Here I present to you yet another chapter! This is kind of a mix between the anime now, because I made Green a Pokemon Researcher as well as the Viridian City Gym Leader! Hooray! I also gave him a bit of Gary Oak's personality from the anime as well...
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
~First Impressions
My life might have been going great if I hadn't begged to go with him. I would have started on my way home and never had to see him again. I was at home now. Barely anybody was talking to each other. I stared out my window. I didn't know what was going to happen now. I was still on the run from N, but that was the least of my problems. I was upset, no devastated, about what had happened last week. I got up and headed over to Prof. Juniper's lab, where my mother was helping out.
"Uh, hi." I said as I entered.
"Hello, White." The Prof. said without turning my way. She was stacking some boxes onto a shelf.
"Uh, I was just wondering what happens now. I mean, about Green."
Prof. Juniper stopped and turned around.
"We shouldn't worry about it, White. Professor Oak says that Green is very resourceful, and that he will surely find his way out of this." She looked directly at me as she said this.
"But what can I do?" I said as she was turning back around.
"Nothing. There's no real need to do anything at the moment." She said. I sighed. I guess it would be best to forget about him, even though I still felt guilty.
My name is White, and I'm twenty-one. I live in Nuvema Town and work at Professor Juniper's lab. I'm her assistant, or aid as I like to say.
"White, could you pass me the new Pokedex prototypes?" the Professor asked.
I grabbed them and handed them over to her where she worked at her desk in her lab. We were surrounded by hundreds of Pokéballs. The headquarters for the Pokémon storage system was now the Prof's lab, since she had the space. She said she liked working around the Pokémon, because it reminded her of what she lived for: studying their origins. However right now she was working on the latest Unova Pokédexes to be handed out to new trainers. I was pretty close to the Prof, for she had trained me so I could her assistant. After four and a half long years, it had finally paid off. She had even said that I could be her successor someday. I smiled at the thought of this.
The Prof. got up and smiled at me. I grinned right back.
"Well, they're just about ready." She said, glancing at the Pokédexes. I nodded.
If you were wondering about Cheren and Bianca, well I say they're doing pretty good. Bianca was also training to be the Prof.'s aid, but after two years she felt as if she would rather take care of Pokémon than study them. So she became a Pokémon breeder, and she's one of the best in Unova. I hadn't talked to her in a long while, since she was so busy with work around the region. Cheren was now a gym leader, at the Nacrene gym, for normal types. I hadn't talked to him in a very long time. Last time we spoke he had said he was planning to move the gym to Aspertia.
The only people I really associated with were my mother and the Prof., although I spent most of my time at the lab. I loved studying the idea of Pokémon evolution and also where they came from, just like the Prof..
"Okay White. I need you to go to the daycare and pick up the starter Pokémon eggs that they are taking care of for us." Prof. Juniper said.
"Are you sure, Professor Juniper?" I asked. "There are still several months until the new trainers are ready for their journey." I pointed out.
"I want to study the Pokémon first, and make sure they are healthy well in advance! Also, training does take a bit of time as well."
"Alright." I nodded.
So I set out on my bike towards Route 3, in between Striaton and Nacrene City as I biked north. Nacrene City was right there, so I would have a chance to meet up with Cheren! I was going as far anyway.
As I turned onto route 3 I sped past the daycare on my way to Nacrene City. I arrived at the gym front in no time. I parked my bike and headed on inside. The place was crammed with books on archaeology, and I couldn't help but notice some of the titles. I had read a few of them, but there were others I had never even heard of! I continued towards the battlefield part of the building.
"Cheren!" I called out as I saw him. "Hi!"
He had just been giving a trainer their badge and was waving them off. He turned my way.
"White! What brings you out here?"
"Just came to see you!" I exclaimed as he walked over. We talked for a while, but eventually things came around to my Pokémon, and I ended up challenging him, as a gym leader, to a battle.
"Are you sure, White? I mean, my Pokémon are pretty strong." Cheren said. "I wouldn't want your Pokémon to get hurt or anything."
