Pokemon: DP Adventure

Chapter 3: I Choose You!; A Journey Begins pt.2

Jak had gotten Professor Rowan over to Twinleaf Town with no problem whatsoever. When they had reached the town, the Professor and Jak had gone their separate ways. As soon as Jak and Eevee had gotten home, Mrs. Ketcher saw the scratch marks on his back. Immediately, Mrs. Ketcher went all into 'Mother Mode' and began to treat the cuts and bandage them up.

After the treatment, Jak was sitting outside in the backyard, with Eevee sitting on his lap, waiting for his mom to finish up with the sewing job on his shirt. At the moment, he was holding two poke balls in his hands. The two poke balls were the Poke Balls holding Jak's two new companions and friends, Turtwig and Staravia.

He then smirked as he let them both out, the balls opened up as red energy shot out of the balls. Then the energy took form, and dissipated, revealing both Turtwig and Staravia. Turtwig cried out happily as it jumped right next to his new trainer, "Turt! Turt-twig!", and sat there playfully.

Staravia, who was captured, was slightly hesitant about being captured. However, as it looked at Eevee and Turtwig comfortable being around Jak, it flew up and perched himself on Jak's right shoulder. As soon as everyone was comfortable, Jak looked up at the sky as it was nearing dusk.

He then sighed as he stated out, "You know guys… I don't know what's out there for us at this point…", but then he smirked as he petted Eevee behind his favorite spot, which made the Pokemon purr a bit, "But I know that we can take whatever challenge that's thrown at us."

"Turrrr.", Turtwig motioned.

"Staaaaar.", Staravia stated as he cleaned his wing with his beak.

All Eevee did was chirp out with a smile, "Vwee."

Jak sighed with a smile on his face as he and the trio looked up at the night sky, "Guys…. this'll be a night to remember."

Later That Night

Twinleaf Grove

Pokemon Trainer's Ceremony

In the small center of that which was Twinleaf Town's park, the party had been set up for the Pokemon Trainer Graduation Ceremony. There were tents posted as well as benches with food placed on the tables, for everyone to have as some ate. the children, who were around the ages of eight to ten, ran around, playing with any pet Pokemon that they had, or listened to other adults telling stories of their time traveling all over the world, exploring and discovering Pokemon that were sometimes found along the way. The Pokemon Trainer Graduates, who were all at the age of fourteen, Male and Female alike, were having one heck of a time, either eating, talking to each other, or dancing to the music.

Jak was currently sitting at a bench table with Eevee on top of it, as he ate the current meal that he had gotten from one of the tents. He and Eevee had watched the whole party go on as everyone was having a great time. That is until he spotted a joyous sight as he looked in the crowd of dancers. It was there that he saw Molly, happy as ever and dancing along with the music as anyone else out there on the dancing floor. Jak smirked, seeing his childhood friend having fun on this graduation night.

"Why don't you go out there and dance with her, son?", came a voice next to Jak. He whipped around in surprise and saw his mom, sitting down with a nice cup of lemonade.

At that question, Jak just looked away from the dancing, and turned back to a glass of soda he was drinking. After he was done with the cup, he made up an excuse as he mumbled, "Ah, no thanks, mom. I'm just gonna have another cup of soda while I'm…", just then, Eevee leapt off the table, running towards the dancing. Immediately, Jak got up and ran over to get him back, "Eevee! Get back here!"

He chased after Eevee through the crowd, until he bumped into someone. As soon as he regained his balance, he saw who it was that he had bumped into. It was none other than Molly, as she too regained her composure after being knocked off balance. There, the two just stood there in complete awkwardness; Jak feeling embarrassed for bumping into her like that, and Molly embarrassed and blusing madly at Jak now.

Eevee had run back to the table and hopped back on there, sitting next to Mrs. Ketcher. Mrs. Ketcher smiled at the little scene in front of her as she turned towards Eevee and complimented, "That was some quick thinking, Eevee."

Eevee mischievously chirped out as he smirked at Jak's mom, "Ee-Evwee."

Back with the two teens, Jak stood there as he scratched the back of his head, fidgeting on the awkward scene. Molly was still standing there, though looking away and shyly blushing at the boy that she had known all her life. The two were in an awkward situation until Jak finally apologized, "Um, sorry about bumping into you like that. My Eevee can be a real pain sometimes."

