Text Pokemon: A new Journey in Hoenn!

[Azure Flame 670]

Chapter 1: The Journey Begins!

 

"Hi! Sorry to keep you waiting!" said a brown haired man with a matching beard wearing a white lab coat.  "Welcome to the world of Pokemon!  My name is Birch.  But everyone calls me the Pokemon Professor."  Professor Birch pulled a small red and white ball out of his pocket.  "And this is what we call a 'Pokemon.'"  Professor Birch gently tossed the ball and out popped an Azurril, crying out cutely "Zurr!"

 

The screen of the PokeNav Plus tilted as a young boy, ten years of age, looked up as the moving truck he's riding in hit a bump, shaking a little.  "This world is widely inhabited by creatures known as Pokemon." Professor Birch continued on the screen.  "We humans live beside Pokemon, at times playing together as friends, and at times helping one another out.  And sometimes, we just like to have fun battling others like us!  But as close as we are, we don't know everything about Pokemon.  In fact, there are still many, many mysteries surrounding Pokemon.  I do research to try to unravel those Pokemon mysteries.  But that's enough about me!  What about you?  Are you a boy?  Or are you a girl?"

The young boy selected the option for boy on the screen.  "Will you give me your name too?"  The young boy entered his name, Kyle.  "So you're Kyle?" the screen read.  Kyle selected the 'Yes' option.  "Ah I see!  You're THAT Kyle!" Professor Birch responded.  "You're the one who's moving to Littleroot Town, where I live!" The truck hit another bump, the doors opening slightly.  "Are you ready?  Your very own adventure is now about to unfold!  Be couragous and leap into the world of Pokemon where dreams, adventures, and friendships await!  I expect we'll be meeting again soon!  Come see me in my Pokemon Lab!"

 

Just then, the moving truck stopped and the doors opened fully.  Kyle got up and stretched a little, putting his PokeNav Plus away in his green bag before dusting off his red and black shirt and black pants.  His blue eyes blinked a bit as he stepped out of the moving truck and into the light, looking around at the town he would now call home, just as his mother stepped out of their new house.  "Kyle!  You're here at last!" she said, smiling as she made her way over to him.

 

"Wasn't it tough riding in the back of the bumpy moving truck all that way?" she asked him.  "Not really, mom." Kyle responded, stretching again.  "Though it was a little cramped."  "Well, this is Littleroot Town." she said.  "What do you think?  This is going to be our new home!  It has a quaint feel, but it looks like it should be a nice place to live, don't you think?"  Kyle looked around again and responded "It's not too bad, it's kind of a small town, with only a couple houses, and Professor Birch's Lab."  "Yeah, and you get your own room this time, Kyle!" chimed his mother.  "Come on.  You have to see the inside!"  With that, his mother lead him inside their new home.

 

"See, Kyle?  Isn't it nice in here, too?" she asked.  "Yeah, pretty nice I guess." he said, looking around at his new home.  "The moving company's Pokemon even help with the unpacking and cleanup." his mother continued.  "They really make moving a cinch!"  "Pokemon really are amazing!" he replied, smiling in wonder at the Machoke putting away the boxes containing their belongings.  Just then, one of the Machoke walked up to them "Mah, mah, choke..."  Kyle's mom turned around and says "Thanks for all the hard work!  We really appreciate it!"  "Yeah!" Kyle added.  "It's so awesome!" "Mahmah choke..." the Machoke said, before both of them walked out of the house.

 

"You should go and see your new room upstairs, Kyle!" his mother said, turning back to him after the Pokemon leave.  "Dad even bought a new clock for it to help celebrate the big move.  You'll need to set the time, though!"  "Alright mom, thanks!" Kyle said, walking past his mother and up the stairs into his new room.  He looked around and noticed the map of the Hoenn region, his flatscreen TV with his Wii U plugged in, his giant Snorlax doll, his bed, and his desk with his notebook full of adventure rules he wrote down.

