Hey guys sorry for not updating for so long life's been crazy but I have more time right now with this quarantine going on, so I've decided to come back to this story. I went back over the chapters I had previously written and honestly, I wasn't that impressed I feel like I wasn't giving it my all especially since each chapter was written in a couple hours each. I'm thinking about going back and rewriting those chapters, I would appreciate any feedback on this.

After being on the road for a couple hours I was getting a bit tired and was thinking about setting up camp when I noticed a Pokémon Center in the distance. That was another thing that was different from the games and similar to the anime, there was way more cities and Pokémon Centers.

After another fifteen minutes of walking I dragged my tired body through the sliding doors and was greeted by a cheery voice.

"Hello welcome to the Pokémon Center!"

The voice belonged to a pink haired, blue eyed woman who looked like she was in her late teens. Yes, it's a Nurse Joy and no, not every Pokémon Center had one in this world it just so happens that this one did.

"Hey, how are you?" I asked just to be polite.

She gave an eye smile "I'm doing well how can I help you?"

"I need to heal my Elekid he went through a rough battle a couple hours ago."

"Of course, can I see your Pokémon's' ball and your ID."

I gave her Joules' ball and my ID badge, and she turned to the computer to input my data. After a couple seconds she turned back to me.

"Alright a healing session for your Elekid will be four hundred Poke dollars."

That was yet one more difference, while in the games and anime all Pokémon Centers provided free healthcare that wasn't the case in this world.

Trainers would have to pay for their Pokémon's' healthcare, but basic trainers received a forty percent discount during the league season and advanced trainers received an eighty percent discount which was kind of backwards in my opinion since advanced trainers were usually rich and basic trainers weren't.

The cost of healing depended on the damage that the Pokémon had received, this was calculated by the Pokéball using an HP system, if the Pokémon had more serious injuries or damage then they would be evaluated and treated by the actual nurse and then a final price for the healing was determined after treatment had been administered.

As I was handing her the money, I remembered that I was going to camp out before finding the Pokémon Center, so I quickly asked, "Oh sorry I forgot to ask but are there any rooms open?"

She quickly responded, "Yes we have two rooms open, would you like to reserve one."

The great part about Pokémon Centers were that they did rent out rooms to any trainer for free which I was glad for.

I reserved a room and was told that I could pick up Joules in twenty minutes. So, I headed off to my room and fell onto the bed exhausted. Man, I really should have trained up my body to handle the stress of walking for days on end.

Oh well no use in complaining now I might as well start on the most important thing I had not done yet…write a to do list.

There was a lot of information that I had to help me from having watched the anime and the games which could really help me in the future.

First, I needed to get money in order to take the advanced exam and get Prof. Elm to become my sponsor. Having him as a sponsor would get my capture limit increased and that would allow me to catch more Pokémon even if they weren't shiny, as trade bait or for breeding purposes not to mention that I would receive a Pokédex.

While in the games and anime the Pokédex didn't seem all that important the fact of the matter is that it's one of the most important tools for a trainer.

It allowed you to know the Pokémon's gender, abilities, attacks, and habitats without at the touch of a button. It was downplayed a lot especially in the anime since all Ash used it for was to scan a Pokémon for its name and a brief summary of the Pokémon.

Another plan I had was to ask Kurt to teach me how to make apricorn Pokéballs. The idea came to me when I noticed a couple of trees that had some yellow apricorns and I realized how valuable knowing how to craft apricorn Pokeballs was, especially for me considering I had low funds. Not to mention how useful the effects of the apricorn balls were.

There was another way I had thought about making money and that was breeding fossil Pokémon. Unfortunately, fossil Pokémon that were revived were always sterile and couldn't breed which made it difficult for scientists and trainers to acquire them especially given how rarely fossils were found, but I knew that there were fossil Pokémon that had been alive since ancient times and could likely be bred.

The only obstacles were that one location, Grampa Canyon, would be found by Ash and company this year so the Pokémon there would likely run off to a different environment or be caught unless I went to Kanto and caught them. That brought up my second obstacle, my capture limit, even if did go I wouldn't be able to capture all the fossil Pokémon since my limit was eight.

