Pokemon: Case Files Chapter 1: Pilot, a pokémon fanfic

Hoenn Region's Lilycove City's Police Department, Division Four.

"Well done on your assignment, Detective Sayama as usual." The police captain stands up taking a look at a document before placing the papers on his desk with a heavy sigh. Across from his desk, stood a person, no older than 16 with rather casual clothes for a police detective.

"It was no problem sir though the Champion helped out with the ring." Detective Sayama looks over at the young, Champion Brendan grabbing the attention of all of the police officers inside the precinct. The champion is taking pictures or signing autographs with the crowd as both the captain and detective slightly chuckled.

Detective Sayama looks at the boy while crossing his arms before letting out a sigh. The captain realizes as he walks over and closes the door before motioning the boy to sit as he complies.

"Is something troubling you? I can tell." The police captain asks as the detective looks over before remaining silent. The captain opens his desk and takes out a file and flips through it. "I'm starting to wonder something. You were transferred here because the other precinct thought that you weren't efficient enough. Two months of being here and you have closed a lot of cases, way more than the average that is done around here."

The detective remains silent while pondering a bit as the captain could tell that what they had just seen was troubling the boy. "Is it the champion? Was that your dream… to become a region champion?"

"No… It wasn't. I just wonder how a teenager could be a champion and everyone cheers for him but when a young police detective is solving cases left and right, they want to push him away as soon as possible!" The detective glares at the wall while gripping his armchair in frustration. "I've been forced to transfer from region to region, almost everywhere until finally here we are. I had to leave my family, make new friends for only two months and then transfer off again… What's the point of working so hard only for you to be treated like utter garbage?!"

"That's…" The police captain found it quite difficult to answer this question. He had a feeling on why the other stations were pushing the boy away so harshly and it ails him before looking at the door, wondering if his officers were any different. He knew that the young detective was smart and probably knows why they discriminated him but if he were to intervene in any way, it may cost him the respect or perhaps making the harassment even harder and more discrete.

"Detective Sayama… Why don't you take the rest of the weekend off? You definitely deserved it after what you did today." The captain asks as the detective nods before standing off and walks towards the door. The police captain was in a desperate situation before getting an idea as he goes through his computer typing rather quickly leaving the detective rather confused at the sudden change but decides to leave it be and walks out of the office.

He makes his way to his desk and starts packing his side bag. The champion trying to see some way of breaking free sees the detective and walks over as the Captain just ordered everyone back to work.

"Nice work today detective," Brendan says extending his hand towards the detective who looks up. The detective pondered a bit before standing up and shakes it.

"It was an honor, sir. Shall I walk you out? You must be tired after dealing with all of them." The detective asks before putting his side bag over his jacket.

"Thanks but you don't have to call me sir, or champion. Brendan is fine enough." Brendan says as the detective slowly nods.

"Fine then. Don't call me detective then. Only my boss calls me detective for the job. Call me Yuto." Yuto and Brendan make their way towards the elevator. "So… your dad is a gym leader while you're a champion. I guess it runs in the family."

"Yeah, it does. What about you? I heard that you went to a bunch of different regions. What're the other regions, like?" Brendan asks as the two walks into the elevator as Yuto thought about it a bit.

"Well… My home region is Kalos so I have the most memories over there. It's rather peaceful and serene except for Lumiose City. I guess you would call that the Mawile City for that region if you get my drift." Yuto says before looking at Brendan. "Then I went to Unova where it was more technologically advanced so living in Castelia City was crazy. Sinnoh was rather slow-paced but I liked it. Johto had a more cultural type of feel so I felt right at ease like back at home."

"Wow. It makes me want to visit all of those regions." Brendan says with interest. The elevator opens up as the two exit the police station. "Though… I wish I had the time."

"The time?" Yuto asks as he looks forward to see a rather formal dressing young man with icy-blue hair standing in front of him who he recognizes almost immediately. Steven Stone, the previous champion of the Hoenn Region.

"There you are Brendan. I've been looking for you." Steven says with a calm and cool voice.

"Sorry. I was being swarmed here. I should've messaged you." Brendan scratches the back of his head as Steven notices Yuto just standing awkwardly at the presence. "Oh, this is Yuto. He's the detective who helped me take down that underground battling ring."

"Ah I see. My name is Steven. A pleasure to make your acquaintance." Steven shakes Yuto's hand.

