《Pokemon Champion Chronicles》


 Chapter 1: Sweet expression

    It all started so suddenly that I really don''t know what happened, I remember that I was leaving work, as a person who has just turned 25 I always thought that by that point in my life I would have everything resolved, I imagined myself with a big house, a car of the year and a salary that would be the envy of all my colleagues, but unfortunately for me nothing of what I dreamed of came true.


    I led a decent but quite unsatisfied life, I always considered myself someone talented but in the end it didn''t matter how hard I tried; I was not able to achieve my goals since most of the important positions were monopolized by the relatives of the senior bosses with whom I never bothered to talk and I could only aspire to work as their assistant.


    With a growing resentment in my heart and frustration throughout my being, I decided like most other people to focus my free time on activities that would help me free myself from this growing discomfort. That was when I found what I consider saved me from tearing my hair out of anger: video games


    In the games everything was fair, talent was important of course , but everything could be achieved with the right amount of effort, every time one increased the level one could see the reward of the time invested and it made the experience better and better, you could achieve the desired goal and there was no one to stop you, there was no nepotism, there were no barriers, everything was perfect.


    With that interest in games growing within me, it was a matter of time before I ended up entering the Pokemon franchise , God you don''t know how much I loved it, I considered the entire game itself a work of art, I remember seeing it on different social networks since people played competitively, I honestly never understood the appeal of treating your team as a statistic, with that IVS AND EVS thing, it made me silly to want to make teams and strategies, forgetting about the main attraction of the franchise, which is simply capturing whatever you have in front of you and getting the 6 Pokemon on your team to be crowned champions, it was a matter of simply ending up capturing almost all the Pokemon , choosing your 6 favorites, winning the league and feeling bad for having all that amount of Pokedolars and not have a way to transfer it to your bank account.


    With that passion in my heart I dedicated a large part of my free time to playing Pokemon , I had it on my computer, I had it on my console and above all I really liked playing it with an emulator that I had installed on my cell phone, I remember that sometimes I walked as I leveled up my team to have blowout victories when I got to the league, sometimes I even liked being 10 levels above the starter of the next Gym Leader I knew I had to face, jeez! The feeling of victory over a leader who you know made you sweat in previous games was incredible.


    My interest was so great that without realizing it, while walking down the street in front of the place where he works while cleaning an entire route with my newly completed Pokemon team, I could only hear a loud horn.


    To quote Sirius Black: Quicker and easier than falling asleep.


    That idea came to mind when I woke up, I won''t lie, it''s really terrifying, one second you''re leaving your horrible job while trying not to spit out bile because you didn''t save your game properly and the next you''re in a bed in a strange room and You feel totally disoriented.


    The first step was the most obvious; I had to get up, which almost made me vomit, it''s totally dizzying when you go from standing up at about 5''11 tall to a measly 4''11, only to then realize that your new height is totally irrelevant when you don''t even know where are you or what are you doing there.


    I won''t deny that the first thing I thought was that everything was a dream, but after examining the room I realized that I would never have this level of consciousness if I were asleep, the room itself was quite simple, there was a rather cheap bed in the at the back of the room, a window that seemed to face the outside, a rather rudimentary desk with a couple of books on it and a door that seemed somewhat worn.


    I think I could have been standing there in the middle of the room for a good 20 minutes until the sound of someone knocking on the door was heard, which didn''t take more than two tries before it opened as if it were the most natural thing in the world, in the world. which came out a young woman no older than 30 dressed in what I thought was a cosplay of a nun''s habit .


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    Leaving aside her choice of dress, the person didn''t really look threatening, she was a young woman with a kind look, with back-length brown hair and a smile that made me think that everything was fine, to be honest, seeing her calmed me down enough to forget the situation I was in, I don''t know, there was something in my body that made me feel protected being in her presence, almost instinctively.


    As she noticed that I wasn''t saying anything, the young nun approached me and spoke to me: - Are you okay? It''s very rare that you miss breakfast, usually you''d be the first to get to the dining room table before the big kids finish your favorite snacks," she said, trying to avoid smiling before mentioning the last bit.


    Coming out of my lethargy I noticed that the young Mother spoke to me with a certain familiarity and by tying up some dots I managed to understand that somehow she was no longer the adult I thought she was, because of the way she spoke to me and the recent size I acquired was obvious. knowing that he was a boy, to make matters worse a little boy, but how was this possible? Did I perhaps receive a second chance? If so, why am I not a baby? Or Why am I in an unknown place instead of the house I grew up in as a child? Hell, nothing made sense and I didn''t know if this body was mine or if I somehow possessed and took away the opportunity to live from a child with a whole future ahead of him.


    With all these doubts in my head I decided to make what was perhaps the dumbest decision to make when you find yourself in an unknown and totally incredible situation: Trust your life to a stranger.


    Maybe because of the feeling that this young woman gave me or because of the panic that comes with being in an unknown situation, I chose to be honest and face whatever comes with a little optimism. I looked at her with the most defenseless look that I could do without feeling ridiculous for acting. like a baby and I told her what worried me the most: - Mother, I don''t know what''s wrong with me, but I can''t remember anything, I don''t know who I am or what I''m doing here, please help me Mother.


    I was waiting for his response with puppy eyes as I examined her expression, I went from wanting to laugh as if it were a new joke that the local clown came up with to later turning pale and understanding the seriousness of the situation, I only realized that maybe I should have take this matter more discreetly and try to get more information before raising alarms when suddenly the mother looked me in the eyes and yelled at me: STAY RIGHT HERE! I GO FOR THE NURSE- only to run away with impressive speed and leaving me stunned in the room.


    " Who would have thought that that young woman with such a sweet expression could raise her voice so much?" I said quietly as I closed the door and tried to recapitulate the entire situation. I tried to remain objective and think that maybe this situation is not so bad, that is, yes. , one cannot let go of an entire life in a few minutes without having one or another regret but come on! It''s a second chance! who knows? Maybe this time things will be different, this place couldn''t be so bad if it has people like the young mother who shows such concern for the well-being of a small child, evidently from what she said this place seems to be an orphanage, that was clear from What I mention about the older children and the standard of living that is observed in this room, I understand that this must be their job but it is always comforting to know that there are good people around you and what better way to start than as a child? Apparently I skipped that whole diaper stage and due to the size and composition of my body I shouldn''t even be 10 years old yet.


    If I analyze it well, this time with my level of knowledge and the emotional maturity that I have, I could achieve goals that I did not achieve in my past life. What does it matter that I could be an orphan? As long as I demonstrate competence and approach the right circles, any good family could adopt me or open doors to a better future for me, I just have to maintain a perfect facade, approach children from prominent families, help them a little, let them see that I have potential and my life will flow in the best possible way!


    It''s all a matter of following that line of thinking and I will have the life I always dreamed of, I will take advantage of the nepotism and lack of honest competition of my past life to rise to the highest strata in this new life !-


    But like most things in life, all the plans and goals that I set for myself in those minutes while I was waiting for the first person I saw with these new eyes to return came to an end the moment I heard a light tapping on the floor. window.; Standing there in the frame was a small bird, one that looked so familiar and so strange at the same time that it shook me completely, with a smile that almost seemed to encompass my entire face and with eyes full of what could being the hope that had abandoned me for so long, I couldn''t help but almost scream: PIDGEY!

 Chapter 2: Pet name

    It''s all a matter of following that line of thinking and I will have the life I always dreamed of, I will take advantage of the nepotism and lack of honest competition of my past life to rise to the highest strata in this new life! -


    But like most things in life, all the plans and goals that I set for myself in those minutes while I was waiting for the first person I saw with these new eyes to return came to an end the moment I heard a light tapping on the floor. window.; Standing there in the frame was a small bird, one that looked so familiar and so strange at the same time that it shook me completely, with a smile that almost seemed to encompass my entire face and with eyes full of what could being the hope that had abandoned me for so long, I couldn''t help but almost scream: PIDGEY!


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    It was surprising how quickly I recognized that little friend, its colors, its size, it was definitely a Pidgey, it is very curious as the most common Pok¨¦mon in the franchise, the one that we all defeated when starting our adventure was the first to open my eyes to this new reality.


    The little bird Pok¨¦mon reacted when I shouted its name on impulse. Instead of getting scared or angry, he turned to look at it with the same curiosity with which I looked at it. It seemed quite young, I must say. Getting a little closer to see it, I could see that it wasn''t exactly like I remembered, for example, this little guy had a brown spot on his beak, he was a little smaller than what was seen in the anime and he looked quite lively.


    I could attribute the size and personality to the fact that it must not have been born very long, that would explain why it does not feel so reluctant towards me, the spot on its beak made me come to the conjecture that perhaps the Pok¨¦mon here have certain physical differences, in In the anime, the most you could notice was when a Pok¨¦mon was bigger or smaller than its species, if they were shiny, if they had scars, or if they were male or female.


    Analyzing it carefully it makes sense that not all Pok¨¦mon of the same species are exactly the same, I couldn''t imagine trainers recognizing their Pok¨¦mon if they were all identical.


    Leaving my thoughts aside I wanted to make the most natural movement for this situation, since the little one looked quite friendly I wanted to see if he would allow me to touch him, very carefully I approached the window and spoke to him with the calmest voice I could: - Hello little one, it''s a pretty nice day isn''t it?.-I said, feeling quite silly for the poor choice of words, little Pidgey flapped his wings a little and seemed a little sulking at the word "little one" so I decided to take another approach and told him I said: - Forgive me, I got a little nervous because you are the most magnificent Pidgey I have ever seen. - To myself I thought that it really wasn''t a lie since it is the only Pidgey I have ever seen in person.


    I think that Pok¨¦mon have a very marked nature like in the anime because they react in a colorful way by raising one wing in greeting and somehow smiling with their beak while screeching in a friendly way: - Pid! -. which I found quite adorable I have to admit, it''s like when your dog or in this case your bird responds to you when you talk to it, the intelligence it presents is quite intriguing, apparently they understand human language perfectly and know how to respond in their own way.


    Seeing that little Pidgey seemed to already like me, I decided to stretch out my hand to touch him when suddenly the door opened and the young Mother entered, accompanied by an older lady dressed in a traditional nurse''s uniform. Seeing me near the window, she Young Mother took note of the little Pidgey near me and her eyes widened in horror as she ran to chase away my new friend.


    The Pidgey, far from being scared, seems to have been offended and decided to take flight away from where we were. I could only watch with longing as it rose into the sky, taking with it my opportunity to touch a real Pokemon. The young Mother put on a relieved expression when she saw As Pidgey walked away, she closed the window and immediately turned to see me with a frown and said: - Max, I have told you a thousand times the Pokemons are very dangerous! - to which the old nurse responded in a tired tone: - Sister Clarisse, it''s just a little Pidgey, there are hundreds in the city and they are very used to people, please don''t instill your fear of Pokemons to the children of the orphanage.-


    Mother Clarisse, which seems to be the young Mother''s name, made a reluctant face before remembering why she came into the room in the first place, proceeded to look at me carefully and asked: - Max, how are you feeling? can you remember anything now? - to which I could only respond with a look of resignation as I realized that apparently my new name is Max, which felt very childish and the name you would give your pet.


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    The nurse, upon seeing our exchange, approached me and asked me to sit down, gave me a small physical examination and proceeded to touch my head in search of any swelling or bruising that reflected a blow to the head or something that justified my apparent lost memory, a little after examining myself he turned to see Mother Clarisse and said to her in a solemn tone: - I''m sorry sister, I can''t find any physical reason why the child can''t remember anything.-


    Mother Clarisse, with tears in her eyes, could only lower her head while in her eyes you could see how she analyzed every reason why this was happening. After a few minutes that felt like hours, Mother Clarisse put on an expression as if she had guessed right. answer and asked the old nurse: - Could this be the work of a psychic Pok¨¦mon? I recently heard rumors among the trainers who came to town that a Hypno has been seen lately in Viridian Forest attacking young trainers. -


    The nurse seemed to analyze the possibility for a moment before ruling it out, answering Mother Clarisse: - I''m sorry, it seems impossible to me, Viridian Forest is half a day away from here, young Max would have no chance of being even remotely close when none of the orphans have even been able to leave Pewter City.-


    Feeling somewhat impatient while they seemed to make a thousand guesses about what could have happened to me, I decided to take a step forward and tell them: - I think the causes of what is happening to me are irrelevant, for the moment maybe I could remember something if you would help me by telling me things. Let me refresh my memory, apparently my name is Max but that is the only thing I have been able to capture about myself in this conversation. -


    They both looked surprised when I took the reins of the conversation, they didn''t seem to be used to a child under their care demonstrating that serenity and remaining objective like that, deep down they believed that I would behave like any child and would be panicking or crying. to seas for not knowing who I am.


    Mother Clarisse put on a determined face and said to the old nurse: - Max is right, I think the best thing for now would be for me to tell him a couple of things about him to see if he can remember anything, could you please give us some minutes? - The nurse nodded understandingly and left the room, giving Mother Clarisse a worried face before closing the door.


    Once the door was closed, Mother Clarisse put on her iconic sweet expression and hurriedly told me everything she needed to know about me.


    Apparently my name is Maxwell, I don''t have a last name like most of the children at the Saint Christopher orphanage, after the age of 10 when they are old enough to be trainers or focus on some type of work, the orphans can decide which last name to take so Not having a last name will be something that I will be able to solve in a week since Mother Clarisse informs me that this is when my tenth birthday will be. According to Mother Clarisse, I am the typical orphanage clown with excess energy who spends his time making jokes but in his In his own words he has a heart of gold, from what he tells me I had no interest in becoming a Pokemon trainer like the rest of my classmates and my dream was to one day be the director of the Saint Christopher orphanage, he said this last part without seeing me. eyes, so I suspect it is a lie, from then on she explained to me that the orphanage is located in Pewter City and that I arrived here almost 10 years ago when a teenage Mother had no way of taking care of her baby and that she herself took me in the first days of his arrival at the orphanage.


    While Mother Clarisse was explaining to me everything she could summarize about me I approached the now closed window to see my reflection, it was a little boy with brown hair and eyes, I can say that I have a good appearance, but he had an expression that was too serious to my new age that ruined any trace of innocence on my face.


    After Mother Clarisse finished speaking, there was only a heavy silence before she interrupted it to say: - I''m sorry Max, I think that''s all, can I help you remember something? - To which I proceeded to answer: - I really appreciate your effort Mother but I''m still in the same situation, I know it may be somewhat disconcerting for you, but I think there is nothing else I can do, well of course, unless you prefer that we involve psychic type Pokemon so that dig into my head.-


    With just the mention of Pokemon, Mother Clarisse lost her kind expression and put on a face of fear and rejection that ruined her beautiful countenance, which only reinforced what the nurse commented about her apparent dislike of everything about Pokemon and told me with the most authoritative voice he could make: - No, we will definitely do anything but that, always remember Max, Pokemon are not as good as the league wants to make them seem, even if our society revolves around them, it should never get out of your head that those Things can and will hurt you the moment you let your guard down.-


    Surprised by Mother Clarisse''s reaction, I could only nod my head, which she took as a sign of recognition of what she told me and returned to her sweet smile as she approached and hugged me gently.


    Seeing that I returned the hug, Mother Clarisse relaxed and told me in a much calmer tone: - Maybe you don''t remember anything right now, but we have a lot of time so that little by little you know once again who you are and become the same again. as always, after all my little Max will be the director of the orphanage one day. -she said, holding a smile between emotion and happiness that warmed my heart.


    Which made it more difficult not to feel bad after looking into her eyes and saying with determination: - I''m sorry Clarisse, I already decided that I will be a trainer.

 Chapter 3: Honey trap

    Seeing that I returned the hug, Mother Clarisse relaxed and told me in a much calmer tone: - Maybe you don''t remember anything right now, but we have a lot of time so that little by little you know once again who you are and become the same again. as always, after all my little Max will be the director of the orphanage one day. -she said, holding a smile between emotion and happiness that touched my heart.


    Which made it more difficult not to feel bad after looking into her eyes and saying with determination: - I''m sorry Clarisse, I already decided that I will be a Trainer.


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    I won''t say it was the most pleasant conversation I''ve ever had, but it seems like it only took an hour-long argument and the threat of running away anyway if I tried to stop so that Mother Clarisse would reluctantly accept my decision, she wasn''t up for it. Not at all pleased, but he explained the basic concepts to start my career as a Trainer.


    From what Clarisse explained to me, all children can start their Pok¨¦mon journey the moment they turn 10 years old, all they need is a small psychological exam and answering a few simple reading and basic math questions, apparently the level of education in this world is very low, most kids learn more about Pok¨¦mon and battle strategies than anything else.


    Which makes me think that Clarisse was not exaggerating when she said that society literally revolved around Pok¨¦mon, basically the league sweetened the idea of ??being a trainer a lot, they offered quite a few benefits to anyone who wanted to start their journey, from when you get your license As a trainer you can go to any local gym leader and get your first Pok¨¦mon, the Pok¨¦mon varies a lot depending on the area the gym is located in, but you didn''t have to worry about them only handling one type of Pok¨¦mon since the gym leader captured enough Pok¨¦mon from the area to have variety and be able to offer you something that suits your tastes, only of course everything is subject to availability and any Pok¨¦mon they give you would only be at level 5.


    As if this were not all, the league gave you a beginner''s kit that included 10 pokeballs, 5 potions, 3 Rage Candy Bar (courtesy of the almost 10-year Johto-Kanto champion Lance Wataru), an escape rope and a juicy fund of $2,000 Pokedolars per month for your entire first year as a trainer.


    The money would have been little to me if it weren''t for the fact that lodging services, food, basic food for Pok¨¦mon, the PC to store and care for Pok¨¦mon that you don''t have in your team at the moment, and medical services are completely free for any Pok¨¦mon. Center and these are found in any human population, even if it is sparsely populated.


    Something piqued my curiosity so I asked Mother Clarisse: Those $2,000 Pokedolars a month sound pretty good but I imagine the cost for special foods and equippable items for the Pokemon must be very expensive, how else can the Trainers get money? .-


    Mother Clarisse, still sulking about my decision, pinched my cheek and said in an exasperated tone: - You don''t even know that and you want to be a Trainer? Oh god, everything would be easier if I had convinced you to be the director of the orphanage, listen Max, Trainers make money in many ways, if you manage to succeed as a trainer and win the Indigo Plateau you can apply to challenge the Elite four and later the champion or in that case stay as an Elite Trainer and receive a good fixed salary, you can also earn money by betting against other Trainers by winning battles, finding rare objects in nature, doing pokemon search missions for other trainers or future trainers and winning official battles against gym leaders, in local tournaments and on the Indigo Plateau.-


    After rubbing my cheek when I felt that Mother Clarisse was about to rip it off, I was very surprised to find out how profitable the Trainers business was, the league really knew how to tempt young people with the idea of ??a bright future, they made you On a silver platter the opportunity to rise to the top even if you don''t come from an important family, it seems that they put special effort into ensuring that low-income children had the same opportunities as children from wealthy families.


    - I can really succeed here. ¨C I said unconsciously in a low voice while a smile formed on my face, which did not go unnoticed by Mother Clarisse who put on a sad smile and said: - That is exactly why I have always thought that the minimum age for Trainers should be not even 15 years, tell me Max, doesn''t it seem strange to you that a government can remain stable even while granting those benefits to the thousands of children who go out every year on their own Pokemon trip?


    The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.After she told me that way she made me analyze her words but I quickly refuted and told her: - Well, if we think that Trainers are literally the defense against wild Pokemon, possible soldiers in case of war and even entertainment stars for the people it really seems like a good deal to me.- to which Mother Clarisse only slowly shook her head:- Max, it''s a honey trap, the league can offer all those benefits because they are aware of the success rates of the coaches , think about it, they put ideas of status, power, wealth into children''s heads and give them at their fingertips the necessary tools so that they go headlong into the outside world without even analyzing that the survival rate of the Trainers rookies is less than 40%.-


    His words left me cold, I myself was saying that Trainers can be soldiers or defend towns from wild Pokemon and death never crossed my mind, I saw so many anime where the protagonist and his friends got into so much trouble but They always ended up safe and sound that I thought things would be the same in this world.


    Analyzing it logically, Mother Clarisse is right, in my world it was dangerous for a child to be on the street late at night, now imagine a child traveling across an entire country, camping for several nights in the open and with monsters that They can literally break mountains with their power.


    Yes, it all sounded very logical, but I still refused to believe that things were so harsh, there is television and many media in this world from what Mother Clarisse told me, if things were so horrible the media They would be overwhelmed with calls for help from parents looking for their children, so perhaps Mother Clarisse''s words were just her last attempt to keep me in the orphanage.


    Seeing me hesitate, Mother Clarisse took advantage and unleashed her last argument like a jab straight to my face: Even if almost 40% of the Trainers who begin their journey survive, 30% give up after the fifth or sixth medal due to the difficulty of the challenge. and of the remaining 10%, only 2% manage to become Elite Trainers, imagine, the difficulty is so high that the Elite four only changes when a member retires and recommends his replacement and not to mention the Champion, usually the position Champion has not moved in decades, the current Champion Lance Wataru is an exception, he is only Champion because he defeated the Elite four a few days before the previous champion died in an accident before being able to challenge him.-


    -Before Lance, the previous Champion Jonathan Jones held the position of Champion for five years only after defeating the 30-year-old undefeated Samuel Oak.- Mother Clarisse said as she put a hand on my shoulder:- Max I know you, even without memory, even confused, you are not going to settle if you don''t reach the top, I have watched you all these years, even with all your jokes and childish attitudes you are the last to sleep for studying late into the night, maybe you could have fooled your classmates from the orphanage, but I see something in you that perhaps you yourself have not noticed, you have a heart full of determination and if you do not become Champion you will never be able to forgive yourself.-


    I can''t deny it, even if I''m not the person who knew her words reached me, I felt the love that this person felt for Maxwell and as an adult I really understood what it must be like for her to have the child who is almost like her son risk his life with an ideal that is practically impossible.


    But I can''t give him pleasure, not after what I''ve experienced, not after all those years of frustration for not being able to achieve my dreams, I don''t know what strength it brought me, but I owe it to this poor child who was left without a future because Give myself a second chance, I must reach the top, I must reach the impossible, I have many opportunities to achieve it, with my knowledge and my determination I can become Champion and prove to myself that I am not here for nothing.


    Swallowing and gathering the courage to speak, I took Mother Clarisse''s hand and told her: -One year, if I don''t manage to be crowned Champion in one year, I will return to the orphanage and dedicate my life to becoming the director of this place.

 Chapter 4: Duty

    But I can''t give her pleasure, not after what I''ve experienced, not after all those years of frustration for not being able to achieve my dreams, I don''t know what strength it brought me, but I owe it to this poor child who was left without a future because Give myself a second chance, I must reach the top, I must reach the impossible, I have many opportunities to achieve it, with my knowledge and my determination I can become Champion and prove to myself that I am not here for nothing.


    Swallowing and gathering the courage to speak, I took Mother Clarisse''s hand and told her: -One year, if I don''t manage to be crowned Champion in one year, I will return to the orphanage and dedicate my life to becoming the director of this place.


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    Mother Clarisse opened her eyes wide and said to me: Max, didn''t you listen to me? New Trainers who become Elite Trainers in a year are already considered prodigies, and you are telling me that you will be Champion in a year? -She said, giving little faith to my statement.


    -I know it sounds impossible, but only if I commit to that degree with you will I be able to give you peace of mind and be satisfied with myself, I must try, if I feel that it is a dead end and I do not have what it takes to become a Champion, I will fulfill my goal. word to return to this place.-I said while I thought that returning to this place would not be so bad if Mother Clarisse were here to keep me company, maybe I don''t really know her, but the way she treats me and how her eyes worry for me it makes me feel loved and by being objective with some good management and with my level of education I could easily make some money and be a decent director for this orphanage.


    After staring at me for a few minutes without saying anything, Mother Clarisse let out a sigh and told me: - Okay, you win, I will stop trying to make you not leave and I will support you in whatever way I can so that you can achieve your goal, who You know, maybe you''ll realize how horrible Pokemon can be and decide to come back sooner, I just hope that you take good care of yourself and call me constantly to make sure you''re okay. - He said adding the last thing with a refreshing smile, almost as if he longed for me. call even if I have not left yet.


    Only the loud sound of my stomach could bring her out of her reverie, to which she responded with a light laugh and told me: - There is still a week until you leave, I think the best thing would be for you to try to familiarize yourself with the surroundings of Pewter City to See if you remember anything, we''ve been talking in this room for a couple of hours and unfortunately you already missed breakfast, let me prepare something for you and then go for a walk around the city.


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    After a delicious meal prepared by Mother Clarisse and a strong warning not to leave the city, I was finally able to leave the orphanage and see with my own eyes the first obligatory stop for any Trainer who wants to enter the Indigo Plateu: Pewter City.


    First of all, there are several points to clarify: it is really considered a small city in this world, you can see quite a few houses, some tall buildings in which the Pewter City Museum, Brock''s Gym and the red roof of the Pokemon Center stand out. , which is a small full-fledged hospital, some establishments such as the Pokemart, restaurants and quite a few stores with general items, a small stream that borders the north of the city and to the south you can see in the distance a thick forest that encompasses a great area.


    As a fan of the Pokemon franchise I could not help but feel excited, it wasn''t exactly like the games or the anime, but I was in Pewter City! There were thousands of things in my head that I thought about doing to pass the time this week waiting before I get my Trainer license, so the first stop I decided to take was at the Pokemart, if I will be a Trainer soon I think it is convenient to know the prices of the items that I will use the most and I will not deny that I am very excited the idea of ??seeing a Pokeball in person.


    As I walked towards the building with a blue roof that could be seen in the distance I saw many people walking through the streets with all kinds of Pokemon, it was very easy to identify the Trainers, it seemed that they all agreed to wear fingerless gloves and a cap. distinctive color, which made me wonder if there was something like clans or associations of Trainers in this world.


    I was very impressed by the variety of Pokemon that was seen with their Trainers, there were the classic Pidgeys, Geodudes, Nidorans, among others, I even saw a girl running with her Ralts while laughing at the joke she made to another trainer who was accompanied of a Houndour, which made me think that even in Kanto the diversity of Pokemon is quite high, perhaps I should study a little about the Pokemon in the area since apparently they will not be the same ones that could be easily found in video games.


    With my mind lost in my thoughts, I didn''t notice that I was already at the door of the Pokemart until I literally collided with it, causing a few Trainers who were walking down the street to laugh.


    Feeling like a fool and with red cheeks I entered the Pokemart as quickly as I could, immediately forgetting my embarrassment when I saw everything that was offered there, there were several shelves with different Pokeballs for $200 Pokedolars, there were GreatBalls for $600 Pokedolars and Ultra Balls for $2,000 Pokedolars, it seemed strange to me that only the Ultraball had a price difference with its video game counterpart but I imagined that it is due to lack of availability or due to the demand that the town has, even if one looked closely one could see that Heavy balls and Lure balls were offered in one corner.


    This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.I thought that maybe the Heavy balls would sell well here for people who want to capture stone-type Pokemon to imitate Brock and the Lure balls would be for Trainers who want to capture water-type Pokemon to get their first badge, anyway, don''t let them. my thoughts distract me from the other products in the store, apparently because of Champion Lance Wataru the cultural union between Kanto and Johto is more visible, the stores offer several Johto products such as the Rage Candy Bar that basically killed the market of Full Heal in Kanto since they are worth just a modest $300 Pokedolars compared to the $400 Pokedolars that a Full Heal costs.


    Taking a look at the catalog on the counter I could see that the stores in other cities offer different types of Poke balls and the prices may vary, this is a town for basically novice Trainers give priority to basic objects of common use with affordable prices for easy acquisition, thinking about it thoroughly I think I was very lucky to have my second chance here as everything seems to be set for a soft start for the trainers.


    After taking a look at the Potions and Antidotes that the Pokemart offered, I left the store so I could see the museum or the Pokemon Center while it was still daylight, but before going through the door I decided to go a little closer to the window to see a last time the Pokeballs, it all felt like a dream and frankly the Pokeballs were fascinating, they basically had the power to contain the gods of this world in your own hand.


    I think that in the eyes of strangers I looked like a child choosing his first Pokeball because it wasn''t long before a Trainer approached me, he looked a little older, about 16 years old, he had black hair and was at least a feet taller than me, he leaned over a little and laughed before telling me: "Let me guess, you''re a newbie and you still don''t know which Pokeball to buy, right?" He said while putting on a smug smile like someone who wants to screen a rookie.


