Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
"Touko! It's time to get our pokemon!" Touya shouted excitedly, running over to the yellow chair I'm sitting in. He was holding a blue gift box with a green ribbon on it.
"Finally! I've been waiting ages to get one!" This is true. Our mom was a bit... over protective. We couldn't really play with pokemon, besides her Audino. We couldn't even play outside that much, since the area isn't safe enough to her. A few days ago, she finally decided to let us go on a journey.
Touya started to open the box and Mom stopped him.
"Shouldn't you wait for Cheren and Bianca to come?" she inquired. Just then I heard a knock at the door, followed by a bang and a shout. Touya opened the door to see Bianca apologizing to Cheren.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you!" Bianca said while adjusting her hat, "I didn't see you there!"
Cheren picked up his glasses and gave her a stern look. "You should pay attention to your surroundings. Apology accepted though." He then looked at Touya expectantly, "Are the pokemon here yet Touya?"
Touya nodded, "Yeah! They're right here." He held the box up and Bianca stared at it in awe.
"I can't wait to see them!" she shouted.
Touya grinned, "You don't have to." He ran to his room shouting, "Come on!"
"I'll take that as an invitation," Cheren followed Touya to the room. Bianca quickly followed them.
"You'd better go too," my mom told me. I then sighed and opened the door to Touya room. When I walked in his room, Touya was already ripping the gift box open. While he was tearing off the green ribbon, an orange and white card fell out of the box. Cheren bent over, picked it up and examined it.
"This is a letter from the professor." He told Touya. Touya waved his hand dismissively.
"Yeah, I already read it." Touya opened the box and looked inside. His eyes flashed with excitement, then confusion. "Guys, come look at this."
All four of us peered at the pokeballs inside the box. I scratched my head, obviously confused.
"Only three? Shouldn't there be four in here?" I asked quietly. Touya started running around the room and looking under everything.
"M-maybe it fell out when I was opening it!"
"Or maybe there just isn't a fourth pokeball in there," I suggested. Touya stopped looking around and gazed at the box.
"I guess you're right. But... What do we do?"
I started to think about what would happen if they didn't get a pokemon. Bianca would do her best to hide her sadness, but wouldn't really succeed in that. Cheren, on the other hand, would study ways to get one. Then there was Touya. He would act depressed for a bit. He has been waiting years for this, after all. Then he would try and go catch a pokemon himself, which is pretty dangerous. Me? I wouldn't really mind. Okay, maybe a little bit, but not that much.
"You guys should get them." I decided aloud.
"Are you sure Touko?" Cheren asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Go ahead and choose!"
Touya immediately grabbed the pokeball on the left side. "Alright! I'm choosing Oshawott!"
"I'll choose Tepig!" Bianca said while grabbing the one in the middle. Cheren sighed and took the remaining pokemon.
"Oh well, I wanted Snivy from the start, anyway."
Bianca's eyes lit up, "Hey, why don't we have a pokemon battle?" Cheren shook his head slowly while looking at his pokeball.
"I know we got our pokemon now, but, seriously? We're in a house."
"Oh Cheren, don't be such a worrywart! It won't hurt to have one little battle!" Bianca giggled. She turned to face Touya, "Alright! It's decided! Touya, get ready for a pokemon battle!"
"Let's do this Oshawott!" Touya shouted as he sent out the blue otter.
"Osha..." It took off it's schalop and stood in a dramatic pose.
"Ok Tepig, let's battle!" Bianca flung her pokeball and Tepig popped out.
"Tep, tepig!" it cried.
"Let's start with Tail Whip!" Touya commanded. Oshawott wagged it's tail back and forth.
"Aww! It's so CUTE!" Bianca said, looking at Oshawott. Tepig looked at Bianca nervously.
"Tepig!"
"Oh, right! Tepig, use tackle!" Tepig tackled Oshawott, which caused the otter to roll backwards.
"Strike back Oshawott!" Touya said. As the battle continued, the pokemon were eventually running on the walls and knocking over everything. I had to get off Touya's bed to avoid getting tackled by one of them. After a few more minutes the battle was over, and Touya had won.
"Alright! We won Oshawott!" Touya cheered. Oshawott jumped up and 'high-fived' Touya.
I was now leaning on the dark blue wall in his room, "Congratulations. Try not to make a mess next time."
"Wow! You're really strong Touya!" Bianca said, oblivious to her surroundings.
"Uh, Bianca, would you take a look around?"
