"Use Hydro Pump, Blastoise!"a boy cried. The cannon turtle pokemon obeyed and blasted powerful streams of water at the opposing pokemon, a Dragonite.

"Dodge it!"another voice exclaimed, as the big, orange dragon flew underneath the blasts. However, an unexpected Ice beam hit the dragon and it spiraled to the ground. The boy and big, blue turtle cheered as the man, Lance, the pokemon champion, approached him.

"Good job,"he happily said," you are now the champion of all Kan-" The man was interrupted by the sound of an extremely annoying alarm clock. A pokeball, a red and white ball with a white circle to touch in the middle opened and spit out a Spearow, a flying pokemon, screeching at a dreaming boy. The boy woke up disappointed, but excited for what was to come. He quickly dressed into his usual attire of a gray shirt and jeans with a checkerboard cardigan on top. He had black eyes to match his black hair, which was styled much like another boy from Pallet Town, but... spikier. He was ten-years old and was finally at the age to choose between the three Kanto starters: Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur. With a starter already in mind, he set off to Professor Oak's lab. His name was Kai, Kai . As he leisurely strolled his way to Oak's lab, Kai began to think. If there are three starters, and four of us from Pallet Town, then what's the fourth starter? As he was contemplating this situation, he bumped into his neighbor, Gary "Blue" Oak. Surprised, he realized that Gary was waiting for his grandfather to come to the lab to give them their starters.

"Hey! How's it going?" Kai sheepishly said, a bit embarrassed to bump into his soon-to-be rival.

"Took you long enough!" Gary Oak barked," My grandpa's almost done with whatever he's doing, so once I get my pokemon, I'm going to wait for Ash and rub it in his face. He's always late for everything."Kai sweated a bit thinking about the child that is Ash. Just thinking about his cheesiness was already a pain.

"Anyways," Kai said to desperately change the subject, "I take it that you're going in first, huh?"

"Yeah!" Gary Oak smiled with pride.

"Yeah, yeah... of course" Kai replied laughing awkwardly. Then suddenly, the doors of the lab opened and a familiar professor was standing there.

"Hello, you two! My name is Professor Oak, and –"

"I'm first!" Kai interrupted, as he shoved Gary aside and was the first to approach the three pokeballs arranged in a triangle on a stand. Gary shouted in anger how this was not fair, which led to a big dust cloud with stars and other shapes to appear as the two boys fought. Professor Oak cleared his throat, which paused the fighting, as he said words which crushed Kai's hopes.

"As I promised, Gary, here is your Squirtle," the professor said, handing him a pokeball. Gary, happy and proud, walked away and waited outside for Ash's arrival. Kai, who didn't get his dream pokemon still had hope.

"Can I at least have a Charmander?" Kai asked hopefully, but he was devastated to hear the news. Apparently, the Charmander ran away when a trainer came earlier and hugged it. Kai checked the last pokeball, only to open nothing

"Is there any starter left?" he helplessly cried.

"Yes… there is." Professor Oak said with a tone that was a bit hesitant. "However, this pokemon might… shock you."

"Anything is fine at this point." Kai replied.

"Alright then," Oak sighed, as he released the yellow demon inside of that pokeball with the electric bolt on it. The Pikachu came out touched Kai, shocked him with a powerful Thundershock, and returned to its pokeball to sleep.

"Shocking… isn't it?" Oak stated as the fried Kai recovered, twitching in anger.

"If I retrieve that Charmander for you, will you give me a starter pokemon to get him?" The professor stood right beside the determined trainer.

"If you can catch it,you can keep it. Here ,take this."Professor Oak gave Kai the pokeball that Charmander was originally kept in. "Unfortunately,there is no pokemon that is expendable here in this lab except for the most dangerous of them all. We are using him as a research subject, but if you tame him, you can keep him. My assistant, Tracey, should help you get to him." The red banded, green-shirted assistant walked towards Kai with his partner, Scyther.

"This Scyther is a special case among other Scythers," Tracey explained, "It is unusually aggressive and not even my well-trained Scyther can defeat him. However, pokemon are still pokemon. If you can convince him somehow to join you, then by all means go for it."Kai was unsure whether to tackle this danger but for some reason, he knew it could be done.

