So this is the beginning of a new crossover, hope you enjoy, new chapter soon hopefully.
A small orange haired boy walked along the beach near his hometown, his name was Ichigo kurosaki. Ichigo lived in a small house in the Karakura islands, a small group of islands close to the Kalos region. He came to the beach frequently to see the Pokémon that inhabited it and to play with them.
He was glad to say he'd made a few friends with these Pokémon and he'd bring food down to them every time he visited. Today he brought twice as much hoping to make new friends with some of the Pokémon that he'd yet to speak to... he meant that literally, ever since he could remember he'd been able to understand Pokémon and converse with them making it easier to make friends with them.
Not many people other than his family knew of his gift simply because he'd never told them, nor had he seen the need to tell many people. Professor Urahara and his assistants were the only other people apart from his family and close friends to know about his gift and Professor Urahara had come up with many theory's but all had yet to be proven.
Ichigo sighed when he noticed that the tides were in, meaning that most of the beach was now taken over by water instead of sand, but with new tides came new Pokémon. He watched as a small group of Krabby led by a Kingler scurry across the sands into a small crevice in the side of a rock wall.
Then he saw more Pokémon heading into the crevice, and when he finally saw a Pokémon he recognised he didn't hesitate to run to it and check what was going on.
"Wingull, what's going on, why are all the Pokémon gathering in that small crevice?" Ichigo asked walking up to one of his first Pokémon friends. The small bird in question happily flew and landed on Ichigo's held out arm.
"(Ichigo, it's amazing, a Pokémon egg washed in with the tides! I've never seen an egg like it and rumours among the Pokémon are saying that it'll hatch into a prince of the sea!)" The seagull Pokémon chirped happily. Ichigo reached his free hand into the bag hanging by his side and dug out some Poké food and fed it to the flying type.
"Can I go see it? It sounds interesting; Maybe Hat and clogs can help. He has incubators at his lab." Ichigo asked to the bird that now jumped of his arm onto the ground next to him. "(I don't think the other Pokémon would like that you know how they are with humans, but you should at least be able to see the egg, after all you've made friends with pretty much the whole beach.)" The Wingull said before flying to the entrance of what looked like a small cave.
Slipping through the thin crevice he continued to walk forward through a narrow passage, eventually it widened and that when he saw the large group of Pokémon sat around a glowing blue egg, though it had smaller rings made of orbs inside the outer transplant egg shell.
Bubbles floated in the air acting as a light source for the Pokémon, the egg itself was laid on a pile of leaves a sand to make a nest as comfy as possible, but it still didn't look too comfy for the blue egg. Thinking fast he took of his jacket and wrapped it around the egg to help keep it warm before he turned and sat down with a group of Pelipper.
"Hi guys, how come none of you come to tell me the news?" Ichigo asked as he took out some bowls from his bag and began filling them with Poké food, much to the excitement of the younger Pokémon as they swarmed the bowls and began eating happily giving their thanks to Ichigo.
"(None of us dared to leave the eggs side in case it hatched, sorry.)" One of the Pelipper said regretfully. Ichigo waved it off, too excited to care. "It's no problem I understand, Wingull told me that some of the Pokémon are saying that this is going to be a prince of the sea, I can imagine that you're all as excited as I am." Ichigo replied while stroking a Rattata that was wolfing down food.
The day went on and Ichigo's seeming everlasting amount of food was thinning out, he saved some for the Pokémon that was due to hatch. Many of the older Pokémon that had families believed that the egg would hatch soon given the signs of movement to egg was giving, so Ichigo had written a note and had one of the Krabby's take it to his home explaining that he'd be late home.
Night fell and there was still no luck with the egg, Ichigo had tucked it into his thick jacket to make sure it was warm and some of the other Pokémon had gathered around it while they slept to share their body heat, Ichigo wasn't cold either since some Rattatas and Pelippers had snuggled up to him as they slept to make sure he stayed warm as well, but as the other Pokémon fell to sleep one by one Ichigo couldn't take his gaze of the small egg. He was too excited to sleep, excited at the prospect of seeing a rare Pokémon, and maybe even making friends with it.
After all the Pokémon had drifted off to sleep Ichigo laid awake watching the egg, he noticed how it was moving a lot more now and it was actually beginning to shift positions with its nudges side to side. Ichigo was quick to act when he saw this, he shook some of his friends awake and pointed to the egg which was now showing no sign of stopping its movements, and as soon as the older Pokémon of the group saw it they knew it was time. The egg was ready to hatch.
And just as the last of the Pokémon surrounded the egg, it began glowing in a brilliant bright white and it's egg shape changed into a small body and lager head with two antenna like appendages sprouting from its head. As the light died down they all watched in fascination at the small blue Pokémon.
It seemed comfortable; being snuggled into Ichigo's jacket tightly and looked around at the assorted Pokémon with interest, before its eyes landed on Ichigo's and stayed there watching him with curiosity.
"Hello, I'm Ichigo, what's your name?" Ichigo asked kindly while walking forward with his bag, he was quick to ready up the last of the food for the new born Pokémon and placed the overflowing bowl of food directly next to it.
"Here take this; you must be hungry, just being hatched and all." Ichigo said as he sat next to the bowl cross legged. "(Mana-phy.)" The small Pokémon said as it shakily walked forward dragging Ichigo's jacket like a blanket.
"Is that your name, Manaphy?" Ichigo asked as the small Pokémon stopped directly in front of him and sat down with him, still staring at him with curiosity. Ichigo stared back, unsure of what to do next, some of the other Pokémon came closer to the two and looked on with wide eyes at the interactions between the two.
"Want some food, it tastes good and it'll help you grow up strong." Ichigo reassured grabbing some of the food in his hand and offering it to the newborn. Manaphy took the food and was quick to take a bite, and then another, then another and before anyone knew it the small Pokémon was eating twice its body weight in Poké food. The Manaphy sighed happily before laying itself against Ichigo's legs and proceeding to fall asleep.
