Part #9 - Satoshi's Job
"This is the central control area for the island's security." Eisen walked into the computer filled room with Satoshi following. The few people working there glanced up from their work then went back to their duties. They walked around the small room, Satoshi looking at everything from the ceiling to the floor. "But, of course, there are first and second level security areas that also monitor things on a worldwide basis."
"This is awesome."
"I'm glad you like it. Most people do." He smiled. "This is not, though, were you will be working. I just wanted to show this to you because your clearance dictates you to be shown all areas that correspond to your you level."
Satoshi nodded as he looked at one of the large screens that had different shaped and colored dots on it. "What's that?"
"That screen shows where all the humans are on the island." He pointed to one that was next to it. "That one shows *almost* all of the pokèmon. We can track nearly every living being on this island from *this* room and locate someone if they are needed."
"That's pretty cool."
"Now, if I can pry you away from here, I'll take you to the research facilities then we'll go on to the training facility."
"Training facility?"
"It's where you'll be working."
Eisen led him out of the room and back down the hall they had come down the moment before then up a different set of stairs. He showed him to the breeding center where he saw Takeshi finishing up his feeding rounds. They exchanged rather quick hellos before Takeshi had to run off. After that, he was taken to each of the fourteen different research facilities dedicated to studying each of the different types of pokèmon – everything from grass type to dark type. Each building was pretty much the same though the uses for them were vastly different. At the water facility, he ran into Kasumi, her new vaporeon at her heels. They talked for a few minutes before he had to hurry on. Satoshi saw many new pokèmon at each place, checking the pokèdex each time. Eisen laughed after he had done it several times and suggested he try to memorize all the pokèmon since such knowledge would come in handy for him at later times.
After they grabbed lunch, Eisen took Satoshi back down into the underground passages and they headed down a very long tunnel. When they reached the end, they went up a staircase and came up into a small building. When they left, they found themselves on the edge of a large open area, though a fence was not too far away enclosing the majority of the open area. A large, thick forest surrounded the entire area. Satoshi looked at the beauty of the landscape around him in awe.
"This is so..."
"Beautiful?" Eisen smiled. "You haven't seen anything yet. You still need to get a good hiking tour of the whole island."
"Are there underground passages all over the island?"
"Yes. They even go to the outer rim of the island. The burrowing pokèmon created them and are still digging some to make more connections, especially to the outer part of the island. Her ladyship tends to like to not clutter the surface of her island so no building is higher than the highest tree around it and the underground passages allow for fewer streets that can potentially destroy the landscape."
"I see."
Shigeru, in his hakama, was leaning over a wooden fence staring at them as they walked towards him. "So, he's finally here. I was wondering what was taking so long. I started to think you might have actually gotten lost."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to be with you for the rest of the time Eisen was to be, Satoshi." He grinned at his former rival then looked at Eisen. "Sorry to pull you away from your job but Kira needs you back at the Lev One RC. Nothing major, just talk."
"That's alright. I am sure he'll be alright."
After Eisen was gone, Shigeru looked at the young man on the other side of the fence. "Well, come on."
Satoshi went through the gate that was near Shigeru and entered the rather large grassy area. They began to walk towards a two-story brick building some distance away. It looked a bit like a school with tons of windows on both floors. "So, what exactly am I supposed to be doing?"
"Well, great pokèmon master," Shigeru grinned when he heard Satoshi growl a little at his seeming so sarcastic, "you are going to be given a small test. While the results are being computed, you will be *introduced* to your job. Hopefully you will enjoy the position Kira has given you. If not, she will gladly find something you like better."
"What's the test?"
"To see what your natural abilities are, what is the best type of pokèmon for you to use, and what would be best suited for you to do on the island."
"Then why was I already assigned to be here?"
"It is what she thought might suit you best." He looked at Satoshi. "And usually she chooses correctly."
"So what exactly am I supposed to be doing here?"
"I'll show you after you take the test. Don't get impatient."
They reached the building and went in. Shigeru showed Satoshi down the hall and to a small room where a short and rather chubby green-haired young woman in a blue and white dress was waiting amongst many dozen computers. She smiled at them. Shigeru returned it and walked to her.
