Post by flygon99 on Oct 12, 2008 14:43:58 GMT -5
This is so I can put my thoughts back together and continue writing. You can also read it easier now
Ch.1 The long-long-and unexpected journey to Newbark
December 24, 1882
Snowyshore Cottage (Now Snowpoint City)
"Greetings kin a fine Christmas eve is upon us.", said the man.
"Ahh yes sir we should be thankful for the wonderful snow. I am sure glad I found your cottage up here, I traveled by Pidgeot and it was very rough."
"Well you know how I indeed enjoy my space and the happy warmth of my home. No one that I know of lives any closer than the land of flowers south of here. I have been studying the characteristics of those strange creatures running around. They are very unique."
"Hmm, how so?"
"Well it seems that many of them can change their form after some requirement I have not yet discovered. I wish to see this wonder, but none will come near me except this small one. I have tried to create a mineral that will react in an evolution like manner, but all attempts have failed..."
The visitor was astonished at the short creature before him. It looked barely over two feet and was lt was like a pointed round black ball. Yet it had a yellow fir over it that looked like a pointy hat reaching to its small round arms. It had blue eyes, a wide grin, and three orange diamond shaped marks on its back forming a triangle. "How very strange..have you had any success in making a new evolution mineral creation?"
"Well actually yes." The man held up a light blue stone that sparkled that of a person's eyes. "This is my most recent creation. It activates when extreme emotion is placed upon a Pokemon. So if a Pokemon becomes extremely sad, or mad it should evolve. The problem is it will not become emotional so I can not test it."
"Oh well I suppose some things were meant to stay secrets.."
"Yes either way what did you want to tell me? You know I like to be alone on Christmas.", said the man.
"Well something has been attacking people lately and no one has yet to see it. Entire towns have been being disappearing at a time. We have 62 colonies here in this land and 35 of them have vanished. One theory is that it could be a Pokemon. I thought you might have an idea of what it could be...you are the
Pokemon expert after all."
"Well actually I-
The candles in the cottage all blew out. The air suddenly felt heavy and The man and his visitor were gasping for breath. The man looked at the small creature and was horrified to see it start to turn blue. He grabbed a small square machine he had created and placed it on the Pokemon. As he did this he shoved the blue stone up the yellow hat like fur it had on its head and it suddenly vanished and was in the square machine. He chucked it out his window as far as he could hope it would be safe. The square machine fell in the water outside his cottage with a loud PLUNK. Just then he noticed his friend was gone. He was starting to choke and was being pushed to the ground. He could no longer hold on, it was if his soul was being ripped out of him. He then looked up and saw a pair of eyes hovering above him. It was the last thing he ever saw...
March 15, 1883
"We have to do something IT has taken all the colonies down."
"As the last colony not missing we must not fail our escape. Our people must flee. We have no other choice..IT is insane.
"I suppose your right, but how?"
"To the north sea we must venture. It is our only escape."
"But no one has gone that way it-"
"Shut up! As your Superior I command it! Tell the other eleven with us now!"
"....Yes sir."
"Attention everyone, our captain has ordered a retreat to the north sea pack your things and head to the ship immediately."
Commotion was the only thing going on. Everyone was afraid, and they all feared their lives. The Captain, The Lieutenant, and ten others. But there was one that was not afraid. The eleventh. It was a young boy who had no idea of the situation. He was at the shoreline and far from the ship. He was playfully looking through the shells trying to find the perfect one to take back to the colony. All the shells were amazing. They had every color you could think of put into them with amazing patterns. Then he saw it. A strange square box floating into the shore. Out of curiosity he jumped into the water and swam out to it. When he reached it he put it in his hands and stared at it blankly. "What trash, it looks so ugly. I'll take it back and see if it's worth something." Then something caught his eye that he could not believe. The ship. His ship. Was sailing away, and he could see it in the distance. How could they leave him..he did not understand. He knelt down and cried in disbelief. But he was interrupted by a sudden scream. He jolted up and there out at sea the ship was sinking. The boy could not stand it anymore; he took the box and ran. He ran inland as fast as possible not knowing what to do. He was alone and was on a land unexplored. The scariest part was he KNEW they were gone, because right before he ran away he saw those two red eyes hovering above the ship. He knew by instinct those red eyes were IT.
Not far before present times...
Lieutenant Renji awoke to not his alarm clock, not his captain, but his axis team locater. It was buzzing violently and making a loud siren noise. Sleepily he peered down at the gadget and it read
"ALL CAPTAINS OF PSPU REPORT TO THE MEETING HALL IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU WISH TO INFORM YOUR LIEUTENANTS THEY MAY ATTEND AS WELL." Under the main message was a small line of words. "Hurry up Renji, you have ten minutes, Captain Policastro."
"Ugh what could this be I was sleeping well.." He scurried to his closet and took his uniform off it long hanger. As quickly as possible Renji slipped it on and ran out his squad room marked "Lieutenant Quarters." He ran through the many corridors of the PSPU HQ and finally reached its center where the meeting hall was. As he could tell he was late as usual since all five captains and their lieutenants were there except a spot behind Captain Policastro where he had to be. As soon as he got behind his captain the captain commander came out in front of them.
"I address you all that we are in a state of emergency. We all have common knowledge of teams Rocket,Magma,and Aqua correct?" Everyone nodded. "Well a new group of people have risen to disrupt the peace. They are known in Sinnoh as Team Galaxy. Though their efforts have not gotten them out of that region time is not on our side. It will only be so long until they are a menace over all regions including our very own Jhoto. If we wish to stop them we must thwart their plans now. Three squads will be needed for this mission. Any volunteers?" Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, but after a few seconds of cold silence two captains stepped forward accepting the job. Then to Renji's disbelief his captain stepped forward as well. Renji was a rookie how could he be semi-commanding such a huge mission?
"Well then you three squads get your subordinates and prepare to leave in one hour." Each squad consisted of about 30 people one being lieutenant and another being captain. Captain was the highest position and lieutenant second. Every mission being completed with ease was their duty. Keeping safety for Pokemon and humans alike was what they lived for.
"Got that Renji? Get on the PSPU jetliner now and I will gather the others. Make sure your Pokemon is with you at all times and follow my lead through the mission."
"Yes Captain..isn't this dangerous though?"
"You have to start somewhere Renji or else you and your Pokemon will never be at your best."
"But it is just a rental Pokemon, how can we work as a team?"
"You will come to understand in time Renji. Now enough talking get to the jet."
Renji was nervous and scared, but he silently walked toward the jet runway on the east corner of the HQ. He had good reason to be nervous. Little did he know this mission would be disastrous.
Renji walked into the jet marked "Captains and Luietenants only." The other jet would be for the 84 lower ranked members of three squads. The jet was small, looking to fit twenty people at most. Of course there would be no more than about ten on the jet. He was the first one on, so he comfortably sat down into one of the leather seats. The jet was lined with five rows, each with four seats. He was in the back row to the left next to a bathroom. Then came in one of the pilots. He was an older man with a long grey mustache.
"Hey Luietenant how is going?"
"Not bad..I just don't think this mission is planned out enough. Usually we take a bunch of time inspecting the area before we take down a opposing team like Galaxy."
"Well I assure you, everything will be fine. With our best captains going in we can't have a chance of failure."
"Sure..." Said Renji grimmly. As the pilot sat down the rest of the other commanders filtered into the plane. The three pilots closed the curtains at the front and they began to lift off. Captain Policastro sat down next to Renji and gave an ensuring smile.
Over the intercoms came the pilots voice: "We have taken lift off and should be entering Sinnoh in approximately two hours. Have a nice flight."
Renji looked around and saw everyone starting to doze off. He decided he might as well too, so off he went.
.......
Suddenly a violent jerk woke him up.
The intercom blared: "We have entered a storm and are having a hard time getting out of it. Please make sure your seat belts are buckled and remain calm. Be weary of turbulance."
The jet was silent in fear. Renji looked out a window too see nothing but darkness with an occasional flash of lighting. Then out of no where it struck. BANG!! A flash engolfed the plane and a explosion erupted from the rear. Suddenly the plane went into a steep nosedive.
"HOLY CRUD!" yelled one of the pilots as he was crushed into the back of the plane.
Renji was paralyzed in fear and couldn't speak. Oxygen masks fell to each of the pasengers.
"THIS IS FLIGHT 8784 WERE GOING DOWN, EMERGENCY EMERGENCY!!" Cried one of the pilots. The plane started to make a loud whizzing sound as it shook violently toward the Earth. Renji's eyes glazed over as the back of the plane exploded before him.
"RENJI NO!" screamed Captain Policastro as he grasped Renji's hand. He flung Renji to the front as he was sucked into the back of the plane. More explosions from the back were heard as Captain Policastro dissapeared into the flames. Renji couldn't take it in. He almost died, but then Captain took his place. He was thinking how Captain must be flying out falling, falling- BOOM!! Now at the left. A wing was bursting into flames. He looked around and only him and three others were visble..two of them being pilots. They were all gone..
"YOU TWO BRACE FOR IMPACT." Yelled one of the pilots. He grabbed the other luitenant and held on to a seat. Everything was flashing before his eyes so fast. Then the other luitenant was flung from him into the back.
"NO!" He barely had time to look forward as water surged into the plane from impact. The plane was smashing to bits before him coming closer and closer to him. There was nothing he could do...
The surge of water crashed into Renji ripping him out of the plane into the stormy sea. He gasped for breath as enourmous waves dragged him above and below the surface. Swimming was no use, the waves had too much power. Looking forward he saw another wave..bigger than the others, hurling at him. It struck with tremendous force and pulled him to the sea floor. "AHHHH!!WHAT THE!" His skin pierced into some hard object. To his surprise as the wave carried him back to the surface the hard object stayed atatched to his skin. The pain was killing him and blood was running down his arm, so he went to pull it out. He felt it was something square..right before an unoticed wave hit him, knocking him out.
"ugh..." Renji felt around and he found it to be a sandy place. It was warm and bright and seemed safe. He opened his eyes to see he was on an empty beach. He was the only person there, but at least he was alive. Waves smoothly pushed up onto the shoreline with a soothing sound. "It's so nice here..where could I be?" But that pain in his arm was still there and he remembered the sqare object. Of course there it lie right next to him, so he anxiously picked it up. It looked very rusty and old. Probably from hundereds of years ago. He walked farther inland and to his relief saw houses. There was a sign that read "Welcome to Cinawood Island. J-J-Jhoto! We never even got out of the region!I guess I'll ask one of the natives where I can find transportation back." So with the square object still in his hands, he set out for help.
He saw a intelligent looking man walking up the beachline and decided to ask him. "Excuse me sir do you know where I could find transportation back to the PSPU HQ?
"Ah, your one of those Jhoto safety force guys. Well my name is Birch from Hoenn. I'm out here on vacation and I think I know someone who could be of assistance to you. He's a friend of mine called Prof. Elm. I'll arrange one of my labpartners on the island to take you there via pidgeot."
"Thankyou sir. Your a great help. Where exactly is Prof.Elm again?"
" Newbark Town."
Ch.2 Out with the old, in with the new
The Pidgeot was soaring through the sky at high speeds, but crossing the Jhoto would still take about an hour. The lab assistant was quiet, so Renji started to think.
Well the plane went down so fast. PSPU obviously knows what happened, so they have probably sent out search crews. I wonder if anyone survived. I miss captain so much, I have no one to guide me. I can't take this anymore..all the danger. Maybe I should just leave the PSPU and move on. Team Galaxy can be taken care of the Sinnoh police not us! Why did we have to join that mission! THIS IS ALL TEAM GALAXY'S FAULT!! FORGET PSPU I'LL DESTROY TEAM GALAXY BY MYSELF! THEY WILL PAY!
Anger boiled inside him. He knew what his goal was, but how? He had no pokemon and his rental had obviously been washed away from him during the crash. Maybe this prof Elm would be able to help him.
"Excuse me Renji, but we have arrived."
"Thankyou sir, send my regards to Birch."
"Oh I will, what safety squad did you say you were in again?"
"Oh..you must have misunderstood. I am just looking to be a-um...What should I say.. A pokemon trainer.. ya thats it a late pokemon trainer."
"Hmm..that's odd. Well whatever I'll tell him you said thanks."
He then zoomed off with the Pidgeot and Renji saw a huge lab before him. It must be Elms. He walked in and saw the proffesor looking exausted from a long day. Above him was a banner reading "All new trainers welcome! A Pokemon is waiting for you!"
