Chapter 1
(*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*)
The loud sound of an alarm clock filled the dark, silent room. The young Pokémon Trainer groaned as he rolled over and smacked the grey off button, silencing the loud, repeated noise.
He wanted to so badly close his eyes and go back to sleep, but knew he had things going on today.
The trainer sat up and looked around the dimly lit room. The sun shining through the cracks of the closed blinds, hardly giving the room light.
He looked towards the foot of the bed and saw his Mightyena curled up in a ball, still sound asleep. Man was he jealous.
He threw the covers off of himself and climbed out of bed, a loud yawn escaping his mouth as he stretched. The cracking in his stiff bones sending shivers down his spine.
He tiredly walked out of his bedroom, down the hallway, and into the living room where his Blaziken lay sprawled out on the couch. Machamp and his large frame took the recliner, a Pikachu blanket, too small for him, covering his torso. The Trainer stiffened a light chuckle at the sight, before continuing his way into the kitchen.
He made it to the kitchen, brushing his long, brown bangs from in front of his eyes before putting on a pot of coffee. He needed it to help him get through the day.
As he waited for his coffee to brew, he started breakfast for he and his Pokémon for when they woke up. He didn't make any of them sleep in their Poké balls for thinking that it wouldn't be fair for them to have to spend all their time in them when they weren't battling. He didn't mind them running around with him, anyways. They were all well behaved... for the most part.
He only had five Pokémon. Blaziken being his first. He got him nine years prior back before he started traveling, when he was just a Torchic. He has been by his side from the very beginning of his Pokémon Training days.
He caught his second Pokémon, a Sandslash, on his way from Littleroot Town to Petalburg City. He was already a Sandslash when he found him. He remembers his little unevolved Torchic and his inexperienced trainer self being so confident that he could take him that he went for it.
That was a mistake.
The Sandslash quickly, and swiftly defeated his Torchic. The young Trainer was devastated. After the battle, the Torchic was hurt so the trainer needed to get him to a Pokémon Center. So he did, leaving the victorious Sandslash behind.
Hours after the battle, the trainer was sitting in the Petalburg City Pokémon Center with his healed up Torchic. Torchic felt ashamed for losing the battle even though the trainer told him he was proud of him for trying.
The trainer and his Torchic were on their way out of the Pokémon Center to walk around the city to take in the sights. They weren't walking around long before they were confronted by a Sandslash. It was the same one that defeated them just hours before. For some reason, it had followed them to the City.
The trainer didn't want to fight him again, in fear of losing to him for a second time. But Torchic wanted to fight. The trainer was weary about the whole thing, but he knew his Torchic wanted to impress him, to make up for the earlier loss. So he finally agreed to a rematch.
And after a back and fourth battle, his Torchic was the one left standing this time around. The Trainer was both surprised and happy.
He made his way to his tired Torchic and pulled him into a hug. As they broke the hug, they looked over at the Sandslash, who was pushing himself off of the ground. They made their way over to him to check on him.
The Trainer offered him some berries, but the Sandslash declined. Instead, he gave the Torchic an approving nod as a congratulations for the victory.
He was getting ready to head back into the woods, alone, and hurt, when the trainer stopped him and offered him a spot on their team. The Sandslash was visibly surprised by this. As he thought, the trainer pulled one of his empty Poké balls off of his belt and extended it out.
"It's all yours... if you want it." He said. The Sandslash looked at him before finally nodding. The trainer smiled as Torchic let out an excited cry "Okay then, welcome to the team, buddy." the trainer said before tossing the ball at the Sandslash. The ball opened up and the Sandslash got sucked inside of it. The ball hit the ground before wobbling twice and finally coming to a stop.
The trainer walked over to the ball with a smile on his face and picked it up. Proud of the newest member of his team.
The trainer sat at the small kitchen table sipping his coffee as reminisced, until he heard someone enter the kitchen. He looked at the doorway and saw his large Machamp walk in.
