A Whole New World
A Pokemon Fiction based on the Sapphire game.
Chapter Four
"Saving Professor Birch"
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Amaya was about to go back to her house when a little boy, whom she guessed was around five or six, came running up to her.
"I can hear someone shouting down the road here!" He said in a panicked tone. "What should I do? What should we do?? Someone has to go help!"
"Whoa, okay, okay just calm down." Amaya said, patting the little boy on the head. "I'll go help who ever it is, you just stay here"
Amaya sighed heavily and started off down the road where the little boy had said he heard someone shouting, she was sure the little boy was just making it up, it had probably been a hurt Pokemon that the boy had heard. But sure enough, Amaya heard someone shouting. She picked up her pace and saw a man that she knew was Professor Birch.
"Hello! You over there! Help me!!" The middle aged man yelled over to Amaya, running from a rabid wolf/dog Pokemon.
"What can I do???" Amaya asked, looking around.
"In my bag there, there are three pokeballs, take one!" He yelled, being pinned in a corner by the Pokemon.
"Uh okay!" Amaya said and reached into the brown leather bag and pulled out a pokeball. "Go…. whatever you are"
Amaya threw the ball and out popped a little green wood gecko Pokemon.
"Treecko!" It shouted.
"Okay then Treecko," Amaya said. "How about we take down this Pokemon?"
"Tree! Treecko!"
"Okay! Use your, uh pound attack!" Amaya said, taking a guess at what moves the Pokemon knew.
"Treeeeeeecko!" It shouted and attacked the wolf Pokemon.
"WOOH! Good! Okay use another one! Quick!" Amaya cheered.
The Pokemon obeyed without any questions, attacking the other Pokemon until it fainted. Amaya cheered and the little Pokemon rushed over to her, hugging her leg.
"You did great," She said, and patted it's head and returned it to it's pokeball. Amaya helped Professor Birch up and gave him back the pokeball and his bag.
"Whew…" He sighed, wiping off his forehead. "I was in the tall grass here studying wild Pokemon when I was jumped, but you came along and saved me! Thanks a lot!"
"It's no problem, Professor Birch, I'm Amaya" Amaya said, smiling.
"Oh? Well hi Amaya! You seem to already know who I am, I take it you went by my house, yes?" He asked, slipping the bag over his shoulder.
"Yes, you're wife is a very nice woman, and your son is nice too" Amaya said, though she was lying, she didn't think Brendan was all that nice, but then again…she'd just met him.
"Yes, takes after his father he does," Professor Birch laughed. "Oh dear, this really isn't the place to chat, please come with me to my Pokemon lab"
"Okay" Amaya said.
Amaya and Professor Birch began walking back to his Pokemon lab, once they had entered back into Littleroot Town the little boy that had told Amaya he heard someone shouting rushed up to them, thanking Amaya for saving Professor Birch. Amaya laughed and nodded and the little boy ran off to tell his big brother about it.
"So, Amaya." Professor Birch started once they were in the comfort of the Pokemon lab. "I've heard so much about you from you're father"
"Uh oh…" Amaya said, gulping. "Nothing bad I hope?"
"Oh no, nothing bad!" Professor Birch laughed.
"Whew…good" Amaya sighed, laughing as well.
"I've heard that you don't have your own Hoenn Pokemon yet," Professor Birch said, reaching over to get his bag with the pokeballs in it. "But the way you battled earlier, you pulled it off with aplomb!!"
"Well, I have nearly all the Johto Pokemon back in Johto with Professor Oaks so I've had a lot of experience with Pokemon" Amaya explained.
"You must have, I've never seen any Pokemon take to someone like that little Treecko took to you! I guess you have you're father's blood in you after all!" Professor Birch smiled.
"Really? Thanks…" Amaya smiled, blushing a bit, finally glad that SOMEONE respected her as a trainer.
"Oh yes! As a thanks for rescuing me," Professor Birch paused; digging out the pokeball that held the Treecko Amaya had battled with before. "I'd like you to have the Pokemon you used earlier"
"Oh no, I-I couldn't…" Amaya said, shaking her head as Professor Birch handed her the pokeball.
"Oh please, I insist, it's the least I can do" Professor Birch smiled.
"Well…okay I guess, if you're sure," Amaya said, smiling as she released the Treecko.
"Treecko!" It shouted, and looked at Amaya, jumping into her arms.
"Wow, you are an affectionate little thing aren't you?" She asked, smiling.
"While you're at it, Amaya, why not give a nickname to that Treecko?" Professor Birch asked.
"Okay, hmm… lets see, what should I call you?" Amaya thought. "I know! I'll call you Kenji! Do you like that name?"
"Treecko!" The little Pokemon cheered, nodding his head.
"I think, if you work harder at Pokemon, training them better and better each day and gain even more experience I think you could be a darn good trainer! Heck, you could even be a Pokemon master!" Professor Birch smiled.
"Really? Wow… I never really thought about being a Pokemon master, I always thought about maybe becoming a Pokemon breeder or a Gym leader or something" Amaya said, smiling a bit at the Treecko.
"If you keep a positive attitude and never give up, you could be just about anything" Professor Birch smiled. "Oh yes, Brendan is out on Route 103 studying Pokemon, it might not be a bad idea for you to go see him, what do you think?"
"Uh…well, I guess it wouldn't hurt anything" Amaya said with a shrug.
"Great! Brendan should be happy, too." Professor Birch said with a wide smile. "Brendan will most likely want to show you what it means to be a trainer, so just play along."
"Uh, okay" Amaya said. "Come on Kenji, we're off to see the wizard!"
"Treecko?"
"Never mind, I'll explain to you about that later" Amaya laughed and put Kenji on her shoulder, and exited Professor Birch's lab.
Amaya and Kenji set off to go find the snowy haired trainer, when Amaya got an idea. She was going to train Kenji right now, and get him to a higher level than Brendan's Pokemon, just to show him that she could train Pokemon just as good as any guy! After asking Kenji if he was okay with it, the two of them stepped into the tall grass and started battling every wild Pokemon they met.