I paused for a moment. But then said, "Oh I wouldn't worry about that." and smirked.
Soon we were on the battlefield, Cheren standing at the other end. I hadn't battled with another trainer in a long time, but I trained with my Pokémon every day, battling wild Pokémon or just Professor Juniper every now and then.
"The rules are as follows. Each opponent may choose up to two Pokémon. There is no time limit. Whoever knocks out both the opponent's Pokémon first wins. Ready?" the referee started.
"Begin!"
I pulled my pokéball from my belt, knowing exactly which one I would pick against Cheren. I gave the pokéball a quick kiss and sent it flying.
"I won't hold anything back." Said Cheren, as he chose his Pokémon and released it.
"Oh don't worry. By the end of this battle, you'll be wishing you had more to begin with." I said in retaliation.
He had chosen his Liepard. I smirked. I had chosen my Mienshao, a pure fighting type.
"Go! Mienshao! Let's start with Acrobatics!
"Liepard! Faster with Fake Out!" His Liepard ran toward my Mienshao at lightning speed, jumped up and slapped its paws together in the air, sending a blast of energy at Mienshao. Mienshao skidded backwards, not too badly damaged. However Mienshao was unable to make a comeback with Acrobatics.
"Alright then!" I said. "High jump kick! Let's go!
Mienshao flipped into the sky towards Liepard and kneed it, a direct it. Liepard flew backwards and crashed into the ground, dust flying up around it.
As the dust cleared, Liepard was standing on its feet. But how?
"How?" I began to whisper.
"Use Shadow Claw, Liepard!" Cheren said. I had to think fast.
"Uh, whip the extra fur at the end of your arms down and use that energy to jump up, Mienshao!"
The Martial Arts Pokémon did as I said and jumped high into the air above Liepard, who had come to a stop and was looking upwards at my Pokémon.
"Finish it with Aurora Sphere!" I said.
Mienshao generated a glowing sphere of energy, then sent it through the air up high, turned a full 360 degrees to get energy, and as the ball came down whipped it straight at Liepard all in mid-air.
The sphere collided with the Cruel Pokémon and it fell to the ground.
"Liepard is unable to battle. This round goes to Mienshao!" the referee announced. Cheren grimaced.
I smirked, once again. I loved battling.
"You're still pretty good White. I was wrong to have doubted you." Cheren admitted.
"You too." I said in return as he returned his Liepard to its ball and sent out another Pokémon.
"Okay, Haxorus, show 'em what your made of!"
"Alright then." I said. "I'll stick with Mienshao."
"Haxorus! X-Scissor!" Before Meinshao or I had time to react, Haxorus had already slashed its claws in an attack. Its speed was amazing.
"Your Haxorus has such high speed levels!" I told Cheren.
"Thank you for noticing. I take great pride in my Haxorus." He said quite professionally.
"Okay Mienshao, we're down on health." I whispered under my breath. "Let's go, use Reversal!" I said.
Mienshao generated a glowing blue wave around itself and fired it at Haxorus. It sent Haxorus flying; it slammed into the ground and slid backwards. Cheren frowned.
"Haxorus, up on your feet! We've got this!" he called. "Use Rock Slide! Maximum Power for a knock-out!" Haxorus got up and started conjuring up rocks of all shapes and sizes and spun them at dizzying paces around itself. Without warning the rocks were sent flying at Mienshao and I.
"Mienshao!" I called. "Use acrobatics to fly through the rocks! Avoid them at all costs!" I knew that one hit would mean a serious loss of HP. Even though I had figured out a way for Mienshao to avoid the rocks, they were still coming at me. There was nothing I could do. I raised my arms and crossed them in front of my face. I felt the rocks slamming into my arms, but it was okay. A few scratches wouldn't do anything.
As I felt the attack stopping and fewer rocks were headed towards me, I quickly turned my attention back to the battle. Mienshao had avoided every last rock. She was standing straight, poised, and ready for my next command. I looked at Cheren. His jaw was clenched.
