Hoenn Adventures
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DISCLAIMER: I didn't make any of the Pokémon games, that respect goes to the GAME FREAK team from Nintendo. However, crazytomboy1 (that's me, Shina) does own the strange trainer Amara (who happens to lie about some things on an occasional basis). PG-13 for the language sometimes. Sorry about the wait, now here's the fic! Oh, I love playing games like this one! May's pov chapters feature the Ruby game, Brendan's pov chapters feature the Sapphire game, and Amara's pov chapters feature the familiar antics of Team Rocket for old school fans.
(Shina) As Prof. Birch says: 'Let your journey unfold', or something like that...I'm using English Pokémon names, although the nicknames are reflective on how I act and play. Note: Game spoilers!
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Brendan's Intro
Author's Narration: The boy Brendan was watching a show on TV in his house in Littleroot Town with his family. He has white hair, and was seen wearing an even mix of red and black, with a little tan to balance it out. Today, he was to become a trainer, as the two other potential trainers were to be coming as rivals!
"Dad, I think we should both get ready for what's coming today. So, I'll be in my room!" I raced up the stairs after hugging Dad and watching him go off to his lab from the door and getting some breakfast from Mom. Okay, it's now 9:00 AM; they should be here before 9:30 AM! I was packing my Potion into my tan knapsack then slung it over my back. I re-read the e-mail from the Pokémon School in Rustboro City for the tenth time before putting on my tri-colored running shoes. Huh, is someone climbing up to my room? I looked around and didn't see anyone. Dad mentioned something about his friend having a kid and being a Gym Leader. Nope, it's just my imagination!
"Who...Who are you?"
"Items all packed, and...Hey!" It wasn't my imagination! I turned around to see a beautiful young girl about my age, with brown hair, and she was wearing mostly red. "You...Who are you?"
"Um, I'm May Earth. Glad to meet you!"
Her smile was magically spirited, and the name Earth snapped me out of whatever planet I was on. "You moved in next door, right? I didn't know you were a girl. Dad, Prof. Birch, said that our new next-door neighbor is a gym leader's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy. My name's Brendan Birch. So, hi, neighbor!" I felt like banging my head against the desk! That was cornier than Mom's cornbread...
"Hello to you too, neighbor!"
She looked like she had always fit in here, when I noticed one deciding factor about her. "Huh? Hey, May, you don't have a Pokémon? Me either, dad said to wait for the other two trainers. But the third one isn't here yet...Would you tell me about yourself?" Where are the brown paper bags? Oh wait, they're downstairs, and I can't leave her here alone!
Surprisingly, she dived right into the question after hesitating for a second or two. "Well, I have this of becoming friends with Pokémon all over the world as a trainer." I snickered; it was a cute answer, yet blunt. "It's not funny! I heard about you from your mom. Brendan, I hope that we can be friends. Oh, this is silly, isn't it? I...I've just met you, Brendan. Ehehe..."
She's blushing? Then why am I feeling weird too? Crap... "Aw, darn, I forgot...I'm supposed to go help my dad catch some wild Pokémon. See you some other time, okay?" Without another thought, I ran downstairs to get out the door, only to bump into a person wearing a gray jumpsuit with lots of Poké Balls in the middle of the outfit, and this rugged backpack on. "Ouch...Oh, I'm sorry!"
"Are you ok? I'm Brendan Birch, by the way. Who are you?"
The green-haired trainer-to-be smiled. "I'm Amara Stone, a girl who just happens to be looking for your dad. If you're in a hurry, I'm not holding you back!"
"Right! Lab, see you later Amara!" There was nothing to fear from that girl, outside of the fact I'd be over-run by the whole friendship idea. I bolted for the lab, and found out Dad wasn't in the main area, so I looked in the back room, and found nothing but books. Fieldwork again, without me?! "Come to think of it, I should check Route 101..." I walked into the main lab again, to hear Amara behind me.
"Oh, thanks for narrowing down the area I have to search in!" She was snickering at me!
The lab assistant looked up at us. "If you don't mind me interrupting this picturesque fluff, but who screamed?"
I looked at Amara, and she had on a shocked face. "Dad!"