The second location that I knew of was in the Orange Islands at Fukahara Island No.4. The whole island was pretty much made up of hibernating Kabuto. This location had a better chance of me being able to capture Kabuto and maybe even a shiny one since there was a larger population of them not to mention that by the time, I could go to the Orange Islands I'd probably be sponsored be Professor Elm.

The problems with this location were that if I awoke the Kabuto it would be very difficult to capture them since I had no way of knowing how they'd react to me trying to catch them, there was high chance they would perceive me as a threat and attack me, If they didn't they would most likely run away before I had a chance to catch them all.

Also, I had no idea if the expedition team that was sent there during the episode would be there before me or if they had it guarded so that no other people would be able to get the "fossils" before them.

The last location I had knowledge of that could work was the Ruins of Alph. There were Omanyte and Omastar living in the lake near the ruins and they seemed very docile from what I could remember from the episode they were in. It would be at least a year before Ash would come by and they'd be discovered. I could likely be sponsored by Professor Elm by then which would allow me to catch them all and hopefully have a monopoly on breeding them.

Many people in this world and my old one might call me cruel or evil for even thinking of taking them from their home but realistically at some point someone would find out about them and they would do the same so I might as well do it first.

Another potential avenue for revenue could be finding the Crystal Onix on Sunburst Island in the Orange Islands. It was an incredibly unique Pokémon that could net me a large profit if I sold it, but I only wanted to do that as a last resort since it would also be great to own and train it.

I also had a theory that since most wild rock Pokémon ate minerals and gems as their source of foods this likely meant that there was a certain type of mineral that caused this change but was only available at this location.

If I could somehow get exclusive access to the cave, then I could breed rock Pokémon that would have the same crystal variance as the Onix and sell them for profit.

The next topic I needed to plan for was Legendaries. I found them fascinating, but I don't think they should be owned by any trainer even myself. They were forces of nature and capturing one by force could offset the balance of the world.

Just look at what happened in the second Pokémon movie just capturing the elemental bird trio had almost caused a worldwide catastrophe. I planned to leave them alone unless they needed help.

The last thing I needed to plan for was on how to hunt for shinies. Just because I had gotten lucky with my first two shinies didn't mean that would be the case later. My first idea was to write down all the shinies I could remember from the anime and see if I could seek them out, however just because I knew they existed didn't mean I knew where they were located.

As I wrote down the shiny Pokémon I could remember one popped up in my mind and gave me an idea. There was an episode of the anime where a purple Shuckle had appeared, from what I remember a guy named Old Man Shuckle would fill the shells of wild Shuckle with natural ingredients and a year later he would take juice that they had produced and use it to make medicine.

The purple Shuckle that appeared in that episode produced a juice that could attract wild Pokémon for three days using pheromones.

This could help me attract more Pokémon which would increase the chances that I could find a shiny, not to mention that once I found them, they would be a lot easier to catch since they would be tamer from the juice.

It wasn't a guaranteed way of finding shiny Pokémon, but it was better than nothing not to mention that I could ask the Old Man to teach me how to make natural medicines that I could potentially sell.

These were my plans for now since I needed to also focus on collecting my badges and competing in the Silver Conference.

It had been almost twenty minutes since I had left Joules healing, so I decided to head back down and pick him up. I took my bag and headed back downstairs.

As I walked up the counter Nurse Joy noticed me. "Hey there, your Elekid finished healing and is ready for you to take back."

"Thanks Nurse Joy, quick question is the cafeteria still open?"

"Yes, its open for another hour and reopens at five in the morning."

I answered back," Thanks a lot I'm gonna go get something to eat for me and my Pokémon."

Once I made my way to the cafeteria, I got some food and released my Pokémon. Bloo immediately saw my food and tried to wriggle his way up to it but I stopped him.

"Bloo that's my food I brought yours so just wait a little."

That stopped Bloo in his track, but he seemed anxious and kept on wriggling. Joules on the other hand seemed completely relaxed, it seems that the healing had really helped him out.

"Hey there Joules, how you are feeling."

He responded jovially," Ele-elekiddd!"

Seemed he was more happy than relaxed. I served them some their food that I had in bag and we proceeded to eat. After ten minutes of chowing down we were all finished with our food and I decided that we should go check out the battlefield that most Pokémon Centers had out back.

We arrived at the battlefield and saw that there were no other people there so I decided we should train for our first gym battle.

