I Don't Own Pokemon


The first two days on the road wasn't to interesting, everyone on the team, including me for one of the days, got some training in. Nothing intense like what we had been doing in Vermilion but I made sure at least once a day everyone got some kind of physical training in.

Still that didn't mean the nice silence was going to last, currently I was walking by myself. Which out of place for me, I almost always had Luxray with me while we walked, or at least Misdreavus in my shadow, Pidgeotto flying over head, Eevee on my shoulder, or Charmander walking with me.

Simply put, for me to not have any of them out was strange for me, but I did have a reason. While I loved my team, I was naturally not a very social person at heart. So today was kind of a break day for me, just to be alone with my thoughts and just enjoy the quietness of my surroundings while I walked. It was something I actually did quite often back in my old life.

I really was enjoying the quiet time I had to myself, which, of course, meant that something had to ruin it. I felt it, before my ear's picked up the sounds of panting and footfalls, small tremors going through the ground. Stopping in confusion, I looked over my shoulder to see what was doing this, and that's when I saw the source.

Some kid had somehow managed to piss off a Nidoking, and was currently running for his life. I was moving before I fully registered the fact that I was going in the wrong direction, instead of being sane, I was currently rushing at the rampaging Pokemon. Pulling Luxray's pokeball out I tossed it in the air right as I pasted the kid who as looking at me like I was crazy, I couldn't really blame him.

"Luxray, Iron Tail now!" Thankfully he figured out I wasn't sending him out to talk, as he jumped into the air and did a flip. Bringing down his glowing tail onto the Nidoking's head. Watching as his momentum carried through, bringing the big Pokemon to the ground then even further down, planting the angry Pokemon's head into the ground.

I knew my team was strong but it's times like these that remind me just how strong my strongest Pokemon was, and just how much I would have to catch up to even one of them. Shaking the thoughts out of my head, I walked up to the downed Pokemon, while giving Luxray a thank-you and a pat on the head. Reaching the Pokemon I bent down and asked.

"Are you still conscious?" After a moment I heard a muffled voice come up from the ground.

"...Yeah" I nodded to myself, good I didn't want to just strand the guy out here. Also I was curious as to what the human did to piss him off so much, so I asked.

"What did that guy do for you to chase him like that?" I heard a small growl come from Ground type, I had to place a hand on Luxray to stop him from powering up and Ice Fang. After a second the Nidoking seemed to deflate some before saying.

"He tried to capture my daughter" Yeah that would do it, I knew the guy didn't have any idea about that, most trainers didn't. So I couldn't really blame him, even though I kind of wanted to, maybe it was because I had a child of my own now. Looking over towards Luxray, I already knew I nailed it on the head. Glancing back down at the near unconscious Pokemon I asked.

"Can you get back to you're family or do you need me to help?" Like I said, I wasn't going to leave him just stranded out here. But thankfully, for my timetable, he answered.

"No...I just need a breather right now, I can get out when I need to" I just nodded to myself even if he couldn't see it. Standing back up I told him I was going to be leaving. I got a halfhearted 'bye' in return. Turning around Luxray and I continued walking down the path I had been going down, before I had been interrupted.

After a moment I heard a grunt before what sounded like a bunch of stone begin ripped from the ground letting me know Nidoking wasn't just acting tough. Walking past the still stunned kid, the two of us continued on walking, after about ten or so seconds I picked up on and listened to the kid make a panicked sound, before hearing his footfalls come closer.

I didn't hear any other ones, meaning I knew he wasn't in trouble, so I just continued on. It took him about five second before catching up to us, before bowing? And then he started talking.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank yo-" He didn't stop, I just started tuning him out. I did give him ten seconds to say something else but once he kept going, I stepped around him and walked past. This time he noticed a little quicker. Running back in front of us, thankfully he had something else to say.

"Sorry about that, I think it just caught up with me that I could have died, I'm just really grateful" I just gave him a nod before moving past him again expect this time, he kept pace with me. This was going to be a thing wasn't it? It seemed so, as the kid just talked talking, well rambling to me.

"I'm so glad you came along, just imagine if I died during the first week of me finally becoming a Pokemon Trainer. I got to say your Pokemon are really strong. That one beat that Nidoking in one hit, I could barely believe it. Though I don't really know what kind of Pokemon it is" He gave me a questioning look. I felt like I was going to regret answering but I did nonetheless.

"Luxray is a Pokemon not native to this region so that's understandable, and I like to think my teams strong, but out of all them Luxray is the strongest" He just nodded while looking my Son like he was a rare Zoo animal, and I have to say, I did not approve. I started up the conversation this time to get his attention elsewhere.