"Morning, Champ." The trainer said, he had nicknamed him 'Champ' because his Machamp had won a local Pokémon weightlifting competition a couple months prior. He thought the nickname was fitting.
"Champ." Machamp replied as he walked over to the fridge and pulled it open. He knew he had to be careful, though. The trainer had already had to replace the fridge twice because of Machamp ripping the door off when he opened it.
As he watched his Pokémon dig through the fridge, he thought back to how he met his Machamp.
He, his newly evolved Combusken, and Sandslash were on their way to Lilycove City to meet up with some of the Trainer's friends. It had been a few months since the trainer set out on his journey. The trio had been making their way around the Hoenn region, battling other trainers, and training up, themselves.
They were close to Lilycove, when they saw a young Machop getting bullied by two Machokes' and a Graveler.
The trio saw the Machop getting ready to attack. They knew already that if he did, he was going to get hurt.
Combusken and Sandslash looked at each other and nodded before jumping over the small set of bushes between them and the Machop and parking themselves in battle stances on either side of him.
Machop was caught slightly off guard by their sudden appearance, but quickly turned his attention back to the three bullies in front of him.
The Trainer watched as the six Pokémon stared each other down, none of them daring to make a move.
"Graveler... Graveler." Graveler said.
"Machoke." One of Machokes' replied.
The Trainer watched, hoping the bullies would just go away. He was surprised when the Graveler and the two Machokes' turned around to leave.
The three smaller Pokémon unwisely let their guard down, however. One of the Machokes' quickly spun around and hit a Karate Chop on Machop sending him flying over the bush and into the young trainer's arms.
Combusken and Sandslash went to attack, but Graveler quickly showed back up and rammed both of them, sending them flying over the bush, too.
The trio of bullies laughed as they headed the other way.
The trainer looked at Combusken and Sandslash to see if they were alright. Luckily, they were. He then looked down at the unconscious Machomp in his arms.
The Machoke obviously hit him so hard he knocked him out. He knew they needed to get him some help.
The trainer stood up and took off running towards Lilycove with his two Pokémon behind him.
Once the group made it to Lilycove, the headed straight for the Pokémon Center.
Nurse Joy took Machomp, while the trainer and his two Pokémon sat and waited. It didn't take long for Nurse Joy to return with a fully healed Machop.
Machop looked up at the trainer, who had a smile on his face, before looking around at Combusken and Sandslash.
"Chop... Chop?" Machop said. The Trainer was getting ready to say something, when Machop took off running past him and out the doors of the Pokémon Center.
The Trainer and his two Pokémon chased after him. They didn't have to run far, however, as Machop was waiting for them outside of the center. He looked like he wanted to battle.
"You want to battle us?" The Trainer asked, Machop nodded. He pointed at the trainer, then himself, then the Poké balls attached to the trainer's belt. The trainer knew exactly what he was saying.
"Okay then. Lets do this, Combusken!" The Trainer said, Combusken jumped out in front of the trainer in a fighting stance.
The two battled. It was a good back and fourth battle that Machop almost won. But he didn't. He made one small mistake, and Combusken capitalized and defeated him.
Machop lay on the ground dizzily as Combusken tried to catch his breath.
"Good job, Combusken!" The Trainer said, causing Combusken to let out a happy cry.
The Trainer then walked over to Machop, detaching a Poké ball from his belt as he did. He kneeled down next to him to see if he was okay.
Machop sat up and looked at the Poké ball in the trainers hand and nodded. The trainer nodded back and smiled before pointing the ball at Machop and pressing the button. The ball opened up and sucked Machop inside. It shook twice before finally stopping.
The trainer smiled as he stood up and looked back towards his other Pokémon.
"I caught a Machop!" He exclaimed happily. Combusken and Sandslash both let out cheers of excitement.
The Trainer let out a little chuckle when he finally broke away from the flashback. Machamp was standing by the counter eating whatever he had found in the fridge.
"Champ?" Machamp said curiously as he held out whatever he was eating, the Trainer shook his head.
"No thanks, Machamp. I have some eggs cooking." The Trainer said as he pointed to the stove, Machamp nodded.
