Chapter one: Pilot
2 Months Ago... the Kanto region
Three figures were hiding in a tree, spying on a nearly adult trainer with a Pikachu on his shoulders. Their names were Jesse, James, and Meowth from Team Rocket.
"With our new invention, we should be able to snag Pikachu quite easily." James said.
"Yeah! Then the boss will finally give us a promotion! I'll be Top Cat once again!" Meowth added.
Just then, Jesse's X-Transceiver began to ring, "It's the boss." She told her companions.
Lowering their voices, Jesse answered, "Hello? Jesse speaking."
A gruff voice answered her, "I'm firing you three."
Saturday, July 7th, 8:12 Am, New Bark Town, Johto
"WAKE UP!"
Jimmy, an 18-year old boy woke up with a start after hearing those words. Quickly taking in his surroundings, he looked at the culprit. It was Vincent, another 18-year old boy that Jimmy has known for around 10 years. Vincent was one of Jimmy's best friends, but he had a habit of getting on people's nerves.
"I'm trying to get some sleep man." Jimmy told him.
"Your Mom wants you up." Vincent answered.
"I don't care."
"She's making waffles."
Waffles were Jimmy's favorite food, so naturally, Vincent got his attention, "I'll be down in 5 minutes."
"I'll see you then." Vincent said, walking out of the room and closing the door behind him.
Jimmy quickly got dressed into his day clothes and walked downstairs, Vincent wasn't lying, his mom was making waffles. Jimmy walked to the kitchen table and sat next to his two friends. Vincent, who was introduced earlier, and Marina, another 18-year-old childhood friend of his.
Vincent is classified as a Pokémon Trainer, he likes to train his Pokémon and battle for fun, but he doesn't make battling the main part of his training, which is why he is classified as a Trainer and not a Battler. Battling is definitely his secondary class though. Vincent was known for a prankster, constantly pulling stuff on his two friends (mostly Jimmy).
Same as Vincent, Jimmy is mainly a trainer and likes to battle for fun, but doesn't take it seriously. Jimmy, Vincent, and Marina all competed in the Silver Conference years ago when they tried to take battling seriously. Deciding afterwards that battling was not the path they wanted, they pursued different occupations. Unlike Vincent, Jimmy is a little more serious and a natural leader. He still has a decent sense of humor and made jokes that everyone usually finds funny, unlike Vincent.
While Jimmy and Vincent were Trainers, Marina was a coordinator. Pokémon coordinating is a similar competition to battling leagues, but instead of battling, they have their Pokémon perform a series of moves to wow the audience. After the first segment, the remaining coordinators battle each other like in a normal league until there is one person left. Unlike leagues however, there is a points system and a time limit. If your Pokémon get's hit, you lose points. If it dodges, your opponent loses points. Then if you combine two moves together to make an even more powerful move, your opponent loses points.
When it comes to coordinating, Marina is known for being one of the best coordinators of the present day, earning the title of top coordinator 4 years ago. Though, after three years of having that title, Marina stepped down and nobody, not even her two best friends, knew why. Marina herself was a cheerful and lighthearted person under most circumstances. But if you make her mad, then your getting an earful from the bluenette
Now that our cast is mostly introduced, let's get into the morning.
The friends ate their breakfast, devouring it within minutes, then walked outside. It was a beautiful summer day, not too cold, not too warm, it was just right. The three friends have been living at home for the past year training for fun. They all enjoyed each other's company and to make sure they always knew what to do, the friends had made a weekly training schedule. The schedule told them which days to train certain Pokémon of theirs, each having a full team of six representing each day, with Sunday being "The day of rest".
However, today was different, every month there was a day where the threesome went to the other side of New Bark Town to speak with their other friend by the name of Casey. That day was today, since it would be a long walk, Jimmy made sure to pack some food and water.
"It's been awhile since we've seen Casey, what do you suppose she's up to when we aren't with her?" Marina asked her two friends.
"Probably working on her skill in baseball, she really wants to join the Electabuzz baseball Team when she's older, even though they aren't the best in the region." Jimmy answered.
"Well, Casey has been a big fan of the Electabuzz ever since she learned about baseball, it would surprise me more if she wanted to join another Team." Vincent added.
