Hello! First off, if you think I revealed how my character acts entirely, you are SO wrong. That was so you understood his apathetic/indifferent nature, with a spice of amusement or interest that peeks through. Daniel already spoke about his insecurities, so that's out of the way as well. From now on, it will mainly be Pokemon training, battles, or just plain interactions, not as much character personality setting.

Also, to the guest that suggested a few things, here are my answers:

Xander and Sabrina will have a sibling-ish relationship. Not a romantic one, although I did consider it. However, Xander is already going to be paired with someone, but not for a while.

Xander will not be getting a Gyarados, it doesn't really suit his style.

Daniel may be getting a Gastly. That is still being debated between us, unfortunately, Daniel has some kind of aversion to Ghost Types…

Thank you for the suggestions, however! I may have denied some of yours, but it really thrills me to get my readers a chance to affect my story, so suggest away! Perhaps I will add it!


Xander POV

"Again!" I command.

I watch in satisfaction as Jet and Foxglove fight each other for the eighth time in two hours. Before those two hours I was working on our non verbal commands for an hour and a half. Before that training, we were warming up for an hour. Before THAT

We had breakfast. What did you expect? More training?

That was for Daniel. He woke up at three in the morning to try and get the jump on me in training. Unfortunately for him, I know he keeps waking up because he is SO FRICKIN' LOUD! Seriously! You can hear him wake up from a mile away with his yawn!

But I am quieter… I wait for him to sleep before doing speed training with my team, in which I would train their mobility in the dark, as well as their attack speed. If you think I'm going overboard with my training, I'm not. My Pokemon have practically begged me to train them.

The few times I've tried to give them a break, I get hit with a Wing Attack and a Vine Whip. Not fun, nor weak. I'm pretty sure both my Pokemon are already close to evolving, same with Daniel's, or at least his Charmander since Scyther can't evolve except by trade.

I snap out of my thoughts to find Foxglove panting, with Jet standing over him, squawking in victory. I clap my hands, "Alright you two, you need a break to recover your energy, if you wanna continue after that, I'll come up with something."

My two Pokemon nod reluctantly before going under the shade of a tree, away from the sunny field they've been training in. I'm not giving them potions because unfortunately, I'm out of those. If I know my Pokemon, they'll want to fight even more.

What to do… ah! They desperately need new moves!

Yeah… they're both level 15 or something… and they haven't learned any new moves… no wonder Daniel's been beating me in our sparring battles recently… Time to go through the moves they can learn!


"Alright! Gather round!" I call. I smile inwardly as my two Pokemon practically blink themselves over to me in an instant. I crouch as I pull out my idea pad from my bag. I point at Jet first.

"We've been focusing on your stats too much, and we don't have a large variety in attacks," I explain, "Therefore, in order to become even stronger, we need to learn new moves, got that?"

Jet nods eagerly, and I see Foxglove nod with a "Saur" of approval for my plan.

I nod my own appreciation for their understanding before I begin to explain what I want them to work on. "Okay then, Jet, you're gonna need more time since you need something to counter Rock Types, and the first move I can think of that you'll be able to use is Steel Wing, got it?"

"Pidge!" Jet nods. I smile slightly at their enthusiasm.

"Good, now I'll take a page from Daniel's book and explain it to you the way he taught Metal Claw to Charmander. I want you to focus your energy into your wings, think of them as hard as steel, then strike a tree as hard as you can. When you see a metallic sheen on your wings, call for me, alright?"

"Gey Pidge!" he nodded, before giving me a salute with his right wing, which I admit, I laughed at as he left to train. As I calm down, I turn to Foxglove and let out a breath, he's gonna have either a way harder or way easier time with learning the moves I have planned for him.

"Alright Foxglove, you're working with me today, we need to bring out your poison typing, as well as our trap move," I tell him, to which he grins at. His green head tilted slightly after a second, "Bul saur?"

I assume he wondered what I meant.

"I'm gonna see if we can get you to learn Sludge Wave and Leech Seed, but first, we gotta start with the basic Spore and Poison Powder." Foxglove nods at that, and stands taller, a sign that I've come to realize that means he's ready to train.

"We're gonna need to start with Spore first, as it's the most basic powder attack for you to learn, got it?" a nod from him confirms that. I then explain to him that he needs to try and focus on shaking the spores from the bud on his back with the intent of making the opponent sleep, as that's what I hope needs to happen.

"Alright, I want you to try it on me, and if I fall asleep, I want you to get Daniel over to wake me up, alright?" Foxglove nods with a, "Bulba." He closes his eyes in concentration before flinging his bud towards me, and I cough as a yellowish powder emits from it.

"(COUGH, COUGH!) Yeah, you (COUGH) got the… basics… down," I applaud him as I begin to feel drowsy, but I do my best to willpower my way through it. It wouldn't do for me to easily fall asleep, because a Pokemon might will their own way through.

Foxglove looks at me, "Bulba?"

I give him a thumbs up, "You got the basics down, as well as the intent, now we need to increase that intent so I can't fight it off." Foxglove nods as I state a phrase my Pokemon are very familiar with.

"Again!"


Daniel POV

"Keep it goin' Scyther!" I cheer. Charmander also cheered for Scyther herself, while she recovered from her fight with the Pokemon she was cheering on currently, which surprised me that she wanted to take a break, as she normally hated breaks and would keep training until she fainted. Of course, I helped her train, and I would try not to push her that far, but she wouldn't have it.

Scyther was more laid back in training, but he still took it seriously, like he was now as he was practicing the accuracy of his Fury Cutter by chopping down small branches, which I would use to help with the fire Xander was making tonight before we continued to Cerulean City. We've already been in the forest for three days, and Ash and Company are probably close behind us.

