[Pokoh test story. Hotaru sets out on her journey, not in the normal way mind you, this girl is on the run, and poor Satoshi is now involved! Hotaru has no memory of the first ten years of her life, and now she's running from the police and an evil force.]
Me: It's exactly what the summary says, a test of my new region! It won't be updated much unless I am stuck on whatever else I am currently writing, or get reviews. This chapter will be the intro. Pokoh is my new region, I will put links on my profile of the starters, but they are (c) me. Eternalhero01 is, since he is using my region, free to use them. Oh! HOTARU IS GEMMA, I'M JUST USING JAPANESE NAMES, and no, Gemma translated is not Hotaru.
Her Journey, her story- Only the start
In a small town on a mountain there is a small house, where one girl lived with her family, the houses around her filled with her friends.
Then, one day, the whole town was attacked by an evil organization searching for certain people. They took this girl, and a few days later she remembered nothing of her old life. Nothing of her friends or family, they all fled after the attack too, and then the town was empty.
She lived the next four years of her life with this evil organization, working as one of their top agents. But she got fed up of it as the drug they gave her started to wear off slowly, and she informed the police. Two top agents were caught and she was given a safe life by the authorities. But she wants to travel, like a normal girl, and do gyms or contests and breed Pokémon, not just use them for evil things.
Her name is Hotaru, and this is only the start of her tale.
~X~X~X~
The sun shone in through the curtains of a small, white bricked house in Tinytree town. In a small room girl lay, brunette hairs strewn out around her head as she tossed and turned. The sunlight flickered through her curtains, hitting her face and making her stir.
Morning. Ugh, not again. Can't I just sleep forever so I don't have to suffer having the police guarding me all the time? She thought to herself, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. Time to get up and try, and most likely fail, to escape and runaway from here and Team-...
"Kata, time to get up." Some called, banging on the bedroom door. Hotaru snarled, making whoever it was run off. Hotaru sighed.
"Stupid Police, stupid witness protection." Hotaru cursed, throwing her covers back and leaping off the bed, landing at the end on her feet. "Cool." She added absentmindedly before heading over to her mirror and looking at her brown eyes.
She was nothing special, pale, freckles, long brunette hair that was hard to control. A normal human being in many senses, but she didn't feel normal. She felt like an outcast. Someone no one wanted, having people keeping her from interacting with anyone didn't really help either.
Hotaru pulled a comb through her butt long hair, then separating some hair, in two thick strands, to hang on each side of her face.
She reached into a drawer and pulled out a red, long-sleeved turtleneck top and a black no sleeved one with a higher neck. Slipping them on she reached into another drawer and grabbed a pair of black jeans, pulling them on and walking downstairs, grabbing her glasses as she went. Around the staircase was a dark red scarf, she grabbed it and tied it around her neck.
"Morning Ms. Kata." One police officer said. Hotaru hissed.
"My name is Hotaru, prat, now shut up and move out of the way." She said. The officer, being one of the few not to know her wrath, didn't move.
"My orders are to cook and serve breakfast." He said. Hotaru rolled her eyes.
"Remember when Arata came to you guys with a black eye? That was me, and I will give you a lot worse if you don't move." Hotaru said. The officer stared at the miniature girl incredulously.
"No it wasn't, how could a fourteen year old who is about the size of a ten year old to give Arata a black eye?" He snickered.
*THWACK!*
The officer was on the floor, knocked out.
"That'll teach him." Hotaru said, walking to the cupboard and pouring a bowl of Coco Pops and eating them as she looked out the window into Tinytree town.
People scurried around minding their own business, kids played in the sun. The mountain wasn't all that high, but I was high enough for a beautiful mountain breeze and sunshine to hit the tiny town. Hotaru hadn't felt that since she arrived there a few months ago.
Hotaru swallowed the last of the cereal and then washed up the bowl and headed to the main room of the tiny house, sitting on the sofa with her arms crossed. Idly she lifted up the vase with glowing blue eyes, the whole of her eyes shining brightly.
"Morning." Someone said, Hotaru lost concentration and the vase dropped to the floor, smashing. "Oops."
"Shut up." Hotaru growled, turning to see an officer Junsar.
"We did tell you not to use that." Junsar said.
