*Please note that this story has many different ideas and some characters from various Anime that I have watched over the years so as always I own non of them and all credit goes to the original writes. I OWN NOTHING BUT THIS STORY. But I wish to sooooo badly...*

(Jumyō no tabi/Shōgai no omoide to naru tabi)

The Journey of Lifetimes

Chapter 1: Let us begin…

It was supposed to be a normal life-changing day, where would change for the better, unfortunately it changed…..just in a completely opposite way. It was a nice sunny day, you know birds chirping, flowers blooming the works. It was early in the morning as a loud alarm clock rang for its owner to awake. "Ugh…." said me, Gugenshi Hirōzu Musuko which means embodied as the hero's son, a 17 year old Lucaravile (Lu-car-a-vile) whose about to finish his 3rd year of high school. Guess I should explain huh? Well my world is different from yours. In this world, people are born as animals, well sometimes they are but that's not really the important part. People in my world half the time are born as Gijinka versions of Pokémon. It's actually interesting seeing all the different Peomons out there. But back to the best/worst day of my life.

It was 7:30 in the morning when my alarm clock rang. "time to get up…." Said Lucaravile as he rose from his bed mat. Lucaravile loved Japanese culture because of all the different worlds it brought with it. He rubbed his eyes sleepily before standing up and walking to his in-room bathroom to get ready. He looked at himself in the mirror before smiling. "Today is the big day…Everything has to go according to plan!" he said as he studied his face. He'll never understand how his parents, Takashi Hiro – a 40 year old tan male, standing 5 foot 8 inches, with short brown hair and light blue eyes and Hikari Hiroin – a 37 year old Gijinka Weavile standing 5 foot 2 inches, with long golden hair, since she was shiny, and light emerald, could end up with a 17 year old boy who looks like a mix. (A mash of 2 or more Pokémon in this case: Lucaravile a mix of Lucario, Staraptor and Weavile)

"Oh well can't focus on that today!" said Lucaravile looking in the mirror before heading downstairs to the kitchen table. 'Wonder why I look different to the other Gijinkas in town..' he thought as he sat down. "Morning son." said Takashi, Dad, as he took a sip of his coffee. "Good morning dear." said Hikaryei, Mom, as she gave everyone breakfast. "Morning!" said Lucaravile cheerfully as he ate his favorite breakfast, scrambled eggs with bacon and 2 fluffy pancakes. "Well someone's awfully cheerful today." "It wouldn't be because of this Elizabeth we've been hearing of lately?" his mother and father said interrogating their mixed son. Lucaravile blushed bright red and almost choked on his food. Both his parents laughed as all three continued with their meal.

Elizabeth Zimmerman was the girl they were talking about and, like always, they were right on the money. Elizabeth, or Liz as she likes to be called, was the new girl in town and boy was she something! Liz is a pink and black Lucario with blood red eyes and little white fangs. In our world, she is known as an oppey (op-pey) a shiny with opposite colors, which only happens once every 50 years or so per family-lifetime. When she first arrived at our school, she didn't know one thing about our town, so she was lost 90% of the time. Luckily, she had her older brother Tom Zimmerman, a human, by her side to help her out. When I first saw them I was pretty curious as to why a human and an oppey were always together. So, being me, I followed them around for a week to see what they were like, but it didn't take them long to figure out I was there. Luckily they offered a hand of friendship rather than call the police.

Its been almost three years since that day and honestly the three of us are the best of friends. We always hang out together during lunch and sometimes we walk home together. Tom even went as far as to call me "part of his family." Which at first, I thought he was just joking around, but lately he's been acting as if he was completely serious. Which only makes this that much more important, if it works, I will not only gain the greatest girlfriend in the world, but also her amazing family too. But seriously I've never met a girl like Liz before. She's sweet, kind, caring, Funny, can bet the tar out of anyone and is so much fun you never want the party to end. She was just so…Amazing!

Lucaravile was blushing from cheek to cheek, getting lost in his own thoughts. His parents gave each other a look saying 'he's thinking about her again.' 'I know.' "Ehm!" said his father clearing his throat. "?!" Lucaravile snapped out of his trans-like-state and shook his head finishing up his meal before running out the door. "Wish me luck see you later!" yelled Lucaravile as he left. Both his parents laughed. "That boy will never change." "Always easy to read." said his parents continuing their meal.

*Well there you go. That was the first chapter, hope you enjoyed. ^^ Sorry if it was too short but I hope to get the next chapter up really soon. Caution two more chapters before the really good stuff kicks in. Hope to see you there ^w^ Bye for now!*