Introduction Part 1
Tsuki entered Hearthome City just as the shops prepared for the afternoon rush while she noticed herds of people come from many directions. She quickly pulled a map from her gray bag and tucked a strand of long blonde hair behind her ear, as she looked it over to find the location of the nearest Pokémon center. Scanning over the topographic piece of paper a few times, she spotted it but was disappointed to find its location was nearly on the other side of town.
"Oh well, what can you do?" Tsuki asked herself before she let out a sigh and a Pokémon from her Pokeball. "What do you say Glaceon, shall we do a bit of shopping on our way?" She asked the blue furred fox-like creature. It responded cheerfully and the two of them walked towards the crowded shop fronts.
Both trainer and Pokémon browsed the stock of whatever stores they wondered into and bought a few things to show for it. Eventually they came to a burger stand in the street where Tsuki held Glaceon in her arms and asked for his advice on what to get. It turned out to be that he picked the biggest item on the menu. Tsuki paid for the extra large burger and asked the man to cut it half for the two of them.
"There you go," Tsuki said as she placed one half of the burger on a plate and set it down on the city bench beside her. Glaceon happily dug in. "Well, how is it?" She asked her Pokémon. Glaceon responded with a cry of joy before going for another bite. Tsuki smiled before she too began to eat. Before long, the two of them had finished their meals and were once again headed for the Pokémon Center. She didn't arrive until about three hours later, around dinnertime, due to her extra window-shopping, but Tsuki walked up to the desk where Nurse Joy sat with a pleasant smile on her face.
"Good afternoon, how can I help you?" Nurse Joy returned the smile to the young trainer.
"Is it alright if I leave my Pokémon with you for a while?" The pink haired nurse nodded to the blonde as she took out a tray with six crevices.
"Of course, don't you worry about a thing; they're all completely safe and taken care of with me." Tsuki nodded and once again flashed a smile as she put four Pokeballs on the tray and took a fifth out to call back her Glaceon.
"Okay, in you go." A beam of red light hit Glaceon and returned it to the Pokeball. "Thanks a lot Nurse Joy, I'll be sure to come back soon." Tsuki entered the dinner hall where a number of other trainers sat eating their own meals. Taking in the aroma, she pranced over to the counter where they were serving the food and took her seat to chow down. It wasn't until she finished eating that she decided to give Professor Oak a call. After all, she was from Kanto making Professor Oak the very person who had given her, her first Pokémon, an Eevee that was now her Glaceon. Tsuki was aware that normally she would have received a Bulbasaur, Squirreled, or Charmander, but good ol' Professor Oak made an exception for her and gave Tsuki the Eevee.
She patiently waited for the aged man to pick up and let out a cheered hello.
"Why Tsuki, it's been a while!" He started, to which Tsuki told him everything was going well. "That's good news to hear. Speaking of good news, I heard from your brother the other day," Tsuki scowled but listened anyways without interrupting. "It turns out he's got his sixth Johto badge now."
"Oh, so he went to Johto did he, and I'm in Sinnoh. Go figure, we finally go in two totally opposite directions." The blonde rolled her eyes.
"Ah, that's right you must be in Hearthome City if you're calling me then right?" She had to hand it to him, that Professor really was incredible. Then again, he could also have caller-ID.
"Yupp, and I'm still on the lookout for rare Pokémon." She laughed at herself. Her idea of rare after all was actually legendary. This was something the Professor was well aware of and suddenly had him thinking.
"You know, I seem to recall a trainer I gave his first Pokémon to once met a gym leader with a wild Articuno-"
"An Articuno?" Tsuki practically shouted, startling Professor Oak as well as other nearby. "Where, when? What was this Gym leader's name?" The excitement that welled up within the girl nearly made her burst.
"Well, this was quite some time ago. The Articuno could have moved back on up to the mountain's by now." Professor Oak said.
"Oh this is so great! To think, I might finally find Articuno, thanks Professor, I'll keep you updated." Without a second thought and completely oblivious that he didn't even answer her questions, Tsuki hung up on the Professor and raced to the front desk to retrieve her Pokémon. "Sorry to bother you Nurse Joy, but I need my Pokémon as quickly as possible! I got a lead on a super rare Pokémon and I'm going to be the one to catch it!" As soon as her five Pokémon were back in her possession, Tsuki thanked the nurse once again, and darted for the door.
Just as she was about to exit, a girl with wavy light brown hair was about to enter along with a Togetic floating above her head. Tsuki chose to ignore it in light of a bigger search ahead of her and so took a wide turn around the girl and continue to run like there was no tomorrow.
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