Agent Ben

Agent Ben is a member of the Pokemon Defense Unit, an organization that investigates any and every situation in regards to people and Pokemon.

Early history
Agent Ben, since he was a child living in the Kanto Region, loved Pokemon and looked up to his father, who was a policeman. After his father retired, Ben was taught how to defend himself, policeman style, but was told not to join the police for his own safety by his father. When he reached the right age, he received his Pokemon license and his starter Pokemon, Charmander. He and Charmander traveled far and wide, all the while Charmander evolved into Charmeleon and then Charizard. Eventually, Ben became the Kanto League champion, but that didn't stop him from becoming stronger, catching more Pokemon, and winning more League Conferences in all the other regions that had one. He even won a few Pokemon Contests, and halted a few criminals, as well. Eventually, he was approached by someone to join with a public crime fighting organization that assisted the police every now and then. This person was, in fact, his cousin Edwin.

As an Agent
Eventually, Ben completed his physical and mental training and even received his own Ponyta as a gift from the Laramie Clan for solving his first case as part of his graduation exam. Now a full fledged Agent of the Pokemon Defense Unit, PDU for short, Ben solved all sorts of cases involving both humans and Pokemon that the police couldn't handle or haven't the time to tackle across all the regions. One of these cases involved a nightclub owner working with a gang for protection money. The crooks took Ben on, after roughing up the owner's Machamp a bit, with their Pokemon, but that didn't stop Agent Ben and his fully evolved Rapidash, whom he named Cinder. After getting backup, catching the owner, and clamping him and the crooks in irons, he suspended the Machamp's Trainer's Pokemon license as a result of Pokemon abandonment and abuse, since he kept calling that Machamp worthless for failing to protect him, and then asked Machamp if he would like to join his team. Machamp agreed, and from that day one, they were firm friends, Ben even named him Forearms. While on a case involving some strange happenings at a P1 Tournament, Ben witnessed the death of a Trainer at the hands of a crook who was ticked off about losing to him, having been considered one of the top contenders and losing to a relative new comer. Ben had Forearms subdue him and he called for backup as he checked on the Trainer. The Trainer told him to take his Hitmonchan, his best friend who was nearby and saw the whole thing, and give him a new home with him. Ben, with sorrow in his heart, agreed. And Hitmonchan, with tears in his eyes, embraced with his new trainer as his previous trainer died. Ben eventually won the P1, dedicating his victory to the Trainer that was recently murdered and his new Hitmonchan, which he nicknamed Rocky. And with his three friends, Ben continued his career as an agent of the PDU, righting wrongs, helping Pokemon, and busting crooks.