Author's Note

If you already know about this story, then there's not much to be said. But if you are new to this story, then welcome! This is an idea that has been running through my head for a while now, and I just had to get it down on something.

That being said, this is the story of a lone Zoroark whose goal in life is unknown. Being the only known member of his species in the world, he has to learn how to blend in with humans. And as you know, Pokemon trainers abound, and blending in would prove to be quite the challenge. So that only leaves one thing...


Updated on 2/28/2019

I changed Zoroark's overall size to around seven feet six inches tall. It was six at first.


Updated again on 3/22/2019

Fixed a few more errors and fixed a continuity error.


LEGEND BELOW

"Oh hi there." = Normal Human speech.

''What was I thinking?'' Normal Human thoughts.

"There there young one." = Pokemon speech.

''I wonder where they are?'' = Pokemon thoughts.

(Water Gun) = Pokemon attacks/moves.


Chapter 1. To become a Pokemon Master

It was a bright sunny morning in the region of Kanto. The sun had just began to rise, bathing it's warm glow over the land. Flying Pokemon took to the skies, enjoying the cool morning breeze ruffling their wings as they floated on the air currents. Trees leaves ruffled in the wind, waking the sleeping bug Pokemon that slept on them. Other wild Pokemon stretched and yawned as they woke up, ready to take the day head on.

It was here in the forest surrounding the small village named Pallet Town, that we find a peculiar looking young man. He was asleep in a tree, resting on a comfortable branch that supported his weight. The light breeze that drifted through the area parted the young man's wild long green bangs that covered his fare looking pale face. His wild long green hair was tied together near the neck with a light blue gem band.

He was wearing a black undershirt with a white mid arm length unbuttoned shirt over it. His legs were covered with light tan colored pants that ended with some green sneakers. On his right wrist was a thick black and white band, while his left had three gold squares that fit loosely around his wrist. Hanging from his left hip was a silver chain with a rubix cube attached to it. And around his neck was a necklace that had what looked like a black orb with a blue and yellow ring wrapped around it in the shape of an X.

This young man's name was N, and he was a wanderer. He was not a Pokemon Trainer, not yet at least. He had never decided if he wanted to become one or not, and just ended up traveling Kanto alone, without the aid of a personal Pokemon of his own. You would think that would've been dangerous, and yes that would be so, if he were a normal person. But N was anything but normal. He knew how to avoid danger fairly well, which was a result from growing up alone in the wild forests his whole life.

One would not think the young man grew up in such a life, with the way he was dressed and all. His dress code was just a result of trying to blend in with Human kind, and he could change it any time he wanted to. After all, being a Pokemon that was a Master of Illusion, the Zoroark could change what he looked like at will.

That's right, N is not a Human. Not even close. He was a Pokemon, and the only one of his kind. He was a Zoroark, the only Pokemon that was a true Master of illusions. N's early life had been rather strange, as he had been living alone for the past fifteen years. He had hatched from an egg in a isolated environment somewhere in the dense forests of Kanto, surrounded by other Pokemon that had never seen a Pokemon like him before.

The Pokemon in that forest had taught him how to live, among a few other things, before leaving him to his own. And from that point on the young Zorua traveled the region for years, before he eventually evolved into his second form, the only one he knew of. As a Zoroark, making illusions was simple. The Pokemon eventually got brave enough to venture into the lands populated by Humans. He of course needed a disguise in order to do that, and because of that, N was born.

He was very careful to avoid all Humans at first, as he didn't know how to communicate with them. It would lead him to confrontations that he didn't want to face, and so for the first year he secretly watched Humans from the shadows, learning their ways. He learned how they spoke and how they acted with each other. He made sure to test his language skills first before testing them on other Humans.

He eventually ended up stealing some books from the local Human school, and taught himself how to read and write. It took a year or so, but he had finally felt confident enough to start mingling in with other Humans.

Over his years of learning to blend in with Humans, he came across the bad side of Human kind as well. He had been walking down a street when he saw some darkly dressed Humans rushing a building the other Humans called the Pokemon Center. Being the curious Pokemon that he was, he followed them to investigate them. What he ended up walking right into was Team Rocket robbing the Pokemon Center of all the weak Pokemon.

