Chapter 1: A New Story Unfolds
KNOCK KNOCK
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Cheren, hurry up and open the door."
"Alright, alright," I said, opening the door, "You never do change do you, Cheren? Speaking of that, why are you late? You've never been late, ever,"
"Whatever," Cheren huffed as he made himself comfortable in my room, which was standing next to the oversized present, tapping his foot.
"So, come on in Allison," I said, moving so that my cousin could come in.
"Um... no thanks, I'll wait here, I already have my pokémon after all," She answered, backing away.
"You could've just said that you were uncomfortable you know," I deadpanned, walking towards the present.
Suddenly I heard the front door open and footsteps coming up the stairs, turning around again I saw Bianca standing at the doorway, holding onto the frame as she tried catching her breath.
"I-I'm sorry if I'm late!"
"Ah, don't worry about it, Mr. I'm-never-late just arrived too!" I laughed, patting Cheren on the back, and he, like the killjoy he is, swatted my arm away.
"Oh, Cheren did? Does that mean that I'm early?" Bianca asked cheerfully.
"Ah, Cheren was-." I was quickly cut off my Cheren, "Ahem. Let's get down to business, shall we? Prof. Juniper has been nice enough to send us this present, containing the 3 Unovan starters."
"Stop being so formal and uptight Cheren!" I said, "Anyways, who's picking first?"
"At least open it first," Cheren grumbled, "And I'm showing respect, something you should try out sometime!"
"Ahahaha, okay, okay, I'll open it," I laughed as I untied the ribbon on top and read the note, "I've brought three pokémon, one for you and one for each of your friends. Please settle your choices politely. Enjoy your pokémon!"
"Alright! So, who'll-," I started, but Cheren cut me off once again, "Obviously you, the present was sent to your house, was it not? Also, the letter was direct at you."
"Yup! Go on Ken!" Bianca chirped.
"Uh, alright then." I shrugged, reaching into the present and pulling out 3 pokéballs. Releasing the pokémon inside, a snivy, oshawott, and tepig came out.
(You should obviously choose me, I mean, look at these 2 losers,) The snivy smirked, turning his head away from the other 2 pokémon.
(What did you call me? I'll have you know that I can burn you down on the spot!) The tepig yelled, stomping his feet.
(Hah! Try me! You don't even know Ember yet!)
(How dare you mock me!)
(Guys! Calm down! We shouldn't be acting this way in front of our future trainers!) The oshawott intervened, putting himself between the 2 fighting pokémon.
"Um... should we stop them?" Bianca asked, stepping forward and ready to stop any serious fights from breaking out.
"Hm... I choose snivy," I declared, picking up the snivy.
(Looks like I got chosen over you 2!) The snivy mocked, then he turned to me, (And to you, sir, I see that you are not as stupid as you look! My approval rating of you has gone up by 20!)
"What's that suppose to mean?" I growled at the snivy, who wiggled out of my grasp and leaped up to the bookshelf.
(Huh? The human can understand me? This is new...) Snivy said, shocked.
(What? H-how is that possible?) The tepig said, jaws dropping to the floor before Cheren picked him up. The oshawott only sighed at the Tepig's overreaction, being picked up by Bianca soon after.
"Well... it seems that everyone has picked their own pokémon, now can we please go? My legs are getting tired!" Allison whined.
"You could've sat down..." I sighed, pointing to a chair in my room, "Or are you still uncomfortable being in the same room as me?"
"It's not that, it's just that... it's weird being in a guy's room," Allison mumbled a response.
"Aw, c'mon! It's fine! I've been in here hundreds of times and nothing has jumped me before!" Bianca reassured Allison.
"Jeez, I don't put random traps in my room..."
"What about that time I came over and there was a single Lego piece at the doorway?" Cheren questioned.
"That was my brother! Not me, my brother! Y'know what? Let's just go meet up with Prof. Juniper," I sighed as I went outside, Snivy in close pursuit.
(Hey human!)
"Call me Ken."
(Okay Ken, how can you understand me?)
"I dunno, I just can."
(Ah thanks, that helped me out so much.)
"No problem, glad to be of service."
-Pokémon Black-
We soon arrived at Prof. Juniper's lab, and by we I meant Snivy and me.
"Hm? Oh, it's you, Kenny! I see you've picked snivy! By the way, where's Cheren and Bianca? Oh, and your cousin." Prof. Juniper welcomed.
"Oh, them? They're just being slow, so... what did you want to give me?"
"Why don't we wait until Cheren, Bianca, and your cousin get here." Right after Prof. Juniper said that, the door opened and the slow trio walked in.
"Ken, wait for us next time."
"Hm? But isn't this a change of pace for you? I mean, you're usually the one who's doing all the waiting. I'm sure you're secretly grateful!"
"That's not the point here!"
"Just admit it Cheren."
"So Prof. Juniper, what did you want to show us?" Cheren asked the professor, completely ignoring me.
(Hah, you got ignored!) snivy sniggered, making himself comfortable on my head.
"Oh shut your trap, Leafy," I retorted, picking him up and setting him on the ground, "Your feet's all dirty."
(Leafy? What kind of preposterous name is that? You'd better tell that you're not naming me that!)