"I guess Manaphy's tired... Hey, is this the Pokémon that the rumours said it would be, I mean, I've never heard of a Manaphy before let alone see one." Ichigo asked to elder of the Pokémon, which was an old female Pelipper.
"(Yes, this Pokémon species is known as prince of the sea, or in this case, princess of the sea. It seems to have taken a liking to you, I doubt that she'd like to be separated from you for awhile at least she seems to think of you as her father figure, like most Pokémon when they hatch she saw you among us and she may think that you're her father...)" Pelipper explained causing Ichigo's eyes to widen.
"You don't mean that do you? I'm only eight, I'm not allowed Pokémon yet." Ichigo said hesitantly. The other Pokémon gathered around him and the Manaphy as he spoke, still entranced by the small water Pokémon.
"(Well I'm sure that if it came down to it you wouldn't mind raising a Pokémon, you've been taking care of the beach Pokémon for a long time so it won't be too different. Though I wouldn't tell many people about her yet, Manaphy are incredibly rare and if the wrong person sees her they may try taking her away.)" The Pokémon continued. The fact that people may try taking Manaphy away didn't sit well with Ichigo, his eyes hardened.
"I will not allow someone to take her away because she's rare, if she doesn't want to go with someone then I'll protect her." Ichigo determinedly, his determination made the other Pokémon smile. "(Then I think Manaphy will be safe under your care.)" The big bird said.
They continued to talk for awhile into the night, Ichigo knew that he should have been home by now since he said that he'll only be late home, he didn't say he'd be gone all night. But he pushed that to the back of his mind as he finally feel to sleep, while Manaphy moved into his lap and curled up in his jacket as she slept.
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The next morning Ichigo was awoken by a sudden peck on the side of his head making his eyes snap open. He turned to where he felt the pain and saw a Wingull sat on his shoulder; he looked around and saw that the Pokémon had long since awoken and were now sat around him. Manaphy still in his lap looked up at him with big eyes before giving him a huge smile.
"(Good morning Papa!)" Manaphy shouted happily causing Ichigo's eyes to widen. He quickly remembered the conversation with Pelipper last night and sighed, it seemed the Pokémon was right and he really was a father figure to the small water Pokémon.
"Good morning Manaphy, how are you feeling?" Ichigo asked not knowing what to do with a newborn but feeling happy that he was important to the small Pokémon. The small Pokémon was still wrapped in his jacket like a blanket and seemed to be a lot more mature then she was yesterday.
"(Hungry, but Rattata and auntie Pelipper have gone to gather some food for us. They told me a lot this morning, about who I am and who you are Papa.)" The Manaphy said, it surprised Ichigo how much she was talking already but he guessed that it was only normal for Pokémon to learn speech a lot faster than humans.
"Okay, well I guess we should wait for them to return then I should go see my family, they will be worried about me." Ichigo said with a sigh, he wasn't looking forward to the greeting that was waiting for him when he got home. Manaphy looked excited.
"(Papa's family?! Do I have a grandpa and grandma as well?)" Manaphy asked hopefully. Ichigo smiled at her excitement. "Yeah, you also have two other aunties, my sisters, Yuzu and Karin." Ichigo said with a warm smile, he was already beginning to enjoy Manaphy's innocence and curiosity.
"I'm sure all of them will be happy to see you." Ichigo added thinking about how Yuzu and his mother would gush all over the cute little Pokémon. Manaphy seemed as happy as he was, she was joyful that her papa would be taking her to see her family and even more joyful that they'd be happy to see her.
A squawk announced the return of Pelipper, and as Pelipper entered the small cave with a Rattata on her back, they noticed the berries tucked under the wing of Pelipper and as soon as she was in front of Manaphy she let them drop, varieties of different berries from the sweet to the bitter piled up on the floor in front of Manaphy, whom wasted no time to pounce on the food along with some of the other smaller Pokémon.
Manaphy seemed to enjoy it more than most since it was her first time tasting all these different flavours, it was a funny sight to see when she first found a sour berry and eat it, her reaction consisted of quickly wiping the sour substance of her tongue. After some time of testing and trying new flavours Manaphy had her fill of berries and was sat on Ichigo's lap again.
"(Thank you auntie Pelipper for the food, and for telling me about myself.)" Manaphy thanked while rewrapping the arms of Ichigo's jacket back around herself. Ichigo smiled at her actions, he didn't mind giving up his jacket in return for a new family member.
"(No worries young one, now I was under the impression that Ichigo needed to be home, I assume you'll be heading off with him Manaphy?)" The friendly Pelipper asked to which Manaphy nodded excitedly.
"(Will we be going now Papa?)" Manaphy asked leaning her head backwards to look up at him making him smirk. "If you want to come meet the rest of our family now then you can, shall we go?" Ichigo asked back to which Manaphy nodded and held her arms out motioning for Ichigo to pick her up which he gently did.
"(Let's hurry Papa, I want to meet them!)" Manaphy whined making Ichigo chuckle before waving goodbye to his friends and left the small cave coming out to a rather populated beach, he ignored most of the strange looks he and Manaphy was getting from people who didn't recognise the Pokémon in his arms.
"(Is that the sea Papa?)" She asked while looking out to the vast blue ocean. Ichigo nodded and smiled. "We'll bring you down here later and you can play in it with me Yuzu and Karin, not to mention all the Pokémon that will want to play as well." Ichigo replied down to her happily. Manaphy nodded hoping that he'd keep his word and allow her to play with the others.
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Ichigo stood at his door and sighed before trying to open the door silently, he should have known better because as soon at his hand touched the door knob the door flung open and he was instantly shot in the face with a water pistol in the hands of his erratic father.
"Ha Ha! You think you can stay out all night and serve no punishment! This is the first of many—" and his father's claims were cut short when Manaphy used a water gun and shot Ichigo's father back hitting him in the face causing him to fall over when he stepped back and slipped on a puddle that had pooled at his feet.