    Seeing that he didn''t really seem to have bad intentions, I stood up and greeted him: - Nice to meet you, my name is Maxwell, I''m not actually a coach yet, in a week I will complete the minimum 10 years and process my license, but since I come from an orphanage I wanted to see First the prices of the Pokeballs so I can make a small budget for my trip.-


    When he heard that I came from an orphanage, he took a second look at my clothes. Apparently the other orphans used to wear clothes that were somewhat worn out, but since it seemed that Mother Clarisse had a certain favoritism with me, she had the habit of buying me clothes with her own salary. , which I appreciate but it reinforces my theory that the previous user of this body had no friends because he was Clarisse''s favorites and because of the constant pranks on his companions.


    The older Trainer seemed not to believe because of my way of dressing that I was an orphan but he decided to humor me and told me: - Hahahaha it''s not a bad idea to pretend to be an orphan, maybe that way you''ll get a sponsor or something hahahahaha- he said while struggling to hold his breath. laugh .- My name is Patrick Coleman, I''m a trainer with 5 badges who came here to take a break before trying to get my sixth badge, it''s quite exhausting to be constantly traveling you know? If you have any questions about Pokeballs or about being a Trainer in general, do not hesitate to tell me, I will be here for about 3 more days before continuing my trip.-


    I thought about it a little and saw that Patrick seemed to be a good boy, you could tell he was trying to show off but not everyone stops to offer their help to a stranger, I smiled at him and said: - Thank you very much Pat, I must admit that getting 5 badges It is quite an achievement, you are impressive, I will be happy to receive your guidance. - I commented trying to appeal to his ego, it is easy to deal with teenagers when you are mentally an adult.


    Patrick smiled widely and said in a funny tone: - So Pat, huh? It''s okay Max, I like you! As a gesture from an experienced coach to a rookie, I''ll give you this. - He said while he searched in his backpack and took out a blue Pokeball that I immediately recognized as a Great ball, my eyes lit up and I said excitedly: - Are you really going to give me a Pokemon?! - Before Patrick grabbed his stomach and laughed heartily: - Don''t be an idiot Max hahaha, it''s an empty Great Ball, you can tell when you take it because it feels cold and light, what kind of Trainer would go around giving Pokemons to children without a license? - Patrick said to my embarrassment. a tone as if that fact were the most logical thing in the world.


    -I''m not giving you a Pokemon, Max, I''m increasing your chances of capturing the Pokemon you want.- Patrick said with a smile and a thumbs up to which I could only respond with an equally big smile before a girl Trainer with a blue cap and waist-length blonde hair came out of the store, took Patrick by the arm and said with a pout: - Come on Patrick! You left me alone inside and today is supposed to be our special day! - Patrick just smiled apologetically and turned to look at me to say in a very playful tone: - Sorry Max, sometimes duty calls! - Just before the beautiful Trainer pulled him and walked him somewhere else out of my sight.


    It was a pretty fun exchange I must say and the girl looked pretty so I was happy for my new friend, I looked at my hand and saw the Great ball while I thought about all the Pokemon classes I could use it in, I told myself to myself:- This Great Ball has to be special, I will use it on my first capture, so I will wait until a Pokemon that I consider special appears.-


    And as if it were the signal for it to make its debut, I heard a loud -"Pid!."- only to turn around and see on the roof of the business in front of the Pokemart a small Pidgey with a brown spot on its beak.

 Chapter 5: Coincidence

    It was quite a fun exchange I have to say and the girl looked pretty pretty so I was happy for my new friend, I looked at my hand and saw the Great Ball while thinking about all the kinds of Pokemon I could use it in, I said to myself:- this Great Ball has to be special, I''ll use it on my first catch, so I''ll wait for the moment until a Pok¨¦mon that I consider special appears."


    And as if it were the signal for him to make his debut, I heard a loud "Pid!" - only to turn around and see on the roof of the business in front of the Pokemart a small Pidgey with a brown spot on his beak.


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    - So you came back, huh? - I said in a funny tone as the little Pidgey flew from the roof to my shoulder and then nibbled on my ear playfully: - hahaha hey buddy please don''t eat me. - I said while laughing at the antics of little Pidgey who seemed quite entertained bothering me.


    -I don''t really believe in fate Pidgey, but I think it''s no coincidence that I find you right after I get this. - I said as I showed little Pidgey the Great Ball that had just been given to me, - What do you say little friend? Don''t you want to go on a journey with the next Champion of the region?" Pidgey didn''t seem to quite understand what the Great Ball was, but he seemed quite pleased because he sensed that I wanted to be his friend.


    His answer to my question was to flap his wings and fly around me with a low flight and then give me a little push that knocks me to the ground. -Wow! For being so small you really are very strong! - I exclaimed, realizing that I was underestimating the Pidgey because of its size, forgetting that it was a Pokemon in its own right.


    Getting up with a jump I gave a push to the little Pidgey who stopped for a moment worried to see if I was okay and I started to run while laughing at the dumbfounded face of my new friend, the Pidgey came out of his confusion and instinctively understanding the game immediately took flight and caught up with me in a matter of seconds to throw me back to the ground with a very slight Tackle.


    Yes, it''s true, mentally I''m an adult and I don''t think it''s very well seen to play tag with a bird, but come on! It''s a Pok¨¦mon! This Pidgey is basically the Pok¨¦mon that opened my eyes to this world, the first Pok¨¦mon I could touch and the first Pok¨¦mon to be my friend, if it is frowned upon to want to please him more by playing with him then it is not relevant to me, besides it is practically a baby, it is important that before capturing it I can trust me and develop well.


    So after that little justification on my part I spent a couple more hours playing with the Pidgey, which surprised me quite a bit since I basically spent it running for hours and still didn''t feel completely tired, I think bodies in this world are stronger than in my previous world because this amount of exercise would have left me on the floor after a short time still in my best physical condition as an adult.


    I think under normal circumstances we could keep playing for a few more hours, but we stopped abruptly when we heard a roar coming from the south of where we were, quite curious, I told Pidgey. -Hey, I think it could be a battle, do you want to keep an eye on it? -. The little Pidgey, not understanding everything that was going on, flew to my shoulder before I started running to find out that I was making all that fuss.


    Located a few streets to the south, very close to the entrance of Pewter City you could see a park with a combat arena in relatively good condition, around it you could see several trainers talking to each other and looking at the center of the arena I could see a Nidorino and a Gengar engaging in battle.


    A few feet behind the Nidorino, on the left side of the arena, was a trainer in a blue jacket who shouted instructions to his Pok¨¦mon: - Quick Nidorino, jump and use Peck on Gengar! - The Nidorino, without stopping to think about the order, took a long leap and lunged straight to where the Gengar was, its horn illuminating with a white light.


    - How is that supposed to be a Peck? - I said amused by my witticism as I approached the other trainers watching the particularly familiar Pokemon matchup with Pidgey on my shoulder.


    One of the trainers watching the game turned at me out of the corner of his eye at my comment and commented dismissively, "Look, rookie, I think you''d better not think about continuing to be a Pok¨¦mon Trainer if you don''t even know how the Energy Type works and how to take advantage of it to win a fight." ¨C the Trainer explained only to then ignore me again and shout to his partner next to him: - I''ll bet $1,000 Pokedolars on that Nidorino-.


    Somewhat angered by the rude Trainer''s comment, I quickly rebutted: "I may not know much about Energy Type, but at least I''m not the idiot who bets on the Nidorino fighting a Ghost Pokemon that is practically invulnerable to physical attacks and fully evolved."


    The Trainer, far from getting angry, smiled at me with amusement and said: Who says they are invulnerable? It''s one thing to be immune to attacks with Energy Type Normal, it''s another thing to be immune to physical attacks. - he commented only to then laugh after seeing how the Nidorino hit poor Gengar in the stomach who could not react in time and who barely levitated with a pained expression.


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    Quite surprised by what I had just seen, my mind began to draw its own conclusions, I assumed without thinking that because it was basically a shadow Nidorino''s attack would simply pierce Gengar without damaging him, apparently the Energy Type is a factor that I will have to take into account if I really aspire to be a Champion in this world and thinking everything with the logic of my old world will hurt me.


    -And one more thing. ¨C Added the Trainer who apparently was not satisfied with the lesson he had just given me -Evolution is not decisive in a fight, the level and attacks are very important of course, but at least most of the battle is decided by the choices that the Trainer makes, it is not for nothing that we are crucial for the Pokemon to become truly powerful and if you don''t believe me you better lend Pay attention to what''s happening in front of you.


    While analyzing what the cantankerous Trainer had just told me I couldn''t help but look up and continue watching the battle, the Gengar that apparently belongs to the yellow jacket Trainer located on the right side of the sand was already quite hurt by his rival''s Peck, you could see at a glance that it wouldn''t take much for the Nidorino to win the match.


    The Red Trainer didn''t miss the opportunity to shout out to his Pok¨¦mon: Nidorino! You''re about to win, use Mud-Slap!" the Nidorino somehow stuck his claw into the combat arena and lifted it with a strong blow raising some dirt that was heading straight for his opponent, who only rose from the ground and taunted his opponent by sticking out his tongue and laughing in an annoyed way, The Red Trainer saw that and clicked his tongue and ordered: Nidorino jumps again and ends the fight with Peck!.


    As the Nidorino prepared to jump, the Yellow Trainer reacted quickly and seeing that the sun was at the right point, pointing directly to the left side of the arena, he quickly ordered his Pok¨¦mon: Gengar! Take advantage and enter its shadow!


    The Gengar, responding to his trainer''s commands and smiling happily in a somewhat tired manner, took advantage of his rival''s leap to turn into something resembling a liquid shadow and blend in with the shadow generated by Nidorino.


    The Red Trainer saw this with a smile and waited for Gengar to fully enter the shadow of his Pokemon before shouting effusively, "Now Nidorino, use Mud-Slap in your shadow!" - Nidorino''s claw glowed a faint brown before inserting itself into its own shadow and lifting the dirt there.


    Next to the dirt came the already fainting Gengar who was only lying in the sand for a few seconds before his trainer picked up a Pokeball and returned driven by a red lightning.


    The arena erupted in cheers as soon as the fight ended, it was surprising the noise people can make after a show like that, the Red Trainer just raised his fist high and the screams intensified.


    Shortly after the cheers of the trainers had calmed down, the now tired Nidorino approached his trainer and very carefully pushed him slightly with his head, signaling that he wanted to rest, the Red Trainer woke up and with an apologetic smile he took out a Great Ball from his belt and called his partner back.


    The Red Trainer approached the now sulking Yellow Trainer only to take out his Trainer''s License and placing it face down waiting for his win, the Yellow Trainer with some regret took out his own license and placed it slightly above his opponent''s until a sound was heard -beep - that reminded me of notifications from a banking app.


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    It was only after witnessing the now happy "Curmudgeon Trainer" cash in his $1,000 Pokedolars from his partner that I was able to walk away from the arena with Pidgey on my shoulder and jumping slightly from the excitement of the match he witnessed.


    -Calm down, my friend, I''m impressed by the fight too. - I said to Pidgey while in my mind I was slowly digesting what I had just witnessed- I think there is a lot to work on in the future, but for the moment I think we need to start with this. - I said as I pulled out the Great Ball again and showed it to Pidgey.


    I put on the most serious face I could and said: - I think it''s time, it''s your decision Pidgey, you''ve seen how Pok¨¦mon battles work, I know that at this moment we are both beginners, but I can promise you that soon we will be the ones who are winning in that arena. -


    Pidgey''s eyes sparkled with excitement at my words and for a moment I watched as he approached the Great Ball in my hand only to be interrupted by the already annoying rumble of my stomach.


    With the tension of the situation now dead I could only laugh before saying, - I''m sorry little friend, but after all that play and the excitement of the battle, now I can only think about eating. - the now funny Pidgey smiled somehow with his beak and seemed to remember something before he flew slightly and pulled my shirt with his beak signaling me to follow him.


    Pidgey rose in a light flight and headed a little farther south, straight to the city gate, trotting behind him I stopped at the door remembering Clarisse''s warnings before shouting, "Wait Pidgey, I can''t get out of town yet!" -.


    The bird Pok¨¦mon only looked confused for a few seconds before smiling at me and pulling me back with its beak, which I interpreted as a sign that the place it wanted to take me to shouldn''t be too far, so running behind Pidgey we positioned ourselves about 20 minutes from the city gate before finding a huge meadow that lay between Pewter City and Viridian Forest.


    In the middle of the meadow there was a small agglomeration of bushes slightly shorter than me, among which I could see some small blue fruits that caught my attention.


    Looking more closely I was able to identify the small blue fruits as the famous Oran Berrys. As I understand it, these small Berrys are sold at a good price in health food stores in the city, even reaching $20 Pokedolars per piece and are an excellent source of nutrients. For Pokemon, in turn when ground and combined with other medical components they can become an excellent ointment that quickly heals minor wounds in both Pokemon and humans.


    So happy with this discovery, I could only jump for joy and shouted to Pidgey: - well done friend! -With these Oran Berrys and studying some first aid I can secure a few minor medications in case something happens to me or my team on the trip or even if the need arises I can sell some whens and get some funds for emergencies!-


    It didn''t take long for the laughter to turn into a grimace of surprise when a wild Ekans sprang out of the bushes in such a swift movement that neither Pidgey nor I could react and swallowed my new friend in one bite.


    It''s funny how in a single day, Pidgey, the most common Pokemon in the franchise, the one we all defeated when we started our adventure, was the Pokemon to open my eyes twice to this new reality.

 Chapter 6: Legend

    It didn''t take long for the laughter to turn into a grimace of surprise when a wild Ekans sprang out of the bushes in such a swift movement that neither Pidgey nor I could react and swallowed my new friend in one bite.


    It''s funny how in a single day, Pidgey, the most common Pokemon in the franchise, the one we all defeated when we started our adventure, was the Pokemon to open my eyes twice to this new reality.


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    It may have only been a few seconds, but for me it was like hours, seeing the Ekans swallowing my friend without me being able to do anything was an experience that I could not wish even on my worst enemy, the Ekans without taking much importance to my presence seemed focused on finishing swallowing the now deceased Pidgey, that for the consolation of the poor little bird it seems that he did not feel pain, I would like to think that Ekans'' bite was fatal and because of Pidgey''s speed and lack of resistance his death was immediate.


    With a lot of shame for not even trying to hit that Pokemon that took the life of such an innocent soul as Pidgey''s, I was only able to run as fast as I could back to Pewter City, although anger invaded me I can say that my sense of survival was stronger, there''s nothing I could do for Pidgey if I let Ekans decide that little Pidgey wasn''t enough food and notice me.


    Without realizing it after running for a few minutes I was already at the entrance of Pewter City, inside me I felt a sea of emotions, I was upset with myself for being stupid enough to leave the city even when I was warned not to do it so effusively, I was sad for little Pidgey who made the mistake of crossing my path and somehow I felt empty Inside, I think a part of me felt resigned, as if deep down I knew that sooner or later something like this had to happen to me so that I could understand once and for all that things here are not a game.


    The idea of treating this world like the previous one was engraved in my mind, with great caution, although there are beings as wonderful and intelligent as Pokemon, they are very similar to humans, each one is a different world, Pidgey was innocent and very animated, the Ekans who killed him was wild and only focused on getting his food, Gengar was malicious and seemed to enjoy taunting his opponent and Nidorino seemed like a warrior only focused on victory without even stopping to gloat after getting it.


    With these thoughts and with the day coming to an end I decided to return to the orphanage and rest, the way back was heavy and quite lonely, but in the end I arrived without any setback, I decided to skip dinner and go straight to my room avoiding Mother Clarisse and the other orphans who looked at me with suspicion surprised that they were not victims of my apparent jokes today.


    Already in my room, lying on my bed, tears were rolling down my cheeks, I didn''t allow myself to cry until I was alone, the images of little Pidgey being devoured tormented me, but I can''t let them stop me.


    I decided that the best thing to do was to focus my thoughts on something else, so instead of planning my week-long itinerary before I got my license with time-killing activities I came to the decision to take advantage of it and learn something that might be useful.


    I came to the conclusion that the best thing to do would be to spend some time at the Pokemon center, maybe I can convince the person in charge that I taught me the correct way to apply potions and some first aid, what happened with Pidgey was a wake-up call, maybe there was nothing I could do, but what if the situation was different? What if, instead of instant death, he had just been injured? Even if by a miracle Ekans had given up his attack, couldn''t help him, and died worse, there''s no guarantee that he would have made it to the Pok¨¦mon Center in time to be cured.


    Without realizing it, I fell asleep imagining different scenarios where things could have been different.


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    The next morning things weren''t much better, I woke up much earlier than usual with a headache that tormented me, there''s something about crying too much before falling asleep that sometimes makes this happen, I don''t remember when was the last time it happened to me, maybe when I was a child.


    With that little reflection I got out of bed and tried to shake off the tiredness a little with a growth spurt before going to the bathroom of the orphanage, it seems that this place is quite well equipped I have to say, the communal bathroom is quite large and the showers are closed so it is not very difficult to have some privacy as long as one enters at the right times.


    After cooling off I walked a bit through the corridors to get to the dining room, I didn''t take much importance yesterday because of the excitement of seeing a few Pokemon, but this place is quite impressive, it is one of the few big buildings that you can see in the city, although they don''t have the budget to offer anything more than a few changes of clothes and a few private furniture to the orphans, The facilities greatly improve life in this place, after all in any other orphanage in my old world I would have had to share my room with three or four other orphans which as an adult accustomed to having their space would have made my stay in this place too uncomfortable.


    Shortly after walking through the corridors I arrived at the orphanage''s dining room, a fairly large area that reminds me of a school cafeteria where you can see several tables and in the background behind a glass bar you can see a kitchen with a couple of girls in their 20s hurrying to fill the bar with breakfast ready for the local children.


    With a slow walk I approached the bar and took a tray that had a good amount of Pancakes with some honey and a glass with orange juice, to which the kitchen managers only responded by looking at me strangely as if they expected me to do something, but then they calmed down when they saw me walking away to take a table and eat with some reluctance.


    While I was having breakfast with a somewhat lost look I heard how the other children began to enter, in the Saint Christopher orphanage there were approximately 40 children ranging from 4 years old to 10 years old since most of them started their journey at that age, from there there were only a few exceptions being children of approximately 12 years old who decided to postpone their trip or wait a little longer before they left. Luckily for him, the orphanage was quite understanding and there were never any records of anyone being kicked out on their own.


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    When everyone was inside the dining room I could see Mother Clarisse coming in, looking around looking for something until her eyes were fixed on me and her expression lit up as she approached and took a seat at my table


    - Eating alone again Max? Even if it won''t be long before you leave the nest you should try to make some friends.- she said as he put his hands on his chin and leaned on the table with a smile as she watched me eat, to which I replied with a tired smile and refuted: - I think it''s better to spend my time on other things, Besides, I don''t need many friends as long as I have you, do I? - Mother Clarisse squealed with joy and hugged me tightly happy at my words


    -Oh Max! You do know how to gladden a Mother''s heart. - he said while smiling with a playful tone that only stopped after seeing the dark circles under my face. - Did something happen? You look very tired, tell me, did you have trouble sleeping? - she said quickly as she grabbed my face and analyzed it carefully.


    Not wanting to remember what happened, I replied somewhat absentmindedly: It''s okay, it''s just that yesterday I got distracted studying about Pokemon and I slept late. - I lied with some guilt and then looked around and asked: How is it that such a small city has such a large orphanage?, I also wondered how is it that this place is so well equipped to be a public institution? - I asked curiously, hoping that Mother Clarisse would not notice my attempt to suddenly change the subject.


    Biting the bait completely, Mother Clarisse put on a nostalgic face and answered: -This place grew a lot about fifteen years ago, you must have seen it before, it was not even an eighth of how big it is now,-she said, looking into the void as if she remembered something, and then put on a serious face and answered: -It''s all thanks to Jonathan Jones, the former champion, fifteen years ago when he beat Samuel Oak and was crowned champion, one of his first works was to remodel this place, he had a lot of esteem for the orphanage because he grew up here, after his death the orphanage is sustained by the support of the league and the contributions of the former children of this place-.


    I was surprised to hear again that name that didn''t appear in the anime or in the video games: - So this guy Jones was an orphan and still managed to become Champion, it''s very impressive, but I''m glad that someone set the precedent for when I''m champion.- I said with a smile, Mother Clarisse changed her countenance and looked at me sweetly:- In fact, you look a bit like him, that''s why I think you can achieve your goal and for your sake I hope you do it in the time you promised me because I don''t like people who don''t keep their promises.- she said adding the last with a playful tone.


    I opened my eyes and asked, "So you met him?" From the way you talked it looks like you grew up here too, tell me was it really that impressive? - As if it was now her turn to evade answers, Mother Clarisse only commented:- If he was quite impressive, he is considered by many to be the last true champion of Kanto-Johto since he died undefeated and Lance really could not face him, although if I can be honest with you I can tell you for sure that even if they had fought I don''t think Lance would have won, It was so good that a lot of Trainers who are stuck in the challenge of the league come to Pewter City for inspiration before continuing to challenge gyms.


    Remembering Patrick I was able to believe Mother Clarisse''s words and I couldn''t help but ask her: "It seems that he was a legend, but I don''t understand what kind of accident can kill a Trainer with a team at the championship level, tell me, how did he die?" -


    Mother Clarisse just got up from the table and said to me in a calm tone: - I think there were already a lot of questions for this morning Max, look, most of the children have already finished breakfast and you are wasting a few hours of sunshine, why don''t you better play a little outside? - .


    Noticing her little intention of not continuing to talk and remembering my plans for this day, I said goodbye to Mother Clarisse with a hug and quickly left the orphanage to head to the Pok¨¦mon Center.


    Feeling a little more animated after the talk with Mother Clarisse it didn''t take long to reach the building with a red roof so characteristic that it was impossible not to recognize, approaching the entrance the doors opened automatically and I was able to examine the place carefully, it was quite impressive, in front of the entrance you could see the reception where if you looked carefully you saw that behind it there was a door where I suppose that the real work was happening, there were several tables in the reception where many trainers could be seen talking quietly, in the background I could see the famous PC, which was really a flat screen connected to a keyboard and a Pokeball transporter device, near there you could also see a huge bulletin board where trainers could paste and take search requests for Pokemons, To request items or even offer their Pok¨¦mon for trade, on the sides of the center were spiral staircases that I assumed led to the rooms available for the trainers.


    After trying to memorize the layout of the Pok¨¦mon Center, I approached the reception, which was a large bar where behind it stood a young woman with pink hair and a professional smile who soon noticed me and politely said: Welcome to the Pok¨¦mon Center, where we will heal your Pok¨¦mon back to full health. Would you like me to take your Pok¨¦mon? - instead of being stunned by the iconic phrase I was amazed by the beauty of the Nurse Joy, really this woman could easily be a supermodel in my old world, every detail of her face and figure fell into the definition of perfection, that not to mention her presence that exuded professionalism and elegance, made me realize why Brock was so insistent in anime, Actually, she could now sympathize with him.


    With some nervousness and stuttering a bit about what I assume are a child''s hormones I replied: - E- excuse me, I''m not really a Trainer yet, my name is Maxwell and soon I''ll start my journey so I wanted to see if you have vacancies for interns, I promise I won''t get in the way!, it will only be for a week and I just want to learn a little bit of what is done here.- I said the last part lifting a little the voice, which Nurse Joy found amusing because she laughed, covering her mouth delicately, and answered me; Of course! We always need a little extra help, I wish all the new Trainers would do the same, that would make my job a lot easier. - she said as he offered me his hand as a greeting. - It will be a pleasure to work with you Max! -


    Happy at how easy it was to get his approval to learn here, I wiped some sweat from my hand before reaching out to take his when suddenly someone was heard running in the doorway.


    When I looked around, I saw how a Young Trainer came in, she looked like a novice, no older than eleven, she had brown hair a little lighter than mine and she was wearing an outfit that would look very fashionable if it weren''t for the fact that she looked somewhat tattered and worn as if she had been singed.


    What caught my attention is that with his hands he was clinging to a large egg with some orange patterns that I immediately recognized as a Pokemon egg.


    The Trainer with what little strength she had looked directly at the Nurse Joy and said with a pleading look, -Please help my Pok¨¦mon! - before fainting right in the middle of the entrance to the Pokemon Center.

 Chapter 7: Yellow

    When I looked around, I saw a Young Trainer come in, she looked like a novice no older than eleven, she had brown hair a little lighter than mine and was wearing an outfit that would look very fashionable if it weren''t for the fact that she looked somewhat tattered and worn as if she had been singed.


    What caught my attention is that with his hands he was clinging to a large egg with some orange patterns that I immediately recognized as a Pokemon egg.


    The Trainer with what little strength she had looked directly at the Nurse Joy and said with a pleading look, "Please help my Pok¨¦mon!" - before fainting right in the middle of the entrance to the Pokemon Center.


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    After witnessing that all the people in the Pokemon Center were paralyzed, the only one who reacted and approached the Trainer who was on the floor was the Nurse Joy who took the Trainer''s arm and checked her pulse, after seeing that she seemed to be alive her face showed a grimace of relief and quickly shouted to the Trainers who approached to see what was happening: "Gently pick her up and take her to the back, she''s just passed out, but we have to act fast!"


    As the Trainers carried the girl, Nurse Joy picked up the orange pattern egg and quickly examined it, then put on a worried expression when she noticed the cracks in the bottom.


    Without much hesitation and with the urgency to attend to her new patient, Nurse Joy turned to me and said: "Max! I think your work starts now, I need to attend to the Trainer but this egg is in critical condition, apparently it is close to hatching but because of what has happened to its Trainer it suffered damage, I need you to hold it from the bottom and apply a little pressure, only then will you prevent it from breaking before the Pok¨¦mon is ready to come out of the egg naturally, I know it might be hard for you, but I''m counting on you!" he finished saying before gently handing me the Pok¨¦mon egg and then running to the back of Pok¨¦mon Center.


    Having the Pokemon Egg in my hands was a weird feeling, I took it as Nurse Joy pointed out to me from the bottom and I could feel the small cracks it had, the egg felt quite light so I can safely say that it must not be such a heavy Pokemon, far from feeling scared to have it in my arms, I felt quite calm, there was something about the warmth that emanated and the slight movements that were felt in the Pokemon Egg that brought me peace, I think I could compare it to a lesser extent to feeling the stomach of a pregnant woman.


    After getting used to the feeling of the Pokemon Egg I decided to check on the Trainer, being very careful not to make noise, I entered the back of the Pokemon Center where I could see the Nurse Joy applying a teal ointment on the burns of the Young Trainer who was lying on a metal table, to then raise two Pokeballs that were surreptitiously on his waist from which came a Chansey and a fully evolved Blissey.


    The Pokemon only needed a second to understand the situation, they each stood at one end of the table where the girl was and raised their arms which glowed in a shade of purple before launching what I can describe as a kind of ray of pink waves.


    The Nurse Joy, now calm as she watched her Pokemons apply the Heal Pulse to her patient, seemed to notice my presence and said, "I see you''re learning fast, you''re holding that egg like a pro" she said with a smile, "Why don''t we see if this Trainer has another Pokemon that needs help?" added the Nurse Joy before approaching the backpack that was neatly located next to the table where they were healing the Trainer.


    Nurse Joy very carefully opened the backpack of the fainting Trainer and started looking through her things until she found a Pokeball that was occupied, she took it out and put it in an automatic healing machine, typing a few data and reading the screen she told me "it looks like she have a Fennekin, that''s a famous starter from the Kalos region and it''s very rare to see them around here, apparently the little guy is barely level 7 and he''s a bit injured," he said while pressing other buttons before starting the machine and the Pokeball glowing with a pink flash.


    Letting the machine act on its own, Nurse Joy returned the rest of the things to the Trainer''s backpack only keeping the Trainer License and then read it aloud: "Charlotte Leroux, twelve years old, originally from Lumiose City, Kalos, barely a month old being a trainer according to her license and without any Badge, oh!" exclaimed the Nurse Joy as she continued reading the License "she is sponsored by Professor Sycamore, now that I think about it, the last name Leroux sounds very familiar to me from somewhere," said Nurse Joy with a look of wanting to remember.


    Just after Nurse Joy raised a finger with a face of having found the answer, a movement was heard from the table and the now irritated Trainer looked at us with an unfriendly face before saying, "Is it customary here in Kanto to go through other people''s belongings?" she said as she got up a little from the table to sit down.


