The Dezen Discovery
By LoneGrowlithe
Chapter Four
I walked back and forth in the small hotel room me and Larana had rented the night before when our bus had arrived in Judan village late last night. Glancing up at the clock, I groaned, I knew for a fact that the ceremony started at nine, it was only 7:37 at the moment, I'd been up since 5:00.
I was dressed in my battle uniform, or my trainer's uniform if you would call it that. It was a pair of black denim jeans, equipped with two belts crossing over each other and handing down by each of my legs, one belt had silver spikes on it, while the other was a magnetized belt, for pokeballs to be stuck onto. A red tank top baring a large part of my stomach and a white jacket with red stripes on the sleeves thrown over the top, and a pair of sturdy walking boots finished it off. My hair was tied back in my usual fashion of a braid, to keep it tamed and out of the way.
I looked over at Larana who was lying on her bed reading through the guidebook I'd received with my letter that told me that I'd won. It was only a basic guidebook, only briefly telling you a bit about Dezen and a little bit about the Pokemon that would be presented as prizes at the ceremony; I expected that I would get a more detailed guidebook when I received my prize pack.
Larana herself had picked out her own uniform. She wore a nice pair of acid-washed denim jeans, equipped with a magnetized trainer's belt, a black t-shirt with a Charizard splayed on the front spewing flames upward to form the word Char-girl. Sturdy boots like my own and her hair tied back in a tight ponytail to keep it from getting in the way.
"You should really stop pacing," Larana mentioned to me, not lifting her eyes from the book.
"But I can't help it, and it's taking so long," I whined as I sat down on the end of my bed.
"Well, looking at the clock every two minutes isn't going to help," Larana commented.
I sighed and flopped backwards so that I was lying down, crossing my hands behind my head.
"It's just that I'm so excited, I'm going to be getting my first Pokemon today, and then we can head out together and have fun traveling around, catching new Pokemon and that sort of stuff, but time is just going so slow that it's like it'll never happen," I explained, looking at the ceiling fan spin around slowly of its own accord.
"Well, I don't really think I can understand how that feels, but maybe you should just calm down, then maybe time will pass by quicker."
"Maybe," I sighed propping myself up on my elbows to look at her, "You know, Kida's been in her pokeball all of yesterday, and all of last night, don't you think you should let her out for something to eat and a bit of fresh air."
"Your right," a look of horror passed Larana's face, "How could I have been so stupid, she must be starving, she didn't even eat breakfast yesterday."
Reaching over the end of the bed to the jeans she had been wearing the day before, Larana yanked out Kida's pokeball and hastily opened it, releasing the small brown and cream kitten into the fresh air. Once she had fully materialized from the bright white energy she had been stored as, she immediately starting mewing, loudly, but we understood the general idea of what she was trying to say. Food.
Larana rummaged around in her pack for the Pokemon food she had packed before we left, and a small dish which she then filed up with the food and placing it on the floor for Kida to access. We sat in silence after that, the only sound was Kida's contented mews as she ate.
We stayed in our hotel room for roughly another half hour before finally deciding to head out somewhere for breakfast and then heading, slowly, over towards the Pokemon lab belonging to the Dezen regions well known Professor Bramble. It always irked me, that all the professors were ironically named after plants, Professor Bramble himself named after a bush.
We sat on some benches that were arranged in front of his lab, in the large park like front garden, and waited while Kida gamboled about happily in the grass. We didn't wait long as we heard the sounds of raucous laughter and two boys came walking up the pathway. Both looked snooty and rich, and when they saw us, turned up their noses.
I narrowed my eyes at them, at once disliking them for their actions. One was roughly my age, with smoky black hair just long enough to dangle in his eyes and flashing, cold green eyes which sent a shiver down my spine when he looked at me. He was wearing a regular black t-shirt with a grey vest thrown over the top, regular blue jeans like the standard fare of most trainers, as were the sturdy black walking boots he wore, a backpack was slung heavily over his shoulders.
His companion was a boy with fierce red hair allowed to grow out naturally into a spiky crop, dangling inexplicably over his equally cold blue eyes, shading them from view. He wore mainly colors of varying reds, a bright red t-shirt with a dark red vest thrown over it, and maroon jeans topped off with deep brown red boots. He also had a backpack slung over his back and happened to notice me staring at them.
"Oy, what you looking at you Raticate," he snapped at me with disgust
"Nothing, except your ugly Muk face," I retorted with equal disgust, stupid rich boys.
"Take that back," He turned on me angrily, raising a fist.
"Ease up Keith, she 'aint worth it," his companion said, sneering at me, "She's just here to watch most likely."
