Pokemon: Jordinio Version - Chapter 41.1

At my awkward greeting, Nurse Joy sighed and rolled her eyes at me, almost like an exasperated older sister that was just completely done with their idiot of a little brother.

Which was kind of kinky to think to be honest, because Joy was a total babe and I'd hit that with all the force of Charizard's blaze enhanced Blast Burn attack.

"I do believe the sky is," Professor Oak merely laughed and stepped forward, "Hello Jord, I am professor Samuel Oak, it's a pleasure to meet you." he introduced himself and held his hand out.

I took it and smiled back as I shook his hand, "I know, I listen to your poetry sometimes," I replied, and I wasn't just bullshitting, I usually had the radio on while training and he was on quite often, "And I'm friends with your grandson, we met a little while back."

"Oh, you're friends with Gary?" Oak's eyebrows rose up in surprise, before shaking his head, "That sounds like it would have been quite the explosive first meeting."

"It was, I stomped him in a battle and now we're friends, that's generally how this kind of thing goes right?" I grinned, "Though he has banned me from ever meeting your granddaughter."

Oak burst out laughing, "Very hypocritical of him, but also very smart." he noted.

Damn, was Oak calling me a womanizing horn dog? I mean, he wasn't wrong but still.

"Fair enough," I shrugged, "Either way it's nice to meet you."

"And you too, very nice actually," Oak beamed, "Your discovery has opened up all manners of new research routes, I've not been this excited in a while."

Yup, and it would also spread my name far and wide and deepen my pockets for sure. Just call me Scrooge McJord, cuz my pockets are gonna jingle baby!

When I walk down the street, people are gonna think it's Christmas time with all the jingles going down.

And that also means, you better be prepared to pay outta the nose as well old man Oak.

He stepped aside a moment later, letting go of my hand to allow Professor Cerise to step up, "Hello Jord," the glasses wearing man greeted me with a big warm smile, "Really incredible to meet you, you probably don't know me since I'm not all that well known yet, but I'm Professor Cerise from Vermillion City, and this is my daughter Chloe." he introduced himself, before gesturing to his daughter.

Chloe froze for a moment as the attention turned to her, before half heartedly raising her hand, "Ah, hey," she greeted me awkwardly, "Nice…battle I guess?"

I resisted the urge to laugh, she couldn't have looked less like she wanted to be here if she tried.

"Hey, it's real nice to meet ya' Chloe," I replied, giving her the old one two, half smile, half lidded eyes combo and looked directly into her eyes and held her gaze for just a moment, before turning my attention back to Professor Cerise, "It's great to meet you as well professor, I actually have heard of you, I was thinking of stopping in to meet you while I was in Vermillion but I ended up being a little rushed."

As I shook his hand I gave him a grin, "You're a lucky man I've gotta say though," I mused, "If your wife is even half as pretty as your daughter Chloe, she probably makes models cry in envy."

Chloe's eyes widened and her cheeks burned hot at my words, while her father just laughed, "Well, she's definitely the most beautiful woman in the world to me."

A titter drew my attention from Professor Cerise as Delia walked over, "My, you're quite the little flirt aren't you?" she pointed out, one hand cupping her cheek, "That was quite the impressive battle you had out there against Lance, you did really well. Oh, I'm Delia Ketchum by the way."

I made a show of blinking in 'surprise', "As in Ash Ketchum?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, "Are you his older sister?"

If I was ignorant of who she actually was, that would have been my first guess. Delia really is that young looking, she looks like she's barely into her twenties, and was definitely one of the most beautiful women I'd seen here to date.

Clad in a sundress and white hat, she almost looked like a model right off of the run way, with voluptuous curves that were apparent no matter how modest her dress was, long auburn brown hair tied in a neat ponytail and bright amber eyes.

"Oh my, you're really dangerous aren't you?" Delia giggled, before shaking her head, "But you know my Ashy? I'm actually his mother."

"Yeah, I actually met him my first day in Kanto, in fact it's thanks to him and Pikachu I managed to catch my Spearow, or well Fearow now," I shrugged, "Still, are you sure you're his mother? I mean, you look like you're barely into your twenties, hell you could pass for a college girl, you don't look like a woman with a kid a few years older than me at all."

Delia was all smiles, "I repeat, you're very dangerous aren't you?"

I smiled back widely, "Do you think Ash would be mad if I asked you out on a date?"

"You'd have to ask him," Delia shrugged easily, "Though, I'm sure he wouldn't be too fussed about it at all."

"I can always give him a call now and check," I winked, "Get his blessing and all that and-"

"Amusing as this trite flirting is," Giovanni's clipped voice cut me off, "And I don't mean to interrupt and be demanding, there's more important things to discuss right now rather than inane chatter like this."

…Hey yo, bro.

Fuck you.

"Always such a stick in the mud." Delia rolled her eyes

"Yes, well I do apologize for that, again," Giovanni huffed and stepped up to me and looked down into my eyes with dark, stone cold eyes, "Greetings, you most likely already know who I am as well, but I am Giovanni the Gym Leader of this city, it's a pleasure to meet a young rising star like yourself, a resident of our own Viridian City no less."

How did one speak with no inflection in their voice at all, but still sound like a smug prick at the same time?

That was quite the skill, I'd like to learn that.

Also, I may be reading too much into it, but as he said 'viridian city', his eyes flickered to Oak and Cerise, as if…claiming me? Was he calling first dibs?

