The Missing Link from Past to Future
With no evidence to his past, a teen meets a girl in the Ilex forest and travels to Goldenrod City in order to learn how to become a Pokémon Trainer. Pairings: OCxWhitney. OCs is accepted.
He was sitting on a boulder in the middle of the woods. Taking a break from all the walking he has done over the past couple of weeks, or has it been months? He couldn't determine which; all he knew was that the winds took him wherever they wanted to. The winds of destiny as some people may say. He only had a couple of dollars on him, but in these times, every dollar counts.
He wore a pair of jeans that had quite a number of holes in them and his brown shirt was missing the left sleeve. The young man had dark brown hair and brown eyes with a slight indent over the bridge between the eyes. The boots he wore were good for the woods but hurt when he walked, the socks weren't made for these boots, so the bottom of his feet ached quite a bit when he walked long distances.
So every so often he would find a nice place to rest and as far away from bug Pokémon as possible, he hated bug Pokémon. Especially Beedrill, the thought of Beedrill's twin needle attack sounded so painful, and even attempting to raise Pokémon if he ever got attacked by one would make it a turnoff. But at the same time, a lot of Pokémon trainers get friendly fired by their Pokémon every day so it may be understandable if he ever got attacked by Pokémon, mainly his.
It has been quite awhile since I stopped walking. He thought as he rubbed his hands through his five o'clock shadow. It has been awhile since he shaved and bathed. Though
This forest is huge! He thought that it would be easy to navigate through but in reality, was a nightmare. Day and night he would try and find a way out. He never thought navigating the forest would be this hard, but mistakes are mistakes and like it or not, the problem was here and now.
He then stood up from the rock and stretched feeling and hearing some of his bones pop. He looked up at a branch and into the eyes of a Pidgey that kept an eye on him the entire day. He wasn't a trainer nor did he have any Pokeballs on him so attempting to capture it was out of the question.
He then walked a bit and started to hear someone bickering to their Pokémon, it sounded like a girl, but he couldn't tell if she was close or far away. So he quietly walked towards where the noise was coming from.
"Oh come on Miltank!" the voice yelled, "Hold still!"
He was getting close as the voice was getting louder. His heart was jumping for joy as it has been awhile since he last saw another human being. He could hear a small snap as he stepped on a twig.
Then… Crash! He looked up to see through the grass to see the large cow fall over,
"Milltankkk!" She exclaimed as she bent over to help the large cow Pokémon up, then he thought now was the perfect time to help her and introduce himself.
"Hey ma'am do you need any hel-…." he said as he emerged from the bushes, tripped over a vine and fell right on top of her. It felt like an eternity as he stared into those red eyes and she stared back into his. But before she could say anything, he got right up and reached his hand out to help her up. She reluctantly grabbed it and pulled him down and quickly got to her feet. He fell right beside her and she got up.
"Who are you and where do you come from?" the red head said as her Miltank stood right beside her. "And don't call me ma'am. It makes me feel old."
"My name is Kaidan…." He quietly said out of fear, though she did seem to be very pretty…
"Ok Kaidan! Where do you come from?" she exclaimed.
"I come from… I came from… I really don't know."
I should just give him a break, he really looks rough and doesn't look like he's armed, has Pokémon or anything of the sort.
"So you don't know where you come from?" she pressed, "Well, I can't really be saying anything. I get lost in my hometown quite a bit…"
Now there are two things in the world that men are supposed to avoid, angry girls, and angry girls with powerful Pokémon. Kaidan is unfortunate enough to meet an angry girl with a Pokémon. Well, she seemed angry at any rate.
"The last thing I remember is waking up in a bush in what seems like ages ago. But if I may, can I ask you what your name is?" Kaidan asked, hoping she wasn't mad enough to not reveal her name.
"My name is Whitney. I come from Goldenrod City, which I think is north of here. But being stuck in this forest north can be south and east can be west." She said calmly, "Sorry about the hostility. I'm usually like that when I lose and I hate losing. But I have learned to grow up, in a way."
"So you're Whitney?" Kaidan said as he reached his hand out. Whitney took it and they shook hands, becoming friends with a new person. "Nice to meet you I guess."
"Kaidan, no offense, but you look terrible. What have you gone through?" Whitney said as she examined him.
