Shifting Worlds
Gin an average sized, timid, blonde haired boy at the age of sixteen rubs his eyes wakes up and slowly realizes where he is, opening his eyes slowly he looks around him, he looks around himself and see a lush green forest.
Slowly sitting up he looks at his feet and sees a long thin blade half way out of its sheath a strange symbol that resembled a sword and a Pokeball near the handle, he remembers what his father always told him before he passed, "Gin what is held within this blade is the love and compassion for every human being and Pokémon alike, take good care of it and it will guide and protect you in even the most darkest of hours".
Gin realizing how long he slept feels disappointment in himself to become so sloppy and lazy, as he gets up he grabs his blade and slides it into the black leather holster to his left side, as he's about to walk away he hears rustling around him, he quickly pauses and listens carefully to where exactly the rustling is, he focuses on the sound and kicks up a stone at his feet, grabbing it out of midair he whips around and throws it as hard as he can towards the sound.
A Weedle quickly tumbles out of the tree and falls to the ground with a loud "THUD", only after did Gin realize what he did and quickly ran over to help the poor little Weedle, Gin runs and slides right next to the Weedle.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry little one I didn't mean to hurt you, you just scared me" Gin said panicking and about to cry, "here I have something I can use to help you" Gin said kindly as he slowly reached in to his bag and pulled out a spare potion, the Weedle looked at Gin with overwhelming gratitude in its eyes, Gin picks up the Weedle and sprays it with the potion and puts a bandage over the scrape.
"There we go" Gin said smiling at the Weedle, "Oh I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself, I'm Gin Tori it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance" Gin smiled softly and genteelly places it on the forest floor and stands back up, Gin looks at the Weedle and says softly "Alright I must be going now, take care of yourself" he walks away from the Weedle and starts to walk along the dirt path and fallowing it to the exit, an hour later Gin finally sees an opening with a bright light shining out of it casting its illumines glow through the thick forest, Gin quickly runs through the opening and feels the bright warm sun on his skin, warming him to the bone, he stops for a moment to adjust his eyes to the blinding light slowly he opens his eyes and there sitting in front of him was a weathered wooden sign that looks like it has been sitting there for years, it read in faded text "You are now leaving Fukai Forest" Gin looked closer at the faded sign and noticed a bit more text the read "Silver town 3km".
Gin smiled brightly and thought to himself "finally I can finally get the answers I've been seeking, I only have a little more to go, Gin slowly walks down the road looking at all the mountains and flat lands, after a few hours of walking Gin finally gets to Silver town and is greeted an old man wearing a dirty white T-shirt and scruffy black denim jeans that fit loosely over his thin stature, the old man spoke with curiosity in a soft voice, "Oh ho ho ho now who do we have here?" the old man questioned Gin looking at him puzzled, Gin answers the man in a soft voice "um, I... I'm Gin, I'm here to see th, the head priest of th, the temple..." Gin lowered his head as he finished knowing he just made an embarrassment of himself, the old man smiled kindly and said with a comforting voice "it's alright child, there is no need to be nervous I will not harm you, now why are you looking for the head priest for?", the old man smiled and patted Gin on the back never losing his smile.
Gin looked at the old man and pulled the sword out of its sheath and showed the old man, "My father told me before he passed to come to Silver town and show this blade to the priest and he will know what to do", The old man notices the symbol and says "Oh my child I'm so sorry, may I ask how your father passed?" The old man asked as he slowly lifted the blade out of Gin's hand, Gin bit his lip forcing himself not to cry and said in a shaky voice, "He... He was murdered by his assistant in cold blood... I found him with a kitchen knife sticking out of his chest one morning when I was quite a bit younger, he was the owner of a well respected garden that brought in a lot of customers from all around the world, in his will he left the garden in the care of his assistant until I was of age, his assistant found this out and killed him just so he could get the garden for his own financial gain, then he cast me and my mother out of our own home and rewrote the will so I wouldn't get the Garden after I was of age, and so I came here hoping to exact revenge on my father's assistant and gain the garden back" Gin slowed his breathing to calm his aching heart, "And what of your mother?" The old man asked concerned, "she was also killed by my father's assistant, well I was out he snuck in and slit her throat well she was sleeping..." Gin finishes the sentence and feels his eye welling up with tears but did not let them out, "So you're alone in this world with no one...".
