I don't own Pokémon blah blah blah you know the usual

Before heading into the forest, Rex went to the Pokémart to stock up on supplies.

"Hey there, Rex," Jim greeted Rex as he approached the counter, "I haven't got anything in for your mom today."

"I know," Rex told him, "I'm not here for mom."

"Oh, you need some more repel then?" Jim asked.

"Nope. Actually I'm here to get rid of some repel."

"You know it's dangerous to go between here and Pallet without repel." Jim cautioned.

"Or a Pokémon," Rex said showing Jim his belt full of pokéballs and calling his Eevee who was hiding behind the counter to jump on his shoulder.

"Oh, lookie here, Rex finally got motivated and started his Pokémon journey," Jim mocked

"Yup. So, I need 6 repel worth of antidote and 3 dozen worth of potions," Rex asked the clerk.

"Sure thing," Jim said with a smirk, "Here you go."

"Thanks, Jim. Seeya," Rex said over his shoulder as he walked away.

Rex then marched to the forests edge confidently, his bag full of medicines and his Pokémon healthy he was ready for the dense foliage and hoards of Pokémon in Viridian forest. He started into the forest and a few minutes and several hundred yards later a wild Weedle lunged at him with its stinger aimed at his chest.

"Damn. That was close," Rex cursed under his breath as he reached for Torch's ball, but Eevee jumped down off his shoulder and got in a pre-pounce position, "Okay then, let's go."

The Weedle then diverted his attention to Eevee, "Eevee, bite," Rex called then Eevee leapt and sunk its teeth into the bug. The Weedle wriggled free and Eevee jumped back. "Okay now use sand attack then tackle," Eevee obeyed. It kicked up a dust cloud witch temporarily rendered the bug type essentially blind, but when Eevee attempted to tackle it the same happened to Eevee and it hit a large tree instead. A moment later the dust had cleared and the Weedle was gone and something fell out of the tree.

Rex went over to the off white lump at the base of the tree. Upon further inspection it was a small cat-like Pokémon with a gold coin on its forehead, "Well you're a derpy little thing aren't you," he asked rhetorically.

"What was that?" the little feline said.

"What the hell! It talks!" Rex almost shouted as he jumped back.

"Yeah, and?" it asked sarcastically.

"But, you're a -. Pokémon don't-. What!" in his confusion he pulls out his Pokedéx and pointed the lens at the Pokémon. Dexter's voice said:

Meowth – Scratch Cat Pokémon

It is nocturnal in nature. If it spots something shiny, its eyes glitter brightly.

"It doesn't say anything about you talking," Rex said more to himself.

"Well I'm special," Meowth said, "Name's Meowth. Nice to meetchya. Except the falling outta the tree part."

"Sorry about that," Rex said getting used to the strange little furball, "Are – are you okay?"

"Yeah I'll be fine," Meowth sneered.

"Here," Rex scrambled through his bag, "Use this potion," he said as he handed the spray bottle to him.

"Thanks. You aren't half bad, twerp"

"Twerp? I'm Rex."

"Well, that's what you get for calling me derpy, kid," Meowth came back.

"You gotta admit you are kinda derpy lookin'," Rex laughed a little.

"Ehh whatever, bye, twerp, maybe I'll seeya again." Meowth snickered and disappeared into the leaves.

That was strange Rex thought to himself. Rex continued through the forest running into a few other trainers defeating them all with ease considering his Torch knew flamethrower, Eevee even got a few wins.

As the trees began to thin he caught a yellow blur out of the corner of his eye. He then saw the woman from the Pokémon Center with the lab coat running toward him. "Hey you you're a trainer aren't you? Come with me and hurry!" She yelled at him as she sprinted past. He wondered how she could run like that while wearing those heels she wore.

After he was finished with his off topic thought he decided he should follow and took off running in the same direction as the woman. In a few seconds he saw her in a small clearing facing off with a small yellow thing with four big blue eyes.

"Don't just stand there. Catch it!" She ordered, "You do know how to catch a Pokémon. Don't you? Send out a Pokémon, weaken it then throw a ball."

"Uh," Rex stammered, "okay," he sent out Torch who was still had plenty of energy and was ready to battle. "Flamethrower!" Torch then sent a surge of flames at the little Pokémon. It was burnt to a crisp.

Then he faltered as the woman just stared at him, "The ball!"

"Oh yeah," Rex grabbed a ball from his belt and threw it at the charred creature. It shook three times then sat still. "Cool,"

"You can go get it now," the woman, now sounding much friendlier, told him. He did as he was told and collected his prize, "Come with me to the Pokémon Center. I think I have something that could be of use to a rookie like you," she said looking at Rex quizzically.

"Why do you assume I'm a rookie? Huh?" Rex snarled. He was slightly offended.

"C'mon, kid. You didn't know how to catch a Pokémon," She giggled at his expense, "I think it's safe to say you're a rookie trainer. Now please come with me."

She led him to the Pokémon Center in the town on the other side of the forest, Pewter city, as they walked she told him she was a professor from the Unova region and that she studied alongside Prof. Oak until he died the year before. Her name was Juniper. She also told him that the Pokémon he caught was called a Joltick, an electric and bug type Pokémon from Unova. They arrived at the red roofed building and sat at a table in the cafeteria part of the Center. She asked him to wait at the table, went and spoke to the nurse and disappeared behind the main counter. She returned several minutes later with a normal red and white pokéball and a strange purple ball with bulges and a white M on it. She sat back down at the table.

"Okay, Rex here I want you to have this Pokémon," She handed him the normal looking ball, "It's only found in Unova and even then it's very rare. It's called Snivey, it's a grass Pokémon but you won''t find it in your Pokedéx. The one you carry only has Pokémon numbered 1 through 493."

"Thank you," Rex was surprised, "very much."

"That's not all," she went on pulling something out of her pocket, "This here is a crosstransceiver. It acts like a portable video phone. It also tells time, detects when other trainers with X-transceivers are near and lets you write memos on the screen."

It was watch like so he put it around his wrist and looked at his new gadget, "Thank you again, but why, exactly, are you giving me these things?"

"Truthfully, you remind me of a trainer I once knew. Actually I bet you've heard of him. Ash Ketcum?" she explained.

"Wow, you know Ash too?" Rex questioned, "The researcher who gave me my Charmander, Tracey, says he's a friend of Ash's."

"Yeah, I know him. But that's beside the point. I also want you to have this ball. It's called a master ball. It's very special, it can catch any Pokémon without fail, no matter what," She held out the ball to him.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I should accept this. Isn't it supposed to be a challenge to catch strong Pokémon? I don't think it would be the same if I used this," Rex expressed in a serious way.

"Okay, fair enough," She smiled at the new trainer, "I have to be on my way now but I would love to meet you again sometime. Until then, goodbye."

Rex had had a long day and was ready to get some sleep, so he, unlike last time, went to one of the rooms with multiple bunks that were free for all trainers to use communally. This time he was sure to make sure his day old Eevee was coaxed into its ball at least for the night and went to sleep himself.

Okay so I hope you like the mood change I was going for. I tried to make it more like an actual teenager would be so it was more relatable… hopefully.

Please review, thanks for reading and good bye for now

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