1 hour later.
After walking for one hour, I reached the majestic gate of the prestigious academy. I knew that most toh the professors here had given me a positive reply when I sent my thesis on evee's genetic instability. I forgot the bitch girls name, but I am sure she will tell me later. I see the young boy who was bullied in the anime waiting for me.
"Hello, it is nice to meet you. May I know what the reason of this meeting, I was not told the reason I was called here."" Good morning sir. You were called to give an explanation on things that we are not taught in pokemon school" so basically a challenge to find out anything wrong with their portion, hmm why not." Is it for a class or for the entire school""Sir it's for the entire school. The teachers are also looking forward to your explanation."
"When is the time for the explanation"" it was tomorrow but for some reason it was moved to today, in a few minutes"not a bad strategy to get me flustered. Shame it won't work." Sir the auditorium is waiting for you.""sure inform them that I AM HERE."
"Today a certified junior professor and pokemon trainer will be here among us tell us about things that the academy does not teach you". I took the mic from the guy handing it to me and walked up to the stage and started my technique." thank you. For my speech just disregard the junior professor thing, I am going to give you a few necessary facts for being a trainer. If you have any questions just raise one of your hands."
"First I would like to start with a question. How many of you train your body or at least your endurance, please raise your hands." Not a single hand raised sheesh. One person made raised their hand" yes ask your question""Why would we train our bodies?""well excellent question. Now how do you travel from town to town in the league circuit?"
"Well we walk""exactly, now an untrained person can walk about 10 miles everyday. I have trained my body from a young age. I walk 20 miles everyday day of my journey with proper pacing, and food and water breaks."
"Also training your body can be a great motivation for your pokemon. Look at it from a Pokémon's point of view. The pokemon are training and fighting all day long with a few short breaks in the pokemon center. Now at the same time your trainer never does anything other than walking and still complains about such a tiny task."
I went on to explain about walking tips, how long to train your pokemon, proper diet for growth and a few evolutionary indications when I was interrupted."how do we know what your saying is correct", it was the bitchy bitch." Common sense. But as you will not know what that means. I can prove it in anyway how.""really can your pokemon beat mine""tell me which is your strongest pokemon."" It is my graveler."
Hmm"my weakest pokemon is Magikarp. If I can beat your strongest with my weakest, will you concede your defeat"" of course I will win but ok I agree"" is there an arena you want to fight in?"" Yeah the school has many battle areas"
We walked over there. All of the final year students were here and they were 16 while here I was an 11 looking ten year old. She had a graveller while I had a Magikarp on land."since I am the professor, the odds are so against poor Giselle. I will not look at the battle. If I could be provided a blindfold."
By this time I had created chaos in the minds of the students. I was handed a blindfold, I wore It and send out Magikarp."Magikarp it is just like last time except only one pokemon" she sent out an graveller. I pulled out a foldable chair and turned it the opposite direction and sat on it.
"Magikarp water gun, flail and body slam."" Graveller rollout" I couldn't see anything but I could still know what was going on thanks to aura. Magikarp just dodged the graveller and shot a water gun at it. Magikarp than flailed to its maximum height and use body slam on the wet graveller doing decent damage.
"Ahh just use rock throw""dodge and Twist the water gun" Graveller threw a bunch of stones at Magikarp, who expertly doges them and shot a water gun that missed. Graveller was about to attack when it was hit by a full powered water gun on the back and fainted. I got off from my chair recalled Magikarp "well that proves it, I win"
"Bu..bu.. but how!"" I have one mindset- the only limitations on you are the ones which can be broken" I said that and left. It was a fun day.
Now for the squirtle squad. I do not need pokemon who don't want to evolve. Especially when they are wasting their potential. Hmm they are not doing anything bad per say but they're disturbing the towns people. Pikachu could take them on."ari! I want you take pikachu andto find a group of squirtle, and tell them that I challenge their leader to a fight for the towns serenity. Pikachu vs all of them"
While they're doing that, I went ahead to bill. We talked about scientific milestones and our individual research. He was a good scientist If not a bit of a weirdo. I actually had to turn down my gravity to walk inside the lighthouse. Here he told me about how he saw giant pokemon.
" There can only two answers.1 light refraction during rain or 2 robots.""what do you mean robots?"" I mean giant ass animatronics that are being ,add for pokemon park. Remember those.""yeah"" well what if this is one of them or a stolen design."