"An honor to meet you sir." Yuto says being respectful to his technical old boss as Steven simply chuckles.

"Yes. Good work today. I'm glad that everything is pleasant. Now Brendan. It is time for the official marking of you becoming a Champion." Both Brendan and Yuto give the previous champion a confused look. "Ah that's right. Simply putting your name on the Hall of Fame is not the only thing that is to become Champion. There is an actual ceremony for your honor at Slateport City. It's a major event after all."

"I had no idea that was a thing. But it makes sense." Brendan comments.

"Yes, though I would like to apologize to you. I had originally planned this to be earlier but our unfortunate incident delayed it quite a bit. And the aftershocks..."

"What unfortunate incident?" Yuto asks as the two champions look at each other before shaking their heads. "Oh… A secret?"

"Sorry Yuto. This happened a while back. We really can't tell anyone about this." Brendan apologizes as Yuto shrugs. "Oh. How about you come watch the ceremony?"

"Me? Can he just do that?" Yuto looks over at Steven.

"There is no reason to say no. It was going to be broadcasted on television anyways. Surely we will be able to find a seat for you to come and watch." Steven says as the detective thinks on it a bit.

"I don't see why not." Yuto hears the opening of a Pokeball. He looks over to see a Latios flying right in front of him making him jump. "A Latios?!"

"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just thought that riding Latios would be faster." Brendan says before hopping onto the Legendary Pokemon. "Come on then."

"Eh?"

"Get on. It'll be much faster." Brendan says patting the back of Latios who simply looks at Yuto.

"S-Sure…" Yuto sits on the back of Latios as he looks over to see Steven had disappeared suddenly making him wonder. "Where did he gooo!?"

While Yuto was in mid sentence, Latios had started to fly in the air. The detective was having a hard time maintaining balance with the high speeds of the Legendary Pokemon. Though he notices something as Brendan activates his Mega Ring as it transfers energy into the Latios, transforming into its Mega Evolved form. The speed of Mega Latios was jaw breaking as they zoomed through the Hoenn Region in almost a flash as the two make their way to Slateport City.

The two land in front of the Pokemon Center as Yuto was the first one to get off the Latios before taking some slow breaths as Brendan pets his Pokemon before returning Latios into his pokeball before looking over at Yuto.

"Are you alright? Was it too fast for you?" The champion asks his friend with concern.

Yuto simply nods before standing around as he looks around. "Slateport City? Why are we here? I thought it would be at the Pokemon League."

"Because Brendan's friend, thought it would be nice to be here." Steven says appearing out of nowhere making the detective jump a bit.

"Lisia asked for it here?" Brendan blushes a bit as he scratches the back of his head.

'His friend is one the most popular contest idols of all time?' Yuto thinks to himself with a hint of interest. The three make their way through the back entrance to avoid the massive crowd of people who wanted to see this event live.

"Unfortunately you can't be in the back entrance so just head on into the contest hall and find a place to seat. I hope you understand." Steven says.

"That's fine. I figured as much." Yuto waves at the two before making his way into the empty contest hall. He had been here a few times as he was interested in the things that would attract people's attention. He sits down in a front row seat before looking at his Xtransceiver before hearing the doors behind him open up a massive crowd of people try to take their seats.

A few of them started to argue and were ready to take their Pokeballs to fight for their spots which Yuto found a bit off and also uncomfortable as they're arguing for a spot right next to him. However, a police officer appeared to take them out to avoid conflict.

Yuto lets out a sigh of relief as he looks back towards the concert hall to see a bunch of people that he didn't know. Only two of them that he recognized, Lisia who was sitting on the sidelines while Steven walks toward the middle of stage and looks at the audience.

"We are here for a great event to be written history. I am proud that I was able to be your champion but now it is time for the torch to pass on. Let your new champion be the fortitude and sanctuary for all. Brendan… Please step forth." Steven calls out to the stage entrance. The young champion walks towards Steven before facing him. Steven takes out a book before opening it. "Brendan. Would you repeat after me with your right hand raised?"

Brendan nods slowly before raising his right hand. Yuto looks over at the champion who had a serious glance, not like his childish and nice self that he was talking to before.

"I, Brendan." Steven says.

"I, Brendan." Brendan repeats.

"Will take the title of champion of Hoenn.."

