Chapter 1: Fated Partners

"I wonder if it Aya here to wish you good luck on your journey!" May-Delle exclaimed as Aoi was about to answer the door. "I really doubt that mom, she already started her journey. Plus I never told her about starting mine in the Unova region." Aoi said shaking his head. "It was just a joke" she said with a sour look on her face. He turned back towards the door and turned the handle and opened the door to see Cheren, and Bianca.

Cheren is a very smart boy like Aoi, but unlike him he wants to be the champ of the Unova league, he's cocky and isn't afraid to speak his mind. Bianca on the other hand is an air head and very clumsy, out of the three of them she had the hardest time passing the course to become a certified trainer, and it didn't help that her father was against her trying to go on a journey. He believed that is was best for her to stay home and marry a nice boy who could provide for her.

"Gooood morning! Aoi! I can't believe it's finally here! Our journey is about to begin! I mean we haven't been friends for that long but still you want to go on a journey with us! It just crazy to think that I'm gonna go on an adventure with you and Cheren! There's so much I want to do and all kind of things I can't wait to see" Bianca blurted out talking a million miles an hour before she kept going Cheren stopped her.

"Alright Bianca I know your excited but I'm sure Aoi is as well. I mean the reason he wants to go on this journey is so he can Aya, It would've been nice for her to wait for us, but no she said she had to hurry or else it'd be too late." Cheren stated shrugging his shoulders.

"What do you mean too late?!" Aoi questioned with a concerned look in his eyes. "I couldn't tell you she would tell us, tsch! I bet she just wanted a head start so she could beat me" Cheren stated clenching his fist.

Aoi thought to himself why she left without either of them. He could understand not waiting for him, but why wouldn't she wait for Cheren or Bianca. The three of them have been best friends for years. Then again Aya wasn't the most rational person out there. Aoi's was wracking his brain when he heard his mother call out

"Hey aren't you going to invite them in. It's rather rude to let your guests sit on the doorstep while you try to solve the impossible. She had already gotten up from the table and was standing next to him "Forgive him sometimes he just gets lost up there, I swear I raised you better than that" she said sighing as she knocked on his head.

"Haha It's alright Mrs. Andrews, Cheren does the same thing sometimes but only when he's facing a strong opponent" Bianca giggled "Oh right Aoi I almost forgot but Professor Juniper gave us 3 starters to choose from, look look" she exclaimed as she pulled out a case from her bag. It had a glass cover and inside you could see three poke balls.

"Well I need to grab my bag and jacket before I'm ready so why don't we pick our starters in my room" Aoi said motioning for them to come inside. He led them up the stairs and into his bedroom. "Wow! I woulda thought your room would be messy Aoi but its cleaner than mine and it doesn't smell like a boy either" Bianca stated in amazement as she looked around the room. "I've been busy studying at the library and the academy so I could get my researcher's license so I don't spend much time in my room" Aoi said sheepishly as he put on his jacket and grabbed his bag of his chair.

"Okay Aoi since it's your birthday you get to pick first!" she said grabbing him by the hand and giving him the case. "What the hell Bianca! Who cares if it's his birthday! I'm the oldest and waited the longest so I should be first to pick!" Cheren said very frustrated. "Nope!" She replied. "What's that supposed to mean. Why can't we decide by rock-paper-scissors or something?" He questioned. "Nope! Aoi gets to go first. Professor Juniper gave the Pokémon to me so I get to decide." Bianca said crossing her arms and turning away. "Uhh fine go Aoi" he sighed rubbing between his eyes in frustration.

Aoi with a look of concern across his face turned his attention on the case. He pressed the button on the side. The glass cover slid back with a mechanic swoosh following behind it. Before him laid the three starter Pokémon of the Unova region. Snivy the grass snake Pokémon, Tepig the fire pig Pokémon and Oshawott the sea otter Pokémon. Aoi knew whoever he chose would be with him for the rest of his journey and his lifelong partner, but he didn't want to waste any time thinking about who he should choose, he was more worried about finding Aya. He closed his eyes and let fate decide who his partner would be. His hand hovered over the three for a few seconds and then his eyes shot open and he reached for the one his hand was above.

"Alright! I choose you" he said as he threw the poke ball across the room, out of the ball a Oshawott came popping out. "Well if you picked Oshawott then I'm picking Snivy" Cheren said swiping up the far left poke ball." "I guess that leaves Tepig for me, you could've waited for me to pick Cheren" she said pouting.

