The man's name... is Blair. Blair Loren. You see the thing is right now he's dying, however something is alive. Something he saved. Something amazing. Blair is a man 23 years of age. Before there was nothing incredibly special about him, other than perhaps being an orphan and having a stint with long hair until he was forced to cut it recently. Well... more like it was cut and shaved as part of the torture. I'll spare you the details. He regretted his entire life before, he never tried, he never made any close friends. He never lived. He left the orphanage at ten and lived the streets working part time jobs. That was until he saved up enough to go trainer's school. He managed to become one of the youngest adjunct professors in the region but... he never battled. He just studied. He missed his partner and couldn't get another. Yes I am talking about his first partner Pokémon. He tried to buy a pokeball but you can't without a trainer's license. No matter how he tried... he just couldn't become a trainer. He has always loved them but never had one of his own. He used to dream of being a champion like every other kid in the orphanage. He studied like every other kid in the orphanage. He however was the only kid who never got a partner. However at the end he saved one. So now he was being interrogated to get its location or any information. However in his mind it was long gone. A life full of regrets wasn't absolved but he let himself be hurt peacefully.

Little does he know... his life is about to change. A purple and green explosion blew the door open, the uniformed team were all blasted back. Blair's vision was fading as he saw the Pokémon he saved. It came back. His last words he thought he could ever say were as follows.

"Celebi... run away. You let me go with... no regrets."

However he was lying through his teeth. He wanted to live, he wanted to scream, he wanted to go on an adventure. He was still young, he still wanted to go. He wanted to live. LIVE! However his eyes were pure. A melancholic thought unrelated to the situation passed through his head. 'Ah I died without even having my first kiss.' Then everything was green around him and he blacked out.

"Blair, get up! Get up or you'll miss it."

Barely registering what was going on Blair rubbed his eyes. Everything was blurry for a moment but then it was clear. The smell suddenly shot him awake. It was a smell he never forgot in his life. It was the smell of the day he lost his chance to live a different life. The day he was the only kid left behind. April 1st. He looked down at his body in horror and then he laughed. His brain raced faster than a timid Ninjask running from lightning. He simply rubbed his eyes. 'I can see? My vision is clear? I'm young again. It's April 1st. I missed it before.' He slept through this before. That's right he was... but... Celebi? Blair rushed towards his closet and put on a ratty t-shirt and jeans before running to the bathroom and brushing his teeth. He ran back to his shared room and lifted up a floorboard by his bed and grabbed his wallet. Then he left. His stomach growled but he ignored breakfast to run towards his dream. His destiny. He would leave today... no matter what. Out the orphanage, to the left. Up the hill... harder. His long hair whipped behind his small and malnourished body as he screamed and ran. He ran and ran. However...

"I'm sorry... Blair... but we don't have any Pokémon left. The other kids in Pallet already got them."

The same line. The same... line. He was still too late. Tears welled up. It was like he was ten instead of twenty three on the inside. Then he took a deep breath and cleared his tears.

"Give me a pokeball then."

"What?"

"I'll catch my first partner! I will become a trainer no matter what! I need to try and become the champion of Kanto! No every region! I need to try and be the best in the world! I won't let my dream die here professor!"

The professor was taken aback by the outburst and sighed. Then he looked at Blair with his brown eyes.

"Do you love Pokémon Blair?"

"With all of my heart! I can prove it! I studied... I know a lot! I know how to be a trainer! I know how to take care of myself?"

"So you want to leave home already?"

"I'm an orphan! No one will miss me! Professor! Please! Something! Anything." Then he broke. "I... just want a friend. I just want to travel and try to reach my dreams with a friend." Blair's brown eyes looked up at the professor who was caught between a rock and a hard place.

"Maybe wait until next year..."

"No!"

Suddenly there was a green glowing light. A certain Pokémon flashed through and landed on Blair's head. Nearly giggled and then his body glowed. Then it disappeared as quickly as it came. The professor's jaw was nearly dropped at the sight. Blair's eyes were now a brilliant green as he looked forward earnestly. Tears threatening to spill out again.

"I... don't see how I can say no if even Celebi vouches for you..." The sentence was quiet and the professor didn't ask for more information. He understood people had extraordinary encounters even in ordinary places, if the child had that kind of encounter and still... Then the professor looked serious for a moment.

"Don't make me wait another day for my dream, please."

"... Are you willing to take ANY Pokémon as your partner? No matter how weak or strong? Do you promise to raise it with all the love in your heart!"

"YES!"

The professor smiled and handed him a pokeball and a pokedex. Then he brought him to an Aquarium in the lab inside was a Magikarp aggressively beating at the glass.

"Are you willing to take even the weakest Pokemon as your partner if your dream is to be the best?"

Blair stopped for a moment and looked inside the Magikarp's eyes. The fight. The determination. This was a magikarp that didn't want to remain a weakling.

"What were your plans for her?"

The professor raised an eyebrow at Blair's instant ability to differentiate gender.

"Dinner." He spoke truthfully. "After such a fight yesterday I was saving her for something good but... I can have pasta instead. Go on, catch her and get out. Live your dream kid."

Blair stopped for a moment and then looked inside the aquarium. He raised his hand holding the pokeball and spoke firmly.

"Leviathan! That's what you will be! The terror of the seas! Let's call you Levie for short. Do you want to come with me and fight?"

She stopped batting at the aquarium for a moment and stared. Then the professor opened the top of the aquarium. Instantly she jumped out and hit the pokeball he held out. He dropped it in surprise. One... two... three.

So the story of a boy and his Magikarp started. First victim, all of Kanto.