"Nice shot Manaphy! You got him right in the face!" Ichigo said proudly not even paying attention to his now groaning father on the fall as he walked past with a happily chirping Manaphy in his hands.
"What's this, you got a Pokémon Ichigo?" the voice of his mother asked making him turn and see his mother coming down the stairs with a raised eyebrow. Ichigo smiled sheepishly while Manaphy waved happily greeting her grandma with a happy "Mana-Mana!" well that's how it sounded to Masaki since she couldn't understand Pokémon like Ichigo.
"Well she is part of the reason I didn't come home last night, you see all the Pokémon from the beach told me about an egg that had washed up, and Manaphy was in that egg. It wasn't until late last night she hatched." Ichigo summarised leaving out the being the Pokémon's father part.
"Well I'm glad you're safe Ichigo, but I don't think I've even seen a Manaphy before, nor heard of one..." Masaki trailed off before asking another question. "And shouldn't the Pokémon be taking care of her, not you?" his mother asked making him chuckle nervously.
"Ah! I see, you her father, you was there when she hatched, and she took a liking to you right?" the voice of his father asked making him turn around to see his father had already recovered from the water blast to the face.
Ichigo sighed, he should have known he wouldn't be able to fool his father, he was a Pokémon researcher after all and often worked with professor Urahara. His mother had long since quit her time in Pokémon archaeology but used to be well renowned for her work with ancient Pokémon.
"Well yeah, I'm sort of this Manaphy's surrogate father, and I told her I'd show her to the rest of our family. So I guess she counts as your grandchild or something." Ichigo said while blushing furiously in embarrassment about what he'd just said.
"She's cute, can I hold her?" Masaki asked opening her arms to accept her new 'grandchild' the Manaphy gladly jumped into the arms of her new 'grandmother' while also crying out in happiness of being accepted and happiness of having a family. Masaki could stop herself from gushing over Manaphy as both nuzzled cheeks as they hugged.
"I want to hold my new Grandchild too!" Isshin whined and as he went to take the Manaphy from Masaki Manaphy turned and shot him in the face with a water gun attack again making him stumble and gurgle. Ichigo didn't even try hiding his smirk.
"Manaphy's a really rare Pokémon, a Pelipper told me that they are second only to Kyogre in terms of holding the sea Pokémon's respect." Ichigo stated in a proud voice showing how happy he was to have Manaphy with him.
"Well I suppose that it'll be good training for when you start your Pokémon adventure in two years, and I'm sure Yuzu and Karin will be happy to see her when they wake up. What do you plan to do with Manaphy now though; do you know how to raise a Pokémon?" Masaki asked not even throwing a glance to her husband who was trying to rub the water out of his face.
"Well I was thinking of taking her to Professor Urahara and ask him for some tips on raising her." Ichigo admitted, not enjoying the fact that he needed to crazy professor's help. Masaki smiled down at him, handing Manaphy back to her 'father' before speaking.
"Okay, we'll talk to the people at the harbour to see if any of them can spare a boat for us to sail over to his island on." Masaki agreed happy at her son's reasonability. Ichigo beamed in delight at his mother agreeing to his idea.
Before anything else could be said a stomping of feet could be heard making them all turn to the stairs to see three figures running down the stairs energetically. Two figures were Ichigo's younger sisters both aged four and also a small Pokémon that plays with them, a young Mime Jr. That had played with them since they were born and somewhere along the line became their best friend.
"Ichi!" they cried happily when they saw him, they were both about to run and embrace him but stopped when they saw a Pokémon in his arms already. It took Yuzu all of four seconds before she was stroking the small Pokémon and calling it cute.
Manaphy seem to like the attention since she nuzzled her face towards Yuzu as she was stroking her. "What's going on Ichi, since when did you have a Pokémon?" Karin asked as she watched her sister, she shyly avoided the small blue water Pokémon.
Ichigo spent some time explaining everything to his family while they sat down for breakfast, they accepted it easy enough. Manaphy had chosen to sit on the table in front Ichigo and ate her small second breakfast while the others spoke.
The family decided that they will head to the beach and allow Manaphy some time to play in the water, while also making it a family day out. But that had to wait for Isshin to get into contact with Kisuke about allowing them onto his island.
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The family walked onto the beach and as soon as the first Pokémon saw Manaphy the rest of the water type Pokémon had gathered around the small Pokémon like royalty, which to them, she was. As soon as Ichigo placed Manaphy on the sand to play with the Pokémon she made a b-line towards the sea wanting to play in the water instead.
"Come on Karin, Yuzu lets go!" Ichigo called as he took his shirt off leaving only swimming shorts on and began running to the water, followed up by his two sisters that had inflatable rings around their waist and a mime Jr. Jogging to keep up.
Ichigo wasted no time before jumping into the water to play with his new family member. At first he couldn't see Manaphy anywhere in the water, well that was until he felt a water gun hit him in the back of his head, quickly turning he spotted the giggling Manaphy before she dived back under water.
This sparked a full blown water fight between the family and the other Pokémon, Magikarps would jump and splash at them, the Wingull's would swoop down and fire weak bubble beams into the water trying to hit the other Pokémon. Even Mime Jr. joined in using psychic to form balls of water then proceed to throw them at the others.
Ichigo was limited to simply using his arms to splash the other but nonetheless had lot of fun with the other Pokémon.
Suddenly he felt himself being lifted into the air, he looked around and noticed all the other Pokémon had stopped their games and looked at him with wide eyes. Gulping he looked down to what was lifting him up and saw the head of a giant Gyarados, then he saw Manaphy riding on the tip of its head giggling to herself.
"(Splash them!)" She called to the Gyarados, who happily obeyed and flicked his tail at the group of Pokémon creating a wave that fell on them and effectively winning the water fight. Surprisingly the Gyarados was laughing along with Manaphy at the reactions of the others, and the other humans on the beach had already evacuated the water in fear of intimidating sea serpent.
