A/N: Hello people, this will be the new version of "The Rookie Adventures" .. I deleted the other story, because I wasn't satisfied with what I was writing.
I rather would have written it the way I wrote this little chapter.
I will be listing Katokaari's and Frox's teams at the bottom of the end of the chapter.
Anyway good reading to all of you!
The Lily of the Valley Conference. It's the place for the Sinnoh League, and thousands of trainers has been training hard to beat the Sinnoh regions gym leaders, and compete in the league.
Among these many trainers, was one Katokaari. It was his first year as a pokemon trainer, getting his starter, an energetic little Chimchar, on his 12th birthday. He gained his starter pokemon at the same day as his oldest friend and rival, Frox.
While Frox didn't receive your typical grass, water, fire type starters, he got a Riolu as a gift from his family, and refused to get a starter pokemon from Professor Rowan.
The two friends had faced off many times in battle. Most of the matches were a draw, and they were even when it came to wins and losses. Both had 5 wins and 5 losses, with 7 matches being a draw.
They were friends, but also rivals. Always fighting each other whenever they met. It was the same with some of the other friends Katokaari met during his travels through the Sinnoh region.
Some of them were acquaintances from Twinleaf town, where he was from. Such as, Dawn and Barry. Though Dawn was traveling with one of her own, newly made friend, and his longtime travel buddy. Her traveling companions were all the way from the Kanto region, with one of them being a former gym leader. They were Brock from Pewter City, and Ash from Pallet Town.
Ash was a decent trainer, in terms of strength, from what Katokaari could determine, but his bond with his pokemon were exceptional. Katokaari even took notes from the bond Ash had with his pokemon, and made sure he didn't treat his own pokemon any less than what they deserved.
Especially with his Gible. The poor thing was experimented on by Team Galactic, because of it's unusual skill. Being able to access it's two abilities, Team Galactic captured it, and started the experiments, in hopes of making the ultimate pokemon.
When Katokaari had found the little dragon type, it was in so much misery and pain. He knew that he had to rescue said dragon type, and rush it to a pokemon center. And he did just that, beating through the Galactic grunts and scientists brutally, before arriving at the unconscious Gible.
It was a few hours later, that the dragon type regained consciousness again. It was confused, and scared. When it laid eyes on the humans inside the building, it was suddenly in a fit of rage. Attacking everything in site, as it was sure that the humans were going to be doing all those experiments again.
It was then that Katokaari had to, while not liking it, use force, to make sure that the Pokemon Center wouldn't be destroyed. So he sent out a his Staravia, whom he named Predator because of its hunting nature, and ordered it to grab a hold on Gible and fly away from the building. The flying type put Gible down at the outskirts of Veilstone City, and awaited for commands from its trainer.
Soon Katokaari reached the place where Predator landed, and approached the Gible, fearlessly. The closer he got, the more uncomfortable the Land Shark got.
When Katokaari stood in front of Gible, he crouched down, smiled toothy grin, and held out a hand for the pokemon. Because of the experiments it experienced while with Team Galactic, it became very distrustful of humans.
Because of how scared Gible was at the moment, it headbutted directly into Katokaaris mid section. Predator was already moving towards the two, ready to pummel the dragon type down to the ground for hurting it's trainer.
"Predator, stop!" Commanded Katokaari curtly as he hold the Gible in his arms, even when Gible kept biting him. Predator regretfully stopped it's charge towards the two.
Katokaari kept his warm smile directed at Gible, even though he was hurting, he wouldn't stop trying to make the pokemon comfortable around him. "Hey, Gible. I understand why you're hating humans. I mean, I would too if I was experimented on, but trust me, not all humans are bad."
The dragon looked up in shock as it just stared at the human talking. "What about, to prove my statement, you join up with me?" Asked Katokaari to the little Gible, as it's eyes widened in shock.
"I wouldn't let anything bad happen to you, and I'll also help you get stronger." At that statement, he knew that he got Gibles attention. "I'll help you become the strongest Garchomp ever to walk on ground. If we work together we could even become stronger than Cynthia, the Champions Garchomp!"
Pointing a pokeball at the little guy, "So what do you say?" asked Katokaari, and was happy that after a few minutes of standing, Gible pressed the button on the pokeball, sucking it in.
Wasn't long after that, Katokaari released the pokemon, scanning it with his pokedex, realizing the Gible was a female. With the new knowledge of her gender, he promptly gave her the nickname "Empress" to signify that she'll be the strongest.
Katokaari smiled as he thought back to his first day with Empress. He remembered it being a pain to help her get used to life as a trainers pokemon, and part of a team, since she was having a hard time trusting anyone.
Looking down at a pokeball in his hand, he smiled. Now Empress was one of his most trusted pokemon, and she was also one of his strongest.
They had definitely come a long way, not just his with Empress, but with all of them.
Ace, the Infernape.
Predator, the Staraptor.
Shine, the Luxray.
Empress, the Garchomp.
