Jake entered his house, holding his Chikorita into his arms. His mother ran up to him and looked at his new Pokémon.
"OH MY GOD! THE POKEMON YOU CHOSE IS SO ADORABLE!" Jake's mother shrieked in joy. "I never saw a Chikorita in person but you made a great choice!" her excitement made the Chikorita a bit nervous as she hid her head into Jake's chest.
I would be careful mom," Jake frowned a bit. "The lab assistant says she is a bit hesitant around other humans. I am the first one she has ever walked up to." He proudly said while giving Chikorita another pet. She smiled and snuggled into him more purring.
Jake's mom smiled. "Well as long as you two are happy with each other." She grabbed a rag and handed it to Jake. "Why don't you let Chikorita run around and explore the house a bit while you help me clean a bit of the house?" she smiled.
Jake sighed but put the small grass type down on the soft carpet floor and followed his mother into the kitchen to do a series of hard chores.
The Chikorita began to explore the house as she rubbed her little paws along the carpet. She grew a small smile and began to bounce a bit on the ground.
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"Wow, this is incredibly soft," she cheerfully said to herself. "It's strange how humans live." She continuously stopped to gaze at the many unique objects that filled the rather large house. From the virtually flat television, to the comfy leather couch, she enjoyed the living room and the comfortable atmosphere around it. She took long looks at pictures of Jake when he was a small child. "I wonder who that small boy is; He looks almost like a young Jake." She seemed puzzled but forgot all about it and continued her exploration. The small Chikorita caught a glimpse of the stair case and went to check it out. "Why would anyone need these silly things?" she laughed to herself and began climbing up them and it led her to another room. "Oh, I see," she smiled. "The human's have another nest stacked on top." She smiled and continued her exploration of the second floor.
Persian was curled up on Jake's mother's bed, sleeping as Chikorita explored the house. She heard the small grass Pokémon but ignored her as she was a little more interested in sleeping then seeing the new Pokémon at the moment. The door into the room was slightly open. Just enough for Chikorita to push it open and get inside the room.
Chikorita entered the mother's room and didn't see the Persian sleeping on top of the bed. The grass type began to feel her belly growl and she spotted a food bowl and a water dish full to the brim with water and PokeChow. The Chikorita walked up to the food bowl and began to nibble on the food. She took a glimpse at the name on the bowl. It said Persian.
Persian yawned widely, stretching as she got up feeling hungry herself. Her nose twitched when she smelt the Chikorita near her food bowl. Slinking off the bed, she noticed the Chikorita near her food bowl "Ah, you must be Jake's new Pokémon," she purred softly as she walked up to her "and a piece of advice," she lowered her head, looking at Chikorita in the eyes "that's my food bowl."
"Oh," she walked away from it. "Well, I am Jake's new Pokémon." she looked at the much larger Pokémon. "I'm sorry if I ate some of your food. I didn't realize you lived here too." She was a bit nervous by her large powerful size and shivered a bit.
"Your apology is accepted little one," Persian smiled gently as she raised her head "But in future, get Jake to feed you; he is after all your trainer," she noticed she was shivering "Don't worry, I won't hurt you, you are Jake's starter after all. Wouldn't want you to get hurt before the actual journey now would we?" She turned away slightly, smiling as she nodded towards the door, using a paw to gently push her towards it slightly "A little advice, now would most likely be a good time to ask him for a bit of food if you're hungry," Persian smirked slightly.
Well, It has been a while since I last ate." she replied a bit hungry herself. "Thanks for not being irritated at me." she smiled cheerfully at the Persian. She began to walk out to find Jake; he was just about finished with his chores. She was almost at the stairs when she heard a low hiss. She turned her head a bit to see it was Persian making the hissing sound.
Persian crouched down as her muscles tensed, ready to pounce on Chikorita as she smirked. With her teeth bared and tail flicking behind her, Persian jumped at Chikorita pinning her down with claws digging into her skin
The Chikorita's eyes widened and she became extremely terrified when she slammed her to the ground. She felt the large cat sinking her claws into her tiny body. "I thought you weren't mad at me!" she frowned and whimpered a bit.
"Who said I didn't want a bit of fresh meat in my bowl?" she glared into her eyes with a hungry look.
She stared at the grinning cat, watching her tongue trace her lips. "Please, I didn't do anything to you!" she cried out, squirming under her weight.