"I really don't know, the last thing I remember is waking up in a bush." He said as he moved one of his bangs over to reveal a red bump. "I can't see out of my left eye." She then moved her hand towards his head and observed the wound. "Dang…"
"My uncle might be able to help. He has a Miltank Farm and Moo milk has great healing properties." Whitney said as she slowly took his hand into her own.
"What's an uncle?" Kaidan whispered,
Wow, he really is bad off. She thought before she answered, "An uncle is the brother of your mom or dad. Just like an aunt is the sister to your mom or dad."
"Thank you Whitney. Even though we had a bad close encounter, I hope we can become the best of friends."
"I do too."
"But first we have to get out of this damn forest!" Kaidan exclaimed as he began to follow Whitney.
I hope he's not vulgar all the time…. Whitney thought as she watched Kaidan close his mouth and became flustered after his outburst.
"Sorry about that." He said softly, "I find this forest to be annoying. You would understand if you were in my shoes... erm… boots."
"Yeah…" She said as they continued to walk. "So any idea where you come from?"
"No, just this piece of paper in my pants pocket." He said as she turned around and watched as he took it out of his pocket. Whitney than took the paper and noticed there was nothing on it.
"So how do you know your name is Kaidan?"
"Well…" He said as he pulled out a small leather wallet. Whitney then proceeded to take the wallet and looked inside. No trainers ID so he couldn't have been a trainer. But she continued to look inside the wallet. Right inside the slot where you put money in was a tiny sticky note that appeared to have lost the adhesive a long time ago. It read:
To Kaidan,
Hope you have a good time in Johto. Looking forward to seeing you again!
From,
Giorgio
Giorgio? Friend or enemy? She thought as she refolded the note back along the crease and slid it back in the wallet. Kaidan then softly took it from her hand and put it back in the hip pocket of his pants.
"Ether that my name is Giorgio and I could be giving that note to Kaidan, I just don't know."
"Well, you look like a Kaidan. You might even evolve soo-"Oh crap! I forgot! He doesn't know much… "Forget about the last part!" She gave out a slight giggle and continued to walk.
"People can evolve?" Kaidan asked himself as they continued to walk.
"No I was only kidding." She replied as they continued their way north. "I have a feeling that we are near the edge, or at least I hope so. "
"Yeah I do too. Say Whitney?" Kaidan asked.
"Yeah Kaidan?" she replied,
"Do you mind if I stay at your place for a bit?"
"Well yeah I guess; I hope you don't mind farm work." She replied, "You should be fine though, my uncle Milton loves to meet new people and shouldn't have a problem letting you stay with us for a bit."
"Farm work? Hope it's different than homework." He smiled," I wouldn't mind learning how to battle with Pokémon and raise them and such." Kaidan replied as they both stumbled upon what appeared to be a white shrine in a clearing in the forest. "That's the Ilex Shrine!" Whitney exclaimed as they noticed a baby Caterpie emerge from a small egg.
"The world is wondrous, isn't it Kaidan?" Whitney whispered into his ear as the Caterpie struggled to break out of its former home. "I usually don't like bugs."
"You don't?" Kaidan then turned his head to look at her.
"I dislike bugs, but when they are young like that Caterpie. Well, that's a whole different ballgame." Kaidan then understood why, they were babies. Alone in the world alone just like him. The caterpie then crawled up the tree and soon disappeared into the thick canopy of the forest.
"They will eventually grow up to become butterfree." Whitney said in an easy and soft voice. "You look a bit forlorn, what's the matter?"
That was fast, I can't believe that I've just met her and she can already tell I feel lost. He thought as it seemed like forever before he answered.
"It's the first time in weeks since I've been in contact with another person." Kaidan managed to say quietly. They then started to walk
"I wonder if it was an act of destiny or something like that." Whitney replied. "Maybe it was a good thing you met me then some big thug like the ones from Team Rocket."
"Team Rocket?" Kaidan said as they started to walk together. He then took a quick glance at her. From what he could tell, she was the same age as him and she was a couple of inches shorter than he was.
"Yeah, the branch here in Johto is a lot more dangerous than the one in Kanto." She said as they made their way past a diglet burrow. "We only know the name of the Johto branch leader."
