A hard choice

[P.O.V 3rd person]

Currently we can see two young men in front of a gift wrapped box waiting impatiently.

One of them is a young man with brown hair and eyes and the other with black hair and eyes.

Indeed these are Touya and Cheren who recently turned 16 years old (they dress the same as in the game), both with a height of about 5,9 feet tall.

They are currently in Touya's room waiting for Bel.

Cheren looks exasperated while Touya just looks bored.

"Where is Bel?, How is it possible that she is always late?" Cheren said with a bit of annoyance.

"And you say it?, You arrived before me, and this is my room" Touya said rolling his eyes.

"You must always be punctual, that's why I arrived an hour earlier" Cheren said proudly while Touya had a bead of sweat on the back of his neck.

Just when Touya was about to say something, footsteps were heard coming up the stairs.

They both looked towards the stairs and saw a young woman with blond hair and green eyes, about 5,7 feet tall (she dresses the same as in the game), who seemed quite in a hurry and had her hair somewhat disheveled.

This is Bel who quickly apologized.

"Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late!" Bel said sadly and apologizing several times.

"Bel, I know you're always clueless, but you should be more serious about this kind of things" Cheren said as he gave her a speech about being punctual.

Touya just giggled as he watched the scene.

After 5 minutes of speech and apologies they turned their attention back to the box.

"Who will choose first?" Bel asked excitedly.

"I have to take stats, IVs and EVs into account, so give me a moment" Cheren said as he pulled out a who knows where calculator.

"That will take all day, I better start" Touya said as he approached the box.

Being close, Touya took the letter and read it aloud.

"~Along with this letter you will find three pokémon, decide between yourselves without fighting, see you!~" Touya said and then put the letter aside.

When they opened the box, everyone could see that inside there are three exactly the same pokeballs.

"How do I know which one to choose?" Touya asked in confusion.

"We'll have to get them all out first" Cheren suggested.

They each took a pokeball, pressed the button in the center and threw it.

"Go mate!" Bel said excitedly.

A light came out of these and three little pokémon were free.

The first to move was the Tepig, which began to run with great energy.

"That's for Bel" Cheren and Touya said in unison.

"Yay!, Come on friend" Bel said and then hugged Tepig.

The Snivy looked at Cheren seriously, then nodded and approached him.

"Yup, they're made for each other" Bel said teasing Cheren a bit.

Touya for his part took the Oshawott and held it up to look at him for a few seconds.

The Oshawott stared back at him with the same intensity making Touya smile widely.

"I choose you friend, I hope you agree" Touya said with a smile.

"Osha Osha!" Oshawott said happily.

"I'll take that as a yes" Touya said still smiling.

After getting to know their pokémon a bit, Bel came up with an idea.

"Hey guys, let's have a pokémon battle!" Bel said expectantly.

"Of course not, our pokémon are still weak and we could make a mess" Cheren said seriously.

"Opinions?" Touya asked Oshawott.

"Osha Oshawott!" Oshawott said as he punched the air.

"I support Bel on this one" Touya said raising his hand.

"Haha, what do you think of that Cheren?" Bel said smiling victoriously.

At that, Cheren had a vein on his forehead.

"Fight me Touya!" Bel said excitedly.

"Go ahead!" Touya said excitedly.

"Okay, I'll be the referee" Cheren said resignedly.

Oshawott and Tepig prepared for battle and waited for Cheren's order.

"Now!" Cheren said with seriousness and emotion.

[Pokémon Black / White - Battle!]

"Oshawott use tackle" Touya said quickly.

"T-tepig" Bel said a little nervous.

But she was very slow and Oshawott managed to ram Tepig with ease.

"Bel, just relax, it's just a battle between friends" Touya said comfortingly.

Hearing that, Bel took a deep breath and was filled with determination.

"Tepig use tackle" Bel said seriously.

"Good, Oshawott dodge and use water gun" Touya said with a smile.

Oshawott managed to dodge Tepig and defeated him with his last attack.

"Good job friend" Touya said giving a thumb up.

"That was fun!" Bel said very excited and giving Tepig a potion.

"Hmm, Bel you should look around" Cheren said with a bit of pity.

And yep, everything was messy, wet and there were Tepig marks all over the place.

"Oops, I think I got too excited" Bel said ashamed.

"Yes, you guys feel sorry, the one who won't survive is me" Touya said as he thought about his mother finding out about this.

"Now it's my turn, it's not like it could be messier" Cheren said expectantly.

"Go ahead" Touya said excitedly.