~Author's Note~
Alright, this chapter is where stuff actually starts happening. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter Two
Arthur ran to help the man who was calling for help. A brown haired man wearing a lab coat was being chased by a pokemon that Arthur was able to identify as poochyena.
"Quick! Take one of the pokeballs in my bag over there and battle this pokemon!" The man cried.
Arthur grabbed a pokeball at random and threw it. A small blue pokemon was released. On instinct, Arthur called, "Mudkip, use tackle!"
The mud fish pokemon dashed to the dark type pokemon and tackled it. The dog pokemon growled at mudkip in response, lowering the water type pokemon's attack.
Arthur called for mudkip to tackle again. After a few rounds of attacking, the poochyena was defeated, and mudkip was minimally injured.
"Thank you. I thought I was done for there. My name is Professor Romulus Vargas."
"My name is Arthur Kirkland. Nice to meet you."
"Here is not the best place to talk. Please, come with me to my lab." Professor Vargas invited.
Once they were at the lab, Professor Vargas said, "You battled very well with that mudkip. How would you like to keep him?"
"What? You would let me keep him?" Arthur asked, not believing his luck.
"Of course! You just saved me from an enraged pokemon! Besides, I was going to give every kid in this town a pokemon anyway. But you got first pick."
"Arthur! Mum wants to know what's taking so long, desu yo!
"Peter! Haven't you heard of knocking?" Arthur scolded.
"It's alright. In fact, Francis should be getting here soon." As Professor Vargas said this, Francis walked in. "And there he is! Now we can get started!"
"Professor, get started with what, exactly?" Francis inquired.
"I'm going to give each of you a pokemon and a pokedex so that you can gather information on pokemon all over Hoenn!"
"You're going to give us pokemon? You can't be serious!" Peter yelled.
"I am serious! Arthur has his already!" Professor Vargas said proudly.
"What? Show me, Arthur!" Arthur granted his little brother's request and let Mudkip out of the pokeball. "Whoa! It's so cool!"
"Professor, are you really going to let Peter have a pokemon? He's too young to be a pokemon trainer." Arthur said.
"I'm not too young! I'll prove it! If I beat you, then you'll have to acknowledge me as a trainer!" Peter turned to the professor. "What other pokemon do you have?"
"I have two others." He released a small green pokemon. "This is a treecko. It is a grass type pokemon. Arthur's mudkip is a water type pokemon." He released the third pokemon. It was a small orange chick. "This is a torchic. It's a fire type pokemon. Now, Peter, you choose first."
"I choose torchic!" He decided after a moments contemplation.
"Then I guess that I get treecko." Francis said. After they all had their pokemon, Professor Vargas gave them each a pokedex and some parting advice. "Before you go off on your journey, you should go talk to your parents. And by the way, my grandsons are gym leaders. If you battle them, tell them that I said hello!
"Yes, Professor. Come on, Peter. We have to go talk to mum. I don't think she'll let you leave though."
"She will! I'm going to be the best trainer ever!"
"Maybe in a few years."
"I'll be stronger than you! You'll see!"
When they reached their house, they found their mother waiting for them at the table.
"Mum, Professor Vargas," Arthur started.
"I know. He talked to both Mrs. Bonnefoy and I. I also heard what you did for the Professor, Arthur. I hope you both do well on your journeys." She pulled out two backpacks. "I think that you'll need these. I already put a couple potions and pokeballs in there. Now go explore the region!"
"Thank you, mum. We'll do our best." Arthur said.
"Bye, mum! I'm going to be the best trainer there ever was!
Peter ran off to explore on his own. Arthur took his time. He trained Mudkip for a while. As Mudkip rose through the levels, Arthur grew more and more excited for the trials that were yet to come.
~Author's Note~
So there you have it. Arthur gets a mudkip. I will be taking a lot of creative liberty in the chapters to come. Did I mention that I like reviews?
