Pokemon Trainer of the Strawhats

One Piece x BNHA pt 15: Luffy and Yukiko

The last round of interviews were finally, here, and just from all those talks, the staff were tempted to have another day of school off, but they cannot afford to do so as the villains would notice.

Anyway, Luffy, Yukiko, and Pachi came in smiling.

"So go ahead. Ask anything." Yukiko beamed.

"Alright. Before being a pirate, Yukiko, you were a Pokemon trainer. Alina mentioned that but, what is that profession?" Nezu asked.

"A Pokemon trainer is a person who catches, trains, cares for, and battles Pokémon. Short for Pocket Monsters, Pokémon have several fantastic powers, such as manipulating elements or aspects of life, such as electricity or fire.

There are many that do not resemble animals at all, taking on other forms such as plants, inanimate objects, machines, human-like forms, or other more enigmatic and exotic appearances. Pokémon inhabit an extremely diverse range of habitats, ranging from the driest deserts to the lushest jungles, the deepest oceans to the highest mountains and everything else in between, even outer space and other dimensions. Pokémon take up various ways of living in those places.

However, all can be befriended and made into potential allies and share the ability to shrink down small enough to fit into a Poké Ball." Yukiko showed a Poke Ball and threw it in the air. "Come out Zephyria!" She said as her Jumpluff appeared.

"Jumpluff!"

"How cute!" Midnight said.

"Pokemon battles are more of a test of skill and strategy against an opponent. Never one to the death thankfully. They are a way for Pokémon Trainers to test their skills against each other and to see who has the strongest Pokémon. I happen to be one of the best." Yukiko smiled. 

"Wow, and they all listen to you? How many Pokémon do you have?" Cementoss asked.

"There are over 1000 species of Pokémon, but I roughly have 200 more or less." Yukiko smiled.

Then Yukiko moved on to her life story.

"When I first started my journey when I was ten, my home Region, Alola didn't have a Pokemon League, so my grandparents advised me to travel to other regions to broaden my knowledge. I also wanted to prove that Alolanians could be great trainers and manage a League as well. Pachi became my starter a week before my Tenth birthday when she stowed away on a cargo ship for fruit. She was harassed by some bird Pokemon and I defended her from them, then Pachi saved me from an angry Bruxish when we stowed into its territory. We've been partners since." Yukiko smiled at the memory as her Pokedex brought up the data.

"Bruxish, the Ghash Teeth Pokemon.

When it unleashes its psychic power from the protuberance on its head, the grating sound of grinding teeth echoes through the area. It stuns its prey with psychokinesis and then grinds them to mush with its strong teeth. Even a Shellder's shell is no match for it!"

"Yikes! I'd hate to encounter that!" Mic said.

"Anyway, after Professor Kukui and Oak gave me my two other Pokémon, Amphitrite and Blaise who are now a Primarina and a Charizard, I also captured Merlin who became a Alakazam and Zephyria when she was a Hoppip, then the five of us left for Kanto where we started our journey. In time, we met Nikko who was a Jigglypuff but now a Wigglytuff who I saved from poachers and joined us. The six of them became my main team.

There are 18 total official types of Pokémon as well.

Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Dragon, Steel, and Fairy. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses, most of which are logical setups. Fire-type Pokémon are weak against Water-type Pokémon, Ice-type Pokémon are weak against Fire-type Pokémon, Water-type Pokémon are weak against Electric and Grass-type Pokémon, etc. These matchups also apply to the types of moves as well: A Fire-type move such as Ember will be strong against a Grass-type Pokémon such as Jumpluff. Some types of Pokémon are also immune to a certain type of moves, regardless of its attack power, such as using an offensive Ghost-type move on a Normal-type Pokémon, and vice versa.