It was obviously the day he gave out pokemon to young trainers.
"Excuse me sir do you have a moment?"
"Oh, hello there, you look kind of old to be getting your first Pokemon."
"Well actually Proffesor I was needing transportation to PS-Wait a second..no. I'm not in PSPU anymore. I quit. I need strong pokemon. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else. Actually I was wondering if you have any pokemon left."
"Oh I'm sorry. I gave them all away. I even gave away my special egg not too long ago. I really can't help you."
"Oh..I guess I'll go then." As he walked out something slipped from him. He looked down to see it was that square object from before.
"Oh my is that what I think it is!" The Professor looked excited. "That is a old fashined pokeball!"
"WHAT" Renji couldn't believe it, he had been lugging around history.
"Let me see if there is anything inside this thing" The proffesor put it into some strange machine and it started to glow red. As it dissapeared a pokemon was revealed.
"What is it.." Renji Could not figure it out.
"It is a Snorunt young man. You should be very thankful, it is very rare."
"Really! This is a great start."
"Yes you are luck you found it young man. Here is a more proper pokeball" He handed over a shiny new pokeball. "Also take this." He also handed over a pokedex. "This will help you on your journey."
"Journey what journey?." Renji didn't understand.
"You are becoming a trainer right? That why you came isn't it?"
"Um..ya your right. Will I become strong and get strong pokemon if I do this?"
Well I suppose. It's your journey, you get what you make of it."
Hm.. I guess this could work. As a trainer I could get my own pokemon and destroy Team Galaxy.
"Yes do you know where I should head next?"
"You'll want to go to Cherrygrove City. I'ts on the way to your first gym battle. "
"Thanks for everything then I'll be on my way."
"Goodbye" The proffesor showed him to the right direction and off Renji went.
Ch.3 3 Years Later
There it was, that old moss covered sign. "Newbark Town" It had been almost three years now since he had seen that sign. And what an amazing three years it had been. Snorunt had grown, so strong and he had caught many Pokemon along the way. PSPU had done wonders for him as an officer and being a captain gave him grand experience. In the last year team Galaxy had not been spotted at all ever since the destructive battle between Team Galaxy and PSPU that was sure to go down in history. The battle was won and PSPU disbanded after accomplishing the task at hand. So here Renji stood at the foot of Newbark:a changed 19 year old warped by time. His records there had been burned, since such a battered history was better not remembered. Captain Policastro still lurked his mind now and then, but Renji had mostly gotten over the fact of his lost leader. He had after all taken over the squad quite nicely in the years they spent together. Even so Renji had a new plan in mind. Something he had hoped to do when he was ten and this common dream was to become a Pokemon trainer. Nine years late of course, but with many years of battle behind him he would fit right in. He thought of all this and did not even notice he was already on the doorstep of Prof. Elms. He rang the bell and out came the energetic professor. "Oh my..Renji, it has been a while!"
"Well you know I've been busy. I wanted to ask you something very serious."
"Sure what is it Renji?"
"I want to be a Pokemon Trainer.."
"W-w-what! You told me that was the life of fun and you needed to make meaning to your life. You seemed far to uninterested before."
"But I have made something of myself. We took down Galaxy, the people that shot down our plane. I want to go for my dreams now."
"Well Renji I must say I'm surprised, but if you really think you should I have the needed items." Professor Elm handed over a new Pokedex and some pokeballs. "Take these Renji and be on your way. You know you could start your journey off with a contest over in Cherrygrove. I know a few of your Pokemon have good experience with you and the new ones could benefit as well."
"Sounds awesome, I'll head to Cherrygrove after a settle some things. I'll be back some time to see how your doing. Thanks for everything Professor!" Professor Elm just smile and waved as Renji started a whole new journey with twists and turns he would have never expected.
Ch.4 Taking Care of Business
"Hello this is Max, may I ask who this is?"
"It's Renji..captain commander,sir"
"Renji you know not to speak of PSPU. It was an undercover squad. No one ever found out about us, but Galaxy. I prefer real names," Said Max.
"Then I guess you should be calling me Austin, shouldn't you?" said Renji.
"I thought you decided to stay to your undercover name..What's with the change?"
"I'm going back to my old life..before all this team galaxy junk. I'm becoming a Pokemon Trainer."
"Alright I understand then. I bit of a jump for you, but you make your own path... So then Austin, how is Snorunt doing?"
" Great actually, she seems pumped. Were on our way to Cherrygrove right now, because I'm going to enter a contest. I-
Wait my police radio is repoting something.."
This is Officer Jenny with a missing Pokemon report. I have recieved confirmation that a newborn Squirtle has gone missing. Be on the look out for a stray and very small Squirtle wandering about.
"What was it Austin?," asked Max.
"Just a missing Pokemon. I'm actually in the area, so I'll keep my eye out for it."
"Well you never stop the police force once you start ya know."
"Ya (laughs) guess not. Oh I'm already entering the city. And- What the! I see some kid running with an infant Squirtle. Maybe the Squirtle was stolen! I have to go right now and chase him down, Talk to you later"
"Ok, good luck Austin."
Ch.5 Kevin's First Battle!
Kevin walked into the phone room. Cara followed. She intentionally did not call her parents, just because Kevin was there. She was still fighting with herself what to do next. Kevin called Professor Elm, and told him all about the adventure that happened that day.
"I'm proud of you Kevin." The Professor said. Kevin looked confused, "You made a huge mistake yes, but you had the responsibility and maturity to deal with your own mistakes. Just like when I gave you the egg. You continue to amaze me Kevin."
"Trust me, it wasn't planned Professor." Kevin laughed a bit.
"And I see you met up with Cara." The Professor said spotting Cara in the corner of the screen, "Hi there Cara. I hope you're taking good care of Chikorita."
"Don't worry Professor, I'm taking care of both Chikorita, and not to mention this knucklehead next me." Cara teased.
"Haha," The Professor laughed. Kevin was not amused. "Oh, speaking of meeting up with people, I think there's someone you should meet Kevin."
"Who's that?"
"He's a good friend of mine." The Professor explained, "I met him around three years ago and he is a good friend of mine. He's headed over to Cherrygrove for a pokemon contest."
"Pokemon contest?" Cara thought.
"What's his name Professor?" Kevin asked.
"His name is Rengii. He's a bit older than you but he can probably help you learn alot."
"Alright," Kevin turned to Cara, "Cara, we should go search for this Rengii guy. I bet he could help both of us. He can't be that hard to find."
"Uh-huh, just like Squirtle right?" Cara muttered.
"I heard that." Kevin retorted, "We promise we'll meet up with him Professor. Thanks alot! Ba bye!"
"Bye!" The Professor signed back off the screen. Kevin and Cara went back into the waiting room, and waited for their pokemon. Soon, Nurse Joy returned with Squirtle, and Cara's poke-ball. Squirtle was hopping around happily.
"Hey there!" Kevin smiled as Squirtle bounced into his arms. "Ya see. That wasn't too bad, was it?
"I'm happy to report that both of your pokemon are completely healthy." Nurse Joy smiled.
"Thank you!" Cara smiled taking her poke-ball.
"Yeah, thanks for everything!" Kevin smiled, "Squirtle, thank Nurse JOy for helping us out!"
"Squirtle!" Squirtle waved.
"Goodbye, and good luck!" Nurse Joy waved as they walked out.
"Alright, so where do we find this Rengii guy?" Cara asked with her hands on her hips. "I'm really in no mood for playing Marco Polo."
"Whatever," Kevin rolled his eyes. He then spotted a boy walking up the road. "Wait, who's that?"
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Hey isn't that the squirtle I heard about on the radio?! Yes..an infant squirtle. Could that kid really be the thief? Eh, I'll radio in.
"Hello this is officer Renji, I have located the infant Squirtle within the hands of a young trainer: how should I proceed?"
"This is officer Jenny. We have no confirmed reports of the Squirtle being safe, treat the trainer as a suspect: use force if necessary."
"Understood Jenny, that Squirtle will be in safe hands soon."
Renji had a strange feeling about all this, could it really be a kid? Renji slowly walked toward the Squirtle in the arms of a young male trainer next to a young girl.
"Excuse me sir, I need you to hand over the Squirtle immediately."
"What! It is mine, I just got it back from some strange guy! I don't need any more problems!," Kevin sounded surprised and annoyed at the same time.
"Sir, please hand over the Squirltle..NOW!"
"Get away from me! Cara run!" The two ran in the opposite direction of Renji, already tense from the earlier battle.
"STOP..DANG IT!" Renji had no choice, but to use force on a couple of kids. He had to be careful.. "Go, Snorunt!" In a flash the small pokemon emerged from its ball. "Use Icy Wind!" Kevin and Cara stopped dead in their tracks. A bitter cold had settled over them.
"That's it, I don't know who you are, but obviously your trying to take my Squirtle, so I'm taking you down just like the last guy," Kevin signaled Cara to get out a Pokemon and they both took their choice. Renji knew this wasn't going to end well, but for the safety of that Squirtle it had to be done. He could not trust that this boy was its trainer, so he prepared to fight with Snorunt.
"Go chikorita!" Cara called her pokemon out. Chikorita appeared out of the pokeball. Cara looked over at Kevin who was holding Squirtle. He seemed to be thinking hard. "Wait a second, you're not actuallty thinking of putting Squirtle out in battle are you?"
"Why not?" Kevin said.
"Maybe because it just hatched, not even 24-hours ago." Cara rolled her eyes. "It'd be stupid of you to put a pokemon out in battle this early. You haven't even started training yet."
"Oh yeah, well how about it Squirtle? You want to battle don't you?" Kevin asked. Squirtle's head shrunk into it's shell. "Squirtle?"
"Move over!" Cara pushed Kevin. "I'll take care of this right now. Chikorita, razor leaf!"
"Chiko!" Chikorita shot out a series of bladed leafs hurling for snorunt.
"Hmph, is that all? Snorunt ice beam!" A fierce beam erupted from Snorunt, freezing the leaves midair. The beam struck Chikorita hard, also being super effective.
"Chikorita use Vine Whip!," Cara was getting angry. The whip struck Snorunt across the mouth and her face turned a bright red.
All of a sudden out of fury Snorunt launched a blizzard at Chikorita.
"NO! Snorunt stop that will hit the Squirtle!" Renji knew it was too late though. The blizzard blew into Chikorita, but its destructive force carried on..straight at Kevin and Squirtle.
"WAHHHHHH!!" Kevin screamed. He put his head down, when suddenly Squirtle leaped out of his arms, making the blizzard hit Kevin, but miss Squirtle. Kevin fell to the ground. Squirtle, who was still in the air, came down and landed on snorunt. Snorunt winced in (minor) pain. Cara quickly ran over to kevin.
"Are you okay?" Cara asked.
"Yea, but..." Kevin looked over at Squirtle. "Did Squirtle just use a move?"
"Yea, in fact, I think Squirtle just learned tackle."
"Squirt!" Squirtle made two pretend muscles with it's arms. It then turned to Snorunt. Squirtle was ready to battle if it had to.
"What? Fight..the..Squirtle?! I'm saving it not fighting it!" Renji just then realized the Squirtles trainer was actually this boy.
"Squirtle use tackle!" commanded Kevin. Squirtle jumped and charged right into Rengii's face, knocking him to the the ground.
"Stop! Stop! Snorunt return! I'm so sorry, I thought you guys were the Squirtle thiefs." Kevin and Cara gave Renji a "WHAT?!" look. "See look here is my badge, I help out the police force from time to time. Deputy Renji at your service, just trying to help."
Then a spark went off in Kevin's head. "What did you say your name was again?"
"What did you say your name was?" Kevin asked.
"My name is Rengi...hence the name on my badge..." Renji showed them his badge once more.
"Ha! So you're the guy! See Cara, I told you it wouldn't take long." Kevin picked up Squirtle excitedly.
"Hmm. I don't see why it's so important for us to meet a guy who attacks innocent kids." She muttered. Renji looked real confused.
"Ignore her," Kevin held out his hand for Renji to shake. "My name is Kevin. You've already met Squirtle, and the one with the sour attitude is Cara. My friend, Professor Elm wanted us to meet you."
"Ah, the proffesor and I go a bit back." Renji remembered back to the day he met the proffesor; a day that had begun with a horrible accident. The day he would never forget. "I was actually here for a contest, but I decided to just continue on the road after being in another police case, it gives you such an exciting rush." (I'm a judge so decided to keep Renji out.)
