Thread:NegimaLover/@comment-35416290-20190506064343/@comment-35416290-20190507063209

It all depends on what Pokemon would fit him. Remember, he's an active member of the Pokemon Defense Unit. So it all depends on what three starting Pokemon the PDU HQ of the region he's in has for him to start with, seeing as he had three Pokemon he either recieved from someone or saved or captured. For example, in the Kanto Region, he starts with a female Rapidash named Cinders, which was a gift from the Laramie Clan while she was a Ponyta, which he uses for transportation.

Next he has a Machamp who he rescued when its trainer, who used him as a bouncer for a nightclub, baled on him to get away from some crooks who wanted some money he owed their boss. Ben managed to defeat them with Cinders and his fighting abilities he learned at the PDU Training Academy, and then he had Cinders corner the guy who was running away and has his Pokemon license suspended for abandoning his Machamp. Also, by using special technology in his cellphone, he can free Pokemon that are trained by humans, which he demonstrates by freeing the nightclub owner's Machamp. Machamp, greatful for what Ben did, decides to join him and Cinders.

And the last of his original three in the Kanto region is Hitmonlee. He actually saved it from being attacked by some other fighting Pokemon when it's trainer was killed after winning a Pokemon competition and it clearly was glad that it had some backup. And, of course, since it didn't have a trainer any longer, Hitmonlee joined Ben.