"Let's finish this!" I called. "Mienshao. Use Aurora Sphere!" I said, stretching my arm out for emphasis.
But Mienshao didn't move.
Cheren's frown quickly turned into a smirk. "Have you forgotten, White? Rock Slide can make your Pokémon flinch. Now it's my turn! Haxorus, finish it with-"
Suddenly Mienshao produced the Aurora Sphere, sent it up into the air, jumped up after it, and delivered a powerful kick to send the energy ball flying at blinding speeds. It crashed into Haxorus and caused a huge cloud of dust to assemble. Mienshao landed back down in front of me.
"How-?" I heard Cheren wonder out loud.
Now it was my turn to smirk.
"Come on Cheren, focus for once. Or should I say, Inner focus." It was true, Mienshao's ability prevented flinching.
As the dust cleared, Haxorus lay on the ground, knocked out.
"Haxorus is unable to battle! The round goes to Mienshao! Mienshao is the winner!" the referee called.
Cheren returned from his battling stance to stand upright and relaxed.
"Well played, White, well played." He said thoughtfully, holding his chin.
I smiled. "Mienshao, return!" I called. "Awesome job. You did great." I said to it in its pokeball. I reattached the ball to my belt.
"It was fun battling you, White. Sorry about your arms." he said glancing at my forearms, where there were a few cuts and bruises.
"You should try and go after the elite four, again. It would be a great challenge, and very interesting for someone of your skill." Cheren said to me as we stood next to the battle field.
I blushed. "Aw, come on. I probably got you when your Pokémon were weak. I mean you were just battling that trainer."
"Wrong, White. Those were some of the Pokémon I had from when we were first starting out on our journeys. They are some of my strongest Pokémon. I don't use them in gym battles. Instead I use my Patrat and my Lillipup. They are normal types." I shrugged at Cheren's comment.
"Well, I've got some business to take care of, and I'm sure I have a couple trainers waiting for me as it is. It was nice seeing you White. Hopefully next time I'll be able to take out that Mienshao of yours." He said, turning away.
I exited the gym and hopped back on my bike. I pedalled towards the Pokémon daycare.
"Good to see you White. How is everything?" the old lady at the counter of the Pokémon Daycare smiled at me.
"Great, thanks. I've come to pick up the Snivy, Oshawott and Tepig eggs."
The old lady smiled. "Sure." She went into the back room and brought out three cases with the eggs inside them. "Here you are. Even if you drop the eggs within the cases, they will not break." She handed me the tray. "That will be 1000 Pokédollars." She smiled.
I smiled in spite of myself. This was typical. I reached into my pockets and pulled out the required amount. I handed the cash over and picked up the egg cases, one in each hand and one balancing on my upper arm.
"Thanks a ton!" I said as I walked out of the daycare center towards my bike. I smiled at the old man who also worked there. I placed one of the egg cases within the basket of my bike, and the other two on my lap just in front of me. I biked back to Nuvema.
…
Soon I had reached my hometown. I biked my way over to the lab. I carefully parked it outside the building, picking up all three eggs at once. I headed inside to meet Prof. Juniper.
"Uh, Professor?" I called out into the seemingly empty lab.
"Oh White! There you are! What took so long? Was the daycare lady giving you a hard time? Come back here!"
I headed on over to the back of the lab.
"Here you are!" I said as I placed the egg cases down on the Prof's desk, who was studying some Pokémon DNA or something at the counter by the wall, her back turned to me.
"Perfect. Thanks a ton White; I appreciate your help around here! By the way, what did take so long?"
"Well, I headed up to Nacrene City to meet up with Cheren, and we ended up having a Pokemon battle." I put one hand behind head as if I were scratching it and shrugged.
"And how did that go?" The Prof asked, still turned, doing what she was doing.
"Pretty good. Mienshao managed to defeat Cheren's Liepard and Haxorus."
"That's fantastic! Your Pokémon and you must be very strong."
I shrugged again. "Yeah, I guess."
