Hm? No. The Pokemon isn't exactly made up, it's just not from Kanto, as we say.
And it's not hard to guess what it is either.
MagiMagikarp!
Chapter TenKelvin groaned and closed his eyes again. He was sooooo tired. Turns out adrenaline has an effect of siphoning off "future energy" to use at that point, resulting in a state of "very tired". He wouldn't be surprised if it also included "very hungry", seeing how his stomach was declaring war on his midsection.
Groggily, he got off the bed and got dressed, quickly (as quickly as some sleepy-headed person could), and headed downstairs to snatch some breakfast before visiting Ravi in the city's hospital. Hopefully Ravi would be alright, and he should be alright, as the injuries were not life-threatening in any way. The worst thing would be an infection, but that too Kelvin doubted.
The breakfast was omelette, which Kelvin had never eaten before, and he found it rather good, until he tried putting some pepper on. Turns out he didn't like the taste. So his land-loving Pokemon ended up sharing the rest of the rather big omelette, while Kelvin chugged down water with Kari. The Magikarp wasn't too fond of the pepper either, but Dustin and Aria seemed to love it, taking a lot more than Arielle did.
Kelvin recalled his Pokemon, then approached Nurse Joy. He'd given her the Pokeball containing the mysterious Pokemon they had battled yesterday, and was anxious to hear how it was doing.
"Oh. It's doing fine, but I had to isolate it from the other Pokemon. It has a ferocious temper. What is it?"
He told her that he didn't know.
Nurse Joy looked surprised. "The Pokedex didn't recognize it? Oh, you must not have it upgraded to the National Pokedex." At Kelvin's confused look, she explained. "The 151 Pokemon we know, that is Bulbasaur to Mew, are part of the 'Kanto Region'. However, Kanto is not the only region of Pokemon there is, there are the Johto and Hoenn Regions. We don't see many Pokemon of those regions here, so most of the Pokdexes don't have the National Pokedex. Makes them cheaper to make, you see. But I can upgrade yours for free on the account of you having an out-region Pokemon."
"Thanks," Kelvin said, handing her the Pokedex. She pushed it into a slot in the computer, and starting clicking away on the keyboard. A bar appeared on the screen, reading "Downloading Johto Region". While the bar began filling up, Nurse Joy went into an adjoining room, and came back with the Pokeball containing the Pokemon, giving it back to Kelvin.
About five minutes later, the computer beeped, and the Pokedex slid out. Nurse Joy handed it to Kelvin. "Now we can see what kind of Pokemon it is," she told him excitedly.
Gingerly, Kelvin released the mysterious Pokemon, and also released Dustin, just in case. The black and white Pokemon eyed the Graveler warily. Kelvin pointed the Pokedex at it, and when the Pokedex started speaking, the Pokemon jumped, startled.
"Absol. The Disaster Pokemon. Absol are rarely seen, and tend to live in the high mountains, venturing down only when it senses a natural disaster coming, causing people to misinterpret it as the bringer of disaster. Absol stand in the moonlight to restore their energy, and studies show that they often play in the snow of their habitats when a natural disaster is not near."
An Absol, huh? Interesting. Kelvin tapped one of the keys for more information.
"Absol is a Dark-type Pokemon. It's sharp senses can tell when there are changes in the sky and land, thus enabling it to predict danger. It has a life-span of over 100 years."
"What's a Dark type?" Kelvin asked Nurse Joy.
"Dark Pokemon? It's just like a regular type, like Fire and Ground. One of the newer ones. Dark Pokemon aren't affected by Psychic attacks at all, but are weak to Fighting and Bug attacks. You don't see many pure-Dark Pokemon, I think. Most of them are part-Dark."
Kelvin recalled Dustin; the Absol's wariness was permeating the air, and he didn't want to start off on the wrong foot with his new Pokemon.
"Hi. I'm Kelvin," he introduced himself. The Absol's eyes narrowed. "Um. I'm going to be your trainer."
The Dark Pokemon simply eyed him. Evidently, it didn't trust him.
"Um, Nurse Joy? How can I tell if it's a male or a female?" Kelvin queried, not wanting to name his new acquaintance with a wrong name.
"Let me see." Nurse Joy typed a little more on the computer. After a while, she nodded. "This one is female."
"May I name you?" he asked the Absol. She glared. Kelvin, not knowing if that meant a yes or a no, continued. "Is 'Sharla' okay?"
Those dark-red eyes surveyed him again, and to his utter amazement, the Absol nodded.
Holding back his sigh of relief, Kelvin made to leave, not wishing to recall Sharla to her Pokeball. The Absol followed him to the door, and watched the abundance of traffic with more than just a little wariness.
"Don't worry, Sharla. They won't hurt you at all," Kelvin assured her. Sharla didn't seem to take his assurance to heart, but she did follow him down the street towards the hospital. Upon entering the white building, she crouched defensively, and Kelvin had to reassure her that nobody was going to hurt her.
They came upon the room that Ravi was currently. Kelvin sighed, and opened the door.
Something fell on him. Something big, and purple and spiky...
"Gengar!" came Ravi's voice. "That's Kelvin! Don't you recognize him?"
Groggily, Kelvin got up. Gengar?
