Pokemon Fanfiction: A journey from a different world

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon fanfiction.

A.N: I was writing a different fic. But as I continued, I felt weird to write it in Ash's point of view when I was always imagining myself in his place. Over time, I lost interest to write that fic. This is an attempt to make that fic better. Only this will be an SI. I hope to do justice to this.

A word of warning, although this fic is light hearted, it deals with a lot of issues like what it means to be a pokemon master, how do pokemon and humans interact etc. which can give it dark undertones at times. For those looking to read up on the journey of Ash, this is not the fic. But the rest should be fine. It is based in Kanto with very familiar pokemon and people.

Chapter 1: The beginning

I was watching my life flash in front of my eyes in the millisecond I took for the bullet to hit me on the forehead. It is funny how such a seemingly short time can be so vast. I was not done with life. Hell, I was only twenty-five. I did not do much, achieve much, there was a lot left in my bucket list.

All those dreams end because of one drunk gunman who killed me thinking I was the person who stole away his ex-gf. I most certainly did not. For one, the names of the girls don't match. Secondly, the girl I was dating was one I was dating for a long time, much before he claimed to be dating her, so it is not the same girl. But explaining that to a drunk person was not going to be of any help.

I watched my life fast forward, from my earliest memories from class 1 to my current scenario. My parents, brother, relatives, girlfriend, all my friends and my teachers, everyone passed in front of my eyes and then suddenly the bullet caught up. I was dead and there was no feeling. It was as if one second the power was on and then the next second someone cut all the power and there is no processing possible in the brain.

It was weird. But then I stopped. I was feeling weird, which meant I was feeling. This was certainly not what I expected when I felt the bullet hit my head. Then slowly I could feel someone trying to nudge me awake.

I was shocked. To the best of my knowledge, it was not possible to survive a bullet wound directly to the forehead. And I knew for a fact that no one saved me. I was on plain old earth, no super heroes, no miraculous powers, so there was no way I could have survived a bullet wound to the forehead. But I could feel being nudged. I tried to feel my body and open my eyes. Slowly, or what seemed slowly to my mind I started registering the presence of a body and control over it and then slowly I opened my eyes.

The first thing I could see was a lot of bright light. The second thing I could see was a leafy canopy directly above me. Then and only then did I notice a hand on my shoulder. I looked to see a police office in blue with blue hair. She seemed familiar for some reason and looked good to the eyes. I was a twenty-five-year-old male after all and I was sure that I was not in any place I knew because this did not seem like earth. It felt too pure if one can explain that, as if the huge technology, huge population and a lot of garbage did not happen at all.

I looked at her and she asked "Are you ok kid?"

I immediately got an affronted look on my face thinking "Who is she calling kid?"

Then I paid attention to my surroundings and realised that everything seemed higher than it normally did. She was taller than she seemed and I was a pretty tall guy so either she is extremely tall or I have grown smaller.

I started panicking. I did not know what happened. Who could change age? I looked back at her and asked "Where am I? Who am I?"

She looked a little troubled at that and said "Calm down kid. Don't move too much. What is the last thing you remember?"

I said "The last thing I remember is a bullet through my forehead. Who are you? Where am I?" I knew I should not have said that but I could not help it. I was in a weird place where my age was changed and I had somehow survived a bullet wound to my head, which upon further touching I realised was non-existent, and dumped into a very green place in front of a very familiar police officer whom I just could not place currently.

She said "Calm down kid. I am officer Jenny. You are in Marko village. It is a small village between viridian city and vermillion city. What do you mean a bullet to the head?"

I gaped the moment she said officer Jenny. I finally placed her. She was the police officer in the pokemon world. The one who had clones or almost clones of her in every police station in the pokemon world. This was only further confirmed when I heard viridian city and vermillion city. They were two famous places. One held the eighth gym while the other held Lt. Surge. I was in the pokemon world as a kid. I did not know much about the world.

