HP PKMN MSTR 1

Harry wasn't sure about this world that he had reincarnated in. While there wasn't any magic in this world, Harry still had his, but here people commanded Pokemon to battle to each other for power, glory, and money and not magic. Harry sensed that the Pokemon largely agreed with it and felt the same, so he fully intended to become a Pokemon Trainer himself. No, the problem was that his father was Giovanni, Viridian City Gym Leader, and secret leader of Team Rocket. Harry refused to be his successor, but also refused to give up hope on him. It may have been his desperation for a father that caused him to behave so naively.
Giovanni did love his son Harry and he understood why his son felt the way that he did; his mother wasn't as understanding, but Giovanni would let his son become a Pokemon Trainer, if he wanted too. Giovanni was extremely proud of his son. Harry was genius and had achieved some of the highest scores in history for his Pokemon Trainer license. Harry could even go to college if he wanted, and had invented some new technology to measure a Pokemon's level; Harry didn't really use it, but Giovanni felt he would start using it. Giovanni felt that Harry could one day become a Champion and he wanted to support his son in his dreams.
To that end, Giovanni had purchased the three starter Pokemon from a certified and popular local Breeder.
"Hadrian," Giovanni said, drawing his sons attention from his studies. "I purchased you the three starter Pokemon from a Breeder...." Giovanni said, though he wished his son would have accepted more powerful stolen Pokemon. His sons smile made it all worth it, though. Giovanni handed the three Poke Balls to his son, who quickly called them out.
"Thanks, father," Harry said, before getting to know his Pokemon. Harry would be leaving soon and he needed to bond with them and earn their trust, but Harry was also pleased that his father in this world didn't just steal them from another ten year old. Harry had his Pokedex, supplies, Pokemon Food, and a bunch of empty Poke Balls to start off his Pokemon collection.
Giovanni left the room with a smile.
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Harry had decided to first travel to the forests near Pallet Town, in search of a Pidgey to catch. Harry was hoping to get lucky and catch one with strong parents that had passed on beneficial traits or one that was higher-level.
Harry eventually got his wish and sent Charmander out against a lone Pidgey. "Use Ember!" Charmander obeyed and only angered the Pidgey, who retaliated with Gust and knocked Charmander down. "Ember!" Harry ordered, seeing that Pidgey could evade a physical attack much easier. The Pidgey was knocked down, so Harry ordered Charmander to use Scratch and then follow it up with a close-range Ember. Pidgey was knocked out, so Harry quickly caught it.
"Well, my first Pokemon caught," Harry said. "Thank you Charmander. You did great." Harry said, before returning him to his Poke Ball.
Harry set out towards a nearby lake, hoping to find some water Pokemon for the Pewter City battle.
Harry had a nice walk towards the lake, no Pokemon attacked and there were no nearby people disturbing the beauty of nature with noise.... Until a Spearow attacked him with a damn Aerial Ace and put on his ass, hard. Harry had no Pokemon that were powerful enough to fight it; let alone defeat it, so he just hit it with a wandless stunning spell and caught it. Harry was still epically pissed and wondering why the hell it attacked him. His food was all stored in air-tight bags and he had only caught a Pidgey before it attacked, so Harry was drawing a complete blank.
At least Harry had a strong Pokemon, but now he would have to train all the others to match its power. That was work for later though, Harry had finally arrived at the lake.
"Beautiful," Harry said, admiring the beautiful blue water and imagining the Pokemon swimming beneathe it waiting to be caught. Harry wandlessly cast a Bubble-Head Charm over his face and entered the water, while unaffraid of his supplies being ruined due to his backpack being waterproof and enchanted. And it only took him two years to achieve wandlessly.
Harry saw a bunch of Magikarp and two Gyarados fighting for dominance... and Harry had a clever idea. He would catch the loser and battle the winner with his new Spearow. Harry wanted a lengthy winning-streak and would have to prepare for that and possibly use dishonorable methods, though Harry felt his plan was merely practical and perhaps even wise.