When he was noticed by Team Rocket members, they attempted to subdue him and put him with the other hostages. When N realized what type of Humans these Team Rocket were, he wasn't about to sit idly by while they robbed the Pokemon Center. When the Rockets rushed him, he easily disarmed them with many well timed (Night Slashes). If they were well trained, then they may have stood a chance. But these Rocket Members were nothing but cannon fodder, so Zoroark had an easy time with them.

All of the hostages were blinded before hand, so they didn't see N using his powers. But there was one that wasn't blindfolded before hand, that one person being the nurse of the Pokemon Center he was in at the time. The pink haired woman stared at the young green haired man in shock, seeing as he had just stopped a large scale robbery from Team Rocket using what looked like a Dark Type Pokemon move.

N realized that he had been seen by the nurse, and bolted away before she could even thank him. When the Police showed up a minute later, Nurse Joy explained how the whole thing went down, and how they had no chance until that green haired young man showed up and saved them. Nurse Joy had been adamant on thanking the teen, yet could never find him again. She made sure to keep an eye and an ear out for him, so as maybe one day she could repay him...

That was three years ago now. N had been very careful around Human civilization from that day on, and was rarely seen in towns and city's from that day forward. He ended up sticking to the local forests that bathed most of the lower half of the Kanto region. He eventually felt like becoming a Pokemon Trainer, as he would have a hard time hiding his powers if he was the one fighting the bad guys. Plus being a Trainer would draw attention away from himself being a Pokemon.

But then came the problem of actually becoming a Trainer. He didn't know how to acquire one of the machines required to actually catch a Pokemon, without stealing one of course. Then came the problem of actually finding a Pokemon good enough for himself, seeing as the local Pokemon were nothing but young children.

He traveled around Kanto looking for more information on Pokemon Trainers, and how to become one. The world seemed to be on his side at the time, and he had walked past a building when he over heard some young kids talking about how there was a professor that would give out Pokemon for free to new young aspiring Trainers. Apparently this man lived in a small town named Pallet Town, with his Lab up at the hill that over looked the small town.

From that point on, N made his way towards Pallet Town in the hopes that he could become a Pokemon Trainer. The idea of himself becoming a Pokemon Trainer was very weird to him, being that he himself was a Pokemon. But from what he learned over the years, his illusions were so powerful that even Pokemon themselves didn't know that N was one of them. He had yet to come across someone or something that could see through his illusion, and he felt like keeping it that way...

But his illusions were just that, illusions. They didn't change his body shape or size at all. If he came in contact with per say another Human, and went to shake their hand, that person would feel his three large hard red claws. His true body was larger and taller then his Human form, N. So if N could just walk under something, then his true form would have to duck, which would make it seem like N was crouching for no reason. N was around five foot three, but Zoroark was around seven foot six when standing upright... So you could see the reason he stayed away from interactions with other Humans, as it would be hard to keep his identity safe...

Also just turning around near another Human, almost always ended up hitting them with his large long beautiful red and black hair. It would whip them in the face usually, as his real Zoroark hair was more then three times the width and length compared to his N form. His hair was actually longer then he was tall, and it usually dragged on the ground slightly, but he made sure to keep it wrapped around him most of the time. Because cleaning his hair was annoying, and very time consuming as well...

But it was because of most of all that, that we find our green haired Illusion Master right outside of Pallet Town early this morning. He had just began to wake when the the sounds of the forest started to become alive in the morning. He ran a hand through his wild long green hair as he let out a yawn, blinking away the early morning blurriness. He looked around the area, remembering where he was at. Small young wild Pokemon passed by him on the ground below his tree branch. He glanced to the sky above noticing how it was clearly early morning.

''Today is the day.'' He reminded himself, as he hopped out of the tree and landed deftly on the forest floor below. He saw a small Caterpie getting left behind as the other Caterpie she was traveling with moved on without her. He carefully picked the small Pokemon up, spooking her slightly, but she calmed down when she was placed with her friends. She looked up at the towering Pokemon pretending to be Human with a smile.