"Satoshi, this is Abe Tomoyo. She is one of the two in charge of the facility. She will be giving you the test. I have to run off and find Eiri to let him know you're here. We'll be waiting outside."
"It shouldn't take too long, it never does." The woman gestured to a seat by her. "Satoshi, sit here."
Tomoyo showed Satoshi how to do the test then sat close to him as he answered the questions. Raimei sat on the table next to Satoshi, staring at the questions as they answered. They were rather odd questions in Satoshi's opinion: "What is your favorite color" and things of the sort. He finished quickly and turned to Tomoyo.
"Are you sure all the questions are answered correctly?"
"Yes."
"Then I will see to the results and let you know in about an hour what I have come up with." She rubbed Raimei on the head. "Shigeru should be ready for you. Go back the way you came and he should be outside with Eiri."
Satoshi did as he was told and returned outside, only to stop dead in his tracks when he looked to where Shigeru stood. He was surrounded by about a dozen children about ten years old, each with one pokèmon of varying types. They looked up at Satoshi and all laughed, running to him. The young man was rather taken aback, staring at Shigeru in complete shock.
"Satoshi, these will be your students." Shigeru chuckled. "If you think you can handle them."
"I am to...to teach them? But what am I supposed to teach them?"
"How to be pokèmon trainers, what else? Kira trusts you to teach them to be as great of a trainer as you are. If you think you cannot handle them then you do not have to accept this job."
"Oh, please," one of the girls said, "please, teach us how to be pokèmon trainers like you."
"Yeah, you're the greatest, right," one of the boys said.
"Please, please, please," another boy said.
"Ah, I guess."
The children all cheered.
"Satoshi, you will have time this afternoon to get to know all the children personally." Shigeru walked up to him, a graying man at his side who was dressed rather casually in jeans and a plain green T-shirt. "First of all, though, I want you to meet Takatsuki Eiri, he will be your boss."
The man bowed slightly. "It is a pleasure to finally met you, Satoshi. Your father was one of my colleagues, I am happy that you have come here to take his place."
A little overwhelmed, Satoshi bowed also then they shook hands. "I am happy to be working for you."
"Now, that you have met your boss, I need to get back. Kira needs me." Shigeru smiled at Satoshi. "Sorry to be leaving, I was hoping for a battle."
He returned the smile, liking that idea. "I'm ready to battle you whenever you're ready, Shigeru."
The traditionally dressed man nodded then turned and began to leave. "It'll be soon enough."
Eiri took Satoshi and the children out into the field and the children all sat down on the ground when the elderly man asked them to. He turned to the young man beside him and asked him to tell them his story of becoming a pokèmon trainer, which all the children seemed very interested in hearing. Feeling rather embarrassed, Satoshi chuckled before beginning on the day so many years before when he overslept and ended up getting his pikachu instead of one of the three normal pokèmon. As he got to the part where he was getting lost in the Orenji Shotou due to Roketto-dan, Tomoyo came up to them with a smile.
"Good news on your test, Satoshi."
"What is it?"
"Well, I will show you your abilities part later so I can explain it in detail, but the pokèmon you are most compatible with is a pikachu." She looked at Raimei. "Though I did figure that out as soon as I met you."
Satoshi looked at Raimei on his shoulder and they laughed.
"And, just as her ladyship thought, you would be best here." She smiled. "I am glad of it. A close second, though, was security. We could easily switch you if you would like to be."
Looking at the children in front of him, he smiled. "Nope, I think I'll stay right here. I kind of like it."
Notes -
Satoshi = Ash
Shigeru = Gary
Kasumi = Misty
Takeshi = Brock
Sakaki = Giovanni
Pinkuashi means "Pinkfoot"
Raimei means "Thunder"
Yuga means "Elegant" (but he IS a male mew…boys can be elegant too you know…)
I do not own Pokèmon or the characters/monsters in it – unless I have created them (i.e. – avasuke). I do own Kira...she's mine so don't take her...and the names of the pokèmon are also mine...