The battle between the two Gyarados was ended with a Twister, and Harry didn't hesitate to catch the loser with an Ultra Ball and then flee to the shore after taunting the winning Gyarados, who followed angrily.
"Go! Spearow!" Harry shouted, after getting safely to shore. The Gyarados surfaced. "Aerial Ace!"
The battle; if it could be called that, was over after a single hit. Harry caught his new Gyarados with an Ultra Ball and returned to Viridian City. Harry wouldn't be able to command the two new catches yet, but would be training his starters and Pidgey up to their level and then challenging the Pewter City Gym. Harry still needed an electric type for Cerulean City, and intended to scour Viridian Forest for a Pikachu to catch.
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Viridian Forest.
Harry's first outing was a huge success. He had caught two Pokemon that would obey him and had an extra Gyarados that he could trade for some of his other wanted Pokemon; like a Snorlax, Dratini, Elekid, or Gengar, and Harry put an offer on the International Trade network hoping for just that. His Pokemon were all healed, he was registered for the Indigo League; he had forgotten earlier, and Harry was soon ready to hunt for an electric-type for his team.
Harry had search fruitlessly for hours for a Pikachu and ended up just facing other trainers in one-on-one battles to keep his numbers up and had caught some of the better Pokemon for trading: Pidgeotto, a shiny Ariados, and a Noctowl. Harry hoped that they would give him some leverage to achieve his goals through trade.
Eventually, Harry remembered that he was a wizard and used the Point-Me spell to find a Pikachu. Once that was done, Harry continued his search.
Minutes later, he came upon a Pikachu and it was barely conscious on the ground and being ganged up on by bug types.
"Go! Spearow! Aerial Ace!" Harry shouted. Spearow easily one-shotted the bug types and cleared Harry a path to the Pikachu. "It's okay, I'll give up some medicine." Harry said, when the Pikachu tried mustering up a Thunder Shock. "Why were they ganging up on you?"
Pikachu pointed towards a fruit tree, which was surrounded by bug Pokemon.
"Ah." Harry said, handing the poor Pikachu some Pokemon Food, which it ate without hesitation.
"Good?"
"Pika-pi!" The Pikachu, a male, replied enthusiastically.
"I'm glad you like it, Pikachu. I actually came into the forest searching for a Pikachu.... Would you be interested in joining me? I'll help make you strong and we can keep training until we're satisfied with your strength." Pikachu nodded yes.
"Good. Do you want to travel inside a Poke Ball?" Harry asked, withdrawing one. Pikachu allowed himself to be captured in answer. Harry glared at the bug Pokemon, who cowered away. "Next time... just share! There was more than enough for all of you!" Harry said, before leaving the forest.
Now, Harry just had to train his Pokemon enough to actually win badges. He wanted to win on his first challenge and continue his ten win winning streak.
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Harry had finally managed to trade his strongest Gyarados, the one that refused to obey him, for a weak Dratini. It had to be put through training, but Harry had his future Dragonite. It was the shiny Ariados that helped Harry get some of his other wanted Pokemon though.... It's value was truly immense to collectors and Harry got a Kingdra, Gengar, Onix, Elekid, and Alakazam in exchange. Harry couldn't decide who had truly gotten ripped off and despite getting what he wanted, Harry felt it was him. Harry had the Pokemon that he wanted though and didn't have to train any of his new Pokemon; he just had to bond with them and slowly earn their trust before training them and engaging in battles with them.
Now, it was time for Harry's first Gym battle.
"This will be a two on two Pokemon battle. The first trainer to lose two Pokemon will lose the battle." The referee, a child said.
"Go Onix!" Brock said.
"Go Bulbasaur!" Harry said.
"Onix! Tackle attack!" Brock said.
"Dodge and use Sleep Powder!" Harry ordered, and watched as his orders were carried out. "Good! Now, Vine Whip!" Onix was still asleep, but damaged. "Poison Powder! Now, Leech Seed!" Brock grimaced at how thorough Harry was being in securing his victory.