"I can do as I damn well please." Hotaru said.
"They can track you through that." Junsar reminded.
"Let them come! I'll just kick their asses like I do your officers, out of my way." Hotaru said, pushing past the woman and going upstairs. She jumped onto the bed and lay back, closing her eyes.
Run.
Hotaru leapt up, searching the room for the source of the voice. No one. "Who's there?" She yelled, in a defensive stance.
Just run, the window.
"Oh right, and jumping from a first floor window isn't suicide?" Hotaru said sarcastically.
Hotaru, just run. Now is your chance.
It did make sense, Hotaru realised. She had a chance now she was alone, and the training she had got in the past four years would make it easy for her to run.
She didn't have much time so she ran to the window and opened it, looking down. No guards.
'Was that thing talking my conscience?' She wondered. Shaking her head she decided to ignore it, pulling her small frame into the window and then jumping.
She landed in a feline position and ran to the side of the house, looking for guards and then running at full speed toward the forest. She was about half the way there when she heard a voice.
"She's out!"
"After her!"
Hotaru gritted her teeth and sped up charging past people in the way, knocking over a few of them. She broke through the first layer of trees in a very dense space of the forest, pushing through big branches as they tried to force her back. Eventually she found herself off the trainer's path, grateful she remembered one of her Poké balls, a small Chimchar who was deceptively strong.
"Umf!" Hotaru and another exclaimed as she bumped headfirst into their back and they both fell over.
"Oi, watch where you're going!" The boy said in a deep voice, he was at least seventeen. Hotaru looked at him. "Hey, kid, shouldn't you be with your parent?" He asked, standing up and placing his black hat, with an orange Poké ball symbol on, over his scruffy black hair.
"Oh shut up, I'm fourteen, Mister. Now outta my way." Hotaru said, standing up and readjusting her clothes. She saw a bike, left alone, behind the teen and smirked. "I need to get my bike, I'm in a hurry."
"Why?" The boy asked as she grabbed the black bike.
"I'm kinda running from the Police." Hotaru said, shrugging as she climbed onto the bike, wincing as her bare feet touched the metal of the petals. She could hear them coming closer.
"Say WHAT?" He exclaimed. "Why?"
"Need to know info, and you don't need to know." Hotaru replied. "They're getting close... you heading the lab just outside of town I'm guessing?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Well, hop on dude, because you are now a fugitive too because the second they see you talking to me they'll think you're my accomplice or some other shit, so you need a ride." Hotaru smirked. The boy listened, the Police were almost there. Reluctantly he climbed onto the back of the bike, somehow, and they were off. "What's your name anyway?"
"Satoshi." Satoshi replied. Hotaru nodded.
"Well, Satoshi, I hope you enjoy running because I'll be doing a hell of a lot of it in the next hour or so." They skidded up to the lab a second later, Hotaru parking the bicycle and jumping off, leaving Satoshi to fall down.
"Pika!" A Pikachu called, running over. "Pika-Pi Pika Chu, Pikachu!"
"Sorry Buddy, I had a bit of a situation." Satoshi said, bending and picking up his Pokémon. Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and Satoshi followed Hotaru into the lab.
"Pi?"
"She is the situation." Satoshi replied. Pikachu face-palmed. "She's a fugitive." Pikachu face-palmed again. "Let's go..."
A minute later the two found Hotaru in the room of the lab with a woman with blue hair in a bun and wearing glasses with dark eyes. She was in a lab coat which made Satoshi conclude she was Professor Seda.
"Here you go." Seda said. "Very unusual that you're starting your journey so late."
"Yeah, I know. Parents... never understand 'em." Hotaru said, rolling her eyes. "Well, let's see this little guy." She pressed the button in the centre of the Poké ball and the Pokémon appeared in a flash of light.
It was a small creature that resembled a tiger cub. It had messy fur on top of its head, a yellowish orange colour and its full body was a dark green. It had two messy bits of fur on its cheeks that were the same shade as the fur on the top of his head, its tail curved behind it and one of its front paws was the same shade as the yellowish orange fur. His whole body was covered in black stripes at random points, much like a tiger.
He mewled sweetly and looked at Hotaru with big orange eyes.