Marina giggled, "Maybe with her on the Team, the Electabuzz won't finish in last place!"
The three friends laughed a little bit and continued to converse among each other until they got to Casey's.
30 minutes later...
The three friends arrived at a small single-story house, which was Casey's home. Jimmy knocked on the door and Casey's mother answered it.
"Oh hello you three, are you looking for Casey?" She said.
"Yes ma'am." Jimmy answered.
"She's in the backyard, practicing with her Electibuzz"
"Thank you." Jimmy said.
Casey's mother closed the door and the trio walked around the side of the house towards the back. In spite of the small house, Casey's backyard was pretty big, while nowhere near as large as a baseball field. Casey is practicing her batting while using her Electibuzz as a pitcher. There is the Electibuzz baseball team, and a Pokémon by that name as well. Electibuzz were Pokémon known for being able to create large amounts of electricity, which made it a deadly opponent in battle if raised correctly. Casey had raised it when it was just an Elekid.
Casey is younger than the rest of our group, being only sixteen, and she has only known them for four years. Due to lacking two extra years of experience her friends have on her, she is weaker at Pokémon battling than them. Casey herself is known for being enthusiastic and sometimes loud, but she is also kind and respectful when she's not full of energy. Casey, like Jimmy and Vincent,is a trainer with battler as her secondary class. She has dark purple hair (Which is natural in the Pokémon world but still uncommon) sporting a baseball cap with a symbol of a lightning bolt on it.
Casey felt their presence and turned to the three friends, her eyes lighting up at the sight of them.
"Hello everybody! Beautiful day huh?"
Marina smiled, "Absolutely, getting some practice done?"
"Yup! Electabuzz has been working on pitching as well. He can now throw 80 mph balls!"
"That's great! How about your other Pokémon?" Marina asked.
"My other Pokémon are unfortunately not suitable for playing baseball, but I have been training quite a bit with all of them! Beedrill has been working on his endurance, which is going quite well."
"Awesome! So how should we start our training today?" Vincent asked.
Jimmy smirked at his friend, "Why don't we have a warm up battle Vincent? That way, we can point out things we should work on today."
"I thought you'd never ask." Vincent replied.
The two boys went to opposite sides of the yard while the girls sat a considerable distance away from them. Marina stood up as the referee for the battle.
"Jimmy, Vincent, use Cloyster and Golduck respectively, it's their turn today." Marina said.
"You got it!" Both of the boys said.
Marina spoke, "This will be a one on one Pokémon battle with no substitutions! Trainers, reveal your Pokémon!"
Jimmy produced a Pokeball and threw it, releasing the creature inside; "Go Cloyster!"
Vincent smirked, "Go Golduck!"
Jimmy's ball revealed a large oyster-looking creature with a face inside of its shell, known as Cloyster. Vincent's revealed a human-sized blue, duck-creature known as Golduck.
"Battle, Begin!" Marina exclaimed.
"Cloyster, start us off with Tri attack!" Jimmy commanded his Pokémon.
The Bivalve Pokémon unleashed a flurry of 3 different colored attacks at the blue duck.
"Golduck, dodge it and retaliate with Psybeam!"
"Dodge it Cloyster!"
Golduck nimbly dodged the Tri attack and fired a pink and white beam at Cloyster, who dodged it like Golduck had. Both Pokémon looked at each other with confidence.
"Now Cloyster, use Ice Beam on the ground!"
The Bivalve Pokémon fired a white beam at the ground, creating Ice across the yard. Golduck would now have a tougher time moving around thanks to the ice.
"Use Psybeam again!" Vincent commanded.
"Go under it, then use Poison jab!" Jimmy retaliated.
Golduck found it's balance and fired another beam at the Water/Ice type, but Cloyster levitated under the attack and stabbed Golduck with one of its spikes. The attack hurt Golduck, but it didn't poison it like Jimmy had wanted.
"Grab on to Cloyster and use Brick Break!"
Golduck grabbed onto one of Cloyster's spikes and punched it with Brick Break, the Fighting-type move was super effective against Cloyster, hurting it substantially. However, thanks to it's shell, the attack wasn't too overwhelming for Cloyster to handle.
"Now use Psybeam Golduck!" Vincent commanded.
"Protect!"
