Pokémon X Dynasty Warriors Nuzlocke Challenge 1

Author Note: Even though this is a Nuzlocke based off of Pokémon game settings, please view this like the Anime or like one. The Anime-like features include travel companions, etc.

P.S.: *Important thing I forgot to add in the first chapter: A Nuzlocke ENDS when a Trainer "whites/blacks out", and then there is a choice whether or not they continue if there is Pokémon in their PC or at their current Professor's lab.*


Shanghai Region Nuzlocke Challenge Episode Three: Willow Me This

Recap: Li Dian's team remains the same with Kaitang Shou the Totodile and Comet the Pidgey. He is currently with Zhao Yun and Guan Ping, his newfound travel companions. Wang Yi has gained a friend in Rifle the Wurmple, and is currently still in Route One with her starter Ivy the Bulbasaur and Rifle, and will be on her way to meet her own mentor. The veteran trainer Ma Chao has met up with his own student, a young girl named Bao Sanniang, who is immune to the Nuzlocke settings. The stage is set, and the curtain arises on the following day.


(With two shadowed characters- One is an older gentleman while the other is a young prodigy)

"Master Lu Meng, are you sure Team Nova will be in Aguamine City? I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, but it's not like them to make the first move doing anything."

"They picked up their pace Zhu Ran." The older gentleman, Lu Meng, scratched the ears of his Glameow. It purred in response. "And we have to be prepared to stop them from interfering with our plans."

"To catch the great winter bird right?" Zhu Ran, the younger of the two, had his arms crossed and was hanging upside down on a tree branch. "The one that the boss wants to catch? Wouldn't it be better to catch the legendary bird Pokémon in, oh, I don't know, in heights?! Where it's cold?! The only place where it's actually logical to think about catching the Pokémon would be at Mt. Bing."

"And where to you suppose Articuno would be at Mt. Bing? You already know that Team Nova looked up and down that mountain and there was no sign of it."

"It was too cold to reach the higher altitudes." Zhu Ran shot back. He dropped out of the tree and landed on the ground. His Fletchinder followed him with a cry and landed on his shoulder. The black haired teen was lean and fit. He had one hand to his hips. "Besides, the best man Team Nova had for the job at the time didn't make the cut exactly. And I'm sure they still don't."

"You don't know that for sure Zhu Ran. In fact all we know is that they had a massive recruitment number as oppose to our own. That's troubling. Now it's best to be prepared for the fight at hand."

"We're already in a Nuzlocke for the new trainers and some of the veterans. What more preparation do we need?"

Lu Meng sighed and allowed his Glameow to wrap itself around his shoulders. "Be vigilant young one. You don't know if this meeting is going to go smoothly or not."

"They are not sending a high ranking General, Master Lu Meng. I think we're good."

"Not necessarily. For all we know, they could be sending Huang Gai on a secret catching mission to the West Flower Fields, or, gods forbid, Xun Yu to Luga Town to perform some task that would eventually get an extreme lead on us like last time."

"Highly unlikely seeing as Xun Yu is friends with the eighth gym leader Guo Jia and he frequently goes to Luga Town himself for reasons unknown." Zhu Ran sighed and lowered his gaze towards the currently sleeping Aguamine City. The sun rose steadily up behind him. "Either way, come what may Master Lu Meng, my Fletchinder is ready for a fight."


Li Dian's P.O.V (Zhao Yun's house in the Training Hills, early morning)

"Will you get up now?" Guan Ping poked me in the back of the neck. I scrunched my neck up in response.

"Didn't you hear me yell at the sun? I'm not done with yesterday yet!" I pulled the covers over my head. Zhao Yun and Guan Ping rose with the sun. When I asked what time it was I was told it was 5:57AM. And in my mind I was like, "haha, screw you all I'm going back to bed." In retrospect I wasn't asleep in the first place though.

"Don't you want a new friend? You can still get an encounter. Just make sure it's not a tree this time." And Guan Ping left me curled up in my blanket. I felt like a total newbie just lying there. With a growing headache though I got up and ran my hand through my hair- to get it stuck in the mess that was a bed-head.

