Jealousy swept through me, but I still kept my smile. I walked over to Grant and gave him a manly hug. Dylan shook his hand and Jack gave him a friendly punch. Grant was everyone's best friend in our little group, which was pretty obvious to anyone who saw us. After we all welcomed Grant, he embraced Kylie again, causing me to look away. Luckily, Oak interrupted their hug only a few seconds in.
"Your parents told me you were all coming here to get your starter Pokémon today. Before you choose your Pokémon, you will need to choose one thing. Pokémon contests are now in Kanto, and you need to choose if you will be a trainer and prove your strength or a coordinator and show off your skills in contests."
All of us thought for a minute, except for Jack, who spoke right away. "I'm going with trainer. Strength is easier than making things look cool."
That was all it took to convince Dylan. "I'm going to do that too!"
Kylie, Grant and I thought for a little more, before I asked, "Is it possible to do both?"
"Yes, we call them," Oak gave a slight pause and a cheesy smile, "Pokémon coordi-trainers."
Jack facepalmed. There was a short silence where no one laughed at the extremely stupid pun, until I broke the silence. "I guess I'll be a coordi-trainer."
Jack looked at me and laughed. "Only chicks enter contests." He mocked.
Grant glared at him, and jokingly asked him "Then why didn't you enter them?" Grant must have agreed somewhat though, as he decided to be a trainer too.
Kylie gave me a sympathetic smile. "I'll be a coordi-trainer." She announced. "Why choose one when you can do both?" Said she.
I smiled. "Exactly."
Professor Oak handed out cases to hold our gym badges, and in mine and Kylie's cases, extra slots for ribbons. The boys got blue, and the girl got pink, pretty generic coloring. "And now, it's time for you to choose your Pokémon. Unlike before, you now get a pokedex with all 693 Pokémon in it, and you choose any Pokémon for your starter."
Jack actually grinned, and it wasn't because he made fun of someone, which is a huge surprise. "I choose Rufflet, because Braviary is an epic Pokémon.
The rest of us took our time on choosing our Pokémon until Kylie broke the silence. "I want this one." She pointed to a Swanna.
I used this moment to explain evolution to my Pokémon novice friends. "That's the second evolution of a Pokémon. First, you have to get a basic Pokémon, and once it meets the requirements, it evolves, so you need this Pokémon." I pointed to a Ducklett.
"Oh…" She replied with a hint of disappointment.
"Don't be sad!" I tried to cheer her up. "It will only be a Ducklett for a short while, and then it will be a Swanna forever.
She smiled a little. "I'll have a Ducklett then."
Grant chose his Pokémon next. "I always liked the Pokémon Electrike. I always have one when I play Pokémon Sapphire. I want that."
We all stared at Grant incredulously. "You play Pokémon?" I asked.
He looked down looking a little sheepish. "Don't tell anyone at school, k?"
The 4 of us nodded. Dylan decided it would be a good time to enter what we call Loud Time. "Screw this! I'll just choose any random Pokémon!" He scrolled through the pokedex randomly and stopped on a Pokémon. "I'll take this one! Magby!"
Then, I realized something. "We have a fire, water, and electric type. Just to make it a team with all the basic types, I'll choose a grass type. I always liked Shiftry. I choose Seedot!
Oak nodded, and walked over to a computer. He pressed a few buttons, and 5 pokeballs appeared in a container next to him. He handed us each a pokeball. "Here you go. Would you like to nickname your Pokémon?"
We all shook our heads except for Dylan. "I'll name my Magby fireflame." He laughed. Although it was the stupidest name ever, we didn't say anything, because Dylan is… Dylan. I don't think he has any mental disabilities, but he's just Dylan.
"Done. There's a contest in Viridian City in two days, and it's at least a day's walk. I recommend you get going really soon, because you two will need time to train if you have any chance of winning the contest." Oak told me and Kylie. Jack disregarded all of this and walked toward the door.
"Wait!" I called to him. "Where are you going? We all have to battle each other first." I grinned and zapped my Seedot out of his pokeball.
A/N: Sorry about the really late chapter. My life has been extremely hectic lately with finals and everything, and I finally had time to write when I finished my Spanish final early, which is why it's a little short. I am now excepting OC's
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