TheDarkestShinobi: As you can tell, I didn't want Tyler to follow the normal trainer's path. He'll be headed to Celedon next and so on. Three spots/Pokemon are still open, Tyler gets his third in this chapter
Chapter Start:
"Pidgeotto!"
He ran to her quickly sinking to his knees and bringing her to his chest. Rattata ran in front of his trainer in case the Vulpix decided to attack again. Vulpix glanced toward her trainer who crossed her arms suddenly.
"You couldn't have beaten Blaine." Her sharp voice slashed through the air as she took a few steps forward. Vulpix followed and Rattata growled letting his displeasure burn. Tyler looked up at her as she stood over him, distaste clear on her face.
"I told you I didn't." She looked down to Vulpix, who was growling at Rattata and almost told her to attack. Deciding against it she looked back down to Tyler.
"Still. I thought you would have been stronger." Another glance towards Vulpix. "Return." And suddenly Rattata was growling at nothing. He blinked, shocked, before jerking his head to the side and looking at Nina. He ran to his trainer's side and her face softened.
"They adore you for some reason. Come on; let's head to the pokemon center." She stepped back and he stood holding the giant bird against him.
"Pokemon center?" She dropped her jaw.
"You don't know what that is? So you've been working your pokemon with no rest! I should take them from you now." She hissed even angrier that they adored him now and Rattata growled loudly. "Shut up!" Rattata took a step back at her words. She narrowed her eyes and glared into Tyler. "If you don't heal your pokemon letting them battle could be letting them die. Follow me or I WILL take them from you." Her hand tapped her belt "it wouldn't be hard."
Let them die? No one told him about anything. He followed her and heard Rattata following behind. She stopped in front of a white building with a bright red top. She turned towards him and gestured with her hand.
"This is a pokemon center, everyplace used to have one and most still do; it's one of the few buildings we can all value. It used to be run by the Joy family but the Rockets…" She took a shuddering breath. "They are now run by their volunteers and interns." Her hand fell. "You should come here after every battle just to be on the safe side, you never know who your next battle will be with." She walked forward and the door slid open. At the sound the bird in his hands twitched.
"Geo… to." Tyler smiled widely as she raised her head to look up at him.
"You're okay, you had me so worried." She rested it against his arm am softly nuzzled into him. She fought for him and he protected her. She knew he would. She cooed.
"Oh, dear." He looked towards the counter to see a tall woman with short brown hair. She hopped over the counter and took Pidgeotto from him. She made sure Tyler was following her and when another girl tried to stop him she stirred. The nurse held her tighter and she screeched.
Who was this person? Tyler! She moved to break herself free and the nurse started to call out to her to relax. She focused; it was so hard, on her beak. She would be free; she had to get back to Tyler. Nina shook her head.
"Tell her to stop. Tell her it's okay to relax." Nina turned to Tyler who had been panicking.
"I'm here Pidgeotto. It's okay," He walked forward pushing the girl's arm away and passed the spot trainers were supposed to putting a hand on her head. The other nurses were wary at the trainer and his wild pokemon that entered where they kept all the weak and injured pokemon. She calmed and opened her wild eyes to look into his. He smiled. "sssh, relax, I'm not going anywhere. This is the nurse. She's here to help you." Milla let out a breath when Pidgeotto started to stop fighting. She placed her on a cold machine and huffed.
"Okay." She reached up to another machine. "I'm going to start a scan," she told both of them. The scan ran down the pokemon's body before a picture popped up. The computer held a small icon that looked like Pidgeotto and said the name next to it. There was a mostly empty bar with a bit of red filled in. Underneath it was a bunch of jargon Tyler couldn't understand.
"Wow, she's unusually strong for a just evolved Pidgeotto, can I have her pokeball?" Tyler looked away and she tilted her head, the Pidgey looked between the two of them tiredly.
