Anthro Master
Marcus Kale woke up to his alarm clock blaring in his ears letting him know that his big day had finally arrived, today was the day he would finally be receiving his first Pokémon from professor Birch. He and his family had moved to Lavaridge town a few years ago after the Pokémon league had moved the starting age up from 10 to 14 years old. At 16 years old Marcus was already two years behind the power curve due to an unfortunate accident that happened a few weeks before his 14th birthday that ended up with him breaking both his legs and having to heal for six months followed by another six months of physical therapy so he could walk again, and then another year of physical training and studying to make sure he was completely prepared for the journey ahead of him.
After saying his goodbyes to his friend and recently crowned new gym leader Flannery who had been a big part of his physical training and study buddy, and his step-mother since his father and older step-brother were away on their own journey's he undertook the long journey to Little Root town to see Professor Birch and receive his starter Pokémon. Marcus hoped it would be a fire or dark type Pokémon since he had experience with those types before since he often use his Fathers Umbreon in mock battles against Flannery's various Fire types whenever his father had visited.
Checking his appearance with a travel size mirror Marcus had dark Carmel skin like his birth mother while having his father's pure white hair and crimson eyes. He was about 5'6 with a nice toned build he was wearing black hiking boots with charcoal grey cargos with black belts hanging off each side and a black tank top underneath a black and red Groudon patterned long sleeve button down and matching fingerless trainer gloves. He climbed out of his tent packing it away before stuffing it in his rucksack and heading towards the Pokémon lab. His was so excited he figured he would just skip breakfast and eat a late lunch after hitting the road with his new Pokémon. Knocking on the door to the lab a few times Marcus waited until he heard Professor Birch yell enter before opening the door.
"Hello Marcus nice to meet you your mother said you would be stopping by I'm glad to see you're finally ready to get started on your Pokémon journey" Professor Birch smiled.
"Yeah better late than never" Marcus smiled.
"Yes that's very true if you would follow me to the back I have a very special surprise for you" Professor Birch said with a small chuckle at Marcus pent up excitement. Marcus followed Professor Birch barely able to keep a wide smile from forming on his face only to be surprised when professor directed his attention to two Pokeballs on a stand.
"Is another trainer coming today" Marcus asked curiously.
"Nope you see Marcus the Pokémon I have in these Pokeballs are not only rare they are very special I'm sure you've read up on anthro Pokémon in your studies right" Professor Birch asked.
"Yeah they're Pokémon that take on a human like form they are more likely to get pregnant from humans than other Pokémon though because of their human like form they can be a handful for their trainers which is why only more skilled trainers usually go after them" Marcus stated.
"That's right Anthro Pokémon are a challenge they are harder to take care of and train also since they are still Pokémon they can be dangerous at times especially during their heat cycles they have been known to go after their trainers…this is why I couldn't possibly give an anthro Pokémon to a brand new trainer…under normal circumstances that is" Professor Birch grinned.
"What do you mean" Marcus asked.
"Well Marcus your father told me about your little predicament and I think that will make you the perfect match for these two Pokémon" Professor Birch grabbed a Pokeball of the stand. "Marcus I like you to meet Zorua" Professor Birch announced as the light from the Pokeball faded to reveal a confused looking Zorua. Marcus couldn't stop his jaw from dropping as he had never seen an Anthro Pokémon in person before.
"Zorua this is your trainer Marcus Kale" Professor Birch explained to the Pokémon.
"Zorua zor" The Zorua looked at Marcus excitedly sniffed at him curiously before hearts formed in its eyes and it tackled Marcus happily yipping and nuzzling his waist.
"Looks like she likes you…I guess your gift works on anthro's too" Professor Birch said scribbling down a few notes.
Marcus looked down at the Zorua wrapped around his waist. Her fur was soft and warm in the normal coloring for a Zorua her sapphire blue eyes stared up at him the red fur around her eyes looked like dark crimson eye shadow and the cute tuff of dark crimson fur on her head made her look absolutely adorable her body had slight girlish curves to it that would develop into womanly curves once she evolved with her face being a smaller Zorua muzzle with human like features to it. He petted her head getting her to purr and nuzzle against him harder.