Review me!
"This is the central control area for the island's security." Eisen walked into the computer filled room with Satoshi following. The few people working there glanced up from their work then went back to their duties. They walked around the small room, Satoshi looking at everything from the ceiling to the floor. "But, of course, there are first and second level security areas that also monitor things on a worldwide basis."
"This is awesome."
"I'm glad you like it. Most people do." He smiled. "This is not, though, were you will be working. I just wanted to show this to you because your clearance dictates you to be shown all areas that correspond to your you level."
Satoshi nodded as he looked at one of the large screens that had different shaped and colored dots on it. "What's that?"
"That screen shows where all the humans are on the island." He pointed to one that was next to it. "That one shows *almost* all of the pokèmon. We can track nearly every living being on this island from *this* room and locate someone if they are needed."
"That's pretty cool."
"Now, if I can pry you away from here, I'll take you to the research facilities then we'll go on to the training facility."
"Training facility?"
"It's where you'll be working."
Eisen led him out of the room and back down the hall they had come down the moment before then up a different set of stairs. He showed him to the breeding center where he saw Takeshi finishing up his feeding rounds. They exchanged rather quick hellos before Takeshi had to run off. After that, he was taken to each of the fourteen different research facilities dedicated to studying each of the different types of pokèmon – everything from grass type to dark type. Each building was pretty much the same though the uses for them were vastly different. At the water facility, he ran into Kasumi, her new vaporeon at her heels. They talked for a few minutes before he had to hurry on. Satoshi saw many new pokèmon at each place, checking the pokèdex each time. Eisen laughed after he had done it several times and suggested he try to memorize all the pokèmon since such knowledge would come in handy for him at later times.
After they grabbed lunch, Eisen took Satoshi back down into the underground passages and they headed down a very long tunnel. When they reached the end, they went up a staircase and came up into a small building. When they left, they found themselves on the edge of a large open area, though a fence was not too far away enclosing the majority of the open area. A large, thick forest surrounded the entire area. Satoshi looked at the beauty of the landscape around him in awe.
"This is so..."
"Beautiful?" Eisen smiled. "You haven't seen anything yet. You still need to get a good hiking tour of the whole island."
"Are there underground passages all over the island?"
"Yes. They even go to the outer rim of the island. The burrowing pokèmon created them and are still digging some to make more connections, especially to the outer part of the island. Her ladyship tends to like to not clutter the surface of her island so no building is higher than the highest tree around it and the underground passages allow for fewer streets that can potentially destroy the landscape."
"I see."
Shigeru, in his hakama, was leaning over a wooden fence staring at them as they walked towards him. "So, he's finally here. I was wondering what was taking so long. I started to think you might have actually gotten lost."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to be with you for the rest of the time Eisen was to be, Satoshi." He grinned at his former rival then looked at Eisen. "Sorry to pull you away from your job but Kira needs you back at the Lev One RC. Nothing major, just talk."
"That's alright. I am sure he'll be alright."
After Eisen was gone, Shigeru looked at the young man on the other side of the fence. "Well, come on."
Satoshi went through the gate that was near Shigeru and entered the rather large grassy area. They began to walk towards a two-story brick building some distance away. It looked a bit like a school with tons of windows on both floors. "So, what exactly am I supposed to be doing?"
"Well, great pokèmon master," Shigeru grinned when he heard Satoshi growl a little at his seeming so sarcastic, "you are going to be given a small test. While the results are being computed, you will be *introduced* to your job. Hopefully you will enjoy the position Kira has given you. If not, she will gladly find something you like better."
"What's the test?"
"To see what your natural abilities are, what is the best type of pokèmon for you to use, and what would be best suited for you to do on the island."
"Then why was I already assigned to be here?"
"It is what she thought might suit you best." He looked at Satoshi. "And usually she chooses correctly."
"So what exactly am I supposed to be doing here?"
"I'll show you after you take the test. Don't get impatient."
They reached the building and went in. Shigeru showed Satoshi down the hall and to a small room where a short and rather chubby green-haired young woman in a blue and white dress was waiting amongst many dozen computers. She smiled at them. Shigeru returned it and walked to her.
