The Journal of Raizu Kawashima

By: Tempest01

1

I was very excited. I was getting my first pokémon! Who wouldn't be? You travel country to country, engaging in thrilling battles against other pokémon trainers, in competitions, and do whatever you want.

I left my home with only my navy jacket on and some brand new black sneakers. I had a Black T-shirt on that has a picture of a lucario on it and black shorts. Being about 5' 2'' high and just skinny enough to be called so, I let my hair go down to my shoulder blades, which is a sapphire blue color. I have on no hat, but have folded in one of my jacket pockets a black cap with a white out-lined pokéball on it's front.

Outside my house I stare around at the pitiful amount of houses in my small hometown of Pallet. I smile anyway, knowing the memories of this god-forsaken place will be with me forever.

Going across the road, I come to professor Oak's lab, which also serves as his home (despite having a house nearby, he sleeps there anyway). The building is as big as a mansion, but lacks any real decorations. The outside wall is all white, and a few rooms can be seen on its sides, while the rest protrude back behind the front. I walk up the long walk and knock on the door.

I find Oak opening it instantly. "Oh, hello professor. Were you… waiting at the door?" I ask, a little surprised.

"Why, yes I was, Raizu Kawashima. I know you've been waiting for this day for ages, and I didn't want anything going amiss. I have Tracey learning to take care of the pokémon for when I may not be around."

I nod. "Okay, so is she…"

Oak shoves a pokéball into my chest. "Still here? Yes, I have your eevee still. She misses you and would be glad to be out of my care and into yours. She wouldn't go with anyone else you know."

I nod. "I missed her too, but if I visited, this right now wouldn't be such a big deal." I toss the pokéball onto the ground and it bounces back up to my hand, letting eevee out in a wild red flash. It chants its name and jumps into my arms, rubbing its head against my chest.

I stroke its head a few times. "Ahahaha, nice to see you too. So Oak, don't I get some equipment before I go? Like some pokéballs or potions…"

"Pokéballs yes, and a pokédex, but potions you'll have to get on your own time." He hands me them and looks at my jacket pockets, then over my shoulder. I give him and inquisitive look. "You don't have a backpack of anything?"

I shake my head quickly. "No need, I have plenty of money in my wallet, and pokéballs don't take up much space. So I'm leaving now."

"No good byes to your mother or friends?" Asks Oak.

"I told them to expect to not see me today. No one in this town gets up before eight in the morning."

"Well then, so long!" Oak waves me off and I hurry off his property with Eevee beside me.

We reach the outskirts of town and I look onward. The road itself is just dirt, but even that ends abruptly. There is nothing but trees and grassland from here to the next city, which is named Viridian. I sigh. "Hey Eevee, I'll be walking a while, I'm putting you back in." I aim the small circle that rests on the equator of the ball and return eevee to it in another red flash. All right, I said I'd take a day to get to viridian, and so I shall. I start the long trek to the next city, hoping for something exciting to happen.