"Now.... Vine Whip him until he's unable to battle!" Harry ordered and Bulbasaur obeyed. It was brutal. but it secured Harry's victory a minute later.
"Onix is unable to battle! Gym Leader choose your next Pokemon." The referee said and Harry returned Bulbasaur and sent out Squirtle. Bulbasaur was tired and had gained experience and a win, so Harry wanted it to rest and be saved for a last resort. Harry wanted a fully rested Pokemon to face Brocks fully rested Pokemon, a Geodude, and if necessary Bulbasaur could later face a tired Geodude.
"Use Tackle!" Brock called out.
"Water Gun!" Harry said clearly, despite his surprise at Brock making such a mistake. It took out Geodude, though Harry was displeased by the lack of challenge.
"The winner is Harry from Viridian City!" The referee said.
"Here's the Boulder Badge; proof of your victory over me. 1000 Pokedollars have been transferred to your account." Brock said.
"Thanks, but why did you send your Geodude head first against a water-type?" Harry asked.
Brock sighed. "I thought I could defeat your Squirtle quickly."
"You need someone to train with. I know that you're the first Gym Leader people fight, but that was a fatal mistake that may have cost you the victory." Harry said, causing Brock to grimace and Harry to realize that he was being rude.
"Ah. Well, thanks for the badge." Harry said, before leaving. Harry was disappointed, he could probably take over that gym and quickly surpass Brock, but refused. Harry wanted to be the Champion of the Kanto region, have undefeatable teams and die an undefeated champion. Harry wanted a team of each type and to command them like a Master. Harry wasn't sure that he could achieve this, but at least it was a specific and plausible dream, and not a vague and arbitrary one.
Harry took his Pokemon to the local Pokemon Center for healing and then went to Mt. Moon, where he was given two Moonstones by the Clefairy and caught himself a Geodude of his own.
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Harry decided to train his Pokemon further before challenging the Cerulean City Gym. Harry might be able to secure the victory now, but he needed an excuse to train his Pokemon further and safe-guard his forty win winning streak. Yes, Harry greatly enjoyed winning and defeating other trainers, and by greatly enjoyed it was really more of an obsession.
Harry ended up evolving his three starters, Pidgey and Spearow. Harry convinced Spearow to teach Pidgey how to use Aerial Ace as an experiment, which succeeded. Charmeleon learned Flamethrower by emulating another Pokemon's Flamethrower. It tired Charmeleon out slightly quicker, but that could be trained out of him. Harry was up to fourteen Pokemon now and had been working tirelessly on training them.
Harry eventually got all of his Pokemon up to a reasonable level and was confident that he had three powerful Pokemon that would get him his second badge.
Harry also caught himself a Nidorino and Nidorina, but decided to post-pone their training until after he had won the Cascade Badge.
Despite Harry's desire to continue training, the Gym Badges were unfortunately necessary for him to become the Champion of Kanto.
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Getting the Cascade Badge was pathetically easy.... The so-called Gym Leaders were a complete joke and Harry told them that, which amused Gary Oak who seemed somewhat like Draco Malfoy. At least Gary could debate Pokemon though and Harry was considering expanding his Pokemon collection further due to Gary's ideas. They got a long quite well, even if Harry had two months of experience on Gary.
Harry easily defeated A.J, a Trainer with some interesting training methods, and continued on his way to Vermilion City. Harry just ignored the Pokemon Technical Institute, it was severely over-hyped and a waste of time and money. They may get to participate in the Pokemon League, but none of them had ever won one.
Harry wasn't just travelling though; he was training his Pokemon further and he wasn't ashamed to say that he was very obsessed with strengthening his Pokemon to continue his winning streak.
Geodude evolved into Graveler and gained several new moves that Harry felt made his next win a certainty.
Elekid evolved into Electabuzz and gained several new moves by the time Harry had him trained to the level he wanted.
Onix was evolved into Steelix and learned more useful moves.
Dratini evolved into Dragonaire, but wasn't any more useful. It was still a step closer to finally becoming a Dragonite so Harry was satisfied.