    Nurse Joy was not shaken by the girl''s rapacious comment and replied in a professional tone: "I assure you Miss Leroux that the protocol for this type of situation was followed to the letter, as you yourself required before collapsing in the reception of the Pokemon Center we only made sure that you and your Pokemon are okay" while Nurse Joy said the last part I could see out of the corner of my eye how Charlotte''s cheeks were turning red only to shake her head slightly and say, "I''m sorry, I know you''re just doing your job and I appreciate it, I think I''m just a little worried about what happened," she said a little before she analyzed Nurse Joy''s words and asked almost screaming, "Wait! Is Fey okay? That yellow Pokemon hurt him a lot! And the egg! After the explosion I couldn''t see if he was okay!"


    Nurse Joy just gave him a kind look and said, "If by Fey you mean your Fennekin then I can tell you that he is fine, in fact, he is in the recovery machine, in less than half an hour he should be completely healed, the Pok¨¦mon egg is the problem, it has several cracks in the base, but luckily it seems that he is not far from being born, so as long as Max grabbed him as I asked him there should be no problem."


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    When she heard about the egg, Charlotte lost some color in her face and then saw me and said pleadingly: "Max, right? that egg is very important to me, it''s the last egg that my father''s Titular Pokemon lay, please take good care of it until I can stand up again."


    I gave him the most reassuring smile I could and said, "It''s actually Maxwell, I don''t really have experience, but I''ll do my best to make sure this little guy is okay, but first explain something to me, what is a Kalos trainer doing here and how did you end up like this?"


    Charlotte made a complicated face when she heard that maybe I''m not the most qualified person to hold the Pok¨¦mon Egg but with a tired tone she began to tell us her story: "As you can see I was born in Kalos, my father is from there but my mother was born here in Kanto, they met when my father came here to participate in the Indigo Plateau challenge many years ago, I grew up hearing a lot of Kanto stories from my parents, so when I turned 12 and was old enough to become a Trainer at Kalos, I was able to convince my parents to start my journey."


    "My father managed to reach the quarterfinals when he came here, that''s why I wanted to start my Trainer career here and win where my father couldn''t, but my parents, being as overprotective as they are, moved their influences and convinced Professor Sycamore to sponsor me, he gave me Fey and my father gave me the Pok¨¦mon Egg that you carry," she said while pointing the orange egg on my cheeks. "After getting my starter and egg was that I took a ferry that dropped me off at Pallet Town, where at Professor Sycamore''s direction I stopped by to give his greetings to Professor Oak"


    Nurse Joy and I were surprised when I mention Professor Oak, as an Past Champion and the most recognized Professor in the region, it can be considered an honor to have a few words with him.


    Charlotte noticing our expression puffed out her chest a little and said proudly: "Professor Oak was very friendly, he told me a lot of things about the region and optimal training areas for my Fey before I started challenging gyms, he even gave me a Pokedex!" once again Nurse Joy and I were amazed, Pokedex are not something that any trainer can have, usually Trainers can only use their Trainer license to see the level, attacks and gender of the Pok¨¦mon they have on their team, but the Pokedex can give you additional information, future attacks, evolution details, areas to catch and all that just by targeting the Pok¨¦mon in front of you!


    Seeing that she had her audience entertained, Charlotte continued to tell: "Professor Oak recommended me to level up Fey in Viridian Forest before thinking about challenging Brock, he told me that there is a very safe route where all the Trainers pass to cross Viridian Forest and get to Pewter City, according to the Professor about that route I would meet many Bug Pokemon and with my Fey I could easily beat them and level up, so excited by the prospect of getting stronger we went as fast as we could to Viridian Forest, once on the road we defeated several Pokemon and Fey went up two levels, so feeling brave we decided to go a little deeper into the forest to see if we could find something of value or stronger Pokemon to make Fey level up even more."


    Nurse Joy for the first time put on an annoyed face and pointed a finger at Charlotte before saying in a scolding tone, "Do you know how reckless you were? You could have died, in the deep part of Viridian Forest you can find many more Pokemon than just Bug Pokemon, even the average level of the Pokemon there is above level 30."


    Charlotte lowered her head a bit and added, "Yes, Professor Oak said something like that before we left Pallet Town and went into there, but seeing how easily Fey was winning against the Bug Pokemon I thought maybe she was just overdoing it."


    Feeling some empathy for having been in a family situation and not having listened to the warnings they gave me at the time, I decided to reassure her a little: "Don''t worry, you have just started your journey and it is normal to make one or two mistakes like this, the important thing is that you and your Pok¨¦mon are going to recover and it does not get worse, Now, why don''t you explain to us how you ended up in that state?"


    Seeing that he was getting some support he smiled and continued his story: "Thank you Maxwell, well moving on, we were going a little deeper into Viridian Forest, we really only got a little off the trail when we were about to leave the Forest, when I felt a sudden headache and heard my father''s voice in the Forest, I followed the voice, almost as if it was attracting me, Fey got really scared when she saw that I kept going deep into the forest and tried to stop me, I honestly think it was lucky that I didn''t let go of the Pokemon Egg because it was hard for me to control myself at that moment, when I finally reached the voice I saw that it was a yellow Pokemon with a long nose, it seemed to want to take me with it, so Fey jumped to my aid and tried to attack it, the yellow Pokemon only moved its hand a little bit and Fey crashed into a tree being knocked out, seeing that I was finally able to come to my senses and take out his Pokeball to save Fey"


    Charlotte was very frightened as she told us her story, she seems to have swallowed hard and continued: "At that moment I thought all was lost, the Pokemon raised its hand and was pulling me towards it, when suddenly a purple force pushed it away from me, so I took the opportunity and ran as fast as I could to get out of the forest, already being about to leave, I think that because of the fear that that Pok¨¦mon was chasing me I did not see the path and I crashed into a tree, two Pok¨¦mon that looked like pine cones fell from the tree, they got very angry and began to glow before exploding in a colorful way, for my luck I think they were low level because I survived the explosion and I was able to hug the Pok¨¦mon Egg in time so that it did not receive much damage, After that I just ran up here and the rest is history."


    Nurse Joy put on a thoughtful face and then put a hand on Charlotte''s shoulder and said: "You are very lucky, the way you describe them to me, those Pok¨¦mon that exploded are Pinecos, if you had crashed into a tree in the depths of the forest you would most likely have run into some Forretress and believe me that with those you would not have survived, Now about the yellow Pok¨¦mon, did he have anything in his hand?" asked Nurse Joy with a serious face.


    Charlotte just seemed to think a little bit and said, "Yes, I had something like a circle hanging from a thin thread in his hand that I was attracted to, unfortunately I didn''t write it down with the Pokedex if I couldn''t tell you exactly what Pokemon it was" she said putting on a sad face.


    "Definitely from the way you describe it it''s a Hypno" I said out loud which surprised Charlotte a bit who didn''t seem to know much about the Pokemon of Kanto, Nurse Joy nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it''s not the first person to report a Hypno in Viridian Forest, I think we''ll have to raise an catching warrant for him to stop hurting people who pass by" while the Nurse As Joy finished the sentence, I felt a warmth emanate from my arms, and then I felt the egg begin to vibrate greatly.


    Seeing my astonished expression, the nurse and the patient turned to me and asked me what was going on before the egg in my arms suddenly began to glow and there was a cracking sound as of something breaking.

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    "Definitely from the way you describe it it''s a Hypno" I said out loud which surprised Charlotte a bit who didn''t seem to know much about the Pokemon of Kanto, Nurse Joy nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it''s not the first person to report a Hypno in Viridian Forest, I think we''ll have to raise an arrest warrant for him to stop hurting people who pass by" while the Nurse As Joy finished the sentence, I felt a warmth emanate from my arms, and then I felt the egg begin to vibrate greatly.


    Seeing my astonished expression, the nurse and patient turned to me and asked me what was going on before the egg in my arms out of nowhere began to glow and there was a cracking sound like something breaking.


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    It''s an incredible feeling, one moment you''re hugging a giant egg and the next it''s lit up like a supercharged light bulb that forces everyone in the room to look away, I could only feel how the shell evaporated and when it finally stopped shining everyone turned to see the little creature I had in my arms.


    Jumping back and forth as if I couldn''t contain his energy, we could see a small red spot wandering from between my arms to the nurse''s and then jumping on the table and deciding that the best place was above my head.


    The small spot was about 15 cm in size, it was red with a gray breast and a small black tail-shaped feather, you didn''t have to be a Pokemon expert to know the favorite regional bird of many, that little one was a Fletchling, a very lively one with excess energy to come from an egg that was at risk of breaking.


    The little Fletchling who snuggled in my head could see everyone''s gaze and as if he wanted to give us a little show, he jumped into my palm and raised his wing as a greeting while shouting: "Fich!" which touched everyone present, I in particular had mixed feelings, that small gesture reminded me a lot of Pidgey, I think it will be difficult for me to be able to live with the bird type Pokemon but I feel very happy to be able to witness and have helped in the birth of one, it does not compensate for the fact that it has died because of me but I think it is a good step to start overcoming it.


    Nurse Joy looked at me and said with a small smile: "I see you understand Max, the miracle of life is beautiful, I respect you more now seeing that you don''t suppress your feelings, not all male Trainers allow themselves to cry in these situations" surprised by Nurse Joy''s words I raised my unoccupied hand and touched my cheeks only to feel the small tears running down them, Fletchling noticed that and worriedly jumped up to my shoulder and gave me friendly pecks on my cheek.


    I must admit that that encouraged me a lot, I raised my arm and my finger as a hanger so that Fletchling jumped towards her which the Pokemon Baby understood and obeyed immediately, already standing on my finger I lightly caressed his head and felt how he warmed slightly from the excitement of that he paid attention to him.


    That little warmth made me a little uneasy, as far as I understood Fletchling did not acquire the fire type until his evolution, but I calmed down when I reasoned that if he can learn Ember he must have a predisposition or a small potential with the fire type even if he is not yet, I just hope that manifesting those abilities minutes after birth does not affect him at all in the long term, Baby Pokemon need a few weeks to reach the size of their species and be able to fight without repercussions.


    Observing the interaction between Fletchling and me, the restless Charlotte could only bite her lip before she suddenly got up and wanted to grab Fletchling, what she didn''t count on is that the little bird reacted very quickly and jumped towards my head completely dodging her Trainer who was now slammed face first against the floor.


    As if it were a comedy number, Charlotte stood up teary-eyed and pointed an aggressive gim at me before yelling, "Leave my Fletchling alone! I don''t know what you''re doing to make it stick to you so much but don''t forget it''s mine!, my father pushed that egg away especially for me because he wanted me to follow in his footsteps!" I could only raise my hands in surrender and tell her in a calm tone: "I''m not doing anything, it''s normal for Pokemon to get attached to the first person they see at birth, but you have nothing to worry about, I still don''t have my Trainer license, so even if I wanted to take it away from you technically I don''t have permission to have it" I said omitting the detail that in less than a week I will be able to have my Trainer License.


    Charlotte seemed calmer after hearing that but I decided to completely calm her concerns and comment in a slightly heavy tone: "If possible it would be best if you capture it in a Pokeball as soon as possible, I can tell you with experience that it is not very smart to have a baby Pokemon out of a Pokeball for a long time" I said trying to sound as serious as possible " Besides, it needs to be inside its Pokeball for the machine to examine it, after all it comes from an egg that was at risk so you better take a look at it as soon as possible," Nurse Joy added as she held up a finger.


    Charlotte nodded and standing up as she approached her backpack she reached in to rummage inside it and with a smile pulled out an Ultra Ball that in my opinion she had reserved for this moment.


    "Wow, are you really going to spend an Ultra Ball on a baby Pokemon? If you know that with his level, even a normal Pokeball would be enough and he wouldn''t have much chance of escaping, right?" I said, trying to dissuade her from spending an expensive item on a Pokemon that would be practically unable to put up any resistance.


    In response, Charlotte just shook her head and then theatrically raised her finger and started moving it from left to right in front of my face: "There are more important things than money Maxwell, it''s fate that wants this Pok¨¦mon to be my strongest Pok¨¦mon, just like Talonflame was to my father back in the day, it would be a shame if I was in a regular Pokeball, but I understand that a little kid like you can''t understand it," she said in a condescending tone as she slowly approached Fletchling with the Ultra Ball held high.


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    I must admit that I was a little annoyed by his words, but I think deep down she tried to make me less here so that Fletchling would think better of her or maybe she was jealous that her future Pokemon Ace would rather be in my head than even get close to her, whatever the reason was I found childish and irritating, but that annoyance didn''t last a minute when Fletchling, seeing the Ultra Ball approaching, raised his wing and slapped it far away, only to then turn his beak in disgust.


    The now depressed Charlotte looked like she wanted to cry when she saw that and then turned to look at me as if I had been the one who hit the Ultra Ball: "This is all your fault! You''ve got to do something, I won''t leave without Fletchling! It''s his destiny to win the Indigo Plateu with me!" she said as if it was my decision to make the Pokemon want to go with her.


    "Fate is not always as one thinks" I said in a heavy voice while remembering what I thought would be my first Pok¨¦mon, "but I''ll see what I can do to help you, it would be a shame if you don''t have Fletchling after everything you suffered to take care of his Egg"


    The Young Trainer just nodded in desperation and watched me impatiently waiting for me to make some move, I sighed and very carefully took the Pokemon perched on my head and then put it in my right hand, caress it a little with my left hand and say in a calm tone "Hello little one, I know maybe Charlotte is not the person you want to travel with, but she will take great care of you and keep you safe," I said as the Fletchling glanced sideways at Charlotte and turned his head again in disgust and then jumped to my shoulder and joined my cheek as a caress.


    "Listen, unfortunately even if I wanted to take you with me I can''t, I''m not really a trainer yet so I can''t have a Pokemon with me," I said trying to sound as convincing as possible when inside I felt hypocritical since I wouldn''t have hesitated for a second to hide Pidgey until the week was over and I could get the license.


    Fletchling lowered his beak very discouraged and made a face as if he wanted to cry so taking pity on him I told him "let''s make a small deal, go to Charlotte, spend some time with her, judge her as a Trainer, if in the end you feel that I am a better option I will allow you to come with me, what do you say? "Fletchling, hearing that, seemed to cheer up a lot, but out of the corner of my eye I could see how Charlotte made a worried face, so I turned to look at her and said, "Does that sound the same good for you, Charlotte?" she turned to look at Fletchling and then at me to bite her lip a little and finally nod determinedly, "It''s a deal," she said as she brought the Ultra Ball closer once more to Fletchling.


    The Pokemon seemed to hesitate a bit before turning to look at me and smiling with its beak as if trying to make me recognize the deal, then tapping its head lightly on the Ultra Ball and being sucked into a white light in a few moments.


    The Ultra Ball only shook twice before a -Ping- sounded, signaling that the catch was successful, Charlotte was overjoyed and even with her bruised state she picked up the Ultra Ball and jumped up and down in happiness.


    Nurse Joy, seeing this, gave a loud applause to catch the attention of those present and asked Charlotte to return to the table so that her Pokemon could continue with the Heal Pulse and she could examine the newly captured Fletchling.


    With a lot of professionalism he took the Ultra Ball and put it in the same machine where Fennekin''s Pokeball was, typed a few pieces of information on the keyboard and said out loud: "Fletchling, Normal/Flying Pok¨¦mon, Level 1, Male, apart from being a little smaller than average seems to be in excellent condition, my recommendation would be to give him a diet of porridge based on Oran Berrys to ensure his growth and some Moomoo Milk so that it has the necessary nutrients" she said with a smile to the now lying Charlotte and then looked at me and said "It seems that your first job was a success Max, I congratulate you, as you can imagine it is not every day that people come to faint at the door" she said the last to Charlotte''s embarrassment "but sometimes things can be a little difficult around here, I think for the moment it will be better for you to go home to rest and tomorrow we will continue with what I will teach you, it was already a lot of emotions for a day and I still have to attend to Charlotte and lift the catching warrant for that Hypno" she said giving me a light pat on the back as a sign for me to leave.


    I laughed a little and said, "Oh come on! Nothing can be worse than having to listen to a little girl from Kalos who only knows how to cry because her Pok¨¦mon doesn''t want her," I said as I dodged the blow that Charlotte tried to give me before Nurse Joy put her back on the table, "and after all it can''t be so bad if I''m going to learn from you Nurse Joy," I said the last trying to sound as gallant as possible to Nurse Joy just laughed and said "yes, yes, whatever you say Max, I just hope you keep that energy when you''re working" she said with a smile before pulling me out of the back of the Pokemon center and closing the door.


    With a renewed attitude after seeing Fletchindler''s birth, I walked back to the orphanage, where all the energy was drained after listening to Mother Clarisse''s sermon on respect for elders after I told her everything that happened and my poor attempt to flirt with the Nurse Joy.


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    And so I went every morning early to the Pokemon Center where the Nurse Joy was waiting for me, I learned many things from her, she taught me about the basic care of Pokemons, how to make small emergency bandages, how to use healing items correctly and many more things.


    Unfortunately for me, she didn''t seem to have a particular interest in me, but I think we managed to become friends, so I really enjoyed the time I was learning from her, and I even got to talk to some Trainers who visited the Pokemon Center, who very kindly explained to me what Pokemons were in the area and which parts were considered dangerous.


    Occasionally I also thought I saw a brown-haired, slanted-eyed Young Man wandering around near the entrance of the Pokemon Center without daring to enter, but I didn''t think much of it and dismissed it as irrelevant.


    Regarding Charlotte, as if on purpose, I couldn''t see her again at the Pokemon Center, I think she was kind of sorry for me because of the whole situation with Fletchinder, but from what the Nurse Joy told me, after she recovered, she said something about continuing to train before trying to challenge Brock, so I think sooner or later I''ll see her again.


    With all those experiences and knowledge acquired, I could hardly realize that the days passed and finally my birthday arrived, along with the possibility of getting my Trainer license and finally starting my Pok¨¦mon journey.

 Chapter 9: Tradition

    Regarding Charlotte, as if on purpose, I couldn''t see her again at the Pokemon Center, I think she was kind of sorry for me because of the whole situation with Fletchinder, but from what the Nurse Joy told me, after she recovered she said something about continuing to train before trying to challenge Brock, so I think sooner or later I''ll see her again.


    With all those experiences and knowledge acquired, I could hardly realize that the days passed and finally my birthday arrived, along with the possibility of getting my Trainer license and finally starting my Pok¨¦mon journey.


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    The morning of my tenth birthday started like any other day, I barely managed to get up when the first rays of the sun entered through my window, at first I wanted to stay asleep and maybe rest for the rest of the day, since I felt exhausted by my time at the Pok¨¦mon center, which although it was brief I can say that it was more tired than I imagined,  I never really asked her directly but definitely whatever the Nurse Joy earns isn''t enough, I thought to myself as I lazily got up and headed for the showers.


    Just as I put my hand on the doorknob to go out into the hallway, the door burst open which made me fall noisily to the floor, almost as if it were her own birthday, Mother Clarisse entered with the happiest smile I have ever seen her and with a two-tiered chocolate cake with 10 lit candles on top of it,  who, when he sees me on the floor, almost drops in shock: "Excuse me, Max! I was so excited for your birthday that I forgot to play as you asked me to," she said somewhat with her head down as if she recognized her mistake: "but come on! It''s a special occasion! Finally my boy is 10 years old!" she said, almost screaming as she raised the cake as if it were a trophy with a restored happy spirit.


    I could only stand up and put a smile, as an adult one forgets the excitement of having a birthday with time, I think the happiest birthdays are usually when we are still children, so feeling grateful I went to hug Mother Clarisse and thanked her for everything she has done for me this week and maybe more time if we count the years that have passed. I take care of the former owner of this body.


    Mother Clarisse looked surprised for a few moments and then with tears in her eyes and a calm smile she hugged me back and said, "I know things are a little weird because of your memory loss Max, but I hope you know that no matter what happens you can always count on me, so why don''t we eat the cake and then let''s get your Trainer license?"


    It was a pleasant surprise to hear that, in all the week that I have been in this world I never saw Mother Clarisse leave the orphanage, I imagined that she always had a lot of work to do or she was simply a hermit: "Thank you very much, I know you don''t like the idea of me leaving but I appreciate you doing this for me,  I''m a little nervous and being with you calms my nerves," I said with a grateful smile as we sat down for him to blow out the candles and eat some of the cake.


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    After a nice meal and a pleasant chat Mother Clarisse finally let me finish getting ready and we started walking to the Pokemon Gym in Pewter City, on the way Mother Clarisse filled me with stories of how many orphans when they received their license and their first Pokemon rushed to face the leader of the Gym or went fully to Viridian Forest to train their new partner,  she was pretty clear in warning me not to do either of those two things, based on what she told me it''s always smarter to level up your first Pok¨¦mon by pitting other novice Trainers in town against the weak Pok¨¦mon that were around.


    That got me thinking that maybe the Ekans that ate Pidgey could have a low level, I remember perfectly the location of where those Oran Berrys were, so after having some experience and if my new Pokemon has the right type I could go find it and settle our scores, even if I don''t find that Ekans,  the Oran Berrys would be very useful and would help me to have more resources apart from the Trainer Starter Kit.


    Snapping me out of my thoughts, Mother Clarisse shook me a little by the shoulder and said, pointing with her hands, "We''ve arrived Max, welcome to the Pewter City Pok¨¦mon Gym!  One of the most famous in the entire region, here they got their first very famous Pokemon Trainers who went on to win the Indigo Plateu, and even here the previous champion of Kanto-Johto, the legendary Jonathan Jones, got his initial!" She said the latter as she puffed out her chest proudly as if she had won the championship herself.


    I stopped for a moment to admire the structure of the building, it was quite large and had many decorations at the entrance that looked like precious stones, so I found out in the last week this gym has not been renovated for long, previously when the leader of the Gym was Flint the decoration was very minimalist, it seemed more than anything like a kind of cave that some Pok¨¦mon dug with a lot of force and a rather rudimentary entrance,  but everything changed when his son Brock inherited the gym, he is quite known for being a peacock when it comes to his personality, apparently his interest in girls is even greater than how he was in the anime and he does not hesitate to show how great his gym is by making it shine and look like a thriving place,  I guess to break the stigma that rock Trainers are brutes who only spend their time climbing mountains and full of dirt.


    Upon entering the gym we could observe a small reception with a boy of approximately 16 years old happily attending the entrance who when he saw us raised his hand excitedly signaling for us to approach: "Hello, my name is Junior! I am the right hand of the leader of this gym and I am currently covering the position of receptionist for some particular situations, how can I help them?" she said while pausing her gaze for a moment on Mother Clarisse, which in a way made me a little uncomfortable.


    Clearing my throat to get his attention I introduced myself in front of the boy: Hello my name is Maxwell and the person who accompanies me is called Clarisse, we are here because I just turned 10 years old and I came to process my Trainer license and with the intention of obtaining my first Pokemon" the boy turned his gaze towards me and trying to sound professional he explained to me calmly:  "Of course, we always welcome promising young talents," he said before turning his gaze to Clarisse and putting on a complicated expression: "Excuse me, it''s not that I want to change the subject, but I don''t know her somewhere?"


    Mother Clarisse just smiled and said calmly: "I''m one of the caretakers of the orphanage in the city, you''ve probably seen me walking around, now if it''s not too much trouble could we go ahead with little Max''s request?"


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    The receptionist made a face of wanting to keep thinking about where Clarisse was familiar until he gave up and turned to look at me: "you''re right, excuse me, Max, please accompany me to the continuous room, there a professional will give you a small general exam and a quick psychological test".


    Following the Young Trainer we entered a small room that was on the left side of the reception, there was a small classroom with approximately 20 chairs in which you could see two other children sitting waiting and in the background next to an old blackboard was an old man with a Gardevoir to his right.


    "Looks like you''re in luck, you won''t have to wait long as these other two kids are coming to take the test to get their Trainer license too, please take a seat and in a few minutes the teacher will give them instructions," said the receptionist in a cheerful tone.


    I quickly sat down in the nearest chair near the back of the room, the other two children looked at me for a moment with little interest until the teacher got up from his chair and introduced himself: "Good afternoon young promises, my name is Ronald and I will be your examiner today, before I begin I will explain to you how you will be evaluated to see if you are ready to receive your license and your first Pokemon"


    "To begin with, I will give you a small exam of approximately 3 pages, in this exam you will only be evaluated your common knowledge of language and mathematics, with this we make sure that you know the basics before going out to explore the world and do not fall into scams by merchants when collecting your rewards or that you can properly manage your finances," said the last with a very serious tone.


    "After you finish the written part you will come to my desk where Gardevoir will give you a small evaluation, don''t worry, I tell you beforehand that your memories will not be read to you in any way, Gardevoir will only analyze your feelings and evaluate if you are emotionally mature enough to become Trainers" this last part made the two children in front of me a little nervous,  so to calm the atmosphere a bit I raised my hand and asked: "Excuse me Mr. Ronald, what if Gardevoir judges us as unfit to be Trainers? Will we no longer be able to start our journey?"


    Master Ronald just gave a loud laugh and said: "I always get asked that, you don''t have to be worried, basically the Gardevoir exam is just to make sure that we are not giving Pokemon to disturbed young people, it is very rare for someone not to pass the exam and even when it is the case you can try again in a few months so you can rest assured"


    With the doubts cleared up, the teacher approached our chairs and passed us the exams in an orderly manner, which after having given them a look I noticed that they would not take me more than 5 minutes to answer, actually the mathematical part only covered the basics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and as a final question to get extra points we were asked to get percentages,  From then on the language part was even simpler, they only asked us to do a small essay of why we wanted to be Trainers, apparently this world has only one globalized language, so the language part was the same in all regions, which for someone from a world with more than 7000 languages was a relief.


    After reviewing my answers and taking a look at the essay, I approached the teacher Ronald to grade them, I could see his surprise when I finished answering very quickly especially after looking at the worried faces that the other two children had while answering their exams, the teacher with a serious expression began to read my answers and then smiled and said to me with a surprised gesture:  "I think you just broke a record boy, no one had finished these exams so early and with a perfect grade, you can tell that you put a lot of effort into your education, now please come to Gardevoir so that I can take the exam"


    With some nervousness I contemplated Gardevoir, I particularly like this Pokemon a lot, it has a good combination with the Psychic-Fairy type and is one of the few Pokemon that I always used in my team, but now having it in front of me I could understand why Mother Clarisse was not enthusiastic about the idea of a Psychic Pokemon analyzing me,  It''s really terrifying that a Pok¨¦mon can scrutinize your mind and not be able to do anything to defend you, there are few humans who have psychic abilities and unfortunately I don''t think I''m one of them, so it''s in my plans to have a Pok¨¦mon of this type.


    With some caution I asked the teacher, "Excuse me, I''m a little curious, is the ability to read Gardevoir''s feelings because of his Psychic type or his Fairy type?" the examiner, noticing that I was trying to buy time before gathering courage and approaching his Pokemon, said to me in a relaxed tone:  "It''s actually because of the Fairy type, the Psychic energy feels very different, if you ever have a Psychic Pokemon you will quickly identify the feeling, now, don''t be afraid and get closer to Gardevoir, believe me, it will be fast and Gardevoir is a very kind Pokemon" almost as if it was his signal Gardevoir smiled at me and took a step back almost as if telling me that I could get closer at my pace.


    Swallowing a little and with some concern that Gardevoir would overreach and scrutinize in my head I approached the Pok¨¦mon quite cautiously, when he saw me he only closed his eyes and the red crest on his chest lit up, a warm sensation came to my body, I felt quite calm and even somewhat happy,  It reminded me of how I felt the first time seeing Mother Clarisse, it''s like a feeling of affection and protection.


    After a few minutes Gardevoir opened his eyes and turned to look at his Trainer and then nodded his head, Master Ronald just smiled and said to me in a cheerful tone: "Congratulations, you passed the tests, please stop by Junior so that they can give you your license and your Trainer starter kit".


    Feeling a weight less on me I almost jumped for joy, thanked the teacher and left the room quickly to the frustration of the other children who were still immersed in their exams, when I opened the door to go back to the reception I could see an excited Junior next to Mother Clarisse posing for a photo with a rudimentary photographer''s camera,  the boy seemed to be in seventh heaven for having a picture with Mother Clarisse, that seemed very strange to me, although Mother Clarisse is very pretty with her brown hair that boy far from seeming to be attracted to her seemed more than anything to admire her.


    Noticing that I was entering the reception the two turned to look at me and Junior said to me in a cheerful tone "Apparently you did well Mr. Maxwell, please come to the reception so that I can finish capturing your data to issue your license and that I give you your kit" feeling somewhat self-conscious by that extreme show of respect I slowly approached the reception for the amusement of Mother Clarisse who only He covered his mouth slightly, trying to stifle his laughter.


