The Shirubāhātourufu
Legalities: I DON'T OWN POKEMON! I MERELY OWN THE PLOT AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! That said, I will happily lay claim to the story itself and the title is Japanese for the Silver Hearted Wolf. Also known as the main character. Anyway a few things as with all my stories this is an adult story, so expect lots of adult things including cussing, violence, possible character death, and lemons. Next expect this to slightly follow the anime, manga, movies, games, comics, etc. If it has to do with Pokemon it's probably part of this story. That said the main character will start out in my favorite region of Kanto, but travel to all the regions. All Pokemon will be understandable by humans. I refuse to constantly right out Pokemon names then have to translate over and over. That said Pokemon will have multiple forms, a feral, a humanoid, and an anthropomorphic. Why because I like moemon, I like anthros, and I can see a use for Pokemon stuck in one of their forms from birth, or due to disease or something, and some Pokemon will just prefer one form over another, that said I hope you enjoy The Shirubāhātourufu. ON TO THE STORY STARTING WITH A LAB, A MAN, and A GENIUS!
Chapter 1: The Shirubāhātourufu, The Genius, and The Dimensional Transfer Machine.
My story begins in a lab. Not a lab for some government agency, or a lab for a doctor, no this was the lab of my eccentric genius friend Andrew Bartholomew Ferdinand. A bouncy fucker as I called him cause he bounced from topic to topic. The story begins on the Fifth of May, the year, 2025, Andrew had a break through on his dimensional transporter. Now you're probably going "That's science fiction, what the hell could you possibly do to build one of those?!" I answer you with this, Andrew is a genius with an IQ of 259, he is a particle physicist who only stayed in school to hang out with his best friend me. I have an IQ of 175 to 190, and still don't understand half his eccentricities. That said I helped put the machine together but couldn't tell you what the individual parts did.
Anyway back to my story. I was sitting in Andrew's lab as he christened the DT as I called it, or Dimensional Transporter. I was chewing a piece of gum and he was checking it over carefully for any flaws then he said to me "Name one universe you want to go to more than anything, whether it's real, fictional, or otherwise."
I raised an eyebrow and said "Do you need a thing to scan or does your machine just find it by typing in descriptions?"
He smirked and said "If you have something to scan please do show me it, if not then I guess I can type I descriptions and possibly get an accurate dimension." I pulled out my 3ds, which was still in working condition after eleven years and handed it to him. He plugged it into the machine after I turned on my Pokemon game and asked "The world of Pokemon, eh my friend?" I nodded and he said "I should have expected that or monster girl worlds. Anyway, are you ready for the possibility that will await us, and do you have your dimensional recall bracelet?" I nodded showing him the high tech bracelet strapped to my wrist and he said "I see your still tattooed with a silver hearted wolf." I chuckled and nodded the wolf being tattooed across my arm and down it. I was wearing a muscle shirt, blue jeans, sneakers, a black hoodie, and a crimson button down shirt, though the button down hid the tail of my wolf, the hoodie was actually across the back of my chair, and my muscle shirt showed my arms revealing my tattoo which covered my right arm. My left arm had a fame tattoo going up from the wrist to the shoulder with the kanji for wolf, silver, heart, and flame written within it, and on my back and chest you could just make out a pair of dragons, the one on my chest eastern, the one on my back a western hand drawn over my muscles the wings spreading to my shoulders the head turned sideways.
I spat my gum in the trash as the machine started up and said "I know I look like a thug but you gotta admit the tattoo of a sunburst you have on your left wrist is cool." He laughed at that and I smiled saying "Got you to laugh Drew." He nodded and the machine beeped as it found the coordinators and was ready for the first test. I smirked and said "Guess that's my cue. You got the video communication up on my watch right?" He nodded and I said "Let's hope it works across dimensions like you think it should once its been programmed with the coordinates of home and there." I strapped on said watch to my write wrist right over the tip of the wolf tattoo's nose. I sighed and entered the machine which bio-locked behind me. This was so that the machine only had to transfer one person at a time to prevent accidents mid transfer and what not.
