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MY Pokémon Journey?
Chapter 2 : My Journey Begins, Double Trouble, I'm a God in This World? First Companion Revealed
As we headed down Route 1, things were rather uneventful, as we caught Pidgey easily with aibo, and Rattata by Staryu as exercise. The only other thing was that guy from the Viridian Poke Mart advertising for the store, giving us another lame Potion as a free sample of their products.
We were bored out of our minds as we walked along, seeing nothing but grass and more Pidgey and Rattata in the area. I was about to suggest to aibo for us to get moving so that we could make it to Viridian City before nightfall and grab an early dinner, when I saw him Thundershock something. I was a bit worried, as it looked like a bird, and there was only another specie of bird Pokémon in the area that I could think of.
Like some higher power with a bad sense of humor, it was indeed a Spearow, probably the same one that Satoshi provoked in the anime, as it cawed out, calling for his friends. I immediate grabbed my partner and began running like hell. Aibo looked confused by my action until he saw me point at the flock of them behind us, and he began to cry in panic also.
Our afternoon just got better as we were chased right up a cliff. Seeing them coming, I looked down to see a decent-sized body of water. I asked, "Bird food or high dive. I choose high dive, since we may actually survive the fall. What do you say aibo?" He cried out in agreement, and we jumped.
After what felt like an eternity under water, I managed to struggle to the surface, seeing aibo already above water. I could swim, but didn't float too well on my own, so I let out Staryu and grabbed onto it, also handing aibo his surfboard, as the capsule containing it was still in my pocket after the surfing training. Seeing the Spearows advance towards us, I asked desperately, "Aibo, can you use Surf to get us to closest shore? I know it's hard to do on a quiet lake like this, but you're the only one I taught how. So please do your best." Sensing the urgency in my voice, he nodded and tried.
It was close, as right when a few of them were about onto us, aibo finally got a wave off, catching them by surprise, as some were hit by the wave and fell in the water, the ones behind fell back to avoid getting caught in the attack. After two larger waves, we finally made it to land, as I panted for a while, fighting the urge to kiss the ground. I thanked aibo and Staryu, before I returned it to its Poke Ball. Just as I popped out my bicycle, put aibo in the basket to let him take a break from the action and was about to ride off to escape the flock still after us, a familiar redhead who was watching us, shouted at me angrily, "Look what you and your Pikachu did! You scared all the fish away! By the way, how did your Pikachu use a Water Type attack?"
Right as I was about to tell her that we had to run, we heard a huge splash of water, only the direction of it was upwards, meaning something big came out of it. We turned our heads and looked in shock as a Gyarados growled angrily at us. I thought, 'Oh no! It must've been disturbed by the waves aibo made!'
Kasumi screamed and got behind me, as she said, "This is all your fault! Now you've got a Gyarados after us! I wanted to catch Water Pokémon, not be caught by one for dinner!" She kept going for a while, I ignored her as I whipped out my Pokedex to see what we were up against.
'Hmm, a level 20. It may be huge, but it's only a few levels off from aibo, not to mention the double type weakness. We can do it. It beats attempting to escape with it right in front of us. Besides, if we manage to catch it, I don't have to worry about making Magikarp evolve anymore.' I turned to aibo, "Aibo, I know you're a bit winded, but this is an emergency. Give it your strongest Thunderbolt!" Although sweating a little, aibo did as I asked, as it had some juice left from the warm up this morning.
He jumped as high as he could from the bike basket and fired his attack. The next thing we saw was the dragonic Pokémon crashing onto the ground next to us, sparks around its body. Kasumi and I looked relieved, as I chucked a Poke Ball and captured it, the Pokémon too paralyzed to break free.
I was about to thank aibo for the great job when I saw him unconscious. We ran up to him in concern. I breathed a bit easier, once Kasumi took a look at him and said, "It's all right, he's just sleeping. The poor little guy's probably exhausted all his energy from that last attack. You should be more careful about pushing your Pokémon so much." I nodded, looking sheepish and was about to apologize. Sometimes I forgot that they weren't just data in a game, but flesh and blood creatures. I stopped however, when I heard the caws of birds, Spearows to be exact.
Kasumi turned to see the source of the noise and shrieked in panic. She was about to make another comment to me, but she turned to see me already riding away. Angry that I left her behind, she immediately got on her bike and followed, also riding just ahead of the Spearows (You'd think she would have more sense to ride in another direction, but that's just me being rational I guess).
I rode as quickly as my legs could take me, but it was no use as they caught up and began pecking at me and aibo. Unable to knock them off and keep the bike going at the same time, we finally crashed, the bike falling over on one side. Just when I thought the day couldn't get any worse, Murphy's Law struck again as the skies began to darken and lightning could be seen within the clouds. Kasumi finally caught up with us not long after. She was going to ride away alone since we caused her so much trouble, but decided against it at the last moment and stopped.
