KKD: Well, now's time for our second Team-Up PokeProject, and trust us folks, we've been working very hard on this one. Ready for this all-new region, abiou?
Pikatwig: Yep!
KKD: So, should we have some kind of intro, or should we have our original Professor introduce the story?
Pikatwig: That's the idea, the Professor. Alrighty, you roll the disclaimers aibou?
KKD: Sure. In this scenario, we own this region, the teams involved, the original Pokemon that'll be revealed in the story, for once, most of everything except for a few select characters, plot points, and the Pokemon franchise in general; it belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokemon Company. And now, it's time to introduce our new Pokemon Professor. Professor Spruce?
'Hello?' a voice asked.
The lights then turned on and we see someone resembling a pacific islander having tanned skin, blue eyes, brown hair, but wearing a lab coat. "It's good to see you again. Surely you remember me?"
'No...'
"I'm your uncle. Professor Spruce," he informed.
'My uncle?'
"Looks like you need a bit of a refresher course," Spruce chuckled. "By the way, can you remind me who you are, it's been so long since I've seen you. Remind me, are you my nephew or my niece?"
'I'm… your nephew.'
"Oh right, and, uh… what was your name again nephew?" Spruce checked.
'It's Ian.'
"Oh, of course, Ian. I remember now," Spruce chuckled. "Little boy who used to live in Unova who moved here all the way from Nimbasa City."
'Yea, that's right. Moving to somewhere called… uh… what was the region and town again, Uncle?'
"You're moving to the Chronos Region, and my home known as Topaz Village. And I suppose I should give you a small idea of one of the Pokemon to expect around here in the Chronos Region, too," Spruce figured, pulling out a PokeBall and tossing it before something popped out of it.
The Pokemon in question was a small horse Pokemon, about 5'11", and had a patch pattern all over its body, being equal parts of white and black.
"Twiquine!" the Pokemon cried out.
"You already know you live in a world inhabited by Pokemon, but the Chronos Region contains so much more than you could expect, and even some new types as well. So Ian, adventures await you as you arrive in this island region. Please drop by my lab when you get the chance as well," Spruce smiled…
The sun then shined through the open window, and at that moment, signalling the morning had come. When the light hit the body of a sleeping figure, he opened his brown eyes and yawned as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. When he moved the sheets, one could see he was in his PJs, having the images of the Unova starter Pokemon, Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott on them. He ran his hands through his black hair, scratching his head to relieve it of some irritating morning itch. He looked into the nearby mirror, seeing his complexion was slightly tanned; it had gotten this way in about a week after arriving on the island.
"Man, ol' unc's forgotten who I am, well… I'd better go and remind him!" Ian said.
He rushed to his closet to get his clothes, and after getting cleaned up, emerged from his bathroom. Ian was now wearing an aloha shirt colored blue & red, blue shorts, blue sandals, and a red visor.
"...Not bad for a new outfit in the islands of Chronos," Ian smirked.
"Ian, are you awake?" a female voice asked.
"Yea, I'm up Mom!" Ian called out, running downstairs, he sees her blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a white outfit with a red apron. "So, what's for breakfast?"
"Some pancakes, oh and, happy birthday!" she smiled, serving Ian some special pancakes.
"Oh yea! It's my 12th birthday, isn't it?" Ian remembered.
"Yep, and don't forget, your friends are all coming over with gifts, so I expect your best behavior," his mom reminded.
"Hai, hai, hai," Ian replied in Japanese.
"Sometimes I really think it was a bad idea for your uncle to give you those Japanese lessons," Ian's mom sighed.
There was soon a knock at the door, and Ian was out of his seat after finishing half of his pancakes.
"I'll get it!" Ian replied rushing to the door and opening it.