I leaned on the wall as the machine started up then a bright light surrounded me and Andrew's voice said "Jason please stop leaning on the wall as it could interfere with transport. I told you to stand in the middle of the transporter." I nodded and stood in the center as the video feed on my watch came on and he said "Activating things in twenty, nineteen...five...three, two one, activating the machine happy trails my friend." I nodded at the monitor and vanished into the dimensional gap.
After a few minutes I stopped and the chamber vanished leaving me floating in the dimensional gap. I swore and said "Oh man, I think the trip isn't complete. What the heck stopped me midway? Did someone or something stop the machine back home or is it an incompatible dimension that sent me to the gap between dimensions where I'll rot for eternity? Or and this is crazy, but did some god like entity enter the gap and stop me from going further to talk to me?"
A voice said "Hehe, I see you guessed correctly stranger. Who are you and why are you trying to go to my world." I lowered my hood which I'd put it on back in the chamber afraid I'd end up wearing nothing but a tank top in a barren wasteland or on Mount Silver." A young woman with a gold belt around her waist that looked like it contained the life plates of Arceus, was studying me. I studied her in turn noticing her hair was the color of Arceus' fur, she had red eyes, gold painted nails, and was wearing a white dress. She smirked at me and said "Well my good man, what are you hiding behind that hood?" I sighed and lowered the hood causing her to gasp and said "JAS!"
I blinked wondering how she knew that nickname. My actual name was Jason Alexander Strax, and my friends called me Jason, Jay, Strax, or Jas as in my initials. I said "Do we know each other?" She squealed and pulled me into a hug making me say "Not that this isn't nice but I really don't think I know any godly level beings." She giggled and I said "Seriously, you're starting to scare me here miss. I mean you look like Arceus if she was human but that's not possible because humans and Pokemon don't have the same forms. Unless the transporter fucked up and sent me to the moemon verse."
She laughed lightly releasing me and said "No Pokemon have three forms. Humanoid, anthropomorphic, and feral. Or moemon, anthro, and pure Pokemon as you call them." I wondered how she knew what I referred to Pokemon as in my own mind and she said "I am Arceus. I just don't want to transform and scare you." I raised an eyebrow and she said "Oh you were being playful when you said I scared you don't lie. You always enjoy the touch of a woman." I nodded slowly in acquiescence that yes this was true. She smiled and said "I guess I can show you my centaur form as you called it." She turned into a human woman with the lower body of an Arceus and asked "Believe me now?" I mutely nodded that yes I believed. She smiled turning back into the human woman though I noticed the ears of a horse and hooves that marked her as Arceus finally and she said "Good. I have a few things to tell you since this is your first time meeting me, and not my first time meeting you before I deage you and send you down to my world."
I sighed and said "Hit me with them Boss Lady." She laughed and I smiled finding her voice beautiful and her laugh like tinkling bells. She smiled and I said "You know you could call me Okami if you want. I mean it's one of my nicknames or Shirubāhātourufu aka the silver hearted wolf."
She chuckled and said "Jas works just fine. So Jas three things you need to know, 1. you are going to be deaged to a five year old and be raised by Deliah Ketchum. 2. We will meet many times throughout your journey as will other legendaries but you won't be catching any of us until you need to. 3. You can rely on your preexisting knowledge of the 'Pokemon Franchise,' as you call it to learn all sorts of key events you'll have to change, leave the same, or work with. "
She paused here and took a breath then continued, "Now onto the fun stuff, you'll be mentally connected with a Pokemon as soon as they're born, can't say who as that would be spoilers but you'll be one of the only things keeping them sane. Next humans and Pokemon can interbreed. Third, you are a fixture in the reality but your time starts now as well as having already passed and continued. Fourth your machine won't work until the time line reaches the same time as you arrived. "
She took another pause this time studying my reaction and smiled, I guess she liked what she saw, and finished, "Finally fifth, have fun. Just because you have a hero complex doesn't' mean you shouldn't have as much fun as possible. Anyway that's all I have to say other than turning you into a child and sending you to the past with Dialga's help. She'll be so happy to see you and Palkia will be glad to know her favorite human has finally traveled through space so she can interact with him again. I guess I'll see you around, and when I first meet you you'll have to remember that we are friends. Don't ask why because I was raging and you kinda calmed me down with that reminder thank you by the way." She kissed my cheek then my nose and forehead before hitting me with a strange attack I knew nothing about.