I prepared to make a retort, but Larana placing a calming hand on my shoulder stopped me, and I sat in silence, simmering with anger. The two boys looked at me as I sat and simmered and burst out into victorious laughter as they walked away to find seats on another bench. Time seemed to pass by much slower after that.
The other winning trainers arrived and I counted them as they came in, Kida had gotten into a game of tag with some pokemon that were hanging around out the front. I glanced at my watch, with a black band and a face with the image of a glittery Vulpix on a black background with small white numbers surrounding it. My mood became considerably lighter, and I started to get very excited, for my watch read 8:45, only fifteen more minutes and then the ceremony would start.
My excitement was soon noticed by Larana and she began to inch away from me slowly, as I started to fidget around a lot, my excitement starting to make me go a bit hyper. I had a grin plastered on my face, and some of the kids who had gathered were looking at me like I was insane, I cheekily poked my tongue at them, earning a brandishing glare from Larana which I returned good-naturedly.
I sat for what felt like ages, my excitement beginning to swell, when I heard the sound of something opening and I turned my attention to the front door of the lab, to see a short haired brunette aide poking out her head and looking us over. I watched as her lips moved slightly and I realized she was counting us over.
"Well, it appears there are more here than should be," she said to herself, yet we all heard her.
"Don't worry, I'm here to travel with my friend," Larana volunteered her information.
"So are we," a boy announced as he and a girl raised their hands from where they were standing next to each other.
"Well, then the rest must be the competition winners," the aide seemed to sigh with relief and then beckoned us inside, "Do come in," she smiled and then turned to Larana and the other two, "If you three could please wait outside, it shouldn't take too long," She spoke to them softly and they nodded.
The rest of us slowly filed into the lab and the aide closed the door as the last of us, a petite girl with blonde tresses and soft strawberry eyes, walked in and ran to the front of the group.
"If you would all follow me, I'll lead you to where the ceremony has been set up," the aide told us and she led us through the maze of corridors.
There was only one word to describe the inner working of the building, Huge. Machinery and all sorts of equipment were everywhere. Aides bustled about with papers, pokeballs, and Pokemon. There was even a room where Pokemon eggs of varying sizes and colors were lined up along the walls, settled comfortably into incubators.
Our walk soon ended, leaving me in awe at all I had seen in the lab, and we entered a large room in which all the machinery had been set aside to make room for a podium upon a stage on which sat the three professors representing the regions that had been elected for the competition. Twelve chairs sat in two rows of six in front of the podium and above was a large silver computer screen. I noticed a table set up along the back of the stage, slightly shielded from sight by the podium, and on it rested bags of varying colors.
"Please, take a seat," the aide told us politely before leaving the room and closing the door behind her.
I immediately dashed forwards and leapt onto a seat on the left end of the front row, while everyone else was a bit less enthusiastic and took to their seats slowly. Once we were all seated, the well known and recognized, yet all the wiser Professor Oak stood up to the podium getting our utmost attention and began to talk.
"Welcome to all you budding young new trainers who have placed somewhere within the twelve spots of this year's competition," Professor oak spoke kindly and calmly, "No doubt you are all eager to receive your prize pack and your beginning Pokemon so we'll try not to bore you with any long speeches."
Everyone gave out some nervous laughs at the professors' attempt of a joke, myself included, as he stepped back and went to his seat to allow a tall man wearing bright orange and blue khaki shorts and an equally bright yellow t-shirt with a white lab coat thrown over the top to step forwards to the podium. He had dirty blonde hair and soft teal eyes and a kind face to him and he began to speak, telling us of how the presentation of our prizes would be performed.
"Well, as you may or may not know, I am Professor Bramble, now as we call each of you name you are to stand up and watch the screen," Professor bramble pointed to the large silver screen above him, "Receiving your Pokemon is going to be a chance selection, the screen above is going to shift through each of the individual pictures of the Pokemon before stopping on one at random, the picture it stops on will be the Pokemon you will receive as your starter."
Everyone nodded, albeit a bit crestfallen, as random selection meant that you might not get the Pokemon you wanted. I was feeling a bit crestfallen about that myself, but I figured that any Pokemon was better than no Pokemon.
"You also know you will be receiving a new backpack with prize items inside," Professor Bramble continued, "These items include fifteen pokeballs, five greatballs, a single ultraball, twenty of each potions, antidotes and revives, ten super potions, a more detailed guidebook than the one you received with your reply, maps of Dezen, Kanto and Jhoto, a certificate of free registration into the Dezen Pokemon League, and a state of the art pokedex containing information on all the current known species of Pokemon in the world up to date," He stopped slightly as we all nodded in awe and surprise at the contents of the actual prize pack, "and also, when you have reached a select number of badges, you are allowed to come back to me to collect your very own masterball."
