Chapter Two: Getting their Pokemon
Clark and James look down at the red balls in Asato's arms. "What are they for?" Clark asks.
"I don't know" Asato answers, "They were just on my belt."
James looks at the center of one of the balls. "I wonder what this does" he says and presses it. The three boys look in shock as a bright light emanates from it. When the light fades, a strange looking animal replaces it. The animal looks like a cat with rabbit ears and sheep's clothing. Suddenly, the creature looks at Asato and lunges at him.
"Tsuzuki!" the animal shouts in a feminine voice.
Asato looks at the puffball for a while before he recognizes the voice. "Suzaku?"
Suzaku huffs. "Of course it's me!" she shouts, "Why wouldn't it be me! Don't you recognize me? Why are you a child, Tsuzuki? You're so cute!"
Clark and James go over to Asato. "What is that?" James says haughtily.
"Can you understand what it said, Asato?" Clark asks quickly.
"What's wrong with those two boys?" shouts Suzaku, "How dare they refer to me as a 'that' or an 'it'?"
Before Asato could answer any of these questions, a gray-haired man comes running towards the place they were. "Hey!" the man shouts, "You shouldn't be here without…" Then, he looks down at Suzaku.
"Wow" says the man, "What a well-trained Flareon."
"Flareon?" the boys ask simultaneously.
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"So let me get this straight" says James as the three boys sit inside Professor Oak's laboratory, "The animal that Asato has is a Pokemon."
"And people use Pokemon for everything," adds Clark, "From battling them to getting badges to breeding them."
"That's exactly correct" says Professor Oak. Then, he looks at Asato, "I must say" comments Oak, "Your Flareon is beautiful. You must have raised her extremely well."
Asato, who was eating a rice ball while playing with Suzaku's new tail, looks up. "Oh," says Asato, "She's not my Flareon."
Suzaku, who is admiring her new form, looks up, hurt. "Tsuzuki!" she shouts.
"What I mean is…" stutters Asato, "She's my father. I inherited her when my father passed away. I thought the…Poke balls were just keepsakes. Boy was I surprised when Suzaku popped out."
"How do you know the Flareon's name if this is the first time you've seen her?" interrogates James.
Asato laughs, embarrassed that the short boy put him on the spot. "She just looks like a Suzaku" he answers, "When I called her that, she seemed to like it, so I just call her that."
"Did you check out any of the other Pokemon your father gave you?" asks Professor Oak.
"My father gave me more Pokemon" Asato asks, surprised.
"Yes" says Oak, "All four of the Poke balls are full."
"Can you open them and show us what the Pokemon are?" asks Clark.
"Of course" answers Oak as he watches the three boys look in anticipation.
When he opens the balls, four strange animals came out. There was blue half fish and half cat, a lavender cat with two tails, a black dog with rabbit ears and golden rings around its legs, and a spiky yellow dog. "Wow" says Oak, "You have all of the Eevee evolutions."
"Eevee evolutions?" asks Clark.
Professor Oak explains to them the ways of Pokemon evolution. He also explains the fact that Eevee is special because it is the only Pokemon with five evolutions.
All of a sudden, the one that Professor Oak called "Jolteon" jumps into Asato's arms. "Tsuzuki!" shouts the animal, "What happened to you? What happened to me?"
"Byaako" Tsuzuki says absentminded.
"Let me guess" says James warily, "he looks like a Byaako."
James yelps. He looks down and sees a spiked head in his leg. The Jolteon looks up and growls at the boy. "Stupid animal!" shouts James. He prepares to kick the animal, but the Professor stops him.
"Don't kick Jolteon" says Professor Oak, "Pokemon are very protective of their masters."
Meanwhile, Asato and Clark are looking at the other three Pokemon. "Can you guess the names of the other Pokemon?" asks Clark.
"Oh yeah" says Asato, "The Vaporeon is named Genbu, the Espeon is named Soryuu, and the Umbreon is Touda."
"Wow" says Genbu, "I like my new body."
"Tsuzuki, what happened to us?" asks Soryuu tiredly.
"I don't know" whines Tsuzuki, "It's not my fault we're here."
"You can understand them?" asks Clark surprisingly.
"Yeah" answers Asato, "Can't you?"
"No" says Clark.
Professor Oak comes up with James trudging behind him. "Why are you boys here in Pallet Town anyway?"
"We're sorta lost" replies Clark, "We were traveling together when we ended up here."
"You should never travel without Pokemon" says Professor Oak, "Luckily, I have three Pokemon you three can have. Asato, it will be great for you to raise a Pokemon of your own."
"If you say so" says Asato through the shock looks of the rest of the Pokemon.
"Tsuzuki!" shouts Byaako and Suzaku before Asato calls all of them back into their balls.
Professor Oak gives the first poke ball to Clark. "Open it" commands Oak.
Clark complies. A cute, red salamander with a flaming tail comes out. "Congratulations!" applauds Oak, "You have a Charmander!"
"He looks really sweet!" exclaims Clark.
"You're next" James hears.
"No way" answers James, "I don't need any Pokemon."
"Just take a ball" huffs Oak.
James groans as he grabs the ball and opens it. A small stegosaurus with a bulb on its back pops out. Professor Oak laughs. "You got a Bulbasaur" chuckles Oak.
"What's so funny?" sneers James.
"You two will be perfect for each other" snickers Oak, and then to Asato, "I know what you have."
Asato opens his poke ball. A brown half rabbit, half dog with a tuff around the neck comes out. "This is an Eevee," states Oak, "This is what all of your father's were before they evolved."
"She's so cute" exclaims Asato.
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Clark, James, and Asato stand outside of the poke lab. Professor Oak gives Clark a map. "This is a map of the entire Kanto region. The closest city to Pallet town is Viridian city. You should arrive there in a couple of hours. You might be able to figure out what to do then. Oh, and one more thing; I gave the Squirtle to a girl named Faye. You might meet up with her on the road."
"Thank you very much, Professor!" say Asato and Clark in unison. James grunts as Oak walks back into the lab.
"Well" says Clark, "The only way home is forward."
Asato and James nod as the three walk away from Pallet Town towards Viridian City.
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