"Cool, what's that?" Satoshi said, despite his age still being the innocent trainer he's always been. He pulled out his Poké Dex and pointed it at the Pokémon, it whirred for a moment and then the Pokémon's picture appeared on the screen and the mechanic voice started.
Tikamo, the camouflage tiger Pokémon. It is a very shy little creature at this stage, and tends to use his camouflage ability to hide away. It is the grass type starter of Pokoh.
"Cool." Satoshi repeated. Hotaru rolled her eyes, picking up the cute little Pokémon and looking it in the eyes.
"Hey there, Tikamo." She said. "I'm your new trainer." Tikamo smiled. Hotaru grinned back. "See you Seda, we're in a rush."
She grabbed Satoshi's arm and dragged him out of the lab, he managed a brief wave at the Professor before they were out by the bike again.
"Where are you going?" Satoshi asked, pulling away from the surprisingly vice like grip of the girl.
"Anywhere, I only ran off because I want to be a normal trainer." Hotaru said.
"You're a fugitive!" Satoshi exclaimed.
"No I'm not." Hotaru replied, petting Tikamo slightly. "I was under witness protection, and got fed up of all their crap and decided to run."
"Right... so you are running from them, why?" Satoshi said.
"Because I am being chased down by and evil organisation." Hotaru said. "Simple as." Satoshi murmured something that sounded vaguely like 'that makes two of us' but Hotaru dismissed it. "Well, coming?"
"I guess..." Satoshi said. "But I warn you, Pikachu has a history of burning bikes." Pikachu slapped his trainer around the back of the head. Hotaru sighed and gave Satoshi a once over. He seemed like he could keep up with her, but the baggy orange T-shirt and black jacket with an orange Poké ball symbol on the bottom left corner and baggy jeans made him look a lot less physically adept than he probably was.
"Well, you better be able to keep up. I'm a bit... strange." Hotaru said, looking at him. Her eyes glinted yellow for a moment, but Satoshi dismissed it as a flash of light. "Oh, and I don't care about the bike."
"Right..." Satoshi said. Hotaru climbed onto the bike and Satoshi joined her. "What's the next town?"
"Treemount City, but we have to get down Mt. Huifun and through Huifun forest which will take a while." Hotaru replied. "Camping trip, hope you got a tent." She winked at him and then sped up.
~X~X~X~
"Miracle, a whole day without the buffoons attacking." Satoshi commented as the trio stopped biking and walked into the trees by the side of the path. "Are the police still coming?"
"No. They'll have given up by now, they can't put out wanted posters or the evil people chasing me would find me first." Hotaru replied. "No doubt every Junsar out there will be looking for me though."
Satoshi gulped.
"Tent?" Hotaru asked. Satoshi shook his head. "Trainers these days..." Hotaru mumbled as she lay on the grass. "Sleeping bag?" This time he nodded. "Use it. I'm used to sleeping rough; I can do without one for a night."
Satoshi laid out his sleeping bag and sat on it, starting (or trying to at least) up a fire. Hotaru sighed at his futile attempts, sighing something she could probably win if it were a sport, and grabbed her older, shabbier Poké ball from her belt. She tossed it and a small, friendly looking Chimchar popped out.
"Chim, use ember on the wood." Hotaru said. Chimchar did so and in seconds they had a fire.
"Where'd you get him?" Satoshi asked, pointing at the fire type. Chimchar jumped and turned, snarling at Satoshi making him back off slightly. Hotaru patted her Pokémon, making him calm.
"Calm, Chim. He's safe." Hotaru said. Chimchar relaxed but kept an eye on him. She then turned to Satoshi. "I haven't just stayed here; I've been to all the regions... Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Isshu, Luna..."
"Isshu? Luna?"
"Never mind. Well, food Satoshi? Surely you have food." Hotaru said. Satoshi shook his head and his stomach rumbled. "Typical! Well, berries it is I suppose." Hotaru stood and went over to the bushes around them, picking a dull green berry with brown, tiny dots, taking a bite. "Hmm, a Ki Berry. Nice and sweet." She picked a few more and went back to Satoshi, dropping some in front of him and then eating her own pile. Satoshi scoffed them down, eating being the thing he could win a gold medal for.
"Hmmm... nice. What are these?" Satoshi asked.