I helped Professor Juniper in the lab some more and a few hours later we sat down in her little living space. The Professor made her home within her lab.
"Phew. Good work today, eh White?" She said.
"Yup." I replied.
She sighed. "Having an assistant aiding me all the time sure is a huge help! Some Professor's assistants can go away for a very long time, and they have to call in substitutes!" The Prof. exclaimed. "Oh yes, I have to tell you before I forget. Professor Birch from the Hoenn region is coming tomorrow to work with me for a few weeks."
"That's neat." was all I could say. Like I had said before, I didn't usually associate with anyone other my mom and the Prof., so this was completely out of my comfort zone. I didn't want to complain though, so I kept quiet.
Professor Juniper looked at me funny then got up. I did the same.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow, Professor." I said as made my way to the door and left.
This morning I got up and remembered how Professor Birch was coming to Nuvema town. I looked out my window at the lab in the distance. I got ready and headed out about half an hour later after a light breakfast. It was 7:00 a.m.. Life in Nuvema town wasn't necessarily boring- who am I kidding, it was boring as hell. I didn't usually think about it, but every day I hoped for something exciting to happen, an escape from my daily life.
I arrived at the lab and let myself inside. I saw the Prof. speaking with a man in a white lab coat with a navy blue shirt and lose dull-green shorts and sandals. He had a trim beard and shaggy hair.
"Hello!" I said when they didn't notice me.
"Oh! White!" Professor Juniper smiled at me. "This is Professor Birch from the Hoenn region! He studies how Pokemon behave in the wild! This may help me figure out how Pokemon adapted, which may lead me straight to their origins!" She said excitedly.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you!" Professor Birch said as he reached his hand out for me to shake.
"Same here!" I said shaking his hand politely and smiling. He seemed like a nice guy.
"Well let's get down to business, shall we?" Professor Birch suggested.
"Right." The Prof. agreed.
So after another long day of work filled with training, studying and researching, we all sat down and took a break. After a bit more miscellaneous work here and there, and also a bit of cleaning, I headed home once again.
I had just changed into my pajamas when there was a knock at the door.
"White? Can you get the door?" My mother called from the basement, where she was rearranging furniture and organizing some old junk.
I went downstairs to the main floor and opened the door. It was Professor Juniper, still dressed in her usual white t-shirt and green skirt with lab coat and spherical red earrings, and not to mention a pair of red sneakers.
"Um, hi Professor Juniper..." I started.
"Hello White!" She said. "I just got a call from Professor Oak! His assistant, Tracey, has taken an extended break from his job as Samuel's assistant, so he's looking for a replacement!It just so happens that I mentioned you! And he's interested!"
...
At first I was a little reluctant to go. I had never been to the Kanto region, nor had I ever encountered any of the Pokémon there in real life. Not once had I met Professor Oak, and I had no idea where I would be staying. Besides that it would be my first time on a plane, and by myself too. The Prof. had told me that she could make do without my help since Professor Birch was there, and that this would be a great experience for me or something. Of course, I was bringing all my main team Pokémon.
I boarded my plane to Kanto, which was fairly small and was set to land in Viridian City. The plane had an aisle straight down the middle, with two seats on either side. I sat down. I had packed light, bringing only the minimum, or in other words, as much as I could fit in my pink bag, which I kept with me on my lap. I was wearing my regular trainer outfit for the plane ride, but had kept spares of outfits in my bag. I had also packed three lab coats.
I took my seat. A few minutes later a man who was seemingly a lot older than me sat down beside me. I had the window seat. The plane took off smoothly and I pulled out the big book I had been reading for the past few days. It was on the ancient Pokemon of the Unova region. Even though I had the book in front of me, I was just staring at it. Truth was I didn't really feel like reading it right now.
I looked out the window. I couldn't believe it, but I felt a little homesick. I pulled a pokeball out of my bag and held it in my hand.
"I'm allergic to fur, ma'am." The voice made me jump. It was the man sitting beside me.