Toxic, the Toxicroak.
Ryder, the Rhyperior.
Blossom, the Leafeon.
Scorpion, the Drapion.
And finally, Drain, the Kabutops.
They all made it so far. Every gym leader was a tough challenge, Roark, the Oreburgh gym leader, and the very first he faced. It was tough, fighting a rock type pokemon with a Chimchar, Starly, Shinx and Eevee, but they managed to beat him, because of the special training he gave Chimchar, so he could master Double Kick.
Then there was Gardenia, even with the advantage he had, with having both Monferno and Staravia, she was strong. She beat both Monferno and Staravia, before he barely won with Eevee.
After that battle, I asked Eevee if she wanted to evolve into a Leafeon, since she was happy being in the Eterna Forest. Gardenia also encouraged Eevee to evolve into a Leafeon, because of her love for grass types.
And so, the little Eevee became a Leafeon, with a trip back to Eterna Forest.
Veilstone City gym was a tough one for the trainer and his pokemon. While trying his best to beat Maylene with his Predator, but he fainted to her Lucario. Soon after Predator fell, so did the newly named Blossom, after she evolved into a Leafeon. It was a long battle, between Shine, the Luxio, and the Lucario. If it wasn't for Shine evolving into a Luxray, then he was sure that he'd lose.
In Pastoria City, it was rather easy, compared to the other gyms, because of the newly evolved Shine and Blossom. Sweeping Crasher Wake, with both of the pokemon, but not before one of them fainted at least.
In Hearthome, Katokaari got to test Empress' strength against a gym leader. Fantina, was tough for the supercharged dragon type, but she managed to at least beat two of her pokemon before being taken out. So Katokaari called out Ace to make sure that they won. Which they did thanks to Ace taking a heavy hit, thus activating his Blaze ability.
There wasn't much to say about Canalave City, since Katokaari went there after a month of training. All of his pokemon were more than ready for the gym. Since Ace evolved into an Infernape, he took out all three of Byron's pokemon, in a long, but good battle.
Candice, the Snowpoint City's gym leader, was good with her ice types. She beat Blossom, and Scorpion, the Skorupi, but Toxic, the Toxicroak, showed her the power of his poison/fighting type.
Then lastly there was Volkner, the gym leader of Sunyshore City, said to be the strongest gym leader, almost on par with the Elite Four. He definitely lived up to his reputation. Katokaari challenged him to a 4 on 4 battle. It was long, and he fought hard. First out to battle was the newly evolved, Scorpion, as he did his best to beat Volkner's Raichu. In the end, Scorpion fell to the mouse pokemon, but not before setting up a Toxic Spikes.
Thanking his poison type, he called out his next pokemon, Ryder, his Rhydon. He took care of the weakened Raichu with ease, but that was when the real battle started. Down one pokemon, Volkner called out his Luxray. It was quick on it's feet, and tough. Never letting go of the relentless attacks, the Luxray hit Ryder with a Fire Fang, giving him the additional effect of the move, burn.
Katokaari knew that after that burn, Ryder wouldn't be able to keep up much longer, so he called out a last move, Horn drill. It caught Volkner and Luxray off guard, which resulted in the attack being a direct hit.
Luxray fell, and soon after, so did Ryder.
Volkner then called out a pokemon, that Katokaari had never seen before. It represented that of a green eel. Taking out his pokedex, he was told that the eel pokemon was an Elektross.
Looking at the pokeball that contained his first partner, and friend, he called out Ace. Volkner took the initiative this time and called out a Thunderbolt. Telling Ace to dodge the attack, the battle quickly began. With Mach Punches, Dragon Claws, Flare Blitz and Thunderbolts thrown everywhere, the Elektross took the win, with a well placed Zap Cannon.
Looking at his downed starter, Katokaari couldn't believe that Ace would fall. But he did his job. He weakened a strong foe, so now Empress could take the battlefield, win.
Out of the pokeball emerged Empress, as she looked at her trainer, "Empress, Ace fell, it's now up to you to win this." Katokaari told his Garchomp, with a confident smile.
The dragon looked at her opponent, and roared her challenge. Soon after, the Elektross was hit by a Dragon Rush followed up by a Slash attack, effectively knocking it out.
It was now time for the final battle as Volkner sent out an Electivire. Realizing his disadvantage against the Garchomp, Volkner went for a safe attack, consisting of an Ice Punch. Katokaari knew better than to let an Ice Punch hit Empress, and thus ordered a dodge, followed by Dragon Claw.
As the battle got more and more intense, with the punches and claws, it was time to finish it. Both gym leader and trainer could see their pokemon tiring out, it was only a matter of will now. Volkner ordered a Giga Impact, while Katokaari didn't say anything to his pokemon.
Empress, having complete trust in her trainer, just waited patiently as the Giga Impact came closer and closer, "Now Empress! Duck!" and so she did. She ducked under the attack, and without an order from Katokaari kicked Electivire into the air, "Finish it! Draco Meteor!" an orange, ball shaped, glow emanated from her midsection, and then she fired it directly into the, now descending, electric type. As it hit, the ball erupted into dozens of meteors that rained down, and when it all stopped, all Katokaari could see, was an unconscious Electivire.