That declaration started whispers among us: masterballs were rare, not because they were the best pokeball to have ever been made, with the capability of catching almost any Pokemon besides legendaries successfully, but because one of the metals used in the making of the masterballs came from two select species of Pokemon that were hunted to extinction on other regions, and the last remnants of their kind now resided only in the Dezen wilderness or in breeding centers or farms across the world. It stunned us because of that purpose and the fact that each of us was allowed to get one each.
"Alright now, Quiet, Quiet, we will now be beginning the Pokemon selection," Professor Elm stood up to the podium with a piece of paper held in his hands as everyone went deathly silent, "First place is awarded to Wesley Hart."
Wesley Hart, to my apparent distaste was one of the snobbish boys from earlier this morning, he stood up with a smug look on his face, probably thinking that he was better than everyone else here because he won first place. All of us looked up at the screen as it flared to life, quickly flicking through pictures of the prize Pokemon, and going through them so fast I could barely tell what was what. Suddenly it stopped, right on the picture of an orange lizard with a blazing flame at the end of its tail.
"Congratulation Wesley, your beginning Pokemon is Charmander," Professor Elm said as Wesley walked up on stage.
Professor Bramble had picked an orange red backpack, like the color of Charmander's skin, from the table behind him and he handed it to Wesley as he reached him. I noticed a small mesh pocket on the side of the bag contained an equally orange red pokeball in it, probably containing Charmander. Wesley stepped down form the stage and resumed his seat, his new backpack resting on his lap.
"Second place goes to Rhane Carson," Professor Elm spoke again as Wesley regained his seat.
A girl with rusty red brown hair and striking silver blue gray eyes stood up and we all tuned our attention to the screen once more. The image landed on that of Squirtle, and she gleefully jumped up to receive the teal backpack with teal pokeball in the side pocket.
Third was another boy named Frank Liasen, his Pokemon was Pidgey and he received a cream brown backpack and pokeball. I had begun fidgeting again as my excitement grew with each passing person.
"Fourth place goes to Sayunae Waverson," Professor Elm announced and I jumped out of my seat eagerly, watching the screen above.
The remaining pictures sifted through, before coming to a rest on a small bird, all its feathers ablaze with flames. Asydri, as I recalled from the guidebook, was one of Dezens' starter Pokemon up for grabs. I leapt up onto the stage and gratefully received my new blaze colored backpack and pokeball containing my starter. I rushed back to my seat, hugging the slightly heavy backpack to my chest, thanking the luck that got me one of the Pokemon I was keen for.
Next was another guy Joey Janeser who received Totodile, with a turquoise backpack and pokeball, followed by Harold Netorn who got Bulbasaur with an emerald bag and pokeball. Casey Loft, the blonde haired and cherry eyed girl, who got Chickorita with a forest green backpack and pokeball, and a pair of twins by the names Kitrina and Katrina received the two Dezen Pokemon Cascardron and Leafius with blue and green backpacks and pokeballs respectively. Phil Loch received Cyndaquil with a black and red backpack and pokeball, a girl named Shelley Mackay got Zaep, another Dezen Pokemon with a bright yellow backpack and pokeball, leaving Keith Juruko to get Pichu and a black and yellow backpack and pokeball.
"Well, I do hope you are all successful in your journeys have fun and be careful," Professor Oak spoke to us kindly and expressing his words with his arms, "Congratulations to you all."
Everyone cheered and there was a sudden rush for the door, I waited until the flow had died down before following, eventually finding my way outside once again in the fresh air. A few of the people were still milling around, forming up traveling groups most likely, but I expected some of them had headed off already. I spotted Larana still sitting on the bench we had been on before, but now with Kida sitting firmly in her lap as she stroked her.
I walked over to her, still hugging my blaze backpack to my chest. When she spotted me, she stood up with a grateful smile, holding Kida securely in her arms.
"There you are," Larana said with a sigh, "I was beginning to think you left without me."
"Would I do that to you," I said innocently.
"You have, remember, the time at the fair," Larana raised an eyebrow speculatively.
"Alright so maybe I've done it once or twice," I snickered, "but the one at the fair was funny, you completely freaked out," I burst out into laughter, "and you didn't realize I was standing right behind you for a full ten minutes."
"Shut up," Larana blushed furiously, clamping a free hand over my mouth, "Don't yell it out for everyone to hear."
"Alright, alright," I said jubilantly as I removed Larana's hand, "Why don't we go somewhere more peaceful, so I can pack all my new stuff into this bag and get to know my new pal."
"Sure," Larana shrugged, "What Pokemon did you get anyway."
"You'll see."