"I figured since your father told me you had experience with Dark types she would be a perfect match also this was a good chance to collect some data on your unique condition since I've never heard of a human male releasing pheromones that attracted Pokémon females so I'm curious to see if that will help as a trainer by making your Pokémon more willing to obey you." Professor Birch stated. Marcus frowned as a large sweat drop appeared on his forehead as he realized he had pretty much just become a science project. Oh well it was worth it if he got to have an awesome Pokémon like Zorua by his side.
"Would you mind returning Zorua to her Pokeball so I can introduce you to your next Pokémon" Professor Birch said handing Marcus Zorua's Pokeball.
"Right…Zorua return" Marcus yelled activating the voice command technology in the Pokeball absorbing Zorua back inside it in a beam of red light. Marcus shrunk the ball before placing it on the belt hanging off his right side.
"Alright next I'd like you to meet Riolu" Professor Birch said releasing the other Pokeball. Marcus could tell that Riolu was a female as well due the slight curves of her body and the way her fur puffed outwards in the chest area she blinked her amber eyes looking up at Marcus like Zorua her face was a beautiful cross between a normal Riolu muzzle and a human female face.
"Rio Riolu lu " Riolu barked confused she had been expecting a younger human to be her trainer.
Understanding her confusion Marcus scratched the back of his head " Hey Riolu I'm Marcus due to an accident I had a few years ago I'm getting a late start on my journey even so I've trained and studied a lot so I hope we can be best friends" Marcus smiled offering his hand to Riolu. Sniffing at it curiously Riolu blushed deeply timidly shaking it resisting the urge to pounce on her new master.
"Looks like it's affecting Riolu as well though she seems to able to control herself more than Zorua was able to. I wonder if type or natures have anything to do with the way Pokémon react to your Pheromones" Professor Birch jotted down more notes.
"I have no idea" Marcus admitted.
"I see well you will have plenty of time to figure it out during your journey now if you would return her to her Pokeball so I could issue you a Pokedex Pokenav and register you as a trainer." Professor Birch said.
"Okay Riolu return" Marcus yelled before shrinking the ball and placing it on the belt hanging off his left side. Marcus waited while professor Birch got the required items. After a few moments he returned handing Marcus a Pokedex and Pokenav. "Here you go now you're all set I expect you to contact me if you encounter any more anthro Pokémon or if Riolu or Zorua start acting strangely and remember those two are still inexperienced so make sure your careful not to tire them out to much"
"I'll make sure we pace ourselves" Marcus promised.
"Good so what your goal as a Pokémon trainer anyway" Professor Birch asked curiously,
"I want to beat every champion from every region there is and be crowned the grand champion of the world" Marcus smirked.
"I see that's quite a goal well I guess in that case your first stop should be Rustboro city" Professor Birch stated.
Marcus nodded "I'll be off then see yah later Professor" he yelled as he grabbed his rucksack and headed toward route 101 as fast as his feet would carry him.
After about an hour of walking Marcus sat down his rucksack sitting down with his back against a tree. Breathing out a sigh of relief having finally calmed down enough to let himself have a break. He pulled out his Pokenav and checked his location it showed him he was only a few minutes away from Oldale Town which had a Pokémon center and Poke Mart meaning he could restock on supplies and rest his Pokémon so he decided now would be a perfect time to get some training in. Picking up his ruck he moved deeper into the woods surrounding route 101 until he came to a small clearing that would be perfect for seeing what his Pokémon were capable of.
"Alright girls come on out" Marcus yelled throwing his two Pokeballs into the air releasing the Pokémon inside who let out their own battle cry as they emerged.
"Zorua rua Zor" Zorua Yipped her tail wagging excitedly.
"Riolu lu Rio" Riolu barked happily.
"Hey girls I figured since we're pretty close to the next town now would be a good time to get some training in what do you two think" Marcus asked grinning when they barked and yipped bouncing up and down. "I'll take that as a yes Marcus grinned pulling out his Pokedex to see what moves the two of them knew. "Okay so it looks like Zorua know Feint attack leer and double team that's pretty good to start with and now on to Riolu…looks like you know Force palm, quick attack and feint those are some pretty good moves" Marcus said nodding his head in approval making the female anthros preen in satisfaction. "Okay now let's get to training" Marcus pumped his fist before taking off his button down leaving him in just his tank top making the girls tilt their heads confused, though neither one of them were complaining about the view their new trainer was giving them of his toned upper body.
