Author's Note:

In this story, people don't train Pokémon to battle others- they fight the Pokémon themselves.I realize it would be a bit stupid to have the characters physically fight every single Pokémon, so I decided to have them use special items that imitate Pokémon attacks.Each item has its own element, which you match up with a Pokémon's weaknesses to best fight them.I didn't want to use every type because some of them are hard to make items for.(Like water- what could you do for that?Throw a water bottle at the Pokémon?That'd just be stupid…)So I decided to use just enough elements to make sure all the actual Pokémon types have at least one weakness.For example, you would use a ground type attack on a fire type Pokémon, right?In my story, the character would use an Earth element item (the element that matches up with the ground type) to fight a fire type.I'm sorry if it's a bit confusing, but the items are the best way I could think of to have a person fight a Pokémon without getting completely thrashed.Hopefully you'll get the hang of it as the story goes on.Don't worry, there will be actual Pokémon versus Pokémon battles later on, but in the meantime, this is the style I will be using for human versus Pokémon battles.Here's a list of the item elements that correspond to Pokémon types.

Earth= Ground & Rock

Fire= Fire (obviously)

Lightning= Electric

Magic= Fairy

Mysterious= Ghost & Dark

Nature= Grass & Poison

Physical fighting will represent the fighting type.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or its characters.

Red stood in a clearing in the forest, facing a spiky yellow and white Pokémon on the other side of the clearing. The Pokémon was four-legged, with tall ears and black eyes. Electricity bristled along its fur, which was spiked up like needles, marking it clearly as an electric type Pokémon.

Red took out some Soft Sand, an earth element item, and threw it on the ground in front of him. The Pokémon jumped back and regarded the sand with wary eyes, clearly repelled by the grainy substance. This gave Red the opportunity to take out his Pokédex. Holding up the device in front of the Pokémon, Red used it to identify his opponent.

It wasn't long before words appeared on the screen of the Pokédex. Jolteon, theLightning Pokémon. Its weapons are its 10,000-volt electric attacks and its spiky fur. Its sharp hair can pierce enemies when it bristles.

"So I was right!" said Red, grinning at the Jolteon. "You are an electric type Pokémon. Too bad I know just how to fight electric types!"

He took another item out of his bag, this time one called an Earth Stone. Jolteon snarled at the object, but Red was unfazed by the Pokémon's show of aggression. He threw the Earth Stone down on the ground, on the other side of the line of Soft Sand between himself and the Jolteon. The item lodged itself in the ground. A moment later, sharp rocks erupted from the ground, acting like the Pokémon attack Stone Edge and sending Jolteon flying backwards. It landed on its paws, but had clearly taken damage from the rocks. Red checked his Pokédex and saw that Jolteon had lost half of its HP.

Jolteon narrowed its eyes at Red and used Thunderbolt. However, the blast of electricity fizzled and died away when it tried to pass through the shield of Soft Sand in front of Red. Seeing that its attacks could not touch its opponent, the Jolteon twitched its ears in frustration, turned and fled deeper into the forest, forfeiting the battle.

"All right!" exclaimed Red happily. "I beat a Jolteon! And I managed to get some data on it too! Professor Oak will be pleased with me today."

The warrior in training retrieved his Earth Stone from where it remained lodged in the ground and dusted it off. A quick inspection told Red that the item had not gotten chipped or damaged in any way when he threw it at the ground. Satisfied, he pocketed the stone and headed back towards the village part of the grounds, hoping he would get the rest of the day off to hang out with his friends. However, as he neared the inhabited area, he noticed that there seemed to be some sort of commotion going on. Curious to know what was happening, Red approached the small group of people gathered.

Red soon noticed that one of the people in the group was Professor Oak, but the other two were people he had never met before. One was a boy with messy black hair and golden eyes, while the other was a much smaller girl with blonde hair and yellow eyes.

Red studied the girl intently. Something about her seemed familiar… He tried to remember if he had ever seen her before, but with no success.

Professor Oak turned at that moment and noticed him. "Ah, Red, I was hoping one of you or your friends would come along. There are two newcomers I would like you to meet. Red, this is Gold," he said, gesturing to the boy, who grinned, "and this is Yellow." The girl gave him a shy half-smile and Red smiled back. "They will be training here as warriors starting tomorrow. Gold and Yellow, this is Red. He is one of our warriors in training, and quite a skilled fighter."

"Nice to meet you," said Red to Gold and Yellow.

"You too!" said Gold, with a smirk.