"Ki berries." Hotaru said. "They're only sweet after their BBF, best before, date. But perfectly safe to eat." Hotaru assured when she saw the raven headed boy choke slightly at the mention of them being after the BBF date. "So, I guess we better get to know each other, how about twenty questions?"
"How old do you think I am? Four?" Satoshi said incredulously.
"Actually, I thought I was the more mature one." Hotaru teased, eating her third berry. Each was the size of her fist. "I'll start... How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"Hometown?"
"Pallet Town Kanto."
"First Pokémon?"
"Pikachu... don't ask."
"How?" Satoshi sighed; he should have known she would ask.
"I got to the lab late and he was all that was left, he's my best buddy now though." Pikachu nuzzled his cheek.
"Friends?"
"A few best friends. A few names are Takeshi, Hikari, Kasumi, Kenji, and Haruka." Hotaru noticed a smile on his lips when he said Haruka.
"Let's make it ten questions... Um, Family?"
"Just mom."
"Aura?" Hotaru couldn't stop the word from blurting out, instinct. Satoshi raised an eyebrow at her.
"Why?" He asked, eyes giving her a shifty look. He was being cautious of her now.
"No reason, just I can use it and I'm curious." Hotaru said, trying to make a quick recovery. She let her eyes glow blue and one of Satoshi's berries levitated over to her pile.
"I'm supposed to have strong Aura." Satoshi said. "Like one of the aura guardians from a long time ago, but I can't use it."
"IQ?"
"Huh?" Hotaru sighed, again.
"That explains a lot." She chuckled, making Satoshi glare at her. "Achievements?"
"Kanto league top 16, Johto top 8, Hoenn ditto, Battle Frontier conquered, and Sinnoh top four." Satoshi replied. "My turn, as you have obviously ran out of questions."
"Whatever gave you that idea? What are your friends like?"
"Takeshi is an amazing cook, Hikari is a peppy girl who fusses way too much over her hair, Kasumi can get a bit annoyed, Kenji loves to draw and Haruka is a talented coordinator and my best friend." Pikachu gave him a little shock. "Human friend."
"Done." Hotaru said, laying back.
"Age?"
"Fourteen."
"Hometown?"
"Dunno." Satoshi pulled a face but dismissed it.
"First Pokémon?"
"Well, technically I think it was a Torchic, he became a Blaziken and was then... killed." Hotaru said, gulping once.
"Oh..."
"Never mind it, it was inevitable. They did that to all they didn't think worthy." Hotaru said. "Next question."
"Friends?"
"None."
"Family?"
"Orphan, as far as I know."
"Aura?"
"Are you gonna come up with your own questions yet?" Hotaru said. Satoshi shrugged. "Well, I can use it. I'm not saying anything else."
"Why don't you know anything about your past?" Satoshi asked. "Hometown, you should know, Family, Friends..."
"I lost the memory of the first ten years of my life." Hotaru explained, sitting up slightly, leaning back on her hands. "I was taken. And my memory was taken away from me. I don't remember any friends, family, homes, lives... anything."
"Oh." Satoshi said again. "Who's 'they'?"
"I'm not in a position to divulge that information." Hotaru said a hurried tone to her voice. "You look tired, go to sleep."
"God, you're as bad as my mum." Satoshi mumbled before climbing into his sleeping bag and falling asleep, Pikachu curled in a ball atop it. Hotaru looked at him and then closed her eyes, she could still see but everything was in blue with no detail.
Satoshi's shape glowed blue, a bright blue. It was visible through the sleeping bag.
"Strong... very strong." Hotaru murmured. "Friendly... Loyal... the aura is strong in this one, looks like I have a duty to look after him so he doesn't get taken by... them."
Sighing Hotaru lay down, closing her eyes. Chimchar snuggled up to her stomach and Tikamo cautiously rested against her back like he would have with his Mother, a Tikoklaw, when he was younger. A smile flashed on Hotaru's lips.
Maybe I do have a chance at a new life one day.
~X~X~X~
Me: Whoop! Love this idea, I do, and I hope you do too! I know it seems I used my OC self too much but I really do like messing around with her, its fun which makes me evil! Anyway! R&R!
Luna Region (C) Legendary Fairy, she created it, I just mentioned it because of her OC.