"You said you just started training this week, right? How's that been going for you?" I was glad when his eyes moved away from Luxray before telling me.

"It's been going good, up until a few minutes ago, my starter, Poliwag and I got lost once, but that's mostly it" I nodded, before thinking to myself, I wonder if getting lost is a sign of being a trainer, because it certainly seems to come up a lot. Shaking the thought away I was aware he was asking me a question.

"How long have you been a trainer?" I actually had to do some math in my head, as I didn't really keep good track of what the date was. After a moment I had a pretty close answer.

"About three months now, I think it's coming on four but I haven't seen a calendar in a while" He seemed shocked by that for some reason. He certainly didn't keep it to myself though.

"Only three months!? But your Luxray is so strong! You must be a great trainer!" I wasn't entirely sure about that, I was fine with calling myself definitely above average, but great even for my ego might be pushing it. But I didn't bother to correct him, maybe it was my before mentioned ego but I didn't mind being complimented.

After that I had an unwelcomed traveling companion with me. About a few hours later it was being to fall into night and the kid, whose name I learned was Jonathan, seemed to be exhausted. I couldn't tell if it was because he was out of shape or because I had way to much experience walking non-stop for days at a time to be healthy.

But the answer didn't change the fact that he was tired out of his mind once we stopped. I could have kept going and be perfectly fine for at least another six to seven hours but I felt that he would just follow after me, and I didn't what to deal with a kid already, muchless a grumpy one, so I helped out putting his tent up and sent him off to bed.

After about an hour and I was sure he was asleep, I dropped my illusion and went off to have some, in my personal opinion, well deserved quiet time. I made sure to note where the campsite was, because it would just be a headache if I got lost now of all times. Walking around as a fox was gradually becoming more and more natural, but I was aware it still felt a little off.

So I spent my time to myself, just having some mindless fun, doing stuff I couldn't do as a human. Scaling up trees in seconds and hopping around the branches. I may have found a new favorite excise to do, as I was having a surprisingly good time, and was building up quite the sweat, which was uncomfortable with fur.

About an hour later, I was making my way back to camp with my illusion already back into place. It was about midnight currently, looking around the campsite, it didn't look any different then I left it, which was good. Walking over to my unused tent, I let out a small yawn before dropping into it.

Ok, so maybe six to seven more hours of walking would have been pushing it. Though my my defense, I always feel tired enough, that I don't really notice when it becomes actual exhaustion. Sighing, I laid down more comfortably, before thinking about a few things to myself.

I wasn't really sure what my plans were, once I was done with Kanto, I already knew I would be spending sometime in Unova, but after that? Maybe I could follow the plot and head to Johto, it seems that the other me is planning for that if dropping me off in Kanto during Ash's run through this place, is anything to consider.

Or maybe I could, while I'm there, do the League in Unova. It wouldn't be to hard, after all I wasn't Ash, I wouldn't be starting myself off from scratch. I would never just stop using my team just to capture some from a new region. So maybe while in Unova I spend maybe a few months their an collect the badges.

I wouldn't stay around for the League but from my time looking into the League rules about Pokemon being the trainers, I found out that, Badges have about a three year use period before they become invalided, as long as they weren't used before the time limit is reached.

So I could just have them on hand until the League comes around. It probably wouldn't be that difficult to get back over. From Johto, well, I've been on some long flights before, so it probably wouldn't be that bad. Still first I have to get the other five badges in this region before I do anything.

That plan was already more set out than my, in the distance future plan, I was currently on the way to get the Rainbow badge in Celadon, after that, I would go to Fuchsia, while it would take a good bit longer, I wanted to make damn sure that I won't be walking into Sabrina's Gym, until I was at least over seventy-percent sure, she wouldn't be clinically insane.

While it might be a little much, and I did have practically nothing to worry about personally, mixing with crazy never minds up well for me. And the one time I did, I ended up with a broken hand, it wasn't exactly justifiable to be scared of a Psychic but if I could put it off then that's what I'll be doing.

After a moment of that, I noted that I was dozing off. Knowing my luck with what my last thoughts were I would probably going to have a nightmare if I dreamed any at all tonight. With that I felt my eyes close before my mind went blank as I fell asleep.


So Luxray get's to show how strong he is now post evolution, Kyu has a new traveling companion for the time being, and their is a thinking period about the future. I don't have anything else to really add to that summary. Anyway, See ya.