"It's nothing bad, Tina has figured out a code that lets the pokeball slowly heal pokemon in case there isn't a center nearby or time between battles."
"She doesn't have one." He finally admittedand she hummed.
"Odd. Okay." Turning her back to him she clipped something to each wing and the bar began to grow and change color.
"It's easier to heal pokemon in their balls; the Joys figured that out quickly." There were a series of five musical tones and Pidgeotto let out a large chirp. She rose to her feet after the girl unclipped her; the bar was bright and green. She extended a wing and nipped at the inside with her beak.
"I would recommend putting pokemon in pokeballs, just because people steal them now." Pidgeotto froze and looked up at them and putting her wing back down. That's why he wanted to put them in pokeballs. The nurse shrugged.
"You can release a pokemon at any time, you know, there's no reason not to."
"Geotto…" She heard from besides her and turned to look at the pokemon before the trainer.
"You let them choose?" She clapped lightly. "I'm impressed."
"You." Tyler turned to see the girl from the mansion. "Milla, he helped me get Char."
"Did he now?" She smiled widely. "Surprising once again, we haven't had trainers like you in a while." She looked towards the other and nodded.
"Are you sure Milla?"
"Who else?" She turned to Tyler as the other disappeared. "I have a favor to ask of you."
"uh, what is it?" He asked as he looked towards his partner, who also had no idea.
"There was a trainer who went to Johto and released all of his Kanto pokemon, which normally is fine, but we received a pokemon who couldn't thrive here. She's a grass type."
"Here." Char's trainer handed Milla a blue ball with two red lines on it.
"What is it?" he asked as she handed it to him and he traced the line with his finger. She smiled again
"Oddish. It's a grass pokemon that either evolves into Bellossom or Vileplume. She's strong, but not strong enough to hold her own against the wild fire types here, plus the habitat isn't healthy for her anyway. Send her out."
"Oddish," He called, feeling the pokeball stir, it felt soft, cool, almost wet, like dew on the morning grass, "come on out." He extended his arm and saw the energy shoot out.
"Oddish," She called extending her leaves, before shaking them so that they rose above her head. "Odd!" Milla nodded at the tiny pokemon who was about a foot in height.
"Tyler, this is Oddish, Oddish this is Tyler, you going to be travelling with him on an adventure." The little blue bundle opened its mouth in joy with a cry before jumping towards Tyler who caught her and held her to his chest. She was so tiny.
Pidgeotto watched carefully as the nurse explained what the oddball could do. She may not have a pokeball but Tyler was her trainer, her partner. No little grass pokemon was going to steal him from her. She was about to send a little warning when Tyler walked towards her.
"Oddish, meet Pidgeotto, she's my first partner."
"Odd!"
"Geo…" Oddish sunk down at the threat, but the hand on her back reassured her she was welcomed here, he said something to the bird and she calmed, but the glare Oddish received made her very, very wary.
"Why are they doing that?"
"Oh, it's normal. They're both girl pokemon with a male trainer, so Pidgeotto feels the need to establish dominance while Oddish gets the attention for being new. They will get used to each other soon." Pidgeotto let out a sound that sounded like a snort. She started walking outside and they all followed, Rattata finally joining them.
"So Tyler, come test out your new Oddish against my Chansey."
"Ready Oddish?" The pokemon extended and flexed her leaves, before twirling and landing offensively.
"Odd!"
"Come on out Chansey!"
"Chansey!" The red energy materialized into a pink pokemon with an egg in a darker pink pouch. It had six pink hair-like extensions from its head and a small tail.
"Your move first."
"Chansey, use doubleslap!" The pink pokemon moved towards the Oddish at surprising speeds.
"Stun spore." He said calmly and the Chansey was covered in a yellow mist.
"Oddish, ODD!" She cried out as the pink pokemon powerfully slapped her over and over.
"Razor leaf!" he shouted and she sent them flying as she backed away. Chansey let out a slightly pained moan as she froze, shaking. The leaves were a direct hit and she fell to her back.
