Pokémon and Pirates
Chapter 1
It was foggy morning on the Thousand Sunny. The Straw Hat Pirates were just waking up and gathering on the deck from their rooms.
"GOOD MORNING!" Luffy yelled to his half-awake pirate crew.
"You're too awake, Luffy." Usopp groaned to his captain.
"SANJI! I'M HUNGRY!" Luffy yelled to the crew's chef.
"I'm on it captain." Sanji replied as he went into the kitchen.
"What's with all the yelling?" Nami angrily asked as she came onto the grassy deck of the Thousand Sunny.
"Luffy seems exited about something." The sleepy Chopper informed everyone as he sat down on the grass.
"What are you so excited about?" Robin asked Luffy.
"I don't know. But it just seems like there's going to be an adventure today!" Luffy explained.
"Will it be a SUPER adventure?" Franky asked Luffy.
"Yohohoho! I can feel it too, deep in my bones. Yohohoho!" Brook retorted.
"Wait a second, where are we exactly?" Nami asked everyone while looking at her log pose. "This doesn't look like the Grand Line."
"Wait, who is that?" Usopp asked as he pointed into the water. Everyone went to the side of the ship to see who was in the water. It was a man who was swimming in the ocean.
"Why are you swimming in the ocean?" Luffy asked the swimmer. "Aren't you afraid of being eaten by Neptunians?"
"Oh, what? What are Neptunians?" The swimmer asked the pirate captain.
"Where are we?" Nami asked the swimmer.
"We are on Route 21. I am headed to Cinnabar but your ship is pointed towards Vermillion City. "The swimmer said as he reached into his swim trunks and pulled out a red and white ball.
"Vermillion? What island is that on?" Nami asked the strange swimmer.
"It's the harbor town in the region of Kanto. Now I must be going. Good bye." The swimmer explained as he pressed a button on the ball and a flash of white light shot out. Then suddenly in front of the swimmer was a strange horned, orange and white fish. The aquatic man grabbed on to the fish and the fish swam at lightning speed away.
"What was that?" Chopper and Usopp asked each other.
"It looked like a flash dial and a strange fish." Robin answered.
"I haven't seen a fish like that in all my years." Brook pondered. "I wonder what Blue we are in."
"More importantly, where is Kanto? I've never heard of such a place. Have you Robin?" Nami asked her crewmate.
"No I haven't." Robin said.
"ADVENTURE TIME!" Luffy yelled as he threw his fists into the air. "Let's go to Vermillion City like the naked guy said!"
"What's with the yelling, Luffy?" Zoro asked as he came upon the deck rubbing his eyes.
"What adventure?" Sanji asked as he joined the others.
"We don't know where we are and Luffy wants to have another one of his crazy adventures." Nami explains.
"We know where we are! We are in Kanto, the adventure land!" Luffy said.
"Look there!" Franky interrupted as he pointed to the north. The nine Straw Hat Pirates turn and look at the sight. They saw a large harbor town with people bustling about and buildings jutting from the ground. The pirates docked the Thousand Sunny next to a large cruise ship.
"The S.S. Anne? I wonder what the kitchen looks like." Sanji said to himself. The crew got off their ship and ventured into town.
"Let's go shopping!" Chopper suggested to the crew.
"Sounds good to me reindeer gorilla." Franky said. Just then, two ten year old boys ran up to Chopper.
"Wow, look at that!" One boy said.
"I think it evolves into Stantler!" Commented the other boy.
"Let's take it to Professor Oak." Said the first boy as he pulled out one of those strange, flashing balls the swimmer had. The boy then threw the ball at Chopper's head. The ball bounced off of Chopper and landed on the ground.
"Owwww!" Chopper cried as he grabbed his head, "Call a doctor!"
"Grab them!" Usopp yelled as he pointed to the two rude boys. Robin then crossed her arms and sprouted arms on the boys to subdue them.
"Help, help!" The two boys yelled.
"Why did you hit our friend?" Nami angrily asked the young boys.
"We didn't know it was your Pokémon!" The two boys cried.
"Pokémon?" Zoro muttered to himself. Just then a blue haired woman in uniform came running towards the pirates.
"Freeze!" Officer Jenny yelled to the Straw Hats. With a burst of flower pedals, Robin freed the two boys. "What are you doing to these boys? Jenny asked the pirates.
"They attacked our friend, Chopper." Luffy explained.
"Please come with me." Jenny asked as she walked towards the police station. The pirates didn't want to ruin their adventure so they complied.
Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Brook, Robin, and Franky were sitting inside of a jail cell inside the Vermillion City Police Station.