"Thank you mister Human!" The young female Caterpie cooed happily, not expecting a response in return.

"You're quite welcome young one." N responded in his calm soothing voice, speaking the language that Pokemon speak, shocking the Caterpie and the others that were with her. "Now make sure to keep up with your group young one, you don't want to get left behind now." N said softly as he pat the small Pokemon, a smile on his face.

"O-Okay mister Human!" The Caterpie replied, failing to keep the shock out of her voice. N smiled down at her, before turning and leaving for his objective. Pallet Town shouldn't be far from here, if he remembered correctly. But then again, he almost never got lost. So finding Pallet Town should be a breeze...


Professor Oak had been up late last night setting up for the new Pokemon Trainers that would come to him the next morning, seeking their first Pokemon. He had to make sure that all the Pokemon he had picked out were safe for the young kids. The Pokemon he had picked out were all young, so they were relatively harmless until trained to fight and grow stronger.

The Professor sighed as he went over his checklist, making sure he knew the names of all the new and upcoming Pokemon Trainers. He had fifteen names written down, so he had fifteen Pokemon prepared to be given away. The Pokemon he was giving away were hand raised by himself, so he felt pretty safe handing them away.

"Alrighty now, let's see here..." Oak mumbled as he made sure he also had fifteen Pokedexs to give away. He had to make sure they all worked as well, so that took up most of his time. He sighed loudly. "I really need an assistant..." He complained as he finished up his work.

And just in time too, as his grandson came bursting through the Lab doors, sliding to a stop only a few feet away from the table that all the Pokeballs sat on. "Hey Gramps! Are you finally done?" His grandson, Gary Oak asked with a wide grin. Professor Oak couldn't help but smile at his hyperactive grandson, he was always so full of energy.

"Yes yes, calm down now Gary. I just completed on the finishing touches on everything here." Oak said as he walked over to the table. "Now then, do you already know what Pokemon you want?" He asked. Gary smirked as he walked up to the table, grabbing an ordinary looking Pokeball.

"You bet Gramps! I choose Squirtle!" Gary exclaimed, holding the Pokeball above his head like a prize. Oak smiled at Gary's enthusiasm.

"Of course, of course. You always said that you loved Squirtle." Oak said with a smile, before he handed Gary a brand new Pokedex. "Well then Gary, you're all set for your Pokemon Journey." Oak said, patting his grandson on the shoulder. "Now get out there, and show the world that you are Gary Oak!" The Professor exclaimed, pumping Gary up.

"Yeah! You're right Gramps! Look out world! Gary Oak is coming for you!" Gary exclaimed as he ran out the doors, quickly surrounded by his many cheery fans. Oak sighed at Gary's antics.

"That kid's ego is going to be the death of me..." He mumbled, as he waited for the other new Trainers to show up...


N passed through the forest, taking a clear looking path forward toward where he was sure Pallet Town was. He had been walking for twenty minutes now, and had yet to come across the town. There was noway he was lost, and he would never admit it if he was. He heard some loud chanting up ahead, and presumed that he was getting close.

"What is that noise?" He asked himself out loud, as he exited the forest and entered into a clearing. Ahead was the town he was looking for. It was a small quaint town, placed in a very calm meadow. There were wild Pokemon running about playing with the Human children as their mothers looked on happily. People walked down the main street, greeting one another as they passed by.

N looked on in shock. Never before had he seen such a nice calm town, a place where everyone was on friendly terms with each other. It was completely different from the big cities he had traveled through before, and it was quite the shock to the Pokemon disguised as a Human.

N walked down the path that led into town. As he passed by other townsfolk, they all greeted him with a smile on their face. He didn't know how to react to that, and just smiled back awkwardly. He still wasn't very good with social interactions with Humans, which was one of the reason that he avoided them in the first place. Also shaking their hands was out of the question, for reasons explained earlier.

