Ch4- Gary, Ash and The Egg

Looking at my expression oak said "This right here is a Pokemon egg young man, it's the offspring of my Arcanine and my Kalos friend Gurkinn's Pokemon, he is the gym leader there and is going to retire soon, his granddaughter will take his place soon. He recently visited Kanto and wants me to take care of the egg and find a good trainer when it hatches."

Then, he looks at me in the eye and tries to say something but gave up on the thought. I think he wants me to take care of it but first I need to prove him with my capabilities. Then we went inside the lab and I explained to him about the natures, food and how they affect attack, defence, sp.attack, sp.defence and speed. He gave me a nod on my research and I went ahead with trying it out on all other Pokemon in the lab.

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After one month

I was almost done with the first part regarding food preferences related to nature of the Pokemon and proving it to him on the one stat increase and another stat decrease is taking some time, I think it will take at least 2 months more to prove everything.

One day when I was doing my trials I saw a kid coming towards me, he looked like 12 years old with auburn hair and black eyes. I recognized him as Gary, he wore a long-sleeved purple shirt, a black necklace with a gold bead, dark blue pants and brown boots.

"So you are the new guy who joined as that old man's assistant, you look too young to be a researcher. Let's see what you got here..."

without even asking me, he took my book and he started looking at it. He has the same personality as in the anime, arrogant and egoistic. I remember him becoming a researcher like Oak. He looked intrigued when reading my research. He then took a look at me and then said "I actually like what you did, I think I will use this when I start my Pokemon journey. Let me read it after it's completed."

"Sure, I will give it to Prof.Oak after I finish it."

"Hey Gary, I saw this Nidoqueen pass by the road just now and it looked humongous."

I saw a skinny, slender young kid with dark black hair, slightly tan skin, and brown eyes with two distinctive lightning bolt-like markings underneath each one. I was sure it's Ash, he looked childish like I saw him in the anime.

"oh...hey, my name is Ash and I am gonna be a Pokemon master."

Gary oak eyes twitch when he said that so he says backing it up "You wouldn't become shit as far as I know because I am gonna be the number 1."

Ignoring their banter I talk to ash

" Hi, I am Gunn Lancelot and I will be starting my journey in 6 months, I will be taking on the league to become the youngest ever Champion."

They both look at me with their eyes bulged and both shout at time

"Then I will beat you and become the youngest ever champion."

Both Ash and Gary look at each other and go on verbal banter again. I sigh at that and walk into the lab to meet professor.

Professor notices me coming inside with a sigh and says

"looking at your sighing face, I am sure you have met my grandson and Ash, they are quite a handful but are good kids. You know they still have some time before they start their journey and I have been observing you since you came here. You are kind to Pokemon and have big dreams. Your research proves that you are also observant and skilled so I was thinking that if, you would like to take care of this egg. You need a starter and next batch won't come in a year because there are no trainers around here who start their journey by next year."

then he thinks something and goes on

"You know I have a lot of research to do and there are not many assistants around here to take care of the baby Pokemon and don't worry young man, the one in the egg is a very special Pokemon and I can guarantee you that it's very rare even in their home region. I would have asked Arcanine to take care of it but you see the species of this Pokemon are every sensitive to aura and crave to become strong."

Before he rambles more in trying to convince me

"Sure professor, anyway I was going to ask you for that, I kind of felt close to it from the moment I saw it a month back, as if it was calling for me."

I was not lying when I said that because I think Riolu can send aura pulses out even in the egg form. I already felt them as if they were calling for me.

"I am glad that you accepted, I was worried about it and I also need to inform Gurkinn about finding a trainer to take care of it."

At the mention of Gurkinn, I was happier because I know that he is the mega evolution guru who maintains Shalour gym in Kalos, so my Riolu will be an offspring of champion Pokemon and an ace mega evolved Pokemon.

Carefully I took the egg from Oak and hurried back to my room. I exactly have 6 months before I start my journey so I need to prepare. First, need to buy a lot of supplies and come up with a training plan for Riolu. I placed the egg in an incubator which I got from the professor and was readying myself to complete the research.

Suddenly, I saw the egg shine for a bit and I got the same feeling of something touching me dearly like the last time. I think the egg is close to hatching and what's cooler is that I can learn aura from Riolu. Aura helps you communicate with Pokemon and find the evil or good intentions of the others, but I think communicating with Pokemon will come in later part of the aura mastering.

I also need to make plans to visit Gurkinn in Kalos for mega stone after my Riolu evolves. For now, it's time for finishing touch on the first half of the research.

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2 months later

'Finally, completed my research, now all I need to do is submit it and get confirmation from the league.'

I had a lot of one-way interactions with the egg and I am sure Riolu can hear me because it shines when it feels happiness, I think it inherited the Jolly nature from Arcanine.

'I am looking forward for the egg moves it has'

when I was in my own dream world, the egg beside me started to shine intensely...

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x-------cliffhanger time------x

FUN FACT:

Riolu weaknesses: flying, psychic and fairy

Lucario weaknesses: ground, fire, fighting

evolution of Riolu loses all it's previous weaknesses to gain complete different 3 weaknesses 🤣