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THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS TRAINING DEMONS

Who: Naoya and Atsuro
Where: Cherrygrove City!
When: 1/20
Summary: The student has become the teacher. Kind of.
Rating: PG? Possibly higher later...

Naoya had done fairly well with keeping his Spiritomb well-fed and in shape. The creature had started to win more and more fights, and Naoya had grown more and more confident with it. He hadn't seen any Pokemon worth adding to his collection yet, but the two of them seemed more than capable of taking on whatever faced them. And it wasn't as if camping was something he hadn't done before, even in the snow, though he'd taken to wearing his extra set of clothing on top of his normal clothes, adding the haori afterwards.

But now Naoya sat in the Cherrygrove Pokemon Center, waiting for Atsuro. He'd told his student he was here, his Spiritomb out to watch the people. Or was it 'former student' now? The boy certainly had grown, and he was sure that he'd find out just how much soon.

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"Cain and Abel, yes. I'm Cain. Kazuya... has a fragment of Abel. The Bel of the human world."

And a horrible, horrible pun. He'd suspect God of having a sense of humor if everything else He did wasn't so terrible.

"... In addition to that, and more relevant for here, I suspect that Grass types won't work well for me. I was additionally cursed to never have the earth bear fruit for me again."

That part he could deal with. It was more of a shock initially, but he'd figured out ways to cope with it.

He almost groaned at the pun. Like sure, his English was rather bad back home but really, he knew enough to spotted that pun.

"It does fit the naming scheme..." Beldr, Belial, Jezebel, Belzaboul, Belberith and now Abel. Really, what's next?

"I guess when it comes to making your team, I'll keep that in mind. Just grass types, or does that include Pokemon that look like grass types, but they're not?"

Atsuro didn't have a Sudowoodo, but he do have a Flabebe in his care.

"I have no idea." The thought hadn't occurred to him, but of course there were ones here that looked like grass types but weren't. "And I think I've got the hang of the type strengths and weaknesses here... I should be able to cover for it."

Adaptability has always been the name of the game for him. This is just another system he has to learn and adjust to. It shouldn't be all that difficult... and he's doing all right, all things considered.

"Well, I have a Flabebe with me. Maybe hang out with her and see how it goes? Unless it applies to you directly taking care of grass types as their trainer."

Although he doesn't have her with him at the moment.

"As for the types, that includes the fairy type as well, right?"

"I have no idea."

He frowns a little at that, but then shrugs.

"It's just a matter of memorization, isn't it? That won't be a problem for me, I expect. Though I suppose I should build up my team a bit, first..."

"Right. Just that since the fairy type is new to us and we're still learning everything about them, I dunno if you learn about them yet."

He gives a grin.

"If we're going to stay in the Johto region, I can suggest some Pokemon in the earlier routes like Mar..."

Atsuro trails off, as if realising what he's about to suggest. Uh, right.

Naoya just stares at Atsuro for a moment.

"... What were you going to say?"

He could probably use a laugh, honestly.

Yeah. He can't really lie to Naoya like this or hide it.

"...Mareep. An electric type sheep Pokemon you can find near Violet, which have the flying type gym."

"..." He snickers for a moment. "Well I can't say it would be a terrible addition to my team..."

Loki would probably laugh his ass off, let's be real.

"Hahah, yeah..." Atsuro just give a sheepish smile. "It's a good early electric type to find in Johto, unless you go to a breeder to get a different Pokemon. I didn't raise one since Antec covered my electric type needs early in my journey."

His smile turns fond as he think back on his earlier days.

"Antec? But hm. I don't know much about Pokemon breeding... I suppose I should start studying up. It sounds... complex."

Which is good, since he could use a challenge.

"Antec! He's my Lanturn and my starter. As a water/electric type, he's pretty flexible in battle and is one of my strongest battlers!"

Let him gush about his Pokemon, teacher.

"Unfortunately, I'm a trainer, so I don't know that much about breeding. I know that you can pass down moves to the baby and there's hilarious breeding compatibility."

"Interesting. That seems like an... odd type pairing to have, so he sounds very useful."

He nods a bit at the next part, too.

"I'm sure I can find a lot of people here who know... and probably a lot of literature here, too. It seems like the sort of thing that a lot of people would write about in this world, doesn't it?"

"Yeah. I think the Chinchou line is the only water/electric type you can get normally."

There's the Rotom's Wash form, but otherwise...

Atsuro nodded.

"Right. You'd get a lot of books focusing on Pokemon and their roles in this world's culture and development. Honestly, it's kind of hard finding something without any Pokemon in it, except for scientific and some technological topics."

"Hm."

He shrugs a little. "It doesn't really bother me. This is a different world. People shouldn't expect it to be the same as the world they came from."

"Yeah! I find that fun and interesting. There's some Pokemon specific things here, like a starter appreciation day. And you get some familiar things like celebrating the winter holidays."

"Well that's good. Though I've never really liked Christmas, so I'm glad to have missed it."

The candy's nice, but... eh. Especially since it's for lovers in Japan and that's not really his style.

"... Though Valentine's is coming up, isn't it?" Shit. Oh well. At least he doesn't have to deal with girls from school trying to give him candy here.

Atsuro paused at that reminder.

"...Yeah, that's next month." He shrugged. "I think this place takes a more western approach to Valentine's. So guys can get chocolates for people."

There's no one he's romantically interested in at the moment. And his crush on Yuzu have long since faded.

"I see. I don't need anything, just so you know. ... Though if this place has particularly good chocolate, I might see if I can find it."

Look sweets are important, okay?

"The bigger cities are Goldenrod and Celadon, so you'd have better luck finding a bigger selection in their department stores."

Yes, sweets are important.

"I assume I'll get there eventually. Travel does seem to take a while here, considering that I haven't seen any cars..."

Which is odd, but... maybe with how many Pokemon people seem to have they could just ride them.

"Right. Unless you have a bike, a Pokemon to ride on or a Fly-user, you have to travel on foot around here. The biggest major transportation is the train between Goldenrod in Johto to Saffron in the Kanto region."

Atsuro almost paused.

"Oh, speaking of that! Since you're a breeder, that means I can lend you my HMs and you can use them outside of battle. That includes the Fly HM."

"... Interesting. I'll have to get something capable of using that soon, since I've seen a lot of small birds."

... Wait.

"... Can small Pokemon even carry that much weight?"

"...Well, I haven't try that, but I guess they can?"

The mental image of Naoya being carried by a flock of Pidgeys is on his mind. Heh.

"My main fliers are all big enough to carry me, so I never use my smaller fliers for travel."

"... I suppose I'll have to see what they can do. Though I might want to at least try getting a few more Pokemon first."

His team is kind of... small. So. Yeah.

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