I do not own pokemon or any reference I may make, they belong to their respective owners.
Characters are based of me and my friends with a few twists.
Author's Note: To those who ask, no the pokemon do not talk and the humans do not understand them, I, the author, am only translating what they are saying.
The wind blowing through my hair, the sea air and the shore is slowly becoming clearer. The view is great, thankfully my eye had healed enough for me to see, although was still recovering. Traveling by boat is great, but it's really slow.
"You know we would be home by if you would stop being lazy and fly me home" I stated to Firaga, my recently evolved Charizard, who was currently lying down on the deck.
'I just evolved, don't really know how to fly' he grunted.
"Lazy pokemon, so what's the problem, don't know how to fly"
'It'd be so much easier if humans could understand us' he nodded.
"Well then you need to learn. Now then we'll be there soon, I see land!" I yelled excitedly, seeing my home town closing in.
"Great to be back in Pallet Town, it's too quiet without me" I said to no one. I unlocked my front door and entered my home. It was nostalgic; everything was just like I left it, a mess.
"All out" I released all my pokemon. They all looked around the new environment. "Guys, this is my house" I explained. "We're going to stay here for a bit before we head to see old man Oak. So relax and try not to destroy anything"
Little Mac notice my console set up and starting gaming right away, Yoruichi and Rena went upstairs to explore, Predator made nest on the dining table, Konata went into the kitchen and Firaga was hesitantly walking around, keeping his tail away from everything.
"Don't worry, everything in here is fire proof" he let out a sigh of relief and put down his tail. "Yup, ever since the accident they made sure it wouldn't happen again" he just stared at me. "After the third time"
He groaned and lied down. I took my place on the couch, grabbing a controller.
"This was where it all started" I smiled at the happy memory as I walked through the lab.
"Hey professor" He and his assistant turned from his computer and was surprised by me. The surprise was soon turned to joy.
"Eddy, how have you been my boy"
"Pretty good, traveling around the region has been fun. I got seven badges and I'll be heading for the next one later"
"What about your pokedex? Have you acquired a lot of data?"
I pulled out my pokedex. "I don't know? You wanna take it for a bit?"
"Yes, that would be perfect" I handed the device over to him. "So how is Charmander?"
I pulled out a pokeball and released Firaga. "He's fine"
Professor Oak inspected the fire dragon. "My, my, it looks like you have raised him well" He seemed a little too happy about this.
"Of course"
I heard the assistant grumble something. It sounded like he said something about losing money. "Did they bet on how well I would do?"
"Oh, I have an idea" Professor Oak said. He turned to his assistant. "Start up the program"
"Yes sir" he began typing.
"Now Eddy, call out your other pokemon"
"Alright" I released everyone else.
"My, quite the collection" he inspected them all. "Now you're probably wondering why I asked to call out your other pokemon" I nodded. "Well other professors and I have been working on a way for humans and pokemon to communicate"
"You mean a way for us to understand them"
"Yes, right now we are still unable to fully understand them, but we are able to get single word answers from them"
"How'd you figure out what they are saying?"
"We have help from a special source. That is all I can reveal"
"Oh, so you can't tell me"
"That is correct"
"Well it sounds awesome, I guess" I didn't know what to think. "So we're gonna talk to my pokemon?"
"Yes"
"Its ready professor"
"Oh good" he grabbed a microphone from the table. "Ok so I would like each of you to sum up what you think of your trainer in one word"
He held the microphone in front of Rena. 'Kabu'
On the computer screen, a word appeared. 'Nice'
"Is that what she said?" I asked.
"Yes it is" I looked at Rena and she nodded. "Now your turn" he held the microphone in front of Yoruichi. He barked. 'Fun'
Predator 'Tough'
Little Mac 'Rival'
"Rival?" Oak questioned.
"Um, yeah, we play a lot of games together"
Konata 'Weird'
"Am not" I whined.
Finally it was Firaga's turn. We all waiting intensely, waiting for the thoughts of my starter pokemon, what he thought of me.
'Idiot'
"You prick! I'm not an idiot"
Everyone else began talking again and the word idiot kept appearing on the screen.
"You all suck"
The professor stared with a confused look. "Huh, well, um, you have a rather unique relationship with your pokemon"
I groaned and returned my pokemon back to their pokeballs.
"So when is this thing gonna be ready?"
"I haven't the slightest idea. It will take a long time for me and the other professor to fully develop the program. Afterwards we will have create a portable version for all trainers, but it could be years until then. Luckily we have help from that special source"
"And that source is?"
"I've already said that I can not tell"
"Great" I groaned. "Well I'm gonna head to Vermillion to get that last badge"
"Be careful with that last gym, the leader is strong, he uses several types of pokemon"
"Ok, thanks"
"Also I'm going to keep your pokedex for now to look at its data. I'll return it after you come back home"
"Sounds good, see ya" I left.
"Now please hand over my money" I heard the professor say a little too loudly.
"Looks like your getting the hang of it!" I yelled. Walking along route 1, I had Predator teach Firaga how to fly; I looked around at the broken trees and craters from the failed attempts.
"Alright let's head to Viridian" I started walking while they still flew. Walking along my starting route, it felt nostalgic. I closed my eyes and smiled.
"Wait a minute, nothing happened last time I was here, it was boring" Well with that realization, my walk was ruined. "Great now I'm bored and depressed"
I continued walking for several minutes until I saw a group of young trainers. One boy was crying while three others were laughing at him. "Oh great, bullies" I walked up to them; the crying boy had shaggy black hair, a blue t-shirt and black shorts, with white running shoe's and there was a pair of glasses on the ground. He was hugging a hurt Charmander, while the poor thing tried to comfort him. The middle bully had dirty blonde short hair, a red sweater and cargo shorts, with black shoes; he had a Squirtle next to him, whom was laughing as well. The other two boys were dressed similar to the middle boy.
