I Don't Own Pokemon
I yawned as I slowly opened my eyes only to find I was staring up at my Ghost Pokemon. Raising an eyebrow I watched as she just pouted before floating off. It had become a game of sorts for her to try and get a raise out of me. I was winning currently, and by a good margin if I could be a little egotistical.
Still I stretched the best I could in bed while moving my bed to avoid bumping into the two adorable Pokemon that were laying on the bed with me. After a bit of effort I manged to get out of the bed with out awaking either member of my team and I was quite proud of myself.
Turning around to face away from the bed, I definitely didn't yelp as I was dragged into my shadow. After being spat out, I ignored Misdreavus' laughter as I worked hard to repair my ego. Still with my very defined 'yelp' as she was calling it, the rest of my team as also now awake. She seemed to understand what happened as well as she began to laugh even harder. Rolling my eyes I spoke to my team.
"Sorry team, but we had to get up at some point. If you all hurry then we can get some food before heading out on the road. Hopefully this time we actually mange to make it to Vermilion in the next month" I just smiled as I listened to their groans as I switched out the clothes I was wearing before slinging my satchel over my shoulder before pulling out a box of Pokemon Food.
Setting it down I pulled out the bowls and filled them up before acting like the box was cereal as I grabbed a handful for my self and slowly ate it while watching my team wake up more and more before finding that I already set their food out. Taking out another handful I flipped the box around to see where the Zorua size category placed me.
After all it wouldn't be good if I accidentally ate more than I should and got sick because of it. Pidgeotto made that mistake by confusing which bowl was his and before any of us knew it he somehow went through three before I got him to stop. That wasn't a good day, shaking my head I located the portions and just placed the box back into my bag as I seemed to get just enough by luck.
While I was waiting for them all to finish I looked down at my arms once more and concentrated. The faint glow came much quicker this time but it still took a solid fifteen seconds and it only lasted for about five before it disappeared and nothing had changed. Frowning at myself for a moment before I shook the thought off before focusing on my team.
Most of them had finished so I gathered up their bowls and returned Pidgeotto, and Eevee. Misdreavus liked to follow me around in my shadow for some reason and I wanted to have some nice quiet time with my starter. Once everyone was done and I was packed up Luxio and I made our way out of our rented room.
Reaching the front desk I completely ignored the halfhearted glare the sleep deprived nurse gave me. Picking up a pen I sighed myself out of the list of currently in use rooms. Before turning to the nurse and asked what I had been thinking about since I woke up.
"How is Charmander doing?" This time she gave me a halfhearted smile which I took as a good thing.
"I'm glad you got him into a ball when you did. Otherwise I'm not sure their would be that much I could do for him. Thankfully being taken out of the rain made a big difference so after an hour or so with him being attached to an Pokemon I.V. he should be right as rain" I gave her a particular look at the metaphor she went with, but didn't comment on it instead of asking.
"Any chance I could see see him anytime soon?" She just nodded before calling a Chansey to come an lead me to his room. Walking down the hallway for a little while I was finally stopped in front of an average sized door. Pushing it open I walked inside while holding the door open for Luxio, frown as I saw the poor little lizard laying on the over sized bed.
He seemed to be awake, walking over to the side of his bed I gave a small wave to the Pokemon before taking a seat, letting Luxio jump up into my lap. After a couple seconds I finally broke the silence.
"I'm sorry that you got betrayed" It was weak at best but I never was one that was good at reassuring, I'm much better at compromises. Still he answered after a moment.
"It wasn't your fault, maybe if I was stro-" I shut that down, hard.
"You're a strong Pokemon Charmander, that idiot couldn't recognize talent if it punched him in the face, trust me I would know, so don't you say you're weak" I felt Luxio nuzzle into my chest trying to calm me, sighing I laid a hand on his head as I let him know I was ok.
"You can understand me?" I keep forgetting that's not normal.
"Yeah, trade-secret, I'm not actually human" God it still felt weird to say out loud. His half lidded eyes opened wide at that as he gave me a look over, I just gave him a smile in return.
"You look human?" Yeah, being able to transform would come in real handy now.
"Like I said trade-secret" I smiled as I gave Luxio another long pat down his back. Letting the smile slip off my face, I got serious as I asked.
"What are you going to do once you can be released from this place" I was curious were he would go now that Ash wasn't here for him to go with.
"Well you caught me didn't you? I thought I would be going with you" Oh, the way he said it was like he didn't have a choice. While I wouldn't mind Charmander coming along with us I didn't want him to think he didn't have a choice.
"If you don't want to go with me, then just ask, I'd never make anyone go with me, because of a reason like that" I watched as his already wide eyes went wider as he looked off to his left out till I was sure he could no longer see me, it appeared that he was in some pretty deep thought.
Turning away from him to let him gets his thoughts in order I glanced past my chair to were a weirdly dark shadow was I raised an eyebrow and shook my head in a 'no' fashion. I saw what Misdreavus was planning and I didn't want to startle Charmander so I let her know that the game was on pause for the time being.
