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Published: 2014-10-21 21:26:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2866; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 25
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Description For a while I wanted to do this AU, but until recently came with the idea and between the two of us we placed our characters in different proffesions and positions involved in this universe.

If you know of pokemon, you can have as many pokemons as you want, but in this picture we are justincluding their more characteristic one which it is usually their favorite and/or most used, and in some cases, it is their only pokemon.

From left to right and top to bottom:

Trainers
- Kimi. Type: Indifferent. Pokemon: Skitty. She doesn't train her pokemons for battles, whe is more focused into training and participating in contests.
- Shiro. Type: Fire. Pokemon: Arcanine. Former fire gym leader, he left his gym after his combat against Aimee to join her travelling in crew and see his brother Ryuu at the championship.
- Aimee. Type: Flying. Pokemon: Mamoswine. Her goal is to win all  the gym medals and win the championship. Professor Shiki didn't gave her a starter pokemon ebcause she already had a swinub, which she named Yeti (he is her only not flying type pokemon).
- Tooru. Type: Bug. Pokemon: Crustle. Joined Aimee's crew after Shiro. He isn't interested in winning gym medals, he is more focused in collecting all the bug types from every region. Has been in the road for 2 years before joining the team an posseses more than half ok pokemon bug types.
- Aria. Type: Ground and Grass. Pokemon: Marowak. She and Aimee come from the same town and started their journey together. Aria chose a chikorita as her starter. Aria and Aimee are friends but at the same type consider themselves as rivals since the two of them have the same goal. Aria tends to drift away from time to time, rumor says she always meets with a mysterious man.

Gym Leaders
- Aki. Type: Fire. Pokemon: Pyroar. Was left in charge of the fire gym after Shiro left. Before being gym leader, he was the final combatant previously of facing Shiro. He is still mad that Shiro decided to leave to join his sister of all the trainers he could have left with.
- Hideki. Type: Normal. Pokemon: Tauros. Became gym leader against his dad will, although his gym is famous for being the most fancy and with major budget from sponsors.
- Naava. Type: Rock. Pokemon: Aggron. She ran away from home to become a pokemon trainer, after her group dissolved, she was offered to lead Rock gym. From time to time, she teams up with her friends and former crew members to go in small missions.
- Aiden. Type: Flying. Pokemon: Skarmory. Talented trainer, although his origins are a mystery. Not many know that he and Naava are related.
- Saren. Type: Ice. Pokemon: Weavile. He, along Naava and Connor, used to travel together, then their group had some differences and decided to drift apart. For some time we faced depression for mysterious reasons until he was offered to lead Ice gym, ironically a little bit after Naava was assigned to Rock gym. His sister Nadia isn't very happy that he was offered that position.
- Cheryl. Type: Fairy. Pokemon: Gardevoir. Very friendly and humble leader. She treats her pokemon with lots of care. She and her father used to trouble the world investigating pokemon history, then her father dissapeared and she was left on her own. She was invited to become gym leader for her rare collection of pokemons and her skills.
- Nadia. Type: Psychic. Pokemon: Gothitelle. She is a very skilled and talented trainer, since a young age she was assigned as gym leader. She and her brother don't get along.
- Abhik. Type: Water. Pokemon: Gyarados. He is consider the most difficult gym leader, almost in the same level as the elite four. Abhik secretly leads Team Strikers, a terrorist organization.

Elite Four
- Nikta. Type: Fighting. Pokemon: Lucario. Despite having lots of obstacles, Nikta was able to reach the top and be part of the Elite Four. She is a secret member of Team Strikers and holds a high position in it.
- Angela. Type: Lightning. Pokemon: Ampharos. Almost won the title as champion, although her skills gain her a position in the Elite Four. She constantly visits her mom and her sister in their reasearch facilities, and has Minun on her pokemon team to pair up with Kokoro's plusle. Aimee was surprised to find out Angela was in the Elite Four, and that they are related. Has connections to Team Strikers.
- Sonya. Type: Ghost. Pokemon: Banette. Cold blooded fighter, Sonya is famous for showing no mercy in every battle. She has a dark past. Not a formal member, but she secretly assists Team Strikers in some missions.
- Ryuu. Type: Dark. Pokemon: Houndoom. He and his brother used to travel together on their way to become pokemon trainers, but a family tragedy make them drift apart. Ryuu lost contact with his brother, although his abilities gain him a position in the Elite Four. Shiro decided to join Aimee's crew hoping to meet his brother at the championship. Ryuu has connections to Team Strikers.

Champion
- Silas. Type: Dragon. Pokemon: Salamence. Reigning champion for countless years, not many have defeated him and if they do, they don't dare to take his place as champion. Connor is the only one who was able to defeat him and Silas offered him the title, after Connor retired to become a researcher, the title Champion was returned to Silas. Secret sponsor of Team Strikers, has lots of connections in public and private enterprises.

Researchers
- Kokoro. Pokemon: Plusle. More than winning battles, Kokoro interest lies in investigation. Since she was little, she enjoyed assisting her mom on her research and decided to become a researcher herself, and one day take her mom's place as professor. She is sometimes sent on research missions where she gets to see her sister and meet new friends. Her mom is aware of her crush in Connor, so she tends to make them work together.
- Tanya. Pokemon: Zangoose. Due to her career in research and investigation essays in pokemons, she received the title of professor since a very young age. Every year she invites kids and teens with a talent for becoming pokemon trainers to assist her on her investigation as she sends them to achieve their goals.
- Connor. Pokemon: Ursaring. Former pokemon trainer and champion, he abandoned his title to focus his knowledge to investigation. Whenever he has an opportunity, he visits his former team members, Saren and Naava, and assist them on missions. Sometimes Kokoro tags along with him.