"Oh no, it's alright.", Molly burst out nearly shouting, then sinking back to shyness as she looked away from Jak's gaze, blushing and twiddling her fingers, "I just… I heard about what happened when you helped Professor Rowan." She then looked to him with much concern as she asked, "Are you alright? I heard that you were hurt."

"Nah, just a bunch of scratches.", Jak chuckled at that, easing Molly.

Molly sighed with relief as she stated, "That's good. Because from what I've heard, the life of a trainer is really hard. Going on a perilous journey and capturing Wild Pokemon. It just sounds really dangerous."

Jak smirked as he shook his head, "Nah, I'll be fine. Eevee and I've trained for six years. The physical stuff should be a piece of cake.", he then smirked at Molly, which caused her to blush at that point, "Capturing and training Wild Pokemon, that'll be the challenge." He then pointed out, "I mean, you and your brother'll probably go through the same thing, right?"

It was at that time, Molly sadly shook her head, "Sorry, Jak, but I've decided not to be a Trainer.", but then smiled as she replied, "Instead, I think I'll be a researcher like the Professor."

Jak smiled at that, "Well that's great."

It was then that Molly lit up with surprise as she stated, "Oh, that's right. I almost forgot.", she then rummaged through her pockets, looking for something, with a confused Jak looking at her, wondering what it was she was looking for. It was then that she had found it and smiled to Jak, "I went to your house to give this to you, but you were already out..", and then she pulled something out of her pocket and held it out for Jak to take, "This is for you."

It was then that Jak looked at whatever it was that Molly had. It was a small gray watch like device, with a green digital screen on it. It was then that Jak knew what it was as he stated with a surprised smile, "Wow. A Pokegear watch.", and then accepted the gift as he placed it on his left wrist. The watch activated as a small green light appeared on the green screen, and out popped a holo-digital display of the current time.

Jak then deactivated the holo-display as he smirked to Molly as he thanked her, "Thanks, Molly. This is really gonna come in handy." He then pointed out, "I heard that this model not only functions as a watch, but also as a cell phone and Poke-Nav all in one."

She nodded, "It should come in hand when you need to find the nearest town or call home.", she then looked to Jak, a little star-gazy, and blushed slightly as she stated, "Jak… you remember back six years ago, when I said you would be a great Pokemon Trainer?"

Jak kind of sheepishly looked away as he nodded and answered, "Yeah, back then I wasn't too fond of the idea."

Molly smirked as she encouraged him, "I'm sure you'll do great and form a great band of Pokemon. I mean you already have Eevee, and from what your mom told me, you also have your Starter already as well as your first catch. All in one day."

"Ha! A likely fluke for such a lowly amateur like yourself, Jak."

Jak cringed at the very sound of that disgusting prideful voice. He turned around grimily as his face paled up and snarled at who it was that spoke up. It was none other than Nathan Wihner, Molly's brother, standing behind Jak with his arms crossed and his know-it-all-I'm-better-than-you smug smirk on his face. Like Jak, he too had grown up into a physically fit and handsome fourteen-year-old boy. His hair was still blonde and neatly kept, and now he was sporting a new outfit. He was dressed in a red pilot jacket with a turtleneck collar, with the jacket halfway buttoned up, brown cargo pants with two pouches tied to both sides, a belt containing six empty Poke Balls in their default modes, a brown phani pouch to his waist, and black hiking shoes on his feet. He too was also equipped with a Pokegear watch as well, except it was colored black, and white fingerless gloves.

He then mockingly boasted, "After all…. What self-respecting Pokemon would ever listen to you?"

Then Jak turned around and shot Nathan a dirty smile as he shot back, "I'm pretty sure they'd be a lot better than listening to someone who talks and acts like a snob. Kind of like you."

That caused Nathan to twitch a little as he sweatdropped for only a moment, with his eyelash twitching slightly; almost as if the insult had struck him. But then he cleared his throat and half-smiled as he shot back, "You think you stand a chance in the Pokemon League Super Bowl in the Sinnoh Region?"

