1 A Pokemon Story

Disclaimer: I no own.



"Your pokeballs should be on the other side of your belt." Lance is really starting to annoy me. Every little thing is wrong. Even Chan is having trouble holding back. Calatain is finding it funny. I am not really sure who to hurt first. Lance is still yapping about something. I've stopped listening. Calatain taps me on the shoulder.

"Is he always like this?" he asks. I shake my head.

"I don't know. Last time I saw him was five years ago. I thought he would have loosened up a bit though."

"You're still holding your Pokedex wrong!" Lance says. I turn and nail him with a right cross to the gut. He doubles over and is on his knees on the ground. I stand there shaking. I can't believe that I did that! I have never hit anyone before! Lance isn't moving. I kneel down next to him. Calatain and Chan just stand there staring.

"Lance?" I ask carefully. I am surprised to see him smiling.

"I should have seen that one coming…" he says. I help him get up.

"Lance… I am so sorry… I didn't…" Lance cuts me off.

"I was asking for it. Don't worry." His smile grows. "Besides, at least I know you have some muscle on that frame of yours." I growl. I just nailed one of the most powerful people in the world, and he doesn't care. I don't get it. I decide that if I want my brain in one piece, I should try not to figure it out. Calatain walks up to Lance.

"You need an ice pack or anything?" he asks. Lance waves him off.

"Don't worry. I'm fine. I take harder knocks from Bruno." Involuntarily, I begin to wonder what he is doing in a fistfight with Bruno. But like before, I don't want to hurt myself figuring it out. That is what happens when you do. After Lance recovers some more, we start walking again. I think I have been apologizing for the last 15 minutes. Lance finally puts his hand over my mouth.

"I told you it's OK. Why are you so worried?" he asks. I look down.

"I didn't mean to do that… I'm a little worried…" Lance shakes his head. Then he looks at Chan.

"I think you need to protect her from herself here…" He says. Chan just growls at him. I shake my head. A little ahead of us, there is a town. But Chan stops suddenly. I turn to him, and see him searching a bush. Lance and Calatain also turn there, and they are just as confused as I am.

"Chan, what are you doing?" I ask. He doesn't answer, but it looks like he caught something… I wonder what? I go over to him.

"Get a pokeball ready, whoever wants this." he says. Calatain pulls out a pokeball, and so do I. Lance just stands there watching. Chan finally stands upright holding… a little Smoochum. Calatain puts his pokeball away. I go up to it.

"Hi there little one." I say. The Smoochum isn't happy about Chan holding her. She is trying to get free. I put my pokeball away and take the little one from Chan. I hold her like a baby, and she seems to like it. Then she starts reaching for my pokeball.

"What are you trying to do little one?" I ask.

"Wanna play with the little ball." she says. I take one of my empty balls and enlarge it. She is happy just playing with it. Then she looks up at me.

"I go with you?" she asks. I point to the trigger button on the pokeball. She hits it and goes inside the ball. When the lock takes hold, I have my new pokemon. I let her out, and also all of my other pokemon. Michiko goes up to her.

"Hello." she says. "What's your name?"

"Name?" she asks. "I no have name… I can't have a name with no mamma." I pull out the laptop again.

"Well, why don't we try to find you something then." Smoochum looks up at me and smiles. She sits right in front of me waiting for me to find something.

"Let's see here…" I search for a good name. "How about Yukiko?" **

"What does that mean?"she asks.

"It means 'snow child' in Japanese. Since you are an ice-type, it would work out good if you like it."

"YEAH! I like!" Smoochum… now called Yukiko, is jumping up and down. Michiko goes over to her.

"New friend?" she asks. Yukiko stops jumping and looks at her.

"What's your name?" she asks.

"I'm Michiko." she says. "Are you gonna come play too?"

"Uh-huh." Yukiko smiles. "I am the toughest in the whole wide world!"

Calatain smiles. He whispers something to Lance. I turn to them, catching them in the act. Lance looks up, and turns the brightest shade of red. He taps Calatain, who also looks up. He turns the same shade.

"So what's the big secret?" I ask. Lance smiles a bit.

"We were just thinking that your new Smoochum sounds a lot like Tyrogue over there." He says. I get mad.

"They have names you know." Tyrogue comes over.

"Yeah, I have a name you know!" he says. I can't help but smile. Then I recall all of my pokemon, and we begin to head for the city not far off. I have no idea what city it is, but I'll find out soon enough.



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Stopping here for now. Will update ASAP.

** Name is from the same site as the others, www.behindthename.com In case you care, search date was 6/11/2002