Still, Harry felt it was time to get the Thunder Badge and continue on his travels. Harry knew that he was moving fast, but it was working for him. He had a good winning streak going, his Pokemon were strong and he would be catching some more soon too. Harry knew that he was pushing his Pokemon and himself hard, but it was necessary. To become a great Pokemon Trainer required hard work; you couldn't just be lazy and not train and still expect to achieve your dream. Thinking like that was pure idiocy.
Harry entered the Vermilion Gym with his head held high.
"I'm here to challenge Lt. Surge!" Harry called out.
"Got another one for you to crush!" Surge's male assistant called out.
"Your confidence in me is inspiring," Harry said sarcastically, causing the assistant to smirk.
"You really put the ass in assistant, don't you?" The assistant glared angrily, while the other snickered.
"Welcome to the Vermilion City Gym, baby. Please proceed to the designated zone and we'll get this over with."
"Sure thing, old man," Harry said, causing Surge to smirk. "Can you walk that far without help?" The smirk vanished, but they both took their places. "Well done. You should reward yourself with a nice bowl of prunes later." Surge glared at Harry.
"Your Pokemon are gonna get hurt so bad!"
"Tough talk from someone who literally exists to be beaten!" Harry replied, causing Surge to glare harder. Harry rolled his eyes, Surge was no threat to him.
"This will be a three-on-three battle with substitutions allowed only for the challenger." The referee said. "The first to lose three Pokemon will lose the battle."
"Go Pikachu!" Surge said, sending out his weakest Pokemon first.
"Go Graveler!" Harry said, letting Surge think that was his strongest. It wasn't. "Use Rock Throw!"
"Dodge and use Thundershock!"
"Counter with Rock Throw!" Graveler obeyed, succeeding. "Rock Throw, again!" Harry said as Pikachu was about to land, it was knocked into the ground with great force. "Finish it! Bulldoze!"
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Lt. Surge send out your next Pokemon." The referee said.
"Go Voltorb! Use Tackle!"
"Intercept with Rock Throw!" Voltorb dodged it and then was hit with Tackle, followed up by Rock Throw.
"Shock Wave!" Surge said, Voltorb actually managed to knock the tired Graveler back.
"Barrage him with Rock Throw!" Harry ordered.
"Dodge and get close to him!" Surge ordered. Harry masked his happiness with Occlumency and let Surge's Voltorb get close to his Graveler....
"Grab it!" Harry ordered and Graveler obeyed. "Self-Destruct!" Harry ordered, to Surge's shock. They both watched their Pokemon get taken out, with Harry consoling himself that it wasn't fatal or even that dangerous.
"Graveler and Voltorb are unable to battle. Trainers send out your next Pokemon." The referee said.
Harry returned his Graveler and Surge returned his Voltorb. "Great work, Graveler," Harry said, before sending out his Steelix. Surge sent out his final Pokemon, Raichu, but knew that he was already beaten.
"Mud Sport!" Harry ordered, reducing Raichu's threat level to a near non-existent level.
"Now... Dragon Breath!"
"Dodge and use Body Slam!" Surge said.
Harry waited for Raichu to get closer.... "Use Gyro Ball!" Raichu was brutally thrown to the ground, but still conscious. "Dragon Breath!" Harry said, and watched Steelix end the battle.
"Raichu is unable to battle. The winner is Hadrian of Viridian City!" The referee said.
 
Harry and Surge returned their Pokemon and met in the middle of the battlefield.
"Alright. You won and I was beaten badly. You had a brilliant strategy though, and it got you the Thunder Badge and 3000 Pokedollars." Surge said, handing Harry his rightfully earned badge.
Harry and Surge entered the Pokemon Center and handed their Pokemon to Nurse Joy for healing. Harry took a seat, withdrew his laptop, and looked through the Internation Trade offers.
Gary Oak entered minutes later, looking annoyed.
"Hey Gary!" Harry called out, getting a wave from him. After Gary gave his Pokemon to Nurse Joy, he joined Harry at his table.
"Hey, Harry," Gary greeted. "You get your Thunder Badge yet?"