"… Did I forget my hair products back at home…?"


Alright, I managed to get up and get dressed before lazily walking out into the living room. I felt like collapsing, I was so tired.

"You didn't sleep last night Li Dian?" Zhao Yun asked in mild concern. I nodded my head. I didn't trust my voice. He handed me a glass of water. "Drink up, breakfast should be done in a few minutes, then we should be getting to Aguamine City shortly after words."

I took the cup of water graciously. My throat was parched. I was screaming at the sun… "I still need to get an encounter for this place. I need to know what the first gym will have as their type. Or where the first gym even is."

"North of Aguamine City there is Route 3, and on the east of that is the East Flower Fields. You can't get to the West Flower Fields until you get to Zhenhuo City, which is further north of Route 3. Zhenhuo City is where the first gym is at." Zhao Yun took a sip of his tea. "Daqiao runs the gym there. It's a Fairy-type gym. But before you challenge her you should probably rack up some experience. Route 4 is on the west of Zhenhuo City and that leads to Florma Town. And the east of Florma Town is the West Flower Fields."

"Why is there an East and West Flower Fields?" I drank down the glass of water. Zhao Yun placed a plate of food before me, and refilled my glass.

"The dramatic weather conditions separate the two fields. The West Flower Fields are close to Waterwell City, which is famous for their water spots. The air from the west, more importantly from Mt. Bing, send cold air to the east, where the West Flower Fields are affected by it climate-wise. It has low level Ice types, which are perfect for dealing with one of the Elite Four members." Zhao Yun took another sip of his tea. I was munching on a bagel. "The east though is more or less unaffected by the cold climates from the west. There is an invisible line between the east and west. The east is a warmer climate which stay moderately the same in winter while the west gets bitterly colder. Waterwell and Huoson City are pretty much immune to the cold for how warm it is. The warmest place in the Shanghai Region is further north from Zhenhuo City, past Route 5. That would be where the second gym is."

"Battle City is right next to that same place, isn't it?" Guan Ping asked, eating toast. "That's where they offer prize Pokémon that don't count as a Nuzlocke encounter."

Zhao Yun nodded. "That's right. Battle City is north of Stinguo City, and that's where it's mostly desert. Route 5 is more forest in nature compared to Route One, but it's smaller than the Wingg Forest all the way out west."

"Is the majority of the region in the west?" I handed Kaitang an apple. Comet was pecking at the seeds and fruit bits Zhao Yun laid out in front of him. "And is it that cold?"

Zhao Yun nodded his head. "I hope you brought a jacket, but then again it won't be needed until we get to Waterwell City. After that the closest city in the east would be the next one over which would be Stealmine City, and it is bitter cold there. Stealmine Cave is a lot warmer than the city. I wouldn't worry about it until then, alright."

"How do you know so much about the region?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Did he already travel this region?

"I've traveled this region before." And that was it. "And I know a lot of the League members personally. I have a map if you need it."

"Usually a new trainer gets a map before anything. Did you not receive one Li Dian?"

I sheepishly looked at Guan Ping and rubbed the back of my head. "Um, yeah I forgot it on my way out along with my hair products. My bad."

Guan Ping sighed. "You're a Baka." And he handed me his own. "I could get another copy on our way out of Aguamine City, I know where they're at."

"Thanks man." I looked over to the open window. I jumped a little when I saw a large bird sitting on the window still. "W-what's that Pokémon?" I took out my blue Pokédex and it scanned the large bird.

"Staraptor, the Predator Pokémon. Upon evolution, this Pokémon leaves its flock to live alone. It can be highly aggressive, persistently attacking even larger foes in spite of illness or injury."

"A S-Staraptor!"

"It's Zhao Yun's Staraptor. It's very powerful and has a lot of experience." Guan Ping also looked at the Predator Pokémon. "I think I gave it a nickname when I was younger but I forgot it now."

"You called him Star Razor." Zhao Yun quipped. "And he would always carry you into the sky whenever you called him that."

