Pokemon: New Generations

It was finally morning. Axon opened his eyes to see Christy still sleeping with a smile on her face. He decided not to wake her up. He got up out of bed and opened his dresser drawer. He pulled out all his clothes and got dressed for the day. All of his belongings he would be taking with him were put out the night before. Minun began to open his eyes. Axon turned to see Minun waking up. "Hey there! You ready to finally start our pokemon journey." Minun jumped onto Axon's shoulder. "Let's go down and get some breakfast."

Axon went into the kitchen where his mom was making pancakes. "Good morning Honey!" Axon's mother said flipping over a pancake. "I bet you're excited."

"You bet I am." Axon said sitting at the table waiting to be served. "As soon as we get some breakfast, Minun and I are off to professor oak's lab."

"What about Christy?" She asked slapping a pancake on a plate and putting it on the table.

"We agreed that we would take seperate journeys. We want to find our own paths then meet up in the final round in the Pokemon league." Axon stuffed his face with pancakes. Minun sat nibbling on his little pieces also. They finished their breakfast and got up from the table. "Okay mom. We'll be back in about an hour."

"Okay! Good luck honey!" Axon's mother waved watching her son walk out the door with Minun on his shoulder. A tear rolled down her face.

Christy was awoken by Plusle who was jumping on the bed. "Okay, Okay! I'm up!" Christy yawned. She looked over at Axon's bed. It was empty. "Hey! Where's Axon and Minun?" She got out of bed and went down into the kitchen with Plusle. She could smell the pancakes coming through the hallway. Plusle became excited at the smell.In the kitchen, her mother was wiping her face with a napkin. "Mom? What's wrong?"

"Oh! Hi Christy!" Her mom said quickly straightening up. "Good morning sweetie! Would you like some pancakes?"

"Yes please!" She said looking around for Axon. "Where's Axon? He's not in our room."

"He left a few minutes ago to Professor Oaks Labratory." She said handing her and Plusle a plate of pancakes. Plusle immediatley started stuffing her face.

"What?" Christy jumped up from the table ignoring the food. "He...left without me."

"Well, yes!" Her mother said confused. "He said that you two had an agreement. Something about finding your own path."

"Oh yeah." She sat down remembering. "We did make that promise didn't we." Plusle sat enjoyably stuffing her face, ingnoring the conversation. Christy didn't eat anything. She sat at the table remembering the promise. But, when I made that promise I thought we would at least go to get our licenses together, she thought, Axon didn't even bother to wake me up. She quickly stood up and made a fist. "Oh well. That just means we'll have to work twice as hard. Come on Plusle. We have to get going." She grabbed Plusle, pulling her away from the pancakes. Plusle reached out for the plate but Christy pulled her away to fast.

Christy quickly got dressed and put her bows in her hair. She ran down the stairs and out the door. "Be back as soon as I can Ma!" She yelled rushing through the front yard. Christy's mom began to cry again.

Axon and Minun walked up the long steps that lead to the entrance of the labratory. He saw excited trainers running out with their new pokemon and licenses. "I got a bulbasaur." A boy with blue hair said.

"Check out my squirtle!" A brunette girl cheered. Axon smiled as he saw them run down the steps. He entered the labratory. Inside we're trainers sitting in a circle. They we're listening to a man with glassess in a lab coat teach them about pokemon. On the other side of the room there was a desk. A woman sat behind the desk typing on the computer. She looked up and spotted Axon.

"May I help you?" She asked.

"Yes," Axon said walking up to the desk. "My name is Axon. I'm here to get my pokemon License."

"Oh," She said looking at Minun. "And is this your pokemon."

"Yeah, this is Minun." Axon took his finger and petted Minun on the head. "He and I are going to start our pokemon journey today. But first I need my license."

"Yes of course." The woman said pulling out a file on the computer. "Let me just get your registration and--"

"Hold it!" A voice shouted. Christy and Plusle bursted into the labratory. Christy shoved Axon over and quickly began to talk. "Ma'am, my name is Christy and this is my Plusle. I'm here to get my pokemon license."

"Uh..." The woman hesitated, "...okay... I just need t--"

"Hold on!" Axon said. "I was here first. Ma'am, you said you were about to get my information."