"(We won Papa!)" Manaphy said happily, the Gyarados roar in agreement. Ichigo laughed, knowing that Gyarados were meant to be a fearsome Pokémon yet this one seemed as playful as Manaphy. He stroked the scales of the Gyarados causing it to turn its head to him, it was still seemingly happy.
"Good to meet you Gyarados, I'm Ichigo, Manaphy's Papa." Ichigo greeted and Manaphy came sliding down the body of the serpent until she reached him and when she did she jumped up and embraced him in happiness.
"(You are truly lucky to be so close to such an amazing Pokémon, Ichigo.)" Gyarados said not realising that Ichigo could understand him. Ichigo smiled at the Pokémon. "You can be close to Manaphy too, so will you, the more friends the better right?" Ichigo replied causing the water Pokémon to look at him in shock.
"(You understood me?)" It asked still trying to believe what he was seeing, Ichigo just nodded with a smile. "So what do you say, Friends?" Ichigo asked again with Manaphy smiling as well as she looked at to Gyarados.
"(I'd be happy to be your friend, would you like a ride around the island, I would like to talk more and I get the feeling I'm not wanted here.)" Gyarados said while motioning to the other people on the beach, the Pokémon had long since got over their shock and were now back to playing. Manaphy looked up at him hopefully, causing Ichigo to smirk.
"Sure, and as for the others, they fear you because they don't understand you. That's why I have more Pokémon friends then I do human, because I can understand them." Ichigo said happily. "Will you get a bit closer to shore; I need to tell my family where we're going." Ichigo asked the friendly serpent. Gyarados nodded and headed for the shore, just close enough for Ichigo to yell to his father and mother.
"I'm going for a ride on Gyarados! I'll be back soon!" Ichigo shouted waving, Gyarados roared in greeting to his parents. Masaki seemed worried but trusted her sons judgment, Isshin was too busy dodging water blasts from the Pokémon to fully hear him, but still gave a thumbs up to Ichigo.
The other people looked at the spectacle in confusion and fear for the child that appeared to be in danger, yet seemed to be enjoying himself. Most were too busy watching the Gyarados swim away to notice the small Manaphy sat comfortably in front of Ichigo.
They surfed along the edge of the island; the Karakura islands consisted of several groups of small islands and in the middle of the cluster of islands was one bigger island which is the town Ichigo lived in. The other islands were mostly populated by Pokémon from all over the world, while Professor Urahara had an island to himself claiming it to be for research on Pokémon.
Gyarados turned out to be nice company, conversing a lot with Ichigo and Manaphy, he claimed to be happy to be able to serve Manaphy but to become friends with her was an honour. He was still pretty shocked about Ichigo's ability's as well but was happy to finally speak to a human, asking lots of questions about the human ways of life.
"(Do you plan to become a Pokémon trainer one day Ichigo?)" Gyarados asked curiously. Ichigo nodded vigorously. "Yeah, I want to become a great trainer, I want to travel to far away regions and meet new Pokémon, though I'll never force my Pokémon to battle not like those people on TV I can always hear what the Pokémon have to say about their trainers when battling and it sickens me, my Pokémon will be part of mine and Manaphy's family not a slave that has no choice but to battle." Ichigo claimed with determination.
Gyarados looked at him from the corner of his eyes, and although it was hard to tell, Gyarados was smiling and the young boy's proclamation. "(When the time comes, and if you still hold the same mind set I'll be happy to join your travels, and I'll be proud to fight for your and Manaphy's family.)" The Gyarados told the young boy making Ichigo's eyes widen in shock.
"You'd want to become part of our family?" Ichigo asked in shock, he'd never even spoke to a Gyarados before let alone thought of training one. Gyarados nodded. "(I too would love to see the world, and the only other choice if I don't get caught by a trainer is that I go alone, I'd much prefer to travel with you and Manaphy. You are special, you can understand Pokémon and you befriend them like it's second nature to you, that's why I believe that travelling with you would be much more fun than any other trainer. So will you take me with you?)"
"I'd love you have you with me! Well have lots of fun I promise, isn't that right Manaphy?" Ichigo replied excitedly Manaphy cheered in response and the prospect of having fun with her new friend and her Papa.
They continued surfing around for a few hours, speaking to many water Pokémon that would pop their heads out of the water or flying Pokémon that flew alongside them. Ichigo, Gyarados and Manaphy all spoke about where to start their adventure and it was decided that their first target would be Kanto.
The Karakura islands would be good for training but they had no gyms or Pokémon leagues since it was such a small place, meaning that they'd travel to some of the bigger regions for their adventure. Manaphy didn't know anything about the other regions meaning it was mostly up to Gyarados and Ichigo to decide where to travel to.
When it was about noon the water Pokémon and Ichigo went back to the beach, he was happy to see that his sisters were on the sand building sand castles with the Pokémon, his father and mother were sat on a picnic blanket watching from a distance.
Gyarados came straight onto the beach, leaving his tail in the water as Ichigo jumped off his back with Manaphy in his arms. His father and mother calmly walked to him with smiles on their faces.
"Ichigo, this is amazing, are all these Pokémon your friends? When you said you had Pokémon friends at the beach this wasn't what I was expecting." Masaki said in wonder, proud of her son being able to bring Pokémon together so easily.
"Yeah but I only met Gyarados today thanks to Manaphy, he said that he wants to come with me when I become a trainer." Ichigo said stroking the blue scales of the Gyarados gently. His father almost had a coughing fit when he heard that.
"You haven't even started your adventure yet and you're already gaining Pokémon to join you? Powerful ones at that, I mean look at this Gyarados, he doesn't look like a push over." Isshin praised causing the Gyarados to let out a confident roar at his boosted ego. Much to Ichigo's amusement since he could understand the Gyarados roaring. "(You bet I'm no push over, I'll be the strongest Gyarados one day!)"
