Chapter 1
[Jay]
Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…
Ugh…Five more minutes, mom…
Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…
What the hell? Is that…my alarm clock?
Lifting a fist, I slam it down onto the off switch of the oppressive mechanical menace that dares to rouse me from my slumber. "Stupid piece of shit, waking me up like that…" I mumble to myself as I sit up and shuffle my tired ass out of my room and towards the bathroom downstairs.
Letting out a drawn out yawn, I make my way down the stairs, passing by a poster that has the three Unova starters on it, of which I promptly ignore due to my tired mind screaming at me to get a cup of coffee. Moving past the open kitchen area, I pick up a jar of coffee powder and the coffee pot to make that cup of sweet, sweet elixir.
What? Don't judge. Coffee does wonders for you later on in the day, and tastes good while doing it.
Moving into the bathroom, it was immediately a mutual decision between myself and my sense of smell to get my teeth cleaned. Fuck, that smells bad. Morning breath always sucks, no matter how hard you try to ignore it.
Sauntering out of the bathroom, the smell of freshly brewed coffee immediately fills my nostrils, causing me to take a deep inhale of the sweet scent around me.
"Ah, that's the stuff." That smell never ceases to put a smile on my face and a spring in my step.
A few minutes later, I had a cup of coffee in my hand and two plates of bacon and eggs on the table. Walking up the stairs towards the bedroom of my sibling, I knock on the other door opposite to mine.
"Wake up, Sis! Breakfast isn't going to eat itself, you know."
"Yes, brother. I'll be there in a minute…" I sigh with a smile on my face. And she calls me lazy half the time…
Speaking of which, why did I even set the alarm clock to…7 in the morning? I can't help but feel like I'm forgetting something here…
Shaking my head, I walk down the stairs towards the open kitchen area, once again passing by the poster on the wall. This time, I finally notice the small print underneath the poster, specifically the date of which the lucky graduates of Trainer's School, me and my sister included, receive their first life partner.
My eyes widen, finally coming to the realization that the early alarm clock was no accident at all. The realization of said situation hits me like a ton of bricks, causing my head to snap towards the clock above the television set.
"Hey sis! Get your ass off the bed and get ready! We've gotta get there in fifteen minutes!" I scream, wolfing down my plate of breakfast and gulping down my entire cup of coffee in one go.
The door to her room flings open, revealing a white-haired, much-taller than-me sister, rubbing her eyes groggily. "What is it, brother, what are we going to be late for?"
"Damn it, sis! Don't you remember!? The day we get our first Pokemon! The day we start our adventure! That's today!" That information was enough to get her to sprint her way past me and into the bathroom, a look of panic on her face as well.
"Then let us make haste, brother! We don't have a moment to lose!" As she gets ready, I quickly run into my room and slip on my normal attire, most notably my blue zip-up hoodie and my short pants. I then burst out of my bedroom door, carrying my bag of items and my Xtranceiver 2.0, now with the ability to translate Poke-speech.
As I run down the stairs, I notice my sister eating her breakfast in a panicky fashion, although she had already put on her white tank top and red scarf. As I toss her own bag of items towards its owner, she passes me my wallet in a similarly quick notion.
"Thank you, brother!" "No prob, sis." Amidst the chaos of an early morning rush, we afforded each other a smile towards the other.
Slipping on our respective bags, we rush out the door, making haste towards the lab of Nuvema Town's local professor, Professor Juniper. Of course, my sister gets a head start because I have to lock the door before we leave.
"So…do you…think that…the professor…will…still let… us choose?" My sister asks me in short, labored breaths, a panicked look still gracing her facial features.
"I'm sure…she won't…mind…" I reply between pants.
The professor didn't really mind, per se. It's just that…
"Of course I mind you two being late! And to think you two graduated with top honors! You should be ashamed of yourselves."