"Alright team in a couple days we're going to have the hardest battle that we've had up until now. In order to win we need to train and strategize how we're going to try and win this battle."

Bloo and Joules responded by yelling out and they both had a serious look on their faces. Let me tell you seeing a Ditto with a serious face was hilarious and cute but I was glad that they were both so willing to train.

"Joules I know that we could have won our battle yesterday if I was a better trainer."

Joules immediately tried to retort but I cut him off before he could. "Its true Joules that's why I'll train right along with you guys and I promise you guys I'll become a trainer you can be proud of."

Bloo and Joules both yelled out again in support of my statement.

"Ok enough emotional stuff lets get down to business. First we need to get something clear when I give you no instruction and you're going to get hit by an attack don't wait for me to tell you to dodge just do it yourself unless I specifically tell you not to."

They both looked at me confused, "Look there will be times where you're going to have to trust in yourselves to deal with a situation rather than me so you need to start having that mindset because it will help you in the long run."

"Next Joules we need to work on your mobility and electric attacks because the gym leader we're going against specializes in flying types. We need to teach you Thunderpunch so that if they're too fast for you to hit from far away we can fall back on you hitting them with a Thunderpunch up close when they attack you.

I looked towards Bloo and said," Bloo I have something special in mind for you, we're going to get you used to transforming into Pokémon that you're not battling against. If you can do that it will put the opponent at a disadvantage since they'll be expecting you to transform into their Pokémon. Alright let's get to work!"

We trained for an hour and decided to call it a day. I returned them to their ball and went back up to my room. After taking a shower I went to bed and slept like a Snorlax for the whole night.

I woke up to the sound of beeping alarm and noticed that it was seven thirty in the morning. Once I was fully awake, I got all my stuff ready and decided to hit the road. Once I had returned the room key to Nurse Joy, I was off.

After a couple of hours of traveling I stopped by a small river and released my team.

"Hey guys how about some light training?"

"Ele-eleeekid" "Diii-too"

That sounded like they agreed so we got down to business. Yesterday I got Joules to try and channel electricity through his fists and it was going well so far, he had the move down for the most part he just needed more power.

As for Bloo he had been doing rather poorly trying to transform into Pokémon that he couldn't see but I had an idea. Maybe if I got Bloo to transform into a Pokémon he was super familiar with, that Pokémon being Joules.

"Ok Bloo so far this isn't working so how about you try and transform into Joules."

Bloo looked towards where Joules was and started transforming.

"Wait Bloo," he looked at me giving me a questioning glance "transform but don't look at Joules."

He looked very confused but started trying to transform and slowly but surely, he morphed into an exact replica of Joules.

I yelled out," Wow Bloo great job you got it perfectly!"

While Bloo had transformed perfectly the time it took to do it wasn't as great since he would need to do it quickly otherwise, he would be at a disadvantage in a fight. So we needed to practice in order tot reduce the transformation time.

Our training continued for another hour and then we relaxed for a while, ate, and got back on the road. Bloo didn't want to walk anymore so I carried him. After another couple hours I saw a sign that said, "Violet City 15 miles away".

At this point Bloo and Joules asked to be returned to their balls which I obliged. After another four hours of traveling I saw the city in the horizon. It was approaching the evening and I finally arrived in Violet City, it looked a lot different from Goldenrod City.

The architecture looked like it was woven into the landscape and of course there was the Bellsprout Tower which loomed over the entire city.

As I walked into the city boundaries, I saw a Pokémon Center up ahead and decided to check in for today and issue a challenge to the gym tomorrow. I greeted the Nurse Joy "Hi are there any rooms available?"

She gave a tired sigh and started typing on her computer and after a couple seconds responded, "We have five rooms available; would you like to reserve one?"

"Yes, please and if its not too rude could I ask why you seem so tired?"

"Oh, its just been a couple stressful weeks with the league just starting we've had a lot more visitors." She responded.

Well that makes sense especially since this city was on the smaller side its likely it only had a few Pokémon Centers and they'd probably be packed with beginner trainers who had been beaten quite handily by Falkner.

"Well I hope you feel better Nurse Joy." I left to the cafeteria to grab some food and left to go do some training.

I arrived at the battlefield outside the Pokémon Center and released Bloo and Joules.