Sure, as a kid I used to watch a lot of pokemon and even played all the games till emerald but I lost interest from the Sinnoh region. Once the Sinnoh region started airing, I stopped watching and playing pokemon and the only source of information that I had was fanfiction which I still read. But I never thought I would be here. Then I realised that I had a new start. Sure, I died but I am living in the pokemon world. I always wanted to go on a journey and show these people how it was done.

But I also realised that there was a lot I needed to learn. I did not have any details about the world itself, as well as when I was w.r.t the timeline. The easiest way to find out would be to go to Professor Oak's place and to know the age of Ash and Gary. But first, who was I in this world. I turned to Jenny who was peacefully waiting seeing that I was thinking and did not seem too tensed.

I said "I assume that there are pokemon all over this place?"

Jenny looked a little surprised and said "I guess. I do not see any currently but yes, on the way back we should be able to see some pokemon."

I sighed and looked older for a second. Jenny got a little suspicious and cautious. When she gestured for me to start talking I said "I am not from this world. I am from a different world where I died from a bullet wound from the head due to a drunk person. Hi, my name is Akhil. This world was only a story in my world. I do not know how I ended up here or who I am in this world. I also do not have any resources. I would appreciate it if it were possible to lead me to a good source of information regarding this world and pokemon as well as a method to gain some resources to live."

Seeing such advanced vocabulary from a what seemed to be eight-year-old she asked "Say I believe you. How old were you in your world?"

I replied saying "I was twenty-five in my world."

Officer Jenny nodded a little since there was at least some explanation for the advanced vocabulary and diction even if it was a very outlandish one. She said "And what can you tell me to believe you? Also, how did you end up here?"

I said "I do not know, officer Jenny. Like I said, the last thing I remember is a bullet wound to the head and then you nudging me awake. There was no conversation with some extra dimensional entity if that is what you are looking for. I also do not know who I am in this world, whether a body was made for me or if I am inhabiting someone else's, how I landed up in this place. I have never heard of a Marko village in all my time learning about the pokemon world. This is new to me also. Could we discuss this at a more comfortable place and is there a way to find out if I have a home or a family?"

At that Jenny seemed to come to a decision. She said "Well, the way you speak is too advanced for an 8-year-old child. So, I will believe you but you still haven't given me any information that you would not have access to for me to confirm it."

I asked "What information would make you believe it? I only have information from when the grandson of Professor Oak starts his journey. Before that I can only guess. I have a lot of information but most of it is after that time and I do not know how it is before that time. But I will attempt to tell you all I know. Would the names of the gym leaders and their types be confidential enough for you?"

Officer jenny said "Nope, that information is available on the various pokemon helper websites online. I am looking for something more."

I said "Look, I can confirm something with professor Oak that no one else knows about except for him. He will be able to vouch for me for that. This is not information that depends on the age of his grandson. Will that satisfy you?"

Officer Jenny said "You sound confident that no one knows this information."

I said "I am not sure if anyone else does, but the only people who would know this information are people who professor Oak trusts implicitly. I should be vouched for anyway if I am one of those. If I am not, then it shows that I got this information because of coming from a different place. Would that be enough?"

Officer Jenny thought a little and then said "Yea kid, that should be fine. Can you move?"

I stood up experimentally and started moving. Once I could move a little I said "Yes Officer, I can move. Shall we be on our way?"

Officer Jenny gave me a funny look and said "You need a new pair of clothes. And a check-up in the pokemon centre."

I shrugged and said "Sure, I don't mind either."

We started walking. I was mentally planning on what I was going to do. I realised that I wanted to be a champion. They paid a lot of money for winning that tournament. Then once done, I can just train pokemon and travel peacefully. The ultimate challenge is winning all the leagues one after another. To do that I needed some good pokemon. I always came up with this dilemma, should I catch a lot of pokemon and then train them up each or should I catch a few pokemon and focus on making them stronger. I usually go with the few pokemon approach in the games and that is how I decided to play this. I had a new life. I could play it how I wanted. But first, I need to find out how to become a trainer. What tests to qualify if any, what license is required, how is it funded etc.

