Chapter 24 Daisy's starter

Next day,

A very talkative Gary Oak grabbed hold of Alex and have been mentioning everything that happened when he was away to Alex in his baby gurgles voice.

" He likes you more than he likes me. First you took my princess from me and now even my son likes you more. What did I do to experience things like this. " Blue said while feeling down.

At Alex's side are Elsa, Cynthia and Daisy. They haven't left his side since he recovered. The only time, they parted ways was to sleep.

Elsa and Cynthia both tried to get Gary in their hands, but all of that was for nothing. Whenever anyone, except his mother Green tried to pull him off Alex, he would start crying loudly and won't calm down until his mother or Alex acted.

" How can you hold him but if we do it, he starts crying?" Cynthia complains about Gary not liking them.

" He knows I am awesome, that's why. Isn't it so, Gary?" He nudges his nose with his nose.

Gary used his baby hands to pat on Alex's cheeks.

" You are going to make him an idiot like yourself." Elsa mumbles by the side.

" Hey, I am not an idiot." He retorts.

" Is that so? Then what about that time in the sea cruise pool? What about that shopping extravaganza? What about that ..." Elsa starts to narrate the times when he acted like an idiot.

" So what did he do at those times?" Cynthia asks about the past incident when Alex acted like an idiot and what dirts she can get about him.

" Hey now wait,..." He tried to stop Elsa but she has already started to narrate those incidents. Cynthia looks at Alex in amazement from time to time and laughs loudly on other occasions.

Gary doesn't really understand why they are laughing but he joins them in laughing, making Alex feel even more miserable.

Around the group, Gengar and Espeon are telling their newest recruit Togepi about their team. Espeon also mentioned the does and don't of the team.

While they played with Gary in Alex's resting room, Bill, Lucian and Julius are left to deal with the over curious Daisy. They serve as a guard and guide during this course of the time.

" So Daisy, is it true that Alex is your teacher?" Bill asked the young Oak girl.

She has mentioned earlier that she has learned a lot since they last met and even mentioned something about Alex teaching her.

She nodded vigorously.

" Yes, he has taught me many things. Although he doesn't have much time to spend with me and teach me different things, he do it whenever he has time. " She replied without looking at them and seem more focused on the new pokemons and the new place she was in.

She tries to grasp everything she saw in her mind.

" Who asked him to be your teacher, Daisy?" Lucian asked, curious who asked a young boy to be the teacher when you can have any trainer much stronger than the chosen person.

" That? It was grandpa. He told me that Alex will help me in my first six months of travelling, so I can get familiar with it. In this time, he will teach me as much as possible.

But, after six months I have to travel alone. I don't like being alone, at least I will have my pokemons with me to give me company." Her face fell on being alone then brightened at having Pokemons to give her company.

To think that professor Oak himself let Alex be her guide meant he saw his potential and this way a protection is given to Alex should anyone threaten him.

Lucius asked a different question, "Daisy, did you get your starter yet?"

Daisy was excited on hearing it, and nodded enthusiastically, she said,"Yes, I have a beedrill. It was a Weedle when I got him first. She is such a softy. I don't know why most people are afraid of him.

He doesn't like dad or grandpa though. Whenever they approach him he attack them. But, he is a softly when I, mom, Gary or Alex are around.

There is also aunt Delia and Ash who play with him from time to time. But, uncle Red got this big bruise in his back when he tried to touch him." She started telling them about the exploits of their past.

" Why beedrill? You can get any Pokemon you wished for, if you asked your father or grandfather?" Julius inquires, shocked that she will use such a commonly found Pokemon as her starter when with her family's connection getting a pseudo legendary Pokemon is as easy as waving the hands.

" Why did you choose a Weedle?" Bill asked feeling that Alex may have a hand in this.

" Alex told me that they grow faster and if trained well they can defeat Pokemons stronger than them with their stingers.

Also I can always fly on his back. Other Pokemons will take time to grow to the height needed, on which I can climb and fly around.

