Chapter 1

It was dark. The surrounding is nothing but darkness, except rocky wall from all side. Ryu look around, frightened appear all over his face.

'Just go, just go, just go away. Why can't you just make this disappear?!' He yell, but instead just come of like a whisper of a child.

"Because you did this.", another figure, with the height that of a kid, spoke out. "Because you just a coward who couldn't stand up for HIM when she beat him. Because you decide to hide it to protect the person who hate you since you born.".

"SHE DID NOT KILL HIM." Ryu yell out but the voice come off as static. "I kill him. I cannot command him like he is."

"And you decide to quit our dream. Because you fail to be like HIM?", the kid said sarcasm, "That not an excuse to keep this memories, this Pain.". The kid spoke out, now full of rages.

"I deserve this." Ryu said, full of sadness and tiredness.

"WE DO NOT DESERVE THIS!" a roar come out, fury about the opposite belief.

"…. You're wrong…" Ryu speak, fell ashame for the word he said.

An emotionless chuckle come out from the kid, "Then why do you wish for this to disappear." , he said pity before vanish, replace by an older girl, holding a big rock, and under it …. a Pokemon, bleeding.

"No", Ryu said, "Please, stop. Stop hurting him!" He plead for his sister not to hurt his Pokemon.

But his voice seem unheard by her, as the girl just keep smashing the Pokemon head, over and over again, even if blood have paint both of her palms and most her face.

Unable to witness the view, he start to turn and ran away. When he turn around, he saw his old Pokemon, his face is deformed, blood paint his once yellow skin, and the head has a concave side on the left. When Ryu see that, he froze, unable to move when his Pokemon get close to him.

"P…i…ch..u…" it repeat that small sound.

"Shut up…!" Ryu wine when suddendly, his sister uncover his ear. "Look at your work, magnificent!", she say full of disgusting excitement.

"Say hello for me."

When he look back, she hold the rock high before hit him in his head.

"Aaaaaarrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!"

Ryu yell, before cover his mouth as he doesn't want his parent know. When he look at his Pokemon, Nidoran, he sigh relief. 'It just a nightmare, a nightmare, she will never do that."

'She will do it', a small voice - that child voice - rang through his mind. 'I am her brother.'

'She hate you since you were born.', the voice become louder, like it argument is the truth, his real feeling compare to his word, 'He hate me because I'm inferior to her.'.

'She never spend time to help you.',the kid's voice swallow any sound that he create. 'I'm USELESS.'

'She… Kill Him',this time the voice become smaller, not due to the reason is weak, but because it contain sorrow and sadness. "…..we kill him…" the younger man replied with the same volume.

"Nido?" a small squeak come out of nowhere, which make Ryu flinch.

When he look for origin of the noise, a light turquoise body slam on his leg. "Nido."

"Blueberry," Ryu look at him with a small smile, "did I wake you up?"

Blueberry nodded while nuzzle against him. The small rabbit look up at him, the eyes full concern, before jump down from Ryu's bed and go to one of his bookshelf. She snatch one of the book on the lower section then give it to him.

"Pokemon Mystery … Dungeon?", he said outloud the name with shiver as he remembered all the time he wear in a Chikorita Costume and run around the town during Halloween when he was a child, …when he still around. "Can you choose something else, Berry.", he said with a softness in his eyes and a demand in his voice. But Blue instead sit down and look at him.

"NO!" he said, try to be serious but almost come out as a laugh.

"NIdo", Berry said as she keep looking at the book then Ryu then the book with her innocent eye, "pleading" for him to read again.

"Nooo…ooo..o" he then curse himself for teaching her the most dangerous technique: PUPPY EYES. That round eyes that has tear actually come down from both side, nose move up and down, and that squeak, "niiidooo".

"Yes, Miss." he said, giving up at her cuteness while Blue smile a big smile and jump onto his legs looking at him.

'Make sure to teach her pleading, next time visit Misumi.'. 'Shut up!'. He thought as he open the books and start to read to his small company.

A pillar of light shine through my eyes. There are no define color for this column, just random color that just flash through my eyes.

"Welcome!" a voice that boom through the place ,yet fell so soft, startled me, "This is the portal that lead to the world inhabited only by Pokemon.". 'the world inhabited only by Pokemon', Pokemon, there is a place that have those things? And why am I have to go to there. Wait, who is the one that talk to me. "Many new adventures and fresh experiences wait for your arrival!", I don't want adventures, I never wish for going out there into the danger. "WAIT!" I said. That is when I realize that I cannot speak, so the booming just keep tackle me while I'm hopeless try to shout back. "Before you depart for your adventure, you must answer some questions.". "I DON'T WANT TO!". I keep saying, don't care how vain is it. "Be truthful when you answer them!", the voice now is serious, like it ordering people. With that tone, the way it talk suddenly make me silent. "Now, are you ready? Then …. let the questions begin!". Argh, look like I have no choice then.

"First, are you a male or a female?"

A male or a female, why…? Wait, …. who am I?

Ryu continued to read the story of the book: a story about an easily afraid, but kind-hearted human-to-Pokemon Domaru, aka Riolu, accompany by an adventurous but cruel Tepig, and the journey to regain Domaru memories, while collecting every treasures in the world. As Ryu continued to telling the story, Blue listen carefully like it will missing an importance info of the story. When they reach the part where both of the characters agreed to found a rescue team, Ryu decide to end it there, "There, finish.", he finish with a grin on his face, happy that it finally end. "Want to do some training?". Hearing at that sentence, Blue change from disappointment (she very like the story) to instant excitement. She jump down from Ryu's thighs and run straight to the door, scratching it while squeak excitedly

"Nido!Nido!Nido!".

