A/N- Here's a new story taking place in the world of Pokemon. This is not based on the show (although there will be small
references) and not really based on the games. There really isn't much else to say except PLEASE REVIEW!!
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Enter the World Championship
Jason Marin's dark brown hair waved in the wind as he stood on the deck of the cruise ship. The S.S Marissa, sister
ship to the Anne, headed north across the ocean to the Cosheen Region, home of the Pokemon World Championship League.
A special league that trainers can only compete in if invited by three special people. The most important of these being the head
administrator of the champion league. The second, and equally important person, being the preisdent of the Cosheen region.
Thirdly, the person of invited Jason. being the head pokemon researcher in the region. When Jason had accepted the invitation
he was sent a packet containing special rules for this particular league. He thought most of them were pretty basic with the
exception of a few. One, was that there were not eight gyms like the other leagues, but sixteen in all; and he needed all of them to
to be able to challenge the "World Elite". The second being that capturing wild pokemon for battling was forbbiden. This didn't have
any other explaination along with it. The last thing that caught his attention was that there was no storage system for the region,
so a trainer had to carry all the pokemon with them that they wanted to use. So, after much debate on who to bring he narrowed
it down twenty-three pokemon that he had caught in the other regions.
The ship's captain had announced earlier that they would be docking soon. He looked down off the side of the ship to
see the ship coming to a stop next to concrete dock. He was the only one on deck, with the exception of two crewman lowering the
disembarking platform. What Jason had noticed on the voyage over was that he was the only trainer on-board, most the others were
scientist or immigrants looking for a job. The captain's voice came over the P.A. system and announced that passengers could now
disembark. Jason hiked up his backpack and walked down the platform onto the dock. A few people followed after him. He looked
around the dock for his invitee. He was told to look for a man in a lab coat. It was the only information he was given, and since most
of the scientist getting off were wearing lab coats Jason was not getting very far. He started walking towards the main part of the city
when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Jason Marin?" came an older man's voice.
Jason turned to see an old man, most likely in his sixties, with spiked gray hair. "Yes." Jason said.
"Welcome to Fanner Town of the Cosheen Region." the man said, "I'm Professor Gary Oak, the one that sent you the invitation."
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Jason sat in an office strewn with papers and books. Many computers lined the walls, with pictures of various pokemon
and spinning DNA strands next to them illuminated the room. Jason sat in a straight-back wooden chair looking at Gary Oak
from across a large desk.
"So," Gary said, "do you have any questions before I register you in the system?"
"One." Jason answered, "Why are trainers not allowed to capture pokemon?"
"It's part of the World Championship League challenge. Trainers challenging this league's gyms will face things much stronger
and more difficult than in the other leagues, and as you and I both know, the others are no cake-walk. Anyway, the longer a
trainer has a pokemon the more connected they become. The leaders of the league want challengers to be at their best, and
a challenger can't be at their best if they are still trying to get in-sync with a pokemon."
"How is it made sure no one does capture pokemon?"
"Most of the region is monitered by rangers, and they keep on top of things."
There was a short silence as Jason tried to think of anymore questions.
"Ready to register into the system?" Gary asked.
"I guess." Jason said, as he handed him his backpack that contained the pokeballs.
Gary grabbed the bag and left the room. Jason sat in the chair quietly, dozing off to the mechanical buzz of the computers.
He had just entered a light sleep when a "ding-dong" sound went through the air. Jason opened his eyes and looked in the direction
of the sound. One of the computers now showed a new screen with an email displaying. He was close enough to read the words
without moving, and against his better judgment curiosity caused him to read the short message:
Gary,
Bad news, the virus incident was not limited to Funa Mountain. New cases are being reported in Krana Desert and Graphiti
Town. I hope you are making progress with a cure. We have to quarintine this virus to this region, if not the pokemon world population
would landslide. Most pokemon that contract this virus only have-
The door to the office opened and Gary came back in before Jason could finish reading. He quickly diverted his gaze back to
the desk as Gary sat back behind and handed Jason his bag back.
"Twenty-three pokemon," Gary said, "not a bad catch."
"That's not even half of them." Jason responed, forgetting the email for now.
"Before I forget," Gary said, "here's a case for the league badges to be kept in, and a map of the region."
He produced a small black box with a latch and a folded map from his desk and handed them to Jason who put them in his
bag.
"You are fully registered in this league. The first place you should go is Noomer Town, then through Cha-Chung Forest into Shownee
City where a gym is located."
"Thanks, professor." Jason said as he got up to leave. He opened the door and left without looking back.
Gary left the desk and examined information on the computers until the computer with the email caught his attention.
Uh-oh...did he...
Gary quickly read the message. He became worried about not only what the message said but at the fact that Jason might
have seen it. He quickly picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number.
"Hello?" came a voice on the other end.
"We might have a leak." Gary said.
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Jason looked at the map as he left the Fanner Town city limits. He looked at his watch to check the time. Let's see...If I
head north from here across the fields, and try not to be distracted I could make it to Noomer by sun-down. He looked at the map
one last time and back into his bag.
"Heeey!" a voice came from behind.
Jason turned to see a young boy running up to him.
"You're the new trainer right?" the boy panted.
"How-"
"Saw you leave Oak's place."
"Oh...what do you want?" Jason asked arching his eyebrow.
"Want to challenge the new trainer in the league!"
"Really?" Jason said taken aback by the sudden challenge.
