Chapter 5: Hunter's Story
They had been talking for hours, or at least that's how it seemed. Hunter told Kurt of the many hardships and adventures he had experienced. Hunter grew up an orphan, on the streets till he was 4. He learned how to take care of himself and thought he didn't need anyone, one day he back extremely ill and all he could remember was being took in by Professor Elm. It was then the prestigious Professor Elm raised him. Elm was like a father to him, except he didn't know when to let go. Elm was a pokemon scientists, he studied in the Johto region. Hunter said all through his life he had seen the professor give out pokemon to trainer after trainer, and when he turned 10 he was so excited because he thought his surrogated father would provide him with a new means of living, a pokemon. It was on his tenth birthday that Elm asked Hunter to go on a strenuous task. He did what he was told and when he returned he asked again but Elm just ignored him until finally, on his thirteenth birthday, he asked, "Dad when am I going to get a pokemon? I want to go out, I need to be free, please Dad I am asking you please."
"Hunter, you will one day be a great trainer. I suppose it's time I showed you this," Elm replied, then bringing out what appeared to be a charm and a red jewel coming together to form an R. "I found this around your neck, it's the symbol of Team Rocket. I was so afraid that when you were ten, Team Rocket would find you and take you away, and you would agree to it being as young and sometimes obnoxious as you were, but now I think your ready to go out in the world. You can now choose, but son now I have faith in you. You are very famous among the Rockets. If you encounter them, then use what I am about to give you." Elm got out a pokenavi, a device that shows you the map of all three known regions, has a pokedex inside, a radio, a cell phone, and a contest meter. Call me immediately if you find them or they find you. He then brought out three pokeballs. "Enclosed are three pokemon, Cyndaquil, Chikorita, and Totodile. Choose one now." Hunter took the Chickorita. "You will need this to protect yourself. Let her be your friend and treat her well. Goodbye my son. Take the charm, and the bullet train ticket. Now leave, quickly. I have arranged for my Pidgeot to take you to Goldenrod, there take the bullet train back and forth until you meet someone you can travel with. Also, if you make it to the Hoeen region watch out for Team Magma because that red jewel encrusted onto your rocket charm is some sort of orb they have sought after for many years. You were not meant to be a Rocket, my son. You were meant for greater things. I love you son"
"I love you to dad," at that moment Pidgeot cooed softly, signaling that it was time to start his journey. He hoped on Pidgeot, downsizing the pokeball he had just received and placing it on his belt loop. He hoped on, salty tears streaming from his puppy-dog brown eyes. The Pidgeot took the air. Wind was brushing his face, dislodging even more droplets from his eyes. About 30 minutes into his flight he saw a wounded Spearow flying with an almost broken wing. He did something he had wanted to do all his life, an air battle. He stroked the bird's neck, beneath it's beak, signaling it to stop. He stood up, finding a good position to make sure he didn't fall off. "Go Chikorita!" Kurt yelled confidently. The small Chikorita found good spot on Pidgeot's head. Kurt yelled, "Chikorita, vine whip!" The Chikorita had been specially bred and learned vine whip through the process. Suddenly, green, slender vines that shot out of Chik's neck speed rapidly toward the unsuspecting Spearow. The vine made contact and hit the Spearow a few times before the Spearow went into a nosedive, from there he withdrew his extra pokeball, made it bigger and then jumped of the Pidgeot. Pidgeot knew exactly what to do so at that moment he also started to dive but flying at almost the speed of sound he positioned himself below where Hunter was going to land. Hunter, still falling caught up to the Spearow and threw the Pokeball at it. He saw that it had made contact and he fell past the pokeball and then safely on to the back of the Pidgeot. After approximately 20 seconds he saw the ball and caught it. "I caught a Spearow!" he exclaimed. He then returned Chik to her Pokeball and then he had spotted a small countryside city about 10 miles ahead; Hunter decided he would hurry to get there in order to cure Spearow, he just hoped there would be a Pokecenter in such a small town. He gave Pidgeot a slight nudge and it speed off.
He landed in front of the small building, which looked a lot like a small cottage. He led Pidgeot over to a small stable and told him that he could fly around and also rest if he wanted. He looked around the stables and saw Stantler, Ponyta, Rapidash, and a Ratticate, all resting in the stables. He went into the Pokecenter and was greeted by a "Chanseee" and a more defined "Blissssssseyys".
