The sun rose over a quiet little town. There were few houses. The wind blew softly, the water rippled and the grass swayed. A little shrine stood in the middle of the town, behind it were ruins. On each side of the entrance to the ruins was a statue of two great beings that ruled over space and time. The sun crept up and all was peaceful. In a little house at the edge of town an alarm rang. The house itself was like a stone statue, extremely quiet. A young man rustled in his bed. He tiredly reached out his hand to stop the alarm. He missed the button a few times before balling his fist and slamming it down on the alarm clock. His hand searched on the nightstand for something and he picked up his glasses. They were thin and silver. He sat up and slowly put the back of his wrist to his eye. He sighed softly and put on his glasses. He pushed them up since they were slightly twisted. He then got out of bed, went to the bathroom and did the classic morning routine. He then went downstairs. It was dark and silent. He opened the curtains to let some light into the house. He made breakfast and sat down on the couch. As he turned on the television he ate and flicked through the channels. When he reached a certain channel he saw something, rather someone that made him smile slightly. Crowds cheered on the T.V., for it was a battle. When it was over he got up and put on a lab coat, its sleeves were torn off and his black sleeves from the shirt he was wearing filled its place. He put on a messengers bag; his shoes and walked out the door. He shielded his eyes from the sun and begun to walk. The smell of flowers filled the air. He breathed in the flowery air and exhaled blissfully. That smell reminded him of his past with an old friend. He was lost in his memories when he tripped down a short flight of stairs. "O-ow…" He slowly got up and dusted off his coat and fixed his glasses. He then proceeded behind the shrine and into the shrine. He wandered around for a bit before coming across a small duskull. The duskull was odd however. Its mask looked more deadly and its eye was purple. "Ah there you are…" the boy said as he reached out his hand to pet it. The Duskull allowed his hand to pet it. "Today's the day, yeah?" It's a bit late to start but its better late than never…" The duskull seemed to smile. "I made a pokeball for you, I hope you like it. What's it like in there anyway?" It was silent for a moment. "Oh wait; you've never been caught before so…never mind." It looked at me in question. "So um…shall we get to it?" The Duskull nodded slightly. He nodded back and pulled out a pokeball. "I hope you like it…" He threw the pokeball at Duskull as it lightly bounced off its head, the ball opened and Duskull beamed inside. The ball moved a few times and then it was still. "Heheh...yay…" He picked the ball up and threw it in the air. Duskull popped out and proceeded to float around him. He smiled, at the same time an old woman came into the ruins. She stared at them for a moment and said, "Finally starting your adventure Kurai?" Kurai looked at her. "Better late than never." he responded.
"Indeed, dear boy. You better be prepared though."
"I am. I have everything I need." Kurai smiled.
"Good, good. There definitely will be a day when you'd have to fight her, you know."
"I know, I know" Kurai laughed and ever so slightly blushed.
"On another subject, did you make the premier balls I asked for?"
"I…forgot…" Kurai's went pale as if he saw someone die. "I-I'm terribly sorry."
"It's alright Kurai. Just be sure to get to it before you leave." The old woman smiled.
"R-right away ma'am! Come on Duskull!" Kurai ran out of the ruins with Duskull, and then to his house. When he got in he went down to his basement. He picked up a flat head screwdriver and got to work. He crafted a dozen premier balls by morning. The first thing he did was packing his pokeball making kit in his bag and carried the shipment over to the old lady's house. The old woman welcomed him in. "How much will this be?" the old woman asked. "It'll be 14,350 P" Kurai said. The woman pulled out a pokedex and asked for his. Kurai just stood there. "What's the matter? Don't you have one?"
"N-no…" Kurai responded.
"Well I have an extra." There was a slight bargaining tone in her voice. "Cut of three-quarters of the price and I'll give it to you."
"I have no problem with that." Kurai said soullessly. His dark purple eyes looked saddened, but they weren't, they were rather overjoyed.
"Alright here's your money" the old lady said. "And your pokedex."
Kurai took the 4,784P and his newly obtained pokedex. "This will help a lot with my adventure!" he said as he scanned Duskull into it. After he was finished he bid the old woman a good day. Duskull somehow disappeared. Kurai called out to as it popped out of a wall and tried to scare him. Kurai was unfazed, he rather laughed. He waved bye to the old woman as he left her house and headed for the edge of town. He turned around to face the town, and he sighed. "Well, hopefully this is the last I'll see this place for a while, eh Duskull?" Duskull nodded and floated around him joyfully. Kurai turned back around and began walking. For about an hour he fiddled with his pokedex. "I bet I can modify this, or maybe make it better." His eye shone with a glow. He even pushed up his glasses for that purpose of the glare. "Heh of course I can I'm a scientist." He said cockily. Duskull sighed and sweat dropped, then he looked ahead and saw a small cliff. Kurai was lost in his imagination as Duskull tried to warn him about the impending danger. Kurai inevitably fell off the cliff and face planted into the ground. "Urk." His glasses twisted sideways as he sat up. "Aw…" he tried to fix his glasses and re fit them onto his face. Afterwards, he noticed his coat was extremely dirty. He frantically dusted it off. A voice came up to him and laughed. "Need some help there?" A young boy around the age of 10 appeared in front of Kurai. He had a Pikachu on his shoulder. "Who are you?" Kurai asked.