"What you girls didn't think I was gonna let you train alone did you" Marcus smirked getting the girls even more pumped up that their trainer was going to be getting involved directly with their training. "Alright now Zorua I want you to use double team and Riolu I want you to use quick attack to try to get the real Zorua got it every time you miss I'll do five push-ups" Marcus informed. The two girls nodded with Riolu pumping her arms up and down to get in the zone while Zorua used double team to make a dozen copies of herself. "Riolu are you ready" Marcus asked getting a bark and nod from the fighting type. "Alright Riolu used quick attack" Marcus commanded.
Riolu barked rushing forwards a trial of white streaked behind her as she rushed towards the Zorua attacking once twice then three times without success. True to his word Marcus did 15 push-ups before getting up. "Riolu again use quick attack Zorua keep making more copies with double team" Marcus commanded. This time Riolu attacked four times before her energy ran out still she had no luck when it came to hitting Zorua after twenty more push-ups Marcus had Riolu attack Zorua again this time after missing twice she managed to hit Zorua who groaned in pain as she was shoulder tackled.
"Zorua are you okay" Marcus ran over seeing if she was okay.
"Zor rua Zorua" answered saying she was fine and she wouldn't go down so easily.
"I'm glad you're alright" Marcus smiled petting her head making her yip happily grabbing and rub against him. Marcus blushed as he felt two soft lumps against his waist and realized that she was rubbing her developing breast against him. Riolu frowned and barked at Zorua to stop telling her she was making their trainer uncomfortable. Zorua just stuck her tongue out yipping back that Riolu was just jealous that she wasn't getting any attention and nuzzling harder against Marcus purring about how good he smelled. Eventually Marcus managed to get Zorua off him and made his way over to a fuming Riolu who had her arms crossed. "Don't think I forgot about you Riolu you did a great good keeping at it until you managed to land a hit and I can already tell you've increased your speed during your quick attack" Marcus praised scratching her behind the ears making her tail wage excitedly as she enjoyed her trainers touch for a few minutes. "Alright girls let's get back to it" Marcus said getting pumped back up.
After another two hours of training the girls and Marcus were tired and sore "Alright I think that's enough for our first day, how about I make us some lunch…well I guess it's closer to dinner time now huh oh well how does stew sound" Marcus asked smiling when his two Pokémon yipped and barked happily.
The two female anthros sat down watching their trainer as he started a fire and started to prepare their meal in a large pot before sitting it over the fire for it to cook. Next he grabbed two potions from his bag and walked over to his two Pokémon looking them over using the spray on any scrapes or cuts he found he made sure he separated their fur as he inspected to make sure he didn't miss any injuries just like he been taught, which lead to him blushing when he got two Riolu's and Zorua's chest area. While Riolu understood he was just trying to treat her wounds her way of helping him was by grabbing his hand and placing it on any cuts he had missed he ended up brushing against her small but shapely breast several times making her bark softly which sounded almost like a moan. While Riolu was actually trying to help Marcus Zorua only seemed interested in getting him to grab and grope her while giving him a sultry look making the red blooded teen have to take a few minutes in the trees to calm himself down.
Riolu tried to chastise Zorua for her actions but the fox Pokémon just shrugged saying there was nothing wrong with her actions towards her trainer and Riolu was just jealous because she was too shy to do anything.
Once Marcus returned Riolu and Zorua stopped arguing instead deciding to sit next to their trainer Riolu laid her head in his lap while Zorua leaned against his shoulders both girls enjoying the warmth he was giving off especially Riolu who could sense the warmth of his aura as well. "After dinner we're gonna head to town for the night since there's a Pokémon center we can all get some rest and I'll stock up on supplies from the Poke Mart in the morning before we head to Rustboro City for our first Gym battle.
"Zorua zor" Zorua cocked her head she thought there was a gym before Rustboro.
"There's a gym in Petalburg City but you have to have four gym badges before you can challenge the leader there that's why we're going all the way to Rustboro" Marcus informed. "It's a pretty long journey but that should give us plenty of time to train before we get to the gym" Marcus sighed.