I also needed to find out what I would be doing till I became a trainer since I needed to survive somehow. With this in mind I asked Jenny "Hey officer, can you tell me if there is a way to find out if I have any relations or if I am an orphan in this world? Also, how will I be living here if I do not have cash or whatever passes for it in this world?"

Jenny smiled and said "The equivalent for cash in this world is pokedollars. As for the rest, do not worry. There are orphanages all over the place to support orphans and yes there is a way to find out if you are related to someone. Should the worst come to the worst, I will take you in myself provided you earn your keep. Help out around the house i.e cook, clean and other simple house hold chores and I will pay for your food and stuff."

I said "I do not have a problem with that deal officer. I am perfectly willing to do the household chores. But wont paying for me be costly? I mean I want to be a pokemon trainer. That will require a lot of stuff, right?"

Officer Jenny said "Yes, you will need to pass a test to be accepted as a trainer. Your starter depends on if you have a sponsor who took a liking to you or your test marks. The higher the test marks, the better the starter. The best starter that can be given out is the Kanto trio which are Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. But as a consequence, very few people have those starters in the first place."

I said "Wont it be costly to pay for all this as well as pay for learning material?"

Jenny said "There is easily available learning material on the internet for anyone who wants to learn. That should bring you up to speed with all the requirements for the pokemon tests. If what you say is true, then you should not have a problem in the more academic subjects except history. But you might have issues with camping and more pokemon items related subjects."

I said "Yes, mostly. When can I give this test? An is there an encyclopaedia for each individual pokemon that can be researched?"

Officer Jenny said "Yes, there is. It is all available on the internet. That is not a worry. Also, the cost is not much. I earn a decent amount of money and would gladly pay for you if you are willing to do my household chores in exchange. I feel too tired to do anything by the time I return from office. I also put in a request for a new Growllithe that I need. This place is very out of the way and no one ever comes here. So, most of the local D-Rank missions are done by me which makes me very tired."

I asked "D-Rank missions? You mean stuff like cleaning places, moving weak pokemon from one place to another etc. that trainers can do to earn small amounts of money?"

Jenny said "Yes, you have heard about it?"

I said "Not in the original story but it was something that people thought up when writing stories about your story."

Jenny frowned a little and said "This is not a story anymore . We are alive and I live here. You need to understand that."

I said "I agree officer Jenny. I understand that but for some time till I get used to this, it is going to be a part of a story. I will always compare it to the pokemon stories I read and saw when I was a kid. I am not treating you'll as objects. You are living people to me but right now it is all too new to me. I need to learn about the world and about its politics and ways. Only then can I begin to become a trainer."

Officer Jenny said "That is ok. So long as you realise that it is real lives you are playing with."

Officer Jenny gained a thoughtful look on her face. One which said that she had just grasped an implication of what she was going to do and she did not like it. She stopped and saw a tree stump and a rock nearby. She motioned for us to get there and she sat down on the stump while motioning me to do the same on the rock. Once I sat down she looked at me carefully with experienced eyes and said "I need to know this. Are you telling the truth that you do not know who you are in this world? Answer only in yes and know and answer immediately."

I looked at her wondering what brought this on and she stopped being patient and said "Answer immediately kid."

I instantly said "Yes Officer.."

She interrupted me and said "Only yes and no. Do you want to be a pokemon trainer?"

I said "Yes."

She asked "Do you know why you came here?"

I said "No."

She asked "Do you have any ill intentions of any manner?"

I said "No" with a slightly affronted look on my face.

She said "Do you mind working for me in the manner I proposed and the payment plan?"

I said "No."

