I Don't Own Pokemon
I yawned to myself as I sat back and watched the sunset, it was a nice view I guess, but it's more of one of those metaphorical things rather than me really just wanting to be here to watch it for it's sights. This would be my last night in Unova for a decent period of time, Johto was one of those places that seemed quite interesting to explore, it has a lot of history to it.
Sure maybe I could go to some of the more interesting regions like Kalos or say Alola, because of Mega evolution, or that whole thing with the Ultra Beasts. But first off, I'm not even sure I can use Mega stones, I don't, think, that it has to be a human to use it, I don't know about the lore all that much around the items. But I do remember something about the Lucario Kingdom using mega evolution by themselves, something about being the first Pokemon to Mega evolve in the first place.
At least I think so, I could actually be completely wrong about, I mean I've only played Pokemon X once and didn't spend as much time as I probably should have on the anime, from what I'd heard it was good but there was always something in the way or something else to do. Well, I find out about that at some other point I guess, so no reason why I should jump into it right now, I'm not all that curious about it.
Same thing can be said about Alola, I wouldn't mind spending some time there on the islands, but there wouldn't be much to really do I guess, I mean sure I could take the trails and all that which I'm sure would be interesting enough, but the idea of my disaster prone self nearby a island that can be swarmed with dozens of beasts that are comparable to Legendary Pokemon, well, I just don't want to deal with that nightmare to be honest, no matter the slim chance.
Sure maybe it's a little counter productive if not hypocritical to say that when I'm heading to Johto the next main place where the plot is going. Though I do have a reason for that besides the plot, because I'm fully happy to not get roped into any of those movies. The main reason is, both Kanto and Johto have the same Elite Four and Champion, yep, that's my reason, revenge.
That might not be the best way to phrase it to be fair, it's not revenge for me at the very least, it's mostly for my team, they all are still happy and has gotten mostly past that lost, but I know that it still is one of those sore points for them all, they don't like remembering that. They still all enjoy reminiscing on the League it self, but not that moment in the woods, where I told them that we lost.
Of course that's not the main reason, at least not the only main reason, I also want to explore the place, it's one of my favorite regions really, and it would be a shame to not at least look around the region when I can. I was about to do into more detail about said things I wouldn't mind looking into or exploring, but I was interrupted as Pidgeot landed down next to me, looking over at him. I turned watched as he looked around for a moment before I turned back and looked at the ocean again where the sun was almost completely set.
"Trainer, I'm confused" Blinking to myself at the sudden words, I looked over to my Bird and noted that he did in fact look confused, not exactly surprising, something he just can't really figure out himself, no matter the fact that he's quite smart on his own, it's just that he over looks the small things that most think are obvious, so I just sat up and said to him.
"What about Pidgeot?" He focused his gaze on me, for a moment before looking upwards like he was trying to figure it out himself before asking to me.
"Why do you stay by yourself most of the time while everyone else talks to each other?" Looking over at him, I noted that their was a small look of concern in his eyes, so I just smiled at him, before saying.
"I like spending time by myself every now and again, you all love playing around and talking to each other, even those that aren't much of a talker themselves. I enjoy spending time with all of you, but I'm fine with just standing on the side and watch you all have fun, that's more than enough for me, and I do make sure to include myself when I want to, don't worry about me not having fun with you all, I'm fine" He nodded before seemingly thinking about something, before adjusting himself and sat down.
I looked at him for another moment before huffing with a small smile on my face appearing, as I just reach up and gave him a pat on the head as I went back to looking over the ocean as the sun finally set completely.
I'll be honest, I really debated whether or not to have Pidgeot fly me to Johto, he could manage it, if he paced himself then it would only take about maybe three hours which I'm sure he could manage. Of course I ended up on a plane, because I don't trust my ability to be able to direct us in the right direction to not some how end up in Kalos or something other region.
There was also the fact that I'm pretty sure that Riolu would try and probably continue to try until she succeeded in strangling me if I even insinuated that she would have to deal with that flight trip as well. Of course she would have to be in the cabin of the plane with me, which isn't something that is against the law here apparently. Also as it's only one Pokemon and that they were under a certain weight and height limit, neither of which I fall into.
