Pokémon RP Johto Stories

[Prpl_Mage]

Johto, the sister region of Kanto and surprisingly one of the regions that got out okay from the Rocket overtake some years back.
Back in the days Kanto and Johto shared the Elite four but had individual gyms. When Team Rocket struck in Kanto they also made sure to close down the gyms. So the only way to challenge the Elite Four was through Johto gyms.
But it didn't take long before Team Rocket challenged and defeated the Elite four with powerful pokémon and left Johto paralyzed.
They still had their gyms but no Elite four to administer them. Leaders even ended up forsaking their duties in fear that Team Rocket would visit them.

But today Johto is the only region that have a running Elite four, building it up anew at Mt.Silver and offering a new generation of trainers to follow the traditional path of pokémon training instead of what happened during Rocket control.

This is where your adventure begins, you from foreign land or those who are finally given the chance - will you train and battle your way to the top? Or will you Black Out trying?


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Barry enjoyed the sun in his face, Johto was a nice region and large parts of the wildlife reminded him of home.
He had arrived at Olivine City the day before and heard from a local lady about a certain person professor - apparently pretty old now but researching something about pokémon. Something that interested this pokémon breeder.

And here he was, New Bark town. A quiet little village which apparently also was the path towards the victory road. Interesting indeed. His Oddish wobbled around beside him and Barry was making sure that his Berry Pots were doing well. An amazing invention it was, it allowed him to grow berries and carry them with him at the same time. Sure beat travelling around half the world and remember where he planted his seeds.

He was in fact so busy with his checking that he bumped into a researcher and dropped his pot.
-"Oh I'm so sorry!" Said the researcher and bowed down and picked up the berry pot and dusted it off a little.
-"Hey man, no problem. It's still whole so don't sweat it." Barry said and smiled.
-"Well, thank you."
-"Hey researcher type, do you know where this pokémon professor is?" Barry asked and the researcher smiled.
-"Ah yes, I'm working for the professor myself. He lives and researches in that tall building over there." He said and pointed at a four stories building (the largest in town) and it looked like a pretty nice research facility.
"Thanks buddy!" Barry said and continued his stride.

He never had the chance to meet is local professor - Oak, so this would be an event to remember.

[ellie-is]

Lucas got off Lapras's back and thanked his buddy who was kind enough to give him a ride from Veridian to New Bark through the ocean. For years he had wished to become a Gym Leader - a master of the electric types. With the League open again, he would finally get the chance. He petted the Pichu on his shoulder and kept walking. Cute little thing, that Pichu. The egg had hatched only a few days ago, right after he left his hometown of Cerulean to begin his journey.
At first, he thought it would be good to pay a visit to the local Pokémon Center. His Pokémon hadn't been in any battles for a while, but you never know. And the baby had never been to a center before, so he had to check if he was doing okay as well. But then he remembered that there are no Pokécenters on New Bark Town.
"Funny, even though this city is a major research center, they still haven't bothered building a damn Poké Center here... Oh, yeah, research center! I bet that if I take them to the lab, they will give them a look. I heard they were doing some research on breeding, babies and eggs a while ago... No clue why. Everyone knows how that work. Crazy professors. Oh well. I gotta stop these long inner monologues. Even I get tired of thinking so much at times."

And so, he headed for the big tall building, largest one in town, which was sure to be the research lab, because honestly, in such a small town, they would have no reason for having such a big building.

[X_marks_the_ed]

With his team fully restored and his bag packed, Rocko thought he should check up one more time before leaving.His sister was surprised to see him back so soon. "What? Did you get cold feet already? The world's a lot bigger outside of Cherrygrove, you know." He ignored the comment. "I came back to check my room one more time, so buzz off." He walked past her and examined the room in the back. He sure would miss it. It probably would be better to return to a clean room, but he just didn't have the patience to do so.

As he left, sure that he had everything he'd need, he was stopped. The tougher older sister handed him a Pokeball. "Take her with you. She's a lot more seasoned than your group. Who knows, she might just be all you have." He grasped it and hugged his sister for the last time in a while. "I'll take good care of her." But, without a second glance, he was out the door and out into Cherrygrove, ready to finally earn the respect he had always wanted.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Today was the day.  Finally, he could start his journey.  He had been waiting an extra few years before his parents would finally allow him to go.  Cherrygrove was relatively large, compared to New Bark Town at least.  It only took him a few minutes to get to a pokémon center.
"Hi, I'd like to register for the Johto League."
"May I see your pokédex?"
"Uh, yeah, here you go." The Nurse took the pokédex and put it into a slot and his information popped up on the screen.  "It should only take a few seconds."
"That's so awesome.  How many trainers are registered now?"
"Let's see... there have been 22 in the last year to leave from Cherrygrove."
"Wow.  That's a lot of trainers!"
"You're all done.  Here you go."  She handed him the pokédex.  He had got it 5 years ago from the professor in New Bark Town.  Joseph wondered if he was still in New Bark Town. Maybe I should go look?  Plus, I can see some pokémon on the way.
"Have a nice day, and be careful on your journey!"
"Thanks!"