"Don't bother!" Christy shoved Axon again. "Listen, you can just take care of Axon later. Right now it would be great if you could just give me my license and I'll--"

"Forget it!" Axon demanded. "What do you think you're doing? Minun and I got here first and we're getting our pokemon license. Now go over there, and wait your turn."

"No way!" Christy demanded back. "What makes you think you have the right to be the first one of us to get their license?"

"Because I woke up earlier, and I got here first!"

"Well I've been waiting for this just as long as you have, and I've been training."

"Oh yeah?!"

"Yeah!"

"Oh yeah!"

"Yeah!" Just then. A young boy with long brown hair walked in the door. He shoved Christy and Axon to the side and walked up to the woman at the desk.

"Excuse me, is this where I get my pokemon license?" He asked.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!!" Axon and Christy both screamed at him. The boy turned to the two of them very calm.

"Well, since you two were taking so long, I thought I would get my license why you were fighting." He said.

"Enough!" The woman behind the desk demanded. "Young man, since you aren't acting ridiculous, I'll take you first. Now what is your name?"

"David!" He said.

"Age?"

"Ten"

"Do you have a pokemon?"

"No ma'am"

"Please proceed through these doors," The woman said opening a door behind the desk. "Professor Oak will distribute a pokemon to you. You are also required to go through a short lesson before recieving your license and poke-dex." The boy stepped behind the desk and went through the doors. The woman turned back to Axon and Christy.

"As for you two," She continued, "Lucky for you, since you already have pokemon, I can do this at the same time. Your names are Axon and Christy. Correct?"

Axon and Christy nodded.

"Date of birth, July, eighteenth, 1996?"

Axon and Christy nodded again.

"Good. I already have your file on record. All I need is to know about this Plusle and Minun of yours."

Axon and Christy both turned to the pokemon on their shoulders. In all the commotion they had forgotten all about Plusle and Minun. "Oh," Axon said. "Well this is Minun. It's a male. We've been together for about three years, and we're best friends."

"Same with Plusle and I" Christy said playing with Plusle's ears making Plusle smile. "Except Plusle is a female."

"Good!" The woman said finishing up typing the information on the computer. She opened up a drawer under her desk and pulled out what looked two small red cell phones. She scanned them on the computer then handed them to Christy and Axon. "Here are your Poke-dexes. Your pokemon licenses are programmed into them."

"Thank you very much!" Christy said. "And...uh... sorry for causing so much trouble."

"It's fine!" She assured her. "I have to deal with worse than that everyday."

"Don't we need to attend the lesson?" Axon asked looking over at the lesson that was going on.

"Only trainers who have never had a pokemon are required to attend the lesson." The woman answered. "Good luck on your journey!"

"Thank you!" Axon said walking out the door with Christy. Axon looked down at his poke-dex and flipped it open. Inside there was a picture of himself and all his information. Christy's was the same.

"We finally did it Minun." Axon said, "We're finally on our way!"

"I've waited." Christy said. "I've waited and I'm finally officially a trainer. Plusle, you and I are gonna do great."

"You see Chrsity," Axon turned to her, "Everything turned out fine. Now we'll just go home, say goodbye to Mom and Dad, and we'll start our journey. So, what route are you and Plusle taking?"

"What?" Christy asked confused.

"Your route," Axon said, "What route are you taking to Viridian city?"

"Oh," Christy realized. She hadn't really thought about it. "Uh...well we're gonna...uh...gonna...I-uh."

"Don't tell me you didn't think of the route your gonna take." Axon said.

"Of course I have. I just never made a decision. Heh, Heh."

"Aww Christy," Axon said disappointed. "What were you thinking? You'll never get there if you don't think ahead of time. Minun and I thought of all the routes were gonna take weeks ago."

"I just thought things would work out differently." Christy sulked. They arrived back home and walked inside. Their mother was still at the kitchen table, now surrounded by balled up napkins. She looked up to see Axon and Christy and quickly picked up her trash and wiped off her face.

"Hi there," She straightened up. "How did it go?"

"Great," Christy said running to her mother "Look at this poke-dex. Isn't it neat." Her mother nodded.

"What about you Axon," She asked.

"Yeah, I got one too." He answered holding up his poke-dex. "The woman already had a file on us so it went pretty fast."