He opened the door to see two girls, and one boy who looked like he had just woken up. The first girl seen was slightly tanned, but her hair is blonde, and her eyes are blue. In terms of clothes, she wears a magenta cloth skirt with white flowers on it that vaguely resembles a hula skirt, a pink tank top, both separated by a yellow belt, yellow sandals, and a pink visor, along with a yellow lei around her neck. The second girl was more of a native islander with naturally tanned skin, brown hair, and amber eyes. In terms of her clothes, she was wearing dark colored shorts, a small teal top, and no shoes. Finally, the boy was another native islander whose skin is naturally tanned, has dark brown hair that is almost black, with dark brown eyes. He just wore dark blue shorts and nothing else except for a white moon necklace.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" the girls smiled.
"Happy birthday dude!" the boy said.
"Hey guys," Ian replied.
"How's your morning so far?" the girl in magenta asked.
"Just fine Christina," Ian smiled.
"Yo, what's up?" the boy asked.
"Not much Mike," Ian shrugged.
"By the way, Ian, are you going to become a Pokemon trainer today?" the second girl asked.
"I sure will Roll," he replied.
"Have you thought of which Pokemon you'll get?" Christina checked.
"You'll see," Ian replied, as they all sat down, and each person pulled out a small gift.
"Okay, I'm up first," Mike insisted, spinning the wrapped box he had before handing it to Ian. "Trust me, you'll find this very useful if you're going to be a Pokemon trainer."
Ian then opened the box to find a few spray bottles colored purple and white.
"Sweet! Potions! This'll really be helpful alright," Ian smirked.
"Now it's my turn," Roll smiled, handing Ian her present, which was wrapped in wrapping the same colors as a PokeBall.
"I wonder… does the wrapping have any clues to what's inside?" Ian chuckled.
"...Maybe," she teased until Ian opened the box and revealed the usual red and white orbs used to catch Pokemon.
"Yep, they're PokeBalls alright," Ian chuckled. "Thanks Roll."
"... you're welcome," she replied as Ian's mom walked over next.
"You got anything for me Penelope?" Ian asked.
"Um… here," she said, handing him a bag, which was basically a green duffel bag with many pockets.
"And now it's time to give you my present, courtesy of Uncle Spruce," Christina smiled, pulling out what looked like a red gamepad with a few buttons on either side of the screen. "Ta-da! Your very own Pokedex! Sorry I didn't get the chance to wrap it."
"Wow!" Ian said amazed.
"Wait, did you just call my uncle, your uncle?" he asked.
"Why not? He's 'an uncle to many' as he says," Christina shrugged.
"Yea, just like a lot of the locals feel like family enough to call each other cousin," Roll added.
"Okay… I suppose," Ian replied.
Suddenly, the phone rang and Penelope rushed over and picked it up.
"Hello?" Penelope asked. "Oh, Professor Spruce, why send me the call so suddenly? ...What? Oh yea, that's right. ...Okay, I'll send them over."
"What's up?" Ian asked his mom.
"It's your uncle, he said he's got his present ready for you and that you should go to his lab right away," Penelope answered.
"Alrighty," Ian smirked, putting his dex into his bag as he and his friends left the house, but then Roll walked in another direction.
"I have to go and get something, but I'll be back ASAP!" Roll informed.
"Catch ya later Roll!" Mike hollered as the remaining three rushed to the Pokemon Lab.
The building looked more like a fancy hut, seeing as this place was a village of sorts, and then they walked in, seeing the inside was kinda high-tech in comparison to the outside.
"Yo Unc' you here?" Ian yelled.
"Oh, Ian! Glad you could make it!" Spruce's voice called out as the Professor appeared.
"What's up Unc'? Do I get my first Pokemon today?" Ian asked.
"Of course, Ian," Spruce smiled, showing the trio there three Pokeballs. "In each of these PokeBalls, you'll find the three Chronos starter Pokemon: Budouri, a Grass/Water type, Pyrocub, the Fire type, and Dolgic, the Water/Magic type."
"Magic? What the what?" Ian gawked.
"Never heard o' Magic types, bruddha?" Mike asked.
"Whatever. Since it's Ian's b-day, let him choose first," Christina suggested.
"Okay…" Ian said looking at the three PokeBalls. "I pick Budouri."
Ian then picked up the PokeBall with the Grass/Ice Type in it.
