Living in the big city, as long as you aren't in the ghetto, is great. You don't have to walk far for anything, you get that big city feel everywhere you go, and there's all kinds of different things going on around you, different sights and smells every day.
When you're like me, the way I am, though, things get really quite crazy.
Jessie Denvo's the name, and my game you ask?
Try being a Dragonite and a human at the same time.
Now you're probably thinking "Wait, the the hell are you talking about?"
For all 16 years of my life, I've been a pokemon as well as a human. Wings? Check. Tail? Check. The little antennae on Dragonites' heads? Check. Retractable claws? Check. All other human parts? Check.
It has its advantages, for sure. I can communicate with any pokemon as well as any human, I can use Dragonite's attacks, and, obviously, I can fly.
The downsides are great as well, though. I get strange looks all the time, since I live in Johto's biggest city, I get mugged every so often (though I can handle them easily), and I'll even face some
prejudice for one reason from another, whether it's from a barista at Staryubucks or a cashier at Walrein-Mart or just some jerk on the street.
Even when I do get in trouble, though, my pokemon are there for me every time, especially the two I keep out with me all the time. I have Lucario, my starter, and we've been friends since day one,
basically. I wouldn't be surprised if I was the best Lucario trainer in Johto, maybe even the world, with the bond I have with him. My other best friend is Draconia, my Dragonite. She's traveled with me for
a while as well, and she's very protective of me, and very kind. Lately though, maybe because of my pokemon side, I've been feeling like maybe we could be, should be more than friends. I'm far too
wimpy to say it straight to her, though.
On to the actual story, though.
I was back in the city, a week after defeating the 7th gym leader handily, and we were all set to go face the final gym, way over in Blackthorn City. We had packed our bags, we had just eaten lunch, and
Lucario had gotten on Draconia's back for the ride. We departed soon enough, and had just exited the city a minute earlier when we heard a faint cry for help from the wooded area below. I looked at
Draconia, and we descended into the forest, looking for the person in distress. Suddenly, I saw a girl a few years younger than me being taunted and bullied by several Haunters.
"Lucario, Dark Pulse!" I commanded. Within seconds, every one of the ghouls were KO'ed, and I rushed over to the girl, whose head was buried in her legs in fear, saying "Hey, it's okay now, I took care
of them all."
When she picked her head up, though, I went "Sweet Arceus!"
It wasn't her long purple hair that got me, or her light purple eyes, or even the matching purple shirt (Guess what her favorite color is?).
It was, however, the ruby in the middle of her forehead, as well as the giant Espeon ears perched on her head. "Sweet Arceus is right!" she replied, looking me over. "You're Dragonite?"
"And you're Espeon..."
"I always knew there were others out there, but I never thought I'd MEET one!"
"Well, now you have. I'm Jessie, by the way." I offered her my hand, and she pulled herself up.
"Nana," she replied, "and thank you so so much for saving me."
"My Lucario's always been a fighter," I replied, downplaying it all. "What are you doing out here anyways?"
"Well, I've lived in Ecruteak City my whole life, but just a few days ago I had to drop out of training to be a Kimono Girl, I didn't have what it took. Now I'm out here to earn money as a trainer. I was just
walking along here, minding my own business, when those guys ambushed me..."
"Yeah, they tend to do that to psychics such as yourself... hey, you could come and train with us."
Her face lit up like Goldenrod City at night. "You mean it?"
"Yeah, of course," I said with a grin, "even with my friends here, I get a bit lonely without a human to talk to."
"But I'm only half-human..." she answered.
"So am I. All the better for us, eh?" She and Lucario got on Draconia's back now, and we took off once more towards Blackthorn.
Just over an hour later, the mountainside metropolis entered our sights, and once we landed, everyone, myself included, looked out at the rest of Johto, awed at the incredible view the city gave. We could even see as far as Ecruteak City, the hometown of our new partner.
After healing my pokemon, I led everyone to the gym, and saw a girl just taller than Nana pounding on the doors to the dojo.
"What seems to be the problem...?" I asked politely.
"I was going to battle this lady, but she won't let me in because I have 6 badges instead of 7. Argh, I just want to Fire Spin her so badly..."
"Wait, what do you mean, Fire Spin?" Nana asked. The girl was wearing all tan and beige, and her mint green eyes were accentuated further by her golden-white hair, with orange at the tips near her shoulders.
"You two aughta know what I mean! I'm half Ninetales!"
I nodded, almost like a therapist listening to his patient, and asked "And your name would happen to be..."
"Holly, Holly Ellens."
"Well, I'm Jessie, and this is Nana, who I just met today as well. And I have 7 badges, so if you'll excuse me, I'll just-"
"Oh no, not unless you take me in there too!" Holly cut in.
"Fine, but you're not going to be able to battle her," I replied.
"Wha- why not?"
"She won't be able to battle after I knock out all her pokemon," I said with a wink, flashing my seven badges in front of the scanner to open the sliding doors.
LATER:
"Hyper Beam!" we both shouted, both our dragons obeying. Draconia got it off a split second earlier, though, and it showed, since Clair's Dragonair was done after the attack. Finished. History. Loser.
"No way you won! Y-you're just a kid, you can't be a true dragon trainer!"
"Excuse me? Do you have a Dragonite?" I asked. No answer. "Exactly. And I do. See these wins? These claws? This tail? These antennae? I am Dragonite, more than any of your pokemon! And I'm the trainer! So don't tell me I'm not a dragon trainer, because even if I'm not officially a dragon master, I'm more of one than you. Now where's the badge?"