"The Professor!" It was weird the way our shouts connected, but we had no time to lose as I half-dragged her to Route 101.
We must have passed by May by the time we got there. We can see my Dad being chased around by three Poochyena, running like mad! "H-help me! Hello! You over there! Please! Help! In my bag! There's 3 Poké Balls!" I saw as May took the center ball, so I took the one on the right. It just felt funny seeing that Amara didn't have a choice.
May threw her Poké Ball first, shouting the Pokémon's species as it came out. "Go! Torchic!"
I followed suit, but I had gotten a hunch that there were different Pokémon in each ball. "Go! Mudkip!"
It seemed like Amara knew her way around a Poké Ball. "Go! Treecko!"
"Use their attacks, help me please!" Prof. Birch was nearly up a tree as he shouted to us three.
I noticed that there are two attacks for Mudkip: Growl and Tackle. Two Tackles made a Poochyena faint, while the girls cleaned up the rest.
"Phew...I was in the tall grass studying wild Pokémon when I was jumped. You all saved me. Thanks a lot! Oh?" My dad looked at the two girls. "Hi, you must be the other two trainers! This is not the place to chat, so come by my Pokémon Lab later, okay?" The walk there was mostly silent, except Amara and May introduced themselves. I opened the door to go in after Dad, Amara and May followed me. "So, Amara and May, I've heard so much about you from your families." He turned to me, and motioned for me to come over here. "All of you don't have you own Pokémon yet. But the way you battled earlier, you pulled it off with aplomb! Great families, great potential!" I smiled at Dad; I was finally going to be an official trainer! "As my thanks, take the Pokémon that you used to save me with." I turned towards the girls, still smiling broadly. "While you're at it, why not give your partners a nickname?"
May was the first to speak; I thought I'd be the first to talk. "Mine's going to be Yugi!"
What name would fit this Mudkip's brave nature? Oh, I got it! "Nice name, but this Mudkip's name is going to be: Malik!"
Amara just laughed, why is she so confusing half the time?! "Really good names; they match the names you have! He's Ryou, this Treecko is!" She went back to laughing, while the Treecko looked like it sweat dropped and gave a modest 'why me?' look. She stopped suddenly, looking at us. "Can I tag along with you two? I'm feeling lucky with Pokémon, but I can't find my way out of a paper bag!" Ryou smiled at that, loving the praise he got, but flinched at the last part.
It was very quiet on the way through Route 101 to Odale Town; I was getting into plenty more wild battles than the others did. May kept on saying 'I'm sorry' before she knocked out a wild Pokémon. She really does stick to her dreams; I'll give her that! "I just want to be friends with them..."
I saw a weird look coming from Amara directed at May. "But self-defense doesn't mean that you hate them, and just look at your Yugi now!" Amara was right, Yugi had grown to lv.8! You know, I checked on Malik, sure enough, he was at lv.8 also, and had learned the Mud-Slap attack at lv.6.
As we walked into Oldale town, a person wearing an apron asked us to come with her. "I work for a Pokémon Mart, and we have useful items for you trainers. Here, I'd like you to have this for a promotion!" She handed out a Potion to Amara, May, and myself. "You can always find where we are in a city or town, just look for the blue roof!"
"Where to now? I'm eager to get some Pokémon and do sight-seeing done!" Amara was a bit strange by contradicting herself, but she had her perks, like a warm personality to both May and me.
"Come on, let's go to Petalburg City so we can see May's dad!" I was so ready to get going, but I think May had other plans.
"Um, why not go to the Pokémon Center first...Yugi looks like he's going to faint, as do Malik and Ryou." You know, that's a better idea; we wouldn't like it if our pals fainted!
After we had gotten our Pokémon healed, I had a great idea. "I think we should battle on Route 103, who wants to come?"
Both Amara and May raised their hands; they were both smiling like idiots. "I do, I do!" I had the idea that May was actually starting to get used to the idea of battling wild Pokémon, and wanted to prove it!
Amara cracked her own knuckles. "Fine with me, I'll take on May and Brendan as a warm-up."
