disclaimer i don't own pokemon

Hello this is Dominato55565 here again with the second chapter in the International Sagas Series. This chapter will introduce Seth, a new trainer from New Bark Town who can't wait to get his first Pokemon. His Journey will run semi parallel to Jimmy's time wise, but he doesn't actually meet him until after the Johto league. Unlike Jimmy, i will focus more on the standard Pokemon battles with Seth until later where his part will Pickup and he meets up with Jimmy. like i keep asking please review if you liked or did not like my store and what i can do to make it better. I made a few cosmetic changes like shorter paragraphs but other than that it really is the same as it was when I posted it.

Chapter 2: Beginnings

It is going to be a winter wonderland today in eastern Johto as cities that often never see snow until January will get 5 inches to a foot easily by sunset. Towns and cities north and west of violet will see nothing on their radar but it will still remain chilly for this time of year. Areas in the Northeast are projected to start snowing around 11:00, and actually many parts of that region are beginning to switch over as we speak. It is currently 35 degrees in Mahogany, 32 in Blackthorn, 41 in New Bark town and Cherrygrove city, temperatures expected to drop at least 10 degrees in 2 hours. Authorities have already begun preparations by sending out emergency crews to assess potential problems and begin salting the roads. Even with these precautions however, travel is in advisable until tomorrow morning but technically we won't know until after the storm is almost over..." said the announcer over the radio

Seth intently listened to the radio as it predicted an interesting day at the least while still lying in bed, unable to bring him to get out of bed, but in his case that was due to his excessive excitement at the prospects of today becoming a start to an adventure of epic proportions that Seth has been dreaming about since he was eight.

Holy crap not only did the Blackthorn Penguins destroy Goldenrod last night….. IM GETTING MY FIRST POKEMON TODAY! I've already chosen who I am going to pick…. Yes that one's obvious but I wonder as to what the journey is going to be like…. Aw who cares! I'm going to be a freaking Pokémon trainer today! Without reservation for anything but his goal today, Seth dressed throwing on his dark grey t-shirt and then his gold and light grey hoodie over it, running through his short hallway to the bathroom to brush his brown hair that had been messed while sleeping last night.

Giddy as ever he ran down the wooden staircases into the kitchen almost knocking down his mother who was cooking to grab his pack he had prepared the previous night and sped out his door and onto the streets of New Bark town, not even taking the time to say goodbye to his mother who was inevitably in shock as he whizzed right by her with no warning almost knocking her over.

Seth lived the more developed district of New Bark town by the sea where private yachts and fishing boats docked, and where there were a few cafes and shops that attracted a few visitors but not any today as New Bark Town was desolate this morning due to the cold dreary weather. To put it bluntly the cold rain actually lightened Seth's mood even more due to the fact that he thrived at this kind of weather, above 30 to below 50 was his typical perfect weather range.

He knew to take the west road to the closer outskirts to get to Professor Elm's laboratory, and the young boy wasted no time to take the route over there. There were supposed to be around ten kids from New Bark registering today, I wonder how many will actually show up? Well whatever….. Not my problem….

"WAH!" he shrieked as he slammed himself into a sign post, falling over and wincing in pain "Dammit!" Continuing on his way after that small mishap Seth couldn't help but notice a young girl with blue hair walking down the street in just a t-shirt and shorts soaked with her clothes tattered. What is her deal? Was she like beaten or something…no she has the disposition of a weary traveler….GAH! I don't care she has her own business to attend to and I have mine, probably better to leave her alone….H

He finally made his way to within eyesight of the lab and did a double take and jumped for joy as he realized that the course of his life changed at this very moment as he would get his first battling partner and enter the world of the Pokémon trainer, leaving behind his former self. He stopped for a few minutes just to admire the lab, which looked more like a regular two story house than a scientific establishment but Seth knew that that was how elm preferred it because it gave it more of a homey feel to it. It was designed to resemble a log cabin but was too large to actually be one with its two floors and a balcony.

Deciding to go in, Seth rung the bell next to the double French doors and waited for professor Elm to answer, but when someone finally answered it ended up being his daughter Lyra, who was rubbing her eyes obviously not fully awake yet. Man it had to be her! Why her?! His cheeks immediately flooded red as he tried to look away, luckily she had been to tired to notice or care, as her usually pigtailed brown hair was straight and messed up and bluntly said " Kid what are you doing here this early in this weather"

"Well I came here to get my first Pokémon I read the paper and it said to stop by Professor Elm's Lab today , so I did." Seth replied in this game of blunt wars, running his hand through his hair in an attempt to make it seem semi manageable, but the wind was not going to let that happen.