I felt myself shrinking and swore "Damn it Arceus! WARN A GUY NEXT TIME!" She giggled and muttered something that sounded like 'You were right your first meeting with me was lots of fun for me.'
I started to fall toward the planet which was simply called Monster Earth, and fell into a portal of time where Dialga, a girl with a crown of crystal on her head, a silver body suit, blue hair, black skin, black gloves that covered her hands, which meant her skin may have been covered by makeup, and dinosaur feet said "Hi Jason, bye Jason, see you when you grow up and when you need me next. Have fun trying to convince Ho-oh you're not the chosen one." I swore and started to protest I was definitely not a chosen anything then fell and landed in a backyard, a rose bush to be precise.
I winced and said "Shnikeys that hurt." A woman with long brown hair in a ponytail down her back, brown eyes, and unblemished skin, wearing a pink shirt, blue apron, and blue jeans walked up. I waved and said "Hello Miss. Did you happen to catch the name of the Pokemon who dropped me in your rose bush?" She giggled and I said "I bet you think I'm kidding but a Pokemon literally dropped me here saying you were going to adopt me most likely. Shnikeys my back hurts."
She pulled me out of the bush and said "Pokemon don't tend to drop children off at my home young man, I'm Deliah, Deliah Ketchum, who are you?"
I smiled and said "Jason Alexander Strax, you can call me Jas, Jason, Okami, Strax, or Jay, I don't go by Alex or Alexander due to the fact that was my father's name and the only time I was called that was when I was in trouble." She nodded humming thoughtfully. Suddenly a Mr. Mime, or at least that was what I thought the clown looking fother mucker was walked up and bowed speaking to the lady. I realize I could curse but if Deliah's reading this and saw me cursing when writing about my younger years she'd kill me. I sighed and said "Mr. Mime, right?" He nodded and I said "Jason." He shook my hand, other than the face paint that creeped me out I found him interesting. Turns out he was a friend of Deliah's Pokemon who was helping her around the house while his owner was out of town meaning this wasn't Mimey. I was relieved cause I thought it meant that Red, Leaf, and Gary would be way older than me. Turns out Red was, but he was also the Kanto champion. Anyway that's for later.
As I was saying the Mr. Mime, Bruce, as he later introduced himself, was asking Deliah if he should try to salvage the roses while she checked for any missing children reports in the region. After all most Pokemon couldn't fly from region to region while carrying a three and a half foot tall kid, my tattoos had vanished which made me grumble but it was good because it meant I really was just in my own body regressed in age and could get more fitting tattoos for my new world. Bruce looked at me and said "What part of Kanto are you from young master Jason?"
I blinked and said "I have no idea. I just remember passing out in the woods and the sensation of falling as I woke up then landing in the rose bush." He nodded and Deliah said she'd definitely take me to the police station, but she was seriously considering adopting me. I learned a few things from Bruce, first Blue was Oak's son and Gary's father, Second Green was Leaf's mom, and Third Red was Deliah's adopted brother. That was cool and all meaning he would probably drop by to check up on me. He hadn't stopped Team Rocket, but he had convinced Giovanni to step down as a gym leader and look more at his business interests.