"Riolu Rio Lu Riolu" Riolu barked saying that she would train as hard as she could so that they would be able to win their first time through.
"Yeah I'm sure if we all train hard we'll be able to beat anyone we come across" Marcus grinned. The three of them fell into a comfortable silence leaning against each other until Marcus got up to check the stew making his Pokémon pout at the sudden lack of warmth. "Come on girls dinners ready" Marcus yelled from the camp fire. Riolu and Zorua quickly rushed over their mouths watering from the delicious smell that was coming from the pot. Chuckling at the looks on their faces Marcus filled up their bowels placing it in front of them before filling up his own.
"Alright let's eat" Marcus cheered digging in his Pokémon following his lead as soon as they tasted the stew stars appeared in their eyes as it tasted even better then it smelled. The three of them quickly emptied the pot and after Marcus cleaned up the campsite and put out the fire he returned his two Pokémon to their balls placing them on his belts before making the short journey to Oldale town.
Once there he headed straight for the Pokémon center after handing over his Pokémon to nurse Joy so they could be restored to full health he rented a room since he would likely be camping out the next few nights until he made it to Rustboro since he had no intention on stopping in Petalburg City since he wasn't able to challenge the gym yet. It was always good to enjoy a warm bed when you could especially being a Pokémon trainer who spent most of their nights sleeping under the stars. It only took a few minutes for his Pokémon to be fully restored and soon he was lying in his bed with Zorua and Riolu's Pokeballs on the night stand next to him. Just as he was settling into the pillows to fall asleep both Pokeballs burst open and Riolu and Zorua dog piled him on the bed.
"Whaaa easy girls...do you want to sleep in the bed with me tonight" Marcus asked.
"Riolu Rio" Riolu barked nodding.
"Zorua Zor" Zorua yipped nuzzling him.
"Okay come on in" Marcus lifted up the covers allowing his Pokémon to get under the blankets with him after some squirming around Zorua ended up on Marcus right side cuddling his arm and Riolu was on his left with her head on his shoulder. Marcus smiled the feeling of their soft warm fur against him quickly lulled him to sleep. Three hours later Marcus awoke to the sound of banging outside of his door being curious he slipped out of the bed being careful to not wake up the two snoring Pokémon that were still sleeping soundly. Peeking outside his door he saw a group of three men dressed in all black with a red 'R' on the fronts of their shoving nurse Joy into a closet. Marcus quickly and quietly shut the door going over to his two slumbering Pokémon he gently shook them awake pressing a finger to his mouth so they knew to stay quiet.
"Okay girls I have some bad news it looks like some team Rocket members have broken into the center I know from reading and watching the news that they're known for stealing Pokémon from their trainers they are cruel and ruthless I don't think they've noticed us yet so we could escape out the window…but then they would be free to go after the other trainers Pokémon but even if we battle there's three of them so even if they only have one Pokémon each we would still be out numbered our only chance is that the sounds of our battle will wake up any other trainers staying here" Marcus sighed looking down at the girls. "I won't force you girls to fight if you don't want to after all it would be our first battle and three against one would be tough for veteran trainers so it might be impossible for us to win" Marcus frowned.
"Rio Riolu Rio Lu Riolu" Riolu pumped her paws up and down saying that she wanted to battle and she had confidence in her trainer's abilities.
"Zorua Zor Zorua" Zorua yipped saying she knew they could win and that they couldn't just leave the other Pokémon and trainers to fend for themselves.
"Alright if you girls are sure then let's do this" Marcus nodded returning them to their Pokeballs before peeking out the door he saw the men trying to force open the door that lead to the room where Pokémon that were badly injured healed overnight. Hoping that they only had one Pokémon each Marcus jumped out from behind door "Stop right there team Rocket" he yelled. 'Damn that was lame I should have thought of something cooler to yell when I jumped out' he mentally frowned.
"Who the hell are you boy" One of the men yelled with black hair yelled.
"Doesn't matter who I am I'm not going to let you steal any Pokémon" Marcus yelled.
"Oh really what are you going to do to stop us the man said pulling out a Pokeball.
"I'm gonna kick your asses" Marcus smirked.
"Oh really come on boys lets show this shrimp not to fuck with team Rocket" the other two men pulled out a poke ball.