"That's cool, it was a all just a big misunderstanding I guess. Well it's great to finally meet you." Kevin seemed interested in what Renji could help him with in his journey.
"Ya sure, great to meet you and your smallfry Snorunt," Cara said abnoxiously. Renji just ignored her and continued on. The two talked for a while about their Pokemon and a bit of their history. Kevin did much of the talking since Renji wasn't supposed to even reveal the organization he used to work for.
Kevin and Renji were already becoming friends even though Cara would occasionly but in with one dumb statement after another.
"So Renji when did you get Snoru-"
"OWWWWWW! Get off me you jerk!" Cara had been tripped to the floor by a muscular man and he was kicking her stomach.
"How do you like me now girly! No razor leaf to back you up, huh?!" The hulky man said with a smirk across his face.
"Cara!" Kevin was horrified that the Squirtle-napper was back. And hurting Cara. "GET OFF HER!"
"Make me twirp!."
Renji turned at the man and glared. "So it was you! Your going to pay, for kidnapping Squirtle and harming a a young girl!" Renji immediatly called out Snorunt. At the same time Squirtle stepped up to the plate on its own will.
"Squirtle do you really want to fight?" Squirtle nodded and Kevin was amazed by the sudden spark of courage.
"Oh ya, well I got some Pokemon myself." The muscle man kicked away Cara and raised his hands, pokeballs in both...
The man tossed his pokeballs into the air. Out came to strong looking pokemon. Kevin had never seen either of the before. "Man, I wish I had working pokedex." He said.
"I've got one." Renji pulled out his pokedex. It read that the two pokemon were Machop and Machoke. Two strong pokemon, just like their trainer. This wasn't going to be an easy battle. Kevin got into his battle stance.
"Cara," Kevin looked over at Cara who was passed out on the ground, "Don't worry, we're going to help you. Squirtle, tackle attack now!"
"Squirt!" Squirtle charged for the smaller pokemon, machop, and pounced onto it. Machop did nothing but throw it off to the other side. It looked like it did little damage.
"Er....try it again, from another angle!" Kevin commanded.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle nodded. It charged once again, trying to pin machop down, but this time machop dodged, making Squirtle fall. Squirtle began to cry.
"Ay-yie-yie!" Kevin slapped his forehead. He thought this was over with.
"Ha!, you're going to need to use more than just that one move to beat me kid!" The man laughed. "Machop, use low kick."
"Chop!" Machop jumped into the air and was coming down for Squirtle with it's foot in front.
"Squirtle, run!" Kevin shouted frantically. Squirtle didn't hesitate to dodge the move. Machop tried again, but Squirtle dodged just like before. The same thing happened over and over again everywhere. Machop was beginning to tire out.
"Man, one thing about Squirtle, it sure is fast." Kevin looked at the battle in amazement. He then looked over to Renji, "But what are you going to do? Machoke will come after Snorunt soon!
" A Machoke? Ice on Fighting: Perfect. Snorunt use double team!"
Snorunt circled around the Machoke faster than the eye could see. The Machoke being not the sharpest tool in the shed, began to flail around throwing punches. "Now use Ice Fang!" Snorunt leaped inward and bit the Machoke. The ice threw it back, the Machoke being severly injured.
"Oh you'll pay for that, Machoke, use Revenge!" The Machoke tensed up and flung a punch directly at Snorunt.
"Dodge Snorunt!..NO!" It was too late the punch made contact and Snorunt collapsed. "Snorunt get up, can you hear me?"
It did not respond.
"Oh I can help you with that, Machoke use Wake-Up Slap!" Machoke vigourosly slapped Snorunt back and forth knocking futher and further every time. "Now use Dynamicpunch." Machoke wound up preparing for a final blow. Snorunt couldn't move and Machoke quickly threw the punch...
Squirtle was still running around, dodging Machop. The small, bulky pokemon had had just about enough by now. Squirtle, obliviously ran in front of Machoke, cutting off the it's path and making the dynamic punch take a wrong turn. Squirtle stopped running. It wasn't tired at all. "Alright Squirtle!" Kevin cheered.
Snorunt suddenly opened it's eyes. Both Renji and Kevin could tell, just by looking at it that it was seriously weak. Machop was worn down and Machoke was still standing strong. It looked like the match was at midway at this point.
"Squirtle, you have to help Snorunt out of there!" Kevin called to Squirtle. Squirtle nodded and tried to carry Snorunt away.
"Machoke, Dynamic punch again!" The man shouted with anger.
"Oh no, it's not going to miss this time!" Kevin thought. He wasn't sure if he could take all the pressure. This was his first battle after all. "Renji's pokemon is down now, and it's up to Squirtle and I now. I can't just keep using the same attack. Unless....unless we try using it at a different angle. That's it! Squirtle, tackle right in Machoke's stomach."
"Squir...?" Squirtle said hesitantly. It wasn't sure about attacking a pokemon who was about to throw a full on attack.
"You have to trust me! Machoke will throw the punch any second now, you have to do this before it's too late. You can do it!"
"Squir..." Squirtle hesitantly moved forward. It then began to run faster, gaining confidence. "SQUUUIIIRRTTLLLE!"
"Machhoo--" Machoke stopped dead in it's tracks as it felt something nail it in the stomach. Squirtle did it. Machoke fell back onto Machop. Knocking Machop out for good.
"Alright Squirtle!" Kevin cheered. He looked at Snorunt who was gaining strength. "Renji, Squirtle's not strong enough to take Machoke down for good. Please help!"
"You thought we didn't have an ace in the hole? It's finally time: Snorunt use bide!" A huge force of power was released from Snorunt, its started glowing a bright red as the power was bashed into Machoke. Machoke hurdled backward completely surprised by the sudden power. "This is it, use your signature move..Blizzard!" The icy attack rushed into Machoke, knocking it out instantly. Snorunt made a smirk, impressed by its own power.
"What how did that runt beat my Machoke!!!" The bulky man was unfuriated. "GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!"
"Haha," Kevin laughed watching the man hopelessly yell at his pokemon. "Your pokemon are toast, there's no use in ordering around a knocked out pokemon."
"That's it, i'll take you both out with my fist!" He said angrily.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." Renji stated firmly, with Snorunt in front of him, as well as Squirtle in front of Kevin. Renji pulled out his police badge. "I'll have you placed under arrest!"
"Hehe.." The man smirked looking at the badge. "So you're Renji, huh?"
"W-what's that supposed to mean?" Renji asked confused.
"Nothing you need to know. But, this little encounter helped me out alot. Thanks kiddies!" A puff of smoke suddenly appeared, making both Kevin and Renji cough. Kevin quickly scrambled for Squirtle, picking it up as soon as he found it. When the smoke dissapeared, so had the bulky man.
"That was sure weird...where did he go?" Kevin itched his head. He then remembered Cara. "Oh no! Cara!" He quickly ran to her helping her up. "Cara, wake up! Are you alright?"
"W-wha?" Cara opened her eyes, rubbing her head. She then remembered everything. "Gah! Where's that guy? When I'm with him I'll--"
"Chill Cara, Renji and I took care of it." Kevin laughed a little.
"Well did you now?" Cara said a bit annoyed looking at Renji. She then looked around, not seeing the man anywhere. "Well, you obviously didn't do that good of a job. You let the beast get away! Where is he?"
"I don't know..." Kevin looked up at Renji. "What did he mean though Renji? Do you know that guy from somewhere?"
"I..I don't think so." Renji seemed dumbfounded, not knowing who the man was. "Wait a second!" He remembered seeing a "G" tatoo on the mans left arm..Could it really be.."them?" Then it hit him, the entire vivid memory of the first time he saw this guy. On that day three years ago, that he could never forget.
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3 years earlier..
"So Captain Policastro, the plane we are boarding, how many does it hold?" Said a 16 year old Renji.
"Does it really matter? I'm sure everything will be just fine, let it go. You worry far to much at your age. We just need to go investigate team Galaxy and we will be on our way. " Cpt. Policastro smiled at Renji knowing it was his first serious mission and led him outside.
"Worry too much? Something could go wrong, what if we are in over our heads?"
"Just don't worry about it Renji.."
It all felt wrong. This mission had been thrusted upon them and even his Captain should know that. But for some reason Captain Policastro remained calm..Renji didn't know how.
Renji was nervous and scared, but he silently walked toward the jet runway on the east corner of the HQ. He had good reason to be nervous. Little did he know this mission would be disastrous.
Then HE came in, Renji was so ignorant back then.
As Renji got closer to the jet he noticed a bulky man next to the plane. He was "fixing" one of the engines, or so it seemed to Renji.
"Hey how's it going? The plane ready to go," called Renji.
The bulky man seemed surprised to be seen and jumped.
"Your the mechanic around here right?" Renji had never seen him before, but what else was new.
"Umm..ya I sure am. Just umm..stabalizing the engine and putting in some fuel." Said the strange bulky man.
Renji had put the pieces together. That "mechanic" had a "G" tatoo on his arm too. The galaxy symbol. He was "fixing" the engine. The problem was, that when their plane went down, an engine went out first....
"So do you know him?" Kevin was anxious to know.
"No..I don't think so." Renji didn't want anyone else involved, all he wanted was this guy behind bars. He was near the point of being furious, but had to keep it bottled up.
"But I do know he needs to be found. He's obviously dangerous and could cause harm to people. I need to find him..very fast"
Kevin thought the sudden change in mood was odd, but overlooked it.
"So Renji, what now?"
"I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I sure know what you need to do." Renji said, getting his head back.
"What's that?" Kevin asked.
"You need to start training Squirtle." He explained, "I just watched you do your first battle, and it was good. But the realitly is, you can't run on a journey with teaching your pokemon just one move. You need to teach it more. Here, take this!"
"What is it?" Kevin took a book from Renji's hands.
"It's a guide book. I've read it cover to cover, so you can hang on to it for awhile. I know it's not exactly the high tech pokedex you want, but it contains alot of information, and it would help you alot!"
"Wow thanks!" Kevin smiled. "But Renji, where are you going to now?"
"I need to visit some old friends. That buff guy made me need to attend to some things. It's time I moved on though either way, after I take care of this I will move on with my journey just like I hope you will too," Said Renji.
"Well ok then, it was really great to meet you and I hope we meet up again some time." Kevin was happy to get this new guide book, it would help him out alot.
"Good Bye Renji.." Even Cara wasn't being mean.
"I'm sure I'll see you two again some day, untill then good luck and keep safe." He handed them a card with his phone number and police number. "Use this if you ever need to reach me."
And at that all three waved and Renji set off pursuing whatever may lie ahead.
Kevin and Cara began to walk down the road of Cherrygrove city. "Cara, are you sure your head is feeling okay?" Kevin said, noticing the bump on her head.
"I'm fine big brother." Cara rolled her eyes. She stopped walking. "Kevin, tell me you're not really this stupid."
"What are you talking about?" Kevin turned to her.
"Jeez," She rolled her eyes again, "why did we just leave Renji? He's obviously hiding something! Didn't you notice how weird he was acting after buff-zilla left us?"
"Well, ya a little bit, but that guy was only trying to pscyche him out so he could get away."
"Kevin, use your head! Renji, a police officer, just happens to be in town, and that guy just happens to know him? Doesn't that strike you as a bit suspicious?"
"Cara, i trust Renji. He's a cool guy and whatever reason he had for acting weird, I'm sure it was a good one."
"I think Renji's a good guy too, but he's hiding something from us! The next time we run into him, we have to find out what it is."
Ch.6 For Badges and Justice
Renji held a small chip to his ear and spoke:
"This is Renji, I just left Cherrgrove City and have enountered..a galaxy member."
"This is commander Max. And W-what! That's impossible!"
" That's what thought.. I swore we took care of all of them. But, I was sadly mistaken." Renji was trembling a bit.
"Well we must deal the situation and take them down."
"Well Commander, I'm already ahead of you. I planted a tracker on him before he dissapeared. I can send you the access code and he should appear on radar."
"Got it. Wait Renji why are there three trackers out?"
"I placed a couple on these kids that were with me. They saw everything and heard the Galaxy member say my name. In case we have to take them in I just slipped some on them to be safe."
"Alright then Renji, you think you can pursue him? If you can follow him to their base it will be an easy ambush for us."
"Sure, but what do you mean us?"
"Well I got a few members from the old PSPU to help out. I'm sure you'll be running into them soon."
"Alright then Commander I'm off to get that guy!"
