Ever since he could remember, Tsuna was surrounded by Pokémon. It wasn't the fact that his mother had been a famous Coordinator back in the day or his father was a powerful Ranger or his older brother was the Kanto champion—they just wouldn't leave him alone. He wasn't terrified of them—okay, scratch that, he was. Try breathing again when some Pidgey came around and thought that your hair was a nice nest before a whole flock arrived and tried to find something to perch on, too. Or the time when some Beedrill tried offering Tsuna some honey that he mistook for something else and had him screaming his head off all the way home.
Embarrassingly enough, his mother diligently filled albums with numerous pictures of him either being chased by or pounced on by random Pokémon. There was even a baby photo of him being cuddled by Jirachi, the legendary wish Pokémon. Tsuna thought that was pretty neat at least, until he realized how much that entailed for the rest of his life. His mother still never told him what his three wishes were and he wasn't sure he wanted to know.
As he grew older, these kinds of occurrences continued happening over and over again until Tsuna turned 10-years-old, the age when new trainers would start their journeys.
Well, actually, it didn't stop then and he didn't think it ever would, but he could hope, right…?
When he arrived at Professor Lal Mirch's lab, she and her assistant, Colonnello, were already waiting for him. Tsuna gulped, his grip tightening around his bag that his father had bought for him a few weeks ago. Even though he had been around the two way more than he liked—they had been his father's trainees back in his ranger days—and visited the lab from time to time (to act as bait), they were both intimidating people.
Colonnello grinned. "Tsuna! You're finally here!"
Tsuna paled. "A—Am I late? I thought I woke up on time." He checked his watch to see that it was exactly 9 AM.
Lal Mirch smacked Colonnello over the head, making him grunt. She crossed her arms over her chest and gestured to a machine that held three PokéBalls. "You're right on time," she said. "Pick your poison."
Giotto had started out with a Charmander and Tsuna really wanted one too, but maybe that could be considered copying his brother…? He didn't want to look that way though. Charmander was cool. Actually, he looked forward to seeing it evolve into a Charizard with its huge wings and fiery breath. Just thinking about flying off into the world with the dragon-like Pokémon got him hyped.
Before Tsuna could respond, a familiar screech stopped him in his tracks. He nearly lost his balance when a large, bird-like Pokémon flew through the window and perched himself on Tsuna's head. Colonnello's Braviary flapped his wings in greeting.
"Oi, Falco!" Colonnello said. "Where were you when I called you before, kora?"
Tsuna winced when Falco's claws tugged his hair. "Falco, can you let go? Please?"
Lal Mirch huffed. "Honestly, Tsuna, are you sure you can go on a journey by yourself?" She glanced at Colonnello. "You can take him with you. Maybe his ugly mug could scare off the Pokémon."
Colonnello flailed his arms in the air. "Hey, who're you calling ugly?"
Wobbling from Falco's weight, Tsuna managed to stumble over to the PokéBalls and gripped the machine for support. Honestly, why did he even bother? At least, Zamza wasn't h—
A low gurgling noise sounded from his left. Tsuna thumped his forehead against the machine. He had hoped, he really did. Zamza, Lal Mirch's large Scolipede, sauntered over and nuzzled the brunet's cheek with a low coo. Falco still didn't let go at that point.
Sighing, Lal Mirch headed over to release the starter Pokémons from their capsules. "Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander. You can only take one."
"I know," Tsuna said.
Immediately, the three starter Pokémons went into action. Bulbasaur hopped forward and let out some of its little vines while Squirtle and Charmander butted heads, shouting their names like a small war cry. Tsuna wanted to cry. "Um…I'm sorry," he said. "Please don't fight. I'm sorry that I can only take one of you."
"It's working," Colonnello whispered obnoxiously in the background. "The Tsuna Charm, kora."
Tsuna sighed at that. Mentally steeling himself, he pointed a shaky finger at Charmander and said, "I…want you…?"
That came out a little worse than Tsuna had imagined. Falco immediately hauled him up in the air and soared out the window just as an explosion of bubbles, fire, and leaves burst in the lab. Screaming, Tsuna covered his eyes while Colonnello and Lal Mirch tried to keep the Pokémon apart.
In the end, Tsuna found himself on the road with three starter Pokémon skipping happily beside him as if they just didn't destroy nearly half of Lal Mirch's lab a few moments ago. Oh, and he somehow had an egg with him too, because why the hell not?
His life liked being extra that way.
Fuck.
A/N My first attempt at drabbles—it's not looking too good. :^)
Thank you for reading! I hope to see you again in the next chapter.
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Little Miss Bunny