The Trainer walked back over to the eggs and started to push them around with the spatula. He was in the middle of it, when he heard someone else enter the kitchen.
He turned and saw Sandslash standing there.
"Hey, Sandslash. Where's Roserade?" The Trainer asked.
"Sandslash." Sandslash replied as he pointed back out of the kitchen.
Roserade was the newest member of his team. He had already had her for close to four years already, but she was still considered the newest. She was abandoned by her trainer. They found her wandering around Dewford Town looking for food.
The Trainer and his Pokémon befriended her. She especially took a liking to Sandslash. The Trainer didn't question it, though.
After following them around town the whole day, the Trainer offered her a spot on their team. She happily accepted it. The Trainer skipped over battling her, and went straight to catching her in a Poké ball. She didn't object to it. She was happy to have a Trainer that cared about her. And the Trainer was happy to have another great addition to his already strong team. She was also as lazy as Blaziken was, so she liked sleeping in.
Mightyena finally walked in next. The Trainer smiled at him as he patted him on the head.
"Hope you enjoyed sleeping in." The Trainer said jokingly as he grabbed the bowl of food he had prepared for said Pokémon. He sat the bowl down on the floor in front of him and petted him on his way back up "Enjoy." he continued as he walked back to the eggs.
He remembered back to when he got his Mightyena. He got him not too long after he caught Machomp.
The Trainer had decided to head towards Oldale Town to visit his parents and tell them about his journey so far. It wasn't something he had gotten to do since he had started his journey, so he figured it was about time.
They were about halfway there, when they ran into a pack of Mightyena and Poochyena. Some of them being way more protective of their land than others.
The group tried to assure the pack that they didn't mean any harm, and that they were just passing through. But it didn't turn out as well as they had hoped.
The Mightyena were getting ready to attack, when one of them stopped the others.
The Trainer had no clue what they were saying to each other. Regardless, his Pokémon were ready to fight if they had to.
The leader of the Mightyena pack growled at the one that stopped the attack. The two started circling each other.
The leader looked back at The Trainer and his battle ready Pokémon before looking back at the other Mightyena and letting out a loud bark, followed by another growl.
The pack of Mightyena walked away, leaving the other one standing there alone with his head down.
The Trainer looked around at his Pokémon, who were all just as confused as he was.
The group slowly approached the Mightyena.
"Thank you... for calling off your friends." The Trainer thanked him. Mightyena looked up at him and gave him somewhat of a nod, but he looked sad "Are you alright?" He asked. Ths Mightyena looked back towards the ground, letting out a small whimper as it did.
"Combus... Combusken?" Combusken said as he walked closer to the Mightyena. Mightyena looked up at him, and replied with a somewhat low call. Combusken looked back up and the Trainer "Combus... Combusken... Combusken" he said. The Trainer noticed he looked mad.
Combusken pointed at Mightyena, before pointing in the direction of where the pack went, before pointing in the opposite direction and shaking his head.
"They... kicked you out of the pack?" The Trainer asked. Mightyena let out another low cry as he nodded. That irritated the Trainer. He shook his head before finally getting an idea "Hey, Mightyena, would you like to come with us? We could always use another member for the team." He said with a smile. Mightyena looked up at him, before looking around the three Pokémon, who were all nodding in agreement.
It didn't take long for the Mightyena to jump up at the trainer and knock him to the ground, licking his face as he did. The Trainer laughed.
"I'll take that as a yes" The Trainer said with a smile as he patted Mightyena on the head.
The Trainer let out another almost inaudible chuckle as he broke away from the memory.
After several more minutes, the forming group in the kitchen was finally joined by Blaziken and Roserade.
The Trainer passed out everyone's breakfast before sitting back down to eat.
He was hoping today was going to be a good day.
First chapter of my first Pokémon story!
This was pretty much just a backstory chapter so you guys could see how the Trainer got his Pokémon.
The Trainer does have a name, it will be reveled in the next chapter.
Hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you in the next chapter!