Shawn was practicing his kicks against a tree. After only kicking the pine for a few minutes, a lot of its bark was already stripped away. After finishing his set on that leg, he switched to attacking the tree with the opposite leg. In just a few more minutes, the other side of the tree had been stripped as well. Due to having its sides practically gone, the tree gave way and fell over. Being proud of his work, Shawn went on his way to find a new tree to practice on. He spent the next couple of hours training against trees. Once he was satisfied he returned to his home in Viridian City. Walking up to his house he opened the mailbox like he had done every day, for the last two weeks. Half expecting an empty metal box again, he was surprised to see an envelope. Finally, the thing he had been waiting for. His hunter's license.
Entering his house he started to open the envelope as carefully as he could. Once opened, he pulled out a small, rectangular, piece of plastic. His official license. Along with the license came a paper from the Kanto Hunter Office.
Dear Shawn,
Due to your above average test scores, you are hereby granted the rank of Hunter. This is only effective in the Kanto region, however, if you would like an international license you can apply after at least one month of hunting. It is encouraged that all eligible hunters apply for an international license when they meet the time requirement. If you have any more questions you can always send a letter or visit the Kanto Hunter Office in Celadon City.
Signed, The Pokemon Hunter Organization.
Shawn read the letter over and over. It was one of the greatest things he had ever read. At one point he felt scared of it all being a dream and that he was going to wake up in his bed a normal person. After a while of pinching himself and nothing happening, Shawn laid his head against the back of the couch. Staring up at the ceiling, he smiled. His dream was becoming true. He was finally a hunter. He could now go off on his own, far from the city. Instead of having to take buses or trains with armed guards, he could just walk to the next city if he wanted to. Part of his dream was now completed.
"Finally, I'm one step closer to my goal." he pushed his brown, medium length hair out of his eyes. "I should probably get a haircut before I start traveling."
Still smiling, Shawn got up from his couch and walked upstairs to his room. Wanting to be prepared for tomorrow, he packed up a large backpack with two extra sets of clothes, some cash, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and an adjustable dumbbell set weighing a total of one hundred and five pounds. That way, while he's out on the road, he can still work out at least a little bit. Putting the backpack on and seeing how it feels to wear, it felt a little heavy, mostly due to the dumbbell set, but it was fine. Over time he'll become stronger from it. And if he wants to achieve his goal he's going to need to be as strong as possible. Satisfied with his packed bag, Shawn went out to spend one last night in his home city.
An hour after he had left his house, he ran into a friend of his, Izabella. Wanting to break the news of him obtaining his license and of his plan to travel, Shawn walked up to her.
"Hey," Shawn said to start the conversation.
"Shawn, hey," Izabella responded sounding surprised but not disappointed in seeing him.
"Want to walk together?"
"Yeah, that sounds nice."
The two walked together, in no particular direction or with a specific destination in mind, just enjoying each other's company. After a few minutes of walking, Shawn decided to share his plans.
"So, I have some exciting news," he started to say. "I got my hunters license in the mail today."
"Really?" Izabella said turning her head to face him.
"Yeah, I can finally travel on my own now. I plan on leaving tomorrow."
"Oh, doesn't that seem a bit rushed?"
"Well, normally I suppose. I have been planning this for a long time. You know that."
"Yeah, you're right. I can't believe you're a hunter now. I mean, you're only sixteen."
"There are hunters my age already, I've even heard of some who are at least two years younger than me."
"But traveling alone? At sixteen? Couldn't you wait a while longer like at least until you're maybe eighteen?"
"If I could I would," Shawn said honestly. Izabella is probably his best friend, he can hear her concern in her voice. As much as it pains him to tell her, he knows it has to be done. "You know my goal I have. If I want to reach that point I have to train as hard as I can as much as I can. I've been training for almost 8 years at this point. The rate I'm going, if I stay in Viridian, I'm going to stay weak." Izabella let out a laugh.
"What's so funny?" Shawn asked, a little confused.
"It's just, you weak?" she chuckled a bit more. "You're the strongest guy I ever met."
"Trust me, if you knew some of the people I heard about, you wouldn't be talking like that."
"Well, I suppose. But for now, you're the strongest in my life."
Shawn and Izabella both blushed a little. They continued to walk around, making small talk, for a couple of hours. When they saw it was getting dark, Izabella decided to go home. Shawn offered to walk with her, which she agreed to. When they were just another minute or so from her home, three hooded guys came out from an alleyway. All three quickly tried to cut off Shawn and Izabella. Upon seeing the three men Izabella stepped behind Shawn. The three guys didn't look intimidated yet.
"Alright, hand over all your money," the man in the middle demanded.