We talked regarding bills current research, later I left and reached the mentioned town to see a fire being put out by the squirtle squad. I hope Pikachu had fun taking down a bunch of defense less pokemon
4 days later
Today I reached saffron city. It took me longer than expected cause surge showed me around vermillion. I need to do beat Sabrina by making her laugh. The saint Anne leaves in a few days, so I don't need to stay here for long. Thank god. This place is weird as hell. It is like the pokemon music from the first game was played 24X7. It was way less creepy but un describable. It was like trying to describe a color. Impossible,
The anime showed the city but missed the vibe of the down. Hell even the aura generated here was weird not exactly depressing but unique. I could sense Sabrina and her psychic energy from a mile away. The people were nice and they looked largely unaffected. They were not influenced in anyway. It was almost like the energy had become a part of them
Now a good counter. A jokester, or some sort of physical comedy. Pikachu can make the best off if I somehow lose, I can make Pikachu Mimic some one. I can use gabite against kadabra. Charmeleon has also been hungry for action. Ari had reached 1.75 meters and had stopped growing.
The ghost tower incident with cubone had not happened. The city looked more like the anime then the games. I had to remove my extra gravity and instead used my aura to protect my mind just incase.
The second I stepped into a gym, My presence was felt by someone." Anybody here? I wanna challenge the gym leader""How curious, I can't quite seem to read your mind."" So you gonna accept or should I leave?""no need, I accept."
The entire arena looked normal, so no unfair advantages." This will be a one on one match between gym leader Sabrina and Ash Ketchum from pallet town". The referee looked like a mindless puppet, his eyes were hollow and his voice flat. Man I would not want to be him.
"Go kadabra""go gabite ise dragon dance and be on the lookout, she can communicate telepathically". Gabite started powering up when kadabra was enveloped in energy and gabite was lifted off the ground." Don't panic, you can break free with physical power" that is completely true. My first research topics in this world included psychics. Their mental strength has a limit which can be physically broken.
Gabite eventually broke out but by then kadabra has launched a confusion and a psycho power. Gabite dodged the first one but was sent back a few meters by the second one." Dragon rage and quick attack." Gabite roared and started zigzagging along the field unpredictably while building up speed. At the height of its speed it hit kadabra in the back
" don't stop, that was an illusion, trust your other senses"Gabite listened to my advice And hit a piece of air that morphed into a karna when hit. Thank you mount moon training." Kadabra recover""don't let it, keep on hitting it with heavy attacks" kadabra was able to recover but it still had a few wounds.
" dragon dance" kadabra was once again covered in energy"dodge". A plan formed in my head." Dragon dance" It tried to attack again" straight through, dragon claw". Sabrina normal strategy was to keep enemy's on their toes and use recover. It also relied on kadabra teleport and speedy hit and disappear tactics.
Gabite even though fast was first and foremost a tank. So it went through the attack with minimal damage and Hit kadabra in the face. Teleport takes time to activate. It just seems instantaneous because a psychic trainer can see your next move and give the command in advance. Since my mind was blocked and my move was a surprise I managed to get the kadabra in the face.
When the dust settled kadabra was knocked out and gabite had a few bruises." It is my loss" her voice was a bit raw. Like she is not used to talking. Huh. I guess that oak and daisy might be sad if Gary is turned into a doll. Her behavior is more toned down but she still has the dolls with her. I can sense the life force from those dolls. Sigh the things I do for my morals.
" you know you should laugh more, a smile looks better on you." I opened a part of my mind that she wanted to read. It was to see if I was lying or not. She was genuinely surprised cause opening ones part of a mind was a sign of trust. While she was still shocked, pikachu went from my shoulder and started making a bunch of funny and cute faces at her.
It did not make her laugh but it was more than enough to make her smile. I stayed in the gym for a few hours and talked to her. She had a doll hobby(not the creepy kind) and she seemed a lot more childish in her tastes. I was playing psychiatrist and friend at the same time. She knew this but did not care. It turns out that her father had pushed her to the point of abuse. So I suggested to keep the father doll and release the other innocents.
Surprisingly it turns out all the people she had arrested were some sort of free criminals. Now I was a bit heroic( I saved anyone I could) I knew more then we'll enough that even the best of the best systems had flaws. I left the next day after giving her my number. It wasn't romantic or anything. We were just friends and that worked fine for me.
Sabrina felt almost like an anti-hero. Doing good by breaking the law. I was always a anti-hero type my self, never liked that joker was not killed.
When I left the town, it felt a bit different, it was just as unique as before, but maybe a bit more pleasant.
The next day
Magikarps evolution had been pending for a while now. I was thinking about where to evolve it. I know I should participate in the battle center on the S. . I knew that the ship sank in the anime because of Jessie and James. I don't know if Giovanni will send other team rocket members to the S. . The ship contains a lot of pokemon to be stolen and I had already been registered on the passenger list, so he might come after me.
Anyways it is a vacation cruise which goes around the world. It's gonna make a stop at many small cities. One of the small cities is a town before celadon. After that it sails away to johto and onward. I can enjoy a vacation for about a week, after which charmeleon can destroy erika and I will be back on track. Mom was starting to stop worrying about me.
