Chapter Two: My First Pokemon

I woke up in the morning almost wondering if I was back in my room or not. I was relieve to find out that I had still been in the hotel. That was a good thing because I didn't want to back home to the world of no Pokemon no matter what. I walked back over to Elm's house. It was around noon when I woke up, so I figured his assistant would be back by now.

I walked into the lab with out knocking, hoping that I wouldn't need to. I saw Elm sitting at his desk resting his head on his arm. I ran up to him. "Hi Professor Elm!" I cheered.

He looked up at me and sat upright in his chair. "Oh, hey..."

I just realized that I never did give him my name yesterday. "Narumi." I gave him the answer.

"Hey Narumi." He said. "I'm sorry to say that there was some problems at our breeding lab and the baby Pokemon that we were going to give out today have been stolen."

I looked at him in shock. "What do you mean?"

He stood up and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I knew it would happen. I never could be as great as a professor like Professor Oak was." He sighed and fell back into his chair. "I'm sorry, I can't give you a Pokemon today either."

I smiled. This was just what I liked when I took my first try at the world of Pokemon. It was going to be a challenge, but a lot of fun. "Hey Professor Elm!" I said, "Don't you worry. If you just give me a Pokeball, I can go out and get a Pokemon myself." I smiled. I didn't know much about Pokemon in real life, but I was sure that they couldn't be much different than what they were like in the games.

Professor Elm looked at me curiously. "And I can even find out what went on at the Breeding Lab for you!" I was excited about starting this new adventure.

"No, I couldn't ask you to do that." He said and slumped in his chair.

"You don't have to ask. I want to do this. Let's just consider it pay for you getting me my hotel room last night." I smiled.

He looked thoughtful for a minute. "Okay, but I should warn you to be careful." Elm said. "Pokemon can be tough to handle if you are a trainer on your own."

I nodded. "I already know this." I told him.

He grabbed a pokedex, pokegear and 6 pokeballs. He handed them all to me. "The Pokedex will give yo-" Elm started, but I cut him off this time.

"Professor, I've already told you. I've played the games, I know what these all do." I smiled.

He just nodded. "Now, remember. Just be careful. Don't go for any Pokemon that looks too big for you to handle."

"You're starting to sound like my Mom." I laughed. "I'll be fine! Thanks Professor!" I called to him as I left the lab.

So, since this was the Johto region, that mean that I was in New Bark Town. I would have to leave west out of town in order to make it to the next town of Cherrygrove City. I knew that it would be a little dangerous to leave by myself and not have a Pokemon to protect me, but I had faith in my skills. I looked up at the sun. I hoped to find a good Pokemon that I could have as my starter. I know that in the games there wasn't much of a variety at the beginning, but that was based on easy catch. I'm sure there were different Pokemon all around in real life. I soon found myself to be right.

Walking around I had already seen a Mareep, which was so much cuter realistically than it was in the anime or on the games. I saw a few Sentret and Furret hanging out all together, but I was sure I wouldn't mess with them, unless I wanted to be attacked by the whole army. I found some Hoothoot resting away in their nests, as it was not late enough for them to come out quite yet. I loved Pokemon so much, I just didn't want to mess with any of them.

I kept walking around around and exploring. I had to find the right Pokemon. I hoped that I wouldn't get myself so off track that I would loose the way to Cherrygrove. I just wanted to have a Pokemon before I made it that far for sure.

I walked through the woods, as I decided to take a different route. I jumped down a tall set of rock. I felt something tickling at my leg and when I turned around, I saw that it was an Ariados. When I played the games, I thought these guys were cool, but they were not so much in real life. This one was big, maybe around 1.5 meters tall. He was big and furry. I could see small prickly hairs coming off his fangs, and his horn on his head had a little bit of purple up at that top. I was guessing that that was his poison. The fur on his legs matched that of a real spider as well. Just imagine your average tomato spider, but 15x bigger.

I started running hoping that this spider couldn't catch up with me. I know that speed ended up being one of Ariados's worst traits, but that didn't mean that he couldn't run fast. I tripped over some stupid vines on the ground while I was running, and that gave the Ariados plenty of time to catch up. I couldn't move fast enough, I had to think of someway to get him away before he caught up. Suddenly a bright and hot orange flash came out of nowhere. There was fire in front of me, keeping the Ariados from getting all the way over here. A Houndour jumped down from somewhere and stood in front of me, defensively. He shot a blast of fire at the Ariados and chased him away. When the spider was gone, the dog turned back and looked at me. He barked happily.

I got a good look at Houndour. He looked like normal Houndour that I saw in the anime, but I could see his fur detail. His fur was smooth and black, much like that of a Doberman's fur, with a red mouth and underbelly. The skull on his head resembled more closely to the skull of a giant rodent creature. The bones around his feet and back seemed to actually come out from under his skin, making him look more like a zombie than what Houndour originally look like.

I smiled an walked up to pet him. I bent down to talk to him. "Thank you for helping me." I said. "That was very brave of you."

He smiled and barked happily. His bark had a fiery sound to it. When I stood up, he just kept looking at me. I wondered, then, why he was out here all alone. I knew that Houndour and Houndoom usually stayed in packs. Maybe that's why he helped me. Maybe he lost his pack and wanted me to help him find it...or maybe he wants to start a new pack with me. "Where is your family at?" I asked him.

He lowered his head down, but didn't make any sound. "Okay..." I thought for a minute. "I am looking for a Pokemon to join me along on my journey, and I was wondering how you would like to be that one?" I asked him. "My family is far away too, as I just started my journey."

The Houndour looked up at me and pounced in approval. I laughed and pulled out a Pokeball. I honestly wondered how Pokemon could fit into these things. He jumped up and pressed his nose to it, bringing himself in. The pokeballs, since I forgot to mention earlier, were actually almost made out of crystal ball like material. I was so happy to have finally gotten my first Pokemon, and I let him back out of the ball right away. He jumped up to my chest knocking me over and licking me in the face. "Now we just need a name for you." I smiled. "How about Bones?" I asked. He barked in approval to that too, and me and my new pal, Bones, were ready to head to Cherrygrove City.