Guan Ping shivered. "Eh, don't remind me sensei."

I just looked over to the Staraptor. Would Comet get that big? I would hope so.

"We should probably be heading out. Li Dian, you have to catch a Pokémon still here in the Training Hills. You may want to go out and do that now while you can."

"Oh, right!" I scarfed down the rest of my bagel and water. "Thank you for reminding me sensei. I'll be sure to do that right now." And I left the table. "Let's go Comet, Kaitang!"

But the feeling about something big was about to happen kept coming back to me.


I walked outside and took a deep breath of fresh air. It was crisp and cool, like it just rained the other night. It was great. There was also the sunrise across the lake, so the scenery was just lovely.

"Okay Kaitang, Comet; we're going to make a new friend today. Let's be sure to catch them!"

"Sure thing boss." Kaitang began his search. Comet was overhead circling areas where there could be a Pokémon.

"Found anyone yet you guys?" I asked as I looked under a bush.

"Nothing boss." Kaitang called, followed by a chirp from Comet, probably saying "not yet".

I moved some branches aside and came to face with a shrew. A Sandshrew to be precise. "Um, hey there little fellow." I reached behind my back to retrieve a Pokéball from my belt. "Um, what gender are you?"

It looked at me with a puzzled look, then dashed toward another bush. "Hey! Come back! I was only chitchatting! Kaitang, use Scratch on the Sandshrew!"

Kaitang lunged for the Sandshrew, who rolled up at the last second. It hardly did any damage.

"Oh crud, I don't want to kill it with Water Gun, so… Kaitang, use Bite."

Kaitang went back to the Sandshrew and bit it. It still didn't do as much as I wanted it to. The Sandshrew scratched Kaitang once but curled back up again.

I was too busy trying to gauge how much health the Sandshrew had until Comet chirped rapidly into my ear, "Throw a Pokéball now!" I was mildly surprised to hear Comet speak, but unclipped a ball and tossed it to the Sandshrew. Kaitang flipped backwards and landed on his feet, taking on a stance in case the Sandshrew decided to come back out. It clicked once…, twice…, Click!

"Whoohoo! We got a new friend guys!" I picked up the Pokéball containing our new friend. "Now let's see your stats." I scanned the Pokéball with my Pokédex. It was a female Sandshrew, so I named her Willow. She had a Bold nature, so she was pretty confident of her abilities. She also had a good defensive stat.

Comet chirped happily. "Oh hold on a minute! You spoke a second ago so don't just go back to chirping like nothing happened!" A raised an eyebrow at him. Comet tilted his head to the side in a quizzical look.

"Um, Li Dian do you have trouble remembering voices?" I turned behind me and nearly jumped two feet into the air.

"Tā mā de!*" I yelled. "Don't. Sneak. Up. On me!"

Guan Ping laughed gently. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that. But your face was priceless!"

"I'm sure it was I nearly jumped out of my skin! Didn't Zhao Yun ever tell you to not sneak up on your companions?"

"Not really. But I guess you'll have to get used to it. So what's your new companion's name?" He pointed to the Pokéball in my hand.

"Willow the Sandshrew. My third Pokémon." I held it out and released the ground-type from its ball. "Meet the Willow!"

She titled her head up at me. "Who are you?"

"Um… I'm your new trainer… name's Li Dian."

Before she could speak further, Zhao Yun joined us, carrying two bags. One was around his shoulders and was black with silver lining, a silver belt held six Pokéballs to it and a colorful scarf trailed behind his movements. I don't think I mentioned it before, but he has really long and silky black hair. He wore a green jacket that went past his waist almost suit-like and was a high collared button-up. His pants were a darker shade of green and his boots were black. There was an odd symbol of a silver dragon on the upper right of his jacket, just over his heart. There wasn't any doubt of him looking feminine at all. The odd thing was that it suited him.

He clicked his tongue as he approached us. "First day out Guan Ping and you forget your bag. I told you to grab it on the way out." He gently scolded Guan Ping while handing the bag in his right hand to him. It was smaller and was a dark green color with red lining the pockets.