Team Strikers
- Ronin. Type: Poison. Pokemon: Nidoking. Lieutenant of his own squad, "Outcasts", which are wordly famous for being the rudeless division of the team. He instigates fear wherever he goes and rules with an iron fist.
- Victoria. Type: Steel. Pokemon: Scizor. Not a team player, though her skills are enough to achieve her goals. Victoria is famous for being a loner and a merciless player. She hates Angela for taking her place in the Elite Four, a title they both fight for.
- Mac. Type: Ground and Rock. Pokemon: Golem. He still is a rocky in Team Strikers, but got selected to learn from one of the best members as he is part of the Outcasts.

Professionists
- Orion. Pokemon: Rhydon. Profession: Head of Pokefan Club. He loves pokemons, he knows everything about every type, he is an expert. Naava ran away from home because she was tired of her dad being the biggest pokemon nerd, and personal reasons. When he heard her daughter was named gym elader, he couldn't be prouder of her.
- Lune. Pokemon: Aron. He is still to young to be a pokemon trainer, but his goal is to become one and be as good as his sister. He sometimes sneaks out from his house to go visit his sister, and as excuse for his dad to follow him so he gets to see Naava too. His favorite hobbie is to challenge passing by trainers.
- Javik. Pokemon: Croagunk. Profession: International Police Officer. He goes wherever he is assigned to. Sometimes, when solving a case, he asks pokemon trainers for help. His current mission is to discover who is behind Team Strikers and stop them.
- Minami. Pokemon: Rapidash. Profession: Trainee Police Officer. She is still in training, Minami dreams to become a police officer and trap criminals. She is currently tracking a lead in Team Strikers so she gets the opportunity to travel from town to town, and meet her sister and her friends on their journey.
- Mika. Pokemon: Azumarill. Profession: Trainee Nurse. Even though she is still in training, she assists in healing all kinds of pokemons that arrive at the pokemon center. Since she is learning, she is contantly transfered to different towns so she can learn different healing tecniques, this gives her the opportunity to see her sister through different towns. His most loyal customer is Tooru, who always takes her to heal every minor wound his pokemons have.
- Josa. Pokemon: Ninetails. Profession: Pokemon Breeder. Josa chose his career because he considers himself a love expert, and although this may sound as an excuse, he is very good at raising pokemons. He has a crush on pokemon contest star, Kimi Nishi, and attends to almost all of her competitions.
- Jack. Pokemon: Larvitar. Profession: Pokemon Daycare. Jack lives a simple life and enjoys being surrounded of pokemon by taking care of them than going around training pokemons for battle. He partners up with Josa whenever there is a chance to breed pokemons.
- Dai. Pokemon: Charizard. Profession: Pokemon Ranger. Unlike trainers, he catches them in order to use them to defend nature. He only has one pokemon as his partner to assist him. He is currently involved in trying to stop Team Strikers since they are harming the environment. His dream is to become a Top Ranger.


Region: Lothal

- Arlem Town: Starting town

- Adena Town: Fire type gym

- Shalim City: Normal type gym

- Coralie City: Rock type gym

- Avira Town: Flying type gym, location of fan club

- Evon Village: Legendary pokemon

- Glacial Peak City: Ice type gym

- Oberon City: Fairy type gym

- Alma Town: Psychic type gym

- Cyan City (capital): Water type gym


I hope you like it. If you have any opinion, question, headcanon, suggestion, etc.. about this AU, please leave a comment with it. I do plan to do more pictures about this AU so as always, hearing your ideas is highly suggested. Thanks!

Note: I didn't draw the pokemons I trace them from original pictures. 
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Comments: 5

Brittjuhh [2014-10-22 13:36:33 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gods, this looks like so much fun! And Aimee's Mamoswine has earpuffs! (I think that's how you call it..)
And I guess Minami and Mika will be the only officer and nurse without being a sister of Joy and Jenny.
Everything is a bit more corrupted since at least one gym leader plus the elite four plus the champion have connection with Team Strikers but that's also interesting.

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ardnemla In reply to Brittjuhh [2014-10-22 14:47:16 +0000 UTC]

It really was fun to make and plan. (almost, they are earmuffs)

I know, although we are bending it our way and ignore the countless nurse joys and officer jennys they exist to turn them into Mika and Minami always moving around.

It is a very corrupted system, though they won their positions by their skills, they are just taking advantage of tehir power to do their will.

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AgentQV [2014-10-21 22:11:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh god this looks so complicated, I feel so bad for you.

Regardless, I really like how this turned out, I really like the look of the pokemon. I also really like Aimee's design, I know I suggested May as a possible influence, but I didn't expect it to turn out this well, the earmuffs were also a nice touch. I also liked with Naava how you were able to shoehorn in the beanie. I also really like having Javik as Looker, it fits him so well. I'd definitely like to see more pictures from this AU... which reminds me.

Are we just going to make up a region for them to exist in? I'm sure making up cities for the gyms would be pretty easy.

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ardnemla In reply to AgentQV [2014-10-21 22:41:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm really glad you liked it, and I hope the wait was worth it. I wanted to surprise you with the beanie, since it is becoming a very characteristic trait of Naava (at least for me, everytime I see a beanie I think of her).

I wanted to ask you about that when I was writing the description (by the way, I hope I didn't messed up with the story). Are they going to liv in an existing regio, or are we going to make it up? And what cities do you have in mind?

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AgentQV In reply to ardnemla [2014-10-21 23:11:23 +0000 UTC]

Well count myself pleasently surprised.

I think it should be a new region, so we should try to figure out a title, and the towns should be titled after their gym leader's element. I'll note you some names later.

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