"Who is he?"
"He goes by 'The Mask of Ice.' He is really dangerous. I hear on the news, whoever faces him gets frozen.
"Wow." Kaidan said as he looked down at his own hands. "That must be wicked."
"It is. But it's been awhile since he has done anything rash. He still lets us know he is still around though. He would randomly pick a town or a city and attack it. And he is extremely unpredictable."
She stopped and he walked for three more steps until he noticed she stopped and turned around to face her. "What's wrong?"
"I just thought I heard something that's all." She stopped and didn't budge a muscle.
"Like wha…" Kaidan said as he stood there, maybe the Mask was listening to them at this very second and was about to attack…
"Shut up Kaidan. It might be the mask… " What in the he-." He stopped himself; it would be very impolite to cuss in-front of her again. Whitney started to laugh like crazy. "You should've seen the look on your face! HAhahaha."
He turned around and blushed. "Fine then Whitney, I'll race you to the exit." And before she got the message he was out of sight. "KAIDAN! That's not fair.. Ha-ha." She still remembered the look on his face. "Where can… where are you?"
She stopped for a second and looked around. "I am really getting scared now…"
"BOOO!" Kaidan jumped out of the bushes directly in front of her. Quickly startling her and her quickly raised her hand to smack him before she stopped herself. Then her face went as red as a beet. "HAHAAHAHA!"
"Kaidan you had me worried." She said quietly. You could've gotten lost and I would've probably never seen you again…
"I am sorry Whit. I can tell you and I am going to be best friends though." He grinned and she smiled back. "And look, we are out of the forest!"
She smiled lightly; I feel the same way… "Your right!" Whitney said as they stopped at the exit of the forest and took a good look at the rolling fields of grass with people happily playing with their Pokémon.
"Wow. That's a lot of people." Kaidan said in surprise, he couldn't remember that last time he saw so many people.
"There are only fourteen people Kaidan! There's a lot more in Goldenrod!" She said as she started to pull his wrists. "I can't wait to get home!"
"Don't pull so hard Whit!" Kaidan said.
"Whoa, sorry about that. Where's it hurt?" Whitney said. "Sorry I was excited."
"I understand Whit." Kaidan replied, He knew he could trust her. "I am not used to getting pulled like that."
The two continued to walk on the marked path to Goldenrod City. Past a ton of shops. Different smells of food, perfume, or even Pokémon grooming shops filled the air as they continued to walk. "Do you see that big steel building?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"That's the radio tower. I try to get prizes every Thursday there but I keep forgetting to listen to 103.6 MHZ."
"So you get prizes for answering questions there? That's pretty cool."
"Professor Oak from Kanto does a lot of Pokémon seminars on the station. Those are on 95.3 MHZ."
"Professor Oak?"
"He is the main authority on Pokémon. Everyone looks up to him." Right he doesn't know who Professor Oak is… "Back on the subject of Team Rocket."
"Yeah what else do they do?"
"Anything that's illegal. No one knows who the head of Team Rocket is. He could be the Mask himself. The leader could even be me."
Kaidan's mouth started to drop as she spoke those words. "Then why…"
"It's a joke; I can't believe you fell for it." She said as she continued to show him around. "The mall is where I frequent, naturally." She said with a wink, "I might go over there later on this evening. They have all sorts of sales."
Kaidan just stared at her as she started to talk about what was sold at the mall and whatnot.
"They even have a food court! The food they serve is very yummy. Even Pokémon love it."
I guess they even have gourmet food in that food court just for Pokémon. He thought as she started walking more around the city. "That building over there? Do you see it?"
"Yeah." Kaidan said as he looked at what appeared to be the Goldenrod City gym. "What about it?"
"I work there."
"Oh yeah? What do you do?" Kaidan wondered.
"I am the new Gym Leader of Goldenrod."
From that point on, Kaidan knew he could've made the best friend in the world and she was standing right in front of him. "You're the Gym Leader?"
"Yeah my father left the job to me. To tell you the truth, I just got into Pokémon. Being a trainer and all. I wanted to be a photographer, but had to follow 'The Family Business.'"
"Oh yeah?"
"My father was the gym leader before me and he left the job to me. You look a bit tired. Let's go back to my house and you can sleep there."
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter.