"I know," Persian purred softly "but I'm really don't like going outside so when prey comes to me, all the better." She took one paw off of Chikorita, her weight shifting enough for the grass Pokémon to escape as she raised her paw up to strike.
The Chikorita slipped out of her claw and began to yip as the Persian took a swipe, barely missing her by the tip of her leaf.
Persian snarled in fury as she escaped, feeling her claw nick her other paw and leaving a deep scratch that would most likely scar later. "Little runt!" she snarled and began to run after her.
She ran as fast as she could from the cat as they began to knock over tables and break some statues. Neither Chikorita nor Persian cared about the damage that they have been causing.
"Leave me alone!" she yelled to her. "Jake would have you by your paws if he found out you ate me!"
They were heading towards the stairs and Persian smirked as she sped up. "I don't really think Jake would have that authority over his mother, she loves me too much."
The Chikorita felt Persian's warm breath breathing on her back. She was so close to Chikorita that she could almost taste her. The Chikorita was come closer to the stairs and gulped a bit, being a bit scared and feared of falling down them. She looked up at a low hung chandelier and using her quick wits, she lashed her vines out and grabbed the metallic handles and swung herself from the Persians grasp, watching her fall down the stairs. The grass types then lowered herself to the bottom step and continue running from her feline predator.
Persian growled as Chikorita got away from her, jumping down the stairs and swiped at her legs as she got closer. She wanted fresh meat and she was going to get it! She snarled as she knocked into another table but kept running after her prey.
The Chikorita winced thinking that this was the end but saw a bit of hope. A window, which she could hop out of and escape the hungry Persian. She set her sights on the piano stool and jumped onto it successfully and went jumped at the window, barely making it as she uses her front paws to pull herself up. She jumped out to the outside.
The Persian dove at the window hoping to chase Chikorita even longer, but her mid section became stuck in the tiny window frame. Persian howled as she became stuck; her front paws swiping at the Chikorita "Get back here you little-!" she yelped she suddenly felt hands pulled on her tail
"Persian!"
Persian paled knowing who it was; it was Jake's mother "You are in big trouble for all the damage you had caused you stubborn cat!" The mother angrily yanked Persian from the window and back to the house.
Chikorita wasn't seen by his mother but she didn't care as she started to laugh a bit. "Nice meeting you too fur ball!" she looked into the forest next to Jake's house still feeling a bit hungry. "Maybe there is a berry out in the forest." She thought to herself and ran to find a berry bush. While searching, she heard a familiar voice from the inside. The grass type ran towards it to see who it was.
"I want you to be able to see the whole town before we leave tomorrow," it was the other trainer from earlier this morning, Nancy. "I hope you like it Cyndaquil."
The shrew looked up and smiled at her. They were sitting together on a log, enjoying a peaceful afternoon. He turned to his right and saw his Chikorita friend not too far away. He began to run to her.
"Cyndaquil!" Nancy called out. "Where are you going?" She tripped over getting up and spilt her gear along the ground. This allowed the Cyndaquil more time to chat with his good friend.
"Hi!" Chikorita merrily said as Cyndaquil ran up to her.
"I see you haven't changed a bit since this morning," the young fire type smiled. "I told you Jake would take care of you." He looked at her but frowned a bit when he saw a tiny cut on her side. Persian's claws had sunk into Chikorita enough to make her bleed a bit. "Are you ok?" he asked her a bit worried.
Chikorita softly gazed at him. "Yeah, you did thank you," She frowned as he noticed the cuts "Well, Jake's mother has a Persian and she attacked me but I managed to get away..."
"That's terrible," Cyndaquil shivered a bit, having a bit of fear for felines himself. "At least you are ok," he smiled.
She smiled gently at him, knowing his fear "But I beat her, don't you worry! She was too spoiled and fat to get through the window I used to escape!" she hoped to cheer him up with that.
Cyndaquil smiled with a sigh of relief. "That's good." he looked to see that his trainer was still fighting with a Spearow over her supplies. "Since this might be the last time we see each other, want to play for a bit?"
A happy Chikorita nodded, trying not to laugh at his trainer. "sure, I'd love to!" She touched him on the shoulder, darting off "Tag! You're it!" She giggled as she got a head start and ran from him.
The fire type looked a bit surprised but managed to easily chase her down. "Your turn!" he smiled and quickly darts in the other direction.
Chikorita laughed happily as Cyndaquil tagged her, turning around to chase after him. "I'm going to get you!"
