-An unlikely leader-
Izumi looked behind him as he trained, alone, in the now refurbished gym (as he's done in the last three months). There lied the Pikachu he defeated prior to the 3 months.
"You want something?" Izumi asked, "I'm pretty busy..."
The Pikachu tried to hide, but although Izumi didn't look at the Pikachu, he still knew he was here.
"Don't bother; My Spinarak Sense* was tingling for 3 months now..."
"Is that what you call it?" the voice remarked.
"Shut up!" Izumi shouted at the voice.
"I didn't say anything!" the Pikachu cried out.
"Not you!" Izumi responded.
"Well, then who!?"
"..."
Izumi just kept punching his makeshift punching bag.
"My soaps* start in an hour," Izumi told the little guy, "What do you want?"
His soaps? the Pikachu thought as he walked closer, "I want you to..."
"To... what?" Izumi asked as he took a hit from the punching bag (!?), "Come on, spit it out!"
The Pikachu spit on the ground.
"Ew... don't ever do that again unless you're a water type..."
"Sorry..."
"Well, what do you want? Guy problems?
"I'm a girl," the Pikachu expressed embarassedly, "You couldn't tell from my voice?"
Izumi was shocked.
"Oh... I just thought you had a female actor*," Izumi shrugged as he apologized, "Sorry 'bout that bro..."
Izumi punched the bag again.
"So what do you want?"
"...I want you to train us."
Izumi just looked at her.
"Who us?"
The Pikachu walked back to open the door to the gym, and there stood a dozen or so starter pokemon, from Totodiles and Chikoritas, to Eevees and Bulbasaurs.
Izumi smiled as he pulled out a tape recorder.
"Better tape my soaps..."
*Spidey Sense
*Underground radio for the win!
*In most animes, in both US and Japan, young boys are often played by girls.