Gathering our stuff together, we left Professor Brambles lab, and found a nice place just outside of Judan village where we could sit for a while. Once we had settled down, letting Kida loose to go play off in the long grass, I dumped everything out of both bags and began to pack it all into the Blaze bag as I had begun to call it. Taking five of my spare pokeballs, minimized to the size of a bonker, I stuck them to my magnetized belt along with my Asydri's blaze colored ball taken out of the mesh pocket, packing the rest of the pokeballs, along with the greatballs and the ultraball, all minimized, into mesh pocket on the blaze bag, where Asydri's pokeball had been before.
I slotted my new pokedex, colored like my backpack and the pokeball, into my jeans pocket, and eventually finished packing all my stuff in, being left with one bag full of my stuff, and an empty bag on the floor.
"You still haven't told me what Pokemon you got," Larana said to me when I had finished, looking somewhat annoyed.
"That's right, I haven't, have I," I grinned, pulling Asydri's pokeball from my belt.
Maximizing the Blaze Ball that held my Pokemon, I threw it up into the air and let it strike the floor, bursting apart into two halves once it had, before it closed and returned to my hand. From the white light that had issued forth from the pokeball, a small bird Pokemon formed from the light, each and every single one of its feathers ablaze with flame, a curved beak made for tearing into prey and feet armed with talons for snatching victims from the ground. Some feathers poked upwards from the top of its head, forming a blazing crest. Wings sized enough to keep itself aloft, streamlined for speed in the air, and a long blazing tail streaming along behind it.
My new Asydri looked around for a moment, before spotting me, and chirping happily, recognizing me as his new trainer by the fact that I held his pokeball, and hopped on his feet towards me. I knelt down and began to stroke his head, not surprised that his flames didn't hurt me, but more surprised by the fact that despite the flames, I could still feel the soft texture of his feathers.
"Awesome, you got an Asydri," Larana exclaimed as Kida came bounding over to see the newcomer.
The two Pokemon started to sniff at each other, before Kida playfully batted Asydri on the side and leaping away, with Asydri leaping into the air and following her in flight. I watched for a couple of moments, before falling into thought about what name I would give him, although, I was only guessing that it was a him, it could be a her for all I know.
Pulling my pokedex out of my pocket, I sat down once again, flipping it open and beginning to program my trainer data into it. The pokedex, of its own accord, took my photo for my in pokedex trainer identification incase I somehow misplaced my Trainer Card. With that done, I pointed the pokedex at Asydri and let it bring up the information.
"Asydri the blaze feather Pokemon
Asydri is commonly used as one of the three starter Pokemon for the Dezen region. Its flames consume nearly all of its body, and these flames cannot be put out by any means.
Pokemon gender: Male
Pokemon size: 1'10"
Pokemon Type: Fire/Flying
Attacks: Tackle, Leer, Ember," My pokedex beeped out in an electronic sounding voice.
Male it was then, now, just to find a name. I watched as he gallivanted about with Kida, the two playing happily. Sighing, I called him over and he flew to land in front of me.
"Well Asydri, would you like a name?" I asked him and he chirped happily in agreement, "Alright then, tell me, how does the name Blazer sound to you."
Asydri looked at me for a moment with his head cocked to one side before shaking it in discontent.
"Flare." He shook his head again. "Fire." Another shake of the head, and I sighed, trying to think of something else. "What about inferno?" Once again he shook his head.
I pondered for a bit more, "Wolf?" Asydri looked at me as if in thought, before giving vigorous shakes of his head.
"Asy, dri dri, asydri," He chirruped about happily.
"Well, guess your new names Wolf," I smiled and he went over to play with Kida once again.
"Wolf?" Larana looked at me strangely, "Who ever heard of a bird Pokemon named Wolf."
"Who cares," I scoffed at her, "It was his choice anyway."
"Riiiight," droned Larana for a moment or two, "Look, why don't we head back into town and get some more supplies."
"I though we already had enough supplies," I whined, "and besides, I wanted to start heading for the next city."
"Well, who knows how long it'll take us to get there, and besides, we can't travel without food or water," Larana said with a voice of reason.
"Guess your right," I sighed as I hauled on my now heavier Blaze Bag after tossing in my old empty one, "Wolf, come on, we're heading into town."
Wolf gave a squawk of delight and came over to land on my shoulder, albeit wobbly. He was a pretty big bird, I realized, when on the ground I figured he could be a bit bigger than my knee, on my shoulder it was nearly causing me to fall over. But I ignored the initial discomfort as he landed and found my balance once more, before catching up to Larana who had already begun walking and heading back into the village.
TBC
Just a nice chapter in which Sayunae get her first Pokemon. Well hope this chappy was okay, Please review.
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