"Hey, are you okay?" Will asked to the squirming Jared, lying on the floor.
"Ugh...what do you care. You're into that sociopath," Jared barely responded.
"Hah, that's hilarious. Now get up," Will said.
"I'm sorry weren't you creepily trying to seduce her just now?" Jared questioned as he stood up.
"Yeah but that was all an act, I just wanted to help you get rid of her," Will answered.
"Huh? What do you mean, why do you care?" Jared questioned.
"See the thing is, while that chick is kinda cool, she was also being kind of a jerk to you. I was watching your battle against her, and all you were doing was trying to be friendly while she was brushing you off. So I gave her what she deserved, heh," Will remarked.
"Oh cool, so what starter did you get?" Jared asked.
"Hey who says I got a starter? There's more to Sandgem than just starters. It's a beautiful lovely town with so much to see," Will with a serious expression. However, he then beamed a huge smile, "nah just messing with ya, I got a Chimchar."
"Ugh Chimchar is a terrible Pokémon, you have no taste," Jared stated.
"Hey you take that back! Chimchar is awesome!" Will yelled.
"Nah. However, it's funny how I end up getting a Turtwig, Mug gets a Piplup, while you get a Chimchar," Jared said as he pet Turtwig on the head. Turtwig just kept the same blank expression.
"Yeah it's if some external force influenced that on purpose," Will remarked, "so where are you headed anyway?"
"Well I'm kind of planning to be a Pokémon Co-ordinator, so I want to go to Jubilife City in order to register and participate in the upcoming contest there," Jared explained.
"Oh cool. We can travel there together since it's also where I have to register for the Pokémon League. I'm a trainer you see," Will stated.
"Alright. It should take us awhile though, there's quite some distance between Sandgem and Jubilife and many wild Pokémon and trainers we're going to encounter. I'm sure we'll spend quite some time during this distance getting into many predicaments and learning many new things along the way," Jared explained.
***
"There, all signed up," Jared said to Will in front of a reception desk.
Chapter 2: Second Chapter Introduction
"Hey, do you know when the Jubilife Contest is going to be?" Jared asked the secretary.
"Oh. I'm afraid you just missed it," she responded.
"Really? Aww man, and now I have no clue where the next contest will be," Jared sadly said.
"Ma'am, would you happen to know where the closest Pokémon Gym is? Oreburgh City, right?" Will asked.
"Actually Canalave City is much closer, but there is a giant block in the middle of the road leading to it, and it will only be gotten rid of sometime way later where its previous presence will not be mentioned. So I guess Oreburgh is the closest accessible city," the secretary stated.
"Alright thanks," Will thanked.
"Well at least you know where you're going," depressingly said Jared.
"Hey why don't we travel across Sinnoh together? There are contest halls like everywhere so I'm sure it won't be inconvenient for any of us. Besides traveling by yourself is kinda lonely, I have no clue how most do it," Will offered.
"Sure I guess," Jared agreed. Suddenly the corner of his eye caught something as he turned towards a TV on the top right corner of the room.
"What is it?" Will asked.
"Watch!" Jared said.
"We now return to the Jubilife contest finals, and it is time for our two competing finalists to duke it out for the ribbon," said the announcer, Marian.
The camera then zoomed out to show the two finalists, one being Mug with a Yanma hovering in front of her.
"Hey, it appears our favourite girl is doing contests. That should give you some fun Jared," Will snarked.
"Heh, she's about to get what she deserves!" Jared remarked.
"What do you mean?" asked Will.
"See that other contestant over there?" Jared said as the clock began ticking down past 5:00. A Ponyta stood in front of the other contestant.
"Yeah, so? Is he good or something?" Will asked as Ponyta ran towards Yanma with a wheel of flames.
"He's not just good; he's one of the best. His name is Gryoine," Jared stated. Yanma's wings then began to flap as it put out the flames around Ponyta. The clock then struck '4:38' as Gryoine's circle bar on the TV screen lowered a bit.
"Gryoine? What kind of stupid name is that?" Will asked.
"It's not his real name; no one knows what it is. He keeps it a secret," Jared answered.
"Oh real mysterious," Will sarcastically remarked, "So what's so special about him?"
"He's actually the winner of the Johto Grand Festival, and now he's come to Sinnoh to participate. Mug's a rookie, she stands no chance," Jared laughed.
"I don't know, Mug is pretty good..." Will said.
The clock hit '3:06' (man these guys must be talking really slow), and they saw Yanma trapped in a Fire Spin as Mug's circle bar was slowly depleting while Gryoine's had about three quarters left. Yanma then began to fly towards the top of the fire spin, but Gryoine smirked as Ponyta bounced up and then began to fall towards Yanma. The Ponyta then smashed into Yanma midair and pushed it towards the fire spin where it was sucked in while Mug's circle bar ran out.
"I knew it," Jared remarked, "serves her right." As Jared and Will began exiting, suddenly another guy ran in.
"Hey pretty thing, can I sign up?" the guy asked the secretary.
"Umm...sure. What's your name?" the secretary asked.
"Travis Williams here. Pokémon League participants beware as I am going to beat you all!" Travis eagerly shouted.
"Heh you really think you can beat me?" Will questioned as Jared and him approached Travis.
"Yeah, I'm amazing...and you two are?" Travis asked as the secretary placed his badge case and ID on the counter.
"I'm Will from Pastoria City," Will introduced.
"And I'm Jared fro-wait a second why do people always introduce where they're from with their name? No one asks or cares!" Jared ranted.