"Why don't we just break out of here?" Sanji asked Luffy.
"Because they have Chopper with that 'Yolk' guy." Luffy said.
"I thought it was Oak." Brook said.
"Oak, Yolk, who cares!" Luffy said. Meanwhile, Nurse Joy and Professor Oak were in the Pokémon Center inspecting Chopper.
"It could be a pre-evolution to Stantler." Oak pondered to himself.
"But why is it wearing clothes, Professor?" Joy asked.
"Are you a doctor?" Chopper asked Oak. Joy then jumped back and Oak pressed on.
"Did it talk?" Joy asked.
"Don't worry Joy, I've seen this before where a Meowth taught itself how to read and speak." Oak explained. "What is your name, Pokémon?"
"I'm not a Pokémon, I'm a man!" Chopper announced.
"Clearly this Pokémon is ill." Oak said. Just then the rest of the pirates barged into the Pokémon Center.
"Give us back our raccoon!" Franky yelled.
"I'm sorry professor, they broke out!" Jenny said rushing in after the pirates.
"Look, we are just studying your Pokémon. Where did you catch it?" Oak asked.
"We didn't catch him; he came with us on his own." Usopp explained.
"That's why he isn't in a ball, this same thing happened with Ash and his Pikachu." Oak concluded.
"Chopper isn't a Pokémon, whatever that is." Nami said. "Chopper, transform and show them." Chopper then changed into his reindeer form.
"Look Oak, it did evolve into Stantler!" Joy announced.
"Yes indeed, what a discovery." Oak said.
"Not that form, Chopper!" Nami yelled. Chopper then turned into his human form.
"Did it evolve into a hairy man?" Joy asked.
"He is just a reindeer who ate the Human-Human Devil Fruit." Sanji explained to Joy. "By the way, when do you get off of work?"
"There he goes again. Will you knock it off Eyebrow?" Zoro said to Sanji.
"What did you say Moss-Head?" Sanji asked.
"He reminds me of Brock." Joy muttered to herself.
"You people aren't from around here are you?" Oak asked the pirates.
"No we are from the Grand Line and we got lost." Luffy explained.
"Then there must not be any Pokémon where you come from. That explains a lot." Oak said. "I am sorry we bothered you and your animal friend."
"What exactly are Pokémon?" Brook asked Oak.
"Well, I am on vacation and only brought a couple of Pokémon with me but I'll show u the ones I have." Oak explained. The professor reached into his coat pocket and pulled out nine of the strange red and white balls. "These are called PokéBalls; this is what Chopper had thrown at him. These balls are used to catch and store Pokémon."
"We saw a swimmer use that to create a flash and an orange fish came out." Usopp said.
"Yes, he sent out his Seaking." Oak replied. "I will send out this Pokémon by pressing this button." Oak pressed the button on the PokéBall and a flash filled the room. When the light subsided, a purple monkey was standing in the room with the others. "This is a Pokémon."
"He's so cute!" Chopper and Nami said to each other.
"He's cool!" Can I have him?" Luffy asked Oak.
"Well, I suppose. And I will give you all Pokémon to make up for our misunderstanding." Oak said as he handed PokéBalls to the pirates. "Now let's go outside and look at your new Pokémon."
The Straw Hat Pirates and Professor Oak went outside and pressed the buttons on their respective PokéBalls.
"Wow." The pirates said in awe.
"What are their names?" Luffy asked Oak.
"Luffy, your Pokémon's name is Aipom. Zoro, I gave you a Scyther. Nami has a Castform. Sanji has a Spinda. Franky has a Magnemite. Brook got a Cubone. Robin got a Tangela. Chopper has an ironic Pokémon, Stantler. And the only other one I had left Usopp got, Nosepass." Oak explained.
"We love them!" Eight of the pirates said to Oak.
"It's alright…" Usopp muttered.
The Straw Hat Pirates were told about Pokémon training and the goal to be Pokémon masters. So Luffy and the gang decided to get as many badges as they could and beat the Elite Four.
"Where is the closest gym, Oak?" Luffy asked.
"There is one in this town, but he is very strong." Oak warned.
"Don't worry. I'm stronger than he is." Luffy replied as he and the other pirates headed to the Vermillion City gym.
"Lt. Surge, there are nine new Pokémon trainers coming this way." A Pokémon trainer informed the gym leader.
"Don't worry, Gentleman, we also have a new Pokémon trainer with us." Surge replied. "Are you ready for our competitors?"
"Yes I am, and I will prove to them that I found my varse!"