"No wait..continue on your journey like normal Renji."
"But..why?"
"You will be too obvious if you just chase him. Galaxy will wait for you and you won't stand a chance. Just keep going forward like nothing happened and meet up with the other PSPU members. When you're all together wait until his tracker gets in your area. Then when he least expects it you need to take him out and bring him back to PSPU."
"Oh, being sneaky I see. Good plan, I was hoping for some badges anyway. Galaxy will be stopped soon enough!"
"Alright, talk to you later Renji, you have alot of work ahead of you."
"Later Commander." And at that Renji looked at the road that would take him to Violet town.
Ch.7 Detour: Natalie and the Hidden Cottage
Renji continued on the long path, route 31 seemed to stretch out forever. Renji was finally getting his hopes up when he came to a forest. "You have got to be kidding me! I underestimated this route. Oh well, go Snorunt!" Snorut appeared in a flash of light and gleamed at Renji. "You can help me get through this right Snorunt?"
"Sno-Runt." She nodded her head confidently. The forest was dark, and creepy. You could barely see your hand in front of your face.
"I wish I had a light right now." Renji groaned, only Snorunt had been brought with him. He continued on through cobwebs and vines, getting cut here and there from the dense vines covered in thorns taking over the area. As he continued a mist started to settle over, limiting the visibility even more. " Well Snorunt, if we keep following this path we should be fine. Just stay close and -"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" A high pitched scream filled the air and drove into Renji like a bullet.
"What the!" Renji immediately ran toward the scream as fast as he could and Snorunt quickly followed. Not paying attention he ran right through a vine and the thorns tore through his clothes, also leaving a large cut running down his face. The blood trickled down his face, but Renji only clenched his teeth and kept running. He knew someone was in deep trouble and he had to do something. Finally he came to a clearing and a girl was lying on the ground helpless. Renji looked up and in shock saw a pack of Zangoose about to attack. There was a good eight of them and they were huge and looked ruthless. "Snorunt, USE ICE BEAM!"
A crystal glow formed around Snorunts mouth and then the ice erupted from her mouth. The beam collided with the Group of Zangoose and most of them where thrown far into the woods or frozen all together.The beam however missed two of them. Their focus changed from their potential dinner to Renji and Snorunt.
"Nice work Snorunt now use..Snorunt, Snorunt are you ok?" Snorunt exhausted from the earlier battle with the Galaxy member and the journey through the woods couldn't even move. "Dang! Snorunt return!." The Zangoose were heading Renji's way fast and he was out of luck. They lifted their claws up, and got ready to strike.
"Go Espeon, use Last Resort!" Renji was astonished to see the girl act, so quickly.
"ES-PE-OOOON!" The Espeon rammed into the Zangooses and they went flying as far as the eye could see.
Renjis heart was beating faster than ever, he was certain that was going to be the end. Renji looked at the girl and uttered a simple "Th-Thankyou.."
"No thank you , you just saved my behind. I'm Natalie by the way, what's your name?"
"Renji, nice to meet you. How did you get in this mess?"
"Well, training actually. Espeon and I were taking a break and I was her practice Psybeam. Lucky us..one of them hit a Zangoose and then we got chased off the path."
"Speaking of the path..I have no idea where we are. Ugh this is bad.." Renji was getting nervous again.
"Oh no..me either. The mist here is really thick for some reason too. How about I stick around with you until we get out of here, k?"
"No problem, I could use another human to talk to." So the two of them just kept walking..and walking.. and walking.
"I'm really getting scared..this place is so dark and it seems like we are going in circles." Natalie started to shiver as she said this.
"I'm getting tired, lets take a break really quick."
"Ok Renji, I could rest my legs as well." When they sat down Renji finally got a good look at Natalie. She was about 5'6 with brown hair that was down going onto her neck. She was fairly small and skinny, but looked pretty matured. Her eyes were a deep blue and her nose came out to a small curve. He could tell she had been in the forest for a while considering the grass stains on her clothes and the dirt on her face.
"Your Espeon was pretty amazing out there, it's well trained."
"Your Snorunt is very strong too. I've been with my Espeon for seven years now. I got it as my starter when I was ten, of course it was only an Evee then."
"Well I've spent quite a few years with Snorunt myself. But not always as a Pokemon trainer. I was actually a cop trainee for a while."
"Wow, that really cool Renji. Where did you work?"
"PS- I mean umm Goldenrod, Cinnawood, I get around." Renji hated to lie, but talking about PSPU in public was forbidden.
"Nice, I've been getting badges for a while now. Here look at them." She opened a case, smiling proud. There were eight badges all from Kanto. Renji stared in amazement.
"W-wow, that's very impressive. You are a truly skilled trainer. How many Pokemon do you have?"
"A bunch, but Espeon is the only one tagging along for Jhoto. You?"
"A few actually, but I only have my Snorunt for my journey."
"For your journey..you mean you just started?"
Renji blushed a little in embarrassment. "Ya..late start."
"Oh well, it's ok. With that Snorunt of yours, you'll be at the top in no time." Renji smiled, happy to not be alone in this huge forest. Renji was about to say something, but noticed Natalie was staring past him. "Renji..look behind you."
Renji slowly turned and squinted. The mist lifted a bit and there before him was a shack. It appeared old and abanded, but was a decent size.
"Hey Natalie, maybe we can check that place out."
"Sure, I love adventure! You lead the way."
"Ha, will do." Renji was eager to see what was inside the shack.
They walked up to the door and it creaked as it opened. The place had a strange feel to it and Renji was beginning to feel like maybe this was a bad idea. As they both entered neither of them seemed to notice..that they weren't alone.
Ch.8 The Cottage Showdown
"Renji let's keep going, maybe we can find something worth while." Natalie seemed to be fearless, maybe even ignorant.
"Well.. I guess, but I am getting the feeling we should not be here."
"Aww, does the big bad policeman want to leave?" Natalie was itching to go on.
"Fine, we need a place to stay anyway." So they went deeper into the shack. Or at least it had appeared to be a shack, it now seemed more like a mansion. There were many rooms, but they were all small, and very dark. Every room was empty, but they still kept going in hope of anything interesting. "Natalie, maybe there isn't anything in here. Let's just go."
"No, I think I see something Renji." Natalie went to the back corner of the room they were in and squinted. "Could it be?!" There in front of her was a fireplace. But what was really puzzling was how there were half burnt pieces of wood inside it. It had obviously been used very recently. "Renji someone..someone else is in here, or at least was earlier today!"
Fear suddenly swept over him. He was deep in a dark house with some girl he had just met and someone else was possibly in here. But who?
"Alright I'm even scared we should leave now Renji."
"I can not allow you to leave here child"
"Renji stop fooling around, you're not funny."
" That wasn't me Natalie..." Renji eyes grew wide." In the darkness a small shadow appeared revealing someone in a large cloak walking toward them.
"Now.." Candles lit around the room and dimly put light into the room. The person was still not visible though. And to Renji's surprise the room was actually huge. The cloaked person just raised an arm with two pokeballs. "Noctowl..Xatu..."
Renji couldn't believe it, was this some kind of nightmare?
Natalie just stared in shock as the cloaked man released his pokemon.
The reality of what was going on here struck Renji instantly at that moment. He was under attack, they were under attack. So he began to actually process the situation. He was trapped in a room surrounded by small candles flickering just bright enough to see the battlefield. His opponent was obviously male considering his deep, yet almost distant voice. He also sounded to be older than Renji, so he may also be more experienced and was obviously confident enough to take on two trainers at once. Renji then realized in his mind what had to be done, "I have been in much more intense situations then this! Losing is not an option!"
"We are leaving, you are about to be crushed!" Renji pointed straight at the cloaked man as his eyes shifted toward him, glaring. Natalie looked at Renji in awe, very impressed by the sudden spark of courage and enthusiasm rushing through Renji.
"Go Snorunt!" Snorunt emerged already pumped and ready to fight. "Snorunt get ready this battle is going to get tricky, but we are going to take them down."
"You are not doing this alone Renji, we are going to win this together! Go Espeon!" Renji was not surprised as much as he was uneasy. He had not battled along side another trainer in a long time, but still gladly accepted the help.
"Fools..."
"We'll show you, Snorunt use Ice Shard!"
"Espeon use Psychic!"
Both attacks connected causing an explosion in the room, and dust flied everywhere.
"That's the way-w-w-WHAT!" Renji could not believe his eyes. Noctowl was secure under a protect attack and Xatu was nowhere to be found.
"Xatu teleport back and use Sucker Punch on Espeon"
Xatu's punch hurled into Espeon causing it to fling backward taking serious damage.
"Espeon use Psybeam at the wall, quick! Then use Iron tail!"
Espeon shot the beam into the wall throwing Espeon the opposite direction right at Xatu. As it flew back its tail grew a brilliant silver as it slammed into Xatu's face. "Ha! That's it!"
"Grab it then show it some hypnosis" Xatu latched onto Espeon with its beak and sent a hypnosis right into Espeon at extremely close range.
"NO! Snorunt stop Xatu with an Ice beam!" Renji was getting nervous, this guy was good.
"Noctowl, double team then a quick mirror move." Renji's jaw dropped as the ice beam collided with one of the Noctowls and mirror move activated. It was something he would have never expected. The beam seemed to reflect from the real Noctowl as a identical beam launched from its mouth. It hit Snorunt in the stomach hard, but luckily it was not too effective due to the type match up. "Now Xatu Dream Eater..." Renji was too late and Xatu began to torment Espeon's dreams. Espeon's health was weakening rapidly as it squirmed and cringed. Xatu then changed it focus to Snorunt and Noctowl was already up for another attack. "Xatu use flash, Noctowl use ---" The words were muttered at the end and Renji could not make them out. Suddenly a bright light swept through the room and just as in the dark before he could not see a thing.
"Snorunt be ready for an attack!" Renji was becoming nervous. He squinted and could make out Noctowls shape..it was flying! "Snorunt use Endure and Bide!" Noctowl was getting ready for a sky attack and started to swoop down. Natalie clenched her fists at the sight of Espeon and Snorunt in trouble. Renji could only watch and hope Snorunt could take the attack with out being knocked out as the Noctowl dove toward Snorunt at incredible speed.
Ch.9 Big Power Comes in Small Packages
Noctowl began to glow as it crashed into Snorunt sending it flying through the air. "SNOOOOOOOORRUUUUNT!"
"Hang in there Snorunt I know you can do this!" Renji had confidence in Snorunts ability.
"Renji I am so sorry.." Natalie was feeling horrible, and helpless.
"It is not your fault and don't worry we are going to be fine."
"Words of encouragement...how useless. Noctowl, Steel Wing on Snorunt."
Renji had to think fast, really fast. Another hit on Snorunt, a super effective one at that, would definitely knock her out. And using endure again would be very risky considering it would be the second time using it. But Snorunts bide was the only chance he had. "Snorunt use Endure again!"
Noctowl once again slammed into Snorunt hurling it upward. Snorunt crashed down and did not move.
"You two are finished" Espeon was still squirming from the dream eater and Snorunt looked to be out for the count.
"SNORUNT!" Snorunt rose to the ground covered by a red tint and had burning red eyes.
"Yes bide worked!" Renji was overjoyed the second endure actually worked. "Snorunt release the energy on Noctowl and Xatu now!" A blast of energy swept into Noctowl and Xatu blowing them into the wall.
"What?!"
"No way..." Natalie was amazed.
Noctowl stood up, but Xatu did not make it through so lucky. It could not even open an eye after being hit by so much power.
"Impressive" The man seemed to care less that his Xatu had been hurt.
"Snorunt are you ok?" Renji knew the answer to this already. Snorunt gave a quick thumbs up just before it collapsed to the ground. "Great job, Snorunt return." It's crumpled body disappeared into the flash of red.
"Don't worry Renji I can take care of this!" Natalie was sure she could help now, after all the Dream Eater on Espeon had lifted and it was beginning to wake up.
"That will not be necessary"
"Excuse me?" Natalie was confused.
"I have seen what I wanted to see. You have talent Renji, and for that I will spare you."
"What..why do you know me, wait who are you?!" Renji was even more confused than Natalie.
"It does not matter, I am sure we will meet again. By then though I will have joined up with Cyrus."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!" Renji was obviously getting aggravated.
"Wait, what is going on Renji?"
"Do you think I have any clue Natalie.."
"Hush! I have already said enough. Noctowl use Hypnosis on all of them."