Blue had taken over the gym, and Green was a world renowned coordinator on a break to take care of her daughter until she was old enough to go training. Blue's older kid Daisy was only nine but she was already a researcher in the making. I found that cool and made a note to get to know the nine year old, after all it would be good to have a researcher I could talk to. Bruce also told me he was Green's Pokemon but Green was taking her daughter on a tour of the Kanto region so she had left Bruce to help out Deliah, who sometimes forgot to take care of herself since she was single and had no one she needed to watch out for or anything. She'd get hyper focused.
Deliah cut in at this point and said "Bruce I don't get Hyper focused." I raised an eyebrow and she said "You don't believe me Jason?" I shook my head and she asked "Why not?" I sighed and shook my head not wanting to talk about it. She glared and said "Tell me this instant young man."
I sighed and said "It's your garden. It's to perfect. This takes a lot of time, and effort and you seem like the type who if you didn't have anyone to worry about you'd worry more about your plants than yourself feeling that you don't' need as much care as they do. Also the callouses on your hand show that you spend lots of time working with your hands which no house wife should have. Did I mention I'm super intelligent for my age?"
She laughed at the last bit and said "Fine, maybe I do get a little carried away but it's all because the man I fell in love with chose to journey while I chose to settle down." I nodded figuring that to be the case and she said "Wait why am I telling you that? I didn't have to explain myself to you."
I sighed and said "I just have a way of making people blab. My mom said it was a habit picked up from my father. Anyway can we head to the police station because I doubt anyone's missing me." She heard the disheartened tone in my voice and pat my head making me smile sadly then the two of us walked to the police station while Bruce fixed the flowers I landed on. After a bit of walking we entered the police station and everyone stopped what they were doing. I saw a few girls with growlithe tails and ears, a few poochyenas, and even a few arcanines by the ruff around there neck all in human form.
An officer Jenny walked up and said "Hello Deliah, this little boy troubling you?" Deliah shook her head and the Pokemon girls all studied me carefully. I shifted on my feet and thought "Why the hell are they giving me looks like they want to eat me?" Jenny said "Alright so if he's not being a problem then why'd you bring him in? Need us to find his parents or something since he doesn't look like a Palette Town native."
Deliah said "Can you run a search for anyone matching his appearance going missing throughout Kanto, if not he said that he remembers a forest and I think he may have been either abandoned or his family was attacked by wild Pokemon that were willing to feast on humans, and his parents sent him away for safety with one of their Pokemon."
Jenny and I both shivered at the thought of Pokemon eating humans and she said "I'll check but I wouldn't hold out any hope, do you know what Pokemon was carrying him?" Deliah shook her head sadly and Jenny said "Alright. Well how about you two talk to Liza, she's the arcanine with black hair, and a blue dyed ruff, over by the window and tell her everything you remember." We nodded and walked over to Liza who smiled at Deliah then gave me the same hungry look.
I gulped and said "Hello Lady Liza. I'm Jason, and this is my story." I left out everything about Arceus, made some bullshit about being in the woods which no-one could tel was bullshit amazingly and said that all I remembered was passing out and waking up falling. The last part was completely true. I didn't remember anything about the Pokemon world except falling from Dialga's portal and landing in the rose bush. Deliah told her what she saw and I said "Huh so you didn't see who dropped me Miss Deliah?" She shook her head and I sighed thankful no Pokemon would be blamed for dropping off a kid without permits or whatever.
Liza said "Wow sounds taxing. Do you need a drink or anything Jason?" I shook my head and she said "I'll go tell the chief but I have to mention are you wearing cologne?" I shook my head and she said "Weird because you smell good enough to eat to me and probably the other girls too." I shivered at that and she said "Not that type of eat." I sighed I relief still imagining being devoured by Pokemon. Liza ruffled my hair which I put to rights as she walked away then I leaned against Deliah who ran her fingers through my dirty blonde hair. I leaned into her magic touch making her giggle because she could tell if I was an animal I'd be purring at her touch.
Eventually the Jenny and Liza walked up saying "There was nothing in the database, so you two are in a tough spot. We're either going to have to put Jason in the system or find someone in town who'll take him in. I guess I could ask Oak."
