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Chapter 1
Jason and Shinx
Main Character- Jason Malone, 18. Strong willed, headstrong, brash, and willing to do anything to those in need, Malone was born and raised in the Kanto Region of Pallet town, to a world renowned architect, and his wife, a former Pokemon league champion. When he was eight years old, he was gifted a Shinx from his father after a trip to the Sinnoh Region. A strong bond formed between the two, resulting in the electric type Pokemon to rarely remain in the Pokeball.
Two years later, Jason's Pokemon journey began. Initially worried to leave his pregnant mother, he was soon reassured by his father, and ushered out to the wide world of Pokemon training.
After four days, Malone had made it to Pewter City, with a newly caught Pikachu and Charmander now in his possession. Unfortunately, in the struggle to capture them, they sustained small injuries and required healing in the local Pokemon Center. Whilst waiting for them to recover, a painful phone call was recieved, informing him that his mother had passed away whilst giving birth to his new brother and sister. Heartbroken and devastated, he collected his Pokemon, and hurried back to Pallet Town. It was then he left behind his ambitions to become a trainer, instead helping his father raise his new siblings.
8 years later, he gifts his brother the Pikachu, and his sister the Charmander. Unbeknownst to him, the second chance he deserves is coming.
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Jason looked out into the field just behind his home in Pallet Town. There were a few trees here and there, but he seemed satisfied with his chosen battlefield.
"This'll do. Come on, guys" he shouted back at his siblings, who followed quickly after.
His little sister ran past him until she was a distance away, and turned to face him.
"Okay, as I'm refereeing, I want a good fight!" the other brother piped up from between them. Stepping back, he allowed the battle to commence.
"Today's the day I finally beat you, big brother!"
"We'll see, Amy, we'll see!"
Both retrieving Pokeballs from belts, the Pokemon were called out with a "Go!"
Over the years, the Charmander had evolved into a Charmeleon. Jason remember it fondly, it only felt like yesterday when Amy had been taking a walk in Pallet Town when a swarm of Beedrill had started chasing her. Jason heard her screams and went to check it out with his buddy Charmander. Charmander used Ember on all the Beedrill and saved Amy. She then fell in love with Charmander for saving her, so Jason figured Charmander would keep her safe from harm. Charmander evolving showed how much it cared for Amy, but Jason knew it was still loyal to him.
"Charmeleon… huh." Jason said. "This should be interesting."
Jason retrieved the Pokeball from his belt and held it.
"Okay Shinx." Jason said. "Come out."
Jason threw the Pokeball and out popped Shinx. Shinx growled cutely and ran over to Jason and started rubbing up against his leg.
"Okay Shinx… I've missed you too." Jason said. "But we have a battle to fight."
Shinx growled cutely again and went back onto the battlefield, then it got a determined expression on its face as it stared at Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon!" Amy shouted. "Use Scratch."
Charmeleon rushed over to Shinx, its claw in the air. As Charmeleon neared Shinx, it swooped down its claw as fast as it could.
"Dodge it!" Jason yelled. Shinx quickly jumped to the side at the last second, making Charmander miss and dig its claw into the soft dirt.
"Shinx!" Jason called out. "Use Tackle."
Shinx hit Charmeleon full force in its side. Charmeleon was knocked up into the air a few inches and slammed onto the ground on its back. Charmeleon jumped back up and shook its head to shake off the blow. Shinx went to tackle Charmeleon again, but as Shinx moved closer, Charmeleon spun around. As the flame on the tip of its tail intensified, Charmander slammed its tail into Shinx's face. Shinx was knocked back and laid still for a few seconds, but Shinx got up and appeared unaffected. Jason could tell that the blow had done more damage than Shinx was letting on.
"Shinx!" Jason commanded. "Use Thundershock."
A yellow bolt of electricity covered Shinx's body and then shot out at Charmeleon. The bolt of electricity made contact with Charmeleon. It was shaking furiously as the lightning covered its body from head to toe. Charmeleon dropped to one knee as the electricity dissipated. Charmeleon looked at Shinx with one eye open and a grimace of pain across its face.
"Charmeleon!" Amy screeched. "Fight back with Ember."
A fireball lit up and shot out of Charmeleon's mouth and flew towards Shinx, Shinx used Thundershock again. The bolt of electricity clashed with the fireball and caused a small explosion, followed by smoke that covered the battlefield. Charmeleon came running out of the smokescreen and slammed into Shinx as hard as it could. Shinx was knocked to the ground; it struggled to get up.