"Yeah, nice to meet you too, I'm a big fan," I gave him a lazy smile and hid any emotion, "So what brings you here to meet little old me?" I cut straight to the point.

all the while, I wondered. What if I punched him out right now and exposed him as the leader of Team Rocket?

…No, too dangerous with too many variable. Even assuming they did believe me, they'd ask how I knew. And beyond that, Team Rocket were a powerful organization, I'd be painting a target on my back and making myself a clear enemy rather than a potential target.

Giovanni nodded, "I will be blunt, you have already made your stance on the Aerodactyl clear, but what of the others?" he asked, "Name your price."

Sell the only living breeding capable fossil pokemon in existence to the leader of Team Rocket? As if mate.

Pull the other one.

"Not for sale," I shrugged, "And I don't really plan on breeding them any time soon, they're a lot more skittish than Aerodactyl, so I'm planning on giving them some time to adapt to the world and humans first."

I'm also not selling him fuck all either, because unlike Lance, there is absolutely no way this guy would honour a deal not to breed them himself.

Giovanni's eyes narrowed ever so slightly, and if I wasn't looking him dead in the face, I would have missed it, "Are you sure?" he asked, "I can offer a lot. Not just money, but TM's, rare pokemon, the best facilities for training, even endorsement and the usage of my name as protection that would ward off even the likes of Team Rocket, they wouldn't dare mess with you if you are under my protection."

That actually almost sounded like a threat rather than an offer. It was all in the body language he had, his stone cold gaze and his clipped tone.

I bared my teeth in a feral smirk, "I'm already well prepared for the likes of them if they try anything," I replied, "I've already had a few run ins with them you see, and I'm not a big fan. Let me tell you something, when it comes to Team Rocket or thieves in general, I've trained my pokemon to kill on sight. Even if I'm not around, the second some goon from Team Rocket shows up anywhere near my pokemon, they're going to start firing off their strongest attacks and rip them to shreds."

I stepped forward and into the older mans personal space, he was a lot taller than me and a bit broader, but it was him that almost took a step back before he caught himself, "And if they do manage to steal any of my pokemon, their goons are all over the place," I spoke, voice frigid and transitioning into a whisper, "It'll be easy to get my hands on one or two of them, and they'll sing like a Pidove I'm sure when I start smashing their fingers and toes with a hammer or ripping their teeth out. It won't take me long to find their bases of operation if I really want to, and then I'll go in and I'll kill every single one of them I come across, take every pokemon they have for myself, over and over until I finally get to their boss and then I'll rip his spine out with my bare hands and beat him to death with it."

As I spoke, after each word, Giovanni's mouth hung lower and lower bit by bit until for a split moment, as I finished, he was outright gaping at me.

He composed himself after just a second, but it was enough to see the chink in his armour and I stepped back with a shrug, crossing my arms behind my head, "In the end, if they want to steal from me they're going to have to commit quite the force even if it's just for pokemon not in my current party," I 'mused' aloud, "And if they attempt to do so, they'll soon learn just how much there is for them to lose in the process."

"Well now…you are quite prepared then, I see I was worrying over nothing. I apologize for overstepping my bounds," Giovanni coughed, "Still…is there no way I can convince you to part with any of those pokemon? I have long since wanted pokemon such as those for myself, a childhood dream you could say even."

And he was quick to change the topic back to the fossil pokemon and not Team Rocket. I wonder what he's thinking right now? I mean, I basically just threatened to rip his spine out and beat him to death with it. He probably also thinks it was just a broad term to an unknown person.

But I know exactly who he is. And if any of my pokemon do get stolen by Team Rocket, my first stop is Viridian City gym, where I'll lay in wait for him, ambush him and make good on my threats.

I don't plan on making an enemy of Team Rocket if I can help it, but if push comes to shove I'll go full nuclear on them.

I will literally torture him to death and then decapitate him. And then when I systematically start busting up Team Rocket bases, I'll carry his head around with me as a trophy to intimidate them with.

I will burn their entire organization to the ground if they touch a single scale, hair, leaf or whatever on any of my pokemon and take everything they have for myself.

And on top of that, Giovanni is probably already well aware of who I am after I caught Aerodactyl and the others and came onto his radar. So he's probably already seen that video Todd Snapp took of me fighting with Gyarados and Dragonite and knows I'm well capable of ripping his spine out with my bare hands.

I'd have to legally change my name to Jord Wick after it, but I'd do it for sure with a god damn smile on my face.

"Sorry, no can do," I shrugged his words off, "Though, if you don't care about them being capable of breeding, I did find a ton of fossils when I was down in the cavern where they were living."

"Hoh?" Giovanni's eyes lit up, "Though not as amazing as the living versions, a fossil that can be revived is still mighty rare. Just how many is a ton?"

"A bit over sixty," I replied, "No Aerodactyl fossil among them, which was kinda weird I admit, but there was a bunch of Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto and Kabutops fossils."

"I see," Giovanni cupped his chin, before nodding, "Once more, name your price."

"A million a piece," I crossed my arms, "I'll even do you a solid and give you a deal, all of them for sixty million and the best TM your gym gives out."

Giovanni stared at him for a moment, before grinning widely, "Deal."

Heh, nice.

I could have probably got a couple of rare pokemon like Tyranitar or Garchomp from this, or even a couple a starters. But, I already know where to catch a wild Tyranitar here in Kanto, and I know where a few Gible are in Sinnoh.

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Sorry about the late post, this part fought me quite a bit. I'll be working on the next part tomorrow.