Deliah shook her head and said "I'll take care of him. It'll be my pleasure to help him grow into a fine young man." I smiled and nodded. Jenny smiled and glanced at Liza who shrugged. Deliah said "Also we'll regularly check back here in case any new intelligence comes in. Right Jason?" I nodded as I was pounced upon by all the female Pokemon who were pulling my cheeks and cooing over how cute I was and how good I smelled. Most of the males were avoiding me though some had the same hungry gaze and I thought they must be gay or submissive. I waved the girls off and Jenny blew a whistle making them all retreat. I hid behind Deliah after that until we left. Deliah giggled and said "Plus seems like Jason already has taken a liking to me anyway." I nodded.
Jenny smiled and said "Then let's head to the courthouse and fill out the necessary paperwork." I nodded at that and the three of us headed out but not before Jenny said "Liza your in charge. Keep this pack of mangy mutts in line or I will be very cross." Liza saluted and the three of us left. I was the first one out not wanting to give them a chance to jump on me before I left because even Jenny wouldn't keep those females from bombarding me if I was alone for any length of time in there.
As we walked to the police station I got to know Jenny and found out that yes there were a lot of others who looked like her, including a few growlithes in the family from members who'd married their arcanine partners. I was amazed and asked "Doesn't it get confusing at family reunions?" She laughed and shook her head making my own spin at the implications. We walked into the court house and Jenny walked up to a clerk then made it known we needed adoption papers. I dug around in my pockets till I found my gum and popped a piece in my mouth as the adults talked. It felt nice to be able to tune it out for once, hadn't been able to do that since I was seventeen. The first time I was seventeen. It was going to get confusing remembering the fact this was my second time being five and so I decided to not think of it as anything but a new start.
After a while all the papers were signed, even a few by me, and we headed back to the station where Jenny split off then we headed to Deliah's house and I asked "So if Ms. Green Rose is Bruce's trainer, does that mean she and Leaf are out of town?" Deliah nodded and I said "Cool." Deliah let out a delighted laugh at my nonchalance then I asked "Think I can help out in the kitchen when we get home? Oh and mom, my birthday is the fourth of November. I'm five by the way." She smiled and thanked me for that info putting it into her poketech.
When we got home the two of us started cooking while Bruce cleaned up the house. Deliah said "I have a spare room we can turn into your bedroom. It already has a bed but we can make it more personalized as time goes on." I nodded in thanks as we continued cooking then she asked "Did your parents have you help out a lot?" I nodded and thought "Not really but after living alone with Andrew, I had to learn to cook if I didn't want to eat nothing but take out and pizza. Guy can even burn water." I stretched as Deliah put the final touches on the stew then she motioned for me to sit down and said "Alright what do you know about the world of Pokemon?"
I told her what little I knew and said I had mild amnesia and didn't think my family really went over the different things to know about Pokemon other than the cities and stuff here in Kanto. She sighed and said "Well as a former trainer I can probably help you with all that. Let's start with the types. There are seventeen types of Pokemon." I nodded in understanding and she said "The types are, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ground, Rock, Steel, Fairy, Dragon, Dark, Psychic, Ghost, Fighting, Normal, Bug, Poison, Ice, and Flying. Each type has weaknesses and advantages. An example is ice and grass are weak to fire but strong to water." I nodded, following so far. She continued "The jobs of those who work with Pokemon and train them are classified as Ranger, Trainer, Coordinator, Breeder, Doctor, Nurse, Police, Researcher and more. Basically the ones you really need to remember are trainer, Researchers, and coordinators because they all live in Palette Town."
I nodded and said "Got it mom. Next?" She ruffled my hair smiling brighter than before as if it revitalized her to be called mom by me.