Amara looked too smug for me to just stand there, so I decided to put a damper on her ego. "Bring it on Amara, I'll show you!" Both May and me dragged Amara off to Route 103, not wanting to hang out with a weirdo unless we could beat some manners into her ego!
May was a few centimeters away from my face. "Oh, come on Brendan, Amara challenged me first!"
"Ooh, a fight between the higher levels! I want to battle the winner!"
I sweat dropped at that comment. That's not good to be provoked like that! "Let's do janken to see who gets to battle who they want to, then the winner goes from there."
She backed off and smiled. "That's fine with me, Brendan."
I won, not surprisingly. "You'd better be ready to lose, May! Show Yugi who's better, Malik!"
"Yugi, my friend, let's go forth and win!" Malik easily won the battle in just 3 full turns. "Wow! That's great! Brendan, you're pretty good!" I got ¥300 and Malik grew to lv.9!
"I told you so, May! Now, I'll take you on, Amara!" I was beaming, but on the inside I wasn't letting the win get to my head.
"Be careful Ryou, Brendan's a good trainer!" Another 3 full turns, and Ryou fainted, I won another ¥300 because of Malik's skills. My current wallet had ¥3600 in it, I felt cool.
Amara was very shocked. "I-I-I don't believe it! Why'd I lose after getting my Pokémon all worked up?! I'm extremely sorry, Ryou!"
I had a bright idea, which seemed to go well with everyone. "Hey, let's all go back to my dad's lab to get a Pokédex."
"But let's heal our out-cold pals first, Brendan. I never should've lost..." Amara was muttering the last part under her own breath, but I heard her.
At the lab, Prof. Birch checked on our Pokémon's friendliness. "Hmm...All of your Pokémon like you through the short time they've been with you. I want you to have one Pokédex and 5 Poké Balls each." Soon after we said goodbye to my Dad, May's mom had a gift for her: running shoes.
I watched as she slipped on the shoes, she was smiling. It's too bad that Amara had to ruin the moment. "Maybe you can keep up with us now!"
I glared at her. "Amara, don't push your luck now, you just lost to me at Route 103 ten minutes ago." May was giggling at Amara, and so I spoke up again. "Please don't provoke the crazy trainer, I'd hate to see you lose again."
May perked up, and stopped glaring or giggling. "I want to get some new friends on the road to dad's gym!" I saw her point as she pointed to her belt, which had Yugi's Poké Ball, and the rest were empty.
Frankly, we're all in the same boat! "Yeah, I think that these Pokédexes should be used well. And the more Pokémon we have, the better our luck will be!" When I finished, Amara was eager to get going again by the look on her face.
"Huh, will you look at that?" At the sight of a hardy lv.2 Zigzagoon, I told Malik to do one Tackle, and then caught the Pokémon easily. The Pokédex beeped and the data for Zigzagoon was added. ~#012 Tiny Raccoon Pokémon; HT:1'04", WT: 38.6 lbs. 'The hair on Zigzagoon's back is bristly. It rubs the hard back hair against trees to leave its territorial markings. This Pokémon may play dead to fool foes in battle.'~ "Hey, Kiara...What are you holding? Is that a Berry, or something else?"
Sometimes the strange info that Amara had in her mind was useful! "It looks like the ability that all Zigzagoon have just kicked in, you never know if its good for battle, or something else...A free Potion, somebody must've dropped it."
I am not going to be outdone! "You know, Yugi's Blaze will go on if he's in the red HP wise." I guessed reading those textbooks helped.
A little while later, I caught a bashful lv.2 Wurmple without an attack by Malik or Kiara. Another beep, and the data for Wurmple was added. ~#014 Worm Pokémon; HT: 1'00", WT: 7.9 lbs. 'Wurmple is targeted by Taillow as prey. This Pokémon will try to resist by pointing the spikes on its rear at the attacking predator. It will weaken the foe by leaking poison from the spikes.'~ "Haga, you going to help me around the world of Pokémon? Huh, hey put me down! I just got started here..."
"Let's just go to your dad's gym, okay May? We'll have to bring Brendan any way we can!" The two girls were practically dragging me towards Oldale Town.