"Well Ichigo, we should be heading to Professor Urahara's island know, he's been waiting for you while you've been off with Gyarados." Masaki said kindly. Ichigo nodded.
"(I can take you Ichigo, I'm to be your Pokémon after all, that Professors Island isn't far from here.)" Gyarados said lowering his head next to the young boy. Ichigo smiled and nodded eagerly. "That'd be awesome, you two can go on the boat, me and Manaphy are getting a ride with Gyarados again. I'll meet you there!" Ichigo exclaimed while jumping back on Gyarados.
Gyarados didn't wait for Ichigo's parents to say anything before he turned and shot back into the water; Manaphy was happily lean over the edge putting on of her arms into the water making water splashing in a trail behind her.
Professor Urahara's island wasn't too far from town, in fact it was one of the closer islands, the island had two shores, one was a small beach and on the other shore was a more rock terrain, the middle of the island was covered in meadows and forests and on the rock part of the island was many caves in the side of a mountain which was perfect for rock Pokémon, dragon and flying types of any others that live in caves or high places.
You could see the lab from the coast, if you could call it a lab... it was a medium sized building with a windmill attached to its side but overall looked like a normal two story building. Gyarados made quick work in getting to the island ripping through the tides easily and landing itself on the beach of the island.
What was unexpected though was that Urahara was already on the beach waiting for him, smiling like the Gyarados wasn't even there. Kisuke stood in his usual attire, a green bucket hat, cane and a fan, wooden clogs for shoes and of course his white lab jacket which didn't suit the rest of his clothes at all.
"Ah, Ichigo, I've been waiting for you, come with me to the lab and I'll see if I can help you. Also, I'll have Tessai bring some food out for the Gyarados if you'd like." Ichigo nodded quickly turning to Gyarados. "I'll be back soon, I just need his help to get information on raising Manaphy, you don't have to wait but food will be coming so help yourself to that okay?" Ichigo said soothingly and the Gyarados nodded and eagerly awaited the food.
Ichigo follow Urahara into the Lab which when inside was filled with computers and pictures of rare Pokémon and maps of the regions. Ichigo briefly waved to Tessai who was walking with a massive bowl of food presumably for Gyarados.
Manaphy looked nervous and clung to Ichigo like a life line, not that he minded, he knew better than anyone that Professor Urahara was a weird guy. They sat at a round table, in the middle of the table was a black box looking like a tool box of some kind.
"Well it's nice to see you again Ichigo, and it's good to meet you Manaphy. Now I've never seen a Manaphy before, though I've read a lot about your kind and where you came from. I can give Ichigo a book to read to you if you'd like, it's very interesting." The Pokémon professor said perking the interest of Manaphy who shyly nodded, still not sure if she should trust him or not, but she did loosen her grip on Ichigo a bit. Ichigo himself was interested in the story of Manaphys.
"Ichigo, may I ask the story about the Gyarados outside, I expected to see you coming by boat so imagine my surprise when I see you on the cameras riding in on a Gyarados." Kisuke asked sounding amused.
"He's one of my friends; he wants to join me and Manaphy when we start out Pokémon adventure." Ichigo explained quickly not going into too much detail. Luckily Kisuke didn't pry.
"Well onto the subject at hand then, I have some food for Manaphy that you can take home, I've also wrote down the best foods you should buy while she's growing up. Along with other notes and factors you should take into consideration like making sure she's always washed in clean and pure water since her body is made of 80% water she's sensitive to tainted water while she's young, but she'll grow out of that." Kisuke said seeming to know a lot about the traits of Manaphy.
"I would have brought the food to you but I have a proposition for you, now that you have not only one but two Pokémon. Why not start training early? I'll give you the equipment needed to start training Manaphy when she matures in about a month's time. I'll also put some notes and food aside for Gyarados." Kisuke started shocking Ichigo, the thought of starting early and beginning his adventure sounded too good to be true, a long awaited dream come true.
"I have lots of useful equipment in this box, twelve custom pokeballs tailored to you and your way with Pokémon, they are as comfortable for Pokémon as possible for the technology available to us. Also a respirator for any underwater endeavours you may want to try after reading that book. And my latest invention..." he trailed off opening the box and pulling out a long belt which seemed to be slightly thinker then the usual pokeball holding belt.
"This belt not only holds your Pokémon but can switch out with any other Pokémon while on the go not having to stop at a pokecenter to change any of your Pokémon. And of course it's registered to this island, I set up a Pokémon management system a few years ago but it never got used thanks to the lack of trainers from these islands. You're Pokémon will have this whole island to themselves... well apart from me." Kisuke said, and it was everything Ichigo could ask for, what any trainer could ask for.
"You won't be qualified for travelling to other regions until your ten but that doesn't mean you can't explore these islands and catch new Pokémon here, plenty of powerful Pokémon reside in these islands, I have catalogued all that I can but I'll give you a pokedex in case you find anything new."
"You really mean you'll let me be a trainer? And with all this cool stuff too?" Ichigo asked, even Manaphy looked excited completely forget her worries of the Professor and hoping to have fun on this adventure that's available to her and her Papa.
"All you have to do Ichigo is put the Karakura islands on the map, never has this set of islands been known for anything important, we've never had successful trainers but our islands have so much potential with the wide range of Pokémon here that have migrated from many different regions. All you have to do is prove to the world that we can be great, as great as the main regions make us proud Ichigo." Kisuke said with a smile already knowing Ichigo would go far in his journeys whether that is in tournaments or any other path he may take.
"I will, I promise I'll do my best to prove that we aren't just some islands, I'll prove that we can be great! Isn't that right Manaphy!" Ichigo encouraged. She beamed in excitement. "(You bet ya, we'll be the best!)" She Exclaimed.
