On a summer day a young girl woke up. Her name was Delia Hanako from Pallet Town. She was an orphan and she lived in the orphanage near the Pallet seashore. Last week, when she finally turned 10, she had the official right to get a Pokemon from the local Professor and leave on her own Pokemon journey and escape the orphanage. But she still had to wait a week for the Professor to arrange a giveaway event since there were several other children her age who also wanted to go on a journey. She didn't really have any ambition of becoming a champion or anything like that, although she did enjoy watching championships on the public orphanage TV. So the journey was just a way for her to begin her independent life. Inside she felt a lot of nervous anticipation building up under her throat and pressing heavily on her lungs, that weird sensation of worry that resembles fear of something new, when a grand chamge is about to occur in your life. She didn't have any belongings except for her rather simple clothings - a cream white blouse that transformed into a skirt below her knees; old, but reliable second-hand hiker boots that covered about 5 centimeters higher than her ankle; a pair of black socks that went up to her knees; a set of white underwear; and a straw hat with a red ribbon. Well, she also had her plastic Birth Certificate card which she kept in her inner pocket and 3000 pokedollars - a farewell gift from the orphanage staff. By the way, Delia was an average girl of middle height(for a 10-year-old), had brown hair and brown eyes. She had her hair in a ponytail.

After looking back one last time at the Pallet orphanage, Delia went straight to the Professor's lab. She didn't know him personally, but she heard some rumours about him being the former Champion of Kanto, but that was just rumours. After half an hour of walking, she finally approached the Lab - the staff told her that she needed to go straight down the road to get there. She had never really been outside the orphanage - she was only 10 years old after all. She used to dream about the surrounding world - but so far it wasn't really impressing, just old rustic houses here and there. Their orphanage didn't even have a proper education system so the staff just taught the children by themselves some basic stuff - how to read, write and count. Fortunately, the Pallet Orphanage had a very rich library with a collection of some nice classic books and political magazines, so that's what Delia used to read in her childhood. Her favourite book was "Pokemon Treasure Island" - a book about pirates from the Orange Islands discovering the ancient gold of the long forgotten Pokelantis kingdom. She wasn't really fond of the political magazines, though. She always wanted to visit different regions that she heard about from the staff - like Sinnoh, Hoenn, Kalos and others that she couldn't remember right now. She did know that the Johto region was somewhere really close to their own Kanto region.

Anyway, as she approached the Lab, she stumbled into a very peculiar boy, who was nervously standing in front of the Lab door, in doubt whether to enter or not. He was wearing a very "neat" costume - obviously he was from a wealthy family - a "rich boy" short haircut, a light brown woolen vest, a white long sleeve shirt with buttons, a red bow tie and gray pants, including black shining shoes. He had green eyes and brown hair and was slightly lower in height than Delia. Delia decided to talk to him.

-"Hi! Did you come for a Pokemon too?" She smile, closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side, in an attempt to make a friendly impression.

-"Umm, well yeah, sort of, I mean -y-yes, I'm here for that." He lifted his eyes toward her, as if awaiting for other questions. He also put his hand behind his head for no apparent reason and started acting weird like stepping from leg to leg, making weird sounds and looking at different places, but not directly at Delia.

(Strange boy.) Delia thought.

-"So, uh, how about we go in?" Delia said.

-"O-ok."

And so they entered the lab.

The lab was really a cool place. From the outside it was just an ordinary one floor building, but on the inside it was really awesome. There were Pokemon crawling all around the place, all sorts of weird devices emitted strange sounds and lights, and the walls were covered in Pokemon posters and scientific diagrams. The professor seemed to be the only person working here today. As the kids entered the Lab, he turned around to them.

-"Ah, so you must be the two last children who came today for their first Pokemon. Let me introduce myself - Pokemon Professor Samuel Oak. Welcome to the World of Pokemon! As you already probably know, our world is inhabited by creatures called Pokemon!" After saying these words, Samuel Oak picked up a red-white ball from the table and pushed the central button. Delia giggled and thought to herself that the ball resembled a woman's breast. Suddenly, a red light emerged from the ball and it materialized into a purple creature with a small horn and big ears. Delia was pretty sure those were called "Nidorans" - she read about them in a book about gardening with illustrations where "Nidorans" were described as nasty pests who prefer to dig out Sitrus berries. Both children stared in awe at the Pokemon. The Professor returned the "Nidoran" and continued his speech.

"For some people, Pokemon are pets. Other use them for fights. Myself... I study Pokemon as a profession. First, what is your name? " He pointed with his hand to Delia.

"It's Delia Hanako, sir, uhh, I mean, Professor."

''Right! So your name is Delia Hanako! This young man right here is my son. Now,"- he sternly looked at the boy,- " be a gentleman and introduce yourself to the lady."

"My-my name is I-Ichigo Oak, nice to meet you, P-professor Oak". The boy was obviously uncomfortable with such a near presence of Delia.

"You're supposed to introduce yourself to Delia, not to me." Samuel gave Ichigo a condemning look, facepalmed and shook his head. -"This is exactly why I want you to go on a journey. You can't live at home forever. Ever since your early childhood, you've been acting shy and depressed, even though neither I nor your mother have ever suppressed you. As soon as someone appears, you always run away into your room and hide under your blanket. You can't even have a proper conversation with ths girl properly! But I really hope that this journey will teach you how to live in our modern society. When you come back home, I hope to see not a timid boy, but a man! A true and brave Pokemon trainer! Ahem, Delia, I apologize for you having to hear this little scandal, but I have a serious request for you. I want you to be Ichigo's rival! Please, check up on him occasionally and remind him the purpose of his journey".

"Okay, Professor, you can count on me!" Delia eagerly replied.

Ichigo shamefully looked at the floor. He was about to cry or at least it seemed so.

"I-i'll try and i'll d-do my best to become better, and stronger, and-"

"I hope so, Ichigo, I hope so." Samuel Oak replied." Anyway, young trainers, your very own Pokemon legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon awaits! Let's go get your beginner Pokemon trainer equipment - it's in the basement- although, just wait here for a minute. Could you please come tomorrow? I still need to fine-tune some stuff in your Pokedexes and I want to prepare the Pokemon that will be yours since you two are the last anyway."

"O-ok, Dad, I mean Professor Oak"-

"No problem, professor."

"Very well then, come here tomorrow at the same time." Samuel Oak concluded.

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