"Yeah, ten minutes ago. It might be a day for Surge's Pokemon to be healed for your challenge." Harry replied, causing Gary to grimace. Gary must have went to the Gym first, Harry mused.
"What are you up?" Gary asked, gesturing to Harry's laptop.
"International Trade. I'm looking for certain Pokemon for my collection and teams, and objects that are part of the evolution process."
"Oh? Which ones?"
"A Magby, Magmar, or Magmortar. Rhyhorn, Rhydon, or Rhyperior. A Scyther or Scizor, and I'm planning to catch a Houndoom. I also wouldn't mind trading for something from Tyranitar's evolutionary line." Harry left unsaid of his search for the mythical Mega Evolution objects.
"Nice." Gary said. "You planning to challenge the Elite Four and the champion immediately if you win?"
"No. If I did I would be using them for training partners to better myself, but it would help them too. I think I'll hopefully win the Indigo League and then the ones for Johto and Hoenn. If I ever fail to win, I can always re-take the challenge when I'm stronger. The Elite Four are elite for a reason and have experience, skill, and power in their favor so me challenging them right off would be stupid. I train myself and my Pokemon hard, but I doubt I'll be Champion-level to beat the Elite Four and the champion." Harry said, and Gary looked thoughtful.
"You're right. You really thought that through, not even I realized how unlikely victory really was." Gary said.
"Yeah. Are you planning on aiming for the Johto League after the Kanto League?" Harry asked.
"Probably, why?"
"Wanna train together in the time between the two? I'll be trying to strengthen my Pokemon as far as I can before getting new ones in the Johto region." Harry replied.
"Maybe. I prefer to train alone, but I'll think about it." Gary said. "Are you buying a ticket for the S.S Anne?"
"No. It'll just be a bunch of talentless rich kids who bought their way in. I would sooner stage my own tournament than get involved in that idiocy. I intend to keep travelling, training, and battling other trainers. I need to grow my forty-one win winning streak further." Harry said, to Gary's amusement. "Eh. I need to train to beat Sabrina now too, which should be interesting since I only have one Ghost-type."
"Ouch! Good luck with that." Gary said, with genuine sympathy.
"Yeah, I'll need it. She's suppose to be really strong. I'm gonna go catch a bunch of Gyarados now, and see if I can trade them all away for one of my sought Pokemon."
"I'm gonna tag along. I want to see this!" Gary said, thinking that Harry was going to embarrass himself.
Harry didn't embarrass himself.... Harry used his Gyarados, Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Electabuzz and ended up catching over a dozen Gyarados and four Tentacruel. Harry was impressed by the achievement and placed his new captures on the International Trade network.... Harry quickly got a Magby, Scyther, and a Houndoom, and traded four Gyarados for a Rhyhorn; the last of which was a rip off for him. Harry ended up giving Gary a Gyarados and a Tentacruel to free up space. Harry didn't care about trades being to another persons favor when he got what he wanted.
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Harry was back to training, again. Sabrina was known to be very powerful and Harry wasn't ashamed to say that he might be overcompensating. But, hey, at least he evolved Scyther into Scizor. And Magby too, but that was easier. Harry only focused only on training the Pokemon that thought he might need against Sabrina and only gave the others lighter training.
Harry continued his epic winning streak against weaker opponents... until he met the current Johto Champion: Lance, the Dragon Master.
Harry's Pokemon defeated Lance's Gyarados, but Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Electabuzz all fainted one after another to do it. They were rewarded greatly.
Harry's Pokemon defeated Lance's Dragonite, but Gengar was defeated and used Destiny Bond to defeat Dragonite. That was ironically the most effective option given Dragonite's capabilities.
After that, Harry lost pretty thoroughly, but that was okay. Harry now had an excuse to work harder and he had learned just how outclassed he was, and words couldn't even begin to describe just how outclassed he was.
Still, Harry felt he had made a great start towards becoming a great Pokemon Trainer. Even better, he had confirmed that Mega Evolution wasn't a myth. How had he confirmed that? That was a surprise for another time.