    Once I was in front of Junior he proceeded to ask me: "Now, Mother Clarisse has already given me most of her information Mr. Maxwell, we only have the last name pending, as you will have already explained the orphans who turn 10 years old can choose the last name that suits them the most, please tell me the last name that you would like us to put on your license" said the receptionist again with great respect.


    I thought for a few moments, I really have a hard time remembering my previous name, so I felt a bit lost with the last name, I turned to look at Mother Clarisse and asked her somewhat embarrassedly: "would you be very happy if you could use your last name Mother Clarisse do you think you can?" Mother Clarisse hearing that almost started to cry again today,  but with a complicated expression she told me: "I would be very happy to give you my surname Max, but we have a tradition in our orphanage, most of the orphans who become Trainers adopt the surname Jones for good luck and it is not that I am very superstitious but those who did reached high places in the Indigo Plateu and even traveled to other regions in these last years".


    Noticing that he had his reasons for not giving me his last name I decided to follow his advice and turned to look at the now excited Junior who was impatiently waiting for my answer and said, "Okay, from now on I will be known as the Trainer and future champion Maxwell Jones."

 Chapter 10: License

    I was thinking for a few moments, I really have a hard time remembering my previous name, so I felt a little lost with the last name, I turned to Mother Clarisse and asked her something embarrassed:"would you be very happy if you could use your surname Mother Clarisse think you can?" Mother Clarisse heard that she almost started crying again today, but with a complicated expression she said to me: "I would be very happy to give you my last name Max, but we have a tradition in our orphanage, Most of the orphans who become Trainers adopt the surname Jones for good luck and not that it is very superstitious but those who did it reached high places in the Indigo Plateu and even traveled to other regions in recent years".


    Noticing that he had his reasons for not giving me his last name I decided to follow his advice and I turned to see the now excited Junior who waited impatiently for my answer and I said: "Okay, from now on I will be known as the Trainer and future champion Maxwell Jones".


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    "What an excellent decision! Sounds great to you, allow me and finish processing your license will only take me a few minutes Mr. Maxwell Jones, please take a seat for while" said Junior as if it were the most exciting thing in the world.


    Feeling somewhat confused by the attitude of the receptionist I chose to follow his directions and take a seat with Mother Clarisse, we had an idle talk and after a few minutes I felt somewhat curious so I quietly asked him: "You know, I understand you have your reasons, but I¡¯m a little curious, what¡¯s your last name, Mother Clarisse?" When she heard the question she just put on a nostalgic face and said : "Originally I was called Clarisse Rose, but that was many years ago, now I am only Mother Clarisse and I would appreciate you to keep calling me that way" said the last thing with a smile.


    Understanding that perhaps there is more to Mother Clarisse¡¯s life, I decided not to ask questions about her past, even though I am very curious, part of growing up is understanding that people have things they don¡¯t want to share even with their loved ones.


    While he had that idea in mind the receptionist got up from his chair and made a gesture for us to approach:" All ready Mr. Maxwell, here I give him his Trainer license" he said as he handed me a small metal card: "Please lift her at the height of her head for a second and press firmly on the right side".


    As I followed the instructions of the receptionist I could see how on the right side of the Trainer license was appreciated a photograph well taken of my face which surprised me a lot because I did not understand how a small piece of metal could have those functions without a lens, seeing my astonishing face the receptionist proceeded to tell me: "Now if you pay me your attention I will explain the functions of the Trainer license".


    "As the first and most important point this license works as your identification and permission to participate in Pokemon fights and enlist in the challenge of the Indigo Plateu, you should always have it at hand, you will be asked at the Pokemon center to use the services offered by the league and in certain cases helps us locate approximately the Trainers" said the receptionist with a serious tone and saying the point as if he had rehearsed it.


    "Doesn¡¯t this little card have a tracker or something? Doesn¡¯t that seem like a violation of Trainers'' rights?" I said feeling offended for a second that the league would know where I was at all times.


    "At all, the Trainer license does not have any kind of tracker, what we do is that in the Pokemon Centers we manage a digital log of all the Trainers that occupy some service in the establishments of the league, this measure may sound something extreme, but as you can imagine Trainers lead somewhat risky lives and spend a lot of time in nature so it is very common for some to get lost and their families raise search requests because they spend a lot of time without calling them back, so with the log we can help by doing a better investigation of which were the last places they visited and greatly facilitate the search for the lost"


    Seeing that he seemed satisfied with his answer, Junior lifted two fingers and continued with his explanation: "As second function the Trainer license also works like a wallet, although it is common to see the use of physical Pokedolars in cities, it is not always the best method for someone who travels a lot, so the license can work as a bank account current, if you look closely at your license the total amount of your savings comes out, at this time being new Trainer you must be reflected $2,000 Pokedolars for your first month".


    When he said that I quickly corroborated in the license and indeed came out the amount he had told me, just to the left of my photograph and under my name and my hometown the $2,000 numbers came out slightly illuminated.


    "As you will notice the number shines, if you do so it will recognize your fingerprint and give you 2 options, which are to transfer to a third-party account or transfer to another Trainer, once you select an option write the amount to transfer, to be more specific, If you put transfer to another Trainer you must select the amount to transfer and then put your license above the Trainer to which you want to pay and you will automatically listen to a *Ping* and the transfer will be ready, or if you want to send money to someone who does not have a license you follow the same procedure and choose the option to send to a third-party account, there you will have to put the unique password of the account of the person you want to send and the desired amount, For the comfort of the Trainers you can save up to 5 unique keys of people who want to send Pokedolars on a regular basis," Junior said as he remembered how Gengar''s Trainer paid Nidorino''s Trainer a few days ago in the park arena.


    "In turn if you want you can use it as a debit card in any establishment in any city, really these licenses rendered useless the use of physical Pokedolars to the Trainers" said the receptionist laughing.


    "I have a doubt" I said, raising my hand amazed at how the receptionist explained the use of the license in such detail: "What if for example I win a battle and the other person does not want to pay me Or the opposite happens if I lose a battle and the other person takes advantage that my Pokemon is weakened to threaten me and take more money than agreed?"  I said thinking about how a person from my old world would take advantage of those situations.


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    "There really is an honor system between Trainers, we are very supportive of each other and those situations almost never happen, In case they happen, you can sue Trainers, they risk doing something like this when they can lose their livelihood and all their savings forever," said Junior, trying to reassure me, the person who extorted you, after an investigation if it turns out to be guilty the person¡¯s license is revoked permanently and his account remains frozen or if he is innocent the person who filed the complaint loses his license instead, so you can imagine that very few


    "As a third function the Trainer license allows you to see the status of the Pokemon you have with you at the moment, if you look at the bottom of the Trainer license there are 6 small circles, each one represents the Pokemon that you can walk at the same time,  as you fill your computer a small image of the Pokemon will be put in its respective circle and this will be changed when you make substitutions, biting it will give you its health status, its gender, its level and the attacks it knows, It¡¯s not as detailed as a Pokedex might be but believe me it¡¯s crucial for any Trainer," said the receptionist with three fingers raised before lifting the room.


    "And as the last feature on the back of the Trainer license will reflect your achievements, it is not so extensive but you will get the last tournaments in which you participated along with the places you reached in those tournaments and the Badges that you have managed to collect, this can generate some confusion but the physical Badges are only decorative,  to prevent the Trainers from selling them only take into account the Badges that are reflected in your Trainer license to participate in the Indigo Plateu" said Junior as he waited for me to have any other questions.


    Seeing that I keep quiet Junior added: "The Trainer license will be your second best friend in everything that will be your life as a Trainer just below your Pokemon team,  you must take great care of her, is powered by solar energy or with the PCs of the Pokemon Centers so that you let it give you some daylight during your travels should last a long time charging, in the event that you lose it or an extreme situation breaks you must take into account that the cost of replenishment is $20,000 Pokedolars, which will be charged with a discount of 10% of each deposit of money to your account until you settle the total" said the latter in a warning tone.


    I was shocked to hear that both can make a simple card, basically if you added a call system could work like a smartphone from my old world, the technology here is very inconsistent, they have spheres that defy logic by catching superpowered monsters and this card that surpasses in several respects the best smartphones I knew but do not have a public internet or commercial cell phones as I am used to, The closest thing would be a PokeNav but I heard they¡¯re pretty expensive.


    "Now that you have your Trainer license and you know how much you can do let me give you your initial Trainer kit," said Junior as he handed me a yellow bag with two simple straps "This will be your bag, are manufactured by Silph Co in mass for new trainers, has a side pocket for MOs and MTs left and right another for up to 5 types of Potions, in the main pocket has room for up to 30 items thanks to space saving technology, so you know it¡¯s the same technology they use for Pokeballs, this model is the most basic you can find and costs about $4,000 Pokedolars, if you put some money together you can find better backpacks of different colors and with much more space, now a small paper containing the list of items you should have.please open it and corroborate the articles" said Junior as I passed


    Already with the Bag in my hands I started to check what I had, in the pocket on the left there were slots as for about 20 discs, in the pocket on the right there was only a small black space that when I put my hand I could feel a few bottles, when I tried them I could feel that it was 5 potions therefore that side was already at maximum capacity, opening the big pocket only looked completely dark, I put my hand and I felt nothing, I thought for a moment about the Pokeballs and immediately felt at my fingertips that when counting them quietly I had about 10 as I specified on the paper, then I corroborated that the 3 Rage Candy Bar were in the same way and to finish I thought about the rope escape, this last one was a little more difficult because I had to basically ask it mentally, when touching it it felt like a normal rope but slightly electrified which I found quite strange.


    Seeing that everything seemed in order I put the Superball I was carrying in the Bag before noticing how Mother Clarisse moved nimbly behind the reception and took out from the bottom a plastic bag that I lift with pride: ¡±You don¡¯t think that cake was your only gift, do you? Oh, yeah Don¡¯t forget it¡¯s still your birthday, Max!  Now that you have your license I want you to know that you have my blessing to start your journey with these gifts!" said Mother Clarisse as she handed me the plastic bag that I could see when I opened it contained a belt with six magnetized slots for Pokeballs, black gloves without fingers and a striking red cap with a white-black Pokeball symbol.


    Quite moved by his gesture I put on all the items in the bag, particularly I liked the cap and I feel that the belt will be very useful,  I still don¡¯t understand what the point of the gloves is, but I think Mother Clarisse didn¡¯t want me to clash with the other Trainers.


    Seeing me with my new outfit Mother Clarisse began to clap and said cheerfully: "You are practically ready for your adventure Max! You only need one thing, it cost me a little to get it but thanks to an old friend could arrive in time for today!" I comment the last part while I delivered something wrapped in a striking red handkerchief, when I unwrapped it I saw that it was a Pok¨¦Nav with everything and cover to hang it from my new belt.


    I was quite surprised, I don¡¯t think Mother Clarisse would make a lot of money at the orphanage and I know that these items must have cost an eye so I felt a little guilty and I said, "I really appreciate this Mother Clarisse but I think it¡¯s too much" Mother Clarisse looked a little sad for my comment but quickly refuted: "The Pok¨¦Nav is basically a safe to feel more calm, I would like you to call me wherever you are when you leave town and its Map function will prevent you from getting lost Max" she said as he put his hands on his chest with a worried gesture.


    Once again feeling his intention to keep me safe I swallowed my guilt and said with a smile: "All right, I¡¯ll take it, I promise when I¡¯m a successful Trainer I¡¯ll pay you and also make sure I call you regularly when I leave town in a few weeks after I beat Brock."


    Breaking our touching moment Junior smothered a laugh when he heard what I said about beating his boss in a few weeks and said cheerfully: "I don¡¯t think even Maxwell Jones can beat a gym leader with just a few weeks as a Trainer but it will be interesting to see you try"


    Then with a loud applause Junior said with a serious face: ¡°Now you are almost ready, the only thing missing is the main event, Mr. Maxwell, please go to the hallway on my right where my Boss, the leader of the Pewter City Gym, the Great One, will be. ¡°Brock, he will give you your starter Pokemon and you will officially be a Trainer.¡±


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    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $2,000 Pokedolar


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C POCKET FULL


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    10 Pok¨¦balls


    1 Super Ball


    1 Escape Rope


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 Chapter 11: Options

    Breaking our touching moment Junior stifled a laugh when he heard what I said about beating his boss in a few weeks and said cheerfully, ¡°I don''t think even Maxwell Jones can beat a Gym Leader with just a few weeks as a Trainer but it will be interesting to see you.¡± try it¡±


    Then with a loud applause Junior said with a serious face: ¡°Now you are almost ready, the only thing left is the main event, Mr. Maxwell, please go to the hallway on my right where my Boss, the leader of the Pewter Gym, will be. ¡± city , the Great Brock , he will give you your starting Pokemon and you will officially be a Trainer .¡±


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    I almost completely forgot after so many things that they gave me today that I was going to receive my Starter right here, already excited I took Mother Clarisse ''s hand and headed to the right hallway that leads to the arena and therefore with Brock , we had not found Not even three steps when we heard how Junior stood up startled and with his hand outstretched shouted to us: ¡°Wait please! I highly recommend that only Mr. Maxwell enter.¡± That surprised me a lot so I answered: ¡°Mother Clarisse is coming with me, although She''s not Trainer , I don''t see why it would be wrong for her to accompany me¡± I said adding the last part with a slightly offended tone.


    Junior, upon seeing my answer, got a little scared and turned to look at Mother Clarisse to analyze if he had offended her too, but luckily for him, Mother Clarisse seemed to be more confused than anything else, giving a sigh of relief, Junior said in a tone apology: ¡°It''s not about any of that, what happens is that as you may have already heard, Brock has a certain weakness for pretty women, it''s not that he''s a bad person or anything like that, it''s just that he tends to get too distracted when "He has one in front of him and he forgets what he''s doing, that''s why the last receptionist quit, she felt guilty because Brock made his challengers wait just because he was trying to flirt with her," he said, feeling a little embarrassed for the boss who had.


    ¡°It sounds pretty horrible, how come he''s a Gym Leader?¡± I said, somewhat irritated at the idea of a gym leader who is basically the protector of a city behaving that way.


    The receptionist just sighed and answered with a tired tone as if he had already had to give the same explanation several times: ¡°He really is a good Trainer , he learned everything from his father and that is why he is one of the youngest gym leaders, he barely goes turning 20, if it weren''t for his characteristic personality I dare say that he could even enter the Elite Four , when he is focused he is a kind, intelligent person and very responsible for his work, he could be a little extravagant but I can''t imagine helping another gym leader other than him¡± Junior said with a kind smile.


    Understanding a little what Junior was saying and remembering what Brock was like in the anime, I decided not to judge him until I meet the version of him in this world. Feeling somewhat guilty, I turned to see Mother Clarisse and said to her in an apologetic tone: ¡° I''m sorry, Mother Clarisse , I think it''d be better if we meet at the orphanage. I''ll take a while choosing my Pokemon and I''ll take advantage of the day to get to know it better," I said, somewhat crestfallen.


    Mother Clarisse just ruffled my hair a little and said with a smile: ¡°Don''t worry Max, I met Flint a few years ago and I can imagine a little what his son will be like, although I don''t think he''ll be interested in me, I''m already 30.¡± years so I''m practically a grandmother" she said in a playful tone before adding with a serious expression: "Be very careful with the Pokemon you choose Max, please don''t forget that they are dangerous and you shouldn''t trust them so much"


    After saying that, Mother Clarisse gave me one last hug and left with a somewhat serious face. Junior, who heard her words, looked somewhat uncomfortable due to Mother Clarisse ''s sudden change in character and just stared in silence before returning. quietly to his place.


    Feeling a little bad because of the heaviness that was left in the room, I decided it was better to continue and talk to Brock , I walked down the hallway and opened a heavy wooden door that connected to the sand, as soon as I entered I was speechless from the shock of the sand, It was much larger than the one in the city park, you can tell that this is a Rock Type gym because the arena had several huge rocks as obstacles, I imagine that they must give a certain advantage to Brock ''s Pokemon .


    When I finished admiring the interesting arena of the Pewter City Gym, I noticed that on the other side of it, someone was standing with his back on a podium. That person grabbed a microphone that was hanging on one side of him and like a wrestling presenter. Libre said in an announcer''s tone: "Looks like we have a new challenger for THE GREAT, MAGNIFICENT, UNMATCHED LEADER OF THE PEWTER CITY GYM BROOOOOOOOOOCCCCK!" The person said before turning around and showing himself as a dark boy with brown hair and slanted eyes who seemed to be extremely satisfied by his own presentation.


    Remembering a little how they treated him in the anime, I decided to put on an indifferent expression and approached calmly, trying to ignore the antics of the person who would give me my first partner. When he noticed that I didn''t react to his presentation, he stared at me for a few seconds before to say: ¡°How unenthusiastic you are, it shows that you are still a novice if a presentation like this doesn''t boil your blood, how can I help you little friend?¡± He said the last thing with a kind smile as if the whole scene he made with the microphone hadn''t happened.


    ¡°I just received my Trainer license and I came for my first Pokemon , they told me that I had to come with you sir so I can choose my partner¡± I said in a calm tone, holding up the Trainer license so that he wouldn''t doubt me.


    ¡° Ooooh I see I see, it makes my heart happy to see new Trainers starting their journey, it reminds me of when my father gave me my Onix about 10 years ago, what good memories¡± Brock said with a nostalgic tone ¡°But I think it''s "It''s too soon for you to tell me sir, I''m still quite young and I haven''t gotten married," Brock added with some sadness at the last part.


    After a few apologies from me, Brock cleared his throat and said: ¡°Well, let''s get back to what''s important, apparently you passed your exam and you already have your license and your basic Trainer kit , are you ready for the responsibility of having your own Pokemon ?, I remind you that Pokemon are intelligent and sensitive beings, they are not toys or tools for your convenience, if you do not treat them with respect or they do not judge you as someone worthy, they will not hesitate for a second to abandon you, can you handle that? Brock commented with a serious tone.


    I took a step forward and told him decisively: ¡°I already had a few small experiences with Pokemon , no matter what Pokemon you give me, I promise that I will treat it like someone in my family and protect it¡± I said with a very serious face. remembering the events of this week.


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    Brock only blinked for a few seconds before patting me on the shoulder and laughing loudly: ¡°That''s the answer everyone should give !¡± It seems that you do have some hot blood after all, little friend ! ¡± He said with a happy tone, quite satisfied with my answer: ¡° Perfect, please accompany me to the warehouse so you can choose your partner¡± He said as he walked without turning back, moving his hand with a gesture for me to follow him.


    A few steps before reaching the door of the warehouse, Brock suddenly stopped and turned to look at me, this time it seemed like he was getting a good look at my face and asked with an apologetic tone: ¡°You know, I didn''t really ask your name, Since you have a familiar resemblance, I have already been treating you with so much trust, what is your name, little friend ? ¡± he said as he put his hand on the back of his head with a pitiful smile.


    Feeling some sympathy for Brock I responded with a smile: "You''re actually quite funny, my name is Maxwell Jones but you can call me Max if you like." For a moment I could see a flash of intelligence in Brock ''s eyes , as if he were analyzing Something, he looked at me in silence for a few seconds and then smiled before saying: ¡°The last name Jones is really very popular in the orphanage, right ? "I expect great things from you if you use that last name Max," Brock said while I was surprised by how quickly he understood my situation.


    We remained silent for a second before Brock took me out of my astonishment and said animatedly as he opened the door to the warehouse: ¡°Well Max, let''s not waste any more time and see what the Pewter City gym can offer you ¡± as he finished saying the last thing. The warehouse door was already open and several shelves full of Pokeballs could be seen .


    Once inside I started to look at the shelves carefully, there were several labels indicating which Pokemon were inside the Pokeballs , Brock just walked to the center of the warehouse without paying much attention to the shelves and took a list and then said: ¡°Ok Max, I know you will appreciate my efforts to find various Pokemon for the new Trainers , listen carefully and tell me which Pokemon interests you¡± he said quite proud of the great variety he offered and began to read the list out loud: ¡°We have Geodudes, Rhyhorns , Pidgeys , Rattatas , Zigzagoons , Sentrets and even a Bidoof that I was able to exchange for some connections¡± he said with a small wink: ¡°we also have Nidorans, both males and females, Caterpies , Weedles , Spinaraks , Pinecos and as a special job I also have a Drowzee ¡± he added as if it were a particularly difficult catch.


    ¡°If none of that interests you and you are more focused on beating me, I also have a few Pok¨¦mon with an advantage for my gym, I have Magikarps , Goldeens , Horseas , Krabys , Corphish , Odishs , Paras, Arons and Belsprouts ¡± he said with a tired tone after read all that: ¡°Honestly there is a lot more variety out there, since Trainers from all over the world visit us Kanto currently no longer has the same species it used to have so if you were looking for another Type of Pokemon you will most likely be able to find it on your travels "These Pokemon that I have in stock are mostly because they were very docile or they weren''t born long. Honestly, I would like to be able to offer more variety like fire, electric or fighting types , but I can''t go too far from the city for protection," he added. the last in an apologetic tone before taking my seat as if he knew beforehand that I would take my time choosing.


    After listening to the entire list I could only put my hand on my chin and think carefully, I was surprised at how few Pokemon there were. Type Rock that was supposed to be Brock ''s gym , but then I analyzed that most of them are fossils so they must be difficult to get, I honestly didn''t expect such a number of options, although a part of me is a little disappointed for not having a Charmander like everything A huge Pokemon fan , I was happy to have more than three Types to choose from.


    Analyzing the options for a few minutes I thought it would be better to choose by elimination, first of all I am not a fan of Pokemon Grass Type , personally, I consider the Electric Types better as a counter to Water Pokemon , so that rules out several options, hence the Rock Types are ruled out for the moment because although they would be very useful due to their strength, they would be a hindrance for me in the first two. gyms, something similar happens to me with the Water Types. I actually don''t think that Magikarp or Feebas are useful until they evolve and the others would take me some work to strengthen them, the Bug Types are still ruled out because although they are quick to strengthen their threshold of strength is very low.


    I came to the conclusion that my real options were only: A male or female Nidoran , Drowzee , Horsea and Aron, I felt a little bad for discarding Rhyhorn and Pidgey but one had a bad Type for my beginnings as a Trainer and the other It brought back bad memories.


    Deliberate a bit and then also discard Drowzee , unfortunately my path to the top is rushed, I need a Pokemon with the potential to be very strong and that can help me win at least the first Gyms with some ease before I can complete my team and unfortunately a Hypno would fall short at the end of the Indigo Plateu .


    My starting Pokemon should be the pillar of my team, the strongest, the one that helps me guide my team, that''s why I also ruled out Horsea , a Kingdra would be perfect but I heard that Types Dragon tend to be a bit stubborn and individualistic and to be honest I don''t see it as very smart that my bodyguard throughout the region only has decent mobility in the water, I know they can jump with their tail but I think my Starter should have legs to walk with me.


    That only left Aron and Nidoran as options , either of them were worth having on my team, their evolutions are powerful and have many advantages, in particular Aron was an option because his Type was good at fighting Pokemon Lance''s Dragon in the future, but in the end the answer was pretty obvious.


    ¡°I think I already chose, please I want my initial to be Nidoran ¡á¡± I said with the most decisive tone I could, Brock just smiled and asked me casually: ¡°I thought you would choose a Water Type , can you tell me why Nidoran ¡á ?¡± ¡± I smiled back and shared my reasoning: ¡°It was somewhat complicated but it is the best option for my situation. Thinking ahead, I can say that it has a Type with few weaknesses for the gyms in this region. Only Sabrina would really have me against her. strings, its latest evolution Nidoking is known for being very powerful and has a good combination of Types for the team I want to form, it is one of the Pokemon that can learn the most MTs so it can fight any Pokemon if I give it the right attacks and in the short term it would be very easy to level him up in Viridian Forest for his Peck attack , eventually learning Double Kick that will be crucial to defeat you and the Moon Stones necessary for its last evolution abound on the way to the next city¡± I said trying to sound calm but I was very happy to obtain so many advantages with my first Pokemon .


    Brock calmly applauded and told me: ¡°I congratulate you, usually new Trainers choose a Water Type to beat me or a Rock Type to match me, I''m glad you think outside the box Max, let''s hope that helps you in your career as a Trainer ¡± he said. as he walked to a shelf and took a common Pokeball : "Here you go Max, it''s your first Pokemon . Please take care of him and educate him well, I promise that he will meet your expectations as long as you meet his" he said as he gave me the Pokeball in my hand. hand.


    Feeling moved by the situation, I could only jump with happiness, things are finally starting now, today my true path to the top begins, I raised the Pokeball to the height of my face and said: ¡°I hope we are the best friend Nidoran ¡á I promise you that I will make you a Champion ¡± Almost as if in response to my words the Pokeball shook a little.


    When I was about to release my Pokemon from its Pokeball to interact with it for the first time, a loud alarm was heard throughout the city¡± ALERT ! ALERT ! THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS ASKED TO ENTER THEIR HOMES ! ¡°SIGHTING OF A POKEMON DRAGON.¡±


    The alarm had not finished hearing when I saw how Brock moved at full speed to the podium that was in the arena where, by pressing a red button, 6 Ultraballs that were hidden there came out, he took them and ran outside without saying a word, leaving me there without know what to do.

 Chapter 12: Dragon

    Feeling moved by the situation I could only take a leap of happiness, finally things start now, today begins my real way to the top, I raised the Pokeball to the height of my face and said: "I hope we are the best friends Nidoran¡á I promise I will make you a champion" Almost as if responding to my words the Pokeball stirred a little.


    When I was about to release my Pokemon from his Pokeball to interact with it for the first time, a loud alarm was heard throughout the city." ALERT! THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS ASKED TO ENTER THEIR HOMES! SIGHTING OF A DRAGON POKEMON."


    The alarm had not finished being heard when I saw how Brock moved at full speed to the podium that was in the arena where pressing a red button came out 6 Ultraballs that were hidden there, he took them and ran without saying a word to the outside leaving me there not knowing what to do.


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    For a second I froze from all the hubbub of alarms, reasoned it out a bit and came to the conclusion that the safest place I could be is this very gym, but I thought this might be my only chance to see a real Dragon-type Pok¨¦mon, they are supposed to be the scarcest Pokemon in the region and eventually I will have to fight them when I face each other to Lance for the championship.


    With that idea in mind and with the security of being close to Brock in case something happens I ran after him to see what was happening, it didn''t take me long to catch up with him as he was standing outside his gym looking up at the sky looking for the threat.


    As Brock looked up at the sky, Junior ran up to him, almost out of breath, and said, "Good thing you got out quickly, boss! As soon as I heard the alarm I went out to help Officer Jenny to protect the people, so she explained to me a few Trainers saw a couple of Dragonites flying from the North to here, it seems that they are heading to Viridian Forest but apparently they are extremely angry, they are causing destruction everywhere they go" he said with a terrified face as he waited for Brock to give his orders.


    Brock only thought about it for a few seconds before taking out three Ultraballs and saying in a calm tone: "I have no idea that it will have angered those Pokemons but I can''t allow them to destroy this city, I''ll have to capture them and send them to Lance to relocate them to some sanctuary" he said with a calmness that impressed me and then freed an Aerodactyl, an Aurorus and a hulking Steelix.


    Seeing that Brock was getting ready to fight and bringing out what seemed to be his best Pokemon, I was emboldened and approached him to ask, "Oh my god Brock! Your team is awesome, but they''re Dragon Pokemons, Dragonite evolves up to level 55 so those things are incredibly powerful Pokemons, what level is your team? Shouldn''t you take them all out to defeat them?" I said more curious than scared, as it''s hard to be scared when you see a building-sized Steelix ready to defend you.


    Brock just glanced at me sideways for a second without taking his eyes off the sky before saying, "You shouldn''t be here Max, but I think this will serve you, listen, Dragon Type Pokemons can evolve by level or age, they can live hundreds of years and depending on their nature never get into a fight unless you bother them, so they shouldn''t have a lot of experience in battles," he said with a calm tone and then said: "And by the way, my Steelix is at level 53 and it''s my strongest Pok¨¦mon, but believe me, you can''t compare a properly trained Pok¨¦mon with a wild one, Pok¨¦mon that have Trainer are in better shape, know more strategies and have many more attacks, I have full confidence that with these three I can beat them without much effort," he said, clapping his hands to the Steelix, who lowered his head to receive the affection of his Trainer.