Golduck, for the third time, fired the psychic-type move towards the Bivalve Pokémon. But Cloyster formed a green barrier around it and protected itself from the attack."
"Use Tri Attack!" Jimmy told the Water/Ice type.
"Hydro Pump!"
Cloyster fired another volley of three different colored attacks at the Duck Pokémon while Golduck sprayed a huge amount of water from its mouth. The two attacks collided, each attempting to overpower the other. After a few seconds, the Hydro Pump won out and collided with the Bivalve Pokémon, only slightly damaging it due to water-type attacks being not very effective against it, but the damage was still present.
Just then, Golduck slipped on the ice-covered field, giving Jimmy a chance to retaliate, "Use Hyper Beam!"
"Watch out Golduck!"
Cloyster fired a large beam at the Duck Pokémon doing massive damage to it, destroying the ice around it in the process. In spite of this, Golduck managed to stand up without any ice to hinder its movements.
"Nice work Jimmy! But don't get cocky now, use disable!"
Jimmy frowned, Golduck had just disabled Cloyster from using Hyper Beam again for most of the battle.
"Now use Psybeam once more!"
"Dodge it!"
Unfortunately, Jimmy had forgotten that Cloyster has to recover after using a powerful move like Hyper Beam. So Cloyster was unable to move, allowing Golduck to score another hit on Cloyster. Even worse, the attack had confused Cloyster, causing it's hearing and eyesight to be distorted.
"Cloyster! Hide in your shell and try to focus!" Jimmy said.
"Don't let it! Use Brick Break." Vincent countered.
Cloyster hadn't heard Jimmy right and did nothing, causing it to be hit by the Brick Break, hurting it effectively again. Luckily, Cloyster managed to snap out of it's confused state after being hit.
"Now use Tri attack!" Jimmy commanded.
Cloyster fired another flurry of colored beams at Golduck. Each of them hit the Duck Pokémon, paralyzing it.
"Now use Poison Jab!" Jimmy said, hoping to poison the water type.
Cloyster levitated over to Golduck and stabbed it with one of its spikes. The helpless Golduck couldn't do anything stop the attack which caused it to be hit and poisoned.
"I have to find a way to get rid of Golduck's paralysis, otherwise, he'll be a sitting duck! (Pun intended)" Vincent thought to himself.
"Use Ice Beam!"
Cloyster fired another icy beam at Golduck, which chilled the Duck Pokémon's body. Luckily for Golduck, the paralysis passed soon after.
"Way to pull through! Now use Hydro Pump Golduck!"
"Golduck unleashed a huge sprout of water from it's mouth, pushing the ice beam attack back.
"Switch to Hyper Beam!" Jimmy said, forgetting the move was disabled.
Cloyster attempted to switch to its most powerful move, but failed, causing it to be hit with Hydro Pump.
"Oh no!" Jimmy cried out.
"Now, use disable again!" Vincent ordered.
Golduck used disable again, making it so Ice Beam would now be useless and Jimmy only had two moves he could use unless one of the two disabled moves became usable again. Jimmy mentally kicked himself for forgetting that Cloyster couldn't use Hyper Beam then, he needed a good strategy if he wanted to win.
"Use Brick Break again!" Vincent ordered.
"Protect! Then use Poison Jab!" Jimmy countered.
Golduck rushed towards Cloyster and used Brick Break, but the Bivalve Pokémon formed a green barrier around itself which hurt Golduck's hand, making the Water-type clutch it's hand in pain. Then Cloyster stabbed the Duck Pokémon with one of it's spikes, making it cry out in pain.
"Golduck use Disable once more!"
The more a Pokémon used Disable, the less of the chance there is for it to work. But miraculously, Golduck used Disable again deeming Poison Jab useless. Jimmy knew the chances of him winning would be slim without any damaging moves. but just then, Jimmy's Pokedex beeped. He pulled it out and checked it, Hyper Beam was usable again! And the best part, Vincent didn't know!
"Cloyster, rear your head back and grab Golduck with your shell!"
Cloyster grabbed Golduck with it's shell, holding it in place.
"Big mistake Jimmy! Golduck, use Brick Break!" Vincent commanded
"Hyper Beam!"