"Woah Wha-" And at that Renji and Natalie both dropped to the ground.
Ch.1 The long-long-and unexpected journey to Newbark
December 24, 1882
Snowyshore Cottage (Now Snowpoint City)
"Greetings kin a fine Christmas eve is upon us.", said the man.
"Ahh yes sir we should be thankful for the wonderful snow. I am sure glad I found your cottage up here, I traveled by Pidgeot and it was very rough."
"Well you know how I indeed enjoy my space and the happy warmth of my home. No one that I know of lives any closer than the land of flowers south of here. I have been studying the characteristics of those strange creatures running around. They are very unique."
"Hmm, how so?"
"Well it seems that many of them can change their form after some requirement I have not yet discovered. I wish to see this wonder, but none will come near me except this small one. I have tried to create a mineral that will react in an evolution like manner, but all attempts have failed..."
The visitor was astonished at the short creature before him. It looked barely over two feet and was lt was like a pointed round black ball. Yet it had a yellow fir over it that looked like a pointy hat reaching to its small round arms. It had blue eyes, a wide grin, and three orange diamond shaped marks on its back forming a triangle. "How very strange..have you had any success in making a new evolution mineral creation?"
"Well actually yes." The man held up a light blue stone that sparkled that of a person's eyes. "This is my most recent creation. It activates when extreme emotion is placed upon a Pokemon. So if a Pokemon becomes extremely sad, or mad it should evolve. The problem is it will not become emotional so I can not test it."
"Oh well I suppose some things were meant to stay secrets.."
"Yes either way what did you want to tell me? You know I like to be alone on Christmas.", said the man.
"Well something has been attacking people lately and no one has yet to see it. Entire towns have been being disappearing at a time. We have 62 colonies here in this land and 35 of them have vanished. One theory is that it could be a Pokemon. I thought you might have an idea of what it could be...you are the
Pokemon expert after all."
"Well actually I-
The candles in the cottage all blew out. The air suddenly felt heavy and The man and his visitor were gasping for breath. The man looked at the small creature and was horrified to see it start to turn blue. He grabbed a small square machine he had created and placed it on the Pokemon. As he did this he shoved the blue stone up the yellow hat like fur it had on its head and it suddenly vanished and was in the square machine. He chucked it out his window as far as he could hope it would be safe. The square machine fell in the water outside his cottage with a loud PLUNK. Just then he noticed his friend was gone. He was starting to choke and was being pushed to the ground. He could no longer hold on, it was if his soul was being ripped out of him. He then looked up and saw a pair of eyes hovering above him. It was the last thing he ever saw...
March 15, 1883
"We have to do something IT has taken all the colonies down."
"As the last colony not missing we must not fail our escape. Our people must flee. We have no other choice..IT is insane.
"I suppose your right, but how?"
"To the north sea we must venture. It is our only escape."
"But no one has gone that way it-"
"Shut up! As your Superior I command it! Tell the other eleven with us now!"
"....Yes sir."
"Attention everyone, our captain has ordered a retreat to the north sea pack your things and head to the ship immediately."
Commotion was the only thing going on. Everyone was afraid, and they all feared their lives. The Captain, The Lieutenant, and ten others. But there was one that was not afraid. The eleventh. It was a young boy who had no idea of the situation. He was at the shoreline and far from the ship. He was playfully looking through the shells trying to find the perfect one to take back to the colony. All the shells were amazing. They had every color you could think of put into them with amazing patterns. Then he saw it. A strange square box floating into the shore. Out of curiosity he jumped into the water and swam out to it. When he reached it he put it in his hands and stared at it blankly. "What trash, it looks so ugly. I'll take it back and see if it's worth something." Then something caught his eye that he could not believe. The ship. His ship. Was sailing away, and he could see it in the distance. How could they leave him..he did not understand. He knelt down and cried in disbelief. But he was interrupted by a sudden scream. He jolted up and there out at sea the ship was sinking. The boy could not stand it anymore; he took the box and ran. He ran inland as fast as possible not knowing what to do. He was alone and was on a land unexplored. The scariest part was he KNEW they were gone, because right before he ran away he saw those two red eyes hovering above the ship. He knew by instinct those red eyes were IT.
Not far before present times...
Lieutenant Renji awoke to not his alarm clock, not his captain, but his axis team locater. It was buzzing violently and making a loud siren noise. Sleepily he peered down at the gadget and it read
"ALL CAPTAINS OF PSPU REPORT TO THE MEETING HALL IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU WISH TO INFORM YOUR LIEUTENANTS THEY MAY ATTEND AS WELL." Under the main message was a small line of words. "Hurry up Renji, you have ten minutes, Captain Policastro."
"Ugh what could this be I was sleeping well.." He scurried to his closet and took his uniform off it long hanger. As quickly as possible Renji slipped it on and ran out his squad room marked "Lieutenant Quarters." He ran through the many corridors of the PSPU HQ and finally reached its center where the meeting hall was. As he could tell he was late as usual since all five captains and their lieutenants were there except a spot behind Captain Policastro where he had to be. As soon as he got behind his captain the captain commander came out in front of them.
"I address you all that we are in a state of emergency. We all have common knowledge of teams Rocket,Magma,and Aqua correct?" Everyone nodded. "Well a new group of people have risen to disrupt the peace. They are known in Sinnoh as Team Galaxy. Though their efforts have not gotten them out of that region time is not on our side. It will only be so long until they are a menace over all regions including our very own Jhoto. If we wish to stop them we must thwart their plans now. Three squads will be needed for this mission. Any volunteers?" Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, but after a few seconds of cold silence two captains stepped forward accepting the job. Then to Renji's disbelief his captain stepped forward as well. Renji was a rookie how could he be semi-commanding such a huge mission?
"Well then you three squads get your subordinates and prepare to leave in one hour." Each squad consisted of about 30 people one being lieutenant and another being captain. Captain was the highest position and lieutenant second. Every mission being completed with ease was their duty. Keeping safety for Pokemon and humans alike was what they lived for.
"Got that Renji? Get on the PSPU jetliner now and I will gather the others. Make sure your Pokemon is with you at all times and follow my lead through the mission."
"Yes Captain..isn't this dangerous though?"
"You have to start somewhere Renji or else you and your Pokemon will never be at your best."
"But it is just a rental Pokemon, how can we work as a team?"
"You will come to understand in time Renji. Now enough talking get to the jet."
Renji was nervous and scared, but he silently walked toward the jet runway on the east corner of the HQ. He had good reason to be nervous. Little did he know this mission would be disastrous.
Renji walked into the jet marked "Captains and Luietenants only." The other jet would be for the 84 lower ranked members of three squads. The jet was small, looking to fit twenty people at most. Of course there would be no more than about ten on the jet. He was the first one on, so he comfortably sat down into one of the leather seats. The jet was lined with five rows, each with four seats. He was in the back row to the left next to a bathroom. Then came in one of the pilots. He was an older man with a long grey mustache.
"Hey Luietenant how is going?"
"Not bad..I just don't think this mission is planned out enough. Usually we take a bunch of time inspecting the area before we take down a opposing team like Galaxy."
"Well I assure you, everything will be fine. With our best captains going in we can't have a chance of failure."
"Sure..." Said Renji grimmly. As the pilot sat down the rest of the other commanders filtered into the plane. The three pilots closed the curtains at the front and they began to lift off. Captain Policastro sat down next to Renji and gave an ensuring smile.
Over the intercoms came the pilots voice: "We have taken lift off and should be entering Sinnoh in approximately two hours. Have a nice flight."
Renji looked around and saw everyone starting to doze off. He decided he might as well too, so off he went.
.......
Suddenly a violent jerk woke him up.
The intercom blared: "We have entered a storm and are having a hard time getting out of it. Please make sure your seat belts are buckled and remain calm. Be weary of turbulance."
The jet was silent in fear. Renji looked out a window too see nothing but darkness with an occasional flash of lighting. Then out of no where it struck. BANG!! A flash engolfed the plane and a explosion erupted from the rear. Suddenly the plane went into a steep nosedive.
"HOLY CRUD!" yelled one of the pilots as he was crushed into the back of the plane.
Renji was paralyzed in fear and couldn't speak. Oxygen masks fell to each of the pasengers.
"THIS IS FLIGHT 8784 WERE GOING DOWN, EMERGENCY EMERGENCY!!" Cried one of the pilots. The plane started to make a loud whizzing sound as it shook violently toward the Earth. Renji's eyes glazed over as the back of the plane exploded before him.
"RENJI NO!" screamed Captain Policastro as he grasped Renji's hand. He flung Renji to the front as he was sucked into the back of the plane. More explosions from the back were heard as Captain Policastro dissapeared into the flames. Renji couldn't take it in. He almost died, but then Captain took his place. He was thinking how Captain must be flying out falling, falling- BOOM!! Now at the left. A wing was bursting into flames. He looked around and only him and three others were visble..two of them being pilots. They were all gone..
"YOU TWO BRACE FOR IMPACT." Yelled one of the pilots. He grabbed the other luitenant and held on to a seat. Everything was flashing before his eyes so fast. Then the other luitenant was flung from him into the back.
"NO!" He barely had time to look forward as water surged into the plane from impact. The plane was smashing to bits before him coming closer and closer to him. There was nothing he could do...
The surge of water crashed into Renji ripping him out of the plane into the stormy sea. He gasped for breath as enourmous waves dragged him above and below the surface. Swimming was no use, the waves had too much power. Looking forward he saw another wave..bigger than the others, hurling at him. It struck with tremendous force and pulled him to the sea floor. "AHHHH!!WHAT THE!" His skin pierced into some hard object. To his surprise as the wave carried him back to the surface the hard object stayed atatched to his skin. The pain was killing him and blood was running down his arm, so he went to pull it out. He felt it was something square..right before an unoticed wave hit him, knocking him out.
"ugh..." Renji felt around and he found it to be a sandy place. It was warm and bright and seemed safe. He opened his eyes to see he was on an empty beach. He was the only person there, but at least he was alive. Waves smoothly pushed up onto the shoreline with a soothing sound. "It's so nice here..where could I be?" But that pain in his arm was still there and he remembered the sqare object. Of course there it lie right next to him, so he anxiously picked it up. It looked very rusty and old. Probably from hundereds of years ago. He walked farther inland and to his relief saw houses. There was a sign that read "Welcome to Cinawood Island. J-J-Jhoto! We never even got out of the region!I guess I'll ask one of the natives where I can find transportation back." So with the square object still in his hands, he set out for help.
He saw a intelligent looking man walking up the beachline and decided to ask him. "Excuse me sir do you know where I could find transportation back to the PSPU HQ?
"Ah, your one of those Jhoto safety force guys. Well my name is Birch from Hoenn. I'm out here on vacation and I think I know someone who could be of assistance to you. He's a friend of mine called Prof. Elm. I'll arrange one of my labpartners on the island to take you there via pidgeot."
"Thankyou sir. Your a great help. Where exactly is Prof.Elm again?"
" Newbark Town."
Ch.2 Out with the old, in with the new
The Pidgeot was soaring through the sky at high speeds, but crossing the Jhoto would still take about an hour. The lab assistant was quiet, so Renji started to think.
Well the plane went down so fast. PSPU obviously knows what happened, so they have probably sent out search crews. I wonder if anyone survived. I miss captain so much, I have no one to guide me. I can't take this anymore..all the danger. Maybe I should just leave the PSPU and move on. Team Galaxy can be taken care of the Sinnoh police not us! Why did we have to join that mission! THIS IS ALL TEAM GALAXY'S FAULT!! FORGET PSPU I'LL DESTROY TEAM GALAXY BY MYSELF! THEY WILL PAY!
Anger boiled inside him. He knew what his goal was, but how? He had no pokemon and his rental had obviously been washed away from him during the crash. Maybe this prof Elm would be able to help him.
"Excuse me Renji, but we have arrived."
"Thankyou sir, send my regards to Birch."
"Oh I will, what safety squad did you say you were in again?"
"Oh..you must have misunderstood. I am just looking to be a-um...What should I say.. A pokemon trainer.. ya thats it a late pokemon trainer."
"Hmm..that's odd. Well whatever I'll tell him you said thanks."
He then zoomed off with the Pidgeot and Renji saw a huge lab before him. It must be Elms. He walked in and saw the proffesor looking exausted from a long day. Above him was a banner reading "All new trainers welcome! A Pokemon is waiting for you!"
It was obviously the day he gave out pokemon to young trainers.