"That's right." She looked up. "That was your father's suprise. He wanted everything to go as smoothly as possible so he went there ahead of time and put the information on record."

"Awesome!" Axon said. "Where is dad anyway? I haven't seen him all morning."

"He'll be here soon." She said, "Why don't you two go get your stuff together and your dad will be here when your done."

"Okay," Christy got up. "Oh, and mom. Could you please give Plusle some food. I kind of rushed her out the door this morning."

"Of course," She got up as well, "And would Minun like anything Axon?"

"How about it Minun? Are you hungry?" Axon asked. Minun jumped up and down. "I think that's a yes mom!"

"Okay, I'll get right on that. And I'll make you two some sandwhiches for the road." She said opening the fridge.

"Thanks." They both said going upstairs. They went into their room and picked up their backpacks that were packed the night before. Christy went through a checklist to make sure she had all her belongings. Axon did the same. Once they were done, Christy pulled out a map of the Kanto region.

"Now, what route can I take?" She whispered to herself taking her finger and following it on the map. "Aha! Hey Axon! I know what route I'm going to take to Viridian city."

"That's great!" Axon turned to her. " Which route?"

"Route one. It's a nice straight route that leads right on into the city!"

"Wait a minute. You can't take route one."

"Why not?" Christy asked confused.

"Because thats the route I'm taking."

"Well, so am I."

"No! We agreed we would travel seperatley. So your gonna have to take a different route."

"No way" Christy demanded. "Route one is the easiest way, and thats the route I'm taking."

"We made a promise." Axon began to get angry. "I decided to take route one first so you need to get a new route."

"You always think that just because you thought of something first you get automatic access to it. It doesn't work that way Axon!"

"Fine! What ever! I'll take a different route. Because your to much of a baby to figure it out yourself." Axon picked up his backpack and stamped out the room. Christy sat on her bed. Infuriated, she stuffed the map into her backpack. She picked it up and went back down to the kitchen.

When they got down. There father was at the kitchen table next to Plusle and MInun, who were nibbling happily on some food. Their mother was packing up a lunch bag for Axon and Christy. "Well you two look ready to go." Their father, Paul, said.

"I made you both two sandwhiches." Their mother, Diana, said handing each of them a small lunchbag. "You make sure you share that food with your pokemon. They work just as hard as you."

"Thanks mom" Axon said avoiding eye contact with Christy.

"Yeah thanks." Christy said avoiding Axon as well. Christy picked up Plusle who just stuffed down one last piece of food. "You ready to go?" Plusle smiled. It jumped down onto the table and hugged Minun. Then it went back up on Christy's shoulder. Minun went on Axon's. Axon, Christy, and their mother and father walked out front.

"Well you two stay safe." Diana said holding back her tears and hugging both of her children. "You two are growing up so fast. Make sure you call home every now and then. Do you understand?"

"Oh leave them alone Diana." Paul said, "You two call when ever you feel like it. Now give me a hug." Axon and Christy hugged their father. Plusle and Minun hugged one last time also.

"Okay. I'll call you when I get to Viridian." Christy said.

"If you ever get there, with your sense of direction," Axon muttered under his breath. Axon turned and began to walk. "Goodbye."

"Goodbye." Christy waved walking the opposite direction. Paul and Diana looked at each other confused, but waved happily anyway. They watched as their children walked opposite paths until they were out of sight.

Christy walked down the path with Plusle on her shoulder. Grumbling to herself, "The nerve of that Axon," she grumbled, "Can you believe him? He wanted me to take a different route just because he wanted it first. Well, I tought him a lesson. Now, how do I get to route one?"

She looked around for a sign that said route one. Nothing in every direction. "Which way do I go?" She asked searching around frantically. She dropped on her knees. "Great. It's only been five minutes and I'm already lost. Axon was right." Plusle hopped off of Christy's shoulder and ran over to some bushes on the side of the road.

"Plu! Plu!" She bounced up and down pointing in the bushes. Christy got up and walked over to Plusle.

"What is it?" Christy bent down, "Is there something in the bushes." Plusle nodded and began to rustle throught the bushes. Christy reached her hands inside and felt something wooden. She tried to pull it out far enough to see something.