"Oh yeah, Dad wanted me to check on what Pokémon are on Route 103, I'll race you there May!" I started running a bit too quickly around and knocked out a Wingull using Malik. "Oh no, I wanted a Wingull!" I was a bit more cautious when the next Pokémon appeared, which was a lv.3 mild Poochyena, which I caught in no time at all. ~#010 Bite Pokémon; HT: 1'08", WT: 30.0 lbs. 'Poochyena is an omnivore - it will eat anything. A distinguishing feature is how large its fangs are compared to its body. This Pokémon tries to intimidate its foes by making the hair on its tail bristle out.~ "Another catch, I'll call him Kouga!"
When we both got back Amara came out of the Mart with 4 more Poké Balls for himself. "Hey, the guy who was sketching is done, we can go to Route 102 now!"
"Finally, I can go show my dad Yugi and I think he'll be proud! Will you follow me?"
While May was leading the way, we passed by a young trainer whose ID card read 'Youngster: Calvin'. He ran up to me, the glint of a possible battle showing in his eyes. "If you have Pokémon with you, then you're an official Pokémon trainer! You can't say no to my challenge!" He sent out a lv.5 Zigzagoon, while I sent out Kouga to do battle! Midway, I switched Pokémon wisely, and ended up with Malik delivering the final blow! "Argh, I lost...I should have trained mine more..." I won ¥80, all of my other Pokémon reached lv.3 if they weren't there already, and as we went past him, Calvin called out to me. "Listen you. If you're strong, you should have told me before!"
Uh-oh, my pals look like they're going to faint! "I'm so sorry, I don't want my pals fainting!"
Much to my surprise, Amara nodded. "My cousin feels the same way. He's got a cool Pokémon, and I'm going to beat him in the race to be the Pokémon League!"
We walked a little further, and I was caught off guard as another trainer ran up to me! His ID card read 'Bug Catcher: Rick'. "Hahah! Our eyes met! I'll take you on with my bug Pokémon!" And he sent out a lv.4 Wurmple, while I sent out Kiara this time. After that, Kiara grew to lv.4! Rick was sending out another Wurmple at lv.4, so I stuck with her. When Kiara reached the red bar, I switched to Haga, and quickly finished off Rick. "Ow! Down and out!" I smirked after getting ¥64.
We walked on, seeing another Youngster by the name of Allen. "Did you just become a trainer? We're both beginners!" He sent out a lv.5 Poochyena, and I sent out Haga to counter. It wasn't long before I switched to Kiara for a counterattack! Haga grew to lv.4 as a result of the first faint, and I'm letting Kouga take care of his lv.3 Taillow, but I switched to Kiara once more to finish the job! Kiara grew to lv.5 and learned Tail Whip, while Kouga reached lv.4. "I called you because I thought I could beat you..." I got 48 more ¥ because of the win.
Nearby, I saw two Berry trees, so I picked two Oran and two Pecha Berries, and planted one of each. "It's weird seeing a trainer like you planting flowers..." Amara was on the verge of laughter.
May turned around to her, a little irked. "What's so wrong about conserving nature? Oh, we should be going to Petalburg City!"
I was a bit afraid to go towards the next trainer, when I saw a Potion and made a run for it! But when I was heading back to the others, that's when Lass: Tiana saw me! "I'm going to keep winning and become the best trainer. Help me further my career!" She sent out a lv.4 Zigzagoon, while I let Koga take charge. She grew to lv.5 and learned Howl. Tiana sent out another lv.4 Zigzagoon, while I sent Haga out, and then switched to Kiara to finish the Pokémon off! "I ended up furthering your career..."
I got ¥64 again, I love how my own Pokémon battle! "It's right over there, guys..." May went to the Pokémon Center, while we are taking in the sights, which included a whole bunch of Pokémon lovers. We were dragged away by the arms by May after she saw us talking to them. "This way to the gym, get ready to meet my dad."
Amara pulled her arm away, rubbing it slightly. "I know that I can move on my own, thanks. You've got a strong grip, though!" I didn't comment, but I followed after May patiently.
"Dad, these are my friends! Meet Amara Stone and Brendan Birch. This is my dad, Norman."
"Nice to meet your friends May...Hm? So you're all finished moving in?"