"Will take the title of champion of Hoenn."

"To use everything in my power."

"To uphold peace and stability."

"And protect this region."

"For those that would use Pokemon for malicious intent."

Steven closes his book as Brendan lowers his arm before facing the audience with a bow. "Everyone. Please welcome your new champion, Brendan from Littleroot Town!"

The crowd roars in cheer in excitement for the next stage of Hoenn with Brendan as their champion. Brendan waves at the crowd with a soft smile. Yuto looks at the scene before looking over to see a figure wearing all red, in glasses watching the scene with a firm expression before walking away.

'Who the heck was that?' Yuto goes through the bustling crowds making his towards the exit. However the people started to leave which was making it hard for Yuto to push through. After pushing away a few of them, he makes his way outside the contest hall looking for the figure that he had seen before only to see people exiting the contest hall.

"Where the heck have I seen him from?" Yuto questions himself before looking back at the hall. 'Doesn't matter I guess. I'll guess I'll just go home…'

Yuto looks at the shipyard. He looks into his wallet before letting out a sigh. He's about to go get a ticket when someone taps his shoulder and turns around to see the figure that he was looking for. Now that he got a good look at the figure, he immediately realizes who it is.

"Maxie… Leader of Team Magma." Yuto comments looking at the imposing figure before nudging his head, messaging Yuto to follow him. The detective was wary of the former evil leader but still walked with him.

"So you're the one who is rated so high by the captain of the Lilycove Police Department." The two are walking back into the Contest Hall. Yuto was a bit confused at why Maxie was bringing this up. Maxie realizes this as he turns around. "Your captain has given you another assignment which is to take place soon."

"And what would that be that revolves around you guys?" Yuto asks as the two stop in front of the dressing room. Maxie readjusts his glasses before looking at Yuto.

"You are to oversee Team Magma in the Alola Restoration Project that is leaving next week." Maxie says before taking out a document and hands it to Yuto. "Surely you have heard of the incident with the Ultra Beasts in the Alola Region, correct?"

"Sure I have. The one with all the Wormholes and stuff like that was on the news the other day." Yuto says looking at the documents and goes through a few of these pages getting a general understanding. "So you and the rest of Team Magma are going to Alola to try and help with the Restoration Process? That's awfully nice of you."

"After what has happened here months ago… You could call this us wanting to make amends. Call it what you will." Maxie takes the document from Yuto. "In any case. Your captain will explain more information

The door opens up behind him revealing Brendan from behind the door.

"There you guys are! I thought you left, Yuto." Brendan says before seeing Maxie. "Glad that you could make it Maxie."

"It would have been rude to not accept an invitation to such a grand event such as this. Though Courtney and Tabitha were not able to make it. They are getting ready for our departure. I wish I could stay for the festivities but I must leave for today. Though I managed to bring your friend." Maxie says before sidestepping away. "I will take my leave."

Maxie leaves the two as Yuto simply stares at the figure. "He seems different from what I had thought he would be. I thought that he would be… more cold, conniving. He seems… nice."

"Yeah. A lot of people get that as their first impression of him. Come on in." Brendan drags Yuto inside the room to see a group of people all chatting over some food before looking over at the detective.

"Guys. This is Yuto. He's the detective that I told you all about." Yuto feels a bit uncomfortable with all of the eyes on him. Though all of them were actually pretty normal and they greeted the boy normally.

"Wow… You know so many people." Yuto comments after being introduced to Wally.

"I'm glad to have them. You must have a lot of friends, right?" Brendan looks over before taking a sip from his drink. "Like the people at the police stations from all the regions you went to, right?"

Yuto was silent before being shaking his head. "No… None of them were really my friend. Rather they mostly hated me."

"Hated you? Was it your age?" Brendan asks with Yuto taken back suddenly before slowly nodding. "I kinda understand what you mean."

"You do? Here I thought that everyone liked you. I mean your THE Champion of Hoenn." Yuto looks over at Brendan's facial expression which changes.

"There were quite a few number of people who don't respect me. Like this morning when we took down that underground battling ring. All of them were there because they hated that I was champion. Me, a 14 year old teenager, is the strongest in the nation."

"14? Huh. I actually thought that you were younger. Puberty hasn't been good on you." Yuto comments before chuckling with Brendan gives him a deadpan expression. "Sorry sorry. But it's interesting. It gives a bit of perspective that I never knew of. Everyone struggles, even the champion."

