Chapter 4

Beginning

She keep on running.

Even though both of the weight of the grey egg she was carrying and the Totodile on her shoulder slow her down a bit, she still keep on running. Twenty minutes have only pass on but Mikoto is already in New Bark Town, making her way to the professor's lab.

She arrived at her destination panting heavily. The first thing she noticed are the broken glass window and a car with the symbol of Judgment parked in the front of the gates. Countless people gathered around the house, chatting at each other about the possibilities why the famous professor's lab was destroyed.

"What on earth happened?"

"I heard a wild Pokemon destroyed the lab."

"No! Professor said that his Pokemon was stolen by a thief!"

"No way!"

"Does that mean Team Rocket have returned?!"

Mikoto only frown when she heard the conversation of the people around her. Seeing the yellow tape around the door, she give up on trying to enter the said lab. Instead, she just turned around and-

"Yes yes, we might not look like it but we're from the Judgment and I'm serious about it." Mikoto heard a voice not too far away from her location. Looking at the source of the sound, the brunette saw a girl probably a year younger than her. She also have a brown hair that leaning close to pink, tied in two twin tails by a red ribbon. She wears a rather long coat reaching down to her knees with a green armband on her right bicep. Checkered blue skirt and a pair of brown leather shoes complete her uniform. What she wears on the top are hidden inside that long coat. "Why do people always have to ask that? Its kinda rude."

"Sorry about that..." The professor replied scratching his cheek.

"Now please, can you kindly describe the thief's appearance?" Another girl beside the Judgment girl replied. Unlike the other, she have a dark brown eyes and short black hair covered by the multiple flowers of her headband. She wore the exact same outfit as the girl in twin tails but her skirt are a little longer than hers. An armband with the same design pinned on her right shoulder.

"Um... She's around this tall..." Prof. Elm put his hand around his eye level. "... With a long blonde hair. On her shoulder she have a Ralts..."

"A Ralts?" Asked the girl in twin tail.

"Yes. I can't describe her face because she wears a red cap... And oh! She also have a Luxray. A high level one I presume..."

"I see..."

"But neh, Shirai-san, I haven't seen a Ralts and a Luxray around Jotho yet."

"I know. Looks like this thief is a foreigner from either Hoenn or Shinoh..." The girl in twin tail, known as Shirai according to her partner, said and bit her lower lip. "Anyway, we'll be going now. We'll investigate this case and try to retrieve back the Pokemon. Come on, Uiharu."

"H-hai!" And with that the two returned back to their car.

As the two Judgment member Prof. Elm scratched the back of his head and sighed. For his Cyndaquil to be stolen a day before its supposed to be trainer arrived... Now how will he explain this to him...

"Life sure full of ups and downs..."

"Prof. Elm!" Mikoto called, catching the attention if the professor. Prof. Elm smiled at her when he saw her and waved.

"Hello, Mikoto."

"What happened back there?"

"Ahh, Cyndaquil was stolen to me... But Judgment said that they will try to retrieve her back. Anyway, have you found out why Mr. Pokemon called?"

"Uh, yeah." Mikoto said as she lift the egg more higher. "He gave me this..."

"Ahh... A Pokemon egg... But its quite different from what I saw before..."

"...And I also met Prof. Oak and give me a task to complete the Jotho PokeDex."

"What?! Really?!" The professor happily said. "You're leaving lucky, Mikoto!"

"Huh?"

"The famous professor have given you a task! Now that it come to this, I will tell you something." He smiled. "To complete the Jotho PokeDex you must catch all of the Pokemon around Jotho region. And to do that, you need to grow stronger."

"Grow... Stronger?"

"That's right! You cannot catch strong wild Pokemon if you didn't. The first step of becoming stronger is to take out the eight Gym Leaders around Jotho. The first one is located in Violet town."

"Become stronger... Alright! I will!... But I have to tell Mama first..."

"Take your time. Oh and you can keep the egg. It will hatch soon. Call me when you do, okay?"

"Alright."

Misaka Misuzu just returned home from her shopping in New Bark Town's local market. Upon her return, rumors about a robbery on Prof. Elm's lab quickly reached her as fast as a thunderbolt.

And this news keep on bothering her. Just this morning, her daughter go to the lab to complete a certain request. And when the rumors hit her, she can't help it but to get worried for her only child. Its already around three in the afternoon but she don't have any news about Mikoto.

Perhaps its the time to call her PokeGear.

She walk to the living room and tried to reach the phone but before she does so, the door were opened by a certain someone.

"I'm home..." A familiar voice rang on her ears.

Immediately, Misuzu turned her head on the source of the voice and there, she saw her daughter smiling nervously at her. She quickly walk towards her and give her a hug, completely ignoring the egg on her daughter's arm and a blue crocodile on her shoulder.

"I was worried about you, you know? I heard about the robbery on the lab. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm not there when the robbery happened so there's nothing to be worried about, Mama."

"Not There?"

"Prof. Elm made me go to Cherrygrove city to get this egg. Ahh, but don't worry, he gave me Fera to protect myself." She replied with a nervous smile, making sure she wont suddenly split the event where she was chased by ten Pidgeys. "Umm... Mama?"

"Yes?"

"Actually... I come here to tell you that I'm... Traveling around Jotho..." Mikoto asked.

Silence.

She knew it. This will happen. Maybe its not really the best to accept Prof. Oak's request after all.

"Why? What's the reason?"

"Umm... I met Prof. Oak and he asked me to complete the Jotho Pokedex." She said and pull out the red device from her pocket. "Prof. Elm also said that I can only do that if I traveled around Jotho and become stronger. And to do that I must defeat the eight Gym Leaders... Something like that..."

Silence once again.

She just watch her mother stare at the red device on her hand and then to Fera who was staring back at her. Mikoto now expected this to happen. Of course. Who will be in the right mind to let their only child travel around Jotho five hours right after she disappeared from her hom-

"Alright." Misuzu said with a smile. "Permission granted!"

Well that what unexpected... Mikoto don't know how to react on that. Happiness? Surprised? She don't know what face should she make.

"Eh? You're okay with that, Mama?"

"Well yes. As long as you will promise me that you'll be safe."

"I will but why?"

"Then tell me, Mikoto-chan, is this what you really wanted to do?" She asked with a smile. Mikoto only nod at that. Sure, who doesn't want to travel around the region and discover those Pokemons? "I don't want to stop you on what you like to do. All I have to do is to support you as long as I can."

"Mama..."

"Do your best, Mikoto-chan!" Misuzu said happily and give her daughter a thumbs up.

"I will!"

And starting that day, a certain journey of Misaka Mikoto began.

A/N: Yay! Were finally done with the prologue! yes, all four chapters are just the prologue... Off to the main story.

Hurray for the appearance of the Judgment Duo! XD

Before I write the next chapter I would like to say that I do this the same way they do Pokemon the Origins but not as worst as the origins. -_-

Questions and suggestions are open ~

Next in a Certain Journey!: Sky High

Mikoto's journey have begun. Now its time to engage in another trainer battle!