"Alright guys this will be our last training session before our gym battle so let's give it our all."

We trained for two hours and then I fed them some food and returned them to their balls. I went back to my room, showered and went to sleep.

The next day I got up returned the room keys and left towards the gym. I arrived at the gym and it was honestly intimidating how large and tall the building was.

I entered the building and saw that there were five other trainers in the lobby, they all looked like new trainers and they all looked like they were ten. After seeing that there wasn't anyone manning the counter, I decided to ask one of the trainers if they knew where they were.

"Sorry to bother you but is anyone from the gym available." I asked a trainer with shorts who seemed familiar.

He replied excitedly, "Yeah they just left to go get the battlefield ready for us."

"All right thanks." I sat down and after waiting for a couple minutes a young woman came from the back and made an announcement.

"Can all the registered challengers please follow me to the battlefield." The five trainers who were here before me followed and she finally noticed me. "I'll be back shortly."

She came back a couple moments later, "Sorry about that how can I help you?"

"I came to battle for a gym badge."

"Alright is this your first gym?" She asked.

"Yes, it is" I replied.

"Alright once our previous challengers are done, I'll call you back to have your turn."

"Sounds good thanks." I sat back down and after five minutes the door opened and one of the trainers came out running and crying. Welp I guess he lost. Two more trainers came out and they both seemed sad as well.

Finally, the trainer I had asked for help came out and he had a beaming smile on his face. He noticed me and came over. "Hey, guess what I won my first badge."

"Congrats what Pokémon did you use?" I was honestly curious since growing up in this world I had never met many trainers and it was interesting to see what Pokémon other people liked.

"I used my Raticate he's the cream of the crop."

Wait a gosh damn minute did he just say that. "Your name wouldn't happen to be Joey would it."

He gave me a very confused face and replied," No its not my name is Joseph."

Thank Arceu- "Although my younger brothers name is Joey, why do you know him?"

Well that explained it. "No I don't, you just seemed like a Joey to me sorry."

"No problem now I got to go call home and shove it in my brothers face, later."

With that he left, and I was once again alone. Well who would have thought that I'd meet the older brother of the infamous Youngster Joey.

Another ten minutes later a couple more trainers had come to try and challenge the gym and the last of the five trainers came out and she seemed in a good mood, so I assumed it meant she had won. The lady that had registered me came right after her.

"Alright we're ready for you come on back."

This was it; this was the first step in my journey to become someone that people across the world would recognize.

We got onto an elevator and eventually it came to a stop and when I walked out, I noticed that there was no roof. Well it seems the gym is exactly like its anime counterpart. As I walked towards the battlefield, I noticed that on the other side of it there was a guy with blue anime-esque hair and some strange kimono outfit.

He waited for me to get to my side of the battlefield and then yelled out," I'm Falkner what's your name?"

"My names Sirius nice to meet ya."

"Well as much I'd like to talk; I have more challengers so let's get this going.

The referee shouted," This will be a two on two battle, the challenger can switch Pokémon, and the battles will continue until one trainer forfeits or the Pokémon is unable to battle."

"Alright Hoothoot take to the skies." Falkner yelled out.

Well since he used a cool catchphrase, I decided to do the same. "Joules storm the trenches."

Ok its not the best but it's the thought that counts. "Joules use Thundershock."

"Hoothoot evade and shoot back with a gust attack."

Falkner's Hoothoot shot off its gust attack and it was on its way toward Joules when I yelled out," Dodge and counter with a Thunderwave."

Joules narrowly dodged the attack and as he was setting off his Thunderwave Falkner bellowed out, "Hoothoot use Sand Attack."

The Sand Attack collided with Joules' Thunderwave and cancelled it out but continued. The Sand Attack hit, and Joules screeched out in shock. "Joules run towards it and use Thundershock again."

Falkner immediately shot another order, "Hoothoot use Confusion and stop him."

"Joules hang in there use Light Screen." Joules had been practicing his Light Screen and finally achieved success yesterday it was a bit weaker than I would have liked but it was better than nothing.

Falkner smirked at me "Well that's surprising didn't expect for a beginner trainer to have a well-trained Pokémon."

"Well you'll find out how well trained he is once I beat you and get the Zephyr Badge." I answered back with grin.

