Of Contests and Battles
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any related titles. I do, however, own most of the characters in this fic…So, without further ado….
Chapter 1: The Beginning
"So, Nin, what are you hoping you'll get as your starter?" A young girl, with shot, bouncy blonde hair asked the tall, black-haired boy next to her.
"I'm not sure….They're all Baby Pokemon…I'm hoping for Elekid, or maybe Magby!!" The boy replied ecstatically.
"…Or maybe Igglybuff, or Cleffa….They would suit you more…." The girl emphasized the word, as Nin angrily aimed a punch at her face. She swiftly dodged, dropping her purse to the ground, as she stepped back quickly.
"You could never beat me when we were kids. Are you sure you wanna fight now?" she asked.
"Bring it on, Jen, bring it on!!" Nin replied. The two ran towards each other, Nin's arms low to the ground, while Jen kept a fierce stance as she ran towards him. Right before they connected, she raised her hands, and did a cartwheel, before going into a backflip, jumping over Nin. He turned back to look at her, but she kicked him in the butt, causing him to fall over.
"Hahahahahaha!! I win again!!" Jen cackled to herself. She placed a foot on nin's rump, as he was trying to get up, and held him there.
"Now, say your sorry." She further mocked.
"Pfft. Never." Nin spat dirt and grass from his mouth.
"Don't say I didn't warn you, then…" she said. Nin wondered what she would do. Suddenly, he felt her hand jabbed into his side. He yowled in pain, quickly rolling over, onto his stomach. Within seconds, Jen was sitting on him, her body straddling his, holding him to the ground. One hand held Nin to the ground, and the other held his face between in her hand. Jen smiled.
"Don't enjoy this too much, now. Admit defeat!" Jen said.
"Never!!" Nin shouted, struggling to get free.
"Wow. What an interesting situation….I knew you two liked each other, but this is ridiculous…" a voice called. Nin and Jen both turned their heads to see a young boy, with blue eyes, and brown hair that was in disarray. Jen blushed, and stood up angrily, her hands hitting her sides, as her foot hit the ground. "Shut up, Max!!"
"Did you just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that in movies…" Max replied, completely disregarding the comment. "You two better hurry, or they may not be anymore eggs left for the new Trainers. I already got mine…." Max said, holding up a light, cream-colored egg with red stripes. Jen and Nin both stared in awe at the mesmerizing patterns and colors, before grasping on to what he said.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE, AND WE WON'T GET OUR POKEMON!!" they both shouted in unison. Jen started running immediately, forgetting her friend who was lying on the floor. Angrily, Nin jumped up, and dashed after her.
Hi, my name is Nin, and I live on a small island, considered a part of the Kanto region. Myself, Jen, and the boy you just met, Max, all live on Four Island…Considered to be in the very center of the Sevii Islands. Four Island is the place where we get our starter Pokemon.
Because the boat fee to Vermillion City is high, and because Pallet Town is far away, the old couple at the Day Care decided to take it upon themselves to allow us to get starter Pokemon, so we, too, could go out on a journey of our own. Any eggs that Trainers don't receive when they come by our given to us as our first Pokemon, although we cannot begin traveling until the egg hatches.
Jen, myself, and Max all just graduated from the Trainer Academy on Two Island. We get to go there every day for free, because the Pokemon League pays for our boat fee. A couple of my other friends graduated, too—but you'll meet them later.
I've known Jen since we were little, and she's always been a bit of a tomboy, but recently, she's become a bit more girly. She's almost a full year younger than me. She's always been pretty—I don't have the words to describe her, but I've always noticed her green eyes, whenever they look around…
Max is a bit more different than Jen. Arrogant to a fault, he's not a bad person…Just cocky, though that could be said for a lot of my other friends, too. Max wonders why I hang out with Jen, since she's so…abusive, I suppose is the word. Though she may abuse me, I know she cares for me a lot…At least, I think that's what she's saying.
Now, back to the story.
"We….barely…made it…" Jen said, with audible huffs and puffs of breath. Nin was doing about the same.
"Well, we're here….Come on…" Nin said. He started walking, and Jen followed, into the large Day Care Center.
"Hello! Here for your egg, then?" an old man, perhaps in his late sixties, asked them both. Jen and Nin nodded instinctively. "Oh, yes!" they both replied simultaneously.
"Good. We have several eggs left…Just select the one you think is right for you…" the old man replied. He led the two of them to a large garden, sealed off by a large fence on either side. There were a few Pokemon out farther in the garden, but they appeared to have no intention of running away, which was suprising, considering there was a Tyranitar and Rhydon in the midst of them, who could easily blast through the wooden fence.
Jen was already looking around the collection of eggs, muttering how pretty each one was. Finally, she found the one she wanted.
"Awww! It's so pretty!!" she squealed in delight. The egg was blueish-white in color, and had what appeared to be scattered white dots towards the bottom of the egg. The top of the egg was pink in color, with more scattered white dots. They appeared to be snowflakes.
Jen hugged the egg to her chest, and the creature inside shook inside the egg. Jen laughed, hugging it closer. The egg responded to the warmth, shaking in her arms.
"It's already close to hatching, because it feels the warmth off her body…" the old man stated.
Nin began looking around for an egg that might be an Elekid or Magby, but he couldn't find any he thought might be either one. He finally settled with the fact that Max probably wanted the same Pokemon he did, and so woke up early just to get one of them. He suspected someone else had taken the other egg, so he sighed in defeat.
