I Don't Own Pokemon


It was the next day, and I had gathered all the items I needed and got Riolu checked up on, even though she repeatedly denied that she needed to be check up on, I could tell she was feeling better when she returned from getting looked at. She didn't actually tell me, but it was clear as she was quiet about the whole thing. And while that might not tell one much, the fact that she wasn't insulting me for wasting her time on the check up let me know she did actually need it, but refused to say anything on it.

Moving on from Riolu, the other more recent additional to the group also happened to do something notable to mentioning. Snivy came to me and let me know what he has decided on doing, and it was actually a bit of a surprise. It turns out that he actually found both battling and coordinating to be interesting but couldn't decided on which one he wanted to do.

He seemed shocked when I asked why he couldn't do both instead of trying to pick only one or the other. I still don't know if he simply didn't think of it, or it was something else. One of the other options my pessimistic mind came up with was he didn't think I would allow him to do more than one main thing. Which I really hope isn't the case, it wouldn't be good if he is still in the head-space that I will automatically shoot whatever he says down.

So instead of thinking about that particular line of thinking, I instead looked into both Snivy's available to learn moves, and the basics of coordinating. On the latter topic, I'm not actually sure how I'm going to manage it. While I like to think I'm the creative type, my mind is much more better at problem solving and quick, usually improvised, decisions. Not long-term planning and carefully composed actions.

Of course that doesn't mean I wasn't going to try, but I'm fully aware my mind is more naturally aligned for stuff like battling than coordinating. Anyway moving past stuff about me, instead, after some basic rule reading, and some research to see where the closest and soon to happen contests are. I spent the rest of the time looking into Snivy's move-set and potential moves.

To start off he had the stranded moves like Tackle and Leer, but that wasn't all he had, as after I asked him what he already knows, he surprised me when he told me that he also knew Magical Leaf and Grassy Terrain. While they weren't the strongest moves, at least by themselves, they were certainly a very nice bonus to have, and they were also pretty good moves for contests as well from the appearances the attack and terrain move have.

Plus it gives a nice jump off point for me to help him learn other moves like Leaf Tornado and eventually Leaf Storm. Plus Snivy actually has a number of moves he can learn from other members of the team, like Iron Tail, a move that for some reason practically everyone on the team knows or at least a some kind of variation of it. Though all of that is stuff for the future, as I haven't started training him yet.

Moving past catching up on everything that happened since I left the exploded building, I was currently exiting out of the Pokemon Center that I had spent the night at, sadly without getting as much sleep as I would really like but that really isn't really say much. Right now I currently had Mismagius floating around me, Riolu on my shoulders, and Snivy walking besides me.

Right now my Ghost was giving Snivy some tips on Magical Leaf, as she also knew the move. Though they didn't really have compatible personality types she definitely gave some good tips on the move itself about forming and strengthening the leafs, much of which I didn't really understand but Snivy was nodding along so he probably got what she was saying. But the extra advice she started giving wasn't as appreciated.

"Mismagius, Snivy more than likely isn't going to be the same type of battler as you are, he just can't" I had to remind her of that when she made another comment on how he should pay attention to the locations of shadows. While I wouldn't mind another Pokemon that didn't have such a direct battle style, Snivy literally couldn't fight like my Ghost.

"What do you mean by type of battler, Chief? And why wouldn't I be able to battle like her" Looking down at Snivy, I noted that maybe saying me that he couldn't do something wasn't the best move, he already seemed to have problems with accepting that I'm fine with him doing practically anything while he is with the team, it wouldn't be good if I suddenly seem to back track on that. So after a moment of consideration, I decided to go into a bit of extra detail to make sure he doesn't get any bad ideas.

"Well, most trainers, like me, that don't have a type specialization, are usually called generalist, and even though these types of trainers don't have a certain type to specialize in, they usually only have one type of training and battling strategies, like using pure power to overwhelm the opponent, or training only in speed to never get hit. I on the other hand try not to do that.

Everyone on the team has their own type of battle style, Luxray overwhelms the opponent with combination moves, Charizard has insane firepower and defensive, Vaporeon has an amazing talent in modifying moves, and so on. To answer your question, Mismagius' style revolves around two moves, Shadow Sneak and Phantom Force, which lets her move in and out of shadows, making her almost impossible to hit and get some hits in every time she pops out of a shadow. Because you can't learn either of those two moves you won't be able to battle like she does"

I noted that both of Snivy and Riolu seemed to think on that, I couldn't tell what Riolu was thinking about, but Snivy on the other hand wasn't that hard to read, he seemed to be lost in thought about what he could for a style. And honestly I was also thinking about it as well, so far I've based each of my Pokemon on different kinds of classes, at least that's what I've compared them to, I don't think anyone of them falls perfectly into the class I envisioned for them.

