I had this in my head for the longest time, and I haven't been on the site for a while, so I decided to give chapter stories a try. Lets hope this doesn't suck as much as my oneshots!

Note: this chapter has been revised. though its mostly the same, some words or sentences have been added, changed, or removed.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon. Do I look rich?

Tobitasu (Tobi) was happy and worried. He was happy because he was finally leaving this rotten town. But he was worried because knowing Professor Willow, the professor of the Enos region, he probably wouldn't get a starter and have to catch his own, or get something that couldn't hold its own, like a febas or metapod. Willow hated him.

Kyoryokuna (Kuna), Tobi's rival, walked past Tobi and flashing a glare, walked into the lab. Tobi took a deep breath and opened the door.

Professor Willow shot him an evil, dirty, horrible look, and it sent a chill down his spine.

~flashback~

"Who is this brat?" Tobi looked up at the women yelling at his parents. They had taken him to the lab to get him accustomed to the professor, but she clearly loathed Tobi. She seemed so mad… "I doubt this kid will ever make a good trainer! He will just be a thief like his parents!" everything was blurry from Tobi's watery eyes. Even she hated him? It wasn't his fault his birth parents were team rocket. He was adopted and raised by his new mom and dad. They were teaching him to be good. He hugged his mom's leg and closed his eyes.

~end flashback~

Tobi turned his green eyes away from willow's angry grey ones. Tobi had blue hair and green eyes with pale skin. Professor Willow had gray eyes and wavy gray hair, but her skin was tan instead of gray. Kuna had blue eyes and black hair, with brown skin.

"Come, get your pokeballs, you guys need your pokemon." The professor said. Tobi stepped forward, but professor willow stopped him. "Kuna gets to go first. Stop being so impatient." Kuna walked forward nervously. Professor willow gave him a pokeball. He opened it to reveal a shinx.

"Hello Shinx. My name is Kuna. You are gonna help me become a great pokemon master!"Tobi rolled his eyes. "Now, brat, you can have your pokemon." Professor willow announced.

Tobi could barly contain his excitement. He was getting a pokemon! He could become a trainer! He could become a master! I could show everyone how good I really am! He grabbed his pokeball, and opened it to reval…

A magikarp.

Tobi swore silently while Kuna sneered at him.

Tobi went to his parent's house to say goodbye and collect his stuff. He didn't mention the magikarp: he didn't want to upset his parents.

He went to hug his mom and dad.

"You be sure to call us once in a while, alright?"

"Of course I will mom. I love you."

"We love you too Tobi."

He packed his water bottle, spare clothes, spare shoes, A Pokémon book, a blanket and pillow, and a potion his dad bought him for his tenth birthday. Then he kissed his parents goodbye, after his mom fussed over him. Tobi sighed. He'd miss his parents. But, putting that behind him, he walks out into the wilderness. He'd buy some pokeballs in town.

Kuna grinned, as he held Shinx's pokeball. Now he could become a master! Hed show that stupid tobitasu who is the real trainer! And, best of all, he would impress his parents. After all their scolding on how they need a son who can do something with his life, he'd finally make them proud!

Kuna kissed his pokeball and ran off with his sack of pokeballs, potions, and berries. (who needs clothes and food anyway?)

Both trainers left Archi town on the journey that they believed was important for them. And I was, but in more ways than they ever have guessed.

To be continued...

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Names meanings:

Tobitasu: means "blast-off" in Japanese. His birth parents where team rocket, so I though it fit.

Kyoryokuna: means "powerful" in Japanese. His parent always push him to become a master, and so I thought they would give him that kind of name.

Archi: means "beginning" in Greek. I'm going to use Japanese names a lot, so I decided to put in another language just to be random.

Willow: means "willow" in English. Ok, I gave her this name because she needed to be named after a tree for the sake of the "professors have trees for last names!" joke. I'm not including last names in this story because I'm lazy, so willow is her first name.

Enos: random word I made up, but it might mean something for all I know.