After getting over the pain I was feeling, I got back to my feet, only to see the Spearows flocking to peck at something. Knowing that it was aibo they were after, I ran in without thinking to fight them off, throwing punches at the birds left and right, ignoring the pain from their pecking in retaliation. When I finally got through to him, I was in shock, as he laid limp, wounds all over his body.
I picked him up and tried to shake him awake, but he was unresponsive, his breathing stopped. I feared the worst, as my anger rose, and rain began to pour. It was supposed to be a grand adventure, full of excitement and fun, not like this. Not even Satoshi was so irresponsible that he let him die, and I did. My aibo-no, my best friend was dead, and on the first day I met him. I had best friends before, but none of them braved life-threatening danger with me, especially not in the same day they met me. I turned my head down, as I walked up to Kasumi without a word, and gave him aibo's lifeless body. Tears began to come out of her eyes at the sight of the dead Pokémon. If she shouted anything at me, I didn't hear as I just came moving, stopping in the middle, as the Spearow flock surrounded us.
I turned my head up, eyes filled with tears. I yelled as I didn't care if I lost my voice forever, "How dare you. HOW DARE YOU KILL MY BEST FRIEND! You will pay. You'll all pay DEARLY!" I called out my only other healthy Pokémon that could fight on land, Poliwag and Staryu. I ordered them to shoot down every Spearow with Water Gun. They did their best, but there were simply too many of them, as they retaliated by pecking at my partners. Not wanting to lose them too, I recalled them. 'Shit! The day started off so great, how did it end up like this? If only I was enough of a jackass and snatched those three starters! I'd mop the floor with these damn birds! What do I do now?'
Suddenly remembering my punches looking strangely more powerful than they should be as I knocked the Spearow off aibo with above-average power and speed, like Yusuke's rapid-fire punches from Yu Yu, I did the next thing that came to mind. I moved back my right hand as I gripped my fingers into a fist, as if I was about to use Shotgun. I must've been out of my mind, but at that point, I didn't care as long as these Spearows paid for what they did, what I did. My fist began to glow.
All of a sudden, everything froze around me, as I saw the Spearows in mid-air without any movement. I turned around to see Kasumi, still crying, yet her tears didn't move. I was more confused than ever, as the sky suddenly cleared up and a rainbow took the place of the dark clouds and lightning. I thought I was hallucinating, until a golden bird that I recognized flew down and landed before me in a standing position.
"Ho-Oh? What're you doing here? I know your legendary powers make you practically a God in the Pokémon world, but I didn't know you could stop time. Besides, why did you stop everything around but me?"
"At ease human. I heard your cries of anguish, as you were about to kill fellow living beings. You were using your powers quite recklessly for a new God. Deities like us should treasure all life, no matter what the circumstances." I didn't see its mouth move, so I figured it was communicating with me with telepathy.
"Bullshit! If I had any powers, I would've sent them packing the moment I saw them coming after us. I never would've let things go this far. I wouldn't have let them hurt, let alone kill aibo." As I finished that last sentence, tears began to pour out of my eyes again. I very rarely cry, but the few times I deem it appropriate, I let them out in massive quantities like Aquaman EXE.
"No need for tears young one. It is true that I came because of your cries of pain, but anger was not the only thing I felt. The cries were also filled with sadness, as you mourn for someone you only met today, was it not?"
"Since when does the amount of time matter when it comes to feelings? He did more for me than anybody I ever called my best friend damn it! I worked him like a dog for mere bottles of ketchup, and then ran him ragged by having use the very attack that I started having him work on. Let's not forget about the Gyarados. I had him fight it, just because I wanted to catch it and too lazy to train my Magikarp to evolve into one. How selfish am I? How can I treat somebody I call my best friend that way?"
"Calm yourself, you're letting your guilt cloud your judgment. While that may have been your intentions from the start, you did those things for his benefit. Did you not?"
I stopped my tears for a bit. "Well yeah, but that doesn't excuse me from using him." "Think carefully before you say that. You say that you worked him like a dog, but you only did that so that he could become stronger, correct?" I nodded.
"As for 'running him ragged,' had it not been for your teaching him, none of you would be alive right now, would you?" I nodded as it was right again, but retorted, "But that was just a coincidence. Had we been trapped anywhere else, we would've been screwed, not to mention teaching him that got that Gyarados pissed and came after us."
