Pokemon: Trainers

By Warrior Seadra


"Hello there." A greying man in a white lab coat looks up from a book he's reading to give a greeting. "Welcome to the world of Pokemon! My name is Oak. People call me the Pokemon Professor!"

Professor Oak gestures to a pink, four legged creature sitting on a table. The pokemon yawns and scratches itself with its horn.

"This world is inhabited by creatures called pokemon." Professor Oak pets the pokemon as he continues his explanation. "For some people, pokemon are pets! Others use them for fighting. Myself, I study pokemon as a profession."

Professor Oak steps closer and continues, "First, what is yo-"

"Arghh, Fletchling!" Jarod cries, batting his arms as he sits up on his bed. The tan skinned, teen rubs his arm where the bird pokemon jabbed him. Feeling a sharp pain within his skull, he covers his face with his hands. The black hair from his bangs slide between his fingers as he holds his head.

With a moan, Jarod stand from his bed. He dresses himself before his mirror and proceeds down the stairs.

"Thinking about it," Jarod mumbles to himself, recalling previous dreams. "those rooms were upstairs too."

"About time you woke up, sleepy head." Jarod's mother greets as he steps down from the stair case. She hands him a glass of water and his daily aspirin while saying, "The move must have really exhausted you. Anyway, why don't you step out and say hello to the neighbours?"

"If I must." Jarod smiles as he sighs. As he walks to the door, he places the empty glass on a table and calls, "I'll be back soon."

As Jarod opens the door, he hears a girls voice ask "-at he's like." On the walkway leading to his house, two girls stand in conversation. A blond with a pony tail who, like him, appears sixteen and a brunet with long pigtails who looks fourteen.

The two girls end their conversation as the door slides open. They both smile as Jarod steps outside and the blond says, "Welcome to Vaniville Town! My name's Serena. I'm your neighbour."

"And I'm Shauna!" The brunet says. The ruffles on her skirt and pink top shake as she jumps in excitement. "Great to meet you! Guess what!"

As Jarod begins to introduce himself, Shauna says, "We've come to get you!"

Jarod smiles at the younger girl's enthusiasm and turns to Serena who holds out her arm. "The esteemed Professor Sycamore lives here in the Kalos region. I was told he has a request for five kids, including us. But I'm a little surprised he knows who you are. You did just move to Vaniville, after all."

Jarod shrugs his shoulders and says, "Maybe new people are rare this time of year."

Shauna jumps and claps her hands together, "We'll wait for you in the next town over! And you know what?! We're going to get... a pokemon! C'mon, hurry! Let's go!"

As the two girls rush off, Jarod drops to his knees. He clutches the side of his head as the phrase, "Get a pokemon!" repeats itself in his head. Jarod squeezes his eyes shut, as his mouth tightens.

"Help me!" A voice cries out.

Further inside the woods, a brown raccoon like pokemon chases a rugged looking, man wearing a lab coat. While running in circles, the man realises he's no longer alone and cries, "Hello! You over there! Please! Help! In mu bag! There's a pokeball!"

Inside the bag, three pokeballs are found. A different pokemon can be seen inside each of them. The middle one houses an orange, baby chick like pokemon. On the right is a blue toad like pokemon. The left pokeball has a pokemon resembling a green geecko.

The Treecko looks up and nods as a han-

"Hoooorn." Jarod hears as a cool, smooth plate like substance rubs against his face. He opens his eyes to see his mother's Rhyhorn nuzzling him.

"Thanks Rhyhorn." Jarod rubs the pokemon as he stands. "Now remember, don't tell mom. She'll freak if she finds out I had another episode, ok."

"Horn." The pokemon replies as she turns away.

"See you later, Rhyhorn." Jarod waves as he runs down his walkway. As he rounds the corner onto the pavement, he stops and looks to the clear, sunny sky. With a chuckle, he comments "I thought we were suppose to get our pokemon before going to the next town."

…..

As Jarod enters Aquacorde Town, an ear splitting cry resounds, "Hey, Jarod! Over here!"