A woman a nurse's uniform with bright, bubblegum pink hair gave a cheery, "Hello there."
"Hi," Hunter replied coolly.
"How may I help you?" the women known around the world as Nurse Joy asked.
"I need my Spearow, and Chikorita to be healed" Hunter said, excitement rising in his voice.
"No Problem" she answered in the same sweet, mellow voice that everyone was accustomed to. She took Chik and Spear and placed there pokeballs in a same rack one that almost looked like it was a cookie sheet with indents to place the balls in. She ran them through a machine that scanned them inside and out. She touched the screen and gave them both their medicine and said the Spear would take a while to heal but that Chik would be ready in about 30 minutes. "There is a river along down the path, so you can wash up if you like. They should be done by then," she said sweetly.
Hunter headed down the path and found the river. He undressed and bathed, savoring every moment of being a trainer. Once he got out he put on a fresh pair of boxers, cargo shorts, and a Saffron Sychics football jersey. He headed back the Center. Low and behold the pokes were done so he headed out to the stables and hoped on the rested Pidgeot's back. They were only about another hour's flight from Goldenrod and the sun was setting in the east. They flew and he relesed his newly captured Spear out to fly. You could see his silhouette in the pastel colored sky. He fell asleep on his Pidgeot's back. Once he arrived at Goldenrod, Which was a much bigger city then Newbark town and he explored for a bit. He ate a chili cheese dog and a strawberry smoothie at food court in the train station. He knew he should avoid the inevitable so he decided to get in his sleeper cabin in the Bullet Train. He stayed up until about 11 o'clock looking at his Pokedex. He then fell asleep. The next morning he moved into the regular seating area.
"This is my fourth trip!" Hunter exclaimed. "And then I found you. So will you, uh, travel with me?" Kurt looked a little skeptical to all this but finally agreed. There was a loud screeching sound and a female digitized voice announced they were in Goldenrod.
"I think the train stoped," Hunter said with an adventures look on his face.
"So it has," Kurt said looking at his new friend and then stepping off the train
They had been talking for hours, or at least that's how it seemed. Hunter told Kurt of the many hardships and adventures he had experienced. Hunter grew up an orphan, on the streets till he was 4. He learned how to take care of himself and thought he didn't need anyone, one day he back extremely ill and all he could remember was being took in by Professor Elm. It was then the prestigious Professor Elm raised him. Elm was like a father to him, except he didn't know when to let go. Elm was a pokemon scientists, he studied in the Johto region. Hunter said all through his life he had seen the professor give out pokemon to trainer after trainer, and when he turned 10 he was so excited because he thought his surrogated father would provide him with a new means of living, a pokemon. It was on his tenth birthday that Elm asked Hunter to go on a strenuous task. He did what he was told and when he returned he asked again but Elm just ignored him until finally, on his thirteenth birthday, he asked, "Dad when am I going to get a pokemon? I want to go out, I need to be free, please Dad I am asking you please."