Flustered, she looked at me in awe, amazed that I wasn't fazed a bit by her remark. She hastily dug through her pockets for the badge, and practically threw it at me once she found it. I caught it with one hand as we turned around to leave, and placed it right into my case.
"Where to now?" I asked as we stepped through the sliding doors.
"The Pokemon League!" Nana said enthusiastically, her lavender eyes gleaming in the sunlight.
"I wouldn't mind watching you try for the championship," Holly said.
"Does that mean you're coming with us, then?" Nana inquired, her eyes locking on with Holly's.
"Sure, I guess."
"Pokemon League it is, then! Everyone hop on Draconia and let's go!" I exclaimed, and we did just that, heading northeast and hopefully to total victory.
WILL'S POV:
Apparently, Sing distorts your vision.
How do I know this? Because the girl I saw just before I fainted did not, in fact, have blue hair, but jet black hair. Yeah.
Anyways, I woke up to a very violent shaking by the girl, who also had black dog ears and silver rings around her ankles and wrists.
"Wake up, Lucario boy!" she yelled.
"All right, all right!" I shouted back, sitting up quickly to avoid any further abuse. "Who are you, anyways?"
"I'm Saphire, your new travel buddy!" she answered gleefully.
"And when was this decided?"
"The moment we found out she was a Houndour morph," Lauren said, giving me her hand as she walked over. I got back on my feet and faced Saphire.
"Houndour, eh? Nice. Name's Will, Will Rio to be exact."
"Saphire Love."
We finally exited the village of Ciel's nightmares after a bit of small talk, at his request, and soon reached a fork in the road. One path, south, went to Mount Pyre, while the north one went up to Fortree City.
I took a step forward towards the south road, but heard a yelp right then. I turned around, and a man in all black had grabbed Ciel by his wing and put a brand-new looking pistol to his head.
"You follow, he dies. Then you," he said simply. Everyone else was too shocked to say anything, so I spoke up.
"Fine, and we'll even close our eyes to let you go."
"What!" Lauren shouted.
To Lauren, I said through telepathy "I've got aura, remember?"
"Oh, I see."
Now to Ciel: "Don't worry, Lucario and I'll use aura and track you down in no time."
"Good, you better know what you're doing."
"Trust me."
We all shut our eyes then, and the man left, taking the north road. I immediately used my auravision to see their trail, and slowly followed them.
It didn't help, however, that Saphire was saying "Holy Arceus" every 10 seconds and that one misstep would make Lauren pound my head into the ground until just the brain was left. Suddenly, though, they were in sight, in the forest.
"Stay back, girls, if anyone's gonna get shot it's me," I stated calmly. They slowly nodded, and I stealthily approached, Lucario right behind me.
As soon as we were within a good range, though, the man saw us. The next moments were blurs in my memory.
Ciel yelled "Will!" as the man cocked his gun. I shot an Aura Sphere as he aimed, and he fired just after the sphere hit him. Ciel collapsed with a bullet in his shoulder, and I flew into a fit of rage at this sight as the man got back up. Unbeknownst to me, Ciel was watching me from his position on the ground.
I rammed my shoulder into the man, accelerated by Extremespeed, and his back flew into a tree. I then proceeded to beat him consistently with my punches until he could barely even gasp for air, and one knee to the head did the rest as I was finally restrained by Saphire and Lucario. Lauren kneeled by Ciel, then brought out Stratos and placed him on her back with her. "I'm taking him to Fortree's hospital now, who's coming with me?"
Saphire shrugged and went over, but I simply sat down and buried my head in my hands, saying "I just need to be alone." They took off without me, leaving just me and Lucario alone.
Suddenly, though, I heard a voice of another guy.
"Well done, one more corrupt human out of the way for good."
I looked up, and saw through my teary eyes a tall teenager, sporting what looked to be a hunter's uniform, what with the combat boots and brown vest and capris.
"Aster Strange, and you are?"
"Feeling very depressed," I retorted. "What do you want?" Lucario was on his guard, and glaring at him suspiciously.
"I couldn't help but notice your, uh, special looks and all, and thought I should introduce myself, especially after seeing what happened there."
"Why would you care?"
"Take a look, Will." I rubbed the salty tears out of my eyes and looked him over. "I'm a Shiftry morph."
Sure enough, his eyes and ears were that of Shiftry's, and his hands had some strange pattern on them.
"Okay, so what're you here for?"
"Just to introduce myself, I guess. Oh, and would you mind if I joined your little party? I really don't feel like being on the run from those Fortree people, they all hate me so very much..."
"Why?"
"I'll explain on the way, we should probably head to see your friend now."
"True, very true."
I brought out my Dragonite, still pissed off, and he let his Flygon out. We both flew dead north to Fortree City, and I was praying to Arceus like my life depended on it that Ciel would survive.
Unfortunately, it was his life that depended on it, not my own.
OCs:
Jessie Denvo (Lucariofan)
Nana Notsumi (KitsPokePeople)
Holly Ellens (Ein Storm)
Will Rio (me)
Lauren Silverfeather (Altaria Fan)
Ciel Steelwing (Randomness)
Saphire Love (CheetahLover101)
Aster Strange (Korona Karyuudo)
Yeah, it looks like the Hoenn group's the main, just because I love writing for them. I'll keep writing for everyone else, obviously, and next chapter's goal is to get the last few OCs in.
R&R, thanks!