    Not even a few seconds passed when loud roars were heard coming from the sky, Brock just clicked his tongue and said in an annoyed tone: "I was hoping to be able to face them outside the city but they came very fast, I''ll try to lure them towards the park to minimize the damage, Aerodactyl fast go bother them a little!" he said as the Aerodactyl put on a carnivorous smile and soared through the sky.


    Brock nodded with a smile and climbed onto the head of his Steelix, which quickly and without receiving a direct order headed south of the city where the park was located with Aurorus running after them.


    Junior and I only looked at each other for a second before nodding and running after them, when we were a few streets away we could see a blue ray from the center of the park that pointed directly at the sky clearing the clouds that were there, from there came the two Dragonites that began to circle around the park looking for where that Ice Beam that tried to attack them came from, it only took them a few minutes to locate where Brock was with his Pokemon and the Aurorus that dared to try to stop them.


    When Junior said that they seemed to be angry he wasn''t exaggerating, the Dragonites had very expressive faces and clearly seemed to be furious, I don''t know what happened to put them like that, but I''m very sure that I will never make a Type Dragon angry, even from a distance you could see the amount of power they had and it was not too much to say that if Brock was not there the city would be destroyed without a place to happen. doubt.


    The Dragonites determined to maintain their advantage in the sky took aim at Aurorus and released two powerful Dragon Breaths that were intercepted by Steelix who seemed to barely feel anything from the impact, Brock seeing that the Dragonites seemed to be surprised by the ineffectiveness of their attacks quickly shouted to the sky: "Now Aerodactyl uses Take Down!"


    Almost as if waiting for the signal, Aerodactyl could be seen coming out of the sky and hitting one of the unsuspecting Dragonites from behind, who helplessly fell to the ground very close to where Brock''s Pok¨¦mon were.


    Brock smiled at this and kept giving orders: ¡°Well done Aerodactyl! Now, Steelix, it''s your chance, use Bind on the fallen Dragonite!" Steelix, almost ignoring his enormous size, moved with the agility of a snake and coiled around the Dragonite that was just getting up, with a swift movement he circled it with ease and I could see the desperation on Dragonite''s face when he saw such a monster suffocating him with its strength.


    Almost showing his pride as a powerful Dragon and his determination to prove that he would not be easy to beat, Dragonite even with Steelix''s strength taking his breath away began to hit Brock''s Pokemon''s face with his free fist, his fists were on fire, but the powerful Steelix only closed his eyes and it became an endurance battle that Steelix ended up winning as Dragonite couldn''t take it anymore and He fainted.


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    The Dragonite that was still in the sky let out a roar when it saw that its mate was in trouble and swooped with its flaming fist straight at Brock''s Steelix, when it was a few meters from the ground it stopped suddenly because it was suddenly grabbed by the tail by the bite of Aerodactyl that resisted the Dragonite to advance further.


    Brock just nodded as if the whole strategy was planned in advance and shouted, "Aerodactyl just hold it for a few seconds!, now Aurorus freeze it!" Brock''s Aerodactyl, still holding the Dragonite''s tail in its mouth, showed a mocking smile and held on tighter to the Dragonite''s anger, who, anticipating what was about to happen, turned to look at his assailant and threw a Dragon Breath at him at point-blank range.


    Brock''s Aerodactyl put on a pained face, but didn''t give in even after receiving that attack at such close range, showing how committed he was to teamwork, to which Aurorus, almost reciprocating his determination, unleashed an even more powerful Ice Beam than the previous one straight into Dragonite''s wings.


    I could see Brock''s Trainer capabilities with Aurorus'' attack, his Ice Beam was extremely accurate, if he had missed a bit he would have hit Aerodyctl and jeopardized the improvised plan of his Trainer, Aerodactyl who as soon as he saw his partner''s attack hit the target he moved away with speed while the Dragonite''s body froze more and more.


    Dragonite affected by the Ice Beam stopped moving and ended up fainting next to his partner to the good luck of Brock who threw two Ultra Balls at the weakened Pok¨¦mon, leaving us all nervous to see if all that combined attack was enough to beat them.


    The Ultra balls moved for what seemed like an eternity to all of us before a loud *PING* sounded and the Ultra balls almost as if it were magic returned to the hands of the now proud Brock who let out a loud sigh before saying, " Apparently these Dragonites come from some reserve or a large community of Pokemon Dragon, the Breath Dragon they used isn''t an attack they learn by leveling up and they didn''t seem to be very used to fighting either, if it had been a Dragonite of at least level 50 they wouldn''t have fallen down the Ice Beam so easily, so I guess these Pokemons only evolved for age," Brock said out loud but I suspect he was saying it mostly to himself.


    Brock stopped thinking for a moment before turning to Junior and saying, "Please go to Officer Jenny and tell her that the situation is under control, I would like to see her myself but this matter is serious and I have to send these Pokemons to Lance so he can see what to do with them." "For your part, Max, I think it would be better if you went back to the orphanage for the rest of the day as they must be worried about you, and tomorrow you can play a little with your new partner" he said with a smile but leaving no opportunity to refute it.


    I decided to follow Brock''s instructions, so I nodded and walked straight to the orphanage, once there Mother Clarisse received me with a big hug and with many tears in her eyes, it seemed that she had been crying for a while because she did not know if I was okay but I managed to calm her down after telling her that I was with Brock and that he completely handled the situation, I didn''t give him all the details and skipped the part where I was watching the fight, but in the end he calmed down and let me go to my room so I could rest.


    After all this day with strong emotions and witnessing the ability of well-trained Pokemon, I decided to sleep and tomorrow focus on forging my relationship with my new best friend.


    The next morning, after a relaxing shower and a hearty breakfast, I approached Mother Clarisse, who was reluctant to let me leave the orphanage today, and I said: "I''m sorry Mother Clarisse, I know things are a bit tense because of yesterday''s attack, but I have to look for food for my new friend at the Pokemon Center and by the way, I was thinking of going to the park so I could formally introduce myself to him," I said with a A pleading tone, though deep down I knew that if she said no, I would run away when she let her guard down.


    Mother Clarisse just gave a loud sigh and went to the kitchen where she grabbed a small bag that she handed to me: "You don''t need to go all the way to the Pokemon Center, here I can give you some Pokemon food that the sisters save for the Pidgeys that hang around the orphanage, you can go to the park directly and feed your Pokemon so that it can see that it can trust you" she said very reluctantly but I think deep down she still knew that I would end up running away if I stopped: "Just please don''t forget your Pokenav, if any emergency happens I will contact you directly at your number" added Mother Clarisse.


    I just nodded and gave her a big hug before running straight to the park which it didn''t take me long to get to because I ran much faster than normal to officially meet my Starter.


    As soon as I arrived I went to the emptiest part of the park I saw and took out my Trainer license that now had in the first circle at the bottom the image of a Nidoran¡á which I pressed and the following information came out:


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 5


    Movements: Leer, Peck.


    Seeing the information only ends up getting more excited, but to myself I thought that eventually I would have to find a way to get a Pokedex, the Pokedex offers location information of Pokemons, future moves and means of evolution among other things and to be honest I don''t remember by heart all the moves Nidoran¡á learns when leveling up.


    Leaving aside my plans for the future I took Nidoran¡á''s Pokeball out of my belt and pressed the button to make it come out, only a small ray of light was seen from which came a purple hare with its characteristic horn, Nidoran¡á only looked into my eyes for a few seconds waiting for me to say something to which I smiled and said with a calm tone: "Hello little friend, my name is Max, from now on I will be your Trainer and you will be my strongest Pok¨¦mon, I know it is something sudden but I need to become champion in a ridiculously short time, so I chose you since you have the potential to be one of the strongest Pokemon that will be seen in this region" I said trying to sound as nice as I could to compliment my new Pokemon and maybe get him to like you.


    Nidoran¡á looked at me with his eyes shining with excitement at the idea of becoming a powerful Pok¨¦mon, seeing that I almost had it on my side I decided to add more to the offer: "I want you to know that I''m also new to battles so we''ll have to learn together, but at minimum, I promise you that with me you''ll get to your final evolution and that you''ll face powerful rivals, What do you say? Do you want to become a champion with me?" I said, opening my arms with the last part.


    It only took a few seconds for Nidoran¡á to accept the offer and jump into my arms while making the characteristic sound of his species "ran ran!" To which I responded by giving him a hug, holding him in my arms I felt a little bad remembering the Pidgey that I thought would be my partner in this world but I shook my head and focused on Nidoran¡á, promising myself that I would not let anything happen to this little guy.


    After that touching moment I went down to Nidoran¡á for a moment and told him my immediate plans: "Okay Nidoran¡á, at the moment what we have to do is focus on leveling you up, there are at least a few Trainers in the city who have just received their first Pokemon as well so we will look for them and face them so that you become stronger and visit a place I need to go" I told him while my face was getting serious with the last part.


    Nidoran¡á just nodded happily without noticing my mood swing until suddenly a shrill voice was heard near us and a boy with a grumpy face approached me while pointing at me and said, "Hey you! I finally found you!"

 Chapter 13: Fight

    After that heartwarming moment I went down to Nidoran¡á for a moment and told him my immediate plans: "Okay Nidoran¡á, for now what we need to do is focus on leveling you up, there are at least a few Trainers in the city." who just received their first Pokemon as well, so we''ll look for them and face them so that you become stronger and visit a place that I need to go to," I said as I My face was getting serious with the last part.


    Nidoran¡á just nodded happily without noticing my mood change until suddenly a shrill voice was heard near us and a grumpy looking boy walked up to me while pointing at me and saying, "Hey you! I finally found you!"


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    I watched the boy for a few seconds but I couldn''t remember where I''m supposed to know him from, I hoped to myself that he wasn''t one of the people who knew the former owner of this body because although Mother Clarisse said that apparently he had no friends there is the possibility that maybe he had one or another acquaintance.


    The boy seemed even angrier that I didn''t react to his provocation and pointed his finger at me again: "If you think that by finishing the written exam before me you are a better Trainer, let me tell you that you are very wrong!, after yesterday''s attack of the Dragonites I couldn''t get my Pokemon but today I already have Bidoof and I already defeated the other Trainer so I only need you!" he said quite proudly The boy with an angry expression.


    After listening to him I understood that he was one of the guys who took the Trainer exam with me, I have no idea how I expected him to remember it when I never crossed a word with him, leaving that aside I was surprised that he chose Bidoof, it is definitely a peculiar option for a Starter but I understand that many people prefer to start with Pokemon of Type Normal because they are easier to train and are usually much more gentle than other Pok¨¦mon.


    Leaving aside my thoughts I smiled at the boy and said: "Ooh I see, excuse me, as I took the exam very quickly I didn''t really notice the other applicants, but I applaud you for thinking outside the mold and choosing Bidoof, I''m sure that Brock was pleased because it was difficult for him to get it, tell me what Pokemon did the other challenger you defeated have?"


    The guy seemed happy to be praised and put on a confident smile "HAHAHA in fact Brock gave me several tips to help Bidoof grow up better so I think if I was happy and the other fool picked a Rattata, can you believe it? It only took me five minutes to defeat him," he said, gloating before suddenly opening his eyes and frowning again, "YOU BASTARD, DON''T CHANGE THE SUBJECT!" he said shouting, "I challenge you to a Pokemon battle to see who is the best rookie Trainer in Pewter City!"


    Honestly I was just making fun of him a bit but I found it convenient for him to challenge me, Nidoran¡á needs experience and anyway I was going to look for rookie trainers to fight before leaving town, with a confident smile I said to the guy with an angry face "Are you very sure? Do you have any idea how many Trainers I''ve defeated since yesterday?" The boy''s face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "I do-don''t care, Bidoof and I can beat anyone," said the boy as if trying to convince himself.


    I laughed very loudly and said in a relaxed tone: "In fact because of yesterday''s incident I haven''t fought anyone, so I hope you''ll be gentle with me" I said the last while raising my hand to give him a salute, the boy when he heard me almost blew smoke out of his ears, with an expression somehow even more annoying he slapped my hand and shouted: "BASTARD, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PLAY WITH ME? QUICK, LET''S GO TO THE ARENA TO PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE!" he said as he stomped his foot into the park''s sand.


    I raised my shoulders a little and with a smile walked behind him, already in the arena we established the amount of the fight, the boy being angry and being very sure he could win set up the battle for $500 Pokedolars which is more than double what rookie trainers commonly bet.


    Everyone stood on one side of the arena and with a calm face I bent down for a moment to talk to Nidoran¡á: "Listen buddy, this is our first fight, I know you may be a little nervous but I''m counting on you, we''re going to easily win this" I said while giving Nidoran¡á a thumbs up.


    The little Nidoran¡á against all odds seemed to be more excited than anything to fight, it reminded me a bit of the Nidoran I saw fighting Gengar, that made me wonder if that attitude is something innate to the evolutionary line of Nidoran¡á.


    The boy with the angry face, now a little more desperate, yelled at us, "Are you going to take all day or can we start? Go for the win, Bidoof!" he said as he threw his Pokeball and the little beaver Pokemon came out of there, which had a blank look as if it didn''t know what it was doing there.


    I just nodded to the other Trainer and told Nidoran¡á where to stand, and with both Pok¨¦mon in the arena we looked into each other''s eyes and the guy with the angry face yelled: "Ok the fight starts at 3,2,1... NOW!" He said and then added: "Let''s get this over with a quick Bidoof attack with Tackle!" the little beaver only turned to look at his Trainer for a few seconds and then nodded with a goofy smile and lunged at my Nidoran¡á.


    I didn''t want to sound bad but I would swear that Bidoof is stupid, he had a bit of a wide eye and it seemed to take him some time to understand what his Trainer wanted to tell him, first of all that Pokemon takes its eyes off the fight to nod to its Trainer?, feeling a little bad for the opponent''s Bidoof I decided to focus better on the fight, Nidoran¡á was almost trembling with excitement and I could see how small purple drops were exuding from his body, without paying much attention to it and seeing that the Bidoof was close to impact I shouted the first order to Nidoran¡á : "Jump to avoid the attack and use Leer!" When my Pok¨¦mon heard the order, it jumped almost two meters and narrowly avoided Bidoof''s attack, which due to the angle of the attack ended up hitting the ground leaving a small crater.


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    Both my Pokemon and I opened our eyes wide impressed by Bidoof''s tremendous strength, now I understand how it is that they beat the other challenger''s Rattata in such a short time, a direct hit with that strength must be a knockout for any low-level Pok¨¦mon, the angry-faced boy put on a confident smile and shouted at his Pok¨¦mon: "Don''t stop Bidoof! Use Tackle until you hit him!" The Bidoof just put on another goofy smile and tried to hit my Nidoran¡á again.


    It took Nidoran¡á a moment to wake up and, remembering my instruction, he jumped backwards, gaining some distance from the rival Bidoof and then focused and put on an intense look with terrifying red eyes.


    I interpreted that this is how Leer worked in this world, I could notice how the rival Bidoof put on a frightened expression and stopped attacking to curl up cowed by the gaze of my Pokemon, taking advantage of that opportunity I shouted to Nidoran¡á: "Now use Peck while he is still off guard!" Nidoran¡á reacted instantly and with his horn glowing with a white light he hit his opponent squarely.


    The Bidoof seemed to take some damage with that, but his Trainer, far from feeling compassion for his Pokemon, barked angrily at him: "Don''t be a coward Bidoof and take advantage of the fact that he''s around to hit it!" Bidoof when listening to his trainer shook his body like a dog and without preparing enough he lunged at my Nidoran¡á, it was fortunate that to use Tackle the Pokemon must take some momentum or it will not be as effective so the blow although very strong was not enough to knock out my Nidoran¡á but it did cause a large amount of damage.


    Nidoran¡á had one eye squinted in pain but he was still standing, which made me a little nervous, I thought that at this rate we would lose the battle until the rival Bidoof seemed to falter for a second and seemed to breathe with some difficulty, both Trainers noticed how a purple aura surrounded poor Bidoof.


    It took me a few seconds to understand that that was due to Nidoran¡á''s purple sweat, it was definitely some kind of poison, I remember Nidoran¡á had the Poison Point ability in the games so it must be some kind of similar effect in this world.


    Not wanting to waste this opportunity and assuming that Nidoran¡á''s poison must have a very mild effect due to its low level, I yelled at my Pokemon, "Quick Nidoran¡á, let''s finish this with one last Peck!" Nidoran¡á seemed to understand that he couldn''t go on with the battle any longer, and he jumped even longer than before, then plummeted with his horn shining on poor Bidoof, who was writhing in pain from the poison.


    The impact caused by Nidoran¡á was so strong that it kicked up dust in the area where Bidoof was, after the dust was gone only Nidoran¡á could be seen breathing heavily next to a fainting Bidoof.


    I almost give a shout of happiness for my first win, I quickly took out my Pokeball and called Nidoran¡á back to rest, he looked quite happy and only closed his eyes when the red lightning returned him to his Pokeball, meanwhile the Angry Face Trainer seemed to have eaten an insect, He had a face between anger and bitterness, he reluctantly called his Bidoof and approached me with his Trainer license in hand.


    Immediately understanding what I wanted, I put my license below his, until a loud "PING" was heard, which indicated that the bet money was already in my account, after confirming that the money was deposited the Trainer with the angry face turned his back on me and then said: "This isn''t going to stay like this" and then run out of the park.


    "How melodramatic" I said in a low voice while watching the Trainer run, but well the important thing is that I won my first battle, now I just have to corroborate Nidoran¡á''s status, I quickly got my Trainer license and I was able to verify that Nidoran¡á went up a level being now at level 6.


    It''s easier to level up the weaker your Pok¨¦mon is and the stronger the opponent''s Pok¨¦mon is, so I guess I''ll only be able to level up a couple of levels with the weak Trainers in town before I have to go out and face wild Pok¨¦mon in droves because even though they give less experience they are much easier to face and sometimes you can even defeat them with one attack.


    "In the end, it all comes down to quantity>quality when training low-level Pokemon," I said before shrugging my shoulders and heading to the Pokemon Center, totally unwilling to spend a Potion inside a city when the Pokemon Center is so close.


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    After a quick visit to the Pokemon Center and a light talk accompanied by congratulations for becoming a Trainer from the Nurse Joy I headed back to the park where there were other young Trainers looking for some competition and money with some fights, I focused on looking for the Trainers who had just a couple of days to get their license and challenged them to fight, I really think that the Angry Face Trainer was one of the new Trainers with the strongest Pokemon because the rest of us barely made me and Nidoran¡á sweat.


    We faced a total of 5 new Trainers that had Belsprout and Horsea from Starter, really the battles only lasted a few minutes because the Horseas had very little mobility and my Nidoran¡á had an advantage against the Belsprouts but being cautious I decided that after each battle I would go to the Pokemon Center for a quick healing, In this way, Nidoran¡á fought all his battles in an optimal state and without realizing it, he leveled up and learned a new attack.


    Happy with the rapid progress of my Pokemon I decided to set goals for myself, first of all I have to raise some money to buy a better Bag and items for my travels, they may be underrated but good camping equipment is essential for any Trainer as well as kitchen items and ingredients for meals outside the cities.


    I decided that the best way to make money would be to make the requests that were in the Pokemon Center, there were searches for Pokemon that were located near the city and now that Nidoran¡á has more experience in battle as long as I don''t get too far away we should be safe.


    With that newfound conviction, I headed to the orphanage to take a break from all the battles I had today, with the idea of going to the Pokemon Center bulletin board tomorrow excited by the prospect of making more money and making my partner stronger.


    Trainer License


    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $3,500 Pokedolar


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C POCKET FULL


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    10 Pok¨¦balls


    1 Super Ball


    1 Escape Rope


    -15 Spaces Available-


    Pokemon


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 8


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy.

 Chapter 14: Mission

    I decided that the best way to make money would be to make the requests that were in the Pokemon Center, there were searches for Pokemons that were located near the city and now that Nidoran¡á has more experience in battle as long as I don''t get too far away we should be safe.


    With that newfound conviction, I headed to the orphanage to take a break from all the battles I had today, with the idea of going to the Pokemon Center bulletin board tomorrow excited by the prospect of making more money and making my partner stronger.


    The next day I woke up a little earlier than usual, I decided to take a little lap in the yard in front of the orphanage to improve my physical condition a little because, although bodies in this world endure much more than they could appear you never know when you will have to spend days moving faster than normal or resting less,  Pokemon trips are often dangerous and very long, so it''s best to be cautious and try to stay in better shape.


    I stopped counting when I had already gone around the yard more than 20 times, really this body is quite resistant, but I will definitely have to get some Pokemon to serve as a mount because I know that I will never be a person who enjoys that amount of exercise on a regular basis and less during trips between towns that can take days.


    After feeling weird about not losing my breath after all that exercise, I decided to follow my plans and head to the Pokemon center to look on the bulletin board for some kind of capture mission or something that would help me increase my funds a little more, so after a shower and a small breakfast I left the orphanage as fast as I could with fear that Mother Clarisse would find me And somehow she found out that I had planned to get out of town, even if it''s just for a few hours.


    It didn''t take me long to get to the Pokemon Center because after a week going to learn from the Nurse Joy I practically knew the way like the back of my hand, as soon as I entered through the automatic doors I turned to look discreetly towards the reception where I saw the Nurse Joy attending to a young Trainer who to his chagrin saw how the Nurse Joy stopped paying attention to him for a second to give me a smile and a quick wave of your hand.


    I shyly waved back before heading to the bulletin board, I may have been interacting for a week with Nurse Joy but it''s very hard for a child''s body not to get excited when such a beautiful woman gives you some special treatment.


    Once in front of the bulletin board I started to read the requests, there is really quite a variety but as this is a city for beginner Trainers the requests can be considered quite simple and with a not very high pay, for example there is a request from the businesses that are near the entrances of the city to scare away the Rattata who try to get into their establishments so which after beating them you can win a respectable $700 Pokedolars, which is basically the amount you earn for fighting 5 beginner Trainers so it can be considered a good deal.


    Something that also caught my attention is the request of several Trainers who got lost in Viridian Forest and still can''t find, it made me remember Charlotte''s story, so I searched among the capture requests and saw the one that was in the name of the Pokemon Center to capture the Hypno that was there.


    Remembering my main purpose I kept seeing the catch requests for weak Pokemon, so the Nurse Joy explained to me requests are made from all the places where there are Pokemon Centers, basically as a Trainer you make a request for a Pokemon to the Nurse Joy which identifies the area where it is most common to find it and contacts the nearest Pokemon Center so that the Nurse Joy from there generates the request for the local Trainer,  Earnings vary depending on the difficulty of the Pok¨¦mon, but requests with a higher profit-risk margin can be considered depending on your skills.


    I quickly identified some catch requests for various types of Pokemon that would be suitable for my level, among which I found easiest for me I saw the catch request for a Sentret for $800 Pokedolars and a Bellsprout for $1,200, without much thought I took both and went with the Nurse Joy to reserve them.


    I walked over to the front desk and with a low-key smile greeted the Nurse Joy: "Hello beautiful! I came to book these missions, my Nidoran¡á has already leveled up and we are ready for a challenge" I said trying to hide my flirtatious attempt while passing her the requests I took from the board, the Nurse Joy just rolled her eyes and said with a tired smile: "Hi Max!, I see that you are as animated as ever,  But as I already told you I think I''m a little older for you, regarding the applications of course I am, I just remind you that you have three days to complete them and in case you can''t pay a penalty for %25 of the value of the profit of each one," he said after stamping the applications and writing down my name in her log with the request and then returning them to me.


    With my day''s quests set and after a little farewell to the Nurse Joy, I excitedly left the Pokemon Center to run directly to the South entrance of Pewter City.


    As soon as I got to the South entrance I let Nidoran¡á out of his Pokeball and explained today''s plan: "Hello friend! Today we have a pretty busy day, we''ll have to catch a few wild Pokemon" I said trying to sound animated to which Nidoran¡á only responded with a complicated expression as if revealing a certain rejection of the idea, which I interpreted as a pinch of insecurity: "I wasn''t planning to capture them to join our friendly team, for the moment you''ll be the only one until you get stronger,  We''re just doing this assignment so you can level up so we can get funds to travel," I said trying to cheer up my new partner, who reacted with a smile and jumping a few excitedly.


    Feeling calmer to see my companion happy we started walking to a small wooded area near Pewter City since I don''t feel confident going to Viridian Forest or the plain where the Oran Berrys are, well at least for now.


    We only walked for a couple of minutes when we started to see a small accumulation of trees, so I was told by the Trainers I met at the Pokemon Center, where Normal Type Pokemons gather in the treetops and several Grass Type in the bushes below them.


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    With Nidoran¡á by my side we started wandering around the trees, I asked Nidoran¡á to focus his ears to find some Pok¨¦mon in the surroundings, Nidoran¡á just closed his eyes and saw how his ears moved from side to side before he suddenly opened his eyes and gave me a smile indicating me to follow him.


    We started running until he stopped suddenly and with his little paw he pointed directly at some bushes that were moving slightly, from there came an Oddish that is not very common in the area and for my good luck a jovial Bellsprout, both seemed to be chatting animatedly because at no time did they notice our presence,  from what the Trainers told me, there are not too many Pokemons in this area and there is an aura of a certain tranquility.


    Taking advantage of the Belssprout being unprepared I ordered Nidoran¡á to use Focus Energy, at that moment Nidoran¡á got into a fighting position and I could see how he was concentrating on his target, I think in this world Focus Energy is more than anything a concentration technique to ensure a good hit and can only be used for one attack at a time.


    After seeing that Nidoran¡á was ready I ordered him: "ok Nidoran¡á we have a chance, you have to beat him in one Peck or it will be a 2vs1, focus on Bellsprout and as soon as you faint him I will capture him, in the worst case attack Oddish with Peck if he does not flee and then we will escape from the area" I said to Nidoran¡á in a low voice so as not to alert our target.


    Nidoran¡á nodded at my command and like a perfect hunter crouched up to the distracted Pokemons before jumping with his horn shining with a white light, poor Bellsprout reacted too late because by the time he barely noticed my Nidoran¡á it was too late and he received a blow that was an instant knockout.


    Without wasting any time I threw a Pokeball at the fainting Bellsprout, while his partner Oddish finished understanding what was happening only reacting when the Pokeball had already absorbed his friend, the Oddish seeing that the Pokeball was still moving took out his vines to pick it up, but was intercepted by Nidoran''¡á s glowing horn that hit him just in time away from the Pokeball.


    It was only a matter of seconds before the Pokeball stopped moving and returned to my hand, at that moment Oddish put on a helpless face and ran out of our vision, Nidoran¡á seemed to be ready to chase him, but I managed to stop him as we had fulfilled the first part of our goal today.


    I felt a little bad for the Oddish, I know it''s kind of insensitive to hunt Pokemons like this, but I won''t do the theater of first convincing them to go with me, well at least not when I don''t plan to have them on my team and they''re just part of a job.


    From what I learned in my time in this world some Pokemons are treated as food and are required by merchants as ingredients, in this case I chose quests from other Trainers who want Pokemons for their team, but are far from where they can catch them, at least this way it helps my conscience to think that they will be treated with respect.


    Putting aside my internal conflict I sat down next to Nidoran¡á to rest for a moment, you really feel some tension when fighting with wild Pokemon as it only takes one bad move for a Trainer to get hurt especially when you only have one Pokemon and need to be at the front fighting.


    After a few minutes to catch the air we started to think about a strategy to capture the Pokemons that are in the treetops, we meditated and came to the conclusion that I would make a bait to get their attention, very carefully I positioned myself a few meters away while Nidoran¡á was right under the tree ready to attack any Pokemon that came down,  As soon as I saw that Nidoran¡á had finished using Focus Energy, I took the opportunity to throw a rock at the top of the tree.


    A loud screech was heard and an angry Aipom was seen hanging from a branch looking for his attacker, I was shocked because I didn''t expect that kind of Pokemon to be found outside of Johto but I remembered that I shouldn''t expect my knowledge of the games to be the same as my new reality,  First of all, Sentret is a Johto Pokemon, so that confirms that the Fauna of this region is already very different from what I knew.


    The Aipom didn''t wait for me to stop reasoning when he pounced trying to catch up with me, luckily Nidoran¡á reacted quickly and hit him in his belly right in the air with his Peck, the Aimpon fell in pain, but slowly got up only to end up surrounded by a purple aura and end up fainting.


    I smiled when I saw how strong my Pokemon is, although not all of its hits manage to poison at least 1 out of every 3 hits if they do, returning my gaze to the fainting Aipom I swayed the idea of capturing it,


    but in the end I decided to leave it where it was since I hadn''t seen the application for that Pokemon and had no intention of using it on my team in the long run.