"Oh, sorry." I said as I stuffed the ball back in my bag. Wait. How could it affect him if the Pokémon were in its ball? I turned and looked at the man. He was leafing through a magazine. Whatever.
I opened the outside pocket of my bag, where I had packed one of my extra lab coats. I pulled it out and put it on with ease. I felt at home instantly. I checked my watch. The plane had left Mistralton City at 8:30 a.m. this morning. It had required me to be up at 5:30, something to which I was not accustomed to, in order to be ready in a half hour and take one hour on one of the complimentary Tranquills from the airport, who knew the move Fly to get there. There was also a one hour check in time for the flight, so I had been thirty minutes ahead of schedule.
This flight was said to last eight hours. So we'd reach Kanto at around 4:30. It was 10:30 by now, and I was feeling a bit sleepy since I had woken up so early. But I wouldn't let myself fall asleep, so I read my book for the rest of the ride.
"We'll be landing in about half an hour." The announcement came over the PA system on the plane, catching my attention.
I looked out the window of the plane. It was pretty dark out, for 4:00 p.m. All the clouds were blocking out the sun.
My plane finally landed, and soon enough to. I was getting pretty cranky after sitting down for such a long time. The airport in Viridian City was just a small building next to a runway. I made my way through the airport, past all the other passengers scrambling to get their bags. I was lucky that I didn't have anything to claim, and that I just brought my one pink bag.
I finally found the exit and made my way into Viridian City. I looked around at the city as I walked through, turning around to get a full view. It was good weather today, only a few clouds were over to the side of my view, where the plane had come from. I smiled. It wasn't too unlike Unova. I continued walking, and hailed a cab the first chance I got.
"Hello!" I said to the driver as I got in the taxi.
"Where are you heading?" The driver asked. His voice was kind of rough.
I looked down at the piece of paper that Professor Juniper had written on last minute before I left. "Pallet Town, please!" I said cheerfully, although I was still a bit crabby from the plane ride.
"Sure thing." The driver responded. I sighed as I settled down into the seat.
"So where are you coming from?" The driver asked, trying to make conservation, I supposed.
"Unova." I said without a thought, staring out the window at the Kanto region.
"You ever been to Kanto before?" He asked.
"Uh- no." I said, a little slow on responding.
"You looking to collect those gym badges? I hear the Viridian City leader's quite something. Real tough to beat. But he's not in most of the time."
"Well, no, unfortunately, I'm only here for a short while." I responded.
"I see." He said, and we sat in silence. It was like that until he announced that we had reached Pallet and stopped the car. "Well I'm afraid I can't drop you off at exactly where you wanted to be, because Pallet doesn't have the safest roads since their all unpaved, and I don't want to take any chances with old Joy here."
"Joy?" I turned towards him and raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, after Nurse Joy. Hehe." He said, scratching his head.
"Well thanks; I think I can manage from here." I said, opening the cab door after handing him a few bills.
After the cab drove off I stood at the top of a hill and looked down at Pallet.
"Wow." I said as I breathed in and took in the small town. It was similar to Nuvema, but also different. Pallet Town was instead located in a valley, and was spread over a much bigger area.
I took a step forward into the peaceful little town and felt myself falling down and down and down. I had tripped on probably what was a small hole in the ground, maybe dug by some Diglett, a Kanto region Pokémon. I couldn't check now though, I was already at what I presumed halfway down.
I landed with a thud at the bottom of the hill and rubbed my head. I could tell I was bruised in several places but I decided to just continue on as if nothing had happened. As I thought about it, I felt like how I tripped was an injustice, or in other words- why in the world did I trip? I've been a good person! It made me angrier and angrier as I walked through Pallet Town, even though I knew I was just making a big deal out of nothing.
I ran into a woman who was cleaning her porch with a Mr. Mime. I took a deep breathe in to calm myself down from the sudden outburst of angry energy I had.
"Hello there!" I called to the woman. "Excuse me, but could you point me towards Professor Oak's laboratory?" I asked.