"Ah, arigato* sensei! I've forgotten all about it!" He took the bag while bowing low.

Zhao Yun sighed and turned toward me. "I have four Pokémon currently with me. I asked Xu Shu if the Nuzlocke affected me this time and it appears it hasn't. But that will not stop me from acting like it will. You can't be too careful. We're heading off to Aguamine City, so I hope the two of you have everything with you."

I felt around for my bag. "Um… big problem… I think I left my bag in your house."

He tossed it to me. "That's what I thought too so luckily I grabbed it before locking the door." He took out a silver Pokédex. "Do you know how a Nuzlocke ends Li Dian?" He looked me in the eye as he asked. I shook my head. I didn't recall ever being told either. "When you run out of Pokémon. That means if you ever lose all members of your team, it's over for you. There's a merciful thing about it though. If you so choose to, you can continue your challenge if and only if you have more Pokémon at the Professor's lab."

"And if I don't?" I raised an eyebrow while picking Willow up. She curled up in my arms. Kaitang grabbed onto my shoulder and Comet landed in my hair.

"Then you're banned from the Shanghai Region. You can come back to redeem yourself here once you complete a Nuzlocke challenge elsewhere. And there are many forms of it."


Needless to say, Aguamine City was loud in activity.

"Okay, okay! Who died!?" I was pushed back again and ran into yet another person who was running the opposite way. "Seriously, what's up?"

"Team Star and Team Nova grunts have met in the center of Aguamine. They're all over the place and they've caused a lot of destruction to the surrounding areas." That was what the person said before dashing off again. Didn't I mention that I had a gut feeling something big would happen?

"Wonderful, they've made their move." Zhao Yun sighed under his breath.

"Okay, can you explain who this Team Star and Nova are?" I was so annoyed with being out of the picture.

"We're about to meet them. So be patient." Zhao Yun told me before walking calmly through the crowd. I made a sidelong glance towards Guan Ping, who looks just as concerned as I felt.

"This might lead us into a battle Li Dian. I'll be sending out Zhui if we have to."

"I'll be right behind you with Shou." And we followed Zhao Yun into the crowd.

We managed to keep up with him, since he was pretty tall, and even dodged the majority of the crowd since no one was running into us. The problem was that it was getting more and more packed as we got closer to where the action was.

There were four people in the center battling, and they were causing a ruckus. And loads of property damage.

"The spirit of ice should not fall into the hands of Team Star!" Said a man on the right. He wore an odd uniform of black and bright cyan, with full metal gloves and metal boots. He wore a bunch of medals on his chest. His companion was a shorter woman with short black hair and a single ear piercing adoring her left ear. She wore a similar outfit but wore no medals. The difference was that she wore white instead of black and the cyan was lighter in color. I'm guessing since he mentioned Team Star he was a part of Team Nova. Both of them had brown eyes.

"Tottoto dete Ike*." Called someone from the left. It came from a woman with white hair braided down the side of her chest. She wore black gloves but had silver heels and wore a business suit with a skirt going down to her knees that was dark blue and purple. She had black tights on and her eyes appeared to be blue. Her own companion was a male wearing a hat that was pulled in front of his face somewhat, wearing black fingerless gloves and sporting a gold belt, wearing dark blue with purple shoes. He appeared to have green eyes. "The creature of winter shall belong to Team Star! Team Nova does their work in vain!" She called out an attack for her… was that a Bidoof?

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes and looked back to the battle. That was differently a Bidoof…

"W-What the heck!?" I nearly yelled.

Guan Ping stood next to me and jumped a bit at my loud voice. "What's wrong?" He rose an eyebrow at me.

"That lady's using a Bidoof!" I nearly cried. "It's hilarious but questionable at the same time!"

"What do you have against Bidoof?"

I was wiping away the tears that started to brim at the corners of my eyes. "N-nothing, it's just that… these guys seem like very important people, and they're fighting with a Bidoof! Of all the Pokémon to use!"

