Summary: Russ is relatively happy with life. He has the girl, the house in the city, a wonderful job and good (sometimes annoying) pokemon friends. But one day, his life turns upside down. He has made a wish in order to save his only newborn son. But he has to sacrifice what it means to be human and becoming a Pokemon. Will he ever unite back with son?
Hi all and welcome to my first fanfiction. This fanfiction may be slow in the beginning so please bear with me and help along the way.
And I gives thanks to Talkingbirdguy for allowing me to reference his work. You should take a look at his pokemorph stories. They are very well written.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Pokémon intellectual property. Pokémon is owned by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. However this story is entirely of my creation.
Chapter 1: If life gives you lemons…..
Russ is having a tough time dealing with the heat. It must be nearly a bloody hundred degrees on this hellish summer day in Hoenn. Russ thought he could take a break in the shade under a tree along route 118. A youngster calls him out on a challenge. "You. Me. Battle right now." He says while taking out a regular pokeball. Russ groans and cries on the inside. "I goddamn hate that stupid unspoken rule" thinks Russ, " in any case, there is no way out."
He stands up, takes out a regular pokeball as well, whispers to the pokeball "let's do this, old friend." and then speaking to the youngster "You may have the honours." The youngster smirks and throws his pokeball. Out pops an electrike and instantly taking a battle stance, growling at me. The youngster shouts while doing the obnoxious point movement "You are going down, old man" Russ ignores the last bit. He sighs at how easy this battle is going to be.
Russ might not be a competitive trainer anymore but by no means is he a pushover. He throws his pokeball without any determination. Out pops a blaziken. The blaziken, whose name is Izalith, stretches, looks at the electrike and takes a battle stance. Russ looks at the eyes of the youngster. The look in his eye is the same determination as all young trainers.
- Time skip -
After the youngster recalls his last Pokémon, he takes out his wallet, hanging his head like a guilty criminal. Russ says "keep your money. I don't need it. That is the reason I have the thing called a job." The youngster looks up and stares amazed at Russ. Russ continues "you have potential to a great trainer one day. Never let go that passion or else you will lose purpose. And don't forget to form everlasting memories and relationships with your Pokémon. Now hurry on home." Once the youngster recovers and says "thanks mister. Sorry for calling you old. Bye." The youngster turns around and runs on home.
Russ lets out a sigh and turns to Izalith. "Hello my old friend. Sorry for not letting you out your ball. It has been quiet lately." Izalith smiles at Russ and Russ smiles back at Ilazith. He got Izalith as thank you and 21st present from Professor Birch. He worked there as an intern to learn about Pokémon habitats. Russ was a competitive trainer for a few months. He had obtained all of the badges with relative ease but Russ did not find joy in battling. He was in Fallarbor town because he heard of a new shop that sells semi-precious stones. This is where Russ met his wife. In short, they become friends after Russ bumped into her and both of them even bought the same type of stone, an amethyst, to show their friendship and soon-to-be love. Her name is Alice.
That was seven years ago. They live in Mauville City where Alice works as Chief at the food court but she is currently at home. After snapping back to reality, Russ decides to go to the nearby beach and call out the rest of his Pokémon: Leviathan (kingdra) Epimeth (alakazam) Shogun (skarmory) Eden (tropius). Since Russ has not let his Pokémon often roam in the open spaces, this is a good time as any.
Russ lets out Epimeth out first as his flying types would most likely restless, being not able to fly that often. He needs Epimeth to help communicate to his and wild Pokémon with much more ease. Epimeth comes out of his pokeball and gives a sigh of relief once he feels the sunshine on his body. Epimeth speaks though his psychic abilities "thank you, master. How can I help?" Russ replies "No need. Just enjoy the sunshine. Just stay near mind speaking range" Epimeth nods and goes off to meditate in the sun.
After Epimeth, he releases Leviathan into the water. Leviathan happily jumps in and out of the water. She defiantly needs the stretch and exercise since Leviathan is Russ's least used but just as valuable Pokémon. Lastly, Russ releases Shogun and Eden. The two flying types stretch their wings and eagerly look at Russ. Russ says "Go and have fun, you two. Don't stray too far. I do not want to get in trouble with WPO (world protection organisation) for being late to a distress call." They nodded and took flight. The way they play in the air, makes them look like two graceful dancers. Russ is always wary when he releases them. They have expressed their gratitude for having a nice place to stay but they can forget to come back when things have to be done.
Russ works as one of Hoenn's regional environmental ranger. He is tasked to help combat wildfires, injured wild Pokémon and the list goes on. Especially to keep tabs if another criminal team wants to awaken Groudon and Kyogre again. Russ turns to Izalith and says "Do you want bask in the sun for a little bit?" Izalith nods her head with a grin from ear to ear. They walk to the beach and lay down on the warm sand. Izalith turns onto her side and feel asleep. Russ chuckles. Izalith has difficulty sleeping at night but during the day, she can sleep through pretty much anything and she enjoys it by the looks of her facial expressions. Russ looks up at the sky, takes his floppy hat and puts it on his face. He dozes off.