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Hey guys, The Red Riolu here! Thanks for the reviews and views. Exams are done! YEAH! So more updates, I see some people like this story so I guess I'll update this as often as I can. So in this chapter we will see and experience Dan's first day as a trainer. Thanks for the over 400 hits!
NOTICE: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!
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Dan has trailing the Viridian Forest with his Pichu, Jordan, and his Riolu, Luke, for the past couple of hours. It had only been a few mere hours since he left Pallet Town, his home. Yet it felt like he was a gone for already a long while.
He had seen several Pokemon like Pidgeys, Caterpies and the occasional Weedle, yet nothing had shot his interest to find worth catching. Now Dan is deep in the Viridian Forest, thinking for a minute where to go, because he might have just gotten himself lost.
Dan held the map up to his face while he has been standing at a fork in the road and said "Great Arceus, why can't I read this map?" Jordan sweat dropped and said "Pi Pichu Chu Cha Pi Chu (Maybe it's because the map is upside down?)" Dan looked at Jordan, who was on his shoulder, with an annoyed look and then at the map and noticed that it was upside down. Dan's jaw dropped at this and flipped the map, when he found their location he yelled "YAAAAAHH! Were so far away! I start my journey and I get myself lost!" He then angrily threw the map on the ground.
Jordan and Luke looked at the thrown down map as Dan went a few feet away and started to rant and freak out. Jordan laughed nervously while Luke stared blankly at the map; Jordan followed his gaze and saw that the way to Viridian City was a long way from where they were, there was a red mark indicating where they were.
Dan then walked back to the duo after ranting about the map. He picked up the map, folded it and then put it in his backpack, scratched his head nervously and said "Well guys, I guess we made a wrong turn so we have to turn back."
Jordan sighed and nodded, while Luke was absentmindedly looking in a direction of the forest where there was no path. Dan fixed his things and noticed this then said "Hey, what's up Luke?" The red Pokemon looked at him with a blank expression and without opening his mouth a child's voice said "I feel something, something weird, coming from over there." He said while pointing in the direction he was looking at.
Dan and Jordan were startled by this and fell to the ground saying "You can talk?!" The Riolu nodded and said "I can communicate through Aura." Dan remembered what his dad said to him about aura, he remembered him saying that every living thing had it and that some Pokemon can sense aura like Lucario and Riolu.
Dan looked at him with a straight face and said "Then why did you only start talking now? And when I asked you about why did you run off last night, you just turned away with a emotionless expression and walked silently. What's up with that?"
Riolu raised one of his eyebrows and said "I only felt like it now, besides I feel that this is important, and the reason why I ran is a story for a different time. Now come on follow me." The Pokemon said gesturing for Dan and Jordan to follow.
Luke then ran off on his own while Dan and Jordan ran after him once more, Dan ran faster as Luke started to run at an even faster pace, he yelled "Luke! Come on! Slow down! You might get lost!"
After several minutes of running and pushing away ferns and branches that were in his way he saw Luke stop in front of a pond of water. Dan stopped and sat down breathing heavily, he looked at Jordan who was on his shoulder also breathing heavily he said "Why are you breathing like that? You didn't run after a crazed Riolu did you?"
Pichu laughed apologetically and then pointed at Luke who was slowly approaching them saying "Come on, let's go. Follow me." Dan groaned and said "Alright but we go at my pace alright?" The red Pokemon nodded.
The purple haired boy then stood up and told Jordan to walk on his own for a while so he could rest his shoulder. The trio then started to walk away from the pond and was walking down the path to where Luke was taking them.
After an hour, while the three were walking a sound erupted from a bush then they were encountered by a young boy with black hair around the age of 9 carrying a bug net and the boy said "Hey you, I challenge you to a Pokemon battle."
Dan looked around him then pointed to himself saying "Me?" Pichu rolled his eyes and Luke chuckled quietly. The young boy pointed a finger at him and said "My name's Benny Banton and I am going to beat you in a battle."
Dan did a fist pump and said "Alright! My first battle! So what're your terms?" The boy looked down then gave him a flashy smile and said "A three on three match, no substitutions."
Dan sweat dropped, nervously laughed and said "Uhhh I don't exactly have three Pokemon." The net carrying boy then said "What do you mean? You haven't caught any other Pokemon other than those two?" He said pointing at Luke and Jordan.
Dan replied "Yeaaaaaahhhhhh…" The boy then yelled "Then you're not worth my time! What kind of trainer only has two Pokemon!" ranted the boy. Dan yelled back "I just started my journey alright!"
The black haired boy then said "But here's my deal. If you get your third Pokemon by tomorrow and you get to Viridian City, I'll battle you there alright?" Dan smiled and said "You got yourself a deal Benny, and by the way, my name's Daniel, you can call me Dan for short."