"Shhhh," Ryu hold up a finger infront of Blue's mouth, "You don't want my mom to hear us, right?".

The mention of Ryu's mom make Blue shudder, memory of the past flash through her mind, hour of lecture she have to watch her trainer listen to his mother for 4 hour straight about his action against his friend. She look up at him, worries. "niiiiidooooo" Blue plead for him to help her. Ryu chuckle as the plead and pick her up. "Calm down", he reassure her, "I won't ask you if I don't have a way to get out of the house unheard, right?". At that sentence, Ryu open his room window, reveal a beautiful moon, its bright light shine to the room, mesmerize Blue at the sight, no matter how frequent she see it. A gentle cool wind brush through her, relive her of any tension and before she manage to say something, both her and Ryu are already at the backyard. She confuse for a moment, before emotion start to fill her up with new found strength and she jump over the fence and run, ignore Ryu whisper words "heyyyy, come back.". When she is out of sight, he let out a sigh, jump out of the fence and start to jog through the small town. 'This is one good thing she does bring to us.', he thought, sound peaceful and serene.

'And what is that', the child ask, but no longer hold anger and sarcasm, but happy and acceptance. 'Her.'. Ryu say as Blue has come into view, fighting with one of his father Poliwhirl, a copy of Egawa Kanbe - lust for battle and a violent one, with all of her skill, when she notice him. When she turn around, her smile bright the tiredness in his soul, fill up his body with strong energy, and release every tension from his body. Even if Blue has run to him, and a person waving to him, he doesn't care. Because somehow, her caring personality, her bright aura, dim the surrounding with her the only clear spot in his view.

He take a deep breath, and say to her with a smile "Hi, Sumisu."

As Ryu running to the field, a figure can be seen in the town inn, talking to the owner.

"You sure that you don't see any Eevee around here.", the figure ask the owner.

"Miss, I don't even know what an Eevee look like, so why do you ask me anyway?". The owner state the answer he had give her a hundred time. "And why do you ask me instead of any intellect people around here like our doctor Kawahire, or the teacher Fujiita, they know more about Pokemon than an owner of an inn.". The owner add, questioning the opposite decision.

"Shit,", the woman swear, not thinking the obvious choice like that, "sorry to disturbed you, I will ask one of them instead.". The woman said guilty for making a fuss. When she going to leave, the owner yell "HEY! WHAT ABOUT YOUR DRINK?". The mention of her drink suddenly make her throat dried from the lack of water, "Sorry, I forgot. How much.".

"500 P."

"500 P!." she yell, shock at the price. "What did I order anyway."

"10 bottle of Honeymilk mix with Bluk Berry, make in Hoenn.", the owner add casually, not surprise at the woman reaction.

"Really? I order that much?"

"Yes, and both of them won't wake up for another 2 hour, so take a nap on the couch then go."

When the woman going to denied the request, her phone ring, so she take that out while paying for her meal.

"Boss.." she say annoy by the name on the phone.

"Hello.", she answer the phone grudgingly.

"Nomiya!", the voice say cheerfully, "How are you, young girl? Finish the errand yet?"

"Lost it." Nomiya answer nonchalant.

"Lost it?", her boss ask, curiosity catch up to him. "We lock it tight in the cage, and it was tame…. Don't you - "

"Yes," Nomiya answer angrily.

"FUCK!," the boss yell, "it the 6th errand we lost today.", he said furiously.

"I lost.", she said.

"How?" the relaxing tone now gone, replacing with a bossy voice that make Nomiya shudder no matter how childish he always be.

"We have to detour to Diglett Cave to have been on lockdown due to rockslide. When we half-way to Vermillion City, a group of mobs ambush us, so I call out Ninetales to beat them out. But when we just beat all of them, a group of light blind me, then suddenly explosion erupt from the side."

"EXPLOSION! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?", the older man ask worried the danger his employees have to went through.

"A broken leg, couple of broken ribs, and first-degree burn. No major injuries beside those." Nomiya said, try to be calmly as possible, though the pain can visible when she move through the town, looking for a place to rest. "Though this one is weird though, boss."

"How?"

"Unlike the first incidents, this group talk to me, say that I must release this Pokemon from captivity."

"They wearing a black suit, black mask cover the lower half, and a symbol of P and Z on their shirt.", the older man replied smoothly.

Surprise for his answer, Nomiya answer back: "Yeah, have you meet this group before?"

"…."

"Boss",

"Nomiya, tell me everything about your first two errand." Nomiya then describe about the delivery:

The first is give a credit card of 500 million P for a business man in Celadon City, but when the the delivery just done, a group wearing black with a big red 'R' crash a truck through the front yard, and start to attack both of them. The result is one of the business men guard steal the card and later reveal to be their spies.

The last one is to deliver an unknown specimen to a dock in Vermilion so it can transport to Cinnabar Island.

"Cinnabar Island!?", the older man yell, surprise about the information.

"Is there something I should know about that place?", Nomiya ask, now more worried as her boss act so different than his usual self.

"Where are you right now?"

"A small town name Cyan."

"Stay there to watch for the missing Eevee for a day, then immediately go to Pallet Town and tell everything you know about the 2nd errand to Samuel Oak, say Ronan Abies send you."

"Boss, what do you know about - "

"This is you next errand,", Ronan cut her word, "and fail this can let to catastrophe to this region, so hurry." he said angrily and hurry before end.

Nomiya glup at her request before put away the phone and start to go to the local hospital.