Chapter 1: A Rising Master

Greetings, and hello. The Dark Dragon Emperor here with a new story for you to read. This time I am making a Pokémon story, and I believe that it's going to be a great one. But, that is just my opinion on how this will turn out. The real opinions that matter, are yours, the readers.

I believe that I have rambled long enough. Now then, follow me into a new world where you shall follow the journey of a new champion.

Just step through this doorway and let me guide you into the world of Pokémon.

Disclaimer: I only own the main protagonist.

(Unova)

The Unova region, a land filled with mystery and legends. A place where people and Pokémon lived in unity and equality. The region is a place that is surrounded by legends of how it came to be.

There were two brothers who used a dragon to end the warring times in the region, however, they had different beliefs. The older brother believed that be living by the truth could lead the world to a better place. The younger one beleived that by living by ideals, could humans create a better world.

Their different beliefs caused the mighty dragon to split into two beings, Reshiram, the White Dragon of Truth, and Zekrom, the Black Dragon of Ideals. The two dragons clashed, destroying most of Unova with their powers over fire and lightning. In the end, they both fell at each others power and disappeared, leaving the two brothers to rebuild the ruined land.

However, unknown to most people, the empty husk of the two dragons original form rose and went to find its own path in live. However, it became hostile towards humans and Pokémon alike, causing it to seclude itself in a deep cave. It rests there, waiting for the day when someone will fill the emptiness in its heart...

Many other legends surround Unova, but I would bore you by reciting them all. Now we will join a young man who has a unique ability to talk to Pokémon as he embarks on a journey to become the best Pokémon Master the world has ever known...

(Castelia City)

Castelia City, the only place in Unova where people can find a boat going wherever they want. The city is large and bustling with activity, whether it be people going to work, seeing the sights, or even trainers challenging the local gym. However, our story won't begin at any of those places. We will begin at the Pokémon Center, where our hero is relaxing from a long day of travelling.

Inside the building, at an area where trainers can relax without a care, we find a room that has two bunk beds, a dresser, a bathroom, and a closet. There was a large lump on the bottom of one of the beds. From the bed above it came a black and red blur that started to jump on the bed.

"Come on! It's time to wake up!" the Pokémon said as it started to poke the top of the lump. Suddenly, an arm reached out of the lump and grabbed the Pokémon, and then proceeded to squeeze the life out of it, all while snoring.

"Gak! Let...go! It was okay to snuggle when you were small, but now you're going to squeeze me to death!" the Pokémon cried. "You leave me no choice!" the Pokémon then used Bite on the hand, envoking a cry of pain from the lump as it shot up, throwing the Pokémon onto the other bed. The lump banged its head against the bed above it before falling back onto its bed.

"Zoruaaaaaaaa, why are you so mean?" the lump whined in a male voice.

The Pokémon, now identified as Zorua, said, "Because you were going to waste the whole day away by sleeping! And that goes against Rule #1: Never waste a day to explore!"

The lump sighed before saying, "Alright alright, just go and wake the others while I get ready." The Zoura nodded and the lump moved to the bathroom, the covers still over its body.

The Zorua jumped onto the top bunk to see a black weasel with a large, red left ear and three red tails sleeping against the wall with a white cub in its lap and a gray ghost with a skull sleeping next to them.

"Psst...! Slicer, wake up," the Zorua whispered. The weasel stirred before it groggily opened its eyes to see the Zorua slowly nudging its foot.

"Ughh...what time is it?" Slicer asked.

"It's 9:23, time to get up!," the Zorua said.

Slicer rubbed its head and said, "I thought we all agreed to sleep in today after that horrible experience in the forest."

"It wasn't that bad."

"Did you have to pull numerous Poison Sting needles out of your butt?"

"No but-"

"Were the wild Pidove trying to use you as a bathroom?"

"Well no, but we-"

"Were you wacked in the face multiple times by a Timburr?"

"Actually yes, I was, but that doesn't-"

"Did you-"

"I get it!" the Zorua shouted, surprisingly not waking up the other two. "I understand that yesterday was rough, but today's a new day so it'll be better."

Slicer sighed and said, "You're right, sorry, I'm just frustrated from all that wandering around. Now go, I'll wake these two." the Zorua nodded and hopped off the bed while Slicer gently nudged the cub in his arms. "Come on Icicle, time to wake up." the cub in his lap stirred before it stretched and yawned, It then looked up at Slicer with tired sleepy eyes.

"Good morning Papa," Icicle said in a feminine as she hugged Slicer. The weasel just chuckled as he returned the affection. He then picked Icicle up and placed her on a pillow before turning to the ghost next to him.

"Oi, wake up Guardian," Slicer said as he coated his hand in a Shadow Claw and shook the ghost. The Pokémon moaned before a pink orb flickered on inside the skull, signalling that it was awake.