The old man looked at Gin with pity and said "well your father was correct the priest would know what to do, and you do not have to look for the priest because you have already found him, now I will not help you if seek revenge...", Gin looks the Old man shocked finding out that he just spilt everything to him like that and that he would not help him, in anger Gin quickly and sharply says "Then this whole journey was a waste of time? I just wasted all my time getting here just to be deigned help? What am I..." The old man swiftly slapped Gin across the face leaving a deep red imprint on his cheek, "Now listen here revenge will only get you killed, don't you want to make your parents proud? How do you think they would feel seeing their son acting like this to his elder and a priest at that, now I said I wouldn't help you if it was for revenge, do you even know what this sword even stands for?" The Old man said with a strict tone to his voice looking at Gin with disappointment.
"Yes I do father told me just before he passed... but what does that have to do with anything?" Gin said with passion in his voice, "it has a lot to do actually, this sword is the key to a secret in the Tori family, don't ask me what it is, only the higher ups in the family know... The point I'm trying to make is that this blade stands for truth and justice for all of man and Pokémon kind, do you understand me?" The priest said smiling at Gin, "kind of sir, I still don't get all of it..." Gin said with a large sigh taking the blade back and sliding it into the sheath, "ho ho ho ho ho, don't worry young one you will soon, now fallow me I believe that you are pure of heart and you will not stray off the path of injustice", the priest said smiling as he looked at Gin, he slowly walked towards a large white stone building that looked fairly new, "um, excuse me Mr. priest... Where are we going?" Gin asked quickly catching up to the priest, the priest smiled and looked at Gin "To give you your newest member of your family and your life time friend, think you can handle that? And please just call me Kevin" the priest said slightly giggling at Gin's face, "Um, yeah I think I can handle that" Gin said with his head cocked to the left side with a confused look on his face, after a few minutes of walking in silence they finally got to the building, they walked through the automatic doors, Gin opened his eyes wide in shock as he looked around, large machines lined the walls with monitors, suddenly a very beautiful tall woman with a clipboard with blue hair and thin glasses walked over to the priest, "sir we have the results of the test, it seems like they reacted posi... Oh I'm sorry I didn't notice you had a guest, it is very nice to meet I'm Jennifer" Jennifer said bowing to Gin, Gin shocked and goes bright red and quickly bows as well, "Hohohoho well well, look who's more red then the top of a Voltorb" The priest said laughing looking at Gin.
Gin quickly goes even more and changes the subject, "so Kevin what is this place?" he asked still looking around in shock and awe at all of the blinking lights, "Hohohoho well you see I'm only a priest on the side, what I truly am is a Pokémon professor, Dr. Kevin Hawk in the flesh, PhD in Pokémon psychology and the theory of mega evolutions" The priest said proudly with a large smile on his face, Gin looked at the professor with confusion in his eyes and his head cocked a little, noticing this Jennifer spoke up and said in a sweet voice "in other words the professor is what you would call a Pokémon whisperer and he also does research in the mysterious evolution known as a mega evolution, it happens when Pokémon and their trainer gain a high enough trust and love that nothing would be able to split their bond" She quickly handed over the clipboard to the professor and went back to work.
"Now Gin ill allow you to choose one of any starters from any of our great regions" The Priest said smiling at Gin showing him six rows of Pokeballs, Gin not knowing what on to choose he just guessed and picked up a random Pokeball, "Good now who did you choose Gin?" The priest asked Gin curious of the Pokeball, "honestly Kevin I have no clue I just chose one" Gin said staring contently into the Pokeball, "Well don't just stare at it throw it into the air and lets find out" The priest said laughing, with a quick motion Gin throws the Pokeball up into the air as it slowly falls a red beam quickly shot out filling the room with a slight red glow, out of the light a silhouette appeared the light faded and what was standing there was a baby Squirtale, it's large round red eyes, small arms and legs and an larger shell made this little Squirtale hard to resist on a cuteness level, it quickly noticed Gin and quickly ran over to him, smiling as large as its little mouth could let it, it reached up towards Gin and tried jumping, noticing this Gin bent down and gently picked it up, the Squirtale looked Gin in the eyes and blew a few bubbles out of its mouth, that lightly popped and ticked Gin's face, causing both to laugh, "well now looks like you two have already made friends and it seems that Squirtale took a real liking to you, he is normally very shy when it comes to strangers" the priest said laughing.
