A/N: Now time to introduce the human character after watching episode 11 of Pokemon XY. :D
Eggxactly as Planned
2. Ryouga
Ryouga did not hate Pokemon; he simply had no interest in them – or connections as a whole. And it suited him well enough. He had no parents; they'd died when he was almost too young to remember. His grandparents provided him with a roof, and their housekeeper the food and such (since they were really too old to do the housekeeping duties themselves) and sometimes they told tales of their youth that made no sense at all, but that was it. The housekeeper was paid help: she did her job and left. And old grandparents weren't the best company. Not that it mattered; he didn't want companionship – because his grandparents were old and frail and they'd probably die on him soon too.
He got along okay with other kids, but he felt no kindred spirit with them. They wanted to chase Pidgey all day; Ryouga didn't see the point. He'd join in half-heartedly – until he learnt how to read, from which point on he'd sit in the shade and do something useful with his time.
Because Pokemon were everywhere, he'd read up on them first – and quickly realised all he really needed to know was how to defend himself against them in the wild. Because to do anything else would mean he'd have to connect with them, befriend them – and then worry when they got hurt, fear when they weren't around… He didn't need them. He didn't want them either. He didn't need companions, friends, tools – whatever one wished to call them.
He decided he'd be a lawyer. It seemed like a good job; he'd be close enough to people, so no-one could call him a hermit, but he'd never have to connect with them. There had to be a barrier between lawyer and client after all. A win or a loss, and that was the end of the matter.
And that was fine. Not everyone in the world became a Pokemon trainer after all, or the world wouldn't run. But he hadn't counted on a Magby hatching from its egg right at his left foot – and a Magby spitting black smoke, which Ryouga was sure Magby did not usually do.