She sighed and said "Look, I don't know why I did not think of this sooner. Even if you are from another world, you claim to know a secret that one of the most powerful people in our world kept from everyone else. Something he did not want to see the light of day. And your idea of proving it is to talk to him? One word from him is enough to destroy your entire pokemon career."

I said "But professor Oak is always shown as a nice person."

She said "In a kid's show. We are not in a kid's show anymore. Everyone is a little bad. It only depends on what is bad and whether that is considered bad compared to the good he is doing. And you can be sure that professor Oak is doing a lot of good. I really do not want to trouble him and get his attention onto you and me with this. I would rather live a peaceful life and keep you till you are ready to begin your trainer journey."

I considered what she said and asked "But can you find out who I am in this world?"

She said "Sure, I need a little bit of your DNA and I will push it through the database to find out the closest relatives you have in our database. I will also check the nearby towns and villages for a missing person's report matching your description. Let's just say that I believe you and I do not want Professor Oak's attention on my village and my life."

I asked her "Is that ok? Wont you be in trouble?"

She said "No I wont. I am going to do everything I can to find your family. I just am not going to highlight that you are from a different world and it would be good if you also do not do the same."

I sighed and said "I am sorry. Normally I would not have even told you but I don't know what came over me then. I just had to tell someone. You know. So, I did. I will keep it a better secret from now on."

She looked at me with serious and searching eyes and then she nodded her head saying "That is good. Now let us be on our way. Marko village is close by and I really need to get back into a little shape and start learning what I forgot if I need to train that growlithe I requested."

I said "I also need to learn about pokemon. Would it be ok if I trained the growlithe in my off time?"

She looked a little sad and said "It will be fine but only after I am sure that you won't be hurting it. So only after a proficiency test. Study a lot, as much as possible and graduate the test. The earlier you graduate you pokemon trainers license examination, the earlier I can let you begin to train and catch pokemon although you will not be allowed to journey or be given money that you can use outside of Marko village until you are 10 years old."

I just nodded saying "Don't you worry. I will work as much as possible to graduate as soon as possible." Inside I was thinking that she said that I could not train her growlithe. She did not say anything about me not training my own pokemon. I could catch one pokemon and train that one pokemon till I graduated my trainer's license. Being 25 had benefits in that I could learn most of the stuff easily and graduate sooner as opposed to when I am a kid and did not have the time-span.

Then I realised that in this world, I am a kid and I physically had a lot of problems, it was just that being 25 mentally helped. I instantly had to begin the routine that I got into over time, once I finished my college. Exercise, yoga, sudarshan kriya and meditation every morning. I need to get back into shape physically and possibly get into better physical shape than previously. I was going out camping and travelling in the wild. I needed to be in the best shape possible to do that. But before that, I needed to learn everything I can about the pokemon world as well as make myself and my pokemon strong. I was going to dominate and win a tournament. The money from that would help greatly. Atleast, I hoped they were going to give me money for winning a tournament.

We walked for some time. Almost an hour. In this duration I saw a few pokemon nearby. An eager ratatta ran out of the bushes in front of me while a few pidgey were on the tree branches watching us move slowly. I was very happy and in awe. This more than anything pushed it into me that I was in the world of pokemon. And that soon, I would be having one of those pokemon as my friends and we would become the strongest there is.

I think I will go for the goal of master. I was always inspired by how Ash said he would be pokemon master. I never understood what master meant. I assume it is having a knowledge and a way with all the different kinds of pokemon. Or being able to understand pokemon on an instinctive level. Or it can even mean being able to win all the major pokemon competitions.

I do not know what it meant. But I wanted to be one. I initially set my goals on the indigo league and becoming its winner. That is my goal.

While all this was happening in my head, we finally reached the house of Officer Jenny in Marko village. She took me home and said "This is my house. I have one spare key and I will make another and give it to you. The village is small and has only around 25 buildings along with huge lawns or farms etc. Memorize the house and then I will show you where the pokemon center and the police station is.