That didn't stop her from pouting as she exited the shadow floated up and tugged on my hair. Gritting my teeth the two of us looked at each other for a moment, before she started to silently laugh while I just let a proper smile form on my face. Shaking my head I looked down at Luxio before giving him a scratch right behind his left ear. I continued to smile as he leaned into it.
"I think I'd still like to travel with you" Looking up, at Charmander I just continued to smile like I had been to the past minute or so and said.
"Well I'm glad to have you on board Charmander. Since we have some time I should probably tell you a few things about myself. And with that I talked about my situation for a bit before the four of us spent the next twenty minutes talking before I sent out Eevee and Pidgeotto so we six Pokemon could have a nice big conversation with all our teammates.
While they all were talking I took the time to scan Charmander for his move set and I got to say I wasn't expect what I saw. There were the ones I expected like Ember, Growl, Smokescreen, and Scratch but there was one move that clearly stood out, that I was basically hundred percent positive that Charmander didn't know Dragon Pulse in the show.
But he did here and I wan't going to complain. Maybe the other me was taking petty on the stuff he just forced down my throat. Either way I had a nice, new, and power friend and teammate. So far this day has been pretty good considering yesterday. After a couple more minutes the door was opened as I watched the nurse walk in.
"Alright, Charmander, you should be ready to leave now, just make sure you take it easy for a few days" I gave her an appreciatively nod as she pulled the IV needle from his arm. Looking back at Charmander I stood up out of my chair as the rest of my Pokemon stood to their feet as well. Returning Pidgeotto and Eevee, letting Luxio and Misdreavus stay out while I waited for Charmander to get out of the bed.
"Alright, we're going to see if we can at least get half way to Cerulean today, so once we get to the city I'll stock up on some more food, and probably get a map. From their I think that'll be enough time for you to start training Charmander. So we'll so down a little and train on our way to Vermilion"
I got a nod from the three Pokemon out as we made our way out of the room and started our way out of the building. That's when I heard a voice from the side of the lobby exclaim in surprise.
"Kyu! What are you doing here?" Looking over towards my left I noted that Ash and Co. were staring at me. Why do I keep running into them? Well plot convenience seemed to be the most likely, but I've already saved Charmander, so what plot are they fallowing, or are they just lost"
"Ash? I didn't expect to see you here. Neither were I thinking I would see you Brock, well outside of your Gym at least" He just gave me a nod as this was the first time I seen him again since my battle. Ash though seemed confused.
"Wait, you already know Brock?" I just gave a nod while letting said man answer his question.
"You see Ash, about a day before you arrived to challenge my Gym, Kyu here challenged me and won using only his Shinx, which at the time evolved mid battle into a Luxio. The Pokemon that is by his side, is that Luxio" I gave another nod, while finding it amusing that Ash struggled to not grab his pokedex as he knew already nothing would show up on the scan. Focusing back onto Brock though I asked
"Still, you never answered my question, what's a Gym leader like you, doing this far up north in the region?" He seemed confused about the north comment so they were lost. Not surprisingly, still he answered nonetheless.
"I'm on break from taking care of the Gym, my father's taken over currently, so after Ash challenged me I decided to stick around and see how far he could. Also I couldn't help but notice you said north, I thought we were on our way to Vermilion" I just cocked my head to the side to fake confusion before saying.
"This is Route 24, which means we're north of Cerulean, to get to Vermilion you have to go south" I'll be honest I enjoyed their panic as Ash pulled out his map, and looked it over with his two companions hover over his shoulder, before all three hung their heads in shame that I was right.
"I can't believe you Ash, how can you mange to get us so lost we went backwards?" That was Misty who said it. I also chose to ignore the giggling fit Luxio was having, and the fact that my shadow was twitching as Misdreavus tried to stay composed.
"It isn't that bad, this would only add about another maybe two or three days of walking to the total, two to three weeks it takes to go from Cerulean to Vermilion" I let my lip twitch as they all seemed to get gut punched as I mentioned how much more walking they would have to be doing.
"Anyway, I actually got to be heading there as well, so I need to head out so I don't waste to much time. I'll see you all around sometime" With that I walked past them and made my way out of the Center. Walking down the path, I looked down at Charmander and let him know.
"If you don't want to walk then all you have to do is ask and I'll send you out after a few hours for lunch. He seemed to think for a moment before shaking his head, so I just gave him a nod, and let him stay out as we continued down the road. Looking down at my arm I concentrated for a moment and about ten seconds later a faint glow appeared and this time when it went away my arm hair was red. Well progress it progress I guess.
Hey I'm back a little early than I thought I would be, and that's because this story has consumed my life. When I started writing the first one I was serious about it probably being the only one, now barely a week later this story has a over thirty-four thousand words. I blame my insomnia.
Anyway so this was a simple chapter to properly introduce Charmander to the team as well as show that Kyu basically has no clue as to what he's doing with his transforming. Anyway, See ya