"It looks like a sign." She said trying to read it, "I can't tell what it says. Help me pull it out further Plusle." Her and Plusle tugged on the sign. Little pieces of white string were wrapped around the sign, making it harder to pull the sign out. Plusle began nawing on the string. She nawed on every piece until the sign broke free. Something in the bushes rustled after Plusle bit off the last piece of string. Plusle and Christy ignored it. Christy began to read the sign.

"It looks like we should be able to get on to route one by cutting straight through these bushes. Let's go!" She said beginning to step through the bushes. But, before she could, two yellow and purple antenaes popped out of the bushes. Christy quickly stepped back, startled by the fury lines. A big red bug, the size of Christy stepped out of the bushes. It had black stipes on it's back, and six hairy legs that were yellow and striped with purple. An Ariados, and it didn't look very happy.

"An Ariados!" Christy jumped back, "It must be mad because we disturbed it by moving that sign; and those pieces of string must've been from it's stringshot. " The Ariados took one of its antenaes and swung at Plusle. Plusle quicky jumped to the side. Christy quickly picked up Plusle and ran the opposite way. "Let's get out of here." The Ariados began chasing Christy and Plusle. It shot stringshots at them. Missing each time. Christy ran with Plusle clutched at her chest.

Meanwhile, Axon and Minun walked along a path that hopefully lead to Viridian City. "This is ridiculous." Axon mumbled to Minun. "I don't know why I'm walking this road, which probably doesn't even lead to Viridian, when I had the perfect route picked out weeks ago. How could Christy do that to me? We made a promise to each other and she didn't even care. Oh well." Minun patted Axon on his back as he road on his shoulder. His ears twitched twice. Minun quickly turned to the bushes on the side of the road. There was somebody coming. Somebody coming fast. Minun quickly jumped from one of Axon's shoulder, to the other shoulder which was closer to the bushes.

"What is it." Axon turned to the bushes as well. Suddenly, Chrsity came bursting out of the bushes, cluching Plusle close. She bumped into Axon and Minun and knocked them down, falling herself. "Ouch! What are you doing here." Axon rubbed his head.

"Oh! Axon!" Christy said jumping up. "We have to get out of here now! There's an Ariados after us and--"

Just then, the Ariados bursted out of the bushes. It shot a stringshot at Christy's leg. This time catching her and making her fall. It dragged her closer. "Hey!" Axon shouted. "Minun! Quick! Tackle that Ariados!"

Minun charged at the Ariados and jumped on it with all of it's weight. While Minun was doing that, Plusle quickly jumped at the rope, breaking it with it's teeth. Christy got up and picked up Plusle.

"Thanks." She hugged Plusle. She turned to Axon, "We need to get out of here."

"Right," Axon nodded. "That's enough Minun. Let's go." Minun jumped off the Ariados and followed Axon and Christy. The Ariados got up enraged, and began chasing the two of them again.

They cut through more bushes. Plusle and Minun at their sides. They came out to another path and bumped into someone. The boy from the pokemon lab. The boy sat up on the ground rubbing the bump on his head.

"Hey," He yelled, "Whats the big idea? Causing all that trouble at the professors Lab. wasn't enough huh?" Axon and Christy looked at each other than looked back at the boy.

"No," Christy explained, "You've got it all wrong. Theres an Ariados after us and we're just trying to get away. It'll be here any minute. Please! Can you help us get away?"

The boy looked at the two of them, and then got up. "I guess I could help you."

Just then, The Ariados appeared through the bushes, looking even more even more outraged and out of breath then before. "This looks bad." The boy said taking a look at the Ariados. He ran down the path. "Follow me! I think I have an idea."

Axon and Christy got up, carrying Plusle and Minun, and followed the boy. They ran to a dock, where boats were tied to the pier. "My dad owns this boat company. He won't mind if we borrow this for now. Hop in."

Christy and Axon quickly jumped in the boat. The boy untied the boat and started the motor. They sailed in the river away from the Ariados who was still following them on the coast of the river.

"Thanks for your help." Christy said looking back at the Ariados.

"That Ariados didn't get mad for no reason," The boy acknowledged.,"What did you do to it."

"Nothing." Axon said, but then realized something then turned to Christy, "Wait a minute. What did happen Christy?"