"Use pound!" She shouted, but all Chansey did was let out a small grunt. Oddish sent another round of leaves her way.
"Softboil!" She suddenly called and the egg in Chandsey's pouch started to grow. He told Oddish to back up, and watched as her skin grew glossy and her weariness faded. That must have been a healing move then. "Egg bomb Chansey!" The egg was grabbed.
"Oddish razor leaf!" Oddish started to wind up.
"Both of you STOP!" All of them turned to the red faced woman in front of the center, her brown hair seeming to fly in every direction. She glared at Milla as she walked towards the group. Oddish started bouncing on the soles of her feet, her leaves swaying with her motion, Chansey swayed from side to side as she waited. Nina shifted her weight and rested her hand on her hip.
"You should know better than to have a battle outside the center; there are recuperating pokemon in there!" She said more to Mila then Tyler, but he looked away sheepishly.
"Really." Milla deadpanned. "There was nothing dangerous that could possibly have happened with a Chansey and an Oddish."
"Oddish?" The other asked before turning to look at the Oddish standing in front of Tyler, her eyes locked into his for a quick second. "I see." She narrowed her eyes. "You beat Blaine." A smile replaced the frown on her face. "and apparently gained Milla's confidence."
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"So you'll take her?" Tyler looked up from his position on the couch to see Nina sitting across from him and gesturing to the blue ball on his lap. The Oddish shifted and looked up to him hopefully and his hand found the juncture between leaf and flesh.
"Yes. If she wants to stay with me that is." The leaves moved like tails would as she hopped up with glee in his lap. Rattata was with Pidgeotto resting before they did anything else. Vulpix was curled up next to Nina, both eyes intently watching the pair.
"Are you going to travel on?" She ran her fingers through Vulpix's fur as she asked.
"I'd like to. I was stuck home for a while, now I'm here, besides Rattata isn't mine so I have to give him back eventually."
"Talk to Mila, she may be able to find you a map of the area, of Kanto. Whatever you do, stay away from Vermillion. Just trust me on this." Oddish calmed and his hand fell to his lap. "You want to explore everywhere and catch loads of pokemon go to another region, it won't be pretty here."
"I've heard about the riots." He said looking towards the area he knew his pokemon were in. "Oak said they were terrible."
"They are." The Vulpix stretched. "It's not over, it won't be for a while and the trainers here, on the mainland are either broken and weak or hard as stone, so get out while you can."
Rattata came bounding towards him as Pidgeotto flew in over him, they both looked refreshed. Oddish hopped out of his lap as Rattata jumped onto it and Pidgeotto perched on the edge of the couch.
"I think I'll be fine." He said, reaching up to scratch Pidgeotto's jaw and down to get behind Rattata's ear. She shook her head with a sad smile.
"They all do." She sighed. "My father is taking his boat to go fishing tomorrow morning and he'll be able to drop you off around route 17. Look me up if you make it back." She turned around and walked away, her small red bundle following with wide strides.
"So you are going to take her?" Tyler stood as he nodded and she hugged the little bundle that jumped up to her chest. Mila smiled before handing her to him. He smiled in return.
"I heard you talking to Nina, Oddish's previous trainer left a map and a few supplies here, since you're taking Oddish, the girls thought you should have it too."
It wasn't much, a worn old map and a potion, a tm case which his yellow CD fit it perfectly and an old collapsible fishing rod but it was more than he had. He put it all in his pack and added Oddish's pokeball to his belt. He pulled the straps on his backpack to make it tighter and bit the staff farewell for now. He would be back tonight to take advantage of that free bed they offered him.
But he was going to go down to the beach to see if he couldn't find himself a pokemon.
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Our trainer is heading to the mainland, with at least three pokemon by his side. I'm not sure how strong Oddish should be to be honest, but I'll figure that out eventually.
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