"It's nice to meet you too," echoed Yellow more quietly.

"Red, I'd like you to show these two around so they don't get lost when they start their lessons tomorrow," explained Professor Oak. "You can tell me what kinds of Pokémon you encountered in the forest when you are finished doing that."

"Yes, professor," said Red. He would rather be spending time with his friends, but when the professors gave assignments, a warrior in training was expected to complete them. Besides, there was always a chance that Gold and Yellow would become his friends later on, and this was a great chance to get to know them. "You can count on me!"

"Thank you," said Professor Oak. "I'll been in my office, then."

After the professor left, Red turned to face his new classmates. "Uh… hey," he said.

"So, who else trains here?" asked Gold, looking hopeful for some reason.

"A lot of people, actually," said Red. "I'll introduce you to them later if you want, but I have to show you around the grounds first. So anyway, let's get going."

...

Yellow knew why there had to be warriors.

Not that long ago, humans and Pokémon lived in harmony. People trained Pokémon as partners for competitive battling. But many people began to mistreat their Pokémon and use them as slaves. The Pokémon fought for their freedom and a war began between the people and Pokémon. Pokémon turned on their trainers. The humans created special elemental items to rival the powers of Pokémon. They trained as warriors to fight against Pokémon. The battles between people and Pokémon were terrible and destructive. Many lost their lives in the war. At last a hero emerged who had the power to speak to Pokémon. This hero made peace between the two sides. The Pokémon would stop fighting the humans and return peacefully to the wild if the humans swore never again to imprison Pokémon. A truce was made and the war was ended.

Yet some Pokémon retained bitterness towards the humans. Those Pokémon were aggressive and would attack people who strayed into their territory. As people could no longer train Pokémon, and it was too dangerous to try to befriend them, humans needed a different way to defend themselves against these wild Pokémon. And therefore, people continued to train as warriors so they could defend their hometowns from the wild Pokémon. Every five years, the ten teenagers who were decided to have the most potential were selected to become warriors in training.

Yes, there had to be warriors. Yellow just didn't want one of them to be her.

"And here we are, back where we started," Red finished, snapping her out of her thoughts. Yellow and Gold had been getting a tour from Red, but Yellow hadn't been paying much attention. She had noted where each place was, just so she wouldn't get lost the next day, but her heart wasn't really in it. She had been too caught up in her thoughts about being a warrior in training.

"It seems like a really nice place," said Yellow politely, deciding that it would be rude not to say anything after all of Red's efforts to be friendly to the two newcomers. It was true; The Warrior Training School did seem like a lovely place. But that wasn't what Yellow was really worried about. The part that bothered her about being here was the reason why she was here. She hated the idea of having to fight anything- having to hurt anything. Even if it was a Pokémon, and was therefore more likely to do damage to her than she was to do damage to it.

Red smiled kindly at her, oblivious to her thoughts. "It's great!" he agreed. "And my friends are all really cool! I think you'll like them a lot."

Yellow looked at Red intently, wondering if he recognized her. It had been a long time since they first met, about five years, but she remembered him perfectly. She blushed slightly at the thought, and then hurriedly dropped her gaze, hoping he didn't notice.

When she was nine years old, Yellow had wandered into the forest by her hometown, drawn there by voices only she seemed to hear. At first everything had seemed peaceful and quiet. She had wandered through the forest, alone despite the voices that seemed to speak from so close. Suddenly a blue shape emerged from the bushes and attacked- a Dratini! Yellow stood frozen, too terrified to flee. But then, another shape leaped in front of her, this one clearly human, shielding her from the Dratini. The rest of the struggle was a blur, in which the boy that rescued her defeated the Pokémon that attacked. Yellow remembered him helping her up and asking her if she was alright.

Yellow had nodded. "I'm Red," said the boy, smiling at her.

Yellow couldn't remember much of what had happened after that, including whether or not she had introduced herself to her savior. All she remembered was that Red had taken her away from the forest and helped her find her way home.

Yellow snapped out of her thoughts as Gold and Red began to walk away. She hurriedly followed them, jogging to catch up. Her small size meant that her legs were shorter than most other people's and she had to walk almost twice as fast as they did in order to keep up with them.

"Where are we going?" she asked Gold quietly, having missed most of the conversation while she was thinking about her past.

Gold grinned. "It's dinner time!" he said. "We get to meet the other warriors in training!"

Yellow couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. I hope they're nice.Red said I'd like his friends a lot.But what if they don't like me?

Well, she thought, I guess there's only one way to find out…