Ch3

[Region: Johto]

[Location: New Bark Town]

[Date: 12th January 2005]

[Time: 12: 20AM]

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The verification for becoming a trainer was rather plentiful in a way- you needed to verify your Pokedex details, bank details and register under an official Professor.

Thankfully New Bark town had its own Pokemon Professor and it was good that he was really friendly.

It took nearly 20 minutes to officially register us as Pokemon trainers and I was satisfied- I hadn't actually expected it to be as simple as carrying a Pokemon from the table here in this world.

"Haha, We're finally done," Jimmy said as we finally stood in front of the table-

Table of dreams… The table where Journeys begin, this is the table where bonds are formed. 6 Pokeballs lay glistening on the table- their figures glowing as I felt my stomach rattle uncontrollably.

Name tags were on each Pokeballl and I couldn't help but smile seeing the Pokemon I wanted on Display.

My name is Drake Redburn… right? Since it's Redburn… I am supposed to have a Charmander, it's my right after all I'm one of the devout Charizard believer.

Yes part of the faction that believes Charizard has the potential to surpass even Arceus!!!

"I'll take Charmander," I said and Jimmy nodded.

"I was far more interested in Cyndaquil," He said and I sighed. Ignorance is truly a sin.

I took Charmander and inserted it into the slot of Professor Elm's computer, letting hin load the data into my Trainer page.

"You're good to go," Professor Elm said and gave me a bright smile, "You have a bright Journey ahead of you so you better enjoy it to the fullest and remember that New Bark town is and always will be your home,"

I smiled at the Professor's words and pursed my lips.

"Of course I do professor, I want to thank you once again for giving me such an opportunity," I said and Elm nodded.

"For a while, I thought of traveling alongside with you," Jimmy said as we got outside, "But I ultimately decided otherwise, What's the point of a Journey if I am still with someone I know? Just watch me, you'll see, I will become the Champion,"

And then he run off- thinking he sounded cool but in reality I couldn't care less about what he was saying.

I'm not a bad person but I didn't like the idealists, you shout I'll become a Champion and then you get guided by Plot armor to become that said champion- Ash was an example of such a person, Once again I'm not an Ash hater but what's the point of resetting your team in every region when the whole point is to win it all… and he didn't even catch more Pokemon than fucking Goh.

I sighed as I watch Jimmy disappear from my line of sight, he had a goal… make Johto great again. It was a nice goal but he had forgone some things, for example, if this was a game… I was sure that Jimmy would be able to defeat the league by the time the Silver Conference came along but once again, must I remind you that it's real life? It takes months of training dedicatedly to actually be prepared for the League- and it takes years of training to be as strong as Elites but not only do I have knowledge of strong and powerful Pokemon.

But if this was based off the game, I think I knew where the Legendary Pokemon resided- and by Legendary, I meant true legendaries like HoOh and Lugia- It was already known that Lower legendaries like Zapdos were not only one but many in this world.

"Haah, I guess it's time to head over to Route 29," I muttered under my breath.

It was time to meet Lynda and officially learn how to capture a Pokemon… not like I didn't know, I had seen far too many educational shows on that but having a hot girl offer to teach you was a done deal for me.

I slowly started walking to Route 29, ready to leave everything behind and chase my dreams- of course I'll be coming back but that'll be later.

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The air in Route 29 was far more fresher than the air in New Bark town and i was finally able to get a breather from people.

As I arrived at the outskirts of the town, all I could see were tall trees and tall grasses, it was only a matter of time before I met some wild Pokemon though.

I leaned back and unclipped the Pokeball from my waistband before hoisting it into the air quickly.

The Pokeball burst open and revealed Charmander in full glory, I extended my hand out and caught Charmander before she could hit the ground.

"Hey, I'm Drake and I'll be your trainer," I said confidently.

Introductions were not my strong suit at all but at times it was insanely important to make it as blunt as possible.

Short but important and I preferred it like that.

"Charr!" Charmander exclaimed and I patted her head with a smile.

"As you can see, We'll be out in the wild for a while," I said and pointed at the tall grasses, "So you should be able to fight right?"

Charmander nodded which left me to question how Pokemon could understand our language but we couldn't do the same with theirs, it was sad but I knew better than to talk about it.

I took out my Pokedex and went to the 'My Team' app, it was a similar interface with the game and I had to tap on Charmander to see her information.

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Name: Charmander

Level: 5

Ability: Blaze

OT (Original Trainer): Drake Redburn

LTN (League Trainer Number): 81104356989

Move List: Scratch, Growl, Ember

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If you're wondering about OT and LTN, they are the original trainer tab which shows the original trainer and League trainer number which was automatically generated for any trainer that had been registered. It could be used in every region and your Pokemon were registered with it.

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Author's Note:

Story is slowly unfolding, He's meeting Marisa in the next chap though.

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