"Use Scratch to finish it off."
Charmeleon ran toward Shinx and scratched in a sideward motion to hit it in the face, but Shinx ducked underneath the strike. Charmeleon stumbled as a result of the missed attack.
"Shinx!" Jason ordered. "Bite it!"
Shinx, using the little strength it had left, bit and held onto Charmeleon's hand. Charmeleon shook its hand wildly in an attempt to get Shinx off.
"Give it a full powered Thundershock!"
Shinx closed its eyes and let out a muffled cry, yellow electricity formed around its body. The electricity zapped onto Charmeleon, it let out a cry of pain as it was being zapped. The electricity dissipated, Shinx dropped and was just laying motionless. Charmeleon had landed hard on its side, and it was clear that Charmeleon had fainted. Shinx tried its best to stand, but it still had a smile on its face.
"Charmeleon is unable to battle!" Jeremy, his little brother, called out. "Jason and Shinx are the winners!"
Amy ran over to Charmeleon and hugged it.
"Don't worry." She said. "You tried your best and that's all that matters to me."
Jason walked over to Shinx and picked it up in his arms.
"I'm proud of you." Jason said to it as he petted it.
Shinx growled as menacingly as it could when he set it down on the ground, and stared at him with its big, wide, yellow eyes.
"Jason, I'm next." His brother said.
Jason looked over at Shinx, Shinx was tired, and it was breathing heavily.
"Not now." Replied Jason. "Maybe later, go play with your sister."
Amy and Charmeleon were chasing each other playfully. Jeremy got a Pokeball from his belt and tossed it to the ground, out popped a Pikachu.
"Pika." It said.
Jeremy and Pikachu ran off to join Amy and Charmeleon. Jason picked up Shinx and walked back into the house. He went into his room, set Shinx down and laid down on his bed. Shinx picked up the TV remote, jumped up onto the bed, dropped the remote on top of Jason's chest, and curled up next to him.
"Thanks Shinx." Jason said as he petted Shinx.
Shinx growled at him, then put its head down softly on the bed and began to sleep. Jason grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. There was a woman reporter standing in front of a huge building with Growlithes on the side of her.
"The newly open Pokemon World Zoo in Fushia city has just suffered a devastating loss. All the Pokemon that called this zoo home have escaped into the wild. This zoo featured more than 600 Pokemon, which are now loose all around Kanto. Rather than chase the Pokemon down the owner of the World Zoo has shut the zoo down permanently and returned to his home in Unova. This may be the perfect time to be a Pokémon trainer in Kanto—"
Jason turned off the TV.
"This may be the perfect time to be a Pokémon trainer in Kanto."
Those words echoed in Jason's mind. He wasn't a trainer, but he still wished to be.
No. He couldn't. He had way too much responsibility here in Pallet. His brother and sister needed him here to watch over and take care of them. Jason sat up, careful not to wake Shinx from its slumber. Shinx was his very first Pokémon he had caught. It was small, but it had courage and will unmatched.
"Shinx is loyal and always tries its hardest, it deserves to be a champion's Pokémon", Jason thought to himself as he looked back at Shinx purring as it slept.
Jason stood up and started walking out of the room, but Shinx must have heard him; it lazily opened its eyes, got up, and followed Jason. Jason headed to the kitchen with Shinx not far behind. He was going to make a simple dinner for him and his siblings. Shinx was on the counter passing him ingredients and trying not to spill anything as he was cooking.
Jason kept looking out the window that was in the kitchen as he cooked for about an hour. It overlooked the backyard where his siblings and their Pokémon were playing together. Jason had just finished as his brother and sister stopped playing and ran to the side of the house, out of sight.
"Come on Shinx. Let's go see what those two are up to." Jason said as he was heading out the door next to the window. His siblings were standing at the edge of woods near their house; he looked past them and saw a small, green Pokemon. Jason ran over next to them.
"Who's that Pokémon?" Jeremy asked. "I've never seen it before."
"I don't know, but I'm going to catch it!" Amy said as she stepped closer to investigate.
Charmeleon moved in place between Amy and the unknown Pokémon.
'It looked like some sort of snake Pokémon' thought Amy.
"Snivy." The Pokémon said with its eyes halfway open while standing in a smug-like pose. "It looks like its saying you can't catch it!" Jason said trying to intimidate Amy.
"That Pokemon thinks it's better than my Charmeleon, I think not! Charmeleon use Ember!"
