Hey! Quetou here with another fic! This one is, once again, based on Pokémon! However, it does not revolve around any game. Just Pokémon in general. Now, if you've been reading my other fanfiction, 'The Rise of Mustang', you may be wondering why another fic is starting up even though I said I would only be doing that one for awhile. Well, I'm not sure either. I was just sitting in geometry today, bored out of my mind. So I tried starting the fourteenth chapter of 'The Rise of Mustang', but I couldn't write that for some reason. However I needed to write. I suddenly had an idea of futuristic pokémon battling and this story is how I saw it. Hope you like it! Also, sorry if I accidentally call Luno by the name of Mustang in this. I have been trying my hardest to catch myself, but it's a bit hard.
Extended summary: The year is 2632. Technology has advanced and a so called "Super City" has been created. Luno, a fifteen year old boy, has traveled to this region and is amazed as to why it is called Armoria, the Super City. Many challenges await him in the near future. Luno will gain friends to help him through them, too. There may also be a little romance... But read to find out! There are also some of my own Pokémon designs in this.
The Armorian Battles
Chapter 1: Stepping Out and In
Luno - Age 15
A Kyogre shaped submarine sped through the ocean. A single jet located near the tail of the vehicle propelled the gigantic machine. Inside, two hundred people were waiting to arrive at their destination; Armoria. The Super City.
A thin young man about the age of fifteen slept with his head against the window, his black hair was about an inch in length and was spiked near the front. The fifteen year old was clean shaven and looked to be around five feet and nine inches tall. He wore an open black jacket with silver stripes flowing down the length of his arms. Underneath the jacket was a gray button-up tee with black abstract designs looking like what you might have seen on the Aztec temples when the ruins were still around (A.N.: However it had been almost five hundred years since the Great Earthquake had swallowed them up). Dark blue jeans were loose around his legs but his hips held them up. Finally, the boy had dress shoes on, like he usually wore with his jeans. This sleeping teenager was Luno Raven from the Silten Region.
Luno was alone in the row which was located near the back of the submarine. An female attendant dressed in blue and red came beside Luno. She put her hand on his shoulder, lightly. Luno awoke, his dark violet eyes opening. He looked at who had awoken him from his dream. Luno saw the attendant smiling next to him. "We are going to be arriving at Armoria in five minutes. Thanks again for choosing Sea Current for travel," the woman said and she walked back towards the front of the large submerged vessel.
'So let's see what this place is all about...' Luno thought. He peered out the window and saw a gigantic opening to an underwater cave about four hundred feet away, one of the gateways to Armoria.
Luno waited at the bus station of the underground seaport. He stood with his suitcase next to him. There were many kids Luno's age waiting around him. He recognized a few from the submarine ride over here. Suddenly, there was a loud humming noise coming from the left of Luno. He turned his head and saw a purple and blue bus with a green and brown pokémon egg graphic on the side. There were large, bold words underneath the egg. 'Newcomers Bus' it read.
The teen smiled wide. "This is it," Luno said to himself excitedly. The door slid into the wall panel and almost every single one of the kids around Luno piled into the bus. He was one of the very last to climb in. Luno saw an empty bench and he walked over to take the window seat, hauling his suitcase along with him. Luno was busy stuffing his luggage under the seat when a thin young woman about that looked to be about the same age as Luno sat down next to him.
Luno looked up and saw she was smiling at him sincerely. "Hi, I'm Melissa," she said, extending a hand for Luno to shake.
He took shook it kindly before releasing it. "Name's Luno. It's a pleasure."
Melissa had straight blonde hair that fell to her shoulder blades. Her eyes were a deep green and her facial features were perfectly proportioned. Melissa wore a red and orange short sleeve t-shirt that was a v-neck. She wore a plain white tee underneath, as well. The girl wore denim capris and red flip flops.
"So you here for the battling or just to find a place away from home to live?" She asked him.
Luno's face lit up. "I'm here for the battling! I've heard this place is pretty cool, but as soon as this bus gets moving, I guess I'll get to find out for myself."
Melissa laughed. "Same here! Only I'm battling and doing photography! I'm excited to start! I'm fifteen years old by the way. And yourself?"
"Fifteen as well," Luno told her. "Did you come alone or with a friend?" He asked with a smile.
"Oh, I didn't come alone. My best friend is rooming with me at the Arcane Apartments (A.N.: There's just a little shout out to one of the people on here that I look up to, Arcanegears). She's a few rows ahead of us, near the front of the bus," Melissa explained.
"Ah. I'm here alone. None of my friends could leave home yet so they stayed behind."
"That's too bad," Melissa said.
Suddenly, the bus driver's voice came over the speakers built into the roof of the bus. "Hello everyone. Obviously, this is the Newcomers bus. I'm Ed, and I'll be dropping you all off at the City Center. There, you will get assigned a roommate and a dormitory room. During the ten minute ride there, I will act as your tour guide and explain some of the buildings we pass along the way."
The sound of the engine turning on could be heard and the bus started to lurch slowly forward. Soon enough, it was out of the tunnel that stopped the passengers' view of the city.
As the bus moved though the city, everyone could be heard gawking at some of the architecture as Ed gave commentary, explaining what some of the structures were. Skyscrapers that touched the sky with many bridges connecting them all, parks themed after sacred pokémon, and many other unique buildings.
"Ahh! Would you look at that," Melissa exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the largest structure that looked like a giant mushroom. It seemed to be the heart of the city, as it was the largest building and stationed in the middle of the super city.
Ed took notice of her excitement and smiled proudly. "That is the building that serves as headquarters to the Enduring Eight (A.N.: They serve as the eight gym leaders for Armoria). You should all make it a goal to defeat every last one of them."
Luno's eyes glinted as he heard they were what trainers here strived to overcome. 'I've beaten all of the other gym leaders in every region... I wonder how these people could be any different.'
Suddenly, the bus came to stop. Everyone looked towards the front of the bus expectantly. "Well this is where you all get out," Ed stated as he pressed a button to the right of the steering wheel, triggering the door to slide into the wall of the bus.
Melissa hurriedly grabbed her bags and stood up. Luno did the same. "Hey, I guess I'll see you later. Here's my number so we can stay in contact, seeing as I'm the only person you know here." She handed him a slip of orange paper with some digits scribbled onto it.
Luno graciously accepted it thanked Melissa before she ran ahead to catch up with her friend. Luno watched her go through the colored windows of the bus as he stuffed the piece of paper into his pocket and exited the bus.
Everyone had already entered the large blue doors of the City Center that stood before him. "Well, let's hope for the best..." Luno walked forward, wheeling his suitcase behind him.
Ha ha! It took two unexpected days instead of one, but I'm done! I sadly have gotten into this fic yet as much as I had hoped and expected, but that will change over time. And so, a new story is born. Well, hoped you all liked it. Please review now! The faster more reviews pile in, the faster I update. Thanks for reading, everyone.