Thread: Pokemon: The Johto Journeys

The elevator slowly went up. "Geeze, this is taking forever, I hope that buffet is up there!"

The elevator's doors opened to reveal a 3-way fork and a sign...

Athletics area, left. Buffet, right. Pool, ahead.

"I suppose we go right, then." she said, moving towards said direction.

Despite Jake's joking, Nidoran walked very politely over the buffet and waited his turn much more patiently than Phil or Jake.

Nidoran balanced a plate on his head and Phil the Psyduck helped him load it with all of his very favorite vegetables.

Jake grabbed 2 apples, " Take one for now, one for later, " he winked at his nidoran. Nidoran grinned back and Phil held two apples above his head grinning , "Psssyyyyy-duck!" he exclaimed with joy.

"Oh hey look, it's those trainers from earlier who had a brief staredown. Looks like things worked out just fine for them. I want to see if the seats by them are open. You should come too Jack," and with that he picked up Nidorans plate and his psyduck followed him over to the table,

"Hi! is this seat open?" he turned the guy with the Quilava ," I'm Jake and these are my pokemon."

Justin replied "Yeah go ahead! I'm Justin Gaines by the way, nice to meet you and your pokemon!" He pointed out Quilava and Espeon and said "And here is my good buddy Quilava and my Espeon."

Quilava waved taking a big bite of a burger he had saying "Quilava!" (Hey there Jake!)

Espeon also greeted him "Espeeee!" (Nice to meet you!)

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Down in the engine room, three mysterious people and a Jynx were plotting. The leader who wore sunglasses, and a purple disco suit, and with a massive afro said "Alright my friends, so at 6 O'Clock the show begins!"

A woman with dark skin, wearing pink jeans, a white tshirt and a pink jacket over, also having an afro said "Mmm hmm! We start our assault, an den' we get da' hell outta here and back to Johto."

Her Jynx nodded and said "Jynx jynx!" (Nobody gonna stop us!)

A man who wore jeans, a white tshirt and a gray vest jacket said "Yeah! We cause all kinds of terror and stuff and get on the escape boat. Hitmonchan, Golem, Torterra, and Hitmonlee are ready anytime!"

The leader replied "Alright, so let's begin the preparations!" He struck a pose and the crew began to get to work.

Penny straightened the end of her green dress as she watched Kevorkian consume his third plate. It seemed he was finished at last when he let out a rather loud burp.

"Kevvy," she said playfully rolling her eyes. Kevorkian proceeded to pick his teeth with a toothpick. "Not at the table, please!" She noticed a new fellow talking to Justin.

"Oh, hello." She waved.

Momoko entered the buffet, and eyed all the trainers there.

"Wow. There's quite the abundance of trainers here! I wonder how many I'll actually meet on my journey?"

"TAMATAMATAMATO!?" ("Do you think the Buffet has Tamato Berries!?")

"You really like your name don't you, Tama-chan?"

"TAM!?"

"Hahaha. Come on, Tama-Chan, Snubby-Chii."

"Beaubeau ti tamtamfi?" (What about Omachi?)

"Omachi? He's a fire-type, remember? I think he'd best stay in the Pokeball. I'll save some for her in a bag or something."

"Snubb!?" (Say What?)

"I know, sounds kinda cruel, but I don't want something bad to happen to her since we're surrounded by water... maybe you don't get it since you're a water-type"

Snubby just stared at the ground.

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Meanwhile, in the Pokeball

"WHAT!? DAT BIATCH! IH NEVER GET TO HAVE ANY FUN!" Omachi cursed, "Aw, What ze heck, she has a point."

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Back at the Buffet

"SO many foods! Oh, I'll have this Chicken... Cherry Tomatoes, YUM! Let's see, some Oran Berries... OH! Tama-chan, they have Tamato berries, want some?" she said, trying to balance her plate in one hand and grab a bowl for Tamato. Tamato happilly filled it halfway with Tamato berries and the other half with other random berries.

"Snubby-Chi, you handling yourself okay?" Momoko giggled as the Marill tried to balance the plate on it's tail and grab some Weaper Berries.

"Tama-Chan, help Snubby-Chi." Tamato nodded and went to assist Snubby. Snubby stuck his's tongue out.

"Come on, let's find a table..."

Momoko looked at the tables. "All are f-OH! There's an empty table!" she said, moving towards the empty table.

"Well its very nice to meet you too."

Another girl at the table waved and said hello

"I am so glad we found this buffet. My Psyduck Phil here was just about to faint from hunger."

Jake noticed a girl at the buffet with a beautifly and a marill...

Jake was completely distracted by the way the beautifly floated up and down gathering berries to eat. "I should really go talk to her... but she might think I'm creepy..." Jake was nervous and he really wanted to talk to her. However he told himself there would be plenty of time later and he might as well get to know one person at a time.

"So Justin, your Quilava looks very happy. You must be a good trainer. Do you battle much? I never really got into battling. My pokemon are more of my friends then anything else. My Nidoran here can fight, but i prefer not to."