"The hell is going on here?" I asked.
All four boys looked at me. "We were just having a pokemon battle" the bully explained, while the other two nodded. "He's the leader" "He lost and started crying. Isn't he a baby and his pokemon is weak, he actually thought he could be a trainer, hahahahahaha"
"So he lost, no reason to laugh at him, he tried his best didn't he?"
"Well his best wasn't good enough and we'll laugh as much as we want to, you can't tell us what to do" he stuck his tongue out.
"Little prick"
"Tried his best, only a weakling would say that, you must be weak too, hahahahahaha" He and his crew laughed. "He should just release that weakling and give up" he kicked dirt at the boy, who continued crying.
"So yeah, he is weak if he lost" the boy looked at me sadly, his eyes were red. "But that means he just needs to get stronger and him crying over his injured pokemon means he cares. He'll be strong later on, what about you, when your pokemon get hurt, will you be worried about them?"
"Haha, you're stupid, they won't get hurt because I won't have any weaklings on my team"
"You tell him boss" the two behind him cheered.
"Jesus, they're way too much like the idiots from some anime's"
"I've seen plenty of trainers like you, so cocky until they lose, then they get pissed off and they begin losing a lot and then they blame their pokemon, when it's the trainers fault"
"Who do you think I am, I'll never lose. I challenge you to a battle, Squirtle step forward"
His Squirtle walked up, with a sense of undeserved pride. "Send out your pokemon, I'll wipe it out"
I thought about who to use, until a shadow appeared over us. Something big landed behind me and roared. I looked behind to see the panting Firaga.
"Oh perfect, Firaga, teach this cocky brat some manners"
He looked at me angrily, but marched forward.
"What's with your weird colored Charizard? There must be something wrong with him" the bully laughed. He didn't notice that his pokemon was scared.
"It must be weak, look at it breathing hard" his crew stated.
'He makes me fly for an hour and now I have to battle some newbie kid and his tiny turtle' he grumbled.
"Firaga" he turned and I gestured toward the crying kid. He noticed him and then sighed.
'Fine, I'll let this one go'
"Squirtle use Water Gun!" The tiny turtle spewed a stream of water. Firaga just flapped his wings and stopped the attack with a gust of wind. He then spun and hit Squirtle with his tail, sending it back.
"Get up now" It didn't get back up.
"No way!" the bully was in shock. He returned his pokemon. "I'll be back and get my revenge" he ran past me, back to Pallet, with his crew following right behind. "Get some fashion sense kid!" I yelled to him.
"Kid you okay?" I asked the crying boy.
"Y-Yes, I fine, b-but my Charm-mander"
"Return him to his pokeball and I'll take you to a pokemon center"
"She's a girl" he whispered. "Also your shiny Charizard is cool" he complimented.
"Thanks"
He returned the Charmander, picked up his glasses and placed them back on. "Alright, let's go and Firaga continue practicing flying"
He grumbled and flew back up.
"So kid, got a name?"
"Jackson" he mumbled softly.
"So Jack, what happened there?"
"M-M-My name is Jackson. T-Those guys always b-bully me because I studied a lot, but I was never g-good at m-m-moving around and when I engage in ba-battle, I get nervous. I'm not really good at anything, I j-just know a lot of things, b-b-but there are people who know way m-more than I do" he stuttered as he answered softly.
"And what about you're Charmander, Jack?"
"My name is Jackson. She is my starter pokemon, he chose Squirtle just to have an advantage over me. You know fire never beats water" he mumbled softly again. "His low confidence is really annoying me. At least he didn't stutter this time"
"What are you talking about Jack, fire can beat water, not always, but it can beat water, my Charizard has beaten plenty of water pokemon, although he's lost to a lot of them as well, hahaha"
"But how can fire pokemon beat water pokemon, when they are weak against them. You learned about types advantages in school right? When you have an advantage you're guaranteed to win, also my name is Jackson" he answered a little louder this time.
"Yea, I was never good at school and logic, plus I didn't learn much about pokemon types, but I learned about those through out my journey"
"But you can learn everything you need to in books"
"Yea, but you can't learn everything from books; you gotta go experience them for yourself. You understand what I'm saying Jack?"
"My name is Jackson. Yes I understand, but I'm scared, what if something bad happens?" he said louder, still soft though.
"Then learn from it, there were a lot of times where I messed up and my pokemon were hurt, but we got through it and became stronger"
"But what if I'm not ready"
"Then leave, do something else and go back to it when you are ready. So Jack do y-"
"My Name Is Jackson, Not Jack You Idiot!" he yelled. He blushed realizing what he did. "I'm sorry" he quickly apologized.
"Oh good, you have a voice, now you just need to use it more often and don't be so rude to your elders"
"Okay, I'll try" he said softly again.
"Dammit, thought I had him there"
"So what's your name?"
"I'm Eddy"
"Is that your real name?"
"It's Edward, but I prefer Eddy, so call me Eddy"
"Alright"
"Oh look, we're here" I noticed the pokemon center nearby. "Alright, we rest our pokemon and then I head to the gym"
"Can I watch?" Jackson asked.
I signaled my pokemon to come down. "Sure you can"
We entered the center.
"The final battle" I thought. I entered the gym and was a bit blinded by the lights. "I'm here for a battle!" I announced.
"Hello Eddy" a voice said.
My eyes widened. "You"
Wow I need to stop being lazy and update; I planned for this story to be finished months ago, but that didn't happen.
Anyways few things happen; we'll get back to some within the next story, but until then, enjoy this story.
So next time, the last Kanto gym battle and just who is this mysterious voice, I bet none of you will figure out who it is.
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