Authors Note: Okay, after the long wait, here finally is chapter 1. I was inspired partially in this chapter while I was riding the shuttle bus to my college. I had been having a hard time deciding what I wanted to happen and it finally hit me today.
Chapter 1 Old Friends and New
Kassie shook her head, somewhat dizzy from the aftereffects of the fall and of having come through the wormhole. She looked around before realizing that she was sitting on something soft, and wasn't what she wanted to be sitting on. Kassie hurriedly got up, turned, and realized that she had been sitting on a person. Kassie turned the person onto their back, as in the course of the fall, they had fallen and were facing down. That was then she realized it was Baralai. It had been three years, but he hadn't changed that much, that which Kassie could tell. She was glad to have found her friend again. Kassie gently shook his shoulder, hoping that she could awaken him, and also hoped that she had not hurt him. Baralai soon awoke, disorientated, and confused as to what was going on. He looked to Kassie, and as he didn't remember her that well, asked, "Who are you?"
Kassie smiled, and replied, "Kassie, remember, we used to hang out when we were younger."
Baralai hesitated for a moment, the memories rushing back at full force. He then remembered, smiling at his old friend, and hugged her deeply. Baralai then replied to her, "I thought I'd never see you again, you just vanished from the face of Spira"
Kassie said, "I was taken to another world, and have been there." She then explained to him about the pokemon world, and the creatures there. Kassie then remembered the small pokemon she had captured months ago, with him in mind. She had it in her party, as she usually kept 5 pokemon on her, and left the last space open for new pokemon. Kassie pulled out the pokeball and handed it to Baralai.
"This is for you." said Kassie. Baralai took the pokeball, interested as to what could be inside, when suddenly there was a knock at the door.
Gippal peeked his head in, interested as to what was going on. He had been walking up the stairs to Baralai's office when he heard the loud crash, and had rushed up the rest of the way. Gippal looked at the position that Baralai and Kassie were in and smirked, sure of himself that he knew what was going on. He commented to Baralai, "So, finally got yourself a girlfriend I see." Baralai blushed, though one couldn't tell with his dark complexion.
"Gippal, I wasn't expecting you to be here, this is Kassie, I think I told you about her back in the Crimson Squad."
Gippal waved his hand and said, "Yeah, yeah, sure, I'll take your word on it for now." He then noticed the pokeball in Baralai's hand.
"So, what's that ball thing in your hand?"
Baralai looked at his hand, realizing what Gippal meant and said, "It's a pokeball, Kassie gave it to me." He then opened it up, eager to see what Kassie's gift to him was.
A small bulbasaur emerged from the pokeball. It looked around confused, as it was normally used to being out in grassy fields, and not offices. Baralai looked in awe of the small creature, and slowly got up and went to it. He picked it up gently, not wanting to damage the bulb on its back, and examined it. He then turned to Kassie, and asked what it was called. Kassie replied that it was a bulbasaur, and that he could give it a personal name if he wanted to. Baralai sat at his desk, letting bulbasaur sit on the top of the desk, and thought about a name. Gippal, having very little patience, asked, "So, what are you going to call it?"
Baralai responded, "I think I'll call it Yukon, after the high summoner." Gippal stared for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"Yukon, you want to name it Yukon, you might as well name it Yevon. You can come up with a better name then that 'Lai," said Gippal.
Baralai looked to Gippal and asked, "So what would you call it then?" Gippal stopped laughing and pondered.
"Well, it looks like a plant, acts like an animal, Hmm, How about hmm." Gippal stopped.
Kassie looked to them and said, "Before you two go pondering names, I should point out that this bulbasaur is a girl."
Gippal looked at the bulbasaur, and said, "A girl huh, Well, then I've got the perfect name for it, Leafstorm."
Baralai looked at Bulbasaur, then to Gippal, glanced at Kassie and then back to the Bulbasaur and said, "Well, It would be better then Yukon, at least no one can say it's not original."
Baralai then looked to the bulbasaur and said, "It's settled then, your name is Leafstorm."