She was a little short, but then again he was 6 feet tall, and wore a dark blue ribbon upon her head. Kaito immediately noticed Yoriko tailing behind him, but didn't bother trying or lose her or slow down either.
"Why are you in such a hurry!" She yelled out to him.
He looked back and smirked. "Why are you so slow?" She pouted as they both soon reached what seemed to be a laboratory. Kaito opened the door and went in. "Professor Arbor, you in here?" An older man with long, wild orange hair and a handle bar mustache popped up from behind a desk.
"Oh! Kaito you finally reached Obliqua eh? And I see you met Yoriko?" Kaito looked with a bit of confusion. "You know her?" he replied.
"I'm his assistant hmph!" She folded her arms and pouted more. "Professor, you have an appointment with him?"
"Yes, you see, Kaito is here to help me with Field Work, his cousin, whom my students and colleagues, are also upcoming Pokemon Professors. During fall and winter, Obliqua usually contains pokemon originating from the Johto and Hoenn Regions, but in spring and summer, pokemon from Kanto, Sinnoh and Unova migrate here."
"My cousins need data regarding pokemon from Unova, but since Unova is farther away, they sent me here." Kaito then pulled up a chair to the professor's desk and sat down.
Professor Arbor smirked. "So… how are Thane, Toshiya, and Kenkichi?" As Kaito jumped, Yoriko looked as if she was pondering something. "Thane, Toshiya, and Kenkichi…those names sound so familiar…" she said aloud.
"Um, no they don't! My cousins are just upcoming professors, maybe you heard about them in a magazine or something!" Kaito started to sweat and look around.
Professor Arbor began to burst into laughter and started to pull out a case. "I see I see, so it's my understanding that this also your first pokemon journey, so you also need a starter pokemon."
"Well, not exactly Thane already gave this Palpitoad, Vibra. We have been raising her since it was little."
"Don't be so modest Kaito, consider it a gift, you're also helping me out as well, we all need you to collect data on Unova Pokemon right?" He opened the case revealing three pokemon; Snivy, Tepig, and an Oshawatt.
"Well, I guess so, thank you very much! So I just pick one right?" The professor nodded as he skimmed through the three and slowly picked up the Snivy. The professor gasped and started to sweat. Kaito looked in confusion. "Is something wrong professor?"
Professor cleared his throat. "Ahem! Uhm, no, it's just…Snivy are very calm and intelligent creatures but…"
"They say Snivy leave the trainer if it deems it unworthy, but it's just a myth…" Yoriko exclaimed.
"Hahaha…ha, that's right! It's just a myth!" as the professor continued to laugh awkwardly and sweat, Kaito and Yoriko began to feel uncomfortable.
Kaito then looked at Snivy "Well, anyway, you wouldn't do that to me right, uhm…Monty?" Kaito looked at the pokemon with glee as Snivy looked back with a dull expression as suddenly released itself from its pokeball. Sniny then vine whipped Kaito across the face and easily jumped out the window. Everyone in the room motionlessly stood and looked at the window with a shocked expression. "Monty!" Kaito cried out as ran outside and quickly followed. "W-wait, be Careful Kaito!" Yoriko followed him into the dark forest where they saw Snivy run into. Professor Arbor sighed as he wiped the sweat from his head with a nearby towel and picked up the phone to dial a number. "Yes? Hello? I would like to order a Snivy…Yes, yes…another one…"
Upon catching up and cornering Snivy, Kaito slowly approached it with its Pokeball. "That's right… be a good boy and get back inside your pokeball…" Kaito then dived at Snivy and fell into the dirt as it gracefully hopped on its head and jumped off. As Kaito laid flat on his face, he began to hear rumbling as he and Snivy looked up to see a rampaging Rhydon coming down a mountain. Yoriko arrived and stepped back upon watching the Rhydon come at them. "Uhm, guys, we should leave like, NOW!"
Kaito stood up, clinched his fists and looked dead at the Rhydon. "Kaito! What are you doing?"