"The name's Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)! I'm training to be a Pokémon trainer! What's your name?"
"My name is Kurai, just Kurai. I'm an orphan so I don't really have a last name. I'm a Pokémon researcher and a trainer-in-training."
"Oh cool and I'm sorry to hear that…" Ash looked down.
"Don't be, it's fine. It's not like I was alone all my life, I always had someone there for me…she was the best. Kurai looked down and smiled a bit. There was a silence for a moment and then Ash blurted out, "We should battle! It'll be good for you since you just started out!"
"Yes, I suppose it will…" Kurai slowly stood up as his Duskull floated above him.
"Alright! Pikachu go!" Ash pointed his finger in front of him as Pikachu jumped off his shoulder and smiled in a fighting sense as it landed.
"Duskull, let's go!" Kurai said as he pushed up his glasses. His Duskull floated onto the field with a killer intent and tried to intimidate Pikachu (not the ability). There was a moment of silence. Then all of a sudden Ash yelled, "Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash gave the command and Pikachu charged up electricity and shot it at Duskull. "Dodge it, Duskull! Then use Night Shade!" Duskull easily dodge the attack as Ash had a 'dammit' look on his face. Duskull fired two beams from his eyes and hit Pikachu sending it flying back a little. "P-Pikachu!" Ash yelled. "Get up and use Iron Tail!" Pikachu rapidly got up and his tail glowed with an emanating light. Duskull prepared for an attack. Pikachu jumped in the air, and front flipped slamming his tail down on Duskull. Duskull was forced into the ground. "Duskull, are you alright?" Kurai yelled out to it. Duskull got up, unfazed by Pikachu's attack. "Nngh…" Ash stood back slightly. "Hm…Duskull use Dark Pulse!" Duskull's eyes flashed as he fired a beam at Pikachu. "Dodge it Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed. Pikachu dodged as the Dark Pulse hit the ground. It spread out and caught Pikachu in its blast radius. Pikachu fell down to the ground. "Shadow Ball…" Kurai said darkly. Duskull fired a dark ball as it pummeled Pikachu into the ground before Ash had a chance to do anything. Pikachu fainted as Ash ran over to it, and held him. Pikachu looked up at Ash after regaining consciousness. "Oh good you're alright…" Ash smiled. Kurai looked at them as Duskull went back to haunting around Kurai. Kurai then walked over to Ash and offered him a hand up. Ash took it and stood. "Hey where are you from?" Ash asked. "Celestic Town" Kurai responded.
"Oh cool, that's just right there." Ash pointed out.
"I know…"
"I was going to head to Eterna City, through Mt. Coronet." Ash said. Kurai was busy not paying attention, looking for something. Ash sweat dropped. Kurai frantically looked through his bags and in his pockets. "W-what are you looking for?" Ash asked. "M-my necklace, I forgot it! Cyndi gave that to me…damn I have to get back to Celestic!" Kurai quickly started to walk and Ash followed. "I'm headed in that direction too, so we can go together!" he smiled. "Yea, yea whatever just don't get in my way!" Kurai yelled. The necklace was extremely important to him. After another long walk back to Celestic he got his necklace and put it around his neck. "I'm never taking this off…ever again." he clutched the necklace and Ash wanted to ask about it but he didn't. "Should we go to Eterna then?" Ash asked.
"I guess so…" Kurai sighed and walked toward the door.
Ash followed him and they both started for Mt. Coronet. Kurai stopped in front of the steps to the shrine as Duskull went and floated around it a bit. Then it came back and Kurai nodded slightly. Ash looked at both of them with question and Kurai begun to walk again without another word. "H-hey wait up!" Ash yelled. Kurai kept walking as the wind blew softly, the water rippled and the flowers swayed.
CH. 1 END
This is Kurai's Beta. Technically, I'm not an actual beta; I just wouldn't stop bothering him about it.
This is Kurai's(character) team at the moment:
Duskull: Level 35
Moves-
Night shade (Starts with this)
Shadow Ball (TM 30)
Dark pulse (Egg Move)
