aqua and Magma to Champion Steven, who eventually defeated the two. Meanwhile, Shinzoku gave up on her Hoenn League challenge and lay low for a while. She next popped up winning a smattering of Contests in Sinnoh before dropping off the map again, only seen in random TV segments about her success in the underground or battle victories against TV reporter teams.
The leaders of at least three crime syndicates blame Shinzu for their gangs' downfall, though there is no record proving this. Eyewitnesses at Battle Frontiers all over the world proclaim that they saw her leaving with buckets of prizes, but the Frontier Brains all have zipped lips on the matter. Warden Baoba, owner of the popular Safari Zone franchise, once mentioned her in a press conference while listing his greatest patrons and donators, but as if realizing what he'd said, quickly amended his statement.
Nobody knows one whit about mysterious Shinzoku, but she didn't earn the title 'legend-'a lofty achievement never before bestowed on a human being- for nothing. It's her miraculous team consisting of legendary Pokémon that enthralls Pokémon fan clubs all over the world. Good night, Hoenn, this is Reporter Roxanne signing out!
"Silly, isn't it, Shay?" the girl laughed and turned the TV onto mute as it went on to a weather forecast. She stretched, and as she walked into the adjoining room, mentioned to the flowery Pokémon curled up on the rug, "I'm getting a sandwich, want one?"
The grass type Pokémon let out a yawning affirmative, snuggling in closer and half-dozing. The girl's Pokédex lay open on a table next to the La-Z-Boy, with only eight complete entries logged into it- Shaymin, Giratina, Mewtwo, Regigas, Darkrai, Zekrom, Torchic, and Combusken.
If you liked this, check out Shinzoku95, because her stories are infinitely more creative and funny than mine. I fail at the funnies. She will have your guts busting with creativity! And- and- *flail arms* -joke type objects!
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Sorry, I forgot to mention, but for future reference- this isn't really an ongoing story, it's a collection of drabbles about a character based off my best friend. I'll update it when I'm bored, mostly.