"Is it time to get up?" Guardian asked in a male voice.

"Yes, now let's get down to the floor so we can stretch our stiff joints," Slicer said as he put Icicle on his back and climbed down.

"Speak for yourself," Guardian grumbled as he floated down with his hands behind his back. Slicer just chuckled and reached the bottom and stretched his legs.

"Rule #2: Always start the day with a loose body," the Zorua said as he stretched his legs.

"Well, looks like we're all ready," a male voice said as the Pokémon turned to see a figure emerge from the bathroom, throwing the sheets back onto the bed. He was a tall, about 5'10", white teen with blonde hair that was spiky on the front and slicked in the back, he also had bright blue eyes. He wore a red T-shirt that had black flames on the bottom of the shirt and the ends of the sleeves. He had a grey undergarment underneath that covered the rest of his arms. He wore black jeans with a belt that had a Pokeball design on the buckle. He had gray sneakers on his feet and black and red fingerless gloves on his hands. Resting on his head were yellow goggles.

"I trust that we all had a good sleep," the teen said as he bent down to tighten his sneakers.

"I was finally able to relax after yesterday's horrible events," Slicer said as he rubbed his butt.

"Is Papa okay?" Icicle asked, small tears forming in her eyes as she saw Slicer rubbing where he got stung.

"Don't worry Icicle, he'll be fine," the teen said as he softly rubbed her head. "He'll complain about it for a week, but he'll be fine." Slicer gave him a look before rolling his eyes and resting against the wall.

"Now then, time for roll call," the teen said as all four Pokémon lined up, causing him to smile. "Guardian the Duskull?"

"Present and accounted for," Guardian said as he took a bow.

"Icicle the Cubchoo?"

"Here," she said as she raised her hand.

"Slicer the Sneasel?"

"You called?" Slicer said as he grinned.

"Masquerade the Zorua?"

"Right here!" Masquerade shouted as he jumped up and down.

"And Blake Lunar, future Pokémon Master, present and waiting for his next challenge," Blake said as he slid his purple backpack on his back and knelt down so Masquerade could climb onto his right shoulder and Icicle could climb onto his left. All four of them then left the room and walked down to the main lobby of the Pokémon Center.

"Thank you for the room, it was very comfortable," Blake told the Nurse Joy at the desk as he took out some money to pay for the night.

"It's not a problem, but are you sure you want to leave without putting your Pokémon in your Pokeballs?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Why would I? Then I wouldn't be able to spend a lot of time with them," Blake said, "After all, some of them won't stay small forever." Blake finished as he rubbed Icicle on the head.

"Okay, I was just concerned for them, there have been an increase in missing Pokémon reports lately. I just don't want you to suffer something similar," Nurse Joy said.

"Thanks for the concern, but we'll be fine," Blake said as he turned to walk out.

"Missing Pokémon? Are we going to go missing too?" Icicle asked, shaking at the thought.

"Of course not, we're going to be just fine," Guardian said as he floated next to her. He then tried to pat her on the head, only for his hand to pass through her. "What is this? I can't touch you?! Oh no! You've become a ghost!" Guardian playfully wailed as Icicle giggled.

"Uncle G, YOU'RE the ghost," Icicle said through giggles.

"Oh right," Guardian said.

Blake chuckled and said, "Well, it's good to know that we're all getting along just fine. Now then, who wants breakfast?" He was met with positive cheers and led everyone to a café. Blake had gotten an egg and cheese sandwich while the Pokémon were given Pokémon Food.

"So what do you guys want to do today?" Blake asked his Pokémon as he laid out a map on the table.

"I say we go and look at the Pokémon Emporium, I want to see if there's a new figure I could get for my collection," Guardian said.

"Oh, I like that idea," Masquerade said.

"Okay, Pokémon Emporium it is," Blake said as he folded up the map and put it back in his bag.

"Hey, loser," a voice called out. Blake could tell that the voice was directed at him, but ignored it and took another bite of his sandwich.

"Oi, blondie," Blake still didn't turn around and just drank him morning milk while sending a silent message to his Pokémon with his eyes while they slowly nodded.

"Hey! Listen when we're talking to you!" His shoulder was grabbed and Blake was forced to turn around to see three large guys looking at him smugly.

"Is there something I can help you with?" Blake said in a cold voice as his earlier personality made a 180 degree turn.

"Yeah, we want you to hand over that Sneasel," one of them said.

"And why would I do that?" Blake asked as he took another sip of his milk.

"Because you don't want to get messed up, so hand over the Sneasel now," the second one said.

Blake stood up and looked the three men in the eye with his cold blue eyes and said, "How about you three go away before you get hurt."

The three thugs laughed and said, "Yeah, like you could hurt us."

