Lauren held a breath as she marveled at the class in front of her; this would be her first official class as a teacher of first official Trainer School of Unova. There had been other schools all about the regions but usually said ‘schools’ were more dedicated to the cramming of basic information for any trainer; the goal of this Trainer school was to raise and develop all-star trainers capable of battling at the same level of Gym Leaders. Perhaps the pokemon may not be as strong as a Leader but the level of battle tactics would definitely be on par.

Lauren gulped the air she held in her mouth nervously as she clutched the edges of the small podium in front of her. She was not a battler by heart and definitely was not one qualified by any means; the only reason she was here was under recommendation and urging of the principal, whom she had experienced a few expositions with back in the day, as a favor she had to repay.

“It’ll be fine.” The principal’s words echoed back within her mind. “What you lack in technical skills… You’ll make up for it in experience.” God Lauren hoped the principal was right.

‘C’mon girl, you can do it!’ Lauren mentally cheered as she attempted to psyche herself up. With one final look over at the fresh faces of the students, and the few pokemon that were let out from their containers, she breathed in deeply before turning around towards the chalkboard and sketching out her last name. When she turned around Lauren then addressed the class.

“Hello everyone.” She started, “My name is Miss Wells and I’ll be your teacher for the year. I know you’re all excited to be part of such a school but please try to control yourselves; we’re here to help you all become the grand trainer that’s resting inside each and everyone one of you. I’m here to guide you there.”

Motioning over to a Clefable beside her Miss Wells continued. “This is Charme; she’s been my partner for many years and for many years to come. She’ll be my assistant so please treat her with the same respect as you would I.” With this the Clefable in question did a small bow for the class.

“The most important thing for a trainer to know is oneself.” Miss Wells said as she pointed out towards the class. “So to start off the year I’d like everyone to tell the class your name, a little about yourself and your dream. You can go whenever you’re ready.”

Iris looked up at her new teacher, Miss Wells. She was too busy trying to keep Felix, her Tepig, in it's Pokeball, though making a poor attempt. After about ten seconds, she fell off her seat sideways and her Tepig escaped. She laughed nervously, and stood up, taking Felix in her arms. "Well, My name is Iris, and I'm from Nimbasa City. I think we have a school trip there later in the year..." She trailed off, noticing a poster on the wall. "Ah! Anyway, I hope we get along and she took a little bow, and Felix letting out a little burp of fire. "And this little monster is Felix. He's a Tepig, and my Mom's friend Professor Juniper gave it to me." Iris continued, before giving a little nod and sitting down, Felix finally going back into his Pokeball after stealing a Chesto Berry.

Derek's hand rested atop the head of the houndour that sat beside him. As he watched the girl named Iris fumble around with her Tepig before introducing herself, Derek was grateful to his canine companion forbehaving and sitting still quietly. As Iris finished speaking Derek scratched between the houndour's ears to reward the pokemon before standing to introduce himself.
"My name is Derek Hunt, I'm from Maroon Town in the Johto region. It's a small town located between Mahogany Town and Blackthorn City, not much happens there." Derek took a pause and scratched his dark purplish black hair to think of what to say. "As a result I grew up curious as to what the world had to offer. When I turned fifteen I set out to find out along with Ryouken," The large Houndour at his side let loose a friendly bark to announce it's presence. "he's my houndour and long time friend, he's been in my family ever since my dad brought him home. Anyway I hope to share memorable experinces here with you all as well as learn some things that could be useful."
Derek did a slight bow and took his seat, patting Ryouken on the head as the houndour rested it's head on his lap.

Seth leaned back in his chair as Ms. Wells introduced herself. She seemed like a cool teacher, and her Clefable looked wicked powerful. He watched as the other kids got up and introduced themselves. The first was girl named Iris, she seemed a bit clumsy but nice. Her Tepig was named Felix, who definitely seemed like a glutton, no harm in being a lover of fine foods. Then there was Derek, he seemed like a cool and calm sort of guy. His Houndour Ryouken was obviously well trained, as it didn't make a move without Derek's consent. Seth looked up to Squirtle who was resting on his head with a reed in his mouth. "Looks like there are gonna be some cool people and pokemon in our class, huh Squirtle?" Squirtle looked down and gave him a wink and thumbs up. "Squirtle!" was all Squirtle said.

