A/N: ALRIGHT! Here it is! My first fanfic. It's set in the Fusion Region where all the regions meet, so all pokemon can be found here. Check out my map of the region and individual towns on my DevianART (Link in my Bio). ANNND! Many thanks to my lovely Beta, Roy Markov, who thought of my title!
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Disclaimer: You really think I own Pokemon? HA. I wish…
Title: Journey to Discovery
Chapter 1- Simple Pranks
A jog around the city was just what I needed. Well, probably not in this sense. So, maybe, an angry mob is chasing me, and maybe it's not exactly a jog. But it's not like I did anything wrong, I just played a few harmless pranks.
I spotted an alley and sped up to duck inside it. I quickly took off my black wig and popped my colored contacts out of my eyes and stuffed both items into my backpack.
I casually stepped out of the alley, whilst the mob ran past with not a single glance in my direction. Why would they? I've got blonde hair and blue eyes while they boy they're chasing has black hair and green eyes. I smirked but quickly replaced it with a stoic look of indifference and kept walking with my hands deep in my pockets. I had a certain skip in my step, unknown to the untrained eye, as I leisurely make my way towards my old family friend, Ms. Maggie's, Pokemon clothing shop, my rendezvous point.
You would think, with this being Capitol City and all, that I would rendezvous at the Capitol Building, it only seems logical, but no. The Capitol Building is strictly off limits to the general public after Team Rocket went a little too far and set off a 'minor' explosion. The Capitol Building was rebuilt right next to the Police HQ, and now they both have a moat around them. I kid you not, an actual moat surrounds the two buildings. It only has one bridge, sadly not a drawbridge, that has maximum security. Even the air space above Capitol City is a no fly zone. But I'm not here to give a tour.
As I rounded the corner leading to Ms. Maggie's shop, I saw my three teammates horsing around and having a generally good time. Scrafty my first, and most loyal, pokemon, was the one who stood out the most. His laugh could be heard a mile away. I honestly don't know how we stand each other, since he's so derpy and funny, while I choose to not make a fool of myself. Besides his derpish tendencies, he's a fierce battler and is always dragging my sorry ass out of a bind. Scrafty is my most trusted companion; we've been together since the beginning, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
As Scrafty was playfully shoved to the ground, my eyes landed on my tallest teammate, who is taller than me by a good 3 inches, Gallade. He is, by far, one of the strongest pokemon I've ever met. He's always the first to jump to my rescue. We met back when he was still just a Kirlia. Truthfully, I thought he was a girl. Ms. Maggie would even dress him up in frilly dresses, and he was always seen donning a bow. But, when he evolved into a Gallade, boy was I surprised! I'm pretty sure Ms. Maggie cried when I called her about the news. I wonder why he never refused Ms. Maggie's little 'dress-up sessions?'
Gallade was thrown to the ground as my final teammate pounced on his back. Weaville is, how can I put this is a nice way? Well he's the devil, that's if you're not on his good side. I met him back in my brief trip to Snowpoint City in the Sinnoh region. He was caught red-handed by Gallade trying to steal some of our oran berries. I was pissed at first, and me and Gallade gave him a big ole' whooping, but he still ran off with the berries. Gallade and I followed him back into the forest where we found him healing an injured Medicham. We agreed to just let it go and carried on. After we had returned to the Fusion region, we found him desperately trying to run away from a swarm of Pidgey. My team and I defended him, and he compensated for the stolen berries. Apparently he had followed us all the way here to repay us. Now, the rest is history. Weaville tries to act all badass and uncaring, but on the inside he's a big softie. Despite this, he's always my right hand man when planning our next prank.
"Scraf-" I was cut off as a luxio jumped out of nowhere and attacked Gallade and Weaville. A taller boy with short, shaggy, brown hair and a baseball cap ran by and snatched up Scrafty all in one big sweep of his arms. The luxio then dashed after him, and they speed around the corner of Ms. Maggie's shop. She steps out and is immediately consumed in a cloud of dust. She shouts some profanity that I don't hear. I tend to Gallade and Weaville, and we run past Ms. Maggie, chasing the fiend who stole Scrafty.
