So, this story is literally the nerdiest thing ever- lately I've been addicted to playing Pokémon GO! thus this story was born.

It's basically for my own amusement lol

Shout out to BlackLadybug225! Thanks for all the reviews and kind words. :)

Yuuri wasn't much of a video game person- he considered himself more of an outdoors-man unlike his hermit and game-addicted older brother, Shouri.

However, lately he'd been playing a game that had been taking Japan by storm:

Pokémon GO!

Suddenly- it didn't matter if a person was an outdoors man, hermit, old, young, 'Otaku' or business man, they were playing Pokémon GO!: a game of virtual reality Pokémon hunting.

Hell, even his mother was playing it.

Since Yuuri usually biked to school- his friend Murata heavily pressured Yuuri to play it, nagging him day in and day out even going so far as to give Yuuri his old smart phone so they could play together.

It's not like Yuuri was a stranger to Pokémon- he and Shouri had played some of the games when they were kids not to mention everyone knew about the famous T.V. show. He could faintly recall a time where he and Shouri had even pretended to be trainers- so this new Pokémon game did bring him some nostalgia...

So, when Yuuri finally gave in to the hype, he figured it'd be more fun if Shouri played with them too and asked his brother to join them.

However, he was bewildered when his older brother flatly turned him down.

"I don't have time for a game like that, Yuu-chan." he'd said, "You should focus more on your studies."

Pssshhhhhh studies? Yeah right! He was drowning in school work, not to mention his responsibilities as Maoh. His studies were the last thing Yuuri wanted to think about.

So he brushed it off- perhaps Shouri was just stressed. It didn't matter anyway- within a week, (Shouri or not) Yuuri was hooked.

Suddenly, every day was filled with Pokemon hunts and battles as he and Murata traversed Shibuya crossing past Hachiko's statue [1] down into the subway and all throughout the neighborhoods beyond.

When they reached level 5 the game asked the boys to join a team: Mystic (wisdom/blue), Valor (strength/red) or Instinct (Instinct/yellow)

Without thinking much, Yuuri chose Instinct.

The guy- Sparky? (Weird name but whatever...) seemed cool and Yuuri liked the idea of going with your gut- Yuuri often followed his instincts already as a way of life.

However, he was a little disappointed to learn that Murata had chosen a different team: Mystic.

"Heyyyy I thought you were gunna wait to choose a team so we could choose together." Yuuri complained but Murata only laughed.

"Then why'd you go ahead and choose team Instinct?" the boy criticized in return. "Valor and Mystic seem cool but Instinct..."

"HEY- I like it- I follow my gut a lot, it makes sense." Yuuri defended.

"We know- that's how you usually get into trouble..."

Because of their separate teams they couldn't battle gyms together but that didn't stop the boys from having fun collecting Pokémon.

Well...

At least until they went hiking to hatch some eggs they had saved up.

On their trip, Yuuri had tried to jump over a puddle but failed spectacularly, throwing him off-balance.

The only thing within grasp to steady himself was Murata who's eyes widened in surprise when Yuuri grabbed his shirt, dragging him down as they both fell into the void.

They were transported to Shin Makoku within a matter of wet, bubbly moments.

"Pwah!" Yuuri gasped as he broke the surface of the pond he'd been gracefully deposited in by the all mighty 'Great One'

"Uaahhh pond water-! Pbt! pbt! pbt..!" he spat as Murata gurgled to the surface next to him.

"Is it too much to ask for a warning before hand?" Yuuri shouted, "Like- "TENKYUU-!?"[2]

Murata's sudden laughter was followed by coughing as he sucked in water unexpectedly- causing both boys to sit on the bank and spit repeatedly into the sand.

"Yuuri!"

"Your knight is here." Murata remarked and Yuuri chuckled, a bit embarrassed at the remark.

"Conrad!" he waved, signaling the man to their location. "We're over here-"

"Are you alright?" the man, Yuuri's godfather and closest subject said as he dropped down from his horse and made his way to the boy's side.

"Yeah, we're fine- do you know why we ended up in a pond this time? Usually we end up in the fountain in Shinou's temple..."

Conrad smiled but shook his head. "Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know much about how your travel between worlds works."

Yuuri could see Gunter frantically dismounting and shouting his name as Conrad handed him and Murata towels.

"I'm back~" Yuuri sighed and Conrad smiled down at him, gently picking wet leaves from Yuuri's hair.

"Welcome home."

[1] Hachiko's Statue and Shibuya's crossing are virtually right next to each other in Tokyo- Shibuya crossing is the famous busy street where sometimes thousands of people cross the street at a time in- and Hachiko is the famous Shiba Inu who was loyal to his master and because of his loyalty virtually saved his breed (of dog).

[2] Tenkyuu translates roughly into 'Rain from a cloudless Sky' or 'Magic Rain'