Well guys this is my new story, now for this one I plan to make it a sort of one-shot series with a sort of continuity. For example, if A and B became friends in Chapter 3, then in Chapter 7 A and B will see each other again and act like pals. Now a few side notes abotu this story.

1.) This isn't set in any in-game region, this is set in the region of Otaken, the name will make more sense as we go on
2.) While it does say the OC is a ranger, they aren't the rangers from either the anime or the games, to draw the best parallel, I can combine them with Rangers form the Ranger's Apprentice series, an extended police force with extreme skill who are trained as scouts and deal with all the mishaps of their area.
3.) The OC is a Pokémon trainer, but in this world trainers do not have the "6 Pokémon in a team" restriction
4.) The rangers do have tools that they can use, and they are all made up by me
5.)The Gauntlet wasn't an idea entirely stolen from Shin Megami Tensai, I had the idea from before I even played the game, it was just the name that popped into my head
6.)His team will grow over time
7.) the Pokémon's move sets won't be accurate to the games, it's what I feel they need to be, for example, Shinx learns baby-doll eyes at level 11, and learns spark at level 13, if I wanted to , I could give Shinx Spark, but not Baby-doll eyes.
8.) Pokémon will not have the 4-move only move set.
9.) Pokémon will have moves not naturally learnt or through TMs.
10.) For the messenger conversations, I'll use a different format form the regular story

NOW let's get started!

OFFICE
I was hanging out in my office and sipping my coffee while Charlie (my Houndour) ate from the little bowl of pokefood I made for it when a man came into the room and started to speak "hello, my name is John, you're a Ranger right?" I got up and shook his hand while saying "yes the name's Will, have a seat" as we sat down he handed me a piece of paper with a young boy and a Skourpi sitting next to each other. "This is my son, David, and his pet Skourpi, Pince, we got it at the marsh over in Pastoria City. "I guess he could tell he was rambling and said " sorry, but recently they've been going into the nearby woods, I know that Pince is more than capable of handling the bug types in those woods, nothing but Burmy and some Wurmple really" he then looked down and sulked " it's the rumors of an Ursarang nearby that I'm afraid of, Pince is very honorable, much more powerful than any Pokémon I had at that age, but he's not able to handle a fully evolved Pokémon" he was about to keep talking but I interrupted "sorry, but what exactly do you want me to do, defeat the Ursarang?" he then nodded slowly and I went on , calling Charlie "well , as powerful as Charlie is, and even if we counted Tug, my Bliztle, I highly doubt we can handle a wild Ursarang on our own, which gives me an idea, let me come with you back to your house, I want to see this Pince and how powerful it really is." I said while grabbing my cloak and the pokeballs for Charlie and Tug.

COUNTRY SIDE, MAGNOLIA SOUTH OTAKEN

As we headed up the road to John's farm, I booted up my Gauntlet, and started looking at an Ursarang's profile " how do dem Gauntlet's work?" john asked, and I answered using the same definition all Rangers give to their apprentices "the gauntlet is an AI program we can use as our own pokedex, a PMP blaster (pokeball malfunctioning pulse , blocks out the energy's emitted form a pokeball and can even activate a pokeball against the user's will if needed.) grappling hook , and messenger unit to contact other Ranger's." as I looked closely I found the name of one of the nearby Rangers I knew well and sent a message to her simply saying " are you doing anything right now, Alyssa?"

Alyssa- no just took care of some bandits near the coast, selling counterfeit heart scales, do you need help?
Will-got a report of a wild Ursarang nearby, great 1st assignment idea
Alyssa- you need back-up
Will- yeah think so
Alyssa-alright , on my way, send me some coordinates
Will-thanks, sending them now, it'll be great seeing you again!

As I sent the coordinates, we approached a small farm where I could see a woman and child, with a Skourpi waiting for John. As we came closer the boy ran into his father's arm and fiercely hugged him, the wife kissing him and saying" we got a Ranger!" I smiled quietly and knelt down do Pince's level ( height , not EXP level) and said to David "so this is Pince, he looks pretty strong, close to evolving I think" I quickly activated my Gauntlet's "experience reader" and saw that it was level 38 , close to 39 in all actuality. I heard a sound and turned around to see Alyssa running over and throws out her 3 Pokémon, a Togepi, a Poocheyana, and a Bliztle, (Bliztle are standard protocol for Rangers) and if you're wondering why we have so few Pokémon, this is our 1st year of official Ragner-dom, and we were both in the same graduating class and even had the same exact teacher, who was named Evan. I quickly said hi and we fist bumped with our Gauntlets, registering each other's assistance in this assignment (it's all for the paperwork). After explaining the situation to her, and showing her Pince I began to states my game plan "I want Pince to help us fight, since there's only one reported Ursarang in the area, who knows how many more there are, and I think this battle will help Pince finally evolve." David ran to me and started to ramble "really Sir, I could have a Drapion? Come on Pince, we'll lead you to the woods" he was about to run off but I stopped him saying " not right now, it's too late to try anything without having to stay for the night in the forest, which as alert as Alyssa and I are, I don't trust us going against an Ursarang , no we'll be better off staying here for now and coming up with a game plan , John? " we all looked at the man , getting out a handful of pokeballs, probably used to help with farm work " oh no you don't " I said " we need you to stay here to defend the farm, and to make sure nothing happens, on the way here you mentioned something about bandits?" he nodded and I kept going " I know that however many pokeballs you have there will be more than enough" he tried to act stern, but I can tell inwardly he was breathing a sigh of relief. I then looked to John's wife, who was named Sarah who simply said "looks like dinner for 5 tonight"