"One of them is using a Bidoof, the other one is fighting with a Zubat." Guan Ping took out his Pokédex, which was a bright aquamarine color, and scanned the aforementioned Zubat. He whistled. "A level 15 Zubat. Li Dian, who is the highest level on your team?"

I was raising an eyebrow over his colorful Pokédex when he asked the question. "Um, Kaitang Shou's the strongest I have at level 14 going onto 15 soon. You?"

"Zhui at level 13." Guan Ping watched the battle closely, moving to scan the Bidoof. "This battle is over, that Bidoof is level 13 as well."

And it was. The Zubat used a powerful Wing Attack on the Bidoof, flying it past its trainer rather harshly. It was already in bad shape before, but now it was nearly heart wrenching to see it try to stand.

"You may want to find a stronger partner in battle. The idiots of Team Star knows not their limitations." The Team Nova guy looked at his companion. "This encounter is over. We have won and got what we came for. Apparently the rumor of Team Star having two Generals stationed here was incorrect. We'll take our leave now."

He withdrew his Zubat and began to walk away. The female hastily ran after him, "Y-yes sir."

As the crowd began to disperse I made out Zhao Yun's form and pointed to him to Guan Ping. "Found sensei."


Ma Chao's P.O.V (With Bao Sanniang in Route 1)

"You have to battle the Pokémon before you can catch it." I had an elbow on my knee and was leaning into my hand. "Try to weaken it a bit. Plus you may want to work on watching your opponent's moves."

The sun was about to be over our heads for the day and we made no progress in leaving Route 1. In fact I kind of slept in and my student, Bao Sanniang, decided not to risk getting me up. So I woke up finding her fighting wild Pokémon to get some levels up on Xun, her Torchic. They struggled against an oddly colored Taillow. By oddly colored I meant it was a shiny.

"I can let you borrow a Pokéball from me. It's no big deal I have like ten of them." I tossed her one, which she almost didn't catch.

"Are you sure. It doesn't look like I weakened it well enough." She was indecisive of it. She looked towards the bird Pokémon and back to the Pokéball in her hands.

"Do you want to lose a shiny Pokémon? They're rare. Besides, you've weakened it enough." We had to get to Aguamine City so we can stock up supplies. I've never had to stay in a single Route longer than I had to, and it was giving Zhao Yun time to move.

She just nodded her head and, with determination set, she threw the Pokéball and it made contact with the shiny Taillow. The ball rocked back and forth once… twice… Click! Capture complete. "Whoohoo! We got a new friend Xun!" She picked up the Pokéball and jumped up and down with it. "Oh, what should I name them?" Xun just cocked his head to the side- his way of saying "are you kidding me?"

"Know its gender first. You should have gotten a Pokédex from Xu Shu, didn't you? Use it to scan the Pokéball and its gender will be brought up."

"What would you name it Ma-san?" I raised my eyebrow at the nickname but crossed my arms in thought.

"Dunno. First shiny Pokémon I caught was a Mareep my cousin repeatedly called Cotton Candy. It's still a Mareep though." I looked down at my wrist to see my watch. It was almost noon. Time to start moving. "If we want to get anywhere let's get to Aguamine City now! We wasted enough time here."

"I was training, so it wasn't wasting time on my part. You were still asleep." Bao Sanniang picked up Xun and ran to catch up to me.

"For future reference, please get me up and don't let me sleep in. It's bad enough that if I do sleep I can stay asleep during an earthquake. And hey," I stopped her from walking. "Congrats on your first catch."


Li Dian's P.O.V (Out the gates of Aguamine City, going into Route 3)

Okay, so Route 2 was blocked by a huge freaking crowd. There was no way we could go past it to get my encounter there. And whatever Pokémon that were catchable in Aguamine City before are now gone. Poof! Like going straight to Zhao Yun's place wasn't the best thing for me at the time. So I still had my team of three: Kaitang, Comet, and Willow. Guan Ping had Zhui, Jing, and Dalie.

Zhao Yun said he had four Pokémon on him, meaning he had two empty Pokéballs on his belt. The only Pokémon I seen him have was the larger-than-average Staraptor. And what I mean by that was that, yes, it was big!