 

He noticed the new clock on the wall next to the map.  However, the clock wasn't moving, so he went and set the proper time.  Once he finished, his mother came up the stairs, saying "How do you like your new room, Kyle?"  "It's really nice, though I'm just glad to have my own room now." Kyle replied, putting the clock back on the wall.  "Good!  Everything's put away neatly!  They finished moving everything in downstairs, too.  It really is so nice having Pokemon around to help us!  Oh, but you should make sure that everything's all there on your desk."  With that, his mother walked back down the stairs.

 

Kyle went over to his desk to make sure everything was in order, it was then that he heard his mom call out.  "Oh!  Kyle!  Kyle!!!  Quick!  Come quickly!"  Kyle turned and bounded down the stairs, seeing his mom in front of the TV.  "What is it mom?" he asked, going up to her.  "It's the Petalburg Gym!  Maybe Dad will be on TV!" she said.  "Oh cool!" Kyle said, looking at the TV.  There was a man standing in front of the camera with a microphone in his hand saying "We brought you this report live from in front of Petalburg Gym.  Next up, a special look at a long-awaited meteor shower in the next star show..."  "Oh...  It's already ended." his mother said, turning off the TV.  "Looks like your dad was on, but we missed his part."

 

"What a shame." Kyle said, a little disappointed.  His father, Norman, was the new gym leader of Petalburg City.  He'd hung out with his father's Pokemon, all of which were the Normal type, but he'd never seen him battle before.  Just then, his mother chimed in "That's reminds me...  One of Dad's friends lives in this town.  Professor Birch is his name.  He lives right next door, so you should go over and introduce yourself."  "Yeah!  I was planning on visiting his lab too." Kyle said.  "Well, I'll be heading out now Mom, I'll see you later!"  "Have fun Kyle!" she said, smiling as he walked out the door.

 

He walked over to the house next door, ringing the doorbell.  A woman answered the door, saying "Oh, hello.  And you are?"  "I'm Kyle, I just moved in next door." he said to her.  "Oh, you're Kyle!  Welcome!  We have a daughter about the same age as you.  She has been so excited about making a new friend.  She should be in her room upstairs.  I hope you'll go and introduce yourself!"  "Sure." he said.  "If it's alright to just go into her room."  "Oh it's fine, dear." she said, smiling.  "Alright." Kyle said, heading up the stairs.  There, he saw a girl tightening the red bow on top of her head, and adjusting the pouch around her waist.

 

"Pokemon fully restored, items all ready, and..." The girl started saying, before she noticed Kyle.  "Huh?!" she said, walking over to him.  "Who... are you?"  "Oh, sorry for intruding!  I'm Kyle, I just moved in next door!" Kyle said to her.  "Oh!  So you're Kyle!  Your move was today, huh?" she said, smiling at him.  "Well, I'm May!  Glad to meet you!  I... I actually have this dream of becoming friends with Pokemon all over the world.  And then when Dad- oh, I mean Professor Birch- told me about you moving here, Kyle...  Well, I was hoping you would be nice and we could be friends.  B-but that's just silly, isn't it?  I've just met you.  Right, Kyle?  So what am I talking about..." she started getting a worried look on her face.

 

"Well, I'd like to think I'm nice." Kyle said, smiling back at her.  "And I don't seen any problem with us becoming friends!"  She looked relieved and said "Thanks!"  Then, she looked as if she just remembered something.  "Oh no!  I forgot!  I was supposed to be going out to help Dad catch some wild Pokemon!  Kyle, I'll see you later!"  With that, she walked past him and down the stairs.  Not wanting to linger in her room while she wasn't there, Kyle went down the stairs as well, and out the door.  "Well, I guess I'll head to Professor Birch's Lab now!" Kyle said to himself, heading toward the lab south of his house.

 

He found the door open and walked inside "Hello?  Anyone here?"  Just then, a man with a lab coat and glasses approached him.  "Yes?" the man asked.  "Um, sorry for the intrusion, but I'm here to see Professor Birch, he's expecting me." Kyle said.  "Oh, the Professor isn't here right now, he's out in Route 101 to the north doing field research." the man said.  "Oh, thank you, I'll go check there then." Kyle said, heading out the door and towards the route.  As soon as he entered the route, he heard a man yell "H-help me!"  Kyle ran to see what was going on, to find Professor Birch being chased into a corner by a Poochyena.

