Pokemon: Returning Champion: Prologue

Story by Kaminari Kitsune on SoFurry

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#3 of Josh Bureon

A new adventure, starring Josh Bureon! After the events of the (discontinued) Children of Creation (explained away by a coma), Josh is back!


Josh Buren was a street rat.

There was no other way to put it. He had powerful Pokemon and sharp wits. And he used them for thievery. Although, to be fair, the Jubilife cops forced him too. He even admitted his crimes to policemen, but never cops. Those bastards needed all of the resistance that could be afforded. But enough about that. Josh was about to go on the Pokemon journey of his life.

Josh had been born and raised in Jubilife. He had grown up an orphan. Then he had been in a coma for a year. He couldn't tell you what caused it, although the doctors suspected Darkrai. Hell, even he came to suspect darkarai. But none of that matters now. Josh is about to go on a journey to reconnect with his Pokemon.

Josh

"Trainer 45831, miss! I'm here to sign up for the johto league?"

"Yes. Joshua Adam Bureon. Winner of the Kalos, Sinnoh, and Hoenn leagues. Why am I not surprised? It says here that you like to challenge yourself..."

The eye candy- I mean Nurse Joy- of this Pokemon center was particularly striking. I should know- Over in sinnoh, kalos, or even hoenn, I made it a priority to check out the nurses. Sometimes I got in trouble with the law with the sole purpose of meeting that town's head deputy, Officer Jenny (And if I had to pick favorites, it would be Snowpoint's Jenny- just saying.) As I drooled, the nurse continued.

"And sir, I see that you asked for the 'returning champion' treatment. Are you sure you want too? It's pretty hard and your Pokemon might get injured," the nurse warned.

"I'm sure, miss," I said, coolly confident in the abilities of my Pokemon. "And, maybe after this, you and I could, I dunno, get a drink?"

After a stunned silence, the nurse continued like nothing happened. "What Pokemon will you be using? You can't switch."

"Absol, Garchomp, Pyroar, Gallade, Jolteon, Zoroark- and my little Eevee won't be battling," I said, releasing each in turn and pointing to Zanna, the above mentioned Eevee, on my shoulder.

"Alright. Make your way to new bark town. The professor might want to have a word with you," Busty Joy stated smoothly.

"I am so in love with her right now," I muttered to myself before Angie, my Jolteon and Zanna's mom, zapped me. "She's tsundere! She'll come around, " I said so that only Angie could hear me. Dunter, Gallade and personal saint that he is, telepathically told us both that "She is pretty hot, Angie. Don't be jealous that Master wants to bang her." Did I tell you how much I love him? He's, like, my best male friend in the world. I mean, cool, confident- not afraid to talk a little on the dirty side- he's the Pokemon that I bonded with the most before my coma.

"Sir? New Bark town?"

"Oh, right! Return!" I threw all six pokeballs into the air and the customary beam of light emerged, engulfing my team and retracting into their pokeballs. "I heard that johto had a bit of lax policy about Pokemon outside of their balls. Is it OK if I keep Zanna here"- I scratched behind her ears, and she yipped- "Out? Thanks!" I ran off, quite sure what the answer would be. A resounding no. But, who the hell cares! I'm off on a journey again, and the champion treatment meant that the leaders would be distributed new Pokemon, just for me, so that my champion levels weren't overly advantaged. "Come on out guys!" I said, releasing each of my Pokemon in turn. Together, we sprinted toward New Bark Town. "We're not in Sandgem anymore," Dunter hooted telepathically. I had to agree. Out of Johto, Kanto, or Unova, I picked the right choice. 'Besides,' was my last thought before falling asleep. 'People in Unova are hard to pickpocket'