"Go Poochyena"
"Go Abra"
"Go Electrike"
The three men sent out their Pokémon and Marcus couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief he knew that Riolu's fighting type moves would be super effective against Poochyena and Zorua's dark type moves would be super effective against Abra if he could knock those two out quickly then maybe he would have a chance at winning.
"Riolu, Zorua come on out" Marcus yelled releasing them they let out their battle cries.
"Huh not only does he have rare Pokémon but their Anthros on top of that if we steal those two we're sure to get a promotion and a raise." The black haired man smiled.
"Sorry but you want be getting either of them today…Zorua use leer on Poochyena Riolu use Force Palm on Poochyena" Marcus yelled. Zorua's leer landed lowering Poochyena's defense but Riolu's force palm missed as it's trainer commanded it to doge.
"Electrike use spark on Riolu"
"Poochyena use bite on Zorua"
"Abra use psychic"
"Zorua quick use double team to dodge then use feint attack on Abra "Marcus commanded. Zorua yipped and used double team making a dozen copies of herself casing Poochyena bite to miss along with a chair Abra threw with its psychic attack, before using feint attack on Abra scoring a direct hit knocking the small Pokémon back into the opposite wall.
"Great job Zorua...Riolu use quick attack to doge Electrike's spark" Marcus ordered. A trail of white energy streamed behind Riolu as she dodged the arching electric attack.
"Poochyena use bite on Riolu as soon as she stops moving"
"Riolu dodge it" Marcus yelled but it was too late and Poochyena sunk its teeth into Riolu's arm making her yelp in pain. "Riolu hang in there and use force palm on Poochyena". Riolu reared back her free arm and slammed a powerful force palm into in to Poochyena's side making it yelp in pain as it was knocked away struggling to stand before dropping to the floor with swirls in its eyes indicating it was unable to battle any longer forcing its trainer to return it Marcus breath hitched for a few seconds then he breathed out a sigh of relief when the trainer didn't send out another Pokémon.
'Good now it's two on two' Marcus thought, his confidence building all he had to do was stick to his training and his knowledge of Pokémon and they could win this battle.
"Great job Riolu now use quick attack on Electrike"
"Electrike use thunder wave" Riolu barked as she couldn't get away from the attack and was paralyzed.
"Abra use psybeam on Riolu"
Marcus grit his teeth he knew Riolu wouldn't be able to dodge and that psybeam sense it was a psychic type move would be super effective against Riolu and she had already taken damage from Poochyena's bite so if that Psybeam hit her Riolu would more than likely faint leaving Zorua to fight Abra and Electrike alone Marcus knew she could defeat Abra but if she got hit by Electrike's thunder wave before that could happen his chances of winning would drop to nearly zero. As his mind raced a lightbulb suddenly went off in his head "Zorua jump in front of that psybeam attack so it doesn't hit Riolu" Marcus ordered. Trusting her Trainer Zorua jumped in front of Riolu closing her eyes as the Psybeam hit her, she opened her eyes a second later in surprise when the attack didn't hurt her.
"What the hell why didn't Abra's attack do any damage" Abra's trainer cursed.
"Don't you know psychic attacks don't have any effect on dark type Pokémon…but Dark type moves are super effective against psychic types Zorua use feint attack on Abra" Marcus yelled.
"Electrike take Zorua down use Spark"
""Zorua you can do it push through the attack and hit Abra" Marcus cheered her on. Giving a battle cry as the spark attack hit her Zorua slammed into Abra knocking it across the room where its eyes turned to spirals.
Seeing his friends beaten the last man returned his Electrike yelling to the others they needed to get out of there before the cops showed up Marcus refused to let them get away and tackled the nearest guy pinning his arm behind his back Zorua and Riolu managed to take down another on but the third one was getting away at least until his feet were frozen by an ice beam.
"Who's there" Marcus yelled, from around a corner a tall woman with long blond hair wearing a black top under a black coat with black feathers adorning the sleeves black pants and heels. She had to be a few years older than Marcus but she was still strikingly beautiful a Milotic was at her side.
"Well I was standing around to see if you were going to need any help taking care of this trash but it seems you were more capable then I first suspected…I guess I should have known better seeing as how you have to rare anthro Pokémon you've probably have been on your journey for some time what's your name trainer" the blonde woman asked.