"Hello!" The woman responded back, smiling. "We don't get many visitors in Pallet! The lab's fairly down this road, just keep walking, and you'll get there eventually!" She told me.
"Thank you very much!" I said, as I continued to walk down the road. I wondered how much farther 'you'll get there eventually' would be. I walked down the dusty dirt road. The taxicab driver had been right, the roads were no good for driving motorized vehicles, except maybe the odd convertible or two. Maybe that was why it was so pollution free here.
As I walked I took in the sites around me. There really wasn't much, just a few houses spread far apart form each other and a giant field, dotted with a few trees here and there. I couldn't see anybody.
Soon I came to a small hill next to a huge grove of trees. A flight of stairs led up to a building with a windmill attached. This must be the place. The gates next to the stairs were open, so I took the liberty of heading on up. As I climbed I realized how tired I really was. Was it jetlag? To add insult to injury, I was also starving. Luckily I had bottled water on me, so I had had a drink on the way.
I really couldn't wait to meet Professor Oak. Professor Juniper had told me he was really nice, and knew a lot about Pokémon. I finally arrived at the doorstep to the lab. I took a deep breathe in and made sure I looked okay. I was wearing my original trainer outfit, except I still had on my lab coat. I was wearing my baseball cap with my ponytail stuffed through it with side bangs.
When I deemed myself worthy of meeting Professor Oak, I rang the doorbell.
Instead of the Professor himself, the door was opened by a young man, probably around my age, in a lab coat. He was a brunette and his spikey hair drooped over his face. He looked at me expectantly.
"Uh, would Professor Oak be here by any chance?" I asked, a little intimidated by his gaze.
"You're looking at him." He said, his eyes still fixed on me. Please, who did he think I was? I knew what Professor Oak looked like, and he definitely was not this young. But honestly, I really, really, wasn't in the mood for this. I tried again.
"Look, I don't have time for this." I said sternly. "I need to speak with Professor Oak right now, as in, right this instant."
"I told ya. You're looking at him!" He tried again. I took a deep breathe in. I narrowed my eyes and gave him a dirty look. I put down my bag.
"Listen here." I said as I leaned right up to him. "If you don't take me to Professor Oak, Professor S. Oak, then you'll be sorry."
He just smirked and leaned back against the doorframe, crossing his arms. I was fuming.
"And just who are you, to be threatening me?"
"White. White of Unova." I said matter-of-factly. The young man I was talking to looked up into the sky past me, putting on a thinking face.
"Well, now that you mention it, there was some kid from Unova who was supposed to come on by here…" He said, slowing down the last few words. He paused. "Well, not my problem." He said simply as he turned around and shrugged, slamming the door in my face.
I was infuriated. I was not going to be treated like this. I banged on the door with my clenched fist, completely disregarding the doorbell. Suddenly the door opened. And the same guy as before asked,
"Okay, okay, calm down. So what exactly is it that you want?" His spiky hair was pushed aside ever so slightly and he looked at me intently, waiting for a response with his glowing, vivid green eyes. And it was just those eyes that put me in a trance.
"Uh…" was all I could manage. "I-uh-Professor Oak… right now…"
"Are you going to keep gawking all day or are you going to give me an answer?" He said impatiently.
I shook my head head and put on a calm face. I decided to have a little fun with this kid, and see if he was really who he said he was. After all, I was not about to be treated like this. I stood up straight and showed off a smirk of my own. I pushed past him and entered the Professor's lab. I noticed some couches in the corner of the huge room I was standing in. I walked on over to them and plopped myself down, still smirking as I looked at the kid, who was still standing at the doorway with his arms crossed, smirking and shaking his head with his eyebrows raised.
So what do think? Not my best work, and it was kind of a slow nothing-exciting-happening chapter. I have actually run out of material now, but I will keep writing! Hopefully... Anyway, reviews would be greatly appreciated! ^_^ Oh yeah and congratulations on making it all the way down here! Even if you skipped the main part, thanks! Everyone will be a lot more in character next chapter! Promise!