But with Beedrill as long as he is raised well I can fly on him as soon as he evolves and he took me around the pallet town just after evolving. It was so amazing." Her eyes glazed a little thinking about the past.

' She got herself a beedrill just so she can have her own Pokemon to fly on.' this is the thought that run thriugh the minds of the three guides of Daisy.

" But, you won't be able to fly on him after you grown up." Lucian tried to take a mature way to dissuade her and so she will not be sad in the future when she cannot fly on her Pokemon.

" Why? Mom and aunt Delia can easily fly on him, so why can I not do it myself?" Daisy asked puzzled by what Lucian told her.

" Wait. Your beedrill can carry you mother around." Bill asked shocked.

" Of course. She even ride him to Viridian city once." Daisy said not knowing what was so shocking about it.

" Just how big is your beedrill?" Julius asked absentmindedly.

Daisy eyes shone brightly as she asked them," You wish to meet him?"

They nodded wishing to know what made this beedrill special and just how big is it to carry an adult on his back.

She excitedly pulled out her pokeball and threw it in the air with a shout, "Come out Beedrill."

In a flash, beedrill appeared in front of them.

It was a giant beedrill on par with the average pidgeot. It had some metallic rings on his body and stingers too. The body shape was normal just it's size was too big compared to your average pidgeot.

Seeing his menacing form, the trio of Bill, Lucian and Julius retreated a couple of steps.

Daisy on the other hand hugged Beedrill body who patted her back.

She turns to her frightened guide,"He is my beedrill. Beedrill they are Bill, Lucian and Julius, Alex's friends. "She introduced them enthusiastically.

They waved their hands in greeting nervously. They can feel the contempt that the beedrill have for them and it will act appropriately, should the situation arises.

Lucian noticed the metallic belts like object on beedrill body and inquires, " What are those, Daisy?" Pointing at the belt.

" That. That is the weights Alex have made for training Beedrill. This way he can be faster, stronger and become more like a asssaaseen." Daisy said as she tried to say 'Assassin' a difficult word for her to speak clearly now.

" Asssaaaassen... You meant assassin, right?" Julius said.

" Yeah. Alex said this way when he fly around he won't make any buzzing sound and can defeat the opponent sneakily with his stingers." Daisy explained, and beedrill raised his stingers to show off his deadly stingers.

" So Alex is making you train beedrill to defeat your opponent in one shot which will come when neither the Pokemon now the trainer expect. He will attack at the most unlikely moment and secure his victory. " Lucian analysed from the things he got from Daisy.

Daisy was awed by it and said, " Wow, you are smart. You can tell all this by knowing just what training he is doing?"

Lucian just smiled at her words and acted calm but internally his thoughts were anything but calm.

' He can propose such a training method for beedrill. It seems that he is not only strong and smart in analysing battle with just a glance, but he can also discover different methods to train Pokemons which most neglect. He is really someone way above me.' Lucian accepts Alex position above himself, something which he never thought when he was with Cynthia.

For Cynthia he thinks her Gabite gave her strength over him, but woth Alex he feels just how weak he is compared to him.

" Damn, Alex sure knows how to train a Pokemon. If he becomes a Pokemon training instructor, he will earn beautifully.

So do you pay Alex for his teaching too, Daisy? " Bill mutters.

Daisy nods and said, " Grandpa was willing to pay 1 billion for every class he took but after his parents protested, they set it at 200 million per class and in those classes, grandpa, Dad, mom, uncle Red and aunt Delia will grade it out of ten.

With how much percentage he gets in those grades, is his payment."

' boy, he is stinking rich and he keeps saying he is poor.' bill thought angrily but her next words made him halt his thoughts.

" But uncle Arthur and aunt Gwen did not tell him that he is being paid. Alex spends money very fast, faster than he earns so they gave left it in the bank so that the interest accumulates, and when I start my trainer life, they will mention it."

' In the end, his extravagant expenditure made his parents hide some of his earnings. So he is really poor now.' Bill corrected his thoughts.