Jarod winces at the sound and looks to the source. At a plaza table, he spots Shauna and Serena sitting with two other boys; a large one with black hair and a small one with red hair cut into a bowl shape. Their ages, he guesses, are fifteen and fourteen respectively. As he walks over, Shauna leans forward and says, "We were just talking about you. C'mon, have a seat!"

Jarod smiles to himself despite feeling a headache as he sits down next to Serena.

"This is the meeting place, Jarod." She says. "Here, let me introduce you. Everyone, this is Jarod."

"Wow..." The larger boy gasps. "Shauna's description was spot on!"

Upon hearing his voice, Jarod concludes he must have been the one who shouted. As for his name, they must have heard from Shauna, who in turn probably heard from his mother. He never did introduce himself.

"So, Jarod," Serena continues. "this is Tierno. He's got some serious dance moves, and... This is Trevor. He never misses a single question on his tests, but he's a little shy..."

As Jarod questions whether the ginger's introduction was appropriate, Tierno booms, "All right! Nice to meetcha! You know, it'd feel like we're a close crew if we call each other by nicknames. Can I call you J-Meister?"

"What? No way!" Shauna puffs her cheeks, hitting the table as she rises from her chair. "He's a Li'l J, for sure!"

Shauna looks to the ginger and asks, "What do you think, Trevor?"

Trevor's eyes widen in terror as everyone turns to him. He squirms, asking, "What?! You want me to nickname someone I just met?! Shauna, you shouldn't put people on the spot like this. Well... how about something low key? Maybe... something like Big J..."

"Why don't you decide what we should call you?" Serena politely suggests, returning everyone's attention to Jarod.

"How about Mizzy?" Jarod, hoping to move the conversation to a quieter topic, accidentally suggests the first name he thinks of. Cringing mentally, he continues, "That's what everyone called me in my home region."

"OK!" Shauna sings, jumping up while throwing her arms into the air. "I'm sure we're gonna be great friends, so I'll call you that too! How did you get that name?"

"Not sure." Jarod hides his lie with a shrug. Giving an embarrassed smile, he scratches his cheek saying, "I never really asked."

"Well, I guess we'll figure it out sooner or later." Shauna says sitting back down. She turns to Tierno, "Hey! Can we see the pokemon now? I want to meet my new partner soon!"

"I know, right? It was such a cool feeling when Trevs and I met our pokemon! Hope you feel the same way we did!" Tierno grins.

Jarod's smile weakens as Tierno reaches into his bag. While dreading all future encounters with the teen, he realises Tierno naturally has a loud voice.

"Here they are." Tierno produces three pokeballs. Within the middle ball is an orange fox, like pokemon. On the right is a blue frog like pokemon. The left pokeball has a pokemon resembling a chipmunk of sorts.

Jarod picks up the right pokeball and looks at Froakie inside. "Hey there, partner. I hope you don't mind, but I'll be depending on you." He says. The pokemon inside nods in reply.

"So, are you going to give your pokemon a nickname?" Shauna asks.

"No," Jarod shakes his head lightly. "I'm really bad at coming up with them."

"So you're not going to give your pokemon a nickname..." Shauna ends the sentence with a hint of disappointment. Moments later she thrusts her arms into the air celebrating, "OK! My partner is Fennekin! Wow! We go together great! The two of us are just way-ay-ay too cute!"

As Jarod smiles at the girl's cute reaction, Serena says to the pokemon in her pokeball, "Nice to meet you, Chespin, I'm Serena. Because of you, I can be a real pokemon trainer. Thank you!"

As Jarod stares at Serena, surprised by her ernesty, Trevor says, "Uh, pardon me, but I have something for you from the professor as well. I have something that will help you understand pokemon on a much deeper level."

Jarod accept a pokedex from Trevor and stares at it. "It's a hi-tech encyclopaedia. It's a hi-tech encyclopaedia. It's a hi-tech encyclopaedia. It's a hi-tech encyclopaedia. It's a hi-tech ency-"

"-rod? Hey Jarod?" Shauna questions, inches away from the boys face. She stares into his dark, brown eyes with her emerald, green ones, asking "Are you there? Hello?"