"Satoshi, this is Abe Tomoyo. She is one of the two in charge of the facility. She will be giving you the test. I have to run off and find Eiri to let him know you're here. We'll be waiting outside."
"It shouldn't take too long, it never does." The woman gestured to a seat by her. "Satoshi, sit here."
Tomoyo showed Satoshi how to do the test then sat close to him as he answered the questions. Raimei sat on the table next to Satoshi, staring at the questions as they answered. They were rather odd questions in Satoshi's opinion: "What is your favorite color" and things of the sort. He finished quickly and turned to Tomoyo.
"Are you sure all the questions are answered correctly?"
"Yes."
"Then I will see to the results and let you know in about an hour what I have come up with." She rubbed Raimei on the head. "Shigeru should be ready for you. Go back the way you came and he should be outside with Eiri."
Satoshi did as he was told and returned outside, only to stop dead in his tracks when he looked to where Shigeru stood. He was surrounded by about a dozen children about ten years old, each with one pokèmon of varying types. They looked up at Satoshi and all laughed, running to him. The young man was rather taken aback, staring at Shigeru in complete shock.
"Satoshi, these will be your students." Shigeru chuckled. "If you think you can handle them."
"I am to...to teach them? But what am I supposed to teach them?"
"How to be pokèmon trainers, what else? Kira trusts you to teach them to be as great of a trainer as you are. If you think you cannot handle them then you do not have to accept this job."
"Oh, please," one of the girls said, "please, teach us how to be pokèmon trainers like you."
"Yeah, you're the greatest, right," one of the boys said.
"Please, please, please," another boy said.
"Ah, I guess."
The children all cheered.
"Satoshi, you will have time this afternoon to get to know all the children personally." Shigeru walked up to him, a graying man at his side who was dressed rather casually in jeans and a plain green T-shirt. "First of all, though, I want you to meet Takatsuki Eiri, he will be your boss."
The man bowed slightly. "It is a pleasure to finally met you, Satoshi. Your father was one of my colleagues, I am happy that you have come here to take his place."
A little overwhelmed, Satoshi bowed also then they shook hands. "I am happy to be working for you."
"Now, that you have met your boss, I need to get back. Kira needs me." Shigeru smiled at Satoshi. "Sorry to be leaving, I was hoping for a battle."
He returned the smile, liking that idea. "I'm ready to battle you whenever you're ready, Shigeru."
The traditionally dressed man nodded then turned and began to leave. "It'll be soon enough."
Eiri took Satoshi and the children out into the field and the children all sat down on the ground when the elderly man asked them to. He turned to the young man beside him and asked him to tell them his story of becoming a pokèmon trainer, which all the children seemed very interested in hearing. Feeling rather embarrassed, Satoshi chuckled before beginning on the day so many years before when he overslept and ended up getting his pikachu instead of one of the three normal pokèmon. As he got to the part where he was getting lost in the Orenji Shotou due to Roketto-dan, Tomoyo came up to them with a smile.
"Good news on your test, Satoshi."
"What is it?"
"Well, I will show you your abilities part later so I can explain it in detail, but the pokèmon you are most compatible with is a pikachu." She looked at Raimei. "Though I did figure that out as soon as I met you."
Satoshi looked at Raimei on his shoulder and they laughed.
"And, just as her ladyship thought, you would be best here." She smiled. "I am glad of it. A close second, though, was security. We could easily switch you if you would like to be."
Looking at the children in front of him, he smiled. "Nope, I think I'll stay right here. I kind of like it."
Notes -
Satoshi = Ash
Shigeru = Gary
Kasumi = Misty
Takeshi = Brock
Sakaki = Giovanni
Pinkuashi means "Pinkfoot"
Raimei means "Thunder"
Yuga means "Elegant" (but he IS a male mew…boys can be elegant too you know…)
I do not own Pokèmon or the characters/monsters in it – unless I have created them (i.e. – avasuke). I do own Kira...she's mine so don't take her...and the names of the pokèmon are also mine...
Review me!