Seth looked around, it didn't seem like anyone else was getting up, so he decided to volunteer. "Show time buddy." he said to Squirtle. He stood up with Squirtle still on his shoulders and began speaking. " Sup, I'm Seth Murdock and I'm from Cerulean City in the Kanto region. I absolutely love pokemon, not really biased on the type. I left a few years back to start my pokemon journey with my oldest friend in the world." When Squirtle heard his cue, he jumped on top of Seth's head and gave the whole class a wink and a thumbs up. "Squirtle!" "Yep, I was talking about this little guy right here." Squirtle suddenly looked down at Seth, face looking angry. "Squir squirtle, squir squir squirtle!""Well you are little. Anyway, I met my buddy here when him and some of his buddies saved me from a rampaging Charizard. During the fight, I blocked a flamethrower from Charizard to save him. We've been buddies ever since. I think he still has the sunglasses from when he was a member of the Squirtle Squad." As if on cue, Squirtle popped his arm into his shell and popped it out again with a pair of round sunglasses. He put them on and crossed his arms. "Squuuuuuuiiirrrrrrrtle!" Then he began flexing. "Calm down, bud. Anyway, I sort of came to Unova on accident, i sort of just wander from place to place and i kind of just ended up here. I joined this school so i could meet other trainers and learn cool things. I really hope we can all be friends have a sweet time!""Squirtle!" Squirtle then jumped onto the desk and both of them gave a slight bow, they then sat back down at their seats.

Beckki watched the other students introduce themselves with some interest. Derek and Seth seem like honest guys, and Iris......she doesn't think she's heard of Iris. But then again, her aunt doesn't tell her every detail in her life.
Deciding that now would be a good time to tell everyone about herself, Beckki stood up from her seat. Kisame, her Oshawott, stood on her left shoulder, scanning the crowd of students.

"Hello," Beckki starts out, "my name is Beckki Haley, and I hale from the Unova region, and I live in Nuvema Town. I stayed with my aunt, who also happens to be Professor Juniper. She's the one who gave me my partner, an Oshawott I named Kisame."
Since that was all she was going to say, she sits back down in her seat.

Dakota frowned as he looked around the halls of the school, feeling lost as he slowed to a stop in the center of the courtyard. Nobody was around, students were all in class at this time probably, as he assumed the bell rang a few minutes ago. Unfortunately, he had been distracted with a baby caterpie earlier; it had fallen in a small puddle of water from last night's rain and struggled to get out, so he helped it, then couldn't help but sit back and watch it squirm gratefully away. It was a cute caterpie. He made a mental note to catch one eventually.

But now he was late. Brightening up, he spotted a teacher and poked his back. "Where's this class?" he asked, holding up his schedule.

"Ah, Miss Wells' room," the staff member noticed. "She's in that class over there. I would hurry if I were you." Dakota gave a nod and a small thanks before rushing off to class, opening the door and bursting inside the room, embarrassed to see some eyes directed towards him. He noticed that some girl just sat down and the rest of the class was quiet. They were probably doing introductions.

Dakota looked helplessly towards the teacher. What was her name again? Miss Wells. Yeah, that sounded right. He scratched the back of his head, hoping she wasn't a very strict teacher, especially on his first day. "Sorry, ma'am," he apologized. His eyes couldn't help but wander suddenly to the sight of a certain familiar Pokemon, his eyes lighting up instantly as he instantly forgot all else and went to the Houndour. "You have a Houndour?!" he asked the assumed owner, petting the Pokemon without asking permission. "You're so lucky! I've always wanted one! Does he have a nickname? What moves does he know? Is he strong? He's really big!" And from there, he just began to ramble.

Quanah watched as each new trainer introduced themselves and was inspired to stand up and do it himself. Quanah wasn't quite as outgoing as the others were, or at least he tried to act like that. He decided that he might as well make himself known for himself. A crazy guy who's ready for anything.

"Hola everyone! My name's Quanah Kevin, but you can just call me Kevin!", he would announce very loudly. "I'm from Blackthorn city in the Johto region! Yep, that's where the powerful dragon gymleader Clair lives. And now I'm happy to introduce my partner, Eadgar!", Kevin said as he tossed his Pokeball into the air. The ball popped open revealing a blueish white light that formed into a Chikorita. "Chika!", the Pokemon said excitedly as if it just found a whole bucket of oran berries. "Anyways say hi to Eadgar! We have been traveling for a short time together after Proffesor Elm gave him to me. We still got alot to know about each other, eh buddy?", Kevin said as he picked up the Chikorita in his arms and patted his head.

"Well, I'm done!", Kevin said as he sat back into his seat content with himself and his performance. Hopefully the others won't think him wierd for himself.