Sharla had crouched, and was about to spring at the Ghost Pokemon. Kelvin hastily told her that the Gengar was no threat. She eyed him again, then settled down.
"How come Gengar's here?" Kelvin asked, curious. "Didn't his Pokeball disappear into thin air to that PC place?" Kelvin didn't understand what a PC was anyway.
Ravi laughed, still in bed (though he didn't seem to enjoy being bed-ridden). "I wanted Gengar with me, so he wouldn't cause trouble back at my family's breeding facility, so I asked to exchange Magnemite for him. However-" Ravi continued as Kelvin's gaze fell upon Magnemite, "there was a spot of trouble then. You see, Squirt and Gengar became really good buddies, and starting pulling pranks on my Kadabra, and I couldn't sleep for half the night."
"You have a Kadabra?"
"Yeah. She wasn't too pleased about the Ghost addition to my team, and asked if she could go back." Ravi sighed as Squirt popped up on the bed. "She never really liked Squirt either."
"Squirtle Squirt Squirtle," the Water Pokemon protested, and Ravi smiled.
"Yes, I know, little buddy, it's not your fault." Ravi looked back at Kelvin. "I see you have that new Pokemon. What is it?"
"An Absol. A Dark type, that's why the Ghosts couldn't really affect her. I decided to call her Sharla."
"Interesting." Ravi watched Gengar edge away from the door.
Kelvin suddenly remembered something. "Hey, Ravi, when we first saw Sharla, she had this weird aura around her. It's gone now... do you know what that might have been?"
"Oh," Ravi said dismissively. "One of the Ghosts must have laid a Curse on her."
"A Curse?" Kelvin asked nervously.
"Yeah, it's a new attack. Curse works differently for Ghost Pokemon than other types, though. It takes away half the HP to lay a Curse on their target. Of course, since Sharla's a Dark type, as you say, it probably wasn't as effective as it could have been." Ravi pondered on this thought. "I should have known about the Dark type. My cousin mentioned it a while ago... had this Dark type called an Umbreon."
"Umbreon?" Kelvin felt foolish asking all these questions. "What's that?"
"It's one of the evolved forms of Eevee." At Kelvin's very confused looked, Ravi elaborated. "My uncle says that Eevee has three standard, stone-evolving forms, which you should know, but it also has two more friendship-evolving forms. An Espeon evolves when it has a strong bond with its trainer, and evolves during the daytime. An Umbreon evolves with a strong bond during nighttime."
Kelvin's brain was having fun processing all this information. At school, he'd thought that the Pokemon world was vast, and very hard to keep track of already. Now this; more Pokemon! It was a really good thing he had an upgraded Pokedex. Which reminded him that he could use his Pokedex to see what an Umbreon was.
Taking out the device, Kelvin searched through for the species "Umbreon", and came up with a black Pokemon that had yellow circles on it. It also had dark red eyes, like Sharla did.
Before he could have time to get more information about the Umbreon, the door burst open (sending Sharla back with a hiss, and putting a scowl on Gengar's face), and a whole bunch of doctors swarmed in to check on Ravi. Kelvin flattened himself against the wall, and tried to quiet down Sharla, who was acting up again.
"No, they won't hurt you at all. Do you want to go back in your Pokeball? It'll be quieter there." Sharla gave him her consent, and he recalled her. Putting her Pokeball back on his belt, Kelvin muffled his laughter as he heard Ravi's protests, and more than one doctor shrieked as Gengar popped out of seemingly nowhere.
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Later that day, Ravi was finally released from the hospital, and they set off quickly for the next city. Kelvin had taken Kari out again, and the Magikarp was happily bobbing about in his arms, seemingly anticipating the journey. Ravi was muttering something about "deranged doctors".
To pass time, Ravi actually explained to Kelvin what the PC was. It was an interesting, and cool aspect, until Kelvin thought about where his PC Pokemon would pop out.
"Oh. They go to where you got your Pokedex, for the most part, but you can change that." Ravi shrugged, and reached for Kelvin's Pokedex. "Do you want me to change it? I'll redirect it to my family's breeding facility."
Kelvin readily agreed; he didn't want to send any of his Pokemon back to Syra.
Ravi did the stuff on the Pokedex, then took out his cell phone. "I'm calling them, just to tell them," he explained. "They assume all the Pokemon popping out are mine."
About half an hour later, Ravi closed his cell phone. "Well. They're sure having fun back there without me," he announced.
"Why?" Kelvin asked.
"Oh. Some of the Pokemon are missing me, and they almost forgot that someone had to take over the duties I used to do." Ravi flashed a smile. "That was funny; they almost forgot to lead the Tauros to a new grazing pasture, and the grass was nearly gone by the time they remembered... and the place started to stink a little."
Kelvin didn't wish to think about it.
"One more thing; my folks wanted me to drop by; they wanted to meet you too."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I guess I will have to pay them a visit. It's not too far from here..."
"Well," Kelvin started, "it's not like there's anything else to do. I suppose I will..."
"Great. Now I don't have to deal with my crazy family by myself!" Ravi beamed. "That's good. Now let's get a move on."
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DarkFlameWarrior: Did you like that? Oh, I know it sounds all weird in the end, the family thing. Sorry about that, it's poorly written. And this chapter isn't that exciting. Don't worry, there'll be more in the next chapter.