She said "Trainers come in many shapes and sizes, but most are seeking one thing, and that is to be a Pokemon master. No one's passed the master, not even my brother. Regional champions are the closest thing right now other than my brother's biological father who everyone said completed most regions but never took the mark of mastery. I don't know anything about him, so if you want to know more about him you'll have to ask Red because I was ten when Red left on his journey after his mom left to seek his dad. I think to this day he's still searching." I nodded in understanding and she continued "Now the mark of mastery is presented by the leagues, and other organizations that have to do with Pokemon. I know nothing about it other than that the tester has to have the knowledge of a researcher, the talent of a coordinator, the strength of a trainer, the kindness of a breeder, and the protectiveness and love of Pokemon of a Pokemon ranger. How they test these qualities I don't know."
I nodded again and said "Cool. So to be a master you have to have tapped into all the fields to a degree." She nodded and got up to check the stew while Bruce walked in and sat down. I looked at Bruce and asked "You know anything about Red's dad, Bruce?" He shook his head and I sighed then said "What about Leaf's dad?"
Bruce smiled and said "That I do know. Leaf's dad had silver eyes, black tipped hair, and always wore long sleeves. He visited a lot until Leaf turned five then he said he had to do something for a group that would get Leaf and Green in trouble if they were caught with him and promised he'd see her again one day. Red is like an uncle to Leaf, Gary, and Daisy. Leaf's dad was good friends' with Blue and his wife too, although Blue kind of blames him for the disappearance of his wife." I blinked and wondered why Blue would blame Leaf's dad for the disappearance of his wife. Bruce saw my look and said "All we know is that Leaf's dad was the last one to see her and he warned her if she didn't vanish a while she'd be unable to raise her kids. No one knew what that meant until her lab exploded while she was in hiding. She hasn't appeared since."
I sighed and said "Cool I guess, but definitely mysterious. So what about my adoptive father?"
Bruce chuckled darkly and said "That asshole chose to travel rather than be with Deliah when she gave up being a trainer. She didn't release her Pokemon but she said for now they'll stay at the professors until she's ready to start traveling again. Anyway I shouldn't talk about Deliah behidn her back you want to know more ask her, I can however tell you about Leaf and Green."
I shook my head feeling I'd learned enough and said "No thanks Bruce." He chuckled seeing the knowledge swimming behind my eyes and I said "I have a lot to think about as is." I wondered if I would ever meet Leaf and Red's dads, or if they were the same person just in two different times, or if they were both related like Red really was Leaf's uncle and her dad was his brother. I shook it all away and leaned back in my chair only to be bopped on the head with a wooden spoon. I quickly lowered the legs of my chair.
Deliah said "Good. Don't ruin my chairs Jason Alexander Strax Ketchum." I knew I was in trouble she'd used the full name. She continued "Don't slouch, and watch where you put your hands. Also hello again Bruce, done dusting?" He nodded chuckling and she smiled at him then turned to me and said "Now you young man are going to eat everything on your plate, you look like skin and bones in those clothes. Why would you wear something so big and in such dark colors too?"
I winced and said "Moooom don't dismiss the clothes. I know they're a little big but they're my style. I like dark colors, though I think I could put up with a lighter red at times. I just forgot they weer to big for me." Luckily I was wearing a belt so my clothes, which had not shrunk when I regressed in age actually stayed on. However my shirts were un-tucked, my sleeves hung off my hands and had to be rolled up so I could eat and I looked like I was swimming in my clothes.
Deliah said "You should wear colors that bring out your eyes more. They're such a stunning stormy gray." I wasn't going to let her walk all over me just because she was now my mother but she had a point that I could wear clothes to bring out my better features. I was just happy all my scars and stuff were gone leaving me with nothing but unblemished skin, though I'd have to work out to regain my muscle mass. I stretched and she said "You're listening to me, right Jason?" I nodded and she smiled in relief saying "I know I sound naggy probably but you really should show off your good looks instead of hiding behind dark colors and baggy clothes."
I chuckled and said "I get it mom, trust me. I wouldn't be wearing this if I had anything else. I just grabbed something out of my parents closet before we left for the woods. If we get me some actually fitting clothes that would be great." She smiled and hugged me then started serving the three of us, this included herself, and we ate in peace. After a while I said "There a clothing store in town or do we have to go to Viridian City?"