"Better shot than you ever do, Pretty boy.", Jak shot back once more.

"Amateuristic Fool."

"Overconfident Jerk."

"Foolhardy Failure!"

"Pompous Slowbro!"

The two went on and on, never stopping with any insults that they could throw at one another. Molly sighed with exhaustion as she sweatdropped at this scene and shook her head, knowing full well that this could go on for a long time now. Sitting at the bench table, Mrs. Ketcher and Eevee looked at the two boys bickering over one another. Mrs. Ketcher just shook her head as she hopelessly smiled at the scene, "No matter how old they've gotten, they still won't grow out of their feud."

Eevee lowered his head down in that same feeling as he chirped, "Ee-vwee."

"I say, those two look like they've been rivals since they were children.", came a voice from next to Mrs. Ketcher. She turned and saw that it was Prof. Rowan, just casually overlooking the celebration. He then bowed his head to her as he introduced himself, "Oh I'm sorry for startling you. I'm Professor Rowan; I'm sure your son told you about our little meeting."

Mrs. Ketcher nodded as she too bowed her head, "Of course he did, Professor. I'm just happy you and my son came out of that scurrage all right."

The Professor chuckled a little, "Well, in truth, all I did was stumble into two Starly flocks fighting over their territories. I just got tangled up in it and they ended up teaming together chasing after me."

But at this point, his attention was turned towards the two arguing male trainers as they continued their verbal assaults on one another, waving their fists in the air and shouting constantly, getting everyone's attention.

Rowan looked to Mrs. Ketcher as he asked, "Have they always acted like this?"

Mrs. Ketcher sweatdropped as she nodded, "Pretty much. And I can't understand for the life in me why they continue to do so."

Prof. Rowan chuckled at that as he looked at the two, still on the argument and insults, "I must say I can tell that those two show much promise." And then pointed to Jak, "Especially that young fellow."

Mrs. Ketcher then seemed a little surprised by that, even Eevee, as she asked, "Jak? Why do you say that?"

He then paid all his attention to Jak as he explained to her, "When he went to pick out a Pokemon to help me and his Eevee, he picked out a Turtwig. However, this one was from a forest that had been hacked down by a strange organization that resembled astronauts. They then took all the Pokemon in that area, except for that Turtwig. It was after that the true damage had been done; the Turtwig became completely distrustful to any human in my staff.", he then furrowed his brow to Jak as he explained, "Yet somehow, through some mysterious power, your son was able to make it trust humans again."

Mrs. Ketcher smiled at that as she looked back to her son, "Well, he's just like his father. He and my son have that sort of gift to make friends with Pokemon."

The Professor nodded, "Yes. I've seen it as well. It's a gift that allows a person to communicate deeply with Pokemon; almost speak and understand them.", he then scratched his bearded chin in thought as he stated, "In all my travels, I've only seen a few with such a rare gift. It's a real delight to see someone like him with a rare gift as that."

Mrs. Ketcher smiled at that as she turned to look at her son, who seemed to have stopped the arguing as Molly stepped in between the two, "I think so too."

Eevee just sat at the table, and nodded, "Vwee."

Later on

Graduation Ceremony

It was after the celebration, that Professor Rowan came in and brought along his briefcase as well as his book bag. All the trainers came around and started to choose out their Starter Pokemon, but also were given a small handheld computer that was shaped rectangular, with a curved end on one side of it. This was their Pokedex, their official Pokemon Data gatherer, guide, as well as registrant license to make them official Pokemon. Afterwards, the case was empty and the trainers had received their Pokemon as they stood attentive to Professor Rowan, along with their Starter Pokemon out. Even Jak had taken out Turtwig and stood next to Eevee.

Molly stood aside from him along with her Starter Pokemon, and a violet Pokedex in her. It was an adorable little penguin-like Pokemon that was one foot in height, colored ice blue, ocean blue and a little white. Its main body was ice blue with two small little wings for its arms, and had two yellow webbed feet. Its head was circular and colored ocean blue, with a small cape like flap that resembled a coat tail that was also it's tail as well, had two white circles on where its blue eyes were, and two on its chest, with a small yellow beak. This little fellow was known as Piplup, the Water Type Starter of Sinnoh.