"Alright Hoothoot get in close and use Peck."

Was he underestimating me or was he trying to make me think that and use it against me. As Hoothoot came in for the Peck I yelled out "Joules counter with a Thunder Punch."

Joules' attack connected but so did Hoothoot's and he took a big tumble and cried out.

"Joules are you alright." I asked him. "Elee-kidd."

Well that gave me lots of confidence, he didn't seem to be as injured as I had thought. The same couldn't be said about Hoothoot he was on the ground and struggling to get up.

"Hoothoot can you go on?" Falkner questioned.

Hoothoot tried to get up one last time before completely falling to the ground and fainting.

The referee lifted a flag and announced," Hoothoot is unable to battle this round goes to the challenger."

Falkner returned his Hoothoot and said," I underestimated you I didn't think your Elekid would be fast enough to react, but I won't take you lightly from here on out. Pidgeotto come on out!"

"Alright Joules Thunderwave and follow up with Swift." Joules had learned Swift while we were also training.

"Pidgeotto dodge and use Twister." Pidgeotto was able to evade the Thunderwave but was hit by the Swift.

"Joules try and dodge the Twister." I yelled out.

He couldn't dodge and was hit full on by the attack. He struggled to get back up.

Falkner gave us no breathing room and yelled out," Pidgeotto don't let him recover use Gust and Sand Attack."

The attack connected and Joules was even slower to get up, it looked like one last hit would knock him out.

Damn I guess I'll have to resort to tiring his Pidgeotto and finishing it off with Bloo.

"Joules use Thundershock and don't stop shooting them off until I tell you to."

Falkner laughed "Are you starting to get nervous well let me help you out and end this quickly, Pidgeotto use a full power Twister and end it."

"Joules dodge it and aim a Thunderwave towards the sky."

Unfortunately, he couldn't dodge and didn't get his Thunderwave off before he fainted. The referee announced that Joules was unable to continue and to release my next Pokémon, so I returned Joules to his ball and took out Bloo's ball.

"You may have knocked out Joules but my second Pokemon will beat you for sure."

He seemed amused" That what every rookie trainer says but then I beat them and show them how wrong they were."

I figured I had waited long enough and released Bloo. "Diitoo"

"Wait why is your Ditto blue?"

"I don't know that's how I found him; enough talk let's start this."

The referee waved his flags and announced that we could start.

"Bloo Transform."

"Pidgeotto don't let it Transform get in close and use Aerial Ace."

Time seemed to slow as Pidgeotto got closer and as Bloo transformed Falkner realized that Bloo wasn't transforming into a Pidgeotto and that he was about to make the same mistake again.

"Pidgeotto don't attack!" he yelled out.

However, it was too late Pidgeotto had already come into range of Bloo who just finished transforming into Joules when I yelled out "Bloo use Thundershock."

The attack hit point blank and Pidgeotto came crashing to the ground with a thud.

"Pidgeotto are you ok can you keep going." Falkner tried to ask but unfortunately Pidgeotto couldn't hear him because he was knocked out.

The referee lifted his flag and announced," Pidgeotto is unable to battle the challenger wins."

I had done it I had won my first gym battle this was a dream come true. "Bloo you were amazing I can't believe you were so great."

Bloo transformed back and was doing a little wiggle dance out of happiness.

As I congratulated Bloo Falkner walked up to me. "I can't believe I underestimated you after saying I wouldn't do it again, but you earned this fair and square congrats."

He handed me the Zephyr Badge and I shook his hand. "Thanks for the battle I can't lie that was exhilarating and you were a great opponent!"

We talked a bit about what I had done well and what I could improve on as well as Bloo's odd coloring which I took extra care to not reveal much about and I finally said my goodbyes and walked towards the Pokémon Center because I needed to heal Joules and then shop for supplies before I headed off to Charific Canyon to try and find the shiny Charizard.

This battle today showed that even in the days since my last battle I had improved a lot and I couldn't wait to further prove myself.

The Team

Joules (Elekid)

Gender: M

Ability: ?

Known Moves: Thundershock, Leer, Quick Attack, Low Kick, Thunderwave, Light Screen, Swift, Thunder Punch

Bloo (Ditto)

Gender: None

Ability: ?

Known Moves: Transform

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