That was his toughest battle yet, but thanks to his pokemon, he came out on top. And he was also in luck, there was still a few months left before the conference began.
With the remaining months he had left before the conference, he decided to start training his team and preparing for the upcoming tournament. During the intense training, he managed to evolve Ryder, into a Rhyperior, and Scorpion, into a Drapion. Making every member of his team, fully evolved. But not a single one of them slowed down in their training, no, they did the exact opposite. They trained even harder than before, and Katokaari couldn't be more proud of his team. With how much they worked with him, to make sure they would get far in the upcoming tournament. Of course, the goal was to win the whole thing.
And now, here he was, standing in line at the Pokemon Center, so that he could sign up for the tournament. While in line, he noticed Frox entering the Pokemon Center with a grin, as they got eye contact. Smirking to Frox, he released Ace, so he wouldn't be in the pokeball all day.
After getting himself registered, he decided to check out his room at Trainers village, and put down his stuff. The room was okay, it had a bed, a door out to a balcony and a bathroom.
Deciding to take a walk outside, to get some fresh air, he released Blossom, to walk with him, together with Ace. "You know guys, tonight we'll find out who our first opponent of the tournament is," looking at his two partners, he smiled "I just know that you'll be amazing in the battles. We're going to win this." Just as he said that, Ace picked up the scent of something burning, and pointed at the smoke rising, to get his trainers attention.
Seeing the smoke, Katokaari rushed to the place, with Blossom and Ace. Nearing the spot, Katokaari could see a big machine kind of thing with a lot of arms. 3 arms on each side, making it 6 in total, with a lot of tools attached. The machine rushed towards a group of people and pokemon.
Ace and Blossom didn't need a command from Katokaari before they sprung into action, with Ace attacking with a Mach Punch and Blossom using Leaf Blade. Ace hit first, punching a few holes in the machine and Blossom slicing the machine in half right after.
Ash and co. looked at the two pokemon that just appeared to save them with recognition, "Looks like you guys get into trouble everywhere you go, right Ash?" Ash looked at the owner of the voice and smirked.
Then suddenly, there was a shout directed towards Katokaari, "What the hell do you think you're doing, Twerp!?" the shout came from Jesse of Team Rocket. Katokaari just looked at them before ordering an Energy Ball from Blossom, which succeeded in sending them blasting off.
"Thanks for the help, Katokaari!" Ash exclaimed to his rival. "Should have expected to see you here." he smirked.
"Don't mention it. You know I'm here to win this tournament." Katokaari replied back with a smirk of his own.
"Hah! That won't be happening, because I'll be the one winning this time!" Ash retorted.
Some time went by with Katokaari chatting with his rival and friends, before he eventually went back to his room to get ready for the opening ceremony.
Later
After the opening ceremony, every participant in the Sinnoh League were on the main arena, looking at the brackets for the first match. Katokaari's first match was against someone named Eve. Frox looked at his opponent, it was a guy named Josh.
Frox and Katokaari met up in the middle of the arena and looked at each other. "Well, it's finally time. Good luck man." Frox said to his best friend holding up an arm.
Taking a hold of his hand, Katokaari looked at his friend deep in the eyes, "And you too. Best man wins."
Aaaaaand here we are! The end of the chapter, and as promised, I will be listing the teams.
Katokaari:
Infernape - Ace - Ability: Blaze - Gender: Male
Staraptor - Predator - Ability: Reckless - Gender: Male
Luxray - Shine - Ability: Rivalry - Gender: Female
Garchomp - Empress - Abilities: Sand Veil/Rough Skin - Gender: Female
Toxicroak - Toxic - Ability: Dry Skin - Gender: Male
Rhyperior - Ryder - Ability: Solid Rock - Gender: Male
Leafeon - Blossom - Ability: Leaf Guard - Gender: Female
Kabutops - Drain - Ability: Battle Armour - Gender: Female
Drapion - Scorpion - Ability: Sniper - Gender: Male
Frox:
Lucario - Ability: Inner Focus - Gender: Male
Luxray - Ability: Rivalry - Gender: Male
Gengar - Ability: Levitate - Gender: Male
Tyranitar - Ability: Sand Stream - Gender: Female
Houndoom - Ability: Flash Fire - Gender: Female
Feraligatr - Ability: Sheer Force - Gender: Male
Aerodactyl - Ability: Rock Head - Gender: Female
Swampert - Ability: Damp - Gender: Male
Glaceon - Ability: Snow Cloak - Gender: Female
Sceptile - Ability: Overgrow - Gender: Male
Gallade - Ability: Justified - Gender: Male
There you have the teams. Now if you'd be so kind as to leave a review, I wouldn't mind it at all, actually I'd be quite happy. But please, no flame.