~Well hello everyone, heh, that was weird...Sorry, I have NO idea what the hell even happened there with that. Hm. Anyway, I've fixed that mistake, and if you are confused, don't worry about it! Now, as for all the stuff with the other story, I'm sorry to say it is on haitus until I can get more spare time. This was surprising for me, as I didn't have anything to do, started writing, and now five chapters are planned! No schedule on updates, it'll be random. At least now you can read it all! Thanks for the patience with that all.~
"For the tenth time, no!" Matthew's father shouted, obviously annoyed at his sixteen year old son.
The family of three lived in Accumula Town, in a two bedroom apartment. Matthew's father worked in a basic business job, and his step-mother was a retired trainer from Kalos, moving to Unova to sightsee, meeting her husband here.
"Dad, I'm sixteen, and I don't legally need a Pokémon partner to go! I just need a ball, and I already have one!" Matthew pointed out, showing the compressed Premier Ball. "Besides, everyone else has left." He was not wrong. Once all of his friends turned ten, they got Pokémon and left. Some weren't allowed until thirteen, and two tried to wait until Matthew could come, but they left too.
His father wouldn't give up. "What about Talon and that one kid that always follows him?" "His name is Connor, and they just today got their Pokémon, and not only that but the Mega stones too!" Matthew countered. "Besides, they're not exactly friends…but that's besides the point!" He paused for a moment, realizing the paradox he just spoke. He just said? Words are hard.
Just then the pair heard the door open, revealing Matthew's mom, who looked quite happy. She was from Kalos, as said before. She was a bit younger than her husband, plus she was quite attractive-D cup breasts and a surprisingly accurate hourglass figure. Matthew always wondered why she would ever stay with his father, but he did enjoy her, especially her wild and spontaneous side.
Her eyes locked on her step son. "Sorry to interrupt the annual War Of Words, but I just came to tell your father that he already signed the peace treaty."
"Wh-" His father was silenced by his wife's glare. She might not know what a Serperior is, but she'd win a stare-down with one easily.
"Now then, I heard that those two brain dead kids were leaving today, so I had a little something arranged. Go down to the Pokémon center, show them your trainer license, and they'll give you your partner, and then you will sadly have to travel with Talon and Connor to Striaton City, but do us both a favor and stay there until you have…"
"At least two members in my team, then take on the Gym?" Matthew finished. She smiled, ruffling up his short but thick dirty-blonde hair. "Yep. Now why are you still standing here! Get going, but call me when you get to Striaton!"
"I will!" Matthew grabbed his bag, which had everything basic for a trainer besides a Pokédex, and was about to leave when his eyes fell on his old Kaboken. A wooden sort of sword, used in karate, he had found and trained with for a few years now. He grabbed it, slipping it through the back belt loop of his jeans. "Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" He called as he sprinted out of the door, towards the long awaited journey of his life!
Talon, a hefty boy of about 17 and his 'lackey' Conner, a little younger than Matthew, met him at the route gate. At the center, Matthew realized why his mom had him join these two instead of going off alone-his partner wasn't exactly a Pokémon yet. More precisely, an Egg. He had no clue what hatch from it, but he knew that this Pokémon would change his life. "Yo, Matt, where's your partner? Wait-you got an EGG!? Pfft." Talon chuckled at the kid, who wasn't exactly amused. "Connor, let's show em some real Pokémon."
At that, Talon called out his Houndour, and Connor called out his Electrike.
Matthew took a deep breath. "Do they have nicknames?" He asked in a monotone voice. "Mine is named Hades, Connor's Zeus." Talon was acting like it was an ingenious thing. The names were unlike what Matthew thought, but he just put a fake smile on. "Cool." He replied.
Talon and Conner were just looking for wild to defeat for experience, a practice Matthew called grinding. They would just defeat the common wild that attacked them, and it was normal battling. The entire time Matthew just followed along, often looking to his Premier ball to check the egg. It was moving slightly at rare intervals, so that gave him hope, but it would be a while. "Yo Matt, look out for any wilds that have a disadvantage against Hades. I wanna see if the overkill boost really exists."
Matthew nodded, and went off into some of the thicker forest. The 'Overkill Boost' was a new and cutthroat idea that if a Pokémon killed their opponent, without making them faint, then the victor would receive an extremely large boost of experience additional to the normal. But this was in controversy, since the fainting Pokémon would survive, but the aim of killing Pokémon would massively deplete the wild population. Matthew agreed, hoping to not find anything.
*Thikk-schluck* rang out in Matthew's ears. Moving towards the sound, he saw a Honedge who's blade had been stuck in a strong tree. It seemed weakened too, probably during a battle it had gotten stuck and then was bullied until they fainted. There was no way Matthew would let Talon hurt them. It wouldn't be fair at all.