She REALLY minded us being late, so we got one last lecture for the road. Hooray for us…
"Looks like you two really fucked up this time, didn't you?" That familiar voice, always a source of annoyance and hate. Turning around, I quickly locate the sniveling little 14-year-old bitch of a source that the sound belonged to.
"Hello, Jimmy." The name was spoken through gritted teeth, dripping with enough venom to send Arceus himself to the fiery depths of hell. I swear, every time I talk to the guy, a small piece of me dies on the inside…
"Don't be like that, Jay. You know you appreciate my presence. A peasant like you should, after all." This piece of shit, unfortunately, was the only person to ever graduate along with me and my sister this year. Due to his rich-as-fuck family, he has Pokemon fit to challenge any Gym Leader already, stashed away in his belt. Hell, the only reason the little bitch got his Trainer's pass like we did was through cheating and bribery through amounts of cash I could only dream of getting.
"Well, you need to fuck off before I break your teeth." I glare daggers at him, my voice barely a whisper. Seeing this, my sister quickly pulls me back, away from the rich, snot-nosed brat. "Brother, calm down. He's just not worth the trouble…"
"That's right. Listen to your whore of a sister, Jay." Jimmy decides to rub my supposed weakness in my face, his unyielding smirk looking oh-so-punchable right this moment.
"Now, now, Jimmy. You have no need to insult your fellow students in such a manner. Some of us are excited to get their first Pokemon, after all." Professor Juniper cuts in, saving both our asses from the insult dispenser in front of us.
"Meh, whatever. We all know who got in because of skill, and who got in because of money flowing out the asses of their parents." I piped up, adding insult to injury.
My sister immediately bursts into fits of laughter. Even the usually serious Juniper gives a small smirk to my comment. Jimmy instantaneously goes red in the face, his smirk long gone and seething in rage at me, knowing I was completely right. If there's one thing money can't buy, it's the respect and friendship of others. Besides, taunting the moron was always something I was good at. I'm not a legal trainer for nothing, you know.
"Whatever! Let me just get my first Pokemon so I can get out of this lame-ass town." Jimmy tries to punch me in the face, but a quick step to the right sends his ass flying into the nearest shelf of books, toppling the entire thing over. Another thing that we picked up in Trainer's School: never pick a fight with a Pokemon, no matter what the size. It's either fight or flight, and Pokemon do the fighting, so we have to do the flying. Learning how to dodge is all part of the lessons.
"What? You think I'm just gonna stand there and take it?" I shrug, hands in the pockets of my hoodie. Jimmy says nothing, only takes one of the three Pokeballs from the table in the middle of the lab and runs off. "You're gonna regret this, Jay! You hear me!?" He screams, running out of the lab, shaking his fist at me and glaring daggers.
Unfortunately for him, he never noticed the rock in front of his right foot, tripping over it. After regaining his balance, he kicks the rock and continues running off. Meh, he totally deserved it.
I, of course, had to make a pun to further enjoy the moment. "Looks like his trip got off to a rocky start, am I right?"
If the professor wasn't laughing at my insult to Jimmy, she was laughing now. Her smirk quickly turned into full-on giggles of mirth. My sister, Yupia, was less than amused.
"Brother! You have ruined this moment for me with your jokes!" She angrily yelled at me. That's her, alright. Always the wet blanket of the group when it comes to puns. Her reactions to my jokes are always priceless, though.
"C'mon, sis. Can't yu-pi-a (you be a) good sport for once?" I egg her on, causing her rage to further increase. "Stop this tomfoolery at once, brother!" She conks me on the back of my head lightly, not enough to cause any real damage, but enough for me to feel it. "Heh, heh, ow…"
"His jokes really brother you, don't they?" Juniper chimes in, only adding to Yupia's misery. One other thing about the professor: She loves puns. That one small detail was the one that made working with her for all those years much, much easier on me. "Professor, not you too!" My sister cries in despair.