So we were on our way out of the city going to Route 3 when there was a commotion behind us. "Stop, no one is allowed out of the city until we find out what Team Nova stole." There were two police officers in full uniform, addressing us.

"Are you kidding me!? Nanda!*" I felt my headache from lack of sleep come back to me. The loud noises were deafening and this was not making it any better."

"No Pokémon can be out at this time. Or you will be counted as among the shady characters that were just present." They were right in front of us now.

"Where were you guys when those two nutcases were battling it out?" I asked them. I really didn't want to put my Pokémon in their balls yet. We weren't in danger, and they were still small enough to be carried around for the time being. They want to see the world just as much as I do!

"Failure to comply will evoke you of your Trainer License." I must have set off a nerve in one of them to get the harsh response.

"Enough! Officers I am Veteran Trainer Zhao Yun, the two you see here are new trainers in a Nuzlocke and are under my supervision. If I have to contact the league for your lack of ability I will do so without hesitation." He showed them his Trainer License, plus a second one underneath it, which were fanned out in front of him, allowing the two men before us to see it but hidden from Guan Ping and I.

"T-terribly sorry sir, please forgive our hasty nature. You may go forth." And they quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"Well that was odd." Guan Ping voiced what I was feeling. "Out of everyone going through the roads going into and out of Aguamine they stopped us but no one else."

"We must have come off as suspicious to them. Worry not about it and let's head to Route 3. Next to Route 3 are the East Flower Fields. That's two areas that the two of you can get a catch from." Zhao Yun led the way out.

I followed right behind him and I noticed many patches of grass. Long patches of grass. Like no one took the time of day to mow the darn lawn! Well, Route to be precise.

I was too busy focusing on avoiding the long grass, and failed to see a rock in the road. Zhao Yun swiftly moved away from it but I managed to trip over it. I landed face down on the ground, arms out. A Pokéball unclipped from my belt and rolled into the grass. There was a bright flash of light, than the tell-tale of click… click… Click! I caught something, but I don't know what it is for my Route 3 encounter.

Guan Ping took this time to look behind him, and see me on the ground. He raised an eyebrow at me as I reached for the Pokéball I lost in the grass on my back. "Did you trip?"

"No, I was attacking the ground!" I pulled out the Pokéball. I'll name whoever is in it Mysterio or Mystery depending on the gender.

"Backwards?"

"I'm freaking talented alright!"


*Language seen and would be repeated for your reference! Correct me if I'm wrong! (P.S.: I'd write a little reference notecard for your convenience if I was you if you continue to read the story. I'll try to keep it at a minimal. I'll use these quite a bit. You will see the marks above some letters that emphasize pronunciation: I may or may not write it like such…

*Tā mā de- Chinese for f*ck, sh*t, or damn it. Translates to "his mother" and is a common curse word.

*Bàoqiàn- Chinese for sorry. Gomen'nasai in Japanese also translates to sorry.

*Arigato- Thank you in Japanese. Xiexie is the same translation in Chinese.

*Sensei- Japanese for teacher, mentor, etc.

*Kuso- Sh*t or Darn in Japanese.

*Chinchin- Japanese child-like way of calling someone a dick. It's almost like Baka in a sense which means stupid but with a rougher edge of tone. Chinpo is the adult version and is more insulting. Chinchin is almost playful and not that all insulting, whereas Chinpo is much more offensive.

*Naraku- Japanese for Hell. Other forms of this include: Nanda – "What the hell?" and "Nanda yo omae-wa?" – "Who the hell do you think you are?" "Omae wa dare da?" – "Who the hell are you?"

*Wáng bā dàn- Translates to "Son of a B*tch." Chinese.

*Damare and Bi Zui- Translates to "Shut Up" in Japanese and Chinese respectfully. Urusai also works in saying "shut up."

*Aitsu- Japanese for "that creep!"

*Tottoto dete Ike – "Get the hell out of here"

That is currently all I have at the moment. This list may be updated further along the series. Also, name Bao Sanniang's shiny Taillow!