"May I ask as to why you chose Budouri?" Spruce asked Ian.
"Seems interesting," Ian figured, tossing the PokeBall up, and out of the PokeBall came something resembling the Pokemon Cherubi, except it was green, looked like a bunch of grapes, and had what could resemble snow on top of it.
"SO CUTE! I'm jealous!" Christina added picking up the PokeBall with the Water/Magic type in it. "But I guess I'll try out Dolgic in that case."
When she tossed her PokeBall up, out came a Pokemon about 1' 06" tall and landed in Christina's arms, it was a light-blue color with a small white/yellow belly, and then tiny blue eyes.
"Dolgic," the Pokemon chirped.
"Then I guess that leaves me with the Fire starter, but it's cool, I wanted Pyrocub from the start anyway," Mike smirked, tossing his PokeBall into the air, revealing a red and orange lion cub with a flame on the tip of its tail like most starters.
"Now as you three know, the Chronos Region consists of 11 islands, each containing a large variety of Pokemon. And even though the Pokemon and the fact that you're now a trainer Ian is mostly due to it being your birthday, I wish for you, Christina, Mike, and even Roll to do a favor for me, to travel the archipelago of the Chronos Region and complete the Pokedex. I always wanted to go out there and discover what new types there were, but now I'm too old for that, so I'm passing this down to you four," Spruce told them until he noticed something. "Hey… where's Roll?"
"Don't worry, nobody can stop me and Berry! We can find her in a snap!" Ian said.
"Budou!" the Grass/Ice type smiled.
"...Berry?" Mike asked.
"It's my Budouri's nickname," Ian smiled.
"Before you go find her, why don't we have a battle outside?" Christina offered. "Me and Echo, my little Dolgic, are ready to start training!"
"Alright! Nobody can beat us!" Ian said as they walked outside.
"Alrighty, go Echo!" Christina announced, sending Dolgic into the battle.
"Ikuze Berry!" Ian shouted, sending out his Budouri.
"Okay, Echo use Supersonic!" Christina called out first.
"Berry use Berry Barrage!" Ian shouted next, and his Budouri was the first to make a move a it launched a berry from itself at Echo as the dolphin tried to send out a Supersonic, but the berry hit first, and it caused a freeze effect.
"ECHO!" Christina gasped.
"Alright, use Scratch!" Ian shouted, as Budouri ran over and scratched Dolgic using its vines, damaging Echo.
"C'mon Echo, use Supersonic!" Christina shouted, as the dolphin attempted to break out of the ice, but it couldn't, as Berry ran over and used Scratch again, shattering the ice and knocking Dolgic out. "Oh Ian, you're so mean, I wasn't finished watching Echo yet!"
"Oh chill, Chirsty. Let me heal your Pokemon up," Mike replied, pulling out some potions and spraying them onto the Pokemon, but one of the bottles looked different and was blue instead of purple, reviving Echo.
"Thanks Mike," Christina replied.
"Okay then, Christy. Lemme show ya how a battle's fought. You ready for this Ian?" Mike smirked. "Go Pyro!"
"PY!" the Pyrocub roared as he took the field, staring at Berry.
"Alright, use Scratch!" Ian shouted as Berry used that move, but it didn't have much effect.
"Like that'll work, Pyro, use Ember!" Mike responded as Pyro spat out specks of fire at Berry, and then the attack almost hit Berry, just barely missing.
"That was too close. Quick, use Berry Barrage!" Ian shouted as Berry tossed another berry at Pyro, but this one suddenly caused Pyro to fall asleep. "Seems the berries have random status effects."
"Are you kidding me?" Mike asked.
"Alright, use Berry Barrage again!" Ian shouted as Berry then pelted Pyro with berry after berry, and after 5 hits, the lion cub fainted.
"Okay, I admit, you're good," Mike sighed, using a revive on Pyro.
"I rule!" Ian said with a smirk as Berry walked over to his trainer and hopped onto his shoulder. "I'm kinda surprised you can walk, Berry; I would've imagined you'd be floating or something."
"Budou," Berry giggled.