"Hey, buddy…" Matthew quietly said, getting closer to the sword spirit. It wanted to run, flee, badly. But it merely forced itself to wiggle around in it's wooden prison. "Relax, I'm trying to help you…" Matthew attempted to say, but the Honedge was too frantic and panic stricken to understand. Matthew slowly moved his hand closer to the hilt of the sword, and when he did so the Honedge calmed down.
Taking a breath, he gripped the sword with his right hand, while his left pushed against the tree, and Matthew pulled away from the tree. He felt a soft cloth wrap itself around his wrist, then most of his arm, all the way up to the elbow. Still he tugged, trying to get this Steel/Ghost type free.
Finally, the blade was free of the tree, the sudden movement causing Matthew to fall backwards.
After the slight tumble, he smiled, looking at the Honedge. "There ya go, bud." Suddenly the Honedge looked...embarrassed. This wasn't fully clear, with only a single eye to show it, and yet it seemed clear as day to Matthew.
He heard a voice in his head, male, thank him. "Hm?" {That was I, the Honedge, as you call.}
Matthew noticed that the Pokémon was looking him in the eye. "H-how…?" he asked, baffled.
{Well, I am connected to your soul...so I can communicate as any Ghost type who is inspiriting another being would.} "Wait…" he felt the cloth shift. It was the blue cloth from the Honedge.
{I was in such a fright, I strapped around you to take your soul...but then when you freed me, I stopped myself before I could do any harm. One with a heart so kind as yours would make a great swordsman, and a master.}
"Uh, r-really?" The Honedge closed its eye in a gleeful expression. {Very much so. In fact, if my kind choose not to steal the soul of one who grips their hilt, it is forbidden that they not be the wielder of my power.} Matthew scratched his head. "Well, I guess I can't say no to that sort of rule. My name's Matthew."
{I do not have a name other than Honedge…} Matthew smirked. "How about I give you one...like Calius?" {Calius seems a fine title, thank you Matthew.}
Matthew stood up, looking around. "Hm… I may or may not be lost. Wait-oh no, how am I going to keep you from…" {Please, Matthew, speak in full thoughts.} Matthew shook his head.
"I'm sorry. My two…well the two other people who are traveling with me will attack and attempt to kill you…so I need to hide you from them." He looked at his Kaboken, and just beyond his vision lay Calius's scabbard on the ground. In a nearby tree, a Heracross was perched. "I might have an idea…"
"Bout time you showed up, empty handed?" Talon barked as a roughed up Matthew stumbled out of the bushes. In his hands was his Kaboken, and his body revealed many bruises.
Conner finally spoke up, "What the hell happened to you!?" Matthew shrugged.
"A pissed off Heracross tried to kill me. I managed to ward it off, but it still did a good bit of damage…"
Talon got angry. "You saw a Heracross and didn't call me!? Dumb as fuck, Hades would've burned it alive. Rgh, and it's late, so let's just get to Striaton and ditch this wacko." He turned, leading, as Conner followed, with a slightly limping Matthew.
His plan had worked-in all their focus on his body, and his Kaboken drawing their eyes, neither of them noticed Calius in his scabbard, hooked on his backside, in between his back and his backpack.
Just as he had said, Talon and Conner left Matthew and went back out to train on route 3. As soon as they left, Matthew shrugged off his bag and held Calius. Nurse Joy was quite surprised.
"Uh, sir, Matthew right?" Matthew was surprised-this Joy sounded the same age as him, if not younger.
"Yes, that's my name." He replied, acting as if his actions were normal.
"Why did you hide this Pokemon from your other companions?"
Matthew barely held in his laughter. "Companions is not exactly the word I would use. More like forced escorts." He continued his conversation seamlessly, though the topics were not. "Please, check for any injuries on the Honedge, I don't have a Pokéball for him…anyway, as for my escorts, they are ditching me here, and good riddance I say. Also, I have a Pokémon egg, if you could check that for safety's sake."
The nurse passed Calius and the Egg's Pokéball to her Audino, and then waved Matthew silent.
"Look, I understand, but still. What all supplies do you have?"
Matthew shrugged "Some homemade remedies, a Kaboken and some spare clothes."
"What's your balance?"
"None." Joy almost face palmed.
"You do know you are supposed to be-no, required to be provided at least 3000 credits and a Pokedex, by law, right?"
Matthew nearly laughed, but Joy's face remained as serious as before. "In all honesty, no…"
Without another word, she placed on the counter a black rectangular device, typed in some keystrokes on the nearby computer, thus turning back to him. "You should receive that amount soon, now then…"
In a swift moment, Joy flipped open the Pokédex and took Matthew's hand. She pressed his thumb down onto the device screen, and it began recording his fingerprints.
"Uh, I could do this m-myself…" Matthew murmured under his breath, but did not pull away. When both hands were completed, she looked up at him with a smile. "All d-done…" she seemed stunned at Matthew's face. A small tint of red came, but only for a second.