The kid smiled back and said "Dan huh? Don't call me Benny, it's just Ben." Dan grinned back and said "Alright Ben, I guess I better go find my third Pokemon." "Sure Dan, see ya!" The boy said walking away from Dan.
He then found Luke starring at him and he said "We've wasted time here Dan; we need to get to the source of that disturbance." Then Jordan said "Pi Chu Chu Cha Pi Pi Pi Chu Cha Pi (Why do you wanna know? Can't you just let it slide?)"
Luke replied in an annoyed tone "I can't help it Jordan, I'm curious now let's go." He said tugging on Dan's jeans. Dan put his hand on Luke's head and said "Okay, okay point the way buddy." Luke nodded and started to walk in front leading them to wherever he said.
Dan followed Luke through the hollow forest until they came up to a dead end, a large stone wall was there and the only way out was back. Dan looked at Jordan and said to Luke "So what's this?" Luke looked at both of them then approached the wall and said "Right now, it's nothing." He closed his eyes then put his palm on a nearby rock and said "But now it's an entrance"
Suddenly the stone wall shook and then a rock moved out of the way revealing a secret passage. Dan and Jordan looked at Luke and said "How in Acrceus' name did you do that?" The emanation Pokemon shrugged and said "I followed the aura trail and pressed the button. Now come on."
Dan and his Pokemon ran into the passage, when they got inside, they saw that it was a high tech hall with complex design. Dan said to Jordan "This has bad idea written all over it."
The trio walked over to an area where there were a lot of wooden crates was scattered. Luke was looking with awe at everything around him while Jordan was silently looking around while riding on his shoulder. Dan then heard a voice say "Hey, put it here."
The trio ran behind a crate and listened to the conversation of the two men wearing black uniforms with a green capital G on it and a small green m beside it.
The red haired man said "Did the shipment arrive?" The blue haired man then answered "Yeah, the supplied Pokemon from Unova arrived this morning, so did we reach the quota that told us?"
Dan thought " ? Supplied Pokemon? What the heck could that mean." He glanced at Luke and Jordan then gestured at them to be quiet and both Pokemon nodded.
The red head then looked at his notepad and said "Now all that's left is the testing on Subject K." The blue haired man then replied "We finally caught that thing didn't we, were scheduled for guard duty there in a few minutes so we better head there."
Dan then said "Subject K.?" Then suddenly he put too much force on the crate and it fell down on the ground with a thud, both men in uniforms looked in Dan's direction and then out of the fallen crate came out a small bird Pokemon that had a blue body, a puffy head of white feathers but the feather on its forehead was red.
It looked at Dan then at the two men in uniforms; the red head yelled "Hey! What the hell are you doing here kid?" Dan gulped as they released their Pokemon, from the red heads pokeball came out a Zubat while the man with blue hair released a male Nidoran.
Dan pulled out his pokedex and pointed it at the unknown Pokemon, the pokedex spoke "Rufflet, the Eaglet Pokémon. Rufflet's talons are powerful. Able to crack open even the toughest Berries. It often challenges stronger opponents to battle." Dan looked at it and the little bird started to attack the Nidoran and Zubat with Wing Attacks and Peck attacks.
Dan then said "Luke, Jordan we need to help. Jordan Thundershock, Luke Force Palm." Jordan shot a bolt of electricity at the Zubat and hit it directly while Luke ran up to the Nidoran that was cornering the escaped Rufflet, he then quickly placed his palm in its side and released a pulse of force that sent the poison type flying.
After both of the opposing Pokemon were knocked out the two men returned their Pokemon and yelled "Come here you little brat!" but before they could touch Dan the Rufflet blew them away with a Gust attack and Luke knocked them out with a Karate Chop.
Dan looked at the Pokemon and said "Come on guys we have to go before…" the alarms started blaring, sending strong sounds around the facility and red lights appeared from the ceiling.
Dan cursed and said "Let's go, Rufflet follow us for now." The Eaglet Pokemon nodded and followed the trio out of the storage room and through the corridor and into a room before they were seen by an incoming group.
Dan then sighed in relief then turned around to see a large Pokemon that was snared in a glowing net, the Pokemon was trapped on the floor due to the net but Dan could see its face being covered by some mask and it was emitting a very, very cold aura.
The Pokemon looked him in the eye and said telepathically in a low voice "Human, my name is Kyurem, the Dragon of Ice. I had been captured by this new organization that it called by the name Team Gamma. They are attempting something I don't know but it would be so kind of you to free me."
Dan shook his head to snap himself back into reality and said "A-alright, I will find a way to free you." Dan looked around and saw that the net was connected into four pillars on the wall, he inferred that the electricity that charged the net was coming from there so he looked around and saw that there was a door that led to a staircase that went up to a box area above them.