"Excuse me sir do you have a moment?"
"Oh, hello there, you look kind of old to be getting your first Pokemon."
"Well actually Proffesor I was needing transportation to PS-Wait a second..no. I'm not in PSPU anymore. I quit. I need strong pokemon. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else. Actually I was wondering if you have any pokemon left."
"Oh I'm sorry. I gave them all away. I even gave away my special egg not too long ago. I really can't help you."
"Oh..I guess I'll go then." As he walked out something slipped from him. He looked down to see it was that square object from before.
"Oh my is that what I think it is!" The Professor looked excited. "That is a old fashined pokeball!"
"WHAT" Renji couldn't believe it, he had been lugging around history.
"Let me see if there is anything inside this thing" The proffesor put it into some strange machine and it started to glow red. As it dissapeared a pokemon was revealed.
"What is it.." Renji Could not figure it out.
"It is a Snorunt young man. You should be very thankful, it is very rare."
"Really! This is a great start."
"Yes you are luck you found it young man. Here is a more proper pokeball" He handed over a shiny new pokeball. "Also take this." He also handed over a pokedex. "This will help you on your journey."
"Journey what journey?." Renji didn't understand.
"You are becoming a trainer right? That why you came isn't it?"
"Um..ya your right. Will I become strong and get strong pokemon if I do this?"
Well I suppose. It's your journey, you get what you make of it."
Hm.. I guess this could work. As a trainer I could get my own pokemon and destroy Team Galaxy.
"Yes do you know where I should head next?"
"You'll want to go to Cherrygrove City. I'ts on the way to your first gym battle. "
"Thanks for everything then I'll be on my way."
"Goodbye" The proffesor showed him to the right direction and off Renji went.
Ch.3 3 Years Later
There it was, that old moss covered sign. "Newbark Town" It had been almost three years now since he had seen that sign. And what an amazing three years it had been. Snorunt had grown, so strong and he had caught many Pokemon along the way. PSPU had done wonders for him as an officer and being a captain gave him grand experience. In the last year team Galaxy had not been spotted at all ever since the destructive battle between Team Galaxy and PSPU that was sure to go down in history. The battle was won and PSPU disbanded after accomplishing the task at hand. So here Renji stood at the foot of Newbark:a changed 19 year old warped by time. His records there had been burned, since such a battered history was better not remembered. Captain Policastro still lurked his mind now and then, but Renji had mostly gotten over the fact of his lost leader. He had after all taken over the squad quite nicely in the years they spent together. Even so Renji had a new plan in mind. Something he had hoped to do when he was ten and this common dream was to become a Pokemon trainer. Nine years late of course, but with many years of battle behind him he would fit right in. He thought of all this and did not even notice he was already on the doorstep of Prof. Elms. He rang the bell and out came the energetic professor. "Oh my..Renji, it has been a while!"
"Well you know I've been busy. I wanted to ask you something very serious."
"Sure what is it Renji?"
"I want to be a Pokemon Trainer.."
"W-w-what! You told me that was the life of fun and you needed to make meaning to your life. You seemed far to uninterested before."
"But I have made something of myself. We took down Galaxy, the people that shot down our plane. I want to go for my dreams now."
"Well Renji I must say I'm surprised, but if you really think you should I have the needed items." Professor Elm handed over a new Pokedex and some pokeballs. "Take these Renji and be on your way. You know you could start your journey off with a contest over in Cherrygrove. I know a few of your Pokemon have good experience with you and the new ones could benefit as well."
"Sounds awesome, I'll head to Cherrygrove after a settle some things. I'll be back some time to see how your doing. Thanks for everything Professor!" Professor Elm just smile and waved as Renji started a whole new journey with twists and turns he would have never expected.
Ch.4 Taking Care of Business
"Hello this is Max, may I ask who this is?"
"It's Renji..captain commander,sir"
"Renji you know not to speak of PSPU. It was an undercover squad. No one ever found out about us, but Galaxy. I prefer real names," Said Max.
"Then I guess you should be calling me Austin, shouldn't you?" said Renji.
"I thought you decided to stay to your undercover name..What's with the change?"
"I'm going back to my old life..before all this team galaxy junk. I'm becoming a Pokemon Trainer."
"Alright I understand then. I bit of a jump for you, but you make your own path... So then Austin, how is Snorunt doing?"
" Great actually, she seems pumped. Were on our way to Cherrygrove right now, because I'm going to enter a contest. I-
Wait my police radio is repoting something.."
This is Officer Jenny with a missing Pokemon report. I have recieved confirmation that a newborn Squirtle has gone missing. Be on the look out for a stray and very small Squirtle wandering about.
"What was it Austin?," asked Max.
"Just a missing Pokemon. I'm actually in the area, so I'll keep my eye out for it."
"Well you never stop the police force once you start ya know."
"Ya (laughs) guess not. Oh I'm already entering the city. And- What the! I see some kid running with an infant Squirtle. Maybe the Squirtle was stolen! I have to go right now and chase him down, Talk to you later"
"Ok, good luck Austin."
Ch.5 Kevin's First Battle!
Kevin walked into the phone room. Cara followed. She intentionally did not call her parents, just because Kevin was there. She was still fighting with herself what to do next. Kevin called Professor Elm, and told him all about the adventure that happened that day.
"I'm proud of you Kevin." The Professor said. Kevin looked confused, "You made a huge mistake yes, but you had the responsibility and maturity to deal with your own mistakes. Just like when I gave you the egg. You continue to amaze me Kevin."
"Trust me, it wasn't planned Professor." Kevin laughed a bit.
"And I see you met up with Cara." The Professor said spotting Cara in the corner of the screen, "Hi there Cara. I hope you're taking good care of Chikorita."
"Don't worry Professor, I'm taking care of both Chikorita, and not to mention this knucklehead next me." Cara teased.
"Haha," The Professor laughed. Kevin was not amused. "Oh, speaking of meeting up with people, I think there's someone you should meet Kevin."
"Who's that?"
"He's a good friend of mine." The Professor explained, "I met him around three years ago and he is a good friend of mine. He's headed over to Cherrygrove for a pokemon contest."
"Pokemon contest?" Cara thought.
"What's his name Professor?" Kevin asked.
"His name is Rengii. He's a bit older than you but he can probably help you learn alot."
"Alright," Kevin turned to Cara, "Cara, we should go search for this Rengii guy. I bet he could help both of us. He can't be that hard to find."
"Uh-huh, just like Squirtle right?" Cara muttered.
"I heard that." Kevin retorted, "We promise we'll meet up with him Professor. Thanks alot! Ba bye!"
"Bye!" The Professor signed back off the screen. Kevin and Cara went back into the waiting room, and waited for their pokemon. Soon, Nurse Joy returned with Squirtle, and Cara's poke-ball. Squirtle was hopping around happily.
"Hey there!" Kevin smiled as Squirtle bounced into his arms. "Ya see. That wasn't too bad, was it?
"I'm happy to report that both of your pokemon are completely healthy." Nurse Joy smiled.
"Thank you!" Cara smiled taking her poke-ball.
"Yeah, thanks for everything!" Kevin smiled, "Squirtle, thank Nurse JOy for helping us out!"
"Squirtle!" Squirtle waved.
"Goodbye, and good luck!" Nurse Joy waved as they walked out.
"Alright, so where do we find this Rengii guy?" Cara asked with her hands on her hips. "I'm really in no mood for playing Marco Polo."
"Whatever," Kevin rolled his eyes. He then spotted a boy walking up the road. "Wait, who's that?"
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Hey isn't that the squirtle I heard about on the radio?! Yes..an infant squirtle. Could that kid really be the thief? Eh, I'll radio in.
"Hello this is officer Renji, I have located the infant Squirtle within the hands of a young trainer: how should I proceed?"
"This is officer Jenny. We have no confirmed reports of the Squirtle being safe, treat the trainer as a suspect: use force if necessary."
"Understood Jenny, that Squirtle will be in safe hands soon."
Renji had a strange feeling about all this, could it really be a kid? Renji slowly walked toward the Squirtle in the arms of a young male trainer next to a young girl.
"Excuse me sir, I need you to hand over the Squirtle immediately."
"What! It is mine, I just got it back from some strange guy! I don't need any more problems!," Kevin sounded surprised and annoyed at the same time.
"Sir, please hand over the Squirltle..NOW!"
"Get away from me! Cara run!" The two ran in the opposite direction of Renji, already tense from the earlier battle.
"STOP..DANG IT!" Renji had no choice, but to use force on a couple of kids. He had to be careful.. "Go, Snorunt!" In a flash the small pokemon emerged from its ball. "Use Icy Wind!" Kevin and Cara stopped dead in their tracks. A bitter cold had settled over them.
"That's it, I don't know who you are, but obviously your trying to take my Squirtle, so I'm taking you down just like the last guy," Kevin signaled Cara to get out a Pokemon and they both took their choice. Renji knew this wasn't going to end well, but for the safety of that Squirtle it had to be done. He could not trust that this boy was its trainer, so he prepared to fight with Snorunt.
"Go chikorita!" Cara called her pokemon out. Chikorita appeared out of the pokeball. Cara looked over at Kevin who was holding Squirtle. He seemed to be thinking hard. "Wait a second, you're not actuallty thinking of putting Squirtle out in battle are you?"
"Why not?" Kevin said.
"Maybe because it just hatched, not even 24-hours ago." Cara rolled her eyes. "It'd be stupid of you to put a pokemon out in battle this early. You haven't even started training yet."
"Oh yeah, well how about it Squirtle? You want to battle don't you?" Kevin asked. Squirtle's head shrunk into it's shell. "Squirtle?"
"Move over!" Cara pushed Kevin. "I'll take care of this right now. Chikorita, razor leaf!"
"Chiko!" Chikorita shot out a series of bladed leafs hurling for snorunt.
"Hmph, is that all? Snorunt ice beam!" A fierce beam erupted from Snorunt, freezing the leaves midair. The beam struck Chikorita hard, also being super effective.
"Chikorita use Vine Whip!," Cara was getting angry. The whip struck Snorunt across the mouth and her face turned a bright red.
All of a sudden out of fury Snorunt launched a blizzard at Chikorita.
"NO! Snorunt stop that will hit the Squirtle!" Renji knew it was too late though. The blizzard blew into Chikorita, but its destructive force carried on..straight at Kevin and Squirtle.
"WAHHHHHH!!" Kevin screamed. He put his head down, when suddenly Squirtle leaped out of his arms, making the blizzard hit Kevin, but miss Squirtle. Kevin fell to the ground. Squirtle, who was still in the air, came down and landed on snorunt. Snorunt winced in (minor) pain. Cara quickly ran over to kevin.
"Are you okay?" Cara asked.
"Yea, but..." Kevin looked over at Squirtle. "Did Squirtle just use a move?"
"Yea, in fact, I think Squirtle just learned tackle."
"Squirt!" Squirtle made two pretend muscles with it's arms. It then turned to Snorunt. Squirtle was ready to battle if it had to.
"What? Fight..the..Squirtle?! I'm saving it not fighting it!" Renji just then realized the Squirtles trainer was actually this boy.
"Squirtle use tackle!" commanded Kevin. Squirtle jumped and charged right into Rengii's face, knocking him to the the ground.
"Stop! Stop! Snorunt return! I'm so sorry, I thought you guys were the Squirtle thiefs." Kevin and Cara gave Renji a "WHAT?!" look. "See look here is my badge, I help out the police force from time to time. Deputy Renji at your service, just trying to help."
Then a spark went off in Kevin's head. "What did you say your name was again?"
"What did you say your name was?" Kevin asked.
"My name is Rengi...hence the name on my badge..." Renji showed them his badge once more.
"Ha! So you're the guy! See Cara, I told you it wouldn't take long." Kevin picked up Squirtle excitedly.
"Hmm. I don't see why it's so important for us to meet a guy who attacks innocent kids." She muttered. Renji looked real confused.
"Ignore her," Kevin held out his hand for Renji to shake. "My name is Kevin. You've already met Squirtle, and the one with the sour attitude is Cara. My friend, Professor Elm wanted us to meet you."
"Ah, the proffesor and I go a bit back." Renji remembered back to the day he met the proffesor; a day that had begun with a horrible accident. The day he would never forget. "I was actually here for a contest, but I decided to just continue on the road after being in another police case, it gives you such an exciting rush." (I'm a judge so decided to keep Renji out.)