I guess taking down 11 grunts and 4 gym leaders in two months is enough for her to not worry as much as before. There is only one problem with my speed. The league is in 1 year and 1 month.(game theory). At my current pace even if I went to every single location that ash visits, by walking. I would still have at the very least 6 months! The most time I will need to train my pokemon is 2 months.
I guess I should ask oak." Hello professor oak. I actually had to ask you a question."" What is it my boy? Your question have always been illuminating"" the league is in 1 year"" ok what's th...oh I would recommend going to another region"" what! You can do that?"" Yeah, the kanto, johto, hoenn and kalos leagues have allowed any trainer to participate in two circuits at one time."
So my options are johto,hoenn and kanto. Johto is out but I can't decide between the other two. Well I will do that on a later date, for now I found a solution.(please tell me which region to go in the comments])
Well enough stressing. I need a vacation. Even though I play and have fun with them, my pokemon deserve some pampering. Sometimes the best thing to do is to take a break. I always liked writing fanfics, so maybe I can write a book on the relationship between slow poke and shelder and introduce slow king to the world. Plus the evee books brought in a lot of money.
If you haven't noticed, pokemoning it up is not cheap. Even without a formal education, the costs of food, supplies, pokeballs, potions, medicines and clothes is huge. My mom was a single mom and never spent more money than necessary, I wanted her to splurge but she still refused, saying and I quote" this might be useful for your journey and future savings".
Enough contemplating, today I enter paradise.
4 days later
Oh I am in paradise. I had turned off the additional gravity. I sleep till 9AM, eat more food than necessary, swim and do whatever the hell I want. Hell every single game ever concocted was on this ship. Even gabite and charmeleon, the resident battle maniacs we're enjoying themselves, I only held basic training. Only Magikarp was training, even that was minimal. I had finished the manuscript for my book. It wasn't very long but it was filled to the brim with scientific terms.
The Book company was responsible for translating science into English. Basically it made the books simple enough for the general public. My 100 page manuscript will probably be a 500 page book, meh. They said that I will be in stores in 5 months. Anyway the battle center was the only major letdown. The trainers their were crap. They only had a few badges and that to from the easy ones.
The gym leaders difficulty was unofficial but important. It went
8. Shitty sister
7. Brock( before I came along)
6. Erika
5. Blane
4. Surge
3. Sabrina
2. Loha
1. Giovanni
Since I had beaten Sabrina, and the second below me had barely beaten Erika, it was disappointing. Any way enough of that today the captain had called me
" Mr. Ketchum, I have a selfish request of you."" What is it?"" Well we are gonna pass a horde of gyarados, the reports said that they were all hibernating. But the scouts have reported that the horde is awake."" So you want me to protect the ship incase of attack?"" Yes"" why me?"" Sir you were recommended by and gym leader Sabrina."
"Sure why not" It was a great opportunity for Magikarp to evolve. I had gotten a lot of weird looks. I mean would you also not be suspicious of a very chiseled 12 year old( actually 10) with no adult supervision on a luxury cruise? I also had to employ my infinite jump to survive the women who wanted to pinch my very cute cheeks.
Btw: inifte jump is lowering gravity to 0.5 and creating aura platforms under my feet to use as a foothold.
I may or may not have gotten into a fight with a machamp and beat the shit out of it for calling me a weak twerp. I also may have been recognized as the boy who beat 11 grunts and ate barbecue on top of the piles of their bodies. Ok ok its my fault for the attention I received but meh.
I was on the deck when I immediately stopped and called out all of my pokemon." Gyarados swarm, save the civilians. Pikachu, gabite and Magikarp on the offense. Now!". Charmeleon evacuated the others while ari went to alert the captain and provide visual on the the targets. A group of ten gyarados burst out of the water. The leader had a scar inning down from the face.
Pikachu used thunder on the leader, while gabite used dragon breath. Magikarp went behind the gyarados and used body slam on the leader to distract it. The fact that The leader went down within the first 10 seconds was a bad sign for the group but they still carried on. They started charging up an hyper beam. Ari came down from the sky in an very impressive brave bird and took out another gyarados.
Seeing it's own teammates working so hard and winning while it was just acting as a distraction caused Magikarp to evolve. The golden Magikarp turned into a monstrous blood red 9 meter long monstrosity. The other gyarados were 6.5 meters. Mine was more than 1.5X times their size,
The evolution made the evacuating spectators gawk." Hydro pump and hyper beam" my voice reached the ears of the newly evolved gyarados and it obeyed my commands and obliterated the remains gyarados. The entire team congratulated gyarados on its evolution." Hey gyarados have you ever wanted a nick name" it roared, which was a yes to me" how about riptide or tempest or zabuza or bahamut or leviathan or ragnarock or Poseidon or ourborus or wyvern"( please tell me which one of these names should gyarados have).