"Whatever, come on guys, we're leaving," Blake said to his Pokémon who abandoned the table and joined him at his side as he left the café.

"Man, why is it that wherever we go there's someone wanting to cause problems with us?" Masquerade asked as he relaxed into Blake's shoulder.

"The locals think that they are better than tourists, so they try to show them who's the boss when the tourists step into their territory," Blake said as he walked down the street towards a busy street.

"I smelt something...peculiar about them," Slicer said.

"What kind of peculiar?" Blake asked.

"Well, they smelt like multiple Pokémon, but I saw that they only had one Pokeball each, so it's confusing," Slicer said as he put his claw to his chin.

"Maybe they're the cause of all the disappearances," Guardian suggested.

"Does that mean they are going to try and get Papa?" Icicle asked, shaking at the thought.

"Of course not," Blake said as he went and picked up a newspaper. "Think you'll be able to figure out what Pokémon you smelt?" Slicer nodded. "Good, now let's look through the reports and see what we find."

So for an hour, Blake and his Pokémon looked through the newspaper and matched the scents the Slicer sniffed to some of the missing Pokémon.

"So what do we do with this information?" Blake asked as he stretched his arms.

"I say we wait for those guys to come after us again, and then we beat them up and force them to tell us where they are keeping all the Pokémon, and then we go and storm the place and free all the captives!" Masquerade said.

"Or we could just take them to the authorities and tell them about it," Guardian said.

"I'm inclined to go with Guardian's idea now," Blake said.

"But then we won't get any fame or fortune!" Masquerade protested.

"But then we would be in greater danger," Blake said. "After all, you wouldn't want to put Icicle in danger would you?" he then whispered to the Cubchoo, "Do the eyes." Masquerade then looked at Icicle and watched as she used the puppy-dog eyes to break his will. The Zorua was able to hold his will for a while, but eventually broke against the dangerous eyes, especially when Icicle started to quiver her lip.

"Okay okay! Just stop with the eyes..." Masquerade said as he laid down on the floor in defeat.

Blake just chuckled and picked up the Zorua and placed him on his shoulder. "Come on, let's go find a place to train." They then left and went towards the park, where several battle fields were built for Pokémon Trainers needs.

"Hey loser," Blake groaned as he recognized the voice as one of the thugs from the café. He turned around to see the three of them standing behind him.

"Didn't I tell you to get lost?" Blake asked as his personality did another 180.

"Just give us your Sneasel and you can be on your merry way," the leader said.

Blake sighed and asked, "How many times do I have to tell you no before it reaches your tiny brains?"

"Hey!" one of the thugs shouted as he took a step forward, only to be blocked by the leader.

"Let's settle this with a Pokémon battle," the leader said as he took out his Pokeball. Blake was about to say something when Slicer tugged on his pant leg

"Let me battle, I can smell what Pokémon is in there and it'll be easy to beat," Slicer said as he glared at the leader.

"Very well, we'll battle," Blake said as he stepped onto one side of the court. The leader stepped onto the other side and gripped his Pokeball.

(Opening Music-Twister Original version-The World Ends With You)

The two Trainers stood on opposite sides of the field and sized each other up. Blake tightened the straps on his gloves without avoiding the leaders gaze.

"Go Cacnea!" the leader shouted as he unleashed a small cactus that had a yellow crown on its head.

"Let's go Slicer!" Blake yelled as the Sneasel got into position, his arms at his side and his claws ready.

"Go Papa!" Icicle cheered as she and the other two were at Blakes side.

"Use Pin Missile!" the leader ordered.

"Bombs away!" Cacnea cried as his arms glowed and countless needles shot towards Slicer.

"Dodge with Quick Attack!" Blake ordered.

"Great...more needles," Slicer complained as he darted to the side and towards Cacnea before kneeing him in the face.

Brain wave, main wave,
Psycho got a high kick.
Collect and select,
Show me your best set.

"You'll pay for that!" Cacnea yelled as he tried to punch Slicer, only for the Sneasel to duck and elbow him in the gut.

"Less talking, more fighting!" Slicer said as he readied his claws.

Crystals, blisters,
It's all over now.
Psycho cane,
You're so keen,
I need more candy canes.

"Use Low Kick!" the leader shouted.

"Dodge and counter with Fury Swipes!" Blake cried as he watched Slicer dodge the kicks and take multiple swipes at Cacnea, adding up the damage.

Cold cake, cold break,
Freak got a high kick.
Mr. Twister,
Moist with roistering.

"Is that all?" Slicer asked as he looked at Cacnea, who was standing across from him.

"I'm not done with you yet," Cacnea announced as he crouched down low and glared at Slicer.

Stick it up
Take it up,
Step aside and see the world.
Effect has defects.
Take a bow to the moon. (Bow-wow to the moon.)