As Joseph walked outside the pokémon center, he saw a pokémaniac walking out of a house.  He was holding a pokéball in this hand.  Joseph wondered if he should say hello.

[coreystranick]

Corey woke up from a weird dream. In it he was a young trainer battling Rocket members with an odd assortment of other trainers. One of those being a pain-in-the-*** Ace or Cool trainer type guys.
He got out of bed. Today was the day he would start his new quest....well his first quest really. He was going to start his first trek to the first town that had a gym, supposed to be some bird type leader. He planned to beat every gym and then open his own gym. Hopefully raising money along the way to help an acquaintance rebuild Brass Tower. Wasn't sure what kind of gym it would be but since he liked psychic types, that would most likely be the main type used.

Corey was and is still an artist known around Ecruteak for his painting and sketches of wild Pokemon. Though they don't sell for much he has made a living from it. With the money he gained from this and various odd jobs he had bought himself the supplies needed for this trip. They were all loaded into his bag now. He had:
6 great balls, 10 potions, Trainer Card, and a Pokedex.

He walked out of his house, and rounded the corner to look in the back yard.
"Hey Girafarig come here." His trusty Girafarig was grazing beyond the fence it trotted up to him.
"Time to go buddy." A red light light enveloped him and he was in the Pokeball.

Corey looked around he spotted Wynut playing in the small pond.
"Hey Wy-guy, time to go." Wynut looked up and hopped up and down as the light surrounded him.

Now where is Goldie......
Corey looked left and noticed two jewel-like eyes in his face.
"Jesus Christ Goldie. Quit that."

His Ghost-type Sableye was on  his shoulder. It liked to scare him. This was his favored Pokemon, it was shiny.

"Let's get going."

[X_marks_the_ed]

Rocko pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at the Pokeball. "Vulpix, Fox Pokemon..." He figured he'd get it out of the way. He decided to take it to the center anyway to make sure it was at it's best. Heaven knows the last time Sis went out and actually battled. On his way inside, he was stopped by another kid. "Hey, do you live here?"

"Yeah. But not for a while. I'm going to get those badges everyone else is antsy about." Rocko smiled. "Cool, me too. Just registered with the nurse a second ago!"

"Registered?"

"Yeah. It's not a requirement, from what I hear, but it does help the community to know how many are into this new system. Lets these new gym leaders know how much activity they can expect."

"Makes sense, I guess." Both went quiet.

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EDIT: Curse corey's post being right after AFL's. X)

[Prpl_Mage]

Barry entered the research facility and gasped at it's awesomeness.
There were researchers walking about and several rooms with pokémon and collections of stones.

He continued to walk and saw all kinds of crazy machines and objects that he had never seen before.
"May I help you?" Asked a man behind him.
Barry turned around and saw a guy dressed in a much more fancy coat than the others.
"Yepp, I'm looking for this professor type person." Barry said and poked the man.
"Might that be you?"
The man smiled gently and nodded.
"Indeed, I am Professor Ethan Gold." Said the man and corrected his glasses.
"Whoa, I thought I'd find some old fossil buried here or something." Barry said and patted the man's shoulder.
"Well, you are a few years too late then. Professor Elm left his research to me when he retired." The professor explained and gestured for Barry to follow.

"In this research facility we conduct research of pokémon evolution. A very common dispute is wherever or not it is wise to evolve a pokémon as soon as possible or to wait it out." He said and showed him a room with a trainer and her psyduck which constantly interrupted evolution.
"Because the un-evolved pokémon can learn more stuff right?"
"Only in some cases, cases such as the exotic pokémon Beldum, or Abra for that matter it's the opposite. In their basic form they can not learn anything new on their own." He said and smiled while continued walking.

