Chapter 1

Where am I?

"Blah blah" indicates speaking

"Blah blah" indicates mindspeak

"Blah blah" indicates Pokè speak

'Blah blah' indicates personal thoughts

When Yugi awoke he was lying in some long grass on the side of some road with the Sun high in the Sky.

'Where am I, What happened, Where's Yami?' Were his immanent thoughts

When Yugi curiously stood up he discovered that he was only about one foot in height and even for him that was small.

Where was everyone? Yugi remembered being attacked by Marik and then suddenly he was lying in this field.

Then he suddenly realized he was yellow. Looking over himself he discovered he had a lightning bolt tail, red cheeks and two long ears.

Somehow he had become a Pikachu.

He decided to climb up a tree and wait for someone he recognised to come along because he was sure he wasn't the only one in this world.

Soon enough he saw a trainer that looked like Marik walking up the hill. Except this person had a small backpack on his back and Pokeballs jingling in his waist He was about to go him but then he remembered that Marik had attacked them and he was safer waiting for someone else to come along. Something bothered him though; why was he was a Pikachu in the first place?

Settling down for another long wait he decided to try and remember what had happened before he became a Pikachu.

Soon enough another person came walking up the hill. As before Yugi hid himself so that he could see who it was but the person coming didn't see him.

First he saw a Charmander that had a yellow body, a dark red and orange tail and a pale creamy-yellow belly, the Charmander was also wearing a red scarf with a flame picture on it around his neck. The next thing that Yugi saw is what made him come out of his hiding spot. The person was medium height and had pointy red-black-yellow hair. He was wearing a blue jacket and shirt and also blue pants. He also had the familiar golden pyramid shape of their Millennium Puzzle. He also had a medium sized sandy coloured backpack on.

Abandoning his recent sense of fear he leapt for the trainer and ignoring the trainer's cry of surprise he moved to rest just out of sight on his shoulder, he looked around at the big blue sky just happy to be with his partner.

"Hey, get off of him" a shout of anger coming from the ground.

Yugi looked down at the sound of the voice to see the yellow Charmander glaring up at him.

Yugi glared back until, "Wait ... that Charmander just spoke English ... in Joey's voice" he muttered to himself and away from Yami's ear. Putting 2 and 2 together he suddenly jumped down from the still startled trainers' shoulder and raced towards the now startled Charmander and gave him a hug as well.

"It's good to see you Joey".

"Uhhh it's good to see you too, I guess, wait who are you and how do you know my name?"

"One, you just told me, and Two I think I would know my best friends when I see them."

The trainer and Joey looked blank for a second but then their looks of confusion turned into big joyful smiles.

"Yugi?" They asked at the same time.

Doing a back flip and surprising himself as much as the others he said "the one and the same".

Now he was the one being hugged, they stopped when he said "Uh, could you stop now, I can't breathe."

"Sorry, Yugi we're just happy to see you. That's all" Yami said.

"What are ya doing here anyways, Yuge?" Joey asked.

"Same as you guys, I guess, but I don't even know where we are" Yugi said shrugging.

"Hold on" Yami said pulling a map from his backpack. "We're somewhere north on Pallet Town" he told them putting it back in his bag.

"Pallet Town?" "As THE Pallet Town in the Pokémon world?" Yugi asked.

"I guess so" he replied.

"I still don't get what's going on, are you saying that we're in da Pokémon world?" Joey asked his yellow head twisting in confusion.

"That would be my best guess, Joey"

"Oh, so how do we get back to our world?" Yugi asked.

"I don't know but why don't we see if we can get to the next town for now?" Yami said.

"Fine by me, but first" Yugi jumped up and touched one of his yellow paws onto the limp Pokéballs at Yami's waist. The ball gave a short ping to indicate that Yugi had been caught.

"What did you do that for?" Yami asked after letting Yugi back out.

"So other people can't mistake me for a wild Pokémon and try to capture me" Yugi said.

"I think I understand now, oh here put this on" Yami said passing Yugi a scarf mush like Joey's out of his backpack except this one was yellow and had a lightning bolt on it.

"What's this for?"Yugi asked.

"In case we get separated other trainers will know that you already belong to someone and hopefully they won't try to capture you." Yami explained.

"Ok, can we get going now?" Joey asked "before the other trainers come."

"Other trainers?" Yugi asked as they started to walk along the path.

"Yes, apparently 4 trainers were to start their journey today; Marik, Me, and two other trainers who the professor didn't tell us.

"Professor... as in THE Professor Oak?"

"Yeah" Joey said.

"So, he led me into a huge room with three Pokéballs on a small coffee table.

He released a green Bulbasaur with four legs, a big green bulb on its back and various dark-green markings on its body. The Bulbasaur just stared at me.

Next he released a blue Squirtle with a brown shell two blue arms and legs coming out of it and a yellow chest; it also had a big curly blue tail. The Squirtle gave a little shriek and retreated back into its brown shell looking terrified of me.

Finally he released a Charmander; the Charmander was yellow with a cream belly and a dark orange and yellow tail. The Charmander took one look at me and then jumped at me and wouldn't let go so I chose the Charmander.

"He then gave me a Pokédex); five Pokéballs and he even gave me this fully stocked backpack"

"So, you're registered as a trainer with a Shiny Charmander as your starter" Yugi interrupted.

"Yes, but it wasn't until we started walking up the hill did Joey tell me who he was."

"It didn't surprise you?" Yugi interrupted again.

"I was a little shocked but I quickly recovered."

Yugi took this time to look around them and saw several trees that didn't look very healthy and also the green grass looked dry and one foot step on it could shatter all the grass around it.

"Hey look there's Viridian City just up ahead. I time just flew by didn't it guy's." Joey called out to them a few feet ahead clearly not listing to Yugi and Yami talking.

"Oh, while were in a town and around other people can you two act like other Pokémon because talking Pokémon might freak some people out and attract unwanted attention".

"Ok, I guess that fair" Yugi said.

"Oh Joey can you go back into the Pokéball please?" Yami tried to ask casually.

"WHAT, why?" Joey asked.

"One; you're a shiny Pokémon and is going to be spotted very quickly, and two; I might be able to get away with having one Pokémon out because Pikachu's are said to hate Pokéballs, no offence Yugi".

"None taken".

"Ok, I'll go into the Pokéball but I want out as soon as possible".

"Thank-you Joey" Yami said recalling Joey back to his Pokéball in a beam of red light.

Later that day Yami was walking up the many steps towards the Pokémon Center with Yugi on his shoulder. When they reached the top their way was blocked by the Marik look-alike.

"So, you managed to find Yugi" he said.

"What do you want Marik?" Yami asked careful to keep his temper in check and to avoid the sparks coming from Yugi's cheeks on his shoulder where he had decided to perch himself for the moment.

"Why? Simply to have a battle and to see if you can beat me and my Pokémon" Marik said coldly.

"When and where" Yami asked sensing that a battle was the only way to pass.

"Now and come with me" he said walking towards the forest.