He passed through the town streets, his eyes set on the Lab a short walk ahead of him. He started to notice all the young Humans walking about, happily holding onto their brand new Pokemon that they had received from Professor Oak. N frowned, it seemed like there wouldn't be a Pokemon left for him, as it seemed like they were all given away already. He quickened up his pace, jogging through the crowd of people.

There seemed to be a large crowd of people chanting someone on. He pushed his way through the crowd, trying to find the Lab's front door. Near the door was a kid dressed in gray and blue, holding a Pokeball above his head triumphantly. N thought the kid looked kind of weird, with the way he was acting and all. And then he started yelling something absurd.

"Today marks the first day of Gary Oak's Pokemon adventure! Today will go down in history, as the day that a Legend was born! I Gary Oak, will become a Pokemon Master!" The kid named Gary Oak shouted aloud, getting applauds from the whole crowd surrounding him. N just stared in shocked confusion, completely lost on why this kid was important, and why he should care... Actually, he didn't care as a matter of fact...

Then suddenly the kid ran off into the distance, presumably to start his Pokemon journey, or something of that sort. N didn't really care for him, and just ignored all the shouting around him, and carefully made his way into the Lab. As he opened the door, he bumped into an other kid, presumably a new Pokemon Trainer by the way he was holding a Pokeball.

"O-Oh, sorry about that! I'm just so excited right now, and didn't watch where I was going!" The kid explained, with a cheerful attitude that N just couldn't grasp. The Trainer looked N up and down for a moment, a confused look on his face. "Huh, that's weird. You felt furry, I wonder why?" The kid asked as he walked out the Lab door. N let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding. His cover was almost blown, and just by some random kid with a red and white hat. He would have to be more careful from now on. Maybe he could find a Ditto, and ask it if it could teach him how to do that (Transform) move. That was, if his body was able to handle a move like that...

Putting that thought aside, he started looking around the empty looking Lab, in search for this Professor Oak. Once he found him, he would get a Pokeball and become a Pokemon Trainer. At least he hoped that it was that easy, otherwise he didn't know what else he would do.

The building was oddly quiet, which was strange because there were people in it just moments ago. N eventually wandered into the Pokemon storage room, which was basically empty at the moment. But there were a few Pokeballs still on the shelves, and they were labeled as well. Was it that easy? Was he just supposed to walk in and grab the one he wanted? Well, there wasn't anyone around to tell him not to.

"Let's see here..." N mumbled as he inspected all the names on tags under the Pokeballs.

Spearow

Zubat

Jigglypuff

Pidgey

Paras

"Hmm..." N contemplated on the names he just read. None of them were strong enough for him, and wouldn't suit his purposes. He kept looking, hoping that there was maybe a better one for him. Then he came across one at the end of the shelf. "Espeon..." He mumbled as he grabbed the Pokeball, running his claws across the smooth surface of the object. "This one is perfect." He decided, as he safely stored the Pokeball away in his hair, a place where no one would find it. His hair was large enough to hide a small child and even a teen, so hiding a single Pokeball would work fine enough.

N looked around the Lab for anything else he would need on his journey. There was a few technological devices spread about on a table. He grabbed one of them as well, deeming them important enough for him to maybe use at a later date. There was some kind of small hard case, that looked like it would store small gems or badges of some sort. He grabbed that too.

Finally there was a single book sitting in a pile of random crap, titled A Pokemon Trainer's Hand Book. That seemed like the most important thing he could find, so he took that as well, and put it with all the other stuff he found. "I think that's all.." N said as he started for the exit, his large red toe claws clinking on the floor with every step he took. But right as he reached the exit, the door swung open and the Professor walked in, almost bumping into N.

"Oh sorry there young man. Did you need something?" Oak asked as he dusted off his white Lab coat. N quickly tried to think up a reply in Human speech to get him out of here.

"I was looking for the Professor, in order to ask him something. But there is no need anymore, I have what I came for." N replied calmly as he walked passed the Professor. Oak looked confused by what he said, but simply brushed it off.