She smiled and said "There are several stores in Palette. Thanks to Red being the Kanto champion the town's really grown a bit." I nodded figuring as much and she said "We'll go after lunch." I nodded again too busy stuffing my gut to complain. She said "I see you like my cooking Jason?" I nodded again thinking "This is sinfully good. No wonder she opens a restaurant in the show. I can't wait to see how her meals improve with me helping her cook as time goes on." I stretched as I finished my second bowl and pushed it away not having any room left for thirds.
Deliah finished her first bowl and Bruce was on his third as Deliah served herself a small helping of seconds. I sighed softy and said "So where we heading first mom?" She smiled at me but didn't say anything as she was still eating and I said "Let me guess, it's a surprise?" She nodded happily and I sighed then stretched and ran a hand through my short shaggy hair. I got up and said "Wash room." Deliah pointed it out to me when we'd first entered the house and she nodded as I headed to the bathroom to look at myself and clean up.
I walked into the bathroom and looked at my reflection in the full length door mirror. I was as stated before about three and a half feet tall, my hair which had been long and dirty blonde was now shaggy, short, and still dirty blonde but a lighter almost sandy version, and my eyes were the same gray though without the scars marring my face from fights. My skin was as said before unblemished, even the scar on my wrist from the dark points in my life. I grinned and said "Looking good kid, this is definitely a chance to fix up yourself." I wondered how Arceus was able to make me regress to a five year old and realized that if it truly was the god Pokemon that meant it could do just about anything within reason within it's own dimension. Outside this dimension it may be powerless, or a low tier god at best, but here it was all powerful so it was a good thing I was on it's, or her I guess, good side.
I walked out of the bathroom and to the living room where Deliah, who I'll be referring to as mom until I go on my Pokemon Journey, was sitting down watching the news. I waved at her and said "Let's go get me some fitting clothes." She nodded and the two of us headed out.
We walked for a good ten minutes and came upon a large store that sold trainer's clothes. I grinned and said "Trainer Gear, awesome." She nodded and the two of us walked in then headed to the kids' section. This section was reserved for parents taking their kids on their journey to train them to be ready for their own Pokemon Journey. Yes I did capitalize journey, that's because of how important this particular type of journey is, it's like a right of passage. Anyway mom and I picked out a dozen shirts, four different types of leg wear, and some fitting sneakers that were black and red.
After that I tried everything on and we settled on a few shirts, one black, one red, one blue, one green, one white, and the last a stormy gray like my eyes. The pants we settled on jeans and we got me an extra pair of sneakers. We walked to the register with our new purchases in hand and the man behind it said "Ah hello Deliah, this must be Jas, the one the girls at the station are all talking about." I coughed to get his attention and he said "Yes young man?"
I sighed and said "My name is Jason Alexander Strax Ketchum, I'd prefer if you call me Jason unless you are using my full name abbreviated because you're mad at me or something. Jas is just not something I want to be called all the time. Heck call me Strax for all I care, just not Jas because it's associated with some close memories and now that I have a new last name I think it's time I move on from them unless in trouble."
He smiled and said "Alright young Strax. Now let's see your purchases." We slipped them all on the counter and he took off the tags and stuff then put everything but the black and red sneakers in a bag. I pulled them on sighing in contentment at having my feet in fitting shoes. I hadn't noticed how much harder it was to walk or how hard it was on my feet to be wearing size eleven's on a size six foot. After that we paid and headed home where I changed into jeans and the black t shirt then went to the local river on the south side of town. I collapsed under a tree and took a nap.
We'll end this chapter of my life here and start again at my sixth birthday when I met Leaf and Gary, and I'll even mention my meeting with Daisy. Anyway hope you enjoyed and see you next time. If you enjoyed awesome, if not well sorry but this is my main focus for now. Anyway see you next time on Shirubāhātourufu.