    We continued to use that strategy with several trees, but we only found a few Rattata and Zigzagoons that Nidoran¡á quickly defeated, almost when we were about to give up and keep trying the next day, I noticed how Nidoran¡á squealed to get my attention and pointed to one last tree.


    Understanding his intention I threw a rock and we were both perplexed when we saw a fainting Sentret fall with a huge bump on his head, we both turned to look and let out a laugh before he threw a Pokeball and captured him.


    Once our mission was accomplished we returned to Pewter City and went directly to the Pokemon Center, where as soon as I arrived I went directly to Nurse Joy who put on a sad smile and said in a comforting tone: "Hi Max, I hope you are not disappointed, even if you have chosen Pokemon easy to catch you are not always lucky to find them,  but don''t worry, young Trainers always end up finding their targets on the second or third day," he said as he put a hand on my shoulder as if he thought I was going to be devastated.


    I just smiled before I burst out laughing and said in a boastful tone, "I actually did find my goals so you don''t have to do that, now I regret not betting on you and maybe getting a date." Nurse Joy only opened her eyes in surprise before turning them away when I mentioned the date and said:  "If you ask me in 10 more years maybe if you have a chance, changing the subject, if you have already completed your mission let me pass you the transfer keys so that you can send the Pokemon and receive your money on the PC" he said while handing me two small cards that had codes written next to the names of the corresponding Pokemon.


    Feeling satisfied with his answer I took the cards and approached the PC, the process is quite simple: You enter your Trainer License on the PC, then select the option to send Pokemon, put the key provided by the Nurse Joy and seat the Pokeball with the Pokemon that was requested, after a small flash the Pokeball is exchanged for an empty one to replace the one you used and the Pokeball is transferred to you. agreed amount.


    After sending the Pokemons I caught, I was happy with my progress for the day, so I decided to follow this process until Nidoran¡á was at least level 12 before entering Viridan Forest where he could level up more optimally before facing Brock.


    While I had that in mind, I corroborated Nidoran''s¡á level and noticed that I had already reached level 10 so I already had enough level to fulfill another of my goals, I smiled as I thought that finally the time came to hunt a certain snake.


    Trainer License


    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $5,500 Pokedolars


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C POCKET FULL


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    10 Pok¨¦balls


    1 Super Ball


    1 Escape Rope


    -15 Spaces Available-


    Pokemon


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 10


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick.

 Chapter 15: Hunting

    After sending the Pokemons I caught I was happy with my progress for the day, so I decided to follow this process until Nidoran¡á ¡á was at least level 12 before entering Viridian Forest where he will be able to level up more optimally before facing Brock.


    While I had that in mind I corroborated Nidoran''s¡á ¡á level and noticed that I had already reached level 10 so I already had enough level to fulfill another of my goals, I smiled as I thought that finally the time came to hunt a certain snake.


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    My way back to the orphanage felt quite long, in my mind I was anxious at the thought of finally getting rid of that guilt that I have carried since Pidgey''s death but what if I am rushing? I felt quite uneasy as I didn''t know the level of that Ekans, it must not be very strong since it was in the meadow near the city and did not look particularly big, I doubt that it was born for a long time since it was content to eat a much smaller than average Pidgey without even trying to attack me.


    I don''t want to put Nidoran¡á at risk  but I think that if we go with the right strategy we can beat him without problems, while I was finishing analyzing that I finally arrived at the orphanage, I decided to skip dinner and go straight to sleep, I felt particularly tired because of the missions we finished today but quite satisfied with the progress we have,  if we follow this step we will have a lot of money and my Pokemon will become very strong.


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    The next day feeling completely refreshed after a good night''s sleep I promised to finish my hunt today, I know it''s a bit petty to try to finish off Ekans since I was only looking for his food, but unfortunately if I don''t solve this before leaving the city I won''t be able to feel calm with myself, I''m not a saint so I can''t go around forgiving all the beings that harm me or me my loved ones.


    With a face shadowed by the resolution I had, I got out of bed to go for my training laps and take a long shower before having the breakfast served in the orphanage cafeteria, while I ate with some reluctance trying to figure out how Nidoran¡á  can finish off Ekans I didn''t realize that I had someone sitting next to me,  I was surprised when Mother Clarisse slipped past me and had her face very close to mine, she had a frown and looked at me with an accusing look.


    "You promised me you wouldn''t leave Maxwell City," Mother Clarisse said in an inquisitive tone: "Some acquaintances told me they saw you on the outskirts of town and a little bird told me that you completed some catching missions for the Pokemon Center, tell me, do you have anything to tell me?"


    Noticing that I couldn''t give any excuse good enough to get out of this mess I proceeded to make the biggest puppy-eyed look humanly possible and said, "I''m so sorry Mother Clarisse, I didn''t want to ignore your directions but I had to raise funds for my trip and everyone knows that capture missions are the most profitable,  I will always make sure I am safe, but you know that as a Trainer I must go out into the world to fulfill my goals," I said the latter in a serious tone, earning an impressed look from Mother Clarisse.


    Mother Clarisse watched me for a few minutes before giving a loud sigh and saying: "oh Max, really one of these days you''re going to scare me to death" she said the last clutching her forehead disapprovingly: "Okay, I understand that it makes sense what you say, just please don''t take too many risks, especially the Viridian Forest is too dangerous for novice Trainers,  at least you have to keep a schedule so you should always come back before dark, so you told me you will only leave town when you beat Brock so if you don''t get to the orphanage every day before nightfall I promise I will go and find you myself wherever you are."


    Seeing her expression I noticed that there was no reason for her to give any objection so I just looked her in the eyes and nodded: "Okay, at least until I leave the city I promise I will return to the orphanage before nightfall" I said with the most serious look I could to give her enough peace of mind to which she replied with a smile and shaking my hair a little and then said:  "Perfect Max, it''s a promise, now I recommend that you get out once and for all before I regret it and make you spend the rest of the day here," Mother Clarisse said in a playful tone as she nudged me on the back leading me to the door.


    Feeling happy about the interaction, I grabbed what little I had left of my breakfast at the last minute and ran out of the orphanage, and being a few meters from the courtyard I stopped suddenly, for a moment I thought that maybe I should talk to Mother Clarisse about what I planned to do, maybe she could help me put this matter behind me,  so I took a few steps back before shaking my head and saying to myself, "No, I must do this, this world can be hard so I must be even tougher," I said, renewing my resolve and running straight to the southern exit of the City.


    As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the City I let go of Nidoran¡á  from  his Pokeball, once he was free he jumped a little of joy, apparently he did not like to spend too much time in his Pokeball, he turned to look at me and for a moment his expression changed to a worried gesture.


    I felt a little bad for involving Nidoran¡á  in my personal revenge but I decided to be honest with him, if we will be together on this journey he must know my intentions and my way of doing things, so after giving a big sigh I bent down to talk to my Pokemon, in a calm way I told him what happened with Pidgey,  I told him that although I knew him for a short time I already considered that little bird as my friend, I could see Nidoran''s¡á  face  change expression as the story progressed, at times he put on a somewhat jealous expression, then he even seemed amused to listen to how he played with the Pidgey and at the end put on a somber expression after hearing the sudden death he had.


    I waited a few minutes for my partner to digest everything I told him, it really doesn''t stop surprising me, the intelligence of the Pokemons almost feels like talking to a person since I could see that Nidoran¡á understood perfectly everything I said and somehow showed some empathy for the situation.


    For a moment I thought that if Nidoran¡á didn''t agree with my idea of hunting that Ekans I was definitely going to give up, I would interpret it as a divine sign to leave that behind and focus on what is to come, for my good or bad luck Nidoran¡á  as the little warrior that he is just turned to look me in the eyes and with a determined look nodded to me,  implying that you will accompany me and agree with the decisions you make.


    Almost with tears in my eyes I felt really grateful to have such a good partner, the Pokemon here do not blindly follow the decisions of the Trainers, there have been cases where a Pokemon abandons its Trainer because their moral compasses are not in the same direction, I was happy to know that Nidoran¡á  will follow me on the path I decide to take,  Although I honestly prefer to do the right things, I am fully aware that sometimes we have to get our hands dirty to achieve our goals.


    Now that my partner joined my cause we decided to go directly to the meadow where everything happened, it took us a short time to get there but when I managed to see the berry bushes I couldn''t help but feel nervous, this place was the witness of my worst mistake so far in this new world so a wave of insecurity invaded me for fear that something like this would be repeated,  I was almost on the verge of backing away until I felt a slight blow on my leg, at which I turned to look and saw Nidoran¡á  with a determined expression, almost encouraging me to go on our way.


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    When I saw my friend''s intentions I could only smile and said in a low voice: "Listen, that snake is very stealthy and elusive but it doesn''t count on your sense of hearing, so what we will do is I will collect the Berrys while you stay close to me and listen carefully to anything that comes near us,  if you ever hear something, I want you to respond with a Double Kick straight to his head, understand?" Nidoran,¡á like the good Pokemon it is, just nodded and closed its eyes while constantly wiggling its ears, trying to hear everything in the area.


    While Nidoran¡á  was trying to locate Ekans I took out of my pocket the red handkerchief that came with the PokeNav, quickly approached the bushes and started collecting as many Oran Berrys as I could, surreptitiously while Nidoran¡á  was concentrating on his task I tried to bite one of the Berrys I grabbed but it was quite hard for such a small Berry,  I had to make a lot of effort but I finally managed to tear off a piece of it and taste one of the delicacies of this world, it reminded me a lot of a tangerine but less critical and a little sweeter, personally I enjoyed its flavor a lot so I could add it to my meals for its invigorating effect.


    I put aside those thoughts and continued with the collection, I didn''t want to saturate my backpack so I took about 20 Berrys and put them in the handkerchief, once well tied I put it in the backpack, I discovered that this way it only takes up a space in the backpack which was quite convenient for me.


    After I finished collecting I sat down next to the concentrated Nidoran¡á, really his dedication is quite commendable since at no time did he move and he kept his eyes closed only with his ears moving, giving away that he was still awake to my surprise.


    A few hours went by, during that time Nidoran¡á  and I ate a few Oran Berrys for lunch which quickly became our favorites, I think if I grind them and mix them with another fruit I could make an excellent jam, leaving aside our meals Nidoran¡á  at  most noticed a few Pokemons that went into the bushes to collect a few Berrys but they had no intention We decided to leave them alone to save Nidoran''s¡á  energy  in case we were lucky enough to find that elusive Ekans.


    We were almost about to surrender when suddenly Nidoran¡á  gave an alarmed cry, "Raaan!"  I just looked at him and quickly started looking for the source of Nidoran¡á''s distress which  was difficult since at most there were only a few blurry movements in the bushes that were heading towards us, so Nidoran¡á  bravely stood in front of me and I saw how he prepared to fight with his Focus Energy.


    The strange thing that moved from the bushes quickly took out its head which was purple and with some characteristic yellow rings, it didn''t take me long to recognize that it was that damn Ekans, Nidoran¡á  without even having to remember my indication quickly jumped and with its hind legs shone with a faint orange light that I identified as Fighting Energy quickly gave two consecutive legs to the enemy Ekans that seemed to have not been there. He took a lot of damage but did shake a little from such a surprise attack.


    I think that because they were attacks to the head or because they could be considered critical attacks due to the previous use of Focus energy, the Ekans seemed a little confused after receiving that attack since he immediately finished getting up and opened his mouth with all the intention of swallowing Nidoran¡á  , throwing himself towards where he was, but missing a little and ending up biting the ground to the side of him.


    Both Nidoran¡á  and I were amazed by the speed that Ekans had because if it wasn''t for his confusion he would have definitely swallowed Nidoran¡á  without much effort, as soon as I had finished reasoning that when I started to feel the worry that the events would repeat themselves and I shouted to Nidoran¡á:  "Quick, use Peck while still confused!" Nidoran¡á  barely  finished listening to my instruction when he leaped with his shining horn to attack, but was quickly repelled when the Ekan made use of his agility turned his body to hit him with his tail sending him a few meters away from him.


    Seeing that I started to feel even more nervous and prepared two Pokeballs in my hands, one is the Nidoran¡á  to be able to return it if things get ugly and the other is to throw it at Ekans to take advantage of his attempt to escape from the Pokeball to escape as fast as we could.


    The Ekans seeing that he had the advantage over the fight quickly moved towards Nidoran¡á  who was just trying to stand up and coiled around him as I squeezed him, I recognized the move as Wrap, it reminded me a bit of the move that Brock''s Steelix used but to a lesser extent so while I was killing my neurons to know what to do I yelled at Nidoran¡á  :  "You can Nidoran¡á  use Leer to scare him!" Nidoran,¡á  still squeezed by Ekans'' attack, obeyed and looked directly at the Ekans who had him surrounded by his piercing red eyes.


    The Ekans stopped squeezing and stared back at my Nidoran¡á  also with frightening red eyes, so I saw he was trying to attack back and they stayed like that for a few seconds with Ekans surrounding Nidoran¡á  without squeezing him while they both stared menacingly.


    Noticing that maybe this could be an opportunity and that if I didn''t do anything, Nidoran¡á  would definitely lose after their staring contest ended, I decided to pick up one of the rocks that were on the ground and threw it directly at the head of the Ekans who, because I was focused on his competition, did not notice the rock that hit him.


    It was only a matter of seconds, but Nidoran¡á  gave him  enough time to be able to wriggle away from the distracted Ekans and leap backwards as he ducked his legs and prepared himself with his Focus Energy.


    The Ekans angry at losing his prey only opened his mouth wide and let out a kind of snort that made both Nidoran¡á  and I tremble our legs, in an act of courage I shouted at Nidoran¡á  almost furiously: "It''s stronger than I thought, please Nidoran¡á  focus! Use Peck straight on his eye!" For a moment I thought that Nidoran¡á would have qualms about using an attack that could be considered as mean, but I think he still noticed the seriousness of the situation because he didn''t hesitate and lunged with his horn glowing in white light and hit the angry Ekans right in the eye.


    Only a stream of blood came out of Ekans'' eye and the snake began to wallow in pain before looking at both Nidoran¡á and me, to which I, with the loudest voice I could and with the rage that I felt when I was in front of that snake, shouted to Nidoran¡á  with great emotion: "Nidoran¡á  is time, take down that damn snake with a Peck right down its throat!" Nidoran¡á just nodded and prepared himself with his horn shining ready to pierce it, but the Ekans who heard my command opened his now only eye wide and seeing that Nidoran¡á  intended to obey me decided that the smartest thing to do is to escape since with his tail he lifted the earth that was around and with an incredible speed began to crawl south of where we were.


    Both Nidoran¡á  and I turned to look at each other and without saying anything we started to run after Ekans, for all the excitement of the fight we barely noticed that it was already getting dark so due to the lack of clear light it was very difficult to follow him since on the ground Ekans looked like a black spot that was moving at full speed towards Viridian Forest.


    While we were chasing that snake I could only click my tongue as Nidoran¡á  didn''t know any ranged attacks, I promised myself that I would plan things better when we returned to the city, we were running after Ekans until we reached the entrance of Viridian Forest, already there I could see in frustration how Ekans blended among the trees and disappeared,  Realizing that I lost what was perhaps my only chance to finish off that bastard, I could only kneel down and hit the ground hard, I think I was so angry that I felt almost electricity in my head accompanied by a pain that I ignored as I kept hitting over and over again until tears started running down my cheeks.


    Nidoran¡á , who only saw me sadly, huddled close to me to give me comfort, to which I responded by picking him up and giving him a hug, I think that if it was a little earlier I would have stayed there waiting to see if Ekans came out again but as it was not long before nightfall I decided to turn around and return to the City while there was still some light.


    I was walking heavily with Nidoran¡á  in my arms when I heard a loud sound coming from the forest, it was a woman''s cry that was very familiar to me: "MAAAXWEEELL" I opened my eyes wide when I realized that it was the voice of Mother Clarisse, for a moment I thought it would be impossible until I remembered that she herself had warned me that she would come to get me so in complete panic I began to run towards me. "Please I hope you''re okay Mother Clarisse," I said quietly as I raced into the depths of Viridian Forest with my heart beating so hard it was ringing in my ears.


    Trainer License


    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $5,500 Pokedodollars


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C POCKET FULL


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    10 Pok¨¦balls


    1 Super Ball


    1 Escape Rope


    1 Red handkerchief (With 20 Oran Berrys)


    -14 Spaces Available-


    Pokemon


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 10


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick.

 Chapter 16 "Bad Luck"

    Nidoran¡á, who only looked at me with sadness, snuggled up close to me to comfort me, to which I responded by picking him up and giving him a hug. I think that if it were a little earlier I would have stayed there waiting to see if Ekans came out again, but since it wasn''t long before nightfall, I decided to turn around and return to the City while there was still some light.


    I was walking heavily with Nidoran¡á in my arms when I heard a loud sound coming from the forest; it was the scream of a woman that seemed very familiar to me: ¡°MAAAXWEEELL¡± I opened my eyes wide when I realized that it was Mother Clarisse''s voice, for a moment I thought it would be impossible until I remembered that she herself had warned me that she would come to look for me so in complete panic I began to run towards the forest: ¡°Please I hope you are okay Mother Clarisse¡± I said in a low voice as I ran at full speed into the depths of Viridian Forest with my heart beating so loud that it thundered in my ears.


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    I felt my head throbbing the deeper I went into the Viridian Forest, it felt like an electric sensation that didn''t let me concentrate as I ran with the little Nidoran¡á in my arms who for some reason was shaking trying to get down, I didn''t run more than 10 minutes until I heard Mother Clarisse''s voice again but this time as if she was right next to me: "Won''t you come for me Maxwell?" ¡°I''m waiting for you¡­¡±, something in the tone devoid of the emblematic warmth of Mother Clarisse managed to get into my senses, I stopped dead and shook my head trying to locate where I was, apparently in my desperation I went too far into the forest and couldn''t find the path where I came from, while trying to reason what was happening Nidoran¡á who used a little more force to get away fell to the ground and with a look of desperation nibbled my pants while pulling me towards a huge tree that could be seen in the distance.


    It didn''t take a genius to identify that something was disturbing the usually serious Nidoran¡á, so I quickly picked him up again and started running to the huge tree he pointed to, as I approached the tree I heard Mother Clarisse''s voice behind me: "MAXWEELL, WILL YOU LEAVE ME HERE ABANDONED?!" The voice that was heard now felt deformed and eerie which made my skin crawl, whatever that thing was that I heard was definitely not Mother Clarisse.


    Without looking back, I ran as fast as I could while I saw how large pieces of rocks flew towards me enveloped in a blue energy, which, either by luck or due to the poor visibility in the forest, did not even manage to touch me.


    I ran with everything I had until I stopped seeing the floating rocks around me and stopped feeling the uneasiness in my head, I stopped to take a breath as I realized that I had reached the large tree that Nidoran¡á told me about, which at its base had an opening the size of a person through which I could perfectly pass, feeling worried that the creature that attacked me would return, I went through the opening to discover that a large part of the tree was hollow, this space could only be defined as an improvised nest, basically the size of a medium-sized room but completely dark.


    Nidoran¡á once again restless in my arms began to growl as he looked into the darkness, so I let go of him and as we prepared to fight several whimpers and some squeals were heard in the darkness, I quickly told Nidoran¡á to stop and took out my PokeNav to activate the lamp function, what I discovered left me frozen for a second, in the improvised nest of the big tree were 5 children huddled in a corner watching me with fearful eyes, the oldest of the 5 who couldn''t be older than 12 years old stepped forward and with an expectant tone spoke to me: "Did they send you to save us? Did you manage to defeat that Hypno?" Hearing him, I hardened my expression as I regretfully replied: ¡°I imagined that the creature that attacked me was that infamous Hypno, I''m sorry, in reality Nidoran¡á and I barely managed to escape from him and ended up here, but I think he lost track of us because he stopped attacking us a while ago, for the moment we are safe¡± I said the last thing with a reassuring gesture to the boy who looked visibly upset.


    I could see the hope fading from the boy¡¯s face as he returned to his corner with his companions and sat down on the floor in resignation. ¡°It¡¯s not that you escaped from him, rather he led you to his own lair along with his other prey,¡± he said the last part in a solemn tone as he tried to comfort the other children who began to cry as they listened to our exchange.


    It didn''t take me long to understand that he was right, a Hypno must be at least level 26 so chasing a running child shouldn''t have been that difficult, most likely he just left me alone because I ended up in his nest and even with Nidoran¡á I didn''t represent a threat to him.


    I decided the first thing I needed to do was calm down and think about my options, I quickly turned off the flashlight function and started trying to call the Pewter City Pokemon Center but for some strange reason I had no signal: ¡°What the heck, this thing is supposed to work anywhere, something must be blocking the signal¡± I said as my face hardened and I turned to the children: ¡°Tell me exactly how you ended up here¡± I said in a low, calm tone so as not to upset the little ones any further.


    The oldest just turned to look at me and said with a sad and resigned face: "It caught us all at different times but in the same way, first we heard the voice of our loved ones, then we lost the ability to resist and ended up entering the forest right where that Hypno was waiting for us who very easily killed our Pokemons and left us in this tree" he said while sobbing at the memory of his fallen Pokemons "every so often it comes here and puts us to sleep, it attacks us with that psychic energy while we sleep and eats our dreams, I think that strengthens it, but it doesn''t stay with us for long, occasionally we hear rumblings outside, it seems like it''s fighting with something else that is getting closer and closer to this nest" he said the last thing with a thoughtful expression as if he was trying to understand the situation too.


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    After hearing his story I could only feel compassion for the poor children, most of them looked ragged and it seemed like they had gone a long time without a good meal so even if he wanted us all to run away at the same time I highly doubt we could escape fast enough from that Hypno.


    With regret in my head, I made the decision to escape and ask for help, luckily I still had Nidoran¡á and my backpack in good condition so I felt safe enough to escape from the forest and look for higher level trainers to be able to rescue these children at the cost of most of my items but as I was getting ready to escape a thought crossed my mind -If I escape, that Hypno might get desperate and take them somewhere else or worse, he might even kill them and move somewhere else in search of more prey- I thought as my hand tightened regretfully on my backpack.


    ¡°Of course! My backpack!¡± I said out loud, startling the children in the nest. I quickly grabbed the backpack and began rummaging through my things, reaching for what I wanted. With some difficulty, I took out the Escape Rope and inspected it for a second. The other children, interested in what I was doing, were startled and looked excitedly at the object in my hand. ¡°With that Escape Rope, you can teleport to Pewter City and seek help!¡± said the oldest of the children with a smile that seemed to make all the sorrow the boy was carrying disappear.


    Although all of us in the Hypno''s nest were rookie Trainers, it was well known by everyone that the Escape Ropes were items that were charged with Psychic energy in order to make emergency teleportations to the nearest Pokemon Centers in their location, usually one Escape Rope was enough to carry one person without problems but on this occasion I would have to carry 6, so to improve our chances of escaping I said to the children: "Listen everyone, take the rope at the same time and think of the Pokemon Center in Pewter City, since there are too many of you I don''t think it will take you there but I hope it has enough energy to at least get you out of the forest" I said in a calm tone while giving them a reassuring smile.


    The eldest child with tears in his eyes shouted at me: ¡°What about you?! That¡¯s nonsense, if you take the rope with us you will also be teleported and we can escape together¡± he said in a pleading voice while the other children stood up and nodded at his words.


    I calmly shook my head and explained my plan: ¡°There are too many of us, in fact, that escape rope getting the 5 of you out of the forest is already a risky bet, so with me it would be even more difficult, so I''m betting on your luck, if you manage to get out of the forest run to Pewter City and look for help to rescue me, in the meantime I, who am fine, along with my Pokemon, will do our part doing everything possible to escape¡± I said while in my mind I gathered my courage and tried to trust that it was the best option to get out of this problem.


    The eldest of the children thought about it for a moment and said to me with a face full of determination: ¡°We will not fail you, if we manage to get out of the forest we will do everything possible to rescue you, even if you do not manage to escape try to resist as long as possible and I assure you that we will come for you¡± he said while the others approached to take the rope.


    ¡°Hurry! Get out of here before Hypno comes back! I won¡¯t be staying here for long either,¡± I said as I pushed them closer faster. The children gave me a small smile and grabbed the rope at the same time before they began to glow and disappear without a trace of the nest.


    ¡°That was for the best¡± I said regretfully while a part of me regretted my decision, I¡¯m definitely not a hero or a saint but what kind of adult can leave 5 children to their fate with what appears to be a psychopathic monster? ¡°Although technically I¡¯m a child too now¡± I said with a small laugh trying to calm myself down while Nidoran¡á looked at me with his head tilted a little strangely.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, buddy, it seems that once again I put you in a dangerous situation, it seems that my interests may be greater than your well-being, if we get out of this I promise that I will try hard to take better care of you¡± I said regretfully while Nidoran¡á gave my leg a light tap in what I think was a gesture of camaraderie.


    Nervously I took out a couple of Pokeballs and put them in my belt and then carefully left Hypno''s nest, with Nidoran¡á behind me we took the first steps- Maybe I should have healed Nidoran¡á with one of my Potions but I think time is essential here, as long as we run fast we have a chance to escape while the Hypno is not nearby- I thought as I hung my backpack on my shoulder and turned around to give Nidoran¡á directions: ¡°Ok Nidoran¡á it all depends on you, I don''t really know the way back to Pewter City so we can only trust your instincts, please lead the way¡± I said as Nidoran¡á nodded in response and started running.


    We didn''t run for long when the feeling of electricity in my mind came back, this time more concentrated, making me feel the need to turn back but somehow I managed to shake my head and continue forward while following Nidoran¡á.


    We advanced a little further until I could recognize the safe path of the forest in the distance, - as long as I got there I could find my way faster and with luck I could come across a Trainer who could help me- I thought as I ran until a tree in my path lit up with a blue light and suddenly fell blocking my way, Nidoran¡á who reacted in time jumped back and stood on the defensive while hearing the sound of some bushes moving until a yellow head with a big nose peeked out.


    ¡°Damn, I definitely couldn¡¯t have any worse luck¡± I said as the Hypno came completely out of the bushes and looked at us with a mix of malice and mockery ¡°Nidoran¡á looks like we¡¯ll have to fight to buy time, that Hypno is out of our league but we¡¯ll have to do our best¡± I said as I took a Pokeball in my hand and prepared to give orders, Nidoran nodded and crouched down waiting ready to attack.


    Without wasting much time I ordered Nidoran¡á: ¡°Quickly use Read!¡± Nidoran¡á¡¯s eyes lit up red as he followed my orders but the Hypno reacted against all odds by only moving his pendulum hand and letting out an unpleasant noise that I could only describe as a laugh.


    ¡°Looks like this will be even harder than I thought,¡± I said as I weighed up my options in my mind since I highly doubted that Nidoran¡á¡¯s other attacks would be too effective.


    As I was entering into despair and the Hypno seemed to gloat over my suffering, suddenly his attitude took a 180 degree turn and he looked at me with a fury that I could only describe as a personal grudge. I was startled to be looked at in that way only to realize that he was actually watching something behind me. Without waiting too long, I began to turn my head when I felt a hand rest on my shoulder and push me back.


    My surprise was even greater when I identified that the hand that pushed me and seemed to be preparing to fight was from another Hypno who just turned to look at me and gave me what I interpreted as a reassuring smile.


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    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


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    Money: $5,500 Pokedolars


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C POCKET FULL


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    10 Pokeballs


    1 Super Ball


    1 Red handkerchief (With 20 Oran Berrys)


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    Pokemon


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 10


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick.

 Chapter 17: All against one

    As I was entering into despair and the Hypno seemed to gloat over my suffering, suddenly his attitude took a 180 degree turn and he looked at me with a fury that I could only describe as a personal grudge. I was startled to be looked at in that way only to realize that he was actually watching something behind me. Without waiting too long, I began to turn my head when I felt a hand rest on my shoulder and push me back.


    My surprise was even greater when I identified that the hand that pushed me and seemed to be preparing to fight was from another Hypno who just turned to look at me and gave me what I interpreted as a reassuring smile.


    The appearance of this new Hypno puzzled me, at first this Hypno looked somewhat battered, had parts of its fur missing and looked visibly tired, as if it had not been treated in a long time, when he noticed that I was looking at him he just smiled at me and raised his thumb and then focused on the threat in front of him.


    The Crazy Hypno glared at his new rival in fury before raising his pendulum-wielding hand and attacking him with a rock levitated with psychic energy. The battered Hypno was barely able to react, making a face of great effort and counterattacking with his own psychic energy, barely deflecting the attack.