"O-Oh, alright then. Have a good day now young man." Oak replied as he shut the Lab door. "What a strange fellow.." He mumbled as he walked into his storage room, immediately noticing that a few items were missing. "What!" He yelled, noticing that the Espeon Pokeball was gone, along with a Pokedex and a badge case. As well as the last Pokemon Trainer's Hand Book that he had. "Where did they go!? Who would have-!" Then it hit him. "That green haired man must have been a thief!" He declared as he rushed back out front. But by the time he made it outside, N was already long gone. "Dang!" Oak yelled, as he called up the local police officer, Officer Jenny.

"Yes, hello? Officer Jenny? Yes, I need you to keep an eye out for a green haired young man clothed in black and white. He may have stolen a Pokemon from me, among other things. Yes? Right. Thank you." Oak hung up the phone after his brief talk with the police. Officer Jenny would keep an eye out for the young man. They wouldn't make him a wanted man yet, as they were not sure if he actually stole anything. Plus they didn't have a picture of his face, so there wasn't much they could do right now.

"I really need to put a lock on that darn Lab door..." Oak mumbled, knowing that this could have been prevented if he just took the time to get a lock...


Meanwhile off on Route one. One Ash Ketchum walked down the dirt road, heading for his destination. He had just got his first Pokemon from the Professor just two hours ago, and was holding it in his arms with rubber gloves over his hands. The Pokemon he received was an electric type, and didn't seem to like Ash all that much.

But Ash was anything but a quitter, and refused to give up, even after being shocked many times by the Pikachu that he was given. Pikachu was grumbling the whole time, and it was starting to grind Ash's gears.

"Pikachu, are you going to be like this the whole way?" Ash asked looking down at the Pokemon that he was carrying. Pikachu turned his nose up at Ash. "Is it because you don't like me?"

"Pika Pika" The Pikachu replied, scratching his head.

"Wha-? Well I like you a lot! And being that I'm your Trainer, don't you think we could be friends?" Ash asked hopefully. Pikachu just grumbled and looked away from him. "Oh well, maybe someday?"

Ash continued down the path, heading for Viridian City. That would be his first stop as a new Pokemon Trainer. But seeing as there was a small storm rolling in, that plan might have to be put on hold for the moment.

"What the! Where did this storm come from!?" Ash exclaimed in worry, as the dark clouds covered the skies above. "This doesn't look good Pikachu! Maybe we should find some cover nearby?" Ash suggested to his Pokemon, getting a -chu of agreement.

They continued walking down the path, the storm getting progressively worse and worse the more they walked. Ash slowed down to a stop when he heard the sound of wings flapping nearby. "What's that sound?" He asked quietly, looking around for the source of the noise. The flapping got louder, and he could make out the sounds of multiple pairs of wings flapping in the air, many in fact. "U-Um, I think we need to move!" Ash quietly exclaimed in worry, as both he and Pikachu jumped off to the side of the road.

A few moments passed before a bike came tumbling through, damaged and cut up. A few feet behind the bike was it's rider, currently on the ground stumbling to stand up. It was a girl, just a bit older then Ash was. She was cut up in many places and covered in a bit of mud. She sat there on both knees, unable to stand up. Ash was shocked at the sight, it looked like she had been attacked by wild Pokemon.

Ash looked up into the sky, spotting the reason for all that noise. It was a large flock of angry wild Spearow, that seemed to be flying in circles around this unknown girl. Ash didn't know what to say, or what to do. He was just a newbie, a kid! He wasn't expecting something like this right away, or at all for that matter. And he didn't know what to do! Try and save the girl, and maybe suffer the wrath of this horde of angry Spearow. Or run away, and leave her to her fate.

Ash couldn't decide, he didn't know what to do! He struggled with himself, looking back and forth, thinking, run or stay! Run or stay! Run or stay! He couldn't make a choice. Ash fell back in fear when the Spearow horde decided to attack once more. The girl had been looking at him the whole time, hoping that he would help her. But he was just a kid, and was probably more scared then she was right now. She cried when the kid fell down in fear, and looked up to the sky weakly.