"That's cool, it was a all just a big misunderstanding I guess. Well it's great to finally meet you." Kevin seemed interested in what Renji could help him with in his journey.
"Ya sure, great to meet you and your smallfry Snorunt," Cara said abnoxiously. Renji just ignored her and continued on. The two talked for a while about their Pokemon and a bit of their history. Kevin did much of the talking since Renji wasn't supposed to even reveal the organization he used to work for.
Kevin and Renji were already becoming friends even though Cara would occasionly but in with one dumb statement after another.
"So Renji when did you get Snoru-"
"OWWWWWW! Get off me you jerk!" Cara had been tripped to the floor by a muscular man and he was kicking her stomach.
"How do you like me now girly! No razor leaf to back you up, huh?!" The hulky man said with a smirk across his face.
"Cara!" Kevin was horrified that the Squirtle-napper was back. And hurting Cara. "GET OFF HER!"
"Make me twirp!."
Renji turned at the man and glared. "So it was you! Your going to pay, for kidnapping Squirtle and harming a a young girl!" Renji immediatly called out Snorunt. At the same time Squirtle stepped up to the plate on its own will.
"Squirtle do you really want to fight?" Squirtle nodded and Kevin was amazed by the sudden spark of courage.
"Oh ya, well I got some Pokemon myself." The muscle man kicked away Cara and raised his hands, pokeballs in both...
The man tossed his pokeballs into the air. Out came to strong looking pokemon. Kevin had never seen either of the before. "Man, I wish I had working pokedex." He said.
"I've got one." Renji pulled out his pokedex. It read that the two pokemon were Machop and Machoke. Two strong pokemon, just like their trainer. This wasn't going to be an easy battle. Kevin got into his battle stance.
"Cara," Kevin looked over at Cara who was passed out on the ground, "Don't worry, we're going to help you. Squirtle, tackle attack now!"
"Squirt!" Squirtle charged for the smaller pokemon, machop, and pounced onto it. Machop did nothing but throw it off to the other side. It looked like it did little damage.
"Er....try it again, from another angle!" Kevin commanded.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle nodded. It charged once again, trying to pin machop down, but this time machop dodged, making Squirtle fall. Squirtle began to cry.
"Ay-yie-yie!" Kevin slapped his forehead. He thought this was over with.
"Ha!, you're going to need to use more than just that one move to beat me kid!" The man laughed. "Machop, use low kick."
"Chop!" Machop jumped into the air and was coming down for Squirtle with it's foot in front.
"Squirtle, run!" Kevin shouted frantically. Squirtle didn't hesitate to dodge the move. Machop tried again, but Squirtle dodged just like before. The same thing happened over and over again everywhere. Machop was beginning to tire out.
"Man, one thing about Squirtle, it sure is fast." Kevin looked at the battle in amazement. He then looked over to Renji, "But what are you going to do? Machoke will come after Snorunt soon!
" A Machoke? Ice on Fighting: Perfect. Snorunt use double team!"
Snorunt circled around the Machoke faster than the eye could see. The Machoke being not the sharpest tool in the shed, began to flail around throwing punches. "Now use Ice Fang!" Snorunt leaped inward and bit the Machoke. The ice threw it back, the Machoke being severly injured.
"Oh you'll pay for that, Machoke, use Revenge!" The Machoke tensed up and flung a punch directly at Snorunt.
"Dodge Snorunt!..NO!" It was too late the punch made contact and Snorunt collapsed. "Snorunt get up, can you hear me?"
It did not respond.
"Oh I can help you with that, Machoke use Wake-Up Slap!" Machoke vigourosly slapped Snorunt back and forth knocking futher and further every time. "Now use Dynamicpunch." Machoke wound up preparing for a final blow. Snorunt couldn't move and Machoke quickly threw the punch...
Squirtle was still running around, dodging Machop. The small, bulky pokemon had had just about enough by now. Squirtle, obliviously ran in front of Machoke, cutting off the it's path and making the dynamic punch take a wrong turn. Squirtle stopped running. It wasn't tired at all. "Alright Squirtle!" Kevin cheered.
Snorunt suddenly opened it's eyes. Both Renji and Kevin could tell, just by looking at it that it was seriously weak. Machop was worn down and Machoke was still standing strong. It looked like the match was at midway at this point.
"Squirtle, you have to help Snorunt out of there!" Kevin called to Squirtle. Squirtle nodded and tried to carry Snorunt away.
"Machoke, Dynamic punch again!" The man shouted with anger.
"Oh no, it's not going to miss this time!" Kevin thought. He wasn't sure if he could take all the pressure. This was his first battle after all. "Renji's pokemon is down now, and it's up to Squirtle and I now. I can't just keep using the same attack. Unless....unless we try using it at a different angle. That's it! Squirtle, tackle right in Machoke's stomach."
"Squir...?" Squirtle said hesitantly. It wasn't sure about attacking a pokemon who was about to throw a full on attack.
"You have to trust me! Machoke will throw the punch any second now, you have to do this before it's too late. You can do it!"
"Squir..." Squirtle hesitantly moved forward. It then began to run faster, gaining confidence. "SQUUUIIIRRTTLLLE!"
"Machhoo--" Machoke stopped dead in it's tracks as it felt something nail it in the stomach. Squirtle did it. Machoke fell back onto Machop. Knocking Machop out for good.
"Alright Squirtle!" Kevin cheered. He looked at Snorunt who was gaining strength. "Renji, Squirtle's not strong enough to take Machoke down for good. Please help!"
"You thought we didn't have an ace in the hole? It's finally time: Snorunt use bide!" A huge force of power was released from Snorunt, its started glowing a bright red as the power was bashed into Machoke. Machoke hurdled backward completely surprised by the sudden power. "This is it, use your signature move..Blizzard!" The icy attack rushed into Machoke, knocking it out instantly. Snorunt made a smirk, impressed by its own power.
"What how did that runt beat my Machoke!!!" The bulky man was unfuriated. "GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!"
"Haha," Kevin laughed watching the man hopelessly yell at his pokemon. "Your pokemon are toast, there's no use in ordering around a knocked out pokemon."
"That's it, i'll take you both out with my fist!" He said angrily.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." Renji stated firmly, with Snorunt in front of him, as well as Squirtle in front of Kevin. Renji pulled out his police badge. "I'll have you placed under arrest!"
"Hehe.." The man smirked looking at the badge. "So you're Renji, huh?"
"W-what's that supposed to mean?" Renji asked confused.
"Nothing you need to know. But, this little encounter helped me out alot. Thanks kiddies!" A puff of smoke suddenly appeared, making both Kevin and Renji cough. Kevin quickly scrambled for Squirtle, picking it up as soon as he found it. When the smoke dissapeared, so had the bulky man.
"That was sure weird...where did he go?" Kevin itched his head. He then remembered Cara. "Oh no! Cara!" He quickly ran to her helping her up. "Cara, wake up! Are you alright?"
"W-wha?" Cara opened her eyes, rubbing her head. She then remembered everything. "Gah! Where's that guy? When I'm with him I'll--"
"Chill Cara, Renji and I took care of it." Kevin laughed a little.
"Well did you now?" Cara said a bit annoyed looking at Renji. She then looked around, not seeing the man anywhere. "Well, you obviously didn't do that good of a job. You let the beast get away! Where is he?"
"I don't know..." Kevin looked up at Renji. "What did he mean though Renji? Do you know that guy from somewhere?"
"I..I don't think so." Renji seemed dumbfounded, not knowing who the man was. "Wait a second!" He remembered seeing a "G" tatoo on the mans left arm..Could it really be.."them?" Then it hit him, the entire vivid memory of the first time he saw this guy. On that day three years ago, that he could never forget.
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3 years earlier..
"So Captain Policastro, the plane we are boarding, how many does it hold?" Said a 16 year old Renji.
"Does it really matter? I'm sure everything will be just fine, let it go. You worry far to much at your age. We just need to go investigate team Galaxy and we will be on our way. " Cpt. Policastro smiled at Renji knowing it was his first serious mission and led him outside.
"Worry too much? Something could go wrong, what if we are in over our heads?"
"Just don't worry about it Renji.."
It all felt wrong. This mission had been thrusted upon them and even his Captain should know that. But for some reason Captain Policastro remained calm..Renji didn't know how.
Renji was nervous and scared, but he silently walked toward the jet runway on the east corner of the HQ. He had good reason to be nervous. Little did he know this mission would be disastrous.
Then HE came in, Renji was so ignorant back then.
As Renji got closer to the jet he noticed a bulky man next to the plane. He was "fixing" one of the engines, or so it seemed to Renji.
"Hey how's it going? The plane ready to go," called Renji.
The bulky man seemed surprised to be seen and jumped.
"Your the mechanic around here right?" Renji had never seen him before, but what else was new.
"Umm..ya I sure am. Just umm..stabalizing the engine and putting in some fuel." Said the strange bulky man.
Renji had put the pieces together. That "mechanic" had a "G" tatoo on his arm too. The galaxy symbol. He was "fixing" the engine. The problem was, that when their plane went down, an engine went out first....
"So do you know him?" Kevin was anxious to know.
"No..I don't think so." Renji didn't want anyone else involved, all he wanted was this guy behind bars. He was near the point of being furious, but had to keep it bottled up.
"But I do know he needs to be found. He's obviously dangerous and could cause harm to people. I need to find him..very fast"
Kevin thought the sudden change in mood was odd, but overlooked it.
"So Renji, what now?"
"I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I sure know what you need to do." Renji said, getting his head back.
"What's that?" Kevin asked.
"You need to start training Squirtle." He explained, "I just watched you do your first battle, and it was good. But the realitly is, you can't run on a journey with teaching your pokemon just one move. You need to teach it more. Here, take this!"
"What is it?" Kevin took a book from Renji's hands.
"It's a guide book. I've read it cover to cover, so you can hang on to it for awhile. I know it's not exactly the high tech pokedex you want, but it contains alot of information, and it would help you alot!"
"Wow thanks!" Kevin smiled. "But Renji, where are you going to now?"
"I need to visit some old friends. That buff guy made me need to attend to some things. It's time I moved on though either way, after I take care of this I will move on with my journey just like I hope you will too," Said Renji.
"Well ok then, it was really great to meet you and I hope we meet up again some time." Kevin was happy to get this new guide book, it would help him out alot.
"Good Bye Renji.." Even Cara wasn't being mean.
"I'm sure I'll see you two again some day, untill then good luck and keep safe." He handed them a card with his phone number and police number. "Use this if you ever need to reach me."
And at that all three waved and Renji set off pursuing whatever may lie ahead.
Kevin and Cara began to walk down the road of Cherrygrove city. "Cara, are you sure your head is feeling okay?" Kevin said, noticing the bump on her head.
"I'm fine big brother." Cara rolled her eyes. She stopped walking. "Kevin, tell me you're not really this stupid."
"What are you talking about?" Kevin turned to her.
"Jeez," She rolled her eyes again, "why did we just leave Renji? He's obviously hiding something! Didn't you notice how weird he was acting after buff-zilla left us?"
"Well, ya a little bit, but that guy was only trying to pscyche him out so he could get away."
"Kevin, use your head! Renji, a police officer, just happens to be in town, and that guy just happens to know him? Doesn't that strike you as a bit suspicious?"
"Cara, i trust Renji. He's a cool guy and whatever reason he had for acting weird, I'm sure it was a good one."
"I think Renji's a good guy too, but he's hiding something from us! The next time we run into him, we have to find out what it is."
Ch.6 For Badges and Justice
Renji held a small chip to his ear and spoke:
"This is Renji, I just left Cherrgrove City and have enountered..a galaxy member."
"This is commander Max. And W-what! That's impossible!"
" That's what thought.. I swore we took care of all of them. But, I was sadly mistaken." Renji was trembling a bit.
"Well we must deal the situation and take them down."
"Well Commander, I'm already ahead of you. I planted a tracker on him before he dissapeared. I can send you the access code and he should appear on radar."
"Got it. Wait Renji why are there three trackers out?"
"I placed a couple on these kids that were with me. They saw everything and heard the Galaxy member say my name. In case we have to take them in I just slipped some on them to be safe."
"Alright then Renji, you think you can pursue him? If you can follow him to their base it will be an easy ambush for us."
"Sure, but what do you mean us?"
"Well I got a few members from the old PSPU to help out. I'm sure you'll be running into them soon."
"Alright then Commander I'm off to get that guy!"
"No wait..continue on your journey like normal Renji."