"Ah, but had you not taught him that attack, you would have been, as you said, 'bird food.' And had he not conserved his energy from earlier, he would've been unable to defeat the creature in your possession now. I'm sure that your friend would've agreed with me that he was glad to have learned the attack than not," He continued before I could get a word in. "You need to stop blaming yourself, for you did it for not only your best interests, but his as well. Am I right?"
Unable to counter his logic, I snapped at him. "Gah! Stop twisting my words around against me! So what if you're right? None of that matters now, he's gone. And it's my fault." "Really? Why don't you turn around at take a closer look?" I had a look of confusion on my face, as I walked up to Kasumi holding aibo, not expecting anything different as I thought it froze aibo's corpse as well, until he suddenly coughed, and a blurt of red came out. I was happy and frightened at the same time, worried that even if he was alive, that he was dying, until I stepped on what he spit out and heard a squishing sound.
What he spit out was a huge gob of ketchup. Ketchup? "The little one ate a little too quickly. Some of it was stuck in his mouth, but it didn't stop him from breathing until your both fell out of that contraption you were using, knocking that lump of food down his throat while it remained in one piece." Hearing the ridiculous explanation, I couldn't help but laugh in relief, making a mental note to teach him not to eat so quickly, although I ate often in the same manner. Once I saw that aibo was still out of it though, I immediately reached for a Super Potion inside my pack, about to spray it on him when rainbow colors flashed over his body for a second, and all his wounds were gone, his breathing returning to normal.
I turned to the one who healed him and asked, "Why did you come? I know that you care for all Pokémon, but why bother revealing yourself to me? You could've easily done this without doing so. I thought Satoshi's the chosen one, since he saw you flying across the sky after he and aibo dealt with the Spearows."
"It is true that the boy you speak of is special, for he cares for his Pokémon deeply, a fine example of those who understand the bond between humans and Pokémon. You also possess that trait, angry at the harm your friend came under, to the point that you were willing to kill for him. That can be dangerous, but admirable all the same."
I nodded, accepting the explanation but still had questions. "OK, I guess so. I thought I had to be pure-hearted for you to appear before anyone though. Anyway, what do you mean powers? I thought it was kind of nuts of me to attack Pokémon head on and actually able to hurt them, but I wasn't exactly calm at the time and had nothing to lose, so I went for it."
"You just arrived into this world out of the blue, so you had no idea. You were about to use up your power in order to kill these fellow flying creatures, albeit their personalities were less than agreeable. You may not realize it, but this world came to be by your will."
I let out a "NANI?" as I was shocked by what he was implying. "But how can that be? Jolto (Wait), you don't mean to tell me that kinky dream that I had from reading PokeGirl stories was-" The rainbow Pokémon nodded, and my jaw dropped, getting what I could've sworn I heard was a chuckle from the legendary creature.
"That is correct. However bizarre it may sound, you dreamt this world into being." I asked, "Does that mean if I leave this place that you'll disappear?" "You misunderstand. We came into being from your dream, but not maintained by it. In case you have forgotten, you entered this world while you were awake. So long as your imagination remains, or more simply put, continue to believe in our existence, which I don't think would be a problem as your mind is filled with imagination and unlikely to run out anytime soon, this world is here to stay."
I nodded in understanding, however crazy it sounds, since I always thought I lacked imagination, as I wasn't very artistic. Guess I was proven wrong. Hell, I dreamt a world into reality. "So does this make me the God of this world or something? I'm not up for that much work. I can barely take care of myself, let alone the whole world." "No, for while you created this place with what you've learned and imagined into being, you weren't originally from this world, and you aren't the only being with divine power here, not to mention the fact that you don't know everything. So you are not per say, omnipotent. Your power will grow over time. But for now, you started with the choice of using your powers to emulate any ability you can think of for three times per day. You were about to use up the last of your powers with that attack, so I had to come in."
"Three? Counting the punches and the Shotgun attack that you stopped me from shooting off, I only remember two." Ho-oh corrected. "Yes, that is true. However, you also used your powers to wish for three fellow creatures to come to your aid. As you weren't willingly to take them by force, you unknowingly created them."
I looked around, noticing nothing. "Hey, what do you mean I wished for them? If my powers did work, then where are they?" Just as I said that, three glows appeared in front of me, as they slowly descended into my hands, which I held out to catch them, revealing three Poke Balls, still flashing weak lights.
"And there you have it. As for why I chose to appear before you, it is simply because you are blessed by beings such as myself being the creator of this world, that each of us will grant you a new companion when we meet. You shall meet her shortly, but for now you have a battle to finish." 'Companion? It doesn't seriously mean those Digimon that I-' Before I could ask about who this companion was, it was gone. It was as if someone hit the play button on a remote, as everything around me was moving again, besides aibo who was released from the freeze-frame earlier.