Finally I will show you where the mart is. After all this, we are going to be headed to the pokemon center to get your check up done. Only after that will I begin to let you explore the world of pokemon on the internet.

And this started a very huge and boring walk around the village. The world stuck to the stereotypes. The mart had a blue ceiling while the pokemon center had a red one. They had the poke symbol on the doors. Most other places were houses. Some people waved while others went about their business. I was getting the impression that since it was a small town, everyone knew everyone else.

I went to joy who after talking a little to Officer JEnny, took a little of my blood in one test tube while a little more of it in another test tube. Then she proceeded to give me a general health checkup by making me go through a range of motions, asked me how I was feeling about various actions that were being taken and checking my reflexes. I was annoyed. She also told Jenny that she would test my blood for problems and vaccines as well as run the DNA check that Jenny had asked for.

Once this was done, Jenny took me back to her place while collecting a bag of clothes about my size from joy and told me to clean myself up. I enjoyed the feeling of a warm bath and when I came out in a towel and looked at myself in the mirror I realised that I looked a little on the skinnier side with black hair and bright brown eyes. All in all nothing vastly different. I decided that if I needed to get into travelling, I needed to get into shape and then started putting on my clothes.

Jenny and me had food after which I asked her "Hey officer.."

She interrupted me saying "At home, I am Martha."

I was a little weirded out but said "Martha, would it be all right if I could use your computer. I really need to start getting into learning about your world, about pokemon and what a trainer is expected to know."

Martha said "What a trainer is expected to know varies, but sure. I have a guest account open. You can access my system's guest account and see what happens from there. I would suggest searching for the trainer's page and reading through the materials required to study for the trainer's license."

I agreed but in my mind, I was wondering about two things. First, how fast do pokemon heal, second, whether this place had a weights or resistance training system that I read a lot about from Naruto and whether it could be incorporated here.

After all this, I wanted to read about how to earn money as a pokemon trainer and what it meant to be a pokemon trainer. Only then would I begin to look into what is required to study for the trainer's license.

I rubbed my hands together and immediately swithed on her system. Her PC looked old but it was fast and powerful. Her internet speed was much faster than mine and she had a huge amount of RAM and hard-disk space. There was also a lot of other equipment that I could not understand.

I ignored all that and went into the crux of what I was researching. I found out that yes, most pokemon healed very fast. They healed at very quick paces and this is what allowed them to train or evolve. I also read that there was a weight training and resistance training but it was not very popular since it could not be implemented on the move. While moving, the pokemon always had to be on their best. But this was not the case for me right now. I had two years before I even began my journey. Till then, I could abuse the shit out of weight and resistance training.

I was very happy. Then I read about how to earn money as a pokemon trainer. It turns out that trainers can earn money in a variety of ways. The first method is to do the various missions at each village as per requirement. There was a small payscale allotted to every mission type. The second way was to battle other trainers. The losing trainer has to pay a small amount of money to the winning trainer unless the losing trainer has only under 500$.

The third method is finishing gyms and winning tournaments. Tournaments always had cash prizes that could be won. These were the three ways that a trainer could earn money. But this came with a downside. Being a trainer was like a conscription. You were given a lot of benefits, you were also allowed to earn money but if the league ever required your services, you were required to drop everything and get to them as required. That was something that did not go over well with me. But then again, I had two years before I had to face that.

So once I was sure I wanted to be a trainer (was there any doubt to that), I decided to look into what I needed to study and found a five year course on preparing for the trainer's license. This was built for five year olds so that they could give their exam before they turned ten and it was built for their attention span. Something I had a lot more of.

I started on reading it and in the next five hours, I was done with the first year of the course. Majority of the course was math, language and about the various types of pokemon,their advantages and disadvantages.

By the time I was done with the first year, Martha came and told me that reading time was over for today and to begin work from tomorrow. She showed me a bed that I could sleep in and told me that she would wake me up the next morning. I just smiled and wished her good night.