''W-Well this is it... I c-can't believe that I'm going to d-die like this... Killed by some random Spearow!'' She thought hopelessly, as she looked at the horde that zoomed in on her location. She didn't even try to run, she was too worn down to move. She knew that she was helpless in this situation. She closed her eyes, awaiting the pain...

But when a few moments passed, and she was still alive, she opened her eyes in confusion. Standing in front of her was someone. This young man stood in front of her, stopping the Spearow from getting to her. She couldn't see very well from the weariness she was feeling, plus the lack of light from the storm clouds, so it was hard to make out what that person looked like. She could tell it was a male, a bit older then her as well, taller too. Long wild green hair ran down his back, as he waited for the Spearow to get closer.

She wanted to yell at him, tell him to get away, to save himself. But she couldn't find her voice, so she was forced to sit back and watch. The second the first Spearow was within range, the green haired male swung his arm out, slashing at the Spearow with a (Night Slash), sending out a thin sharp dark colored wave. The Spearow fell to the ground completely knocked out. She looked up at him in shock, not believing her own eyes at the moment. Did he just-?

She had no time to think when more Spearow rushed after her savior. One by one the Spearow rushed him, and one by one they fell to his powers. She looked on in amazement as her savior used some kind of powers to save her life, and stop the rampaging horde of flying Pokemon.

Lightning thundered in the distance, blinding her with the sound and the light in made. She blinked rapidly, trying to clear up her vision. When she could see again, they were surrounded by at least forty Spearow bodies. Most were unconscious, and she thought a few looked like they might be a little worse for wear, judging by the fact that they didn't look too good. She looked around, noticing that the remaining Spearow that flew around them had ran away in fear of this new threat. She looked back to her savior, noticing how he looked very tired at the moment. That Power he used must have taken a lot out of him.

She tried to stand up to thank him, when her body gave out under her. He wounds were more serous then she first expected. She closed her eyes in pain, trying not to yell. Then suddenly she was being lifted up off the ground, by strong arms. Strong furry arms, with claws at the end... Wait what!?

She opened her eyes, and met the ones of her savior's. She looked down at the arms carrying her, they didn't look furry or clawed. Maybe she was just feeling things, yeah that's it. She was bounced around slightly as the green haired man took off into a quick sprint, running for Viridian City. She looked up into his tired eyes, eyes that she would swear were green at first, but were now beautiful blue, and slitted like an Arcanine's eyes. She blinked tiredly, unable to think too clearly at the moment. And when did his hair turn red and black? More questions that her tired brain couldn't answer at the moment. She settled for snuggling into her savior's warm furry chest, closing her eyes in order to rest.

"T-Thank ... y-you..." She mumbled quietly as she drifted off in N's arms. She was almost too quiet for him to pick up on, but he still heard her, and it brought a tired smile to his face.

"You're welcome." Zoroark replied, as his Human form faded away due to weariness. He couldn't keep it up any longer, and had to drop it. But he wasn't too worried at the moment, as it was dark, and he had yet to see any Humans besides the one he was currently holding. He continued running for Viridian City, he was going to get to the local Pokemon Center and get this Human girl some help.

If Zoroark were paying more attention, or was maybe in better condition, he would have heard the other young Pokemon Trainer that was following him. The Trainer that gasped when he saw the green haired man transform into what looked like a tall gray furred Pokemon with long red and black spiked hair. He stopped chasing after them when he saw that, as his brain was a bit over loaded at the moment.

"U-Um, Pikachu? D-Did you see that?" Ash asked a bit dumbfounded by what he just witnessed. Pikachu who was sitting on his shoulder just nodded slowly, as it was also completely shocked by what it had just seen...

Ash and Pikachu decided to follow after them again, hoping to see if their eyes were betraying them, or if what they saw was real... "Come on Pikachu! Let's go after them!" Ash exclaimed, as he and Pikachu followed the foot prints. Zoroark was already long gone, so they only had his foot prints to go off of...


Chapter 1. END


Author's End Notes

Well I do hope you enjoyed that chapter, as I enjoyed making it. Please feel free to send a review my way, I would love to hear some feedback on my ideas so far. Yeah I know I writing is probably not the best...