He looked back to see that the grass pokemon was not as fast as he was. Like a good friend, he slowed down a bit and let the Chikorita catch up to him.
She got closer and closer to the fire mouse and gave a small laugh as she tackled him. Cyndaquil let out a small yip and the duo began toppling down a small hill, laughing and having a good old time. When they came to the bottom, the Chikorita was on top of the fire type. They both began to laugh. Moments past and the Chikorita stared into his eyes smiling brightly. "Uh, could you let me up now?" he asked, feeling her body pushing weight onto his. "Oh I'm sorry." She blushes a bit while letting him up.
"Chikorita!" Jake began to call. He had been looking for her ever since she ran from Persian.
"Well, there is my trainer." She sadly looked at Cyndaquil.
"What's wrong?" he puts his paw on her back and rubs her comfortably. "Don't you like your trainer?"
She let out a small sigh, "I do, but you have your own trainer and it will be a long time before we see each other again." Chikorita sadly kicked a pebble with her foot. "We even might never see each other again."
"Don't go saying that." He warmed his fur up a bit soothing her sorrow mood. "I know we will be friends forever. We will meet again." He smiled to her as the Chikorita nuzzled him on the cheek. "Your such a great person. I'm glad to call you my best friend."
Cyndaquil smiled back to her. "Same with me."He began to blush a bit.
Jake finally caught up to them as well as Nancy did.
"Chikorita!" "Cyndaquil!" The trainers called out and picked up their Pokémon. They looked at each other. "Oh hi." Jake told Nancy.
"Leaving tomorrow?" she asked him while petting the Cyndaquil behind his ears.
"Yeah, I had to do a few things before I left you know." His Chikorita continued to smile at the Cyndaquil.
"Well, I saw Max already leave," she told Jake. "He promised that he would beat both of us to becoming a Pokémon champion. He's so full of himself." She spat in disgust. "At least his Totodile is giving him a hard time. He nearly knocked him out cold when he knocked over a barrel on his head." She laughed as Jake joined her.
Jake looked back down to see that the two Pokémon where still looking at one another. "These two must really like each other to find each other in this forest." He smiled at the happy Chikorita.
"I guess so," Nancy hugged her Cyndaquil and brought him to her face. He tickled her cheek with his nose. "Maybe one day we can meet up and these two can play for a while." She smirked handing him a phone number. "Just call me when she feels lonely. Good luck with your travels." She left while the Cyndaquil jumped onto her shoulder, looking back at Chikorita.
Chikorita whimpered a bit and looked miserably at the ground. Her friend was gone and was going to be a long time before she sees him again. "Aw, don't feel bad Chikorita." Jake rubbed her head a bit. "We'll see your friend again soon. I promise."
The grass Pokémon smiles a bit and licked his face and the two headed back home for the night.
Jake's mother had Persian tied up outside like she was a dog. She gave a small hiss to the Chikorita as Jake walked by. Chikorita stuck her tongue out and taunted the large cat by putting her vines behind her head. Persian hissed a bit more and gave the Chikorita a hateful look. The smaller Pokémon just smirked at her as she and her trainer entered the house that the mother grudgingly continued to clean.
Later that night, Jake and Chikorita ate a big dinner. Chikorita was given the biggest berry she had ever seen and she enjoyed every second of its sweet taste. Jake smiled as she slowly nibbled at her meal. They stayed up a bit longer getting to know each other a bit more and Jake read a few books to her like if she was a young human child. Her favorite story was the one about the Feebas who turned into the beautiful Milotic after she was made fun of by a group of Goldeen's. It was getting late and the two became tired as Chikorita let out a small yawn. Jake prepared a small bed for her. "It's not much but I am sure it will do." He commented as she hopped onto the nightstand and into the comfortable bedding. She purred gratefully laid in it. "Good, I'm glad you like it." Jake smiled back.
He got into his pajamas and prepared his Pokémon gear ready for tomorrow. "We'll, good night Chikorita." He smiled. She was already fast asleep as Jake laid his head on the pillow and began to continue his dream from the other night.
Chikorita woke up in the middle of the night. Her eyes focusing on the digital alarm clock which showed that the time was 3:43am. She hopped out of her bed and began to crawl up onto Jake's bed. She snuggled under the warm covers and placed her head onto his pillow. She smiled as she drifted back to sleep again, ready to tackle the Pokémon world tomorrow and help Jake become the best trainer he can possibly be.
