Karyme: The Perfect Love

Chapter 1: A Not So Normal Day

Note: This will be a somewhat violent chapter. Stay with me. The story will get way better later on.

Alex. Thats my name. I'm a normal kid, from a normal town, living a normal life. Or at least today was the last normal day of my life, and then, my new life would begin. But I didn't know that yet, so let's let that be for now.

Well let me tell you a little more about myself. I live in the suburbs of Westfield City. It was the town of Westfield River population of a few thousand (Sorry about the city names. I'm not that good at creating names. Should have seen how long it took me to think of Karyme's name!) We were located on Leynoh Island, which is an island south of the Sinnoh Region. It used to be called Pen Island, named after the famous explorer Robert Pen who found it. It was changed however to Leynoh Island after the kids started putting the two words together forming penisland. The neat thing about this region is that it has different laws. For instance, pokemon on this island cannot be captured. They basically have the same rights as humans do. They may only travel with you if they choose so.

But at least I'm getting away from this place forever. I'm a recent graduate from The Pokemon Trainers School. I also have a pokemon partner. A little furry pokemon known as a Pikachu. She's female and really, really cute. Her name is Jade. Don't let her cuteness fool you though. She is a really tough competitor. She'll unleash anything against you from electric attacks, right down to her bare teeth. Once when I was 14 years old, a strong male Raichu tried to rape her and she bit off his penis. That Raichu became the weakest pokemon in the city since then. She is quite possibly the strongest pokemon in the whole school. She even beat my friends Dragonair that he claimed to have been trained by Lance himself.

Well like I said, I'm outta this place for good. Jade and I are heading north through the dense forest to Westfield City where we will be able to catch a ferry to the Sinnoh region. I am, however, still asleep at the moment...

Beep...Beep...Beep. I slammed my fist down on the snooze button as I slowly turned my head to the left to look at the time. 7:30. Shit. I turned my head back to look at the ceiling. There's no way! It felt like I had just fallen asleep, when my alarm wakes me up. And here I am at 7:30. Damn. Maybe I shouldn't have went to Xavier's graduation party last night. Oh what a party it was too. But of course I just so happen to be the guy who leaves way to early because I have "priorities." Even if it happened to be 2 o'clock in the morning when I left.

Oh well I'm not doing myself any favors by sleeping in. I looked over at Jade who was sleeping on a pillow next to me. She looked so cute and peaceful all curled up like that. I loved her soft warm fur and the way her ears were always perked up, even while she was sleeping. I decided to rouse her after I got dressed.

I swung my legs off of the bed and picked up my usual pair of camo-colored cargo pants I wore. I belted them up with the Pokemon Trainer's Belt I recieved from the Pokemon School as a graduation present. I walked over to my dresser and opened it up, looking at my reflection in the mirror. I was a pretty skinny kid for my age. I liked to keep a well-toned body and lifted my weights when I was bored. I sighed at myself and reached for one of the shirts on the hanger, yanking it off. This was my favorite shirt. It had Death Wish, my favorite band's, logo on it. This was my usual daily attire. I took one last look into the mirror and looked myself over. My hair was just a bit too neat, so I messed it up until I was satisfied.

Finally I picked up my backpack that I spent hours packing last night. It was full of all the basic stuff for beginner trainers. Food, water, a tent, camping supplies, a sleeping bag, pokechow, pokemon medicine, fresh clothes, a first aid kit, and of course, pokeballs.

Now that I was already, I just had to wake up Jade. I walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. I reached over and slowly stroked the soft, yellow fur on her back easing her awake gently.

"Jade. It's time to go," I said talking in a near whisper.

She opened her eyes and yawned widely. "Ok, Alex," she said as she jumped lightly into my arms and licked the bottom of my chin, then burrying her soft head in my chest. Carrying her and my backpack, I walked out of my room, down the stairs and into the kitchen. My mother was standing at the stove as I entered, cooking eggs. As soon as she heard me she spun around holding the spatula in her hand.

"Oh there you are Alex, dear. I was just about to come and wake you up."

"Mornin' mom. And please don't call me dear. I'm not four years old anymore."

"Ok, dear," she said as she turned back to face the stove again. I sighed and rolled my eyes in irritation as I sat down at the table.

