Chapter 1: Soul Eater, I Choose You

Summary: Maka gets her first pokemon

A young girl sat at a desk reading a book on her favorite subject: Pokemon. Her excited green eyes scrolled past all of the words printed about each and every of the 135 pokemon around. She put her dirty-blonde hair back into a ponytail so it didn't disturb her reading. 'Tomorrow,' she thought, 'tomorrow I'll get my first pokemon. With it, I'll become a pokemon master just like my mama. I just can't decide what type I want. They're all so good!'

As she was sitting, lost in thought, her bed room door creaked open and a man walked in. He had straight red hair and blue eyes. "Maka, you excited for your big day?"

The girl, Maka, didn't look at the man. "Yep," she answered simply.

"You know, if you go on a big journey to all the gyms in Jotai, you won't be see your old papa as much." he said.

"I'm okay with that."

Maka's dad's jaw dropped. "You won't miss me at all?"

"No."

Small tears formed in his eyes. "Do you at least know which pokemon you'll get?"

"Not a scyther."

A scyther popped out of the only pokeball at the man's waist. "Scyther syth?" the scyther asked, sounding offended.

Maka closed her book. "I'm going to bed. Night."

"Night… Come on Arisa, let's go."

"Scyther," the scyther said and followed its master out.

Maka walked excited down the paved road. The huge smile on Maka's face turned into a scowl of annoyance as a loud "Yahoo!" echoed around her. Maka stopped walking as a boy about the same age as her leaped off of one of the tall buildings and landed on his feet in front of her. His spiky blue hair bounced as he jumped into a standing position.

"So you're finally getting a pokemon, eh?" the boy asked. An eevee with black tipped ears climbed out of the boys shirt and moved to his shoulder.

"Yeah," Maka said and started walking again. "and unlike you, I'll actually catch other pokemon afterward."

The boy followed her. "I don't need anymore pokemon than Tsubaki. Just the two of us will beat every pokemon trainer out there, even the elite four won't stand a chance against the mighty team of Black Star and Tsubaki!" the boy boasted with a huge smile on his face.

"Eev," Tsubaki pured quietly, but happily.

Maka giggled. "Yeah, sure. Tell me, exactly how trainer tokens have you gotten?" She asked.

Black Star's smile immediately faded. "Not like you've got any either."

"I don't have a pokemon!"

Black Star scoffed. "Always with the excuses," he said rolling his eyes.

Maka was going to glare at him, but she saw Lord Death's pokemon playground out of the corner of her eye. "I'm going to get my pokemon, don't you have training or something?"

Black Star smiled again. "Me and Tsubaki are gonna take down the entire Kishin Cult!"

Maka looked skeptical. "Good luck with that."

"With skills like ours, who needs luck. See ya!" With that, Black Star ran in the opposite direction and Tsubaki went back into his shirt. Maka continued her walk

"Ah, Maka Albarn, I can't believe you're already ten! Ready to choose your first pokemon?" a large cloaked figure with a cartoonish skull mask asked. His voice was silly and very cheerful.

"Yes, Lord Death sir," The young girl answered. "Which pokemon do I get to choose from?"

A large white hand appeared from his cloak with three pokeballs held between his hands. They opened and a red light shone out of all of them. Suddenly, in front of Maka stood a Bulbasaur, a Squirtle, and a Charmander.

"Wow," Maka mumbled. Her eyes shined with excitement. "How did you get all of them to be girls?

"Well, I don't know how he does it, but despite the 87.5% chance of male, Spirit can find female pokemon easily!" Lord Death answered.

Maka's face fell. "He caught them?"

"Of course. Your father has a real eye for great pokemon."

"That's not the only thing he has an eye for…" Maka mumbled as she looked to the side.

"So, which pokemon would you like?" Lord Death asked.

Maka looked at the three pokemon in front of her, then looked at Lord Death. "Is there any starter pokemon that weren't caught by my father. Preferably a male one too. I don't want him to try and steal my pokemon."

"Well," Lord Death put a large white hand on where his chin would be if it wasn't covered. "There is one that could be used as a starter. A poke egg hatched recently and had an Absol. I assume it's the child of mine and your father's absols, but neither of us have officially caught it yet. It is male, however. Would you like that?"

Maka smiled. "That'd be great."

Lord Death sounded like he was smiling wide as he said "Excellent," but it was impossible to tell for sure. "I'll go get it." The cloaked man disappeared into the other room and reappeared with an absol in his large hands. He placed it in front of Maka, then handed her a pokeball. "You know what to do, right?"

"Of course, sir. But I don't have to weaken him, do I?"