As funny as that moment was, it was time to get serious. "So professor, let's say we get to choosing, shall we?" I suggest, now pretty eager to get my starter. With my sister nodding in agreement, we turn our attention to the table that Jimmy had snatched a Pokeball off of.
"One of these Pokemon will be yours to keep, so choose wisely. Once you make a choice, you cannot change it. Understood?" We nod, of course, and she tosses the two remaining Pokeballs into the air, the small capsules opening up and revealing their contents: Tepig, the Fire-Type, and Oshawott, the Water-Type.
"You already know what these two can do. So, who will you choose to join you on your journey?" She asks us, a small smile gracing her face.
"Tepig shall be mine, then!" Yupia declares, grabbing the little Fire-Type and carrying it and its Pokeball, the Pokemon in question letting out a squeal of surprise in response.
That's my sister, always assertive when doing almost anything. Man, she's so cool…
"Well, the choice is obvious, isn't it? I guess I'm choosing Oshawott, then." I smile, pointing at the small sea otter Pokemon standing in front of me. "Me?" Her voice, sounding oddly feminine, does nothing to hide her shock and disbelief at my choice.
"No, I mean the other cute, white and blue-furred little Oshawott in the room." I joked, getting a few giggles from her and the professor. "From what I can tell already, you two are going to get along great." Juniper remarks. "She's never gotten along with any other Trainer as quickly as you before. I'm impressed."
"Water-ver do you mean, professor? It's not my fault she's already warming up to me like this." The pun doesn't go unnoticed by any of us, Yupia included. "Oh my god, Jay why!?" My sister groans in exasperation in contrast to my amused expression and Juniper's laughter. The Oshawott is also laughing too, clutching her sides in laughter. "Good one, Mister!" She manages to applaud me in between fits of giggles.
"Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week." I bow to the small audience laughing before me, my grin unwavering.
Juniper quickly recovers from her fits of laughter, returning from the humor to readdress the situation. "Now, about your Pokedex and Trainer's ID…"
(Lazy, lazy timeskip because I are far too lazy...)
"Stay safe and have a good time!" Juniper waves goodbye with a smile from the doors of the lab, me waving back to her in kind. My sister had already left, due to her impatience, but I had stayed behind to help the professor with her bookshelf that that bastard Jimmy had knocked over earlier. Honestly, she forgets the simplest of things sometimes…
I had told her that Jimmy had only him-shelf to blame, and her laughter indicated that I had struck gold once again. Puns, always there to save the day, no matter how dire the situation looks.
Once we were out of view and staring at the entrance to the path of Route 1, I turned to face my new friend. "Now that I think about it, I don't really know your name, kiddo." I turn to face her, the small Pokemon doing the same.
"The name's Jay. Nice to meet ya." I extend my hand in greeting towards her, her flipper-like appendage holding onto my hand. She smiles at me in reply, squeezing my hand harder as she starts to shake it.
What she wasn't expecting, however, was the farting sounds of a whoopee cushion to be heard the second she applied more pressure to the handshake, the sudden farting noises causing her to burst into full-on laughter.
"Heh, the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick. Gets 'em every time." I chuckle, grinning to her reaction that I found extremely adorable for some reason. How the hell can something be that cute, anyways?
"I don't really have a name, Mister Jay. Unless you want to call me by my species name." She replies, the almost pleading look on her face just telling me that she wanted me to take the initiative and name her.
"Then, do you mind the name…Chell?" I ask after a long moment of brainstorming. She tilts her head, giving me a quizzical look. "Don't judge. Takes a guy some real effort to think up of a name like that, you know." I tried to defend my choice, but that contemplative look on her face means that she probably doesn't like it.
"Sounds good to me!" She quirkily replies.
Or…it could mean that she actually was considering that option. Huh.
"Alright then Chell, let us head onward! To adventure!" I holler, much to her amusement. "You got it, Mister Jay!" She giggles as I hoist her up onto my shoulder and proceed into the forest path up ahead, a smile on both our faces.