A boy no older than 17 walked hastily down one of the halls of Team Victory headquarters. The sort of nervousness that haunts kids on their first day of school was clear on his face, advertising him as a fresh Team Victory recruit - a grunt, if even. Boss Edward had sent along a summoning for someone to an administrator, who then passed it on to a grunt, who was now on his way to the person being summoned to save the admin from walking herself. The boy had already become a mess of anxiety upon being spoken to directly by an administrator, and who he was to deliver this summoning to did not help matters.

He stopped in the hall and turned toward a door, which slid open automatically. He warily stepped into the break room, where a solitary young woman sat at the table there. "Uhm.... Miss Belacarus? Leader- ... uh... Mister- .. er.... Boss wants to see you," he finally spewed. The girl lifted her gaze from a grape juice box, her lips still attached to the straw. The rough sound of sucking the last drops of juice echoed from her beverage before she released her hold of it.
The boy thought it kind of funny for such an infamous individual to be sipping a juice box; he might have laughed if he wasn't on the verge of pissing his pants. This curious-looking girl with her yellow eyes, colored hair, and goggles atop her head was rumored to once have been an elite agent of Team Rocket. Team Rocket had its day, but toward the end their power became laughable.... except in the case of higher-ups like Ree. Her Pokemon and battle tactics were as terrifying as any Ghost Pokemon, if not worse. And her history aside, she maintained such a reputation in Team Victory. It was known her Haunter was frequently out of its Pokeball but not always visible, and would give co-workers a quick scare to Ree's amusement.

"Oh? Okay." The girl answered. She hoped Edward had a better task for her in mind than what she had been assigned this morning. Computer and file work was dull work, but she was often put on it when there were no field missions going on due to her organizational skills. She stood from the table, grabbing her empty juice box to toss in the trash and moving past the grunt and out the door. "Thanks, chap." She said casually, giving the boy a little pat on the head as she passed. The boy watched her carefully as she exited. As he turned back to the break room he was met with huge, glowing eyes and a shadowy form so close to his face he could feel the cold emanating off it. He jumped with a short yelp. The Haunter grinned at him, its mouth a cavern of abyssal blackness.
"HAUNTER! Haunter Haunterrr!" It floated around the boy and drifted down the hall, calling after Ree. As it neared her side it faded from visibility.

Arriving on the fifth floor, she nodded at the two guards, moving past them to give a little knock on Edward's office door. She opened it to walk in before he got the chance to answer, shutting it gently behind her. "You rang?" She said teasingly, smiling.

Ryouken glared at the boy who had proceeded to touch him out of nowhere. The hounder cast a warning glance over at Derek who sighed. Derek looked up at the guy who was still asking questions at such a rapid rate he didn't know which to answer first. "Uh yeah, this is Ryouken my Houndour, and if I were you I'd stop touching him so much." The houdour growled quietly adding incentive for the boy to remove his hand. "Ryouken's a bit cautious so he doesn't like strangers too much. Anyway he's very strong, and very experinced. He was my father's pokemon before mine. He use to help my pops with his police work. He's a bit bigger than the average Houndour, but that's because he's older than most, honestly I'm surprised he hasn't evolved yet but that's up to him and I don't push. As for his moves, well you'd have to find out the hard way." Derek said with a grin.
"I don't want to give any thing away just yet." His houdour released another quiet growl at the boy.

Dakota begrudgingly stopped petting the houndour, a clueless smile on his face, ignorant to the Pokemon's agitation towards him. "I love houndour and houndoom," he told the other guy, standing back. He paid no mind to the fact that he was basically interrupting the entire classroom to stand up in the middle of class and have a conversation with some completely random classmate of his after bursting into the room ten minutes late to class.

His smile grew at the suggestion. "Then maybe we'll have to battle," he added, pulling a pokeball out of his belt and releasing his own Pokemon, a charmander with no nickname. "This is Charmander. I bet he's even stronger than your awesome houndour."

Derek grinned and his hounour's expression resembled one as well, however Derek calmed, closed his eyes and spoke. "I'd be glad to take you up on your challenge, Ryouken here would be elated. However this is neither the time nor the place for such a thing. Perhaps at a later time we can revisit the idea. For now why don't you introduce yourself to the rest of the class, and take a seat before you and possibly I as well get into trouble on our first day."
Derek sighed slightly as he leaned back and rested in the chair. His houndour also relaxed and went back to sitting by Derek's side. Derek smiled slightly as his hand returned to the top of his canine friend's head.