    As the two Pokemons exchanged attacks, I turned to look at Nidoran¡á, who had his eyes focused on me while his ears moved from side to side, somehow capturing how the fight was developing, as if waiting for me to shout some instruction so that he could participate.


    For a moment it crossed my mind to join the fight, but I couldn''t waste this opportunity to flee, so I quickly picked up Nidoran¡á and started running towards the path ahead, I had barely taken a few steps when I heard a loud sound behind me, turning my head I could see how the Crazy Hypno had the battered Hypno on the ropes, it wasn''t just his condition, it could be noticed that the Crazy Hypno was much stronger than his rival who could only dodge and deflect his enemy''s attacks with difficulty, feeling a hint of guilt I could only bite my lip hard as I thought about what I would have to do - am I really going to abandon my savior? I don''t know if this is a fight for dominance or if this battered Hypno really came because he saw me in danger but would I really be able to have peace if I abandoned him to his fate here? - I meditated while I was frozen by indecision.


    Without wasting any more time I hit a tree hard and shouted: "DAMN IT" and then released Nidoran¡á and took a Pokeball from my belt to immediately throw it at the Crazy Hypno, who, being too immersed in his rival, could barely notice the Pokeball that hit him full on the head while a red ray absorbed him, without giving him time to fall to the ground I quickly shouted to Nidoran¡á: "Use Double Kick the Pokeball and get it away from here!"


    Nidoran¡á who seemed to be attentive to what was happening did not hesitate for a second to jump strongly and kick the Pokeball that quickly flew away from where we were, while the Pokeball moved away I could see how it exploded and from a strong light came the Hypno that, due to the momentum and the trajectory of the kicked Pokeball, flew away with the remains of the destroyed Pokeball.


    As we watched the Crazy Hypno fly away I grabbed the backpack hanging from my shoulder and began to take out the objects it contained without worrying about dropping them, as best I could I grabbed the potions I was keeping and quickly approached the battered Hypno who just looked at me strangely while I skillfully applied the Potions to his wounds, I had barely finished applying a bottle when I felt that electric sensation in my head, but this time it didn''t feel like a forced intrusion, this time it felt almost too docile, so I stopped and watched the battered Hypno raise his hand that was holding his pendulum and then hear a distorted voice in my head "YOU... WHY COME BACK?" The voice sounded almost static, very different from when the other Hypno sent Mother Clarisse''s voice to my head.


    "I don''t really know why you helped me but at least I''ll give you the chance to beat up that psycho Pokemon" I said starting to apply the second potion to his wounds while speaking in an urgent tone "But this is just to give you a little bit of an advantage, I still don''t understand why, but that Crazy Hypno is too powerful so I don''t think it will take long for him to come back, we''ll have to hurry and Nidoran¡á and I will do what we can to give you some advantage" the battered Hypno opened his eyes wide with a contemplative look and then nodded and closed his eyes as he seemed to concentrate on what was approaching.


    Almost as if summoned by him, we were all stunned when we heard a scream in the distance. It was definitely that Crazy Hypno who sounded even more furious than ever, almost humiliated, so we could only hear the trees falling until in the distance we saw him running towards us with a blue energy surrounding him acting as a kind of psychic dome around him, like an unstoppable force destroying the trees in his path.


    "That thing definitely shouldn''t be here, it must be at least 10 levels higher than any other Pokemon here " I said softly as I felt sweat running down my neck, the Crazy Hypno was already close to our position, almost as if it dropped all pretenses and was looking to overwhelm us with its raw power, "Nidoran¡á, Hypno, don''t stick together, it can''t hit all three of us! Especially you and I Nidoran¡á, a single hit from that monster would finish us off, prepare your poison and wait for an opportunity!" I yelled as the two Pokemon nodded and we quickly took distance from each other.


    The Crazy Hypno didn''t even flinch at our improvised strategy and was fully determined to run me over with his unbridled charge. It seemed that the idea I had with the Pokeball had turned him completely against me. As best I could, I jumped to the side avoiding the psychic charge that although it didn''t hit me, it did manage to give momentum to my jump making me crash into a tree, leaving me confused for a moment which the Crazy Hypno didn''t seem to want to waste as he stopped dead before turning to where I was and began to prepare to make another psychic charge.


    Nidoran¡á and the battered Hypno reacted in time with a well-timed combination of Leer and a Psychic-powered rock, luckily for us Nidoran¡á''s Leer managed to catch the momentary attention of the mad Hypno giving the Psychic-powered rock the opportunity to hit the enemy squarely in the head. In those seconds of confusion I made an effort to stand up, leaning against the tree I collided with and shouted to Nidoran¡á : " Quickly tackle him with everything you have!" Nidoran, who was watching the mad Hypno take a moment to orient himself, jumped strongly, shortening the distance and using his body he gave the rival an improvised tackle.


    Nidoran ¡á ''s punch barely moved the Crazy Hypno , - there is a big difference between using the Tackle attack that makes use of Normal Energy and an improvised attack from a Pokemon that doesn''t actually know the movement, the price of not knowing how to use Energy Type is that a lot of power is sacrificed, luckily for us that punch had another intention- I thought while I grabbed the side of my body trying to endure the pain until I smiled when I noticed a slight purple aura around the Crazy Hypno.


    "From now on it''s a battle of attrition, we have to beat him here and now before he tries to escape!" I shouted as I made an effort to throw a Pokeball at the crazy Hypno who, although he was fighting the pain of the poisoning, reacted to my movement and angrily moved the hand that was holding his pendulum to deflect my Pokeball upwards.


    Nidoran¡á and the Battered Hypno seemed to understand what he was trying to do, since although neither of them had enough individual strength to beat him, if we combined efforts we could exhaust him, with the poison on our side even if we can''t do any real damage to him eventually the Crazy Hypno will fall.


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    What followed can only be described as a battle without quarter, the crazy Hypno stopped trying to attack us with his brute power and decided to start levitating rocks again, with them he could try to attack all three of us at the same time, but luckily for us the fact of dividing his attention too much made him lose a lot of precision, as long as we kept moving his attacks barely grazed us.


    It wasn''t long before I noticed the Crazy Hypno starting to take a few steps back, which wasn''t that far-fetched since even though the Crazy Hypno had an overwhelming advantage in power, it constantly had to dodge the levitated rocks sent at it by the battered Hypno , the constant distraction of Nidoran ''s Leer ¡á that somehow functioned as an Agro Boost in battle, and my attempts to wear it down by throwing Pokeballs at it that particularly scared it for some reason.


    Although it seemed like we had gained the advantage, the truth is that we weren''t in the best condition either. As a human, even if my resistance was superior to that of my old world, that hit against the tree hurt me enough that I couldn''t move too freely. Even Nidoran ¡á was exhausted, even if he hadn''t received any direct hits, the fact of dodging and having to draw more of the enemy''s attention when he focused too much on me was already taking its toll on him. Not to mention that before all this mess he had already had an exhausting battle with the Ekans we were trying to hunt, so it was only a matter of time before a carelessness would cause the crazy Hypno to finish one of us off.


    While my head was working at full capacity to come up with a plan I noticed how the crazy Hypno stopped attacking for a second to grab his side with his hand, apparently the poison although weak combined with the stress and tension of the battle was causing havoc to his body, not wanting to waste that mistake I shouted with all my strength "Hit him both with the strongest thing you have!" The two Pokemons without thinking much prepared themselves and approached simultaneously, Nidoran ¡á''s horn shone with Flying-type energy to hit the crazy Hypno with a Peck while in synchrony the head of the battered Hypno shone to then propel itself and hit it with a headbutt that against all odds seemed particularly powerful since it managed to push the crazy Hypno against a tree behind it.


    As the Crazy Hypno crashed into the tree I could notice a strange little movement in the treetop, but before I could examine it more closely I watched in horror as the Crazy Hypno stood up with an expression of indescribable hatred, suddenly he closed his eyes and began to accumulate Psychic energy, I don''t know what attack he was forming but you could see some blue energy waves shaped like rings that seemed ready to attack us.


    Whatever it was, that must have definitely been his ace up his sleeve, his final attack. We didn''t have to be experts to guess that with the amount of psychic energy those rings contained, none of us would have any hope of surviving. Out of the corner of my eye, I could even see how the battered Hypno put on a resigned face and just closed his eyes.


    Not wanting to accept fate and with a desperate plan, I quickly grabbed a medium-sized rock that was still next to me, a product of the crazy Hypno ''s previous attempts to finish me off, and threw it hard straight at his head, the Crazy Hypno, even though he had his eyes closed, he somehow reacted to my attack and with practice acquired in deflecting my Pokeballs, with a gesture of his hand he sent the rock that I threw at him with even more force upwards.


    While that was happening a small smile appeared on my face, the rock propelled by the Psychic force of the crazy Hypno hit the top of the tree that was behind the Pokemon, which to the surprise of even the crazy Hypno shook and three Pinecos fell from it , visibly upset, which suddenly began to glow before exploding in a resounding manner, forcing me to close my eyes and cover my head in an improvised manner.


    The explosion was quite striking, even after a few seconds nothing but smoke could be seen around the now downed tree, while I hoped to have some visibility I spoke in a low voice hoping that Nidoran ¡á could hear me: "stay alert Nidoran ¡á" I said as little by little the remains of the tree could be seen and at the base 3 completely unconscious Pinecos and the crazy Hypno struggling to remain standing.


    I was honestly surprised, this Hypno had endured too much and was still standing, even if the explosion was from a lower level Pokemon the damage couldn''t be ignored, now with 3 simultaneous explosions along with the energy it wasted on us, the attacks it received and even the poisoning, the fact that it could get up already said a lot.


    But all that punishment was not in vain, in fact it could be seen that the Crazy Hypno was not far from fainting, he seemed to be more focused on staying standing than continuing with his attacks, after a few seconds that seemed like hours in which the tension was felt almost physically, the Crazy Hypno raised his hand that was holding his pendulum ready to do something, so armed with courage and ready to end this madness I yelled to Nidoran ¡á: " Use Peck on the pendulum string!" Nidoran ¡á who was already prepared to act gave a strong jump with his illuminated horn and launched himself against the Crazy Hypno ''s pendulum .


    The crazy Hypno seeing my Pokemon approaching wanted to counterattack, but was stopped by a Psychic force and stood still for a second, almost as if it were planned, the battered Hypno used what was left of its energy to stop the rival for a second, giving Nidoran ¡á the opportunity to reach the pendulum and successfully break the rope.


    When the pendulum fell, I took advantage and quickly picked it up and then took some distance. The crazy Hypno seemed to have all traces of strength abandoned his body, as he fell to his knees with a gesture of despair and began to hit the ground in frustration.


    The battered Hypno looked at him with a sad expression and then slowly walked towards him, the crazy Hypno only raised his face when he saw his rival in front of him and with a gesture of resignation and with what I would swear were tears of frustration he closed his eyes waiting for his fate, the battered Hypno regretfully began to light up his head and with a dynamic movement he headbutted the crazy Hypno leaving him completely unconscious.


    For a moment we all stood in silence staring at the unconscious Crazy Hypno , silence that remained until I spoke: "He may not be able to use his Psychic energy without this" I said raising the pendulum I had in my hand "But he is still a dangerous monster, so I will have to keep him locked up" I said before taking the Great Ball from my belt and throwing it at the unconscious Pokemon.


    You might think that a normal Pokeball would be enough, but knowing that this Pokemon was of a higher level I decided not to take any risks, it only took a few moments and a few light swings before the Great Ball stopped moving and the characteristic PING! was heard before returning to my hand considering the capture was done.


    With the Great Ball in hand, tiredness caught up with us all before we fell back with a shared laugh of relief, even the serious Nidoran ¡á gave a small squeal of happiness at this shared achievement, we rested for a couple of minutes before sitting down with great effort, after this whole event I felt like I could trust the battered Hypno so I asked him: "Psychic Pokemon can talk to us telepathically, right?" I said remembering how before the fight he had been able to communicate with me with a few words "Can you tell me what that monster was doing here? As far as I know, those of your species and pre-evolutions live in the surroundings of the most central cities of Kanto " I said as I turned to look at my new friend in search of making sense of this whole situation.


    The Hypno seemed a little conflicted, but after thinking about it for a few seconds he raised his hand holding his pendulum and felt that familiar sensation of electricity in my head before hearing " I''M NOT VERY GOOD WITH THIS, I CAN''T TELL YOU, BUT I CAN SHOW YOU, CAN I?" I heard that static voice in my mind, I nodded and closed my eyes before seeing what I can interpret to be the memories of the Hypno in front of me.


    The first thing I saw was two small Drowzees peacefully playing with a Hypno in an open field illuminated by the beautiful light of the sunset.


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    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $5,500 Pokedolars


    Badges: None


    Bag


    3 Potions ¨C


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    2 Pokeball


    1 Red handkerchief (With 20 Oran Berrys)


    -27 Spaces Available- ¡ü


    Pokemon


    Nidoran¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level: 13 ¡ü


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick, Poison Sting ¡ü


    Hypno


    Gender: Male


    Level: 42


    Movements: Pound,Confusion,Hypnosis, Head Butt, Psybeam, Nasty Plot, Dream Eater.

 Chapter 18 "Brothers"

    The Hypno seemed a little conflicted, but after thinking about it for a few seconds he raised his hand holding his pendulum and felt that familiar sensation of electricity in my head before hearing "I''M NOT VERY GOOD WITH THIS, I CAN''T TELL YOU, BUT I CAN SHOW YOU, CAN I?" I heard that static voice in my mind, I nodded and closed my eyes before seeing what I can interpret to be the memories of the Hypno in front of me.


    The first thing I saw was two small Drowzees peacefully playing with a Hypno in an open field illuminated by the beautiful light of the sunset.


    The scene in my mind could only be described as a family portrait, the Drowzees chased each other while the Hypno watched them with a smile, seemingly pleased to see his young play, the smallest of the Drowzees seemed to be faster than the eldest, but the eldest cheated and lured the youngest with his Psychic power, who far from being bothered seemed delighted to witness his brother''s abilities.


    The scene moved forward quickly for what could be months as the two Drowzees looked much larger, in front of them the Hypno moved his pendulum levitating a fallen tree with ease, the two Drowzees witnessing this applauded loudly and both began to practice their own skills, with circular movements of his hands the oldest of the Drowzees lifted a rock the size of his head while his younger brother barely lifted a rock a quarter of his brother''s size, only to get frustrated and headbutt it breaking it into pieces causing his family to laugh.


    While the trio was practicing, they suddenly heard a noise nearby. It was common for problems to arise in that area since there were usually many kinds of Pokemon and Trainers wandering around there. Hypno reacted faster than his offspring and calmly headed towards the source of the noise as if it were the most natural thing in the world, with the Drowzees following him cautiously, almost expecting something to happen.


    When the trio finally arrived at the cause of all the commotion they found a young Trainer accompanied by a clearly injured Raticate taking on four Magnemite at the same time, it could be seen that it was only a matter of time before the Raticate fell and the Magnemite focused on the poor terrified Trainer .


    The Hypno who witnessed all this put on a face of compassion and with a gesture of his hand sent a Psychic force that easily defeated the Magnemite , sending them flying away from the poor Trainer , who in the face of the whole situation only remained with his eyes open in shock.


    The Trainer after a few seconds finally woke up and took a couple of potions from his backpack to heal his partner, when he finally left him in a stable situation he approached to thank the Hypno who saved him "Thank you very much, if I hadn''t been here this could have been the end of my adventure" said the Trainer with tears in his eyes before standing still for a second with a contemplative face: "I don''t understand how you did it, those Pokemon should have had an advantage against Psychic attacks but you defeated them easily" he said before taking a Great Ball out of his backpack and raising it in front of the confused Hypno before speaking: "You must be something special, that display of power is unusual in the Pokemon of this place, although it may not seem like it, I am a fourth Badge Trainer so if you come with me we can exploit your full potential and take your power to new heights" he said with hopeful eyes waiting for the Hypno to accept his proposal.


    The Hypno just laughed for a second and then looked at the Raticate that was accompanying the Trainer . The boy, who somehow understood what he was trying to say, quickly raised his hands over his chest and answered: "It''s not what you think!" He replied almost defensively: "This Raticate belongs to my little brother, I only went out with it because my Pokemon are resting after winning the Gym battle against LT Surge, but since I wanted to look for some berries that grow around here to speed up their recovery, I asked him to borrow it at the last minute to escort me," he said quickly, trying to sound more convincing than the level of Trainer he possessed.


    The Hypno smiled kindly at the Trainer ''s attempts to recruit him before shaking his head and pointing at the two Drowzees behind him, the Trainer who apparently hadn''t noticed them, raised his finger as if he had come to a conclusion " Oooh I understand, those must be your children right?" he said in a calm tone "I imagine you prefer to stay close to take care of them, although it is a pity for your potential I can respect that" he said in a resigned tone before thanking his savior for the last time and retreating with his companion to the nearest city.


    The two Drowzees who witnessed the scene only puffed out their chests with pride, almost as if they themselves had rescued the boy, to which the Hypno only smiled with a playful gesture before giving them both a small tap with his fingers, deflating their chests in an attempt to bring down the spirits of his young who were particularly happy that their parent preferred to stay by their side.


    Time continued to move forward, the two Drowzees were already adult size but looked as jovial as in the first memory, the older Drowzee was training with his brother, throwing small rocks at him with his psychic energy that the younger Dowzee could barely dodge, it could be noticed that the older brother had the advantage regarding his powers, since although the younger of the brothers had a better physical condition, his psychic powers were mediocre at best.


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    While the two brothers were training, not far from them was the Hypno that was protecting them. He seemed to be meditating as he was sitting with his eyes closed, but if one paid enough attention one could see that he was attentive to his surroundings ready to react in case something happened.


    When the brothers finished their training they approached the Hypno with practiced synchronicity, almost as if this was their daily routine since the Hypno , when it noticed the Drowzees approaching, put aside its meditation and quickly provided them with some berries that it had collected in advance.


    The family sat down to eat as they regularly did, although Pok¨¦mon are not very talkative a calm aura could be felt in them, the two Drowzees who were eating greedily did not pay much attention to their surroundings, feeling the weight of his father''s presence as a kind of indestructible barrier that would keep them safe from all evil.


    The Hypno in response ate with measured calm, always attentive to what was happening but with one eye on his offspring who, although they could already be considered adults in every right, always seemed to need his watchful eye so as not to neglect their training or start a friendly fight that ended with the little brother crying and running to accuse his older brother.


    Almost unnaturally and without any of them being able to notice their presence, a "PLOP" was heard behind the now frightened Hypno who, with his pendulum in hand, spun abruptly in defense of the two confused Drowzees who were surprised by the calm Hypno ''s outburst .


    "It seems you were right, father," said a girl with long black hair and dressed in a peculiarly red suit that fit her figure in a calm and indifferent manner. At her side was an imposing man with dark hair and eyes, with a prominent beard that gave him an intelligent appearance and dressed in an elegant tuxedo that gave him the image of an important person.


    "Not everything can be solved with your powers, my daughter. If you want to inherit my position as Gym Leader, you must learn to use the resources at your disposal well," said the father in a serious tone as if he wanted his daughter to remember the advice in her mind. The daughter in response only gave a small nod without much emotion before saying, "I admit that I didn''t think that putting a request in the Pokemon Centers requesting information on powerful Pokemons Psychics would be so fruitful," she said almost with a hint of apprehension, almost as if she wasn''t used to being wrong.


    The father just gave a small dry laugh before continuing: " Kanto is very vast, we can''t have our eyes everywhere daughter, so sometimes it''s better to make requests like this, there are too many Trainers out there and it''s better to put them to work for our benefit, in particular the report says that this Hypno effortlessly defeated several Magnemites " he said with interest as he assessed the Hypno in front of them.


    The girl just arched her eyebrow with her eyes on the Hypno before saying, "And how do you know that Trainer wasn''t exaggerating his story to receive the big reward we gave?" She said almost defiantly hoping to catch her father off guard, who instead just laughed once more and said, "Don''t take me for a fool, daughter, of course I read the boy''s mind hoping to find some lie, but it all seemed to be true, but instead, why don''t we put your new friend to the test? " he said pointing at the Hypno who was processing everything that was happening in front of him.


    The girl gave a small smile that far from seeming friendly looked very hypocritical "Your Hypno , you will be captured and trained in my family''s Gym, if you show the potential that that Trainer praised so much you will be rewarded by becoming part of my main team" she said almost arrogantly as if that were the highest aspiration of any Pokemon .


    The Hypno , far from being annoyed, shook his head and pointed at the Drowzees behind him, hoping that the intruders would respect his wishes and let him continue living in peace with his young.


    The girl just shook her head slightly in curiosity, glancing at the Drowzees before saying in an inquisitive tone: "I''m not interested in weak Pokemon , I''ll only take you," she said as she pulled out three Ultra Balls from her belt and threw them forward, releasing a fully evolved Alakazam with two Kadabras acting as its escorts.


    The Pokemons without waiting for instructions released their Psychic power and attacked together the Hypno in front of them with so much power that it was literally crushed by the pressure against the ground, the two Drowzees witnessing the situation wanted to help but were repelled by a Psychic attack that came from the girl who only looked at them with cold eyes before speaking: "So annoying and so weak, you should not meddle in other people''s affairs, don''t you know that?" she said while throwing another psychic wave that sent the two Drowzees flying a few meters back who could only watch helplessly as their guardian ended up fainted in the face of the combined attack of the intruders''


    Pokemon .


    After the father confirmed that the Pokemon was incapacitated, the girl raised her hand causing the three Pokemon to stop attacking and with a slowly practiced movement she levitated an Ultra Ball towards the unconscious Hypno , absorbing him without much resistance, who after only shaking twice inside the Ultra Ball could not resist any longer and gave in, letting out a loud -PING- that shocked the two Drowzees .


    The now satisfied intruders didn''t look twice at the Drowzees in front of them before calling back their Pokemon and leaving as mysteriously as they came, simply vanishing into thin air with a soft ¨CPLOP- indicating that their teleportation was successful.


    Leaving a poor pair of siblings frustrated and helpless as they burst into tears after realizing they had lost their father.

 Chapter 19 "Brothers 2"

    The now satisfied intruders didn''t look twice at the Drowzees in front of them before calling back their Pok¨¦mon and leaving as mysteriously as they came, simply vanishing into thin air with a soft ¨CPLOP- indicating their teleportation was successful.


    Leaving a poor pair of brothers frustrated and powerless, bursting into tears after realizing they had lost their father.


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    Not even the breakup of their family could stop the passage of time, as the two brothers inevitably had to move on with their lives. It is not possible to determine exactly how much time passed, but it could be seen that the two brothers were now a little more seasoned, neither of them had that jovial expression that had previously characterized them and instead had a heavy countenance, as if they had a heavy load on their shoulders.


    Their father urged them to always practice their skills but was also very overprotective of them, leaving them vulnerable with his departure, a lesson the brothers learned the first nights they had to spend alone in the countryside where they lived, as they even lost count of how many times they were attacked while trying to rest.


    The world of Pokemons was strange in its own way, depending a lot on the area in which they lived the rules were different, in various parts of the world such as forests and mountains there were Pokemons that with their power or ability had managed to conquer a portion of land, these Pokemons were colloquially known as Pokemons Alpha , the kings of their own place, whenever there was an undisputed leader, the Pokemon zones enjoyed a certain peace, since depending on the personality of the Alpha the others followed a line of thought.


    Pokemon colonies, if the Alpha was a gentle Pokemon , the inhabitants of the place rarely got into trouble. It was an unwritten rule that all Pokemon followed the example of the place leader with few exceptions depending on the character of the inhabitants.


    On the other hand, when there was more than one Alpha per zone, things were totally different. Conflicts arose between the Alpha supporters , creating small skirmishes between them, almost like a low-level war that only stopped when one of the two Alphas won and remained the absolute leader.


    In other places like the field where the brothers lived, a rare event happened that was known as a Power Vacuum, which was when the strongest Pokemon in the area or the " Alpha " died or disappeared leaving the Pokemons in the place nervous or excited depending on their personality, in these Power Vacuums the Pokemons were much more aggressive in their respective homes, because Pokemons emerged that wanted to defeat everything they saw trying to prove that they were the strongest in the place thus claiming the title of Alpha for themselves.


    The two brothers who were unaware of the fact that their Father was the strongest Pokemon in the small field where they lived, had no way to go unnoticed by the other Pokemons who were afraid that one of the brothers would reach the potential of the previous Alpha , so an agreement was reached between the Pokemons who wanted to be the leaders of the place, to first take care of the offspring of the previous Alpha before starting to fight among themselves for the title.


    The persecuted and exhausted brothers only had each other to survive, they did not have the courage to leave the field where they lived which was the only place they knew and they barely had enough strength to defend themselves from all the Pokemons in the area that were chasing them, so as more time passed the more and more they began to weaken.


    One particular night, both brothers now turned into Hypnos after so much battling, were resting back to back hidden near a large cave that was near the field in which they lived, being a night like any other, the older brother was covering the first round of sleep so that his younger brother could recover a little until he heard a loud noise coming from the cave.


    The younger brother, who also heard the noise, quickly stood up, ready to defend himself while turning to look at his brother, waiting for instructions. The older brother seemed to contemplate the situation for a second before nodding and running off to find out the cause of the noise.


    It didn''t take them long to reach the entrance of the cave where they saw a human child running out who was being chased by a group of Zubats , the child in his panic managed to see the two Hypnos and ran straight towards them.


    The brothers reacted differently to what was happening, the younger brother stepped forward ready to protect the boy who was trying to flee from danger while in the eyes of the older one a flash of annoyance could be seen, almost as if he understood that the boy was dragging them into more trouble when they were already in a precarious situation themselves.


    The problem was solved as quickly as it began, the psychic attack from both Hypno sent the group of Zubats flying without much difficulty, saving the little Trainer who could finally breathe easy when he was alone with both Pokemon , he quickly recovered his confident smile and said out loud: ¡°You did a good job, those stupid Zubats were chasing me when I was about to leave the tunnel, I was about to take out my Charmander when I saw the exit of the tunnel and I better ran!¡± he said with a silly laugh as he continued talking: ¡°That stupid Professor should have been more specific when he gave me directions to advance on my journey! What kind of jerk sends a child to a forest full of disgusting bugs? I prefer a thousand times a tunnel with a few Diglets  so my Charmander can roast them,¡± he said more to himself than to the Pokemons in front of him.


    The Hypnos just looked at him strangely, but the boy interpreted that as a signal to continue with his complaints: ¡°With the money my father donated him, he should have given me something more than a Charmander and a Pokedex , at least a fully evolved Flying Pokemon so I could move around the region as I please!¡± he said with some annoyance before putting on a face of having a brilliant idea: ¡°Originally I was thinking of following the historical route and beating Brock , but since I''m here it would be better if my first badge was against LT Surge, you two would be perfect to beat him quickly!¡± he said without any hint of shame as he took two Ultra Balls out of his backpack.


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    The eldest Hypnos reacted upon seeing the Ultra Ball , a memory of his own Father being captured by one of those things awakened something primal in him, a fury that manifested as a Psychic discharge that left the boy completely unconscious while the younger brother panicked looking for what to do.


    The older brother didn''t waste much time and placed a hand on the unconscious Trainer ''s head and began reading his memories.


    What he found only confirmed what he suspected, the humans who took his father from him were more terrible than he thought, in the boy''s head he found greed, arrogance and a lack of empathy that irritated him, among the plans that arose in the boy''s head when he recognized the strength of the two brothers was to use them to win a couple of Gyms in a simple way and then discard them and get better Pokemons when he shows his badges to his father.


    The older Hypno paused for a moment to think things over, -Who decided that Pokemon had to be used? In nature, the strong are the ones who rule, what if he got stronger himself? Not even a Trainer could capture him, he wouldn''t lose anything again,- he thought as he put his hand back on the unconscious child''s head and began to devour his dreams, -If they''re using us then they must be ready to be used too, right?- he thought as he concentrated on eating more, soon he realized that he was getting stronger while recovering at a rapid rate.


    At the same time the younger brother watched in horror as the boy''s vitality left him, a look of determination appeared on the younger brother''s face before he headbutted his brother, throwing him a few meters away from the boy, the older brother in response stood up and angrily looked at his brother, feeling betrayed, he sent out a strong Psychic wave that caused an explosion that hit the younger Hypno .


    Unaccustomed to the power he had acquired, the older Hypno could not measure the strength of his attack and caused the explosion to be stronger than he thought. Worried about his brother, he waited a few moments until the column of dust that rose up went down enough to see that he was okay.