He went to the door and attempted to open but it was locked, he looked at Luke and said "Do you mind?" the Riolu shook its head and readied a Force Palm but the Rufflet beat him to it by crashing into the door and opening it with a Quick Attack.
Jordan face palmed and Dan said "Thanks!" Luke gave an annoyed look at the Rufflet but the proud Pokemon just disregarded it and puffed it chest as they ran up the stairs into the control box.
Just before opening the door, Dan and the trio of Pokemon listened in to see if there is anyone there, when they heard that it was clear they went inside the control room and looked for a button on release.
After several minutes of pressing random buttons, Dan finally clicked a button that killed the lights on the net; the pillars hummed and then shut down. Kyurem stood up, breaking its binds and transformed into a white Pokemon that stood on two of its legs and had a white booster tail.
Dan ran back down the stairs and went up to Kyurem, the dragon Pokemon said "Hop on human, we will escape here together." Dan nodded and got on Kyurem's back that was very cold, Jordan, Luke and Rufflet were on the dragon Pokemon as well.
The door they had come from burst open and a man with grey eyes and white hair saw the scene, glared at Dan and said "You fools, STOP THEM!" the grunts who had been in a stagnant position stood by and released their Pokemon to pursue the dragon Pokemon but it fired a massive Dragon Pulse at the ceiling making it collapse down on them. It then flew up with Dan and his Pokemon on his back.
As the Pokemon left, the grey eyed man held his earpiece and said "Nebula, Andromeda we've lost Subject K."
SCENE CHANGE
Dan was silently riding on Kyurem's back and the trio of Pokemon was looking around at the scene of the sunset. Dan then said "Uhhh, Kyurem can you let me down there?" he said pointing at a clearing near Viridian City. The dragon Pokemon nodded and started to descend.
Dan got off Kyurem as soon as he landed and then he said "Thanks Kyurem, for you know, getting us out of there." The dragon looked at him and said "No, Thank you, without you, I never would have escaped. I am indebted to you. Whenever you need me, just call."
With that the dragon flew away into the sky Dan looked to his Pokemon and said to them "Well now that's over with, Jordan and Luke nice job, and Luke, I will NEVER follow your paths again." The Riolu sheepishly scratched the back of his head and the both of them laughed.
Dan then sighed and said "Well I guess I'm not having that battle with Ben, I haven't caught my third Pokemon." Suddenly Rufflet perched on his opposite shoulder and nuzzled on his cheek. Dan raised a brow and said "You want to go with me?" The Eaglet Pokemon nodded and pointed at his pokeballs.
Dan plucked a ball from his belt, enlarged it and gently bonked it on Rufflet's head as he went in the sphere. The ball shook slightly then clamped shut. Dan looked at the pokeball in his hands and said "I caught a Rufflet!" He let him out and said "Rufflet from now on your name will be Emil. Does that work for you? How about you guys? How's the name?" All three Pokemon nodded and happily agreed on their new friend's name. Then they made their way to Viridian City's Pokemon Center.
SCENE CHANGE
When he got to the center, he left his Pokemon with Nurse Joy and called up his family at one of the video-phones. After a couple of seconds of ringing, Iris' face popped up and she said "Danny! How was your day? Your dad isn't home right now and Cleo is asleep."
Dan glanced at the clock and it was 9pm, he then replied "It was great mom, I got a new Pokemon, a new friend and a scheduled battle for tomorrow." He decided to skip the Team Gamma issue since he didn't want his mom to freak.
She smiled warmly and said "That sounds pretty good and it sounds like you are on your way to becoming a great trainer so keep it up and good luck!"
Dan smiled back and said "Alright mom! Bye!" he then turned off the video phone, claimed his Pokemon and got a room key from Nurse Joy. On the way there he saw a familiar face and said "Ben! Hey dude!" The young boy approached him and said "Dan! So you made it? Did you get your third Pokemon for our battle?" Dan replied "You bet! And I'm not gonna tell you what it is so wait until tomorrow." Ben laughed and said "Sure dude, I'm gonna go to bed, so I'll see you at the park at noon alright?" Dan nodded and went to his room.
Dan lay on his bed with Jordan on his chest and Luke on the floor, he smiled and thought back on the day he just had and before he drifted to sleep, managed to say "For a first day, that was pretty interesting."
AN
How was that? It felt al scrambled up. Please Review! Don't Flame! So he catches a Rufflet named Emil. I love Braviary and I named it Emil in my DS. So next time it will be Dan vs Ben in a 3 on 3 match. Stay tuned next time for the battle and his future adventures. I will update soon.
This is The Red Riolu signing off