"Cacnea, use Grass Knot!" the leader called out. The Pokémon then stomped one foot on the ground and watched as several vines shot out of the ground and raced towards Slicer.

"Quick, counter it with Icy Wind!" Blake shouted. Slicer took a deep breath before he blew out a freezing wind that froze the Grass Knot and shattered it.

"Let's keep it up!" Slicer said as he raced towards Cacnea and punched him in the face.

Brain wave, main wave,
Psycho got a high kick.
Collect and select,
Show me your best set.

"You're not going to win!" Cacnea said as he began to spin like a top and spun towards Slicer. The Sneasel just jumped over Cacnea when he spun towards him and used Icy Breath against him, causing major damage.

Crystals, blisters,
It's all over now.
Psycho cane,
You're so keen,
I need more candy canes.

"Slicer! Use Faint Attack!" Blake ordered as Slicer just cloaked his body in dark energy and charged at Cacnea. He struck the Pokémon and

"Are you sure you don't want to give up?" Slicer asked as he crossed his arms.

Cold cake, cold break,
Freak got a high kick.
Mr. Twister,
Moist with roistering.

"Cacnea, get up now and use Poison Sting!" the leader yelled, causing the Pokémon to flinch. Cacnea then fired several purple needles at Slicer, who proceeded to dodge the attack.

"I've had enough Poison Stings for a while," Slicer said as he ran around the field to dodge the relentless barrage. Slicer then jumped over Cacnea and watched as he tried to hit him in the air. The Poison Stings then fell to the ground and impacted Cacnea on the head, causing major damage.

Stick it up
Take it up,
Step aside and see the world.
Effect has defects.
Take a bow to the moon. (Bow-wow to the moon.)

"Alright Slicer!" Blake cheered.

"Go Papa!" Icicle cheered as she stood with Masquerade and Guardian.

"Show that plant what you're made of!" The other two cheered.

Morning rays, Hairspray Queens,
Get on their way to their nests, the west.
Honest, they once had a dream,
Belles of society, in the shells of their unity.
Cornet 'n spinet,
The sound flows, follows till they're home.
Dragged by the power of dreams,
That power is yet unknown.

"Get up now Cacnea! And use Low Kick again!" the leader roared.

"Get ready Slicer, we're going to win this," Blake said as he watched Cacnea run towards his Pokémon.

Morning rays, hairspray Queens,
Get on their way to their nests, the west.
Honest, they once had a dream,
Belles of society, in the shells of their unity.
Cornet 'n spinet,
The sound flows, follows till they're home.
Dragged by the power of dreams,
That power is yet unknown.

"You're finished!" Cacnea cried as he put all his might into his next kick.

"Dodge and use Slash!" Blake shouted. Slicer jumped into the air and dodged the attack. He fell to the ground and tore apart Cacnea's back.

Slicer jumped back and watched as Cacnea struggled to get back up. "You should just stay down, it'll benefit you," Slicer said as he crossed his arms.

"Don't think that you know what's better for me," Cacnea said as he got onto one foot.

"He's finished," Blake said as he observed his opponents Pokémon. Slicer nodded and backed up. Cacnea was able to get to his feet before he suddenly slumped to the floor, unconscious.

(End Opening Theme)

"Now get out of here," Blake said as he watched the thugs growl in defeat. The leader returned his Cacnea and hightailed it out of there, his two cronies following him.

Masquerade then ran to the middle of the field and shouted, "Yeah you better run! Cowards!" He then noticed something on the floor in front of him.

"Well done," Blake said as he congratulated Slicer.

"You were great Papa!" Icicle cried as she hugged Slicer. The Sneasel just chuckled and hugged her back.

Blake then looked to his side and saw Masquerade with something in his mouth. "Whatcha got there?" Blake asked as he took the item out of the Zorua's mouth. It was a black and white crest with a blue 'P' over a 'Z'.

"I found this over by where those thugs were, any idea what it is?" Masquerade asked as he sat on the ground.

"No, but I bet that the authorities might, we should take this to them," Blake said as he examined the crest some more. "Come on, let's go," Blake said as Masquerade and Icicle took their places on his shoulders. Slicer and Guardian at his side, Blake then set off for the police station.

"But what about the Emporium?" Guardian asked, bummed that he couldn't browse the merchandise.

"We'll go there after we drop off the info, I promise," Blake said as he looked at his sole Ghost Pokémon. Guardian was content with that answer and continued following Blake towards the Police Station.

And cut! That's a wrap folks, a job well done if I say so myself, which I do. My first Pokémon story, how wonderful. This is the third universe that I planned on writing. The first is obviously Kingdom Hearts, but the second one is a secret. Something that I WILL start writing when I finish my Kingdom Hearts story.

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