Lyra simply looked at him like he was crazy and then gave a short laugh while saying "Dude would you take a peek at the weather? My Dad cancelled and postponed until tomorrow, actually not really but he gave me the job of telling that to any idiot who actually came out in this weather, he felt that it would be better for the trainers to start on a warmer and clearer day…"

Cutting her off mid-sentence seth gave a sly smile and replied " I thrive in this stuff so why should I worry, its the loss of the others for not being able to get their lazy butts out today due to this little weather mishap." He gave a short laugh as if to complement his own bravado, but Lyra wasn't apparently in any mood to listen to complete nut cases as she still stood there looking at seth as if he had mental problems, and stood there in silence for another few minutes trying to decipher the action that would get rid of this kid the quickest.

So maybe if i just shut the door in his face…..but that would just piss him off…Dad is in the study doing paper work so then the question becomes whether having him start seth out would be a blessing to his day or a curse…..He'd probably have it at melter if i brought Seth in and he wasn't in the mood…But then again id be rid of this nuisance for now and I could just say that he pestered me too much which would make him the bad guy…

"Ok ill let you see my Dad since your so persistent,and he's not doing anything interesting as of now, but let me make myself clear…" She paused for a second as if to mock him " If he says he is not able to start you out today, you get out without quest. Got it?" Giving a sigh of relief Seth followed Lyra into the lab which was actually a house, a nice one at that. Mahogony floors, Brazil wood walls and a nice spiral wooden staircase to the second floor.

A table sat on the wall at the beginning of the staircase with one of those electronic photo frame, with a slide show of photos of the family. Not quite what i expected but pretty nice and i guess some people prefer to work in the comfort of their homes. Seth was then lead into a room directly to the left after entering the house where Professor Elm could be seen going over a stack of papers in a room with a computer desk, with one desktop and 3 other laptops in the room which were most lkely used by the other members of the family.

"huh, whats up Lyra" the professor stated plainly turning to look at his caught giving a confounded look when he turned to see seth standing at the doorway of the room. "Lyra since when did you start attracting the boys?" Lyras cheeks flushed red in frustration, evidently because she was dragged into this scenario and wanted no part of it, and screamed,

"father first stop jumping to conclusions, and for your information this annoying brat came here to see you to get a Pokemon, even though I told him he was a lunatic for even coming out in this weather!"

Sheesh whats her problem? her dads just out of loop because he shut himself up doing boring paper work, if anyone is jumping to conclusions its her….why can't people just be more laid back and not so jumpy in conversationns? It would make this world a better place…..But convincing these types to change is suicide….. After the initial glare at Lyra that said your so grounded for talking to me like that the professor look over at seth obviously delighted to have something more interesting to do than paperwork.

Putting his paper work down and pushing himself up out of his chair the light brown haired professor wearing a lab coat and glasses who stood at about a half a foot taller than Seth, walked over and stuck out his hand intending for a handshake and said, "well isn't this a great surprise, somebody actually has guts to come out today" Delight flooded his face as he had a wide grin, " So you come to start on a pokemon adventure, and you already enrolled last week with the others in the Johto Leage so once you get your pokemon trainer your good to go. Besides… Now i get out of having to do paper work!"

Seth took the hand shake and replied "I am honored that you will allow me to start today, actually I'm not sure i could have waited until tomorrow anyway….So where're the Pokemon? I'm eager to choose, I'm sorry if I'm being intrusive but I'm just way to giddy today sir."

The professor just chuckled and said " Well its great your eager and i will show you the pokemon i have ready right away but i must warn you the only ones i have with me just barley have any obedience training, and i won't release toddle because that ones just one little son of a ….sorry for a poor use of language, but anyway do you have any one in mind?" Elm gave an inquisitivee look as he took out three poke balls from his pocket and set them down on his desk next to the computer motioning for Seth to come over to that part of the room.

Huh where did Lyra go? oh wait i forgot she didn't want a prt in this and thinks that I'm a lunatic so why would she….but i wish….whatever. Hmmmm the other two are enticing but….."ill take Cyndaquil I do not care about the behavioral problems or what not i just want to get this journey started…"

The professor took the ball with cyndaquil in it and released the pokemon who after being released looked around franticly at its new surroundings of the study. Kneeling down seth attempted to pet the Pokemon but it just released a jet of flames running away to a corner of the room, and began crying apparently scared. Man i just had to choose the baby pokemon, but i guess its not so bad, it will give me something to work for...

The professor gave a nervous look hitting his fingers together and simply stated "yeah this one is okay Behaviorly but its quite emotionally unstable so you will have a hard time getting this one to battle, but I have faith in you. Heres five potions in case your Pokemon gets hurt to start you off, and five Poke Balls to catch Pokemon on your journey."