"Monty…will you fight with me?" He said as looked at Snivy. Monty began to sweat and slowly back away, watching the Rhydon coming close and closer. "If you can't stand by my side in battle, then maybe it's YOU who doesn't deserve ME…" After a long period of silence, he noticed the Rhydon had enter the woods and then reached for his Palpitoad, when Snivy then slowly walked slowly in front of him. Kaito smiled as Snivy looked away from.
"You guys are crazy!" Yoriko fled from the forest screaming.
"Good… No one else is here… Monty, will you listen to my commands without question?" Snivy nodded in response. "Good, Vine whip on all the tree branches!" Snivy then continuesly whipped on the tree branches as leaves began to fall off. Rhydon got closer and closer as Sniny began to panic, however Kaito remained unmoved. Suddenly streams of light beamed down on Snivy as the leaves danced in the wind. Rhydon then finally arrived and began to pounce upon them. Kaito then looked Rhydon dead in the eyes. "Snivy…Leaf Tornado…"
As Yoriko reached the lab out of breathe, trying to tell the professor the terrible news, several loud, large breezes of wind was heard gushing from the forest, scattering dozens of the leaves about as Kaito was seen limping out of the forest with Monty atop his head.
"Kaito..! You're ok?" Yoriko said looking in awe.
"Yea, just barely… that Rhydon was way too strong, you were right…" Yoriko looked down with guilt. "No… I'm so sorry I left you behind! I was…just scared…" Kaito ruffled her hair. "It's alright, I forgive you. We're all still here right?" She smiled. "Yea…we are…wait…Snivy actually came back to you?"
"Yep, I guess seeing me all brave he took a liking to me!" Kaito and smiled and let loose a loud laugh as Snivy turned away at the both of them. However, Professor Arbor stared blankly at Kaito and Snivy, slowly stroking his beard."Professor?" Yoriko exclaimed upon seeing the professor's behavior.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing…I'm glad you're all safe none the less. Anyway I here Yoriko, it'd be unfair to give Kaito a pokemon and not you." Professor Arbor placed the pokeball containing Oshawatt in her hands. "Thanks professor! It's adorable!" She proudly danced around the lab with glee. "Yoriko, I would also like you to do some field work on General Migration Patterns, rather than Kaito's Unova Pokemon research. Both contributions would be much appreciated!" Out of his lab coat he gave Kaito a pokedex. "Toshiya said you left THAT back home, I just received it in the mail." Kaito then laughed and smiled a bit. "Hehe…Whoops?"
"No problem professor! I'll do my best with this research assignment" She then gave him a well postured salute. Kaito returned Monty to his pokeball and already began walking off. "Well I'm off Professor; I have a lot of work to do in a few short months, so long!" He ran off into the sunset while waving goodbye.
"Darn it, he left me AGAIN! Kaito, waaaiiiittt for me!" The professor laughed as he ran after her. Once they left, the professor began stroking his beard and thinking to himself. "He said he barely escaped… but aside from a little dirt and leaves all over him, there were no tears, no scratches, no bruises anywhere and his Snivy was perfectly fine…. So they did train him…"
Back in the forest, the men in black clothing before slowly approached what appeared to be a pile of leaves, but upon further inspection was an unconscious Rhydon completely tattered in scrathes. The Tall man completely covered in black clothing walked upon them as he quietly uttered "…Status Report." They all turned around and saluted him. "Commander Shaga, sir! The Shadow Rhydon we attempted to use to scare off forest civilians was attacked!" One of them said.
Another interrupted them. "Sir, if I may! I saw the whole thing! A boy sir! He used his Snivy to whip the tree's and then took out the Rhydon with one attack!"
Shaga then carefully inspected the area and its tree branches. I see… he used Vine whip to take some leaves off the trees in order for his Snivy to gain extra power from the Sun, then used the extra leaves to increase the power of one his grass-typed moves. Judging from this Rhydon's condition, either Leaf Tornado or even Leaf Storm… If a mere boy did this, he's no amateur…" Shaga took a small pause of silence then flipped his cape and proceeded into the forest.
~To be Continued…