"Probably not."

Maka stared at the pokemon. "Okay, here I go." She threw the ball, but it missed the disaster pokemon. Maka's face started turning red. "I… I missed…"

The Absol rolled it's red eyes. "Sol," it mumbled as it walked over to the pokeball. It tapped it's head against it, opening it, and making a red glow consume and absorb it. After three shakes, the pokeball pinged; the Absol successfully captured.

Maka, still a little flustered from her failure, walks over to the pokeball and releases the pokemon from within.

"Are you going to nickname your Absol?" Lord Death asked.

"Well, it's tradition, isn't it?" She asked rhetorically. "The question is what should I name him?" She hesitantly was about to pet her new pokemon, but once she did, it's fur was soft and warm.

"Sol sol," the Absol said and moved it's head from Maka's hand.

Maka's face fell at her new pokemon's apparent feelings of her.

"Don't take that too personal," Lord Death said, "It does that to its own parents too."

"Sol," the Absol agreed.

"Why isn't he saying just sol instead of absol?" Maka asked.

"It's been doing that since it was hatched," Lord Death answered.

"Sol."

"Okay," the young girl said, "Why don't I name you Soul then, but spelled like the essence of a person rather than like Absol. Would you like that?"

The Absol smiled with it's abnormally sharp teeth. "Sol," it said compliently.

"Okay then, your name is now Soul. Together, we'll fight and receive people's trainer tokens. Then we'll take on gym battles, starting with Lord Death's."

Lord Death laughed, putting Maka's attention on him instead of her new pokemon. "Maka, you can't start with me. Try starting with the leader of Mortality City, it's not too far from here."

Maka looked at the ground. "Yeah, I guess the best gym leader in Jotai is a bit of an outlandish goal for a first badge."

"Sol ol sol," Soul said, probably agreeing.

"I'll still battle you, but after you get all the other seven badges, kay?"

"Okay," Maka responded, "But watch out, we'll be great by then, right Soul?"

"Sol."

"Good!" Lord Death said. "Here's your first five pokeballs." Maka put them in the bag that was slung across her shoulder, "And here's your first five trainer tokens. Set them as your own and you'll be a real pokemon trainer."

Maka took those too. "Thank you Lord Death. We'll make you proud, right Soul?"

"Sol."

"Just remember Maka: stay safe, train hard, and most importantly, have fun."

Maka smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." As Maka and Soul left on their pokemon journey, another kid, slightly older than Maka. He had a Minun and a Plusle next to him. The kid had jet black hair, but with three pure white stripes that wrap only around the left side of his head. The kid had yellow eyes and pale skin. His clothes were black, white, and suit-like with black matching devices on each wrist. The pokemon beside him were unique too. Their tails were identically shaped, looking like a Plusle's tail usually would, but with a shorter extrusion on the top.

"Ah, Kid, welcome back!" Lord Death said, "How was Alola?"

"It was torture. Things like Diglett and Vulpix where completely different and terrible. I caught a Rattata and Meowth because they were dark type, but I hate them. Not to mention they somehow made Grimer and Muk worse, even if they're dark type now."

"Plusle plus," the Plusle complained.

The Minun laughed. "Miinuuun~" it giggled.

"I see," Lord Death responded, "Did you still beat the trails?"

Kid lifted his arms to show the two yellow diamond shaped crystals with faint outlines of thunder bolts on them. "It was incredibly hard to get two electrium Zs, so I had to settle for getting only one darkium Z and one normalium Z. After that, I couldn't stand the sight of Alola anymore, so we headed back."

"Well, did Liz and Patty at least have fun?"

The Plusle shrugged. "Plusle," it said.

The Minun smiled widely. "Miiiin!"

"Well, we just dropped by to give you these," Kid said. He handed Lord Death three pokeballs. "Alolan Rattata, Meowth, and, as much as I hate it, alolan grimer. All dark types." The kid started heading towards the door, but Lord Death stopped him.

"Wait, Kiddo, I have a job for you."

Kid looked at the death god. "What kind of job?"

A/N: This is what I think it'll be like if instead of weapons, there were pokemon. Also, if they were all three years younger. Of course, it's not exact, like how Spirit is a person, but the changes were made for story purposes. I'll use mostly the pokemon from generation three, but this is a new region with new rules, gym leaders, and eventually new pokemon. Trainer tokens are sort of like souls, but different. I'll explain them better in later chapters. Next chapter will be a pokeized version of the first three episodes. You could recommend chapter ideas if you'd like and I will consider them, but they might not make it in. Please review, as the journey continues.