After Alyssa and I helped clean the table, we got to work and were hunched over a map of the area. Alyssa immediately asked "what are the common Pokémon of the area?" John thought for a moment and said "mostly Burmys and Wurmples, and ya got the occasional Stantler, usually around hunting season too..." he then went on "we got Deerling too, but they go on and off every couple years." I then stopped and thought for a moment "if any Ursarang would go this far south, that has to mean something has there been an increase in Deerling populations lately?" I mused, and David said "Pince and I have seen a lot of them lately", the Ursarang must be here for the Deerling I realized then asked David "where did you last see the Deerling?" David then pointed to a small clearing in the forest on the map and said "right there, and there's a few Sawsbuck there too" Alyssa then caught on to what I was thinking and then said "is there a nearby water source?" David nodded and picked up Pince while saying "will Pince really get to evolve?" I smiled and said " if he shows up and fights as well as your father tells me he does, then yes he will, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get some shut eye, something tells me tomorrows going to be one heck of a day" I went up the stairs to the room Sarah had shown me and Alyssa as our quarters. I had my doubts about this plan, but seeing how good of a Trainer David is really helps boost my confidence.

THE NEXT MORNING

David, Alyssa and I were on the road right after our 1st meal. We had enough supplies to last us for about 2 days, but I really hope it doesn't take that long. As we headed to the lake by the clearing, I couldn't help but feel like someone was watching us. I quickly ran a scan of any human life with my gauntlet, it read no "wired" I muttered. David then told us to stop and we saw a river of the brightest blue, Deerling drinking and playing, while 2 or 3 Sawsbuck kept lookout, on some sort of rotation. "Ok team" Alyssa then took command of the operation "we make camp here, and wait out for any sign of the Ursarang" We set up camp and began planning our attack, we planned it so that Pince would set up some toxic spikes, then I would lead with Tug and Charlie. Alyssa would finally follow up with her team, until we defeated the Ursarang and be able to predict the quantity. About 5 hours later we heard a mighty roar that shook me to my bones, then we saw the Sawsbuck using their energy balls to attack the Ursarang, all 4 of them.

There's no way we can do this I panicked but then I saw a swarm of spikes attack the Ursarang, poisoning them and saw Pince and David in the stance of a true battler. I looked at Alyssa and we both got to work on getting out our Pokémon "CHARLIE, TUG LETS GO!" I screamed while Alyssa did the same for her Pokémon. I could tell we were all about to attack the same one, the leader, when I saw a Sawsbuck being backed into a lake and commanded Charlie to use an ember. I could tell form Ursarang's recoil it clearly burned him, the Sawsbuck then looked back at its mysterious savior, and I ran to it, telling Tug to use charge to give himself a boost while Charlie can cover for him with smog. The two quickly began to attack, utilizing the core of team work I had instilled in them long ago, when I was just an apprentice starting my 4 year term. When I reached the Sawsbuck, I noticed a large claw mark on its side, "its ok, it's ok" I whispered while I sprayed some Full Restore on it (standard issue for a Ranger.) When the Sawsbuck got up it cried out to its family and obviously it was the leader of this heard. Once again thinking about how useful a translator would be, I understood the general gist of it as these people are friends, do not fight them. Standing back up I saw one of the Ursarang already defeated and two more backing off, "DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE " I shouted to Tug and Charlie, Alyssa heard me as well and ordered her Pokémon to do the same. The Ursarang were trapped and on the brink of defeat "not a bad job" I mutter when I felt a surge of pain in my side and I was sent flying.

Thankfully a bust broke my fall, only about 1/2 a mile away from the action, I then saw the Ursarang rearing up to attack, a focus blast I noted and tried my best to get back into the Frey, however as soon as I got up , the pain returned, forcing me to lay back down . Frustrated I sent a message to Alyssa telling her that I'm ok and to get me after the battle. Alyssa replied with a yes, but in that moment her eyes were off the battle, the Ursarang charged, a mega punch in mid-swing. I closed my eyes, waiting for Alyssa to come join me on the bush of failure, then heard a loud thud followed by a mighty bellow of "DRAPIONNNNNNNNNN"

Pince had evolved and was using its strength to overpower the stunned Ursarang, I saw a black beam hit the Ursarang dark pulse followed by an equally effective wing of both of the newly evolved Drapion's pincers cross chop. The Ursarang was on the verge of defeat when I noticed the Sawsbuck charging into Ursarang's side, at the exact same time Drapion attacked with a Pin missile. The combined attack was enough to knock out Ursarang, and he fainted, his fall being heard form way over here. I sent Alyssa a message saying " tell David and Pince good job" but only got out " tell David and Pi" before passing out.

When I came to, I was back in the farm with the whole group looking down at me, and out of the corner of my eye I saw Tug and Charlie, looking over at me. I managed to say "well, that hurt" before everyone gave a sigh of relief and began to laugh. Apparently I rode on Pince's back on our way to the farm. After about another hour of being in bed I got up and gave my farewells. Alyssa and I were about to head out when I looked back and walked over to David, and put my hand on his shoulders " listen, what you did out there was amazing, I can tell you have great things heading your way, and I want to be the one to hypothetically speaking give you your first Pokémon, as a way of saying thanks " I said while getting a Pokeball out of my pocket, and handing it to him." Wish you luck kid, I'll be there when you win your 1st tournament" I said and ruffled his hair. Alyssa and I were starting up on our way before I heard a small click and I allowed myself a brief smile. About half-way Alyssa had to head back to her own area, and when we walked off, I promised myself mentally to make sure to bring her to when David wins."

Well we have another story in the making, and I can't wait to see what happens. So after every chapter I'll show Will's current Pokémon and their move set.

Houndour (Charlie): bite, ember, smog, leer
Bliztle (Tug): discharge, tackle, charge