Jarod blinks, shaking his head in surprise. "Ye-yeah, sorry. I got lost in thought, that's all." He quickly apologises.

"Uh, so you see..." Trevor smiles bashfully as he continues. "The pokedex is a high-tech device that automatically records the pokemon you encounter! The reason you get one is because the professor wants us to go on a journey with our pokemon and complete the pokedex. To put it another way, it's an important mission from the professor. I'm sure of it!"

"Oh lighten up, Trevs!" Tierno chuckles, "You're way too serious sometimes. Um, Mizzy... Please take this with you, too. It's a letter from the professor. He said you should give it to your mom."

Thanking the teen, Jarod accepts the letter and stores it in his bag.

"Alright, we're done with our errand for the professor. I guess Trevs and I will go look for pokemon! Let's go Trevs"

As the two boys walk off, Serena turns to Jarod and says, "In Kalos, kids are chosen to carry a pokedex and go on an adventure. But you need to give that letter to your mom before you go."

"Right, I'll catch you two later." Jarod responds, standing from his chair. He pushes it back in and leaves the plaza.

"Mizzy wait!" Shauna calls after Jarod as he rounds the plaza corner. He turns, seeing her carry a serious expression with her hands on her hips. Her face quickly melts to a grin as she hops on her knees while saying, "You're gonna be my opponent in my pokemon-battling debut!"

Jarod grins, pulling Froakie's pokeball from his belt, "Sure, let's go."

"OK, Li'l Fennekin!" Shauna spins, kicking her leg to side in joy. "It's our first battle! Let's win it with style!"

Shauna spins around and throws her pokeball. In a flash of light, Fennekin appears.

"You've got this, Froakie!" Jarod cries throwing his pokeball. In a flash of light, his pokemon appears across from Shauna's.

"Bubble!" Jarod cries. Froakie opens his mouth and spews foam at his opponent.

"Block it with ember!" Shauna cries. Fennekin blows small flames at the bubbles, popping and evaporating them.

The field fills with vapor.

"Leafeon, charge right through with leaf blade!"

"Eoooon!" The fox like pokemon charges forward through the mist. It pounces at a large serpent, swinging the glowing leaf on his head.

"Gyaa!" The serpent cries, falling back.

"Kieeee!" Froakie's cry brings Jarod to his senses. He looks and finds his pokemon tumbling along the dirt, crashing against a building wall.

"Come on, Fennekin!" Shauna punches the air, "We can do this!"

Jarod narrows his eyes, seeing the fox pokemon rushing his frog. "Froakie, pounce."

"Kie!" Froakie responds. As Fennekin closes in, Froakie jumps forward and pins him to the ground.

"Fennekin!" Shauna gasps, stepping back in surprise.

"Now, bubble!"

Fennekin receives the white foam directly and faints.

"Hey, I wasn't done yet!" Shauna jumps back covering her mouth. She leans forward and shouts, "My cute Li'l Fennekin!"

"Great going, Froakie." Jarod recalls his pokemon.

"You're amazing, Mizzy!" Shauna steps towards the teen with a grin. She pulls a potion from her bag and continues cheerfully, "Here! Let me fix up your pokemon. You know, I really though I had you when you spaced out like that. But then, you got super, serious like that. Anyway, say hi to your mom for me!"

Jarod watches the girl run off and turns to return home. On the way, he looks his bag and recalls the letter Tierno gave him. "I couldn't become a rider, but maybe... maybe I can be a trainer."


A/N: And that's the end of the first chapter. I should really stop these new projects when I have all those other projects I'm working on. I just can't help it, though. I just started playing Y not too long ago and bam, this story hit me. I don't think it'll be too long though. Maybe you guys can guess what it's going to be like from what's already been given?

Let me know what you think in a review. Thank you for reading.

Warrior Seadra