"Thank you, um…" Matthew took a chance. "If it wouldn't be too much to ask, could I get your name? Besides Joy, of course."
The nurse smiled. "It's Sophia. Sophia Joy."
"Thank you, Sophia." They shared a moment. Sophia's Audino returned with the Honedge and Egg.
Sophia snapped out of her daze, handing Matthew his Egg's Pokéball, as Calius floated at his trainer's side.
"Oh, also, I don't have any Pokéballs to give any trainers, but you could probably find one dropped by a careless trainer or one who just missed a capture on route 2." Matthew nodded, thanking Sophia once again, and left for route 2.
{Are you sure this was the smartest plan, Matthew?}
The teen wielded his Honedge as he navigated the darkening wooded area, similar to where he had found Calius.
"Why wouldn't it be? I saw what Pokémon are around here during the day, so what comes around at night, I wonder…" He was reminded of his new Pokédex. He took out the device, scrolling through all of Calius's stats and aspects.
The Blade Pokémon continued his argument. {I understand, but it is much more difficult to see, and we could easily become the victims of a surprise attack. Worse even, lose ourselves from the path.}
"This Pokédex has a built in GPS, which stands for Global Positioning System. It basically is a map which shows us where we are. As for the attack, relax, Calius, there is nothing we can't handle out here."
His confidence was well placed, as five straight victories came to the human/Pokémon duo. As they were nearing the end of all possible areas, Matthew saw something reflective, shining in the moonlight. At closer look, it was a Pokéball of some sort. Matthew kneeled down in the grass, picking up the object in question-it was specifically a Timer Ball-and held it towards Calius. He tapped the button, being captured with ease.
Matthew went to call him out, but then a familiar glint caught his eye. More Pokéballs, and then a Potion...in a sort of trail. He crawled over, then froze when he saw where the trail ended. A torn bag, with a dark stain on the side...if he had looked any closer, there would have been no doubt it was blood.
*grrrrrrrurGHH*
Matthew froze, as he felt a towering presence behind him. A large, clawed hand gripped his back-it took all of his will not to jump. His mind was on overdrive-based on location, size and the feeling of the grip, the Pokémon must have been a Nidoking, probably territorial. Then Matthew felt the Nido's claw break the skin, and stab into his back. Matthew saw red-he thought of his partner, still not hatched. He would protect them no matter what.
Whether his actions were fueled by protective instinct, fear, anger, or annoyance, they were still an impressive sight. Matthew lowered his back, slipping away from his assailant-though his shirt did not escape-and stood. Then, before the Nidoking could attack, Matthew swiped the arms of the territorial reptile away with his Kaboken. Stunned, but nevertheless still angry, the Nidoking came closer to slam his opponent to the ground. Matthew backstepped away, striking it's lowered head with a cleave slash-overhead, straight downward-which stunned the tank of a Pokémon long enough for Matthew to escape.
Matthew caught his breath on the side of the pathed route, leaning against a tree. His exhaustion finally caught up to him, and he slumped over. Sitting with his back against the tree, Matthew stared into the night sky. It was surprisingly silent, apart from a quiet noise...that seemed to come from below Matthew. Then his partner's Premier Ball rattled.
He called out the Egg without hesitation, holding it close to his chest. It was hatching, no doubt. Matthew was beyond excited, and he nearly shouted when the first crack formed. Then another. Instead of a head popping out, though, a small hole collapsed inward. Inside, the faint tapping of little legs could be heard. Then a pair of bright yellow-ish, almost a golden amber sort of tint, eyes peered out at him.
"H-hey…" he murmured, which brought the newly hatched Pokémon outside its shell. As it crawled out, Matthew saw their body for the first time. The Pokémon was an insect type body, with a sort of hunchback curvature, a scarlet purple color dominated the top and the underbody was black. Two large antenna like horns flowed back on its head, and two tail fins were slightly swaying behind it. The lower body was a dark forest like green with black stripes. Black accents gave the purple body a sort of predatory look, while also making Matthew more happy to have such a partner. His Pokédex buzzed, but he didn't dare look away.
"Hi there…welcome to the world." The insect tilted its head with a questioning glance. Again Matthew's Dex buzzed-he picked it up out of annoyance. It was informing him of the type and stats of his partner. "A Venipede, female...wait, what does '93.5 percent IV' mean? Ah whatever…" he pocketed the annoying encyclopedia, gently petting his Venipede, who gave a sort of vibration-like sound which reminded him of a purr. "My name's Matthew, now all you need is a name…" he thought, absentmindedly petting the pleased insect.
"How about Mina? Does that sound good…?" He was cut off by the ten pound insect crawling onto his chest, her face was inches away from his. "Veni…" she sighed, nuzzling into his shirt. Matthew's heart skipped a beat-this was so adorable to him, he almost forgot all the hardships he had been through. This moment made up for it all. "M-Mina it is…" He wrapped an arm around the centipede Pokémon, soon falling victim to sleep…