"Well Squirtale, is it true do you really like me that much" Gin said giggling and smiling as Squirtale cheerfully voiced with a big smile on his face "Squir, Squir", "well good, I'm glad that you both have bonded so well, now before you go I'm going to give you a few things before you leave".
Kevin said smiling walking over to his desk and unlocking a locked compartment, "your father asked me to give this too you if ever came here, please come here for a moment, Kevin smiled as he flagged Gin to come over, Gin still gently holding on to Squirtale walked over to Kevin and looked at what he was slowly pulling out, first a thin long blue and gold machine, it had a large gold button at the bottom near the middle, it seemed to have been sitting there for a very long time just by the amount of dust settled on it, Gin quickly blew the dust of causing the dust to shoot off in a big dark could, Squirtle unknowingly inhaled the dust and gave a small but loud sneeze, Gin giggled and took a tissue he had in his pants and wiped away the bits of snot from Squirtle's nose.
Still looking at the machine he accidently pressed the gold button, it clicked in and with in an instant the machine starts to boot up, the middle slides apart so all that's there is a glass screen, as quickly as it started this voice could be heard.
"ZZzzZT... BooZZzzT, checking language... files corrupted, reformatting corrupted files, updating memory banks, updating data...", the machine goes quiet for a moment and the lights turn off, everyone curious leans in to see if its broken when it suddenly turns back on.
"Hello, may I ask your name?" the machine said waiting for a response, Gin slowly speaks up and says "Umm hi I'm Gin... Who are you?" Gin said as he looked confused at the machine, "Gin... Registering... Hello Gin, you can call me Dex, I am what you call a Pokedex, I was built many years ago to help trainers record the Pokémon they have caught and seen, now please scan the Pokémon you have with you currently" Dex said sliding down the back top half of the Pokedex to reveal a camera.
Gin slowly points it at Squirtle and says "Smile Squirtle", Squirtle frozen in fear gives an awkward half grin half smile, Dex turns on the camera and it shoots out a large green grid over Squirtle, a few seconds later Dex speaks up and says "scan complete Squirtle is now registered, you may now look up his info at anytime just by pressing the gold button then asking me to bring it up".
Gin and Squirtle both look at the Pokedex with wonder in their eyes as Kevin is still trying to figure it out, "Alright Dex bring up Squirtle's info" Gin said happily, "affirmative" Dex replied, "what info would you like it see?" Dex asked, "All of it if you can" Gin said still excited to see the info, suddenly the screen flashes and there is a picture of Squirtle in the upper right hand corner and the rest of his info around it, "Squirtle the tiny turtle Pokémon, type: Water, height: one foot eight inches, weight, nineteen pounds eight ounces, moves: bubble, tackle, tailwhip, level: 5, more information: When it feels threatened, it draws its legs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth, it evolves at level 16... that is all the info I have about Squirtle, is there anything else?" Dex asked.
"Nope that's it thank you Dex" Gin said smiling as the Pokedex closed and shut off, Gin slowly slid it into his front right pocket and looked back at Kevin, "Well that was interesting..." Kevin said still staring at the Pokedex, "any who back to what we were doing" next he pulled out a brown leather sack, he placed it on the desk and proceeded to open it.
Gin looked inside the bag and pulled out six Pokeballs that looked brand new, "oh wow Pokeballs, I'm thankful I forgot to grab some when I ran..." Gin said staring into the shininess then quickly placing them in his bag, next Kevin pulled out a necklace with a stone that had a strange marking on the front that sort of looked like a flame attached to the end of it, finally he pulled this letter, its been stained yellow and brown from age and has definitely seen better days.