 

"Halloo!  You over there!  Please!  Help me out!" he said.  "In my Bag!  There are some Poke Balls!"  "Right!" Kyle said, reaching in the bag to grab one of the three Poke Balls, each containing a different Pokemon.  He grabbed one of the balls and tossed it, a Treecko popping out of the ball.  "Tree!" it called out, ready to fight.  From memory, Kyle knew that Treecko started out with Pound, Leer, and Absorb so he said "Treecko, use Pound on that Poochyena!"  The Treecko nodded and swung his tail at the Poochyena, landing a good smack on it's face.  The Poochyena shook it's head, and countered with a Tackle, ramming it's head into Treecko's gut.

 

"Ko!" Treecko winced a little from the hit, but turned around and swung his tail at the Poochyena again, with the Poochyena ramming it's head into Treecko once more.  Treecko whacked it with his tail one more time, and knocked it out, sending it back into the bushes.  "Nice work Treecko!" Kyle said, returning the Pokemon to it's ball and turning towards Professor Birch.  "You alright Professor?" Kyle asked.  The Professor nodded and said "Whew...  I went into the tall grass to survey wild Pokemon when I was suddenly jumped!  You saved my hide.  Thanks a lot!"  "No problem Professor!" Kyle said with a smile.

 

"Oh?" the Professor said, finally getting a good look at Kyle.  "But you're Norman's boy, Kyle!  I didn't even realize who you were at first.  You've grown into quite the young man."  "Thanks Professor." Kyle said, rubbing the back of his head.  "This isn't the plae for a chat, though.  Come along to my lab."  With that, Professor Birch led Kyle back to his lab.  "So, Kyle!" the Professor said, once they were back at the lab.  "I've heard so much about you from your father.  But he said that you don't have your own Pokemon yet.  If that's true, that was quite the performance back there!  Looks like you really are your father's son!"  "Well, thank you Professor!" Kyle said, a little embarrassed at the praise.

 

"Oh, yes!  To say thanks for rescuing me out there, how about I give you that Pokemon you used earlier?" Birch said, handing Kyle Treecko's Poke Ball.  "Really Professor!?" Kyle said, wide-eyed, gingerly holding the Poke Ball.  He'd always wanted a Pokemon of his own, and here he was being given one.  "Are you sure!?"  "Of course!  You did save me, after all.  While you're at it, why not give a nickname to that Treecko?"  "Alright." Kyle said, looking at the Poke Ball.  "Yup!  That's the spirit!  So what kind of name will you go with?" Professor Birch asked.  Kyle tossed the Poke Ball, sending out Treecko.  He knelt down, looked Treecko in the eyes and said "I think I'll name you... Buster!"

 

"Ko!" the newly named Treecko said, smiling and nodding his head in approval.  "You know, if you work with your Pokemon and gain experience, I think you'll make a pretty excellent Trainer." Professor Birch said.  "My girl, May, happens to be out on Route 103 right now, surveying Pokemon for me.  It might not be a bad idea for you to head out that way yourself.  What do you think?"  "I think that sounds like a great idea!" Kyle said.  "I can't wait to show her my new Pokemon!"  "Great!" Birch said.  "I'm sure May'll be happy to hear that, too.  She can help teach you what it means to be a Trainer.  Oh, yes!  And if you're ever lost along the way, use the AreaNav on your PokeNav Plus!"

 

"You can use it to see how to get to Route 103, where May ought to be.  And if you or your Pokemon get tired, get some rest back at your new house."  "Right, thanks again Professor!" Kyle said, returning Treecko back to his ball and heading out of the Lab.  He pulled out his PokeNav Plus and checked the AreaNav app.  "It looks like Route 103 is to the North.  First I have to travel through Route 101, then Oldale Town, then I'll reach Route 103.  Alright, time to head out!"  Kyle put the PokeNav Plus away and headed for Route 103.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Azure Flame