I started getting a head start on Xander when it comes to training, and while he would be sleeping like a log, I would wake up early and begin training. He apparently tried to pull the wool over me and get his own head start, but did he really think I wouldn't notice him sneaking away when I fake slept? I know he goes to sleep late after he trains for an extra two or three hours.

What concerns me is how despite his training, I've been winning our mock battles recently. Even though I know for a fact his Pokemon are as strong or stronger than my Pokemon stat wise, and if he keeps losing, he might not even be able to beat Misty! Of course… that would be great blackmail on him.

I'm brought out of my thoughts when Charmander tap me, and points her claw behind me. I turn to see a smug Bulbasaur walking up to me. That smug grin is only recognizable on a certain Bulbasaur, and that is Foxglove.

"What is it Foxglove?" I ask.

He gently wraps a vine around my right wrist before pointing in Xander's direction with his other vine. "Bulba, Saur bulba bul bul saur ba." I look to Charmander for some kind of translation, as I'm not as connected to Foxglove to understand what he's saying.

I immediately understand what's going on when Charmander mimics sleeping.

"Did he actually fall asleep during training?" I ask incredulously.

Both Pokemon shake their heads before Charmander mimics and attacking motion. Ah, so that's what happened. Looking at Foxglove I ask him for confirmation, "So you were practicing an attack, and it ended with him getting knocked out?"

The Grass Starter nodded.

"Alright, I'll wake him up," I sigh, and I turn to Charmander. "Can you tell Scyther to keep it up? And I want you to continue working on Dragon Rage, it will be so useful later on." With a nod of her head, my Starter walks away to where Scyther was training.

I nod to Foxglove and he begins leading/draggin me to Xander with the vine wrapped around my wrist.


Xander POV

I glared at the crumpled form of Daniel. Yes, I know I asked Foxglove to bring him over to wake me up.

He did NOT, however, have to soak me with water! So I say he deserves the socking to the temple I gave him. Okay… maybe I hit his temple to hard, but I say my reasoning is sound. Waking someone up is one thing, but drenching a defenseless sleeper? That's borderline cruel.

I hear some kind of odd noise to my left, and I see Foxglove shuddering, with one vine covering his mouth, and another vine…

Holding a now empty bottle of water.

I glare at my pokemon now, "Seriously Foxglove? Did you just set Daniel up?"

The grass starter nodded.

I sigh as I shake my friend awake, "Wake up."

He groaned, "The hell just hit me…?"

"Sorry, a certain pokemon of mine decided to prank me and blame it on you."

"Is that why you're soaked?"

I growl as I look away. The answer to that should be obvious. I let him stand up as I take out my personalized Pokedex. Well, technically it's a prototype of a possibly advanced version of the pokedex. Since I suggested most of the adjustments, Professor Oak gave it to me to test run. It occasionally glitches out, but not very often.

I scan Foxglove:

Bulbasaur- 15

Spore

Vine Whip

Growl

Tackle

I whistle for Jet to come back over, and he pauses his Steel Wing training to come over for his own scanning:

Pidgey- 15

Wing Attack

Peck

Growl

Sand Attack

"Hmm… We'll need you to forget Growl if you want to learn Steel Wing…" I mutter to myself.

"I ran into that problem with Charmander when she wanted to learn Dragon Rage," Daniel commented groggily. Probably still feeling the effects of my right hook. "The best way we found was to focus on the other four moves, and ignore the move you want to get rid of."

I nod at him, "Thanks…" I look towards his now arriving Charmander, "Mind if I scan?"

He shrugged, "Go ahead, you own the prototype anyways."

I scan the fire type starter:

Charmander - 15

Metal Claw

Dragon Rage

Ember

Smokescreen

I raise an eyebrow at the setup. Knowing Daniel, he'd try to blind my Pokemon, and use Dragon Rage constantly. I'll have to watch out with this one.

I turn to the bug pokemon that hovered with a slight buzz:

Scyther - 17

Agility

Quick Attack

Vacuum Wave

Fury Cutter

Daniel looks over me and grunts, "Huh, I thought Scyther was level 20 by now, guess I was wrong."

I shrug, "Perhaps he has high IV's? Let's see if I can check that."

I tinker with my Pokedex a bit, and try to scan him again.

Scyther 17

1)8^*8432^...

I shake my head, "That's a negatory, captain."

Daniel sighed, "Oh well," he looks up, "do you have any spare Pokeballs?" I nod as I hand him a small bag of them.

"Don't throw them away~" I tease.

3, 2, 1… I think in my head.

SMACK!

I chuckle internally as I hold my head in pain. Still have good Smacking senses!


Daniel POV

One of these days… I am going to kill him! I mean seriously! He doesn't have to tell a god forsaken joke every time I move! GAH!

"Abra!" I turn towards the noise, and spot that blasted Abra again!

"You aren't getting away from me this time…" I growl, readying my Pokeballs.


Xander POV

"Stay still!" I hear Daniel shout, and I groan. He's been chasing that Abra for a couple days by now. Seriously, can't he just give up? Or at least wait till we get to Cerulean? I don't have infinite pokeballs you know!

"Hey… wait, what the hell?!"

Those panicked words make me stop, and I call out to my pokemon, "Foxglove, Jet! Return! We have trouble!" My starter bounds over as fast as possible as I run to Daniel's position, while Jet zipped overhead.

When I get to Daniel, my eyes narrow.

Two black suited people stand before him.

With a very annoying R on their chest.