Gin slowly opened the letter and read it, "Dear my sweet Gin, if you're reading this letter me and your mother are dead, you have to listen carefully to me, there is something very special in those gardens that you need to protect, I know someone in my business is trying to get it, I just don't know who, all I know is I'm glad you made it out alive and I hope are doing well. But there is something I need you to do for me, I need you to protect what is in that garden at all costs, it has protected and helped our family ever sense your great grandfather gained its trust, head to Silvering town and go to our family tomb there you will know what to do next, and son one last thing, I love you and your mother and I both give you our blessings to who ever you want to merry, just make sure she or he if you're into that, is a very nice person who loves Pokémon as much as you do. -Love Mom and Dad".
Gin slowly puts the letter down as tears slowly run down his face, "Alright dad I'll save the garden's for you, I promise I wont let you down" Gin said folding the letter back up and putting it into his pocket.
"Kevin where is Silvering town?" Gin asked wiping the tears from his eyes and giving a loving smile as if his heart as been warmed by a Torchic's fire, "oh just head east of here through the mountain side, just be careful the path runs beside a active volcano and the Pokémon up there have been acting very aggressive lately" Kevin said with a worried tone.
Gin smiles with determination in his eyes, "Alright ill be careful, but this would be a great time to start training Squirtle, and maybe even catch a new friend, right Squirtle?" Gin asked turning Squirtle around and looking him in the eyes, Squirtle with the same look as Gin give a strong "Squir" as he jumps down from Gins hands and starts to shadow box, losing his balance because of his heavy shell and landing on his back, struggling to get back on his feet Gin walks over and picks Squirtle up and places him back down on to his feet.
"Hahahaha good to see you're willing to fight the good fight, but we'll have to work on your balance" Gin said laughing as Kevin is almost on the floor laughing, "Alright Kevin I'll be seeing you later, I've got to get to Silvering town" Gin said as he pick up Squirtle and bowed to Kevin, he quickly started walking to the door when Kevin's voice shot out, "don't forget be careful on that mountain I don't need you dead" Kevin said with a stern tone in his voice, "I will don't worry" Gin said with a smile and he turn to wave goodbye and accidently walk into the door, with a loud THUD.
Gin quickly gets back up red as an apple and says "ummm I meant to do that" and quickly runs out of the lab and back into the city, with a big smile on both Gin's and Squirtle's faces they start walking to the east looking at the sky as the sun starts to set, shades of orange and red fill the sky as starts slowly peek out one by one, the air gets colder and the wind dies down, "I think we should head out in the morning... how's that sound Squirtle?".
Squirtle looking around with fear in his eyes happily agrees, "what Squirtle afraid of some ghosts?" Gin said giggling to him self, suddenly a bush starts to rustle violently off to their immediate right, both jump three feet in the air and scream, "GAHH WHAT THE HELL, QUICKLY SQUIRTLE USE BUBBLE" Gin screamed as he pointed Squirtle at the bush, Squirtle let out a bubble as it screamed slowly they made their way to the bush filling it with bubbles, as the bubbles popped they heard a Pokémon cry out, "Weeeeeeeedle" the Weedle said rolling out of the bush looking as it was about to cry.
Gin quickly looked down and saw the Weedle on the ground, slowly he leaned down and said with a kind voice, "wait aren't you the Weedle I saw earlier today?" Gin questioned the Weedle as he held out his hand to try and comfort the Weedle, the Weedle slowly waddled over and lightly rubbed its head against Gin's hand, "Did you come all this way just to thank me?" Gin asked kindly as he lifted the Weedle up carefully, the Weedle smiled and nodded its head, "hmmm I got an idea, hey Weedle do you want to join us?" Gin said smiling along with Squirtle who finally manage to slow his heart rate enough to stop panicking, Weedle smiled and rubbed up against Gin as he reached into his backpack and pulled out a Pokeball and tapped it gently against Weedle causing a beam of red light to cover Weedle and contracting him into the Pokeball, it wiggled left and right 3 times then suddenly blinked white in the middle button on the Pokeball.
"Yes, Weedle you're now coming with us on our adventure" Gin said excitedly with a huge smile on his face, Squirtle beside him jumping up and down with little pompoms in his hands, "Alright you two lets get to the Pokémon center and go too sleep" Gin said walking to the Pokémon center, after Gin checks in he quickly walks to his room, strips to his underwear and flops down on to the bed stomach first flopping his head against the soft pillow and quickly passing out as he cuddled Squirtle.