Frank

Cerulean City

It is a seaside city located in northern Kanto. It is situated near a sea inlet to the north, with Saffron City to the south, and Mt. Moon to the west. It is home to the Sensational sisters, Daisy, Violet, and Lily, the water type Gym Leaders of the Kanto Region.

The light from the sunrise illuminated the streets of Cerulean City as trainers, alongside their pokemon, jogged in the area.

On the training field of the pokemon center, Folker can be seen doing a set of push ups with his Scizor and Lucario while Magnemite just levitated a little bit higher from the ground without the help of Magnet Rise.

Folker read on the internet that levitation training can train the endurance and willpower of a pokemon, as effective as long distance jogging.

Magnemite appeared to be enduring as its eye narrowed until it couldn't take it anymore and fell down on the ground.

Folker got up and patted Magnemite's head and said "You did well, buddy. Get some rest".

However, Magnemite shook its body and levitated once again but this time, it eyed Lucario and Scizor's figure. Folker was taken aback by Magnemite's hotheadedness.

"It wants a battle" Lucario calmly said as he looked at Folker's figure.

Folker rubbed his chin for a while before he replied "Hmmm, alright but not here. Let's head to the forest"

Folker thought that since Magnemite pointed at both Scizor and Lucario, it must have been asking for a battle royale.

"Magnemite!"

Magnemite let out a sharp robotic cry as it rushed towards the direction of Cerulean Forest.

"Magnemite, wait for me!" Folker quickly packed his things and recalled Lucario and Scizor back to their pokeballs as he followed Magnemite's figure.

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Cerulean Forest

At this time, Folker panted for breath as he looked down on the ground with his hands on his knees.

"Magnemite!"

Magnemite urged Folker to quickly call out Scizor and Lucario out of their pokeball and look for a battle.

"Give- *huff* me a break. *huff huff*. Alright" Folker said while catching his breath as he called out Lucario and Scizor out of their pokeballs.

Scizor and Lucario suddenly appeared in front of Magnemite as they sized it up for a while before they smiled.

Suddenly, Lucario closed his eyes as its ears vibrated. Magnemite, for some reason, also appeared to have detected another presence as it closed its only eye.

"I detect the presence of a trainer and a pokemon approaching us" Lucario said with its eyes closed.

"Aw, come on!" Folker said with frustration and closed his eyes, trying to sense the approaching figures.

Electricity suddenly came out of Magnemite's body as it opened its eye and let out a sharp robotic cry.

"Magnemite!"

Magnemite then rushed towards the direction of the approaching figures.

"Seriously, what's going on with you today, Magnet" Folker said as he followed Magnemite's figure.

Lucario and Scizor looked at each other for a while before they sighed and followed them from behind.

After a while, Magnemite saw a short, chubby rodent Pokémon. It is covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, and brown eyes. Each cheek is a red circle that contains a pouch for electricity storage.

Their eyes met.

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu cheerfully said while waving its small arms in Magnemite's direction.

"Magne, Magnemite!"

Magnemite responded with a frown on its eye as it asked for a battle. Pikachu nodded cheerfully and immediately went into battle mode as it crouched down on the ground. Sparks of electricity came out from its cheeks.

"Magnemite, there you are!" Folker said as he approached Magnemite's figure with exhaustion as he panted for breath. Magnemite just ignored his presence and locked its eye on Pikachu's figure. Lucario and Scizor appeared silently from behind Folker.

"Pika! Don't just run around, at least wait for me" another figure about Folker's age appeared as he approached Pikachu's figure.

He had blue wavy hair and wore a red cap, black shirt with a pokeball symbol on the chest part, red shorts, and yellow slippers.

"Pika pika!"

Pikachu talked with its trainer cheerfully and pointed out to Magnemite's direction as it crouched down.

Suddenly, Folker's eyes narrowed as he looked at the figures in front of Magnemite warily. Pikachu's trainer also appeared to be sizing up Folker's figure with a frown on his face.

"Well then, go for it" Lucario assured Folker through telepathy. Folker warned it that it shouldn't talk through loudspeaker mode in front of strangers.

Folker nodded at Lucario's words and sized up the trainer in front of him.

"So I guess, let's battle?" Folker said as he scratched his head.

"What are the stakes?" Pikachu's trainer replied coldly.

"Man, don't be so cold. The name's Folker, by the way and this is Magnet" Folker replied with a laidback attitude as he pointed at Magnemite's figure.

Although he appeared to be easygoing, he didn't let his guard down. Lucario assured him that there's no danger but he can never be too careful in this world, especially after his experience on Viridian Forest and Mount Moon.

Wild pokemon are dangerous but people and trainers are even more dangerous, especially since you never know when they'll stab you in the back. Fortunately, Folker had a mysterious sense for danger so he had a rather accurate judgment of who to be careful with.

"I'm Frank and this is Pika. What are the stakes?" Frank replied, straight to the point.

"tch, you're no fun. Anyway, how about 1,000 pokedollars?" Folker replied. Frank nodded at Folker's words and registered their battle with their pokedex.

'I don't remember seeing him at Pallet Town back then' Folker thought to himself as he looked at the pokedex on Frank's hands.

"Magnemite!"

Magnemite urged Folker to immediately start the battle.

"What's with you today, buddy?" Folker asked with a smile as he patted Magnemite's head gently. Magnemite, however, just ignored him and looked at Pikachu's figure.

"Alright, let's start" Frank said when he saw Magnemite's eagerness to start the battle.