A small fire ball shot out of Charmeleon's mouth and flew towards Snivy at a fast speed, but Snivy was too quick and jumped out of the way.
"Again!"
Another fireball lit up in Charmeleon's mouth as it focused on Snivy and launched it, but Snivy avoided the attack once again. Charmeleon, out of frustration, fired another fireball and another and another. Snivy dodged all three of the attacks. Snivy then jumped up high into the starlit sky, spun around, and while smiling, winked at Charmeleon. Suddenly a heart appeared in front of Snivy's eye. The heart swiftly made its way toward Charmelon, spun around him, and made contact. Charmeleon stumbled, nearly falling over and as it looked over at Snivy, it had hearts in its eyes. It was the look of love.
"Charmeleon, what's wrong!?" Amy called out full of concern.
"That was Attract." Jason responded. "Charmeleon is in love with that Snivy."
"No! Charmeleon!" Amy had Charmeleon's Pokeball in her hands. "Charmeleon return!" A red beam shot out from the Pokeball, then went straight to Charmeleon. Charmeleon's body turned red, became part of the beam, and was sucked back into the Pokeball where he first came out. Amy had an upset look over her face, and she was.
"Guess it's my turn." Said Jason. "Come on Shinx." Jason walked forward next to Amy and Shinx, closer to the Pokemon.
"Alright Shinx! Use Thundershock!" Jason ordered.
Shinx cried, yellow electricity flowed throughout its body and shot towards Snivy. Snivy dodged the electric bolt with no problem at all. Shinx launched more bolts towards Snivy, but it dodged them just as easily as the first. Snivy's hand glowed and two leaves were launched at Shinx. Shinx jumped clear over them. As it landed, Shinx then launched another bolt towards Snivy while it was shocked that Shinx had jumped over its attack. The bolt hit Snivy head on; it was thrown back and hit the ground hard. Snivy got up, but not after struggling a bit. Snivy then spun around and winked at Shinx. The pink heart appeared again and flew towards Shinx.
"Jason, Snivy is using Attract again!" His brother warned. "You have to get Shinx to move!"
"No. Just watch." Jason replied.
The Pink heart made contact with Shinx. Shinx closed its eyes for a few seconds, then opened them and appeared unaffected.
"What? How?" Amy asked, confused.
"Oh I get it now!" said Jeremy. "Jason knew that Attract wouldn't affect Shinx because Shinx was a girl just like Snivy."
Snivy's look of smugness turned into a look of disbelief.
"Shinx!" Jason called out. "Tackle it!"
Shinx rushed towards Snivy. At the last second Snivy jumped out of the way. Snivy landed and rammed into Shinx, Shinx hit the ground and slid a few feet. Shinx stood up and glared at Snivy with angry eyes. Shortly after, Snivy's look of smugness returned to its face trying to get Shinx angry.
"Shinx remain calm and use Charge!" Commanded Jason.
Shinx let out a loud cry little bolts of blue electricity started flowing all over Shinx. Snivy realized something was about to happen and launched to green vines from its neck towards Shinx. The vines were wrapped around Shinx and started squeezing it.
"Shinx, Thundershock."
Yellow electricity flowed from shinx's body onto the vines and hit Snivy. Snivy let out a loud cry as the electricity surged through its body. As the electricity dissipated Snivy slumped to the ground beated. Jason grapped a Pokeball from his belt and tossed it towards Snivy. The ball bounced off Snivy's head, opened up, and absorbed Snivy inside. When Snivy was in, the ball closed and fell to the ground. The ball shook once, twice, and three times! Then a beeping noise came from the ball once it had stopped moving, which meant Snivy had been successfully caught. Jason walked over to the newly caught Snivy with a huge, victorious smile on his face. He stared at the Pokeball for a little and held it up triumphantly. Amy and Jeremy started cheering.
"That was pretty good." A female voice called from behind.
Jason and his siblings turned around to see who it was. There was a girl with short amber colored hair standing at the back door. Jeremy and Amy ran over to her and gave her hugs.
"Alice?" Jason said, confused. "What are you doing here all the way from Goldenrod City?"
Alice moved toward Jason with a smile after hugging Amy and Jeremy.
"So you really don't know yet…" Alice said thinking he was joking. "… Come inside I have to tell you something."
Jason, with a puzzled look on his face, put the Pokeball on his belt and followed Alice, Jeremy, and Amy through the back door and into the house.
Special thanks to StawberryPanther for agreeing to beta my story!