Lauren smiled as Derek seemed to take the correct approach to the situation; the classroom was definitely not a place for battles. She waved dismissively towards her Clefable. She was ready to discipline them but it seemed like it was unnecessary; she didn't want to start off the year on a sour note.

"Good for you Mr Hunt." Miss Wells said happily as she clapped her hands together. “I understand that as trainers you’re aching for a battle but the classroom is neither the time nor place. If you’d like to battle either leave it for after school or wait for the practicum class.”

Lauren quickly looked over the class; although there had been a few students that hadn't replied Lauren reasoned that she did say 'when you were ready'. Lauren sighed; she supposed that those students were ready. The ex-explorer would have waited a bit longer but a few of the boys were already roaring to go into a battle.

"Well, we'll save the rest of the introductions for later on then. Remember students, whenever you're ready is fine. Now, if you'll all open your books to page 7 we'll get started on the first subject: the history of pokemon."

"Professors have dated pokemon to first appear nearly 230 million years ago but scientists have found they may even predate that." And with that Lauren Wells continued her lecture well till 10:20 for the student's first break of the day.

"Okay everyone, you have 10 minutes for yourselves, do as you see fit but remember: no battling during the break." She said happily as she moved to her desk. Popping out a 'Pokemon Times' magazine Lauren started to leaf through the articles.

Rave Heartnet

A high pitch, "Cynda, Cyndaquil!" Came out of Rave's starter pokemon's mouth as it stood next to her laying head on her desk top- Cyndaquil was trying to wake its trainer up to introduce herself to the class. Only a sneeze was Rave's reply to her pokemon, meaning Cyndaquil only had one option left. Cyndaquil took two tiny steps back and stood on its hind legs, "Cyndaquuuuuiiiiiiilllllllll!" A flame thower came out of the fire pokemon's mouth and ingited the sleeping Rave. The young trainer was engulfed in flames making her shoot up from her seat, screaming "Hot! Hot! Ouch, burning flesh here!" Then she remembered the old fire rule: stop, drop, and roll. She jumped down to the floor and started to roll up and down in the space in between the rows of desk, killing the flames and only left a few scorch marks on her. As Rave stood in front of the class dusting herself off, that was where she ended up when the flames died, and finally realized that she was IN class AND it was HER turn to introduce herself. Her Cyndaquil was still on her desk trying not to laugh at its owner by having its hands holding its long nose. "Uh... Hiya! My name's Rave Heartnet from Ecruteak City in the awesome and the best region- Johto!" Rave said as she smiled nervously at the end of her introduction. This caused her Cyndaquil to finally lose it was was on its stomach because it was laughing so hard. "And that's my pokemon, Cyndaquil and sometimes its also my tormentor." Rave added while pointing to her pokemon rolling around on her desk laughing its head off.

Beckki listened as a few of the other students introduced themselves. The two males with the Charmander and Houndour were interesting, and their Pokemon as well, but she knew that in a battle, most of the time, a Water-type will win against a Fire-type. Her Oshawott Kisame would probably best both of the Fire-type Pokemon, but she wasn't going to get into it.

When Miss Wells said it was time for break, Beckki closed the notebook she was writing in. It looked like she was taking notes, but she wasn't. She already knew the history of Pokemon, and she didn't really feel like listening to it again. Instead, she was sketching battle strategies that she was going to work on with Kisame.

Getting up, Beckki, with Kisame on her shoulder, leave the room to go outside in the bright sun.

Dakota had eventually simmered down from all the excitement and agreed to sit down and not disrupt the class anymore. He sat in class with a smile on his face, excited to learn all he could about Pokemon. He wanted to know as much as possible--because the more he knew, the better trainer he could be, and he planned to be the best. Maybe even better than that extremely famous trainer the disappeared on a mountain top one day. They came from the same region, too! Although not from the same town.

Since class went by so quickly before break, he never had the chance to introduce himself, which he was alright with since it wasn't too big of a deal. At break, he caught up with the kid from earlier, his Charmander having been put in its pokeball a long time ago. "Hey! I came late, so I didn't get your name. I'm Dakota, by the way. Dakota Decoy," he introduced himself, pulling his hood down off his head and putting out a hand for the boy with the Houndour to shake.

Kevin sat in his seat and watched as other students introduced themselves. He was kind of intimidated by the fact that alot of people had chosen a fire starter while his Chikorita is grass type. He tried to ignore this fact and started listening to the teacher as she started teaching the history of Pokemon. Kevin didn't ever take notes. Maybe it's because he was too lazy or he just thought that he would remember it all. Either way he was very interested in what Mrs. Wells was teaching.