Ichigo put on his new equipment, his belt held all his Pokeballs and even his underwater respirator. He turned to Manaphy with a smile. "Will you do me the honours of being my first Pokémon?" he asked holding out a custom Pokeball which had a black top and white bottom. Manaphy nodded eagerly and the button allowing herself to be caught without putting up a fight. Ichigo quickly released her again.
"Don't worry I won't force you to stay in the pokeball, it just stops you being caught by anyone else, and if you get hurt I can put you in it to help you heal." Ichigo promised her making her smile. "(It wasn't too bad... it was fairly comfy actually, I may go in it when I want to sleep and your walking!)" She said happily making Ichigo smile at her.
"As I said, these pokeballs were made by me, I know how you feel towards Pokémon so I've made it that the Pokémon can release themselves at their will, I also made it so it should focus on comfort for your Pokémon." Kisuke explained making Manaphy smirk knowing that she could come out and annoy her father whenever she felt like it after she's slept.
"Now time for your official starter, I can't register you as a trainer when your starter is a Manaphy or Gyarados, so as in all other regions I'll offer you three Pokémon and you have to choose one of them." Kisuke explain placing three pokeballs on the table, all three opened showing the three Pokémon he had to choose from.
On the left was a Ralts, in the middle was an Abra and on the right was a Beldum. The Ralts didn't even acknowledge him, opting to look at a wall which was apparently more interesting. The Abra was simply sleeping soundly not seeming to notice that he was outside of the pokeball. The Beldum on the other hand looked at Ichigo and the Pokémon in his hand with curiosity. Out of all of them the Beldum seemed like the only one who would take an interest in adventure, which made the decision fairly easy for him.
"Beldum, would you like to join my family on an adventure; you'll be joined by Manaphy and a Gyarados as well, what do you think, interest you?" Ichigo asked leaning forward with Manaphy who greeted the Beldum happily.
"(Manaphy. Is this going to be worth it, is he a good trainer, will I be taken care of?)" The Beldum asked the other Pokémon before making its decision. Manaphy smiled. "(My Papa will be the best of trainers, and he cares deeply for Pokémon so you'll be looked after. And he can also speak with us, he understands what we're saying!)" Manaphy said giggling.
"It's true Beldum, I really can understand what you say, I promise to care for you and as for if I'm a good trainer, well I'm only just starting right now so I won't be the best, but I will grow with you guys, I'll train with you and I'll become strong with you, if you'll let me." Ichigo answered confidently meaning every word.
Beldum looked at the boy with curiosity, something told the small Pokémon that this boy was special, he could understand and communicate but above all else the still young boy had determination enough to push through the trails that every trainer faces and come out stronger.
"(I shall join you; I believe that you will be a reliable trainer.)" The psychic and steel type said hovering over to its new trainer. Kisuke returned to other two Pokémon and snapped Beldum's normal pokeball leaving ash to capture it in his custom pokeball. Releasing it again straight away, Ichigo quickly explained the new features on his pokeball so his Beldum knew that when in the pokeball he wasn't trapped.
"Thank you for this chance Professor Hat and clogs, I'll make these islands proud I promise." Ichigo said with as much sincerity he could muster. Kisuke just smiled and told him to catch Gyarados already. After that Ichigo wasted no time in running to the beach to greet his friend, and to his joy the Gyarados had waited even when told it didn't have to.
Though Ichigo seemed to walk into an unusual situation, Gyarados stood at its full height, obviously trying to be intimidating while glaring down at Tessai who in turn stood his ground while looking up to the sea serpent with the sun glinting of his glasses making it unable to see his eyes. The tension was high, as if one was waiting for the other to make a move, the way Gyarados glared down at the man would terrify any normal person but the way Tessai glasses hid his eyes was just unnerving and terrifying in its own way... it felt like a battle for dominance between the two.
"Erm, what's going on here?" Ichigo asked unsure what he was seeing. Gyarados looked relieved to see him. "(I have no idea, I was eating the food he left then he just continued to stare at me, he's seriously creeping me out...)" the Gyarados explained.
"Ah, young Ichigo, I was simply waiting for Gyarados to finish eating so that I can retrieve the bowl." Tessai said kindly. Ichigo just nodded numbly as Gyarados wolfed down the last of the food before practical throwing the bowl at the man and watched uncomfortably as the man took the bowl and walked away like nothing happened.
"(That was creepy on so many levels...)" the Gyarados muttered. Ichigo had to agree, there weren't many people who'd stare down a Gyarados just to get a bowl. He pushed the strange conflict aside and turned to Gyarados with a big smile.
"Gyarados, meet Beldum, he's technically my starter Pokémon! The Professor made me a trainer early, I'm not allowed to other regions yet but we can explore these islands and train for the day we can start our journey in Kanto! That is if you still wish to be with our family Gyarados, so do you?" Ichigo asked, Gyarados instantly looked shocked by the great news and nodded his head with excitement, now he could grow strong to one day travel the world.
"(Of course Ichigo, I will always keep my word, and as long as your intensions stay the same and your determination doesn't waver then I'll always be part of your family, now you should hurry up and catch me, before someone else does.)" Gyarados roared in excitement. Ichigo placed the black pokeball on the sand in front of him.
"This is a custom pokeball, it's meant to be a lot more comfortable then a normal pokeball, and you can release yourself at anytime so you're not trapped in it either. I just ask that you only let yourself out when you're outside, if you got out while inside you may cause some damage..." Ichigo trailed off, Gyarados wasted no more time leaning down and allowing the pokeball to capture him. Then without Ichigo's command the ball opened revealing the large sea serpent, it howled in enjoyment and anticipation for the adventures to come.
"Ichigo, I forgot to hand you your last piece of equipment!" The voice of Urahara called out making Ichigo turn with an eyebrow raised, the same with his Pokémon. Kisuke walked over and handed a small watch type device to Ichigo, along with the book that he forgot to pick up.