"Yes dad, mom and I are all set!"
Norman looked a little shocked at how all three of us got here. "I'm surprised that you didn't need a map to find your way, it must have been hard."
Amara cleared her throat. "On the contrary, Mr. Earth." What's Amara going to say now? "May led us here without stopping, unless you count the Pokémon battles we've been through."
"Oh, I see. You're all with your Pokémon. Hm, then I guess you're going to become a trainer like me, right?"
"Yes, we plan to!" It's weird; Amara and I are a little scary sometimes.
Norman's straight face turned into a warm smile. "That's great news! I'll be looking forward to it!"
Just then, a young, pale boy stepped in, looking out of breath and nervous. "Um...I...I'd like to get a Pokémon, please..."
I was shocked at how sick the boy looked, but the Gym leader didn't look shocked for long. "Hm? You're...Uh...Oh, right. You're Wally, right?"
The sickly boy nodded. "I'm going to go stay with my relatives in Verdanturf Town. I thought I would be lonely by myself, so I wanted to take a Pokémon along." If possible, Wally looked even sadder. "But I've never caught a Pokémon before. I don't know how..."
Norman thought about the situation before replying. "Hm, I see." He then turned to face me, of all the trainers in the room! "Brendan, you heard that, right?" I nodded once. "Go with Wally and make sure he safely catches a Pokémon. Wally, here, I'll loan you one of my Pokémon."
Norman handed over a Poké Ball with a lv.7 Zigzagoon, making Wally smile brightly. "Oh, wow! A Pokémon!"
"Hm, I'll give you a Poké Ball, too. Go for it!"
Wally looked like he was going to fall over out of joy. "Oh, wow! Thank you! Brendan...Would you really come with me?"
"Of course I will, see you after I help Wally out, don't worry, we'll be fast!" I've never taught anyone how to catch a Pokémon before, but there's a first time for everything!
I walked out of the gym and we went to Route 102. As soon as we went into the tall grass, he looked in a few directions, and then turned to me. "Brendan...Pokémon hide in tall grass like this, don't they?"
I smiled, messing with his dark, dirty-looking green hair. "Yes, they do, Wally. You've got the right idea there!"
"Ok...Please watch me and see if I can catch one properly...Whoa!" After two attacks on a lv.5 Ralts, he asked me a question. "Brendan, you throw a Poké Ball now, right?"
"Yes, you do!" I went into trainer mode, answering his questions quickly and confidently.
"I'll do my best, then." His face looked overjoyed, as the wild Ralts didn't make any attempt to break free of the ball. "I did it...It's my...My Pokémon! Brendan, thank you! Let's go back to the gym!"
A short walk later, and May's dad was curious on how it went. "So, did it work out?"
"Thank you, yes, it did. Here's your Pokémon back. Brendan, thank you for coming along with me. You two are why I was able to catch my Pokémon. I promise I'll take really good care of it." Wally looked shocked all of a sudden. "Oh! My mom's waiting for me, so I have to go! Bye Brendan!" I waved as he went out the gym doors.
"Now...May, if you want to become a strong trainer, here's my advice. Head for Rustboro City Beyond this town. There, you should challenge the Gym Leader, Roxanne." I nodded, feeling great. "After her, go on to other Pokémon gyms and defeat their leaders. Collect Badges from them, understood?"
"Yes, I will!" I was funny how we all replied at the same time, I had nearly forgotten about Amara and May.
"Of course, I'm a Gym Leader too. We'll battle one day, I'm sure. But that's only after you become stronger. I'll battle anyone who has four Gym Badges!" With that, he looked out the window. "Oh, it's late. You should rest here for the night, May, and your friends are welcome to stay here too." I yawned, he was right!
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(Shina) Ah, I feel better after getting that off my nerves, doing a playing guide that's a rpg is understandable!
(Brendan) Why aren't you going in alphabetical order, Shina? I'm confused!
(Shina) Brendan, I'm doing the game titles alphabetically! Otherwise, you'd be going second anyway!
(Brendan) Right, I understand. I want to challenge Roxanne, so please r&r to get it over with! My intro's done and over with!