I never did tell you about my mom, did I? Well as you can see she is a typical mother. She's somewhere in her mid-forties, yet if I didn't know her, I would have guessed she was thirty. She was about a head shorter than me and she loved to be tidy. Something I lacked. She had short blond hair that she always kept up in a ponytail. Since I had brown hair, I'm guessing I got it from my father. My father left three years ago. He and my mother both used to own a novelty shop. He left when he saw that we weren't gaining any money. When he did leave however, my mother and I prospered since he wasn't spending all of our money on beer, cigarettes, and gambling. But the past, was the past and we aren't meant to dwell in it. So I've moved on gladly.

I set Jade down on the table and picked her bowl of pokechow off of the floor and set it down beside her.

"If you want anything else, just let me know," my mother said cheerily.

"Thanks mom. Can I have some more bacon?"

She turned around with the frying pan and placed some strips on my plate. Her face fell when she saw Jade on the table eating her pokechow.

"Oh, Alex. Please don't. It's not sanitary."

"Mom, I think Jade is a part of this family and doesn't deserve to have to eat off of the floor. Remember that one time when she single-handedly got rid of that Beedrill nest for you?"

"Oh, all right then."

My mother doesn't really think of Jade as a part of the family because she's a pokemon. She thought of her as a pet that should act like a pet and not like a human.

I quietly snuck Jade a few strips of bacon and some scrambled eggs to her now empty bowl of pokechow. Her face lit up as she ate it gratefully. When she was done, which was surprisingly quick, she licked her lips and rubbed her head under my chin affectionately.

Finished with breakfast, I stood up and picked up my backpack. "Oh, don't you want anymore?", said my mom when she turned around from the scraping sound of my chair. "Thanks mom, but if I eat anymore, I won't be able to walk through the North Forest."

"Yes, about that. Wouldn't you rather have me drive you to the ferry? It would be much quicker and less strain on you."

My mother just didn't understand that this was something that I wanted, that I needed to do by myself, with the exception of Jade of course. Besides, I can train Jade on the wild pokemon on our way to the ferry. I loved my mother, I really did. But she was just too clingy and I just needed my own independence. I gave her a last hug, a kiss, and I walked out the door with Jade by my side. The sun was rising now. You could see it peeking over the tops of the trees. My house was near the north of the town, so it didn't take that long to reach North Forest. I stood at the edge of the forest for some time staring up at the towering trees and the shadows they cast on the ground. I glanced down at Jade and saw that she had a determined look on her face.

"Ready?", I asked her.

"Haha. I was just about to ask you the same thing," she replied.

I smiled at her, grateful to have her as my pokemon. "Ok then, let's go."

So we walked in and walked for about two hours, meeting some wild pokemon. Starly and Taillow were fairly easy pokemon for Jade, because she could beat them easily with an electric attack. We occasionaly came across some Zigzagoon and Sentret which were a little more difficult, but still fairly easy. Jade even said she glimpsed an Absol, but it ran away before I could get a better look at it. It wasn't until we met a Linoone that something interesting happened.

"Great!", I yelled, "Now use Volt Tackle!"

Jade charged at the Linoone with electricity crackling through her fur. She hit it squarely in the chest and sent it flying backwards into a tree. This battle was already won. Jade has the advantage now that she's landing attack, after attack on the Linoone. It was tough, I'll give him that. He kept getting up after each hit despite his injuries. All wild pokemon thought that if they lost, they would die. I guess it's just an instinct or something. Some wild pokemon fought to the death and others fought to make their opponent faint so they can escape. The Linoone winced with pain as it got shakily to it's feet. It was bleeding heavily, but he kept on fighting as if his injuries were only everyday bumps and bruises. He was panting heavily and he fell over as he tried to stand up on his wobbly legs. Damn, this thing still wants to fight even thought he knows he's beat. I don't want to hurt it anymore than I have to.

"Jade! Hit it with a thunderbolt, just enough to knock it out."

"Got it!"

Her cheeks sparked and she let loose a bolt of electricity at him. He saw it coming, but he either wouldn't or couldn't make an attempt to get out of the way. He just closed his eyes and braced himself for the impact. When it hit him, he threw back his head and cried out in agony. Once Jade discharged enough electricity, the Linoone swayed and collapsed to the ground unconcious.