"This device will act as a communicator, a pokedex and trainer ID and also with this you can tell me which Pokémon you want to switch out of your belt even from other regions this will work. It allows me to video call you and vise versa, I'm also working on a communicator for your family so you can contact them as well but that will not be done for another week or so yet." Kisuke explained while strapping the small black watch type device to his hand, it seemed to be touch screen and also had a scan function which Ichigo guessed was for the pokedex part of the device.
"I want you to come visit me frequently so I can keep an eye on your Pokémon's health and make sure they're healthy, and also when you capture a Pokémon that exceeds the six you're able to carry it will be sent to me and I'll let it roam the island to its leisure." Kisuke steeped back and smiled.
"Also you'll need to come to me every other day at least so I can teach you how to train your Pokémon, remember you need all the information you can get before you start travelling to other regions. I'll have Tessai bring some books over to help teach you about Pokémon and which are native to which regions. Also some strategy guides and beginners books should help you as well." Kisuke continued with ways on how he could help Ichigo become a better trainer, he seemed to get carried away though and his eye were somewhat glazed over.
"I thinking we spend our first month training lightly, maybe battle some of the older beach Pokémon until Manaphy is old enough to be trained normally, I'll train alongside you guys as well, I'll make myself not only strong but I'll also study so I know how to train you better and after the month we should spend a week or so of heavy duty training, learning new moves and increasing our strength. Then we will be ready for anything we come across on the other islands and we may be able to catch new Pokémon to add to our family! What do you guys think?" Ichigo asked making sure they all had their say, and to see if they'd agree with him.
"(Sounds good! I'll also battle against some of the other Gyarados in the area to help train as well!)" Gyarados agreed with determination to show his trainer how powerful he is. "(I'll train with these beach Pokémon for now, I'm not sure I could fight over water.)" Beldum replied agreeing with his new trainer.
"(I can still train, I'll train my water powers, that way I won't be straining myself too hard and I can still grow more powerful!)" Manaphy claimed not wanting to look weak even if she was new born. Ichigo smiled at them all.
"Gyarados, that's a great idea. Beldum I can't wait to see what you capable of and I'll be happy to help in anyway. Manaphy as long as you don't exert yourself I see no reason why not, just be careful okay, all of you need to remember it's my job to take care of you know so I'll help in any way I can alongside my own training, you can't have a weak trainer after all not if we're going to be the best!" Ichigo shouted in encouragement his shouted their agreement as well, making his smile widen.
Stood at the doorway of Kisuke's lab, Isshin and Masaki looked at their child with large, proud smiles just seeing how he could inspire his new Pokémon they were sure that he'd grow up to be a great trainer.
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Once they returned to the island later that day Ichigo stayed on the beach so that Gyarados could still be with him when he read the book given to him about the tale of Manaphys, the sat with his back against a boulder, Manaphy on his lap Gyarados coiled around them acting like a wall to keep others away and Beldum floating next to him.
"The Professor said we should read this and it'll help us understand more about Manaphy." Ichigo said looking at the worn book, it had a leathery cover and imprinted pictures which looked like Manaphy and another Pokémon looking very much like Manaphy. He opened the first page and began reading aloud to his Pokémon.
"The legendary Pokémon Manaphy and their offspring Phione, these Pokémon reside in the temple built for them by the people of the sea. The temple was built in honour of the water Pokémon, treasures where handed to the water Pokémon but none grader then the sea crown that lies at the heart of the temple." Ichigo read aloud, almost instantly he had all of their attentions.
The book continued telling them lot's of facts about the Manaphy like if they breed in water that were too warm the egg would hatch into a Phione instead of a Manaphy, it also spoke about Manaphy's heart swap ability that switches the souls of its targets. It spoke about the temple getting lost at sea, only ever to be seen once a year unless you could find it with the help of a Manaphy or Phione who can always feel the location of the temple in their instincts.
"Is that true, can you feel the location of the temple?" Ichigo asked down to her, she seemed to think it over before nodded unsurely. "(I can feel something, it's like a vibration from far away, that might be it but it's easy to ignore.)" She replied making Ichigo smile.
"That must be why the professor also gave me an underwater respirator, in case we want to go visit this temple." Ichigo said smiling, he was quick to continue reading all about the tale of the Manaphy and the sea temple but the book finished soon after leaving a lot of mystery to the story.
On the last page of the book was what seemed to be a crystal shell like jewel tied into the book with a piece of string. "This is the mark of the people of the sea, all of them hold this mark in some form be it jewels or jewellery, it allows access to places in the sea temple that people without the jewel would not be unable to go." Ichigo read out.
"What do you guys think then? That could be our first adventure when we're strong enough! We could go to Manaphy's home!" Ichigo said excitedly, he left the jewel in there for now wanting to keep it safe but he had every intention of taking it with him when he left for the adventure.
"(I'd like that, to see the temple!)" Manaphy chirped happily, Gyarados also looked happy knowing they have an adventure that they have to train for. "(The temple feels really far away though, it could take months to get there...)" Manaphy said.
"(We'll make sure we train hard enough to get their then, you can all ride on me, swimming is as easy as breathing for a Gyarados and we'll stick close to the shore so that every night we can rest. But first we should finish our adventure with these islands but before we can start that we need to grow stronger!)" Gyarados roar in determination, knowing that they'd be able to do it.
"Well then, we'll start our training for the island tomorrow, and then when we think we're ready we'll head to one of the many islands surrounding us and if we're lucky we might be able to get some new friends to join our family." Ichigo agreed, even Beldum looked excited, but it was hard to tell thank to the lack of facial features, but there was something akin to excitement in his eye.
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Over the course of the next several weeks the people of Karakura town watch in awe as Ichigo would go to the beach daily allowing his Beldum to train against Krabbys and Kinglers and watched in total fear as his Gyarados would fight other Gyarados' just off the coast while not holding back firing hyper beams at each other nor seeming to notice how the battles made the waves grow to sizes where it was unsafe for normal people to be on the beach during the battles.
