Disclaimer: -looks inside my wallet- nope, still don't own Pokemon.

A/N: I forgot to put it in, but I am using dupes clause, and waiting to count first in the route until I get pokeballs. I am playing a hack of heart gold called sacred gold, it's made by drayano

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Sacred Heart of Gold

Chapter 1: The New Beginning

After Lyra left the house, my mother walked up to me, handing me a black leather trench coat, and a few metal batons. "Son, I want you to know, it could be dangerous out there. The batons are for self defense. This jacket was your father's, and I want you to take it with you"

"Alright, mom. I should be fine." I say, smiling. "Besides, how dangerous can it be?"

"The fact that you are trying to dethrone Lance?" She said, spitting Lance's name like a curse. "It can be very dangerous. Watch yourself out there, son."

"I will, mom." I said, walking out the door, after donning the trench coat. I walked over to Elm's lab, thinking to myself, 'which pokemon should I pick? Totodile was a good choice, but I wonder what chikorita or cyndaquil would be like, I think I'll choose Totodile again, they are pretty tankish, while still having decent typing for a lot of the gyms I'll face.' My decision made, I walked in to Elm's lab, smiling I said, "you wanted me for an errand, Professor?"

"Yes, I want you to do some small experiments for me, you will take one of those pokemon there and-"

"'RING! RING! RING!'"

"Hold on, Shoresu," he walked over to the ringing phone, picking it up. "Hm... Uh-huh... OK..." "Shoresu, I know a person named Mr. Pokemon, who finds rare things, he says he has something, but we are so busy with our experiments-"

"I could head there if you want, Professor."

"That's great, you can use one of these pokemon to protect you on your way there."

"Ok, so I just pick one, right?"

"Yes, you may pick any of the three pokemon on the machine over there." He said gesturing towards the machine. I walked over and picked Totodile, and released it from it's pokeball.

"Hi, I'm Shoresu, what's your name?"

"My name is Tony, but can you really understand what I'm saying?"

"Sure I can, Tony. It's a rare talent, but a few trainers can understand pokemon."

"It looks like you and Tony are getting along quite well, Shoresu. I'll see you when you get back."

I walked out of the professor's lab, with Tony following me, I headed home to see my mother quickly, before leaving town with my pokegear, wondering how exactly it was supposed to be harder in this world. Professor Elm stopped me to get my pokegear number and register his in my gear as I patiently waited, looking out at the route. Elm handed me my pokegear back, and I headed out. Suddenly, a bird pokemon I've never seen before showed up and attacked.

"Starly!" it shrieked. I commanded Tony to scratch it unconscious. I breathed heavily, shocked at a completely new pokemon. 'so that must be the difficulty Arceus was talking about, new pokemon. Possibly gym leaders might be using different pokemon to fight me. I need to learn about the ones I've never seen before.' I thought, as Tony scratched the Starly.

I saw a Sentret, and I was at least a little relieved, getting back into the groove of fighting when it suddenly used Dizzy Punch. 'When in the fucking hell does Sentret learn THAT?' I healed Tony with a potion, promising myself, after that close call, to be careful. 'No kidding about it being much harder, hell, the wilds are an extreme danger right now.'

I continued down the route, being very careful not to let Tony die, and when I saw the entryway to Cherrygrove, I was ecstatic, yet cautious. The old man that had showed me around was still there, and he wanted to show me around again. 'Unlike last time, my mother gave me running shoes, so what is this guy gonna give me now?' As the tour ended, he handed me an old rod. I was immensely surprised, I thanked him for his generosity, and headed north. As I was leaving town, he ran up and gave me a map card for my pokegear again. I thanked him once more, and headed on my way.

I went north from Cherrygrove, stopping at the apricorn fan's house to get the apricorn case. I continued to see a woman with black bows in her hair in front of Mr. Pokemon's house. 'I wonder what she is doing here, she wasn't there last time, I wonder what business she has here.' I walked up to her and said, "hello, I'm Shoresu."

"Oh, hello. Mr. Pokemon said he was waiting for a young trainer to arrive..."

"Yeah, I'm here to pick up an egg."

"You said your name is Shoresu, right?"

"Yeah, I did."

"I see. I guess you are the trainer Mr. Pokemon was expecting!" She said, with a smile on her face.

"Not to be rude, but who are you?"

"My name is Cynthia. I'm a pokemon trainer who hails from Sinnoh."

"Sinnoh? I've never heard of that place."

"It's the region west of Hoenn."

"Ah. That explains why I've never heard of it, then."

She then pulled something out of my hair. "This is a Starly feather, and they are native to Sinnoh. I wonder if this has anything to do with why Mr. Pokemon was asking me about pokemon from my region..."

"Possibly, although he might just want to know if there are any rarities from Sinnoh."

"Tell me, Shoresu, have you heard of a story that tells the tale of the Legendary Trainer?"

"No, I haven't."

"I'll briefly explain. The story tells the tale of how a trainer travels the lands of Johto and Kanto, catching all the pokemon known to mankind. He captures the most basic of pokemon, and even the most mythical of pokemon, to eventually come face to face with the one pokemon call god..."

"That's very interesting, Miss Cynthia."

"The archaeology of the Johto Region appears to back the existence of the story. It's interesting, to be sure."

"Agreed, it is quite a cool story."

"Thank you for listening to me, Shoresu. You know, you remind me of a trainer I knew from Sinnoh..."