"Well," Christy thought back, "I guess Plusle and I accidently disturbed it when we were pulling out this sign from these bushes it was in. We should've been more careful."

"Well theres nothing more we can do now." The boy looked back at the Ariados who was now shooting a poison sting at the motor. "Look out!" The boy quickly tried to steer the boat away, but it was too late. The poison sting shot down the motor, causing the boat to spin out of control. The three trainers were sent out of the boat and into the river. Axon plunged under the water losing contact with Minun. When he surfaced to the water, Minun was right next to him. He looked around for Christy and the boy. The two of them resurfaced moments later along with Plusle.

"We can't keep running." Axon said beginning to swim to shore. "It's not going to leave us alone. We have to battle it. Let's go Minun!" Axon jumped up on land to face the Ariados. Christy and the boy followed.

"Ready for our first battle Plusle." Christy turned to Plusle. Plusle nodded, pumped and ready to go. Axon and Christy stood face to face with the Ariados. Plusle and Minun ready to charge. The boy sat back watching the two take care of it.

"Okay." Axon said, "Minun tackle it like before." Minun charged at the Ariados like it did before and tackled it. "Now use your thundershock." Sparks emerged from Minun and overwhelmed the Ariados' body. The Ariados didn't back down. Minun hopped off.

"Our turn Plusle!" Christy said ordering Plusle to step up to the plate. "Use quick attack." Plusle charged at the Ariados with intense speed. Flashes of it's body appearing on and off. Finally, Plusle took down Ariados with a slam on it's head. The Ariados still didn't back down. Christy turned to Axon.

"Maybe if Plusle and Minun worked together," She called over to them. Axon nodded. "Alright Plusle do another quick attack then use you thunderbolt."

"Minun! Tackle then use your thundershock" Minun and Plusle charged at the Ariados with their different attacks. When they slammed on to the Ariados, they both let out a massive thunder attack. The Ariados wobbled back and forth, struggling to stay on it's legs.

"I think we did it," Christy cheered, but the Ariados still fought itself to stay up until it was stable on it legs again. "No way!'"

The Ariados began to strike back. It shot a direct stringshot at Minun, wrapping it up completley and making it impossible for Minun to move. Plusle quickly ran over to assist Minun when the Ariados shot another direct hit stringshot at Plusle. Plusle was all wrapped up just like Minun.

Christy and Axon ran to get their pokemon, but the Ariados was still mad at the both of them. So it sent a stringshot at both of them. They were both all wrapped up on the ground squirming to break free.

"I can't move," Christy cried.

"Neither can I," Axon exclaimed looking around to find something to help him get loose. He looked over at the boy who looked terrified. Then it hit him. That boy had received a pokemon earlier. "Hey! Don't you have a pokemon?"

"Huh?" The boy jumped. "Well yeah but... I don't have much experience with it."

"You have to try." Axon called out. "Your our only hope."

"I don't know," He hesitated looking at his poke-ball.

"Please," Christy cried.

"Mi! Mi! Minun!" Minun joined in.

"Plu! Plusle! Plu!" Plusle encouraged.

"Okay! Here it goes." The boy through his poke-ball in the air. "Go! Charmander!" A red pokemon that looked somewhat like a miniature dinosaur with a flame on it's tale appeared from the poke-ball. "Um...okay Charmander. Are you ready to battle? Use your flamethrower"

"Char! Charmander!" Charmander looked up at the boy confused. It frolicked around happily ignoring his orders.

"Aww" the boy groaned slapping his hand on his forehead. "I knew this would happen. I can't get this Charmander to listen to me. I tried to train it earlier but it just ignores me."

"Oh no." Christy whined, "What are we gonna do Axon."

"Wait a minute." Axon aknowledged "Maybe it doesn't know that attack yet."

"Yeah," Christy realized, "Sometimes it takes a while for a pokemon to learn certain attacks. You just have to help it through this.

"You really think I can do this?" The boy asked unconfidently.

"We know you can!" Axon encouraged him.

"Okay" the boy turned back to Charmander. "Come on Charmander. It's time to battle that Ariados." Charmander continued to play around. "I know you want to play around but now isn't the time." Charmander still ignored the boy.