For Nathan, his Starter was perched on his shoulder, as he placed a fiery red Pokedex in his phani pocket. His starter Pokemon, was a one foot tall orange furred monkey, with a flaming stub for a tail, a sandy orange for its underbelly, hands and feet, as well as its face and ears. The little monkey also had fiery red rings around its eyes and a poof of hair on its head that made it look like its head was aflame. This was known as Chimchar, the Fire Monkey Pokemon.

As the trainers all stood attending, including Jak, who had Eevee on his shoulder, and an orange and black Pokedex in his phani pack. They all stood attentive as Professor Rowan stood before them at a podium, and spoke through a microphone.

He cleared his throat as he started out, "Sorry, everyone. I'm a little rusty at this, and I make the same speech with every generation… so here it goes.", and then he began his speech to everyone as he started out, "Today, or Tonight, you have taken the first step towards becoming Pokemon Trainers. What lies ahead of you is not only your world, but their world. A Pokemon World if you will. They live on Land, Sea, Air, from the dark corners of forests and unexplored jungles, to the shining districts of the cities. On this night and probably tomorrow morning for those who want a good refreshing head start, you both, human and Pokemon alike, will be journeying into the world of Pokemon Training, Battles, Coordination, and Exploration. Living and learning together, sometimes as teammates, other times as rivals, but in the end, ever as friends. And along the way you will find those who will blindly take advantage of a Pokemon's trust, to use their abilities in order to further their selfish and egotistical ambitions in the name of darkness. But as the pendulum swings both ways, there will always be the Pokemon Rangers as well as you. Reflecting the balance that is nature of course. Expecting the things one might expect on a journey as this, or not, but living your dream along the way. For this is part of the journey, this is the journey, and the world of Pokemon will present for you a road that for you will be unimaginable."

After that was said, all the trainers and their Starter Pokemon cheered out excited on the challenges in their lives to come.

Next Morning

Near the Edge of Twinleaf Town

The very next morning, all the trainers had made their separate ways to start on their journey. They had all taken different roads that led to wherever it was they were going. Some took the road that led to Sandgem Town or the road that led to the harbor to the docks. There, they would take a boat that would probably take them to Johto, the Hoenn Region, or even Kanto to start their journey there. However, those who wanted to, took the road to wherever they would go in Sinnoh.

At that point, someone standing at the road that led to Sandgem Town stood there, overlooking the road. It was none other than Jak Ketcher as he overlooked the road that he would go on. Eevee was on his shoulder at this time as he too overlooked the road of their destiny. Jak was still wearing the same thing that he had yesterday, but now he had a few other features to his wardrobe. He now wore an orange jacket that was halfway zipped up with white shoulders and the sleeve's rolled up to the elbows, and the inner part of the sleeve colored white. He also wore a special kind of goggles on his head with two light lenses on the left side of the goggles. And on his back, was a blue backpack with the Pokemon symbol on the back of it.

He looked at the road before him as he sighed with relief, "Well, Eevee… this is it."

"Vwee.", Eevee chirped, awaiting the first steps out of Twinleaf.

"The start of our adventure.", Jak finished as he took a deep breath. and then exhaled as he took the first step down the road, and then kept on going as he and Eevee went off down the road to Sandgem Town… and the first step on their journey through the land of Sinnoh on their journey through the world of Pokemon.

Next Chapter: Houston, We have a Galactic Problem

Name: Jak Ketcher

Age: 14

Hair/Eyes: Dark Brown/

Personality: somewhat an adventure seeker and a bit of a goof, he's the serious hero and a comic relief. He is smart and resourceful, but also still new to most of the rest of Sinnoh. His intelligence and gift in understanding Pokemon helps him in Pokemon Battles. Brave and somewhat pretentious, Jak seeks the recognition as a Great Pokemon Master, but sometimes when he looses his pride takes a shot downward. In spite of this, Jak is still able to pull through as well as his Pokemon, and fight to not only win, but if the need be to survive.

Character inspired by: Jak's basically a combination of Shinji Ikari mixed with Naruto Uzumaki, hence the orange and black ensemble.

Pokemon present: Eevee (Friend), Turtwig (Starter Pokemon), Starly/Staravia (First Catch)