"Hunter, you will one day be a great trainer. I suppose it's time I showed you this," Elm replied, then bringing out what appeared to be a charm and a red jewel coming together to form an R. "I found this around your neck, it's the symbol of Team Rocket. I was so afraid that when you were ten, Team Rocket would find you and take you away, and you would agree to it being as young and sometimes obnoxious as you were, but now I think your ready to go out in the world. You can now choose, but son now I have faith in you. You are very famous among the Rockets. If you encounter them, then use what I am about to give you." Elm got out a pokenavi, a device that shows you the map of all three known regions, has a pokedex inside, a radio, a cell phone, and a contest meter. Call me immediately if you find them or they find you. He then brought out three pokeballs. "Enclosed are three pokemon, Cyndaquil, Chikorita, and Totodile. Choose one now." Hunter took the Chickorita. "You will need this to protect yourself. Let her be your friend and treat her well. Goodbye my son. Take the charm, and the bullet train ticket. Now leave, quickly. I have arranged for my Pidgeot to take you to Goldenrod, there take the bullet train back and forth until you meet someone you can travel with. Also, if you make it to the Hoeen region watch out for Team Magma because that red jewel encrusted onto your rocket charm is some sort of orb they have sought after for many years. You were not meant to be a Rocket, my son. You were meant for greater things. I love you son"
"I love you to dad," at that moment Pidgeot cooed softly, signaling that it was time to start his journey. He hoped on Pidgeot, downsizing the pokeball he had just received and placing it on his belt loop. He hoped on, salty tears streaming from his puppy-dog brown eyes. The Pidgeot took the air. Wind was brushing his face, dislodging even more droplets from his eyes. About 30 minutes into his flight he saw a wounded Spearow flying with an almost broken wing. He did something he had wanted to do all his life, an air battle. He stroked the bird's neck, beneath it's beak, signaling it to stop. He stood up, finding a good position to make sure he didn't fall off. "Go Chikorita!" Kurt yelled confidently. The small Chikorita found good spot on Pidgeot's head. Kurt yelled, "Chikorita, vine whip!" The Chikorita had been specially bred and learned vine whip through the process. Suddenly, green, slender vines that shot out of Chik's neck speed rapidly toward the unsuspecting Spearow. The vine made contact and hit the Spearow a few times before the Spearow went into a nosedive, from there he withdrew his extra pokeball, made it bigger and then jumped of the Pidgeot. Pidgeot knew exactly what to do so at that moment he also started to dive but flying at almost the speed of sound he positioned himself below where Hunter was going to land. Hunter, still falling caught up to the Spearow and threw the Pokeball at it. He saw that it had made contact and he fell past the pokeball and then safely on to the back of the Pidgeot. After approximately 20 seconds he saw the ball and caught it. "I caught a Spearow!" he exclaimed. He then returned Chik to her Pokeball and then he had spotted a small countryside city about 10 miles ahead; Hunter decided he would hurry to get there in order to cure Spearow, he just hoped there would be a Pokecenter in such a small town. He gave Pidgeot a slight nudge and it speed off.
He landed in front of the small building, which looked a lot like a small cottage. He led Pidgeot over to a small stable and told him that he could fly around and also rest if he wanted. He looked around the stables and saw Stantler, Ponyta, Rapidash, and a Ratticate, all resting in the stables. He went into the Pokecenter and was greeted by a "Chanseee" and a more defined "Blissssssseyys".
A woman a nurse's uniform with bright, bubblegum pink hair gave a cheery, "Hello there."
"Hi," Hunter replied coolly.
"How may I help you?" the women known around the world as Nurse Joy asked.
"I need my Spearow, and Chikorita to be healed" Hunter said, excitement rising in his voice.
"No Problem" she answered in the same sweet, mellow voice that everyone was accustomed to. She took Chik and Spear and placed there pokeballs in a same rack one that almost looked like it was a cookie sheet with indents to place the balls in. She ran them through a machine that scanned them inside and out. She touched the screen and gave them both their medicine and said the Spear would take a while to heal but that Chik would be ready in about 30 minutes. "There is a river along down the path, so you can wash up if you like. They should be done by then," she said sweetly.
Hunter headed down the path and found the river. He undressed and bathed, savoring every moment of being a trainer. Once he got out he put on a fresh pair of boxers, cargo shorts, and a Saffron Sychics football jersey. He headed back the Center. Low and behold the pokes were done so he headed out to the stables and hoped on the rested Pidgeot's back. They were only about another hour's flight from Goldenrod and the sun was setting in the east. They flew and he relesed his newly captured Spear out to fly. You could see his silhouette in the pastel colored sky. He fell asleep on his Pidgeot's back. Once he arrived at Goldenrod, Which was a much bigger city then Newbark town and he explored for a bit. He ate a chili cheese dog and a strawberry smoothie at food court in the train station. He knew he should avoid the inevitable so he decided to get in his sleeper cabin in the Bullet Train. He stayed up until about 11 o'clock looking at his Pokedex. He then fell asleep. The next morning he moved into the regular seating area.
"This is my fourth trip!" Hunter exclaimed. "And then I found you. So will you, uh, travel with me?" Kurt looked a little skeptical to all this but finally agreed. There was a loud screeching sound and a female digitized voice announced they were in Goldenrod.
"I think the train stoped," Hunter said with an adventures look on his face.
"So it has," Kurt said looking at his new friend and then stepping off the train