Ariados grew impatient and began to shoot stringshots at Charmander. It missed everytime because of the way it was frolicking around. Charmander just giggled thinking it was a game. The Ariados grew even more angry and shot a poison sting at Charmander. The poison sting skidded on Charmander's back, leaving a cut. Charmander fell to the ground in pain.

"Charmander!" The boy cried, but Charmander got back up. An angry look on it's face. It charged at the Ariados. The Ariados began shooting stringshots again at Charmander, still missing each time. As charmander came closer to Ariados, it slid under it to confuse it. When it got under it passed all six legs and kicked the last set of two to trip it. The Ariados fell to the ground. Charmander slid out the other side.

"Way to go" The boy cheered, even though he had no control over what was happening. Charmander quickly got up from it's sliding position. It then gave the Ariados a wack with it's tail. The Ariados struggled to get back up. As it began to rise Charmander slammed it right back down with a tackle attack. The Ariados could not move. Axon and Christy looked at each other in amazement. Plusle and Minun cheered.

"Great! It looks like you weakened it." Christy said.

"Hurry!" Axon yelled. "Capture it."

"What?" The boy looked at Axon in confusion.

"Capture it with your poke-ball." Axon exclaimed, "Hurry! Before it gets its strength back."

"Oh right" The boy quickly reached in his pocket and pulled out a poke-ball and through it. "Go poke-ball."

The poke-ball flew over to the Ariados. A red light, coming from the poke-ball, overcame the Ariados and was sucked up. The ball fell to the ground. It teetered back and forth flashing red. Everyone watched it intently. Finally there was a click sound. Ariados was caught.

"Awesome" The boy jumped up and down running to hug Charmander. "You did it Charmander. Thank you."

Charmander jumped into the boy's arms. The boy put Charmander down.

"That was cool." Christy said, "Your Charmander is amazing."

"I've never seen a pokemon move so fast like that." Axon said. "Hey, could you help us get untied."

"Sure." The boy said bending down to untie each of them.

Once untied, Plusle and Minun ran over to Charmander and began to play.

"Thanks for helping us out." Christy thanked, "I don't know what we would've done if you hadn't come along."

"I don't know what I would've done if you two weren't there to coach me." The boy said, "You work really well with your pokemon. I just wish that Charmander and I could be like that. But Charmander won't listen to me."

"Don't worry." Axon encouraged him, "You two just need get to know each other better. Try bonding with it a little more."

"Yeah, and don't keep it cooped up in that poke-ball too much." Christy added. "Pokemon get lonely in there."

"I'll be sure to remember that." The boy nodded.

"Well I'd better be going. Thanks again" Axon waved Minun hopped on his shoulder.

"Me too. See ya." Christy waved as Plusle jumped on hers walking the opposite direction.

"Wait!" The boy called out picking up his Charmander. "Where are you guys off to?"

"Viridian City!" They both stated.

"I don't understand." He conitnued, "Why don't you both travel together?"

"Because we both want to find our own paths." Axon said.

"Why?"

"That's an easy one. It's because...well..uh.." Axon stammered.

"We...uh...um," Christy stammered as well. They were now realizing that they had never really thought of a good reason why they should take seperate paths.

"You see," The boy pointed out, "Why should you take a lonely journey by yourself when you could take a journey with someone else who you like and could learn from?"

"He's right." Christy turned to Axon, "We don't have a good reason not to travel together. What do you say Axon? Let's stop fighting and travel together."

"Yeah," Axon said, "I'm sorry for acting like a jerk today."

"Me too," Christy apologized as well.

"Good." The boy said beginning to walk the other way. "Well, I'll be seeing ya. Charmander and I have a long journey ahead of us so we'd better get going."

"Hold on," Christy halted the boy, "You should take your own advice. Why don't you come along with us. We're all going the same place right?"

"You mean it?" The boy's face lit up.

"Yeah," Axon agreed. "Let's stick together."

"Thanks. Oh! I never got your names." The boy realized.

"My names Axon. This is Minun"

"I'm Christy.This is Plusle, and you are..."

"David, and this, as you know, is my new friend Charmander." David finished the sentence. The three of them high fived.

All three of them made their way back to route one and started their journey to Viridian City, and what looked like a new friendship.