"Or what?" Shawn snorted.
Getting ticked off by how calm Shawn is, the middle man pulled out a five-inch knife from his coat pocket.
"Pay us or else I'll cut you down."
"Haha, with that?"
"Stop laughing! I'll do it."
"Alright, cut me down then."
With that, Shawn took a step closer to the man, he lifted his fists over his head. The man with a knife just stared him down. It wasn't a defensive stance, he was wide open. All the man had to do was swing forward and would stab him. After a couple of seconds, the man closed his eyes and lunged forward with the knife. He was aiming for the stomach. Once his lunged had stopped, he felt off. He should've heard a scream, or felt the knife penetrate flesh. Instead, when he opened his eyes, Shawn was holding onto the guy's arm, with his free arm at his side.
"So, you did have it in you?" he said smiling. The man tried to pull his arm away but he didn't even make Shawn's arm move. His grip was like a vice, there was no way the man would get away unless Shawn wanted to let go. Izabella, feeling a bit safer now that Shawn was entirely in control of the situation, stepped out from behind her friend and let out a sigh of relief. The two other guys had taken a step back from Shawn when they noticed their leader get caught. The man reached into his pocket and pulled something out then struck Shawn right in the face. Shawn moved his head back from the punch, but other than that, he didn't even move. The man just stared up at him, Shawn looked down and saw the man had used a set of brass knuckles against him.
"So you had another weapon? Y'know, I actually became a hunter. Today to be exact. If you want I can show something I can do."
Still holding onto the man, Shawn tightened his grip and started to release a dark aura around him. The man looked up in fear. Due to it being night, all he could see was darkness and the hand that had a hold of him. Shawn raised his free hand, with the palm facing the man's face. He pulled his arm back and shot it forward.
"Please no!" the man screamed. Shawn stopped just inches from his face. He released the aura from around him and let go of the man. The hooded man stood up rubbing the arm that was being held. Without saying anything Shawn and Izabella started to walk past the man. Once Shawn was next to him, however, he flashed a dark grin and then swung his palm towards the man's chest, sending him flying around ten feet behind him until he was stopped by a brick wall. The two continued walking, not caring about the man. The two other hooded individuals went to go help the man up when they noticed he had a handprint from Shawn on the man's hoodie. When they examined the wall they saw the same dark handprint on the bricks. Looking in the direction of the two teenagers, despite how far they were, the two men didn't say a word. In fear of Shawn hearing them.
After dropping off Izabella at her home, and saying goodbye as they figured if they had done it the next day it would've taken longer than that night, he walked back home. Upon returning, he then went up to his room and fell asleep on his bed.
The first chapter is done. Noice. So this is going to be an SYOC story because I feel like that would be more fun than using the normal pokemon characters. If you would like to send in a character than take a look at the application form thingy.
Name: (First is required [duh], last is optional.)
Age: (Can't be younger than 15.)
Gender:
Personality:
Location: (Optional. Basically, if you want your character to hang around a specific place, like say if you want a character to stay around Petalburg, just put that. Or, leave blank if your character can be pretty much anywhere I put them, which could make them be used even faster. Also, keep in mind, it is the normal Kanto region.)
Appearance: (Try to be as detailed as you can.)
Outfit: (What they normally wear most of the time.)
Type: (Humans have pokemon typing which is how they fight/hunt. Only some people will have two types.)
Moves: (Each person has only two moves, has to be of the same type as well. If a dual-type then you can have one of each type.)
Hunter: (Put yes if you want your character to be a hunter. A character doesn't have to be a hunter to be a fighter.)
Fighter: (Yes if they would fight other people and hunters, no if they wouldn't. This would make them like the character Izabella, mostly support.)
Fighting Style: (Optional. If unsure what could be a fighting style, PM me asking.)
Relation with MC: (Would your character be willing to try and be friends with Shawn? Would they dislike him? Would they want to fight him for any reason?)
Backstory: (Optional. But if you can make a backstory off of one chapter without knowing much of the world, then nice. You can also just make something up and I'll change it to fit with the story.)
Goal: (Would probably have to PM me about this if you don't know a goal to put for your character and if you want them to have one.)
Anything Extra: (Any details you have for them that didn't make sense to put anywhere else.)
Alright, so just PM me with this filled out. DO NOT leave a review as the submission. If you put "no" to both being a Hunter and Fighter, then that means you want more of a normal person as a character. Also, you don't need to write what's in the parenthesis (duh). Okay, so that should be all. This is a rewritten version of my other "Hunters" story but this time would use OCs. Mostly because I feel like this is more interesting. Ok, review/follow/favorite. Peace
~~~Sikahdik