"Well, professor. I'm a pokémon breeder and I breed pokémon." He said and began to fumble with his backpack.
"Yes?"
"I've been looking for a good way to make my pals here loads of stronger. I give them all types of poffins and pokéblocks. They sure looks tougher but they don't appear to get stronger at all." Barry explained and saw the professor thinking.
"In my youth I was a respectable pokémon trainer. And from my own experience I can claim that the best way to reach evolution - and strength with it.,." He pointed at the large window of the building and Barry turned around.
"Is through battles."
"Through battles huh professor?" Barry said and took in the knowledge.
"Indeed, fighting will make your 'pals' stronger and you'll bond with them easier. I spent most time with my pokémon outside their balls in my youth for example."
"But what if I lose battle then?"
"You must make sure that they know that they can trust you and that you can trust them back." Said the professor and looked at his pokégear.
"I'm afraid I have to go now, my presence is needed" he said and excused himself.
"Well, bye then professor Gold!" Said Barry and waved him off.

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Barry returned to the entrance of the facility and through deep and hard.
"Walk with my pokémon... Fight with my pokémon and I'll get stronger." Barry pondered and stopped to look at his poffins and apricorns.
"What about the contests then? I've always lived for raising and competing."
"What about the Elite four then? Take some gym challenges or something?" Said someone behind him.
"Yeah! That's it! I'm gonna use my tough looking pokémon to defeat gyms and the Elite four!" Barry said and walked out of the building. Only realizing that someone beside himself had said it and looked back at the building.
"Oh darn, I think I missed some guy now."

[ellie-is]

After the encounter with the breeder who talked to himself (which he thought was a very awkward combination), Lucas walked into the lab. He asked around a bit, and found the room with the healing machine.

Just as he finished and was about to take his pokéballs back, a fella in weird clothing walked into the room.
"You are... Professor Gold, right?" Lucas asked, sure that he had seen that face in some magazine before.
"Yes, that is correct. Can I help you?"
"No, not really. I just needed to heal my buddies here." He said, and released Pichu out of the ball and back on his shoulder.
"Ah, I see. Nice friend you have over there. Having any trouble evolving it?"
"No, not at all. It just needs some time. He was born last week."
"Oh, right. Well, make sure to treat him well. They won't evolve if they are sad, you know."
"So I've heard."
"The happier he is, sooner you will get a Pikachu." Ethan gave him a wink.
"God, I hate those rats. I mean, nothing against them, but c'mon. All those people who love Pikachu so much just because its cute. Its not even that cute. I like my little baby here, he's cute. But I carry this thunderstone around with me" - he took it from his pocket and showed the stone to the professor - "he ain't spending more than five minutes as a Pikachu. Raichu, now thats a badass dude."
"Haha, okay. Just make sure you treat them well. I've gotta work on some research now. Nice talking to you."
"You too, professor. Take care."

Lucas left the building. "Nice guy, the professor.", he thought. Now it was time to start his journey. First stop, Violet City. "Bird gym. Shouldn't give me any trouble."

[Prpl_Mage]

Barry was on his way back into the lab when he bumped into a guy with a guitar. He waved at the guy and talked to him.

"Hey there, I'm Barry. I'm a pokémon breeder, I breed pokémon!" He said and smiled.
The guitarist was about to reply when Barry caught his eyes on the Pichu.
"Dude, a Pichu? I've seen many of those in my life and evolved a few as well. Some people claim that pokémon at daycares can't evolve with happiness but why shouldn't they be happy while at the daycare? I'd be happy if some guy trained me, gave me pokéblocks and could spend time with my brothers and sisters of the world" He chuckled and sent out his Shroomish.
"This little bastard have been with me for some time now. Great way to catch new pokés. Just a shame that you can't find any pichus in the wild huh? Gotta catch a Pikachu and breed it...hmm." Barry pondered for a moment and poked his shroomish in it's annoyance.
"Oh that's right. I'm a pokémon breeder. Problem solved!" He chuckled again but realised that the other trainer wasn't.

"Oh right, what's your name?"
But before Lucas had the chance to answer he was interrupted once again by the professor exiting the lab.
"Ah, there you are." He said and walked up to the two trainers.
"Hey there Professor-dude." Barry said and smiled.
"Yes yes, I'm wondering if you could do me a favour. My old friend Lyra - whos' voice you've probably heard on the radio already claims that her Marill breed a new type of pokémon. I've seen a bunch of Marills hatch from eggs so I'm interested in seeing this myself." He explained.