The small Manaphy would spend it's time training her water abilities like water gun and bubble beam with the help of Wingulls who gave her tips on how to be more accurate and make the attacks more powerful, it was slow progress but Manaphy was becoming more powerful after each day.
Ichigo would spend his time on the beach either reading the books given to him by Kisuke to help him understand better ways of training Pokémon and the different types with all their advantages. Or he'd spend his time on the beach with his father who helped train him to become stronger, starting with jogs around the island and simple exercises.
Ichigo was aching all over, even his brain hurt from the studying, every time he stopped exercising he read and studied. He'd shared many battles with his friends; mostly Beldum against the beach creatures that we're happy to help them grow strong but he'd also tried in a battle with Gyarados against another Gyarados and surprisingly won the match.
Manaphy had grown considerably now and was close to being mature enough for them to start their journey to the other islands. She had more than doubled her strength it seemed, her endurance for attacks and even learning new moves like rain dance, she was working on trying to learn an ice move called ice shard but it seemed that she still had some training to do before she could use it.
Days passed quickly for the team, Kisuke had been supporting them heavily lecturing Ichigo about how to better himself, helping train the Pokémon. Slowly though Ichigo gained confidence in training them and after finishing yet another book he started helping his Pokémon more on their training by reading out extracts from books so they could learn moves or just helping them get stronger in a specific area.
But something that the team didn't notice about their training was that it brought them closer together as all of them pushed themselves to their limits to grow stronger. The Pokémon were happy to see Ichigo also training himself alongside them, not many trainers would work to not only help their Pokémon grow but also grow themselves.
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With only about a week left before Manaphy would be old enough to begin battling seriously and until they left to go on their adventure, they visited the professor again hoping for tips about the islands, he was studying them after all, it'd make sense that he would know a lot about the other islands.
With that in mind they hopped on Gyarados and left to meet the Professor, Gyarados still hadn't gotten used to Tessai yet, so every time they went to see Kisuke Gyarados would hide away in the pokeball.
Walking into the lab like he'd done so many times over the last few weeks, but this time something was different, Kisuke was not lounging in the lab today, in fact it took them awhile find him. He turned out to be in one of the back rooms in a video call with what looked like another professor.
"Yes, I know that Oak, I'll send over some files regarding the matter." Kisuke said before noticing Ichigo standing at the door of the room, he smirked. "Ah Ichigo! Come over and say hi, this is professor Oak, he's the main Pokémon professor for Kanto, that's the first region you wanted to visit right?" Kisuke asked grinning and waving his fan. Ichigo walked over with Manaphy still in his arms, they both looked at the professor curiously.
"So you want to become a Pokémon trainer do you?" Oak asked, making Ichigo grin proudly, it was then that Oak finally noticed the small Pokémon in his arms but before he could say anything Ichigo spoke first.
"I don't want to become a trainer, I am a trainer. When I'm ten I'm coming to Kanto!" Ichigo exclaimed Manaphy also voicing her agreement. Oak looked more marvelled then shocked, he continued to stare at Ichigo and his partner, Kisuke just guessed it was because he held passion over a legendary.
"Yup, he became I trainer a few weeks ago, he's training his Pokémon incredibly well, on his first day he managed to capture a Gyarados who doesn't hesitate to obey his orders and all of his Pokémon seem to care dearly for him." Kisuke bragged for his first ever trainer.
"You do know that you're meant to wait until their ten before allowing them to take care of Pokémon." Oak asked carefully, trying to regain his normal attitude. Kisuke smirked. "Yes and I would have done but he went and tamed the Gyarados and also befriend this Manaphy with no Pokémon not to mention how all the Pokémon on his island like him, why should he wait when he was already going to be training his Pokémon that he'd befriended so allowing him ownership of them wasn't such a big step." Kisuke rebuked calmly.
"All kids have their life to befriend Pokémon, whether they're trainers or not, Ichigo was one of the kids who did that and found Pokémon who were loyal to him, I see no reason to stop him being their trainer." Kisuke continued causing Oak to sigh heavily.
"Fine, fine, I suppose its okay as long as there was reason and you weren't just making anybody a trainer for no reason. Well, Ichigo, it's nice to meet you, I look forward to meeting you when you arrive in Kanto." Oak said before hanging up making the screen go black, just before the screen went black though Kisuke noticed the wide smile on Oaks face.
"Sorry Ichigo, I just couldn't help but brag about having a prodigy as one of my trainers, in fact my only trainer that I've ever allowed to represent me." Kisuke said with a smile, Ichigo smiled back at the compliment before sitting down across from Kisuke.
"No problem, I came here to ask a few questions about these islands before I went for today's training, I mean, it's not long until we're ready to start our journey now and all of us have grown stronger."
"Okay Ichigo ask away, I know just about all there is to know about these islands." Kisuke said leaning back in his chair to get comfortable. Ichigo nodded. "Well I suppose I just want to know more about the Pokémon here, you say that most migrated here but how can land Pokémon migrate overseas?" Ichigo asked.
"Well Ichigo, for me to answer that I'll have to tell you the history of the Karakura islands, and it started many years ago." Kisuke started with a smirk on his face. "In fact it started with the Pokémon Groudon."
I've thought quite a bit ahead for this story, and by the time Ichigo reaches Kanto, he'll have a powerful team behind him, most of his Pokémon will be caught throughout the next few chapters. But there will be other Pokémon Ichigo captures when he reaches Kanto, he'll also travel with Ash and co. On and off as well but this story will not be about Ash, though Ash will have a few changes by the time they reach indigo Plateau.
But that long in the future, Ichigo won't reach Kanto for many chapters yet, and I'll leave it up to you guy's whether or not Ichigo has any romantic relations with other characters, I was thinking of having him and Misty pair together but I'll see what everyone else thinks first.
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