Golduck attempted to punch Cloyster's head with Brick Break, but never got the chance as the bivalve Pokémon unleashed a powerful beam, creating a big explosion in the battlefield and kicking up a lot of dust. When it cleared, Cloyster had let go of Golduck and was wobbling in the air, it had been in the vicinity of the explosion, causing it to take damage from the attack as well.
Golduck was breathing heavily, holding on to it's arm, then Golduck winced in pain from being poisoned, then fell to the ground fainted.
"Golduck is unable to battle! That means the victory goes to Jimmy and Cloyster!" Marina announced.
Jimmy walked over to the Bivalve Pokémon and patted it on its shell, "Great Job Cloyster, take a nice long rest." He said returning it to it's Pokeball.
Meanwhile, Vincent had walked over to his fallen Golduck and knelt down next to it, "You fought well, we'll learn from this battle and win next time. You deserve some rest." He said returning the water-type.
The two boys then walked over to each other and shook each other's hands while the girls walked towards them.
"Great battle you two! Golduck and Cloyster really fought well out there." Marina said to them before turning to Jimmy, "And congrats to you and Cloyster for winning."
"Oh it was nothing." Jimmy said.
"None of this humble stuff! Cloyster was a champion out there." Vincent began, "He tanked so many hits from Golduck and still managed to win. That takes some skill!"
"W-well, that's because of its high defense..." Jimmy said attempting to remove himself from the center of attention.
"Yes, and because the two of you make a great team!" Marina said, praising him.
"W-well thanks." Jimmy said, slightly red from embarrassment.
"Ahem." A voice said behind the trio.
The three friends turned around to see a miffed Casey, "Are you going to APOLOGIZE for totaling my backyard?" She said.
The two boys nervously looked at the damage they had caused, they would have a lot of cleaning up to do during the day if they didn't want to face Casey's wrath.
"We're sorry Casey." Jimmy said, "Next time we do a battle somewhere, it won't be in your backyard."
"What he said." Vincent said lazily, earning a light punch from his male friend.
"At least say your sorry." Jimmy whispered to him.
"Alright I'm sorry too." Vincent said reluctantly.
Casey gave Vincent one last glare before responding, "Hmph! Apology accepted."
"Okay boys, what do you think you and your Pokémon could have improved on out there?" Marina said to them.
The two boys thought for a moment, Vincent answering first, "Golduck could have been a little more prepared for some of the attacks, sometimes I just stood there while Golduck was in obvious need of assistance."
"I made a huge mistake by forgetting about Hyper Beam being disabled, it had nearly cost me the battle.
"But it didn't." Vincent said.
"Shut up."
"Well that's what we should work on today! Casey and I have already pinpointed what we want to work on today. I need Xatu to be a little quicker so it can dodge attacks while Casey's Beedrill needs to work on it's endurance like she mentioned earlier." Marina said to them.
"Alright, let's get to work everyone!" Jimmy announced.
For most of the day, the friends trained with their Pokémon, giving each other tips or just conversing. They would occasionally go inside for bathroom and eating breaks. Around 1:00 PM, Vincent managed to get his hands on some water balloons and threw some at his friends, causing them to go and spray him with Casey's hose in retaliation. After the wet afternoon, the group went inside and changed into some dry clothes. (The three older ones always brought dry clothes just in case, they could never know with Vincent's behavior.)
Around 5:00 PM, The group started to bring the day to a close, and the three people who didn't live there started packing things up.
"Today was a good day everyone!" Jimmy said.
Everyone agreed, they had achieved a lot with their Pokémon, learning new skills and overcoming faults.
"Alright Casey, we will see you next month!" Marina said to the purple-haired girl.
"You bet!"
The three friends started to walk away from Casey's house, but they never got the chance as an explosion knocked them all backwards.
Trainer Card: Jimmy Schemmel
Age: 18
Hometown: New Bark Town, Johto
Birthday: February 25th
Height: 5'9
Blood type: AB
Eye color: Dark blue
Hair color: Blueish-grey
Trainer class: Pokémon Trainer
Secondary class: Pokémon Battler
Other Hobbies: Tennis, Swimming, Making fun of Vincent
Special conditions: n/a
Titles: n/a
Pokémon (On hand)
Typhlosion (F)
Beedrill (M)
Cloyster (M)
Nuzleaf (M)
Plusle (F)
Camerupt (M)