"Yeah. But I don't let that stop me. And look at where I am now." Brendan gives a goofy smile before eating a bit.

Yuto looks over before slowly nodding. "I guess you could say the same for me. Thanks Brendan. Who knew that I actually needed to hear that from someone like you."

"It was no problem, Yuto." Brendan says before turning around with a bit of confusion. "Huh. That's weird. I thought I introduced you to everyone but we're missing people."

"We are? I thought that was everyone… I'm not sure how many more people that I can meet." Yuto said with a slight chuckle. "So who else are we meeting?"

"Lisia and my girlfriend, May." Brendan stands up and looks around.

'Course the dude got a girlfriend.' Yuto swiftly thinks to himself.

Suddenly the door opens revealing Lisia standing by herself with everyone looking over in confusion. Brendan gave the contest star a confused look. "Lisia… There you are. Where would you?"

"Well May asked me for a little help for looks so I gave her a little girl's touch. Please give a warm round of applause to May everyone!" Lisia stands away with May standing at the entrance looking a tad embarrassed with everyone completely how the young girl looked. All Brendan could do was just simply stare at the girl in front of him.

"Say something… Don't just stare." May says shaking Brendan back into reality.

"Y-You look beautiful." Brendan managed to get out after a bit with Lisia chuckles before pushing Brendan closer to his girlfriend. The two blush heavily.

Yuto simply looks away as to not look imposing. He looks around before his eye came towards Lisia. She looks over forcing Yuto to look away and tries to keep to himself. However, it was too late and the contest idol walks over in front of him.

"I've seen you before, right?" Lisia says as Yuto jumps back. "Yeah. You're a detective, right?"

"Huh? You've heard of me?" Yuto asks in confusion. Lisia nods before going into her phone and shows an article of Yuto. He reads a little bit of the article. "How on earth…"

"Yeah. You're Yuto, right? I'm Lisia. A Contest Idol. Nice to meet you!" Lisia says a cheerful tone.

"Yeah, it's nice to meet you. I'm actually a fan of yours." Yuto says not expecting Lisia being as cheerful as when she's performing.

"Really? It's always nice to meet a fan! We could be a celebrity trio! You, me, and Brendan."" Lisia proposes.

"Hold on… I'm not a celebrity." Yuto waves his hand.

"Nonsense. You look like the person who could be famous for the mysteries they solve!" Lisia uses her fingers to make a rectangle with Yuto's face in it. "Yeah. I can definitely see you being famous."

Yuto chuckles slightly as he looks over to see the Gym Leader Wallace calling out to Lisia. "I think someone is calling you."

"Oh. It's my uncle. I'll see ya later, Yuto. Ok?" Lisia walks off with her cheerful smile. Yuto on the other hand had a small smile while was having an internal meltdown.

'I MET A CELEBRITY AND ACTED LIKE A COMPLETE MORON!' Yuto felt like he could curl up into a ball and scream. However he kept his composure and talked to more people at the venue.

He makes his way to the shipyard and buys a ticket back to Lilycove City. Yuto stands in the front side of the ship as he watches the ocean before thinking back to what he said to Maxie.

"You are to oversee Team Magma in the Alola Restoration Project that is leaving next week."

Yuto grips the railing of the boat with a grunt. He grits his teeth before looking at the water splashing with the movement of the ship.

"I'm being pushed away again… Just after I met a few nice people." Yuto recalls back to his conversation with Brendan before letting out a sigh. "Oh well. There will always be people that are haters."

Heyo this is NexusMHX here with a new story. If you don't know me, I'm fanfic writer for about two years and a Pokemon fan for 15 years. I consider Pokemon to be one of my favorite series of all time while I love to write so I want this series to be something that I'm proud of.

Now as for the story in it of itself, since Yuto is a detective, I wanted this series to be like the new Yakuza game that came, Project Judge without too much of the gruesome stuff. This is Pokemon after all but I also don't want it to be too childish in the sense that Detective Pikachu was (it was meant to be like that cause Pokemon). I want a nice balance with all of it so inspect something that reminded you of the Ace Attorney in both comedy and seriousness. Battles are going to be cinematic like how they are in the anime or the Pokemon Adventures manga with using combinations between Pokemon moves but not making it too crazy.

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