Marcus frowned seeing as how she still hadn't explained who she was, but he decided to answer the question since she had helped him by not letting the last guy get away. "My name's Marcus Kale a Trainer from Lavaridge Town and actually I just started my journey earlier this morning".
At his words the beautiful blonde's eyes widened in surprise, for one he was at least a couple years older then what most kids start their journey at, he had been able to hold his own in a three on two battle and defeated two of the three Pokémon without either of his fainting, both his Pokémon were not only rare Pokémon but they were anthros which were notoriously hard to train and they listened to him and trusted him as their trainer and friend. "Well I must admit if your showing this much promise on your first day I'll be looking forward to seeing how strong you become" the blonde said with a bit of a devilish smile.
"Thanks I plan on challenging the champion of every region until I beat them all and get crowned the Pokémon Grand champion" Marcus said forcing his knee down on the man that started to struggle.
"I see in that case I'm sure we will get a chance to battle once you become stronger" The blonde grinned.
"Why's that" Marcus asked.
"Because I'm Cynthia the Champion of the Sinnoh region" she chuckled at the look on his face. Any further conversation was interrupted as the police arrived taking the three team Rocket members into custody and rescuing Nurse Joy from the closet. After giving a statement to the police about what happened Marcus gave his Pokémon to nurse joy to get them healed promising that he would cook them breakfast once they were fully recovered.
A few hours had passed and Marcus was dead and slightly nervous seeing as how the Sinnoh league champion had been following him around since she they had met.
"Do you want something from me" Marcus asked eventually.
"Nope just observing one of my future challengers" Cynthia said nonchalantly.
"I won't be able to challenge you for a while…I mean I haven't even earned my first gym badge in this region" Marcus sighed.
"You're a strong trainer I'm sure you'll be able to make your way through the gyms quickly" Cynthia said.
"I hope so I'll need to make sure my Pokémon get stronger" Marcus said.
"Strength isn't everything you know it's important to deepen the bonds you have with your Pokémon in order for them to grow properly" Cynthia stated. Marcus nodded understanding her words he knew from firsthand experience how messed up some trainers could be to their Pokémon especially the trainers that only cared about making their Pokémon stronger and nothing else.
"So Cynthia what are you doing in this region anyway" Marcus asked.
"I'm actually headed to your home town I needed a break from all the challengers so I thought what better place than a world famous hot spring" Cynthia sighed.
"I see in that case say hi to the town's gym leader Flannery for me when you visit I forgot to write down her Pokenav number and I ended up forgetting it some I'm sure she's going to be pissed by the time I see her again" Marcus said scratching the back of his head embarrassed.
"I see…no problem I'll make sure I let your girlfriend know you're thinking about her" Cynthia teased.
"She's not my girlfriend" Marcus yelled blushing a bit.
"Oh really in that case how about going on a date with me" Cynthia said laughing as he turned beet red. "Haha I was just kidding besides I only date guys that can beat me in a Pokémon battle" Cynthia laughed.
"I'll make sure you're the next champion I come for after I beat this region's then after I beat you I'll hold you to those words" Marcus smiled. Cynthia cheeks flushed slightly before she gave a fake cough and stretched her arms above her head.
"There is something I'm curious about those two anthros you have listen to you rather well, from personal experience I know anthros can be a handful so how is it a newbie like you isn't pulling your hair out trying to deal with them" she asked.
"Well it might have to do with the pheromones I give of…you see ever since I was little I've always seemed to attract female Pokémon whenever I went exploring away from town. Professor Birch gave Zorua and Riolu to be since he thought that the pheromones I give off would help me to train them I guess he was right" Marcus yawned.
"Huh…I've never heard of anything like that before dose it just work on female Pokémon" she asked.
"As far as I know I've never attracted a male Pokémon" Marcus answered.
"I see…well I should get going I only have two weeks' vacation and I wont to spend as much of it possible at a hot spring it was nice meeting you and just so you know I like ice cream keep that in mind if you ever do beat me" Cynthia said standing up she walked away with a smile on her face.
'I wonder if his pheromones work on human girls' she thought as she strolled out of the Pokémon center.