"Yup, one-on-one...ready?" the boy said, getting to the point. He reached into his pocket and brought out a pokeball. "Alright, Houndour,
come on out!" He threw the ball into the air and the dog appeared in front of him.
Houndour, huh? Jason thought, Blastoise would make it to easy...let's go for a little challenge. Jason searched through his bag and
brought out a pokeball with a sticker of a diamond on it. He tossed the ball into the air. "Sableye!" he yelled and the tiny creature appeared.
It gave a big toothy grin and started dancing around on the ground in front of Jason.
"Let's get started!" the boy yelled, "Houndour, Take-Down!"
The dog growled and charged forward at Sableye. The little ghost clicked its teeth and jumped high into the air without being told.
"Sableye!" Jason yelled, "Shadow Ball!"
Sableye landed behind Houndour and raised its arms into the air. The space between its hands a dark purple ball formed.
"Houndour--get out of the way!" the boy yelled, "Use your Agility!"
The dog blinked and vanished from sight. Sableye threw the ball before being able to react, and sent it flying threw the air. It
sailed over the grass and Jason realized it was flying right towards him. He quickly dived to the left as the ground he was standing on
exploded. He fell to the ground as chunks of dirt fell around him. Through the dust it caused Jason looked at the spot and saw a small
crater a few feet deep.
Oooh...Jason thought, that could have hurt.
Sableye made a few clicking sounds to its trainer.
"It's alright Sableye, just another hazard of being a trainer." Jason said, getting up.
"Houndour," the boy yelled, not letting the past few seconds phase him. "Use your Fire Spin!"
The dog reappeared and started running circles around Sableye. After a few moments a cyclone of fire followed behind it. The
dog hopped away as the cyclone rose and intensefied in heat. Sableye yelped as it got hotter inside the cylone.
"Sableye, use your secret weapon1" Jason yelled, "Blizzard!"
After a few seconds a blast of ice and snow burst through the cyclone causing it to dissipate, and hit Houndour square in the
face. The dog was sent tumbling across the ground. It landed on its side a few feet away, breathing heavily.
"What!? How the--" the boy stammered.
"TM's, they can be quite handy." Jason said with a smirk.
Sableye started skipping around in glee at its direct hit.
"Houndour can you still fight?" the boy asked.
Houndour slowly got its feet and nodded its head.
"Let's try something else!" the boy yelled, "Confuse Sableye with Double Team!"
Multiple versions of Houndour immediatly appeared on the field and and surrounded Sableye.
"Sableye use Fury Swipes and attack until you get the real one!"
The creature spread its claws apart and dashed up to the Houndour in front of it. It slashed at its face only to have it disappear.
Sableye did this for two more only to have them disappear as well. There were now three left and one of them real.
"Houndour Flamethrower!"
The three dogs inhaled all at once.
"Sableye--quick use Pursuit to hit the real one!"
The creature opened its mouth and three small orbs flew out of it and hit the dog on the left. The two other dogs disappeared as
the other one shook its head in a daze.
"Do a Faint Attack, Sableye!"
The little ghost was covered in purple clouds and disappeared. Houndour darted its eyes left and right looking for the ghost. For a
moment only Houndour was on the field, until Sableye appeared right next to it. It crouched down and shot back up giving a swift upper-cut
to Houndour's stomach. The dog's eyes buldged and it collapsed on the ground, unconsious.
"Ack! Houndour!" the boy yelled running up to his dog. He kneeled down and patted the dog on his head; he produced a pokeball from his jacket pocket. A red
beam shot out and hit Houndour. The dog was surrounded in a red aura and returned to its ball. Jason walked up to the boy as Sableye
danced around him in victory.
"Hey, I never got your name. I'm Jason."
"Oh, right." the boy said getting up. "I'm Chad. Well...welcome to the Cosheen World League." He held out his hand.
"Yeah, thanks for the intro." Jason said shaking Chad's hand.
Sableye hopped onto Jason's shoulder and made some clicking sounds.
"Alright...you can stay out a while."
"Well, I need to get her to the center." Chad said indicating the pokeball.
"Alright," Jason said and turned around. "Again, thanks for the warm-up." He waved and started walking back down the road towards Noomer Town.
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After some time the grassy meadow started to sprout some rather large trees, and a river now ran parallel to the road. A school of Goldeen splashed by, swimming
down stream. A flock of Pidgey and Spearow "cawed" as the flew over-head. Jason walked down the path slowly taking it all in. Sableye hopped around on the ground
sniffing anything it found of intrest, and licking the occasional rock to see how it tasted. Jason looked at his watch to check the time.
We've been hiking for a few hours now. I wonder if Noomer is close. Jason thought.
The road angled up and started to go up a hill. Jason then realized he could hear the faint sound of car horns beeping.
"Sableye, come here." Jason said, patting his shoulder.
The creature looked back, and ran up and hopped on his shoulder. They reached the top of the hill and in the distance at the bottom they saw the small town of
Noomer.
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Later that evening as twilight set in Chad stood in a video-phone booth waiting for someone to pick up on the other end.
"Yes?" said a voice.
"I found another strong trainer." Chad answered, "He shoulder be in Noomer by now."
"Good work." the voice said. "Stay at your post and keep a watch for new trainers."
"Yes, cheif." Chad said and hung up.
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A/N-- What did you think? Was the battle to short, I think so. I'm gonna work on making battles much longer and there will not be one in each chapter. And don't worry
Jason will get friends/traveling compainions just not right away. Anyway PLEASE REVIEW!! Good, bad, love confession, or death threat. Just tell me what you think.