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Zeno, a teen on the run from his past life, finds his way to Alola in hopes of restarting his life as a regular Pokémon Trainer with his partner, Growlithe. However, no matter how hard he tries, he can't full...
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Hau stopped at the entrance to Route 1, allowing me to catch up to him.
"You sure like to run fast," I commented. "You don't stop for nothing."
He grinned. "It's what I do best."
He then motioned towards Route 1. "Now come on. There's this Pokemon I've been wanting to catch for years that lives here." He took off again, but slower so I wouldn't be left behind. After about 30 minutes, we had encountered tons of wild Pokemon. None however, was the one Hau wanted.
"You go on ahead," Hau said, eyes still searching around the grass. "I'm still going to look. Iki Town is just up ahead."
I nodded and said goodbye and started up a hill as Hau ran back down Route 1. I could see a small town up ahead after a minute, so I headed for that.
"Hey, you!"
I turned around to see a girl heading towards me. She had long blonde hair with piercing green eyes. She wore a white shirt with a red short sleeved jacket over it. She also wore black shorts and held a pokeball in her hand.
"I need to be battle ready for anything," she said, grinning cockily. "And you look like an easy win."
I grabbed Rowlet's pokeball from inside my trench coat. "That's where you're wrong."
She smirked and released a Fire type looking cat. "Alright Litten, let's beat this kid."
"Kid," I thought. "That shouldn't apply to me."
I tossed the pokeball and Rowlet entered the battlefield.
The girl's smirk widened. "A beginner eh. Lucky for me I have the fire starter."
I suddenly realized who she was. "You're that trainer that got a starter earlier today."
"Okay, fine," she scowled. "We're both beginners, but I'll still beat you. Litten, use ember!"
"Rowlet dodge!" I commanded.
Rowlet managed to dodge, but only barely.
"Use Peck!" I yelled, having tested Rowlet's moves earlier which consisted of Leafage, Tackle, and Peck.
Rowlet dived at Litten, his beak glowing.
"Litten, dodge!" The girl commanded, but it was too late.
Rowlet jammed his beak into Litten's side and Litten flew backwards. Rowlet fluttered near me as Litten stood.
The girl smiled. "Good, you can still battle. Use Lick!"
Litten managed to get close to Rowlet and he didn't have time to dodge.
"Rowlet!" I cried as he was knocked back from Litten's Lick.
"Alright Rowlet, use Tackle!" I yelled.
Rowlet tried, but sparks of electricity crackled over his feathers. He was paralyzed.