"But..why?"
"You will be too obvious if you just chase him. Galaxy will wait for you and you won't stand a chance. Just keep going forward like nothing happened and meet up with the other PSPU members. When you're all together wait until his tracker gets in your area. Then when he least expects it you need to take him out and bring him back to PSPU."
"Oh, being sneaky I see. Good plan, I was hoping for some badges anyway. Galaxy will be stopped soon enough!"
"Alright, talk to you later Renji, you have alot of work ahead of you."
"Later Commander." And at that Renji looked at the road that would take him to Violet town.
Ch.7 Detour: Natalie and the Hidden Cottage
Renji continued on the long path, route 31 seemed to stretch out forever. Renji was finally getting his hopes up when he came to a forest. "You have got to be kidding me! I underestimated this route. Oh well, go Snorunt!" Snorut appeared in a flash of light and gleamed at Renji. "You can help me get through this right Snorunt?"
"Sno-Runt." She nodded her head confidently. The forest was dark, and creepy. You could barely see your hand in front of your face.
"I wish I had a light right now." Renji groaned, only Snorunt had been brought with him. He continued on through cobwebs and vines, getting cut here and there from the dense vines covered in thorns taking over the area. As he continued a mist started to settle over, limiting the visibility even more. " Well Snorunt, if we keep following this path we should be fine. Just stay close and -"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" A high pitched scream filled the air and drove into Renji like a bullet.
"What the!" Renji immediately ran toward the scream as fast as he could and Snorunt quickly followed. Not paying attention he ran right through a vine and the thorns tore through his clothes, also leaving a large cut running down his face. The blood trickled down his face, but Renji only clenched his teeth and kept running. He knew someone was in deep trouble and he had to do something. Finally he came to a clearing and a girl was lying on the ground helpless. Renji looked up and in shock saw a pack of Zangoose about to attack. There was a good eight of them and they were huge and looked ruthless. "Snorunt, USE ICE BEAM!"
A crystal glow formed around Snorunts mouth and then the ice erupted from her mouth. The beam collided with the Group of Zangoose and most of them where thrown far into the woods or frozen all together.The beam however missed two of them. Their focus changed from their potential dinner to Renji and Snorunt.
"Nice work Snorunt now use..Snorunt, Snorunt are you ok?" Snorunt exhausted from the earlier battle with the Galaxy member and the journey through the woods couldn't even move. "Dang! Snorunt return!." The Zangoose were heading Renji's way fast and he was out of luck. They lifted their claws up, and got ready to strike.
"Go Espeon, use Last Resort!" Renji was astonished to see the girl act, so quickly.
"ES-PE-OOOON!" The Espeon rammed into the Zangooses and they went flying as far as the eye could see.
Renjis heart was beating faster than ever, he was certain that was going to be the end. Renji looked at the girl and uttered a simple "Th-Thankyou.."
"No thank you , you just saved my behind. I'm Natalie by the way, what's your name?"
"Renji, nice to meet you. How did you get in this mess?"
"Well, training actually. Espeon and I were taking a break and I was her practice Psybeam. Lucky us..one of them hit a Zangoose and then we got chased off the path."
"Speaking of the path..I have no idea where we are. Ugh this is bad.." Renji was getting nervous again.
"Oh no..me either. The mist here is really thick for some reason too. How about I stick around with you until we get out of here, k?"
"No problem, I could use another human to talk to." So the two of them just kept walking..and walking.. and walking.
"I'm really getting scared..this place is so dark and it seems like we are going in circles." Natalie started to shiver as she said this.
"I'm getting tired, lets take a break really quick."
"Ok Renji, I could rest my legs as well." When they sat down Renji finally got a good look at Natalie. She was about 5'6 with brown hair that was down going onto her neck. She was fairly small and skinny, but looked pretty matured. Her eyes were a deep blue and her nose came out to a small curve. He could tell she had been in the forest for a while considering the grass stains on her clothes and the dirt on her face.
"Your Espeon was pretty amazing out there, it's well trained."
"Your Snorunt is very strong too. I've been with my Espeon for seven years now. I got it as my starter when I was ten, of course it was only an Evee then."
"Well I've spent quite a few years with Snorunt myself. But not always as a Pokemon trainer. I was actually a cop trainee for a while."
"Wow, that really cool Renji. Where did you work?"
"PS- I mean umm Goldenrod, Cinnawood, I get around." Renji hated to lie, but talking about PSPU in public was forbidden.
"Nice, I've been getting badges for a while now. Here look at them." She opened a case, smiling proud. There were eight badges all from Kanto. Renji stared in amazement.
"W-wow, that's very impressive. You are a truly skilled trainer. How many Pokemon do you have?"
"A bunch, but Espeon is the only one tagging along for Jhoto. You?"
"A few actually, but I only have my Snorunt for my journey."
"For your journey..you mean you just started?"
Renji blushed a little in embarrassment. "Ya..late start."
"Oh well, it's ok. With that Snorunt of yours, you'll be at the top in no time." Renji smiled, happy to not be alone in this huge forest. Renji was about to say something, but noticed Natalie was staring past him. "Renji..look behind you."
Renji slowly turned and squinted. The mist lifted a bit and there before him was a shack. It appeared old and abanded, but was a decent size.
"Hey Natalie, maybe we can check that place out."
"Sure, I love adventure! You lead the way."
"Ha, will do." Renji was eager to see what was inside the shack.
They walked up to the door and it creaked as it opened. The place had a strange feel to it and Renji was beginning to feel like maybe this was a bad idea. As they both entered neither of them seemed to notice..that they weren't alone.
Ch.8 The Cottage Showdown
"Renji let's keep going, maybe we can find something worth while." Natalie seemed to be fearless, maybe even ignorant.
"Well.. I guess, but I am getting the feeling we should not be here."
"Aww, does the big bad policeman want to leave?" Natalie was itching to go on.
"Fine, we need a place to stay anyway." So they went deeper into the shack. Or at least it had appeared to be a shack, it now seemed more like a mansion. There were many rooms, but they were all small, and very dark. Every room was empty, but they still kept going in hope of anything interesting. "Natalie, maybe there isn't anything in here. Let's just go."
"No, I think I see something Renji." Natalie went to the back corner of the room they were in and squinted. "Could it be?!" There in front of her was a fireplace. But what was really puzzling was how there were half burnt pieces of wood inside it. It had obviously been used very recently. "Renji someone..someone else is in here, or at least was earlier today!"
Fear suddenly swept over him. He was deep in a dark house with some girl he had just met and someone else was possibly in here. But who?
"Alright I'm even scared we should leave now Renji."
"I can not allow you to leave here child"
"Renji stop fooling around, you're not funny."
" That wasn't me Natalie..." Renji eyes grew wide." In the darkness a small shadow appeared revealing someone in a large cloak walking toward them.
"Now.." Candles lit around the room and dimly put light into the room. The person was still not visible though. And to Renji's surprise the room was actually huge. The cloaked person just raised an arm with two pokeballs. "Noctowl..Xatu..."
Renji couldn't believe it, was this some kind of nightmare?
Natalie just stared in shock as the cloaked man released his pokemon.
The reality of what was going on here struck Renji instantly at that moment. He was under attack, they were under attack. So he began to actually process the situation. He was trapped in a room surrounded by small candles flickering just bright enough to see the battlefield. His opponent was obviously male considering his deep, yet almost distant voice. He also sounded to be older than Renji, so he may also be more experienced and was obviously confident enough to take on two trainers at once. Renji then realized in his mind what had to be done, "I have been in much more intense situations then this! Losing is not an option!"
"We are leaving, you are about to be crushed!" Renji pointed straight at the cloaked man as his eyes shifted toward him, glaring. Natalie looked at Renji in awe, very impressed by the sudden spark of courage and enthusiasm rushing through Renji.
"Go Snorunt!" Snorunt emerged already pumped and ready to fight. "Snorunt get ready this battle is going to get tricky, but we are going to take them down."
"You are not doing this alone Renji, we are going to win this together! Go Espeon!" Renji was not surprised as much as he was uneasy. He had not battled along side another trainer in a long time, but still gladly accepted the help.
"Fools..."
"We'll show you, Snorunt use Ice Shard!"
"Espeon use Psychic!"
Both attacks connected causing an explosion in the room, and dust flied everywhere.
"That's the way-w-w-WHAT!" Renji could not believe his eyes. Noctowl was secure under a protect attack and Xatu was nowhere to be found.
"Xatu teleport back and use Sucker Punch on Espeon"
Xatu's punch hurled into Espeon causing it to fling backward taking serious damage.
"Espeon use Psybeam at the wall, quick! Then use Iron tail!"
Espeon shot the beam into the wall throwing Espeon the opposite direction right at Xatu. As it flew back its tail grew a brilliant silver as it slammed into Xatu's face. "Ha! That's it!"
"Grab it then show it some hypnosis" Xatu latched onto Espeon with its beak and sent a hypnosis right into Espeon at extremely close range.
"NO! Snorunt stop Xatu with an Ice beam!" Renji was getting nervous, this guy was good.
"Noctowl, double team then a quick mirror move." Renji's jaw dropped as the ice beam collided with one of the Noctowls and mirror move activated. It was something he would have never expected. The beam seemed to reflect from the real Noctowl as a identical beam launched from its mouth. It hit Snorunt in the stomach hard, but luckily it was not too effective due to the type match up. "Now Xatu Dream Eater..." Renji was too late and Xatu began to torment Espeon's dreams. Espeon's health was weakening rapidly as it squirmed and cringed. Xatu then changed it focus to Snorunt and Noctowl was already up for another attack. "Xatu use flash, Noctowl use ---" The words were muttered at the end and Renji could not make them out. Suddenly a bright light swept through the room and just as in the dark before he could not see a thing.
"Snorunt be ready for an attack!" Renji was becoming nervous. He squinted and could make out Noctowls shape..it was flying! "Snorunt use Endure and Bide!" Noctowl was getting ready for a sky attack and started to swoop down. Natalie clenched her fists at the sight of Espeon and Snorunt in trouble. Renji could only watch and hope Snorunt could take the attack with out being knocked out as the Noctowl dove toward Snorunt at incredible speed.
Ch.9 Big Power Comes in Small Packages
Noctowl began to glow as it crashed into Snorunt sending it flying through the air. "SNOOOOOOOORRUUUUNT!"
"Hang in there Snorunt I know you can do this!" Renji had confidence in Snorunts ability.
"Renji I am so sorry.." Natalie was feeling horrible, and helpless.
"It is not your fault and don't worry we are going to be fine."
"Words of encouragement...how useless. Noctowl, Steel Wing on Snorunt."
Renji had to think fast, really fast. Another hit on Snorunt, a super effective one at that, would definitely knock her out. And using endure again would be very risky considering it would be the second time using it. But Snorunts bide was the only chance he had. "Snorunt use Endure again!"
Noctowl once again slammed into Snorunt hurling it upward. Snorunt crashed down and did not move.
"You two are finished" Espeon was still squirming from the dream eater and Snorunt looked to be out for the count.
"SNORUNT!" Snorunt rose to the ground covered by a red tint and had burning red eyes.
"Yes bide worked!" Renji was overjoyed the second endure actually worked. "Snorunt release the energy on Noctowl and Xatu now!" A blast of energy swept into Noctowl and Xatu blowing them into the wall.
"What?!"
"No way..." Natalie was amazed.
Noctowl stood up, but Xatu did not make it through so lucky. It could not even open an eye after being hit by so much power.
"Impressive" The man seemed to care less that his Xatu had been hurt.
"Snorunt are you ok?" Renji knew the answer to this already. Snorunt gave a quick thumbs up just before it collapsed to the ground. "Great job, Snorunt return." It's crumpled body disappeared into the flash of red.
"Don't worry Renji I can take care of this!" Natalie was sure she could help now, after all the Dream Eater on Espeon had lifted and it was beginning to wake up.
"That will not be necessary"
"Excuse me?" Natalie was confused.
"I have seen what I wanted to see. You have talent Renji, and for that I will spare you."
"What..why do you know me, wait who are you?!" Renji was even more confused than Natalie.
"It does not matter, I am sure we will meet again. By then though I will have joined up with Cyrus."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!" Renji was obviously getting aggravated.
"Wait, what is going on Renji?"
"Do you think I have any clue Natalie.."
"Hush! I have already said enough. Noctowl use Hypnosis on all of them."
"Woah Wha-" And at that Renji and Natalie both dropped to the ground.