When he opened his eyes, he noticed a pale, mint green egg sitting almost in the middle of the other eggs. It had pale blue and red spots on either side of the egg, with red spots on the right side, and blue spots on the left side. The egg was beautiful! Much prettier than Jen's, he thought.
"I found it!" Nin said. He walked over with his egg to the old man, and the old man smiled and nodded.
"Take good care of those. I suspect, with a pretty young girl like you, and a strapping young man such as yourself, the Pokemon will grow up to be quite strong." The old man stated.
"Thank you," Jen and Nin said in unison, walking towards the door, and then outside.
"The old man said the eggs are close to hatching….Maybe they'll hatch before the day is over! Oh, I can't wait!" Jen squealed in delight. The egg in her arms jumped slightly at this, responding to her happiness.
"Yeah….Then we can finally go after our dreams!! I can battle gyms, and you can do Contests!" Nin said.
"Yeah….Ooh, I can't wait to have my first Pokemon!!" Jen squealed. The egg in her arms jumped again. This time, the shell cracked.
"Oh, no! Was I holding too tight?" Jen wondered. She was becoming almost frantic.
"No, Jen!! Look inside! It's hatching!" Nin said. Jen stared in shock, as little arms protruded from the cracked shell, as well as little feet from the bottom. What appeared to be hair, as well as two large blue eyes peered out of the top of the shell.
"Well….I'd know what you were, if you had hatched completely…." Jen said to her new Pokemon.
"What if it's a new Pokemon? We could on to something here! Why don't we call it…Shelly!!"Nin said. Jen became angry at the stupid remark, and punched Nin. "No one would call a new Pokemon Shelly, unless it was a nickname!" she turned back towards her new, half-hatched Pokemon.
"Now, sweetie, come here! What's your name?" Jen asked. The Pokemon waddled towards her, flailing it's arms madly. "Smooch!" it said.
"HUH?! You want me to kiss Nin?! What kind of psycho Pokemon is this?! Did I do something to upset you, God?!" Jen wailed.
"Smooch!! Smoochum!!" the Pokemon replied angrily, feeling it was being made fun of.
"Ugh! Urk…I-I believe i-it's telling y-you it's n-name…" Nin said, clutching his stomach. Luckily, he had caught his egg before it hit the ground, and had set it in front of him so he could watch it.
"Smoochum, huh?" Jen asked. She gently reached down, plucking the broken egg shell pieces off of the baby Pokemon. When she was done, she could clearly see Smoochum.
"Aww!! It's so cute!!" Jen squealed. Smoochum laughed to itself, waddling around, happy for the attention.
"Now….We should give you a cute nickname! That way, if another Smoochum comes along, we can tell you apart!" Jen said.
"Now….what should we call you…."Jen said, pondering the statement. Smoochum, mimicking her, placed her hand to her mouth, pretending to think as well.
"What about Shelly? I'm being serious here…." Nin said. Jen glared daggers at him.
"What? I was only saying so, because Smoochum are always female! There are no male Smoochum in existence!!" Nin said in defense.
"Well…I suppose that makes sense…But, if it's just because your hung up on the fact she was stuck in her shell, then I'm not going to call her Shelly!" Jen replied, angrily. Smoochum added her opinion on the matter, with a firm "Smooch!"
"What about Lucy? Or Kelly? Or Snowflake?" Nin said.
"Snowflake might be cute, but I like Lucy too….Snowflake might be a common name for you. Why don't we call you Lucy? Do you like that name?" Jen asked. Smoochum responded by happily blowing a Powder Snow in her face, the snow collecting on Jen's face. Nin stared in shock for a moment, before bursting into laughter.
"You should see your face right now!!" Nin said, laughing so hard his sides were hurting. Even from behind the snow on her face, Jen was glaring at him. She wiped the snow from her face, it dropping, and slowly melting on the ground.
"So, Lucy it is!!" she said. Lucy squealed in delight, another Powder Snow attack collecting in her mouth.
"Not towards me!!" Jen said. She quickly picked up the excited Smoochum, and turned it to face Nin, who was still laughing. The attack hit him, and froze him wit a surprised look on his face.
It was now Jen's turn to laugh.
END CHAPTER ONE
A/N: So, how did you guys like it? I know it sucks, and seems generic, but trust me, it will become more interesting. I tried to put a spin on it by having us get Baby Pokemon as starters instead of the 12 originals starters, and the only place I could do that was at the Day Care.
A little bit about this story—The League Nin is referring to is NOT the Indigo League. I get tired of Kanto really easily for some reason, and plus I'm angry that Johto doesn't have a League of it's own. Plus, I already mentioned that it's too expensive right now for the kids to travel to the mainland for the Indigo League Gyms, so I made up my own League so the story wouldn't be shut down before the first chapter was even over :P
I had originally planned for the League to be located in the Trainer Tower, for conveniences sake, but I've grown accustomed to the idea of a free-for-all tournament in the Sevault Canyon, with an automated point-tracker for wins and losses, and those with the most points advance to the actual tournament.
I had originally
planned for Jen to have Igglybuff, but on further examination of her
personality, she's a kiss-a-holic, so I gave her Smoochum instead
:P.
Plus, in my opinion, Smoochum is cute, strong, and has
beautiful moves, so it's perfect for her and her Contest career,
I added in the part about Nin mentioning he wanted Magby or Elekid. It makes him seem more self-centered, and so far, viewing Pokemon as tools to further his dreams. I can't tell you what's in the egg yet, though with the amount of clues I gave, you've probably guessed it already smacks forehead
But, I will tell you that Max did indeed get the Magby egg, so Nin is sure to be riled up the next time he sees him.