Still that didn't exactly help me in deciding what would best suit the Grass type, I already looked up his move set so I know what to expect, which usually gives me a good idea one what to focus on but hies move pool is pretty balanced in terms of long and short range and even has a few boost moves. Of course those moves also depend on how he can use them.

His body is going to become much more obviously a snake when he evolves, so I'll have to get him ready for that, and that means he'll have to battle much more differently than anyone else on the team, mostly because he won't have limbs. Of course all this is in the future kind of stuff, but getting him ready early on wouldn't hurt. Though that still depends on what he will be doing in battle.

"Chief? What do you think I would be good at?" Looking back at the Grass type, I let my mind run on by itself for a few moments before saying the first thing that came to mind that wasn't immediately discarded.

"I think you would be good at being a mix of area of effects and melee fighting, it's still only at a basic form of an idea but I think it would be interesting to see if you could be able to attack with physical movement but with an range wide scaled attack, it could also be quite an unexpected idea for contests, though we would have to work on control and power much more than things like endurance"

I'm not sure if I explained it well to him, but to be fair to me, I only just came up with the idea about five seconds ago and my mind was still trying to work out all the things that what I just said could mean. Still that didn't mean it wouldn't be something to expand upon more later when I can think of a better way to explain, though thankfully, from the look on Snivy's face, he at least seemed to know where I was going with my words.

"That sounds interesting" I think I'm making progress with him, as he didn't seem to think over why I would give him that as a suggestion, and instead took it for what is actually is, what I think he would be best at, and from the look on his face he is currently also thinking about how to use what I said as a base to improve upon. At least that's what I hope is happening.

"I agree, though we'll have to talk more on it later, I think for right now what we'll have to work on to start with is most likely the before mentioned control first, from their I think it would be a good idea to get you some new moves, at least Iron and Aqua Tail, Vaporeon, I think, will be the best to teach you those two moves, and if we're lucky you can probably use those two moves as a base to learn Leaf Blade, and if Vaporeon can coach you on how to use Water Slash you might be able to create a move similar to that with Leaf Blade"

I was mostly just speaking my thoughts out loud at that point, as I ended up going on a little longer before I noted that my Ghost was holding a laugh in, so I looked over towards Snivy and noted he seemed to be a little overwhelmed with all that I was talking about. Its a bad habit to mutter, one that I hardly ever do, at least with others nearby to listen, as I weirdly enough find open air to be a great sound wall to bounce ideas and half-formed thoughts at, it helps some to organize my mind that way.

"Sorry, got lost in thought and forgot to shut up, all that is for a later time, for right now what we need to work on is getting your body stronger and like I said earlier to work on getting your control and power up, then we can work on getting you learning all those moves. Their is no need to rush, so it's fine to spread out all the stuff over a decent period of time"

He just nodded after a moment, though I still think I accidentally started something, as he seemed to get an interesting look in his eye, I'm sure next time Vaporeon is sent out he's going to be asking her a couple questions on some of the things I mentioned. I hope he doesn't over tax himself though, I'll have to make sure to keep an eye out on him.

It's actually a good thing that he doesn't really know how strong the rest of the team is in comparison, I don't want to make him think he has to rush to catch up to the rest. All that will do is over work him. Thankfully I have a bit more experience in work loads when it comes to training, and while it depends on how committed he still is after a few weeks, well, if he still wants, I can make him exhausted but not overtaxed.

Something I wasn't sure how to probably do when I first started off, which is one of the main reasons why I've had to make sure breaks were so common when I was training the rest of the team, because they had become so use to overworking themselves I had to give full days to them to recover. Hopefully I don't make the same mistakes, with any new Pokemon that join the team, I think I mostly figured it out by the time Lycanroc joined but this will certainly make sure of that.

Though that's when I noted that I was coming up on the edge of the city, it had taken a little longer than I thought it would to get to the border, but I wasn't walking that fast though I never really walk that fast to begin with. Maybe I got lost some how in the last ten to twenty minutes of walking or at least went in a really round about way to get to the end of the city, that sounds like something that would happen to me without time noticing.

I really should try and improve my sense of direction at some point, it's never been that bad really, but I'm not a human, well technically it would be Pokemon GPS now like some of the people I've known. Eh, it's not like it's been that much of a problem so far, so I'll probably be fine, it's not like getting lost as actually done anything that bad to me so , I'm going to be finding out pretty soon.

With that in mind I, along with the three that were out with me, continued onward, on a mostly flat grassy plains towards the next stop, Nacrene City.


This chapter wasn't anything crazy, most of it was just revolving around Snivy and what he's going to be doing to train him. Coordinating is something I don't really think works well in word format but I figured I would at least open up a way to at least try it out. Anyway See ya.