"You know, it might be a good idea to let the Pokemon out of their PokeBalls now and then; give them fresh air and bond with them better," Christina figured as they later saw Roll walking over.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to get this necklace of mine," Roll apologized, showing off a sun-themed necklace.
"Nice, where'd you get it?" Christina asked.
"It's been in my family for seven generations," she informed as Professor Spruce walked over to them. "Okay Professor Spruce, I'm ready for my starter Pokemon!"
"Oh… uh… sorry Roll, but Ian, Mike, and Christina already got the local starters," Spruce apologized.
"What?! So there's no Pokemon left?!" Roll gawked.
Ian then looked at her for a moment with a small frown.
"Alrighty Roll, I'll get you a Pokemon!" he said with a smile.
"You mean it?!" Roll gasped.
"Yep, you've been my friend since I moved here, and… no friend of mine's being left behind!" Ian smiled. "C'mon Berry, let's find Roll her first Pokemon."
"Budou!" Berry smiled as they ran to the nearest route.
"Wonder what he'll end up finding," Mike chuckled as Christina ran after Ian.
"Wait! Ian!" she yelled when she caught up. "Do you even know how to catch a Pokemon?"
"Uh…" Ian started, unsure how to respond.
"I thought so. Here, let me," Christina replied, sending her Dolgic out until they came across a Pokemon Ian was familiar with from the Unova region: a Pidove. "Now just watch closely. Echo, use Tackle!"
Echo nodded, tackling the bird enough to weaken it, and then, with it's health down, Christina threw a PokeBall at the Pidove, trapping it within. She then waited as the ball wobbled once… twice… three times… ding!
"Alright! I caught a Pidove!" she cheered as Echo squeaked with equal joy. "So, you get it now, Ian?"
He gives an annoyed nod, and then he's handed an extra PokeBall. He looks around for a bit until he found a small brown Pokemon recognized the world over.
"How about that, an Eevee. Okay Berry, let's do this!" Ian smirked as Berry took the field. "Use Berry Barrage!"
Thus, the attack barrage began, and it almost knocked the Pokemon out, but it didn't, even while being hit eight times.
"That was close," he sighed in relief, pulling out the PokeBall he got from Christina, which was pink and had some yellow design on it with a purple button, and then he tossed it at the Eevee, catching it inside. Then his PokeDex began to buzz, and he pulled it out.
Eevee: The Evolution Pokemon. It has multiple different evolutions, and still has many yet to be discovered. Its multitude of evolutions are known as the Eeveelutions.
"Well, isn't that something," Ian smiled as he picked up the PokeBall. "Boy will Roll be surprised when she sees this."
"Budou," Berry nodded as he, Berry, Christina, and Echo returned to their home of Topaz Village. "Hey Roll! I got something for you!"
"Really?! What'd you get?" Roll asked with a huge smile on her face as Ian handed her the pink PokeBall, and Roll smiled letting the Eevee out, and seeing it was perfectly healed.
"Vee!" it smiled.
"So kawaii!" she said happily, giving Ian a big hug. "You're the best!"
"Th-Tha-er… arigatou… Roll-chan," Ian blushed.
Pikatwig: And that's the first chapter for ya folks!
KKD: Hope you all like that glimpse of our new region and our new starters. So, which Pokemon was your favorite, Pika?
Pikatwig: Budouri. I don't know why.
KKD: Eh, must be the fact that Gaim is out, especially with the fruit themes of the riders. Also, Budouri won't be the only fruit-themed Pokemon in this story guys.
Pikatwig: Though it will be a while before we see the next one. Did you like this?
KKD: Absolutely I did. I've never been this hyped about Pokemon in a long time, and for us to make our own region with Pokemon of it's own… that was just… mind blowing!
Pikatwig: True there buddy.
KKD: So, anything you'd like to say to the readers before catchphrase time, aibou?
Pikatwig: Nothing to come to mind, you're up first.
KKD: In that case, check out our other stories on either of our profiles, and if you don't know 'em… you will… jaa ne!
Pikatwig: Just Live More.