Training Day

A knock on the door summoned Geki awake. He stumbled down the stairs and fumbled with the door knob. When he finally managed to open it, a thick Unovian accent spoke. "Wow, boy. You look just like your father." Geki rubbed his eyes and was met with an outstretched hand. "The name's Collin Moriarty. Welcome to Megaton!"

Geki shook Moriarty's hand and grumbled, "Why are you here so early?"

Moriarty laughed and took a swig from his water can, "I knew you Whitetree Hollow vault dwellers would have jet lag after being in a hole so long! You're dad was this way too when he got here! Just babbling and rambling and complaining the whole time he was here! Heck, he thought it was morning at lunch time!"

Geki stopped Moriarty dead in his laughter, "Wait, when was my father here?"

Moriarty sighed, "About a week ago. He was stopping by every so often to get supplies and other crap from Moira. Your dad and I, we go a heck of a ways back. I'm sure you remember me from Kiko and your's soccer days?" He took a swig from his water and waited for a response from Geki. When he didn't receive one, he let out a large sigh and jabbed a stubby thumb at his chest. "It's me! Head Coach Moriarty from school!"

As Geki examined his face more, an identity began to materialize in his head. The beard, the thick accent, and even the large bruise across his left shoulder proved it. It really was him. Geki laughed, "Of course, how could I forget!" He reached his arms out and proffered a hug. "Coach Moriarty from the time when I almost hit you with a 90 mile an hour soccer ball!" The two hugged and laughed together.

Moriarty sighed and looked at Geki's Snivy. "So, this is the Snivy that disarmed the nuke." He bent down and proffered his hand to the grass-snake. Snivy sniffed it curiously before bowing his head. Moriarty spoke as he stroked the Pokemon, "Today, you and your Snivy will be working with me and my Mudkip."

Geki picked Snivy up and looked at his old coach, "What kind of work?"

Moriarty smiled and unholstered a silver Pokeball from his belt. "Combat work. Follow me outside. Oh yeah, from now on, refer to me as Coach again."

Geki put on a cap and walked outside. Moriarty waited by the entrance to Megaton. Geki met up with him and sighed, "I've got five spare Pokeballs here, are we catching any?"

Moriarty shook his head and walked out of the safe territory of Megaton. "Nope. We're going to teach your Snivy to fight against other trained Pokemon. Geki, I challenge you to a match!"

Moriarty threw up his silver Pokeball. As the ball bursted open, a blue fish-like pokemon appeared. It had a paddle shaped tail with a dorsal fin on top of its head with starlike cheeks. "First lesson! Type matchups. My Mudkip is a Water type. Your Snivy is a Grass type. Grass beats-"

Geki grinned and finished the sentence for him, "Water, Ground and Rock. They are weak to Ice, Fire, Bug, Flying and Poison types. Snivy's ability is usually Overgrow, but mine has the Contrary ability. That means any status changing attack that you do will be reversed. My Dad taught me a thing or two about how these Pokemon work. Snivy, use Leaf Blade!"

Moriarty grinned. "Mudkip, Dig." The Mud Fish pokemon swiftly dug deep into the earth. Snivy paused halfway through his attack. Then, the Mudkip sprang out of the ground and charged Snivy. "Second lesson! Attack anticipation and speed!"

Geki gritted his teeth, "Snivy, dodge and use Leaf Tornado!" Snivy jumped into the air and spun up a large gust of wind and leaves that spiraled their way towards Mudkip. The attack hit the Pokemon, causing it to tumble end over end.

"You are learning quick, Kitakyushu. Mudkip, dig, then use mud slap to slow that Snivy down." Mudkip dug into the earth and surfaced, wetting the dirt and throwing it at Snivy. Moriarty laughed. "Lesson three. Stat changing-"

Geki grinned and cut him off. "Snivy, take this hit! Then, use your ability to increase your speed and hit Mudkip with a slam!" Snivy took the hit, but followed up with an incredibly fast Slam attack. The Mudkip took the attack head on and was thrown back at Moriarty, unconscious and badly bruised. Geki stroked Snivy's back. "Lesson Four. Know the Pokemon's abilities."

Moriarty sighed and returned the Pokemon to its Pokeball. "Your Dad taught you well, Kitakyushu."

Geki shook his head. "Not just my Dad, Colonel Dmitri as well." Geki proffered his hand to Moriarty to help him up.

The Unovian gladly accepted his hand and stood. He holstered his Pokeball and shook Geki's hand. "Come on, buddy. Follow me to Moira's. She can heal up your Snivy." The two walked back into Megaton, one defeated, and one victorious.