"Luuuuke~" I hear Ms. Maggie call out. She's waving her dishrag in the air. "Yooohooo!"
"Sorry Ms. Maggie! Can't talk right now!" I shout as I run farther down the alley. I dodge people and pokemon alike. Many people shake their fists at me, while some just spring out of the way. I see the cretin coming to a stop near the pokemon center. Gotcha.
"Scrafty, use Head Smash!" I yelled, trying to remain calm, but on the inside I'm freaking out.
Scrafty looked up at his kidnapper and smashed his head into the delinquent's. The brute let out a wail and dropped Scrafty. His luxio ran to his side, while Scrafty ran to me with tears in the corners of his eyes and clutching his head. I opened my arms and he ran into them. I cradled him to my chest and them glared over at the swine, which was now sitting on the concrete with a sizable bump forming on his head. I smirked in victory, but I quickly sent a cold, hard glare in the beast's direction for good measure. "Good job team," I said as I returned Gallade and Weaville to their pokeballs. I stand up and start to make my way back way we came. I don't have time for this crook.
"Hey! Wait up!" I hear that monster quickly get to his feet and chase after me. He grabs my shoulder and yanks me back. "Where're you going off to?" the felon asks with a tilt of his head, true curiosity shinning in his eyes. I wrench my arm out of his grasp.
"None of your beeswax." Wow, Luke, wow. Real smooth. Very threatening. I mentally kick myself. He just chuckles. "Leave me alone!" I shout in embarrassment and start to sprint down a nearby alley. I can hear him huffing behind me. Why is he so fast? He tackles me to the ground. Scrafty leaps out of arms and tries to catch me. What a doofus. Stop it Scrafty.
All three of us fall into a big heap in the middle of the alley. "I finally caught you!" The thief pats himself on the back.
"Get off!" I huff, but to no use, he just keeps staring down at me. "RAPE!" I call out. "RAPE!" The bully and his luxio start to freak out, looking in every direction. Police sirens can be heard in the distance. Wow, cops here don't waste time. The lowlife finally scrambles off of me and Scrafty just as a lady officer comes skidding into the opening of the alley on her motorcycle.
"Castlewae?" She asks in confusion once she gets a good look at my face. Holy shit. God dammit! Can I go nowhere where people don't know my last name? I should've kept my disguise on. Scrafty and I glance at each other, and in one fluid movement, I've scooped up my backpack, Scrafty gives a small salute to the scoundrel and his pokemon, and then we're running like our lives depend on it. Shouts can be heard behind us, and I laugh. This is the most exciting thing that's happened all day, even tops my prank from earlier. We skid around a corner, and I spot our destination ahead.
I can see Ms. Maggie sweeping the sidewalk outside her shop. She looks up and gives me a wave. I put a finger to my lips and jab a thumb behind me. She gives me an 'okay' sign once she sees the crowd chasing after me, and she casually walks into her shop and flips the 'open' sign to 'closed'. I zigzag through different obstacles to throw off my pursuers and make my way into the alley behind Ms. Maggie's shop. I use my 'employee' keys and hastily charge into the back room of the boutique. I greet Ms. Maggie with a head nod and veer off into the bathroom to go change into yet another disguise. I pull on the standard male uniform, hanging on the back of the door, with a nametag that read Reid Walker. I shifted through my pack to find my contacts and wig.
I hear a knock downstairs. Shit.
I quickly pop my contacts in and pin the wig onto my head. I grab the broom leaning against a nearby wall outside the bathroom and start to sweep the back room right as the troublemaker steps through the doorway with two police officers, one being the lady from before. "Hello, I'm Officer Jenny, and this is the patrol officer, Officer Odian. Have you seen any suspicious characters around here lately?" Officer Jenny asks as Odian pulls out a small notepad and pen. He can't be older than 18.
"No ma'am, I've been working here for Ms. Maggie since early morning." I answer smoothly. Ms. Maggie gives a nod of approval. God, I love this woman. I glance over at the villain, who is now staring at me with confusion. I look away and continue my sweeping, trying to stay on the lay low. The hijacker comes up behind me.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" He asks. His luxio nods in its approval.