Bianca spun in a circle, "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Touya!"
"Honestly, could you be a little more careful?" Cheren sighed.
Bianca's eyes lit up, "Hey Cheren, why don't you have a battle with Touya? Since your both really strong…"
Touya jumped up, "Yeah! That's a great idea!"
"We just received our pokemon and your already saying that I'm strong… You haven't even seen me battle yet. And look at the mess you two made while battling…"
Touya looked down, disappointed.
"But, I can probably prevent it from getting messier in battle," Cheren added.
"Alright! Oshawott, get ready to battle!" Touya started to say but Cheren stopped him.
"Wait, your pokemon are hurt…" He bent down to eye level with Oshawott. "Here, take these berries, they'll heal you," he gave Oshawott an oran berry and two leppa berries. Oshawott quickly ate the berries and jumped back to Touya.
"Alright, Snivy prepare for battle!" He sent out a green snake pokemon that had it's arms crossed and it was frowning. It looked at Oshawott and smirked.
"Snivy." Oshawott's face turned red with anger and it waved it's schalop around.
"Osha!" It shouted.
"Oshawott, let's start off with Tackle!" Touya commanded, and Oshawott ran towards Snivy.
"Snivy, dodge it!" Snivy stepped to the side of Oshawott to avoid collision. "Now, use Leer." Snivy glared at Oshawott and Oshawott stepped back nervously.
"Focus Oshawott, we can't let them beat us! Use Tackle again!" Oshawott ran towards Snivy again, but Snivy dodged him.
The pattern continued: Oshawott using Tackle, Snivy swiftly dodging and using Leer.
"Oshawott use Tackle!"
"Osha," Oshawott ran towards Snivy again and Snivy dodged him again.
"Now, turn around and Tackle him!"
"Oshawott!" He turned around to see the surprised Snivy and smashed into him.
"Well done. You caught me off guard. But this is the first hit you've been able to make." Cheren said. "Now that your defense is low, I'll finish you off. Snivy, use Tackle!"
"Sni!" Snivy started chasing Oshawott around.
"Avoid it Oshawott!" Touya shouted desperately. Snivy managed to collide with Oshawott and Oshawott fainted. "Return Oshawott, you did great." Touya returned Oshawott to it's poke-ball. "Aw man, we lost!"
"That was a great battle. Anyway, we should apologize to your mom about this mess…" Cheren returned Snivy to it's poke-ball and walked out of Touya's room.
"Oh! Wait for me Cheren!" Bianca ran after Cheren. I followed them quickly.
In the living room, Cheren and Bianca were apologizing to Mom.
"We're very sorry for the mess ma'am." Cheren apologized.
"W-We can clean up if you want…" Bianca offered nervously.
"No, that isn't necessary!" Mom laughed.
"Thank-you ma'am," Cheren turned to me, "We'll be waiting for you two at Professor Juniper's lab." He then left with Bianca.
"Gah, wait for me guys!" Touya shouted as he burst out of him room. I looked at what he was wearing and only one question came to my mind.
"Why are you wearing a winter coat in the middle of summer?"
"Because it looks cool! They went to the lab, right?"
"Yes, you'd better hurry and catch up with them honey." Mom replied.
Touya ran out the door, then came back in, "Aren't you coming Touko?"
"You go ahead, I'll catch up with you." I answered. There was no way I was leaving this house yet.
"Oh, OK, bye!" Touya disappeared in the doorway.
"Why aren't you going with him yet Touko? You shouldn't keep the professor waiting, much less your friends."
"There is no way I'm leaving. Not until I have my breakfast at least."
My mom sighed, "Why don't you go now, you don't have time to eat right now…"
"I'll walk and eat then, but I'm not skipping breakfast!" I spread cream cheese over a bagel cut in half.
"Alright, just hurry!"
"Bye mom, see you later!" I mumbled through a mouthful of the bagel. I stepped outside and the sun shone brightly on my face as a flock of Pidove flew above me.
"Wow, it's pretty nice outside." Suddenly, a Pidove snatched my bagel and flew away. "Hey! Come back here with my breakfast!" It simply ignored me and flew out of sight.
"Well, there goes my breakfast…"
"Toukoooo! Hurry up!" I heard Touya shout.
"Coming!" I ran towards my friends.
"Finally, let's go inside!" We all stepped inside the professor's lab.
Hooray! This is the first half of chapter one, which took a while to make. Hope you enjoyed it!