So with that, I was currently pressing myself up against the window from my seat as I pretended to only speak Sinnhion to the couple next to me. Times like these I hate people, though the fact that Riolu was currently taking a nap on me as well making it so I couldn't even move anywhere without waking her up, which I wouldn't mind, but I can't pretend to not understand her when she starts yelling at me if she some how wakes up.
So while making sure I wasn't moving around to much, I continued to look out the window I was near by, while lost in my own thoughts about random things, I suddenly bit the inside of my lip and held back a massive flinch as the woman next to me rapidly tapped my arm. Looking over, I held back the angry look in my eyes and instead just stopped myself from jerking away from the contact while holding back my sudden annoyance.
They didn't say anything but the woman on the outside seat held out a magazine with another picture of me on it. I had to try to hold back a frown as I stopped myself from thinking about the logistics of living if I forced the window next to me open and jumped out of it as the both of them excitedly began to try and talk to me. It was a bit extreme of a reaction, sure, but the total flight time expected is about seven hours before having to get on a connecting flight which is about five hours in length.
Basically meaning that I both got a bad ticket and that I'm going to have to deal with those two for the next few hours, and that really unwanted contact didn't exactly put me in a better mood. I really should have looked into the prices of higher level tickets, I mean this is a long and expense flight just for the one that I did get but I truly have nothing to use this money on anything else of main interest. I can't exactly do anything with this knowledge though considering that it's a little to late for that.
After getting off my last flight, I sighed as I stretched as I walked out of the airport. My legs were stiff and I had this annoying crick in my neck but at least it was finally over, and that's the sliver-lining that I'm forcing myself to see. Looking around the area where I had most recently found myself, I noted that the airport should be on route twenty-eight which means that I'm close nearby to New Bark town.
It seems that I'll be continuing the tradition, that I wasn't even around for when it first started, of going to the Professor of the region before heading out to explore, or this time go get the gym badges, and unlike the first time around, getting ribbons as well. I think Servine has actually been getting a little antsy about that actually, so I should look into that, I know a coordination circuit is held in Johto, but besides that I'll have to do research into it.
"I will never complain about you being a sociopathic psycho if you say right now that I will never have to deal with that hell again. There was so many people that felt really annoyed, and that screaming human kid was painful to listen to'traditional" Riolu, who was on my shoulders at the moment, had woken up at about hour two during the flight and seemed to know have something to complain about, which I couldn't blame her for, but didn't immediately, instead I was a bit snarky as I walked out of the terminal.
"OK first off, I recommend you don't make promises that you can't keep, because calling me that I think has become actual instinct for you, which is concerning by the way, and second don't worry, next time we have to fly somewhere, either I'll buy a map and freestyle fly it on Pidgeot or I'm buying a first class ticket, which should remove us from all those annoying people" I think Riolu might have turned green under her fur at the thought of Pidgeot flying across the globe for hours at a time with her on his back.
"Yeah, I'll take that second option, I still can't believe you are ok with flying around like that you sociopath" I wonder if I should make a comment about her just proving my point about what she repeatedly calls me, before deciding that I didn't actually care enough to do so, though that could be argued that I was also proving her own point by my uncaring attitude about it.
"It's not all that bad once you're use to it, trust me, I'm not exactly a fan of heights either, but really I think you're main problem is motion sickness, which is a fair reason I guess" I could feel her shrug as I looked at a map on the wall of the airport which told me the direction I need to head to get to New Bark, which was a few hours away via walking, which wasn't that bad I guess.
Though the fact that there is so many cars around at the moment, from this being one of the main areas were Kanto and Johto are connected, maybe it wouldn't be bad to take a scenic route, it would let me send out my team and spend some time talking to them all for a while without having to worry about somehow getting hit by a car or causing some freak accident.
So with that I looked on the map and traced out a path that I could realistically remember enough to not some how get horribly lost, before turning and began to make my way in said direction. I held off from sending out my team for a while though as I was more than fine with just spending some time in quiet without listening to a plan full of humans complaining about one thing or another. Riolu seemed to agree with my unsaid thoughts as she just seemed to enjoy the lack of people and annoying sounds which can be made by said people.