"I used to attend the Trainer School if that helps," I say casually, turning away to hide my face without being suspicious. He just nods vaguely.
"Yeah… that's probably it…" he trails off.
"Tristan! We're done asking Ms. Maggie questions, if you want you can help us keep looking for the Castlewae kid." Officer Jenny calls from the counter, where her and Officer Odian are now shaking hands with Ms. Maggie.
"Uh. Yeah, I think I'm just gonna stay here and shop for a bit." The newly named Tristan states, while rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish look. The police officers take their cue and leave the shop.
"You sure I don't know you from somewhere?" He asks again, while browsing through the racks of pokemon clothing.
"Like I said, I went to the Trainer School for a while." I said brushing off the subject. Yet, he just keeps pushing.
"Actually, I think I just tackled you in an alleyway, Luke." He says coldly, which doesn't suit him, as he tugs off my wig. I look up at him shocked, but I soon snap out of it. Angrily, I yank the wig out of his hands.
"Ohh! A strange turn of events indeed. I'll just go to the staff room." Ms. Maggie says in her sing-song voice, unique to her, as she leaves the main shop. What a wussy. At least back me up here!
"What do you want?" I ask coldly as I take out my contacts. Tristan just stares at me dumbly. "What'ya starin' at?" I sneer. I better not lead him on into thinking we're friends and all. "And while you're here… Why did you steal Scrafty and attack my other pokemon?" I question while emphasizing my words with a hard poke to the chest.
He held up his hands and waved them around with another sheepish look.
"Oh! Oh! I think we have a misunderstanding here… I thought your pokemon were bullying that poor little Scrafty." He leaned down and patted Scrafty's head. Scrafty just grinned and leaned into his touch. Not you too Scrafty! Traitor. "I though I might as well step in." Tristan finished and stood back up. "But while we're here… I mean, you're a trainer, I'm a trainer, you have three pokemon, I have three pokemon. Let's have a three on three battle!" he shouts with pose. His luxio mimics him. What a bunch of dorks. I look down at Scrafty, who's looking at them with pure adoration shinning in his eyes. Oh God…
"No." I answer flatly. Scrafty wails and pulls on my pants leg. He's always itching to fight. Weaville and Gallade spring out of their pokeballs and throw me a determined look. All three of them look at me expectantly. I sign. "Ugh. Fine. We'll battle with you, but only if you'll leave us alone after. And, let's just have a triple battle. This will make it easier on me." I bargain. Tristan just smiles and holds his out to shake. I grasp it reluctantly.
We head over to the pokemon center's battlefield. Tristan takes the lead with my pokemon trailing behind him, while he explains his last gym battle with over-exaggerated hand movements. I grudgingly drag me feet after then, regretting ever agreeing to this.
We finally arrive, but not without worried looks from Nurse Joy, as she runs inside hurriedly, and the battle begins.
Tristan sends out a flareon and a delcatty. That's surprising. Gallade, Weaville and Scrafty walk out onto the battlefield and take fighting stances. "No ref?" I call out across the field.
"I trust you." He replies with a smile. What a weird kid. "Ladies first." He calls out. That's it. If I wasn't going to beat him before, I'm definitely gonna do it now. I analyze his pokemon. Luxio seems to be the leader, and the strongest, but Delcatty has a certain look to her. Her and Flareon seem to get along well, so it'll probably devastate her if Delcatty goes down. Okay then, I'll go for Delcatty first. Ignoring his last comment, I point my finger towards the battlefield.
"Gallade, Helping Hand!" A beam of light floods the battlefield, and Weaville and Scrafty look prepped and ready to go. "Weaville use Shadow Claw on Delcatty!" Weaville springs into action.
"Ha! Ghost type attacks don't affect Normal type pokemon! No worries Delcatty!" Tristan shouts. Delcatty looks over to Luxio, waiting for praise.
"Dork. I know that, Hi Jump Kick." I say calmly. Scrafty jumps up, using the glare of the sun high in the sky, and Weaville's body, to his advantage. Delcatty looks up at the last minute, squinting into the sub's rays. Weaville was just a distraction.