"Yes!", I yelled out, "Amazing job, Jade!"

"Thanks Alex," said Jade. She jumped into my arms and gave me a quick lick on the cheek. Then she pushed her head under my chin rubbing affectionately.

I put Jade down and walked over to the fainted Linoone. His wounds were as worse as ever and he was bleeding from his shoulder. I sighed heavily. He put up a good fight even though he couldn't land any attacks on Jade. I pulled a Full Restore out of my backpack and sprayed it all over his body. A few seconds passed, then his wounds slowly melted back into skin under his fur. Every trace of the battle diminished, except for the blood that matted down his fur.

His eyelids fluttered and he slowly opened his eyes. The moment he saw me his fur bristled and his whole body tensed up. He was emmiting a low growl and had his teeth bared. Jade came up behind me and stood next to me in case the Linoone attacked again.

"Don't worry," I said, "I won't harm you. I've healed your injuries and just wanted to say you've put up one hell of a fight."

Linoone's body loosened up and he stopped growling. He looked down at his paws in front of him and muttered "Thank you," as if he didn't want to admit that he was.

I watched as he slowly got up, watching me the whole time. It's like he's waiting for me to pounce on him, pull a knife out of my ass, and stab him to death. When I did nothing, he turned around and walked back to the trees. Halfway there he turned around and looked at me. I got up off of the ground, smiled and waved at him. He smiled back and ran the rest of the way to the trees.

I turned around to look at Jade. She had a strange expression on her face. Like she was concentrating really hard.

"Whats wrong," I asked as I walked over to her and kneeled down next to her, "Are you hurt?"

"No I'm not hurt. It's something inside of me. I feel like-"

She all of a sudden turned bright white and then back to her original yellow.

"Woah. I think you were trying to evolve!"

"Yes! Finally! I thought it would never come."

"Well, let's find you another opponent. One more battle and you should evolve!"

"Ok! Let's go!"

So off we went looking for a pokemon, any pokemon. Odd how when you're not looking for pokemon, they always show up, but when you want a pokemon, they all seem to dissapear. We were walking for about a half hour when Jade spotted a Poochyena standing among some bushes. It was an unusual Poochyena. It had numerous scars on his body, it had bald patches of fur and worst of all, it's left ear was missing. I looked at it and kinda felt sorry for it. It must get beaten up by all of the other pokemon. I couldn't fight this pokemon, it just wouldn't sit right with me.

Jade walked curiously up to the pokemon to try and investigate further. She was sniffing and staring at the strange pokemon. I turned around and kept walking the way we were heading before encountering the Poochyena. I said over my shoulder, "Come on Jade. Let's find another pokemon."

Then I heard Jade cry out in pain. I turned around and saw the Poochyena latched onto Jade's neck with his sharp fangs. His teeth sinking deeper and deeper into her neck. Blood was running down Jade's side and into the Poochyena's mouth. The taste of blood seemed to drive him crazy. He unclenched his hold on her, and just as quickly bit down on the other side of Jade's neck, drawing more blood from her.

I was panicing by now. I didn't know what to do. So I did the first thing that popped into my head. Which was charge. "Hey! Stop!," I yelled. I ran up to the Poochyena and kicked it hard in the stomach making it stumble backwards. He regained his balance quickly and dropped into a fighting stance, growling at me. Then I realized that the scars on his body and the missing ear wasn't a sign of weakness. He was battle-hardened.

I was nearly blinded as the Poochyena turned bright white and his form started to change. Shit. He's evolving. I didn't even wait for him to finish. I ran over to Jade and scooped her up in my arms as I turned tail and ran. I didn't know where I was running. I just had to get out of there. The blinding light faded away. The evolution was complete. He'd be on us in two seconds. I turned around and saw the newly evolved Mightyena sprinting straight towards me three times faster than I was running.

I guessed his movement and abrubtly turned right just before he knocked me over. That should buy me some time. A strong hard object came out of nowhere and hit me hard in the back. I was not expecting this so I fell forward and Jade flew out of my arms. Jade and I both fell to the ground and Jade let out another cry of pain.