    What the older Hypno didn''t know was that the noise was loud enough to alert a man dressed in military uniform who was doing his night patrols in the surrounding areas of Vermillion City, who with a speed unnatural for a human ran towards the source of the noise and found the column of smoke and a Hypno patiently waiting for it to clear.


    After a few minutes the column of smoke disappeared and there was only a wounded Hypno holding a Child in his arms with a worried expression. The older Hypno , seeing what his brother was doing, only got angrier, - How is it possible that his own brother prefers the monsters that took his father away from him? - he thought as he raised his hand with his pendulum ready to throw another attack.


    Before he could perform his attack, he felt a strong presence in the surroundings, he turned his head and saw a Raichu wrapped in electrical energy that listened to the instructions of his Trainer : " Raichu use Volt Tackle !" shouted the man dressed in military suit before the Raichu began to run with the electricity surrounding him like a small dome and hitting the older Hypno head-on .


    The older Hypno , due to the force of the impact, was thrown to the entrance of the cave from which the child came out. Frustrated, he thought that he would have no chance against the Pok¨¦mon that was much stronger than any other in the field where he lived, so when he came out of there he would be defeated and captured like his father.


    In desperation he hit the ground hard until he analyzed what he had learned from the boy''s memories, in the boy''s memories he saw how that cave had an exit that led to a forest, a forest where many small humans ventured with newly captured Pokemons - there I can get the power I need - he thought to himself before going deeper into the cave that apparently was actually a tunnel.


    Raichu back before approaching the Hypno who was carrying the Trainer in his hands: "You did well taking care of that brat, hand him over to me and I''ll take him to my city where we can cure him," he said in a dry tone that didn''t accept objections.


    The younger Hypno who had just understood everything that happened, could only start crying before handing the child over to the large Human who had just helped him, the man dressed in military uniform misinterpreting his crying only spoke in a low tone: "You shouldn''t worry about that other Hypno , when this brat recovers I will enter that tunnel myself and put an end to that walking problem, he will not hurt you or another Trainer again " he said with a stoic face as if he was used to that kind of solutions.


    The younger brother panicked and urgently sent a Psychic message directly to the man in front of him: ¡°I WILL TAKE CARE OF BROTHER,¡± he said in a static tone and at a high volume.


    The man dressed in military uniform observed the Pok¨¦mon in front of him for a few seconds and said in a serious tone: ¡°I respect your spirit for wanting to do the right thing even against your family, but that brother of yours is a danger, are you sure you can fight him?¡± he said while looking directly into the eyes of the younger Hypno who in response only gave a firm nod before starting to run towards the tunnel chasing his brother.


    ¡°I should take charge, but this child is hurt and if I go into the tunnel I''ll be too far from the city,¡± said the man in military uniform in a low voice, ¡°Sometimes it''s a damn burden, being a Gym leader,¡± he commented one last time before running back to his city with the child in his arms.


    What followed next was a rapid succession of events, the younger Hypno managed to reach the end of the tunnel without much effort, the Pokemon there were not as violent as in the countryside where he lived, after leaving the tunnel he managed to spot a small city on his left where he felt the presence of several humans, while to his right in the distance he saw a forest where he felt certain traces of his brother.


    He barely managed to reach the forest where, due to the time he spent with him, it didn''t take him long to find his brother, who had already captured his first victim, with the power obtained from the Trainer ''s dreams , his already powerful older brother gave him a unilateral beating that forced him to retreat and look for the opportunity to save the innocent children he was slowly beginning to capture.


    While he was in the forest, the younger Hypno gradually weakened while his older brother grew stronger. With the passage of time, the younger Hypno at most managed to prevent his brother from capturing all the Trainers he saw, as was the case with Charlotte, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the nest where the children were being held captive.


    That was until, by chance, he ran into Max and somehow they finally managed to stop his crazed brother.

 Chapter 20 Hero of Viridian Forest

    While he was in the forest, the younger Hypno gradually weakened while his older brother grew stronger. With the passage of time, the younger Hypno at most managed to prevent his brother from capturing all the Trainers he saw, as was the case with Charlotte, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the nest where the children were being held captive.


    That was until, by chance, he ran into Max and somehow they finally managed to stop his crazed brother.


    ¡°Geez, that definitely sucks,¡± I said in a low voice after finishing looking at the memories of the Hypno in front of me, who after remembering everything that happened couldn¡¯t help but feel sad about how things ended.


    ¡°There''s just one thing I don''t understand, after having been through so much, why did you decide to help the boy? I think that if I had been in his situation even I would have reacted like your brother¡± I said with a little sadness after the last sentence, the Hypno just thought for a second and smiled nonchalantly as if the answer was obvious ¡°MY PROTECTIVE FATHER, SO ME TOO¡± the tired Hypno answered through telepathy.


    For a moment I was speechless, I even felt ashamed of my own species, sometimes I forget how Pok¨¦mon are sensitive beings like humans, even among them there are beings as good and pure-hearted as the Hypno in front of me.


    As I remained silent the Hypno stepped forward and lifted his hand from his pendulum before sending another message via telepathy ¡°Will you look after my brother?¡± For a moment I was surprised by the fluidity with which the Hypno ¡¯s now clear voice could be heard , but I quickly ignored it and replied: ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I actually think your brother wouldn¡¯t be happy with me, the best thing I can do is make sure the League sends him to a quiet reservation where he can be at peace¡± I said resolutely hoping that my answer would reassure the Hypno who had helped me so much.


    The Hypno thought for a second before nodding. It seemed that just knowing his brother would be calm was enough to give him peace as well. Feeling sorry for my new friend, I said in a low tone, ¡°If you want, I can talk to the Gym leader in the city I''m from so they can send you to the same reserve as him.¡±


    The youngest of the brothers didn''t hesitate for a second before answering me through telepathy: "No, my brother and I grew too distant, I don''t think he could be at peace with me around him," he said with a sad tone as he looked ahead, lost in his thoughts.


    Feeling the weight of his words I remained silent a little uncomfortable, I could only imagine what was going through my new friend''s head, so after a few seconds of silence and hoping to lighten the atmosphere I said out loud: ¡°On the bright side it seems your power has improved quite a bit! Now I hear you with greater clarity and coherence¡± I said with a smile giving a little elbow to the Hypno who just smiled knowingly before raising his pendulum: ¡°Actually, it''s not that my power has improved, it''s just that it''s easier to communicate with you through that pendulum you have in your hands¡± he said through telepathy while pointing at my hand that still had the pendulum of the newly captured Hypno .


    ¡°I spent my whole life with my brother, that''s why it''s easy to connect with the remnants of his power, partly because of that I could always know where he was no matter where he hid¡± he said through telepathy with a calm smile, I quickly understood and said with a hurried tone: ¡°I''m so sorry, I focused so much on the memories you showed me that I forgot to return the pendulum to you¡± I commented while trying to return the pendulum with an apologetic tone.


    The Hypno just laughed and answered me telepathically: ¡°It¡¯s not necessary, honestly I had forgotten you had it until a few seconds ago when I tried to talk to you properly¡± he said in a calm tone while raising his hands a little, preventing me from returning the pendulum to him ¡°You guys like to keep things from your battles, right? That¡¯s why you have those colored stones with you¡± he said telepathically in an almost amused tone.


    "Stones?" I thought for a second until I realized he was referring to the medals some Trainers hung on their vests as decoration: "If something like that, if it''s a gift then I''ll keep it, I think that''s better than returning it to its owner and tempting him with the idea of resuming his plan," I said as I looked at the pendulum in my hands.


    The Hypno nodded and after thinking about it for a few seconds, he put on a face as if he had an idea and with a smooth movement he cut a piece of the thread from his own pendulum and handed it to me: ¡°Use it on my brother¡¯s pendulum, so you¡¯ll have a part of both of us wherever you go,¡± he said telepathically as he handed me the piece of thread.


    Feeling moved by my friend''s gesture, I didn''t hesitate to take the thread and tie it to the pendulum I was holding, then hang it around my neck as a pendant. "How about that? It looks more interesting, doesn''t it?" I said, striking a few funny poses, trying to model the new necklace.


    The Hypno watched me for a few seconds before letting out a loud laugh: ¡°You¡¯re quite funny, my friend,¡± he said telepathically before adding: ¡°Aside from being a good accessory, my brother¡¯s residual energy combined with mine should be able to protect you to a certain extent from intrusions into your mind, of course, as long as you carry it with you at all times,¡± he said while lightly patting me on the shoulder.


    Seeing that he felt more comfortable with me I smiled and replied: ¡°Rest assured that I will have him with me, thank you very much Hypno ¡± I said as I stopped to think about the great benefits that this little ¡°Adventure¡± brought me, thoughts that were only interrupted by the loud sound of my stomach: ¡°I think I should go home, I have to make sure that the other children arrived safely and I''m sure Mother Clarisse will be worried about me since it''s after midnight¡± I said as I opened my Pokenav and looked at the time before looking up and asking the Hypno : ¡°What will you do now that your brother is trapped? Do you need help getting back home?¡±


    The Hypno remained serious for a second and answered: ¡°I think I¡¯ll stay here, many people pass by and I would like to make sure they arrive safely to their destinations¡± he said with determination through telepathy almost convincing himself that that was his purpose and then added: ¡°Speaking of helping, I think I¡¯ll guide you to the entrance of the forest, it¡¯s very late and I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll get home safely in that condition¡± he said while looking me up and down.


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    Almost as if I felt the weight of his words, I stopped for a second to look at my own appearance. I was actually a bit battered after the fight, and although I wasn''t in too much pain, I still felt bad from the blow I received against the tree.


    ¡°I think I¡¯ll take you at your word. With you, I can get back home quickly,¡± I said, putting an arm around the Hypno and supporting me as we walked. We only walked for a few minutes until we reached the safe path in the woods. Luckily, the fight wasn¡¯t too far from the main road, and the path was easy to find.


    We had almost reached the exit when we heard a loud trot of something large before hearing a shout "There they are!" the voice sounded familiar, it didn''t take long before we could see a group approaching led by an Arcanine that had on its back a Young Trainer who was barely holding on to the oldest of the escaped children who was screaming excitedly while waving his hands.


    When they reached where we were they became serious for a second before looking at the Hypno who was helping me walk, the oldest of the children shouted "What are you waiting for?! Help him ! That monster has him!" He said urgently while his eyes were watery from the emotion of finding me.


    Quickly guessing how the situation would end, I took a step forward before declaring: ¡°Wait ! The Hypno who committed the attacks has already been captured ! Here he is!¡± I said while raising the Great Ball hoping the Trainers would hear me.


    ¡°Let¡¯s hear what Max has to say before someone gets hurt,¡± said the Trainer holding the boy, whom I quickly identified as Patrick, the same Trainer who gave me the Great Ball .


    ¡°It¡¯s good to see you Max,¡± Pat said before getting off his Arcanine and approaching where I was. ¡°Same here Pat, I¡¯m glad you ended up staying longer than expected,¡± I said as I raised my hand in greeting before shaking my friend¡¯s.


    What followed next felt like an ordeal. I had to tell what had happened before the Trainers decided to leave the Hypno who had saved me alone. I even saw the oldest of the children thank him with tears before we said goodbye and returned to Pewter City on the back of Pat''s Arcanine .


    I don''t really know how it happened, but I think tiredness caught up with me and I fell asleep on the Arcanine ''s back , so when I woke up it was already daylight and I found myself in a bed in the Pokemon Center with a sleeping Mother Clarisse sitting next to me.


    Feeling somewhat sorry for the worry I must have caused her, I tried to get up quietly, but Mother Clarisse, sensing my movement, stood up at the same time before stopping for a second, looking at me in relief and quickly giving me a hug. ¡°Max! Thank God you¡¯re okay ! ¡± she said with tears in her eyes as she squeezed me tightly.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry for everything Mother Clarisse ¡± I said with tears in my eyes feeling guilty for everything I caused, ¡°I should have listened to you and stayed in the city¡± I added the last part with a low voice almost like a whisper, Mother Clarisse stopped hugging me for a second before looking me in the eyes and speaking with a calm gesture ¡°I will never be happy that you risk your life, but I have never felt more proud of you until the moment those children and the Trainers who brought you told me everything you did¡± she said with a modest smile before adding ¡°I always knew you had a heart of gold but it was a surprise to know that you also have the courage to do the right thing¡± she said the last part before ruffling my hair.


    For a second I wanted to object, it was really all a huge coincidence, it almost seemed like some kind of Karma that got me into that situation because of my attempt to hunt the Ekans that killed Pidgey , but I decided to keep quiet, a person like Mother Clarisse deserves peace and although I am not the child she raised I feel indebted for everything she has done for me, I could even say that she is the most important person to me in this new world since she showed me a love and appreciation that I could only call unconditional.


    Mother Clarisse seemed to take my silence as an indication that something was wrong, but before I could continue speaking the door to the room opened and Nurse Joy entered with her characteristic smile. "Apparently the hero of Viridian Forest is awake!¡± he said, stifling a laugh and waiting for my reaction.


    Mother Clarisse , who didn''t seem bothered by the interruption of our conversation, clapped her hands together before adding, " That''s right, Max! Now the whole town knows what you did, and you''ve earned yourself a big reputation! " she said with a radiant smile, almost as if the achievement was hers.


    I think my face revealed my internal conflict because Nurse Joy quickly added trying to get me out of my confusion: ¡°You may not know Max, but the Hypno you captured was level 42, in that forest the highest record of a wild Pok¨¦mon was an old Pinsir of level 35 that was considered the strongest in the place¡± she said with a smile while putting on a radiant smile: ¡°Basically only the Gym Leader of the city or several Trainers with 6 or 7 Badges could capture it without suffering major injuries¡±


    It really didn''t take me long to understand why they seemed so happy about my achievement, it was truly a miracle and a series of coincidences that made it possible for me to capture that Pokemon , if the circumstances had been even a little different or the Hypno had stopped to think about his actions he would have easily finished us all off.


    Feeling excited too I remembered the Hypno and quickly started looking for the Great Ball where I had it so I could give it to Nurse Joy , but she guessed my intentions and spoke "I hope you don''t mind Max, but I went too far and took the Hypno you captured and sent it through the PC to the league so they could put it in captivity, I''m sorry but it was very dangerous for a Trainer of your level to have that kind of Pokemon " she said with some regret for taking away from me what she believed was an easy way to achieve victory in the first Gyms without much effort.


    Smiling calmly at him I said in a calm tone, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, that was always my intention, I just hope they sent him to a place where he can find the happiness that was taken away from him,¡± I said the last part with a sad tone as I remembered the encounters that Hypno had with what appeared to be two Gym Leaders that I would eventually face on my way to the top.


    Nurse Joy seemed to think for a moment and then spoke in an amused tone, "I hope you didn''t think I just took your Pokemon away from you . I remind you that there was a formal request from the league to capture that Pokemon , so why don''t you see your Trainer ?" "License ?" he said the last part with an expectant smile as he handed me my Trainer. License .


    Almost with a comical gesture I almost fell back into bed when I could see the new balance of my Trainer License .


    Trainer License


    Trainer : Maxwell Jones


    Hometown : Pewter City


    Sponsorship : None


    Money: $105,500 Pokedolars ¡ü


    Badges : None


    Bag


    3 Potions ¨C


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    2 Pokeball


    1 Red handkerchief ( With 20 Oran Berrys )


    -27 Spaces Available - ¡ü


    Pokemon


    Nidoran ¡á


    Gender : Male


    Level : 13 ¡ü


    Movements : Read, Peck , Focus Energy , Double Kick , Poison Sting ¡ü


    EXTRA


    Pendulum Necklace

 Chapter 21 "Blue"

    Nurse Joy seemed to think for a moment and then spoke in an amused tone, "I hope you didn''t think I just took your Pokemon away from you. I remind you that there was a formal request from the league to capture that Pokemon, so why don''t you see your Trainer ?" "License ?" he said the last part with an expectant smile as he handed me my Trainer. License .


    With a comical gesture I almost fell back into bed when I saw the new balance on my Trainer License .


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    I spent a few days recovering at the Pokemon Center as there wasn''t much I could do against the united front of Mother Clarisse and Nurse Joy who insisted I had to recover properly, only when I proved I had no major injuries and was full of energy did they finally let me return to the orphanage.


    Once back at the orphanage I decided to spend two days with Mother Clarisse, after the incident she went through a period of worry, so I focused on keeping her company so she could relax and let this whole thing pass, I felt responsible for her since since I woke up in this world she is the person who has worried the most about me, so it was inevitable that I began to develop affection towards her, I can say without thinking much that at least in this world she is the most important person to me because of all the dedication she has put into my well-being.


    And so without realizing it, a whole week passed since the Hypno incident and many things changed around me, apparently the children I saved dedicated themselves to telling the whole city what happened, so my reputation rose a lot making the children of my orphanage put aside their reluctance towards me and began to chase me to tell them about my "adventure" and that the other Trainers and some stationed members of the League began to catalog me as a young promise, which was not very strange since for them I was the young Trainer with less than a week of experience who caught a level 42 Pokemon.


    For a moment I felt conflicted by all of this but it would be a lie if I said I didn''t enjoy all that attention, in a job like this reputation is crucial, whether good or bad the more attention you get the more chances you have of getting a Sponsor and with the Sponsor comes more money with which you can have access to better items and Pokemons which are essential for any Trainer who wants to prosper in this business.


    Regarding money, part of the time I spent with Mother Clarisse was dedicated to discussing what to do with the reward for capturing the Hypno, $100,000 Pokedolars may not be a fortune but it was still a considerable amount, Under normal circumstances it would have taken me two months of uninterrupted missions to get a similar amount, and that''s taking into account that sometimes due to circumstances beyond my control it''s possible that the mission cannot be completed and the penalty fee may have to be paid.


    After much discussion we came to the conclusion that it would be best to save half of the reward to prepare myself when I finally leave the city and use the other half to improve my Pokemon team which was still only Nidoran ¡á, so I had the option of investing the $50,000 Pokedolars in a new member for my team or in a Moon Stone for when Nidoran ¡á reaches enough level and evolves into Nidorino .


    It didn''t take me long to lean towards the first option, although having a Nidoking soon sounded attractive it didn''t seem like the smartest thing to do, first of all when facing Brock I would need at least two Pokemon and on the other hand on my way to Cerulean City I would pass through Mt. Moon so I would have a great chance of finding a Moon Stone there, not to mention that there is a rumor among Trainers that it is never good for the growth of Pokemons to make them evolve so quickly.


    I remember when all this was just a game the advantage of waiting for evolution was that you could learn more attacks in the early stages of a Pokemon so it was smarter to postpone evolution until they had a decent Moveset , while in this world forcing a Pokemon to evolve to its later stages quickly wears them down and diminishes the potential they can reach, I think it''s like forcing a human to go through their adolescence in one day and reach adulthood quickly.


    Although it seemed strange to me at first, it seemed quite logical when I thought about it carefully. In this world, Pokemons are living beings and, like all living beings, they must have their appropriate growth periods, no matter how unique they are.


    With that idea in mind I went to the Pokemon Center to make the request to capture Pokemon, originally I had the idea of capturing my entire team myself, but I had in mind to acquire a Psychic Pokemon, since if the adventure with the Hypno showed me anything, it is that it is better to have a Pokemon that can quickly get you out of a dangerous situation and there is no better escape than a Pokemon that can Teleport you with a thought, not to mention that although I have the pendulum necklace I do not trust that it can protect me from other Psychic Pokemon or something worse like a Ghost-type Pokemon.


    While I was pondering this, I inadvertently arrived at the doors of the Pokemon Center. As soon as I entered, I was greeted by several Trainers who were there, some with more emotion than others. I wouldn''t doubt that some would seek my friendship after hearing the children I rescued and who started calling me their "Hero."


    Speaking of those children, all of them without exception stopped being Trainers , the League made a great effort by offering to pay for their therapies and giving them new Pokemons to continue their lives as Trainers , but even with all those incentives they decided to return to their respective homes and continue with simpler lives, personally I did not judge them, even I being mentally an adult for a moment had the idea of quitting since it requires great courage or in my case ambition to continue with this job after going through a near-death experience, not to mention that they are just children and had to deal with all that in the early stages of their journey.


    After greeting the Trainers at the entrance, I quickly headed to the counter, where I saw the always cheerful Nurse Joy who gave me a pleasant smile before saying: ¡°Hi Max! Glad you¡¯re back soon, you haven¡¯t been getting into any trouble, have you?¡± she said the last part with a playful tone, surprising other Trainers who managed to hear how she spoke to me with such familiarity without the rehearsed speech she gave to everyone else.


    ¡°Hello Helen,¡± I said with some embarrassment as I addressed her by her first name, as something else that changed this week was that Nurse Joy insisted I call her by her first name, leaving me feeling a bit silly as I momentarily forgot that although her last name is actually Joy, she actually has a first name like everyone else.


    Nurse Joy seemed almost fascinated that I was addressing her by name and replied with a delighted smile: ¡°It¡¯s quite refreshing that you say my name, although my family is in charge of the Pokemon Centers, it¡¯s not so special that they call me by the name ¡°Nurse Joy¡± when I have too many relatives with the same title throughout the region¡± she said the last part a little exasperated while leaning distractedly on the counter.


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    For a moment I found the change in her attitude towards me amusing, since when I met her she hadn''t strayed from her professional persona, but I felt touched that she felt more comfortable with me considering the short time we had known each other, since who wouldn''t mind a beauty feeling so comfortable with them? -It''s definitely a shame we have such a big age difference-, I thought the last thing with a small hint of regret.


    ¡°I¡¯m glad to see you Helen, in the end I decided to make the request for the Psychic Pokemon as I told you¡± I said with a fleeting smile hoping she would help me carry out the request ¡°That¡¯s great Max! I know you intended to capture it yourself, it¡¯s a shame there aren¡¯t many Pokemon of that type around, but I¡¯ll help you find the most suitable one for you, what Pokemon do you have in mind and how much are you willing to spend?¡± she said hastily as she stood up and put on a determined look.


    ¡°Since I intend for it to be a permanent member of my team, I will give a large reward of $50,000 Pokedolars. Personally, I prefer a low-level Pokemon so it can get used to it and grow with me, and preferably I want a Pokemon with a good type combination so it doesn''t fall quickly if Ghost Pokemon attack me,¡± I said while putting my finger on my chin trying to decide which Pokemon could help me with that.


    Nurse Joy seemed to think with me before commenting: ¡°Based on the specifications you gave me, I think a Psychic-Fairy Pok¨¦mon would suit you best. Fairy types can be somewhat complicated to train, and few Trainers regularly use them on their teams, but I think they would be the most suitable for you. If you''re interested, I can investigate your options,¡± she said thoughtfully as she checked her computer.


    I thought about it for a moment and deduced that it was the best option, they say that fairies can be temperamental and somewhat obsessive but they are also protective of their Trainers , as long as I stay firm and set the right boundaries I''m sure I could train a Pokemon of that type properly. " Sure, I''ll follow your recommendation, what options do you have?" I said waiting for the computer to finish loading.


    Nurse Joy didn''t take long to list the Pokemon that appeared on the computer: "There are few options and most are from other regions, there are: Mime Jr and Ralts that are nearby, as well as those that later have an evolution of that particular type such as: Hatenna and a somewhat unique Pokemon from the same region that is also called Ponyta but has a different appearance and type than the ones we know here" she said with a curious expression as she described what she guessed was the Ponyta of Galar.


    ¡°But I''ll be honest with you, although the amount you''re offering is quite considerable, I don''t think it''s enough to get the Galarian Pokemon, in particular both are quite difficult to catch according to my computer, so personally I would recommend Ralts, since with the amount you''re offering you should catch a Ralts with good Potential and if I''m even more honest, the Pokemon from the Mime Jr. evolutionary line are somewhat annoying,¡± he said the last part in a low tone while discreetly covering his mouth.


    After hearing the last sentence I couldn''t help but let out a big laugh which only caused a small blush of embarrassment on Nurse Joy''s cheeks, who quickly stretched out her arms trying to cover my mouth causing the Trainers around us to look at us confused.


    ¡°To tell the truth, I always thought that Ralts was a great option and with Nidoran ¡á we cover a good counter against several Pokemons, please take the money and let me know when you have news¡± I said while passing him my Trainer License in an attempt to distract her from my outburst.


    Nurse Joy just looked at me with a suspicious face before taking the Trainer License and add: ¡°I have a relative who lives in Petalburg City in Hoenn , as a favor to you I will personally ask him to get you something special, just please be discreet with it since I can''t be partial to Trainers so it''s the only favor of this kind I''ll do for you¡± he said the last thing with a warning tone while lowering the volume of his voice.


    ¡°You are an angel Helen, when I become a champion I will remember what you did for me¡± I said in a flattering tone while Nurse Joy laughed and replied ¡°You are getting ahead of yourself Max, but I will take it into account, come back later and maybe I will have news¡± she said while waving her hand in a gesture for me to leave the place.


    Not wanting to push my luck too far, I said goodbye to her and quickly left the Pokemon Center and headed straight to the PokeMart to replenish the resources I had lost and didn''t have time to buy again.


    After my visit to the PokeMart I spent the afternoon playing with Nidoran ¡á, it may sound silly but the stronger the Pokemons become the harder it is to form the bond of friendship with their Trainer and they start to become disobedient, a good example is Ash''s Charizard that after growing up quickly stopped listening to him until they had to go through several situations that managed to bring them closer, so I decided to spend the day forming bonds with my Main Pokemon before the rigorous training that I would subject it to after Ralts is added to the family.


    It was honestly relaxing spending time with Nidoran ¡á and although at first due to his serious personality he felt somewhat reluctant to play, it didn''t take long for him to jump for joy as we chased each other or get excited as he cheated with his ears and located me in a matter of seconds while we played hide and seek.


    especially after what happened with Pidgey I felt somewhat reluctant to play with my Pokemons, but partly I consider that it''s for these kinds of moments that it''s worth striving in search of a better life, although at this moment it''s just the two of us maybe in the future I can share these moments with my own family and my Pokemon team or even in the short term with Mother Clarisse if I manage to make her lose her fear of Pokemons.


    The afternoon passed quickly after having so much fun and soon we found ourselves again in front of the Pokemon Center, without waiting too long I walked in with Nidoran ¡á in my arms and I was greeted by a voice that came from the counter ¡° Maax Over here! I have good news!¡± said Nurse Joy as she raised a hand trying to get my attention.


    With a smile on my face I ran to the counter ignoring some jealous glances from the older Trainers who were looking at Nurse Joy with longing and I quickly arrived with her ¡°I did it Max, my relative answered me and moved some connections to get you something special, you just have to go to the PC and insert your License Card , then it will ask you to put in an empty Pokeball and you will receive your Pokemon¡± he said with an animated tone while he excitedly pushed me towards the PC that all the Trainers use .


    Once I was in front of the PC I inserted my Trainer License and a notification of completed request appeared, in it appeared a small image of a Ralts and a checkmark indicating that it was done, not wanting to delay any further I put one of the Pokeballs I bought and waited for the exchange to be made, the Pokeball began to shine before being replaced by the now occupied Pokeball with the Ralts.


    With the Pokeball in hand, I felt a slight feeling of annoyance. I promised myself that I would take care of and treat this Pokemon as if I had captured it myself, but it would definitely be the last Pokemon I would get this way. Something about asking for the strong Pokemons and getting them with this ease felt simply wrong.


    Nurse Joy, interpreting my silence as nervousness, patted me lightly on the back: ¡°What are you waiting for, Max? Even I want to see him. Hurry up!¡± she said with an excited tone as she looked at me with the Pokeball in my hand.


    With a small laugh after seeing once again how Nurse Joy behaved with me now, I quickly pressed the button on the Pokeball and a ray came out of it from which a Little Ralts materialized that left us both speechless.


    ¡°Blue?¡± I said in a lower tone, almost as if it were just for me, as I admired the shy Ralts in front of me.


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    Trainer License


    Trainer: Maxwell Jones


    Hometown: Pewter City


    Sponsorship: None


    Money: $52,800 Pokedolars


    Badges: None


    Bag


    5 Potions ¨C


    3 Rage Candy Bar


    9 Pokeball


    1 Escape Rope


    1 Red handkerchief (With 20 Oran Berrys )


    -15 Spaces Available-


    Pokemon


    Nidoran ¡á


    Gender: Male


    Level : 13


    Movements: Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick, Poison Sting


    Ralts ?


    Gender: Female


    Level: 5


    Movements: Disarming Voice, Teleport , Growl


    EXTRA


    Pendulum Necklace