Kasumi, suddenly feeling movement from aibo as he was breathing normally in sleep, yelled out, "Hey you! Your Pikachu's alive! He's breathing!" I turned around with a smile and said, "Thanks, take care of him for a moment, while I finish these guys off."
I turned back around to face the flock that had us surrounded. "But you can't win! You already tried earlier. Maybe if we joined forces-" "Thanks, but I've got this. Let's just say that I've got some new friends to help even the odds." She was confused by my words, until I tossed out the three Poke Balls that I just created, releasing the Pokémon inside.
What we saw surprised us both. They were indeed each a Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur, but their appearances were different. 'Damn, I guess Ho-Oh wasn't kidding. I have more power than I thought, creating three shiny Pokémon out of nothing. Better not abuse it though, since I feel so tired all of a sudden,' Part of me wanted to just go to sleep, but I knew I had to win this battle first, with my friends' safety on the line. "All right guys, let's see what you can do! Combo attack time! Squirtle, Bulbasaur, spread out and rapid-fire Water Gun and Razor Leaf on every Spearow!"
To my amazement, they executed my plan perfectly, each of their attacks hitting their mark, as they moved around quickly while doing so. Some of them were knocked against each other by their barrage, falling into a pile. I called my remaining starter to finish things up. "Now let's wrap this up Charmander! Fire Spin attack!"
He complied with my request, as he shot out a flame at the ground, as it began to swirl and began to build into a pillar of fire, enveloping the group that fell into a pile before they could fly up to escape, and began moving towards the others still in the air. Seeing that they were outmatched, the remaining Spearows began to retreat, for wishing to be burnt to a crisp like their friends did. One of them however, stubbornly got back up to its feet, but unable to fly, as it just glared at me.
'That must be the fucker that sicced its friends on us. I'll give it some credit, it's tough to have withstood all those attacks.' Right as it was about to try to make a charge at me, it stopped as vines suddenly began to grow out of the ground and ensnared it. I thought it was perhaps a unique ability of my Bulbasaur as I didn't recognize the attack, since it was different from Vine Whip. That was until I saw a familiar creature grow out of the ground along with the vines, with a flower atop its head and stood on two feet.
I spoke in surprise, "Palmon? What're you doing here? This isn't even your world." 'Well, there's no doubt about it. It's that fucked up dream. Oh well.' "Don't ask me. You dreamt this up. Now are you going to catch this thing while I'm holding it with my Poison Ivy, or should I toss it away?" Snapping out of my stupor, I reached for a Poke Ball and threw it at the Spearow. With no way to escape and having suffered multiple attacks, it finally gave in as the capture was a success.
I walked up to the Poke Ball and reached for it as Palmon snatched it up and handed it to me. I took it and hugged her. "Thanks Pal-chan. I wanted some payback against this thing, and what better way than to be caught by the very trainer it tried to beat up? I'll have some fun convincing it to work with us." She blushed. "Aw shucks, it was nothing. Now what about me? Don't I get to be your partner too?"
Realizing that I didn't technically catch her yet, I pulled out a Poke Ball and put her inside for a moment before releasing her, registering her as a member of my team, even if she was really a Digimon. Once she was out, I asked, "But how do I train you? I don't even have a-" Just as I spoke, I was interrupted by two glows of light, one around my neck and the other in my left jacket pocket, where my cell phone was.
When the lights died down, I found a tag and crest in its place. I then emptied my pockets, only to find a Digivice like the ones from Digimon Adventure along with my cell phone. "You were saying?" Before I made a comment, a familiar voice spoke. "I don't know what's going on with you and these weird Pokémon of yours, but shouldn't we get going? Pikachu's fine now, but it's still weak. We should get it to a Pokémon Center as soon as possible." At hearing that from the redhead, I nodded, and we each got on our bikes, her putting aibo in her front basket, while Palmon got behind me and hung on to me by my waist, standing on the spot behind my seat. We rode off towards Viridian City, as the sun began to set and a rainbow could be seen, Ho-Oh flying over it.
Meanwhile, Satoshi, who just left and saw the rainbow and the legendary Pokémon from a distance, had a look of awe on his face. 'Amazing. I've never seen that Pokémon before. It must be my lucky day. Maybe I'll see it again.'
Trainer : Liu Yuuki
Pokémon (and Digimon now too, don't get nitpicky) List :
Pikachu L19
Charmander (Shiny) L14
Squirtle (Shiny) L11
Bulbasaur (Shiny) L11
Spearow L10
Palmon (Grass / Poison) L16
Pokémon Box 1 :
Poliwag L19
Tentacool L15
Staryu L19
Magikarp L15
Pidgey L5
Rattata L5
Gyarados L20
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