After a long lecture she gave them a 10 minute break until they must hit their next class. Kevin thought this was cool until another girl introduced herself, that is after she had caught fire and managed to put hersef out. After she had finished Kevin walked up to her, "Hey. That was quite a show. I'm Quanah Kevin, but you can just call me Kevin. This is my partner, Eadgar." As Kevin was explaining this his Chikorita decided to get to know the Cyndaquill by making chatter that only Pokemon would understand. "So were both from the Johto region that's cool."

"Looks like these guys are ready to go, huh Squirtle?" Seth said to his partner. Squirtle clenched his fist and smile. "Squirtle!""I hear ya buddy. We'll battle soon enough." he held his fingers to his forehead. "Ranger's honor."Squirt squir squirtle squirt.""I know I'm not a ranger, but my dad is, so that's gotta count for something, right?" Squirtle put the reed back in his mouth and closed his eyes, looking relaxed. "Squirt.""Your right, as usual." Seth then opened his book to pg. 7.

When Ms.Wells said they could go outside, a girl named Rave got woken up by a flaming alarm clock, her Cyndaquil. Seth and Squirtle couldn't help but stifle a laugh. Seth got up and walked out of the classroom into the courtyard. It was a beautiful day, and Seth thought it was a good time for a nap. He found a nice tree and laid down underneath it. He was about to close his eyes when he got a face full of water. "Gah! What! What do you want Squirtle?" Squirtle pointed at the girl named Bekki who had the Oshawott Kisame on her shoulder. She was standing in the courtyard with a big smile. "Ok, what about her?" Squirtle gave him a raised eyebrow look, "Squirtle squirtle squirtle, squirt squirt squirtle." he said as he continued to motion to Bekki. "Why is it that whenever you want me to meet someone new, it's always a girl with a water pokemon?" Seth looked at him suspiciously. Squirtle dawned a very offended look. "Squir....? Squirt squirt tle tle squirtle squirtle squirt squirtle." Squirtle said with his hands at his hips. Seth took out his water bottle and uncapped it. "Yeah, yeah ok. I guess it would be nice to talk to a water pokemon trainer, what with being surrounded by fire pokemon." He then took a big gulp of his water. He then looked at squirtle, and spewed all the water into his face. "Ha! You're not the only one who can use water gun! Hahahahaha!" Seth laughed on while Squirtle stood there with a stunned look on his face. He too, began to laugh.

Seth got up and walked over to Bekki with Squirtle right beside him doing his best tough guy walk. Seth rolled his eyes at him, he always tried to look cool. When he was close enough he said, "Hey....Bekki, right? I..""Squuuiiirrrrrrtle.""Sorry, we just wanted to come over here and say hi. We thought it might be nice to talk to another water pokemon & trainer, what with being surrounded by fire types. I was also curious about Kisame, I have never seen an Oshawott before. I only just got here, so Unova's pretty new to me. How long have you and Kisame been partners?"

Beckki was getting hers and Kisame's snacks out of her bag when a guy with a Squirtle walked up to her.

"Yeah, you're Seth, right? Yeah, I agree with you. I don't care for Fire-types, except for Flareon. And this is Kisame. Oshawotts are rare in Unova, so this could be the only one you ever see. We've been together for almost 6 months. My Aunt Juniper gave him to me before I came here, so I can bond with him before we arrive." Beckki looks at the Squirtle, wishing her aunt had bothered to give her a Pokedex, so she can learn more about Pokemon like this Squirtle. "How about you? How's your relationship with Squirtle?"

Rave Heartnet

After Rave's little scene, the other students started to get up and go outside of the classroom. ".... Was it something I said?" She asked Cyndaquil, who finally got control over itself and was back to how it usually acts, when she came back over her desk. The fire pokemon shook its head and did a little face palm before he pointed to the clock. The reason why he woke her up was to tell Rave it was break, not to make a scene introducing herself. Rave looked where Cudaquil was pointing, and it was the classroom clock that was hanging up high on the wall behind Ms. Wells's desk. "Oh.... It's that time already? SWEET!" She said excitedly. Cyndaquil looked it wanted tp be picked up and carried like how Rave would always do. Her arms were crossed in front of her, "After you lite me up like a camp fire? You're walking partner."

Then one of the guys in the class came up to her, and said his name was Kevin and his Chikorita wasted no time getting friendly with her Cyndaquil. "I'm Rave and that's my partner Cyndaquil. I was thinking about nicknaming him but I just really like the name Cyndaquil, even when he evolves. I'll still call my Cyndaquil, Cyndaquil. So which town are you from?"