Aoi walked up to Oshawott and kneeled down so he was able to look at it face to face. It was rather small even for Oshawotts but it looked like it didn't mind and wanted to show of its strength. "Hey Aoi are you going to nickname him?" Bianca asked curiously. "I think I'll name him Blue." He said laughing. "Ohhh what a great name it totally matches him." She said clapping her hands. "Alright Aoi I want you to be my first opponent! If I battle Cheren I know I'll lose but since you've never had a battle either I think it'll be a fair match" She said with a determined look.

"I'm not really sure if it's a good idea to battle now but I doubt you're going to take no for an answer, I can see you're fired up. Alright let's do this then!" He said with the same look Bianca had. The two of them stood on opposite sides of the room with their Pokemon out and ready to battle. "You'll be the judge Cheren I hope you don't mind" Aoi said snickering. "Okay but I get to battle whoever wins"

"Don't take it easy on me Aoi I want you to give it your all!" she said as she clenched her fist and braced herself for her first battle. "I wouldn't dream of it" If I lose here then I wouldn't be able to put Cheren in his place afterwards. Alright Blue use Tackle now!" Aoi yelled thrusting his arm outwards toward Bianca. Before she could react and tell her Tepig to counter Blue had already rushed in and hit him across the room almost knocking Bianca over in the process. "Keep it up Blue don't let them recover!"

"Come on Tep show him how it's done! Use Tail whip and then Tackle." she said as she was flailing her arms. Blue and Tep traded blow for blow, but it wasn't long until Tep was knocked out. "Haha that was a good match! Great job Bianca" Aoi said as he reached his hand out to her. "Thanks I had a lot of fun" she said with a big grin across her face.

"Alright let me heal Blue before we battle Aoi, if I had battled Bianca first though I wouldn't even need to heal before I fought you" Cheren chuckled with a smug grin. "Yeah yeah you tell yourself that" Aoi retorted. "Well looks like I'm going to have to show you the difference between us!" Cheren said as he pushed his glasses up.

"Blue you ready? Cheren's a lot tougher than Bianca and her Tepig so you're gonna have your work cut out for you." Aoi said, Blue looked up at him and gave him a loud growl showing that he wasn't afraid and that he wanted to win as well. "Okay then let's do this! Blue use Tail whip, then follow it up with a tackle we can't let Cheren get the first attack" Aoi yelled. "Snivy dodge it!" Cheren barked. Before Snivy could move Blue had already closed the gap between them and hit him with his tail twice and followed it up by tackling him into the ground.

"Okay Blue hit him with another" Aoi yelled. "He's fast I'll give you that but it's small so that means it's not as strong. Snivy use Leer and stop him in his tracks. Now while he's not moving tackle! Face it Aoi you can't beat me! Snivy is stronger and the only thing that matters in a Pokémon battle is who's the strongest!" Cheren snickered

"You're wrong! I'll show you that it's not always the strongest who wins." Aoi said fiercely. Alright Blue lets finish this, Use tackle full strength" "If it didn't work before what makes you think it'll work this time. Snivy use Leer again and then follow it up with Tackle." Cheren said laughing "Alright Blue close your eyes and charge forward.

Cheren was so caught off guard by this he forgot to tell his Snivy to counterattack. Blue's attack connected and knocked out Snivy. "To think I'd lose to you it was just dumb luck something like that won't work again I can promise you that" Cheren griped.

"What was all that ruckus about?! I hope none of you are hurt?" May-Delle said as she opened the door to Aoi's room. "Aoi do you mind explaining what happened to your room?!" she asked as she grabbed him and started to put him into a headlock. Blue, Tep and Snivy had turned Aoi's room into a disaster.

The three of them apologized several time and all agreed to clean up, but before they could Aoi's mother stopped them. "You three can't be wasting your time right cleaning up this room normally I'd make you but today is special so you all get a free pass. Let take care of this mess just promise me you won't cause another mess like this, because I won't bail you out next time. Okay go on get out. Go have fun, and Aoi show the Unova region what it means to be an Andrews okay" she said as she gave him a hug.

The three of them walked outside Aoi's house and decided that they would meet up and head to Professor Juniper's lab after Cheren and Bianca said goodbye to their parents.

Chapter 1 End