Seth thanked the professor and kindly stuffed the items into his bag, and then began pondering over the right name for his new partner. Hmmm, flare or flame or something of that nature would be way too cliche...oh look at that it left a train of water with its tears... Wait! i got it! im going to name it Cherokee! Yes thats the apropriate name for it... hmmm i wonder what the professor would think of it?

"I have a fitting nickname for this one.." Giving a snicker at his own ingenuitey, seth relayed the profressor his thoughts on naming his new pokemon, " Im going to name it Cherokee.."

The professor just froze and stared at the eleven year old kid who just made a historical allussion, and not a widely known one among people these days. Who is this kid? hes smarter than i imagined, a person who obviously knows something of history, maybe he does have potential to be great but at his age what hes going to be great in is still raw material but i like my chances with him...

"Hey which one did he pick" inquired a voice just entereing the room. Lyra's sudden appearance starled both Seth and the professor who jumped in surprise, making the cyndaquil cry even more. " oh that little cutie" Her attention turned to the cyndaquil with the girlish love for cute things, attempting to pet it but with no such luck the cyndaquil released yet anotherr jet of flames and ran away crying again. Turning to seth who was at the moment leaning on his back toward the desk, she asked " So what did you name it?, let e guess like flame or ash?"

Yep she's definite the cliche type, i wonder at why i even like her… " Ha no i gave it an even better name….. Cherokee because of well its emotional instability and stuff, so you can revel in my creativity or bask in utter ignorance if you don't know where the name came from.." Seth gave a sly smile like she would not know where the name came from

Frowning Lyra replied " i don't really get that name choice, i mean it does not even connect or make sense… but whatever i knew you were a nutcase but thats okay…. you seem like a nutcase with high morals" now in a lighter mood and open to seth n a different light. "hey before you go lets battle! I will use my mar ill you use cyndaquil!" Professor Elm gave a nervous look like I'm not sure thats a good i idea in cyndaquils case, but he bit his tounge eager to see what His new prodige could accomplish when the odds were against him.

Seth quick to respond giving a sly grin replying " Cyndaquil return. Ok lyra lets take this outside and test this mouse out" returning cyndaquil to its pokeball seth started for outside, but lyra just laughed

"are you kidding kid? outside now? its obvious that your cyndaquil isn't very strong so its not like we would beat up the house, lets do it in the entry way k?" Following lyra out to the entry way he tried to think of cyndaquils moved, and remembered them as tackle and smokescreen, knowing smokescreen was taboo in a housee he had to use tackle.. Awsome my first battle! this day is getting interesting!.

"Ok children I want to see a clean fight and on three sent out your pokemon and let the battle commence… since its seth's first battle he will be the first to call an attack… One, Two Three Commence Battle!

" Go Cherokee" seth yelled as the little fire mouse came out of the red glow emotional as ever.

"Go marill" Countered Lyra as her pokemon a blue mouse with a ball tail came out.

" Ok cherokee use tackle" the mouse made its way over to the other mouse in a charging attack but before it could reach its target it was sprayed with a torrent of water

"Marill use water gun" Lyra had shouted before cyndauil had a chance to even attack. The little fire pokemon fell over and fainted from an attack that super affected it. "ha i win but only because I've been with mar ill since i was eight so she is a bit stronger than she would be if i was just starting out" Lyra said while doing a small victory dance. obviously she sees a win as a win and not looking at the experience level pod her opponent….beating me a new trainer is nothing special for her…. but just considering how i lost so quickly i have a long road ahead of me… can I make it?

"Ha you said it, but don't expect that ill be so easy next time, next time…. next time ill win for sure but for now i got work out its emotional problems before me and cherokee can get better….." leaning down to pet his crying cyndaquil who has somewhat recuperated health wise from the recent defeat, he wasn't rejected. has it warmed up to me or is it just too tired to care? patting the pokemon on the head Seth got up and before anyone could say anything sprinted out the door into the blizzard conditions outside. With you by my side cherokee we will conquer the world of pokemon, nothing will stop us from becoming what we are destined to be, but that is, is open to interpretation

Authors notes

this was the second chapter of international sagas and i introduced seth an up and coming pokemon trainer, please review i will have the next chapter, actually two chapters by next week or so... please bare with me it is going to get much more epic i just need to get through the beginning chapters and I'm pretty bad at writing the beginning but yeah review even if you didn't like it, tell me what i could do better or if you like it tell me whats good about it. i like constructive criticism. and if anyone knows any other good pokemon fanfics about anything but the anime please pm me or put the names in your review. oh and please i need ocs for like smaller adventures like for seth to battle.