"Okay! Since everyone is here, allow me to get started!" Prof. Juniper said, "My name is Professor Juniper, and I'm researching when and how the creatures called pokémon came into existence!"
"Yes, that's good and all but we already know that," Cheren said, boredom in his tone.
"Oh, what happened to all your talk of showing respect?" I mocked, lightly elbowing Cheren.
"Come on Cheren! Today's a special day, so it's best to behave with some formality, right?" Prof. Juniper sweat-dropped.
"Yup!" Bianca chirped, practically jumping up and down in excitement and joy.
"Oh, and by the way, would you like to give your pokémon a nickname?"
"I already have a nickname in mind, it's Leafy," I chuckled, already feeling Leafy's murderous aura behind me.
(What did I say about you calling me that?) Leafy yelled, hitting the back of my head as hard as he can.
"Ah, Leafy huh? That's a pretty nice name! I bet your snivy over there likes it too!" Bianca smiled.
(Uh-huh, I bet!) snivy shouted, leaping at Bianca, luckily I caught him in time before he could tackle Bianca.
"Aw~! He likes it so much that he wants to give me a hug~!" Bianca cooed.
"Um... yeah, that's not a good idea right now," Allison sighed, "I'll be training a bit on Route 1 alright?" With that Allison headed out and left the 3 of us with Prof. Juniper.
"Oh yes! The Pokédex!" Prof. Juniper said as she went over and grabbed 4 slim devices with a pokéball logo on it, each with a different color.
"The Pokédex is a very high-tech device originally developed by Prof. Oak of the Kanto region. It automatically records the pokémon you encounter at any time! So, I want you 4, well 3 now, to visit many places in Unova and meet all of the pokémon!" Prof. Juniper explained.
"So... it's like an electronic, portable dictionary on pokémon?" Bianca asked.
"Correct! I want each of you to take one, and Kenny, could you give one to Allison for me?"
"No problem, and I know the best one to pick too." Picking up the red and pink Pokédexes, I put the pink one away for Allison and opened the red one. When I looked up I saw that Cheren had grabbed the blue one and Bianca had the yellow one.
"Allow me to explain more, the Pokédex's pages update automatically whenever you meet a pokémon, and it's set up so that you obtain more information when you catch the pokémon, so be sure to catch lots of pokémon!"
"Wait a moment. So you're saying that it updates when you see it and it's set up to input more data when the pokémon's caught?" I asked, "Doesn't that mean that someone already inputted the data? If so then the data should already be there! So then why are we required to fill it out?"
"I would like to know that too." Cheren agreed, sounding interested for once.
"Yeah, me too!"
"Good question! The reason is to encourage you guys to catch more pokémon! We already have the data, but we're sending new trainers out with a blank Pokédex to encourage them to catch more pokémon so we have more pokémon to study" Prof. Juniper explained, all in one breath, "So, any more question?"
"Ah, no, I believe that is all, thank you, Prof. Juniper," Cheren thanked, as did Bianca and I.
"Very well, now, off you go! To a new journey, away from home, make sure to tell your parents first alright?"
-Pokémon Black-
Hey mom! Dad!" I yelled as I opened the door with the spare key I had. The inside was pretty dark, the only source of light was coming from a window by the dining table.
(Seems like they're not here,) Leafy announced, hopping off my head and heading upstairs.
"Yeah... hey! Where are you going?" I shouted, chasing Leafy up the stairs.
(To your room! I saw some interesting books from this morning that I'd like to bring!) Leafy shouted back, taking a right after the stairs, straight into my room.
"Alright, make it quick," I said, making my way downstairs to write a note to my parents.
Hey mom and dad,
So I got a pokémon and Pokédex from the professor and I'm heading out, I think I'll get to Accumula Town by the time you guys get home, about 4:00 PM. So... that's all.
-Your now independent son, Ken
P.S. I'll be taking $3,000.
Taking out $3,000, I set it down on the table, next to the note. Suddenly I heard a loud crash, followed up by a bang upstairs. Quickly, I followed the source of the sound back into my room, where I found Leafy under my bookshelf, with books all over the place.
"What... happened up here?"
(Eh, I jumped to get a book on the top shelf, but it toppled over on me.)
"You've got to be joking... look at the mess you made!" I signed.
(Would you stop mumbling to yourself and help me!)
"Alright, alright." After I helped Leafy, I cleaned up my room and headed out, with Leafy and his books in tow.
(Hey! Can you put these books in your bag? These are heavy.)
"But you're the one who chose those books!"
(It's not my fault!)
"Yes it is!"
(No it's not!)
"Jeez, arguing with your pokémon on our first day?"
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. McUptight himself."
"Where do you even come up with these names..."
"Who knows, who knows, anyways, where's Bianca and Alli?"
"Alli? You mean Allison, right?"
"What other Alli do you know?"
"Whatever, Allison went with Bianca after we can out," Cheren sighed, "Oh, here they come now."
AN: If you also read my Hetalia: Axis Powers fanfic, don't worry, I'm still continuing it, this idea was just at the back of my mind for so long that I just had to write it! This fanfic will probably be updated slower than my Hetalia fanfic due to the fact that I'm writing this as I play my Black version. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed chapter 1!
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