"I'll do it," he said. Walking over to a chamber, steel doors slammed shut behind him as he walked through a long corridor and realized it was for protection to prevent the menace from being freed. Then, he saw the pokemon in front of his very eyes. The look this pokemon gave him was enough to give anybody icicles down their spine. Boldly staring, Kai went inside the chamber.

Kai walked into the chamber and saw Scyther. Tracey was definitely right. That Scyther looked like it would slice anybody that came next to it. The chamber was about the size of a football field. Standing at opposite ends, Kai and Scyther looked like cowboys ready for a duel. Except for the fact that they were in a white empty room that looked a bit like Portal's ... and the distance was about 100 yards... and they were facing each other instead of away... and you know what, this isn't like a cowboy duel, okay? Kai, using his insanely powerful eagle eyes, spotted a belt with ultra balls attached to it behind Scyther. How convenient.

If I got my hands on those,Kai thought, I could bring Scyther down and catch him with ease.Kai sprinted across the white tiles. Reaching about 30 yards, he realized that Scyther had disappeared. Kai looked all around him while dashing as far as his legs could take him and he was so close at about 95 yards, when suddenly Kai heard a huge whooshing sound and saw Scyther right next to him. Time seemed to slow down, as Kai could slowly see Scyther's hands... er... scythes glow white and smash into his stomach. Spiraling into the side walls, Kai crashed and made a quite noticeable dent in the wall.

Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap!Kai exclaimed in his mind. His vision was getting blurry,but Kai managed to stand up and dash towards the belt again. Since he got smashed to the left, he could still reach the belt easily. Kai could just feel it in his fingertips... literally. The sweet piece of leather barely felt his skin when Scyther seemingly teleported in front of Kai, and this time, swung his scythes with brutality. Kai barely managed to dodge this move, but it sliced through his shirt. All of that, however, didn't matter to Kai since he got the belt. After equipping it, Kai felt much more energized, like he was halfway there. This statement held true until Scyther hovered towards Kai with blinding speeds and slammed his scythes into Kai, catapulting him across the room a second time. Making impact with the wall a second time was already undesirable, but being launched so close to the ceiling made his fall just as painful. Coughing up some blood, Kai managed to stand up a second time, but tripped back to the ground.

Well... I can see why this is rated T,you know?Kai thought as he crawled back up on his feet. Scyther, enjoying its newfound toy, flew over to Kai's location slashing him with a direct blow. This time, blood spurted out and Kai was absolutely speechless. Feeling this pain for the first time was excruciating, but even worse, his tender ten-year old body had to go through it. Falling to the ground yet again, Kai grabbed Scyther's legs and managed a perfect front-flip. With this amazing technique, Kai slammed and pinned the aggressive Scyther to the ground. Before the beast could escape, Kai immediately grabbed an ultra ball and threw it at the pokemon. With a click, Scyther disappeared into the ball. The ball shook once, but shattered under Scyther's immense power. What comes next is a bit... shocking. Kai tackled the escapee and slapped that face at least a hundred times. Reaching for another ultra ball, Kai shoved the bug pokemon in yet another container. Two shakes and the pokemon popped out again, and this time, it was pissed. Raising its scythes, Scyther planned to finish this nuisance and end it all until it fell to the ground. Confused, Scyther looked up and saw Kai, who had used the belt as a lasso to make Scyther's legs useless. Kai repeatedly swung Scyther around until the light green bug sliced the leather into a million pieces. Instantly, Kai caught the last ultra ball, which had fallen off the decimated belt, and smacked Scyther with it one last time. Concealing Scyther in a red light, the pokemon once again vanished in the ball. Three shakes later and a fourth one just for the trolls, the ball clicked, and it was settled. There was no celebration. Kai just kneeled there staring at the white ceiling, as the protection doors opened. Grabbing the ultra ball, Kai had only one thing on his mind. That feeling that everybody has at one point in their life. As his vision got blurry, Kai quietly muttered,

"I did it."

So, I'm essentially re-uploading this story... just edited. Luckily, this means that I can start anew and post a new chapter for those who haven't read it quickly. Chapters will now be longer, so that way, I'll feel pressured to actually make it worthwhile instead of rushing a quick little story. Anyways, I hope this story is good, and that I reel in more people than I did last time. On that note, I, the AmateurAsian, will see you later.