"It's a shame that Oak's research disappeared with him." Said Barry and remembered the stories about different pokémon appearing from eggs than what usually pop out.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Joseph said goodbye to his new acquaintance.  He had thought about maybe sticking with him,  but Joseph really wanted to go to New Bark Town and see the professor.  Professor Gold was an old family friend, and during the Rocket invasion,  he would stay a few nights sometimes.  Joseph didn't really know why,  but he always just assumed it had to be important.  On his way outside Cherrygrove,  he passed a very odd looking tree, but he ignored it.  After all,  who spends time looking st funny trees?

After a bit of walking he found a few berries and stopped to rest.  He released his Pokemon,  and they had some lunch.  The berries seemed to be very good because his Pokemon couldn't seem to get enough of them.

"Do you like those?  Heh,  well, I had better grab some for the road."  Finally he got up and said it was time to keep moving,  they couldn't be far now, as it's easier to get there than to get back.  Jump a few ledges and you're almost there.  Just as he jumped a ledge he saw a wild Sentret in the grass not to far away.

"Go, Teddiursa!"  With a flash of red light, the battle began.  "Teddiursa,  use scratch!"  It obeyed and the surprised Sentret dodged it.  "Teddiursa, use scratch again!" This time the Sentret was ready.  It jumped into the air to dodge and quickly used a tackle.  It hit Teddiursa from behind.  

"Teddiursa, use leer!" The Sentret was hit, and it's defenses seemed to be lowered, "use furry swipes!"  Teddiursa again caught the Sentert off guard.  With a few swipes it was down.

"Great job Teddiursa!  Return!"  It was his first battle with a wild Pokemon.  As he had his inner monologue, the Sentret got up and ran into the grass.
"Wait!  I wasn't done yet!  I wanted to catch you... urgh, note to self, throw pokeball instead of talking to self."

[coreystranick]

Corey had finally made it out of Ecruteak, it wasn't a long walk but he just didn't feel like walking fast.
He reached the fork in the forest that would either take you to Violet City or towards the National Park. \\

"Hmm...seems that Sudowoodo is finally good. Keeps coming back every now and then. I don't know why."

He took out Goldie. The red light disapeared and Goldie was no where to be seen.
"Damn it Goldie. Don't do this right now."

Corey took a few steps and then Goldie popped out.
"Jesus. Why do you enjoy this?"

Goldie appeared to be laughing, though with no mouth Corey wasn't sure where the sound came from.
"Alright, let's get going."

[ellie-is]

"Damn, this guy sure talks a lot."

[Prpl_Mage]

Professor Gold smiled at the mentioning of Oak and stopped Barry's rambling.

"We all suffer the loss of the research developed by the exalted professor Oak who had compiled most information about every pokémon. But since the rocket incident most of that data was lost with him." He said and shrugged.

"So some pokémon are still unknown?" Barry asked surprised and remembered the age before the rocket incident when people could simply use their pokédexes to get any information they wanted.

"Yes, and no. They are known but we do not have any solid data on them yet. Like Weavile for example. We know that they have been encountered or even owned, but no data on them have been transferred to the new - National Pokédex. We did manage to get the server for the Johto pokédex back online but for some reason it doesn't count pokémon such as Weavile." He said and shrugged while going through his pocket.

"What's that?" Lucas asked and looked at the professor's hand.

"These are microchip that will upgrade your pokédexes to the National Beta." He said and smiled.

"That's awesome, I still only own a Kanto pokédex." Barry said and chuckled as he poked the chip into his pokédex.

"So if you two could, perhaps... Hand out these chip to promising trainers, it will greatly speed up the development of the new pokédex system now that Team rocket are gone." Professor gold said and handed them a case with at least 50 more chip.

With that, the professor took off and left Barry and Lucas standing there.

[ellie-is]

"Awesome! So, you're Barry, right?" Lucas asked
"Yep, thats my name. Whats yours, again?"
"It's Lucas. Where are you heading?"
"Violet City. You?"
"Same here, man. What if we go together? It gets boring, walking on my own."
"Sure thing! It'll be fun to have someone to tag along."

So they marched towards Violet City. As Barry went on with his stories about breeding Pokémon, Lucas started to wonder if it was actually a good idea to suggest that they go together.

[Prpl_Mage]

"Did you know that a Stantler with thief  makes one of the best gatherers?" Barry said as he talked on as always. "it can frisk out what items your opponent is holding on to."

"And if you find that TM 46 is hard to find you can always breed your Stantler with a Kecleon that knows Thief." He said and chuckled.

"Strange combination huh? But it will work as long as the Kecleon is a male, any TM moves it knew that Stantler can learn as well will be known to the Stantler appearing from the egg."

And many stories like it was told on the road.