Though there was a bit of a problem with the fact that soon after we had taken to enter the forest an annoying fog had started up, not enough that it made my, admittedly spotty, skill in direction mess up to the point where I would get lost but it did take from the enjoy meant of looking around and enjoying the sights of the forest. Though I was interrupted as after a while of walking, I felt something bump into my leg.
Looking down at the Pokemon who had run into me, I blinked as the little one looked up at me in confusion before a smile spread across the togepi's face. Bending down to be on more of a closer level with the Pokemon I wondered what they were doing out here before deciding to just ask instead as that would be a bit quicker.
"Hello there, any reason why you decided to run into me?" They looked up at me for a moment before happily saying.
"Momma couldn't pick a direction so I helped!" The, now identified as female, Pokemon sounded quite pleased with herself, though before I could ask anything else I listened to some rustling nearby and looked up and watched with a small hint of disbelief as Ash and his two friends barreled out of a bush in front of me. Really, I really just had to choose the exact day that Ash also came to Johto, what are the bloody odds of that?
"Oh, its you all, I'm assuming you lost this togepi here?" I felt all their eyes snap at me, as I just raised an eyebrow back as Ash laughed before saying to me, while Misty rushed forwards and picked up the Pokemon that was currently trying to scale up the side of my leg for some reason.
"Kyu! Boy, we haven't seen you in a while, what's you been up to?" I looked at him for a moment, wondering about how to actually answer that considering a lot of stuff has happened in recent memory but not exactly stuff I would like to talk about. After a moment, and after Ash had noticed Riolu and scanned her with his Pokedex, I decide, while ignoring his and his friends interested looks at her, on a safe enough and general answer that would work well enough.
"Not much, I went to Unova for a while, didn't do much battling, it was more of a vacation than anything, so I'm planning on taking on the Silver League here this time before heading to somewhere else for a while" They nodded, and thankfully it seems that non of them have heard of that thing in Necrene, which was nice it would be unfortunate if that happened, as I really think at this point, that hearing people ask me about it has gotten to the point where it's past annoying.
"What have you all been up to then?" I already knew the gist of it, because foreknowledge and all that, but I still listened on as he talked about going to the Orange Islands and all the cool Pokemon he found there. Though when he started talking about the GS ball I was suddenly forcibly aware that it was a thrown aware item in the show that was suppose to have a bloody celebi in it before the idea was canned and the studio just wanted people to forget about it.
I just let my mostly put on smile become more fake as I thought about it for a moment before deciding that nothing was likely to actually be in it at the moment. There was already a celebi movie that happens, which was why that whole thing was scrapped anyway, plus the ball itself isn't even on my person, so I highly doubt that it will actually amount to anything, it's just that I don't like the idea that it does without me knowing about it.
Shaking my head, I just decided to worry about it never, and if it did end up as something to worry about then I guess I'll just have to deal with it then. So with that, I was told by the traveling five in front of me, from one of the three humans of the group that they were lost, as I felt a small head ache want to form as I sadly informed them that I was heading to another area before heading to the town, you know, lying to their faces without remorse.
Once that was done we split up as I wondered if that was the nicest thing to do, well, I didn't wonder at all, Riolu on the other hand was berating me about something along the lines of being a liar, which wasn't news to me, but I think it's because she doesn't know them and their ability to get in trouble which is comparable to mine. Which I'm sure would some how mix into a horrible mix of headaches. That might be an exaggeration but that doesn't change the fact that I'm at the moment preferring some quiet time than the loud voices from those three.
And also because I'm pretty sure that Ash was about half a step away from challenging me to a battle, and from the fact that his eyes kept drifting upwards towards the Pokemon on my shoulders, he probably wanted to battle against Riolu specifically, which wouldn't have ended well for anyone involved.
And with that goodbye Unova, and hello Johto. Unova as a whole was a long story thread that didn't need a proper ending, it was there to spend time away from battling as a whole for a while, though I did put some in to appease those that enjoy the battles. And to use it as a time to introduce some new Pokemon like Riolu, Servine, and Zekrom. Along with introducing the idea of Contests as well even doing one during the time there. All and all, it went a little longer chapter wise than I thought it would have but I'm fine with that as I've had fun writing it. So with that, now onto Johto. See ya.