The Mightyena vaulted himself over me at Jade, resuming his attack. I scrambled to my feet and charged once again at the Mightyena. This time he was ready and used Protect making a shield around Jade and himself. It was to late for me to stop, so I slammed into the barrier, which was as hard as a brick wall, and I fell back onto the ground. I now had a dull pain in my forehead making me dizzy and unable to stand. I watched in horror as the Mightyena slashed Jade viciously. Jade herself was now screaming from the blinding pain the Mightyena was causing her. (I know pokemon can't really scream but just go along with me) He was ripping of little bits of flesh and chewing on them sadistically. Jade was choking on her own blood as it streamed into her mouth, her eyes wide with fear. The Mightyena latched onto Jade's foot and tugged on it until it ripped loose. He took a moment to chew on that as well before spitting it out onto Jade's face. He continued to hack and slash at her body. Eventually he ripped open her stomach and some of her intestines spilled out onto the ground. Then he sat back on his haunches and watched as the tiny pokemon slowly died in front of him. Jade's pain was so intense that she couldn't even scream anymore. She was sobing and coughing up blood. She raised her head a little to look over at me.I was so stunned by what took place in front of me that I couldn't move a muscle. Then Jade sid in a whisper that I barely heard, "Alex," she coughed up a little more blood "I love you", then she slumped to the ground dead. All I could do was stare at her. Her once silky, soft, yellow fur was now stained blood-red. Her ears that were always perked up, were now limp. No. It cannot be. It didn't happen. It couldn't happen. I stared once more at Jade's body which used to be so beautiful, yet now mangled and mutilated beyond recongnition. Then a wave of realization swept over me like a tsunami.

"Noooooooooooooo!", I screamed out loud.

"Oh no. Look at the mess I made," said a voice. I looked up and saw that it was the Mightyena talking. He had an evil smile playing across his muzzle. He had Jade's blood running all around his mouth. He licked at it and his wicked smile grew even bigger.

"You mother fucker! I'm going to murder you!"

"Why, whatever for," he said sarcastically, "Certainly not because of this piece of trash." He nudged Jade's body with his paw.

"Don't touch her!"

"What are you going to do you pathetic human? You are lying here at my mercy! There is nothing you can do."

"I'll show you pathetic! I'll make you beg for mercy!"

I scrambled to my feet and ran at the Mightyena. I didn't know what I was going to do. I just wanted to hurt him as much as I could. I don't even care if I die. I mean, I just lost my reason for living to this piece of shit. The Mightyena expected my move and bit down hard on my right shoulder. His fangs sank deep as blood gushed out from the wound. I howled in anger and kicked him as hard as I could in his ribs. This made him release my shoulder and he tripped backwards. I was panting heavily as pain shot through my body from the bite on my shoulder. The Mightyena regained his balance and stared at me with all of his teeth bared

"You're going to pay for that."

"Hit me with your best shot," I said sarcastically. I was waiting for him to run at me again. He, however, charged up a Shadow Ball and shot it at me. I didn't even have time to dodge. It hit me in my chest, ripping through my t-shirt and skin. Then I was blasted backwards into a giant boulder. My head smashed against the rock and I fell to the ground on my back, staring straight up at the tree canopy. My vision was going blurry and there was a ringing in my ears. I couldn't hear the Starly chirping or the wind whistling through the trees anymore.

The Mightyena's face came into view, standing over me. That wicked smile back on his face again. He opened his jaws wide and some of Jade's blood splattered onto my face. He was just about to bite down on my neck, when a blast of flame hit him in his side knocking him out of my view. The flame was so warm and enticing. My vision was blurring even worse now. A dark shape came into my view. I couldn't make it out because my vision was so blurred by now. It was getting closer and closer to me. The next thing I knew was blackness...

So there you have it chapter 1! I feel kind of evil right now but don't worry, I'm not really usually like this. Sorry to all those Pikachu fans out there but I needed room for a new character which you will meet in the next chapter! Hang with me for a little while. Please comment on this chapter. Comments and flames accepted. I love getting comments and feedback from my readers. Send suggestions on how I can improve my story or just comment if you liked it. However if you completely depised it, send death threats to me via PM's. Lol