Derek stood with a yawn as break was announced, his houndour picked it's head off the floor where it had been laying for the duration of the class. Derek sighed as he put his books away and looked out the window. His attention was pulled away from outside as he was adressed by the guy with the charmander.Derek took hold of his extended hand and gave it a good jolt for a hand shake.

"My name is Derek, Derek Hunt. I'm from Johto. It's a pleasure meeting you."

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Kevin looked over at Chikorita and Cyndaquil and found it awkward that they would get along. A grass type and a fire type shouldn't mix well with each other. Kevin wished he could tell what the Pokemon were talking about, but Kevin had his own conversation going on now.

"I'm from the legendary Blackthorn city! Yep, that's where the all mighty Clair lives with her dragon Pokemon! So your gonna keep your Cyndaquil's name Cyndaquil even after it might become a Typhlosion? Hmmm I find that odd, but everyone is different so don't feel bad. Anyways I named my Chikorita Eadgar after my Grandpa who's name is Edgar. Eadgar is just Edgar in Old English form, so considering my grandpa was old that would have been more proper", Kevin laughed at his own joke. "He had a powerful Meganium once...", Kevin stopped before he was about to tell a very long story. "So how about you? Which city are you from? Let's go ahead and head outside to talk", Kevin said while slowly leading the way to the door waiting for Rave to follow. Kevin was quite a chatter box.

"Kanto," Dakota added. He frowned as he realized they only had ten minutes to wander and stretch out their limbs from class. He placed a hand on his stomach, feeling hungry already. While he was starting to wonder when lunch might come around, he stopped in front of a television playing the news for some reason.

"And more mysterious activity has been going on in the area, but it's nothing to be worried about," the reporter said.

"We're sure that it's not another Pokemon-hating team, like Rocket or Plasma?" the other reporter asked.

The first one shook his head and let out a laugh. "That's for sure. The activity isn't even that big and there's no evidence on it."

Dakota stared at the screen for a few moments as the news anchors went on about some other subject after that. He turned to Derek curiously. "I don't believe them," he stated simply. "I think there's something else going on that they don't know about." He looked back at the television. "I'm gonna figure it out sometime, though, while I'm here."

"You don't huh?" Derek said walking up beside him with Ryouken in tow. "I don't either. Part of the reason why I'm here is to investigate what's happening." His hand patted the top of his houndours head. "Whatever's going on, I'm going to find out. But enough serious talk, you sound hungry, I have a couple of snacks in my bag, would you like one?" Derek smiled as he fished through his bag and held out an energy bar for his new friend to take.

"Your Aunt's a pokemon professor? That's so cool! I have four aunt's, all of them were a gym leader at one point or another. I think Aunt Misty is the Gym leader now, I'm not sure, I haven't been home for a long time." He smiled at Bekki. He noticed Squirtle was drooling, watching Kisame eat his snack. Seth pulled out a jar and tossed it to him. "Here." Squirtle caught, tore off the lid and began stuffing his face. He listened to Bekki a little longer. "6 months, huh? I guess that is a long time. Squirtle and I have been partners for.......man, I forgot. I'm not really good at those kinds of things." Seth said with a smile while scratching the back of his head. He turned to Squirtle. "How long have we been partners Squirtle?" Squirtle stopped stuffing his face and began to think. He then remembered. "Squirtle.""Wow, really?......I guess it has been that long. Squirtle and I have been together for 5 years. I can't really remember a time when we weren't friends. I guess time flies when your having fun, huh bud?" Seth said with a smile to Squirtle. Squirtle gave him a wink and a thumbs up, "Squirtle!"

Seth looked back at Bekki, then to Kisame. Seth then reaches into his back pocket and pulls out the pokedex Professor Oak gave him. He gives a quick scan of Kisame, logs the information away and then turns back to Bekki. "I bet your wondering why Squirtle hasn't evolved yet. The thing is, he's afraid to. He's afraid the other Squirtles in the Squirtle Squad won't accept him if he turns into a Wartortle or a Blastoise. Ive tried to convince him otherwise but he won't listen. I don't mind though, i like him just the way he is, he will evolve when he is emotionally ready." He looked over and watched squirtle eat his snack. "He really is my best friend." He then shook his head and re-focused on Bekki. "Sorry about that. Any who, why did you join this school? I joined it to meet other Hot-shot trainers to battle and make friends with, pokemon included. What about you?"