Jake realized he had started rambling like he always did when he was nervous... "Relax," he told himself "Take a deep breath and play it cool"

Jake noticed the girl with the beautifly sitting by herself. He wondered if he should make a move or not...

Justin answered "Yeah, we battle a lot, I'd say we're great, we try our best and that's the whole reason I'm headed to Johto, to take on the Johto League! And yeah! I've done an excellent job with Quilava and he's not only my best friend, but my strongest pokemon! And if it wasn't for me he wouldn't be the lovable and free spirited Quilava he is today....he'd be dead...."

Quilava smiled as he finished up his burger and began to work on his sandwhich. He said "Quilava! Quilava!" (Justin is the best trainer and friend ever! I owe so much to my buddy!)

Espeon agreed with Quilava "Espeee!" (Yes Justin has bern good to us all!)

After grabbing some food, Jack followed Jake over to where he was sitting with another trainer, one he had seen earlier. He noticed conversation was in full swing.

"Hey Jake, and you are Justin, I think?" Jack said taking a seat. He noticed the amount of pokemon surrounding him, feeling slightly swamped he released Glaceon and Beautifly. In his own mind and logically he knew he was stronger than most as he had been travelling for years, however battling was not his forte, contest meant something else to him. "Apologies for eavsdropping, but I heard you mention that you were a battler, I imagine you'd be partaking in gym battles in Johto?" Jack asked.

Justin answered "Yeah, I'm taking on the gym leaders....though I am a little nervous about taking on my father. His ghost types LIVE to torment Quilava."

Quilava dropped his sandwhich and his jaw dropped upon hearing about Morty's pokemon and gasped "Q-Q-Quil-lavaaa!?" (W-W-We have to take on t-those monsters!?)

Justin said "You see!" He then told Quilava "It's alright buddy! I promise i'll try to protect you from dads pokemon." He then asked Jake, Jack, and Penelope "So what brings you three to Johto.

Momoko just stared into space poking at her chicken, until Tamato landed on her shoulder "Tamtam". Momoko suddenly came back to reality and looked to her friend.

"Eh? Tama-Chan? Daijoubu?" (Huh? Everything alright, Tama-Chan?)

"Tam tatatama beu beu titi!" (I should be asking you that!)

"It's probably nothing. I guess I'm just anxious."

"Beu Tam?" ('bout what?)

"I just now realized I never got any badges back in Sinnoh..."

"Tam tati! Momo beubeu ti fiflytam!" (Don't worry! You're the best, Momoko!)

Snubby then jumped over her plate and grabbed her Sitrus berries.

"Snubby! What gives!"

"Smuo beh" Snubby replied, sticking out his tongue. Momoko chuckled, "Oh Snubby, you're too cute."

"Smeu!" The little Marill squeaked giving a victory pose.

"So, what brings you three to Johto?" Justin asked.

"Well Justin, it's kind of embarrassing..." Jake started.

"You see I'm from Fuschia City, Kanto. And i trained in the Gym back when Koga ran things. When he left for the elite four I lost interest in battling and capturing more pokemon.

I became basically a bum who was only interested in surfing on Route 19. My parents finally had enough and demanded i get a job."

Jake sighed....

"So I ran away to start having a pokemon journey instead. The thought of working a real job makes me feel ill."

"I guess you're just a on journey yourself to collect gym badges and whatnot?"

Justin listened to Jake's story and said "Oh, you just don't want to get a job!" Justin then explained "And yeah, that's what I'm here for! Traveling Johto, catching some pokemon and making friends with then, training, and collecting the badges! Justvyour typical journey!"

Quilava was still eating his food and said to Justin "Quil! Quilava!" (I can't wait! It's gonna be so much fun traveling Johto!)

Justin agreed "You said it buddy!" He then asked Penny and Jack "What brings you to Johto?"

Jake smiled at Justin's story.

Good, he thought to himself, I'm glad they fell for that story so easily. I can't let anyone now the mission I have to carry out... not until I know them better....

Meanwhile Phil tried using his pshysic powers to levitate a berry off of nidoran's plate. "Pssssyyy" he hummed quietly and focused the pain of his headache into the berry. The berry started lifting off the plate and floating to phil's open, drooling mouth.
Nidoran's eyes quickly darted to the left and with a lightning flash of speed snatched it out of the air and ate it.

Phil frowned and Nidoran grinned like a victor.

"Oh, me?" Penny almost didn't notice the question. She ran a hand through her red hair nervously. "I don't know, really. I've seen Hoenn and Sinnoh already, so I thought the logical choice would be either Kanto or Johto."

Penny could never quite find a reason why she wandered so aimlessly. At first, it was only an excuse to get away from her father. It was a question best left unanswered.

She shrugged. "I guess I've always had a passion for travel."

"I am a coordinator at heart, and after a slow start it's become my passion. I've travelled alot in Sinnoh and I have won the Sinnoh Grand Festival." Jack said showing off slightly. "I suppose I've come to Johto to partake in more contests,."

(Mind if I introduce a new character? I reckon she could be on the boat or we could meet her in Johto.)