"Really?"

She nodded, "You may not know it yet, but I think you are capable of great things."

"Thank you, I'm flattered to hear you say that."

"In fact, I'd like to help you reach your maximum potential!"

"How so?"

She rummaged around in her backpack for a few minutes, before pulling out a book and a pokeball, saying, "here, let me give you a small gift."

"Thank you, Cynthia."

"That is an Eevee. The numerous evolutions it has make it a very interesting pokemon. I wonder what you'll decide to evolve it into?"

"I have no idea yet, that's something I'll have to decide later."

"Perhaps we'll cross paths again, Shoresu, but until then, farewell."

'That was a little weird.' I thought, as I entered Mr. Pokemon's house. As soon as I entered, Mr. Pokemon approached me.

"Ah! You must be Shoresu. It was I who sent an e-mail to Professor Elm earlier." He went to his closet, and brought a pokemon egg out. "This is what I want Professor Elm to examine."

"I brought a special case with me for it." I said, putting the egg in the super padded bag I brought with me for it.

"A friend of mine from Ecruteak City gave it to me. I bet you can't find this kind of egg in Johto."

'You don't know the half of it, Mr. Pokemon.'

I thought Professor Elm might be able to tell what it is. I quote, 'he's the best when it comes to pokemon evolution.' That's a quote from Professor Oak."

"Well, I'd better bring this back to the lab."

"You should have some rest first, after all, it's quite a trek from New Bark Town to here."

"I'm fine, but I wouldn't say no to my pokemon getting a heal."

"And with that..."

"Professor Oak, I apologize, I didn't notice you there."

"So, you're Shoresu! I was just visiting my friend Mr. Pokemon. I heard you were running an errand for Professor Elm, so I waited here."

"I'm surprised that you would wait for a newbie trainer like me, though."

"Oh! What's this? Two rare pokemon!"

"I got Tony from Professor Elm."

"I see. You must be helping Professor Elm's research! I think I understand why he gave you that pokemon."

"Not only that, but Tony is a friend, too."

"You will treat your pokemon with love and care, it seems."

"Of course I will! I would be neglecting my duties as a trainer if I didn't."

"You seem to be dependable. How would you like to help me out?"

"I'd love to, can it wait until I get the egg back to the lab, though?"

"Of course it can. This is the latest version of the pokedex. It automatically records data on pokemon you've seen or caught. It's a high-tech encyclopedia! I'd like you to have it." He said, handing me the pokedex. "Go meet many kinds of pokemon, and complete that pokedex. I've stayed too long. Here is my number, Shoresu, call me when you want me to rate your pokedex."

I walked outside and received a call. "Fuck!" I shouted, as history repeated itself, with someone having stole a pokemon again. I headed back quickly, knowing Silver was going to run into Cherrygrove any moment. I rushed, and ran into him, with Tony hot on my heels. "Stop right there!"

He looked directly at me. "You got a pokemon at the lab. What a waste."

"Give me the Chikorita, and no one gets hurt."

"Make me." He said, releasing chikorita.

"Tony, scratch!" I shouted, swinging a baton at Silver, which was dodged, he pulled out a stun-gun, and I could tell it was the projectile version.

"Let the pokemon fight it out, or do you not have faith in your weakling?"

"Tony, scratch! One more time!" as chikorita fainted, and he was returning it, I slammed into Silver. He ran off, before noticing his trainer card was gone. He looked at me, aiming his stun gun at Tony.

"Throw me my trainer card, or your Totodile is dead."

I glared at him, before throwing his trainer's card to him, and he left. I sighed deeply, as Tony walked up. "I'm sorry for being so useless."

"Tony, it's not your fault you have a weakness to electricity." I said, hugging him close. We walked down the route, and I released Eevee from it's pokeball, and I asked it, "Eevee, what's your name?"

"My name is Elric, I assume you are my new trainer?"

"Yeah, I'm Shoresu. Not to be mean, but how much do you want to battle?"

"Battling, I love it! Although i'm not very powerful until I evolve, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, all I expect is the best you can do."

He smiled, climbing up my body calmly, perching on my shoulder, as we headed to the lab. I entered the lab, nodding my head towards Lyra, as I walked up to Professor Elm and the police officer. He accused me of doing it, and everything played out as it did before.

I walked up to Lyra, as she waited outside town. "Lyra, you know what's going on, right?"

"I have a vague idea. The last thing I remember is Lance telling the news that your pokemon went insane and killed you, and they were slated for execution the next day."

"WHAT!? THAT PIECE OF FU-"

"SHORESU!" Lyra yells, as she slaps me. "I know you're mad, but calm down."

I took a few deep breaths before speaking, "this time will be different. I swear it."

She kissed me. "I'm so happy you're alive, Shoresu! I was hurt so bad when I heard you died."

"I don't think it'll happen twice, though. I'll have to be on my guard from here on out."

"You're going to take him down, aren't you?"

"Yeah, it's for the best, and I need to find the old champion, so I can convince him to take the title back."

"Here's some pokeballs, I'll meet you at the day care center, ok?"

"Definitely. I'll see you there." I said, heading off to Cherrygrove.

A/N: Well, here is the first chapter. Constructive criticism is fine, but if you flame, I am not going to listen at all.

Team

Tony, Totodile, Hardy, Lvl. 8

Elric, Eevee, Calm, Lvl. 6