"Delkatty!" Tristan screams, but it's too late. Scrafty's kick hits its mark, and as the dust settles, there's Delkatty splayed out on her side with spirals for eyes. Tristan sighs. "Good work, Delkatty." He says defeated, as he returns her to her pokeball.
"Giving up already?"
"I'm just getting started!" He shouts out and turns his baseball cap backwards. Oh he's cool. "Flareon! Fire Fang! Luxio! Thunder Fang!" The two pokemon leap in unison as they weave around another, both their jaws lit.
"Gallade, Protect!" A blue shield surrounds my pokemon, and Flareon and Luxio crash into it. "Head Crash on Flareon, Scrafty! Shadow Claw on Luxio, Weaville!" While our opponents are dazed, Weaville and Scrafty move in for the final blow.
"Get up you guys! Dodge it!" Tristan calls out. Both pokemon snap out of their daze and leap out of harm's way.
"Keep attacking!" Scrafty and Weaville keep moving, but Flareon and Luxio are fast and agilely dodge our attacks.
"Luxio, Electro Ball! Flareon, Fire Blast!" The four attacks hit one another, and an explosion blocks our view of the field. Dust is sent everywhere. Of course, this is the moment Officer Jenny and Officer Odian decide to walk out with a nervous Nurse joy trailing out behind them.
"Castlewae!" Officer Jenny shouts as she and Officer Odian quickly start to sprit toward me. In a second Gallade is running behind me as I make a mad dash toward the back gate for a quick escape. Weaville and Scrafty making their way out of the cloud of dust. Shit! If they're still looking for me AND they know my last name, that means they either want my head, or have news from home. Either of which are unpleasant. Tristan shouts something unintelligible behind us, and starts to chase after me as well.
"Well, boys! Looks like our stay in Capitol City is over! How about we head to Alleviant Town! I hear there's a pokemon sanctuary!" I shout out in glee to my teammates. They all bellow their approval and run just a bit faster.
We weave our way in between alleys and double around the town. We run past the Trainer School, the Fan Club, and turn the corner past the move tutor's house. We go in one door of the subway, and out the other. Finally, we jog to a stop outside Ms. Maggie's shop. I poke my head in and give one of the first genuine smiles ever to Ms. Maggie, who is filling out paper work behind the counter. "Bye Ms. Maggie! We're heading out!" I say, but before I can pop my head back out she calls out.
"Wait! You just got here!"
"I know, but it seems as if we've over stayed our welcome." I reply with a mischievous grin. She just laughs and motions us over. She gathers us all in one big bear hug. "Ugh. Ms. Maggie! We. Can't. Breath." I manage to say.
"Oh dear! Hehehe! How silly of me." She laughs it off and reaches behind her. "Here's some groceries, and I even slipped in some clothes for you boys," she leans in close to my ear and whispers, "and between you and me-" she looks around suspiciously, "I put in some sweets for the road. You need some meat on your bones! Grow a little, Luke!" She stands up and laughs heartily, gripping her stomach. We all sweat drop. I laugh nervously along with her.
"Yeah, I will Ms. Maggie." I take the bag from her hands. "Thanks a lot, for everything. Really." I smile gratefully, and I'm dragged into yet another bear hug.
"Ohhhh~ be good, you hear! I don't wanna be getting any calls in the middle of the night!" I'm finally released, and I salute as I walk out the back door.
"Be seein' you!"
Gallade, Weaville, Scrafty, and I finally sneak our way toward the gate that leads to route 660. I step into the cool, air conditioned building, and walk out the other door trying to blend in with the crowd so the gate keep doesn't see me. Luckily, he has his face buried in a PlayMon magazine. What a pervert.
With the sunset behind us, we finally reach Alleviant Town. I quickly return everyone into their pokeballs, and check out a room in the pokemon center. As I'm walking towards my room, a taller boy with short, shaggy, brown hair and a baseball cap walks out of his room with a luxio trailing behind him. He looks up and stops mid step. "Fancy seeing you here." He says with a smirk.
Could this day get any worse?
A/N: YAY! ^.^ It's done! Review please! It helps make the next chapter come out a little faster! 3 3 3 3