"Will, since you seem nice I'm gonna warn you to save you the trouble; don't take on the gyms. I'm just going to beat you in the Pokémon League anyways," Travis warned.
"Firstly, there's 256 trainers competing so there's a small chance we are even going to battle, secondly, there's no way you're going to beat me," Will responded.
"Please. I may be new but I have talent baby," Travis stated.
"I'm also new, but my Chimchar will cream you!" Will boasted.
"You're not going to beat me with a Chimchar, it's a terrible Pokémon!" Travis responded.
"See? I told you!" Jared chimed.
"Anyway, our arguing is obviously setting up a Pokémon battle, so let's just get to it already," Will annoyingly complained.
***
"This battle will b battle between Will and Travis. Let the battle begin!" Jared reffed. Yo, why do Pokémon battles need refs? All they do is state the obvious. There are still refs in this universe, but we're going to pretend they aren't there because I've never understood what their purpose is.
"Chimchar, you're up!" Will yelled. He then threw his Pokéball and with a flash of white a Chimchar popped out.
"Torchic, leeeeeeeeeeet's go!" Travis stated. He then threw his Pokéball and a Torchic appeared. Jared then took out his Pokédex he got from registering, however due to massive amount of trainers Sinnoh gets and lack of technological resources, all Pokédexes in Sinnoh are glitched and say completely inaccurate, yet hilarious, things.
"Chimchar, the monkey Pokémon. This Pokémon is like the four hundredth monkey Pokémon, like seriously why are there so many? I mean I guess it's a chimp and not a monkey, but aren't they all the same?" the Pokédex analyzed.
"Torchic, the adorable Pokémon. This thing is like one of the most adorable starters ever. I mean see it, it's sooooo cute" the Pokédex also analyzed.
"Wait, why is your starter a Torchic? Aren't the only starters Turtwig, Piplup, and Chimchar?" Jared asked.
"Oh, I got this from the Littleroot Pokémon Lab. I got my starter there," Travis remarked.
"So why aren't you in the Hoenn League if you came from there?" Will asked.
"Wait...you're telling me this isn't Hoenn? I thought the boat was taking me to a new city!" Travis yelled.
"Wait...actually?" Jared asked.
"Nah just messing. I'm not stupid or anything, that's incredibly one dimensional and a lazy source of comedy." Travis remarked.
"Oh, so why aren't you in Hoenn then?" Jared asked.
"That my friends is a story you'll never know," Travis responded, "anyway Torchic, start things off with a Peck!" Torchic then began to rush towards Chimchar with a glowing beak.
"Chimchar, Dig out of the way!" Will yelled. Torchic then arrived at Chimchar and as it lunged towards it, Chimchar quickly buried in a hole.
"Torchic, shoot an Ember down the hole!" Travis continued. Torchic then shot many fire sparks down the hole towards Chimchar.
"Chimchar, knock them back with a Fury Swipes!" Will yelled. Chimchar then began scratching all the embers, knocking them back towards Torchic.
"Torchic use a Quick Attack to avoid!" Travis yelled. As the embers popped out of the hole, Torchic darted out of the way.
"Chimchar, resurface!" Will yelled.
"Torchic use a Rock Smash to quickly jump off the ground!" Travis yelled. Torchic's talons then glowed white as Torchic kicked off the ground.
"Now Quick Attack!" Travis instructed. As Chimchar resurfaced under where Torchic was, Torchic began falling quickly and slammed in to Chinchar.
"Chimchar, Low Kick it away!" Will yelled. Chimchar slid on the ground and kicked the nearby Torchic away.
"Torchic use an Ember!" Travis shouted. While Torchic was flying backwards, it shot an Ember towards Chimchar.
"Chimchar, block with Ember!" Will commanded. As the fire sparks were about to hit Chimchar, Chimchar's mouth erupted in a blaze as it shot fire sparks creating a small explosion knocking Chimchar back. Torchic then crashed to the ground from the earlier Low Kick. The two fire starters stood up.
"CHIIIIIIIII!" Chimchar yelled as its eyes glowed red and its fire erupted in fire.
"Toooooor!" screamed Torchic as its adorable black eyes turned red and its head and beak lit on fire.
"What's going on with those two?" Turtwig asked.
"Oh, that's their ability known as Blaze. When they get weak, their fire attacks become powered up," Jared explained.
"I wish I could do that," Turtwig wished.
"You can. You have the grass ability equivalent known as Overgrow. When you become weak, your grass moves become more powerful," Jared responded.
"Really?" Turtwig asked.
"Yeah. Here, let me show you," Jared responded. He then kicked Turtwig and it fell to the ground. It got up and vines grew from its face and its nails turned to tree roots. The leaf on its head became a flower.
"Cool!" Turtwig shouted.
"Travis it's time to demonstrate how awesome Chimchar is! End this with a Flame Wheel!" Will yelled. Chimchar then started running and it turned in to a massive, thick, wheel of fire.
"Torchic show that you're much better than this terrible monkey by holding it back with an Ember!" Travis responded. As the Flame Wheel headed towards Torchic, the chicken then started shooting massive balls of fire at an incredibly rapid pace pushing the Flame Wheel back.
"Keep pushing Chimchar, you can do it!" Will cheered.
"CHIIIM...CHAR!" Chimchar yelled as the flame wheel got bigger and went faster.
"Torchic, hold it back!" Travis yelled as the fire balls got even bigger and faster. Chimchar then got closer and closer, and eventually got really close to Torchic. Torchic then shot out a fireball towards the wheel right in front of it causing a massive fiery explosion.